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The Master Debators
By Alyssa Melillo
The state of the U.S. economy and
the current issue on immigration were
the topics of a debate between the Stony
Brook College Democrats and College
Republicans on April 5.
Speakers Brian Lee and Adam Peck
for the College Democrats defended
President Obama’s economic policies,
stressing that there is progress in the na-
tion’s recovery from the recession.
“We’ve seen stability in home marketing
and reduction in unemployment,” Lee
said. “There’s considerable signs of
growth in the economy.
Peck discussed the President’s 2009
stimulus bill and said it did help many
U.S. citizens, despite criticism from Re-
publicans.
“The stimulus bill did create a lot of really recovering from the recession yet. laws]...we will see less immigration,” Pu While the winner of the debate was
jobs for people who needed them,” Peck “We’ve seen a giant jump in credit,” said. not determined by the moderators,
said. “You can’t deny the stimulus pack- he said. “People are taking more loans The Democrats agreed. “The crisis Kevin Sabella, founder and president of
age...did have an incredible impact on out than ever before. We’re not looking we have creates a tiered system where the Stony Brook Tea Party, said he be-
the middle class.” at a true recovery. legal immigrants are competing with il- lieved the College Democrats and Col-
“We’re heading in the right direc- “In fact, we’re worse than we were legal immigrants [for jobs],” Lee said. lege Republicans fairly “covered what
tion,” he said. “I don’t think anyone ex- in 2008,” he added. Ramanathan said He pointed out that most illegal immi- they’re for.” However, he believed that
pected Obama to resolve our economic that at this rate, the nation could face a grants come to the U.S. for jobs as part they didn’t focus enough on the consti-
problems in two years and three double-dip recession. “We’ve been try- of a pathway to develop citizenship. Ul- tutionality of the laws and issues at
months.” ing to fill a hole, but we’ve run out of timately, though, both parties agreed hand. “The constitution should take
Jonathan Pu, a speaker for the Col- dirt to fill it,” he said. Peck agreed on the that the government should create more precedent in those issues,” he said.
lege Republicans, pointed out the dra- possibility of a second recession, but ways for illegal immigrants to become The Stony Brook Speech and De-
matic increase in national debt since suggested that President Obama should legal citizens. They both referred to the bate Society, which hosted and moder-
President Obama took office. The jump pass a second stimulus bill to prevent it. DREAM Act, a bill that would provide ated the debate, implemented a voting
from the $9 trillion in debt when Presi- Although both parties displayed permanent residency to alien students system that allowed audience members
dent Bush was in office to the current different views on the nation’s economy, who graduated high school, which a to vote for which party they felt won the
$14 trillion under President Obama is they both agreed on what the govern- Senate filibuster blocked in December. debate by sending a text message to a
not a sign of a true economic recovery, ment needs to do to prevent illegal im- Both parties also agreed that amnesty, provided number. Rachel Clark, a
Pu said. However, he did agree with migration: crack down on employers simply allowing illegal immigrants to member of the College Democrats,
Peck on one thing: hiring them. remain in the country, is not a solution. moderated the voting system for the
“I absolutely would suggest we’re “We have to enforce the laws we “Unfortunately, the immigration first half of the debate but said no votes
heading in the right direction for the have on employers,” Ramanathan said. debate in our country is very different came in. Huma Ashraf, treasurer of the
first time in a while,” he said. “We [also] need to have a stable rela- [from] the one in this room,” Peck said, College Democrats, moderated the
Aditya Ramanathan, the second tionship with Mexico...so Mexicans can referring to the debate in Washington votes for the remainder of the debate,
speaker for the College Republicans, ar- work for American [companies] in about excluding illegal immigrants but could not be reached for the results.
gued that the increase in U.S. citizens’ Mexico.” from the education system and whether
credit is a reason that the nation is not “If the police and FBI [enforce the or not they should receive hospital care.
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Why We Are Bringing
Nick Statt
Associate Editor
Daniel Ellsberg To Campus
Evan Goldaper
Business Manager On Tuesday, April 26, 2011,
Kenny Mahoney “America’s most dangerous man,” Dr.
Daniel Ellsberg, is scheduled to give a
Production Manager
Carol Moran talk at 8 p.m. in the SAC Auditorium.
His lecture will touch on the parallels
News Editors between his big claim to fame and the
Bobby Holt
Alyssa Melillo recent work of WikiLeaks.
To many college-aged individu-
Features Editor
Vincent Barone als, Daniel Ellsberg is a name in
American history textbooks. And if
Arts Editor you happened to stay awake during
Alexa Rubinstein
the one or two classes that discuss
Photo Editor more recent history, you might know
Carolina Hidalgo that Ellsberg was the man behind the
Copy Editor release of the Pentagon Papers—a
Zach Knowlton 7,000-page collection of top-secret
Sports Editor and sensitive documents containing
Mark Greek briefs and memos that outlined U.S.
involvement in Vietnam from 1945
Social Media Editor
Kenny Mahoney to 1967. Included was a candid inter-
nal assessment of the war’s progress
Ombudsman that varied drastically from the rosy
Tia Mansouri
picture presented to the American
public.
Layout Design by
Jowy Romano On June 13, 1971, the New York
Times published the first of many ex-
cerpts from the papers Ellsberg had
Staff leaked to it. But after the first three
Sam Aldenton
articles ran, the Nixon Administra-
Michelle Bylicky tion pursued a federal injunction
Siobhan Cassidy
Lionel Chan against the Times, hoping to block
Natalie Crnosija
publication of more sensitive infor- tions by detailing their foreign policy to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Mike Cusanelli
Eric DiGiovanni
mation. strategies and actions in Southeast It’s not difficult, then, for one to
Brett Donnelly
Amanda Douville
As the suit worked its way Asia. Revealed were a multitude of draw a connection between Ellsberg
Lauren DuBois
Sarah Evins through the legal system, other pa- secret and illegal bombings in Cam- and the newspapers that ran his story
Andrew Fraley
Mark Greek pers like The Washington Post filled bodia and Laos, as well as raids on and WikiLeaks and its verified
Colleen Harrington North Vietnam—all of which had sources.
Samuel Katz in and began to publish the docu-
Nicole Kohn gone unreported by the press. Of course, Ellsberg and Wik-
Iris Lin ments—a united act of public service
Andi Liao
and protest against a government try- In April 2010, beginning with a iLeaks aren’t analogous. WikiLeaks,
Erica Mengouchian
Frank Myles
ing to censor the information sensational video of U.S. soldiers the non-profit media organization,
Howie Newsberkman
Vanessa Ogle
through prior restraint. gunning down a Reuters photogra- occupies some not-entirely-charted
Carlos Parreno
Gabriel Panadero The papers didn’t put Nixon’s ad- pher from an Apache helicopter, new-media position halfway between
Jessica Rybak
Emily Torkel ministration in a bad light so much WikiLeaks started to release selec- that of Ellsberg and the New York
Matt Willemain tions from a massive trove of govern- Times. A more clear parallel exists
as they led to embarrassments for the
Kennedy and Johnson administra- ment cables and documents, between Ellsberg and, allegedly, Pfc.
including classified materials related Bradley Manning. Manning is sus-
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pected of being the lead source in violation of the Eight Amendment, Manning is ridiculous and counter- firm HB Gary Federal and others
the leak of thousands of classified is just one of the violations of the productive and stupid on the part of cooked up smear campaigns and
documents to WikiLeaks. principles of democracy and free- the Department of Defense,” Crow- plots to threaten the careers of jour-
But there are some differences. dom involved in his dubious incar- ley said before a small audience at a nalists sympathetic to WikiLeaks.
