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volume lXv Issue IXNovember 17, 2010Serving The Community

Since 1948

see tHe talent oF aMateUR nigHt on page 3 • RiHanna sHoUlDn’t get so LOUD on page 7

University grad studentcompletes Ironman

university alumnus Brian Ku-

ritzky participated in the Great

floridian triathlon oct. 23. Ku-

ritzky completed the triathlon

without training and helped raise

$100,000 for the breast cancer

charity susan G. Komen for the

cure.

Kuritzky’s athletic background

mostly lies in soccer, “i’ve played

soccer since i could walk,” Ku-

ritzky said. He played for cornell

university’s varsity team while

getting his undergraduate degree

and attempted to play soccer pro-

fessionally in turkey, israel, italy

and Holland, but had trouble

“hooking on with a team.”

after playing soccer, Kuritzky

moved back to New York and

started working in the securities

division of Goldman sachs. He

also ran the NYc Marathon—he

took a friend’s spot after she

dropped out 10 days before the

race—and completed it without

training.

it was a conversation about

soccer that made Kuritzky’s want

to compete in the triathlon.

qUinn wasson

staff writer

Continued on Page 9

briankuritzky.wordpress.com

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tain campus events. if the University doesn’t want me

to go simply for “food,” then they shouldn’t

try and lure me with it.”

–Colton Childs, junior

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helpful and a good way to learn about

events as well! it needs to come back.”– Johanna Rodriguez, sophomore

“in order to catch the students’ attention, you offer

food for many events. this is the purpose and it

works most of the time — it makes sense. if the cer-

tain event wants to serve food only after the meeting

is done then that’s a smart choice, but simply ban-

ning stuffYourPace is inappropriate and not fair for

students who do end up going for food and learn

something worthwhile.”

–Cindy Gamboa, junior

If you haven’t seen StuffYourPace on your Twit-

ter feed lately, that’s because they have been forced

to shut down. “Due to pending legal issues…[we’re]

being forced to cease & desist,” the unknown user

tweeted on Oct. 6. The account was created to give

students the heads up on where the free food was on

campus.

While publicizing the free nosh fests, it also was

a plausible promotional tool for University-wide

events. When The Pace Press interviewed StuffYour-

Pace April 15, they fully explained their intentions

for the account. The interview was conducted via di-

rect message to preserve anonymity.

“I like free food. There is so much that goes to

waste here at Pace. I wanted everyone to get the op-

portunity to stuff their face, free of cost,” the entity

said.

When asked whether the University has given

formal approval of the account, this particular user

relied on the fact that no one had complained, but

that was then. “#PaceU follows @StuffYourPace. I

take that as an approval and have seen no signs of

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events. I’ve overheard Pace [administration] talk

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promotion I do for their meetings through Twitter,”

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It remains unclear who is exactly responsible for

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natalie gavilanes

executive editor

Anonymous Twitter account told to ‘cease and desist’

StuffYourPace unable to help you stuff your face

2 NEWSNEWS November 17, 2010

Business start ups try to “get serious”in event presented by The Hatchery

the university hosted the Hatchery’s “are

You serious?” event which is a fast-paced pitch

competition for new business models Nov.11. the

Hatchery provides entrepreneurs in the early stages

of business with expert feedback from investors.

this event followed the Hatchery’s model,

the Gauntlet, which is a process that gives inno-

vators five minutes to present their business models

to a panel of highly experienced investors.

the innovators then take another five minutes

to provide positive and negative feedback and

score each presenter on a 22-point scale.

six business models were presented at the “are

You serious?” event, including: online travel guide

rolling Globe, a data storage and management sys-

tem for companies called arxscan and vPulse,

which provides telemedicine over the internet

through video conferencing technology.

the other models included culture Matchup,

an online event-based social network community

for people who enjoy the arts as well as Mergeskill,

an online matchmaking site that targets skilled pro-

fessionals, entrepreneurs and investors. Lastly,

there was tour spot, whose model was a business

to house content for big brands and develop mobile

applications around the content.

the panel was made up of four judges: Man-

aging Partner at the Hatchery david Blumenstein,

chief executive officer (ceo) & founder of xiv

river Bill reinisch, three time serial entrepreneur

Kirill sheynkman and co-founder & ceo of

skillslate Bartek ringwelski.

the Hatchery required each contending group

to present a PowerPoint presentation, with slides

that included the business’ team, what the product

and service does, what issue it is looking to solve

and address, the solution and the addressable mar-

ket.

the PowerPoint’s also required the competi-

tive landscape, any current customer, client, pilot

pipeline, revenue stream or source, financial pro-

jections, how much investment was sought and

how the money will be spent.

the winner of the contest was culture

Matchup, with 15 out of 22 points. representing

culture Matchup was the company’s founder

aaron Buzali. culture Matchup’s aim is to partner

with arts organizations to invite members to shows,

concerts, openings and other events in the various

arts.

the target demographic for culture Matchup

is geared towards professionals around age 50, with

large disposable incomes. Membership is on an in-

vite-only basis and costs $49.95 per year with a

seven-day free trial. those interested may be in-

vited to join by existing members of the site or any

partner arts organizations.

according to Buzali, “arts organizations av-

erage 3,700 people on their mailing lists,” which,

when collaborating with the lists of various organ-

izations, would make up culture Matchup’s clien-

tele.

the runner up for the contest with 12 points

was Mergeskills, being represented by ceo and

co-founder John Polis. their business is to “help

people find others they don’t know, but they want

to know,” Polis said.

after each presentation, the panel did a brief

question and answer session to give advice to any

entrepreneurs in the audience on how to prepare

for a very short pitch session like the Gauntlet.

the Hatchery hosts the Gauntlet monthly at

different college campus locations. all business in-

novators can have the opportunity to present their

pitches and have them critiqued by panelist judges.

jessica laRosa

staff writer

SFT first year student passes awayat St. George residence hall

New York conservatory for the arts

screen, film and television (sft) first

year student Michael simmons fell to his

death from the st. George residence

Hall on Nov. 7 at approximately 2 a.m.

the investigation of events leading up to

simmons passing is still ongoing.

educational Housing services (eHs)

vice President christy Gaiti-chatfield

sent out a resident—wide email regard-

ing his passing.

the morning after simmons’ passing,

eHs offered counseling services to all

residents.

until simmons’ family arrived in

NYc from his hometown of tempe,

ariz., sft students could not comment

on simmons’ passing.

sft students placed candles, letters

and bouquets of flowers in memory of

simmons outside of the st. George.

friend of simmons and sft first

year student Kayla richards said, “we

met the first week [of the semester]. He

was one of my best friends.”

eHs and sft held a vigil at cadman

Plaza Park near the st. George in Brook-

lyn Heights on Nov. 12. sft students

gathered together and reminisced about

their memories of how they met sim-

mons, the time they spent with him and

how he loved to live life.

Gaiti-chatfield said, “it is with great

sorrow that the eHs staff reports the

passing of a New York conservatory of

dramatic arts st. George resident early

this morning. we extend our deepest

sympathies to the student's family and

friends.”

ivonna tHoMPson

News editor

photo by ivonna tHoMPson

sFT first year student Kayla richards mourns the loss of fellow classmate michael simmons.

the center for community action and re-

search (ccar) led by student outreach coor-

dinator alyssa feldman and GallopNYc hosted

an event Nov. 12 to teach handicapped children

therapeutic horseback riding at the Kensington

stables in Brooklyn.

