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NEWS Emotional Aftershock of Earthquake Shakes Up Stony Brook Students, Prompts Relief Efforts

By Samantha Burkardt Staff Writer

Schools, hospitals, homes, towns and lives were destroyed without warning.

The biggest earthquake to hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti in over 200 years took the world by surprise on Jan. 12, just before 5 p.m.

The death toll climbed to almost 200,000 in a population of over nine million people because of the 7.0 earthquake. Haiti was not only hit once. The aftershock, which had a reported range from 5.9 to 6.1 on the scale, was the biggest of Haiti’s more than a reported 40 aftershocks.

It has become one of the most major natural disasters we’ve seen in our lifetime and many countries are coming up with ways to try and help those in Haiti who have lost everything.

There have been countless updates on the news about what Haitians are going through and have heard many stories of the people who got out who had to leave their families behind.

For Stony Brook University freshman Oli Brutus, that is also the case.

Brutus went to the island over winter break to visit his family and relax before school went back into session. He was there for three weeks and left an hour before the quake hit.

“I got to the US and then all of a sudden everyone started calling,” Brutus said. “The house was okay but everything inside was broken.”

Brutus said that it became difficult to get in touch with his family because there is only one cell phone company there.

“My mom, dad, aunts, grandparents, and a lot of cousins are over there,” he said. “I spoke with my mother later and found out that everyone else is ok.

There were a lot of friends that I have there that I couldn’t get in touch with.

My friend’s grandmother died and I know a few of them were in the hospital.”

Brutus described how Haiti doesn’t have real firefighters. They only really have the police and the United Nations.

“Haitians who live there didn’t have much as it was,” he said. “There are people who live in the mountains who built their own homes and they weren’t built properly like the ones here.

The quake destroyed those homes. ThoseHelp ha people already had so little, and now they don’t have anything.”

24 hours after the quake hit, the Red Cross had already run out of supplies for the people. It has been a week since the quake and help still isn’t arriving fast enough. Bodies are still

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Earlier this month Haiti was hit with the worst earthquake it has experienced in the last 200 years. trapped in rubble, and the smell of the deceased takes hold of the air because they can’t bury the dead fast enough.

Acts of violence and looting have been highly reported, the airport is maxed out of space and it’s hard to get flights in and out quickly, and there are still many, many people missing.

Luckily, that is not the case for Gabrielle Jasmin, a junior at Stony Brook, who was there when the quake hit.

“It was very abrupt,” Jasmin said. “I was in my house when everything started shaking violently. I tried to run out, but I was pulled back and told to hang on to a door pane. You could see the earth moving in a wave. All the walls were collapsed and I heard so many people screaming.”

Because the quake hit just before 5 p.m. and the sun sets around 6 p.m. in Haiti, the people had to deal with the disaster in the dark.

“It was very dusty,” Jasmin said. “I had to walk two miles to my grandmother’s house and I remember seeing a lot of people trying to get to the hospital. They barricaded the streets so that no cars could drive through so that people could walk freely.”

Jasmin went to Haiti on Jan. 1 for a medical mission trip and lost three people that she knew.

“The hardest part of all of this was overcoming the fear,” she said. “Fear that you might not go home, or see your parents. No one knew what was going on.

There was a lot of praying and waiting for loved ones.

Since the phones were down you couldn’t contact your family, the only way you knew if they were ok was if they walked into the room.”

More than 25 countries have contributed to the relief effort and U.S. private donors account for more than $275 million. This past Friday, the all-star "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon raised $57 million and counting.

“People lost everything,” she said. “Give whatever you can because they are just living off of handouts now.”

Dexter Daniel, junior and president of the Haitian Student Organization, is one of the many students to start organizing events on campus for the relief efforts.

“During the first two weeks of school, Jan. 25 to Feb. 5,” he said, “we are collecting donations such as bottled water, canned foods, clothes, and anything else students can give.

