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VOLUME 70, NUMBER 3 WWW.SUFFOLKJOURNAL.NET October 7, 2009

SGA fills Senate seats

Jeff Fish
Journal Staff
The Student Govern-
ment Association (SGA) held
its fall elections last week
to fill the nine senate seats
for the class of 2013 as well
as three vacant seats for the
class of 2010 and two for 2011.
“I’m really proud that the
SGA is close to having a full
board for the first time in sev-
eral years,” said SGA President
Brian LeFort, 2010. “I’m excited
to see a packed room when I
go into a meeting. It gives me
a lot of confidence to see how
many freshmen wanted to run.”
The SGA also filled its nine
freshmen Senate seats last year
according to LeFort. “There’s
something to be said for the
fact that interest and demand
were definitely there. Classes
coming in want to be involved
and have their voices be heard.”
The new Class of 2013 sena-
Photo by John Gillooly tors are Brielle Frederick Os-
"Students and other members of the Suffolk University community donned pink T-shirts borne, Samienta Pierre-Vil, Brad
and formed a human pink ribbon to show their support for the fight against breast can- Migilacci, Ryan Powell, Martha
cer as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The ribbon was formed at center court Alvardo, Evan Sudarski Abadi,
of the Regan Gymnasium on the Suffolk campus," said University spokesman, Greg Justin Dulak, Jeffeson “Wes”
Gatlin in a press release.
Davis Jr., and Amber Bellon.
“I want to help the SGA
make ties with Sodexho and
represent each club on cam-
pus equally,” said Powell.
Also new to the SGA are
Christina Scopa and Ashley
McAnerspie (2011) and Sarah
Flanagan, Mary Mahoney, and
Jim Wilson (2010), former Suf-
folk Republicans President.
“It was a vote of confi-
dence for common sense,”
said Wilson, regarding
his election to the SGA.
One seat remains open in
the class of 2010 and “We’ll
take anyone who’s interest-
ed,” said LeFort. A non-voting
member of the SGA can be-
come a senator by attending at
least three meetings—becom-
ing Member at Large—and
then be voted into the posi-
tion by the rest of the SGA.
There are also nine Senator
at Large positions to be filled
pending a new piece of legis-
lation that must be passed to
increase the number of Sena-
tors at Large from four to nine.
see SGA page 3

Students trapped in elevator

nside
ournal
the

Matt Altieri With the women still

Journal Staff stuck in the elevator, Suffolk
University Police Officer Ro-

News Seniors Caitlin

Courtney Crocker, Carolyn
Milley,
"Sorority founded at Suffolk" Milley and Brittany McKal-
pg. 3 lagat waited 45 minutes until
the Boston Fire Department
freed them from the left el-
Opinion evator on the fourth floor of
Ridgeway yesterday evening.
"Point-Counterpoint: Chicago
Professor Ken Martin’s
Olympics" pg. 7
photojournalism class was in
session from 5:30 to 8:10 p.m.
Arts & on the fourth floor. Around
berto Terrero knocked on the
metal door and reported that
the Boston Fire Department
was on their way. The elevator
company, Kone, would report-
edly take too long to respond.
The Fire Department gave
a speedy response, showing
up at 7:30 with four firefight-
ers carrying with them vari-
ous tools to pry open the el-
evator. After several attempts

Entertainment 7:15 Professor Martin told his

"The business of getting high"
pg. 8
students to take a break. Ten
minutes later, Crocker, Mil-
ley McKallagat and Milley
got trapped in the elevator.
to open the door manually
from the inside by shutting
down power, it was decided
that enough time had passed
and the department pried open

Sports “This happens frequently

and I’ve been long enough here
"MLB playoff preview" pgs. to know,” said Professor Mar-
14-15 tin. “And Ridgeway is one of
the better elevators at Suffolk!”
the doors with massive pliers.
The four students then ran Photo by Matt Altieri
out of the elevator and back
into Professor Martin’s class.
Boston Firefighters pry open an elevator door on the
fourth floor of Ridgeway after four students were trapped
inside.
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news Panel discusses the future of newspapers
Derek Anderson
Journal Staff
BRIEFS
The present and future
survival of Print Journal-
ism was discussed at a Ford
Hall Forum event hosted
at the Suffolk University
Law School Thursday night.
The night began with an in-
troduction by Alasdair Roberts,
POLICE BLOTTER a professor at Suffolk Law, who
summarized the discussion,
and introduced the speakers.
The guest of honor, Paul Starr,
a professor of communication
and public affairs at Princeton
Tuesday, September 29 University, spoke the longest
on the crisis affecting America
5:00 p.m. as well as the rest of the world.
“Journalism produces a
150 Tremont St. public good,” said Starr, ex-
Received report of a simple assault at 148 plaining the importance of
the newspaper. Newspapers
Tremont St. by McDonald Restaurant. Re- have been the chief engine of
port Filed. journalism reporting, provid-
ing the public with the knowl-
edge of current events, politics,
sports and international news,
Thursday, October 1 according to Starr. “News-
papers, for a long time have
10:27 p.m. been virtually irreplaceable.”
Hyatt The newspaper’s strong
root in society has nearly made
Received call from Hyatt Hotel security re- the public take the news for
garding a stolen truck carrying gas parked granted. With televised news,
as well as free radio, and now
in hotel garage. Report Filed. the massive influence of the in-
ternet; the world has pushed
newspapers aside, said Starr.
Saturday, October 3 Because of the internet, people
are being exposed to less news.
6:56 p.m.
150 Tremont St. Caught on camera phone
Report of a dropping water balloons from
unknown room at location 11.
Units 26, 66m and 44 investigating.
7:33 p.m.
150 Tremont St.
Report of a possible marijuana smoking at
150 Tremont.
Monday, October 5
9:27 a.m.
Law School
Elevator entrapment 120 Tremont St.
Report Filed.
Ben Afleck filming a movie in the North End.
Any interesting photos? Send them to suffolknews@gmail.com.
October 7, 2009
The convenience of online jour-
nalism reduces what readers
are exposed to. Online readers
can now jump to whatever ar-
ticles they please; they are no
longer exposed to the articles
they would not normally read.
Starr said that this lack of
exposure leads to corruption.
He mentioned his home state
of New Jersey where there has
been a longtime news defi-
cit. Because of the surround-
ing states, New Jersey has re-
ceived news from New York
and Pennsylvania rather than
its own state. This leads to in-
ner corruption of politics with
its inadequate news coverage.
“Yes, there are new de-
velopments taking place on-
line,” said Starr, “but they
do not compensate, they do
not offset what is being lost
in traditional news media.”
After Starr spoke, Mar-
tin Baron, editor of the Boston
Globe, spoke about the “dy-
ing breed of newspapers”. He
agreed with almost everything
Starr said, except his views
of subsidies for newspapers.
“I don’t want [subsidies],
I would like to stay away
from them, I think they com-
promise us in big ways,” said
Baron. Subsidies provide the
government with partial con-
trol of newspaper coverage’s.
Baron said that newspa-
pers have a much larger im-
portance in the media than
Photo by Allison Brito, 2010
the public recognizes. Baron’s
point of resources explained
that newspapers take time to
expose and present the pub-
lic with media that otherwise
cannot be obtained. Online
sources, as well as the govern-
ment, do not have the dedica-
tion to stories that need to be
reported. Baron used the exam-
ple of the Catholic Church sex
scandal. The scandal cost the
paper over $1 million to inves-
tigate and cover. These are the
type of stories Baron said that
would have not been covered
by any other type of media.
After Baron, Dan Kennedy,
an assistant professor at North-
eastern University, spoke his
views on the future of news-
papers. He felt that Starr had
a “pessimistic,” view on the
future of newspapers. How-
ever he believed that Baron
was correct in saying that
the public cannot make up
what is lost in print journal-
ism if it dies. Kennedy, a sup-
porter of online news, felt that
online sites would preserve
journalism and keep it alive.
“Online sites require peo-
ple to search them out. I don’t
think it is very likely they will
able to create this broad pub-
lic that newspapers have had,”
said Starr. “The really big dif-
ference is this capacity to cre-
ate a broad public that crosses
political lines, that reaches
deep into the community.”
 PAGE 3
New legislation pending Journey kicks off new year at Suffolk
from SGA page 1
The at large positions
would represent commuter
students, the Sawyer Business
School, New England School
of Art and Design (NESAD),
and one member for Diversity
services, like last year. New
positions would represent the
College of Arts and Sciences
(CAS), and four members for
Diversity Services instead of
one. The ninth at large posi-
tion would be up to the discre-
tion of the SGA in the future.
The amendment was al-
ready passed last year, but
was lost, forcing the SGA to
redraft the bill. “We’ve worked
with the authors to get the es-
sence of the bill,” said LeFort,
who is hosting a meeting to-
day with the presidents of the
various diversity clubs, in-
cluding the Rainbow Alliance,
the Caribbean Student Net-
work (CSN), the Black Student
Union, and the Suffolk Uni-
versity Hispanic Association
(SUHA) to clarify the language.
According to LeFort, talk-
Sorority founded at Suffolk
Angela Bray
Journal Staff
Suffolk University, fresh-
men Jessica Meana, Amber
Bellon, and sophomore Jaden
Nazarian are embarking on the
task of developing a new so-
rority; Zeta Tau Alpha (ZTA).
There is currently only one
sorority at Suffolk, Theta Phi
Alpha. The idea of adding an-
other sorority arose after a sep-
arate group of Suffolk students
recently started the Sigma Al-
pha Epsilon fraternity. “The
guys just started one. If they
can, we can too,” Meana said.
“Some of us interested are al-
ready friends, and it would be
great if everything works out.”
Zeta Tau Alpha consists of 147
active collegiate chapters be-
longing to colleges and univer-
sities across the country. It has
initiated over 200,000 members
since it was founded in 1898.
Zeta Tau Alpha supports
breast cancer education and
awareness; “Think pink” is a
registered trademark of ZTA,
which is a Co-Sponsor of the
National Series Breast Cancer
Survivor Recognition Program
(at the Susan G. Komen Race for
the Cure events nationwide).
Belonging to a sorority pro-
vides members with reward-
ing to members of diversity
services is the last component
needed to complete the leg-
islation. “As soon as it’s clari-
fied by the board it’s my goal
to have a special election.”
Difficulties in the voting
process occurred for some se-
niors in the fall election because
the email they used to vote
didn’t match the emails provid-
ed by the SGA to SU Connect, a
new feature on campus cruiser
that links the different clubs
and organizations on campus.
The emails didn’t match be-
cause seniors have emails made
up of the first three letters of
their last name and their student
ID number, and some of them,
who had changed their emails
to something simpler, were not
recognized by SU Connect be-
cause they had all of the stu-
dent’s original Suffolk emails.
“This was our first time us-
ing SU Connect as the venue
for holding elections,” said
LeFort, “The [voting] prob-
lem was fixed Tuesday and
as far as I know there were
no more problems after that.”
ing opportunities. “Seek the
Noblest” is ZTA’s philosophy.
The members are brought to-
gether to serve a good cause.
“I’ve always wanted to be in a
sorority, but the one here isn’t
exactly what I had in mind,”
Bellon said. “All the girls have
had positive reactions so far.”
The process of becom-
ing a nationally recognized
chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha
will take around one year.
Official pledging into the
national sorority will not take
place until next fall. Until then,
there is an unofficial “local chap-
ter” composed of acting soror-
ity members. This time period
will be used in order to prove
dedication by selecting Zeta
Tau Alpha officers and becom-
ing a recognized chapter. There
are a number of enthusiastic
girls that feel positively about
ZTA. The first meeting was
held last Sunday with an im-
pressive turnout. “We have al-
ready talked about some ideas,
such as movie nights and get-
togethers,” Meana said. Breast
cancer awareness projects are
the top priorities of ZTA. “We
would have fundraisers, like
socials and dances,” said Bel-
lon. “We are really excited.”
Jeff Fish and Kelly Harvell
Journal Staff
The Office of Student
Leadership and Involvement,
formerly known as Student
Activities, has made an im-
pression on Suffolk’s young
leaders with the formation
of an experimental program.
The Journey, which was
created last year, aims to
help students gain and de-
velop strong leadership skills
throughout their tenure at Suf-
folk by having them discover
what they want as a career af-
ter graduation by giving them
experience in multiple fields.
David DeAngelis, Director
of SLI, oversees The Journey
and is glad that the program is
beginning to garner more atten-
tion. “People are hearing about
[The Journey] now because it’s
building momentum. More stu-
dents are signing up to be a part
of the program,” said DeAnge-
lis. The program “looks at lead-
ership happening throughout
campus and brings those oppor-
tunities to one common place.”
The main ideas of The Jour-
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cludes programs or activities run by student leaders that
already offered through the gave other leaders the oppor-
university, such as Alternative tunity how other clubs work,”
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world News Commentary:

