SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY • BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
VOLUME 70, NUMBER 3
Emerson ranked most dangerous college
Jeff Fish
Journal Staff
Emerson College made
headlines last week when it
was deemed the most danger-
ous college in the country in a
study conducted by the news
and opinion website, The Daily
Beast, raising eyebrows in the
Suffolk community as to why
the University, which shares
much of its campus with Emer-
son, did not appear on the list.
“Colleges seem to not be
uniformly reporting the num-
bers,” said Andrew Tiedmann,
Vice President of Communi-
cations and Marketing at Em-
erson. Tiedemann acknowl-
edged that the Clery Act is
long and complicated, possi-
bly causing different universi-
ties to interpret it differently.
Because of each school's
interpretation on the Clery
Act, Tiedemann was unable to
comment on Suffolk's ranking.
All colleges and universities
in the U.S. are required by law
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the
News
"IDE founder discusses solu-
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Opinion
"Staff Editorial" pg. 6
Arts &
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"MFA opens doors to
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Sports
"NHL Preview" pg. 14
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Suffolk appears nowhere on list
to report any crimes commit-
ted on campus to the Depart-
ment of Education each year
by Oct. 1 under the Clery Act,
which was signed in 1990. The
Clery Act was named for Jeanne
Clery, a nine-
teen-year-old
freshman at
"...all Universities with
Lehigh Uni- urban campuses must report
crime in their neighborhoods
versity who
was raped
and mur-
dered in her
even if those crimes didn’t
dorm in 1986.
T h e
involve students that go to
boundar-
ies for Suf-
that school."
folk start at
the Ridgeway building, run
along Cambridge and Tremont
Streets, turn onto Boylston St.,
right onto Beacon St., left onto
Bowdoin St., left onto Derne St.,
and down Temple St., accord-
ing to Greg Gatlin, the direc-
tor of the Public Affairs office
at Suffolk. Suffolk also has do-
main over West St., Washington
St., and the area between NES-
Ethan Long
Journal Staff
For the past 24 years, Col-
legeFest has attracted students
from Boston area colleges and
universities to its annual two-
day event held at the Hynes
Convention Center. Inside, dif-
ferent companies showed off
new technologies, deals, and
freebies for students in Bos-
ton, and entertainers, includ-
ing dance crews and bands,
performed for the crowds.
Exhibitors grabbed students’
attention to their booths with
games, contests, and free
swag, or promotional items.
One of the contests, an 11-day
round trip around Europe,
was raffled off and won by
Suffolk freshman Sarah Baker.
“I've never won anything
AD and the Common, starting
at Arlington St. Like Emerson,
this boundary includes the en-
tire Boston Common and a large
portion of downtown Boston.
“The reporting area is dif-
ferent than it is for Emerson,”
said Gatlin, explaining that
while Suffolk and Emerson
have a lot of similar area, the
boundaries are still different.
“We report all the data from the
Boston Police as well as SUPD.”
Because both Suffolk and
Emerson have different bound-
aries, Gatlin was unable to com-
ment on Emerson's ranking.
before in my life
so, it was insane, I
can't describe the
feeling. I didn't
even enter for the
trip, I didn't know
it was a trip, I just
entered because
I really wanted
to try skydiv-
ing, so right be-
fore Talib Kweli
came on, they
called my name
and I screamed.
It was probably
the best day of
my life,” Baker
told the Journal.
CollegeFest’s
entrance turned into a mess of
exhibitors and students. Rep-
resentatives handed students
bags filled with freebies while
September 30, 2009
The Daily Beast collected The study was calculated on
data from the Department of a point system, where schools
Education, which requires all received varying numbers of
Universities with urban cam- points depending on the severi-
puses to report crime in their ty of the crime, and then the total
neighborhoods even if those number of points was divided
crimes didn’t by the population of the school.
involve
dents that go
stu- “[The study] puts small
schools at a disadvantage,” said
to that school. Tiedemann, pointing out that
“Emerson Emerson, which has an under-
is a very safe graduate population of roughly
campus. It’s a
safe and secure
4,000, would receive a higher
ranking for six incidences than
environment,”
said Tiede-
a school with a higher popula-
tion. “We hope in the future
mann. “Emerson
doesn’t believe
that these surveys would in-
clude different methodology.”
we should According to Tiedemann,
be on this list. “ Emerson did not send out
According Tiedmann, only emails or any other notification
six of the 106 assaults on the Bos- to the student body regarding
ton Common involved Emerson the study. “I think a fair-mind-
students, but they are required ed person would say it’s safe.”
by the Clery Act to report those Tiedemann encouraged
crimes. Tiedemann considers students to take shared re-
the crimes reported from pub- sponsibility of their safety
lic areas a gray area and said and to try to have friends
that they are misleading on the with them at all times.
study published by the Beast.
Photos by Ethan Long
the students walked onto the Many of last year’s exhibitors
floor. Booths ran down in returned, like Monster En-
rows with groups of students ergy Drink, whose booth once
forming lines everywhere.
see COLLEGE FEST page 4
 PAGE 2 September 30, 2009

news Suffolk fights Breast Cancer

Alexsandra Proctor ing the first week of October. said President David Sargent,

BRIEFS
Journal Contributor
National Breast Cancer
Awareness Month (NBCAM)
is a nationwide event estab-
lished to raise awareness about
early detection and treat-
ment of breast cancer. 2009
marks the 25th anniversary of
“Stand Up for Pink,” this
year’s kickoff event, will take
place October 6, 2009, in the
Ridgeway Gym. This event
will be open to supporters, sur-
vivors, family members and
friends. Participants will be
given a pink t-shirt and asked
to form a human breast can-
who has been an advocate of
Suffolk’s involvement in the
NBCAM events from the be-
ginning. President Sargent,
Athletic Director James Nelson,
and Head Baseball Coach Cary
McConnell are each recipients
of the “pink tie award,” an
award presented to men who

POLICE BLOTTER NBCAM, as well as, Suffolk

University’s eighth year par-
ticipating in a school-wide cel-
cer ribbon, which will then be
photographed aerially. This
photo will help Suffolk gen-
have shown exceptional initia-
tive promoting awareness and
community support at Suffolk.
ebration of education The fourth an-
and empowerment.
October has be-
“This is a problem nual Courage and
Cuisine luncheon will
Saturday, September 26 come a time for the that touches every be held on Oct. 21, in

1:31 a.m.
Suffolk community to
reach out and display family I know to some the Law School func-
tion room. A repre-
10 West St.
Received report of an elevator entrapment
solidarity and support
for those affected by
extent. Anything we sentative from the
Massachusetts Breast

at 10 West St. Unit 22 responding. Report

breast cancer, which can do to improve this Cancer Coalition will

situation is greatly
has become the sec- address environmen-
filed. ond leading cause in tal causes such as cos-
cancer-related deaths
in women in the Unit- desirable. I’ll get out metics, shampoos, and
other common prod-

Sunday, September 27
ed States, according to
the American Cancer
my pink tie.”
Society (ACS). The
1:30 p.m. ACS also predicts that in 2009,
150 Tremont St breast cancer will prove fatal
Received report of a vandalism on the for more than 40,000 women
fourth floor of 150 Tremont St. Report to fol- in the United States alone.
With statistics like these, Liz
low by Unit 75.
Drexler-Hines, health educator
in Suffolk’s Health and Well-
ness Services office, believes
that as a community we must
erate publicity for the NB-
CAM campaign, both inside
and outside the University.
NBCAM at Suffolk has
been successful in large part
due to a specific group of in-
dividuals and their altruistic
efforts over the years. Norine
Bacigalupo, CJN department
ucts that increase the
odds of breast cancer.
Bring a friend, enjoy
free lunch, and win prizes in-
cluding a pink Red Sox watch,
all while obtaining facts that
could ultimately save a life.
“I don’t think breast can-
cer is on the forefront of many
young women’s minds. It is im-
portant to be very aware and
to do your research. We are

