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Iraqis risk violence by going to the polls, p. 9

Students can now use technology from the new

Center for Digital Media , p.2

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JCU’s Ben Adams is an All-American wrestler and will soon be entering the seminary, p. 13

John Carroll University Presi-dent, the Rev. Robert Niehoff, S.J., announced on Friday, March 12 that he would revise the University’s non-discrimination policy, more than a month after a group of students staged a sit-in at a men’s basketball game to spur the change.

This announcement came after a group of students presented infor-mation to the Student Affairs and Academic Affairs Committees of the Board of Directors on March 9, hoping to sway the Board to support changing the non-discrimination policy to include sexual orientation.

Emily GaffneyCampus Editor

JCU receives prestigious grant

Please see, LGBT, p. 3

Nicole GreenCampus Editor

John Carroll University was one of four Ohio universi-ties selected for the Woodrow Wilson Foundation’s Teach-ing Fellows program, which aims to attract individuals from science, technology, engineering and math disciplines into teaching professions. The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation and the Ohio Board of Regents selected JCU.

Department of Education and Allied Studies Chair Brendan Foreman said that JCU submitted a letter of inter-est for the Fellowship to the Ohio Board of Regents, which included a broad outline of how JCU’s program would work and why such a program fits into the University’s philosophy, and also had an on-campus interview.

The program aims to improve STEM teaching in urban and rural high schools by attracting talented individuals.

“It [the fellowship] is for people with heavy experience in science, technology, engineering and mathematics who

Miscommunication hinders investigation into stolen property

Bob SeeholzerKatie SheridanThe Carroll News

Please see, CSS, p.3

The student group included seniors Theresa Prabucki, Jorden Colallela, Elisa Gould-Lucht, Natalie Terry and junior Kevin Henderson.

The students spoke about stu-dent experiences with harassment, the current campus climate, Church social teaching, and the potential impact on donors and prospective students and faculty.

After the presentation the stu-dents and Board members engaged in dialogue, allowing the Board to ask the students questions.

Prabucki said that the presenters were well received by the Board members.

“I was really pleased with the feedback from the Board. They were very receptive to us. I was

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On Feb. 17 Kyle Shepard, presi-dent of Sigma Phi Epsilon, received an e-mail from someone who signed the message as “Kim Meadows.” In the e-mail Meadows asked if Shepard would be interested in a copy of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity manual.

“I got an e-mail early Wednesday morning about Beta Theta Pi’s [frater-nity manual],” said Shepard.

As a fellow fraternity member,

Shepard knew the significance of a book like that ending up with some-one other than the rightful owners. Shepard planned to see Beta presi-dent Andy Lane later that day, so he responded to Meadows and said he would be interested in getting the book in order to return it to Lane.

Meadows answered Shepard’s request with an e-mail that read, “that depends. How much is it worth to you?” By the time Shepard read the response he had already spoken with Lane.

To Shepard’s knowledge, Lane

was unaware that the book was missing. “Andy thanked me for bringing it to his attention,” said Shepard.

Lane then informed Nick Orlando, ritual chair for the fraternity. Orlando is responsible for keeping the books so he was able to verify that one book was missing. According to Orlando the book was misplaced because of miscommunication. He thought one of his brothers had the

Lost and found?

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Protest ends, change begins

The IP address associated with an ongoing investigation is linked to the computer in the Belvior Lot guardhouse.

impressed with how well received we were,” said Prabucki.

Students then held a rally the night following the students’ pre-sentation.

“It was sort of a celebration for all we had done and that we were able to meet with the Board of Directors,” said Prabucki.

Senior Andy Trares, who par-ticipated in the sit-in and rolling fast, was involved in organizing the rally, which included musical entertainment and free food.

“It was a fun way to show sup-port for changing the non-discrim-ination policy,” said Trares.

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Campus Briefs

Kappa Delta’s pancake breakfast

Kappa Delta’s annual pan-cake breakfast will take place from 9 p.m. - 12 a.m. on March 21 in Schott Dining Hall.

The cost is $5 or a guest swipe.

For more information, con-tact Gillian Kazura at gka-zura@gmail.com.

These incidents are taken from the files of Campus Safety Services, located in the lower level of the Lombardo Student Center. For more information contact x1615.

Campus Safety LogMarch 8, 2010Staff reported criminal mischief in the RecPlex at 9:55 p.m.

March 2, 2010Staff reported the smell of marijuana coming from a room in Murphy Hall at 10:30 p.m.

February 24, 2010A student reported the smell of marijuana coming from a room in Bernet Hall at 9:38 p.m.

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John Carroll University’s new Center for Digital Media was offi-cially opened to students and faculty on March 11. The Center is located on the first floor of the Grasselli Library.

The Center combines the re-sources and services of the Faculty Technology Innovation Center, pre-viously located in the Bohannon Science Center, with those of the Student Multimedia Center, previ-ously located in the basement of the Grasselli Library.

The Center has a student lab, as well as a faculty lab, where profes-sors can prepare lessons and upload presentations.

Jay Tarby, faculty liaison to the Center and Blackboard specialist, said he was very pleased with the opening of the new Center.

“The response to the Center has been really great. A lot of people worked very hard to make this pos-sible and demand for the Center has been more popular than we ever could have imagined,” Tarby said. “The school needed a place that would be fully equipped with updated technology accessible to both students and faculty, and the Center for Digital Media will meet the needs of everyone.”

The Center is equipped with Flip cameras that can be loaned out, as well as both PC and Mac computers

complete with specialized graphic, photo and video editing software. Work stations are also available for scanning documents and graphics. John Carroll also has BlueStream, a file-sharing system, available for use by students and faculty.

“BlueStream is just like You-Tube except that there is no limit on the file size that can be uploaded. Some professors have already started recording lectures and put-ting them on BlueStream. Anyone can loan out a Flip camera, make a video and then upload it to BlueS-tream,” said Tarby.

He stressed that students do not need to be enrolled in an electronic design course to loan out equip-ment and said that once the Center becomes more established, it will run workshops to teach students and faculty how to use Adobe and DreamWeaver programs.

“The Center is available to everyone at John Carroll Univer-sity. Today, digital literacy is more important than ever, and the Cen-ter will serve as a one-stop-shop providing the necessary resources for faculty and students to create sophisticated presentations, videos, graphics, simulations, interactive games and other forms of multime-dia for classroom use,” said Tarby.

Director of the Center Patricia Dawson said that she was very happy with the support the Center has received so far.

“I am thrilled by the reception

the Center has been given. The Center is here to help all students actively create projects with digital media,” said Dawson.

Although the actual cost of the Center was not specified, Mike Bestul, chief information officer at JCU, said that much of the equip-ment was already owned by JCU.

Bestul said, “The Center was not costly, and most of our equipment was either stockpiled or needed to be updated anyway, which is often the case with IT equipment. The Center represents a great collabora-tion between the IT department and the Library and it will allow stu-dents to use technological resources much more effectively.”

Students have already started using the Center, which has the same opening hours as the Grasselli Library.

Freshman Megan Lowes said, “Now that the Center is in a good location and has so much equip-ment available, I’m going to take advantage of it.”

Freshman Max Harscar works in the Center and said that he’s pleased with how the Center has changed.

“I really like the new look of the Center. Hopefully more students will make use of the Center and, as it becomes more popular, even more equipment will be added so that John Carroll can be a fully digitalized campus.”

Center for Digital Media opens in GrasselliJayne McCormack

Staff Reporter

The Center for Digital Media opened in Grasselli Library on March 11.

Photo by Jayne McCormack

Editing software and digital equipment available for use by JCU community

John Carroll University will be offering a Healthy Living floor for the incoming freshman class next semester. Although still in the planning stages, the floor will be a more involved substance-free floor, replacing the existing substance-free floors.

The Healthy Living floor will be available to those incoming fresh-men, both male and female, who decide they want more than just a no alcohol and no drugs policy on their floor. Working with Campus Ministry, the nutritionist, and the health and counseling centers, Resi-dence Life is providing students with a more holistic approach to being healthy.

“Being healthy goes beyond no drugs and alcohol,” said John Mack, the assistant director of Residence Life.

Students can join the floor by signing the substance-free contract on BannerWeb and participating in the activities provided as much or as little as they please.

“[We’ll] offer more resources, [but] it’ll be up to those living on the floor what level they choose to do,” Mack said.

One resource for the Healthy Living floor will be the opportunity to speak with a nutritionist, who will guide them in the right direction for an overall healthy eating program.

Sophomore Courtney Byham said, “Eating healthy and exercising regularly, I think, can benefit JCU by

giving students a healthier overall lifestyle, and making their academic performance improve.”

Eventually, the floor may have a monthly dinner in the dining hall, collaborating on their ideas about healthy eating with the chef.

Another possible resource for students is having a class where they learn how to use the gym equipment, as well as other ways to become more active and have a healthy lifestyle.

Sophomore Tyler Bond said, “To promote healthy living and good habits in the first year of college will help develop a foundation of knowledge for college students.”

For the first year, Residence Life is only offering the program in Su-towski, Pacelli or Murphy Halls in

Claire OldermanStaff Reporter

Healthy living floors move beyond substance-freeorder to gauge student interest.

Depending on the number of students who show interest, the Healthy Living floor could expand beyond just first-year housing to any students who are interested.

“I think it’s a great upgrade to sub-free, and I think it will appeal to more students,” said sophomore Marissa Centofanti, who is a mem-ber of the Residence Life Advisory Board.

Residence Life hopes that the new Healthy Living floor will ap-peal to more students. By remodel-ing and updating the sub-free floor with a more holistic approach, stu-dents have more choices in the way they live, eat and exercise.

“The big idea is presenting op-tions,” Mack said.