BRIEFS
Ugandan peacemaker travels to Suffolk
Jeff Fish that promotes unity among horrors they had been through.
Journal Staff all those affected by the war. While in Uganda, the stu-
Zedriga has worked with dents forged lasting bonds
Last summer, a group these soldiers and many other with many people including
of Suffolk students, led by organizations in Uganda to Zedriga, who travelled to the
Government professor, Judy make sure these kids are kept United States last week and
Dushku, travelled to the Af- off the streets and do not suc-
Asia rican country of Uganda to cumb to the violence that
visited Suffolk University.
Zedriga and people in-
study its attempts of reunifi- constantly surrounds them. volved with the trip hosted an
cation after a brutal civil war Although the civil war is event on Friday where they
KABUL, Afghanistan – Over 2,000 artifacts were re- that lasted over twenty years. largely over, tension still ex- made the Suffolk community
turned to their original home in Afghanistan this week, The victims of this war ists between Uganda and aware of what has been going
after being smuggled into Britain during the recent years were the children of Uganda its Northern region and Ze- on in Uganda. They also sold
of war. The pieces were displayed for the first time in who were forced into handmade neck-
Afghanistan’s National Museum. According to the New
York Times, “the items from Britain are not the first to be
battle by the crazed Jo-
seph Kony, who led his "I am writing to make laces to raise money
for these children.
returned. About 13,000 artifacts have come back to Af- group, the Lord’s Re-
sistance Army (LRA),
sure that this event The Journal ran a

does not go unnoticed."

ghanistan from Norway, Denmark, Switzerland and the
United States since the Taliban fell in 2001.” The pieces on in a rebellion against
display include centuries-old pottery, tools and weapons. the Ugandan govern-
ment in 1987. Kony
claims to be a spokesperson
of God and used these chil-
dren to fight his twisted cause.
He turned young boys into
murderers and young girls into
Asia sex slaves for the soldiers, per-
manently scarring and causing
severe lasting trauma. Yet now
these children, many of whom
CUMANAK, Indonesia--Approximately 100 people are grown have returned to the
died last Wednesday when a 7.6 magnitude earthquake villages they were once forced
struck, according to the AFP. Muchtar, a sixty-two-year old to slaughter and are learning
farmer, was one of the few survivers and has been asked to to cope with their experiences.
identify many of the bodies that were found in the wake Dushku and many of the
of the natural disaster. "I'm too traumatized. I can't do it students were amazed at the
anymore," said Muchtar, who had lost sixteen of his twen- positive attitudes that these for-
ty-one extended family members in the village. "Families mer child soldiers had, despite
keep asking me, but I'm too scared. I can't help." In the area the limited access they had to
surrounding this village, an estimated 400 people were any therapy for post traumatic
killed, though the actual body count may never be known. stress. Much of this reunifi-
cation is thanks to a woman
named Lina Zedriga of North-
ern Uganda, who is the director
a leadership training program
driga works every day to
see the children reintegrate
themselves into society.
Suffolk students inter-
acted with Zedriga and were
visited by Northern Ugandan
former soldiers in the capital
city of Kampala. Because they
were all in the same hotel,
they were able to really inter-
act with these people and had
the opportunity to hear first-
hand about their experiences.
Dushku and the students
were not able to travel to
Northern Uganda for safety
reasons, but members not af-
filiated with Suffolk were and
they were inspired by the atti-
tudes of the most severely in-
jured children, most of whom
were in wheelchairs. They
played basketball and truly en-
joyed themselves despite the
story over the sum-
mer about the trip
to help spread the
word, but unfortu-
nately no one was actually there
to cover the event on Friday.
But I am writing to make
sure that this event does not
go unnoticed and people are
aware of both the atrocities
and truly inspiring things that
have gone on in the country.
I was fortunate enough to
have the chance to meet Ze-
driga while working at the
Government Department on
Friday. She shook my hand
warmly and thanked me for
the article I had written over
the summer, nearly in tears.
She appreciated the work
I had done to inform my fel-
low students about what’s go-
ing on in Uganda, and it was
this interaction that reminded
me how truly rewarding the
field of journalism can be.

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St a f f Editoria l
The Suffolk Journal received
Citation No. 1 for noncompli-
ance with our "Office Space
Lease Agreement" as we were
finishing up our production
of this newspaper last night.
The Student Leadership and
Involvement office has created a
(mostly) effective way of deal-
ing with the fact that almost all
clubs on campus now have of-
fice space in the Donahue build-
ing, which is to make sure that
the space is being utilized as
well as it can be by those clubs.
Certain specifications for
office use were laid out by SLI
earlier in the year and every
club president was forced to
sign a “lease,” set up an account
on the brand new and dysfunc-
tional SUConnect, and maintain
what was deemed a “profes-
sional” atmosphere, among oth-
er things that were almost cer-
tainly taken with a grain of salt
by most, if not all, clubs on cam-
pus. Yeah, sure. We’ll keep the
office neat as a pin… or at least
as clean as our dorm rooms.
As one of the larger clubs
that was fortunate enough to get
their own space, the Journal staff
has treated its office with respect.
We work late hours (sometimes
until 1 or 2 a.m.), we eat here,
we do our homework here, we
call our mothers, check our
email, goof off between classes,
and sometimes even nap. But
the place is clean. We clean it.
So the fact that there is
maybe a water bottle or two ly-
ing around, or if the computer
paper is stacked willy nilly next
to the printer, what difference
does it make? This is a college.
We are college students. And
getting threatened with losing
our office space because the
“printing area” looks “unpro-
fessional,” is hugely frustrat-
ing – seeing as we aren’t profes-
sionals. We’re students. And if
October 7, 2009
the rest of the office looks fine,
who cares if the printer looks
unprofessional? It’s a printer.
In addition to our alleg-
edly messy printing area, we
were cited with not posting of-
fice hours and not spending the
minimum five hours a week in
our office. Well, we were not
only told by adminsitrators
working in SLI that we were im-
mune to the office hours rules
Sex is 'tuft' stuff
because we're always here. At
absolute minimum, someone
is in the Journal office close to
20 hours per week. Yet, we
have still recieved a bright or- Tufts University bans sex while
ange paper that says if we don't
clean the printer by Friday, we roomates are around
will recieve a second citation.
Summer Gerry
No club, the Journal in-
cluded, should be being
Journal Contributor
threatened with these com-
Tufts University has put a
pletely juvenile “citations” for
ban on sex when roommates
messy printers and the like.
are present, but not a com-
C’mon SLI… that’s just silly.
plete ban on sex itself. The
ban was put in place quickly
and with no known conse-
quences of breaking the rule.
After Tufts received a doz-
en or so complaints over three
years,
accord-
ing to
"...no sex when a
the Tufts roommate is present,
Daily, and sex cannot affect
t h e
school
a roommate's sleeping
decided or studying habits."
it was
t i m e
to administer rules restrict-
ing sexual activity. These rules
include no sex when a room-
mate is present, and sex cannot
affect a roommate's sleeping
or studying habits. The ban is
said to not be about behavior
as it is about opening commu-
nication between roommates,
according to Director of Public
Relations at Tufts, Kim Thurler.
As a roommate to two girls,
I feel that we already reached
a silent agreement on this sub-
ject. Basically it is just com-
mon courtesy and respect. If
you need alone time, simply
ask when your roommate will
be able to accommodate you.
Is it really Tuft’s problem or
place to be setting boundar-
ies regarding a situation that
can be so easily resolved?
If my roommates and I
were hypothetically at Tufts, we
would have lucked out because
we knew each other rather well
before college. If someone at
Tufts did not know their room-
mate at all and was not comfort-
able bringing up the topic of sex,
the rules that the school enforces
would then make things a little
easier and a bit less awkward.
However, I thought about
this same situation from an-
other point of view. Personally,
if I ever had a problem with a
roommate,
I would say
something
about it.
But, actu-
ally real-
izing how
awkward
this con-
versation
could be between two people
that do not know each other
leads me to believe that may-
be Tufts is on the right track.
There is no consequence so
that roommates can work out
a social contract between one
another and the University
will not have to deal with it.
Kim Thurler adds, “[The
new policy] is designed to fa-
cilitate communication among
students and serve as a catalyst
to empower roommates to ini-
tiate conversation about what
may be uncomfortable subjects
and discuss them in a more ef-
fective manner. Most of our
students behave responsibly
and we hope that this policy
will encourage such behavior.”
Hopefully, this new rule will
create good communication that
is essential to dormitory life and
these rules will push students
in a good, ethical direction.
 PAGE 7 October 7, 2009