We are contacting other school organizations to help with their events such as the Caribbean Student Organization and Black Womyn’s Weekend. I know that BWW also wants to hold a candle light service for those who were lost.”

"I tried to run out, but I was pulled back and told to hang on to a door pane. You could see the earth moving in a wave."

- Gabrielle Jasmin

"The quake destroyed those homes. Those people already had so little, and now they don’t have anything.”

- Oli Brutus

Days to Donate to Help Haiti Find Relief Jan. 25 - SAC Lobby Jan. 26 - Union Lobby Jan. 27 - SAC Lobby Jan. 28 - Union Lobby Jan. 29 - SAC Lobby Feb. 1 - SAC Lobby Feb. 2 - SAC Lobby Feb. 4 - Union Lobby Feb. 5 - SAC Lobby

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Stony Brook Graduate and Research Assistants: We're Underpaid and Overworked

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Amelia Hubbard, a graduate student employee at Ohio State University, has been contacted numerous times by local food banks that are curious to know why they have been seeing so many graduate students using their services. “Aren’t these students paid?” they ask.

Hubbard’s response, “Well, not much.”

It is extreme cases like this that give insight into a graduate students life in today’s world of higher education. As universities across the nation are faced with financial crises, graduate students are picking up the slack as universities are forced to become more efficient.

But they are also fighting back by unionizing, in order to receive proper compensation and fair contracts.

According to Kira Schuman, a member of the Graduate Student Employees Union liaison committee at Stony Brook University, graduate students are an integral part of the university system because of the variety of services that they provide.

The Graduate Student Employees Union, or GSEU, received their first contract in 1993. While

Stony Brook is dealing with $37 million in budget cuts in the past year and a half, which has resulted in a hiring freeze and a drop in the number of class sections available, the GSEU is currently bargaining with the state for a new contract.

“If graduate students are not compensated adequately, the entire university is affected negatively,” Schuman said.

“We provide many of the same services as professors, but are paid next to nothing.”

The average stipend for a graduate student at Stony Brook is $15,000, which Schuman says is an impossible salary to survive living on Long Island.

According to the website Speriling’s Best Places, which keeps track of the best places to live, the cost of living in Stony Brook is over 40 percent higher than the U.S. average.

In November, over 100 classes were cancelled at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as graduate employees protested over tuition waivers.

Data collected by “The Chronicle of Higher Education" showed that tuition waivers vary drastically from college to college, depending on location and the wealth of the university.

According to the

website for the Coalition of Graduate Student Employee Unions, an alliance of labor unions in the U.S. and Canada, there are 28 recognized graduate student unions in the United States. These unions are allowed to collectively bargain and negotiate fair contracts with their employers.

“They are trying to unionize because they are working and their work is vital to the university, which couldn't function without it,” said Anthony Grafton, a history professor at Princeton University, who writes a column for The Daily Princetonian, which sometimes touches upon graduate student issues. “But they are paid very little, pretty much everywhere... By pretending they are full-time students, the university can minimize their compensation.”

But forming a union is more complicated for those graduate students living in states with strict bargaining laws.

“The problem in Ohio is we have a union, but it is not an effective union,” Hubbard said. “We can’t sign people up to be members… because we have to get Ohio State permission, and they won’t give it.”

According to the American Association of University Professors,

over 50 percent of faculty in higher education are employed part-time.

This trend is growing, as universities cannot afford to hire full-time faculty.

“If someone is working really, really hard and they are trying to do ground breaking research for their university and they have all these teaching assignments…all of the stress… the work can be overwhelming,” said Julia Mortyakova, president of the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students.

According to Zosia Turek, a member of the Research Assistant Union, or RA Union, bargaining committee, unionizing helps protect graduate students from being over worked and sets up a means of dialogue between students and their employer.

The research assistants unionized in 2008 and is presently in negotiations with The Research Foundation for their first contract.

Unlike teaching assistants, whose compensation is determined by the state, the Research Assistants receive compensation through grants provided by the Research Foundation, a private, non-profit corporation.

