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September 26, 2011Volume 88 Issue 4 www.broadsideonline.com

A Conference VictoryThe Patriot volleyball team

beat the VCU Rams 3-1 for

their first conference win of

the season.

SPORTS • Page 9

Photos by Stephen Kline

Author Stephen King visited George

Mason University on Friday as part of

the Fall for the Book festival. Mason

awarded King the Mason Award for

“extraordinary contributions to bring-

ing literature to a wide reading public.”

As part of the event, held at the

Center for the Arts, King spent time

talking about his inspirations, had a

question-and-answer session and read

excerpts from his upcoming book ti-

tled “11/22/63.”

See ARREST, Page 10

Prescription AbuseAn in-depth look at why

prescription drug abuse

has been on the rise.

STYLE • Page 5

Andre Cornelius, sen-ior point guard for theGeorge Mason Universitymen’s basketball team, hasbeen suspended from theteam pending the outcomeof credit card fraud and lar-ceny charges, resultingfrom his arrest Friday, Sept.16.

Mason has since an-nounced that Corneliuswill be subject to a judicialreview in addition to acriminal trial.

“[Cornelius] has beensummarily suspendedpending the outcome ofthe legal proceedings andan investigation by the uni-versity’s Office of JudicialAffairs,” said MaureenNasser, director of commu-nications for the athleticdepartment.

Cornelius appeared incourt Tuesday, Sept. 20 forhis arraignment at the Fair-fax County Courthouse. Hedid not have to answer toany charges at the arraign-ment, but the defendantdid introduce his attorney,Councilman Manuel A.Capsalis.

A basketball teammanager also accompaniedCornelius at the arraign-ment hearing. It is unclearat this time why the teammanager was present in thecourtroom.

Both Cornelius andhis attorney are expected toreturn to the FairfaxCounty Courthouse for thepreliminary court hearingscheduled for Nov. 15 at 2p.m.

According to theMason Police Botter forSept. 16, Cornelius was ar-rested by Mason police forcredit card fraud and creditcard larceny. He was takento the Fairfax County AdultDetention Center and re-leased on $1,500 unsecuredbond.

After arriving at theFairfax County ADC, Cor-nelius was released on per-

sonal recognizance, allow-ing him to be releasedwithout posting bail afteragreeing to appear in courtand answer for the chargesbrought against him.

Fairfax County Gen-eral District Court con-firmed Cornelius is beingcharged with two counts:one count of felony larcenyand one count of misde-meanor fraud.

On Sept. 19, theMason Police Departmentsaid the case is an “ongoinginvestigation” and theywould not report onspecifics details of the caseat that time.

The department hassince corrected their state-ment by asserting that theinvestigation of the case isclosed.

Per department policy,the Mason Police Depart-ment has declined to dis-close information beyondcriminal incident informa-tion viewable on blotter.

C2M has pursued allpublic case records guaran-teed accessible under theFreedom of InformationAct.

Later in the week, theFairfax County GeneralDistrict Court publishedupdated case information.

Criminal case detailsspecify that Cornelius isbeing charged with creditcard fraud and larceny, inviolation of VA code 18.2-192.

According to the Codeof Virginia — Virginia’sstatutory law — a person isguilty of credit card orcredit card number theftunder four instances:

(a) He takes, obtainsor withholds a credit cardor credit card number fromthe person, possession,custody or control of an-other without the card-holder’s consent or who,with knowledge that it hasbeen

Mason Point Guard

Andre Cornelius

Arrested

Suspended From Team PendingOutcome of Court Proceedings

Stephen King Visits MasonAuthor Shares Details From Upcoming Novel

Adam SylvainC2M Managing Editor

Wrongful ConvictionsThe American justice system is in need

of an overhaul.

OPINION • Page 7

West Campus Connector Planning ContinuesMason Officials Hope Construction Will Be Completed by Fall 2013

The intersection of BraddockRoad and Ox Road is one of thebusiest in Fairfax County, so thehope is that the upcoming WestCampus Connector project will as-suage some of the congestion.

“The actual site and whetherit’s an underpass or bridge hasn’tbeen determined yet,” said JoshCantor, director of parking andtransportation for George MasonUniversity and a co-chair of thetransportation and traffic masterplan. “There will be a connectionthat will either go under or overOx Road somewhere betweenMason Pond Drive and UniversityDrive.”

The $15 million project wasgreen-lit last semester after theVirginia Department of Trans-portation offered the money. Notimetable has been approved offi-

cially, though Cantor said hehopes construction can be fin-ished by fall2013. Masonwill overseeconstructionof the project.

“This be-came a highpriority fromthe countyand VDOT’sp e r s p e c t ivebecause whileit helps theu n i v e r s i t ytremendously,one of themajor issueswe dealt within the masterp l a n n i n gprocess is thetraffic on Braddock Road that hasa definite impact on the nearbycommunity,” Cantor said.

Cantor said the project couldcut traffic on Braddock Road dur-

ing peak hoursby as much as 30percent or more.An entrance tothe universitywill be built nextto the West Cam-pus lot, with aroad that extendsto Ox Road. Thenthere will be ei-ther a bridge oran underpass toprovide access tocampus.

Cantor saidthe hope is that arequest for a pro-posal — the dec-laration thatMason is looking

for a contractor and architect forthe project — can be issued by theend of December. Companies will

then bid on the project, with con-struction likely beginning sum-mer 2012.

An advisory committee madeup of representatives from theCity of Fairfax, Fairfax County,Mason and VDOT is tasked withensuring that the needs of themany different groups impactedby the project are met. In additionto the congestion that will tem-porarily worsen when construc-tion begins, several residentialcommunities near the proposedconstruction site will be affected.

“The West Campus Connec-tor would be moderately close to aneighborhood on Kelly Drive,”Cantor said. “We want to mitigatesound issues and other issues sothe road is low impact. Part of thechallenge is trying to appease dif-ferent groups that have differentinterests while trying to figure outwhat’s physically possible.”

The construction will impact

parking on campus as Cantor said.All or some of the 900-spot WestCampus Lot — with about 500spaces in use, primarily by fresh-men — may have to close. The Pa-triot Village lot, located behindthe RAC, may also have to close.The loss of those 300 spaces in Pa-triot Village would be offset by thereopening of Lot I in January 2012.Lot I is located on the northwest

side of campus and was closedwhen construction began onHousing VIII.

“Hopefully by the end of De-cember we’ll have a much betteridea on the possible impacts [ofthe project],” Cantor said. “Rightnow there are a lot of differentproposals and ideas on the tablethat are being vetted out.”

Gregory ConnollyEditor-in-Chief

“The actual site andwhether it’s an underpass or bridgehasn’t been determined yet. Therewill be a connectionthat will either gounder or over Ox Roadsomewhere betweenMason Pond Drive andUniversity Drive.”

-Josh Cantor, Director ofParking and Transportation

The West Campus Connector, shown above in red, will lower congestion

on Ox Road and Braddock Road. The hope is that construction can begin

next year with a completion date of fall 2013 in mind.

Photo courtesy of facilities.gmu.edu

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801The number of books

that Mason received

as a donation from

C-SPAN.

Monday, September 26, 2011

NewsMonday, Sept. 26

Career Services Workshop: Job Search StrategiesStudent Union Building I, Room 34005:30 - 7 p.m.

Academic Skill Workshop: Improving ConcentrationStudent Union Building I, Room 31291:30 - 2:45 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 27Concert: Enrique Iglesias with Pitbull and Prince Royce

Patriot Center7 p.m.

Faculty Artist SeriesHarris Theatre8 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 28

Resident Student Association Open HouseFormer Corner Pocket between Sandbridge &Blueridge6 - 8 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 29Visual Voice Series: Deborah Bright

Harris Theatre7:30 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 30Alumni Weekend 2011: Dessert Social with ChampagneToast to Dr. and Mrs. Merten

Location TBA7:30 - 8:30 p.m.

POLICE FILES

Theft from BuildingJohnson BuildingComplainant stated that person(s) unknown stole herflute while it was left unattended. (36/Gannon)

Police Files are taken verbatim from www.gmu.edu/police. Broadside does not make any changes to public records.

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Traffic Accident

Patriot Circle

Vehicle 1 struck Vehicle 2 after failing to yield the rightof way. (58/Duangrat)

Drunk in Public

George Mason Blvd/Patriot Circle

Christopher Johnson, 23 (GMU) of McLean, VA andMatthew Foraker, 22 (non GMU) of Woodbridge, VAwere arrested for DIP. Both subjects were transportedand released to the Fairfax County ADC. (38/Rourke)

Medical Assist

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A GMU student has met with CAPS for evalua-tion.(53/Colson)

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Driving While Intoxicated 2nd Offense/5 years,

Possession With Intent to Distribute Cocaine.

Rt.123/Field House

Christopher McPherson, 31 (non-GMU) of Manassas,VA was arrested for DUI 2nd/5 years and was trans-ported to Fairfax ADC where he was held until soberon a $2,500 bond. Cedric Milton, 35 (non-GMU) ofBealeton, VA was arrested for Possession With Intentto Distribute Cocaine and was transported to FairfaxADC where he was held on a $2,500 secured bond.(32/Guston, 40/Ross)

Hit and Run

Lot K

Victim reported their vehicle was struck while parkedin Lot K. Damage estimated at $500.00. (55/ Higgins).

Intimidation

HQ

Victim reported an incident to GMUPD that tookplace in Prince William County. Information is on fileat GMUPD headquarters. (16/Chandler).

Medical Assist

Grayson Hall

Subject was transported to INOVA Access for furtherevaluation and treatment. (37/Radfar)

Extensive Archive of American History a Boon to Mason Libraries

George Mason University hasacquired the complete collectionof the 801 books discussed on C-SPAN’s popular television show“Booknotes,” which ran from 1989to 2004.

“Booknotes” was a successfulshow where host Brian Lamb, whoalso founded C-SPAN, would in-terview a different nonfiction au-thor every week about their book.

Mason acquired the booksdiscussed on “Booknotes” throughthe initiative of John Zenelis, theuniversity librarian. Zenelis saidthat his purpose in acquiring the“Booknotes” collection was tobring primary research materialsto campus. He wanted to do thisbecause he sensed that the“Booknotes” collection had his-torical value and represented a

portion of intellectual history. “That’s what university li-

braries of our research level do,”Zenelis said. “They acquire pri-mary materials that can be usedfor teaching, learning and re-search activities.”

