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and Evil: Torture in the Modern Age"Feb. 20, and NSU Athletics wouldbe conducting "Good and Evil:

hours. The highway wasclosed again on Thursdayfor about 20 minuteswhile the scene was furtherinvestigated.

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safety for the people on thecampus. 'That's always our firstpriority."

He also stated that officerssaw a "convertible with heavysmoke and flames coming.out of the vehicle" when theyarrived on the scene. The Davie

Fire Department arrived after Who done it? Photo by Nicolle Garberapproximately five minutes Public Safety was unable toand later speculated that an electrical release the name of the car owner.problem was the cause of the fire.

but on modern problemsand genocide worldwide.

Wiesel's visit is "oneof the more popularevents on campus," saidSchulman. Rosenblumpoinfed out that suchspeakers really test thelimits of the facilitiesavailable to hold talks, butthat should be remediedwith the completion ofthe University Center.

''Any time webring in a guest, I liketo see strong interest inthe community," saidRosenblum.

Wiesel's presentationwill include not only alectute, but a question andanswer session moderatedby Schulman. Cards willbe distributed to the audience, who willbe able to write questions for Wiesel.

Rosenblum said that "we really tryto look at this as a week of activities,"adding that the Department ofHumanities was sponsoring "Good

a routine traffic stop at around 9: 15p.m. on Wednesday when ValdoVega's"1O)rota Camry slammed firstinto--the Ford Taurus the deputieshad stopped, and then into Seguin.He was pronounced dead on thescene. Minor injuries were sustainedby Seguin's partner, Deputy KariPallotto, when hit by the Taurusafter the impact.

The accident occurred east of136 Avenue on I 595 and causedthe highway to be closed for several

By Alisha VanHooseEditor-in-Chief

Fire trucks rushed to the scenewhen a white Chrysler Sebringbelonging to a commuter student burstinto flame in the Mailman parking lotaround 3:20 p.m. on Feb. 14.•

Public Safety was on the scenemoments after being alerted to thefire by a Unicco employee. Accordingto Field Operations Manager ShaneLam, their primary concern was "life

The motoristwho struck andkilled BrowardCounty DeputyRyan Seguin onFeb. 15 has beenidentified as anNSU student.

Accordingto Sun-Sentinelreports, Seguin wasstanding next to

the driver's door of a 'vehicle during

By Alisha VanHooseEditor-in~Chief

NSU Student Identified in Death of Broward Deputy

By Alisha VanHooseEditor-in-Chief

Deputy RyanSeguin. PhotocourtesyBroward CountySheriff's Office.

Elie Wiesel, author of Night andnumerous other books, will be speakingat the Rose and Alfred Miniaci centerat 7 p.m. on Feb. 23.

'The talk is partofthe DistinguishedSpeakers series put on by Farquhareach year. "We wanted to bring in areally significant speaker every winter,"said Don Rosenblum, Ph.D., Dean ofFarqhuar College ofArts and Sciences.It also is in keeping with this year'stheme of "Good and Evil," whichthe college has been planning e~ents

around throughout the year.Allen Schulman, Ph.D.., was

responsible for initiating Wiesel's visitafter the year's theme was decidedat a faculty meeting last year. Hesaid that NSU was lucky to be ableto book Wiesel, as "a good deal ofthe opportunities to hear [the bestspeakers] are snapped up."

Senior Diane Klein, Treasurer ofHillel, has seen Wiesel speak before."He's probably one of the best speakersI've ever seen," she said, adding that histalks didn't focus onlyon the Holocaust,

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News from Around· the WorldCompiled by Paul Saneaux

Two Au§tratiansr~lIir~~~afhp~nalty in Balidrugi~~JeAn Indonesian court told.~~u~~~~f~ Feb. 14 that they have '~~entenced twoyottrig

men to die by firing squad for trying to smuggle heroin from the resbft island of Bali." Thetwo menfrom Sydney, Andrew Chan, 12, and Mywa~ Sukumaran, '24~"e:~~~~e "accusedmasterll'linds" of the nine Australians at;t;ested in Bali l<l~t~pril for attempting.to smuggle18 pounds of heroin. Anti-narcotics activists in Indonesia praised the judges for theirsentences and Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Australia would'make a "pleafor clemency" on behalf of Chan Sukumaran. Au~rralia has abolished capital punishmentand many might oppose the sentence. Over 2?it?~eigners in Indonesia are on death row forvarious drug offences and the countrym~.t;l;F~fJJ.~~Stt;~ngposition in its "war against illegaldrugs." For more information visit www.re..U.tets]cam.

Landslide in imgilippine;~ipUries .villageAccording to. the A~~~9iate'~f~~s..~;~'~~~~~dCross, "a landslide buried an entire

village in the central Philjppj,Il;!;§leaving~~rOil,700 people feared dead." Survivors andwitnesses told reporters that they heard loud rumbling and what sounded like an explosion.

After the commotion, "the.~~'~~t~mount~~~im~l~psed and slammed intm~h~. village ofGuinsaugon in thes~~.~~()~t~¢:~~~l~P\~pt;iSlanqO£Leyte." Richar~~9~.d.on, th~. head ofthe Philippine Red Cross, sa~i~~~i~~i~~interview that "there are:~bout 1,500 mj§~ipg~200 dead." Reports from theR:.¢d <$rQsllindicated that a majority.9f the buildings weredemolished or buried by about 12 feefof mud. A village school was completely covered

by mud arid it is feared that "nearly 2~0 childrf~an' ....a'~lts" wereih,t~¥Q~ilding. Inrespon§e, President Gloria Arroyo said§he has order~~m'fCoast Guarq and the "entirenaval force in the Central Philippines" to assist the disaster efforts. The U.S. military alsosent the USS Essex and the USS Harper's Ferry to act as floating hospitals. Head of thevolcanology department claimed "a mild 2.6-magnitude earthquake" struck the area andmay have triggered the mudslide. Experts also ql~erain, loose soil, and deforestation.For more information visit www.news.yahq.

