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Herald By and for the students of Hobart and William Smith Colleges
VOLUME CXXXIV ISSUE 4
FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2012
GENEVA, NY
Remembering the Japanese Tsunami: An Update One Year Later By Morgan Gilbard ’15 Opiniond Co-Editor After 19,000 deaths, 3,000 missing people the plant was significantly damaged by the think the people of Fukushima are fools.” and $4.9 billion in relief efforts, March 11 quake and subsequent flooding, resulting Skepticism regarding the Japanese marked the anniversary of the devastating in an eventual meltdown of equipment and government’s approach to the situation tsunami that struck Japan last year. Memorial subsequent explosion that released massive continued to rise after the appointed health services were held across the country, and a amounts of radiation. official for the Fukushima case, Shunichi minute’s silence was observed at the local time Worldwide concern followed, but subsided Yamashita, repeatedly stated that exposure of 2:46 p.m. “I hope all Photo Courtesy of thaiphong.wordpress.com to 100 millisieverts of the people will keep the radiation a year was safe. victims in their hearts,” However, studies have said Japan’s Emperor found that cancer risks Akhito at the gathering in substantially increase Tokyo, according to BBC after annual exposure News. Prime Minister to 100 millisieverts of Noda concluded the radiation, and that lower ceremony with promises levels can still have to rebuild so that Japan cacogenic effects, but just can be reborn “as an even cannot be proven. better place.” “Government officials Over the past year, the should all come live in Japanese government has Fukushima for several proposed several plans years and bring their of reconstruction, but families. They’re all with adamant opposition staying in places where from both local branches it’s safe,” said Fukushima and people, the nation resident Kouta Miyazaki, remains in ruins and who had to abandon his universally unsatisfied farm after the nuclear with the lack of progress. disaster, in an interview Tadateru Konoe, with the Huffington Post. President of the Japanese Offering his regards, a Buddhist monk remembers and prays over “We’re being told to get Red Cross, even accuses debris from the 2011 tsunami that changed Japan forever. radiated and drop dead.” the government of Despite positive contributing to the “mental sufferings” of after scientific analysis concluded that risks comments that the Fukushima radiation is victims by failing to execute an adequate plan of radiation were quite low for anyone living less than the 1988’s Chernobyl disaster in for the future. In a statement to the Telegraph, beyond a 12-mile radius of the plant. However, Ukraine, the Japanese are still transitioning to Konoe said, “I think that should be the very even those living beyond that “no-go” zone in a way of life that is less reliant on the central start of everything. So one year has been wasted Fukushima are encouraged to take precautions, government and taking matters into their own in that sense because they haven’t been able to such as refraining from going outside, eating hands. According to the Huffington Post, Shouji reach any consensus.” locally grown food, or drinking tap water. Nishida, the mayor of Date, a city adjacent to In addition to the burden of rebuilding “The government spokesman keeps saying Fukushima, argues that the Japanese must a nation, many Japanese still live in fear over there are no immediate health effects,” Yoshiko adjust their expectations regarding radiation the future effects of radiation emitted by the Ota, a nursery school worker and resident of levels in the coming years. “We are defining Fukushima nuclear power plant after the Fukushima, said to the Huffington Post. “He’s policies to live and coexist with radiation,” said earthquake and tsunami. Machinery within not talking about 10 or 20 years later. He must Nishida.
Hobart Senior Joins Local Music Scene By Jolyne Kane ’14 Herald Contributor When asked how songwriter played for an he got into performing, audience of students and Nate Ginnetty, a Hobart locals alike on March 8. senior English major and The set list included covers Russian Area Studies such as Ignition Remix by minor explained, “I grew R. Kelly and Passion Pit’s up with a very musical Sleepyhead. family. There was constant Ginnetty explains he music playing in our house doesn’t have a favorite and I think even while I genre of music, although was in utero.” he is partial to bluegrass Ginnetty has been as well as 90s hits, which singing for most of his life, explains the different including at church with songs he chooses to his family which he claims, perform. When asked “really made me want to how he chooses which learn to play and perform.” songs to play during a Years later, Ginnetty and show, Ginnetty replied by his brothers still sit down explaining, “I have a core and play together for hours Photo Courtesy of Christian Scully of originals and covers on end. Coming from such that I like to perform, Senior Nate Ginnetty ’12 performs at Eddie O’Briens on March a musical family, Nate but every night I try out taught himself to play the 8. A musician since his young childhood years, Ginnetty still a few additional tunes guitar as well as the banjo, enjoys playing music along with other family members. and gauge how they are which he recently inherited received.” from his “Banjoist Supreme” grandfather. Ginnetty will perform on March 30 at Rochester Brewing Although Ginnetty has been playing the guitar and banjo for Co. For more information on other upcoming performances like his just seven and four years each, respectively, the local music scene has facebook page “Nate Ginnetty” or follow him at www.purevolume.com/ been abuzz about the Hobart senior. Ginnetty has recently performed NateGinnetty. at several local spots including Eddie O’Brien’s, where the singer-
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