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Week of October 11, 2010

Vol. 83, Issue #7

Obama administration “shines light” on community colleges

By Kameron Spaulding Editor-in-Chief

President Obama’s focus on increasing college graduation rates turned to community colleges this week. It is the first time the federal government has gotten so involved with the two-year colleges that Obama claims “aren’t just the key to the future of their students.

They’re also one of the keys to the future of our country.”

Highlighting that initiative was the first ever Community College Summit hosted by Dr. Jill Biden, Vice President Joe Biden’s wife, held this week at the White House.

“For years I have said that community colleges are one of See COLLEGE Page 8

Betting on college grades netting students easy money

By Nadine Mattson Anchor News Writer

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President Obama and Second Lady Jill Biden in the East Room of the White House on Oct. 5.

The average college student is always looking for quick, easy ways to earn money. Ultrinsic.com is a Web site where college students can bet on their grades and win money. The site promises to provide “incentives to students for academic achievement.”

All a student has to do is create an account, and supply the site with his or her school’s information. Currently, the site must be set up See BETTING Page 5

Campus Ministry offers more than just religion

By Nadine Mattson Anchor News Writer

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Campus Ministry has its door wide open on the Ground Level of Donovan Dining Center.

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Campus Ministry visitors were welcomed by the yellow Labrador, Butch, when they walked in the office door. The guide-dog-in-training will be with the organization until the end of November.

“He’s another campus minister,” said Deacon Mike Napolitano, the office’s director. “He has helped students get over their fear of dogs, and he offers a therapeutic presence.”

Junior Ratha Sen agreed

with Napolitano. “I was afraid of dogs,” she said. “Butch helped me get over that, and now I can pet him and feed him.”

Napolitano has been with Campus Ministry for 11 years.

He was previously a deacon at Our Lady of Good Counsel, a Roman Catholic church in West Warwick.

The Campus Ministry room is open for students for a variety of reasons. “We have this area open for students to help them,” Napolitano said.

“We have a prayer room. We

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also look at community service projects here.”

The office is located in the Ground Level of Donovan Dining Center, between the Unity Center and the Women’s Center. The meeting place draws about 40 people on a regular basis.

Students hail from various religious backgrounds, and the idea is not to confine anyone to a certain belief system.

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Obama administration “shines light” on community colleges Community College Summit highlights importance of funding higher education.

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OMGWTFBBQ Software for students Significantly discounted software available to college students.

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Quick films that don’t seem rushed Second annual festival showcases imaginative, humorous student films.

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Anchormen rip the roar out of the Panthers Anchormen shut out Plymouth State, 3-0.

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Betting on college grades New Web site lets students place bets on their college marks.

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Wrap It Up Sex in the dorms Tips and suggestions for getting it on in the residence halls.

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Music Spotlight Local band Fairhaven to play Lupos Local rock band begins to break onto the national scene.

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RIC cross country takes another step forawrd Men’s and women’s cross country continue to improve, earning sixth and eighth place.0

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Campus Ministry offers more than just religion Welcoming organization offers community help on matters beyond beliefs.

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Traditional vs. modern dating How social norms and technology have changed dating.

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New Politics sweep the country Danish alternative band gaining a following in the States.

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Harper leads RIC Golf over Providence College RIC narrowly defeated by Wildcats in first-ever Johnson & Wales Match Play Tournament.

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Parliament to finance Art Center campaign; textbook program to begin next semester

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To take a gap or not to take a gap Taking a year off between high school and college.

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Rob’s Game Shelf I didn’t see this coming Intriguing, creepy game charms despite graphics and gameplay flaws.

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Choiniere nets a pair in loss to Plymouth State Anchorwomen pounced by Panthers, 5-2.

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Video games soon to be welcome in class RIC adds new communication, psychology and history courses.

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Anchor Alemen Oktoberfest smorgasbord at The Abbey Four Oktoberfest and fall-inspired beers.

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LASO movie teaches courage Latin American Studnt Organization showed “In the Time of the Butterflies.”

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What every student with autism wants you to know Autism advocates partner with RIC for educational presentation on the disorder.

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Tavares running virtually unopposed for Providence mayor Highlights in the different platforms of the two leading candidates for mayor.

Ask Ari More answers in 30 words or less STIs, jungle juice, and the “AntiObama People.”

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Harper finishes second at RIC Invitational Anchormen comes in second to UMass Dartmouth with a team score of 320.

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RIC men’s basketball ranked 11th in preseason poll Anchormen rise to #11 nationally in preseason poll.

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“Death Trap” a hit with students Performing Arts Series to host aerobic, acrobatic trio.

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Michael and Michael sure had issues at Sapinsley Hall Comedy duo puts on lukewarm performance at RIC.

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RIC hockey preview The Rhode Island College Hockey Club prepares for a repeat of last season’s success.

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RIC Orchestra rocks Orchestra and quartets play magnificently, despite small audience turnout.

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Panthers have little trouble mauling Anchorwomen Losing streak continues after match against Plymouth State.

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Parliament to finance Art Center campaign; textbook program to begin next semester

By Luisa Murillo Anchor News Writer

The last Student Community Government Parliament meeting finalized and passed the Books for Community Involvement program, after debating it for weeks.

The meeting was held on Wednesday, Oct. 6 and lasted nearly three hours, but many issues were resolved.

One of the first discussion points was whether Parliament would support the Yes on 2 campaign for a statewide Referendum to renovate the Art Center and build a new science building of the University of R.I. Parliament decided to allocate $5,000, despite two oppositions. This decision was due to the fact that SCG has more money this year than ever before and the cost of mounting a publicity campaign has increased.

Later in the meeting, the Art Center was brought up again when several members urged others to take a walk through the building, and ask the art students how they feel about its condition. Some members of Parliament stressed the fact that SCG needs to do something to help the issue be resolved.

After taking care of the first motions filed, announcements

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Among other issues tackled, Parliament representatives assembled during a recess last week to take the body’s official 2010-11 photo, above. by the Executive Council were made.

Treasurer Nicholas Bernardo discussed matters of finance and keeping on budget.

This semester, SCG has already given out around $50,000 to the college’s organizations. This amount is almost $10,000 over budget. Bernardo urged the members of SCG to be more cautious in their spending.

Despite being a bit over budget, Parliament still passed the Books for Community In-

volvement program, at $15,000.

“The aim of the program is to encourage students who are not already involved in student organizations to get involved and become the leaders on campus,” said Commuter Rep. George Bissell.

Students are required to attend ten student organization meetings during a semester, and they will be rewarded for their involvement by receiving a $100 certificate to RIC’s Bookstore in advance.

The program was the Spearhead initiative of SCG President Travis Escobar. It will go into effect in the spring semester.

After discussing several more organizations, making amendments to several policies and further looking into causes to donate money to around the campus, the meeting was adjourned after a very productive evening.

SCG also discussed allocating $2,500 to the library in order to extend its hours during

the week of final exams. The issue had been a part of previous agendas, but had not been discussed because of the time spent on the Books for Community Involvement program.

The meeting marked the passage of the first major bills of the session. Parliament members, many of who attended a weekend SCG leadership retreat will return to work this Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in Parliament Chamber, Student Union 307.

Video games soon to be welcome in class

By Kyle Grant Anchor News Writer

It is that time of year again.

Choices seem boundless when it comes to choosing courses for the spring, and whether one is undecided, looking to fill in general education requirements, or taking courses toward a major, the various departments at Rhode Island College are providing a list of new classes for students to take in 2011.

One department that will

feature quite a reformation over winter break is communications. According to department Chair Eung-Jun Min, four new classes will be offered next semester. Two courses, News Writing and Advanced News Writing, were originally English courses, but were transferred to the communications department for this fall. The department is also adding a new course known as Video Game: Theory and Practice (Comm 450), along with an additional

section of Comm 358 (Interpersonal Communication).

In the psychology department, a special topics course named Behavioral Science is being offered, taught by Steven Threlkeld. In addition, three research seminars will be held over next semester, offered to any students working on NIH grants.

Another department featuring exiting new courses in the spring is the history department.

A new course is being offered in

this department called Introduction to Public History. As the title suggests, the course acts as an introduction to the department’s new concentration of public history.

“If you are passionate about history and desire to share your knowledge with others, then public history makes a wise career choice,” said Robert Cvornyek, department chair of the history department.

Public history is one of the fastest­-growing fields available

to History Majors, and is being taught by public historian Erik Christiansen.

These existing changes in the spring 2011 semester is just a sample of alternatives available to students. If you find these particular classes interesting, or are curious as to what new courses are available, you should not hesitate to talk to your advisor or department head about new courses in pring 2011.

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Diversity Week RIC’s annual celebration of culture

LASO movie teaches courage

What every student with autism wants you to know

By Rita Nerney News Editor

By Nadine Mattson Anchor News Writer

The Latin American Student Organization showed the film “In the Time of the Butterflies” (Las Mariposas), a demonstration of the courage and strength of Latin American women. The movie was shown as a part of Diversity Week events in The Adams Library Fortes Room.

About a dozen people attended the showing on Oct. 5. The Web site cited the event starting at 6:30 p.m., but it began at 6 p.m. instead.

The movie stars Marc Anthony and Salma Hayek, and portrays Latin American women as loyal to their culture. In the Dominican Republic, three Meribal sisters are murdered for their underground plot to overthrow the government.

When their bodies are found at the bottom of a cliff, the local newspaper reports their deaths as a tragic accident.

The paper fails to mention, however, the sisters’ work against General Trujillo’s dictatorship.

The main message of the movie urged students to remember that people are the same, even though they may come from diverse backgrounds.

Autism advocates and adults with autism partnered together to offer Rhode Island College a Diversity Week presentation on the disability.

Sue Constable, who works with the R.I. Technical Assistance Project, began the presentation.

“If you really knew autism,” she told the audience, “you would know that people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) need help with social interactions.”

It is not that people with autism do not want to interact with others — they do want to socialize. They just do not have the skills to initiate such encounters.

The event was held on Oct. 7, and about 60 people were in attendance. The audience was an older one, but there were a few college-age attendees.

Autism Spectrum Disorders include autism, Asperger’s syndrome and PDD-NOS. Amy Grattan, a master teacher at the Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities spoke of communication challenges related to autism.

“They won’t make eye contact with you,” she explained.

“Sometimes they’re unable to initiate a conversation. Sometimes they’re unable to come up with words to describe their feelings.”

She offered pointers to deal with these issues. Giving someone with autism a chance to respond is helpful. Also, by asking only one question at a time, an educator can avoid confusion with someone who has autism.

Some signs of autism include rocking or fidgeting and an easily frustrated person.

“Average people have developed good coping skills, but people with autism haven’t,” Grattan said. “It helps to give them a quiet space to calm themselves.”

Grattan urged the audience to learn to understand autistic behaviors. Autistic people are unaware of how their actions look to outsiders. They also have specific difficulties in the classroom. The panel of autistic adults all testified to the same educational problems: needing more time on tests and needing a quiet, separate area to work in order to focus on exams.

