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VOLUME 71, NUMBER 6
Entrepreneur project
Student-organized campaign donates profits to homeless veterans
Derek Anderson
Journal Staff
The Suffolk Organization
for the Collection of Socks
(S.O.C.S.) for Vets, a new
community service campaign
to provide homeless war
veterans with warm socks,
was launched at Suffolk this
Monday. Odie Fakhouri, part
of the graduating class of
2011, put together the cam-
paign which has exploded,
making $225 on its first day.
Fakhouri explained that
S.O.C.S. for Vets all started
in his entrepreneurial stud-
ies class. “Basically, this is
stemmed from an entrepre-
neur project where we have
to sell as many pairs of socks
to as many people as pos-
sible for the greatest gross
margin,” said Fakhouri.
From there, the project
grew into the large campaign
it is now. “One way I decided
to do this is to put a com-
munity service spin on it so
it goes back to entrepreneur-
nside Seminar series advises future business students
ournal
the
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"University publication
named national finalist"
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Opinion
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dress up" pg. 7
Arts &
Entertainment
"Bongs, Bulls, Bullies"
pg. 10
Sports
"NFL in the right with rule
change for illegal hits"
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turns to give
ial sustainability,” said Fak- istered at the New England and a message to the veteran so when people and custom-
houri “The concept is, with Center for Homeless Vets.” that receives the new socks. ers walk in, it entices them to
a $5 donation you will pro-
vide a pair of warm socks to have an opportunity to fill out the lobbies, back behind the
a homeless veteran that is reg- a sock cutout with their name bars at the local merchant’s,
Angela Bray
Journal Staff
Geared towards
dents considering graduate
stu-
business school, the Colle-
giate Investors Association
(CIA), along with the Asso-
ciation of Latino Profession-
als in Finance and Account-
ing (ALPFA), Beta Alpha Psi,
and Women in Business, is
providing Suffolk Univer-
sity students with The Busi-
ness School Seminar Series.
Patrick Coelho, CIA presi-
dent, originated the idea as a
current Suffolk senior look-
ing into graduate school.
“It’s a great opportunity to
have people specialized in
the field come speak about
the admissions process and
give pointers on how to suc-
cessfully get into your dream
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With a donation, people “You stick them up here in The other half of the promo
program/school,” he said.
The planned series of
events is presented by Ka-
plan. “I got an email from
our contact at Kaplan, ask-
ing if we would be inter-
ested in hosting,” said Betty
Lo, president of ALPHA.
In addition to the
named co-sponsors,
ture Investors in Real Es-
Fu-
tate (FIRE) is interested as-
sisting with future events.
As of now, the first semi-
nar, "The Dos and Don’ts
of Business School Admis-
sions," has already occurred.
Attendees had the opportu-
nity to develop their eleva-
tor pitch and receive point-
ers on application essays,
recommendation letters, re-
sumes, and the GMAT exam.
“I’ve been doing research
the past two years, and I still
October 20, 2010
participate and be a part of it,”
said Fakhouri. “The concept
in all this is a project that fos-
ters entrepreneurial thinking
while simultaneously giving
back to the local community.”
The campaign has en-
listed the help of multiple
groups and individuals all
over the Suffolk area. S.O.C.S.
for Vets is being supported by
Professor Suzyn Ornstein and
Professor George G. Moker,
the Director of Entrepreneur-
ship Programs of the Sawyer
Business School. Sponsors
have also aided the cause.
“We have a lot of sponsors in-
volved, including Fox River,
which is a socks manufactur-
ing company,” said Fakhou-
ri. “They have donated 100
pairs of free socks. The Cen-
ter for Entrepreneurial Stud-
ies has agreed to pay for half
Photo by Derek Anderson
of the promotional material.
see S.O.C.S. page 4
learned a lot by attending provided. Students will also
[the seminar],” said Coelho. participate in a teach-back
Lo sees this as an oppor- strategy session. The exam
tunity “for students who want
to get started on planning
will also be on Tuesday at
the Boston Kaplan Center
ahead, but also students who at 6:30 p.m., and attendees
want to go to grad school but need to register in advance.
don’t know where to start.” The GMAT Strategy in-
Upcoming events include troduces the GMAT, how
a personal statement writing
workshop, a GMAT practice
computer-adaptive
works on the GMAT, and how
testing
exam, and a GMAT strategy GMAT Core Competencies
event. The writing workshop, are tested at all difficulty lev-
scheduled for this Tuesday,
will take place in Sawyer 429
during activities period. It is
intended to help attendees
develop essay topics while
keeping visions, goals and ac-
complishments in mind. Ex-
pert tips on writing and edit-
ing will be provided as well.
The practice exam is full-
length and computer-based,
and score reports will be Continue this story online
 PAGE 2
news Suffolk welcomes guests for
16th annual family weekend
BRIEFS Soleil Barros
Journal Staff
Suffolk students, staff
and faculty members wel-
comed guests to celebrate the
16th annual Family Weekend.
POLICE BLOTTER The three-day celebration in-
cluded on and off-campus
activities such as a walk-
ing tour of Boston, a silent
auction, and showings of
Wednesday, October 1 Suffolk’s Fall Fest Top ‘10.
“My mom is coming up
and we are going to have
11:59 a.m.
lunch and spend some time
Law School together for family weekend,”
Unit 43 (MPO Johnson) reported that a said freshman Taylor Barlow.
space heater was missing from room 160 Students, accompa-
LLM office at the Law School. Report filed. nied by their families and
friends, looked forward
to the weekend’s events.
3:22 p.m.
“I am looking forward
Public to seeing the Blue Man
Report of a larceny over. Report filed by Group with my dad,” said
Unit 73 (Ptl. Bedgood) freshman Annie Sollish.
The sold out dinner and
Thursday, October 14 show performance by the
Blue Man Group, held at the
Hard Rock Café, was one
10:57 a.m. of the more popular events.
10 West “I have never been to
a Blue Man group show,
Vandalism report at 10 West Street. Report
so I’m looking forward to
filed. that and my boyfriend is
coming with me, so it still
counts as family,” said fresh-
1:27 p.m. man Chaelyn Saunders.
Sawyer Building Fall Fest Top ‘10, hosted
Assisting other agency with an arrest war- in the C. Walsh Theatre, had a
rant. Report filed. string of musical performanc-
es promoting Suffolk Spirit.
The Alternative Break Silent
Friday, October 15 Auction provided families
with the opportunity to bid
on items such as Bruins tick-
2:48 a.m.
150 Tremont
Disorderly individual on the 6th floor at
150 Tremont Street. Units 35 and 63 re-
sponding. Report filed.
9:37 p.m.
10 Somerset
RA at 10 Somerset reports residents con-
suming alcohol in the dorm. Units 43, 41
and 52 responding. Report filed.
Sunday, October 17
10:25 p.m.
150 Tremont
Received a report of a false ID at 150 Trem-
ont St. Unit 44 responding. Report filed.
October 20, 2010
ets, Suffolk University appar-
el, and gift certificates to Moo
Restaurant, Starbucks, and
G.C. Beacon Hill Hotel. Al-
ternative Spring Break raised
over $1,000 to contribute to
the Alternative Break (win-
ter and spring) Programs.
“My mother had good
time bidding on 75 percent
of the items at the silent auc-
tion. Note, of the items she
bid on, she took home about
70 percent of that. She was a
bit ridiculous,” said Michael
DeMarco, a junior at Suffolk.
“The money from the auc-
tion goes towards the Alter-
native Spring Break program,
which I plan to attend this
coming March, so it was worth
the time we spent there. I got
a few cool things out of the
deal: Bruins tickets, tickets to
an improv group in the North
End, and a few pretty sweet
restaurant gift certificates.”
Aside from shows and
auctions, there was also a Lady
Rams women’s volleyball
game, Boston Duck Tour, and
the Boston Area Walking Tour.
“I enjoyed the walking
tour. The old State House
was my favorite,” said
freshman Katrina Wilson.
The Boston Area Walk-
ing Tour led families through
historic cobblestone streets
and gave an insight on what
our surrounding commu-
nity of Boston has to offer.
“I enjoyed the Omni Park-
er House and all of the ghost
stories that were shared with
us during the tour,” added
Freshman Katrina Wilson with her parents
Wilson’s mother, Jeanne.
Families could also attend
information sessions about
the study abroad program and
residence life information.
Taste of Boston, a main
event, was held in the Dona-
hue Café on Saturday. Fami-
lies went on a small taste
tour of different well-known
Boston foods, including
clam chowder, Boston baked
beans, hot dogs, and mini
lobster rolls were served.
The weekend con-
cluded with a breakfast in
the 150 Tremont residence
hall where guests were
able to join students for
breakfast before departing.
“I’m waiting for my
family to leave,” joked
freshman Scott Aiello.
“I loved the walking
tour, my favorite was the
granary burial ground,”
says Aiello’s mother, Louise.
The Webster family en-
joyed taking advantage of the
weekend. “My parents came
to my cross country meet at
the Franklin Park Zoo,” said
sophomore Christina Webster.
“This being my first fam-
ily weekend at  Suffolk, I’d
have to say that all in all it
was a pretty cool experience,”
said DeMarco. “We all had a
real good time, and it was sort
of nice being able to go with
the whole family, spend the
weekend in Boston, and show
‘em the day to day. I think
they were all digging it too.”
Photo by Soleil Barros
 PAGE 3
Student housing remains controversy among urban college campuses
Louis Dapilma
Journal Contributor
Student housing has been
an emerging and rather un-
avoidable subject faced by
many colleges and universi-
ties in Boston. The issues? For
one, there are the communi-
ties surrounding the college
campuses in which students
are housed versus the colleg-
es themselves. Also, Boston
has zoning laws controlling
building developments. The
communities are concerned
about student behavior and
the impact students have on
the price of rent, while the
colleges would like to house
most of the students they have
admitted to live on campus.
Boston is viewing the
effects of the colleges’ ex-
pansion plans and trying to
brainstorm a solution regard-
ing municipal laws and the
greater community at large.
Suffolk hosted a pan-
el discussion last Tuesday
in the Munce Conference
Room, co-sponsored by the
Citizens’ Committee on Bos-
ton’s Future and the Suffolk
University Government De-
partment. Panelists included
Barry Bluestone, a professor
at Northeastern, Sara Eskrich,
policy director for councilor
Mike Ross, Linda Kowalcky,
deputy director of the Bos-
ton Redevelopment Author-
ity and Michael Feeleey, the
in-house counsel for real es-
tate development at Suffolk.
The conference began
by identifying four subtop-
ics concerning the issue of
University publication named national finalist
Annual magazine steps up content, highlighting Suffolk as a whole
Bianca Saunders
Journal Staff
“Sometimes you just have
faith in something and you
have to run with it,” said
Sherri Miles, editor-in-chief
of Suffolk’s award-winning
Arts + Sciences Magazine.
The publication’s 2010 issue,
Imagine, has recently earned
a seat as a finalist in the Me-
dia and News Industry (min)
Editorial and Design Award
Competition, a highly re-
garded competition acknowl-
edging publications that ex-
cel in content and design.
Five minutes before Fed
Ex was to close on the eve
of the application deadline,
Miles found herself running
student housing in Bos-
ton: location, capacity, effi-
ciency and student tenants.
“One of our greatest as-
sets is students,” said Eskrich.
She continued to pres-
ent charts of the pressures
of students living in areas
like Cambridge, Fenway, and
other surrounding neighbor-
hoods in Boston. The charts
displayed a trend of the
growing student population
in these areas and predic-
tions of by how much that
population will increase.
“Councilor Mike Ross is
a big proponent of on cam-
pus living,” said Eskrich. He
is willing to help with any
solutions to the current issue
of students living off campus.
Matt Denino, a junior,
spoke about the students,
first claiming the issue
there to ship copies of the
Imagine issue to min, having
decided to take the chance.
A few weeks later, she re-
ceived a call saying Imagine
was a finalist in the Maga-
zine Design/Single Issue cat-
egory alongside names such
as Sports Illustrated and AARP
the Magazine. The magazine’s
designer, Seth Sirbaugh, has
already been named a win-
ner in the freelance Edito-
rial and Design category.
Since its launch four years
ago, the annual magazine has
grown to recognize faculty
and students within the Col-
lege of Arts and Sciences for
their actions. Once intended
only for alumni, the maga-
zine now reaches Suffolk
“comes down to efficiency”
by which he meant the costs
of living in a tiny apartment
as compared to living on cam-
pus. He also mentioned how
sometimes, due to the behav-
ior of some students, “the
locals don’t like [student be-
havior like drinking] at all.”
Regarding the stu-
dents’ case for seeking off-
campus housing, Denino
added, “some students
would like the freedom.”
Bluestone directed the
discussion to reiterate the
importance of the issue, say-
ing, “it’s a moral obligation
we do something about it.”
Following an explanation
of how he became involved
in the Boston Housing Re-
port Card, Bluestone asked
for the distinction to be made
between undergraduate and
students, past and present.
“The journey of the
magazine is similar to that
of the university itself,” said
Miles. “It’s on a trajectory
of growth and recognition
because of the passionate
and purposeful people who
make this place their home.”
Continue this story online
graduate students when it
came the housing issue. He
said that the proposal “to cap
enrollment is a stupid idea,”
claiming the city needs zon-
ing changes to allow colleges
to be able to facilitate more
students than are being ac-
cepted each year in Boston.
Bluestone also called
Photo by Ryan Boyle
for a “Multi University Stu-
dent Village” which would
be for graduate students.
“Universities are trying
to build housing,” said Kow-
alky, “it would fall to private
developers to develop hous-
ing.” She continued to talk
about the Boston Redevel-
opment Authority’s plans to
look at new building models
and do something about the
development or attempts to
build condos compared to
housing for student housing.
October 20, 2010
Concerning the themes of
efficiency and capacity, Blue-
stone claimed, “there will be
20 percent more graduate
students and 12 percent more
undergraduate students” in
Boston and that there had to
be a united approach towards
the issue. This would help the
college community to a shared
responsibility and would
hopefully be the beginning
of the a solution to the issue.
Feeley discussed Suf-
folk’s housing plans, saying,
“the university is focused
on graduate students” and
that the university’s limita-
tions to build includes areas
such as Beacon, Cambridge
and Charles streets. He said
if “we want to increase un-
dergrad housing, we have
to look for other areas.”
Pat Johnson, a Suffolk
junior and member of Citi-
zens Committee on Boston’s
Future, brought up absent
landlords. He asked what to
do about landlords who are
irresponsible towards student
tenants and do not do their
part to take care of the build-
ings where students live.
Kowalky called for a rating
system for landlords by pre-
vious tenants, and an educa-
tion of students to know their
rights as tenants of a building.
The meeting concluded
with all sides and stakehold-
ers agreeing to address the
issue in more detail in fol-
low up opportunities and
continue to raise an aware-
ness of the growing issue.
Photo courtesy of Sherri Miles
 PAGE 4 October 20, 2010

