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College politics resurge Mark Weitkunat

Tracy Weckwerth

Staff Writer

It seems like everywhere a student goes on campus these days, they hear or see at least one thing that has to do with politics.

Perhaps it is the heat of the election that is coming up. Part of this resurgence is because of the reformation of the political party organizations right here at Carroll.

Their main goal is to educate the masses of Carroll College and get people to vote for their respective parties.

The Carroll College Democrats, reorganized this year by freshman and President Jake Velleman, have this goal in mind.

“Although past years have seen relatively inactive political organizations on campus, it was recognized that this year’s election represents a critical time for change,” said Velleman. “Members of our group, since the school year started, have attended campaign rallies, traveled to St. Louis for debate events, attended house parties, worked in the downtown office, met celebrity activists, and done visibility work in the Waukesha area.”

The Carroll College Demo-

Senate race tightens Staff Writer

Photo by Jill Ridenour

Carroll College Democratic Party President Jacob Velleman and Carroll College Republican Party President Tyler Hahn rally up support for the candidates in the upcoming election.

crats have been an active voice during the election and have done a lot to help out candidate John Kerry.

The College Democrats, with support from the Milwaukee and Waukesha coordinated campaign offices, are wrapping up aggressive on-campus projects, headed by sophomore and Vice President Robin Lawrence.

The Carroll College Republicans are doing their part to help the President return to office with the president of the group, Tyler Hahn, also a freshman, in charge.

They have participated in various

campus events to rally support for George Bush and similar outside events. Hahn was unable to be reached for comments.

Lawrence said, “During the democratic primary last year, there was little talk of politics on the Carroll Campus. It is very surprising to me, that this year, you cannot walk to class without seeing or hearing something about politics.”

“The College Democrats and the College Republicans have See College Politics Page 3

As the presidential election nears, voters should also take note of Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate elections.

Senator Russ Feingold is seeking a third term in office while businessman Tim Michaels is seeking a first time win. There are different facts that students should be aware of before they go to the polls.

Feingold is aiming three main points to students and education.

“The goal Senator Feingold has for students is standing up for quality education,” said Max Gleischman, deputy communications director for the Feingold senate committee.

“Not only is he standing up for students, but he is standing up for young people.”

The main points that the senator is currently supporting are expanding Pell Grants, working for Wisconsin’s students and ending scholarship fraud.

Increased Pell Grants create assistance for more low-income students to pay for college. This is currently one of the Senator’s

top priorities. At this time Senator Feingold has already led a bipartisan coalition to raise the Pell Grant and hopes to raise the grant again in 2010. In 2003 he was able to introduce an amendment stating that the Senate is on record for supporting this grant increase.

Also in 2003, Senator Feingold announced with Senator Kohl that Wisconsin was being awarded Upward Bound grants.

This is funded by the Department of Educations TRIO program which assists low-income families with students planning to go to college. This goes hand in hand with the Senator signing the International Academic Opportunity Act of 2000 allowing low-income students to study abroad while attending a U.S. college or university.

Finally, in November of 2000, the President signed the College Scholarship Fraud Protection Act which was sponsored

by Senator Feingold. This law protects students by making more information available about scholarship scams and allowing students to get more See Senators Page 3

Political representatives travel to Carroll Jennifer Wright Staff Writer

Students with different political backgrounds packed into Room 124 in the Campus Center on Tuesday, October 5, to sit in on what is sure to be a memorable discussion about politics.

Guests included Nick Boerke, representing President George Bush and the Republican Party, and Ryan Alexander on behalf of Senator John Kerry and the Democratic Party. Boerke and Alexander each threw out jabs at their opposing party throughout the discussion. “[President] Bush has an initiative that he calls the ‘Healthy Forest Initiative’ that is complete garbage,” said Alexander.

“It’s a law that allows logging companies to log trees that are not the property of the corporations—they are yours.”

“George Bush makes the environment a priority when it is an issue,” said Boerke when

referencing President Bush’s environmental policy.

“Although he is spending more money on national security, that’s what the priorities are right now,” explained Boerke. “We need to defend America before we can start cleaning up the air.”

After the lively discussion about the environment, debate shifted to issues that impact Carroll College students, such as college options and the affordability of college.

“The Bush administration puts a huge emphasis on education and believes that every American should be able to go to college and every American should graduate from college,” said Boerke of his party’s stand on education. President Bush “puts the most amount of funding into student grants than any other administration prior to this one.”

“The Bush administration is allowing students to apply for grants in private schools, and that way you have more options.”

Senator Kerry approaches higher education differently than the President. He has two key plans that will help make college affordable.

Senator Kerry will offer up to a $4,000 tuition credit for every year of college. Along with the tuition credit, he will offer aid to schools that keep tuition affordable.

The second plan, Alexander said, states that if students give “two years of public service to [their] local, state or federal government and doing something that helps out your community. The Kerry administration will give you four years of college tuition.”

When asked how Kerry will reimburse the tuition credit, Alexander said, “The plan is to roll back the tax credit to the wealthiest.”

Tensions grew greatly when the war in Iraq became a key topic of the evening.

“I don’t know what Kerry wants,” said Boerke sarcasti-

cally after a student asked when each candidate plans to bring troops stationed in Iraq home.

“The troops will stay there until the last second [the president] needs them.”

In order for the troops to return home safely, Kerry wants to bring in an international coalition and NATO, and train the Iraqi National Guard. If this plan is accomplished, Kerry hopes to bring our troops home within six months of completion.

Another concern is about the possibility of initiating a military draft. Currently, there are two bills introduced in Congress (H.R. 163, S.B. 89) that would make it mandatory for all those who are “between the ages of 18 and 26 to perform a period of national service.”

Boerke says that this is “just a scare tactic.” The Bush administration has publicly said that the draft issue is a rumor floating on the Internet.

“Our troops are stretched incredibly thin,” said Alexander.

“There are people in the House and the Senate talking about [the draft] right now, so it is not a scare tactic.”

By the end of the hour, a lot of issues were discussed and students recognized the tension in the room.

“I think that between the kids there was not much tension, but between the two parties there was,” said freshman Breana Reichert. “The republican was more on the defensive it seemstrying to defend the presidency now as it is.”

Prior to the discussion, freshman Kristin Sasse wanted to know about each candidate.

“I want to learn a little bit more about where each candidate stands,” said Sasse. “I want to be more informed so I can make a more informed decision.”

After sitting in on the discussion, hopefully students including Sasse, were able to make up their minds about which candidate to vote for in the November 2 election.

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The Haunting Season As Halloween approaches, vampires and witches seem to show up everywhere. Don’t forget to take time out of midterm schedules to enjoy a little scream.

Haunted houses have been set up all across the Waukesha-Milwaukee area and would love for new

Crime Beat

Bear Milne Features Editor

Thursday, October 21, 2004

Campus Safety 10/2/04 A car antenna was reported taken from a vehicle parked in Lot 1 near Kilgour Residence Complex. The theft was believed to have taken place between 10 p.m. on Oct. 1 and 12:30 p.m. on Oct. 2.

10/3/04 Several people were taken into custody from the Bergstrom Residence Complex by Waukesha police on suspicions of possession of a controlled substance.

10/4/04 Responded with Waukesha EMS to a medical emergency at Van Male.

Subject was transported to hospital by their parent.

10/4/04 Campus Safety discovered that a rear window of a vehicle was broken while the vehicle was parked in Lot 5. The window was damaged between 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 3 and 1:05 p.m. on Oct. 4.

10/4/04 Took report of annoying phone calls to a student in New Hall. Waukesha Police were also involved.

10/5/04 Took report of the theft of license plate validation stickers from a vehicle in Lot 6. A male in his 20’s with dark skin fled the area after being observed taking the stickers. The male was wearing a dark jacket. Police and Campus Safety were unable to locate the subject.

10/8/04 Took complaint of a reckless driver in Lot 9.

visitors to send a hoot or holler.

Carroll organizations have also arranged for some charity fundraising to be done during the trick-or-treat season. Keep an eye out for a way to have some fun and help others all at once.

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10/10/04 Took report of damage to a motorcycle located in Lot 1 near College Avenue. The gas line on the bike was damaged as well as several other small items.

10/12/04 Responded with Waukesha EMS to Maxon Hall for a medical emergency. One person was transported to Waukesha Memorial.

10/13/04 Took two reports of theft from Otteson. AV equipment was taken from two locations in the building. Thefts were believed to have taken place during the overnight hours from the 12th to the 13th. A report was filed with Waukesha Police If you observe suspicious activity on campus, please contact Campus Safety at (262) 524-7300.

On-campus escorts are available 24-hours-a-day by contacting Campus Safety or by using an exterior blue light phone.

News from Another Perspective Compiled by:

Melody Koney Staff Writer

Test Intended to Leave Students Behind …

After two weeks of anxiously waiting, immigrant students separated into special English Learner classes in Richmond Hill High School in Queens will finally receive their test scores. These scores determine if they are able to join the regular public school classes or are required more time in E.S.L classes to become more fluent in English. This previous year, only 4 students out of 600 who took the ‘New York State English as a Second Language’ exam passed it, even though more than 60 of those failures already passed the State Regent’s Exam in English, the state’s standard for college-bound students. Once again this year, to their horror, only 4 people passed the exam.

“How does the state expect us to have a better education,” one of the pupils wrote in an assignment to evaluate America’s education.

“I’m experiencing this problem along with many others who are stuck in E.S.L even though they want to get out of this. I know students from the mainstream who don’t even know how to communicate with others; they use words like ain’t, nothin, yo, etc. And here we have this horrifying test to take in order to get into mainstream classes. What kind of state education is this?” The state decided to use the immigrants as guinea pigs because the test had

never been taken before and they said New York would get to take it for free. If the goal is to not pass students into the mainstream then the test is definitely working. While 20 percent passed the Language Assessment Battery two years ago, only 7.5 percent passed the new exam. To pass the new test, a high-school junior must score 71 of a possible 74 points - the equivalent of 96 percent.

To graduate high school they only need 65 out of 100 points.

(NYTimes.com) Fed-Up Students Cry SOS with video…

After dealing with broken tiles, leaking pipes, and so many mice (21 caught in the principal’s office over the summer alone), the students have begun to name them. The students finally decided that their high school in Ellicott City, Maryland, needed help. Inspiration came to 16year-old Patrick Gilbert during a Computer Science class when he looked up just in time to see a tile panel cave in and water gush from a broken pipe down onto the unlucky students near him. When his friend, 15-yearold Ryan Tompkins, told him of plans to do an investigative report on conditions at the school for a television production class, Gilbert gladly signed on to help.

The teenagers unveiled their project last week at a hearing on the school’s system capitol budget.

Their video takes viewers on a tour of the school and its flaws.

Inside the boys’ locker room,

several locker doors are bent or rusty. Some lockers don’t even have doors at all. The curtains in the auditorium are ragged, and one curtain is held up by duct tape. The video also shows two temperature readings inside the school on the same day, one is 52 and the other is 94. “Our physical plant here is crumbling,” Gilbert says in the video. “To say it doesn’t reflect our spirit and pride is quite an understatement.” The video has made some impact on the school in the week since it was shown. The bathroom doors now have locks.

(WashingtonPost.com) Student’s Senior Photo Banned …

The school board in Londonderry, New Hampshire, has voted to ban a photo of a student from the senior section of the yearbook because he is posed with a shotgun, and they thought it was inappropriate. They tried to compromise with student Blake Douglass by letting him have the photo published in a “community sports” section, and a new photo without the gun, but featuring other elements of skeet and trap shooting, can appear in the senior section. “I don’t see anything wrong with the picture,” Douglass, 17, said at the hearing. “I just want my senior picture in the yearbook.” Penny Dean, Douglass’ lawyer, said she intends to file a complaint in U.S. District Court, with the National Rifle Association paying for the court case. (WashingtonPost.com)

Thursday, October 21, 2004

The New Perspective

Enrollment exceeds housing

Senators: on education Continued from Page 1

Craig Maniscalco Staff Writer

Every Year, Carroll College’s incoming freshman class grows larger, and with that, space on campus is becoming a more pressing issue for both students and administration. Currently, a record 630 freshmen are attending Carroll, an increase of 105 from last school year.

“This is the 12th consecutive year that Carroll has met or exceeded its enrollment goals,” said James Wiseman, vice president of enrollment.

However, with growing admission, both living space and classroom space are becoming a growing problem.

There are eight residence halls available to students at Carroll College. There are four basic coed-by-floor residence halls, which house 629 students in 178,000 square feet of floor space. Steele and Swarthout Halls were last renovated for the 2001-02 school year, and North and South Bergstrom Halls are renovated as needed. Kilgour, a traditional, all-girls residence hall, houses 144 women. New Hall, a suite style residence hall, houses 178 students on 3 floors.

The other two options are Charles House, a small residence hall for upperclassmen with a minimum 3.0 G.P.A., and the College Apartments, which house 112 students in two units: Carroll Street Apartments and College Avenue Apartments.

Of the roughly 2,200 undergraduates currently attending

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legitimate sources for scholarship opportunities.

With all of these facts, Gleischman stated, “Senator Feingold is doing what he can to have a student receive the education they deserve.”

