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The DolphinNov./Dec. 2008 Delgado Community College Volume 38: Number 3
S.P.I.T.T. rap battle winner
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Season opinion of the Saints
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By Kris [email protected]
President- elect Barack Obama will become the 44th president of the United States. He believes that he can change America, and from the looks of it, he has already begun the transi-tion.
The American people are ready to see the direction that he will take this coun-try in. A new face, for a new America, Obama knows that the road will not be the easy, but he is dedicated to ensuring the safety of the American People. When asked what they thought, here is what some had to say at Delgado.
What do you think about President-elect Barack Obama becoming the new President of the United States of America?
Darius Robinson, Pre-Pharmacy) It’s a good way for our country not only to have racial diversity, but a change in general.
Trevor Gibbs, (Gener-al Studies) I think it’s won-derful!
Emily Cosper (Phi Theta Kappa) I’m excited, optimistic for our country and my friends’ children. He represents the 21st century. He’s our president-elect and we should support him.
Diana Martinez (Vet-erinary Technology) I’m curious to see what he is going to do. I hope he does make some change.
Michael Gibbs (Amer-ican Sign Language Com-munication) I think its good because my demographic people are in presidency. By my people I mean people trying to do the right thing morally.
Kerry Schexnaydre (Nursing) I don’t know it’s kinda scary. It’s not racial or anything. I think McCain is an idiot.
Shane Hendrix (Gen-eral Studies Science) We can’t do any worse than the guy we have right now…We’ll just wait and see and hope for the best.
Sabrina Pacaccio (Ra-diology) I think it’s a good social move for the black and younger community…If he does what he says he will be a great president.
Mendell Latham (Nursing) Honestly, first off I feel that Barack speaks from both sides. He sees from both sides of the fence.
It’s a milestone to have a first black president. So changes that need to be made for the black com-munity will be made. From a worldly stand point as far as relations with other coun-tries, this is a good step.
On the flip-side, a lot of conflicts are going to arise. I’d rather see a female in of-fice than a black (person).
Delgado responds to president-elect Obama
Over 140 students, faculty and staff from the Culinary Arts & Hospital-ity Department of Delgado Community College vol-unteered as baristas serv-ing attendees of the Star-bucks Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Wednesday, Oct. 29.
The 2005 world re-cord for the most custom-ers served in under three
minutes time was shattered during this event in the New Orleans Arena.
The old record was
7500 customers served in Seattle, Wash. in 2 minutes, 26 seconds, and a record 10,000 customers were
Star Bucks
By Barry [email protected]
Culinary and hospitality students help break world record for most coffee served
served in New Orleans in 2 minutes, 31 seconds.
“I thought it was a great learning experience for our
students to be involved with such a large-scale cor-porate event,” said Mary Bartholomew, director of the Culinary Arts & Hos-pitality program. “It gave the students hands-on ex-perience with the organi-zation and production of a ground- breaking event.”
Starbucks will make a donation of $17,000 to the Culinary Arts and Hospi-tality program in apprecia-tion for [the students’] ac-tive role in this convention event.
Obama spoke to a standing-room only crowd of 3500+ at Tulane University’s Fogel-man Arena in February 2008. Obama came to New Orleans before the La. primary in his cam-paign for the Democratic presidential nomina-tion.
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Culinary Arts teamed with Hospitality majors to help break the Guiness World Record for most customers served (10,000) in 2 minutes, 31 seconds.
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C a m p u s N e w s
News at a Glance…
Thanksgiving Holiday
Wed., Nov. 26-30
Early Registration Tuition Due
Wed., Jan. 7
Last Day of Class
Mon., Dec. 1
Finals
Tues., Dec. 2-8
Commencement
Mon., Dec 15 at 10 a.m.
Regular Spring Registration
Wed., Jan. 14
First Day of Spring Classes
Sat., Jan. 17
Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday
Mon., Jan. 19
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Midterms. Finals. Stress.
