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Report: NSA spies on Americans’ Facebook profiles BY KHUSHBU KAPADIA Editor in Chief
The National Security Agency has been accused of spying and accessing information using phone records and email logs, including those of American citizens. However, apart from phone calls and emails, the NSA has been using social media sites, such as Facebook, to spy on people’s profiles, according to news reports. Governments in about 74 countries reportedly have access to information from more than 38,000 Facebook users from the first half of this year, according to USA Today. According to Kateryna Shushval, business administration major at CCM, there are two sides to the the NSA usStudent accessing Facebook. ing social media to gather ogy major at CCM, said he doesn’t think information. “I personally wouldn’t want the NSA the NSA should be able to intrude on civil to spy on me and what I’m doing because liberties. “Just to be able to intrude into peoI value my privacy,” Shushval said, “but at the same time, there are a lot of crazy ple’s online worlds at any time without judicial review, to me is against people out there.” Of the 38,000 Facebook users that the very spirit of the fourth amendNSA allegedly has access to, half of them ment...” Jones said. “We should be are from the United States, according to aware, however, that the online world is public.” USA Today. David Jones, a digital media technolThese reports about the NSA using
sites, such as Facebook, geo-location information, tax and insurance records and other sources to better the act of gathering the needed information for the government. The New York Times was also given a PowerPoint presentation that detailed how the NSA uses specific software to map a person’s location. In addition to knowing where a person is at a specific time, the NSA can also find out who the person travels with and communicates with. This is done by gathering information from phone calls, email logs and, now, social media platforms. The NSA chief, however, is denying the allegations that the PHOTO BY MIKE DICOLA agency is spying on Facebook profiles. phone records, email logs, and now, soShushval has given up on social mecial media sites to gather information are dia because of this. allegations by former intelligence con“I’m actually not surprised that tractor Edward Snowden. The report that NSA was spying on Americans’ Face- they’re spying on people because the Inbook accounts was first disclosed by The ternet is something that anyone can have New York Times on Sept. 29 using docu- access to,” Shushval said. “That’s why I ments that were given to the newspaper by don’t have a Facebook and whatever you do put on the Internet, you should be cauSnowden. A new policy was enacted in which tious because someone else can have acthe NSA is granted access to social media cess to your information.”
Emedin Rivera, Tropical Turbulence blow doors off CCM Entertainment Editor
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Three-time Emmy Award winner Emedin Rivera and Tropical Turbulence performed at the Dragonetti Auditorium at County College of Morris Friday, Sept. 20 in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Organized by the CCM cultural and special events department, the concert delivered a mixture of Latin jazz and salsa with professional technique and proficiency. Colleen McArdle, coordinator of the cultural and special events department, put together the night event in hopes of celebrating the Latino culture. Hours before the show, the band was taking a much needed break after practicing late into the night and rehearsing all morning. The instruments had been set up already, but the most noticeable on stage was Rivera’s percussion kit, as he calls it, a hodgepodge of percussion instruments. At a quick glance the eyes could catch congas, a kick drum, snare, guiro, clave, cowbell, hi-hat, ride
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Emedin Rivera and Tropical Turbulence performing at County College of Morris Feliciano. “I was jumping around, playing congas for different bands,” Rivera said. “I would show up with the percussion kit, but they already had a drummer. With Tropical Turbulence, I can play true to my own style.” This was how the storm began to develop in his mind. Rivera gathered a few musical friends from their own projects and each brought their own respective element to the quartet’s performance. Rivera (www.emedinrivera. com) played the drum kit like a magician, pulling out sticks and
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and crash cymbals. Rivera has the ability to play each one with immediacy and precision, moving each of his limbs as if they had a mind of their own. Rivera attributed his unique style from having to distinguish himself in a sea of percussionists in New York City. Rivera was a native of New York, but was raised in Caguas, Puerto Rico. By the age of 8, he was playing the bongos. “Growing up I saw shows like ‘El Show de las 12’ and observed the greats,” Rivera said. “My dad and my uncles, they played in trios around PR.” Rivera served in the Air Force as a jet engine mechanic and played for on-base bands. He said once the opportunity was right he moved back to New York City and worked as a freelance musician. Rivera found success in his percussion work, gaining spots on late night TV shows such as The Late Night Show with David Letterman and National Geographic as well as working with accomplished artists Paquito D’Rivera, Micheal Bolton and Cheo
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instruments seemingly out of thin air. Drawing from his time with National Geographic, he transported the audience to El Yunque, the tropical rainforest of Puerto Rico with his wide array of wind instruments and racks of shakers. Juan Beledo (www.beledo. com) is a guitar legend from his native country Uruguay. He composed several songs for the group and has released several of his own albums. He shredded either an electric or flamenco guitar and played the accordion, piano and an assortment of other instruments. Dorian Morales (www.
