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UP ALL NIGHT

Photo: Jay SennottJoe Landini about to get waxed by the Pierce Arrow’s own Erica Jordan at Up All Night as a fundraiser for the Men’s Rugby team. For more information on this

year’s Up All Night, see page 2.

Meet the roommates of Mountainview E2

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Molly BucciniSenior Reporter

Fifty tables and roughly 200 at-tendees filled the Bubble during the “Hand for Haiti” flea market Febru-ary 28.

Organized by Kara Costin, gradu-ate assistant of advancement services, the event raised over $700 for the victims of the January 12 earthquake that struck Port Au Prince, Haiti.

All proceeds will be donated to Forward in Health, an organization dedicated to medical care in Haiti, based out of Gardner, MA. Forward in Health was discovered by Bill Beardslee who then relayed the infor-mation to Costin.

The idea for a flea market came to Costin while brainstorming with Melissa Conway, who she used to work with in admissions. “She tossed the idea of an indoor flea market,” said Costin. “She mentioned how it was an idea she wanted to have when she was in school, but was never able to do it.”

Costin was happy with the out-come of the event, but said that ad-vertising problems resulted in a small turnout. She said that two of the main reasons were because there were no newspaper advertisements or flyers around campus. “Surprisingly, a lot of students showed up though, which is great,” said Costin.

The event, which lasted from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., had an array of knick-knacks, yard sale items, drinks, baked goods, and fried dough from stu-dents, clubs, and local community members.

Brothers Reaching Out (B.R.O.) participated with two different fund-raisers for both students and commu-nity members. According to President Pete Karas, the fundraiser for com-munity members was a yard clean-up service event that will take place dur-ing the spring. “Brothers Reaching Out will go to their house, clean up, and do yard work,” he said.

For students who donated money to the fund, B.R.O. will clean out the inside and outside of their cars. Ac-

cording to Karas, a date for the car clean up has not been set yet. At the beginning of the semester B.R.O do-nated over $250 to Forward in Health through a 2010 B.R.O. calendar fundraiser.

According to Costin, $150 divid-ed among 36 tribes can help provide food for that tribe for a week.

“The purpose of our club is to cre-ate positive experiences for our mem-bers, and this issue is especially close to home for one of our members, so we’re here to help out every one in the club, even if it’s indirectly,” said Karas. “We hope that students took advantage of this experience and real-ize every little bit will make a differ-ence for Haiti.”

Because she believes the event was a success, Costin hopes to produce another flea market in late summer or early fall. “Maybe next time we could donate to a special needs char-ity or something for children. It’s a great opportunity for the school and the community to work together for a cause.”

Student-organized fundraiser sees success for Haiti Alyssa Dandrea

Campus News Editor “Night at the Movies” is this year’s

theme for the 2nd Annual Relay for Life at Franklin Pierce Univer-sity, which will take place tomorrow, March 5-6 from 6 p.m. until 8 a.m. at the Bubble.

Every lap walked will be based on a different movie genre. Classic Hollywood, sci-fi, and musicals are just a few of the genres included in the evening. Reality Check will per-form during the first lap. Speaking towards the beginning of the event will be Scott Herman from “The Real World: Brooklyn”.

The band Semester Abroad featur-ing Franklin Pierce student Joe Bevi-lacqua on bass and vocals will also be performing as part of the event at 9:00 p.m.

After each lap, participants will take part in a different activity. According to Ashley Roberts, arts and entertain-ment chair, participants can expect a frozen t-shirt contest, pie eating con-test, dizzy bat, and a dance-off.

“Some of the new events we have this year include the band Semes-ter Abroad, which [Pierce Activities Council] is sponsoring, a huge game of musical chairs, as well as a karaoke

and a limbo contest,” said Roberts.According to Chairman Caitlin

Smith, the Ecology Club, SISTUHS, Reality Check, Gay-Straight Alli-ance, Gamers Club, Medical Club, Franklin Pierce Fire Company, and Girl’s Rugby will be among the par-ticipants. A total of 12 teams have signed up for the event thus far.

“We have revised our goal, we are still hoping for 300 people to attend the event. However, we hope to raise $15,000 at this Relay. We raised al-most $13,000 last year,” said Smith.

Chairman Molly Blais has been impressed by the number of people who have contacted the committee about getting involved. “What’s really great is that there are people who are not from the Franklin Pierce commu-nity who are contacting us and asking how to get involved which is great. It helps us to build a rapport with the community.”

“After Relay is over, I want people to remember how much fun it was and look forward to participating next year,” said Blais. “Also to know that the work that is done and the money that is raised are going to a good cause.”A donation of $10 is re-quired by the American Cancer Soci-ety for entry into Relay for Life.

Second-annual Relay starts tomorrow

Photo: Jay SennottSenior Lissa Simon browses a vendor’s table at this past Sunday’s Hand for Haiti event.

Birge speaks to all campuses in first “State of the University Address”

Nicholas Vitukevich Managing Editor

This past Tuesday, March 2, Presi-dent James Birge gave his first an-nual State of the University Address where he spoke to over 100 students, staff and faculty in attendance in Pierce Hall, as well as connecting to the five satellite campuses via web-cast.

The thirty minute address focused on three key areas: reflection on what’s been going on with the uni-versity since taking office, the health of the university, and the university’s future.

Birge noted that he will be hold-ing two to three town meetings a year and declared that the State of the University Address will become an annual occurrence.

Birge then discussed how he plans on visiting all satellite campuses at least twice annually. “We are one university. We need to engage our colleagues from Arizona, Lebanon,

Concord, Manchester and Ports-mouth,” Birge said. “This leads to ultimate success of the university.”

Mary Farrell, associate dean of the college of professional and gradu-ate studies in Concord, was pleased that the president addressed all the campuses, and his address didn’t just focus on the College at Rindge. “The awareness of the College of Professional and Graduate Studies for those folks centered in Rindge are not always aware [of the other programs],” Farrell said. “So the fact that he was visiting every center was immense. I don’t think we’ve had this attention in the past.”

When moving on to the health of the university Birge focused on retention, enrollment, and overall student satisfaction with Franklin Pierce. The overall enrollment from the fall of 2009 to the spring of 2010 went up 1 percent. Birge said to his peers and colleagues that it’s “im-portant to focus on student success today. We have a six week window to

keep our students here next year.”According to Birge, the reasons

some students leave is because they never fully embrace or get embraced by the university. “These are the stu-dents we need to reach. We all play a part in the retention of our students,” Birge said.

In his closing statements, Birge addressed the issues that lie ahead by talking about his future plans. He said that there were “four groups critical to creating the campus iden-tity,” with the Retention Committee, Educational Review Board, Pierce Council and the Integrated Market-ing Group.

These groups are “conducting qualitative and quantitative research studies, and Birge said that he is “ex-cited about the work occurring” in these four groups.

Ken Irvin, director of residential life, attended the address and felt that it was a step in the right direc-tion for the Franklin Pierce commu-nity. “Any time the president has an

open discussion helps to understand how things work [and is] crucial to what we do every day,” Irvin said. “We’re only as successful as the stu-dents are.”

During his speech Birge embraced the student participation on campus; from the Pierce Media Group, ath-letic programs, marketing program and performing visual and arts.

Birge said attending these events has given him “a deeper apreciation of the university, and quality of campus involvement.”

Nicholas Vitukevich is Managing Editor for the Pierce Arrow and can be contacted at arrowpublisher@gmail.com

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Erica JordanCampus Features Editor

If you’ve ever fl ipped through a clothing catalogue, computer maga-zine, or seen product advertisements, you’ve seen commercial photography. To Professor Al Karevy, commercial photography is the photography you get paid for.

Karevy is the only commercial photography professor at Franklin Pierce and teaches during the spring semester only. He teaches commer-cial photography 1 and 2; 2 is more of an individual independent study. Karevy grew up in Baltimore, MD, and eventually made it to Richmond, NH, in 1976 when his wife Patti Harville of 33 years wanted to move up to New England. “Th ere’s just something about New England that I really love,” he said. While living in Maryland, he went to St Mary’s Col-lege for two years, took a year off , and when he came up to New England he fi nished his undergraduate degree at Keene State College studying print journalism.

“When I fi nished school, I worked in a camera shop, which I loved,” he said. Karevy also worked for several photographers as an assistant where he was able to work at stores such as Brookstone and L.L. Bean. He then picked up some more photography

work in Keene. From there, Karevy began his love for photography.

Dennis Warnesky was the former commercial photography professor at Franklin Pierce and a friend of Karevy’s. Warnesky asked Karevy if he was interested in applying for the job and when he applied, Franklin Pierce hired him. Karevy said, “I’ve been here for seven years.” Karevy keeps in touch with Warnesky as he is always learning something new about teaching.

