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News"Boston parks proposed to joinnon-smoking bandwagon' pg. 2

Opinion"No love for Wisconsin governor"pg.6

Arts &Entertainment"Predictable... The 83rd annualAcademy Awards" pg. 9

Sports"Men's team nished up strong2010 campaign" pg. 16

THE AWARD-WINNING STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF

SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

Focusing on leadership and di-

versity in the 21st century, Satur-

days Multicultural Summit starts

o Unity Week with a bang, ac-

cording to Craig Cullinane, associ-

ate director of diversity services.

Unity Week is a traditional col-

laboration between students, faculty

and administrators to recognize, as a

whole, diversity and the value and vi-

tality of pluralism within individuals

and the Suolk experience. Planned

events include entertainment, speak-

ers, dialogues, food and music.Sponsored by the Oce of Dis-

ability Services, the summit was fa-

cilitated by the Rev. Dr. Jamie Wash-

ington, president and founder ofthe Washington Consulting Group,

a Baltimore-based multicultural or-

ganizational development rm.

The day-long workshop focused

on developing diversity and leader-

ship skills by understanding ones

multiple social identities and the

social change model of leadership,

and developing problem-solving

skills in intra/inter-personal learning.

It was really about building skill

in diversity and leadership, said

Cullinane. We brought in this amaz-

ing trainer for [the summit] to talkabout how you can have conversa-

tions about race and dierence. Peo-

ple say things like, I dont see color,

and [the summit] helps how you ac-

knowledge that these dierences ex-

ist and how you can work with them.

According to Cullinane, a turn-

out of over 70 students and faculty

lled the Sargent Hall rst oor con-

ference room. Progress has really

grown, said Cullinane, as the rst

year had 20 participants, doubled the

second year, and drew 50 last year.

The event acknowledged that

people have prejudice, he said. It

helps answer the question, how do

I interact with people dierent than

me? It works with examining privi-

lege- what it is, who has it and why.

Throughout the day, planned ac-

tivities including ice breakers and

identity discussions led aendees to

examine the challenges of diversity.

Samienta Pierre-Vil, a sopho-

more, senator and Cape Verdean

Student Association (CVSA) secre

Angela Bray

Journal Staf f

see UNITY page 2

Unity Week kicksoff with a bang

Unless you are one of the 1,400

members on the mailing list of SU-

NORML, the Suolk University chap-

ter of the National Organization for

the Reform of Maruana Laws, you

probably are unaware of the big moves

that the club, which is the largest stu-

dent-run organization at Suolk, has

in the works. Currently, the conscien-

tious group is working on projects

aimed at changing the drug policies of

both Suolk University, and beyond.According to SUNORML Presi-

dent Je Morris, the group, which

includes student, faculty, and public

members, is taking on the state of Mas-

sachuses. At their recent meetings,

members of SUNORML have been

working on thoughtfully-constructed

testimonies in support of three pieces

of legislation that have just been sub-

mied to the statehouse, two of which

promote the legalization of medical

maruana in Massachuses, and one

regarding taxation and regulation.

As a group they have been prepar-ing to talk to dierent representatives

and senators, and professionalism is

key. Although they are still waiting

for the dates of the hearings to be re-

leased, the members of SUNORML

are wasting no time in preparing for

their big chance to make a dierence,

and have been revising and practicing

their testimonies in hopes of being

taken seriously in the political realm.

I wrote [my testimony] from a

student's perspective, said Morris.

We're college students just trying to

have a good time responsibly while

living functional lives. There is no

bulls**t. The problem is the commiee

members think we are bullsh**ting.

They're rolling their eyes and you

can tell they just want to go home

and eat dinner with their families."

But they still have hope. SU-

NORML has gone to several simi-

lar hearings since their estab-

lishment in 2008, and the most

important thing is to show support.

"I always say they're very much

a success, Morris said. You have

probably 50 or 60 people who show

up in favor of legalization of the pot

bill- whether its medical or recre-

ational. But the commiee doesn't

want to listen because they feel like

it won't go anywhere. It seems like

they've already made up their minds

before it begins even though there's

lots of support and hardly anyone

against it." SUNORML shows up

at hearings with stickers to distrib-

ute, so that the representatives can

see how much public support thebills have. "Numbers are good."

SUNORML is still waiting to

hear the hearing dates but when

they nd out, they will be listed at

on the SUNORML Facebook page.

But this is only the tip of the ice-

berg for SUNORML. They have also

been brewing up plans for changing

Julia DawidowiczJournal Staf f

see SUNORML page 3

Get to know SUNORMAL:Largest group on campuswith major plans ahead

Photo courtesy of Jeff Morris

Charlie Sheen winsthe Oscars! All ofthem! Page 9


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POLICE BLOTTER

Wednesday, February 23

9:47 p.m.

10 Somerset St.False ID at 10 Somerset St. Report led.

Thursday, February 24

8:31 p.m.10 West St.Conscation of a smoking device at 10 WestStreet. Report led.

Friday, February 2512:01 a.m.10 Somerset St.Report of the use of maruana at 10 Somer-set Street. Report led.

Saturday, February 26

2:11 p.m.Sargent Hall

Suspicious person report at the Law School.Report led.

Monday, February 28

7:22 p.m.150 TremontReport of a ght at 150 Tremont Street. Re-port led.

Nearly 500 cities through-

out the country have banned

smoking in public parks and

beaches- and Boston may soon

join this growing number.

According to a recent

article in the Boston Globe,

two Boston City Councilors

brought up the smoking ban

proposal to City Council as

an eort to ocially elimi-

nate smoking in public parks

and beaches. Major cities

that have already taken ac-

tion include Los Angeles, San

Francisco and New York City.

We want these public

places to be smoke-free so

that everyone can enjoy our

parks, can enjoy our beaches,

can enjoy our public spac-

es without injury to their

health, said Councilor Felix

G. Arroyo of the proposal.

The U.S. Environment

Protection Agency (EPA),

the U.S. National Toxicol-

ogy Program and the Inter-

national Agency for Research

on Cancer (IARC) have all

classied secondhand smoke

as a known human carcino-

Angela Christoforos

Journal Contributor

Boston parks proposed tojoin non-smoking bandwagon

gen or cancer-causing agent.

Two reasons behind the

proposed ban are to preventsecond-hand smoke expo-

sure to non-smokers and

children, and, it is believed

the smoking ban will lead

to a decrease of lier on the

ground in these public places.

As a smoker myself, I

dont like this proposal at all.

I can understand not smok-

ing in buildings, but smok-

ing outside at a park should

be a freedom, said Suf-

folk senior Liz Weatherly.

According to the Ameri-

can Nonsmokers Rights

Foundation, several Mas-

sachuses cities and towns

have already enacted the

non-smoking ban in parks

and beaches. But when does

the action to prevent smok-

ing in public places start to

violate the rights of smokers?

Smokers should be able

to smoke anywhere out-

side. Most buildings dont

allow smokers to smoke in-

side, so thats why people go

outside, said Ryan Leon-

ard, barber at Boston Bar-

ber Co. in the North End.

There shouldnt be restric-

tions on smoking outdoors.

If the proposal goes

through, then where do theyexpect people to go smoke?

If people are smoking in big

wide open areas, the extent

of second hand smoke cant

be that bad, said Suolk

sophomore Brielle Fredrick

Osborne. Id rather have

smokers smoke in big spaces

like parks than outside of

[campus academic build-

ings] Sawyer or Donahue.

Although the propos-

al has been presented be-

fore City Council, it will

be months before ocial

action to undergo a non-

smoking ban in parks and

beaches is enacted in Boston.

Broadcast online this week!

tary (among other posi-

tions), said group activities

included sharing perceptions

of boys, girls, race, and drugs,and how those perceptions

have changed over the years.

Small groups were also

arranged for everyone to

tell their own story within

eight categories: an impor-

tant fact about self, some-

thing most conscious about,

race, gender, sexual orienta-

tion, something special, na-

tionality, age, and ablism.

We wanted everybody

to interact and meet new

people, said Josiana De-carvalho, 2012, CVSA vice

president. It was cool be-

cause you were working with

people youve never met.

The Unity Week team

consists mainly of stu-

dents working with Kather-

ine Bauer, associate direc-

tor of Student Leadership

and Involvement (SLI) and

David DeAngelis, SLI di-

rector of student activities.

