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Fioccos allege son was murdered College hosts blue

By Laura Herzog News Editor

oldest lawsuit the College is facing — dismissed.

“We have to trust that the State Police have been diligent in investigating all leads and determining those that have merit,” The College freshman whose body was found in a landfill in Schuster said.

2006 may have been murdered by a College alumnus, according Fiocco’s parents made the allegations on the suspicion that to new allegations by the student’s parents. lax dorm security allowed the alleged murderer, The allegations have arisen in the lawsuit who has not yet been charged with any crime, to involving the College and the parents of the follow Fiocco into Wolfe Hall. College attorneys deceased student, John Fiocco Jr. Attorneys for said that there remained a lack of clarity as to John Fiocco Sr. and Susan Fiocco said in civil how Fiocco died, and insufficient evidence court on Friday, Oct. 21, that a mentally ill College exists to support this allegation, according to The graduate told several people over a year after Times.

Fiocco’s 2006 disappearance that he had killed They also reportedly argued New Jersey’s the student, according to an Oct. 22 report in the Tort Claims Act and its Charitable Immunity Act Trenton Times. protects the College from civil suits.

Fiocco, 19, of Mantua, had reportedly gotten According to the Charitable Immunity Act, drunk at an off-campus College party and then “no nonprofit corporation, society or association JOHN FIOCCO JR. returned to his dorm room to sleep on the night organized exclusively for religious, charitable or he vanished from campus. His body was found in a landfill in educational purposes … (shall) be liable to respond in damages Bucks County, Pa. a month later. to any person who shall suffer damage from the negligence of Authorities had speculated that he was somehow killed by any agent or service of such (nonprofit).” the trash compacting system at the bottom of Wolfe Hall, where Schuster extended her condolences to the Fioccos on the police found his blood soon after his disappearance.

College’s behalf.

His parents had not mentioned the individual they suspect “The campus community was deeply saddened by the loss murdered their son in a court of law until Friday. of John Fiocco, and we cannot begin to understand the grief The suit alleges John Doe, as he was called in court, was on experienced by his family and loved ones,” Schuster said. “This campus the night Fiocco disappeared and has no alibi for the tragic loss is further compounded by the fact that we may never hours during which Fiocco disappeared, The Times reported. learn the circumstances of (Fiocco’s) death.”

He also reportedly was diagnosed with bipolar disorder Superior Court Judge Pedro Jimenez is expected to issue weeks before Fiocco’s disappearance. a ruling on the motion to dismiss the lawsuit at a later date, The suit said insufficient evidence existed to charge the according to the article.

College graduate with a crime, but enough existed to “link” him The Mercer County Prosecuter’s Office and Christine to a murder, The Times reported.

O’Hearn, one of the Fioccos’ attorneys, gave no comment to According to College spokesperson Stacy Schuster, the The Signal on grounds that the case is still open.

Fioccos filed a $5 million wrongful death suit against the Attempts to aquire information from the Mercer County College in 2008.

Superior Court were unsuccessful, as relevant court documents The College is attempting to have the Fioccos’ suit —which are sealed until the next scheduled proceeding on Nov. 18. claimed “negligence” on the College’s part for not guarding the trash compactor room and is, according to Schuster, the Photo courtesy of Campus Police.

and gold bonanza

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Alumni and students gathered in Lots 4 and 5 on Saturday, Oct. 22 for the College’s annual Homecoming celebration.

By Julia Corbett Production Manager

Spirited alumni and students celebrated a day of fun, pride, friendship and a Lions victory during Saturday’s Homecoming 2011. Leading up to the annual festive day was a week of activities for all students to enjoy, thanks to the restructured Spirit Week.

The parking lots were transformed into an abyss of tents and tailgating cars as current and former students descended on the College.

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Mail van fire prompts questions about campus vehicles

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A College mail van caught fire this summer on Metzger Drive.

By Julia Corbett Production Manager

He thought it would be just an average Monday.

A student mail van driver was about to finish his daily rounds when he noticed the smell of gas coming from the air conditioner. Soon, a runner flagged the driver down to inform him of the smoke. Within minutes, the vehicle was enveloped in flames.

At 11:15 a.m. on Monday, July 11, an engine fire destroyed the 17-year-old mail

van, one of two delegated to the Office of Mailing and Receiving. The fire happened on Metzger Drive near the Administrative Services Building.

The driver, junior physics major Andrew Bruccoleri, was not harmed in the fire.

In an email, Stacy Schuster, executive director of College Relations, said the vehicle was a 1994 Dodge Ram cargo van that was last inspected on June 7.

Just a little over a month after passing inspection, the van burst into flames.

Though Bruccoleri smelled gas shortly before the incident, he could not see the smoke coming from a low point at the front of the vehicle because of his position in the driver’s seat.

Prior to the full-fledged fire, Bruccoleri was on the last leg of his mail run near the Administrative Services Building.

He decided that he would finish making his deliveries and then inform his supervisor of the fumes.

However, an unknown runner, whom Bruccoleri believes was a summer student, saw smoke and waved the vehicle down.

“I was floored on how bad it was,” Bruccoleri said.

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Luckily, the runner waved Bruccoleri down before he entered the Administrative Services parking lot.

“I can only imagine what it would’ve been like if I waited and pulled into that parking lot with people around and all of those cars,” he said.

The van had experienced several problems prior to the occurrence, said Bruccoleri, who has been working for mailing services since May. Such difficulties, he said, included a dead battery and jammed doors.

“The van was brought in to the automobile shop to weld a door hinge on June 7, 2011,” Schuster said. “The repair was completed and a decision was made by the mechanics to conduct a standard vehicle inspection at that time. No additional problems were encountered and the vehicle was returned to service.”

After seeing fire from underneath the vehicle, Bruccoleri immediately went to the nearby police station while simultaneously calling his boss.

By the time he got to the station, the police were already informed of the fire.

When Bruccoleri exited the station, the

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vehicle was engulfed in flames. “It was really high, almost as tall as the trees,” he said.

“All incoming mail had been delivered.

Two boxes of outgoing mail were lost in the fire,” Schuster said.

This was the first time one of the College’s vehicles has caught fire.

Schuster indicated that the van was a part of a fleet of 67, ranging from new to over 20-year-old vehicles, the average being nine years old.

These vehicles undergo a series of annual inspections.

Sandy Grossman, a communications officer of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, said, “If a vehicle is registered in New Jersey, it needs to meet the requirements of New Jersey.”

Emission inspections are done yearly on all vehicles except during the first five model years, she said.

Aside from routine New Jersey state inspections, maintenance is performed once the College’s vehicles travel 3,000 miles. Moreover, those bound for off-campus locations receive weekly visual inspections

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Occupy TCNJ group small but ready to ‘kick some ass’

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At one of the first meetings of Occupy TCNJ, club members expressed enthusiasm but lacked direction.

By Shaun Fitzpatrick Arts & Entertainment Editor

“Are you guys here for the revolution?”

Mark Azic, senior economics and mathematics double major, wasted no time getting fellow students into the revolutionary spirit at a meeting for Occupy

TCNJ, the College’s branch of the national movement, on Wednesday, Oct. 12.

The group, which hosted a small demonstration in Alumni Grove the week before, attracted about 16 students to the meeting in the Business Building Lounge.

The irony of their location was not lost on the Occupy TCNJ members, whose partial goal is to spread awareness of the downfalls of free-market capitalism.

“We’re going to eat the monster from the inside out,” Azic joked.

Many of those in attendance explained that they had heard of the new campus group through its Facebook page. Meeting attendees included students from the International Socialist Organization, Bonner Center for Civic and Community

Engagement, Black Student Union and Amnesty International, as well as those just interested in the movement.

“I’m here to kick some ass and shake some cages,” said Lou Klein, senior statistics and sociology double major.

The group began in response to the now-famous Occupy Wall Street movement, which has spread to cities and campuses around the world. However, one of its goals is to exist as a presence on campus past the eventual end of the Occupy movement.

Other goals include holding more meetings for interested students and visiting different local offshoots of the Occupy movement.

Unlike protestors nationwide, however, the group was hesitant to draw up a list of demands.

“This isn’t a demand. It’s more an awakening,” Azic said.

Instead, it was suggested

that education might be a better first step.

“I think our first course of action should be educating and politicizing the campus,” said Matt Janansky, senior political science and philosophy double major.

The group discussed the possibility of a future publication to help achieve this goal.

As a new organization, Occupy TCNJ is still a bit unsure of its future role on campus.

“Right now, we’re just kind of a loose group that gives a shit about something,” Janansky explained.

However, the participants are serious about making a political impact on the College and beyond.

“Things won’t change for our interest, the interest of the majority, until we make it change,” said Tom Nagle, a senior English and secondary education double major.

New club to help HS dropouts Born without arms, bullying activist

By Kelly Johnson Copy Editor

Student Government granted club status to TCNJ Engage, an organization aimed at helping underprivileged youth return to high school and build up their résumé, during its meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 12.

Junior secondary education major Jenna Lanzaro, TCNJ Engage’s future president, presented the club. She explained that students will work with local youth up to 25 years old who did not finish high school for whatever reason. About 75 percent of the people that TCNJ Engage will be working with are past highschool age, Lanzaro said.

The organization will work with a local homeless shelter to reach out to these teens and adults who have been “abandoned by the system,” according to Lanzaro.

“They are very much disregarded,” she said.

Some SG members expressed concern that this organization’s mission coincided too closely with those of other groups at the College.

However, the majority of members agreed the club’s mission is unique enough to appeal to students with majors besides education.

“Our job … is to enable our constituents to do what they want to do,” said vice president and senior political science major Corey Dwyer.

Also on the agenda was a discussion of Ewing township’s relations with College students this year.

Following the recent altercations and interactions between students at the College and Ewing Township residents and police, SG’s class councils sent out a survey to students Oct. 19 regarding the issue.

The results of the survey will be sent to Mayor Bert Steinmann of Ewing Township, according to Christina Kopka, junior marketing and Spanish double major and SG vice president for advancement.

“We really do need to measure … what people think,” said Olaniyi Solebo, senior political science major and SG president,

emphasizing the importance of responding to the surveys.

SG also withdrew recognition of the original TCNJ Strong (not the weightlifting group of the same name recognized last week) after the Student Activities Department determined the group is no longer active.

The original TCNJ Strong was an SG-recognized organization that supported the troops during the War on Terror.

All SG organizations need to register with the Office of Student Activities. Because TCNJ Strong did not register this year and did not respond to several contact attempts, it was concluded that the group is no longer active.

TCNJ Strong therefore no longer retains its rights as a club upon SG’s withdrawal of recognition.

uses disability to ‘make a difference’

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After years of being bullied for his congenital disability, speaker Matthew Puriton told College students that he felt the need to help others.

By Cristina Castelo Correspondent

Tom O’Dell / Photo Editor

Junior secondary education major Jenna Lanzaro is TCNJ Engage’s future president.

Matthew Puriton, a speaker and expert who works with adults and children with pain and physical disabilities, came to the College on Thursday, Oct. 13 to discuss the negative effects of bullying and methods to prevent bullying. Born with a rare disability that resulted in him having hands but no arms, Puriton experienced a lifetime of bullying because of this ailment.

Puriton’s lecture was both informative and emotional, as it managed to teach awareness of the severity of bullying as well as touch some hearts.

Puriton explained that bullying is simply “passive intolerance.” He spoke of how bullies try to eliminate their competition and try to better themselves by degrading others, while being encouraged by others to bully as a form of entertainment.

However, it wasn’t the constant pounding and injury that bothered Puriton the most.

“Social rejection was more hurtful than physical pain,” he said.

This pain and grief brought Puriton to realize he needed to change this for others, but it wasn’t until after college that he fully gained this clarity.

First awarded a full ride to the University of Delaware, Puriton later received his master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Puriton said he was afraid of his academic talents growing up because it gave bullies another reason to torment him, and in college he was hesitant to persist with his studies until other students openly accepted him.

“Bullying doesn’t stop just when people graduate high school,” he said.

In retrospect, Puriton now understands the methods of bullying.

“The enemy is bullying,” he said, “The enemy isn’t the kid (who is bullying).”

He explained that “bully” is a term that should be defined as a verb rather than a label for another person. When given the label of a “bully,” a person will often instinctively live up to the label. That, he said, is what needs to stop.

“Bullying stops as soon as another student stands up,” he said, and although it isn’t always the easiest thing to do, standing up for what’s right can prevent a horrible act from happening — as well as a lifetime of guilt for passive bystanders.

Puriton spoke meticulously, leaving goose bumps with his words and inspiring many in his audience to want to carry on his vision of a world without bullying.

“As future teachers at the College,” said Brian Garsh, freshman chemistry and secondary education double major, “we have the power to put an end to this epidemic that has made an impact not only on the lives of people who are disabled, but also on the ablebodied children and people who are bullied.”

Puriton was born different, and all his life he wondered why. When he found it hard to carry on, he said the uplifting words from his parents and teachers always reassured him. He shared those words with the audience: “Because you have a disability, you can make a difference.”

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Campus Crime Update: Kadyhrob court date set, Travers burglar arrested

By Laura Herzog News Editor

State Police Fugitive Task Force in pursuit of an active warrant for a suspect at about 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, according to official A Lawrence Township man reports. Although Square was accused of a campus burglary not present at the address the has been arrested, and a court police were given, Ewing police date has been set to review the contacted Campus Police later attempted-kidnapping charge made that day to say that the suspect against Tony Kadyhrob, who was had come to their department banned from the College and Rider with the intent of paying the bail University last year. on his warrants. He was then Campus Police arrested 18-year- KADYHROB released into Campus Police’s old Jamar Square on Tuesday, custody and arrested, official Oct. 18., charging him with an incident of statements said. burglary and theft reported in Travers Hall Square was advised that he is banned earlier this month. from campus and will be placed under arrest Campus Police met with the New Jersey for criminal trespassing if found, reports say.

According to College spokesperson Stacy Schuster, Campus Police collaborated with Rider University to apprehend Square, who is also accused of making suggestive remarks to a female student on Rider’s Lawrenceville campus and then following her to her dorm.

