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Pedestrian problems Moving RIC series yields An ongoing series by The Anchor on transportation at RIC. This week, Part V takes a look at pedestrian safety issues on campus. Next week, Part VI will analyze the effectiveness of the still-new shuttle system. niChoLAs J. LiMA AnChor sTAFF With parking tensions eased last week due to power outages affecting multiple campus buildings, students still had to contend with a problem that exists regardless of how many cars there are on campus: the danger of walking from Point A to Point B. While there are numerous close calls every semester, pedestrians rarely actually get struck by vehicles at RIC. In fact, on average, only about one person has been hit per year, according to Campus Police Chief Fred Ghio.

And of those that have been struck and taken to the hospital, Ghio said, most typically are dealt minor injuries after only being clipped by vehicles, not struck head on, due in part to a campus-wide speed limit of 20 mph.

The most pressing area of concern for pedestrians at RIC is College Road, crossed by 1,187 residents often multiple times through-

M ving RIC out the day en route to their classes, oncampus work and Donovan Dining Center.

While the college has taken steps to improve safety in the area – including chains in front of Sweet Hall to discourage crossings where no crosswalks exist, the addition of the large striped pedestrian zone, and the strategic placement of safety cones in the center of the roadway to slow down traffic – sometimes students, themselves, generate hazards, either failing to pay attention when crossing the busy street or glancing down at their cell phones while ignoring on-coming traffic.

Solar glare is sometimes an issue for drivers, as well, as is the narrow road itself – with no breakdown lane, a pedestrian stepping off the curb finds his or herself immediately in the path of oncoming vehicles.

Don Tencher, assistant vice president for administration, said the college is taking a multi-faceted approach to the pedestrian problems with College Road, exploring both short- and long-term options. In the near future, RIC may see the current yellow flashing lights – which include a stop light button that goes underutilized – replaced by LED lights, an illuminated

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immediate progress niChoLAs J. LiMA AnChor sTAFF Before Part III of The Anchor’s Moving RIC series even went to the printing press, the Rhode Island College administration was already actively seeking answers to inquires made as a result of our reporting.

Following an interview with college administrators for our Sept. 23 Moving RIC feature, “Part III: Fate of student concerns lies with faculty committee,” Don Tencher, assistant vice president for administration, took action to correct several issues in parking Lot H and elsewhere on campus.

“I immediately investigated some of the things you brought to our attention,” Tencher said in an email to The Anchor.

Our Sept. 30 story on Lot H, “Moving RIC Part IV: Hay is for… parking lots?” noted students’ concerns about a hay-like substance piled in a student parking area. According to Tencher, the pile – which he later clarified was actually a type of mulch intended for Henry Barnard School’s playground – was removed by facilities and operations staff within 48

hours of its arrival.

Meanwhile, only yards away, a marked handicapped parking space left over from a previous use of nearby buildings was being used to store snow plow equipment. Tencher said the equipment has been moved, “and all the signs have been taken down” to denote that the spaces, which had previously been relocated, no longer serve that purpose.

The back row of H-Lot, including the former handicapped spaces, is used to park some of the college’s fleet of work vehicles and trucks due to it being a well-lit and easily monitored area.

A significant part of The Anchor’s Moving RIC series has included a study and count of all parking spaces on campus, in which we noticed – and reported to the administration – that long-expired employee presidential award winner assigned spaces were still present throughout campus.

Tencher said that at least one of the expired signs marking these spaces, located in N-Lot next to Horace Mann, has been removed, and he noted that he is checking on the remainder to see if they are still active.

RIC goes dark ELishA ALDriCh AnChor sTAFF This past week, Rhode Island College students, faculty, and administration were literally left in the dark. After a surprise power outage took down over half the campus, including all of Gaige and almost the entire library, administrators worked to figure out what had happened. Students, on the other hand, were upset by the disruption.

According to Assistant Vice President Don Tencher, crews worked through the night since early Tuesday morning to restore power to campus. The main repairs were completed late Saturday evening, just before midnight.

“Basically at 12:30 on Tuesday morning we experienced a major power outage.

Originally two residence halls were in a complete blackout.”

After the initial blackout, RIC staff worked to figure out what the problem was. According to Tencher, the problem could have been anywhere. Administrators hired workers to

look at fuses, switches, and other electrical devices in order find a source of the problem.

Eventually, it was found that the issue was in the ground, so workers had to go from manhole to manhole in order to test the system.

On Tuesday, they found the first problem in the line, which was between the Clarke Science building and the tennis courts.

Tencher claimed that they had resolved the issue, which was old wiring, but when they tried to turn it on, another line had blown between Clarke Science and the electrical crib, where the campus’s electricity is based.

From Tuesday night into Wednesday, RIC administrators hired another company that works specifically with high voltage electricity lines to officially diagnose the problem. The company that they had originally hired was not working on the schedule they needed.

“We weren’t making the progress we were expecting,” Tencher claimed.

The new expectation was to bring power back by Wednesday night, but due to the issues in the second line, they decided to bring

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Despite promises of power all wekk, Gaige Hall stayed dark. in an entirely new wire from Boston. Tencher said that the wire was brought down from Boston on Thursday, and that workers were spending the day installing it. The cost of the new wire, along with other repairs and fees, remains undisclosed.

During the wire installation, adminis-

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trators also made the decision to temporarily attach the broken line to another active line, in order to restore some power to Gaige, CraigLee, Murray, and half of the library.

This took effect at

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Mat Johnson comes to Alger Hall “PYM” author navigates murky waters of racism Ty Dugan Managing Editor Like any event where an author comes to a college campus, the school praised the author pretty hard before he arose to read and answer questions from curious listeners. For once, I felt the praise was more than worthy and Dr. Anita Duneer’s words of gratitude could not have been more accurately expressed. Mat Johnson’s “PYM,” which a solid portion of Rhode Island College english classes are reading this semester as part of Open Books - Open Minds, is one of the most interesting books I have read in my college career, bar-none. On Wednesday, Oct. 9, Johnson came to Alger Hall here at Rhode Island College for a brief reading and Q & A. Johnson was able to tap into the comedy and satire of racial structures, both internal and external expectations of these racial structures, and then systematically (in one of the most creative ways imaginable) breaks them down.

The characters are right out of a classic Michael Crichton or pulp sci-fi novel, each with their unique expertise that is somehow attached to a unique personality trait. The reasons for picking this novel for 2013’s Open Books - Open Minds reading are both apparent and limitless. Johnson’s charm and wit from his writing is matched by his personality, he is the authenticated real deal.

After his humorous reading of the first chapter, Professor Jalalzai opened the floor to students and teachers who had shown up and shown interest. Johnson apologized for students who may have felt forced for reading the book in class. “I remember hating books I was assigned to read.” He described starting the novel and how the process took eight years. Admitting to trying to originally write a 19th century adventure novel about “ice-honkies,” Johnson remarked “19th century novel doesn’t really work for a contemporary audience.” He reworked the novel so many times, pulling from his inspirations as a young reader such as Edgar Allan Poe. “I did one draft of it in 2003… then I did another draft of it two years later, and every two years I did another draft.” Johnson made mention to the difficulty of writing a book that revolves around Poe’s widely criticized and only novel “Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket.” With

a humble smile he confesses to finding the book “increasingly bizarre.”

It’s interesting when Johnson discusses how he came to the premise of his book but even more intriguing as he openly admits the source inspiration for his novel is found to be a near intolerable read. “I’m going to have this book that in order to read it, and get the most out of it, you have to read this other book that’s virtually unreadable [insert laughter] and the guy himself who wrote it refers to it as, quote, ‘a very silly book,’ That seems like a complete failure, commercially.” But somehow, Johnson made it work and his publishers found a way to market what is arguably one of the most creative speculative fiction books in the last five or so years.

One student inquired about the author’s reliance on comedy. “I’m bored ... so I tend to use humor to entertain myself.” It can be boring to be a writer, he insists, but the comedy comes naturally. He then emphasizes the importance of writing yourself, your voice and not for anyone else, even pointing out that his original manuscripts did not feel like they worked because they were not funny. “The key is to figure out who you are [as a writer] and to get out of the way of yourself.”

Being Mat Johnson is an already established and well-praised graphic novelist, The Anchor asked what his thoughts were on the collegiate term “speculative fiction” versus “science fiction.” Johnson’s response was an expected answer from a literary scholar blended with a comic book geek. “I like speculative. Speculative is a great word, right? Speculative.

