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As news broke Saturday that engineers are moving closer to maintaining the safety of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan, four Florida State University students who were just recently amidst the chaos are now re-adjusting to life back in the United States. Mallory Taylor, Margarita Colon, Simon Garcia and Ricardo Garcia were all participating in an exchange program with the Miyagi University of Education in Sendai, Japan when the earthquake hit. “I was in my dorm room in Sanjo, Sendai, when I felt the ground shaking,” said Taylor, a Japanese language and culture major. “There had been a few smaller earthquakes just days before, so I wasn’t very concerned. Suddenly, the shaking changed direction; the lights went out and my things started falling over.” Taylor said that she had not realized the severity of the quake until Simon
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This past Saturday, March 19, Florida State University’s Students Promoting Autism Awareness (SPAA) group hosted their first “Spring Day Festival” at Railroad Square, raising money for FSU’s Autism Project. Founded in 2008 by Amanda Santos, the organization has since grown and currently has 25 members. Current President Nisha Pradeep first became involved with SPAA over a year ago. “I found it to be an or-
ganization with so much potential,” Pradeep said. “It had students who were really dedicated to trying to work with others and educate our community. I found it to be really great to see students so passionate about a cause.” For SPAA members, the cause is what it is all about. According to the SPAA website, “the purpose of this organization is to promote Autism Awareness on campus as well as the community of Tal- Brain Parsons, a young boy with autism, plays lahassee.” with some of the Play-Doh SEE AUTISM 2 during the event.
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Garcia, a computer science major at FSU, appeared at her door. Since Garcia had once lived in Chile, a country familiar with earthquakes, Taylor said she knew something was wrong. “We braced ourselves against my door frame as he prevented me from falling over and I watched all of my belongings topple over in one giant mess on the floor,” Taylor said. “It’s hard to imagine the world shaking until you’ve experienced it. It was so violent it made me feel sick, but luckily I kept everything down long enough for the earthquake to end and walk outside, where other international students from our dorm were gathering.” According to Taylor, as students continued to gather outside, aftershocks continued to shake the city. “Our phones weren’t working and we had no Internet or TV, so nobody knew the extent of the damage or how serious it
EMILY OSTERMEYER Contributing Writer The Florida State University Board of Trustees meeting held on March 4 addressed several pressing concerns FSU is facing, including a declining number of assistant professors and a need for more competitive faculty salaries, and proposed legislative changes to compensation packages for FSU faculty. At the meeting, President Barron said two significant threats facing FSU are the number of assistant professors and the university being able to offer competitive salaries to FSU’s professors. Currently, FSU has 32 percent fewer assistant professors than 2007,
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Participants from ‘Wall of Lies,’ counterprotest share thoughts KATHERINE CONCEPCION Staff Writer A recent campus protest was once again met with vocal opposition. The Palestinian Wall of Lies demonstration was held on March 15 and March 16 on Landis Green. A number of groups banded together to oppose the event, creating a silent counterprotest called the Palestinian-Israeli Coali-
tion Against Hate. The RSOs participating were Students United for Justice in Palestine, ’Noles for Israel, Muslim Student Association, Hillel at FSU, Center for Participant Education and College Democrats. The template for the Palestinian Wall of Lies was created by the David Horowitz Freedom Center (DHFC), as part of its Islamo-Fascism Awareness Campaign. The DHFC,
a conservative political organization formally known as the Center for the Study of Popular Culture aims to combat “the efforts of the radical left and its Islamist allies to destroy American values and disarm this country as it attempts to defend itself in a time of terror.” Wall of Lies had never before come to Florida State University. “I was at CPAC a few weeks ago—DHFC had a
booth there, and I decided to have it here,” said Ryan Meerdo, a first-year political science major who organized the event. “We’re hoping to explain that these are the arguments radical Islamists use to try to refute the state of Israel and we’re trying to defuse these lies.” Some of these alleged lies, of which there are a total of 10, include: Arabs want peace and a state on the West Bank; that Pales-
tinians had no role in the Holocaust; and, perhaps the strongest claimed lie of all, that Israel commits war crimes by killing civilians. When asked about the counterprotest, Meerdo was uncertain why groups united against them. “Honestly, I don’t know what they’re protesting,” Meerdo said. “We want peace in Israel; we just
kinds of people, students, professors, different people who represent groups that help support children with disabilities together,” said Dewitt. The event, which took over three months to plan, lasted all day Saturday. Nine local bands played, and local artists such as Pyramid, Gretchen Everhart and Railroad Square’s own galleries donated artwork. While the event’s main goal was to benefit autism awareness, the event also promoted the local musicians and artists. SPAA was on-hand, hosting craft tables for children. The FSU Autism Project, the primary beneficiary, is a campus support group for the disabled, as well as a research center. “Their main focus is to offer resources to
families and educators in Tallahassee and to also extend research opportunities to students, as well,” said Pradeep. “For the most part, this money will go directly back into our community and help families in need with children on the spectrum.” According to members, the fact that an organization with only 25 members was able to put on an event of this scale is an accomplishment of which to be proud. “I want to show our members that size doesn’t matter, that we can accomplish great things for our community if we put in time to plan such events,” said Pradeep. Upcoming autism awareness events include a 5K marathon during the FSU Autism Project and Autism Awareness Week
held during the first week in April. Autism Awareness Week will include performances by the Artism Ensemble, guest speakers, and will incorporate Autism Awareness Day, which will be April 5 on the Union Green. SPAA hopes that their events help students and community members come to better understand autism. “Most people just don’t know a lot about autism in general,” said Dewitt. “When I mention my brother has autism, they think he can’t really function in society. It’d help if people would have a better understanding of autism and those who have autism, because a lot of people just don’t know what is and what it means to be autistic. Just getting
the word out there makes it not such a big issue.’” Though Pradeep learned about autism firsthand, working with a child with PDDNOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified), she realizes many do not have such close exposure to autism. This lack of awareness helped highlight the need for the organization, and consequently, students developed SPAA. “Even if it’s just one thing to focus on when there are so many things going on in the world, [autism] is something that is very prevalent, especially in our community,” Pradeep said. “I just want people to know there are opportunities for us to help these individuals, and no two people with autism are the same.”
we don’t watch the salaries and we’re not hiring young people that it wonít be as good as it was,” Barron said. Andrew Haggard, chair of FSU’s Board of Trustees, shares the president’s concern. “We are a very highly respected research university,” Haggard said. “We have been just ranked so high as a research university and all the U.S. News and World Report polls and all of that, and the reason why you gain that stature as a top research university is because of your star faculty and ability to hire more energetic young people to work in those fields, and that’s why we need to survive these budget cuts and survive the present economy as it is.” President Barron also spoke at the Board of Trustees meeting of the governor’s proposed plan of a $5,000 cap on state contributions to state employee health insurance costs. A family plan for employees through the university at FSU currently costs $12,000. This proposal would leave a gap of $7,000 that employees would have to pay. The governor’s plan also includes a defined contribution for retirement from employees’ pay of up to 5 percent of their salary, which would essentially be a pay cut. This could pose a significant burden to lower-salary employees at FSU. These potential pay cuts come when salaries appear to be stagnating. It has been at least three years since FSU faculty have received a pay raise. “That’s been surrounded by many years of no pay raises much at all, so everyone’s salary among the faculty is stagnating,” Walker said. “But, you know, at least we’ve been sort of holding our own and we’re not taking cuts. This is the first time since the economy has gone into the tailspin starting in 2008 that we’ve been looking at a pay cut.” At the Board of Trustees meeting, Sandra Lewis, vice chair for the Faculty Senate, spoke about concerns for compensation packages. At FSU, the
assistant professor level is comparable to other doctoral institutions, both public and private. However, the associate professor and professorrank salaries are consistently less. FSU’s average salary for an associate professor for 2009-2010 was $72,880, compared to the average salary of $80,463 and $96,472 for public and private institutions, respectively. Additionally, the average salary of a professor at FSU is $104,603, compared to $116,750 and $153,332 at public and private institutions, respectively. “Salary for beginning professors is fairly competitive, but by the time you get to the associate and full professor level they’re woefully below that of peers,” Lewis said. “And so what happens is, of course, that makes good people ripe for being picked off to go work someplace else.” Such compensation concerns have put a significant stress on the morale of the faculty of the university, as FSU struggles to be able to hire new faculty and maintain competitive compensation packages and salaries for good faculty members who are looking at offers from other institutions. “If you are worried about paying your rent and making your car payments, how you’re going to pay tuition for your kids when they’re in college, you spend time on the market interviewing, that’s time you can’t devote to teaching in research and things of that sort,” Walker said. Lewis agreed. “As other universities attract our faculty, faculty here begin to take up more of the workload of the faculty who have left, but as they pick up more the workload, they’re less able to work directly with students, more harried when they are working directly with students, and so not only do you get larger class sizes, but you get less access to the faculty who have the knowledge base that you’re hoping to get,” Lewis said. As faculty are stretched thin with their time, not only is the quality of edu-
cation at risk, but Walker says faculty service contributions, such as committee work that faculty members are expected to contribute to, suffers. As president of the Faculty Senate, Walker spends a lot of his time that he’s not teaching and researching recruiting faculty members to serve on various boards throughout the university. “I spend a lot more time, sort of down on my knees begging people to, and they do—they come on board,” Walker said. “I mean, I have to give my faculty members credit: it’s amazing how many of them do.” Still, Walker said he understands the workload many professors are dealing with. “I feel bad having to ask people who are already stretched way too thin to just give a little more blood here,” Walker said. “They do, but there’s a limit.” University concerns stem from the expected decrease in state appropriations for the state university system budget for the upcoming year. In the previous two years, legislators used federal stimulus dollars to supplement the state budget, but the stimulus expires on June 30 of this year. Kathleen Daly, assistant vice president for Governmental Relations at FSU, said that the legislature is looking at an approximate 3 percent decrease over the current year’s spending for the upcoming year’s budget. “Last year they had $70 billion, 70 to spend on the state budget, and this year, they may only have 68 or 67 billion to work with,” Daly said. “It’s like anything. You’ve got to look and see what you’re going to get rid of, you know, to continue on in a balanced way.” Examples of things being considered in the legislature to help ease the budget deficit that they’re faced with are tuition rates. Instead of raising tuition rates, the Senate is proposing a $1,000 per student reduction in the Bright Futures program. The Senate is also proposing a suspension of
the sale of the pre-paid tuition program. The House has proposed a 5 percent increase in base tuition in hopes that the individual universities will raise their differential by an additional 10 percent. Daly said these are the proposals currently on the table and subject to change, as the budget negotiations between the House and the Senate are now under way and will continue over the next month. “When there’s a budget deficit, everything is impacted,” Daly said. “Everything is on the table, everything is under review, and the legislature has told us that, from day one of the legislative session, they’re looking at everything, which would include student services, professors salaries, staff salaries and tuition rates for students.” As the legislative session continues, Barron said he and other FSU administrators want to make sure that state legislators understand where the university is in terms of its resources. Currently, FSU has a deficit of $12 million to $13 million. Barron said that the legislature has given the universities in Florida permission, as long as the Board of Governors agree, to raise tuition 15 percent a year until FSU reaches the national average. “If the tuition does start to go up to the national average, then we start to be able to protect the faculty,” Barron said. “If we’re cut even more, then the problem becomes worse.” Despite the stringent budget cuts, Haggard is optimistic of the future. “Eric is so student-oriented and faculty-oriented that I think that, no matter how bad these budget cuts are and how lean the times are, we’re going to get through it because of the leadership of President Barron,” Haggard said. “I do firmly believe that. Through fundraising that he’s done, fabulous fundraising, we’re receiving donations and money in that aspect. As long as Eric is doing that great work, I think we’re going to succeed.”