Previous events between

the summit and today have

included the Suolk Show-

down in the residence halls

on Sunday and on Monday, a

Quran Study, a screening of

The Journey of Cape Verde,

a lecture by James Carroll,

and a discussion regarding

managing diversity in the

legal academy on Monday.

Yesterdays disability

awareness concert featured

Briany Maier, a blind, autis-

tic and mentally disabled mu-

sical talent, who performed

last year. Yesterday was also

the Shrove Tuesday Christian

celebration and GLBTQ panel,Torah study, LGBTQA family

dinner, a Turkish dinner, and

the Inkas Wasi Peruvian mu-

sic and dance performance.

Todays trip to the Mu-

seum of Science will provide

the opportunity to explore the

latest interactive exhibit, Race:

Are we so Dierent? Christian

Bible study, Benedictine med-

itation and a Francophone

heritage study will be open.

Thursday will host a dis-

cussion about inclusiveness

and diversity in the work-

place, a Mandaeans discus-

sion with student Aseel

Maar, Buddhist meditation,

and event with Micky Ward

and Dicky Eklund, including

a meet and greet. The em-

powerment group for women

of color will meet on Friday.

Tonights Unity Week

Showcase celebrates culture

through the arts in the C.

Walsh Theatre. Its like Fall

Fest; it is a chance for the

dierent cultural groups on

campus to perform, like the

step team and an Indonesianfolk dance, said Cullinane.

Immediately following

the showcase will be the Uni-

ty Week Fair. Various cultural

dishes will be served in the

Donahue Cafe from CVSA,

the Caribbean Student Net-

work, Black Student Union,

Suolk University Hispanic

Association, and the Italian

American Student Union.

from UNITY page

Annual collaboration educatesdiversity and leadership skills

Correction:

In last week's article"S.O.U.L.S. takes on guncontrol," it was said thatProfessor Brad Bannon

teaches in the historydept. This is incorrect,Prof. Bannon teaches inthe government dept. andthe Journal apologizes forour mistake.


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Project Nur, a student-run organization welcomed

at colleges around the coun-

try, has recently entered into

its fourth semester at Suolk

University. The organization

aims to challenge the negative

representations of Muslims in

the media and society through

promoting tolerance, under-

standing and human rights.

The club originated as

a student-run branch of the

American Islamic Conference

(AIC), a non-prot civil rights

organization established in

the wake of September 11, 2001

that seeks to create tolerance

between the Muslim commu-

nity and other ethnic groups.

Nur is the Arabic de-

nition for enlightenment, ac-

cording to Projectnur.org.

Project Nur is a non-

religious group that seeks

to bring awareness to hu-

man rights issues that af-

fect the world today and al-

lows a Moderate Muslim

voice to be heard on campus

and beyond by engaging the

emerging American-Muslim

community, according to

the organizations website.

A chapter of Project Nur

was started at Suolk Uni-

versity by student Jihath

Gaznavi in the fall of 2009.

Gaznavi approached stu-

dents she thought would be

interested, including Dawn

Qadir and Ryan Lacha-

pelle, seniors who are the

current president and vice

president of Suolks group.

Janet Girardot, Project

Nur secretary and senior

international relations ma-

jor, said the club welcomes

students of all ethnicities

and religions. She also said,

Suolks chapter is split al-

most evenly between mem-

bers of the Muslim and

non-Muslim community.

I hope we can be a light

on campus just like our slo-

gan says to show students

that there is a moderate view

of Islam and that American

Bianca Saunders

Journal Staff

Project Nur to promote tolerance and human rights

Photo courtesy of Janet Girardot

Suolks maruana poli-cies. According to Morris,

when Sargent was president,

the drug policy was dicult

to deal with. Since Sargents

resignation, things have been

looking up for SUNORML

and their Safer Campaign,

which is formulated around

the idea that maruana is

safer than alcohol. The cam-

paign also sheads light on

the fact that alcohol-related

oences are taken much

more lightly by Suolk thanthose involving cannabis.

According to Morris,

the ne for being caught

with maruana in the dorms

is $100, which is also the

maximum penalty for being

caught outside the dorms ac-

cording to state law. On the

other hand, the ne for being

caught in the dorms with alco-

hol is $35, whereas outside the

dorms, you can be incarcer-

ated for public drunkenness.

The point is the lawsin-state don't match the resi-

dent hall policies. If you're

also caught with, say, a pipe

and grinder, they're an ad-

ditional $75 each, said Mor-

ris. We think this is absurd,

relative to the alcohol poli-

cy They think alcohol is

safer than weed, which is

clearly not the case. But I'm

very hopeful. Barry Brown

has been an excellent leader."

This semester, SU-

NORML is taking a dierent

route towards a new drug

policy at Suolk. They have

been compiling polls andsurveys that they plan to dis-

tribute at universities in the

Boston area, which will ask

students how they feel about

their schools drug policies,

and whether a severe drug

policy at a university would

aect your decision to aend

that school. Then they will

formally present the port-

folio to the administration.

We think this will inu-

ence Suolk [to reconsider

our drug policy]. Our school,

a private institution, only ex-

ists to get more and more

students every year, whichbasically means more tuition

money. It's going to be a huge

research project, and hope-

fully the numbers will be in

our favor. We'd love to have

a classic rally, but we want

to see where the numbers

take us. If that doesn't work,

then we will cause some

good old-fashioned ruckus."

The ever-growing group

of cannabis enthusiasts is

anything but a bunch of self-

indulgent stoners discussing

SUNORML works to change drug legislation, policiesand provide awareness for university as well as statefrom SUNORML page 1

"But the committee doesn't want to listen

because they feel like it won't go anywhere.

It seems like they've already made up their

minds before it begins..."

their love for bongs and their

favorite munchies recipes: in

fact, SUNORML has gainedso much respect for its exten-

sive involvement in the na-

tion-wide ght for cannabis

rights that it is oen thought

of as the NORML chapter

for the entire Boston area.

SUNORML meets Tues-

days at 1 p.m. in Sawyer

041, and they have lots of

exciting upcoming events,

including their annual 4/20

celebration, a t-shirt tie dye-

ing event, lm screenings,

guest speakers, and a 3-Ddodge ball tournament at

Sky Zone, a warehouse cov-

ered entirely in trampolines.

If youre interested in get-

ting involved in SUNORML,

email them at norml.suolk@

gmail.com, to receive weekly

emails outlining upcoming

meetings, legislations, and

breaking cannabis news.

and Muslim do not have to be

a contradiction, said Qadir.

Qadir, whose moth-

er is Italian, Irish and a

Catholic, and has a Mus-

lim father from Pakistan,

thought that the group

would be perfect for herself.

Project Nur meets ev-

ery Tuesday from 1 to 2:15

p.m. in the Sawyer Li-

brary, where pizza and re-

freshments are served.

At meetings, the group

plans events and discuss-

es a variety of topics, such

as personal experiences

with human rights issues,

crises in the Middle East,

and other current events.

Our mission is to

bring awareness of hu-

man rights issues around

the world, said Lacha-

pelle. Also, because of the

way Islam and Muslims

are depicted in the news media

and social culture, we strive

to break those stereo-

types by having panel dis-

cussions on dierent topics.

In addition to panel dis-

cussions, the group is in-

volved in lm screenings

and co-sponsors events with

other campuses around Bos-

ton, including Northeast-

ern and Boston University.

All three hope the

group will grow and con-

tinue aer they graduate.

I hope [Project Nur] be-

comes a well-known club on

the Suolk Campus, said

Qadir. It has an amazing

goal to ultimately help edu-cate about Islam and work

towards creating a beer

understanding of those is-

sues in the Muslim world.


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In honor of Black History

Month, Suolks Black Stu-

dent Union organized their

annual Soul Food Luncheon,

bringing together not only

members of their association,

but also people from other

school groups. Faculty, sta,

and members of

student govern-

ment along with

many other cam-

pus-based orga-nizations were in

aendance. The

Soul Food Lun-

cheon featured

foods like mashed-potatoes,

cornbread and fried chicken,

which were only a few of

the assorted foods served.

The term Soul Food

came from scraps of food

that slaves would pick up

aer their masters were

done eating and put them

together, explained Tabitha

Cherilus, president of the

Black Student Union (BSU).

This historical impor-tance is a testament to the im-

mense cultural impact it has,

not only on Suolk Univer-

sity, but the world as a whole.

