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Musical instruments valued at $7,400 were stolen from a locker on the RIC campus over winter break.

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News to you 3 SOPA: Restricting piracy or free speech?

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Last week’s Internet blackout shows fierce opposition to the SOPA and PIPA bills

the domain name services, many are uneasy with the bills.

Critics and tech experts claim that the bills will disrupt free speech and even the architecture of the Internet itself.

The fate of these two bills has become a fight between The Internet has been a haven for free speech and ex- the entertainment industry and Internet companies. pression for billions of people, Copyright holders from music and film industries claim the but many feel this expression legislation is needed to prevent Internet piracy. The Motion is threatened by two bills Picture Association of America announced that piracy has currently on the ballot. They cost the country as many as 100,000 jobs.

“Websites are guilty until proven innocent,” said Steve are known as the Stop Online

By Katelyn Hurd Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House Rys ’11, technology director of WXIN. He explained that Interim News Editor of Representatives and Protect all websites could be accused of copyright infringement, IP Act (PIPA), its Senate coun- causing a witch hunt throughout the Internet. Courts could also bar advertisers and payment companies such as PayPal terpart. The bills were created to stop Internet piracy.

On Jan. 18, a week before the Senate was scheduled to from doing business with the sites in question, or require vote on PIPA, participating Internet sites blacked out their Internet service providers to block access entirely. The content, posting information about the bills rather than bills also make it a felony to stream unauthorized content their usual content. Prominent backers of the bill started online.

According to the Huffington Post, critics announced changing their opinions, as emails and phone calls worked that if the bills passed, it would only cause hackers to their way towards Congress due to the blackout.

“I think it is an important moment in the Capitol,” said navigate the web in riskier ways using modified browsers Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.). “Too often, legislation is about or other tweaks.

The bills would give the courts power to order the competing business interests. This is way beyond that. This removal of sites from the Domain Name System. According is individual citizens rising up.”

The New York Times reported that the protest caused at to the Washington Post, users could seek out foreign DNS least 10 senators and nearly twice as many members of the servers to access blacklisted sites, possibly altering the House to announce their opposition to the bills after the Internet’s architecture.

“I oppose SOPA strongly,” said Aaron Buckley, The blackout. This is different from the way the bill was viewed months ago, as most of the backers assumed it would pass, Anchor’s technology director and speaker of Student Community Government, Inc. “I am a computer technician, and according to the Washington Post.

“While I strongly support protecting our intellectual the thought of the American government being given the property, SOPA’s methods are incompatible with efforts to authority to determine what sites violate copyright restricmaintain the security and openness of the Internet,” said tions and shut down access to them scares me a whole lot.”

Buckley, who also works as a computer tech on campus, Rep. James Langevin, a Democrat and the first of Rhode Island’s four-member congressional delegation to take a continued, “We do not need to be like China. “We need stance on the bill. Congressman David Cicilline (D-R.I.) has to be fighting to protect and enable the full discourse of information across the Web. SOPA needs to go down, with also stated his opposition.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) took a stance such a fiery exit that our Congress will not attempt to pass supporting the bill. Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) has opposed such a bill again.”

There are laws already in effect against piracy. In 1998, previous drafts of the bill, but has not revealed how he will Congress passed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to vote on the current version.

Between the confusing language SOPA and PIPA are stop piracy. Any site hosting or linking to pirated material written in and dealing with the consequences of blocking must take down the offending material once notified. According to the Washington Post, Google claims to have taken For SOPA: Those who rely on copyrights as well as those down more than five million rewho believe piracy cost jobs for citizens quests, yet companies like Google or Facebook aren’t currently Time Warner Corporation The Chamber of Commerce required to police their sites for Walt Disney The AFL-CIO illegal content. Copyright holders Motion Picture Association of America GoDaddy.com are claiming this current law isn’t Recording Industry Association of America potent enough.

Online communities such as Reddit and Tumblr organized Against SOPA: Civil liberty groups as well as campaigns against the bills, leadtechnology and internet companies ing to last week’s protest.

Google eBay On the day of the blackout, Yahoo!

Wikipedia popular sites such as Reddit and Twitter The American Civil Liberties Union Wikipedia’s English-language pages were shut down, posting

information about the bills rather than usual content.

Though it didn’t shut down, Google also posted information exposing the bill. Other sites participating in the blackout included Mozilla, Boing Boing, Wordpress, Failblog and the Cheezburger Network. Many social media sites not participating in the blackout spread the word about the protest through tweets and status updates.

“Many of you stand with us against PIPA/SOPA, we wouldn’t do this if we didn’t believe this legislation and the forces behind it were a serious threat to Reddit and the Internet as we know “I don’t know much it,” tweeted Reddit co-founder and about it, but it seems to technology investor me that the internet may Alexis Ohanian. not be the same should Wikipedia posted it pass. It also seems to on their site that violate the right to free more than 162 speech,” said RIC sophomillion people saw more Robin Hathaway, a their blackout page communication/psycholand more than eight ogy major. million looked up their elected representatives’ contact “SOPA is wrong and it information by using limits our rights as citithe Wikipedia tool. zens. It is another case of A quarter-million a catchy name that no tweets involving one would disagree with SOPA occurred but it overextends it hourly during the cause,” said sophomore blackout.

Brian Luther, a political On the other hand, Rep. Lamar science major.

Smith (R-Tex.), who drafted the bill with “I absolutely abhor the backing of 30 such a law. This was an co-sponsors, accused idea created that gives websites of spreadan unlimited amount of ing “fear rather than expression. I prefer the fact.” no-holds-barred ideal “When the oppothat the internet holds sition is based upon misinformation, and this should be mainI have confidence tained as is,” said Caitlin in the facts and Kay, a senior majoring in confidence that the history. facts will ultimately prevail,” said Smith.

On Jan. 24, senators will vote on PIPA, while voting on SOPA in the House has been pushed back until February. RIC students who are either for or against the bills can call or email their representatives and senators and voice their opinions on the bill.

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I n w h a t seems to becoming a tradition at Rhode Island

By Kyle Grant College, a Anchor Editor member of the campus community has been invited to the State of the Union Address for the second straight year.

Travis Escobar, president of Student Community Government, will be joining U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse when President Barack Obama addresses the nation this Tuesday.

“This is absolutely the greatest thing to happen to me during my college career other than being elected twice by my peers to serve as President of the student body,” said Escobar.

“This invitation is the equivalent to winning the lottery for a political science major.”

Last year, RIC President Nancy Carriuolo was invited to attend the State of the Union by Congressman Jim Langevin.

Sen. Whitehouse invited Escobar to the State of the Union address after meeting him at a Pell Grant forum held at RIC last semester. Escobar is reliant on Pell Grants to pay for school and Sen. Whitehouse was deeply impressed with what Escobar accomplished while at RIC. Whitehouse is a strong supporter of the Pell Grants, and has fought to defend the grant throughout his tenure as Senator.

During the debt-ceiling scare,

which occurred this past summer, many representatives attempted to slash funding for the Pell Grants.

Whitehouse led a colloquy urging Congress to defend the Pell Grant, stating that it was crucial for the education of many students who wouldn’t be able to pay for college on their own.

“I’ve met students across Rhode Island who rely on Pell Grants. They work hard, play by rules, and are doing everything they can to get the education they need for the jobs of tomorrow,” Sen. Whitehouse said in an article in the Huffington Post.

Whitehouse sees Escobar as a prime example of why Pell Grants should be defended. A first-generation student, Escobar is a junior studying political science here at RIC. Escobar aspires to be a U.S. Congressman and is serving his second term as President of Student Community Government.

Escobar plays an important role on the RIC campus, and none of it would have been possible without the Pell Grant.

“Travis’ story is a great example of how Pell Grants can help our kids achieve their dreams,” Whitehouse said in a press release, “and I’m glad he’ll be joining me to help send a message to Washington: don’t cut Pell Grants.”

“I come from a single parent low income household, I was never expected to be able to sit amongst the leaders of the best country in the world to listen to our president deliver his state of the union address,” said Escobar. “This opportunity is unreal and has inspired me to work harder for my community.”

Langevin graduated from RIC in

Travis Escobar, 1990, and like Escobar served as the President of SCG. A Representative of Rhode Island since 2001, Langevin invited President Carriuolo to the State of the Union because of her stance on higher education, promoting math, technology and nursing programs at RIC. Last year, President Carriuolo was seen as a model of the guidance needed to raise Rhode Island out of its current instability. This year, student body President Travis Escobar hopes to show how Pell Grants help bright minds reach their potential and become the leaders the nation needs in the future.

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“I hope this will serve as inspiration to others that with hard work and some luck dreams can come true,” said Escobar. “America is the land of opportunity and I hope to use my attendance at the state of the union address to promote the message that being involved in campus life here at Rhode Island College can lead to great experiences.”

On Tuesday, Escobar will be among the leaders of this nation at the State of the Union Address. With hard work and the help of the Pell Grant, Escobar may one day be one of these leaders.

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(Left) Mitt Romney HQ in N.H. with Students Heather Barlow, Wendy Cardona, Jennifer Collins, Nicholas Coutis, Hillary Costa, Jordan Day, Alexis Garcia, and Tyne Uzo. (Top right) Sitting on stage for the Mitt Romney rally in Rochester. (Bottom right) Group photo with Newt Gingrich at his town hall meeting in Meredith, N.H.

RIC “media hounds” take over New Hampshire primary Students of the college demographic have been categorized as generally apathetic toward politics.

However, quite the contrary can be said for a certain group of Rhode Island College students who recently ventured north to experience the

By Hillary Costa run-up to the New Hampshire priNews Staff Writer mary.

The group traveled to New Hampshire to experience pre-primary events and retail politics atmosphere with political communication Prof. Valerie Endress, RIC alum Tim Staskiewicz ’06 and students from her class.

Together, they chased down the 2012 presidential candidates across the Granite State the weekend prior to the primary.

This trip was a hands-on experience continuation of the political communication course taught by Endress during the fall 2011 semester. In her course, the students became well-oriented with the campaign process and then applied that knowledge as they followed a candidate of their choice closely throughout the semester.

While in New Hampshire, the class was a part of the “NH Twitter Team” for NBC 10. As they attended various town hall

meetings, rallies, and visited campaign headquarters, the students live-tweeted what they heard, saw and felt. The Twitter feed was displayed for the public on turnto10.com for NBC 10’s viewers to read and use as their own firsthand account of the first-in-the-nation primary.

Students on the trip attended a meet-and-greet with Newt Gingrich, a discussion with Mary Kay Huntsman and had a look inside the C-Span mobile unit. Students also had the chance of sitting on stage for a Mitt Romney rally in Rochester, where some were able to get a handshake from the presidential contender.

Endress explained that many of the students on the trip became “media hounds.” The class was able to build up a list of media outlets that they interviewed with, including the Boston Globe, Manchester Union Leader, C-Span and numerous international stations and papers from China, Japan, Finland, Sweden and other European countries.

The class is in the process of planning a student forum moderated by an NBC 10 personality that will be open to the RIC community to attend and reflect upon their experience.