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AUTISM from 1 At meetings each week, the organization brings in a guest speaker to educate members. The belief is that, if members are educated on autism, they can impart some of this knowledge in the community. Saturday’s “Spring Day Festival,” the first event of its kind, brought together local artists, musicians and the community to support autism awareness. Lauren Dewitt, the group’s PR officer who has an autistic brother, said she stumbled upon SPAA at an involvement fair and immediately connected. “Saturday was about bringing our community together to support the FSU Autism Project and all they do for our community, to get all different
BUDGET from 1 tion average. In the Board of Trustees meeting, Barron cited the college of business as an example of the effect of this fact. Since 2010, the faculty in the College of Business within the Insurance, Risk Management and Real Estate programs, programs for which FSU has a respectable reputation, have had 12 offers from other institutions. Nine of the offer letters totaled a $627,000 raise above FSU’s pay, an average raise of $70,000. Barron pointed out in his presentation that many of these competing institutions were institutions of lower rank. “This is an enormous amount of money and we don’t have the money to compete with that type of offer,” Barron said. As the faculty at FSU shrinks as a result of the budget cuts, remaining faculty are feeling the effects. “We’re quick to say we’re holding our own simply because of working ourselves to the bone,” said Eric Walker, FSU professor of English, president of the Faculty Senate and a member of the Board of Trustees. “I mean, we’re stretched as thin as we can possibly be. I mean, no one wants to sacrifice quality, but we’re spread very, very thin, and it’s starting show in things like large classes.” Barron said students have told him that class sizes are getting larger and it’s harder to find classes they want and be able to get in them. “That’s not the way it should be and so we would rather be offering a smaller class size and we would rather be making sure that students get the classes that they need, but we’re also down 125 faculty from where we were in 2007,” Barron said. This declining number of assistant professors is a big concern for Barron, who says it is these assistant professors who “are the energetic people that help set the course for FSU for the next several decades.” Barron also sees this a threat to the quality of education at FSU. “I’m just worried that, if
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Group protests immigration legislation Coalition sounds off on racial profiling TURNER COWLES Senior Staff Writer Members of the Florida Immigrant Coalition held a rally at the Capitol on Thursday in protest of two proposed bills in the Florida House and Senate. The bills in protest introduce what the group calls “Arizona-style” immigration legislation, naming the rally “We Are Florida!/¡Somos Florida!” Officials at the Florida Immigrant Coalition weigh in with their accounts of what is being proposed in Tallahassee. María Rogriguez, the executive director for FIC, said the bills are just a
smokescreen disguising the most important economic emergency in Florida. “The fact that our politicians are spending more time on this than on fixing our economy is a slap in the face to Latinos, Caribbeans and all Floridians,” Rodriguez said. “It is also a step in the wrong direction that will destroy our economy and tarnish Florida’s name. We will move from being a Sunshine State to become a show-me-your-papers state.” Subhash Kateel, the spokesperson for FIC/We Are Florida!, said the rallies were held to let elected officials know that there is
staunch opposition to the proposed bills. “The rallies were part of a political campaign; it was there to make sure our elected officials know that we don’t want any kind of Arizona-style immigration laws coming to Florida,” Kateel said. A press release for the rally explained what’s meant by “Arizona-style” legislation. “The first bill, sponsored by Rep. Snyder (R-Stuart), is literally a copycat of Arizonaís SB 1070 racial profiling legislation,” read the release. House bill SB 1070 “prohibits [law enforcement]
from limiting or restricting enforcement of federal immigration laws,” said the bill’s summary on the Florida House of Representatives’ website. The bill would “authorize law enforcement officers to determine immigration status” without specifying how officers would enforce this without profiling. However, the bill does note that it “prohibits using race, color, or national origin in enforcement,” a clause which
legally disallows profiling in enforcement. Kateel said this bill gives police power to ask anyone for their papers, saying he’s more concerned about the similar bill in the Senate. “In the Senate, there’s a bill [that] would push every local sheriff and local police to try for an agreement to deputize their law enforcement as immigration agents,” said Kateel. “They’re pretty bad, because immigration is civil
law; the only way you could implement this policy in the state of Florida is to racially profile. In a state where we have a lot of Latino U.S. citizens, this bill would really affect a lot of people.” The rally had the support of many state politicians. The press release said that Sens. Oscar Braynon and Arthenia Joyner, Reps. Luis García and Darren Soto and Sarasota Mayor Kelly Kirschner were in attendance.
by promoting hate or fear on either side.” A number of commenters on the Wall of Lies Facebook event page charged the organizers and participants with being Islamophobic, a claim Meerdo denied. “I will never attack anyone’s religion—that’s wrong,” Meerdo said. “What I will do is point out the fallacies of religious extremists: I’m not attacking Islam, I’m attacking radical Islam. If it’s extremism, it’s wrong. As a Jewish-American, I will definitely not tolerate someone who wants to blow me up because of my religion and nationality.”
Another organizer for the Wall of Lies event denies the protest has anything to do with hatred for Muslims or Palestinians. “It’s not a hateful event; it’s in no way racist,” said Harry Dardashti, first-year biology major. Some students concerned with the event were also troubled by what they felt was the College Republicans group’s refusal to claim responsibility for hosting the protest, as with the Genocide Awareness Project demonstration last month. Of all the current administrators from the College Republicans’ Facebook group, including Meerdo, only one did not
RSVP as “attending” the Wall of Lies demonstration. “Contrary to popular belief, the College Republicans at FSU have a variety of differing viewpoints on every issue,” said John Plakon, third-year international affairs major who participated in the Wall of Lies events and online debates. “The only single issue that binds the CRs is a belief in small government.” Plakon also denies the charge of anti-Muslim sentiment. “I’ve read the Quran and I think there is some good stuff in there and some terrible stuff in there, just like the Old Testament and
the Talmud,” Plakon said. “What we are protesting against is Islamism [political Islam] and terrorism.” Plakon also said that, regardless of the initial online tension, the protests were very peaceful and constructive, but despite its relative calmness, not all students remained unconcerned about the approach. “The way the Wall of Lies display was going about it was counterproductive,” said Jessica Schwartz, a second-year international affairs and women’s studies major. “If you want to have a dialogue about the topic, it’s better to engage people, rather than use shock and scare tactics.”
In the end, participants on both sides agreed that peace is their goal. “I’ve made it clear many times we want peace, we’re just not willing to give peace to those who want to blow us up,” said Meerdo. A war-free and difference-blind society is what Schwartz would prefer. “I wish for a world in which we can overlook each other’s race, sex, gender, religion, et cetera, to come together for peace,” Schwartz said. “I also think it’s important to note that our tax money is helping fund this conflict; I think the American people should know how their money is being used.”
