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Fifty million reasons to rally RIC hosts pro-Question 3 support event, college community seeks common goal William Fazioli. Carriuolo shared with the crowd an encouraging As an alumnus of this fine institution, I’m proud and supportive message from to show my support to Rhode Island College by Rhode Island Congressman Jim voting yes to Question 3 because a win for RIC is Langevin regarding his position a win for Rhode Island. on Question 3, as well as his pride in his alma mater.

– Congressman Jim Langevin “The school serves as a beacon of quality higher education for students,” Langevin’s mesmy support to Rhode Island College by voting yes to sage read, “especially for our in-state students that Question 3 because a win for RIC is a win for Rhode make up nearly 80 percent of the student body. Each Island.” year the school experiences significant increases According to the Voter Handbook 2012, approval in student enrollment that requires expansion and of Question 3 will allow Rhode Island “to issue generrenovation of current facilities to accommodate al obligation bonds, refunding bonds and temporary incoming classes.” notes in an amount not to exceed [$50 million] for The congressman’s message also mentioned RIC’s renovations and modernization of [Craig Lee Hall, commitment to “placing students first, and assuring Gaige Hall and Fogarty Life Science building] at they receive the best in athletics, academics and cul- Rhode Island College, including renovation, upgrade tural programs.” A goal, Langevin believes, that will and expansion of health and nursing facilities on the be accomplished by modernizing the three classroom campus…” buildings via the passage of the $50 million bond In addition to the total principal, the bond will referendum. accumulate an estimated $23.6 million in interest (at “The project will require $50 million in funds, and a rate of four percent over 20 years), totaling a final though the figure sounds daunting, the reality is: cost of $73.6 million. “all of us here today can help Rhode Island College The projected time table of the renovations would acquire this funding by voting yes on Question 3 on begin in March 2013, and would expect to reach November sixth,” stated Langevin in his message. completion by January 2017. The Rhode Island Langevin’s thoughts were emphasized in the clos- Board of Governors for Higher Education estimates ing moments of his message. Carriuolo read, “Rhode the useful life of said renovations at approximately Island College has been a leader in higher education, 50 years. with 32,000 alumnus right here in the state. As an alumnus of this fine institution, I’m proud to show

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The voices of 12 student vocalists resonated within the normally chatty confines of the Donovan Dining Center during the Question 3 campaign rally

by Jim braDy on Oct. 17. Students sang news eDitOr their hopeful message, urging for the passage of a bond referendum on Nov. 6, which would allocate $50 million for renovations and modernizations to Craig Lee Hall and Gaige Hall ($44 million), as well as the Fogarty Life Science building ($6 million).

A free raffle, emceed by Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Gary Penfield, followed the call to arms. Raffle items included a $50 campus store gift card, an Alex & Ani RIC bracelet, a RIC Athletic Department sweatshirt and a stadium blanket. ProQuestion 3 informational handouts, bumper stickers and song lyrics were also readily available during and after the rally.

Student Elisa Boschetti, winner of the raffle for the $50 gift card, wore a look of surprise and mild embarrassment when called upon to collect her prize, and was more than happy to voice her opinion regarding the vote on Question 3 this Election Day. “I plan on voting yes on Question 3 to improve our college environment,” Boschetti said.

The event began during free period, and featured speakers including RIC President Nancy Carriuolo, Student Community Government, Inc. Vice President Hilary Costa and Alumni Association President

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SCG makes progress with old business

By Hilary Costa Press Release

Student Parliament met for the sixth time this semester on Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. in Parliament Chambers, Student Union room 307.

This week’s meeting kicked off with a speaker from the Rhode Island State House, Representative Joe Almeida. Representative Almeida spoke to the body regarding his activity in the state house. Almeida also offered some lessons he has learned over the course of his tenure as a State Representative that the Student Parliament Representatives could apply to their activity as student leaders on campus.

Reports were brought forward by Treasurer Jordan Day and Secretary Gianna Auger regarding their most recent Finance Commission and Student Organization Committee meeting minutes. Both sets of minutes were accepted with unanimous consent by the body. A financial report was presented to the body by Treasurer Day, detailing the ticket sales and overall revenue produced from the Oct. 4 Homecoming event, GrooveBoston. It was announced that the event cost $20,453, brought in $4,445 total in revenue, sold 899 tickets and attendance equaled over 800 students.

Old Business featured a handout with a status update on all resolutions passed by the body over the course of the semester. The Feminine Hygiene Products resolution has already had extensive research performed in acquiring quotes for the dispensers and the payment method will soon be determined. The

Printing Resolution to get printers and computers in residence halls on campus has become a project expanded to the entire campus on behalf of a student request sent to the administration. The SCG Executive Council and Vice President Gearheart will be meeting as soon as possible to discuss the parameters of this improvement. Finally, the ASL resolution was touched upon to clarify its status. The resolution was voted down by the body, but the resolution will still be satisfied. An ASL service is already a part of the overall budget of the college. The SCG Executive Council will meet with their advisor, Dr. Scott Kane, to discuss implementing such an interpreter in their services.

New Business included three constitutions on the agenda. Three club constitutions were approved; two were new clubs and one was a revival of an already established club that previously fizzled out. Latin and Swing Dance Club and Students of Amalgamated Philosophy were the two new organizations approved by the body. The third, The Environmental Club, was a club with a past in SCG’s student organization history that was revived with New Business.

The Latin and Swing Dance club is a student organization intended to provide a group for students who have interest in recreationally participating in or learning said styles of dance. Students of Amalgamated Philosophy is a student organization that provides students interested in casually speaking about all different concentrations of philosophy an outlet to do so. Finally, The Environmental Club is a

revived student organization that intends to implement environmentally friendly practices to the RIC campus. The group representatives expressed they intended to start a compost pile and community garden on campus.

A prospective Library Hours contract was presented to the body for input. The Library Hours contract is a contract that details a deal between SCG and James P. Adams Library on the payment plan for the 24-hour library hours that take place the week before and the week of finals during both semesters.

Prepared to bring forth to the library sometime next week, the contract states that SCG will pay the difference in hours for those two weeks: the 12–8 a.m. operation of the library.

Finally, the body had an overall discussion as to the success of the GrooveBoston event as a whole.

President Kyla Pecchia expressed to the body that she was very pleased with the event and how well she felt it was executed. There were only three notable incidents over the course of the entire event. Two students were escorted back to their dorms due to outlying issues. One student was transported to the hospital with minor injuries towards the end of the night.

Student Parliament will meet again on Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. in Parliament Chambers, Student Union room 307. For minutes regarding any committees or commissions of SCG, visit the office or the Welcome and Info Center.

Local media personalities squared off for a panel discussion in a packed

By Nicholas J. Lima News Staff Writer Alger Hall 110 last We dnes day, at times disagreeing on the forum’s premise: whether talk radio is still relevant in Rhode Island politics.

The RIC American Democracy Project panel, “Politics in Rhode Island: Does Talk Radio Still Rule?” was the latest in a series of election-season events put together by communications Profs. Valerie Endress and Kay Israel, and was moderated by RIC ADP partner NBC-10’s Gene Valicenti.

“The title in and of itself is an assertion,” Israel began the forum. “It may be that talk radio never ruled.”

Indeed, much of the panel’s early discussion focused on that premise, starting with R.I. Public Radio’s Ian Donnis.

“I think that talk radio in Rhode Island contributes to civic culture,” Donnis said, but he added, “I’m not aware of a single occasion when talk radio decided an election.”

However, Matt Allen ’00, WPRO’s weeknight talk host who got his start at RIC Radio WXIN, cited North Providence Mayor Charlie Lombardi as an example of an elected official put into power, in part, by discussion on talk radio.

“That was a daily barrage on a very specific local race,” Allen said.

GoLocalProv.com’s Josh Fenton said that talk radio has influence, particularly in the Ocean State, anel but cautioned see page 5 that it could

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Danforth’s novel shines Library Lecture Series showcases “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” Since its release last Take cream cheese wedding mints for example. As University of Montana, she learned a number of imFebruary, “The Miseduca- Dr. Danforth observed, she mentioned them in pass- portant lessons about writing. She recalled that most tion of Cameron Post” has ing because in Montana, “you can’t have a wedding of the other students’ stories ended in fistfights. Not caused quite a buzz here at without cream cheese wedding mints.” And when she thinking that her kinds of stories had a place amidst RIC, so it was no surprise to doesn’t mention them as a source of inspiration, it them, she tried to force herself to write that way. She find people flockalso learned that many

By Matthew Leo Every story starts at a point in time and is influenced by uncoutable ing to the Fortes believe “the coming-ofMatt’s Movies room, upstairs in age novel is a clichéd first things that have come before. Dr. Danforth’s inspiration comes the Adams Library, novel.” It was a while befrom many places: the place she grew up, the people she knew, during free period on Oct. 17, for RIC fore she realized “these her college years, books she read, even classes she took... professor Dr. Emily Danforth’s discussion people would never be about her novel. my readers, and that was After a few warm words of welcome, Dr. Danforth feels like she has neglected to mention something okay,” a crucial realization for any aspiring writer. stood at the podium and, instead of explaining her fundamental, even though most people here in And soon, with potential seen in a short story, novel herself, opened the discussion by showing Rhode Island have never heard of them, and most Cameron Post’s tale began to take shape. Coinciding its excellent book trailer (available for viewing on people skipped over the reference when they read the events in the media also influenced her fledgling YouTube). She then began to answer the questions book. It’s because that one little detail, and others story, and with a little research, she amassed her raw everyone had gathered to hear: “Where did the novel like it, can make a story feel “real.” material. come from? What inspired it? Why did you write it?”

With a plethora of quotes at her disposal that “That was the modeling clay from which the novel After sarcastically answering that she “wrote it gave her words a weight of undeniable authority, was born,” she said to her eager audience, and then for the money,” and that the book’s subject – a girl Dr. Danforth continued, and addressed the topic of she proceeded to read a short passage. It was, as excoming to terms with her homosexuality in the wake where to begin a novel. pected, a riveting reading of a wonderful novel. The of the death of her parents, while being sent away to “Everything changed for [Cam] on this day, so talk concluded with a question and answer period, a camp where you can “pray away the gay” was “a cash this is where it begins.” It’s as simple as that. Every and then Dr. Danforth sat at a table to sign books cow” – Dr. Danforth seriously delved into the deeper story starts at a point in time, and is influenced by for eager fans. challenges of writing, and life after publishing. uncountable things that have come before. Dr. DanSo, from this talk, I learned a number of lessons: “Answering those questions is difficult,” she said, forth’s inspiration comes from many places: the place inspiration can never be completely listed; you can’t because the answers come inconsistently, and every she grew up, the people she knew, her college years, expect everyone to like what you write, and most time she answers, she is never satisfied with what books she read, even classes she took while working importantly, if you’ve never tried cream cheese wedshe says. Little inspirations, things people might on her master’s degree. ding mints, you have apparently missed out on a real overlook as insignificant, “bother [her] endlessly.”

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“In television,” Valicenti said, “what really matters Next up for RIC’s ADP is another partnership to us is we count how many eyeballs we have every with NBC-10 to host three general election debates night, then we go to the Cardi brothers and say, ‘Hey, for Rhode Island’s senate and congressional seats on we had this many eyeballs tonight, this is how much Nov. 1 in the Nazarian Center’s Sapinsley Hall. Just it will cost you to advertise your new recliner.’” days before Election Day, the hotly contested races Donnis said the declining newspaper industry will receive national coverage, as well, from C-SPAN. has helped talk radio As the panel surge. wrapped up last We were the original mobile app. We were “The Providence Wednesday, sevin your car - we drove around with you.

Jorunal – to its own eral students had detriment – has lessa chance to ask ened the amount of questions.

– Matt Allen, WPRO local news” it covers, Jordan Day, a he said, allowing stajunior political scitions like WPRO to fill in the gap. ence major, asked on behalf of another student how WPRI political and economic reporter Ted Nesi talk hosts connect to listeners who aren’t political said all media needs to adapt to technology to sur- junkies.

“That’s a huge issue for me,” Allen said. “People vive today.

“I think if I want to build a brand in media today,” are busy. They’re listening to you because they’re he said, “I need to get to your phone, very, very quick, trying to learn. You’ve got to take them with you.” because that’s where you’re getting your information.”

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be fleeting.

“I think you’re in a period of total metamorphosis of from page media,” he said.

Tim Staskiewicz ’06, CBS Radio Boston’s digital content director who also got his start at RIC’s WXIN, said that talk radio was more relevant before the advent of websites like Facebook and Twitter.