As a student, you have a lot on your plate like choosing a major and taking classes you don’t like.
What can you do to bal-ance out some of the pres-sure? Has college always been this way, or is it just our generation?
Some of Delgado’s teachers shared tidbits about their college experiences.
Participants include Tim Baker (Assistant Profes-sor of Theatre Arts), Brett Heintz (Assistant Profes-sor of Psychology and De-partment Chair of Social Sciences), Robert Lawyer (Professor of Psychology) and Kris LaMorte (Instruc-tor of Theatre Arts). Here is what they had to say.
Did you change your major?
Baker- I started out as an architecture major, but I had done lots of theatre in high school. I got involved with college theatre, and the rest was history.
Lawyer- I did not know what I wanted to major in when I first attended col-lege. I started in general studies.
What helped you deal with stress?
Baker- I joined a frater-nity, and that helped relieve a lot of stress!
Heintz- Keeping things in perspective. I worked several jobs that made me appreciate going to school.
What clubs or extra-curricular activities were you active in?
Heintz -Psycho logy club for three years. I was the president for one year and represented the club in the SGA.
Lawyer- I joined sev-eral clubs that were associ-ated with political activities and political action…played intramural sports of various types, and was a member of the tennis team at my alma mater, though my perfor-mance was not noteworthy.
What did you like about college?
Baker- I loved the pro-cess of learning- of being a student and discovering new concepts and knowledge. I could have been a student forever.
LaMorte- The people I met are life-long friends. The kind you can call on for anything, any time.
What did you dislike about college?
Heintz- I hated regis-
tration--long lines, punch cards. There was no early registration, online or tele-phone registration. After registering, you had to stand in longer lines for financial aid and the bursar’s.
LaMorte- I didn’t take advantage of all my col-lege had to offer. I could have double majored, but I didn’t take that extra step and time.
What didn’t I like?--ex-ams and how seriously the instructors took their sub-jects. But, now I get it. I try to take that into account with what I teach.
What advice would you give to students who get discouraged about pursu-ing a college degree?
Baker- Find your pas-sion! Get educated in what you love to do, then…find someone who will pay you to do it!
Heintz- Life happens while you are in school. You will contemplate quit-ting many times (sometimes many times in a day). Grad-uating from college is an in-dication that one can persist through adversity.
LaMorte- Keep your eye on the prize. You won’t be in school forever.The en-tire rest of your life you will be working. Stretch your-self while you’re here, push yourself to learn new things and have fun.
By Shantrell A. [email protected]
College stress is nothing new
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By K.C. WHITE
I’M JUSTSAYING
By DIoNNE DUNCAN
IN MYoPINIoN
Well, well, well, the elec-tion is over. Barack Obama is the president-elect. His-tory has been made. Heaven and angels have sung. There was dancing and grape soda for everyone!
(Also, I’ve just realized that for the first time ever, my word program has not flagged the words ‘Barack’ or ‘Obama’ as being mis-spelled!)
What I find interesting are the comments I’ve been reading over the last couple of days. You can rest as-sured that there is no black uprising being planned over the next few days. Or at least, I don’t think there is. I’ll get back to you when I get the new edition of Ne-gro Weekly.
As amazed as I was by the results of the election, I was really saddened by the hate that came as a re-sult of it. Suddenly people are burning his signs, and screaming that they won’t be led by a black man.
Well, guess what hon: if you’re a citizen of this coun-try, you WILL be led by this
man. Otherwise, you know what they say…If you don’t like it, you can leave. Ooh, doesn’t feel so good when the shoe is on the other foot, does it?
Now, I don’t believe that Barack Obama is going to ride into the White House on a unicorn and make the sun come out every morn-ing (though, that would be SO cool). But why are peo-ple so afraid?