I think speculative is used right now to differentiate between the genre fantasy and literary fantasy. So if it’s more literary, it goes the way of speculative fiction. … on the other side of it the kind of blockbuster and Dracula-y stuff, and that’s just creative fantasy.”

Johnson’s appearance was well received but unfortunately far shorter than this avid fan would have liked.

To read the book “PYM,” you can visit the Rhode Island College campus store and purchase the book or find it just about anywhere else that books are sold. Open Books - Open Minds is run

by Professors Anita Duneer and Zubeda Jalalzai and feature a new book every school year.

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Mat Johnson speaks about the inspiration for “PYM.”

around 2:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Although the academic buildings were declared open after being connected to the second line, many students were still upset about the outage. At 4 pm on Thursday afternoon, classes reopened in Gaige, but one anthropology student was annoyed with the fact that power still seemed to be out, even though she had an exam that class period.

“The anthropology department head and Don Tencher came in with our teacher so they could find another room. When they did, the lights turned on but they flickered so my professor just cancelled the exam.”

Ashley Goldberg, the Parliament Representative for Browne Hall, also voiced her frustrations with the outage.

“There are a lot more people in the dorms because there’s no classes,” she said.

“There’s an obnoxious hum from the entire dorm area because of the generators.”

Goldberg also mentioned that her heater had been acting strange, and that she and her suitemates have had to keep their windows shut because of it. The heat went down completely on Thursday night and stayed off Friday throughout the day. They also lost internet for a few hours on Wednesday, and again most of

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the day on Friday.

According to three Willard residents, there was no power for about 3 or 4 hours on Tuesday. Amanda Lemon and Kaisey Croft both complained about the noise that students were making due to the blackout.

“Generators are crazy loud and the internet has been weird. It’s just strange,” Croft said. “As soon as the lights went out [our suite mates] were just screaming. It was 2 am and people had already gone to bed. Do we really have to scream and yell?”

Christopher Ames, another Willard resident, had to miss several of his classes in Gaige because there was no power. Now he’s worried about catching up on all the missed work.

“The thing I’m most worried about is that I’m in a psych class and it’s already rushed as it is, and now we’re a week behind. We’re going to have to make up several hours of work in time we don’t have.”

On Saturday evening, the residence halls, Horace Mann, and Craig-Lee were turned back onto full grid power, so students did not have to deal with the noisy generators anymore. Throughout Sunday, the Student Union, Donovan, the library, and Clarke Science remained on generators. Everything should be back on by the time classes resume on Tuesday after the Columbus Day weekend.

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Diversity week at RIC rEBECCA ALLEn nEWs EDiTor This week diversity came to the Rhode Island College campus.

The Unity Center’s mission is “ to promote the accessibility of educational services and the opportunity for excellence to all students through collaborative programming among its student affiliates, faculty, staff and the wider community. The Center further seeks to enhance cultural awareness by providing a safe forum for exploring issues pertaining to diversity, equity and inclusion and to assist students in becoming informed, productive citizens of the world.”

Diversity week featured open classes, panels, an Interfaith forum, films and dishes served in the dining center, each hoping to bring a little bit of diversity to campus.

11 open classes were held in all, ranging from history to film studies to sociology classes.

On Monday, Associate Professor Khalil Saucier taught students about the “social dynamics of selected minority groups are examined from historical and contemporary perspectives” in his Minority Group Relations class. Topics of racial and ethnic

identity and discrimination weave their way through the class. Tuesday had Associate Professor Valerie Endress talking with her students about “the differences and similarities of the communicative patterns and behaviors of women and men are studied.” Wednesday, Professor Elizabeth Rowell in her Diversity Viewed Through Cross-Cultural Lenses class, showed the Iranian film “The Colour of Paradise.” The film is about a widower named Hashem who is trying to marry his son who is blind off to a prosperous family. Wrapping up on Thursday was Methods of Film Analysis. The students and guests were treated to the documentary “Aaron Briggs and the HMS Gaspee.” RIC Alum Andrew Stewart of the class of 2009 produced and directed the film. He treated those in attendance to a Q and A afterward.

Along with “Aaron Briggs and the HMS Gaspee” there were several other films shown outside of open classes.

Monday night saw “La Vida Me Mata (Life Kills Me),” the 2007 film out of Chile shown in Adams Library Fortes Room. The film touches on life and death and how they are wrapped together. While this was Sebastián Silva’s debut film it was a power work. It is about the unlikely friendship of

a “grieving, young cinematographer and a morbidly obsessed drifter.” The film won Best Chilean Film of 2007, Chilean Art Critics Circle.

Tuesday the Interfaith Center sponsored “Arranged.” The feature length film shows the lives of “two young women – one an orthodox Jew, the other a devout Muslim – who meet as first-year teachers at a public school in Brooklyn, NY.” While they come from different worlds the love of family in their pursuit of marriages for their daughters shares key notes. The film won the Audience Award at the Berkshire International Film Festival and Best Narrative at the Brooklyn International Film Festival.

The week was also full of forums and panels. Two of them include, the Interfaith Forum was presented by the Interfaith Center. Jane Lutrario, the Coordinator of the Interfaith Center impressed upon me when we spoke that she wanted to have forums throughout the year. And wanted the interfaith center to be a safe place for all RIC students to come and feel comfortable. Retired Professor Mary Ball Howkins presented a panel on Cheetah Conservation in South Africa. The panel highlighted that diversity in the animal kingdom is of paramount importance.

The week featured over 30 events in total to try to make the RIC campus a little more of a diverse place.

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Life in a “post-racial” society ELishA KAy ALDriCh AnChor sTAFF A poignant discussion about America’s “post-racial” society was held on Wednesday, giving way to eye opening information and some of the most controversial topics talked about during Rhode Island College’s Diversity Week.

Called “Post-Racial” State Violence and Resistance, the forum was sponsored by L.I.F.E: Live, Inspire, Fight, Educate, and hosted by Andrea M. Sterling and Greg D. Kowalski, who are the president and treasurer of L.I.F.E. Sterling and Kowalski started strong, giving shocking statistics that make people question the effectiveness of America’s police institutions.

“Police murder Black men, women, and children at such a rate in this country that keeping track is difficult, and the rate of slayings is estimated to be significantly higher than the rates that can be inferred through Justice Bureau statistics and media reports. Rates of arrest and incarceration for Black folk (children, men, women, trans*) double, triple, and quadruple those of Whites,” said Sterling.

Sterling and Kowalski believe that this racebased violence occurs because of the ignorance and cultural structures built up during slavery.

“The transition from the word ‘slave’ to ‘criminal’ was nearly a seamless political metamorphosis,” she claimed.

During the time of slavery, if a slave escaped to a non-slave state, they could be returned to their owner by “slave-patrols.” These slave-patrols did not need to consist of members of law-enforcement; they could be an every-day white person.

“This would set the precedent for how far the

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Andrea Sterling, president of L.I.F.E. law would really go,” said Kowalski.

Ideas and groups such as these led to the neighborhood watchman mentality, which is one of the many reasons that black teen Trayvon Martin was killed at the hand of George Zimmerman in 2011.

Two more black youths were killed in the same manner Trayvon was, only surprisingly enough, by the actual police. Aiyana Stanley Jones was murdered by white policeman Joe Weekley during a raid on her home. She was seven years old.

Twenty-two year old Oscar Grant III was shot and murdered by the Bay Area Rapid Transit police in California when Officer Johannes Mehserle reportedly mistook his gun for his taser.

According to the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, in 2012, 66 percent of the black extrajudicial deaths were between the ages of two and 31.

There were 313 total extrajudicial deaths in 2012.

According to Sterling and Kowalski, these acts of anti-black violence happen every day, but are largely ignored, due to the belief that if racism is ignored it will go away.

“Was justice in this country designed to work for black people, or never work for them?” Kowalski questioned.

Using the information they gave the audience, Sterling and Kowalski were able to situate state violence against the black community as an every-day phenomenon, and not as

an occurrence that happens every once in a while between an individual member of the police and a black civilian. This resulted in recognizing the fact that the violence against the black community has become normalized, which makes it all the more difficult for change to occur.

“People are very angry in that moment, but it does down. What we forget is that black deaths happen every day, everywhere we look,” Sterling said.

The anger that Sterling mentioned is the difference between resistance and revolution. According to Sterling and Kowalski, channeling the anger that black people feel when one of their own is murdered by an extrajudicial killing is the key from changing resistance into revolution.