“I think it was more important when social media networks didn’t exist,” he said. “Talk radio certainly filled that void.”

Allen agreed.

“We were the original mobile app,” he said. “We were in your car – we drove around with you.”

But the discussion turned more to what keeps local talk radio in business: advertising dollars.

Valicenti, himself a weekend WPRO talk host, said the basic models of TV and radio are the same: all programming is ratings-driven.

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Just when you thought the political climate was heating up...

Biology Research Colloquium discusses effects of future climate change

Imagine taking Massachusetts and moving it down rate of the plants are non-linear and do not necessarily conform to a single reto where the Carolinas are. That’s the projected climate sponse pattern when faced with various weather conditions. For example, as temperatures rise, a plant’s survival rate may take on a bell-curve shape. change for the next 50 years.

Results from BACE also seem to indicate that precipitation and temperature Vikki Rodgers, assistant professor of environmental science at Babson College, studies how climate shifts gradients do not interact in a way that affects the plants significantly. The exlike this will influence the plant communities of New ception was with the medium to high heat treatments combined with drought England. She recently spoke at the RIC Biology Re- conditions in which plants were unable to cope.

by JUstin gOslant According to Rodgers, the rate of climate change will affect what survives and search Colloquium. assistant news eDitOr Rodgers opened her presentation with a video from what does not. If climate changes relatively slowly, plants and animal species will migrate to different NASA illustrating regions for where they the change in temperatures around the world According to Rodgers, the rate of climate change will affect what are best suited. If it from 1889 to present. The northern latitudes survives and what does not...if it happens too quickly, species may happens too quickly, experienced the most change. She explained not have the chance to respond and may be killed off by extreme species may not have that extreme weather is becoming even the chance to respond more extreme and more common. Summers drought or habitat change. and may be killed off will get hotter, and winters will get colder. by extreme drought or Overall, drought risk in the region will rise significantly, especially in the summer months, while winters will become more habitat change.

Habitats will change. The Northeast will see conifers like pines being shoved wet.

Rodgers and her colleagues simulated the projected precipitation and temper- out by the new dominant trees: oak and hickory.

Research into climate change and plant responses could have large implicaature changes on two-by-two meter plots at the Boston Area Climate Experiment (BACE). The plants were subjected to high, medium and low treatments of heat tions for conservationists and industries like timber and agriculture. Habitat and precipitation modeling the effects of different weather combinations (con- changes may force companies and farms to relocate, and could cost billions of trolled by heat lamps and water collectors). The results indicated that the survival dollars.

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#Everyone’s a critic They say there are just two stories in New York City; either you were born there, or you moved there. Both stories constitute being a New Yorker and extend the right to gripe about or exalt the exceptionalism of the City. If you go to RIC, you are either a commuter or a resident. But who has the greater claim to complain about their RICness? As evidenced by the RIC student problem Twitter account (@ RICStudentProbl), everyone has an equal share in criticizing the college.

Maybe there is some function in having an uncensored public forum to alleviate the woes of going to a state school.

Students are not going to be screaming their ails at one another from across campus, and in a way, it’s almost refreshing to see an unfiltered reflection of the attitudes of the RIC student body. A few distinct segments of the RIC student body, anyway. @RICStudentProbl is itself problematic.

Some problems are distinctly resident problems. Lack of parties, Donovan, cable and Internet problems are more typical resident issues. What do commuters hate about RIC? One of the most pertinent posts is a TwitPic of some bathroom graffiti which simply reads, “Parking Sucks.” Who would have guessed?

The types of tweets run the gamut from

the mundane to the profane. There are those who understand the comedic potential and keep their tweets to clever, relevant observations. There are also dozens of tweets about unintelligible professors, crap food at Donovan and shocking temperature disparities in buildings on the RIC campus. “Each building at RIC should have its own weather channel. It’s like going to Africa and then going to Antarctica...”

This stuff is true, though. Often exaggerated, but at least based in some truth.

Despite being comprised mostly of grievances against RIC, @RICStudentProbl also showcases some of RIC’s triumphs. WXIN bumping “The Thong Song” by Sisqo was tweet worthy. When it hurts to be a RIC student, the Twitterverse will let you know, when going to RIC is awesome, @ RICStudentProbl will reflect that, too.

This damn thing blew up with tweets about GrooveBoston. A pseudo-mission statement from the account itself read, “This twitter is about how annoying RIC can be... But this time is how awesome it can be. With that said, GROOVE BOSTON.” People loved this event, and lo, Twitter demonstrates that.

There were thank you note tweets from members of SCG, a slew of tweets on how awesome it is to be drunk and raving and one very confusing tweet that chastised RIC for a lack of advertising about the GrooveBoston event. This newspaper, for one, resents that.

Whether commuter or resident, the “say it to my face or don’t say it at all” mantra comes to mind. Tweeting is a pretty backhanded way of criticism. If students have issues with the school and want them fixed, they could go to, say, Student Government to resolve them (or hey, maybe even a certain student newspaper *cough*cough*). But this is the Internet age, you know. It must be pretty easy to make fun of your professors behind a shield of 140 characters.

Ultimately, @RICStudentProbl is not about snidely complaining. It is an open means of expressing the sitcom-esque weirdness that is RIC. A lady walking her cat on a leash, dudes strutting around campus with rubber horse masks, the creepy foot-fetish messages in bathrooms across campus. Oh, RIC, how tweetable you are. w@RICStudentProbl could not exist without, well, problems. To a degree, this Twitter account owes a debt to the college, and it realizes this. It’s election season, but @RICStudentProbl keeps it priorities in line and its allegiance to RIC apparent: “Romney or Obama... I want Nancy Carriuolo. She’s the cutest.

- James Lucey A&E Editor

Christopher Moon As we all know most events at RIC are hit or miss. For instance, last semester Gabriel Iglesias’ standup comedy routine hit it out of the park while Gym Class Heroes didn’t bring in as big of a crowd. Then there are some events that aren’t as well advertised that don’t draw huge crowds, but ultimately end up exceeding everyone’s expectations. Last year’s RIC END had one event that stood out above the rest.

Psychic medium Christopher Moon has to have been one of the best guests RIC has ever booked.

The event was advertised as a gimmicky ghost hunt that ended up blowing everyone away. Moon brought a device known as Edison’s phone to the dead. Before inventor Thomas Edison died, he tried to create a device to contact his mother on the other side. Turns out the

device actually works when a psychic medium uses it, otherwise it just sounds like a broken radio if an average person turns it on.

What made the night believable was when people were able to talk to relatives who have been long since gone. Some said things that the medium would have had no knowledge about without extensively researching their lives.

Grandparents, uncles, aunts and pets were sending messages from the other side. It was an emotional night but anyone who was there will never forget it. Let’s hope Programing will invite him back in the future.

-Heather Nichols Lifestyles Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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Disgruntled student I have some questions I have been dying to ask for a few weeks. Why is it that students are only getting the news you choose to report, the way you choose to report it? Why are students getting partial information? Are we sacrificing quality in order to get out a product? As a whole, I feel as though there has been a trend of reporting incomplete data, slanting stories with personal bias and overall poor copy editing this year.

As a starting point, being a member of the Rhode Island College community, I am able to receive all the notice that other students do when it comes to homecoming activities. Prior to the week of Homecoming, at least three e-mails were sent to me both advertising and asking for my participation in events for the upcoming week. Therefore, I feel it inappropriate to place an attack on the way things were handled by the people who were in control of Homecoming as a whole. I am sure the people who organized the events appreciate that you thought this was an improvement; however, they cannot simply cater to the few dozen people who work for the student newspaper. Those people cater to a larger environment: current students of all ages, AND alumni. If this paper is catering to the student population like you claim it to, and also as it should, then plenty of people would have known about the events. I will not say that Homecoming was perfect, because nothing the first time around is, but both the news article and editorial covering the activities most recently seemed to slam the coordinators on not making it flawless. If anything less than perfection the first time something is done requires a mainly negative reaction, then this paper now running six weeks this semester should have not a single flaw to be found -- whether it be picture quality, grammatical mistakes or drastically below standard editing.

I am also baffled by the number of advertisements you have. I did not know that almost one-fifth of a “quality” student newspaper is made up of advertising until I counted how many appeared throughout the issue. I do not understand why the paper is comprised of so many pages each week when hardly any of it is content that is worth reading, if it is content at all. Moreover, the content of this paper is clearly lacking by having to fill pages with advertisements, but your clever design convinces readers that their student activity fee is not actually going to waste. Other than full

pages of pictures, advertisements and sidebars with useless information, the paper leaves much to be desired week after week.

On another note, I am a student in the residence halls. Sometimes, in fact, I tune into Anchor TV to catch bits and pieces of what is going on with Parliament, as best I can to follow along. Although I only know a handful of these people, anyone who does not know them and who only reads the paper would get the impression that each and every one of them is discriminatory. With the headline, “Did not pass a resolution to afford ASL interpreters to students who are deaf and hard of hearing,” from the most recent publication, what does that leave people to assume? I mean, fine, you want to catch the readers’ attention, but following that headline should be what is actually fact, not what is the opinion of what occurred during the meeting without any reasoning behind it. In the article you back up after publishing, it barely touches upon the fact that the resolution was not passed because along with the college itself, Student Community Government is required to adhere to the American Disabilities Act, which makes the resolution essentially null and void.

However, instead of emphasizing the reasoning behind the failure to pass a discussion between Kyla Pecchia and Robert Sanchas was the focus of the article. Where are the facts? What is the data? All I am reading is an article written and placed in the wrong section to target student leaders for doing what they are in the position they are to do.

The staff of this paper is supposedly committed to the truth and what is really happening here on campus, and in some cases, I believe that to be the truth. But it unfortunately seems like your goal is to place your editors and staff in a position to shame those you disagree with. The student newspaper is only disregarding the other 9,000 students who attend school here, just like your few organization members do. Congratulations on wasting all of the student paid dollars. You do it effortlessly.

Sincerely, A Dissatisfied Student

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Pollyanna Ryan: live from the VP debate Last week featured a surprisingly feisty vice presidential debate as defender Joe Biden squared off with GOP nominee Paul Ryan. Both sides trod well-worn ground, rehashing the respective mythologies of their party ticket whilst deriding the other side’s platform. However, the most interesting part of the debate occurred when Paul Ryan was pressed on his scheme for reducing taxes. Despite repeated efforts from the moderator, Ryan was unable to provide any clear numbers for his proposed expenditure cuts and lamely insisted that a lower tax rate would broaden the tax base, presumably by creating jobs. While a commonly accepted part of the GOP platform, I have always found this assertion fascinating.

The idea seems to be this: if the government decreases taxes on business, then businesses will have more money to hire people to contribute to overall economic growth, thereby actually increasing overall government revenue in the long run. Leaving aside issues of inflation caused by an expanded economy and rising wages as trained personnel become scarcer, the automatic assumption of tax cuts creating economic and employment growth are integral parts of what I fondly term Speculative Economics.

Speculative Economics occurs when you take a series of intangibles, such as theoretical tax rates,

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possible motives for hiring and prospective market trends, and develop a complex model unsupported by actual data.

The most damning aspect of this idea is that it is all based on certain key unsupported propositions.

In order for Ryan’s plan to work, an equation must be made that reads: decreasing taxes must equal economic growth must equal increased revenue must equal more tax income and more jobs. This equation depends on the economy being responsive only to taxes. Other market forces and the psychological fear of economic downturns apparently are unrelated to the tax rate and government regulations (another key to Speculative Economics: government regulation must always inhibit growth and make entrepreneurship harder).

Given that the GOP represents itself as the party of small government, it is amazing how they have vested their image of the government with such power that no other possible cause of economic growth and shrinkage is possible other than government interference. Are government taxes and regulation Kryptonite to the economy? Will the removal of such controls automatically unleash a torrent of creativity, money and employment? Or have certain interests who desire to keep more of their wealth tucked safely away led us down this path – they who are keenly aware that at even the mention of the words “jobs” and “growth” American brains will shut down in the

mad scramble for this mythical pot of gold?

Instead of voting for the anti-Kryptonite faction, I propose that we write any tax incentives offered like a business contract. If the intent is that any tax decrease would increase employment in the United States, we offer a tax deduction for every job created or maintained in the United States. If a job is shipped overseas or eliminated, the deduction not only disappears, but a fine is levied against the company to reflect breach of contract.