Wednesday, September 29 work together to instill ag-

gressive healthcare habits for
the women of our generation.
11:24 a.m. Suffolk’s faculty, adminis-
One Beacon trators, students, and athletes
Security at One Beacon St reported that two in- have been instrumental in the
dividuals were on the roof of a sandwich shop process of spreading knowl-
edge about the importance of
engaging in suspicious activity. Units 29, 51, 67
early detection and regular
responded. Nothing found. check-ups. Each year, Suffolk
hosts a number of events de-
signed to educate members of
the Suffolk community, while
11:22 a.m. providing encouragement for
Law School those affected by this disease.
Students can display their sup-
Unit 99 reported that an individual was acting
port by wearing a pink brace-
disruptive near the law school. Unit 20 re- let or ribbon, which will be
sponded. Nothing found. distributed by Suffolk athletes
and volunteers in the lobbies
of Donahue, Sawyer, NESAD,
and the Law School, dur-
5:55 p.m.
Ridgeway
Report of two homeless individuals in front of Correction:
148 Cambridge St. Unit 33 dispatched. Unit 36
(102) also responding. Individuals left immedi- In the Sept. 23 issue of the Suffolk Journal, the Video Gamers
ately. Army was incorrectly referred to as the Video Gamers Association.
Eder Bastos, a member of the VGA, was quoted as Eder Vastess.
adjunct professor and breast
cancer survivor, has made a
finding that women are start-
ing to be affected younger and
life-long commitment to honor younger,” said Drexler-Hines.
her sister and best friend, Bar-
bara McCormick, who died
of breast cancer at age 38. Al-
though she recognizes that
she cannot change the world,
Bacigalupo reaches out to her
co-workers and students, pair-
ing a face with a cause, because
that is something that her sister
would have done herself, had
she been given the opportunity.
“I have great regard for
what Norine has done for the
University. This is a problem
that touches every family I
know to some extent. Any-
thing we can do to improve
this situation is greatly desir-
able. I’ll get out my pink tie,”
 PAGE 3
IDE founder discusses solution to poverty
Kelly Harvell
Journal Contributor
Paul Polak, founder of In-
ternational Development En-
terprise (IDE) and author of
“Out of Poverty,” spoke Thurs-
day night at the C. Walsh The-
ater about his solutions to take
the 800 million people around
the world living with less than
one dollar a day out of poverty.
Polak started by showing
a graph that represented the
percentage of people in Sub
Sahara Africa living a dollar a
day. The statistics were taken in
1990 and again in 2005. In 1990,
the amount of people living on
a dollar a day was 44.6 percent
and in 2005 it was 44 percent.
The decrease in poverty only
went down 0.6 percent in the
past 15 years. Polak explained
that the decrease in pover-
ty was so small due to three
poverty-eradicating myths.
“Number one, we believe
we can donate people out of
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poverty. We can’t just pay peo-
ple’s way out of poverty. Poor
people need to invest their
own time and money. Number
two is that we can end pover-
ty through national economic
growth. Lastly, the belief that
multina-
tionals, as
they are “In order to really make an
now, will
end pov-
impact in the decrease in
erty. In or- poverty we need to go to the
der to re-
ally make source... we need to do more
an impact
in the de-
than talk. We have to listen!”
crease in
poverty, we need to go to the
source. We need to talk to the
people involved. To even take a
step forward, we need to do more
than talk. We have to listen!”
By doing so, Polak learned
that 800 million people around
the world living on a dollar a
day earn their living from tiny
farms. Of the world’s 525 mil-
lion farms, 85 percent are less
than five acres and an average
farm size in Africa is four acres.
Paul believes that focusing on
these little farms will be the
key to ending poverty. When
he traveled to Bangladesh,
he spent a day going through
these farmers’ lives and un-
derstanding their problems.
“At the end of the day, I re-
member asking one of the farm-
ers, ‘Why are you poor?’ and the
farmer replied, ‘we are poor be-
cause we have no money.’ Ask-
ing ‘why do you not have any
money?’ he replied ‘we need
water control for our crops.’
By this statement, I was able to
"Meet the Republicans" aimed to introduce
conservative ideals and dispel stereotypes
Angela Bray
Journal Contributor
Last Wednesday,
folkGOP held a, “Meet the
Republicans” event to dis-
Suf-
cuss Republican values and
beliefs. Members of Suf-
folkGOP favor debates and
discussions, bringing opin-
ions and desires together.
SuffolkGOP President, ju-
nior Karl Hoffman, opened up
the meeting with a brief intro-
duction, explaining how he
sought out the organization as a
support system for Republicans,
or Conservatives at Suffolk.
A panel of members spoke
about their reasons for being
Conservative, or Republicans,
including Zack Dillahunty
(2012), Lindsay Kallander
(2011), Karl Beckstein (2012)
(Vice-President), and Jim M.
Wilson (2010) (President Emeri-
tus). About twenty-five attend-
ees were given the opportunity
to ask any questions to the pan-
el, as a wide variety of topics
were covered. The panel dis-
cussion was not proposed for
conversion, but was intended
to educate the campus on Con-
servative morals and standards.
One of the first issues ar-
gued was firearms. “Anyone
who questions it doesn’t un-
derstand it. It’s a person’s right
September 30, 2009
come up with one of my main
solutions: the treadle pump.”
The treadle pump is a hu-
man-powered water-lifting de-
vice. During drought season,
a farmer can put this device in
the ground and soak up wa-
ter to give to
their
The
crops.
treadle
pump is simi-
lar to a mo-
torized pump
except it is a
lot cheaper,
costing $25
per pump. To
build the de-
vice, Polak recruited systems
of seventy-five private sector
manufactures, three thousand
village dealers, and three to
four village technicians. The
treadle pump has increased the
total income of farmers in Ban-
gladesh to $288 million yearly.
During this experience,
Paul explained his 12 steps
for practical problem solv-
to defend themselves,” Wilson
said. Further reasoning, Kal-
lander identified shooting to
be a sport to some. Other dis-
cussion topics included the le-
galization of marijuana, taxes,
employment, gay marriage,
gay adoption, and abortion.
Beckstein believes the
legalization of marijuana
should not be a federal law,
“but it is a state’s issue.”
“I don’t have an issue with
people using [marijuana],” said
Wilson. “If the state decides to
legalize it, that’s their choice.”
Moving on to taxation,
Beckstein said, “There should
be a flat tax. That would
be most fair to everybody.”
In terms of employment,
a more productive company
is able to hire more work-
ers than an average company.
“CEO’s are going to get bo-
nuses and higher pay,” said
Wilson. “It’s not my business
what somebody else is paid.”
The panel members de-
nied that the Republican Par-
ty is anti-gay, as it is widely
perceived. “It’s an old stereo-
type that hasn’t grown at all.
The stereotype needs to be
squashed,” said Kallander.
“I personally don’t care.
It doesn’t affect me, it’s not
my business,” said Wilson.
As for gay adoption, Dil-
ing, particularly the first three.
“First, one needs to go
where the action is. Second, one
has to talk to the people who
have the problem and listen to
what they have to say. Lastly,
one needs to learn everything
there is to know about the spe-
cific context,” said Polak, who
continues to work on decreas-
ing the world poverty rate.
Polak is the founder of
Design Revolution (D-Rev), a
non-profit organization whose
goal is to reach the other 90
percent of the world’s poor and
help them get out of poverty.
“I love the challenge of
trying something new and
creative and if you don’t,
then you miss out on do-
ing something incredible,”
said Polak. “Even when you
fail, I believe you learn a lot.”
In the closing of his lec-
ture, Polak explained why he
has lately been unable to dis-
cuss his work. “It’s because I
have been out there doing it.”
lahunty said it should be al-
lowed. “But, studies show the
optimal environment is hav-
ing a mother and a father.”
Kallander agreed, but rec-
ognizes it can be a struggle.
Abortion is another contro-
versial issue in the Republican
Party. “I’m pro-choice. Some
women have to [have an abor-
tion]. It’s disappointing, it’s im-
moral, but you need to have the
choice,” said Kallander. “Ev-
eryone has a right to life. It’s a
fundamental [right] we should
all have,” said Beckstein, tak-
ing another stance on the issue.
The main priority of the
meeting was to break the ste-
reotypes defining Conserva-
tive principles. The panel took
turns defending their side.
The Republican Party is wide-
ly viewed a Christian party.
Beckstein disagreed, deem-
ing it an unfair statement.
“I’m not religious, I’m
not Christian. It’s more
about the tolerance of other
things allowing you to cre-
ate issues,” Wilson said.
Hoffman said, “We’re
as different as we are simi-
lar,” referring to the vary-
ing views within SuffolkGOP.
“There is always some-
one available to discuss is-
sues,” said Hoffman, as
he closed the discussion.
 PAGE 4
Freebies given away at CollegeFest
from COLLEGE FEST page 1
again featured samples with
booth girls handing out cans
to students as they passed by.
Booths representing many
drink companies, from en-
ergy drinks to water purifiers,
spanned the entire convention
floor, offering drinks for those
who needed a thirst quencher.
Nature’s Blend, a brand of
flavored Poland Spring water,
handed out cups of samples.
According to Sean Richman,
a representative manning
the booth, Nature’s Blend
“is all natural spring water
made with fruit flavors and
no preservatives. It’s good for
you. Drink good, live good.”
Other beverage company
representatives in attendance
included Muscle Milk, Sweet
Leaf Tea, and Drank, an energy
drink supposed to “slow your
roll.” According to drankbev-
erage.com, the drink’s website,
"Drank is formulated to re-
lax the body, mind, and soul.
‘Drank’ is the perfect lifestyle
beverage for those who can ap-
preciate extreme relaxation.”
For those who want to learn
how to mix drinks, the Harvard
Bartending Course was in at-
tendance handing out fliers for
discounts to their $225 course.
For those who love to eat
and watch theater, Medieval
Manor Theater-Restaurant
gave away samples of pizza.
Calder Akin, a manager man-
ning the booth, said, “We’ve
been around since 1972 and
every year we have new gen-
erations of college students.
There’s nothing else like it
in Boston.” Akin also said
that on Thursdays anyone
who calls the restaurant and
mentions their student sta-
tus will be given a discount.
Lines circled booths, lines
blocked aisles, and formed for
Wing-It’s booth, which handed
out chicken wings for those
September 30, 2009
who made it all the way to the
front of the line. Wing-It, locat-
ed on Commonwealth Ave. in
Allston, also handed out menus
and coupons to students in the
event of late night munchies.
Venues like Café 939 on
Boylston St. and the House
of Blues gave away tickets to
upcoming shows as well as
posters from past shows. Tick-
ets to see bands such as Por-
tugal, The Man, and Grizzly
Bear were being raffled off.
Two stages brought enter-
tainment to the show floor dur-
ing both days. People stood and
watched bands perform, includ-
ing Mission Hill from Boston.
Local bands were also joined
by some national acts. Hello-
goodbye performed to a large
crowd, followed by Talib Kweli
who rapped around the stage.
By the end of CollegeF-
est, exhibitors started to give
away everything they had to
those students still walking
around. Some left with huge
posters, while others car-
ried away 24-packs of energy
drinks. Guys and girls walked
down Boylston to the Hynes
MBTA station carrying bags
filled with freebies and fliers as
they headed back to their col-
leges. CollegeFest 2010 will be
the event’s 25th anniversary.
Photos by Ethan Long