“Campus Police often works closely with Rider University Public Safety and in this instance we made an inquiry as to whether they had experienced similar incidents as well as kept them apprised of the status of our case,” Schuster said.

In other news, an Oct. 27 court date was set for Kadyhrob, who made national headlines last year due to his resemblance to actor Christopher Walken. The Mercer County Superior Court will review his charge

of the attempted abduction of a female student from Rider’s campus last March. If convicted, he may face five to 10 years in prison, according to a Sept. 29 report by The Rider News.

Kadyhrob was already indicted by a grand jury for one count of second-degree criminal attempted kidnapping and one count of third-degree luring of an adult on July 7, according to a statement offered to Rider

by Casey DeBlasio, a spokeswoman for the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office. He was arraigned on Aug. 28 on his charges and remains in jail on $100,000 bail, DeBlasio told The Rider News.

Shaun Fitzpatrick contributed reporting.

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and mileage reports, Schuster said.

“The (campus) vehicles are inspected on average once a year by two qualified professional mechanics who are on staff at the College,” she said.

According to Schuster, each campus automobile is checked for electrical components, such as interior and exterior lights and horns. Brakes are replaced as required, tires are rotated as required and the undercarriage is inspected for damage or deterioration.

Additionally, if the “check engine” light is illuminated, mechanics execute diagnostics and repair, she said.

As far as replacing unusable vehicles, Schuster said, “We have a replacement plan and cycle to retire vehicles when they are no longer functional.”

However, the Office of Mailing and Receiving has yet to receive a replacement for the vehicle destroyed in the fire.

“Until a replacement vehicle has been identified, the short term operational needs have been accommodated by sharing vehicles with the Office of Building Services and Grounds,” Schuster said.

“I wish we would have gotten some sort of real replacement by now, because it’s hard to work with sometimes,” Bruccoleri said.

According to Schuster, the reason why the Office of

Mailing and Receiving has not received a replacement van is because, “the purchase of vehicles must go through a process which includes the following: identification and justification for funding request, approval of the request, purchasing of the vehicle, minimum 18 weeks delivery time … and licensing and preparation.”

No other vans have been retired since or due to the event.

Bruccoleri is extremely grateful for the runner who flagged him down and tries not to dwell on the unusual occurrence.

He associates the incident with Mondays, the dreaded first day of the workweek.

“I thought of how much I hated Mondays,” he said. “That’s what I’ll chalk it up to — a Monday.”

Close encounters with the KGB: A dean’s time in Russia

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By Liz Wimberg Correspondent

Benjamin Rifkin, dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, shared stories of life in a police state from 1981 to 1985 during a presentation on Thursday, Oct. 13 in the Business Building lounge. After traveling through Moscow in a study abroad program, Rifkin was followed, detained and questioned by the Soviet secret police on more than one occasion.

Although the presentation was intended to be both informative and humorous, Rifkin made clear that he was not in any way undermining the many deaths in Soviet Russia at this time, nor the severity of the situations of which he spoke. With that said, he began with the episode of his first interaction in the country.

Rifkin is well-trained in the Russian language, but he misunderstood a question from an official in the airport. “Do you have drugs?” was interpreted as, “Do you have medicine?” to which his answer was a shocking “Yes.” After frantically searching his bags and finding nothing but Pepto Bismol and Aspirin, the official called Rifkin an idiot and

continued his work.

Following this warm welcome, Rifkin learned to lead two separate lives — life in the dorm and life in public.

“The twain shall never meet,” said Rifkin, who was determined to spend his time in Moscow living as a native.

In his public identity, Rifkin wandered around the city in Russian attire and without his camera, so as to blend in with the locals. He called this “traveling incognito” and discovered that he wasn’t the only American practicing camouflage. He ran into a friend doing the same, and after talking, they decided to get lunch in a restaurant strictly for foreigners.

In what could be seen as something of a compliment to Rifkin, he and his friend were mistaken by the Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Besopasnosti (KGB) for Russian citizens attempting to dine in a forbidden establishment. The Russian KGB was an umbrella organization of the USSR until 1991, translating in English to “State Security Committee.”

They were detained and questioned separately. Rifkin took advantage of this opportunity and enabled the police to think he was Russian — not necessarily deceiving, but lying by omission. Eventually, the police realized they had made a mistake, and they apologized to him for any inconvenience they caused. Rifkin noted this was the first and only time he was ever apologized to by the KGB.

Rifkin’s presentation was full of similar stories of unpleasant interactions with the organization.

Finally, in May 1985, he was contacted by an employee of the KGB demanding the names of his Russian friends.

Rifkin was able to avoid endangering his friends for a short period of time and was instructed to return to the office with names the following day.

Instead, Rifkin called home and used a particular code phrase that signaled an emergency. His family sent a telegram urging him to come home immediately, as his grandmother was very ill and dying. Rifkin was allowed to travel back to America temporarily, but he never contacted the KGB official. As a result, Rifkin was named an American spy and was forbidden to return to the country upon request in 1987.

By 1989, however, Rifkin found a way to return to Russia, and he was in the country at the time of the destruction of the Berlin Wall.

Several years later, he was contacted in the U.S. by the Russian university at which he studied in ’81. They asked him to take an all-expenses-paid trip back to the university to give a presentation. Rifkin was nearly in disbelief. Recalling his many run-ins with the KGB and the few particularly dangerous encounters, Rifkin was finally assured that peril was overcome, and a new era had begun.

Graffiti berates TCNJ’s ‘high, drunk’ students IBM icon visits the College

By Shaun Fitzpatrick Arts & Entertainment Editor

Graffiti reading “TCNJ is filled with high and drunk white people I hate this school” was found on the wall above a urinal in the Library on Monday, Oct. 17. Reports say that the writing had apparently been there for over a week, but it is unclear when exactly it was written.

Building Services was contacted to remove it. …

A female student told police the lock to her room in Wolfe Hall had been superglued shut for the third time that week at 1:45 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13.

Police say a second victim,

a Community Advisor on the first floor of that same building, reported her door had also been damaged around the same time. …

An intoxicated male was found standing at the main lobby doors of the Campus Police station at around 1:45 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8.

The male, who was not a College student, stated that he had been visiting a friend who attended the College and the two had been drinking alcohol at an unknown offcampus party. Reports say that he was dropped off at the police station alone by a taxi because he needed assistance.

His mother was contacted and

came to pick him up. …

An intoxicated Cromwell Hall resident was transported to Capital Health Systems, Mercer Campus at 4 a.m.

Sunday, Oct. 9. An officer was called to the scene and found the female student with a flushed face, sitting with her head by a toilet containing vomit. According to reports, the student said she had been drinking vodka on campus but could not tell how much she had consumed, although she did know that it had been a lot. Lions EMS arrived to assume patient care before Pennington Road EMS arrived to transport her for further evaluation.

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By Kathryn Picardo Correspondent

“Much of the algorithms and programming that we use today were built in the early years of the field,” Allen said.

Computers are reaching their Therefore, she continued, the solution performance limit, Frances Allen of IBM to the present-day problem of peak told members of the College during her performance capabilities lies in the lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 19. innovations of a previous time.

But Allen, a Turing Award“We need to enable bold winning computer scientist, isn’t thinkers and high-risk projects, too worried. like the early projects where it “This is the best opportunity was not possible to repeat what computer science has to improve has already been done,” Allen user productivity, application said. “We need to be willing performance and user integrity,” to throw away some existing, ALLEN Allen said. familiar methods.”

Allen won the Turing Award (roughly The computer scientist’s apparent equivalent to a Nobel Prize in the computer passion for her work inspired some science field) in 2006 after working with students in attendance. computers for more than 40 years. With “It’s inspiring to see her achieve in IBM, she worked on the IBM Stretch, a the field she has dedicated her life to machine that was meant to be 100 times with such passion and commitment,” faster than any existing product at the Ryan Manheimer, freshman physics and time, in 1956, and the Fortran Project, mathematics double major, said. an initiative to enhance computers’ user productivity and performance, in 1954.

Photo by staff photographer Tim Lee.

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Nation & World

Libya free, but Gadhafi killing questioned TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) – Libyaʼs interim rulers declared the country liberated on Sunday after an eight-month civil war, launching the oil-rich nation on what is meant to be a two-year transition to democracy. But they laid out plans with an Islamist tone that could rattle their Western backers.

The joyful ceremony formally marking the end of Moammar Gadhafiʼs 42-year tyranny was also clouded by mounting pressure from the leaders of the NATO campaign that helped secure victory to investigate whether Gadhafi, dragged wounded but alive out of a drainage ditch last week, was then executed by his captors.

The circumstances of Gadhafiʼs death remain unclear. In separate accounts late Sunday, two Libyan fighters said Gadhafi was hurt after being captured, but was able to stand. One said that when he and others placed Gadhafi in an ambulance, the former Libyan leader had not yet suffered what Libyaʼs chief pathologist said was a fatal gunshot to the head.

Critics said the gruesome spectacle of his blood-streaked body laid out as a trophy for a third day of public viewing in a commercial freezer tests the new leadershipʼs commitment to the rule of law.

Britainʼs defense secretary, Philip Hammond, said the Libyan revolutionariesʼ image had been “a little bit stained” by Gadhafiʼs violent death. Both he and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said a full investigation is necessary.

Gadhafiʼs capture and the fall of his hometown of Sirte, the last loyalist stronghold, set the stage for the long-awaited declaration of liberation, delivered by the head of the National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdul-Jalil.

He did not mention the circumstances surrounding Gadhafiʼs death — mobile phone videos showed the wounded leader

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Wahab Al Ghazali of Libya, left, poses next to a poster of Moammar Ghadafi reading “End of Dictator, Libya is Free, Thanks to the Blood of its Martyrs” as they celebrate at Saha Kish Square in Benghazi, Libya. being taunted and beaten by a mob after his capture. But he urged his people to avoid hatred.

“You should only embrace honesty, patience and mercy,” Abdul-Jalil told a flag-waving crowd of several thousand at the declaration ceremony in the eastern city of Benghazi, the birthplace of the uprising against Gadhafi.

Abdul-Jalil laid out a vision for a new Libya with an Islamist tint, saying Islamic Sharia law would be the “basic source” of legislation and that existing laws that contradict the teachings of Islam would be nullified.

He outlined several changes to align with Islamic law, including putting caps on interest for bank loans and lifting restrictions on the

number of wives Libyan men can take. The Muslim holy book, the Quran, allows men up to four wives.

Abdul-Jalil thanked those who fought and fell in the war, saying they “are somewhere better than here, with God.” Displaying his own piety, he then stepped aside from the podium and knelt to offer a prayer of thanks.

Using Sharia as the main source of legislation is stipulated in the constitution of neighboring Egypt. Still, Egyptian laws remain largely secular as Sharia does not cover all aspects of modern life.

Libyaʼs revolt erupted in February as part of anti-government protests spreading across the Middle East. Islamist groups stand to gain ground in neighboring Tunisia and

Clinton addresses Iraq withdrawal

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke to the international media during her visit to a hospital in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Iran should not misread the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq as affecting the U.S. commitment to the fledgling democracy, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday.

President Barack Obamaʼs announcement Friday that all American troops would return from Iraq by the end of the year will close a chapter on U.S.-Iraq relations that began in 2003 with the U.S.-led invasion to overthrow Saddam Hussein.

Washington has long worried that meddling by Iran, a Shiite Muslim theocracy, could inflame tensions between Iraqʼs Shiite-led government and its minority Sunnis, setting off a chain reaction of violence and disputes across the Mideast.

Clinton said in a series of news show interviews that the U.S. would continue its training mission with Iraq and that it would resemble operations in Colombia and elsewhere.

While the U.S. will not have combat troops in Iraq, she said the American presence would remain strong because of its bases in the region.

“Iran would be badly miscalculating if they did not look at the entire region and all of our presence in many countries in the region, both in bases, in training, with NATO allies, like

Turkey,” she told CNNʼs “State of the Union.”

Asked on NBCʼs “Meet the Press” about fears of civil war in Iraq after U.S. troops leave, Clinton said, “Well, letʼs find out.

We know that the violence is not going to automatically end.”

She added: “No one should miscalculate Americaʼs resolve and commitment to helping support the Iraqi democracy. We have paid too high a price to give the Iraqis this chance. And I hope that Iran and no one else miscalculates that.”

In an interview released Saturday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tehran has “a very good relationship” with Iraqʼs government, and that the relationship will continue to grow.

“We have deepened our ties day by day,” Ahmadinejad said in the interview, broadcast Saturday on CNN. The timeline for U.S. troop withdrawals had been agreed to by President George W. Bush and Iraqi leaders. Obama had campaigned for the presidency with the promise to end Americaʼs war in Iraq.

For months the Obama administration negotiated with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other Iraqi officials to extend the stay of troops and to build permanent bases. Bothsides saw advantages to keeping several thousand U.S. troops in Iraq as part of a training mission, but there was also strong opposition in the U.S. and Iraq for the American troops to stay.

A sticking point was the U.S. demand that American troops be granted legal immunity to shield them from Iraqi prosecution, a flashpoint for Iraqi anger over the Americansʼ special status in their homeland.

In Iraq, cheers and fears greeted Obamaʼs announcement as the country pondered another period of uncertain transition.

While many celebrated what they viewed as the end of a foreign occupation, there was also apprehension over what would happen without U.S. troops on hand to help control political and social divisions that still spark shootings and bombings.

Arizona Sen. John McCain, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, called the withdrawal decision “a serious mistake” that is viewed in the region as a victory for Iran. He also said the presence of U.S. bases elsewhere in the region will have little impact on Iraq.

Egypt, which shook off their dictators several months ago. Tunisia has taken the biggest steps so far on the path to democracy, voting Sunday for a new assembly, while Egyptʼs parliamentary election is set for next month.

Libyaʼs struggle has been the bloodiest so far in the region. Mass protests turned into a civil war that killed thousands and paralyzed the country. Gadhafi loyalists held out for two more months after the fall of the capital of Tripoli in late August. Gadhafiʼs hometown of Sirte fell last week, but Gadhafiʼs son and onetime heir apparent, Seif al-Islam, apparently escaped with some of his supporters.

The anti-Gadhafi forces enjoyed strong Western political and military support during their revolt, especially from the U.S., Britain and France, and NATO airstrikes were key to their victory.