The collection did not costMason a single dollar; they were agift from Brian Lamb and C-SPAN.Zenelis had been a regular viewerof the program and once Lambannounced that the program wascoming to an end, he reached outto the host. “I decided that itwould be worthwhile for me to ex-plore, on behalf of the university,whether we could bring that col-lection here,” Zenelis said.

The initial effort to acquirethe “Booknotes” series was madein 2005, and since then there havebeen a number of contacts, someof which included formal propos-als.

According to Zenelis, the de-cision to give the collection toMason was not made until lastyear and the school did not actu-ally acquire the materials until lastspring.

Zenelis added that this was along process, but typical in casessuch as this. The materials are ex-tremely valuable and have bothnational visibility and signifi-cance.

Plans are in the works tobring together archival materials,such as correspondence withLamb and the authors of thebooks, reviews, newspaper articlesand web postings.

The overall plan is to acquireadditional content around the col-lection, which would then be re-ferred to as archives, Zenelis said.The books will include additionalinformation concerning their au-thors and topics.

The acquiring of the“Booknotes” collection is part ofan overall plan that has threephases, and, according to Zenelis,Mason is currently only in the firstphase. Librarians will also beworking with faculty to tie to-gether books from the collectionwith curriculum in relevantclasses. The collection is currentlyhoused in the special collectionsand archives section of the library.Students who wish to view the ac-tual “Booknotes” interviews maydo so by going onto the library cat-alog and searching for individualbooks featured in the televisionseries. The descriptions contain alink to the full interviews.

Zenelis said he hopes thatstudents will take full advantageof the collection being housed atMason. “We’re doing this for edu-cational purposes, not for curios-ity,” Zenelis said.

Justin LalputanNews Editor

Mason Gets C-Span Booknotes

Getting to Know Mason’s LLCsCommunities Offer Many Opportunities to Residents

George Mason University ishome to 13 Living Learning Com-munities, each of which offermany benefits for residents whojoin them. LLCs are sections ofresident housing, sometimes evenwhole floors, where students withsimilar interests and majors electto live near each other.

Enrollment into an LLC is notdescribed as a complicated proce-dure.

When students sign up foron-campus housing, they have theopportunity to join one. After sub-mitting the general housing appli-cation, residents must alsocomplete a separate LLC applica-tion where they answer threequestions: why they wish to jointhe LLC, how it will help them intheir future career and somethingunique about themselves.

After this process, candidatesmay then have to attend inter-views to determine if they are agood fit for the LLC of theirchoice.

In addition, residents may berequired to attend summer orien-tation and the LLC Brunch, as wellas attend classes pertinent to theLLC of which they belong.

“We’re really tight knit,” saidart and visual technology majorJenna Krashin, who is a member of

the Mindful Living LLC. “We haveclass once a week, and we go on re-treats … [The upper classmen are]going on another one in about amonth.”

LLCs can have a positive im-pact on a resident’s social life.They serve as an alternative tojoining a fraternity or sorority.

“You can have a great sociallife without having to go Greek,”Krashin said. The Mindful LivingLLC parties together, celebratesholidays, and holds study sessionsand movie nights. Its members arealso planning to engage in a com-munity service project.

Charles Coats, RA of the Sus-tainability LLC, agrees that stu-dents in an LLC get along well.“They [seemed to] have this inter-connectedness before they evenmet each other,” said Coats, a jun-ior global and environmentalchange major. “Before they evengot here, they knew they weregoing to be living on a floor withpeople that have similar valuesand majors.”

However, Coats denies thatbeing interconnected is some-thing that is unique to being in anLLC. “It starts with the RA; everyfloor on this campus is a commu-nity,” said Coats. “It takes oneleader to step up and make surethe community understands andvalues each other.”

Even so, being part of an LLC

is a good opportunity for studentsto meet people who are like-minded, and can also lead to last-ing relationships, bothprofessional and personal. “Thepeople in the LLC are really my

best friends, and that’s what’sgreat about it,” Krashin said.

Any resident interested in anLLC is encouraged to contact theOffice of Housing and ResidenceLife.

Justin LalputanNews Editor

Photo by Stephen Kline

The Honors College LLC is located in Eastern Shore. Students in the LLC

are all in the Honors College and they interact daily.

A candle-light vigil was held for Troy Davis at North Campus Plaza Sept. 19. Davis was convicted of

the murder of a Georgia police officer in 1989. The vigil was set up by Amnesty International GMU, a

non-profit human rights organization at George Mason University. Davis pleaded not guilty to his

charges during his trial and subsequent appeals, spending 20 years in prision. His case had caught the

attention of many organizations, celebrities and the public. Davis was executed Thursday.

Photos by Dakota Cunningham

Students Hold Candlight Vigil For Troy Davis

Monday, September 26, 2011 | 3BroadsideNews

Suzanne Smith, a professor ofhistory at George Mason Univer-sity, has been named a finalist forthe Annual Library of Virginia Lit-erary Award.

The award is given to influen-tial Virginian authors in the gen-res of poetry, fiction andnonfiction.

“My overall interest as a pro-fessor is the history of black en-trepreneurship and the history ofhow blacks engage in capitalismand business,” Smith said.

Smith, who received herPh.D. from Yale University inAmerican Studies, is being recog-nized for her nonfiction book, “ToServe the Living: Funeral Direc-tors and the African AmericanWay of Death.”

The award will be presentedon Oct. 15 at the Library of Vir-ginia in Richmond.

“I have been told by the or-ganizers that I will receive a medalfor being in the top three,” Smithsaid. “The award is acknowledgingthe quality of my writing; my abil-ity to tell the story of these funeraldirectors. Beyond it just being

good history, I think it’s good his-tory as well, but I think it’s ac-knowledging my skills as astoryteller, which is kind of excit-ing.”

The book talks about blackfuneral directors who firmly sup-ported the long struggle for free-dom while fulfilling their duties ofburying those who had passedaway.

“In general,the black funeraldirectors tend tostill have blackc o n s u m e r s , ”Smith said. Herbook discussesthe effect ofracial integrationon the busi-nesses of blackfuneral directors.

“On my fu-neral director book, I was invitedto be a speaker at the National Fu-neral Directors Association meet-ing last fall in New Orleans and Igot to speak before all these fu-neral directors and they acknowl-edged how much my book meantto their profession,” Smith said.

Smith has also written a bookcalled “Dancing in the Street: Mo-town and the Cultural Politics of

Detroit.” “My first book is called

‘Dancing in the Street: Motownand the Cultural Politics of De-troit’ and that was focusing onanalysis of what the Motownrecord company and its musicmeant to not only the UnitedStates in general in the sixties, butspecifically the black community

in Detroit,”Smith said.

The bookdiscusses thecultural ac-tivists andblack civilrights move-ment in De-troit.

“When Iwas drawn tothe Motownstory, it’s his-

torically one of the most success-ful black, if not the mostsuccessful black corporations ofthe 20th century. I was interestedin the music, but I was also inter-ested in the history of Motown asa business,” Smith said.

The book was very successful,and won third prize in RollingStone magazine.

“I was really proud of that

award because it was given byRolling Stone magazine for excel-lence in the history of popularmusic writing,” Smith said. “I wasvery aware at that awards cere-mony that my book was reachinga much wider audience. TheRolling Stone Award was probablythe biggest award I have [re-ceived].”

According to Smith, Bill-board magazine editor TimothyWhite called Smith’s book “kindof a ground-breaking re-analysisof the influence of Motown musicin America.”

“He did a whole editorialabout my Motown book in Bill-board which was a tremendoushonor,” Smith said.

The Berklee College of Musicinvited Smith to come speak inBoston, Mass., last year and a con-cert was held in honor of Smith’swork.

“People in the music industrytell me my book is valuable tothem, and the people in the fu-neral industry tell me the bookchanges how they see their ownindustry. That’s fantastic,” Smithsaid. “What’s really exciting to meabout my scholarship is that itbridges all these other differentareas, like I said the music indus-

try and the funeral industry. Peo-ple really connect with my work.”

Smith also attended theAfrican American Funeral Direc-tors Convention last year.

“I was the keynote speaker inAugust 2010 at the African Ameri-can Funeral Directors Conven-tion,” Smith said. “I gave a wholepresentation on the book, and atthe end of the talk I got a standingovation. They caught [on] how

much I cared. They saw that I hadrecovered a history that they had-n’t been able to get themselves be-cause they are busy funeraldirectors and they are not histori-ans, and they appreciated it and itwas a very emotional, powerfulmoment for me.”

“I love researching, I lovebeing a historian, and I loveAfrican-American history. I lovewhat I do,” Smith said.

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Mason Professor to Receive Medal Suzanne Smith is Recognized for Work on Nonfiction BookAhsan ZamanAsst. News Editor

“I love researching, Ilove being a historian,and I love African-American history. Ilove what I do.”

-Suzanne Smith, Finalistfor Annual Library of Virginia Literary Award

Suzanne Smith, a finalist for the Annual Library of Virginia Literary

Award, is a professor of history here at Mason.

Construction to Take Place atPrince William Campus

George Mason University of-ficials attended a groundbreakingceremony at the Prince Williamcampus for the construction of anew life sciences building and anew graduate student residencehall on Wednesday, Sept. 14,

Among those in attendancewere Mason President AlanMerten, Mason Provost PeterStearns and Dean of Mason’s Col-lege of Science Vikas Chandhoke.

The life sciences building willprovide more opportunities for re-search and, in the process, willhelp stimulate program growth. Itwill also become home to Mason’sCenter for Applied Proteomicsand Molecular Medicine, whosemain focus is on the research ofmicroscopic proteins.

According to the Mason

Gazette, Mason is hoping that thenew life sciences building, whichcontains a large amount of incu-bator space, will motivate otherbiotech companies to build newlabs in the area.

The new graduate studentresidence hall will be the first on-campus student housing availableat Mason’s Prince William Cam-pus.

The residence hall will allow152 graduate students to live in 112apartments, according to theMason Gazette.

The life sciences building isexpected to be completed byspring 2013, and the residence hallshould be completed by late sum-mer 2012, according to the MasonGazette.

-Ahsan Zaman

Mason Takes Part in ResearchConcerning Breast Cancer Diagnoses

October is National Breast

Cancer Awareness Month. Re-cently, research from GeorgeMason University and the Univer-sity of Oregon has examined thecorrelation between diagnoses ofbreast cancer and the awarenesscampaign.

In short, the two universitieswere investigating whether breastcancer awareness campaigns legit-imately increase the number of di-agnoses made.

It was found that in the mid-1990s, breast cancer awarenesscampaigns in October did in factincrease the number of diagnosesthe following November.