The mood at the luncheon

was that of relaxation and cel-

ebration as people gathered

and socialized about numer-

ous topics and issues. The

luncheon culminated the fes-

tivities included in Black His-

tory Month, lm-screenings,

empowerment sessions for

women of color, and a black-

heritage trail. A multicultural

summit held on February 26

was the last event sponsored

by the BSU for Black History

Month. February itself cel-

ebrated many of the positive

aspects and contributions

of black people to this coun-try, holding a unique place

in the calendar as the month

where facts and stories are

presented and repeated to

emphasize the importance

of African Americans in the

growth and formation of the

country. At the luncheon,

this achievement was high-

lighted in terms of the prog-

ress that the United States

has made in terms of unity

amongst its diverse peoples.

The event sought to cele-

brate the culture and heritage

of African Americans while

giving insight into other as-

pects of their culture. It was

a nice event, said Jacinda

Felix Haro, the director of Di-

versity Services. She empha-

sized the fact that black cul-ture was more than food,

and that the exploration of

minority cultures should not

stop at gastronomy. This was

the main point, as not only

food was available, but also

opportunities for interaction

and socializing. The Soul

Food Luncheon encapsulated

many of the changing scenes

of Suolk University, like the

evolving atmosphere of a tra-

ditional commuter school to

a more residential, campus-

based school. With events like

the Soul Food Luncheon, a

paern of growth and change

is evident. Yeah, it was a

great event, said junior

Ricaphele Lima. It success-

Louis Daplima

Journal Staf f

Luncheon brings soul to Black History Month

fully modeled the continued

eorts by the BSU to hostand improve events on cam-

pus. The organization is also

working to continue its eorts

of hosting and promoting

other programs on campus,

not just during Black History

Month. Such events highlight

the continued eorts made by

many campus organizations

to diversify

S u f f o l k s

a l r ea dy-di -

verse culture.

U n i t yshould be the

main goal in

order to keep

these diver-

sity events happening, said

Tabitha Cherilus, president

of BSU. She also stressed the

need for continued support of

such organizations through

the ongoing participation,

aendance and recognition

of the Suolk community.

"The term Soul Food came from scraps of food that slaves

would pick up after their masters were done eating and putthem together."

Annual meal celebrates African American culture and heritage


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March 2, 2011

worldBRIEFSworldBRIEFSSouth America

LA PAZ, Bolivia Thousands of people were le

homeless aer a mega-mudslide caused by uninterrupt-ed downpours on Sunday le Bolivia at its knees. "Natu-

ral phenomena unfortunately are causing a lot of damage.

Something is changing on the planet," Bolivian President

Evo Morales said, according to a statement posted on

the La Paz government website Monday. The homes

of at least 4,000 people were destroyed, while Bolivias

president pledged that his government would rebuild the

destroyed houses. The mudslides destruction, extensive

enough to crack the ground and split a cemetery in two,

leaving bones exposed beside crucixes and cracked

headstones, keeps increasing with exploration.

Europe

COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- A Danish yacht carry-

ing seven people including three children was seized

by pirates on Thursday in the Indian Ocean. The family

of ve, including the children aged 12 to 16 as well as two

crew members was on a two-year round-the-world trip

due to end later in 2011. As the boat le the Maldives, the

family wrote in their blog, We have updated our disas-

ter plan, made a pirate plan of who does what if we are

aacked, and every day we send details of our position

to the armed forces." Somali pirates warned Tuesday that

any aempt to rescue the Danish family would result in

their deaths, just like those of the Americans captives lastweek.

Asia

Jerusalem In the West Bank on Monday and Tues-

day night, Israeli selers damaged cars and tried to burn

down a house, in retaliation of selements and outposts.

Israeli police removed three illegal shacks Monday in

the Jewish outpost of Havat Gilad. Civil administra-

tion and police were stoned by the selers on the scene.Eight people were arrested in the incident. Israeli set-

tlers blocked roads in Jerusalem, while burning tires and

clashing with police. Several incidents of torching cars in

villages around Hebron were reported on Monday night

as well. "We call upon the international community not

to remain silent ... the people call us on a daily basis to

protect their lives because they are afraid (of) the selers,"

said Ghassan Douglass, a Palestinian ocial in charge of

the selement activity north of the West Bank.

In December, Argentina

and Brazil announced their

recognition of a free and in-

dependent Palestinian State

within the 1967 borders. Uru-

guay has also published in-

tentions of doing the same.

These latest actions have been

part of an eort by the Pales-

tinian President Mahmoud

Abbas to nd international

support in order to apply

pressure to Israel to stop its

selement activity and restart

the peace talks. Israel has re-

sponded by expressing its dis-

appointment

to Argentina

and Brazil

in their re-

cent actions.

A state-

ment from

the Israeli foreign ministry

said that the government of

Israel expresses sadness

and disappointment over

the decision by the Brazilian

president Luiz Inacio Lula da

Silva a month before he steps

down Recognition of a Pal-

estinian state is a breach of

the interim agreement which

was signed between Israel

and the Palestinian Author-

ity in 1995 which said that

the issue of the status of the

West Bank and Gaza Strip

would be discussed and re-

solved through negotiations.

Both presidents of Argen-

tina and Brazil had sent simi-

lar leers to Abbas stating

their support. Former Brazil-

ian President Luiz Inacio Lula

da Silvas leer stated he and

his government were in line

with Brazils historic willing-

ness to contribute to peace

between Israel and Palestine.

Uruguays public statement

also mentions its intention to

set up a diplomatic mission

there in 2011. Argentina even

stated in their announcement

that all members of the Latin

American MercoSur trade

block have reached a gen-

eral agreement on Palestine.

Today, about 100 coun-

tries recognize an indepen-

dent Palestinian state, which

includes most Arab coun-

tries, a large portion of Afri-

can countries, China, India,

South Africa, and Turkey

Although these recent

actions in Latin America

could bring more recogni-

tion towards the Palestinian

National Assembly it also

has its drawbacks. This im-

pedes Barack Obamas eort

to improve the image of the

United States in the Middle

East as his administration is

trying to be more forceful to-

wards Israel in freezing their

selement expansion in the

West Bank. As Israel contin-ues to feel more isolated and

threatened, it will rely on its

Harry Lam

Journal Staff

Latin America recognizes PalestineU.S. ally for diplomatic aid.

Some in the U.S. Congress

have already been criticizing

these recent actions by Brazil

and Argentina. This is put-

ting more pressure from the

U.S. Congress on the Obama

administration to come to Is-

raels aid. Also, declaring a

Palestinian state will create

problems between the Pales-

tinian National Assembly and

its donors in Europe including

U.S. Turkish Prime Minister

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who

met with Abbas on December

6, is believed to have told the

Palestinian leader that such a

move would be counterpro-

ductive and

would make

it appear as

though the

Palestinians

are political-

ly immature

and unt for negotiations.

The Palestinian territo-

ries are also politically, geo-

graphically and ideologically

divided. They currently lack

convincing leaders and nego-

tiators. The Islamist Hamas-

controlled Gaza Strip and

secular Fatah-controlled West

bank are still at odds while

Abbas himself has lost some

respect from his own party af-

ter the leak of the Palestinian

Papers. This division favors

Israel. However, these ges-

tures are unlikely to have any

real or practical impact on the

current intractability of theIsraeli-Palestinian conict.

The Palestinian territories are

politically, geographically and

ideologically divided.

Visiting Actor Francis Hoster

Humanities & Modern Languages Dept.

Photos by Carrie Margolis


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Sta f f Editoria l

For some, Valentines Day

2011 meant romantic displaysof aection, and for others

it meant downing a pint of

Ben and Jerrys while hating

the world. For Wisconsin,

however, it meant a lot more.

Governor Sco Walker, a

republican, proposed a leg-

islation passed by the Wis-

consin Assembly to remedy a

projected $3.6 billion budget

shortfall. In this bill, state em-

ployees would be required to

contribute 5.8 percent of their

salaries to cover pension costs,along with the major issue of

stripping collective bargain-

ing rights from most public

employee union members.