In his free time, Karevy enjoys traveling and taking his camera with him. He takes a pinhole camera, which allows him to shoot a bug’s eye view. “I really love shooting diff erent

landscapes,” he said. Golfi ng, skiing, and sailing are some of his other ac-tivities that he enjoys taking part in. “I’ve always wanted to be a sailboat photographer,” he said. Karevy is also on the Board of the Vermont Center for Photography in Brattleboro. He has been doing that for about seven years and says it’s a great opportunity to meet diff erent people from New England and to see their art. With all of the new digital photography and the new technology age, Karevy says old photography keeps him sane. “I really love working in darkrooms with the old cameras.”

Since Franklin Pierce is such a small school, Karevy believes that students get a lot more chances to

try new things. “I know it sounds backwards, but you can do a lot more things here because there are less people, so you get more opportunity,” he explained. Karevy said that with-in the graphic communications fi eld students are learning all the time because it’s a lifelong pursuit which makes it fun. “It’s a really tough fi eld because everyone thinks they can do it,” he said. “You have to be more cre-ative than others and really want it; don’t see it as a backup plan.” Karevy gives “real world” assignments in his commercial photography classes. Students are assigned to shoot people as a studio portrait for one of their assignments. Th ey also learn how to shoot products such as boxes, shiny phones, and anything else that can be used for a product commercially. “We also do some architecture inside and outside, as well as some fashion,” he said, “I want to teach my students to know what makes a good photo.”

One thing Karevy really wants to do that students may not know about is art. “I wish I was gutsy enough to do art,” he said, “It’s hard to do though when you can’t aff ord it.” For now, Karevy enjoys photography and has his own studio located in Keene. For more information on Al Karevy, visit his website at www.karevy.com or send him an email at al@karevy.com.

Professor Spotlight: Al Karevy

Erica TomaszewskiSenior Reporter

Th e Bubble was swinging to the disco music of the 1970s at this year’s Up All Night, which took place on February 27 from 8 p.m. until 2 a.m.

Th e annual event put on by Cam-pus Recreation featured a super funk roller disco theme. At the door, students were greeted by a bubble machine and were given disco ball necklaces.

According to Doug Carty, direc-tor of campus recreation, the event had a lot to off er students for a Sat-urday night in February. “February is always an interesting time of year where it is cold out and there is not a lot going on. So, we try to give stu-dents something fun to do on a Sat-urday night.”

Keeping with the theme of roller disco, students could borrow roller skates to skate around the track, dance on a light up dance fl oor un-der a disco ball, or make tie dyed t-shirts. Th ere was also a mechanical bull, laser tag, an oxygen bar, kara-oke, a moon bounce, and samples of Rock Star energy drinks.

Club tables were fundraising at the

event, and students could pay as little as $1 to participate in a wide range of activities. Brothers Reaching Out held a raffl e for artwork created by senior Jon Gordon. Graphic Design Club put guests faces’ into classic ‘70s scenes like “Saturday Night Fe-ver” and “Th at’s ‘70s Show.” For the fi fth year, Anthropology Club had their Wedding Chapel. Th is year to stay with the ‘70s, students could get married by Shaggy and then driven around in the Love Machine.

Th e Fire Department returned with Jail-N-Bail where students could pay $1 for every fi ve minutes they wanted their friends in jail. Th e friend could either wait the time or pay double to get out. First Captain Tim Quinn was happy with the turn out of people in jail as well as the amount of people at Up All Night. “It’s nice to see a diverse group of students out having fun at the same event,” said Quinn.

Th e men’s rugby team had stu-dents pay $5 to see members of the team have their chest hair waxed off . Coach Corey Lawson had an entire portion of his chest hair waxed off for $20. “Th e $20 it raised for the men’s rugby team was totally worth

it. I’m just waiting to see how long it takes for the red mark to go away,” said Lawson while laughing and rub-bing his chest.

Th e idea for Up All Night came along years ago when students real-ized there needed to be a substitute to weekend drinking. “Th e original in-tent for Up All Night was to be sub-stance free alternative to a traditional weekend party scene. We provide a lot of fun opportunities for students so they really have a choice when they are going out,” said Carty.

Attendees of the event were amazed at how many things they could do at one event. “Th e jail is popular, the Mac and Cheese is awesome and the waxing is so funny,” said sophomore Ari McLean. Many students were excited to see this event take place because it wasn’t a typical Saturday night.

Student Coordinator of Adventure Recreation Chelsea Ketchen said, “It is important to have events like Up All Night to break out of the normal weekends on campus. We need to give the students something to look forward to and give them memories that they’ll cherish for the rest of their nights.”

Students get Funky at Up All Night

Erica JordanCampus Features Editor

Th is past week I had the pleasure

of talking to the residents of Moun-tainview E2. Th is apartment consist-ed of Joe Pina (who they all refer to as Lou), Joe Landini, Ethan Trusten, and Steve Raphaelson.

Where are you all from and what are your majors?

Joe Landini- Fairfi eld, CT and I’m a Journalism major.

Joe Pina- Canton, MA and I’m a Criminal Justice major.

Ethan Trusten- Milton, MA and I’m a Business major.

Steve Raphaelson- Brockton, MA and I’m a Business major.

How did you guys all meet?Joe L- Steve, Ethan, and I all lived

in the same hallway freshman year: Granite 1 West.

Steve- Me and Lou ( Joe Pina) lived together last year.

Which one of you is the smart-est?

Joe P- I guess I’m out on that one.Everyone- Defi nitely Steve.Who is the neatest?Everyone- Ethan.Who is messiest?Joe P- Joe Landini!Joe L- What?! I just don’t do my

dishes right after I eat but there’s never a pile!

What kind of things are you all

involved in on campus?Ethan- We are all really involved

in intramurals such as fl ag football, hockey, and basketball.

Joe L- I play Rugby.What kind of things do you like

to do for fun together?Everyone- We all like to play vid-

eo games especially Tiger Woods for Xbox and Mario Kart.

What’s your favorite thing about your place?

Steve- Probably our nice TV. It’s Joe Pina’s.

Joe P- Yeah, I had to do something nice for this place.

Who is the best cook?Everyone looks around and agree

none are the best cooks.Steve- Whenever we do a big din-

ner together, I usually cook and my specialty is steak tips.

Who is the quietest?Everyone- Ethan.Who is the loudest?Joe L- Whenever Joe Pina is pissed

off he is the loudest.What are some fun moments or

memories you’ve all had together?Steve- Most things that come out

of Joe Pina’s mouth.Steve, Joe L, and Ethan- One

time Joe Pina sat for about two days in front of the TV trying to beat one mission on Tiger Woods for Xbox. He fi nally beat it three months later.

Meet the Roommates: Mountainview E2

Photo: Erica JordanFrom left to right: Joe Landini, Joe Pina, Steve Raphaelson and Ethan Trusten

Photo: Jay SennottAlong with club fundraising activities, students at Up All Night had access to infl atable trampolines, roller skates, and more.

Photo: Jay Sennott

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What are your plans for spring break?

Daniel Forget (freshman): I’m go-ing to Virginia. Oh and I’m rowing the whole time.

What are three things that you would like to do before you die?

Erin Ollis (freshman): Well... [Pauses] I want to work at Disney as a performer. Um...I want to go bungee jumping. [Laughs] And I want to get married.

What is the most fun you’ve had since you’ve gotten on campus?

Marzell Barker (sophomore): Um...that’s hard. I think the most fun I’ve had here was when I went to an an-ime convention (AAC) with the An-ime club.

If you were an animal, what would you be and why?

Saskia Joseph (freshman): Jaguar because they are beautiful and I think they are elegant. Don’t judge me. [Laughs]

If I were to look into your fridge right now, what would I fi nd?

Philip Silverio (senior): [Laugh] Um water, butter, a bunch of left-overs. Um...I know this is random but pickles and biscuits. Whipped cream and fudge. Th at’s about it.

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Will Steger, polar explorer, shared stories from his Antarctic Expedition and eyewitness accounts of global climate change with students, faculty, and local community members.

Steger discussed the issues sur-rounding global climate change dur-ing several lectures in Pierce Hall. On February 17 at noon, Steger spoke with integrated science students, and at 7:00 p.m. that evening with the campus and surrounding community. On February 18, Steger took part in a webcast followed by a special briefi ng in the Fitzwater Center.

“Th e purpose is to empower the people,” said Steger. “By educating, you bring around awareness to the is-sue [of global warming].”

Steger gave his eyewitness account on the eff ects of global warming on the Polar Regions in his fi rst presen-tation on February 17. He also dis-cussed ways of trying to prevent and stop global warming.

