[The Stute] September 21, 2007 (Issue 5, Volume CV)

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Around Campus:

Card swipe “growing pains”

Aside from simply providing identification, a Stevens ID card offers a number of other services that students and faculty alike utilize every day. As with any technology though, problems sometimes happen. Early this month, there were two issues that affected the Stevens community: card readers responsible for granting access to certain dorm halls and buildings were not always functional, while Duck Bills were also unavailable at all off-campus merchants for a period of time.

Full story on page 3

Democrat Healthcare Insanity

With the 2008 primary campaigns in full swing, the Democrat presidential candidates have come out with a variety of plans to solve the healthcare crisis. The plans have their differences, but they all share the feature of expanding government control of healthcare. Of course, taxes will need to be raised to pay for it.

Full op-ed on page 4

We are all to blame

There are many scandals that have rocked this country to its core, and unlike the previous decades, little has been done to make them further known to the constituency. Some would say that it is the merely the “liberal” or “conservative” media catering to the idle threats made by politicians and lobbyists, but I think it goes beyond that. It also has to do with apathy on the part of the public, and unfortunately, the lack of interest goes beyond being unpatriotic; rather, it allows for our republic to be corrupted by the many rather than the few.

Full op-ed on page 4

Happy National Constitution Day

The event that took place on Tuesday at 4 p.m. brought in a crowd large enough to fill most of Kidde 228. What was more impressive, however, was the amount of feedback that the audience delivered. Dean of Student Life, Kenneth Nilsen and Professor Jonathan Wharton may have been the two hosts of the discussion, but audience participation was undoubtedly the driving force behind this event.

Around Athletics:

Tennis goes to 9-0

Senior Dana Bacalla, junior Whitney Bender and freshman Allyson Kingman were all double-winners as the Stevens Institute of Technology women’s tennis team improved to 9-0 on the season with a 6-3 victory over Drew University on Wednesday in Hoboken, N.J. The Rangers are 0-1

The STuT e

Stevens’s population expands

by PATRICK GLEESON

With this year’s new freshmen class, Stevens has continued its recent trend of actively increasing the size of the undergraduate student body. According to the Dean of Undergraduate Admissions, Daniel Gallagher, the increases are “part of a strategic plan” to

grow the university and that there are several reasons for this increase. One is that there has been a trend of greater numbers of college applicants that should last until approximately 2012. He continued to say that the university felt it had the capacity to expand and decided to take advantage of having more applicants. Furthermore,

Undergraduate Admissions has extended their outreach to out of state and there has been an increase in applicants to the computer science department. Dean Gallagher stated that admission standards have remained and will continue to remain approximately the same throughout this expansion. The total number of freshmen at-

College of Arts and Letters

by SHEERAZ HYDER

tory to facilitate the expansion into humanities.

vens community” as a whole “the College will fail.”

tending Stevens this year is 572, and next year Undergraduate Admissions is aiming for between 575 and 580.

The expansion has had a noticeable effect on the housing situation at Stevens. Trina Ballantyne, the Dean of Residence Life, said that while the increase of total students was a significant factor, more stu-

dents than expected requested on campus housing. She also stated that “plans are being developed” to expand housing for students in the future. The school has leased more apartments, although it is understood that this is only a temporary solution and more permanent solutions need to be and are being developed.

Wesley J. Howe School of Technology Management

by MICHAEL LUTKENHOUSE

Around the World:

Iranian President speaks

(AP) - Almost everyone agrees Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad doesn’t belong at ground zero.

Full story on page 5 Under consideration for a year, Stevens Institute of Technology took strides to return to its founders original mission of “a liberal technical education” by forming the College of Arts and Letters over the summer. The College will strive to blend the novel ideas that a separate liberal arts school could bring to the Institute while also expanding the depth and breadth of a central tenet of the Institute since its founding according to James E. McClellan, Head of the Department of History and the founding Dean of the College of Arts and Letters. The liberal arts have been central to Stevens since its founding in 1870 but it was in 1902 under the Institute’s second President Alexander Crombie Humphreys that the Department of English Literature and Logic was formally established. In 1922 it was renamed to the Department of English and His-

Full story on page 8

This is the first time though that Stevens has devoted a school to the liberal arts. McClellan described the College’s mission as a “sort of continuity and discontinuity” between the past and the present. On the one hand they are continuing their prior programs in the humanities but on the other, McClellan also hopes that with the renewed commitment that the administration is demonstrating will allow the College to expand under its own terms. That is part of the reason McClellan, who was appointed interim dean of the Arthur E. Imperatore, Sr. School of Sciences and Arts after former Dean Erich Kunhardt accepted the Provost position at Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, accepted the permanent post. McClellan is optimistic about the future of the College though he advises that “without the full support of the Ste-

McClellan stressed that to be serious about any of our fields be they engineering or science or one of the liberal arts we have to put it in a global perspective. We can’t just study Western Literature or Western History and McClellan demonstrated his personal commitment by referencing his own textbook Science and Technology in World History used in HHS 130 - History of Science and Technology. The College also aims to align itself more directly with the scientific and technology endeavors of the Institute. McClellan hopes that through the use the liberal arts side of science such as philosophy or history, they can make better efforts to understand how history or philosophy changes over time. The College hopes to study liberal arts through science

Full story on page 7

Pentagon releases censored tapes

(AP) - For the first time since Gerald Ford was president, the loonie can buy as much as the greenback.

The U.S. dollar’s recent decline against the Canadian dollar, the euro, and even the Indian rupee, means Americans will pay more for imports and trips to Paris, Rome, Bangalore and Toronto. It also may drive overseas demand for U.S. goods and help raise profits at U.S. multinational corporations. Full story on page 7

School of Engineering and Sciences

by DREW LEWIS

The recent merger of the science and engineering schools at Stevens has left in its wake a series of rumors and concerns that have reverberated through the minds of the faculty and staff of those departments affected. For example, a major concern was the possible consolidation of several of the departments within the school, tantamount with the quest for laboratory and classroom space. “Those concerns were shared by me,” remarked Dean Michael Bruno of the School of Engineering and Science,

and went on to say that the merger allows for the school to be “more agile” with the sharing of both laboratory space and valuable teaching.

The recent merger gained momentum during the previous academic year and was met with great support from the faculty and administration. Of course there were concerns about department structure and other issues, but those concerns were shared by Dean Bruno and many of his contemporaries. The thought behind it was that given the current nature of the work that engineers are engaging in around the globe, there must be a collaborative spirit

behind both the world’s challenges and those at the collegiate level. “The challenge for us is to make it exciting and make it relevant,” remarked Bruno on how to make the experience reflect the problems that engineers are deal-

Dean McCusker of the Howe School of Technology Management was recently able to take the time to sit down with The Stute to explain the current state of his school. Describing the school as a “Stevens style business school” he went on to describe it as “focused on technology-based innovation and commercialization.” He expanded on it by explaining that all business schools teach technology management but here at Stevens it’s the main focus.

In discussing the strategy to grow and expand the business school, Dean McCusker talked of a “good to great strategy.”

Noting the high marks given to the school and the ability of the Howe School to be a leader in its niche field he noted the number of areas the school has been able to make strides in, from Professor Rohmeyer who

recently acquired a grant from IBM to study enterprise computing to Professor Nickerson whose research is trying to help find ways to identify what people look like when they are trying to look inconspicuous but who in fact have hostile intent.

Other areas of progress include the Entrepreneurship Forum hosted in May focusing on wireless upstarts that was described as well attended. When asked about incubator companies Dean McCusker explained how most schools have moved away from incubator

School of Systems and Enterprises

by BRIANA GILMARTIN

The School of Systems and Enterprises explores “complex systems and complex enterpirses and the interplay between the two” according to Dean Dinesh Verma. The Stevens Systems and Enterprises program is the largest in the United States. The school builds a system of leadership with students going directly to work for government agencies such as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) or the National Security Agency. Job opportunities for systems engineers are opening up more and more with statis-

tics such as 30% of jobs in the defense agency being systems engineering jobs.

Dean Verma’s goal over the next few years is for the school to have a national impact from a research point of view as well as to expand the school. “We want to double the

See McCLELLAN, page 6

Dean McClellan, Dean McCusker, Provost Korfiatis, Dean Bruno, Dean Verma

See McCUSKER, page 6

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SGA Docket should have been here. Ask why our SGA representatives why SGA Constitutional rules are not being followed this week

Dora, Chemistry, and Birthday

by DANI CASTIONI

Hello all. Now that we are in college, we can say we are extremely mature, right? Yes, of course we are! That is why my roommate and I were sitting in our room the other day, screaming at the television.

“It’s right behind you, Dora!”

“I already said ‘Backpack’!”

“Swiper no swiping! Wait, how will that stop him…oh well. Swiper, no swiping!”

If you haven’t yet figured out what we were watching, just ignore my previous comment. So, this week was pretty sweet. I am happy to see that most people are now nestled cozily in their social group, often walking to the Path to have a night out in the city with friends. It kind of gives me that warm, tingly feeling inside. You know, that one you get when you realize that your mother did not give you the ugly shoes as displayed on the packaging but, in fact was just creating a clever way to wrap that Nintendo DS Lite.