Resistance within this context is seen as actions that highlight oppressive systems.

Resistance is much more individual and disruptive. While it is effective, resistance is not change. A revolution is change, or the forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system. Resistance is part of revolution, and it is important to recognize that. Sterling and Kowalski believe that if the “black rage,” is harnessed, and used as a resistance tool, it can eventually lead to revolution and change.

Another part of that resistance is sharing knowledge, which is why academic realms like black studies are so important. Education is a form of resistance strategy, and the more the black community can learn, the more they can facilitate change, and create a better life for future generations of black men, women and children.

Got the Flu (Shot)? sTEPhAniE FAriA AnChor ConTriBuTor It’s Pre-Halloween for Rhode Island College and that terrifying time of the year has returned; flu season. This past Wednesday Health Services hosted RIC’s annual Flu Clinic in the Student Union Ballroom from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

The Wellness Center in Providence made its annual rounds across Rhode Island, making a point to stop at colleges, according to employee Tracy Rocquer. One might expect the clinic-on-wheels to be crowded but it is surprisingly the opposite. There were only a few people getting vaccinated, out of the 300 or so that Rocquer said they were expecting, but she reported that they were getting a steady flow of students since opening.

Surprisingly, they were just about at the halfway mark. If you did not get the chance to register, that’s okay. Walk-ins were very welcomed. Students needed only proof of their insurance and the vaccine was covered. No insurance? Again, not a problem.

Everyone was asked to fill out a form beforehand and those without insurance only paid $25. It is well worth it. Rocquer’s advice was to just get it, especially anyone with an underlying health condition, like a heart condition or being asthmatic. While the vaccine is not a complete guarantee, it is definitely better to be sick for a couple of days rather than a whole week, particularly in a college’s confining environment.

However, make sure you are healthy when getting vaccinated, if you have a cold, this might make it worse, Rocquer cautions.

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because she gets sick every year and this lessens its severity. Nursing students, like Jessica Almeida ‘15, were there because they are required to get vaccinated, but still stressed the importance of it. This is all well and good, if needles don’t make you

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uncomfortable, since only the injection was offered. If you missed this clinic or, like me, prefer the mist, you can contact The Wellness Company at 401. 461. 0662 or visit www.thewellnesscompany.com to find out when they hold their clinics.

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As part of a later phase, a pedestrian bump, similar to the one employed across from the State House, “is a possibility,” Tencher said.

“Speed bumps will help with respect to the safety of students crossing, but it will not help with traffic congestion,” according to William Gearhart, vice president for administration and finance.

A major problem on College Road, particularly during peak arrival and departure times throughout the day, is that cars turning left out of Sixth Avenue, which runs between Lots H, I and J, often must stop at multiple crosswalks, backing up traffic behind them that includes cars entering the campus from Fruit Hill Ave. Meanwhile, cars turning right must contend with high-speed oncoming traffic on Fruit Hill, making the campus’s western exit precarious.

“We’ve tried everything,” Ghio said, noting that his officers directing traffic at the busy intersection are frustrated by having nowhere to send the cars without them backing up. “We can get cars out of the lots, but there’s nowhere for them to go.”

During Commencement exercises, when 10,000 people or more are on campus, as many as eight detailed local officers are stationed at intersections all around RIC to empty the campus in a little over an hour – but for daily traffic jams, Campus Police has “a lack of manpower to direct traffic everywhere,” Ghio said.

“Whatever we do down there is going to cause a backup,” Gearhart said. “A traffic light could make a more viable exit.”

While a traffic light could be a possibility at the Sixth Ave. intersection or – following additional talks with the Town of North Providence – the Fruit Hill exit, either option would require advanced study and could be years away.

When it comes to pedestrian safety, another long-term solution – one that could cost millions of dollars to implement – is seriously being considered: the construction of a bridge or tunnel over or under College Road.

But that, too, brings with it new problems – either option would have to be handicapped accessible (including an elevator in the case of a bridge), and would require the shoulders of the road be adequately walled off to force students to use the new structure and not simply walk across the street wherever it is most convenient for them.

Any future changes in the area will certainly be impacted by the college’s plan to increase the total number of beds on the residential side of campus. Work on that project is progressing, according to Vice President for Student Affairs Gary Penfield.

“We will begin drafting an RFP (request for proposal) for a feasibility study involving a two-pronged approach to both retrofit and possibly build new residence halls,” Penfield

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said. “Any feasibility study should take into account the flow of people across College Road.”

Penfield said the college’s intent is to gradually increase the number of beds on campus from 1,187 to 1,500 to 1,750 – a process that will significantly increase foot traffic in the area.

“It’s well-worth having a stipulation that that be worked into it,” Penfield said of adding pedestrian considerations to the study for new halls.

Elsewhere on College Road, traffic circulation projects completed over the summer have made the campus safer, Ghio said. The improvements, which included a long-desired realignment of the curve around Henry Barnard and creation of two-way traffic along D-Lot, most prominently feature the college’s first traffic circle.

“The engineers thought it would slow down traffic, and it does,” Ghio said. “To me, it makes it look more like something a college should have. You don’t want vehicles flying at 35 or 40 miles per hour through there.”

He added that the new College Road entrance to B-Lot, the largest lot on campus, has worked well. As part of the construction this summer, the southern section of B-Lot was repaved and restriped, and a new pedestrian safe way was added across the lot to connect parking Lot A. According to Gearhart, along with College Road, B-Lot is the other major pedestrian concern on campus.

The Campus Master Plan has reflected the need for a redesign of Lot B for decades, though aside from restriping, filling in cracks, and the work recently done to the southernmost section, the college has focused on resurfacing and redesigning nearly every lot on campus but Lot B over that span of time. In fact, some lots have been paved twice since B-Lot was last redone, due in part to the expense of repaving such a large area.

As the college looks to replace its aging electrical system – a problem made clear by last week’s power outage – Tencher said replacing the wires and transformers at B-Lot’s northern end (by the soccer field) has already been planned for next summer. When that takes place, and wires are buried underground, there will be an opportunity to resurface a large portion of the lot.

Another pedestrian walkway that crosses B-Lot, connecting East and Center Campus, was created as part of President Nancy Carriuolo’s Illuminated Walkway in 2009. Prior to its completion, pedestrians had to weave between cars and narrow lanes to cross B-Lot, as there were no crosswalks in place at all.

Both recent Campus Master Plans envision more than just a crosswalk, suggesting a grass-surrounded walkway dotted by trees through the heart of B-Lot as a long-term capital development. But what the master planning process suggests the campus should do with B-Lot, and what is practical in preserving the lot’s 673 student spaces, could be at odds.

From the administration’s perspective, the current priority is replacing the electrical infrastructure in the area and enjoying the added benefit of redoing sections of the lot in phases, possibly with more spaces than the lot has currently.

“We’re in full tilt with the architect on that,” Tencher said.

He added that moving the Cooperative Preschool, currently located adjacent to the Steam Plant in B-Lot, is something the administration is looking into.

Another key pedestrian safety zone is Library Road, in particular the area from Whipple Hall to the back of Adams Library. Two crosswalks were added several years ago between Alger Hall and

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Lot C, but safety around Alger, particularly near the Greenhouse and Clarke Science, remains a concern.

Prof. Julie Urda, who works in Alger Hall in the School of Management, sits on the Traffic and Parking Committee and raised her concerns about the area at last Wednesday’s meeting. In particular, she noted the lack of a crosswalk on Alger’s north side across Library Road as cars weave through four quick turns.

“Cars zoom around that,” she told the committee.

Tencher and Ghio – who are members of the committee – as well as Gearhart were all present and said that issue, among several others brought up by the membership, would be investigated.

Regardless of the number of crosswalks and safety measures in place, the brunt of the battle between pedestrians and cars is speed. While the campus limit is 20 mph – 10 mph in lots – speeding drivers have a reduced reaction time in seeing pedestrians.

At Wednesday’s meeting, Tencher said radar guns have been used in the past to catch speeders, though it’s not a common practice for campus law enforcement.

“It came out better than we thought, but we still found people consistently in the 20 to 30 mph range,” Tencher said.

Ghio added that only one vehicle was ticketed driving faster than 40 mph, and only a few were driving over 30.

But while students make up the majority of on-campus traffic (along with motorists who cut through the campus from Mt. Pleasant to Fruit Hill), they were not the biggest culprits found speeding.

