The Campus Lantern - April 30, 2009

April 30, 2009Issue 13 Volume LXV

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By Susan VolovskiStaff

The Results Are In: New SGA Offi cers

NewsBarnard Scholoar Awards.........2

College Day...................................2

Summer Jobs................................3

OpinionTution increase ............................4

The Plea For Weed....................4

Slaps and Claps..........................5

A&ECharlie Bartlett Review............6

All American Rejects Review..7

Norwhich Nine Review.............7

SportsKyle Savage’s Record Year......10

Eastern Blasts UMass...............11

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By Jackie RussoStaff

New Housing for ECSU Seniors

Two Nights In The Life Of A Spring Weekender

It all started with the email that Ken Bedini sent out, warning us from attend-ing UCONN’s Spring Week-end. At fi rst, I will admit, it did set me off from going. However, the more I thought about it, the more it made me want to go. Doesn’t it always work out that way, some-one telling you not to do some-thing makes you want to do it more? It has been a long and diffi cult semester and to be hon-est, partying in a large group of drunk students sounded like a perfect way to let off steam. I planned to go Friday and Saturday, totally disregard-ing the threat, “The University of Connecticut offi cials will be sharing with me the names of any Eastern students arrested

By Sarah DuvalStaff

over the weekend.” Seriously administration, what are you going to do if I get in trouble at UCONN, punish me at Eastern for drinking on a wet campus as opposed to your dry campus, which is and please mistake me if I’m wrong, following your rules. So off I went Friday afternoon, as early as possible to not get stopped at any police checkpoints. They always make me nervous for some reason. After the long walk from Towers to Celeron, and seeing some arrests being made, I came upon a huge crowd of people hovering around an apartment complex. All I could think of was what if someone lived in one of these apartments and didn’t like to party? This would be terrilbe

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Recently, there has been talk of the possibility for new housing arrangements for some senior students here at Eastern Connecticut State University.

If approved, this new development will be located on Main Street, away from the main campus. This establishment will be funded by the ECSU Foundation, Inc., not by the state.

As of now, the hope is that the new development will consist of fi ve fl oors. This design is subject to change as the discussion proceeds. Approximately 100-125 senior students will be allowed to live there. These students will have to apply to be at this institution.

There is still much deciding and discussing to go before anything is fi nal. At this point in time, the subject of rules and regulations has not been placed yet. The possible new

housing, because it is off campus, may or may not follow some or all of the E.C.S.U. rules and policies. The decision to start thinking about developing more housing came about as the university needed more space to put students. Also, there is a possibility that the Center for Community Engagement will be located in this new institution. This program would bring about a great opportunity for senior students to have a work-study experience.

Ken Delisa, Vice President of Institutional Advancement says that, “Having students live off campus and with more independence provides a benefi cial life experience.”

Nothing is set in stone at this time. Much more has to be arranged even before the

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The wait is over. The 794 votes are in and the Student Government Association (SGA) fi nally has a new executive board for next year.

Corrine King is the winner of the struggled debate for Vice President. King has been a member of SGA for the past three semesters and enjoys being a part of the club because she can help fellow students

get their voices heard. ìI hear students complain and they feel like they have no say,î she said. ìItís our school and we should be able to be happy where we are.î

King said that if she was voted for Vice President, she would like to make the SGA committees stronger and work even harder at bring awareness

(SGA Results), page 2

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Eastern’s Annual College Day

By Christine SmithStaff

Senior Housing

thought of opening up the building can be a blip in the minds of those who could be fumbling with the monetary aspects and eventually construction and later the

Last year’s A Day at College event sponsored by student organization People Helping People (PHP) was a huge success, so this year they are at it again. A Day at College is an event started by the Human Services branch of PHP headed by, senior, Joshua Lockheed.

Since the beginning of PHP, the Human Service’s branch has had a close connection with St. Joseph’s Living Center, an elderly assisted living facility on Club Road in Willimantic. Members of PHP take part in movie nights, nail painting, and holiday gatherings with residents of St. Joseph’s.

At last year’s Day at College, students and residents of St. Joseph’s socialized and played board games while enjoying lunch. The residents of St. Joseph’s received a tour of Eastern’s campus which ended at the Student Center

, where lunch took place. Amy Gorman,

sophomore and president-elect of PHP, remembers how residents reacted to last year’s event saying, “The residents of St. Joe’s were so happy and excited to come up to campus. They were so impressed by all the buildings, and some residents who grew up in the area were in shock of how much Eastern has grown from what they remember. They were also so appreciative of all the Eastern students who took the afternoon to show them around.”

This year’s Day at College supposed to be just as great as last year’s with similar activities and excited PHP members. PHP plans to continue this event for years to come.

“I really hope it will

Barnard Scholar Awards

By Susan VolovskiStaff

part in E.C.S.U.’s fi rst annual International Honors Colloquia in Scotland, where she conducted research for her senior thesis. Hanrahan is treasurer of the Honors Club and student teaches at Norwhich Free Academy.

The keynote speaker at the awards event was Douglas R. Guthrie, Senior Vice President of Comcast’s western New England region. Guthrie spoke about his college studies in communication and his 25 year career in the rapidly changing world of cable television. He pointed out that what had once been cable television now includes a wide range of media and information content that can be delivered by cable.

The award was named after Henry Barnard, fi rst United States commissioner of education. Barnard became Connecticut’s fi rst superintendent of schools in 1850. He was also principal of the New Britain Normal School, which is now Central Connecticut State University.

The students were nominated by their universities. To be chosen for the award, a student needs a minimum GPA of 3.75 and have a record of community service at their respect university

On Tuesday, April 21, the Connecticut State University System presented the 21st annual Barnard Scholoar Awards at the Aqua Turf Club in Southing.

The banquet recognized 12 Connecticut State University students. Tristan Hobbs and Sara Hanrahan are this year’s winners from Eastern.

Tristan Hobbs is a senior with communication major and a minor in sports and leisure management. He is member of the Lambda Pi Eta-Tau Nu chapter of the Eastern’s Communication Honor society, and broadcaster on Eastern’s WECS90.1 radio station. He is also captain of the E.C.S.U. baseball team and president of the student athlete advisory committee. Hobbs has received the ECSU Foundation Scholarship and the ECSU Scholar-Athlete Award. He was also a reporter for “My Hometown Sports” website and newspaper.

Sara Hanrahan from Oakdale, Connecticut is a senior majoring in mathematics with a minor in secondary education. She is a member of Eastern’s University Honors Program and Kappa Mu Epsilon National Mathematics Honor Society. She has earned the SMART Scholarship and the ETS Recognition of Excellence in Mathematics. She also took (Barnard Awards), page 3

Award Winner Sarah Hanrahan with her parents and Pres. Nunez

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On May 5, 2008 ECSU students Dave Anderson, Jackie Bishop, and Liz Hesterberg enjoyed lunch with St. Joseph resident Marie Steiner.

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applications of students who may be interested. Everything is subject to change. The idea of the institution is still in processing and may not be constructed within the coming year(s).

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to the wishes of the student body. “I feel we really need to address student issues,î she said.

King is a junior majoring in communication with a minor in business. She was a part of Freshmen Leadership Counsel her fi rst year at Eastern and was a part of part of The Public Relation Students of America, but left to focus more on student government. She is also an RA in Mead Hall.