Abdul-Jalil paid tribute to the Gulf Cooperation Council, a six-nation alliance led by Saudi Arabia, the Arab League and the European Union. NATO performed its task with “efficiency and professionalism,” he said.

President Barack Obama congratulated Libyans on the declaration.

“After four decades of brutal dictatorship and eight months of deadly conflict, the Libyan people can now celebrate their freedom and the beginning of a new era of promise,” he said.

In Brussels, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen welcomed the declaration and said NATOʼs mission in Libya “is very close to completion,” referring to the allianceʼs decision to end air patrols on Oct. 31.

In Libya, leaders have said a new interim government is to be formed within a month, following by elections for a constitutional assembly within eight months. Elections for a parliament and president would follow in the year after that.

News Bits Five people were pulled out alive Monday from the rubble in eastern Turkey after a 7.2-magnitude quake leveled buildings and killed some 272 people.

The Obama administration pulled its ambassador, Robert Ford, out of Syria over security concerns, blaming President Bashar Assadʼs regime for the threats that made it no longer safe for him to remain in the country.

WikiLeaks — the online anti-secrecy organization whose spectacular leaks of classified data shook Washington and other world capitals and exposed the inner workings of international diplomacy — may be weeks away from collapse, the groupʼs leader warned Monday.

WikiLeaksʼs inability to shake the restrictions imposed by American financial companies may prove its undoing.

Tens of thousands of Afghan and NATO troops killed or captured 200 insurgents in eastern Afghanistan during two operations targeting the violent Haqqani network blamed for the majority of attacks in Kabul, the U.S.-led coalition said Monday.

Information from AP Exchange

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Editorial

We’ve got spirit, how ‘bout you?

Like many other students of the College, both past and present, I attended Homecoming this past weekend. I went in full force this year, being a senior and someone who has participated in the events of Spirit Week for the past three years— trust me when I say I know Homecoming. Nevertheless, it only dawned on me this past weekend what a true phenomenon this annual celebration really is.

Never at any other time of the year is there such a great amount of school spirit. Roscoe the Lion roams the tailgating areas and stadium, which is packed fuller than ever. Blue and Tom O’Dell / Photo Editor gold pom-poms and noisemakers are seen in the hands of every Homecoming is the one time of the year when nobody can say there is a lack of other person. Hoards of happy people in College apparel swarm unity and school pride at the College, says Managing Editor Brianna Gunter. the campus— from little children in strollers to older adults in golf carts. It is a wonderful scene.

Quotes of the Week In addition to wonderful however, the whole situation is rather amusing. See, ever since I entered this school in 2008, all I’ve ever heard from other students is how apathetic the campus community is, what a drastic lack there is of school pride, how What do you think of the allegations of murder “You can be gay nobody cares about anything and blah… blah… blah (to remain made by the parents of John Fiocco Jr.? and Christian. It a happy student and survive such complaining, one learns to can coincide. So stop listening after a point). As part of The Signal staff I know - Frightening, this case needs to be solved. full well that there are way too many student-run organizations many people say - The College should pay for negligence. and events that contradict the allegations of apathy, but alas, it is there’s no such - It still doesn’t make the College responsible. challenging to say the same about the lack of school spirit. thing. Then I’m no - Not sure, just learning about Fiocco now.

Homecoming, on the other hand, is the one time of the year such thing.” cast your vote @ where such complaints come across as completely foolish and untrue. After all, if nobody cared about this school, why on earth tcnjsignal.net — Taylor Enouch, would so many of us continue to participate year after year in junior philosophy major the event that celebrates it the most? Beer, friends and food are Last week’s results on being both gay and some answers, but good ‘ole school spirit surrounds them all. a Christian.

People should also be aware that there are, in fact, many colWhere do you see yourself after college, honestly? leges that do not have a homecoming. My brother and sister, for example, both attend schools without football teams. They -In a low-paying job, living with my folks. 42% are the same age as me (I’m a triplet. There, now you’re not -Going to grad school. 36% “Right now we’re confused), yet neither have ever experienced anything like I -Starting the next Apple company. 15% have yearly. Even some of my friends at schools with football -In the military (G.I. bill, right?) 7% just kind of a teams don’t necessarily have much of a homecoming to speak loose group that of. What we have at the College is in fact special. gives a shit about I am perhaps being a bit overly emotional because it was, afsomething.” ter all, my last Homecoming as a student (providing of course, I pass every class from now until May 2012). Constant remind— Matt Janansky, senior ers of this came my way throughout the weekend, starting with tcnjsignal.net political science major on the alumni who cheerfully allowed me to put my name down Occupy TCNJ. Mailing Address: Telephone: on their mailing list because my time as an undergraduate is so The Signal Production Rm - (609) 771-2424 c/o Brower Student Center Business Office - (609) 771-2499 close to an end. In exchange, I received two blue and gold pomThe College of New Jersey Fax: (609) 771-3433 poms and a brief feeling of despair.

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Brianna Gunter Emilie Lounsberry future, but I do hope that I also still care about this school long Managing Editor Advisor — Author Max Brooks after I have graduated. gunter2@tcnj.edu Juliana Fidler on the inevitable So enjoy your time in college and don’t be afraid to let your Emily Brill Melissa Easaw zombie apocalypse that News Editor Kelly Johnson school spirit show during the rest of the year. Maybe even brill3@tcnj.edu Copy Editors we all must prepare for. consider attending a non-Homecoming football game. Let’s Laura Herzog Kevin Lee go Lions!

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Creepers take a back seat to Halloween fun

By Gary Kehoe

With Halloween just a few days away, The College of New Jersey has already experienced a serious case of the “creeps.”

The commonly humorous term has become a scary reality as two alleged sexual assaults were recently committed on and near campus.

Alert Messages provide general warnings, yet do not address underlying issues. Should we constantly be fearful of assault?

Kidnapping? No. Those extreme possibilities can only result in fear or dismissal altogether.

The real risk to be aware of is more familiar, and in turn less recognizable to college students.

This Halloween, the best way to avoid the creeps is to recall the respect we owe ourselves and each other; make an effort to keep an eye on, and unwanted eyes off, our student body. Last April an old man costumed as a ‘90s Aaron Carter roamed our student center.

This should have set alarms off in everyone’s minds; some noticed, most dismissed.

Last month a man in a dark hooded sweatshirt lurked near Forcina, and allegedly assaulted a student as she passed by alone at night.

Confusion as to the exact details of the incident prevented further investigation or arrest.

The alert message was again the extent of discussion: “...We remind students when traveling at night to travel in groups and stay in well-lit areas.”

Soon afterwards we received the next and final alert. A student expecting to be taken to an interview for the Wasabi Wok restaurant got into a car with an Asian male, mistaking him for a restaurant employee. She was allegedly driven to an offcampus location and assaulted.

Familiar circumstances dulled the impact: “We remind students

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Halloween parties in college are a far cry from what we experienced as children. when traveling at night to travel in groups and stay in well-lit areas.”

Though two of these three reported incidents occurred weeks apart, events of their kind are largely infrequent at the college. A personal connection to events which are blatantly out of the ordinary and so objectively communicated in an email from Campus Police is difficult.

Students begin to perpetuate an illusion that a potentially violating situation will present itself in a bold, recognizable way.

A student with half a brain would report some grandpa sitting on the fountain in a cape, licking a Popsicle.

Perhaps the following hypothetical is a better example of the risk many students mistake as usual.

This Halloween night I’ll pull into the lot behind T/W to pick up my girlfriend. Upon parking, I will be approached by a group of girls dressed as sexy, say, butterflies.

My first instinct will be to do what anyone would do when approached by strangers; requaff my hair and pinch myself to assure I am not dreaming. The girls’ clothing is just small enough to cover the necessary areas; their outfits are more clever than sexy.

They check their phones, confused and excited as they

Letter to the editor

In response to The MOMA: art just ain’t what it used to be Dear Editor, As a faithful reader of your fine journal, I would like to thank Miss Fitzpatrick for her brave and timely article on this ‘modern art’ epidemic. Lately it seems no matter where I walk on campus I happen upon an animated discussion concerning Mondrian’s progression toward minimalism and abstraction, Rauschenberg’s innovative combines, or the influence of graffiti in the works of Jean-Michel Basquit. Sometimes it just feels inescapable.

And it’s no better in the dining hall or library, where I’m often bombarded by our fellow students’ questions. Please, I don’t know why Jackson Pollack rejected representation. Can’t you see I’m trying to eat, or watch this Youtube video, or more often, both?

For far too long talentless scribblers and parasites have passed off their childish, thoughtless creations as meaningful contributions to society and culture. I

wobble on their heels to my window. As I roll it down, I hear them ask, “Are you Dave from Fraternity X?” My first thought: “Of all nights to NOT be Dave from Fraternity X, why did I pick THIS one?” My second thought: “Why are these sexy butterflies in a parking lot at eleven o’clock?

Especially in the T-Dubbs parking lot, which with all of its dumpsters, shady exchanges and quesadillas might better be described as a barrio?”

I will inform them that I am not Dave from Fraternity X (though how easily I could be).

Perhaps they can wait elsewhere.

They laugh and continue their parking lot search for Dave from Fraternity X. There is no definite reason for why behavior which seems so common-sensibly reckless is so common place. We’ve all seen it.

Perhaps the best explanation is, it’s College. We shouldn’t advocate the abolishment of sexy costumes; this is what makes any college party so college.

Personally, I cannot deny letting a sexy butterfly catch my eye every now and again. Girls want to look good and guys want to look at them, such is life. However, having a younger sister in college, and a conscience slightly greater than my libido, I am saddened when I see these sexy butterflies

congratulate Miss Fitzpatrick for having the courage to finally take these charlatans to task: What gives them the right to share their experiments with method, content, and form? How dare they innovate and craft new objects that I can’t begin to appreciate? Have they no decency? Don’t they know how undereducated I am?

Avant-garde? More like avant-garbage.

I wonder if these modern art fanatics even know just how ‘modern’ this stuff really is: Were you aware that some of it is, in fact, more than a hundred years old?

That’s almost as old as my grandmother, a woman who can’t even use a microwave.

Hardly what I would call ‘modern.’ Just look at a so-called ‘masterpiece’ like Picasso’s Guernica. Of what use could this black and white barnyard scene be to me?

And why so big?

It all seems so impractical.

I recall a piece I once saw at the MOMA while on a date with an attractive female friend: After wandering through quiet white halls of nonsense, I found on display an old fashioned clothes iron. It was an average size, rather nondescript.

Finally, I thought, here is something useful. But to my surprise, as I walked

shivering, waiting to be picked up by someone they don’t know.

My freshman year I dressed up as a Hooters girl and froze my fakebreasts off doing the same. In my experience, I could not have felt more violated.

When you’re half naked in a Utopian parking lot, you have nothing to worry about.

When you’re doing it most anywhere else (say, Ewing), you’re going to give yourself the creeps.

There is a compromise needed on the part of men and women; respect ones’ self and expect others to do the same.

I can’t imagine more simple or poignant advice, yet you will never find it in an alert from Campus Police.

Parking lots will be lined with sexy butterflies until each driver who expects to pick up a sexy butterfly has done so.

The cliché “creeper” disguise is so run-out, the situation so recognizable, that it does not stand a chance, we are too smart for that.

The more present risk is that which we perpetuate ourselves.

The unwanted eyes on our student body may simply be those that wait for when we fail to keep an eye on each other. There’s plenty of scary stuff out there; try not to give yourself the creeps.

Happy Halloween.

around its podium, I found that nails were pointing out of the iron’s broadside! You can imagine my shock. Looking down at the title card I saw that the artist, a yahoo by the name of Man Ray, had called his ‘sculpture’ The Gift. “Well,” I said to my companion, “that is certainly no gift I should like to receive.”

No, whether it is Joseph Alber’s experiments with simultaneous contrast or Duchamp’s obscene Nude Descending a Staircase, I stand with Miss Fitzpatrick in rejecting this modern art craze. I would urge her to reconsider hurling herself atop the sharp end of Brancusi’s Bird in Space and look forward to the day when people appreciate fine art as they once did: Rockwell-esque still lifes of fruit in bowls or Hudson River Valley landscapes hanging on dusty drawing room walls. Let us fill our museums with plundered treasures from ancient cities and put these ‘modern artists’ to some useful work. Perhaps it’s not too late for some of them to change their majors to business and pursue a rewarding job in marketing.

With regards, Michael W. Knapp

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The College of New Jersey Italian Club And The Department of Italian Studies Presents

A Celebration of Italian American Achievement Presenting will be . . .

• Maria Fama` -2005 Aniello Lauri Award Winning Poet • Dr. Vincenzo Pascale - Italian-American Studies Historian • Maurizio Molinari - La Stampa Journalist and Author Following Presentations will be a Q&A Session and Book Signing th

Saturday, October 29 from 3pm to 6pm The College of New Jersey Library Auditorium Refreshments will be served Questions? Please email us at italclub@tcnj.edu SFB FUNDED

October is Italian-American Heritage Month at TCNJ!

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Spirit / Ambassadors crowned Homecoming king and queen continued from page 1

various organizations and groups of friends, allowing for each to reconnect and, for alumni, revisit old stomping grounds.

“My (college) experience was excellent, it was probably the four greatest years of my life,” said Bruce Bak, Class of 1972, who was in the first graduating class of the business school including business administration majors. By being at Homecoming, Bak could see the sense of camaraderie amongst alumni and students. “(Homecoming is) great. You can see by the way people mingle (now).”

For recent graduates, the Homecoming experience felt bittersweet.

“It’s really cool to see everyone and find out what everyone is up to,” said Jillian Polak, who graduated in May with a degree in journalism/professional writing.

“It’s also really weird because it’s the first Homecoming I haven’t lived here for.”

Aside from parking lot cookouts and alumni bonding, the Lions took on Montclair State University at the Homecoming football game.

The Lions won 27-21.

During halftime, senior biology major Tim Manzi and senior early childhood education and psychology double major Zoe Anthony, both ambassadors, were named the 2011 Homecoming king and queen.

“I love the school and I feel like I put heart into everything I do here,” said Manzi excitedly. “(Winning) feels overwhelming, but a huge relief.”

