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Herald By and for the students of Hobart and William Smith Colleges

FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2010

VOLUME CXXXI ISSUE 25

GENEVA, NY

Founder of Peace Studies Visits HWS By Tim Hollinger ’11 Herald Contributor

Alexandra Hennedy/Photographer

Lead singer and guitarist of State Radio, Chad Urmston, with bassist Chuck Fay and drummer Mike Najarian rock out the Smith last Saturday, April 17.

State Radio Rocks the Smith

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Johan Galtung, the founder of the discipline of peace and conflict studies, visited the Colleges on Tuesday, April 20, and spoke of looking for more creative solutions to conflict resolution. “If no one says it today, it will never happen,” proclaimed internationally renowned peace activist Dr. Johan Galtung, speaking in the Geneva room on April 20. Galtung, the author of over one hundred books, founder of the International Peace Research Institute, and visiting professor at

Columbia, Princeton, the United Nations University in Geneva, and more than 30 other universities in 5 continents, spent the day giving HWS students, faculty, and staff, lectures, advice, and anecdotes from his archetype career in conflict PEACE continued on Page 2

By Will Abbott ’13 Herald Contributor “The Warren” (wabbott.wordpress.com) State Radio rocked Smith Opera House to the delight of hundreds of HWS students on Saturday night. The selfproclaimed “Knights of Bostonia” were the marquee band of the year and they killed a two hour set from start to finish. From head-banging to crowd surfing, HWS reveled in State Radio’s weekend performance.

State Radio is led by former Dispatch front-man and lead guitarist Chad Urmston. Following his break up from the Vermont-based band of the 90’s, Chad formed State Radio in the name of musicianship and political activism. State Radio’s content is highly political, RADIO continued on Page 6

Herald Staff Visit The New York Times By Carrie Stevens ’12 and Rebecca Dennee’10 Herald Contributors

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The Broadway musical “Wicked” recently came to Rochester and, as part of the HWS Road Trip Series, Hobart and William Smith students were able to go for the small price of $20 and the cost of lunch on Sunday, April 19.

HWS Students Had A “Wicked” Time In Rochester By Belinda Littlefield ’11 Editor in Chief When the HWS Road Trip Series released its list of events for this semester, included were a ski trip, the opening day of the Rochester Red Wings, and a trip to see the acclaimed Broadway musical, “Wicked” in Rochester, NY. The tickets were only $20 plus the cost of lunch and within two weeks they were sold out. A group of forty students took a bus to Rochester, where they lunched at The Gatehouse, a gourmet burger and wood fire pizza café. Conversation was exchanged and

Photo courtesy of: Rebecca Dennee

a multitude of pictures were taken of attendees, the surrounding area, and the artistic mall that the restaurant was located in. After an hour of idle time, in which students were allowed to wander around the immediate area, students again boarded the bus for the five-minute trip to the Rochester Civic Auditorium. When students took their seats, there were some complaints about the distance of the seats from the stageWICKED continued on Page 6

Campus Happenings

A&E

SASS Presents: Pakistan Art

Kick- As s R e v i e w

Just A Pinch of Nutmeg

Glee’s 2 nd Se a s on

Hobart Celebrates 188 Years

Book of t he We e k

Moving Up Day

Mo v i e T i me s

Sports Editor Carrie Stevens ’12 and Campus Happenings Editor Rebecca Dennee ’10 attended a conference for college newspaper editors that was hosted by The New York Times. On Monday April 19, Herald editors Carrie Stevens ’12 and Rebecca Dennee ’10 attended the New York Times Editor’s Workshop amongst 40 other students from colleges around the country. In attendance were students from Wesleyan, Goucher, Hampshire and other colleges and universities that extended as far as Southern California. Notable speakers during

the day included Jenna Wortham, a blog and technology writer; Mireya Navarro, a metropolitan news reporter; and Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist, David Barstow. Wortham discussed her career path and time at Wired. com, which lead to her position on the Times staff. Her job involves HERALD continued on Page 3

Opinions

Sports

Free Speech Keeps Everyone Honest

Russian Olympiada

Be the Change You Want to See Go to Moving Up Day!

Hobart Secures Seneca Cup Upcoming Games End of the Semester Count-Down


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