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#21 Michael Snaer Jumps up to make a basket during the FSU vs. Duke basketball game held on Jan. 12.
NO PLACE LIKE HOME FSU looks to continue home success in conference play against BC NICK SELLERS Assistant Sports Editor Florida State started off the year an underwhelming 1-1 in conference play, and with a matchup against the No. 1 Duke Blue Devils looming, 1-2 looked inevitable. But FSU and their fans had other ideas. Duke defeated. Court rushed. The Seminoles downed Duke and then easily handled N.C. State, beating the Wolfpack by 13. Florida State’s current hot streak faces a potential road bump when Boston College comes to the Donald L. Tucker Center on Saturday. BC is consistently one of the better teams in the league, and at press time on Wednesday was one of the teams, along with FSU, sitting atop the ACC in a four-way tie. Boston College is a group of dead-eyes from the floor, shooting 48 percent from the field. The Eagles have a handful of outstanding players, including Reggie Jackson,
who is the league’s second-leading scorer. Jackson leads the team in scoring and in three-point field goal percentage, shooting an astounding 48 percent from beyond the arc. Jackson’s point totals in the last three games are 25, 29 and 22. In his 25-point performance against Georgia Tech, Jackson was 3-for-3 from beyond the arc. On the glass, the Eagles will turn to senior forward Corey Raji, the younger brother of Green Bay Packer B.J. Raji, to crash the boards. Raji leads the team in rebounds, averaging almost seven a game and Joseph La Belle/FSView is third on the team in Fans cheer after FSU wins during the FSU vs. scoring, averaging 12.6 Duke basketball game held on Jan. 12. points per game. That being said, Raji is rebounding, averaging a eraging over practically the only one pedestrian 32.0 rebounds five rebounds doing any rebounding for per game, a game. the Eagles. Apart from This defensive defi- and if not for Raji and fellow senior ciency bodes well for the injury to forward Joe Trapani, the the Seminoles, who are Xavier Gibson, other 11 players on the one of the best rebound- his name would team are averaging 18.4 ing teams in the country, likely be in the rebounds a game. Bosgrabbing 40.8 boards a mix as well. ton College is 300th in All-American game. The Seminoles Division I basketball in have three players av- candidate Chris Singleton leads the team in minutes, points, rebounds and steals per game, but it has been the play of everyone else that has elevated the Seminoles’ game as they seem to finally have found their stride. In their last contest, Bernard James enjoyed a perfect shooting night from the floor, finishing with 16 points and seven rebounds, and by now, senior guard Derwin Kitchen’s performance against Duke is well-cemented Joseph La Belle/FSView in Seminole lore.
But the list of guys stepping up for the ’Noles doesn’t stop there: freshman forward Okaro White, junior forward Jon Kreft, sophomore guard Michael Snaer and junior guard Deividas Dulkys are enjoying a resurgence in their play that only augurs well for the Seminoles down the stretch. Tip-off is at 7
p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 22., and can be seen on Fox Sports Net Florida and ESPNU.
FSU strategizes during a timeout during the FSU vs. North Carolina State game held on Jan. 15.
FSU: 3 PLAYERS TO WATCH Terrance Shannon
Since Xavier Gibson went down in December, Shannon has seen his minutes increase steadily, and at first he seemed unsure of his new role. But the more experi-
ence he’s gotten, the 6-foot-8 sophomore forward has become more and more assertive on both ends of the floor, and against N.C. State, Shannon was one rebound shy of his first career double-double, finishing with 12 points and 9 rebounds in a season-high 29 minutes. In rebound margin, Boston College ranks 216th in the country at minus-0.6 rebounds per game. Look for Shannon and the other FSU post players to utilize their strength and size on the boards against the Eagles.
Michael Snaer
The sophomore guard out of California is somewhat of an anomaly. Snaer has seen his minutes go up by an average of almost four and his threepoint shooting percentage is also up from last year
from 34.8 to 35.9 percent, but he is actually averaging fewer points per game than he was last year. The real weakness in his game right now is his turnovers; Snaer averages 2.5 a game. That being said, Snaer is developing into a more complete player by the game, posting 13 points against N.C. State. Rangy, able to drive to the basket and spot up and shoot, Snaer is also one of the few Seminoles finding success at the free throw line, where he is shooting 81 percent on the year. If he can harness his athleticism, Snaer will cause some real problems for the Eagles.
Deividas Dulkys
The Seminoles’ designated 3-point shooter has struggled as of late. After starting off the season averaging 10.8 points per game in the first 10 games he played in, Dulkys is averaging
BC: 3 PLAYERS TO WATCH Reggie Jackson
Jackson is the Eagles’ most explosive offensive player. As of Tuesday, Jackson was averaging 19.6 points per game this season. Even more impressive than his scoring numbers is his astounding percentage from behind the 3-point
arc, where he is shooting lights-out, connecting on 48 percent of his attempts on the season. For the Seminoles, this means they will need to contain another potent three-point shooter after dealing with Duke’s Kyle Singler and N.C. State’s Scott Wood in their last two contests. To add insult to injury, Jackson heads into this week on a recent scoring tear. In Boston College’s last three games, Jackson is averaging 25 points per game. In addition to his ability to score, Jackson currently leads the Eagles with 4.7 assists per game. Jackson will likely have to have yet another big night if BC hopes to win.
Joe Trapani
BC’s second-leading scorer, Trapani comes into the week with an average of 13.7 points per contest. He has passed the 20-point mark three times this season, proving he has the ability to go off for a big game if
given the opportunity by an opposing defense. The 6-foot-8 senior is also the team’s secondleading rebounder and has pulled down 6.6 boards per game on the season. He has been a big contributor for the Eagles on the glass this season, with most of his damage coming on the defensive boards, where he pulls in over five rebounds per game. The Florida State big men will have to keep a body on Trapani throughout the game to control both his rebounding and scoring production. Last season, Trapani had 17 points and seven rebounds in Tallahassee.
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3.4 points per game and has had three scoreless finishes in his last seven games. The good news for Dulkys is that the Eagles aren’t known for their perimeter defense and rank in the middle of the pack in the NCAA, sliding in at a tie for 177th by allowing their opponent to shoot an average of 34.3 percent from beyond the arc. The junior native of Lithuania should get some more open looks against Boston College, and don’t sleep on him cutting to the basket if the lane is open.
SCOTT CRUMBLY Staff Writer
Corey Raji
Raji leads the Eagles in rebounds per game this season, pulling down 6.9 boards per game. Raji’s physicality on the glass should come as no surprise, given his older brother, B.J., starts at defensive tackle for the
Green Bay Packers. He will have his work cut out for him against the Seminoles, however. As of this week, Florida State is averaging just over 40 rebounds per game, while BC has managed just 32 rebounds per game, putting them at 300th nationally out of 335 Division I teams. Raji’s ability to battle it out with FSU big men Bernard James, Terrance Shannon, Chris Singleton and John Kreft will be crucial to the Eagles’ success come Saturday. Raji also averages over 12 points per contest, including a season-high 22 in a win over Georgia Tech on Jan. 8.
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‘Chalking’ it up to politics Quote sparks debate among FSU Democrats, Republicans
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ANA REBECCA RODRIGUEZ Assistant News Editor A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released this past Monday, Jan. 17, indicates that at least half of all Americans view the rhetoric used by politicians and media com-
mentators as a contributing factor in the tragic Jan. 8 shootings in Tucson, Arizona. A chalking incident on Florida State University’s campus, reported two days after the shootings, has some FSU students feeling the same way. According to the College Democrats’ Director of Events, Zachary
Zermay, when he noticed what he referred to as “an inflammatory chalking” on the floor near the Integration Statue on campus, he was shocked at its timing. “I happened to look down on the ground and see it scrawled there, right on the floor,” Zermay said. “[I was] shocked
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FSU men rush to get bids to Greek organizations JOSEPH LA BELLE Photographer Spring Rush Week for Greek life at Florida State University started Jan. 18 and extends through Jan. 21. Rush Week gives the men at FSU the opportunity to visit any of the 10 fraternity houses on or surrounding Florida State campus or any of the 13 houses located in Heritage Grove on Ocala Road. Between 350 to 450 men are projected to participate in the rush process, according to David Ward, IFC president. Each house will offer between 15 and 20 bids from this semester’s rush. Ward said that FSU offers a wide variety of personalities in each fraternity house. “There is a fraternity for every man at FSU,” said Ward. The administration of FSU is supportive of the rush process at FSU. “I believe the values
Cary Nelson, Ph.D., the Jubilee Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences and professor of English at the University of Illinois, hosted a lecture entitled, “Popular Poetry of the Great War: The Zero Degree of Contingency,” Tuesday, Jan. 18, in the English Common Room in the Williams Building. The Literature Program, the Department of Modern Languages and the United Faculty of Florida sponsored the event. Nelson discussed the wartime poetry of various nations. He described the Civil War in particular as being a time of “Poetry Panic,” or a period “where people spent time in their
homes writing poetry and then the poems were printed in newspapers.” Dr. Nelson said most of the Poetry Panic written consisted of poems one would not want to read, and presented some wartime poems with pictures on them. “What I am doing here is reading popular artifacts dismissed as insignificant, maybe unwarranted, but I am doing it anyway,” Nelson said. In addition to his teaching duties, Nelson is also a critic and activist, as well as the current president of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). “I have thousands of WWII poems, so many I have stopped collecting,” Nelson said. “Otherwise my house would be filled with them.”