In the Mason Gazette article“Mission Accomplished for BreastCancer Awareness Month?”,Kathryn Jacobsen, associate pro-fessor in the Department ofGlobal and Community Health,said that breast cancer awarenesswas a prime subject for the studydue to its status as one of thelongest-running and most-popu-

lar awareness campaigns in theU.S.

In recent years, the increasein the number of diagnoses fol-lowing various breast cancerawareness campaigns has de-clined, which some researchers in-terpret as a good sign.

This could possibly meanthat the spike in diagnoses is nolonger as noticeable becausewomen are taking note of earlysigns of breast cancer year-roundinstead of primarily in October.

The study was published inthe Journal of Health Economicsin January.

-Justin Lalputan

Vision Series Explores Parkinson’s and Addiction

Avrama Blackwell, head ofthe Computational and Experi-mental Neuroplasticity Labora-tory at the Krasnow Institute forAdvanced Study presented a newaddition to the vision series Sep-

tember 19. She gave a presentation enti-

tled “Dopamine, Parkinson’s Dis-ease, and Habit Learning.”Blackwell spoke on Parkinson’sdisease and addiction, specificallythe interaction between takingdrugs and the “rewards” that theygive the user which go on to formaddictions.

-Justin Lalputan

Mason Participates in LightsOut Power Down Program

George Mason University hasa reputation for being a large con-sumer of electricity. On June 21,2011, the Office of Energy Manage-ment at Mason asked students,faculty and staff to participate in aprogram called “Lights Out —Power Down!” which promotedreducing electricity for one hour.From 2 to 3 p.m. students and staffunplugged electrical devices,turned off lights that were not inuse and lowered the air condition-

ing. According to EnergyConnect,

Inc., a demand response aggrega-tor, Mason’s Fairfax Campus re-duced energy usage by 2,500kilowatts during this time.

The initial goal was to reduceenergy by 1,500 kilowatts for aone-hour span.

Mason also joined the Inter-ruptible Load for Reliability pro-gram three years ago.

This program pays con-sumers to lower electrical usage inthe event of an emergency situa-tion.

As a result of lowering energyuse by 1,500 kilowatts and suc-cessfully meeting its goal, Masonis expected to receive $51,345 fromILR.

The payment will be used forfuture energy reduction programs,according to the Mason Gazette.

-Ahsan Zaman

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The Math Club has joinedwith the Physics Club after low en-rollment made it difficult for offi-cers to hold the clubs together.

“Our goal is to provide stu-dents with a venue to pursue theirinterests in math and physics withtheir peers. We hope to connectstudents with opportunities in thefield after they graduate, and raiseawareness about math and physicsin the community,” said NickChaung, the president of the club,

The club offers an informalgathering for students to discussrelevant topics.

“Anyone is welcome to stopby, we get a cross section of stu-dents from the science and mathdepartments. Don’t feel intimi-dated, we have students of all lev-els,” said Chaung, a senior mathmajor.

Activities at the meetingsvary from relaxed movie nights totalks from guest speakers in thefield.

“Our vice president works fora government agency so shearranged for a statistician to comespeak to the club in October,” saidChaung.

According to Chaung,many people do not knowwhat kinds of careers stu-dents can go into after earn-ing a degree in mathematicsor physics. One of the club’sgoals is to provide studentswith real-life connectionsand interactions with peopleworking in the field. They arealso educated on job possibil-ities.

Chaung hopes to get theclub involved in the annualWilliam Lowell PutnamMathematical Competitionheld each December. DanielAnderson, a math professor,holds practice sessions everyFriday to prepare students forthe competition.

“Winning in the PutnamCompetition would put anyone’smath career well on its way andhelp them earn a Ph.D. in math,”Chaung said.

Prizes for winning the com-petition range from $250 to$25,000.

Before declaring himself as amath major, Chaung said he hadconsidered going into either eco-nomics or philosophy.

“I hated math in high school.It wasn’t until I took Calculus II

with Professor Brian Lawrencethat I appreciated it. I alwaysthought math was about crunch-ing numbers, but he challenged usto think creatively about math,”said Chaung.

“The nice thing about theclub is it offers a system of guid-ance and support to math majors,especially, Chaung said. “ Themath department doesn’t holdvery many events or have strictdeadlines for meeting with advis-ers, so the club is a nice way foryounger students to find upper-classmen mentors.”

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Three years in the making, the Pa-triot Green Fund is the product of thehard work and persistence of the GeorgeMason University Environmental ActionGroup and the Office of Sustainability. Itwill fund projects with the goal of pro-moting environmental awareness andsustainability in the Mason community.

Each year it will provide $80,000 tomake upgrades to infrastructure thatwould reduce Mason’s impact on the en-vironment. Another $20,000 will go to-ward projects with a focus on research.

“The most exciting thing about it isthat it’s been student-led,” said MasonSustainability Fellow Dann Sklarew, amember of the PGF committee. One pro-posal would create a green roof for theSchool of Public Policy in the Arlingtoncampus. Another would recycle foodwaste from Southside, for example, usingleftover vegetable oil as bio-fuel.

“The oil that our french fries areboiled in could be running our shuttlesthe next day,” Sklarew said.

Even with overwhelming studentsupport, the initial proposal was met withsome resistance. The campaign for thePGF began in 2008 when some members

of the EAG proposed having a Green Feeof $5 per semester for full-time studentsto fund sustainability efforts aroundschool. It was based on the Harvard GreenCampus Loan Fund, which actually hassaved their university just under $900,000

dollars in energy costs. It also saved mil-lions of gallons of water and tons of waste.However, when the PGF was proposed tothe Student Government in October2008, some didn’t want another fee whentuition was already expected to increaseby 10 percent. Others thought it was justa ploy to get funding for the EAG.

“It was really quite unfortunate,

what, with the overwhelming studentsupport,” said Collin Bennett, who workedfor the Office of Sustainability at thattime.

New members of the EAG sat downto negotiate with the school administra-tion last school year. The group foundfunding within its own budget to pay forthe fund. The PGF was approved over thesummer, although without a fee and witha much smaller budget. “It’s a good firststep,” Bennett said. He hopes that whenpeople see how successful the PGF is, theywill be willing to pay the $5 fee so they cando larger projects, like switching to re-newable resources to power the campus,which currently gets much of its electric-ity from coal-fired power plants.

“We signed the President’s ClimateCommitment in 2007. President Mertenessentially committed George Mason tobeing climate neutral by 2050,” said seniorglobal affairs major Anartia Gamboa, aprominent member of the EAG. “This yearis really important. It will really make orbreak whether the Patriot Green Fundwill be around [later].”

Bennett agrees that the student sup-port needs to manifest as student action.“I hope that students will step up and dotheir part,” Bennett said.

Anyone from the Mason community

can submit a proposal to make the cam-pus more sustainable.

Students can also apply for researchfunding under the guidance of a facultymember. The PGF committee also helpsto develop ideas into projects. Although

the preliminary deadline is Oct. 1, finalapplications, pending approval, are dueOct. 31.

Interested parties can apply throughthe Office of Sustainability or by going topgf.gmu.edu.

Hannah SmithBroadside Correspondent

Southside is one of many facilities on campus that embraces the green revolution. One

proposal calls for the facility to use leftover vegetable oil as biofuel.

Photo by Stephen Kline

“We signed the President’s ClimateCommitment in 2007.President Merten essentially committedGeorge Mason to BeingClimate Neutral by2050.”

-Anartia Gamboa, EAGMember

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According to the UnitedStates Department of Health andHuman Services, about half of allAmericans now take at least oneprescription drug.

The slew of pharmaceuticalcommercials, media hype and theconstant need of consumers anddrug companies alike to find acure for the smallest of health ail-ments has steered Americans intothe vast prescription drug net-work. Although these medicinaladvances have made it possible tocurb disease and relieve those whosuffer, in the wrong hands theycan do the very opposite.

Prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications are themost-abused drugs by adoles-cents, second only to marijuana,as noted by the National Instituteon Drug Abuse. Aspects of popu-lar culture have made it acceptablefor teens and college students toengage in this activity, even mak-ing it a trendy thing to do at par-

ties and a spectacle for thosewatching.

Depressants, opioids, stimu-lants, painkillers and narcotics areamong the drugs used by studentsto lose weight, fit in, alter theirpersonalities and get high.

But prescription drug abuseisn’t just for the thrill seekers any-more. Increased academic pres-sure on students has made thisillegal activity all too normal.

Adderall, a stimulant usedprimarily to treat ADHD, is oftensolicited from students who’vebeen prescribed the drug by theirpeers. It is regularly used to en-hance performance while study-ing.

Although it does increasebrain activity and alertness, manystudents misjudge how much itwill affect their bodies, especiallyin a significant dosage.

What makes prescriptiondrugs so popular is their accessi-bility. They are easier to obtainthan typical street drugs and,more often than not, come fromthe medicine cabinets of family

members and friends. The Sub-stance Abuse and Mental HealthServices Administration reportsthat in 2008, half of teenagers saidthey abused prescriptionpainkillers because they aren’t il-

legal. It was also reported that onein three believe there is less shameattached to using prescriptiondrugs than to street drugs.

When using drugs that arenot prescribed by a medical pro-fessional, the results can be devas-tating. Prescription drug abusers

are more likely to have an acci-dent, show a decrease in cognitivefunction and suffer from moodchanges, paranoia, organ damage,difficulty breathing, seizure,stroke, heart attack and deathwhile illegally using legal drugs.

These risks are even greaterwhen students combine prescrip-tion drug use with activities suchas drinking and smoking. Danger-ous interactions can also occur ifcombined with certain over-the-counter medications.

Without early treatment, ad-diction is likely to occur alongwith withdrawal symptoms andincreased drug tolerance. Behav-ioral treatment might even benecessary if the addiction is se-vere.

Prescription drug abuse is onthe rise and doesn’t seem to begoing away anytime soon.

According to data from theUnited States Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention, in 2009drugs outnumbered motor vehicleaccidents as a cause of death,killing more than 37,000 people

across the country.Many people live more pro-

ductive and healthy lives thanks toprescription drugs, but studentsand adolescents are especially atrisk when they do not abide by theregulations that come with takinga prescription drug legally. Al-though these drugs might seemlike an effective measure for hav-

ing fun and increasing academicand athletic performance, they re-main only safe for individuals whowere prescribed the drug by theirdoctors. If you or someone youknow is abusing prescriptiondrugs, contact the Office of Alco-hol, Drug and Health Educationor visit their website atadhe.gmu.edu.

