Volume 92/Issue 8
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November 5th, 2018
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Chatting and Chewing Hearts break with President Sanchez across the world for Pittsburgh
Aaron Isaac Staff Writer
In an attempt to gather feedback from Rhode Island College students RIC’s President Frank Sanchez recently sat down with students for two hours. Students were free to come and go from Donovan Dining Center to ask Sanchez questions or express concerns about RIC. One of the first things President Sanchez was worried about was keeping the price of RIC low saying “What I think about a lot is how do we provide the type of quality experience, programs and facilities that our students expect today, but
Photo courtesy of Tim Caplan at the same time keeping the price point in a place where the public can say, you know what that’s reasonable, some of these schools are just not reasonable.”
Related to prices, President Sanchez reminded everyone about the bonds up for voting in the upcoming Continued in News, page 4
Photo courtesy of The New Yorker Graphic by Wiley Sadowski Samantha Scetta Editor-in-Chief Everyone knows cigarettes are no good, right? Cigarettes have been classified as a group one carcinogen, according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), as there is convincing evidence of cancer causing agents in cigarettes. Just a few known carcinogens contained in cigarettes are acetaldehyde, vinyl chloride and formaldehyde. These chemical compounds are absent from the slew of new age smoking devices such as electronic cigarettes and electronic vaporizers. From a marketing perspec-
and the power of The Juul tive, it’s understandable why these products have been so popular with such a young audience-- vaporizers are not directly linked to cancer. Nicotine is one of the chemicals both tobacco and electronic smoking devices have in common, and just might be the reason that so many young people are partaking in the habit of socially smoking once again… Minus the formaldehyde and vinyl chloride, of course The notorious chemical com-
monly known as nicotine is found in the device labeled as a “Juul” which can be easily overlooked as being a flashdrive and is certainly spotted at bus stops and in the hallways of many high schools nationwide. According to the Juul’s website, the pod inserted into the Juul contains approximately 200 puffs, which is equivalent to a
Continued in Health & Science, page 6
Tim Caplan News Editor At Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill, PA on Saturday, October 27, a radical anti-Semite opened fire on innocent people celebrating an eight day old Brit Milah’s naming ceremony, killing 11 and harming several. Shortly after the news broke, I went to Twitter and saw a bunch of quasi-political internet personalities blaming the president’s rhetoric for this shooting. To politicize a tragedy means to make a hind-sighted comment placing blame on those not directly responsible or using the deaths of others to justify a political policy and ostracizing those who disagree. In each case for personal gain
or social capital. If you think this mass murder is the fault of anyone but the shooter, you are wrong. I think that if you blame Trump or gun laws for this you’re completely missing a huge problem not so easily solved by simple political answers, while politicizing a tragedy. If you place blame on the government of Israel or the moving of the United States embassy to Jerusalem like GQ writer Julia Ioffe, you are not only politicizing a tragedy, but actively participating in the kind of anti-Semitism that encourages killers like this to feel Continued in Opinions, page 12
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Final Gubernatorial debate held at RIC
Aaron Isaac Anchor staff
The final debate for the Rhode Island Gubernatorial race was held at Rhode Island College, but how many RIC students watched it? Certainly, there were students who watched the final debate for Governor. The Political Science Club, Turning Point USA, College Democrats, and Pi Sigma Alpha hosted a watch party for students to watch a live stream of the debate. The debate was held on November 1st. RIC student Jordan Moment, who attended the debate in the Nazarian Center, said the center had low attendance during the debate. Only about half of the seats were filled by people. Moment speculated that most people in the hall were not students because the people in the hall were much older than the ordinary college student. Another student, Valmore
Dumont, found the debate to be lackluster. He felt that this debate would not change who people would vote for because it was so close to the election and so late in the election year. That is not to say there were not fiery moments during the debate, which was made up of attacks towards the participants’ opponents. The watch party laughed when Republican Allan Fung told Independent Joe Trillo that Trillo needed to smoke marijuana to calm down. Fung blamed Gov. Gina Raimondo for the death of children who were under the care of the Department of Children Youth and Families. Raimondo criticized Fung for tax increases and police misconduct in Cranston. Trillo hit both Raimondo and Fung saying they should “grow up and come back in a few years.” Moderate William Gilbert called for civility and
Photo courtesy of Jake Elmslie motioned to talk about issues that mattered to the state. Fung also accused Trillo and Raimondo of being in “cahoots” with each other. Fung accused Trillo of striking a deal with Raimondo to run as an Independent for the purpose of taking away votes from Fung. Both candidates vehemently denied Fung’s
accusations. Again, Gilbert called for peace. A focus group, reported by Turn To Ten, described the debate as entertaining, but that it was a myriad of attacks. One of the group’s criticisms focused on the candidates’ lack of expressing what they stood for in terms of policy. Instead,the
candidates criticized the Governor’s work over the last four years. Election day is on Tuesday, Nov. 6. As classes are not held that day for the purpose of the election, RIC students will have plenty of time to vote.