What is it about this campaign that makes people quake in their boots? Can you really say you’ve been on cloud nine for the last eight years? You feel that the country has gotten the wool pulled over its eyes? Funny, I said that after the 2000 and 2004 elections. So now what?
So many people were afraid that he would turn into a tyrant once he got elected, but Barack Obama is not a tyrant. I am a tyrant. A huge one.
As far as I’m concerned, you should all be grateful that the name on the ballot was Barack Obama, and not KC White.
If I became president, I would bring back the stocks, public executions and man-datory canings. I would rule with an iron fist, and you sign-burners and nay-sayers would be the first mo-fo’s against the wall…No, seri-ously. I’m not kidding.
One of my biggest hopes is that our new presi-dent will improve education in this country, so that some of you out there will know what socialism really is. I understand that not every-one voted for him, but you must understand that he is your president now, and he should be respected as such.
Just as you demanded respect for the last one, whether we agreed with his views and policies or not. So practice what you preached when your side was in pow-er.
I find it interesting that the same people that have been stuffing the great-ness of democracy down our throats all this time, are pissed because this time it hasn’t favored them. We are all contradictions with legs.
Now for the announce-ments: The Negro national anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” has been replaced by “Movin’ on Up” until further notice!
Also, all white people are to report to the cotton fields at 7 a.m. for orienta-tion. (And if you’re lucky, I’ll bring the small whip.) Now don’t work too hard, because we have choir prac-tice in the afternoon. Those spirituals won’t sing them-selves!
Just saying.
Change is inevitable; it is not prejudiced, biased, or racist. Change affects whomever, whenever it wants. Change doesn’t care whether you’re prepared or not. You can either refuse it or embrace it, but whatever you choose, it ultimately affects you in some way, shape, or form.
On Nov. 4, 2008, Barack Obama became the 44th president of the U.S.A. For many Americans such as myself, it was a defin-ing moment in history that made you stand in awe.
In that very moment, change took a hold of this country like never be-fore and there was nothing anyone could say or do to change the outcome of the situation. When something major takes place in Ameri-can History, it must be ac-knowledged and respected.
By no means should individuals look upon this change in America as a de-feat or negative omen, just because an individual’s eth-nic background is different from the last 43 presidents. I believe that change is an important component in life because it shows us where we are and pushes us to where we need to be.
For example, in 2005, Hurricane Katrina took the
lives and homes of many New Orleans citizens. This natural disaster forced New Orleans residents to move to places they knew little about.
Many individuals who were renting apartments in New Orleans, were actu-ally given homes. For those individuals, their living ar-rangements put them into a different area that was bet-ter than the place they were before.
Everyone will not be receptive to all the changes that will occur throughout life’s journey. It is impera-tive that we endure the inev-itable, to create the kind of change to better ourselves and others.
Whether our president is black or white, we should not reject what he has to of-fer this country. If you’ve been diagnosed with a dead-ly disease, you shouldn’t stop fighting to live.
If your job doesn’t bring you much joy, you’re re-sponsible for your own joy and happiness. You can ei-ther change your job or dis-position. Which ever you choose, something has to change for the better.
Change is nothing to be scared of; it is part of life and growth. If you re-main a child your entire life, you will miss the op-portunity for college, mar-riage, and someday, having kids of your own. We have to evolve into our destiny in order to possess our pur-pose in life and that means being pushed, pressed, and broken by the changes that we face.
It’s been nearly four years since Delgado has had an operational daycare center for the children of its students and staff, but even now plans are in motion to provide that service once again.
According to Delgado’s Assistant Vice Chancellor of Facilities and Planning, Ad-olfo Girau, the campaign to rebuild began about a year after Katrina.
Before Katrina, Del-gado had two facilities for child care: one in Building One and another in Build-ing 32 (the Old President’s Home), which allowed for
Daycare to rebuildBy Shantrell A. [email protected]
the capacity of about 100 children.
Girau said that the plans for this new center would allow for a larger capacity, though the exact number has yet to be determined.