Michels also directs part of his campaign to college students.

When asked what main thought he would like to have for students attending the polls he responded with, “I believe the word would be leadership.

I have first hand experience with job opportunities through my company and when Carroll College students will be seeking jobs after their education, I would be the candidate who would know the right steps to take. I understand that students are mainly

seeking a chance. I want to be that senator to give them that opportunity.”

“I’ve seen first-hand how tough it is for parents to save enough money to help further their children’s education. That’s why I believe that not only should we continue to allow savings for education to grow tax free, but we should also make sure tax-free withdrawals for education become permanent,” added Michels.

When it comes to Election Day, students should keep in mind that there are two sides to every election. As Michels said, “I believe the best education comes from the home, is enhanced at school and provides equal opportunity for all children.”

More information can be found at either www.russfeingold.org or www.michelsforsenate.com.

College politics Continued from Page 1 Photo by Nicole Groszek

Houses like this one located on Wright Street help to alleviate increased population on campus.

Carroll, housing has room for 1,090 students. Last year, possible solutions were discussed, but never finalized. One idea that consisted of a residence hall addition connecting the East ends of Steele and Swarthout to create 169 more beds and 25 parking spaces, was proposed but never made it past that stage for many reasons. One such reason

is the possibility of community members getting upset at the idea of altering property in an historical district.

“We’ve tried to look at different options for housing,” said Director of Campus Services, Rick Jessen. “We don’t have any options for the immediate future.”

helped to make this school more informed, a giant step from last year,” said Lawrence. “As the vice president of the College Democrats, I believe that we have done our part in increasing the awareness around school.”

“It is out of our hands though. It’s up to the Carroll students and the rest of America to decide which group’s work will end up fruitless.”

Speaking as a sophomore republican and your everyday student, Tim Beimal said, “I think it is encouraging to see

how interested most people are in politics today. I have always been told that if you don’t vote you are silencing yourself.”

“Strong opinions are good to have,” said Beimal, “but some people take them too far. I’ve found that these kinds of people only have negative things to say.

Their political choices are driven mainly by hate for the opposing candidate or party.”

Hopefully with the resurgence of the political parties at Carroll, it will encourage more people to vote and spark a greater interest in the future. Get out there and vote.

Potential Carroll scholarship seeks approval Kristen Anne Assistant News Editor

There is currently a debate among college campuses nationwide regarding the need for diversity scholarships. Carroll College is one college that is tackling this debate.

“What kind of message do we want to send?” asked Dolores Brown, director of cultural diversity.

“Diversity is important, but the diversity scholarships set people apart.”

Multiple surveys have been sent to Carroll students of all races, asking their opinion on the issue of such scholar-

ships. The campus population appears to be split nearly down the middle, regardless of the backgrounds of the survey participants. Students want to be recognized for their academic abilities and skills. The thought of receiving a scholarship for being part of a minority group even offends some students.

Incorporating the students and their opinions, Carroll College and the college’s attorney have decided to steer away from singling out a minority, since it could be considered discrimination.

Instead, Brown is working to start a scholarship program for the underprivileged. These scholarships will be inclusive to

all students regardless of their races, genders, and backgrounds, but will be based on income.

The goal for establishing this new program is set for the fall 2005 semester.

“We want students to come here [Carroll College] for our environment,” said Brown, “but income can be a major barrier.”

Brown stressed the importance of enrollment for the right reasons.

Carroll College has a lot to offer its students, including a safe, friendly, personal environment. According to Brown, income should not restrict a student from choosing Carroll.

The newly proposed scholarship will enable students from a low-

income background to make a wise decision about the college they attend, regardless of the cost of tuition.

“It is a fair [concept],” said sophomore Amanda Kohn, “because underprivileged families are less likely to get loans for fear of repayment.”

As always, students are also encouraged to seek financial help through all other sources available.

Carroll College honors 100 percent of all outside scholarships that students may receive.

Such scholarships could fall into the diversity category.

Carroll’s goal is to accurately reflect the Waukesha community, which contains a 6 percent

diverse population. Brown said that this year, Carroll’s population is roughly 5 percent diverse and 2 percent international. The goals of diversity in Carroll’s enrollment are slowly becoming a reality.

“Bottom line, diversity is relevant to everybody,” said Brown. “Today, there is no 100 percent pure-bred race.”

Since today’s society consists of a mixture of races, the line dividing the population into eligibility for a diversity scholarship is near impossible.

“Everybody is special in my opinion,” said Brown. “A scholarship exclusive to income, not to background seems fairer.”

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The New Perspective

Pet Peeves

Please read from left to right Tracy Weckwerth Staff Writer

It seems to be known that at times people need directions. It has become common knowledge that as people we are not programmed to know everything.

Despite some people feeling that they have gotten the hang of anything that comes their way, it isn’t wrong to ask for a little instruction. Look no further than the backs of certain products that assist you in using whatever you have purchased.

There are many products out there that you naturally need instructions for. But how many times has a person come home and looked at the backs of either boxes or bottles to find pointless instructions for the most obvious use? It’s endless.

Upon first glance in a grocery cart you can find common items such as toothpaste, soap and shampoo. Every product contains instructions.

One would like to think that such items would be self explanatory.

When it comes to toothpaste, shampoo and soap the thought would be that people are practicing good hygiene. If parents have raised their children properly, they would obtain the skills they need to know without it being necessary to look at a package. According to the label on certain toothpaste, a

person should be “supervised as necessary until capable of using without supervision.”

This to the common person would probably be necessary for a child.

Could anyone really think that someone wanting to brush their teeth would need to start using the buddy system? I took it upon myself to contact the company to ask why there were directions and why it was necessary. The company wished to be anonymous but did state that, “Brush twice a day and you’ll know your teeth are cleaner and your breath will be fresher around the clock.”

Apparently reading the instructions is to prevent someone from swallowing too much fluoride and dying. This statement is mainly aimed towards children.

Why not put that on a children’s toothpaste and leave adults to fend for themselves? Shampoo and soap are two other products that one would like to think are known by numerous people on how to use. Work into lather, rinse, repeat as necessary. Does this really need to be written on a box? Not really, but unless it is written someone may get confused in the shower or bath and become very upset with not knowing what these cleansing products are for.

One would like to think that I am not the only one who thinks there are products with stupid instructions. When junior

Kyla Bahr was asked what has instructions that are definitely not necessary, she took no time in responding with, “Christmas lights. Open box, plug into electrical outlet, enjoy Christmas time fun.” This definitely has Merry Christmas written all over it.

The absolute biggest disgrace on instructions would be Redi Whip. Not only is there a three step process on the best way to use this, but there are photos.

The right way to enjoy the topping on your pie, or the wrong way which then makes your dessert topping becomes a weapon of whoever holds it. A warning to not shake the product once previously shaken was tested just to see what malicious act would occur. Let it be known that nothing happened except the pretty design was changed a small bit.

These are definitely not the only products with instructions that are not necessary. Obviously it doesn’t seem like it would be that big a deal, the manufacturers are simply trying to help people.

But what is the point? Who actually takes the time to read these instructions? How is this helping if no one pays attention in the first place? Sometimes a waste of time isn’t totally worth it. Although asking why there are instructions on a product box can get you free samples of toothpaste. I suggest you try it.

Thursday, October 21, 2004

Kerry claims recession Tyler Hahn Staff Writer

So, how is our economy anyways? Well, if you would believe everything the Kerry campaign would have you believe, you are probably under the impression that we are in the midst of a second great depression. I have news for you, WE ARE NOT! In fact, the recession ended well over 2 years ago! While the economy certainly is not perfect, it is strong and getting stronger. Kerry and other Democrats have politicized the issue, and have used flawed figures from liberal thinktanks to propagate their misinformed message. The only rectification for flawed figures, is to use accurate ones. So, here they are: The economy started it’s downward trend 6 months before President Bush got into office. Unemployment was on the rise, and the market was coming down. 9/11 happened next, which hugely impacted the economy (that is why the terrorists chose it, it was a symbol of capitalism The economy has grown at an annualized rate of 4.8 percent in the past year, as fast as any year in almost two decades Productivity has grown at the fastest 3 year rate in 50 years.

Since last August nearly 1.9 million jobs have been created.

The unemployment rate has fallen from 6.3 to 5.6 percent, below the average of the 1970s,

1980s and 1990s. This job growth shows that widespread employment over the last year was up in 41 of the 50 states, and the unemployment rate was down in 47 of the 50 states. Real after-tax incomes are up by 11 percent since December 2000.

This increase is mostly due to the President’s tax relief and is substantially better than those following the last recession.

Home ownership rates are at record levels nearly seven out of ten American families own their own home today.

Minority home ownership set a record level in the second quarter of this year, 51 percentthe highest... ever. You go Bush.

Household wealth is near a record high. Yes! Consumer confidence is up from the levels seen at this time last year and is in the upper third of its historical range. Inflation remains low by historical standards, as do mortgage rates.

Poverty is down under Bush.

For his term so far the poverty rate is 16.8 percent, the average for Clinton? 19.7 percent. Ouch.

Now to debunk the false claims Senator Kerry has been using.

Kerry said “Nearly 1.6 million jobs have been lost under this president!”

Well if you are looking at only the service sector then Kerry would be close to right. However See Recession Page 5

Politically Speaking

Elections and politics: The other fall classic returns

Greg Rabidoux, Ph. D. Staff Writer

No need to reach for my electronic calendar gizmo from sprawl-mart (not sure how to program it anyway) because, dear friends, I am certain what time of the year it is...again. The days are darkening about the time I finish lunch, the nice man on television reminds me it’s cold and flu season, the Packers are again staking their future on Ol’ Number Four and my beloved Red Sox are finding new ways to break my heart. And just about the time I had forgotten about Al Gore’s “Lock Box,” the Floridian “Hanging Chads” and Dubya’s claim of “Fuzzy Math” another presidential election looms just around your local polling place corner.

The race for the White House this year has already produced its share of memorable moments, thoughtful phrases and fun for the whole family. Below are some of my favorites, and, as the great Bob Hope was fond of saying, I hope they’ll soon become your favorites

as well.

Most Memorable Line: While there has been no clearcut winners, like “Fuzzy Math,” Bush-2000) or Ronald Reagan’s “Well, there you go again” putdown to opponent Walter Mondale (1984), or inspired language like “Ask not what you can do for your country…” from JFK(1960), my top 5 picks for election year 2004 are; 1–Flip-Flop—Sort of a “there you go again” type quip, the political equivalent of waffling. Once it was clear that Senator Kerry was going to oust all rivals and become the Democratic party nominee the RNC began pouring a flood of money into early attack ads to ensure the political tide was against Kerry in the minds of many Americans. So effective was this line that Kerry’s wife Theresa Heinz is rumored to have accused hubby John of “flip-flopping” when he said he was having second thoughts of appointing her as UN Ambassador (caution-I may make stuff up from time to time, me and Dan Rather).

2–Jobs of the 21st Century First we had Reagan’s “Morning in America,” then Bill Clinton’s “A bridge to the 21st Century,” now we have President Bush’s slogan of “Jobs for the 21st century.” Now, if President Bush could just not feel the need to either preface and/ or end every sentence with “jobs for the 21st century” I might be inclined to actually ask (or care) if there is really more to this slogan than well, just the slogan part.

Sadly, I am not and still do not.

My reasoning is explained below in my #3 pick.

3–”No Child left behind.”

When I first shared this with a colleague who teaches abroad he obviously misunderstood this Bush slogan as he kept asking me why the Republicans were so focused on children’s bums (“behinds”). Were they trying to reinstate corporal punishment?, aka, “stop misbehaving naughty school-kids or I will paddle all of you...and the Supreme court can’t stop me.” No, I replied, it has more to do with standardized testing and making sure kids can at least have minimal reading, ‘riting and ‘rithmetic skills so they can be ready for the “jobs of the 21st century.” Will the 21st century jobs require lots of minimal reading, my colleague asked. No, but Karl Rove (Advisor to Bush) says that Americans will believe anything and ask no probing questions if you say something often enough and include visuals of the President with firefighters and stirring music. Do you believe that, my friend asked. No, but I try not to say that too loud, one of John Ashcroft’s agents may be close by.

4–”Wrong war, wrong place, wrong time.”

This actually could sum up most of our foreign policy postworld war two. Seems our good intentions somehow always get pulled off course. Korea, Vietnam, Somalia, Beirut, Nicaragua, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq. A mixed bag at best. Thank goodness for Grenada. Anyway, this is

my #4 pick mostly because the Kerry team just doesn’t seem to have as many memorable “zingers” as the Bush team. 5–”The most liberal Senator who is really, really, we mean really good friends with Teddy Kennedy and if I forgot to say it please remember that he is the most liberal member of the Senate.” (aka, the “L” word) *Honorable Mention: The other “L” word. Okay, gang here are the puzzle pieces, you put them together. President Bush with full support from Dick Cheney calls for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. The Cheney’s have a daughter who is a lesbian who would forever be restrained from having a legitimate marriage with her partner. It’s a sin to the sanctity of heterosexual marriage, cries Laura Bush. John Kerry mentions the Cheney’s daughter in Debate #3 by way of supporting the need to “be yourself.” The Cheneys and Bushites are furious. Yeah, the sheer hypocrisy of it all, hey?