So Friday brought, along with promises of a great weekend, my friend’s birthday party. After filling her room with balloons we screamed a hurried “Surprise” before running off to our afternoon classes. Later, we traveled to CPA to bake brownies. Upon them I happily placed the little chocolate chippies in an ornate pattern spelling out the L, the A, the V, A, N…whoops! Note to self: Make sure to leave

enough space on cakes and other baked goods for the entire name. Or just get friends with short names.

Anyway, we then ran the brownies back to Davis, on the way pretending we were secret agents as we slinked in and out of cars and behind trees that, unlike in the cartoon world, might serve as a nice hideout for a squirrel but do not prevent my child-bearing hips from sticking out the sides.

With the whipped cream melting down the side of my hands, we burst into the room, shouted “Surprise” for the second time today. I added “Eat it already!” immediately after I showed the birthday girl the chocolate chips, which now resembled just about anything but her name, but could have maybe passed as Larry.

After we all shoveled the brownies into our mouths, we began our trek to the Path train, stopping only to ask complete strangers to kindly take our picture. Oh, by the way, don’t take photographs on the trains, because they apparently think that the next terrorists are a group of seven college girls.

When we arrived at the city, though my friend believed us to be going to the movies, we walked straight to the Jekyll and Hyde Club for a fun-filled dinner. After the big sphinx head wished our group a happy birthday, we made our way home, free to reminisce on the night’s events.

Of course, this past Tuesday, most freshmen had a

chemistry quiz. That is why I was in the library from Monday night until 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning. I figured that if I studied for hours and hours, I might be able to pull off a decent grade. And, while I have to admit I am lacking a bit in intelligence, I think the test was a lot easier than I had thought it would be. It seems the professors here actually do make tests off of what was taught in the lecture.

Despite the fact that the test was not torture, I still had so many butterflies in my stomach on the way in that I thought I would be lifted off the ground and float into eternity. I sat down, began the test, and only realized how much time had passed when the proctor yelled out “Fifteen minutes!” as I jumped out of my seat. I began to sweat profusely as I scribbled calculations faster and faster. “Five minutes!” Aaaaahhh! Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god. I wish paper bags were allowed so I could hyperventilate with dignity. “One minute!” Now my palms were sweaty. I couldn’t even keep a firm hold on my pencil. And then it was over.

The tests were turned in, I walked into the sunlight, and I realized I was still very much alive. Yes, it was intense, I can’t lie there, but studying really helped, and I will pull a concerned motherly type comment and say that it is a good thing to do.

On Wednesday, I finally decided to go get my hair

cut. This is a normal thing for most, but for me, it is a constant fear. What if they cut me? That has happened to me before. What if they cut my hair the wrong way? What if the water from the shampooing gets on the collar of my shirt? What if I can’t remove all the little sticky hairs from my shirt, no matter how many times I wash it? So, while I enjoy the occasional scalp massage, I can’t say the salon is my favorite place to go.

The woman who cut my hair was quite nice. She even listened to what I asked her to do. Towards the end, she asked what I thought.

“Um, could you just cut it a little shorter?”

You know how it is. Shorter hair, more time before the next hair cut. Saves money. I wish I had refrained. She instead decided to go to town on my head. So, as of now, I am going to have an interesting next few weeks, as many people will address me as “sir,” the only people who will want to hook up with me will be of the same gender which, while I am not against the lifestyle, is quite different from my preference of male folk, and most importantly, my ears are cold.

On the bright side, it is almost the weekend, life is good, and I have only locked myself out of my room twice. Make sure to take some time out of your busy schedule to watch the little squirrels play around campus. They are really quite interesting.

ERRATA- REGINA PYNN, GINA FIORENZA and JINGJING TIAN should have been in the staff box last week. KATIE HIBNER two weeks ago. Provost Korfiatis’s name was mispelled last week. Our sincerest apologies.

I’ts a lot more close knit than I first thought.

-Sean Coyle

College is badass son

-Nick Gadaleta

It’s fun.

-Leah Wasserman and Zach McHugh

Card swipe “growing pains”

by NICHOLAS COLE

Aside from simply providing identification, a Stevens ID card offers a number of other services that students and faculty alike utilize every day. As with any technology though, problems sometimes happen.

Early this month, there were two issues that affected the Stevens community: card readers responsible for granting access to certain dorm halls and buildings were not always functional, while Duck Bills were also unavailable at all off-campus merchants for a period of time. Steps have been and are being taken, however, to correct these problems.

It’s pretty good, classes aren’t that bad, frat parties are awesome!

-Craig Bocash

by ALEX DIVINSKY

Whether you want it or resist it, there’s no escaping it; change is something we can count on in every aspect of our lives. Relationships are no exception. In fact, a dynamic relationship is usually much more satisfying than a repetitive, stagnating one. Yet, all too often, we fall into this trap of comfort; we establish a routine and stick with it, simply because we know it works. We don’t try new things because no one wants to initiate that conversation; “Honey, you’re boring as hell.”

You’re afraid that your partner will take it the wrong way. A fight may break out, there may be hard feelings, and you may have just ruined something good for no good reason. Well, there is a good reason: The one person you chose to give yourself to -mentally, physically, emotionally, sexually, and spiritually - is burning you out instead of lighting your fire!

I love it because I met you!

-Danusha Sanchez

It’s lots of fun, you don’ have parents on your case

-Kevin Migueis

Love is Dynamic

ferently. One of the best examples I can give you is one I do myself on a regular basis; when you’re out on a dinner date (any place where you’re seated in a booth, for example), sit next to your date, instead of across from them. Food makes everyone happy, and it’s great to be next to a happy person. Not only that, but the shorter distance allows for a whole new level of play; interlocking arms, feeding each other, or even the guy putting his arm around his girl while they’re not at a movie. I know, the idea shocked me too at first. For those a little more adventurous, feel free to mix things up. Spontaneity and surprise are two elements that most long relationships tend to let slip away. There’s nothing wrong with buying flowers for someone just because it’s Wednesday, or smiling for no reason. Bring back that energy by displaying it - shoulders back, chest out; make yourself feel like

dictable), the dynamic of the couple will shift from “ball and chain” to something you’re excited about investing your time into.

Looking for brand new things to do with your better half? Try cooking together. Cooking is a fun way to spend time and you can get pretty creative with what you make. Even if it’s the food ends up being atrocious, you’ll find that the time spent was well worth it. Breakfast foods are the best for budding culinary engineers, so try making a waffle a la mode, or pancakes with fruit and whipped cream. See where I’m going with that last one? Yeah, you do.

Whether you’re buying flowers (John the Florist, 4th and Bloomfield), grabbing a shake (Johnny Rockets, past 2nd and Washington), cooking, or just walking Sinatra Drive, be in the moment. Don’t think about what just happened or what’s going to happen, enjoy your company,

for the guys. Pay attention to her needs, and pay attention to her appearance; ladies love change, and they love to think they look hot. They fix their hair, paint their nails (sometimes all twenty of them), and do a whole lot of other strange things that we don’t, so we don’t care about them. Take time to notice these things and voice your opinion on them. Chances are, they did themselves up just for you. So do yourself a favor and take a few tips from TV, chick flicks, and magazines. In the end, no matter where you got the advice, your relationship is the one getting better because of it.

Stevens is in the process of transitioning the card system to new software. While the frontend - what the end user sees and interacts with - will largely remain the same, the backend is being upgraded to a new solution called Blackboard Universal System. This new software was incompatible with the old controllers located in the front doors of some dorms - Davis, Hayden, Humphreys, Jonas, Palmer, and CPA - which resulted in card access being unavailable in some locations. The vendor was contacted and said that the problem existed with the legacy hardware on these buildings, but the suggested upgrade didn’t succeed in fixing the problem. Eric Rosenberg, Associate Vice President of Information Technology, said when I interviewed him Monday that these problems are “growing pains” because Stevens is an early release site for the software and incompatibilities are possible.

Currently, doors are being checked daily to ensure that there are no problems. The vendor is now planning for Stevens to upgrade to a newer version of Blackboard’s Universal System, and that move should happen sometime this week. If the problem occurs again, Mr. Rosenberg encourages students to file a work order if it is with a residence hall, and to contact the IT Help Desk if it is with an academic building.

The other problem students encountered was Duck Bills be-

ing unavailable at off-campus businesses for a few days. The problem here was with the misconfigured hunt group - a method of handling and directing calls when the intended phone line is busy - that somehow resulted in transactions being passed through a modem that had nothing to do with the Duck Bills system. Rosenberg admits that there was a failure to communicate between Stevens and BbOne in realizing the problem did not lie with the merchants themselves. In October, offcampus Duck Bills transactions will begin to be processed through the new Blackboard Universal System and the current UNIX-based system will be phased out. On the other hand, problems with individual merchants are still possible, though often due to much simpler causes such as a machine being broken or the business using a fax machine on the same phone line. Here, resolutions are outsourced to another company, BbOne, which merchants may contact. Students are also welcome to e-mail duckbills@ stevens.edu, though ideally BbOne will resolve the problem with the merchant and that won’t be necessary.