The nation’s eyes turn to Pittsburgh in wake of mass shooting
Tim Caplan News Editor
The largest anti-semitic attack in the history of the United States occurred this past week in the quiet neighborhood of Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, Pa. On Oct. 27 at around 9:50 a.m. during the naming and circumcision of a child only eight days old, Robert Bowers allegedly rushed into Tree of Life Synagogue (known in hebrew as Etz Hayim) and began firing at the congregants. Eleven people were killed during this rampage with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and three Glock .357 semi-automatic pistols. While this incident was happening he is reported by witnesses to have been screaming “All Jews must die” According to the Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh,
there were approximately 60 to 100 people inside of the building during the gunfire. Less than ten minutes after the shooting began, police officers arrived at the scene and began firing on Bowers. The suspect fired back and wounded two of them before running back inside the synagogue. Tactical SWAT teams arrived shortly after and entered the building, firing on the suspect. Again, Bowers fired back and ran up to the third floor of the building, where law enforcement made him surrender. Upon being apprehended by SWAT, Bowers told them he wanted to kill Jewish people because they were committing genocide against his people. Further investigation into the suspect showed his penchant for anti-semitic statements on the social media platform
Gab.ai. Among his posts on the website were the following statements: “Jews are the children of Satan (John 8:44). The Lord Jesus Christ [has] come in the flesh” and “Trump is a globalist, not a nationalist, There is no #MAGA as long as there is a (ethnic slur for Jews) infestation.” Bowers could face the death penalty with 29 federal and 36 state issued charges, some of which include hate crimes. On Oct. 31 a federal grand jury indicted him on all of the charges levied against him. On Nov. 1 he plead not guilty. The entire globe responded with condolences and support for the victims and the community of Pittsburgh. This included comments from former president Barack Obama, President Donald Trump, and Prime Minister of Israel
Photo courtesy of The Cut Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli Minister for Diaspora Affairs Naftali Bennet came all the way to Pittsburgh immediately following the incident to comfort those victims. Funerals for the victims as well as vigils held across America showed an outpour
of support from people all across the country. In Providence, on the Monday following the incident, a vigil was held by the Jewish Alliance for Greater Rhode Island, in which several hundred people attended and prayed for the victims.
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Chatting and Chewing with President Sanchez
Aaron Isaac Staff Writer In an attempt to gather feedback from Rhode Island College students RIC’s President Frank Sanchez recently sat down with students for two hours. Students were free to come and go from Donovan Dining Center to ask Sanchez questions or express concerns about RIC. One of the first things President Sanchez was worried about was keeping the price of RIC low saying “What I think about a lot is how do we provide the type of quality experience, programs and facilities that our students expect today, but at the same time keeping the price point in a place where the public can say, you know what that’s reasonable, some of these schools are just not reasonable.” Related to prices, President Sanchez reminded everyone about the bonds up for voting in the upcoming election. Question number two is a 25 million dollar bond for RIC to redesign Horace Mann to modernize teacher education which has not seen a major upgrade in nearly fifty years. In 2020
there will be another bond issue intended to build a “one stop shop” for services like enrollment, tutoring, financial aid and more. His hope then is that students will no longer have to jump around campus to get the services they need, “the runaround has to stop” President Sanchez said. Concerns over the price of textbooks was an issue RIC has been trying to tackle. “We have this major campaign promoting more open source textbooks” meaning using electronic textbooks to save students money. President Sanchez says RIC has saved students $300,000 in book fees using these open source textbooks. President Sanchez also wanted to look at college policy and communication of those policies to students. For example, the recent policy change that restricts students from transferring into classes after 2 weeks. The change was made because many students who came into class after two weeks consistently had lower grades and incompletes, but a student felt the
Photo courtesy of Tim Caplan policy was made suddenly and without warning in the middle of the week. He agreed the policy should have been put off until later when a student could have been given ample warning, either in the beginning or just before the semester, of the policy change. The issue of arming campus police also came
up. Sanchez, based off the opposition to the arming from RIC faculty, has testified against arming police on campus. However, he has been caught between those who don’t want police armed out of fear students may be harmed and those who want them to be armed in the case of an emergency on campus.
Students proposed non-lethal weaponized as a compromise to arming police. President Sanchez wants to bring in a new chief of police to get more involved in the RIC community with things like community policing as a way to build trust towards the campus police.
Parcels of pipe bombs packaged and delivered to politicians Alison Darmetko Anchor Contributor October 24 started like any other day, cool but not yet cold, and partially cloudy in Providence. That morning, thirteen improvised pipe bombs, which never went off, were sent via the public mail service to several high-profile individuals across the country Among the recipients were prominent names Bill and Hillary Clinton, Barack and Michelle Obama, Joe Biden and CNN headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. All
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of the named victims, and the others who received these explosive devices share a common trait of being very public and very critical in their opinions of President Trump. These devices, which were constructed with PVC piping, batteries, and homemade shrapnel, were all designed following the same basic design and in identical packaging. With this in mind, as well as the common nature shared between all of the intended victims, the FBI was quick
to conclude the devices were all the work of either a single individual or a small group. Using the literary habits in the labels as well as tracing the origin of the bombs, the FBI was able to identify and locate the person responsible for these devices. The suspected man responsible, Cesar Sayoc, is a self-proclaimed Trump supporter with a prior history of making bomb threats. After being arrested on Friday, Oct. 26, Sayoc made his first court appearance on
Monday, Oct. 29. Currently, Sayoc faces the potential of up to 48 years of prison time from five separate charges in his attempted bombings. During the trial, it was revealed that his laptop had a list of over 100 elected officials and various other Trump critics who are believed to be his next targets. Sayoc had been planning these attacks since at least July, as several documents and searches regarding the personal addresses for Hillary Clinton are dated as far back as July 15.
Currently, his defense attorney is arguing that the charges are“flimsy” and that the government and media are unfairly trying him given the amount of media attention and coverage the case is receiving. For now, we can only wait and watch as this trial unfolds.
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This archived article is from the October 31, 2006 issue of The Anchor. Catherine Enos Opinions editor
There are few things that remain important throughout the years. Voting is one of those things. Even though 2006 may feel like a lifetime ago and a lot of things have changed, voting is still one of these important things. 2006 shared a few other things in common with 2018. Both are years in which America has a controversial president. Both years also happen to be midterm election years. Although midterm elections include only some elected offices, midterms give people a chance to send a message to their elected officials. The message that was sent in 2006 was: change needs to happen. The change that happened occurred in both chambers of Congress––the House of Representatives and the Senate––lost their majority-Republican status. As people living in the year 2018, we seem to think that we’ve been more divided than we’ve ever been and maybe that’s true. It’s arguable, however, that 2006 was a pretty partisan year for America, too. 2006 was just without the inyour-face politics of social media, that we are familiar with in 2018. But 2006 was not the end of the world. A few good things happened in the years to follow and it started with voting. Maybe this will happen in 2018, too.