Final Category: 5 Election year items I wish I had never seen (or heard).

1–Laura Bush hugging Theresa Heinz-Kerry. Sort of like Kathy Lee Gifford hugging Kelly Ripa, a nice thought, but who really believes it could (should) happen?

2–Jenna Bush “confessing” that Papa Dubya made her “peanut-butter and jelly sandwiches” when she had braces!

Embarrassing for all involved.

Perhaps this is one “mistake” the President should finally admit he

made.

3–John Kerry saying something or other about “first I voted for it and then I voted against it,” while denying any #1 pick.

We all have brain freeze but this was admittedly a rather frosty moment for that “really, really liberal Senator” whose friends with Teddy Kennedy (Gosh, it does work after all)!

4–President Bush trying to answer a question about tribal “sovereignty.” (Curious, e-mail me and I’ll send you to the web-site).

Let’s just hope Native Americans have a sense of humor.

5–Dick Cheney, aka, “Dr. Doom,” again warning of the “hundreds of thousands” of Americans that will die in a possible nuclear-related terrorist attack in one of our urban centers...to his own party loyalists. Okay, we get this too. I wish we could all spend chunks of our week at “undisclosed locations.” Sadly, this too, is impossible.

Finally, before I sign off, let me implore all of my readers to get out and truly vote your conscience. We actually all have a great deal to be proud of and celebrate despite the fact that my Red Sox are again falling to the “evil empire.” Send your regrets my way, please. Like I said earlier, it’s that time of the year again, isn’t it?

Agree? Disagree? Just wish your roommate would make less noise in the morning? Let me know your views at grabido@cc.edu. Dr. Greg Rabidoux is an assistant professor in the Department of Politics.

Thursday, October 21, 2004

The New Perspective

Eat Jimmy’s World

Curse you gravity

Jim Verbick Staff Writer

That is it! I’ve had it! I hereby declare war on gravity.

Gravity is a menace to society and this tirade must come to a close before another victim is claimed. “Why my sudden hate toward the force which keeps my feet on the ground,” you ask? Well, recently I was participating in intramural flag football when gravity cast the final stone. I was going out for a pass, but when I spun around to catch it I lost my footing and fell. When I hit the ground, I tried to catch myself but sprained my wrist in the process.

You may have noticed me walking around campus with my wrist wrapped in an Ace bandage. Another such incident occurred last year when I was walking down the sidewalk along East Avenue toward the Otteson parking lot. When I was in front of the Chapel, I rolled my ankle on the edge of the sidewalk and sprained it. I am a klutz, therefore a frequent

victim of gravity’s wrath. For a klutz living in a world full of stairs, lofted beds and uneven sidewalks is the equivalent to someone who is allergic to water working at Noah’s Ark as a life guard.

This campus is ripe with gravity ambush points as well as victims of these points. One such victim is Stacy Murrin, a junior here at Carroll. She was playing ultimate Frisbee last year when she rolled her ankle off the edge of a sidewalk in front of Rankin Hall. “Gravity is not my friend,” said Murrin. “I don’t hate gravity, it hates me. It hates me with a vengeance,” she said with a sad nod of acceptance.

Ever since gravity’s discovery, it has scorned mankind; bringing an apple to come crashing down on Sir Isaac Newton’s head.

I feel your pain Stacy, but you don’t have to sit back and tolerate this. Everyone says that without gravity we’d just float away, well I think they’re lying.

Fish deal with weightlessness everyday underwater and we don’t hear them complaining about it. Why should a fish live better than us? Fish have no arms or legs, therefore are insufficient to humans. Enough with gravity, it’s time to revolt!

We need to make a movement of tying many helium filled balloons to our belt loops. We must show gravity that no longer will we bend over and take it, but rather we will float off and stick it to that menacing law. Gravity has indeed generated a force … and that force is named Jim.

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Old Farts Corner

When autumn descends upon us …

Steve Van Dien Staff Writer

I just discovered an infallible method for determining fall’s arrival.

Not the coming of magnificent natural colors, or the baseball playoffs, or Homecoming. Nor those mechanical Halloween ghouls at Walgreens that growl “Come back here!,” making you want to kick them across the aisle, though what you really want to kick is the jerk who invented the damn things.

Nope. I know that it’s fall because I can reach the second floor of Ganfield Gymnasium (which naturally has no elevator) for my afternoon class without becoming a gelatinous mass of sweat.

Of course, fall is also schizophrenic. Just when you’re convinced that full-time jacket weather is here, the season will toss you a 75-degree day, making you reach for your swimsuit. Yet the following night might become so chilly that you wake up at 2 a.m. with your teeth clattering like castanets.

But despite its mental ill-

ness, autumn always fulfills a vital chronological purpose: it arrives when the year has matured.

Paradoxically, it’s also the most beautiful season. (No, don’t tell me the most beautiful season is spring. That whippersnapper’s warmth always suggests the Super Glue-sticky summer around the corner.) Well, maybe it’s not such a paradox. Many people are almost too good-looking in their twenties and thirties, until their looks fully ripen in middle age, or even later. I’m thinking of Paul Newman, Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer, Vanessa Williams, Mel Gibson, me—(Whoops, pardon my typo.)

So it is with fall. While driving to Madison on Saturday, I passed a luminescent rainbow in the trees and bushes: orange, peach-lemon, emerald-green, green-gold, burnt amber, fireengine red. It’s much the same on campus. As I write, the trees and lawns around New Hall and Rankin Hall are a gorgeously glimmering kaleidoscope.

Even the sky has a different cast. Now the heavens have a mellow, inviting tone, as if to say everything’s OK, relax, don’t worry, be happy.

The autumnal loveliness of this state almost compensates for its generally crummy weather, high taxes, the Brewers’ ineptitude, the Bucks getting stuck in the playoffs (if they get there at all), and the annual worry about Brett Favre’s arm. But our appreciation of fall’s beauty is tempered by our knowledge of what will follow—the year’s terminal illness, also known as winter.

That season, to be sure, brings some good stuff, like pumpkin pie, candied yams, turkey and ham with fresh biscuits and gravy, plus Christmas candy-cane cookies, not to mention adventures under the mistletoe.

But winter also treats us to ugliness, displeasure, danger, and even despair. The dazzling leaves will descend from the trees, turning their former homes into skeletons. The once-vibrantly green grass is already becoming a dirty yellow-brown. The recurring chill in the air that makes House Blend and Fair Trade coffee taste even better will sharpen, until we’re cursing our stalling cars and steep heating bills. Melting, slippery slush will cover Rankin Hall’s too-narrow staircases, requiring a vice-grip on the banisters to preserve life and limb.

Worst of all, we shall soon suffer the tortuous four-month gap between the World Series and spring training.

Fall, therefore, reminds us of many things. Beauty, however extraordinary, cannot last forever.

Death is inevitable. We can’t keep putting off those final-exam projects. We’d better make sure that the winter coat and gloves have no holes. We have to put antifreeze in the car, then get ready to leave it even farther from campus after Nov. 1, when winter restrictions on street parking kick in (curse them).

Yep, all that is coming. But fall also reminds us to appreciate the good while we may, and the colors are still stunning. So, dear fellow students, let us revel in the splendor of the season.

Recession: Why Bush’s Control does not equal protection economy is working Bear’s Tales

Bear Milne Opinion Editor

Sometime last week a commercial aired about AOL and parental control. This isn’t going to be a rant about AOL by any means, but it’s the control issue.

NO, scratch that, it’s the “protection” issue.

It seems that Americans are more insecure now then they’ve ever been, and it’s interesting.

Back to the commercial, this mother enters this AOL board meeting to suggest different things that she wants to better regulate her child’s Internet usage. For protection, and I can understand. The Internet is vast and carries many volatile influences. But monitoring and sheltering and dictating for the child doesn’t protect.

Tolerance.

Appreciation.

Respect. Love. These are the things that are a cornerstone of moral society. Oh, wait, there is no such thing. Only attempts.

“Rome was once just a whisper, anymore and it would vanish.”

Utopia. Whatever and however

one chooses to refer to that place “one day” that society can be at needs only one thing to get the ball rolling; Education.

Education is the greatest protection that any parent can give their children, that any government can give it’s citizens.

Education leads to tolerance, and appreciation, respect and love.

Education creates parameters and gives people the confidence and assurance to do the right thing, think before they speak, listen before they rebuttal, investigate before they attack.

Education can prevent people from resorting to violence—joining a gang, for instance. Education is protection and it’s also one’s greatest weapon, if you chose to think of life as a chess game or some silly analogy that I’m opting not to discuss.

The point (in a round-about way) is that it’s only through education that the better things in life really shine. That respect, appreciation, love, tolerance can all grow through. It can prevent things such as discrimination, hate crimes and violence. Most of all it can prevent this society from becoming so much more paranoid than it already is.

Protect the future by 1) ensuring it, and 2) only doing so by educating. There is so much ill and domestic terrorism (okay, I brought it up) that exists and we don’t even address it; neo-nazis and the KKK, gangs and secret societies. Here, right here in Waukesha, Wisconsin. In Day-

tona Beach, Florida and the rest of this country. Because people made that choice, it’s given to them by the Constitution to exercise their right of assembly, to bear fire arms and practice whatever faith they want.

But freedom has its prices, and freedom has it’s warrants.

Educate. Educate and then freedom is so much more tangible and trust can return, security can return, protection—well, it’s already taken care of. Because America doesn’t understand respect and appreciate anymore, it’s so disenfranchised and cracked that even politics now are an “in thing” when everyone should care about that right to vote from the get go—it’s a failure in education—at home and in the school systems. How the hell can anyone research or look it up without having the feeling that someone’s looking over their shoulder? We’re free to seek out other thoughts damnit, that’s how this friggin’ country started! We were the rejects, remember, because we were sick of every other government telling us what to do!

I’ll bring up just one case in point and dip. The Red Scare and everything that occurred in those turmoil-filled years—lives ruined, the loss of jobs and security—it’s echoing now. Every faith bears a prophet that tries to do what— educate. Teach. Let’s make a decision to educate—and start first with ourselves before we open our mouths or our checkbook or our invasion plans. Let’s just give it a shot (no pun intended).

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if you take all jobs into consideration, as he and his stats are implying, one third as many jobs have been lost as Kerry stated.

Just over 500,000 jobs have been lost. Then again, what is a what is a million jobs. Probably just a rounding error. Fuzzy math, just like his predecessor. Senator Kerry is fond of saying that this administration is replacing jobs they lost with “jobs that pay us $9,000 less than the jobs that are going overseas.” This statistic is from the liberal Economic Policy Institute, which compares average pay in broad industries—not the specific jobs lost or gained. Not even the liberal think-tank that came up with this $9,000 figure agrees with what Kerry has been saying. You can tell that Kerry knew he was using false claims because he has recently shyed away from the statistic. In fact, real incomes after taxes have gone up by 11 percent since December 2000 (when adjusted for inflation it is about 6 percent, still a significant gain—not a loss).

Kerry continues to say that the Bush administration provides a “…tax benefit that actually rewards the company that goes overseas.” He fails to mention that the loop hole has been in place for many years, under Bill Clinton as well as the previous President Bush. He has politicized an issue that even liberal economists agree has little to do with companies

going overseas. (He also doesn’t mention that his wife’s company has 78 percent of its work force located overseas, and $650,000 of his stock portfolio is invested in outsourcing companies.)

Kerry tries to make Bush out as Mr. Big Bad Business man. He lies in statements like “He put $139 billion of windfall profit into the pockets of the drug companies right out of your pockets.

The president sides with the power companies, the oil companies, the drug companies.” In fact, it has been shown that Bush’s Medicare prescription drug benefit may actually cause drug companies to lose money. Kerry was basing his info on a disputed study by two Bush-haters who said that the drug benefit is reckless. Economists, business magazines, and independent studies show that this drug benefit is in no way designed to benefit drug companies. So you tell me; is the economy really that bad? Just as the economy boomed after my man Reagan increased federal spending, and cut taxes—so it is now. The economy is on the way up, and we don’t need pessimists lying about it for political gain.

It is one’s right to disagree with whomever he or she wants, but it is shameful and dishonest to lie to support one’s point. Thanks to factcheck.org, the GOP, and the truth for this article. It’s always nice to find a group that looks through the b.s.

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Thursday, October 21, 2004

October brings Domestic Violence Awareness Month Steve Van Dien Staff Writer

Every nine seconds, a woman is beaten somewhere in the United States.

That sobering statistic led The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence to declare October “Domestic Violence Awareness Month” in 1987. But women aren’t the only ones at risk for abuse.

“We always teach that domestic abuse knows no boundaries,” said Becky Wittig, community educator of The Woman’s Center Inc., located at 505 N. East Avenue in Waukesha. “Your background, race, income and gender don’t matter. Anyone can be a victim.”

Domestic abuse isn’t confined to marriage or long-term couples, either. It frequently occurs in dating relationships among men and women in their early 20s, and even teenagers.

Asked whether she knew of specific Carroll students who have sought help for domestic abuse at The Woman’s Center, Wittig said such information would be confidential, even if names weren’t released.