Scholar discusses women's rights, equality and suffrage

Author Lori Ginzberg speaks of Cady Stanton and her recent biography
Sarina Tracy
Journal Staff
Suffolk recognized the
90th anniversary of women’s
suffrage with an event led
by Lori Ginzberg last Thurs-
day in Sargent Hall. Ginz-
berg, a distinguished visiting
scholar, discussed women’s
rights, the quest for equal-
ity in the 19th century, and
their fearless leader, Eliza-
beth Cady Stanton, on Thurs-
day afternoon in Sargent Hall.
Ginzberg is a professor at
Penn State, and has written
numerous books on 19th cen-
tury women and their politi-
cal and intellectual identities.
Her most recent is "Elizabeth
Cady Stanton: An American
Life," a biography on the life
of the leading women’s rights
activist who was “as infuriat-
ing as she was fascinating.”
Among the audience
built this nation,” she said.
A larger-than-life woman,
Stanton was infuriated at the
preference of boys in a society
where females were of little
importance. Met by cold in-
difference in regards to her
gender, at times even by her
own father, Stanton set out
to make a difference in the
way her status as a woman
blockaded her opportunities.
She used her brilliance and
ferocity to stand up for her
gender’s cause: their future.
“Stanton didn’t invent
the notion of equal rights, nor
was she the first to demand
that those rights be extended
to women,” Ginzberg said,
“but she grabbed the ideas
that floated around her, shook
them hard, shaped them into
words that were strong and
accessible, mixed the whole
thing with a good dose of
charm and charisma and flung
and barred from voting or
holding office because of their
identity was unacceptable.
Things have changed for the
better, and we have, in part,
Stanton to thank. As an activ-
ist, she had her share of fail-
ings. She was not so apt to see
the African American male
gain suffrage before a white fe-
male, and because of this, her
achievements are somewhat
eclipsed by her racist tidings.
Ginzberg explained that
Congress, in Stanton’s time,
was commanded by her. She
was treated as a “rock star”
who was “happiest when
‘hurling her thunder’” at
both friends and opponents.
“And yet,” said Ginzberg,
“she was not able to evaluate
her own prejudices, her rac-
ism, or her astonishing self-re-
gard. Nor could she acknowl-
edge the moral complexity
of those who disagreed with Photo by Sarina Tracy

of adults and scattered stu-

dents was Stanton’s own
them back into the world
forcefully enough to move
great-great
ter. Ginzberg
granddaugh-
discussed
countless thousands to act.”
The radical ideas Stanton
the personality, strengths, promoted in her time are in-
and weaknesses of Stanton. alienable rights in ours. Keep-
“There was no one else ing women out of colleges or
like Elizabeth Cady Stan- professions, trapped in hate-
ton. She belongs in the ful marriages, unable to earn
pantheon of people who or control or inherit money,
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her. All of us here breathe the
air of that legacy, one that cel-
ebrates ideas that now seem
kind of old-fashioned: liberty,
equality, independence, and
individualism. So we should
applaud her insights, and
praise her work, and then
hurl some thunder back.”
S.O.C.S. for Vets extends
beyond Suffolk campus
from S.O.C.S. page 1
tional material was cov-
ered by the printing company.”
Local merchants also
support the S.O.C.S. for Vets
bandwagon, placing signs
and a donation can in their
establishments. Café Quat-
tro and the Red Hat have
set ups already in place. On
April 1, from 6 to 8 p.m. the
Red Hat is even hosting an
all-you-can-eat buffet with
a $5 donation to the cause.
Most students in the en-
trepreneurial studies class
have joined the cause. “There
are 32 students that have
joined my campaign from
my entrepreneurship class.
Thirty-two out of 40 students
have agreed to jump on this.
I have the Sawyer Ambas-
sadors that are participating
in this. I have those that are
in clubs that require com-
munity service hours sign
up for this,” said Fakhouri.
Sophomore Anderson
Murphy, a Sawyer Busi-
ness Ambassador, has al-
ready involved himself with
S.O.C.S. for Vets, tabling on
the first day of the campaign.
“I think it’s an excellent
campaign. It’s local, the Cen-
ter for Veterans is right here,
right around our campus. It’s
a great thing to get involved
with,” said Murphy. “It pro-
vides veterans with things
they need the most, which is
socks. It’s a great way for stu-
dents to get involved as well.”
Not only will the students
involved be tabling for the
cause, but will also be giv-
en the opportunity to delve
deeper into the core of the
campaign. Students can work
with the money handling and
financial statements or devel-
oping new business involve-
ment with S.O.C.S. for Vets.
With the donations rolling
in, the group is making profit.
But where is the profit going?
“The original plan was the
profits were to go to the Cen-
ter of Entrepreneurial Stud-
ies to buy equipment for the
physical space for the Entre-
preneurial Center,” said Fak-
houri. “And what the Entre-
preneurial Center has agreed
to do is instead of taking that
profit and using it themselves,
they would also turn around
and cut a check to the New
England Center for Homeless
Vets School. They are taking
all the profit, turning around
and giving it to them.”
S.O.C.S. for Vets will
continue to table at both Do-
nahue and Sawyer on most
days from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