When asked if they would want to make the trek back up to New Hampshire in four years for the same experience, the response was overwhelming in the affirmative.

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What happened to winter?

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Mild winter weather could be the result of Global Warming

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finally sees snow after an unusually warm winter break.

The winter season could cease to exist as we know it. This may bring joy to some, but it is becoming a significant issue in our globe’s overall environmental health. We received

By Hillary Costa unusually heavy snowfall in News Staff Writer 2010 and 2011. According to TIME magazine, winter of 2010 was a year that saw snow on the ground in 48 of our 50 states. Even with the recent snowfall we have experienced, this winter has been atypically milder than many in the last 30 years.

In all of December and the first week of January, we were looking at mild temperatures for winter with highs in the upper 40s and low 50s. Parts of the US that are customarily the coldest and harshest hit by winter weather—the northern Plains-- saw high temperatures such as 55 degrees in the first week of the new year. Lincoln, Nebraska reached a temperature for the record books on Jan. 5th when they recorded a high of 68 degrees, 30 degrees above the seasonal norm, stated TIME Magazine.

Just this time last year, the Northeast was being blasted by subzero temperatures that even killed just under a dozen people. Now we are at the point where many of our nation’s ski resorts are forced to turn to solely artificial means of covering their slopes for patrons, and even that is taxing enough on the business.

“Because the way you make snow—it’s air and water mixed together…” said New York state ski resort owner,

Willi Steinrotter, one of many feeling hard hit by a mild winter season. “The colder it is you don’t need to push a lot of air because the air temperatures freeze it,” said Steinrotter to local Rochester NY news station, YNN. He was only able to open his resort for four days in December of 2011.

On the other hand, according to the Boston Globe, many golf courses are still opened for business.

“Unbelievable! The Thursday before Christmas, we had more than 200 people out here golfing,’’ said Dave Carlson, director of golf operations at Stow Acres Country Club. “It was so busy; we called someone in to work the grille. This time of year, if we’re open, I’d just do that by myself, maybe boil a few hot dogs and sell some bags of chips.’’

Climate change and global warming may be to blame for these out of whack winters. According to TIME Magazine, the trend is not based just off of these last three years, but on the last 30 years. Since 1980, the average high temperature across the globe as increased each year ever so gradually. This is very serious in that winter could disappear as a season all together. If winter is to be skipped all together in the season cycle, it is dangerous to many aspects of the earth’s environment. It alters animal and plant life as well as the rhythm of our temperatures and climate for each year. With this being a definite possibility, scientists are unsure what else to expect as our damaging climate change progresses negatively forward.

Champlin Foundation awards funding for renovation of deserving biology classrooms a grant specialist for the RIC Foundation, along with professors Dana Kolibachuk, Marita Sheridan, Rebeka Merson, Deborah Britt, the grant was awarded.

“Both labs were not where they needed to be to provide an adequate learning experience,” said Hall, who explained the renovations will make the classrooms more modern and user friendly.

Hall explained that the classrooms were decrypted and falling apart, and that one of the rooms is not even using real lab benches.

“The rooms are worn out and something just needed to be done,” said Hall.

Plans are still being drawn out for the rooms. An architect will be hired to create the plans this spring, and renovations on the labs will begin this summer, therefore keeping construction at a minimum and will not be problematic to students.

The proposed improvements for room 242 include adding new two new refrigerators, for media storage and student projects as well as new technology and teaching tools.

Room 103 will receive new technology as well, such as a dissolved oxygen meter and dissecting microscopes.

In both rooms the floors will be replaced with laboratory grade tile and installed with new lab benches as well as a document camera similar to other rooms in the building.

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During 2012, two deserving classrooms will receive a much needed renovation.

The Champlin Foundations, which has donated over $442 million almost entirely in Rhode Island, generously

By Katelyn Hurd awarded Rhode Island ColInterim News Editor lege a $248,000 grant to remodel and supply new equipment for two classrooms in the John E. Fogarty Life Science Building.

Room 242, currently used for Medical Microbiology and General Microbiology courses, and room 103B, which is used for Ecology and Vertebrate Zoology courses will receive new flooring and equipment. The renovations are predicted to be finished by next December “My office put together the request and will be monitoring the progress of the renovation over the next year,” said James Salmo, Vice President for College Advancement.

Eric Hall, chair of the biology department explained that the classrooms are currently in poor condition, which is why the Biology Department wrote up a proposal to apply for the grant. Thanks to the work of Linda Jzyk,

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President Carriuolo strives to make RIC greener

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One of the major issues facing contemporary society, including the RIC campus, is creating sustainability in a cost effective manner. During winter break RIC PresiBy Justin Gosland dent, Nancy Carriuolo, News Staff Writer and the Director of Professional Studies, Dante del Giudice, were featured in the online program “ReNEWable Now,” hosted and produced by Peter Arpin.

Both staff members are part of the college’s “Green Team,” which helps to oversee and implement new ideas and strategies to manifest Carriuolo’s vision of a greener and cleaner RIC. This would not only be good for the environment, but would also save the college money.

Carriuolo explained that her passion for the environment originated from her father and upbringing on a farm in upstate New York. While living on the farm, they would grow almost everything they needed and rarely went to buy items at the local store.

President Carriuolo was inaugurated in July of 2008 and has brought her love for the environment to RIC. While on “ReNEWable Now,” she explained that the campus has already begun energy efficient practices. The steam plant on campus responsible for heating and cooling now runs on one boiler instead of two. She also used some of her discretionary funds to places bins around campus divided into plastic, glass and trash for recycling purposes.

Director Giudice elaborated that education is part of the schools new environmental goals. In order to become greener and more efficient, students and faculty should know not only the concepts behind the practices, but the practices themselves that everybody can do at work and at home. The curriculum will include a new class beginning this semester that focuses on these principles called “Introduction to Sustainability” and other classes are in the works that will give students an edge in an expanding field of employment opportunities. Currently there are also webinars, blogs and other resources available and internships in the field are soon to follow.

Both Carriuolo and Giudice noted that students are generally aware of these issues and are even passionate about creating a greener future. Unfortunately, there is not yet a core group of students working on these projects at RIC. Not many students

at RIC get involved on campus and many are also strapped with not only classes, but possibly multiple jobs. Only 11 percent of RIC’s population lives on campus, yet Carriuolo and Giudice remain hopeful for new members to join their team.

Energy costs were also reduced at RIC by replacing lights in Sapinsley Hall at the Nazarian Center with LED bulbs rather than incandescent ones. The school also received rebates for the LED installation and has seen roughly an 80 percent reduction in energy use in Nazarian alone. Students have probably noticed the construction on campus and the multiple holes revealing pipes. While opened originally to fix water pipes the opportunity was used to replace steam pipes as well which had been leaking and costing RIC a good deal of money.

The newest residence hall on campus is LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified with elements like a white roof and better insulation that leaves a space between the walls to reduce heating costs. It also has more efficient ventilation and uses energy efficient equipment. The construction of the residence hall was green too, as its location was optimized to leave as much of the existing vegetation presents as possible and 56 percent of the waste materials, or 750 tons, were recycled. The residence hall is also the first in the state to be LEED certified.

The Donovan Dining Center has been cooperating for a year now with Newport Biodiesel to turn used cooking oil into a locally produced, renewable, nontoxic fuel that can be used in vehicles, buildings, or anything with a diesel engine or oil furnace. This has resulted in a four million pound reduction of CO2.

The entire campus uses environmentally friendly cleaning agents with no bleach, or ammonia and the revisions to the greenhouse are expected to pay for themselves in only five years through energy savings.

Buildings are now beginning to include sensors for lights and a smart grid to control heating and A C. Prospects on the horizon include the possibility of bike paths on campus that may even connect to the Greenway. Wind turbines are also a possibility though evaluations by experts say the campus is not an ideal location for wind power, but it may still be done for some power and demonstration purposes. The future will hopefully include many other programs and practices to improve efficiency, lower costs, and make the air and water a little cleaner.

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Stop Online Piracy Act, Protect IP Act, and the Blackout

Anyone who attempted to browse Wikipedia, Reddit or one of over 7,000 websites last Wednesday were greeted with the message of a self-imposed blackout. Google’s iconic homepage greeted users with

By Robert Santurri Jr. a stark, black censor bar over Anchor Columnist the Google logo. Google even sponsored an anti-censorship petition, which garnered over 4.5 million signatures, this all in reaction to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).

SOPA is a bill which was proposed in the United States House of Representatives in order to combat both copyright infringement and counterfeit e-goods. The bill and its Senate sister, the Protect IP Act (PIPA), has support from members of both parties. Additionally, SOPA has the support of Hollywood and some of the largest companies in the entertainment industry.

Disney, Viacom, Marvel, Time Warner, NBC, ABC, ESPN (owned by Disney), MLB, NFL and the Entertain-

ment Software Association, the trade association of the video game industry, all support SOPA. Companies like Amazon, Craigslist, Google, Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo all oppose the legislation in its current form. The ACLU, the Obama Administration, Wikipedia and Reporters without Borders also have made it known that they oppose SOPA. The battle lines over the two pieces of legislation have pitted the entertainment industry and Silicon Valley (location of some of the world’s largest technology companies) against one another. Former Senator Chris Dodd, (D-CT) now a lobbyist for Hollywood, recently went on Fox News and warned how the Obama Administration may lose campaign contributions from the entertainment industry for not backing the bill. So you may be asking yourself at this point, what about this legislation has caused such backlash?

In short, critics argue that the SOPA and PIPA would negatively change the internet as we know it. Section 103 of SOPA has been widely cited and criticized as an example of what’s wrong with the bill. The section deals with the definition of how an internet site is dedicated to the theft

of United States property.

Part A talks about how the site has to be used by people in the United States. However, part B goes on to say, “the U.S.-directed site is primarily designed or operated for the purpose of, has only limited purpose or use other than, or is marketed by its operator or another acting in concert with that operator for use in, offering goods or services in a manner that engages in, enables, or facilitates.” Then it lists a bunch of violations of different United States code.

What’s important to take away from that quote is the part at the end that says “enables, or facilitates.”

Any site, which allows users to contribute content, can be seen as being in violation of this law if a user posts infringing copyright material. This includes: Facebook, YouTube and many other websites which already follow the current law by taking down copyrighted material when given a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice. An analogous law would shut down phone see companies because some of the next page users of their phones use them

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In defense of the “Romney Vote” Over the break I had a chance to meet with a friend for lunch. It lasted for nearly five hours. Much of the conversation revolved around Ron Paul.

My friend is a disciple of candidate Paul. He tried his hardest to lead me to the light. However, his gospel did not sound like the “good news” it is billed as. Regardless, we ended on the topic of those voters who are ideologically closer to Ron Paul yet will probably vote for Mitt Romney in the Republican primary on the basis that he is more competitive against President Obama.

My friend argued that such an approach to voting ran counter to traditional American values. The right candidate should win, not the most competitive. Plus, he thought it dishonest to vote for someone who may represent views you don’t share. Later, the conversation spilled over to Facebook, where someone asserted that our vote would never be our own if we thought strategically, we would always vote with the majority.