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Andrew Lopez talks to a brother at Phi Kappa Tau on Tuesday, Jan. 18. Rush events will take place throughout the week at Heritage Grove and on-campus. these organizations were founded on,” said Robyn Brock, assistant dean and director of Greek life. “I believe our community grows to embody this. We have some of the oldest
sororities in the nation on our campus dating back to 1904; it’s a big part of our heritage.” For more information on Spring Rush visit http://greeklife.fsu.edu.
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Oxfam coordinates service project for homeless art exhibit KENDAL KALISH Staff Writer Oxfam at Florida State University, an on-campus service organization whose mission is to combat poverty, hunger and social injustice, will host an art exhibition entitled, “Conversation Pieces: Socially Engaged Art” on Feb. 1, at 7 p.m. in the banquet room of the Student Services Building. The event will begin with an open house, where attendees will be able to sample hors d’oeuvres and listen to live music while viewing artwork created by homeless children and adult residents of the Housing Opportunities and Personal Empower-
ment (HOPE) community in Tallahassee. The HOPE community is a six-month transitional housing program for homeless individuals and families. The evening will continue with an open discussion led by Stephanie Beckingham, the HOPE Community Director at Big Bend Homeless Coalition. The event is free and open to the public. Members of the FSU community involved with the event say their ultimate goal is to create awareness. “Our goal for this event is to provide a platform for the community to connect and become more aware of homelessness in Tallahassee,” President and Founder of Oxfam at FSU
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Serve, a not-for-profit organization that provides funding for college and graduate students to implement service projects, Oxfam teamed up with members of the Art Therapy Association. After hosting a number of art therapy sessions at HOPE and providing a facility to showcase the work produced, the project, whose aim was to be both informational and innovative, took off. Along with the therapy sessions, participating children worked together to create a large mural of a handprint tree displayed on their cafeteria wall. “Working on this project has opened my eyes about the realities of
homelessness,” Russell said. “It’s been an exciting experience working closely with the HOPE community and hopefully this event will change student’s previous ideas of homelessness and inspire them to become more active.” Oxfam at FSU is an affiliate of Oxfam International, an international confederation of organizations working together around the world to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice. Oxfam at FSU strives for “thinking globally but acting locally.” For more information on how to join Oxfam, visit their website, “Oxfam @ FSU” on Facebook.
Everybody’s working for the weekend JOSHUA LEVIN Contributing Writer Local Business Saturday, a collaborative effort between the City of Tallahassee, the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce, Tallahassee Economic Development Council, Capital City Chamber of Commerce and local businesses, kicked off Jan. 15 by offering a variety of coupons for over 20 local businesses online. The program is meant to stimulate the local economy by offering money-saving deals for local businesses every second Saturday in 2011. “I’m honored to partner
with our area Chambers of Commerce and area businesses to help our residents save money through special cost-saving deals,” Tallahassee Mayor John Marks said. “Even more importantly, dollars spent in these businesses mean jobs in Tallahassee, and is an investment in our schools and overall quality of life.” The Greater Tallahassee Area Chamber of Commerce estimates that approximately 70 percent of money spent at local businesses is eventually returned to the local economy. Chief of Staff to the Mayor’s Office Rick Minor
explained that the purpose of the program was twofold: firstly, it is intended to rejuvenate the local economy and, secondly, the program is meant to increase public awareness of the benefits of shopping locally. “We’re picking one Saturday every month to emphasize the value of shopping locally,” Minor said. “But we want people to shop locally every day.” FSU students have mixed views on the new program. “Local business needs that extra boost,” FSU student DJ Dodd said. “I would wish we lived in an environment where cou-
pons weren’t necessary to increase local success.” FSU Student Kasey Hettig-Rolfe, said she was a bit skeptical of the program. “Attempting to stimulate the local businesses with the coupon plan seems laudable, but I doubt it will do much in effect,” Hettig-Rolfe said. “Simply because local businesses are likely to struggle to compete with corporations’ prices the other six days of the week.” Sue Dick, president of the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce, pointed out the other benefits to shopping locally outside of price. “With shopping options
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Zermay said the quote was written along with information regarding an upcoming College Republicans’ meeting. “To be promoting extremism after [the shootings] is kind of outrageous,” Zermay said. “It’s not so much the quote in and of itself; it’s also when the quote was placed there, just two days after the attempted assassination of a congresswoman. The timing of the quote is just distasteful.” In 1964, Goldwater’s quote sparked uproar among the American community and, eventually, Goldwater agreed to explain himself. In a letter to President Richard Nixon, who asked Goldwater for a clarification of the quote, Goldwater said that what he meant was that “wholehearted devotion to liberty is unassailable and that halfhearted devotion to justice is indefensible.” When asked about the existence of the quote, College Republicans’ Chairman Jesse Dyer said he believes the attention should be on the shooting victims instead of on any outside debate. “We are praying for the
This type of dialogue may not directly cause extreme violence, but it doesn’t serve to stop it. This rhetoric has to stop. Zachary Zermay College Democrats’ Director of Events
victims of the tragic event, their family members, everybody affected,” Dyer said. “It’s really sad; it’s tragic, and I think it’s despicable—that’s a strong word, but I really do think it’s despicable that [they] are even considering the possibility of there being a causal relationship between the shooting and ‘hostile rhetoric.’” Zermay however, believes that the kind of rhetoric purported by quotes such as Goldwater’s, in fact, eventually lead to more harm than good. “We don’t need more extremists; we need more heroes like the people who worked to save the lives of the people in Tucson, Ariz., as opposed to the extremist who actually fired the gun,” Zermay said. According to CNN survey results, at least some Americans feel the same way. The report indicates
that just about half of the 1,014 individuals surveyed blame the harsh rhetoric and violent metaphors used by politicians and commentators as a contributing factor behind the shootings. A reported 54 percent also believe that the harsh political rhetoric may also lead to other shootings in the future. The other half, however, agree more with Dyer’s perspective. “It’s ridiculous that we would consider whether this was politically motivated or not; [that] the hostile rhetoric led to it, when all the evidence indicates that it’s not, that it wasn’t politically motivated,” Dyer said. “I think people just need to back off. They are politicizing the event; they shouldn’t be. We just need to be praying for the victims.” A reported 49 percent of Americans surveyed said they thought the “harsh
cent white,” Date said in an earlier interview. “Here you had performers and an audience that couldn’t be more different, yet this show was something fresh they could all identify with.” According to the show’s Animated Music Director and Drum Major Brian Snell, the show and others like it open the door for marching band members to continue using their talents after graduation. “For people like me, who went to school and did band for a few years and then hung it up, DRUMLine Live offers a way to tap into that fountain of talent, to show people like me that there’s actually a fu-
ture in this if you want to keep doing it,” Snell stated in an earlier interview. DRUMLine Live has a scheduled tour in several states throughout the country, as well as multiple stops throughout Florida, a state in which 19 of the show’s members have attended school. The show also took their performance eastward, where they performed in both Japan and Korea. DRUMLine Live will be performing at the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center on Jan. 25 at 8 p.m. Tickets to see the show are available online at tlcc.org and student discounts are available.
rhetoric and violent metaphors by politicians and commentators, not at all” contributed to the events in Tucson. In response to the shootings, Democrats and Republicans around the nation have called for a more bipartisan approach to politics, rallying to leave the harshness behind. Americans, however, believe that while that mentality may be in effect now, it will soon dissipate. According to the survey, 70 percent of Americans believe that politicians will treat their opponents with more civility for at least a few weeks, but that after some time, things will return to the way they were. Still, individuals such as Zermay believe bipartisan goals are realistic—starting at the college level. “The College Democrats would like to come together with the College Republicans in the spirit
of bipartisanship, but rhetoric such as this only serves to divide our country,” Zermay said. “This type of dialogue may not directly cause extreme violence, but it doesn’t serve to stop it. This rhetoric has to stop.” The College Democrats meet every Thursday at 7 p.m. in HCB 208. For more information on the FSU College Democrats, search “FSU College Democrats” on Facebook. The College Republicans will host a meeting on Thursday, Jan. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in Bellamy 180. For more information on the FSU College Republicans, search “FSU College Republicans” on Facebook. To view the complete CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey, visit http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn. com/2011/01/17/cnnpoll-blame-game-in-arizona-shootings/.
DRUMLINE from 1 road as he and his team created a show called Halftime Live in 2005. After a limited tour of Halftime Live, Roberts and his team came together to decide how to maximize the theater atmosphere in order to best replicate a HBCU halftime experience, which lead to the creation of DRUMLine Live. While the show attempts to bring the HBCU halftime experience to stage, Pete Date, the show’s tour manager, explained that the show brings all types of people together. “We were in Kerrville, Texas, where the median age was 50-plus and the audience we were playing to was at least 95 per-
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New student political party gets fired up The Ignite Party forms in preparation for Student Government elections TURNER COWLES Staff Writer The Ignite Party is in the forming stages in the FSU Student Government Association. With very few concrete party goals or plans, Ignite is particularly interested in garnering student participation from students who have never felt a connection to SGA. With the seeming dissolution of the Heritage Party, The State Party, already the dominant party on campus, has become the only party in SGA. As a result, Ignite leaders felt it was important to keep the democratic spirit alive by reviving a second party. Avi Assidon said he hopes that the Ignite party not only forms, but becomes a lasting organization. “If you look back in SGA
history, these political parties come and go and the face of the Ignite party will be something that will be long lasting,” said Assidon. Assidon believes that students are attracted to Ignite because of the values and goals set. Ignite has goals of changing the level of confidence and cooperation between the FSU community and the student leaders in SGA, realizing student potential
and ability through creative initiatives, and to “blaze a legacy of tradition, service and achievement that promotes and supports the advancement of” the Florida State University, according to their official website. Student Body Vice Pres-
idential-hopeful Dayne Hutchinson wants to insure that students have a fair choice on SGA Election Day, Feb. 9. Assidon, Hutchinson and Treasurerhopeful Dayron Silverio have extensive backgrounds in Student Government, and saw a need for change. “As student leaders, we didn’t like the direction [of] how things were going with other entities on campus,” said Hutchinson “We want to give people options and choices and make sure we have a democratic process this election.” Assidon expressed simi-
lar thoughts. “We want to reach out to students and see what they see is wrong with their campus, because at the end of the day, that’s who we want to help: the everyday student who goes to class,” Assidon said. “We want to just enrich their student
life with the services that they already are provided with.” Though no platform has been designated as of this writing, Ignite is hoping for more student involvement to form their ideals. Interested students can visit www.igniteparty.com.