Students should check their John Carroll e-mail accounts April 5-18 for the National College Health Assessment, a health and wellness survey.

Students who respond by April 9 will be eligible to win one of two pairs of Spring Concert tickets. All students who respond by April 18 will be eligible to win other prizes, including: 30 minute massages (two available) at the Health Center; three sessions with a personal trainer, courtesy of JCU’s Athletics and Recreation Department; lunch with JCU President the Rev. Niehoff S.J. (five available); or a $50 gift certificate to Whole Foods.

The purpose of the NCHA is to assess the most signifi-cant health trends, priorities and needs of the JCU student body across six content areas: health, health education and safety; alcohol, tobacco and drugs; sex behavior, perceptions and contraception; mental and physical health; impediments to academic achievement; and demographics.

Responses on the National College Health Assessment will help provide needs assessment data for campus professionals who will be able to identify the most common health and behav-ior risks affecting students.

Contact Dr. Kathleen Lis Dean at kdean@jcu.edu or Mary Bridget Mathews at mmathews11@jcu.edu with questions.

National College Health

Assessment survey

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Campus Calendar : Mar. 18 - Mar. 2418 Thursday

The Marinello One Acts will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Marinello Little Theatre.

21 Sunday

Lil’ Sibs Weekend!

19Carroll Goes Classy will take place at 9 p.m. in Dolan Atrium.

Friday 20 Saturday Monday22 Wednesday2423 Tuesday

www.jcunews.com

Men’s Tennis will compete against Ohio Northern University at 3:30 p.m. at JCU.

Daily Mass will take place at 5:05 p.m. in Rodman Chapel.

The Softball Team will compete at 3:30 p.m. at Denison University.

are switching fields or for people who haven’t started out yet,” said Foreman. “It is a way to bring in a number of people who didn’t go into education as an undergradu-ate.”

JCU’s program is still in the planning phrase.

“The Foundation made it clear it really, really wants innovation,” said Foreman.

The Woodrow Wilson Federation granted JCU $500,000. The money will be used for course releases for professors, materials and traveling related to the planning of the Fellowship program, which is expected to begin summer or fall 2011, according to Foreman.

The fellowships will be granted to 20 students each year, who agree to complete a one-year apprenticeship with a master-teacher and three years of teaching in rural or urban school.

The fellows will receive a $30,000 sti-pend each year.

From, GRANT, p. 1

After the rally students had the opportu-nity to participate in a 24-hour fast leading up to the Board of Directors meeting on March 10, in which the Board met as a whole to discuss the non-discrimination policy.

Mark McCarthy, vice president of student affairs, noted that while a majority of the Board was present, the March meeting tends to have lower attendance.

“The Board believed it was possible if the President wanted to, to add sexuality to the non-discrimination policy,” said McCarthy.

Although the Board does not officially have a vote on administrative issues such as the non-discrimination policy, McCarthy said that it is important to have their support because they represent the views of alumni, community leaders and donors.

Following the Board’s recommendation, Niehoff sent a campus-wide e-mail to the

From, LGBT, p. 1 University saying he would revise the non-discrimination policy and present it to the Board at the May meeting.

Niehoff said, “The Board wholeheartedly supports our efforts to create a safe environ-ment for all which includes members of the LGBT community.”

According to McCarthy, this revision will include more than simply inserting sexual orientation into the policy.

“We have to revise the statement as a whole. It has to be clear that it reflects our mission and that the reason we are [revising the policy] is because of who we are,” said McCarthy.

During the revision, the administration will look into the University’s system for reporting and investigating harassment on campus; ensuring that hiring, tenure and promotion practices are fair; and doing a legal review on the policy.

Paul Shick, mathematics professor and faculty council chair, said that the faculty as a whole are pleased with the administra-

Foreman said fellows would be paired with master-teachers from several Cleve-land high schools, while earning a master’s degree in education at JCU.

“This will be a very hands-on, appren-tice-like program,” said Foreman.

Fellows will be licensed teachers after one year. Their licenses will be in either mathematics and computer science or inte-grated sciences, according to Foreman.

“This is really big for JCU,” said Fore-man. “It puts us in a nice class of fellow schools. Also, it is the Ohio Board of Re-gents saying ‘we have faith in you.’”

The University of Akron, the University of Cincinnati and The Ohio State University were also recipients of the Woodrow Wilson Ohio Teaching Fellowship program.

The universities will partner with Akron Public Schools, Cincinnati Public Schools, Columbus City Schools and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District.

Universities in Ohio, Indiana and Michi-gan offer the Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellows programs.

book and he they thought Orlando had it. Orlando then learned of the Kim Meadows e-mails and took matters into his own hands. He had Shepard send him a copy of the e-mails. He then recognized that the IP address from the original e-mail indicated that it was sent from a computer located on campus. “I recognized that the first six numbers of the IP address matched JCU’s servers,” said Orlando. He took it to Information Technol-ogy Services to trace which computer in particular it came from. In addition to the IP address, the MAC address contained in the header of the e-mail sent from Meadows was used to pinpoint that the e-mail was sent from the computer located in the CSS guardhouse at the entrance to the Belvoir Lot. Orlando then contacted CSS to file an official complaint.

A few days later the book was returned to the fraternity, but Peppard had no response as to who was responsible for the e-mails. “The ingredient that’s missing is the person who sent the e-mail,” said Peppard.

CSS contacted the kimm0805@yahoo.com e-mail address about the book. Accord-

From, CSS, p.1

tion’s decision. Before the administration decided to re-

vise the non-discrimination policy they had drafted a Community Standards Statement, which the faculty voted to reject.

“The reason [we rejected the Community Standards Statement] was to communicate to the administration it was an inadequate response to LGBT concerns,” said Shick.

However, according to Shick, the faculty is pleased that the administration has decided to revise the policy.

“The faculty is strongly behind changing the non-discrimination policy and following up on other recommendations,” said Shick.

Shick said that the faculty will look into reinterpreting the faculty handbook, as well as investigate other possible changes that have been recommended.

According to McCarthy, there will be many discussions before May, as Niehoff works to revise the policy.

Niehoff said, “I look forward to working with faculty, staff, students, alumni and oth-

ers to build on this momentum.”Now that the student protestors have

achieved their initial goal of a policy change, the students’ presence in the atrium and their rolling fast has ended.

Senior protester Elizabeth Zunica said, “I think we have had some success along the way, gaining so much faculty, administrator and student body support and now also the support of the Board, but we need to put in so much more work that goes beyond gen-eralized support.”

According to Zunica, there are ongoing discussions about creating an LGBT center that would include a safe place for students to come and resources on the issue and would work toward changing the campus climate. However, the LGBT center is not a definite plan.

Zunica said, “We have a long way to go in order to promote awareness of other forms of inequality and injustices on our campus and to create an inclusive environment that supports all people of this community.”

ing to Peppard there is no way to verify who returned it, but it was brought back to the CSS lost and found.

CSS has talked to Shepard and Orlando, but has yet to interview the person who sent the e-mail. When asked why they didn’t talk to the person when he/she dropped the book off, Peppard said there was miscommunica-tion between those conducting the investiga-tion and the lost and found.

“We should have said if somebody drops something off, then we want to talk to them. In the mix of things, that didn’t happen.”

According to Peppard, the CSS officer on duty let someone send an e-mail from the guardhouse computer.

According to Peppard, “[the officer] knew the person in passing.” The officer let them use the computer and that’s when the e-mail was sent. “The employee told me, ‘Yes, I let someone send an e-mail,’” said Peppard

“Do I object to letting people in the guardhouse? I don’t have a lot of choice, but do I think we should let someone send an e-mail? No.”

The subsequent e-mails sent by CSS to the suspect have not been answered. It remains an ongoing investigation.

Non-discrimination policy will undergo complete revision; Niehoff to present to Board in May

Woodrow Wilson fellowships aim to attract

STEM scholars

“Do I object to letting people in the guardhouse? I don’t have a lot of choice, but do I think we should let someone send an e-mail? No.”

–Timothy PeppardDirector of Campus Safety Services

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Pick-Up Line of

the Week

“What’s up, girl? You got a MySpace or anything like that?”

*Submit your own pick-up lines by e-mailing jholton12@jcu.edu.

Celebrity Tweet of the WeekThis section is dedicated to honor those Twitter-happy celebrities who take the time out of their busy day to drop us a line or two of wisdom and humor. If there is a celeb tweet you find worthy, e-mail it to jholton12@jcu.edu!

Pete Wentz tweeted the other day about an 18th-century weapon he wished was still in use.

I really wish bayonets were primary weapons still. It’d be practical home defense. I mean you don’t bayonet somebody by accident and no one gets killed cleaning a bayonet.

Photo from theinsider.com

When most students think about taking extra-curricular classes to get them into shape or to relieve stress, the majority turn to spin-ning, power yoga or Pilates. What most students don’t know about is the class offered every Wednesday at 7 p.m. which can provide great exercise and a deviation from the stress of classes.

Salsa classes were introduced to John Carroll University by a group known as “Latin Flow,” comprised of seniors Reid Peirce and Vicente Davila, and juniors Ignacio Davila and Paulin Byusa.

The group, which performed for the last time at John Carroll’s annual Dance Ensemble show, incorpo-rates salsa dance moves along with Rueda, another type of dance that,

‘Shop it to Me’ makes shopping simple

Calling all bargain shoppers … you may have just found your mothership.

Starting now, a little Web site by the name of ‘ShopittoMe.com’ will probably become your new best friend. Become a member on this Web site (for free), and you’ll never have to hunt for bargains again.

All you do is log on, select what size you wear, and pick out your favorite designers. ‘Shop it to Me’ carries a very wide range of more than 700 brands from J.Crew and BCBG, to the late Alexander McQueen.