“Our economic contract articles include an annual

eight percent raise for all RAs, fee waivers, a bridge fund which will ensure job security, health, dental and vision improvements,” said Jim McAsey, the organizing director for the GSEU. “We want the Research Foundation to pay for all these things directly, as opposed to our Principal Investigators fitting the bill.”

According to Cathy Kaszluga, vice-president for corporate communications at the Research Foundation, nine articles of the contract have been tentatively agreed to. The RA Union has submitted all of their proposals.

“We have learned it is never so simple,” Turek said about the bargaining process. “It goes back and forth.”

While graduate students like Schuman and Turek are in embedded in a struggle for fair contracts in New York, Hubbard is waiting for the day she too can go to the bargaining table in Ohio.

“We have a senate bill that is going to hearing in a few months and a house bill was just introduced asking them to change the law to allow collective bargaining,” Hubbard said.

“If that changes, then the union is a real possibility because we have everything in place. We just need mom and dad’s permission.”

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Spring is when everything turns green…including your bill.

Announcing GreenBill, Stony Brook’s leaner, greener, online billing system Beginning Spring 2010

How It Works • Your billing statement will be available in SOLAR. No paper billing statements will be printed or mailed.

• You will receive an e-mail notification regarding the payment due date and a link to SOLAR. • You will be able to view your billing statement by logging into SOLAR, navigating to the Student Financial Services menu, and clicking on the link for the “Account Summary/What Do I Owe?” page.

• You will be able to pay online with a credit card or e-check, and enroll in the Time Option Payment Plan electronically.

• When the student billing system goes green, we'll reduce total paper output by more than 80,000 pages per year.

In addition to the environmental benefits, the GreenBill program allows for more accurate and timely bills and alleviates risks associated with paper mailings, such as identity theft, loss of mail, and changes of address.

To find out more about the GreenBill online billing program visit: stonybrook.edu/bursar/green or e-mail your questions to GreenBill@notes.cc.sunysb.edu Stony Brook University/SUNY is an affirmative action, equal opportunity educator and employer. 09120492

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Looking at the Spirit That Brings Us Together During a

By Ravneet Kamboj Opinion Editor

Misery has a habit of visiting those who least deserve it. Those who have never had an easy day in their lives sometimes seem to never get a break. When a huge earthquake hit Haiti recently, tens of thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands of people perished. It was after all of this however, that we once again saw something amazing.

People came to the aid of this small country, and millions of dollars of aid and supplies moved in.

US Army personnel, firefighters and cops from many cities in the United States and the US Navy all sent resources. The Red Cross and numerous other aid agencies moved in as well. It is in terrible situations like these when the good qualities of humanity can arise, and in these trying times we can examine the American spirit of helping our neighbors, the spirit that leads us to be one of the largest contributors of volunteer

time and donations around the world.

A similar disaster struck Asia in 2004, when a major earthquake triggered a massive tsunami that killed over 200,000 people.

All in all, the world donated over seven billion dollars in aid. This disaster, and the one in Haiti actually showed us what could happen if we put aside our differences and come together for a common purpose.

The collaboration between countries after these kinds of disasters does more for international relations than long years of diplomatic talks. That is because when the time comes for us to act together, we realize that we are not all so different and that we all share common qualities as human beings.

Although these major disasters garner lots of attention, we must also stop to appreciate all of the people who take time out of their lives to help others, even when there isn’t a terrible tragedy on the news. These volunteers do not ask much in return, except the satisfaction they get when helping others. We can all take a lesson from this humility If we stop to think for a moment about

Letter to the Editor: The Case for the Hilton Hotel

To The Editor: The recent controversy on the campus concerning the building of a Hilton hotel has caught the attention of the veterans of the LISVH. We are part of the state university of NY and have a vital interest in the construction of the Hilton hotel on the campus of the state university. We have relatives who live in distant places who would like to visit us. In addition to the families of students and faculty members the residents of the veteran’s home will be thrilled to have a hotel on the campus. At the veterans home we strongly support the state university. We want the State University to receive adequate

all of the luxuries that we enjoy, especially as people who can afford to go to college, we can begin to see how much better some have it than others. It is perhaps this gap in living standards between peoples of the world that drive so many to volunteer. As college students, we can make a tremendous difference in the local community, in our university and wherever else we may decide to spend our time.