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In this March 27, 2007, file photo, Razaq Mamoon, an Afghan journalist and author, speaks with a reporter at his office in Kabul, Afghanistan. An unknown assailant sprayed acid in the face of a prominent Afghan journalist and author in what officials and the victim say is retaliation for his politically charged writing.
WORLD Afghan president delays parliament by 1 month KABUL, Afghanistan— Afghan President Hamid Karzai delayed parliament’s opening session by one month Wednesday so that a controversial tribunal he has backed can continue its investigation into election fraud. The move throws further uncertainty on the willingness of Karzai’s government to follow its own laws. The tribunal, appointed by Karzai’s Supreme Court, is considered unconstitutional by both the international community and the electoral bodies who organized and oversaw the vote. It is generally believed that Karzai is unhappy with the new parliament given his continued backing of investigations, and thinks fraud held down voter turnout among his fellow ethnic Pashtuns. Many had hoped that September’s legislative elections would demonstrate Karzai’s commitment to fight cronyism and corruption a year after an international outcry over a fraud-marred presidential vote that resulted in his own re-election. Instead, the parliamentary ballot was tainted by familiar allegations of fraud and voter intimidation, and debates since then over who gets to decide the final results have cast even more doubt on the process. Afghan journalist attacked with acid KABUL, Afghanistan (AP)—An unknown assailant sprayed acid in the face of a prominent Afghan journalist and author, apparently in retaliation for his politically charged writing, the victim and officials said Wednesday. Razaq Mamoon was not critically injured, but his face was splotchy with red and black patches as he spoke to an Afghan television station from his hospital bed in the capital. Mamoon said he was walking near his house in a residential neighborhood of Kabul on Tuesday evening when a man ran up behind him. President Hamid Karzai issued a statement condemning the attack and promising to get Mamoon further treatment abroad if needed. Karzai called Mamoon after the attack to personally inquire on his condition, the statement said. New UK law means queen’s secrets to stay that way LONDON (AP)—What happens in the palace stays in the palace. A new British law that took effect Wednesday makes Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles and Prince William exempt from free-
dom of information laws, meaning many private details of their lives won’t be made public for decades. Justice Secretary Ken Clarke says the exemption will protect the monarch’s private conversations with politicians and officials— but information advocates say it will make it even harder to hold to account a royal family that costs taxpayers millions a year. For centuries, the workings of the British monarchy were shrouded in secrecy by a blend of law, convention, deference and media self-censorship. That media acquiescence is long gone, and under freedom of information laws that took effect in 2005, information about the royal family could be released if it was shown to be in the public interest. Vatican says its Irish abuse letter misunderstood VATICAN CITY (AP)— The Vatican launched a new round of damage control Wednesday about priestly sex abuse, saying a letter it sent to Irish bishops on Rome’s concerns about their reporting abuse to police had been “deeply misunderstood.” The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said with the 1997 letter the Vatican merely wanted to ensure that Irish bishops follow church law precisely so that pedophile priests would not have any technical grounds to escape church punishment. It by no means instructed bishops to disregard civil reporting requirements about abuse, added the Vatican’s U.S. lawyer, Jeffrey Lena. At the time, there were no such reporting requirements in Ireland. In fact, the Irish bishops were ahead of Irish lawmakers in cooperating with law enforcement as dioceses were hit with the first wave of lawsuits by victims of abusive priests. Rising rivers swamp another Australian town MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—Authorities told townspeople in Australia’s southeast to flee homes with three days of supplies Wednesday as a surging river threatened another community in a flooding crisis that has devastated the country’s mining industry. Up to 1,500 homes in Kerang, in the north of Victoria state, could be affected if the Lodden River rises any further. The flooding in Victoria follows weeks of massive flooding in northeastern Queensland, which swamped two-thirds of the giant state, paralyzed several mines and left 30 people dead. One of the victims, a 13-year-old boy, was buried alongside his mother Wednesday after becoming a national hero for insisting that rescuers first save his younger brother
when their family car was gripped by a raging torrent of water. Elsewhere in Queensland, authorities gave several of the state’s waterlogged coal mines special exemptions to environmental rules so they could pump water out into their already-flooded surroundings. The mining industry estimates the flooding has cost 2.3 billion Australian dollars ($2.3 billion) in lost sales of coal, Australia’s most lucrative export, causing a shortage that has pushed up global prices.
NATION Official: Video shows congresswoman shot in face TUCSON, Ariz. (AP)— Surveillance video from an Arizona grocery store shows moments of mayhem and heroism as a gunman shoots Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in the face, then turns the gun on a crowd of people waiting to meet the congresswoman, an Arizona sheriff’s official said Wednesday. Pima County Sheriff’s Chief Rick Kastigar said he watched the first part of the surveillance video, which shows 22-year-old Jared Loughner walking around a folding table behind Giffords, going up to her and shooting her in the forehead. The 22-year-old gunman had been bent on targeting Giffords since meeting her at similar event in 2007, authorities said. She is in serious condition after the bullet traveled the length of her brain. Official: LA school didn’t follow security policy LOS ANGELES (AP)— The incoming superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District
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says a review indicates security policy wasn’t followed at a high school where a gun in a student’s backpack fired and wounded two classmates. John Deasy tells KTLA-TV that the review indicates Gardena High School didn’t conduct enough random searches of students using metal detector wands. He says the checks are being made Wednesday morning. A 17-year-old was arrested at the school Tuesday after authorities say a gun he brought to school in a backpack went off in class, hitting a girl and boy, both 15 years old. Deasy says the girl, whose skull was fractured by the bullet, remains in critical condition. The boy, who suffered a neck wound, has been upgraded to good condition.
Shriver—a sister of JFK and Edward Kennedy— run the organization that allows disabled people to participate in sports. President Barack Obama called Shriver, “one of the brightest lights of the greatest generation.” Born in 1915 to a prominent old Maryland family, Shriver was the son of a stockbroker who would lose most of his money in the crash of 1929. Shriver went on a scholarship to Yale, then went on to Yale Law School. After serving in the Navy in the Pacific during World War II, he returned home and became an assistant editor at Newsweek magazine. About this time, he met Eunice Kennedy and was immediately taken with her. They married in 1953 in New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
FBI probing MLK route bomb for racial motives SPOKANE, Wash. (AP)—Federal agents are investigating race as a possible motive behind an abandoned backpack containing a functional bomb after it was left along the downtown route of a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade. The suspicious backpack was spotted by three city employees about an hour before the parade was to start Monday, Frank Harrill said. They saw wires and immediately alerted law enforcement, who disabled it without incident, he said. The discovery before the parade for the slain civil rights leader raised the possibility of a racial motive in a region that has been home to the white supremacist Aryan Nations. Spokane Mayor Mary Verner said the attempted bombing was unacceptable. The Spokane region and adjacent northern Idaho have had numerous incidents of anti-government and white supremacist activity during the past three decades.