myspace.com/zzdorianzz) traded solos with Beledo on the keyboard and composed songs imbued with furious Latin influence. Edgar Pagán (www.grupopagan. com) acted as gel to the group and supported Rivera on vocals and rhythm with his 8-string bass guitar. Together with their arrangement of traditional and non-traditional, Rivera and the Tropical Turbulence are a force to reckon within the jazz community and hope to release a DVD of their performances soon.
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Masked gunmen attack mall in Kenya
BY JOSEF LUFTMAN Layout Editor
On Saturday, Sept. 21, a shooting left 62 people dead and 150 injured at Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, according to a report by The New York Times. Al Shabaab, an Islamic militant group based in Somalia, claimed responsibility and cited revenge on Kenya for its occupation and fighting in Somalia in 2011 as the reason for the attack. Shoppers cried out for help and hid under tables and behind mannequins. Parents threw their bodies on top of their children as
the terrorists rampaged through the mall, shooting people in the head. According to the report, hours later, police officers and soldiers rushed into the mall past the bloody corpses, in an effort to find any survivors and capture the assailants. On Tuesday, Sept. 24, Al Shabaab bragged on Twitter that their fighters were “still holding their ground.” Just after midnight on Monday, the siege finally ended with all the hostages freed and more than 10 suspects arrested for questioning. Three of the attackers were killed.
Two days later, forensic investigators from Kenya and the U.S. began an extensive examination of the rubble. Toqeer Awan, a practicing Pakistani Muslim and biology major at County College of Morris, has special knowledge and strong opinions on Islamic extremism. “The militants attacking the Kenyan mall, they’re reported to be from many different [countries], not just Somalia. So their real motivations are hard to depict,” Awan said. “But one thing is certain. They want retaliation from Kenya so they can get the
support from their local Somalians, which they’re not getting recently at all.” Jack Bernardo, a political science professor at CCM stated in an email why these attacks occur. “The attack clearly illustrates how a failed state (i.e. Somalia) becomes a breeding ground for terrorist groups, (like) Syria, and that while Al Qaeda has been seriously weakened, it spawned several new groups that must be contained and defeated,” Bernardo said. He added that it illustrates how “disparities of wealth and
condition lead to very strong resentment and can lead to violence.” Countries like Kenya are not well prepared for attacks involving terrorism due in part to lack of funding and infrastructure. The lack of preparedness and quick response can lead to more aggression. “On the 26th of September, another attack happened on the border where the terrorists killed three more people,” Awan said. “This is five [or] six days after their original attack of the mall… their security forces should do more.”
