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Breaking ground on the new Recreation Center By Rita Nerney News Editor

The Recreation Center will be undergoing some serious renovations over the next year, even if signs of the massive project are hard to see now. Donald Tencher, director of Athletics, Intramurals and Recreation, described the process the design team has been working through. “We have the same frustrations as the students,” Tencher explained why the work has not officially begun. “We’ve hit every mark every step of the way, but the plans have to go to the state authorities to assure our compliance with codes.” The electricians and fire Anchor Photo/David Okon

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Athletic Director Donald Tencher has often described the existing Rectreation Center as resembling “an old shoe factory.”

Campus Police sport new gear By Nicholas J. Lima Managing Editor

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A new Campus Police cruiser outside of Browne Hall. Vol. 83, Issue #2

With sharp-looking police cruisers adorned in college colors, new equipment and a renovated police station, Rhode Island College’s Campus Police force is entering this school year with a rejuvenated step in their stride. “It all helps morale and self-esteem,” said Frederick Ghio, deputy chief of Campus Police and assistant director of security and safety. Sitting in his windowless office in the back of the police station in Browne Hall, Ghio was all smiles about Campus Police’s new identity. “Everything is new, fresh

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and clean. It’s a whole better environment,” he said. “When I got here, I said if I ever took over, what would I want this place to look like?” He said the athletic offices in the Murray Center were a good model, “pristine” and organized. This summer, when President Nancy Carriuolo authorized renovations to RIC’s police headquarters, Ghio got his wish. What’s more, Athletic Director Donald Tencher was the one who helped make it possible. Tencher, along with Student Affairs Vice President Gary Penfield, was temporarily put in charge of oversight of RIC’s security and safety

After a short frenzy to rush for bread and milk, Rhode Island residents only experienced some heavy rain and minimal flooding from the once-feared Hurricane Earl. Earl dropped quickly from a Category 4 to a tropical storm as it grazed the coast Friday evening, causing more inconvenience than anything. Despite Earl’s decrease in power, Rhode Island College devised a plan to deal with the possible destruction. On Sept. 2, two days before the

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Breaking ground on the new Recreation Center

Never let me go

Earl fizzles

Eating healthy on campus

Campus Police sports new gear

Anchor ale-men Anchor Photo/ David Okon

First Parliament meeting ends in rule controvery AlcoholEDU Attempts to educate incoming students

Art now adorns the walls of the Student Union Cafe.

Google sets low price for phone calls

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Anchormen left adrift by Coast Guard

A&E

Dials and media partnership added to RIC political season

Programming Welcome Week

Women’s soccer vs. JWU

President Obama back on campaign trail

CollegeHumor tour leaves Sapinsley Hall in stitches

Fall Sports Preview

Craigslist no longer selling sex?

An end to a great summer of concerts

Belanger shines in a pair of Anchorwomen losses

“Destination Truth” returns with a new season on SyFy

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Good habits

Descend into Rapture... again

Men’s soccer Rowan Tournament Women’s volleyball vs. Wheaton

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First Parliament meeting ends in rule controversy By Rita Nerney News Editor

A technicality in RIC’s student government By-Laws that prevented one long-time Parliament member from voting and a text book incentive program dominated the first Student Community Government, Inc. Parliament meeting, held on Sept. 1 at 7 p.m. It followed a 30-minute orientation meeting at 6 p.m. RIC President Nancy Carriuolo attended the start of the meeting, held in Parliament Chambers, Student Union 307, to make campus announcements and introduce herself to the newest class of RIC’s student governing body. Carriuolo told Parliament about the numerous renovations that were made on campus over the summer, including the lockers that were taken out of Craig-Lee Hall and replaced by wooden benches. “Wherever we see a place to put a bench, we’ll do that. Students have told me they want more places to hang out on campus,” Carriuolo explained. She said the Recreation Center renovations are underway. There will also be a referendum on the ballot in November, Question 2, that provides for $17 million for the renovation of the Art Center. The referendum also impacts capital projects at the University of Rhode Island. “Tell everyone you know to vote for it,” the president said. Student government leaders mentioned a number of ideas to Carriuolo at their inauguration meeting on June 1, and she told Parliament that she got to work on implementing those ideas quickly. Some students, for example, wanted an arcade room on campus. A compromise yielded four video games that were added to the Student Union Café over the summer. Students also wanted longer library hours during exam week, SCG officers told Carriuolo last

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Rep. Michael Hartley, far right, was a vocal player in the year’s first Parliament meeting. year. “It warms my heart that students want to study more,” Carriuolo said. “Is 2 a.m. late enough? If you would like it open later, then maybe student government can talk about paying for the library fees to stay open later.” SCG President Travis Escobar highlighted the efforts Carriuolo and RIC’s administrators have made. “Some people may think the faculty and staff don’t listen to us and the students, but that’s not true. You do help us,” he said. Carriuolo brought some additional good news with her to Parliament. “This year, I have a special gift for our students,” she said. “Starting today, for one full year, you can get into the RISD art museum for free with your RIC ID.” After Carriuolo’s remarks, Escobar swore in SCG Secretary Amanda Berno, who had missed the official ceremony on June 1. Escobar then spoke about his plans for the year. “This year, I want SCG to make a statement. RIC is growing through a progressive phase, and I want SCG to be a part of that phase.” SCG Treasurer Nicholas

Bernardo, returning for his second term in office, discussed his goals for the year, as well. “I want to be as transparent as possible about money we have to spend. Have your own issues and agenda that you want to talk about,” he told the representatives present. “This is a Student Parliament where we want to get everyone involved.” Speaker of Parliament Aaron Buckley, who is also an Editorial Board member of The Anchor, welcomed new members. “I would appreciate if you bring your ideas to campus. Let’s discuss them. Let’s do something about them,” he said. Deputy Speaker Jennifer Albanese also gave brief opening announcements, and encouraged students to “enjoy RIC’s improvements.” Highlighting a long list of goals for the year, Escobar mentioned the need for a third SCG office worker. “We sort of really need one. Sally’s doing two jobs right now – minutes and finances.” Sally Hindson has been SCG’s administrative assistant since 1990. SCG, an independent corporation run by the students, currently has the smallest office staff in its

history, despite operating more student organizations than at any time in its history, SCG officers have argued. There are currently two full-time employees in the office, though as many as three or four have worked there since the 1970s. There is also the possibility that new term limits will be established. “The speaker and deputy speaker may have a limited time they can serve, and SCG should give opportunity to more students,” Escobar said. Presently, only the four Executive Council officers (president, vice president, secretary and treasurer) have term limits – no student can exceed three terms in office. The offices of speaker and deputy speaker are not part of that provision and not limited under current rules. Buckley passed his gavel to Albanese in order to speak about an issue he fought for much of last year as a representative. More than 80 percent of RIC students are commuters, and RIPTA discounts were taken away this year, he said. He described the UPass program: “It’s a program for colleges that offers discounted 15-ride passes,” he explained. “Or the college can opt to have RIC IDs

swiped, and RIPTA will charge RIC.” He said that a RIPTA initiative in SCG – which has been on SCG’s agenda intermittently since 2005 – will once again be a priority for commuters and residents that rely on discounted passes. Escobar also proposed a new Class Club Ad Hoc Committee. The duties of the committee will be to analyze the focus of the four class club’s activities, purpose and structure – including each class club’s constitution. Staff Representative Mark Paolucci, who is returning for the second year of his two-year appointment, said, “A club should be able to change their constitution themselves. We don’t want an ad hoc committee telling them what to do. Maybe we could give recommendations?” Rep. Marcia Diaz, a former Freshmen Class president, supported Escobar. She said, “It takes a lot to put yourself out there. This is a really powerful initiative, especially for an incoming freshman, and it gives everyone a springboard. I know some seniors complain about See SCG Page 6

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marshals make sure each part of the plan is safe and up to code. The goal for the ground breaking for construction was Aug. 1, meaning the team is about one month behind. Once the plans are approved by the state, the job will go out to bid to construction companies. “The goal is still to break ground in October, with student involvement,” Tencher said. The center will be completed next September, barring any unforeseen obstacles. Money for the project has come from various sources, mainly student fees and community memberships. The Recreation Fee was $50 for 20 years. Last year, it was raised to $90 to support this endeavor. The college charges faculty, staff and community members who want to use the facility. Also, once the center is completed, revenue from out-

side events, such as shows and workshops, will help to make up some of the money spent on the building. Last year, RIC hired an architect for the Rec. Center. The design team had open meetings, and some students attended to share their opinions. “The dance studio was originally going to be open with glass windows,” Tencher explained. “But one of the girls at the meetings said she didn’t want anyone gawking at her while she was doing yoga. So now the windows are frosted glass, and outsiders can’t see in the room.” The process started two years ago. “There is known information out there about what the trend in recreation centers is at the moment,” Tencher said. “What architect had the most experience with college field houses? We hired one of the best in New England.” One current national trend is plastic lockers. The strong, thick material cleans well

and will never rust like metal; these will be a focus in the new design. The new Rec. Center will also strive to be the anchor on the East Campus, as the Murray Center is on the West Campus. The center will no longer be the “dead” building many students feel it is now. Tencher has often described the current building as resembling “an old shoe factory.” Students will now enter on the top level of the facility. This top level will have treadmills with televisions and elliptical machines, and the level below will be the weight room. Glass will go from bottom floor to the roof, providing a more attractive face to the building. More parking will also be available for visitors. One of the biggest concerns during the planning of the new center was to make it femaleand male-friendly. “The weight room had become a guy’s room,” Tencher admitted, “but we’ve made

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every effort to soften the paint colors and add more machines women will use.” There will also be significantly more space and options for student activities. “We plan to have more concerts on Friday nights to bring in revenue,” Tencher said. “We’re putting a concert entrance off the field house, and we’ll do that this fall.” The idea of on-campus concerts has been a hot-button issue on campus the last several years. Several student-led plans to have concerts have failed or suffered from having to be scaled down due to the lack of a suitable location. The Rec. Center’s current configuration lacks adequate lighting, security and fire-safety provisions to hold large events like concerts under ideal conditions. The center’s hours will remain the same, but if students want more time, they will be flexible. “Through trial and error, we’ll figure out what works, and we’ll find the money to do

it,” Tencher said. “When the Recreation Center renovation is underway, we’ll be open as it’s being renovated,” according to President Nancy Carriuolo. Vice President of Student Affairs Gary Penfield said, “It’s an exciting project, but there’ll be some disruptions through it, so your understanding and patience is needed.” The pool has already been improved, and the new concert and event entrance will be put in this fall, while the locker rooms will be refurbished. Over Winter Break, the front of the building will be closed and demolished. The event entrance will be used during the rest of the renovations. The weight machines will be moved to the field house during reconstruction, and the field house is scheduled to be finished next summer. If all goes according to plan, RIC will have its new and improved Recreation Center fully operational by the fall of 2011.

