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HERALDBY AND FOR THE STUDENTS OF HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES

ISSUE 22 April 19, 2002 VOLUME CXXV

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Former Senator Looksto End World Hunger

Thursday evening, April 11th -Senator George McGovernspoke on “Ending Hunger In

Our Time” as part of the President’sForum Series Spring ’02. Arising froma 22-year background in the Senate,McGovern has authored severalbooks on war and also served as the1972 Democratic candidate for Presi-dent.

McGovern began by quoting free-doms Roosevelt granted Americansfollowing WWII, citing, “freedomfrom hunger,” as the most salient.McGovern continued, “one out ofseven people are hungry,” claimingthat although a “political problem, it is

[still] solvable.” He re-called a personal experi-ence which jumpstartedhis hunger campaigning,at a time when as henoted, “I had assumedeveryone had enough toeat; at least where I grewup [South Dakota] ev-eryone had enough toeat.”

McGovern remem-bers watching a TV pro-gram that interviewed ayoung boy who couldnot afford to eat in his school cafete-ria. The boy commented, “I’mashamed because I haven’t gotten anymoney.” McGovern then thought tohimself that, “It is George McGovernof the US Senate that should be

ashamed.” At that time there were notany school lunch programs in exist-ence.

The next day, McGovern and hissupporters proposed a committee onmalnutrition and human needs, which

“revolutionized” the food stamp pro-gram, and created rules for free lunchprograms. He also created an organi-zation to support, “needy and preg-nant women and their children,”

Dina PaulsonAssistant News Editor

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Ho locaust Sur v ivorRemembers Anne FrankIan SchlangerNews Editor

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Picture the scene: Will Hunting,the character played by MattDamon in the Academy

Award Winning film Good Will Hunt-ing, is in the office of his therapist,played by Robin Williams, when hesees The United States of America:A Complete History Volume I sittingon the bookshelf. In disgust he turnsto the therapist and says, “Youwanna read a real history book, readHoward Zinn’s A People’s Historyof the United States. That book willfuckin’ knock you on your ass.”

That is exactly what your campuschapter of Refuse & Resist! hopesto offer you, when on WednesdayApril 24th, when hundreds of us willpour into the Smith Opera House to

Nico HowieRefuse and Resist!Wednesday, evening April

10th – A packed Albrightauditorium sat transfixed in

silence collectively engrossed in thewords and stories of Hannah Pick-Gosler. As part of the HWS genocideseries, Pick-Gosler came to share herstory as a Jewish survivor of the Holo-caust and as a close friend of one ofthe Holocaust’s most famous victims,Anne Frank.

Prof. Michael Dobkowski, religiousstudies, introduced Pick-Gosler notingher connection to Anne Frank and re-ferring to Frank’s diary as the “…mostwidely read book of World War II,” andFrank herself as being the Holocaust’s“…most famous child.”

Pick-Gosler began, “I will tell youmy story and how it coincides with thatof Anne Frank.”

Born in Berlin Germany, Pick-Goslar’s father, an economist, was anofficial in the German government.When Hitler came to power in 1933,her father was stripped of his job asthe new regime took control. Pick-Gosler and her family fled Germany,eventually settling in Holland. Oneday while her mother and her were gro-cery shopping, they ran into a pair offellow refugees who turned out to be“Mrs. Frank and her daughter Anne.”

Pick-Gosler described her first dayof school in her new country, unableto speak the language, a total outcastit would seem until she saw Anne inthe corner of the room. “She ran to myarms, I to hers, so mother could gohome.”

An instant friendship was formed,not only between the two girls, butalso between the two families. As

hear Howard Zinn speak about his-tory and issues of “terrorism andwar,” in a lecture called “The Usesof History.” Howard Zinn makes his-tory fascinating, and promises todeliver. This student organizedevening will inform some of us onissues, persuade others with differ-ent arguments, and compel some ofus to embrace action as the path tosocial change.

Zinn will leave an impres-sion on many of us, but it is reallywe, the students, who have left animpression on him. He writes in hisautobiography titled, You Can’t BeNeutral on a Moving Train: A Per-sonal History of Our Times, “Thethousands of young people in myclasses over the years gave me hope

Zinn to Re-Evaluate Historyin Smith Opera House Lecture

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Sen. McGovern speaks to HWS profs. at a reception before his speech last Thursday.photo by Dave Gordon

The Herald News April 19, 20022

Hannah explained, “When I was learn-ing to ride my bicycle, who was be-hind me but Mr. Frank - not my fa-ther.”

Hannah described Anne as a childwho loved attention, noting howAnne used to pop her shoulder out ofits socket during class, basking in theglow of her classmates’ stares. Shealso painted a portrait of young girlwith an inquisitive mind and a love forwriting, as Hannah’s mother alwaysused to say about Anne, “God knowseverything but Anne knows every-thing better.”

However, Pick-Gosler’s story tooka darker turn as she described the Nazioccupation of Holland, “Everythingthat was fun in life…was forbidden.”