Chicago Olympics Fad following will

Point / Counterpoint
President's showboating yields no results
Jeff Fish
Journal Staff
President Obama’s trip to
Copenhagen last week to secure
Chicago as the location for the
2016 Summer Olympics was a
vain attempt to flaunt his star
power and distract the American
people from the real issues this
country faces, including an ail-
ing economy, two wars abroad,
and a divisive battle in Con-
gress over Heath Care reform.
By travelling to Den-
mark, the President neglect-
ed these issues in favor of
an event that will not take
place for another seven years.
The prospect of the Sum-
mer Games taking place in
the Windy City seemed like a
sure thing just because Obama
wanted it, but the unimagina-
ble happened when the selec-
tion committee opted instead
to have it in Brazil, making
history by having it hosted in
South America for the first ever.
The attempt to sway the
committee by his mere presence
was arrogant and in doing so he
was acting more like a celebrity
than Commander-in-Chief. The
fact that Oprah went with him
only adds to this persona. This
trip to Copenhagen is the latest
in a series of talk show appear-
ances and town hall meetings
that Obama holds instead of sit-
ting down in the Oval Office and
doing what he was elected to do.
Presidents should make
themselves seen by the Ameri-
can people, but not to the ex-
tent that this President is. It
seems like he tries to pitch
his policies more than actu-
ally working on them as if he
never left the campaign trail.
Obama certainly would
have had a lot to gain personally
from landing Chicago the honor
of hosting the Olympics, but
many of his associates in Chi-
cago would likely have made a
fortune on hosting it, including
Valerie Jarrett, an adviser to the
President who used to work for
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley.
Jarrett owns low income
housing near the proposed lo-
cation of the Olympic stadium
and would have stood to make
billions by rebuilding these
properties and converting them
into housing for the Olympics.  originated the style, and how
But while a few Chicago-
ans would have benefitted fi-
nancially, the taxpayers of Chi-
cago would ultimately bear the
brunt of the massive tab that
the city would have built up.
It would take a miracle for the
city to make back the billions
of dollars that would be spent.  glasses, the spandex-like ma-
Fortunately for the citi-
zens of Chicago, they don’t
have to practically go bank-
rupt just to cover the cost of the
games. This liability falls with
the people of Rio de Janeiro.
lead you to stupid
things like leggings
Brayden Varr
Journal Contributor
Originality in fashion is
something that never seems to
be quite obtained. As soon as
one person finds the new “fad,”
everyone quickly catches on.
Then there are those people
who complain about how they
everyone else is “copying”
them. Additionally, the mas-
sive, widespread trendiness of
certain styles becomes over-
powering and one may won-
der “why is this fashionable?”
Other than the giant hobo
purses and 1950s-style sun-
terial that covers many young
women’s legs around campus
is simply out of hand. At any
given moment, on any given
day, with one quick scan anyone
could spot the brown, black,
navy, pink, teal (and the oc-
casional zebra print) leggings.
question of the matter is why
humans feel the overwhelm-
ing desire to express their indi-
viduality by dressing the same?
In regards to the leggings
dilemma, or even previous
fashion faux-pas, the trend ap-
pears to be: begin with an origi-
nal and unique idea, people
catch on slowly, they become
more “individual” and hip,
and finally, the trend explodes
and becomes an obsession. Al-
though it can be argued that ev-
eryone should dress to impress,
why can’t a person maintain
their own style and impress
with their own uniqueness?
I myself may not be the
creator of a fad, a follower, or
someone who may even partici-
pate in some sort of fashion. I
could be simply considered an
observationalist. I dress to how
I want and feel, and who’s to say
whether that is wrong or right?
The overload of leggings is a
perfect example of how a unique

Chicagoans out of the running,

city saddened by Olympic decision
Matt Altieri
Journal Staff
“Your Majesty: the hour has
struck, a visionary dream has
today become a glorious real-
ity. At the end of the worldwide
struggle in 1945, many insti-
tutions and associations were
found to have withered and
only the strongest had survived.
How, many wondered, had
the great Olympic Movement
prospered?” stated Lord David
Burghley, President of the Inter-
national Amateur Athletics As-
sociation, at the 1948 Summer
Olympics in London on July 29.
Burghley’s words echoed
the thoughts that were on the
minds of many British citizens
during the aftermath of World
War II. Some people doubted
that London’s economy and
housing production would meet
the requirements for the Inter-
national Olympics Committee.
According to an article from
UK Newspaper The Indepen-
dent, even though the London
games faced fierce opposition
and doubt, “they were a games
that enjoyed an abundance of
less tangible nourishment –
good will, idealism and hope.”
That is why I’m ashamed
that the 2016 Olympics will not
be in Chicago. The hope of pros-
perity that the British had which
led them to hosting the Olym-
pics in 1948 was not mirrored
by the Chicagoans and other
Americans that thought Chicago
was more than capable to host
the Olympics in 2016. Unfortu-
nately, within mere moments,
those dreams were swept away
when Brazil was granted to host
the games in Rio de Janeiro.
Chicago was more than
capable of hosting the games.
CityofChicago.org released
a statement from the Mayor
Richard M. Daley, in which
Daley promised a ‘safety net’
for Chicago taxpayers of bil-
lions of dollars. As the website
notes, “should the Olympics fail
to make a profit – something
Chicago 2016 deeply believes
won’t happen – the Commit-
tee has put or will put in place
over $2.2 billion in various
‘safety nets’ to protect taxpay-
When the leggings initially idea of style can turn terribly
reappeared on the market, the wrong. However, I don’t care
look was admired by many, how long you may or may not
including myself. However,
the overload and overuse of
have been sporting these tights,
because that doesn’t matter. The
this “accessory” is overkill. copious amounts of leggings are
ers.” What citizen of Chicago
Throughout fashion his- still all over the place, they’re
wouldn’t want the Olympics
tory there have been fads, and still annoying, and it doesn’t
to be hosted in the greatest
there has been overkill. The matter who wore them “first.”
city of the Midwest with no re-
percussions for the taxpayer?
“I would not pursue the
Games if I believed there
would be a deficit and if I be-
lieved taxpayers weren’t pro-
tected,” said Mayor Daley.
Not only this, but the web-
site also states that the 2016
games in Chicago would have
created, “$20 billion in new
economic activity,” not to men-
tion the “$1.5 billion in business
taxes across the state.” Aside
from the surplus of money
being pumped into Chicago
through economic activity and
sales taxes, guaranteed jobs for
one full year would have been
created for 315,000 Chicagoans.
Now that’s a stimulus package!
It’s a shame Chicago has
lost its opportunity to host the
Olympics, as it would be a com-
plete benefit to American so-
ciety. Having the Olympics in
Brazil passes up millions upon
millions of dollars we badly
need in this ailing economy.
 PAGE 8 October 7, 2009

The business behind getting high

Ethan Long
Journal Staff

SUNORML hosted a show-

ing of the Canadian documen-
tary The Union: the Business Be-
hind Getting High (Peace Arch
Home Entertainment, 2007)
Last Wednesday, Sept. 30, in
the C. Walsh Theater. A ques-
tion and answer session fea-
turing documentarian Adam
Scorgie and Harvard Profes-
sor Dr. Lester Grinspoon fol-
lowed the showing. In atten-
dance were about 130 students
from Suffolk and a few from
neighboring colleges as well.
The film features Scorgie
as he travels around Canada
and the United States trying
to figure out just why prohibi-
tion on cannabis exists. During
his travels, he interviews many
people on the subject, includ-
ing Tommy Chong, one half of
the Cheech and Chong comedy
duo, who was arrested and sen-
tenced to nine months in jail for
selling bongs over the internet.
Some scenes shown really
leave the viewer questioning
how bogus marijuana laws re-
ally are. One such scene shows
Photo courtesy of SUNORML
a “Cannabis Day” rally in Brit-
ish Columbia where citizens
are smoking out in the open. "The Union" film maker, Adam Scorgie, poses with SUNORML
Police stand across the street
and watch, but they don’t seem studying’,” said Scorgie. The rent and former members of es that they may have found NORML,” according to Scorgie.
to give the slightest care about ex-policeman broke it down to law enforcement who believe during the run of the film. “I sent Adam an e-mail and
the so called “illegal” drugs. him in a way that he had never the existing drug policies have “The government has not a day later he gave me a phone
Another interview with thought of before. If a student failed in their intended goals been honest with us on many call. This was only the second
former Seattle Police Chief gets busted for pot smok- of addressing the problems of issues such as cannabis. I had or third university screening
Norm Stanford surprised even ing, his collegiate career may crime, drug abuse, addiction, my world totally flipped up- he’s done, so he’s brand new at
Scorgie. “Probably the most be over, so he could turn to a juvenile drug use, stopping side-down when I made the this. I think our show kicked off
shocking inter- film. Before you form an opin- a campaign to do this. Emerson
view I had was ion on something you’re going and BU students were there,
with Norm Stan-
ford. Just hearing “The government has not to talk to people about, you
should dive into the research.
and I’ve got e-mails from all
those schools saying they want
from an ex-cop
been honest with us on many Further educate yourself on Adam to come,” said Morris.