world
Police uprising in Ecuador causes chaos
Harry Lam
Journal Staff
BRIEFS
Ecuador was thrown into
chaos as hundreds within
the police force launched an
uprising against Ecuadorian
President, Rafael Correa, on
September 30. This was in re-
sponse to a new austerity law
that would cut the benefits
Africa of public servants, which in-
cluded the benefits of police
COTONOU, Benin- Over 100,000 people have lost their officers. Since President Cor-
homes due to flooding in the African nation of Benin, a UN rea’s term, the average police-
official said Monday, citing numbers collected since the man salary has increased from
beginning of October. According to a statement released $700 to $1,200, double the av-
by the United Nations, flood waters now cover two-thirds erage wage. This was still not
of the country’s territory. Unseasonably heavy rainfall enough for some in the po-
caused both the Oueme and Mono rovers to overflow. At lice force; therefore,
least 43 people were killed, with seven deaths resulting they continued with
from a Cholera outbreak. Originating in Cotonou, a coast- a revolt leading the
al city about 75 miles west of Lagos, Nigeria, the cholera country to disaster.
outbreak has stricken just over 800 people. The bacteria The rebelling po-
easily pass through contaminated water, often leading to licemen took over
death. The United Nations central emergency fund is re- several police bar-
questing $8 million in aid to help those in Benin to recover. racks across the coun-
try, set up roadblocks
on highways, and
Asia
overran the capital’s
international airport
TOKYO, Japan- Three days of anti-Japanese protests forcing several flights
throughout China ended Monday. Most of the rowdy to be cancelled. Loot-
demonstrations occurred in central China, where sever- ers took advantage
al Japanese factories are located. According to Japanese of the situation as
news agency Kyodo, the size of the protests weighed well by robbing
in at around 10,000. Footage aired on Japan’s TV Asahi banks and assaulting
showed protestors overturning a Japanese-made car in people on the street.
the city of Mianyang. An American resident in China The new aus-
recorded a video of participants in Chengdu burning terity law, which
the Chinese characters that read “Nihon,” or “Japan” was passed by con-
gress the day before
in English. Protestors also chanted anti-Japan slogans
and damaged the inside of Japanese grocery chain, Ito the uprising, would have
Yokado, in Chengdu. The protests, appearing as diplo- standardized pay for pub-
matic relations between Japan and China, demonstrate lic employees, reducing the
improvement. According to Japanese Prime Ministed, bonuses for some workers.
Naoto Kan, the bilateral relationship between the two During the unrest, Cor-
countries remains intact, despite the reports of protests. rea confronted a large group
of rebelling policemen at the
main police barracks in Quito.
During his dramatic speech
Middle East at the barracks, he opened
his shirt and challenged the
BAGHDAD, Iraq- The leader of Baghdad’s Provin- rebels: “If you want to kill
cial Council, Jassim Muhammad, was killed by a road- the president, here he is. Kill
side bomb on Monday morning. The explosion, which him, if you want to. Kill him
was the latest in a stream of small attacks aimed at the if you are brave enough!”
police and government officials, wounded eight people, After his speech, Cor-
including three body guards. The bomb exploded be- rea was escorted from the
side Muhammad’s convoy, and, according to a friend, area, being shoved and tear-
he usually travels in an armored vehicle, but did not gassed. It was reported that
Monday. Muhammad al-Rubaie, a member of the pro- one rebel police officer tried
vincial council and a close friend of Muhammad, blames to hit his knee that was just
poor security on the politicians for not forming the gov- operated on. He was imme-
ernment. “The formation of a government as soon as diately taken to a close hos-
possible and the complete restoration of security are pital for treatment after he
important and necessary issues facing Iraq,” said Aya- inhaled some of the tear gas.
tollah Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader. “Leaders, poli- “They threw tear gas at
ticians and those who care about Iraq must concentrate us. One exploded near my
October 13, 2010
face. It stunned me and my at his supporters as well.
wife for a few seconds, prob- Ernesto Gonzalez, head
ably minutes,” he said. “I of the armed forces, claimed
had to put on a gas mask and that the military remained
some coward took it off me so loyal to the president.
I would suffocate.” He even “We are a state of law.
described the uprising as 'a We are loyal to the maxi-
coup attempt led by the oppo- mum authority, which is
sition and certain sections of the president,” he said.
the armed forces and police.' During the night, the
Correa laid the blame on military whisked President
the former president, Lucio
Guiterrez, and claimed Gui-
Correa from the hospital in
a rescue operation that led
terrez’s people were pres- to several shots being ex-
ent during the protests and changed between the military
were inciting the protesters. and the rebel police officers.
The Ecuadorian news According to the Ecuadorian
agency, Andes, has released Red Cross, two people died
recording that is supposedly and dozens were injured in
the gun battle. Days
after the uprising
the government
displayed evidence
of bullet damage
to the armored car
that was used to
rescue the presi-
dent. By the end of
the uprising eight
people had died
across the country.
After his res-
cue, Correa greeted
a large crowd of his
supporters from
the balcony of the
presidential pal-
ace and thanked
them for their help.
“This was a
coup attempt, an
Photo courtesy of the Associated Press
attempt to de-
police radio traffic on the day stabilize the government,
of the uprising. “Kill Cor- which failed thanks to the
rea and get this finished. Kill Ecuadorian people,” he said.
Correa and the protests will He described the day
be over,” the recording said. as one of sadness and sor-
During his stay at the row, but hoped the events
hospital, Correa declared a would serve as an example
state of emergency and was to those who want to bring
prevented from leaving the change by “stopping the
hospital for over 12 hours by citizens revolution without
rebel policemen surrounding going through the polls.”
the building. The foreign min- By the next day, the
ister, Ricardo Patino, called uprising had ended.
for the president’s supporters Since then, the chief of
to march peacefully in sup- police has resigned and six
port and attempt to rescue the police commanders have been
president from the hospital. replaced. About 40 police sus-
“There are people trying pects have been detained for
to get in from the roof and at- their alleged participation.
tack [Correa],” claimed Patino. President Correa has prom-
Hundreds of supporters ised “no pardon or forgive-
came to the president’s aid ness” for the police rebels re-
to try to help him leave the sponsible for the uprising and
hospital. They pelted rocks claimed the purging of the po-
at some of the rebel officers lice force will continue. Politi-
stationed there, and rebels cians who provoked the vio-
responded by firing tear gas lence will be probed as well.
 PAGE 6
St a f f Editoria l
If the walls around us
were crumbling and we need-
ed to be saved, would you
reject assistance from some-
one solely because he or she
was different? If you think
about it, that’s the general
idea behind Don’t Ask Don’t
Tell – that someone who is
openly different cannot help
or save you. Not only is this
policy incredibly prejudiced,
it also encourages a de-
crease in military enlistment.
How can a military boast
so much pride yet hide so
many secrets? The soldiers
march and salute to the sky,
but how many do so under the
condition that they are essen-
tially living a lie? How does
our military operate when
it, too, is living a lie? Homo-
sexuality is alive and well in
the world, and here in Amer-
ica, we must accept it and get
used to it. It’s not going any-
where, but if the government
keeps up Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,
our level of national security
could surely go somewhere.
We’re now in an age
where many young people
don’t care one way or an-
other about sexual prefer-
ence. Children are growing
up in a world where people
are openly gay and it’s nor-
mal to see two men walking
down the street hand in hand.
So what’s going to happen
if DADT is not repealed by
the time these children grow
up? Our guess is that the ma-
jority of them will think the
military is an erroneous joke
and will avoid it at all costs.
And what happens 15
years down the road when
the United States suffers from
a lack of military enlistment?
A big fat “I told you so” is
what. People are already so
fed up with this policy that if
it exists even a decade from
now (which let’s hope is not
the case), the only people
serving in the military will
be incompetent homophobes.
We at the Journal are
through with the whole anti-
gay thing, seriously. It’s 2010.
People dye their hair blue.
People live alternate lives on
computer systems. People tat-
too every inch of their bodies
and call it art. People do lots
of things that weren’t done in
the good old days of conserva-
tive America. People are gay,
and they’re open about it, and
they should be. Deal with it.
Lifting the
drilling ban
Louis Dapilma
Journal Contributor
The Obama administra-
tion announced last week that
it would lift its moratorium
on offshore drilling in the
Gulf of Mexico after intense
pressure from elected officials
in the region and business
leaders who have complained
about the impact on local
business. The moratorium,
which was supposed to last
until Nov. 30, was originally
struck down by a judge, then
later reimposed put into effect
until this week. In a telephone
conference this week, Robert
Gibbs, the White House press
secretary, announced the re-
sumption of deep water drill-
ing. Although environmental
groups have asked for a con-
tinuation of the freeze and
even a further look at shallow
water drilling, the adminis-
tration lifted the moratorium.
Looking at the events of
the Gulf oil spill and the after
effects of the catastrophe, it
may be easier to say that drill-
ing should be halted indefi-
nitely until the effects have
been looked at and decisions
made. However, if this were to
occur, there would be a down-
side: the US would be import-
ing more foreign oil, leading
to an increase on the already
high dependence on foreign
oil (which has been cited as
something the administration
would like to reduce). Also,
the region’s oil employees
would still be without a job.
The oil spill was a mas-
sive disaster on many levels
and showed the flaws of the
industry to deal with a poten-
tial disaster when it finally ar-
rived. It lead to an argument
of who should clean up the
Gulf - whether BP (British Pe-
troleum) or the Federal Gov-
ernment should deal with the
disaster. Initially BP was left
to clean up the mess, a deci-
sion comparable to allowing a
criminal to deal with the evi-
dence of a crime scene. After a
public outcry, the government
stepped in and soon worked
with BP to deal with the spill.
With the gushing well
“capped” recently, however,
October 20, 2010
BP has minimized its profile
and has made image changes
including a series of commer-
cials featuring BP workers
helping with the relief effort
and claiming that BP is “do-
ing all it can to help the people
of the Gulf.” The workers also
claimed to be from the region
and knew “what it takes to
help the people of the Gulf.”
Such assurances are hard to
trust in such situations, as
history has shown that cor-
porations and companies
will often do or say anything
publicly for the sake of profit.
Economically, the im-
pact on the Gulf region is not
limited to the oil business,
but also to the other busi-
nesses that used to coexist
with the oil industry of the
region. Tourism has suffered
and so has the local fish-
ing industry and wildlife.
To those arguing that deep
oil drilling should resume in
order to boost tourism and lo-
cal business, I ask this ques-
tion: Did we not see the conse-
quences of taking such a risk?
The region is dependent
on oil, but oil is not the only
industry and other industries
should have been considered
when this decision was made.
Tourism, which brought
a steady profit, was doing
well, as was fishing with
the ever-increasing demand
for shrimp and other sea-
food that may now be black
balled (no pun intended)
due to where they are from.
Environmentally, this di-
saster was proof for things
such as a need for change in
national energy policy and a
reduction on oil as our largest
source for fuel. It also exposed
the risks of deep water drill-
ing and showed that the oil
industry, when left to its own
devices, would be like letting
children run the day care as
opposed to adults.
Strong government regu-
lation coupled with a deeper
emphasis on shallow drilling
would be a middle ground on
the matter and hopefully lead
to a better and safer pursuit of
environmental and economic
progress in the Gulf region.
 PAGE 7
Intolerance and acceptance
Jason Kenosky
Journal Staff
The recent harassment
toward homosexuals in New
York is horrifying and sad.
Add to that the also recent
suicides of gay teenagers in
America, and it’s enough to
make you wonder what di-
rection we are heading in as
a society. With many great so-
cial advancements made over
the last 50 years, it appears
as if we have taken a few
steps back in certain areas.
One area of concern is
that homophobia is as alive
today as it was 100 years
ago. Granted, there will al-
ways be at least one person
who does not see eye-to-eye
with reason, but if we are to
Iott plays a weird kind of dress up
Tim Gillis
Journal Contributor
In order to be voted into
Congress these days, there are
certain qualities an individual the Nazi views and are not
must have: a trustworthy face
and a whole heap of money.
But now that Rich Iott is in
the picture as a Congressional
candidate for Ohio’s 9th Con-
gressional District, the ball-
park has opened up a little.
Originally from Ohio,
Iott was President and CEO
of the Seaway Food Town
grocery chain until 2000, and
has been an executive film
producer since 2007. Addi-
tionally, he has served in the
Ohio Military Reserve since
1982. And if these things are
not interesting enough, Iott
also likes to dress up as a
Nazi and reenact World War
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truly advance as a society, we
need to accept and appreci-
ate that just like color of skin,
ethnicity, and sex, who one
is attracted to is no grounds
for hatred and bigotry.
Five teenagers, ranging
in ages 13 to 19 who identi-
fied themselves as homosex-
ual, recently took their own
lives to escape the torment
of bullying they received
because of their sexualities.
It’s deeply saddening that a
13-year-old felt the need to
end his life for any reason,
but even worse that he did so
because he was made to feel
like some kind of mistake.
The kidnapping and tor-
ture of three homosexuals
in the Bronx (two teenagers
and one adult) by a makeshift
II to learn and teach history. I’d be the last person to call
In his defense, the Nazi
reenactment group’s web-
site, Wiking.org, does claim
that the group does not hold
racist in anyway. It claims
that the group is solely
for educational purposes.
Iott has stated that he
only does the reenactments
to spend time with his son.
Because taking your kid to an
Ohio State game is overrated
these days anyway, right? He
also has set up an alter ego in bering fool who never gives
his own mind, named Rein-
hard Pferdmann. Pferdmann,
in Iott’s mind, is a courageous Laura Emerson to explain
soldier who fought for the
Axis powers during the war.
The whole alter ego business
caught me by surprise, and
it seems like there might be a asked for verification of the
few screws loose in that head. document, and unfortunate-
Questions:
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gang enrages me to the point
of wanting to choke these
fools out. However, Pyrrhic
victories are just as pathetic.
To round out these
events, gubernatorial can-
didate for New York State
governor, Carl Paladino, an-
nounced in a public speech
that he believes homosexual-
ity is immoral and degrad-
ing to society. Par for course,
he recanted his comments
by saying that his words
were poorly chosen and that
he supports gay rights, but
still believes that homosexu-
ality is not a valid option.
Not a valid option for
whom? Bigots? Paladino
sweeps these beliefs under
religion’s rug, yet forgets a
simple concept: freedom
someone crazy, however, so
I’ll let the media take care that.
When I first heard about
this guy, I gave him the ben-
efit of the doubt. After all,
I didn’t want to automati-
cally mark him up as a jack-
ass based on one instance. I
looked all around to try to and
find something positive about
him, but the more and more
I looked, I kept finding inter-
views and more information
that made Iott look like a blub-
a straightforward answer.
When asked by Fox News’
why he listed his occupation
as a “soldier” for the state
of Ohio, Iott denied remem-
bering anything about it. He
ly for him, he was handed it
within 30
minutes.
When he
realized
there was
no way
out of
the situ-
ation, he
spewed
out some
garbage
and be-
gan talk-
ing in
circles:
“Uh, no,
October 20, 2010
of religion implies freedom explained? Is it because God
from religion, too. The Bible or Allah said so? There is no
has no implication on Amer- god behind me, yet I have
ican law or thought and trouble comprehending the
churches already have the notion that a just and kind
right to marry or deny mar- god would hold interests in
rying couples as they see fit. punishing a portion of the
Not all religions are against population who desire noth-
homosexuality, and because ing more than to express
of this, religious freedom love and affection toward
is being infringed upon. one another without ridicule.
Even though certain re-
ligions oppose homosexual- See online for the whole story
ity, there is no way to logi-
cally reason that being gay
is wrong. Outside of having
the cahones to admit that you
are bigoted and your opin-
ions are fueled by hate and
disgust, cognitive dissonance
is the only factor at play.
How else can the fear
and misunderstanding be
actually, I can't.
I... am a soldier
of the State of
Ohio - I'm in
the Ohio Mili-
tary Reserve
- And I don't
know - I don't
know how that
was - got that
way, to be hon-
est with you.”
My point is
that if someone
wants to wear
a Nazi uniform,
it doesn’t af-
fect my life. It is
their choice and
as long as they Image courtesy of profile Ezk of Wikicommons
don’t harm any-
one while they the little bit of hope I have left.
are doing it, they have the If a person wants to run
freedom to. That’s what is so around in a Nazi uniform
great about this country after and shoot fake assault rifles
all. But for that man to then so be it. People get so
try to become a leader of the worked up these days about
country is absolutely absurd. how other people want to live
The citizens of America are their lives. If no one is being
growing tired. We are tired of harmed in any way, then no
recession, tired of outrageous one should stress about it.
prices, and tired of being told
what is going to happen by and
This life is way too short
complicated enough
some rich bastard who won’t without constantly freaking
lose a wink of sleep if I starve out about how other people
to death tonight. I can’t speak live. But leading a country is
for everyone, but I know that a different situation. Given
I really just need a little bit of enough power, who knows
hope that just maybe there is what Iott, (or better yet Pferd-
an honest man or woman out mann) could do? I think David
there who does care. And I Kushma of the Toledo Blade
can tell you that if Iott does said it best: “Give Iott the ben-
get elected, that would ruin efit of the doubt, not votes.”
 PAGE 8 October 20, 2010