At the outset, allow me to squash that comment. This comment is based on the assumption that strategists are sheepish and will give up their political identity to be with the majority. If that were really the case, then Obama would win the race, as nearly every poll shows him with a lead, and his margins would only continue to grow.

He would have the majority because he has the majority. That’s a tautological fallacy. Voting strategically isn’t about giving your vote away. It’s about maximizing your view in a way which avoids helping your opponents.

While pure preference voting is fine, there are a couple difficulties for those who practice it. These difficulties point to the necessity of a strategic alternative.

The greatest issue is that the pure preference method does not fit in well with the institutional setup in the U.S. Indeed, it’s difficult for marginal parties to move beyond

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to either buy or sell illegal drugs. from previous The bill has also been criticized for its lack of due process for the website being accused of copyright infringement. Along with this, Google made what can be considered a startling submission to the Telecommunications Carriers Forum in 2009. Google noted that, “57 percent of the takedown notices it has received under the DMCA since 1998 were sent by businesses targeting competitors, and one-third (37 percent) of notices were not valid copyright claims.”

This issue is far more complex and the implications far more impacting than I could write in one article. I strongly encourage and recommend everyone do himself or herself a favor and research these bills. This will impact all of us in many different ways and will also heavily impact one of the most important places for creativity, the Internet.

The good news is that the SOPA is dead, and the vote for the PIPA has been delayed due to the amount of backlash against it.

However, do not consider this the end game on this issue. This is far from over, and do not

the protest stage. In countries which utilize proportional representation, a 10 percent vote share would equate to a 10 percent share of seats in the legislature. Despite being marginal, such groups would still have an opportunity to affect government. The U.S. uses single-member, winnertake-all districts which do not represent proportionally.

Additionally, American parties historically have had broad appeal. These two factors combine to produce a system which favors the dominance of two major, moderate parties.

Thus, when you’re in a Paul vs. Romney situation, and your heart tells you to vote for Paul, you are faced with a dilemma. If you vote for Paul, a marginal player, you stay consistent but take votes from Romney, who is probably closer to you than President Obama. What do you do?

My friend acknowledged the difficulty, but still could not endorse the actions of those who took the Romney option. He saw the decision in morally absolute terms.

You are morally obligated to support who you think would be the best in the position.

Yes, some people, like my friend, may feel cognitive dissidence if they voted in such a fashion. However, there is a flipside.

For some, knowing that their principled vote helped split votes and elect someone who is totally at odds with their views would cause the same dissidence.

Let’s place this in context. If you’re an ultra-conservative voter, and you find the proposition of Obama’s second term to be an existential threat to the country, or yourself, then you might feel a moral obligation to support his strongest rival.

I’ll give you an analogy to consider. Say you and your family did not believe in taking modern medication. Your child becomes ill; he’s almost dead, and the only way to save him is to administer a modern medication. Would you bend your beliefs in order to save his life?

be surprised if we see another attempt at this legislation either a few months or even weeks down the road when attention has moved elsewhere.

Piracy is an important issue that needs to be dealt with.

Obviously, such a decision is not easy. One could make equally principled arguments in both directions.

This analogy is akin to Kohlberg’s moral stages thought experiment. To work through the quandary, one must exercise various levels of moral reasoning in balancing one’s pure preferences against an imperfect alternative and an eventual consequence.

The point is that the answer is in the eye of the beholder. There’s no way to say which concept of voting is proper.

The issue in today’s political climate is extreme contrast. Indeed, contrasts between the parties’ platforms are incredibly sharp. One of my favorite quotes, spoken by the French political philosopher Raymond Aron, poses the proposition that, “in politics, the choice is never between good and evil but between the preferable and the detestable.” Today, we tend towards the former. And one can never compromise with evil. What people like my well-meaning friend should recognize is that others see the world in non-absolute terms. They choose to elect the “preferable,” usually after respectable amounts of thought, and moral analysis.

It’s not necessarily a superior way to vote, just different. Think about it.

However, legislation like SOPA and PIPA do not solve the issue of piracy but instead complicate things further. Such legislation will kill innovation and has the ability to be abused easily. So in short, kill the bills.

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During February, Student Activities is hosting a Skiing/Snowboarding trip to Loon Mountain. Experience over 300 acres and 500 trails Loon has to offer on Saturday, Feb. 25. The trip cost $50 for the first 10 RIC students, $65 for RIC students, and $85 for non-RIC students.

Another exciting trip opportunity for RIC students is the Mystic Aquarium trip on Sat., Mar. 3. There is a discount for children and tickets are just $12 for RIC students and $20 for non-RIC students.

Students Activities will also be putting on a trip to Portland, Maine on Saturday, Mar. 31. For just $5 students can spend a day sightseeing or shopping in the beautiful city.

Students can also choose from two different overnight trips if they are looking to get away this semester. From Friday till Sunday during the second weekend of May, Student Activities is hosting a Weekend at Hershey Park.

The trip is $140 for RIC students and $165 for non-RIC students. There is a $10 discount to be one of the first 10 to buy their tickets.

For a less expensive trip, students can attend a Weekend Camping Trip, occurring the following weekend. For just $5, RIC students can spend a night in the great outdoors. As a final trip, students can experience Boston for just $1.

The popular trip takes place on Fri., May 4.

Open Mic Night occurs every first Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. in the Café.

Those with lyrical, musitcal, or entertaining abilities are invited to show off their talent.

All students are welcome to spectate everything from rappers to beatboxers.

Every second Friday of the month is BINGO Night at 8 p.m. in Student Union 307.

Prizes include Providence Performing Arts Center tickets, gift certificates to stores and resterants, t-shirts and event RIC Trip discounts. Video Game Breaks happen every third Wednesday of the month during free period in the Cafe. All are invited to play Xbox Kinect and Wii in-between classes.

For more information about all of the upcoming events, join Student Activities Facebook page.

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Because what’s the point of running without the thrill of a chase?

Looking to finally get in shape this year, but can’t find the motivation to do so? Try running for your life away from brain-cravBy Alexandra Weston ing, flesh eating Lifestyles Editor zombies. No, this isn’t an invitation to get in shape for the end of the world zombie apocalypse predicted for this December, but it’s certainly a chance to practice for it during a 5k road race and obstacle course.

The “Run for your Lives” 5k road races happening around the country are an interesting twist to traditional warrior dash obstacle courses. From Baltimore to San Diego, runners can find themselves running, jumping, swimming, and crawling away from the undead, trying to keep their health flags intact as they race to the finish.

The idea for this originated from two childhood friends, Ryan Hogan and Derrick Smith, who wanted to create an event to raise awareness of Hogan’s workout gear line Warwear. The Warwear’s mission according to the website (www.warwear.com) “Is to

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provide high quality, moisture wicking, odor and bacteria fighting, athletic apparel at an affordable cost to enhance performance and comfort.”

Hogan and Smith came up with the name “Run for your Lives” before they thought of the concept, which was inspired by the AMC show “The Walking Dead,” and so far is a hit among road races. The inaugural race, which took place in Baltimore last year, had over 10,000 participants and spectators, and from what the race video shows they were all satisfied with the experience. Among some of the comments in the video from runners after the race were, “The hills muddy, slippery, zombies out of nowhere. It was fun, though,” and, “I want to do it again!”

“Run for your lives” has a great line-up of race locations for the 2012 zombie apocalypse season. For any Rhode Island College students, interested the closest location is Amesbury, Mass. 50 miles north of Boston.

Runner registration for this race ends on April 13, so make sure to register soon and start training for the most interesting road race of your life.

Other locations and registration prices can be found on www.runforyourlives.com.

I might have got all my [health tags] ripped off, but in the end we all win.

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The long awaited show, An Evening with Gabriel Iglesias will take place on Wed., April 18 at 8 p.m. in the Roberts Auditorium. Originally scheduled to take the stage during homecoming weekend, the fluffy man is finally making his appearance at RIC. Gaining his popularity on Comedy Central, the Latin comedian is known for his specials including “Hot and Fluffy” and “I’m Not Fat…I’m Fluffy.” Tickets will be on sale at the Roberts Hall Box Office and are $15 in advance, $25 at the door.

Next month, students can attend the RIC Trip to see The Merchant of Venice by the Trinity Repertory Company on Sat., Feb. 18. The popular play is a tragic comedy by William Shakespeare, which was penned somewhere between 1596 and 1598. The show is just $5 for the first 10 students to purchase tickets; just $12 for RIC students and $20 for non-RIC students.

For $55 RIC students ($65 for non-students) can see the Boston Celtics play the Utah Jazz on Wednesday, Mar. 28. The first 10 students to purchase their tickets will receive a $10 discount.

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Student Activities has a fun-packed schedule for this spring semester filled with monthly events and trips for Rhode Island College students. With first come first serve specials, offering discounts for students who buy their tickets in advent, Student Activities events are not only fun, they are also very affordable.

Students looking to get involved in different clubs

By Katelyn Hurd Anchor Editor should attend the Student Organization Showcase on Wed., Feb. 8 during free period in the Student Union Ballroom. There they have the opportunity to meet representatives from different student organizations on campus and find out how they can become involved.

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Living and learning from the past Here we are again; the new semester is upon us. Sooner or later many of us will need to wipe away the last vestiges of the holiday break before we are forever crushed under the procrastination that has built up over the past month. What better way to start off the New Year

By Ashley St. Louis than finding the things that have T.I.L.T. troubled us in the past and casting them out like the stinky year old gym socks that they are. Yes, my avid newspaper readers, it is time we learned from the past to better ourselves for the inevitable future. The snazzy professor that will teach us the strings about understanding our past comes from a show called “Stein’s Gate.”

“Stein’s Gate” follows a self-proclaimed mad scientist who accidentally creates a microwave time machine that can send messages by phone to the past. Like any person who is faced with the endless possibilities of time travel, he undoubtedly makes some serious mistakes. As a result he ends up on the run from a mysterious company, known as Sern, that’s seeking his life and his knowledge. Our hero must quickly learn from his past mistakes to ensure that he has any type of future at all.

The New Year for many of us is seen like a new beginning, allowing us the pleasure to forget the previous year and its

many unlived aspirations and failures. But to simply forget all those because we have 11 more months until we troubles would mean that perhaps we haven’t really learned anything can start all over again. at all. Learning from our mistakes means remembering everything that has challenged us and made us grow in the first place. However, we should never live in the past either, which is something that I personally hope to accomplish this New Year.

For those of us that live in the present, the ideal is to live and to let go. Remember all those troubles but never let them weigh you down, because it seems to make walking so much more difficult. Just like our hero in “Stein’s Gate,” we must remember all of our failures so that we can correct them. If we dwell within those failures, unable to let go, we wouldn’t be able to create a future for ourselves. So, what do we do as mortals who are unable to change our mistakes through the use of time travel? Well, our only option as of right now is that we must learn from them. Mumble and groan now while you can,

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Keeping it healthy I don’t buy into the concept of resolutions.