Witnesses: Airman never said he was HIVpositive WICHITA, Kan. (AP)— Several people who participated in swinger and partner-swapping events with an Air Force sergeant and his wife say they never would have had sex with the man had he told them he was HIV-positive. But Tech. Sgt. David Gutierrez repeatedly denied he was infected, and was encouraged by his wife to carry on with his promiscuous lifestyle, several witnesses testified during the first day of the airman’s court martial at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita. The Associated Press is not naming the airman’s sexual partners because they are alleged victims of a sexually-based crime. Gutierrez is charged with 10 counts of aggravated assault—one count for each sexual partner—and with violating his squadron commander’s order to notify partners about his HIV status and use condoms. He also is charged with multiple indecent acts, for having sex in front of others, and nine counts of adultery. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Last link to JFK White House: Sargent Shriver dies BETHESDA, Md. (AP)— For all his accomplishments—Peace Corps director, ambassador, leader of the war on poverty—R. Sargent Shriver ultimately became known first as an in-law. The brother-in-law of President John F. Kennedy and Sen. Edward Kennedy, and, late in life, father-in-law of actor and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, died Tuesday, after being hospitalized for several days in his native Maryland. He was 95 and had suffered from Alzheimer’s disease since at least 2003. One of the last links to President Kennedy’s “Camelot,” Shriver, a businessman and lawyer, helped his late wife and Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy
LOCAL Victim in Monday shooting a FAMU student Tallahassee police are releasing very little information about Monday’s shooting that killed Florida A&M University student Rasheed Ola-Seyi Lasaki. The shooting occurred in the parking lot of Greystone Apartments on Jackson Bluff Road around 5:15 p.m. Lasaki lived at Jasmine Court Apartments on Mary Beth Avenue. Felecia Dix-Richardson, Lasaki’s academic adviser in the criminal justice department at FAMU, sent the 25-year-old an e-mail Tuesday morning, asking him to come in to the department to sign his evalu-
ation form. Lasaki was on track to graduate in April, DixRichardson said. Investigators had not established a definitive motive for the shooting, but believe Lasaki was the intended victim, Tallahassee Police Department spokesman David McCranie said in a news release. Lasaki died of his injuries Monday night after being transported to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. An Evening With Friends to benefit Big Bend Cares Big Bend Cares, a local service organization that provides HIV/AIDS services, is coordinating An Evening With Friends, where participants host a dinner charging admission, then donate the proceeds to charity. Big Bend Cares extends to eight counties in North Florida and has been active for 23 years. Diana Vossler, assistant director of support services at Big Bend Cares, said the event benefits the community as well. Participants will prepare and serve a dinner in their house—or at a venue. Red Elephant and other restaurants will be hosting An Evening, donating all proceeds to Big Bend Cares. Black Dog Cafe, Monks, Kool Beanz and others participated last year, collectively raising more than $13,000. Big Bend Cares volunteers are required to watch an HIV/AIDS informational video and apply to volunteer, but An Evening with Friends is open to anyone. Update: Tallahassee native wins 25K on ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’ Although Tallahassee native Jay Rogers is not a millionaire, he did manage to take home a hefty check when he left the ABC-27 New York studio. After his appearance on Who Wants to be a Millionaire, which aired Monday afternoon, Rogers was $25,000 richer after breezing through the first 10 question-round where he used two lifelines that allowed him to skip two questions. Rogers made it to round two, where the $100,000 question stumped him and the audience. Rogers used his final lifeline and asked the audience who incorrectly thought that both Pepsi and Diet Pepsi would float if they were put in a tank of room temperature water. The answer was A: Pepsi sinks and Diet Pepsi floats.This episode was taped in October and Rogers is content with the money he won and has been traveling. —Compiled by Bailey Shertzinger. Local news via The Tallahassee Democrat.
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Keeping it ‘Reel’ with John Christianson The ‘FSView’ catches up with Reel Big Fish’s trumpet player
DAVID CROSS Staff Writer Spawn #200 ($3.99) Spawn hasn’t changed much since the character came onto the scene nearly 20 years ago. Reading the 200th issue only further reinforces this statement. Al Simmons, the initial Spawn, is no longer the man behind the mantle, but that doesn’t really matter. The character and the series are still leftovers of the excessive growth in “dark and edgy” characters that came about in the ’90s. The series is gory, violent and filled with motifs that come from narratives primarily based on characters familiar with Hell itself. In other words, Spawn is a series known for highly stylized violence and rough—nearly unreadable—dialogue. Some might even call the series’ relevance into question. In the 200th issue, readers who have stuck around will be treated to a bitter disappointment. Marketed as a “super-giant sized” issue, Spawn #200 isn’t much more than an extended fight between series mainstay Clown and relative newcomer Omega Spawn. Sadly, the extended issue is a slog to complete as even the fights scenes aren’t always drawn clearly. Additionally, there is a return of a long-absent character that isn’t much of a surprise, as ham-handed foreshadowing is forced down readers’ SEE COMIC 6
EXTRA LIFE! Hey there, ‘Cthulhu’ COLLIN MIRANDA Staff Writer I’ve never been much of an H.P. Lovecraft buff. My knowledge of his work is more or less limited to knowing he wrote the Necronomicon, created the winged, squid-faced, dragon-man, god-monster Cthulhu, and whatever I gleaned from skimming some Wikipedia articles. Fortunately for those as clueless as I am (or even more so), all you need to know to enjoy Cthulhu Saves the World is that Cthulhu is a terrifying badass who seeks to rule and devour the world at any cost. The RPG begins with Cthulhu awakening from his ocean slumber, intent on taking over the world, only to have his powers zapped away by a mysterious stranger. After eavesdropping on the game’s narrator, Cthulhu learns that in order to break the curse and regain his powers, he must become a true hero. With help from a colorful party, including an obsessive girl with whom Cthulhu forms a “strictly rock star/groupie relationship,” and a cat capable of launching a tactical nuke, Cthulhu sets off to save puppies, cure plagues and make the world a better place so that he can destroy it himself. While your knowledge of Cthulhu can be nonexistent in order to enjoy this game and its consistently effective, absurd humor, there are plenty of references to the Lovecraftian mythos SEE EXTRA LIFE 7
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Reel Big Fish recently performed at Floyd’s Music Store on Monday, Jan. 17. The ‘FSView’ sat down with trumpet-player John Christianson (far left) to talk about the band.
NICKI KARIMIPOUR Assistant Arts & Life Editor The FSView & Florida Flambeau caught up with trumpet player John Christianson (“Johnny Christmas”) of the Huntington Beach, Ca.,-based ska band Reel Big Fish to discuss their upcoming tour, celebrating 20 years together as a group and just where that crazy name comes from. FSView & Florida Flambeau: Could you
please state your name and what instrument you play in the band? John Christianson: My name is Johnny Christmas, and I play the trumpet and sing backup vocals, and do interpretative dance… and general comic relief— that’s what I do. JC: We just played in Houston last night and now we’re in New Orleans. And there are more people here than I have ever seen in my life. FFF: I wonder why?
JC: I was going to say it’s because Reel Big Fish is here, but that would be a bunch of s***. I could always hope! FFF: How long has the band been active? JC: This is now our 20th anniversary. Is that amazing or what? FFF: How did all of you guys meet? JC: Aaron [Barrett] and Matt Wong, our original bass player, were going to Los Alamitos [an arts high
school located in Orange County, Ca.] and Aaron said, “Hey, do you want to put a band together?” and Matt went, “OK.” So they put a cover band together and it happened from there. Scott [Klopfenstein], our old drummer, also went to Los Alamitos. The band formed because we all went to school together or around the same area. FFF: So you guys are from Huntington Beach? JC: Yeah, Aaron lives in Huntington Beach but
we’re all kind of scattered around Orange County and L.A. This is in case you want to do some stalking later; our drummer lives in O.C., Aaron lives in O.C. too, I think, but it’s all Orange County, more or less. FFF: Who would you say are your musical influences? JC: With a band with six people, that becomes a very diverse answer. But really, it comes down to the bands SEE REEL 6
Dozen-doughnut dare returns Are you brave enough for second annual Krispy Kreme Challenge? GRACE NORBERG Senior Staff Writer The student-run United Way is hosting Florida State University’s second annual Krispy Kreme Challenge on Saturday, Feb. 5. For those wondering exactly what this challenge entails: the Krispy Kreme Challenge requires participants to run two miles from Ruby Diamond to Langford Green, eat a dozen doughnuts, then run two miles back all in one hour. This may seem like an insane thing to do, but it’s for a good cause; United Way donates most of the proceeds of the event to registered student organizations studentunitedway.org on campus. “This is our largest fundThe second annual Krispy Kreme Challenge will take place on Saturday, Feb. 5.
raising event, and we plan to continue doing it every year,” FSU United Way President Asimina “Simi” Boutzoukas said. “I think this community and this campus is ideal for doing this, and we hope it will be a tradition that lasts for years to come.” Last year, United Way raised close to $4,000 with the event alone and donated to seven student organizations. Boutzoukas brought the idea for the Krispy Kreme Challenge to FSU after hearing about it from a friend who goes to North Carolina State University. In 2004, a group of 12 students at N.C. State decided SEE DOUGHNUT 8
Legendary jam band decides to share the groove Phish releases rare material from their live concert series NICKI KARIMIPOUR Assistant Arts & Life Editor It’s the name that launched a thousand lame (by comparison) jam bands—Phish. Aside from being one of the most widely acclaimed musical groups of their generation, the band is also known for having a prolific array of live material. Their 2010 concert series left no shortage of exciting songs, and for the first time, this material is being released to the public as an ongoing
series of CDs. The first of these albums, released Jan. 17, includes live recordings of a concert the band played on the Fourth of July at Encore Park in Alpharetta, Ga. The band’s philosophy behind playing music has always erred on the side of total experimentation. Drawing affinities between Phish and legendary precursors such as The Grateful Dead and Frank Zappa is easy. After all, the bands share a common thread of loyal followers, eclectic fan
culture and commitment to redefining the conventional boundaries of music and live performance. Despite their impressive collection of live material, Phish are a bunch of heartbreakers. After numerous announcements that the group was disbanding, they left their fans (who are among the most loyal in music history) disillusioned. During their hiatus in the early 2000s, the band was free to pursue solo projects. However, after playing a few
reunion shows, Phish decided to make their return to the music scene by releasing their 14th studio album, Joy, in 2009. Since then, the group has been steadily playing shows, with a critically acclaimed concert series in the summer of 2010. Recently, the live material from this show has been released to the public in limited quantities. The recording contains 23 tracks, opening with Phish’s own spirited (but utterly surreal) version of “The Star-Spangled Ban-
ner.” Highlights from this album include some live show staples and familiar songs such as “Down with Disease,” “Heavy Things,” “Lawn Boy,” “David Bowie” and “Mike’s Song,” to name a few. The foursome have even dabbled in various projects that often have very little to do with music. For example, perhaps taking a cue from the late Jerry Garcia, they collaborated with Ben & Jerry to create their own ice SEE PHISH 6
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Fun and frustration for all ages New game from Haywire offers a surprisingly difficult way to pass time FLICKIN’ CHICKEN Haywire Games
HHHHH RYAN RABAC Staff Writer At first glance, Flickin’ Chicken looks like a typical board game. Once opened, however, it becomes clear that the game is a very twisted upgrade of a beanbag toss.