“Leaving Sendai seemed nearly impossible because the city buses had stopped running and we had heard the station was closed,” Taylor said. “As a group we considered options such as stealing a car, even though none of us could really drive since the Japanese drive on the opposite side of the road. The convenience stores were either closed or had long lines of people waiting from the entrance; by the time we could get in, there was very little food left. The lack of water was beginning to get scary. The line for the single working phone in our building was at least an hour wait. The toilets couldn’t be flushed and the bathroom quickly became disgusting.” While they figured out a plan, the group came together and kept each other fed and protected. “Luckily, within our group we had already in our possession a lot of rice and some meat, which we
all shared and ate together,” Taylor said. “During the day, we walked around, we checked up on our friends, we devised potential escape plans, we gathered as much information as we could; by night, we felt our way through complete darkness and tried to entertain ourselves.” Even though her situation was far from ideal, Taylor said she knew she was among the fortunate ones. “What’s even scarier is that we were the lucky ones,” Taylor said. “The lobby of our building, as well as the gymnasium of the middle school across the street, became shelters for those less fortunate than I was, whose homes became unlivable.” As news of the devastation reached the United States, members of the FSU community focused their attention on receiving word from the students. As soon as she was able to, Taylor sent a Facebook mes-
sage to Yoshika Murdick, an adjunct professor of Japanese language at FSU. “I was relieved, I was so happy,” Murdick said in an interview with WTXL ABC 27 on receiving word from Taylor. A week after the earthquake, Taylor is back in the United States, away from the devastation, but also away from a land she calls her own. “It breaks my heart to see Sendai in such chaos,” Taylor said. “[I had to leave] my beautiful city that felt like more of a home to me than anywhere else had in my whole life. I had to leave all of my belongings behind, but most of all, I had to leave everyone behind, as well. All of my friends who I met there, everyone who has been so loving and accepting of a girl who only has a basic grasp of the language but so much love and curiosity for their culture.” Eventually, the group
managed to find a ride to Niigata thanks to the Chilean embassy, where they took a bullet train to Tokyo. Simon and his brother, Ricardo, continued on to Osaka while Taylor went to the Narita airport. Away from the devastation, however, Taylor continues to focus on what she left behind. “Leaving was extremely difficult, especially because I have no idea when I can return,” Taylor said. “I don’t know whether I’ll be able to see my Japanese friends again and it’s so scary to think that they’re in danger.” For now, the only thing Taylor and the rest of the students can do is wait. “We’re just waiting it out,” Taylor said. “All of us want very much to return to school at MUE and to finish our year there. From what we hear, school is supposed to start at the end of April, but nothing is definite yet. We’re hoping
we can return soon.” Stateside, Taylor continues to urge people to help in any way they can. With 70,000 in shelters in Sendai alone, 7,600 deaths and 11,000 still missing, Taylor recognizes her fortunate outcome in this situation and knows that many others have it much more difficult. “There are people living in shelters in areas that are in far worse condition than ours,” Taylor said. “These people have extremely limited access to food and are close to starving. They’re scared to go outside for the threat of radiation poisoning. The tsunamis have washed away their homes and their lives. The increase in gas prices has made it really difficult to send aid and food to them. If there’s anything that anybody can do, it’s to donate and spread awareness. Please help Japan; their government may not have realized it yet, but they need us.”
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Left: Many members of the community protest Arizona-style racial profiling bills outside the Capitol on March 17. Right: Juanita Alvarez performs in a skit during the protest.
WALL from 2 won’t tolerate radical extremists.” The counterprotesters emphasized non-hate as a major aspect of their event. “Hillel and ’Noles For Israel took a stance in a counterdemonstration with MSA and Students United for Justice in Palestine to make a statement; although we may disagree about certain things, we all agree that there is no place for hate on our campus,” said Emily Swire, a second-year sociology major. “We all want to get to a place where we can have healthy dialogue and achieve peace, and we will never be able to do so
JAPAN from 1 was,” Taylor said. Most of the students didn’t even know about the tsunami or the concern at the Fukushima plant until days later. According to Taylor, although information continued to trickle in, the messages weren’t always reliable. “Every day we would hear a new bit of information about the situation,” Taylor said. “First how we were a safe distance from the Fukushima plant, so we didn’t really have to worry; then how the tsunami was so incredible it killed thousands of people; then how we had to evacuate because we would all be exposed to radiation.” When the situation at the university and its surrounding area failed to improve, Taylor said her group began to plan ways to evacuate the city. They knew they had to figure out a way to get to safety when food, water and cleanliness became sparse.
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J. MICHAEL OSBORNE Managing Editor BHUTTO—March 2122 at 7:30 and 10 p.m. This powerful, perhaps era-defining documentary chronicling the career and assassination of polarizing Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto is subtitled “You Can’t Murder a Legacy”—which, coincidentally, is the same thing I was yelling at the bouncer of a karaoke bar last night as he was man-handling me out the door at 4 a.m. (To be fair, my version of “Bad Company” by Bad Company genuinely is really, really good. I don’t know what their problem was.) Read my Lips—March 23 at 7 p.m. Read my Lips is a French film that stars Vincent Cassel (of American Black Swan and Ocean’s Twelve fame), which is a little bit like saying a Quarter-Pounder with Cheese has cheese on it. Set in the surprisingly gritty Paris underworld, this thriller follows the tumultuous, rapidly escalating affair between a partially deaf secretary and an ex-con. SEE GET A LIFE 6
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‘Venus and Cupid with Two Satyrs in a Landscape,’ one of the masterpieces presently a part of the ‘Baroque Painting in Lombardy from the Pinacoteca di Brera’ exhibit. The entire collection is currently on display at the Mary Brogan Museum in downtown Tallahassee.
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On March 16, the first lady of Florida, Ann Scott, several Italian dignitaries, and special guests joined in a special preview event to unveil the latest exhibit at the Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science. “Baroque Painting in
of Montreal’s Davey Pierce to present musical project Assistant Arts & Life Editor
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After years of playing bass for Athens Ga.-based glamrock band, of Montreal, Tallahassee native Davey Pierce decided to try his hand at having his own project while still keeping ties with of Montreal. Yip Deceiver, as Pierce calls it, is a synth-pop trio currently consisting of Pierce and fellow of Montreal members Nicolas Dobbratz and Clayton Rychlik. Pierce recently chatted with the FSView & Florida Flambeau and dished about form-
ing Yip Deceiver, their new EP and being nervous to play in his hometown. FSView & Florida Flambeau: What has it been like sharing your music so far on tour? Davey Pierce: It’s been a lot of fun. We’ve gotten a very positive response. Everybody seems to be enjoying it which is weird but good [laughs]. FFF: Last time we spoke, you were on tour with of MonSEE YIP 6
Torche with PostTeens, Weekend Nachos, Practiced Hatred, No Humanity and Weak End—Thursday, March 24, doors 7 p.m., show 8 p.m. at The Farside and The Engine Room. Admission: $8 advance (until 3/23), $10 day of Since forming in 2004, Miami metalhead trio Torche has received critical acclaim for blending metal riffs with poppy melodies. After playing across Florida in various venues, including Tallahassee’s All Saint’s Café and OAF House, Torche has gone on to headline nationwide tours and has landed on several recognized music outlets, such as Pitchfork, Stereogum, Spin and Paste Magazine. Upbeat punk band Post-Teens from Gainesville will open for Torche at The Engine Room at around 11:45 p.m. Before their performances, however, The Farside will feature earlier shows by Chicago’s Weekend Nachos along with local hardcore acts Practiced Hatred, No Humanity and Weak End. Total Bummer Music Fest 2.0—Friday, March 25 through Sunday, March 27 at The Farside, The Warehouse SEE LOWDOWN 6
by saying the new exhibit was a dream come true. Although Mica had a background in science, he has a passion for art and always wanted to bring this type of exhibit to the Brogan. The preview tour, narrated in Italian and
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Sugar & Gold to perform on Thursday, March 24 RENEE RODRIGUEZ Assistant Arts & Life Editor Based in San Francisco, Sugar & Gold is a synth-pop act consisting of childhood friends Philipp Minnig and Nicolas Dobbratz, who also plays for of Montreal and Yip Deceiver. Currently on tour to promote their latest EP, Bodyaches, the band will be performing at Club Downunder on Thursday, March 24, along with Yip Deceiver. Minnig recently took time to talk to the FSView & Florida Flambeau about playing in punk bands as a kid, sharing
Dobbratz with two other bands and their latest album. FSView & Florida Flambeau: I know you and Nicolas grew up as friends, but what prompted you guys to form Sugar & Gold? Philipp Minnig: We’ve been in bands ever since we were teenagers and we took acid one night and just figured we needed to make music. FFF: Is that what happened, for real? SEE GOLD 6
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Famous director John Waters presents his one-man show ‘This Filthy World’: An Evening With John Waters.