The backlash against this

bill started on Feb. 14, with

hundreds of Valentines

being sent to the governor

by University of Wisconsin-

Madison sta in protest of the

negative impact the bill would

have on their university. Then,

on Feb. 15, tens of thousands

of people congregated to Wis-consins capital of Madison to

partake in not only protests,

but public hearings on the

maer of collective bargain-

ing, which lasted nearly 17

hours. On Feb. 26, that num-

ber of protesters skyrocketed

to 100,000. These protests in

Madison were matched by

thousands of others at state

capitals around the country,

including one outside Suf-

folks next door neighbor, the

Massachuses State House.As tedious and unfair as

unions can be, they are still

necessary for our society.

However, it is no secret that

they have a sub-par system.

Good work is not rewarded,

and there is no reprimand for

substandard performance.

Everyone is on the same play-

ing eld, no maer how pro-

cient or inecient they are.

That one horrible teacher we

all had in high school (you

know the one), who ruined

various days and varioussubjects is a result of tenure,

and by extension, the union

system. Annoyance in its

structure is understandable.

Cuing collective bargain-

ing, however, is not a smart

next step in this struggle.

Collective bargaining, by

no means a stubborn disposi-

tion, is necessary. The ability

for unions to come together

in a democratic process, de-

cide upon wages and ben-

ets, then go to the higherauthorities to nd common

ground is essential. It needs

to happen. To take that abil-

ity away would be ludicrous,

something that defeats the

ideology of Americas back-

bone: the working people.

What Wisconsin needs

to realize is that the middle

class, the people who are be-

ing hurt most in this econo-

my, make up the unions. This

decision, among others, can

be tacked onto the long listof reasons why the middle

class will soon disappear,

and why hope is being lost

in the government. Walker is

barking up the wrong tree,

while millions of people have

a front row seatand many

a lile too close for comfort.

While some protest-

ers jam into the state capi-

tol, pounding on drums

waving ags and chanting

songs so loudly that security

guards must jam ear plugsinto their earseven more

have dragged in air mat-

tresses and curled up in blan-

kets, ready to greet another

day of strife with strength.

Ironic signs are being made,

poignant documentaries are

being lmed, hopefully end-

ing with Wisconsins perse-

verance reigning supreme.

Sarina Tracy

Journal Staff

No love forWisconsingovernor

In one of the greatest mo-

ments of Internet history, we

received word that Charlie

Sheen has created his very

own Twier account. At the

Journal, with our intensive

researching skills, we proud-

ly aest to its existence and

entertainment. Among all

of the recent Charlie Sheen-

asco news, this Twier feed

hopefully will become the

cream of the crop. His insan-ity has breached a new level

that the public has taken up

in a strong grip. At the Jour-

nal, we too have fallen vic-

tim to the Sheen Madness. I

mean, the guy is ridiculous.

Between his goddesses and

his personal war with John

Stamos, Sheen has strayed

far from his fathers foot-

steps as Americas best fake

(and probably real) president.

Although his decline

is sad and twisted, so is our

enjoyment. Technically, we

are watching the disintegra-

tion of a fellow human being,

which is sort of animalistic if

you think about it. Personally,

the Journal feels pity for Mr.

Sheen. We understand his self-

ishness is part of his madness,

but the hindrance of Two and aHalf Men (as awful of a show

that it is) really is messing

up peoples lives who work

for it. Rude, Charlie. Rude.

On the other hand, theres

a demented enjoyment that

the general public gets while

watching celebs self-destruct.

Weve watched countless:

Britney shaving her head,

Jaime Spears being pregnant

(bet you forgot about her!)

and Gary Busey in general.

His life is basically a train

wreck. And we love it. Just

like we love watching Charlie

Sheen on TMZ in his back-

yard, crazy as ever. Between

the Internet memes involv-

ing Sheen and the newly dis-

covered Twier account, the

Journal is excited to see the

next phase of Sheens life un-fold. Or blow up. On the oth-

er hand, wed also like to take

the time to thank Mr. Sheen

for giving us a laugh during

a rather dreary and terribly

standard week. Even if he

will never live up to the for-

ever powerful Martin Sheen.

Viva la President Bartlet!


7/16


The Senate and House

of Representatives voted re-

cently to extend the Patriot

Act for another 10 months

pending President Obamas

signature. This move will

continue part of the con-

troversial laws provisions,

which many feel is a way for

government to violate per-

sonal liberties and freedoms.

Congresswith an 86-12

vote in the Senate and a 279-

143 vote in the Housevoted

on two provisions in the law.

The rst is the Intelli-

gence Reform and Terror-

ism Prevention Act of 2004,

which created a Director ofNational Intelligence, who is

supposed make intelligence

more cohesive by bringing

dierent agencies together.

The Improvement and

Reauthorization Act of

2005, authorizes wiretaps

in individuals for 30 days.

The Patriot Act was passed

in reaction to the terrorist acts

of Sept. 11, 2001. The initial

intent was good, but parts

of the law were simply cre-

ated to sound the nightmare

of big brother becoming a

reality. There is a nationwide

understanding that national

security and measures to en-

sure it are of the utmost im-portance, but at what cost?

Where is the line drawn be-

tween being safe and losing

basic rights and freedoms?

Some parts of the law, like

strengthening enforcement

against methamphetamine

production, are understand-

able, but how is it balanced

against allowing the FBI to

wiretap citizens who may

have been using certain words

they deemed suspicious?

This is the most disturb-ing part of the law, as it means

that the governmentyes the

governmentcan simply lis-

ten to your conversation be-

cause you seem suspicious.

While people who sup-

port such measures may ar-

gue that it is in the best in-

terest of national security,

the question of how basic

rights protected under the

constitution are supposed to

become like a bartered com-

modity on the altar of na-

tional security still looms.

Why can a judge and a

few other people make a de-

cision to be on some techies

tail and follow me because Imay be Middle Eastern and

may have said something

about some people who

are suspected of terrorism?

The permission that these

laws give the government is

like a scene from the HBO

series The Wire. Although The

Wire may be tame in compari-

son, the

point is

that there

was some

evidenceb e f o r e

the wire-

taps were

m a d e .

This may

not be a

s t r o n g

r e q u i r e -

ment in

the reau-

t hor i z ed

versions of the law. This

should be disturbing to most

Americans who love and

cherish their civil liberties.

There is the understand-

ing that yes, we live in dier-

ent world than that of Sept.10,

2001, but should that mean adierent America? Should

the fact that aacks that

were mounted on American

soil so compel us to give up

something we export to the

rest of the world as unalien-

able rights and freedoms? If

we agree with our founding

founders, we have certain

unalienable rights as human

beings. Many things in life

are trade-os, but I cannot

believe that our civil liberties

are part of those things. The

idea of an America in which

information is no longer vol-

untarily sharedbut couldbe taken covertly and se-

cretlyshould scare people.

This is not the America

that our founding fathers en-

visioned, and we should work

hard to protect those civil lib-

erties before we begin to re-

semble an Orwellian novel.

Louis Dapilma

Journal Staf f

Congress and Obama extend Patriot Act,continue disregarding basic liberties

Republican Mike Pence

pushed a bill through the

House of Representatives

that would end federal fund-

ing for Planned Parenthood.

The premise behind the bill,

according to Pence, is that the

organization has a paern of

apparent fraud and abuse.

The Indiana representative

did not need a lengthy pro-

posal in order to convince

the conservative-dominated

House; yet, the real impe-tus for the bill is obvious.

What Pence meant by

fraud and abuse was that

Planned Parenthood has

duped the American public.

According to some right-

wingers, Planned Parent-

hoods true mission is to pro-

vide abortion services as a

form of birth control instead

of their proclaimed mission

of simply providing overall

health services for women.

Of course, this is a fallacy.

Planned Parenthood oers

many resources for women

which include screenings forbreast, cervical, and ovarian

cancers; cancer prevention;

menopause and menstrua-

tion services; female infertil-

ity; birth control; commu-

nity outreach; education;

and testing for sexually-

transmied diseases (which

is also available for men).

Abortions are only a small

part of

w h a t

t h e y

do; nott h e i r

r a i s o n

dt r e .

They are not pro-abortion.

Planned Parenthood be-

lieves that it is ultimately

up to the individual woman

to decide what is right for

her. Aside from facilitat-

ing abortions, they oer the

utility of exploring other op-

tions as well, which include

adoption and parenting.

Opponents cite this is

an aack on women, and

this bill has the potential to

set womens rights back 60years. I would not take it that

far. We are not going back

to the Stone Age simply be-

cause a health care institu-

tion lost some funding. It is,

however, a slap in the face.