King is the only one who did not run unopposed. Her opponent was Audriana White. White is a freshmen majoring in communication. She has been part of SGA for one and a half semesters and likes being a part of it because everyone works together.

Of the nominees who ran unopposed, Mita Lad is the President, Wiley T. Dawson Jr. is the Treasurer, Matt Reisman is the Secretary, and Nicholas Zeni is the Budget and Management (BAM) Chair.

Current SGA President, Sulthan Sayed commented that this election was very diff erent than last yearís because last year only one position ran unopposed whereas this year all except one position ran unopposed. ìI think that may be the reason why we had fewer votes this year,î she said. Sayed, who has been SGA president for two years and a member of SGA four, feels bittersweet about graduating in May and leaving it behind. ìIím glad we got it to where it is but Iím sad to let it go,î she said. Although it is hard for her to leave, she’s not concerned about what will happen. ìI think all of the SGA offi cers will do great next year,î she said.

In the senior class elections, Amanda Winters is the new President and Stephanie Boccanfuso and Brian Carney were voted Seniors at Large. Katelyn Battinelli ran unopposed for Vice President, Taylor Verni ran unopposed for Secretary, and Monica Mills ran unopposed for Treasurer.

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April 30, 2009 | 32009 Summer JobsBy Amanda Messier

Staff

The semester is coming to a close; what will you be doing this summer? If making money is what is on your agenda, there are many ways to go about doing it. Signing on to www.ecsujobs.org is a great way to start.

Right away you will see recent jobs posted in various fields. For example, currently there is a job opening for a summer camp counselor for New Pond Farm.

Not only will you be making some cash during this eight week period, but it looks great on a resume if you plan to work with children in the future!

Maybe you are in the process of getting a communication degree. In that case, check out the position for an advertising coordinator. This could be your chance to enhance your skills in advertising campaigns. Your college experience is what this company is looking for.

If you are looking for a part or full-time job in Willimantic, there are a number of stores hiring right now. JCPenney is looking for a salon stylist, hourly sales support,

and hourly sales team. They are not the only ones in the area hiring though. Kohl’s is looking for a replenishment-merchandising associate and beauty sales associate.

One of the advantages of being a college student is that we get out of school for the summer earlier than high school students. This means that we have the opportunity to start summer work earlier than they do. Eastern students also have the advantage of having The Office of Career Services open all summer, Monday through Friday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Of course whether Career Services is open or closed, there is always eRecruiting. From the Career Services website, click the link for eRecruiting to start your search. There is a variety of jobs posted from bookkeeper to web developer to police officer. Of course if you were looking for a job that is perhaps a bit more fun, try Mystic Seaport!

Your experience does not have to stop and begin with the school year. Apply for a summer job and make some money this summer while enhancing your resume.

Student Drops Out of SGA Elections

By Jackie RussoStaff

that the Campus Lantern is a good way to get an idea of what the students want to see change.

One thing McCue mentioned is that a big issue with students is that they complain that there is nothing to do on the weekends. CAB just received a 5% raise with an additional $40,000 provided from Housing in order to give weekend events. Cab is geared toward planning events for the students.

McCue says, “If there is still nothing to do on the weekends then maybe CAB isn’t doing their job and is something we could look into but SGA’s main focus is making changes that help improve life.”

He leaves the running with these words for the other candidates, “You can be all talk but nothing changes unless you really make the change. If you are doing your job, you aren’t going to get too many compliments, just happy students, but if you do something wrong, you’ll certainly here from everyone.” McCue will not be running for a different position.

Dan McCue, a student at Eastern Connecticut State University, was in the running for SGA Treasurer when he suddenly dropped out of the race.

McCue says that dropping out of the race came about because it is his fourth year in school and he needs to focus on graduating next fall. He said, “I can make changes without having SGA labeled to my forehead. It’s just a matter of how much you care about the issues you want to change and who to talk to.”

The commitment of the position was clear to McCue and even though he knew he may not have had the time, he went for it anyway. He says that as the race went on, the other candidates seemed to want the position more, so it wasn’t as interesting to him anymore.

Since dropping out of the race, McCue says that he is still trying to make the changes he vowed on the platform. He says that he is working with Card Services to try to get ECSU a better food service. Also, he says

Barnard Awards College Day

and in their community.Other students

who were recognized at the banquet include Lianne DiFabbio, Steven Edwards, Ryan W. Hewey, and Amanda Elaine Johnson of Central, Alberto Cifuentes Jr., Megan Rudne, Catherine Shortell, and Walter J. Stutzman of Southern and Meredith A. Liberto and Laura Telman of Western.

[continue every year],” says Gorman, “I think it is a great end of the semester activity to do with the residents of St. Joe’s because after going down there throughout the school year, it really is a special treat to have them come up to campus.

They really appreciate it. I hope that this program will become a tradition between Eastern and St. Joe’s.”

Swine Flu OutbreakBy Katie Baker

Staff

officially declared as a pandemic. Health officials across the country are currently preparing for the worst and taking every necessary precaution.

The Swine Flu is a respiratory disease that generally affects pigs and less

Swine Flu began in pigs & is now effecting humans. / yahoo images

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If you do not have enough to worry about as the conclusion of the semester approaches, the new reason to panic has nothing to do with Graduation or making the final grade. Cases of the Swine Flu have been reported in growing numbers, causing it to be

commonly humans. However, cases of this strain of the Flu have been previously reported in humans as well. The current outbreak began in Mexico recently and has since spread to various states across the country. Estimates of about 50 people have been infected thus far and the number is expected to rise, according to national health officials. States that have reported cases of the virus include: California, Texas, Ohio, Kansas and New York. Currently, no cases have been reported in Connecticut, let alone the New England region.

On Tuesday, Capital Region Emergency Planning Committee held a drill at the South Church to learn how to handle such an outbreak. School officials across the state, including Eastern Connecticut State University, have also been put on alert about possible symptoms of the virus.

“We want to make certain superintendents, classroom teachers and parents are aware of the potential of this form of flu and to help protect the children,” said Tom Murphy of the Connecticut Department of Education.

As stated, the virus is highly contagious and everyone is urged to take the proper precautions to ensure safety. As with any other illness, hand washing is key to the prevention of the spread germs. If you are coughing or sneezing, be sure to do so into the arm of your shirt and wash your hands afterwards.

As always, if you are experiencing any flu-like symptoms, visit your physician or a l ocal health center immediately.

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OpinionTuition Increase

By Taylor RenaudStaff

You all know that our nation is in an economic crisis and that paying for college isn’t always easy. Now, that spring is here and everyone is getting ready to fi nd those summer jobs to prepare for the fall semester I think it’s fair to inform

you of the rise in tuition that we all will be experiencing next year. Below is a grid displaying the previous school year’s total cost for in and out of state stu-dents as well as commuter and residents. It also shows the pric-ing for the upcoming year.

2008-2009 2009-20010

In State Commuter 7,406 7,813

In State Resident 16,323 17,433Out of State Com-muter

16,543 17,505

Out of State Resident 25,460 27,125

These numbers are made up of, tuition, university general fee, university fee, stu-dent activity fee, media fee as well as housing, food service, and residence hall social fee if applicable. Not only did the tu-ition rise but housing rates did as well. This would be due to a more improved internet access and cable that students request-ed. Housing will in

crease $455 and $215 will be go-ing towards the cable/internet program. Some of you may be complaining about the rising cost, I sure did, but it is good to know the exact numbers and to know where part of the rising cost is going towards directly. Students may disagree with where their tuition money is be-ing spent but I like knowing that the school is listening to our re-quests.