world Crazy World Leaders
Week in Review
BRIEFS Alex Pearlman
Journal Staff
For whatever reason, the
weeks before, during and after
the United Nations General As-
sembly meets always brings
out the crazy in the world's lead-
Europe ers. Here are the 2009 highlights
from the world's favorite dicta-
PARIS, France--The mood among French politicians torial, irrational, exaggeratory
began to shift from support for jailed filmmaker, Oscar and always amusing people.
winner Roman Polanski, to the argument that he should
not be forgiven for his charge of raping a thirteen-year- Gaddafhi The Libyan
old girl 31 years ago, according to the New York Times. leader spoke for nearly an hour
Extreme right politicians in France criticized French and a half to the United Nations
ministers for their initial support of Polanski, 76, saying General Assembly last week,
they were supporting "a criminal pedophile in the name going way over the fifteen-
of the rights of the political-artistic class." Polanski, a minute limit in his first-ever
French and Polish citizen, fled the United States in 1978 address to the UN on Wednes-
before he was accused of having sex with a minor. Since day. In his rambling rant, the
then he has lived in France and was arrested when he robe-clad 67-year-old welcomed
arrived at Zurich's airport to attend a local film festival. President Obama, congratulat-
ing him on his first address to
the UN, and said that he hoped
Obama could be President of
the United States forever. Gad-
Asia dafhi also mentioned that Presi-
dent Kennedy was killed be-
cause he wanted to investigate
BANGALORE, India — After India's first lunar space
Israel’s nuclear reactor, the UN
mission discovered water molecules on the Moon's polar
was too far away to travel to, the
regions, the country has hailed the space program and the
Security Council’s veto powers
discovery has helped to begin deeper research into what
are against the idea of the UN,
else might be discovered on the moon. According to AFP,
and that swine flu was manu-
India's Moon Impact Probe "had picked up strong signals
factured by capitalists in a lab.
of water particles" and the discovery is being studied more
Basically, this guy, who
thoroughly by NASA. The mission, along with the findings,
has been in power since 1969,
puts India into the elite group of space-exploring nations.
is an attention whore who is
simply confused by the world
around him. And it doesn’t
help that his hair is fake and
he looks like he’s had so much
Botox, his face will never
North America move again. Absolutely nutty.
HAVANA, Cuba — President Raul Castro asked the Four stars for amusement.
United States this week to discuss immigration issues with
the island nation, along with asking for the U.S. to drop
their embargo on Cuba, according to the AP. Cuba would
also like Guantanamo Bay to be returned, for the U.S. to end
funding to anti-Castro radio, and to end the travel ban of U.S.
citizens to Cuba. Cuba's foreign minister didn't say what Netanyahu Israel’s Prime
concessions the Cuban government might offer in return. Minister accused the UN of be-
ing biased towards Palestinians
during his speech to the Gen-
eral Assembly on Thursday,
questioning the UN’s use. “The
jury is still out,” he said. Ne-
tanyahu also pulled out a num-
ber of World War II-era docu-
ments, the building plans for
Auschwitz concentration camp,
September 30, 2009
and yelled, “Are these a lie?”,
a question that was directed at
Iranian President Amhadinejad,
who has repeatedly called the
Holocaust a lie. Netanyahu also
reiterated that Israel did not
commit war crimes and asked
Palestinians to “say yes” to Israel.
Netanyahu is both right
and wrong here. Yes, the Ho-
locaust happened. And as the
leader of the Jewish state, he is
well within his rights to wave
around Nazi documents as
proof, no matter how crazy he
looks doing it. However, the
only job the UN does properly
is ascertaining whether war
crimes took place during a war.
And no matter how many times
Israel yells, whines, and bangs
their fists in disagreement,
they committed war crimes
in Gaza this year, as well as a
number of times in the past.
Two stars.
Ahmadinejad In a cholera on the British, blown
speech that was boycotted by
most of the countries it was di-
rected at, the Iranian President
addressed the UN on Wednes-
day and in his usual, fiery
rhetoric denounced the West-
ern world and Israel, called for
global disarmament – just as
President Obama, PM Gordon
Brown and President Sarkozy
were announcing that Iran had
a secret nuclear facility – and
asserted that Iran’s elections
were “glorious and fully dem-
ocratic.” During the speech,
hundreds protested outside the
complex against Ahmadinejad.
I hate this guy. He’s com-
pletely evil, insane, and
wildly intelligent, which is
the worst combination ever.
Five stars for always being
a jackass. If only Kanye West
could interrupt people who
shouldn’t be allowed to speak.
Zelaya Three months after
being ousted in a military coup,
exiled Honduran president
Manuel Zelaya surprised every-
one by showing up at the Bra-
zilian embassy in the capital, Te-
gucigalpa, on Monday, Sept. 21.
Zelaya was overthrown in June
after attempting to get rid of
term limits and had tried twice
to enter his country, both times
being stopped by the military.
The ex-President has remained
in the embassy with his wife
since returning to Honduras.
Damn straight. If I were
ousted in a coup and wore a giant
white cowboy hat all the time, I
would certainly sneak back into
my country and hide out with
Brazilians. What else can you do?
Five stars for standing up
to a South American military.
Mugabe The African lead-
er who has previously blamed
inflation so out of control that
no more zeros will fit on the
currency, and been accused of
being a blatant racist toward
white people, addressed the
UN on Friday. Mugabe accused
the U.S. and Europe of “filthy,
clandestine, divisive antics”
and said that they were attempt-
ing to divide the government.
Since his power grab in 1980,
Mugabe has been President of
Zimbabwe and has plunged
the country into a depression
so deep, it’s hard to imagine
they will ever recover, all the
while blaming Western rac-
ism for his country’s problems.
In true dictator fashion,
Mugabe blames his troubles
on everyone else. But, honest-
ly, it’s his antics that are tired.
One star for lack of creativity.
 PAGE 6
St a f f Editoria l
The news that Emerson has
the most dangerous campus in
the country shocked most Bos-
tonians this week after a Daily
Beast.com article made its way
around the blogosphere and
Facebook statuses. Emerson,
which reported 160 crimes in
2007 and 2008 to the Depart-
ment of Education, was joined
by Harvard, MIT and Tufts
in the list of the Top 25 Most
Dangerous Campuses, most-
ly because of their campuses’
proximity to the crime-ridden
streets of downtown Boston.
However, there’s one re-
ally big, gaping hole on that
list: Suffolk University. Because
we are quite literally a stone’s
throw away from Emerson,
and our campus also includes
sketchy-as-all-hell Downtown
Crossing, as well as half of the
Boston Common, it’s ludicrous
to believe that we shouldn’t be
on the list right up there with
the rest of the colleges with
campuses in this neighborhood.
The statistics that The Daily
Beast used to determine their
rankings had more to do with
the crimes reported to the Fed-
eral Government under the
Clery Act –which mandates
that all schools report not only
on-campus crimes, but also
neighborhood crimes – than
anything else. Out of the 160
crimes that Emerson report-
ed, only six directly involved
students, according to the ar-
ticle in question, “How Safe is
Your College?” Yet, because of
their downtown location, Em-
erson is at the top of the list.
Suffolk missing from the
list raises some really big ques-
tions. Not that we want Suf-
folk to be on the list, but why
aren’t they? Is Suffolk not re-
porting crimes to the DOE and
breaking federal law? Did The
Daily Beast just not count us
for some reason? Either way,
there’s something fishy about
the whole situation. We still live
in a dangerous, urban neighbor-
hood and everyone on campus
and off needs to be aware of it.
Having a false sense of se-
curity about where we live is
probably even more dangerous
than living in the city and being
aware of the danger that sur-
rounds us. If Suffolk had made
it onto The Daily Beast’s list, we
would have gotten an email, a
CampusCruiser announcement,
and Mo Brown would be teach-
ing three self-defense courses a
week. We aren’t on the list (al-
though we probably should be)
but that can’t lure us into be-
lieving that SUPD can protect
us from every crack head be-
tween Donahue and the North
End. Keep an eye out, everyone.
September 30, 2009
Kanye ripped off
stage antics of
classic rapper
Matt Altieri
Journal Staff
I never have honestly liked
or even listened to Kanye West
too intently. It’s not that I dis-
like his music or him as a per-
son, I actually enjoyed The
College Dropout (Rock-A-Fella,
2004) the few times that I had
heard it. West, as an artist, is
a very interesting character;
even though he labels himself
as a voice of a generation, he
is chastised by the public as a
fool. Perhaps this is due, in part,
to his blog entries in all capital
letters that KIND OF LOOK
LIKE THIS AND COMPLI-
MENT THE HIS ABUSRDITY.
However, most of his re-
cent criticism derives from the
incident in which he embar-
rassed Taylor Swift at the MTV
Video Music
Awards, ex- “Puffy is good,
claiming that
“I’m sorry,
but Wu-Tang is
but Beyon-
cé had one
the best!”
of the best
videos of all time!”
Days pass, and West is
ridiculed by the media, the
internet, and even President
Obama, who called him a jack-
ass. Make no mistake about
it, Kanye West is a jackass.
But really, I’m sorry Kanye,
but Ol’ Dirty Bastard had one of
the best interruptions of all time!
On Feb. 25, 1998, the 40th
annual Grammy Awards were
nearly coming to an end as the
Song of the Year category was
presented. Shawn Colvin and
John Leventhal emerged as the
victors. As Colvin and Leven-
thal walked on stage to accept
their awards, so did Russell
Tyrone Jones, better known to
the world under the aliases of
the Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Big Baby
Jesus, Ol’ Dirt Schultz, etc.
Big Baby Jesus was clearly
upset, first telling the audience
of his poor purchasing choic-
es by saying, “Uh, I went and
bought me an outfit today that
costed a lot of money…today.”
Obviously upset that he had
lost the Best Rap Album catego-
ry to Puff Daddy for his album
No Way Out (Bad Boy, 1997),
the Ol' Dirt Schultz remind-
ed everyone everywhere that
“Puffy is good, but Wu-Tang
is the best!” He then promptly
departed the stage, yelling, “I
want you to know that this is
ODB and I love you all! Peace!”
Now compare this to
Kanye’s incident: Dirt McGirt
stormed the stage and demand-
ed that the viewers know that
the Clan had been shafted. He
said what he needed to say and
left, ignoring the presence of
Colvin and Leventhal and leav-
ing them as innocent bystand-
ers of his crazed rant. West
directly focused on the award
Taylor Swift received and tried
to then insight the audience to
shun Swift by pointing out that
Beyoncé had a clearly superior
music video,
“Single La-
dies.”
only
Not
this,
but CNN
also reported
that Kanye
promptly showed the audience
the middle finger when they
showed distain for his action.
Kanye West didn’t even have
half the class that ODB did dur-
ing his incident, using Beyoncé
as a reason to interrupt Taylor
Swift. Kanye had no business
interrupting and creating an
awkward situation, as it was not
his video or even nomination.
Aside from this, Kanye went on
to post an apology on his blog
and then deleted it. ODB didn’t
even acknowledge the people
he was interrupting and most
certainly did not apologize
for it. He said what he needed
to, and then respectfully left.
Kanye West is simply liv-
ing in the shadow of greater,
more eccentric artists such as
Dirt McGirt, Ol’ Dirt Schultz,
better known to children ev-
erywhere as the Ol’ Dirty Bas-
tard. “Wu-Tang is for the chil-
dren!” screams ODB before he
leaves the stage. He couldn’t
be more correct. Imagine what
we could learn from Mr. Jones.
 PAGE 7
Letter to the Editor
Article “SAO Clubs React to
New Office Spaces” (September
23, 2009)
In last week’s issue of he
Journal, you ran the article en-
titled “SAO Clubs React to
New Office Spaces,” written
by Shoshana Akins. We, the
editorial board of The Video
Gamers Army, were very up-
set to have seen our opinions
placed into the wrong context.
Prior to the release of that is-
sue, our secretary Fatima Litim
as well as a few other regular
members, were asked for their
takes on the new club spaces.
In the article, Fatima was
quoted as saying, “we prefer our
old space because now no one
knows we are here and we’re ba-
sically hidden.” This was taken
out of context and misquoted.
Fatima’s original implications
were that in comparison to our
old gaming space, which was
...but we'll be
out in the open where anyone
could look in and join a game,
our new space is situated in a
back with an
more isolated and narrow place,
where people are less likely to
From cows to snowplows all new
Marissa Holt
Journal Contributor
suffolk
When you move to a new
place, it is assumed that op-
journal.net!
portunities for adventure and
new experiences will abound.
People talk of the positives, but
no one ever warns you about
the culture shock or explains
how to handle it. It is incred-
ible how much you learn about
yourself when dealing with the
process of moving to a place
with an entirely different cul-
ture than the one you’re used
to. When I moved here from
Dallas, Texas, I felt as if navi-
gating my way through the
social norms and elements of
Boston was almost as difficult
as trying to drive through it.
Initially, people in Bos-
ton seem almost as cold as the
Northeastern winters. Nobody
seems likely to go out of their
way to make new friends or
diversify the group they are
already in. I made the mistake
of walking around and occa-
sionally saying hello to people.
The reaction I received was
a look of shock and awe, as if
something was in my teeth.
But, there is a plus side to all
walk by, thus the “hidden” com-
ment. The same applies to the
following quote by Eder Bastos:
“It’s like we’re in a dungeon.”
In addition to misquoting
two of our members – one of
them being a member of the E-
Board – the writer of this article
also got our organization name
wrong (we are the Video Gam-
ers ARMY, not the Video Gam-
ers Association) and spelled
Eder’s last name wrong. Over-
all, we feel that this article does
not reflect the views of the club
as a whole. We are grateful to
the Student Activities Office for
granting us any space of our
own on such a crowded floor
where space is valuable. We are
also grateful for the flatscreen
television, game cabinets, con-
soles and games we have been
able to acquire over the past
few years. The Video Gamers
Army is a relatively new club,
having only been around for
four years. We may not have
the same privileges and mem-
bership as other larger, more
established clubs. We may not
be “prominent,” but we do
this. Although Bostonians seem
to be made out of ice, I learned
that it is possible to melt down
their walls. And when you re-
ally get to know someone here,
they don’t pretend to be your
friend, they truly are. Down
South, people are known for
their friendliness. However,
it’s not genuine. Even though
it’s harder to make friends up
here, at least you always know
where you stand. You either
get the finger or a new friend.
Texas is George W. Bush
country, and not being sur-
rounded by Republicans and
crazy Southern Baptists is
something I was really look-
ing forward to. People down
South have a tendency to com-
ment that everything happens
because “…it was God’s will” or
“...it was the Lord’s calling.” You
could drop a pair of scissors,
have them impale your foot, be
bleeding profusely, and yet, the
Lord must have a plan for you.
Boston, however, is a very
liberal city, quite the contrast
to Texas. I haven’t had the ex-
perience of having someone
push their religion or views
on me here, which I enjoy. I’m
down with the Democrats, but
September 30, 2009
have a positive presence on
The
campus. We would appreciate
being recognized for the good
that we bring rather than being
misquoted and misunderstood.
Suffolk
Sincerely,
Journal
Tiffany Hassin
Fatima Litim
Ramsay Kamal
website will
Bryant Castellanos
VGA 2009-2010
be down for
the entire
week...
there’s another side to every-
thing. Some seem so liberal
that it turns into a new type
of close-mindedness, a type I
have never come across before.
Lifestyle and image be-
tween Boston and Dallas also
varies immensely. Growing up
