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THE MONTCLARION The Student Voice of Montclair State University Since 1928
Vol.
89
Issue 11 November 19, 2009
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Cole Makes a Transition From Corzine to Christie
Hate Crimes on Campus Two Students Plan on Creating a Voice for Victims
University President Named to Chris Christie's Transition Team Gerald Flores Assistant News Editor
University President Susan Cole was named to Gov. Elect Chris Christie’s official transition team which is made up of 10 leaders who will assist the incoming governor in assembling his administration before he takes office on Jan. 19. “I’m very pleased and hon-
“I'm actively engaged not only in the field of higher education, but also K-12 and I have a good sense of how higher education policies work.” President Susan A. Cole
ored… this is something very important to be asked to do,” President Cole said. Cole has worked with the past five New Jersey governors, both democratic and republican. She is the only representative on the team in the field of higher education. “I’m actively engaged not
(Left-to-Right) Sophomores Ray McKenna and Nick Wolf plan on writing a play about the true stories of people on campus who have experienced hate crimes. Jillian Keats | The Montclarion
Kulsoom Rizvi News Editor
For sophomores Ray McKenna and Nick Wolf, hearing about the crimes against the LGBT center and homosexuals, inspired the two students to create a play based on true stories from victims of hate crimes. During the sophomores' Pursuit of English class, the students saw a movie
called The Larimer Project based on the murder of a gay 21-year-old college student named Matthew Shepherd. “Nick basically had the initial idea of writing a play about hate crimes on campus and we just banded together and through research saw that it does happen at Montclair,” McKenna said. For Wolf, play writing is his focus; especially when it comes to creative writing and feels more confident in writ-
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Exonerated
ing dialogues than any other type of writing. “I just thought of this idea of six people sitting in a semicircle on stage talking about their own problems,” he said. “I never thought it was going to become [about] true stories from real people.” When it comes to the actual script of the play, Wolf described the dialogues in the play to be fictional only when there is conversation between characters, but when
it comes to a character having a monologue, the dialogue will not be Wolf’s writing. “Whenever you hear someone in the play speak monologues, that is the true story exactly in the words of the victim,” Wolf explained. “I have never done anything like this and it’s a huge experiment for both of us. We might have to Hate Crimes Continued on Page 7
A group of students are part of the student production, The Exonerated, which voices the true stories of six individuals on Death Row who were then exonerated after spending several years in prison.
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Transition Team Continued on Page 7
UNEMPLOYMENT FOR HIRE Part I: Where Are All the Jobs? Kelly Jones Assistant News Editor
With the economy in the shape it is and college seniors graduating each year, are jobs for them in their fields? This is a concern for many students and especially for the class of 2010. Among college grads, younger workers see a higher number of unemployment. It is still worth something to have a college degree in the end, even though the unemployment for college grads is overall lower than
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the whole population? The problem is that not only are recent graduates up against themselves in the job market, but now, due to the economic downturn and people getting laid off, they are against more expeThe national unemployment rate is 10.2 percent compared to last year at 6.8 percent. This is a 26-year high with 190,000 jobs lost in a month.
news Sodexo Can Drive Initiated to Fight Hunger, Preparing to Set a World Guinness Record
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rienced people, along with other graduates from a few years ago. Graduates from majors including fine art, drama, dance and music have been having trouble getting a job straight out of college. Also, students studying computer science have also been up on that list. But in comparison, students with a medical degree have found jobs quicker with an unemployment rate of 0.17 percent. This data was
Make Way For Hawk Crossings Ashley Enste Staff Writer
undergoing a renovation both inside and out. It seemed an appropriate recognition of these changes.” The individual apartment buildings, previously only recognized numerically, will have new names as well. They are all related to the school’s red-tailed hawk mascot: Falconidae, Accipitor and Buteo. In Latin, these words are the scientific terminology for the order, family and genus, used to classify the species of Red Hawks.
Unemployment Continued on Page 6
Montclair State University has decided to officially change the name of the apartments on Clove Road to “Hawk Crossings,” due to the ongoing renovations of the complex. This new title will be formally adopted for the fall semester of 2010. According to Dr. Karen Pennington, vice president for student development and campus life, “The complex is
feature
a&e
opinion
2012: Not a Disaster Movie, Just a Disaster
Smoke and Mirrors: Clove Road Renovations
Cooking with Nelson: Thanksgiving Edition
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Hawk Crossings Continued on Page 6
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