Pope Francis provokes discussion among local Catholics BY DANIEL ENG Opinions Editor
On his knees Pope Francis humbly held the feet of young Muslim inmates in the palms of his hands, washing them in ritual reenactment of Jesus washing his disciples’ feet on the eve of his crucifixion. “This is a symbol, it is a sign…washing your feet means I am at your service,” the pope said to the young inmates according to USA Today. Only six months into his papacy Francis has already criticized the Catholic Church for being “obsessed” with gays, abortion and birth control. Later, according to Reuters, he went on to condemn the global economic system while speaking to unemployed workers in Cagliari, Sardinia. “The world has become an idolater of this god called money,” the pope said. “We don’t want this globalized economic
system which does us so much harm.” Evidence is making clear that a call for action or reform may not be Francis’s intention and that his words merely seek to change attitudes and perceptions both in and out of the church. Members of the Roman Catholic Church and CCM students have differing views on the new pope, despite the media praise. At St. Catherine of Siena Church in Mountain Lakes, the Rev. Peter Filipkowski said that he finds Pope Francis to be impressive, and his attraction to Catholics is that he is a breath of fresh air. “Where Francis is different is his whole personal approach,” Filipkowski said. “He’s put aside a lot of the trappings of the papacy. … He’s a man of simplicity, practicality.” On the recent media attention Francis has garnered, Filip-
kowski said that despite talk of reform and changes to the Curia, the governing body of the church, theology will not be changed. “Naturally I think the secular press is out for sensationalism,” Filipkowski said. Brian Noone, a criminal justice major at CCM said that he liked Francis’s open approach to issues such as homosexuality instead of shunning it. “I kind of like where he’s going with things,” Noone said. “A lot of the issues … are touchy, I like that he’s trying to change the ideals and views of the church.” Judging by his words one might believe that Pope Francis is a “radical” of a Pope as The Washington Post has printed. Other media such as the Huffington Post have hailed him as a “hero to the American left.” All these cries for reform, praise in the press, and positive publicity have the media smit-
ten. Last week the Rev. Greg Reynolds of Australia was excommunicated for being a vocal supporter of women’s ordination in the church, according to National Catholic Reporter. “I am very surprised that this order has come under his watch; it seems so inconsistent with everything else he has said and done,” Reynolds said on the pope’s decision. “On the ordination of women, the Church has spoken and said no … that door is closed,” Francis told media in an impromptu press conference on July 28, according to the National Catholic Reporter. Francis bemoaned the role of women in the church in an interview with America Magazine on Sept. 24, yet still excommunicated Reynolds. “The church cannot be herself without the woman and her role,” Pope Francis said. “We must therefore investigate further the role of women in the
church… we have to work harder to develop a profound theology of the woman.” Kathryn Ferrarelli, a Roman Catholic and chemistry education major at CCM, said Pope Francis was hypocritical in excommunicating Reynolds considering what he himself has said in the media. “He’s basically saying one thing about church views then doing the very thing he’s criticizing,” Ferrarelli said. Despite the question of what is to come of Francis’s desire to change attitudes concerning the church and whether or not he will radically change doctrine, he has certainly captured the attention of the media and members of the church alike. “He’s helped people see another side of the church,” Filipkowski said. “He’s helped people see what we should be concerned about and that is the people and their concerns.”
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CCM offers more than just GPAs, transcripts BY NICOLE DARRAH Social Media Editor
For the past six years, County College of Morris has offered free Basic Skills Training classes to over 3,500 employees in Morris County. CCM’s Basic Skills Training classes are offered to all those who are registered by their employers and can be enrolled in as many classes as the employers deem necessary. The classes, which run from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., range from computer skills to public speaking, and have minimal requirements for studententry. The employees must be working a minimum of 20 hours per week and are required by their
employers to get paid their usual rate of pay while in training. The no-cost program is provided through a joint partnership with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (LWD), the New Jersey Business & Industry Association (NJBIA), and the New Jersey Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development, CCM and 18 other community colleges in New Jersey have had a successful run thus far since the program began back in 2007. “We’re very grateful to the Department of Labor and the New Jersey Business & Industry Association for supporting this program,” said Dr. Edward J.
Yaw, CCM president in a news release. “Through this program, thousands of workers in Morris County have been able to improve their skills and advance their careers, as have many other workers across New Jersey.” These no-cost classes will not provide you with a course certificate. To date, more than 50,000 employees in New Jersey have benefitted from the program, but local students were unaware these programs were even offered. “I was not aware the school offered free business skills, computer training and communication classes,” said Jeff Gamba, sophomore at CCM. “I definitely see it as something beneficial for someone looking to pursue edu-
cation, and a free class is always a great place to start and to help you go in the right direction.” Vicki Goldberg, a Morris County resident, had similar opinions. “I think this is a good source of information and a good use of money. I didn’t know about it, but I think these programs would be beneficial to people who wanted to go back to school.” CCM does, however, offer classes that do require tuition that garner you a certificate or certification. The certification programs at CCM offer more than 20 areas you can enroll yourself in. The programs have a wide variety, ranging from paralegal and nurse studies, to welding, even to
American Sign Language. Some of these programs require prerequisite courses for entry into the class. “I think these are interesting opportunities for people who need such education and aid,” said Ryan Clarkin, a senior at Vernon High School. Clarkin, who is a prospective college student also didn’t know about these programs offered, but thought they could be a boost for the community. “I think that this makes the community college a bit more of a community factor, adding to the potential and overall well-being of the community.” All of the programs and classes, both cost and no-cost, are being offered at CCM this fall.