During our interview, Eric also gave me some insight into some of the Information Technology (IT) department’s future plans. e-Suds, a service through which students can view the status of machines in the laundry room online and receive wireless updates when theirs finishes or one becomes available, is planned for gradual rollout over the next few weeks. New Uniprint copy machines and printers will also be installed in the Samuel C. Williams Library and PC Lab located in the basement of the Library. As part of the upgrade to Blackboard’s Universal System, point of sale (PoS) registers in Pierce, CJ’s, and other locations on campus now accept meal exchanges and eventually will also accept credit cards. Finally, through a new vending contract that the university acquired late this summer, the Duck Bills system should be tied into snack vending machines on campus sometime this semester.

We Are All to Blame

Corruption in the Bush Administration

by DREW LEWIS

Tyranny and despotism can be exercised by many, more rigorously, more vigorously, and more severely, than by one.

- Andrew Johnson

Every administration has its share of political scandal and unrest, although history has shown that this is more prevalent with some more than others. In the Gilded Age, there was the boss politics scandal with Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall and the graft and corruption scandal during Grant’s tenure as president. More recently, there was in President Nixon’s term the Watergate scandal, which rocked the government to its core, not only exposing the questionable ethics of the administration, but also putting the namesake of the country in jeopardy. However, there was one difference in these cases - there was public outcry against it. The Bush Administration has single-handedly corrupted our democratic government with its overzealous attempts at splitting the middle class down the middle, to only bring scandal upon their own officials. However, due to the difference in this age from the aforementioned ones, there has been little attention given to how they are manipulating our government to facilitate their own selfish gain.

The recent firing of the US

attorneys because of political affiliation is a disgrace to the name of democracy and to this country, particularly a country whose form of government has been a model to several new nations and numerous former Soviet bloc countries. The then - attorney general, Alberto Gonzalez, dismissed the whole issue as “an overblown personnel matter” and stated that the forced resignations of the attorneys were not politically motivated. Nevertheless, several members of both parties in Congress asked for the resignation of Gonzalez because of both his nonchalant attitude towards their dismissal and the continual changing of the reason for their dismissal. Many politicians from both sides of the House and Senate believe that it was an attempt by the Bush Administration to politicize the judicial system by infringing on their tenure as US attorneys. Gonzalez has since resigned. The resignation of the chief adviser to the president is also a sign that the house that they so carefully built was made out of nothing but cards, and it seems that it is in a cataclysmic way faltering on its own. Karl Rove was the “architect” of the administration, the chief political motivator behind everything that the administration did. He wanted to do away with many of the social reforms that this country has to help both the destitute and those who need more help than

Democrat Healthcare Insanity

by TIMOTHY GARNER

they can receive on their own. In short, he advocated the purest form of capitalism, all at the expense of the several million people. However, it was the proximity of the CIA leak scandal that scared him into submission, and even though he repudiates the leak itself, those that were found to be guilty of the crime were too close to him. He probably thought that the only way to protect his political career was to jump ship. Therefore, he resigned over the summer and little has been heard from him since. However, the damage to this country was done before that, because almost everything President Bush did was first consulted with Rove, who seemed to wield the real power in the administration, along with Vice President Dick Cheney.

There are many scandals that have rocked this country to its core, and unlike the previous decades, little has been done to make them further known to the constituency. Some would say that it is the merely the “liberal” or “conservative” media catering to the idle threats made by politicians and lobbyists, but I think it goes beyond that. It also has to do with apathy on the part of the public, and unfortunately, the lack of interest goes beyond being unpatriotic; rather, it allows for our republic to be corrupted by the many rather than the few.

-Dinner Without a Movie-

3 Forty Grill

by KELSEA WILKS and MIKE FITZGERALD

We finally decided to take advantage of the nice weather and dine alongside the Hudson River. We chose 3 Forty Grill, located on Sinatra Drive just south of Stevens Park. While most diners chose to sit outside along the water, we sat inside to get a better feel of the restaurant. It turns out there is a lot more than what is seen from the outside. Featuring one of the largest dining rooms in Hoboken, 3 Forty Grill is brilliantly decorated with imaginative lighting and colors. The pricing was a little higher than most in Hoboken due to the prime location. We

decided to skip appetizers and just order entrees. Mike chose the Asian shrimp salad for dinner. The salad consisted of a large portion of jumbo shrimp on a kabob atop a colorful salad. This salad boasted baby greens mixed with mandarin oranges, slices of avocado, cherry tomatoes and nuts. The salad was decent, however the vegetables were not as fresh and tasty as we expected. At $15, this salad does not receive the highest recommendation. Kelsea chose a crab cake sandwich that came with French fries. The sandwich did not contain much besides the crab cake; there was a small slice of avocado

-Op-Ed-

Paper or poison

by NATALIE SCHLOEDER

New Jersey State Law states that 50% of municipal waste and 60% of overall waste must be recycled as part of the state’s plan to reduce landfill wastes and cost, but is that our only reason to recycle? With plastics as the magical material of our future, what steps does Stevens need to take in order to do its part in preserving our Earth?

Plastics continue to grow in today’s market since they are inexpensive, handy, and durable, but is there a trade off to their advertised convenience? Found almost everywhere from food containers and water bottles to computer parts, plastics have become integrated into our daily lives.

Unfortunately, the average American only recycles 5% of all the plastics they use. Currently occupying 25% or our landfill space, plastics take between 10,000 to 100,000 years to degrade but the manufacture of plastics can be hazardous to our health.

Petroleum based solvents found in plastics can leak into Earth’s water supplies killing fish and contaminating

groundwater used by humans. Countries such as China and Mexico feel the brunt of the plastic epidemic as the noxious gases released during production degrade lung lining and can cause cancer and emphysema.

With plastics wreaking havoc on our planet and bodies at the start and finish, it comes as no surprise that products such as cling wrap, toys, and baby bottles release potentially hazardous chemicals. These chemicals, while approved by the FDA to be at “nontoxic levels,” can still raise concern for some women, adolescents, and unborn children.

With the Earth slowly turning into a ‘Plastic Planet,’ what are we doing as an institute to ensure the globe’s future? According to our housing contract “Recycling is state law,” and “in order to comply, bins have been placed in rooms/ halls for storage of recyclable materials,” but how much can Stevens enforce the recycling policy?

It is the students’ responsibility to recycle; the bins have been provided but at the end of the day the students must be the ones to place their plas-

With the 2008 primary campaigns in full swing, the Democrat presidential candidates have come out with a variety of plans to solve the healthcare crisis. The plans have their differences, but they all share the feature of expanding government control of healthcare. Of course, taxes will need to be raised to pay for it.

The healthcare crisis is alleged to exist because some number of Americans, ranging from 42 to 47 million, has no health insurance. What this means is that more than five out six Americans already have insurance. Most people are already covered by either an employer sponsored program or buy various government programs like Medicaid and Medicare. Of those without health insurance, many choose to go without because they are young and healthy. There are still some without health insurance because they can not afford it, but I would

like to know how many of that group can afford cable television and expensive cell phone plans. Those people are content to wait for the government to take care of them rather than taking charge of providing for themselves.

John Edwards plan for healthcare would require every person to have health insurance and would also require all persons to receive preventative care. I am still searching for the section of the Constitution which authorizes Congress to make laws forcing citizens to see the doctor.

Hillary Clinton proposed a plan in 1993 in which the government would take over all aspects of healthcare. Under the original Hillarycare plan all employers would be forced to provide insurance to their workers through the government. That plan was defeated in 1994, but Hillary has learned from her mistakes. This time, she is going to try to take over healthcare incrementally. Rather than giving the federal

Politics at Stevens

by KATE FREED

Many political events took place this past week. In addition to unveiling of Hilary’s healthcare plan, Stevens was the focus of political debate and activity.

On Monday, Congressman Albio Sires came to campus at the request of the Stevens Political Awareness Committee (SPAC) to speak with students.

government total control all at once, she has proposed a plan similar to Edward’s plan. She says it will cost $110 billion per year. Using my government entitlement calculator, I figure the actual amount will come to something like $300 billion per year. If her plan is ever passed, we can expect further expansions of government control to follow soon afterward.

The healthcare proposals Clinton, Edwards, and the other candidates are based on the belief that when there is a problem, expanding the power of government is the best way to fix it. This belief could not be more flawed. More often than not, the government is the problem. The federal budget is already more than 2.7 trillion dollars and growing. We do not need any more government programs and bureaucracy. We need fewer people relying on the government to provide for their needs and more people relying on themselves.

smeared onto the bun, and some tasteless sprouts. The crab cake tasted fishy and contained something sweet, perhaps chunks of carrot. The sandwich was served on a sweet roll, which did not pair well with carrot chunks. The French fries, on the other hand, were some of the best we have had in a while. Again at $15, this entrée did not seem worth it.

On a lighter note, our waitress was very friendly and accommodating. Numerous staff members were over to check on our meal and see if we needed anything. Overall

3 Forty Grill is a beautiful place to sit and have a drink, but the food just did not cut it.

Discussing local and national topics, Congressman Sires addressed the growing need for investment in infrastructure, the transportation changes taking place in New Jersey, and education initiatives.

“A lot of good things are happening in New Jersey,” remarked Sires. In the next ten years, New York City is projected to create between 500 and 600 thousand jobs, which will benefit New Jersey. One of the few countries in the Union to have a Transportation Trust, our state is developing proposals to improve mass transit, including an additional train tunnel under the Hudson. When asked about national service and ways in which Stevens students could contribute to local initiatives, Sires encouraged students to follow their heart. He encouraged students to speak up and get involved when they recognize a need for change, explaining how he became involved in politics. He told students to

find a local need that speaks to their heart, assemble a group of like-minded students, and meet with our elected officials. City Councilman Michael Russo, who was also present, offered to meet with students with any concerns or ideas they may have.