issues such as cannabis."

who fought the
drug war that
there was really
no harm to soci-
ety being caused
from cannabis,
other than the il-
legal smuggling of it and the
gang violence, and now he
has a guilty conscience for go-
ing to campuses and arrest-
ing students. He really took a
look at the situation and asked
‘How am I helping the coun-
try? I’m pulling a student out
of college for smoking can-
nabis when he was in there
life of working for minimum
wage, or he could turn to a life
of crime to support his family.
Stamper is now a writer
for the Huffington Post and
a speaker for LEAP (Law En-
forcement Against Prohibi-
tion), an organization which,
according to their mission
statement is “made up of cur-
the flow of illegal drugs into
this country and the internal
sale and use of illegal drugs.”
LEAP educates the public in
hopes of ending a useless pro-
hibition that has caused and
may still cause many deaths.
The film seems to leave
the viewer with the desire to
research more of the surpris-
the subject so that you can
give correct answers to peo-
ple,” Scorgie told the Journal.
After viewing the film,
Jeff Morris, president of SU-
NORML, decided to con-
tact a few of the local pro-
fessors interviewed in the
movie. The producers then
sent him to the production
company, where he obtained
Scorgie’s e-mail address.
“He contacted me and said,
‘Man I am a huge fan,’ and
it was actually the film itself
that got him to be proactive
and start the Suffolk chapter of
Scorgie’s view on college
screenings is very positive.
“I think colleges are the best
place because you’re talking
to students that are hungry to
learn. They don’t just take for
granted what they learned in
the movie, they take the time
to study the reports that are
labeled in the film and are
able to do the research them-
selves to come to a conclu-
sion. They’re the future of this
country,” he told the Journal.
The Union is available to
watch instantly on Netflix.com
and is available in stores on DVD.
 PAGE 9
A killer flick for zombie lovers
Derek Anderson
Journal Staff
Zombieland (Sony, 2009)
hit up theaters with a bloody
bang Friday, drawing crowds
of zombified fans looking for
some undead action. Seeing the
film on its midnight premiere,
and judging by the crowds’ re-
actions, movie-goers got exact-
ly what they were looking for.
The movie focuses around
a young Michael Cera-esque
boy (Jesse Eisenberg) named
Columbus (all the characters
in the film are named after the
cities they come from). His list
of survival tips and geeky hab-
its are the driving force behind
the movie as the audience is
thrown directly into the apoca-
lyptic world of Zombieland.
There is barely an explanation
of how the infection started, but
it surprisingly worked, as the
viewers see a world plunged
into a flesh-eating hell. As the
story progresses, Columbus
Suffolk Professor's 'ACT UP' tells truth of AIDS
Love of Movies
Ethan Long
Journal Staff
The critic, for a long time,
was considered the author-
ity figure on which movies to
go see at the cinemas. In his
documentary, For the love of
Movies: The Story of American
Film Criticism (AG Films,2009),
Suffolk Professor and Boston
Pheonix film critic Dr. Gerald
Peary presents the history of
the film critic from the early
beginnings of picture hous-
es to the age of the internet.
The critics featured in the
movie, such as A.O. Scott of
the New York Times and Roger
Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times,
discuss topics ranging from
criticism styles to past critics
whom they grew up reading.
The film uses these interviews
with critics, along with clips
from television and movies,
to help give viewers a greater
understanding of the different
eras of film criticism and the
overall journey the profession
took to get to where it is now.
“I think it’s pretty simi-
lar to my teaching. I give
mini-lectures and show mov-
ies,” Professor Peary said. “In
meets Tallahassee (Woody Har-
relson), a survivor who comes
complete with one-liners
and inventive undead killing
moves. Together they learn to
deal with each other’s opposite
takes on survival in a comedic
bantering way. Further down
the destroyed road of human
civilization, other survivors
come into the picture, including
Witchita (Emma Stone), Little
Rock (Abigail Breslin) and the
incredible Bill Murray (who,
with hilarity, plays himself).
The characters’ personalities
work off one another brilliantly,
serving an amazing combina-
tion of laughs, cringes, and of
course, zombie-killing action.
The only thing lacking in
this movie was not enough of
a zombie slaughter. The killing
that did occur was creative and
funny, with competitions like
“Zombie Kill of the Week,” but
the fighting was spaced out a
good deal within the survivors’
travels. But don’t let that push
class I show whole movies
and in the film I show little
clips to dramatize the point.”
The film, which had a short
run at the Museum of Fine Arts
in Sept., has appeared at many
film festivals around the world.
“Its first screening was last
March at South by Southwest
and since March I’ve been trav-
eling around with the movie.
Last summer I went to Hong
Kong and Jerusalem,” said
Peary. “The big thing we have
now is we’re starting to show it
in museums and theaters. The
month of November is a big
month for the movie. Among
other places, it’s going to play
in Chicago, San Francisco, and
Baltimore.” According to Peary,
“We haven’t had a bad audi-
ence yet. They tend to be people
who are movie lovers, not just
casual people off the street.”
Peary also told the Journal
that during Novemeber, the
film will be shown on campus
for students, though it has not
officially been announced yet.
Dr. Peary, who teaches
film studies under the Com-
munications Department,
has also been a critic for the
Boston Phoenix since 1996.
October 7, 2009
you away from
seeing Zombieland,
because the slight
lack in zombie-
killing is made
up for by its com-
edy, and settings.
The multiple
settings for Zom-
bieland are one of
the many great
things included in
the film. In the past,
we’ve seen zombie
films take place
in houses, malls,
and vehicles, but
Image courtesty of Sony
Zombieland offers
something different. Through- of setting was one of the many zombie violence, this film will
out the duration of the film, the great pluses to the movie. definitely be on my shelf along-
small group of survivors takes Filled with violence, blood side other great zombie classics
their battle to the roads, always and gore, this movie is not for like the great George Romero’s
moving to new locations. The the squeamish. This film had Night of the Living Dead (Image
change in settings and atmo- a healthy amount of blood- Ten, 1968) and Peter Jackson’s
sphere keeps the audience on shed, romance and comedy Dead Alive (Trimark Pictures,
their toes, especially when the to stand alongside the Brit- 1992), as Zombieland also offers
group stops by gas stations and ish zombie comedy Shaun of laughs and scenes that even
grocery stores for seemingly the Dead (Universal Pictures, the undead would jump at.
stupid reasons. The versatility 2004). Besides the slight lack in
Activism, Art, and the AIDS crisis
Ashley Maceli
Journal Staff
and taxis to get their message
across with hopes of opening
orientation in visual media. Stu-
dents will also be able to learn
some people’s eyes to the truth. how to strategize for political
Since the early 1980’s HIV ACT UP was also promoting organizations as well as art
and AIDS has been scary and the truth by introducing the be- production. They will also have
mysterious disease. Due to ginning of safe sex education. a do-it-yourself poster-making
the lack of education and high The exhibit features politi- event where student organiza-
amounts of discrimination, cal posters, pins, and stickers, tions can learn to create better
the United States came to be as well has other types of visual ways to reach out to their peers.
unaware of what this virus re- media portraying the thoughts This exhibit will show just
ally was. Through the com- and views about AIDS in the how far we have come in un-
pelling work of visual media, late 1980’s and early 1990’s and derstanding HIV and AIDS.
the group ACT UP planned to will also contain compelling Though there is still far to
stop this fallacy of the virus. videos, of interviews with the go, it is amazing what ACT
The Harvard Museum will surviving members of ACT UP. UP has done for this move-
be holding the exhibit, ACT UP Four members of the artist ment in terms of discrimina-
New York: Activism, Art, and the collective Fierce Pussy will take tion and gay rights. Without
AIDS Crisis, 1987–1993, which part in a three-day workshop ACT UP, we would not be in
will be held from Oct. 15 to Dec. consisting of activism and print this world of better acceptance.
23. New York’s AIDS Coalition media. Nancy Brooks Brody,
to Unleash Power (ACT UP) are Joy Episalla, Zoe Leonard, and For more information visit
a group of people who unite to Carrie Yamaoka will work with http://www.ves.fas.harvard.
show the world the truth about Harvard undergraduates to edu/ccva.html of www.har-
AIDS, as well as push the Gay discuss and understand issues vardartmuseum.org
Rights Movement a little fur- concerning gender and sexual
ther along. ACT UP rose up
against the ignorance of the
government and their lack of
care for the AIDS crisis, as they
gave no funds for therapeutic
medication and expanded the
misconception that AIDS was a
“gay disease.” ACT UP placed
their visual media all over
New York, including subway
cars, billboards, bus stations
Image courtesy of ACT UP
 PAGE 10 October 7, 2009