GallopNYc is a New York based therapeu-

tic riding organization for disabled children,

which provides riding lessons for low income

families.

after meeting with the GallopNYc staff, the

university volunteers were given an orientation

regarding the stables, the horses and how Gal-

lopNYc conducts their training sessions.

the orientation horse, spindoctor, was

groomed by volunteers and then saddled up.

GallopNYc orientation leader sarah Jane, ex-

plained some basics about horses and horseback

riding, such as not standing behind a horse you

are unfamiliar with and how to properly assert

your dominance over the animal and gain con-

trol of any situation.

volunteers were able to ride the horse as if

they were the child in training, with two other

volunteers at their side and another volunteer

leading the horse around the enclosure where

sessions take place.

two volunteers are required at all times on

either side of the horse. depending on the task

and severity of the child’s disability, volunteers

were asked to hold onto the child and his or her

saddle.

in one of the lessons, volunteers were asked

to run alongside spindoctor as it trotted with a

child on its back. they were asked to hold onto

weighted balls that the child passed back and

forth between the two volunteers on either side

of the horse, in order to work on his balance.

the child was then asked to post, a tradition-

ally english-saddle riding technique wherein the

rider stands and sits to the rhythm of the horse’s

trot, to the beat of music played on iPod speak-

ers.

Kensington stables located near Prospect

Park in Brooklyn, is a separate entity from Gal-

lopNYc, hosting the space for riding lessons

and allowing GallopNYc to rent horses for the

duration of sessions they have with children.

GallopNYc volunteer coordinator ellen

dry said, “we offer our program at three loca-

tions in New York city: Kensington stables in

Brooklyn, Lynne’s riding school in forest Hills

and Jamaica Bay riding academy in the Bergen

Beach area of Brooklyn. we operate six days a

week, often running from 10 a.m. until 6:30 p.m.

on weekdays [with] a shorter schedule on sun-

day in [Queens, only].”

No prior horseback riding experience is nec-

essary to volunteer.

“students were really enthusiastic,” feld-

man said. “i was moved [to see] that so many

[students] signed up to return [to volunteer] on

their own time. it’s rare that an organization mo-

tivates students like that.

“[GallopNYc] has locations around the city

such as Queens and Brooklyn. Now that [ccar

has] worked [with GallopNYc], we plan on

working with them in the future.”

CCAR and GallopNYC host therapeutic horseback riding event

For those interested in

presenting at The Gauntlet,

submit your PowerPoint and summary pitch to

pitch@hatchery.vc

jaMes RYDeR

staff writer

University students volunteered to give lessons for disabled children

For those interested in becoming involved with

Kensington Stables can email:

ellen@gallopnyc.org

students were really

enthusiastic. i was moved

to see that so many

students signed up to

return to volunter on their

own time.

-Alyssa Feldman, student

ONLINE

THE GAUNTLET

3NEWSNEWSNovember 17, 2010

Annual “Amateur Night” spotlights talented University students

the university’s P.a.c.e. Board (Pro-

gramming and campus activities Board)

hosted its annual amateur Night Nov. 11 at

the Michael schimmel center for the arts.

amateur Night featured undergraduate stu-

dents dancing, singing, playing instruments

and rapping.

the talent competition featured prices

ranging from $400 to $1,000 for the grand

prize. the university put a twist on the night

by letting the audience take on the role of

judges, giving them glowsticks and urging

them to shout out their feedback.

amateur Night host and famous come-

dian Marc curry of aBc’s hit 1990s show

“Hangin’ with Mr. cooper” announced the

performances and teased the audience be-

tween acts.

upon entrance to the schimmel center

students were given sparkling wristbands —

blue for university students and yellow for

guests. the students were also given two

small glowsticks. audience members who

liked the act held up the green glowstick and

red if they disliked the act.

the screen on the stage with the P.a.c.e.

Board logo encouraged the crowd to cheer

for their favorite contestants. the audience

was also encouraged to yell "Booo!" when

needed.

dJ spynfo played music to rouse the

crowd and urged them to "fist pump in their

seats" as they waited for the show to begin.

celebrity guest curry started the night with

jokes about the audience and the judges.

throughout the show he also made fun of the

performers by mimicking their acts in a com-

ical way.

the acts varied not only in content but

also style. from free-verse raps to originally

written and composed songs, the ratio of

original content to a performance of existing

material was surprisingly large.

Highlights for originally composed

works were celine du tertre and evan

sager's original duet titled "stay with Me."

du tertre sang the vocals while sager played

the guitar. when announced that the two

were a couple, the crowd “aww-ed” and

waved their green glowsticks in time with the

music. one audience member shouted, "aw

girl, he'll stay with you!" du tertre and sager

won the title of "Best Group Performance"

and $500. all the students who performed

rap songs also had original work.

although most of the performers had

original music, lyrics or choreography, two

prizes went to non-orignal vocal perform-

ances.

the “Best vocal” went to Polly elsey for

singing adele's "Make You feel My Love."

she took home $400. the winner of “overall

Best Performance” was Jennifer Josephs,

who sang Jennifer Hudson's "and i'm telling

You" and won $1,000. curry had already im-

pressed the audience by announcing Joseph's

past participation in The Lion King, yet her

voice was what received a standing ovation.

while it seems that vocals stole the night,

their were a number of dance acts. the audi-

ence went “gaga” for Melody flores’ chore-

ographed performance of “Bad romance.”

flores’ outfit, make-up and eccentric move-

ments stunningly mimicked Lady Gaga.

the group shakti did a Bollywood dance

number combining different Hindi songs.

the winner of the $400 “Best Non-vocal”

prize was christiana fushcetto who danced

to John Mayer's “free falling.”

the audience had another chance to par-

ticipate before the show and during intermis-

sion. dJ spynfo asked people to come out to

the stage to hold various dance contests with

$25 to $50 prizes. the dance contests ranged

from freestyle to dance hall. the audience

served as the judges once again. the show

had an approximate turnout of over 300 peo-

ple.

the majority were freshmen and seniors,

which matched up nicely with the perform-

ers, who were either freshmen or seniors.

with the exception of a comedy act, no one

was “Boo-ed” offstage. the audience held up

their green glowsticks far more often than the

red ones.

RUveena viRk

staff writer

all photos by David clark

1. Host Marc Curry and the winners ofAmateur Night pose for a photo aftertheir performances.

2. Duet Celine du Tertre and Evan Sagersing their original song “Stay With Me.”

3. DJ Spynfo gets the Amateur Nightcrowd hyped and excited during theshow between acts.

4. Contestant Polly Elsey takes a breathas she sings Adele’s “Make you Feel myLove.”

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4 NEWSNEWS November 17, 2010

MTA upgrades WWI dated switches on the Long Island Rail Road

the Long island rail road (Lirr) completed restora-

tion of the signal and switch control system at the Jamaica,

Queens Junction stop. the purpose of the project was to

replace the world war i (wwi) era mechanical switch sys-

tem with a new 21st century computer system.

according to the Metropolitan transit authority

(Mta) website, “the new state-of-the-art signal system

upgrade brings computerized microprocessor-based tech-

nology to Jamaica’s critical switching area and centralizes

the switching and signal control from three antiquated sig-

nal towers.”