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funding and become one of the top universities in the United States.

One point that has not been emphasized in this controversy is the fact that a large hotel on the campus would force competing hotels and motels to lower their prices and improve the quality of their rooms. We veterans at the veteran’s home are hoping that Dr.Stanley will champion the quick approval so the building will commence as soon as possible.

Sincerely, John Kelly, Long Island State Veterans Home

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We hope that you take an active interest in your campus and the world you live in so we can all become responsible adults and leaders when we leave Stony Brook.

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Remakes and Superheroes Are in Store for 2010

By Ivanna Avalos

Arts & Entertainment Editor

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he end of 2009 not only marks the end of the first decade of the millennium but also a year filled with sequels, comic book superheroes and remakes of old movie classics.

Here is a list of some of the most talked about movies for 2010.

The WolfmanOne of Hollywood’s oldest and original horror movie monsters gets a modern reinvention with director Joe Johnston. In this remake Benicio Del Toro stars as The Wolfman, a role originated by Lon Chaney Jr. in 1941. Del Toro plays Lawrence Talbot, an American man who is reunited with his father

(Anthony Hopkins) after his brother disappears. When he returns home, Talbot finds that a powerful, savage monster has terrorized and attacked the villagers and he soon becomes a victim of an attack from the monster and cursed. Watch Benicio Del Toro transform into the Wolfman on February 12th.

Shutter IslandLegendary filmmaker, Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio team up once again in February’s suspense thriller, “Shutter Island.” DiCaprio stars as up-and-coming U.S. marshal, Teddy Daniels in 1954. His character is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a female patient from a mental hospital on Boston’s Shutter Island. As the film progresses, it becomes clear that not all is as it appears on Shutter Island. The hospital officials are hiding something from Teddy

Daniels, and worse, no one is willing to talk. He begins to question everything, including his sanity. See if Daniels escapes Shutter Island on February 19th.

before Christmas,” while still appealing to children.

Follow Mia Wasikowska’s Alice down the rabbit hole March 5th.

Alice in Wonderland-

A Nightmare on Elm Street-

This classic tale, based on Lewis Carroll’s screenplay, gets a new twist this year from director Tim Burton, known for “Edward Scissorhands” and “The Nightmare before Christmas.” The story of Alice and her adventures in Wonderland is commonly known, made even more popular among children after the release of Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland” in 1951. While Disney’s version presentation a more wholesome and colorful image, Burton’s take on the tale promises to follow the ranks of eerie darkness as his previous films, “Coraline” and “The Nightmare

Iconic 1980s killer, Freddy Kueger returns to Elm Street to terrorize the dreams of a new group of teenagers this spring.

Director Samuel Bayer takes a spin in a remake of the killer who attacks children in their dreams which causes them to die in the real world, with his trademark glove with four blades in the fingers. Return to Elm Street on April 30th.

Iron Man 2Robert Downey Jr. returns to play billionaire inventor, Tony Stark

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ARTS More Movies to Look Out For In 2010 From Movies on 6 aka Iron Man. With his superhero alias known to the public, Stark faces increasing pressure from the public and military officials to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let his technology fall into the wrong hands, Stark forms alliances to protect his work.

The movie follows Prince Dastan, who teams up with princess Tamina (Gemma Arterton) to stop a powerful ruler (Ben Kingsley) from unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy the world by returning the “sands of time” to the Dagger of Time, a dagger that allows the user to move backwards through time. Follow the sands of time on May 28th.

Prince of Persia: The Twilight The Sands of Saga: EclipseTimeDisney transforms the “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” video game into a major motion picture with Jake Gyllenhaal starring as Prince Dastan.