The good news is Planned

Parenthood receives rough-

ly 15 percent of its funding

through the federal govern-

ment. So in the event that

the bill does pass the Senate,

and Obama, regional loca-

tions of Planned Parenthood

have already announced they

will continue to operate, al-

though in a reduced capacity.

Of course, the likely-

hood of this bill passing the

Democrat-majority Senate

and becoming law is slim-

to-none. But, the proposal

speaks of an increasing trend

in American society that isbent on imposing an agenda

of far-right conservatism.

One of the main crusaders

against Planned Parenthood

is Life Decisions Internation-

al, a group whose purpose

is to eradicate Planned Par-

enthoods agenda of death

outright. Even though LDI

contends that violence perpe-

trated

b y

m e m -

b e r sof the

P r o -

L i f e

Movement is morally de-

plorable, they dont exactly

deny it. Instead, they simply

state that anyone who dis-

agrees with their moral stan-

dard is free to withhold con-

tributing to LDI nancially.

Seeing as how Planned

Parenthood is largely sup-

ported by private donations,

LDIs main task is to boyco

the businesses and individu-

als whose monetary contri-

butions allow Planned Par-enthood to continue. Many

actors, musicians and major

corporations oer support,

yet through LDIs eorts,

some 270 corporations have

ceased donations towards

Planned Parenthood to the

tune of $40 million. There are

still many large corporations

that back Planned Parent-

hood, so it is likely the or-

ganization will continue on,

regardless of Title X status.

The fact that Pro-Life or-ganizations such as LDI de-

scribe Planned Parenthood

as having a death-agenda is

evidence that parts of our

society are aempting to

take a step backward. As

mentioned, Planned Parent-

hood oers many services for

woman, including options for

parenthood and adoption.

To assert that this is Planned

Parenthoods main focus is

plain wrong and a disser-

vice to the American people.

Jason Kenosky

Journal Staff

Slap in the face for Planned ParenthoodIncreasing far-right trend tries to cut funding, cites 'agenda of death'

"...the proposal speaks of an increasing

trend... bent on imposing anagenda of far-right conservatism."

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From Providence to Bos-

ton, Nick Pro brings

energy and passion

to quality hip-hop.

I started listen-

ing to hip-hop when

I was 10, Pro told

the Journal. Before

that, I listened to rock

and pop. My good

friend showed me

hip-hop music. I rst

started listening to 50

Cent and Eminem.

Inuenced by

Big L, the Notorious

B.I.G. and Nas, Pro

took his hobby to pa-

per at age 12 and be-

gan recording at 13.

I started o producing

myself with limited equip-

ment at home, he said.

Then I needed beer quality,

so I jumped from studio to

studio, producer to producer,

and networked with dier-

ent people. He now has a set

studio in Providence, where

he works with Larry Ohh (a

rocker from

Scared Dont

Fear) and Cake

of Lowell.

His rst

mixtape, Pain

vs. Pleasure,

was released

in June of last

year and fea-

tures 13 tracks.

Among the

familiar stand

Haters Get

Mad, Colli-

sion Course

and Drip

Champagne .

Pro per-

sonally feels collabora-

tions make the best mu-

sic. He is in the loop with

well-known locals Passion-

ate and Marty McFly, as

well as Gia and Young Joe.

Potentially, Id like

to make a career out of

this, said Pro. Im con-

stantly writing and always

out to get the best quality.

There is, however, a mis-

conception between hip-hop

and rap. Im a hip-hop artist,

although I do make some rap

songs. Hip-hop to me is music

people can get in to, its up-

beat. My friend, Passionate,

hes rap, not hip-hop. If you

have an ear for music, you

can point out the dierence.

He has also submied

his video, Gorgeous, to

Royal Crew Apparels Bale

of the Emcees contest, for

which the winner will re-

ceive $350 worth of credit

toward studio time and Royal

Crew apparel for one year.

According to Pro, the con-

test highlights hip-hop artists

single tracks, and there are

currently about 20 entries.

Voters may cast their vote once

per day via Facebook until the

contest closes on March 15.

A lot of people were in-

volved [with the video]. At

times, it was a struggle because

we get sidetracked. Overall,

I am really happy with the

way it came out, said Pro.

The Suolk sophomore

is known around campus for

hosting a weekly show with

Jordan Lazieh. Flava in Ya Ear

airs on Suolk Free Radio

Tuesday, February 24,

The Motivated Sequence per-

formed at Limelight along

with Mindwalk Blvd.,

August Innity, and

the Andersons. Only

forming recently over

winter break, bandmembers Zach Burt,

Chrissy Tucciarone,

Guy Zagami, Kento

Takasashi, Bethany

Kiuru, and Angela

Degatis showcased

their rst performance

at Union Streets Hen-

nessys. The Motivat-

ed Sequence began

with members Tuc-

ciarone and Burt who

met two years ago in

Rhythm, Suolk Uni-versity's own contem-

porary music group,

which is comprised of

vocalists and instru-

mentalists that share

a passion for music. Being

one of the only bands emerg-

ing from the Suolk commu-

nity, the Motivated Sequence

has allowed these students

to connect based solely on

a shared love for music.

If I wasnt involved, I

wouldnt have been able to

meet these members. Af-

ter we started bonding, the

members of the band were

able to speak up. No one

is on their toes anymore,

which allows us to combine

ideas. Other band members

have come up with ideas I

would have never thought

of, said guitarist Zach Burt

Burt explained the name

was created while taking a

CJN course and a book that

inspired the band name.

We didnt even read it,

but it was required. I liked the

title so we used it as our band

name. It is the original band

name, I dont think Ill ever

change it unless like maybe

the author of the book makes

us change it, sayid Burt.

A local promoter con-

tacted Burt in hopes that he,

along with a full band, would

perform at a venue. Fellow

members of the group, in-

cluding keyboardist Bethany

Kiuru and violinist Angela

Degatis, were invited to join

the band and bring their tal-

ents together for the

intended one-time gig.

Thus, the Motivated Se-

quence was generated.

I like how every-one that was in the

band was really into

the music. Then the

people that werent vo-

cals were still singing

along. It made it really

easy for the audience

to really get into it. It

was very cool, said

senior Laura Beckford.

This combination of

dierent personalities

and music interest that

the members of the Mo-tivated Sequence share

makes for a unique

sound that the band

oers. Their mellow

tunes can be described

as a combination of alterna-

tive and mellow indie rock.

Angela Bray

Journal Staf f

Soleil Barros

Journal Staf f

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Photo courtesy of Nick Pro

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A Pro on Beacon Hil l

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arts

BRIEFSThe 83rd Annual Acad-

emy Awards created plenty

of stir this year with 10 best

picture nominees, includ-

ing The Kings Speech and The

Fighter. The Oscars became

one of the most an-

ticipated events for

millions of view-

ers on Sunday.

Kicking o the

evening, stars daz-

zled the red carpet

with their lavish

gowns and suits tai-

lored by well known

designers around

the world. Mila Ku-

nis appeared in a

light purple ow-

ing dress, that was

simple yet classy.

Meanwhile, Hel-

ena Bonham Carter,

up for best female

actress in a sup-

porting role for The

Kings Speech, madeheadlines with her

black gothic look, complete

with a pair of her trademark

sunglasses and wild undone

hair. Other notable actresses

included Scar-

le Johansson

in a form ing

deep red dress

and Natalie

Portman wear-

ing a maroon

colored gown.

H o w e v e r ,Christian Bale

received the

most aention

on the Red Car-

pet that night

with a beard

that led some

to dub him as Jesus Bale.

The real entertainment

began with an interesting

opener made by hosts Anne

Hathaway and James Franco.

They traveled through Alec

Baldwins dreams which tookthem through all of the best

picture nominees, Inception

style. This included Franco

dressed as a bear on horse-

back and a hilarious refer-

ence to the classic movie Back

to the Future complete with a

DeLorean. Eventually, they

end up making it to the Os-

cars where Franco makes a

shout out to his grandmother,

siing in the audience, while

Hathaway is criticized by her

mother for her bad posture.

Hathaway then livened

things up with a performance

of her interpretation of the

song On My Own, which

aacked Hugh Jackman for

refusing to do a duet with

her. Franco rejoined her on

the stage soon aer, dressed

in complete Marilyn Monroe

drag. He then took the oppor-

tunity to take a stab at Char-

lie Sheen, You got to wear a

tuxedo, so I wore this. Weird

part is, I just got a text mes-

sage from Charlie Sheen.