Fa ll Fest : Top 10
PAO showcases top numbers of last decade
Shendi Katro current students, including in- dozens auditioned this year. original song called Machine Organizers of the Fall
Journal Contributor dependent acts from individ- An ensemble of all the to hype up the audience. Fest included Performing
uals and performances from cast members performed be- According to Vice Presi- Arts Office staff Kristen Bak-
Students and their par- groups, some of which did fore and after every indepen- dent Nancy Stoll, a humani- er, Ben Janey, Kathy Maloney,
ents flocked to this year's not attend Suffolk University. dent act, which included Lau- ties professor organized an and Lea Wandelmaier. April
Fall Fest, witnessing Suffolk’s Every performer had ra Altenor, EXPO, and The event 37 years ago for stu- Douguette was also part of
community this fantas-
spirit through tic group as
music, dance, the chore-
and other ographer of
acts. Tak- many per-
ing place on formances.
October 14, Fall Fest
15, and 16 in was a night
the C. Walsh filled with
Theater, the music, danc-
Fall Fest was ing, and
hosted by se- many laughs
niors Kelsey from the au-
Trenti and dience. The
Mitch Vieira. ensemble
Students cel- performed a
ebrated the dance com-
talent within petition,
the Suffolk showcasing
c o m m u n i t y, the moves of
allowing for Prince versus
parents as the late Mi-
well as stu- chael Jackson.
dents to join Bryan Pytka
the audi- and Eliza-
ence as part beth Alden
of Suffolk’s sang Celine
Family Week- Deon’s My
end. Tren- Photo by Dan McHugh Heart Will
ti and Vieira hosted the a short time period to pre- Motivated Sequence among dents to show their creative Go On, giving a hilarious
two-hour-long event, in- pare for the show, with others. Each one performed talents. Over the years, what performance of Jack Dawson
troducing individual acts preparation starting at the musical numbers. Laura Al- once started as Spring Fest and Rose from the film Titanic
and group performances. beginning of the semester. tenor gave a wonderful per- became Fall Fest, as it was (1997, 20th Century Fox). The
Fall formance Suffolk
Fest is an singing University
annual S o m e - Step Team,
produc- w h e r e a m o n g
tion by Over the many oth-
the Per- Rainbow, ers, per-
forming first pop- formed at
Arts Of- ularized the end of
fice. The by Judy the show.
theme Garland A gala
of the in the reception
s h o w, film The filled with
“ T o p Wizard of refresh-
’10”, was Oz (1939, ments and
picked to MGM). snacks was
celebrate E X P O held in the
Photo by Dan McHugh Photo by Dan McHugh
the Per- s a n g Donahue
forming Arts Office’s 10th an- “There are new mem- a song called No Weapon changed from the spring se- Café immediately follow-
niversary. The show includ- bers every year. Anyone can Needed, an original writ- mester to the fall semester. ing the show, where guests
ed the top 10 performances audition,” said Mitch Viera, ten about his stance on gun This change allowed for Fall mingled with the performers.
picked from the last 10 years host and SGA President. Vi- violence. The Motivated Se- Fest to be part of Suffolk’s
of the Fall Fest, performed by era also told The Journal that quence also performed an Family Weekend festivities.
REA D:
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arts
Second annual Boston Book Festival
gives literal meaning to Copley Square
Kendra Samuel of customers through out the fore, people could add one
BRIEFS
Journal Staff day. “There were some points
during the day when even I
line to create an ongoing sto-
ry that would be published on
Africa
Festival-goers clung to couldn’t get into the stand,” the Internet as a finished prod-
their Starbucks cups with said Gloss, “I love to see how uct. With this came booths A house in Tatooine Tunisia once belonging to Owen
all their strength, plowing the festival grows bigger and promoting writing commu- and Beru Lars George Lucas has recently gained attention
through the stinging and bit- bigger each year.” Though nities and schools that spe- within the Star Wars community, as it had recently suffered
ing winds that plagued Copley the staff was there packing cialized in creative writing. severe damage. Used as a set for the Attack of the Clones
Square At the (2002, Lucasfilm Ltd), the “igloo in the sand” is located in
as the heart of the Nefta, just off of the Algerian border. This structure is also
second festival sat in the same place as the original set was during the film-
annual the Google ing of the original Star Wars (1977, 20th Century Fox). A
Boston booth in all website named Savetheigloo.com has sprung up with fol-
Book Fes- its glory, ful- lowers behind it donating the money needed to buy the
tival com- ly equipped tools and permits that are required to restore the build-
menced with some ing. So far, around 2000 members have joined the Face-
on Satur- level of heat- book group, Save the Lars Homestead. Out of the $10,000
day, Oc- ing, Internet needed, about $6000 has been donated already. For fans
tober 16. and computer of the franchise, this may be one of the most important
The arc- access and of causes dedicated to the preservation of the movie. Of
tic gusts course best- course, Lucas himself has yet to show any signs of caring,
w e n t selling books as he’s busy once again altering his films for the 3D format.
nearly on display for
Photo courtesy of Chris Sanchez sale, as well as
u n n o -
up well past the end of the plenty of Google memorabilia.
California
ticed, as the fair stretched
out across the square, of- festival, finishing around Throughout the day there
fering something en- 8p.m. the day was more than were two keynote speakers
Hollywood has seen happier days. It lost two be-
joyable for everyone. worth it. “It was work, but present for adults and kids,
loved parents in the past week—Barbara Billingsly, who
Avid readers felt at home it was work we enjoyed.” doing things from Q&A ses-
played June Cleaver on Leave It to Beaver (1957, MCA
as sev- sions to read-
Television), and Tom Bosley, who played Howard Cun-
eral well ings from
ningham on Happy Days (1974, Paramount Television).
k n o w n their newest
Billingsly famously played the the quintessential 50s
booksell- releases. Jeff
homemaker and mother of Wally and Theodore “Bea-
ers, and Kinney, the
ver” Cleaver. She died Saturday of a long illness at 94.
some lo- bestselling
Bosley, who played the stern, but loving father to Richie
cal to child’s author
(Ron Howard), Joanie (and Chuck in one episode), died
the Bos- of Diary of a
Tuesday from heart failure related to a brief battle with
ton area, Wimpy Kid
lung cancer in a hospital near his home in Palm Springs,
made an (2007, Amulet
California. He was 83. Both sitcom stars captured Amer-
appear- Books), was
ica’s heart in their respective roles as iconic 50s parents
a n c e . one, while
(although Bosley only played a 50s father in a 70s show.)
T h e i r the other was
booths New York
w e r e Best Sell-
a r m e d ing author Allston
w i t h Photo courtesy of Chris Sanchez Joyce Carol
stacks of bestsellers and gen- Smaller stores and pub- Oates, who read from her Allston “Rock City” is losing one of its venues only
tly used classics to tame the lishing companies, such as newest release Sourland: weeks after major local practice spaces closed down. Ac-
masses. Barnes and Noble, Bascom Hill Books and Harp- Stories (2010, Ecco). Events cording to the Boston Globe, Harper’s Ferry, located near
as well as the Brattle Book er Perennial, were also fea- centering around novels the intersection of Brighton Avenue and Harvard Ave-
Shop, found over on West tured, holding their own small and writing practice, po- nue, will close its doors for good come Halloween. The
Street across from the 10 crowds. Among the bustling etry, and open discussions venue, which has been a staple of the neighborhood for
West Residence Hall, tend- booths were several colorful, also ran during the festival. 40 years, is being let go from its lease. Allston, known for
ed to be the busiest book- fun layouts and tents made The day was a success, its unique student population and music scene, has also
sellers featured at the fair. strictly for the little ones, pro- with Oates wrapping the fes- lost two of its most coveted practice spaces. Once used by
“The great thing about moting reading for all ages. tival with a final reading. The over hundreds of bands, the warehouse spaces known as
this festival is that all the Writing was also a key Boston Book Festival gen- the Sound Museum and the Music Gym have both closed
people that go know us, but theme, with a few stops along erated quite a crowed and their doors after decades of use. Just a few years ago
also a lot don’t so it’s great ex- the festival’s trail that aimed as people dispersed the ex- Allston also lost its iconic figure, Mr. Butch, who lived for
posure,” said Ken Gloss, the to shape creativity. The One citement from the day only the streets, not just on the streets. While the neighborhood
current owner of the Brattle Story booth was a crowd fa- heightened as they anticipat- loses its culture, one can only refer to the rehabilitation
Book Shop. The staff of the vorite. As attendees sifted ed the outcome of next year. of Kenmore Square by Boston University as an example
Brattle had an early start at through the mass of story of something that could be happening to Allston now.
7:30 a.m. with a constant flow fragments left from those be-
 PAGE 10 October 20, 2010