The panel members spoke after the general information from Constable and Grattan.

Matthew Carriuolo; who is RIC President Nancy Carriulo’s son, is a physics teacher at a private high school. He has Asperger’s syndrome, and struggled to make friends and cope with noisy, partying students while in college at Bucknell University, and then his transfer school, Brown University.

“I’m very sensitive to

noise,” he said. “When I transferred to Brown, it was difficult to make friends. Transferring is not easy for many people for that reason, but for someone with Asperger’s, it can be daunting.”

He mentioned some of the positive aspect of his disability.

“People with Asperger’s have a willingness to work hard, and an ability to notice details. In the sciences, especially, people with Asperger’s are a priceless resource.”

The positive aspects of the syndrome balance and sometimes even over power the negative effects.

Andrew Wayland also suffers from Asperger’s syndrome.

He graduated from RIC last spring with a bachelor of liberal arts. He attested to needing more time and quiet space on test while in school.

The biggest problem he had in college was with social interactions.

“My social life suffered through college because of a difficulty initiating conversations,” he said. “So my college experience was full of challenges, but it also gave me a chance to showcase my strengths, my strong work ethic.”

Andrea Robinson, an autistic student at the Community College of R.I., brought humor and vivacity to her speech. She also reiterated the need for extra time on tests and a difficulty with concentration.

“I only take three classes. If I took more than that, I’d pull out my hair,” she laughed.

People with autism feel their emotions more strongly than most people.

“I don’t always express my feelings the right way,” Robinson said. “Sometimes I channel my feelings on Facebook, which is not always the best thing to do. I should be honest and communicate in any way but Facebook.”

Robinson does well in school, and she is an active advocate for autism.

Jessica Burroughs is currently a CCRI student, but she plans to transfer to RIC and study special education. She has Asperger’s syndrome.

“When I started at CCRI, I had all the new student worries,” she said. “But I also had other worries. I was nervous that they’d test the fire alarms, and I wouldn’t be able to deal with it. My Asperger’s makes me very sensitive to noise.”

College so far has been a wonderful experience for Burroughs. The fire alarm did go off once, but with the help of those around her, she was able to withstand the noise.

She is currently balancing school and a new job, and she is happy with her organization skills and the new strides she has made.

Ideas of research locations regarding autism were listed on a handout for attendees.

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with the school’s information before a student can register.

The domain predicts that all R.I. colleges will be added to the Web site within the year.

Students can bet up to $50 during their first year, betting that they will earn an A in a specific class. If they earn the A, they win the money. If not, they forfeit the money to Ultrinsic. com. Many students on college campuses play tug-of-war with this idea, and some approve of the idea while others do not agree with the morality of the site.

“I think it’s messed up. It’s a mockery of education,” said

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Artwork on display at the L.I.F.E. Food Stories event.

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Members of the National Black Law Students Association.

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Members of L.I.F.E. display their banner along with several awards won at last year’s STORGY Awards.

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been in here,” Napolitano said.

“The issue is not pushing your ideas onto someone. It’s an issue of can we learn to get along in here?”

Napolitano is in the office during normal business hours during the week. Sometimes students will open it earlier, and stay much later than 4 p.m.

Campus Ministry has been coordinating a giving tree each holiday season for the last nine years.

“Our students set up on the Quad or travel to classrooms to gather sign-ups for presents,” Napolitano said of student involvement.

“I’ll help with the giving tree project this year,” Sen said.

“We walk around campus, asking for donations from students who want to give presents to underprivileged kids.”

The organization also organizes a number of food drives each year, “We have one coming up at Thanksgiving,” Napolitano said. “But we collect food year-round. People always have to eat.”

Sometimes they will collect toiletries as well, based on the needs of the community.

Campus Ministry also offers

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The Web site’s co-founders and CEOs argue differently.

“It’s a game of skill, not a game of chance,” said cofounder Steven Wolf. Chance does not play a factor in winning the money; the student’s performance and skill level determines if they win the money.

This is an important point since online gambling is illegal.

“Gambling has to have the element of chance. The only variable that doesn’t have to an Alternative Spring Break to Philadelphia each year. Usually about 10 students attend to work in the inner city. The organization helps the homeless, volunteers in soup kitchens and spends time in nursing homes.

The Holy Redeemers, a group of Catholic sisters in the area, provide room and board for the Rhode Island College group in Philadelphia. The cost for one student is $50 for the week.

Other expenses are paid in part by Student Community Government, Inc. funding.

Claudia Silver, a senior, has been involved in Campus Ministry for three years. Her Christian faith was a part of her before she became involved in the office.

“I help with the giving tree each year,” she said. “Each year, I try to go to Philadelphia, but something always comes up. I’ll probably try to go again this year.”

Napolitano offers minimal counsel and advice if needed.

“If somebody is having a problem, and if they can’t get into the counseling center, I can help them a little bit,” he said.

Sen attested to the help Napolitano offers students. “I talk to Deacon Mike when I’m stressed out,” she said, “and he helps me.”

Napolitano exists as an advisor to the organization, and

do with skill is how a teacher might evaluate,” said University of R.I. graduate Lloyd D. Levenson.

Other students disagree with the main principles behind the site.

Kevin Gravier, a Spanish education major, pointed out, “This site is basing its income on people’s failure by targeting the financial stress that most college students face.”

The monetary encouragement or gambling site, depending on the point of view, seems to be a way to cash-in on college failure. It may be possible to earn easy money from this site, but the fact of the matter remains: This is a business, not a charity. Proceed with caution.

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not a leader with an agenda.

“We don’t push views,” he said. “We’ve had other religious representatives come in and talk to students besides myself.”

Catholic Mass was always held on campus until recently, when it was cut due to low attendance rates.

As an organization, Campus Ministry is based on students helping other students, and it is not limited to just religious issues. Classes, programs and other college issues are all covered in the community nature of the organization.

Through student and advisor relationships, the ministry offers students one more way to

News Taveras running virtually unopposed for Providence mayor

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By Rita Nerney News Editor

Angel Taveras won the Democratic Primary on Sept.

14, and he is slated to win the general election for Providence mayor. The Republican Party is not running any candidates, and Independent Jonathan Scott is the only other contestant.

The campaign is focused on the main issues of increasing jobs, improving education, reducing government corruption and fixing Providence’s financial deficit. Both candidates promise to improve the city significantly, but there are significant differences between their viewpoints.

Taveras is the son of immigrants, and he will be the first Latino Providence mayor if he wins in November. He claims that his biggest focus in office will be “economic development – putting families to work and stimulating local business growth and prosperity.”

He will achieve this goal by “retaining existing businesses, recruiting new investment and reforming [the] city’s zoning, permitting and licensing processes.”

He also will put a strong emphasis on improving inner city education. He plans to turn Providence schools into the “highest performing urban district in Rhode Island.” Taveras will work with the Providence Children’s Initiative to improve education services from kindergarten throughout a child’s school career.

He will focus on higher achievements and lower dropout rates in order to better Providence schools. This will entail more communication between parents, teachers and administrators. To ensure student success, he says he will implement and expand the Providence Children’s Initiative, a unique school model that focuses on wrap-around

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Democratic front-runner Angel Taveras speaking to supporters on Primary Night. services, early childhood development and lifelong learning.

In line with his Democratic principles, Taveras promises to lower taxes. “I will veto any increase in the residential or commercial property tax rate that comes across my desk until we have exhausted every other option to save taxpayers money,” he said. He claims that farther reaching goals will better aid Providence’s financial state than immediate, momentary fixes.

He also hopes to make government and politicians more accessible to the public.

Online videos of city committee meetings will be more available to Providence residents. He will make politicians more accountable for their actions. He will “move to deny a city pension to any former employee or elected official who renders dishonorable service to the City of Providence,” along with various other measures.

Transit is always a significant issue in a city, and Providence is no different. Taveras plans to revive a streetcar system in the city, and he will work on a

bike path to make riding more accessible to citizens. He has environmental plans for the city, as well.

“I will work with property owners and community leaders to identify abandoned lots that could be developed into community gardens,” he said.

“I will also establish a green energy renewable revolving fund so that our small businesses can join the city in investing in green technology.”

Independent Jonathan Scott knows that Providence needs some new ideas, but his promises seek different approaches than Taveras.

He will reduce taxes for residents, and he plans to cut financial abuse in the administration. He will also make improvements to the city’s transit system, like Taveras.

When it comes to public safety and education, however, Scott offers differing views than his opponent. He plans to appoint a new chief of police if elected, one who know the streets of Providence in a more experiential way. He also will change the way the School

Committee is elected.

“Right now, it is elected by the mayor, not the people,” he said. “I will change that to make our schools accountable to the people and not the politicians in City Hall.”

His plans to make jobs more city-based differ from Taveras’ ideas. “We will institute a surcharge on city employees who live out of town which will go directly back to their own department,” he said.

Scott plans to improve the economy and jobs in the city by pushing new businesses to start. “We will also streamline the permitting process,” he said. “We will encourage entrepreneurs to establish their businesses in Providence and to hire Providence residents.”

He also recognizes that Providence will never experience economic growth unless the education system is changed. Good jobs start with good, educated workers, he believes.

When it comes to political corruption, Scott says his lack of connections will aid the city of Providence.

“As much as Taveras claims that he has no ties to anyone, he does,” Scott said. “He is close to current Mayor David Cicilline, and he has all the usual endorsements. I don’t. I don’t owe anyone anything. And if people really want change, they should be looking for a truly new mayor.”

Scott said that college students should come out to vote for all the same reasons any eligible citizen should.

“I would say that RIC students know as much about what wrong with Providence as anyone. Providence residents know about leaking school building and potholes in roads,” he said. “When taxes are high, they’re high for everyone.

When schools are bad, they’re bad for everyone.”

Both candidates offer promises of change for the city.

It is the decision of how to go about that change that lies in the hands of voting Americans. So, be sure and go out and vote on Nov. 2.

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America’s best-kept secrets.”

Biden said to open the summit, “well, with the President of the United States shining a light on us, I think that secret is out.”

The summit brought leaders in the private, public, and nonprofit fields together to find new ideas to help approve the struggling U.S. education system.

The U.S. has dropped from first to ninth in the rate of young people with college degrees, a drop Obama described as a “huge waste of potential.”

“As far as I’m concerned, America does not play for second place, and we certainly don’t play for ninth,” the president said.

The Obama administration has set the goal of once again leading the world in degree holders by 2020. In meeting that goal, the administration expects to have community colleges award another 5 million degrees and certificates in the next 10 years.

To assist community colleges in reaching this goal several new programs were unveiled at the summit.

Completion by Design, a Gates Foundation grant program, aims to dramatically improve community college graduation rates. The competitive grant program will provide

a $35 million investment over five years, the major focus of which will be community colleges in nine states serving the largest populations of low-income students (Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, New York, North Carolina, Texas and Washington).

Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Gates Foundation, expressed how important an education is in the 21st century.