during high school, girls were
expected to be blonde, tan to
the point of being orange, and
Keep your
involved in cheerleading or
some sort of dance team. The
male populace expected you to
eyes peeled
look this way, which resulted
in everyone looking absolutely
identical. In Boston there’s more
room for diversity, growth, and
to the
self discovery. I don’t feel expect-
ed to look like everyone else. It’s
also pleasing to find that come
internet for
winter, guys acknowledge the
fact that their girlfriends might
gain a couple pounds, be paler,
the new
and let themselves go a little bit.
If you ever have the oppor-
tunity to move to a different
website!
place, do it! You never know
what you might find or experi-
ence. Being immersed in a dif-
ferent culture helps you learn
who you are, what you like,
what you want to be, and not
just what society tells you to be.
 PAGE 8
MFA opens it's doors to students with free College Night
Derek Anderson
Marissa Holt
Journal Contributors
Students from all over the
greater Boston area crowded
into the Museum of Fine Arts
last Thursday to experience
the free promotional event Col-
lege Night. With music blasting
from its entrance, the museum
kicked off the night at 7p.m. and
the event lasted to midnight.
Upon receiving a red glow stick
—instead of a ticket— as admis-
sion, students were given free
reign to explore the entire mu-
seum to their hearts’ content.
Dating back to it’s original
opening in 1879 when it was
located in Copley Square, the
MFA has been engraved into
Boston’s history. With the pur-
pose of presenting collections
of preserved artwork from dif-
ferent cultures and eras, the
MFA continues to serve the
public with its exhibits and
events. The present day MFA,
which is located off of Hun-
tington Ave., provides an ac-
cessible venue for people from
all over to enjoy. By hostingCol-
lege Night, the museum suc-
cessfully attracts students who
otherwise would not have ex-
plored the realms of art history.
The crowd at the event was
enormous. Students from col-
leges and universities through-
out Boston and beyond came to
witness exhibits of artwork from
all over the world. Berklee stu-
dent Ryan Masscilak, 19, expe-
rienced the museum for the first
time, along with many others.
“I kind of wish I could see
[the museum] without all these
people,” said Masscilak. “I want
to come back sometime soon.”
The Musical Instruments
Gallery was the first on Mass-
cilak’s list of artwork to see.
“There’s a man play-
ing harpsichord in the there!
It’s amazing!” Masscilak ex-
claimed, describing the exhibit.
Masscilak spoke the truth,
as there was a man playing
harpsichord in the Musical In-
struments Gallery. Darcy Ku-
ronen lit up the room with an
ambiance fit for the Court at Ver-
sailles with his performance on
the aged instrument. The harp-
sichord was a piece of artwork
in itself, painted and decorated
in gold, grabbing students’ at-
September 30, 2009
“Whiteread created
a dreamscape of a small
fantastical town,” said
Smith. “It was like be-
ing a giant to the objects
in the exhibit and I found
it quite impressive.”
With the special ex-
hibits and multiple events
throughout, the MFA’s
College Night was a big
success. But while expe-
riencing the night, one
might wonder what the
point of having a college
night actually was. Why
would the MFA promote
and run such an event? Al-
fonso Pulido, a museum
employee of seven years
at the museum put it best.
“A lot of students
would not normally expe-
Photo by Austin Trigg rience the art of the MFA
and College Night is the
Liz Longley performs an intimate set at the MFA's College Night perfect opportunity to do
so,” said Pulido. “All the
tention and gaining looks of ad- “I don’t think there’s a rea- ones to be experienced at the museum’s exhibits are open
miration throughout the night. son for the hula-hooping,” said MFA. One student from Bos- to the students where they can
Kuronen was not the only Northeastern student Jenna ton University, Ginger Smith, hopefully find a new interest
musician to perform for College Haines. “I think it’s just for fun!” gave great insight on a special or fascination with a specific
Night. Two other acts, the band Haines, a freshman print exhibit that was once proud- kind of art. I think this expo-
Love in Stockholm and Berklee journalism major, had ex- ly shown in the museum. sure is what it’s all about.”
student Liz Longley each put perienced the MFA before. “My favorite exhibit I’ve Many students from col-
on shows. Love in Stockholm, The special exhibits that seen here would have to be leges all over did get to expe-
a band out of Allston, Mass., the museum cycles through the Rachel Whiteread exhibit,” rience the art of the MFA and
with members from Boston she said were her favorites. said Smith, who is an art his- new hobbies and interests may
University, performed ear- “I really enjoyed tory major. The exhibit was a have been sparked. With all
lier in the night in the Calde- the Americans in Par- collection of dollhouses that the exposure to the wonderful
rwood Courtyard of the mu- is exhibit,” said Haines. Whiteread had changed and exhibits of the museum, Puli-
seum. The group’s sound was The special exhibits are illuminated to create a town. do’s hope may have come true.
a profound mix of rock, funk
and blues that received better-
than-average reactions from
the crowd. With an energetic
lead singer, and lent effects
from trumpet and saxophone
players, the band got stu-
dents to dance and sing along.
Liz Longley performed on
the opposite side of the MFA
in the Bravo Restaurant, a cafe
that exudes a tranquil vibe.
Her set was an acoustic gui-
tar and piano mix. The crowd
was large and bustling, but
immediately fell silent as soon
as she began to play. The vo-
cally driven performance was
one of the many great events
hosted throughout the night.
Not all the events, how-
ever, were art driven. A dance
party was organized later in the Photo by Austin Trigg
night as well as a hula-hooping
event, which took place by the College students from all over the city pack the stairs waiting for food
contemporary art exhibit with
music blasting in the halls.
 PAGE 9
Bunny Munro is a Bad Seed
Clay Adamczyk
Journal Staff
Dark imagery, sex and vio-
lent sounds go hand-in-hand
with the Birthday Party, Bad
Seeds and Grinderman front-
man Nick Cave not only in his
song, but in his fiction work
as well. It has been 20 years
since Cave’s literary debut
with And the Ass Saw the An-
gle (Black Spring Press, 1989)
but now Cave has unleashed
The Death of Bunny Munro
(Faber & Faber, 2009) upon
the world. He must have felt
the world was finally ready.
The story follows title
character Bunny Munro, a lo-
thario, alcoholic, and sex ad-
dict through his downward
spiral and inevitable death. His
womanizing drives his ailing
wife Libby to suicide and Bun-
ny is left to the impossible task
(to him, anyway) of tending to
their nine-year-old son Bunny
Junior. At her funeral, Bunny
is stared down by all of Libby’s
friends who rightly blame him,
but the most grief is from his
mother-in-law who actually
clenches her teeth and mut-
ters swears at him. This does
'Daisy' brings brand new sound to Brand New
Ashley Maceli
Journal Staff
The ever-changing alterna-
tive rockers, Brand New, have
always been able to reinvent
their sound with each album.
The Long Island band poured
on the angst during the emo-
era with their first two albums
Your Favorite Weapon (Triple
Crown Records, 2001) and Deja
Etendu (Triple Crown Records,
2003), which consisted of fast-
paced riffs, feel-bad-for-me
lyrics that scream of old high
school ex-girlfriend drama, as
well as upbeat, yet dark, an-
thems. Once Brand New re-
leased their third album, The
Devil And God Are Raging Inside
Me (Interscope Records, 2006),
it seemed that Brand New was
able to slightly shift their style
while still creating a rocking al-
bum. The beginning of a more
established sound was forming.
The newest album, Daisy
(Interscope Records, 2009), re-
leased Sept. 22, once again dif-
fers from the past three albums.
Fans may be reluctant to like
the new sound because it is not
Author Nick Cave takes Bunny on the road with book tour
not deter Bunny from sneaking
out of church to masturbate.
Bunny Jr. misses his moth-
er and thinks he sees her ev-
erywhere, while Bunny feels
haunted by Libby to the point
the Brand New they know and
love. Due to Brand New’s abil-
ity to stay true to their name
and reinvent themselves every
time and make their sound bet-
ter, hopefully fans will be able
of her possessing him as he
dives deeper into his addic-
tions. He can no longer live
in his apartment and does
not know what to do with or
how totake care of his son, so
Image courtesy of Interscope Records song, ending the al-
to embrace what the band aims the best lyrics, such as; “Why
for with each album: bettering doesn't anyone I know sleep?/
their music. This is what Brand Are they only just scared
New is and what they do. of visions?/ When they lay
The new single “At The their heads down at night,
Bottom” has a very murky mu- what are they haunted by?”
September 30, 2009
the client. Some fall for his clas-
sic charm, while others break
his nose. Jr. loves and looks up
to his father, but he is not igno-
rant to his dad’s shortcomings.
Jr. thinks to himself that “he is
sick to death of adults - police
officers with truncheons and
creeps in white tracksuits, zodi-
ac-symbol-wearing wackos and
women who crow like roosters,
fat men in dresses and mothers
who go and kill themselves.”
He then “wonders, in a fury,
where his fucking father is.”
Cave’s writing is a little sa-
distic but wonderfully descrip-
tive. His characters are deep,
and effortlessly draw the read-
er into Bunny Jr’s delusions of
seeing his mother and experi-
ence Bunny’s anxiety and rock
bottom fall to death. Bunny is
a modern day Hank Chinaski
Photo by locust_furnace/flickr
and the writing style is eas-
ily comparative to the that of
Charles Bukowski. The Death of
Bunny Munro is a road story un-
like any other, and Nick Cave
he decides to “show him the has clearly bridged the gap be-
ropes”and go on the road sell- tween musician and author, and
ing beauty products. “Showing between classic and cult classic.
him the ropes” always meant Not a book to be overlooked.
Bunny Jr. must wait in the Pun- The Death of Bunny
to while Bunny tries to seduce Munro" is available now.
sical background, One of the best things about
while the emo-esque the album is the distinct differ-
lyrics, such as “And ence and feel to each song. Un-
there’s a lake and like some albums, which sound
at the bottom you’ll like one continuous song,
find all our friends./ Brand New has once again
They don’t swim proved that they can tell a com-
cause they’re all pletely different story with ev-
dead” seem to pop ery song. Whether it be through
up here and there; spoken words, like on “Daisy,”
perhaps a habit that or with new coarse screaming
dies hard. “Sink” is styles that sound like a more
an absolute gem of testosterone filled Blood Broth-
a song, with great ers in the song “Gasoline”.
screaming. Even With a hazy mix of Bright
though it is a little bit Eyes style music, and in-depth
hard to understand lyrics. Brand New has defi-
what lead singer nitely come a long way, cre-
Jesse Lacey is say- ating a more mature sound.
ing, the song can still This aggressive, raw-sounding
deliver with just the album may be their best one
music and intensity yet, living up to the hype of
of the vocals. With the long-awaited release. Any-
a foggy feel, “Noro” one looking to be thrown off
brings another great track with amazingly dark
lyrics and impressive mu-
bum with some of sic, should check out Daisy.
Brand New will be touring
the US this fall with Manchester
Orchestra, Thrice and Glassjaw
and will be playing at the House
of Blues on both Nov. 17 and 18.
 PAGE 10
staff Hot bodies, cold everything else
SOUNDS
GZA
"Liquid Swords"
The Second Studio Solo Album
from one of the Wu-tang's most
dangerous, the Genius rocks
mics more viciously than a
John Hopkins University stu-
dent Rocks a Shaolin sword
-Matt McQuaid
The Beatles
"A Hard Day's Night"
There's something about
George Harrison face-planting
and then running from thou-
sands upon thousands of
women that gives me meaning
to my life
-Matt Altieri
Noisettes
"Wild Young Hearts"
This British Band's latest album
is a trip to the soulful 70s with
smooth vocals, violins with
swagger, and dance tunes
straight from the other side of
the Atlantic
-Ethan Long
Michael Jackson
"Off the Wall"
...and into a coffin.
~Clay Adamczyk
Tom Logan
Journal Contributor
Looking at the initial pre-
views for Jennifer’s Body (Twen-
tieth Century Fox, 2009), one
would think that this was a
stupid horror movie with a
few cheap jokes that mainly
showcases how hot Megan
Fox is in borderline softcore
porn format. After seeing the
movie, it can be said that such
a notion is partially right.
If there’s one thing that can
be learned from this movie,
it is that Megan Fox is practi-
cally magic. She can make you
forget you just lost your best
friend and she can make emo
kids listen to cheerful music,
all thanks to her incredible hot-
ness. Megan Fox aside, the film
itself wasn’t terrible, but then
again it wasn’t very good either.
The characters are por-
trayed very well in this film, but
they’re just high school stereo-
types. Megan Fox is the airhead-
ed slutty girl, Amanda Seyfried
is the dorky best friend, and
Johnny Simmons is the dorky
girl’s nerdy, nice-guy boyfriend.
Perhaps the film’s big-
'Pandorum' all flash, no substance
Willaim Ceravone
Journal Contributor
The sci-fi thriller Pando-
rum (Overture Films, 2009) is
a futuristic fight for survival as
Dennis Quaid joins sides with
Ben Foster to save the human
race.  Together they are aboard
a spacecraft in the twenty-sec-
ond century as two astronauts
who awake from a hyperbolic
sleep. Dealing with amnesia,
they both try to come across
any clues as to what has hap-
pened. Thinking they are alone
on the ship, they find them-
selves haunted by the sounds
that lurk all around them. With
their memories slowly recover-
ing, they work together to try
to determine what has gone
wrong by investigating the
ship.  Via communication link,
Lieutenant Payton (Quaid) di-
rects Corporal Bower (Foster)
in his attempt to unlock the se-
crets that are held deep within
the ship. Bower’s attempt to
uncover the shocking myster-
ies of this seemingly deserted
ship quickly turn into a scary
fight for survival as he dis-
September 30, 2009
gest problem is that director
Karyn Kusama tried to com-
bine a high school romantic
comedy with a horror film,
and those two genres blend
like oil and water. While the
parts that are supposed to
make you laugh are funny,
they often downplay the hor-
ror element of the film. The
film switching between Me-
gan Fox killing someone and
Amanda Seyfried having awk-
ward nerdy sex with her boy-
friend makes for a very weird
scene that is supposed to be
funny and scary, but doesn’t
really ever achieve the latter.
So should someone spend
their money to see this mov-
ie? As a horror film it’s pretty
sub-par, and as a comedy it’s
average to slightly above aver-
age, so if your interested in a
scary movie then it’s doubtful
Jennifer’s Body is going to cut
it. If you wants a movie that
will make you laugh…. then
this film may do the job, but
if one wants to see this movie
because of the impression that
they’re is going to see Megan
Fox naked, well then you'll Image courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox
only find disappointment.
covers that they are not alone.
Unlike many other sci-fi space
films, there are no infectious
space-traveling brutes that
find their way aboard and mu-
tate the entire crew into flesh
eating monsters on this ship.
Viewers will be blindsided
by the twists in this movie.
Pandorum is unpredictable
but a couple of good twists do
not make for a great movie.
The good parts were separat-
ed by periods of unimportant
flashbacks to Corporal Bow-
er’s love life, as well as Payton
and Bower running around
in the pitch-black darkness
with a variety of glow sticks. 
The lighting was almost
nonexistent, and the cinema-
tography and scenery gave a
very ominous tone that was es-
sential to making the hairs on
the back of the audience’s neck
stand up.  The darkness made
the movie seem more realistic
to the situation, but squinting
during the entire movie is very Image courtesy of Overture Films
irritating. The only light that
found its way on to the screen ending supply of glow sticks. his pocket could bring other
depended on what color Corpo- Corporal Bower’s questionable inquiries to the thoughts and
ral Bower took from his never- glow stick factory located in facts presented in this movie.
 PAGE 11 September 30, 2009