For years I was sucked into the resolution trend and always let myself down. Like many others, weight is my issue. So when I set a resolution

By Deidre Greene year after year to lose The Simple Things weight, it wasn’t an impossible goal. But the process I turned it into was what made me fall back year after year. It wasn’t until this year that I realized the unimportance of resolutions, and that I was a hamster spinning on a wheel.

It would all start the week before New Year’s Day. Since I was 12 years old I would always go to Barnes and Noble to buy the latest diet book. It would be the diet book that promised the quickest results. That whole week would result in binging and eating every piece of unhealthy food I could because starting Jan. 1st, I would be “the new me.”

So Jan. 1 ends up being the day of new beginnings. You wake up feeling like a whole new you, ready to grasp your obstacles. Personally, I’d make out a chart; go to the gym for one hour seven days a week, stick to whatever cookie-cutter diet I was on, I planned on, being perfect and I always was so sure that would be the year of my breakthrough.

Usually the third week into the diet is when I

would slip and when I slipped, I panicked and I binged.

Then it became “I’ll just start again Monday.” I would disappoint myself again at around Wednesday and same thing, I’m going to binge the rest of the week and start again Monday.

When I look back now, I realize why Jan. 1? Why do we wait until that very day to get the gym membership or finally pick up a piece of fruit? If we know that dieting and exercise are really good for us, why put it off until the first of the New Year?

Clearly what I was doing up until now wasn’t working and that still bothers me. Why is it I can have control over so many other areas of my life but not my weight? Like many Americans, food is my choice of drug. I eat when I’m tired, when I’m stressed and when I’m bored. Over the years, it developed into a habit.

As the New Year was approaching this time around, I promised myself not to buy any diet books, even if one promises me that I can eat 12 brownies and lose five pounds in two days. Giving myself the freedom to make my own healthy food choices is scary, yet liberating. I love not having to eat salmon at every meal because some diet book tells me I have to.

Yet I know even though I didn’t make a New Year’s Resolution or am chained to a diet to help control my life, I still know I took a leap in the right direction. My wish is for you to feel and be that way as well, you deserve it.

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Looking back at a tumultuous year of protests, revolts and uprisings Dec. 17, 2010. In the North African nation of Tunisia when Mohamed Bouazizi made his way to the capitol building and set himself on fire.

Bouazizi did so because he felt the corrupt Tunisian government had taken away his right to live freely. Bouazizi’s brutal case of self-immolation was the spark that blew the powder keg of massive amounts of rebellions and uprisings from

By Kyle Grant New York to Cairo and beyond. Some protests Anchor Editor were peaceful while others warped into civil war, but millions have been liberated in a year unprecedented with protests in the name of freedom and human liberty.

In the beginning of 2011, a multitude of uprisings occurred in the Middle East that has been dubbed as the Arab Spring. After the self-immolation of Bouazizi, hundreds of thousands of Tunisians took to the streets and protested a corrupt regime that had controlled Tunisia since 1987. Within 28 days Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali stepped down, showing the power of civil protest and became an inspiration for demonstrations across the world.

After the uprising removed the autocratic regime of Ben Ali over Tunisian people, the Middle East exploded with dozens of nations rising up against totalitarianism. In many cases, the government provided concessions to make the lives of their people better. In other cases, however, the government acted adversely to demonstrations, which left to full-blown revolts. In Egypt, protests led to the removal of Hosni Mubarak, who ruled the nation with an iron fist since 1981.

Meanwhile, Libyan protests against the malevolent dictator Muammar Gadhafi turned violent as protestors were bombed and shot at by police forces. Libya plunged into civil war, but with military intervention from the United Nations the rebel lion was able to overthrow the oppressive Gadhafi regime in power since 1969.

The brutal and oppressive regimes where many of these uprisings occurred had been in power in decades. Why did the fervor not boil until 2011? Robyn Linde, Political Science professor at Rhode Island College said

that although the rebellious feeling boiled under the surface in autocratic regimes for decades, social media played a critical role in blowing this dissent into rebellion.

“Certainly the structural causes—economic stagnation, inequality, state oppression—have kept these movements percolating just under the surface of society for years,” said Linde. “The brutality and oppression of these regimes kept anger simmering in these countries. The rise of social media amplified the voices of discontent, but human action sparked these social movements.”

“Social media have been crucial to all of these movements,” Linde continued. “The first videos of protesters to get out of Tunisia were videos posted on Facebook and later downloaded onto Al-Jazeera’s website. Social media sites and tools told protestors where to go and where government soldiers were amassing and setting up roadblocks.”

While its roots may have begun in oppressed Middle East and North Africa, the waves of dissent found itself on more prosperous shores. As the spring that saw the Arab uprising blossomed, nations in Europe such as Portugal, Spain, Greece, Italy and France all amassed rallies of their own to criticize an economic collapse and a political system that no longer represented the people. Millions of Europeans from Lisbon to Athens marched in an “Indignant Citizens Movement” to let their distress known to their leaders.

In the United States, the “Occupy Wall Street” movement brought thousands to the streets from Los Angeles to New York City to protest the growing socioeconomic gap between the poor and wealthy. After skewed results in the presidential elections the Russian populous came out in the hundreds of thousands to demand free elections. Across the world, millions felt empowered to act against the powers that burdened them, and from Egypt to Wall Street to Moscow activists were linked in the common goal of liberty.

“Activists always have their eye on the tactics and strategies of other activists and other movements,” said Linde, “They learn from one another.

They gain inspiration from one another. They seek empowerment from one another.”

During waves of revolt, the liberties obtained come with devastation and tragedy. In the Middle Eastern nation of Syria, the oppressive Ba’athist government has turned to using tanks and snipers in attempts to force down protesters.

Thousands have died and thousands more have been imprisoned indefinitely.

A civil war in Libya led to the deaths of up to 40,000 people. Revolution may seem like a liberating and idealistic concept, but in truth the act of rebellion may lead to more carnage and tyranny than the entity the rebellion stood against. Freedom for nations is not straightforward after a revolution.

“In some ways, the struggle for democracy is even harder after authoritarian leaders step down because there is a tendency to fear the lack of order and freedom that emerges so quickly,” said Linde. “People demand stability and order; crime rises; different voices speak up and not all of them support democracy.”

In 2011, a wave of revolution swept the world as spontaneous as it was frenzied. Dictators who ruled with an iron fist for decades were overthrown, and governments throughout the world began to think twice about mistreating their people. The winds of rebellion were carried by the revolutionary concept of social media. Gruesome things happened during these tumultuous and uncertain times. Yet the future looks bright for those who seek liberty no matter what the cost.

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Brooklyn Pennant Ale ‘55

Enjoyed out of the bottle in a pint glass.

Pennant Ale ‘55, which commemorates

By Micahel Simeone the 1955 World brewtownusa.com Champion Brooklyn Dodgers, is English style pale ale. Brewed with Scottish floor-malted Maris Otter Malt, produced from winter barley, “is justly prized for its toasty, biscuity flavor and the round smoothness it imparts to beer,” as printed on the bottle it self. Brooklyn got one thing right, it does add smoothness to the beer, but a toasty, biscuity flavor seems to be lacking in taste. Accompanying the Scottish Maris Otter Malt are Belgian Aromatic malt, used for aroma and darker color, and British Crystal Malt from East Anglia, which adds a red color to the brew giving this beer a copper honey color.

Brooklyn uses four different types of hops in pennant Ale ’55, Hallertauer Perle, Willamette, American Fuggle and Cascade. Hallertauer Perle, a medium alpha German hop, imparts an earthy and spicy aroma to the brew and is normally used to finish off pilsners and lagers. Hallertauer Perle brings a woody aroma to the table. Willamette, an American hop produced in Oregon, adds a milder woody aroma to the beer. Finally, Cascade hops add a flowery aroma.

Brooklyn Brewery uses their house yeast in this beer, embarking it with a fruity dry taste.

Overall Pennant Ale ’55 makes for a great session beer. It’s not overlay malty, or hoppy, the fruit flavor could have a little more of a presence for my liking and the dry finish is quit refreshing.

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Central California’s Nectar Brewery hit it out of the ballpark with this one. On the first sip it is clear to see why this beer has won nine awards over a period of seven years (2002-2009), which include eight first place finishes (three straight Gold Medals at the World Beer Cup in ’02, ’04, ’06).

Nectar uses four different malts in their IPA, Premium Two Row, White Wheat Malt, Crystal 75 and Carapils. Premium Two Row, is your basic malt used in any style of beer, and allows the brew to support more specialty style malts.

White Wheat Malt is a standard wheat malt that adds cloudiness to the beer. Crystal 75, is a darker malt that adds to the beer’s color. Carapils, are added in to produce body and stability in the head by producing the unfermentable carbohydrate dextrin. These malts come together to produce an inch and half blonde head, with a cloudy copper color in the body.

The IPA also uses 4 different styles of hops, Chinook, Mt. Hood, Cascade and Centennial. Chinook is used as the bittering hop, as it has a high alpha rating. Used again in the dry hopping of the beer, gives the beer an herbal aroma. Mt. Hood used in the late kettle adds a subtle spicy aroma.

Cascade hops are added in the late kettle and again in the whirlpool, adding a flowery aroma.

Finally, Centennial is used along with Chinook in the dry hop. Centennial, which is very similar to the Cascade hop, adds a more citrus aroma to the beer. The hops blend together in a strong pine and fruit smell that invites you.

The rigorous amount of hops and strong aroma leads to you believe that this beer might be overpowering with a hop flavor, but nectar does an amazing job cutting the flavor with malts to counteract the bitterness of the hops. On the initial sip the hops come through, but don’t over power the beer to end with a smooth finish, and fruity after taste.

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Have your cake and eat it too

Part I

By Rashaa Al-Sasah Anchor Contributor

In today’s fast-paced world there is little time to think about the food you’re consuming.

A majority of food, especially those that are easily available to students, are fatty, salty, sweet and just plain unhealthy. These foods satisfy our cravings, but are not filling or good for our bodies.

Traditional dieting, however, is something that only elicits these cravings further as it forbids any indulgences. By not giving in to your cravings you leave your body unsatisfied.

Snacking, though typically viewed as not part of a healthy diet is something that might help.

As long as your calorie intake isn’t over your daily recommended amount, eating smaller meals three times a day and snacking throughout to eat a total of six times per day makes it easier for you to remain full throughout the day and boost your metabolism.

So if you’re looking to lose a little holiday weight or just eat healthier for the New Year, then alternative snacking may be just what you need.

I bet you never thought that snacking could be good for you, but when done correctly this can be true. This isn’t to say that you should eat all the cake and chips you want. Instead you should find healthy alternatives to your

usual indulgences. For instance if you typically like eating a bag of potato chips for a salty crunchy snack you should instead eat pistachios or almonds. Almonds, like potato chips have different flavors from salt and vinegar to chocolate covered. The chocolate almonds are one of my favorite snacks and since nuts are high in protein and fiber it will keep you fuller longer.

If you’re looking for a snack with a little kick Wasabi Peas might be just the thing. Wasabi Peas are sweet, spicy and crunchy, but are also high in protein and calcium and low in fats, making them an exciting addition to the usually boring “healthy snacks.”