If the job is truly dispensable, the company will realize enough profit from its removal or transfer that it will accept the loss. This makes a great deal more sense than lowering the tax rates, clasping our hands together and praying that the money the corporation saved from the IRS will be turned into a new middle-class job. To do so is analogous to handing five dollars to everyone on the street in the hopes that they will donate the money to charity and end world hunger. If you expect a result, you must specify it and take steps to enforce your desire. Otherwise, you are leaving it all to chance, which is a ridiculous reason to cut off revenue sources that might be put to good use elsewhere.

Joe Martin is a history major with a range of interests including politics, intellectual history and contemporary issues. He is also a chess instructor and is always looking for a challenge.

In response to “Disgruntled student” For those of you who have yet to read “Disgruntled Student” on page 8, please do so as this opinion is a response. Remember, I am speaking on my own

bY JOnathan LaMantia behalf and not that of the Managing editOr organization. I would love to address the writer by name; however, for some reason I cannot account for, they have taken what I consider to be a cowardly tact and not provided one. That is really too bad because I agree with you on several points you make and would love to speak with you further.

Regardless, allow me to explain some of my goals for the paper. The reader will note the fact that I just recently took the position of Managing Editor, and I am in a position to make various improvements.

First, we have been working on improving the accuracy of our copy. This means that we have now agreed to subject all content through at least three pairs of eyes. Such added scrutiny should go a long way.

Now, while what I am going to say is really of no concern to anyone external to the office, let me just say that over the past several weeks, I have implemented a series of communications-oriented

reforms. While these reforms have not yet fully yielded their intended results, these changes have already improved communication generally (ask any of the editors). When everyone in an organization is on the same page, operations, including the production of content, are vastly improved.

On the whole, yes, we are aware of several of the issues you mention, including accuracy of the copy in general and steadiness of content, and we are working towards improvement. We are doing so not simply by saying so. Rather, we have taken a proactive stance.

Now allow me to address several other concerns you raise: First, you broadly attack the paper for only covering what we want to cover. Allow me to suggest that you visit our office. Here’s how a newspaper works: we have editors who specialize in certain areas of interest, and their job is to seek out events to cover and/or stories to write. In addition, each of these editors receive numerous press releases inviting them to various events. I can tell you that they are generally very good about reaching out and attempting to cover such stories. However, these editors only have so many writers working for them and they themselves only have so much time in a day. So what

happens? Just like any other newspaper, we must be selective. We must consider the overall importance of an event to students to see if it warrants coverage.

When you say that we only report on what we want to report on, you are accusing us of doing our job. By the way, you can always make contributions yourself.

If you do not get a response from a section editor, go ahead and send it to my email address.

In your letter you also suggest that we treat certain groups and people unfairly by skewing our content in order shame them. You point to a recent story published on Oct. 1, 2012 regarding a meeting of Student Parliament. First, you take issue with our headline. Try reading it again. What exactly is biased about it? Two major decisions were made at the meeting: a resolution failed to pass, and it was decided that SCG should use funds generated by the student activities fee to fund the college’s efforts to lobby R.I. voters to pass Question 3. Our headline: “Disabilities resolution fails, SCG to fund RIC’s political aims.” That seems pretty expository to me.

Contrary to what you wrote, this headline is itself a fact.

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the disabilities resolution. Here I must disagree. We certainly did discuss that fact the President Kyla Pecchia had several concerns regarding execution, sufficiency of language and, contrary to what you argue, her concerns regarding the meshing of the resolution with the American Disabilities Act of 1973. Of course, the article could have been more detailed, but we could have also just run the transcript. The point is: our writer, a fine writer, decided to summarize, just like any other newspaper would. In my view, it was totally sufficient and fair.

Next—what about Homecoming? You have several comments about that too. Here I will quote you because I think it’s telling: “I feel it inappropriate to p l a c e an attack on the w ay things were handled by the p e o p l e who were in control o f Homecoming as a whole.” I will address of coverage of the event, but first let me ask you a question? Why isn’t it appropriate? Are newspapers supposed to be concerned with the feelings of those we report on?

Look, those who know me know that I don’t have a penchant for conflict, but when I think something is being done poorly, I’m going to say something. That is the same spirit I think is appropriate for a newspaper, not with regards to straight reporting, but with opinions and editorials. I see no issue with our editorial. Yes, we weren’t completely satisfied. So what? Regardless, we actually paid several compliments to the event. Read it. I really don’t understand your point about the editorial. It’s an editorial!

As for your concerns with regards to the news article, that’s just baseless. Again, I’ll direct a reader who is interested to our website. Check out our coverage. Just because the writer includes a fact that you consider to be negative does not mean that the article is slanted. It just means that not all facts are happy.

Additionally, you attack us for printing too many advertisements.

How is this a bad thing? SCG allocated us $42,000 for printing this

year, and that still will not be enough to print 30 issues. This doesn’t even include the annual commencement magazine that costs almost $5,000 on it’s own. That means we have to come up with revenue to cover the additional costs. We also use our excess advertising revenue to pay staff writers, co-sponsor events on campus and attend annual college journalism conferences so that we can improve the overall quality of this publication. To not run paid advertisements would be fiscally irresponsible on our part, and we would need to be much more dependent on funding from SCG. Lastly, you accuse us of including useless sidebars of information, but you didn’t say which ones were useless so we could remove them. What do you mean by useless information? Did you mean that the sidebar containing a list of upcoming events was useless? Did you mean that the sidebar providing students with a concise list of what Parliament did with their money that week was useless? Or did you mean that the sidebar containing the dates of various cancer-awareness events was useless? I don’t know, but I would love to know. These sidebars are a direct result of our concern with making this paper more useful to the average student. Isn’t that what your letter argued we should do?

On the whole, let me just say, that I agree with you on several of the points you raised. Yes, we are concerned and working towards improving the accuracy of our copy. On the other hand, I find many of the concerns listed in your letter baseless and quite honestly, personally insulting. While I am not speaking for the rest of the paper, I can say that I know the people who work here love this paper and love this school. We work for hours every week to put out a paper that informs all students. Yes, it’s not perfect, but it’s getting better. Remember that we are students just like you, and publishing this newspaper is still a learning process for many of our members. It’s great that the paper gets letters from concerned readers like yourself, but it’s even better when people like yourself come in to talk with us or make contributions to make us even better.

With additional reporting by Editor-in-Chief Mandy Wray Dion.

How about some integrity?

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When it comes to politics in Rhode Island, neither Democrats nor Republicans tell the truth. In fact, they are very dishonest when it comes to telling their constituents the truth. In my opinion, these politicians only tell the voters what they want to hear. Then, once they get elected to their various positions, they do the complete opposite.

A clear example from a few years ago was when Shelton Whitehouse, the senior Democrat from R.I., was running for office; he promised the voters that there would be no tax increase. However, over the last three years, sales taxes have increased by 25 percent. Also, the mayor of Cranston, Allan Fung, a Republican, promised the voters during his campaign that there would be no property tax increase, but the city of Cranston has increased property taxes by 28 percent over the last three years. The representatives and senators of both parties should be ashamed of themselves for saying one thing to attract voters during their campaigns and doing something completely different once they are in office.

Here in R.I., I believe we are suffering from misinformation, and that we give even the slightest credibility to these politicians is unbelievable. The truth is that both parties see the world in different ways, and they twist the facts to confirm their views. These manipulative politicians should never be trusted be-

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cause they have shown they are only in office to seek their own interests.

One politician that has been honest, trustworthy and an all-around exception is Jack Reed. When he ran for office, he promised the voters that he would operate with greater transparency and bring business development to Rhode Island.

Over the last two years we have seen significant headway made in community development. Prime examples are the two new children’s libraries that have been built in Pawtucket and Providence.

Tourism has also increased significantly; the result has been a huge increase in revenue for the state and local businesses since his election. Because of these actions taken by Senator Reed, the reading level for students in Rhode Island has improved throughout the past two years.

I understand that in politics, and in life generally, we all have to compromise, but compromising in a way that violates what you stand for is wrong. Integrity should mean something, and compromising should never violate one’s own personal integrity. Both Whitehouse and Fung should never be trusted. I believe during the next election, we the voters should kick them out of office and elect people who will tell us the truth and look after the public interest. If our elected officials cannot keep their promises, we the people are obliged to make sure they do. Our vote is the only way; let’s use it wisely.

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In that case, you should check out the Physical Education Club.

Club President Brittani Fortes says the club’s mission is “to provide meaningful opportunities and experiences to students who are interested in health and

physical education.” While this sounds perfect for health and physical education majors, anyone is welcome to join. It is a great chance to learn new exercises and get together with new people.

The club has some pretty sweet sounding events coming up this semester, including an equipment drive that will collect and donate exercise equipment to local public schools. Fortes said that in addition to donating equipment, the club has also adopted a school to volunteer at.

If you’re looking to get more involved in the community and provide an excellent service for kids, this club might just be for you.

If you are looking to just hang out

Physical Education Club Where: Murry Center, 220 When: Wednesdays, 12:30 - 2 p.m. there are a couple more casual events planned for the semester. This includes a badminton tournament in the Recreation Center. The club is also in the progress of putting together basketball and baseball camps on Saturdays for students at the schools they volunteer at. They are still working out the details, but if you are interested in learning more then feel free to contact them or stop in during a meeting next free period.

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When I filled out my application for Rhode Island College, I don’t recall reading the “I surrender all my bY heather nichOLs LiFestYLes editOr free time” clause.

Sometimes I have to pencil in such simple necessities like sleeping and eating. I know I’m not the only one with this issue; since RIC is a commuter campus, a lot of people find themselves swamped during the school year. Between classes, jobs and other responsibilities, people will find themselves spread pretty thin which can make them resent all the fun that is depicted in almost every college comedy.

There are a couple of main factors that make college life difficult and it boils down to issues in communication and knowing when to make a sacrifice. Sometimes you get a professor who thinks their class is the only priority in your life.

Unfortunately this person is an unavoidable part of every college student’s existence; even I have had my share of them. In every university and in every department, they all have that one professor who is just hard to deal with. In an ideal world we can just drop the class or suck it up and deal with them

since they’re only going to be a part of our lives for a short period. Those are both extreme approaches and I don’t really recommend the first one after the add/drop period. Even though it may be difficult, leaning how to deal might help you in the future when interacting with a difficult co-worker.

If it’s possible, try and dedicate a block

of time every week to just that one class.

Send frequent emails to your professor if something is hard to understand. The fact that you are reaching out shows your dedication and will probably reflect in your grade. Even if they come off as strict on the surface, they are human too, so give them the benefit there. Sometimes we have no choice but to make a sacrifice for our better good. If you know something major is coming up and you will have difficulty completing the week’s assignments, give them a heads up.

Now this is all well and fine unless of course you’re having an even harder issue.

You should know that there are resources in case you feel either singled out or uncomfortable. For instance, I had a professor who used to massage my shoulder whenever he walked by my desk. After he asked if I had a boyfriend I knew I needed to get out of that class. I just dropped the class because at the time I didn’t know what resources I had or how to go about reporting him.

At RIC there are a few different people you can speak with. First, if you can, it’s important to let the department head know about the incident. Of course if your incident is with the department head that could be uncomfortable.

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A scarf is a daily You can wear these accessory that can be inside or outside worn all year round and they will by men or women. most likely be However, once the able to match temperature drops, a any outfit. Bascarf is a definite ne- sic colors like by caitlin elliOtt cessity. Fortunately, red, brown, lifestyles staff writer there are dozens of green, white, different types of blue or yellow scarves that can be worn in any situation. will add a pop Lightweight scarves are usually worn of color to any inside. It does not necessarily matter where outfit. you choose to wear one, but they will obviA patterned scarf ously not keep you as warm if the wind starts is a way to back a to pick up while walking to class. You will not bold statement. have to take a lightweight scarf off if the heat They will add an is on in a building or if it gets a little warm extra something as you walk from class to class. These types to your outfit of scarves will be perfect to transition from and for fall, that the warm weather into the brisk fall air. You is a must. Mixcan wear a lightweight scarf throughout the ing patterns is entire season, so make sure you buy all dif- a huge trend ferent kinds. (previously Thick scarves work best for when you are written about) walking from class to class or around the for fall so try city for the day. The perfect scarf would be buying scarves made from knit or wool fabrics. Anytime you in plaid, polka are exposed to the cold air for long periods dots, stripes and of time, a thick, chunky scarf is the answer. other interesting prints. You You will stay cozy and bundled up. It is not can mix these with any shirt suggested that you wear a thick scarf indoors or jacket that has a similar or for obvious reasons. You may get too hot if matching color.

The perfect place to you try sitting through a class while the heat is on. Investing in neutral colors in thick buy scarves would most scarves would be the best option since they likely be a department store. will need to match all of your jackets and Nordstrom’s has dozens and dozens of difwinter coats. ferent styles, fabrics and colors of scarves.