“But I wouldn’t doubt it,” she added. “We know that one of three girls is in a controlling or abusive relationship before she leaves high school. Some of them might come to Carroll, and you wonder if the abuse continues.”

Statistics show that women between ages 16 and 24 are most at risk for domestic abuse, Wittig said. “But we have older clients coming in, too. And the other thing to remember is that men can also be victims. So can gay

men and women.”

Wittig explained that the term “domestic violence” covers more than just physical attacks.

“When they hear the term, that’s what everybody thinks of initially,” she said. “But it can include insults, forcing pornography on a partner, or blocking a doorway to prevent the other person from going where he or she wants to go. The majority of abusive behaviors are emotional or verbal.”

But many victims of such behaviors don’t see them as abusive. A woman’s boyfriend, for example, might pinch her arm or give her a dirty look when she’s talking to someone else. A husband might continually tell his wife that she couldn’t survive without him. Yet both women might consider themselves demeaned, rather than abused.

“I’ve heard women say, ‘If he would just hit me, I could leave him,’ ” Wittig said. “And many don’t come forward because they don’t think they’ll be believed.”

Worse yet, emotional and verbal abuse usually precedes physical violence.

“More often than not, that’s where it leads if the relationship continues.”

There isn’t an entirely reliable profile for a domestic abuser.

“When I talk to groups of students, I tell them that an abuser might be sitting among them. He might be an honors student or a football star.”

Some personality traits and behaviors, however, can be “red flags” to signal a potential abuser.

These include extreme jealousy, possessiveness, mood swings and short tempers, as well as a history

of violence.

“Abusers might tell you who you can and can’t see or talk with, when you can be with your family and when you can’t.”

Abusers tend to depersonalize their victims, considering them property, not people. Oddly enough, the abused often see that attitude as caring, because they frequently have low self-esteem.

Still, that isn’t always the case.

An abuser might take up a challenge if the person they are with has uncompromising self-esteem, said Wittig.

Childhood events often determine whether a boy or girl will become a domestic abuser.

A husband might curse at or hit his wife, giving the children a terrible, but powerful, model.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Sophomore Elise Duey and junior Willa Schroeder took a look at the Breast Cancer Awareness booth during Diversity Week, informing women about important and current health issues.

What is the most important issue(s) for you, when it comes to voting?

Jamie Slewinski & Jay Wendland Staff Writers

“Trust funds.”

Freshman Dave Lore Mayo

“Education, because the

costs are becoming so outlandish, and I would like to see something done about that.”

Sophomore Michelle McMillen

Freshman Kevin Gille

“Have you heard the news about the draft?

That really alarms me.”

Senior Chris Wojtowicz

stand how the law can help them.

For example, advocates can assist the abused in filling out restraining orders and filing them at the Waukesha County Courthouse.

There is also a Spanish speaker on staff to assist Hispanic people who know little or no English.

“We don’t tell them what to do,” Wittig said. “Sometimes, they might realize the situation is getting bad, but they’re not ready to leave yet. We empower them to make their own decisions.”

The Women’s Center offers counseling for men too, whether they are abuse victims or abusers who want to change. It also maintains a 24-hour crisis hotline at (888) 542-3828. The hotline is toll-free, and callers can remain anonymous.

Photo by Jill Ridenour

Person on the Street

“The state of the economy and the availability of jobs.”

Though abuse isn’t always obvious to the abused, neither is it to the abuser. The majority don’t recognize their behavior unless they are arrested and ordered to seek treatment.

Sometimes it takes two or three treatment cycles before the abuser begins to understand what he or she has done. That understanding, of course, is necessary before change is possible.

It’s difficult to determine the number of abusers who do change, Wittig said, “but there are definitely former abusers who have turned their lives around.”

The abused clearly need counseling as well, which The Women’s Center provides for free.

The counselors seek to build selfesteem and help victims under-

“The abortion laws are very important.”

Senior Amber Holschuh

“Any health care issues

are most important to me due.”

Freshman Joanne Ratke

Entertain on a budget Deon Schmalholz Staff Writer

Now that the semester is well under way, students cannot rely on their parents anymore.

Soon enough, students will be reaching in their pockets, wondering where their money has gone. Whether it went towards the laundry from last week or the food bought last night, funds are probably disappearing quickly. Then students begin to question what can be done when they are low on cash.

Students can rely on many things when they are low on funds. First, take the easy idea of watching old movies with a bunch of friends. It’s nice to just get away from the studies, kick back and relax. The good thing about this idea is that it is free—no cash involved.

Just pool old movies together, decide whose place has the biggest TV and let the films roll.

Another idea students can do for cheap is go bowling. In particular, the AMF Cudahy Bowling Center near the airport off Interstate 94 has one dollar bowling and five dollar pizzas on Monday nights. It’s a dollar for shoes and a dollar for each game played. Bring some friends and for just five dollars, enjoy four games of bowling.

An idea for people who

own or rent their own homes or apartments is to have social gathering, having each person bring a snack or beverage, or divide the cost of snacks between guests. This is a great way to spend time with old friends, but also to meet new people and mingle.

If students want something else to do with no money involved, there is always the option of taking a walk through town. Now that fall has officially arrived, trees have changed colors, leaving the streets are filled with red, yellow and orange collages. In fact, grab some of those leaves and make a personal collage—just flatten the leaves and add pictures of family or new college buds or other mementos.

Take a walk down by the water. If it is not too cold outside, walking is a nice way to get out and about, explore and get some fresh air and exercise.

Another way to enjoy the autumn weather would be to visit a pumpkin farm. Close bets are Linder’s Pumpkin Farm and Corn Maze (New Berlin), Homestead Animal Farm (Hartland) or Swan’s Pumpkin Farm (Franksville).

Wallet missing a little green? Just grab some friends or begin an enterprise and find the way to an inexpensive time.

Thursday, October 21, 2004

The New Perspective

Volunteer for a helpful treat Eve Jacobs Staff Writer

At Carroll College, there are many groups that plan to help others this Halloween.

UNICEF and Trick-or-Donate are two things that anyone can get involved with to help others this season.

According to UNICEF’s Web site (http://www.unicef.org), Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF began in 1950 in the United States when kids in Philadelphia went from house to house during Halloween to collect money to help the children throughout the world. They raised $17.

Since then, the program has turned into a huge campaign, raising more than $188 million to date. Through these donations, the organization’s Web site reports children receive medication, better nutrition and clean water, education and support in other areas.

Many children participate in the Halloween fund-raising in the United States, Canada, Ireland, Mexico and Hong Kong each year. However, any age can join in the campaign to help a fellow person.

In the United States, the UNICEF program is a “fundraising initiative that gives United States kids, along with their parents and teachers, the opportunity to learn about their peers worldwide who are truly in need and to raise money on their behalf,” says the UNICEF Web site. Many of the participants in the seasonal collection have gath-

ered over $119 million by going from house to house during Halloween and collecting money in UNICEF’s orange boxes.

There are many places that are involved with UNICEF, making it easy to pick up a free Trick-or-Treat box. Call (800) 4UNICEF to get a box or order at their Web site. Other places participating are Pier 1 Imports, located on Bluemound Road, and the IKEA furniture company.

Not able to go door-to-door this year? Another way to participate is to make a can. Download the UNICEF wrapper and place the can anywhere fellow students and others will see it and drop in some loose change. Otherwise, help online. UNICEF makes it easy to spread the word to donate via the Internet. Just register, customize a secure webpage and send the link to friends, family, classmates and teachers and let them know how to donate.

Get involved in these events and get a group of people together, go out trick-or-treating and encourage people to make a difference in the lives of others.

The money raised through Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF has a wide variety uses, and a little bit really does go a long way when it comes to helping children.

According to UNICEF, 30 cents provides lifesaving antibiotics for a child suffering from pneumonia, $1 immunizes a child against the deadly measles disease, $2.50 buys basic school supplies for one child, $10 provides enough highprotein biscuits to feed three

hungry children for one month, and $150 pays for a small well to provide clean water for an entire village.

Carroll is also participating in the Trick-or-Donate activity in which all clubs are able to participate. Circle K is one of the student organizations participating in this event.

Sophomore Kathie Keyes has been participating in the Trick-or-Donate campaign for two years and finds it rewarding and fun.

“It is a great way to still trick-or-treat, and it’s for a good cause,” she said, and she still gets to dress up and have fun.

Junior Jodie Zlotnik, the secretary for Circle K, feels that Trick-or-Donate is a great way to benefit the community and the Waukesha food pantry.

“It’s one of the more fun community service activities that we could do. Last year every door I went to donated, they weren’t prepared, but they all donated something. I think it’s a great way to have a lot of fun, and I really like going out and participating in Trick-orDonate.”

Often times college students get a bad reputation for being lazy and having a lack of consideration for others, but organizations such as Circle K and other campus activities participate in events such as Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF and Trick-or-Donate, proving students do break through stereotypes to help their community, both on local and international levels.

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Build a healthy resume Tim Dornemann Staff Writer

Learning does not take place in the classroom alone. In college, opportunities to learn and grow surround us. Whether it is the exposure of being away from home that causes one to grow personally or the exposure to new thoughts and ideas that allows one to expand the mind, the opportunities to learn and grow are plentiful on a college campus.

Enhance a resume by taking advantage of the opportunities available at Carroll College.

When a potential employer or graduate school is looking at an application, does the college degree set the applicant apart from the other applicants with similar degrees? The degree itself, while important, often is not what sets people apart. Experiences beyond the degree are what will make people stand out from the rest of the application pool.

There are many opportunities on campus which can add valuable experiences to a resume.

The key is being willing to search these opportunities out and to take advantage of them. Clubs and organizations are excellent places to find opportunities.

Gaining a leadership role in a club or organization looks great on a resume. If the discipline you are studying has a club, then join and take advantage of the opportunity to learn in a different setting.

For example, being a member of the American Marketing Association would be extremely valuable for someone seeking a career in marketing.

The Student Life department offers programs and resources that are valuable to any student. The Challenge Leadership program is “designed to give students the background and skills necessary to become leaders.” The Leadership, Career and Diversity Institute was designed to help students develop their career plans from start to finish of their college career. Both these opportunities can enhance your employability considerably.

One opportunity on campus that is often over looked is work study. See if it’s possible to work in a job linked to a career interest. If someone is a science major either looking to go on to school or get a job after graduation, experience working in one of the labs on campus. If a student is a communication major, working for the college’s public relations or sports information department might be a good fit. In athletics and recreation, there are work study opportunities to run programs, teach classes and move up into supervisory positions.

The challenge is to seek out ways to broaden and make the most out the Carroll experience. Students may have to look around a little, but opportunities are there for the taking. It may be possible to make more money at McDonald’s flipping burgers, but will that experience help when the future arrives? Unless career aspirations involve being a short order cook (and there is nothing wrong with that), taking advantage of other available options may pay off more in the long run.

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Activities celebrate student diversity at Carroll College Erin McLean Staff Writer

This year marks the firstever Diversity Week celebrated at Carroll College, thanks to PACE (Performing Arts and Cultural Activities).

PACE is one of the groups from CAB (College Activities Board). Dana Hickel, the chair of PACE, has been working very hard for many weeks with other CAB members to bring this all together.

Sunday, October 10 was the first day to kick everything off.

On Main Lawn, students helped put together the Field of Flags, coordinated by CAB and Circle K. There were twelve different colors of flags, each color representing a different group. For example, each orange flag represented 15,000 children living in poverty in the United States.

There were a total of 750 orange flags. Also, each light green flag represented 75 hate crimes. On the lawn were a total of 130 light green flags. Students were able to take time to read the displays while passing by the Main Lawn.

Monday was National Come Out Day. Outright, Carroll’s les-

bian, gay, bi-sexual, and transsexual group, helped support this day with displays and information in the Campus Center. Also, students had the opportunity to come up to the PACE booth in the Campus Center. Students found their skin color in paints, and then placed their handprints on the banner. It was a lot of fun and enjoyment for students. The banner was then placed in the Main Dinning Room to show “The Colors of Carroll.”

Then on Tuesday, PACE had a booth for making unity bracelets. There were six different colored beads, each symbolizing something different, about 20 different meanings per color.

The beads were then placed on leather string to complete the gorgeous bracelets. Tuesday evening brought students to the Oak Room for salsa dance lessons.

For Wednesday’s activities, students who signed up in advance went to the Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee. Also that day there was a presentation in the Ratzow Room from 12-1 p.m., entitled “I’m White, Big Deal,” given

by Jennifer Maney, illustrating that even though whites are a

majority in America, being white is still diverse.

Thursday was White Cane Day, celebrating those who are blind. To commend this, Gregg Wandsneider, a Carroll sophomore with blindness, gave the presentation “Seeing Blindness.”

The presentation was held twice that day. Also that evening, there was a cultural movie that showed in the Pioneer Indoor Terrace, “La Vita e Bella,” which is Italian for “Life is Beautiful.”

Free popcorn was provided to moviegoers.

On Friday, a Native American speaker, Richie Plass, was in the Ballroom. He gave a presentation about the Native American culture. Also that evening, those who signed up got to go the restaurant the Dancing Ganesha, an East Indian restaurant in Milwaukee. And finally, on Saturday Spanish bingo was held, featuring prizes over $500.