For Anthony, the title is especially rewarding, as she is legally blind. “I feel like this is one of the great things about the College,” she said. “We not only accept individuality, we embrace it. It’s great to be an example of that.”

“It meant a lot to be nominated in the first place,” she said. “It was a huge honor.”

Leading up to the game, tailgating, and the announcement of the

Tom O’Dell / Photo Editor

President R. Barbara Gitenstein joins the 2011 Homecoming Court on the football field.

Tom O’Dell / Photo Editor

Current students at the College were joined by alumni, as groups gathered to share school spirit via tailgating, grilling and playing games like ‘stump.’

Homecoming royalty, students participated in the 24th annual Spirit Week events immediately following mid-semester break.

The movie-sequel theme was unanimously selected by the Homecoming committee and received a lot of positive feedback, said Elissa Romaniello, president of the Homecoming Spirit Week committee and fifth-year finance and Italian double major.

This year, the committee revised Spirit Week to appeal to a larger range of students and encourage more organizations and students to get involved.

Jessica Claar, assistant director of Student Activities, said that although there has been excellent participation yearly from the teams, they “weren’t appealing to the larger student population because they felt that they didn’t really have the opportunity or the manpower to participate.”

Although there was typical

participation from fraternities and sororities this year, new teams — representing campus organizations including the Student Finance Board, the College Union Board, and club sports teams — competed in the various events.

According to Romaniello, at least 12 new student organizations formed teams to participate, and there were over 1,100 registered Spirit Week participants, at least 400 more than in previous years.

“The teams and the people who participate are really the support of this program,” Claar said.

To promote more student body participation, the committee decided to include more inclusive events, Romaniello said.

Such new additions included a Spirit Week banner in the student center that all students could sign, penny wars and a tie-dye event.

Traditional games featured were field games, the lip sync and dance competition, “Yell Like

Hell” and a sporting event, which this year was volleyball.

Romaniello and Claar expressed happiness with the success of the volleyball game, citing the large turnout of students and teams. “(It was a) testament of the restructuring,” said Romaniello, who continuously verbally expressed her gratitude to all the Homecoming teams who helped make the week a success.

For Spirit Week participant and senior psychology Carianne D’Oriano, Homecoming 2011 was particularly special because it is the last year of her college experience. “It’s crazy, I can’t believe it’s been four years,” she said.

“I like how there’s a sense of togetherness and you feel the community,” she continued. “Everyone is hanging out together. Next year will be strange and bittersweet.”

Stripped-down pizza sticks to bare essentials

By Katie Occhipinti Columnist

A revolution is underway in the world of fast food and four months ago, it reached Ewing in the form of the social mediasavvy, health-obsessed pizzeria, Naked Pizza.

New Orleans entrepreneurs Randy Crotchet and Jeff Leach have upheld the qualities that we have come to know and love about fast food, but they intend to be the solution to the obesity epidemic rather than become another contributor to it.

They must be doing something right, because their small restaurant, originally located in an area damaged by Hurricane Katrina and called “The World’s Healthiest Pizza,” has grown into the bold, quirky Naked Pizza brand that currently has over 450 locations in 10 different states.

They have kept the quick delivery: Pizza can be delivered hot to your home or dorm in roughly

25 minutes. You can still have it your way, but good luck personalizing your pie — it’s not easy deciding from three different types of crust (including gluten-free), three different cheeses, three different sauces, 15 different fresh vegetable toppings and five different meat toppings. Can’t decide? Go with one of their recommended favorites such as the “Pima,” which contains chicken, black beans, jalapeño and cheddar cheese. Prices range anywhere between $10-20 dollars depending on size and topping.

What sets them apart from the rest of the 30billion-dollar pizza industry is their commitment to wholesome, healthy ingredients that do not sacrifice taste and do not leave you feeling greasy, sluggish and immediately regretful when you are finished. Calling it “Naked” is simply a sexier way of calling it natural.

“A big donut slathered with tomato sauce,” is how they refer to their competition. More conventional crust is made from

white flour that is stripped of all its nutrients — the same flour used in baked goods and donuts that is processed in your body the same way. Naked’s superior crust is made from a ten-grain blend of the healthiest grains, including oats, brown rice, quinoa, buckwheat, amaranth, teff, spelt, tapioca and two kinds of wheat. Their crust also contains probiotics, beneficial bacteria that are found in yogurt and aid in healthy digestion. Naked’s sauce, cheese and meat are just as naked because they contain no “freaky chemicals.”

To be honest, the revolution of Naked Pizza has very little to do with pizza. They are starting a movement and pizza is simply their vehicle. What better way to prove to Americans that healthy alternatives do exist than to prove it with the most loved American food of them all?

“We’ll use this pizza to have a larger conversation with you about the food supply,” Leach told the New York Times.

How are they spreading their message? Through social media, of course. Why else would the trendy, vibrant lime green

Katie Occhipinti / Columnist

Naked Pizza opened in Ewing four months ago and sells healthy and natural pizzas with a ten-grain blend crust that also contains probiotics. and white store be equipped with iPads to play around with while you wait? “Social media is about authentic dialogue between you and us … full frontal, no secrets,” writes Naked Pizza in its advertising brochure.

Show them some love on Facebook or tweet at them on Twitter and you can expect a response.

“You’ll know we’re real

people with an opinion and we expect the same of you. Give it to us straight, we’ll do the same — promise, friendo,” they state on their website.

Try getting Naked for yourself. Visit them at 1400 Parkway Ave, Ewing to pick up your pizza, or call — they are more than happy to deliver to hungry College students.

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It ain’t easy being Green: farmhouse’s history with the College

By Brianna Gunter Managing Editor

Green Hall, Green Lane, the Green Farmhouse … yes, the College is very green. As I mentioned in a previous “history mystery,” Green Hall was named in honor of James M. Green, principal of the New Jersey State Normal School at Trenton from 1889 to 1917. Green Hall and Green Lane however, do not bear the same namesake.

Instead, they represent a person and an era dating back long before the College even existed.

William M. Green was among the early settlers in the area, coming to what is now Ewing Township around 1700.

He was originally from England, and had sailed to the new land some time before that as a young man looking for new opportunities. Various sources

say Green became a prominent citizen of Ewing and was one of the county’s first court judges. Green died in his 50s in June 1722, but his weathered but still-legible grave marker can still be viewed today near the left rear corner of the First Presbyterian Church over on Scotch Road.

The William Green Farmhouse, on the other hand, sits on the southern part of campus, behind Ackerman Park (the baseball field) and Townhouses South.

For more information I spoke to Bill O’Neal, a College alumnus and member of the Friends of the William Green Farmhouse, a group of people who are “deeply concerned” about the building’s current state and its future preservation. Although the farmhouse is currently stable and could potentially withstand 30 more years without any major renovations, its future appears to be at a standstill.

“The biggest commitment we’ve had was a few years ago when (the College) decided to stabilize the house,” O’Neal said. This stabilization, he said, took place a few years ago (the Friends’ website says 2007) and was organized by the College.

Nevertheless, there has been a lot of turnover among those in charge of the project, and there

Photo Courtesy of Bill O’Neal

The Green Farmhouse, located on the southern part of campus behind the baseball field and Townhouses South, is named for William Green, one of Ewing’s earliest settlers. is both a lack of direction and funds for future plans. “(The College) needs some kind of specific purpose, and right now there is none,” O’Neal said. “I think the best thing to do with it would be an alumni house or guest house.”

There have been a few other considerations for it, including a coffee house, but the building’s internal structure is another challenge. According to O’Neal, the house is actually made up of different additions that were built in different time periods, resulting in a basement divided into three sections and a maze-like arrangement of upstairs rooms.

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Interestingly, O’Neal has personal connections to the house; he is married to a descendent of the Green family, though he said there are many others living today who can trace their roots back to William Green.

O’Neal also said that although the College campus was formed from the land of three different owners, the Green family’s land was big, stretching from where Green Hall (again, not the same Green) stands today to what is now Crescent Avenue in the neighborhood across from the campus’s Green Lane entrance. Green family members also lived near the front entrance of the College until the mid-1990s O’Neal said, including one descendent who

Quieting the mind to reduce stress: How meditation can help

that’s a good thing or a bad thing.

Does living by the beach influence your style at all?

Definitely. Some students here think what I wear is strange, but how I dress is normal to all of my friends back at home.

Where do you like to shop?

I like Urban Outfitters, American Apparel and little boutiques that sell things that no one else has. I also love Aldo’s shoes.

Photos Courtesy of Carly Koziol

By Carly Koziol Columnist Mary Bessemer freshman political science and communication studies double major What are you wearing?

My top is a lace black body-con dress from a Manasquan boutique, my bleached stretch denim skirt is from Urban Outfitters, my belt is from Katherine’s and my hidden wedge corduroy boots are from Aldo. My white gold and diamond bracelet was a gift from my boyfriend.

How would you describe your style?

Some people say I dress funky. My CA said I’m a “hipster” … I don’t know if

Do you have a favorite item of clothing or accessory?

I always wear my boots because the secret wedge heel makes me look taller! I also really like to wear the color blue and avoid red at all costs.

Where does inspiration for your style come from?

Magazines and what others are wearing.

I’ll see someone wearing something I like and I’ll try to make it my own.

Are there any fashion blogs in particular that you follow?

I click “fashion” on StumbleUpon. com if that counts.

Do you have any fashion secrets or tips?

I always try to make myself look taller by wearing secret wedge heels. They make my legs look longer too. I never wear long dresses because they make me look short. I feel like a baby about to be baptized in long dresses. Also, I smile a lot!

lived on Carlton Avenue until his death in 1979. His house is now owned by the College, which means some of you reading this may be living in it now!

The Green Farmhouse nevertheless remains the most visible remnant of this past era.

Its boarded-up windows and surrounding fence (put there to prevent vandalism) make it a rather sad sight, however. Still, not every college can boast having such a landmark (the farmhouse is included in both the state and national registers of historical places), and I think we should all hope it will be here for years to come.

Samantha Sorin / Columnist

Yoga poses and meditation are an ideal combination to help students at the College combat stress.

By Samantha Sorin Columnist Yoga poses were invented because, when meditating, people had trouble sitting in one position for long periods of time. The back began to ache, the stomach would rumble and the legs would cramp up. Nowadays, many have lost sight of this initial reason for yoga and look at it strictly as a physical practice. Moreover, meditating is beneficial not only to yogis, but to students at the College as well.

On the way to class, you might bump into someone and drop your coffee. The other person shrugs it off and moves on with his life while you stew, fuss over your wasted Eickhoff swipe and develop a headache as your caffeine withdrawal sets in.

A wise man once said, “If every rub bothers you, how will you be polished?”

Things come up. Life comes up. It is

important to let life happen around you.

You will only get frustrated if you try to control the external factors in your life, for you can only change your reaction to the things that arise.

Meditation can help with this. Meditation is a chance to still the body, still the mind and still the breath. It takes discipline to sit in the same position and rid the mind of thought. But by tuning out outside sounds, inner dialogue and any tension in the body, you can take this practice off the mat and into your every day life.

Start in a seated cross-legged position. If it bothers your upper back to stay in this position, sit up against a wall. The more you meditate, the more your upper back will become stronger, and will get used to holding yourself in this position without the aid of a wall. If you start to feel tension in the knees, leave your legs straight out in front of you or prop your knees with blankets. You can leave your hands in your lap or on your knees — palms facing down for grounding, or palms facing up for receiving.

For any thoughts that arise, just like waves that crash upon the shore, give them the awareness that they need and let them subside back into the oceans of the mind. Focus on your breathing and count the seconds it takes to inhale and exhale. You can also focus on a mantra, or a positive affirmation, that allows you to hone in on one thought. Though this is not ridding the mind of thought completely, it is disciplining you to focus, to escape from the world just for a few moments to manifest peace and serenity, and hopefully will bring some of that calm with you back to reality. So the next time someone bumps into you and you drop your coffee, you can quiet your negative thoughts, breath in the calm and smile.

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Are you there, God? It’s me, Gaga

Tom O’Dell / Photo Editor

Students gathered to discuss the intersection of Lady Gaga lyrics and the Christian faith.

By U-Jin Lee Correspondent

The room was quiet. The lights were dim. Music played in the background as students relaxed around the table, fascinated and drawn by the title of the event — “God and Gaga.”

Presented by TheUpperRoom, PRISM and Canterbury House in coordination with the Queer Awareness Month, “God and Gaga” took place at 8 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 10 in the Social Sciences Building.

The event, attended by 25 students, encouraged participants to comfortably engage in a classroom discussion circling the coexistence of religion and sexuality, while shining light on the mission statement by junior philosophy major Taylor Enouch — “Gay Christians exist. You can be Gay and Christian. It can coincide.

So many people say there’s no such thing. Then I’m no such thing. I’m the living proof that it exists.”

Twenty-year-old Enoch, an ambitious student, was the main speaker and creator of the event. Since he comes from a Christian background, Enoch said he admires Lady Gaga because of the forthright Christian

symbolism in her songs. Also playing an inspirational “Born This Way”. role on campus, he is the advocacy chair of PRISM “At first I thought, ‘Wow! This is a really great gay and spreads awareness by sharing his past experiences, anthem.’ But, as I started listening to it, I realized that setting goals like establishing a fraternity for gay and the lyrics applied to every race, every gender and evprogressive men and introducing a new organization eryone,” said junior sociology and women’s and gencalled TheUpperRoom. der studies double major Remi Lourenco.

According to Enoch, the The discussion continued as event’s purpose was to serve as “I’m a huge Bowie fan, and students began to feel a sense of a pilot program in implementing and a sense of hope.

Bowie changed music, and togetherness this new organization. TheUpperMany religions do not officialy acI guess Gaga is like (the) cept homosexuality, but people in Room will be a Christian organization representing Enoch’s faith. Bowie of our generation.” the LGBT community are strug“We’re modeling it off of the gling to eradicate divisions and are atmosphere of the Last Supper, aiming for acceptance and — Alexander Yasneski instead because that is when Jesus really unity. senior psychology major “Especially nowadays in media introduced his love for people, and love is the core of what we and politics, with the new presidenbelieve in,” Enoch stated. “The whole message behind tial candidates, what a lot of people are hearing is that TheUpperRoom is that you don’t have to fulfill the the gays are over here and the religious people are over quintessential image that Christians have, specifically here,” Enoch said. “There is no difference between rein terms of gender identity and sexual orientation.” ligion and sexuality. You can be both, like me.”