“The last time we did radar, most of the people we caught were faculty and staff,” Tencher said.

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Government Shutdowns: Past and Present ryAn FoLEy AnChor ConTriBuTor For most Rhode Island College students, this is the first time they have witnessed the government shut down. However, this has happened before.

Eighteen years ago, when most of us were infants or toddlers, the government shut down for three straight weeks. The shutdown lasted from Dec. 16, 1995 – Jan. 6, 1996.

This shutdown was the result of conflict between Democratic President Bill Clinton and the Republican-dominated Congress. This was not long after a five-day government shutdown that lasted from Nov. 14-19, 1995.

Although these are the most recent government shutdowns, there have been over 15 since 1976. The first shutdown was from Sept. 30 – Oct. 11, 1976. This shutdown was a result of conflict between Republican President Gerald Ford and the Democrat-dominated Congress. The second shutdown was from Sept. 30 – Oct. 13, 1977. Surprisingly, both the presidency and congress were controlled by Democrats at this time. Two more shutdowns occurred in 1977, one from Oct. 31 – Nov. 9 and the other from Nov. 30 – Dem. 9.

President Jimmy Carter had two more shutdowns under his watch. One was from Sept.

30 – Oct. 18, 1978 and the other was from Sept. 30 – Oct. 12, 1979.

The 1981 Government Shutdown which lasted from Nov. 20 – 23, 1981; was over dis-

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agreement between Reagan and the Republican Senate and the Democratic House. The shortest Government shutdown was from Sept. 30 – Oct. 2, 1982. Other government shutdowns during the Reagan administration occurred from Dem. 17 – 21, 1982; Nov. 10 – 14, 1983; Sept. 30 – Oct. 5, 1984; Oct. 16 – 18, 1986; and Dem. 18 – 20, 1987. The only government shutdown during the H.W. Bush Administration lasted from Oct. 5 – 9, 1990.

Although national government shutdowns are the most common types of government shutdown, local governments have also shut

down in the past.

During the entire Carter administration, both houses were controlled by Democrats.

From 1980 – 1986, the Senate was controlled

by Republicans. From 1986 – 1990, the Senate was once again controlled by Democrats.

Republicans had control of the Senate from 1990 – 2006. The Republicans did not have control of both houses until 1994.

The current Government shutdown is a result of Congress not being able to pass a budget for the new fiscal year, which began on Oct. 1. The Democrats want increased

government spending while the Republicans would like decreased government spending.

The issue at the center of the debate is Obama Care, also known as the Affordable Care Act. The law was approved by congress and the Supreme Court declared it constitutional. However, President Obama opened the door to compromise when he granted a one year waiver to certain businesses. Republicans feel that the individual should also be given a one year waiver to allow them to see how good or bad the new law actually is.

Republicans have also proposed removing all funding for Obama Care from the budget, however, it is extremely unlikely that this will get approved by the Democratic Senate and the President.

Another issue at the center of the government shutdown is the debt ceiling. Only Congress has the authority to raise the debt ceiling. With this issue set to come to a head next week, President Obama has said that he will not compromise on reopening the government until the debt issue is discussed. Failure to resolve this issue could result in an economic recession.

While the government works out its issues, 800,000 people are out of work and national parks, museums, and other national tourist attractions are closed; greatly harming the US economy. These people, along with the majority of Americans, hope the government reopens as soon as possible.

Rally for immigration reform held AJ gLiDDEn AnChor ConTriBuTor On October 5, 2013, a funeral was held for the Republican Party at 4 p.m. in the afternoon at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church. The clergyman presiding over the event, Santiago Rodriguez, said, “We’re going to do a symbolic act, we’re going to have a funeral in this church. If the Republican party doesn’t allow immigration reform, we’re going to bury them.”

About 75 people were in attendance at the rally, which was conducted in Spanish with an English translator. The event followed a protest in front of the Providence Place Mall.

Some of those who marched carried signs in the shape of butterflies, which have become a symbol of immigration reform. The event was one of almost 200 similar events across the country, with a projected attendance of hundreds of thousands of people, according to the R.I. Chapter of Jobs with Justice, which helped coordinate the pro-

test and rally. Other groups in attendance included representatives from the Olneyville Neighborhood Association, Direct Action for Rights and Equality (DARE), Fuerza Laboral/Power of Workers, which is headquartered in Central Falls and the R.I. Council of Churches among others.

Also present was Congressman David Cicilline, who placed a red rose on the coffin for the Republican party. Rodriguez explained, “Red roses..signify love, hope and humanity.” Cicilline’s gesture received applause to shouts of “Si, se puede,” which means “Yes, we can.” Behind the coffin hung a banner with John Boehner’s phone number on it, highlighting his role in deciding which bills will move to the floor of the House.

Besides hoping for an end to the government shutdown and a move to bring immigration reform to the floor of the House, the activists and workers present had some local goals as well.

Sonia Belteton explained the issues at hand. “The federal government is shut

down..because they don’t want to fund programs that workers and immigrants need...

We’re tired of waiting. We’re tired of excuses. We have the support of both parties.

It’s in the hands of Bohner...but immigration reform won’t cover everyone, so we need driver’s licenses.”

Xina Estrada elaborated on the current situation immigrants without documents face when they drive, including possible deportation from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). “ICE holds connect with driver’s licenses because if they stop you, they can deport you. Since March 2008, Rhode Island has sent fingerprints (taken during traffic stops) to ICE. It is not mandatory for police to hand people over to ICE. We need to tell Governor Chaffee to sign an executive order to stop ICE holds.”

Harol Lopez made an economic argument for immigration reform.” If we work and pay taxes, the government will have more money, and we will get out of the economic crisis we’re in.” After the

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forum, there was a time for questions and comments. Some people, as is the case with the following comment from a woman who spoke, did not give their names. “In Rhode Island we can’t get licenses, we can’t go to work because we’re afraid of being stopped. The governor could issue an executive order so people could get licenses.”

Cicilline had to leave the event before it was over due to an urgent phone call he said he received. Before he left, he pledged his support for immigration reform, and also spoke on behalf of James Langevin, saying that Langevin “Would have been here,” had he not been in Washington D.C. due to the government shutdown. At the close of the event, the activists carefully put all their signs away in their cars, anticipating future events. Symbolically, this event ushered in the end of the Republican party. But for many of those in attendance, this event was just the beginning of their dream to live freely in the United States.

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The Internet with balloons Fernanda Beziaco Anchor Contributor The Google project Loon for All is ambitious. Spread balloons around the globe to bring internet to all places, even the most remote one. It’s what they call Balloon-powered internet.

According to the information on the project website, two-thirds of the world’s population doesn’t have internet access. The project was created by the Google X division, and has been tested in New Zealand with 30 balloons, and a small group of pilot testers since June 2013.

The idea is to create a big network in the Earth’s stratosphere with a bunch of balloons. But how can balloons provide internet? The special balloons carries two main radio transceivers to make them interact to each other and with the ground antennas.

They also have GPS that keep track where the balloons are and other instruments to analyze the weather and conditions in the stratosphere. These

balloons are supposed to be in the air around 100 days powered by solar panels, and the excess of power is stored in a rechargeable battery to provide energy during the night.

Unfortunately the internet speed won’t be that fast, just comparable to 3G services. In addition, the balloons aren’t compatible with WiFi networks. All radios and antennas were made specifically to the Loon signals. The explanation for that is provide a higher bandwidth over the long distances, at least 20 km could be achieved with the balloons frequency.

In a recent event, executives of Google Brazil revealed that their plan is to bring internet to the whole world by 2020. “In less than 10 years we will have all the population of the world connected,” said Marco Bebiano, Head of Agency Business Development at Google Brazil. According to Bebiano, “that may be the biggest and fastest changes that the human being have experienced”.

Google is now taking the initial tests in California, and seeking people that have interest in participate on the Project Loon. “Any who are willing to have a Loon

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It is still very soon to know if this project will be in the air for a long time. However, the idea worth the try, and if they have the money, the structure, and the power to do it, we can only hope that works for the best.

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What does the Federal shutdown say about America’s morals?

has been significantly affected. But ruining the tourist economy and family vacations is only the beginning.

The real trouble of the shutdown is over 500,000 federal workers are going without pay. Until the shutdown is over, they are out of work and out of their paychecks. Also government run organizations are being slammed during the shutdown, especially since it seems that an end is not close by.