The week went very well.

Hickel had a specific aim for this first-ever Diversity Week at Carroll.

“Our goal for Diversity Week is to show Carroll students that diversity affects all of our lives everyday,” she said.

Photo By Erin Conway

Above Graduate students Shelly Hein, Bethany Daniels, and Amanda Block take part in the free salsa dancing lessons celebrating a Latin heritage during Diversity Week.

Top Right Freshmen Jeremy Laurin and Charitie Bernal celebrate Diversity Week by creating unity bracelets in a variety of different colors. Many students participated in this activity during lunch and dinner in the Campus Center.

Middle Right Freshmen Griselda Macias, Megan Wallace, and Ashley Meir create a Hispanic poster to be put in the Campus Center during Diversity Week. Several posters dealing with different diversity issues were set up for students to view.

Bottom Right Freshman Kasie Kingsley and junior Jodie Zlotnik help to set up the Field of Flags on Main Lawn October 10 kicking off Diversity Week. Each of the brightly colored flags represented different groups ranging from illiterate Americans to Holocaust victims.

The flags colored the campus until the conclusion of Diversity Week.

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How To

Find a fright this season Jessica Pairrett Features Editor

Photo By Jill Ridenour

Ghouls and goblins and ghosts—oh my! The sights and sounds of Halloween began filtering in long before students were ready to return to school.

However, as the days pass and the numbers close in on 31, the Halloween spirit within rises and gives way to adrenaline rushes in all sorts of fright-seeking people.

Finally, the fright day arrives. But before it does, psych yourself up by thinking about those costumes, parties and pumpkins that are long-awaited all year.

The haunts. Oh, there are many of them. The hayrides, the corn mazes, the trails and, of course, the houses. There are many around this state, some greater than others. Before deciding where to go, check them out online. Visit the Haunted Wisconsin site (http: //www.hauntedwisconsin.com/) to see the various types of haunts, times, locales, and perhaps best of all, reviews of what others thought of their visits.

Some places even have links to individual haunt Web sites, although those sites may not call up the fear within. Check out THE FEAR at Alpine Valley’s site. Brought to scare-seekers by those who worked on the Rainbow Springs Haunted Hotel (which this year decided to close forever due to a terrible fire two years back), the site itself will bring goose bumps to the skin.

And think about what the actual event will do.

The carving. This season, get to an actual pumpkin patch and pick the most round, heavi-

est and orangest pumpkin that’s waiting to be picked. Or just pick out the weirdest looking one. That’s the one like the ugly duckling or Charlie Brown’s Christmas tree, only pumpkinized. Whatever you wind up with, take a knife (or paintbrush) to it and create something great. For a bundle of awesome pattern ideas ready for downloading, check out Jack-oLantern.com (http://www.jacko-lantern.com/index3.html).

Choose from a skeleton hand, pumpkin pi, emoticons, “Hockey Horror Show” and many traditional creatures as well. And don’t forget to bake those pumpkin seeds.

The decorations. Get to one of those spooky Halloweenonly shops and grab some of their finest wall, door, window and ceiling hangings. Look for crime scene tape to drape across a dorm or bedroom door, spider webs and spiders that glow in the dark and black light bulbs that easily screw into any ordinary light socket base. Get a bowl or two of those fog machines, CDs with spooky sounds, some foam headstones and you’ve got an unearthly cemetery. And imagine a whole residence hall floor like that—chilling.

The costume. Before stepping out to a party, make sure you look the best in original attire.

The Costume Idea Zone (http: //www.costumeideazone.com/ default.asp) can help with suggestions. Many of the ideas can be made with ordinary things found inside like clothing (or outside like leaves and rocks) the home. The site offers ideas on how to be white trash, a sugar daddy, nudist on strike, Web

site, pot head, Martha Stewart, proctologist, brain donor and much more. The site also lists ideas for couples, groups, pointers and tips.

The parties. Since all the prep work (pumpkins, decorations and costumes) is done, invite fiends, er friends, over to have a great time. But make sure to serve your ghosts, um guests, the best finger foods (no pun intended) and treats. For Halloween party food other than tried and true gloves filled with popcorn and candy corn, spaghetti brains and caramel apples, visit http://www.maryland-info.com/ halloween_partyfood.htm. The list is limitless in ideas which generally seem easy to whip up for those hungry folks.

The trick-or-treating. One more great advantage of this holiday. Don’t buy into the being “too old” adage for going doorto-door, begging merciless for candy that you know you deserve which acts like fuel for the brain while you are up late studying for midterms and finals. Still feeling too old? Get a kid sister or brother (or snag one from a friend) and tote around with them. Just make sure to get payment in candy if the job is babysitting. It’ll be almost like asking for a “trick or treat” yourself.

Join in the festivities of the sixth largest spending holiday (FastWeb.com). And be one of the 54 percent of 18-24 year olds who will spend that frightful weekend in costume. The rest of them may be costumeless, but may be enjoying the frights and sounds in other ways. One last Web site to check out for interesting or funny stories: http: //www.ghostdroppings.com/.

Photo By Erin Conway

T-Rex Pizza Halloween Show Photo By Jamie Slewinski

Photo by Jill Ridenour

Junior Mike Justman played with his band, The Flannagans, in the T-Rex Pizza Halloween show on Saturday, October 16. The band covered numerous songs ranging from Metallica to R.E.M.

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Amor Linguae: Love of language Celebrities go political Mark R. DeBoer Staff Writer

There is indeed a haunting quality to the word in its power to create concrete images from the ethereal mind. Stringing together these words/images into a pattern that brings about concrete ideas can often prove difficult. Every serious writer, by which I mean those people that write on any form of consistent basis, has been struck dumb by the debilitating effects of writer’s block. Writer’s block, coincidentally or not, proves to be the only taboo subject amongst writers.

Even though we all come across it numerous times, it sometimes seems that the mere mention of its name can bring it into existence. That fear is what can often prove how haunting the word can be.

Writer’s block can manifest itself in different ways, from the incoherence of shifting thoughts to the complete inability to even string together two words. With there being many ways writer’s block can effect us, there are equally as many ways to break through it. Unfortunately, since I can’t seem to break through the block that is affecting me right

now, I can’t give any real examples of good ways that I have any confidence in.

What I can say is that writer’s block is a natural, and completely unavoidable occurrence that ebbs and flows like the tide, but not in any way in which the beginning or end can be anticipated.

Sometimes just forcing one’s self to write will prove to be the best recourse to winning the battle against this all-too-common of a foe.

With this being the first installment of Amor Linguae, I am pleased to present our first submission. This poem was written by Bob Reeks, and is an excellently crafted message that many of us can probably relate to.

Simple Road Simple road I see you’re feeling empty Because, Simple road I see all your clutter; People, Foliage, Cars

true beauty

Staff Writer

But not from me Simple road I need you To me, simple road, your beauty Is that you take My emptiness My bad social life My dirty, yet obvious secrets, and My need for moving from here Away Simple road Take me with you Thank you Bob, for being the first, and hopefully not the last, person to submit to Amor Linguae. How many times have each of us just wanted to hop into our cars or onto our motorcycles, just to see where the road ends, just to see where the road will take us? After all, sometimes anywhere other than where we are right now can seem to be a welcome idea, especially when college proves to be a struggle.

All this clutter hides your

‘Big Russ and Me’: pursuit of dreams Steve Van Dien Staff Writer

With the possible exception of Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, NBC’s Tim Russert is one of the best political interviewers of our time.

Though a lifelong Democrat, Russert grills members of his party as tenaciously as he does the opposition, and he doesn’t ask misleading or disrespectful questions. In the bear-eat-bear atmosphere of contemporary broadcast journalism, that takes character.

How did Russert develop it?

He credits his father, Tim Sr., as he relates in Big Russ and Me— Father and Son: Lessons of Life. It’s an absorbing, often funny, sometimes moving memoir, emphasizing the influence the elder Tim upon the younger and the enduring love between them.

“Hardly a day goes by when I don’t remember something Big Russ taught me,” Russert Jr. notes.

One lesson was gratitude.

During World War II, Big Russ was a parachute rigger in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He barely survived a plane crash, which killed most of the other passengers while leaving Russert Sr. with a broken jaw and terrible burns. Yet on reviewing a newspaper account of the crash half a century later, he simply told his son: “I was thankful, because I knew my experience could have been a lot worse.”

Another example was hard work. Back in South Buffalo, New York, in a close-knit, mainly Irish-Catholic neighborhood, the elder Russert promptly put the war behind him, working two full-time jobs to support his growing family. After an eight-hour shift driving a delivery truck for the hometown newspaper, he’d come home to supper, a brief nap, and maybe play catch with his son, before working the night

shift as a sanitation department supervisor, which a teenage Russert discovered wasn’t fun when his dad got him a job on a garbage truck. “But as hard as [Dad] labored and as long as he toiled, we never heard a single complaint about his heavy workload or the sacrifice he was making,” Russert Jr. writes. “He didn’t talk about it; he just got it done.”

When his dad turned 55, Russert Jr. convinced him to drop at least one job—and learned that Big Russ had never taken a sick day.

“When I was sick, I worked it off and rolled it out,” he told his startled son.

Russert Jr. writes as well of others who helped shape his life.

We meet the nuns and priests who guided his Catholic education and spiritual growth. His seventhgrade teacher, Sister Mary Lucille, decided Russert, Jr. could best “channel [his] excessive energy” by creating and editing a school newspaper. The St. Bonaventure Bonnette devoted a memorial issue to John F. Kennedy, and Tim sent copies to the Kennedy family— who wrote back to thank him.

“I can see that the satisfaction of putting out a newspaper and the thrill of those responses marked the beginning of my lifelong interest in both government and journalism. I was learning that no matter where you came from…it was possible to make an impact with determination and hard work.”

Father John Sturm was the muscular, cigar-smoking, no-nonsense “Prefect of Discipline” at Canisius High School.

Once the younger Russert tried to sneak a sandwich before lunch, against school rules. Fr. Sturm “materialized out of nowhere” and threatened young Russert with detention.

“Father, I’m sorry,” Tim

Helen Brewer

pleaded. “Please, have mercy.”

“A thin smile crossed [Fr. Sturm’s] face. ‘Russert, mercy is for God. I deliver justice.’”

In detention, Fr. Sturm imposed such “inventive” punishments as a thousand-word essay about “how to grow hair on a doorknob” or “a day in the life of a snow-covered fire hydrant.”

“Your composition had to make sense, too,” Russert recalls, wryly. But he notes that Fr. Sturm was never “vindictive,” and his insistence on discipline made Tim appreciate another of his dad’s lessons: “Whatever you do, you must always be prepared to pay the piper.”

Russert fondly recalls the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who served four U.S. presidents, taught at Harvard, and was a Democratic Senator from New York from 1976 until his retirement in 2001.

Russert worked for Moynihan for six years. The brilliant, witty, blazingly articulate senator was “the greatest teacher I ever had…[he] taught me to respect true intelligence, ask good questions, and disagree honorably.”

Russert describes meeting Pope John II and his love for baseball and football, “Anybody who watches ‘Meet the Press’ knows that I try my best to be objective and nonpartisan, but when it comes to the Buffalo Bills, I just can’t help myself.”)

He has concluded his review by saying, “I still can’t believe they pay you all that money to bullshit.”

Russert concludes with a touching letter to his son Luke as he enters college: “The example [Grandpa] set and the lessons he taught—work, respect and discipline—are as important for you as they have been for me…Pursue every one of your dreams. They really are reachable. As Big Russ would say, “What a country!”

While the West Wing and other politically-themed shows have become increasingly popular, and the presidential debates have become part of prime time TV, there’s more celebrity interest involved in this campaign than before. Celebrities and musicians alike have pulled together to rally support and awareness about the need for America’s citizens to vote.

Hollywood has shown a huge interest in what is happening in politics, and several celebrities have begun to encourage people to vote.

The September 29, 2004, episode of Oprah featured several dedicated members of Hollywood urging people to vote. Cameron Diaz appeared on the show and was so upset about the political apathy about in society, that she burst into tears. The show also featured Maggie Gyllenhall (Mona Lisa Smile), Jake Gyllenhall (October Sky), and pop diva Christina Aguilera walking up to random people on the street and asking them to register to vote.

Oprah and Diaz also registered the entire audience of that filming to vote.

Aguilera has been very active in the crusade to have more American’s vote. Aguilera’s website (www.christinaaguilera. com) declares “Christina wants to remind everyone that hasn’t registered to vote, to register today!” It has a link to the voter participation promotion website “Declare Yourself ” (www.declare yourself.com). On September 29, she hosted a special about voting called “Choose or Lose: Sex, Votes, and Higher Power,” which aired on MTV. Actor and director Kevin Smith, best know for his films featuring “Jay and Silent Bob,” directed several of the public service announcements for “Declare Yourself ”, featuring celebrities such Ben Affleck and Molly Shannon, as well as “Jay and Silent Bob.” Other celebrities supporting the non-partisan group include Mel Gibson, Reese Wietherspoon and Richard Tyler.

Drew Barrymore, who is

perhaps the most noted for her efforts, was also involved in a documentary, “The Best Place to Start,” which deals with understanding voting and the system.