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AlcoholEdu: Drinking tips for all RIC students By Luisa Murillo Anchor Contributor

If you have visited the RIC Web site lately, you have probably stumbled upon the link that reads AlcoholEdu, an online alcohol prevention program for RIC freshmen. But what is this program? AlcoholEdu is an online course designed for college freshmen in order to inform them about the dangers of alcohol and the effect it has on their bodies. Dean of Students Scott Kane, who heads the Office of Student Life, has set up a contract with a company called Outside the Classroom, which supplied the software for RIC to use as a means for educating students about alcohol. This is the fifth year that RIC has implemented this alcohol education program. Kane has made it one of his top priorities to inform incoming freshmen about the use of alcohol. The course is mandatory for freshmen and is divided into two parts. The first part takes about 2½ hours to complete and is done in late August or early September. In this part of the course, the students are presented with surveys, information and videos about

different attitudes towards alcohol, and at the end, they are tested on what they learned. In order to complete this and move on to the second stage, students must get a grade of 75 or above. The second part is much shorter – it only takes about 10 minutes to complete, and is taken 45 days after the first part in order to gauge students’ reactions to the program and see if it has long-term effects. Students may take breaks while completing the program simply by signing out. When they wish to complete the survey, they may pick up where they left off. The information gathered from this program remains confidential, and Dean Kane, the faculty, or any members of RIC’s staff cannot see individual responses. This year, over 1,000 freshmen have completed the program. One of the reasons the AlcoholEdu program is so helpful is because of the software it uses. The technology responds to the kinds of answers that students share. For example, thanks to the program, Kane and his staff have learned that every year, about 45 percent of the freshmen class state that they are not drinkers. If you fall into this category,

it doesn’t mean that you should disregard this program. It is very helpful when it comes to teaching students how to cope with friends who abuse alcohol, the program’s supporters say. “The program says, ‘Here is what you do in a real emergency situation when you come across someone that’s had too much to drink,’” Kane said, and that is why he feels so strongly about having all freshmen complete the course. It is far-reaching, and educates all students: those who drink at parties, and those who do not, he said. The AlcoholEdu program targets incoming freshmen over college juniors and seniors because the company, Outside the Classroom, has found that most non-drinkers pick up drinking in their first two months at college. This is known as the “college effect.” Even at RIC, the statistics have come back after the second portion of the program to show that the number of non-drinkers has dropped from 45 to 40 percent. Here, the college effect has a much smaller recorded impact than at other colleges around the country. Kane believes this may be due to the fact that students have previous morals about drink-

ing, many of those who attend RIC are commuters, and the college offers more alternatives to drinking in order to have fun. According to Kane, all this is an indication that, perhaps, AlcoholEdu is really having a positive impact on students at RIC. The program is not set up to follow up on students past their freshman year, but Kane and his staff are working on a way to do so, and are planning to conduct a small study on the impact of AlcoholEdu in the long run. The contract between Outside the Classroom and RIC is coming to an end after this year, but Kane is optimistic when it comes to implementing this, or any other alcohol education program in the future, of continued success. If you are a freshman and haven’t completed the course, the Office of Student Life advises you to do so as soon as possible. There is a lot to learn from taking this course, including the signs of alcohol poisoning and how to treat it, officials say. If you are not a freshman and still wish to take the course, you can contact Dean Kane by e-mail at skane@ric.edu.

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hurricane was forecast to hit the state, President Nancy Carriuolo e-mailed the RIC student body. She requested that students and campus staff unplug computers during the storm, as well as to lock up windows to keep dry from the wind-swept rain. Benches around campus were bolted down securely, and generators were checked to assure their power was ready for a blackout. Classes would only have been cancelled if Governor Donald Carcieri announced a state of emergency. On Friday, Jane Fusco, director of News and Public Relations, alerted students in an e-mail via the Office of Student Life on the status of Hurricane Earl and its impact on RIC. All classes were held as scheduled, and extracurricular activities and events were still planned, since Earl had petered out into a relatively small rain storm for most of Rhode Island. Although authorities still cautioned those near the coast to be careful, inland towns and cities only saw an inch or so of rain, followed by a sunny Saturday. After causing some flooding in North Carolina, Earl passed through New England and moved up toward Nova Scotia, Canada. While there was heavy rainfall in Massachusetts, including Cape Cod and the islands of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, little damage was recorded. By the time Earl hit New England, it was no longer a hurricane, but a tropical storm with maximum-sustained winds of less than 70 miles per hour – the center of which staggered well offshore. According to most major weather forecasts, Hurricane Earl’s threat to Rhode Island turned out to be exaggerated. The rush to prepare for the storm ended up being unnecessary, but state officials said it was a good precaution .

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their Senior Week not being fun. Well, where does Senior Week start? As freshmen.” By unanimous consent, Parliament changed the wording of the Class Club Ad Hoc Committee Resolution to “review the clubs’ constitutions and suggest changes,” weakening the language while retaining the resolution’s intent. Via another resolution, Escobar then proposed an Academic Affairs Ad Hoc Committee. “It was approved last year,” he said, “but it never got off the ground. It is important that SCG seeks to encourage academic opportunities.” The motion passed with little debate. Parliament was then let go for a ten-minute recess. They would return to the most contested issues of the meeting. Escobar proposed a program called Books for Community Involvement. The program has already been through some revisions, but it was put before Parliament for discussion and possible approval. The initiative

will provide $15,000 for spring 2011 to support 150 students with one textbook, up to $100 in value. A student must attend at least 10 student club meetings or events during a semester to be eligible. Students involved would sign contract forms with SCG. If they do not return the books or follow the rules, SCG can have a hold placed on their college accounts. “Part of the reason for this program is to get commuters more involved,” Bernardo said. “The program is in place to improve general campus life.” He moved to strike a few redundant points from the proposal sheet and edit others. Dean of Students Scott Kane, who serves as advisor to SCG, said after a number of amendments were made or proposed, “This is enough changes. I’m not sure if we all know what the product looks like by now. Maybe we should just send it to an ad hoc committee.” Escobar disagreed. “I think we’re almost close to a final document even though it’s not typed out. You’ve been approving each amendment as it’s been made,” Escobar told

Parliament. Rep. Nicholas Lima, a six-time commuter at large representative and managing editor of The Anchor, spoke about the program before passing the floor to lobbyist Kameron Spaulding. Spaulding, who was one of the most vocal Parliament representatives last year, is not yet a member this year. He is also editor-in-chief of The Anchor. “These are just a few things to think about,” Spaulding prefaced. “Where are we keeping books to store them? How do we keep track of all this money coming in and out? And how desperate are we? Here, students,” he said sarcastically, “have a free candy apple, and I’ll buy you a textbook, too, just for coming to my event. I think it looks bad.” Paolucci brought up another point. “Can we even put a hold on a kid’s account since SCG is a separate entity from RIC financially?” he said. “Do we want to get into that?” Rep. Caitlin Kay, who represents Browne Hall, was on the opposite side. “I need this! I’m poor, and $100 is a lot for people. I will definitely be the

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first to be in line for that candy apple,” she said. After more debate, Bernardo motioned to refer the proposal back to committee, and Parliament agreed to send it back to the Executive Council for further review. Escobar later announced his first round of new appointments to committees, but Lima objected to the appointments of Jordan Day and Elizabeth Sullivan to the Finance Commission. Each served on Finance last year as non-Parliament members, and were seeking to reclaim their seats. Lima backed up his objection, “I do appreciate their service, but I don’t think they serve the best interest of the students. At last April’s Budget Meeting, they were opposed to giving L.I.F.E. the money they deserved. Those two seats should go to RIC students who have a more open mind toward allowing organizations to prosper.” Lima’s comments sparked an open debate. Treasurer Bernardo argued that SCG needs people of different opinions, or there is no point in having meetings.

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From left: Speaker Aaron Buckley, Deputy Speaker Jennifer Albanese, President Travis Escobar and Treasurer Nicholas Bernardo did not escape controversy at their first meeting.

Rep. Robert Roy, of New Hall, agreed. “We can’t just say we don’t want you on our committee because you don’t agree with us,” he said. Lima was one of a number of representatives to take issue with Finance’s handling of student organization budget requests last spring, and at the final Budget Meeting on April 21, Lima, then at the end of his second term as speaker, chastised Day, Sullivan and others on Finance regarding L.I.F.E.’s budget recommendation. “As speaker, it is my job to fairly moderate debate, and I am so appalled by the way Finance handled this organization’s budget that I cannot in good conscience do so,” Lima said last April. He added that it was “unbelievably inappropriate” for Finance to have analyzed the club’s constitution, as the Commission is “in no way granted that power,” according to a report on that meeting found in The Anchor’s archives. “In a roll-call vote called by Lima on L.I.F.E.’s budget, every single member present voted to give the organization what they were asking for, with the exception of the three nonParliament Finance members present. Jordan Day, Diamonte Tavolaro and Elizabeth Sullivan were the only ones who opposed,” The Anchor’s report of the meeting reads. Last Wednesday, Lima repeatedly referred to that meeting, and the conduct of Day and Sullivan at it, as “an insult” to student organizations on campus, and warned against their reappointment. Lima, however, saw little support from Parliament this time. Rep. Michael Hartley, a commuter who served as a freshmen representative last year, agreed with Lima in the debate, but the majority of members present echoed Bernardo and Roy’s sentiments that Day and Sullivan should be given a second chance. Speaker Buckley called for a vote, which was changed to a roll call vote at the request of several members. Lima was told he was not allowed to participate because he had not

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Rep. Nicholas Lima, who is not an officer for the first time since 2006, reacts to his voting rights being taken away. been a member for the orientation meeting held earlier in the night. According to the SCG By-Laws, a member cannot vote until his second meeting. Lima, whose petition to rejoin Parliament was validated and certified between the two meetings held Wednesday, was in attendance at orientation, however he observed from the gallery. Hartley said, “With all due respect, he’s been voting all night. Do you guys pick and choose which rules you want to follow?” Buckley called for a 10-min-

ute recess in order to locate the exact text of the rule preventing Lima from voting. When the meeting resumed, Buckley ruled that Lima was only supposed to be observing the meeting, but Lima objected to this ruling. Since he was not at that time considered a member, Hartley gained the floor to object for him, and passed the floor so Lima could speak. “No one enforced the rule at the beginning of the meeting. That means the whole night might have to be null and void,” Lima said. He added that he had been voting, making motions

and participating all night without any mention that he wasn’t a member, and that his name had been called in the attendance roll at the meeting’s start. President Escobar responded, “This debate right here is not what we’re about. This is quite trivial. The speaker just found out an error, so he’s trying to correct it.” As a result of Hartley’s challenge of Buckley’s interpretation of the By-Laws, Buckley directed Parliament to vote on whether Lima had the right to vote at that meeting or not. The vote was 9 to 4 in favor

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participation can be amended this year so something like this doesn’t happen again.” He claimed the intent of the by-law provision was to prevent new members from voting until they had observed a meeting, not to keep veteran members from voting even when their membership had been certified. Lima, who joined Parliament late (the initial filing period for this year’s Parliament was last spring), will regain his full voting rights at the body’s next meeting, set for Wednesday, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. in Parliament Chambers, Student Union 307. Parliament meetings are open to the public. Despite the controversy, Lima said the fact that he was called in the roll kept a personal streak alive for him. According to Lima, he has not missed a regular meeting since October of 2005, the longest active attendance streak of anyone on Parliament. Before the meeting ended, Escobar renewed his promise to new Parliament members that this year’s body will accomplish its goals. “Let’s work toward a goal of helping students,” Escobar said. “You’ll never have a meeting where you do nothing. Hopefully, next meeting we can go forward with the book program.”

Dials and media partnership added to RIC political season By Kameron Spaulding Editor-in-Chief

The addition of dial feedback, and a new partnership with WJAR-TV NBC 10, highlight this year’s American Democracy Project at Rhode Island College. This year’s events feature four debates, the first of which is set for Sept. 8 at 2 p.m. in Alger Hall, and several panels. The collaboration between RIC and NBC 10 is unprecedented in the state. NBC 10 will be broadcasting all four

debates and have a number of their on-air personalities on both panels. “This is a very exciting opportunity to enrich our coverage and engage voters more in the political process during a pivotal moment for our local government,” said Chris Lanni, content brand manager for NBC 10. “We are especially proud to be partnering with a prestigious local college and the renowned American Democracy Project.” Instant dial feedback has been a hot national trend in recent years, but these debates

will be the debut of such technology in Rhode Island. The dials have been used by national media from MSNBC to Fox News; even Facebook and YouTube used dial feedback during their debates for the 2008 presidential election. The dials are given to a sample of Rhode Island voters, who then use the handheld device to respond positively or negatively to what the candidates say during the debates. Their reactions are then displayed in real time on the bottom of viewers’ television screens.