Select how often you’d like to receive your “sale mail,” whether it’s daily, weekly or biweekly, and you’ll receive an e-mail with everything your favorite designers have on sale, from any Web site in the world, in your size.

The site is great for college students, as it offers items that normally would cost a pretty penny, for a fraction of the price.

“I get e-mails twice a week with sales of

the day, and I’ve found some awesome stuff. Just on Thursday there was a Juicy Couture zip-up for 40 percent off!” said junior Izzy Khaimov.

Don’t worry gentlemen, you aren’t left out here. ‘Shop it to Me’ offers just as many sales for men, as well as for children.

“‘Shop it to Me’ allows the average col-lege man to look great for class and go out with style without breaking the bank, which is something that’s hard to do these days,” sophomore Bill Fitzgerald said.

However, ‘Shop it to Me’ isn’t exactly its own retailer. When you click on the sale item you want, it automatically takes you to that designer’s Web site. ‘Shop it to Me’ simply does the searching for you.

In a way, you could call it your personal bargain shopper. The best thing about this? It’s totally free. Well, with the exception of your extremely fashionable, easy-on-the-pocketbook attire, of course.

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according to Peirce, translates to “wheel” in Spanish.

“[Rueda] is essentially a salsa version of swing danc-ing that is actually far more fun and not boring at all,” he said.

Most of their dances, learned in classes or taken to the stage, are mostly im-prov style and tend to be freestyle.

“It seems like it’s a lot of choreography, but really we just build up a few moves for our performances and wing it when we get up there,” said Vicente Davila.

Latin Flow was created last year after their first Dance En-semble performance. Originally it consisted of Peirce, and the Davila brothers, until Byusa joined as the

forth. “Although we aren’t an official

team that would recruit dancers, we wanted a name for ourselves, so that’s when we came up with Latin

Flow,” said Vicente Davila.

Peirce said the group’s premise lies with throwing together moves for fun and coming to-gether for a perfor-mance.

“That’s when the real fun starts, and that’s the point of it all,” he said.

Unfortunately for “Latin Flow,” with Peirce and Vi-cente Davila gradu-ating this year, the two remaining ju-

niors will have the ever-difficult task of maintaining an interest in students for the salsa classes.

“Girls always find an interest in

learning how to dance and they find salsa amazing and want to learn it,” said Ignatio Davila. “Guys, don’t, and if you don’t have the guys, you can’t have the girls.”

Although the group won’t be to-gether in the fall, Peirce still stresses the importance of building popular-ity of the dance at John Carroll.

“We want to get people to come out and learn how to dance in a new and different style,” he said.

After its last performance, Latin Flow has taken its final bow in hopes that they made a difference around campus, one that will hope-fully continue with the weekly salsa classes.

“[Dance Ensemble] was the grand finale of it all,” said Peirce. “It was doing something that people normally don’t do at John Carroll – it was adding flavor.”

Experience a culture with ‘Latin Flow’Jennifer Holton

Arts & Life Editor

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Dance group, Latin Flow (from left) Vicente Davila, Reid Peirce, & Ignatio Davila.

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The Tim Russert Department of Communication and Theatre Arts Presents:

MARINELLO ONE ACTS“Words, Words, Words,” “The Actor’s Nightmare”

“The Red Balloon”

When: March 18, 19, 20 at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 21 at 2 p.m.Where: Marinello Little Theatre

Call 216-397-4428 for ticket reservations $7 with reservation, $10 door

Beginning March 18 through March 28, Tower City Center in Cleveland will host the 34th annual Cleveland International Film Festival, presenting over 290 films originat-ing from 60 different countries.

Among the long list of films, readers of the CIFF guide will recognize some well-known Hollywood stars, such as Lisa Kudrow, Jeff Daniels, Zooey Deschanel and Steve Buscemi.

John Carroll junior Chrisden Abrams, an ambassador for the Festival, said the Cleve-land International Film Festival also features a film starring Ed O’Neill (Al Bundy of “Married with Children”) in a documentary on the history of Youngstown, Ohio.

According to Abrams, the Festival pro-motes the true power and value of film while bringing others together.

“It brings together people who enjoy the art of film and attendees get involved and enjoy experiencing such an educational and entertaining festival,” she said.

In addition to the main world tour pro-gram, the CIFF offers sidebars, which are categories that add interest and diversity to the Festival and help moviegoers navigate their way around.

Those who are present will be 10% Cin-ema (gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender

films), It’s Easy Be-Jennifer Holton

Arts & Life Editoring Green (films dealing

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Shrek MysticRiver

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Cleveland International Film Festival presents a diversity of filmsw i t h b r i n g -i n g a w a r e -ness to the environmental movement to save Earth), Film is Art (to learn about art-ists and the artistic process), Family Films, Jewish and Israeli Visions, and a “Local Heroes” section, which spot-lights works by local filmmakers.

Katharyne Starin-sky, the local market-ing and media man-ager for the Festival said that every year films are placed within sidebar categories to help attendees avoid an information overload.

“This year’s sidebar collection is bigger than ever before featuring several new cat-egories, including Illuminating Hope, a new sidebar encompassing stories that celebrate the human experience as an inspiration for hope,” said Starinsky.

Among students attending the film festival,

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“I think mov-ies on the envi-ronmen t com-

municate with the public about sus-tainability,” she said. “With a plot line and emotion-al attachment to whatever charac-ters it is a venue where afterwards people are much more motivated

to advocate.”In addition to the many diverse sidebars,

students who have found an interest with the LGBTQ movement on campus can find films relevant to the topic.

“I also want to see some of the LGBTQ- focused films,” said Kukawka. “Everything on campus has made me more aware of that section of our population and I’m curious to learn more about the topic.”

Films will run from 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m., with the option of attending mid-night movies on both Friday and Saturday evenings. Also, the Festival is offering an option for attendees to come for popcorn at lunch time.

“Tower City Cinemas will offer a $4.50 small popcorn and small drink special at the concession stand between 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. each day, and fresh wraps will be featured at Jules Café, located in the Film Festival store inside the lobby,” said Starinsky.

“You can take a longer lunch break and enjoy the whole program!”

The Festival, which also offers various film awards, was named in 2009 as a quali-fying festival in the category of Short Films by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

“This means that winners of our Best Live Action Short Film and Best Animated Short Film awards may qualify to enter the Short Films category of the Academy Awards,” said Starinsky.

“This week, you have an opportunity to view a variety of Shorts Programs and on Sunday, March 28, you can attend the In-dependent Short Audience Awards and Jury Awards programs.”

Tickets are priced from $10-$12, and can be purchased on-site at the Film Festival store in the lobby of Tower City Cinemas or by calling 1-877-304-3456.

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World News8The Carroll NewsMarch 18, 2010

Contact Sean Webster atswebster11@jcu.edu

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Sean WebsterWorld News Editor

Lil Wayne is innocent

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1. Israel defiant against U.S. pressure

– AP images and information compiled by Sean Webster.

“Obama” p. 8

“U.S. and Russia” p. 9“Iraq” p. 9

Law is mind without reason. I’ll return.For the next eight to 12 months, that will be

the last tweet on Lil Wayne’s Twitter account. The rapper was sent to the slammer a couple weeks ago after he “got stopped by a lady cop” who found a loaded .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol in his tour bus. Unfortunately for Weezy, the incident took place in New York, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the United States. But what makes Wayne’s tweet so fitting is that only a few days earlier, the Supreme Court began hearing arguments in McDonald v. Chicago, a case that will de-cide whether state and local gun control laws violate the Second Amendment.

So just how reasonable are gun control laws? Some states, including New York, only recognize handgun licenses that are acquired in that particular state. That means even if you obtain a license to own a handgun in Ohio, you can still be arrested if you bring it to New York. And even if you tried to apply for a separate New York license – a process that can take up to six months to complete – you still wouldn’t be able to get one because New York only gives licenses to full-time New York residents.

But the restrictions don’t stop there. Texas, Florida and Illinois all prohibit individuals from openly carrying guns. And in California, an individual can carry a gun, but there’s a catch – it can’t be loaded. So despite the fact that the Constitution guarantees the right of a citizen to keep and bear arms, many states restrict the vicinity in which an individual can exercise that right to only the privacy of one’s own home. In doing so, they’ve made it practically illegal to carry a gun.

Now Lil Wayne is no Aristotle, but he’s right to infer that there’s really no reason behind most of these gun laws. Yes, guns are designed with the specific purpose of injuring and killing. But the simple possession of a gun causes no direct injury to others and should, therefore, not be criminalized. And while some assume that the use of a gun is inherently bad, the primary function of a gun is self-defense. Put simply, guns are life-savers.

Of course, the majority of people don’t want criminals or drug abusers to have access to guns, but federal law already takes care of that. It’s state and local gun control laws that are preventing law-abiding civilians from exercising their Second Amendment right. Luckily, the conservative wing of the Supreme Court should take care of that.

If not, here’s some food for thought. Empirical evidence has shown that when something is outlawed (i.e. marijuana or al-cohol during the Prohibition), criminals still find a way of getting their hands on it. So the more restrictions that are put on acquiring and carrying guns, the more society will become a place where the only people carrying guns are criminals.

Remember the Fort Hood shootings back in November? The military base in Texas banned individuals from carrying guns on its premises. The result: one criminal with a gun, 13 dead and 30 wounded.

Perhaps society would be safer with less gun control laws. I know of at least one person that would agree with me.

With an educational system failing to meet the needs of students and teachers alike, the Obama administration has decided that new legislation is essential. This much anticipated domestic policy would replace the current No Child Left Behind Law which was enacted during the presidency of George W. Bush. The current eight-year-old policy has fallen under scrutiny among liberals and teachers, who claim that it punishes schools that do not meet the benchmarks imposed by the federal government and fails to properly fund schools in need.