Prescription Drug Abuse on the Rise

Man on the StreetWhat’s your favorite show on

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“I am definitely looking forward to ‘RocketPower’ because it was such a thrilling show towatch as a child. I always wanted to be likethat and especially learn how to skateboard.”

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“Probably ‘Doug.’ I remember I used towake up early to watch it in the morning.I really liked his cute pet dog that alwaysfollowed him around. Definitely worthgetting up in the morning for.”

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“I love the ‘The Amanda Show.’ It was such afunny show and always made me laugh reallyhard. Plus Amanda Bynes completed thatshow and still is the same old, funny actressthat we all loved back then.”

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Movies Distort theReality of Meeting

Your SignificantOther’s Parents

Let’s just assume that bythis point everybody has seen“Meet the Parents,” “Meet theFockers” or “Little Fockers.”

This trilogy of sorts putsa strong emphasis on that spe-cial moment when significantothers must meet the parentsor family for the first time. Inthe movies this moment isheavily dramatized, with theparents’ seriousness or eccen-tricities played up for great ef-fect.

The fact of the matter is,the media almost never de-picts parents whose personal-ities lie in the middle, in thenormal-human-being range.

Rather, producers take itto the extreme in order to ac-centuate the hilarity of this

first meeting and, in effect,compel viewers to loosen upand laugh a little, while at thesame time instilling in themthe sense that meeting theparents should be a fearedevent.

What one must realize isthat movies — comedies inparticular — are just a canvaspainted with humor in orderto bring about riotous laughs.Scenes from movies typicallydo not reflect reality. There-fore, when it comes time foryou to meet the parents, re-member these key things:

How much do you valuean ally?

Both parents contribute agreat deal to the way in whichyour significant other hasturned out.

However, more timesthan not, it is in your best in-

terest to become allies withtheir mother. After all, she ismost likely the one who will beinclined to invite you to din-ners and holidays, and stickup for you if you ever get onyour significant other’s — orSO’s father’s — bad side.

Would you show up to ajob interview without know-ing about the company?

Similarly, when going tomeet the parents, make sure tolearn a little bit about whatmakes them tick.

Are awkward silences anyless awkward with parents asopposed to friends?

It has been shown thatadolescents are more at easewhen around their peers asopposed to older individuals,especially parents.

Therefore, when the dateis set to meet the parents,

make sure you fine-tune yoursmall-talk skills so as to avoidany awkward pauses in theconversation.

Do you like kids?If your significant other

has younger siblings it is inyour best interest to show thatyou care, especially in front ofthe parents.

Whether you merely talkto the siblings for a few min-utes or venture as far as play-ing Thomas the Tank Enginewith them, this will show notonly the parents, but also yoursignificant other what a bigheart you have.

Becca NorrisAsst. Style Editor

For band that has lost their leadguitarist for the second time in its lifes-pan, the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ firstalbum in five years, “I’m With You,”could start no other way: in chaos. Un-fortunately, they don’t seem to be takingit so well this time around. The leadtrack, “Monarchy of Roses,” opens withmuddy guitar work and thunderingdrums — like what the apocalypsewould probably sound like. Lead singerAnthony Kiedis grumbles behind vocaldistortion and then before you know it,we’re back to the usual RHCP circa “Sta-dium Arcadium” like nothing hap-pened. The nostalgia lasts a solid 30seconds through the chorus before wego back to the hectic verses, as if thesong can’t decide what it wants to soundlike.

The lead track ends without leav-ing much of an impression — some-thing not indicative of an albumwell-put-together. It’s not unreasonableto expect the album to hook me in from

the get-go, and “I’m With You” does itfor the wrong reasons. The second trackmakes it painfully obvious that not onlyis RHCP’s world-famous bassist Fleacommanding the band’s lead instru-ment, but that the new guitarist JoshKlinghoffer still has no idea what he’sactually doing there.Normally by thispoint in an RHCP album we would haveheard John Frusciante’s soaring leadguitar flying high over Flea’s supporting-yet-still-awesome bassline. It’s clearthat this time around, the band is re-building itself from the ground up —somewhat successfully. The wholealbum is reminiscent of “One HotMinute,” another Frusciante-less album.Which is fine, but like that one, it seemslike “I’m With You” isn’t going to makewaves with anyone but hardcore fans.

It’s painfully obvious that thealbum doesn’t really pick up any steamuntil track six, “Look Around,” which isreminiscent of “Californication” andwhat most people love to hear fromRHCP — a funk-driven, rocking goodtime. While it stands up on its own twofeet as a solid track, it doesn’t really

tread any new ground and isn’t some-thing people don’t already have in theiriTunes from the band. Even the single“The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie”kind of comes and goes offering littleafter their five-year hiatus.

The album closes with themediocre “Dance, Dance, Dance,” whichis honestly a boring way to end. Themiddle would be forgivable if it left agood aftertaste but the average listenermight be left wanting more.

“I’m With You” just seems to bemissing something this time around —something that the Red Hot Chili Pep-pers can’t blame Frusciante for takingwith him. This effort, their 10th, is lack-ing some of the funk that they’ve built adedicated fan base around. With an al-tered lineup they had the opportunityfor a fresh start, something they seem tohave only done halfway. The result iskind of flat — it cracks and crumblesunder lazy lyricism and tired hooks.While the band is trying to convince usthat they’re with their fans, the fans willprobably not be able to say the same.

Red Hot Chili Peppers Are BackWith New AlbumIs “I’m With You” Worth the

Purchase?

Prescription drugsand over-the-countermedications are themost-abused drugsby adolescents, second only to marijuana, as notedby the National Institute on DrugAbuse.

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When the office asked me toreview “Abduction,” I begrudg-ingly gritted my teeth and de-cided to bear it. If I want to dothis for a living, I’m going to haveto sit through a few turkeys fromtime to time. But let me tell you,not only is “Abduction” not a win-ner, it makes every loser (I use theterm for film, not people) appearOscar-worthy in comparison.

In wrestling, there is a termcalled a“push.” It’swhen theygive a young,up-and-comera chance to goup against atop-biller tosee how hedoes.

It’s yourchance tothrust your-self from as u p p o r t i n grole to super-s t a r d o m .Clearly, that’swhat Lionsgate attempted to doby casting Sigourney Weaver andAlfred Molina alongside TaylorLautner.

Unfortunately, it does noth-ing to bolster the young were-wolf ’s career. Instead, it justmakes me wonder if it’s hard tofind work in Hollywood nowa-days.

I’m going to be honest withall of you: Forty-five minutes intothe movie I couldn’t take it any-more. This is not a good movie. Ieven checked Rotten Tomatoeswhere it currently sits at a 3 per-cent rotten score, so clearly I’mnot alone in my loathing. And asa personal aside, is it just me, orhas ol’ T-Laut’s voice not dropped

a single decibel since “The Ad-ventures of Shark Boy and LavaGirl”?

Like I said, I left 45 minutesin, though I felt like I still de-served to see a movie. I mean, Idid put up my hard earnedmoney, right? So I ducked into“Drive.” Now that is a movieworth your time.

From the moment that“Drive” starts, you just knowyou’re going to be in for a damngood movie. It’s the perfect burnfor a film. Not too fast or slow, but

just enoughsizzle soyou’re neverchecking yourwatch. I wasco m p l e t e l yZen watchingit the wholetime.

My onlycomplaint forthe film isn’teven really acomplaint asmuch as it is awarning.

The wayit’s shot is very

deliberate, with long takes and,more often than not, we rely onthe actors facial expressions toconvey what’s happening onscreen. I had no problem withthis, though, I’m sure it will beoff-putting to some.

The only “Abduction” thatshould be happening is you ab-ducting your friends to go see“Drive.”

This rating reflects “Drive”

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FROM THE VAULT:

It is common knowledge to anyone whohas been listening to music since before theturn of the millennium that the ‘90s was theera of the rebellious, alternative rock band.It is also common knowledge, though, thatmusic has not been the same since. As swiftlyas alternative rock made it to the charts, itfaded into the distant memories of the 20thCentury as the new millennium broughtmore upbeat, up-tempo music. While thelikes of Nirvana, Green Day and Red HotChili Peppers will always reign as supremekings of the ’90s, there was one woman whoshook things up and inserted herself as thequeen of rock.

Perhaps as one of the most drastic sur-prises of the ‘90s, Alanis Morissette rockedthe world with her now-classic album“Jagged Little Pill.” Filled with enough angstto satiate the emotional needs of just abouteveryone who been through a sour relation-ship, “Jagged Little Pill” is a rock phenome-non unmatched by any album of any female

rock artist since. With the radio today being so saturated

with heavy synth beats, auto-tune andtechno rhythms, “Jagged Little Pill” is a touchof authenticity that cannot go unnoticed. Butwhile the ‘90s influence is undeniable, there

is a timelessness that tinges the album, mak-ing it as delightfully refreshing today as it wasback in 1995. This might be due to the factthat almost all of the songs were onlyrecorded a handful of times with minor edit-

ing before the album was released. Her song“Perfection” was written and recorded in 20minutes before it was decided to be put onthe album. The album is still worthy of a lis-ten 16 years later.

Perhaps during a particularly rough day,it might be helpful to listen to Morissettesing her heart out on “Hand in My Pocket,”where she delves into the strenuous life of apoor 20-year-old just trying to find the silverlining in life. Or maybe on a day of contem-plation, it would be fun to remark on thebeautiful prose that make up one of her mostcontroversial songs, “Ironic.”

Regardless of mood or state of mind,though, “Jagged Little Pill” is sure to havesomething for everyone. Morissette’s com-mentaries on responsibility and swallowinglife’s “jagged little pills” — which are neces-sary to fully appreciate its beauty — are sureto be an inspiration for any Patriot, whetherit be during finals week or simply walkingabout campus.

James BondesonBroadside Correspondent

Jagged Little Pill

but Abduction Is

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Cheap Eats

with Kristin Janeiro

Those of us residing in the dorms knowthat living away from home is simply fantas-tic. There are no parents to get on our cases,no horrific commutes to campus — unlessyou want to count getting past those crossingguards — and let’s not forget the sweet, sweetfreedom.

But with life’s ups come its downs. Oncampus there are no mothers to help out withour laundry, and because our fathers are notthe ones mowing the grass outside our win-dows at ungodly hours of the morning, wecan’t tell them to knock it off.

On top of this we are cognizant of thedistinct lack of delicious home-cookedmeals. After enough turkey sandwiches andinstant noodle cups, heading home for a

weekend starts to look pretty appealing. Butdon’t go packing your overnight bag just yet.