At this point the Franks hadabruptly disappeared as they wentinto hiding, spreading the rumor thatthey had actually fled to Switzerland.Hannah and her baby sister were senton a whirlwind trip through Nazi op-pression miraculously surviving andeventually ending up in the Nazi campof Bergen-Belson.

for the future. Through the seven-ties and eighties, everyone outsideseemed to be groaning about how‘ignorant’ and ‘passive’ was the cur-rent generation of students. But lis-tening to them, reading their journalsand papers, and their reports on thecommunity activity that was part oftheir assigned work, I was impressedwith their sensitivity to injustice,their eagerness to be part of somegood cause, their potential to changethe world.”

Zinn to Speak at the SmithIt was in Bergen-Belson that

Hannah spent the majority of her cap-tivity and where once again her pathcrossed with that of Anne Frank. Frankwas transported to Bergen-Belsonfrom Auschwitz in an attempt to emptythe camp of prisoners before it couldbe liberated. Though separated by afence, Hannah and Anne were able tocommunicate and Hannah learnedwhat had happened to her friend. How-ever, Anne at this point was near deathand soon succumbed to disease just ashort time after which the camp wasliberated.

In a question and answer sessionafter her story, Hannah, who following

the war moved to Israel and is an Is-raeli citizen, was asked how she feltabout Israel’s current war against thePalestinians. She explained that in heropinion, this was not the action of astate but “a war of the house.”

Hannah received a standing ova-tion as the crowd rose to their feet insolute of a woman whose story was atonce deeply unique and personal, andyet echoed the deaths of millions.Hannah finds herself in the shrinkingguild of survivors, eyewitnesses to thehorrors of humanity, whose story mustbe told and retold, so that no one everforgets how close a world came to to-tal annihilation.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1Howard Zinn’s past is as amaz-

ing as his hopes for the future. ABrooklyn native, he worked in theshipyards before serving as an airforce bombardier in World War II. Hewas chair of the history departmentat Spelman College while being ac-tive in the civil rights movement be-fore he served as professor, mentor,and ally to the students of BostonUniversity. We welcome HowardZinn to Hobart & William Smith Col-leges in the hopes that he will trulyknock us on our ass!

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through five years of age. Almost im-mediately McGovern began to seepositive results. With a successfullunch program intact, enrollment inschools went up; respectively, com-prehension among students increasedas well with food providing, “fuel tolearn.” The number of educatedpeople rose, in turn lowering birthrates. Before McGovern’s newchanges were instilled there existed a“horrendous death rate,” and highnumbers of “mental retardation,”among children. With McGovern’s ef-forts these consequences shortlyended.

In the last days of Clinton’s presi-dency, Clinton awarded McGovern300 million dollars for his campaign.McGovern awarded half of this moneyto UN World Food Programs, and theother half to non-government organi-zations, such as Lutheran World Re-lief. By this time, McGovern had suc-cessfully set up operating lunch pro-grams in 38 developing countries. Heclaims, “we need to build this [sum]up to five/six billion dollars a year.”Although the US will pay ¼,McGovern asserts our need for out-side support as well.

In regard to an underdevelopedcountry such as Ethiopia, extending

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McGovern Ends Pres. Forum for 2002for 50-100 miles without a school,McGovern discussed the “real prob-lem,” encountered when trying to pro-vide aid for a place, “without a centrallocation.” He reiterates however, thatit is “not insolvable, just difficult.” Inregards to Afghanistan, McGovernspoke on the World Food Program,which provided relief during the pastwinter for citizens. Although admit-ting that, “It would be a lie if I said noone went hungry,”many people werehelped. McGoverncited Afghanistan,along with Pakistanand Africa, as targetcountries for incitingfood programs.

Reminding usthat “half the planetis still in poverty,”McGovern affirms tocontinue working forbetterment and posi-tive change forschools, children andhuman health aroundthe world. He con-cluded, “I hope I haveenough years left tosee us reach all of theschool children.”

Pick-Goslar Remembers the Past

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Opinion/EditorialEstablished 1879THE HERALD

By and for the studentsof Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Melissa Roberts ‘02Editor-in-Chief

Carl “Tex” Morgan ‘03and “Dirty” David Diehl ‘05

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Tony Liuzzi

What’s normal anyway? Whatmakes someone with eleven fingers abnormal? The simple an-

swer is that normal refers to what we areused to seeing. With race issues receiving anew boost in recent Herald issues, I thoughtI would give my two cents, that aren’t nec-essarily worth more than the thoughts of yourdrunken roommate, but hopefully will pro-vide some food for thought.

First, the issue of race has been aroundfor centuries on this campus, since the firstblack man was accepted to this school in the1830s. With that said, it is no less importanttoday than it has ever been. Non-whiteshave not yet achieved social equality in oursociety despite the Civil Rights Act of 1964and the fact that we are legally “integrated”in all aspects of society. I feel like diversityin the 21st millennium is more a percentagefor public relations than for integrationamong students. There are too many sons-of-bushes on this campus that “don’t feelcomfortable” around other ethnic groups. I

guarantee that when you achieve the great-est accomplishment of your life, you willneed to step out of your comfort zone.