staff
SOUNDS
Arvid Noe
"Arvid Noe EP"
Harnessing raw power to vo-
cal harmonies in the strang-
est places only adds to the
excitement of Arvid Noe.
-Ethan Long
A Tribe Called Quest
"People's Instinctive Travels
and the Paths of Rythym"
Yes, I can
Bon gs, Bulls, Bullie s
Student film transports viewers to the 90s
David Frederick
Journal Contributor
What do bootleg DVDs,
marijuana, Power Ranger fig-
ures, and two young men all
have in common? Well, in
Mission Impotable (2010, Maz-
less Productions),a student
film directed by Christian
Roberts, ’12, and written by
and starring Alec Lawless,
’12, and Erik Mazurick; they
all collide in a very funny and
random way. Mission Impo-
table chronicles the journey of
two lazy friends, Luke (Law-
less) and Erik (Mazurick),
who manage to get beaten and
ridiculed by resident trouble-
maker Adam (Jeff McHugh).
Luke also manages to get
himself into trouble with
Hicks, (Chris Hicks) the local
bootlegger and drug dealer.
Through means which
I won’t spoil, the not-so dy-
namic duo end up traveling
back to the fabled land of
1993. Stuck, they think of a
great plan to stop their current
problems: beat the ever-lov-
ing hell out of Adam’s young-
er self, so he is not able to tor- The movie starts off with At points the film drags,
ment them later on. Mission an atmosphere of a suburban though it must be noted that
Impotable is full of references version of Friday (1995, New this is because it is still a stu-
to the 90s and while it may Line Cinema) and then turns dent film. There are real areas
be a stoner/student-made ef- into a brutal mashup of Back of the movie that I got drawn
fort, it is a great effort at that. to the Future (1985,Univer- into and I laughed gleefully
at, such as all
of the 90s ref-
erences scat-
tered through-
out the film.
Every time
there was a
Power Ranger
reference, or
the question-
ing of why
the show
Friends (1994,
Bright/Kauff-
man/Crane
Photo courtesy of Mazless Productions
Productions
) had mas-
While I did love Erik Ma- sal Studios) and Half Baked sive popularity, I was
zurick’ s awesome one-liners , (1998, Universal Studios). brought back to the 90s.
I think that it was Chris Hicks Lawless and Mazur- Now, there is question-
who was hilarious as him- ick have good chemistry on able material in Mission Im-
self. The writing is nowhere screen, proving not to be just potable that may not suffice
near getting an Oscar, and the Harold and Kumar rip-offs. to your own liking, but at
sound may be a bit off in some When you and your friends the end of the day, Mission
areas, but the one thing that just want to relax and have Impotable is just a fun movie
Mission Impotable does have a nice, cheap laugh, this and a good effort from Rob-
going for it is its B-movie feel. would be the movie to watch. erts, Lawless, and Mazurick.