AfricaBird flu spreads into Nigerian states

Nigeria's Agriculture Ministry told the As~ociated Press last week that the "H5Nlstrain of the bird flu has been found in tw0J11'8r~1\ljgerianstates."The Ministry also saidin a statement that Nigeria has closedapgqH:~~~:I~lt}~d bird farms throughout its northernregion and neighboring countries hay~st2Pp~~~igett~.n.poultry imports. The World HealthOrganization "warned that healthserYj§~$~<:rossther~~~on ~h~j.lld be on high alert." WHODirector-General Dr. Lee Jong-woo~~~d:"the coliIJrmation of H5Nl avian influenza inpoultry in Mrica isa cause 9fgre~~C8ncYfnf!P~d.eh1ands immediate action." Worrieshave risen'on the cOl}tinen(p€11i€1ved to betj~jttl~prepared to cope with an outbreak of thedisease." The first case ofth¢$train was detected at a large commercial farm in Kaduna state;40,000 of the farm's 46,000 died and the other 6,000 were killed toprevent further indicate ~hat no humj'fisbave beeninfected in Nigeria as information visit www..'fzews.yahoo.coin.

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According to the Associated l?te$~i~~~~~$~ofie'person was. killed and four woundedon Feb. 13 after U.N. peacekeepjIigtt88P~sUpPosy~~yfiredatrallying protestors. WalrickMichel, 22 year-old protestor, said~9H:ps of P¥~pl~:;'YVerepea~efullyprotesting when theU.N. started shooting." Howevtr,!J.N.sPf?~$~~~I)avidWimhurst denied the allegations,saying "we fired two warning'shots into th~a"rrand we didn't injure anyone." He also said"shots were fired by an unkriown,person in the§eJ11'e.area" and that the witnesses' accountswere "absolutely false." Pr~t~§~Q~~q;Ive uni~~g~lidemonstrations and erYSFipg<.makeshiftroadblocks, c1aimingthaftheel~st~ral¢6mmissionis fixing votes t~prevent a vil7tory byRene Perval. Rioters went as fa!ta~stqr~~ligthe Montana Hotel when~<rommissionmembersissued election results. As of press timeiPervalled the election by eatning 48.7 percent ofthe 90 percent of the nation's c6unted v~res. For more information vistt<r!:'ww, msnbc. com.

EuropeScientists hope to idlntify refT1~!iiif Joan of~fe·",.,

AJtirench team of 18 scientists and researchers haveprepared a series of te~ts;for remainsthat they believe may have belonged to the "warrior-turned-saint" Joan of Arc. Accordingto the researchers, Joan ofArc was burned at the stake and her remains were thrown in theSeine River; however, a rib bone and skin taken from the pyre she wasburned in by an unidentified person and an apothecary until 1867, beforebeing turned over to the Charlier told Reuters thatthe planned tests "will not be remains are Joan of Arc'sbecause there is no known the scientistshope to determine the age body they came from.Charlier wants to build a that it possibly was Joan ofArc.For more information VtJUteWW.l;l?i

Powdered Sugar Considered DrugConfused police and school officials have charged

a 12-year-old with felony possession of a look-alikedrug for bringing a bag of powdered sugar to school.The Chicago Sun-Times reported that the boy jokinglytold friends that he had cocaine, but then added "justkidding" as he revealed it to be sugar that he was usingfor a science experiment. The school handbook statesthat look-alikes can be a problem to staff and students"not equipped to differentiate between the two." Policesay the boy potentially faces five years of probation.

Local Woman Caught with Severed HeadMyrlene Severe tried to smuggle the skull of an

unknown Haitian man past authorities at the FortLauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Sun­Sentinel.com indicated that the skull still had teethand hair intact and was supposed "to be used in ritesas part of her Voodoo beliefs." If convicted on charges,including "failure to declare the head and transportinghazardous material in air commerce," she may spend 15years behind bars.

Identifying Sex Offenders Best Left to PoliceAlmost a good Samaritan, Carolyn Hansen of

Bella Vista, Little Rock, decided to alert her neighborsthat a sex offender was living on their street. Forgoingdiscreetness, Hansen hung a sign on her neighbor's doorthat said "Don't play here. Child molester lives here,."According to the Associated Press, Hansen unfortunatelyused second-hand information with the wrong addressand targeted the wrong man. Authorities altered the~oman to her bad information and Hansen apologizedto the non-offender, who decided not to press charges.

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Deadbeat Rider Meets DestinyA Berlin man who skipped out on paying his taxi

fare was unexpectedly picked up by the same cabbie.According to Reuters, the deadbeat called for a new cabafter fleeing from the driver that had been transportinghim, but was later shocked when the same taxi that hestiffed pulled up. Police said that the man "took it like agentleman and admitted the game was up." "Too shockedto run," the thiefwaited while police arrested him.

North AmericaCheney takes blamelQrhunting accident

The Associated Pres~~~~8~~~q. on Feb. 15 that Vice. President Dick Cheneyjf~R~~l?t~~l;U,ll blame for shootinga fellow hunter and det~~q~qHhis.~~ci~19J:lJo nor publiclyreveal the accident until:~~e follo~ng day." According to aTexas Park and WilsUjfel~e~~.~~~~~report,a group ofquailwas flushed out ~tr.~j~jngw~~:I~heneyfollowed a bird with

. his weapon, acci~~ntally shooting Harry Whittington on

the right side of t~~~~t~and~;mirlFoxNews condu~~ed aninterview wi~~~~!! ..~n ';(hj~I~€1 labeled hi~~~.J¥~ft~~ guythat pulled~e trig~9'n~~~:,red the round tlfU hit Harrr." ..Cheney also said theiit~j~~,ht was not WIi'itt~ngton's fault.'Controversy arose after Cheney waited until Hthe followingday to notifY the press. Ip the ~,Il;terview, Ch~n~y)pamed

the lack of a press persoli as the forthepelatedaccident report; "accuracy was enormously important," hesaid. Although Whittington suffered a minor heart attackcaused by inflammation, he was said by doctors to be "doingextremely well."

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atmosphere is "extremely hostile"and "not very friendly and open tostudents," Burque has noticed that "thelast SGA meeting was a real meeting foronce." He thinks that the organizationis "moving in the right direction."