The daycare center will be located between the trail-ers by N.O.R.D. Playground and the Holt Cemetery and will cover an area of about 9,000 square feet with six class rooms.
According to Girau, construction on the daycare center is scheduled to begin in March 2009 and is sched-uled to be completed by March 2010.
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arts & eNtertaiNmeNtN.O.’s lol with Dean Obeidallah
By Mai [email protected]
I t a l i a n - P a l e s t i n i a n American Dean Obeidallah performed stand-up comedy live in front of a packed au-dience at Tulane University earlier in October as part of Tulane’s Reading Project.
Obeidallah, who was born and raised in Lodi, New Jersey to a Palestinian father and a Sicilian mother, has made appearances on Satur-day Night Live, The View, Comedy Central, and is part of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour. Obeidallah does com-edy to break through the stereotypes made of Arabs and Muslims today.
Since 9/11, Obeidallah has used comedy as a way to connect with non-Arabs/Muslims as well as Arabs by raising the political and social issues in an effort to change it.
Obeidallah shared with the crowd numerous jokes about the elections, post 9/11, and typical jokes about Arabs and Muslims.
Dean asked a room full of people who had just returned from Gus-tav how they would feel if the hurricanes had Ara-bic names...“Hurricane Mahmud is coming, RUN.’’ Dean also keeps a mini-
notebook of the comments people make when they find out he is an Arab.
“Oh, you’re an Arab? But you look so nice!”
Obeidallah also talked about serious problems such as racial profiling. The Dol-phin caught up with Dean via email after his first show in New Orleans.
What did you think
about New Orleans when you first came?
New Orleans is a very unique city. I have travelled all over the US and I can’t recall another city with such a range of architecture, peo-ple and food.
What made you agree to come to New Orleans to do a stand-up comedy show?
I have never been to New Orleans before so I was very excited to ac-cept the offer to perform in New Orleans. I’m very happy I did!
What was the funni-est thing said from the audience to you from your show in N.O?
To me the funniest thing wasn’t what was said, but the photo we took after the show with me and about 20 Arab-Ameri-
can women which made me look like I was a bachelor on a new Arab/Muslim real-ity dating show!
How does the audience in the Middle East com-pare to the New Orleans audience?
Interestingly, I found that the young people in Middle East who came to my shows there laugh at the same jokes at the same plac-es as US audiences. To me that really shows a common bond we have as people.
What part of New Orleans were you able to see?
We went to the French Quarter and went to one of Emeril’s restaurants.
Would you like to come through New Or-leans again?
Very much so! (God willing) I will be able to perform again and get more time to see more of the city.
“Role Models” is the new comedy film that was released on Nov. 7, 2008.
Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott star as Dan-ny Donahue and Wheeler Gunders in the movie. Dan-ny (Paul Rudd) hates any and everything while his best friend Wheeler loves anything. They play two vendors that trash a garbage truck of their energy drink company, Minotaur.
When they are arrest-ed, the court gives them a choice: either spend some time in jail or do 150 hours of service with a mentoring program. They ultimately choose the mentoring pro-gram.
However, it seems that
after a day with the children, prison might not be so bad after all. Danny was recent-ly dumped by his girlfriend Beth (Elizabeth Banks).
Now, he has to help a shy, role-playing teen, Au-gie Farks. Danny struggles with his insane impulses when trying to guide Augie (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) into growing up. He seems to only have a sarcastic tone to offer the 16-year-old me-dieval character wanna-be.
Meanwhile, Wheeler has a fifth grader named Ronnie (Bobb’e J. Thomp-son). This kid is obsessed with breasts and has a knack to mouth off a lot. Once the center’s former director (Jane Lynch) gives them the ultimatum, Danny and Wheeler are forced to help these kids mature.
During the process, they go through changes, too. They grow up as they men-tor these kids. “Role Mod-els” was funny throughout the movie. It was all of the actors involved that made this movie so funny.