How did I get here?

-Ryan Boyle

Excursion Boston releases MBTA app

Ryan Boyle
Journal Staff
How can you sleep in
later, minimize your time
Will.I.Am feat. Crookers in the frigid New England
"Fly Away" weather, and get to class on
"Electrorap" as they say. time? Well now there’s an
-Angela Bray app for that – actually a few.
Excursion Boston is hit-
ting the home screens of col-
lege students’ iPhones across
the city. The application was
updated recently with real-
time location based tracking
of MBTA buses and heavy-
rail subway lines. This up-
date comes after the recent
release of real-time location
based data becoming avail-
able from the Massachu-
setts Developmental Office
Jeff Buckley in an attempt to spur in-
"Sketches for my Sweetheart novation with transit data.
the Drunk" The Excursion Boston ap-
Because one man has the plication is available for 99
ability to sound like 1,000 cents in the iTunes App Store.
gospel singers crying Upon opening the app, the
-Jenn Orr user is presented a screen with
a button that says, “Closest
Stops” and some instructions.
This is my first gripe with the
application – you shouldn’t
have to click a button to have
the closest stations and bus
stops displayed. Once you
get through clicking that but-
ton the app utilizes the built-
in GPS to display the closest
MBTA subway stations and
buses. Each station and bus
has a color-coded box to in-
dicate the different subway
lines. In addition to color-
coding and station names, the
distance to the station is also
displayed on the far right.
Upon clicking on a sta-
tion or bus route, you are pre-
sented with inbound and out-
bound trains. For example
clicking on the Government
Center station, you’re present-
ed with options for Bowdoin,
Wonderland, Boston College,
Cleveland Circle, and so on.
Clicking on the subway train
to Bowdoin, one can see when
the next sets of trains are de-
parting, as well as future
scheduled trains. This fea-
ture is essential to any college
student that rides the T and
keeps a tight schedule. The
application’s real time data
is only available on the blue,
red, and orange lines and cer-
tain bus lines. The green line
does not have real time data,
although it’s “static” schedule
is built into the application.
In addition to the real-
time location data the app
makes available, you can also
click a button to view the clos-
est subway and bus routes
around you displayed on a
Google Map. Upon clicking
one of the numerous red pins,
marking bus stops or MBTA
stations, you can “show the lo-
cation in Google Map,” “ride
the T from current location,”
or “walk here from current
location.” This feature is nice
if you want to see your cur-
rent options for getting a ride,
except you can already view
station locations station loca-
tion in Google Maps – they’re
marked with a MBTA symbol.
Overall I would say this
app is a decent three out of
five. The functionally works,
the real time tracking is accu-
rate – at least for the #43 Bus
at Beacon and Park Street. My
only real complaint is the way
the interface was designed.
There is no point for a home
screen on this app; it serves
no actual purpose other than
to link you to the stations and
busses. When the user makes
a downward swipe motion
it should refresh the current
data like Facebook, Twitter,
and Foursquare do. Addi-
tionally the spacing between
the bottom menu navigation
icons is off. They could have
at least made them clearer,
and spaced out properly.
Bottom line, if you’re not
satisfied with the other MBTA
apps out there, go for it.
 PAGE 11
'She a r'-ly a g re at t ime!
Jenn Orr
Journal Staff
Described as “Boston’s
hilarious whodunit,” Shear
Madness is not your typical
night at the theatre. Nor is it
your typical idea of theatre,
as it follows a somewhat
loose script that changes
with each performance. Ulti-
mately, it is a show that just
can’t seem to get old, even
though it is the longest-run-
ning non-musical play in the
history of American Theatre.
So how do they do it?
How has Shear Madness con-
tinued to sell out perfor-
mances since Bruce Jordan
and Marilyn Abrams first
opened it in January 1980?
The answer is simple: every
show, every single perfor-
mance, is different from the
last. Constant reinvention is
what keeps things interesting,
and that same reinvention is
why the show is worth seeing
more than once or twice (or
three times… it’s that good).
The show is set in Shear
Madness, a vintage-tacky
hair salon in Boston located
below the apartment of an
elderly classical pianist, Isa-
belle Czerny. After a bit of
background story-telling and
joke-cracking, the audience
learns that Isabelle was mur-
dered (death by shears) just
minutes ago and that every
one of the six characters on
stage had a reason to elimi-
nate her. After the fact, the
audience becomes the sev-
enth member of the cast - the
main witness of the crime.
“If we didn’t have the in-
teraction, it wouldn’t be the
same show,” said cast mem-
ber Nick Caruso. “The au-
dience is what makes Shear
Madness what it really is.”
With the audience par-
ticipation comes a great deal
of fun and even more impro-
visation on stage. Steps are
retraced, questions are asked
by audience members, and
everyone tries to solve the
murder mystery. Seems like
dark stuff, but the many up-
to-date references and wise-
cracks interspersed through-
out the show are what
gives it comic illumination.
And the people behind
this improvised hilarity are
director Bruce Jordan and the
cast members: Jordan Ahn-
quist (Tony), Jennifer Ellis
(Barbara), Patrick Shea (Ed-
die), Mary Klug (Mrs. Shu-
bert), Jonathan Popp (Nick),
and Nick Caruso (Mikey).
Every cast member comes up
with relevant bits to throw
into each show, so all make
sure they keep up on cur-
rent events and pop culture,
and it certainly shows. The
Oct. 14 performance included
references to Brett Favre and
being discreet, Chilean min-
ers and a broom closet, and
a personal favorite mention
of Isabelle Czerny and her
career as a pianist: “She took
Viagara because she thought
it made old pianists perform
better. It worked, because
she’d lasted four hours.”
Both the show’s dialogue
and its cast are constantly in
rotation; the dialogue every-
day, the cast every 13 weeks.
Cast members also switch
roles with one another, so one
night Pat Shea (who has been
on board since 1983) might
play Eddie and the next
night Tony. This keeps things
fun and interesting for the
cast, all of whom are accom-
plished and versatile actors.
Jordan Ahnquist, who
currently plays the ultra-
fabulous, stud-loving hair-
dresser Tony, is a perfect
example of how flexible the
actors in Shear Madness really
are. He started out as Mikey,
one of the Boston detectives
trying to uncover Isabelle’s
murderer, and now plays
Tony, who on any given night
could be the perpetrator.
“The role of Tony is a lot
more work, but it’s a lot more
fun and you get a little lee-
way,” Ahnquist said. “I also
like playing Mikey because
we have some really talented
October 20, 2010
people who also play Tony,
like Pat Shea who played Ed-
die tonight. So when I played
Mikey it was fun to just kind
of soak up what everyone else
was doing. And also Mikey…
to figure out how to have fun
in that smaller role is really
fun too, to have you pick your
moments. I find joy in that.”
Between the up-to-date
references, the extremity of
the characters, and the versa-
tility of the actors, Shear Mad-
ness can be described as the
live uncle version of shows
like “30 Rock.” It is fresh, it
is fun, and it gives the audi-
ence an opportunity to shine.
When asked if Shear Mad-
ness is a new (albeit 30 years
old) means of keeping com-
edy spontaneous and alive,
Pat Shea replied saying,
“That’s the highest compli-
ment you can pay to Shear
Madness to say, ‘Do you think
Shear Madness is the new
way to keep comedy alive?’”
Yes, Pat Shea,
I absolutely do.
 PAGE 12 October 20, 2010

Our Ever Improving Living Room The Journal

By Kevin Budnik Takes On
Issues...
- Our Power Rangers article was cited
by Wikipedia!
Plus 180 points
- Gays can serve in the military!
Plus 2010 points
- There's a samurai sword at the
Boston Globe
Plus 422 points
- Conan is back in 20 days
Plus 200 points
- Do not order from Regal Cafe
Minus 1000 points
- Bacon pizza
Plus 888 points
- Scream 4
Minus 444 points
- Grover parodies Old Spice
commercial on Sesame Street
Plus 123 points
- Where is Jenn?
Minus ...? points
- Justin Bieber
Minus 1423 points

Total points this week = 956

The Weekly Crossword!