With this recipe for meatloaf andmashed potatoes, you can be transportedhome without going through the 30-minuteordeal of detaching yourself from yourmother’s embrace when trying to leave.

Directions:

Mix all ingredients in a large bowl, re-serving 2 tablespoons of the ketchup. Trans-port mixture to a loaf pan. Brush the top ofthe loaf with the remaining ketchup. Bake inan oven at 350 degrees for about 30 minutesor until the internal temperature reads 165degrees.

Peel potatoes and cut into 1-inch cubes.Put the cubes in a large pot and cover withwater. Bring the water to a boil. Boil potatoesfor roughly 20 minutes or until potatoes arefork tender.

Strain potatoes and transport to a mixer.Add the butter and mix on high for 2 min-utes. Add seasoning to taste and mix. If thepotatoes lack moisture, add 1 tablespoon ofmilk at a time until desired consistency isachieved.

Cost: Approximately $6.00 per person

Serving Size: Three people

Meatloaf:

1 package ground turkey (pictured)or ground beef

1 egg4 tablespoons ketchup

1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce1 1/2 teaspoons salt1 teaspoon pepper

1 tablespoon. finely chopped garlic1 tablespoon finely chopped yellow

onion¼ cup Italian-seasoned bread-

crumbs1 teaspoon mesquite seasoning (op-

tional)

Mashed potatoes:

5 russet potatoes5 tablespoons unsalted butter

1 tablespoon salt or to taste2 teaspoons pepper

Filled with enough angstto satiate the emotionalneeds of just abouteveryone who has everexperienced a sourrelationship, “Jagged Little Pill” was a rock phenomenon unmatchedby any album of any female rock artist since.

I’m going to be honestwith all of you: forty-five minutes into the movie Icouldn’t take it anymore. This is not agood movie. I evenchecked Rotten Tomatoes where it currently sits at a 3 percent rotten score, soclearly I’m not alone inmy loathing.

Jeff GiorgiOpinion Editor

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Imagine the tears of anger,sadness, disappointment and re-sentment that streamed down thefaces of countless innocent vic-tims before their imminent datewith death. Some may have heldstrong, solemn faces, ready withopen arms for their departure.Others may have continued tohope, convincing themselves itsimply wasn’t their time and bysome miraculous event theywould avoid dining on that lastmeal. Most had to face the harshreality that there would be no mir-acle. No one, not a single person,was coming to save them. Theywere bound to their fate the mo-ment handcuffs grazed theirwrists.

Let’s face it: Our justice sys-tem is flawed. Trials begin andend with the hopes of upholdingthe so-called “ingeniousness” ofAmerica’s courts, but we’re OKwith admitting that we slip up afew times. Hey, no one’s perfect,right? We have been brainwashedwith the notion that bad guys get

put behind bars and good guys getset free. For too long have we wal-lowed in fear of admitting thatmaybe, just maybe, the justice sys-tem is more flawed than we hadthought, and that innocent peoplehave died far too often for crimesthey did not commit.

The tried and tested maxim“ i n n o c e n tuntil provenguilty beyondre a s o n a b l edoubt” issupposed tobe a lodestarfor cases thatteeter alongthe lines of av e r d i c t .Often, how-ever, it seemsthe opposite.How can aninnocent per-son be giventhe death penalty? The answersare simple: pressure to find a cul-prit, racial bias, media frenzy,faulty testimonials, misleading ev-idence, justice system corruptionand the coercion of confessions byintense police questioning. Thesepractices have made our justicesystem more a vessel of fear ratherthan of respect.

Dating as far back as theSalem witch trials, implicating in-nocent people for crimes they did

not commit in the U.S. has unfor-tunately been practiced far andwide. Hollywood films such as“The Green Mile” and “Convic-tion” have shed considerable lighton these instances.

In 2004, Cameron Todd Will-ingham was executed in Texas forallegedly killing his three young

children via arson.Eloquently de-scribed by re-porter DavidGrann in the fa-mous New Yorkerarticle “Trial byFire,” only after hisdeath was Will-ingham later pre-sumed to beinnocent after thecause of the firewas determinedaccidental. Thelatest case of aq u e s t i o n a b l e

guilty verdict is that of Troy Davis,who was on death row in Georgiasince 1991 for the murder of a po-lice officer. Despite a lack of DNAevidence connecting him to thecrime, numerous witness testi-mony retractions and calls fromleaders such as Reverend AlSharpton, former President JimmyCarter and Pope Benedict XVI tohalt his death sentence, Davis wasexecuted late Wednesday evening.

In so many “wrongfully con-

victed” cases, suspects have toprove their innocence to the courtrather than the state proving theirguilt. The duty of the justice sys-tem is to serve the people, not toperpetrate crimes against democ-racy and the very nature of whatAmerica stands for. This is not thecountry nor the system our ances-tors died for.

What does this teach ourchildren? What does this teachthe rest of the world? What rightdo we have spitting out orders toother parts of the globe when ourown government can’t even deter-mine the difference between theguilty and innocent?

It is the mission of non-profitorganizations like The InnocenceProject to exonerate wrongfullyconvicted victims placed in prisonwith the help of DNA evidenceand updated forensic testing. Wecan only hope that in the future,the lives of the innocent will besaved and the justice system willbe reformed. Even with thesechanges, nothing can bring backthe lives of those already lost dueto misjudgment or carelessness.

For now, my heart goes out toall those poor souls who quietlywalked into that white cellarroom, whispering their goodbyesand ready to make their peaceknowing they had a clear con-science. The image is haunting.

On Tuesday, the military’s“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy wasput in the trash bin of bad policieswhere it belonged. I — along withmany other people, liberal andconservative —consider Bill Clin-ton a pretty smart guy, but whatthe hell was he thinking when heintroduced this nonsensical legis-lation? I can only fathom that, atits introduction, it was actuallyprogress. It did, after all, take thequestion of sexuality out of sol-diers’ paperwork. That’s also as-suming that progress dictates youlie to both yourself and your ser-geant, which isn’t exactly goodmilitary policy.

I took part in a photo cam-paign this time last year called theNOH8 Campaign, which was agrassroots response led bycelebrity photographer AdamBouska against Proposition 8 inCalifornia, an initiative that re-versed the state’s policy on mar-riage equality. The campaign alsoheld a strong opposition to DADT,on which there was set to be a votein the Senate the day after the

photo shoot. And obviously we allexpected that it would be over-turned but, shockingly, it wasn’t.

A few weeks after the con-gressional decision and the presi-dent’s refusal to write it off in anexecutive order, I sent a ratherpissed-off letter to Obama. I real-ize that I’m just one little guy, butlots of little guys like me eventu-ally make up a mob of peoplewho’d be voting for the other sidecome November if the presidentdidn’t firm up some of the prom-ises on which he’d campaigned.

I had experience writingp r e s i d e n t sand not get-ting re-sponses, as Ihad writtenGeorge W.Bush aboutmy concernswhen I was inthe fifth gradeand, there-fore, I had lit-tle hope thatthis wouldprove anymore fruitful; Obama was differ-ent. I wrote that I hoped he couldenvision a country where all mentruly were created equal, onewhere soldiers were required toshoot straight, not be straight. Isaid that I found it ridiculous thatanyone would sacrifice nationalsecurity because of an oppositionto someone’s personal relation-ships. According to the letter I re-

ceived two weeks after DADT wasfinally repealed, he apparentlyhad always agreed but had a greatconcern that a mandate for repealwould prove a weak foundation forequality in the military.

The reason I bring up DADTfor this column isn’t just becauseof its ending this week, but alsobecause of an article I read re-cently in The Washington Post.The article mentioned 14-year-oldJamey Rodemeyer who had takenpart in the “It Gets Better Project,”a sort of video compilation wherevarious celebrities and citizens

talk about thedifficulties ofbeing bullied. Itwent on to ex-plain that Rode-meyer hadrecently killedhimself due tobullying. The cor-relation I see be-tween DADT andRodemeyer’s un-fortunate suicideis the fact thatpeople act so

damn surprised to find that whenthey spread hate, children take itto heart.

Adolescents watch these in-sipid televised debates or listen tothe mindless banter of punditswhere the topic of same-sex mar-riage will arise, and yet parentsdon’t have enough sense to explainto their children that it’s all poli-tics — or better yet, parents don’t

have the sense sometimes to turnthe damn television off. Could youimagine being gay and hearingsome crazy, well-dressed manequate a McDonald’s advertise-ment to advocating acceptance ofal-Qaida, all while inferring thatyour dad has no disagreement that“the gays must be terrorists”?When you’re telling your con-stituents that there’s a fundamen-tal problem with gay people,you’re telling that to kids, too. Andnot to sound insensitive to fami-lies who’ve lost children due topeople who can’t watch theirmouths, but why are politicians sodamn surprised when teens jumpoff of a bridge or hang them-selves? It’s the fault of society’s ig-norance.

I think it’s the responsibilityof society to overturn the homo-phobic discourse that we hear,whether it’s among politicians orstudents. I feel like I’m in one ofthose commercials for The Churchof Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saintswhere they confess to be Mormonafter talking about their daily rou-tines: “I am a believer, I am a stu-dent-athlete, I am a straight, whitemale — but I believe in equality.”And the simple fact is, we as a so-ciety shouldn’t find a disconnec-tion between religion and love,athletics and tolerance. Most ofall, we shouldn’t find a disconnec-tion between our own sexual ori-entation and our willingness tohelp someone whose differs.

William Rose

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Unless you are a politi-cal junkie, you probablyaren’t too concerned with thedaily minutiae of the 2012presidential race. GOP de-bates seem to appear on tel-evision nightly and BarackObama never stopped cam-paigning after he started in2007. Begrudgingly, it maybe time to get on board withsomeone. However, with adozen or so legitimate candi-dates for president, how doyou decide whom to sup-port?

There are a number ofissues and policies thatmight help you narrow yourselection. Judging the meritsof each candidate based onthese variables could be use-ful to your selection process.

First, Social Securityand Medicare. To see howmuch trouble Social Securityis in, you only need to look atthe statements you receivefrom the Social Security Ad-ministration (yes, you do getthem) to know it will be-come insolvent in our life-times. Medicare is in evenworse shape. The Wall StreetJournal reports that theMedicare fund for hospitalcare will be depleted by 2017;Social Security should rununtil 2037.