On Wednesday, Executive Director of the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education Jane Oates, met with students. She explained her philosophy of higher education, K-12 education, and businesses working in concert as a three-legged stool; that they are co-dependent on one another for mutual success. She also explained the College Affordability Act that has the potential to cut government subsidies to financial companies in half so that more funding is available for student financial aid.

Most aptly, she encouraged the students present to get involved in one of the many public service opportunities available in New Jersey. First, voting is the only way that student needs, such as financial aid, will be addressed. Second, there are several programs such as Americorp and Teach for America that allow students to spend a period of time serving the community.

In March, there will be a statewide student conference to discuss service programs and cross-school education and cooperation. Also, the web-

site “CollegeServe” will be launched in October to allow colleges to publicize community service events and facilitate discussion. Work-study funding was also discussed. Work-study eligible students may work in community based organizations or non-profit organizations in order to complete their work study. Many organizations will offer incentives including additional hourly wages. In addition, schools are required to use a minimum of seven percent of their workstudy money for community service. Dean of Student Life, Kenneth Nilsen encourages any students who are interested in using their Work-study hours in community service to visit his office.

These engagements are only a part of a larger political calendar organized by SPAC president, Ronen Peled. “We, as a student body are just as much as a vote as anybody else is in this city, state, and nation that we live in, and we thus deserve to have our voices heard on the issues that are dear to us,” explains Ronen. The next SPAC sponsored event will be on October 10th, at 3:30 p.m. in the Bissinger Room. This is the first time a forum will be held with all the council-members-at-large of Hoboken to discuss Hoboken politics and address student issues.

tics in the right receptacles. Should any trash be placed in a recycling bin, the entire load is considered contaminated and is discarded with the rest of the garbage. Stevens currently recycles computers, faxes, phones, and fluorescent lamps through the Physical Plant while Temco handles the bottles and paper from the on-campus halls. The respective landlords and the city of Hoboken handle off-campus housing recycling.

If everyone recycled just 1 of every 10 bottles they used, around 200 million pounds of plastics would be reduced from our landfills. Are we as an institute doing all we can to preserve the planet? How do the different branches affecting Stevens recycling treat mother earth? Look for part 2 of ‘Paper or Poison.’

Interested in learning more about the repercussions of plastics on the environment?

Visit Plastic Planet online. Have suggestions for Stevens on how to better benefit the environment? Communicate your ideas and concerns to the Residence Hall Association.

Calling all bands!

Dust off those drumheads! Tune your worn strings! Crank the amps! Warm up that accordion? All those interested in auditioning for Omicron Pi’s and WCPR’s upcoming Battle of the Bands, please contact Briana Gilmartin at bgilmart@ stevens.edu. Auditions can either be live or in the form of a demo. The deadline for auditioning is Wednesday, October 3.

by KATIE HIBNER

I am always looking for interesting things to do. Free, interesting things to do are even better, as I fit the bill of the stereotypical “poor college student.” Events fitting this classification (at least ones that are interesting to me) are moderately hard to find in Hoboken and so I often find myself looking across the Hudson River, to New York City, to find these events. This week, I endeavored to cross the Hudson (which actually turned out to be quite an ordeal - thank you tunnel traffic!) to attend a free class at The New York Public Library (NYPL).

Libraries are a great source of free events; NYPL regularly holds many events and classes, the majority of which are free and open to the public. The class I chose to attend was Preservation 101, offered on September 19 in the Celeste Bartos Education Center, in the Humanities and Social Sciences Library.

“Preservation 101? That sounds boring and nerdy!” you say.

Well, I say, “it’s interesting to me!” I have amassed a huge collection of slides since I took up photography a couple of years ago. I also have a small, but interesting, collection of old documents (mostly books) pertaining to Hoboken.

My reason for going to this event? I want these materials to be around and in good condition in 30 years (or more).

And (shocker) I’m a geek.

Living uptown, I like the bus to get into the city, to me, its just less hassle than the PATH; I’m used to casually hopping on the bus at 14th Street & Willow Avenue and being at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in the city in about 10 minutes. (Also in favor of the bus, through September 23, students can ride NJ Transit free, with a coupon printed from their website.)

So my trip began with me, at the bus stop nearest my apartment at 4:45 pm, expect-

ing to make it to the Port Authority Bus Terminal (42nd Street & 8th Avenue), at the very least, by 5 pm. From there I would take a short walk from 8th avenue to the library at 5th Avenue and meet my boyfriend in front of the library at 5:15 p.m.

Traffic struck. At 5 pm I was on the bus, in the Lincoln Tunnel, not even past the NY/ NJ state line. At 5:05 pm I was on the bus, at Dyer Avenue (between 9th and 10th Avenues) and 34th Street. At 5:15 pm I was on the bus, at Dyer Avenue and 34th Street. At 5:20 pm I was off the bus, at Dyer Avenue and 34th Street.

Needless to say (I did mention that the class was at 6 p.m., right?) I briskly walked/ ran on 34th Street to 8th Avenue, up to 40th Street and over to 5th Avenue. Flying in the face of all likelihood, around 39th Street, I ran into a friend from high school. Skillful as I am at brushing off people, I still made it to the library on time.

I am awed every time I enter the unbelievably beautiful building that is home to the Humanities and Social Sciences Library. I was surprised when I entered the strangely modern Celeste Bartos Education Center. Looking around, it was obvious (from visible exterior stone and windows) that its location was previously the exterior of the library. (And, being the geek I am, my curiosity was piqued and now, at some future point, I will read about the history and architecture of the library.)

Entering Classroom B, I was again surprised: Although it’s an esoteric topic, I expected the class, no matter what the topic (considering that it’s at such a famous library and in such a large city) to be crowded. To the contrary, the event was very intimate; even though the classroom was a medium sized computer lab; there were only seven people in the room, including the instructor, my boyfriend and myself.

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al; the point is that the NYPL is a great source of free events that are interesting; you just need to find the topic that suits you (although the topics are mostly academic or practical ones).

For those who don’t know, the Humanities and Social Sciences Library is the majestic building at 5th Avenue and 42nd Street, guarded by the renowned Lions and bordered by Bryant Park. Some who have visited NYC may think of this as “the” Library, but the New York Public Library has many branch libraries (where materials may be borrowed) as well as several research libraries, aside from the aforementioned one.

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts is located in Lincoln Center Plaza; the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, is located on Malcolm X Boulevard; the Science, Industry and Business Library is located at Madison Avenue & 34th Street. They each offer a unique set of classes and events on a variety of topics.

No matter what the topic, an event or class at one of the NYPL branches or research libraries will provide a nice overview of the topic and provide many alternative resources (in addition to the library) from which to learn more. Schedules of classes and events can be found at http:// www.nypl.org/events/, sorted by library.

And finally, for those (few) who care, Preservation 101 covers, as described by the NYPL calendar, “... the best ways to care for books, photographs, papers and other items in your personal collections. Learn what everyday objects are made of, how they age, why they break, and what you can do to keep them safe and in good repair. We also debunk some of the common myths about preservation and make sure that you know what to look for in products and services.” And for those who really care, Preservation 101 is next offered on October 25.

Happy National Constitution Day

by PAUL KAZALSKI

Many of you might have read the headline above and wondered what Constitution Day was or if it was even a real day. That’s not a huge surprise- after all, this school concerns itself with technology, not political science. So it seems reasonable that the student body would neglect a holiday as irrelevant to our majors as Constitution Day, right?

As it turns out, a lot more people in this school are interested in it than you would think, and the turnout during Stevens’ National Constitution Day Event is proof. The event that took place on Tuesday at 4 p.m. brought in a crowd large enough to fill most of Kidde 228. What was more impressive, however, was the amount of feedback that the audience delivered. Dean of Student Life, Kenneth Nilsen and Professor Jonathan Wharton may have been the two hosts of the discussion, but audience participation was undoubtedly the driving force behind this event.

Perhaps an explanation of National Constitution Day is in order. This day, as some of you may have been able to guess, marks the anniversary of our adoption of the United States Constitution. However, in ad-

dition to its historical importance, National Constitution Day provides us with insight on the document that runs our nation even in the present. Since 2005, it is national law that “Each educational institution that receives Federal funds for a fiscal year shall hold an educational program on the United States Constitution on September 17 of such year for the students served by the educational institution’’. However, due to scheduling conflicts the event at Stevens was held on September 18, which is allowed. So, rather than forcing us through a boring lecture, Nilsen and Wharton hosted a forum, which freely allowed students to discuss the issues that concern the Constitution today. What better way to teach constitutional matters than with open political discussions!