Stephanie Meyer’s third installment of the popular vampire series “Eclipse” makes it way to the big screen this summer, seven months after the theatrical release of “New Moon.”

“Eclipse” follows Bella in her reunion with Edward but their relationship is tested, as Bella begins to realize that she has feelings for her best friend and werewolf, Jacob Black. While many critics can’t understand the appeal of America’s growing obsession with vampires, especially with the Cullen family, fans continue to make “The Twilight Saga” a popular franchise. Find out on June 30th if Bella will choose immortality after she realizes that she has feelings for Jacob?

The Last Air BenderBefore James Cameron’s

blue Na’vi appeared on screen in his movie “Avatar,” there was an animated television series called “Avatar: The Last Airbender” created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko that gained a large fan base. The series had several influence in martial arts, asian art and mythology.

After announcing in early 2007 that M. Night Shyamalan would write, produce and direct a live-action trilogy of the television show, fans of the cartoon will be happy to hear that the first movie is hitting theaters this summer. tehPARADOX.COM

Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows Part1Another popular book to movie adaptation franchise has a theatrical release slated for 2010, J.K Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows.”

The seventh book is broken up into two parts for its big screen release--the first part will hit theaters this November—in an attempt to avoid cutting too much from the book version. The book follows Harry and his best friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, as they battle to destroy the powerful dark wizard,

Lord Voldermort. Harry and his friends face Lord Voldermort Nov. 19th. Part two of the “Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows” is slated for a July release in 2011.

The Green HornetFunny man Seth Rogen shows a different side to himself in this year’s remake of comic-book

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Disney turns video game "Prince of Persia" into a live-action movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal this spring.

hero, “The Green Hornet.”

Rogen, best known for his roles in “Knocked Up” and “Pineapple Express,” not only stars as the caped crusader himself, but also co-wrote the screenplay with Evan Goldberg. No official trailer has yet to be released but “The Green Hornet” has already created buzz, since Rogen promoted it when he attended Comic Con 2009.

Look out for the Green Hornet this December.

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EncryptStick: Secure your Files

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USB Drives are a staple of modern society.

However the convenience of those small devices also come with the risk of losing the drive and data, or worse -- a thief going through your files.

Fortunately, there's a solution which allows you to store even the most sensitive files, knowing that the technology securing your files is theoretically more secure than the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), which is the encryption primarily used by the United States government To combat issues such as the ones mentioned above, many USB drives feature preinstalled security software, or you could download free encryption programs.

However many of those programs are rushed to distribution, meaning the programs may be subject to varying levels of breaches, or programs could be hard to use.

In today’s day and age, you need security which you know will stand the test of time, because even with encryption, once a person has a file, it’s only a matter of time before they are able to breach the security (provided they

have the determination), be it a matter of days, years, or even decades. Despite the previously mentioned shortcomings, there is hope.

While attending the Web 2.0 Expo at the Javits Center in New York City during November of 2009, I interviewed Mark Small, who is the Chief Technology Officer of Onix International, which is the maker of EncryptStick (encryptstick.com), which is an encryption program made

that the EncryptStick algorithm is based on code created by a company partner, who after development, was seized by the German government and made a state secret; however the code was later declassified and therefore made available for product development.

For those who are really interested in the technology,the makers of the algorithm are so confident in its security to the point that they allow virtually anyone to inspect

In today’s day and age, you need security which you know will stand the test of time. for USB drives that uses a 512 bit polymorphic encryption algorithm.

The encryption algorithm stands out from others, such as the US Government AES algorithm, because the encryption keys are twice the size of the highest grade AES implementation, and the algorithm is dynamic meaning rather than having a single code to crack EncryptStick uses a dynamic algorithm.

During my interview with Small, he mentioned

the source code, provided they sign a non-disclosure agreement. The details can be found by visiting pmcciphers.com and clicking the dollar bill on the right side.