Infinity scarves are one of the greatest Macy’s is also a great choice to shop at while kinds of scarves to have. looking for your perfect They are commonly thick scarf. If you are not the Anytime you are scarves made from big type of person to go knits and will keep you hunting for a scarf in a exposed to the cold as warm as can be. Just department store, Target, air for long periods of like a thick scarf, infinity H&M, Topshop, Urban time, a thick, chunky scarves are best to buy in Outfitters and Forever 21 solid colors so that they are all also great choices. scarf is the answer.” will match the jacket you Each store will have differthrow on that day. You ent colors and selection of can also find infinity scarves in a lightweight styles. You will not be disappointed in what fabric, however they are not as common. you find.

The color of the scarves you chose to buy Men who are reading this, do not think can be extremely important to your outfit. you cannot try to wear a scarf! Women find Basic colored scarves are an absolute must scarves a necessity and men should as well. for fall and winter. Many people may think a You will be thankful to be wearing one once basic colored scarf is simple and boring, but the wind chill drops and the snow begins to they will go with any outfit you own and are fall! a great accessory for the early fall weather.

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By Kate Mochun

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I don’t want to be known as a homie hopper!

So you’ve met this really great guy and he makes your heart skip a few beats, however, there is a little twist to your story: he and your ex are both on the same athletics team. Somebody call in the refs before a penalty happens.

You are not the first person that this has happened to. It’s also possible that you are overthinking things, so stop worrying for a moment and take a deep breath. Don’t say anything to your ex; you and your mystery guy need to get to know one another better before you become a public item. I understand you don’t want to be known as the homie hopper on campus.

First, just stop worrying about what other people think. If people are so concerned about your drama it’s only because they have incredibly boring lives. If things work out as much as your heart desires and you two go official, it might not be bad to give your ex a heads up; that way he won’t be completely ambushed when he finds out and you won’t feel guilty either.

get crackin’ or Mr. Clean will have a little chit chat with

you.”

I hate when people don’t put in their fair share of cleaning up. If you all live together you should all clean together. My roommates and I ran into the same issue over taking out the trash, doing the dishes and cleaning up the bathroom. We finally decided that if they are your dishes you scrub it, if it’s your make up left out you pick it up, and if you are severally grossed out by how overflowing the trash is then you take it out.

It sounds like in your case the girl hasn’t responded to any of your talks, so you could give her a taste of her own medicine. Leave her trash out everywhere and let her deal with it, because sooner or later it is going to get under her skin just as much as it is getting under yours.

However, that isn’t the most practical approach so it might be better to just talk to your other suitemates about it and see what they can do and also talk to your RA.

He has dated me, her, her and the girl over there in the corner…

Oh baby this boy is on a mission. I would like to be one of those people who say “he’s not doing it intentionally,” or “he just doesn’t realize that you all live together,” but come on. It just seems like this guy doesn’t care. The fact that most of the girls you live with have dated him can bring up some unnecessary drama. This guy sounds like he will bring bad mojo into your life and do you really want that? No, I didn’t think so.

Carol Crutchfield is a visiting nurse (R.N.) as well as the director of the Campus Ministry programs for her church and can be found at many of the R.I. area campuses. She is a member of Truth Tabernacle United Pentecostal Church International, located at 542 Potters Avenue in Providence. They are an apostolic multi-cultural Pentecostal church.

Carol is at RIC every Wednesday 12-1 p.m. in the Interfaith Center Common Area for fellowship and Bible study. Please feel free to join her, and feel free to bring your lunch.

Religious Observances Oct. 24

Dussera

Hindus around the world celebrate Dussera, which is a festival that celebrates the force of Rama’s victory over the evil demon Ravana, or good over evil.

Parades, outdoor fairs, special prayer meetings and food offerings to the gods are ways the devotees observe this 10-day holiday.

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Eid-ul-Adha

People of the Muslim faith celebrate Eid-ul-Adha, or festival of Sacrifice. This holiday remembers when Allah appeared to Ibrahim in a dream and asked him to sacrifice his son Isma’il as an act of obedience to God. Ibrahim’s faithfulness spared his son’s life and Allah rewarded Ibrahim for his faith. On the first morning of Eid al-Adha, Muslims around the world attend morning prayers at their local mosques. Prayers are followed by visits with family and friends, and the exchange of greetings and gifts.

I live with the queen of the slobs, what can I do?

“Clean up, clean up, everybody everywhere!”

Thanks for that lesson, Barney. After having read about your suitemate’s unclean tendencies ,it’s time that you walk up to her with a bottle of Windex, a rag and a bottle of bleach and say, “Here, these will become your new best friends, If you would like to submit a question to Kate, email kmochun_3137@email.ric.edu.

She accepts questions on all subjects so don’t be shy, send her a question today.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about faith, or if there are other faiths you would like to see represented on campus, please email them to jlutrario@ric.edu.

There may be a small delay between receiving questions and answers. Please include a full name and email address (preferably ric.edu) with the inquiry. Due to limited space, not every question can be answered in print however all questions will receive an answer sent to the listed email address.

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(Kitchen is open until 12 a.m.)

simple so you’ll have more room. The gem of the side dishes is in their sweet potato fries. Served with what they call kryptonite aioli, they are super delicious. If you save room for dessert you might want to try the Chocolate Crack; I’d tell you what’s in it but that’ll ruin the fun.

Now the bar side of the restaurant is impressive to say the least with many beers and cocktails to choose from. Harry’s has hard floats and shakes, the one most noted is the Caramel Twinkie. This shake has vanilla vodka, vanilla ice cream, caramel and of course, Twinkie. In addition, Harry’s makes excellent bloody Marys; the Bacon Bloody was bloody fantastic. When you sip the drink and bite the bacon the flavor comes together deliciously, and it’s almost like drinking a really smooth, fantastic alcoholic gazpacho.

Harry’s tap is always in rotation. They have your

going on in your classes, and write down reminders for major papers and exams so that you won’t get to the week it’s due and panic.

If you notice that there’s a rather heavy week coming up, see if you can request time off at work just to give yourself a little extra time. In addition to studying it’s important to relax too or else you’ll burn yourself out. College is an opportunity, not a death sentence, so get out there and try to get the most out of it.

standard fare of Sam Adams, Bud and Blue Moon, but in addition they’ll sometimes offer some international beers from places such as Germany and Russia. One of the bottled beers you can try is Old Leg Humper, brewed in Ohio. This beer is dark with light caramel notes and is somewhat sweet without being overpowering. Another is Circus Boy, which is a fairly standard Hefeweizen with citrus notes and is slightly more hops than the standard.

All in all Harry’s Bar and Burger is a great place with great food, great drinks and a great place for lunch. Did I mention happy hour is from 3-6 p.m. where all sliders are half off? Go grab yourself some good eats.

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Who doesn’t love a good burger? Even vegetarians have their own version of the delicious sandwich.

While watching “Food Network” one day I noticed

By Heather Nichols there was a burger joint 10 Lifestyles Editor minutes from RIC that has received the title of “world’s best burger,” so I had to check that out. That’s when I fell in love with Harry’s Bar and Burger on North Main Street in Providence. You’ll easily be able to have lunch for two for less than $20 because the prices are extremely reasonable.

One thing you should know is that Harry’s actually serves sliders, which are mini burgers made with Hereford beef and served up on potato buns that come two to an order, which is great for sharing.

I’ve been there three times and I’ve sampled a wide variety of their burgers. My favorite is tied between Harry’s Meltdown and the Southwest Turkey Burger.

The Meltdown is an explosion of juicy flavor, Swiss cheese, caramelized onions and their secret sauce.

The turkey burger has flavor; those of you who eat turkey burgers know how rare this is. The turkey is flavored with Cajun spices then topped with lettuce, cucumber, American cheese and chipotle mayo. The cucumber makes the heat more palatable, adds crispness and creates a harmony within the dish.

I also highly recommend the Mother of all Burgers (The M.O.B.), which is topped with American cheese, lettuce, pickles, bacon, mushrooms and fried onion strings; it is excellent because it’s everything awesome on a burger. The one burger I actually didn’t like there was Fungus Among Us; I feel the truffle aioli may have overpowered the other flavors of the burger. For those of you who are true carnivores, there are three burgers you’ll love: Sloppy Harry’s Chili Burger, the Pastrami Burger and Pig Pile Burger.

If you’re not into the meat scene Harry’s also offers a veggie black bean burger.

Now what would a burger be without sides?

Harry’s fries are all excellent. Their standard salt and pepper fries are flavorful without being over seasoned or super salty. You can add things like jalapenos and cheese to the fries but if you want to sample more burgers I recommend keeping them

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Soyeon Kate Lee dazzles Sapinsley Hall She was an elegant bottle rocket.

Slender and pale, wrapped tight in a strapless red

By James Lucey gown, I could A&E Editor have spent my two hours at Sapinsley Hall just staring at pianist Soyeon Kate Lee. She’s an explosive performer, playing with as much tact and articulation as power and energy.

But even more than her music, Lee’s exuberant personality shined.

I don’t usually expect classical musicians to be likeable. Classical performances have proven to be stiff and detached to me. I was not expecting Soyeon Kate Lee to engage the audience as she did. She was immediately personable and engaging, seated, but leaning forward toward the audience and candidly explaining her feelings on the pieces. “Oh, she’s cute”, said a woman behind me. Lee set an emotional precedent for what was to come, describing Domenico Scarlatti’s “Sonata in A Major” as an image of “a romantic, gloomy, rainy day.”

The bulk of Lee’s performance orbited around Robert Schumann’s “Davidsbündlertänze” (just try to pronounce it, I dare you). Basically, “Davidsbündlertänze” was Schumann’s love letter to his future wife, Clara. Since Clara’s father was Schumann’s piano mentor, this letter is spare of poetry, but heavy on orchestration and absurdly intricate arrangement. You gotta impress your girlfriend’s dad. Lee explained

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that Schumann the introvert as well as Schumann the extrovert vie for supremacy in this piece. You got that sense.

Comprised of loud/quiet dynamics, supremely complicated arrangements, and depressing minor tones as well as bright and vivid major tones, the Schumann piece was a journey. Lee was shredding the piano, rocking out and getting into a serious groove. That is a statement I did not think I could make about a classical pianist. Lee’s

ballerina arm gestures and facial expressions communicated a symbiosis with the music. Her rigid back muscles exposed above her strapless crimson gown. She was into it; loving it.

That being said, the Schumann piece sounded like the soundtrack to a chase scene in a silent film at some points. Perhaps overly elaborate and occasionally overwhelming; dissolving sometimes into a white noise of complicated music.

The star piece though, was Issac

Albeniz’s “Iberia, Book I.” Again, the glowing Lee courteously and earnestly addressed the audience and explained Albeniz created Iberia as an homage to his native Spain. Iberia is a musical portrait; a story of sound portraying the landscapes and people and energy of the very particular culture of Spain. Whereas Schumann was tight, constant and complicated; Albeniz seemed more open and flowing, focused more on emotive music rather than ultra-orchestration. A slight Arabic influence pervaded, and changes in rhythm and emphatic bass notes in abundance. Lee shifted into light-speed for this piece, her hands becoming an actual blur, but only for a few measures.

Soyeon Kate Lee was applauded twice with a standing ovation. She closed with a short waltz from Franz Liszt. The ¾ time song was melancholy and vaguely romantic. Frankly, I felt vaguely romantic after witnessing such a gorgeous woman play facemelting classical music for two hours.

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RIC professor keeps jazz jiving the ric dance company

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Bridgman|Packer Dance became one with their art

By Victoria ParKer a&e staff Writer

How could one describe the Bridgman|Packer Dance, presented by the RIC Dance Company?

“Outstanding,” “mind-blowing,” and I even overheard from the crowd, “psychedelic.” Yet, while these words detail the performance, they cannot give the reader the sensual, evocative experience gained by watching the performance firsthand. A mix of dance and video, real and unreal, the Bridgman|Packer dance was not only beautifully-choreographed and performed, but ingenious and provocative as well.

Before the first dance “Under the Skin” even began, saxophonist Ken Field subtly set the stage for what lay ahead. By overlapping his playing with a recorded song, Field not only produced a very interesting sound and added texture to his performance, but served as an example of what was to come in the dance: recorded footage mixed with live performance. Just two people, a large white screen, a projector and a stage transformed into living, breathing, moving art.