Of course, as the ball got rolling, Wharton and Nilsen had relatively little to do with the vigorous yet respectful discussions that occurred during the event. The topics ranged from the practicality of the Electoral College in our generation, to the significance of low voter turnout during elections on a national and local level, to possible constitution changes that should be in place. Even the most radical ideas were not disregarded, as

by MORGAN DE SENA

“Chrono Crusade”, based on the manga of the same name, is set New York in the Roaring Twenties, a time of bootleg alcohol, jazz, and… devils? These sinister creatures that once lurked below the world of mankind have started surfacing and now wreak havoc and destruction. Fortunately, The Order of Magdalene exists to fight off these devils with their small army of Sisters. For two members of the Order, however, the fight between the devils and the Order is more than just a fight. Sister Rosette Christopher and her kindhearted devil friend Chrono are on a quest to find Joshua, Rosette’s missing brother.

One of the many appeal-

ing aspects about “Chrono Crusade” is its distinct cast of characters. Rosette is a very extroverted and brash, but is kind at heart, and is burdened with a very intriguing responsibility. Her friend and partner, Chrono is set apart from other devils by his kindness and happiness, though still must come to terms with the devil within him. The characters are beautifully drawn, though are very much like most animation found in mainstream anime. The backdrops are bold and beautiful, and show a New York that might have been (minus all the devils and supernatural destruction). The music of is solid throughout the entire show, from dramatic scores that adds to the intensity of a scene or quirky sounding pieces perfect for

those awkward situations. The opening song of the anime “Tsubasa wa Pleasure Line” is energetic and sweet, and has a lot of power. The opening video to go with this song uses amazing visuals, showing some relations between the main cast, as well as stunning backdrops of colorful, glowing sunsets and a 1920’s New York City. The ending song “Sayonara Solitia” is simply beautiful, and is full of hope with a little sadness. The religious backdrop and imagery used in “Chrono Crusade” is very interesting, though not entirely accurate. Regardless, it still makes the story of “Chrono Crusade” very powerful, mysterious, and intriguing.

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was evidenced by the thoughtful and intelligent response of people who disagreed. At one point, a girl in the audience said to Wharton and Nilsen “Both of your ideas stink!” and then went on to explain her point of view while everyone, including Wharton and Nilsen, listened intently to her well-posed counter-argument.

In short, Stevens’ students who attended that session not only discussed constitutional issues, but also embraced the very values that National Constitution Day should represent.

One more piece of good news from this event- it ran out of time. That means that there were more things to discuss than the forum could cover, and as a result, there are still more discussions that need to take place. So, if you feel like you missed out on National Constitution Day because you didn’t hear of the event or because you had class at that time, it’s worth pointing out that there are people out there that are willing to talk about political issues at any time and any place. All you need to do is get your opinion out there.

Of course, if you think politics is a bunch of nonsense, that’s your right too. That was discussed during the forum as well.

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Since its inception a decade ago, the Student Government Association has been, in the words of its own members, “little more than a bank.” Under the Administration of President Michael Manzella ‘09, the members of the SGA have been trying to expand its role to address quality of life issues on campus. An internal conference the SGA held this past summer to discuss the issues the student body faces yielded a draft proposal of a strategic plan. Manzella hopes that “the strategic plan gives the SGA direction and it’s hopefully forward looking and sets goals that the SGA can achieve.” The strategic plan was presented to the Senate at their weekly meeting on September 16. The authorization vote will occur at the next Senate meeting.

The strategic plan contains an executive summary, a history of the SGA, mission and vision statements as well as goals and strategies. Most of the strategies culminate in the creation of more committees like Academic Affairs, Committee for Student Interests,

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saying that there are “many roads to Rome”.

In five years, McClellan expects there to be a renewal of the faculty at the College with significant turnover as more professors join the Institute.

McClellan also hopes to get a preliminary graduate program set up as an outgrowth of the undergraduate program. He would also like to establish a collaborative effort between the departments, organizing more conferences and creating collective publications.

McClellan would also seek to establish a “Friends of the College” association to increase fundraising efforts for the college however McClellan is also very cognizant of the limited resources he and his faculty have to work with.

McClellan was also asked about possible expansion into the foreign languages and stated that there were no plans to create a foreign languages department since he believes that the “importance of knowing a foreign language is not what it used to be”. Although the original Department of English and History mandated for four semesters of foreign language study, McClellan said that in the current age the need for global contacts is more important than the use of foreign languages. He stated that he is fluent in French since when he went to school the global academia was a different scene and now that English is the new lingua franca, it is more important to make sure students have international associates. He also acknowledged that there are not enough resources currently at the Institute to facilitate such a large expansion. McClellan also sought to underscore that global perspectives in students and research is central to the college experience. Dean McClellan can be contacted at jmclell@stevens.edu.

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companies and how Stevens has been able to fill that demand through Technogenesis. It was through this example that Dean McCusker was able to highlight the need for the Howe school to help commercialize and bring to market the research and discoveries made in other parts of the Institute; describing it as an “important part of our mission.” “We want to help integrate the spirit of Technogenesis in to the entire Stevens curriculum and be a catalyst for helping Stevens students and faculty fill up the funnel of potential Technogenesis companies.”

On the same thread he described a new minor offered at Stevens through the Howe school for undergraduates starting this semester; a mi-

SGA plans “strategic expansion”

Campus Life, Community Relations, and Public Relations. The strategic plan also has appendices detailing the strengths and weaknesses of the SGA. Each committee is headed by a senator who is granted more power than the cabinet which will take on a more informal role in the committee. There are also plans for new finance committee rules and bylaws. The finance committee is currently senators only but with the strategic plan they hope to open it to the student body. The SGA is also planning an overhaul of its website to better fit the SGA’s new image. The SGA has also been discussing changing the representation of the SGA by possibly increasing the number of student senators and in the future they will look to revamp the current system. One of the plans discussed would be as the SGA moves forward to make efforts to include the graduate student body, which has more than doubled this year. So far the SGA has appointed chairs for the committees and passed bylaws for the Academic Affairs and Campus Life committees. As a Cabinet, Manzella

hopes to “spread more power to the senators as the committees start to function like the United States government.” An application is also planned so that one doesn’t need to be a senator to be involved.

Each of the Committees has their own set of achievements such as Academic affairs committee, under the chairmanship of Junior Senator Brandon Haverberg, which met with Provost George Korfiatis to plan the State of the Institute Address. Academic Affairs seeks to have students have more of a direct impact in the classroom. In the past Academic and Student Life have been two separate shells but Haverberg hopes to establish more communication between academia and students.

Campus Life chaired by Junior Senator Stephanie Smith is working on a “green campus” and recycling initiative. Smith seeks to make recycling more prevalent and urges the institute to become a Green campus. Manzella noted that while the Institute is conscious of energy efficiency, having installed Solar panels on the roof of the S. C. Williams Li-

brary, there is more that can be done. The committee seeks to act as a go-between for Students when dealing with the Office of Residence Life, the Office of Facilities and Campus Dining. From this there are also talks of a possible campus cable system upgrade.

Community Relations under senator Ronen Peled ‘09 seeks to improve the ‘town and gown’ relationship between Hoboken and Stevens.

Between Alpha Phi Omega, student tutors and Emergency Medical Services, the students at Stevens are getting more involved in the Hoboken community. Manzella noted that more could be done to strengthen relationships. One of the main issues the committee faces is that of the Babbio Parking Garage and while councilmen are often asked about the fruition of the parking garage, they always defer saying that discussions ongoing between the council and the administration.

Sophomore senator Briana Gilmartin, who also serves as Layout Editor for The Stute, chairs the Public Relations committee. The Public Rela-

tions committee would seek to maintain communication between the Student Body and the SGA by writing up press releases for SGA votes, creating more formality in the Senate and setting up events to show support of the student body.

While the senators do have certain leverage within the committees, the overall direction is set by Manzella with the rest of the Cabinet helping out the other committees in accordance with their own interests.

Secretary Alicia Mahon ‘08 has been aiding the Recycling initiative while Vice President Jon Matos ‘08 helps out Haverberg at Academic Affairs. Treasurer Michael Bocchinfuso ‘08 helps out the finance committee with the treasury and any fiscal issues they might have. Mary Kelly ‘09, as Committee Chair of Student Interests, has taken special interest in the CSI committee.

One of the goals of the reformation is to incorporate every student organization into the SGA since Manzella believes that “every organization should be recognized by SGA”. Manzella stressed that “the SGA wouldn’t be looking

for oversight, just better communications,” citing the IEEE as an example. The duties would mainly cover reporting the officers to the Cabinet. In turn RSOs would have more flexibility on budget allocations and reallocations. Manzella highlighted that they are a, “Long way away from having each student organization under [the] SGA” and said “that’s why this was a longterm goal.” One of the short term goals within the SGA is to set up office hours where students can come and talk about any concerns.

With all these changes, the bylaws are being continually marked up and changed. Also if the strategic plan is approved by the Senate, the constitution of the SGA will have to be changed. A change in the constitution requires that two-thirds of the one-third votes from the student have to be in favor for it to become law. Manzella stated that the changes will most likely not be complete until the Presidential elections in February.

Dolling and Edward Foster who serve as Associate Deans for Program Development and Administration respectively. While Dean McClellan’s role in the new school is more general and focuses on the big picture of the College, Professor Foster described his role as Associate Dean for Program Development as “running the shop” and managing the day to day activities of the College. Before the formation of the College, Foster served as Director of the Humanities and Social Sciences Division where since 2002, he says has seen it transform from a department which offered general education courses to a Division with five distinct departments and programs to a College with its own majors and faculty. A professor of History who has been at Stevens since 1967, Foster believes that over the past five years “the presence of the humanities at Stevens has become more intense.” Professor Foster can be contacted at efoster@stevens.edu. With the formation of the college however there came a realization that running the College was not a one-man endeavor which led to the creation of the Associate Dean positions.