staff I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

SOUNDS Love it
Matt McQuad
Journal Staff
The outrageous antics of
blogger Tucker Max’s bestsell-
ing book, I Hope They Serve
Beer in Hell (Citadel Press,
2006) have elicited a number
Mission of Burma
of negative responses since be-
"The Sound The Speed The
ing released as a movie (Darko
Light"
Entertainment, 2009). Tucker
It was declared Mission of
Max’s college tour stops have
Burma Day in Boston this past
constantly been interrupted by
Sunday after all.
various protesters (look it up
~Clay Adamczyk
on YouTube) with some even
going so far as to bring forth
allegations of promoting rape.
While this movie is certainly
crass and occasionally goes
for the lowest of the low brow,
it’s really not as bad as people
make it out to be.
The film follows the zany
and whacky antics of Tucker
(Matt Czuchry) with Drew
(Jesse Bradford) and Dan
Luck Sould (Geoff Stults). After ditch-
"Struck Dumb" ing Dan for a midget strip-
It makes me want to dance per, Tucker causes Dan to
around in my living room, no get in trouble with his fiancé
matter what else is happening. and ultimately arrested, and
~Alex Pearlman Tucker must work to get back
in the good graces of his good
friend. Some parts of the movie
seem lagging and predictable,
and some characters are sim-
point out some of the negative
perceptions men have of wom-
how many other movies are
there that make fun of midg-
ply outright clichés. The dia- en are not always accurate. ets, fat girls, or AIDS? Where
logue, although humorous, is Tucker comes to his senses do you draw the line where
far from enticing. However, the at the end of the movie and one thing is offensive, but this
film does have some very fun- realizes his selfish frat-boy ac- isn’t? How many people out
ny moments. Drew, the misan- tions only work against him, there protesting Tucker Max
thropic nerd who lost his girl- so in some ways this film does are fans of South Park or the
friend to a rapper, provides a have a somewhat positive mes- Farrelly Brothers? At the end
number of hilarious one-liners sage. And while the film does of the day, I Hope They Serve
that keep the film entertaining. have a number of jokes at Beer in Hell is still just a mov-
Tucker’s insults, although de- the expense of large women, ie, and jokes are just jokes,
meaning, are still very funny midgets and Magic Johnson, meant to be taken at face value.
in a way that is all his own.
I Hope They Serve Beer in
Hell does, at times, present a
less-than-flattering portrayal
of women, using a wide vari-
ety of vulgarities to describe
them, including “snatch nap-
kin.” However, the movie does
have a lot of strong female
leads. The single-mom stripper
that Drew falls in love with is
presented as very smart and in-
sightful, and serves as a coun-
terweight to Drew’s pessimis-
tic perception of the fairer sex
that even works to change his
mind about whether or not all
women are whores by the end
of the movie. Dan marries a
girl that is also very intelligent
and even brings Tucker to re-
alize his selfish actions only
cause him to alienate himself.
Ultimately, the strong female
leads in Max’s film serve to

Ringo Star
"Goodnight Vienna"
I probably wouldn't have
bought this if it wasn't $3, but
hey!.. Lennon is on it!
~Ethan Long
"Unknown Pleasures"
Joy Division
"She's Lost Control" is shame-
lessly ripped off by the hacks in
Brian Jonestown Massacre.
~Matt McQuaid
Loathe it
Marissa Holt
Journal Staff
Opening with a sex scene
of Tucker Max and a deaf girl,
this movie prepares you for
what you are about to witness.
With poor filming techniques
and never ending drunk-and-
stupid frat boy jokes, Tucker
Max’s film (based on the book
of the same title) is misogynistic
and hedonistic. Starring Matt
Czuchry as Tucker Max, Jesse
Bradford as Drew, and Geoff
Stults as Dan, I Hope They Serve
Beer in Hell (Darko Entertain-
ment, 2009) never fails at being
offensive, unintelligent, and
disappointingly un-humorous.
 On a mission to find a strip
club that actually allows touch-
ing of the strippers, Tucker
Max shows that he doesn’t care
about anyone but himself. He
lies to Dan’s fiancé about the
location of his bachelor party
and almost ruins their wed-
ding. During a bar scene, he
uses the most lascivious words
and phrases aimed at women
while talking to them. Most of
the women seem to go along
with Tucker’s act throughout
the movie; the pitiful thing is
that the women in the film ac-
tually seem amused by him.
I Hope They Serve Beer in
Hell features the three stereo-
types of men. Tucker plays
the man who doesn’t believe
in marriage, has no respect for
anyone, including himself, and
sleeps with so many women
you would expect him to be a
breeding ground for sexually
transmitted diseases. It is evi-
dent though, that Tucker has
no self confidence and feels
the need to belittle and defame
women. By doing this, it con-
vinces these types of men that
they are worthy of female atten-
tion and that women are some-
how more attainable sexually.      the movie he could have easily
Drew is the quintessential
man who just got his heart bro-
ken and has turned to making
witty but creepy remarks in or-
der to keep women away. After
finding his girlfriend perform-
ing interesting oral relations on
a rapper (played by Paul Wall),
Photo courtesy of Darko Entertainment
he substitutes a social life with
playing Halo. Eventually, how-
ever, Drew finds love in the
form of a single-mom stripper.
Presented as the complete
antithesis of Tucker, Dan plays
the victim role well. He seems
like he is the only normal guy
in the group and is even in a
decent relationship. Tucker cer-
tainly puts the relationship to
the test by constantly wreaking
havoc on the couple. What is
aggravating about Dan is that
he is one of those people who
acts as if he has no say in what
happens to him. Throughout
told Tucker no, but then the film
industry wouldn’t have such
a morally enhancing film on
their hands, now would they?
This movie is for people
who have money and want to
waste it! The ideas presented
are wrong with the way many
men and women view their
roles in present-day society.
The women in the film, for
the most part, fall right into
line with the movie's concept.
They are portrayed as mind-
less sexual objects. If they re-
fuse to find Tucker entertain-
ing and actually speak up in
an intelligent manner, they
are defined sas being a prude.
Women are not the only de-
mographic insulted by Tucker.
His goals in the movie are to
have sex with a deaf wom-
an, blind woman, and with a
midget stripper. Another not-
so-surprising scene features an
African American woman who
happens to be the only one go-
ing crazy to rap music in the bar.
Someone should donkey-
punch Tucker Max, he might
just enjoy it. After all, as the film
shows, he is as full of excrement.
 PAGE 11 October 7, 2009

A.R.T gives new meaning to a Donkey Show

Kelly Harvel
Journal Contributor
Disco Balls, metallic boo-
ty-shorts, and tons of glit-
ter illuminated the dance
floor at club Oberon this past
weekend with a seventies
rendition of Shakespeare’s
A Midsummer’s Night Dream
known as The Donkey Show.
The Donkey Show, a two-
hour performance consist-
ing of all the classic songs of
the 1970s, has been a craze
in New York City for the past
six years and has now reached
Boston. For the first hour, the
performance is just like a club
as characters from the show
walk around dancing with
the audience. In the middle of
the dance floor are two boxes
holding male dancers (later
recognized as the fairies) in
metallic booty shorts, glazed
makeup, and head-to-toe glit-
ter. Throughout the night, the
audience is encouraged to
go up on the box and dance
with these male performers.
For the second hour, the
show unfolds as the audience
keeps on dancing. One does
not need to know the story of A
Midsummer’s Night Dream in or-
der to understand the seventies
rendition. It still has the same
themes of love and magic, as
well as the main characters such
as Oberon (the King fairy), Ti-
tania (Queen fairy), Lysander,
Hermia, Helena, Demetrius,
and the fairies. The major dif-
ference is that instead of using
the fashion of Shakespeare’s
time, it was all disco themed.
The characters wore afros,
bell-bottoms, metallic shirts,
and platform shoes. In the
Shakespeare version, magic is
what transforms the characters,
but in the Donkey Show perfor-
mance, it was drugs. Lastly and
most importantly, instead of
using Shakespearean English,
the performance unfolds with
classics such as “Carwash,” “I
Believe in Miracles,” “We are
Family,” and ending with “Nev- Photo by Marcus Stern courtesy of Experience the A.R.T
er Knew Love like This Before.”
After the show ends, the audi-
ence can still dance the night The Donkey Show celebrates its extended run at the Oberon.
away rocking to the music.

Moore bias
Tom Logan
Journal Contributor
Michael Moore is an ob-
noxious blowhard. That said,
his new film, Capitalism: A
Love Story (Weinstein Com-
pany, 2009), is brilliant. The
film was extremely informa-
tive and bold. Moore takes a
look at people who have been
royally screwed over by the
economy and explains how
exactly we got into this mess.
Some points of the film are
disturbing. For example, some
companies like Wal-Mart will
take out life insurance policies
on their employees without
them knowing it. Should that
employee die, the company
comes out with a nice little
profit known as a “dead gift.”
Moore also talks about Wall
Street fuzzy math, in this case
a derivative, which no one re-
ally knows what its purpose
is. In fact if one can actually
figure out what a derivative is
and what it does, one is almost
guaranteed a job on Wall Street.
One of the most interesting
things is the little bit about col-
lege students. A lot of college
about $100,000 in student loans
and most of them will end up
working for the banks instead
of putting their degrees to use.
Another big point that
Moore talks about is the ram-
pant class inequality here in
America. The film makes the
viewer look at the one percent
of America’s population that
has more wealth than the rest of
America and ask why the poor
man usually ends up paying for
the rich man’s mistakes. Why
does Wall Street get bailed out
but Main Street gets no help at
all? Why do we never see peo-
ple like Bernie Madoff on the
roofs during the Katrina floods?
Make no mistake though;
this film is biased. It paints re-
publicans and conservatives
as evil uncaring cronies to the
wealthy, and that it was the evil
republicans' fault that we’re in
this economic mess because of
their kowtowing to the rich.
The man who specializes
in selling homes that have been
foreclosed looks like a bastard
and a vulture. The man who
worked for a mortgage compa-
ny that basically bribed politi-
cians looked like he was a Nazi
only thing that re-
ally came out of his
mouth was, “Uh….
I was only doing my
job.” Meanwhile the
democrats and liber-
als come off looking
like America’s sav-
iors and champions
of the common man.
Then again, what
can one really expect
from Michael Moore?
At the end of the
day, despite anyone’s
personal beliefs of
the kind of person
Michael Moore is,
people should defi-
nitely see Capitalism:
A Love Story. Despite
the obvious bias, the
film asks the ques-
tions that we, as a
country, should be
asking and incites the
rage that we should
all be feeling. The
film is bold, enter-
taining, moving, and
even funny at times.
A must see for anyone
confused about our
economic situation. Image courtesy of Weinstein Company