What is race? Race is a socially con-structed concept that has absolutely no sci-entific meaning, despite scientific “findings”decades ago to “prove” some races “supe-rior” over other races. Should I repeat that?Race does not exist. It has received its mean-ing from social interactions, prejudices, etc.

Still wondering why white people are redketchup? We are used to seeing redketchup, just as we (society) are used toseeing white people in ads, tv shows, etc. –and therefore consider white to be normal.What happened when purple and greenketchup showed up in the café? People wentnuts! “There’s no way I’m eating this!” ex-claimed one disgruntled student. Uponcloser analysis, it may not be as different aswe think. Consider the following:

Red and blue make purple. Both red andblue coloring were added to make the purpleketchup. If it were already red, why couldn’tthey just add blue? So we can conclude

that red ketchup is not naturally red. Didwe really think tomatoes turned that rednaturally? The new ketchups alreadypassed a taste test with flying colors (lit-erally). I’m not concluding that minoritieson this campus are green and purpleketchup; rather, I am saying the red ketch-, um, I mean white people, are hesitant toconfront minorities because of a histori-cal and socially constructed concept ofwhat is normal, just as I am hesitant todouse my fries in purple sauce.

Can we please openly acknowledgethat minorities still suffer unjustly fromimprisonment, gentrification, police bru-tality, profiling, lack of school funding, andmuch more that prevents our society frommoving in the direction ofnoninvidiousness – or at least a color-blindvalue system? Finally, can someone finda ketchup company that makes naturalketchup and inform Sodexho-Mariott?Feedback please.

White People are Red Ketchup

Ben Chan

Asian Americans as a group havebeen stereotyped as being non-political and silent. This may not

be true for Asian American students on thewest coast, but it is certainly the stereotypeand the reality on most college campuses inthe northeast. It is not as if Asian Americanstudents have nothing to speak out about.On February 27, 2000 on the campus ofSUNY Binghamton, there was a verbal al-tercation between three Caucasian membersof Binghamton’s wrestling team and threeAsian American students. The altercation,which was reportedly initiated by racist in-sults hurled by the wrestlers, escalated intoa brawl that left freshman John E. Lee with afractured skull and internal bleeding. In theimmediate aftermath of the incident, noSUNY Binghamton official visited Lee at thehospital. The President of SUNYBinghamton, Lois DeFleur, waited till March10, to release a statement decrying bigotryat SUNY Binghamton. Not a single wordcould be found about the incident in SUNYBinghamton’s student run newspaper, PipeDream. Had the victim been a member of a

protected minority group such as gays,women, Blacks, or Latinos, the attack andthe response of SUNY Binghamton officialsand students would have been front-pagenews.

Outraged at the apathetic and sluggishresponse of the administration, the AsianStudent Union of SUNY Binghamton drewup a petition demanding among- an apol-ogy for the lethargic response of SUNYBinghamton officials, immediate expulsionof the attackers, a written anti-harassmentpolicy, a statement of procedures and pro-tocol of the handling of incidences of ha-rassment, a new Asian American studiesmajor, and the addition of two fulltime coun-selors trained in Asian American affairs.Once this petition was drawn up it was at-tached to a summary of the incident and e-mailed to the Asian American Legal Defenseand Education Fund and Asian students andstudent organizations at various colleges.

Upon receiving the e-mail, the Presidentof the Asian Student Union at Hobart andWilliam Smith Colleges decided that theAsian Student Union at HWS would notget involved in anything “political”. This isa typical response of Asian students at col-

leges and universities where AsianAmericans are the minority.

One of the most complex issues forAsian American college students is thequestion of “Who is Asian?” and “Whois American?” To Asian American stu-dents, international students and theiraccents and un-American customs mayconjure up imagines of FOB (fresh offthe boat) caricatures- the very same ste-reotypes that Asian Americans havefought against. To international studentsthere is nothing Asian about AsianAmericans. Some international studentssee themselves as the authentic Asiansand affix labels such as “Jook Sing”(empty bamboo) and “twinkie” (yellowon the outside and white on the inside),to Asian Americans. International andnew immigrant students tend to have ahard time grappling with the label“Asian”. In Asia, there is no such thingas an “Asian”; the people on the conti-nent of Asia are Chinese, Taiwanese,Korean, Indian, Thai, Vietnamese, Fili-pino, etc. The idea that such a vast ca

Organizing Asian Americanson Col lege Campuses

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-cophony of cultures can be all lumpedunder one umbrella is absurd. More-over, there are Asians born and raisedin America who reject the Asian iden-tity. They believe that they should beidentified as American and reject thehyphenated label. Many feel that thehyphenated identity promotes the ideaof Asians as foreigners. Usually, AsianAmerican Student Unions (ASU) willreflect the Asian group that has eitherthe most power, or the most people onthat particular college campus. AnASU might have a very Chinese iden-tity one year and a very Korean iden-tity the next year. This leavesunderrepresented groups such as Viet-namese, Cambodian, Filipinos, andPakistani on the outside. In order toorganize, international Asians andAsians born in America must first cometo a consensus defining what the“Asian American” identity encom-passes.