Confronting these pro-grams is considered politicalpoison. Any time a solutionor reform is offered the op-position launches an all-outattack, claiming seniors willbe thrown on the streets andleft penniless. Look for a can-didate who isn’t afraid totackle this 600-pound gorillain the room.

Second, this countryfaces a monumental task intackling the budget deficitand out-of-control federalspending. The nonpartisan

Congressional Budget Officereports that we are currentlyrunning a $1.3 trillion budgetdeficit, equaling 8.5 percentof our GDP. They also warnthat “federal tax and spend-ing policies will impose sub-stantial restraint on theeconomy in 2013,” resultingin drastically reducing eco-nomic growth. In addition,we’re also facing unemploy-ment rates of over 8 percentthrough 2014 if policies donot change.

The next presidentmust confront these issues orall Americans, not just thesuper rich, can expect in-creased taxes. If you’re plan-ning on graduating college inthe next few years, be pre-pared for an economy withhigh unemployment, lowwages and an extremelycompetitive marketplace forlow-level jobs.

Third, the conversationabout spending naturally in-cludes national defense. Cer-tainly fraud and abuse can befound and eliminated. How-ever, the next president mustnot cut into vital defenseprograms and reduce keypersonnel in order to bal-ance the books. The War onTerror cannot be ignoredand the threats that face thiscountry are still very real. Wemust remain vigilant andprepared for future conflicts.

These issues are a start-ing point and many shouldbe considered. The best ad-vice I can give is to ignore thehe-said-she-said politicalback and forth betweencampaigns. Disregard theslips of the tongue that aresupposedly indicative of apotentially failed presidency.Stay focused on the issuesand the ability of the candi-date to get them accom-plished. In 2007, the countrydid exactly the opposite andthe American people wereleft holding the proverbialbag.

This time, ignore thehype and vote on substancerather than style.

Opinion Columnist

SENIOR

Alan Moore

Who Can Save Us?Our Next Leader Might Have to Be a 

Super Hero

Since September 11, 2001,U.S. foreign policy has seen tril-lions of dollars flow into multiplewars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pak-istan and Libya, and the occa-sional bombing endeavor incountries such as Yemen and So-malia. It seems nowadays that nomatter what party is elected to of-fice, they immediately write ablank check for the military-in-dustrial complex and advocatemore foreign military interven-tion. What was left of the anti-war movement after Bush leftoffice blew away like dust in thewind and, not surprisingly,

Obama’s refreshing anti-warrhetoric and non-interventionistpromises fruited into more mili-tary spending and unjustifiedmurder.

When asked what the moti-vations of the Sept. 11 terrorist at-tacks were, Republicans give the“they hate us for our freedoms”talking point. And Democrats?Well they don’t seem to even haveopinion on that one. In theSept.12 CNN Republican presi-dential debate, only one person,Congressman Ron Paul, stoodout from the rest when explain-ing the motivations of Osama binLaden for the 9/11 attacks.

He spoke amidst a barrage ofboos and cheers explaining binLaden clearly stated that the U.S.was attacked because we hadbases on their holy lands in SaudiArabia and were too involved inMiddle Eastern military affairs. Itwas truly refreshing to hear suchhonesty when the traditionalwarmongering is usually all that

spews from the mouths of ourpoliticians.

Imagine for a second ifChina had permanent bases andtroops stationed across the U.S. Itis hard for most Americans toimagine because they simplywouldn’t put up with it. Yet, theU.S. has more than 900 militarybases in 148 countries. Currently,a billion dollar embassy biggerthan Vatican City is being built inBaghdad, and yet we wonder whypeople want to give their lives toattack the U.S.?

We have no business nation-building and imposing democ-racy on other cultures andnations. Historically, nationbuilding has failed every time.Imagine if your family was killedby collateral damage from adrone attack in a small city inPakistan. Would you not be mo-tivated to seek revenge?

The U.S. has zero respect forthe sovereignty of other nations.It is not our role to be the police-

men of the world, and unless ourforeign policy is fundamentallychanged, our country will spiraldownward from military overex-tension and endless wars.

The U.S. will likely be underperpetual threat of attack, andthe draconian and intrusive secu-rity laws will forever burdenAmericans. Voters must take thehint that Obama and other es-tablishment candidates andpoliticians will support the sameimperialistic foreign policy, notwhat the people demand.

Someday soon the U.S. willbe forced to scale down its em-pire. The country can no longerafford to borrow and print moneyto pay for bombing nations andthen rebuild them. Whether thepeople wake up and demand theybe brought home now or waituntil the U.S. collapses from fi-nancial ruin is still to be seen.

Opinion Columnist

Paul PanasiukSophomore

Our Foreign Policy Will Be Our UndoingWho Are We to Build Bases and Force Democracy in Foreign Territories?

How can anyone in this worldjustify berating, belittling andthreatening others for the choicesthey make, especially where theirsexuality is concerned? Bullying isan epidemic, a plague on society,and it’s time we did more than givepeople false hope.

One year ago, headlines acrossthe country were filled with whatseemed like a different name everyweek. Tyler Clementi, Billy Lucas,Harrison Chase Brown and SethWalsh were all victims of extremebullying that eventually lead totheir suicides. The “It Gets BetterProject” is a campaign that was cre-ated in the wake of their deaths tolet those struggling with sexualidentity around the world know

that it gets better. But for one 14-year-old boy who told the worldthat it gets better, it turned out tobe a lie.

Jamey Rodemeyer made avideo for the “It Gets Better Proj-ect” where he told the world aboutanonymous messages people hadleft on his Formspring accountsuch as “I wouldn’t care if you died.No one would. So just do it :) itwould make everyone WAY morehappier.”

Despite the comment, Rode-meyer went on to tell everyone, “…itdoes get better because when Icame out for being bi I got so muchsupport from my friends and itmade me feel so secure.”

That video was posted on May4 and on Sept. 18 he hung himselfin front of his parents’ house.

What type of evil and crueltymust live inside of someone who iscapable of all but committing ac-tual murder? In my opinion, bul-lies are the lowest form of humanfilth. If you’re a bully, I have a fewchoice words for you that I can’tshare in this article.

When the “It Gets Better Proj-ect” started, I was an adamant sup-porter. After so many people hadtaken their lives because they feltalone, I thought that thousands ofvideos telling people that theyweren’t was a fantastic idea. Evenmy favorite band, Rise Against,made a music video in collabora-tion with the “It Gets Better Proj-ect” for their song, “Make It Stop(September’s Children).” It directlyaddresses bullying with lines like,“And too much blood has flownfrom the wrists/Of the childrenshamed for those they chose tokiss.”

But the truth is that it’s notenough. The truth is that, while itmay get better for a lot of individu-als, the overall problem is gettingfar worse. We have to stop ignoringthe pleas for help. We have to domore than the little that we havebeen doing.

If I had it my way there’d be anew campaign. We tried “It GetsBetter.” How about if someonestarted up a program called “If YouBully, We’ll Find You”? Ambiguous

enough I think, but the message isthere. I’m not saying I condone vi-olence, but anyone who has seenthe video of Casey Heynes stand-ing up for himself knows that itdoes produce results.

About a week before he com-mitted suicide, Rodemeyer postedon his Tumblr, “I always say howbullied I am, but no one listens.What do I have to do so people willlisten to me?”

He asked the question and Iwish I had had an answer for him.I honestly don’t know what it willtake before people finally start lis-tening.

What really makes me mad,though, is the fact that it’s 2011.This should not be an issue any-more. I don’t care what the bully-ing is about. I don’t care if it’s aboutsexuality, because someone is gothor because they’re fat; this shouldnot be happening.

My heart weeps for the fami-lies that are left with questionswhen they are forced to bury theirchildren. Should we be tellingthem that it gets better?

SENIOR

JEFF GIORGI

Opinion Editor

Bullying Is A Cancer—A Dirty, Filthy Cancer

What Will It Take To Finally End Irresponsible Hate Mongering?

Letter to the editor

While I respect Mr. Moore’sobjections to the American JobsAct, I believe he is off the mark onhis analysis. He repeats the com-mon claims of many on the rightthat are factually inaccurate. Hestarts by saying that all it wouldtake to fix the economy would beto cut government spending,lower taxes and reduce regulation.Quite frankly, this policy wouldlead us further to the brink of eco-nomic collapse. I will break myreply into three paragraphs, de-bunking each fiction as I go along.

First I will start with govern-ment spending. Governmentoverspending is a big problem;anyone who looks at the nationaldebt and deficit knows this. How-ever, a hacksaw attempt to cut thedeficit will cripple this country

and throw it into what we allfeared in 2008: a depression.There are specific cuts that can bemade to continue ensuring soundinvestments in our future whilecutting a great deal of waste.Across-the-board cuts will onlylead to jobs being destroyed inthis economy. The fact of the mat-ter is that the Stimulus Bill passedin 2009 saved 2.4 million local andstate government jobs. This isbased on the average salary of astate government that kept$415,980,000,000 in the U.S. econ-omy and kept our GDP from dip-ping negatively. The fiction thatwill get tossed around is that “gov-ernment doesn’t create jobs.” WellI suggest you tell that to anyonewho works at the Department ofState, the local DMV, the sheriff ’s

office or to any of the more than 3million employees at the Depart-ment of Defense. In fact, accord-ing to a recent article in TheEconomist, eight of the world’s 10largest employers are governmentagencies.

Second I will expose the ab-surd fiction that we are “over-taxed.” This directly correlateswith the notion that there is a“fair” tax. The only “fair” tax inanyone’s eyes is 0 percent. The factof the matter is that the currenttax rates are at their lowest in over60 years. With all the ridiculousloopholes that affect companieslike General Electric, Exxon Mo-bile, and Bank of America, corpo-rate taxes have never been lower.However it isn’t just the Fortune500 companies that aren’t paying

taxes. With investors receivingtheir own special tax law that aMcDonald’s or Walmart employeedoesn’t receive, individuals whoshift money from one bank ac-count to another receive a 15 per-cent tax rate. If you earn $38,200in wage or salary, then you will paythe exact same rate as a hedgefund manager who makes hismoney in capital gains and earns$10,000,000. You pay the exactsame rate! This is the true cheat inour tax code.

