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FOR OVER 90 YEARS1918-2010

A debate on the merits and sched-uling of midterm exams.

Opinions PAGE 7 Culture PAGE 13

A review of the Vince Lombardi play now on Broadway.

Sports PAGE 24

Football beats Georgetown Univer-sity Hoyas, 24-19.

INSIDE

Fordham Honors Anti-Death Penalty ActivistSr. Helen Prejean, C.S.J., Author of Dead Man Walking, Recognized by Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education with Gaudium et Spes Award

By CHRIS GRAMUGLIACONTRIBUTING WRITER

Fordham’s Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education held its fi ft h annual Sapienta et Doc-trina celebration in the McGinley ballroom on Friday, Oct. 29. Th e event honored and thanked the men and women who have em-bodied the mission and virtues of the school and the Church through their work in religious education, community organiza-tions and worldwide social justice. Th e keynote speaker and recipient of the Gaudium et Spes Award was Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J.

Prejean is America’s foremost advocate for the abolition of the death penalty. Her book Dead Man Walking , in which she re-counts her experiences as the spiritual advisor to Elmo Patrick Sonnier, a Louisiana man whom she accompanied to his execution, was a bestseller and Pulitzer Prize nominee. Th e book was also made into an Oscar-winning fi lm by the same name in 1995 in addition to an opera that was performed at the New York City Opera in 2002 that received international praise. In addition, the book has also been

adapted into a play by director Tim Robbins.

Th e event began with a recep-tion outside of the ballroom dur-ing which honorees, friends and family members were able to eat, drink, laugh and catch up with one another before the ceremony. Th e event began with an opening hymn led by New York City-area composer, conductor and singer Laurence Rosania, who was ac-companied by Joe Simmons, an-other local musician, on piano. Th e hymn concluded, “Love to the loveless and gladness for pain, fi lling all hearts with the joy of your name.” Dean of the GSRRE, Father Anthony J. Ciorra G.S.A.S. ’91, then began by thanking every-one for being at the event.

“Th is is the Church at its very best,” he said.

He then humorously revealed that he would be scrapping the original opening remarks he had prepared in exchange for a piece that had “fallen out of his brief-case.”

“Why are you a person of hope, even in these days?” he said. “Be-cause I believe that God is creating the world today at this very mo-

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The Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education honored Sr. Helen Prejean, C.S.J., at an event on Oct. 29.

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By VICTORIA RAUASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

Th e Hughes Hall renovation set to provide Fordham’s Gabelli School of Business with a centralized loca-tion will allow greater educational innovation and more interaction between faculty and students, Dr. Donna Rapaccioli, dean of GSB, said in an interview with Th e Ram.

“Having Hughes Hall as a home for the Gabelli school is essentially creating an academic community for the schools of business,” Rapac-cioli said. “Th e building will serve as a facilitator to allow us do the kind of educating we want to do.”

Th e current scatt ered nature of GSB’s departments, offi ces and classrooms leaves business students without a common place to interact, a gap that a newly renovated Hughes will fi ll, according to Rapaccioli.

Academic excellence, global op-portunity, personal and professional development and pedagogical inno-vation were the four areas of focus that Rapaccioli identifi ed as crucial elements of GSB’s continued as-cension, areas for which both the Hughes renovation and Gabelli’s donation will provide resources.

“One of our challenges has always been that the faculty was too small,” Rapaccioli said, adding that one of the main uses for the gift will be hir-ing more faculty members.

GSB’s current fundraising goal, as part of the Excelsior | Ever Upward | Th e Campaign for Fordham, is $60 million, $43 million of which has been raised due to the eff orts of Rapaccioli and others. Although BusinessWeek rankings are frequently

a topic of conversation surrounding the improvements this fundraising supports, Rapaccioli emphasized the subjective nature of the rankings and said that her focus lies elsewhere.

“I have to focus on what I know that we’re doing,” Rapaccioli said. “In the end, what’s important to me is that we really are serving the stu-dents bett er and we are.”