“Th e way out of this economic mess is jobs. Th e solutions are jobs and there are millions to be created around the clean air economy,” said Steger.

According to Steger, the biggest infl uence he hopes to bring to stu-

dents and faculty is that, in reality, global warming is a major problem. He believes that it is important for everyone to work together and take responsibility for what we have done.

“What needs to happen is after looking at the solutions, we need to work collectively and take ownership of teaching and changing our habits,” said Steger.

Freshmen Bill Weill, who attended one of Steger’s lectures said, “I believe it is a very important issue. It needs to be taken under huge consideration.”

Steger’s evening presentation more closely focused on his expedition to Antarctica. Th e expedition was the fi rst non-mechanized trip and the longest crossing ever made across the continent.

“Th e purpose of the trip was to draw attention to the Antarctic Treaty,” said Steger. “Th e impact was incredible and many people watched and made a change.”

In the presentation, he showed a photo slideshow of his expedition while he talked about his inspiration for doing the trip, the issues he and his team encountered along the way, and the adventures he had.

“Th e presentation showed me with enough persistence and determi-nation we could achieve what was thought to be near impossible, as well

as the importance of team work and dedication to something that you have an interest in,” said Weill.

Sustainability Coordinator Mi-chelle Comeau hopes that Steger’s story, his Arctic expedition, and ef-forts to educate in the political arena, will allow “students to look beyond the textbook we use in class.”

“[Th ese] stories about the rate of change can be heart wrenching, but his endurance and self discipline...show us how some experiences have the ability to humble you, if you are lucky and aware, but they also have the ability to create personal change, and if you choose, global change,” said Comeau.

According to Steger, his adventures have made him “more humble; a bet-ter person and educator,” but believes that the students and younger gener-ations will make the biggest impact.

“Th is [the students] generation is more aware of the issue and changed their attitude about it. Th ey accept the right way of doing things and know it’s not cool to be wasteful,” said Steger.

For more information on Will Ste-ger and his foundation, students and faculty can visit www.willsteger.com or www.willstegerfoundation.org.

Steger returns to talk about climate changeAmelia WaltersArrow Staff

On Th ursday, February 18, the

Black Student Alliance (BSA) host-ed one of their main events, Soul Food Dinner, in Pierce Hall.

Th e event was catered by Sodexho; some of the items from the menu included cat-fi sh, fried chicken, hush puppies, macaroni and cheese, and for dessert, sweet potato pie and peach cobbler. It was a way for the Franklin Pierce community and the members of BSA to come together and experience African American culture.

“I think the Soul Food Dinner was a great way to celebrate Black His-tory Month, and to get the Franklin Pierce community involved in cul-tural experiences,” said the Katlin Wasmanski, senator of BSA.

Th e meaning of soul food has evolved over time. Traditionally, soul food was thought of as food that soothed the soul and brought the comfort of good memories. In America today, we have a diff erent meaning for it: African American cuisine. It consists of traditional foods of Africa that were healthy and satisfying. Often, there were huge gatherings for meals, with sto-ries and memories to share. Noth-

ing was ever wasted. Th ey used stale bread for bread pudding, each of the pig parts had their own dishes, and liquid from vegetables was used as gravy or a drink. Th e slaves invented a small fried pie that they could take out to the fi elds for when they were hungry. Sundays would be the day that everyone came over from one’s family to share a meal.

According to Sherese Ponder, the president of BSA, a lot of planning and hard work went into the event. “We talked to Kim Knox, the food director of Sodexho, to cater, and they agreed. We also had to budget and propose our idea to SGA (the Student Government Association). It was approved, and from there we advertised through Facebook, emails, fl yers, and even texts. I think it got a great turnout and was suc-cessful.”

Bill Beardslee, associate director of campus ministries and attendee, said that he “thought the event was great, but not as well attended as I hoped it would be.”

According to BSA, the Soul Food Dinner was a success despite the smaller turnout because those who did attend were eager to participate.

Amelia Walters is the treasurer of Black Student Alliance.

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Jeff Payne

Th is week’s topic is a bit of a change because it isn’t a topic specifi c to the Franklin Pierce Campus but pretty much crosses every college campus across the country. I have seen a lot of this around campus and I felt I needed to discuss it. Is it just me or do col-lege work loads ever become a little overwhelming? Not only that but do you notice with each year it gets worse and worse?

Th is is something that I have no-ticed in the weeks since my last article. I fi nd that as we students get farther on in years, particularly during Spring Semester, we tend to have what I call “stress freaks.” Let me give you an ex-ample of one of the many that I have had this year. My poor roommate strolls in and looks like he’s having a pretty good day. Being the conscien-tious person that he is, he will usually open with something along the lines of “yo, what’s up?”

Now you and I both know that when someone asks “what’s up?” or “how are you doing?” they usually expect a simple “good” or “bad” in response and then we get on with our lives. In

this particular instance, however, I seem to sink into a momentary lapse of sanity where instead of giving a tra-ditional answer I instead end up shar-ing an extremely dramatic rendition of my entire life’s story since the last time I saw him. It usually goes a little something like this. “Well I’m going to fail out of school. Th at’s right, I’m going to fail all of my classes and then drop out of school. Th en I’m going to end up living in a box under a bridge somewhere picking change out of rain gutters for a small fry at McDonald’s. Th ere’s no humanly possible way for me to fi nish all of the work that I have to get done so I have just accepted my life of failure and poverty.” Ever been greeted like this before?

Now this is admittedly not the fi rst time I have freaked in such a manner. My roommate has heard many such rants since we began living together a year and a half ago. I also know that I am not the only one who does such things. I, too, have been on the receiv-ing ends of many a stress freak. You know what I’m talking about. Ev-erything seems to be due at the same time and no matter how many to-do lists and homework charts you make, it still seems impossible to complete.

Th e most horrifi c part of this is that as the years go on, they start to fol-low a pattern. You see, fi rst semester of freshman year is the honeymoon period of college. Th e work isn’t too intense and you begin acquainting yourself with the social scene. Th en as abruptly as it began, second semes-ter rolls around and the honeymoon is over. I know that was the fi rst se-mester where I ever had a moment

where I felt completely overwhelmed. Not only that, but I fi nd that as the semesters continue forward the more frequent and more volatile the stress freaks become. Th ere’s no actual vio-lence, of course, but as time goes by there will usually be some dramatic hand gesturing and maybe some slight shouting thrown into the mix.

How does one deal with the stress freaks? Honestly it’s diff erent for ev-eryone. I know that I personally make sure that I take some time out of ev-ery day to sit down and watch some good television. I usually pop in some TV on DVD since I never trust what is actually on the television. (Un-less of course it is on FPTV.) Usually it only leads to me watching a show that I hate but am too fascinated by it to change the channel, like “Wife Swap.” I usually put in something that I really love like “Golden Girls” or “Gilmore Girls.” A little comedy goes a long way with me and both of these shows are so literate that I end up feeling smarter and more mentally prepared to work because I watched them.

Th is is what works for me. You’ll need to fi nd what works for you. At least for me it really does help, whether you’re dealing with large papers, pos-sibly a music or theater piece, or even with an end-of-college Competency Exam. It’s fi ne to freak; we all do it. Just learn how to come back from it and you got it made.

Jeff Payne is a Pierce Arrow col-umnist and can be reached at arrowrepoter@gmail.com, subject line: “Payne”

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Michele Sellers

Once every four years the Win-ter Olympics come sliding into view. Th ey are jam-packed with sports no one sees on television any other time, bizarre commercials, and a plethora of past Olympians jaded by the fact that their records have been broken and that they have been reduced to commenting on the young’ns competing in the sports they love. Th e Olympics is a special time for all.

In the past, the Olympics were on all the time. But during this year’s Olympic festivities, the cov-erage has been quite lackluster and centered only on specifi c events or people. Even though NBC was broadcasting through more chan-

nels than in the past, a few of which we don’t receive, they didn’t seem to show all the sports, and mostly in prime time. Th is made it hard to enjoy all the events, because by the time you got around to seeing the one you wanted, you were drained from watching three hours of sports you didn’t really care for. I would have really appreciated being able to just fl ip the channel, instead of having to worry that I was going to miss my favorite fi gure skaters per-forming, or that I was going to be absent for a gold medal attempt for an awesome snowboarder.

Another issue that bugged me was the amount of time devoted to the back stories of the favored Olympians. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good tug at the heart-

strings during the Olympics, but when large chunks of time were being devoted to talking about the back story of the Olympian and it equaled more time than the actual event that was being televised, I was a little annoyed. I mean, se-riously folks, if I wanted the back story I’d wait to see it on a talk show or I’d look it up for myself. I could go on and on about the issues I had with the Olympics, but if I did that, I’m sure my conclusion would come around the time for the Opening Ceremony in 2014; I’ll spare you that pain.