Although he faced fierce vitriolic at- ceration. The Eighth Amendment Massachusetts Institute of Technol- It is in this context, and the tra-
tacks from the political establish- states that “Excessive bail shall not ogy seminar in early March. dition of our mission to fire a vital
ment when he leaked the Pentagon be required, nor excessive fines im- In addition, the strategic effort public debate on campus, that the
Papers, Ellsberg was never crimi- posed, nor cruel and unusual pun- by both the government and the Press is proud to bring Ellsberg to
nally charged or arrested for the ishments inflicted.” corporate sector to dismantle Wik- Stony Brook. Again, that appearance
leak. “Here we have someone who iLeaks’ operations—so uniquely ef- will be at 8 p.m. on April 26 in the
For Manning, it’s a completely has not yet been tried, not yet con- fective as a journalistic watchdog in SAC Auditorium.
different story. For the past eight victed, being held in isolation, soli- a sea of sycophantic pro-war estab- Ellsberg has been vociferous on
months, the 23-year-old Oklahoma tary confinement, for something lishment news outlets—and censor the question of the equivalence be-
native has been locked up in the Ma- over nine months,” said Ellsberg. its content is just another way that tween Manning’s actions and Ells-
rine Corps Brig in Quantico, VA, “This is something that is likely to freedoms guaranteed in the Consti- berg’s, as well as a feisty participant
where Ellsberg once trained many drive a person mad, and may be the tution have been threatened in the in the larger debates around the
moons ago. In maximum security intent of what’s going on here.” herculean efforts to manufacture WikiLeaks revelations and the ef-
custody, Manning spends 23 hours When Assistant Secretary of popular acquiescence to America’s forts to stifle them. And these ques-
a day in solitary confinement. State P.J. Crowley spoke out against overseas wars. tions about WikiLeaks and the
Amnesty International has ex- the conditions of Manning’s treat- Companies like Amazon, Pay- treatment of whistleblowers more
pressed concerns over the poten- ment, without even questioning the pal, Mastercard and Visa caved generally, given the essential role of a
tially brain damage-inducing repression of his rights but rather quickly to pressure to withdraw meaningful and practical journalism
conditions of Manning’s detain- the efficacy of the torturous tactics, their services from WikiLeaks, hin- as a check on government wrongdo-
ment. it wasn’t too much of a surprise that dering the site’s ability to receive the ing, are fundamental to America’s
The torture of Bradley Manning, he resigned a day later. donations and funding necessary to democratic health.
which Ellsberg has labeled a direct “What is being done to Bradley stay afloat, while the private security
The reader is referring to multiple articles published in the Vol XXXII Issue
11 of The Stony Brook Press covering the Stony Brook Athletics program.
Hello Stony Brook Press were very informative, and touched on many of the important top-
ics of the future of our Seawolves including the ongoing renovations
I have been a student at Stony Brook University for the past years (Joe Nathan Field, Track Field) and the future renovations (SB Arena).
and I been a regular reader of the Stony Brook Press for the last It was great reading, and I hope the Press continues to keep their
couple of semester. I would like to express my satisfaction with all readers updated with Stony Brook Athletics and other events that
the publications but specially the last one (April 1st, 2011) which go around campus. Keep up the good work
dedicated a large chunk to Seawolves athletics.
I was waiting for the day in which the Press and the Statesman Thank you
would finally dedicate some valuable time to Seawolves sports and Edwin C., Stony Brook Student
I would like to say that I really enjoyed reading the articles, they
6 Vol. XXXII, Issue 12 |Monday, April 11, 2011
USG ELECTIONS!
Editors’ Note: e Press reached out to all candidates run-
ning for USG elections this Spring via the emails made
available by the USG Elections Board. e ensuing compila-
tion of responses are of those candidates who responded.
e Press has not edited or altered any of the responses and
randomly chose which responses to publish in providing di-
versity in candidate responses. Additionally, you will find a
varied number of responses from candidates, which was de-
termined by the amount of space available and the length of
a candidate’s response.
2011 USG
ELECTIONS
2. What experience do you bring to the position you are 7. What are the biggest flaws about USG and how do you
running for, and how do you think this makes you a better plan to correct those? For those currently in USG, what
candidate? have you done to try to correct these flaws?
3. Do you believe that USG should have party lines for an 8. Where will you place your USG experience on your re -
election with a historic tradition of really low voter sume?
turnout? (If applicable, please indicate which party line
you are in) 9. What do you think of President Stanley and his stance
on tuition in relation to Stony Brook’s budget woes?
4. Is this your first time getting involved in USG, if so, why Would you stand in support or against, why?
are you interested in getting invovled? If you have been in
USG and are running again, why are you still interested in 10. Sum up why you are the best person for the job in a
being invovled? sentence that contains no more than 10 words.
5. On a scale of 9-10* (10 being the highest) how suc - *Please note we intentionally asked for a scale from 9-10.
The Stony Brook Press USG ELECTIONS! 7
USG PRESIDENT
Many students would not guess that the Question 1.
biggest flaw of USG is the competition I have spent the last two years in
within the office – the backstabbing that many different roles within USG. Each
seems to happen. ere exists amoral be- role has given me a different perspective
havior that the people in that office seem to on how USG should improve. For exam-
take on. You end up in a room where ple, as Treasurer, I initiated the creation
everyone wants to be a leader and it’s hard and oversaw the early development of AL-
to take a back seat and be a follower. You LOCATE. As President, I would have the
end up in a room full of people that are in- ability to enact the necessary reforms as
terested in politics and the line between well as adopt the informed stances on im-
politics and corruption is blurred. What’s portant issues such as tuition and fees.
Mark Maloof more upsetting is that it becomes an ac- Moiz Khan
Biochemistry ceptable excuse for things that wouldn’t fly Question 3.
in another group. To use examples would I am the Chair of the Student Polity History
United Students Party, Chair be considered mudslinging so I’ll refrain, party. Student Polity was the name of the Student Polity Party, Chair
but having to hear these stories is disheart- former Student Government at Stony
Question 1. ening. I know that’s now the way my RA Brook University before the University
It’s about where I’m coming from. I’m staff functions. If anything, we always try Administration dismantled it. For me, Stu- dents can share their thoughts with them.
not heavily involved in a club and trying to to work together to bring as much as we dent Polity represents the high point of But for the students who don’t have the
get more money for our budget, I’m not can to the building. We never fight to im- student activism (frequent occupation of time to attend town halls, it is important
looking to start a career in politics, and I prove the building because less gets done building, marches, etc.) and also campus to establish some sort of web based com-
don’t need this for my major (biochem- that way. Really remembering why you’re life in terms of entertainment (Zappa, Ra- munication system (aside from email) so
istry) nor for any aspect of academics. I’m in the position you’re in, why you ran for mones, Blue Oyster Cult, etc.). that students can publicly (and anony-
doing this for the collective student body office in the first place, and sticking to an I think that party lines actually in- mously) share their criticism and sugges-
and for selfless reasons. ethical way of doing things has to happen creases turnout. Political parties can be tions for USG.