Moving on from the technical to the practical, let’s focus on the features of EncryptStick. Starting off, the program is fairly simple to install. Just purchase a license from the website which costs $39.99 and download the file directly to your USB drive.

After downloading the

file, you run the install file. However u n l i k e many other programs, EncryptStick require users to access the internet for a registration code. This is an important feature I’ll get back to shortly. After getting the code, you continue with the i n s ta l l a ti o n and then you’ll be free to create “vaults” for your files on both your USB drive and on the computer you are working on. This means that aside from placing files on the drive, you also can create a folder on the computer you are working on which will only appear when your USB drive is connected.

Otherwise, the folder will be undetectable.

Now the files/vaults you create on your computer will be hidden, provided Windows is set not to show hidden files. If hidden files are set to be shown, users can see the files; however the names and contents are scrambled so they would be inaccessible without

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your key. According to Small, the reason for this is so copies of your files can be backed up.

The program also has a password manager built in, which aside from storing your passwords, also provides protection from keyloggers. The protection works in that after entering your passwords into the password manager, when you need to log into a site, you simply select the website from your password list and then select the copy option.

Unlike traditional copy/ paste which would show the password in plain text, passwords copy/ pasted using the secure

option only show up to key loggers as ********’s so abc123 would show up as ****** to a keylogger.

Finally, going back to the serial number, EncryptStick has a vault recovery feature, so if you ever lose your USB drive, you simply purchase a new copy of EncryptStick and submit your prior key. From there your new drive will be able to access vaults created on other computers, provided you also remember your prior password. However, you won’t be able to access files on your USB drive, as EncryptStick only keeps track of your encryption keys and not your files.

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Unspared, Haitian Athletics Left To Pick Up The Pieces

By Sarah Kazadi Sports Editor

With the stench of death intrusively permeating the air and the country’s capital in ruins, the people of Haiti face the challenge of rebuilding in myriad ways.

One is its athletic identity.

Among the hundreds of thousands killed in the catastrophic 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12th, were at least 30 members of the country’s soccer federation and at least 11 Haitian Olympians, according to regional authorities. A

few more Haitian athletes are unaccounted for and considered missing, possibly still buried beneath the rubble somewhere in the nation’s capital of Port-auPrince.

That is where the federation’s headquarters are located, in a three story building in which the members were meeting when the earthquake struck. In the group of at least 30 were referees, coaches, medical officials, administrators and an undetermined number of players.

Some of the Olympians in the group of at least 11, comprised of boxers, judo

fighters and taekwondo competitors, were training inside the building when it shook to the ground.

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, also known as FIFA, has pledged to donate $250,000 to aid the federation in its efforts to get back on its feet. FIFA Vice Presidents Chung Moon-jung and Jack Warner will also personally add a combined $600,000 to the cause.

Although sporting events might be the last thing on a list prioritizing the need to save human lives, the essential role of athletics

to any country cannot be diminished.

During the Great Depression, baseball played a critical role in uplifting the morale of any Americans who sought a temporary diversion from the despair around them. The bout between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao was more than a battle between two boxing greats.

It transcended the sport and put those of Mexican descent, ardently supporting their “Golden Boy,” against Pacquiao’s passionate flock of Filipinos.

The FIFA World Cup might be the best example

of national pride when it comes to sports. Countless soccer fans worldwide rally around their countrymen in hopes of propelling them to the international crown, awarded once every four years. Haiti’s national team has never won a World Cup, coming closest to doing so in 1974, losing in the qualifying stages of the tournament. But the team has had its share of success, most recently winning the Caribbean Cup in 2007.

But it will be a long while before Haitian athletes return to the playing field.

It is difficult to determine how much of the millions

of dollars being raised in relief efforts globally will go towards sports. The country needs to not only rebuild, but rise above its dismal prior state. The road ahead will undoubtedly be difficult and challenge a country who has already had one too many bad breaks.

It will be interesting to see how Haitian athletics will rise from the pile of dead bodies, crumbled concrete and mangled sheetrock to return to global competition. Their ability to do so will play an integral role in helping the nation get through its most difficult time.