Previously, switches had to be thrown by hand and the

controls for them were scattered across three signal towers.

Now, train directors will be able to flip switches with the

click of a mouse from one centralized control hub.

the system is also meant to insure quicker recovery

times in case of emergency—such as this past august when

there was a fire in one of the signal towers, caused by high

voltage entering the system and damaging the wires.

the new system will control 208 switching machines,

144 signals and cost approximately $56 million, all of

which was funded by the Mta capital program.

the project took two weekends to complete and forced

mass transit riders to seek alternate options during the iNG

NYc Marathon. some marathon participants rented rooms

in Manhattan to make sure they were not late. other par-

ticipants took cabs to the starting point in stated island or

simply left earlier and tried to use alternative trains.

according to the Mta website, “the running of the

2010 iNG New York city Marathon went off without a

hitch over the weekend and the Mta played a key role.”

No service was available at the Jamaica Junction stop

and all service between the atlantic avenue stops in

Brooklyn and the usual routes from there, which pass

through Jamaica, were cancelled. the service changes

were announced on the Lirr website sept. 27.

the new switch and control system will increase the

volume of trains able to pass through the Jamaica line

every day and will make trains run more precisely as they

will be monitored by computers.

nazaRY nebelUk

staff writer

Students give their opinions on the L.I.R.R. changes

i go home on the weekends and

the service changes happen

during that time. it’s just really

difficult to deal with and a

hassle.

-Courtney Ridgeway, senior

the l.i.R.R. really hasn’t

affected me. i haven’t used it

too much.

-Vinny Cataldo, junior

i usually drive home to long

island on the weekends. so i

haven’t witnessed anything

too bad about the l.i.R.R.-Jessica Margolin, junior

it’s been a nightmare

because of the

construction at jamaica there

are more crowded trains and

delays.

-Caitlin Meuser, senior

Professor Herman appointed NYS member of Permanent Sentencing Commission

university criminal justice Professor

susan Herman has been appointed as a

member of the new Permanent sentencing

commission of New York.

chief Judge Jonathan Lippman an-

nounced oct. 13 that the creation of the

Permanent sentencing commission was

“charged with conducting a comprehensive

and ongoing evaluation of sentencing laws

and practices and recommending reforms

to improve the quality and effectiveness of

statewide sentencing policy” according to

a New York state united court system

press release.

Prof. Herman said, “i believe that my

background as an attorney who has been

deeply involved in a range of criminal jus-

tice areas and particularly victims' issues,

has given me a important perspective to

bring to the commission's work.

“i am looking forward to examining

New York's sentencing structure and work-

ing towards recommendations that will im-

prove our justice system.”

as far as achieving the set out goals of

the commission, Prof. Herman said, “it's a

little too early to comment on the priorities

of the commission because we haven't met

yet. our first meeting is in early decem-

ber.”

Judge Lippman strongly believes that

the New York is in need of a sentencing re-

form. in the press release, chief Judge

Lippman said, “fairness and consistency in

sentencing are fundamental principles of

justice and essential to public trust and

confidence in our judicial system.

the establishment of this permanent

sentencing commission is a critical step to-

ward achieving the goal of substantive,

comprehensive sentencing reform.”

New York county district attorney

(da) cyrus vance said, “there is no one-

size-fits-all model for criminal sentencing.

in all cases, our goal is to provide clarity

in sentencing, prevent crime, protect the

public and ensure justice.”

the commission will be located at the

John Jay college of criminal Justice in

Manhattan. John Jay Professor Martin f.

Horn will serve as the commission’s exec-

utive director.

stePHanie Hansen

staff writer

pace.edu

1. Simplify the complex sentencing statutes whichhave not been revised in more than four decades.

2. Promote more transparent sentencing “so thatlitigants, judges, crime victims and the public havea clearer picture of actual time and offender islikely to spend in custody.”

3. Assess the categories of offenses and to deter-mine when greater or lesser sentences might benecessary.

4. Bettering the programs for offenders during andafter their release and to expand funding for al-ternatives to jail for the purpose of improving pub-lic safety.

5. Increase the focus on the victims in criminal sit-uations by broadening victim participation in sen-tencing.

6.Review proposed changes in sentencing laws andprovide feedback and information to the Gover-nor and Legislature.

7.Lastly, to collect and analyze reliable data on sen-tencing in order to craft sentencing policies.

GOALS OF THE COMMISSION

there is something new at the

university. to figure out whether or

not you have felt its presence, check

yourself for the following symp-

toms: do you feel the need to recy-

cle more? do you now understand

that soiled papers and bottle tops

cannot be recycled and that throw-

ing a piece of dirty trash in the recy-

cle bin can contaminate the whole

thing? do you have subtle urges to

reduce and reuse? do you think it’s

contagious?

for those of you who have not

had a moment to examine them, i’m

referring to the beautiful new recy-

cling signs placed above every trash

area.

it is clear to me that the univer-

sity is trying to progress toward a

greener future and understands that

there are some messages that need

to be made extra clear for the com-

munity to notice them.

Largely made possible by di-

rector of facilities Management and

associate member of GreenPace Bill

Link, these new signs are there to

make sure everyone recycles. Now

if only we could get rid of the mis-

placed recycle symbols on the

garbage cans for a more fitting

image — a landfill or something.

if i could make a wish for any-

thing in regards to this, however, it

would be that the university com-

munity would come together and re-

duce our waste almost entirely to

recyclables and reusables.

so why should we recycle?

everyone has their own reasons.

some do it to keep reusable materi-

als from adding to our landfills and

polluting the earth. still others recy-

cle for money or to avoid legal con-

sequences. i even like to hope that

the anguish i express when i see

people throw a bottle or can in the

trash prevents them from doing so

again.

in addition, i would like to make

one point: people should recycle be-

cause it is the smallest and easiest

action one can take to reconcile for

the unsustainable way we live now.

i think that recycling is a symbol of

the new consciousness that is retak-

ing our generation.

this is the consciousness that

helps us realize that putting some-

thing in a trash can does not mean it

disappears into a black hole, but

rather exists anywhere from months

to millennia, unless it is burnt up

and sent into our atmosphere. this

consciousness means knowing that

we could have avoided using that

piece of garbage in the first place. it

is the realization that the things we

buy had to come from somewhere

and be made or harvested by an-

other human being.

if i may be so bold as to suggest:

it is a baby step in an effort to un-

derstand that the excesses, inequal-

ities and artificiality with which we

now exist are not parts of the way

we hope to continue to live.

c’mon students, staff and fac-

ulty: recycle! it’s really just the first

step. for more information on what

GreenPace is up to, check out

Pace.edu/sustainability. then take

the second step and get involved in

your community!

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OPINION AND EDITORIALSOPINION AND EDITORIALS

November 17, 2010

the pace press

editorial board

lynn Rickert

Editor-In-Chief

natalie gavilanes

Executive Editor

kim bui

Associate Editor

kaitlynn blyth

Managing Editor

ivonna thompson

News Editor

katherine Riley

Features Editor

brian Rentas

Arts Editor

kate Hamzik

Copy Editor

Hilda adeniji

Digital Illustrator

leucepe Martinez

Business & Ads Manager

Dj Mcerlean-Hopson

Web Editor

Rachel Menth

Distribution Manager

Mark Mcsherry

Faculty Consultant

The Pace Press is the student newspaper of Pace University’s NewYork City Campus. It is managed andoperated entirely by members of thestudent body as it appears above.