I know RAs get a bad rap but we’re within the organization for it to improve. dangerous and also extremely helpful to
trained to provide customer service to res- the progress of USG. On the one hand, Question 8.
idents. Residents pay thousands of dollars Question 9. they can lead to party lines on votes and A line item on a resume is only as use-
to live on campus and RAs are expected to Well, nobody wants to spend more on the other hand they can lead to a di- ful as the experience that you gained from
be there to answer to their needs. As an of- money! Student’s can rally and protest but verse group of Executive Officers and Sen- it. USG on a resume doesn’t mean any
ficer in USG, customer service should be there’s only so much USG can do. If the ad- ators. Student Polity’s mission is not to more to a potential employer than any
top priority because we’re civil servants. ministration wants it to happen, it’s not a encourage its’ Senators to vote a certain other part time job. ere are many rea-
at’s my primary goal for running; I want discussion of “if ” but of “when” and “how way, but rather to encourage intelligent de- sons to be a part of USG, but in my experi-
to give back to this campus. severe.” As President it would be my job to bate on every important issue. ence, students who only want a line on a
I want to inspire leadership in others, bring the opinions of the students to the resume are oen disappointed to find out
make sure that more people are involved Administration and to the University. Question 4. that USG is only worth what you make of
on campus, and open the doors for them to From what I see amongst freshmen and From my experience, I have seen how it.
do so. In my major alone, there are people sophomores, the Administration doesn’t the University Administration and the
that always wish there was more they could have the money to keep classes open. e State treats student and it is clear that they Question 9.
have done to gain experience in Stony Administration isn’t being given money by are not acting in the interests of the stu- On the issue of tuition and fees, I be-
Brook. I would like to ensure that USG the State because the State has neglected dents. e President is the one position lieve that students ought to strongly op-
provides a great opportunity for those stu- public education when it formulated its that can change that. As the spokesman of pose any increase. No increase is a good
dents through its clubs, services, and po- budget. the student body, the President can moti- increase, regardless of the short-term ef-
tential. e State is wrong for taking the vate students to leads to reform and fects. e long-term effects of higher tu-
money away and Dr. Stanley has no other change. Being informed on this extremely ition and fees will only make it more and
Question 5. choice. If we want to fight we need to take complex and important issues that face more difficult for economically disadvan-
I would give the USG a 5. As stated it to Albany not the Administration. at’s students is vital, taged students to attend Stony Brook Uni-
earlier, I think that USG has done a fairly something I am prepared to do if it seeks versity. If they raise tuition and fees every
good job of putting on events but there is promise. Question 5. few years, then tuition and fees will have
so much more that the organization can Students don’t want to spend more I, for incomplete. USG has a long road doubled before you know it. How is that
such as building a community, increasing money going to college and I don’t either, ahead of it before it can talk about success. fair?
involvement in academics, and working but if we don’t pay more than less classes e last two semesters have highlighted e entire point of Public Higher Ed-
closer with students. become available. If there’s a requirement the potential of USG in truly representing ucation is to provide a quality educational
I would like to see more work with the that you need to graduate for your major the student body (the survey we con- opportunity for people who would not be
Administration FOR the students. I’m a and that fills up, you’re looking at either an- ducted) and in large events (Aziz, Best able to otherwise afford it. Stony Brook is
firm believer that you catch more flies with other semester or another year spent at Coast, Immortal Technique, Ralph Nader) not a private university, and I believe that
honey and that compromise solves prob- Stony Brook. e question that I need to but USG has to work a lot harder to in- our administration oen loses sight of
lems. ask the student body is, “ Would you want volve more students in the process. that. Stony Brook’s tuition and fees are
USG needs someone to sit down at a to spend an extra semester or year here, some of the lowest across the nation. My
table and say “is is what the student and spend thousands of dollars just to fin- Question 6. goal is to keep it that way.
body wants, how close can we get to this ish up a class or two for your major? OR USG’s potential. USG has the poten-
within reason?” We have to be tactile in See the tuition increase by what might be a tial to be an organization that truly repre- Question 10.
making our demands. Voting for people fraction of that price and then graduate on sents the 16,000-student body and also I am against tuition hikes and will
that can build a good rapport both with the time?.” provides entertainment and other services make SBU fun.
students and the Administration will in- I want to find kids the cheapest form that the student body actually wants. I
crease success dramatically. of coping with the budget cuts. If we don’t want to work to open a better door for di-
Question 7.
raise tuition but students have to stay an
extra semester or year to take classes they
rect communication with USG’s leadership
and the student body.
ELECTIONS RUN
If you had asked me this question two
months ago, I would have said that USG
may be spending much more than a tuition
increase. ere seem to be more options to Question 7.
FROM APRIL 11 to
doesn’t do a good job of communicating weigh than other candidates give credit to. USG’s biggest problem is its inability APRIL 15. SO VOTE
with the students. While that’s still a cri- to hold a dialogue about important issues
tique, the farther I delve into this election Question 10. with the student body. I want to sponsor OR DIE!!!!!
and the more I began to learn about what Students deserve positive, ethical lead- weekly town halls with USG’s leadership
happens internally, I become appalled. ership, honest advocacy, and fresh ideas. and University Administration so that stu-
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nection to the University and want all students, and that we are there to
what’s best for its students. serve our peers and not play mind-
games with each other. Aer one foray
Question 6. into political maneuvering, I realized
I think the best thing about USG is its the harm it could do and that it wasn’t
potential for growth; I would like to see worth it. As an official of the student
the organization grow and mature in a body I have always tried to enforce the
professional manner. As you may re- rules and make the government as ac-
call, my first legislative success was the cessible as possible to the students it
Appropriate Office Behavior Enforce- serves. As EVP, during parliamentary
ment Act , which was an attempt to im- training for the Senate, I will provide
prove the professionalism of the all of them the information and the
organization. I would like to see the means to know the laws and enforce
professionalism in both conduct and them themselves.
action (of both the individuals and the
organization) improve and mature. I Question 8.
Debbie Machalow I always try to conduct myself in a pos-
would encourage my colleagues to take Taking the question metaphorically,
itive and professional manner. Plus,
the job seriously, but to remember they USG has really been an eye-opening
Major I’ve been doing the job since March,
are students, and remember that they experience for me. I’ve wanted to be a
without the normal transition that
United Students Party EVPs are generally awarded (i.e. the
represent more than just themselves, politician since I was 10 years old. I al-
Running for Executive Vice and should keep that thought in mind ways brushed off statements about the
summer) and things have gone as
when legislating. corrupt nature of politics and the
President (Unopposed) smoothly as possible.
slimeyness of politicians. Being in USG
Question 7. has made me rethink my attitude and
Question 4.