The Obama administration’s “A Blue-print for Reform: The Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act,” would dismantle the concept of annual bench-marks and, instead, institute a series of re-wards for schools that demonstrate progress. In his weekly radio address Saturday, Pres. Barack Obama called for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, first passed in 1965, which was a staple of Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson’s war on poverty initiative. Since 1965, it has been reauthorized by Democratic and Republican administra-tions numerous times.

Obama’s version of reauthorization will be reviewed by the House Education and Labor Committee sometime this week. Obama stressed the importance of putting this reform into law by stating, “Unless we take action, unless we step up, there are countless children who will never realize their full tal-ent and potential.” Under Obama’s proposed $50 billion education plan, students would no longer be called to perform at grade level in areas of reading and math by the year of 2014. Instead, schools would be expected to prepare all graduating high school students

Dan O’LearyStaff Reporter

Obama unveils plan to bolster education system

for college or a career by 2020. Schools would also be granted more flex-

ibility by enabling officials to use measure-ments in subjects other than reading and math to signal progress. With the No Child Left Behind Law, many in the educational field feel that numerous subjects have been neglected at the expense of trying to raise math and reading scores. According to Dean Birch, a political science professor at John Carroll University, “Obama’s plan redirects the focus of education back to all courses with the goal of educating students to be good citizens and human beings.”

On Monday, Education Secretary Arne Duncan visited the morning talk shows to pub-licize the administration’s plan. As a guest on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Duncan said, “The previous law led to a lowering of standards

and narrowed the curriculum and we want to reverse all that. We want to raise the bar for all children and we want to reward success.”

However, this optimism over the new educational policy is not being felt by all, as several organizations have already expressed doubts in various areas of this reform pack-age. For example, the education community is particularly concerned with the idea of the government punishing the lowest perform-ing five percent of schools by firing their teachers.

According to the National Education Asso-ciation’s Web site, NEA President Dennis Van Roeke said, “This blueprint’s accountability system still relies on standardized tests to identify winners and losers. We were expect-ing more funding stability to enable states to meet higher expectations.”

President Barack Obama met with students on the campaign trail in 2006. Image from nytimes.com

Israel rejected U.S. opposition to its deci-sion to expand settlement construction in East Jerusalem. “They are demanding that Jews not be allowed to build in East Jerusalem,” said Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. “Can you imagine if they told Jews in New York they could not build or buy in Queens?” The Israeli settlements in the Palestinian ter-ritories, which includes East Jerusalem, are a violation of international law.

After Pres. Barack Obama promised that a decision on the health care legislation in Congress would be made this week, Rep. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said that she’s considering using a procedure known as “deem and pass.” Similar to budget reconcili-ation, this procedure would offer an alterna-tive way for House Democrats to approve the health care bill that was approved by the Senate back in December.

Recep Erdogan, prime minister of Turkey, said he is confident that Iran’s nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only and that it is not pursuing nuclear weapons. He also criticized the double standard of nuclear countries, such as the United States, that want to keep Iran from having nuclear weapons while at the same time not telling Israel to dispose of its secret nuclear arsenal.

2. Pelosi considers “deem and pass” 3. Turkey PM denies Iran wants nukes

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Do you think Pres. Barack Obama’s health care reform legis-lation will improve the country’s

health care system?Go online at www.jcunews.com to place your vote, and tune in next week for the results.

Last week we asked, “Do you think that use of the filibuster in the Senate should be abolished?” Out of a total of 18 votes, 33 percent (six votes) said “Yes,” 28 percent (five votes) said “No” and 39 percent (seven votes) said “It should be pre-

served but reduced.” Thanks for voting!

“We will curse them with our blood and soul!”

– Nattawut Saikua, a protest leader in Thailand. For days, thousands of citizens have gathered in the capital

protesting the government’s 2006 military coup that ousted a prime minister that was popular among rural and

poorer voters.

“They are rewriting history, not only of Texas, but of the United States

and the world.” – Mary Helen Berlanga, a resident of Texas, where

the Board of Education approved a social studies curricu-lum that stresses the superiority of American capitalism, questions the Founding Fathers’ commitment to a purely

secular government and presents Republican political philosophies in a more positive light.

“It was never hush money. Ever.”

– Rielle Hunter, who had an affair with former Sen. John Edwards, denying that money she received from

wealthy supporters of Edwards was aimed at keeping her quiet about the affair.

“They should have told me before. We could have watched

him more carefully.”– The Rev. Rupert Frania, who recently learned that a

priest who served his congregation in Bad Tölz, Germany, had been convicted of sexually abusing children.

Question of the Week

Word for Word

– Compiled by Sean Webster

“I’m happy that I’m free.”– Paul Martin, a British journalist who was captured

and held for 25 days by Hamas, a Palestinian political organization, in the Gaza Strip.

The Department of Defense confirmed the death of two U.S. soldiers in Iraq and five in Afghanistan during

the week of March 7 – 13.According to icasualties.org, a total of 4,383 U.S.

soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Operation Iraqi Freedom commenced in 2003, while 1,022 have been killed in Afghanistan since Operation Enduring Free-

dom commenced in 2001.

Casualties

An Iraqi woman displayed her inked finger after casting her vote in Basra, Iraq, for her country’s parliamentary elections.

Rita RochfordStaff Reporter

With 325 seats in the Iraqi Parliament up for election, ap-proximately 59 to 62 percent of eligible citizens turned out to vote. This figure, although notably less than the 75 percent of people who voted in 2005, represents those who cast their votes despite several violent attacks or threats, including one that claimed the lives of 38 people.

Despite depicting Iraqi commitment to vote in the face of danger, this statistic also reflects the inclusion of a party that largely boycotted the last elections, the Sunnis. There was concern leading up to the elections that there would be more Sunni disapproval after the disqualification of some 500 can-didates on the basis of speculation of ties to the Baath Party, Saddam Hussein’s banned faction. This decision, however, was overturned by the courts that ruled to wait to decide on disqualifications until after the elections.

According to Mona DeBaz, a political science professor at John Carroll University, “We did see a better Sunni participa-tion even though overall participation was down. Allawi seems to have attracted more of the Sunnis because he is a more secular leader and, even though he is a Shiite, the Sunnis feel more comfortable with his representation.”

Through this election, the people of Iraq are choosing among over 6,000 individuals in varying parties or coalitions who will in turn create the new Iraqi government, including the prime minister. The two front-runners for Prime Minister

are incumbent Nouri Maliki of the State of Law coalition and former interim leader Iyad Allawi of the Al-Iraqiyya, or the Iraqi National Movement.

Although all the votes have been cast, it will still be days until a winner will be announced. This delay has led to ac-cusations of fraud that have been made on both sides of what has turned out to be a very tight election. In reference to the validity of these allegations, DeBaz said, “A lot of it will have to deal with how long the results will take to announce. If the results take longer to announce, there may be more al-legations made.”

Even once results are made public, it seems unlikely that one single coalition will have a majority. This will result in further uncertainty as the winner attempts to negotiate to form a new coalition government that will elect the prime minister. After the 2005 election, Maliki was only successful in achiev-ing his post after months of compromise and discussions.

There is hope that these elections, which are perhaps the most open and democratic elections in all of Iraq’s history, will result in a government that is fully capable of governing a sovereign Iraq. However, much of this success will be de-termined only after the votes have all been tallied.

“The success or failure of the Iraq elections will be based on how long it takes to form a coalition government,” said DeBaz. “There were months of violence after the 2005 general election because there was a power vacuum and if this takes a long time, there may be more violence. The secret to stability is to get a coalition together as soon as possible.”

With votes cast, Iraqis await resultsAP

Michael ReiserThe Carroll News

Perhaps one of the most storied issues in American politi-cal history continued with a new chapter this past weekend. President Barack Obama and Russian Pres. Dmitri Medvedev of Russia spoke about taking steps toward a disarmament agreement between the two nuclear-weapon powerhouses that would decrease both arsenals by about 25 percent.

The talks stem from the need to renew the recently expired Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, otherwise known as START, signed in 1991 by George H.W. Bush and Mikael Gorbachev of the former Soviet Union.

The original agreement came at the end of the Cold War, and was responsible for the disarmament of almost 80 percent of the nuclear weapons existing at the time of the agreement’s signing. The agreement mandated that neither country could possess more than 6,000 missiles at a time.

Obama and Medvedev spoke in order to get the ball rolling for a potential agreement at an upcoming summit on the issue in Washington, D.C., in April. A statement released from the Kremlin said, “It is now possible to talk about specific dates for the submission of the draft START treaty for signing by the heads of state.”

Both countries have “rich” histories of nuclear weaponry.

U.S. and Russia continue nuclear talksThe entire Cold War was based around American-Russian nuclear relations. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, the United States’ peak stockpile of nuclear warheads was 32,193 in 1966. The Russians’ peak stockpile was near 40,000 as recently as 1991. The U.S. has roughly 2,700 mis-siles left, while the Russians are believed to have less.

The first significant negotiations between the two nuclear powers started with the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, or SALT I and II. These negotiations started in the early 1970s and aimed to limit the growth of both countries’ nuclear arsenals. Former President Gerald Ford signed SALT I, while Pres. Jimmy Carter signed the second form of the treaty.

Talks may meet an obstacle in the form of Russia’s unwill-ingness to accept Obama’s plan for a missile defense system in Europe. Although the main goal of this system would be to check a potential nuclear threat in Iran, Russia has voiced its opposition to missile sites in European countries near its border. However, Obama has presented a revamped system that is more favorable to Russia and, according to several officials, negotiations are indeed nearing an agreement.

According to Reuters, White House spokesman Mike Hammer said, “The results of their talks are encouraging, and both leaders are committed to concluding an agreement soon.” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is also planning on visiting Moscow in the upcoming week for further talks.