The Pace Press welcomes guest editorialsand letters from students, faculty, administration and staff.

The Pace Press reserves the right to notpublish any submitted material, both solicited and unsolicited.

All submissions must include the au-thor’s full name and contact information.

The Pace Press41 Park Row, Rm. 902New York, NY 10038www.pacepress.orgeditor@pacepress.orgCopyright 2010

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Mel BaileyAnneliese BlommesteinStephanie BouviaCristina CerbelliCaroline CraigKimberly CungJoanna GonzalezStephanie HansenCraig HeldErica KellyJessica LaRosaNazary NelebukBethany O’GradyJessica OwensJames RyderAmanda SchiavoVibha SolankiChrista TandanaRuveena VirkQuinn WassonJulia Yeung

DisclaiMeR: These opinions are expressed by contributors (students, faculty, administration, and staff) to The Pace Press. These opinionsare solely those of the individual writers and do not reflect the opinions of The Pace Press, the members of The Pace Press staff, or Pace Uni-versity. The Pace Press is not responsible and expressly disclaims all liability for damages of any kind arising out of use or relevance to any infor-mation contained in this section.

CAROLINE CRAIG STAFF WRITER

Recycling as it relates to consciousness

Do you have

an opinion?

want to share

it with your

classmates?

send it to

editor@

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ARTSARTS

November 17, 2010

as Mongolian Monkfish take the

stage Nov. 23 at sullivan Hall, the au-

dience’s urge to stand up and dance

will be as natural as the force of grav-

ity. Monkfish's fresh, funky and soul-

ful tunes from their yet-to-be-titled

album will debut at this popular

downtown music venue.

the band consists of New York

residents, singer Jamie Khalifa, gui-

tarist Gianni Barbera, bassist Nick

coletti and drummer sam Lebreton.

Khalifa and Barbera's chemistry

on the stage can be seen from a mile

away. this duo has been playing to-

gether since the early days of high

school; both are constantly feeding on

each other’s ideas and energy.

coletti and Lebretton also were

high school band mates, joining

forces with their now singer and gui-

tarist. their styles fit perfectly with

Khalifa's and Barbera's, all of them

have a classic funk rock, blues and

soulful background.

“the first time we played to-

gether was remarkable. i have played

with a lot of people before and it usu-

ally takes a while to get into the

groove of things with musicians that

you’ve never played with before. we

were just improvising and jamming

the first time we got together, the first

thing we played together was gold.

we all felt something,” Barbera said.

Monkfish have a musical "it" fac-

tor that most current popular music

lack. this factor is the ability to ap-

peal to a wide range of age groups.

"when my father listened to Mongo-

lian Monkfish he said the band has

the potential to achieve a rock revival.

He also added that when turning on

the radio these days typically one

hears commercial lyrics and guitar

riffs. these boys have intelligent

lyrics mixed with innovative and en-

ergetic tones," senior taedra Podenti

said.

Monkfish combine their music

inspirations to create their unique

style. “in terms of vocal style i

learned a lot listening to Jimi Hen-

drix. there is a conventional soul and

funk style in my voice as well, defi-

nitely inspired by Marvin Gaye,

George clinton and Michael Jackson.

as a band we are inspired by the red

Hot chili Peppers, sublime and many

[1990s] rock bands,” Khalifa said.

Monkfish’s music is different

from any popular music currently out

there. concerning the state of pop

music today, Barbera said, “when

you turn on the radio these days, it’s

honestly sometimes God-awful. a lot

of bubble gum stuff. they sell sex

and the majority of people don’t write

their own music.”

Khalifa was eager to express his

opinion on the matter. “it is popular

to everyone’s ears but mine. there is

a serious lack of soul and music talent

and it is commercialized. Many of the

songs i hear that are dubbed ‘popular’

are full of computer-edited auto, the

singer’s voice seriously altered,” he

explained.

“traditionally when we have

played publically previously, people

don’t know what to expect, and then

our music speaks for itself,” Barbera

said predicting how the band will be

received by the crowd at sullivian

Hall.

attendees of the concert on Nov.

23 are likely to be instantly hooked to

"Mark Martino" and its 1970s style

funky guitar riffs. this song was in-

spired by the band's good friend Mark

Martino. Monkfish was playing at a

party, jamming and experimenting

with a new song. Martino could not

help but dance to the beat, and from

there Khalifa was inspired and started

singing about his friend busting a

move.

“we had a bunch of people over

at Gianni’s house that have never

heard us before and when we started

playing, they were shocked. it was

the first time seeing people react to

our music like that,” Khalifa said.

the song "Girls" was born when

Monkfish were at practice and play-

ing around with the bass line of the

popular Beastie Boys song of same

name. coletti inverted the baseline,

creating a new sound for their own

“Girls” song. Barbera fills the song in

with background vocals perfectly

harmonizing with Khalifa.

“anyways” is Monkfish’s blues

ballad, reminiscent of a Beatles meets

Janis Joplin type sound. Khalifa

erupts in vocal solos as the rest of the

band backs him up and the rhythm

changes intensely throughout the

song from fast to slow. “i love play-

ing ‘anyways.’ we tear up the song

in a way that nobody does these

days,” Khalifa said. this will be the

first time the band performs this song

live.

these three songs will be also ac-

companied by many more crowd

pleasers at sullivan Hall. More up-

coming shows include trash Bar on

dec. 12 and the shrine on Jan. 21.

Mongolian Monkfish dive into the New York City music scene

photo by katHeRine RileY

From left to right: Gianni barbera, sam lebretton, Jamie Khalifa and Nick Coletti

Escape The Fate packs out The Studio at Webster Hall

Post-hardcore band escape

the fate played an intimate show

at the studio at webster Hall on

Nov. 6. the show was in support

of the band’s new self-titled full

length, which was released on

Nov. 2.

this show was made “for the

fans,” said frontman craig Mab-

bit, in appreciation for their con-

tinued support over the band’s

six-year career. in lieu of charging

for tickets to the show, the band

approached the show in a new

way in order to combat illegal

downloaders.

those who purchased their

new cd at Best Buy in union

square received a ticket the show.

escape the fate fans had four

days to purchase the album and

surprisingly, quite a few fans

showed up for the event.

in regards to the show, escape

the fate put on a great perform-

ance for their fans. to those with

a more educated understanding of

music, they performed well.

escape the fate played about

an hour-long set, going on stage

around eight o’clock in the

evening. this early set time was

shocking in comparison to most

rock bands who start around ten

o’clock with shows that end in the

early morning.

though the band played pretty

well, to some, escape the fate

appeared to be taking advantage

of the musical knowledge of a

young fan base. the musicians

are actually far more skilled than

the music they are playing.

for example, lead guitarist

Bryan “Monte” Money is a rea-

sonably well skilled guitarist.