The major problem for Asians on

college campuses and Asian Ameri-cans, I believe, is the complete lack ofAsian American consciousness.American history is completely devoidof Asian Americans. Asian culture,which was ignored for a long time, hasnow been reduced to culture-lesstrends and fashions. Hip-hop culturehas embraced Chinese character tat-toos, the stereotypical servile Asiancomfort woman, and martial arts. Thehottest fashion on the streets is shirtswith tigers, dragons, anime cartoons,or Asian characters. Even aspects ofAsian religions and philosophies suchas Buddhism, Zen, and Hinduism havebeen co-opted by trendy, upper classCaucasians. However, authentic Asianpeople have found much less accep-tance. Popular media rarely spotlightsAsians and when Asians are por-trayed, they are usually of the CharlieChan mold (i.e. the cranky, buffoonishKorean fruit store owner), or the BruceLee clone mold. Asian Americans areusually a side bar or completely ig-

nored when other groups engage indiscussions of race and ethnicity. Oneof the characters in the popular car-toon Dragon Ball Z morphs from anAsian black hair, black eye warrior intosuper-warrior with blonde hair andwide blue eyes. This cartoon, createdand produced by Asians is globallymarketed to young children. Facedwith all of this, where are Asian Ameri-cans to find pride? I believe as a group,Asian Americans have internalized thestereotypes and prejudices and walkeddown the destructive path of losingtheir self-identity. Like the AmericanCaucasian yuppie, Asian Americanyuppies have forgone pride and self-determination and now define them-selves by the number size of their sala-ries. Only when Asian Americans de-cide to reclaim their own history andculture will Asian Americans begin tohave a real sense consciousness andof their place in the America and theworld.

Nicole Lemperle

Although we sometimes hate toadmit it, there are a lot of thingsand people to be proud of at

Hobart and William Smith. No, this is nota paid advertisement. I assure you that Ihave received no money or pay of anytype for the words that appear here. I’djust like to give us a break from our usualgripes and complaints about Saga, ResEd, the Deans, the website, fellow stu-dents, Geneva, the weather, SL&L, theHerald, professors, the bars, parking,security, registration and the ladybugproblem in campus buildings.

Last weekend, amid school events(namely Charter Day and theHobartones concert) and time with myfriends I had this profound realizationthat I really love HWS. I know that a lotof people would agree with me, butmaybe we don’t stop to express that asmuch as we express our issues withthings that aren’t exactly as we’d likethem. I’ve included here a short guideto things to like about our little school.

First of all, the quad this week. Whocould be out there and not feel happy?The quad is one of the great things aboutthe layout of campus. Enjoy it in all itsspring glory! Whether you just take awalk through, plop down with a book orfly a kite, get out there. You only havefour springs here, take full advantage!

Geneva is also at its best right now.

HWS: It’s NotAll Bad…

The lake is gorgeous, deep blue andsparkling. At night the stars over thelake can’t be beat, and a full moon onSeneca Lake is unreal. My friends atother schools are very jealous that wehave a lake literally just outside our door.Downtown Geneva also deserves to beexplored on a warm day when you canstroll the streets. It’s well worth it to wan-der into thrift shops, specialty stores andplaces you didn’t even know existed.There are also many restaurants nearbywhere you can eat outside (Parker’s andUncle Joe’s are always great!)

We’ve only got a few weeks left ofthis semester. I challenge everyone touse them to enjoy the school. Want afew reasons to feel proud of your class-mates? Check out Moving Up Day thisFriday (4:00 on the Melly Center Lawn).Saturday night you can attend the Cho-rale concert and be blown away by thetalent around here. On Saturday headover to the Hobart soccer game at 11:00am, the Spring Fling on the quad at 3:00pm or use the day to help Habitat forHumanity build a house. Check the DailyUpdate for a dozen more events thisweekend. There’s so much going on, Iexpect no complaints of boredom! Asidefrom that, every one of these events is areason to take pride in what’s going onhere at Hobart and William Smith. Thisis the spring we’ve been waiting forall year. Let’s spend it getting toknow the good stuff about HWS.

Carl “Tex” Morgan

Freedom of Speech Taken Too Far

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Every American has the freedomof speech. Every American hasthe freedom of the press. Good

writers know that there is a time andplace to say what they want to sayand how to say it. After writing forthis paper for three years now, I

learned veryquickly howone state-ment can betaken out ofcontext andlose themeaning ofthe wholearticle. Ihave theright to writewhatever Iwant aboutwhomever Iwant. I havethe right tothen printthat article.Now, do I goaround andprint every-thing I think,no. Do I goout year af-ter year try-

ing to make my articles more offen-sive than the previous year, no. I haveenough respect and common senseto know what should be said and howto say it. I don’t expect everyone toagree with me. There are even timethat I have regretted writing some ofmy articles. I could go around andsay you’re an idiot and you suck atteaching to some people and offendthem. In a day where most of ourvirtues have long since been forgot-ten, I think it is time to make astand…or walk.