Barrymore is very passionate about the subject, especially when it comes to young female voters.

She told ELLEgirl Magazine, “Hillary Clinton told me that if all women between the ages of 18 and 24 voted, they could determine our leaders every time.”

Barrymore has been seen incorporating her beliefs into her style, wearing several pro-voting T-Shirts, according to Style.com Not to be outdone by the women, music artist Sean “P. Diddy” Combs had a documentary on MTV titled “Sean P. Diddy Combs’ special Choose or Lose: Hip Hop & Politics,” which premiered on October 10. MTV itself has been very active in the pro-voting movement, sponsoring programs such as “Rock the Vote” (www.rockthevote.com).

Even members of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) are getting involved trying to get people to register to vote. Vince McMahon and the WWE have launched a website, www.smackd ownyourvote.com, to encourage the 18 to 24 year old age group to vote.

Students at Carroll have mixed feelings about this.

“I don’t really agree with it,” said sophomore Amy Fischer.

“People should vote on their own values and opinion…it seems sad that the only way a person will vote is if a celebrity tells them to.”

Meanwhile, junior Emily Minnig’s view is different when it comes to celebrities and voting.

“It’s a positive thing that people with a strong public image encourage new voters to exercise this important right.”

Sophomore Ben Wepfer is impervious to celebrity efforts.

“It doesn’t matter, I know my duties. I don’t need someone to tell me how to vote.”

Whether a person knows who they plan to vote for on November 2 or not, the message celebrities are trying to get across is clear: no matter how they vote, vote!

Closet Classics

New age philosophy Nate Cekay Staff Writer

The world is more polluted than it has ever been. The rate of consumption is destroying our natural resources at a drastically higher rate than they can recover.

People are kept more comfortable and well fed now than ever before, yet we still are unable to escape troubles such as anxiety and depression. Daniel Quinn attempts to confront these problems and provide us with some direction in his captivating ‘Ishmael’ series. Ishmael and it’s sequel, My Ishmael, have some of the best new-age philosophy which can be found in modern literature.

Ishmael analyzes our culture and explains how things came to be the way they are. It delves into

the thought processes of ancient and modern man and how these ways of looking at things have shaped our actions. The agricultural revolution is explained with ease, and Quinn gives a phenomenal demonstration of how the biblical story of Cain and Abel is an account of it. It is an eye opening read that teaches readers a wealth of anthropology.

My Ishmael is an even deeper assessment of the world in which we take residence. Among other things, the book gives powerful perspectives on the modern education system, the ways different cultures accept youth into adulthood, and escapism. The book opens another intriguing channel towards enlightenment.

The wise answers provided See Ishmael Page 11

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Music ensembles grace Carroll and Community Eve Jacobs Staff Writer

For those who have heard the Carroll College Concert Choir or Women’s Ensemble sing, or seen the Carroll Players perform, it’s no secret that there’s plenty of talent throughout the Carroll community, but the fine arts division has plenty more to offer.

The Carroll College Wind Symphony consists of 50 to 60 members, each with diverse backgrounds, under the direction of Dr. Larry Harper.

“We have a combination

of both music majors and other majors. Wind Symphony is a good musical experience for any major,” Harper said.

Rehearsing throughout the semester, they perform two major concerts each semester, each with a wide variety of music. Some of the music learned and performed is existing music, however, some of it specifically commissioned for Carroll College, such as Song of the Sky Loom, which tells the stories of Native Americans.

“We are studying literature in music,” Harper said.

Along with performing local concerts, members of the Wind

Symphony have gone out on tour. During Spring Break 2004, the Wind Symphony toured the New Orleans area for ten days.

“For the New Orleans trip, they stopped in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Louisiana,” said sophomore Robert Kujawski, a clarinet player in Wind Symphony.

Besides the instrumental sounds of the Wind Symphony, comes the sounds of the 22 member Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Rick Kirby.

Much like the Wind Symphony, members of Jazz Ensemble have a wide variety of majors, but they

share a common interest in jazz.

“We perform a couple concerts per semester and we play big band jazz and jazz classics,” Kirby said. Junior Tom Giles, plays trombone in Jazz Ensemble.

“It is a lot of fun,” he said.

Jazz Ensemble performs several concerts throughout the semester and has tentative small tours planned in the near future.

While the trips are in the future, the Jazz Ensemble has an upcoming concert on November 12, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. in Shattuck Auditorium.

Chamber Strings, comprised of seven string players, spanning

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(THAT’S WHAT GIRLFRIENDS ARE FOR)

from first year freshmen to fifth year seniors, has no formal conductor. Primarily the first violin, as in a string quartet, leads the group. Caroline Jones, an adjunct lecturer in music, conducts the group during rehearsals, but the performance is done with the group acting autonomously.

Unlike the many youth orchestras from which many of the group’s members came, Chamber Strings is small enough that they can depend on each other for leadership and direction. This semester Chamber Strings will be performing Barber’s Adagio for Strings and the first movement of Mozart’s Divertimento No. 3, KV 138, on Sunday, November 7th at 4 p.m. in the Dorothy Goff Frisch Recital Hall in the Shattuck Music Center.

Not only is there the Concert Choir and Women’s Ensemble, there is also Flute Choir, under the direction Cindy Solfest-Wallace. Members of the Flute Choir learn how to improve their skills in an ensemble setting and work on tuning and balance. They also have numerous pieces of music they prepare for recitals and concerts. Playing two or three concerts each semester, members rehearse together for approximately two hours each week.

Junior Caitlin Kujawski has been a member of the Flute Choir for three years and enjoys it, for several reasons. One reason is primarily because of the various travel opportunities they have.

“We have trips to the nursing home to play there, my freshman year we also had a flute convention at Wisconsin Lutheran College where flute players from all over came, and that was really interesting,” she said.

The music division at Carroll has a lot to offer, not only those who play an instrument or sing in a choir, but also the community. Members go above and beyond with rehearsals and performances, all by doing something they love to do…it just so happens they get credits for doing it.

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are meaningful and applicable, making it one of the best books written in the last century.

Chronicling the experiences of two pupils under a modern culture guru, the series is quite possibly the most rewarding I have ever read. It is a response to anyone who wonders why the world has become so unbalanced and jaded. With a hopeful message that comes off in no way as adolescent or irrational, the ‘Ishmael’ books try to put readers on the path towards redeeming a planet that has been injured so greatly. Quinn makes it clear that while the process may be long and arduous, if we unite, we can make a healthier world. The books do a wonderful job proposing Quinn’s ideas in a readable format, and most importantly, they leave readers with a good taste in their brains.

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Eyes on the tube: Carroll tunes in Jared Stengel

if they some kind of scandal or are in the middle of court case,” Carroll College students Vogds said.

Airing every night at have decided that no one show is good enough for them. Instead 5 p.m. Sports Center will more they’ve decided that watching a than likely be tuned into more variety of shows works best for frequently because of the World them. Ranging from ESPN’s Series and football, basketball, Sports Center to NBC’s Late and hockey seasons, respectively.

Senior Sam Bowers watches Night with Conan O’Brien, and a variety of shows throughout everything in between, it’s amazthe week, although most of ing that students get any of their them have something to do with homework done.

One Tree Hill, now in its vehicles, such as American Chopsecond season, is about two per and American Hotrod. “I’m a brothers who share the same channel surfer, if there’s somefather, and a love for the same thing that looks good, I watch girl. In season two, the broth- it, if it doesn’t look good, I don’t ers act more like brothers and watch it. There’s nothing wrong less like enemies than they did with being a channel surfer”, Bowers said. in the first Senior season. Carroll Dan Novotny, students have an education gotten hooked “I’m a channel surfer, if major, doesn’t on the WB’s Tuesday night there’s something that really watch much TV drama, which because of his looks good, I watch it, airs at 8 p.m. busy schedSenior Krystal if it doesn’t look good, ule, although Hansche has been a fan of I don’t watch it. There’s when he gets a chance, he’s a the show since nothing wrong with fan of HBO’s it began last The Sopranos year. being a channel surfer.” and Blind “I’m a Date.

Senior Sam Bowers One Tree Hill “Blind fanatic!

My Date and other boyfriend and dating shows I are hooked seem to the only thing on late at on it and we watch it every week!

I watch it for not only the hot night that’s really worth watchguys on the show, but also the ing until Conan O’Brien, he’s story lines and I love basketball. pretty fun. I wish I could watch I also watch the show because more TV, but I’m pretty busy, so what happens on the show could TV isn’t that important.”

Take a look at what Carroll actually happen,” Hansche said. students are watching throughWith its growing popularly out the week.

Television sets across the country, there’s almost no question as to why it’s one of around campus can be found tuned to different shows each Carroll’s most popular shows!

While Hansche is watching night. While some shows may One Tree Hill, freshmen Tyler be more popular than others, a Vogds is watching ESPN’s Sports little TV can go a long way, espeCenter, the show to watch if you cially when you’ve been working want to see what’s going on in on that biochemistry lab write the sports world, both in and out up or studying for tomorrow’s geography test. A study break to of the arenas.

“I watch Sports Center to watch the season finale of FX’s see how my favorite players do Nip/Tuck, TBS’ re airing of Sex that week, to see football and and the City, or any other of your basketball scores, and to watch favorite shows with your roomthe top ten plays. I also watch to mate can be just enough to keep get news about players, especially going crazy.

Staff Writer

Thursday, October 21, 2004

‘Ladder 49’ appeals to wide audience Jamie Slewinski Staff Writer

After reading The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, I was in disbelief. Looking at the intense previews on television, I found it hard to believe Ladder 49 got a weak rating of only two thumbs.

The plot of the latest John Travolta movie is about a young Baltimore fire fighter, Jack Morrison (Joaquin Phoenix, Signs, The Village), who gets caught in a two-story building as it collapses.

While waiting to be rescued, he has several flashbacks, as his life passes before him. The flashbacks contain memories of when he was the new rookie at the fire house, putting out his first fire, losing many friends, meeting his wife, having kids, and all the things of an everyday hero. Not only does it give you an insight to his life, but it also shows that everyday people can be everyday heroes. It is a great combination of comedy, romance, and action all in one.

Travolta, (Face Off, Pulp Fiction) plays Mike Kennedy, mentor and friend to Phoenix’s Morrison. The cast alone is enough to make the movie worth seeing. Watching the previews on TV doesn’t give you a good insight as to what the movie is about, but it is so much more interesting and intense than how the trailer illustrates.

Now many people think that reading the reviews and articles about the movies makes it easier to decide if a movie is worth seeing or not. Now have these people met Ebert & Roeper? Doubtful, and highly unlikely, so people should really trust their own judgment. It disappointed me that they got such

a low rating. Upon reading of the rating, I knew that I had to go see it for myself.

Now going into the movie, you expect a back-draft type of movie with a little different plot of characters, but mostly everyone I have talked to was expecting a back-draft knock off. Well, what you expect is that total opposite of what the movie is.

As freshman Zadie Nelson said, “It is exactly the opposite of what you are expecting, yet much better than the expected.”

Many movies that go into flashback mode do not get the picture across so well, but this one is extraordinary when it comes to how it was written.

“You would think that having it in chronological order would make sense, but when me and my boyfriend rationalized, it just would not be good or even work if the flashbacks were not involved,” Nelson continued.

Quite frankly, when thought about without the flashbacks, it would make the circumstances of Morrison look so much lighter and make the whole rescue operation so short.

Another element that Nelson liked about the film was the fact that it wasn’t like other love stories. While it concentrated on Morrison and his life, it looked past the “lovey-dovey” romance. It showed how real life is, the hardships when your job is dangerous, and when your family is fearful of your well-being.

“It was good to show the truth and not just a love story,” Nelson said.

Along with the issues of dealing with his life, Morrison is asked if he still loves his job, illustrating a good point, firefighters have a rough job. Ever since Sep-

tember 11, firefighters have been heroes to the world, but there are few movies depicting what really happens. Most movies show firefighters that just go out and do their job, no problem. The ideas that this movie brings out are that being a firefighter is just like every other job. At times you love it, and at times you hate it. It isn’t just being a hero, it is about living everyday with that job and seeing the horrors involved, like losing friends, getting injured, and becoming sick of helping people, only to get yourself and your family hurt.

Another good point that should be made about the movie is the fact that this movie isn’t entirely an action movie, but it’s not a “chick flick,” but rather combines elements associated with both types of movies.

“It was a great movie, yet deeply depressing,” said freshmen Siobhan Brien.

Yes, the movie is made out to show heroic firefighters and be an action type film, but it is also slightly “chick” flick. The ending, which I will not give away, really puts the movie together and makes it so touching and inspirational that it made many of the women in the theatre cry, including the people that I saw the movie with.

Ladder 49 isn’t made entirely for the action fan; it’s not entirely for the romance fan, but rather appeals to a broader audience.

It is so diverse and so good that critic Jim Svejda of CBS radio said, “One of the years best films!

Heart-wrenching, and utterly inspiring!”

The film tells the story of everyday heroes, and in my opinion, has something to offer anyone who sees it!

Not just an ‘American Idiot’ Mike Justman Staff Writer

Green Day is back and they’re tearing up the charts with the latest release, American Idiot.