For those currently in USG, what have even my career goals. If real politics is
Question 2. My interest in remaining involved in
you done to try to correct these flaws? like this, then there’s no way I want to
I have served in USG since October USG is the same as it was when I first
e biggest flaws in USG are definitely be a politician, even if I really want to
2009 and have had the pleasure of serv- ran for office: I want to serve the un-
the mind games and the dirty politics. help people. USG has given me a lot of
ing on all standing committees of the dergraduate student body to nurture
As Henry Kissinger once said “Univer- experience to reflect upon in the com-
Senate, except Programming and Ac- the continued growth of a campus-
sity politics are vicious precisely be- ing months and years.
tivities, and have been Chair or Vice wide community that promotes an
cause the stakes are so small”; and this
Chair of every committee I sat on, ex- ethos of camaraderie and and environ-
is true. A lot of officials walk around as Question 10.
cept for Budget. I am the best candi- ment of school spirit. My parents both
if they’re these big-shot politicians and I’m running for EVP to continue serv-
date for the job as I know our laws and went to SBU (they actually met here)
they neglect to remember that we are ing the students.
policies like the back of my hand, and and therefore I feel a very close con-
should have better communication
Question 5. with all members of the student body.
For myself I have this rule of 24 hours,
I think giving a 9 – 10 scale is not an where I try to respond to all emails
effective way to measure success, be- within 24 hours so that the communi-
cause USG has not reached a level of a cation is constant.
nine yet. However, if this scale is from
1-10 I would give USG a solid 6. e Question 9.
reason for this number is because there I wouldn’t completely support Presi-
has been a lack of student life on cam- dent Stanley’s proposal to raise tuition
pus in the past, even in my freshman and all the fees. I think a committee
year I saw this. is year was com- constituting of students, faculty and
pletely different, with the various artists administration should be brought to-
Brook University can trust me to be on that came to campus, the comedians, gether to decide how the fees should be
Allen Abraham the lecture series and the other various impacted. Yes Stony Brook has its
their side.
Major events USG hosted; the campus life has budget woes but before you raise tu-
improved to a point where people are ition ask Albany to return the money
Student Polity Party Question 3. excited to stay on campus over the they are giving to private schools and
Running for VP of Clubs and I think party lines help candidates weekend. When it comes to clubs USG instead reallocate it to SUNY schools.
come together and work together to get still has a long way to go to improve We are a public school for a reason,
Organizations* their standing with clubs, which is Students come here for the low price of
elected. is is important because in
USG you are required to work with something I would like to focus on. tuition.
Question 1. people to get things done and having a
As a current member of the USG I have party exemplifies this to a certain ex- Question 7. Question 10.
been on the budget committee, pro- tent. e reason there has been a low I think the biggest flaw about USG is Experience is needed for this job and
gramming and activities committee voter turnout for elections in the past their communication with clubs. I I have it.
and the rules committee. I have the ex- is because people aren’t interested, but think this year we have been relatively
perience necessary to do the tasks re- I think this year with the amount of ad- good about it but I have heard several *Abraham is running against
quired of the Vice President of Clubs vertising and with all the programs clubs say they can’t get in touch with Kekelly Ketemepi. e Press
and Organizations. I would ensure that USG has put on this year, people have certain people in USG no matter how reached out to Ketempi but he did
all clubs and organizations recognized become interested in the Student Gov- hard they try. is should definitely not not respond and could not be
and funded by USG are fairly repre- ernment. Hopefully voter turnout will be the case, members of USG were
reached for comment.
sented in USG. e Students of Stony be very high this year. elected to office to serve the people. We
The Stony Brook Press USG ELECTIONS! 9
ready knowing what to do. don’t know what the USG is. I plan
to correct this by making our pres-
Question 4. ence known on campus. USG
I am interested in running because should have the most presence on
I simply just want to see change, I campus.
am a student here so I know first-
hand how stony brook campus life Question 8.
is lacking, I have fresh ideas that I would place it under accomplish-
would bring a very diverse and large ments.
crowd out to all events planned. I’m
interested in getting involved with Question 9.
USG because USG is the only place I am in support of him because I
where students can come and know at the end of the day he is
change things that they see aren’t making decisions that are for our
USG host. working efficiently. My involvement schools best interest.
Deron Hill with USG has been under the pre-
Major vious SAB and also I am an Audio Question 10.
United Students Party Question 2. Visual Tech for USG. Dedicated to getting the job done
with my experience.
Running for Vice President of I have experience in planning, Question 5.
being that I was a part of the previ-
Student Life, Programming ous Student Activities Board. I 5.5
and Activities* served as weekend life chair, my
events were very successful I helped Question 6.
e best thing to me about USG is *Hill is running against Joseph
plan 2009 Brookfest also I’ve Garlow. e Press reached out to
Question 1. how every student is given an equal
planned off campus trips, on cam- Garlow but he did not respond
I feel I am most deserving for this- chance to be a part of USG.
pus events like banquets which fea- and could not be reached for com-
position mainly because i have a
passion for planning events and fa- tured artist. I would like to say I do Question 7. ment.
have experience in this field it isn’t
cilitating events, I feel as if I know I feel the biggest flaw is not being
what would bring greater numbers something that is new to me. I feel able to actually connect with the
as if this makes me the better can-
to these events that Stony Brook undergrad students, a lot of people
didate because i would come in al-
features
By Nick Statt
It was the February of 1985, and philosopher. of publishing company, where she the idea that he was going to be a sci-
Robert Crease sat across the table from *** would take Italian references books and ence journalist,” Mann says.
the Nobel Prize winning physicist Robert Crease received his B.A. in she would publish them in English,” ex- “It was just something on the out-
Richard Feynman in his Caltech office. philosophy from Amherst College in plains Mann, who is now an accom- side, something that was fun to do,”
The subject was unification–the idea 1976. But science wouldn’t begin to play plished writer of non-fiction, such as Crease says. “I would do science jour-
that there lies in wait a universal theory a large role in his life until he attended the New York Times bestseller 1471: nalism to basically support myself as a
of everything. It was Einstein’s dream, graduate school in the 1980s at Colum- New Revelations of the Americas Before grad student.”
and in 2011 is still an unachieved goal. bia University, where he would later re- Columbus. “She came up with the Since then, Crease has continuously
“So we aren’t any closer to unifica- ceive his Ph.D in 1987. scheme to make an illustrated science expanded into the published field of
tion than we were in Einstein’s time?” It was during those grad school dictionary. She hired a bunch of free- philosophy and science. He has au-
Crease asked. He and Feynman had years that Crease found his love of sci- lancers and Bob and myself were two of thored or co-authored twelve books,
been discussing the Standard Model, a ence journalism, and it was then that them.” and is working on his thirteenth, titled
cornerstone of modern particle physics the foundations of his knowledge as a At one point, Crease and Mann World in the Balance: The Historic Quest
that is considered to be almost a theory science historian and later Brookhaven needed to write up something on a par- for an Absolute System of Measurement,
of everything, but still quite there be- National Lab’s historian were born. ticle accelerator and happened to know due out this October.