I was walking through campus onmy way to check my mail, when I sawchalk all over the sidewalk in front ofScandling Center. As I came closerto the sidewalk, I started to read someof the things scribbled on the ground.“College: $35,000…A night with a les-bian: priceless.” Are you kiddingme? I can’t even see how some onewould make the parallel of anythingbeing worth more than a college edu-cation. Last year I clearly rememberseeing one that said “guys do youknow where your girlfriend’s clitorisis? I do,” and then some girl put hername and phone number below. Ithought your point was to spread un-derstanding about people that are gay,not piss off straight people. If I waswrong and your point was to piss offstraight people then congratulations

and feel free to ignore the rest of thisarticle. Each year these sidewalkchalkings get worse and more vulgar.I understand that you have the rightto free speech but that doesn’t meanthat what you said was right. Youtalk about coming out for Gaypril, yetyou hide in the dark and at nightscribble on the sidewalks. Hypo-crites. Don’t get me wrong here, Ithink you have every right to do what-ever you want to with whomever youwant to, but I don’t want to read aboutit on my way to getting the mail. Dis-cretion is something that you shouldlook up in the dictionary. If yourscribblings did anything, it defeatedyour purpose of creating understand-ing. What was written on those slabsof concrete was wrong. Yes you hadthe right to write them, but they werewrong. What kind of message do youthink you are sending when peoplefrom around the country came forCharter Day? I guarantee you thatthere were alumni or visitors thatfound the comments to be more thanjust unsettling. If you are going tocontinue your little tradition next year,try at least to be tasteful. If you wantstraight people to understand you,don’t piss them off. Learn how toexercise your freedom of speech andstop abusing it.

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Venezuela, el segundo mayorproveedor de petróleo a losEstados Unidos esta

atravesando una de sus peores cri-sis políticas en los últimos años. Elpaís esta divido en dos, aquellos queapoyan al Presidente Hugo Chávezy aquellos que lo quieren fuera delpoder. Como trágica consecuenciade los hechos ocurridos en Venezu-ela este pasado fin de semana, 46personas perdieron la vida y otras357 personas resultaron heridas.Estos lamentables hechos tomaronlugar a consecuencia del golpe deestado que tomo lugar en Venezu-ela.

Chavez fue removido del poderen la madrugada del viernes tras ungolpe de Estado. Luego de que unagigante marcha opositora, lideradapor el empresario Pedro Carmonadurante el jueves muchas personasfueron perjudicadas. La marcha dejoal menos un saldo de 11 muertos ymás de 150 heridos, en el tercer díade una huelga convocada porsindicatos y apoyada porempresarios que estaban en contradel gobierno de Chávez. Durante elperiodo que Chávez fue alejado delpoder ocurrieron hechos

lamentables y trágicos en el país.Robos y saqueos estuvieron a laorden del día, estos hechosocurrieron principalmente comoactos para pedir el regreso de Chávezal poder.

Siendo que Chávez es unmandatario izquierdista, quien tieneel apoyo de los pobres y laoposición de los ricos se crearonmuchos conflictos entre estasclases. Al final fue la clase media,que cuenta con gran cantidad,uniéndose con la más pobre que hizoposible la restauración de Chávez ala presidencia de Venezuela. Comootro acto de protesta para pedir lavuelta de Chávez miles demanifestantes rodearon emisoras deradio y televisión por más de doshoras, impidiendo así que estosmedios de comunicación pudierantransmitir noticia alguna.

En estos momentos el empresarioCarmona, se encuentra bajo arrestoy será juzgado de una manera justay de acuerdo a las leyes, según loexpresó el mismo Chávez. AdemásChávez pidió por la paz en Venezu-ela y prometió gobernar sinrepresalias en contra de los queorganizaron el golpe de estado.Chávez además añadió que senecesita unión en el país, «Llamo a

M ientras pensaba quepodría escribir para ElHeraldo que sea de

importancia y de guía para todos loestudiantes de esta comunidad(Hobart y William Smith), llegue a laconclusión de la importancia que hayen integrarse a la comunidad deGeneva. Es importante que todosustedes estén conscientes queGeneva no es solamente Hobart yWilliam Smith—que hay mucho más.

La escuela componeaproximadamente 2,000 personas delas 14,000 que reside en la ciudad deGeneva. Pienso que comoestudiantes de esta instituciónnuestro deber es tratar de ramificarnuestros intereses y tratar de servira la comunidad. Es importante queustedes sepan que nuestrasactividades no esta centralizadasolamente en lo que se pueda haceren los colegios. Hay muchasinstituciones que se alegran al verque los estudiantes estáninteresados en ayudar y en formarparte de Geneva. Creo que nosdejamos llevar por los estereotipos

Todas las voces SepultadasJaime Sabines

Todas las voces sepultadas en el enorme panteon del aireque rodea la tierra reviviran de pronto para decir que el hombresolo es eso, un sonido extinguiendose,una risa ,un lamento,penetrando en su muerte como en su crecimiento.