Lives replaced by robots

Josh Cormier with living your life through as opposed to the rock-hard
Journal Contributor a robot. These thoughtful sto- wit of the gun-toting John Mc-
rylines, however, are overshad- Clain from the Die Hard (Twen-
The newest film from owed by a simply mediocre tieth Century-Fox, 1988) series. 
Jonathon Mostow, Surrogates and predictable series of events Despite the film’s lacklus-
(Touchstone, 2009), takes in- that fit perfectly into the cat- ter storyline, the effects, action,
triguing ideas and stuffs them and-mouse action film format. and camera-work make the film
into a painfully predictable In the film, surrogates watchable.  Sacrificing CGI for
structure.  This ninety-minute are supposed to eliminate the animatronics, wire-work, and
action film stars Bruce Willis threat of danger to their opera- good make-up, the film does a
as an FBI agent in a futuristic tors. When a human is killed superb job of making a world
Boston overrun by surrogates, while plugged into their sur- inhabited by robots in the fu-
or robots, operated remotely by rogate, Agent Greer (Willis) is ture look realistic.  If anything,
people from their homes.  In this assigned to the first homicide Surrogates was estatically great
world, 98 percent of the human since the invention of the tech- with an abundance of moving
population uses these robots to nology. This eventually leads shots and point-of-view cam-
go about their lives while they to Greer unplugging himself to era angles that draw you into
lay in a chair controlling them.  go outside in the flesh, which each action scene. It captures
The idea stems from the human is almost unheard of at this Boston in a way that we have
tendency to want to look bet- point in time.  Willis’ perfor- never seen before, as the host of
ter, be stronger, and never die; mance does shed some warm an action-packed sci-fi thriller,
which explains why the robots light on this cold thriller, leav- rather than a drama about a kid
in the film are always beautiful.  ing you wanting more Bruce from South Boston or a comedy
Jonathon Mostow, who is Willis and less robots. The about an obsessed Red Sox fan. 
known for the third install- predictable flow of the movie It uses Boston as a blank canvas
ment of the Terminator fran- was interrupted by a hand- to tell the story instead of using
chise, once again takes inter- ful of refreshingly emotional the city as a focus of the mov-
esting themes and surrounds scenes from the esteemed actor, ie. Surrogates is the front runner
them by campy and forgettable reminiscent of past characters in a slew of new movies be- Image courtesy of Touchstone Pictures
sequences.  In this case, Surro- he has played in films like The ing filmed and taking place in
gates has many elements of a Sixth Sense (Barry Mendel Pro- Boston, undoubtedly brought film using the technology as a Despite its monotonous struc-
good movie. There were vari- ductions, 1999). Greer walks on by the recent tax breaks background piece rather than ture and forced conclusion,
ous compelling elements the around heartbroken because of given to films shooting in Mass.   the focal point of the story.  the film was made watchable
film, such as Bruce Willis’ char- a loss that forced his own mar- The unique themes and The film may have been more by the realistic effects and a
acter's failing marriage with riage to be lived out by robots.  social interactions Surrogates effective had it focused on the commendable performance by
his apathetic wife (played by In this sense it was refreshing addresses leaves one wonder- strangeness of human-robot Bruce Willis.  As a whole, Surro-
Rosamund Pike), as well as the to see Bruce Willis play a vul- ing if it would have been bet- interactions and the social and gates was lackluster and leaves
overall social issues that come nerable and weak character, ter as a smaller, more dramatic political problems that follow. the viewer wanting more.
 PAGE 12 September 30, 2009