“I don’t think there will be any Republican support.”

– Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on the health care reform legislation in Congress.

Campus Spotlight10The Carroll NewsMarch 18, 2010 www.jcunews.com

With Lil’ Sibs Weekend coming up, The Carroll News got to thinking: ‘What about all of the pairs of siblings that already attend John Carroll together? What’s in it for them?’ Well, we talked with a

few of these pairs and found out what it’s like having Lil’ Sibs Weekend every weekend.

Mike and Katie Skelly

Cedric and Jeanniece Jackson Dan Cooney

Campus Spotlight Editor

Junior Katie Skelly feels that since her brother, freshman Mike Skelly, has started school, their family bond has grown a lot.

“I really enjoy having Mike here at John Carroll with me,” she said. “I think it has made our brother-sister bond stronger.”

Mike enjoys being at school with his sister because she has helped him adjust to being away from home.

“She has helped me adjust to the college life, and is always willing to help me out with anything I need,” he said.

It helps that both are majoring in the sciences, so they can help each other with homework.

Both have also started a tradition to help them stay close.

“Katie and I sometimes watch Cavs games together, and we eat lunch together on Fridays,” said Mike. “Our schedules usually conflict a bit, not allowing us to do too much together. But we hang out when we can. Hav-ing lunch together helps us bond by just being able to catch up and talk about how our weeks went and what’s going on for the weekend.”

John Carroll was not even on Katie’s radar

Jillian Dunn Campus Spotlight Editor

Sophomore Jeanniece Jackson and her freshman brother Cedric Jackson not only see each other around campus, but as commuters spending time together at home as well.

“Since I’m a sophomore in the Boler School of Business, I’m able to help Cedric plan some of his course load, and show him a lot of the ropes around campus. He’s always there to share information with me that I may not have been aware of, so we both help each other out,” Jeanniece said.

Even before Jeanniece came to JCU, Ce-dric commented how his family’s ties to the University had a significant influence, while Jeanniece helped make the final push.

“It was a combination of JCU being my relatives’ alma mater, and the personal reflec-tion of Jeanniece’s campus experiences, that caused me to want to attend JCU,” Cedric said.

Even though Jeanniece and Cedric Jack-son experience Lil’ Sibs Weekend everyday

Lil’ Sibs Weekend, all the time

at JCU, the Jackson clan does not end there as their little brother will be visiting that weekend.

“Our younger brother, Carlin, is a junior at Cleveland Heights High School, and he’ll be coming for Lil’ Sibs Weekend. He’s looking to attend Case Western Reserve for computer engineering,” Jeanniece said.

Cedric didn’t realize how beneficial it would be to have Jeanniece on campus. Cedric is relieved to have someone to get advice from and be able to see a familiar face between classes.

“Jeanniece offers me wisdom that the typi-cal freshman might not find out until later in the college career,” Cedric said.

Both Jeanniece and Cedric are Arrupe Scholars and directors of the JCU Gospel Choir. Contrary to constant interaction being considered annoying, Jeanniece comments on how fun it really is.

“We participate in a lot of the same service and community activities on and off campus, especially since we’re both Arrupe Scholars. As the vocal director and president of the JCU Gospel Choir, and with Cedric being our musical director, we have a lot of fun working together and using each others’ tal-ents; it’s brought us closer together as well,” Jeanniece said.

Cedric has been happy with his decision to come to JCU, and is relieved he never had to experience the solo cafeteria experience thanks to Jeanniece.

“I really enjoy attending school with my sister, running into her on campus, and being able to catch lunch together,” Cedric said.

when she was looking at schools. Her parents suggested they stop by on their way back from a trip to Cleveland, and she fell in love with the University.

Mike, who was on the trip with his sisters and parents, figures the reason he decided to come to JCU was because of the opportunities his sister has had here.

“I visited the campus with her when she was in search of colleges, and the tour we took at JCU was great,” he said. “I really liked the campus and it wasn’t far from home. When Katie finally came here, I got to hear more about JCU and the opportunities that [it] offers.”

Another moment the two grew close was when their family experienced a death.

“Earlier in the semester, our Grandmother passed away and it was tough to get through,” said Mike. “But Katie was there for me as I was for her.”

Mike and Katie have a younger sister who is planning to attend Lil’ Sibs Weekend,

Campus Spotlight 11The Carroll News March 18, 2010www.jcunews.com

With Lil’ Sibs Weekend coming up, The Carroll News got to thinking: ‘What about all of the pairs of siblings that already attend John Carroll together? What’s in it for them?’ Well, we talked with a

few of these pairs and found out what it’s like having Lil’ Sibs Weekend every weekend.

Amy and Lauren

GundermanDan Cooney

Campus Spotlight Editor

Sisters Amy and Lauren Gunderman love being at John Carroll together, but, it almost didn’t happen.

Lil’ Sibs Weekend, all the time

“Me being at JCU actually, I think, was a turn-off for Lauren,” Amy Gunderman said. “She wanted to go somewhere completely new, but she ended up loving Carroll.”

Lauren agrees that she, at first, wanted to look elsewhere for college.

“I’m the type of person who needs her independence, and I wanted to strike out on my own,” she said. “Then I visited the campus and fell in love with [it].”

When Lauren came to JCU, she was sur-prised to discover that her older sister would be her resident assistant in Sutowski Hall. She said it has worked out for the better, not only for her, but for the rest of the girls on the floor too.

“Her being my sister and being my friends’ RA has brought our whole floor close to-gether,” said Lauren. “I feel like she is all of their’s sister too, and I like that my friends enjoy her company as much as I do.”

The elder Gunderman loves having her sister around for support, and to help keep her humble.

“She is honestly my best friend here as well as my sister,” she said. “We do a lot of things together, and we go to each other for advice because she’ll tell me the honest, brutal truth.”

Having her sister around was beneficial for

March 20 and 21. The weekend, hosted by the Office of Residence Life, will include activi-ties and entertainment for JCU students and their siblings.

“My younger sister is 13 and has come to Lil’ Sibs Weekend for the past two years,” Katie said. “Although I don’t think she has college on her mind right now, she has seen how happy it has made me. She proudly sports the John Carroll T-shirts that she’s stolen from my closet.”

When Katie graduates in the spring of 2011, Mike will not need to lean as much on his sister for guidance.

“When Katie leaves, it will be different, but I have already adjusted to college,” he said. “When she leaves, I know I won’t be able to see her as much, but I’m sure we will still be close.”

Lauren because it gave her a shoulder to lean on when starting college.

“My family is really close and having a person here from our ‘close-family-home’ is very comforting,” she said. “I also think it helped me skip a lot of the homesickness oth-ers were experiencing, because I had someone here that understood me completely and knew me. Also, Amy and I are a lot different but we like doing things together like working out, eating some meals together, and doing homework together.”

It also helps that both sisters have similar interests.

“We are in the same major and the same scholarship, so she helps [me with] my class choices and my tough subjects when she can,” said Lauren. “We [also] do service projects together for our scholarship.”

The Gunderman family will have three brothers visiting over Lil’ Sibs Weekend, ages 9, 12 and 16. The jury is still out as to whether they will all continue the family tradition at JCU.

“They all are too young to really think about colleges yet,” Amy said.

In the end, they are both glad to be with each other at school.

“It’s amazing having her here and I’d have it no other way,” Lauren said.

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Tim's Turn

Sports Editor

TimErtle

Guys with the best seats in the houseHow would you like to be Jim

Nantz right now?The 50-year-old Nantz is going

to be extremely busy these next couple of weeks. He just finished broadcasting the Big Ten tourna-ment on Sunday, and he will have little time to rest over the next couple of weeks.

Before you start to feel too bad for Nantz and his workload, know that the man known around the country as the lead play-by-play man for CBS, will have one of the best seats in the house for the Final Four and the Masters.

After calling the final 18 holes on the second Sunday in April, Nantz will have called the Super Bowl, NCAA men’s basketball champion-ship game and the Masters for CBS in a nine-week span. Not bad, huh? For all that work, he is reportedly compensated $3.2 million for his services. It must be nice.

And well it must be nice to be Nantz, it’s nice to be us and be able to listen to him and others in his profession that are so good at their craft. Nantz’s salary is borderline outrageous, but play-by-play men provide the soundtrack to a lot of sports fan’s memories.

Whether it was Myron Cope in Pittsburgh, Van Miller in Buffalo, Harry Carey in Chicago, or Joe Tait right here in Cleveland, their catchphrases and descriptions stick with us forever.

Read the words: “Do you believe in miracles?” and you can’t help but hear Al Michaels’ famous question, and the “Yes!” answer that followed. Same with Howard Cosell proclaim-ing “Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!”

Sports are all about moments, and men like Nantz and the other good ones of our era, Joe Buck, Doc Emrick and Brent Musburger are a joy to listen to on the big net-works. Closer to home, we all have a favorite.

For me, it’s Indians play-by-play man Tom Hamilton. For the rest of my life, whenever the Indians record the final out to pull out a victory, I’ll hear Hamilton’s signature “Ball-game!” call in my head. Even when the Tribe is a few dozen games out of contention in late September, you know you can count on “Hammy” to still provide the same energy and excitement that he did on Opening Day. He makes the games fun, re-gardless of their meaning.

So yeah, Nantz is lucky to get to witness these incredible sports events up close and personal. But at the same time, we are lucky as well to be able to hear him and others that bring the sports we love to life.

Contact Tim Ertle at tertle11@jcu.edu

Although it may not look like it outside, spring season is upon us. That means Blue Streak softball is beginning once again.

With only three seniors on the roster, this team is young and hungry to prove itself in the Ohio Athletic Conference.