students will graduate with at the Nuremberg Trials. The

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Matt and Delia's Picks Crossword Puzzle:
For when class is boring
On-Campus
Come out and support the men’s soccer team as they take on Em-
erson College on Saturday Sept. 10. You can catch the women’s soccer
team on Monday Oct.12 as they compete against Rivier at 2:00 pm.
The Suffolk University Hispanic Association will be put-
ting on a Hispanic Inspired Art show in Donahue 128 on
Oct. 8. The show will be from 3-8 p.m. and refreshments will
also be served. Come support art and a great Suffolk club!
Off-Campus
Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate will be conducting its final per-
formance at the Lyric Stage on Oct. 10. The Lyric Stage is lo-
cated at 140 Clarendon St. Tickets range from $29-54 and
can be purchased by calling (617) 585-5678. To get to the
Lyric Stage, take the Green line to Copley Square Station.
The cold weather is coming and the Bruins season has begun.
After their game opener on the 1st and 7-2 win over the Hurricanes
on the 3rd, Bruins are scheduled to play 6 more home games in the
month of October. Stay alert, the Hub will sell discounted tickets for
selective games to students. For all other ticket purchases, head on
over to TD Bank or buy them online through a ticketmaster outlet.
Across
* 1. Fancy fabric
* 5. ''___ for Life''
* 9. Many truckers
Easy Sudoku * 14. Matinee follower?
* 15. ___-Tass
* 16. Nostalgic song
* 17. ''Lara Croft: ___ Raider''
* 18. Pacific islands plant
* 19. Oscar winner Rainer
* 20. What the thrifty plumb-
er was doing in the produce
aisle?
* 23. HBO competitor
* 25. Solving cry
* 26. Legal thing
* 27. What the angry police-
man was doing in the produce
aisle?
* 32. Breathing problem
* 33. Gregory Peck horror
flick (with ''The'')
* 34. C'___ la vie
* 37. Give up
* 38. Word before point or
larceny
* 40. Director Preminger
* 41. Language suffix
* 42. It's sought after in
Washington
* 43. Computer bulletin
board mgr.
* 44. What the clumsy mason
was doing in the produce aisle?
* 48. UFO crew
* 49. ___ de Triomphe
* 50. Remuneration
* 51. What the efficient laun-
dress was doing in the produce
aisle?
* 57. Lessen
* 58. Widemouthed jug
* 59. ''Excuse me''
* 62. It may be spread
* 63. Some deer
* 64. Corrida participant
October 7, 2009
* 65. Not lax
* 66. Church recess
* 67. In-box clutter, perhaps
Down
* 1. Not sober
* 2. Hustle-bustle
* 3. Like some interest
* 4. Renowned isle of exile
* 5. Chinese fruit tree
* 6. Marie Osmond, e.g.
* 7. Pakistani wrapper
* 8. 1982 Disney film starring
Jeff Bridges
* 9. Irish lass
* 10. Most sad
* 11. Ms. Brickell
* 12. Danger
* 13. Gets the picture
* 21. Accompaniment to a
drum roll
* 22. Say ''hi'' to
* 23. Where the stars are
* 24. Wishes
* 28. Maiden name preceder
* 29. ''Teflon Don''
* 30. ASCAP alternative
* 31. Goes into business
* 35. Pore on a leaf
* 36. ___-turvy
* 38. Popular pop
* 39. ''The Raven'' monogram
* 40. Olive ___
* 42. Ann of ''Private Secre-
tary''
* 43. Pooch savers (Abbr.)
* 45. Religious leader
* 46. City in Italy
* 47. Travolta musical
* 51. Ares to the Romans
* 52. Border on
* 53. Docile
* 54. Screenwriter Ephron
* 55. Gooey stuff
* 56. ''Darn it!''
* 60. Big block of time
* 61. Apple pie's partner?
 PAGE 13 October 7, 2009

Sports briefs
New football league launches Thursday
Tired of the same old football from the National Foot-
ball League? An upstart challenger, the United States Football
Men's Soccer League, is set to commence its inaugural season this Thursday.
Oct. 10 vs. Emerson, 1 p.m.
Oct. 13 @ Emmanuel, 7 p.m.
Women's Tennis The league features four teams: the California Redwoods, Flori-
da Tuskers, New York Sentinels and Las Vegas Locomotives. The
Oct. 7 vs. Simmons, 6:30 p.m.
league will feature dozens of former NFL’ers, including former
Oct. 11 @ Emmanuel, 12 p.m.
New England Patriot Jermaine Wiggins, WR Koren Robinson, DE
Women's Soccer Oct. 14 @ UMass Boston, 3 p.m.
Simeon Rice and Super Bowl XXXVII MVP Dexter Jackson. The
Oct. 7 @ Mt. Ida, 3:30 p.m. USFL also has a coach with Super Bowl experience in Jim Fassel,
Oct. 12 vs. Rivier, 2 p.m.
Oct. 14 vs. Mass Maritime, 8:30 p.m.
Women's Volleyball who brought the New York Giants to Super Bowl XXXV. While
Oct. 8 @ Salem State, 6 p.m. the league isn't expected to overtake the NFL in terms of popu-
Oct. 13 vs. Newbury, 7 p.m. larity, it does boast some significant talent. According to statistics
Cross-Country posted on ESPN.com, almost 55-percent of the league's players
Oct. 10 @ Westfield State played Division I college football, and almost 31-percent were
drafted into the NFL at some point. Most players will earn under

GNAC standings $60,000 per season, but some will earn over $100,000. One game
per week will be broadcast on Versus, the cable sports channel.

Women's soccer Men's soccer Women's tennis

MLB announces comeback kids
1. Emerson 6-1-1 1. Simmons 6-0
2. St. Joseph's (ME) 5-0-1 1.St. Joseph's (ME) 3-1 2. Suffolk 4-0 Major League Baseball handed out its Comeback Player of
3. Emmanuel 4-2-1 2. Lasell 2-0-1 3. Emmanuel 3-1 the Year Awards earlier this week, with Aaron Hill of the To-
4. Johnson & Wales 4-1 3. Norwich 2-1-1 4. Emerson 3-2 ronto Blue Jays taking the award in the American League and
5. Lasell 3-0-2 4. Mt. Ida 2-1 5. St. Joseph's (CT) 1-3 Chris Carpenter of the St. Louis Cardinals snagging the award
6. Simmons 3-1-2 5. Johnson & Wales 2-1 6. Johnson & Wales 1-3 in the National League. Hill played only 55 games in 2008 af-
7. Albertus Magnus 3-2-2 6. Albertus Magnus 2-2 7. Mt. Ida 1-3 ter suffering a concussion, but returned this year to set career
8. St. Joseph's (CT) 3-3-1 7. Emerson 2-3 8. Albertus Magnus 0-3 highs in all of the major offensive categories, with 36 home
9. Norwich 2-3-1 8. Suffolk 1-0-2 9. Pine Manor 0-4 runs, 108 RBIs, 195 hits and 103 runs. Carpenter, limited to only
10. Rivier 1-3-1 9. Rivier 0-3 four starts in two years because of shoulder and elbow issues,
11. Pine Manor 0-6 10. Emmanuel 0-4 finished the season with a 17-4 record and a 2.24 ERA. The St.
12. Suffolk 0-6 Louis pitcher may still be adding more hardware to his trophy
*All standings are
13. Mt. Ida 0-6 case before the year ends, as many baseball pundits are also
current as of October 6.
naming Carpenter a contender for the NL Cy Young Award.

NBA to allow more replays

According to FoxSports.com, the NBA has expanded the use
of instant replay for the upcoming season. Previously, referees
were only allowed to use instant replay in three situations: to
determine whether or not a shot was taken before the time on the
game clock expired, whether or not a shot taken near the three-
point line should count as two points or three and whether or
not a player fouled in the act of the aforementioned shot should
have two or three free throws. However, refs will now be al-
lowed to use instant replay to determine whether or not a shot
was taken or a foul committed before the 24-second shot clock
expired and to closer examine which player touched the ball last
before it went out of bounds. The exception to the latter adden-
dum is that replay will only be used to examine out of bounds
calls in the last two minutes of a game (regulation or overtime).

Crabtree resumes talks with 49ers

Disgruntled WR Michael Crabtree, the 10th pick in this
past year's NFL Draft, is apparently ready to start talking with
the San Francisco 49ers again, according to a report on ESPN.
com. Crabtree and the 49ers have been in a contract stalemate
since the days after the draft, with the former Texas Tech star
reportedly turning down a contract that would have guaranteed
him $16 million dollars. He believes he deserves more money,
perhaps money in line with a top-five pick. ESPN stated that
if the 49ers don't sign the wideout by November 17, he will be
ineligible to play for the rest of the season. If he is not traded
or signed by the end of the season, he will be put back into
next year's draft. Crabtree's willingness to resume talks may
have been influenced by the 49ers successful start to the sea-
son, as the boys from the Bay Area currently sport a 3-1 record.
 PAGE 14 October 7, 2009