Rapaccioli named Career Ser-vices as one area for which GSB has increased support. Each business discipline now has a specifi c coun-selor within Career Services, and Nancy McCarthy now serves as di-rector of personal and professional development.

In a related eff ort to serve stu-dents bett er academically, GSB ad-ministrators have changed both the liberal arts and the business core for business students to refl ect some of that aforementioned pedagogical in-novation. Th ese revisions allow stu-dents fl exibility to take more liberal arts electives that might link more closely to their business major.

With regard to the business core, Rapaccioli said that the now-re-quired writing and speaking inten-sive freshman course “Th e Ground Floor” was successful during its trial period last year and continues to garner positive response from this year’s GSB freshmen.

“Th is is exactly what I hoped business school would be like,” Paul Guinee, GSB ’14, wrote via e-mail to Rapaccioli. “Th anks so much for giving me this opportunity.”

Changes to the sophomore busi-ness core are designed to allow stu-dents exposure to every business discipline before declaring their

Gabelli Dean Identifi es Curricular Goals, Lauds New Coremajors. Students take either a half or a whole course in all business disciplines throughout the year in addition to working on an integrat-ed project that ties together all the courses a student is taking in a term.

“As the Core Revision Commit-tee and I surveyed the curricular off erings at peer and aspirant institu-tions, we found that no other busi-ness schools off ered an instructional framework to business in this way,” Dr. Frank Werner, associate profes-sor of fi nance and economics, said.

As the fi rst group of sophomores experiences the new core, some stu-dents have expressed concern with managing so many diff erent courses at once.

“We have a large number of proj-ects and exams, which makes the core very hard to balance out at times,” Rushi Shah, GSB ’13, said of the new core. “It almost seems like we have two or three major projects or tests due every week.”

“I think they’re working hard, and it is more rigorous, but that was our intention,” Rapaccioli said, adding that they have created a Web site called corequniverse.net to help students manage several courses at once and that the faculty is open to tweaking the core in the future.

“One great thing about the fac-

ulty that are teaching it [the new core] is that they’re very open,” Ra-paccioli said. “Th ey want to make it an outstanding experience for the students.”

As this year’s GSB freshmen make the transition, Rapaccioli said she hopes to see one-half to three-quar-ters of students participate in the new core as sophomores, eventually reaching fully participation for soph-omores in the GSB class of 2015.

“Recruiters like it because it’s helping students connect the dots,” Rapaccioli said. “It makes everything more real and more alive.”

In addition to exposing students to a variety of business disciplines early in their undergraduate careers, GSB has continued to strengthen programs in business disciplines across the board, as evidenced by BusinessWeek ranking Fordham’s marketing department fourth na-tionally.

“We’ve put a lot of support be-hind the marketing students,” Ra-paccioli said.

She cited the increasingly active Finance Society and the student-managed fund in the University portfolio as ways GSB has strength-ened the fi nance department, too.

“I know people think of us as an accounting school, but I see us as

much broader,” Rapaccioli said, add-ing that GSB students’ majors are al-most evenly split between account-ing, marketing and fi nance.

“Th e accounting profession is so dominant,” Rapaccioli said in iden-tifying this aggressive recruiting as part of what contributes to the per-ception that Fordham is exclusively an accounting school. “Th ey come on campus, they don’t pull out any stops [. . .] the profession itself is much more aggressive in the way it recruits.”

Similar to Dr. Michael Latham, dean of Fordham College at Rose Hill, Rapaccioli said she sees the initiative for increased study abroad opportunities and accessibility as a major priority.

“I fully support his [Latham’s] initiative to get more and more students to do full-semester study abroad programs,” Rapaccioli said.

Th e nature of the business curric-ulum, though, means that her strat-egy is a litt le diff erent, concentrating more on short-term and summer programs.

“I think that every student should have an international experience, whether it’s a study abroad for a whole semester or a summer pro-gram or an extended study tour,” Rapaccioli said.