Third, there’s the fiction thatif we just remove regulation all thejobs will come flooding back. Inthe extreme case, this may be true.If we remove protections forworker safety, children can beforced to work and the maximumamount of toxic waste can be

dumped into your drinking water.Then maybe those jobs wouldcome rushing back. But let’s notforget we banned those things fora reason. Countries like China, forinstance, allow their citizens to betreated like slaves and basicallyexist in a feudal system similar tothe one that Europe abandonedhundreds of years ago. To see justhow ludicrous this argumentwould be, switch the metaphor tofootball. Imagine if Ray Lewis orAlbert Haynesworth were to at-tempt to convince the NFL com-missioner that “if you take thereferees off the field, we promiseto play by the rules and ensureeveryone is safe.” Would you takethem at their word? If you would,then I have some snake oil I wouldlove to sell you. Government’s

major function is to create rulesthat all parties that wish to engagein business must play by.

Whether you are Republicanor Democrat, liberal or conserva-tive, tea party member or socialist,I hope you don’t forget that noth-ing is black and white and govern-ment on either extreme is bad forAmerica. Too much and we arestrangled, but too little and we areno better off.

Alex BowenInformation Systems and Ops Management

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Women’s Volleyball Tops VCU Rams 3-1Win Follows Back-to-Back Wins at Thunder Invitational, Overall Record 7-7

The George Mason Universitywomen’s volleyball team earned theirfirst conference win of the season Fri-day against the VCU Rams (4-11) in anexciting 3–1 victory. The team waslooking confident following a doublewin at the Thunder Invitational lastweekend in Huntington, W.Va.

Coach Pat Kendrick commentedon what they gathered from the invita-tional: “I felt we were starting to get ouract together in terms of how wewanted to be on the floor … kind of theoverall attitude we needed as a teamwhen we ran into difficult times orwhen things weren’t going well, and soI thought it was a good point for us tostart the conference schedule havinghad that tournament last weekend.”

Aside from the intra-conferencerivalry between the two teams, there is

deeper history that goes back to the2009 CAA championship when third-seeded Mason defeated first-seededVCU.

Coaches andplayers, especiallyu p p e rc l a s s m e n ,were aware of thisgoing into thegame. “We endedthe invitational wellso we used that toour advantage,” saidsenior outside hitterNoelle Fanella, whomade an impressive13 digs and scoredthe final point inthe last set.

During thesecond set of thenight, junior mid-dle blocker Danielle Cook was injuredand will be out indefinitely for the rest

of the season. VCU took advantage of this, try-

ing to close the gap and prevailing inthe third set of thematch.

“…well certainlyin the second set.You know the injurykind of rattled us alittle bit. But theywere starting to fig-ure things out andthey made some ad-justments,” Kendricksaid, giving her opin-ion on VCU’s consis-tent comebackthroughout thenight.

But this wasn’tenough to subduethe tenacity of

Mason’s players, who ended the finalset with a close 25–19 victory, sealing

the match 3–1. When Kendrick wasasked about their upcoming gameagainst the Rams on Oct. 22, she ad-mitted they will have to be ready forthem.

“(Tonight) was like a chess match:You make a move they make move,”said Kendrick responding to a ques-tion about VCU’s adaptability. “Theycould very well be a different teamwhen we face them next month.”

Mason won their second confer-ence game of the season againstWilliam & Mary 3–1 on Saturday, put-ting their overall record at 7-7, butleaving them tied for first place in theCAA with a conference record of 2-0.

Matt NoonanStaff Writer

MLB Rookies MakeNoise in

September

Jesus Montero, Jacob Turner Promoted to the Bigs

Isn’t it great when baseball season starts? Itfinally feels like the long, cold winter is be-ginning to thaw when pitchers and catch-ers report; and by the time the 30 teamstake the field for the first games of the year,I feel a profound jubilance that reinvigo-rates me like nothing else in the world.

That’s what makes this time of the yearso difficult — school is in full swing and I’mworking all week so I can’t follow America’snational pastime in the way I feel it de-serves. This is the absolute cream of the sea-son, especially this year when the wild cardraces are so close.

As it stands now, Tampa Bay, Bostonand Los Angeles are neck and neck for theAmerican League wildcard while Atlantaand St. Louis are at the top of the heap inthe National League race. San Francisco,who won the Fall Classic last year, is fourgames out with an anemic offense and littlehope. So it goes.

In addition to the wild card races, Sep-tember means prospects are starting to getcalled up to the show for their first cup ofcoffee. Let’s start with Jesus Montero of theNew York Yankees — the 21-year-old is bat-ting a cool .313/.389/.542, however it’s onlyacross 48 at-bats. Most every prospectmaven in the game claims he’s one of thetop hitting prospects in the minors, so Yan-kees fans should be overjoyed to see himperform at this level in the show.

One problem to consider with Mon-tero is that his defense is atrocious. He playscatcher about as well as Jorge Posada playsit now, which means he could very well beleft off the playoff roster in favor of AustinRomine, another prospect with less offen-sive prowess but a better glove.

Another player to get the call-up thisyear is the Italian Alex Liddi. He’s the firstplayer born and raised in Italy and wassigned as a non-drafted free agent by theSeattle Mariners. While his rise through theminor leagues has not been as meteoric asa Stephen Strasburg’s, Seattle must bethankful to have him in the lineup as heprovides a power bat — he’s racked up 47homeruns since the start of the 2010 season,two of which were in the big leagues in Sep-tember. Definitely keep your eye on himnext year, especially if you play fantasy andyou want a cheap power-hitting third base-man.

Detroit walked away with the Ameri-can League Central title weeks ago, but thatdidn’t stop them from calling up 20-year-old top-prospect Jacob Turner. Though hisimmediate statistics are underwhelming atbest — 0-1 with an 8.53 ERA in three starts— he’s supposed to be the real deal.

Whatever ends up happening, it’s al-most a foregone conclusion that someonenot much older than your average collegestudent will have a powerful impact onplayoff baseball. New memories will be cre-ated, and that, I think, is the magic of theFall Classic.

Gregory ConnollyEditor-in-Chief

The George Mason Women’s Volleyball team beat VCU

to win their first conference game of the year Friday.

The team bested William & Mary Saturday.

Photo by Stephen Kline

“I felt we were startingto get our act togetherin terms of how wewanted to be on thefloor — kind of theoverall attitude weneeded as a teamwhen we ran into difficult times.”

-Pat Kendrick, Women’sVolleyball Coach

Each week we collect the best tweets by Mason athletes and compile them for yourenjoyment.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va.-Overthe weekend, the George Masonmen’s and women’s soccer teamsopened conference play on a strongnote.

On a dreary Friday night, theweather held long enough for thePatriot women (at that time, 3-3-3,0-0-1) to take Old Dominion (atthat time, 3-4-2, 0-0-1) down a pegwith a 4-4 tie.

The Monarchs dominated inthe first half with possession, butcould not get on a scoring run untillate in the first half. Senior mid-fielder Alyssa Anderson cleaned upa shot from junior forward TianaKallenberger to even the match at1-1, but Old Dominion went on toscore two goals in the last four min-utes of the half to take a 3-1 leadinto halftime.

“We weren’t able to train in therain so that was kind of an issue forus,” Head Coach Diane Drake said.“They were a much stronger teamphysically and athletically than wewere told. I think our girls came ina little bit flatter than theyshould’ve.”

Second half scoring was sparsefor more than 25 minutes beforeKallenberger streaked on the rightside and played a cross on the faceof the goal to junior midfielderMary Kate Lowry to get Mason’sscoring back on track.

“[Lowry] stepped up as a cap-tain,” Drake said. “She made a dif-ference, her will to change the gameand turn it around.”

Ten minutes later, sophomoremidfielder Nicole Clark put a shoton goal that was saved by the ODUgoalkeeper, Brianna Alvarado, butsenior forward Zoe Doherty wasthere to finish the scoring play toeven out the match at 3-3.

“I think we need to start gamesa lot faster and come out and pressteams a lot quicker in the first fiveminutes of every game,” Dohertysaid. “When we do that, we do re-ally well.”

The scoring race was on and itwas time for the Monarchs to re-spond to losing a 2-goal lead. Sixty-eight seconds after Doherty’s goal,sophomore goalkeeper LyndseHokanson extended her position,trying to come far out of the box,but was beat by the Monarchs’ KateKelly, who scored in the open netfor the lead.

In any other soccer match, alead with less than two minutes leftwould be safe, but in this offensivebattle, Hokanson saved a shot andpunted the ball long. Freshmanmidfielder Liz Hodges found the

ball and after making a juke to getthrough the defensive line, beat thegoalkeeper to the right from 25yards out.

Points are hard to come by inCAA women’s play, so they took thepoint and went away near the top ofthe league in standings.

On Saturday, the men (4-2-2,1-0) took it to the No. 11 Monarchs(4-1, 0-1) for their third consecutiveranked matchup to close out thehome series. Despite six yellowcards in the game, two on the Pa-triots, they came out unscathedwith a 1-0 win.

The lone goal came on apenalty kick taken by junior for-ward Taylor Morgan. The Mon-archs’ goalkeeper Victor Francozmade the save to his right, but Mor-gan found the ball to finish the playand give the Patriots a 1-0 lead. It

was Francoz’s one goal allowed de-spite saving eight shots on thenight.

Morgan now leads the teamwith seven goals and is tied for sec-ond on the team with three assistsin just eight games to bolster hisrole as the premier offensive playerfor the Patriots.

The Mason men take the weekoff before making a trip to Rich-mond to take on the VCU Rams 7p.m. Saturday. Their next home

game is Wednesday, Oct. 5, whenthey take on the Drexel Dragons 7p.m. at George Mason Stadium.

To wrap up the weekend, thewomen (3-4-3, 0-1-1) made anotherstop on their road trip to play theirsecond conference game againstthe William & Mary Tribe (7-1-2, 2-0). On the wet Sunday, the under-dog Patriots fell to injury and theTribe, losing by a 3-1 final score.

Junior defender Cami Ver-schooris started the game for aninjured senior defender KellyThomas, but went down in thefirst half with a leg injury. The softfield was not nice to the Patriots.

“We’ve had weird injuries,”Drake said. “The surface didn’thelp. It was like playing in quick-sand. I think for both teams, it re-ally slowed the pace of the gamedown dramatically.”

The Tribe came out with en-ergy and their potent offense tookover, retaining possession for mostof the first half. Drake tried to

change up the look in the goal bystarting Hokanson instead of sen-ior goalkeeper Alex Bodenshatz.Drake splits time between them,looking for a good performance outof one goalkeeper, but neither havehad a completely mistake-free halfyet.

Hokanson allowed two goals inthe first half, one from a good fin-ish from the Tribe offense and thefoot of Mallory Shaffer and theother on a free kick headed in byCortlyn Bristol.

Bodenshatz came in to keep itclose, but the Tribe scored 95 sec-onds into the second half. Boden-zhatz came out of the box and leftan opening for Shaffer to put theball in the left side of the goal from16 yards out.