American League playoff preview

Sox seek return to October glory For Angels, it's "Win it
for Eric"
Matt West will be left off of the roster, at
been the staple in a strong but
Journal Staff inconsistent starting rotation. least for the divisional round.
Offensively, the Red Sox the Angels traded Sean Rodri-
The Boston Red Sox are pre- Lester seems to be playing the Andrew Macdougall
have found their niche, spe- guez and two minor leaguers
paring for their sixth postsea- role Beckett did in 2007, with Journal Staff
to the Tampa Bay Rays for ace
son in the
Five and a half months Scott Kazmir, adding yet an-
last seven
after the tragic loss of their other strong arm to the Angels’
y e a r s ,
teammate, the Los Angeles An- line up. With the explosion of
having
gels of Anaheim finished their Kendry Morales’ homerun total
become
American League West Cham- (34), Torii Hunter’s continued
one of
pionship celebrations by pay- dominance (90 RBI; .997 Field-
the more
ing tribute on the field. As a ing Percentage), and the pitch-
success-
team, they jogged out to right ing dominance of Brian Fuen-
ful clubs
center field, where a portrait tes (48 saves), Joe Saunders (16
in all of
of 22-year old Nick Adenhart wins), Jered Weaver (16 wins),
baseball.
and his number 34 have been and John Lackey (11 wins),
Consistent
since his tragic death in a car the Angels hope to carry their
winning
accident April 9. There, the extremely successful regular
b r i n g s
proclaimed “doing-it-for-Ad- season into the post season.
even high-
enhart” Angels high-fived the Standing in the Angels’
er expecta-
tions, with picture of their beloved friend, way once again this post sea-
a “cham- and doused the mural in bubbly son are the Boston Red Sox. For
pionship in memory of a friend whose the fourth time in the past six
young life ended so tragically. years, the Red Sox and the An-
or bust”
Image Courtesy of Keith Allison/WikiCommons The team began the year off gels will meet in the American
mentality
slowly, and several weeks into League Divisional Series, which
ingrained The Red Sox will need Jon Lester to be healthy and at the top of his game if
the season, they found them- does not bode well for the An-
in the lo- they want to win their third World Series in six years.
selves behind both the Texas gels. In the past three playoff
cal mass-
es. The 2009 squad has all the each and every one of his starts cifically after the acquisition Rangers and the Seattle Mari- series, the Red Sox own a 12-1
pieces to claim another title, predetermined victories. Lester of slugger Victor Martinez. ners. As the season progressed, lopsided record against the
but questions still exist as to is dealing with a quad injury he Since coming to the team in however, the Angels reasserted Angels, with the only Angels
themselves at the top of the win coming in a closely con-
how good this team really is. sustained against the New York that deadline trade, Martinez
AL West. At one point midway tested game last fall. Look for
First and foremost is the Yankees last week, while Beck- has hit .330 with six home runs
through the year, eight out of the strong pitching staff, and
health of their top two starting ett is battling a lingering back and 30 RBI. Martinez’ presence
the nine every day starters were even stronger hitting lineup to
pitchers, Jon Lester and Josh problem. The team's postsea- in this lineup has given them
batting over .300. In August, give Boston a run for its money.
Beckett. Beckett, who had been son success can be placed heav- a legitimate slugger who can
fairly dominant all year, ran ily on how these two men pitch. drive in runs on a daily basis.
into a road block his last four After Beckett and Les- Ultimately, the Red Sox 2009 Red Sox ALDS Schedule
starts. Although he still won 17 ter, Clay Buchholz will start have their most balanced team
games, his ERA shows a some- game three. The team an- since 2007. With arguably the Game 1: Red Sox @ Angels, Oct. 8, 9:37 p.m.
what inconsistent year where nounced that should there be best bullpen in the game, plus Game 2: Red Sox @ Angels, Oct. 9, 9:37 p.m.
he was spectacular at some a fourth game in the opening good starting pitching and de- Game 3: Angels @ Red Sox, Oct. 11, TBD
points and fairly bad at others. series, either Beckett or Les- fense, this team is poised to Game 4 (If nec.): Angels @ Red Sox, Oct. 12, TBD
Conversely, Lester has ter will start. It appears that make a run at winning another Game 5 (If nec.): Red Sox @ Angels, Oct. 14, TBD
pitched well all season and has Tim Wakefield and Paul Byrd World Series Championship.
Games 1 & 2 will air on TBS

Feeling the pressure, it's "ring #27 or bust" for the Yankees
Mike Giannattasio
Journal Staff
The New York Yankees,
the team with the best regu-
lar-season record at 103-59,
are getting ready to play ei-
ther the Minnesota Twins or
Detroit Tigers in the Ameri-
can League Division Series.
Winners of the American
League Eastern Division by
eight games over the second
place and Wild Card win-
ning Boston Red Sox, expec-
tations are high for the Yan-
kees, who have the highest
payroll in Major League Base-
ball at just over $208 million.
With newly-acquired addi-
tions during the off-season like
MVP candidate Mark Teixeira
and Cy Young candidate CC
Sabathia, the Yankees had their
best regular season since 2002.
Their offense was extraor-
dinary as the club finished the
season first in hits (1604), runs
(915), RBIs (881) and home
runs (244). The Yankees also
had solid pitching, led by Sa-
bathia, who finished his first
season in a Yankee uniform
with a 19-8 record and a 3.37
ERA, and dominant closer
Mariano Rivera, who finished
the season with 44 saves.
While the Yankees had the
regular season they hoped for,
it will all be forgotten if they get
knocked out in the first round.
The club lost in the American
Division Series three years in a
row from 2005-2007 and did not
qualify for the playoffs last year.
In order for the Bronx
Bombers to play well this Octo-
ber, many critical questions still
need to be answered as they
enter the playoffs this week.
One of the most impor-
tant parts of the Yankees’ fate
this postseason is whether or
not Alex Rodriguez will be
able to deliver under playoff
pressure. As baseball's high-
est-paid player at $33 million
a year, A-Rod has failed to
meet the heightened expec-
tations in October since be-
coming a member of the club.
Other key questions to be
asked are whether or not first
year manager Joe Giradi can
lead the team to a World Series
and if Mark Teixeira will he be
able to be clutch as a member
of the Yankees in the playoffs.
Furthermore, if the Yan-
kees meet the Red Sox in the
American League Champion-
ship Series, will Sabathia be
able to overcome those Red
Sox bats, when he was unable
to as a member of the Cleve-
land Indians in the 2007 ALCS.
Other important factors
have to do with pitching. Can
Joba Chamberlain be effective
in the playoffs, and will sec-
ond starting pitcher A.J. Bur-
nett be able to deliver in Octo-
ber as well? Additionally, will
Phil Hughes be a capable set-
up man for Mariano Rivera?
Only time will tell if the
Yankees can find answers to
all of the critical questions sur-
rounding the club this post-
season and if they can cap-
ture their 27th World Series
title, and their first since 2000.
 PAGE 15 October 7, 2009

National League playoff preview

Finally in, Twins look to make noise Dodgers want World
Alex Mellion
Journal Staff
The 2009 Minnesota Twins
(86-76 regular season record)
showed that it doesn’t matter
how long you’re in first place,
just as long as you’re in first
place at the end of the season.
After beating the Detroit Tigers
in a one-game playoff yester-
day, the Twins won the Ameri-
can League Central Division
Title. Prior to yesterday, the
Twins hadn't been in first place
since May 10. The Twins now
hope to continue their magi-
cal run against the New York
Yankees, as they try to make
their final season playing in the
Metrodome a memorable one.
The Twins’ offense is lead
by American League MVP
frontrunner Joe Mauer, who
boasts a Major-League lead-
ing .364 batting average to
go along with 28 HRs and 96
RBIs. Mauer will have to carry
the bulk of the offensive load
in order for the Twins to suc-
ceed in the playoffs. Besides
Mauer, the Twins will look
to fellow “M & M Boy” Justin
Morneau, who had another
stellar season, finishing with 30
HRs and 100 RBIs, his fourth
straight season with 100+ RBIs.
The “M & M Boys” will look to
prolong the life of the Metro-
dome before the Twins move
to a new stadium next sea-
son, and they will be counted
on heavily to help the Twins
advance to the World Series.
The pitching staff is a col-
lection of players who even
the most die-hard baseball fan offs, after being seven games Series in Mannywood
would have trouble identify- out with 26 games to go in the Andrew Macdougall
ing. Scott Baker led the team regular season, but now that Journal Staff for steroids. The league hand-
with 15 wins, Nick Blackburn they’re in, expect them to get the After starting the season ed Ramirez a 50-game sus-
had 11 and Kevin Slowey had rest of the league to notice. It’s with an MLB record 13 straight pension, and left the Dodgers
10. Fransisco Liriano, whom tough to think that they could home wins, and having an with a major gap to fill in left
many were calling the next Jo- beat the Yankees in a short five- MLB best record of 29-13, the field. Luckily for the Dodgers,
han Santana, stumbled through game series, but expect them Los Angeles Dodgers found Juan Pierre filled in admirably.
an injury-plagued season and to give the Yankees all they themselves in a final weekend In Manny’s absence, hit over
finished with a dismal 5-13 can handle before bowing out. series against the Colorado .300 and drove in more runs
record, to go Rockies to deter- in his first 30 games than Man-
along with his mine the winner ny did in his first 30 games.
5.80 ERA. The of the National The rest of the season was
only Twins League West. Af- up and down for the Dodgers,
pitcher whom ter clinching the but they had very consistent
baseball fans West this past Sat- hitting and pitching. Hitters
may recognize urday, the Dodg- like Pierre, Matt Kemp (26 HR,
is their closer, ers are looking to 101 RBI), James Loney (90 RBI),
Joe Nathan, take their potent and Ramirez (only 19 HR and
who had anoth- pitching staff and 63 RBI) kept the team afloat.
er stellar season hitting squad to Midway through the year, the
with 47 saves, St. Louis to face team traded with the Arizona
which was the “Prince” Albert Diamondbacks to obtain pitch-
second most in Pujols and the St. er John Garland, who had a
the American Louis Cardinals. stellar career with the Chicago
League. If the The first White Sox and Los Angeles
Twins have the month of the sea- Angels. Garland posted a 3-2
lead going into son went about as record in his six starts before
the ninth in- well as you could the post-season, but lost his
ning, don’t ex- hope for from last three. Along with Garland,
pect Joe Nathan the Dodgers, but pitchers like Jonathan Broxton
to cough it up. as the calendar (7 wins and 36 saves), George
The Twins-Yan- changed to May, Sherrill (26 saves; 1.70 ERA),
kees series will the team would Randy Wolf (11 wins), and
showcase two be challenged in Vicente Padilla (12 wins) led
of the premier a very big way. the team to the NL West title.
closers in the On May 7, news Expect the Cardinals to be a
Major Leagues: came out that star tough test for the Dodgers in the
Nathan and slugger, and for- first-round Divisional Series.
Mariano Rivera. mer Boston Red The Cardinals have a tougher
The Minne- Sox player, Man- 1-2 punch in the rotation with
sota Twins were Image Courtesy of shgmom56/WikiCommons ny Ramirez, had Carpenter (17 wins) and Wain-
not expecting to failed the league’s wright (MLB Best 19 wins), as
be in the play- Manny Ramirez is looking to return to the World Series drug testing policy well as having a much more po-
for the first time since 2007
by testing positive tent lineup from top to bottom.