Dancers Myrna Packer and Art Bridgman became one with the screen, their canvas, as projected images streamed over them, blending them into the images through which they moved and danced gracefully about. Special effects such as their projected “shadow” images dancing with them on screen drew gasps and applause from the astonished crowd. Later,

the dance moved into the sensual, as man and woman got dressed and undressed both in their projections and on stage, using their long white skirts as screens onto which the other’s actions appeared.

The effect was that of two bodies becoming one, emphasized by the intimate connection implied in their half-nude, sexually-charged twists and turns as they danced together, embracing. “Under the Skin” proved to be a fast-paced, visually exciting, and sensual performance.

“Voyeur,” the next dance after intermission, continued the artistic focus of their performance, yet with a much more serious mood.

The performance was inspired by the works of artist Edward Hopper, whose paintings focus on buildings and the people inside them.

The dance featured a set of the exterior of a house with cut-out windows and doors, onto which vivid photographs of scenery were projected. Three versions or perspectives would be shown at a time, a bizarre effect that seemed to turn the house inside out.

Throughout the performance, feelings of loneliness, anxiety and longing were conveyed, as the dance partners “searched” for each other until they at last met and satisfied the sexual tension. This was a story-like performance in comparison to the more abstract images of the previous dance. As an interpretation of Edward Hopper’s art that brought movement to the still pictures, exploring the inside of a home as well as the

outside of one, I would say it was very successful. However, there seemed to be a lot of repetition in the actual movements and dancing, causing the dance to become a bit tedious to watch. Nonetheless, the performance was exceptional, capturing the essence of the artist’s paintings while also incorporating the dancers’ own artistic vision and response.

Lastly, the Rhode Island College Dance Company performed “Cohorts,” a dance more enthusiastic and light-hearted, while no less skillful than the previous act.

Perfectly timed with the music, the dance was a mix of spasmodic, rigid movements and fluid, controlled ones. It gave the impression of being free-style and improvised, yet carefully-executed and wellpracticed. At one point, the group mimicked the image projectionscreen idea of Bridgman|Packer (who were their choreographers, after all) with transparent sheets, one quickly flipped after the other as the previously-recorded dance pairs leaped across. Overall, the dance was delightful, at times even comical, to watch, a refreshing display of bursting youthful energy after the effortlessly-contained energy of the previous two.

Bridgman|Packer’s performance was innovative, artistic and expressive. Witty and erotic, fun and somber, the dances contained a range of moods, music and images; truly an unforgettable experience.

It is better to be out playing rather than in the classroom. RIC Music Professor, Greg Abate, understands how crucial that is for young musicians. The

By James lucey RIC Jazz Combos—four a&e editor groups of students in the Jazz Minor Program—under the direction of Professor Abate, will perform on Wednesday, Oct. 24, in the Forman Theatre in the Nazarian Center.

There are not many venues that are willing to showcase young, unproven talent, let alone young jazz musicians. This upcoming performance of the Jazz Combos will showcase four different groups of students. Piano, bass and drums are at the core of each combo group with trumpet, trombone and vocals as the variations making each combo unique.

Greg Abate is a worthy man to have at the helm of this project. Abate is, after all, a Berklee graduate who played lead alto sax with the Ray Charles Band. He has gone on to form his own jazz fusion band, along with a slew of studio albums. Despite being a faculty member at RIC for 10 years, Abate still manages to spend time on the road, playing music.

Abate contends that American jazz is being nurtured at RIC, and the school is doing its part to keep young people interested in jazz as an art form. Music, specifically jazz, offers learning tools different from the other academic mediums. Jazz makes you think, instruments hone a skill and performing provides valuable social and professional experience.

This RIC Jazz Combos will perform on Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 7 p.m. at the Forman Theater in the Nazarian Center. Admission is free.

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Say what you want, Say Anything still rocks

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Max Bemis, the boisterous lead singer of Say Anything, has calmed down considerably over the

By Kyle Grant Anchor Contributor past few years.

Now married and expecting a son in February, Bemis has, for the most part, removed himself from the mental breakdowns and institutionalizations that plagued him for much of his career. However, Bemis’ absence of mental issues has left his music lacking, with Say Anything’s 2009 self-titled release and the recent “Anarchy, My Dear” lacking the spark prevalent in his previous albums.

So, when Say Anything rolled into Providence last Wednesday on a tour to support “Anarchy, My Dear,” I was a little uncertain. Would there be anything left to say about Say Anything?

Doors opened at the Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel at 7:30 p.m., but three openers cushioned the headlining act. Normally, an opening band’s stale stage presence and middling song quality leaves me agitated, and the fact that three openers separated me from Say Anything was daunting.

However, there was a gem buried in the mediocrity with the misleading name, Murder By Death.

Murder by Death hails from Bloomington, Indiana, and takes its name from the 1976 Robert Moore Film. These indie-rock veterans have been around for over a decade, and took control of the live show in a way I did not expect. Murder by Death sounds like Mumford and Sons spent a summer in Mexico, drank their weight in tequila and survived bar fights and late night escapades just to crawl out of the gutter the next morning.

Adding a cello, accordion, horn and keyboard to their sound, Murder By Death was an exotic twist to the bar band sound, and the crowd reacted wildly.

“We don’t normally play these kinds of shows,” said lead singer and guitarist Adam Turla. “We are more accustomed to playing the bar scene.”

Murder by Death will be beginning their tour shortly. They will be shipping off to Boston sometime this winter.

“I love playing in Boston, those shows always get wild,” Turla said.

After Murder by Death rocked the stage, the crowd roared as the Say Anything banner, the burning book album cover of “Anarchy, My Dear,” was lowered. After much anticipation, Say Anything took the Lupo’s stage to a carnival style tune, and Bemis ran to the mic, chubby and unshaven, and the crowd went ecstatic in a way rarely seen at shows today. Shouts of “I love you Bemis!” “You make me want to touch myself!” and “I’m going to name my kid after you!” filled the arena.

Say Anything did not miss a beat, going right into a crowd pleaser called “The Writhing South.” Lupo’s erupted amidst the screaming guitars and Bemis’ trademark scathing voice, the audience joining in as he howled, “Across the room, across the room, I hope to watch you writhe again soon.”

“The Writhing South,” like much of Say Anything’s repertoire, is a snapshot of Bemis’ dysfunctional life; saturated in drugs, sex, mental delusions and other things that make rock ‘n roll so damn fun. While some artists would stray from being so transparent in their music, Bemis has flaunted his flaws and dissected his psyche for the word to see, and his fans eat it up.

At one point, Bemis was admitted to three different mental hospitals in a year, a record that would end most careers. Instead, Bemis used it as fuel to fan Say Anything’s fire.

Despite being on tour for their most recent release, Say Anything’s style was nestled in their earlier and

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beloved older albums, “…Is a Real Boy” and “In Defense of the Genre.”

This definitely was a choice that played in Say Anything’s favor; the crowd was electric, singing along to hits like “Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too” and “Alive with the Glory of Love.”

If they had chosen to dominate the set list with newer tracks, the night would not have been anywhere near as exhilarating. When Say Anything played songs off “Anarchy, My Dear,” the crowd looked clueless.

Bemis even went old school on Lupo’s, playing a track he wrote in college called “A Walk Through Hell” (hardcore Say Anything fans will know this song well). Bemis informed the audience that sometime next year the band will be releasing a compilation of tracks dating before “…Is A real Boy,” including songs never before heard by the public.

Sherri DuPree Bemis, Bemis’ wife, made a surprise appearance at the show, singing along to a few songs and showing off a baby bump that sent the crowd wild. Coming back for the encore, Bemis put in his two cents about the election.

“I know most people will look at me and expect me to bash Romney. But I think they are both full of shit. This whole thing is bullshit. It’s offensive, stop tweeting it, I don’t want to see it anymore.”

After the rant, Say Anything went right into playing the fan-favorite “Belt,” and the atmosphere became explosive. Overall, while the band may be wearing down in the recording studio, Say Anything is still a powerhouse on the road, with an energy and sound to be envied by bands across the world.

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Knowing I was going to be covering the Slightly Stoopid concert at Lupo’s this past Friday night, I had started asking random RIC students and a handful of acquaintances outside of school if they knew who the band was a few days prior to the show. Out of 22 RIC students, four said they loved them, nine said they knew who they were but weren’t big fans and 11 had no idea who they were. Out of my other group, whose ages ranged from 22–50, only two knew who the band was.

Despite the fact that Slightly Stoopid has shared the concert bill with acts like Snoop Dogg, Sublime, Dave Mathews, 311, and The Offspring, they have not quite reached what is considered to be “super-stardom,” but enjoy a very strong fan base of a particular sort – lovers of the “ganga.”

Hailing from Ocean Beach, Calif., their songs reveal clear influences of Bob Marley, Sublime, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and even Rancid.

Slightly Stoopid blends reggae, ska, punk and folk rock, but primarily sound like a blend of reggae and surfrock – and they all sound eerily like songs one might want to smoke to. To their credit, the band is consistently

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tight when they play live, and their songs are filled up by a massive percussion section, crafty acoustic and electric guitar riffs, a brilliant horn section—which features the famed Karl Denson on tenor sax—solid keyboard licks and precise vocal harmonies. Their blending of genres and absence from the mainstream may also contribute to their smaller fan base; but make no mistake: with seven albums released, almost a million in album sales with never being on a major record label and their ability to sell out 4,000-8,000-seat venues throughout their 200 plus show- per year schedule, Slightly Stoopid is obviously not just a bunch of pot-smoking surfer dudes.

Friday night’s show at Lupo’s was, surprisingly, “all-ages,” and sold out around 9 p.m. Shortly after the first opening act, The Agents took the stage. Slightly Stoopid went on around 10:45, opening with “Hold On To the One,” and was greeted by several giant clouds of pot smoke being blown into the air throughout random sections of the audience. By the third tune, “Closer to the Sun,” one of their biggest hits, the room was filled with an herby haze, inhibiting the view of the stage, where the horn players swayed back and forth to the laid back groove. I couldn’t help but wonder if the parents of some

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of the obviously young concert-goers had any clue as to what went down at a Slightly Stoopid concert; but I’m certain that, when they went home, the aroma filling their clothes and hair would reveal that tiny detail.

Other tunes in the set list included “Digital,” my personal favorite, “2 a.m.,” “Fat Spliffs,” “Dem Fruits,” “Anywhere I Go,” “Don’t Stop,” and “This Joint,” all staples of their set list, regardless of where they play. The Lupo’s audience was rewarded with a couple of tunes that are not always on the set list, including “Wiseman” and the incredibly happy toe-tapper, “Everything You Need,” which the band mashed up with Joe Cocker’s, “Feelin’ Alright.”

At the start of almost every tune, the crowd turned into a sea of bobbing heads and waving hands, and throughout the night, audience members were friendly, polite and laid back. I was surprised to see such a wide range of ages represented. I was not surprised that fans of Slightly Stoopid do not usually partake in crowd surfing or moshing – the crowd is generally too laid back for that, and, although the band and its fans might be criticized for their “love of the ganga,” one could never criticize the band for writing songs that, overall, promote love, change and being excellent to one another.

Converge - “All We Love We Leave Behind”

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For those not familiar, Converge has been in the game a long time now—over 20 years and fast approaching their 25th.

Starting out simply as “hardcore kids playing leftover Slayer riffs,” they proceeded to evolve rapidly, releasing arguably one of the greatest albums of the last decade, 2001’s “Jane Doe.” It is pretty crazy to think these guys have been at this about as long as I have been alive, and yet, they still continue to bring the fury. Converge crafts album after album of intelligent and emotionally moving hardcore.

“All We Love We Leave Behind” is no different.

Unlike their previous effort,

2009’s “Axe to Fall,” this time they opted for a much more “organic” and live sound. There are no guest stars to be heard, and the album feels much like you would expect a Converge show to feel (minus the flying limbs, bloody noses, etc.). Kurt Ballou, the band’s guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and a known and accomplished sound engineer, has certainly nailed this sound they were going for with great accuracy.

For the unfamiliar, Converge is a metalcore band. As such, hardcore aesthetics and attitude mixed with metal riffing is a decent enough definition of what to expect. However, Converge brings in a lot of other things to the table, including aspects of technicality, Jacob Bannon’s

incredibly unique vocals and a sound all their own in a sea otherwise chock-full of copycats and generics. In fact, I remember as a kid when I started getting into harsher forms of music I found Bannon’s vocals incredibly bothersome. They are certainly an acquired taste, but once you get that taste, you will find quite a gem in this band as numerous others can attest, even if it may take a few beatings as “Jane Doe” pummels your ears.