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Health & Science takeover and the power of The Juul continued from cover pack of cigarettes. Assuming someone is going through a pod per week, they would be smoking approximately 5 packs of cigarettes a month. Juul is still relatively new for substantial research to be done on its harmful effects, however there is plenty of available research demonstrating scientific proof that nicotine is harmful to an adolescent’s neurological development. The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is located at at the front of the frontal lobe and is an area of the brain that deals with executive functions such as planning and decision making, as well as other complex behavior such as impulse control and organizing attention. Most neurologists have determined that he PFC is not
completely developed until the age of 25. The chemical nicotine reaches receptor molecules on the outside of cells in the brain, specifically those in the prefrontal cortex. Nicotine causes these cells to then release certain chemicals, such as dopamine, to travel along a gap (synapse) between the nerve cells in the brain. When they reach the nerve cell they were traveling to, the dopamine releases the message to the nerve cells which gives nicotine users a temporary high. With prolonged nicotine use the cells will change, and users end up craving nicotine because the brain is unable to produce their own “feel good” chemicals without a stimulant, which
explains anxiety in people who are facing nicotine cravings. It is thought that young people are more susceptible to addiction to nicotine because they adopt the ideology that they will have the physical ability to quit nicotine anytime they want, whereas adults don’t underestimate the addictiveness of the drug. Although there is not as much research on the subject of nicotine on teenage brains as is probably necessary for our society, enough evidence exists to determine that teenagers who are addicted to devices such as Juuls will need the same interventions as those that are addicted to cigarettes if they decide to stop partaking in the habit.
“Juling in the Boys’ Room”
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Nowadays, facts come at you fast. News cycles and timelines are on overdrive. Fake news is common place. Clusterfackt is an ongoing series that asks readers to question everything. Think of it as an exercise in critical thinking. Each week readers will be given a giant clusterfackt of scientific findings meant to replicate the dizzying news loops that dominate our lives. However, there’s a catch. One statement within the clusterfackt is entirely false. Identify the falsehood and win a prize by emailing editorinchief@anchorweb.org and don’t repeat anything you read here without doing your research!
Mike Dwyer Anchor Staff In last week’s issue we got a bit meta-factual by taking a look at the science behind fake news and conspiracism. In observance of the 2018 midterm elections Clusterfackt is going to take a break from its usual fast paced fackt-ery and dig a little deeper into the psycho-social implications of falsehood. Perhaps we can inoculate ourselves before we enter the voting booths next Tuesday. Perhaps readers will recognize that I have already lied- the election is this Tuesday- and will wonder if that’s this week’s falsehood. But is it a falsehood if the falsifier admits to its fabrication? One might similarly ask: does tagging news stories as “fake” reduce the effect they have on public opinion? Do unfounded facts gain a footing through authentic belief or is it just entertainment? Bad information plays an important role in public discourse and the ubiquity of magical thinking cuts across all demographic lines. The twisting of truth is by no means a modern phenomenon. However, the rate at which falsehood is disseminated nowadays creates a conundrum for critical thought and fact checking. When false information or half-truths are repeated online, in social media or in cable television, it has an effect on the public’s perception of reality, producing
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sound bites that are as comical as they are Orwellian. Take for instance the double-think employed by Rudy Guliani when he said “the truth isn’t the truth” on Meet the Press last August. The Host Chuck Todd doubled over in amusement at what he had just heard. But does Todd deserve to be so incredulous? Is Chuck Todd immune to fake news? Last week, as authorities were still searching for the pipe bombing suspect, Todd himself engaged in delusion, saying he “feared that this could be some Russian operation” designed to divide the public. Guest panelist John Podhoretz, when given a chance to correct Todd was instead amicably complicit, saying “it is a very strange moment and we have no idea where it comes from.” Podhoretz’s agreement sounds eerily similar to the deflections made by certain Republican senators when asked to refute false news claims. One of the primary features of fake news and conspiracy claims is their non-falsifiability. In a recent TEDtalk, Quassim Cassam, a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick in England said that the consequence of this “implanting of doubts” in the minds of others results in a “loss of confidence” and ultimately a “loss of knowledge.” Last March, a paper published in the journal Science sought to shed some light on the nature of falsehood through psychological methodology. The study’s 16 co-authors defined fake news as “fabricated information that mimics news
media content in form but not in organizational process or intent” and went on to analyze the individual, institutional and societal factors which contribute to this problem. One of the studies co-authors, Steven Sloman, a professor of cognitive, linguistic and psychological sciences at Brown University told National Public Radio that the problem is threefold, “First, because of technology, anyone in the world can be a source of news…Second, we are inundated by information. We just don’t have time to separate the facts from the falsities… Third, the huge variety of news media in our culture means that people have the freedom to tune into news sources that tell them what they want to hear, and we all like to
hear news consistent with our beliefs.” Sloman pointed to another research paper by Gordon Pennycook and David Rand that explores this cognitive bias. Pennycook and Rand started by asking “Do we use our reasoning abilities to convince ourselves that statements that align with our ideology are true, or does reasoning allow us to effectively differentiate fake from real regardless of political ideology?” Pennycook and Rand were able to demonstrate that an ability to think analytically as measured by the Cognitive Reflection Test could predict the susceptibility of subjects to fake news. The CRT is designed to measure a person’s ability to overcome “gut” reactions and come to the correct answer.
The original test consisted of just three questions: 1. A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost? 2. If it takes 5 machines 5 minutes to make 5 widgets, how long would it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets? 3. In a lake, there is a patch of lily pads. Every day, the patch doubles in size. If it takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake, how long would it take for the patch to cover half of the lake? Tune in next week for the answers to the CRT. In the meantime, think critically and analytically and make sure to go out and vote next Tuesday.