Delia's Picks
On-Campus
Crossword Puzzle:
For when class is boring
DOWN
* 1. Radio Hall of Fame D.J.
Casey __
From blue and green recycle bins around campus to paper- * 2. Gilberto's girlfriend
less classes, Suffolk is serious about promoting a green com- * 3. Wheels that won't roll?
munity. On Wednesday Sept. 30, a workshop on green clean- * 4. Amazing sight?
ing and recycling will be held in the first floor function room * 5. More mentally alert
of Sargent Hall. Representatives from Ecolab and Save that * 6. Can't stand
Stuff will speak about the green cleaning products used on * 7. Gather together
campus and why it’s better for the environment and stu- * 8. Pugilist's stat
dents. Recycling is the new fad; jump on the band wagon. * 9. Bygone schoolroom items
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and * 10. See 71-Across
Suffolk is getting ready to GoPink. Starting Oct. 1, and running * 11. League of Women Vot-
through Oct. 6, stations will be set up in Donahue, Sawyer, Sargent ers organizer
and NESAD Lobbies with information and free ribbons. Stop by * 12. Canadian tribe
and show your support or go to http://main.acsevents.org/goto/ * 13. Scores to shoot for
suffolkuniversity to donate to the Suffolk Team for the Ameri- * 18. New Hampshire state
can Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk. flower
* 23. "All Alone __": Brenda
Lee hit
Off-Campus * 25. See 71-Across
Do you find yourself doing the same things around the city ev- * 27. Bronze Star recipients
ery weekend? Break out of the boring cycle and take a trip up north * 29. Tackle box item
to Salem, Mass. With Halloween just around the corner, the spirit is * 31. Crucifix letters
alive amongst the Salem community. Dozens of events are planned * 32. "Grease" extra
every day for the busy public; Salem Willows, Salem Witch Trails, ACROSS * 41. Salad bits brand * 33. Wal-Mart wholesale
Tours & Cruises, Salem Tales and Galleries. Transportation is * 1. Cabbagelike plant * 42. City SSE of Salt Lake club
simple. Just take the commuter rail from North Station to Salem. * 5. Uniform material City * 34. Richie's mom, to Fonzie
* 10. Sputnik markings * 43. Get dirty * 35. __-fly pie

Easy Sudoku
* 14. Iowa college town
* 15. Irish statesman De
Valera
* 16. Uncommon, to Cassius
* 17. See 71-Across
* 19. Ancient artery
* 20. It bruises easily
* 21. Supermodel Sastre
* 22. Fritters away
* 24. Really mess up
* 26. One of the Stooges
* 28. Henley competitors
* 30. Calls forth
* 34. "Countdown" broad-
caster
* 37. Baseball Hall of Famer
Yastrzemski
* 39. Ready for drafting
* 40. Flightless bird
* 44. Der __: Adenauer
* 45. "The Old Maid" play-
wright Zoe
* 46. Plot
* 48. Arias, e.g.
* 50. Emcee's task
* 52. Braves' div.
* 56. Darius I's land
* 59. Erato or Euterpe
* 61. My __, Vietnam
* 62. Way out
* 63. See 71-across
* 66. Sitarist Shankar
* 67. In knots
* 68. Ancient king of Israel
* 69. Apple product
* 70. Early computer
* 71. Clue for 17- and
63-Across and 10- and 25-Down
* 36. Singer Sedaka
* 38. Routine
* 41. Undiscriminating qual-
ity
* 45. "Manhattan" director
* 47. Verse starter?
* 49. Built without a contract
* 51. Saudi's neighbor
* 53. Not from here
* 54. Olympic skater Cohen
* 55. Jam
* 56. Persian fairy
* 57. LSAT, e.g.
* 58. __ Ridge: 1972 Kentucky
Derby winner
* 60. Major leader?
* 64. Barnyard layer
* 65. Drinks in the a.m.
 PAGE 13 September 30, 2009

Sports briefs
Suffolk well-represented on Honor Roll

The GNAC announced its weekly honors yesterday, and Suf-

folk was well-represented as six student-athletes were honored Men's Soccer Women's Volleyball
by the conference for their performances in the past week. Junior Oct. 3rd @ Johnson & Wales, 3 p.m. Oct. 1st vs. Simmons, 7 p.m.
goalie Jack DeJesus was named the GNAC’s Goalkeeper of the Oct. 6th @ Lesley, 8 p.m. Oct. 2nd @ Johnson & Wales, 6 p.m.
Week after shutting out St. Joseph’s (ME) last Saturday. According Oct. 3rd Johnson & Wales Fall Classic
vs. Plymouth State, 12 p.m.
to the Athletics Department’s website, DeJesus now sports stellar
a 1.01 GAA on the year. DeJesus’ teammate, senior Nick Celia, was
Women's Soccer vs. UMass Dartmouth, 2 p.m.
Oct. 3rd vs. Pine Manor, 6 p.m. Oct. 6th vs. Emmanuel, 7 p.m.
named to the GNAC Weekly Honor for scoring the game-winning
Oct. 7th @ Mt. Ida, 3:30 p.m.
goal in the aforementioned win over St. Joseph’s. Sophomore Les-
lie Hayden made sure the women’s soccer team was represented Women's Tennis
as well, as she was named to the Weekly Honor Roll after scor- Cross-Country Oct. 1st @ Rhode Island, 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 3rd @ Johnson & Wales, TBA
ing four goals last week, including a hat trick against Emmanuel. Oct. 3rd @ Pop Crowell Invitational
Women’s tennis sophomores Lauren Cameron and Kelly Conrad Oct. 7th vs. Simmons, 6:30 p.m.
were named to the Honor Roll as well after helping their team to
two wins last week. Rounding out the list is senior Kelsey Arm-
strong-Hann of the women’s volleyball team. Armstrong-Hann
GNAC standings
had 12 kills in Suffolk’s win over Eastern Nazarene last week. Men's soccer Women's soccer Women's tennis
1. Emerson 4-0-1 1. Emmanuel 3-0
Fleury's comeback attempt "flames" out 1.Lasell 2-0-1 2. St. Joseph's (ME) 4-0-1 2. Suffolk 3-0
2. Norwich 2-0-1 3. Johnson & Wales 4-1 3. Simmons 3-0
3. Suffolk 1-0-2 4. Lasell 3-0-2 4. Emerson 2-1
Former Calgary Flames forward Theo Fleury, who was at-
4. St. Joseph's (ME) 2-1 5. Albertus Magnus 3-1-1 5. Johnson & Wales 1-1
tempting to make a comeback after nearly six years away from the
5. Mount Ida 2-1 6. Emmanuel 3-1-1 6. Mount Ida 1-3
game of hockey, was released by the team last week, which ulti-
6. Johnson & Wales 2-1 7. Simmons 3-1-1 7. Albertus Magnus 0-1
mately led him to announce his retirement from hockey on Mon-
7. Albertus Magnus 1-2 8. St. Joseph's (CT) 2-3-1 8. St. Joseph's (CT) 0-3
day. Fleury’s struggles with drug and alcohol addictions through-
8. Emerson 1-2 9. Norwich 2-3 9. Pine Manor 0-4
out the later years of his NHL career eventually forced him to retire
9. Emmanuel 0-3 10. Rivier 1-3
from the game in 2003. After getting back into game shape and
10. Rivier 0-3 11. Mount Ida 0-4
being reinstated by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, Fleury
12. Pine Manor 0-6 *All standings cur-
was invited to the Flames’ camp on a tryout basis. He scored the
13. Suffolk 0-6 rent as of September 29th
lone goal of the shootout to give the Flames a win over the New
York Islanders on Sept. 17th, and added a goal and an assist three
nights later in a win over the Florida Panthers. However, Fleury
was told by the team that he was not going to crack the team’s top-
six forwards, and that they didn’t want to send him to the AHL
out of respect. Fleury retires with 1,088 points in 15 NHL seasons.

Tebow concussed, not expected to face LSU

University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, considered by
many to be a leading candidate to win the Heisman Trophy this
year, is unlikely to play in the Gators’ next game against LSU af-
ter suffering the first concussion of his football career last week.
Tebow was leveled by a University of Kentucky defender in Flori-
da’s blowout win on Saturday, and on his way down to the turf his
head struck the leg of a teammate and snapped forward violently.
Tebow had to be helped off the field and transported to a local hos-
pital. ESPN.com reported yesterday that Tebow underwent tests
that confirmed he did indeed suffer a concussion, and that he isn’t
allowed to read or watch television for the next couple of days.