“These new technologies will offer viewers the opportunity to gauge how the audience’s responses compare to that of the analysts’ viewpoints,” said Kay Israel, an ADP organizer and RIC communication professor. He continued, “Our project also offers our students the opportunity to see first-hand how these methods are employed.” The American Democracy Project at RIC, a campus initiative that promotes political engagement throughout the state, has been active on campus for years, and is organized in

part by Israel and fellow communication professor Valerie Endress. The debate season will kick of with the Republican gubernatorial primary contest on Sept. 8, and will be followed on Oct. 29 for the general election gubernatorial debate and both congressional contests, all held in Alger Hall. Some of the debates will air on tape delay, and some live, on NBC 10.

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department and Physical Plant over the summer. Ghio said he worked closely with Tencher during the course of the project. The result is a police station with a considerable facelift. “Our place was a mess before,” Ghio said. The walls were repainted, the flooring replaced and the dispatch desk moved to face visitors coming to the window in Browne Hall. The work is ongoing – the new Campus Police logo, which Ghio said was designed by RIC Signage Coordinate Daniel Gannon, will soon be affixed to the glass partition at the station’s front, among other places. The logo is already found on RIC’s upgraded fleet of police cars – now numbering six in all – and on other signage around campus, including new crosswalk signs at key pedestrian crossings on College Road. But the station itself, which Ghio said had been “depressing, moldy and full of old rugs” before the renovation, was not the only change the department received. The Lincoln Police Department donated two police bikes – with bike uniforms – to RIC, and officers can, for the first time, be seen on campus patrolling by bicycle. Through grants and various funding sources, the department also received a new radio system and replaced old flashlights, safety gear and emergency equipment that was degraded and hadn’t been replaced in years, he said. Ghio, who has been with the department for over four years now, came to RIC from the FBI, where he retired as a special agent with 26 years of service, all in Providence, from 1980-2006. And with the departure of long-time Chief Cyrille Cote over the summer, Ghio could be next in line for the top job. Cote, Ghio said, retired Aug. 18 after 18 years at RIC. “After graduation, Chief Cote began to really think about retiring,” Ghio said. He added that Cote, who resides in West

Warwick, plans to study to become a deacon in the Catholic Church. Whether Ghio is promoted to the top job or a search for Cote’s successor is undertaken is a decision that has yet to be made by college officials, who Ghio said were waiting for new Vice President for Administration and Finance William Gearheart to get settled into his position first. However, Ghio said he would relish the opportunity to lead the department in the long-term, if college administrators decide to promote him. Meanwhile, Ghio has his hands full. RIC’s Campus Police is a fully functioning force of sworn officers, the majority of which have worked in municipal departments and all of which have the authority to place law violators under arrest. Thirteen officers patrol the campus (a fourteenth is being hired soon) in shifts of three or four, seven days and nights a week. A secretary, Manon Nery, works part-time in the station, splitting her time with another campus department, and RIC’s fire safety technician, David Benevides, will also have his office there. From the dispatch desk, one of four lieutenants handles calls to the station and supervises officers on duty. Ghio said one of the department’s goals is to hire a weekday dispatcher so that the lieutenant can venture out of the station to directly work with patrolmen, a request he has forwarded to Carriuolo. One of those supervisors, Lt. Bob Hart, said he was happy with many of the changes to the department so far. “I’m looking forward to the flat-screen monitor” above the dispatch desk, Hart said. The monitor will allow officers to better view feeds from the dozens of security cameras installed throughout campus over the last four years. From the dispatch desk, lieutenants, among other duties, monitor cameras, answer the phone, respond to Blue Light emergency calls and send officers to respond to calls on campus, unlock classrooms and write parking tickets. And that may be the most

common interaction RIC students have with Campus Police – parking enforcement. Ghio is frequently visited by students who receive a ticket for double parking, leaving their vehicle in a lot overnight, parking in a handicap space without proper placards or, one of the most common infractions, parking in a faculty/staff-only lot. Unfortunately for RIC, the revenue from parking tickets doesn’t come back to help the campus – fines are applied

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directly to the state’s budget, a process RIC has been trying to change for years through the General Assembly. At times, RIC’s Campus Police has avoided giving tickets, as the overtime cost of sending officers to court in case someone decides to dispute the ticket is taxing on the department’s limited budget. But at the beginning of this semester, as the department has done often in recent years, any “parking amnesty” is hard to find. Officers are instructed to give out tickets liberally to violators at the start of the year, in an attempt to curb illegal parking habits that can perpetuate for an entire semester if left unchecked, jamming key access roads and blocking circulation in lots. Ghio said that this semester,

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so far, hasn’t been that bad in terms of parking on campus. “It hasn’t been like my other four years here. There hasn’t been a mad rush at 8 in the morning – the congestion hasn’t been like in the past, so far,” he said. He cautioned that things could pick up on campus through this week, before they traditionally taper off as students adjust their class schedules. Still, he was surprised last week at the relatively small amount of parking issues when compared to recent years. “Did everyone come back yet?” he said. Ghio added that one major change on campus that has helped the flow of traffic has been the move of the RIPTA bus port from Roberts Hall to parking Lots D and E. “That’s worked great,” he said. “It takes away one of the worse things on campus, with buses frequently blocking crosswalks.” He added that the work was done surprisingly quickly, noting “RIPTA really helped out with that.” As far as Campus Police’s upgraded fleet of cars, the department now operates a SUV, three Ford Tauruses (including one donated by RIC Athletics and one from R.I. DEM’s surplus with just 57,000 miles on it), a ’98 Crown Victoria with 159,000 miles donated by R.I. state police, and a green, unmarked Crown Victoria that was former RIC President John Nazarian’s campus vehicle. “Right now the cars are in good shape; we’ll be getting new cars in the future… most average over 125,000 miles and are going 24/7,” he said. The department’s goal is to begin replacing one car a year in the foreseeable future, transitioning to Ford Escapes, Fusions and Tauruses that can operate better in winter conditions. Ghio said Signage Coordinator Gannon took care of the new striping and design, including the Anchormen mascot and new mottos inscribed on the cars. Every car now has a light bar and siren, as well. “President Carriuolo wanted a uniform look” among the fleet of cars, Ghio said, and as part of that new image, the depart-

ment tested out new summer uniforms, too. From the day after Commencement through the day before school began, Campus Police officers wore lightweight, maroon polo shirts and khaki tactical pants. Ghio said he is also looking for a new dress uniform for the school year. Another aspect of the department’s summer upgrades was technology. Campus Police vehicles, for the first time, are now equipped with laptop computers for quick criminal background checks and updates with the DMV. The department received five laptops, in addition to a new report writing system that will standardize the department’s forms with the majority of other law enforcement agencies in Rhode Island. The entire software system helps in dispatch and records management and is fully mobile, said Ghio. RIC will also be the first of the three state higher education institutions to go through an emergency management drill, the deputy chief said. The department is currently testing its Blue Light phones, radios e-mail blast capability and other systems in preparation for the drill, which allows Campus Police and the administration to efficiently lock down the campus in case of an emergency. Ghio said that a table-top exercise would precede a full-scale campus lockdown drill, a major undertaking that would incorporate state police and Providence and North Providence police and fire departments. So how as the police force taken to all of these changes? “They all like the cosmetic changes – the look of the cars is universally liked,” Ghio said. But he said the new technology has received a mixed reaction, particularly among older officers who have been at RIC for a long time. “Some of them love it, some don’t,” he said. “Almost all of the new guys like it – these are the sorts of tools they had at their departments before they came here, so this is what they’re used to.”

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President Obama back on campaign trail By Peter Slevin Washington Post

Faced with the twin challenges of boosting the economy and saving Democratic congressional seats in November, President Obama tried to do a little of both on Monday at a Labor Day rally that heralded a prominent role for him in a fiery fall campaign. Obama defended his record and criticized Republicans and his Washington foes as opponents of the middle class “who talk about me like a dog.” He told several thousand cheering labor union members that the Republican Party is peddling failed economic policies, and he vowed to “make this case across the country between now and November.” “Their slogan,” he said of Republicans, “is ‘No, we can’t. No, no, no. No.’ “ The crowd answered by chanting Obama’s signature 2008 slogan, “Yes, we can.” Under pressure to show that he is doing all he can to deliver jobs, Obama announced a proposal to spend $50 billion in

the next year on roads, railroads and airport runways. The modernization plan, a more formal version of a long-standing pledge to improve the nation’s crumbling infrastructure, is one of several economic proposals he is to make this week. “So many Americans have been idled for months, even years, at a time when there is so much of America that needs rebuilding,” Obama said. “We used to have the best infrastructure in the world. We can have it again.” White House officials said the $50 billion in new government spending would be the first installment of a six-year transportation strategy that would include investments in high-speed rail and air traffic control. To pay for it, the administration would raise taxes on oil and gas companies. If approved by Congress, the funds would build or repair 150,000 miles of road, 4,000 miles of railroad track and 150 miles of runways, the officials said. The proposal includes creating an “infrastructure bank” to prioritize projects and attract

private funds. The officials declined to estimate how many jobs would be created at a time when the economic recovery is proving more sluggish than the administration hoped or predicted. “Just more of the same,” the Republican National Committee said in an e-mail to reporters, shortly before Obama spoke to the Milwaukee Area Labor Council’s annual Laborfest. “I hope his changes are to finally promote some privatesector growth, not just the growth in government or throwing billions of more dollars at every perceived problem,” Wisconsin GOP Chairman Reince Priebus told reporters in a conference call. Some elected Democrats, seeing their prospects dim because of an unemployment rate near 10 percent, have been pushing for a second stimulus bill to juice the economy. Eight weeks before midterm elections, in which they anticipate big gains, Republicans are campaigning heavily on the argument that Obama is mortgaging the country’s future.

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In jetting into Milwaukee from Washington for two hours, Obama returned to the event in which he kicked off his 2008 general election campaign. He arrived in full campaign mode, delivering a spirited speech that devoted far more time to winning votes than to detailing economic remedies. Obama defended a string of policies, from the Democratic health-care overhaul and Wall Street regulation to the remaking of the college student-loan business. “We’ve given tax cuts, but we’ve given them to folks who need them,” he said. He declared to cheers that no part of Social Security will be privatized while he is president, and he entertained the crowd by lambasting Republicans. “Powerful interests” have not been happy with him, Obama said. “When it comes to just about everything we’ve done to strengthen the middle class and rebuild our economy, almost every Republican in Congress says ‘No,’ “Obama said. “If I said the sky is blue, they’d say no. If I said fish live in the sea, they’d say no. They just think it’s better to score political

points during an election than solve problems.” He added, “We’ve tried what they’re peddling.” During his long slide in popularity since the early days of his presidency, Obama has struggled to show voters that he understands the economic calamity for unemployed workers and that he is doing what he can. He told the audience that he knows “there’s still a lot of hurt out there.” Obama intends to speak in more detail about the economy on Wednesday in Cleveland, where House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, urged him last month to fire his economic team and start over. When it comes to the midterm elections, neither his audience nor the Democrats who preceded him at the microphone on Monday were under any illusions. Obama is not on the ballot, but the future of his agenda could be riding on the Nov. 2 results. “We were great in ’08,” one speaker warned the audience. “But if you’ve got this president’s back, you’d better be back in 2010.”