Meals on Wheels and programs that assist Women, infants and Children are being affected. In addition, the National Head Start Association made a statement that over

nineteen thousand children in the USA are not in preschool now because of this closure.

Programs in Connecticut that help fund the poor to heat their homes found out those systems will soon be shutting down. Inspection of toxic waste has ceased and also the C.D.C can no longer follow the spread of the flu. For families across the nation, especially the poor, this shutdown is devastating.

The worst of it all? Drones are still flying in the Middle East, while assistance to the poor as comes to a complete stop; that says a lot about our character as a nation. With a military spending budget more than triple any other country; we still continue to fund the bombings overseas without pause.

I am not advocating a full drop out from the Middle East, but I believe it says something about a nation when funding for the poor stops, national parks close, museums shut down, and hundreds of thousands of employers and employees go without pay immediately after the shutdown but drones are still in effect.

What matters to the USA now is clear with their actions: The essentials are being kept alive during the shutdown. Essentials being drones, the continuing of the NSA spying and violating our rights, and military supremacy. For a country that advertises freedom and equality, this seems wrong.

Essentially making matters worse, is that all of this is mainly the result of a select group of people who did not want to see Obamacare funded, a bill which has already been passed in the House, the Senate and was signed into the law. All of this was preventable, and all of it showed what our country truly stands for.

Trump, my apologies to foxes being used as hairpieces everywhere. In all seriousness, this man is the figurehead behind the shutdown of the United States government because a law was passed that he didn’t like. Well tough shit Ted, take a laxative and get over it.

I know, I know, I should probably talk about something other than the U.S. shut down because, let’s face it, the U.S. is one of the reasons I want to leave the planet.

I mean the national stereotype is entitled, ignorant, dumbass and yet the world somehow hinges on this country’s well being. I imagine that the rest of the world has the same relationship with the U.S. as people with an abusive spouse. If you’re with them they hurt you but if you try to leave they’ll hurt you more and god forbid they’re having a bad day. Stop abusing the rest of the world U.S., everybody knows

you’re just angry because you aren’t the best place to live anymore but that’s a problem you have to handle on your own, don’t take it out on everyone else by letting the world economy collapse.

I’m not sure why I bother trying to sort out the world’s nonsense. It is clear that the world is rather intent on continuing its downward spiral hoping to discover some unknown riches in the murky abyss that is ignorance and stupidity. How do I know this? What is it that convinces me that the world or at the very least this country has its priorities askew? When I go to find news, to see what is happening throughout the world I’ve noticed that health and science are almost always the last category in any given list. People care more about sports and celebrities than health and science. If that isn’t a red flag what is?

Josh EsTrELLA AnChor sTAFF There is no doubt that many Americans agree the morals of this nation have declined over the years, we as a nation are not what we once were. We began with the ideals of freedom and equality for all but in many ways we are far from those ideals now. As a nation we have become a place where we hide the truth, distort the facts, and focus on trivial celebrity drama rather than face the faults in our own country. This is mainly due to the monster that is American media, the most influential tool in the world that has the power to influence all of our choices and actions. The faults in our country grow daily, but what really opened my eyes about this nation is the character our government has displayed after the shutdown, and the media failing to shine light upon it.

Turn on the television in America, and you will more than likely find stories of Miley Cyrus or some other celebrity. Open a magazine, listen to the radio, check your online news provider and you will see that in America our media cares more about social drama and frivolous affairs than world events and when they do provide world events there is an incredible amount of bias. The reason for this bias is because a total of six companies control 90% of the media you see and hear every day. With facts blurred and bias opinions in the news, Americans are getting mislead on what is happening with the shutdown.

News sources today work off of viewer interest. Because of this, some news chan-

Headline?

ChrisTiAn DECATALDo oPinions EDiTor The dilithium crystals are taking longer to ship than I’d anticipated so it looks like I’m stuck on this feeble excuse for a world a little bit longer. I’m sorry Earth, it’s not you, it’s the things on you, things like Ted Cruz, I’m sorry I’m being told that Ted Cruz is in fact a person and not a thing, my apologies to things everywhere.

So go figure, I don’t like Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz. But I mean what isn’t to dislike about a man who has sold his soul to the Koch brothers and is now spewing slander of all degrees like chum

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nels will show the shutdown is caused by Obama supporters, and other news sources will show it is caused by Republicans, leaving Americans to wonder what is fact and what is fiction. Regardless of the news bias, here is what is happening in America. Starting on October 1 National parks and museums shut down all over the nation, without funding they had no means to operate. The WW II monument was barricaded from visitors, the Grand Canyon shut down for only the second time since 1919, Yellowstone national park closed off its entrances and as a result the tourism community around it

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to the ignorant sharks that are his constituents, my apologies to sharks everywhere.

I mean it’s one thing to lie to the public, that has come to be expected of political figures but the degree to which he is stuck up his own ass is second only to Donald

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Why technology? Why? Funny jokes AshLEy goLDBErg AnChor EDiTor

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ChrisTiAn DECATALDo oPinions EDiTor I want to like technology, I really do. I mean look at all the cool stuff it can do. I can access almost any amount of information I want in an instant, I can talk with a friend on the other side of the planet, I can buy and trade stocks and I can watch all of the porn. And that’s with just a computer.

Technology can also save lives in hospitals or end lives in war, but technology can only do these things when it works.

Technology seldom works for me and I am not a tech ignorant individual, at least I don’t think I am, I never used to be. Recently technology, computers and handheld devices specifically, have been giving me a lot of trouble. I wanted to print a simple word document the other day and after spending half an hour with no results or indication that anything was wrong, apart from a lack of printed document, I gave up. Three days later, I kid you not, it printed on its own while I was watching the news. Why did this happen?

I still don’t know. Oh I have theories, but I can’t replicate the circumstances so I can’t know for sure what was wrong.

Again, I’m not a fool; I’m not the person who needs to be asked “did you try turning it off and on again?” I know what I’m doing most of the time, and technology has, at its bare bones, always made sense to me so why is it I can’t log into my bank’s website, or connect to my home’s network, or save a file from the internet?

Why are these things sometimes so difficult, so broken?

It’s because of people. Yup, at the end of the day, no matter how much I want to throw my phone through my computer and into my printer I know that the reason technology is sometimes so faulty is because of the people who use and design them. Why can’t I sign into my bank account? Because even though I’ve put in my username and password correctly I’m on a new computer so my bank, to “protect my interests” has to send me an email with a confirmation code to verify I am who I say I am and it may take two to three business days to receive said code. It’s not a Swiss bank for god’s sake.

“Having trouble connecting to the internet? Find help online?” That is something a person thought was a fair thing to ask, not my computer because my computer knows that is a stupid thing to ask.

People are the problem behind Windows 8 and these stupid, undeletable apps on my phone. People are the problem behind overly superfluous login protocol on one site while the others broadcast peoples every move right down to their current location to thousands of marketers, I’m looking at you Facebook, don’t turn away from me!

People often wonder what would happen if modern technology stopped working. The common jest is that everyone would just up and die, failing to be able to live without it. I hope so, then I’d be rid of both of my problems.

Comedians are supposed to be funny right? I thought so too. I recently saw two female comedians perform here in Providence.

They are just starting their careers and they both began with a promising start but their comedy took a dark turn. They started sharing jokes about rape. About the dangers of rape, what women wear when they are raped, and how women cannot protect themselves from rape.

As a sexual assault survivor I tend to, reasonably, not find rape funny. Actually if you talk to most people they tend not to find rape funny either. That is because rape isn’t funny. I ask myself two questions. How do people find this funny?

How is it funny that a man or a woman had a person come up to them and take advantage? It’s not.

What these people wear, how they act, and who they are dating has nothing to do with why they got raped. Yet people seem to find a joke in there and I would love to find out how.

People have asked me how do you even make a rape joke? I honestly don’t know how they manage to do it. I cannot wrap my head around it. My roommates all looked completely puzzled when I told them what had happened.

How is it that people just sit back and let others continue to continue making these jokes, continuously getting away with it? Sitting at the comedy show that night I could not help but get mad at all the people laughing at these jokes. The guy there with his daughter as he laughed about girls getting raped. It could have been his daughter that it happened too. My friend and I walked out of the comedy show that night. I later talked to the promoter and explained why we left. I respectfully gave him my opinion of the show and a piece of advice to the comedians, “If you are funny and thoughtful about your material people will be bigger fans.” He responded well to everything I had to say and I felt as though my voice had been heard. I wish more people would speak up. If more people did then my friend and I would not have to deal with comedians telling jokes like that. What would they do if the whole audience got up and left?