As many people already know, popcorn is another great snack because it’s considered a whole grain and is low in calories and fat. The danger with popcorn is the toppings that are put on it. I would suggest either buying the 100 calorie pack of microwave popcorn to help control portion size, or popping it from scratch and adding alternative toppings to butter, like herbs or cheese.

As long as you make sure that you don’t eat these snacks in abundance these options are great on the go and much better for you than traditional snacks with little nutritional value. Next week I’ll have a recipe for nutritious and delicious cupcakes.

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Your answers in 30 words or less: Relationships

Dear Ari, Dear Ari, My boyfriend and I have been How do I get my man to dress the together for four months. It’s been lovely part without making him feel inferior but he moves too fast and is already thinkof his own personal identity and style? I ing of marriage etc. I, on the other hand, also don’t want to change him or mother see our relationship as a fun lighthearted him but I appreciate better clothing. one. How do I keep us from moving – Faye RIC senior

By Arielle Rogers forward but not being tied down? I Ask Ari am too young to be married.

Dear Faye, – XOXO Gossip Girl RIC Stylizing him can make him sophomore feel like he isn’t good enough for you. Instead, tell him a certain pattern or color looks really Dear XOXO, good on him, which (secretly) will help his style Honesty is the best policy. Tell him that choices. taking things slow is best for you both and the relationship. Just let things happen one day at a time.

Dear Ari, I have a great friend that’s also my “intercourse buddy.” The thing is I’m falling for her. She is amazDear Ari, ing, but I don’t think she wants anything serious, so My now fiancé and I are debating when to get how can I tell if she does or not? married. I want to do it before we graduate and -Jim, RIC junior she wants it after. When should we tie the knot?

– Aaron, RIC sophomore Dear Jiim, Talk to her!!! I can’t stress that enough. Be Dear Aaron, open and honest with her. You can’t help how I agree with your fiancé. Wait until you you feel so who knows! She may reciprocate both graduate so you don’t have added wedyour feelings. ding stress on top of educational/career stress.

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Special Question of the Week Dear Ari, My boyfriend is OBSESSED with making his penis bigger! I have tried everything to convince him that his size is perfect (which it honestly is) and that he is an amazing sexual partner and lover. I’m getting really tired of his constant complaining and it’s starting to put a strain on our relationship. Is there any other way to make him stop?

–Ivy, RIC freshman Dear Ivy, One possibility is to go to the extreme and say two little words . . . “NO SEX.” Tell him he needs to stop his obsession, build his confidence up again and love his penis as much as you do. Until he does, you physically can’t love his penis. It’s like putting him on a sex suspension. For many men, especially those in healthy emotional and sexual relationships, withholding sex can be the ultimate punishment or ultimatum.

The chances are that he will erase the mental negativity that has been placed upon his penis, whether it’s from the social hype about men and big penises or from a past relationship judging his most valued organ. Once you establish the new “law of the land,” give him some time to adjust, realize and take action on fixing his own unfortunate self-esteem problems. I suppose this just goes to show that self-esteem issues are something that both men and women deal with. Wherever our societal pressures began doesn’t matter. What matters now is how to deal with them, and stop them for the future generations, because clearly it’s affecting us (even our men) pretty badly. I wish you and your boyfriend success in breaking his negative mental ways.

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Now Playing Performing Arts Series: The Muir String Quartet Monday, Feb. 6 7:30 p.m.

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U.S. Air Force New England Winds Wednesday, Feb. 8 1 p.m.

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Art: Jeonghee Park Feb. 9-23 Bannister Gallery Free

Music: Young Men’s Choral Festival Friday, Feb. 10 7 p.m.

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Alternative hip-hop group Gym Class Heroes has reportedly been booked and is tentatively scheduled to perform at Rhode Island College this spring, The Anchor learned last week.

According to the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on behalf of the Student

By Tim Hordern A&E Staff Writer Entertainment Committee, details such as opening acts or a tentative date remain to be finalized, but it has been confirmed that the group has been reserved to perform on campus. Gym Class Heroes will be the second major act to perform on campus this semester, along with internationally renowned comedian Gabriel Iglesias, who is coming to Roberts Hall on April 18.

“I have no comment until everything is finalized,” said Travis Escobar, president of Student Community Government, Inc. “A formal announcement will be made once all of the T’s are crossed and the I’s are dotted.”

Gym Class Heroes is slated to be the first act brought to campus by the newly formed Student Entertainment Committee. SCG established the committee, which was proposed by President Escobar, at the end of last year with the goal of creating an annual end of the year event. The committee, which is chaired by Deputy Speaker David Valerio (who could not be reached for comment as of press time), was granted funding to bring Gym Class Heroes to RIC at the final meeting of the Finance Commission last semester.

Though no official details are available, the most likely location for the concert would be the auditorium in Roberts Hall, which housed last year’s T-Pain show comfortably, but there also remains a small possibility that Gym Class Heroes will be the first act to perform in the newly renovated Recreation Center, which is expected to be completed late in the spring semester.

It is expected that Student Parliament and members of the Student Entertainment Committee will make a formal announcement on the event, such as other acts, the venue, a specific date and when tickets will be sold, in the coming weeks.

Gym Class Heroes started in 1997 in Geneva, N.Y., and is made up of frontman Travie McCoy, drummer Matt McGinley, bassist Eric Roberts and guitarist Diashi Lumumba-Kasongo. A smooth blend of hip-hop and alternative rock, Gym Class Heroes had their first breakout album with “As Cruel as School Children” in 2007, featuring the tracks “Clothes off!” and “Cupids Chokehold.” Their most recent album, “The Papercut Chronicles II,” has seen great success with songs such as “Stereo Hearts.”

Gym Class Heroes will not be the only nationally recognized performer coming to the RIC campus, however. On April 18, formally postponed stand-up comedian Gabriel Iglesias will be performing in the Roberts auditorium from 8 to 10 p.m.

Originally scheduled to perform on Sept. 29 for Homecoming Weekend, Iglesias was forced to postpone due to filming the movie “Magic Mike.” Iglesias is famous for his funny storytelling, parodies and famous catchphrase, “I’m not fat, I’m fluffy!” Iglesias has starred in many comedy specials and movies, so expect one great show this April. For more information on this show, contact Student Activities at 401-456-8034. Tickets will go on sale Feb. 20.

The Student Entertainment Committee was created for the sole purpose of bringing big events to RIC, and so far the commission is well en route to being 1-for-1 by landing Gym Class Heroes. With Gabriel Iglesias entertaining Roberts Hall at the end of April and Gym Class Heroes performing at the end of the semester, it is safe to say that this semester the diverse student community of Rhode Island College will finally get the large entertainment experience it deserves.

– With additional reporting by Anchor Editor Kyle Grant.

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Music to our ears

By Joelle Jacinthe

While Rhode Island College students are returning to class, musicians are bustling in the Nazarian Center. In the midst of completing assigned readings, writing essays and preparing for exams, RIC students are granted the opportunity to find their harmony outside of the classroom and within the domains of music at the center.

During the bitterly cold month of February, Sapinsley Hall in the Nazarian Center will be holding an event entitled “Flying Winds: U.S. Air Force New England Winds,” while is slated for Wednesday, Feb. 8, this event will be presented by the Wednesday Chamber Music Series in collaboration with pianist Judith Lynn Stillman. “Flying Winds,” is free to the public, though donations are welcome.

In March, RIC students will hear a performance reminiscent of blooming springtime flowers by the RIC Symphony Orchestra and accomplished by violinist Zhongling Li. The 17th annual Samuel and Esther Chester Performance Award Concert will take place in the Auditorium in Roberts Hall on Monday, March 5. All are welcome to attend the free concert, so take a cruise down to the Auditorium to enjoy a night of music in a mellow, relaxed and peaceful environment.

The flow of music will continue in the months of Anchor Contributor

April and May with the performances by The Wind Ensemble on April 27 and The Jazz Band on May 7.

The delightful sounds of West African rhythms and European harmonies will leave one with the feeling that he or she is in the city of New Orleans witnessing the performance of a live jazz band. The Wind Ensemble will leave one with feelings of astonishment due to their diversity. These concerts will take place in Sapinsley Hall and admission for each show is $10. Come on down to witness a group of performances that can speak to one’s every mood, whether it is the blues or the desire to unwind.

The spring semester will come to a close by highlighting the success of RIC’s music department in its ability to reach, inspire, and connect to students through rhythm, melodies, symphonies and the harmonious vibes of music. With the sound of music engulfing the campus, the stress of writing essays, and cramming for exams, is sure to diminish.

Like the Ancient Greek Philosopher Plato once said, “Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.”

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RIC theatre and dance programs aim to entertain this spring

Rhode Island College’s Theatre and Dance programs will no doubt shine this semester, with an array of spectacular performances to heat up the spring.

Kicking things off is the RIC Mainstage Theatre production of Hugh Whitemore’s “Breaking the

By Kyle Grant A&E Editor Code,” directed by Michael Ducharme. “Breaking the Code” focuses on brilliant British mathematician Alan Turing. Turing broke the Nazi’s “unbreakable” Enigma Code, but had his life and legacy devastated by a homophobic British government after it was discovered he was a gay man. Decades later, “Breaking the Code” hopes to bring glory back to a radiant life that was spoiled by the ignorance of others. “Breaking the Code” will be performed in the Forman Theater from Wednesday, Feb. 15 to Sunday, Feb. 19, and general admission is $15.

From Friday, Feb. 24 to Sunday, Feb. 26, the RIC Dance Company will perform its 53rd Annual Spring Concert.

Featuring choreography from Adele Myers, Jamie Jewett, Danny Buraczeski and Colleen Cavanaugh, the dazzling Dance Company is sure to entertain audiences young and old. General admission is $15, and the show will be performed in Sapinsley Hall.

As winter thaws and the warmth of March reaches

the RIC campus, Forman Theater will come alive with the “Dance Faculty Concert,” featuring Faculty artist/choreographer Kathy Smith. Taking place on Thursday, March 22 and Friday, March 23, tickets are $15 and the concert will illustrate the work of Smith over a two-year MFA program at Goddard University.

In April, RIC Mainstage Theatre will once again take the stage, this time performing “The Drowsy Chaperone.”

Coined as “a musical within a comedy,” “A Drowsy Chaperone” is a humorous spoof of musical theatre from the 1920’s, when jazz and flappers ruled the states. Directed by Bill Wilson and choreographed by Angelica Vessella, “The Drowsy Chaperone” will be hitting the Forman Theater from Thursday, April 12 to Sunday, April 15, and tickets are $15.

On Thursday, May 3 and Friday, May 4, the exciting performing arts season will come to a close with the “Student Choreography Showcase.” This concert will have the spotlight fixed on the talented students that make up the Dance Performing Program, previewing their own work and what will make an exciting night. Tickets are $15, and will happen in the Forman Theatre.

In New England you can never really tell what exactly the weather will bring, but one thing is guaranteed; the performances from RIC’s Theater and Dance companies will be smoking hot. Don’t forget to buy tickets at the

Nazarian Center box office and break the monotony of essays and tests this semester.