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SECURITY

BRIEFS

Oct. 27, Walsh Library, 10:30-11 p.m.

A student discovered her MacBook computer missing in the library when she returned from gett ing something to eat. Security is investigating the incident.

Oct. 28, Faculty Memorial Hall,

12 p.m.

A projector was removed from its place on the ceiling in an att empted theft . Aft er a brief investigation, the projector was found.

Oct. 28, Campbell Hall, 8 p.m.

A fi re alarm went off in response to burning food in the kitchen. Occupants evacuated the building without injury or incident. FDNY responded.

Oct. 29, Alumni Court South, 9:30 p.m.

Two students became involved in a verbal dispute over the use of a video game controller, which turned physical. Th e incident was referred to the Offi ce of Residential Life.

Oct. 30, outside McGinley Center, 1:30 a.m.

A student returned to the Ram Van parked outside McGinley looking for his backpack, which he found missing. Th e backpack, according to the student, contained books, a cell phone and an iPod.

Oct. 31, Walsh Hall, 7 p.m.

Food on the stove in an apartment burned, causing the smoke alarm to go off . Th e building was evacuated without incident. FDNY responded.

Oct. 31, Lorillard House, 7 p.m.

Some non-Fordham students were throwing eggs at the University security booth. Th e security guard notifi ed the police, and the students fl ed.

Oct. 31, Southern Boulevard, 5:30-7 p.m.

A woman parked her car on Southern Boulevard. Upon returning aft er about two hours, she found her passenger-side window smashed and her GPS unit missing from the car. Th e woman notifi ed NYPD, which is currently investigating.

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Valera, USG Address Environmentality, AccessibilityBy VICTORIA RAU

ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

Outdoor recycling bins will soon be available on campus, and the campus map will feature notation of the handicap-accessible entrances, Marc Valera, vice president of facili-ties, said when he att ended United Student Government’s meeting on Oct. 28.

Th ese changes, consistent with Fordham’s “green” initiative and Jesuit commitment to equal acces-sibility, are a result of recommenda-tions that Sara Kugel, FCRH ’11, executive president of USG, and Caitlin Meyer, FCRH ’12, execu-tive vice president of USG, made to Valera in a meeting last month.

“USG is very grateful for Valera’s receptivity to our ideas,” Kugel said. “USG believes that despite the relative simplicity of these changes, they will both greatly contribute to the community and represents what the University should stand for.”

In the past, according to Valera, people misused outdoor recycling bins, depositing trash rather than recyclable materials. He said that he hopes that this att empt at adding outdoor receptacles, which New York City itself has alternatively provided and not provided due to similar issues, will be more success-ful due to a population that is more educated about recycling. Th e bins will feature instructions for what should be put in them, just as those

in the residence halls and other buildings do.

Th e campus map, which previ-ously did not specify which en-trances were handicap-accessible and which were not, will hence-forth contain that information, Val-era said.

“By adding to the map Fordham shows students and visitors that we are a community that promotes in-clusively and responsibility to bet-ter our environment,” Kugel said.

Both the incorporation of re-cycling bins around campus and the markings on the campus map were suggestions Kugel and Meyer emphasized during their campaign for offi ce last spring and included in their campaign platform, with focus on addressing disability issues be-ing a key theme in the Kugel-Meyer administration.

Kugel said that Disability Ser-vices confi rmed her markings of handicap-accessible entrances as accurate before she brought the proposed map to Valera.

Valera said that recycling is a ma-jor focus of his in terms of sustain-ability in addition to the Univer-sity’s goal of reducing emissions by 30 percent by the year 2017.

“Our operations will endeavor to recycle as much material as possi-ble, in line with commonsense op-erational requirements,” Fordham’s sustainability policy reads from its Web site. “We will also explore all avenues to reduce waste and to

purchase renewable and reusable products. We will educate and train our students, staff and faculty in all aspects of this work.”

In addition to making recycling available outdoors, Valera said that he plans to work with Residential Life and student leaders to get the university involved in RecycleMa-nia, a nationwide competition.