The album opens up with “Aimless Arrow,” something of a more post-hardcore or screamo style track one would expect to have come off their 2004 release, “You Fail see page 25 Me.” While a

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Get psycho times seven If the title wasn’t a clue, “Seven Psychopaths,” is a fantastic film that you should go out and see as soon

By Heather Nichols as possible. Colin Anchor Editor Farrell stars in this dark comedy about a struggling screenwriter, Marty, who is married to the title “Seven Psychopaths,” but cannot come up with a plot or even psychopaths themselves. He ends up getting inspiration from the most unlikely of scenarios when he is dragged into a world of crazy by his best friend, Billy (Sam Rockwell) who kidnaps a mob boss’s Shih Tzu. Also starring Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken and Tom Waits, this film has a great ensemble cast.

I cannot go too far into the plot without revealing a number of spoilers, but basically when the mob boss comes looking for his dog, shit hits the fan. The psychos in the film are both characters in Marty’s screenplay and characters in the film world. In one scene, Billy puts an ad out in the paper asking any and all psychopaths to come share their stories and that their interviews will be integrated into Marty’s screenplay. The Tom Waits character, Zachariah, shows up at Billy’s house holding a white rabbit and shares his story about how he and his wife went on a serial killer killing spree. It’s that kind of ridiculous over the top-ness that really brings this film together and what made it enjoyable for me as someone who really loves film.

It’s a refreshing film for me as a film student; it is reminiscent of “Adaptation,” and “Pulp Fiction.” The dialogue is witty, the characters are well developed and it’s a film that is over the top in the most

wonderful ways. I found myself unable to control my laughter when it came to some scenes such as the one about a Quaker psychopath who stalks the killer of his daughter, and the scene where Billy narrates a possible ending for Marty’s screenplay. The film took me on a roller coaster ride with twists and turns around every corner. My one regret was that on a Friday afternoon I was the only female in the audience. Admittedly, this movie is not going to be everyone’s cup of tea but if you like dark comedy and want to see it done right, go see this film.

If you like the cast of this film and want to see some of their other work you can check Internet Movie Database (IMDB.com) for a full list of their credits.

Right now Colin Farrell is every woman’s favorite piece of eye candy; why not watch the 2011 remake of “Fright Night,” on your next date night? Farrell plays a fierce vampire, meaning he doesn’t glitter and feed on Bambi. The film also stars Anton Yelchin, David Tennant…and that guy who played McLovin.

If you’re not in the mood for a B-movie but want something more comedic try “Zombieland.” This film stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg and Emma Stone.

It follows the basic zombie infested world plotline with moments that are both funny and sad, plus it’ll make you want a Twinkie. Did I mention there’s also an awesome celebrity cameo? If you have not seen it I won’t spoil it for you.

If you like Christopher Walken and Stephen King novels, you should probably rent “Dead Zone.” It’s on my list of things to watch so all I can tell you is the little synopsis blurb: a man awakens from a coma to discover he has psychic powers.

I like “Carrie” and “Dreamcatcher,” so I’m looking forward to it.

Hello, and welcome to another Matt’s Movies.

This

By Matthew Leo week, I’m Matt’s Movies returning to the great Count Dracula, and presenting you a much different Dracula movie from the one I reviewed three weeks ago (“Love At First Bite”).

Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” tells the story of Jonathan Harker (Keanu Reeves), who travels from England to Romania to meet with the mysterious Count Dracula (Gary Oldman), so he can finalize the sales of 10 properties in London. Meanwhile, he leaves his fiancée Mina (Winona Ryder) back in England with her best friend Lucy (Sadie Frost). Lucy is trying to choose between three suitors: Dr. Jack Seward (Richard E. Grant), Lord Arthur Holmwood (Cary Elwes) and Quincy Morris (Bill Campbell).

Jonathan begins to grow suspicious of Dracula, and is soon attacked by his three vampiric brides and is left there to die while Dracula journeys to England.

Soon, Lucy is attacked by Dracula.

Seward, who cannot find a medical cause for her weakened state, calls his old mentor Professor Abraham Van Helsing (Anthony Hopkins), who proclaims the cause to be a vampire.

Meanwhile, Dracula begins eyeing Mina.

Does Dracula transform Mina?

Does Lucy recover? Does Van Helsing lead his band of vampire hunters to a successful conclusion? You’ll have to watch to find out.

Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” is, above all, a very visual movie. It is the way director Francis Ford Coppola crafts his world that makes this film stand out from the plethora of Dracula films one could see. This is a strength and a weakness, because while it does serve to effectively draw audiences

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into the movie, in some places it can get too strong to allow one to focus completely on what is going on overall.

The acting was very good, and Gary Oldman had both chilling and touching moments as Dracula. He ranks up in my top five Draculas. But in the end, one of the things I felt was ironic was that while the film claims to be Dracula as Bram Stoker wrote it, it blends the historical Dracula and the fictional character, and makes the dark romance between Mina and Dracula a major subplot.

While it was certainly a good subplot, I can’t help but think that if the movie had focused more on Dracula as a shadowy, perspectiveless vampire and not a tragic character (as the novel and many other Dracula movies do), it could have been better.

I’ll end on a word of warning.

It got an “R” rating for sexuality and violence. That “and” is there for a reason. Scenes focusing on sex and violence tend to blend in and out of each other. This is not a Dracula movie that has mellowed over time. This is a Dracula movie that revels in intensity and sensuality.

Overall, I’ll give Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” 3 Stars out of 5, and you can tack on another half-star depending on your personal comfort level for intensity. Until next time, enjoy the show!

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catchy and enjoyable track, it from page feels like an odd choice for an opening song. The following track “Trespasses” proceeds to utterly demolish that previous stage as it roars out the gate with some classic metalcore riffing and double bass before going into more typical Converge territory.

“Trespasses” really should have been the opening track, as it sets the stage as one would expect an opening track to do; and indeed, the album continues in this manner for almost the entirety.

Of course, there are moments the band slows things down. In particular is the wonderful “Coral Blue,” and the sure to be hit at live shows title track, with its sure to be shouted chorus and title.

Which reminds me, the title track is fantastic and easily the best track here.

This track simply exudes emotion and is absolutely spot on. It is one of the band’s best songs yet.

Lyrically, Converge is a band most tend to instantly regard as angry purely because the music itself comes off very aggressive and violent; this, however, could not possibly be further from the truth. Underneath that hardcore exterior and those screaming vocals are some very emotional and somber lyrics straight from the heart, often in reference to loss, whether it be loss of love or the loss of a loved one. From the beginning to the end of this album Bannon will make you feel, and in some cases may even bring you to tears.

My only complaints in regards to the album would be why “Aimless Arrow” is the opening track, and that the title track is not the last track. Really, those are my only complaints. There isn’t a weak track here, even the interlude “Precipice” is fantastic, though some tracks do mesh perhaps a little too well into each other.

So does this mean this is a “Jane Doe” killer? Sadly no, and frankly, I don’t think Converge will ever top their first effort. Further, as someone who was not really into “Axe to Fall” (though still enjoyed it), AWLWLB is a great step forward and return to form for the band. If you already love Converge, you will like this, probably even love it.

If you hate Converge, this will change nothing. If you are new, then this is still a good introduction to the band, and hopefully you too will see this band for the gem they are.

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By Ty Dugan of American A&E Staff Writer mainstream as “approaching an age of the gross,” “The Walking Dead” and “American Horror Story: Asylum” have proven that this is not necessarily the case. Horror, true and well scribed horror, can be as politically charged or wonderfully versed as any other work of fiction.

AMC’s “The Walking Dead” has been nominated for nearly 45 awards, while the premiere season of FX’s “American Horror Story” swept the Emmy Awards, beating out AMC’s previous record-setter, “Mad Men.” To say horror is back in fashion is accurate, but perhaps there is more to be said for shows that have won the attention of both viewers and academics alike. This is not the 1980’s, where horror, makeup and costume design boomed and thrived, this is something new and different altogether.

The first half of “The Walking Dead” season two was thwarted by writer changes. This led the show to a fumble in viewership as the characters limped about on screen and fought tirelessly over vapid matters such as gender roles during the Zombie Apocalypse. Thankfully, the final four episodes of season two provided the

audience with some true danger and actual character development. We now have a group of survivors who have more than their fair share of guilt and emotional baggage.

This brings us into season three where the survivors have begun to stake their claims on a seemingly abandoned mid-western prison facility. Fertile land yields a chance for harvest, and best of all, a prison is meant to both keep people from getting out as well as keeping others (such as the overwhelming population of zombies) from getting in. Rick, the bandleader of the tired wretches who was thrown into this unfortunate and terrifying experience, gathers his troops to lead them into a season of hope – for now.

However, this is what makes “The Walking Dead” so great, it refuses to follow the outline given by the source content, thus creating a completely new product with some wholly original characters. Nothing beats originality, and American television is short of that lately. Now “The Walking Dead” season three (premiered Oct. 14) not only has a unique niche, but a fantastic demographic that spans multiple genres. Plus, the excitement that was generated from the premiere’s cliffhanger ending has ensured a continuation of the record setting viewership of 10.9 million viewers.

“American Horror Story: Asylum” premiered on Oct. 17 at 10 p.m. and gave us a new chapter in what is now being called an “anthology” television

series. A completely separate set of events, using a mixture of new and previous cast members from the original season, “Asylum” is now set in Briarcliff, a sanitarium from the late 1960’s. Briarcliff has been bought and paid for, at least on paper, by the Catholic Church. A hodgepodge of various horror themes creates a strange stew of events that leads the audience into a stomach-churning season. Combine this with the stellar acting abilities from the likes of Jessica Lange, James Cromwell and Zachary Quinto, and the result is a television program you really should not be missing out on.

Other horror-esque shows have picked up steam just in time for Halloween. Showtime’s “Dexter” is back with America’s favorite serial killer exposing his terrifying secret to his sister for the first time. Also, CW’s “The Vampire Diaries” premiered last week, though both came nowhere near the same record-setting viewership as either “The Walking Dead” or “American Horror Story: Asylum.”

Thanks to the breaking records and series of accolades, there appears to be no stopping the bloodshed anytime soon. Hopefully this is the spark that sets a new precedent in “gross” within the mainstream and American Television. One day, finally, we will be able to move on from the likes of “Jersey Shore” or “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo,” arguably the true horror shows of American TV.

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Calling all gleeks, “Glee” is back and better than ever

By Dan Mahar Anchor Contributor

The newest episode of “Glee” is titled “The Breakup.” It features Blaine and Kurt (Darren Criss and Chris Colfer) (#Klaine), Finn and Rachel (Cory Monteith and Lea Michelle) (#Finchel), Will Schuester and Emma Pillsbury (Matthew Morrison and Jayma Mayes) (#Wemma) and Brittany and Santana (Heather Morris and Naya Rivera) (#Brittana) facing the challenges and stresses of relationships. “Glee” has been shaking up these relationships all season.

Finn shows up in New York and finds Rachel with new friend Brody (Dean Geyer). Rachel invites Finn to her classes at the New York Academy of Dramatic Arts (NYADA). Finn’s inner monologue informs us that Rachel may belong in New York, but he certainly does not. The first musical number alternates between Finn in New York and Blaine in Ohio. This performance of Duncan Shiek’s “Barely Breathing” reveals not only Finn’s failure to fit in, but also Blaine feeling neglected by Kurt.

In the next scene, Blaine pays a surprise visit to

Kurt, and the four old friends, now in New York, visit a local piano karaoke club. They meet up with Brody and Rachel, and Brody sings Demi Lovato’s “Give Your Heart A Break,” which makes Finn more unsure of his relationship than ever. Blaine then performs an extremely emotional acoustic version of Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream,” the song he sang when he first met Kurt. Criss’s previous experience on stage in “A Very Potter Musical” really pays off in this impressive performance.

While walking home from the club, Kurt learns that Blaine has been cheating on him, and Rachel tells Finn of her one brief kiss with Brody. Feeling hurt and betrayed, they all perform No Doubt’s “Don’t Speak.” It is well performed, and highlights the fact that each relationship is very close to ending.

Finn flees to Ohio the next morning. Rachel follows and finds him in the high school auditorium. There, they break up with a kiss. Finn then imagines himself performing Coldplay’s “The Scientist” with Rachel, Blaine, Kurt, Santana, Brittany, Will and Emma singing together, albeit in an imaginary gathering.

The main focus is the Finn/Rachel and Blaine/ Kurt relationships. A very weak storyline was given to Brittany and Santana, where Santana performs Taylor Swift’s “Mine.” Will and Emma’s relationship is just glanced over, and they barely appear in the final number. The best performance is “The Scientist.”