The SGA landscape has also beenaltered with the resignations of Vice­President of Legislative Affairs LizHarbaugh and Siminovsky.

Harbaugh cited personal reasonsfor leaving her post, reiterating that theinternal issues were not the cause.

"While this year has not beenwhat one might call 'smooth sailing,'I do believe that this group hasdedicated more to the NSUSGA,and the undergraduate studentpopulation, than any group that hascome before. I respect all of everyone'sefforts and energy," Harbaugh wrotein her resignation announcement.

Siminovsky decided to leavethe SGA after calling upon membersto work out issues. "I invited the senateto help solve the problems faced by thisSGA because for the past few monthsI've been working virtually as a crutch.Instead, I was told that I'm the problembecause I won't make decisions for thesenate any longer."

McDonald was saddened by theresignations, of th~se two members. "Ithink that both Liz and Alaina havemade a significant contribution tothe SGA. I think it's unfortunate welost Liz Harbaugh because she was aninvaluable member of my team."

With elections coming up fornext year's SGA, McDonald is hopefulthat those concerned with the body'sdirection will voice their concerns andrun for office. Anyone interested shouldcontact davia@nova.edu.

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Saneaux was defamed in the faux articleas "convicted counter intelligencepropagandist" and potential'candidate tohead the "Department Of Corruption,Bribery, and Incompetence."

"I was amused by it because ifanyone's observations are more valid,it's mine because I've been to every[SGA] meeting except one," saidSaneaux. "I would respect these ,otherpeople's opinions if they showed up tothe meetings and knew what they weretalking about."

Alisha VanHoose, Editor in Chiefof The Current, said that anonymity ispart of the problem. -

"I think that if they want to dosomething like that, they should havethe guts to say it instead ofhiding behindthe name of 'Concerned Student #874,"Said VanHoose.

Much' of the controversy' cameto a head when Sean Burqueof theStudent Union Board and otherssought the impeachment of IOCSenator Jessica Boyd and CommuterSenator Alaina Siminovsky. The petitionaccused 'Siminovsky of "misfeasanceby abusing her power," and Boyd of"negligence of duty in representing her

. ."conStItuenCles.The charges have since been

dropped, according to McDonald.Burque claimed that "this action wasnot intended to actually impeach thesenators but was to serve as a wake-upcall to those senators as well as othersenators."

"I feel they have let us down bynot speaking with their constituentsmore. Granted, some senators have andI applaud senators for doing so," saidBurque.

Although he feels that the SGA

By Greg KyriakakisCurrent Affairs Editor

The NSUSGA has facedturbulent times after controversies onthe IOC listserv, threats of senatorimpeachments, and the resignationof key members. Despite complaints,SGA leaders are confident that "thesenators are doing a great job," andcritics are hopeful of reconcilingdifferences so that the concerns of thestudent body can be addressed.

A number of messages on theIOC listserv, many from anonymoussenders, have lead to accusations ofcorruption in the SGA. "[The SGAhas] failed miserably in addressing theconcerns of the student organizations.The rules and the process of obtainingfunding and accomplishing morediverse events on campus have becomeoverwhelmingly stringent," wrote astudent with the alias "Liza Minelli,"citing that an SGA committee, theCampus Entertainment Committee ,was denied funding.

Another anonymous fundingcomplaint contended that "the senatorshave lost touch with the concerns ofstudents; they should be making amore proactive move towards speakingwith students."

Davia McDonald, Vice-Presidentof Judicial Affairs said that "Icompletely disagree. I feel the senatorsare doing a great job."

"[The anonymous e-mails] don'treflect the concerns of the studentbody as a whole. I think the SGA doesserve its constituents," she explained."Clubs that do follow guidelines doget the funding."

Budget guidelines are readilyavailable, as is treasurer training andassistance from Treasurer Diane Klein,McDonald added.

Some believe that the anonymityof the listserv is used for protection."If students feel it necessary to postanonymous messages to the listserv, itshould be more than obvious that theydo not feel the SGA and/or the OSB '[Organizational Standards Board] tobe fair and impartial. Maybe they evenfear retaliation against the organizationthey represent," wrote student ErikJohnels.

McDonald believes that theanonymous' concerns posted on theIOC listserv do not carry much weightbecause of their lack of a signer andsince they can come from e-mailaddresses outside of NSU's domain.

"If they are going to make a[condemning statement], It wouldgive credibility to add their names,"said McDonald.

Under the veil of anonymity,some have even taken to constructinga fabr[;~~ed article from The Current,

claifuing that SGA President JasonPeebles created a new position tofacilitate scandals within his party.

Although the disclaimer statesthat "This article is in nq way the truth.This is for entertainment purposesonly," The Current office has receivedcalls questioning whether the articlewas authored by the newspaper's staff.

The Current staff writer Paul

Enhancing Human Performance" onFeb. 24.

Gary Gershman, Ph.D., found

Wiesel's upcoming visit would "makea nice bridge" between his studyabroad course and this year's theme

after discussing it with his Holocauststudies class last year. "I've always

wanted to do some study abroad," hesaid. Twelve students will be going onthe trip, which will include visits toAuschwitz and Anne Frank's house,

as well as places in Kosovo whichhave seen genocide in the past fewdecades.

Other Distinguished Speakersthis year will include Judith OrtizCofer, who was rescheduled afterHurricane Wilma prevented her

coming in October, and MichaelSharmer.

Alvin ShermanLibrary to HostDemonstration ofNew Database Tool

.The Alvin Sherman Library and

Elsevier Science will be offering! ademonstration of Scopus on March14, beginning at 1 p.m. Attendeeswill have a chance to win a free iPodat the event.

According to a press release,Scopus is an "abstract and citationdatabase navigation tool covering theworld's largest collection of abstracts,references, and indexes of scientific,technical and medical literature."The database includes abstracts andreferences from over 14,000 titles and4,000 international publishers. It willbe available to all library patrons at thelibrary website as a trial until Sept. 15.After that time, the library will decidewhether or not to purchase access tothis database based on feedback fromthose who have used it.