Experts explore relationship between religion, happiness BY MELISSA DELLACATO Managing Editor
Those who believe in God and attend religious services are more likely to find happiness and meaning in their lives, according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, an organization that conducts surveys and analytical research on religion and public life. However, some students at CCM find that their happiness is unrelated to their religious beliefs. Rebecca McGuire, a 20-year-old liberal arts major, said that she is “religious, but not in practice,” because she does not attend church. She said she is “pretty happy,” rating
her happiness an eight on a 10-point scale. “Happiness is not due to religion,” McGuire said. “It’s the people I surround myself with and my general attitude towards life. I have a positive outlook on things.” Christina Ryan, a 20-year-old CCM student from Netcong, considers herself “more religious than not,” as she believes in God, but not necessarily the Catholic stories that are told. She said she rates her happiness at about a 6 or a 7 on a 10-point scale and that it’s not because of her religion. “[It’s] what I think of myself,” she said. “I don’t think religion really has an effect on it.” Approximately 36 percent of adults
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who attend religious service once a week or more report feeling very happy. Just 23 percent of adults who rarely or never attend religious services consider themselves very happy. The happiest people seem to be the ones who go to a religious service more than once a week, as 43 percent of them said they were very happy. Ryan said she is influenced by her mom to attend religious service. “My mom tries to get me to go [to church] every week,” she said. “but work gets in the way.” Of those who believe in God, 61 percent strongly believe that their lives serve a purpose, according to the study. Only 49 percent of the people who are uncertain about God’s existence responded that way.
McGuire said that she thinks the purpose of life is to “make the most of the time while you have it.” “Everyone has a purpose,” Ryan said. “It’s not necessarily because of religion.” What causes people to link religion with happiness? According to the World Happiness Report released in 2012, religion is more common in countries where life is harder. In these countries, the emotions are more positive among those who are religious. Religion has social advantages and provides its members with a community and support, according to the report. It provides “relatives or friends you can count on” and a purpose to life.
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Students at CCM give back to the world BY KAITLYN ALEGRIA Copy Editor
The Volunteer Club at County College of Morris helped support the breast cancer patients on Tuesday, Oct. 1. The club has done several events to raise money, find homes and give back to the world within the last 5 years. “We do a lot,” Theresa Tavis, the president of the Volunteer Club, said. “We help with the American Cancer Society, Breast Cancer Foundation, Noah’s Ark, Randolph Animal Pound, American Heart Association, we mentor children with I Can Mentoring, and a program with middle school students in Morristown and Roxbury.” The most recent event the club hosted was a bake sale. The members sold baked goods, pinked themed for breast cancer awareness month to raise money for the Breast Cancer Foundation. “Our bake sales here are actually record breaking,” Tavis said. “We have good techniques. We go mobile. We walk all around campus… We like to be creative.” The club raised about $600 within 4 hours selling pink rice
krispie treats and decorated cookies with pink icing in the past, according to Tavis. The volunteer work done by the club helped donate to loved ones in America. “The most rewarding thing is to help other people,” said Jamie Mardis, a nursing major at CCM. “It feels really nice to help other people…make them happy.” If one treats others with love and kindness one will get it in return, according to Mardis, who used to volunteer her time working on a garden in her community and help serve food with her covent. She believes volunteering her time is worth helping other people. Volunteer work can help individuals get a job, according to both Tavis and Mardis. The experience can show employers that he or she has drive and dedication. “A lot of the time, different volunteer organizations I work with leads to more opportunities,” Tavis said. “I got five different shelters... saying you should come work with us.” The Volunteer Club has helped many different organiza-
Volunteer Club member sells a chocolate strawberry to CCM student. tions in the past and will continue to. If any CCM student is interested in volunteering their time, stop by room SCC 233 right in
the student community center on Thursdays at 1 p.m., according to Tavis. “Volunteering is kind of like
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my favorite thing to do,” Tavis said. “I want to be a social worker. This is what I want to do for the rest of my life.”