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Craigslist no longer selling sex? By David A. Fahrenthold Washington Post

One of the world’s biggest providers of Internet classified advertising abruptly shut down the “adult services” section of its U.S. Web sites this weekend, apparently in response to criticism from prosecutors that it had become a tool for prostitution. But it was unclear whether Craigslist – an icon of the new media transformation of American society – had closed the site to placate those critics, or to hit back at them, casting itself as the victim of censorship. On its famously bare-bones Web sites, the blue-lettered link for adult services was gone. It had been replaced with a black box, containing one word: “censored.” Craigslist’s usually outspoken leaders gave no explanation for their move and no signal as to whether it would be permanent. Last year, the site increased the screening of these ads after authorities in New England said a man had killed one woman and attacked two others he’d contacted through Craigslist. On Craigslist sites in other nations, the “erotic” sections remained open. The site’s critics greeted the change with praise and wariness, saying they wanted to be sure it was closed for good. “They lack either the will or the wherewithal to effectively screen for prostitution ads. Which is why we [said] to them, ‘Shut down the site,’” said Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, one of 18 attorneys general who made that demand in a letter to Craigslist last month. He added, “we hope that their example in doing the right thing will lead others to follow them.” The long-running battle over Craigslist’s “adult” or “erotic” ads – which can be thinly veiled as advertisements for a massage or can contain explicit photos and text – illustrates the complexity of policing the Internet. On one side is an iconoclastic

company defending what it sees as a major virtue of the Web: the ability to create a selfregulating virtual commons. On the other are prosecutors and anti-prostitution activists who say that the anonymity of the online world can be a great vice, making it easier for people to exploit women and children in the real world. By choosing the word “censored,” Craigslist seemed to signal that the battle will continue, said Jason Schultz, a law professor at the University of California at Berkeley. “Maybe what [Craigslist is] trying to do is raise the other side of the issue, which is that there’s serious First Amendment, freedom-of-information issues” on their side, Schultz said. “This seems to me completely adversarial, still.” Craigslist began as an e-mail newsletter in San Francisco in 1995, and grew into a hub for free classified ads that has more than 700 local sites around the world. The company says it has more than 50 million users in the U.S., competing with The Washington Post and other newspapers for classified ads in their circulation areas. Most of the site’s ads can be placed for free. But “adult” ads cost $10 apiece, and there are enough of them to bring in about $36 million in revenue estimated early this year – about a third of the company’s total – according to a recent analysis by the Advanced Interactive Media Group. But both prosecutors and anti-prostitution groups say these ads have become a bazaar for prostitutes and pimps. Instead of taking the risk of meeting customers on the street, the activists say, they can arrange visits in hotel rooms. Last month, groups took out an ad in The Washington Post in which two women said they had been forced to have sex with men who had answered Craigslist ads. “Craigslist is like the Wal-Mart of online sexual exploitation of minors,” said Andrea Powell of FAIR Fund,

Courtesy of Craigslsit.com one of the groups. Authorities also say that women have been attacked by men who arranged their visits via Craigslist. The New England case was the most famous: The man accused in that case, medical student Philip Markoff, killed himself in jail in Boston last month. Last year in the Washington area, authorities said another man used Craigslist to lure women to isolated apartment buildings and rape them. He committed suicide as police closed in. “Occasionally someone will call in” to report sexual solicitations on Craigslist, said Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler, one of the 18 who signed the letter to Craigslist last month. But, he said, authorities usually learn about the postings after something has gone very wrong: “For the most serious offenses, we hear about them afterward, when the virtual becomes real.” Legal experts say it is difficult for state prosecutors to

charge Craigslist for sexual ads, because of a federal law that limits the liability of Web sites for content posted there by others. The site’s terms of use also state that ads for illegal activity, like prostitution and sex with minors, are prohibited. Last year, Craigslist responded to criticism by closing down its “erotic services” section, and opening up a new one, “adult services.” In that section, “before being posted each individual ad is reviewed by an attorney licensed to practice law in the US, trained to enforce Craigslist’s posting guidelines, which are stricter than those typically used by yellow pages, newspapers, or any other company that we are aware of,” company CEO Jim Buckmaster wrote in a blog post last month. Buckmaster said in the posting that the new system had resulted in the rejection of more than 700,000 inappropriate ads, and said these procedures put Craigslist ahead of several other

online ad services. Buckmaster and a company spokeswoman did not respond to multiple efforts to reach them for comment Saturday. “We’ll have a statement at a later time,” spokeswoman Susan MacTavish Best said. But none arrived. On Saturday, legal experts said that the request to shut down Craigslist’s “adult” section could carry risks for prosecutors. It could simply shift the ads to other sections of the site, or onto a galaxy of other sites that would be harder for authorities to monitor. Craigslist can get around the shutdown by running adult ads on other parts of the site. But Jonathan Zittrain, a professor at Harvard Law School, says of those seeking prostitutes online, “They might have a harder time saying, ‘Oh, I had no idea what I was doing wrong’ when they didn’t do it on a site that also has ads for antique collectibles and New York real estate and shared rides.’”

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Good habits By Casey Gaul Health Hype

College life, whether you commute or live on campus, does not always lend itself to a healthy lifestyle. Between classes and working to pay for them, there often isn’t much time for proper rest or consideration for nutrition. Plus, it’s pretty hard to stay healthy with daily access to French fries and Café pizza in all of their delicious, greasy glory. With that, welcome to Health Hype. This is the first in a series of informative articles about health, nutrition and physical well-being as is relevant to students within the campus environment. Many upperclassmen know all too well what a diet dependent on Donovan and the Student Union Café can do to your health – and your waistline. Too many of us have fallen victim to the infamous Freshmen 15 (trust me, it’s not a myth), and some of us have gone above and beyond even that standard. Incoming freshmen beware. Now is the time to stop and seriously consider the important

choices you will soon be making about your diet and activity level. Upperclassmen, you are still young, and it is never too late to take back that lost ground and secure the foundations for your future well-being. Here are a few good habits to get into: – Eat breakfast. You may be tired of hearing it, but it is the most important meal of the day, if only for the fact that it gets your metabolism up and running for the coming day. While a balanced meal would be ideal, just a carton of milk, a slice of toast or a piece of fruit – all of which can be found in Donovan – will help get you going. – An apple a day. It’s OK to snack if you get hungry in the middle of the day or between classes, as long as the snack is a healthy one. Avoid the cookies and donuts when answering the snacking urge. Pick up an apple, pear or banana instead. If you like humus, keep that and a box of Triscuits around for a healthy snack. – Avoid fried foods. The call of the curly fries is a strong one, but control is a must if you’re to keep your diet in check.

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– Resist the late-night snack. Late-night snacking is one of the major causes of weight gain because your metabolism has started to shut down. Also, putting energy into your body late at night may fool with your body clock and make it difficult to get a full night of sleep. Set yourself a cut-off time, like 9:30 p.m. – Take the stairs. If you live in Sweet, Browne or New Hall, don’t take the elevator – take the stairs! That extra activity

will help burn excess calories and may even help tone your leg muscles. – Get to bed before midnight. Some of us are away from home now, and suddenly find ourselves without a curfew. This is very exciting, but staying up late will only come back to haunt us in the morning (or the afternoon, for you really late sleepers). Your mind and stomach will be waking up late, as well. – Keep the partying to a

minimum. If you’re the type who likes to go out to clubs or bars once a week (or multiple times a week), try toning it down and limiting yourself to once every two weeks or, better yet, once a month. – Get yourself oriented at the Rec. Center. It takes about 30 seconds to fill out the form in order to obtain full access to the weight room and machines at the Recreation Center. Take advantage of it.

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Never let me go By Casey Gaul Anchor Book Club

I will admit here and now that the first time I read this book, it had been assigned to me in my Western Literature class during freshman year. I was pleased to find that, unlike most of the assigned reading I’d experienced in high school, “Never Let Me Go” was actually engaging and enjoyable. The novel is written by Kazuo Ishiguro, a British author more commonly known for his earlier award-winning novel, “The Remains of the Day,” and was published in 2005. Describing the story is dangerous territory rife with the threat of spoiling the inherent mystery of the narrative. The

realizations that one personally achieves by progressing through the story is part of the journey that makes this book so singular, enthralling and entirely worthwhile. For this reason, I will not provide a summary or discuss any plot points from the second and third parts of “Never Let Me Go.” The story starts out with the book’s main character, Kathy H., as an adult recounting the events of her childhood and life at and beyond a boarding school called Hailsham. Different perspectives are added to events as Kathy recalls conversations with childhood friends, Ruth and Tommy, at their recovery centers, in what feels much like present-day England. But something is different. Some-

thing is off – something lies just beyond the horizon of our understanding. As Kathy H. reflects on her life and gains a clearer perspective on her world, so, too, do we gradually come to understand just what Hailsham and its students are and what role they play in the grand scheme of this very realistic, potentially alltoo-much so, world. As LeVar Burton would famously say: “You don’t have to take my word for it.” Time magazine named “Never Let Me Go” its best novel of 2005 and included it in their TIME “100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005” list. Jonathan Yardley of The Washington Post wrote, “The best Ishiguro has written since

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the sublime ‘The Remains of the Day.’ It is almost literally a novel about humanity: what constitutes it, what it means, how it can be honored or denied.” Jeff Giles of Newsweek

said, “What begins as a mystery with futuristic undertones ends up an engrossing meditation on the here and now. As always, Ishiguro pulls you under, even as you convince yourself that you’re just going wading.”

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Eating healthy on campus By Laura Horton Health Help

Healthy choices for food are now widely available on the RIC campus since the renovation of Donovan Dining Center. Eating healthy is the number one thing to do to keep your body healthy during college. There is always the tempting greasy burger and fries, but there are other options to help with the food cravings your body has throughout the semester. First, eat breakfast. Breakfast is and has been the most important meal of the day. This means waking up instead of sleeping in. Make sure you have at least some sort of protein, carbohydrate, and a milk product; for example, two eggs, two pieces of lightly buttered toast, and a container

of 1 percent low-fat milk. Also, if wanted, throw in a piece of fruit. If time is a problem, grab a bagel, fruit and some milk; a grab-and-go breakfast. Eating a good breakfast will help you concentrate during your classes and will get you ’till lunch time. Breakfast should also be your biggest meal of the day. College students need foods fortified with calcium. Eating foods with calcium will help you down the road into old age and prevent brittle bones and osteoporosis.The best option for a calcium-rich product is milk. If milk is not an option, try lowfat yogurt, low-fat cheeses and leafy greens. Lunch and dinner should also have forms of protein and carbohydrates in them. For example, lunch could be a sandwich from Donovan’s sandwich line and contain both meat and bread. Add a piece of fruit or a small side salad. Dinner could be a large salad full of leafy greens, carrot pieces, ham

slices, shredded cheese, chicken pieces and low-fat salad dressing. Stay away from anything like macaroni salad or potato salad because those may taste delicious, but they are full of fat because of the mayonnaise content in these salads. Adding these salads to your already healthy salad can be like eating that greasy burger and fries from the grill line. If you are hungry and dying for a snack in between classes, don’t venture to the vending machines, because some of these snacks can ruin any healthy college diet. Instead, carry healthy foods with you in your bag or purse. The many things you can have include 100-calorie snack packs, small bags of baked potato chips, dried fruits, low-fat pretzels, whole wheat crackers, rice cakes and unbuttered popcorn. Hydration is also important. Drinking at least eight, 8 oz. glasses of water a day is needed for a body to stay hydrated,

and if you sweat or work out a lot, your body will need more. Drinking a lot of juices can give you benefits like calcium and potassium, but drinking a lot of juice is like drinking away calories you could eat with food. Eating a maintained diet will help you from gaining that infamous “Freshmen 15.” Skipping meals is also out of the question even if you are not trying to lose weight. Skipping a meal can make your body go into survival mode. Your

metabolism will slow, and this will cause your body to actually gain weight if you eat too much after you skip a meal. Keeping the quote, “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar” in mind will keep your college diet balanced and maintained. Don’t think of food as just a nutritional value; think of food as a fuel to keep your hard-working mind and body going, and enjoy the foods you eat.

