WEDNESDAY | 12.7.11 MaceandCROWN.COM | Vol. 53, Issue 11
The Ted Melts Down with 96X Norfolk Hosts a Night of Indie-Rock
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Tug of War: Displaying the Ten
Commandments By: Janah Stokes Staff Writer A Southwestern Virginia public school is battling for the right to display the Ten Commandments. A student and the students’ parents came forward with complaints about the Ten Commandments being posted in a Giles County public school. The complaint states that the presence of the Ten Commandments infringes on First Amendment rights by portraying an outlet for one religion to be practiced. Jessica Womack, junior sociology and criminal justice
The 96X Morning Show team opened the Winter Meltdown at the Ted Constant Center with an introduction of the bands to come and presented the first act. The morning show also mentioned a Facebook giveaway. Anybody could login using a smartphone and throughout the show could be given the location of a hidden meet-and-greet pass. Phones lit up left and right in the crowd immediately following. On December 1, Young the Giant was the first act to open on the main stage, as Difference Days opened on the “Late Late Rock” stage thirty minutes prior. They played popular songs such as “My Body” off their self-titled album. The lead guitarist used his
pedal board to the fullest, using heavy chorus and delay effects. Next, on the main stage, was Taking Back Sunday who opened with “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” originally performed by Judy Garland. They continued with many hit songs with frontman, Adam Lazzara, doing his usual microphone swinging across the stage in all directions. The band appealed to the crowd, with most fans knowing the words to their songs. Lazzara announced they would play two more songs. The band only played one song before Lazzara dropped the microphone at the end of the song and stormed off stage, leaving the crowd confused. They ended with “You Got Me” off their new self-titled record. Following that performance was Foster the People, who threw a heavy drum beat to start a great crowd re-
sponse. They played all songs from their self-titled album. Their set consisted of four keyboards/synthesizers, drums, two extra large floor toms, and various guitars and basses. The band used every instrument to lengthen the sound of their melodies. The Los Angeles based threesome, was highly energized, having been the only band to change up one of their hit songs, “Pumped Up Kicks,” to a synthesized and percussed song with little vocals, which left the crowd cheering for one more. On the “Late Late Rock” stage, a Manhattan based Grouplove performed to an extremely packed room. Mallory Schneider, a senior English student at ODU said, “I liked Grouplove the best, they peformed on a Continued on B2
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student said, “if I was in a secondary school, I probably would have just looked at it and acknowledged it, but I would not have made a big deal about it. I wouldn’t be offended, but I see why someone else would be offended, especially if Christianity isn’t their religion.” According to the Washington Times, the Ten Commandments have been displayed in all of the county’s schools for a decade, before complaints in December. “The school shouldn’t push religion down students’ throats; if you’re going to post the Ten Commandments then you should post other religious documents as well. They’re wrong for dismissing their claim like that because everyone isn’t a Christian and shouldn’t have to experience it. They make such a big deal about not teaching how God created everything but then they make a big deal about having the Ten Commandments in school. That doesn’t make sense,” said Shane Rivera, a junior history student at Old Dominion University. Residents who supported the displays were highly dissatisfied with the removals of the documents. About 200 students in Giles County participated in a walk out this spring to act out against the removal of the Ten Commandments. “This is Giles County, and Christ is a big, big, big part of Giles County, for those who don’t like it, go somewhere else,” said a student in court documents. The school board restored the religious document, and Continued on A3
Travesty in Pakistan NATO airstrike on Pakistani check post was monumental communications failure
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By: Derek Page News Assistant
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Ties between the United States and Pakistan have sunk to a new low after a NATO airstrike killed 24 Pakistani soldiers last Saturday, Nov. 26. The incident occurred at a Pakistan-Afghan border when a joint USAfghan operation came under fire and called in NATO helicopters for support. Unnamed Afghan officials reported Afghan commandos and U.S. Special Forces were operating on the Afghan side of the border when incoming fire from the direction of the Pakistani posts forced them to respond accordingly. “It was a very sad and unfortunate
incident to hear of. My family felt very sorry about the human loss in the attack,” said Muhammad Fahim, a Pakistani graduate student at Old Dominion University. Fahim believes it will “increase the pressure on the government to step back from the US alliance. On the other hand, it will increase support for the militants, which will increase pressure on the military operations. Subsequently, it will increase the already tense relations.” Wajid Kahn, a student at ODU and native of Pakistan, expressed his reaction to the debacle. I felt “a sudden feeling of sadness and anguish.” Pakistani officials conceited the asContinued on A3