She discussed how innovative community colleges have been in the past and how their program could help in the future, “If you [community colleges] can help sort through the best way to take the kids when they come to the front door of your community college and help them complete community college, we have money available to do that.”

Obama also announced the launching of Skills for America’s Future, a new initiative to create innovative strategies for improving the skills of America’s workforce. The program will look to build high-impact partnerships with industry and community colleges.

The president believes the program will be key in the development of a new, better -educated workforce. Obama said that the involvement of more businesses with the college education system will ensure that the “work in the classroom meets with the needs of the boardroom.”

The skills program was begun at the recommendation of the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board, which spent the last year surveying employers about their workforce needs and development strategies.

The summit only adds to the recent increase in focus on community colleges that began with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, which provided $2 billion to finance the Community College and Career Training initiative.

Through this program, the federal government will award $500 million to community colleges in the coming year to help increase completion of degrees, certificates and other industryrecognized credentials.

The event was not without the election-year undertones that dominate Washington.

During his remarks, Obama attempted to show the differences between the Republican and Democratic parties on the issue of education.

“That’s why I so strongly disagree with the economic plan that was released last week by the Republican leaders in Congress, which would actually cut education by 20 percent,” said Obama.

The cuts Obama is referring to come from last week’s Pledge to America, released by the Republicans. In the pledge, they claim that they will roll back spending to 2008 levels.

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Republicans answered Obama’s claims by saying that while they do intend to roll back spending overall, no cuts to specific programs have been made.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), the chairman of the pledge, said in a statement, “While the president is spending his time engaging in scare tactics, Republicans are offering America’s children a renewed opportunity for prosperity with

a plan for economic growth and concrete steps to begin reining in Washington spending.”

Obama also framed the issue as a major factor in America’s ability to compete globally.

“Think about it. China isn’t slashing education by 20 percent right now. India is not slashing education by 20 percent.”

Obama added, “We are in a fight for the future, a fight that depends on education.”

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When I came in this morning one of our secretaries handed me a copy of the October 4 Anchor opened to the article titled, “Dealing with Campus Police,” and said that our custodians had requested that I read it. The salient points of the article, as I understand them, are that a student (Travis), the author of the article, entered an assembly room in Alger Hall to study, was asked by the custodians to leave, resisted doing so and asked for a justification, engaged in a confrontation with the custodians and then security, and eventually went on his way.

I cannot really comment on the propriety of the actions of any of the parties involved, as the stories (and I have heard the other side from one of the custodians) are just hearsay to me, and I am not required to adjudicate or mediate the matter. Rather, I, like so many educators, see this as a learning opportunity. My response will be brief, as being somewhat long in tooth, thoughts evaporate rapidly, and no one listens anyway.

As I read it, according to Travis, “All I wanted was some type of reasoning or justification for why I had to leave…” I don’t know if you were offered an alternative location, if you were offered an explanation, or if an apology is owed to anybody, but in case any or all of those apply, here are some justifications you were looking for, albeit after the fact:

1) The room, as captured in the photo, is an “Assembly Room,” and dedicated to that purpose.

2) The room has some expensive electronics requiring supervision.

3) Unauthorized guests may create additional maintenance work and costs (don’t know if that one is a very big deal, but then I’m not a custodian), and maybe liability issues.

4) There are other areas of the building devoted to student study. (Student lounge, student reading room, student conference room, benches in hallways) 5) Rooms that have locks, especially areas that are not teaching or study areas, typically require permission for entrance whether locked or not, as implied by the presence of a lock.

6) A person in authority, particularly one with a badge, asked you to leave.

The last two points are particularly interesting. It is true that people sometimes forget to lock doors, or leave them open intentionally for short periods of time when perhaps they shouldn’t. I can see where that might indicate to some that the room is open to anybody for what s/he deems a legitimate purpose, but I suspect that Director Ghio’s quote, “If the room is unlocked and your purpose is to study and you want a quiet space… I would say there is nothing wrong with that,” may have been taken out of

context. For example, would you go into an unlocked faculty member’s office without permission to study? That is not as outlandish an example as it might seem, as it has happened, as has “squatting” in faculty lounges, conference rooms, and yes, assembly halls.

On the last point, a word from someone who has rounded the turn to the back nine and is heading for the clubhouse: listen to guys with guns and badges (“Badges? We don’t need no stinking badges!”

Blazing Saddles parody of Treasure of the Sierra Madre).

No we don’t live in a police state and in fact not only have the right, but have the obligation, to question authority when justified. However, as members of our social democratic republic (and I bet there’s some argument about that), our “inalienable rights” as individuals are in constant tension with our social and moral obligations.

One of those obligations is the reasonable subjugation of will and behavior to legitimate authority. When a person of authority states that something is “against the rules,” that in itself is a “justification.” Is further explanation required?

That’s a different discussion.

And while there are of course times to question authority and rules, as the cliché says, you’ve got to pick your battles.

Finally, the thought I’d like to leave you with is that we’ve gone to a great deal of effort to create and improve what is

intended to be a welcoming environment for students at RIC in general and Alger Hall in particular, consistent with the mission and strategic plans of the school and the college.

I was on the committee that contributed to the redesign of Alger Hall, and can tell you that our highest priority was to create the best learning environment we could for students, including the first all-electronic classroom building on campus, a flexible event assembly room, selfcontained labs, and spaces devoted to student study. We continue to work to improve the learning environment for our students.

Have you noticed the new systems and networking lab in Alger 104? Do you know about our new Health Care Administration Major? How about the finance lab/trading room slated to open this January? President Carriuolo even contributed a bookcase from her home as we continue to grow the student reading room.

I do not know what transpired on that winter’s day, Travis, and am distressed to hear that there was an unpleasant incident, but I can tell you that fostering and encouraging student study and learning is our raison d’etre.

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By Arielle Rogers Ask Ari

Dear Ari, I have read the Articles on STI’s and was wondering where people can go to get checked for any of these infections?

– Anonymous, RIC sophomore Dear Anonymous, In Browne Residence Hall there is a clinic where anyone can go and get checked out for any problems.

Dear Ari, I attended my first house party last Thursday and got completely wasted off of “Jungle Juice.” I don’t remember a thing and was wondering what exactly “Jungle Juice” is.

– Tori, RIC sophomore

Dear Tori, Jungle Juice contains different kinds of fruit juices such as apple and grape juice and hard liquor such as rum, gin, vodka, whiskey and tequila, just to name a few.

Dear Ari, There has been an outbreak of bed bugs around the dorms. I live in Weber Hall and need to know how to protect myself from the little critters. Help?

– Cheska, RIC junior

Dear Ari, I met this guy who always strikes up flirtatious conversation with me. Due to that I have developed a crush on him but he never forgets to bring up that he is not gay at all! Do I believe him and let him be or is he a flame I should pursue?

– Nathan, RIC junior

Dear Cheska, Keeping a clean room is key.

Also buy a bed cover that slips over and zips up, keeping all and any bugs out of your bed. Good luck!

Dear Nathan, He may be gay and is trying to hide it or he’s straight but doesn’t realize his conversing is very flirty. Don’t pursue until you know for sure.

Dear Ari, My life is boring! How do I spice things up and create an awesome social life?

– Boring, RIC senior Dear Boring, PAR-TY! It is one of the best ways to meet people and have a good time! Your social life will bloom if you keep up with the latest events and hot spots.

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Special Question of the Week Dear Ari, What is up with all of the Anti-Obama people? They seem to be all over campus and are honestly getting annoying. Have any idea?

– MM, RIC senior Dear MM, The Anti-Obama people are just grabbing attention for the American people to change the way we think as humans.

I spoke with them and got very little of what the overall protest was about. The people I talked to beat around the bush the entire time and seemed nervous and scared when someone asked serious questions. In my opinion it is a poorly put together protest with little to no effect on the people here at RIC. Yeah it stirs up a controversy with a picture of Obama with a Hitler mustache but it’s seriously not worth anybody’s time. They gave me a slip of paper with a Web site address on it, www.larouchepac.com. The Web site is just an extremist group looking for attention based on empty emotion and stories that have no real meaning or point.

These people are not even students here at RIC and are most likely paid to go out and “inform” the people of extremely biased ideas. In all honesty, if they are in your line of vision ignore them and keep on your way to your next event. It’s not worth the energy on your part to listen to such a negative and biased lecture when the real lecture you need to hear is in your classes.

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Software for students

By Andrew Massey OMGWTFBBQ

So midterms are coming and you’ve got a big presentation for your class. Your teacher wants it on Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 and if you don’t do it exactly how they want it, you’ll fail. Problem is, you don’t have Microsoft Office 2010 and you can’t afford to drop the $150 on it.

You’re left with a few options: Get OpenOffice, a freeware office program that is compatible with Microsoft, and hope it has everything your teacher wants. You can try doing the same with Google Documents, which does presentations that are compatible. You can also turn to your old friend BitTorrent (don’t lie to me, you know you have it on your computer), and illegally download the software and hope you don’t get a virus, or worse, get caught by Microsoft.

There is a fourth option however. As a student of Rhode Island College, you can go to the Campus Bookstore in the Student Union, and use your RIC ID to buy a subsidized copy of Microsoft Office 2010 for $15. For those of you who are terrible at math, that’s a 90 percent discount on Microsoft Office just for going to this college.

While that is impressive in itself, Microsoft Office 2010 isn’t the only subsidized software the college has available.

They have Microsoft 2008 for $15 (as opposed to $150 normally) for Mac users.

They also have a slew of Microsoft Operating Systems (OS) all for $15, from the new Windows 7 Ultimate to the old reliable Windows XP. They also have Vista Ultimate for you masochists. All three systems come in 32-bit or 64-bit.

64-bit is what you want if you have a computer that comes with a 64-bit processor, which most new computers have. If you don’t have one or don’t know, go with the 32-bit. Each version (with the exception of XP, which has both 32- and 64bit) comes separately so make sure you get the right one. A bit of advice for those who buy XP: even if you have a 64-bit processor, install 32-bit because XP 64-bit is horrible.

Retail prices Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate: $320 Microsoft Vista Ultimate: $150 (Amazon.com) Microsoft Windows XP: $110 (online)

Please note that both Windows 7 and Vista come with both 32-bit and 64-bit versions but you only get one key (therefore you can only install it on one computer).

Also, Vista is not for sale by Microsoft from what I could see, which is why I included the Amazon price.

You can also get Microsoft SharePoint 2007, which allows you to create a Web site where you and others can share information, collaborate on projects and more. Normally it is $65 (was more but now SharePoint 2010 is out), and the campus will charge you $30. Also, for $30 is Visual Studio 2008 and 2005. Visual Studio can be used to design applications for Windows, Web sites and more.

The Standard Edition for 2008 is around $200, depending where you get it from, and 2005 is around $100.

The Campus Bookstore’s hours are Monday – Thursday, from 8:45 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Friday from 8:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. You can only own one copy per software, (so you can’t buy Windows 7 for yourself and your parents), and you must have your RIC ID.