On March 18, the legendary John Waters performed his one-man show at the Union Ballrooms. “This Filthy World” covered Waters’ various fascinations and his lengthy creative portfolio. Waters outlined what he hoped the audience could take away from the show. “I think audiences can learn how to be happy neurotics and even if you hate my movies you might like my sense of humor
about show business, crime, careers, showbiz, politics and insane Catholic saints,” Waters said. “I try to cover everything to make all types of people feel comfortable with the parts of themselves that they think are faults, but they aren’t really faulty if they embrace those faults.” Most famous for writing and directing the original Hairspray, Waters has adapted, refined and performed his personal monologue for years. Still, every performance of the
show is unique. “It’s radically different [from the original],” Waters said. “Every time I do it it’s different. I rewrote some of it this morning. I just did a big rewrite for UCLA during Oscar week.” Given Waters’ record of producing “trash films” that push society’s limits, one may think that a college audience is the best kind for his show. Waters almost agrees. “Actually, prison is the best audience and I’ve SEE WATERS 8
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IF YOU GO treal. Now you’re on tour as Yip Deceiver and then you’re doing another tour with of Montreal until the end of May. What’s that like for you? You’re essentially living out of a suitcase. DP: You do it long enough and you get used to it and it becomes kind of weird being home. Once you get used to constantly moving, being stationery is a very strange thing. FFF: I know you recently completed your EP [and are selling them at shows before its official release on April 12]. What do you think the reaction has been like so far? DP: Really good, actually. We’ve pretty much sold out of our vinyl already, which is annoying but awesome [laughs]. FFF: You essentially share Nicolas with Sugar & Gold and you both play for of Montreal. What’s it like to collaborate as much you guys do? DP: I know it would kind of seem like it’s almost too much, but it really works well because we’re pretty much on the same wavelength all the time. In of Montreal, we’re both doing the same rhythm stuff— we’re both playing bass and we’re both doing keyboards and percussion stuff. With Yip Deceiver, it’s actually the opposite—I don’t even do a lot instrument-wise on stage. I just [mostly] sing but I know him and I know what he does
and I know that he’s going to play it perfectly every time. I don’t have to worry about him. FFF: What’s it like having to play twice in one night for Nicolas? DP: During the first leg of the tour, I was playing drums for Sugar & Gold, too, so basically we’d get done with Yip Deceiver, pull a few things off to the side and then I’d go and play a whole set on the drums. It’s kind of tiring to do two in one night, but at the same time, it’s pretty fun because we’re not doing the same thing. If we were singing with one band and then getting back up there and singing with another, it’d be, like, “I don’t want to do this,” but it’s a good time when you actually get to challenge yourself. FFF: In our last interview, you mentioned that you grew up playing in bands throughout Tallahassee before joining of Montreal. How is this experience different from previous bands? DP: It’s different because I went into it thinking this is my thing, whereas all the bands in Tallahassee were a group of three or four people all writing songs together. You wind up having to make a lot of compromises and having to give in a little bit, but with this, I can go, “Hey, play this exactly like it is,” and they do it and it’s awesome [laughs]. FFF: You grew up in Tallahassee so I can
imagine playing in your hometown brings about certain emotions. Do you feel a little more comfortable playing here in town? DP: I think I feel less comfortable because I’m playing in front of people that I’ve known my entire life. No matter how genuine you are, when you’re playing in front of a bunch of people that know you that intimately, it kind of feels like you’re putting on an act. I wouldn’t say I’m uncomfortable. I’m just more nervous to play in Tallahassee than I would be anywhere else. FFF: How would you describe your band to readers who aren’t already familiar with your work? DP: Dancey, fun, synth-pop. We’re really all about having a good time and we just want everybody to have a good time with us. It’s one of those things where, no matter what you’re doing, as long as you’re having fun, people tend to have fun with you. FFF: What can we expect from Yip Deceiver in the future? DP: I’m actually right this second working on the next EP, which hopefully will be out in the fall. We have this next leg where we’re going to hit up Tallahassee and in the fall, we’re doing another tour, hopefully around the same length—two months or so.
PM: Yeah [laughs]. We were at his house, smoked cigarettes all night and called it the “Smoke House.” The next day, I went to get my drums and ever since then, we haven’t stopped. FFF: I know you first got involved with DuraDelinquent, which featured a heavier punk sound—much different than your music nowadays. PM: That had a much rawer, punk sound but I think some of our energy is still intact. It’s funny—I was actually on Facebook talking to the producer of the first Dura-Delinquent record, who was also in GG Allin. Do you know GG Allin? FFF: I’m not too familiar. PM: GG Allin was probably one of the most controversial performers—he’d always say he was going to kill himself onstage and defecate everywhere. I mean, he was probably the most extreme performer out there. Anyway, the guitar player produced our first records and we were just talking about some of the stuff that we discussed back then, which was that everybody in the garage/punk scene was really into the early Rolling Stones stuff and he was really into the disco stuff. We were just joking about [how] he turned us on to that stuff back then. FFF: Who were some of your influences while growing up in Germany and how did they change
after moving to California? PM: Falco was like my Elvis—he did “Rock Me Amadeus” and “Der Kommissar.” [After moving, it became] a lot more American punk stuff. […] In California, we really got into the early San Francisco punk scene like Jawbreaker and all those punk bands and then we got into garage rock. FFF: I sense an R&B/ disco influence present in your music. But in your own words, how would you describe your sound to listeners who aren’t already familiar with your music? PM: I’d just say pop music. A lot of people like [to say] ’80s disco or ’90s dance music and all of that’s true. We listen to a lot of that but anybody making music right now—from Hot Chip to Lady Gaga—is going to be using the same synth sounds that we use. It’s just that their producers have more money so they can glitz it up, but ultimately, we’re just a pop band. FFF: I’m aware that Spenser Simrill has been documenting your current tour with Yip Deceiver. In one part of the video, you described your musical relationship with Nicolas as “knitting a telepathic blanket.” PM: Well, we’ve been together for so long that it’s like a relationship. We can finish each other’s sentences and we kind of know what the person is thinking without being in the room. When he’s in
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GET A LIFE from 5 (I smell a sitcom!) This screening will also feature a Q&A with the co-writer of the film’s César Awardwinning screenplay Tonino Benacquista, so this is not one to be missed for film buffs and fans of French accents alike.
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Your Highness— March 24, signing at Integration Statue at 4 p.m., screening at 7 p.m.
TRON: Legacy, which I have been obliviously calling “TRON 2.0” for some reason until literally just now when I had to write down “TRON: Legacy” (which I assume they went with because, yeah, you can’t murder a legacy), is classic sequel to its core: Who’s young and attractive enough to hop on a light cycle this time around, yet still retains an aesthetic link to the original, beloved 1982 TRON? Jeff Bridges’ son (hence the “legacy”), whose apple doesn’t fall far from tree as he, too, gets sucked inside a cyberpunk arcade game and is forced to compete in a series of weirdly arbitrary games for his life (lives?). Starring Garrett Hedlund, an ultra-hot Olivia Wilde,
FSU and the ASLC will honor our historic Integration Statue this Thursday by holding a meetand-greet next to it with star Danny McBride and director David Gordon Green of the whitest film ever, Your Highness, with a Q&A after the screening. (I mean, think about it: What do white people like? If I had a top 10, Natalie Portman, James Franco, Eastbound & Down, buddy comedies and puns in the titles of things would be on it.) Check our Thursday issue of the FSView & Florida Flambeau for an interview
TRON: Legacy— March 23-24 at 10:30 p.m., March 25 at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. and March 26 at 7:15 and 10:15 p.m.
Jeff Bridges again and Jeff Bridges again again, only this time under a few layers of deeply unsettling, Polar Expresslike CGI, TRON: Legacy also features a score by biggest-DJs-in-the-world Daft Punk, who disappointed a lot of folks by actually writing, well, a movie score. (But, come on, they couldn’t have done just a couple more songs like “Derezzed?”) Beauty and the Beast—March 25 at midnight (Friday night) Not to be confused with the just de-lightful, Vanessa Hudgens-starring gritty reboot Beastly that came out this year, which is difficult to see and not picture Hudgens standing awkwardly naked in front of a mirror the whole time she mugs her way through the movie, Beauty and the Beast is easily one of the best of the princesscentric Disney musicals churned out during its
LOWDOWN from 5 and The Bookmine. Admission: $20 advance, $25 weekend of The second annual Total Bummer Music Festival is a three-day event honoring underground music and artistic gathering. Following a successful launch last year, the fest has grown in size and will be playing host to over 75 acts, including some of Tallahassee’s most beloved local bands such as Little League, Transmuteo, Linus, Brainstorm, Dickkicker, Holiday Shores, Ka Plaa and Jane Jane Pollock. Pre-sale tickets are currently on sale at The Farside until March 24.
Cow Haus Productions Presents: Local Band Extravaganza with Only Thieves, Boss Fight, Andy Matchett & The Minks and Captain—Saturday, March 26, doors 9:30 p.m., show 10 p.m. at The Warehouse. Admission: $5 cover Formed in late 2008, local indie-rock trio Only Thieves consists of Jeremy Barnes (guitar, vocals), Thomas Bacot (bass, vocals) and Marc Zivica (additional guitar, vocals). Since first coming together as a band, the three-piece has released an EP, Greetings from Levy Park, along with their most recent
full-length, Heartless Romantics, in addition to completing relentless tours and garnering attention all over. “Mixing punk rock, some blistering guitars, and Springsteen’s knack for writing compelling and intelligent rock songs, the band has turned in an exciting full-length, that’s both an appropriate follow up to 2009’s Levy Park (speaking of Springsteen…) and a fantastic introduction for those who’ve never heard the band before,” according to Philadelphia’s Examiner. The band will be joined by Boss Fight, Andy Matchett & The Kinks and Captain.