Michele Sellers is Opinion Editor for the Pierce Arrow and can be reached at arrowopinion@gmail.com.

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Frangelica Odell

On Wednesday morning, with my eyes still half closed, I fumbled for my cell phone to turn off the obnox-ious alarm signaling it was 6:30 and time for my run. My roommate and I dressed and made our way out of the building. As we were opening the door of Cheshire we suddenly found ourselves trapped with the door not fully opening due to a foot of snow be-fore us. We looked at each other and decided to keep going to the Bubble knowing very well it was a snow day. Trudging through the snow an hour later for our feeding time, we came upon a delightful sight. Th ere, sitting on the bench in front of Marcucella, was a snowman taking in the winter wonderland before his rock eyes. It dawned on me then how much I loved snow days.

Sure, sleeping in is great and not having classes is even better, but snow days transform the entire campus. Ev-eryone is in a good mood, albeit while walking through a foot of snow at 6:30 in the morning was not exactly a fi eld trip, I was still excited for the

day. Th ere is no telling what a snow day will bring. For the people who made the snowman, their snow day must have started the night before or in the wee hours of the morning.

While we all like to think of our-selves as adults, the minute we fi nd out there is a snowstorm coming, we are as giddy as little kids and quickly put a silver spoon under our pillows and our pajamas on inside out. Snow days are one of the few times it is accept-able to act immature and have a snow ball fi ght or play Apples to Apples all day. Even as I am writing this, there are a group of students making one great snow fort. When we are thirty years old, doing things like this will warrant strange looks from neighbors and whispered words sounding faintly like “nut case.”

We may complain when tempera-tures are in the teens (with wind chill feeling like -20), but NH sure can deliver snow and never fails to bring at least one snow day. Enjoy the snow days while they are here and while we can still enjoy them properly - by throwing a snowball at your room-mate.

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Adam Stahl

Well folks, it is almost that time of year again where we all will be seeing green and looking for leprechauns. Th at is right, Saint Patrick’s Day is nearly upon us. For those of us who are Irish (or wish we were, if not only for a day), and at least 21 years young (or at least 21 years old for those who feel that they are not young at heart), this means we should responsibly tip our glasses to our neighbors to the far Northeast of us. It is not certain where yours truly will be celebrating, but being a hair or two Irish (and Scottish on an aside), you can be as-sured I will be responsibly slamming back a healthy amount of the crea-ture. To those among you much like myself (of that 21 and older crowd I mentioned before) that will be cel-ebrating for reasons one cannot quite put their fi nger on, consider check-ing out some of my favorite drinking (or drinking related) songs.

Dropkick Murphys – “Good

Rats”“You’ ll fi nd the Pearly Gates in the

froth and the foamCause in these vats you’ve made quite

a creationA potion that turned the Guinness to

gold!”Basically, a song about what is

assumed to be a bunch of rats (or possibly shabby fellows) in Dublin breaking into the Guinness factory, having Guinness, becoming addict-ed to it and drowning in it. It is also one of the fi rst Dropkick songs I ever had the pleasure of hearing.

Flogging Molly – “Drunken Lullabies”

“Cause we fi nd ourselves in the same old mess

Singin’ drunken lullabies.”I am a big Flogging Molly fan

(more so than Dropkick) and this is one of my favorite songs by them. A rather up-tempo song in rhythm however, it is lyrically about the cor-relation of hate and violence in what sounds like a past time period. Re-gardless, again, I’m a Molly fan and one must ask “Must it take a life for hateful eyes to glisten once again?”

Against Me! – “Pints of Guin-ness Make You Strong”

“And just like James I’ ll be drinking Irish tonight.”

Gathering from the lyrics it appears to be the tale of an Irishman named James who dies on St. Patrick’s Day 1964 and how his wife Evelyn carries on. I heard this song played acousti-cally and it is perhaps the single track that got me into Against Me!. Th e chorus is very powerful and is argu-ably one of their more favorite songs and I can only see that amplifying with the holiday approaching.

Smoke or Fire – “Irish Hand-

cuff s” (Warning: Song Contains Expletive Language)

“Have a shot and wash it down with another drink

It did more damage at the time than we all could see

And the days go by....”Th is song appears to actually be a

storyline about the evolution of alco-holism in an unidentifi ed group of men as they progress through their lives and their struggle with it. Noth-ing wrong with keeping everything in perspective my friends. Again, be responsible and while you’re at it, en-joy some Smoke or Fire.

Th e Falcon – “Feed the Monkey, Drown the Worm or Goin’ Home” (Warning: Song Contains Expletive Language)

“I’m thirsty, oh lord, I’m so thirsty.Pour ‘em and lay me on down.I’m thirsty, oh lord, I’m so thirsty.Pour ‘em and lay me on down...”Th is is a song my 21-year-old

friends and I from back home keep near and dear to our hearts. Just a song about being away from home, drinking to cure the homesickness (which doesn’t work in the song, can’t drink your troubles away, folks) and deciding to come home. Much like the song, I myself will be “Goin’ Home” for St. Patty’s Day.

Reel Big Fish – “Beer”“And if you’re drinkin’ well, you

knowthat you’re my friend and I’ ll sayI think I’ ll have myself a beer.”Th is is arguably one of Reel Big

Fish’s biggest hits. A song about a guy breaking up with what is as-sumed to be his girlfriend, and says such things as “[she] never cared and that she never will” and he is drink-ing in light of this. I think the chorus above says the rest.

Less Th an Jake – “Plastic Cup Politics”

“Hello six pack of confi dence.Been so many nights since we fi rst

met.Glad to see you’ve brought all your

friendsfor another night of plastic cup poli-

tics.”I actually heard this song for

the fi rst time when Less Th an Jake played it live here at FPU. I’m not sure if you’ve got the running theme yet but a lot of the songs I listen to in regards to legal drinking are ironic in their lyrical content and this song is no exception. It appears to be about how people hide their fears/social in-securities behind the mask of drink-ing.

Adam’s Saint Paddy’s Day drinking songs

March 4, 2010 u Pierce Arrow t Page 5Sports

Nick VitukevichManaging Editor

“For people who don’t know the difference between a blue line and a clothesline, it’s irrelevant.”

- Al Michaels 1980We weren’t even supposed to

qualify. It would have been known as a present day Cinderella story, not near the magnitude of the 1980 Miracle on Ice, but the clos-est thing this generation may have gotten. For now that story will be

put on hold as Canada’s reining ambassador to hockey laid to rest the thought of team U.S.A. win-ning a gold medal for the first time in 30 years.

It was not the road that Canada thought they’d be taking to win the gold. A team made up of all-stars and future Hall of Famers, lost to team U.S.A. when they first played in the preliminary rounds, and had several close wins where they won by only one goal. The man who will be known by the time he retires as the greatest goaltender to ever play the game, Martin Brodeur, was pulled half way through the tournament. Lines were changed, and the team reshaped itself in the midst of not even qualifying.

Team U.S.A. was a different one, not one that contained the usual Modano, Tkachuk, and Guerin. It was a team made up of a bunch of young kids, most of who have never played in the Olympics prior. This

team was made up of “phantom players and no-namers” according to ESPN’s Jim Rome.

Many compared the team to the 1980 team, lead by guys like Zach Parise and Patrick Kane, with Ryan Miller in net it looked as if the team had enough momentum to win the tournament, going undefeated un-til the gold medal game.

As said previously, the team of now was being compared to the team of then-- trying to create a modern day Miracle. It wouldn’t have been. With the political and social issues at hand in 1980, and Herb Brooks behind the bench, Mike Eruzione on the ice, and Al Michaels calling the play, that se-ries will forever be known as the Miracle on Ice. The only Miracle on Ice. But the events of the 2010 Olympics were close.

America’s “dying sport” of hockey seemed to make its way into the homes of many during the two-week Olympic span. No,

team U.S.A. didn’t win gold– and that’s that but for a two-week pe-riod of time they had a nation in the palm of their hands; glued to their televisions, watching every move they made. Most importantly they brought a nation that is fac-ing a battle overseas, a political and economic crisis, and recession to-gether.

Because of this team, for two weeks, each night, we seemed to put our minds at ease, and problems aside and enjoyed what was hap-pening to the team that everyone seemed to write off from the start. They brought a nation together, and that’s the most powerful thing any team can do.

After the gold medal game, For-ward Chris Drury was quoted by the Yahoo Sports when he said, “before this game most Americans didn’t even know who we were, now the whole world knows who we are.”