The Plea for WeedBy Michael Rouleau

Staff

Drinking in AmericaBy Amanda Messier

Staff

Its Americans who do not know how to drink respon-sibly. The U.S. has the highest drinking age in the world. We assume that making it a law will stop people. The problem is not in the age, but in the mentality of Americans. The rest of the world either has a drinking age 16 or 18, or has none at all. Here, we fi nd it funny to see our friends stumble and slur. In some cultures, it is dumb to drink enough to em-barrass yourself. For example, in France, wine is part of dinner. There is often the argument that the number of alcohol related accidents has dropped dramatically since the law was changed to 21. The problem with this

statement is that the number of alcohol related accidents began dropping before the law went into eff ect. Many things, such as better cars and campaigns to stop drinking and driving, have been improving over the years.. Every once in a while a news program will say that 70% of teens binge drink. Parents worry that binge drinking leads to alcoholism. It has been said that people are more likely to be-come an alcoholic if they begin drinking before age 21. But the other side of things is not stated. Just fewer than 4% of adults are alcoholics. That does not sup-port the fact that binge drinkers become alcoholics. This mis-alignment may be a refl ection of poor defi nitions of “binge”.

Binge drinking is hav-ing fi ve or more drinks on any one occasion. So, if someone goes to a party and has one drink every hour for fi ve hours, they have been binge drink-ing. Having fi ve drinks in fi ve hours is a rate at which almost anyone’s body can process without becoming intoxicated. Simply educating drinkers about eff ects can lower the chances of harm. If some-thing does go wrong, knowing what to do can help issues from becoming worse. In my opinion, Americans just need to learn how to drink responsibly. I do not think waiting till the age of 21 to begin learning how your body deals with it is not the best way to handle the situation.

Would legalizing marijuana help the economy? Well apparently President Obama is certain it wouldn’t. On March 26th, the Obama Administration hosted the nation’s fi rst ever, virtual town hall meeting. Via internet, millions of citizens across the country submitted questions regarding what they felt were issues of greatest importance. Through this process, Obama would appoint the most prevalent ones, revealing his stance and plan of action towards them. More so than the expected topics of unemployment, jobs, education, the war, et cetera; the nation’s most prominent question was, “would legalizing marijuana stimulate the economy?” Where he devoted lengthy, detailed explanations to the majority of the issues presented to him, when posed this one, the most popular of all, he rudely and simply disregarded it by laughingly saying, “I don’t know what this says about our online audience?”, adding with a smile that he does not favor

legalizing illicit drugs. Where some of our more conservative readers may exclaim, “good! I don’t want the leader of my country to give in to the harmful grip of drugs”, I am here to say that, “legalizing marijuana would only help the economy.” Why am I so confi dent in this? It’s simple really; legalizing marijuana would bring with it a length of economic and social benefi ts. The informal economy is an extremely profi table and consistent billion dollar industry with marijuana being its most widely used illicit drug. If we were

to “mainstream” this market, we would consequently be creating more jobs (something we could desperately use). Also, considering its abundant popularity, if legalized, our economy would greatly profi t; especially if we taxed it like with cigarettes and alcohol. Past eff orts and history has shown us that no matter what we do, drugs will always exist. The only thing the War on Drugs eff ectively did was suck up billions of the nation’s money and fi ll up our prison system. What’s the sense in fi ghting an extremely profi table market if it will always inevitably be around? It’s about time we took advantage of the money it would produce for our currently weak economy. Back to the prison system, this institution demands millions annually with most of its inhabitants being nonviolent drug off enders. It only makes things worse; prisons have

proven to be ineff ective rehabilitators and deterrents, gaining the reputations of being “crime schools” for a reason. Also, isn’t it ironic that the “best”, most powerful country in the world has the highest prison population and rates of any other developed country? Sadly, the cause of these numbers is due to our extreme, unnecessary eff orts put toward controlling drugs (to an extent understandable for certain “hard” drugs, but naïve in regards to marijuana). Even if we just decriminalized marijuana, that would substantially take away from the excessive funds required by the police and correctional institutions put towards fi ghting a hopeless cause. Let me just quickly embark on the social and criminal changes. If legalized or decriminalized, small unregulated distributors would lose power and incentive to deal; eff ectively weeding out the more dangerous and infl uential suppliers. If a consumer could simply go to the store to legally purchase their drugs, surely there would be a reduction in crime because the informal, unregulated, “shady” transaction between street dealer and user wouldn’t occur. After all the best way to get rid of a class of crime and criminals is to get rid of the law that defi nes them as such. Honestly I am appalled at Obama’s response to his country’s most sought after question. To say marijuana wouldn’t help the economy is so ignorant, especially for a man of his stature and assumed knowledge, supposedly fi t to lead a nation. Surely to lead a country, one must be educated in economic and cultural tendencies; I don’t know how he can honestly say a billion dollar market, whether its formal or “underground”, would not stimulate economic growth. You can watch the video of his response at: ht t p : / / w w w. yo u t u b e. co m /w a t c h ? v = K t B l 0 K N K h a 4

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Claps & SlapsPolice Log

Arrests

4/21/09Constitution 502

Sarina ParksDisorderly conductCourt Date: 4/22/09

4/21/09Constitution 502Mable Martinez

Disorderly conductCourt Date: 4/22/09

Alarms

4/24/09Constitution G02

Alarm Fire: Cause: burnt hair. PD responded

4/25/09WSA-High Rise 632

Alarm Fire: Cuase: cookingPD response only

4/25/09Science Building

Alarm Fire: Cuase: small mulch fire

WFD responses; PD responded

4/25/09Laurel 330

Alarm-All Other: Cause: showerPD responses only

4/26/09Niejadlik 313

Alarm Fire: Cause: cookingPD response only

Spring Weekend was the other weekend, and of course, I went against the consideration of Eastern to go have fun. My decision had been made already, figuring that I’d rather be the designated driver to my drunk and very capable of getting into trouble type friends as opposed to hanging back bored at Eastern. Being the good boy I was raised, I didn’t touch a thing, Thursday night at the carriage house. With Celeron being my favorite, I decided that it wouldn’t be so bad to have a little fun if we had a designated driver. So in my head, it sounded like a fantastic idea if someone else would drive my car, instead of myself, intoxicated. The night itself was nothing to

complain about until the ride home where we apparently got pulled over on Route 31. To understand this next part, you have to know where we were sitting. It was my friend’s GF who was driving, with him in the passenger seat, me in the back, roommate in the middle, and his friend beside him. The cop pulls us over and asked the typical question “Do you know why I pulled you over?” Thinking that it was my car, I should be the one talking to the cop, so I rolled down the back window and he turns to me, yelling, “Close the window. Close that goddamn window.” He then turns to my friend’s gf and asked for her driver’s license and my insurance.