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Sex in the dorms

By Laura Horton Wrap It Up

Do you want to get jiggy with it with your significant other, but your annoying roommate is in the way?

Or maybe the lack of space in your room is making it difficult to get your groove on? Taking advantage of class times, your dorm furniture and interesting positions can make getting it on in your dorm one unique experience.

First of all, don’t be evil and think it’s a great idea to have sex on your roommate’s bed when they are not around.

This is disrespectful and is also not morally right. Regardless of any thrill or rush you might get (because you never know when your roommate will be back from class, work, etc.), you should be respectful and be intimate on your own bed.

If you do have a roommate and you don’t like to have sex when they are there, take advantage of their schedule and try and plan sexy time when they are out. If the heat of the moment happens when your roommate is sleeping, just respect them and try to be quiet as possible. Covering your mouth up with blankets or pillows can muffle moans and other sounds you may make during sex.

If you’re a male and you and your roommate both have female companions over and want to have a contest to see who they can make orgasm first (and everyone is comfortable with the idea), then go for it.

There’s nothing like a friendly competition.

There is also a common college term called sexiling; it’s kind of like being voted off the island (and when I say the island I really mean your dorm room). This can either be taken as good or bad – it really all depends on the nature of what the situation is. For example, if you get up to go to the bathroom

and you go back to your room and the door is locked and you hear noises similar to love making, you have been rudely sexiled. The key to a successful relationship with your roommate is communication, and if you don’t have it you obviously shouldn’t be roommates.

Let your roommate know in advance via conversation, text message or even a Facebook message that you may have someone coming over tonight and that them being in the room is a no-no. This will allow your roommate to find something to do while you and your friend are getting to know each other better. Also, notes on dry erase boards you put on your door when you moved in can be very efficient, as the whole sock on the door trick just doesn’t cut it anymore. When you are done, make sure you clean up a bit and spray some air freshener – your roommate would do the same for you.

Dorm room furniture is made to a take a pretty decent beating. Try breaking it; it’s not easy. It is something to take advantage of because in the real world, some things can lead to a broken bed, especially if you like it rough. Take advantage of the metal bed frames that your mattress lays on. This can give you leverage and is also a way for the woman to pivot her hips making g-spot stimulation

much easier for the male. If you are a male and you don’t know where the “G-Spot” actually is, don’t fret – there will be an article about that soon.

Also, some bed frames are nice for those who are into things like handcuffs. Just don’t forget where you put that key.

Other furniture that functions well for sex include chairs, walls, doors and desks. Using the furniture can enhance the usual standard sex positions which include missionary, doggie style and cowgirl. If beds are set up as bunk beds and you have the top bunk, receiving and giving oral sex can be a new experience.

Use your imagination and be creative. Don’t be afraid to try crazy positions that you may see in books or magazines that make you go “WTF?!” You never know, you could find a new position that you love and feels amazing for you and your partner.

Sex in college is supposed to be for fun and discovery. If you make up your own positions using different moves and objects around your dorm, sex can be even more interesting.

Throw a leg up on the wall and the other around your partner or use the bed frame post as a pair of handlebars.

Have fun and as always, keep it safe and wrap it up.

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Traditional vs. modern dating

By Alexandra Weston Dating for Dummies

Courtship, along with other aspects of society, has evolved into something completely different from the traditional concept behind it. In recent years, with developing technology and less defined gender roles, people no longer use it as a means of finding a longlasting relationship. Instead it has become more of a social event that has no commitment involved.

As society progresses into an era dominated by technology, so does the concept of “courtship.” Traditionally, courting a person would be done face-toface where you could tell how the other person was feeling through their body language and facial expressions. Nowadays, with the development of texting, the Internet and social media such as Facebook, courting is primarily done through some form of written text where discovering a person’s intentions is more difficult to do

because of the absence of body language.

Years ago before the Internet existed, people would approach each other in public settings like a bar or club and make conversation based on their likes, dislikes, hobbies, etc.

Online dating sites now take the edge out of meeting someone new because everything they like or dislike is listed in paragraph form on a Web site that almost anyone can access. This has become a more common occurrence these days as faceto-face contact between people is slowly dwindling.

If we go back to earlier generations, there was a time when people would only court with the intention of finding a marriage partner. This is why men used to get permission from a woman’s father before they asked them out. Now, people consider dating as a fun, social occasion with no strings attached. Whenever men ask a woman’s father permission for something, it’s to marry them, which is well beyond the courting period.

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With the constant development of technology, meeting people face to face is slowly fading. before they go out on a first date. These days when someone asks you if you want to meet their parents, it seems like it has more implications in dating than it used to. When you meet a person’s parents, it’s as if you’re taking another step towards a lasting relationship and, depending on the timing, it can scare people away.

It was also a common theme, traditionally, for men to take

the initiative when it comes to courting. It used to be the man’s job to woo a woman into liking him, but these days the roles of each gender are less defined.

In recent generations it has become increasingly common for women to take the initiative and approach men that they’re interested in with hopes of getting a date.

With the constant development of technology and the

popularity of social media giving people easy access to each other’s pictures and interests, the era of meeting people faceto-face is slowly fading along with the traditional concepts of dating. Courtship, together with the rest of society, will continue to evolve until our present ideas become “traditional” for future generations.

To take a gap, or not to take a gap?

By Nathanael Lee Anchor Contributor

What is a gap year? Is that similar to a leap year, but bigger? To many Americans, taking a year break after high school is unthinkable. On the other hand, places across the great pond (Atlantic Ocean) see gap years as a quite commonly practiced and often expected reflection period.

There are two main modes of thought on this matter. I think that taking a year off from high school allows you time to breathe, to take in all of the

ideas and opportunities out there to be had, and to reflect. Others would argue that taking a year off is lazy and gives an excuse to be unproductive. Parents may fear that their kids might decide to not continue their studies and, if that’s the case, so be it.

Isn’t it their choice, after all?

I can’t even fully express how beneficial taking a year off was for me personally. With that said, I will attempt to convey how it affected me.

After high school I had no idea what I wanted to do, where I wanted to go for school or if I even wanted to go to school

at all. I opted to take a year off, which easily was the best decision I’ve made. As luck would have it, I was fortunate to know a family that lived over in London.

I had met them and got to genuinely know them over the course of a few years at my summer job. I asked if I could stay with them for a week or so, not knowing that a week would evolve into two whole months.

Long story short, the adventures I had, people I met and places I saw have and will forever impact who I am. I matured and saw a part of the

world I never thought I’d even get a chance to see. As a result, I realized who I was and what I wanted to be.

I understand that not everyone has the good fortune (I do mean that in a literal sense as well) to afford traveling. Others know already what they want to do in life and more power to them. However, if someone does not, or are just unsure, they shouldn’t be afraid to take a break.

Even as a RIC student, one has many options such as going abroad or taking a semester to a year off. Life is about experi-

ences and finding out who one really is. A real education is discovered not in the classroom but out in the real world.

As the American novelist Louis L’Amour once said, “what a university can provide is an outline, to give the learner a direction and guidance. The rest one has to do for oneself.”

Life is far too short to be spent forever in a classroom or inside an office building, so go out there and experience the world.

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Last week, the wonderful people at The Abbey invited me down to do a tasting.

The Abbey happens to be one of my favorite places to go grab a beer.

According to The Abbey’s Web site (www.92beers.com), “an ‘Abbey’ is a Christian monastery that acted as the central government of a community centuries ago to provide direction and control. In order for these ‘Abbeys’ to survive, it needed to produce goods and services to sell to generate the necessary income to support its community. The Trappist monks that populated many Abbeys turned to the craft of cheese and beer making to produce the needed income.”

The guys over there have done a great job of capturing a new age vibe of an Abbey.

With over 92 beers, you won’t get bored with the selections, and with great food and better people, The Abbey will quickly become one of your favorite places to grab a drink in Providence.

I started the night off with a sample of Oktoberfest beers.

Beer one was Leinenkugel’s Oktoberfest. The beer has just a great copper color, which leads to a good foamy white head, and on the first sip you notice a slight hint of hops which moves to a caramel taste at the end of it. Leinenkugel uses a blend of caramel and Munich-style malts. It also is brewed with four different types of hops: Tettnage, Perle, Cluster and Hallertau, which lend themselves to give this beer an above-average Marzen taste. Overall, I give this beer a B rating.

Beer number two was Magic Hat’s Hex, and I was slightly disappointed in this beer. I’m used to getting fairly good brews from Magic Hat, like their #9 and Circus Boy. Hex just didn’t do anything for me. This beer has a nice copper color and has a thick, white head that dissipated almost instantly.

However, as good as this beer looks, it lacks everything in its taste. Overall, it’s just a very smooth taste with small hints of apple and vanilla, but nothing that breaks through and really stands out as a predominate flavor. If you like smooth beers then this one is one you want to check out. Unfortunately I’m a

Hophead, which means I love the strong flavors of hops in beer. Overall, I give this beer a C rating.

The third beer that I tried was Gansett Fest. Mike at the Abbey shared with me that the recipe for this beer was actually made by the brew master at Trinity. This beverage has a decent taste of hops throughout, and is a very complete beer all around. I think you should definitely give this beer a try, and I give this beer a B rating.

The final beer to be tastetested was Long Trails’ Harvest, and this was my favorite one of the night. It pours with a good copper color, but as it came off the tap, I didn’t get a good look at the head unfortunately.

On the first sip of this beer, you get a hint of nutmeg or brown sugar, though I wasn’t really able to but my finger on it. Mike and I went back and forth on what exactly we thought the initial taste was, but either way it’s a good one, and one that captures the essence of the harvest season. As the nutmeg taste diminishes, a slight smooth flavor of caramel comes through as an after taste.

Overall, I give this beer a B+ rating.

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I did not seek out “Bottlemania,” nor was I terribly interested in it when it fell haphazardly into my possession. If it had not been for one lazy afternoon and a brief moment of curiosity, I would never have even opened it. And, had it not been for Elizabeth Royte’s way of turning what I expected to be a thoroughly boring subject into an unexpectedly intriguing story, I may never have made it past page one.

The full title is “Bottlemania: How water went on sale and why we bought it.” It’s a bit long but the subtitle sums the whole vast scope of the book up quite nicely, and it goes far beyond just the how and the why. “Bottlemania” is a complete exploration of the social, economic, ecological and political effects and ramifications of something as simple as the concept of selling water in a disposable plastic bottle.

“The outrageous success

of bottled water, in a country where more than 89 percent of tap water meets or exceeds federal health and safety regulations, regularly wins in blind taste tests against name-brand waters, and costs 240 to 10,000 times less than bottled water, is an unparalleled social phenomenon, one of the greatest marketing coups of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries,” said an excerpt from the book.