What I want people to understand is that jokes can hurt. Those comedians did not go into their show saying they wanted to hurt people but they did. A simple joke can ruin a whole person’s week. The jokes they told me that night made it hard to sleep, hard to focus, hard to do anything. I will get over it and move on. I just hope walking out of their show that night spoke to them that this is not some funny joke.

The shutdown and us rEBECCA ALLEn AnChor EDiTor Right now the United States government has put themselves in time out. The two parties can’t decide on the budget, only something that has to be decided every single year.

While college students will get off mostly unscathed. Our Pell Grants and federal student loans won’t be taken back, the issue is staffing.

These departments will run with a skeleton crew there only to provide oversight. Another way of saying that is that there will be backlogs and there might even be delays in payment.

With so much of the department furloughed it will be hard to get questions answered as only 138 employees will be at their posts.

This becomes even more of an issue if the debt ceiling comes and goes without being raised. If the United States defaults on her bills that means the rates for loans, both inside and outside of the country will go up. That means the loans we take out for college will go up.

Between 2000 and 2012 the cost of a bachelor’s degree at a public university went up 46 percent. If Congress decides of torpedo the next generations changes of ever having any true economic power in the country they will prevent the debt ceiling from being raised.

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But it’s not just the cost of going to college that would go up. If we don’t raise the debt ceiling by Oct. 17, the effects would be near apocalyptic. Spending would be cut nearly in half by the government. The current administration would be forced to decide between paying bonds or paying for programs like Medicare or paying soldiers. The federal government as an institution would grind to a haunt. As country after country would be forced to back away from our markets. In short it would make 2008 look like a hiccup.

What we’re seeing right now is a failure to lead. Both parties are more worried about the votes they can get in 2014 than if half of the people from their district go hungry. They have become more willing to talk to adding another war to our long list of military actions than they are to talk about adding people to the list of those with health care.

Treason is not a word that should be tossed around. But if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling and pass a budget have they not committed it? Isn’t calling to question the full fail and credit of the United States government reason to be called a trader to your country?

Congress has until Oct 17 to figure out how to function again. Or they might go down as the first Congress made up of 535 traitors.

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For the males Jessica Bourget Anchor Staff Dear gentlemen of RIC: It has come to my attention that some of you might be feeling a little left out from “The F Word.” Talking about patriarchy and feminism can really turn some of you off of my column, but please keep reading. That’s why I wrote my introductory article – so you wouldn’t assume that I hated all of you and not read it. So, I figured I would write an article specifically telling my male identified friends on campus why patriarchy sucks for them, too.

First of all, patriarchy hurts all women.

Even the ones around you. This is the most obvious one, but we don’t really think about it until something happens to someone close to us. Your mothers, sisters, friends, girlfriends, lab partners... you get it, they have all dealt with patriarchy. Patriarchy makes them wary to go to a party for fear of being taken advantage of, and in some way, it makes them

afraid of you to a degree. Now, this doesn’t mean you’re scary or bad; it just means that they live in a society where sometimes men are scary or bad or take advantage of them and get away with it. Sadly, it has become a societal norm.

Patriarchy also directly effects your lives.

Have you ever felt the pressure to look or act a certain way? There’s the patriarchy at work. Patriarchy constructs a perfect ideal for males too, not just for women. We often hear women talk about how much magazines and television push a certain image of being a woman on them, but you all experience the same thing. Think back on popular magazines you’ve read or passed in the store, or about the top actors in Hollywood. What do they look like? For the most part, they are muscular, fairly slim and often tall. If you don’t have those characteristics, you’re made to feel as though you’re not a real man.

Here’s another question for you: have you ever been made fun of for crying or for liking something that wasn’t really “manly?”

When you hear “manly” what do you think about? Gun-slinging, whip-cracking, action heroes like Indiana Jones? Muscular men who have the crazy endurance of ninja-lumberjack-marines? This is, yet again, the effect of patriarchy on you guys. Patriarchy comes up to you and whispers in your ears that you can’t wear that shirt because people will think you’re gay. It has you believing that being gay makes you more of a sub-man than a real man. Patriarchy makes you guys think that crying is a of sign of weakness and that sitting down and sharing your emotions, like a person, makes you feminine.

The beliefs of the patriarchy are hurtful and stifling. It’s not just women that feel these pressures, it’s all of you, too. That’s why I write “The F Word.” Patriarchy tells you to look a certain way, act a certain way and feel a certain way, and that if you don’t, you’re not really a man.

So, don’t assume that because a patriarchal society gives more power to men, it doesn’t hurt them too.

It pressures men to be that much more dominant, tough and, often,

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emotionless. These are the things that hurt you, and the women around you. Patriarchy comes full circle, guys. And if we don’t recognize it and push back against it, it keeps on hurting all of us.

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Even if you’re not much of a dancer, last Thursday was the opportune night to stay up with friends and hit the floor.

Rhode Island College’s radio station, 90.7 WXIN, held their very first party at the Pearl Restaurant and Lounge.

Themed around Daft Punk’s new hit single “Get Lucky,” from what this reporter could see, some people definetly got lucky that night. The start-up of the party was rather slow, the turnout picking up rapid pace towards the last hours of its splendor.

As one would walk into the White Room of Pearl, you were greeted with the loud music, mist (machine made!), and pure energy of ecstatic attendees. The music was an eclectic mix of world, techno, and hip-hop music, appealing to all there except for a slim few with a bass you were bound to feel, no matter the song. The small, yet befitting, room was able to hold all who attended the party, creating an environment of fun for all. WXIN’s own general manager, Tom Lima, was seen trying to shake his ass when the

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AST member Anastasia Lillpopp enjoying enjoying the party at Pearl. title song “Get Lucky” played. The Get Lucky party only served to prove that no matter what the circumstances and crowd, big or small, WXIN knows how

to have fun and throw a good party.

Don’t forget, the next party is on October 24, 2013 at the Ruffstone Tavern, located on 59 Metcalf Ave and aptly titled, “Get Spooky.”

I had a heart attack at the NIN show niCK DEsiMonE AnChor ConTriBuTor I’ll make no attempts to hide my bias here: Nine Inch Nails are my all-time, barnone favorite band of all time. Trent Reznor’s music connected with me deeply in middle school and is wholly responsible for the years I’ve spent performing music myself.

After 2009’s “farewell” tour I thought I’d never get the chance to see them perform. Suffice to say, my inner twelve year old was in hysterics at the TD Garden last Friday night, and outwardly I wasn’t doing much better. Openers on this leg of the tour were post-rock act Godspeed You! Black Emperor, who droned their way through a two song set lasting around 45 minutes. I personally like Godspeed, and postrock and drone music in general, but they sadly were not the right fit. 10 minutes of feedback and the dulcet tones of an unplugged cable when in the right mindset for it is simply choice, but half of the band members were sitting down for their entire set. You’re opening for Nine Inch Nails for chrissakes, liven it up a little bit, guys.

When the curtain dropped and NIN took the stage, though, the glacial pace of the openers made the first moments of Hesitation Marks’ “Copy of A” hit that much harder. A surprising

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amount of brand-new material was incorporated into the set, some of which is very slow and heavy on the atmospherics, but Reznor’s songcraft hasn’t gotten any worse over the years and the set was expertly paced. Early-era live staples like “Terrible Lie” and “March of the Pigs” were at their peak chaotic energy and even later material like Year Zero’s “Survivalism” were given a new dimension with the addition of two female backup singers who were present for about a quarter of the twenty five song set. Deep cuts “Somewhat Damaged” and “In This Twilight” during the five-song encore were even included as a nod to diehard fans like myself.

The band itself was in rare form; members

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consisted of A-list new guys, 90s-era veterans, and everywhere in between. Reznor himself was spot-on, if they weren’t right there in front of me, I wouldn’t have believed it. Lastly, it’s not a NIN concert without mention of their light show, and this tour was the most complex and mesmerizing to date. Infrared cameras, huge sheets of LEDs hanging in front of the band, stark spotlighting, enormous walls of strobes, and good old projections are all par for the course. It really had to be seen to be understood, just for the sheer amount of “how the hell are they doing that”-ness at some moments. And “Hurt” still carries as much emotional heft as a live closer as it did in 1994. I laughed, I cried, I genuinely couldn’t have asked for a better show.