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Casey WilliamsArrow Staff

Th e No. 2 nationally-ranked Franklin Pierce women’s basketball team, which closed out the regular season with a 91-38 blowout victory over University of Massachusetts-Lowell on February 24, is headed into the Northeast-10 Conference Tournament with home court advan-tage.

Th e Ravens were named the No. 2 team in the nation in the February 23 ESPN/USA Today WBCA Division II Top-25 poll. Th ey held the nation’s top ranking, a fi rst for the program, from January 5 until their fi rst loss of

the season last week. Senior standout Johannah Leedham called the upset loss to Merrimack that ended the team’s undefeated streak a blessing in disguise.

“It’s a wake up call,” said Leedham. “We can’t just expect to win because we’re Franklin Pierce. If the other team is hungry for it, we can’t expect to come out on top every night.”

Since the 71-64 home loss on Feb-ruary 17, Leedham and the Ravens have been able to refocus, going 2-0, and beating opponents by a combined 56 points. Both were impressive, statement-making wins.

Just three days after their fi rst loss, Franklin Pierce bested a strong sec-

ond-half comeback from rival Bent-ley, in front of a spirited crowd at the Dana Center in Waltham, Mas-sachusetts, and a national television audience on CBS College Sports Network and NESN.

With Leedham’s 29 points, 13 re-bounds and eight steals, a 20-point halftime lead was just enough as the Ravens held on to win 77-73.

Franklin Pierce’s regular season fi -nale was less tense down the stretch, as they defeated UMass Lowell 91-38 on Senior Night at the Field-house. Leedham had 24 points and 14 rebounds, and was backed up by 14-point eff orts from both Junior Cynthia Gaudet and Senior Kirsten

Doldoorian.Head Coach Steve Hancock,

named NE-10 Coach of the Year in his fi rst season back at the helm, was impressed with his team’s resiliency.

“Th ey recognize that we come to practice every single day, eliminate all these distractions, and focus on practice every day; focus on that next opponent,” said Hancock. “Th at’s the way we’ve been doing it all year long. If we stay the course, we’ll be alright.”

Hancock replaced former coach Mark Swasey, who moved on to coach at California University of Pennsylva-nia. Th is season, Hancock set a pro-gram record for wins by a coach, now

with 160. He also coached the Ravens from 1988-1996.

Th e Ravens’ goal of returning to the National Championship game, and avenging last year’s loss to Minnesota State University, starts with Leedham. Her 26.7 points per game leads the na-tion, and has put her within 58 points of being the all-time scoring leader in Division II. She was named the 2009-10 NE-10 Player of the Year.

Franklin Pierce has a fi rst round bye and home court advantage throughout the NE-10 Conference Tournament, which takes place February 28-March 7. Th e Ravens then look to host the NCAA East Regional tournament, via Fitchburg State College.

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Women’s Basketball seniors shine on Senior NightJeff GloshinskiArrow Staff

After a pregame ceremony for seniors Johanna Leedham, Rachel Kimball, Alexis Auff ray and Kirst-en Doldoorian, the Ravens started off with a bang coming out on fi re by going on a 27-2 run and holding the University of Massachusetts-Lowell River Hawks to only 12

points in the fi rst half and only 38 total points in the game.

Th e high powered off ense was led by guard Johanna Leedham, whose number 13 jersey was retired be-fore the game, who leads all scorers with 24 points and 12 rebounds. Th e off ensive attack was postseason well spread out and balanced with multiple players contributing be-sides Leedham such as Doldoorian

and junior Cynthia Gaudet adding 14 points each. Th e bench played well as well with sophomore Jew-el White putting up 8 points and freshman Tiff any Johnson adding 7 of the bench’s 45 total points of the team’s 91 total points.

Th e Raven’s defense forced 27 UMass-Lowell turnovers that lead to 34 points and a 57 point lead at one point in the second half. Th e

Ravens outshot the River Hawks from the fl oor and the free throw line, shooting 67% (12 for 14) from the stripe and 52.4% from the fl oor.

With this win the Ravens are 39 and 2 in their last 41 regular season games and are 47 and 3 in their last 50 games.

With her 24 points Leedham moved into second place in NCAA

Division II for all-time scoring in women’s basketball with 2,828 points and is 58 points short of the all time leader.

Franklin Pierce fi nished their regular season with an overall re-cord of 25-1 (21-1 in the NE-10) and heading into the are 39-2 in their last 41 regular season games and 47-3 in their last 50 games.

Photos: Tom RempLeft: The bleachers were fi lled with fans for both the Men’s and women’s Senior

Nights on February 24.Above: Junior Tori Ahrens scores a basket.

Far right: Captain Johannah Leedham was named the 2010 NE-10 Women’s Basketball player of the year. Her jersey number was retired before the game on

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Th e Franklin Pierce University Raven’s baseball team is gearing up for their regular season in good shape despite losing key players from last season.

Even though the snow is on the ground outside, the Ravens have been in the Bubble everyday in order to get ready for their spring break trip to Florida, where they compete against the local colleges and universities.

Franklin Pierce has been picked to fi nish fi rst in the NE-10 Confer-ence by the NE-10 coaches poll as well as to be the #1 team in the East region and #10 nationally currently in the preseason by National Colle-

giate Baseball Writers Association Preseason (NCBWA)

Sophomore Mike Dowd and junior Derek Ingui have been se-lected as Preseason All-Americans by the NCBWA. Dowd, a catcher, leads the team in many off ensive categories and has quickly become a major asset to the lineup. “I can bring some leadership to the team,” said Dowd. “It may not be me being loud and talking a lot, but I hope to lead by example.”

“Right now the players that we are looking to lead our team are our three captains Michael Adams, Derek Ingui, and Cody Kauff man. Th ey have been doing a great job for me and the team and are pro-viding great leadership that we have been missing in the recent past,”

said head coach Jason King. “We also are going to rely on all of the upperclassmen and leaders in the program to make a diff erence in our program and help out any way that they can”.

Besides upperclassmen, the Ra-vens are fi lled with young talent such as Dan Kemp, a freshman who was recently drafted by the Boston Red Sox and is hoping to play short-stop for the Ravens this year.

Th e fi rst few games that were set up for the Ravens to play ended up being canceled due to inclement weather. Th is is only an obstacle ac-cording to Dowd who feels that “we can all fi nd that groove and become comfortable with the new season ahead of us.”

Athlete Spotlight: Monica LavertuAmelia WaltersSenior Reporter

Monica Lavertu is a senior and has played tennis at Franklin Pierce all four years. She will be graduat-ing in the spring and plans on go-ing to Franklin Pierce’s Graduate Studies for physical therapy. I got the chance to ask her a few ques-tions about tennis, school, and her life.

Amelia- Where are you from?Monica- Berlin, NH.Amelia- When is your birthday,

and how old are you?Monica- My birthday is Octo-

ber 9, and I am 21.Amelia- How did you start

playing tennis?Monica- I wanted to play a sport

in High school and had basically tried every other sport off ered in my town. One day, my best friend said that she was going to take ten-nis lessons and try out for the team and I decided to follow suit.

Amelia- Do you like playing tennis?

Monica- I love playing tennis. I really enjoy being part of a team and tennis is pretty awesome in that respect, because the teams are generally small, therefore everyone can really get to know each other.

Amelia- Do you like that it is an individual sport rather than a team sport? And if so, any reason why?

Monica- I play both singles and doubles so it ends up being an in-dividual and team sport. I do like playing individually, because then only you are responsible for the outcome-- you can’t really blame anyone else or get blamed by any-one else for mistakes or losses.

Amelia- Do you play any other sports?

Monica- I don’t play any other sports on a team. I’ll play pretty much anything just for fun, but I don’t really have time in my sched-ule to play any other team sports.

Amelia- Do you participate

in any other activities in or out of school? Do you have any hob-bies?

Monica- I pretty much only play tennis both in and out of school. As far as hobbies though, I really enjoy music. I play fl ute, piano, and guitar, as well as sing.

Amelia- What is your favorite artist/band?

Monica- I don’t know that I can name a favorite artist or band. I like mostly everything and am not very fussy about who sings it as long as it sounds good. I can tell you, though, that my favorite type of music is anything that you can dance to!

Amelia- What is your favorite part of tennis?

Monica- My favorite part of ten-nis is just the competition and my team. Especially this year; we actu-ally have a chance at winning, and our new coach is AWESOME!

Amelia- What is your number on the team?

Monica- On the team there are 6 singles positions and 3 doubles teams. I play either number 5 or number 6 (depending on who else is going to the match) and I play number 3 doubles.