Having ten second solos in his

three minute 30 second songs, his

fans cheered as if it were eddie

van Halen himself. Monte could

easily show the full extent of his

musicianship if he didn’t structure

his work to a younger fan base.

drummer robert ortiz had a

few seconds of complicated

drumming patterns within his

songs, but rarely showed them

within the set that night.

craig Mabbit’s vocals were

fairly accurate. the popular mod-

ern trend of having a moderate

feminine whine to clean vocals

was definitely more apparent live.

the band’s music is all in the

same verse, chorus, verse format,

and it was easily played at the

show.

the band’s concert sounded

almost exactly like how they

recorded their work — even hav-

ing the extra sound effects from

the record on stage, escape the

fate’s show was well executed.

almost each note played and

sang was accurate. though the

lead vocals were occasionally too

whiney, the band’s songs were

performed well. with the crowd

getting equally involved, the band

closed the show with a stage dive

from the lead singer to the ca-

dence of cheers from the crowd.

unfortunately, one may won-

der if the band was really playing

with the entirety of their musical

skill and to the fullest of their art

form or whether they were con-

forming to their teenage fan base

when they could have a wider fan

demographic.

though escape the fate exe-

cuted their show quite phenome-

nally, it would seem that their

sound and their dynamic would be

better suited for an older audi-

ence.

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Terrible Things release debut album inspired by town fires

terrible things, a supergroup com-

prised of musicians fred Mascherino

(taking Back sunday, the color fred)

Josh eppard (coheed and cambria) and

andy Jackson (Hot rod circuit), bring

audiences a new band and a new sound.

after writing a few songs inspired by

a chain of arson events in his hometown

in Pennsylvania. Mascherino started

what would later turn into terrible

things. first working with Jackson and

adding eppard to the line up, the mem-

bers found themselves working together

on what would later be their debut album

under a new band name.

the self-titled album starts off with a

slow, raw acoustic introduction, easing

the listener into the 11-track record.

transitioning into “revolution,” you are

brought out of that transit state of mind

and awakened with guitar riffs and

pounding drums. with joint choruses of

“this is not a revolution,” supporting

Mascherino’s voice, the song is more of

a chant, hearing the crying voices for a

revolution.

“up at Night,” is one of the tracks

that carries with the theme Mascherino

originally had with a few of the songs,

with lines like “Burning/ Burning bright/

our eyes wide open/ i bet you could see

our town from space that night/ we keep

on all the lights/ we keep them burning

bright.” “up at Night” and “Not alone”

are more of the faster paced tracks in

comparison to the rest of the album.

“Lullaby,” “Been Here Before” and

“the arsonist’s wife” are all a bit

slower, but that allows the listener to

focus more on the lyrics. revolving

around the idea of a young couple coping

with these arson fires set in their town,

if you listen closely, you are able to pin-

point the songs that involve the theme

heavier than others.

“Lullaby” picks up with drums and

guitar after a few seconds, while

Mascherino belts, “the city sleeps/ ex-

cept for you and me/ ‘cause we know

better.” “Hills of Birmingham” has a

steadier rhythm and has Mascherino hit-

ting higher notes while singing on this

track more than others.

the self-titled track “terrible

things,” encompasses the sound that the

band came together to form. it has the

full sound of the band, alternating be-

tween guitar riffs, solos and drums.

transferring vocals between mem-

bers also brings diversity to the song.

the closing track of the album, “the ar-

sonist’s wife,” starts with slow guitar

strums and builds up to where you can

hear Mascherino using all his might to

sing.

terrible things is a project that al-

lowed its members to break away from

the artistic direction and sound of their

former bands and allowed them to start

from the ground up, building their style

and sound into something new for every-

one.

their next New York city tour date

will be dec. 19 at Highline Ballroom

with supporting bands valencia, auto-

matic Loveletter and Mercy Mercedes.

kiM bUi

associate editor

Rihanna gets “Loud,” should’ve stayed quiet

rihanna has emerged and shed the darkness of her last

album, Rated R, to deliver yet another album, Loud. this

record is rihanna’s attempt to win back the fans she scared

off with Rated R, but her effort tends to fall flat.

the Barbadian pop star, who has released an album every

year since 2005, returns to her pop roots. Loud starts with

some promise, as the opening track “s&M” is an average

dance track.

while rihanna tries to shock listeners with lyrics that

state, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but whips and

chains excite me,” we come to realize that “s&M” is nothing

new in rihanna’s lexicon.

rihanna has made a career out of attempting to shock the

masses, but in an age where Lady Gaga wore a meat dress to

an awards show and demi Lovato is in rehab, rihanna’s edge

is lost. the second track on the album and her latest single,

“what’s My Name,” utilizes popular rap artist, drake. the

song is far more relaxed and incredibly catchy, which explains

its debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

it is at this point, however, that the album loses its steam.

“cheers (drink to that)” is quite possibly the oddest song to

be included on a pop album in years. it samples avril Lavi-

gne’s song “i’m with You,” but fails to make a lasting impact.

Beyond the initial novelty of sampling an eight year old song,

“cheers” is just plain boring.

there is a slight glimmer of hope on Loud and it is within

rihanna’s sequel to “Love the way You Lie,” her hit duet with

eminem from this past summer. “Love the way You Lie (Part

ii)” focuses on the female perspective of the story and has the

potential to be a somewhat touching ballad.

where the original made its mark as an ode to domestic

abuse, “Part ii” attempts to rationalize how a relationship can

become so sour.

with a decent melody and fantastic vocals on rihanna’s

end, the song is great for the first two minutes. once eminem

arrives, it becomes a feeble attempt to rekindle the success of

“Love the way You Lie.” “Part ii” is strong enough to stand

on its own but eminem’s appearance weighs the middle down

and crashes any momentum the song might have.

the album fails to have many redeeming points beyond

this. the inaugural single, “only Girl (in the world)” seems

to usher in a new era for rihanna. she had finally stopped try-

ing to be artistic and is attempting to make good pop music.

it appears that once again, a pop star has tripped over her own

pretensions.

the biggest disappointment of the album is the absence

of rihanna’s collaboration with producer david Guetta,

“who’s that chick,” which leaked several weeks ago.

the song, which is a part of Guetta’s new album, is a fan-

tastic dance track that would have fit perfectly with “only

Girl” and “s&M.” instead, we are left to wonder what could

have been.

it seems that rihanna has fallen into the trap that many

pop stars have faced after releasing a critically acclaimed pop

album. with Rated R, we were treated to a new sound with

actual content. every track had a reason for being on that

album.

in comparison, Loud is a hodge podge of potential sin-

gles, not a cohesive album. it remains to be seen if the album

will make as much of an impact as her earlier work but to a

generation that is downloading singles off itunes, no one

quite cares about the filler.

cRaig HelD

staff writer

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Going back to her pop star roots, the Barbados beauty might have hit a few road blocks

The Pace Press was able to sit down withfrontman Fred Mascherino to talk aboutthe band, the album and other (not so)terrible things.

The Pace Press (TPP): Do we have a littlewhile? I’m not cutting into another interview amI?

Fred Mascherino (FM): No, no. We can takeall the time you need. Rock ‘n’ roll has no sched-ule. [laughs]

TPP: [laughs] Very true. So how did you cometo be on the “Goodbye, Goodnight” tour withMae?

FM: Everyone in the band has come from otherbands and we’ve all at one time or anothercrossed paths with Mae and thought that theywere an awesome band and little did we knowthat they liked us too, so they asked us to comeon this farewell tour and it’s been a really greattour so far so we couldn’t be more excited. It’sthe perfect tour. The fact that we just came outwith a CD, it’s the perfect tour to be on.

TPP: How did you, Andy and Josh come to-gether, since you were all in bands prior to Ter-rible Things?