The major difference in Flickin’ Chicken is evident in the title. In the game, four players toss rubber chickens toward a target. What makes it challenging and often frustrating is that the chickens are ridiculously bouncy, warranting multiple tries in one round to get closer and closer to the target, eventually nailing it. When you do hit the target, you’ll either lose or gain a point from a bullseye, depending on what side the target ends up on. Try not to let the twisted nature of
the game get to you—by the time a group of friends makes it to round nine, they could very easily have some newfound doubts about their friendship. Although Flickin’ Chicken is recommended for ages six and up, it still presents enough of a challenge for any age. The game could be an icebreaker for spending time with the family or a new way to pass time tailgating. Either way, it’s not as easy as it looks. “Flickin’ Chicken is also agreatwaytoreducestress,”
we don’t play “Beer.” During our encore, we played it four times in a row. I think we did that in Boston.
JC: The original band name was The Fisher King, from the movie with Jeff Bridges and Robin Williams. There was a boat in the practice garage named “Reel Big Fish” and so they thought that was a great name for the tape, but not the band. Then all the fans started calling the band Reel Big Fish, and it stuck.
Flickin’ Chicken is a great way to reduce stress. Throwing a rubber chicken is amusing for at least the first two rounds. JC Black, FSU sophomore sophomore JC Black said after a trial run of the new game. “Throwing a rubber chicken is amusing for at least the first two rounds.” When players make it to the end of the nine relentless rounds, whoever obtains the lowest score wins—a scoring method
akin to golf. If someone in the group has been patient enough to record scores throughout the course of the game, there will be a clear-cut champion. Flickin’ Chicken may not be as intellectually demanding as Scrabble, or even checkers, but it
does offer simple fun with a twist. We may one day see stressed-out students across Landis Green hurling chickens in the air to take a break from the mundane. If anything, the game is a cool gift for younger relatives.
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place to forget about their problems and just to have a good time for two hours. Having the crowd enjoy the music, it’s entertainment as well. We’re up there talking to the crowd, its more than just music—that’s our modus operandi.
FFF: What is the band’s future plans and are you working on a new album? JC: That’s a very good question, and if I told you any of that stuff, I’d have to kill you. Nah, I’m just kidding. [Laughs] We’re going to tour for the rest of our lives until we can’t do it anymore. I know that Aaron is percolating on a new record; he writes a lot of these songs in his head. After this tour, we’re going to Europe and Japan. I think there is some USO stuff in the works [playing for troops in military] which we would really enjoy doing for all the people that have joined the military and are out very far away from their homes and families.
REEL from 5 that we were playing with at that time—bands like Sublime, No Doubt, The Aquabats were huge in our early career. We’re on tour with The Aquabats right now. We started out as a cover band, so Aaron is a huge fan of hair metal like Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe. Once you get into the ska genre, you get into the history; bands like Desmond Dekker, The Wailers and all the reggae stuff that we really like listening to now. FFF: What song do you guys play most frequently as a band? JC: We have a varied catalogue, but there is a core that we play. We’ll always play “Sell Out,” “She has a girlfriend now,” “Beer.” I would say those are the core and everything gets changed up around that. “Beer” is the one people will get pissed off if we don’t play. People boo if
FFF: Since Reel Big Fish began as a cover band, do you guys still like to play covers? JC: Yeah, of course. I think in the set now we’re playing “Brown Eyed Girl,” “Take on Me,” and “Kiss Me Deadly.” FFF: How would you say your sound has evolved since the band first got together? JC: I think we are much better musicians now that we’re all in our 30s and not in our teens. When you first put a band together, I think you have a lot of ambition and not a lot of expertise. I think the band sounds a lot better than it ever did. FFF: What’s the deal with the band name?
FFF: So do you consider yourself an avid fisherman? JC: I’m a terrible fisherman; my dad is a good fisherman, but I am not and nobody in the band is really an avid fisherman that I know of [laughs].
FFF: How did you guys feel about the attention and acclaim your album Turn the Radio Off received when it was picked up by big name media like MTV and the Billboard charts? JC: That was absolutely amazing. We were talking about that earlier today. Since Scott retired, we have a new member Matt Appleton that is playing saxophone with us. He usually plays tenor for Goldfinger [LA based ska band]… Goldfinger already had a record deal, and they helped get Reel Big Fish signed.
FFF: You guys should go on a fishing trip. It’ll be like a team-building exercise. JC: [Laughs] I don’t think you keep a band together for 20 years on “team building”; it’s more from having the right people on the job that are excited to be
FFF: How would you describe the philosophy behind the way Reel Big Fish plays music as a band? JC: It’s all about having fun. We realized that what we do gives a break in people’s lives and we want to take them some
FFF: How has it been on tour with Suburban Legends, The Aquabats and Koo Koo Kanga Roo? JC: The Aquabats are one of our favorite bands of all time. Their philosophy is very much like ours— having people have a good time. We’re known them for 20 years, so it really helps having bands you can get along with. As well as Suburban Legends—we’ve taken those guys out on tour a couple of times and it’s always fun to watch them play. Koo Koo Kanga Roo, they are just silly, crazy guys.
FFF: It sounds like Reel Big Fish has a great future ahead. Hopefully we can catch up on the band’s next 20th anniversary. JC: [Laughs] I hope so.
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Left: Reel Big Fish performs at Floyd’s Music Store on Jan. 17. Center: Spectators enjoy the concert at Floyd’s Music Store on Jan. 17. Right: The Aquabats perform at Floyd’s Music Store, playing with Reel Big Fish.
PHISH from 5 cream flavor, aptly named “Phish Food.” Phish’s tunes are also available for interactive play in the popular video games Rock Band and Guitar Hero World Tour. More recently, the band played
for the first time on New Year’s Day to ring in 2011 the right way for the multitude of Phish “phans” who span the country. For free downloads of this and other albums, visit www.livephish.com.
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Awards nominations. All this high praise is more than deserved as the ongoing series is among the best currently in prodution. In the latest issue, series protagonist Tom Taylor has found himself trapped in Herman Melville’s MobyDick—yes, that Moby-Dick, as in the book. Outside the story, Taylor’s sidekicks, who include a near-vampire journalist and a mysterious woman, are attempting to locate their missing friend. Sounds crazy, and assuredly it is; however, The Unwritten is a series for the highly literate, one that exemplifies how sequential art can best be utilized to tell an engaging story. Go back and pick up the back issues of this series and jump on the wagon before
it’s too late. The Infinite Vacation Issue #1 ($3.50) Writer Nick Spencer is on fire. His previous series Morning Glories is among the best-received works to come out in the past year. With The Infinite Vacation, he is poised to continue the success. His newest series isn’t exactly easy to describe, but the basic concept is this: What if you could visit, or even trade lives with, an infinite number of yourselves on parallel worlds—all through an app on your smartphone? One might take the title as a lead in to the story, as protagonist Mark is on an infinite vacation for a better life. To complicate
matters, his parallel selves keep dying and Mark is starting to think something strange is happening. Spencer has written a strong start to a strong idea. The first issue is nearly flawless in execution, which is made even better by the luscious designs and art by Christian Ward; it’s sketchy while the coloring is perfect, instilling light tones that add to the otherworldly feel. Readers should pay attention to the actual photos used near the beginning of the issue that give the feeling that we, as readers, are moving into a world of 2D color. Put on some sun block, add this to your pull file and get ready for your own infinite vacation.