For more information, contactAfrica Barfield at (954)262-4562.

most of the work we do is to educate.I don't feel that volunteerism shoulgbe a requirement to be a chartered ­organization." Regardless, "manyother organizations have beenworking towards completing theirhours and are close to completion,"said Kaszuba. As ofyet, no plans havebeen made to revise the mandate.

The only way for clubs andorganiza.rions to have their charterreinstated is to make up their pastdue volunteer hours. Clubs andorganizations that need to completehours can contact the Office ofVolunteerism & CommunityService, located in Rosenthal Room100, call 954-262-7297, emailvolunteer@nova.edu, or visit http://www.nova.edu for more information.

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the Seahawks. Then AngelaMartinez came up to batwith one out and runnersat second and third. Shesingled into right field,which let Missi Perez andCallie Binkley come in toscore twice.

Thomas then came upto bat and sent Martinezhome with a single to rightfield. In the bottom ofthe fifth, NSU added twomore runs, which endedthe game early. The Sharkstook home the victory 8-0.

''Adrian Tuttle pitchedwell (in the second game).I was very pleased with ouroffensive adjustment fromgame one to game two.We hit the ball much better

Northwood still hadn't scored.NSU was able to score threeruns in the sixth inning, andwon 4-0. Shannon Lynchpicked up the win in thefirst game, allowing no runsand only seven hits in sevencomplete innings of work.

"Our defense kept us init (in game one)," said Headcoach Lesa Bonee. "We gotthe one run we needed butstruggled a little on offense.We came through in thesixth to add three more runs.Shannon pitched and didn'tdo a bad job; we also had asoBd defense behind her."

In the second game,NSU picked up their offensewhen they added six runs inthe first two innings. In thebottom of the second, KatieVeltri and Nicole Rodriguezscored with bad defense from

By AlidaWinslettSports Editor

In the Sharks' first gameofthe 2006 spring season, thewomen's softball team tookdown Northwood University4-0 and 8-0, renderingNorthwood scoreless in bothgames. Both games wereplayed at home at the A.D.Griffin Sports Complex,where several more gameswill be played this year.

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little rough but then we gotthe jitters out and performedvery well the second game,"said pitcher Shannon Lynch."So 1 am looking forwara. toa· great season this year. [Ithink] we are going to go allthe way!"

In the first game, theSharks only added one runin the first five innings, but

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NSU Women's Tennis TeamSlaughters Florida Southern 9-Q_

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Doubles1. Alexa Korotkevich/Ulia Talalenko (NSU) def. GoilGandarias(FSC) 8-32.TsippyWaterman/Andrea Moncada (NSU) def.LomackalWillis (FSC) 8-43.Jessica Homerlein/Anna Schmidtmann (NSU) def.AarumlPuleo (FSC) 8-3

1. Alexa Korotkevich (NSU) def. Meri Gol (FSC) 6-3,6-22. Ulia Talalenko (NSU~ def. Lidia Gandarias (FSC) 6-3,6-7 (10­4)3.Tsippy Waterman (NSU) def. Silje Aarum (FSC) 6-2,6-24. Andrea Moncada (NSU) def. Weronica Lomacka (FSC) 6-0,6-15. Anna Schmidtmann (NSU) def. Lindsey Willis (FSC) 6-1,6-16.Jessica Homerlein (NSU) def.Alysha Puleo (FSC) 6-0,6-0

have been pleased with ourstart and look forward tothe next two challengingweeks of conference play,followed by two weeks ofDivision I encounters. Asusual, I continue to have awell-balanced team, whereeveryone shares ideas andsets priorities. I encourageacademics first, followed bytennis, and if there is anytime left over, there is alwaystime for social activities."

won 10-4. Then in the numberone position, Korotkevich tookdown Meri Gol of FSC 6-3, 6­2.

The team's outlook for theseason,is a positive one. "Wejust need to stay on track andnot fear any reputations," saidTalalenko.

"I believe we are takingpositive steps towards reachingour realistic goals for the 2005­2006 tennis season," said Headcoach Michael Coleman. "We

By Alida WinslettSports Editor

On Feb. 11, the NSUwomen's tennis team took downFlorida Southern 9-0 at homeat the BCC tennis courts. Notone match was won by FloridaSouthern as the Lady Sharksdominated all day, putting themat 2-0 overall.

The Sharks got off to animpressive start in the afternoonas three of NSU's doubles won.The number one duo, AlexaKorotkevich and Ulia Talalenko,took an 8-3 win, while TsippyWaterman andAndreaMoncada,the number two team, took an 8­4 win against Florida Southern.Anna Schmidtmann and JessicaHomerlein took an 8-3 win inthe number 3 slot.

The team went on to singlesplay and continued to punishFlorida Southern. Homerleinposted a straight sets victoryin the sixth position. In thenumber two spot, Talalenkowent up against Lidia Gandariasof Florida Southern. The twobattled for each point, forcing asuper tiebreaker whichTalalenko

By Tranell MesaStaffWriter

NSU men's basketball team (15-8, 9-3 SSC) stoletwo more wins, rivaling Florida Southern at homeFeb. 8 and overpowering Eckerd College 68-64 ontheir court Feb. 11.

After previously taking a loss to Florida Southern,the Sharks were motivated to show the Mocs who wasin charge as they ruled the court and won 85-73.

"It felt great to get revenge on them," freshmancenter Dave Naylor said, "especially because we feelwe should have beaten them the first time around."

These two wins were massive for the Sharks,putting them in an excellent situation in the SSCranking. The next three conference games are nowcrucial for the boys to win in order to be in the runningfor the Conference title.

The men's two win run was put to an end Feb.13 as they were defeated by Florida Gulf CoasSp7­64. Despite their 17 point lead going into the halfand freshman point guard Rhys Martin's 26 pointcontribution, the Sharks were not able to take homethe win.

"David and Rhys are wonderful additions to themen's basketball program," said Head Coach GaryTuell. "Both of them have made solid contributionsto the program and provide us with a firm foundationfor the future, as do our other young players likeTim Coenraad, Josh Wood, Oresti Nitsios and KevinChester."