They have played in many others (Anchorman, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Superbad and Forgetting Sarah Marshall) so they are all used to each other’s practical jokes and what each other brings to the screen.
Sometimes a brash and ill-mannered R-rated com-edy is all people want out of life. “Role Models” more than fits the description. In the end, you realize that sometimes it takes an idiot to make a child grow up.
“Role Models” movie reviewBy Donald [email protected]
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Dean Obeidallah takes notes on what people say about his American-Arabic heritage, and makes the audi-ence laugh with him.
Dean jokes that he’s part of a new Arab/Muslim reality dating show, but it’s just audience members at Tulane University, after his first gig in New Orleans.
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Advance $2, Door $3 to benefit
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Thursday Nov. 20, 8 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Delgado Student Life Center
Door prizes include Plexus Pink breast self-exam kits valued at $50 (donated by Melissa Henry)
Affordable food, drink at the event!
Spoken word - Rap - PoetryDJ Linx - Bounce music
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Taurus: (April 21 - May 21)
You are an emotional roller coaster. One minute you’re up, the next you’re down, and before you know it, you’ve shot your favorite newscaster in the kneecaps ‘just cuz’.
Gemini: (May 22 - June 22)
Everyone loves a Gemini because everyone loves a schizophrenic.
Cancer: (June 23 - July 23)
You like to know what’s going on in the lives of everyone in the galaxy. However, you tend to not know what’s going on in your own.
Leo: (July 24 - Aug. 23) I’m going to the game. And you’re (probably) not. But I have one extra ticket. Don’t you wish you were so lucky?
Virgo: (Aug. 24 - Sept. 23)
Sometimes you can be a pain. You regulate your breathing and color-coordinate the clothes in your closet.
Libra: (Sept. 24 - Oct. 23)
You are oh-so-elegant and tasteful to the point of incurring nausea in the people around you.
Scorpio: (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) You use big words and make up some of your own so that everyone believes you’re smarter than you really are.
Sagittarius: (Nov. 23 - Dec. 22) Sagittarians are born adventurers. You like smashing spiders with your bare hands and try-ing to walk to the bathroom in the middle of the night with the lights out.
Capricorn: (Dec. 23 - Jan. 19)
Capricorns are hardworking, reliable and can sometimes be very dull.
Aquarius: (Jan. 20 - Feb. 19) You are the life of the party. Anytime, anwhere is what you say. It is not unlikely that an Aquar-ius will consider a wake a good place to meet people.
Pisces: (Feb. 20 - March 20) Everywhere you go, laughter ensues. That would be great if you meant o be funny.
Aries: (March 21 - April 20) You’re often smug and think you’re never wrong.
That’s why you’re going nowhere fast.
FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLYby Soledad Perez
What Do You Think?
S.P.I.T.T. 16By Mai [email protected]
A competition of music, R&B, rap, hip-hop, and lyr-ical battling, all went down at Delgado’s City Park cam-pus Nov.10 in the Dolphin Den, inside the Student Life Center.
S.P.I.T.T. 16 was hosted by Tony Gastearl, a student at Delgado studying TV Production and Film who is also a certified music engi-neer.
Students from different walks of life gathered inside the Dolphin Den and took pleasure in lis-tening to the different talents of students. Thirteen perfor-mances, from R&B to battle rapping, de-cided the winner. Af-ter eight intense rap battles, the winner was picked from the competition.
Two entertainers stood out because of their polished performances; Rory Poplion and Don An-thony.
Rory Poplion (Kon-fidenze), a Delgado student studying Physical Therapy expresses his artist work in R&B, Rap and even Rock. He started his passion two years ago and has gone non stop with his performances.
He has traveled through-out New Orleans perform-ing at school events, func-tions, and has traveled to New York, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Orlando, Fla. where he worked with a record com-pany, Cash-Records.