Two weeks ago, during the team’s annual Spring Break trip, the ladies headed south to Florida to play a few games before conference play opens up. The trip seemed to be an eye-opener and reality check to say the least.

The team started out strong, opening with five straight wins to kickstart the southern swing.

Then the reality check came as they dropped the last five games, against some nationally ranked op-ponents, bringing their record to 5-5 in the Sunshine State.

Although they hoped to return to University Heights with a bet-ter record, the trip contained a few highlights. A game-winning three run homerun by senior Samantha Thompson against Oneonta State tops that list. The Cheektowaga, N.Y., native finished the trip with a .500 batting average to go along with her eight doubles and 15 RBIs.

“Hitting the game winning homer against Oneonta State was a great feeling as you can imagine. The whole at bat, I was just telling myself I needed to get a single and push one run over the plate to tie the game,” said Thompson.

Being one of the those three se-niors on the team this year, Thomp-son understands what she needs to do to help this team win.

“As a senior on the team, I definitely do feel a lot of pressure to keep my play at the highest level at all times,” she said.

Standout play during the tourna-ment was also turned in by junior Angela Vistocco. She finished the trip with a batting average of .367 and six RBIs.

When asked to sum up the trip, Vistocco was quick to point out how the time spent in Florida will benefit the team down the road.

“We learned a lot about ourselves after losing some games and it forces us to learn how to overcome some of those battles as we move into our OAC games,” she said.

The trip is not only to train their bodies and play a few games, but coach Erin Kingsbury also uses the journey as a way to come together as a team.

“Our trip is a lot about bonding,” Vistocco said. “We did this through having contests while traveling, team dinners, and spending time with everyone off the field.”

After a trip where a lot was learned and accomplished, the team is focused and ready to open the regular season and conference play.

“As a team our main goal is to win the OAC championship. JCU softball has never accomplished that and we believe this finally could be our year to hang a banner in our gym,” Vistocco said.

After returning home from Flori-da, the team was reacquainted to the Ohio weather and had both of their games scheduled for last week post-poned due to weather. They’ll wait until March 24 to travel to Granville, Ohio to take on Denison University in a doubleheader.

Adam MillerStaff Reporter

Softball and baseball seasons get underway in FloridaSoftball team wins five in a row, only to drop next five and finish .500 in Florida

Baseball team goes 5-3 in Florida trip, scoring 67 runs in eight games

As is the annual tradition, the John Carroll University baseball team headed south over Spring Break to get out of the cold and play some ball.

The Blue Streaks went to Port Charlotte, Fla. to participate in the second Snowbird Baseball Classic and returned north with a record of 5-3.

JCU opened the season with a 23-0 beatdown of John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

The three and four hitters for the Blue Streaks, junior third baseman Brian Benander and sophomore first baseman Tom Hickey, combined to go six for 10 with four runs scored, all while driving in 12 runs.

Both of the Blue Streaks corner infielders, each selected to Buckeye State Baseball’s preseason watch list, will be counted on to make opponent’s pay in the middle of the JCU lineup.

Junior Tony Evanko, who earned second team All-Ohio Athletic Con-ference accolades in his freshman year and had last year’s season cut short due to injury, got the Opening Day start.

He scattered three hits in five innings and struckout four Blood-hounds to earn his, and the Blue Streaks, first victory of the new campaign.

While those types of games are certainly welcome, the reality is 23-run games are going to be few and far-between.

JCU got a good taste of some better competition in the next four games, all of which were decided by two runs or less.

The Blue Streaks swept a pair

from North Carolina Wesleyan Col-lege, winning the first game 4-3 and the second by a count of 6-5.

The following day they came up on the short end for the first time of the season, falling to Cedarville University, 10-9.

The Blue Streaks responded by beating OAC foe Capital University, 15-13 in a slugfest to earn their fourth victory in six days.

Back-to-back losses to Cedar-ville and Juniata College had JCU at 4-3, but a victory over Juniata in game two of the doubleheader allowed the Blue Streaks to return home two games over .500.

Overall, Hickey and Benander, as well as senior Tim O’Brien, stole the show offensively.

Hickey finished with 12 RBI in eight games, while Benander drove in 10 runs in the seven games he appeared in.

O’Brien finished with a team-best 13 hits, earning him a rock-solid .448 batting average clip in the early going this season.

Aside from Evanko, sophomore Joe Bossard and junior Tom Schab-erl each came away the winning pitcher to earn their first victory of the season.

Junior John Moonan allowed just one run in his 12 innings of work and left Florida with a 0.75 ERA and team-best record of 2-0.

Senior Chris Koller, who saved a pair of games last season, picked up two saves in Florida. He struckout eight in seven innings and did not allow a run to score.

Luckily all these games were in Florida, because once the team returned to Ohio they had both of their scheduled games postponed due to inclement weather.

Tim ErtleSports Editor

Men’s hoops falls in second roundCharlie Duggan

Staff Reporter

The season that was supposed to be the perfect dream for the John Carroll University men’s basketball team was cut short by the sound of an early, powerful alarm clock.

JCU’s run in the NCAA tourna-ment ended on March 6 when a three-pointer by senior Rudy Kirbus bounced off the back iron as time expired and the Blue Streaks fell short to Guilford College for the second season in a row, suffering an 85-82 defeat.

However, it is not the destina-tion, but the journey that tells the character of a team.

After clinching their second con-secutive regular season champion-ship, the Blue Streaks would once again host the OAC Tournament.

They were defeated by fifth-seeded Heidelberg University in the OAC semifinals and had a long lay-off before the NCAA tournament.

The Blue Streaks were awarded an at-large bid into the national tournament and found themselves headed to Guilford College for a first round match-up with Maryville College of Tennessee.

The sophomore class would shine in this contest as Matt Crozier,

Corey Shontz and Joey Meyer would combine for 49 points en route to an 88-67 victory, giving John Carroll a chance at revenge from last year’s Sweet 16 loss against the home team Guilford College.

Guilford came into the game as the number three team in the country, and more importantly, still featured swingman Clay Henson and 6-foot-10-inch center Tyler San-born, both of whom were match-up problems for Carroll last year.

Those match-ups were a problem yet again as a three by Josh Pittman gave Guilford a 17 point lead with 15 minutes remaining.

With a few inspirational words from head coach Mike Moran, JCU would begin a dramatic comeback as their full court pressure began to give the Quakers problems.

A jumper by junior Maurice Haynes narrowed the deficit to just two with seven minutes remaining.

However, two quick threes by Pittman gave the Quakers an eight point lead and it looked as if the comeback run was done.

John Carroll would prove there was still more in the tank, as con-secutive three pointers by Kirbus, Meyer and Shontz off a steal would give the Streaks a 77-74 lead with

just over four minutes remaining. After trading several baskets,

Guilford had the ball with a one point lead and one minute on the clock. After running down the shot clock, Rhett Bonner would score on a layup to give Guilford a three point edge with 36 seconds remaining.

A collision on a screen between Shontz and Haynes forced a turnover and Carroll was forced to foul.

Guilford made two of their next four attempts for a five-point lead.

A shooting foul put Rudy Kirbus on the line with six seconds remain-ing. After making the first, the sec-ond attempt would rim out.

However, Haynes was able to grab the ball after jumping across the lane and put it back in, cutting the lead to 84-82. JCU quickly fouled Henson after a timeout, send-ing him to the line with just three seconds remaining. After missing the first, Henson made the second, giving JCU an opportunity to tie the game with a last second three.

Shontz grabbed the inbounds pass and flew up the court, getting into the lane before kicking back out to a trailing Kirbus whose 30 footer struck back iron as the horn sounded, ending the Blue Streaks’ hopes of a final four appearance.

“I’m just so proud of the way our guys never quit and played through everything,” said coach Moran afterwards, “It’s a tribute to everything they achieved out there this year. It’s nice to win games and go to the Final Four, but our guys played like champions and as coaches that’s all we can ask of them. I’m proud of them.”

There certainly is a lot to be proud of, especially for the senior class. Seniors Brian Dandrea, T.J. DiSanto, Tyler Kirsch, Rudy Kirbus and Chris Zajac ended their careers as three-time regular season OAC champions, with a conference tour-nament championship, three NCAA tournament appearances, and two trips to the Sweet 16.

“It’s sad that it was the last time we got to play together on the court, but we’re going to be a team for the rest of our lives,” said Zajac, “That’s just how it is at John Carroll basketball.”

As for next year, John Carroll will certainly be one of the favorites to contend for another OAC cham-pionship. All five starters from the end of the season return, including a sophomore class that will be looking for their third OAC championship in three years.

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The third time was the charm for Adams as he earned All-American status by placing eighth in the country at 184 pounds. In two prior attempts at the NCAA Championships, he just missed the cut.

Mizner was named the conference’s “Swimmer of the Year” after a superb showing at her first OAC Championship meet. The 25 team points she earned were the most of any female competitor.

Shontz was named first team All-Ohio Athletic Con-ference. He led the team in scoring at 14.3 points per game, and finished fourth in the conference in both assists and steals per game.

Jennings finally made her way onto the All-Ohio Athletic Conference first team in her junior season. She led the OAC in scoring and rebounding while also finishing in the top ten in assists and steals.

Kirbus, a preseason All-American, lived up to expec-tations with a standout senior year. He was second on the team in both scoring and re-bounding, while leading the team in minutes played.

John Carroll University senior Ben Adams has plenty of titles: team captain, Ohio Athletic Confer-ence champion and, most recently, All-American. Soon he’ll have one more: Adams is planning to become a Lutheran minister.

Adams, who recently finished in eighth place in the 184-pound weight class at the NCAA Division III wrestling tournament, will enter the seminary when he completes his M.B.A. studies this spring.