FM: That was how we knew of each other.Andy, I had only met a few times, but I was onthe road playing acoustic and he saw me playand asked me if I had considered doing anotherband, and I said I had, if found the right people.And he said he would be interested. He lived inAlabama and within about two weeks he was inPhilly playing with me. We tried a few differentpeople out in the rhythm section, and I was agood friend with Josh Eppard and I thought he

would be perfect for this. It’s the funnest [sic]band I’ve ever done, we just have a blast everynight and it’s kind of filled a huge hole for meand I’m super thankful that we got it together.

TPP: Was there a certain reason for keeping itto just a few members in the band?

FM: Well, we are looking for a bass player andwe’re playing with one of my friends, BrianWeaver [from Silver Tide] and he may wind upjoining, but we all agreed that we’re going to take

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our time in adding another person— mainly because it’s been so greatwith the three of us already.

TPP: How would you describeyour sound compared to all of yourprevious bands?

FM: We just try to rock as hard aswe can with as much energy as wecan fit on the stage and I think thatwhen the crowd picks up on that,that it really turns into something.Even on [the] record you hear thatenergy. We don’t use a lot of themodern techniques like autotuneand drum sampling because wewant it to sound like a rock bandstill, so I’d put us as more of an oldschool band doing it the old fashionway, but my goal is to come out withsomething more real in the end.

TPP: How did you get the nameTerrible Things?

FM: There’s a song on our albumcalled “Terrible Things,” but whenwe decided that was going to be theband name, I went back andrewrote all the verses to make it fitwho we were trying to be…Iwanted to put something about re-demption in there…the lyrics are“We’re doing terrible things,” but Iwanted to make it a song of re-demption because that’s sort ofwhat this is. We all had our suc-cesses and we’ve all had a coupleyears of trials and now that we’re

together I feel like it’s the happiestany of us have been in a few yearsand it’s a really awesome feeling.

TPP: Is there a theme to thealbum?

FM: There was a series of reallybad arson fires in the town I grewup in about a year and a half ago andthere were actually forty-nine firesin a short period, where normallythere’s 1 a year, so someone was ba-sically trying to burn our towndown. They caught a few people andsaid it was over and it kept happen-ing, so it was a bit of a mystery, butit is over luckily. It’s a happy ending.But I was really bothered and upsetwhen it was going on so I wrote afew songs about it, not thinking “Ohthis is for an album” or anything.This is for me to get over this, orpartially that this is for the town.But a couple songs turned into the12 songs on the record. But Andygot involved in the writing and Josh,but Andy had a special interest in itbecause his house burned down afew years ago and he lost everythinghe owned, so when I told him aboutthe concept I had been working onhe definitely felt like he could add tothat, so I got him and Josh both in-volved and we all wrote this to-gether.

TPP: You said that you wrote a fewsongs without the intentions ofthem being on an album, but whatwere the first few songs you wrote?

FM: The first one was actuallycalled “Steel Town,” because mytown of Coachville, Pa is a de-pressed steel town. The steel millclosed and it kind of decayed fromthere on and set up a situationwhere it was very easy for someoneto set up forty-nine fires withoutgetting caught, which is terrible. Butthat was the first song, and the song“Up At Night,” which is on therecord is the most storytelling of it.We kept it pretty opened becausewe wanted it to be relatable toeveryone, but the lyrics are “I betyou could see our town from spaceat night,” and that was sort of howit felt. Like, the police kept saying“Just leave all of your lights on,”which we felt was not going to domuch because the fires kept hap-pening, so I was picturing this littletown with all of its lights on and lit-tle fires everywhere and [where] itseemed like no one was noticingthat this was going on but maybefrom space someone could see itand see this little lit up part of theglobe…just a way of putting it intoperspective and making us feel smallbut at the same time it was that bigthat you could notice it.

TPP: So do you think if listenerslistened close enough that theycould find a storyline within thereas well?

FM: Yeah. It’s basically a couplegoing through this in their town andthey aren’t able to sleep at night be-

cause the fires always happened atnight so that’s [why it is called] “UpAt Night.” And there’s anothersong, “Hills of Birmingham,” wherethe lyrics are “We’ll sleep when weare dead.” I tried to just get acrossthe feeling of uneasiness and sort ofbeing tortured by it.

TPP: So a lot of new bands getcaught up in the fun of touring andhaving a little too much fun some-times, where you have a lot of ex-perience in touring, so what do youlike to do on your time off and daysoff from tour?

FM: Yeah, I manage to avoid a lotof the craziness and try to actuallysee stuff. It’s funny, we’re a new bandand normally we have a really smallguest list because we’re playing insmall clubs, but we’ve been doingthis for so long that we know somany people in every town. I alwaysthink like, “Well when we get toOhio I won’t have any guests,” butthen the phone starts ringing...Imostly just go out and get a bite toeat with friends. I do still manage tohang out until really late at night, butit’s usually doing something point-less or hanging out at the club. Butwe don’t get too crazy. We’re apretty low-key camp.

TPP: What would your advice beto new emerging bands?

FM: I would just say [that] the nightthat you make a lot of money at

merch, don’t spend it that night.[laughs] Pretend it’s a night whereyou didn’t do well and just keep liv-ing real mellow. You [can] have agood night and you can really blowit, thinking “Oh let’s get a few extrahotel rooms,” I see that all the time.I don’t really have a rhyme or rea-son, but somehow I’ve managed todo this for fifteen years now.

TPP: Being in music for so long —and not saying that you’ll everstop— but if you weren’t in music,what other careers do you thinkyou would pursue?

FM: Unfortunately there’s notmuch else I know how to do.[laughs] I would probably be parkingcars for a living or something thatwould be really horrible. I mean, I’vedug ditches for a living, I’ve doneblacktop, I’ve painted houses…it’s amusician’s life. Doing what you love,you have to fill in the holes withwhatever you can get.

Devendra Banhart presents “Seja Marginal, Seja Heroi”

“seja Marginal, seja Heroi” is the

exhibit by artist and musician deven-

dra Banhart currently on display at the

as if Gallery in Harlem.

“seja Marginal, seja Heroi” con-

sists of over 70 drawings completed

by Banhart in Brazil in 2006. the col-

lection was initially shown as an in-

stallation at the Mazzoli Gallery in

italy.

Banhart’s drawings on display at

the as if Gallery are done on a variety

of materials ranging from parchment

paper to notebook paper; some of

which has seemingly been torn right

from the pages of Banhart’s personal

journals.

at first glance, his drawings ap-

pear to be nothing more than doodles

and scribbles that pose the dilemma

of whether or not “seja Marginal,

seja Heroi” can be deemed “art.” Yet

there is an underlying mysticism em-

anating from the feeble lines dancing

on Banhart’s notebook pages that sug-

gest a deeper meaning to the collec-

tion.

affixed to one of the walls at the

as if Gallery is a watercolor painting

of five bananas bunched beneath the

text, “seja Marginal, seja Heroi,”

which means “Be Marginal, Be

Heroic” in Portuguese and is a state-

ment that embodies tropicalia, a

Brazillian art movement that Banhart

has adopted in both his visual and mu-

sical styling.

the apparent lightness of Ban-

hart’s drawings exemplifies some of

the major themes of tropicalism, a

movement that boasts all things spir-

itual, pacifistic and natural as an anti-

fascist response to government.

throughout the collection, im-

ages of flowers and plants sprawl

across serene landscapes and charac-

ter drawings of owls and other crea-

tures of the earth fly beneath the glass

cases they are displayed in.

the concepts of love and peace

are deeply implemented in the show

as well.

one of the first series of drawings

presented at the as if Gallery is a

group of six blue pads of construction

paper with the words “love,” “love,”

“o,” “above all,” “love” and “love”

written on each of them. adjacent to

this assembly is a paper placard with

the words “amor” and “humor”

drawn in the center of the page, ac-

companied by the image of a lamb

and tiny vines bordering the text.