It turned out she didn’t have a license to begin with. She thought she had her permit, but the identification wasn’t qualified enough. So he comes back yelling at us. She’s crying her eyes out, her boyfriend, my friend, kept talking, after the cop told him to shut up a few times, my roommate making fun of me, and of course, his drunk friend, interrupting us all to ask the cop if he could urinate on the side of the street. So the cop threatens to arrest us all, being an absolute dick of course, and to tow my car if we don’t get another friend to come and drive it. My poor buddy, who gets so nervous around cops, came to our rescue but beforehand, he asked stupidly

where he was driving us. At the end of the night, we ended up with a $223 dollar ticket. Let lesson be learned, we went to X-lot with everyone deciding not to drink. We let the night roll through, and we drove home the same way. No checkpoints, no cops, but at last minute, I didn’t realize what happened, but my car smashed into a giant cement boulder lying in the middle of the road that a couple of kids decided to put for “fun” I haven’t figured if my car has had any significant damage, but it just shows that people are complete morons. Cops are, for bottom line, just plain dicks, despite the fact that they are doing their job, and

Spring Weekend was well, only worth it if you really care to get sloppy with a group of strangers that throw glass bottles in the air for no apparent reason.

By Dan McCueStaff

Dan’s Spring Weekend

A clap to the recent amazing spring weather

A slap to those of you who think it is funny to throw water balloons at complete strangers from your dorm room window

A clap to everyone for listening in HPE when your teacher says go outside to play

A slap to those who cannot catch a football

A slap to technology people that don’t actually know how to do their job

A clap to everyone laying out in the sun around campus to get a head start on this summer’s tan

A slap to cell phones that never have service

A slap to the Swine Flu panic: the regular flu kills many more people every year

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A&E

Dragonball Evolution Review

Ugh...Let’s get one thing straight before we talk about this. Anybody who walks into a local McDonalds expect-ing horde cuisine is in for a very unpleasant turn of events. The same thing goes here. So that being said, Yes, “Dragon-ball Evolution” is bad in every sense of the word. We all had a feeling this would happen. The question, however, was how much was it going to suck? The answer…a lot. This movie is so bad, so utterly abysmal, that the only solace found in watching

By Andrew YoungStaff

this garbage is laughter. Every attempt made by this movie for quality fails to a degree that warrents some well earned chuckles. It has the hilariously bad quality of an Ed Wood fi lm. DBE makes some sim-ple but numerous mistakes. A fi lm of this particular genre can avoid itself from mediocrity with a smooth presenation. Not the case here. The action scenes in DBE are an overwhelming spec-tacle. Its quick cut editing and shoddy cinematography make it impossible to understand just what the hell is happening. Who’s even winning this fi ght? Did that character die? I can’t tell. In addition to poorly shot action scenes, the writ-ing of DBE seems to base itself from the guidebook of cliché movie themes. Why does the lead character always have to be an unpopular outcast that

Charlie Bartlett ReviewBy Dan McCue Charlie Bartlett, per-

formed by Anton Yelchin (Al-pha Dog) was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Hyper-intel-ligent and musically gifted, his bedroom wall is decorated with countless framed letters from all the private high schools that have expelled him. His adoring but almost permanently medi-cated mother fi nds herself at a bit of a loss, especially since Charlie’s Dad is not around. Still sporting his pri-vate school blazer and politely trying to make friends, Charlie quickly becomes the target of bullies who use him as a punch-ing bag at his local public school. Ever the entrepreneur, he nev-ertheless wins his schoolmates over with a side business. Mar-keting his prescribed medica-tions and dispensing psychiatric advice in the boys toilets during lunchtime, Charlie has gained

has a crush on the hot girl from his high school? We’ve seen this routine a million times or more. The only real boost this movie will see will be from the fans of the original show/manga. For a $120,000,000 bud-get you’d expect something more, perhaps some decent act-ing, which the movie regretably overlooks. The McDonalds analo-gy that was said earlier shouldn’t be overlooked because while this movie was awful in every aspect, I had a great deal of fun watching it. Yes, I’m guilty of en-joying the occasional B movie myself. If you’re the same way, and it pains me to say this, then DBE might just fl oat your boat. Just know what you’re getting yourself into because it ain’t gonna be pretty.

the all-embracing popular-ity he craved, obtained his fi rst

girlfriend, Susan (Kat Dennings) but is dangerously at odds with the school’s principal (Robert Downey Jr.) who is also Susan’s father. The fi lm targeted the

most common areas of teen angst, alienation, loneliness, dis-enchantment and drug use. But the director added a nice comic touch and Anton Yelchin deliv-ers one of his best performanc-es. He performs every comic beat without sacrifi cing any of the seriousness of the issues. Written and directed by Gustin Nash and Jon Poll, “Charlie Bartlett” is incisive and brilliantly entertaining. Downey Jr. proves yet again he is far and away the best actor of his gen-eration, balancing the gravi-tas, humanity and wisdom in his role as a father-fi gure while becoming unhinged as the reluctant fall guy for a school on the verge of implosion. Charlie Bartlett is much more than “Harold and Maude” meets “Rushmore” meets “Ferris Buellers Day Off ”; its rewards are many.

(continued from page 1) for them. There were people stumbling everywhere, broken bottles, people peeing freely, and it seemed like everyone was on their phone, either texting or calling. There was music coming from the apartments so it was nice to let loose and dance, even though my intoxicated dancing abilities were less than stellar. What surprised me, and every year it seems to, was the fact that the police took pic-tures with the drunken students. Aren’t they supposed to be en-forcing the laws, not smiling with a student who has a beer can in their hand? Don’t take what I’m saying the wrong way, I am glad they were relaxed, but after the email they set out I just expected more. After stumbling around for a good few hours, calling or texting countless indi-viduals, dancing and socializing, seeing both people I wanted to

see and people I tried to avoid, I was ready to go. As I was walk-ing out, I was astounded at the people that were still pour-ing into Celeron. Surely there wouldn’t be any room left soon, but somehow they packed it in. There were drunken students splattered all along campus on my walk back, and there was even a fi ght in the middle of the road. If you’re go-ing to get into a fi ght, at least duke it out in a grassy area, not in the middle of the road where a driver, who had most likely had alcohol, would be driving. Still, it was amusing to watch. Saturday, after I spent my day baking in the sun at a barbeque and getting my fi ll of Vitamin K for the week, I was ready to head out again, even though I was still exhausted. I

went up later in the night, and even though I was convinced I would hit a spot check, there was nothing. The only police offi cers I saw were driving in the opposite direction. Thankfully, the walk was much shorter because my feet and legs were still stiff from the night before and the weather was gor-geous, to say the least. I fi gured with the warm weather and the fact that I had so much fun at X-lot the year before it’d be a great night. Wrong. It was boring, the house at the bottom of the lot that had music playing last year was boarded up, and I may sound old saying this but some-one breaking a glass bottle and spraying everyone within a ten feet radius with beer just isn’t as fun as it once was. Not to men-tion I had to side step shards of glass all night because I stupidly wore sandals. The police were there again in full force, but still taking picture with students. The only enforcement I saw was the strict banning of glass containers. If the police saw you with a glass container they took it from you and poured it out. I am not com-plaining about this rule, step-ping on glass is not fun. So after walking around for about an hour, I left, sorely disappointed. Eastern Students sim-ply need to be cautious when attending events such as Spring Weekend. When you’re not smart and taking the proper precautions that’s when prob-lems occur and other students, who follow the rules, get emails from the administration warn-ing them not to go out and have fun. I’m glad I disregarded that email. I had a great time and let off some much needed steam.

”It was nice to let loose and dance, even though my in-toxicated dancing abilities were less than stellar.”