He puts out nothing but “realistic music, no-over ex-aggerating, personal every-
day life, politics,” and even expressed his feelings into rap on the previous election process.
Don Anthony is a stu-dent at Delgado studying Business Management. He discovered his talent of singing R&B and Pop at an early age of 9. He has a love for singing. “Music is my foundation…the story teller of the beat,” said Anthony.
He expanded his art of music through words of love, feelings, and personal experiences. He then turned his skills into a profession and started performing at local events in the commu-nity, night clubs, colleges, and even at weddings. One of his biggest performances was singing live to a crowd of over 500 people in San Francisco, Calif.
The crowd went wild for the winner of the rap battling competition, Allan Cabus. He had the ability to switch the metaphors and flow. His rapping style is original without giving too much away.
SGA movie timeBy Shantrell A. [email protected]
The SGA keeps the en-tertainment coming as the semester comes to a close.
Thursday, Nov. 20, there will be a presentation of “Hotel Rwanda” in the Dolphin Den. The movie
will begin at 12:30 p.m., and admission is free. Bev-erages and popcorn will be available for purchase.
The SGA has also ar-ranged to have an open mic session at 11 a.m. in Build-ing 23. Students are invited to speak their minds, wheth-
er they do it with poetry, rap or some other form of expression. This will take place on the first floor stag-ing area on Nov. 25.
For more information on any of these SGA-spon-sored events, contact the SGA at 671-6000.
Don Cheadle stars as Paul Rusesabagina in Terry George’s “Hotel Rwanda,” also stars Nick Nolte and Joa-quin Phoenix.
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With 7 more games left in the regular season, some Saints fans are doubtful that their home team will win 6 out of the last 7, in hopes of making it to the playoffs.
A 10-6 record would certainly have post-season potential, but making it to 8-8, even 9-7 probably wouldn’t get them a wild card spot, considering how good their division is.
It is possible that I’m a bit biased because I’m a die-hard Saints fan, but here are my predictions on how the second half needs to play
out for the boys in black and gold if they want a shot at the playoffs.
STAND-OUT QB
Although the Saints had several of Drew’s main tar-gets hurt early in the season, Brees still averages over 331 passing yards each game.
Some quarterbacks aren’t consistent with their starters, while Drew was able to manage with his backups. The guy has thrown for 2,985 yards, and there are still 7 more games.
What more can you ask for in a quarterback? What worries me is the track re-cord of costly mistakes that has always seemed to plague the team.
NO MISTAKES
When they don’t com-mit turnovers or too many
penalties, the Saints, like most teams, usually come away with the W. At least, when the officiating is legit- consider that 2 of the 5 Saints losses this season involved calls from Ed Hockuli (Vikings won by 3, Broncos won by 2).
This guy has been a ref-eree for longer than some of us have been alive, yet every season more contro-versy seems to surround his questionable calls and non-calls. When it isn’t bad of-ficiating, injuries have also hurt the Saints chances.
RECOVER, RE-BUILD
If injured players can have a speedy recovery and stay healthy, most of their weapons will once again be in full effect. Reggie Bush is expected back for week 11.
Not only is he improv-
By MANDY HAMILToN
IN MYoPINIoN
ing as a running back, but he can also be a huge fac-tor for special teams; think back to the two touchdown returns he had against Min-nesota.
Wide receiver, Marques Colston, slowly seems to be getting back to his usual self again. He hasn’t been that reliable third down convert-er that we’re use to seeing, but every week he’s making bigger plays than the last.
Unfortunately, cor-nerback, Mike McKenzie suffered a season- ending knee injury, last Sunday in Atlanta. Hopefully his re-placement, Leigh Torrence can help out their struggling secondary.
ROAD WARRIORS
New Orleans’s cor-ners are continually getting smoked because they play too far off receivers, but
everyone knows it’s a team effort when the Saints lose. The Saints are 0-4 when playing away games, (Lon-don counted as a “home” game) not great odds consid-ering 3 of their last 7 games won’t be in the Dome. Their biggest challenge will be finding a way to win on the road.