“Th e concept is you want to re-cycle as much as possible and mea-sure within that 10-week period,” Valera said.

Th is year’s competition will run from Feb. 6 to April 2, 2011, with a “trial” period beginning on Jan. 23, according to the RecycleMania Web site.

In other news, USG voted to co-sponsor a prayer service in support of the LGBT community at Ford-ham. In light of recently heightened awareness of LGBT issues because of tragedies such as Rutgers Univer-sity freshman Tyler Clementi’s sui-cide, Barbara Andolsen, professor of theology and James E. Buckman Esq. Chair in Applied Christian Ethics, reached out to USG and Campus Ministry to co-sponsor an event before Th anksgiving break.

USG plans to reach out to PRIDE alliance and Women’s Em-powerment in coordinating this eff ort. More information can be found about this event in the com-ing weeks on USG’s Web site, usgrh.com.

“USG wants to show its support

USG Votes to Co-Sponsor LGBT Prayer Service Later this Month in Response to Incidents at Rutgers University and Elsewhere

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for the community and will be bringing att ention to resources on campus for our students,” Nicole D’Souza, GSB ’13 vice president of communications, said in a press release.

By REBECCA HORNESTAFF WRITER

Aft er years of student requests for more high-profi le speakers, the Gabelli School of Business off ered students the rare opportu-nity to meet the CEO of a multi-billion dollar fi rm. On Tuesday, Nov. 2, Christopher “Kip” Con-dron, CEO of AXA Financial, Inc. personally greeted students over breakfast in Tognino Hall, along with Rev. Joseph M. McShane, S.J., president of the University, and Dr. Donna Rapaccioli, dean of GSB. Condron then spoke to the students and administrators about lessons learned throughout his career in fi nance, even allow-ing individual students to ask him pointed questions about his expe-riences.

“Students always say that they want more high-profi le speak-ers to come to Fordham, and so it was great to have a CEO speak to us today,” Tim Lynch, GSB ’13, vice president of GSB on United Student Government and chair-man of the Gabelli Dean’s Coun-cil, said.

Newer students in the audience echoed Lynch’s excitement.

“I learned a lot about AXA and how it’s important to work hard in the fi nancial industry,” Karan Gupta, GSB ’14, said. “It was great to have someone so high up speaking to us. We were able to really take advantage of our geo-graphic positioning in New York City.”

Condron, who has worked at AXA since 2001, retold the twists and turns of his career path, which took him from real estate sales to founding his own fi rm to

PHOTO COURTESY OF REBECCA HORNE

his current position at AXA. As both CEO of AXA Financial and an executive within the larger AXA Group, Condron now serves as global head of life and savings and health businesses throughout AXA’s overall business in 54 coun-tries. Th roughout his remarks, Condron emphasized the growing opportunity that the insurance in-dustry poses to students.

“I want to propose to you that the life insurance industry is a place where you should consider building your career,” Condron said. “Th e next 30 years belong to the life insurance industry.”

Condron supported his propos-al with the claim that his industry is the sole source of guaranteed

income for the United States’ quickly-retiring baby boomer generation through such products as variable annuities.

“For me, the event was very helpful and informational,” Lynch said. “Until today, I had not con-sidered insurance as a career op-portunity, and now I am seriously considering it.”

In addition to learning about Condron’s life and work, students also witnessed his example of Je-suit values and integrity.

“Kip Condron is a man whose life is marked by great integrity,” McShane, who served with Con-dron on the University of Scran-ton’s Board of Trustees, said. “During my time at Scranton, he

was a great friend and wise coun-selor.”

As a closing thought, Condron revealed that one of his most val-ued lessons from his career is that people will notice you for your diligence in doing one task well and with integrity.

“Chop the wood in front of you,” Condron said. “Just do your job.”

According to Condron’s eco-nomic outlook, neither the cur-rent recession nor the recent regulatory legislation will keep graduating students from doing their jobs well, which comes as an encouraging sentiment delivered by a successful CEO to GSB un-dergraduates.