Spring Weekender

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Peru Makes Its Big BreakBy Christine Smith

Staff

In recent years Peruvi-an cuisine has been slowly and quietly ascending the culinary popularity ladder. In 2004, inter-national news publication “The Economist” noted “Peru can lay claim to one of the world’s doz-en or so great cuisines.” At the Fourth International Summit of Gastronomy Madrid Fusión in January 2006, Lima, Peru was awarded the title of “Gastro-nomic Capital of the Americas”. Now, in 2009, Peru, specifically its capital Lima, has made its big break. No longer flying under the mainstream ra-dar, Lima has appeared in popu-lar culinary media outlets, and is staking its claim among the New York’s and Paris’s of the culinary world. Online recipe and food blogging site, Epicurious.com, and online branch of renowned “Bon Appétit” magazine agree:

Peruvian food is where it’s at. With Epicurious.com’s Predic-tion of the Top Ten Food Trends in 2009 saying “Peruvian is the new Thai” and “Bon Appé-tit’s” Food Trend Destination of 2009 as Lima, Peru, expect Peruvian food to skyrocket in popularity. Peru’s climate and landscape varies greatly from the coast to the rainforest and everything in between. Furthermore, Peru has a rich history of inhabitants from all over the world, including

its native inhabitants of South America, and immigrants from numerous countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Because Peru is such a vastly varied country, the cuisines are equally as var-ied as well. Culinary regions of Peru include North Coast, Ama-zon Jungle, Lima and Central Coast, Andean, New Andean, Arequipa, and Coast Cuisines. However, as there is no official boundary or labeling system for culinary regions, these can be-come blurred. Many, varied dishes can be found across Peru. Pop-ular ingredients include beef, chicken, pork, fish, and local vegetables. And, while Ameri-cans may be left squeamish, guinea pigs can also be found as a delicacy on Peruvian tables. Fish and rice are popular among

Peruvians, especially those on the coast. Ceviche can be found all over South America, but has its own special flair among Peru-vians. Peruvian Ceviche is a raw fish “cooked” or “cured” in acid, in most cases citrus juice, and pre-pared with onions and spices. Across Peru, Cevicherias, or sea-food restaurants, are prevalent. Now that Peruvian cui-sine has hit it big globally, one cannot help but wonder where it will go from here. As with all other mainstreamed cuisines, it is destined to become Ameri-canized in the U.S.: lumping to-gether the regionalized cuisines and accenting with American style. Pseudo-ceviche is bound to appear with fries and a Coke on your local Applebees or Ruby Tuesdays menu in years to come. Maybe they will even be available in the Library Café or Student Center, like the sushi and pad thai that are there to-day. There are already three Peruvian restaurants in Hartford alone. Expect more to pop up in the surrounding areas. As it is well known, sushi bars are all the rage, but they are bound to become passé in the near future, and when they do, cevicherias will be ready to claim their spot at the top.

The Norwich Nine ReviewBy Lauren Finkbeiner

Staff

The Norwich Nine had a jam packed house last night in the student center theatre with people lined up from wall to wall to see the premiere of this new show about civil war soldiers from Norwich, CT who are buried in Yantic Cemetery. I was really surprised when I saw people of all ages sitting in the rows; from the young to the elderly the show was appropri-ate for all ages. A descendant of Henry Starkweather read about the event in the Norwich bul-letin and came to see the play. She brought with her pictures

of one of the main characters. The audience was given enough time to connect with the charac-ters even though the show ran for 50 minutes; the perfect run-ning time. This was especially good for those of us standing. I was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to concentrate but the play was not only easy to pay atten-tion to, it actually drew me in. In his introduction, Professor Chibeau described how this production was a great example of the way liberal arts teaches us to integrate ideas. The research was led by Barbra

Tucker from the New England Studies Department, the writ-ing was done by Edmond Chi-beau from the Communication Department and the play was directed by Ellen Brody of the Performing Arts Department. One exciting aspect of the play was the interaction with the audience. For example, characters who were seated in the audience jumped up to join the action on stage. After President Lincoln gave his inau-gural speech and the audience clapped for him, it made me feel as if I were at the Capital on in-

auguration day. Although there weren’t any props in the play, I vividly imagined what it’d look like as a movie. I imagined the three characters in a graveyard in the middle of the night with the wind howling in the back-ground. When the two sidekicks of the grave robber fell I envi-sioned them falling into a grave that was being dug. The comic effect served to give us a light moment in this serious drama. The play was pre-sented as reader’s theatre. The directing helped us envision the setting in our mind’s eye. I think

my favorite part of the play was at the end with the older woman sitting on stage remi-niscing about her life and her doubts for the future. I thought it was a really creative way to end the play and was funny for the audience because all of her doubts and uncertainties came true. Woman did get the right to vote; man did walk on the moon and we currently have an African American man as presi-dent. The historical research, writing, directing, and acting worked well together to create a fabulous evening in the theatre.

All-American Rejects ReviewBy Dan McCue

Staff

They’re well-known, but they aren’t everyone’s favor-ite. They’ve got a style all their own, but a voice that could be mixed up with someone else’s. They are The All-American Re-jects, and although some may argue that it isn’t very good mu-sic, their smash hit singles on the charts like to argue otherwise. With their latest album release, “When the World Comes Down”, the All-American Rejects have gotten back into the game since their last release “Move Along. “ The All-American Re-jects is an American rock band from Stillwater, Oklahoma, formed in 2001. The band com-prises lead vocalist and bass gui-tarist Tyson Ritter, guitarists and vocalists Nick Wheeler and Mike Kennerty, with drummer Chris Gaylor. To understand who they are you have to understand their style. An alternative rock band with a mix of pop, they write

with their hearts, songs about love and triumph as well as the ever so common broken hearts. The song, “Swing, Swing”, was the first single released from the album. The group’s debut album hit stores on October 15, 2002. The All-American Rejects was certified platinum by the RIAA. The song “Move Along” was then nominated for “Best Editing in a Video” and “Best Group Video” at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, the latter of which they won. In addition, the band performed “Move Along” live at the MTV Video Mu-sic Awards on August 31, 2006. The band was also nominated for Choice Rock Group in the Teen Choice Awards Although many like to argue the fact that they are an-other pop band like Fall Out Boy and Panic! At the Disco, their sense of invidiual style and mes-sages in their song seperates them from the rest of the pack. Their music brings life and en-ergy and you can’t help but tap your feet along to the music. The album, “Move Along” was one of my personal favorite with their latest, “When The World Comes Down”, a close second.

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Guess That Movie Quote

Across

2. “Your scent, it’s like a drug to me, you’re like my own personal brand of heroin.”3. “Tell me, Mr. Anderson, what good is a phone call when you are unable to speak?”5. “I find your lack of faith disturbing.”7. “His name was Robert Paulson...”9. “If you’re a bird, I’m a bird”10. “... I am McLovin!”11. “Look at that Abu, it’s not every day you see a horse with two rear ends!”12. “Jenny and me was like peas and carrots again”

Down

1. “It’s a funny world we live in. Speaking of which, do you know how I got these scars?”4. “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friend-ship.”6. “I want to play a game.”8. “Say hello to my little friend!”