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Last semester, Rhode Island College’s Performing Arts Series presented breathtaking performances in front of sold out auditoriums. In the spring, the well-received series continues with the entertainment kicking off on Monday, Feb. 6th in Sapinsley Hall with the second performance of the Muir String Quartet. This talented foursome of strings played a tremendous show in front of a packed house last seBy Kyle Grant A&E Editor mester and this performance promises to be equally exciting. One month later, pianist Frederick Chiu will take the Sapinsley stage, playing a unique style blending American, European and Asian techniques. Chiu comes to RIC on Sunday, Mar. 4th.

On Tuesday, Mar. 22, the Roberts Hall Auditorium welcomes a festive fusion of Russian and East European music and dance with the “Barynya, Russian Dance and Music Ensemble.” Featuring the stringed instrument known as the balalaika and the accordion-like garmoshka, “Barynya” should prove to be as exciting as it is eccentric. On Mon., Apr. 2, The Muir String Quartet will return to Sapinsley for its final show of the year and present the timeless music of Beethoven.

With spring in full swing, pianist Simone Dinnerstein will entertain Sapinsley Hall on Sunday, Apr. 22. Three days later on Wednesday, Apr. 25, the Performing Arts Series plans on closing out in a big way, with the performance of “Vox Lumiere: Metropolis.” A rousing story of a future imagined almost a century ago, this timeless classic fuses the contemporary with the antique in a show that promises to be exhilarating.

From music, dancing, theater and more, the Performing Arts Series will provide performing arts aficionados with the entertainment they so desperately need. For more information check out the RIC Performing Arts page on the school website, and tickets are on sale at the Nazarian Center box office.

Furthermore, The Anchor will be the campus home for all things Nazarian this semester, with previews and reviews as the spring continues.

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January 23, 2012

By Matthew Leo

Welcome back from winter break, I hope everyone enjoyed it. I wanted to welcome everyone back with a laugh, so I am reviewing the film “Get Smart.”

Max Smart (Steve Carrell) is a new agent for CONTROL, a United States spy agency.

Their long-time nemesis organization, KAOS, launches an attack on CONTROL headquarters, and puts a plan into motion. Max is teamed with Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway). The two are tasked with discovering what KAOS’ plan is and ending it.

Meanwhile Agent 23 (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) and The Chief (Alan Arkin) remain behind. They are attempting to rebuild CONTROL while trying to convince the United States government to take the threat from the “washed-up” KAOS seriously. What happens next is something you’ll have to watch to find out.

“Get Smart” is a film that pleasantly surprised me. It is an adaptation of the classic TV show beloved by many to this very day for its blend of comedy and action. Normally, I find movie adaptations of television shows to be let-downs as a general rule. Not that they are all bad mind you, there are some very good ones, but generally, I think many could be better. “Get Smart” didn’t fall into this trap. It might have been modernized but it remained a charming film, one that I think made the best that it Matt’s Movies

could out of what it had.

It is full of ridiculousness, but it manages to also be an engaging action film. It’s the same type of humor that either gets overlooked or overused in the newer films coming out. An example of this humor is how the elevator leading to the secret headquarters of CONTROL is disguised as a phone booth. This sounds normal for a spy movie, until you realize that to get to the elevator, you have to enter the “Get Smart Museum,” sneak into an “employees only” room, and get through numerous steel doors outfitted with locks and codes. Only after you have walked through the long corridor and gotten through multiple doors resembling the blast doors from many sci-fi movies do you get to the phone booth.

It is filled with quirky little gadgets like exploding dental floss, a pocket knife with a mine-crossbow in it, a Geiger Counter watch, and the shoe phone (originally from the television show “Get Smart”). Even the mundane aspects of spying are treated to the incompetence of Max and the super-seriousness of Agent 99.

I must also praise the acting of the entire cast. Alan Arkin did a particularly good job as The Chief, and he was a delight to watch.

In the end, “Get Smart” is a fun film. It has enough humor for comedy-fans and still has enough action for action-fans. I’m giving it 4 Stars out of 5, because it’s not perfect, but it is good. So until next time, enjoy the show.

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Top 10 of 2011

By Rob Lefebvre

2011 was a good year for video games. I’ve bought more games in 2011 than any other year, and many of them impressed me, but which did I love the most? It’s time for the Game Shelf’s Top ten of 2011.

Rob’s Game Shelf

10. ‘Catherine’ A man has to cope with cheating on his girlfriend with an eccentric woman….and his potentially lethal nightmares. This puzzle game has you pushing blocks to climb and reach the top, avoiding death below. These puzzles are fun and challenging, and the surprising story explores relationships. Despite a pointless moral choice system and a couple of clunky controls, this is worth checking out.

9. ‘Dead Space 2’ ‘Dead Space 2’ became one of my favorites in 2011 as Isaac Clarke is forced to fight another outbreak of Necromorphs. While not much changed from the original, the problems the first game had were fixed on top of improvements with the gameplay and story. The scares were somewhat diminished but nonetheless I had a lot of fun with it.

8. ‘inFAMOUS 2’ I wasn’t too interested in “infamous,” but I must admit the sequel “inFAMOUS 2” pleasantly surprised me.

Improved fighting aspects and an interesting story made me care for the characters. There is a lot to be had from this game as far as gameplay and story.

7. ‘Saints Row: The Third’ What’s to be said about this series that I haven’t said already? This series is just pure, mindless fun. This time the Saints are media stars, but a bank heist gone wrong leads to them getting dumped in a new city and forced to start over. I was a bit deterred when the bigger rewards such as the satellite-guided missiles or lofts were available so early and how the game never gives you a chance to earn your prizes like the others did. That aside, it’s a fun, dirty pleasure.

6. ‘Outland’ A warrior learns he’s the reincarnation of a hero who sealed away two Goddesses trying to destroy the world.

Now he must venture forth as the Goddesses are escaping.

The story was weak, but the gameplay was extraordinary as it smoothly combined combat harnessing several powers with plat forming and bullet heavy gameplay. Not to mention some spectacular boss battles.

5. ‘L.A. Noire’ I enjoyed this game despite some criticism. Cole Phelps is a detective who rising through the ranks as he solves difficult cases in 1947 Los Angeles. A throwback to the point-and-click adventure, the puzzles are smart and the story and characters were interesting. The ending was poorly executed and getting questions wrong during interrogations were frustrating, but otherwise, this is definitely worth trying.

4. ‘Deus Ex: Human Revolution’ The original “Deus Ex” was a genre-bending title that combined action with RPG elements and yet managed to keep the focus on a grand scale story that was told through the characters. While “Human Revolution” doesn’t quite live up to it, it makes great improvements to its predecessor’s gameplay while still telling an interesting story of a security guard unraveling the mystery behind an attack on his company. You could play this game fifty different ways, and each would be worth it.

3. ‘Bastion’ A world has fallen into calamity, and it’s up to a handful of strangers to rebuild it while unraveling the mystery behind its collapse. Combining game play with story-telling along with simple yet layered combat, this is one of the most replay able games I’ve ever encountered.

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2. ‘Portal 2’ Another game that combined a great story with fun and challenging puzzles. Chell returns and matches wits with the resurrected GLaDOS who literally puts her to the test, this time with a quirky robot trying to help.

“Portal 2” brings in more elements to add to using the portal gun, all with a very fun narrative to create a most satisfying experience.

1. ‘Batman: Arkham City’ I seriously cannot find fault with this game. Batman delves into the city-sized prison wardened by Dr. Hugo Strange. The combat is fluid and impactful, the stealth is intense, and the story and characters are fun. Not only is this my Game of the Year, but also one of my favorite games ever.

Local Events “Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles” Jan. 27 Providence Performing Arts $33-$63 One of the best tribute groups to the legendary British band returns to PPAC, back by popular demand. RAIN will encompass the history of the Beatles from beginning to end and has been a nationwide hit from coast to coast.

Ice skating in Downtown Providence

Jan. 23-Mar. 17 Bank of America Skating Center Free

One of the most exciting and popular winter events in Providence is back for all to enjoy. Ice skating at the Bank of America Skating Center during the winter months can be charming date for you and that special someone.

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Well winter break is over which means I have to come out of hibernation. I suppose you all want an Anime article huh? “Well yes but I know for a fact that you’ve done nothing Anime related all

By Christian DeCataldo break and just played Skyrim.”

Christian’s Anime Corner Shut up you! Though that is in fact true…whatever, I’ve seen plenty of Anime so I’ll just review an older one. Since this is the year 2012, the last year on Earth, why not review an apocalyptic Anime?

“Blue Gender” is a bit of an oldie, I can remember sneaking into the living room at night to watch it on Adultswim back when there was only one TV in the house, a TV with a knob for volume and no remote....I was poor in 2003, leave me alone. Anyways, Blue Gender takes place in the year 2030, sometime after an insect-like race of mutant creatures known as the Blue have taken over the planet.

And by taken over, I of course mean brutally ravaged

it. Seriously, these guys make the conquistadores look like girl scouts. The Blue feed on non-organic material so basically anything manmade they devour. They kill people in masse as well, but more out of hatred than hunger. As time progresses you find out that the Blue are some kind of defense mechanism the Earth itself released to get rid of humanity because well...we suck.

The few human survivors of the Blue onslaught are either in hiding scattered over the globe or in part of a militaristic space colony set on destroying the Blue.

These space-men armor up like UNSC marines and fight the Blue like any good npc would, which is with the expendability of the average penny.

This brings us to our main characters Yuji and Marlene.

Yuji is from the past and was cryogenically frozen until a cure for his boneitis could be found; he wakes up in a Blue hive in the middle of a raid by some of the Orkin men.

Marlene is an Orkin woman who saves him. I actually like Marlene, she wears the pants and is a total badass but she lacks emotion in the beginning. Which is fine, seeing as Yuji has enough emotion for the both of them. As time

progresses Marlene picks up different emotions like breadcrumbs along the road that is the plot: get Yuji safely to space to train him as a super soldier to fight the Blue in a big mech.

There’s plenty of fighting and sex throughout the story to keep the viewer interested and Yuji mans up as the story progresses while Marlene learns about “feelings.”

I won’t ruin the ending for you though it is a little Metropolis-y, but Blue Gender gets my badge of approval.

Well there you have it folks, my first column of the semester, now if you’ll excuse me I have important Skyrim-like business to attend to.

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Politicians have not always been Anchor Staff Writer neatly packaged for consumption by the media. Even now, presidential candidates struggle to master social media, and any embarrassing soundbite can be rebroadcast worldwide within a matter of minutes. Perhaps that’s what makes “The Selling of the President” by Joe McGinniss so fascinating to read. The book serves as a peek behind the scenes of Nixon’s 1968 presidential campaign.

Nixon had previously failed to be elected in 1960, and television was largely blamed for his inability to trump Kennedy.