Speaking to a group of GSB students on the morning of Nov. 2, AXA’s Kip Condron discussed the future of investing and insurance in America, in addition to the relationship between his line of business and a Jesuit education.

AXA CEO Talks Finance with GSB Students

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ment. He did not create it in the long ago and then forget about it […] Th at unexpected sense […] is the something coming out of God’s love for us […] I believe in surprises of the Holy Spirit.”

Ciorra then thanked the audi-ence again and also the alumni committ ee for working tirelessly over the past year to organize the event. Aft er a reading from the Gospel of Luke, two candles were lit to symbolize the selfl ess lives led by the honorees before they received their awards. Th e fi rst award was Th e Graduate School of Religion & Religious Education Founders Award and was given to Cathy Canavan, Marie Gough, Marylin Pelletier Martin and Ruth Anne Rubin for their 40-plus years of service to the school.

“Th ey reached out to each and every student with generosity and concern—and they got their day-jobs done too,” Rosania said.

Th e Joseph P. Fitzpatrick S.J. Award for Service to the Hispanic Community was given to Juan Lulio Blanchard, who covered the gap between the sciences and faith with his work as a physics teacher in Santo Domingo. He also be-came a parish organizer at Christ the King Church upon coming to New York and is currently the director of the Offi ce of Hispanic Aff airs of the Archdiocese of New York. Recipients of the Sapienta et Doctrina Awards for Service to the Renewal of the Church in-cluded Paul Carty, David Cervini,

PREJEAN, FROM PAGE 1

PHOTO BY SIMON SULIT/ THE RAM

Sr. Helen Prejean, C.S.J., was given the Gaudium et Spes award by GRRE for her work with deathrow inmate Elmo Patrick Sonnier. Her experiences with Sonnier formed the basis for the lauded book Dead Man Walking, which in turn spawned an opera and an Oscar-winning fi lm starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn.

Sister Pauline Chirchirillo PBVM Gaynell Bordes Cronin, Rev. Jo-seph A. Currie S.J., Dr. Th omas E. Legere, Reverend Monsignor Michael J. Mott a, D. Min., Sister Maureen Sullivan, O.P. Ph.D., and the Church of the Presentation of Upper Saddle River, N.J.

Prejean was then presented the Gaudium et Spes Award and deliv-ered a deeply gripping account of some of her experiences as spiri-tual advisor to Sonnier.

“I can never receive an award myself,” she said. “You all look

through me into the stories where I’m going to bring you now.”

She spoke of the sanctity of hu-man life, societal justice, the need for forgiveness and revealed some of her own personal struggles with defending Sonnier.

“Th en I found out what the crime was,” Prejean said. “And when I looked into his eyes […] I remember thinking that whatever he had done, he was worth more than the worst thing he had ever done in his life.”

One incredibly moving section

of her address was the moment she discussed a conversation she had with Sonnier.

“You are not going die alone without a loving face to see […] you look at me and I will be the face of Christ for you,” she said.

Prejean’s powerful message and her story resonated strongly among the att endees and made the event a memorable one.

“When I see someone like Sis-ter Helen Prejean who embodies everything that we say that we are, that is, ‘men and women for

others’, it brings tears to my eyes,” Ciorra remarked aft er the ceremo-ny.

“I’ve been teaching all through-out my time at Fordham, and it’s nice coming back home to see some new faces and to honor the work they’ve done,” honoree and Fordham theology Professor Fa-ther Currie, S.J. explained.

Th is is the fi ft h consecutive year the GSRRE has hosted this event, and plans to continue honoring members of the church for their service in the future.

Manresa Program to Depart from Tierney HallAcademic Program Moving to Alumni Court South or Jogues Hall as Tierney Hall Becomes Upperclass ILC; Martyr’s Court to Transition to Completely Freshman Hall

By VICTORIA RAUASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

Tierney Hall residential college’s Manresa program will be moving across campus to an as-yet undeter-mined location, most likely either Jogues Hall in Martyrs’ Court or Alumni Court South, Christopher Rodgers, dean of students, said.