Royte does more than just present facts, information and ideas. She takes us along with her as she gathers her research and meets the people who are behind and affected by the bottled water industry. From a pump house with Tom Brennan, Nestle Waters North America’s natural resource manager, in western Maine that feeds into the bottled water giant that is Poland Springs, a bottled water tasting picnic in New York City’s Bryant Park with fine water connoisseur Michael Mascha, to the Kansas City Water works where cleansing the Missouri river fed water supply is a pretty significant task, Royte keeps her readers by her side.

Throughout the book I felt

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that Royte kept to the true journalistic spirit. She hid nothing from us about her own biases and even allowed her own mind to be changed along the journey while still presenting us with a complete and informative picture of the industry, the issues and the histories that influenced the popularity of bottled water.

About the author: Perhaps better known for her book “Garbage Land,” an investigative look at the “sordid afterlife” of trash, Elizabeth Royte is primarily a journalist whose articles and writing have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic and The New Yorker to

name a few.

Don’t take my word for it: NY Times Sunday Book Review: “The facile answer is marketing, marketing and more marketing, but Elizabeth Royte goes much deeper into the drink, streaming trends cultural, economic, political and hydrological into an engaging investigation of an unexpectedly murky substance.” – Lisa Margonelli “Fascinating... look at the water wars: between bottled water and tap water, between big corporations and local water interests, between consumers who say they want the convenience, cleanliness and

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even status of bottled water and environmentalists who condemn bottled water as ‘the moral equivalent of driving a Hummer,’ producing tons of plastic bottles, racking up huge transportation fees and leaving behind a significant carbon footprint.” – Michiko Kakutani, New York Times “Thoroughly researched, fluid storytelling by a veteran investigative journalist. ‘Bottlemania’ is a watery ‘Fast Food Nation,’ a treatise on H2O that PR flacks would rather keep underground.” – D. Grant Black, Toronto Star “This tautly paced volume more closely resembles a travel narrative than a tree-hugging jeremiad.” – Mark Coleman, Los Angeles Times

Every month, the Anchor Book Club will provide a review of a different book. Address questions and comments about the current book, or suggestions for future books to kgaul@anchorweb.org.

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“Death Trap” a hit with students

By Jacqueline Carlson Anchor Contributor

Who says murder can’t be funny? Not Ira Levin, the author of Rhode Island College’s first main-stage play of the year, “Death Trap.” Described as a thriller in two acts, “Death Trap” is the tale of one writer’s idea for murder, and the writer’s block (among other things) that gets in his way.

It debuted Sept. 29 in the Helen Forman Theatre and was directed by Jamie Taylor.

The story involves one Sydney Bruhl (played by Alex Duckworth), a play writer who has in the past met with much success but can’t find his newest, great-

est hit, and his wife Myra (Dani Cameron). Taking place in the Bruhl’s renovated stable in Westport, Conn., Sydney plans out the perfect murder – or does he?

“Death Trap” also starred Jeffrey Church as Clifford Anderson, a young inspiring writer, Talia Triangolo as Helga Ten Dorp, the hilarious psychic from next door and Michael Martins as Porter Milgrim, Sydney’s lawyer. Together the cast has made a wonderful show which had audiences sitting on the edges of their seats.

Though chock-filled with plot twists and reversals as well as some of the most far-fetched humor which were, without a

doubt, difficult at times to communicate, the actors of “Death Trap” did a wonderful job of telling the story to the audience.

Each actor knew his part well and made each character not only believable, but funny as hell in their own quirky ways.

Triangolo especially pulled laughter from the audience every time her character Helga, the psychic neighbor who predicts all of the actual murders in the show, hit the stage. Despite the accent for her character, she was able to deliver her lines with conviction and feeling — even if her wig did look a bit phony. She is no newcomer to the stage — she was Bertha in the spring musical Pippin last

semester.

Triangolo was filled with bubbling, quirky energy which instantly captured the audience’s attention from the moment she came on stage.

Church as well delivered a compelling performance as the secret lover of Sydney and upand-coming playwright Clifford Anderson. His energy for the stage was translated through his character and directly to the audience’s eyes. Clifford’s gawky, star-struck behavior was captured extremely well, a wonderful compliment to Sydney’s (Duckworth) nonchalant, almost mischievous behavior.

The combination of all these quirky characters, as well as

Taylor’s skilled staging, helped put one confusing play on the lips of all those who saw it. As every show does, “Death Trap” had its good parts as well as its bad parts, but on the whole every person – from Taylor, to the acting crew, down to the technical crew – did a good, though in this reviewer’s opinion not a spectacular, job on the production of “Death Trap.”

The next play scheduled for Rhode Island College’s main stage theatre is “Hay Fever,” directed by Bob Colonna, which is sure to be a good one.

The production runs in the last weeks of November, so be sure to get your tickets.

Michael and Michael sure had issues in Sapinsley Hall

By Eddie Taylor A&E Editor

The Michael and Michael Have Issues tour came to Rhode Island College to help celebrate Homecoming Weekend on Friday, Oct. 1, and many students seemed to be looking forward to the well-known comedians’ stop at our humble little campus. The show turned up quite a crowd, and with tickets only $5 when bought in advance, the show made for an entertaining and cheap Friday night out.

Sapinsley Hall was nearly full of students despite the horrible weather the day of the show, and it looked like it was going to be a fun night. However, the show was met with mixed reactions, as headliners Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter put on a particularly phoned-in performance.

The show opened with a surprise performance by comic Seth Herzog, who was a big hit with the audience. Herzog

walked out on to the stage in a laid back swagger and approached the microphone. The crowd, expecting a clever oneliner to get the night going, was shocked when Herzog ripped off his track suit to reveal a Wonder Woman costume.

The comic went on for a five-minute dance performance, wearing nothing but his costume and a pair of filthy black socks.

The shock took the audience by surprise and Sapinsley Hall was filled laughter. The comedian went on with his performance while still in costume and didn’t disappoint.

He poked fun at RIC’s, “Anchormen and Anchorwomen,” and the fact RIC couldn’t strive to have a mascot further up the chain of command. However, my favorite portion of his act had to be how he enjoys the “Halloween walk of shame,” people who made horrible life choices the night before and have to roam the streets of New York City in costume while

heading home the following morning. Seth Herzog was just a fun act, and he even out-shined the headliners on that particular night, at least.

This leads me to the performance of Michael and Michael, and I just don’t know what to say. Usually, as a reviewer I try to focus on the good in a performance, but I just feel like I need to rip into these guys. If it wasn’t for the opening act this show wouldn’t be worth going to if it was free. Sure, that may seem harsh, but Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter looked like they couldn’t be any more disinterested. Showalter spent most of his time on stage going through his laptop that he left on the lectern, and Black just didn’t seem to be on top of his game.

The show had its good points though; there were times when I actually chuckled. The comedy duo spent time poking fun at Rhode Island and RIC in general. They also found a

group of performing arts majors in the front of the audience that they picked on during the show, and the show started out pretty strong with some well-made jokes.

Unfortunately, they seemed to lose steam as the night went on. Showalter seemed to spend more time on his laptop about 45 minutes into the show, which as an audience member really upset me.

Things got worse for the performers during the final 30 minutes of their set. You could tell that they had come unprepared and were improvising on stage, which didn’t work out well for them.

The end of their show was riddled with long and drawn out segments that garnered hardly any laughs, and I almost found myself heading for the door.

During an at least 10 minute discussion about ogre abortions during a made up scene of the “Shrek” films, about 20 students began filing out of

Sapinsley before the show’s conclusion. The comics just didn’t seem to care, and they just continued, even pointing out that large amounts of people where leaving. However, more audience members continued to leave, even after the comedians had changed topics.

The show was just a train wreck, and I wish I could find a more poetic way to describe it.

If it wasn’t for the opening act, I would have wished I spent the $5 going to a nightclub, but Seth Herzog helped make the fact I paid money for this show a little more bearable. Perhaps the two Michaels were just having an off night, but they just came off as if they didn’t even care.

I’d hesitate in recommending to anyone that they should see this tour live, even if it’s free. That is, unless the roles are reversed and Michael and Michael are opening for Seth Herzog. That’s another story.

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RIC Orchestra rocks again

By Charmaine Gray Anchor Contrbutor

Rhode Island College’s Chamber Orchestra put on quite a show on Oct. 3 at Sapinsley Hall. They introduced themselves with an Adagio piece by Friedrich Kuhlau, which included harp soloist, Molly McCaffrey and cello soloist Eden Piacitelli. While the two instruments conversed with each other, the orchestra murmured in the background,

pulling the song together.

The Chamber Orchestra then followed with a simple Symphony Op. 4 by Benjamin Britten, a four movement piece.

The Orchestra was quite a display of energy. The musicians motioned like an oceanic wave toward their rock, the conductor John Sumerlin, as they played.

After a brief intermission, a quartet from the Chamber Orchestra, consisting of Andrew Bedrossian and Jeffrey Richardson on violins, Linette

Charpentier on viola and Christopher Perkins on cello, played a piece. The four were exemplary in their rendition of “Death and the Maiden,” by Franz Schubert.

Lastly, the Pernambuco String Quartet, named after a wood that only grows in Brazil, was phenomenal with the melodies of Franz Joseph Haydn.

The first violinist, Wendy Rios, lead the quartet in a frenzy of bow weaving rhythm. Rios’ instrument was the “voice”

for all four of the pieces, but particularly for Menuetto, the third movement. While the other instruments played the undertones of the music, the first violin weaved a certain melody throughout the movements.

What would have made the show a complete success is an audience. Although the musicians played more than well, they had little to no one to share their success with.

Classical music has too small

of a fan base, despite its long survival. The problem with the genre is its lack of diversity within classical music, leaving little insight to outsiders. Aside from the small audience, the Chamber Orchestra and the Pernambuco String Quartet did an outstanding job displaying their talent and skill. Hopefully, they will gain a larger audience in the future.

Quick films that don’t seem rushed

By Eddie Taylor A&E Editor

The Ocean State Film Society hosted its second annual 48-Hour Film Festival on Sept. 29 in Horace Mann Hall, and the great turn out and high-quality student-made films made this festival definitely worth attending.

Members of the Film Society were challenged to create and submit a short film to the organization within 48 hours.

Six student films were shown the night of the festival, but only “Prince’s Princess” and “The Last Guidette,” were submitted by the deadline to qualify for the awards given out at the end of the show. The teams of filmmakers were asked to make use of a certain prop, which added some funny content when some of the props came out of left field.

“Prince’s Princes” was one of the films that qualified for the awards at the end of the show, and was also the first film up for the night. The short was a mock reality show that involved various princes such as Prince Charming, Prince of Darkness and characters such as Lugi from “Super Mario Bros.”

The short was a bit hard to follow, but I have the feeling that was the intention. There were some great scenes that made the audience laugh. The

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Members of the Ocean State Film Society participate in the 48-Hour Film Festival on Sept. 29. group made good use of their prop, which was fake moustaches, with even the female members of the cast donning the outrageous facial hair at times. The short took home several awards including the prize for Best Use of Prop.