Mike Dwyer is a 2013 graduate of CCRI’s school of nursing and has since worked as a registered nurse in and around his hometown of Newport, Rhode Island. Writing has been a life-long passion (Re: obsession) and in 2016 Mike enrolled at RIC to pursue a BA in English literature. He is a senior planning to graduate next Spring, after which he will stay local, stay weird, and pursue a graduate degree.
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Arts&Entertainment Halloween: the return of Michael Myers Enrique Castaneda-Pineda Assistant Graphics Remember how there were roughly seven sequels/ remakes of the original John Carpenter “Halloween” film? Well, it does not matter, because the new “Halloween” scratches those films completely off the record. The 2018 film rewrites the ending to the original in which Michael gets away, replacing it with Michael getting caught close to the home and going back to an asylum. After 40 years, they transport Michael to a different facility where he escapes to kill his final victim, Laurie Strode, played by Jamie Lee Curtis. Since the events of the first film, Laurie revolves her life around Michael’s eventual return, training herself and her daughter to take on
the masked murderer. The addition of Laurie’s daughter and granddaughter creates an interesting dynamic, as the final showdown with Michael is not a one-on-one fight. The two family members also raise the stakes for Laurie, as she must win against Michael or she risks losing everything she cares about. Through being traumatized by her first encounter with Michael, Laurie’s preparedness for him makes her the only character with reason. She is an incredibly strong female protagonist as her one goal is to eliminate Michael if he tries to kill her again. The gore in the film is something that I did not expect to be as graphic as it was, but created moments of extreme shock as things
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This week in history...
November 5 (Mo): 1605: Guy Fawkes
arrested attempting to blow up the British Parliament in the “Gunpowder Plot.”
November 10 (Sa): 1775: US. Marine Corps founded.
1969: PBS debuts Sesame Street.
slowly got grosser and grosser. The newest edition takes several moments from the first one and makes it better. The use of music is even better at building tension,
but some characters’ stupidity remain unchanged. There are several iconic moments from the first film that are recreated, and it is done perfectly every time. Unique to this film, is Michael’s state
Jake DeBlois Anchor Staff
November 7 November 6 November 8 (We): (Tu): (Th): 1860: Abraham Lin- 1917: Led by Lenin, 1942: The United coln elected President. the Bolsheviks take 1861: Jefferson Da- power in Russia. vis elected President of the Confederacy.
of nervousness as he walks around the booby-trapped home of Laurie. The new “Halloween” exceeds expectations for a reboot/sequel and is a must watch for horror enthusiasts.
States and Great Britain invade Axis-occupied North Africa.
November 9 (Fr): 1989: After 28
years, the Berlin Wall falls.
November 11 (Su): 1918: Germans sign armistice ending the Great War.
1921: The Tomb of
the Unknown Soldier is dedicated at Arlington.
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Arts&Entertainment Mid90s: the must watch film of 2018 Sophia Guerrier Anchor Staff This year has brought the same box office hits that audiences will never get tired of. Consisting of several Marvel films, the usual James Bond film and a Pixar sequel, the high grossing films of the year have remained predictable … and worth the watch. Aside from these action-packed hollywood thrillers, are the indie films that go overlooked but preserve high quality entertainment for the movie goers looking for something more than CGI and New York City going to shambles. “Mid90s” has strong potential to be that film this year and is a must watch for anyone. Making his directorial debut, Jonah Hill presents a coming of age film deriving from his love for hip hop and skateboarding. The film is set in 1990s Los Angeles, California and follows a 13
year old boy named Stevie (played by Sunny Suljiic) and his new found friendship with a group of young, local skaters. Coming from a troubled home, Stevie’s friendship with these kids brings elements of family that is absent in his upbringing and the mischievous fun that comes with being an adolescent. Hill’s emphasis on the film’s soundtrack pays tribute to the era as the heavily hip hop infused songs ranging from Wu-tang to The Pharcyde carries us into the exclusive world of a 1990s skateboarder. In his recent interview with The Breakfast Club, Hill is quoted saying, “Making this film Mid90s, I made a film that means something to me.” He goes on to speak about the importance of the multicultural representation in the movie that mirrors the actual demographics of the skateboarding community. Most of the cast in the
film are also revealed to be skateboarders from the Los Angeles area, many of whom have not actually starred in any films. There is a clear priority for authenticity and a realistic portrayal of characters and setting which makes this film momentous. Telling by the trailer and Hill’s own description, the heavy use of derogatory terms and swears in the film only displays the rawness that comes with the culture of
Photo courtesy of indiewire.com skateboarding. Hill’s decision to include this language, especially in the age of being politically correct, again represents, ironically, the purity of how the film was produced. This is not a cliché teen comedy or drama film where skateboarding is involved. There are genuine lessons throughout the film exposed through Stevie’s experience and dialogue from the youthful characters.
Hill combines the 90s’ two rebel cultures of hip hop and skateboarding to demonstrate the true togetherness and meaning it brings to the life of an adolescent. It is an interesting, sincere storyline that is relatable and timeless about a kid trying to fit in and find themselves. Now playing in theatres, “Mid90s” is a recommended watch.
RIC’S Halloween tradition Thomas Yakey Jr Anchor Staff Every fall around Halloween, the Rhode Island College Music, Theatre, and Dance Departments put on one of their best concerts of the year called the Halloween Collage Concert. Like every year, this concert was sponsored by the RIC’s own chapter of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME). This organization works nationally for both future and current music educators to network and expand knowledge in their field. The concert is a fun event and has a mix of various small ensembles, some of which are choral and some instrumental acts. One of the most interesting aspects of this concert is that not
all of the acts are part of a school sponsored group, which allows music students to perform a wide variety of repertoire they might not normally be able to perform on a stage like our own Roberts Hall. Professor Patricia Kammerer, the professor who oversaw the event said, “The program this year was especially varied, from the Spooky Women’s Chorale singing “She Weeps Over Rahoon” by the contemporary composer Eric Whitacre, to the oboe ensemble playing an arrangement of “The Funeral March of a Marionette” by Charles Gounod (aka the TV theme song for “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”), to a selection from the musical, “Dear Evan Hansen.”