Dear Mark Sanchez A Letter To The Rookie QB

By Sarah Kazadi Sports Editor

Sigh. So close, right? As much as I hate to see you lose to the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Championship bout, falling a game short of punching a ticket to what would have been the biggest game of your life, I think this loss will benefit you in the long run.

I know that you probably do not want to hear this right now, with the taste of the 30-17 defeat still fresh on your tongue, but hear me out.

What you did during this postseason was nothing short of remarkable, especially considering that you're a newbie at all of this.

You made believers out of naysayers like myself, and as a rookie, you did your best to try and erase memories of the "Same Old Jets."

Playing on the road, battling single digit windchills and a tough Cincinnati team, you put on a flawless performance.

The 24-14 upset set up

a date with the San Diego Chargers, and you proved, once again, that you were up for the challenge.

Not only did you help your team snap the Chargers' 11 game winning streak, you were clutch and held your own against a more experienced, pro-bowl caliber quarterback in Philip Rivers.

Behind your poise and leadership, the Jets did it again, edging the Chargers 17-14 and advancing to the AFC Championship game.

There, you met your match.

You met a player you probably looked up to as a college standout at USC. You met this year's MVP, Peyton Manning.

Don't get me wrong, you played a very good game for the most part. The 80yard pass perfectly placed in Braylon Edwards' hands had me jumping up and down in my dorm room.

But after building a nice 17-6 lead, your team failed to close out the half properly and allowed the Colts to trim the gap to just four.

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With a quaterback as experienced as Manning, that lead quickly evaporated and soon enough, you found yourself on the wrong end of the score.

As often said in sports, there are no moral victories.

None of what I just told you is going to make you feel any better about missing a chance to play for the trophy that only a select few get to hold.

But you have to crawl before you can walk. You

have to fall, bruise a knee, and bleed a little before you learn to ride a bike. These are growing pains.

Kobe had those two airballs in game five of the 1997 playoffs series between the Lakers and the Utah Jazz.

Look at him now, arguably the best player in the NBA. A young Shaquille O'Neal took an inexperienced Orlando Magic team all the way to the 1994-1995 NBA Finals, only to be swept in four games by the

more experienced duo of Clyde Drexler and Hakeem Olajuwon. He now has four championship rings to fit on his humongous fingers.

I'm sorry that all of my examples are basketball players...I never played football.

Nevertheless, there is a point here and I hope you get it.

It was a privilege to watch you grow during this adrenaline rush of a postseason.

You've shown what you are capable of. Now it is time to combine that huge potential with whatever you felt when looking up at the scoreboard at the end of Sunday's game and realizing that you were not going to play for a Superbowl ring.

Combine these two and use the result as motivation.

Come back tougher, hungrier. Then you'll get to do even more commercials and more GQ photoshoots.

Got it? Good.

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Monday, January 25, 2010

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Seawolves Hoops Calendar

Remaining Home Games Before America East Tourney Team Opponent Date & Time

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Hartford

1/30 – 4:00 p.m.

Boston

1/30 – 7:00 p.m.

Binghamton

2/06 – 2:00 p.m.

Maine

2/10 – 7:00 p.m.

Maine

2/13 – 4:00 p.m.

Binghamton

2/13 – 7:00 p.m.

Vermont

2/23 – 7:00 p.m.

Vermont

2/24 – 7:00 p.m.

UMBC

2/27 – 2:00 p.m.

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Monday, January 25, 2010

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WHILE YOU WERE OUT

Men’s Basketball Off To Best America East Start, Ice Hockey Clinches Trip To National Championship Tourney Staff Writer

Winter break meant plenty of work for Seawolves teams, which kept competing throughout the winter session. Here’s a look at how the men’s basketball and ice hockey teams did.