At times the book reads like a vivid work of fiction, sharing deep personal conversations on the most minute of campaign details. Perhaps most fascinating is the amount of scheming shown going on behind the scenes, as Nixon’s team attempts to craft an image as the politician as a “warmer” candidate. Harry Treleaven, a member of Nixon’s team, consistently asserts throughout the course of the campaign that issues bore voters, insisting that is doesn’t matter what Nixon says, but how he says it. As Treleaven and the rest of Nixon’s employees work to determine the correct number of black men to allow at a live and “unstaged” rally, it becomes impossible to avoid speculating about how modern candidates are marketed. The book also contains an almost innocent nature --- Nixon’s fear of television almost appears quaint in the age of Twitter and

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Facebook. One wonders how Nixon’s team would have tackled the candidate’s discomfort in front of the camera in an age where live can no longer be staged.

The book begins to drag by the end, as McGinness begins to focus more on the stress and fear of Nixon’s team than strategy. However, this is made up for with the appendixes in the back, which contain detailed outlines of campaign commercials and methods of marketing the candidate. The research done before released commercials seems meticulous and needless --- until the public expresses backlash over minor details of the final product. Things are constantly described as being “too conservative,” “too liberal,” or “too negro.” At one point, a photo of a soldier is removed from a commercial because his helmet says Love, and there is fear it will conjure an image of the hippy movement. Later, Nixon receives a letter from the soldier’s mother, stating how excited she is that her son was in a commercial spot. At the end of the letter, it’s revealed that her last name is Love.

“The Selling of the President” is an engaging and personal look at the 1968 presidential campaign, and the molding of a “grouchy old man” into a warm public figure. The measures used to ensure his presidency jar one into examining the structure of elections now, and American politicians need to sell elections like a consumer product. In a time that values image more than intentions, the book remains current and essential.

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Coming Soon to Theaters

Records on the Rise

Tyga

“Careless World: Rise of the Last King”

Release Date: Jan. 31 The second album from Compton-based rapper Tyga is his first with the prolific Young Money label, which boasts rap titans such as Lil Wayne and Drake, both of whom appear on the album.

They are accompanied by Nicki Minaj, Pharrell, Wale, J. Cole, Busta Rhymes and more.

Friday, Jan. 27

“The Grey”

Ringo Starr

Starring: Liam Neeson, Dallas Roberts When a band of resilient oil-rig workers survive a plane crash, they find themselves trapped in the inhospitable Alaskan wilderness, battling for their lives. The survivors are forced to combat their own mortal injuries along with the trials of an unforgiving Mother Nature going to extreme lengths in order to survive and return to civilization.

“Ringo Starr 2012”

Release Date: Jan. 31 Ringo, one of two remaining Beatles, will be releasing his 17th album along with sixteen of his friends. A homage to his 1973 album “Ringo,” the nine-track album is built up on re-recordings and covers.

Tim McGraw

Rated: R (Violence, Disturbing content, Bloody images, Pervasive language)

“Emotional Traffic” The 11th album from the well-known country star is also McGraw’s last album with record company Curb Records, where he has been recording since 1993. Despite the record being completed in 2010, complications and lawsuits between Curb Records and McGraw led to the album’s release being pushed back. Despite the holdup, both singles have fared well in the U.S Country charts.

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“Man on a Ledge”

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Starring: Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks Accused of a crime he did not commit, an ex-cop now wanted by the law dangles from a ledge threatening to fall. A negotiator desperately tries to talk him down but realizes that there might be more to the situation than a simple suicide attempt.

Friday, Jan. 27, 8 p.m.

Rated: PG-13 (Violence, Brief strong language)

The Spot Underground $10

The English Beat & the Agents Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel

Friday, Jan. 27, 8 p.m. $20

Rascal Flatts

The Dunkin Donuts Center

Friday, Jan. 27, 7:30 p.m. $23-$62.75

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Eleven straight for Anchorwomen One game you are holding your opponents to 12 percent shooting, the next your opponent shoots 25 percent. One game you force 22 turnovers, the next 29. And

By Dan Charest one game you hold your Anchor Sports Writer opponent to a measly 23 points and the next game the opposition scores 44. Defense is what has separated the Rhode Island College women’s basketball team (14-2, 7-0 LEC) apart from the rest of the Little East Conference, and nearly everyone else they’ve seen so far.

“We have to give credit to our defense,” said RIC head coach Marcus Reilly. “We turn it up every night, forcing our opponents into taking low percentage shots.”

The Anchorwomen are riding an 11-game winning streak with their latest victims coming last week in a 69-23 drubbing over UMass Dartmouth (9-7, 2-5 LEC) and a 73-44 Saturday beat down of Plymouth State (2-13, 0-7 LEC).

On Saturday, versus Plymouth State, Kellie Walsh put PSU up 2-0 early before senior Stephanie Coro buried a jumper seconds later. Coro’s bucket ignited a 20-0 Anchorwomen run. Over that 6:55 span all five RIC starters contributed at least one field goal on offense and on defense forced six turnovers and pressured the Panthers into missing all seven shots they took.

Plymouth State’s Meghan Faretra hit a 3-pointer at the 11:22 mark to stop the bleeding at 20-5. RIC went on a mini-run from there, scoring the next seven points thanks to a Rachel Riley put-back lay-up, an Alexia Vega jumper and a Cynthia Gaudet three-point play to put RIC in front 27-5. The half ended with RIC leading 44-15 after senior Brittany Saccoccio found a seam in the Panther defense for

an easy lay-up.

Starting the second stanza, Plymouth State matched RIC’s intensity as both teams traded baskets for the opening six minutes. RIC began the stretch the lead even more, with the largest lead of the afternoon coming when Cynthia Gaudet scored two of her game-high 17 points on a lay-up, increasing the lead to 67-31 with 8:02 remaining. Marcus Reilly’s bench, which scored 22 points on the day, took over after that. RIC won via the 73-44 final.

“With our bench, we try to prioritize giving it a group identity. It is critical to what we do and as a group we are starting to impress,” said Reilly.

Ultimately the Panthers had no answers for the Anchorwomen’s full-court press, which was crucial in forcing 29 Panther turnovers. The Anchorwomen offense only shot 32.3 percent (30-for-93), yet points ran wild due to out-rebounding the opposition 65-44. Their 29 offensive rebounds led to 37 RIC points. In the frontcourt, RIC bullied PSU for 36 points in the paint, led by double-double machine senior, Riley (10 point, 12 rebounds) and Courtney Burns (10 points, six rebounds). Coro ended with nine points and eight assists, and Ashley O’Dell chipped in with six points.

RIC now sits atop of the Little East Conference. One team with the ability to knock the Anchorwomen off their perch is defending champion Western Connecticut (13-4, 5-2). The two powerhouse programs will square off Tuesday night in a marquee match up.

“Against Western Connecticut we just have to continue to work hard. We just need to stick to our principles, rebound, and get better as a team,” said sophomore Alexia Vega, who had six points and six boards against Plymouth State.

RIC finishes off next week with a road game at Worcester State (8-9, 2-3 MASCAC) and Saturday’s Murray Center meeting with Eastern Connecticut (6-11, 2-5).

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With junior co-captain Tahrike Carter missing, the Rhode Island College defense still kept the Plymouth State University Panthers under 50 points in an impressive 61-43 victory. The win pushes the team to 14-2 overall, 5-2 in the Little East Conference, and a perfect 9-0 at home in the Murray Center.

The Anchormen opened the game with 17-0 run. In the seven minute stretch senior Mike Akinrola and sophomore Mike Palumbo each nailed three-pointers to extend the Anchormen lead. The first Panther bucket came with 12:20 to play in the half. The Panthers ended the half by outscoring the Anchormen 23-13 but the Anchormen held on to a 34-23 lead at the half.

The second half started similar to the first with the Anchormen starting out on a quick 4-0 run. Plymouth State tried keeping it close but the Anchormen never let the lead drop below double digits as they ran away with

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the conference win.

Mike Akinrola led all scorers on the floor with 20 points. With those 20, Akinrola is just 181 points shy of joining fellow senior Mason Choice as part of the 1000 point club. Choice added 11 points and two rebounds of his own to the Anchormen’s winning effort.

Plymouth State falls to 1-6 in the LEC and continues to find any material success. Senior Brian Chergey led the Panthers with 12 points, four rebounds and three steals.

He was the only player PSU had in double figures.

“We had a bunch of guys step up for us that hadn’t played a lot for us” said RIC Head Coach Bob Walsh in an interview with 90.7 WXIN after the game. “Mike Palumbo really stepped up and contributed,” Palumbo ended up with a career high 10 points while shooting three for seven behind the three point line.

The bench was a strong point in general for the Anchormen who got great efforts from Palumbo, Randy Casey as

well as Chris Burton. “A lot of different guys stepped up today,” said Coach Walsh about the bench production.

The Anchormen continue to battle though Little East Conference play in the upcoming week with a trip to Western Connecticut for a mid-season test against DeQuan Brooks and the Colonials before returning home to host Nick Nedwick and the Warriors of Eastern Connecticut.

Anchormen Notes: The Anchormen were without junior Tahrike Carter and freshman Basheem Bennet who were both on the bench in street clothes... Also missing from action was sophomore transfer Avery King who was not in attendance… No information has become available on the reason due to the absence of the players… The win marked the second time this season the Anchormen held a team to under 50…

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Wrestling goes 2-2 at Budd Whitehill Duals Senior Mike Trasso picked up a monumental 100th victory on his way to an undefeated 4-0 weekend.

Sophomore Kevin Barrucci joined in on the fun with a unbeaten record of his own to help the Rhode Island College wrestling team pick up a pair of wins over the course of

By Michelle Sarasin the two day tournament.

Anchor Sports Writer The Anchormen jumped off to a rough start when they faced the York College Spartans and were defeated by a 29-9 final to open the weekend. Although Trasso, Barrucci, and freshman Robert Sotelo each earned decisions, RIC could not make a comeback after losing the first three bouts. The points came for the Anchormen when Trasso earned a 6-5 victory over junior Spartan Chris Gugliotti followed by a 7-4 win for Barrucci over T.J. Demetrio and a win for Sotelo over Trent Bond. Howver, the Anchormen were unable to carry that momentum throughout the contest and York had four straight victories and advanced at the tournament with a 29-9 victory over the Anchormen.

RIC would not be rattled by the loss as they rebounded just hours later with an impressive 34-9 win over the hosting Lycoming College Warriors. The Anchormen’s victories included three pins as well as four decisions and one major decision.

Junior Mike Sugermeyer and sophomores Adam Lynch and Brian Nicoll each earned a pin over their respective opponent.

After starting off 3-0 in the contest, the Anchormen garnered

seven consecutive victories with heavyweight Nicoll gaining an impressive win by pinning his Warrior opponent in the evening’s last bout. The Anchormen saw two of their own Mike Trasso and Kevin Barrucci post 2-0 wins on the day.

The Anchormen went back to work the next day as they faced off against the Messiah College Falcons and the Thiel College Tomcats. Anchormen managed to gain an early 15-3 lead winning four of the first five bouts over the Falcons.

Sophomore Shawn Giblin pinned Chris Williamson for the victory in the 141lb weight class and senior Brandon Gauthier along with teammates Trasso and Barrucci earned decisions in their respective weight classes. However, Messiah made an impressive comeback as they won five consecutive matches including three pins and two major decisions to rally with a 23-19 victory.