Lakeview Restaurant Review

By Sarah DuvalStaff

Looks can be deceiving, and that was true upon entering The Lakeview Restaurant in Coven-try. Located on Coventry Lake, the restaurant owned by Leo Papa, is a lovely summer spot for someone looking to relax on a deck, overlooking the water. The outside looks like a typical biker bar but the inside is deco-rated nicely with a proper sit down restaurant feel. You can either eat inside or on the deck. If it’s a nice night then the deck is a good choice, just be sure to bring bug repellent, as there are a lot of bugs and no citronella candles on the tables. The menu offers a va-riety of pup style foods that’s also reasonably priced. Be care-ful though, the drinks do not come with free refills so drink slowly unless you want to spend another $2.29. The restaurant does have a bar with an array of mixed and frozen drinks, both alcoholic and non alcoholic and karaoke night every Thursday. Their burgers and fries are better than the average res-taurant faire. The burger was thick and covered with toppings including different cheeses, fresh vegetables, mushrooms, or fried banana peppers. They were out

of mayonnaise though, which would have made the burger over the top. Their fries were beer battered and delicious and they gave you a generous amount. Beware when ordering an appetizer though, they do skimp on the amounts they give you. There were only four fried mozzarella triangles and the ja-lapeño poppers were good, but didn’t seem to be homemade. While the food was good, the service was not. The service was slow and it must have taken 15 minutes during a relatively slow period for the server to come to the table and take a food order. They were accommodating but slow. This could be attributed to the fact that there seemed to be no bussers and the servers were re-sponsible for busing there own tables. The Lakeview Restau-rant has been open for about a year and is open year round. There’s music Thursday through Sunday with no cover charge. If you’re looking for a nice relaxing evening then I recommend The Lakeview Restaurant for their re-laxing atmosphere and quality food.

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A gathering of Eastern students, community members, and Elsa Nunez posing for a photo for the “Town Pride, Town Wide” event.

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The Untouchable One

By Matthew StevensStaff

Kyle Savage’s Record Year

It’s a beautiful Saturday spring aft ernoon, the sun is shin-ing, the birds are chirping, and Nevers Field is packed with fans watching Eastern Men’s lacrosse team. In between the pipes is all conference goalie Kyle Savage. He is directing his defense and mak-ing crucial saves that is helping his team stay in the game. When the game ends, he can be found on the winning side more likely than the losing side. Savage has been a four year starter here and has helped transformed Eastern into a Divi-sion III powerhouse and has done it by smashing every record in the book here at Eastern. He has set records in most saves, save per-centage, games played and games

started. On April 18th of this year, he broke the most wins as a goalie in school history with his 39th career victory in the net. To date he is now at 41 career victo-ries. He also recently became the 25th goalie to make 700 career saves at the Division III level. Hailing from Southington High School and now fi nishing up his scholastic career at Eastern, he has left a legacy that will be hard for others to match. Savage has been through it all and he reminisces when it all began. “I started playing lacrosse in third grade when my entire baseball teams switched from baseball to lacrosse because base-ball was too slow for us.” Being

the backstop behind the plate to the backstop in front of the pipes, the transition for Savage was a good choice. When it came to time to choose a college he chose Eastern with his twin brother Matt, who recently scored his with 100th career goal and was joined in that club along with senior captain DJ Simmons. On choosing Eastern Savage said, “I liked the dorms; the coach at the time told me that I would play all four years and that I would have a chance of starting my freshman year.” Savage indeed became a four year starter and commented on that, “It feels good, it has al-lowed me to grow by seeing game action all four years, it made me become a leader.” During his four years he has amassed all the re-cords that a goaltender could re-ceive. “It feels great to set all these records because I work hard in the off season and this means that my accomplishments will here for a while aft er I leave,” said Savage. “Being the winningest goalie is my favorite accomplishment be-cause it refl ects on how well the team has done and means we can reach our team goals. Th is is just a way for me to contribute to the team,” said Savage. As mentioned before, Savage has reached the 700 save plateau, but he is still hungry. “It feels good to reach that mark, but now that I have 700 saves it doesn’t satisfy me,

now I want to reach 800 and be in the top 11 all time. At this time I am not content with the 700 save level.” With this being his senior season, Savage is looking forward to continue his lacrosse career af-ter his collegiate career. He plays for his summer league team, Rip-It, and plans on trying out for the Irish national team next fall. Sav-age then stated the importance la-crosse has had on him, “It teaches you about life, and if I didn’t have it my life would have been diff er-ent.” When asked to sum up his experience in one sentence he said, “It was a roller coaster ride.” Savage is also co owner of Savage Lacrosse, a company he and his brother founded. “Our long term goal is to be a well know team and custom apparel store in New England.” Co-owner DJ Simmons then added, “We want to take over the lacrosse world.” Savage has many opportunities still available in lacrosse aft er his college career is completed. How-ever, the story hasn’t ended yet as Savage and the rest of his team still has the LEC tournament to play and a likely trip to the NCAA tournament. In the end, East-ern will be losing not only a re-cord breaking athlete, but a great mind, and a great personality, and I’m grateful that I got a chance to meet such a terrifi c person. He is truly the untouchable one.

WILLIMANTIC, Conn. - Th e Eastern Connecticut State Uni-versity men’s lacrosse team closed out its seventh perfect Little East Conference season in nine years of championship play with a 17-3 verdict over Salem State Col-lege Saturday on Seniors’ Day at Th omas Nevers Field. Eastern (12-3, 7-0 little east) fi nished unbeaten in the

LEC regular season for the sec-ond straight season and has now won 14 straight conference reg-ular-season matches dating back to the fi nal regular-season contest of 2007. Th e Warriors are 8-0 all-time against Salem State (6-9, 2-5 little east), which re-joined the conference this year aft er a fi ve-year hiatus. Th e Vikings re-gained varsity status last year af-ter four seasons on the club level.

Having clinched the playoff s’ No. 1 seed during the week with a win over Western Connecticut, Eastern will host a playoff semifi nal-round game Th ursday against the winner of a Tuesday fi rst-round game be-tween No. 4 Plymouth State and No. 5 UMass Dartmouth. Salem is the No. 6 and fi nal seed and will play a fi rst-round road play-off game Tuesday at No. 3 U. of Southern Maine. Every player in uni-form saw action for Eastern, with 15 diff erent players contributing a goal or assist and 19 picking up at least one ground ball. Sophomore midfi elder Eric Vasil, the national ground ball leader, picked up sev-en ground balls by winning seven of eight face-off s to improve his season face-off percentage to .707 - sixth best in Division III. Senior

attack Matthew Savage’s third of three goals in the game was his 40th of the season. Eastern’s defense lim-ited Salem to just one goal and 13 shots aft er the fi rst quarter.Eastern’s special teams recorded six goals - four in man-up and two in man-down situations. In a fi ve-goal fi rst quarter, sophomore attack Brian Fechtmann and se-nior defenseman Steve Lane both scored short-handed goals and senior midfi elder DJ Simmons added a man-up strike. Eastern remained un-defeated all-time in 30 regular-season conference games at Th omas Nevers Field. Until this year, Eastern had not won 12 matches prior to conference play-off competition since capturing 13 of 14 games in 2001.