When students were asked what made them attend As the students became empowered by the common “God and Gaga,” some replied that it was a require- ideas everyone shared about destroying the “cookiement for a class and others were drawn by the title or cutter ideals” that society constructed regarding reinterested to share their stories about coming out of the ligion and sexuality, the importance of forming your closet while being religious. own beliefs and adhering to them were strongly en“I chose this event because I’m a huge Bowie fan, couraged and emphasized. and Bowie changed music, and I guess Gaga is like The event concluded with the presentation of Lady (the) Bowie of our generation,” senior psychology ma- Gaga’s music video for “Judas,” and students gathered jor Alexander Yasneski said. “Gaga and God seem like around a table. They broke bread after saying a prayer, a good combination, so I’m interested to see what this ending the evening with communion. is about.”

“At the Last Supper, Jesus gathered with his disThe atmosphere was filled with somber, heartfelt ciples and his friends, but we do not know anything stories as students analyzed a line from a Bible verse, about them, their color, sexual orientation or gender “I am who I am,” and shared negative, discouraging identity because it did not matter at all,” Reverend experiences when they were once told that you have a Lisa Caton, Chaplin of the College, stated. mental disorder if you are gay.

At the end of the day, Enoch strongly adheres to his However, the mood turned upbeat as students lis- beliefs: “If you put love first, then it doesn’t matter tened and analyzed Lady Gaga’s inspirational song, what else you bring to the table.”

Filmmaker finds homegrown success after graduation

By Katie O’Dell Correspondent

engrossed in your film,” she said, noting that the experience was as “nerve-wracking” as it was rewarding. “When you work on such a project, it becomes a part of you, For most recent college graduates, the first months after something personal to a degree … the biggest compliment graduation are a time of stress and few major accomplish- I have ever received was when someone came up to me ments. Just don’t tell Jenna Bush that — the 2011 Col- after seeing ‘The Ground Keeper’ and said that it touched lege alumna has already directed a them,” she said of the film, which music video and created films chosen “There is the incredible feel- she composed, directed and edited. for screening at film festivals such as Bush was recently able to coming when you watch faces the Garden State Film Festival, the bine her passion for music with her engrossed in your film … talent for filmmaking. She wrote, diRumschpringe Film Festival and New Filmmakers New York’s summer film When you work on such a rected and produced a music video series. The multitalented Bush has for the New Jersey-based band Nodabbled in nearly all aspects of film, film it becomes a part of you.” vae for their song “Broken Days,” from writing and filming to producwhich premiered on Sept. 16 at the — Jenna Bush Upper Deck Club in Matawan. The ing, directing and editing, and it was the ability to combine her diverse pasmusic video, which was filmed on sions that drew her to cinematography. the College’s campus, draws some of its creative strength “I love photography, music, drawing, design (and) writ- from Bush’s past. The video features the image of a maring. I’ve also always felt a need to do something in which riage proposal written on a paper napkin, which, Bush says, I could communicate with people on a larger scale,” she was inspired by her father’s proposal to her mother. explained in an email interview.

Bush has no shortage of answers when asked to list Bush works hard, sometimes devoting as many as 14 artists for whom she’d like to direct music videos. hours daily to her craft, but her efforts have been rewarded “I’d love to work with Lady Gaga, Ingrid Michaelson, with a slew of recent accomplishments. Her short film, “The Death Cab For Cutie, Brandi Carlile, Coldplay and even Ground Keeper,” won the Homegrown Student Documen- David Nevue. They are musicians who are true artists and tary Short award at the 2010 Garden State Film Festival. visionaries. They have something to say, and I would love “There is the incredible feeling when you watch faces to help them say it,” she said.

Helping others convey creative messages is crucial to her mission as an artist, she explained: “I’m learning I am not as much of a writer as I am a translator. I can take a writer’s story and transform it into something visual.”

Despite her talent and professional achievements, Bush has no intention of abandoning the independent film world.

“The level of creative input for anyone who isn’t above the line (the writer, director, producer) on a professional film is extremely limited if it exists at all,” she said, yet there’s no need for fans to worry that she’ll sacrifice her integrity. “I may make my career as a cinematographer or editor in commercial media, but I will continue to work on my own independent projects besides,” she said.

Photo Courtesy of Jenna Bush

Jenna Bush’s “The Ground Keeper” won the Homegrown Student Documentary Short award.

Multicultural munchies!

Students gathered in the Brower Student Center from 7-10 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 12 to eat cuisines from other countries at the Multicultural Buffet, sponsored by the Asian American Association, Pan-Asian Alliance. There was food from China, Japan, the Philippines and India. There was also bubble tea and a performance by TCNJ Taiko.

Janika Berridge / Photo Assistant

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Arts & Entertainment

Night of (defense against) the living dead

By Shaun Fitzpatrick Arts & Entertainment Editor

zombie entertainment.

A question-and-answer session followed his lecture, “We blur the line between entertainment and with the audience asking for advice on everything from education,” Brooks explained, noting that zombie surviving in groups with children to what the Forget Mayan prophesies and global warming — movies are often not a reliable source of ideal zombie-killing weapon would be. (For everyone knows the real threat to humankind is a zombie information for viewers looking for survival tips. the record, Brooks plans to arm himself with apocalypse. The College Union Board, foreseeing the He went on to dispel some a machete.) inevitability of such an attack, brought in Max Brooks, popular survival One student, perhaps a bit confused on zombie expert and New York Times bestselling author of myths, stressing the topic of the lecture, asked Brooks “The Zombie Survival Guide” and “World War Z,” to that what would-be about what he would do in the event teach students a few survival strategies on Friday, Oct. survivors need more than of a vampire outbreak. Looking 21 in Kendall Hall. anything else is water. He also just slightly exasperated, Brooks Brooks greeted the crowd by commending them for encouraged hand-to-hand combat replied, “I would give them the their preemptive “Z-Day” preparations. weapons over guns and bicycles over right to marry.”

“Thank you for taking an interest in staying alive,” cars. “We’ve yet to build a car that runs In an interview before the he said. on fear,” Brooks said, reminding the show, Brooks stated that he does He went on to complain that his books are placed crowd how difficult it would be to find not believe that the United States in the humor sections of book stores. “I find nothing fuel in a zombie-ravaged future. government is ready for a zombie attack. remotely funny about being killed and eaten by Once they’ve stocked up on water That’s not to say, however, that all hope zombies,” he said, completely straight-faced. and weapons, Brooks warned, is lost.

Brooks explained that zombies are scary because students should avoid overpopulated “I think we’re pretty good at surviving. they “don’t obey the laws of conventional monsters.” areas. Instead, he suggested going We’re good at outlasting our enemies. I think Unlike ghouls, who dwell in haunted castles or remote to the hottest, coldest or “most we have endurance, surprisingly, for a country caves, zombies have no problem attacking cities and jungley” part of the world they could that has such a short attention span,” he said. homes. find and learning to live with Brooks ended the night by teaching the Once he had established the dangers of its natives. Those planning audience his “zombie self-defense” move.

To view the full a zombie attack, Brooks offered a series on going to Canada would be After removing his jacket, rolling up his interview with of helpful tips for surviving in a postout of luck. sleeves and crouching into a defensive Max Brooks, visit apocalyptic world.

“The maple leaf curtain position, Brooks proceeded to bolt off the First and foremost, he encouraged is going to slam shut like a stage. Sometimes, apparently, running away tcnjsignal. net! students to disabuse themselves of guillotine,” he predicted. does solve a problem.

Photo courtesy of Vicki Wang

Roll over, Beethoven — three nights of classical music

Photo courtesy of Lindsey Hardifer

The College Chorale serenaded the crowd in English and foreign languages.

Chorale: “Songs of Death”

By Alexandra Samuely Correspondent The College’s Chorale had its first fall performance on Tuesday, Oct. 11. The “Songs of Death” concert, presented by the Department of Music, premiered to a large and enthusiastic audience that began cheering immediately upon the arrival of main conductor John P. Leonard.

The Chorale, smartly dressed in black formal outfits, began their performance with a rendition of Bach’s longest motet, “Jesu, meine Freude” and featured eight solos by students accompanied by an organ and bassoon. After the intermission, the chorale continued with pieces such as the haunting “Lasciate mi morire” by Claudio Monteverdi and “In Remembrance” by Eleanor Daley. It culminated with a gospellike version of “Ain’t Got Time to Die” by Hall Johnson.

Assistant conductor Brandon Eldredge conducted two songs after the intermission in addition to playing the organ. Several of the individual songs after the intermission were performed on the higher balconies looking down at the audience, which added to the ethereal atmosphere of the concert.

Many of the songs were performed in

foreign languages, namely German and Italian, with translations of the music available in the back of the programs.

The Chorale’s mastery of the languages in which they performed, coupled with the perfectly synchronized harmonies, made for an enjoyable and impressive listening experience.

Strings: Austro-German Classics

By Novera Shahid Correspondent The TCNJ Strings concert was a phenomenal performance — the chamber orchestra clearly displayed an energy and finesse bold enough to captivate any audience member, from the ambivalent to the passionate. Held in the Mildred and Ernest E. Mayo Concert Hall on Friday, Oct. 14, the concert was an experience to enjoy.

The chamber orchestra contained a dynamic variety of instruments, including the flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, horn, violin, viola, cello, bass, timpani/ percussion, piano, accordion and harp.

The musicians, in turn, played magically, both in unison and in tandem, amazing the audience from the start with Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 5, Op. 67.”

The playful plucking of the strings, smooth

melodies and jolting shifts in intensity made the piece the most memorable.

As the evening continued, soprano and associate professor of music Suzanne L. Hickman’s voice resonated beautifully in German during Gustav Mahler’s “Liebst du um Schoenheit.” “Hans und Grete,” also by Mahler, followed before the orchestra played Mahler’s “Symphony No. 1.”

Hickman sang another one of Mahler’s pieces, “Die zwei blauen Augen,” and then the orchestra resumed another part of “Symphony No. 1.” A transition from a lighted-hearted tone to a more somber one could be felt in the synergy of the orchestral sections.

The concert concluded with “Ging Heut Morgen uber’s Feld” by Mahler and the third part of “Symphony No. 1.” A long applause and widespread murmurs of praise resounded after the orchestra’s performance.

Wind Ensemble: Fanfare and Flair

By Thalia Ortiz Correspondent Families, students and faculty united in the Mayo Concert Hall to hear the first performance of the year for the College’s Wind Ensemble on Thursday, Oct. 13. The ensemble was conducted

by professor Arthur D. Chodoroff of the music department.

The first piece was “Fanfare and Allegro” by composer Clifton Williams.

This was an upbeat performance, as a steady percussion played throughout the song, which slowed down into a deep flute and clarinet transition. The beginning of the piece sounded slightly ceremonial, while the majority of the song had a dramatic flair.

Another piece, “An Original Suite” by composer Gordon Jacob, was divided into three sections. It began with the “March,” which had an overall mellow tune but had points of intensity, such as an occasional bellow from the drums. The “Intermezzo” portion had a relaxed and dreamy feel to it. The “Finale” was spectacular, as the ensemble formed together to produce an array of sounds predominantly centered around the clarinets and flutes.

However, one of the most notable performances of the night was “Variations on ‘America’” by Charles Ives. It was the final piece and a great way to end the show, with its multiple ranges and strong presence of the brass and lower wind instruments.

With impressive talent from the musicians rooted into the performance from beginning to end, the recital was quite exceptional, and this is sure to be a promising season for the ensemble.

Janika Berridge / Photo Assistant

The wind ensemble performed its first show of the year on Thursday, Oct. 13.

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The ‘Cinderella story’ of Chinese Art unique departure,” said Silbergeld when introducing the Princeton exhibition, which was designed, he said, to be inclusive, not exclusive. Twenty percent of all contemporary art auctions worldwide, he stated, include some aspect of Chinese art, so why not bring it to Princeton?

Chinese art is becoming increasingly popular in American culture.

“In general, most contemporary art exhibitions are paying attention to rapid globalization,” Silbergeld said.

This means these exhibitions are working hard to include different cultures into their American-based shows.

American artists, too, are trying to be more global. But does it count as Chinese art if Tim Lee / Staff Photographer Princeton professor Jerome Silbergeld believes Chinese an American is responsible for it? According to Silbergeld, art can be produced by anyone, regardless of culture. it does.

“If you want to be Jerome Silbergeld had a clear Chinese, if you want to be

By Nicole Florio passion for and knowledge a Chinese artist, you can Correspondent of Chinese Art as he gave be,” he said. Silbergeld then Chinese art was the topic of the presentation. Princeton pointed out an example of the Thursday, Oct. 20 Brown University is his home base, just that. Qiu Mai is an artist Bag event, but this didn’t where he is the P.Y. and that produces Chinese art, necessarily mean artists from Kinmay W. Tang professor speaks the language fluently China. Students filed into of Chinese art history. He and is thoroughly passionate the Ernest and Mildred E. also curates Chinese art about what he does. His real Mayo concert hall to hear the exhibitions, one of which name is Michael Cherney, his Princeton an American who produces lecture called “How Chinese includes brilliant works of art that are Art Came to America, Got exhibition.

“I thought of it as a distinctly Chinese.

Hip, and Became Famous.”

Silbergeld said because the Chinese are becoming more American as well, it shouldn’t be a problem for Americans to become more Chinese, especially in artistic ways.

These exhibitions pose the question, “What kind of Chinese art represents contemporary Chinese art?”

Newer exhibitions raise unanswerable questions, and trying to find the center of Chinese art is perplexing, he said.

Labeling artists such as Xu Bing, Gu Wenda and Zhang Huan as distinctly Chinese is becoming increasingly difficult, Silbergeld said, because these artists, along with many more of Chinese descent, all live in the West. Chinese art, he said, goes where America takes it.

“It is still a Cinderella story,” Silbergeld said of Chinese art’s rise to fame.