Th e University’s decision to move the residential college out of Tierney Hall comes as part of an eff ort to create a “freshman quad,” composed of the buildings on the west side of campus, includ-ing Martyrs’ Court, Alumni Court South, Loschert Hall and Queen’s Court.

In the shake-up, Tierney Hall would become an upperclassman residence hall while the population of Martyrs’ Court would be entirely freshmen. Logistically, the shift in students from one end of campus to the other will work, according to Rodgers.

“It’s a swap of the same number of beds,” Rodgers said.

Rodgers relayed the news of this residential change for the 2011-2012 school year during a question-and-answer forum in Walsh Hall on Oct. 26.

In response to questions about the recent renovations made to Tierney, purportedly to further the goals of the Manresa program, Rodgers said that whichever resi-dence hall houses the program next year will undergo some renovations in order to facilitate the program’s needs and involvement of faculty.

“I’m always looking to support renovations that get faculty into the residence halls,” Rodgers said.

“We invest in things like projectors because there’s a connection to the academic content that we want to bring into the residence halls.”

Although neither potential lo-cation for the Manresa program residential college are as technolog-ically advanced or aesthetically up-dated as Tierney, Rodgers said he is not concerned about maintaining the character of the program.

“Change in the architecture and the location might mean some change to the program, but the core elements will stay the same,” he said.

Overall, “the advantages [to moving the residential college into the freshman area of campus] outweigh the disadvantages,” Rod-gers said, citing the importance of a freshman community located in the same space.

Th e new Tierney Hall will most likely maintain its residential col-lege status, complete with some type of application process, as an upperclassman residence hall, though it is uncertain exactly how that process would operate. Rod-gers said he hopes it will give rising sophomores coming out of Queen’s Court or Tierney Hall residential colleges an opportunity to contin-ue living in a community-oriented sett ing.

With the opening of new build-ings Campbell and Salice-Conley Halls, Hughes Hall’s shift from a residential to an academic building and fewer students than anticipated dropping out of housing lott eries, the University has had to do some juggling of residential space, ac-cording to Rodgers.

“Th is is the biggest residential

RAM ARCHIVES

Tierney Hall will no longer be home to the Manresa program, as it has been since the 2007-2008 school year. Though the details are still sketchy, Manresa will move into either Alumni Court South or Martyrs’ Court’s Jogues Hall.

population the University has ever seen,” Rodgers said.

Rodgers arrived at the topic of moving the Manresa residential college following a question from a student about how the University allocates funds to diff erent residen-tial buildings relating to the seem-ingly disproportional allocation to buildings that are residential colleg-es or that house integrated learning communities.

Rodgers explained that stu-dents living in residential colleges pay higher housing cost, which independently funds their extra programming. Residents of Inte-grated Learning Communities ben-efi t from a specifi c investment the University makes in ILCs through “strategic money” set aside for that purpose as part of strategic plan-ning.

Th e transition of the Manresa program out of Tierney’s residen-tial college and into Jogues or South will be a main priority of ResLife in the year to come, Rodgers noted.

Greer Jason, assistant dean of students and director of Residen-tial Life, said that residential life is still in the process of determining the new location for the program and that she hopes to seek student input during this process.

Dr. Michael Latham, dean of Fordham College Rose Hill, said that they hope to determine the specifi c location of the Manresa program amongst the other fresh-man residence halls by the end of November. He also acknowledged that the next step would be to deter-mine which renovations would be necessary to the residence hall se-lected to be Manresa’s next home.

“One of the advantages of Tier-ney was that it had a lot of ameni-ties that lent itself toward that type of learning community,” Latham said. “We need to make sure that whatever space we move into facili-tates programming [and] we need to plan the renovations carefully to make sure it lends itself to this type of integrated learning community.”