The second film up for the night was “The Last Guidette,” which was the second film that qualified for the awards from being submitted on time. This “Jersey Shore” parody was a crowd hit and it did a great job at poking fun at the hit MTV series.

The film revolves around Snookie, who leaves an open bottle of fake tan spray out that begins to leak. The resulting smoke cloud kills everyone

except for Snookie. The short got a lot of laughs and is one of more clever “Jersey Shore” parodies I’ve seen. The short took home several awards that the cast and crew definitely deserved.

The rest of the night was filled with great shorts that sadly hadn’t been submitted in time for the 48 hour deadline, but I’m glad The Ocean State Film Society still chose to show them since there was some great content here.

“Shit’s Bananas” was one of the standout shorts which revolved around a girl sent back to 1985. The film was shot on campus, and it was interesting seeing people walking around in ‘80s garb on the Quad. The

girl’s only hope to be sent back to be the present was to befriend a quirky girl who always wore a banana suit. The students jamming out to a boom box in the background of every scene made me laugh. It was a goofy short that I really enjoyed.

“Extreme Delivery” was probably my favorite of the night. The short followed a boy and his trusty duck puppet while they were sent to fetch coffee for the boy’s boss.

Not understanding his boss’ request the boy thinks he’s been sent on a special mission that sends the boy trying to stealthily move through a town. The short was out there which is what made it great, and the actor did a great job staying serious dur-

ing the funnier scenes. Plus, the duck puppet was just brilliant and almost had me cracking up.

There was a lot of great content at the second annual Ocean State Film Society 48Hour Film Festival, and I have to say there wasn’t one film that I would consider to be bad, although a few were a bit hard to follow. The show was free and there were even snacks that had been donated.

The crowd enjoyed themselves and it was a great way to spend a Wednesday night.

We definitely have a lot of talented filmmakers here on campus, and next time the organization hosts an event you should make the time to check it out or even get involved.

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Local band Fairhaven to play Lupo’s

By Eddie Taylor Music Spotlight

There’s a lot of great local talent around the Northeast, and it’s great to see when local rockers finally seem to be getting ready to step out into the national scene. That’s exactly what well-known band Fairhaven seems to heading towards, with their music receiving nearly constant airplay on major radio stations across the Northeast.

Fairhaven will be headlining Lupo’s Heart Break Hotel this Friday, Oct. 15 for their Fall Home-Show, and its shaping up to be a show you can’t miss.

According to Lupo’s official Web site, tickets are only $12 and the show also includes performances by Kingston 530, All These Elements and an acoustic performance by Monty Are I. Fairhaven’s sound can be best be described as a superb

blending of soothing instruments and calming but powerful vocals that definitely catch your attention when played. The band’s great instrumentals, including some the best use of piano work I’ve heard quite some time, makes this band an easy listen.

With top notch vocal work and well written lyrics their songs stand out from most of what is coming out of the local and even national scenes.

The band’s songs also each have a different feel and there isn’t one song that I’ve heard that sounded like any other in their catalogue. They are “a band whose talent matches the moneymakers that are tucked away in our respective iTunes playlists,” said the Music Director at WBRU, and I’d definitely have to say that I agree.

The fact these guys are still a local band is actually something that bothers me, because their debut album “Origins” is full of great singles that I wished I discovered sooner. Actually I had never heard of this band before

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their headlining show at Lupo’s, and the time I spent checking these guys out made me a fan.

They have the talent to make it big, and I feel it’s only a matter of time before these guys are selling out venues across the country.

Fairhaven is just a hands down, great band. Even if you haven’t heard of them, you

probably have heard one of their singles on stations such as WBRU. I had heard their single “Worth It All” countless times on the radio, and when I learned they were a local band I was shocked.

Their live performances have been described as show you can’t miss, and I’ll definitely make sure I don’t miss my

chance to see Fairhaven live. So be sure to check out their show on Friday, Oct. 15 at Lupo’s Heart Break Hotel. Tickets are only $12 for a great night of bands, with the doors opening at 7 p.m. while the show starts at 8 p.m. Also be sure to check out Fairhaven’s debut album “Origins” on iTunes.

New politics sweep the country

By Tim Hordern Anchor Staff Writer

Have you ever just done something for the pure hell of doing it? Have you ever just said, “Screw it,” and moved hundreds of miles from home to sign a recording label? Well for a new band that hails from Copenhagen, Denmark, this is exactly what happened. New Politics, a new band that broke down a musical door in early 2009 in Denmark is currently touring in the States and are quickly developing a rather large fan base.

It all started when two solo musical artists, David Boyd (lead vocals) and Soren Hansen (guitar, lead vocals, and keyboard), wrote music together for their own albums respectably. Suddenly realizing

that they may have a potential band by working together, they sent two musical pieces into a local rock stations event called, “Karriere Kanonen,” or, “Career Cannon.”

After surprisingly being picked as one of forty-two bands to be in the next round, the two realized that they were not prepared and needed a third member. Within three weeks they recruited a drummer, Poul Amaliel, who also lends his voice to backup vocals. The next round was their first live performance and within only a few weeks of being together.

Amazingly New Politics was one of four bands to win, but too much disappointment, the event did nothing to further their career. After playing in a major Denmark Music Festival where they played so intensely

they bloodied themselves up, Record labels came pouring in. Though Denmark was not where they wanted to be rooted.

They shot a music video of their debut song “Yeah, Yeah, Yeah,” which quickly gained fame and gave them a big break. After signing with RCA, the trio moved to Brooklyn, New York to begin a tour here in the States.

New Politics only has one album since they are such a recent band. It is the selftitled “New Politics,” and is in stores now. Some of the more recognizable singles off of the album are “Yeah, Yeah, Yeah” and “Dignity.” The sound has been described almost as a ‘90s throwback band. I personally say they sound like high energy alternative electro-punk rock.

You may say to yourself that sounds downright confusing,

but one listen to their album and I guarantee you’ll be hooked. If you happen to see that they will be in a town near you, I highly suggest you check them out.

The shows are definitely what make this band.

The first time I saw New Politics was when they opened for AFI at the Bank of RI Skate Center in Downtown Providence earlier this summer. David Boyd, the singer, was once a professional break dancer. Yes, you are reading this right a break-dancer. He brings his training into the band’s live performances and was all over the stage doing headstands, windmills and even doing a back flip off of AFI’s drummer platform. Then again he had a lot of room to do so.

When they came back to do a show in Club Hell, which

they headlined, it was twice as intense. The singer resorted to doing flips off the walls to make up for the venue’s smaller stage space. Despite Club Hell’s small space, I enjoyed this show more than when I saw them previously, and each time the crowd was completely in love with them.

The band’s members are friendly, and after a show you can find them talking to fans, signing various things and just shooting the breeze. I suggest that the next time you find yourself with a few spare minutes, take the time to check out New Politics. It will be worth your time and energy. These guys just seem to get better the more I listen to them. Besides you’re reading this article, so you must have time anyways.

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I didn’t see this coming

By Robert Lefebvre Rob’s Game Shelf

E v e r y now and then I like to try out obscure games. Those games that you’ve never heard of and when you come across them they look really weird but you get the feeling they might be good. Whenever I come across a game like that, I usually go for it.

This was the case when I heard about a game called “Deadly Premonition.” The game was released in February 2010 for the Xbox 360 and the PS3. It was developed by Access Games and published by Ignition Entertainment.

The game tells the story of FBI Agent Francis York Morgan who has come to the small town of Greendale, Wash. to investigate a murder. The victim is high-school student Anna Graham, who is found strung up in a very provocative way in a tree.

As Agent York investigates, he believes the murder may be related to a string of murders he has been following. The more he interacts with the town’s citizens, the more the creepy past of the town emerges.

The story actually becomes very deep and intriguing, and it really keeps you guessing as to what will happen next. The only problem I have with it is that it takes a lot from “Twin Peaks.” If you liked the show then you’ll like what’s going on here. However, there’s a difference between inspiration and out-right stealing, the latter of which this game tends to do.

It even gets to the point where Agent York sees visions in his coffee. You’re Dale Cooper, we get it.

The gameplay is really where the biggest problem of this game comes in. It’s an over-the shoulder shooter reminiscent of “Resident Evil 4” and “Resident Evil 5.” You cannot

move when shooting and you can only dodge enemies when prompted. There’s an auto-aim feature but it doesn’t work effectively enough to use. You might as well free aim.

There are also quick time events during some battles, and I mean quick. If you don’t hit the button the very instant the prompt appears, it’s game over. Also, some of the button prompts are pretty weird.

On more than one occasion, I was holding the controller at a strange angle.

Going around town can actually be pretty fun. Throughout the story Agent York talks to an imaginary friend named Zach, who appears to be a player, and he engages in banter on pop culture and other topics.

When you are not taking part in the story arcs, you can talk to and interact with the citizens of the town. You can take part in many side quests that include solving puzzles, finding lost items or other such activities.

There are many great rewards to be had, although some of them seem quite generous at times.

You can gain powerful weapons with unlimited ammo early on. There’s also one early side quest that can nearly double the amount of how many items you can hold.

Throughout the game, you must also monitor things such as your health, energy, tiredness, cleanliness and even your hunger. While they can seem silly for a game like this, they are actually not hard to manage.

If you don’t keep an eye on them they can affect your progress. If you don’t keep clean, no one will want to talk to you, therefore the story will not progress and you cannot take part in side quests. If you don’t sleep, your health will slowly deplete, and the case is the same if you don’t eat.

There’s a map you can access as well when navigating through town, but it’s completely useless. It does not let you see a lot of the perimeter around you and it rotates along with whatever direction you’re facing. You have to constantly readjust it to see where you are.

The music is actually pretty

nice, but there are only a few tracks so it gets pretty repetitive. Also, some tracks play at the weirdest times. For example, sometimes a quirky jazz tune will play during a serious conversation about the murder.

The graphics aren’t exactly up to par either. This game looks like something from the Dreamcast era. Everything is pretty featureless. And when it comes to character’s facial expressions, they just end up looking like terrible Jack-o-lanterns.

But for all its faults, there is a certain charm with this game.

Some of the gameplay flaws feel like they were done on purpose, as if the developers were trying to mess with the player.

The frustration of the gameplay weakens over time.

While the game doesn’t have any genuine scares, it does manage to exude a creepy tone at times. The enemies you encounter are unique to say the least, and the town of Greenvale is still an interesting place to explore. It gives the game a “Silent Hill” meets “World of Warcraft” feel.

And not to give too much away, but there is a supernatural explanation for the events, and it was kind of disappointing for me. With all of the crazy things happening, and with the way it appears it’s just in York’s imagination, it would have been interesting to see how everything would be logically explained.

But I have to say I enjoyed “Deadly Premonition.” It really took a different approach as to how a good game can be made.

What makes this game even more interesting is that fresh off the shelf it’s only $20, and there’s at least 40 hours of game to be had here. So even if you’re unsure about it, it’s worth the gamble.