The day was not over as the Anchormen faced their next opponent the Thiel College Tomcats and came away with eight wins including the highlight of Mike Trasso notching his 100th career victory with a pin over Sean Byham to seal his personal triumph. Trasso bumps his career record to an outstanding 100-27. The Anchormen followed his example as they took a stronghold over the contest with seven consecutive wins to gain the overall victory by a final of 32-9. The Budd Whitehill Duals proved to be a strong performance for the Anchormen.

In upcoming action Rhode Island College will open Pilgrim League play at Johnson and Wales University on Fri., Jan. 27.

Freshman Paul Cafone

looks for a pin.

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Trasso picks up his 100th victory while going undefeated

Anchormen power play key to success as they down Bridgewater and Springfield

Returning players play huge role in Anchormen wins

The Rhode Island College hockey team returned to play in style after a long winter break notching wins over the Bridgewater State Bears and NECHA rival the Springfield College Pride. Besides adding

By Sam Allen two wins to their record, the Anchor Sports Writer team also added new players to the roster, including two returning players that earned their spots back on the team.

Junior Cody Warnock returned after being part of the championship team in 2009-2010 and sophomore Ryan Martins skated for the first time this season after dealing with an off-ice issue in the first semester.

“It’s good to be back,” said Warnock. “There are a lot of good scorers on the team and it’s nice to now be one of them.” Both players had multiple points over the weekend.

The Anchormen opened the weekend against the Bears and had a hard time getting back into the swing of things as just nine minutes into the first period; the Bears had a solid 3-0 lead. It wasn’t until 1:05 left in the first that the Anchormen would score on a not so typical power play.

The Bears were down a man after a player broke his stick and still picked it up, which resulted in an illegal use of

equipment penalty. Brett Morra got the Anchormen on the board before heading into the second period.

The Bears would once again score first but the Anchormen used another Bears’ penalty to their advantage, which proved to be a key momentum change. The Anchormen capitalized on the advantage when senior Jack Adamo notched the power play goal of a rebound from a shot from senior co-captain Mike Young.

During another Bears’ penalty, Morra got his second goal of the night with an assist from Warnock and shortly after, senior Rob Isabella got the game-tying goal, which was also his 100th point. Going into the third, the game was tied at 4 but only for 46 seconds. Warnock got his first goal of the season and his first of the game during a 5-on-3 power play. The Bears would answer back, and shortly after, so did Warnock again to give them the lead that they wouldn’t lose. Martins scored his first of the year during yet another Anchormen power play with just 59 seconds left to give the Anchormen some issuance. This made for a total of 5 power play goals. Adamo added an empty netter to make the final score 8-5.

After a snowy Saturday road trip to Springfield, the men’s hockey team brought home their 10th win in 11 games with a 4-2 victory. The game was scoreless going into the second period where Warnock would score the first goal

of the game before the Pride took a 2-1 lead to head into the last period. During the third period, the Anchormen showed off their power play again has they got three power play goals to win the game 4-2. Morra, Brad Conway, and Martins all were credited with goals. This was a big win as this is potentially a team the Anchormen could see later on during playoffs.

This weekend also has three key games. Friday they take on Tufts University at home and New Haven University on Saturday, both NECHA Conference games. They will end the weekend Sacred Heart on Sunday.

Anchormen Notes…

The Anchormen added two new players to their roster, Rick Enos and Alex Lyman… Cody Warnock returned after a year off and Ryan Martins returned after a semester off due to an off the ice issue… Freshmen TJ Jackvony also returned to the line-up after only playing in two games before a hand injury requiring surgery took him out for the rest of the semester… Rob Issabella became just the 4th player to join the 100 point club at RIC… Brian Luther is done for the season after injuring his knee during practice… Captain Greg Dicomitis left Saturday’s game with a head injury and is considered day-to-day…

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McCloskey continues to lead way for Anchormen Junior Conor McCloskey placed second with a RIC record time of 8:40.44 in the 3,000m event and sophomore Blest Norris break the school record in the 60m event with a second place finish time

By AJ Clark of 7.10 during an individual Anchor Sports Writer meet for the men’s indoor track team at the Wesleyan Invitational on Sat., Jan. 22nd.

McCloskey was also part of the Distance Medley squad that finished with a time of 10:51.26. Joining McCloskey in the event was sophomore Michael Swift and juniors Shawn Stadnick and Kevin Carey. Stadnick also placed second in the 800m event finishing with a time of 2:00.13.

Norris also competed in the 200m and placed second with a time of 23.31 and teamed up with junior Austin Pena, freshman Jarell Forbes and freshman Aleno Gomes to a 4x400m victory with a finish of 3:30.03.

Forbes also finished fourth in the 400m with a time of 51.83 and placed sixth in the high jump with a distance of 1.81m. Gomes ran in the 400m with a time of 51.72 which was good enough for third place.

The women’s track team looks to be competitive for years to come as they were led by freshmen during the Wesleyan Invitational. Freshman Kayla Cataldo tied the school’s pole vault record with a 5th place finish and a distance of 3.05m and Daria Braboy broke RIC’s 60m record by placing fourth with a time of 8.15.

Braboy also finished second in the 400m with a 59.63 time and first in the triple jump with a distance of 10.85m.

Cataldo also competed in the 600m event where she had a time of 1:49.55 and placed 11th. Both runners were also a part of the 4x400m Relay team alongside sophomore Natasha Miller and freshman Chelsea Key as they placed third with a time of 4:14.69. Miller also competed in the 200m where she placed seventh with a time of 27.89.

Freshman Kadijah Johnson finished first in the weight throw with a distance of 14.77m and placed 13th in the shot with a 9.27m throw. Sophomore Jeannette Leo had a ninth place finish in the weight throw with a distance of 11.10m The Anchormen will next compete in the Boston University Invitational on Sat. Jan. 28th and the Anchorwomen will run in the Boston University Invitational on Friday, Jan. 27th.

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Who wins Men’s Basketball against West Conn?

RIC Akinrola gets hot, drops 25

RIC Carter eliminates Brooks

RIC Going to a close one though

RIC Should be a good game

WEST CONN WCSU steals one from RIC

Will wrestling beat JWU in the Pilgrim League opener?

YES Open Pilgrim League with a win

NO

YES When in doubt pick RIC

YES

NO I suck at wrestling picks

OVER/UNDER- West Conn gets 50 points against Anchorwomen.

UNDER Too much defense on the RIC bench

UNDER RIC has held last seven teams under 50

OVER But RIC walks away with the W

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Who will be the first overall pick in the 2012 NHL All-Star draft?

ERIK KARLSSON Home town love

ROBERTO LUONGO Still won’t play Bruins though

STEVEN STAMKOS He’s leading the league in goals

DENNIS WIDEMAN Magical he even made the roster

TIM THOMAS Hopefully Chara picks first

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Highlights from the holiday break Winter doesn’t cool down RIC athletics

While most of us enjoyed a winter break filled with relaxation, exotic vacations and enjoyed fun winter activities, a group of student athletes found their holiday break cut short. Most of the

By Jack Adamo teams rendezvoused back Sports Editor in the Murray Center just after the New Year began.

All teams have since resumed their inter-collegiate competition. Here’s a quick summary of what you’ve missed: Women’s basketball Women’s basketball entered winter break with a 6-2 (2-0 LEC) record. Unexpected early losses hurt the Anchorwomen’s bids for national ranking status in the first half of the season but the team has since come out on fire. They started the New Year on the road with big wins at Stevens Tech and York College before returning home. The Anchorwomen didn’t miss a beat with dominating wins over UMass Boston, Southern Maine, Trinity College, Keene State, UMass Dartmouth and Plymouth State. The Anchorwomen remain unbeaten in conference play at 7-0, but remarkably are somehow unranked. So far it looks as if the Little East Conference champion will have to come though Providence. Beyond that, the question remains, how far will this experienced team go in the NCAA Tournament this season?

Men’s basketball The Anchormen returned to the court on New Years day with a new label to go with their 9-1 (1-1 LEC) record. D3hoops.com debuted the Anchormen in the national rankings at number 24. However head coach Bob Walsh is an avid believer that mid season rankings

don’t win conference, or national, titles and is sure to keep his troops on track down the stretch. Since the original ranking came out, the Anchormen have logged wins over Wheaton, UMass Boston, Southern, UMass Dartmouth and Plymouth State, propelling them into the top 20 teams in the country according to D3hoops. com. Their remaining schedule in littered with Little East Conference opponents but also features a Tuesday night tilt at Amherst College, the school responsible for knocking the Anchormen out in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament last season.

Wrestling Possibly the busiest team over winter break, the wrestling team has taken their talents all over the country in the past few weeks. Returning from Las Vegas just before Christmas the team was back in action in January with trips out to Springfield, Illinois and Lycoming, Pennsylvania. The Anchormen hold a 9-8 (4-1 NEWA) record after wins over North Central College (IL), Worcester Poly-Tech, Lycoming College (PA) and Thiel College (PA). They will begin their Pilgrim League schedule when they travel across town to take on Johnson and Wales University on Friday, Jan. 27.

Gymnastics Women’s gymnastics sprung into their competitive season after holding the first annual Maroon and Gold meet in December. The Anchorwomen opened the season with back to back home meets, first hosting Springfield College then hosting Division II Bridgeport.

The Anchorwomen posted a 170.350 against Springfield, their highest team result in over a year, before posting a 172.150 against Bridgeport on the teams senior night, their best result since 2009. They will see both schools again when they compete at Yale on Feb. 11.

Swimming The Anchorwomen have been hard at work splashing though their inaugural season. They faced off against Plymouth State and Bridgewater State in mid-January.

They lost to both teams but improved on the team score. They will swim against Eastern Connecticut State on February 4th before the New England Intercollegiate Swimming & Diving Association championships.

Indoor Track Despite the mild winter we have experienced so far, the Anchormen and Anchorwomen indoor track programs still find themselves confined indoors. They competed in two invitationals in early January at Southern Maine and also at Coast Guard. Conner McCloskey tied his own, and school best mark in the mile run with a time of 4:19.03. Both teams resume competition against Boston University before they head to the Alliance Championships.

ANCHORMEN SCOREBOARD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK sport

date

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Men’s Basketball

1/17 1/21

UMass Dartmouth Plymouth State

W 61-57 W 61-43

Women’s Basketball

1/17 1/21

UMass Dartmouth Plymouth State

W 62-23 W 73-44

Ice Hockey

1/20 1/21

Bridgewater State Springfield College

W 8-5 W 4-2

Gymnastics

1/22

Brown

L 169.250-187.425

Mike Trasso Senior, Wrestling Senior Mike Trasso recorded his 100th career win in the 149 lbs. weight class this weekend to cap off his undefeated weekend at the Budd Whitehills Duals. His four win weekend boasts his personal record stands at 100-27, one of the best in program history.

“Reaching the 100th career victory milestone was a very special achievement for me because it took four dedicated and challenging years. A lot of guys don’t reach this milestone in their career, which proves that all my hard work is paying off.”