cartoon golden age. The ASLC is also encouraging dressing up as your favorite character for this screening, so I will be reprising my candelabra cos-
tume that got me arrested last summer. You know, I have a lot more jokes for Beastly than Beauty and the Beast. For instance:
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Neo-Soul group lands at the Moon Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings bring old school flavor with new school flair JESSICA MILITARE Staff Writer Reverting to the classic sounds of funk and soul, Sharon Jones & The DapKings continue the Southeast leg of their tour, which includes a stop in Jones’ hometown of Augusta, Ga. On March 23, they will perform at The Moon. Currently hitting the Northeast with label-mate Charles Bradley, they bring with them their auditory spectacle. As revivalists of the prized music of the ’60s and ’70s, their Neo-Soul vibe is set to the use of traditional analogue equipment while recording, detracting from the digitally crisp sound of modern technology. Formerly known as
The Soul Providers, the original group deviated into two separate ensembles, where Sharon Jones joined with The Dap-Kings for their debut. The group has come a long way since their summer residence at a club in Barcelona, where they eventually birthed their first album, Dap Dippin’, with Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, on their label Daptone Records, in 2001. Fast forward to 2007, to when the band backed tracks on Amy Winehouse’s Grammywinning Back to Black, with Jones playing a paramount inspiration in her music. Having joined Winehouse on her first U.S. tour, Jones and her Dap Kings then set forth to record their critically
acclaimed 100 Days, 100 Nights, adamant on rapidly spreading their names. Shortly thereafter, a mountain of publications featured their feisty combination of funk, soul and gospel evoked from the instruments and Jones’ vocals. Riding the festival circuit after their expansive fame, the group also took to late night talk shows for even more exposure, and in 2009, Jones recorded a cover of Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land,” appearing in the film Up In The Air. Three years after their last, with a fourth album under their belt, I Learned The Hard Way has sold 125,000 copies in the U.S. alone, and the group has taken the stages of Conan
O’Brien and Jay Leno, to name a couple. The proliferated buzz of the group’s latest release even caught the attention of legend Prince, who invited them to open his “Welcome 2 America” tour at Madison Square Garden. The band also joined him onstage to sing “A Love Bizarre.” “Real music by real musicians,” Prince has said, as the band also performed at his afterparty. Produced by Bosco Mann, and recorded entirely on a classic Ampex eighttrack tape machine at Daptone Records’ “House of Soul Studios,” the record oozes a kindred similarity to the enlivening days of Motown and Stax Records. The hip-swaying combination of instruments and Jones’ raw vo-
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‘Tosh.0’ definitely coming to Tally, maybe Comedian to tape live show at campus that provides the greatest incentives ERIC JAFFE Staff Writer Comedian Daniel Tosh is taking his popular YouTube-based Comedy Central series, Tosh.0, on the road. The only question is: where? Announced on March 15, the “Tosh.0 Campus Invasion” is an opportunity for students across the country to bring Tosh’s hit series to their respective schools, live and uncensored. It has been quite a competitive month this March for students at Florida State. Breaking the top 20 for not only a sneak peek of the stoner-epic-comedy Your Highness, but also for a Bulletstorm-sponsored Snoop Dogg concert, the Seminoles have had no shortage of soldiers in the frontlines of online voting. Unfortunately, the school is also 0-2, proving that dedication does not always result in victory. With comedian Dan-
iel Tosh’s College Campus Invasion, students may finally secure themselves a victory. Unlike the competitions of months’ past, Tosh’s College Campus Invasion is not based on voting. Instead, students from every university are asked to upload videos of themselves making a case (or pleading) for the show to make an appearance to Tosh’s website for review—a request that several students at Florida State have already taken upon themselves to follow through on. Cases made by FSU students include claims that their university has the best-looking girls, great athletic departments, tons of school spirit and some of the best weather in the country—the same claims made by virtually every school that has entered the contest thus far. “If we’re going to get Tosh to come to Tallahassee, we’re going to need
more of an incentive than just girls,” said FSU freshman Brandon Parliament. “Perhaps we should offer him drugs.” FSU students Jake Icardi and Sloane Wolf offered other incentives. “Tosh [as a UCF alumnus] owes it to himself to come see what a real Florida school looks like,” Icardi said. “He actually described Central Florida as ‘flat, hot, and dumb’; Tallahassee is none of the above.” Wolf, on the other hand, said she will personally offer Tosh a “good time” in exchange for his presence. Do you think that you have what it takes to convince Tosh to come to Tallahassee? Go to tosh. comedycentral.com and follow the link to “Tosh.0’s College Campus Invasion.” A deadline has yet to be announced. Watch new episodes of Tosh.0 at 10 p.m. on Comedy Central
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Special guest to play The Engine Room Electronic musician Daedelus shares his new show at Menace Beach RENEE RODRIGUEZ Assistant Arts & Life Editor Based in Los Angeles, Deadelus is the moniker of experimental electronic musician Alfred Darlington. Currently on tour to promote his latest album, Bespoke, Darlington will be performing in Tallahassee on Friday, March 25, as a special guest at Menace Beach, hosted by The Engine Room. Before his arrival, Darlington took some time out his touring schedule to chat with the FSView & Florida Flam-
beau about his live show, his inspirations and his plans for the future. FSView & Florida Flambeau: I know you kicked off your tour [Tuesday, March 15]. How was the first show? Alfred Darlington: It was really, really good, It was my first time trying my visual show. There were a lot of nerves because it was my first time seeing it, actually [laughs]. I’ve been traveling around a bit and building machinery out here in the States.
It was amazing how it all came together and how people responded. It’s funny how, if you add smoke and mirrors, people see all kinds of things, which is really cool [laughs]. FFF: What are you expecting from the rest of your tour? AD: You know, it’s funny. I don’t think I ever walk into one of these situations with expectations because—my expectations aren’t so solid because of the nature of the way the music industry is.
It’s in a strange situation, and I often feel that being in front of people with the sound is a pure enough act. You always hope that people come to shows and that people respond, but I’m just pretty humble about the fact that anybody comes out. Economic times are tough […] and the fact that people come out to our show on a Tuesday or Wednesday night of the week is very incredible. FFF: You mentioned that a lot of people re-
sponded to your visual show. Did that include your custom-built trigger device that you use, Monome? AD: In part. It’s a similar inspiration. It’s called Archimedes and basically it’s a giant wall of mirrors that moves around on these motors [laughs] and it’s reflecting and refracting light not unlike the squares on the bottom of my usual machine that I use in my live show. It kind of has a similar feeling and fashion.
FFF: You’re known for wearing Victorian-inspired outfits onstage. Is that a matter of personal taste or something intentional for your performance? AD: It definitely began as a matter of personal taste. It’s interesting, you know, when you’re a younger person and you’re presented with this idea of how you want to dress and who you want to be and all these kinds of things… I went through SEE DEADELUS 9
WATERS from 5 done it there a lot,” Waters said. “They really get it. I like being in prisons; they are the only places I ever talk with comfort.” Waters continued to comment on today’s college-aged audiences. “I get older and my audience gets younger, which is very flattering,” Waters said. “It’s the only crossover that really counts in show business. You keep reinventing yourself for the next young audience.” Astute listeners likely picked up on Waters’ clever humor and various references, lest they mistakenly credited his passion for trashy culture with a lack of intelligence. “I never speak down to my audience,” Waters said. “If I mention a writer and you don’t know who it is, tough; go look it up. I don’t try to dumb it down for the audience and explain my humor or explain who I’m talking about. I expect my audience to be fairly smart and I’m never disappointed; they are a smart audience.” John Waters’ biggest hit was Hairspray, which he wrote and directed. The 1988 movie was his only one to receive a PG rating and inspired a Broadway musical that gave way to a popular movie remake. As popular as it turned out, Waters contends it’s not as mainstream as some may think. “I don’t think it followed the rules,” Waters said. “It starred a fat girl who got the hunk guy and that never happens. A man played her mother. Two men sing a love song to each other. More weirdly, it is a comedy about integration written by a white man. I think it probably followed the rules less than any of my movies and, oddly enough,
it became the most accepted. No one seemed to get uptight about any of those things. Now in high school the drag queen and the fat girl get the part. They never got the part before! They got beat up!” Waters is known for his long history of edgy “trash films,” like the cult classic Pink Flamingos. Another name that comes to mind when considering the genre is Quentin Tarantino, famous for movies including Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill and Inglourious Basterds. “Oh, I love Quentin,” Waters said. “I interviewed him onstage last year at the Provincetown Film Festival and he interviewed me onstage at the Writer’s Guild in L.A. We’re friends and I’m a huge fan of his work. He was the first voice that ever came from an obsessive film education that was received in a video shop. He has a fresh voice and I love every one of his movies.” Waters recently appeared in a Saturday Night Live skit, “Do The Creep,” along with Nicki Minaj. Its viral Internet success gave many younger viewers their first glimpse of Waters. “I think the video has 14 million hits or something, which is hilarious,” Waters said. “I can tell when I’m in grocery stores or something the box boy or any blue collar kids always say stuff to me about it. It’s the same thing when children come up to me and only know about me from The Simpsons. On the subway in New York, people know me from the Court TV show Till Death Do Us Part and say, ‘Hey, it’s the Groom Reaper.’ I try to spread out my audience. Maybe
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John Waters performed at Florida State University in the Union Ballrooms on March 18. The event was hosted by the Pride Student Union. if I’m in the Upper East Side, they’ve read my art forum.” Waters attributes the video’s popularity to the habits of the younger generation, spending so much time on their computers. “I guess if I was a young kid, I would be a hacker,” Waters said. “Isn’t that how you rebel now? I certainly don’t want anyone to hack me but I guess hackers are the new juvenile delinquents.” He compared WikiLeaks to the hippie movement of the ’60s, noting they had the same goals but used different methods. “I’m all for using humor as terrorism to just embarrass your enemies,” Waters said. “Nothing in WikiLeaks caused that
much trouble; it was really more of an embarrassment, like if somebody recorded you after you came home from a party with your boyfriend or girlfriend and you’re talking about everybody—it’s that kind of embarrassment, but it doesn’t mean you’re not going to be friends with them again.” With so many creative outlets, it seems it would be impossible for Waters to pick a favorite. “Well I guess it’s making movies, but at the same time, I’m glad I didn’t have that as my only career, because I can’t get a movie made now and it would have collapsed,” Waters said. “It’s all the same. In every career I do, I tell stories. If I could only pick
one it would be writing books because I only need me. I have a great team for proofreading and editing, but still, to write a book it doesn’t cost a budget of $7 million.” Waters loves each one of his movies like a child and says each is a little part of him. While he confessed to love writing, the rumors floating around of an upcoming graphic novel were greatly exaggerated. “I always like to encourage false rumors, but that isn’t true,” Waters said. “I don’t even own a graphic novel. I’m not against them but I don’t know a lot about them. I know what my next book is, but I never tell about a project before I do it, that’s bad luck.”