Performers and attendees alike made it a fun night by dressing up in various costumes ranging from a hot dog to Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Admission was even free for RIC Students or Faculty who decided to show their fun-side by dressing up in costume. Alumni were also encouraged to play in the “Alumni Chicken Jazz Band.” As an added bonus, proceeds from ticket sales were donated to the Unity Center and Pride Alliance to “stamp out hate” -- a sentiment in the wake of hateful messages being spread around campus. This was a continued tradition from last year where the proceeds of the concerts were donated to victims devastated by
Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. “Thank you to Antoinette Gomes from the Unity Center and Jess Fleming from the Pride Alliance for coming to the concert and speaking about the important work they both do on the RIC campus,” commented Professor Kammerer when asked about the concert. “I
really enjoy getting the chance to work with students outside of the classroom setting and seeing and hearing them as performers.” If you are interested in being part of this incredibly fun and impactful event, it will be around again next year before Halloween. Just keep your eye out.
“Performers and attendees alike made it a fun night by dressing up in various costumes ranging from a hot dog to Ruth Bader Ginsburg.”
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Jinku Kim: Hardwired Wonderland
Beneath the Armor: Songs of War and Peace
This real-time audiovisual Ant-Man and the Wasp: installation explores a RIC Flicks connection between the sonic and the visual. These Enjoy this musical comedy elements are synchronized about the famously macabre and unified into a new form of Addams Family. synesthetic experience. Gaige Hall Granoff Center for the FREE // 7-10 p.m. Creative Arts Brown University FREE // 7-9 p.m. Next to Normal
Providence Bruins vs. WB/Scranton Penguins
A suburban household copes with crisis and the The Providence Bruins take unpredictability of a mother’s on the Wilkesworsening bipolar disorder. Barre/Scranton Penguins. Stuart Theater Brown University $15 // 8-10 p.m. Food Truck Market Eat from your favorite food truck and walk around the city. Burnside Park FREE// 11:30-1:30 p.m.
A Christmas Carol
Dunkin' Donuts Center $25-$35 // 7 p.m. Lil Durk Lil Durk is an American rapper, singer and songwriter. He is the leader of his own collective, Only the Family. The Strand Ballroom & Theatre $30 // 9-2 a.m. REEL ROCK 13
REEL ROCK Film Tour For the eager Christmas brings the best climbing and lovers, Trinity Rep's opening adventure films of the year night of a decades long to live audiences throughout tradition of producing Charles the world. Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Trinity Rep $25-$39// 7:30 p.m.
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Saturday Nov. 10
Columbus Theatre $18 // 7-10 p.m.
Sunday Nov. 11 Arcade Farmers & Artisans Market
Rhode Island's professional chamber choir, Collegium Ancora will honor the sacrifices of veterans and reflect on what it is about human nature that causes war to continue.
The perfect place to shop local and support small businesses, artisans, and farmers. There will be art, local food, vintage, apothecary goods, and more.
Grace Episcopal Church $10 // 6-7:30 a.m.
The Arcade FREE // 11-3 p.m.
WaterFire
Young the Giant
Enjoy the burning fires along Young The Giant embarks on the Providence River in a a fall headline tour with salute to veterans. special guest, Lights. 100 Canal Street, Providence FREE // 5:30-11 p.m.
Free College Climbing Nights Free climbing for college students with an active student I.D. Rock Spot Climbing FREE // 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Resident Artists Holiday Sale Discover steel work, jewlery, pottery and more made throughout the year. The Steel Yard FREE // 12-6 p.m.
The Strand Ballroom and Theatre FREE // 10-5 p.m. Come Out & Dance: Benefit for RI Pride A “Dancing with the Stars” style contest featuring local people of the LGBTQ+ community The Colosseum $10-$15 // 2-5 p.m.
The American Band's 40th Anniversary Concert A recreation of the concert that was organized by Dr. Francis Marciniak of Rhode Island College in 1978. Sapinsley Hall $12 // 3-5 p.m.
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“Rocky Horror Picture Show:” cult classic makes its way to RIC Enrique Castaneda-Pineda Assistant Graphics There have been hands-on classes all across Rhode Island College’s campus, but none like this one. In this class, students were tasked with setting up a “Rocky Horror Picture Show” featuring the RKO Army that regularly attends and performs shadowcasts for events showcasing the film. A shadowcast is the onstage performance of a film by actors while the film is simultaneously screened. Similarly, the audience interacts with the film. This style has helped this film and others, like “The
Room” remain in theaters years after their release. After celebrating its 43rd anniversary, the 1975 cult hit remains one of the most popular films to play periodically across the country, comparable to “The Room.” Despite the passage of time, actors in the film remain most well known for their roles in it, including Tim Curry playing Dr. Frank-NFurter and Susan Sarandon playing Janet. The film has become iconic over the years, as it introduced new ideas to a conservative mid-1970’s genera-
tion about homosexuality. As a result, it has become important to the gay/lesbian/transgender community as the cross-dressing Tim Curry was jarring for some at the time. As the students of RIC’s film program finalize their progress for the event, there will be much anticipation for the show on Nov. 18 at 8 p.m. in Gaige 100.