cause it leaves out principle subjects like “I was really into philosophy, but that Brookhaven National Lab housed The interview with Richard Feyn-
general relativity. also I avoided science courses. I think if their very own in the depths of the man in which Crease was kicked out of
“It’s a crazy question!” Feynman I had a really good science teacher, I Upton, N.Y. facility. his office was for his first book, The Sec-
said in anger. “We’re certainly closer. We would have become a scientist,” Crease “We were really intrigued, and then ond Creation: Makers of the Revolution
know more. And if there’s a finite explains. “I didn’t. I had a really good they told us that this huge particle ac- in Twentieth-Century Physics, which he
amount to be known, we obviously philosophy teacher so I wound up as a celerator, called ISABELLE, was in deep co-wrote with Mann in 1986. It was left
must be closer to having the knowledge, philosopher.” trouble,” Mann says. ISABELLE was out from The Second Creation, but was
okay? I don’t know how to make this Even at the age of 57, Crease has a Brookhaven’s proton-proton colliding included in James Gleick’s Genius: The
into a sensible question…it’s all so stu- remarkably youthful face marked by beam accelerator, partially built by the Life and Science of Richard Feynman
pid. All these interviews are so damned cleanly cropped facial hair and a shaved government before the project was can- after the author found the conversation
useless.” head, with a pair of expensive frames celled in 1983. “We looked in the New in Feyman’s correspondence files and
It was at that point that Feynman resting on the brim of his nose. His York Times, which hadn’t covered it. So got Crease’s permission to use it (Feyn-
got up from his desk and cut the inter- short stature is absolutely dwarfed by we wrote to the New York Times Maga- man died four years before Genius was
view off. Crease heard Feynman yell the encyclopedic knowledge that has zine and said you guys are missing out published in 1992).
from the corridor, “The history of these made him both an expert in subjects on a huge story, the most important Crease has written a monthly col-
things is nonsense! You’re trying to like philosophical performance theory physics story in the country.” Crease umn, called “Critical Point,” in the in-
make something difficult and compli- and able to discuss and understand and Mann were given the green light to ternational physics magazine Physics
cated out of something that’s simple and heavy-ion physics with particle acceler- write it up. Now since May of 2000, but has written
beautiful.” ator researchers. The article got some attention, but for a multitude of science publications
It was Crease’s line of questioning, It was with his old Amherst room- most importantly was a springboard for throughout his academic and journalis-
and his mindset, that made Feynman so mate Charles Mann that the science both Crease and Mann into the realm of tic career, including The Scientist,
mad, despite Crease not being a physi- journalism path ignited while Crease science journalism. “On Bob’s part, I Smithsonian and Atlantic Monthly.
cist. He is in fact a science journalist, was still in grad school. think, it was really just because he was After receiving his degree from Co-
but more importantly, Crease is a “This friend of ours had some kind interested in the subject. It wasn’t with lumbia in 1987, Crease joined Stony
The Stony Brook Press Features 13
“The problem is debunking argument, citing the lottery encyclopedic in his understanding of
not transparency; it’s fallacy. “In the lottery there is a winning highly advanced physics as Crease is
not like politicians,” ticket. So even if it’s a million to one, with philosophy and science history.
Crease says. “The there’s going to be a winning ticket. But It’s titled The Quantum Moment, and
problem is something here you don’t know, and there’s no it explores the beginnings and later im-
different. Almost all reason to suspect one (a winning plications of quantum mechanics, in
scientists I’ve talked to ticket). So it’s an interesting philosoph- not only a scientific and philosophical
are more than happy ical issue.” sense, but also through a literary and
to talk to reporters.” In this analogy, the lottery ticket is popular culture lens.
The problem Crease is the chance that a particle accelerator “Basically, I get to ask him ques-
talking about lies in will create a black hole, meaning the tions and he gets to ask me questions,”
understanding and possibility of a black hole being created Crease says on the overall structure of
clarity. It’s the largest is as probable as any other science fic- the co-taught class. “He starts to explain
hurdle a science jour- tion or fantasy occurrence. Because sci- something, and I don’t get it, so I ask
nalist faces, and the entists can rule out the probability only him to explain and other people in the
largest barrier be- to a certain degree does not mean that class ask him to explain, and then it’s
tween the scientific the probability exists. my turn.”
community and the Given these problems of miscom- Goldhaber found that working with
public. munication and the barriers of under- a philosopher like Crease didn’t involve
Photo Credit: Brookhaven National Lab “The average per- standing, Crease doesn’t see an easy a dramatic bridging of gaps. “In the
Crease speaking at the “Doomsday Versus Discovery” symposium in son has an extremely solution. “In principle, there should be class, almost always we are on the same
Feb. 21, 2010 as part of the annual AAAS meeting.
confused idea about a lot more coverage because the issues wavelength,” Goldhaber says. “I think
Brook University’s philosophy depart- how science works. If you look at things that scientists are researching are im- our overall views are sufficiently simi-
ment and is now chairman. In 1989, he like the debate over climate change, on portant, but there isn’t,” Crease says. lar that there has been rather little ‘in-
joined Brookhaven as a part-time his- all sides there are extraordinarily mis- “It’s because there’s not that much of a stilling’ of different general
torian. He now has an ID card, an of- taken ideas about how science works,” readership for it, and there’d be more if perspectives,” he adds.
fice and can interview anyone he likes. explains Mann, who, after working on there were more articulate spokesman While Goldhaber and Crease may
“The proximity to Brookhaven his and Crease’s first book and penning for science, but you can’t blame the be able to tune to the same general per-
made me realize that it was a much a multitude of his own non-fiction newspapers. It’s partly the public, and spective, it’s the specific perspectives
more interesting place than I had even pieces, understands the intricacies of it’s partly the lack of good writers about that make their co-teaching such an in-
thought about,” he says. “So I began to communicating science. science.” sightful and valuable tool to students.
work more seriously on the history of Mann explains that in both cases, a “A good journalist can make any- Can you grasp both the full philo-
Brookhaven and looked into its re- distinct lack of understanding of the thing seem interesting.” sophical side of an issue while simulta-
search.” scientific process clouds the public’s *** neously understanding the scientific
“He has an intimate knowledge of idea of certainty and probability. “If The connections between philoso- perspective? “Ideally,” Crease says, “but
Brookhaven Lab, having developed re- people had a better handle on that, you phy and science run deep, all the way it never works that way because you
lationships with many of the influential would see a lot of these public policy back to the Greeks in fact, and these can’t fit it all into one brain,” he says.
individuals through the years, both on disputes that would make people not connections continue to drive the over- Crease points to a model piranha
the science side and in management,” want to bang their head on the floor,” lapping of the fields today. From sitting in the center of his table in the
says Mona Rowe, the communications he adds. Copernicus and Galileo’s scientific spacious office on the second floor of
Mmanager at BNL who has worked One of the principle examples bouts with the Catholic Church to the Harriman Hall. Its teeth glow with a
with Crease for many years. Crease uses to explain the complexity of “doomsday scenarios” of particle accel- yellow rust and its eyes bulge out like
“The laboratory has had a colorful communication is the supposed erators like Brookhaven’s RHIC, philo- ballooning beach balls.