Esqueleto de una sombra, estructura de un vuelo, rastro deuna piedra en el agua, deseo,solo deseo,sueño,solo sueño.

Con los ojos cerrados miro lo que quiero y lo que quiero noexiste.

Piña Colada PunchThis potent punch is a summer favorite. Quick and easy to prepare, itmakes a nice change from typical summer punches, and is definitely easierthan whipping up individual pina coladas all night long. The pineapplejuice cubes keep the drink cold without diluting the flavor, but if you arepressed for time, just use all ice cubes.3 ½ cups chilled unsweetened pineapple juice, divided8 ounces chilled cream of coconut1 ½ chilled cups rum1 cup ice cubesFreeze one cup of the pineapple juice in an ice cube tray at least a day beforemaking the punch. In a large blender combine 1 ¼ cups juice, 4 ouncescream of coconut, ¾ cup rum, ½ cup pineapple ice cubes, and ½ cup icecubes and puree until smooth and frothy. Pour the mixture into a largepitcher or small punch bowl. Place the remaining pineapple juice, cream of

coconut, and rum into the blenderand mix until smooth. Add to thepitcher or punch bowl along with theremaining pineapple juice cubes andice cubes. Mix well and serve cold.Makes 8 servings.Preparation Time: 10 minutesFreezing Time: 24 hoursTotal Time: 24 hours, 10 minutes

Crisis Política en Venezuelatodos, a los empresarios, a lospartidos, a la Iglesia, a los dueñosde medios de comunicación, aldiálogo. Tengo que invitarlos a quereflexionen».

Hay especulaciones en todaLatinoamérica de que la CIA tuvocartas en el asunto, aunque todavíanada parece ser concreto en cuantoa estas acusaciones. Estasespeculaciones fueron fortalecidascuando el secretario de prensa de laCasa Blanca y el consejero deseguridad nacional hicieroncomentarios acusando a Chávezcomo único responsable del golpede estado y diciendo que no estabanen contra de la terminación de poderde un presidente elegidodemocráticamente. Escuchandoestas declaraciones uno se preguntadonde han quedado las ideas depromover la democracia que losEstados Unidos siempre ha tenidopara Latinoamérica.

Cuando Venezuela estuvo bajo lapresidencia de Carmona, el entoncesdetenido Chávez recibió apoyoincondicional de su colegamexicano, el presidente Vicente Fox.Este negó reconocer el gobierno deCarmona y pidió por la prontareinstalación de Chavez a lapresidencia.

Addi AlmironEl Heraldo Contributor

Como podemos servira nuestra comunidad

y nos referimos a las gentes deGeneva de forma degradante talcomo llamarles G-heads, que tieneuna connotación negativa. Debierantambién ponerse a pensar en aquellosque trabajan en las escuelas, en lasiglesias, en los centros de cuidadosde niños, en los bancos y muchosmás. La gente que ves en las barrasdowntown no debieran manipular tuopinión y dejándote llevar por esoconstruir una mala impresión de lacomunidad en general.

Este articulo es unainvitación para todos para queempiecen a unirse y participar enservicios voluntarios, tal comoayudar en la iglesia episcopal St.Peter todos los miércoles en unprograma llamado Neighbor’s Night,y para la comunidad hispana católicaintegrándose a la iglesia y ayudar enla lecturas o hasta tocar uninstrumento. También puedenayudar en el club de Boys and Girlsun programa para los niños despuésde la escuela. Hay muchasactividades en la comunidad que conun poco de interés de su parte sepueden realizar. Verán que ayudar alpróximo es tan satisfaciente y sesentirán en paz consigo mismos.

Carlina MelendezEl Heraldo Contributor

Arts & EntertainmentFriday Flix: Sanford Room

American Pie 2Friday, April 19at 10 p.m.

Jonathan WidmarkA&E Contributor

This is pop music like you havenever heard it before, sung inItalian by an operatically

trained singer. Andrea Bocelli’s 1996album, Romanza, was intended to in-troduce Bocelli to a wider audience;it certainly has accomplished thattask. Bocelli’s distinctive style andsound have made him a favoriteacross the globe, and his successseems to be gaining greater acclaimwith each new album.

This blind Italian operatic singeris garnering greater fame in the popworld than in his own classicalcircles. Critics are skeptical ofBocelli’s operatic abilities, claiminghe does not have the voice to com-pete with many of his contemporar-ies. However, when he lends hisvoice to a less demanding popmelody, the results can be inspiring.Collaborations with Celine Dion andSarah Brightman have helped tomake Bocelli a household nameamong even some of the youngergenerations.

Romanza offers listeners the op-portunity to experience both therange and power of Bocelli’s vocalabilities, but also a rhythm that most

Bocelli: A Whole New Kind Of Pop Music!contemporarymusic loverscan find famil-iarity within.The fact that thesongs are allsung in Italiandoes not seemto hinder the al-bum in any way.Despite thelistener’s inabil-ity to under-stand thewords, it en-hances theirability to appre-ciate the har-mony and vocalintonations of the individual songs.