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DEADELUS from 8 a lot of different things. One thing I learned pretty quickly is that there a very few options for men— they can pick cargo jeans or normal jeans [laughs]. That’s the decision for most dudes. I found that I liked Victorian-era fashion so it was a matter of personal taste and then eventually it became kind of professional. When you go to a show, do you want to see someone who looks like you up onstage? Sometimes that is good to see yourself projected up there, but when I go to shows, I want to be taken on a transcendent experience to a degree. FFF: That’s interesting, considering your moniker was inspired by Greek mythology. AD: When I was a kid, and this goes prior to the Victorian thing, I was really obsessed with invention and the idea of being an inventor. When kids ask you, “What do
you want to be when you grow up?” I always said, “Being an inventor.” It’s a foolish thing for a fiveyear-old to want to be [laughs]. I didn’t have that many skills and I wasn’t showing much aptitude toward building things at a young age, but the passion remained until the Greek mythological tie-in with Daedalus, who was the greatest inventor of the ancient age. I became aware of Daedalus and what that kind of meant. Of course, the Victorian era is partially known as the golden age of invention with a number of world-changing ideas that came forth. It was something that totally changed the face of humanity basically, in terms of communication or travel.
trated inventor. I think I make a better arch villain than an inventor [laughs]. Raising my fists against the sky and damning humanity, little things like that [laughs].
FFF: So do you think you’ve fulfilled that dream of being an inventor with your music? AD: No, sadly. I think I’m quite a failed and frus-
FFF: Who were some of your influences growing up? AD: Musically, I found myself with a lot of jazz and classical music, initially. That really isn’t healthy stuff for a younger person to be into [laughs]. It’s very ostracizing going to jazz clubs and trying to be part of the jazz scene. I was playing a lot of bass at the time and I ended up following that for quite a while. It’s fun, musically, but socially, it’s a little awkward and so I was following two different paths. One was classical and jazz, and the other one was some punk, but mostly indie-rock and goth music—stuff like that. Even more dominantly, when the time came, electronic
tour was Florida First Lady Ann Scott. “I really enjoyed the opportunity to visit the Baroque painting exhibit at the Brogan Museum,” Scott said. “What a beautiful way to experience Italy right here in Tallahassee.” Scott’s attendance, as well as many others’ from the local government, was a strong sign of public support for the arts. County Commissioner John Dailey emphasized living in one of the few communities that hasn’t reduced cultural funding. Pride seemed to be the
theme for everyone involved in the project, especially for Museum CEO Chucha Barber and her staff of only 13. “This is such an exciting moment in the history of the Brogan Museum,” Barber said. “Those who work here believe that today’s exhibit fulfills the dreams and visions of the museum’s earliest founders.” Barber, a three-time Emmy Award winning television producer, also sees the exhibit as a catalyst for trade and economic development and an important resource for students.
music changed my whole everything. It helped me out pretty bad. FFF: Did you discover that while you were studying jazz at USC or was that before? AD: It was a little bit before. It was actually one of those wonderful things where there were some record stores that were in my area as a kid and I’d be going off to see them, wanting to know more about it, having a little pocket change, buying it and then having it be these weird, electronic, rave records from the early ’90s and starting to see slightly into a huge world that was going on mostly overseas in the U.K. at the time. FFF: What are some of your passions? AD: Beyond the other silly things like the Victorian era and Daedalus, passionately, in terms of music, I think there’s that
intersection where rhythm and melody can join and make this sort of synesthesia/synthesis of something bigger where melody is rhythm and rhythm is melody. It can be confusing—I think there’s a lot of casual listeners who might encounter my music and find it off-putting, which I totally understand and I feel slightly guilty of sometimes having weird rhythmic complications [.…] I’m just a sucker for it and I know a few other people are too, so it’s more for them, I guess. I don’t know—it’s silly business, I shouldn’t go too deep in the psychoanalysis [laughs]. FFF: What are your plans for the future? AD: Well, touring is all I can see in my line of vision right now. I do have a lot of new music that I’ve been working on at home, but I’m not so good at doing music on the road, so I’m going to
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work on those skills eventually. Also, this live show is just the very beginning of itself—the possibilities for the visual aspect are very strong and we’re still figuring what’s capable in terms of machinery and where we can take it, so that’s like a weird, great project in the making.
BROGAN from 5 what specific paint colors were made out of. Many of the pieces represent a transition from artists painting what was expected of them to what they actually saw as real. Portrait pieces, for example, sought to capture the true character of subjects. Nine paintings were carefully restored just for this occasion. A video on the restoration process revealed canvasses being repaired stitch-by-stitch and surfaces being restored with the precision of a Qtip. In the front row of the
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First Lady Ann Scott listens to the explanation about the different types of Baroque art at the Mary Brogan Museum on March 16.
The exhibit also would never have happened without the original idea and passion of Rotary Fellow Trish Hanson, COO for the museum. During her studies in Milan, it was her goal to rescue the collection from a warehouse in Milan and bring them to America for the first time ever. “I can’t believe it has happened,” Hanson said. “It’s been a lot of work and collaboration. I hope that surrounding universities and communities realize its importance.” Consul General of Italy Marco Rocca came from
Miami to take part in the preview event and spoke as well. The event correlated perfectly with the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy on March 17, Rocca noted. He thinks it’s the perfect time for the exhibit to open, and that it is important for Italy as well. “Baroque Painting in Lombardy from the Pinacoteca di Brera” will be available for public viewing until July 20. The museum intends to host a variety of lectures and programs to support the exhibit. It will also be part of the museum’s ThinkQuest project to provide more effective learning tools for teachers and students. The Brogan museum was the second in the world selected by the Oracle Education Foundation to participate
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Top: Florida State players rub head coach Leonard Hamilton’s head after a third-round NCAA Southwest Regional tournament college basketball game in Chicago on Sunday. Florida State won, 71-57. Below left: Guard Deividas Dulkys celebrates after the win. Below right: Bernard James goes up for a shot in the first half of the game.
FSU locks down Notre Dame to advance to first Sweet 16 in 18 years BRETT JULA Sports Editor Cinderella may have died in a number of college towns on the first weekend of the NCAA tournament, but she’s very much alive in Tallahassee. Cinderella’s next stop? San Antonio, Texas and the Sweet 16. Behind a stifling defense and Bernard James’ 14 points and 10 rebounds, No. 10 seed Florida State (23-10) continued its run through the Southwest Region with a convincing 71-57 victory over secondseeded Notre Dame Sun-
day night at the United Center in Chicago. The win advances the Seminoles to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1993, where they will meet tournament upstart and No. 11 seed Virginia Commonwealth—who is making its first Sweet 16 appearance in school history—in one of two Southwest Region semifinals. The Irish entered Sunday’s game winners of 13 of their last 15 games and one of the hottest teams in the nation, but it was the Seminoles who looked like a tournament favorite right from the start. FSU
raced out to a 23-11 lead on a Luke Loucks threepointer—one of seven the Seminoles hit in the first half—and led 34-23 at the half. Florida State, which has had its share of offensive problems throughout the year, picked the right time to give arguably their most efficient offensive performance of the season. The Seminoles shot 22-of-49 from the floor and took care of the basketball, only turning the ball over 11 times—seven below their season average of 18. But perhaps more im-
pressive than their offensive play was their continued dominance on defense. FSU, the topranked defensive team in the nation in terms of field goal percentage, limited Notre Dame (27-7) to 31.7 percent shooting and an ice-cold 7-of-30 performance from the threepoint line. Further, the Seminoles effectively shut down Big East Player of the Year and the Irish’s leading scorer, Ben Hansbrough. The senior finished with 18 points—right at his season average of 18.4 points per game—but many of
those points were scored when the game was well out of reach, and Hansbrough scored just six points in the first half on 1-of-5 shooting. Notre Dame refused to go quietly, however. Following a Michael Snaer three-pointer that put Florida State ahead 52-29 with 13:04 left, the Irish went on an 11-0 run to come within 12 at 52-40, but it would be the closest they would get, as the Seminoles played Notre Dame practically even the rest of the game, outscoring the Irish 19-17 over the final 8:06 to seal the vic-
tory. Notre Dame’s Tim Abromitis led all scorers with 21 points. Joining James in double figures for FSU was Snaer with 13 points and Derwin Kitchen and Okaro White with 10 apiece. The victory for FSU further dented what was a demoralizing opening weekend for the Big East. The conference that placed a tournament record 11 teams into the tournament field will only have two teams playing in the Sweet 16, while three of the ACC’s four bids will play on into the second weekend.
Women’s basketball cruises by Samford Seminoles impose will in first-round tournament victory over Bulldogs ERIC ZERKEL Staff Writer Success in the first round of the NCAA Tour-
nament is beginning to become a regularity for the Florida State women’s basketball team. The third-seeded Semi-
noles (24-7) got 23 points and 13 rebounds from junior forward Cierra Bravard, and Florida State won its first-round game
for the seventh consecutive year as they cruised by No. 14 Samford 76-46 Sunday night in Auburn, Ala.