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EXTRA LIFE from 5 are potions and 1-ups, the latter of which allow you to restart a battle you have died in. One of my favorite innovations in the game helps remedy the constant annoyance of random battles, and the tedium of grinding. Each dungeon has a set number of battles you must win in order to stop all random battles for good. On top of that, you have the ability to start a battle yourself through the menu. So, basically, you can get through your quota of battles at the beginning of the dungeon, and then explore it freely without any interruptions, which is helpful, as some dungeons can get pretty convoluted. Having said that, it would have been nice for them to include a minimap of sorts, even if it
to satiate fans, as well as RPG-related satire targeting anything from Phantasy Star to Final Fantasy X. For the most part, Cthulhu Saves the World is your typical 16-bit era RPG, although Zeboyd Games has pruned the formula of its more tedious elements to create a more streamlined, accessible experience that works rather well. The game takes about 10 hours to beat, as opposed to the 40plus hours of most RPGs, which is nice for a more casual experience, and ensures that the humor and overall premise never gets stale. You can save, change your party or teleport to visited towns at anytime. The only items aside from weapons and armor
add to a combo multiplier, and eventually you can perform a combo finisher, which is more powerful the higher the combo count is. Finishing a battle completely restores your HP, and even a bit of MP (depending on how quickly you won). Leveling up will give you a choice between two upgrades, which can include new abilities or stat boosts. While many stereotypical JRPG grievances have been addressed in Cthulhu Saves the World, there are still a few remaining, though they shouldn’t really tarnish the experience too much. I have already mentioned a complete lack of any map in the game. Using shops is also much more annoying than it should be, and requires
were drawn in as you walked. Battles take place in the first-person perspective, like in Earthbound, and the animations are surprisingly detailed and well done. These fights are more or less your run-of-the-mill RPG fights, but with a few innovations to keep them interesting. Cthulhu has the ability to inflict insanity upon his enemies, which changes their animation appropriately, and makes your attacks more effective against them, though sometimes it will make your enemy more powerful. Enemies increase in power by 10 percent after each round, which puts pressure on finishing the battle as quickly and efficiently as possible. Each attack you perform will
you to go through several menus just to equip your party. It can be tough to determine how insanity affects your enemies, and I felt that should have been made more explicit in some way. When you choose your upgrade upon leveling up, the game should allow you to look through your preexisting stats and abilities in order to help you choose, instead of assuming the player has them all memorized. Overall, Cthulhu Saves the World is a great time. It’s challenging, and will require you to create strategies in order to win, as any good RPG should. Granted, if you aren’t a fan of retro JRPGs, this game will do nothing to change your mind, though you may even enjoy watch-
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FSVIEW AND FLORIDA FLAMBEAU WIRE REPORT The Florida State women’s soccer team, coming off its sixth straight season having made it to the Elite 8, has added even more talent to its roster this spring as three talented freshmen have already enrolled this January. The newcomers include Jamia Fields of California as well as two Floridians in Kristen Grubka and Connor Zwetsch. “We are excited to have three talented new players who have joined us,” head coach Mark Krikorian said. “All three of these players have the potential to step right in and help us. When you look at the group that we lost, and we lost some pretty talented kids, but having these three come in early this spring semester will give them a big advantage in their preparation for next fall. We’re really excited for all three of them to be here and think all of them have very promising careers.” Grubka (Melbourne, Fla./Melbourne HS) comes to Florida State as a four year varsity starter at Melbourne High School. Grubka started off her prep career with a bang as she helped lead her team to the final four her freshman season (2007-08), having scored a remarkable 28 goals and 8 assists. Following a stellar freshman campaign, Grubka took her play to yet another level as she lead Melbourne to back-to-back state championships in 200809 and 2009-10 in Florida’s highest classification 6A. Grubka led her team in scoring both seasons with 32 goals, 16 assists in 2008-09 and 33 goals, 18 assists in 2009-10. For her efforts, Grubka was named as the 20082009 Dairy Farmers Girls Soccer 6A Player of the Year, as well as the 2008-2009 Florida Girls High School 6A Player of the Year. During her four-year career, Grubka scored over 100 career goals (112 total) and over 50 assists (54 total). Her school was recognized by ESPN RISE with a No. 1 national rank, as well as a No. 2 national rank by the NSCAA. Grubka was also named to the ESPN RISE All-America Team in 2008-2009. Her off-the-field accomplishments were just as impressive, as she was the President of the National Honor Society, Student Body Vice President, a member of the SWAT team (Students Working Against Tobacco), a member of the J. Kyle Braid Leadership Organization and ended her senior year with straight A’s and a 4.1 GPA. “Kirstin is physically imposing, very versatile and capable of playing virtually anywhere on SEE OFF-SEASON 10
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Chris Singleton and the FSU men’s basketball team traveled to Miami for an important ACC showdown with the rival Hurricanes. Due to the late tip-off of Florida State’s matchup against the Miami Hurricanes, coverage of Wednesday night’s game can be found on fsunews.com.
Seminoles searching for consistency Women’s basketball looks to rediscover winning ways vs. Clemson ERIC ZERKEL Staff Writer It was only one loss and just their fourth loss of the season, but following Florida State’s 17-point beat-down at the hands of third-ranked Duke, the Seminoles
hope to find some consistency on both ends of the court against Atlantic Coast Conference foe Clemson. The Seminoles (14-4, 2-1 ACC) dropped seven places in the national rankings following their loss to Duke, falling
from 15 to 22, but more importantly, re-emphasized their struggles against teams ranked in the top 25. The ’Noles are 0-3 against ranked opponents this season, losing by an average of 19 points. Even more telling is
the lackluster defense they have played in their losses. In the team’s four defeats, Florida State has allowed its opponents to shoot an average of 51 percent from the field, including a 61 percent effort by thenNo.1 Connecticut.
Clemson (8-11, 1-3) is neither ranked, nor formidable on paper. The Tigers, a perennial bottom-feeder in ACC play, have dropped three straight ACC games following their win over SEE CONSISTENCY 11
Men’s tennis starts new season with a bang FSU sweeps doubles matches for first time since February 2010 MATT RITTER Staff Writer The Florida State men’s tennis team began the season Tuesday afternoon with a decisive victory over visiting Troy. FSU (ranked 27th in the nation) started the 2011 season with a 7-0 win over 62nd-ranked Troy. It marked the first time since Feb. 6, 2010 that the ’Noles were able to win all seven matches. Senior Clint Bowles took the first win of the year with a straight-set win over the Trojans’ Sami Ghorbel. Andres Bucaro closed out the clean sweep with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Jamie Eccleton. Freshman Blake Davis started off his career with a convincing victory over Troy’s Niklas Jonsson. Davis dominated Jonsson claiming all but one game in a 6-0, 6-1 obliteration. “I thought Blake was really good and got off the court quick,” Florida State head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. “I thought everyone played pretty well.” The excellent play didn’t just exist for those in singles matches. In doubles play, the Seminoles were able to grab all three of their matches and accomplish that feat for the first time since Feb. 21, 2010 when they defeated Pepperdine. Sophomore
Connor Smith and senior Vahid Mirzadeh extended their winning streak to four matches as they completed an 8-2 victory Tuesday afternoon. The ’Noles hope the great play continues when they play at home Saturday and Sunday to host the Seminole Quad. FSU will face Nebraska on Saturday at 9 a.m. at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center and then will continue play against FAU at 3 p.m. The team will face Furman the following day to close out the weekend. RESULTS No. 27 Florida State 7 No. 62 Troy 0 Doubles 1) Smith/Mirzadeh (FSU) def. Jonsson/Rolemberg (TROY) 8-2 2) Bucaro/Reed (FSU) def. Ghorbel/Rouchdi (TROY) 8-4 3) Bowles/Davis (FSU) def. Weber/Eccleton (TROY) 8-0 Order of finish: 3, 1, 2 Singles 1) No. 42 Vahid Mirzadeh (FSU) def. Branko Weber (TROY) 6-2, 6-1 2) Connor Smith (FSU) def. Anas Rouchdi (TROY) 6-2, 6-2 3) No. 27 Clint Bowles (FSU) def. Sami Ghorbel (TROY) 6-2, 7-6 (4) 4) Blake Davis (FSU) def. Niklas Jonsson (TROY) 6-1, 6-0 5) Anderson Reed (FSU) def. Mario Rolemberg (TROY) 6-4, 6-0 6) Andres Bucaro (FSU) v. Jamie Eccleton (TROY) 6-3, 7-5 Order of finish: 5, 4, 2, 1, 3, 6
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FSVIEW & FLORIDA FLAMBEAU | JANUARY 20, 2011
Florida struggling from charity stripe FSVIEW AND FLORIDA FLAMBEAU WIRE REPORT GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Several hours after Florida’s latest loss, Chandler Parsons returned to the practice facility to shoot free throws. He stayed late into the night. His teammates probably should have joined him. The Gators rank 11th in the Southeastern Conference and 267th in the country in free-throw shooting, hitting a meager 65 percent from the stripe. They’re on pace to become the worst free-throw shooting team in coach Billy Donovan’s 15-year tenure. The woes already cost Florida (13-4, 2-1 SEC) three games this season,
including Saturday’s 72-69 home loss to South Carolina. The Gators missed 10 free throws, including their final five. They hope to get it turned around beginning with Thursday night’s game at Auburn (7-10, 0-3). If not, a season that began with a top-10 ranking and lofty expectations could end up looking more like an air ball. “It takes work,” Parsons said. “Guys have been getting in the gym and getting more up and taking it more seriously. Free throws can definitely win or lose a game. It’s a big part of the game. Our guys are taking it seriously and trying to get better at it.” Players are taking 100 free throws apiece in practice, and Donovan is trying to create game-like situations for them. The coach
randomly chooses someone to shoot free throws, and if that player misses, everyone has to complete full-court sprints. As dreadful as those runs are for the Gators, the pressure still doesn’t compare to what it’s like to step to the line late in close games. “We’ve got to go in the game and knock them down and stop thinking about it,” said center Vernon Macklin, who’s shooting 41 percent from the line. “It’s all in our heads. We’ve got to knock them down. We don’t want to put in a situation where free throws will cost us a game.” Or another game. The Gators missed eight free throws in a three-point loss to Central Florida in December, then missed 11 more in
a stunning overtime loss to Jacksonville at home about three weeks later. It’s not one player, either. Macklin is shooting about 20 percent worse than last season. Parsons, a 63-percent free-throw shooter his first three years, is at 53 percent. Erving Walker and Kenny Boynton, starting guards who probably should be in the 80s, are at 75 and 77 percent, respectively. “It’s almost like confusing,” Parsons said. “It’s disappointing and confusing. I’m a good shooter. I’m shooting the ball well from [3-point range], I’m shooting the ball well in games. I just can’t make a free throw. It’s just something I’ve got to fix and I’ve got to take ownership myself. It’s obviously in my head because I can
shoot the ball great.” Parsons hasn’t reached the point where he’s talking with a sports psychologist, but if his struggles continue, that might be the next step. In the meantime, Donovan is doing all he can to address the issue. “So much of it is an understanding and a maturity that you know if you’re shooting a free throw in the gym in practice or you’re shooting a free throw in the game, it’s the same exact shot,” Donovan said. “But, mentally, young guys create a bunch of drama in their head, ‘Oh my God, I’ve got to make it or we may not win.’ They’re never thinking that way when they’re practicing free throws.” Donovan believes finding the right mindset is as important as developing a
consistent routine at the line. “A free throw in the first five minutes of the game, which people would say has no bearing on the outcome of the game, is the same exact shot at the end of the game, except you’re creating this element around you,” he said. “Trying to help guys see that, identify that, understand that is important, and I think how you talk to yourself is important. “I don’t know what Chandler or Erving or Vernon Macklin or any of these players are saying to themselves. I tell them what they should be saying and how they should be thinking. But what’s going through their mind, I don’t know.”