The album opens with a beautifulsong, “Con Te Partiro.” This songtruly highlights the breadth ofBocelli’s ability to capture the es-sence of a song. Despite a languagebarrier, Bocelli expresses himself asclear as he would without hindrance.The album tempers beautiful bal-ladry with more upbeat tracks, inter-weaving the two in a fashion thatkeeps listeners attentive and neverbored from the monotony thatplagues many contemporary albums.

Jason MannThe Lantern (Ohio State U.)

Romantic comedies generallyhave a formula. Boy and girlmeet. Boy and girl instantly

dislike each other, but are forced into asituation where they have to spend timetogether. Boy and girl, despite their dif-ferences, fall madly and passionatelyin love.

However, an obstacle or misunder-standing comes between boy and girl.Love is threatened. So boy or girl hasto go to extreme lengths to prove theirlove to the other, and love wins in theend.

It is a tried and true calculation thatalways works as long as the charactersare memorable, the humor is comical andthe story ringstrue.

U n f o r t u -nately, “TheSweetest Thing”seems to forgetabout these ba-sics.

C h r i s t i n a(Cameron Diaz) isan empoweredwoman in her late20s who avoidsclose relationships with men, preferringto play games. On a night out with herfriends, the sassy Courtney (ChristinaApplegate) and the innocent Jane(Selma Blair), she meets Peter (ThomasJane, last seen as Mickey Mantle in“61*”) who frustrates her and makesher reassess her feelings toward love.

After he disappears, Christina andCourtney embark on a road trip to crash

the wedding of Peter’s brother (JasonBateman), but a series of supposedlycomical misadventures ensures that allgoes haywire. Adding to Christina’smisfortune is the realization that thewedding they have crashed is in factfor Peter and not his brother.

Nevertheless, it shouldn’t be a sur-prise to any viewer that this weddingdoes not end the film; Christina andPeter still pine for each other and gothrough loops to be reunited.

The premise isn’t so bad. The per-formances by the supporting cast, par-ticularly Applegate’s quippy sexpot,range from good to stellar.

The biggest problem with this filmis an unimaginative script from “SouthPark” scribe Nancy M. Pimental. It isn’tso bad that the film’s humor is mostly

o n e - n o t egross-out sexjokes, but itsgags are pilferedstraight frombetter movies.The zipper gagfrom “There’sS o m e t h i n gAbout Mary”becomes apiercing stuckin the wrong

place during a sexual act.The characters act as if they are char-

acters in a movie instead of real people.Christina dances in the street to nosoundtrack for no apparent reason, anda montage where Christina andCourtney try on different outfits is in-serted to kill some time.

Roger Kumble’s (“Cruel Inten-tions”) direction isn’t any better.Scenes, such as where an embarrassedJane delivers a semen-stained dress toa laundromat, are cut short before thejoke can be fully established. Some ofthe less tasteful material probably hadto be edited down in order to appease aratings board, but it would have beenbetter to cut a scene rather than murdera joke by cutting out key pieces.

“The Sweetest Thing” fails to befunny or sweet. Despite some solidchemistry between the actors, the aw-ful script drags the picture down touncharted depths.

‘Sweetest Thing’ Fullof Foul Flavor

It isn’t so bad that thefilm’s humor is mostly one-note gross-out sex jokes,but its gags are pilfered

straight from better movies.

In addition, several duets are in-cluded in this collection, most nota-bly, “Time To Say Goodbye,” featur-ing Sarah Brightman. This is theonly track where Bocelli can be foundsinging in English, but alongside Ms.Brightman the results are uplifting.

Andrea Bocelli may never meritthe acclaim of Luciano Pavarotti,Jussi Bjorling, or Jose Carreras, buthis calling may not be opera afterall.His operatic ability aside, Bocelliseems to bring a new style to mod-ern pop, something that cannot gounnoticed. Romanza and his latestalbum, Cieli Di Toscana, both fea-ture his work in the realm of popmusic. The simple indisputable factis that this man has got a fantasticvoice, and whatever your musicalpreferences happen to be, youshould take an opportunity to expe-rience Bocelli.

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SportsHERALD GAME OF THE WEEK

SPORTS AROUND CAMPUS*Hobart Tennis wins 3rd and 4th consecutive matches in a row, dominat-ing St. John Fisher 7-0 before conquering Ithaca 5-2 in last home matchof season.

*The HWS Sailing team will host the MAISA Women’s Championshipsthis weekend on the Lake. A berth at the National Championships inHawaii is on the line.

*The Hobart College crew team remained perfect this springwith a victory over RIT at home in the rain. Both the Varsity 8and the Second Varsity won their matches with ease.

*The 14th-ranked RIT crew team shocked No. 2 ranked William SmithCollege, edging the Herons by two seconds this past weekend. The teamlooks to rebound this weekend, racing against Skidmore along with ColgateUniversity.

*The William Smith Tennis team looks to make noise in their very ownWilliam Smith Tournament to be played the weekend of April 20-21.