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CRUISES from 10 bowing out to eventual champion Connecticut. The Seminoles have at least lived up to their expectations for one round, making easy work of the overmatched Bulldogs and sending Samford home disappointed after their firstever NCAA Tournament appearance. The Bulldogs (25-8) had no answer for the inside presence of Bravard, who helped the Seminoles build a 27-10 rebounding advantage in the first half. Bravard continued her rebounding and scoring barrage into the second half despite playing limited minutes. Bravard was a key component of a Seminole frontcourt that controlled both the boards and the pace of the game. Samford was out-rebounded 52-23 for the game, allowing the ’Noles multiple second-chance opportunities throughout the game. Also key to the Seminole victory was defense. Samford entered the game fifth in the nation in 3-point shooting, but were held to
just 26 percent from beyond the arc, going 5-of-19 from 3-point range. The Bulldogs couldn’t buy a basket early, shooting under 20 percent most of the game, until a late run of baskets pulled their shooting percentage up to an abysmal 26.9 percent—a season low. Florida State had trouble shaking off the rust of a long layoff from game competition early in the game. Samford kept the Seminoles within single digits in the first half, until a Bravard layup with 4:30 left in the first half put the ’Noles up 10 points. The Seminoles would extend that lead to 34-21 after senior Courtney Ward hit a buzzer beater to end the first half and give FSU further momentum heading into the locker room. Ward, one of just two seniors on a young Seminoles roster, displayed key senior leadership with 13 points— nine of which came from behind the three-point line. In the second half, a stifling defense led by At-
lantic Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Year Christian Hunnicutt allowed the Seminoles to pull away for good. The baskets began to fall for Florida State, as they went on a 17-6 run to increase their advantage to 28 at 5830. Samford made a late push, making four consecutive 3-pointers, but Florida State countered with two Hunnicutt threes as well as excellent play off the bench from Chelsea Davis, not allowing Samford to edge any closer. Davis finished with 13 points off the bench, rounding out the scoring for Florida State. Emily London led all Samford scorers with 14 points. With the victory, Florida State advances to the second round and will await the winner between No. 6 seed Georgia and 11thseeded Middle Tennessee State. Second round action will tip Tuesday, March 22, at 9:30 p.m., which will be the final game played in Auburn.
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Rafael Lopez and the Seminoles finally came out on the right side of an extra-inning ballgame on Sunday, defeating Virginia 12-11 in 10 innings.
Baseball defeats UVa Sunday in 10 innings to snap three-game losing streak NICK SELLERS Assistant Sports Editor After suffering an extrainning loss to Florida last Tuesday, the drama continued for No. 4 Florida State when they travelled to Charlottesville, Va., to take on the No. 5 Virginia Cavaliers for a three-game conference series. After enduring two more extra-inning defeats—a 4-3 loss on Friday a 5-4 loss on Saturday—the Seminoles (16-4, 4-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) rebounded on Sunday and took the final game of the series 12-11, in extra innings no less. On Friday, the Seminoles sent ace pitcher Sean Gilmartin to the hill to face off against Virginia’s Danny Hultzen. Gilmartin went 7.1 innings, allowing five hits and three runs. Hultzen was not to be outdone, striking out 12 Seminoles while allowing six hits and three runs in seven innings of work. The ’Noles gave Hultzen problems, earning more hits and runs off the Cavaliers’ No. 1 starter than any team was able to muster in Hultzen’s four previous starts. “We were definitely happy with the way we started off,” FSU senior Mike McGee said. “We were swinging at pitches we should have
been swinging at and not swinging at pitches we shouldn’t. We were making [Hultzen] work for everything he was getting and I was proud of the way we played. It’s just one of those things that didn’t work out.” The winning hit came in the bottom of the 11th, when Steve Proscia hit a single off FSU reliever Daniel Bennett, sealing the Seminoles’ second straight defeat in walk-off fashion. “We played well, didn’t make an error, got more hits than the other club and lose it 4-3,” FSU head coach Mike Martin said. “How do you explain it? It’s just baseball.” The heartbreak continued for the Seminoles on Saturday, as they sent sophomore right-hander Scott Sitz to face UVa’s Tyler Wilson. Sitz provided a career-high seven innings of work, allowing just four hits and three earned runs. The Seminoles roughed up Wilson in the fourth inning, clawing their way back from a 2-0 deficit and scoring three runs in the frame, all coming with two outs. Seth Miller and Justin Gonzalez—both of whom had an RBI—and Taiwan Easterling, who had a sacrifice fly to give the Seminoles the lead, led the charge. Miller led all Seminoles on Saturday
with three hits. The ’Noles took a 4-3 lead into the ninth, but following two walks and two hit batters, the Cavaliers (19-2, 5-1) were able to score the tying run with two outs and force extra innings. After a scoreless 10th inning, Jared King hit a solo home run, the first of his career, to secure the 5-4 victory for Virginia. “We’re waiting on a game to end with an out, not a walk-off,” FSU junior outfielder James Ramsey said. “It’s important that we do keep sticking to what is tried and true; what’s got us here as a program, just hard work and playing together.” All that hard work paid off Sunday, when the Seminoles were finally able to steal a victory from a resilient Virginia team in what was a rollercoaster affair. The Seminoles went to extra innings for the fourth consecutive game, but this time emerged with a victory, scoring three in the seventh inning, four in the eighth and riding a Rafael Lopez solo home run to victory in the 10th and final inning. McGee, who was unavailable for Saturday’s game, closed out the 10th for FSU on Sunday. Florida State returns home for a game against Stetson on March 23, followed by a three-game series against Wake Forest.
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Christian Hunnicutt (5) helped Florida State limit Samford to a season-low 26.9 percent shooting in their 76-46 defeat of the Bulldogs at the Auburn Arena in Auburn, Ala., on Sunday.
Softball takes down Wolfpack Wild victory on Sunday leads to series win over N.C. State ERIC TODOROFF Contributing Writer The Florida State softball team had their eyes on turning around their road struggles in their ACC opening series in Raleigh, N.C., and the Seminoles did just that against the N.C. State Wolfpack. The ‘Noles split a double header against the Wolfpack Saturday, winning the first game 3-2 and falling 4-2 in the second, but FSU won the decisive third game in the series by a score of 7-2 to clinch the series victory. The action began Saturday afternoon, where senior catcher Jen Lapicki was the sole source of the ’Noles’ offense, as
she launched a three-run home run over the centerfield wall in the top of the sixth inning. N.C. State fought back with one run in the sixth and another in the seventh. Sarah Hamilton showed poise and did not allow the attempted Wolfpack comeback to affect her performance and completed the game. Hamilton only gave up two late runs on two hits and struck out nine Wolfpack batters in the victory. In the second game of the double-header, the Wolfpack jumped on Morgan Bullock and tacked on three runs in the first inning highlighted by an Alyssa Albritten two-run triple. Florida State bat-
tled back with two runs in the third, but came up short as Morgan Peeler dominated the Seminole bats, as N.C. State went on to earn the 4-2 win. Sunday’s matinee proved to be the most exciting game of the weekend. In the bottom of the first, Sarah Hamilton recorded two quick outs and then walked Bridget Desbois. Alyssa Albritten followed by scorching a triple down the left field line that scored Desbois. Albritten would also cross the plate during that sequence on an error by shortstop Ashley Stager. The Seminole bats were held quiet until the top of the fifth inning when Robin Ahrberg homered over
the center field wall. Stager made up for her error in the top of the sixth inning by hitting a solo home run to equal the score at 2-2. In the top of the seventh, Ahrberg struck again, homering over the center field wall for a second time to put the ’Noles into the lead for good. Rattled by the go-ahead home run, the N.C. State
defense had a meltdown of sorts, as they committed two errors and allowed Florida State to tack on four more runs as the Seminoles cruised to a 7-2 victory. Sarah Hamilton finished off the game recording her second complete game in as many days. Winning this series on the road should be a con-
fidence booster for the Seminoles as the season progresses. Florida State travels back to Tallahassee for a mid-week contest to take on the Florida A&M Rattlers on Wednesday and then travel back to North Carolina to take on the Tar Heels in Chapel Hill, N.C., in a three-game series this upcoming weekend.
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Georgia State no problem for Seminoles Women’s tennis bounces back from loss with 5-2 win over Panthers HARRIS NEWMAN Contributing Writer The No. 35 FSU women’s tennis team refuses to go under, as they came into a sunny St. Patrick’s Day and dominated a streaking Georgia State team to remain above the .500 mark. The Seminoles (6-5) have had shaky play as of late, juggling wins and losses for over a month now. A rough run through Florida—when they lost three of four in-state matches—and their most recent loss to Clemson evened their record at 5-5, dropping the ’Noles to 10th in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Thus, a win versus a hot Georgia State team, who had an eight-match winning streak before a recent loss, was of paramount importance. The doubles point for the Seminoles was a hardfought one yet again, as that is how many of them have shaped up to be this season. Senior Katie Rybakova and freshman Manon Veldman set the tone early with an 8-4 victory on court three. Senior Federica Suess and sophomore Noemie Scharle continue to have trouble finding a groove, as they lost their match 8-5 to the No. 76 team of Tereza Lerova and Kir Kemp on court two. It was left to Florida State’s hottest duo to clinch the point, in which sophomore Francesca Segarelli and freshman Ruth Seaborne did just that, winning 8-6 on court one to give the 1-0 edge to Florida State. This win was the duo’s third win in their last four doubles
matches. After a grueling doubles point, in which all three matches consisted of 12 total games or more, the Seminoles regrouped and came out on fire in singles play. Ruth Seaborne began the romp with a quick 6-0, 6-1 win over Vi Troung on court five. No. 46 Rybakova upped the score to 3-0 when she defeated Katerina Gresova 6-2, 6-1 on court three. The match was clinched
by none other than the player who, arguably, needed a win the most. No. 66 Scharle, who went 8-1 in the fall season, has struggled lately, as she came into the Georgia State match with four straight losses under her belt. The sophomore answered strongly to that, though, as she beat Georgia State’s only ranked player, No. 115 Abagail Tere-Apisah, 6-3, 6-3 on court two. Freshman Manon Veld-
man could not catch a break, as she faltered on court six at 6-4, 6-3 to give Georgia State (9-2) their first point. Federica Suess went three sets in her match, eventually losing an embattled 10-7 tiebreaker to tighten the score at 4-2. Francesca Segarelli, who was rebounding after losing to her highest ranked opponent this season against Clemson, would ensure the Seminoles ended the afternoon on a high
note. After the Seminoles allowed Georgia State to pick up two more points, Segarelli closed the door on court one decisively in her second and third sets. Despite dropping the first set 6-4, Segarelli stormed back, losing just one game in her final two sets to win 4-6, 6-1, 6-0. Inconsistency continues to be the underlying mark for Florida State’s season. The team can show flashes of brilliance, like in their win over Georgia
Tech, and then flop soon thereafter, like against instate rivals Florida and Miami. This was an important win, nonetheless, but performance must be at its highest level for every single match if they hope to qualify and make a deep run in this season’s NCAA tournament. The Seminoles hope to maintain the momentum as they travel to No. 46 Virginia Tech and then No. 11 Virginia on March 26 and 27, respectively.