If they can find an an-swer, they’ll be in good shape. Look at how 3 of their last 7 games are also against division rivals. The NFC South is one of the stronger divisions this year, so if the Saints can pull off wins against these guys, they shouldn’t have any problems making it to the playoffs.
That is, as long as they continue to win at home, too. Saints fans are hanging on a big “IF”, but like most things associated with New Orleans, you gotta have faith.
By Pernethyia [email protected]
Fashion makeovers on a college budget
If you are in college and someone gives you $90 to give yourself an entire makeover, you would think that’s not enough money. But even on a college bud-get, you can definitely be-come a “fashionista,” and everything doesn’t have to be on sale.
See, towards the end of the summer, fall fash-ions start arriving in stores. Some stores naturally push the newest clothes to the front and the sale items to the back, similar to what Wal-Mart does with milk and eggs.
To get to those sale items, you have to walk through the entire full- priced line of clothes. More than likely, something will catch your eye, you’ll pick it up, may even try it on, and then, you’ll look at the price tag.
Quickly you might think, shopping on a budget is ridiculous and you can never find what you like on the rack. It may seem that way, but it’s not true.
Here are some ways to shop like a “fashionista” on a college budget:
1) Try waiting: The same item you picked up and put back because of the price will most likely be reduced by the end of the month.
For example, a cute top that cost $50 at the begin-ning of the month will prob-ably be reduced by at least 20 percent at the end of the month. Total Savings: $10.
2) Sometimes you have to save: Buying a Louis Vuitton handbag or clutch can be expensive. Some of these bags cost as much as one month’s rent and we know these bags rarely are on sale.
Some people decide to buy “knock-offs” but if you are going to save, why not buy the “real thing.”
For instance, if you work in a restaurant, start putting your tips aside for the bag. Resist buying it with plastic.
If possible put at least 10 percent of your paycheck aside as well, and soon you’ll have that bag, with-out a big credit card bill.
3) Shop Boutique: Sometimes shopping at bou-tiques can be a bit pricey, but
you are paying for originali-ty and one-of-a-kind pieces. Before going to a boutique, you should consider doing a closet inventory and find out what is missing when you wear that certain neck-lace or pair of heels.
At a boutique, you can get that one- on- one assis-tance you may need to find that signature piece. It’s like “first-come, first-served,” and you won’t have to wor-ry about anyone wearing the same shirt or slacks, because some only offer a few sizes of the same top or jeans.
4) Think Twice: You definitely don’t want to have two of the same shirts, jeans or shoes in your closet. Again, this is why you take inventory of your closet.
Also, two different stores may have the exact same shirt, but in one store, the shirt is cheaper. And in some stores, thanks to sim-ple fixes such as snaps and buttons, you can easily get a discount on a top or coat that is missing fasteners.
So to all of the soon-to-be “fashionistas,” good-luck on your next budget-friend-ly shopping experience.
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s p o r t sSeason UnderwayBy Justin [email protected]
Delgado’s men’s basketball team played their first game of the season against East Central Com-munity College (ECCC).
The Dolphins trailed at the half 46 –41. The Dol-phins had over 30 turnovers, coming up short, 87-73.
When asked about their first loss of year, Dolphin forward, Kenneth Burnett said, “It’s something we have to fix.”
Their only win so far is against Pearl River in overtime. Forward Ricardo Porter led the team with 24 points.
The Dolphins have struggled to stay competitive in the second half of their games.
The Dolphins were down by five at the half and couldn’t regain the lead they had in the 1st half, los-ing 78 - 52 to Miss. Gulf Coast Community College in an away game.
The Dolphin’s record on the season is 1 – 5.