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Opinions The Forgotten War and Why It Matters Kaila Acheson Anchor Contributor The Democratic Republic of Congo’s ongoing war affects all of us on a global scale. With a country with vast natural resources and threats of Ebola, this war should not be forgotten. The Congo has been a tumultuous region since the Scramble for Africa, when King Leopold II of Belgium acquired the land and essentially turned it into a huge work camp. Despite being rich in resources, the people are still poor. Ever since 1994, as a result of the Rwandan genocide, The Congo has experienced the horrifying effects of war. As of in the last month there has been a report that the rebels have killed 15 innocent civilians and threat-
ened the outbreak of ebola. The Red Cross is attempting to contain the ebola virus but now villagers are so paranoid due to the constant rebel attacks and so isolated that they are becoming sceptical if the ebola virus is even real. The villagers are now beginning to fear The Red Cross’s intentions and are relectent of seeking their help. The civilians are now becoming hostile towards the ones attempting to protect their population and the world from an outbreak. Accompanying the threat of a viral outbreak, The Congo’s main exports are copper, cobalt, diamond, crude petroleum, and cobalt ore. The Congo’s main partners are The United States and
Photos courtesy of Jan-Joseph Stok Photography China. About 70% of their exports is oil. This could deeply impact global manufacturing and the economy if The Congo continues to be unstable. The Congo has a lot of potential and is considered to be an area that could
connect Africa because it is geographically positioned in the center of the continent. The first civil war in the Congo started in June 1997 and although there was a peace treaty signed in 2003 the fighting has never ceased. Violence has
been continuous and recently the rebels have been out of control. If this unfortunate war were to end then a lot of problems would be solved.
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Opinions Hearts break across the world for Pittsburgh
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justified in their actions. Anti-Semitism has a history ranging back thousands of years. There is, unfortunately, a long history of anti-Semitism in the United States. In colonial America, Jews were banned from practicing medicine, law and from serving in public office in states like Maryland, Massachusetts and even my home state of Connecticut. Even though anti-Semitism was present throughout the early part of U.S. history, this country has taken huge steps forward since its inception. Throughout years of the American experience through different industries, intellectuals, and services, along with passing legislation like the Civil Rights acts, Jewish people have
flourished. A lot of Jews like myself feel Jewish people have created a great home in America. I believe that solving the problem has to do with addressing the rising anti-Semitic sentiment felt in the Western world over the past few years. This includes the march in Charlottesville, and the stabbing of an Israeli student outside of his yeshiva in New York City in 2014. This is not a phenomenon in just America however, France and Sweden have seen a large exodus of Jewish people in the last few years as anti-Semitic attacks have risen in Europe. In 2012, an anti-Semitic extremist attacked a Jewish school in Toulouse, France. He killed four people
including two children ages three and six. In 2014, an anti-Semitic extremist opened fire on a Jewish museum in Brussels and Belgium, killing four people. In 2015 a Kosher supermarket was sieged by terrorists, in which they killed four Jewish hostages. These constant attacks on the Jewish community have occurred all throughout history, and will continue if these societies do not begin to understand and retaliate against these hateful ideologies. I continue to believe that The United States of America is the safest place in the world for Jewish people to live, but the evil of anti-Semitism has no borders or language, and Americans need to fight for the values
of tolerance and freedom of speech, religion and association that built and held together this country together in its toughest times. Please send your thoughts and prayers to the victims of this tragedy and their families. You can help the victims and the community of Squirrel Hill by donating
to https://www.gofundme. com/tree-of-life-synagogueshooting. I’ll end this with a quote from the late Mac Miller, a Jewish artist from Pittsburgh: “People change and things go wrong, but just remember life goes on.”
You can help the victims and the community of Squirrel Hill by donating to: https://www.gofundme.com/tree-of-life-synagogue-shooting.
ProJo’s no-no: insensitive placing of an ammunition ad
Alison Macbeth Anchor Staff
T he Providence Journal is a beloved publication in Rhode Island. As the only newspaper, our tiny state fondly looks through the pages and smiles. But not this past weekend. The day after the detestable Pittsburgh shooting, the Providence Journal missed the mark. The Sunday paper’s front cover ran in big, bold letter “Shooter kills 11 in Shooting Rampage.” The story is devastating. It feels like one after another grievous and fear-inducing events have lined up and appeared on our headlines like a conveyor belt. While we are all repulsed by this act of violence, we have to be honest. Somehow we are getting used to the terror of the ubiquitous violent
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headlines. And so is the Providence Journal. The Sunday newspaper often includes a coupon to promote a local business. This Sunday’s paper featured a coupon that just happened to be for the Preserve Sporting Shoppe, an outdoor gear shop that was hosting its grand opening this weekend. But here is the shocking part-- the coupon was for a “free box of ammo for every firearm purchased.” The juxtaposition of a coupon for ammunition and a headline highlighting the largest mass shooting of the Jewish community in the United State is undeniably insensitive. While I want to give the Providence Journal the benefit of the doubt and recognize this was an oversight, there is a bigger story and analogy here as well. We are becoming numb
to senseless violence. It is as if mass shooting are an expected part of the newscycle. In the past two years, it is hard to recall all the shootings and events where a firearm in the hands of an American citizen was used to purposefully murder a large group of people. The synagogue massacre is another call for changes to be made in the U.S. system regarding firearms. We are done with the headlines-and the free ammo too.
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The views expressed in The Anchor, unless otherwise noted, are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily represent those of The Anchor or of Rhode Island College’s faculty, administration or student body.
Opinions A Letter to The Rhode Island College Community Faculty response to recent troubling campus events of this year
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ear RIC Students and other members of the RIC Community, Earlier this month, multiple copies of two hatefilled posters appeared on our campus, one targeting immigrants and the other LGBTQQ people. Faculty members condemn these ugly attacks on our community. We will do everything in our power to fight against this hate and to support you, our students and our col-
leagues.