history, and sometimes I think Bob is “Doomsday” scenarios posed by critics sophical implications can be found “You’re looking at it sort of head on
even gleeful that he is lucky to have of particle accelerators. The theory is everywhere in the umbrella field of sci- and I’m looking at it from the side,”
such interesting subject matter,” she that particle accelerators, which amass ence that many people consider to be Crease observes, pointing at the lifeless
says. “Yet the story is in the telling. He’s enormous amounts of energy as they solely fact-driven. model. “There is no right way to look at
a gifted storyteller.” whip particles around near the speed of Another byproduct of these con- it. Because of who you are and where
Crease’s storytelling expertise is light, could possibly create a black hole nections is both the creation of and in- you’re sitting, you have one perspective
showcased in Making Science: A Biog- by creating a new form of matter that creasing need for the insight of thinkers and I have the other. It is not like one
raphy of Brookhaven National Labora- eats all other forms of matter. like Crease who have dedicated their perspective is better than the other and
tory, as well as seven published articles “That’s the fiction that RHIC will lives to understanding this enmeshing we certainly couldn’t merge the two
on the laboratory. He co-founded the create a black hole to destroy the uni- of focuses. perspectives into one…It’s just the na-
Laboratory History conferences, which verse. It’s absurd,” Crease says, refer- “I think anyone interested in phi- ture of perception.”
have been held bi-annually since 1999, ring to Brookhaven’s RHIC particle losophy ought to know what science is For Crease, understanding unique
and in 2007 he was elected a fellow of accelerator. all about because science is a method of perspectives is his specialty. It’s what
the American Physical Society in the “Scientists look into that, and they inquiry that has proved hugely success- has allowed the philosopher to acrobat-
United States, and the Institute of can’t find any credible way, but they al- ful,” Crease says. “But is it the only ically break down complex scientific
Physics in England. ways say that they can rule it out only method of inquiry? How is it different concepts, and delve as deep as into
*** with a certain amount of error,” Crease from ordinary methods of inquiry? those fields as any traditional philoso-
Understanding science journalism says. “Now there’s the problem. Theo- What has made it so successful? So pher does into the works of Kant or Ni-
means understanding the unique rela- retically you can disprove it, but the questions like that are deep philosoph- etzsche. When he was kicked out of
tionship between the public, who know only people who can understand the ar- ical questions.” Richard Feynman’s office back in 1985,
almost nothing about any given field, gument are nuclear scientists,” he adds. Here at Stony Brook, Crease gets to Crease was simply upholding a multi-
and the scientific community. Crease “Why should the public trust an ar- take this ideology to the front lines of disciplinary mantra that any journalist,
has come to know this relationship very gument that they can’t understand?” higher education with a class he co- philosopher or scientist should strive
well and has aimed to be what he calls Crease, being a science journal- teaches with physicist Alfred Gold- for – asking the right questions, no
an “articulate spokesman for science.” ist, swiftly and concisely sums up the haber, a man as outstandingly matter what the consequences.
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features
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“HvZ? Fuck
no. That shit’s
for nerds.”
Like allergy season on crack, the bers of the athletic community on
semester-ly zombie outbreak ar- campus, I found it difficult to even get
rived at Stony Brook University for them to talk to me about the subject
the third consecutive semester on of the zombie virus. One member of
the basketball team, who wishes to re- Union Building, a notorious zombie but sometimes I see him salivating
Thursday, March 31st 2011. How-
main anonymous, answered only with headquarters, back under the control while looking at my skull,” said an-
ever, due to budget cuts, more Un-
“HvZ? Fuck no. That shit’s for nerds.” of the students. His second message other.
dergraduate Student Government
So, it was up to a rag-tag band of about restoring the States, which I “Honestly, I can’t even tell the
mishandlings, and the fact that all of
Trekkies and chronic masturbators to take to mean the campus newspaper difference between my zombie stu-
the University officials were busy
take up arms for the good of the cam- The Statesman, appears to be a lost dents and my regular students” an-
doing blow with your tuition dol-
pus community. Unfortunately, due cause. swered a University professor.
lars, students were once again forced
to strict codes enforced by University Unfortunately, Shepard’s missives “When I see a kid with his eyes
to fend for themselves during the
Police, the only “arms” that could be appear to have been in vain, as on half-closed and his mouth hanging
course of the deadly outbreak.
taken up were clean socks and Nerf Wednesday April 6th at roughly 6:30 open in a daze, I’m unsure if he’s
When the first whispers of a
guns. “Are you fucking kidding me?” PM, Shepard and his forces were mas- bored, tired, confused, or if he’s
zombie virus first approached the
said one campus police officer. “I sacred by the overwhelming zombie imagining what it would be like to
Stony Brook University campus in
can’t even carry a gun! What makes population. Shepard and his group scoop out the insides of my head
the Spring of 2010, it was met with
you think I’m going to let Poindexter were executing a “final stand” effort with a melon-baller.”
apprehension. Students were unsure
and the rest of the Tri-Lambs pack to set off a zombie-killing bomb and But a chat with a doctor at the
of the possible effects it could have
heat?!” escape via that weird spaceship look- Stony Brook Medical Center re-
on their educations; “If my profes-
Despite the obvious ineffective- ing thing on the Engineering lawn. vealed much grimmer figures,
sor is infected, do I still have to go
ness of resistance ordinance, it didn’t After their victory, the cries of however. “At this rate, most stu-
to class?”, “If my girlfriend is in-
stop students from trying their best to hundreds of zombies could be heard dents should expect to become a
fected and I don’t use a condom, can
quell the invasion. “We all know how throughout campus, echoing a sim- zombie some time during their
I get infected?”, and “Is that a Nerf
tough zombies are to take down with ple, solemn message: tenure at the University. We’ve
gun in your pants, or are you just
regular bullets” once resistance fighter “BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAI found that the longer you’re at
happy to see me?” were just a few of
told me. “But we’re hoping the zom- NS.” SBU, the greater the chance that
the burning questions on the minds
bies will be distracted by bright or- With the last of the resistance you’ll end up a soul-deprived
of many of Stony Brook’s brightest.
ange foam and the fresh scent of slaughtered, this leaves our campus member of the walking dead.”
Questions that, unfortunately, led to
Tide.” with a steadily rising zombie popula- When I asked her what she
inaction as opposed to action.
Throughout the course of the tion. Most students are not worried, thought would be the fate of other
Statistically speaking, only 600
ever-growing invasion, resistance however. college campuses currently af-
out of Stony Brook’s almost 20,000
members rallied under the guide of a “They smell kind of funny, and all flicted with similar zombie viruses,
students took up arms against the
man known only as Commander they ever want to talk about are she raised an eyebrow and asked
invasion. And, un-statistically
Shepard. In an anonymous letter re- brains, but they’re really not that bad” “what virus?”
speaking, most of those students
covered by the Press, it appears that said one student. “Yeah, my room-
were nerds. Although it’s my job as
Shepard arrived on campus spreading mate is a zombie. He’s an okay dude,
a reporter to remain impartial, at a
time when our home needs to be a message of hope, saying that he
defended, does it not seem that the would “bring back the Union and re-
job would be better suited for the store the States to their former glory.”