Los Osos HS) comes to Florida State from the other side of the country and will provide the Seminoles with a dangerous offensive threat. Some of Fields’ many honors include being a part of the 2008 U-15 National Team player pool, invited to the 2008 U-15 National Team camp, a 2009 USYS ODP National Champion, and a 2009 USYS ODP National Champ Golden Boot award winner. She has been invited to attend a 2009 Region IV ODP, 2009 ODP Thanksgiving Inter-
regional member, 2010 Region IV Portugal Trip, 2010 Region IV ODP and a member of the 2010 U-17 National Team camp. “Jamia Fields has earned a wonderful reputation as a goal scorer,” Krikorian said. “She can score in a lot of different ways, she’s two footed, she’s lethal in front of goal, very athletic, and I expect her to come in here and help us score goals going forward.” Zwetsch (Tampa, Florida/Plant HS) joins the Seminoles having made the Florida ODP State
Team for four consecutive years from 2006-2010. In 2008 Zwetsch was part of the Class 2A State Champions with Tampa Preparatory as well a member of the 2008 Florida State Champions with her club team Real Salt Lake where she was named the MVP of the state final. Zwetsch finished as a Regional quarterfinalist with RSL in 2008 and again in 2010 when RSL again finished as the Florida State Champions. Zwetsch was named First team all-state during her junior year of
high school and will bring her leadership capabilities to the Seminoles. Off the soccer field, Zwetsch has a variety of talents, as she took first place for three straight years as the Poetry Jam winner (2008-10), and made it past the first round of America’s Got Talent. Zwetsch was elected to Plant High School’s Executive Leadership Board and opened up for Mae in the Rock Against Cancer concert. She was selected as the Plant High School Student Life Yearbook
Editor and yearbook photographer. “We see Connor as another mid to front player, she’s a kid that’s strong, good back to goal, a very good possession player with regards to holding the ball and technically very good player,” Krikorian said. “She makes the players around her better and again another player who has the physical tools to come right in, compete for playing time and help make us better.” —Courtesy of FSU Sports Information
—Courtesy of Mark Long, AP Sports Writer
OFF-SEASON from 9 the field,” Krikorian said. “She has a great deal of background playing as a front player and has played some significant time as a defender and has even played a little in the goal, so she’s a very versatile kid. “My initial impressions are that we will look at playing her in the backline, but I think her being here now will give us a great deal of opportunity to evaluate her and give a feel of what is best for her going forward.” Fields (Alta Loma, CA/
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Tide too much for No. 12 Kentucky The Alabama Crimson Tide enjoyed a magnificent shooting night en route to an upset of the No. 12 Kentucky Wildcats. Alabama outshot the Wildcats 44.6 percent to Kentucky’s 37.7 percent, including a 50 percent mark for the Tide from 3-point range. The win improved Alabama’s home record to 10-0 and the Tide’s overall record to 11-7 and a 3-1 mark in Southeastern Conference play. With the loss, the Wildcats fell to 14-4 and a .500 conference record at 2-2. Alabama led by as many
as 20 points in the second half before Kentucky came storming back, but after a missed Alabama free throw, the Wildcats were unable to execute at the end of the game after two team timeouts. “We had no business being in the game the way we played,” Kentucky head coach John Calipari said. “Then all of a sudden, we have the ball in a one-point game and had a chance to win. I’m learning, who do I go to? We went to the wrong guys.” Kentucky was led by freshman forward Terrance Jones, who finished with 17 points and nine rebounds in the loss. Despite Jones’ best efforts, the Wildcats shot just 21 percent from behind the arc and were outrebounded by Alabama 41
to 34. Alabama broke a five game losing streak to the perennial conference powerhouse. JaMychal Green led the charge for the Tide with game-high marks of 18 points and 11 rebounds, good for his fourth double-double of the season. “People doubted us as a team and we’re showing them that we can play anybody and we’re a legitimate team,” said Green. “It’s just a great win for the program.” Alabama improves to 3-7 against ranked teams under head coach Anthony Grant, who felt his team executed well on the defensive end at the end of regulation. “We felt like they were going to try to run something long,” Grant said. “I think they were and Tony [Mitchell] did a good job staying home and deterring whatever they had go-
ing on. We forced them to throw it short and they had to go from halfcourt and throw a heave up, which is what we wanted.” Both teams continue conference play on Saturday, Jan. 22 when Kentucky takes on South Carolina, who has already upended Florida in conference play, and Alabama travels to Auburn to square off against the rival Tigers.
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Singleton, Jackson honored as ACC players of the week The Atlantic Coast Conference honored Florida State junior forward Chris Singleton and Boston College junior guard Reggie Jackson as Co-Players of the Week for their impres-
sive performances last week. Singleton, a Dunwoody, Ga., native, helped lead the Seminoles to two wins this past week, averaging 14.5 points per game and four rebounds in the process, including an 18-point performance over the then No. 1 ranked Duke Blue Devils. A Naismith Award candidate, Singleton leads Florida State in points per game and rebounds per game, but apart from statistics, Singleton has stepped into a leadership role for Florida State, and his individual efforts have contributed to an improved run of play for the Seminoles in recent weeks. Jackson, who hails from Colorado Springs, Co., shot 16-of-29 from the floor and 6-of-13 from beyond the arc as the Eagles split two games last week, edging the N.C. State
Wolfpack but falling to the Miami Hurricanes by just one point, 72-71. Like Singleton, Jackson leads his team in points per game, but also leads the team in assists. Jackson is also second in the conference in scoring, and his shooting has contributed to the Eagles’ impressive shooting percentage this season. All of this sets up a Saturday night conference showdown between the Eagles and the surging Seminoles in Tallahassee. Fresh off conference honors, Saturday’s tilt will pit Singleton against Jackson in a key conference matchup, that if current standings hold through Wednesday night, will see the Seminoles and the Eagles squaring off for first place in the ACC.
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ard, Courtney Ward and Alexa Deluzio—averaging double-figures in scoring. The Tigers will rely heavily on the scoring presence of senior guard Sthefany Thomas. Thomas leads Clemson in scoring, averaging just over 13 points per game. Apart from Thomas, Kirstyn Wright is the only other Tiger averaging double-figures in scoring at just under 12 points per game. With most of Clemson’s scoring coming from their backcourt, the sizeable gap between frontcourts becomes a key match up in this contest. Bravard and Howard will look to take advantage of this talent gap and respond following relatively disappointing performances against Duke. Bravard leads the Seminoles in both rebounds and points, averaging 13.7 points per game to go along with her 7.3 boards per game. The Seminoles will counter Clemson’s backcourt with Ward, a senior guard who is making her final season in a Florida State uniform one to remember. Ward is coming off a 25-point outburst against Duke and will look to become a more consistent go-to scoring threat. Ward has been seemingly mercurial at times, scoring in masses with point performances of Joseph La Belle/FSView 31, 25 and 20, and then struggling drastically Alexa Deluzio has been a big key to Florida State’s success this season, as she is one of with lows of eight, six four players averaging more than 10 points per game for head coach Sue Semrau’s team. and four points. Florida State has won N.C. State in their con- only mustering just over entering the game with four straight against the ference opener. During 53 points per game for a potent, balanced at- Tigers, as well as 15 out tack that averages over of the last 16 contests in their current three-game themselves. Florida State will look 72 points per game with the all-time series. losing streak, ClemThe game will tip off players—Cierra son is allowing over 73 to capitalize on Clem- four points per game while son’s lack of defense Bravard, Natasha How- at 7 p.m.