Eastern Lax Goes Unbeaten In LEC

By Sports Information Offi ceContributor

With Randy Johnson at 296 wins and counting, and as-suming he can continue to oil up his tin-man like legs for the rest of the year, he’ll get to the elu-sive 300 win plateau. So now the question is—who’s next? While the careers of 300 game winners such as Cle-mens, Maddux, and Glavine have essentially come to a halt, and with Johnson just four wins away, there really isn’t anybody in sniffi ng distance of 300 wins. Th e next in line would’ve been Mus-sina (270 wins), but he retired last year aft er notching his fi rst 20-win season. At the age of 37, Andy Pettitte (219 wins), conceiv-ably would have the best chance to get to 300 wins, as he plays on the Yankees and his pitching style is better suited for a longer career; but he has contemplated retire-ment for the last six years. Realistically, the pitch-er with the greatest chance to get to 300 wins is either Roy Halla-day or Johan Santana. Halladay, just 32 years of age, has 135 wins. Last year, he fi nished 2nd in the Cy Young voting, and seemingly gets better with age. As a pitcher, he uses a heavy sinking fastball to induce ground balls, which is an imperative tool as his veloc-ity with inevitably diminish with age. Santana, who is 30 years old, has 112 wins. However, his win total is a bit misleading, as he was a reliever earlier in his career. Santana has the most devastating change-up in the game to com-pliment a fastball in the 91-93 mph range. Playing on the Mets will greatly increase his chance at compiling a better win total—which is half of the battle. You could argue pitch-ers like Roy Oswalt (31 years old, 129 wins) and C.C Sabathia (28 years old, 118 wins) could get there, but Oswalt’s smaller frame doesn’t translate well into his

“300”By Zach Brennan

Staff

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mid-to-late thirties; conversely, Sabathia’s bulky and bouldering 6’7’’ 250 lbs. might hinder his health in the long run.

Other young studs like Cole Hamels, Zach Greinke, Tim Lincecum, and Felix Hernandez have a shot, but in the new era where coaches and GMs care about pitch counts more than anything, it will be harder for these guys to accumulate any wins.

But remember, Randy John-son had just 68 wins at the age of 30, so anything can happen. The truth, is however, there’s a very strong possibility that after the Big Unit reaches 300 wins, it might be a very long time before we see another player reach that mark.

“300”By Zach Brennan

Eastern Blasts UMass-Bos-

ton 32-4

WALTHAM, Mass. - The East-ern Connecticut State University baseball team tied a 27-year-old record with 29 hits in a 32-4 win over the University of Massachu-setts Boston in the first game en route to a Little East Conference doubleheader sweep at Yetten Field. Eastern (27-6, 11-3 little east) completed confer-ence regular-season play with its eighth straight LEC win in the nightcap, racing out to a 7-1 lead and holding on for an 8-6 vic-tory. The University of Southern Maine clinched its first outright LEC regular-season champion-ship since 2001 by sweeping Rhode Island College, 3-0, 14-11 Saturday. The top four seeds in the final standings will host first-round best-of-three series this weekend. The four series win-ners will advance to a four-team double-elimination LEC tourna-ment May 7-9, hosted by the top remaining seed. Eastern will host No. 7 seed Western Connecticut State University Saturday in a doubleheader. If the teams split, a final game is scheduled for Sun-day. No times have yet been an-nounced. The teams split a pair of single games this year at the East-ern Baseball Stadium. Western won, 5-3, April 10 and Eastern, 14-5, Friday. In the first game, East-ern tied a 27-year-old record by collecting 29 hits against six UMass Boston (14-20, 6-6 little east). The Warriors’ run total fell one shy of the program record. Fourteen players had at least one hit in the first game, with sopho-more Robert Perry tying the pro-gram record by recording three of the team’s program-record 11 doubles. Senior Tristan Hobbes hit his second career grand slam in the eighth inning and junior Melvin Castillo unloaded a bas-es-clearing triple in an eight-run sixth. Batting 1-2 in the lineup, ju-niors John Parke and Travis Bass each had four hits and combined to score seven runs and drive in five. Perry had five hits, scored four runs and drove in three.

Sophomore lefty Bill Roveto earned a three-inning save (his first career decision) in relief of senior lefty Shawn Gilblair. Roveto is the son of former East-ern pitcher Rob Roveto, who was credited with a three-inning save in the 1982 national champion game win over Cal State Stanis-laus. As a pinch hitter, freshman Kevin Keys (Fairfield) registered the first two collegiate hits of his career and also scored two runs. In the second game, Parke hit a leadoff home run and the Warriors carried a 7-1 lead into the eighth inning. Sopho-more Jim Schult doubled home two runs and added an RBI single in the game. Junior Will Musson remained unbeaten in six starts this year, pitching into the eighth. He fanned nine and walked two. Senior James Kukucka allowed a sacrifice fly but stranded the ty-ing run on first to record his first save. In the doubleheader, Perry totaled eight hits (four dou-bles), scored six runs and drove in four. Bass and Parke (two dou-bles, a triple and home run) each had seven hits and four RBI and combined to score 11 runs. Hob-bes drove in five runs, Castillo and Schult four each.

WILLIMANTIC, Conn. -- Fresh-man Molly Rathbun struck out 15 batters for the second time in her last three starts and senior Rachel Denny hit a game-ending tenth-inning sacrifice fly as the East-ern Connecticut State University softball team edged Keene State College, 2-1 in ten innings, in the first game of a Little East Confer-ence doubleheader Sunday after-noon at Howard Spector Field. In the second game, Keene State (22-12, 10-4 little east) freshman Courtney Savoie twirled a two-hit shutout as the Owls salvaged a split with a 2-0 victory that handed Eastern (23-9, 10-4 little east) its third confer-ence loss in two days. Later Sunday night, Keene scored three times in the bottom of the tenth inning to upend regular-season champion Rhode Island College, 9-8, in the completion of a halted game from April 10. Keene denied Rhode Is-land a perfect conference season with the win that also gave the Owls the No. 2 seed in the con-ference tournament, which will be held Thursday through Sat-urday at Rhode Island College. Eastern is seeded third and will face fourth-seeded Western Con-necticut State University in an opening-round game at 2 p.m. Denny’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the tenth inning scored freshman pinch runner Rosie Manzo to give Eastern the Game 1 win. Keene reached Rathbun for four of its game total of five hits in taking a 1-0 lead in the fourth, but Eastern tied the

first game in the bottom of the sixth with an unearned run when Denny’s two-out single was boot-ed in the outfield, allowing fresh-man right fielder Priscilla Alicea to score from first. Both teams ran into double plays in the late innings of the first game when runners were caught off the bag on rou-tine fly balls to the respective centerfielders. Keene’s running error cost them an opportunity in the top of the tenth and set the stage for Eastern’s game-ending rally in the bottom of the inning. With a runner placed on second in the bottom of the tenth in ac-cordance with tie-breaker rules, Eastern sophomore leftfielder Katie Dinihanian moved pinch runner Manzo to third with a sacrifice bunt. Two intentional walks loaded the bases for Denny. The program’s career RBI leader, Denny sent the first pitch she saw from reliever Samantha Pratt to left field deep enough to send in Manzo with the winning run. In the second game, Katie Bradford hit a two-out solo home run on a two-strike pitch to give Keene a 1-0 lead in the sec-ond, and Bradford walked and scored on an RBI single by No. 9 hitter Laura Chandler to make it 2-0 in the sixth. Senior Katie Pen-siero lost for only the second time in eight decisions this year, re-

cording her third complete game in 11 starts. Pensiero fanned sev-en and walked three and matched Rathbun by limiting Keene to only five hits. Leading 1-0 in the sec-ond game, Keene put its first two runners aboard on errors in the fourth, but Pensiero got a swing-ing strikeout and line drive out to second to end the threat. Keene threatened again in the fifth but stranded runners on second and third (the Owls left nine run-ners on in the game) when Pen-siero induced a ground ball and got an inning-ending strikeout. The Owls finally tacked on an insurance run in the sixth when Bradford scored from second on Chandler’s two-out RBI single. In the first game, Keene leadoff hitter Jenna Patnode stole her 33rd and 34th bases of the season without being caught, but was stranded at second both times. Savoie, one of four freshman pitchers that comprise the Keene staff, pitched a com-plete- fanned seven and walked four in the nightcap to post her seventh win in ten decisions. Eastern stranded two runners in the first and two in the fourth in the second game.