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Inevitable Oscars orbit Cuarón’s “Gravity”

Ty Dugan Managing Editor This movie scared the bejesus out of me. Never has a movie forced my stomach to flip and churn in such a way.

Throughout the film, as mission specialist Dr. Ryan Stone (Bullock) tries to struggle for life while being adrift and alone in space, my heart beat faster, my feet tried to find firmness on the ground, and my hand was tightly gripped into the grasp of the lovely person who was patient enough to sit with me through this unbelievably remarkable film.

Emmanuel Libezki’s cinematography and Steven Price’s music help to capture Cuarón’s masterpiece perfectly in a bottle and then shake it up, popping the cap. The expression on the faces of the audience is similar to that of Bullock’s character as thousands of pieces of satellite debris continuously ruin her chances of being able to return to the planet Earth. The camera uses techniques that are, so far that I have seen, unique to this film and bring the audience into the helmet and spacesuit of Dr. Stone so we hear her labored breathing, the crinkling of the material as she bends her arm and tries to reach for that long cord while spinning wildly out of control. This is sound editing and foley artists at the top of their game, I kid you not. Even the sounds of the drill vibrating in bolts for the satellite re-

pairs can be heard, but as soon as the camera floats back out of the protective face shield of her helmet, we are brought back into the void of nothingness. No sound, eerie silence with only Price’s overpowering, overwhelming score and Bullock’s acting to accurately tell the audience how to relate to Dr. Stone’s situation.

The whole thing works beautifully to create a believable character who is stuck in a rut, stuck with running away from life and home, now forced to find a way to go back home before the vacuum of space destroys her. All of Stone’s instincts to survive kick in, her drive is unprecedented, her courage is unmatchable. The character goes through a growth in this film, without help of any supporting cast or overall antagonist, in such a magnificent way that I desperately feel a tug (one might argue a gravitational pull) to return to the IMAX and re-witness this exquisite film. A near perfect success. Rest assured; “Gravity” is going to make nearly each and every nomination on my Oscar predictions sheet.

This movie is expensive if you go to the IMAX in 3D. It’s something in the range of $35 for two tickets, and to say that this is a reasonable cost for such an impressive film is horrifyingly wrong. No one should be paying this price, regardless of the quality of the product. I will say if you are going to take the time to make the trek out to IMAX, firmly cemented in seeing a film

equal to the magnitude that IMAX boasts, this is surely the film. The experience (and it is indeed an experience, a memorable one at that) is a brushstroke of fear over your mind. You will be painted anxious the

entire duration of this film. The less I tell you about it, the better. This is a big-screen movie for sure; saving it for DVD or BluRay may not feel satisfactory enough, so get out there and be sure to see this one.

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But I can’t play at a D3 level

Walking the Plank ryAn MALLonEy AnChor sTAFF Lucky for you, you are not the one walking the plank. you are the plank. This is how you should visualize yourself through this extremely beneficial exercise.

The plank is arguably the simplest and most effective way to train your core. To perform the exercise, simply raise yourself off the floor and keep your whole body straight like a piece of wood. Performing just three maximum effort planks every other day will efficiently increase your total body strength. In less than ten minutes per day, plank training will tighten your abdominal muscles, decrease your overall risk of injury, strengthen your torso’s stabilization and help to straighten and align your spine, ribs, and pelvis to withstand both static (stationary) and dynamic (moving) forces.

No more losing battles with the wind.

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make. A stronger core helps us to maintain proper posture and to reduce strain on the spine. Regular plank training can train and cultivate your confidence in all of your abilities, based on the concept that the mind is infinitely stronger than the body.

When I plank, I set it in my mind that it will be my mind, not my body that decides when I will cease the exercise. In essence, you are both physically strengthening the core of your body while also strengthening the “core” of the spirit within.

Send your comments, questions, or any hot topic you would like covered as it relates to health and fitness to rmalloney_6175@email.ric.edu If I do not include your question in an article, I will at least respond to you directly and do my best to set you on the right path.

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Many college students were athletes in high school, but either weren’t good enough or didn’t have the time to play for their college team. In order to stay in shape, they go to the gym and do the same workouts day after day. But Rhode Island College offers more than just a new Recreation Center and Division III sports. There are club teams and intramural sports which allow students the chance to play on a team and meet new people even if they aren’t D3 athletes.

There are three club teams on campus that allow all students the chance to play and compete against other schools, and some require more traveling than others.

Ultimate frisbee isn’t just a gym class sport anymore. RIC’s ultimate frisbee team practices during the week and competes in various competitions.

For horse lovers, check out the equestrian team. They also travel to competitions, as well as practices. For those on campus who grew up riding horses, this club is a great chance to continue competing without taking too much time away from school.

Finally, there’s a club hockey team that plays two games a week. This is the club team most similar to a D3 team in terms of commitment. Rhode Island is home to great high school hockey teams, and this club team gives students a chance to continue playing at a competitive level after high school.

For those students who don’t have enough time to commit to a club sport, but still want to stay active outside of the Rec Center, there are various intramural sports offered each semester. This semester, signups are ongoing for the intramural basketball and dodge ball leagues. The basketball league consists of five-player teams, and the games take place on Wednesday nights in the Rec Center starting Oct. 16 and running until Nov. 20. The dodge ball league has four-player teams and their games take place on Tuesday nights in the Rec Center starting Nov. 12 and finishing on Dec. 10.

So to all the students on campus who miss playing a sport, there are plenty of opportunities to be active again. All sign ups are available at the Rec Center front desk, so grab some friends, start a team, compete and stay active!

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Late goal helps Panthers sink the Anchorwomen ryAn WiLson AnChor sTAFF Rhode Island College played host to conference rival, Plymouth State, this past Saturday. Entering the game at 3-71 overall, the Anchorwomen were looking to turn their fortunes around against a talented Panthers team; but a heartbreaking Plymouth State goal late in the second half saw that they would not be able to.

The opening 15 minutes were completely owned by the Anchorwomen, including a good attempt at goal by sophomore, Gabby Turner. The team had several fast break opportunities, but a slew of offside calls put a hitch in their giddy-up. RIC was tested by the smooth passing of Plymouth State, but solid defense by Sam Nolte kept the game close at all times. However, not even Nolte could keep the ball out of the net after a good corner kick in the 28th minute by the Panthers.

Rhode Island College jumped right back on the ball after the goal, with captain Lauren Bartlett displaying great poise and game control. Freshman Jaclyn Greenman was active all game, always just inches away from earning a fast break. Greenman, the Connecticut native, showed good instincts and

promise throughout.

In the 44th minute, following a goal by Plymouth State, Danielle Peloquin delivered a beautiful through pass to Gabrielle Turner, who fired a laser beam into the top right corner of the net. At half, RIC trailed by one.

Coach Labossiere must have said something right during the break, because the second half belonged almost entirely to the unrelenting offense of the Anchorwomen. Captain Lauren Maisano was a magician with the ball early on, earning several opportunities at goal. A corner kick for RIC nearly resulted in an equalizer, but the headed ball floated just over the crossbar.

After a defensive zone clearance by PSU, the Panthers led a skillful counter-attack down the field. A well-placed through ball put RIC in bad position, but a tremendous slide tackle in the penalty box by Sam Nolte quickly ended the attack.

Finally, in the 84th minute, RIC answered.

A low corner kick crossed up the PSU goalie, allowing Gabrielle Turner to knock the ball home and score her second goal of the game - tying the match at two.

Bad luck struck almost immediately after for RIC, as the very-rested offense of PSU strung together a few quick passes and earned

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Junior defender Sam Nolte quickly ended an attack with a slide tackle. the game-winning goal in the 88th minute.

Gabrielle Turner was the only one on the field who could figure out freshman PSU goalkeeper, Annaliese Schmidt, but the team

showed great heart and poise regardless.

Falling to 3-8-1 on the season, The Anchorwomen will welcome Fitchburg State University this Wednesday.

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Outside hitter Sophomore Lauren Palazzini.

Thursday night, after power was restored to west campus, the Rhode Island College Volleyball team took to the Murray Center court and shut out Salem State for their second victory of the season.

The Anchorwomen defeated the Vikings 25-20, 25-14, and 25-19 to bring their record to 2-19. Salem State fell to 2-9 on their season. Outside hitter Amanda Cabral lead the Anchorwomen with 11 kills and seven digs on the night.