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Marzullo named conference performer of the week Florida State senior diver Landon Marzullo was named the Atlantic Coast Conference performer of the week on Tuesday. Marzullo is the first diver to be given the award in 2010-11. Marzullo was a key part of the 19th-ranked Seminoles’ victory over Clemson on Saturday. “I think Landon deserves this award because he is one of our most consistent scorers and one of the best divers in the ACC,” diving coach Patrick Jeffrey said. “He works very hard and I’m glad everything came to-
gether for him over the weekend and I’m looking forward to a great end of the season.” The Columbus, Ohio, native earned first place in the one- and three-meter events as Florida State finished one-two-three and outscored the Tigers 32-2 on the diving boards en route a critical 187-113 victory for the Seminoles. His score of 403.65 on the three-meter board was a season best and qualified for NCAA Zones. Marzullo is the third Seminole to earn Performer of the Week honors this season. Senior Rob Holderness and freshman Tiffany Oliver both earned the award in November after defeating Florida. Florida State’s next meet is on Saturday, Jan. 22, in Tuscaloosa, Ala., to take on the Crimson Tide of Alabama. —Compiled by Nick Sellers
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‘Change comes through continuous struggle’ HEATHER MCQUEEN Staff Writer This year marks the 25th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday—and, beyond the day off from classes and work, his birthday still resonates with meaning, even if it’s not always fully realized on the actual date. Although it is celebrated as a federal holiday, and there are countless celebrations and events occurring throughout the country
marking the day in his honor, it is also clear to see the ways in which his legacy lives on in our daily lives. It seems that this generation is beginning to realize the potential of Dr. King’s messages of peace and equality, with a depth of understanding that is being embodied through service and action. Our generation is said to be one of the most proactive and engaging yet, with new conceptions of social welfare and justice showing both in daily interactions and within our own campus. However, it is necessary to remember his birthday as a reminder of the history of civil rights
within the United States, yet there continues to be questioning of the present-day relevance. The association of Dr. King with civil rights is accurate, but it is also necessary to remember that his message encompassed all people. It serves as a vantage point for seeing how far we have come and where we currently stand, but also as motivation for the continued change, progress and growth toward human equality within society. On that note, the end of January marks another yearly celebration, Black History Month. It, too, promotes the evaluation and re-con-
Inexplicable violence Retracing Our Steps ERIK EMBREY Staff Writer The shooting that occurred in Tucson on Jan. 8 was an abhorrent tragedy for those who were injured and for those whose families had to deal with the aftershock of losing a loved one. Contention and a need for answers have now taken a center stage in national political dialogue. Why was Jared Lee Loughner able to acquire a weapon when his behavior was erratic, at best? Why wasn’t anyone doing anything about his increasingly unusual behavior? What could we have done differently? Those questions are now all circulating rapidly among the media and within political halls. This event was so unexpected that it was even able to cause the constant left-wing-versus-rightwing battle to pause for a brief moment in common mourning; yet immediately after the political divide may have intensified even further. President Obama summarized it best in his speech in Tucson: “You see, when a tragedy like this strikes, it is part of our nature to demand explanations—to try to impose some order on the chaos, and make sense out of that which seems senseless.”
Letter to the Editor Operation Cast Lead reflection This time of year marks the anniversary of Operation Cast Lead, more commonly referred to as the Gaza War. The “’Noles for Israel” board found it appropriate to inform the student body of Florida State about this operation, as well as the current situation in the Gaza strip. This war took place from Dec. 27, 2008 to Jan. 18, 2009. The Gaza strip is an area of land located on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, bordered by Israel to the south, east, and north and Egypt to the southwest. As a result of one of Israel’s defensive wars, the Six-day War (1967), Israel gained control of the Gaza strip, which was previously under Egyptian rule. In 1994,
We may never know the full story of what was going on in the mind of Jared Lee Loughner when he went to Safeway that day—we can only guess at the full cause of what led him to shoot all those victims. It’s terribly tragic what those involved had to go through, and pointing fingers shouldn’t be the gut reaction in order to determine whose fault it was. Yet, one of the many suggested causes is the current toxic political division; political squabbling and harsh partisanship have had increasingly fierce discourse in the last few years. There are those who claim that violent right-wing rhetoric is a base cause for Loughner’s actions, but that may be jumping to a conclusion prematurely. The far right is typically stereotyped for having some incendiary views and remarks, and there is definitely truth to this. Calls for viscous actions, even while it may be well known that it won’t actually occur literally, are not uncommon. The map that Sarah Palin had with the targets on it were meant to have symbolic meaning of getting those targeted kicked out of office, and yet comments on her Twitter suggested otherwise when taken at literal, face value. Now, is something like that actually inciting violence? I don’t think so. It may be a bit crude, but it’s par for the course in politics and shouldn’t be interpreted as a call to following the PalestinianIsraeli agreements, known as the Oslo Accords, Palestinians were given governmental authority in Gaza, which was also extended to a majority of Judea and Samaria, or the West Bank, in 1995. Furthermore, in September 2005, Israel unilaterally withdrew all its troops and Jewish residents from the Gaza Strip, and part of the West Bank, in hopes that the area would flourish under the Palestinian Authority leadership and be a step towards peace. In January 2006, Hamas, a Palestinian militant movement who does not recognize the State of Israel, won the Palestinian Authority elections in Gaza. Since seizing power in Gaza, rockets and mortars have been fired from the Hamas enclave, consistently landing in Israeli cities near the border. The strikes
physically harm those who were targets on the map. The same goes for most highly charged rhetoric; it shouldn’t always be taken at face value. This event has also reopened up common topics that have been contentious for years in this country, such as gun control. In a strange subversion, one of the victims of the shooting, James Eric Fuller, got himself in trouble when he issued a death threat a few days after the shooting. He was in a town hall meeting when Tea Party leader Trent Humphries suggested holding off discussing gun control until everything surrounding the shooting leveled off. Mr. Fuller then took a picture of Mr. Humphries and yelled, “You’re dead.” He was subsequently arrested on disorderly conduct charges and escorted to a hospital for a mental health evaluation. That seemed more like a potential harmful threat than any of the political rhetoric that has been floating around, as it was directly targeted and spoken to the individual, though I’m sure there was some element of overstatement on the part of Mr. Fuller involved, given the circumstance. It’s truly lamentable that one of the victims of this shooting has become so distressed from the incident that he would threaten that upon someone else. President Obama’s eulogy for those who did meet their untimely deaths called for unity and for are meticulously planned to target civilians, especially children, at the exact times when they are walking to and from school. This has produced causalities, psychological problems, and extensive property damage. Bomb shelters have been built on every street corner, playground and house of surrounding Israeli cities due to the more than 10,000 rockets that have been launched in the past 8 years. The city most heavily affected by the Kassam rockets is Sderot, an area only 1.6 miles away from Gaza. Once a rocket is launched, a loud siren is heard through out Sderot and its residents only have 15 seconds to seek shelter before it lands. After years of patience, Israel finally decided to take action against Hamas on Dec. 27, 2008, with the start of Operation Cast Lead. During this operation, Is-
ceptualization of the issues that face the entire state of society and, therefore, human rights. Remembrance, as with any holiday, allows for reflection and acknowledgment, but one such month should have a lasting impact throughout the year. Beyond that, it should consistently create an environment that aids in producing new ideas and ways to honor the month and its significance. Maybe a new idea for this year could be an actual assessment and overview of black history in public schools, but that is indeed wishful thinking. Perhaps Black History Month will serve as a re-
minder of the inconsistencies, fallacies and overall incongruous teachings of “history” that occur every day. It is necessary to remember that the teaching of history is often specifically mediated and rife with censorship. Seeking out one’s own account of “facts” and “truths” allows for personal reflection and interpretation, but overall promotes engaged learning. Passively accepting all things learned within the classroom setting, or even as perpetuated by the media and society, often leads to a skewed and biased teaching. What do you really know for certain, and where has all of that in-
formation come from? Questions such as these may lead to a fuller, broader understanding of what may have been previously inconceivable, specifically with regard to black history. Issues do not disappear once the days or months of remembrance pass, but through our own individual and collective actions, working toward a future of promise is within our reach. As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle—and so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom.”
Look at It This Way by Daniel Ackerman
those out there to reach across the political divide. Society should learn all raeli commanders and soldiers respected the rules of international humanitarian law, going to great lengths to ensure that during the operation Palestinians in Gaza received 37,162 tons of humanitarian aid. The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) took initiative to make sure Palestinian civilians were aware that terrorists in their area who would be attacked. The IDF dropped over 2 million leaflets and made over 100,000 phone calls in order to warn these civilians. Missions to take out Hamas military capability were discontinued in order to prevent civilian casualties. Currently, Gaza is still being governed by Hamas. Rockets continue to be launched towards civilians in the southern cities of Israel regardless of the legal blockade, which was declared in order to prevent rockets and other weapons
they can from these events at a proper pace and not jump to conclusions in or-
der to minimize the chances something similar occurring in the future.
from being smuggled into Gaza. Israel currently has no legal responsibility for Gaza’s citizens; nevertheless, it continues to provide an incredible amount of humanitarian supplies, as well as water, electricity and gas. It has delivered Gaza with over 1 million tons of humanitarian aid, which is equal to one ton of supplies for each Palestinian woman, man and child living there, just in the past two years. Although Israel’s aid helps, in order to see true change in Gaza, there must first be a drastic change in its current leadership. So why is it that Israel, up until this day, is being constantly condemned for its actions? The State of Israel has been continuously held to a double standard. Similar to every other society, Israel is imperfect, however, condemning it for things that may go unnoticed in other countries, very obvi-
ously, crosses the line from expressing legitimate concern to delegitimization. Delegitimizing Israel simply discourages a culture of coexistence and peace, making it harder to reach a two-state solution. As college students and contributing members to American society, we should feel responsible to educate ourselves. We should stay updated on the current, pressing matters of the Middle East, and inform ourselves on the many different views of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. We must realize that justice can only come in a “Two States for Two Peoples” paradigm and hope that our generation will be the one to establish lasting peace between Palestinians and Israelis. -Ilana Goldenberg, ’Noles for Israel President, and the entire ’Noles for Israel board.
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Today is a 7 -Your artistic talents are at a peak today. The world feeds and inspires you. Others may get a bit jealous. Make your optimism contagious, and share it abundantly.
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Today is a 6 -Focus your affections on yourself today. Indulge your passions. Your artistic talent flourishes, and you find beauty in everything. Give thanks.
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Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 7 -Focus your creative energy on growing your pot of gold. It’s adventure time. Notice any challenges, but don’t be stopped by them. Use your fire sword.
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