Exhibitions that have provided American art with Chinese culture include Harvard University in 2006, Seattle, Washington in 2007 and a tour that lasted from 2007-2009 that went from Harvard, to Phoenix, Arizona, to the Norton Museum, and then to the University of Kansas. Princeton University’s 2009 exhibit is the most recent, and the College will be hosting this exhibition starting on Oct. 26.

‘Creation’ won’t keep Hess fans away Hess is More “Creation Keeps the Devil Away”

By Matt Jannetti WTSR Music Director Mikkel Hess has a fairly expansive musical history, but unfortunately he mostly dwells in obscurity, even in indie circles. His brand of sometimes poppy, sometimes experimental slower electronic music deserves plenty of recognition, and “Creation Keeps the Devil Away” may just be the album that gives it to him.

The album begins with the minimalist overture “Twelve Bells” but then moves into the poppy and catchy “What’s On The Second Floor.” These types of transitions are pretty common on the album, but they are pulled off with unexpected grace. A Talking Heads influence is apparent throughout the album, but it’s especially evident on the song “Burn,” an homage to the song “Burning Down the House.” The songs also walk a very fine line; the tracks are neither dancey nor dark and haunting, but something in between laced with surprisingly lighthearted lyrics.

From start to finish, “Creation Keeps the Devil Away” is intricate and provides a sound that you won’t find anywhere else.

Focus Tracks: “What’s On The Second Floor,” “Burn,” “Creation Keeps The Devil Away”

Soloists usher in fall break with tunes

By Amy Reynolds Correspondent

Jess Davis / Staff Photographer

Alumni just can’t get enough of the Rat Before spending the day immersed in Homecoming festivities, former Rathskeller stars returned to their old stomping grounds to perform in Alumni Student Band Night on Friday, Oct. 21.

The night catered to an older crowd, enforcing a 21+ age restriction at the entrance. This gave students, both past and present, a chance to sit back, grab a Rat beer and listen to those alumni who haven’t abandoned their Lion pride.

Although many students were already on their way home for fall break, four students performed their hearts out for a small audience at the Rathskeller on Friday, Oct. 14.

Dan Gibson, a sophomore business major, took the stage first. Although the crowd was relatively small at the beginning of his set, other students came to listen after he played the guitar and sang a few songs — both originals and covers such as “Someone Like You” by Adele and “Dancing in the Dark” by Bruce Springsteen.

Gibson, who described his music as “alternative,” said he is in a band called the Dundees, from Hazlet, N.J., and strongly encouraged the audience members to check out his band.

After Gibson had sung about ten songs, freshman English major Corrina Santos took the stage.

“I love singing, and I’ve been playing the guitar for about two years,” Santos said before beginning her set.

Santos first sang the popular song “Somewhere Only We Know”

by Keane and claimed it was one of her favorite songs to perform.

Before playing the song she said, “One of my best friends put it on a CD, and that’s how I discovered it and fell in love with it.”

Santos continued to play a mixture of both covers and original songs.

She even mixed two entirely different songs and made them her own. “I took two songs and put them together,” she said. “It was a lot of fun, actually.”

Although Santos has been performing for four years and even attended a performing arts high school, it was a random person who overheard her singing that suggested she play at the Rat. The third performer, senior religious studies major Jake Ehrlich, also got a very pleasant reaction from the crowd.

By this point in the night, the Rat was nearly filled. “Now there’s so many people, and I’m happy about that,” Ehrlich said.

The first two songs he sang were originals, one of which was about his study abroad trip to Japan.

Ehrlich played a total of ten songs, including a cover from the early ’60s, a love song he wrote himself and “No Other One,” by Weezer, a song he said he had never covered before.

After playing a mixture of both original songs and covers, he ended with Daniel Johnson’s “Silly Love.”

“It’s the most inspirational song I know, so it’s good to end on,” Ehrlich said.

The last performer of the night, junior English major Gary Kehoe, had a very supportive crowd, including

Matthew Mance / Staff Photographer

Ehrlich performed a series of covers and original songs.

various friends to whom he gave shout-outs and even some members of his crew team.

Although none of his songs were originals, Kehoe got a positive response from his audience for the seven cover songs he played.

He played a Mumford & Sons song, “I’m Sorry,” and two songs by the Zac Brown Band, “Free” and “Knee Deep.”

All four performers seemed to share a deep passion for music and performing. As Santos said, “Making music is something I absolutely love to do.”

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Poets hold monopoly on this week’s reading series

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Three student poets shared their work at Thursday’s reading.

By Lauren Indyk Correspondent

Poets unite! Fiction writers had no place at the Oct. 21 Student Reading Series, held in the Library Auditorium by the College’s student-run literary

organization, ink, where three selected students, Eva Carrara, Jeffrey Harrison and Carly DaSilva, offered their poetic words to a small audience of fellow students.

“I’d like to thank the readers for willingly volunteering to share themselves tonight,” said Samantha Zimbler, junior English major and ink president, hinting at just how personal the night of self-written works would be.

Junior Eva Carrara opened up by reading, in a soft voice, two untitled poems. Though short, each poem was heavy with dramatic images — the first included such lines as “I’m selling my heart to the highest bidder” and “I’m thinking you probably like pretending to be God.” The second started off, “I like a boy without eyes,” and continued, “you, the peaceful Pacific, only pretending to be content.”

Zimbler then introduced senior English major Jeff Harrison as somebody who is “silent, yet eerily profound” while “pushing the boundary of literature and even … sanity.”

Harrison read four original poems,

“Difference,” “Condemnation,” “Stellar” and one untitled work, all of which expressed his outlook on life, touching on sexuality, love and hope, while providing some sense of his comical character.

“He’ll hit you hard, then sing you to sleep,” Zimbler explained in her introduction of Harrison, and his poems did exactly that. Harrison’s first poem exclaimed, “This is the reason you’re not for me.” His final piece, “Stellar,” turned the other way: “I listen to you like a child listens to a bedtime story.”

Freshman journalism major Jack Meyers provided an introduction for freshman open options major Carly DaSilva, describing her as “eloquent in her words and unparalleled in her visions.”

DaSilva read six poems: “Goddess,” “The Blue Moon,” “To Know Me,” “Under the Green Light,” “Sunkissed” and “Heartstrung.” Confidence and poise were plentiful as she recited her meticulously rhythmic words, which touched on feminism, sensuality, love, happiness and wonder.

“I was so very nervous at first, but it is such a pleasure,” said DaSilva, who hopes to be published as a poet or novelist.

DaSilva’s introducer and long-time friend Meyers explained, “In high school, we used to have little poetry readings at our lunch table. I always took advantage of how much I love Carly’s work, because I got to hear it every day.

It’s great to have others hear it.”

Many in attendance at the Reading Series said they were involved in writing of their own and came out to gain inspiration.

Others came simply to support their peers and fellow ink members.

“I’m not at the point to share my own work, but I was very impressed with tonight … The quality of writing, the delivery … it was inspiring,” said senior psychology major and ink member Christopher Lombardi.

By the end of the night, it was obvious that the audience was greatly touched by the evening, as junior English major and fellow ink member Matt Brown responded, “The way this night went, it really inspires others to share their own work, or at least to appreciate the work

Student tries catching ‘it’ at Seventeen office

By Julia Corbett Production Manager

The magazine industry is often perceived in one of two ways: We envision working at a high-profile publication while leading a fabulous life in New York, or we think of “The Devil Wears Prada.”

These specific images either excite us or scare us away from ever even trying to break into journalism.

Then, of course, there’s that whole harsh reality that aspiring journalists will not get jobs. But is this really the case?

On Tuesday, Oct. 18, Ed@TCNJ, the College’s chapter of a national networking group designed for students interested in working for a magazine or other media outlet, toured the Seventeen magazine offices.

The organization met and talked with College alumni and current editors Annemarie Conte (’01) and Tammy Tibbetts (’07), who also provided a tour. There are a total of three alumni from the College presently working at Seventeen.

How’s that for no jobs for journalism majors — especially journalism majors who are bred from a very small program at a school that is sought after for science and education?

Ambition and the willingness to learn any and every avenue of the magazine industry helped these women to succeed. They worked hard and established lasting connections, largely due to their impeccable work at their college internships.

Most importantly, it is evident that they were not discouraged from anything people said about the journalism world. They wanted it, and they got it.

Working for a magazine, especially at Seventeen, is a rewarding experience. It is a chance to be creative, help and

entertain people, be passionate about your work and learn so much more about the world. Yes, this may sound cliché, but it’s also very true.

These are only some of the reasons why I want to work for a magazine.

You can call me an exceedingly ambitious dreamer or a hard worker who knows what she wants (I’d much prefer this reference). I have yet to be scared off by the prospect of not getting a job or encountering an infamous Anna Wintour-type.

Look at Tammy Tibbetts. She did not let anything stop her.

Tibbetts started a blog and website, as part of Professor Kim Pearson’s Introduction to Professional Writing class, that featured writers who inspired her. The friend of one of Tibbetts’ role models eventually Googled her friend and found Tibbett’s site. Soon, Tibbetts found herself communicating with the woman she looked up to.

Tibbetts became an American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) scholar and began an internship at Seventeen by the fall semester of her sophomore year.

She was ultimately hungry for the chance to tell people’s stories.

As the late Steve Jobs said, “Stay hungry, stay foolish.”

Tibbetts stayed ambitious. She had the hunger. She had “it.”

We hear about “it” all the time. Actors have to have “it” and successful future CEOs need “it.” But what is “it?” Talent is often the definition of “it,” but I think it is so much more. “It” is the will to succeed, to not stop — and this is the case in any industry.

When I walked into Seventeen, I felt an otherwise dormant hunger erupt. Suddenly, I saw my aspirations expand from College-related executive board positions to

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Julia isn’t the first Signal and College alumna to find her passion at Seventeen.

what I want out of life.

I have had an idea of what I wanted for quite some time. I am very future-minded, but the possibilities never quite hit me.

As I sat at the conference table with my peers and talked with Tibbetts and Conte, I felt myself coming alive and becoming a member, if only for a minute, of the magazine world.

Like these inspiring women, I want to have the chance to be a storyteller too. At 19 years old, a fire was ignited within me at Seventeen.

‘Paranormal Activity 3’ delivers more of the same scares

By Justin Mancini Signal Movie Critic

“Paranormal Activity 3” is rated R Warning: this critique contains spoilers

I should preface this review by saying I have not seen any “Paranormal Activity” movies before this one. I can say that having seen this third incarnation (which is also a prequel of the first two films), I am convinced chronology is totally unimportant to the success of this franchise. Do you like jumpscares? Well then, here’s your movie!

Chances are, if you’ve already convinced yourself to see this movie, there’s very little I can say to change your mind. At least let me tell you what to expect.

The basic premise ought to be familiar by now — a family believes something strange is going on in their house and decides to capture it on shoddy cameras.

We follow Julie and her boyfriend Dennis, who become concerned when Julie’s daughters start communicating with an imaginary friend named Toby.

(The similarity to the name “Tony” only made me wish I were watching “The Shining” instead). Dennis unleashes an armada of cameras on the house, including one on an oscillating fan, because, you know, why not?

Soon the house is privy to intermittent spirits and cultish symbols. It looks like it might be time for the family to pack up and leave … oh wait, this is a found footage film? Well, better stay put then, else we don’t have a movie.

The whole “found footage” craze (usually credited to “The Blair Witch

Project,” but actually used in many earlier films) hinges on the belief that amateur video is scary because it supposedly reflects the real world. What a shame that none of the people filmed in this movie make any effort to seem real. The dialogue and scenes are assembled for the express purpose of delivering jump scares. It’s clear that the characters are being motivated by the screenwriter rather than any demonic possession. And because we’re not invested in any of the characters, it’s hard to feel concerned with any of the things that happen to them.

Honestly, this film has more false alarms than genuine scares. Don’t get me wrong, false alarms can help relieve tension, but this film practically uses them as fallback material. It’s like a haunted house ride where instead of ghosts, we get smiley T-shirts dropping from the ceiling.

Some directors really want to go the

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Creepy children are just another overused scare-tactic.

extra mile to “scare the shit out of an audience.” I’m convinced directors Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost just wanted to set a world record for people jumping out of their chairs. That will be fine for some people, and more power to them. Me, I’ll just read about the Republican presidential nominees if I want some real horror.

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October 26, 2011 The Signal page 23 Women’s Soccer

Women’s soccer defeats tough Gettysburg team

By Mike Pietroforte Staff Writer The College’s women’s soccer team traveled to Kean University last Saturday and capitalized late to hang on for their first tie of the year. The Cougars scored on a corner kick early in the second half to take the lead 1-0.

The Lions thoroughly dominated the stat sheets by compiling 27 shots to the Cougars’ seven, and creating more scoring chances on 17 corner kicks to the Cougars’ four. After peppering the net with 10 shots over the course of the game, junior forward Allyson Anderson finally put the College on the board by connecting with a corner kick in the 78th minute.

The women also had more than a few serious scoring opportunities after tying the game

up, even having a goal called back by an offside call from the referee.

On Wednesday, they traveled to Hoboken to take on Stevens Institute of Technology and finished with a frustrating tie, very similar to the game against Kean.

Junior midfielder Amy Van Dyk scored early on in the contest to give the Lions the lead. The College kept pressure in Stevens’ defensive half, accumulating 33 shots on the day. Despite many scoring chances in both regulation and overtime, they finished with their second consecutive tie.

On Saturday, the team returned to the College for its homecoming game and abruptly ended their goal-scoring frustrations.

The Lions’ offense erupted with a sixgoal performance. Scoring early and often, they built a three-goal lead in the first thirteen

minutes of the contest. Goals were scored by sophomore defender Lauren Giles, senior midfielder Brittany McGinley and Van Dyk. Jersey City responded with a goal on a nice counterattack in the 14th minute.

After that, the College went back to controlling the game, with McGinley scoring her second goal of the game in the 17th minute.

Freshman forward Leigh Applestein scored the first and second goals of her college career in the last 15 minutes to cap off the Lions’ dominant performance.

“We were just glad to finally put the ball in the net like we should be,” junior midfielder Kyra Janeczek said. “It seemed like we were controlling games and the shots just weren’t going in. It feels good to see us put our chances in the net.