Men's BasketballTeam Steals Winfrom Eckerd College

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Feb. 10, theSharks hit theroad to take on Eckerd College onSaturday. Mter a shaky start withthe Tritons in the lead, the girls gottheir composure and were able totake the win while in St. Petersburg,Fla. Senior Missy Guadagninohad another outstanding game as

NSU woman's basketball team(14-9, 7-5 SSC) crushed conferencerival, Florida Southern, 72-48 andoverpowered Eckerd College 50­40, allowing the Lady Sharks tomaintain their fourth place rankingin the SSC.

NSU's Lady Sharks took onthe Florida Southern Mocs for thenight game at 7 p.m. Feb. 8. Withthe excitement of a larger crowd inthe stands supporting the team, theSharks stepped their game up anddominated the court. Going intothe half ahead by 15 points, 35-20,the Sharks saw freshman Eliza Allencome out of her shell with her firstdouble double and a career high of12 points.

"I enjoy watching the girlsplay, it's a weat learning experiencefor me," freshman red shirt ChereseSilva said. "I try my best to contributeas much as I can, even if it's just mebeing in the stands cheering them

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Tranell MedaStaffWriter

NSU Women's Basketball TeamOverpowers Florida Southern72-48 and Eckerd College

By Alicia WinslettSports Editor

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The Flo Hyman award was designedto honor a woman who has dignity, spirit,and excellence in life and sports. This yearthe person that portrayed all these wasDanielle Garcia of the Women's Rowingteam. Garcia said, "I was extremelyexcited (to receive the award) because thisis an award with rrieaning. It shows that Iwas appreciated for my work as an athleteand as an individual contributing to mycommunity through extra curricularactivities. Flo Hyman who the awardwas named after was captain of the 1984U.S. Olympic volleyball team, and ledher team to a silver medal and broughtwomen's volleyball in the United Statesfrom nothing to worldwide respect andrecognition. The Flo Hyman Award waschartered in 1986 by Congress, NationalGirls and Women in Sports Day honorsthe athletic achievements of females andalso recognizes the importance of sportsand fitness participation for all girls andwomen allover the world.

On Wednesday February 1 womenfrom all the sports over the campus gottogether to hear many people speak, havelunch, and see who the award winnerwould be. Nancy Olson was one of thespeakers at the event. She was honoredwith the 2006 Pioneer Award. She's theExecutive Director of the Florida MarlinsCommunity Foundation. Garcia waspicked out of a lot of nominees. "Shewas nominated by several teammatesand when the coaching staff looked ather nomination against the other rowersnominated, Dani won out," explainedrowing coach John Gartin.

Garcia knew the career path sheI wanted to take very early in college and

knew she had to do a little extra for tostand out. She said, ''After my sophomoreyear I realized what career path I wantedto pursue and I knew I would neversucceed if I did not stand out from thepack. So I invested in a planner andstayed on top of managing my time. Iparticipated in events or organizationsthat would make me a better personand kept telling myself that I only hadfour years of college and I needed to doeverything I could in those four years."

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Danielle is a senior on the women'srowing team, who as a first-year rowersat the coxswain seat in the nationallyranked No.4 Varsity 4+ boat that finishedfourth at the 2005 NCAA Division IIChampionships in May. She also helped

Danielle GarciaHonored Withthe Flo Hyman

IAward

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"She was nominated by several teammates and when...[stacked] against the other rowers... Dani won out"

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The Sharks comeout on top despiteinitialjitters overtheir first game ofthe 2006 SpringSeasonand finally got our timing andhit the ball hard," commentedBonee. In the second game,Adrian Tuttle picked up her firstwin. She only allowed one hitinfive complete innings.

Overall, Jessie Thomas ledthe Sharks, 4-for-4 from the platewith two doubles, 3 RBIs, andtwo runs scored. Angie Martinezwas 3-for-5 with 2 RBIs and onerun scored.

"We had a solid performancefor an opener. [I] thought welooked confident in the batter'sbox and I was very pleased as tohow we played together. Theypicked each other up very well,"Bonee said.

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lead NSU to an overall third place definitely goes to my teammatesfinish and a second place overall because they support so much thatfinish for the team at the SCC " I do and they make me a goodChampionships. Garcia is also the person. So I have to share it withsports director for NSU Radio X all the ladies on the rowing andand has helped create and run The cross-country team, and to the fewFinal Stretch- a radio sports talk left who I played softb'all with twoshow d~dicated to NSU Athletics. years ago. I would also have to shareShe organized the first Shark Rally it with my rowing coach, Coachand distributed 500 t-shirts campus Gartin, because he pushes all thewide. She helped initiate three rowers to be student leaders andcampus organizations: Leadership the support is really helpful. Lastly,Honors Society, English Honors I have to share it with my mentorSociety and Communications on campus Dr. Waites. She hasHonor Society. She is also in the opened my mind up to all this andprocess of organizing a school she is the person who got me intoleadership conference. She all my commitments."contributes free-lance articles to Also, the other nominees forthe campus newspaper and has the Flo Hyman Award includedalso donated her hair for Locks of women's' golfer Lindsey Colbert,Love, a program for children with tennis player Anna Schmidtmann,alopecia. Danielle holds a 3.49 GPA women's soccer player -Cortneyand was also a member of the NSU Reid, women's basketball playerSoftball and Cross County teams "Mechelle Jones and cheerleaderearly on in her college career. Johanna Torres.

Mter receiving the award Garcia has a bright futureDanielle got up to speak. She had just around the corner. "Righta lot of people sre wanted to share now I am" a finalist for aprestigethis award with. "(This award) fellowship in New York City for the

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International Radio andTelevisionSociety, so I am in the top 50 outof around 1000 applicants. I haveone more interview to find out if Imake it as a fellow, they only have25 positions. That would placeme in New York for the summerworking in the communicationsfield. Then I hope to be attendinggraduate school next year pursinga master's in public relations,"she commented. Coach Gartinseemed very pleased that Garciareceived this award because sheput so much into her collegecareer. "Dani did a lot of hardwork to earn the Flo HymanAward. I think that it is a well­deserved award representing herdetermination to do her best ineverything that she does. It is alsoan award that represents what therowing team try's to do on a dailybasis. I am sure that there areother rowers right now looking atthe bar that Dani helped set andtrying to figure out how to reachit."