After losing a heartbreaker inovertime to Penn. St, theHobart lacrosse team knew

that things wouldn’t get easier. Withthe #4 ranked Hoyas of Georgetownon the horizon, coach MattKerwick’s troops needed anotherspectacular effort on both ends toupset the Hoyas. Despite the muddyconditions, and fans enduring show-ers throughout, the teams wouldgive everyone in attendance a clas-sic match up.

Georgetown would net thefirst three goals of the afternoon inthe first period, scoring at a fast andfrantic pace. Sophomore T.J. Rogersgot ‘Bart on the board with an extraman goal just 3 minutes into the firstperiod. The goal was the 3rd of theseason for the sophomore. Minuteslater, junior John Bogosian would cutthe Hoya lead to one with another

Georgetown Send StatesmenTo Second Consecutive DefeatTony DanzaCelebrity Contributor

extra man goal. Bogosian would tallyhis second and final goal of the af-ternoon before intermission, and thehorn sounded with a 4-3 Georgetownlead at the break.

The Hoyas would bust out withfour goals from four different play-ers in the third quarter to build an 8-5 lead with 15 minutes remaining.Georgetown’s final goal of the after-noon, with 1:27 remaining in the thirdquarter proved to be the only goalof the day for the nation’s leadingscorer, Steve Dusseau, who came inaveraging a shade over five pointsper game. Hobart’s Brad Neuberthwould shut down the Hoyas marks-man, limiting his scoring opportuni-ties, while playing very physicallyagainst the All-American. In his 8previous games, only Cornell hadheld Dusseau under a hat trick. Downby three heading into the final pe-riod, the Statesmen needed to in-crease their intensity on the offen-

sive end. The team would respondmiraculously, as two goals by juniormidfielder Kris Shore put the States-men down by one, with plenty ofscoring time remaining. Passing withprecision effeciency, the Statesmenlooked for the perfect scoring oppor-tunity to tie the game up at a pair of8’s. However the team only wouldmuster one more open scoring op-portunity, but first-year Nate Hill’sshot ricocheted off the post, and theHoyas would run out the clock forthe thrilling 8-7 victory. Hobartgoalie Mike Borsz, the Patriot LeagueDefensive Player of the Week, fol-lowed his brilliant 25 save perfor-mance against the Nittany Lions with15 more key stops in goal. TheStatesmen’s record dropped to 5-5,with the Hoyas staying unbeaten at9-0. Hobart closes out its confer-ence schedule on April 21, when theStatesmen travel to Holy Cross.Faceoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.

After losing their first contestof the season, an 11-10 stunner in overtime against

Union, the William Smith lacrosseteam looked for a little vengeance.The unfortunate opponent would bethe Thoroughbreds of Skidmore Col-lege. Although the ladies fromSkidmore had the score close at 5-4in the first half, a 9-3 scoring barrageby the Herons ended any thoughtsof two losses in a row. For the Her-ons, sophomore attacker GretchenLasda led all scorers with four goalsand 2 assists, giving her 42 totalpoints on the season (27 G, 15 A).

Lasda would assist juniorMegan Shea just two minutes intothe game, putting the Herons up 1-nil. Skids would tie the game at oneapiece, but Lasda would put WilliamSmith back up by one just 33 sec-onds later. A 2-2 game would be bro-ken open with a 3-0 Heron scoringrun, thanks to two goals by Shea,and one by senior midfielderSusanna Young. The lead would be

Heron Lax Respond to FirstLoss By Doubling up SkidmoreTed DansonCelebrity Contributor cut back to one, thanks to 2 ‘Bred

goals, but William Smith wouldbounce back with the aforemen-tioned 9-3 run, thanks to stellar playby Lasda (3 goals), Young (2 goals,two more from sophomore midfielderBrighde Dougherty, giving the Her-ons the win by the score of 14-7.Shea would finish with three goalsand an assist for the Herons on theafternoon, while Young chipped inwith three goals. In goal, sophomoreRebecca Splain made 12 saves forher ninth win of the 2002 campaign.The 9-1 Herons will travel to Roch-ester on the 20th of April, for a 1 PMshowdown with the Yellow Jackets,before playing their final regular sea-son game on the 23rd, when they en-tertain Cortland at 4 PM. Best of luckto the ladies in their upcoming chal-lenges.

William Smith Lax Fact*The Herons haveoutscored their

opponents 156-65 on the season

SPORTS SCHEDULE

H & WS CREW4/20 @Skidmore withColgateRaced at SarasotaSprings, NY HOBART LACROSSE

4/21 vs. Holy Cross 1 PM

HWS SAILING 4/20-21MAISA Women’sChampionships @HWSMAISA Open @St. Mary’sThompson Trophy @CoastGuard

HOBART TENNIS4/20 @Clarkson 1 PM4/21 @St. Lawrence 11 AM

WILLIAM SMITH LAX4/20 @Rochester 1 PM4/23 vs. Cortland 4 PM(Last Home Game of Season)

WILLIAM SMITH TENNISAPRIL 20-21

WILLIAM SMITH TOURNAMENT