Hockey Team as opposed to the I have interpreted this as meaning
Anime Club? that he hopes to bring the Student
To help answer that question, I
interviewed a number of students
involved with the Resistance move-
ment. “I’ve played a lot of Left 4
Dead and Left 4 Dead 2, so I’m
pretty sure I can handle this,” replied
one resistance fighter. “Yeah, and
don’t forget about Dead Rising, that
game ruled!” seconded another.
When I asked them if anything
other than prior video-game expe-
rience played a factor in their qual-
ifications, one student shrugged and
replied “Well, I jerk off a lot; that’s
like cardio, right?”
When trying to question mem-
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arts&entertainment
This Show is a Drag!
By Alexa Rubinstein
e black walls in the Blackbox
eatre at the Tabler Center for the
Arts, Culture and Humanities were the
only things that weren’t colorful at the
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transsexual Al-
liance’s 4th Annual Drag Show last
week. Small pink and purple lights
lined the stage and were strung across
the ceiling, and metallic silver fringe
hung down from the small opening
where some of the performers emerged
onto the stage. When students walked
into the TAC, Stony Brook Live, a
music ensemble consisting of mostly
male students donned in colorful,
sparkly boas was playing music.
Aer Stony Brook Live’s perform-
ance, students crowded closer to the
low stage in the packed theater for the
performances, beginning with “Spice
Up Your Life” by the Spice Girls, with
one performer dressing up as each one
of the five “spices.” Scary Spice, per-
formed by Jonathan Millard, got the
crowd excited with fierce dance moves, at the show last year. Frank Trombetta atrical, interacted with the audience about “Georgie’s” behavior and style of
heavy blue-green eye shadow and a ended the show just for that reason. and did not miss a step in choreogra- dress. ey also had a running joke
short leopard dress. e show contin- e senior chemistry major had the phy. e audience seemed to love in- (something about a wooden spoon)
ued its ‘90s theme with an intense bat- crowd captivated during his entire per- teraction with the drag performers, that quickly grew tired.
tle between Destiny’s Child and formance of Rihanna’s “Who’s at who sung right to them, looked into Aside from the entertainment as-
*NSYNC, with the two bands perform- Chick?” complete with a bright red mo- their eyes, and sometimes caressed pect of the show, the LGBTA had a
ing together at the end of the Destiny’s hawk, a short, tight blue dress and four- their faces. philanthropic motive. All guests were
Child song “Survivor.” No one seemed inch high heels. Trombetta flailed his e hosts, Colleen O’Connor and asked to donate money to the Ali For-
to care that the animal-print dress was limbs around the stage, lip-syncing to Brian Garrett, however, were not so ney Center, a shlter for homeless
riding up a little too high on “Sasha the song and leaving the audience popular. Aer a couple of very brief yet LGBTQ youth in New York City e
Fierce,” the drag queen impersonating wanting more. humorous skits at the beginning of the LGBTA raised over $720 aer both
Beyonce. Mariah “Mimi” Carey, a drag Another popular act was Shirley show and in between the first few acts, nights of the show.
queen not associated with Stony Brook, Bangor, who performed a mash-up of they turned awkward and confused, e drag show has a positive repu-
performed a slow song in a metallic Rihanna’s “Disturbia” and Bette Mid- seeming as though every word they tation among Stony Brook students be-
turquoise dress and sky high heels, the dler’s “I’ll Put a Spell on You.” Bangor were saying was an attempt to kill time cause of the fun and humorous
likes of which most women probably came dressed for that performance, before some of the acts that weren’t atmosphere, which certainly helps the
couldn’t wear without falling over. complete with long, dark wig, dark lip- quite ready. ey had a running bit of LGBTA get more publicity, and also
e LGBTA had a couple of sure- stick, witch’s hat and black and red cos- the characters “Grandma” and raise more awareness about the queer
to-be crowd pleasers, who got a lot of tume dress. One of the more popular “Georgie,” adopting strained Brooklyn community on campus.
positive feedback when they performed performances, Shirley Bangor was the- accents, with “Grandma” commenting
The Stony Brook Press Arts&Entertainment 21
Chris Brown is Still Not Talented the way out. I’m glad that Mr. Brown is
By Vincent Barone trying to make the deuces popular
again. I’ve always fancied throwing
deuces on my way out of gatherings and
Murals only ever vaguely resemble the like, but ever since 2005 I’ve just
the subject, so why should Mr. Christo- looked so lame doing it. Clearly, this hot
pher Brown’s album art be any differ- track will make it acceptable once again.
ent? Seriously though, the gum chewing I’m so ready to President Nixon my way
R&B sensation, turned post-wifey- out of a party to this jam.
beating, tattooed pseudo thug looks like Hitting skip a couple of times, I got
he went on a Big Mac binge on the cover to “Look at Me Now” (featuring Lil
of his latest album, F.A.M.E, which Wayne and Busta Rhymes), which the
stands for “Fans Are My Everything” neat-as-hell Diplo produced. Brown
(good one, dog). dabbled in rapping for this song, and,
But let’s not talk about the album while he probably should never try that
art, or Christopher’s hypothetical eating again, Diplo’s hands in the beat and the
habits, or his past exploits, or even his superb verses from Wayne and Busta
recent exploits. (It’s 2011, who hasn’t ex- makes “Look at Me Now” the highlight
ploded on a morning talk show?) Let’s track of the album. in. You’re better than that, dog. You’re It’s just cheesy, 90’s sounding R&B slow
just talk about the straight beast mode, The seventh track, “Yeah 3x” is the better than that. jam.
pimpquest tracks that I may or may typical, cookie-cutter club song. There’s “Beautiful People,” the thirteenth “Wet the Bed” (featuring Ludacris)
have not listened to yet. the pulsing bass, the pre-chorus song, is another premiere number, or at is unlistenable. Luda, the king of horri-
Okay, since that last paragraph I’ve buildup, the gang vocals and, of course, least one of the more bearable ones. It’s bly raunchy rhymes, just needs to stop.
listened to the album a bunch of times. how could we forget, that obligatory kind of ambient, with a soft piano synth It’s not 1999, man. That stuff doesn’t fly
I assure you. And despite Brown’s dul- Ke$ha synth. You can’t get white boy and Benassi vocals put through an echo. anymore. I don’t even see the Justin
cet tones, F.A.M.E lacks any real creative wasted and “hit da flo” without a synth Nothing much more to say about that. Bieber song “Next 2 You” getting on the
edge. It’ll most likely serve up two or blasting. I imagine that so many under- I’ll give a ho-hum pass to the four- radio. And that’s saying something.
three largely forgettable tracks that will aged girls are working it to this at that teenth song, “Bomb,” just because my Really though, this album could
surface on the radio for a bit and fizzle club on 25A right next to the Meat boy Wiz Khalifa makes an appearance. have come out in 2003, judging by the
out. Farms. Good times. But, overall, F.A.M.E is completely un- styling. There is nothing new here and
From the top down, the opener I guess you could measure the suc- remarkable. “Up 2 You” sounds like it nothing of merit, besides “Look at Me
“Deuces” (featuring Tyga and Kevin cess of this song by how many drunk would be the song that Cuba Gooding Now.” Just do what most Chris Brown
MC) is a pretty okay song. Mr. Christo- floozies and desperate rugby players are Jr. would bump while he finally gets fans do and download the three singles
pher Brown croons about leaving your grinding to it, but still, there is not an with Nia Long in Boyz n the Hood…in on iTunes or find them on Napster or
girl who has been “nothing but a vul- ounce of creativity in it. You could tell the worst way possible. (I was pulling whatever they do.
ture” and “chuckin’ up them deuces” on my boy Mr. Christopher just mailed it for you, Cuba. What a touching scene.)