They hit it hard right at the start with the album-titled song and single, “American Idiot.” This is straight-forward angry Green Day at their finest. Then, they switch tones for “Jesus of Suburbia.” What’s unique about American Idiot is that there are two songs that have a five song “opera” extended to them. They last about 8 minutes, which is something new for these Bay Area punkers.

Another stand out song is Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” a slower song that sounds inspired by pop-singer Avril Lavigne, which is hard for me to swallow.

“Give Me Novacaine” has this Caribbean feel to it. It’s almost

like you’re sitting on a beach somewhere enjoying the sun.

A sadder, but excellent song is Wake Me Up When September Ends” This is about front man Billy Joe Armstrong losing his father, which really shows how Green Day has matured over time.

Overall, American Idiot is pretty intriguing. There’s a plethora of different musical styles compared to the bands past albums. Green Day is maturing gracefully, but are by no means losing their raw edge, which makes them one of the most influential bands today. I recommend this album to anyone looking for something a bit different from Green Day. They also happen to be on a huge tour and are stopping at the US Cellular arena with mallrat pop-punkers New Found Glory and Sugarcult on Tuesday, November 9.

A Little Push and Shove

Photo courtesy of the Sports Information Department

Junior Michael Berry fights for the ball against St. Norbert College on October 15.

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Cruise the Campus

Mr. Leo Staff Astrologer

Libra September 23 - October 22 You will do some soul searching.

When you don’t get Starbucks one day, you learn something you never knew about yourself.

Withdrawal from coffee sucks, maybe next time you’ll get up on time to make your coffee run before class starts.

Scorpio October 23 - November 21 You will discover the secret of happiness. You will use its fullest effect until you realize that sleeping all the time is not that good for college grades. The day you miss class could be the day you would have learned how to prove a mathematic problem that’s been plaguing scholars for centuries.

Sagittarius November 22 - December 21 It’s just passed mid-terms, now may be a good time to start a trophy collection. (You can have them made for yourself; you know.) You can even start a donation fund toward your trophies so you feel like you earned them.

Everyone deserves to feel like a winner at least once in their life.

Capricorn December 22 - January 19 People are beginning to take you too seriously. It is time to start walking around in your bathrobe and big pink bunny slippers along with your favorite outfits. This way people will just think you are weird and not just serious.

Aquarius January 20 - February 18 That urge to skip class may be a sign your rebellious side is rearing its ugly head. Put these tendencies to good use by speaking out against to-go containers in the Main Dining Room or the fact you waited 15 minutes for a soda in the Pioneer Indoor Terrace.

Gemini May 21 - June 21 Lately you feel that people are devising a scheme behind your back. You almost feel that you would be voted out if they were given the chance. I wouldn’t worry about it; your “I can do anything” attitude gives you tribal immunity this week.

Pisces February 19 - March 20 Your neighbors down the hall are really starting to get on your nerves. It’s time to start fighting fire with fire. The next time they start making announcements to the entire floor remember you can do the same thing. After all, you do live on the same floor; you know what goes on.

Cancer June 22 - July 22 Every good relationship has to come to an end. This week you realize that your dedication to your studies has caused you to neglect one of your most treasured relationships. It’s ok though, the remote will get over it. The relationship will redevelop over time.

Aries March 21 - April 19 Those late night sessions working on that project are starting to take its toll. You will soon become a walking zombie. When you starting waking up and have no idea how you got to your current location, rest assured that it’s due to lack of sleep and not alien abduction.

Taurus April 20 - May 20 The bright colors that are out this fall remind you of your childhood. Go ahead and have fun with this fashion regression.

However, be warned, the side ponytail will not be making a comeback any time soon.

Leo July 23 - August 22 You have a lot of built up energy inside of you. Don’t be afraid to let it out, but this time try not to take everything out on your friends and roommate or their computer … keep in mind, you have to live with them for the rest of the school year.

Virgo August 23 - September 22 To ensure that you remain lucky, I recommend that you buy a really big truck. You will always be able to find a great parking spot, even if there is a car in the parking space. Consider that rock star parking like a present for yourself every time you go to the store.

October 21 Influenza (Flu) and Meningococcal vaccine clinic • Open to students, faculty, and staff • Stackner Ballroom • 1 p.m.-7 p.m.

• $18 for Flu vaccine, $90 for Meningitis vaccine October 22 • Fall Break begins October 23 Football • vs. Lake Forest College • Schneider Stadium • 6 p.m.

Women’s soccer • vs. Knox College • Schneider Stadium • 11 a.m.

Men’s soccer • vs. Knox College • Schneider Stadium • 1 p.m.

October 24 Women’s soccer • vs. Grinnell College • Schneider Stadium • 11 a.m.

Men’s soccer • vs. Grinnell College • Schneider Stadium • 1:30 p.m.

Youth Wind Orchestra of Wisconsin • Shattuck Music Center Auditorium • 8 p.m.

• Tickets $5 October 25 • Calles resume at 4 p.m.

Baritone Robert Barefield and pianist Janice Meyer Thompson • Dorothy Goff Frisch Recital Hall • 7:30 p.m.

October 26 Francis Ford, photographer, presented by the Carroll Art program • Humphrey Memorial Chapel • 7 p.m.

Speaker, Ulice Payne, Jr. • “On Leadership: An Essential Path to Success” • Stackner Ball Room • 7 p.m-9 p.m October 28 • Last day to drop classes or change to audit.

• Deadline for submitting work to instructors for incompletes received the previous spring and summer October 29 Ann Gratch and Jody Dunphy • “Recent work” • Rowe Art Gallery October 30 Ann Gratch and Jody Dunphy • “Recent work” • Rowe Art Gallery October 31 Ann Gratch and Jody Dunphy • “Recent work” • Rowe Art Gallery Halloween Movie, VanHellsing • Pioneer Indoor Terrace • 8 p.m.

November 1 Ann Gratch and Jody Dunphy • “Recent work” • Rowe Art Gallery November 2 • Registration packets available for full-time students for spring 2005 Ann Gratch and Jody Dunphy • “Recent work” • Rowe Art Gallery November 3 Ann Gratch and Jody Dunphy • “Recent work” • Rowe Art Gallery Organizing an event on campus?

Want some free publicity? Send the details to perspect@cc.edu with ‘Cruise the Campus’ in the subject line at least two weeks in advance for publication.

Brought to you by the Department of Mathematics Last puzzle’s winner: Adam Czajka

The figure to the right represents a number maze. The number in each square tells you how many squares you must move, horizontally or vertically, from that square. For example, from A you must move two squares, to either C or K. From X you must move 4 squares, so you must go to D. Starting at A, find the shortest path to Z. For your solution, give the squares that you visit, in order, in this path.

One randomly selected correct solution will get two movie passes and popcorn.

Solutions must be submitted by noon on Wednesday, October 27 to be in the prize drawing. Submissions can be e-mailed to defeil@cc.edu with ‘Puzzler Answer’ in the subject line or can be submitted in hard copy to Professor Dave Feil’s office, 105 Maxon Hall.

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Athlete Spotlight: Erin Kelley Alysha Schertz Lead Sports Writer

Freshman Erin Kelley from Kettle Moraine, Wis. has proven to be one of Carroll’s Cross Country’s best female runners. She has finished first for Carroll in four of the team’s five meets.

As a high school athlete, Erin ran cross country for three years and managed to be the number one runner on her team in a very competitive conference. She also participated in her school’s track and field events, and traveled to state her junior and senior year where her relay placed fifth.

Despite what everyone may think, it’s not all running for Erin. She enjoys “hanging out with friends and just meeting new people” she said. Erin is a nursing major at Carroll and is excited about college life and meeting new people.

Erin came to Carroll looking for a small close-knit college where she could plant her feet, and after meeting with Coach Thielitz in February during her campus tour, she decided Carroll was the place for her. She was still uncertain about going out for Cross Country and even went as far as telling Thielitz she wasn’t going to.

However, after Thielitz traveled to a few of her track meets in Kettle Moraine, he definitely was not going to give up on Erin easily.

“Erin is doing an incredible job here, and as a freshman, she is far faster than I had expected or anticipated. She has gained a lot of respect from our team as well as other athletes and coaches around the conference.”

“I wasn’t even sure I wanted to go out for the team,” Erin said.

But now that she’s got almost an entire season under her belt, she said, “[I was a] little bit surprised coming in to the season and didn’t

really know what to expect.”

But after meeting the team and making new friends she said she’s “adjusting quite well.” Coach Thielitz is expecting Erin to take first at conference, a goal which is definitely not unattainable.

“Depending on how I do [in Lake Forest],” Erin said. “It should give me a boost of confidence for conference.”

Coach Thielitz said about Erin: “She’s got a shot at going somewhere after conference, but the team is focused right now on taking conference. We need Erin out front to make that possible.

We need her to not be afraid out there because it’s a lot of stress on a freshman to be out in front like that. We need her to get first.”

Erin and the rest of the cross country team travel to Lake Forest on October 16, and tackle the conference course at Lawrence on the 30.

“Erin has performed like a conference champion throughout the season. Now the only thing she has to improve on is gaining her confidence and recognizing that she is that good.” Thielitz expects great things from Erin in the future. “What’s great is that she’s an incredible athlete but also an incredible person.”

If you know a athlete you would like to see spotlighted in the “Athlete Spotlight” column, E-mail pseroogy@cc.edu with your nomination.

Thursday, October 21, 2004

Intramurals lack student participation website (http://athletics.cc.edu/ intramuralrec/intramurals.asp).

Any students who wish to participate in a team sport, but do not have a team to join may email Tim at tdornema@cc.edu so he may place them on a team as a “free agent.”

Students may participate in as many intramurals as they want. The only restriction is that Carroll athletes may not play in the intramural version of their sport during their given season.

For instance, football players cannot play flag football in the fall. However, in their sport’s off-season, athletes may play in

as women’s 3-on-3 basketball, men’s 5-on-5 basketball, indoor Staff Writer volleyball and even dodge ball.

Intramurals are free for all “The Exercise Science 315 full-time Carroll students. That’s class will be running a dodge right, there is no extra charge ball tournament on Wednesday to participate in intramurals; it November 3 to kick off dodge is included in the activities fee. ball,” said Dornemann. “We are Part-time students, staff and faclooking into running wiffleball if ulty may also sign up for intrathere is enough interest.” murals, but a $25 per semester “They should have table fee must be paid. tennis and more bar-type activiFor those who don’t know ties,” said freshman Amy Chamwhat intramurals are, they are paigne when presented with a recreational league in which the current list of sports. Amy’s anyone can be a part of and problem could be remedied by everyone can have fun doing. an intramural council.

“It’s a good way for the “The campus recreation students who aren’t up to program is looking to estabthe high caliber of Carlish an intramural council roll athletics to enjoy the to get feedback and sugsports they love,” said gestions from the Carroll “Intramurals are a great way junior Jesse Maxwell when College community,” said asked of his reasons for Dornemann. “If anyone is to meet girls.” taking part in intramural interested in participating, I Junior Nate Covert am the one to contact.” flag football.

Intramural seasons The Campus Recrerun in quarters. For ation would also like to offer instance, the first quarter a Carroll Cup competition. takes place during the first half their intramural sport, but only The Carroll Cup involves indiof the first semester, the second two athletes will be allowed per viduals and teams sponsored by quarter falls on the second half of team. a campus department, residence Students need not travel hall, or recognized organizathe first semester and so on. To comply with the given weather long distances to the fields of tion that can accumulate points during the year, the second and play. All locations can be found toward this yearlong competithird quarter activities are held on the Carroll College premises. tion based on their performances inside to avoid the blistering cold Outdoor volleyball games are in intramurals. Winners will of a Wisconsin winter. The first played on the volleyball court receive a traveling trophy, have and fourth quarter intramurals behind the Bergstrom Complex, their team picture posted in are primarily outside when the softball or kickball matches Ganfield and will be provided fall and spring temperatures are take place on the Jean Kilgour with a free pizza party.

Softball Diamond located on welcoming.

Intramurals are a free alterAll members of winning the corner of College Avenue native to academics. They are a teams at the end of the intramu- and Grand Avenue. Most other great way to meet other students ral season receive an “Intramural outdoor sports are played at the and relieve some stress.

Champion” T-shirt at no addi- new Schneider Stadium, and all “Intramurals are a great indoor activities will take place way to meet girls,” said junior tional cost.

The process of signing up in either Ganfield Gymnasium Nate Covert with a large grin on for intramurals is relatively easy. or Van Male Field House. his face.

Currently, teams are lackDuring the last week of October However, the most importhere will be a table set up in the ing in nearly all intramural tant part of intramurals is the Campus Center with entry forms sports. Flag football has six fun factor. Bad plays in an for next quarter’s activities and teams, whereas co-ed soccer and intramural game will not affect during lunch, Tim Dornemann, ultimate Frisbee have only two the mood of the campus the next Director of Intramurals, will be teams each. Kickball was also day, so don’t sweat the mistakes. on hand to answer any and all available, but no teams signed Anyone who steps onto the field questions. An online sign-up is up so it was cancelled. Next of play and has an enjoyable time also available on the intramurals semester will offer such sports will walk away a winner.

Jim Verbick

Photo by Jill Ridenour

Intramural flag football is held every Monday night at Schneider Stadium.