Dr. Robert Parmach, assistant dean for freshmen and a faculty member in the Manresa program, echoed Latham’s and Jason’s sen-timents that the full eff ect of the transition is yet to be realized.

“It’s still very much in its infancy in terms of any planning,” Parmach said. “We don’t have any defi nitive sense yet of how the academic pro-gram would, in fact, change since the decision was just [recently made].”

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Student Life Council Discusses Alcohol, Senior Week Matt ersBy PATRICK DEROCHER

NEWS EDITOR

As at the United Student Gov-ernment meeting on Oct. 21, the second Student Life Council meet-ing this school year on Oct. 27 ad-dressed the matt er of increased student transportation to area hos-pitals for alcohol-related matt ers. Th is is a shift , many at the meet-ing noted, that coincided with a national rise in such incidents, but that is not entirely att ributable to this change.

“Th ere is a real cultural problem on campus,” Christopher Rodgers, dean of students at Rose Hill, said.

Backing up his statement were numbers presented by him and Sara Kugel, FCRH ’11 and executive president of United Student Gov-ernment at Rose Hill. According to these statistics, Fordham Uni-versity Emergency Medical Service and other EMS groups transported some 36 students to local hospitals, up from 27 in Sept. 2009 and 26 in Sept. 2008. Just over the weekend prior to the meeting, Oct. 22-24, six students were involved in hos-pital transports. Statistics were not yet available regarding Halloween weekend at the time of printing.

Rodgers and other administra-tors at the meeting, including Clau-dia Marin Andrade, director of Al-cohol and Other Drug Education at Rose Hill, noted that these num-bers do not include the great many students who arguably should re-ceive medical att ention, those who refuse medical att ention and those who are very drunk but are not in any immediate danger of harming themselves or others.

Economics, Andrade suggested, also plays a role in students’ deci-sions to act as they do.

“When students go out to bars, they oft en have to pay a cover charge, and then there are the indi-vidual drinks,” she said. “With pre-gaming, gett ing drunk is much less expensive, and in times like these, that can be appealing.”

Th e council recognized that pre-gaming activities, in which students consume alcoholic beverages before att ending major events or going out to bars or parties, are generally as-sociated with certain on-campus events and festivities.

“Mass events seem to be associ-ated with students showing up hav-ing pre-gamed,” Rodgers said, spe-cifi cally citing the President’s Ball as an example of this phenomenon.

Th e general consensus among the students and administrators present was that, although there is work that the University admin-istration can do to stem this prob-lem, it is a problem that cannot be fully solved working from the top down. Marisela Sigona, FCRH ’11 and executive vice president of the Residence Halls Association at Rose Hill, suggested that, as an administrative top-down solution, Fordham work to sponsor more late-night programs in Manhatt an, where students are less likely to turn to drinking as an evening activ-ity and less able to obtain alcohol.

Regarding “bott om-up” solu-tions in which students take it upon themselves to improve the on-campus environment, those at the meeting applauded eff orts by student organizations, namely Peer Educators and their poster cam-paign against Four Loko.

Four Loko, which has been blamed for rashes of illnesses at such schools as Ramapo College of New Jersey and the University of Central Washington, combines fruity-tasting malt liquor with large doses of caff eine. Th e result-ing mixture, experts say, can cause drinkers to believe themselves less drunk than they actually are and subsequently consume more of the beverage or perform activities, such as driving, that they normally would not att empt while drinking. Additionally, as the Peer Educators’ posters and Rodgers point out, one 23.5-ounce can contains some 600 calories, or roughly as many as a Buff alo chicken wrap from the Mil-lennium Grille.

Greer Jason, assistant dean of students and director of residential life, summed up the feelings most people at the meeting were express-ing as regards student involvement.

“Th e direct way [to aff ect campus alcohol culture] is to step up as stu-dent leaders when you see people making poor decisions,” she said.

On a similar but largely unrelated matt er, Reynold Graham, FCRH ’12, who is also a resident assistant in Tierney Hall, proposed that the

University institute an on-campus bias reporting system similar to the one that currently exists for secu-rity fi lings.