 PAGE 13 October 20, 2010

Sports briefs
League upping the ante on illegal hits
With a rash of dangerous helmet-to-helmet hits this
weekend in the NFL, the league has decided to impose a
Men's soccer
Oct. 20 at Saint Joseph's (Me.), 3:30 p.m.
more stringent penalty regarding flagrant hits. Previously,
Oct.. 23 at Norwich, 2:30 p.m. Women's tennis
the league would fine or eject players that used an illegal hit Oct. 20 vs. Mount Ida, 6:30 p.m. (GNAC Semifinals)
on a particular player. Now, the league will begin suspending
players. Over the weekend, three separate incidents sparked Women's volleyball
this extremely contentious debate among league executives. Oct. 21 vs. Framingham St., 7:00 p.m.
The Eagles’ DeSean Jackson and Dunta Robinson of the Fal- Oct. 23 vs. Mount Ida, 10:00 a.m.
cons both suffered concussions after Robinson dangerously Oct. 23 vs. Pine Manor, 2:00 p.m.
went for a tackle. The Patriots’ own Brandon Meriweather Oct. 26 vs. Gordon, 7:00 p.m.
landed an extremely dangerous helmet shot on Ravens’
tight end Todd Heap, and Steelers’ linebacker James Harri-
son sidelined two Browns players with over-the-top blows. Team standings
Men's soccer Women's Women's
Cubs find managerial successor in Quade volleyball tennis
(GNAC) (GNAC) (GNAC)
The Chicago Cubs announced the name of their next
head coach on Tuesday, hoping to jumpstart a fresh start 1. Johnson & Wales (RI) 9-0 1. Simmons 8-0
1. Lasell 5-0-2
for the much-maligned organization. Mike Quade, who had 2. Rivier 9-1 2. Emerson 7-1
2. Norwich 5-2
previously served as the interim coach for Lou Piniella, will 3. Emerson 6-1 3. Suffolk 6-2
3. Albertus Magnus 4-2-1
look to guide the organization back to prominence. Many 4. Mount Ida 5-2 4. Emmanuel 5-3
4. Suffolk 4-2-1
people expected that Cubs’ Hall of Fame second baseman 5. Norwich 5-2 5. Johnson & Wales (RI) 4-4
5. Emerson 4-2-1
and current Triple-A Iowa manager Ryne Sandberg to take 6. St. Joseph's (Maine) 4-3 6. Mount Ida 3-5
6. Emmanuel 3-2-2
the top spot. However, Quade proved in a short period of 7. Lasell 4-5 7. St. Joseph (Conn.) 2-6
7. St. Joseph's (Me.) 3-3-1
time that he could manage at the big-league level, compiling 8. Suffolk 3-5 8. Albertus Magnus 1-7
8. Johnson & Wales (RI) 1-5-1
a 24-13 record. He took over for Piniella on Aug. 23, and is al- 9. Emmanuel 2-4 9. Pine Manor 0-8
9. Mount Ida 1-5-1
ready being praised by some current Cubs players as a good 10. Simmons 2-6
10. Rivier 0-7
fit. Having been with the Cubs for nine seasons, he most cer- 11. Pine Manor 1-5
tainly understands the need to win right away. The long-time 12. Albertus Magnus 0-8
minor league manager will take over a Cubs team in transi- 13. St. Joseph (Conn.) 0-8
tion, but should have the pieces to comepte in the future.

Lee continues postseason dominance

Cliff Lee continued to dominate in postseason play in
Game 3 of the ALCS, holding the Yankees to just two hits
over eight innings, all while securing an important win for
the Texas Rangers. Lee is now only the fourth pitcher in the
history of the game to strike out at least 13 batters while al-
lowing two hits or fewer. Amazingly, he is now 7-0 with a
1.26 ERA in eight career postseason starts. (Three of his eight
wins have come against the power-hitting Yankees.) Lee
now has 67 strikeouts to only seven walks in the postseason,
having shown amazing control and poise on the mound.
Lee, a free-agent this offseason, will most certainly garner a
humongous contract. It will be interesting to see if the Rang-
ers can lock him up long-term, or if the team he just beat, the
New York Yankees, can swoop in and claim him for good.

Rooney poised to leave Manchester United

Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney, considered
one of the best players in the world, has reportedly denied an
opportunity to sign an extension with the team. The 24-year-
old European was reportedly happy with his situation on the
team just a few months ago, but now things have changed.
This decision came as a surprise to the team’s manager, Sir
Alex Ferguson. Rooney, who is the reigning soccer player of
the year, would join Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez as
the newest example of a high-profile player departing the
organization. Although his play has diminished as of late, he
is still considered one of the best in the world, so his depar-
ture could be a serious blow to the team’s long-term future.
 PAGE 14 October 20, 2010

NBA preview: Players and teams to keep an eye on

Mike Giannattasio low involves The Boston Celt- will most certainly bring eye on out west is the Oklaho- by the Washington Wizards.
Journal Staff ics, who were six minutes a boost of energy off the ma City Thunder. After Kevin The New York Knicks add-
away from winning the 2010 bench. Blake, meanwhile, Durant became the youngest ed Amar'e Stoudemire during
With the NBA season NBA Finals after player ever the offseason, but it’s only a
opening up next week, there having an extraor- to win the guessing game as to whether
are many storylines that dinary postseason. NBA scor- they will improve this year.
should be followed through- With new play- ing title last Yao Ming, who was out
out the course of this season. ers like Shaquille year, it’s go- all of last season with any in-
This upcoming campaign O’Neal, Jermaine ing to be jury, could very well be the
is going to be very differ- O’Neal and De- exciting to Comeback Player of the Year
ent from last year, as many lonte West added see if he can if he plays well for the Hous-
teams have changed with the to the club this have anoth- ton Rockers. While the Lakers
acquisitions of new players. offseason, the Celt- er phenom- are bound to win the Western
The Miami Heat added ics will once again enal season Conference again this season,
Lebron James and Chris Bosh have a team filled in 2010-11, other teams in the West that
this past offseason, and with with older veter- and bring are going to be tough to beat
Dwyane Wade, the team is ans that could be the Thunder include Dallas, Denver, Okla-
expected to contend for the very dangerous. a step closer homa City and San Antonio.
championship this year. It’s The Los Ange- to the prom- The Eastern Conference
going to be exciting to see how les Lakers will look ised land. title will be up for grabs
the group plays and if they to defend their M a n y by Boston, Miami or Chi-
can live up to all the hype. NBA crown for young play- cago, but expect Orlando,
It will also be interesting the third consecu- ers are also Washington and Milwau-
to see how the Cleveland Cav- tive season and it expected to kee to hang around un-
aliers play this year without will be interesting rise this sea- til the end of the season.
James, who had been a mem- to see if they will Photo courtesy of Keith Allison/Wikicommons
son, includ- Ultimately, it was a very
ber of their organization for be up to the chal- ing Greg busy offseason in the NBA.
seven seasons. James brought lenge again this Heat guard Dwyane Wade (above) will look to guide Oden of Some of the best players in
the Cavs to the Finals once, year. The Lakers his all-star-caliber team to the promised land. the Port- the game switched teams,
but could not bring the city a did not make any land Trail and it will be interesting to
title. Most people assume the major changes in Blazers, see if a new team emerges,
fans are not going to give him the offseason, but did add will be a good change-of-pace Derrick Rose of the Chicago or if the Lakers and Celt-
the warmest reception when small forward Matt Barnes, guard for incumbent Derek Bulls, Blake Griffin of the Los ics continue to dominate
the Heat play their first game point guard Steve Blake and Fisher, and provide a shoot- Angeles Clippers and John in a very talented league.
in Cleveland on December 2. center Theo Ratliff. Barnes, ing touch from the outside. Wall, who was the first player
Another storyline to fol- as very solid wing player, Another team to keep an selected in the 2010 NBA Draft

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Opinion: Celtics primed for return to championship

Green will compete in competetive conference
Alex Mellion On a lesser note, Brian maine O’Neal. The Celtics provide the Celtics with a big elite point guards in the league
Journal Staff Scalabrine got tired of warm- signed the six-time all-star body down low and he should this season with his outstand-
ing benches in Boston, and to a two- year deal. While play a key role in the Celt- ing all-around play on both
signed with the Bulls, ics season. sides of the ball. He showed
After months of antici-
where he’ll play a key T h e he is capable of all-star perfor-
pation, the “Big Three” are
role in the Bulls hopes team also mances during the playoffs,
going to finally step onto
of a world champion- d r a f t e d recording two triple-dou-
an NBA court together, next
ship (just kidding). guard Av- bles while leading the team.
Tuesday, October 26th. All
He’ll be warming the ery Bradley Even though the days of
the experts are naming this
benches in Chicago too. from the 20-plus points per game are
team as title contenders,
The Celtics biggest University long gone, the Big Three will
and their three stars should
acquisition this offsea- of Texas still find ways to be produc-
help keep them in conten-
son (both literally and and forward tive and help lead the team to
tion for the whole season.
figuratively) was the Big Luke Haran- another championship. With a
All eyes will be on Paul
Aristotle himself, Sha- gody from very deep bench, they will be
Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin
quille O’Neal. The Big the Uni- able to win the tough games
Garnett (what, did you think
Shamrock (his newest versity of during he regular season.
I was talking about that other
nickname), who is cur- Notre Dame, While the team’s nucleus
“Big Three” down in Miami?)
rently residing at the and both may be getting older, the Celt-
as they take the court and
W Hotel, will try to fill should pro- ics are a basketball team that
tip off the Celtics 2010-2011
the void left by Ken- vide some you can’t count out at any
NBA season against “The
drick Perkins’ injury, depth off of point in the season. The team
Three Kings” of South Beach
and will look to silence the bench. will be in contention for not
(LeBron, Dwyane and Bosh).
the critics who say he Of course only the Eastern Conference
The Celtics offseason
is washed up and can’t the Celt- title, but the NBA title as well.
was a busy one, and saw the
have the same impact ics have the The memories of the bit-
departure of a couple key
on a game as he used to. Big Three ter Game 7 finals defeat in
role players and the arrival
O’Neal has said (Pierce, Al- Los Angeles still linger, but
of some new players who
publically that the two- len and Gar- the Garden will be rock-
should make an immediate
year deal he signed with nett) along ing long into the month of
impact. Gone are Shelden
the Celtics will be the with Rajon June. The Celtics should
Williams (who signed with Photo courtesy of Keith Allison/Wikicommons
last contract he signs in Rondo re- find themselves as one of the
the Denver Nuggets), Tony
the NBA, and he will Long-time Celtics member Paul Pierce (above) turning final four teams in conten-
Allen (signed with the Mem-
try to bring at least one,
phis Grizzlies), and Rasheed signed a contract extension this offseason, all but for another tion for the championship,
if not two champion- champion- and 2011 could very well be
Wallace (retirement). Kend- securing himself with the team for the remainder
ships to Boston during ship run. If the year that banner number
rick Perkins, who is normally
his brief stay in the city. of his Hall of Fame career. the postsea- 18 gets raised to the rafters.
the starting center, is also out
Another O’Neal son was any
until at least mid-February as
will look to be the big man his stats have recently been indication, look for Rondo to
he recovers from a torn ACL.
in Boston, this one being Jer- on the decline, Jermaine will solidify himself as one of the