Saints have ignored defense for too long
It’s the middle of No-vember and around this time you can rest assure that two things always happen; Thanksgiving is around the corner and the Saints season is more than likely over. But how did we get here? I mean, really?
No less than 22 months ago the Saints were one game from the Super
Bowl. What has happened between then and now, where the Saints have had a record of 11-14 since that cold night in Chicago? One word. Defense. If you fol-low sports, I’m pretty sure you have heard the say-ing, “Offense puts butts in the seats but defense wins championships.” And a lot of the problems can be traced back to the 2007 off-season.
Coming off the 2006 season everybody knew the Saints needed cornerback. All you had to do was watch former Saint, Fred Thomas make Rex Grossman look like the second coming of Joe Montana in the NFC Championship game.
So when the 2007 NFL Draft came around and the Saints selected Robert Meachem, a wide receiver from Tennessee, nobody dared question coach Sean Payton because we as Saints fans were still in our “hon-eymoon” period with Pay-
ton. He could do no wrong in our eyes. But in his rook-ie season, Meachem did not play one game.
And while he has shown he can be a good player in the league this season, the only reason Payton has played him in a couple of games this year is because of injury.
The rest of the 2007 draft was not spectular ei-ther. With the other picks, the Saints took Usama Young, Andy Alleman, Antonio Pittman, Jermon Bushrod, David Jones and Marvin Mitchell.
The only defensive players out of that group are Young, Jones and Mitchell. Now that Mike McKenzie is out for the season, we will see what Young is made of, but Jones is no longer on the team and Mitchell is just a special teams player.
But then we thought we still have free agency, sure-ly they would make a move there. And they did, so let
had since Sam Mills wore a Saints uniform. They also signed Randall Gay, who is a pretty good nickel back.
But they really have to invest more in the defense this coming off-season. There are whispers that Mike McKenzie’s career may be over, so you need a cornerback to play opposite Porter. Safety is a huge con-cern and Kevin Kaesviharn is not getting the job done.
And the Saints abso-lutely have to get more production out of Charles Grant and Will Smith. The Saints have invested $133 million between the two and they only have a combined 5 sacks this season. And it might be time to get a new defensive coordinator.
While the task may seem daunting, it certainly is not impossible. Just re-member Saints, “Offense puts butts in the seats, but defense wins champion-ships.”
us now let us talk about the big free agent signee from 2007, Mr. Jason David!
You know what, scratch that, nothing has to be said about that. In the city of New Orleans the words “Ja-son David” is now worse than saying a certain four letter word.
So, what happened in the 2007 season? 7-9, no playoffs, defense exposed big time.The Saints obvi-ously knew defense was the problem and in the 2008 off-season, they have made a better attempt to fix the defense. It just has not been enough yet.
They took Sedrick Ellis and Tracy Porter with their first two picks in the draft. Ellis has looked really good and Porter was having an excellent year before a sea-son-ending injury to his wrist.
They traded for Jona-than Vilma, who is with-out a doubt the best middle linebacker this team has
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DECEMBER 2 HINDS Utica, MS 6 P.M./ 8 P.M.4 PRCC HOME 5:30 P.M./ 7:30 P.M.6 MS DELTA Moorhead, MS 2 P.M./ 4 P.M.8 SMCC HOME 5 P.M. /7 P.M.11 JONES CO. Ellisville, MS 6 P.M./8 P.M.13 MSGCC (Men) HOME 3 P.M.16 CO LIN Wesson, MS 5:30 P.M./ 7:30 P.M.18 PJC (Men) Pensacola, FL 7 P.M.20 SUSLA Baton Rouge, LA 2 P.M./ 4 P.M.
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22 BISHOP ST Mobile, AL 2 P.M./4 P.M.24 SMCC Summitt, MS TBA25 SMCC Summitt, MS TBA
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Delgado Freshman Forward #35 Cardwell Henderson shoots a free throw against Miss. Gulf Coast Community College. The Dolphins lost 78-52.
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