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Snacks in Donovan Dining Center.

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Anchor ale-men By Mike Simeone Anchor Ale-men

Anchor Ale-men will be a weekly article that reviews micro brews from microbreweries around the world. I will rate beer on four categories: Head, the amount off foam that is left when you explode the beer of the bottom of the class to release the carbonation; Color, or darkness of the beer; Aroma, or the smell of the beer and finally, the Taste. The scale for the ratings will range from 1-5, one being the worst and five being the best. The first beer I am reviewing is Southern Tier’s porter.

Southern Tier is a wonderful microbrewery from Lakewood, N.Y., who opened their doors in 2002. According to their Web site, they currently produce over 18,000 barrels annually. Southern Tier is known for their outrageous flavors, such as their pumpkin beer named Pumking Imperial Pumpkin Ale. It’s like drinking pumpkin pie. Southern Tier’s Porter is 5.6 percent alcohol per volume (APV), which is about average for a good porter, but could be considered a little high. The beer is fairly dark in color but not that strong in taste, which allows it to go down extremely smooth and leaves a watery finish; something which is out of character for a porter. It has a semi strong smell

with hints of chocolate and coffee. The head has a very good medium coffee color to it. Overall, I give this beer a B rating. The second beer I am reviewing is Brooklyn Brewery’s Black Chocolate Stout. Brooklyn Brewery is properly one of my most favorite micro breweries, from Brooklyn, N.Y. The Brewery opened their doors in 1988. Today, Brooklyn Brewery is known as one of the top 40 breweries in America. According to Brooklyn Brewery’s Web site, www.brooklynbrewery. com, “We use three mashes to brew each batch of this beer, achieving a luscious deep dark flavor through a blend of specially roasted malts.” The guys at Brooklyn Brew-

Southern Tier Porter Color Head Aroma Taste Overall

4 4 3 3 B

ery hit this one perfectly with this craft. When you pour this beer in to the glass, it instantly foams to a beautiful head with a rich dark coffee/chocolate color. When the head dissipates, the beer turns into a wonderful, dark stout full of flavor, with strong notes of chocolate it. Along with those notes of chocolate you get a hint of

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Black Chocolate Stout Color Head Aroma Taste Overall

5 5 5 3 B+

alcohol as an after taste, which is expected with a beer that is 10.1 percent APV. Overall, I give this beer a B+ : drink with caution.

Google sets low price for phone calls By Rob Pegoraro Washington Post

What’s a phone call worth these days? A Verizon phone booth in a Washington subway station suggests one answer: 50 cents. Another comes from Verizon’s cheapest landline service option, which charges 10.2 cents a call. If you use a cellphone or subscribe to a voice-over-Internet-Protocol calling plan, the number shrinks to a vanishingly tiny fraction of your monthly bill: maybe a few pennies each time you dial out? But if you use Google’s new, free phone-calling option (gmail.com/call), that figure drops to zero. Last week, the Web giant announced that American users of its Gmail Web service could call numbers in the United States and Canada for free from within their browsers. Calls elsewhere cost less than many traditional long-distance domestic calls: You pay 2 cents a minute to call Ireland, Korea,

Argentina and many other countries. (Google’s rates top out at 99 cents a minute for those calling the island nation of Nauru.) The Skype Internet-calling service charges slightly more for international calls, but it also charges about 2 cents a minute for domestic calls. Gmail’s rates should be familiar to users of Google’s free Google Voice service, a separate option that the Mountain View, Calif., company only opened to the public in June. But using Google Voice requires logging into a website or launching a program on your phone (if one is available for it) and, in some cases, waiting for Google to connect your call. Calling from within Gmail, by contrast, requires nothing more than installing a small plug-in program (available for Windows XP or newer, Mac OS X 10.4 or newer and some versions of Linux) and logging into Gmail. Click the “Call phone” link to the left of your inbox, type in a number, click the big blue “Call” button and

things proceed as if you had just finished spinning a Bell System phone’s rotary dial. If you have a Google Voice account, the other person will see that number in their caller ID. You can also answer their calls from within Gmail; an incoming call will generate an alert in the bottom right corner of the Gmail window, which you can click to answer. If you don’t have a Voice account, the other party will see a special number Google has set up, 760-705-8888. Calls to that yield a message advertising the new Gmail feature. I’ve used Google’s voice calling from the Safari and Firefox browsers on a Mac, as well as copies of Firefox running in Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux. Everything sounded fine to me, although one co-worker commented that my own voice sounded as if I were underwater. (That may be the fault of the simple external microphone I used on my work desktop – a giveaway from Skype’s publicrelations department.)

Google says more than 1 million calls were placed through Gmail in its first 24 hours. It’s unclear how many of them consisted of people dialing their cellphones, recording a voicemail message to the effect of, “Hi, this is me calling through Gmail,” and then hanging up. Google won’t say whether domestic calling will remain free, but it has structured this service and Google Voice to stay afloat based on the profit generated by international calling. Unlike Gmail itself and many other Google applications, advertising doesn’t factor into this – a detail that its privacy policy ought to spell out but does not. In other words, as spokesman Randall Sarafa wrote in a recent e-mail, “Google absolutely does not record or listen in on phone conversations.” Placing a call through a Web browser may not be for everybody. But the ability to do this could change how even the tech-averse make and pay for

phone calls. Think about what Gmail did for e-mail: By offering effectively unlimited storage and inviting users to hold on to their old e-mail forever – after Microsoft and Yahoo had steadily cut back on the storage offered to users of their free Web-mail services – Google pounded the market price for each message all the way down to $0.00. Phone use has been edging in that direction for a while, coaxed along by steadily expanding blocks of unmetered domestic calling time on wireless plans and the growing allotments of “VoIP” services such as Skype and Vonage. Google’s latest move can only accelerate that trend. Incumbent carriers will have to respond accordingly. But don’t feel too bad for the telecom firms. At least until Google or somebody else makes a serious run at that market, those companies seem secure in being able to charge an unhealthy premium for text messaging.

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Young people turn to the pool for exercise By Vicky Hallett Washington Post

Sean Stephens hasn’t told his friends he does water aerobics. “I guess until now,” the 36-year-old joked last week as we wiggled into the pool at LivingWell, the health club at the Washington Hilton. Only a few weeks ago, the runner and triathlete had never considered doing anything other than laps in the water. But a nagging knee injury persuaded him to take the plunge, and after 45 minutes of tuck jumps, sprints and breaststroke arms, he was ready to make it part of his weekly routine. “I actually got my heart rate up,” he says. That probably comes as no surprise to the senior women out there who tend to be water aerobics stalwarts. But they’re not the only ones who should be reaping the benefits of buoyancy and water resistance (12 times as great as that of air!), which provide an unparalleled environment for low-impact cardio and strength training. “Water is magic,” says Laura Ribbins, who’s one of the world’s leading authorities on aquatic exercise – perhaps because she’s based in the Cayman Islands, where water workouts

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are possible year-round. I ran into her at the DCAC fitness convention in Alexandria, Va., a month ago, where she was presenting sessions on how to lure baby boomers to water classes with super-athletic moves. As great as water is for older bodies, she recommends it for “anyone who’s into fitness.” Unfortunately, the quality of aqua instruction has generally lagged behind that of other classes, which has contributed to the misconception that you can’t get a good workout in

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Water in Motion choreographer Connie Warasila.

the water. And the tendency of water workouts to turn into senior citizens’ social hour hasn’t helped their reputation, either. That’s why Teri Bothwell, director of group exercise for Washington area gym chain Sport & Health, has a new mission for its pool programming: “Get it out of old-lady mode.” Over the past year, the club has toyed with a series of new workouts. By far the biggest hit has been Aqua Zumba, the latest offering from the Latin-danceinspired exercise company. “Putting that in the water is just golden,” Bothwell says. Thanks to back-to-back scheduling at Sport & Health’s Falls Church, Va., club, packs of students rush from the dance studio to the pool to keep grooving for an extra hour. The lesson the club has gleaned from this is that landlubbers will find their sea legs if they’re eased into it with concepts they already know. So they’ve also welcomed classes such as aqua karate (“It’s slower paced, a lot of core, a lot of balance,” Bothwell says) and aqua bootcamp (set up as a circuit with exercise stations). Next month, the McLean, Va., location will also dive into Water in Motion, a program

designed to standardize and elevate water aerobics instruction. Launched last October at two clubs in the Midwest, it’s now taught in 35 across the country. The company that licenses the program to clubs says that wherever it has been offered, class sizes have grown and median ages have dropped. Water in Motion’s choreographer is Connie Warasila, a nationally recognized trainer who works for Sport & Health in Virginia. “So I try stuff out on my students here all the time,” says Warasila, who explains that each class has essentially the same structure. It starts with cardio, moves on to isolated muscle groups for targeted toning and ends with a cool-down inspired by yoga, Pilates and tai chi that promotes flexibility. One problem for instructors is seeing what their students are doing beneath the surface. So cheating – not pushing as hard as you can, not moving your feet correctly, etc. – is common, albeit often unintentional. To combat that, Warasila strives to provide cues for which body part should be feeling the burn during every exercise. “I really try to get my students to learn to move the water– not

through the water – and lift with more strength by recruiting more muscles,” she says. Her secret to keeping it entertaining is changing up the steps and adding social components, including kick lines and partner exercises. Tara Davis, the 30-year-old instructor at LivingWell who persuaded Sean Stephens to try water aerobics, has a similar style during her anything-butwimpy interval training classes. To make it more of a challenge for her fitter students, she relies on an array of aqua accessories, such as webbed gloves that increase resistance and foam dumbbells that help mimic land-based strength exercises. “This thing is a workout,” says class regular Dawn Debus, 36. And a smart one at that, adds Davis. “For a healthy young person, it’s a good complement to a (high-impact exercise) routine,” she says. “I do a lot of high-impact activities: running, kickboxing. I worry what my body is going to feel like when I’m 60.” In other words, doing water aerobics as cross-training now will prevent her from being limited to only water aerobics later.

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Programming Welcome Week By Eddie Taylor A&E Editor

Ah, the second week of classes. So, you’ve finally settled into your new schedule, you have a good handle on your classes, and your ever-increasing stress level is beginning to taper off. It’s the time where the rush of being back, whether you’re a commuter or live in the dorms, is over, and you start begging for something interesting to happen. But don’t worry – Programming is here to help with all that. The student-run organization plans events and activities throughout the semester, and they’ve kicked it into overdrive for the second week of classes. Programming’s first event of the week is the The Newly Friends Game, a spinoff of the popular game show, “The

Newlywed Game.” Students will pair up in teams of two and guess what their partner will answer to basic-knowledge questions. The highest scoring contestants will win prizes and walk away with bragging rights. Students can have their pictures taken, and white boards will be given away with their pictures. The Newly Friends Game will take place on Tues., Sept. 7 at 8 p.m. in Gaige Auditorium, so be sure to check it out. On Wed., Sept. 8, Programming will host “The Biggest Loser” on the Quad. During Free Period, an obstacle course activity will challenge participants to test how in shape they really are. Free pedometers will be given out to students as well as “Biggest Loser” books. The winning contestant will win a free gym membership. So, if you like obstacle courses, and

have a few minutes to kill during Free Period, come on down and test your skills. The third activity that Programming will be hosting is Minute to Win It, which is just like the popular game show on NBC. Students will compete in fun and quirky challenges. There will be many participants, so if you show up, be ready to compete at a night of laughs, fun and free food. Check out Minute to Win It on Wed., Sept. 8 in the Student Union Ballroom at 8 p.m. Are you ready for a Foam Party on the Quad? I thought so. Programming will host Making the Band on Thurs., Sept. 9. The party will feature D.J. Joel J.P. Perez, who will be spinning your favorite tunes. The Foam Party will be a great way to wind down from your second week of classes, and be a great

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Students sign up for the RIC trip to Boston . way to meet a few more people on campus. The party starts at 8 p.m. on the Quad, so make sure you check out Making the Band. The second week of classes looks like it’s going to be a fun week. Plus, each event will also

have free food, so it will get you out of the Don. So, be sure to check out these events to spice up your week, and if you’d like, you can follow up on the latest Programming events on Facebook all semester.