NFL in the right with rule change for illegal hits

run his route across the mid- up and smash into each other "I'm all for player safety," less intensity now that these
Matt West
dle of the field, as did Meri- for 48 minutes a game. It is Steelers Head Coach Mike suspension will be hand-
Journal Staff weather in his pursuit of the also true that many injuries Tomlin told ESPN. "I think it ed down. But good, tough
bulky tight end. But when a is the proper initiative that tackles can be made with-
The National Football
player leads with his helmet the NFL has. I think we out leading with the helmet
League is doing the right
–a very dangerous weapon in need to safeguard the men and laying a bone-crushing
thing by fining and suspend-
today’s NFL –they run the risk that play this game to the hit on an unsuspecting of-
ing players for illegal or mali-
of seriously injuring any play- best of our abilities and fensive player. On the Meri-
cious hits. Watching Patriots’
er they happen to come across. make it as safe as we can. weather hit, Heap most likely
safety Brandon Meriweath-
Meriweather himself was "We've used words would have went down had
er’s over-the-line hit on Ra-
fined $50,000 Tuesday night, like flagrant and egre- he hit him in the leg or chest.
vens’ tight end Todd Heap
only days after the aforemen- gious and lowering the The league is well within
on Sunday made it apparent
tioned hit. James Harrison, strike zone and those are its rights to limit these danger-
that something needs to be
an all-pro linebacker for the words you use as a coach ous hits. It can still be a compet-
done regarding how defen-
Pittsburgh Steelers, was fined to make sure you're play- itive, interesting and fun game
sive players go about play-
$75,000 for a pair of hits he ing within the rules." of football without seeing de-
ing their respective positions.
laid on two Cleveland Browns’ More importantly, fensive players flying around
While it is certainly in the
players on Sunday. Each fine that occur in the league are these viscous hits do not the field, laying head-to-head
league’s best interest to adhere
was completely warranted. the result of the physical game make the difference in very hits on opposing players.
to the rules that have attracted
The fact the league will these all-world athletes play. close games. It's not as if the The NFL is wise to crack
copious amounts of followers
begin suspending players will What needs to be eliminat- league is imposing a rule that down on these hits before
over the years, when players
clearly polarize its many fol- ed are the head-to-head hits will restrict players from do- the league becomes rampant
begin to find themselves in
lowers and participants. Some we too often see in the NFL. ing their everyday business. with unneccesary, untimely
life or death situations, some-
will say that football is a con- There is no reason a player Admittedly, some defen- plays that could have long-
thing clearly needs to be done.
tact sport, and that no one is should fear for his life when sive players will tempted to term, serious consequences.
Heap had every right to
forcing these players to suit running a crossing route. pull up or play with a little
 PAGE 16
Women's tennis team finishes up impressive season
Alex Hall
Journal Staff
Winning back-to-back
games is considered a good
start in almost any sport.
Wining three straight results
in a hot streak. But winning
five straight and seven of
your last eight games of the
regular season? That’s noth-
ing short of dominant. After
defeating Umass-Boston 7-2
last Wednesday, the Suf-
folk women’s tennis team
finds themselves sitting in
third place in the GNAC
conference with an 8-3 over-
all record on the season.
The Lady Rams won in
impressive fashion against
the Beacons, capturing all
three doubles matches. Their
only two losses came in sin-
gles matches, although both
were close contests. Fresh-
man standout Evgeniya
Skorobogatova finished her
singles season undefeated af-
ter winning her match against
Umass’ Destanee Ringler,
Soccer player helps lead team to dominating season
CJ Haddad
Journal Staff
Freshman Taylor Miran-
da has an undeniable love for
the game of soccer. This love
has translated onto the field,
and has allowed her to excel at
Suffolk. The 5-foot-6, 18-year-
old freshman has made a
huge impact on the women’s
soccer team in her first sea-
son. Hailing from Smithtown
in Long Island, New York,
she is excited to have the op-
portunity to play collegiate
soccer. Miranda says this sea-
son has been an exciting one.
“It’s honestly been a
blast,” she said. “There is just
such a good chemistry on the
team and it shows on the field;
I love every minute of it.”
The chemistry really
does show with this team,
and they are reaping the ben-
efits. With only three games
remaining, the Lady Rams
have tallied an impressive
10-2-1 record, going 8-2 in
the GNAC. Miranda has a
very close relationship with
October 20, 2010
Young team poised to make playoff run
and helped Laura Cameron all-conference selections Alex this tandem to continue this matches this season, however,
defeat Ringler and Anitra Hernandez and Lauren Cam- streak into the postseason. it would be the upset of the
Kloczewiak in doubles play. eron in the season opener. If Suffolk is able to de- season if somehow the Saints
Suffolk finishes the regu- Mosser and Russell have post- feat both their first round or Wildcats found a way to
lar season in third place opponents and Emerson, take down the top-ranked
only to Emerson and they will find themselves Sharks. Simmons went un-
Simmons College, who in the championship game defeated in the GNAC con-
finished 9-1 and 11-4, re- against Emmanuel, John- ference, with no teams even
spectively. Suffolk knows son and Whales or first- coming close to defeating
these conference rivals seeded Simmons College. them. Their closest intra-
all too well, losing to Em- Both the Saints and the conference match was against
erson in the first game of Wildcats posed a chal- Johnson and Whales, with the
the season 7-2, and later lenge for Head Coach Steve Sharks taking out the Rhode
in the season to Simmons, Counihan’s Lady Rams, Island school by a score of 7-2.
8-1. The Lady Rams will with Suffolk scratching out If anyone can take down
have to find out where a 5-4 win in both contests. this powerhouse though, Suf-
things went wrong in Hernandez, Cameron folk’s young Lady Ram squad
those two games if they and Skorobogatova’s ef- has the best chance to do it.
want to become GNAC forts helped their team Since their loss at the hands
Champions. If the team take home the win against of Simmons, they’ve taken
defeats their first round both these squads in the down every team in their
opponents, the Emerson regular season. It’s go- path, and probably wouldn’t
Lions would be next up ing to take another strong mind upsetting the team that
on their road to a potential Photo courtesy of the Suffolk Athletics Dept.
outing from these three, beat them 8-1 in the finals.
championship matchup. as well as the rest of the The Lady Rams will be-
In doubles they’ll Jane Skorobogatova (above) is team, if they hope to de- gin their playoff push Wednes-
have to find an answer for now 8-0 in singles play. feat Emmanuel or Johnson day night at 6:30 p.m. at
the Lions’ talented combi- and Whales for the sec- Buckingham, Browne and
nation of freshmen Lacy Rus- ed a 4-0 record this season in ond time in this 2010 season. Nichols in Cambridge. The
sell and Savannah Mosser, doubles competition, and the Looking at the results team will face off against the
who shut down 2009 GNAC Lions will rely heavily on from the Simmons College 5-7 Mount Ida Mustangs.
her teammates, and the bond ted three goals in the team’s their postseason run. Miran- “Coach is always giv-
they share on and off the soc- 12-0 drubbing of Pine Manor. da is extremely excited about ing us great advice that we
cer field has been exceptional. As the regular season the opportunity to play for a can use on and off the soccer
“I love my team- GNAC title in her fresh- field,” she added. “I know
mates; we really are like man year. The girls are how excited he is about this
a family,” Miranda said. hard at work every day season and he really believes
This season has been in practice to build the that we can go far in the play-
an exciting one for the top- edge they need to truly offs, if not win the GNAC,
ranked girls in the GNAC. have a successful season. which is really encouraging.
Miranda and her team- “Were definitely fo- But his biggest piece of advice
mates clearly had some- cusing on fitness,” Mi- is to always stay humble.”
thing to prove coming randa said. “We do at Although he tells the
into this year’s campaign. least 10 laps every prac- girls to stay humble, Coach
“I think the fact that tice just for a warm-up. Cleophat thinks very high-
no one expected us to be Also, [we are] trying to ly of them as a group.
even remotely a threat in perfect out set plays.” “[Miranda] has contribut-
the GNAC has made it Miranda has truly ed tremendously to the team,”
so much sweeter to be at valued the experience Cleophat explained. “She is
the top,” she explained. that this season has pro- a talented young lady and a
It has indeed been a vided her on and off the dangerous scorer, especially
sweet ride for the stand- pitch. She is ecstatic about in the box; you just know
out freshman, who has the opportunity for her when she’s in there that some-
netted 20 goals so far this team to put together their thing special will happen.
season, leading the team Photo courtesy of the Suffolk Athletics Dept. talents to see just how “We have a lot of of-
in that category, and also good they are, and how fensive threats and are very
Taylor Miranda (above) will look to
tying a school record set much they can achieve deep in that category,” he
in 2008 by Leslie Haden. help lead the Lady Rams in post- in the postseason. said. “If we can stay healthy
With three games left, season play. Miranda cred- I cannot see us not winning
she is well on her way its a lot of the team’s the GNAC and moving on
to claiming it as her own. winds down, the Lady Rams success, and her own, to to the NCAA tournament.”
Most recently, Miranda net- are starting to prepare for coach Ernst Cleophat.