Pennington out for the season

What has been an abysmal start to the 2009 season for the Miami
Dolphins got worse this week, as it was announced that QB Chad
Pennington would miss the rest of the season after suffering a
shoulder injury. Miami, which won the AFC East last year, is
now 0-3, and traded a draft pick to the Kansas City Chiefs for QB
Tyler Thigpen yesterday. Thigpen will back up the untested Chad
Henne, who has been handed the starter’s reigns by default.
FoxSports.com reported that Pennington, who finished second in
MVP voting last year, will likely need surgery on his shoulder for
the third time.
 PAGE 14 September 30, 2009

It's time to drop the puck: 2009-2010

Bear market: Finally, Bruins poised for run to the Cup
Matt West
Journal Staff
Having finally resurrected
faith in the local masses, the
Boston Bruins enter the 2009-
2010 season as potential fa-
vorites to not only contend
for the Eastern Conference
Championship but the Stan-
ley Cup as well. With a roster
full of both promising young
players and seasoned veter-
ans, hockey fans in Boston
can say, for the first time in
years, with certainty that their
team will be there when the
games count in May and June.
After finishing last year’s
regular season with the best
record in the Eastern Confer-
ence, the Bruins headed into
the postseason as favorites to
hoist the famed Cup. However,
after coasting through an easy
first round sweep of the hated
Montreal Canadiens, the B’s
met an extremely tough op-
ponent in the Carolina Hur-
ricanes. The Hurricanes, led
by two formidable stars in for-
ward Eric Staal and goalie Cam
Ward, the latter of whom won
the Conn Smythe trophy as
playoff MVP while leading his
team to a Stanley Cup champi-
onship in his rookie campaign,
ended the Bruins' season in
heartbreak with an overtime
win in game seven of the East-
ern Conference Semifinals.
While last season ended on
a disappointingly sour note,
things have a changed quite a
bit over the summer, with the
Bruins making some person-
nel moves that will certainly
change the outlook of the 2009-
2010 season. The Bruins took
care of in-house business first,
re-signing restricted free agents amongst others, an improving ers should be a huge boost as and will ultimately be a start-
David Krejci, Byron Bitz and Patrice Bergeron, a returning well. Krejci, Milan Lucic, Hun- er at some point in his career.
While all signs point to the
Matt Hunwick. They also re- Marco Sturm and a stronger wick, Wheeler, Bitz, and Tu-
signed veteran forward Mark Blake Wheeler will make up for ukka Rask all shown that they Bruins being very successful
Recchi, and added former Ca- the speedy winger's departure. have the potential to be All-Star this year in a strong Eastern
nadien Steve Begin to the mix. Chiarelli and coach Claude caliber players at some point in Conference, there are still some
However, the Bruins their careers. Krejci, playing in weaknesses that may hamper
looked to trades for help his first full year with the their goal of winning a Stanley
as well. First was the team, recorded 71 points Cup. Although they did finish
trade that sent veteran to go along with an im- with the best record in the East-
defenseman and fan fa- pressive and league- ern Conference last year, the
vorite Aaron Ward back leading +37 plus-minus inability of their defensemen to
to the Hurricanes, with rating. Lucic, known for create and cash in on offensive
whom he won a Stanley his hard-hitting style, opportunities cost them dearly
Cup, for Patrick Eaves has become a fan favor- in the playoffs. While Chara
and a draft pick. After ite with his fearless play scored 19 goals, he did not re-
the trade, Eaves was on the ice. Fans have be- ceive much help from his fel-
immediately waived, come accustomed to his low defenseman. The addition
and in turn the Bruins willingness to drop the of the offensive-minded Morris
signed Derek Morris, gloves and stand up for was should increase the offen-
a veteran defenseman his teammates, but the sive output from the blueline,
who played last year big winger has shown but only time will tell. In addi-
for the Phoenix Coy- a scoring touch as well, tion, the defense is a bit lacking
otes before being dealt notching 42 points in in depth, with only six solid
to the New York Rang- the regular season while defensemen who can be count-
ers at the trade deadline. contributing nine points ed on to play significant NHL
Finally, the biggest in ten playoff games as level minutes. Capable but un-
move of the offseason well. While his fights get proven depth players like John-
would occur just a few the fans going, Bruins ny Boychuk, Drew Fata and Jeff
weeks ago, with forward Photo by of rubyswoon/WikiCommons management is hoping to Penner will be counted on to
Phil Kessel being traded Milan Lucic will continue to be a see Lucic continue to work play full-time at the NHL level
to the Toronto Maple Leafs force for the Bruins on his offensive game while should any of the Bruins' top-
for a first and second round creating space for his line- six defensemen suffer an injury.
draft pick in 2010 and a first Julien have also made it quite mates with bone-crushing hits. The 2009-2010 Boston Bru-
round pick in 2011. In Kessel, clear that they prefer skaters Hunwick, a speedy, puck- ins have been constructed in
the Bruins had a young, tal- who play a complete game both moving defenseman who such a way that playing deep
ented forward who scored 19 offensively and defensively. In missed most of the playoffs last into next spring's playoffs will
and 36 goals respectively in Julien's airtight system, with year with a ruptured spleen, not be considered an anomaly,
his first two full seasons with reigning Vezina Trophy winner figures to play an important but simply meeting the now
the team. However, over the Tim Thomas and current Nor- role on this team. Wheeler and heightened expectations. With
course of the summer he and ris Trophy winner Zdeno Chara Bitz, both of whom got their a good blend of young play-
his agent made it abundantly leading the charge, the empha- first taste of life in the NHL ers and seasoned veterans, this
clear to Peter Chiarelli and sis is on defense first, a belief last year, are big and physical team is poised to make a run
Cam Neely that he did not see that should soften the blow forwards, and will play im- deep into June. Finally, fans
himself as a part of the future of of losing Kessel's firepower. portant roles offensively for in the Hub of Hockey have a
this team. While many pundits Not only will the Bruins the Bruins. Finally, Rask, the lot to be proud of when dis-
presume the Bruins will not be be able to look forward to the young goaltender who will cussing their team, and can
able to replace Kessel's goal- return of the aforementioned serve as Thomas' back-up this dream aloud about winning
scoring prowess, Chiarelli and Sturm, but the growth and de- season, has shown promise in the Stanley Cup without be-
Neely appear confident that, velopment of their young play- his limited NHL experience, ing laughed at in response.

Writers play fortune tellers: Predictions for the 09-10 year

The Bruins won't quite match
After a great regular sea-
their regular season total from
son, the Bruins will play the
last year, finishing second in the
Alexander Ovechkin and the
Eastern Conference to the Phila-
Washington Capitals in the
delphia Flyers. The Bruins will
Eastern Conference Finals. It'll
beat the Devils in the first round
go the distance, but the Bruins
of the playoffs, the Capitals in the
will lose in seven games. The
second, and those same Flyers in
Caps will go on to lose to the
the ECF. In a Stanley Cup for the
Detroit Red Wings in six games.
ages, the Bruins will beat the San
Jose Sharks in six games. Book it.
-Matt McQuaid,
Assistant Arts Editor
-Dan Ryan,
Sports Editor
The Bruins will win the Cup,
beating the San Jose Sharks.
They will finish first in the East-
ern Conference, but not by
much. Someone out West will
win the President’s Trophy. In
the playoffs, the B’s will beat
the Thrashers, Devils and Pen-
guins on their way to the Cup.
-Andrew Macdougall
Journal Contributor
I hate to say this as a Bruins fan, but
it’s going to be Detroit. Their defense is re-
ally deep even though their goaltending
is suspect. They’ll play the Bruins in the
Cup finals, but the Bruins will come up
short because of a lack of scoring depth.
The B’s will finish second to Philadelphia
in the Eastern Conference. The presence
of Morris and Hunwick will help make
sure that the Bruins don’t get hemmed
in the zone like they did against Carolina
last year, which will propel them to and
through the Eastern Conference Finals.
-Will Norton
Suffolk Student/Hockey Superfan
 PAGE 15
National Hockey League Preview
(Very) Early NHL award
predictions
Andrew Macdougall
Journal Contributor
It’s never too early for pre-
dictions, right? Here’s an early
look at who will be taking
home the NHL hardware at
the end of this coming season.
Hart Trophy –Alex Ovech-
kin gets the hat trick, collecting
his third straight MVP award.
Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney
Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, as
well as old friend Joe Thornton
and Ilya Kovalchuk of the At-
lanta Thrashers will be in the
hunt as well, but Ovechkin al-
ways seems to put together mi-
raculous seasons (420 points in
the last four seasons combined,
with more than half of those
points goals). If anyone is go-
ing to get in Ovechkin’s way, it
is Kovalchuk. Kovalchuk is in
his contract year, as he is slated
to be an unrestricted free agent
at the end of the season. Simply
put, more goals and points will
equal more money for Koval-
chuk, a strong incentive to pile
up the points. Still, it won’t
be enough, so expect another
potential 60-goal year from
Alexander the Great, and his
third consecutive MVP award.
Vezina Trophy – Miikka
Kiprusoff of the Calgary Flames
plays behind arguably one of
the best defenses in the NHL
(when healthy). The Bruins’
Tim Thomas will certainly look
to repeat, but with Olli Joki-
nen under contract for a full
season, Calgary now has an
upgraded offense to comple-
ment its defense. Kiprusoff has
a career Goals Against Aver-
age of 2.46 last year, and since
the Flames lack a true back-up
goalie, Kipper gets the bulk
of his team’s starts (76 games
played last year). Wins get the
voters’ attention in the Vezina
race, and workhorses on good
teams win more games, some-
thing Kiprusoff has proven
quite adept at (40+ wins in
three of his last four seasons).
Norris Trophy –The fact is,
Zdeno Chara is a beast. Expect
another 15 goal, 35 assist year
from the Slovakian defenseman.
With a team that plays great
five-on-five hockey and the
fact he plays in front of one of
the better goalies in the league,
Chara is almost a lock to have
a great +/- ratio. Look for Big
Z to continue logging big min-
utes, and take home his second
Norris Trophy next summer.
President’s Trophy –It’s
hard to go against the Bruins,
who came close to capturing
the trophy last year, especial-
ly with the amount of overall
depth they have. The absence
of Phil Kessel may have a slight
effect on the team for the year,
but the B’s seem to have the
balance and depth to claim
the NHL’s best regular season
record anyways. Should the
Bruins falter, Detroit, San Jose,
Pittsburgh, and maybe even
Calgary may fight for the title
of Best Regular Season Team.
Calder Trophy – Rookie
of the Year goes to the highly-
touted and eagerly anticipated
John Tavares of the New York
Islanders. He fills a significant
gap in the Islanders’ offense,
and seems to be the most pro-
ready rookie in this year’s crop.
The Canadian-born 19-year
old Tavares notched a total of
405 points in four full Ontario
Hockey League seasons, an as-
tronomical and almost unbe-
lievable total. Widely consid-
ered the top hockey prospect
in the entire world, Tavares
should have an outstanding
rookie season, a bright spot for
what will be an otherwise for-
gettable year on Long Island.
Ross Trophy- As with the
Hart, look for this one to be a
duel between the Russians as
well. Last year, Malkin took
home the league’s scoring title
with 113 points (35 G, 78 A),
finishing three points ahead of
countryman Ovechkin (56 G, 54
A). Crosby finished third with
103, followed by Pavel Datsyuk
of the Detroit Red Wings with
97. The debate will rage on as to
who is the best between Malkin,
Crosby and Ovechkin. But Mal-
kin benefits from playing with
Crosby, and that will be enough
for him to capture his second-
straight Ross Trophy. If he slips
or suffers a serious injury, Ovech-
kin will be right on his heels.
September 30, 2009
Olympics will remain contentious
Andrew Macdougall pics will affect their NHL per- ed as grandly as those who
formance when they return. bring an Olympic gold medal
Journal Contributor
Do the risks of playing for back to their country. Just ask
one’s country in the Olym- Peter Forsberg, whose gold
When the Winter Olympics
pic Games outweigh the ben- medal-winning goal in 1994
take over Vancouver in just un-
efits? There is a significant dif- was immortalized in his native
der five months, the NHL regu-
ference between two weeks Sweden on a postage stamp.
lar season will take a two week
off and two weeks of work. So come the first week of
long break from play, shutting
However, playing for the March, some players may be
down operations so its stars can
pride of his nation and be- banged up more than others.
represent their native countries.
coming part of history is ulti- What needs to be understood
Going into the season, many
mately a career highlight for is the fact that these athletes
hockey pundits are asking the
many an NHL player. What love the game just as much as
same question: what affect will
fans need to realize is that the the most diehard fan and that
the break will have on the indi-
Olympics transcend the con- to have the ability to represent
vidual teams? Due to each team
ventional love for the game. one’s homeland on the world’s
sending a different amount of
Representing one’s country biggest stage is an honor that,
representatives, the extra two
is a task more important than for some, almost defies com-
weeks may affect the play of
anything else, for the simple prehension, and should be
some teams more than others,
reason that pride in one’s coun- viewed as a defining moment
and in some cases it may af-
try is a powerful emotion felt in a player’s life. So when con-
fect a team to the point where
across the world. Pride in one’s sidering whether or not a fa-
playoff positioning may change.
heritage and homeland is big- vorite player on the hometown
While some teamswill send
ger than a salary, a vacation in team should be lacing ‘em up
the majority of its players on a
Bermuda or playoff position- in Vancouver come February,
two-week vacation, others will
ing. The ultimate goal of any remember this: this is a chance
be sending their stars up north
athlete is to be remembered to make history and bring glory
for two-weeks of all out hockey.
when he or she finally walks to one’s home country, and that
Fans need to understand
away from the game, and few is a chance that cannot, and
that the hits and extra shifts
hockey players are celebrat- should not, ever be passed up.
players take during the Olym-
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One in four young adults will
experience a depressive episode
before the age of 24.
Receive a free screening & consultation with a
Suffolk University Psychologist
October 6th: Donahue & Sawyer Lobbies
10am-2:30pm
Part of National Depression Screening Day
 PAGE 16 September 30, 2009