CollegeHumor Tour leaves Sapinsley Hall in stitches By Eddie Taylor A&E Editor

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The CollegeHumor Tour was at Sapinsley Hall.

Jake Hurwitz and Amir Bloom made their stop at RIC as part of the CollegeHumor Tour last Monday, playing a free show in Sapinsley Hall that didn’t disappoint. The show was hosted by the comedic duo Jake and Amir from the popular comedy Web site, www.CollegeHumor.com, and featured Dan Levy as the night’s headlining act. The show’s free admission brought in quite a crowd, and was a great way to wind down after the first day of classes. Jake and Amir, famous for their prank war on CollegeHumor, opened the night with an act that you’d recognize if you’re a fan of their work. The duo’s charisma on stage was great with improvised jokes where the two would poke fun at one another, the audience, or anything else that they could think of. While most of their

material was a tad bit on the dirty side, they actually came off rather witty, coming up with quick comebacks and a freestyle rap battle. While I’m sure that a good portion of the act was somewhat prepared for in advance, the two comics did a great job of making it seem like everything was just made up on the spot. Headlining comedian Dan Levy was the one who stole the show, with his laid-back style and funny stories from his college days. Levy’s humor, like the hosting act’s, was in some cases a tad bit crude, but the audience lapped it up. Opening the act by saying that RIC had a “…wonderful campus in the middle of Gangville,” Levy won the crowd early and kept them laughing through his entire set. Poking fun at RAs, he said they only care about fire and would walk over a dead hooker to tell you to put out a cigarette. He also said that

people texting during his show will get “texting cancer,” and trying to hit on the nurse doing his S.T.D. test got some of the biggest laughs. However, his shtick on his roommate eating cookies that he bought from a store in California that sold medical marijuana meant for terminally ill patients – and the journal entry that followed – was the highlight of the night. The show closed with Jake Hurwitz and Amir Bloom giving out coupons for free T-shirts from CollegeHumor to audience members who offered to answer trivia questions or come up on stage to dance or sing. The duo from CollegeHumor then spent time in the lobby at the end of the show signing autographs and talking to students. The show seemed to be even better than what people expected. Andrea Fresh, a freshman, said, “I wasn’t expecting it to be that funny, I knew Jake and

Amir, and I thought Dan was hilarious.” In an interview with Anchor TV, when asked about the future of www.CollegeHumor. com, Amir Bloom said that it would be, “Bigger, better, stronger, faster – and that’s just the Internet connection.” The show was definitely one of the highlights of the opening week of classes, and will probably be one of the highlights of the semester. The show was a big hit, and with free admission, you missed out if you didn’t go. But don’t fret, because you’ll have another chance to catch a big-name comedy act on campus when the Michael and Michael Have Issues Comedy Show comes to Sapinsley Hall on Fri., Oct. 1 at 8 p.m., but buy your tickets early for $5 to avoid paying $10 at the door. The CollegeHumor Tour was well-worth checking out; here’s hoping they come back to RIC soon.

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An end to a great summer of concerts By Eddie Taylor A&E Editor

There’s one thing that’s on everyone’s mind during the final weeks of the spring semester, and that’s summer vacation. Plus, after all the lastminute cramming, sleepless nights and minor panic attacks that come along with finals week, we definitely deserve a bit of time off. Of course, with most of us having jobs, our vacation isn’t as luxurious as we wish it could be. When people think of summer, they mostly think of lounging on the beach catching some rays, but not everyone can spend every day at the beach. Being mainly Irish and French (okay well technically Canadian but French just sounds cooler) I fry quicker than the monk from the DaVinci Code on Vacation in the Sahara without a drop of sunscreen, so what can I look forward to when summer comes along? Concerts and I was definitely

not let down this summer. Commercial radio station WBRU was in full force this summer, hosting more than a handful of concerts, including quite a few free shows. The summer was filled with cheaper shows that definitely fit into any college kid’s budget. They hosted a series of cheap dates that were held across the state for less than $10 a ticket at local nightclubs and bars, including an awesome show from Funeral Party and New Politics at Club Hell for just under six bucks. AFI also played the Bank of America Skating Center along with New Politics Violent Soho. The show did cost $25, which is a bit pricey, but AFI is a bigger name band and put on a hell of a show. The highlight of the summer however was the free concerts that took place nearly every Friday at Water Place Park in Providence. The concerts attracted mainly lesser known bands which were to be expected, but it didn’t mean

there weren’t any bands worth seeing. Only making it to one of these shows I was treated to The Constellations, which became one of my favorite bands of the summer. WBRU Rock Hunt winners The Wandas’ show was sadly rained out. The free concerts ended with style when Ok Go played the final show at Waterplace Park. Coheed and Cambria ended WBRU’s summer concert series when they played their show on Sept. 4, along with opening acts Manchester Orchestra and The Deer Hunter. Thirty Seconds to Mars will also help end the summer in style with their show at Lupo’s on Wed., Sept. 8. It was a great summer for concert lovers, and I don’t think anyone would disagree. So, until I discover a brand of sunscreen to protect my nearly albino self from those dastardly U.V. rays, I’ll continue to look forward to summer concerts rather than summer sun burns.

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“Destination Truth” returns with a new season on SyFy By Eddie Taylor A&E Editor

So, every fall I have my yearly geek out, (ok, so it’s probably not my only one), when SyFy’s hit show “Destination Truth” comes back for another season of world travel, big foot hunts and paranormal encounters. Where the show really wins me over is seeing the places that they visit, spending in time every episode introducing the culture of the people where the show is taken place. Plus, if you love nature but are too lazy to go on a hike, (like me), it’s a great way to see some really exotic wilderness. If you couldn’t tell by the opening paragraph, the show is about creatures like Big Foot, aliens and any other natural phenomenon that’s yet to be discovered but people believe in. A team of experts in film, photography, archeology and technology star in the show as they investigate an area looking for anything that doesn’t fit the normal profile. The show’s investigations follow a similar pattern every episode, with the team setting up a base camp and spreading on foot. Using set cameras to film in every direction, they do end up catching a lot, just not usually anything paranormal. The team collects evidence that they find such as feathers, scat and bones that are tested back in the states. The program is hosted and starred by Josh Gates, who was an avid traveler and explorer before joining the show. A graduate of Boston’s

Tuffs University, Gates holds degrees in both archeology and drama. His work has taken him from sub-sea excavations in the Mediterranean to Africa and across Asia. Leading his team around the world, Gates brings humor to the show that makes it fun to watch. From goofing around in villages, pulling over to ask directions from a grazing cow and other random pranks, Gates’ goofball personality brings out the best in the cast. The show has managed to actually come up with internationally recognized evidence. During a show taping in Eastern Nepal, the team discovered a large footprint, similar to the described “Yeti” that was believed to inhabit the region. While the footprint is the subject for debate with some thinking that it was faked, the discovery made a huge splash in certain media circles. “Destination Truth” has been a guilty pleasure of mine for years, and has caused me to skip doing my class work to catch a marathon more than a few times. Sure, it may not be the coolest show to admit that you watch to a group of strangers, but it’s fun and definitely better than struggling through an episode of “Vampire Diaries.” Whether you’re just a bit of a Big Foot fanatic, a nature buff, or just love to see shows that take you to places around the world, it has something for everyone. Be sure to check out the “Destination Truth” season four premiere on Thurs., Sept. 9 at 9 p.m. on SyFy.

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Descend into rapture...again By Robert Lefebvre Rob’s Game Shelf

Ah, the first Game Shelf of the year. I’ve finally got some time to play some games that are actually current, but then again when a game becomes six months old it suddenly becomes ancient history. One of these games is “BioShock 2.” “BioShock 2” was released in February of this year by 2K Games for the Xbox 360, PS3 and the PC. It quickly became one of the best-selling games in recent memory. Oh, 2K, we’ve had quite an interesting relationship, haven’t we? You always manage to impress me with your great stories and settings, but then you make me mad because you don’t give me a game that challenges me. Don’t get me wrong, I love that you tell great stories, but at least make us work for them. Anyway, now they have brought us “BioShock 2,” the highly anticipated sequel to the 2007 Game of the Year. The year is 1968, and the underwater city of Rapture is still in utter chaos. With Andrew Ryan and Frank Fontaine defeated, a new leader has come to power. Sofia Lamb, a psychiatrist who came to Rapture to help people who were having trouble adjusting to underwater life, has turned the city into a cult called The Family that follows a pseudoCommunist logic. Enter Subject Delta, a Big Daddy who was the first to be pair-bonded with a Little Sister, a little girl who contains vast amounts of ADAM, a massive power source found in Rapture. Only it turns out Delta’s Little Sister is actually Sofia Lamb’s daughter Eleanor. After supposedly being killed, he wakes up with no memory and pieces together his past – as well as Lamb’s plans for Rapture – and must find a way to stop her. The narrative drive of the

first game is back in full force here and the story is actually a good one. But I actually have some issues with it that I’ll bring up later. The game play does not see many major changes from the first game, but there are certainly plenty of tweaks. First of all, for the first time ever in a 2K game, a wrench is not your starting weapon. But there is an assortment of new weapons that do different kinds of damage. You also gain the use of plasmids that allow you to have different kinds of superpowers, like telekinesis, creating electricity and fire and many more. The only problem with it is that there are no new plasmids from the first game. They are all the same powers as before. But, in this game you can use them at the same time with your weapons, rather than separately, as in the first game. Hacking has been revamped so that instead of a plumbing mini-game that manages to freeze time, it becomes a quicktime event that occurs in real time. So, that’s two nice little fixes to the game play. Then there are the Little Sisters. The girls carry what is called ADAM, the driving force behind the psychic abilities that the residents of Rapture wield, and in order to gain plasmids you must extract the ADAM from their bodies, bringing back the moral choice system from the first game. The player can choose to “extract” the ADAM, resulting in the girl’s death, but there is higher ADAM reward. On the flip side, the player can choose to save the Little Sister, resulting in lower ADAM; however, the player wins more ADAM later in the game if they follow this path. There is also a new enemy called Big Sisters, who you must battle after finding all the Little Sisters in an area. They are the Little Sisters from the first game who now have plasmid powers and bad attitudes to match. And, you must fight them after taking out all the Big Daddies, which leaves you with

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little ammo, EVE and health items, and they’re the toughest enemies of the game. It’s cheap and you will die fighting them… a lot. But a new element is added to this called Gathering. If you choose to do this, you can adopt a Little Sister from the Big Daddy you defeated and take her around the area to find corpses that contain ADAM so you can collect more. But when you do this, you get hounded by enemies and the task is damn near impossible, as you will keep dying and have to start over again. It’s just like the last mission in the first game. You know, the part that nobody liked? Health items and ammo are scattered everywhere. Dying is still just a temporary nuisance rather than something to avoid, as you’ll be resurrected in VitaChambers, one located every 20 feet. The game’s difficulty has shot up quite a bit though, and you’re going to see the inside of a vita chamber a lot more than your last trip to Rapture. If there was one thing I liked more in this game than the first, it was the music. I highly enjoyed the score here,

especially at the opening menu, as a lone violin really lets you know about the tragic place you are about to enter. But there is one question that I have to ask. This question has shunned me from the village of my gaming friends, as they all enjoyed this game. Did we need it? Did we need “BioShock 2”? There are several major plot holes when it comes to connection in story and setting with the first game. It makes me wonder how a game with such clever writing could miss such important points. I couldn’t help but think that one of video gaming’s best arguments is that it is art was whoring itself out, trying to make as much money as it could for its pimps at 2K. But then again, that’s what gaming companies do. Plus, I think I can honestly say that “BioShock 2” is the most literally titled game I have ever played. It really is just more of “BioShock.” It relies on all of the things that “BioShock” did and tries nothing new. While “BioShock” was all about taking risks, “BioShock 2” takes no risks at all, not even a loop-knocking plot twist like the first game.