Adams, enrolled in the five-year B.A./M.B.A. program at John Car-roll, worked two internships during his undergraduate studies, but never felt comfortable in the business en-vironment. Being active in his faith, he was immediately attracted to the thought of being a priest.

It was something Adams felt was right.

“I’ve gone through the business school at John Carroll for five years and I’ve had a couple internships, and I just didn’t feel any satisfac-tion,” Adams said. “I talked with my parents, friends and pastor and I just made the decision that this was the path I wanted to take. At this point, it’s God’s calling for me.”

Adams was able to use a fifth year of eligibility to come back and wrestle for the Blue Streaks, and he didn’t disappoint. He won an OAC title and, after two previous trips to the national championship meet that ended in disappointment, won All-American honors for finishing eighth in his weight class.

It was a special moment for Adams.

“It was a real big honor for me. I felt that it was a goal of mine for a long time, and it eluded me two times before. It was a great thing for me – having my family out there

and having all the coaches out there who have been with me along the way,” he said.

As for holding off on the semi-nary, Adams felt he had too much unfinished business at John Carroll to drop everything and join the seminary.

“I wanted to finish what I started here at John Carroll,” Adams said. “Now that I’ve done that, I can move on to the seminary. It [the M.B.A. degree] will be a good thing for me because it gives me a unique skill-set for later on in life, especially if I run my own parish.”

While an undergrad at John Carroll, Adams was active in many organizations. He was a member of the business fraternity Alpha Kappa Psi while also serving as a member of the finance association.

He also played varsity football for the Blue Streaks, and on top of

that, Adams worked at WJCU for two years.

Currently, Adams works for the wrestling team doctor, Dr. Dariush Saghati, a neurosurgeon in Parma, billing patients and scheduling ap-pointments at Parma Neurology.

When he graduates in May, Adams will leave quite a void that members of the wrestling team will struggle to fill.

“The most important part of hav-ing him as a teammate was the way he led by example,” said senior Tra-vis Hammer. “He was always giving 100 percent in practice. He’d do anything for anybody on the team. He’s always nice to everybody, and treats people like equals.”

Adams is originally from Livo-nia, Mich. He completed his un-dergraduate degree with majors in both economics and finance, with a Chinese minor.

Brian FittsStaff Reporter

Wrestler Adams has bigger plans JCU Athletics Scoreboardfeb. 24 - march 16

OAC Tournament

JCU 86Marietta 75

JCU 97Heidelberg 104

NCAA Tournament

JCU 88Maryville 67

JCU 82Guilford 85

JCU Leaders -Points:Matt Crozier 62Rebounds:Matt Crozier 30Assists:Corey Shontz 20

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Women’s BasketballOAC Tournament

JCU 65Baldwin-Wallace 68

JCU Leaders -Points:Lee Jennings 17Rebounds:Lee Jennings 7Caitlin Sureck 7Assists:Lee Jennings 6

NCAA Tournament

JCU - 37th of 59 teams JCU Leader -184 pounds:Ben Adams: eighth place

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JCU - T-sixth of 10 teams

Women

JCU - ninth of 10 teams

Men’s LacrosseJCU 4UNC Charlotte 16

JCU 4Elon 24

Women’s Lacrosse

JCU 6Calvin 8

JCU 11Davenport 10

JCU 4Michigan 18

Senior Ben Adams, shown here earning All-American status at the NCAA Championships, has big plans for after graduation: he will enroll in the seminary with a goal to become a Lutheran pastor.

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On Wednesday Feb. 17, an e-mail regarding a missing fraternity manual belonging to Beta Theta Pi was sent from the Belvoir Lot Campus Safety Services guardhouse computer. The origin of the e-mail was traced back to the guardhouse using the computer’s IP address, which was obtained in the e-mail’s header.

Reportedly, the on-duty officer allowed the non-CSS person into the guardhouse to use the computer.

We at The Carroll News feel that CSS should restrict the use of that computer from any person not employed by CSS due to the potentially confidential information that is accessible.

In the e-mail, presidents of Sigma Phi Epsilon and Delta Tau Delta were asked if they were interested in obtaining this book from the source, known only as Kim Meadows.

Kyle Shepard, the Sigma Phi Epsilon president, respond-ed to the original e-mail expressing interest in obtaining the book and subsequently returned it to the Beta fraternity. Later that night, the source asked how much the book was worth to him.

We commend Kyle Shepard in acting honorably in noti-fying Beta Theta Pi about the e-mail. It was a respectable act and illustrated true Jesuit ideals and values.

Beta Ritual Chair, Nick Orlando, filed a report with CSS about the missing book on Feb. 19. The report included information about the e-mails between Shepard and Mead-ows from what appears to have been an effort to profit from the return.

When the book was returned on Feb. 22 to the CSS lost and found, the suspect was not questioned or even identified on record because the CSS officer at the desk was unaware of the situation surrounding the importance of the book.

Director of CSS, Tim Peppard, admitted to the mistake of not questioning the person who returned the book and that there was limited talk between those involved. There should be better communication within the CSS department.

It is not policy to question people who turn items into lost and found at the risk that it will deter people from returning items.

However, in this situation CSS would have had every right to question the suspect because it involved the use of CSS property and there was financial bribery involved.

Unfortunately, the poor interaction between CSS staff members resulted in the missing of a prime opportunity and are now involved in a messy ongoing investigation.

Communication practices within the department need to improve immediately in order to prevent future incidents. All officers should be aware of the happenings and com-plaints within the department.

At any time there is an ongoing investigation, all person-nel of the CSS personnel need to be informed and on the lookout for any items returned that pertain to a case.

Even for cases in which students return items that are not pertaining to an ongoing investigation, there needs to be some sort of record about where the item was found and other relevant information.

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Op/Ed

I’ve got a responsibility to the readers of the award-winning Car-roll News to inform them of things that I think they need to know about. As a journalist, I wouldn’t be doing my unpaid job if I didn’t tell you things you didn’t know. That being said, I have some troubling news.

The Internet is not safe, and for proof, you don’t need to look any further than the The CN’s own Web

site and note that we make Craig Willert’s columns available for everyone to see.

But at least Craig’s columns are intended to instill fear in people (for a bevy of reasons), there are some things on the Internet that claim to be true but are blatantly false. You probably didn’t know about it, but this is a pretty common occurrence. I thought I’d inform the JCU com-munity on what to beware of when using the Internet.

First up: song lyrics. Don’t look them up online, they’re wrong. I feel completely comfortable making a blanket statement like that because the percentage of incorrect song lyr-ics on the internet is that high.

I blame the fact that rap mu-sic got popular and little kids (or

college-educated people that can’t relate to or understand the concepts, but listen to it because it’s popular) try and upload the lyrics to the songs. Searching for lyrics online is like using Wikipedia to write your master’s thesis. It starts out great until that blatantly false line. Some-thing like “If Jesus’ payin’ LeBron, I’m payin’ Dwayne Wade.” It’s not “Jesus,” it’s “Jeezy” people.

Next thing to beware of: ad-vertisements. I’m usually pretty good about ignoring ads online, but sometimes they catch my eye, and “holy grappling hook Batman!” is there some inappropriate content available on the Internet.

You don’t need to go anywhere dirtier than Facebook to find some sickening stuff. Let me preface

this statement by saying I’m not opposed to cleavage, as a matter of fact I’m a big supporter of it (kinda like a Wonderbra). So those ads that say “looking for a girlfriend?” don’t personally bother me all that much, but there are little kids on Facebook now so I think it might need to clean itself up a little.

It’s weird enough that I get friend requests from the 12-year-olds I know, I don’t need to be sitting there wondering if they’re making fan pages more inappropriate than “Be-ing Justin Bieber’s future wife.”

Speaking of Facebook, not only are the younglings on there, but adults joined the party too ... and it’s awkward. Parents, aunts, uncles, professors, employers and the guy who taught my driving class all have

Facebook now. Becoming friends with them is risky, because as col-lege students, we’re accustomed to being around our peers, especially when it comes to Facebook.

You don’t want to update your status to “... is sooooo drunk rite now!!!!1!!!” and then show up late for work the next day if your boss can see it. When you tell your boss that traffic was crazy, he or she will probably fire you then do something even more hurtful: de-friend you.

So now that I’ve educated you on these topics that you had no idea about before you started reading this column, you can finally discern what is and what isn’t safe on the Internet. I’m glad I could help.

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Will Call:Ann Coulter,

reggae and gout

It used to look silly when I saw people walk out of a movie the-ater with these ridiculous looking cardboard glasses that boasted two different colored lenses. It was just awkward.

Now, as I ask for extra butter on my popcorn (you know we all do it). I see people leaving the theater from the most recent screening of “Avatar” or “Alice In Wonderland” in their sleek black frames and lenses.

The first 3D movie was released for screening in 1915, and it has taken until 2010 for 3D to sweep box offices. Even making films like “Clash of the Titans” and the up-coming Harry Potter films consider pushing back their release dates to add the 3D element.

Why this new respect for 3D? Ask James Cameron, the director of the film “Avatar,” who made the largest grossing film of all time, cur-rently still climbing at $2.6 billion

worldwide. Or perhaps ask director Tim

Burton who is smiling just as wide as his character (the Cheshire Cat) in his new 3D film “Alice In Wonder-land,” which earned $116.1 million its opening weekend.

I don’t know what you have to do to be considered a movie buff, but as anyone in my hall would tell you, I consider myself to be in this category.

Boasting over 100 DVDs in my dorm room, I love movies just as much as any college student loves food or sleeping.

This obsession started my fresh-man year in high school. Suddenly all the gifts I asked for were DVD’s, celebrity autographs, and movie props. I even converted my room into a home theater boasting a pop-corn machine, cardboard cutouts of characters from the latest release, and a lit up poster frame which I could dim for mood lighting.