Other performances included

Celine Dion singing Smileand Gwyneth Paltrow doing a

song from her movie Country

Strong. Although not her best

live performance, Paltrow

looked stunning as usual.

The night continued with

wins, such as Toy Story 3 for

Original Song and Best Ani-

mated Feature Film. In a Bet-

ter World took home the Oscar

for Best Foreign Language

Film, and The Kings Speech

won Best Original Screen-

play to name a few. Chris-

tian Bale received the Best

Supporting Actor Oscar for

his role as Dicky Eklund in

The Fighter, while he fought

back the tears towards the

end of his acceptance speech.

However, the

highlight of the

night was old time

actor Kirk Doug-

las, who was mak-

ing jokes le and

right before he ac-

tually got to nam-

ing Melissa Leo as

the Best Actress in

a supporting role.

It wasnt until she

dropped the "f-

bomb" in the mid-

dle of her speech

that things got re-

ally interesting.

The most antic-

ipated moment of

the night however,

were of course Best

Actor and Actress.Best Actress, was

presented by True Grit star Je

Bridges as he announced Nat-

alie Portman as the winner for

her portrayal in Black Swan.

Aer making

an emotional

a c c e p t a n c e

speech, Port-

man noted her

role in Black

Swan as the

most impor-

tant role ofher life. Pre-

sented by San-

dra Bullock,

Colin Firth

took home

the trophy

for Best Ac-

tor in The Kings Speech.

The Award Show closed

with a short montage of the

Best Picture nominees played

to the background of the fa-

mous speech, King George

VI makes as they enter WorldWar II in the lm The Kings

Speech. As most had prob-

ably already expected, The

Kings Speech received the

prestigious Oscar for Best

Picture. Overall, the night

was full of a few unexpected

surprises, and some even

more predictable outcomes.

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Predictable. . .Chelsea Szmania

Journal Staf f

The 83rd nnual Academy Awards

Well it looks like a former Mickey Mouse Club kid is

in the slammer. Aer her boyfriend was pulled to the side

of the road, a bunch of cops randomly arrested Christina

Aguilera and jailed her for public intoxica-

tion. Aer embarrassingly falling on the

stage at the Grammys, it looks like

Aguilera hasnt stopped the party,

as shes gone from a prey respect-able recording artist to a Court-

ney Love-level drunk. Aguilera,

who had just recently wrapped

up a marriage, was a star dur-

ing the turn of the century, as her

songs such as Beautiful and Ge-

nie in a Bole graced the

backs of NOW! Great-

est Hits CDs. Seriously

Christina, put down

the bole, its rubbing

you the wrong way.

What a girl wants? Booze.

Toy Story: Beyond 3It looks like the toys are coming back to townagain.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the beloved char-

acters of the Toy Story franchise will be back in an all-new

short adventure, airing before Cars 2 (Disney-Pixar , 2011),

which hits theaters on June 24. Toy Story: Hawaiian Vacation,

will feature Barbie and Ken being reunited with Woody

(Tom Hanks), Buzz (Tim Allen), et al. A 30-second clip of

the short shows Barbie and Ken geing out of a backpack,

for some reason thinking they are in Hawaii until Woody

tells them they are actually in Bonnies room. (For those few

people who havent seen Toy Story 3, Bonnie is the lile girl

that Andy gives his toys to.) The short will premiere April

8 at the 14th annual, kid-friendly, Sprockets Toronto Inter-national Film Festival in Toronto, Canada. This will

mark the rst time a Disney-Pixar short

opens the festival, which

has generally looked

to broaden young lm

tastes beyond Pixar

and Disney by fea-

turing mostly Euro-

pean lms, said the

Reporter. The view-

ing will be followed

by a preview of Cars

2 and a presentation by a

Pixar animator whoworked on both lms.


10/16


staffSOUNDS

The Beach Boys

"Endless Summer"

Geing myself pumped for

LA by listening to songs

about the cutest girls in the

world.

-Ethan Long

Built to Spill

"Keep It Like A Secret"

This album makes me forget

that I've le my warm bed.

- Julia Dawidowicz

Ronski Speed

"Pure Devotion"

Endless trance.

-Angela Bray

Bob Dylan

"Blonde on Blonde"

Because I forgot how much I

loved Bobby D.

-Jenn Orr

Coon Jones set at a

Feb. 22 Brighton Music Hall

performance could only be

summed up as truly stun-

ning, leaving an unfortunate-

ly small au-

d i e n c e

b e g g i n g

for more.

The band,

w h i c h

formed inC u m b e r-

land, Md.,

opened for

Nicole At-

kins and

the Black

Sea, who

also sang

back up for

on Conan

recently. If

you ask me,

the roles

s h o u l dhave been

r e v e r s e d

in both

scenarios. I emphasized this

while talking to frontman

Michael Nau, perhaps too

many times throughout the

evening, but I was in truth-

ful mood and really wasnt

really digging Nicole At-

kins at all. Why Nicole At-

kins and the Black Sea had a

larger audience than Coon

Jones was easy for me to re-alize: two hot chicks and two

dudes who look like Jesus.

But enough resentment

already, as Coon Jones set

could wipe away any nega-

tivity any soul could be feel-

ing at any moment. If you

havent guessed already, I

am a big fan, but I wouldnt

even consider this article be-

ing biased. Everyone in at-

tendance during the bands

performance fan or newly

introduced really seemedperplexed and impressed

by the beautiful sounds the

band generated that night.

Coon Jones is led by Mi-

chael Nau and Whitney Mc-

Graw both members of the

late, great Page France and

features a rotating group of

players, most of whom have

played together for quite

some time and it shows.

The chemistry that bleeds

through the veins of the

band is alive and well, and

with that chemistry comes

some truly inventive music.

Think a combination of folk,

lounge, blues, and gospel

complete with Naus unique

voice and McGraws angelic

compliments (she also sings

lead vocals on several tracks).

We [Nau and McGraw]

met through friends and I

played music and she sang

and we ended up singing to-

gether just goong around

or whatever, Nau said aer

Nicole Atkins and the BlackSea wrapped up their set. I

think its really important to

have somebody who has the

same vision and does things

for the same reasons, you

know? So like, if we worked

together and we both had

separate goals and dier-

ent reasons for doing it, it

wouldnt work out. But we

do, and its prey sweet.

According to Coon

Jones Myspace page, The

music of Coon Jones speaksof transition: the passage from

one form, state of mind, style

or place to another. Songs

become doorways to the

past, or windows that open

on some unnamed future,

where innocence can still ex-

ist and perfection is thrown to

the wind. I could not agree

more, as the music is heav-

ily inuenced by the bands

seemingly eternal travels.

Its always kind of dif-

ferent, said Nau. Some

places are beautiful to look at

for the scenery but it doesnt

mean its going to be a good

show. So you nd dierent

things in each town to relate

to and be amazed by and joy

and without that itd be really

dicult to be on the road.

I spoke with Michael Nau

several times while smok-

ing cigarees outside (Im

still not sure if he found this

coincidental or creepy, but

he is a genuinely kind per-

son and easy to talk to likethat really cool, calm, and

collected friend with incred-

ible insight that everyone de-

sires so I eventually had no

shame) and asked him for an

interview aer the show. He

agreed without question, and

I had never been so happy to

be a nicotine end in my life.

Back to the transitions

and travels. Coon Jones

does a whole lot of it, and the

imagery dispersed through-

out the bands music provesit (Nau writes the lyrics, the

band develops accompanying

music). From 2007 to now, the

band has released four EPs

and three albums, all of which

are fantastic (seriously, check

them out), the latest being

an EP titled Sit Beside Your

Vegetables (Suicide Squeeze

Records), which dropped

the day before they played

in Allston. A couple of songs

were played from the new

EP, a few from 2009s Paranoid

Cocoon and a few from 2010s

Tall Hours in the Glowstream.

The set list was fantastic, and

my cheeks hurt from smiling

so much in

nearly one

hour. But I

didnt care.