Led by Albert Pujols, Cardinals are poised to take title

Matt West
Journal Staff
The St. Louis Cardinals
head into the postseason as
one of the favorites, boasting
one of the better pitching staffs
in all of baseball, not to men-
tion arguably the best overall
player in Albert Pujols. Having
won the World Series just three
years ago, this veteran-laden
squad clearly knows how to
win baseball games in Octo-
ber. Additionally, after mak-
ing some strategic moves near
the July 31st trade deadline,
acquiring slugger Matt Holli-
day, pitcher John Smoltz, and
infielder Julio Lugo, the Car-
dinals have become the team
to beat in the National League.
During head coach Tony
La Russa’s tenure in St. Louis,
his teams have been known
to rely heavily on good pitch-
ing and solid defense to win
games. This season has been
no different, with the Cardinals
having two of the best pitchers
in all of baseball in Chris Car-
penter and Adam Wainwright,
both of whom are in contention
to win the Cy Young Award at
season’s end. Carpenter, who
won the Cy Young in 2005,
pitched once in 2007 and just
three times in 2008. Heading
into this season, fans and critics
alike did not know what to ex-
pect from a man who had been
through Tommy John Surgery
just two years ago. He silenced
those critics, logging almost
200 innings and winning 17
games while posting an ex-
tremely impressive 2.24 ERA.
Wainwright, who was the
closer for the 2006 Champion-
ship team, was transformed
into a starter in 2007 and has
become one of the elite young
pitchers in the game. He fin-
ished the year with 19 wins
and an equally impressive
2.63 ERA. Moreover, he has
become a great complement
to Carpenter at the top of the
rotation, and will be huge
in a short postseason series.
Although the Cardinals'
starting rotation and bullpen
seem to be their catalysts for
success, their bats have the
ability to take over during any
postseason game. With the ad-
dition of the aforementioned
Holliday, the Cardinals seem
to have found an extremely
well-balanced offensive attack.
While outfielder Ryan Ludwick
did not live up to the standards
he set last year with a some-
what underwhelming season,
the team realized he was not
a viable cleanup hitter behind
Pujols. Plugging Holliday into
the number four spot in the
lineup has relieved some of that
pressure from Ludwick and ul-
timately has paid dividends.
The Cardinals have the
most balanced team in the Na-
tional League, with a strong
bullpen, a great group of start-
ing pitchers and a strong lineup
Ultimately, this balance coupled
with their postseason experi-
ence makes them the team to
beat in the National League.
Disagree with the
previews? Is it going to
be another Sox-Yankees
ALCS? Email the sports
section at suffolksports@
gmail.com and let us
know what you think!
 PAGE 16
Rams try to keep up winning ways
Dan Ryan
Journal Staff
Women's tennis
Currently sitting in second
place in the GNAC with five
matches to play, a conference
title is well within reach for the
women of Suffolk’s tennis team.
The Lady Rams are a perfect
4-0 in GNAC play (5-2 overall),
two games behind first-place
Simmons. However, the Sharks
(8-4, 6-0 GNAC) have played
two more conference games
and five more games overall,
allowing the Lady Rams plenty
of time to catch up. The Lady
Rams have four GNAC match-
es left, including a huge one to-
night against Simmons. Suffolk
will be the home team for the
match, which bodes well for
the Lady Rams: they have yet
to lose on their home court this
season, going a perfect 4-0. A
win would pull the Lady Rams
to within one game of the con-
Champs in Philly have closer issues Rockies ready to roll
Alex Mellion
Journal Staff
The Philadelphia Phillies
(93-69 regular season record)
enter the 2009 playoffs with the
biggest target on their backs,
due to the fact that they are the
defending World Series Cham-
pions. Fresh off of their third-
straight National League East
division title and led by slug-
ger Ryan Howard (2nd in the
NL with 45 HRs and a Major
League leading 141 RBIs), the
Phillies will look to recapture
the magic of a year ago, when
they brought the city of Phila-
delphia their first major sports
championship in 25 years. Be-
sides Howard, the team also
has three other feared sluggers
in Chase Utley, Raul Ibanez
and Jayson Werth, who all
have 30+ HRs and 90+ RBIs;
combined, those four players
have 146 HRs and 426 RBIs.
Of course, all teams have
some lingering questions,
and with the Phillies, it’s their
pitching. Coming into the sea-
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ference lead, with three GNAC
matches left. By contrast, Sim-
mons will only have one GNAC
match left after tomorrow.
The Lady Rams split their two
matches this past week, losing
to Rhode Island College before
beating Johnson & Wales by a
score of 5-2. The match against
Simmons will be the first of
three –straight GNAC matches
for the team, as they’ll play at
Albertus Magnus on Oct. 10
and at Emmanuel on Oct. 11.
Men's soccer
The good news: Suffolk’s
men’s soccer team is unde-
feated in GNAC play. The bad
news: they have only one win,
and also have two ties. With
a GNAC record of 1-0-2, the
Rams find themselves in eighth
place in the competitive confer-
ence. Each of the Rams’ remain-
ing six matches will be against
GNAC opponents, including
a make-up game for the Oct. 3
son, Cole Hamels was expected
to be the staff ace. However,
he put together a rather disap-
pointing 2009 campaign, fin-
ishing the season with a 10-11
record and a less than stellar
4.32 ERA. The surprising ace of
the staff has turned out to be 26
year old rookie J.A. Happ, who
finished the season with a 12-4
record and a 2.85 ERA. Man-
ager Charlie Manuel will likely
use Happ as a long-reliever in
the playoffs, but has left open
the possibility of him starting
Game 4 of the Division Series.
The Phillies made the big-
gest move near the MLB trade
deadline, acquiring 2008 AL
Cy Young winner Cliff Lee
from the Indians. Lee won
his first five starts with the
team and finished the sea-
son with a 7-4 record in 12
starts. He will be counted on
heavily in the postseason.
The Phillies had better
hope to have a big lead going
into the ninth inning of every
game, otherwise they will have
match against Johnson & Wales
that got postponed. The Rams
will not play any of the top
three teams in the conference
(St. Joseph’s of ME, Lasell and
Norwich). In fact, only one of
their final five matches will be
against a team in fifth-place or
higher. They’ll play Emerson
(7th), Emmanuel (last), Rivier
(9th), Mt. Ida (4th) and Alber-
tus Magnus (6th). Led by reign-
ing GNAC goalie of the week
Jack DeJesus, the Rams will
have a chance to make up some
serious ground in the race for
the GNAC title. Should the
Rams go on a late season tear
to reach the conference tour-
nament, they know they can
play with the top teams. In
their three games against the
conference's top-three teams,
the Rams didn't lose a game
(1-0-2), and beat the current
first place team, St. Joseph's
of Maine, by a score of 2-0.
to put their fate in the hands
of their suddenly unreliable
closer, Brad Lidge. Lidge had
a remarkable season last year,
converting all 48 of his save op-
portunities (41 regular season
and 7 in the playoffs) en route
to the title. However, this year
has been the complete opposite
for Lidge, who has managed to
blow eleven saves to go along
with his 0-8 record and putrid
7.21 ERA. The Phillies need to
see a return to circa October 2008
form from Lidge, or they risk
an early exit from the playoffs.
Unfortunately for the Phil-
lies, baseball games can’t end
after eight innings, and they
will be forced to use the shaky
Lidge in late game situations. If
Lidge can regain his 2008 form,
the Phillies have to be consid-
ered one of the teams to beat in
the National League. Howev-
er, if he continues to struggle,
it'll be difficult, if not impos-
sible, for the Phillies to repeat
as World Series Champions.
Football rosters due
The Suffolk Athletics De-
partment has announced the
start dates for the upcoming
intramural flag football season.
All rosters are due by Oct. 14,
and must be dropped off with
the department in Ridgeway
204. Roster and rule sheets can
also be picked up in room 204.
Players can either start their
own teams, or can sign up as
free agents and be placed on
Cheerleading to hold
meeting on Thursday
Do you have “Ram Spirit”?
If so, then Suffolk Cheerleading
wants you! Suffolk Cheerlead-
ing will hold an informational
meeting for interested students
on Thursday, Oct. 8 at 5 p.m.
The meeting will take place in
the Munce Conference Room
Mike Giannattasio
Journal Staff
The Colorado Rockies are
one of the most extraordinary
stories of the 2009 Major League
Baseball season. On May 29, the
Rockies were in last place in the
National League West Division
and 13 games behind the first-
place Los Angeles Dodgers.
Then their manager Clint Hur-
dle was fired and Jim Tracey
took over as the new manager.
Since Tracey was hired, the
Rockies have the best record in
the National League, and were
able to secure a playoff spot
by winning the NL Wild Card.
They finished the regu-
lar season with a 92-70 re-
cord and are playing the
2008 World Series Cham-
pion Philadelphia Phillies
in the first round of the Na-
tional League Division Series.
The Rockies, who made
it to the World Series in 2007
but lost to the Boston Red Sox,
have a tremendous offensive
line-up led by Todd Helton
October 7, 2009
teams that need more players.
The games will start the week
of Oct. 19, and will be played
in the afternoon at Puopolo
Field in the North End. Play is
open to all currently enrolled
undergraduates with valid Suf-
folk IDs. Call Coach McConnell
in the Athletics Department
at 617-573-8379 with ques-
tions or for more information.
(Archer 110, use the entrance
on Derne Street). Both new and
returning cheerleading candi-
dates are welcome. For more
information, call the Athletics
Department at 617-573-8739.
and Troy Tulowitzki. Helton
finished the regular season
with a .325 batting average, 15
home runs and 86 runs batted
in. Tulowitzki finished the sea-
son with a .297 batting aver-
age, 32 home runs, and 92 RBIs.
Brad Hawpe and Clint
Barnes also can demonstrate
power, as each of them had twen-
ty-three home runs this season.
Colorado also has very good
pitching, as five of their start-
ing pitchers finished the season
with ten or more wins. Ub-
aldo Jimenez finished the year
with a 15-12 record and a 3.47
earned run average. Jason Mar-
quis had a solid season as well.
However, the Rockies
will not have home advan-
tage in any series and the
media is also questioning
whether or not Tracey, who
has a lack of playoff experi-
ence, will be able to lead the
team throughout the playoffs.
The Rockies, who entered
MLB in 1991, have never won
a World Series title, but that
might change this postseason.