After seeing these films, and ones like it in the past, they are defi-nitely fun and exhilarating, but also boast their share of problems.

First, I doubt any movie critic will take these movies seriously if all films come out in 3D.

These films focus on excitement and giving their audience an adrena-line rush, rather than having a good plot and character development. I

am not saying this will be an inevi-table formula, but why was “Avatar” snubbed for the Oscar up against a movie that only made $21.3 million worldwide?

Another thing to consider is stag-ing. In 3D movies directors stage the actors and their actions significantly, so those books can fly off the desk into your face, rather than just a quick slam against the wall. It might not be a big deal, but for actors/actresses in Hollywood, 3D might limit or direct the character he/she wants to create.

Lastly, I am sure audiences across the world noticed when they went to grab their 3D glasses for these new films, they were also dig-ging deeper in their pockets.

To make and produce these 3D films costs more, and the viewer is going to absorb all that difference in the ticket price. Unfortunately, those James Bond, recyclable, black glasses won’t pay for themselves.

Hollywood seems to be catching up with the times. It is 2010, a year where people of the last century thought we would be using flying cars and robots.

While we are still driving in our gas-guzzlers and a robot is not cleaning my dorm room, movie lov-ers and critics are going to have to put in their contacts as it looks like 3D will be here for a while.

This column takes a similar ap-proach to “Seinfeld.” There’s really no point to it other than to entertain. And over the past couple weeks I’ve encountered the most bizarre people, experienced the highs and lows of life and learned that Ann Coulter is absolutely, frickin’ nuts.

During Spring Break, I traveled to the Big Apple to visit my sister. Now, I’ve toured New York City multiple times and figured I tackled all that the majestic city has to offer. Boy, was I wrong.

Feeding off of Editor in Chief Katie “I may be small, but I pack a large punch” Sheridan’s column, my trip challenged and broke the usual NYC stereotype. People think Jay-Z, Carrie Bradshaw and Rudy Giuliani. Well, everyone should have the opportunity to acquaint themselves with these NYC natives.

Boston Bob, Scoop, Mikey K, Pablo, Dangerous Dave, Coach, Eddie and my personal favorite, Ricky Sprinkle.

Boston Bob and Scoop haven’t been sober since the Bay of Pigs. Mikey K could win the jackpot and still find himself in debt. He also filed for bankruptcy with no assets. Pablo set his tie on fire in grade school. Dangerous Dave’s Irish brogue and Eddie’s thick Brooklyn accent have you continually asking the person next to you, “What did he just say?” (They told me to nod, smile and go with the flow). Coach, well, is Coach.

And now, my faithful readers, I present Ricky Sprinkle. Security guard by day, a tempest of laughter and ridiculousness by night, Ricky would be an enigma for any clinical psychologist.

My sister, her boyfriend and I at-tended a social gathering at Ricky’s place one night. During this exclu-sive event, Ricky and two others unrelentingly and proudly boasted that their driver’s licenses had been suspended. I felt like asking,

“Everyone who has a valid license raise their hand!” There would have been a minority.

One woman even enlightened us with her stimulating license suspen-sion story. According to her, she was pulled over, asked to step out of the car and put her hands behind her back. When she inquired as to why, the cop simply said something along the lines of, “You have a 10-year warrant for your arrest.” Oh, and the best part, she didn’t even know.

But back to Mr. Sprinkle, I would like to make a final note about this prized individual. He has gout. Gout! There hasn’t been a documented case of gout since the Bubonic Plague. But I digress.

Earlier that day I traveled down to the World Trade Center site to visit the temporary memorial mu-seum and St. Paul’s Chapel. Being that I was only in the eighth grade when terrorists attacked our free-dom, I never really comprehended the magnitude of what happened.

Despite their rebuilding effort, the austere, vacant lot where the towers once stood sent chills of patriotism up and down my spine. And with people from all around the world traveling thousands of miles to pay their respects, it served as an ardent reminder that at times we may bend, but will never break.

So, the break was over and I began my journey back to C-Town. Safely navigating my way through the Internet, I stumbled upon some commentary by political pundit and ultra-conservative Ann Coulter. Now, if you don’t know who Ann Coulter is then restrain your curios-ity and don’t Google her. Just ask Al Franken.

Coulter’s bombastic writing and incredulous claims would make any decent human being convulse. A few days after 9/11, Coulter wrote, “We should invade their [the terror-ists] countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity.”

Well, “The Golden Girls” is on and I hear it’s the episode when Sophia steals Rose’s car to go on a blind date. So in the paraphrased words of my uncle, “Live, laugh and play reggae in your head.”

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I’m short and pale. I straighten my hair every day and I’ve never worn sweat pants to class. While I like to think I dress nicely, my clothes aren’t all name brand, and lately I’ve been carrying a backpack that I’ve had since fifth grade. When I’m on campus, if I’m not in class I’m probably in the newsroom.

Most likely, I sound pretty bor-ing. If you tried to fit me into a stereotype I’d probably be a typical girl, a little geeky, and definitely a Carroll News member—whatever stereotype that equates to.

But, what if instead I described myself like this …

Tanning is a priority for me. I like to look so brown that oth-ers may think I’m tinted orange. Large pearl earrings are a common accessory for me. Name brands are very important. In the winter I’ll be in Ugg boots and a North Face coat. When I feel like being comfortable you will probably find

me wearing Victoria’s Secret PINK sweatpants.

I am passionate about taking a stand. Whenever possible I like to sacrifice things others take for granted. I think my facial piercing makes me different. I always try to buy organic and Fair Trade clothing because I like what it symbolizes and the impact it makes on society. I like challenging your views and probably don’t agree with your ideals.

This campus is my life. I am a mentor for the students. On a Satur-day night I can be found in a room working and doing homework. I like to eat with the same people for breakfast, lunch and dinner and when I have free time I usually spend it with them. I don’t like to get people in trouble, but when someone is breaking the rules, it is my job to point it out.

I like T-shirts with funny sayings like, “Go ahead, make my data!” I love computers, except when they aren’t working properly, but it’s OK, I usually know how to fix them. My friends are interested in the same things and you’re welcome to hang out with us, but you might have trouble understanding our techni-cal terms.

I definitely enjoy the party scene. Rehab is like a vacation. I like to change my hairstyle. I used to think red hair was cute, but dark brown is sexy. I’ve dated a few guys, but now I’m giving girls a chance. I am

well endowed both physically and monetarily. Oh, and if you defame my name I will sue you, even if you do it with a cute talking baby.

Lindsay Lohan might say in that last one I was trying to describe her, and I should probably be a little nervous. Last week Lohan filed a $100 million lawsuit against E-Trade for their 2010 Super Bowl commercial. In the E-Trade com-mercial the recognizable “talking babies” discussed their dating lives. The female baby accused the male of hanging out with a boyfriend stealing girl named Lindsay. Baby Lindsay was also referred to as a “milkaholic.” According to Lohan, this was E-Trade’s way of making a direct nod to her partying lifestyle.

So what? I’m willing to bet a few people are offended by this column, but here’s the thing: I didn’t call out anyone. In fact, if you reread it, I say I’m giving alternate descriptions of myself. I didn’t even associate my descriptions as the stereotypes of certain groups. If you think it was a direct insult to someone, you cre-ated that theory on your own. But maybe stereotypes hold greater power than we think. Maybe they help us identify people, and maybe Lohan is justified in her lawsuit. But in the end, if stereotypes are just assumptions then it looks like we’re just all guilty of making an ass out of you and me.

Almost Free by Kath Duncan

“Prof. Boson banned calculators because so many people were cheating with them. Now we have to figure out how to

cheat with slide rules.”

CHAPstick:it’s anaddiction

Lena ChapinEditorial & Op/Ed Editor

I’m a senior and I have been trying to figure out my life for, oh, about 22 years now. I haven’t had much success in figuring out my profession, but occasionally, I have some hefty realizations. One came two weeks ago as I sat on a dusty linoleum floor of a classroom in Immokalee, Fla.

In case you haven’t ever been to Immokalee or even heard of it, its population is largely made up of migrant farm workers. These people spend long days under the Sun dealing with pesticides and back-breaking work to make sick-eningly low wages.

Seriously, field workers have to pick over two and a half tons of tomatoes just to earn the equivalent of Florida minimum wage for a 10-hour workday. Not only that, but when working for these crappy wages that aren’t enough to pay for housing and feed their families, they don’t know if they’ll even make it back home at night.

There have been seven docu-mented cases of modern day slavery in Florida since 1997 where farm workers have been held against their will, beaten, chained and even murdered. That’s just part of Immokalee’s story.

There are people in the world who think that the more friends you have and the more money you have, the better person you are. They base success on how many people you can say “hi” to on campus.

In our college atmosphere it’s easy to get caught up in this, but after spending a week working, talking and protesting with these

people, we realized that there really is no correlation between money and friends and being “good.”

These men and women got up every morning before dawn to face exploitation and even slavery for a single purpose: to support their families.

Whether they sent what little money they made home to another country or spent it on their children right there in Immokalee, these men and women were the faces of determination and strength. They dedicate their lives to better the lives of their families and their commu-nity members.

We call ourselves at John Carroll University “men and women for others,” but are we? Sure, we do service and talk about social justice, but when we get out into the real world are we going to continue to work for others?

Would we be willing to sacrifice that much for our friends and fami-lies or will we simply be worried about making sure we look good to others? Will we be interested in working towards a better world or will we just complain because we don’t have any ketchup in the cafeteria?

Being men and women for oth-ers isn’t about being wealthy or poor it’s about being conscious of those around you.

I still don’t know what I’m doing with my life, but after coming home from this Spring Break trip, I know that no matter what I end up doing my goal is to live out my title as a “woman for others.”

Contact Lena Chapin at mchapin10@jcu.edu

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