Thursday, October 21, 2004

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Young volleyball team works hard to finish strong Jennifer Wright Staff Writer

The 2004 women’s Pioneer volleyball season is well underway with the coaches and players poised for tough competition the remainder of the season.

With an overall record of 4-14 and a conference record of 2-5 (as of October 12), the team is building off of its youth.

Freshman Ashli Ligocki has cracked the Midwest Conference top 10 for most kills per game.

Ligocki averages 2.95 kills per game and189 kills overall this season.

Other team standouts include sophomores Emily Heinkel and Bridget Boucher. Heinkel’s 4.51 digs per game has earned her a spot in the conference’s top 10 for most digs per game, while Boucher is ranked in the top 10 list for assists per game in the conference with 7.52.

Winning a game against nationally ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater has been a major highlight of the first half of the season. Unfortunately, UWWhitewater won the match.

Two big changes for the 2004 team include the loss of six seniors, leaving only freshman and

sophomores on the team’s roster and the addition of two new assistant coaches.

Assistant coaches Jen Peters and Karen Smith were added to the coaching staff prior to the 2004 season.

“The staff works well with each other and the team, as we see different aspects in different areas of the game,” said Slattery. “We balance each other.”

With the 2003 team finishing second in the conference and with a 13-21 record, this season’s team hopes for a similar finish. “[Our] goal [is] to finish in the conference in the top five,” said Slattery. “This is a lofty goal, but anything can happen on any given day in competition and with desire.”

With the season winding up soon, a strong finish is within sight.

“I believe the team is well prepared physically and mentally to finish strong,” said Slattery. “I believe with focus and teamwork, the team will win seven of the next 12 matches prior to the conference tournament in November.”

Cheer on the lady Pioneer volleyball team to victory against conference rival Beloit College on October 21 at 7 p.m.

Photo courtesy of the Sports Information Department

Freshman Ashli Ligocki goes up for a spike in the October 14 game against M.S.O.E.

4th and Long

Not the Bambino’s fault this time

Pete Seroogy Sports Editor

My column’s last issue was well received by some, and grossly detested by many. I take full responsibility for what I write and I welcome criticism and rebuttal for anything I put in print. That said, I encourage anybody who loves soccer and thinks Americans do too, to send me their thoughts on the subject (pseroogy@cc.edu), and I will put the best of which (with, of course my rebuttal) in my next 4th and Long column.

With that said, back to football. As long as it’s still football season, I am going to fill my column with my thoughts on college, NFL, NFL Europe, arena football…really any football (but not futbol; you know my thoughts on that). Hell, I might do an article on Pee-Wee football leagues.

The Wisconsin Badgers have quietly had an amazing season.

They are undefeated (7-0), and ranked in the top 10 of both the AP (ranked sixth) and ESPN/ USA Today (seventh) polls. This past weekend, they defeated the Heisman front-runner Kyle Orton and the (previously) sixth ranked Purdue Boilermakers.

I only caught bits and pieces of the game until the final two minutes when I caught them on the radio driving back to Carroll.

Unfortunately I missed the Orton fumble that led to the Scott Starks recovery and return for a touchdown that put the Badgers up for good. Jay Sorgi, the Badgers

play-by-play announcer gave me the incredible anticipation that I believe most Wisconsin fans watching the game on TV felt.

Sorgi detailed how Orton picked apart the defense using short passes and out routes to control the clock. The climax of the game came when Purdue kicker Ben Jones (11 for 11 life time from 40-49 yards) lined up for a 42 yard kick to tie the game. My heart sank as I heard the announcers regaling his accomplishments.

When Jones pushed the kick wide right, I damn near got into an accident.

This is what I love about sports. I was driving though the middle of nowhere, just listening on the radio to what was going on in West Lafayette, IN and I got so involved in the game that I actually took my hands off the steering wheel to physically cheer for a team hundreds of miles away. I’ve only seen one Badger game this season because of various reasons, and yet I am pumped that they are in the top 10 and will probably go to the Rose Bowl (they’ve got a pretty soft schedule from here on out). I don’t understand my fascination with sports, football in particular. I guess everybody’s got to be deeply involved with something. Mine is football.

Switching gears here, the MLB playoffs are back and I love seeing the St. Louis Cardinals and the Houston Astros duking it out for the National League spot in the World Series. Since both teams are from the Central Division, I guess Cubs fans can’t feel too bad. The NL Central was a very strong division this year. The Cardinals don’t really seem like they can be stopped by anybody.

The trio of Albert Pujols, Scott Rolen, and Jim Edmonds provide enough power to light St. Louis.

Then we’ve got the classic rivalry; Yankees vs. Red Sox. Last year the Sox got so very close to making the World Series, just a managerial decision away. This year though, they’ve just been

decimated by the Yankees. What was the score of that game? 19-8?

Ouch, Boston, ouch. That’s more of an office mid-summer softball game score. Not a game in the series that decides who the American League sends to the World Series. Good thing the BoSox attempted to make it a series late Sunday night when they won in the 12th inning. The win didn’t seem like something the Red Sox would pull out. You know, rallying from behind, and finally putting the nail in the coffin at the very end. The Bambino’s curse doesn’t work like that, so don’t blame this series on the curse Boston.

Nothing really was accomplished by that win, other than delaying the inevitable. The Yankees won in 5 and they just embarrassed the Boston Red Sox all over again.

Who’s your daddy Boston? Even as I write this on Monday night, the Sox have tied it up at 4 and the game’s going to extra innings.

You know what? Maybe they do have a chance perhaps the Bambino works in mysterious ways.

Boy, I’m so back and forth on this issue I feel like John Kerry. It is difficult not to get caught up in the relentless hope that the fans in Red Sox nation hold. These past two games have really given fuel to that burning passion the fans in Boston have for their team. If the Sox win the series, it’ll be amazing. I would be truly impressed and it would be the best way for them start killing the “curse of the Bambino.”

Well, I hope the Cards win the series. The Yankees deserve to win the AL, and the Cards dominated the NL this year. Should be a good series, I don’t even think I’ll be mad when they pre-empt football for it.

Pete Seroogy, sophomore sports editor thinks OJ did it, the DH is the best thing that’s happened to baseball, that instant replay is wrong for college football, and that you don’t agree with me. Email me with your opinions, ideas, and criticisms at pseroogy@cc.edu.

Match Point

Photo by April Karlen

Pictured above, freshman Breana Reichert is quick on the return and junior Katie Bobholz jumps to hit a powerful serve to her opponent.

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Thursday, October 21, 2004

Carroll soccer teams continue their winning ways Alysha Schertz Lead Sports Reporter

Women’s Soccer “Even our coach says we’re too good of friends,” said junior Jamie Lawrence on the Carroll College women’s soccer team chemistry.

Obviously that chemistry has affected their level of play.

The women have a 10-1-1 overall record for the season.

Traveling through a tough weekend of play, the Pioneers traveled to Monmouth College on October 2 to suffer their first real devastation of the season. The girls tied 2-2 with Monmouth, both goals scored

by Lawrence.

Captain Tracy Tetting said that the team “[was] extremely disappointed. [They] took it as a loss.”

On Sunday, the girls made up for the tie by defeating the tough Illinois College team 4-0.

Goals were evenly spread between freshmen Trisha Konkol and Samantha Drews, Lawrence and sophomore Maria Quesada.

On Tuesday, October 5, the women took on the Beloit team at Beloit. Pioneers beat them 1-0 on a penalty kick from Lawrence.

The following weekend, Carroll faced one of the toughest teams in the conference this season, Lake Forest. Carroll started out strong against with two goals in the beginning of the second half

by Julia Bell and Tetting.

It wasn’t enough, however, as Lake Forest answered with three goals of their own to end the game with a final score of 3-2.

It was the girls’ first loss of the

season, but they didn’t let that shake them.

They took on Concordia University at Schneider Stadium, and the home field advantage let the Pioneers come away with a 6-3 victory. Bell, a junior, had a good game coming away with four of Carroll’s six goals; the other two were scored by freshman Megan Blenner and Lawrence.

The girls play home on Friday, October 15 against the tough St. Norbert’s team and then travel to the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh on Sunday, October 17. The women will continue to “play [their] game” as Lawrence said.

Tetting is confident that “our ten wins will propel [them] to an admirable finish in the conference this year.”

Men’s Soccer With a 5-0 conference record, the Carroll men’s soccer team is doing well sticking to their “original game plan,” Captain Seth Dehne said, “a solid defense and out working the opponents.”

The Pioneers have done just that too.

On October 2, the men traveled to Monmouth College and came back with an impressive 5-0 victory. Goals were spread evenly with Joey Shoemaker finishing with two, while Dan Schindhelm, Brian McCabe, Garrett Ewald each contributed one. Assists were made by Andy Matson and Michael Katzenberg.

The men took that momentum into the next day’s game against a team with a 1-2 confer-

Photo courtesy of the Sports Information Department

Junior Jamie Lawrence and senior Tracy Tetting try to fake out three players for St. Norbert College on October 15 during a free kick.

ence record, Illinois College. The men again came away with a shy 1-0 victory with the goal scored

by Katzenberg early in the first half.

The following weekend, Carroll men faced the tough Lake Forest team. The Lake Forest offense was no match for the tough Pioneer defense, however, as the men came away with a 2-

0 victory. Captain Seth Dehne contributed one goal while Joey Shoemaker also contributed an impressive header to top of the final score.

“We are looking forward to upset undefeated St. Norbert’s and become the reigning undefeated team in the conference,” Dehne said.

The men play at Schneider

Stadium Friday, October 15 and continue with a game versus Cardinal Stritch University on Sunday, October 17. The men plan to stick to their game plan with a tough defensive strategy.

“If the other team can’t score, they can’t win. We will worry about each consecutive game as they come. One day at a time,” Dehne said.

Pio football team beats Beloit then give Green Knights a scare Bear Milne Opinion Editor

The Carroll College Pioneers hosted the Green Knights of St. Norbert’s College this past Saturday in the most stunning and heartbreaking game to be played at Schneider Stadium since it has come to be. The game went down to the wire, lasted nearly four hours in fifty degree weather as the five-time Midwest Conference Champions Green Knights were nearly toppled in a 36-35 victory over the Pioneers.

It boiled down to one penalty.

The Pioneers had routed the Buccaneers of Beloit College a week earlier in a 35-27 contest during the Beloit College Homecoming game. The Pioneer’s chalked up over 400 yards of total offense, with 245 of those yards coming off the ground. Freshman quarterback Chris Rogers led the team in rushing with 101 yards on his own and two touchdowns, with running backs sophomore Dan Del Monte and freshman Bryce Crocker chewing up 60 plus yards apiece to supplement the offensive assault (Crocker also snagged a pair of touchdowns).

Last week’s game through the air found (of course) junior wide receiver Adam Fletcher eight times for 127 yards and one touchdown, with Del Monte recording two catches for another 24 yards. While Rogers was sacked four times, he still managed to avoid any picks in the contest.

Tackles for the Pioneers was led again by Sophomore linebacker Chris Albanese who

Photo courtesy of the Sports Information Department

The offensive line sets up against St. Norbert College on October 16.

led the Pioneer defense with 13 tackles, followed by senior linebacker Mike Leeman with 11.

Junior defensive backs Joe Jarosz and Justin Stigler, along with junior linebacker Doug Hazen all recorded 7 or more. While the offensive stats show Carroll and Beloit nearly evenly matched, it’s

the 50 yard rushing advantage that Carroll owned that befell the Buccaneers.

Against the Green Knights Rogers threw for 245 yards on 17 of 22 passes, firing off on the first play, first possession to Fletcher for 31 yards, followed by a 35 yard touchdown run of

Del Monte (1st of season) to put the Pioneers first on the board against the Green Knights 20 seconds into the game. Fletcher would catch 8 for 108 yards and three touchdowns, tying Crocker with 9 touchdowns so far on the season. Del Monte would rush for over 80 yards and receive for

26, with only one game so far this year in which Del Monte would muster over 100 total offensive yards for the Pioneers.

But it would be an off-sides penalty on Carroll that would lead to a two point conversion and spell doom by the fourth quarter for Carroll.

The Green Knights would rush nearly 100 yards more than Carroll and take 10 more first downs - but five of those were due to penalties against the Pioneers. The Green Knight’s defensive abilities to shut down the run kept them in the game, while the Pioneer defense was array with how to stop the undefeated in conference in two years St. Norberts. Rogers threw a nearly perfect game with only one pick, coming late and under pressure in a two-minute drill attempting to move upfield following the go-ahead score of the Green Knights.

Albanese again lead the defensive effort with a seasonhigh 16 tackles, followed by fellow linebacker Leeman with 12 and junior defensive back John Shelley with 10 (and 1 interception). Senior defensive tackle Jacob Bodi recorded 6 tackles on the day and with junior linebacker Bill Rather kept pressure on the Green Knights’ quarterback Ryan Hartman, with Bodi recovering two fumbles and Rather taking the only sack on Hartman.

Carroll hosts Lake Forest on October 23 at Scheider Stadium and drops to 3-3 in conference, 3-4 overall. The Green Knights advance to 5-0 in conference, 5-1 overall.