Amelia- What are you excited to do/accomplish this tennis sea-son?

Monica- I’m pretty much just excited to see how far we can go. Th e past few years have been kind of rough as far as our level of com-petition. I think this year the dy-namic of the team and the skill of our coach actually have prepped us for a more successful season.

Amelia- How did you prepare for this tennis season? When did you start preparing?

Monica- I prepare for the tennis season by playing tennis over the summer with some of my family or friends. I also maintain my physi-cal condition by running and go-ing to the gym regularly. Once I’m back at school we meet as a team at least 3 times a week during pre-

season just to get some good hit-ting in, and I go to the gym at least 5 times a week.

Amelia- Do you have a tennis hero? Someone you look up to, a famous tennis player?)

Monica- Not really. Like I said before, I only started playing tennis because my best friend was doing it in High school and I wanted to play a sport too. I wouldn’t say that I was inspired to play tennis due to some famous tennis infl uence.

Amelia- How do you prepare for a match?

Monica- Before a match it’s all about getting in a good mental state. Tennis is a very mental sport and requires you to be both physi-cally fi t and mentally stable. To get in this zone I usually just like to re-lax and listen to music. I get myself pumped up and ready to give each point my all.

Amelia- Do you have a best friend on the tennis team?

Monica- My best friend is ac-tually my roommate: Bianca LaPointe. We play doubles to-gether on the team.

Amelia- What is your grade and major?

Monica- I am a senior and I am majoring in biology/pre-physi-cal therapy. I also have a minor in psychology and will be attending Franklin Pierce’s graduate school in September 2010 in order to get my doctorate in physical therapy.

Amelia- What got you inter-ested in physical therapy?

Monica- As silly as it sounds, I actually became interested in phys-ical therapy in High school when I saw a television commercial that talked about it.

Monica has played tennis for Franklin Pierce for the last four years, and she is excited about starting up the new season. In the spring she will graduate a biology major, with a psychology minor. Good luck, Monica, in your last tennis season!

Raven’s Baseball hopes to fl y high

Jeff GloshinskiArrow Staff

Th e men’s baskettball team need-ed a win to keep their season alive and put them into the NE- 10 play-off s. However, not even a late rally and the support of a rowdy student cheering section on senior night was enough as the team fell short to the University of Massachusetts Lowell River Hawks 71- 68 in front of a crowd 299 strong.

Th e Ravens and River Hawks opened the game trading baskets, keeping the score close until the end

of the fi rst half when River Hawks took a ten point lead 42 to 32.

Th e River Hawks opened the sec-ond half on a 5-0 scoring run, but the Ravens refused to lay down on senior night. Senior Terrell Ray had 15 points and 8 rebounds while fel-low senior Marcus Wellman con-tributed 3 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists.

Junior Guard Jeff Manchester went 5 of 9 for 15 points from three point land and Kyle Caiola added a game high 19 points keeping the Ravens close with a 6 point defi cit with 3:40 left to play. Kinard Doz-

ier knocked down a free throw with 30 seconds left to play to cap a 14-4 run to cut the lead down to three. But the River Hawks proved to be too much for the Ravens as they ended the night shooting over 46% from the fl oor and 76% from the free throw line. Th ey left the Fieldhouse with a win as a last second shot for the tie and an over time opportunity was missed from the corner, ending the game and the season for the Ra-vens.

With the loss, the Ravens fi nished their season 12-15 overall (7-15 in the NE-10).

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Live from Lansdowne: Dropkick Murphys debut newrecording in time for Boston Shows

Nick VitukevichManaging Editor

Once again the unoffi cial ambas-sadors of Boston come home, as the Dropkick Murphys bring the spirit of southie to the heart of Beantown

by performing seven shows in six days for the annual St. Patrick’s Day shows.

Th e string of concerts start on March 12 and go up until St. Pat-rick’s Day at the House of Blues Boston located on Lansdowne Street across from Fenway Park.

At the same time as the shows the Murphys are promoting their new live CD/DVD, “Live on Lansdowne: Seven Shows Six Nights,” which was recorded during last year’s set of St. Patrick’s Day shows and is set to be released on March 16.

Th e recording captured the energy and passion that the Murphys have within their concerts singing songs about the Bruins, Red Sox, Boston, and their Irish background, all in

celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. Of-ten times during their concert the band will invite hundreds of fans from the crowd on stage with them to share in the joy and spirit of their concerts.

Th e last live CD/DVD release by the Murphys was 2002’s “Live on St. Patrick’s Day” from Boston, MA.

Th e new recording includes a com-pletely diff erent set of songs from the fi rst live recording; the 20 song track list includes “Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya,” “Th e Dirty Glass,” “Time to Go,” and “Th e Warriors Code.”

Th e only problem with the new recording is that there are not any old Dropkick Murphys songs fea-tured. In fact, only one song from the band’s fi rst 3 CD’s is featured on

this new recording even though the band still played original songs such as “Boys on the Dock,” “Skinhead on the MBTA,” and “Barroom Hero,” in the set of 2009 shows.

Th e 20 songs that made it onto the live album are just a sample of what a Dropkick Murphys concert is like, when really the band cut their show in half, eliminating 18 songs that were originally in their set list for the string of 2009 shows.

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Four editors predict the Oscar winnersJay’s PicksBest PictureWill: “Avatar.”Should: “District 9.”Simply put, this was an amazing

fi lm. While I haven’t seen “Avatar” (I’ve only seen 3 of the fi lms nomi-nated), I did get a lengthy explana-tion, and “District 9” comparatively is something of an Anti-“Avatar:” It has a very strong story, which is backed up by amazing visual ef-fects and a surprisingly low budget. My second pick would be “Up”, for making men cry.

Best Actor in a Leading RollWill: Jeff Bridges, “Crazy

Heart.”Should: Chris Pine, “Star Trek”Oh...so, I haven’t actually seen

any of these movies. I can tell you I think Chris Pine should have been nominated/win for not trying to act like William Shatner and still pulling off Captain Kirk.

Best Actress in a Leading RollWill: Gadbourey Sidibe in “Pre-

cious,” based on the novel “Push” by Sapphire.

Should: Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”

Did I see any of these fi lms? No. Don’t question my credibility.

Best DirectingWill: James Cameron, “Avatar.”Should: Quentin Tarantino, “In-

glourious Basterds.”I was thinking I shouldn’t say

Quentin, but then I realized most of my problems with “Inglourious Basterds,” besides driving my spell-checker crazy, had to do with edit-ing.

Best Visual Eff ectsWill: “Avatar” (I assume if it’s

nominated, it’s winning).Should: “District 9.”Th e company that handled the

visual eff ects had never done a fea-ture fi lm before, and it was hard to believe they were CGI. Th at’s just amazing.

Best Music (original score)Will: “Avatar” (not that I’ve ever

heard anyone compliment the mu-sic).

Should: “Sherlock Holmes.”Th e Rocky Road to Dublin was

in it. ‘Nuff said.

Heather’s PicksBest PictureWill: “Avatar.”Should: “Avatar.”As much as I hate to say this (and

believe me, I do ego-headed James Cameron), “Avatar” was by far the best example of fi lm which came

out this year. It reinvented sci-fi , CGI, and mega-blockbuster at the same time. Okay, so the story was Pocahontas retold, but since when do we give out awards for good story?

Actor in Leading RollWill: Jeff Bridges, “Crazy

Heart.”Should: Jeff Bridges, “Crazy

Heart.”What can I say? Th e man de-

serves this award. He won both the Golden Globe and SAG award for his performance, and for a long time he has been considered a vastly under-rated star. Th is is his year. But look for Colin Firth (“A Single Man”) to give him a run for his money.

Actress in Leading RollWill: Meryl Streep, “Julie and

Julia.”Should: Meryl Streep, “Julie and

Julia.”Sandra Bullock won both the

Golden Globe and SAG award for her performance in “Th e Blind Side,” but the academy is often contrary and notorious for it. Ex-pect Meryl to steal this Oscar away. Her performance as Julia Child was inspired, graceful, and a clear ex-ample of fl awless acting.

DirectorWill: James Cameron, “Avatar.”Should: Kathryn Bigelow, “Th e

Hurt Locker.”James Cameron, your big head

doesn’t need another award; and I don’t need another one of your ac-ceptance speeches. Kathryn Big-elow created a powerfully mov-ing fi lm about soldiers in Iraq. So powerful, soldiers who have seen the movie say its depiction of close combat fi ghting is near perfect. Academy, do us all a favor, give Bigelow the award. Cameron will get ten other Oscars anyway.