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nor in Entrepreneurship which joins the already existing minor in Economics. While the school has small undergraduate body it more than makes up for it in the graduate school accounting for about half of all graduate students at Stevens. The success of the undergraduate school is evident though as Dean McCusker went on to state “the starting salary [for undergraduates] is tens of thousands ahead of most other business schools.” Part of this was attributed to the staff, which of 44 full time staff members 37 have a PHD and at least 10 years experience in industry. “We create a special kind of student: one who is both technology savvy and adept at business. We do that with a faculty who have years of experience in industry and

her role as Associate Dean for Program Development in the College as making Stevens “known for a place that excels in the ‘humanistic study of science and technology’”. To that end, she plans to take the lead in, among other duties, the development of new curricula for the College, advising and tracking new majors and minors within the school, securing grant money for the Institute and encouraging what she described as “interdisciplinary projects across the Institute, especially with the other Schools (Engineering [& Science], Technology Management, and Systems and Enterprises)” of the Institute. Dolling will also seek to organize more conferences which she hopes will help raise the profile of Stevens in general and the College specifically. Prior to the creation of the College, Dolling served as Coordinator of the Department of Philosophy which she joined in 2004 as an Associate Professor of Philosophy. Professor Dolling can be contacted at ldolling@stevens.edu The College of Arts and Letters can be found online at http:// www.stevens.edu/hum.

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ing with today. For instance, it is sometimes necessary for a civil engineer when designing a steel bridge to consult an environmental engineer, an electrical engineer, a chemical engineer, and so forth, and this becomes crucial when dealing with problems such as the energy crisis and climate change. Consolidating the school made it easier for inter-departmental sharing of information, teaching, and also helps with lab space, but Bruno assures all that “at the end of this year we will still have eight [departments].”

The question of laboratory space is a problem that Stevens has, though it does not necessarily have to do with a lack of it. Rather, it is the desire of the school to move past “traditional labs that are a thing of the past,” and instead work towards innovative experimentation that focuses more on research and the possibility of making an error. Though it is a step forward for the school, it is interesting to note that it is as if the older method of experimentation involving trial and error is once again at the forefront of our studies. When asked about the desire to include more experimentation in the engineering and science curriculum, Bruno remarked that “ getting into labs and making a mistake” is crucial to the scientific method scientists and engineers employ and questioned, “How do we learn if we do not make a mistake?”

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size we are today in terms of education and research but it’s easy to double and not make an impact.” To accomplish these goals, therefore, the school turns to innovative ideas such as integrating software engineering and systems engineering, and regulation of system readiness levels.

Therefore, he advocates having labs that are “teacher-friendly” and that “the same lab used for research will be used for teaching.” A long term goal of Bruno’s is to “have better academic infrastructure [in five years time],” and when asked about the space currently allotted for labs and research on campus,

dents, and it is certain that the School of Engineering and Science, along with Stevens itself, will make many improvements to better approach the problems facing contemporary society. Abroad, particularly in countries like Korea, “they talk about MIT and SIT,” certainly a prestigious title to have. It is

he states, “not a day goes by that I am not walking a building and talking to faculty about how we can better use space.”

The next few years will involve changes in the way the engineering and science curriculums are taught to its stu-

For students looking to go into systems and enterprises, there is currently only a graduate program here at Stevens. However, for undergraduates there is a Four plus One Program in which undergraduate students can receive a Masters of Engineering in Engineering Management or in Systems Engineering with their undergraduate degree. In addition, the School of Systems and Enterprises is “Adding courses and programs at an amazingly accelerated pace.” New courses such as EM 385 Innovative System Design have been added to the Engineering Management curriculum. There are

important to keep the integrity of the Institute alive, and it is evident that not only is this a concern, but also, it is the impetus to improve the method of teaching and how students attain knowledge from their years here.

even ideas for a hands-on three to four week summer program introducing some principles of systems engineering. The growth opportunities for the School for Systems and Enterprises are unlimited, especially with strategic partnerships in Singapore, India, and Europe. These partnerships stem out of the modeling and architecting of complex systems and enterprises. The School of Systems and Enterprises unites the Stevens community with an extended global community. “It provides the outside world a sense for the pride at Stevens.”

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United States dollar suffers value drop, concern raised in currency markets

(AP) - For the first time since Gerald Ford was president, the loonie can buy as much as the greenback.

The U.S. dollar’s recent decline against the Canadian dollar, the euro, and even the Indian rupee, means Americans will pay more for imports and trips to Paris, Rome, Bangalore and Toronto. It also may drive overseas demand for U.S. goods and help raise profits at U.S. multinational corporations.

The U.S. dollar reached 1-to-1 parity against the Canadian dollar Thursday for the first time since November 1976. That means one Canadian dollar now buys one U.S. dollar, so a bottle of maple syrup could cost an American as much in Toronto as it does in New York.

Today’s numbers, however, do not mean that the dollar is facing a meltdown.

Thursday’s drop is of greater concern to currency markets than U.S. households, except “if you’re a connoisseur of French wines or Canadian maple syr-

Neptune’s warm spot

(AP) - Scientists say that Neptune, one of the coldest planets in the solar system, has a surprising warm spotrelatively speaking.

An international team of astronomers has found that Neptune’s south pole is warmer than other parts of the planet.

Temperatures at its south pole are about 18 degrees warmer than elsewhere on the planet - not much for a planet with an average temperature colder than 320 degrees below zero.

The apparent reason is that the south pole has been in the summer sunlight for about 40 years.

Neptune is nearly 2.8 billion miles away from the sun. A Neptunian year -the time it takes to orbit the sun -is equivalent to about 165 Earth years.

One result of that has been to expose Neptune’s southern pole to the sun for nearly 40 years, warming it up. Because it is so far away, Neptune gets only 1/900th of the sunlight that Earth receives, but it still appears to have had a significant impact.

An array of scientific organizations announced the findings Tuesday, including the government-funded CNRS research body in France and ESO, the European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere, whose telescope in Chile was used.

“Neptune’s south pole is currently tilted toward the sun, just like the Earth’s south pole is tilted toward the sun during summer in the southern hemisphere,” astronomer Glenn Orton, lead author of the findings, said in an ESO news release.

“On Neptune, the Antarctic summer lasts 40 years instead of a few months, and a lot of solar energy input during that time can make big temperature differences between the regions in continual sunlight and those with day-night variations,” he said.

The heat has, in turn, defrosted methane normally trapped as ice in the planet’s atmosphere, releasing it as gas, the CNRS said. It said there is eight times more methane over the south pole than in the rest of the planet’s atmosphere.

The abundance of gaseous methane in Neptune’s stratosphere had gone unexplained until now, it added.

Despite its distance from sun, “the atmosphere of Neptune is a scene of great activity” -perhaps more so than those of Jupiter or Saturn, even though they are closer, CNRS said.

up,” said David Gilmore, a partner at Foreign Exchange Analytics in Essex, Conn. A lower dollar makes U.S. exports more competitive, which is good news for American manufacturers but spells rising prices for imports to the U.S. The dollar’s decline also diminished the spending power of American tourists while attracting to the U.S. foreign visitors who seek cheaper accommodations and shopping.

Daina Jefferies exited Macy’s at the Walden Galleria Mall in the Buffalo suburb of Cheektowaga, about 10 miles from the Canadian border, and added a couple of bags to a collection already in the back of her car.

“I just bought the same things I bought last week in Toronto for half the price,” she said. “I’m going to go home and return them. I knew I was coming so I thought I wouldn’t take the tags off. Now there’s no way I’m keeping it because it’s twice as expensive.”

Krys Esteves of Caledon,

(AP) - Almost everyone agrees Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad doesn’t belong at ground zero.

near Toronto, headed into the mall with her mother, Maria Swica of Mississauga, Ontario, planning to take advantage of weaker American dollar.

“My son wants a soft-serve ice cream maker for Christmas so I’m looking for that,” Esteves said. “It’s just to compare. Right now, I know it’s definitely to our advantage.”

The Canadian dollar hovered near parity in late New York trading Thursday, buying 99.93 U.S. cents.

Known as the loonie because of the bird pictured on the onedollar coin, Canada’s currency rose sharply against the U.S. dollar after the Federal Reserve on Tuesday announced a dramatic half-point cut in its benchmark interest rates. While aimed at shoring up U.S. credit markets, the cut further weakened the dollar against other currencies by reducing returns on dollar-denominated investments.

Even before the rate cut, the Canadian dollar experienced a summer of record highs. Cana-

da, a major oil exporter, has benefited from soaring crude prices and a strong economy.

Oil prices surged into record territory Thursday as the weakening U.S. dollar fueled buying by making futures cheaper for foreign investors.

“The Canadian economy that once used to be the sleepy little resource backwater of the North American economy is certainly turning the tables on its big brother in a hurry,” said Jeff Rubin, chief economist and strategist at CIBC World Markets.