As for

Naus in-

spiration inwriting lyr-

ics, he had

this to say:

I de-

nitely cant

say theres

really any

more beau-

ty in mov-

ing around

than being

put and be-

ing at peace

with whatyoure do-

ing. We kind

of move

around because its our job

in a way, but I think whats

most important is like, try-

ing in all of that to nd peace

in our hearts some way, you

know, because our bodies

might be moving around

the country but the issues

we have in our everyday life

remain the same. You cant

really get away from that."Nau continued, "I used to

think when we were on the

road that what we were do-

ing was trying to escape some

reality that we didnt want

to face, you know, but since

you realize that you dont re-

ally escape anything, you just

kind of carry it all with you

wherever you go. I think ev-

erybodys dierent, so by no

means would I say that my

life or my interests or my rea-

sons for moving from place toplace makes anything easier

or is anymore worthwhile.

Do you see what I mean

about this guys insight?

Wait until you hear his lyrics

and Coon Jones music. Id

strongly recommend check-

ing it out at myspace.com/the-

coonjonesbasketride/music.

Youll want more trust me.

Jennifer Orr

Journal Staf f

Photo courtesy of Cotton Jones

Jones in' for someCot ton Jones


11/16

PAGE 11PAGE 11

We sound sort of half

way between Third Eye Blind

and Arcade Fire.

said band member

Burt. When I was

younger, I was into

a lot of acoustic

and more mellow

stu. Whereas later

on I got into bands

like Radiohead. We

all listen to a lot of

dierent stu. Our

vocalist Chrissy lis-

tens to One Repub-

lic, drummer Guy

enjoys classic rock,

and our bass player

Kento likes techno.

Friends and

fans supported the

band during their

January 9 perfor-

mance at Copper-

eld along with

The Andersons,

Hard No.9, and The Days

Weight, where the Motivated

Sequence was demanded an

encore making for an early

memorable experience in

the students musical career.

The Motivated Sequence

has also performed cov-

ers to songs such as Crazy

by Gnarls Barkley, which

is sung by vocalist Chrissy

every Tuesday night

from 8 to 9 p.m. We play

old and new hip-hop and

talk about dierent top-

ics: sports, movies, music,

anything and everything.

In terms of lyrical themes,

the artist keeps it versatile.

Theres a song like Gor-

geous, then a song like

Therapy. I dont like to have

one thing to go by; I like to

be open with my music, not

classied as one thing. Its all

about the mood Im feeling.

Pro has been seen hold-

ing down past performances

at Destinys Tavern (Woon-

socket, RI), Tommys Lounge

(Pawtucket, RI) and Tazza

Cafe (Providence). He dubs

his next at Colosseum night

club in Providence (March

14). Probably my big-

gest show yet, Pro said.

To hear the hype, Nick

Pro Music can be found on

SoundCloud, Facebook,

MySpace, and ReverbNation.

Suffolk band ful l of 'Motivation'Hipping andhopping downTemple S t.

Tucciarone, and the band

has also performed a cover

of Skinny Lines by Bon Iver.

Colors and Lines,

we always close the

show with Colors and

Lines. Its really ener-

getic, so we like to leave

on that note, saidBurt.

Stay moti-

vated! added bass

player Takahasahi.

The Motivated Se-

quence has recently

been reviewed by Bos-

t o n B a n d C r u s h . c o m

and will be return-

ing to Coppereld

(21+, 9 p.m.) March

29, along with an up-

coming performance

at TT The Bears Place

in Cambridge (18+, 9

p.m.) March 20. Music

from The Motivated

Sequence and links to

more resources can

be found on their web page

themotivatedsequence.com

from MOTIVATION page 8from HIPPING page 8

Photo courtesy of The Motivated Sequence

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Sports briefs

Team standings

Perkins inks new deal with Thunder

For many, the trade that sent Celtics center KendrickPerkins and guard Nate Robinson to the Thunder last

week was a shocker. Many envisioned Perkins playing in

the middle of the paint wearing Celtics green for the rest

of his professional career. However, the deal did help the

Celtics get more athletic, and with the likes of Miami and

Chicago vying for the top spot in the Eastern Conference,

that may be the missing ingredient to them winning a very

tough road to the Finals. Perkins, for one, has not played a

game yet with his new team, and likely wont for another

week. That didnt stop his new team from signing him to a

long-term extension Monday. According to Yahoo! Sports,

Perkins new deal will be for four years at roughly $34.8 mil-

lion. Perkins reportedly declined a contract oer from the

Celtics earlier this year that was in the $20 million range.

Jets will bring back LT for 2011

With labor uncertainty still looming large over the NFL,

many teams are still plugging away, reshaping and retool-

ing their rosters in hope there is a next season. The Jets

have made some important moves this past week, includ-

ing cuing ties with three important veterans from a sea-

son ago: Jason Taylor, Kris Jenkins and Damien Woody. One

player who the team plans on having next season is LaDai-

nian Tomlinson, who is entering the nal year of his two-

season pact with the team. Tomlinson rushed for a team-

high 914 yards last season, but failed to crack the 50-yard

mark in his last six regular season games. He did, however,

play impressively in the teams division round win overthe Colts, compiling 82 yards and two touchdowns. What

role he will play with the team is uncertain. Shonn Greene

and Joe McKnight are two young backs that would seem

to be a solid one-two punch in the future, so it will be in-

teresting to see how many touches LT gets next season.

ESPN scribe arrested in Buckland, MA

Former Boston Herald sports columnist and current

ESPN.com scribe Howard Bryant was arrested Saturday,

Feb. 26 outside of a pizza shop in Buckland, MA. He was

charged with domestic assault and baery, assault and bat-

tery on a police ocer and resisting arrest. According to re-

ports on The Hungton Post, ve witnesses claim they saw

him choke his wife, Veronique. His wife is denying these

claims, and both are telling reporters that it was a normal

disagreement and that it was blown out of proportion. Now,

Bryants lawyer, Buz Eisenberg, is pulling out the race card,

saying that it played a prominent role in his arrest. Bryant

pleaded not guilty in Greeneld District court on Monday.

NFL CBA talks approach deadline

The NFL collective bargaining agreement is set to expire

at midnight on Thursday this week, and there are no indica-

tions as to whether the two sides (owners and players) will

come to an understanding. Giants owner John Mara joined

the discussions on Tuesday, the rst owner to do so since a

federal mediator was brought in to help the league come to

a decision. The rest of the leagues owners are set to meet in

Chantilly, VA, on Thursday and Friday. We want the fans

to know that were trying. Were trying. We understand our

responsibility, and if we dont get it done, we know that

well have let them down, Je Pash, the leagues lead labor

negotiator, told Yahoo! Sports. And we take that very seri-

ously. So do our owners. If there is a work stoppage be-

cause of these meetings, it would be the rst time since 1987.

Men's basketballFinal (GNAC)

1. St. Joseph's (Me.) 15-3

2. Johnson & Wales (RI) 14-4

3. Albertus Magnus 14-4

4. Norwich 11-7

5. Rivier 7-11

6. Emerson 7-11

7. Mount Ida 6-12

8. Suolk 6-12

9. Emmanuel 5-13

10. Lasell 5-13

Women's basketballFinal (GNAC)

1. Emmanuel 12-0

2. Suolk 10-2

3. St. Jospeh's (Me.) 9-3

4. St. Joseph (Conn.) 8-4

5. Norwich 8-4

6. Emerson 7-5

7. Mount Ida 5-7


9. Rivier 5-7

10. Simmons 4-8

11. Pine Manor 3-9

12. Albertus Magnus 2-10

13. Lasell 0-12

Men's hockey(ECAC) Northeast

1. Curry 10-2-2

2. Wentworth 10-3-1


4. Becker 7-4-3

5. Nichols 6-8

6. Western New Eng. 5-9

7. Suolk 4-10

8. Salve Regina 1-13

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Opinion: NBA trade deadline full of surprisesMike Giannattasio

Journal Staf f

The NBA trade dead-

line was full of surprising

twists, leaving the feeling

that almost every player in

the league got traded. Many

organizations added star

players, while others tried

to clear up salary cap space.

First and foremost, lets

start with the Boston Celtics,

who traded Kendrick Perkins

and Nate Robinson to the

Oklahoma City Thunder for

Je Green and Nenad Krstic.

This was, without question,

the most surprising trade

in the NBA that le people

wondering, "What on earth

Danny Ainge was thinking?"

Perkins had recently re-

turned to the lineup aer be-

ing out all season, and was

looking to help bring the

Celtics back to the NBA Fi-

nals. Robinson had been a

decent bench player, a spark

plug who brought high en-

ergy to each and every game.