Men’s Basketball Record since Christmas: 7-3 (6-2 in America East) The Seawolves dropped their first game after Christmas but began the New Year in style, winning five straight games including the first three conference games of the season. Two road losses interrupted the streak but Stony Brook responded with two more wins and finished the break as the general student population returned on Sunday, edging the Albany Great Danes, 67-61. Behind clutch free-throws down the stretch and a stingy defense, the Seawolves improved to a 14-7 overall record.

Players To Watch

Key Games

The Seawolves have eight conference games remaining before the postseason tournament. While each game will be important to a regular season crown, pivotal among them are meetings with Vermont (February 24) and Maine (February 10). Maine (4-1 in conference) has dealt the Seawolves one of their two conference losses, and Vermont (5-1) currently sits atop the America East. Both are home games.

Ice Hockey Record Christmas: 4-2

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The Stony Brook ice hockey team, who during the winter session clinched a trip to the ACHA National Championships in March, is on a six-game winning streak and is the #19 team in the country. During that time, the team has outscored its

opponents 43-9. Last week, the team won an exhibition game with local AJHL powerhouse New York Bobcats, 5-2. The squad finished off the break on a downward slant, however.

After falling 6-4 to the 5th ranked Liberty Flames on Saturday night, the team struggled again on Sunday, succumbing to the Flames again by a score of 7-1.

Seawolves senior goalie Derek Stevens stops a puck earlier this year (above), and Sophomore Center Dallis Joyner throws down a monstrous jam against Columbia (below). Joyner collected a double-double Sunday.

Players To Watch

All of them. A home game at The Rinx is well worth the drive and cheap cost of admission, as spectators are always treated to highscoring, heavy hitting classic college hockey. Assistant captain Mauricio Torres (Fountain Valley, Ca.) leads the team in scoring with 35 points (10 goals, 25 assists) and winger Chris Ryan (Flushing, N.Y.) isn’t far behind with 33 (17 goals, 16 assists). Goaltender Chris Hausel (Kirkwood, Mo.) has handled the most time between the pipes for the Seawolves, earning a 7-1 record with one shutout and a 0.93 save percentage.

Key Games The Seawolves have one home game weekend left (February 6 and 7 against Robert Morris) before the ECHA playoffs begin on February 19 and the ACHA National Championships begin on March 6.

KENNETH HO / SB STATESMAN

Preseason first-team allconference selection and senior guard Muhammad El-Amin (Lansing, Mich.) has been scoring at an impressive rate (15.1 ppg, 17.9 ppg in conference) despite drawing extra

attention from defenders…

Sophomore guard Bryan Dougher (Scotch Plains, N.J.) has kept pace with El-Amin, scoring 15.0 ppg (19.0 ppg in conference) in addition to being charged with taking care of the basketball…Sophomores Tommy Brenton (Columbia, Md.,), with 7.9 ppg and 9.2 rebounds per game, and Dallis Joyner (Norfolk, Va.), with 7.8 ppg and 7.6 rebounds per game, have been handling the inside game.

NICK GENOVESI / SB STATESMAN

By Sam Kilb

ROTH REGATTA STRAWBERRY FEST NEW BUILDING ON CAMPUS (CEWIT)

PIPE LEAK IN KELLY AND ROOSEVELT QUADS LEAVES STUDENTS WITHOUT HEAT AND HOT WATER, CAUSING THEM TO EVACUATE.

CHINESE ACROBATS AT STALLER

533,040 POUNDS OF GARBAGE WERE RECYCLED DURING THE COMPETITION.

STUDENTS PROTEST BUDGET CUTS AT A RALLY THAT DRAWS A CROWD OF MORE THAN 250.

AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE, PRESIDENT SHIRLEY STRUM KENNEY SAYS GOODBYE.

PERFORMERS COMPETE FOR STONY BROOK IDOL.

DR. RAY WILLIAMS BECOMES NEW DEAN OF DENTAL SCHOOL.

MOVE-IN DAY

STONY BROOK VOTES FOR OBAMA AS PRESIDENT.

EARTHSTOCK

I-CON CONVENTION LEAVES STONY BROOK.

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