The United States, meanwhile, has suffered a collapse of much of its housing market and a worsening credit crunch, prompting the Fed’s dramatic action this week. The central bank is far less concerned about the value of the nation’s currency, however, said Michael Woolfolk, senior currency strategist at the Bank of New York.

“There’s a conspicuous silence coming from the Fed with respect to the value of the dollar,” he said.

Iranian president denied ground zero visit

So who gets access these days to the 16-acre pit where the World Trade Center once anchored the Manhattan skyline, a slice of the city that many regard as hallowed ground?

Construction workers. The families of victims. The occasional journalist. And not too many others, in stark contrast to the days immediately after Sept. 11 when the smoldering site was overrun with celebrities, politicians and even Playboy playmates.

Amid the chaos after the twin towers fell, rescue workers and cleanup crews mingled with a parade of well known visitors:

Muhammad Ali, Robert De Niro, cast members from “The Sopranos,” Martha Stewart.

Miss America Katie Harman signed body ID tags for grateful workers. Boxing promoter Don King toured the site, as did U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and other world leaders. Almost half of the Senate arrived en masse.

The vast majority came to offer support and condolences, although critics suggested others viewed a trip to the devastation as a photo op.

“It was like you had celebrity status only if you got in at ground zero,” recalled Brian Jordan, a Franciscan priest who spent long hours in lower Manhattan in the weeks after two hijacked planes struck the towers.

Within a month, the city was turning down hundreds of requests to visit the site and began asking celebrities to avoid the area as the treacherous search for remains continued.

Six years later, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said a proposed ground zero visit by Ahmadinejad during next week’s U.N. General Assembly had no chance. Police cited ongoing

construction and security concerns, and the Iranian president, who is under Secret Service protection while in the U.S., was told to steer clear.

“We have communicated our concerns to the Iranian Mission,” Kelly said. “I am sure they will abide by our statement ... Our position is that he will not be permitted to go.”

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the city would provide protection for all guests of the United Nations without requiring that they pass a “litmus test for views.” He said of Ahmadinejad: “I personally find what this guy has said abhorrent, and I think it would be inappropriate to have him visit.”

Some objected to Ahmedinejad’s visit on political grounds.

“To have the leader of the greatest state sponsor of terrorism in the world visit the site of the most heinous terrorist attack on America would be an affront to the victims and families of 9/11 and to all who lived through that day,” said Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League.

The sentiment was echoed by the State Department, where deputy spokesman Tom Casey called the idea of an Ahmedinejad visit “rather appalling and the height of hypocrisy.” New York-based presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani also expressed their opposition to the suggested visit.

Giuliani, the mayor at the time of the attacks, was caught in a dust-up when he took a Saudi prince on a tour of the site in October 2001. Giuliani then rejected the prince’s $10 million relief check after the prince suggested U.S. policies in the Middle East were partly to blame for the carnage.

The Ahmadinejad request to lay a memorial wreath was the latest reminder of the still-raw feelings about the site.

A lower currency typically fosters worries about inflation, but the U.S. dollar’s decline over the last year has been too gradual for the Fed to consider intervening by raising interest rates, Woolfolk said.

The U.S. currency also plummeted to a new low Thursday against the 13-nation euro, which traded above $1.40 for the first time since it was introduced in 1999. The euro rose as high as $1.4098 Thursday before falling back to $1.4076, up from $1.3964 late Wednesday.

The $1.40 level has long been viewed as a key benchmark in terms of driving the euro toward becoming a reserve currency of choice — a position long held by the now-weakening dollar.

The dollar was down across the board Thursday, dropping to a nine-year low against the Indian rupee amid strong demand from foreign funds investing in India’s booming economy. The rupee rose to 39.92 per dollar in intraday trading, breaching the 40 rupees-per-dollar mark for

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Before last week’s anniversary of the attacks, family members battled with city officials to gain access to the area where the 110-story buildings once soared. The official ceremony was held in a nearby park, but the mourners were permitted to walk down into the site during the service, perhaps for the last time.

Some family members stayed home rather than participate in the first yearly memorial not held on the site itself.

Hard hats and construction equipment are a daily presence at ground zero. The stream of tourists who visit the site every day must stand on a sidewalk and peer through a fence.

Though Ahmadinejad may not be welcome at ground zero, he is at Columbia University, where he is scheduled to appear Monday at a question-and-answer session with faculty members and students as part of the school’s World Leaders Forum.

City Council speaker Christine Quinn, though, is not happy and has called for Columbia to withdraw the invitation, saying it was providing a forum for the leader’s “hate speech.”

“The idea of Ahmadinejad as an honored guest anywhere in our city is offensive to all New Yorkers,” council speaker Christine Quinn wrote. “Ahmadinejad is a Holocaust denier, here for one reason — to spread his hate-mongering vitriol on the world stage.”

Columbia president Lee Bollinger has described the event as part of “Columbia’s longstanding tradition of serving as a major forum for robust debate, especially on global issues.”

Last year, the university scrapped plans for a speech by Ahmadinejad after the Jewish Defense Organization expressed outrage. The university cited security and logistical problems when it made the announcement.

Hitler Youth buttons deemed free speech

(AP) - Two students in northern New Jersey can wear buttons featuring a picture of Hitler youth to protest a school uniform policy, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

U.S. District Judge Joseph A. Greenaway Jr. sided with the parents of the students, who had been threatened with suspension by the Bayonne school district last fall for wearing the buttons. However, the judge added in his ruling that the boys will not be allowed to distribute the buttons at school.

“I’m very pleased,” said Laura DePinto, mother of one of the students. “I think it upholds the most basic of our American rights, which is to protest peacefully.”

Citing a 1969 case in Iowa involving students who wore black arm bands to protest the Vietnam War, Greenaway wrote that “a student may not be punished for merely expressing views unless the school has reason to believe that the speech or expression will ‘materially and substantially disrupt the work and discipline of the school.’”

Greenaway’s decision “follows the law as we saw it going in,” said Karin R. White Morgen, an attorney representing both boys’ families. “We believed that it was the Tinker decision that applied,” she added, referring to the Iowa case.

The buttons bear the words “no school uniforms” with a slash through them superimposed on a photo of young boys wearing identical shirts and neckerchiefs. There are no swastikas visible on the buttons, but the parties agreed that they depict members of Hitler youth.

Bayonne Superintendent of Schools Patricia L. McGeehan said the school district was disappointed in the decision and would review its legal options.

“We are very concerned with the precedent this may set, not only for Bayonne but for every public school district in New Jersey that tries to create and maintain a school environment conducive to learning and that is not offensive to students and staff,” McGeehan said.

Bayonne instituted mandatory uniforms last September

for grades K-8, and fifth-grader Michael DePinto wore the button several times before objections were raised in November, attorneys for the plaintiffs said.

In a letter dated Nov. 16, 2006, Janice Lo Re, principal of Public School 14, notified Laura DePinto that her son “will be subject to suspension” for wearing the button in school.

Parents of the other student, Anthony LaRocco, a seventhgrader at the Woodrow Wilson School, received a similar letter from principal Catherine Quinn.

After the suspension threat, the boys’ parents filed a federal lawsuit claiming the district stifled the children’s First Amendment free speech rights. They also have mounted a legal challenge to the uniform policy.

Neither boy has worn the button since the lawsuit was filed, Morgen said.

District lawyers asserted that the image of the Hitler youth was abhorrent because it conveyed intolerance and racial inequality represented by Nazism.

the first time since May 1998.

The dollar also dipped against the British pound, falling to $2.0099 from $2.0025 late Wednesday, after U.K. retail sales in August rose by 0.6 percent from July. The U.S. currency fell against the Japanese yen to 114.44 from 116.09 late Wednesday.

The falling dollar could be good news for multinational corporations because it makes American-made goods more affordable in international markets while making it harder for foreign manufacturers to undercut domestic competition.

On the other hand, it worries the U.S. government by scaring away foreign investors who help to finance the country’s debt. As investment in U.S. Treasury securities dwindles, the government will have to pay higher rates at weekly auctions to find buyers for its bills, notes and bonds.

That eventually could push up borrowing costs for all Americans.

Thousands rally in small town of Jena, La., to support 6 black teens charged in school fight

(AP) - Thousands of chanting demonstrators filled the streets of this little Louisiana town Thursday in support of six black teenagers initially charged with attempted murder in the beating of a white classmate.

The crowd broke into chants of “Free the Jena Six” as the Rev. Al Sharpton arrived at the local courthouse with family members of the jailed teens.

Sharpton told the Associated Press that he and Reps. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, and William Jefferson, D-La., will press the House Judiciary Committee next week to summon the district attorney to explain his actions before Congress.

This could be the beginning of a 21st century’s civil rights movement challenge disparities in the justice system, he said, and he said he planned a November march in Washington.

“What we need is federal intervention to protect people from Southern injustice,” Sharpton told the AP. “Our fathers in the 1960’s had to penetrate the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, we have to do the same thing.”

Giuliani homeland security adviser criticized for “too many mosques” comment

(AP) - A homeland security adviser to Rudy Giuliani came under fire Thursday for claiming there were “too many mosques” in the United States — and defended himself by saying his point was that not enough Muslim leaders cooperate with law enforcement.

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., the former chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee and the top GOP member on the panel, said his comments to the Politico Web site were taken out of context. Democrats said Giuliani should drop him as a campaign adviser.