PTK Spotlight: Phi Theta Kappa’s Member of the Month Angelique Onorati, Vice President of Scholarship BY KELBY CLARK Features Editor
Throughout the month of September, Angelique Onorati has served as a key figure on the County College of Morris Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Kappa Kappa team. She has promoted the organization’s four hallmarks—scholarship, leadership, service, and fellowship—while also advancing the chapter’s agenda through her proactive attitude and self-determination. As an officer, Onorati has worked diligently with other members of the officer team and acted as PHOTO BY KELBY CLARK
Angelique Onorati, vice president of scholarship
a guiding influence for many of the chapter’s active members. CCM’s Phi Theta Kappa chapter has planned some big events to promote unity, fun, and academic success amongst students on campus. Onorati is looking forward to everything from S.T.E.M week to the chapter’s Honors in Action project. “I feel very lucky to be a part of Phi Theta Kappa,” she said. “We are a great team.” Onorati is a biology, pre-professional major and intends on graduating from CCM in the fall of 2014. Afterward, she hopes to pursue a career in the field of pediatric neurology. When she’s not at CCM, Onorati works as a personal stylist for J.Crew, volunteers at Overlook Hospital and enjoys taking open ballet classes.
CCM SCHOLARSHIPS!! The CCM Foundation Scholarship Application will be available from Oct. 1 to Oct. 22 for Spring 2014 semester awarding. Notification to applicants will be on or about Nov. 15. The scholarship application and listing can be found on the CCM website. Students currently receiving a RENEWABLE scholarship MUST be registered for spring classes prior to Nov. 15 in order to maintain the scholarship. Any questions or concerns please email the Financial Aid Office at finaid@ccm.edu
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‘Real MADison Men’ discuss experience in 1960s ad industry BY MELISSA DELLACATO Managing Editor
At a table in the front of room CH 100 sat six successful men who worked in the advertising industry during its “golden age”: the Real Madison Men. The forum took place Tuesday, Oct. 1 at 12:30 p.m. Approximately 30 to 40 people attended, including County College of Morris students, to learn what it was really like to work in the advertising industry during the 1960s. “Advertising is based on one thing: happiness,” says Don Draper, the main character and ad executive on “Mad Men,” the show which inspired the forum. As the theme to the popular AMC drama played quietly in the background, PHOTO BY NICOLE VERSANDI Keith Smith, dean of the division of liberal The ‘Real MADison Men’ present advertisements from the 1960s. arts, introduced Bernie Zlotnick, adjunct professor who teaches advertising design. Zlotnick said he worked as a creative Seltzer, Cracker Jack, and a campaign for Mike Slosberg went into advertising director at Young & Rubicam, a major ad- President Johnson. These commercials “accidentally.” After serving in the Kovertising agency at the time. His poster for were approximately a minute each, which rean War, he got a job as an office boy at The Peace Corps can be seen in the Smith- is very different from today’s 15-30 second an ad agency and simply “fell in love with sonian in Washington D.C. and was named long commercials. advertising.” The next five Madison Men then proone of the best 100 posters of the 20th “I had always loved drawing and writceeded to discuss their experiences. century. ing,” he said. “Suddenly I found something Alan Zweibel wanted to be a painter, where I could get paid for doing all those After talking about some of his personal experiences, there was a short pre- so he studied fine arts in college. Unfortu- things, so it was kind of wonderful.” sentation that began with the opening cred- nately, no one bought his paintings. EvenHe was hired by Y&R, the ad agency tually, he became an assistant to an assis- that all advertising people wanted to work its and TV promo for “Mad Men.” In the 1960s, Madison Avenue in Man- tant art director at an advertising agency, at, according to Slosberg. He became a crehattan, where the name “mad men” was where he was able to put his painting skills ative director in 1969. coined, was home to many major advertis- to good use. Maurice Mahler grew up in Brooklyn, “In those days, you had to know how N.Y. and, like Zweibel, he wanted to be a ing agencies, including Young & Rubicam, to draw to do ads,” Zweibel said. “You had painter. He attended Brooklyn Museum Art which is still there today. They also showed some infamous to draw or paint and letter the presentation School and, later, Brooklyn College. 