I can’t even say that if you are a fan of “BioShock” that you’ll like “BioShock 2” because anyone who truly loved “BioShock” knows that it wrapped itself up all nice and neat and didn’t really leave room for a sequel. I mean, I could see making a prequel, but a sequel is just being plain greedy. Sure, there were a couple things we were left a little vague on, but nothing that didn’t leave us unsatisfied. But I would be lying if I said I didn’t like this game. The story is good, and it was nice to get to further explore the relationship between Big Daddies and Little Sisters. Some of the problems of the first game do get fixed, but some new ones come to poke at me. The environment and tense atmosphere are still around, but there is nothing to surprise you. While this is a good game, it’s a terrible sequel. It would be unfair of me to say that a third installment would be worse, but maybe 2K should save what credibility “BioShock” has left and have any board members who clamor for “BioShock 3” sacked.

RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE FALL 2010 PREVIEW

Anchormen Soccer THE LINEUP Goalkeeper

Andrew Hogan

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Pedro Hernandez

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Sean Maguire

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Liam Treacy

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#16 Anthony Mirafiore

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Hector Espildora

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Ryan Rasieleski

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#8 Corey Carvalho (C)

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Louis Tavares (C)

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Mike Patriarca

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Bruno Costa

(C) Denotes team captain The Rhode Island College men’s soccer team qualified for the Little East Conference Tournament for the seventh consecutive season last fall, but eventually fell to second-seeded Eastern Connecticut, 2-0, in the semifinal round. Head coach John Mello (career record: 62-43-17) guided RIC to its first Little East Conference Tournament Championship and NCAA Tournament berth in 2008 and is entering his seventh season at the helm for the Anchormen. The Anchormen were picked to finish third in the annual Little East

Conference preseason coaches’ poll earlier this month. The Anchormen totaled 52 points in a vote by the league’s eight head coaches, finishing just two points shy of first place Eastern Connecticut State and Keene State, which were tied for the top spot. One thing is certain: the Anchormen will have a hard time replacing the contributions of last year’s senior class, which was headlined by First Team All Little East selection Ryan Kelley. Kelley closed out his threeyear career as an Anchorman, having played in 59 games, starting 58 of them. He scored 14 goals and seven

assists totaling 35 career points. Kelley was also selected as the team’s MVP last fall. Eager to fill the void left by Kelley will be senior captains Corey Carvalho and Louis Tavares. Carvalho was named First Team All Little East, as well as Little East Conference Defensive Player of the Year as a junior last season. He had one goal and one assist for three points. His classmate Taveras netted one goal and one assist for three points on the season. Tavares scored his lone goal in a 3-0 win over MIT on Oct. 7.

PLAYER TO WATCH CAN’T MISS GAME

Junior forward

The Anchormen Saturday, Oct.16 RIC vs. Eastern were swept by the Connecticut State Warriors of ECSU last University season, and will be 1 p.m. at Home looking to flip that 0-2 Last year’s results record from last seaLost 3-1, lost 2-0 son around against the team that will likely be RIC’s biggest competitor for the Little East Conference title this fall.

Bruno Costa played in 19 games, starting 12 of them, and was named First Team All-Little East as a sophomore last year. Costa led the Anchormen in both goals and points, netting 15 goals and collecting two assists for 32 points. Costa came through in the

Bruno Costa

clutch as well, scoring game-winning goals on three separate occasions last season. He had the winner in RIC’s 1-0 win over Western Connecticut on Sept. 26, put home the tiebreaking goal in a 5-3 victory over Southern Maine on Oct. 24 and completed the trifecta in a 6-1 win over Johnson & Wales on Oct. 29. Costa posted two four-game point streaks and netted a pair of hat tricks last season as well. The first came

in a 4-2 win over Westfield State on Oct. 21 and the other in a victory over JWU. He was also named the Little East Conference Men’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week once on the season. Costa’s goal scoring prowess makes him a force to be reckoned with in the Little East Conference this fall.

Anchorwomen Soccer

THE LINEUP

Goalkeeper

Maddie Pirri (C)

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Defender

Sarah Fagan

Defender

#9 Theolinda Augustin

Defender

#12

Hannah Peterson

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Midfielder

#8 Alicia Lardaro (C)

Midfielder

#14

Jenna Childs (C)

Midfielder

Jessica Graham

Midfielder

#10

Mariah Gonzalez

Midfielder

#11

Libby Lazar

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Forward

Alexis Smith

Forward

#17

Ashley Choiniere

PLAYERS TO WATCH Junior Captain, midfielder JENNA CHILDS

Childs was named the women’s soccer team’s MVP as a sophomore last year. She played in 12 games, starting all of them as a midfielder. Childs scored one goal, netting the game-winning marker in overtime in the club’s 2-1 win over Plymouth State on Oct. 10, and totaled two points on the season.

Senior Captain, midfielder ALICIA LARDARO

Lardaro played in 15 games, starting nine of them as a junior last season. She had one goal for two points. Lardaro scored her lone goal in the 3-1 loss to Bridgewater State on Sept. 22. She was named to the Little East Conference All-Academic team last fall. Lardaro earned All-State honors at South Kingstown High School where she graduated in 2006.

CAN’T MISS GAME Maddie Pirri had an outstanding game, RIC vs. Keene State but it wasn’t enough 1 p.m. at Home to propel the AnchorLast year’s results women to a victory against Keene State Lost 5-0 last fall. The Owls received the most first place votes of any team in the Little East Conference coaches preseason poll, and will be RIC’s biggest test of the fall at home. Saturday, Oct. 2

Senior goalkeeper

MADDIE PIRRI

Pirri played in 15 games last fall, starting every single one of them. She was 3-12 with one shutout, a 3.41 goals against average, 174 saves and a .777 save percentage as a junior last year. Pirri made a season-high 20 saves in a, 5-0, loss to Keene State on Oct. 3. She recorded double-digit save efforts in 10 of her 15 games between the posts last season. Her 174 stops were the fourth-most in a season in program history.

The Rhode Island College Anchorwomen soccer team finished the 2009 season with a 3-12 overall record and a 1-6 (seventh place tie) mark in the Little East Conference. Head Coach Mike Koperda’s (career record: 5-28-1) team will have their work cut out for them this season, but they are returning a number of key performers from last year’s squad and are the dark horse candidates to contend for a Little East Conference title this fall. The

Anchorwomen were picked to finish last in the Little East Conference coache’s preseason poll, but there is plenty of reason for optimism. The only major loss for the program this fall is midfielder Christina Tivana. She closed out her four-year career as an Anchorwoman last year having played in 66 games, recording 16 goals and four assists for 36 career points. Tavana ranks eighth all-time in program history in goals, while placing 12th in points.

The Anchorwomen will be led into battle this fall by their three outstanding captains, junior Jenna Childs, and seniors Maddi Pirri and Alicia Lardaro.

Anchorwomen Volleyball THE LINEUP Outside Hitter

Amanda Cabral

Outside Hitter #12

Breanna Boyer

Middle Blocker #2

Kalyn Archer

Middle Blocker #18

Tess Heidel (C)

Setter

#11

Jamey McIntyre

Setter

Jessica Ho

Opposite Libero

#14 Valerine Biasochea #15

Harley Mitchell

Last fall, the Rhode Island College women’s volleyball team experienced a much-needed resurgence after a dismal 8-23 season the year before. The man who guided the Anchorwomen to an 18-19 record and a 3-4 (fifth place) mark in the Little East Conference last season was head coach Luis Carvalho. Carvalho was named Little East Conference Women’s Volleyball Coach of the Year for his efforts last season and has compiled a career record of 41-59. He will be

back for his fourth season leading the Anchorwomen this fall. The Anchorwomen are returning just six players from last year’s squad, five of them sophomores. The only senior and the player to watch this fall is captain Tess Heidel. The key losses for the Anchorwomen from last year’s squad are seniors Sharon Corriveau and Kristen Johnson. Corriveau closed out her four-year career as an Anchorwoman having played in 471 games in 133

matches. She ranks fifth all-time in RIC history in kills. Johnson finished 10th all-time in the Anchorwomen record books in blocks, and played in 270 games in 105 career matches. The Anchorwomen will look to build on the success they had last fall when they defeated Keene State in the opening round of the Little East Conference tournament last fall, but failed to advance further after being knocked out by UMass Boston in the next round.

PLAYERS TO WATCH CAN’T MISS GAME The Anchorwomen were Saturday, Sept. 25 knocked out of the RIC vs.UMass Boston Little East Tourna1 p.m. at UMass ment’s semifinal Last year’s results round by the BeaLost 3-0, lost 3-0 cons last season. Look for RIC to come out strong against their conference rival in this matchup on the road.

Senior captain

Tess Heidel Heidel finished last season playing in 113 games in 37 matches. She totaled 175 kills, a .137 hitting percentage, 56 service aces, 142 digs and 93 blocks. Heidel ranked first on the team in service aces, second in blocks and fifth in both kills and digs. Heidel had a distinguished high school career at Pilgrim High School before graduating in 2007. She was named Female Athlete of the Year by

The Providence Journal in addition to being named All-Division and team MVP. Heidel has been a major performer for the Anchorwomen since her freshmen year in which she was named Little East Conference Rookie of the Week once.

Sophomore

Breanna Boyer Boyer has quickly become a rising star on the women’s volleyball team. As a freshman last fall she was named team MVP. She was a Second Team

All-Little East selection, playing in 129 games in 37 matches, totaling 388 kills (3.0/game), a .243 hitting percentage, 19 service aces (.15/ game), 304 digs (2.36/game) and 54 blocks (.42/game). Boyer ranked first on the team in kills, second in both hitting percentage and digs, fourth in service aces and was fifth in blocks. She was named the Little East Conference Rookie of the Week once and to the Regis College and Wheaton Invitational All-Tournament Teams. Boyer earned All-State and All-Division honors at La Salle Academy, where she graduated in 2009.

Anchorwomen Tennis

PLAYERS TO WATCH

THE LINEUP

Sophomore

Junior

Gabriela Batek

DORIS BELANGER

GABRIELA BATEK

Junior

Suzanne Healy-Wurzburg

Sophomore

Doris Belanger

Sophomore

Shannon Bilodeau

Sophomore

Kassandra Lima

Sophomore

Kayla Morris

Belanger was named First Team AllLittle East Conference at No. 6 singles as a freshman last year. She dominated the competition at No. 6 singles piling up 13 wins and only two losses. She also had a winning record (9-6) at No. 3 doubles, totaling 17.5 points last season. Belanger was second on the team in singles wins, doubles victories and points last year.