The women will travel to Glassboro

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The Lions outplayed the Cougars. on Wednesday to take on rival NJAC power Rowan University in what should be a very competitive battle.

Cross Country

Runners continue the College’s NJAC dominance

By Peter Fiorilla Staff Writer

The College’s cross country teams put together striking performances over the past two weeks at a pair of invitationals, running well in anticipation of compet-

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Senior Rob Nihen ran strong on Friday.

ing for a pair of NJAC conference championships this upcoming Saturday.

“We’re really improving from the first meet,” junior Johnny Arnold said.

“The whole team is just getting better and better after every meet.”

At the Connecticut College Invitational meet, held on Oct. 15, the men’s and women’s teams each finished in the top third of their fields.

Veterans led the way for the men’s team, which earned third place out of 14 teams in the 8k event, as four of the five point-scorers were seniors, including Alex Yersak.

Yersak stormed past most of the event’s 211 runners, and with a time of 26:10, earned last week’s NJAC Player of the Week award and an impressive seventh-place finish in the race.

Senior Andrew Herschman (18th place), sophomore Domini Tasco (19th), senior Nick Bond (25th), and senior Shaun McGeever (32nd) also contributed to the College’s point total.

Progress was the theme of the College’s performance in Connecticut. The College’s top five runners combined for an average time of 26:45, an improve-

ment over past meets, and Yersak’s 26:10 run was a 36-second improvement over his performance at last month’s College Brown 8k.

Results in Connecticut were similarly positive for the women’s team, which finished fourth out of 17 teams overall.

“We’re finally coming together and hope we can take that next step to defend our NJAC throne and receive a national bid,” junior Cathy Goncalves said.

Goncalves (12th) and sophomore Megan Flynn (13th) finished with identical times of 22:55, finishing 10 seconds behind the winning time, while junior Rachel Morris (25th), sophomore Anginelle Alabanza (28th) and senior Alyssa Bannon (33rd) helped ensure the College’s fourth-place finish.

The top five runners averaged 23:11, a massive 22-second improvement over their last performance in September.

The College also found success at the Haverford Invitational, a low-key event held Friday, Oct. 20.

The races were short, and there were no team scores, but the Haverford meet was a chance for runners to have fun and post positive individual times.

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The team took some tough NJAC wins.

The Lions also had another positive sign as junior forward/midfielder Kathleen Notos, who has also sat out due to injury, scored a goal and added an assist in a 2-0 victory over No. 20-ranked Juniata College on Sunday, Oct. 23.

“It’s nice to get (Mitchell and Notos) back in,” Pfluger said. “But we’re still being careful with them because we still have a lot of the season left to go. I don’t want to wear them down.”

The College knocked off another NJAC opponent a few days after they tripped up the Red Hawks, on Tuesday, Oct. 18, when they defeated Kean University with a score of 4-0.

Senior midfielder Alex Okuniwiecz led the Lions as she recorded two goals and one assist.

The Lions later took down Cabrini College 5-0 on Thursday, Oct. 20, one of four games in the last couple of weeks where the Lions have not surrendered a goal.

“All together, the whole team has been playing defense,” Syciarz, who has made 12 saves during the streak, said. “The forwards have been getting back, hustling back and helping us out. It’s really a team effort with our defense and it’s really paying off.”

“It was nice to go out into a meet without a lot of pressure,” said Arnold, who ran the 4-mile event in 21:04. “Everybody performed well.”

Senior Rob Nihen paced the men’s team with a time of 21:02, while freshman Liz Johnson led the Lions in the three-mile event with a time of 19:06.

Nihen finished 26th in a field of 110, while Johnson finished 12th out of 77 runners.

Manzo (14th) and freshman Tara Nealon (17th) also finished in the top 20 for the women’s team.

The Haverford meet was the College’s last meet before this weekend, when the cross country teams fight to retain conference championships held for nearly two decades.

Even though it will be a difficult challenge, both teams feel prepared to continue the College’s culture of success on Saturday.

The men’s and women’s teams will be fighting for their 17th and 16th consecutive conference titles, respectively.

“We just need to remain focused and determined in order to continue our NJAC tradition,” Goncalves said.

Arnold agreed: “We feel confident we’re going to win, but it’s going to be tough.”

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Cowboys Stadium is an experience.

By Alex Wolfe Sports Editor

Based on the title of this column, you may think I’m a Cowboys fan, so I would first like to say that I am NOT a Cowboys fan. Honestly, I hate their guts.

Always have, always will.

However, I am able to overlook my hatred for the team that the stadium is named after when I say that Cowboys Stadium is, without a doubt, the best stadium I have ever been to.

Having just experienced the home of the ’Boys firsthand as they manhandled my hapless St. Louis Rams, I can honestly say there is no other place like it, both from a sports and architectural perspective.

When you walk up to it, your first reaction is to pick your jaw up off the concrete. The

stadium is an absolute architectural masterpiece, and it definitely shows that Cowboys owner Jerry Jones poured almost $1 billion of his own money into it.

The entire stadium is covered in glass on the outside, which is supported by giant industrial-yet-elegant girders. As amazing as the outside is, the inside is even more fantastic.

When you walk in, you’re greeted by a massive entryway (at least the section that I went into) and lots more glass. Once you get to your seats, you’re treated to one of the most fantastic stadium attractions in the world — the Cowboys Stadium big screen.

This screen, to put it in perspective, is so big that when the stadium opened two years ago, punters were clanking punts off of it. It’s a great thing for fans up in the nose bleed section, since they can get a close-up view of the action without leaving their seat.

Lastly, they had margaritas for sale from crowd vendors. How awesome is that shit? Not only that, the margaritas were strong.

And delicious. Simply amazing.

In all seriousness, if you call yourself a sports fan, you need to make a pilgrimage to Cowboys Stadium sometime in your life.

It’s an experience, and you won’t regret it.

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Ocotber 26, 2011 The Signal page 25 Hall of Fame

All-time leading basketball scorer enshrined

Greg Grant inducted to the TCNJ Hall of Fame

By Alex Wolfe Sports Editor

In what can now be looked back upon as the golden age of sports at the College in the late 1980s, there was one student athlete who left the most lasting impression in the College’s annals of its history.

Greg Grant, a diminuitive guard who didn’t even attend the College for his freshman year, scored more points than anyone in the history of the College’s men’s basketball program, broke the NCAA Division III single-season scoring record and is the only player in the history of the College to be drafted to the NBA. For Grant, playing in the NBA was a culmination of everything that he worked for in his life.

“It’s a dream come true,” Grant said. “It’s the ultimate goal. Every football player wants to be in the NFL, every baseball player wants to be in the major leagues, and most basketball players (want to go to the NBA). The NBA was always my goal, and most people thought it was impossible.

Especially when you’re here, it pretty much is impossible for most people. But that was my goal. So to make it, and to make it coming from here, made it even more special.”

Just as important to Grant was not just playing in the NBA, but having the honor of being drafted as well.

“That was big, to hear my name called (and the College),” Grant said. “It was only two rounds, so it was only 52 players in the country picked that night, and to be picked just topped off everything. It was every bit as special as playing in the NBA, being picked that night.”

Grant, who attended Trenton High School — which was one

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Greg Grant broke many records at the College.

of the top schools in the state at the time, according to Grant — averaged 22 points per game his senior season. However, Grant didn’t receive any scholarship offers coming out of high school.

“Just no one felt interested,” Grant said. “Maybe they thought I was too small. But, it just didn’t work out.”

Grant went on to attend his freshman year at another school, but then came to the College where he immediately lit up the basketball scene. After breaking the College’s single-game scoring record by dropping over 50 points his first season, Grant would go on to have what is widely regarded as the best

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career in the College’s storied athletic program.

Grant was honored and humbled by his induction into the Hall of Fame, despite all of the other accolades he has accumulated over his life.

“It’s one of the greatest feelings, because everything accumulated because of this,” Grant said. “You know, me playing here, everything else that happened here is because of this. So to be recognized by your peers and the people who watched you when you were, you know, 19, 20 years old, it’s special.”

Now beyond his playing days (he played seven seasons in the NBA with four different teams from 19891996), Grant works with the College’s Bonner Society with his organization “G Grant 94 ft. Academic Sports Academy, Inc.,” which he runs in order to give kids a chance to have the same opportunities that he had. “(I wanted to be) able to give somebody the same chance that I got,” Grant said. “I got a break, I got a lucky break, for someone to want me to come to (the College), and then I had to really do what I had to do. I just wanted to really go back to my community and show kids it’s not impossible to do something amazing, and that’s what really got me started.”

For Grant, as important as playing in the NBA was to him, preparing himself for life after basketball was just as important.

“I had really good coaching, I was well disciplined for life after basketball,” Grant said. “Whether I played in the NBA or not, I knew I was going to be a successful person because of my experience here with the academic standards and just with the coaching I had. It just really shaped me and built me for a long life after basketball.”

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Tim Jacoutot (Left) was a standout wrestler. The 2011 Hall of Fame inductees line up (Center). Greg Bellotti (Right) was a hard-hitter at safety.

Two ’90 teams honored

By Brandon Gould Staff Writer

When alumna look at current field hockey teams at the College, they judge their ability and prominence by thinking back to the 1990 team that made a magical run to a National Championship.

That team — one of three teams inducted into the College’s Hall of Fame on Friday, Oct. 21 — was filled with stars up and down the roster, including Hall of Famers Cathleen Filipello, Gina-Carey Smith, Cathy Swezey and Jill Cosse.

“I played with so many powerful women and had so many powerful coaches that it really amazes me that I could be a part of this group because, to me, each one is more amazing than the next,” said Cosse, an individual inductee in the Hall of Fame’s Class of 2011.

However, it was one woman who could not make it to the ceremony that most members credited as being the rock of the team.

Terry Doyle, a senior on the 1990 squad, died shortly after the season ended from a brain aneurism, but she remains in the hearts of each member of that team. Head coach Sharon Pfluger continues to honor Doyle by donning her initials on her teams’

uniforms each year.

Joining the 1990 field hockey team on Friday night was the 1990 football team that took the College by storm as they made their way into the NCAA tournament.

Crowds packed into Lions Stadium for every home game, including the team’s season-ending loss to Hofstra University.

“All of a sudden people wanted to come here to watch,” Greg Bolletti, a safety for the 1990 Lions and Class of 2011 inductee, said. “Teams didn’t want to come here to play because it was a tremendous home field advantage to have this aura, this feeling around, and it was just special. The students were everywhere, 80 percent of The Signal was football and you’d have games televised and it was awesome.”

Also receiving recognition was the College’s 1996 men’s soccer team, who ran the gauntlet and won a national title in current head coach George Nazzario’s second year on the job.

The Lions went into the tournament with a 12-5-1 record and outlasted their opponents in five consecutive one-goal victories, including a win over the defending champions, Williams College. The deciding goal of that game came from Bertrand Louis, his only goal of the season.

Jacoutot, Cosse, Bellotti highlight individual awards

By Brandon Gould Staff Writer

The College’s Hall of Fame ceremony was headlined by former basketball star Greg Grant, but the induction list did not stop there.

After Grant accepted his induction into the Hall of Fame, former Lions safety Greg Bellotti took the stage. His first words?

“I want to thank the Hall of Fame Committee for scheduling me to follow Greg Grant,” Bellotti said as the crowd roared with laughter.

Bellotti, a member of the 1990 football team that made it to the NCAA tournament, was just one of six other individuals besides Grant who were enshrined on Friday, Oct. 21.

“The individual accolades, I mean, they’re great,” Bellotti said. “They’re special, probably more special for my kids to see. I thought I was pretty good, but I had a great team. It’s a lot different when there’s ten other guys they have to deal with and I’m just kind of the guy who happened to get a lot of the press,

and the defense was kind of built around me to make plays.”

Another member of the 2011 class was Jill Cosse, who won a total five national titles in field hockey and lacrosse during her time as a Lion.

“I would not trade one day I was ever here, whether it was a good day or a bad day, if we won a championship or didn’t win,” Cosse said. “I loved my life here, so to be honored like this is a dream come true, really, because I never really played for notoriety. I played for my teammates and wanting to be successful.”

Fellow inductee Tim Jacoutot echoed Cosse’s words.

“I love it here,” Jacoutot, who was a three-time national champion wrestler, said. “This is my home, this is my college and I enjoy all the sports teams.”

Other members of the Class of 2011 include: Matthew Stypul (men’s swimming, ’97), Sue Piekarz Rodriguez (women’s track and field, ’91), Bobby Jones (football/baseball, ’64) and the late Herbert Lorenz (men’s track and field, ’63).

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In this week’s Around the Dorm, the “Ref,” Kevin Lee, challenges Staff Writer Brandon Gould, Correspondent Josh Fidler and Correspondent Kyle Knight to answer questions about what the Yankees would do without C.C. Sabathia, which of the last three No. 1 overall NFL draft picks has the brightest future and how good of a player LeBron could be in the NFL if the NBA lockout isn’t resolved.

ers) is because of Cam. Newton has put up over 1,800 yards in his first six starts.

Sam Bradford isn’t even relevant in this question. Stafford is a close second behind Newton because he does not have the injury possibilities that Newton has and he has the ability to come back in games and win. Newton will be known not only for his arm but for his ability to score in the red zone with his feet. NFL defenses can not stop a strong arm in the pocket and a pair of fast legs outside the pocket.

KL: Brandon gets 3 for stating the tools that Newton has and for measuring which QB will have the best long-term success, rather than who’s been performing the best right now. Josh gets 2 for pointing out that Stafford has a ton of weaknesses, which are masked by Calvin Johnson. Kyle gets 1 because Bradford is pretty relevant in this discussion, since he has the tools to become great. It’s not his fault he’s on a weaker team.

translate to the defensive side of the ball, but with his soft hands, speed and height, James would be able to beat any linebacker in the league one-on-one. Remember, Graham played only one season of football at the University of Miami before becoming a force in the New Orleans Saints, and he’s not as fast or as tall as James.