1960s print ads – such as Levy’s, Benson to the clients. When you showed the client One of his first jobs was at Herald Tri& Hedges, Volkswagen, and Meow Mix an ad, it was your drawing and your letter- bune working on classified ads. – and TV commercials – such as Alka ing which had to make the sale.” “[My boss] said ‘kid, get outta here, you’ll never be anything in this business,’” Mahler said. “That gave me the impetus to go and get another job and make up another portfolio.” He went on to work at many different ad agencies, including William Douglas McAdams, Grey Advertising, and Y&R. Mark Yustein went to High School of Thursday, October 17 Art and Design and then majored in advertising design at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. 12:30-1:45 p.m. “Ever since I was a little boy, I always Room SH 100 knew I wanted to be a commercial artist,” Michael J. Thompson, Ph.D. he said. After serving in the Army, he tried different jobs in promotions and magazine The rapid expansion of inequalities of income and wealth in design until he was hired at Della Femina American society has had severe effects on American politics Travisano & Partners. He said the atmoand culture. In this talk, I will argue that economic inequality sphere at this agency was nothing like the
Oligarchy in America: How Economic Inequality is Eroding our Democracy
is the primary cause of our political, cultural, and economic problems. The growth of this inequality in economic terms has become an inequality in almost all forms of life: in our political institutions, our lifestyles, and our sensibilities. We have become, in short, an oligarchy: a society where the wealthy few become the decision-makers for the community as a whole. I will address this problem and also consider ways that we can reclaim a more democratic, more just, social order. Michael J. Thompson, an assistant professor of political science at William Paterson University, has published extensively. His articles have appeared in New Political Science, Review for Radical Political Economics, Critical Sociology, New Politics, European Journal of Social Theory, and Philosophy and Literature. He is the founder and editor of Logos: A Journal of Modern Society and Culture and the editor of Islam and the West: Perspectives on Modernity as well as Confronting the New Conservatism: the Rise of the Right in America. Most recently, he has published The Politics of Inequality: A Political History of the Idea of Economic Inequality in America.
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serious atmosphere of “Mad Men.” “[The agency] believed if you had a good time, you did good work,” he said. “[They] used to say, ‘advertising is the most fun you can have with your clothes on.’” Ron Travisano, who co-founded Della Femina Travisano & Partners, the ad agency Yustein worked at, graduated from Pratt Institute in 1960. During his junior and senior years of college, he worked for Y&R. He quit after 2 years and eventually became the art director for Delehanty Kurnit & Geller (DKG). “Every time I went for a job, I always felt like I was in over my head,” Travisano said, “which is a good place to be because that’s how you learn how to swim.” He started his own agency with Jerry DellaFemina. He went on to direct TV commercials and write screenplays. “A creative person keeps growing,” he said. Today, he still teaches at Pratt Institute and is in the process of writing a memoir. Once all the speakers finished talking about their experiences, they compared what they knew to the portrayal of the advertising industry in “Mad Men.” They asked how many people in the audience have seen the show and nearly everyone raised their hand. Zweibel commented on the “enormous amount of drinking and smoking” that occurs on the show. Slosberg said he doesn’t remember there being that much drinking, but the rest of the show is fairly accurate. “We’re nicer people” than the characters in the show, Mahler said. Travisano could not give an opinion for the show. “I’ve never seen the program,” he said. “Why should I watch something I lived through?” A student in the audience posed a question for the panel about what they felt was the most difficult part of working in advertising. Slosberg said that trying to prove that the commercials were working after they ran was a difficult task. “Advertisers want to know what’s happening with the dollars they spend,” he said. “The business has changed tremendously and yet, the basics of it are still the same.” “We were all part of a creative revolution,” Travisano said. “We didn’t know we were in a revolution when we were doing it. We just wanted to do great advertising.”