Men's Basketballsse STANDINGS

SSC OVERALL

W L PCT W L PCT

Rollins 10 2 .833 18 5 .783

Lynn 10 3 .769 18 6 .750

NSY 9 3 .727 15 7 .682

Tampa 7 5 .583 16 7 .696

Eckerd 6 6 .500 16 7 .696

Florida Southern 6 6 .500 15 8 .652

Barry 4 9 .308 11 12 .478

Saint Leo 3 10 .231 7 17 .292

Florida Tech 1 12 .077 4 19 .174

Softballsse STANDINGS

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W L PCT W L T PCT

Barry 0 0 --- 4 0 0 1.000

Florida Southern 0 0 --- 4 0 0 1.000

Lynn 0 0 --- 4 0 0 1.000

NSL! 0 0 --- 2 0 • 0 1.000

Rollins 0 0 --- 2 0 0 1.000

Saint Leo o _ 0 --- 2 0 0 1.000

Eckerd 0 0 --- 1 1 0 .500

Florida Tech 0 0 --- 1 3 0 .250

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Women's Basketballsse STANDINGS

ssc OVERALL

W L PCT W L PCT

Rollins 12 0 1.000 ·1.2 0 1.000

Tampa 10 2 .833 18 5 .783

Florida Tech 9 4 .692 15 9 .625

NSU 7 5 .583 14 9 .609

Barry 5 8 .385 8 16 .333

Saint Leo 4 9 .308 7 16 .304

Lynn 4 9 .308 9 14 .391

Florida Southern 3 9 .250 7 16 .304

Eckerd 2 10 .167 4 19 .174

Women's Tennissse STANDINGS

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NSU 1 0 2 0

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Florida Tech 0 0 1 1

Rollins 0 0 1 1

Saint Leo 0 0 1 1

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Renaissance Festival Offers aLittle Taste of the Days of Yore

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stage, and the ever •abrasiveChristoph the Insultor willzing your friends with creativeand hilarious insults ... for aprice.

As with any kind offair, music is a central parrof the Renaissance Festival.Bands like The Minstrels ofMayhem, Cantiga, Bedlamand Shaelaurel each offertheir own unique sound, andthe pub sing at the end of theday is not to be missed.

The joust and birdsof prey demonstration takeplace three times a day, andthere are several opportunitiesto see other demonstrationsin sword fighting, archery,

longing glances ~nd spatsbetween police and youngblack men, but a plot twistpicks it back up just before Istarted looking around to see ifanyone else in the theater waslooking as bored as I felt.

Edie Falco gives a stoicperformance as a woman whohad her child abducted yearsago and now is on a personal·vendetta to locate any missingchildren in the community.She also is the key to findingout where Brenda's son is.

Generally,Freedomlandis a thought-provoking film onthe race relations, and sincereperformances by Falco andJackson help move boring orconfusing parts along.

according to ExecutiveDirector Bobby Rodriguez. Healso added that this is the firstyear that the king is jousting.

Young King Henry VIII,played by Matthew Mansour,is also the central characterin "Henry and the DeviousDesigners," a takeoff of "TheEmperor's New Clothes"

designed by EntertainmentDirector Paul Stickney. Thestory takes-place in two partson the lUdor Stage.

Even with all of the newacts and storyline, all the oldfavorites are still around. TheWashing Well Wenches andthe Mudde Show each offerhalf an hour of silly fun, butdon't sit in the first few rowsunless you ",ant to be splashed.Magic acts, children's showsand acrobatics also take the

character is a former drug addict­turned-school teacher who can'tseem to pull herself togetherenough to tell investigators whatthey need to know to help herfind her son. She also acquiresa poor white trash dialect thatis unbecoming of the lady whobrought some class to porn asAmber Waves in Boogie Nights.

Jackson plays arole typical of his previouscharacters. Deep, philosophicalsoliloquies about God, life andwhat it means to be a parent arepunctuated with threatening yetwitty remarks to anyone whostands in his way. A better actorcouldn't have been cast.

Halfway through, thefilm threatens to get boggeddown in redundant dialogue,

By Alisha VanHooseEditor-in-Chief

Surrounded by wenches androyalty, street performers andvendors, anyone can feel like alord or a lady.

The South FloridaRenaissance Festival opened tolarge crowds despite cold weatheron Feb. 11 and will continueto run every weekend throughMarch 19, as well as President'sDay.

Music, shows anddemonstrations entertainthroughout the day on morethan a dozen stages, while foodvendors and plenty of uniqueshopping opportunities areavailable to satisfy anyone withmoney burning a hole in theirpocket.

The festivities this yearinclude several new stage acts,

Freedom/and CastBails Out Boring Plot

(U-WIRE) HOUSTON- Samuel L. Jackson and Juli;mneMoore team up in Freedomland, athriller about racial tensions in thewake of a missing 4-year-old boy.

The movie starts off at afast pace with some hard to followdialogue. Brenda (Julianne Moore)arrives at a hospital, hands bloodyfrom an accident. She is frantic andnearly i~coherent as she explainsro investigator Lorenzo Council(Samuel L. Jackson) that she'sjust been injured in the course ofa carjacking. On top of that, herson was asleep in the backseatof the car, which explains herinconsolable state.

An all-out lockdown oftheneighborhood where the carjackingoccurred is implemented. Thisneighborhood just happens to bein a poor, predominantly blackpart of town.

Tenants cry foul andvehemently protest what theybelieve to be unfair and raciallydriven measures taken by thepolice. The protesting eventuallyescalates into· a showdown betweenpolice and the black community.

Moore is a drippy, weepingmess for the length of the film. Her

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Please See AKAPage,12

"There is a need for AKA atNSU. We don't have many groupsthat represent minorities in'Floridaand we need to..It's simple as that,"said Patton.

The sorority's planned eventsinclude a financial managementworkshop, which will offer adviceto the students on personal moneymanagement, and Dressing forSuccess, a program that will providethe sty.dents with tips on diningetiq~~e and table manners. . .