Hatred and prejudice should have no place at Rhode Island College or in education in general. We don’t want our students or colleagues to feel fear, which interferes with open expression of our full selves and therefore inhibits true learning. We suspect that the timing of these hateful posters is not accidental,
as it coincided with several college events focused on exactly the issues and the people these posters attack: the screening of The Miseducation of Cameron Post (a film that criticizes so-called “conversion therapy”); the “Resisting ICE and the Deportation Crisis” discussion; and the talk by Judy Shepard about the murder of her son, Matthew, in an anti-gay hate crime. Evidently, RIC’s clear commitment to an inclusive
and welcoming campus environment has raised the anger of those who would prefer exclusion and marginalization for all those not exactly like them. We pledge to step-up our fight, and will take concrete action in the next few weeks. We ask students and others in the RIC community to recommend specific actions that can help faculty demonstrate to all that hate is not welcome at Rhode Island College.
In Solidarity, The Rhode Island College Faculty, as represented by: Vince Bohlinger,
Chair of the Rhode Island College Council
Quenby Hughes,
President of the RIC/AFT
Robyn Linde,
Chair of the Human Rights Committee (RIC/AFT)
Maureen Reddy,
Coordinator of First Year Seminars
A rebuttal to your excuses for not voting
Catherine Enos Opinions Editor As someone who feels that voting is one of the most important ways to make your voice heard, it’s disappointing when people decide to skip the polls for some reason. Here’s my response to some excuses people may have for not going:
My vote doesn’t matter.
It’s true that you are just one amongst millions of voters. But there have been times in the past where a few votes changed the outcome of an election. For example, in the 2000 presidential election, George Bush won the electoral votes of Florida by 537 votes. Had those 537 people decided not to vote that day, Al Gore would have been our president.
I don’t know anything about politics.
Most people don’t. You should do some research before you vote, but you shouldn’t stop yourself from going to the polls if you don’t know much about the candidates. Another thing to remember is that you can never know everything. I’m a political science student and there are some areas that I struggle to comprehend. An important thing to understand is that everything these politicians do has a direct impact on you. If there is at least one topic you find really important, do some research on that and choose a candidate this way.
I don’t have time.
All polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Maybe there’s time for you to stop in before or after school (or work). And, in the future, you can always opt for an absentee/ mail ballot. The state of Rhode Island has what are
Photo courtesy of liberty.me called “No Excuse Mail Ballots.” All you have to do is apply within 20 days to do so and mail the ballot so that it reaches the polls by 8 p.m. on election night. It’s too late to do that this time around, but this is a plausible option for the future.
I don’t have a ride.
According to their website, Uber will be offering $10 off a single ride to the polls on election day. And according to Lyft’s website, they
will be providing 50% off promo codes and free rides to “underserved communities that face significant obstacles to transportation.”
The views expressed in The Anchor, unless otherwise noted, are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily represent those of The Anchor or of Rhode Island College’s faculty, administration or student body.
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RIC Volleyball falls in conference semifinals Jake Elmslie Sports Editor The Rhode Island College Women’s Volleyball team found it’s season brought to a close Friday evening due to a 3-0 loss against the number one seed Eastern Connecticut State Warriors in the Little East Conference semifinals. The Anchorwomen who were the number five seed in the tournament were coming off of a Tuesday night 3-2 upset of the number four seed Western Connecticut State Colonials in the conference quarterfinals. This victory was the first postseason win for an Anchorwomen program that missed the playoffs in both 2017 and 2016. The end of the season also means the end of Coach Sherri Heard’s first year
running the RIC volleyball program. When asked for her assessment of the season Coach Heard told The Anchor “It was a great season and I had a lot of fun, the girls responded well and worked hard from day one. I couldn’t be more proud of the team and the run they made this year.” Coach Heard was also proud of her team for exceeding preseason expectations. The Anchorwomen were ranked seventh in the annual Little East preseason coaches poll and were not projected as a playoff team, but were able to reach the final four in the conference. This loss will also spell the end of the college careers of both defensive specialist Marisa Brynes
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Photo courtesy Rhode Island College and opposite hitter Jillian Ward. Ward became the fifth player in RIC history to record 1000 kills to go alongside 1100 digs earlier
in the season. Outside of these two the Anchorwomen will see a majority of their core return next season where
they will once again try and compete for a Little East Championship.
Sorrow but not separate: The uniting power of sports
Joseph A. Griswold Anchor Staff
In the world there is good and there is evil. On Saturday October 27 the world was reminded how evil the world can be when a gunman entered the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill area of Pittsburgh and killed 11 people. The abhorrent act shook not only Pittsburgh, but the entire United States to its core. Eight men and three women lost their lives during Saturday morning religious services in what Pittsburgh mayor Bill Peduto called, “ [The] darkest day of Pittsburgh’s history”. On Sunday, the residents of Pittsburgh rose sorrowful, but ready to root for their hometown Steelers. As the community continued to mourn for those lost, the
sports community united with love and compassion around the game they love. Before the game the Steelers held a moment of silence for those lost along with teams across the National Football League. The Steelers then went on to defeat the Cleveland Browns 33-18 led by quarterback Ben Roethlisberger who hoped the victory provided, “A three-hour break of maybe not thinking about it all the time”. Following the game head coach Mike Tomlin, a member of the Squirrel Hill Community said, “Words cannot express how we feel as members of the community. We are prayerful” Along with Tomlin many others players expressed their sympathies including defensive end Cameron Hayward who said, “For
Photo courtesy The Athletic the families involved, that [pain] never goes away. … Our city can overcome this, but everybody’s got to love, everybody’s got to care, and we’ll continue to do our part. I know everybody in this locker room cared so
much for everybody who was involved in that. And we’re going to continue to care. It just doesn’t happen overnight”. Along with the NFL, Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League
all held moments of silence following the tragedy. There is no way to prevent all evil, but together love, compassion and sport conquer all.
