the
Herald By and for the students of Hobart and William Smith Colleges
VOLUME CXXXI ISSUE 11
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009
GENEVA, NY
What Is C.A.B. Doing With Our Money? By Jennifer Hollander ’10 Advertising Director
Campus Activities Board (C.A.B) has been with the Colleges for an unknown period of time. Originally started as an outlet for non-drinking students to have fun, C.A.B’s popularity amongst students has been waning. There is resentment towards C.A.B by clubs that would have liked to use the money C.A.B spends for their own event. However, C.A.B has previously set a precendent of supporting club events, thereby co-sponsoring them. While it is wonderful that C.A.B. is supporting the various clubs on campus, it does not reverse all of the tension. Much of the tension towards C.A.B, whether as a group or the events that they sponsor, come from the fact that C.A.B has a large budget and the events that they are paying for are not in high enough attendance to warrant the cost. In Nov. 2008, there was a Psychic Fair, which cost C.A.B. $1900; however, only about 50 people attended. In Feb. 2009, C.A.B chose to bring an ice skating rink to Medbery parking lot for students to use. Unfortunately, weather in the low 20s caused students to be disinclined to try it out. It cost $8,500 to put in and approximetely 35 people
used it; which means that C.A.B. paid $242.86 for each student to use the rink. The Herald did some research and discovered that, for the same price, C.A.B could have rented out the rink in downtown Geneva for 4.42 days straight, assuming it was open 24/7. Also, in Feb. 2009 a group titled Lamont Carey and UE were paid $2,800 with an attendance of 40. In March 2009, a comedian that was paid $3,470 had a turnout of only 60 people. In all from the 08-09 school year C.A.B spent $66,568.77, a budget about twothirds the size of the BAC semester allocation for more than 50 clubs. So far in this semester, C.A.B has also paid great money for events that were not well received. In September Holly Brooks was paid $2,000 to perform on campus; she had an audience of about 40 people. The
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magician Derek Hughes, who performed in early October, gathered 50 students at the price of $2500. C.A.B., however, is not solely marked by unattendance; last year, the Friday Flix “Milk” and “W” garnered an audience of 200 for the cost of $650 and 100 people for the cost of $571 respectively.
Open Mic nights average about 45 students at no cost to anyone. The $1000 Giveaway that was held in September is always well received and gathered a large crowd of 200 students. Both this fall and last, the MONEY continued on Page 2
Red Watch Band Program Hits HWS
Hobart Men Compete for Mr. Hobart Title
By Julia Campus ’11 and Lauren Wells ’12 Herald Contributors
By Erin Meehan ’12 A&E Editor
There’s no secret surrounding the life-threatening effects of alcohol on young adults. Statistics in 2006 showed that 82 percent of college students drink alcohol, and half of them are on a quest to get drunk. More than 1,800 college students per year die from toxic drinking or are injured from events related to toxic drinking. About 600,000
Fields, head of Geriatric and Internal Medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, lost her son Matthew to an alcohol overdose while he was a freshman at Northwestern University. Lara Hunter, the National Coordinator of the Red Watch Band movement, said, “ T h e Red Watch
college students per year are injured under the influence of alcohol. The prevalence of binge drinking among those 18-24 is at 27.4 percent. With blaring facts like these, wouldn’t it be nice to have a helping bystander — a red dot on the college landscape signifying a safeguard? A person who is trained in CPR and knows the right steps to take when someone too intoxicated needs help? Try on a Red Watch Band for size. In June 2008, Dr. Suzanne
Band was actually started in response to the tragedy of one of our faculty members (Dr. Fields), and the (college’s) president reached out to her, and we put together this program.” Hunter added, “Students are drinking more excessively than ever.” Stony Brook President Shirley Strum Kenny contacted designer Milton Glaser, the man behind the “I Love New York” WATCH continued on Page 3
Do you ever find yourself strutting through SAGA or catch your reflection in the library window and think, “Wow, I am quite good looking”? Are you a Hobart student? If you answered yes to all of the above, then fret no longer about your
is a fundraiser put on and created by the Colleges’ chapter of Habitat For Humanity. Co-Presidents Grace Hunt and Amelia Martinez along with other members developed the idea of having an all male
wasted beauty because the new Mr. Hobart contest will finally allow you to broadcast your looks across the campus. The new event
talent show as way to raise money and have fun.
Campus Happenings
A&E
Opinions
O x fa m Aids Hunger
Sop h i s t a f unk
Ap p le H o lds Str ong
Brang e l i na A dopt s
A L i brar y Worke r M a ke s : Rules of the Librar y
Red Ja c ket Expands
Dating S i t e of t he We e k
LAO C lub Pr ofile
Blog of t he We e k
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Sports N M U S o cce r Pl ay e r H o b ar t B as k e t b al l
Letter from the Editors
U p co m i n g G am e s
Swe e t P oe t r y
S t at e s m e n Ear n H o n o r s