Flowers is proud of AKA andthe members thit have made animpact on society as a whole. "Wehave many outstanding womenin our organization, includingCorretta Scott··King and AliciaKeys. I personally think it will be a

Alpha Kappa Alpha Seek toEstablish ChapteratNSUBy Kristine BelizaireDistri~utionManager

By p~td Saneaux Beach giving back to the communityStaffWriter and· supporting those less ·.fortunat~

Hands roSe hesitantly in the with programs and spe~ialevents likedimly lit DeSantis building atrium ·this one."as bidding in the live auction opened AlthoughtheMiamiDolphinsaround 6:30 p.m. Red candles, lights All-Pro Defensive Endc;ould not bein the surrounding haHways, and the in attendance, Levit was in constantskylight illuminated the attendees· communication ~ith Jason Taylorslowing filling the space and taking through the night. Levit said Taylortheir seats. .Other· bidders became was aware of the event and went asmore confident,. however, when far as contacting him via cell phonethe first few placed their bids and text message.increased the stakes. ."1 had a great,tim~ at NSU

The First Annual Valentine;s during the Life 101 event and reallyDay Charity Auction hosted by enjoyed meeting with the studentsStuqent Engagement took pl¥:e on that evening," wrote Taylor. "The factFriday, Fel;>. lcG;andwent to help an that [the university] responded wiclf"organization already familiar to the an offer to support my FoundationNSU· community: the Jason Taylor through this fundraiser is amazing."Foundation. Over $5,000 in proceedswere

Socializing at the event was raised for the Foundation in two ways;Executive Director of the Jason a silent auction and a live auction.Taylor Foundation Seth Levit. "The The silent auction exhibited itemsFoundation was created to benefit such NSU Shark gear and signedchildren who are disadvantagedand needy,'" he said. "We operatein Broward, Dade, and West Palm

The DeSantis building atrium's stairway balcony served as the stage forthe. student leaders as the bidders looked on. Photo By Paul Saneaux

First Annual Valentine's· Day·CharityAuction Collects Proceeds and a Crowd

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority-Incorporated, an· internationalorganization of college and graduatewomen, is seeking to establish· achapter at NSU.

Devarn. Flowers, President ofthe Epsilon XI Omega Chapter,said that the organization decided tostart a chapter for NSU after femaJeundergraduate students approachedthem, saying that they had familymembers who had been in the sororityand would like to join as well.

Kyle Patton, Graduate Assistantfor Greek Life, explained that thesorority haS made substantial progressat the university in the past month,planning events to engage studentsto understand the sororitY in hopesof translating their interest intomeQJhetship~-•..~_. ~"'.__"~_~. __",_...-,

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services dealing with areas likeheath, education and economicempowerment. The sorority is nowa national organization and hasestablished a chapter at every majoruniversity in Florida except NSU.

organizations and colleges of thecampus donated their time.

Sorority Senator and PhiSigma Sigma sister Andrea Cevalloswas one of the student leaders upfor auction, along with ticketsfor a one day Sea Escape cruise.Enthusiastic about participating,Cevallos said she "heard about[the auction] through the SGAand Katie." Smiling and laughing,she added ''I'll get involved withanything with Jason Taylor."

"Not only is it a good cause,"said Lambda Theta Phi brother,Freshman Senator, and bidderAndrew Ibrahim, "but this alsogives the students a chance to get~o know the administrators. It'san opportunity to network; theadministrators have great adviceto . offer from their experiences."Ibrahim won the bid for dinner forfour with Dean of Student AffairsBrad Williams.

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memorabilia contributed by teammembers of the Miami Dolphinsand Florida Marlins. The highestbid on the live auction was fordinner for two at P.E Chang's withDirector of Student EngagementKatie Blanco for $320.

Jason Taylor was not the onlyDolphins player to contribute;former Dolphin Dan Marinovolunteered autographed itemsalong with Sam Madison, RandyMcMichael, and others. LennyHarris of the Marlins providedautographed baseballs. The liveauction featured chances to interactwith faculty and student leaders atplaces like Quarterdeck and TarponBend.

Blanco, creator and organizerof the event, said she "searchedfor and invited students andfaculty that were clear leaders intheir fields" to participate in theauction. Thirty three members ofthe NSU community from various

viable asset to have this chapter oncampus for the students."

Established on the campus ofHoward University, WashingtonD.C. in 1908, AKA is the firstand largest organization for blackwomen and focuses on community

AKAcontinued from page 11

AKA to serve as a new group for womenas the community around them,"saidVargas. With this goal in mind,the group will plan such activities as"Spirit Night" meetings, LiturgicalCelebrations, bible studies and othersocial activities.

AddItionally, the CSA'sbiggest event of the year, Faithfest,will be held on Feb. 25 from 4p.m. to 10 p.m. at the St ThomasUniversity Campus. "There will beContemporary Christian music bylocal bands, food. vendors, and achance for youngadults in attendanceto creatively express their faith viapoetry, song, etc.," said Vargas. ''Atthe end there will be a Mass andEucharistic procession. This annualevent draws college students fromall over the Archdiocese of Miamifor a fun and uplifting evening."

Aside from events, CSAis also planning weekly meetings.Taylor said, "we will meet once aweek for about two hours. We .willfocus the many challenges studentsface today and how we can effectivelyapply our faith to work successfullythrough these challenges."

Those interestedinjoiningtheCSA should contact President AmyTaylor at tamy@nova.edu or MartaVargas at bccnovacatholic@yahoo.com.

By Michael BergbauerStaffWriter

. An up and coming studentgroup, Catholic Student Association,is taking steps to become fullychartered and is accepting members.

The CSA (not to be confusedwith the Caribbean StudentAssociation) is currently conductingits first membership drive. ''Anycurrent NSU student may join; beingCatholic is not a pre-requisite," saidCSA president Amy Taylor. "Ourorganization is open to all students:Catholics seeking to grow in theirfaith as well as students ofother faithswho would be interested in learningmore about the Catholic faith andtraditions."

Plans are ~nderway to getthe organization running. "Oncewe obtain three more officers anda collection of members, we willmove to the chartering stage," saidMarta Vargas, from the Office ofCampus Ministry - Archdiocese ofMiami, who will be the group andevent coordinator representing the

.Archdiocese.The group's mission is to "help

students grow in and share their faith,leadership and social awareness thatactively makes positive contributionsto their university community as well

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announced that the senatorsof the month are FreshmanSenators Andrew Ibrahim andSteven Reddy; the campusorganization of the month isLambda Theta Phi.