Opinion
They Put OMG In the Dictionary, LOL!
Yes. It has parently it’s the intention to
happened. The “signal an informal, gossipy
Oxford English mode of expression,” or even
Dictionary will going so far as to “ parody
now include the the level of unreflective en-
online “ini- thusiasm or overstatement
tialisms,” “LOL” that can sometimes appear
By Nicole and “OMG” as real in online discourse, while at
Kohn words. You proba- the same time marking one-
bly just said self as an ‘inside’ au fait with
“OMG” right now right?! Well, now that the forms of expression as-
is an acceptable way of using the Eng- sociated with the latest tech-
lish language, go figure. nology.” Only the OED
Words like these are greatly associ- could bring such levels of
ated with the language of electronic meaning to a simple OMG.
communication, and have entered com- Though they found that
munication in the verbal mainstream such words are usually asso-
because of how easy they are to use. Its ciated with a “younger gen-
difficult to avoid letting OMG and LOL eration,” the dictionary’s
slip into our text messages, but now we research revealed a few ear-
can use the excuse by pointing out that lier uses. OMG first ap-
those are in fact terms acknowledged by peared in a 1917 personal
the authorities of the English language. letter and LOL dates to 1960,
But has it really come down to this; that used as the meaning of “little
we can’t even have a conversation with- old lady” and not “laugh out
out using acronyms? Now don’t get me loud.”
wrong, using LOL and OMG during a What does this mean for
text message conversation makes it eas- generations to come? When texting, and yes I admit occasionally I English language.
ier, and has become a habit. But these you have kids will you be teaching them use OMG in a sentence, but for it to be So where do things go from here?
all-caps acronyms have impacted the how to say LOL and OMG before first in the dictionary is a little much. Since Does this mean using LOL and OMG in
non-electric world, and the OED notes words like “bye-bye”, or “yes” and “no”. OED included these two “initialisms,” an essay is acceptable? They’re in the
“there often seems to be a bit more than Being a part of the “younger genera- it’s just a matter of time until more “ini- dictionary and are now referred to as
simple abbreviation going on.” tion,” I am among the people who use tialisms” will be added, making this the words, so why not right?
When your LOL-ing in real life, ap- LOL and OMG on a regular basis when start of mixing texting slang with the
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sports
Kickin’ It With the Men’s Soccer Coach
By Vincent Barone
Nearly six months away from kick-
off, newly-appointed men’s soccer Head
Coach Ryan Anatol has the Seawolves
well into their preseason grind. Though
he is not participating in lunges or
sprints, Anatol himself is working hard,
too, at establishing rapports with his
new players.
“I believe in building relationships
with your team on and off the field and
to show your players that they’re im-
portant to you as people” said Anatol,
who signed on as the head coach earlier
this March. “Once we form those rela-
tionships, it helps what we do on the
field.”
Last September, while serving as
the assistant coach at the University of
South Florida, Anatol, 32, had a chance
to play against Stony Brook. The Sea-
wolves lost, but Anatol was impressed
with what he saw. “Scouting them and
playing against them, I knew that it was
a team with young, talented players.” Six
months later, he was named the Stony
Brook head coach.
“I was actually blown away by Ryan
at his interview,” said Stony Brook Ath-
letic Director Jim Fiore to a small crowd
during the reception to welcome Ana-
tol. Fiore had spent 24 hours with him
during the interviewing process weeks
earlier. “Most importantly, what really
struck me with Ryan is what a quality
human being he is.”
Born in Trinidad, Anatol grew up
in a soccer-centric environment. He
started playing when he was five years
old. “Like every other kid, I wanted to coach and recruiting coordinator. Every weekday morning, on the mits a faux pas, Anatol reprimands
do what my big brother was doing,” When Stony Brook’s erstwhile head track midfield, Anatol is amid the scuf- them the old-fashioned way: ten push-
Anatol said, smiling, “and my brother coach, Cesar Markovic, resigned in Jan- fle of blue and yellow practice vests, ups.
was a soccer player.” His English uary, Anatol saw an opportunity. barking out instructions that can be “I have an intense personality,” said
mother, who “had soccer in her blood,” “The more that I looked into it, heard all the way from the Lavalle Sta- Anatol, unknowingly echoing McTurk.
nudged him on as well. when I saw the academic reputation; dium parking lot. Dressed in an all “But once training is over, my door is
Anatol later moved to the United when I saw what was going on in the black tracksuit with closed cropped open. The guys come in and we joke
States to play soccer at the University of athletic department and the staff, I re- curly hair and an exuberant smile, he’s around and spend time with each other
Southern Florida, where he was a part alized that there were a lot of positives young enough to be confused as a so I get to know them more as people.”
of the school’s back-to-back Conference to [Stony Brook],” said Anatol. player. As Anatol eases up at the end of
USA Championship teams in 1997 and Anatol’s keen eye for talent also Just two weeks into training mid- practice, players josh him for his odd
1998. played a role in his signing, according fielder Kyle McTurk has already ac- whistling propensity. “He kind of whis-
When his playing days wound to Fiore, who considers Anatol a prime knowledged his new coach’s fervor. tles at us like dogs,” McTurk laughed.
down, he realized that he didn’t want to recruiter. “My job is to bring in the best “He’s an intense person. I was scared at “Now it’s become a joke. He whistles at
quit soccer. Upon graduating South talent. We are going to set the bar high,” first, but he knows his stuff,” said Mc- us to try get our attention.”
Florida in 2002, Anatol landed an assis- said Anatol, who looks to take advan- Turk after a morning of practice. And Anatol has managed to whis-
tant coaching job at the University of tage of his southeast and international Anatol has been training McTurk tle his way into the hearts of his players
Akron. In two years, he helped the Zips ties to recruit out-of-state prospects. and the rest of the Seawolves to polish just a month after meeting them.
notch a 28-10-5 record and land two After signing, Anatol went right to their habits early in the preseason, fo- “He means what he says,” said Mc-
trips to the NCAA Tournament. work. He met with all of his players in- cusing practices on fine-tuning player Turk, a junior. “If he tells you some-
He then returned to his alma mater dividually and promptly began a train- reactions to move more quickly on and thing, he’s going to do it. He’s just a
and spent six years there as the assistant ing regimen. off the ball. If a scrimmage squad com- straight up kind of guy.”