JF: LeBron played wide receiver in high school, but at his size, he is probably more of a tight end now. He is a very raw talent, so he would have to go to a team that has a good tight end coach. In my opinion ,the best tight end coach is Mike Pope of the New York Giants. This year he has turned Jake Ballard into an emerging star, and he has coached Mark Bavaro, Howard Cross and Kevin Boss. He was also able to turn Jeremy Shockey into a serviceable blocking tight end. LeBron is big but is also fast.

Eli Manning has always had a good passing relationship with his tight end. Ballard is big, but he’s not very fast, so LeBron could easily replace him and become a star. Also, to the NBA, please stop being stupid and greedy and end the lockout.

KK: LeBron is not built like a NFL player.

He’s built like a running back but is too tall. His best bet may be a linebacker or tight end. As a tight end he would have quickness and hopefully good hands. He would probably be more of a distraction if anything to whatever team he would go to. Although, he probably has more of a chance of getting a ring in the NFL than in the NBA. KL: Josh gets 3 for talking about how good of a fit LeBron would be for the New York Giants, at least on-field-wise. Brandon gets 2 for stating the success of former basketball players who have made the transition to tight end, and his athletic ability. Kyle gets 1 for not giving enough reasoning.

3. The NBA is in the midst of a heated lockout, and LeBron James has voiced his thoughts (albeit jokingly) about playing in the NFL. LeBron was All-State in football in high school, so what team would be the best fit, what position would he play and how+ much success would LeBron have if he were to play in the NFL? BG: It’s important to know that LeBron James was a legitimate college football prospect and that he’s just not spinning his tires in the mud on this one. James is a physical specimen at 6’8, 250 pounds, and he would be a dominant force in almost any sport. With that said, there have been several players that have given up basketball and ended up on an NFL roster — Tony Gonzalez, Antonio Gates, Jimmy Graham and Julius Peppers to name a few. Looking at those precedents, I would say LeBron would be extremely productive as a tight end. His strength would probably not

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fill the middle to back of the rotation, for now. Josh gets 2 because there’s actually a really good chance Wainwright resigns with the Cardinals, but if he doesn’t, the Yankees need a certainty with the loss of Sabathia, not a question mark. Kyle gets 1 for not answering the possibility of the Yankees losing Sabathia.

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1. C.C. Sabathia will most likely be opting out of his contract and possibly signing with another team. If Sabathia was to sign with another team (the Rangers are said to want to offer him a “boatload” of money), what do you do if you are the Yankees?

BG: The New York Yankees barely got by even with C.C. Sabathia. Without him around, the Yankees are in quite a situation.

Ivan Nova had a productive rookie season and Phil Hughes will be valuable if he comes back healthy, but the Yankees will need to add some new arms if they want to make it back to the postseason next year.

The easy answer here would be to suggest that the Yankees go out and sign C.J. Wilson or go big and splurge for Yu Darvish, but I don’t think that is the right way to go.

I think the Yankees’ best course of action would be to call up some homegrown talent and sign a crafty veteran. Adam Warren, Manny Banuelos and Dellin Betances are all viable options in the farm system, while Jon Garland could be a nice pickup in free agency. There’s also a chance of the return of Bartolo Colon or Freddy Garcia.

JF: If the Yankees were to lose C.C., which is doubtful because very few teams can pay as much as the Yankees, then there are a few things that the Yankees can and should do.

First, they need to sign C.J. Wilson: He’s no C.C., but the Yankees could easily afford him. Next, if the Cardinals decline Adam Wainwright’s option, which is likely because of the Tommy John surgery he had this season, he is a pitcher who they could get — all they need would be an incentiveladen contract. If he is healthy, he is one of the most dominant pitchers in the game, and if not, well, they did not lose a lot of money from him. Finally, I would suggest that the Yankees take Carlos Beltran for right field.

Nick Swisher is not very good, but Beltran showed that he can still play, and play at a high level.

KK: The Yankees need to top the offer given by any team. The Yankees are a well-rounded team and can easily make the playoffs next season. The biggest problem is that the Yankees do not have a well-rounded starting pitching roster. If the Yankees want to go deep in the playoffs, they will re-sign C.C. and must sign more pitchers to sit in their bullpen.

KL: Brandon gets 3 for stating the Yankees’ strong pitching prospects that can

2. It seems as if the past three No. 1 overall picks in the NFL draft (all quarterbacks) don’t appear to be the next Jamarcus Russell in the making. With that said, who would you take to build a franchise around: Matthew Stafford, Sam Bradford, or Cam Newton?

BG: All three of those quarterbacks look like they are going to be valuable to their franchises, but if I had to pick one, it would be Cam Newton. Matt Stafford is the real deal right now, but Newton’s ability has me drooling. Last year at Auburn University, Newton had the country in awe, courtesy of his legs.

This year in the NFL, Newton has been impressive when he throws as well as when he runs. Now, his stats haven’t translated into wins, but that will come in time. Michael Vick is deemed as valuable because he can stretch out plays and Ben Roethlisberger is special because it takes more than one guy to bring him down. Well, Newton seems to be a blend of both of those guys. Once a stable team is inserted around Newton, the sky is the limit for this guy.

JF: I think this question is a little unfair based on the fact that these quarterbacks have had different wide receivers, running backs and offensive lines. So while Stafford looks like he is amazing, you have to ask, how would Bradford or Newton do throwing to Calvin Johnson? That being said, I would have to go with Bradford. Bradford has a mix of accuracy and arm strength. If Bradford had some receivers, he would be putting up astronomical numbers right now, which we should see with the addition of Brandon Lloyd. Newton is not ready yet — he is not fundamentally sound. There are many bad throws he’ll make off his back foot or in a poor throwing position. I think Stafford is good, but some of his weaknesses are hidden by Calvin Johnson, who is double covered, opens up other receivers but also will catch any ball thrown to him.

KK: I would build a franchise around Cam Newton. The ONLY reason the Panthers are staying in close games with winning teams (including the undefeated Pack-

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Brandon wins this week’s AtD, 8 - 7 - 3.

“And that’s the way the cookie crumbles.”

— Brandon

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LIONS ROUNDUP This Week’s Fantasy Football Picks Quarterback Kevin Lee (329) Alex Wolfe (305) Brandon Gould (327) Ketul Shah (379)

Drew Brees

Running Back Frank Gore

Wide Receiver Marques Colston

Sleeper Robert Meachem

Michael Vick

Arian Foster

Miles Austin

Tim Hightower

Drew Brees

Ahmad Bradshaw

Vincent Jackson

Jared Cook

Drew Brees

Adrian Peterson

Mike Wallace

Ryan Torain

Lion of the Week

Amy Van Dyk

Soccer

Junior midfielder Amy Van Dyk had a spectacular week for the Lions, scoring two goals over two games. The goals came against Stevens Institute of Technology and New Jersey City University.

The goals were her first two of the season, giving her five points.

—Kevin

Men’s Soccer

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This Week In Sports Football Oct. 29 @ SUNY Cortland, 1 p.m.

Men’s Soccer Oct. 26 @ Rowan University, 7 p.m.

Women’s Soccer

Women’s Soccer Oct. 26 @ Rowan University, 7 p.m.

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Trivia Question

Answer to Last Issue’s Trivia Question: 117-59

Matthew Stafford is having one of the finest seasons of any quarterback in the NFL, stirring up many MVP discussions. Taking into consideration that he is just 23 years old makes his season all the more impressive. Despite all of his football accomplishments, many people do not know that Stafford was a star shortstop for Highland Park High School. Stafford had the opportunity of playing alongside his best friend and which MLB ace while in high school?

Oct. 27 vs. Manhattanville College, 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 30 @ SUNY Cortland, 1 p.m.

Swimming and Diving Oct. 29 vs. Ramapo College, 2 p.m.

Cross Country Oct. 29 @ New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships, 10:30 a.m.

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Lions’ Lineup October 26, 2011

Huge upset highlights Homecoming

By Chris Molicki Staff Writer After a tough loss to Buffalo State College last week, the College bounced back for their homecoming game as they pulled off a huge upset over previously undefeated and No. 7-in-the-country Montclair State University, 27-21.

The College was led on offense by senior quarterback Jay Donoghue and senior running back Joe Falco, who accounted for all three of the team’s touchdowns.

After the Lions scored a field goal on their opening drive, the Red Hawks came right back with senior running back Chris D’Andrea, the leading rusher in the NJAC, running for a 58-yard touchdown on their second play from scrimmage.

However, the Lions responded right away with a long drive that included a few third-down conversions and ended with a one-yard touchdown plunge by Donoghue.

“We had to respond,” said Donoghue. “Last week we went down 14-0 and couldn’t rally. It’s

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Nick Tyson stretches towards the end zone.

more of a confidence thing than anything.”

The Lions’ pass rush was the key to rattling Montclair’s backup quarterback Drew Cathey.

The team recorded three sacks and made it very difficult for Cathey to throw the ball, putting him under pressure and forcing two interceptions.

On the very first play of the second quarter, senior defensive back Derek Goreczny had a huge play, blocking a punt that gave the Lions first and goal on the four-yard line. The drive ended in a field goal, giving the College a 13-7 lead.

Then, on the following drive, senior defensive back Phil Gatti picked off Cathey and returned it 60 yards. Falco rushed to the left for an 11-yard touchdown the next play, making the score 20-7.

The Red Hawks then turned the ball over for the third consecutive drive, as the College’s No. 1-inthe-NJAC red zone defense came through with Goreczny intercepting the ball in the end zone.

“Our defensive ends and tackles did great,” said Goreczny. “It was so important to make them throw.”

The tide turned at the beginning of the second half as D’Andrea gave the Red Hawks another huge touchdown run, this one from 55 yards out.

The Red Hawks then blocked a punt of their own and returned it to the Lions’ 19-yard line. After being stuffed three straight times on the goal line, D’Andrea caught a two-yard touchdown pass from Cathey on fourth-and-goal, giving them the lead, 21-20.

As soon as it seemed the Red Hawks were going to take over the game, senior defensive back Shawn Brown made a big stop on a third down and a bad punt gave the Lions great field position as their ugly third quarter came to an end.

“It was really important, one of the gamechanging moments,” said Brown.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Donoghue miraculously avoided a sack with a defender draped all over him and was able to throw it out of bounds. He threw a seven-yard touchdown pass

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Joe Falco contributed a TD on the ground.

to Falco on the next play.

“A kid came free and senior lineman Dan Strasle forced him to fall right on my legs,” said Donoghue. “I give him credit for not giving up.”

That go-ahead touchdown would prove to be the clincher, as the Lions were able to kill the clock and finish out the game.

“Everybody came together today for the win,” said Brown. “We played our own football and beat them.”

The team was ecstatic after the win, getting a great homecoming victory in front of the College faithful and their fourth win in four tries at home.

“It’s unbelievable,” said Donoghue. “We haven’t beaten them since 2007. Hopefully we can rattle off more wins and be competitive in the NJAC.” This was a crucial win that puts the Lions right in the thick of competition for the conference title.

This weekend, the Lions head to SUNY-Cortland to try and continue their winning ways.

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Field hockey downs Montclair Lions miss NJAC playoffs

By Brandon Gould Staff Writer

Field hockey head coach Sharon Pfluger consistently faces a schedule filled with top-level competition, and this year has been no different.

The No. 5-ranked Lions have played several big-time games this season, including a loss to No.1-ranked Salisbury University, but their biggest matchup to this point came on Saturday, Nov. 15, against Montclair State University.

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Alex Okuniewicz ramps up the defense.

The Red Hawks came into their match against the Lions ranked No. 7 overall in Division III, with a record of 14-0 and tied with the College atop the NJAC. When the 70th minute ran off the clock, however, it was the Lions who celebrated in victory, coming out on top in a 1-0 duel.

“I think it was critical and great for us to win,” Pfluger said. “We had to win that game. We had a lot of opportunities that we didn’t cash in on, so to score, finally, in the last minutes was a good feeling.”

The Lions, who outshot the Red Hawks 13 to 10, had to wait until a penalty corner with a little over five minutes left in regulation to seal the game. The goal came courtesy of freshman forward Erin Healy, who took a nice touch pass from senior forward/midfielder Leigh Mitchell and sent it into the cage.

The assist, in a crucial game for the Lions’ postseason hopes, was a nice reward for all the work Mitchell has put in to get herself back on the field after sitting out the majority of the season due to injury.

“Seeing (Mitchell) back out there is always good,” senior goalkeeper Shannon Syciarz said. “She’s such a big playmaker on the field, a big motivator and a huge asset to our team. So, when she’s on the field, it’s definitely a plus.”

Men’s soccer drops to Jersey City

By Andrew Grossman Correspondent

The men’s soccer team has faced a lot of adversity this season. After a difficult battle to stay above the .500 mark to qualify for the postseason, however, they came up just short in the second-tolast game of the season. A convincing 5-1 loss to New Jersey City University was the final blow, ultimately eliminating them from playoff contention.

“If we won that game, we could have potentially made it to the NJAC Tournament, but now that’s not going to happen anymore,” junior midfielder Kevin Shaw said.

“It is very disappointing because at the beginning of the year I thought we had enough talent to do well this season.”

Standing with a current record of 5-7-4, the team tended to struggle in the key moments.

“It’s been one of those things where all the games which we lost were one goal games,” Head Coach George Nazario said.

“A little bit of luck either way and we could have had more ties or wins, too.”

The Lions’ season was defined by close matchups. Of their 16 games, seven of them went into overtime. None of those, however, resulted in a win.

“During the times when we needed it the See FIELD HOCKEY, page 23 most, we could never get that win,” Shaw

said. “Our record kept on getting worse and worse where it eventually became too late and difficult to come back.”

Those struggles however, were not from a lack of effort.

“We played well most of those games but gave up one goal to tie it up or for them to win,” Shaw said. “We never gave up and everyone played hard, but unfortunately the games just didn’t go our way.”

“I always tell (our players) that you have to have a good team, you have to have a little bit of bench, and you have to have a little bit of luck,” Nazario said. “I think on the luck end we really haven’t had any this year … so hopefully it is going to eventually balance out.”

Although very disappointed, the team will look to eventually shake off this upsetting season and stay focused.

“I don’t think many changes need to be done for next year,” Shaw said. “We just need to keep playing hard and hopefully score goals and get more wins.”

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The team struggled in crunch time.