After winning the first set 25-20, with the help of Michelle Malboeuf ’s service game, the Anchorwomen fell behind in the second 10-9. Then, thanks to another strong service game by junior Karla Santizo, RIC got 11 straight points to bring the score to 20-10 before they closed out the set at 25-14.

Sophomore Emma Cajthaml led the team in assists with 14, followed by Lauren Palazzini with 11. Palazzini also had seven kills against the Vi-

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kings. Santizo had seven digs, one ace, and one kill to go along with her stellar service game. Malboeuf followed with five kills, three digs, two assists, and one ace.

Finally it was the freshmen who helped bring the team to victory. Dara Johnson had six kills, four blocks, three digs and one ace while her classmate, Nicole Thibodeau, coming off the bench, had five digs.

The Anchorwomen have the weekend off and return to Little East action on Tuesday when they travel to Eastern Connecticut State on Tuesday, Oct. 15.

Eastern Connecticut is 2-2 in the LEC and 9-10 on the season.

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Some teams have a “re-building” year; when most of the team’s big names leave and are replaced with new guys who have to prove themselves and learn to work together. Looking at the roster, this seems like that would be the case for the 2013 Rhode Island College club hockey team, who lost 10 major players, but it’s exactly the opposite.

Not only did the Anchormen lose players, but they also moved up a division and will be playing schools whose club team is essentially the practice squad for their NCAA Division I hockey team. This past Friday, RIC took on Southern New Hampshire University on home ice and came out big, despite a slow start in the first.

The Pennman got on the board first after shot after shot went towards RIC veteran tender Vinny Tudino. Tudino and his veteran defense saw most of the action in the first period, while the Anchormen’s new offensive players got a feel for the high intensity game, and shook off their first game jitters.

In the second period, the Anchormen

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came out stronger and faster. The team this season is relying a lot on speed since they’re smaller, size wise, than they have been in past years. RIC’s tying goal came from newcomer Andrew Bathgate, a member of the entirely new first line. That first goal, and another 15 minute intermission, was all the Anchormen needed to take the game into their hands.

Third period, the Pennman had no chance.

RIC went on to score four more times in the third period, while SNHU only scored once. With the exception of the second RIC goal, scored by TJ Jackvony, every goal was scored by a new member of the gold and maroon. Jack-

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vony put the score at 2-1 before his new teammates took over. Nate Duquette scored after receiving a shot from his linemate, Alex Murray, who passed the puck from his knees and found an open Duquette. Giving the Anchormen the three-goal lead was Tudino’s cousin, Anthony Daniels, who got his first RIC goal. Finally Murray got a goal of his own when he went one-on-one with SNHU’s goalie and beat him. The visitors scored once in the third, making the final score 5-2.

RIC returns to the Lynch Arena ice on Friday, Oct. 18 as they take on down– the–road–rivals, Providence College.

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Reaching the back of the net impossible for both teams ryAn WiLson AnChor sTAFF The Anchormen played with heart, but could not break the seal of solid Swedish goaltender, Felix Lindeberg.

On defense, Kwasi Boateng and David Ricci made it very difficult for Plymouth State to even get close to the net, as Freshman Chris Moura was only tested with three shots all game. Sophomore Camilo Estrada carried the RIC offense with several near-scores in the first half. Going into overtime, neither team had scored yet and it would only take one goal for someone to win the game.

When the match entered overtime, the play remained relatively unchanged. Emmanuel Asiedu nearly broke the tie in the second overtime, but there was no fooling the PSU goaltender. The game eventually ended in

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a nil-nil tie.

Though there was no clear winner, the Anchormen made a strong showing. RIC seemed to win in every aspect of the match. Leading in shots (14-11) and corner kicks (6-4), the only thing the Anchormen lacked was the ability to finish. But this was also the case for PSU as well.

With this tie, the Anchormen now stand at 5-4-4 on the season. This Saturday, they will travel to Willimantic to face conference rivals, Eastern Connecticut State University who is 3-0-1 in Little East Conference play and 8-1-3 on the season.

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Coach Spring with Anchorwomen Noelle Tiberi, Jorgi Martin and Julie Reddy.

Spring unveils potential for three RIC athletes sAM ALLEn sPorTs EDiTor A coach is a mentor to athletes both on and off the field. He can help his players grow and gain more skill than they entered his team with. But normally, a coach is in an athlete’s life for a short period of time before someone else steps into his shoes when that player joins a new team.

This year however, there are three members of the Rhode Island College women’s tennis team who were familiar with Coach Adam Spring before stepping on the RIC tennis courts.

Since Julie Reddy, Jorgi Martin, and Noelle Tiberi’s freshmen years of high school, Spring has been that mentor and coach for them.

“All three of them are really talented athletes,” said Coach Spring, “and they’re all dedicated to growing their game and making themselves better and improving.” Having coached them since high school, Spring has been able to watch them grow and improve with time. They may be stars on the court now, but not all joined him that way four years ago.

“They were always athletic, but were they always good tennis players? No,” responded Spring when asked if the three were always the players they are now. “When I got them, they had first started playing, but their tennis games grew really rapidly. If I take all of them from freshmen year of high school to now, they are nothing like they were.”

Spring left Smithfield High School before their senior season to take the job with RIC.

Knowing he was the coach here, and all three being from Smithfield, playing again for him in college only seemed like the natural step for each player. Martin said Spring was definitely behind her reason to play for the Anchorwomen.

“I was supposed to go to URI but then I changed my mind to play tennis and he really talked me into it. It’s kind of nice that he’s back here; it’s kind of like a do-over for my senior year.”

Coach Spring also told Reddy and Tiberi during Spring 2012 to not look at him leaving as a bad thing and to look at it as a chance for them to play for him again in college. All three did just that.

Because the players know Coach so well, all three were asked to describe him in one word. “Active,” was Reddy’s response. Martin and Tiberi battled back and forth with numerous words to describe him. When Martin responded with supportive, Tiberi immediately thought of motivating. It was clear to see that the two had spent hours together and grew into good friends over the years of playing together.

They have Coach Spring to thank for that.

This year, the team has a 12-2 record on the season and these three freshmen have played key roles in every match. “I love this team, we are so close,” said Reddy. “Especially coming in freshmen year, they’re so welcoming. It’s exciting too, to be winning and so close together.”

Coach Spring now has another three years with Martin, Reddy and Tiberi and he hopes to see them grow more and more every season. It’s a rare chance he has, to coach a set of athletes over a long span of time and through two different levels of play.

The Rhode Island College women’s tennis team once again defeated their opponent on home courts this past Saturday. The Anchorwomen now have a 12-2 record and are 6-1 in Little East Conference play. They’re having one of their best seasons since 2007, where the team finished 10-4 and went 6-1 in the LEC. Saturday it was the duo of Jorgi Martin and Sadie Campanella that lead the team to a 7-2 victory over Salem State.

Martin and Campanella came back from 7-4 and eventually beat their competitors 9-7 at the No. 1 doubles spot. They now have a 8-6 record on the season.

At No. 3 doubles, Chelsea Brown and Tressa Cannata remain perfect on the season. They are 11-0 on the season now after winning 8-2 in the first match of the game. The only doubles win for the Vikings came during the No. 3 doubles match when freshmen Julie Reddy and Noelle Tiberi lost to their opponents.

RIC only lost one of six singles

matches in the game to help bring them to victory. Campanella beat her opponent 6-2, 6-1 on the No. 1 spot while Cannata won 6-1, 6-2 and improved her personal record to 10-4 at the No. 3 spot. The freshmen trio from Smithfield High School, all won their respective matches. Reddy won 6-0, 6-2 and has a nearly perfect record of 13-1. Tiberi won 6-0, 6-1 at the No. 5 spot and Martin, at No. 6 singles, won 6-2, 6-4.

Brown picked up the only singles loss of the day at the No. 2 spot, but kept every set close and brought the match to three sets.

This upcoming Saturday, the Anchorwomen travel to Western Connecticut State as they try to up their LEC record to 7-1.

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Athlete of the Week Amanda Cabral - Women’s Volleyball

Cabral helped lead the Anchorwomen to their second victory of the season on Thursday night, hitting .280 on the match. Even though the team may not win every match, Cabral is constantly on top of the stat sheet and leads her team week after week. She has 127 kills on the season, 159 digs and 23 total blocks. She is a senior and is trying to help her team out in every way possible during her last season.

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