Placing the words “amor” and

“humor” next to each other is an idea

Banhart borrowed from oswaldo de

andrade. andrade is said to be the

founding poet of tropicalism and a

man that influenced Banhart to adopt

the movement.

another tropicalia artist that

Banhart alludes to in “seja Marginal,

seja Heroi” is caetano veloso, a

Brazilian musician who can be com-

pared to elvis. the very last image in

the collection is of veloso’s smiling

face.

Banhart’s use of thin lines and

muted colors are met with intricate

detailing to represent vibrant images.

while many of the drawings are sim-

plistic in their nature, the artist charges

the fine lines consistent throughout

the show with a remarked assured-

ness.

the images are gentle and small,

but speak loudly of the power human-

ity has when they are one with nature

and love.

“seja Marginal, seja Heroi” runs

through Nov. 27.

betHanY o’gRaDY

staff writer

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“over some friendly banter at work, i stated that soccer

players would thrive in other competitions, while other

athletes’ skills, both physical and technical, could only

lead to success in their respective sport,” he explained.

“i [said] that the endurance one gains from playing soc-

cer would provide me with the mental and physical forti-

tude to even complete an ironman [triathlon], without

formal training. at that point my friend and colleague chal-

lenged me to go through with it.

“this was three weeks before the ironman and part of

the deal was that i could not formally train for it, which i

did not,” Kuritzky added.

with the maximum allowed time for a triathlon being

17 hours and 30 minutes, Kuritzky’s friends decided that

for every minute he finished under 16 hours, $1 would be

pledged to susan G. Komen for the cure.

the selection of the charity was an easy choice for Ku-

ritzky as he lost his mother to breast cancer when he was

15 years old.

Kuritzky’s friend offered to pay for all his entry fees

for the triathlon and travel arrangements if he finished the

race in less than 16 hours. if he went over 16 hours, he

would have to pay his friend back.

“i have zero history as a swimmer or cyclist,” Kuritzky

said. He also does not own a bike and had only swam a

few times before the race. “Before the 112 miles i rode for

the ironman, my biking experience amounted to riding a

mile to a deli or to soccer practice for high school,” Ku-

ritzky said.

when the cycling portion of the race came, he felt

nothing but pain. “the bike was by far the worst part,” he

said. “it crushed me.”

when the marathon portion finally came to an end, Ku-

ritzky crossed the finish line with a time of 15 hours, 30

minutes and 26 seconds.

“for me, there was no alternative to not finishing. i

only worried that i was going too slowly. if i had stopped

when i reached the pain threshold, i would not have fin-

ished the first lap of the bike,” Kuritzky said about giving

up during the race.

Kuritzky has not yet decided if he will try another

triathlon, but stated that he is “intrigued” by the idea of

seeing what time he could accomplish if he actually

trained.

“Many people have emailed me saying, ‘You’ve in-

spired me to sign up for this race/triathlon.’ i hope people

are inspired by this story to affect positive change, what-

ever form that comes in. anything is possible if you set

your mind to it,” Kuritzky said.

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University graduate earns top honors...at White Castle

for the past 10 years, fast-food restaurant

chain white castle has been inducting loyal

customers, dubbed “cravers,” into their Hall

of fame. the most recent inductee is univer-

sity alumnus victor Gradowski.

this year, the Hall of fame had 1,350

nominees with only 13 inductees chosen.

Gradowski was one of them and will be in-

ducted Nov. 16 for eating at white castle

every friday for the past four years. His fri-

day night meals include five cheeseburgers

and a few orders of onion rings.

stories from the Hall of fame range from

tales of love, family outings, songs and

movies about the fast food chain. regardless

of the different personal stories, all members

have been regulars at white castle for years.

“this is the first time i’m hearing about

it so honestly it seems like a surreal story. it

sounds like something out of a goofy made-

for-tv movie and a weird way for white

castle to get publicity,” junior Jillian Magee

said.

all new inductees win a trip to the white

castle headquarters in columbus, ohio and

are treated to a private dinner at the ohio His-

torical society.

white castle has had 6,629 loyal cus-

tomers try to get into the Hall of fame since

its creation in 2001, but only 67 people have

been inducted.

“i didn’t even know that existed. it is in-

teresting that the consumption of junk food is

praised in this country when we have an obe-

sity rate higher than any other country in the

world. i find it pretty disgusting,” junior

Marni fritz said.

five people involved with the movie

Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, de-

picting two “stoners” determined to get to

white castle despite multiple mishaps, were

recognized by the fast-food chain. director

danny Leiner, writers Jon Hurwitz and Hay-

den schlossberg and actors John cho

(Harold) and Kal Penn (Kumar) were in-

ducted into the Hall of fame.

other inductees include a pastor who, on

easter sunday night took 200 members of his

congregation to white castle at 2:30 a.m.

when the church service was over and ate

meat despite it being Lent.

two friends who wrote “the white cas-

tle Blues” in 1977 a song on an album that

sold more than 500,000 copies were inducted.

also inducted, was a woman who fell in

love with a man who worked the night shift

at white castle. they broke up and he was no

longer working there, they ran into each other

one night at the white castle and have been

married for 32 years.

since, on white castle’s website there are

“craver favorites.” People who visit the Hall

of fame can “agree” with a white castle

“craver” tale similar to “liking” something on

facebook.

stePHanie Hansen

staff writer

delish.com

Xbox, Nintendo and PlayStation go head to head this Holiday season

a battle has begun for the dig-

ital gaming system crown. Mi-

crosoft’s Kinect for xbox 360,

Playstation Move and the Nin-

tendo wii MotionPlus all have

news ways in which video game

players can interact with the

games they are playing.

the Kinect enables users to

interact with the game using body

gestures. the Playstation Move

has a wand-like controller that

promises a new level of control

for the players and the Motion-

Plus is an expansion device for

the wii that allows users to cap-

ture complex motion more accu-

rately,

xbox’s Kinect, available for

$130, is the newest of the three

motion-gaming devices and lets

you control all your games and

movies with hand and body move-

ments using no controller at all.

when playing music, you can use

voice commands such as “play,”

“pause” and even “fast-forward.”

currently available Kinect games

are mostly fitness games such as

“dance central” and “Your

shape: fitness evolved.”

“with the Kinect the whole

body has [to] move, no controller

is necessary. if you move your

hand, your foot or your head, it re-

acts. Plus a new xbox with the

Kinect included is only $300

which is not bad,” sophomore

ryan ciasu said.

wii’s MotionPlus, released in

July 2009, is an add-on that makes

wii controllers capable of sensing

movement far more accurately.

the device has a great advantage

since it was the first one to be re-

leased and has a wider game

lineup than xbox or Playstation.

some games that are available

to be played with the MotionPlus

include “wii sports resort,” “red

steel 2” and “tiger woods PGa

tour 11.”

the MotionPlus device has a

price tag of $20 as an add-on, or

$40 for a controller with built-in

MotionPlus, the cheapest of all

three consoles. Official Nintendo

Magazine has called the device

“100 percent accurate” and stated

the movements are “captured ex-

tremely accurately.”