Now, the Celtics have

Green, a player they draed

No. 5 overall in 2007 before

dealing him for Ray Allen.

Green started in every game

for Oklahoma City this sea-

son, and averaged over 15

p o i n t s

per game

Now, he

will be

coming o

the bench

as a Celtic,

so it will

be inter-

esting to

see how

he adjusts.

Krstic

has been

an aver-

age player

his entire

career, and

will be

e x p e c t e d

to carry

the role and have the same

intensity that Perkins did.

Time will tell whether

this was a good move for the

Celtics, but right now Im

not buying it. A team that

holds the No. 1 spot in their

conference shouldnt trade

players unless it is guaran-

teed to help their club, and

this trade denitely doesnt

guarantee improvement.

Another team that made

big moves days before the

trade deadline was the

New York Knicks, who ac-

quired Carmelo Anthony

and Chauncey Billups, and

also got Shelden Williams,

Renaldo Balkman, Anthony

Carter, and Corey Brewer.

Anthony, Billups, and

Amare Stoudemire will now

try to match up against the

big three

of the

C e l t -

ics and

H e a t .

T h e

K n i c k s

a l r ea dy

p r o v e d

t h a t

t h e i r

new big

t h r e e

c o u l d

d e f e a t

the Heat

this past

w e e k -

e n d ,

and it

w i l l

be great to see how Paul

Piece, Kevin Garne, and

Ray Allen play against

the Knicks on March 21.

The Denver Nuggets

didnt give up Anthony and

their other players for free,

however, as they acquired

Danilo Gallinari, Wilson

Chandler, Raymond Felton,

Timofey Mozgov, Kosta Kou-

fus, the Knicks rst-round

pick in 2014 or later, the War-

riors second-round picks in

2012 and 2013, and $3 million.

Anthony was a problem

for the Nuggets, so its good to

see they got rid of him and got

competent pieces in return.

The Utah Jazz traded Der-

on Williams to the New Jersey

Nets for Devin Harris, Derrick

Favors, one 2011 rst-round

pick, one 2012 rst-round

pick, and $3 million. This deal

was great for the Jazz, as it

will be help them build their

team for the future. The Nets,

on the other hand, got a self-

centered All-Star while giving

up way too much in return.

The trades that went

down in the NBA are going to

have huge outcomes in just a

couple months. Its going to be

awesome to see the clubs that

succeed with the new players

and interesting to see if any

general managers lose their

jobs for giving up too much.

Photo courtesy of the Richard Giles/Wikicommons

Carmelo Anthony (center) will join the likes of Dwyane Wade,LeBron James and Chris Bosh in the Eastern Conference.


15/16


Men's, women's basketball nab All-Conference awards

Photo courtesy of the Suffolk Ahtletics dept.

Matt Pedpjonovic (above) was named as a GNAC 1st TeamAll-Conference selection.


Meghan Black (left) and Jennifer Ruys (right) were named asGNAC 3rd Team All-Conference selections.

Players recognized for impressive seasons

CJ Haddad

Journal Staf f

The season has ocially

come to an end for the Suf-

folk University mens hockey

team. The club nished with

a record of 8-16 (4-10 in the

GNAC). This season proved

to be a disappointing one

for Head Coach Glionna and

his group of puck handlers.

A sour taste will be le in

the mouth of the Rams until

the beginning of next season,

as they dropped their nal

two games, including an over-

time loss in the nal match.

Their second-to-last

match of the season came

against a struggling Becker

College team, who managed

an eye-opening 45 shots on net.

Suolk started things

o on the right note when

Robbie Donahue scored

just three minutes and 23

seconds into the contest.

Then, 10 minutes later,

Becker struck back with

a goal from Jarrod Clark.

The Rams then failed to

capitalize on a late powerplay and entered the rst

intermission tied at one.

The second period was

similar to the rst, except

this time Becker struck im-

mediately. Eight minutes into

the period, Dan Kane tallied

his fourth goal of the sea-

son. Suolk looked to pull

back even, and did just that.

Chris Boyd need the

equalizer ve minutes lat-

er, scoring his third goal

Men's hockey wraps up tough 2010 season

of the season. Once again,

both teams entered the in-

termission knoed up,

this time at two apiece.

In the third period,

Becker scored rst and nev-

er looked back as Suolkdropped a tough late-season

match. Despite an incred-

ible game from Captain Je

Rose, the teams lack of scor-

ing came back to haunt them.

In their last game of the

season, the Rams could not

dig deep in overtime to sal-

vage their nal bought. Fac-

ing a weak Western New

England team, Suolk was de-

feated, 3-2, in the extra frame.

This games format was

extremely similar to their pre-

vious match, as Suolk and

Western New England trad-

ed blows in the rst period,

and aer the rst 20 minutes

the game was tied at one.

Aer a scoreless secondperiod, Western New Eng-

land grabbed a 2-1 lead half-

way through the third period.

That le the Rams with 10

minutes to even the score, and

they did just that. In the 18th

minute, Robbie Donahue tal-

lied his third goal of the year.

When Western New

England player Dan Mo-

nahan scored the decisive

goal in overtime, it would

be the last shot Je Rose

would see in a Suolk uni-

form, as the Rams season

ocially came to an end.

Glionna, as always, is

gleaning positive results from

an otherwise tough season.

I thought the teamworked very hard this year,

we just did not get rewarded

for our eorts in the form of

wins, he said. We struggled

to score goals all year and it

ended up costing us a play-

o spot. It is a good group of

kids who had a lot of success

[last season] and we see this

as just a bump in the road."

One player the coach will

most certainly miss the most is

his captain, Je Rose, who set

an example for the younger

players all season long. Rose

also had a tremendous career

as a member of the Rams.

"Je Rose was our best

player almost every night,

said the coach. He is the best

goalie to ever play at Suf-

folk and he will be missed."

This was a season of

tough breaks for the team.

They also struggled to score

goals, which resulted in their

defense having to help out

on many occasions. When

defensemen have to be re-

lied on for oense, it takes

away from their game.

"They began the season

playing very well against

nationally-ranked teams, but

could not get a win. That

strong play against teams

like Colby, Bowdoin, Babson,

Tus, Utica, did not translate

to wins, said Gliona. We

joked that we led the nation in

hit posts this year. Puing this

season and moving on is what

is most important for this

squad which is loaded with

young talent and experience.

"We are excited for nextyear. I am not sure we will

ever have a team with so

many returning players that

have played so many career

games. We have freshmen

and sophomores that are

very experienced. I think we

need to improve our team

strength. The goals will come,

there is oensive talent on

the roster we just need it to

manifest itself next year."


Jeff Rose (above) nished up a tremendous career at Suffolk this season, tallying animpressive .897 save percentage to go along with a 3.56 goals against average.


16/16


Lady Rams fall in GNAC finals

Team looks to continue in ECAC tournament

The womens basketball

team entered the Great North-

east Athletic Conference

playos playing extremely

good basketball. The hope

was they would make a run at

a conference title, solidifying

an impres-

sive sea-

son with astrong n-

ish against

t h e i r

t o u g h e s t

opponents.

T h e

team may

have fallen

short of

their goal

of winning

the GNAC,

b u t

they now can look for-ward to the ECAC tourna-

ment, which starts March 3.

On Tuesday Feb. 22,

the Lady Rams started their

postseason on a strong note,

disposing of the Mount Ida

Mustangs,

68-55, in

the open-

ing round.

S u f f o l k

j u m p e d

out to a

21-11 leadin the ear-

ly part of

the con-

test, never

l o o k i n g

back, de-

spite sev-

eral ral-

lies by

the Mus-

tangs throughout the contest.

We had a lot of en-

ergy, oensively we were

pushing and aackingsaid Coach Leyden of

their opening round eort.

On the shoulders of Jen-

nifer Ruys, Meghan Black and

Jacqueline Vienneau, Suolk

would hold o the resilient

Mount Ida squad and move

on to the GNAC seminals

where they would take on the

Monks of St. Joes just two days

h i l i

The Monks would prove

a challenge to Suolks cham-

pionship aspirations, with the

Lady Rams winning by a nar-

row margin, 71-62, at the Re-

gan Gymnasium on Feb. 24.

Meghan Black would lead Suf-

folk with 15

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