CAN’T MISS GAME The Anchorwomen edged the Corsairs Saturday, Oct. 16 in their season finale, RIC vs.UMass Dartmouth but were knocked 1 p.m. at Home out in the first round Last year’s results of the Little East Lost 5-2, lost 5-3 Conference Tournament by UMass Dartmouth just two days later. The two teams close out LEC conference play by meeting for the season finale once again this year in what will be a critical match for both teams.

Batek is the most experienced member of this extremely young Anchorwomen tennis squad. She was 12-4 at No. 3 and 4 singles and 7-9 (.438) at No. 1 and 2 doubles, compiling 15.5 points last season. Batek was third on the team in singles wins and points, while tying for fourth in doubles wins last fall.

Head coach Liz Barrette enters her third year at the helm of the women’s tennis team at Rhode Island College. Barrette has compiled an 18-14 record in her first two seasons combined. She guided the Anchorwomen to a 10-6 overall record and a 4-3 (third place tie) mark in the Little East Conference in 2009. The Anchorwomen reached the 10-win plateau for the sixth time in the past seven seasons last fall. The Anchorwomen will have a difficult time equaling that feat this season mainly because they are returning only two players (junior

Gabriella Batek and sophomore Doris Belanger) and from last fall’s third place squad. The key loss for the Anchorwomen this fall is Julie Bannon. She played number one singles as a senior last fall, and closed out her career as an Anchorwoman with a 43-19 (.694) singles record and a 40-24 (.625) doubles record for 63 career points. Bannon is tied for fourth all-time in program history in career singles wins, is sixth in points and seventh in doubles wins. There are plenty of fresh faces looking to make an impact this year

for the Anchorwomen on the court including junior Suzanne HealyWurzburg and sophomores Shannon Bilodeau, Kayla Morris, and Kassandra Lima. The Anchorwomen open up Little East Conference play against a new addition to the conference this fall, Worcester State College. The addition of Worcester State raises the Little East’s current membership in women’s tennis to nine schools. RIC defeated the Lancers 9-0 in the team’s non-conference meeting last year.

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Belanger shines in pair of Anchorwomen losses By George Bissell Sports Editor

The Bison of Nichols College stampeded over the Anchorwomen in their season opener this last week. The Bison’s lineup was bolstered by stellar play from three first-

year players in their collegiate debuts, as the Anchorwomen suffered a 9-0 defeat on their home court. Less than 24 hours later, the Anchorwomen took to the court once again, this time to square off against Curry College. Sophomore Doris Belanger

earned a straight set win (7-5, 6-1) at No. 2 singles, but Curry College won the remaining eight matches to down Rhode Island College, 8-1. The Colonels captured four of five singles matches and both doubles contests. With only five players, RIC was forced

to forfeit both the No. 6 singles match and the No. 3 doubles match for the second straight day. The Anchorwomen will return to action on Tuesday, Sept. 7 when they travel for a showdown against Emmanuel College.

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Singles

Anna Dyakiv (NC) def. Gabriela Batek (RIC) Jilian McQuiggan (NC) def. Doris Belanger (RIC) Alexandra Cifone (NC) def. Shannon Bilodeau (RIC) Nicole Marziarz (NC) def. Kayla Morris (RIC) Eric Rivers (NC) def. Suzi Healy-Wurzburg (RIC) Megan Woodruff (NC) def. No player (RIC) by forfeit

6-0, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0, 6-4,

6-0 6-3 6-4 6-2 6-3

Doubles

Jilian McQuiggan/Chelsey Miller (NC) def. Gabriela Batek/Shannon Bilodeau (RIC) 8-2 Maria Balabanova/Anna Dyakiv (NC) def. Doris Belanger/Suzi Healy-Wurzburg (RIC) 8-1 Alexandra Cifone/Erin Rivers (NC) def. No player/No player (RIC) by forfeit

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Maddie Pirri to tie the score at two apiece. Aguiar was credited with the assist on Reynolds goal. The score held up for the remainder of regulation, but the Wildcats were knocking on the door, peppering the Anchorwomen net with a flurry of shots. JWU held a 20-12 advantage in shots, including an 11-6 margin in the second half, but the score remained tied. Seven minute into the overtime period, RIC’s Smith took the ball near midfield and found herself all alone on a breakaway. Smith buried a shot in the left corner of the net in the 97th minute to give the Anchorwomen a 3-2 victory. Pirri made 14 saves while picking up the win in net for RIC while senior Jennifer Hurley made saves in the loss for the Wildcats. RIC picked up their first victory in a season opener since the 2006 season. JWU fell to 0-2 with the loss. The Anchorwomen will be back in action, looking to keep winning against Mitchell in their home opener on Saturday, Oct. 11.

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Megan Mulrooney (CC) def. Gabriela Batek (RIC) Doris Belanger (RIC) def. Lauren Maoney (CC) Emily Mongello (CC) def. Shannon Bilodeau (RIC) Lauren Chuha (CC) def. Kayla Morris (RIC) Kathleen Rush (CC) def. Suzi Healy-Wurzburg (RIC) Kate Johnson (CC) def. No player (RIC) by forfeit

Doubles

6-0, 7-5, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3,

6-0 6-1 6-1 6-0 6-1

Emily Mongello/Lauren Chuha (CC) def. Gabriella Batek/Shannon Bilodeau (RIC) Megan Mulrooney/Devin Curley (CC) def. Doris Belanger/Kayla Morris (RIC) Kate Johnson/Elizabeth Zarkades (CC) def. No player/No player (RIC) by forfeit

8-1 8-2

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Senior Alicia Lardaro.

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Men’s soccer Rowan Tounament By George Bissell Sports Editor

Rhode Island College senior midfielders Corey Carvalho and Louis Tavares, along with junior forward Mike Patriarca, were named to the All-Tournament Team, but the Anchormen were shut out, 2-0, in the title contest of the 2010 Rowan Invitational by the host Profs’. Both men’s soccer teams advanced to the title game with victories in the tournament’s opening round on Friday. Rowan beat St. Joseph’s, 5-1,

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that game.” Hogan held down the fort admirably, not allowing

while Rhode Island picked up their first win of the season, defeating Berkeley, 4-1. Leading the charge on the Profs’ home turf was junior midfielder Joe Parella, who netted both of Rowan’s goals. Junior Cristhian and sophomore Andrew Brawner picked up the assists in the victory. Parella’s first goal came at 15:41 in the first period. He connected on a one-timer pass from Gonzalez that slammed off the far post and into the net. At the 71:22 mark in the second half, Brawner took a shot that rebounded off the crossbar and

Parella headed it in for the his second goal of the contest. Rowan took 12 shots, while Rhode Island had seven. The Profs’ senior goalkeeper Charlie Cunliffe made two saves to record his second shutout of the season. RIC junior goalkeeper Nic Clark stopped three shots in the loss. Rowan improved to 3-0 with the victory, while RIC falls to 1-2 in the early stages of the season with the loss. The Anchormen get back into action on Wednesday, Sept. 8th when they host Lassel College.

any shots past him for the remainder of the game, but the Coast Guard Academy never relinquished the lead. “There is still hope for this team; a few key players are still waiting to come back. Injuries will give others opportunities

to step up and Nick displayed that well tonight,” said Mello after the defeat. The Anchormen got back on the winning path over the weekend reaching the title game of the Rowan Invitational before falling to the host Profs.

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Womens volleyball vs. Wheaton By George Bissell Sports Editor

Rhode Island College sophomore outside hitter Breanna Boyer led the Anchorwomen with six kills and four digs, but it wasn’t enough as Wheaton College spoiled Rhode Island College’s season opener with a 3-0 (25-8, 25-15, 25-17) shutout loss in Emerson Gymnasium on Thursday evening. After trailing 4-1 in the opening set, the Lyons scored 11 unanswered points and didn’t look back, as Wheaton scored 13 of the final 16 points en route to a 25-8 win. The Lyons took a commanding 18-4 advantage in the second set before pulling away for the win. Wheaton finished off the sweep in the third and final set despite a charge by RIC. The Anchorwomen hung

around early in the third set, trailing 7-5, before Wheaton used a 15-7 spurt to pull away, leading 22-12. Wheaton sophomore Rachel Vergara and freshman Lindsay Tebbetts paced the Lyon offense with seven and six kills, respectively. Senior Becca Rose handed out 24 assists to move into second place on the program’s all-time list, while classmate Kristen Hunt and junior Emily Davisson contributed 13 and 10 digs, respectively. The Anchorwomen will compete in the Brandeis University Invitational this upcoming weekend, and will have a final non-conference tune-up against Western New England College before opening up Little East Conference play against Keene State at home on Saturday, Sept. 18.

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Junior forward Bruno Costa juggles the ball between two Coast Guard defenders.

Anchormen left adrift

by Coast Guard

By Zack Dalton Anchor Contributor

Rhode Island College senior captain Corey Carvalho ripped a goal past U.S. Coast Guard goalkeeper Chris Tarbell in the 22nd minute, but the Anchormen couldn’t overcome a two-goal deficit and fell to the Bears, 2-1, at home in the season opener for both clubs. Coast Guard junior forward Anthony Walker netted two goals, six minutes apart in the opening minutes of the first half, to propel the Bears to their first victory of the season in as many contests. The pace of the game quickened and the Anchormen couldn’t match the Coast Guard’s efforts down the stretch. After the game, RIC head

coach John Mello was critical of his team’s performance in the loss. “Our problem is we aren’t a 90-minute team. We have little experience, no depth, low stamina and played this game with little heart,” he said. Walker, who netted the game-winning goal in the team’s only meeting last season, a 1-0 defeat for the Anchormen, brought the fast and physical action to a halt when he collided with RIC junior goaltender Andrew Hogan. The two players collided as Hogan left the net to grab a long ball that was attempting to be played on by Walker. The starting keeper caught the ball but in the process caught a shoulder from Walker and fell awkwardly, hitting his head

on the unforgiving turf. Hogan had to be transported off the field in an ambulance. After a 25-minute delay, the two clubs finished off the half with RIC junior Nic Clark in goal. Hogan was treated for concussion like symptoms and was released from the hospital. His injury was the first in a series of minor injuries for RIC in the contest. With injuries taking over the game, their replacements stepped onto the field, but the most prominent among them was Nic Clark. Mello praised his backup goalie for his strong performance in a tough spot after the game, “Nic stepped up in a near-impossible spot and salvaged what he could from See ADRIFT Page 31

Women’s Soccer vs JWU By George Bissell Sports Editor

The Rhode Island College Anchorwomen soccer team began their season with a bang, grinding out a thrilling 3-2 win in double overtime over non-conference opponent Johnson and Wales to open up their season on Saturday, Sept. 4. Head coach Mike Koperda’s club started the game off on the right foot, holding the Wildcats scoreless for the opening 30 minutes before RIC junior forward Alexis Smith put a pass from fellow CCRI transfer, junior Ashley Choiniere, into the back of the JWU net at the 32:49 mark. The Anchorwomen quickly increased their lead to 2-0 just

under two minutes later when the dynamic duo of Choiniere and Smith hooked up for another score. Choiniere found the back of the net from five yards out after handling a pass from Smith at the 34:38 mark. RIC took a 2-0 lead into halftime thanks to the fresh new faces at the forward position. JWU finally got on the board at the 61:49 mark in the second half when junior Amanda Aguiar fired home a shot from 15 yards out to cut the Anchorwomen’s lead to a single goal, 2-1. The Wildcats then knotted the game at the 75:05 mark when junior Samantha Reynolds slid a shot into the right corner of the net past RIC senior goalkeeper See SOCCER Page 30