The positioning of the characters and flashbacks makes it most memorable. The worst: “Mine.” Naya Rivera is not the strongest singer, and the fact that it is included in a very weak storyline just makes it that much more forgettable. Rachel, Kurt, Finn and Santana, having graduated, allows the actors playing them to portray adults closer to their actual ages.

This reviewer anticipates new, mature storylines from the New York cast as a result.

If you have watched before you will have no trouble jumping right back in. If you’re new to Glee, don’t worry, each episode is introduced with a very brief recap of recent events. Every episode brings with it a new character or plotline to hook the audience. Glee was created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan, and airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. on FOX.

“Dragon Ball Z”: reflections on an anime classic Considering how I ragged on anime a few weeks ago, I figure I should do a review of an anime I like this time around, you know, mix things up a little.

By Christian DeCataldo I’ve actually been saving Anchor Staff this one for a rainy day, and considering it is October, the likelihood of you reading this on a rainy day is high. This week’s anime should be a nostalgia trip for everyone (if it isn’t then I’m sorry, so, so sorry about your childhood); that’s right, it’s the most actionpacked show ever made, “Dragon Ball Z.” I began watching “Dragon Ball Z” (or “DBZ” for short) during the Toonami block on Cartoon Network back when the logo was still a black and white checkerboard (remember that?). I was there when the first episode aired right after “Sailor Moon.”

Sorry, nostalgia happening. Anyway, “DBZ” is the series that takes place a few years after the “Dragon Ball” series, but honestly you really don’t need to have watched “Dragon Ball” to figure out “DBZ.” The characters are all introduced (or reintroduced I suppose) early on with enough background to get newcomers into the show with relative ease, which works in its favor because there are more than a few occasions where “DBZ” slows down a tad, but I’ll talk more about that later.

“DBZ” follows the journeys of multiple characters but mostly sticks to a man named Goku and his son

Gohan, both members of a close to extinct alien race known as Saiyans. They look like humans, but are physically stronger, and have a monkey-like tail (though Goku had his removed in “Dragon Ball”).

Gohan is kidnapped early on by another Saiyan causing Goku and his former foe from the “Dragon Ball” series, Piccolo (another alien known as a Namekian), to team up in an effort to save him. During their battle, both Goku and the other Saiyan are killed.

Piccolo and the rest of Goku’s friends discover that more Saiyans are on their way to Earth in an effort to find the Dragon Balls, magical spheres that have the ability to grant the user any wish, and so they must all train to become strong enough to fight off their approaching foes while preparing to wish Goku back to life with the Dragon Balls.

Trust me, it all makes sense.

The reason I call “DBZ” the most action-packed show ever made is because, quite frankly, it is. The characters fight using mixed martial arts but also with strength, speed and powers that I’ve yet to see rivaled in any other anime. Apart from being able to fly and punch through mountains, the characters in “DBZ” are also able to fire an array of energy blasts, some of which can destroy a planet. There is even a scene early on in the series where my favorite character, a Saiyan Prince named Vegeta, destroys an entire world simply by raising two of his fingers together.

The only downside to this impressive, nay, exorbitant amount of power is that it often takes a while to charge up, which can slow down the progression of

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things like, say, the plot.

“DBZ” also suffers from the tell tale signs of an older anime, such as rather slow paced and long, drawn out segments of nothing but scenery and guys staring at each other menacingly. Still “DBZ” has never failed me, and the music for the dubbed version (created by Bruce Faulconer) is some of the best around (I have a few songs on my Walkman, yes, I have a Walkman and I watched “Sailor Moon,” get over it!). “Dragon Ball Z” is also one of the only anime I ever repeatedly go back to and watch, which I think is a step in the right direction, even with its flaws.

All in all, if you’ve really never watched “DBZ” you should; it’s practically your duty to, and if you have and this is all nostalgia, go back and watch it again, you’ll love it the second time around too. And if you don’t I’m sure Vegeta will have something to say about it.

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Start ‘em, sit ‘em Fantasy owners have had to play with limited line ups due to the recent bye weeks.

Week Eight doesn’t get any easier with the two top running backs havBy Matthew Furtado ing byes. Arian Foster Anchor Sports Columnist and Ray Rice have been the backbone to many fantasy teams thus far this year. The young and elusive AJ Green of the Bengals also has a bye.

With these elite players not in lineups, owners will have to take a big hit on production from players this week.

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Willis McGahee vs. New Orleans Saints Coming off a bye week, McGahee will be facing the New Orleans Saints who give up the most points to opposing running backs. The Saints have allowed over 100 yards rushing all but once this year. McGahee has been averaging five catches a game the last three weeks, so expect Peyton Manning to be giving him the ball in bunches this game.

Reggie Bush vs. New York Jets Reggie’s hopes of leading the league in rushing this year are far and few between. In week three when the Dolphins played the Jets, Bush rushed for 61 yards on 10 carries in the first half before getting a leg injury. He should pick up where he left off and exploit the Jets run defense once again.

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Cam Newton vs. Chicago Bears Once again, the Bears defense attacks an opposing quarterback, Cam Newton, or Scam Newton as some owners might call him after putting up less than 10 points two out of the last three weeks.

Expect the leagues best fantasy defense to keep so called “Super Man” in check. The Bears have only allowed 18 yards this season to opposing quarterbacks rushing the ball; don’t expect Newton to break off any runs to savior his performance this game.

Doug Martin vs. Minnesota Vikings The Vikings defense has only allowed ONE hundred yard rusher and only ONE rushing touchdown this year. With LeGarrette Blount getting an increase of carries the past few weeks, owners of Doug Martin should be a tad bit concerned. The Vikings should have no problem shutting down the backfield of the Buccaneers no matter who is getting the ball.

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Kendall Wright vs. Indianapolis Colts Kendall Wright leads all rookies in receptions and yards. The Colts have allowed over 100 yards to wide receivers four out of their five games this season. Expect Wright to produce is usual six to 10 fantasy points this week.

If you have any fantasy football questions email Matt at mfurtado_7333@email.ric.edu

Sir, can we get a replay?

After game two of the ALCS between the Tigers Anchor Sports Columnist and Yankees, Joe Girardi fielded question after question about the blown call that went against his team in the eighth inning. The call in question happened on a two out single to right field by Tigers’ center fielder Austin Jackson. The runner on first, Omar Infante, advanced to second and took a wide turn around second. Seeing this, Yankees’ right fielder Nick Swisher threw behind the runner to second, where it was ruled by the umpire that Infante got back safely, although it was clear on the replay that he was tagged out prior to retreating to the bag. The blown call stood and the Tigers went on to score two more runs expanding their lead to 3-0, a much different lead in the home run prone Yankee stadium. The Yankees went on to lose the game by that score dropping the second game of the series they would later go on to get swept in.

Girardi spent the majority of the press conference making calls for replay reviews in baseball so that calls like the one made in that night’s game would not have such a detrimental impact on games, especially important games such as the playoffs. While I see Girardi’s points on the matter, I can’t help but disagree with his stance.

Even if replay was around and the call was overturned, his team still failed to score any runs in the game and would still have lost 1-0, a fact that he avoided every time it was brought up in the press conference. His team’s offensive struggles lost them that game, not a bad call.

Not only do I think replay is not needed in baseball, I would really be upset to see it become part of the game I love. Everyone who plays baseball as a kid learns to live with the bad calls, such as an umpire with an inconsistent strike zone, someone with a bad view of a play at home who misses the tag, the list goes on and on. A baseball field was one of the first places I really learned the lesson that sometimes things are not always fair, but that does not mean we can give up and hang all our failures on things not being fair, we need to fight through unfairness to succeed in life sometimes and its no different on the baseball field.

Keeping with the baseball to real-life analogy, in both these realms there are some mistakes you must live with. Fielders must live with the ground ball that goes through their legs, pitchers have to live with the hanging breaking ball that was hit out of the park, and just like the players, the umpires must live with their mistakes.

The most glaring example of this I can remember was a blown call on the last out of a perfect game by Andres Galarraga where the runner was clearly out at first but umpire Jim Joyce called him safe. Joyce was visibly distraught in a press conference where he was apologizing for his mistake. Such pure human reaction would not have been possible if replay was there to fix the error.

Baseball purists will agree that there is no place for replay in a sport that is meant to transcend the society it played in. Baseball is timeless and is played and umpired by humans, not cameras.

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World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party preview With the Florida Gators (44-11) beat down of the South Carolina Gamecocks, the Georgia Bulldogs have been given new life in the Southeastern Conference’s

by Jared ware East Division. Just two spOrts staff writer weekends ago, Georgia looked out of contention after being crushed on the road by South Carolina, but to date that is Georgia’s only SEC loss. Since that game, the Gamecocks have lost two consecutive conference games, which has put their SEC East hopes on life support. So, next Saturday, Florida and Georgia will travel to a neutral site, Jacksonville, for the rivalry game known as the “World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party.” The winner will move into first place in the SEC East. Let’s take a look at a few keys aspects of this game for both teams.

Keys for Florida - Pound running game with Mike Gillislee: The senior for the Gators has been phenomenal toting the rock this season. He has a fantastic combination of speed and agility, all in combination with the toughness to finish runs with contact. He will set the tone for this Florida offense.

- Get Tre Burton involved: Burton is a playmaker.

Offensive coordinator Brent Pease loves to move him around to get him involved in the Gators’ offense. He is most dangerous as a Wildcat quarterback, which

gives him an opportunity to get into space and show off his speed and quickness.

- Jelani Jenkins and Pat Bostic have to slow down Georgia’s running game: The Georgia true freshman running back tandem of Keith Marshall and Todd Gurley have shredded teams apart this season. Those two young studs have not come up against two linebackers as fast and physical as Jenkins and Bostic.

Those two linebackers are going to have to bottle up the two freshmen.

Keys for Georgia - Get Aaron Murray in rhythm early: Murray is one of the best pure passers in the SEC. If he gets into a rhythm in the passing game, it is nearly impossible to get him out of it. Offensive coordinator Mike Bobo will have to get Murray into that zone as soon as possible in the game, so they can challenge Florida’s secondary.

- Get after Florida quarterback Jeff Driskel: Florida sophomore quarterback, Jeff Driskel, has struggled against aggressive pass rushes in his first season as a starter. Georgia is blessed with the best edge pass rusher in the nation, Jarvis Jones. He and the rest of the Georgia defense must get after Driskel and put him under constant pressure.

- Play four quarters: Florida is the best conditioned team in the country. They have dominated all of their opponents in the fourth quarter this season. Georgia needs to show they are well conditioned enough to play all four quarters, if they want to beat the Gators.

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4 Downs 1st Down: Hey Warehouse, what is your breakdown for Sooners-Irish? - Liam, from Wolverhampton, England Answer: Oklahoma’s defense is good enough to shut down enigmatic Notre Dame offense. The Sooners offense has the weapons to score on Irish defense. So in conclusion, Oklahoma rolls over Notre Dame.

2nd Down: Warehouse! I know you’re a Mississippi State guy, any chance they upset Alabama this weekend? - Bo, from Starkville, Mississippi Answer: Slim to none. Bulldogs have to travel to Alabama and the Crimson Tide look dominant this season.

3rd Down: What team or player are you most disappointed by this season to this point? - Marcus, from Sacramento, California Answer: Michigan State defensive end, William Gholston. In a season where so many defensive ends have emerged into stars, Gholston has failed to live up to expectations.

4th Down: Who is stone cold lock to win next weekend? - Jermain, from Texarkana, Texas Answer: No way, now how does Kansas State lose at home to Texas Tech? It’s a mortal lock that they win.

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The Rhode Island College women’s swim team competed in their first swim meet of the season

By Sam Allen Sports Editor on Oct. 20.

The Michael Arensault Relay was hosted by Bridgewater State. The Anchorwomen swam to a fourth place finish with a final score of 62. ColbySawyer took first place with a score of 262, followed by the host school at 230 and UMASS Dartmouth, who totaled 218 points.

Freshman Emily Thompson, sophomore Abbie Leazes, junior Sophie Kanno and freshman Marykate McCutcheon made up the 4x400-yard medley relay team. They placed second with a time of 4:37.28. Coming in third place in the

200-yard medley relay was the team of freshman Rachel Walsh, sophomore Katie Landry, sophomore Ramie Cormay and sophomore Kristen Wilkinson. They swam a time of 2:19.51.

Cormay and Walsh finished second in their next relay race, the 100-yard freestyle relay, along with teammates Monique Mullins (freshman) and Laura Moreau (junior). Sophomore Amanda Dipaola swam in her first race of the year where she and teammates Landry, Kanno and Leazes placed third in the 400-yard breast crescendo relay with a time of 5:25.54. The final race of the day was the 200-yard clothes relay, in which RIC finished third with a time 6:49.05. The team was made up of DiPaola, Mullins, Cormay and Kanno.