“Deadly Premonition” is one of those odd duck games that are surprisingly good. It’s easy to judge it as “so bad, it’s good” but that’s really not how I feel. If you were a fan of “Twin Peaks” then it’s definitely worth a try. Don’t let the messages in your coffee tell you otherwise.

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RIC hockey preview

By George Bissell Sports Editor

Last season, the Rhode Island College Hockey Club won the regular season title for the South Division of the Northeast Collegiate Hockey Association’s Colonial Conference with a record of 11-0-1.

The Anchormen proceeded to defeat Springfield College

and Daniel Webster College in back-to-back contests to capture the 2009-2010 NECHA Colonial Conference Championship title.

NECHA is a northeastern U.S. regional intercollegiate ice hockey league. All NECHA members are Division II affiliates of the American Collegiate Hockey Association. The ACHA is the largest governing

body of National intercollegiate ice hockey in the United States.

The Anchormen will kick off the 2010-2011 regular season on Friday, Oct. 15 at Roger Williams University. The home opener for RIC will be the following night on Saturday, Oct. 16 against the University of New Haven at Dennis Lynch Arena in Pawtucket.

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2009-2010 RIC Hockey Club after a championship game.

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Panthers have little trouble mauling Anchorwomen

By Jack Adamo Anchor Sports Writer

The RIC women’s tennis team’s struggles continued as they dropped another Little East Conference match at Plymouth State University on Saturday, Oct. 9. The Anchorwomen traveled north with the hope of winning their first match of the season, but were forced to endure another long day on

the court as the Panthers dominated doubles play and then proceeded to sweep singles to take all possible points and end the match with convincing 9-0 victory.

RIC sank to 0-12 and 0-6 in LEC play, while Plymouth State improved to 6-3 overall and 4-2 in the LEC. In the highlight match of the day, Plymouth State sophomore Rachel Figure defeated RIC

sophomore Shannon Bilodeau in a third set tie-break at third singles. Bilodeau took the first set 6-3. Figure answered with a 6-1 win in the second set and then battled her way to a 7-6 (10-8) win in the third set.

Rhode Island native Sarah Burke led Plymouth at first singles with a win over RIC junior Gabriela Batek 6-3, 6-4. Burke then teamed up with freshman Molly Heartfield to down Batek

and sophomore Doris Belanger at first doubles 8-2.

Second singles found Belanger facing off against PSU junior Laura Donovan. After a stronghold in the first set, Donovan broke though winning the set 6-4, and went on to take the second 6-1. Donovan worked with Jane Duggan to out play RIC’s freshmen duo of Kayla Morris and Kassandra Lima by a score of 8-2 in doubles play.

Morris went on to drop point at forth singles 6-3, 6-0 while Lima fell 6-4, 6-2 at the last singles spot.

Both teams returned to action on Monday, Oct. 11. The Anchorwomen hosted LEC opponent UMass Boston, while Plymouth State traveled to Bridgewater State.

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Anchormen rip the roar out of the Panthers

By George Bissell Sports Editor

The Rhode Island College men’s soccer team scored three first half goals and played shutout defense the remainder of the game to defeat Plymouth State University, 3-0, in Little East Conference play on Saturday ,Oct. 9.

For the fifth consecutive year, the Anchormen shut out the Panthers. The victory over PSU also marks the eighth straight contest in which the Anchormen have held the opponent to one goal or fewer, going 7-1 over that span. With the victory, the Anchormen improve to 8-3 overall and 3-1 in Little East play, while the Panthers fall to 3-7-1 and 0-4, respectively. The Anchormen now stand just one point behind Keene State for first place in the Little East Conference.

The Anchormen capitalized on a pair of Panther miscues in the 12th minute to score the game’s first goal. Opportunity arose after a Plymouth foul gave RIC junior midfielder

Hector Espildora Fortuno a free kick just outside the box.

After Espildora Fortuno fired a shot on goal, a Plymouth State defender deflected the ball into the left side of the goal to put RIC up, 1-0.

In the 20th minute, RIC junior forward Mike Patriarca dribbled up to the right end line, closely guarded by PSU’s sophomore defender Joakim Martinsson. Patriarca made a great individual effort to create just enough space to drop back and deliver a perfect pass to his teammate, senior midfielder Louis Tavares. After receiving the dish from Patriarca, Tavares buried a top shelf shot into the back of the net, to increase the Anchormen’s advantage to 2-0.

Patriarca rounded out the scoring in the 37th minute with a long range strike that beat PSU sophomore keeper Bjorn Ohlsson. RIC sophomore defender Tucker Shepard earned an assist for his direct throw-in to Patriarca on the play.

Before the match, a moment of silence was held throughout the RIC Soccer Field in honor

of Shepard’s late father William, who passed earlier in the week after a long illness.

Ohlsson, who fell to 1-6-1 on the season, registered four saves while allowing two goals.

RIC junior keeper Nic Clark improved to 8-2 on the season, making two saves en route to his fifth shutout of the year.

RIC hosted a non-conference opponent Salem State on Tuesday, Oct. 12.

Box Score Plymouth State 0 Rhode Island College 3 11:58 RIC Own Goal (unassisted) 19:27 RIC Louis Tavares (2) Mike Patriarca 36:28 RIC Mike Patriarca (4) Tucker Shepard

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LEC Defender of the Week Tucker Shepard

RIC cross country takes another step forward

By Ethan James Anchor Sports Writer

The Rhode Island College men’s cross country team has been getting progressively better throughout the season, and continued that trend on Oct. 9. at the James Early Invitational hosted by Westfield State University. The Anchormen finished sixth out of 26 teams after finishing ninth at their previous meet, the Pop Cromwell Invitational.

The Anchormen finished with a total of 258 points, while Vassar College, which won the event, had a combined total of 75 points. RIC senior Mike Macedo again led the charge once again for the Anchormen, finishing 12th out of a total of 288 other competitors with a time of 26:34.

RIC got outstanding efforts

from a number of younger runners including sophomore Connor McCloskey who turned in a great performance, finishing in a total time of 27:30, which led him to a 30th place finish. Freshman standout Cameron Richer also has been improving as the season has progressed, finishing 55th in the James Early Invitational after a 64th finish at the Pop Crowell Invitational.

Also finishing in the top third of the field was sophomore Shawn Stadnick with a time of 28:38, leading him to a 72nd finish. Sophomores Conor Breagy (165th) and Austin Pena (132nd) finished next with times of 29:49 and 30:31 respectively.

Next for the Anchormen was freshman Tom DiCristofaro who finished 180th with a completed time of 30:55. Wrapping up the team’s finishers was

freshman Ian McCord (234th) with a time of 33:19.

The Anchormen have been making great strides this season, finishing better in each meet as the season has progressed.

As senior Mike Macedo suggested earlier in the season, the practices would help them improve throughout the season, and it has paid off with the team finishing in the top 10 in each of the last two weeks.

The RIC women’s cross country team has also been making strides this season right alongside the men’s team, improving in all four of their meets so far this season. The Anchorwomen finished with 262 points, which resulted in an eighth place finish out of 31 team field at the James Early Invitational. Vassar College, which took the win for the men’s division, completed

the clean sweep, claiming the women’s division title as well with a total of 28 points. Vassar College had three runners place inside the top four in the race.

RIC senior Katie Desrosiers led the way for the Anchorwomen, placing 25th out of 311 runners in the tournament with a time of 19:56. Desrosiers has finished in the top 25 in each of the last two races and has proven to be one the most important assets to the team so far.

The Anchormen also had great performances from three of their runners who finished within the top 60 for this meet.

Freshman Chelsea Marshall has finished in the top 50 in the last two weeks. This week, she placed 54th with a time of 20:48. Finishing only two spots lower was junior Brittany Richer with a time of 20:38. Richer has improved tremendously

throughout the season, finishing in the top 110 for the first two meets, but since has finished no worse than 56th.

Also finishing in the 60 was Senior Brooke Iby (60th), with a time of 20:48. Seniors Jamie Nunes (107th) and Kaitlin Geagan (121st) finished next for the Anchorwomen with times of 21:42 and 21:57 respectively. Junior Justyna Barlow (218th) finished in 24:19, and junior Kayleigh Smith (222nd) finished shortly after in a completed 24:45 to wrap up the Anchorwomen’s performance in the meet.

Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams will be back in action at Eastern Connecticut State University on Saturday, Oct. 16.

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Choiniere nets a pair in loss to Plymouth State

By George Bissell Sports Editor

By Philip Brodeur Anchor Contributor

The Rhode Island College men’s golf team set out to Cranston Country Club with the goal of winning the firstever Johnson & Wales Match Play Tournament on Oct. 3.

Unfortunately for the Anchormen, the Wildcats earned a narrow 3-2 victory, over RIC’s starting five in match play format.

On the plus side RIC earned a pair of victories from senior Derek Jensen and sophomore Kyle Harper on day one of the tournament. Jensen, who played from the No. 3 spot, won two up over JWU’s Joe Connor, while Harper won three up with two holes left over JWU’s Tim Wolak.

Match play is much different than stroke play in golf.

Here is a simple breakdown, if a player records a better score than their opponent on a hole, then they receive a point, and vice versa. In the event of a tie on a hole, neither player receives a point. By winning two up, Jensen won by two points while Connor scored none.

Harper won by one point with a final of three points, to Wolak’s two points.

On the second day of the JWU Match Play Tournament on Oct. 4, the Anchormen found themselves playing 36 holes of golf in a tri-match against UMass Dartmouth and Providence College.

UMass Dartmouth was able to gut out a narrow win over RIC, winning the first match of the day 3-2. In the second round between RIC and PC the Anchormen were finally able to etch out a victory in the tournament defeating the Friars 3-2.

The two winners against UMass Dartmouth were Kyle Harper again and freshman Corey Hayes, playing from the No. 4 spot. Harper and Hayes

were both able to go one up against their opponents in the morning round. The winners in the second round of the day included Jensen (who recorded his second win of the tournament), senior captain Bryan Picinisco and Harper, who was unbeaten in all three of his matches in the tournament. Jensen pulled out his win four and three, Picinisco went two up on his opponent and Kyle Harper was able to win his third match with a score of one up.

RIC head coach Greg Gammell complimented his squad’s level of endurance on Monday, considering how difficult it is to play 36 holes of golf and remain at the top of your game.

Although Gammell would like to see his group improve on a couple of things, namely course management and their ability to play in tough weather conditions, he was proud of the team’s tenacity and how hard they fought all the way until the end.

As for coach Gammell, he expects RIC to “come out firing on all cylinders” the rest of the way as they set their sights on

a GNAC Championship later this season. The Anchormen finished second in the RIC Invitational played at Triggs Memorial Golf Course on Oct. 8.

UMass Dartmouth vs.

Rhode Island College, 3-2 Nick Jagoe (UMD) def.

Bryan Picinisco (RIC), 3&2 Kyle Harper (RIC) def.

Scott Woodacre (UMD), 4&2 Brandon Oldham (UMD) def. Derek Jensen (RIC), 1UP Corey Hayes (RIC) def.