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Keene StateBy Bob MoltaContributor

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old friends. On the other hand, maybe it wasn’t a good idea to catch up with old high school friends when you’re asking a cop “Where can I buy a hat like that?” The night concluded with me raiding my friend’s cabinet and refrigerator, woofi ng down fi fty-three Tortino’s pizza rolls and a “party size” box of Cheez-It crackers, and fi nally passing out at 3:30 in the morning. Saturday morning brought the most excruciating headache of the 21st century. My friend, who is notorious for going home as soon as the fi rst ray of sun peaks through the morning sky, woke me by splashing water on my face. Of course, since he was my only ride back, I couldn’t argue with him, and I simply brushed a mound of orange crumbs off of my chest and stood up. As soon as I got home, I went to sleep, and did so until the clock reached the time where it was appropriate to start drinking. Again, I went to Carriage house, however, this time I elected not to play “corn-hole.” I had learned my lesson from the previous night, and decided to casually drink. We made our way to the infamous “X Lot” around 10ish and was greeted with an army of people—I had forgotten how many drunken college kids could squeeze into one parking lot. As I made my way through the crowd, I was dodging bottles, cans, and other foreign objects that could’ve put me on the deck for the night. I saw bottle after bottle soar through the air like hand grenades as I was heading toward the bathroom (A.K.A the nearest tree). The soil near the tree was reminiscent of “no man’s land,” as the pungent smell and swampy marsh-like ground was completely saturated with urine. As I walked back, my shoes looked as though I had just been involved

While my third “Spring Weekend” attendance didn’t exactly live up to last year’s expectations, it surely didn’t falter in presenting its share of poignant moments. For the recap, I’ll simply skip over Thursday’s “Carriage” night, because I didn’t attend. So Friday starts off with my buddy and I at Carriage and begin playing “corn hole” and “beer ball”—two games that are synonymous among college life. Seven o’clock rolls around and my “corn-hole” record reaches a Carl Pavano-like 0-7. I was simply mired in the worst “corn-hole” slump of my career. At this point, I was starting to get antsy, my “corn-hole” average was falling below the Mendoza-line, and my partner and I were starting to skirmish. All hell broke loose when my partner screamed over to me, “You couldn’t hit that corn-hole if it was the size of Alaska.” After this prickly comment, I switched over to beer ball where my skills resembled a 75 year-old drunken softball player trying to throw a strike. I was forced to withdraw and was recommended to simply “take a seat.” I obliged. The sun was starting to wane, and as quickly as Michael J. Fox turned into Teen Wolf, I had transformed into a human waste machine. No longer was I walking forward or even backwards—but sideways. I was a fi ddler-crab walking down “Carriage” and, what is simply a three-minute walk across the street to Celeron, turned out to be an Iditarod-like trek through an Alaskan tundra. Another one of my pals has a house at Celeron, so mostly I just lurked around some tall girl the whole night—unfortunately, it turned out to be a tree. While I was becoming increasingly more inebriated as the night progressed; it was defi nitely good to catch up with some

in a mud wrestling match. I remember my morale

being between “very low” and “extremely low” at that point. Until, standing there with a group of my friends, I see some girl scoping someone out in my direction. I look at her. She looks in my direction. I look back to see if she’s looking at someone else—there’s nobody except a pole, and I know I have a slightly better chance than the pole. So I walk over to her and ask her name, she says (I honestly do not remember her name, so let’s just say “Mindy.”) “I’m Mindy.” What followed should be in “The Book of What Not to Say to a Girl.” I ask her “How old are you?” and other pressing questions such as “What’s your school and major.” She asks “How old you think I am?” I go, “You don’t look a day past perfection.” She laughs and says “I’m 24.” And I say something like “I like them mature.” She laughs at me again. Unexpectedly, she says “people say I’m the best kisser ever.” I say “Ever? How do you know something like that? Do you have a certifi cate that says that?” Then something clicks in my head and I say “Okay, prove it.” So, as we got to know each other on a more personal level, I realized she highly over exaggerated her kissing skills (I’d give her a B-.) As I’m walking with her through X Lot, I start to cough, and wonder if I’ve somehow caught a disease from the urine I stepped in earlier; but then I notice everyone hunched over coughing like they had just contracted some air-borne disease. I hear someone next to me say, “The cops are using Mace on people.” Then, before I could respond to him, the crowd begins to start shifting in every which way like participants in the “Running of the Bulls.” I lose “Mindy.” I say to a cop, “That Mace works really good, thanks

a lot.” And he responds with a, “F*c% you, guy.” I don’t blame him. As I’m sheepishly walking back, some guy knocks a can out of my hand, and I wonder why he does this. He’s with a group of about 13 kids, and I go “Why did you do that.” He then reaches into his pocket like he was going to either shoot me or stab me and says “What you going to do?” At this point I don’t know what else to say other than “Sorry?” and just walk away. At the end of the night, my mental state was somewhere in Siberia, my shoes smelled awful, and the question burning in my head was “Should I have listened to the e-mail that was sent out?” From my personal experience, if I had to do it all over again, would I? The answer is yes—I got a free box of Cheez It crackers and fi fty-three Tortino’s pizza rolls.

Zach’s Spring WeekendBy Zach Brennan

Staff

What’s the deal with creepers? On Friday I went to Uconn early so I wouldn’t hit any of the many spot checks I was anticipating. After a delicious meal in the dining hall and gathering my “supplies” for the evening I got ready in Whitney Hall’s men’s bathroom (I was on a guys fl oor and it had some kid already vomiting in the stalls) After I was all ready I went to meet my friend’s (let’s call him Tim) friends. Not only were they overly judgmental they took FOREVER to get ready, like maybe over an hour. Then once we got to Celeron, all hell broke loose. One of Tim’s friends was particulary creepy. I understand being aff ectionate while being intoxicated, but she took this to a whole other level. She was making out with everyone in

sight, male, female, gay, straight. So, after dodging her all night, I had my fi rst contact. I really had to pee (one of the thousand times I went) and I didn’t want to go alone. After trying to get Tim to go with me and him wanting to just drunk dance (which, for the record I should not be allowed to do), he suggested the creeper go with me. Having to pee so bad, I obliged. She grabbed my hand and off we stumbled into the woods. I thought she would let go of my hand once I went into to woods. But oh no, she held my hand while I peed. I was too shocked and creeped out to say anything. Maybe she was drunk and didn’t realize but I certianly did. Needless to say I was creeped out, and left shortly after.

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