Women's soccer struggling in GNAC

Alex Mellion
Journal Contributor
After starting off the season
with two straight wins against
Eastern Nazarene and Daniel
Webster, the Suffolk women’s
soccer team has lost its last six
games, and currently sits at 2-6
on the young season. Despite
the recent string of losses, the
team has kept the score close in
each match, losing only one of
the games by two goals or more.
The season started off
very well for the team, as they
earned a 4-3 win over Eastern
Nazarene and followed that up
with an impressive 3-0 shut-
out win over Daniel Webster.
However, the Lady Rams
started their slide with a 1-0
OT loss against Lasell on Sept.
12th, and followed that close
loss up with a 2-0 loss to Sim-
mons on Sept. 16th and a 2-1
loss to Norwich three days later.
Unfortunately, the bad luck
didn’t end there, as the Lady
Rams lost two more close ones
(6-4 vs. Emmanuel and 2-1 vs.
St. Joseph’s of Connecticut)
before being beaten by John-
son and Wales by a rather con-
vincing 6-2 score on Tuesday.
Playing games away from
the friendly home confines
of Dilboy Stadium has been
a huge problem for the team
this year, as they are currently
winless (0-3) in road games,
compared to 2-3 at home.
Sophomore Leslie
Hayden has carried the
offensive load for the
team thus far, scoring
eight of the team’s twelve
total goals. She has 18
total points this season.
Fellow sophomore Gina
Dean is second on the
team with two goals,
while freshman Kelsey
Cavaretta and junior Ma-
rie Trombetta are tied
for third with one goal
apiece. Trombetta is a ju-
nior transfer from Guate-
mala and will be counted
heavily to produce this
season. Junior goalie Em-
ily Joyce has made 55
saves while allowing 14
Sophomore Leslie Hayden (Ross, CA) is cur-
rently the Lady Rams' leading scorer with eight take solace in the fact
goals through the firstgoals and 18 total points on the young sea- that this is one of the
six games. She is cur-son.
rently sporting a rather
stingy 2.29 goals against aver-
age. Hayden has already been
named to the GNAC Weekly
Honor Roll twice this season GNAC play on the year. While
for her outstanding accom- it will certainly be an uphill
plishments on the field, and Ca- battle, the Lady Rams still have
varetta has been named GNAC several opportunities to make
Rookie of the Week once. some noise in the conference.
To make matters worse, Six of their last seven games are
against GNAC opponents,
meaning that if the team can
get hot at the right time, a
respectable in-conference
record is far from unreach-
able. Also, the team has big
games coming up against
conference-leading and
cross-Common rival Em-
erson and second-place St.
Joseph’s (ME). Wins against
these quality opponents
would go a long way towards
boosting the confidence
of this Lady Rams team.
However, if the Lady
Rams fail to make some
headway in the confer-
ence over the next couple
Photo Courtesy of Suffolk Athletics
of games, the players and
coaching staff can
youngest squads in
the GNAC, if not in
each of the team’s six losses all of college soccer. Currently,
has come against GNAC op- the team has no seniors on the
ponents, making them 0-6 in roster and only five juniors. Five
of the players are sophomores
and three are freshmen, playing
in their first year of college soc-
cer. Even if this year has been
less than stellar thus far, the
young squad is gaining valu-
able experience by the game,
experience that will allow them
to improve upon this season
and come back even stronger
and more prepared next year.
The Lady Rams’ next game
is a GNAC match against Pine
Manor on Oct. 3rd at 6 p.m.
at the team’s home field, Dil-
boy Stadium in Somerville.
Pine Manor is currently 2-6-1
(0-6 GNAC), and should pro-
vide the Lady Rams a good
chance to get back on track.
The Gators have lost four
out of their last five games, and
were shut out in each of them.
The team has struggled might-
ily to score at times this season,
which will be like music to Suf-
folk goalie Emily Joyce's ears.
In fact, in their six losses on the
season, the Gators have failed
to score a single goal, and were
outscored by a margin of 16-0.
*All stats and records
are current as of Sept. 29th.

Questions linger as NHL season starts

Dan Ryan
Journal Staff
The National Hockey
League is coming off of what
can be considered one of its
most successful seasons in
recent memory. Alexander
Ovechkin continued his run as
the league’s most marketable
star with an entertaining per-
formance at the All-Star Game
while piling up the goals and
assists as well. Evgeni Malkin
and Pavel Datsyuk made sure
that the league wasn’t a one-
Russian show, contributing
mightily offensively as well.
The league saw franchises come
back to life in once-hockey rabid
markets like Boston and Chica-
go, and saw its most competi-
tive post-season in decades end
with one of its brightest stars,
Sidney Crosby, lifting Lord
Stanley’s Cup as captain of the
champion Pittsburgh Penguins.
Whew. The question
for the NHL, after such a
wonderful season, is the
ever-present “now what?”
As excellent as last season
was for the league, the offsea-
son has been just as tumultu-
ous. Summer black eyes for the
league range from the embar-
rassing (Dany Heatley becom-
ing the latest player to refuse to
play in Edmonton) and shady
(ex-NHLPA head Paul Kelly be-
ing “railroaded” out of office
with a 3 a.m. vote) to the silly
(Chicago star Patrick Kane be-
ing arrested for allegedly beat-
ing a cab driver over 20 cents)
and downright ridiculous (the
ongoing saga that is Jim Bal-
sillie vs. the rest of the NHL).
However, like the start of
the second period, the league
begins the 2009-2010 season
with a fresh, new sheet of
ice, into which a multitude of
skates will carve various new
and exciting storylines. Here
are a few things to look for
as the new season unfolds.
Can the resurgent teams
keep it up? Anyone in the
NHL’s offices will admit that
having Boston and Chicago re-
turn to prominence is nothing
but a boon for the league. The
two cities have proven to be
among the most sports-crazy
towns in the America, and full
arenas in the Windy City and
the Hub of Hockey bring more
money into the pockets of the
NHL. However, both franchises
enter the season having gone
through somewhat turbulent
offseasons. Chicago saw its GM
fired after an offer-sheet mix-up
that nearly led to the voiding of
contracts. Former Blackhawk
Martin Havlat took shots at the
team via Twitter on his way out
of town, and , oh yeah, there was
that whole Kane fiasco men-
tioned above. The Bruins lost
sniper Phil Kessel as a salary
cap casualty, and is facing huge
questions about whether or not
the B’s can recapture last year’s
magic. However, both rosters
are well-stocked with a mixture
of veterans and rookies, and
are led by coaches who should
be able to right the ship should
anything go wrong. The result
will make the league happy:
Chicago and Boston will remain
competitive for years to come.
What’s going to happen
to the Coyotes? The ongoing
dance between Balsillie, Bett-
man and the rest of the league
is turning the entire NHL into
a sports-landscape laughing-
stock. Balsillie wants a team,
and has proven that he is will-
ing to go deep into his Black-
berry-lined pockets to buy one.
Bettman has made it just as clear
that he doesn’t want Balsillie to
have a team, especially one that
he is vowing to move to Hamil-
ton, Ontario. The NHL owners,
embarrassed by a recent string
of scandalous owners, don’t
want Balsillie in their exclusive
club either. Lost at the center
of all of the mudslinging and
name-calling is the fact that a
team, the Phoenix Coyotes, still
doesn’t know if it will be play-
ing in Phoenix next season, and
a group of fans that has never
seen a winner may be without
a hockey club come next year.
The sooner this is resolved, the
better. The league needs to put
this mess behind them, and
let the on-ice product be the
focus of the national media.
How will the rookies per-
form? Highly touted rookies
Victor Hedman (Tampa Bay),
John Tavares (New York Island-
ers) and Matt Duchene (Colo-
rado) are being viewed as sav-
iors of sorts in their respective
markets. All are coming on to
teams that are coming off of ter-
rible seasons, and are expected
to carry those same teams back
to the promised land. How will
they fare under such heavy ex-
pectations? Only time will tell.