Visual Eff ectsWill: “Avatar.”Should: “Star Trek.”I don’t care what anyone says, a

fully animated eff ect is second to seamlessly integrating visual ef-fects with human acting. “Star Trek,” you were classy, funny, and elegantly eff ected.

Costume Design:Will: “Nine,” Colleen Atwood.Should: “Th e Young Victoria,”

Sandy Powell.Women in lingerie? Or histori-

cally accurate gowns down to the lingerie? Sandy Powell’s costume mastery has been well recognized: she has already won three Oscars

for her previous work. “Th e Young Victoria” highlights just how bril-liant this costume designer is. Every gown Emily Blunt (Queen Victoria) wears in the fi lm is metic-ulously recreated from the Queen’s own wardrobe, down to the fabric. Th e time and dedication this ven-ture took deserves a golden statu-ette.

Michele’s PicksBest Picture:Will: “Avatar”Should: “Th e Blind Side”Th ough “Avatar” was a stun-

ning movie, the Blind Side was the movie which delivered perfor-mances that left me in tears. Sandra Bullock was a phenomenal leading lady and the family dynamic was inspiring.

Best Actor:Will: George Clooney, “Up in

the Air”Should: Morgan Freeman, “In-

victus”Hands down, Morgan Freeman

was captivating as Nelson Mandela in the movie “Invictus”. He com-manded the screen in shots which he was silent in, and left the view feeling like the understood Man-dela more.

Best Actress:Will: Meryl Streep & Sandra

BullockShould: Meryl Streep & Sandra

BullockListen, I love them both very

much; “Th e Blindside” and “Julie & Julia” were both fantastic mov-ies. If I had to pick, I would just like to say that I own Julie & Julia on bluray. Fact.

Best Director:Will: James Cameron, “Avatar”Should: Kathryn Bigelow, “Hurt

Locker”Th e topic of the movie, combined

with directions given by Kathryn Bigelow made for a thought pro-voking, powerful movie.

Best Visual Eff ects:Will: “Avatar”Should: “Avatar”Th ough I had a bad experience at

the movie theater I went to, I have to admit that “Avatar” was visually stunning. Th e planet, Pandora, was full of magic and strikingly beauti-ful.

Best Make Up:Will: “Star Trek”Should: “Star Trek”Th is was the obvious choice, be-

cause unlike “Th e Young Victoria” and “Il Divo”, this movie had the

task of making actors and actresses assume characteristics of fi ctional life forms. Fun fun!

Harmony’s PicksBest PictureWill: “Avatar”Should: “Up”I believe that the best picture for

the year should appeal to the most people. For that reason, I believe that “Up” had the widest audience appeal, not to mention an original and poignant story-line. However, “Avatar” broke a lot of new ground, and more people were aticpating its release.

Actor in Leading RollWill: Morgan Freeman, “Invic-

tus”Should: Jeff Bridges, “Crazy

Hearts”I don’t know if this a fair pick,

seeing as I saw none of these mov-ies. But I heard the most about Morgan Freeman’s role, and that Bridges’s performance was appar-ently well done.

Actress in Leading RollWill: Sandra Bullock, “Blind

Side”Should: Sandra Bullock, “Blind

Side”I’m a big believer that when an

actress performs as well as Bullock did outside their comfort zone of genres, it should be commended.

DirectorWill: James Cameron, “Avatar”Should: James Cameron, “Ava-

tar”It’s no secret that James Cameron

put a lot into “Avatar” and it came out beautifully. I really don’t think that anyone else, even Quentin Tarantino, will beat Cameron.

Visual Eff ectsWill: “Avatar”Should: “Star Trek”Is it too much to hope that “Star

Trek” will get credit for its homage to the original series’ lens fl ares and eff ects over “Avatar” and its revolu-tionary CGI? Although, “Avatar” was more visually stunning.

Sound MixingWill: “Avatar”Should: “Transformers”I think that trying to make the

sound of alien robots transform-ing is a bit harder than making up sounds for an alien planet (“Ava-tar”) or fi ghting against an alien ship (“Star Trek”). Or I just think that one movie shouldn’t win all the awards.

Jay Sennott, Heather ModjeskyMichele Sellers, Harmony GenschProduction Manager, Photo Editor,Opinion Edior, Editor-in-Chief

Our four fi lm fans made their picks for fi ve of the top categories in this year’s Oscars, as well as a spe-cial category each felt strongly about. Th e top 5 categories included:

Best Picture: “Avatar,” “Th e Blind Side,” “District

9,” “An Education,” “Th e Hurt Locker,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “Precious,” “A Serious Man,” “Up,” “Up in the Air”

Actor in a Leading Role: Jeff Bridges, George Clooney, Co-

lin Firth, Morgan Freeman, Jeremy Renner

Actress in a Leading Role: Sandra Bullock, Helen Mirren, Carey Mulligan, Gabourey Sidibe, Meryl Streep

Directing:“Avatar,” “Th e Hurt Locker,” “In-

glourious Basterds,” “Up in the Air,” “Precious”

Visual Eff ects“Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosen-

baum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones “District 9” Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken “Star Trek” Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

And the four unique categories included:

Music (Original Score) - Jay“Avatar” James Horner, “Fantas-

tic Mr. Fox” Alexandre Desplat, “Th e Hurt Locker” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, “Sherlock Holmes” Hans Zim-mer ,“Up” Michael Giacchino

Costume Design - Heather“Bright Star” Janet Patterson, “Coco

before Chanel” Catherine Leterrier, “Th e Imaginarium of Doctor Parnas-sus” Monique Prudhomme, “Nine” Colleen Atwood, “Th e Young Victoria” Sandy Powell

Makeup - Michele“Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vit-

torio Sodano, “Star Trek” Barney Bur-man, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow, “Th e Young Victoria” Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Sound Mixing - Harmony“Avatar” Christopher Boyes, Gary

Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson “Th e Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett “Inglouri-ous Basterds” Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano “Star Trek” Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoff rey Patterson

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Assistant Music Director’s Mailbox: Kris Allen

Jeff PayneSenior Reporter

I have to say that there has been a surprising shortage in new CDs since the beginning of the new year. It’s depressing, yet true. So I’m going to take us back to No-vember of 2009 for this month’s Assistant Music Director’s Mail-box. Since American Idol has re-turned for its ninth season, I have decided to review Kris Allen, the current Idol winner’s self-titled debut album.

Now Kris Allen’s debut may be an American Idol album but it isn’t the kind of straight up pop music that I usually review. It def initely has a more classic rock feeling to it and is def initely not the usual pop rock that I cover. That being said, let’s begin.

The opening track on the album is Allen’s debut single and his f irst Top 20 hit, “Live Like We’re Dy-

ing.” This song is what drew me to Allen’s album. It’s the song that made me realize that this guy wasn’t going to release just an-other lackluster Idol debut. It’s an up-tempo track that immediately catches you. It’s a great opener and the perfect song to put on when you’re driving around in your car with the windows open and the sun shining. It was custom made for Top 40 radio and starts off the CD just right.

After the opening track, the al-bum picks up a pattern of having an up-tempo song then a ballad or mid-tempo, then vice versa as the CD progresses. While most of the album follows the same type of jam rock sound, none of them ever feel overly repetitive and annoy-ing. The only song that can start to get a little on the annoying side is the ballad “Bring It Back.” The song is meant to sound heartfelt, when in reality, it just sounds more like Allen whining that he wants his love back and comes off more immature than dramatic.

There are some really stand out tracks however. The song “Red Guitar,” the only song on the al-bum that is solely written by Allen, is a beautiful and thoughtful song. It is one of the most ignored and criticized songs on the album but I f ind it to be one of the most enjoy-able. Another highlight is Allen’s cover of Kanye West’s “Heartless.”

Allen handles this song with such control that it would be easy to be-lieve that it was his song from the beginning and not a cover. The up-tempo “Written All Over My Face” is the closest thing that Al-len has to a rock song and it is one of the best to crank up all the way when you play it.

The true highlight however is the undeniably infectious and up-beat track, “Alright With Me.” The lyrics are by no means deep and emotional and the chorus is basically just a constant repeat of the song’s title, but it is irresistible and just fun to rock out to and sing along with. It is one of those songs that are basically built for the pur-pose of being performed live. It is the perfect song for an eager con-cert goer to jump around and sing along with.

Kris Allen’s debut is one of the few really impressive Idol debuts. It manages to keep a primar-ily mid-tempo sound without ever getting dull, and it has songs that are memorable and enjoyable. I am going to have to give this album nine out of ten pop tarts for being such a welcome surprise!

9 of 10 Pop Tarts

Photo: Jive Records

“Dear John” not like the book

Val ArmstrongSenior Staff

Two weeks was all it took.Directed by Lasse Hallström,

“Dear John” follows the story of John Tyree (Channing Tatum), a solider home on leave who, by chance, meets Savannah Curtis (Amanda Seyfried), a college student spending the spring break at a beach house near John’s hometown.