On the other side of the field,Katherine Yount was working onher third consecutive clean sheet,as Doherty was dedicated to givingthe Patriots a little momentum. Asthe game started to wind down,Anderson sent the ball from theleft to Doherty, who placed theball just under the crossbar fromthe middle of the field.

“It’s nice to disrupt anybody’sshutout,” Drake said. “But it wastoo late until they started attack-

ing a little more urgently.The game was hard to take,

but the final goal made the loss abit easier to handle.

They take on the VCU Rams onThursday night in Richmond witha 7 p.m. start time, still on the huntfor their first conference win. TheRams sit at the bottom of the con-ference with a 0-2 conferencerecord, going 2-7-1 overall.

John PowellStaff Writer

Dreary Weekend Ends With Injury, Women’s Soccer Loss

Men Top ODU 1-0 Despite Two Yellow Cards

“They were a muchstronger team physi-cally and athleticallythan we were told. Ithink our girls came ina little bit flatter thanthey should’ve.”

-Diane Drake, Women’sSoccer Head Coach

“We’ve had weird injuries. The surfacedidn’t help. It was likeplaying in quicksand. Ithink for both teams, itreally slowed the paceof the game down dramatically.”

-Diane Drake, Women’sSoccer Head Coach

The Women’s volleyball team

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Harrisonburg on Friday to

take on the James Madison

University Dukes at 7 p.m.

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Pat CarrollAsst. Sports Editor

Top 10 Baseball Movies

Before Sosa and McGwire you had Maris and Mantle chasing the home runtitle in a single season. The difference here is that they were both on the sameteam — lifetime Yankee fan Billy Crystal was behind this, so don’t miss it.

The theme of striving for your dreams and overcoming the odds are prevalentin this film about a high school science teacher’s rise to the big leagues. Based onthe true story of relief pitcher, Jim Morris, the story is truly inspiring and thoughthe baseball action isn’t mind-boggling, the tale itself makes the film a must-seefor any baseball fan.

In a new town with no friends, young Scott Smalls must try to fit in with theneighborhood boys who live and breathe baseball, spending their days at TheSandlot. Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez includes Scotty in their play and shows theothers that baseball is for everyone, no matter their skill level. Also Smalls man-ages to get himself in the “biggest pickle any of them had ever seen.” If you haven’tseen this movie, stop reading this and watch it!

There’s nothing like watching a group of scrappy underdogs and has-beensfight the man. When a former Vegas showgirl inherits the Cleveland Indians fromher dead husband, the players will stop at nothing to prevent her from moving theteam to Miami. Check it out!

This film is a fictionalized account of the All-American Girls Professional Base-ball League, which existed from 1943 to 1954. Madonna swings for the fenceswith what might be the best role of her film career while Tom Hanks does whathe usually does: acts like a champion.

#1“If you build it, he will come” — the infamous movie quote that a voice whis-

pers to Ray Kinsella has become synonymous with the best baseball film of all-time. Kinsella, a novice Iowan farmer, is told to build a baseball diamond in hiscorn field by a mysterious voice. After its completion, some of the past greatsshow up to play. The film harks on the beauty of a father-son relationship andhow baseball can bring the two together.

Robert Redford’s portrayal of Roy Hobbs, a middle-aged nobody who leads a1930s baseball team to glory, is one of his greatest roles of his illustrious career.With the help of a bat made from the wood of a lightning-struck tree, Hobbs be-comes the team’s go-to player and lives up to the fame he had invisioned as ayoung pitcher.

What makes a good baseball movie? How about a baseball groupie, a veteranballplayer and the next big prospect’s love triangle? Bull Durham has the sub-stance of a baseball film with the heart of a romantic comedy. If you still want towatch a sports film on date night, you can’t go wrong here.

A heart-warming story about one of the greatest baseball players of all-time,Lou Gehrig, whose life was cut short by the disease that bears his name. GaryCooper stars as Gehrig and even the great Babe Ruth makes a cameo as himself.You don’t need to be a Yankees fan to fall in love with this film, its characters andits message of humility, love and passion.

Perhaps only the steroid era bests the Black Sox scandal in its negative impactto the game. This film stays true to the rule that if you have a baseball film, itmust have either Kevin Costner or Charlie Sheen. Check this one out for a glimpseat a dark chapter in our nation’s pasttime.

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The Natural (1984)

Bull Durham (1988)

Pride of the Yankees (1942)

Eight Men Out (1988)

*61 (2001)

The Rookie (2002)

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Major League (1989)

A League of Their Own (1992)

or twenty years, African and African American Studies (AAAS) has taught students about the experiences of people of African descent. During our two decades of existence, we have expanded our campus presence to be a resource for understanding U.S. and world histories, international social

just ice, domestic and global politics, transnational trade, and the worldwide influence of Ameri- can artistic culture. The bottom-line: the critical thinking skills you will ac- quire as one of our students will drastically enrich your academic career at Mason as well as prepare you to thrive in a diverse job market within the D.C. metropolitan area, and the world.

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Sports movies have become cliché over the past25 years with stories of underdog players or teamscoming together to win the big game. In this fall’ssports movie representative, Moneyball, the cookie-cutter plotline is not the case. However, the adversity that the characters must faceis still prominent. The story revolves around Oakland Athletics gen-eral manager, Billy Beane, played in the film by BradPitt. Beane has faced his fair share of difficult, life-changing decisions throughout his life and the filmdoes a great job showing the thought process thathe had to go through in making them. As a teenager, Beane was a top baseball prospect andwas offered a hefty, first round contract by the NewYork Mets while also pondering a joint football-baseball scholarship to Stanford University. Aftermuch deliberation, Beane took the Mets offer andstarted his career in Major League Baseball.

Though his playing career would be short-lived andfilled with disappointment, Beane worked his wayup through the ranks to eventually become generalmanager of the Oakland A’s, with the lowest salaryin baseball. In order to be competitive, he must finda way to acquire top talent for a bargain. In the film, Peter Brand, played by Jonah Hill, is themastermind behind the new form of player devel-opment and analysis through the use of sabremet-rics. Based on the writings of baseball brain BillJames, sabremetrics uses player’s statistics to pre-dict the amount of wins a team will have in a givenseason. Brand is based off Paul DePodesta, the current di-rector of player development for the New York Mets,who preferred going un-credited in the film. Thefilm pulls at many different aspects of the heart andmind. Glances of Beane’s relationship with hisdaughter, Casey, who he shares a special bond withand is a major motivator for him, provide a moretender side to Beane, who is often seen in a louder,more competitive light.

Scenes with Beane and his scouts showed the work-ing environment that a Major League Baseball gen-eral manager faces on a day-to-day basis. His snarkycomments and his scouts’ responses are sure to en-tertain.One aspect that I found moving was the use of high-lights and a reenactment of one of the A’s biggestgames of the season, a walk-off win by Scott Hatte-berg. It gave perspective on the actual team and theodds that they overcame to maintain the longestwin streak in American League history at 20 games. Though the A’s don’t win the big game, they set thestandard of how baseball can be won. Two yearslater, the Boston Red Sox would win the 2004 WorldSeries using similar techniques that the A’s had im-plemented. If you are a baseball fan, who enjoys the essence ofthe game, then Moneyball will not disappoint. It isso good that within the next few years it may be inserious talks of an all-time great baseball movie.And that sure is saying something.

Pat CarrollAsst. Sports Editor

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so taken, obtained or withheld, re-ceives the credit card or creditcard number with intent to use itor sell it, or to transfer it to a per-son other than the issuer or thecardholder; or

(b) He receives a credit cardor credit card number that heknows to have been lost, mislaidor delivered under a mistake as tothe identity or address of the card-holder, and who retains posses-sion with intent to use, to sell or totransfer the credit card or creditcard number to a person otherthan the issuer or the cardholder;or

(c) He, not being the issuer,sells a credit card or credit cardnumber or buys a credit card orcredit card number from a personother than the issuer; or

(d) He, not being the issuer,during any twelve-month period,receives credit cards or credit cardnumbers issued in the names oftwo or more persons which he hasreason to know were taken or re-tained under circumstances whichconstitute a violation of 18.2-194and subdivision (1) (c) of this sec-tion.

Court records also indicatethe offense occurred on July 12,2011.

Three days later, on July 15,the Mason Police Blotter listed acomplaint of credit card theft.

The description of that inci-

dent reads, “Credit card was takenfrom victim’s room and was usedat several locations.” The crime logalso states the incident occurredin the Eastern Shore residence hallon Mason’s Fairfax campus. Casestatus is pending.

It has not been verifiedwhether the complaint is relatedto the Cornelius case.

The Washington Post pub-lished a quote from an unnamedsource who claimed Cornelius“found a credit card on campus inJuly, used it to purchase food andgasoline valued at about $60 andthen threw away the card.”

Major George Ginovsky of theMason Police Department has de-clined to disclose specific case in-formation but did outline thegeneral procedure for conductingan investigation when an individ-ual is suspected of credit cardfraud or larceny.

According to Ginovsky, thefirst step is usually to talk to thevictim and other witnesses. Afterfollowing those leads, the detec-tive or investigator then usuallyconsults technologies such asvideo surveillance and attempts totrace data if the credit card wasused.

Ginovsky said he urges stu-dents and community membersto take two important precautionsin order to limit instances of theftand larceny on campus.

“If you’re in the [JohnsonCenter] or library, don’t leave

property unattended,” Ginovskysaid. “If you’re living in a residencehall, lock the door to your room.”

Police suspect the majority ofthefts occurring in a residence hallare not performed by individualsbreaking in or forcing access, butby other residents of the building,said Ginovsky.

Earlier in the week, Cornelius“tweeted” two messages from hisTwitter account to his followers,likely in response to his arrest.

On Monday, Sept. 19, Cor-nelius wrote, “I'm doing some re-evaluating in my life all negativepeople must go I gotta makechanges if u ain't gone have myback den u gotta go.”

Later that day, he sent an-other message: “These past coupleof days really opened my eyes andmade me think people r not whou think they are.”

Cornelius started every gamefor the Patriots last season inwhich he averaged 9.5 points pergame and led Mason with 61 3-point field goals. He was figured tobe a big part of the Patriots rota-tion this year.

Cornelius has not beenreached for comment by C2M.

C2M will continue to followthis story leading up to the pre-liminary hearing on Nov. 15.

Broadside Editor-in-chief Gre-gory Connolly and C2M Sports Re-porter John Powell contributed tothis report.

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