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Farewell to DOMA? Hope Will Never Be Silent CAMERON GAUTHIER Staff Writer Currently, the Democrats in both houses of Congress have put forth a bill titled the “Respect for Marriage Act” that aims to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that was passed in 1996. It is currently one of several personal freedom-limiting laws that conservatives are clinging to, but it may be approaching the end of its 15-year existence. Recent polling suggests that only about one-third of Americans support the bill and over half are in favor of its repeal. Our mahogany Speaker John
Boehner, along with the ever-disconnected Republicans who only accept polling, data, science and Bible passages that support their arguments (all others are erroneous, obviously), has already voiced opposition to the repeal of the law. Earlier this year, the White House decided to stop defending the law, part of which was ruled unconstitutional by a federal district court judge nearly a year ago. Boehner criticizes the Obama administration for opening this “divisive issue” at a time when the “American people” are more concerned with jobs and the economy. While I agree that the economy and the unemployment rate are currently of highest concern, it’s also ob-
vious that conservative concerns for both issues at the national level are feigned. Our Congress is effectively useless and their lack of ability to reach an agreement on the budget is not amusing. I accept that both parties need to make concessions, and the politicians need to accept that neither side is going to get every single thing exactly the way they want it. I will note that I am proud of our state legislators for reaching across party lines (on some issues) despite the fact that our rogue governor undermines the significance of the legislative branch of government. To address Boehner’s feigned concern about the distractions raising such
an issue: It will only be as big of a distraction as he makes it. If a majority of people support its repeal and the courts won’t defend it, dragging the issue out for an entire year (or years) of debate and filibustering will not change the end result. So why waste the time? Republican legislators and governors around the country seem to be in favor of blasting laws through the legislature without debate or revision, so why don’t they apply this sentiment to laws that might actually be beneficial to the social wellbeing of the country? I know for a fact that not all Republicans are against same-sex marriage, so why would they obstruct the repeal of such a law? The an-
swers to these questions are unfortunately simple: They want to avoid being defeated by the polarized group of extreme bigots known as the Tea Party in the primaries, and it would destroy the “groupthink” vibe the Republicans are currently trying to pull off. Economic issues are of great concern, but if Congress could pass anything at all, aside from a monthlong budget extension, it would at least show the voters that they are not a completely useless legislative body. I fully extend my criticism to both parties for their lack of ability to come to an agreement on the budget but, for the past 3 years, Republicans have done nothing but
obstruct. They have proposed no real solutions; they have only said that what the Democrats are proposing is wrong. DOMA is wrong. It is a violation of our freedom of religion (and freedom from religion), and based on ignorance, fear and an unfortunate (but likely intentional) misinterpretation of biblical texts by people who are merely searching for a foundation on which to defend their bigoted viewpoints. Mr. Boehner has shed tears while recalling working in his father’s restaurant. I now ask him to shed tears over a real issue: the fact that millions of Americans are treated as second-class citizens simply because they are who they are.
Keeping sight of Haiti THE BROWN DAILY HERALD EDITORIAL BOARD Brown U. via UWIRE We, like the rest of the international community, are horrified by the destruction in Japan. Search and rescue teams continue to work around the clock to find missing people while the country deals with emergencies at its nuclear power plants. Just yesterday, the chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission called radiation levels “extremely high.” Meanwhile, Japan’s citizens must try to pick up the pieces after losing their homes and loved ones. We know that, however painfully, Japan will rebuild from this horrible
tragedy. But that such wreckage can happen in such a rich country is appalling and still somehow shocking. As the international community sends its prayers and turns its attention to the people of Japan, we wanted to readdress the aftermath of a disaster in a country whose economy, political institutions and infrastructure are far more vulnerable: Haiti. Over a year has gone by since an earthquake hit Haiti in January 2010, and the nation remains in shambles. While Japan ranks third in the world in gross domestic product, Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, exacerbating an already difficult situation. Over one million people in Haiti are still displaced
and live under tents as their only means of shelter. While aid from the international community was vital in the initial relief period, Haiti has yet to make significant inroads in its long-term recovery. Last October, the country experienced an outbreak of cholera, likely caused by problems in hygienic infrastructure and water supply. Further, allegations of fraud and vote-tampering marred December’s presidential elections. Protests around the country against the elections turned violent and produced many casualties. The university responded promptly and decisively to the destruction in Haiti. Just a week after the earthquake, it formed
the Brown Haiti Crisis Response Committee that encouraged donations— including a union with Partners in Health— scholarly lectures and disaster relief. Last March, student groups on campus raised $25,000 for Haiti relief. This past fall, Brown committed to increasing “educational partnerships” with groups in Haiti and started the BrownHaiti Medical Exchange and the Brown Haitian Studies Initiatives.
With another crisis now present, and with all of the commitments the university has made, it is natural to pat ourselves on the back and direct our gaze elsewhere. But Haiti was poor even before the earthquake. We urge university officials to continue to sustain and increase our partnership with the agencies and people of Haiti. Japan, just like Haiti, will need a long-term recovery plan after the ini-
tial relief. Just two weeks after the Haitian earthquake, CNN reported that donations had decreased over 50 percent, and recovery workers noted that “after the initial response, care from outside Haiti has markedly decreased.” It will take an extremely long time to rebuild infrastructure in both Haiti and Japan, and thus our community must make a long-term commitment to both.
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Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is an 8 -There’s a double rainbow after the storm. From this perspective, you can appreciate the beauty of those seemingly insurmountable obstacles earlier.
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Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7 -- Your natural talents and imagination could persuade you to arrogance. Let your light-hearted affection triumph over nerves and give a stirring performance.
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Today is a 9 -You’ve put together something of great originality and talent, and imagination feeds your creative need. Things happen fast, so speed up the dance.
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Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 7 -- You’re strongly grounded in a creative pursuit that calls to you. Details may hold anxiety, which can be dispelled with imagination and independent action. Think outside the box.
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Today in History
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 7 -Go somewhere fun with the kids after work: the park, a movie ... have an adventure of some kind. Let your silly side out. Create something together.
On March 21, 1806, Mexican statesman Benito Juarez was born in the state of Oaxaca (wuh-HAH’-kuh). On this date: In 1685, composer Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, German In 1804, the French civil code, or the “Code Napoleon” as it was later called, was adopted. In 1907, U.S. Marines arrived in Honduras to protect American lives and interests in the wake of political violence. In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan began a four-day conference in Bermuda. In 1960, about 70 people were
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 9 -- Brilliant ideas abound, and the pace is quick. You delight in beauty, and it’s springing forth like new clover. Play with it, and capture those ideas with a brush stroke.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is an 8 -- Your easygoing and vibrant enthusiasm creates charisma that attracts. Don’t give in to stage fright. Let your imagination feed your original talent.
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Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 7 -Do unto others, as you’d have them do to you. Push your own artistic boundaries by seeking hidden beauty in the mundane. Create for no good reason.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 7 -- There’s plenty of action at home, and maybe even some chaos. Try something new today, out of the familiar routine. You may discover a new career skill.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 7 -- Take time to lie down and look at clouds. Don’t let other people’s stress get to you. A cloud weighs as much as a whale, yet it floats above effortlessly.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 7 -- It’s time to go, even if it’s just a trip outside to breathe in the fresh air and appreciate beauty. Or you may want to travel far, by plane or through the pages of a novel. Nancy Black and Stephanie Clement, Tribune Media Services
killed in Sharpeville, South Africa, when police fired on black protesters. In 1965 more than 3,000 civil rights demonstrators led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. began their march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala. In 1972, the Supreme Court, in Dunn v. Blumstein, ruled that states may not require at least a year’s residency for voting eligibility. In 1982, Michael Donald was abducted, tortured and killed by members of the Ku Klux Klan. (A lawsuit brought by Donald’s mother, Beulah Mae Donald, later resulted in a landmark judgment that bankrupted one Klan organization.)
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Today’s Birthdays: Singermusician Rose Stone (Sly and the Family Stone) is 66. Singer Eddie Money is 62. Rock singer-musician Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) is 61. Rock musician Conrad Lozano (Los Lobos) is 60. Rhythm-and-blues singer Russell Thompkins Jr. (The Stylistics) is 60. Comedy writer-performer Brad Hall is 53. Actress Sabrina LeBeauf is
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