Th e two fall for each other quickly in the short time they spend together. Eventually, despite the good times, John must return to where he is sta-tioned and Savannah must return to college, half a world away.

Th e story continues in the form of

letters sent between John while he is on missions overseas and Savan-nah while she is back at school earn-ing her degree in special education. However, during the end of John’s tour of duty, disaster strikes when the terrorist attacks occur in the U.S. on September 11.

Returning home one last time, John tells Savannah it is his duty to extend his tour due to recent events. Savannah and John are heartbroken that once again they must separate. However they part with the confi -dence that they will be waiting for each other once again, or will he re-turn to a life diff erent from the one he had that summer?

Based very loosely off a novel written by Nicholas Sparks (also the author of “Th e Notebook”), anyone who has read the novel knows in two seconds that the movie has very little to do with the book. Th e plots are so diff erent; I was confused about how the movie was made based on the book. Th e only similarity between the two seemed to be the characters and their traits. Despite the diff erences, I doubt those who have read the novel will be disappointed by Spark’s lat-est tearjerker-gone-motion picture. If you plan to see this movie without reading the novel fi rst, I think you will still have the same appreciation for it as someone who has.

Photo: Screen Gems

For my birthday, Jay and I went to FiRE + iCE for the Sunday brunch along with my family. We have, in the past, gone there just the two of us on a date. Th e FiRE + iCE we went to is located right outside Boston in Cambridge in Harvard Square (Red Line). Th e place is very popular, and it helps to have a res-ervation, although they won’t seat your party until everyone arrives.

Th e draw of FiRE + iCE lies in the fact that it is a Mongolian Bar-beque, which means that you select

raw meat, vegeta-bles, and noodles, and the “cooks” add it to a giant circular griddle in the middle of the restaurant. For brunch, in addition to the stir fry op-tion, there are giant pancakes, to which you can choose from assorted ber-ries and chocolate chips, and omelets as well. In addition, there is a sandwich option, where you

add either a hamburg-er patty or shaved steak to your bowl and the cooks at the griddle ask you about cheese and rolls. On your ac-tual table there are communal dishes of rice and fl our tortillas to accom-pany your meal, and there is a small bar of condiments and pastries.

Th e best way, I think, to enjoy FiRE + iCE is to get your portions at the same time. Th e reason for this is so you have someone to talk to while you wait around the griddle for your meal to cook, and also so that you are eating together. During this brunch, there were times were Jay and I were not sitting down to-gether, mostly because he had stir fry fi rst while I was waiting for my

omelet.I always take small portions,

especially at brunch, so I can try different combinations, sauces, or types of meals. I wanted to try a bit of everything. The food is amazing. I know I like everything I put in my bowl, and in the unlikely case that I don’t like the combination or the sauce, I can go back and get something else.

The service there is different be-cause it is more buffet style. How-ever, the waitress was kind enough to make sure that we knew how to get our food cooked, she also came back promptly with drinks, refills, and to clear away finished plates. The cooks around the griddle were efficient, and since I was watching it cook, I know that it can’t be done any sooner and it is fresh. And it tastes great as well.

I feel like FiRE + iCE combines the comfort and flexibility of cook-ing at home with the ease of eating out. If Jay doesn’t want vegetables, that’s fine. I put the ones I liked in my teriyaki stir fry. I also had ber-ries in my pancake where Jay did not. I also know that they have a grill reserved out back for patrons with food allergies. The prices aren’t too bad for the service, with around $20 a person for dinner and about $12 for lunch.

The restaurant is very colorful, with splashes of color, and mod-ern-looking lights. The whole place looks really neat, and is really fun. I think the only way to really have a date is to sit down together, and that also can be arranged. Jay even accompanied me on a trip once he was full, just so I’d have company waiting for my food. People with all sorts of food needs can com-fortably be sure they get what they want, and it is a great fun date to boot.

Dinner for Two: FiRE + iCE50 Church St. Cambridge, MAHarmony Gensch and Jay Sennott rate local

restaurants for their date appeal

If you want to visit this week’s res-taurant, be prepared for a long drive because “Dinner for Two” went all the way to Cambridge, Mass for a meal at FiRE + iCE! If you don’t know, FiRE + iCE is one of the greatest concepts for a restaurant ever. It’s a buff et in which you pick what you want in your meal, including meats, veggies, pastas, and sauces, and then they cook it right in the middle of the restaurant; then you go back and eat it, and get up for more food.

All the food is very fresh. You can tell because you get to pick what you want before it’s cooked. You can ba-sically get whatever you want, with meats ranging from steak to calamari, and a variety of sauces that can any-thing from Asian to Italian, and ev-erything in-between. Th ey also have burgers and steak sandwiches made the same way; pick your meat and veggies, and tell the cook what type of bread and cheese you want. Every-thing is cooked to order and it really is fantastic. My one complaint would be that the sauces sometimes seem to over-saturate the noodles, but the place is too fun for me to complain.

I almost forgot to mention that they also have a Sunday brunch which works the same way. Th ey still have all the meats and noodles out, but they also have fruits for pancakes, various things for omelets, and more. Th e last time I was there I started off at 11 a.m. with some chicken and steak teriyaki, followed by some Cajun chicken and calamari, and I fi nished the meal with some banana and chocolate pancakes. Harmony thought I was weird.

Th is is probably one of the few res-taurants where the service isn’t about the waiters so much as it is about the cooks. Th e waiters are great, don’t get me wrong. If you’ve never been there before they’ll show you around, and they get rid of your plates and bring out new drinks in a timely fashion. Th e cooks, however, are a ball. While

you’re waiting for your food, the cooks will talk with you, makes jokes, and overall make it a very fun experi-ence to wait for your food. Th e wait for the food usually isn’t that long, de-spite the large amount of meals being cooked at once. Also, if you have any allergies or anything, you can let them know and they will cook your meal on a separate grill. Now that’s service.

FiRE + iCE costs a bit more than the usual buff et (usual in this case be-ing the Keene Buff et), at about $11 for lunch and $17 for dinner. Both of those prices are for unlimited trips back for more food, which in my opin-ion is the only way to do it, but they do have single-trip prices for a couple dollars less. While this can be pricey, I think it’s well worth it. Th ey also have a pretty good e-mail list which sends coupons. Just for signing up I got 25% off my meal, and come August I’ll get a free meal for my birthday.

Now, if there’s one thing FiRE + iCE isn’t, it’s quiet and romantic. Th e place is brightly-decorated, loud, and you have to walk all over the place to get a meal; all of this makes for a very fun date. You can get food with your date, keep each other company while you wait for your food to be cooked, and then enjoy your meals together. Plus, it’s in Harvard Square, so it’s surrounded by a lot of fun shops, which gives you something to do be-fore or after the meal. And once you’ve brought your date, go with a group of friends. I really can’t recommend this place enough.

Hers

JAY’S RATINGS

Food: AService: A+

Price: ADate Appeal: A+

HARMONY’S RATINGS

Food: A+Service: APrice: A

Date Appeal: ATOTAL AVERAGE RATING

A

His

Karnazes inspires to

take life to a new level

Frangelica OdellArrow Staff

Americans like to take everything to the next level-- look at Shaun White. Dean Karnazes makes the next level look like baby steps and instead goes for the extreme. Kar-nazes can not only walk the walk but he can run, eat a whole large supreme pizza, and talk to the delivery man who had to track him down on the road all while running 199 miles. No Biggie.

In his biography “Ultra Marathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner,” Karnazes gives readers an insight into his intense world. Not only does he love to run, but he loves to test the human body and how far it can go before breaking down. He has run in 120 degree weather for 135 miles in Death Valley, Nevada and in negative 45 degree weather at the South Pole. While some may call him a masochist (he himself admits he is) he loves being able to see what his body can do in a variety of cir-cumstances.

Th e great thing about this book is that Karnazes is not selling prod-ucts. Ever. He never mentions the brand of shoes he uses or what gear he wears. He never mentions a label, which makes readers know that he is not doing this for Nike, but out of wanting to answer questions people have been wanting to know.

Even if you do not share his, for a lack of a better word, passion, you will be enthralled with Karnazes’ world of humor, triumphs, and struggles. While I can’t say that I’m hooked on ultra-marathoners (some-one who runs more then a standard marathon of 26.2 miles which are his warm-up runs), I’ve found a new found appreciation for my love of running and working hard to achieve my goals not just with running. Five miles doesn’t seem so daunting any-more, but eating a whole pizza while running still does.

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