“I stand by everything I said other than the fact that the Politico totally took it out of context,” King said Thursday.

In the Politico interview, King said: “Unfortunately we have too many mosques in this country, there’s too many people who are sympathetic to radical Islam. We should be looking at them more carefully, we should be finding out how we can infiltrate, we should be much more aggressive in law enforcement.”

After King complained, Politico posted video of the entire interview.

2006 Tour de France champion loses doping case, must forfeit title

(AP) - Floyd Landis lost his expensive and explosive doping case Thursday when arbitrators upheld the results of a test that showed the 2006 Tour de France champion used synthetic testosterone to fuel his spectacular comeback victory.

The decision means Landis, who repeatedly has denied using performance-enhancing drugs, must forfeit his Tour de France title and is subject to a two-year ban, retroactive to Jan. 30, 2007.

The ruling, handed down nearly four months after a bizarre and bitterly fought hearing, leaves the American with one final way to possibly salvage his title — an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

If Landis doesn’t appeal, he’ll be the first person in the 105-year history of the race to lose the title because of a doping offense.

According to documents obtained by AP, the vote was 2-1 to uphold the results, with lead arbitrator Patrice Brunet and Richard McLaren in the majority and Christopher Campbell dissenting. Senate blocks legislation to cut off money for combat in Iraq, condemns ad from Moveon.org

(AP) - The Senate blocked legislation Thursday that would have cut off money for combat in Iraq by June. It was a predictable defeat for Democrats struggling to pass less divisive anti-war measures. The 28-70 vote was 32 short of the 60 needed to cut off a GOP filibuster. The legislation, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Sen. Russ Feingold, was indicative of the Democratic leadership’s new hardline strategy.

Unable to attract enough Republican support on milder proposals, Reid has sought votes on strong anti-war measures intended to force a withdrawal of troops.

The outcome was not a surprise. In May, the Senate rejected a similar proposal by Reid and Feingold by a 29-67 vote, with most Democrats saying they did not support using money to force an end to the war because that approach could hurt the troops.

Voting for the measure were Democratic presidential contenders Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, Barack Obama of Illinois and Christopher Dodd of Connecticut. A fourth candidate, Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., did not vote.

Winning streak hits 9-0 for Women’s Tennis

by BRIAN GRANATA

Senior Dana Bacalla, junior Whitney Bender and freshman Allyson Kingman were all double-winners as the Stevens Institute of Technology women’s tennis team improved to 9-0 on the season with a 6-3 victory over Drew University on Wednesday in Hoboken, N.J. The Rangers are 0-1 after the loss.

At No. 1 doubles, Bacalla and Kingman combined for an 8-2 win over sophomore Michelle Gbelama and freshman Sarit Ashkenazi. Bender and junior Rebecca Ryba teamed up for an 8-2 win over fresh men Carly Mora and Sarah Cronholm at second doubles. In the thirddoubles posi tion, sopho more Natalie Schloeder and freshman Kendra Apple heimer dropped an 8-4 decision to senior Alex Holzman and Amber Porzio. Bacalla led off singles with

Women’s

by RICH COYNE

Freshman setter Kaitlyn

Taylor led the 23rd-ranked Ducks past the Hawks of Hunter College in three games as she registered 14 assists, five service aces and five digs. All 17 of the Ducks saw action in tonight’s match as they defeated the Hawks by the scores of 30-19, 30-18 and 30-25.

Freshmen Maggie Majcher and Sarah Byrne had solid performances for the Ducks (11-1). Majcher recorded a team-high eight kills having produced a hitting percentage of .467, while Byrne registered six kills and five digs. Freshman libero/outside hitter Julia Reilly led the team in digs (11) and served up three aces.

The resilient duo of juniors Melissa Rhode and Melanie Volk contributed to the victory as Rhode amassed 10 assists, five digs, three kills and three service aces. Volk finished with five kills, four digs and

Clark scores three goals

Women’s soccer trips Wilkes, 3-2

a 6-1, 6-1 win over Ashkenazi in the first flight. Bender dropped a total of one game in her 6-1, 6-0 victory against Holzman at No. 2 singles. Kingman was a straight-sets winner (6-2, 6-4) against Gbelama in the third flight. Appleheimer defeated Mora by the score of 6-0, 6-2 in the fourthsingles slot. Ryba dropped a tough three-set match (4-6, 6-4, 5-10) at fifth singles to Cronholm. Porzio needed three sets to defeat Schloeder at sixth singles. The score of that match was 3-6, 6-4, 10-4 in favor of

Hunter

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by BRIAN GRANATA

Junior midfielder Audra

Clark registered a hat trick in leading the Stevens Institute of Technology women’s soccer team to its third-straight victory with a 3-2 win over Wilkes University on Tuesday evening at the De Baun Athletic Complex in Hoboken, N.J. In the process, the Ducks (5-1-1) extended the nation’s longest active home winning streak in Division III to 32 consecutive games.

Clark opened the scoring in the third minute of the contest when she connected on a header off a corner kick from senior back/forward Sara Roeder. Just under 10 minutes later, Clark picked up her second goal of the game as she headed home a rebound after junior back Salme Cook hit the crossbar following a corner kick.

Clark added her third score of the contest in the 19th minute as she took advantage

of a miscue by Wilkes junior goalkeeper Jessica Berkey. On the play, Cook sent a ball into the box following a free kick near midfield. Berkey was unable to handle the ball cleanly, and Clark touched the ball into the vacated net to give the Ducks a 3-0 lead.

The Lady Colonels (3-4) got on the board with 35:21 gone by in the first half as senior back Bethany Head deflected home a pass into the box off a free kick from the left wing by senior forward Georgina Robinson. Robinson cut the deficit to 3-2 as she scored on a penalty kick with just under 23 minutes remaining in the second half.

Sophomore goalkeeper Sherri Rosenberg made two saves in picking up her fifth win of the season. Berkey made two stops for the Lady Colonels. Senior goalkeeper Liz Pauly played the final 67 minutes in net and made four saves for Wilkes.

Field hockey downs Stockton

Five different players tally goals

by IAN SCHRAIER

Freshman Abhishek Saksena registered an individual score of 76 to finish in seventh place amongst 30 competitors as the Stevens Institute of Technology men’s golf team placed fourth out of five squads after completing the first two rounds of the Empire 8 Championships on Sunday afternoon at the Skenandoa Golf Course (Par 72 - 6,563 Yards) in Clinton, N.Y. With that tally, Saksena posted a combined count of 155, which sets a new team re

two aces. Senior outside hitter Dawn Herring unleashed an attack of her own as she posted three aces and notched seven digs. Sophomore outside hitter Laura Johnson chipped in with

two kills and added a pair of aces. Head Coach J.J. O’Connell was pleased with tonight’s performance.

“The Hawks are top competitors in the CUNYAC conference; as it showed

tonight being such a physical and aggressive team. We worked hard this week in producing tough serving, having paid off with 16 total service aces,” said O’Connell.

Five different players on the Stevens Institute of Technology field hockey team scored goals on Wednesday afternoon as the Ducks defeated the Ospreys of Richard Stockton College by a final score of 6-1. With that victory, Stevens snaps a four-game road skid that dates back to October 25, 2006.

junior midfielder Allison Shields gave the Ducks a 3-0 lead as she pushed a ball past Ospreys’ freshman goaltender Debi O’Kane. Junior midfielder Kerri Polidore was credited with the assist. Soon after, freshman forward Allison Basile found the back of the net for her first collegiate tally.

cord for best two-day total. St. John Fisher College currently sits atop the leaderboard with a team score of 576. The Cardinals cut 16 strokes off of Saturday’s mark after posting a schoolrecord eight-under par performance in the second round of competition. They were led by seniors Scott

more Brandon Christo is still the individual leader after shooting a three-under par on Sunday for a combined score of 140. Trailing the Soaring Eagles by three strokes are the Golden Flyers of Nazareth College, who notched a two-day tally of 639. Junior Josh Maxwell is the forerunner for Naza -

with a combined count of 699. Junior Colin Kingston collected an individual tally of 83 in both rounds to obtain a 14th-place finish.

Once again, the Ducks received strong performances from seniors Tom Merriam, Chris Dunderdale and Scott Mozeleski, who recorded second-round scores of 82,

The Ducks (5-2), who owned a 15-6 shot advantage on the afternoon, reached the scoreboard first in the fourth-minute when freshman forward Lauren Griggs placed a ball into the back of the cage off a pass from sophomore forward Courtney Geddis. Ten minutes later, Stevens struck again as freshman midfielder Karen Federico notched her first collegiate score off a feed from Geddis.

Then, in the 26th-minute,

In the 46th-minute, Griggs collected her second goal of the match while sophomore forward Kara Borzillo was tabbed with the assist. Later on, Borzillo earned a score off a pass from senior forward Beth Rychcik. Richard Stockton capped off the scoring in the 63rd-minute on an unassisted goal by sophomore defender Katie Mattsson.

O’Kane stopped a gamehigh five shots for the Ospreys (1-6), while Ducks’ keepers Stephanie Smith and Ellyn Griggs combined to make two saves.

CHRISTOPHER MOBOEREK Kendra Appleheimer winds up for a stroke.

Audra Clark walks the goal past Wilkes.

CHRISTOPHER MOBOEREK