The Culture Bash Bill byICE and the Spanish Club was

approved eight to five with oneabstention. The clubs received

$325.00 for food, drinks, andwhatnot.

The (deep breath... ) Pre­

Medical Society 56th AnnualAmerican Medical StudentsAssociation Conference Bill(whew... ) was approved onlywith one abstention. The club

needed funding for registrationfees and a roll-away bed for thehotel stay.

Two new senatorswere confirmed, InternationalSenators Amrish Ramnarineand Akswat Bwargava.Congratulations, guys.

Nominations for thenewVice President ofLegislativeAffairs favored current OSBmember Randi Samuels. It is

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still unknown if she will takethe position.

Commuter SenatorAlaina Siminovsky resignedbefore last week's meeting..

sane; my gFoJ.inding force. Inorder to detetrriine which hat Iwear for th¢yaHgus roles in myife, I make stll'e tQ take off each

when 1a¢alolleat night. ThisI know. who Fm looking at

I know what I stahdfor.Politics are like the ever

elephant in the room;ev~ryone knows it's there, butnopody talks about it. With the

knowledge one mustabout life etiquette, which

will you wear? What is yourgrounding force?

LeadershipCommittee

Additional NotesThe

Development

uniforms weren't a one-time

cost. Also, the bill was presentednine days before event dateinstead of 10, so a debate broke

out on whether that violationvoided the bill from the start.

As I mention before, Minority,Senator Randy Rodriguez-Torres

killed the dialogue by saying thatthe 10-day rule shouldn't applyto uniforms. I know following

the rules is important in mostcases, but common sense shouldoverride rules when they don't

make any sense whatsoever.The point is that these

unnecessary discussions take upvaluable time for real, importantbusiness. I don't know if

priorities are mixed up in thesecases but despite how humorousthe situation is it would bebetter for everyone if these typesof conversations were kept to amlmmum.

Justaseveryoneisentitledto their opinion (unless you don't

go to the Senate meetings everyWednesday), everyone is entitlesto their interpretation of theSGA's Constitution. However,

because there always has to bea "however," interpretations

should have some basis incommon sense. Business, theSenators' lives, the students'lives, and my life will progress

much more smoothly.

IBy Paul SaneauxStaffWriter

Spirituality Comer

TheGaBy April EldemireGraduate Assistantfor spiritua

The problem with any writtenconstitution, 'or any legal document,

is that the language used to explainand enumerate the rules is subjective.

There is no document in the world(that I know of, at least) that absolutely

and clearly states all its guidelines.Ambiguity of language also promotesthe birth of endless interpretations.

Unless there was infinite timeand space to plainly write out howevery rule in a constitution applies

to any and every possible situation,conflict will always arise on how toapply those rules. Politicians and therest of civilizations could only hopefor this magical manuscript. But ifTheLovin' Spoonfuls asked me ifI believedin magic I would shake my head "no.'"

Unfortunately, the same

dilemma applies to the NSUSGA'sconstitution. It seems every week that

the rules apply to the same situations indifferent ways. The problem is that allthe different interpretations cause someunnecessary discussions and bickering.

In previous meetings the Senatehad heated or lengthy discussionsover ridiculous matters. For example,before the Mini Shark Rally took placesometime in December, the Senatehad a long, and fortunately amusing,argument on the number of gogglesneeded for the Pie a Senator event.Luckily, the conversation was ended

with the decision to reuse a few gogglesbetween the senators.

A recent case of thisridiculousness was the debate over thefunding of uniform pants for COPthat seemed like one-time costs. Itwas established by precedent that the

When in life do you realiperson YOtl~hol1ght you wer,buried by thestl"anger you've

Is it fait" to argue witheffortlessly say, "Be your§~lf,

confqrm"? This advice is gre~'til:1

but warrants many questions.The more I grow and

world, the more I understandand politics that influencePolitics are everywhere; in governmentaffairs, schools, and work. Becauseour society is based on the premise ofhierarchical thought and Structure, thereare always certain people to cross orloopholes to consider before venturingout with an idea or p"ersonal conviction.

rltida 1JaI&~OfJ4e

Sincerely,

Dear NSU Community,

Lately I've noticed a major trend

of people packing up and getting out(more in a figurative sense than a literal

. onej but you get my meaning). I'mnot talking exclusively about the SGA(although they've certainly had theirshare of resignations a month or so beforetheir term ends, with explanations orotherwise), but also a few other people

who may not be formally giving up theirpositions, but are certainly doing as littlein those positions as humanly possible.

So what happened to the conceptof responsibility? What happened to theidea ofsticking out those last few weeks or

giving your all in a job you were hired for?I realize that life gets in the way at times,but I find it somewhat hard to believe thatlife shouldered its way between so manypeople and their duties at the same time.

There's also the question ofloyalty.

I've seen some people give their heart andsoul to a group, and others give somethingmore akin to their pinkie toe. Then thereare those who seem to give their heartand soul .. . until they don't like what'shappening (or not happening, as the casemay be).

Ies those heart and soul peoplewho really make a company tick or anorganization great. Sure, most places needa few pinkie toe people too, since we can'tall give all we have to everything we do.Sometimes we're leaders, but at othertimes it's more appropriate for us' to step

aside and be followers.Those heart-and-soul-as-Iong-as­

everything-is-going-good people, however... I'm not so sure. Yes, everything theydo when things are good is appreciated,but I don't know if it makes up for the

disappointment and chaos that sometimesoccurs after the person bails when they'rebeing relied upon.

Responsibility and loyalty areboth great things that will take you a longway ifyou use them right. Give your heart

and soul to the things you love and thethings you feel are the most important toyou. I'm sure your pinkie to (or maybeyour whole foot if you've got lots of timeon your hands) will be plenty for those

things you want to be involved in butcan't commit yourself to wholly. Just.make sure that both you and those you',re

working with understand how muchyou're committing, and stick around whatyou feel is important, even if things aren't

exactly peachy.

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