“i prefer the MotionPlus be-

cause it’s affordable for everyone,

plus Nintendo has more classic

games that i enjoy like Mario

[the super Mario Bros. fran-

chise],” junior Larry summers

said.

Playstation’s Move, released

in september at a price of $130,

combines both a motion-con-

troller and a camera working to-

gether. the system tracks the

controller’s movements and repli-

cates them on screen with a high

level of accuracy.

some games available to play

with the Playstation Move in-

clude “the shoot” and “Heavy

rain: Move edition.”

as for the gaming community,

reception has been fairly mixed.

“the wii is better and has better

games, more variety and besides

you must buy a new xbox 360 in

order to use the Kinect,” avid

gamer and junior steven francck-

iewicz said.

Many technological factors

will influence buyers seeking

these consoles. Microsoft, Nin-

tendo and Playstation all share

the same factor of integrating mo-

tion into the game play experience

that change the way games are

played.

alex RUFino

coNtriButor

xboxkinectconsole.com

those interested in seeing who’s who in the hall offame visit:

whitecastle.com/cravers/hall-of-fame

Game consoles introduce new technology for a controller free, motion detecting gaming experience

11FEATURESFEATURESNovember 17, 2010

iPhone expands to Verizon Wireless as AT&T worries about losing customers

Kik Messenger connects Android, Blackberry and iPhone users

apple have confirmed that the

iPhone will be available to veri-

zon customers January 2011. the

iPhone has been an exclusive

product to at&t customers since

June 2007.

speculation about apple’s

iPhone expanding to the verizon

wireless network left verizon cus-

tomers anxious and at&t strug-

gling to keep up in the race for

best phone offered by a network.

Gleacher & company analyst

Brian Marshall stated in an inter-

view with Bloomberg television

the downfalls of the iPhone being

offered by verizon. “clearly when

the iPhone comes to verizon early

next year, i think that’s going to

be problematic to post paid net ad

growth at at&t,” Marshall said.

the network move may not

come as a complete surprise to

people who use apple products.

apple struck a deal with verizon

earlier this year to allow 2,000

verizon stores to sell the iPad.

Beginning oct 28, verizon is-

sued a monthly access plan to

iPad customers of up to 1GB data.

“at&t is securing all the up-

grades for the iPhone 4, locking

in all those customers for the next

couple years,” Marshall said.

“although i got my iPad

through apple, i would get the

iPhone from verizon. i had at&t

and it sucks,” junior irvin

vazquez said.

“verizon has already come out

and said that they definitely are

going to be a tiered service on

4G,” chandan sarkar of auriga

securities said.

iPhone offers will be sec-

tioned into packages and users

will pay more or less for their data

plans depending on how much

they wish to use them.

there is sure to be a stir in

sales for verizon as well as some

catch-up being played by at&t.

time will tell if the iPhone’s ar-

rival on verizon will gross the ini-

tial sales number of 1.7 million

iPhone 4’s sold within the first

three days of its debut at at&t.

Mel baileY

staff writer

photo illustration by HilDa aDeniji

Kik Messenger is a free messenger application that was

released in april 2010. Kik Messenger, similar to Black-

Berry Messenger (BBM), allows Blackberry, android and

iPhone users to all message each other.

according to Kik.com, this new free messaging plat-

form has reached more than one million users in 15 days.

this past summer, the Kik messenger application had

300,000 users. a newer and simpler version of the Kik

Messenger application was released oct 21.

shortly after the release of the updated application, Kik

Messenger became the number one free application on

itunes, Blackberry app world and on the android Market.

“i like it because it lets everyone use it, not just people

with Blackberries. it’s like BBM, but for every phone—

android, Blackberries and iPhones,” freshman dana cav-

alieri said.

People may start to make the switch from paying for

texting on their cell phone bills to using this free, unlimited

messaging application

“i would only switch from texting to all Kik if every-

one got Kik,” cavalieri said.

due to its success, Kik Messenger has already an-

nounced that they will be introducing new features soon.

the first feature to be released will include minor im-

provements for some bugs, battery life and simpler regis-

tration. this update on the program will also include a new

block feature.

“after using the messenger, it was a little creepy being

connected with people without my consent,” cavalieri

said.

another new feature will be “1,000 words,” which will

introduce profile pictures, picture messaging and profile

updates.

“sneaky rhino” is a project that Kik Messenger has

worked on for the past 16 months. according to Kik.com,

“it is an incredibly powerful technology” that will enable

a connection between smartphones and computers, or tel-

evision.

only time will tell if the success of Kik Messenger is

as successful as BBM.

PatRick De HaHn

coNtriButor

androidcommunity.com

“i like it because it lets every-

one use it, not just people with

blackberries. it’s like bbM, but

for every phone — android,

blackberries and iPhones.”

-Dana Cavalieri, student

12

FEATURESFEATURES

November 17, 2010

it is hard to wait all day for

your much anticipated thanksgiv-

ing meal. ease the wait by watch-

ing the annual Macy’s

thanksgiving day Parade at 9a.m.

this parade is many ameri-

cans’ tradition and his year marks

its 83rd time around.

“My family is über close and

we will have 40 to 50 people

spending the week… every day of

the week is like a thanksgiving

dinner. every thanksgiving day

we play the parade [on every t.v.

in the house], while people are

cooking, chilling, and talking,”

freshman cody egan said.

traditions like egan’s are

deeply rooted and began with the

first parade in 1927. the parade

has stayed true to form, still being

hosted to this day.

the parade makes its way

south from central Park west and

77th street to columbus circle

moving along central Park south

toward seventh avenue.

the parade ends at sixth av-

enue and 34th street in front of

Macy’s Herald square.

for those of us still in NYc

for thanksgiving day, attending

the parade is a definite must. with

last year’s crowd at over 3.5 mil-

lion people, the parade is an excit-

ing and fascinating outdoor event

where you can experience some

quality time with your family.

for die-hard parade enthusi-

asts, if the parade itself does not

fill your appetite for holiday fes-

tivities, consider attending the pa-

rade balloon inflation on the eve

of thanksgiving day.

You can observe the inflation

of the 25 balloons from 3 p.m. to

10 p.m. near the american Mu-

seum of Natural History just off

central Park west between 77th

street and 81st street.

some of the highlights of this

year’s parade include perform-

ances by Kanye west, Gladys

Knight and the cast of the Broad-

way hit musical American Idiot.

Daniel lee HUe

coNtriButor

digital illustration by Hilda adeniji

1. For the best view try arriving around 6:30 a.m. near the parade route.2. Make sure to bundle up because it is an extreme rarity to experience a warm Thanksgiving Day in NYC.3. For those less willing to stand in the weather for the entire two hours it takes to view all the festivities,

booking a hotel room along the parade route is an excellent idea to view the celebration indoors. This option is also great for those with small children to keep them out of the cold and off your shoulders.4. Parking is more pricey on a day like this so consider using the subway because the accessibility and cost

make it less of a hassle than driving.

Tips you’ll be thankful for to plan your perfect Macy’s Day Parade

Thanksgiving Day Parade marches in NYC for 83rd time