The Anchorwomen will swim at the University of St. Joseph on Saturday, Oct. 27, in hopes of bettering their times from the first meet.

The Anchorwomen tennis season comes to a close The Rhode Island College women’s tennis team finished up their season on Oct.

By Eddie Pannone Sports Staff Writer 16, losing to Plymouth State University 5-2.

The loss eliminated RIC from the Little East Conference tournament in only the first round of play. The Anchorwomen finish this season with a record of 4-10, which is two wins more than last season.

The Anchorwomen found themselves behind very early in doubles play. Sadie Campanella and Janice Wang lost their match in doubles number one 8-3.

Chelsea Brown and Sarah Goodwin were looking good in doubles number two, leading PSU’s Nitsa Ioannides and Andra Dion 7-4. However, the freshman duo of Ioannides and Dion came storming back to win 9-7. Trying to avoid the sweep of doubles, RIC sent out Tressa Cannata and Gianna Vallante for doubles number three. Once again, the Anchormen had a lead to work with, as they were up 6-5.

Unfortunately, Jane Duggan and Chelsea

Thibeault of Plymouth State made a comeback of their own. They beat RIC in a tiebreaker 9-8 (7-5), completing the sweep.

Plymouth State opened up their lead even further in singles play, as Dion defeated Goodwin 6-1, 6-0 in doubles number four. Despite being down, the Anchorwomen finally got on the board in singles number five. The Cranston native Cannata dominated Dugan, winning her match 6-0, 6-0. Her teammate Wang followed up that strong performance with a win of her own in singles number three. The Branchburg, N.J. native beat Ioannides 6-4, 6-3 in what would be the last RIC win of the season. PSU’s Burke defeated Campanella 6-5, 6-0 to punch Plymouth State’s ticket into the LEC semifinals and officially eliminated the Anchorwomen from the tournament.

The PSU Panthers will now face regular season champion and number one seeded Bridgewater University in the semi-finals. While the Anchorwomen did improve their record from a year ago, their season is over and they will not be in action again until next spring.

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Women’s soccer is staying alive T h e Rhode Island College women’s soccer

By Maggie Masse team fell Sports Staff Writer to Westf i e l d State on Oct. 16, 6-0, but rebounded to record a 3-1 victory against Plymouth State University on Oct. 20 behind the offensive effort of freshman forward Gabrielle Turner.

Despite that offensive effort from RIC, including shots from freshman forward Gabrielle Turner and freshman midfielder Ryley Slater, the Anchorwomen were unable to capitalize on any of their shots and fell to Westfield State 6-0. With this victory, the Owls (14-0-1) extended not only their win streak to 10 games, but also extended their consecutive shutout streak to seven games.

The Anchorwomen then traveled to Plymouth State University, looking for a win to keep their playoff hopes alive. The Panthers played solid defense in the first half, until Turner broke the

deadlock by netting her third goal of the season in the 25th minute.

The Anchorwomen were quick to attack in the second half, as Turner set up teammate sophomore forward Danielle Peloquin in the 49th minute, for her teamleading sixth strike of the season.

Cassie Todd scored for the Panthers in the 65th minute to reduce the Anchorwomen’s lead to only one goal. Turner sealed the win by converting a pass from teammate freshman midfielder Chelsea Combs with just 30 seconds left in the game for her fourth of the year.

Sophomore goalkeeper Audrey Maia made 11 saves to earn the win, while PSU’s Hannah Kimball made three saves in a losing effort.

With this victory, RIC remains in the hunt for the sixth and final spot in the upcoming 2012 Little East Tournament, which begins on Oct. 30. The Anchorwomen will need to defeat Southern Maine, which is also 1-5, next Saturday in order to continue their season.

The Anchorwomen (3-10, 1-5 LEC) hope to carry this momentum over as they travel to Lasell on Thursday, Oct. 25.

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The Rhode Island College men’s soccer team started their four game home

By Maggie Masse stand this Sports Staff Writer week, hosting Westfield State on Oct. 17 and Plymouth State University on Oct. 20. RIC took a 2-1 victory against Westfield State in overtime with a goal from Austin Dias, but fell to Plymouth State 2-1 despite a valiant effort in the second half.

After a very back and forth game, and a goal from both Westfield State (5-8-1) and RIC in the first half, neither team could capitalize on numerous opportunities in the second half to end the 1-1 stalemate. Deadlocked at 1 and heading into overtime, both teams’ defense held their ground. The Anchormen, not wanting to go to a second overtime, made a last ditch effort in the waning seconds of the period. With less than 25 seconds left to play, sophomore forward Emmanuel Asiedu dished a pass to Austin Dias who chipped a shot past Westfield

junior goalkeeper Kris Carrington to secure a 2-1 victory for the Anchormen.

The team looked to carry this momentum over to their game on Oct. 20 against Plymouth State University.

PSU (6-9, 3-3 LEC) struck first in the 17th minute as senior midfielder Parker Spear took a corner kick and lofted the ball into the goalie box.

While attempting to clear, the Anchormen knocked the ball into their own net and fell into a 1-0 deficit.

The visitors carried their 1-0 lead into the second half, where they added to their lead in the 55th minute. Spear dished to sophomore midfielder Alex Garneau who chipped the ball over the outstretched hands of RIC sophomore goalkeeper Christopher Duarte for his first goal of the season. As the minutes ticked away, it looked as though PSU was in complete control. As the clock continued to tick down, Plymouth State looked to be in complete command until the 79th minute. As the Panthers dumped the ball into RIC territory, sophomore defender David Ricci tracked down the ball and blasted it down field. Asiedu collected the ball and scored his fifth of the season in the

Big win in a big game for Anchormen hockey

The Rhode Island College men’s hockey team traveled to Vermont this past weekend to

By Sam Allen take on the Sports Editor University of Vermont in an anticipated match-up. In a big game, at a big arena, against a higher conference team, the Anchormen came out on top with a top heavy score of 6-2.

The all returner line of Ryan Martins, Mike Young and Brett Morra proved to be a strong line as Morra recorded his first hat trick of the season. This was also RIC’s second hat trick in only four games. The captain now has four goals on the season for a total of four points. First week star, Alex Lyman, who recorded a hat trick in the season opener, added another two goals to his

total as his pairing with line-mate Cody Warnock proved to shine once again.

Lyman now has five goals on the season and is the team’s top goal scorer.

Freshman defenseman Marco Scotti has proved that not only can he “hit like a bus,” according to Assistant Coach Anthony Calcione, but he also can produce goals. Scotti got his first career goal during the win.

“It felt great,” said Scotti after the win. “I didn’t have to do much, it was all on Cody’s great pass. I just put the puck on net.”

The Anchormen now stand at a 2-1-1 record on the season. On Friday, the Anchormen take on NECHA newcomer Eastern Connecticut State at home. RIC and Eastern Connecticut already have a strong rivalry between the schools so this game should show that. Following Friday night’s game, the team will travel and take on the University of New Haven.

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Camilo Estrada 79th minute to pull the Anchormen within one.

The Anchormen made a desperate attempt to tie the game in the final 20 minutes of play. Freshman midfielder Camilo Estrada thought he had the tying goal until PSU senior defender Joakim Martinsson knocked his header away with 9:19 remaining. RIC had one more attempt to tie the game in the waning moments as Asiedu drove down the left side and chipped the ball past PSU freshman goalkeeper Sam Whipple, but Estrada was unable to

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as the rodeo goes. from page “The game versus St. Joe’s was really intense,” said freshman outside hitter Lauren Palazzini. “We had to fight for every single point and it was not easy going back and forth. The score was even all the way through.”

RIC took the first set from the Monks 25-21. In the second, RIC went on a seven-point run to take the 12-9 lead. St. Joe’s retaliated with a three-point rally of their own to even the match back up. The Anchorwomen gained a 16-15 lead when the Monks violated the three hit rule and RIC never looked back, taking the second 25-21 courtesy of a kill from junior outside hitter Amanda Cabral.

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collect the ball as time expired.

The Panthers ended the game with a two-shot advantage over the Anchormen, 19-17, and came out on top in corner kicks, 8-5. Whipple made four saves to earn the win, his first of the year, while Duarte made nine stops in a losing effort.

The Anchormen (4-10-1, 2-4 LEC) will continue their home stand this week, hosting Worcester State on Monday, Oct. 22, and Johnson and Wales University on Tuesday, Oct. 23.

back up at 19, yet it turned out to be their last point of the day.

“We started to go on a run when the score was 19-19,” said Palazzini.

“Then I remember looking at the scoreboard and it said 23-19 and we got really excited.” In fact, Palazzini recorded the game winning kill to end the set at 25-19 and the match in a 3-0 sweep.

“St. Joseph’s is a great team,” said coach Tackmann. “We knew coming in that it was going to be a hard match to play but I am happy that we were able to focus and finish it in three. But kudos to St. Joe’s because they played really, really well.”

The 2012 regular season concludes next week with a three game slate. First up RIC travels to Western Connecticut (15-11, 4-1) in LEC action. The Anchorwomen then host Plymouth State (2-2, 11-15) in their last conference game next Saturday at 11am followed by a visit from the Lancers of Worcester State (11-11) at 3pm.

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Saturday at the Murray Center the Rhode Island College women’s volleyball team by dan charest (11-14, 2-3) spOrts staff writer dominated in straight set triumphs over Southern Maine (918, 0-6) and St Joseph’s (ME) (19-6), with the wins coming at very different levels of competitiveness. RIC won no contest 25-13, 25-15, 25-15 against the Huskies yet had to endure a barrage of back-and-forths versus the Monks in eking out an 25-21, 25-19 victory.

“We played really well today,” said head coach Elysce Tackmann. “Our passing today, for sure, was much better. I think the girls understood the fact that they need to focus on one point at a time. We have been having difficulties at letting errors effect us so the fact that we were able to rebound each set and

Anchormen golf boasts seven stroke lead after day one of GNACs Coming into the 2012 season, most coaches thought that the Rhode Island College by eddie pannOne Men’s Golf spOrts staff writer team would be the team to beat. The Anchormen have a chance to prove these coaches right in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championship. The team won this event a season ago and is looking to make it back –to- back titles this year.

The GNACs is a two-day tournament from October 20th to October 21st, and the Anchormen came out strong on the first day of play.

As a team, RIC shot a 316 on day one, seven strokes better than any other team in the field. Once again,

the Anchormen were led by a strong performance from Windham, NH native Ryan Butler. Butler shot a 76 in round one to lead all RIC golfers, and has really been on his game recently.

The sophomore is coming off a great weekend at the Johnson and Wales Invitational last week, where he won individual medalist honors for the tournament.

Freshman Jonathan Cooper also had success in round one. The Berkley, MA native was only one stroke behind his teammate Butler, shooting a 77 on the day. Tim Leigh was third in scoring for RIC, as the junior from Somerset shot an 81 on the day. Patrick Ford was close behind Leigh for fourth on the day. The sophomore carded a score 82 on the day. Rounding things out for the Anchormen was the senior Kyle Harper. Harper was just off Ford’s finish, shooting an 83.

“We all went out there today and even though some struggled more than others we hung in there,” Ford said.

Though it was a successful day for the RIC Golf team, the team knows it can improve on its already impressive score next round.

“A score like we shot today won’t cut it in round two,” explained Ford.

“Everyone needs to go out there and play like we know we can. All of us feel the same way.

The team hopes to carry the momentum of a seven stroke advantage into the final day of the tournament on the 21st. The round two starts at 10am. *This article was written prior to the complition of the tournement on Sunday October 21st.

focus on the next point really showed today.”

RIC cruised to a 25-13 win set one. Set two started out more competitively for the LEC opponents. The set was all square at 10 a pop when RIC went on a six-point rally to give themselves a 16-10 edge. With momentum fully in the Anchorwomen’s favor, sophomore outside hitter Samantha Plante delivered a kill to win the set 25-15.

In the third, RIC held a slim 12-9 lead when USM coach Tom Gardner called a timeout to regroup. RIC followed by scoring the ensuing seven points to gain a 19-9 lead. From there, a kill from freshman middle hitter Adriana Ambari gave the Anchorwomen the set at 25-15 and the win in straight sets.

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Athlete of the Week Ryan Butler Men’s Golf

Ryan Butler leads the GNACs after one day with a 76. Not only does he lead the RIC team, but he also leads a field of 45 golfers. Butler has been on the top of his game all season long, proving to be the Anchormen’s top player.