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Sports RIC Men’s Basketball’s newest helmsman ready to get to winning
Tom Glynn, center, Photo courtesy of Sophia Guerria
Jake Elmslie Sports Editor Rhode Island College Men’s Basketball will open up their season this Thursday with a new man at the helm. New head coach Tom Glynn, hired over the summer, is excited to be at Rhode Island College and in his own words is “looking forward to reestablishing basketball from a winning perspective at Rhode Island College.” Coach Glynn is no stranger to winning, he comes to RIC fresh off of a successful four year stint as the head coach of Nichols College in Dudley Massachusetts. In his time at Nichols the Bisons had the best regular season record in their conference each year, won two consecutive conference championships and managed to win a round in the
NCAA national division III men’s basketball championship. Overall Coach Glynn compiled a 94-20 record during his tenure at Nichols and lead a team that was consistently ranked in the top 25 nationally amongst division III teams. When asked why he left Nichols for RIC Coach Glynn explained that “the basketball program here at RIC has traditionally been one of the programs that I’ve always kind of kept an eye on and one that has a tradition of success in a pretty competitive conference” and that “The chance to come here and turn the program around after a couple down seasons was too good to pass up.” Coach Glynn will be tasked with resurrecting a RIC program that won only
14 games over the past three seasons under previous head coach Mike Byrnes. According to Coach Glynn he is going to be “sticking to the same plan I had when I got to Nichols, the kids need to trust me and my blue print. Part of that is bringing in a really good recruiting class year one and to do that we need to have some success here this season.” Coach Glynn also believes that it is crucial for the team to have success early in order for players who may be disillusioned by RIC’s lack of winning over the past few seasons to buy in. The Waltham native plans to run an up tempo system with an emphasis on strong defense and a free flowing offense. He has been impressed with how well the team has played in scrim-
mages up to this point and hopes these efforts carry over into the regular season. Coach Glynn has yet to fully settle on a lineup but intends to “ride the hot hand at guard and utilize a solid three to four man rotation at forward.” To the later end he plans on utilizing players such as sophomore Adham Floyd, coming off of a 2017 Little East all rookie team selection and Freshman Deyshawn Tengbeth, an East Providence graduate whom Coach Glynn has high hopes for. Coach Glynn has focused on establishing a culture toughness and effort. In practice he has been preaching competitiveness, they keep score of nearly everything and hone in on simulating a variety of late game situations.
When asked how he intends to reignite student interest in the Anchorman Coach Glynn explained that “if you’re winning fans will come and that includes members from the local community outside of the student body.” He believes renewed competitiveness will invigorate recruiting efforts and “give us the chance to get real players, difference makers that can put us over the top.” RIC students will get their first chance to see the Anchorman in their season opener Thursday evening when they face off against the out of conference Fitchburg State Falcons in the Murray Center, tip off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.
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Sports Perfection: population two?
Joseph A. Griswold Anchor Staff
In the storied history of the National Football League there has only been one perfect team, the 1972 Miami Dolphins who went undefeated and beat the Washington Redskins 14-7 in Super Bowl VII. The last team that came close to the mark was the seemingly unstoppable 2007 New England Patriots who fell to the Eli Manning and the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII 17-14. Each year as the football season begins 32 teams are vying for a chance to become the team to unseat the dolphins as the only undefeated team. Halfway through the season there is only one team left with that opportunity: The Los Angeles Rams. The fact that the Rams are even in the conversation is mind-blowing as just two seasons ago they went 4-12 under Jeff Fisher. They were considered one of the worst teams in the league and then-rookie quarterback Jared Goff was already being labeled a bust. Now in just their second season under young and
Photo courtesy of USA Today fiery head coach Sean Mcvay the Rams seem very similar to the 2007 Patriots, averaging 33 points a game and cruising to their 8-0 record by an average margin of victory of almost 14 points. So, can the Rams do what the Patriots could not? The talent from top to bottom on this team seems to support that they can. On offense the Rams are led by an outstanding young quarterback Goff who is throwing to one of the best wide-receiver trios in the league, Brandon Cooks, Cooper Kupp and Robert Woods. In the backfield Goff has the best running back in the league, Todd Gurley,
who is averaging almost two touchdowns a game combined rushing and receiving. On defense, the Rams are led by seven-former first rounders, following their trade for defensive end Dante Fowler. Overall on paper, the Rams seem have the potential to become the second undefeated champion in NFL history. However, NFL games are not played on paper and the Rams face some serious threats to their undefeated season in their final eight games. Their next test will come in the form of a surging Seahawks team who have finally found their
stride following an early season struggle. Following Seattle comes arguably their largest challenge in a neutral site game in Mexico City against the Kansas City Chiefs, the only team averaging more points per game. Led by their own young quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, the Chiefs will look to put an end to the Rams undefeated season much as the New England Patriots did to them following a last second field goal by New England kicker Stephen Gostkowski to hand them their sole loss. Assuming they can get past the Chiefs their next three games provide no respite on
Now in just their second season under young and fiery head coach Sean Mcvay the Rams seem very similar to the 2007 Patriots, averaging 33 points a game and cruising to their 8-0 record by an average margin of victory of almost 14 points.
the road against the Detroit Lions, who have taken down both the Green Bay Packers and Patriots, but have been wildly inconsistent. They’ll also be on the road against the Chicago Bears who have the top rated defense in the league and arguably the NFL’s most valuable player in linebacker Khalil Mack. The last major challenge comes in a Sunday night game against the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles who are beginning to look more like real contenders after a sluggish start to the season. If the Rams can navigate through these games they end the season with the lowly Arizona Cardinals and San Francisco 49ers, which should allow them to stroll into the postseason a perfect 16-0. It is not far-fetched to believe the Rams can pull off the undefeated season. However, it is more likely that they will fall to Kansas City or Philadelphia allowing the 1972 Dolphins team to once again pop the cork and remain the only unbeaten team in NFL history.
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