Matt Munden (UMD), 1 UP George Gillmore (UMD) def.

Joseph Fioramonti (RIC), 6&5

Johnson & Wales vs. Rhode Island College, 3-2

Rhode Island College vs.

Providence, 3-2

Steve LeDonne (JWU) def.

Bryan Picinisco (RIC), 5&4

Matt Everson (PC) def.

Corey Hayes (RIC), 4&3

Kyle Harper (RIC) def. Joe Connor (JWU), 3&2

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Derek Jensen (RIC) def Tim Wolak (JWU), 2UP

Derek Jensen (RIC) Rich Deist (PC), 4&3

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Matt Ross (JWU) def.

Corey Hayes (RIC), 3&2

Bryan Picinisco (RIC) James Shaw (PC) 2 UP

def.

Mike Bubolo (JWU) def.

Joseph Fioramonti (RIC), 2UP

Kevin Crawford (PC) def.

Joseph Fiormonti (RIC), 6&5

Rhode Island College junior forward Ashley Choiniere scored two goals, but Plymouth State freshman Sam Laliberte’s three unanswered second half goals snapped a 2-2 halftime deadlock and helped defeat the RIC women’s soccer team, 5-2, on Sunday, Oct. 10.

Laliberte scored the first goal of the game to give the Panthers an early lead and added three second-half scores to help the Panthers solidify their first Little East Conference victory of the season. Laliberte has scored six goals in her last two outings and a team-leading eight on the season. Plymouth State improved to 5-7 overall, 1-3 LEC. RIC dropped to 6-5 overall, 1-3 LEC with the loss. After starting the season 5-0, the Anchorwomen have dropped five of the last six contests.

Choiniere scored two markers five minutes apart late in the first half, which gave the Anchorwomen a brief lead at 2-1. PSU senior forward Rebecca Wilson scored her third marker of the season, unassisted in the 42nd minute to tie the contest at two apiece heading into halftime.

Laliberte tallied her second of the game and the eventual game-winner just 1:24 into the second half, with the assist credited to freshman Molly Todd. The Panthers pulled away when Laliberte added two additional second

Box Score Plymouth State 5 Rhode Island College 2 32:53 PSU Sam Laliberte (5) Laura Davis 36:06 RIC Ashley Choiniere (6) Alexis Smith 41:07 RIC Ashley Choiniere (7) (unassisted) 41:28 PSU Rebecca Wilson (3) (unassisted) 46:24 PSU Sam Laliberte (6) Molly Todd 78:59 PSU Sam Laliberte (7) Cassie Graham 80:28 PSU Sam Laliberte (8) Sarah Pandiscio half goals. The first on a nice through-ball from freshman Cassie Graham with 11 minutes remaining, and the second on a corner kick taken by junior Sarah Pandiscio.

PSU junior Angelina LaBroad made four saves to record the victory in net. RIC senior Maddie Pirri finished with nine saves but allowed five goals and took the loss.

In upcoming action, the Anchorwomen will host Framingham State on Wednesday, Oct. 13.

Kyle Harper (RIC) def. MiPierard (PC), 1 UP

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Freshamn Hannah Peterson clears the ball.

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RIC Invitational Final Results

Bison Invitation Final Results

1. UMass Dartmouth 312 +24 2. Rhode Island College 320 +32 3. Nichols College 325 +37 4. Anna Maria College 326 +38 5. Worcester State Col. 332 +44 6. Johnson & Wales 332 +44 7. Suffolk University 353 +65 8. Rhode Island College 355 +67 9. Emmanuel College 366 +78 10. Wentworth 371 +83

1. Holy Cross, Coll. of 308 +20; Worcester State Col. 308 +20 3. Endicott College 315 +27 4. UMass Dartmouth 317 +29 5. Johnson & Wales 324 +36 6. Providence College 325 +37 7. Nichols College 327 +39; Western New England 327 +39 9. Anna Maria College 328 +40; Rhode Island College 328 +40 11. Tufts University 330 +42 12. Wentworth 345 +57 13. Suffolk University 358 +70

medalist in the history of the event after winning the Bison Invitational last year as a junior.

RIC sophomore Kyle Garcia and senior Bryan Picinisco each shot 82 (+10) to tie for 28th.

Sophomore Kyle Harper tied for 38th with an 84 (+12), while senior Steve Zahn placed 265

with a score of 103 (+31) in his first event of the season.

RIC will compete in the Mitchell Invitational on Wednesday, Oct. 13. This will be the Anchormen’s final tune up before the NEIGA Championships which begin on Monday, Oct. 18.

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Sophomore Kyle Garcia tied for 28th at the Bison Invitational.

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freshman Corey Hayes tied for 43rd (94) to round out the Anchormen.

RIC finished out the week-

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The Anchormen will return 10 players, who all played significant minutes, while only losing one starter from last season’s squad, senior Jake Grimes. Senior All-LEC guard Antone Gray and junior AllLEC forward Mason Choice will lead the Anchormen when they travel to the Ryan Center in North Kingston to face off with Division I URI in preseason ac-

end with a tie for ninth place in the Eighth Annual Bison Invitational hosted by Nichols College on Sunday, Oct. 10.

The Anchormen, competing in their fourth match of the week, were led by Jensen, who shot 80 (+8) to tie for 21st overall out of a field of 265 golfers.

tion on Wednesday, Nov. 3. RIC opens up the regular season in the Murray Center against Becker on Monday, Nov. 15.

DIII News is published by GSR Communications, and has been the leading publication covering Division III men’s basketball since 1993. The Preseason Preview issue includes the Top 25 preseason poll, previews for every conference and selects an All-American team.

More information can be found at www.smallcollegehoops. com.

Holy Cross and Worcester State captured the team title with a score of 308. RIC finished with a score of 328.

WSU senior Bob Bruso and Crusaders’ senior Tim McGovern were named co-medalists, each posting a one-over 73.

Bruso becomes the first repeat

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RIC Anchormen celebrate their Little East Conference win.

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Harper finishes second at RIC Invitational

By George Bissell Sports Editor

UMass Dartmouth junior Nick Jagoe fired a 74 (+2) to not only take home medalist honors, but lead the Corsairs to an eight-stroke victory at the Rhode Island College Fall Men’s Golf Invitational played at Triggs Memorial Golf Course on Oct. 8.

The Corsairs finished in first place with a combined team score of 312 (+24). The Anchormen, who were playing on their home course just a stone’s throw from campus, finished at 320 (+32). Nichols was 13 strokes off the pace, finishing at 325 (+37) to round out the top three.

Anna Maria (326), Worcester State and Johnson & Wales (332), Suffolk (353), RIC’s JV squad (355), Emmanuel (366) and Wentworth (371) comprised the 10-team field.

RIC sophomore Kyle Harper, who finished in second place was one shot off of Jagoe’s pace shooting a 75. Nichols sophomore Nicholas Deni posted 76, while UMD sophomore Matt Connolly and NC senior Daniel Cafasso each shot 77, to round out the top five.

RIC senior Derek Jensen finished tied for sixth (79), sophomore Kyle Garcia tied for 13th (82), senior captain Bryan Picinisco tied for 18th (84) and Courtesy of News and PR/Gene St. Pierre

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RIC men’s basketball ranked 11th in preseason poll

By George Bissell Sports Editor

The Rhode Island College men’s basketball team is ranked No. 11 in the nation in DIII News Top 25 preseason poll, as announced in the publications’ special Preseason Preview issue.

“It’s very cool to be recognized as a nationally-ranked program,” RIC sixth year head coach Bob Walsh said in a press release. “It says a lot about the talent and dedication of everyone involved with Rhode Island College basketball. But, ultimately, it’s not significant once the ball goes up – it is our performance on the court that counts.”

RIC is coming off a 22-8 season, including a 12-2 Little East Conference record. The Anchormen captured the LEC regular season championship for the fourth time in six years last season. After winning the LEC tournament, RIC advanced to the Sweet 16 of the Division III NCAA Tournament.

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DIII News Preseason Top-25 Poll 1.Wisconsin-Stevens Point 2. Illinois-Wesleyan 3. Eastern Mennonite 4. Carthage 5. Williams 6. Randolph-Macon 7. Franklin & Marshall 8. Wooster 9. St. Thomas 10. Washington University 11. Rhode Island College 12. St. Mary’s (Md.) 13. Guilford 14. Hope 15. Whitworth 16. St. Norbert 17. Texas-Dallas 18. MIT 19. SUNYIT 20. John Carroll 21. Plattsburgh State 22. Anderson 23. SUNY Purchase 24. Middlebury 25. Merchant Marine Others to watch: Wisconsin-Whitewater, Richard Stockton, Brandeis, Albertus Magnus, St. John Fisher, Cabrini, Maryville (Tenn.), Birmingham Southern, Albright, Occidental, DePauw, Claremont, DeSales, Chapman, Medaille.

RIC sophomore Kyle Harper shot 75 and was one shot behind medalist Nick Jagoe.

The Anchor launches Anchor Sports Report Broader coverage is here!

By Renee Hawley Campus Sports Desk

Attention all Rhode Island College Varsity, Club and Intramural sports teams and leagues: here’s your chance to gain the visibility you desire, the coverage you deserve and the fan network you dream of.

Your participation is vital!

The Anchor has teamed up with CampusSportsDesk, a national sports software and service company, to create the Anchor Sports Report (ASR), a sports network designed to further enhance the newspaper’s coverage of all sports on campus.

The school’s first online college social networking Web site for sports is a new outlet for submitting game results, news, announcements, listings, photos and videos. Varsity, Club and Intramural sports teams and leagues are encouraged to participate free of charge, with

many of the postings finding their way into the print edition of The Anchor.

Beginning on Oct. 12, The Anchor will have a designated page for the Anchor Sports Report – both online and in its print edition. Look for the first edition to print on Oct. 19!

“It’s very difficult for college newspapers to cover Varsity, Club and Intramural sports adequately because they are just too big to get your arms around,” said Anchor Editorin-Chief Kameron Spaulding.

“But so many students are involved in those sports that we can’t ignore them.”

Each sports team will have dedicated Web pages that will include results, schedules, photos and articles. With each team having a secure password, team pages can be updated at any time from any place that has Internet access.

CampusSportsDesk support staff will also provide informa-

tion on how participation in the Anchor Sports Report can provide a financial benefit to those leagues and teams. A portion of all online advertising sales and online sponsorships will be redistributed to those participating teams.

ASR is not just for sports leagues, teams and participants.

Fans are also a big part of the equation. Become a fan of your favorite teams to receive all the latest up-to-date game action!

Access the Anchor Sports Report at http://anchorsportsreport.ri.oursportscommunity. com to check it out and get involved.

If you have any questions regarding how to post your stories and photos, please contact either Anchor Sports Editor George Bissell at sports@anchorweb.org or ASR Sports Marketing Manager Renee Hawley at rhawley@ campussportsdesk.com or 262656-6323.