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October 9, 2013
‘Rush’ races into theaters
BY ERIC NELSON AND JOHN GOLDFARB
What’s your favorite aspect of the fall? Hannah Gorman 20 Business “The leaves, weather, wearing boots, the holidays and fall TV shows.”
Bryan B-Eazy Takro 19 Electronic Music “Birthday in October as well as football games.“
Nick Ryan 20 Personal Training “Just like the calmness of nature preparing to go to sleep.”
Kelsey Sirica 18 Nursing “Get to wear hoodies, and they’re comfortable.”
Charlotte Rodgers 18 Mathematics “I like pumpkin-spiced lattes from Starbucks.”
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“Rush” is now playing at the AMC Rockaway. BY DANIEL ENG Opinions Editor
The tension is palpable as two professional race car drivers stare each other down. One dons a ski mask before fitting his head into his polished, glistening helmet; sitting at the helm of his car, the pale, fiery eyed driver stares through his visor across the front of the track at another driver. Surrounded by women, the long haired, blonde, narrow eyed driver laughs, holding the half clothed women in his arms for a moment before turning his attention to the first driver. It is 1976, and a spectacle is about to be witnessed. It is a race that would change the course of Formula One motor racing forever. The second driver: Niki Lauda, begins to narrate that he would be known for two things in his career, being very fast, and the second, in that very race: chasing the second driver, “like an ***hole.” This scene sets the stage for Ron Howard’s sweeping, epic film “Rush,” a tremendous work with nuances from some of the very best biopics ever directed. The film follows the rivalry between racing legends Niki Lauda and James Hunt in the 1976 Formula One season. The careers of these two giants are traced as Howard juxtaposes the two opposite personalities through alternating narration and scenes. Following their rise from being unsponsored Formula Three racers, the film leads to a
stunning on and off track collision at the height of their careers. What unfolds on screen is a masterpiece, as equally moving as Howard’s “A Beautiful Mind” and as momentous as “Apollo 13.” The cinematography is thrilling, as Howard takes us inside the engines of the cars, between roaring pistons, back out onto the track sweeping over immaculate cars as they race for the lead. Off the track, crisp camera work, clean editing and quality sound effects create an atmosphere worthy of the on screen battle between Lauda and Hunt for World Champion. CCM students who saw the film have already given “Rush” accolades. Elizabeth Mertz, an early childhood education major at CCM, said there was nothing about the film that she did not like. “[It] was inspiring, a very good contemporary movie,” she said. “If you have time to go see a movie you should definitely see ‘Rush.’” First-year CCM student Conor Burnett said that his expectations were exceeded by the film. “I watch every car movie, I’m passionate about cars,” Burnett said. “I wasn’t disappointed at all.” The acting in “Rush” is superb, as Chris Hemsworth (Hunt) and “Inglourious Basterds” Daniel Brühl (Lauda), mesmerize on
screen with sheer passion as they bring to life not only their characters, but the sharp dichotomy between them. Lauda, a brilliant, arrogant, no-nonsense type, made his start into racing using money, then used his engineering knowledge coupled with his logical, lateral thinking style to rise through the ranks. Once at the top, his fame was a reflection only on his racing, as his personality and identity were focused entirely on being the best, no matter what the cost. He casted away personal relationships as priorities as his field of view was as narrow as the visor he looked upon the track with. Hunt on the other hand was a loud mouthed, wild, show off playboy who raced his way from the bottom all the way to the top both in and out of the car. A charmer, his panache helped secure him a spot in the big leagues and in the arms of a lot of women. He became infamous for his brash public persona, drinking, drugging and seeking thrills in any avenue available to him. This contrast is where much of the strength of the film comes from, as it is not only a well-made biopic, but a deep character study into the lives and hearts of two men willing to die for what they loved. The distance between the two men begins to minimize on and off the track as the story progresses and the audience discovers that two drivers, worlds apart, may not be so different after all.
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