“It is time that the University re-veal the truth about what campus life is really like,” he said, noting that Georgetown University, generally considered to be one of Fordham’s peer or at least aspirant institutions, has a similar system.

In Georgetown’s system, stu-dents can fi ll out an online form detailing the nature, location, time and extent of the incident.

Administrators present at the meeting, including Rodgers and Jason, pointed out that Fordham is legally required to report any bias-related incidents to the Federal gov-ernment on an annual basis, and that RA s have a system for report-ing such incidents.

Students and staff at the SLC meeting raised questions regarding privacy and rumor mills as regards recent incidents, both at Fordham and elsewhere.

Some, such as RHA’s Sigona, argued that such systems, if made public, could feed and exacerbate rumor mills that already exist on campus, as has happened in recent incidents. Alternatively, Graham countered, an informed student body is less likely to jump to con-clusions than one that is kept in the dark.

Another issue raised during this section of the meeting was the cur-rent dissemination of security alerts, specifi cally as regard on-campus versus off -campus alerts. Although Graham contended that security alerts were limited to off -campus matt ers, part of the reason that he brought the issue of an on-campus alert system to the meeting, Rod-gers asserted that the campus secu-rity offi ce looks at all security fi les and comes to a conclusion about their relevance, and that on- or off -campus has nothing to do with that decision.

Th e third and fi nal major issue debated at the Oct. 27 meeting was that of the budget for Senior Week. Bobby Skoda, GSB ’11 and senior chair of the Senior Week Commit-tee, came to the council asking for an increase of $5,000 per semester of increased budget to the commit-tee. Senior Week, he said, lost some

$10,000 last year and has been con-sistently a money-losing venture for the University.

“Ticket prices are signifi cantly below cost,” he said. “If we were to raise them enough to be at-cost, the change would be enormous.”

Skoda added that prices were raised for the fi rst time in “a while” last year.

Council members questioned the request and its foundations, namely whether costs could be cut and the extent to which the departments of alumni relations and development could be more involved in fi nanc-ing the week’s events.

In particular, they pointed out what they believed were potential improvement points on a sample event budget that showed a loss

of $5-10 per att endee. As for the involvement of alumni relations and development, Skoda said that these departments spend about $15-20,000, over which the Senior Week Committ ee has no control.

Th e council voted on the funding initiative. However, many members felt that they had insuffi cient in-formation regarding the budgetary workings of Senior Week. As such, the vote was zero for, fi ve against and 13 abstaining, and the matt er was tabled until the next meeting.

Th e Student Life Council nor-mally meets on the last Wednes-day of every month. Because of the Th anksgiving holiday, the next meeting will be Nov. 17 at 2:30 p.m. in the McGinley Center Faculty Lounge.

PHOTO BY SIMON SULIT/ THE RAM

Posters, largely funded by Peer Educators, have been working to dissuade students from drinking such beverages as Four Loko, a caff einated malt drink.

Fordham in BriefCRC to Present Forum

Fordham University’s Cen-ter on Religion and Culture will collaborate with the Opus Prize Foundation to host a forum called “Globalization and the Ecology of Caring: Untold Stories, Unsung Heroes” on Nov. 10 at the Rose Hill campus.

Part of a two-day event at Ford-ham to award the Opus Prize, the forum will center on community leaders working to combat poverty and improve the lives of poor peo-ple around the world. Th e Opus Foundation will award the actual prize at an event on Nov. 11.

Fred de Sam Lazaro, a “PBS Newshour” journalist and fi lm-maker, will present a discourse as part of the forum. Lazaro, who manages the Project for Under-Told Stories at Saint John’s Uni-versity in Collegeville, Minn.,

has reported on global eff orts to combat poverty, disease and di-saster and has been a contributor to the NewsHour since 1985. His Project for Under-Told Stories fo-cuses on the grassroots eff orts of “unsung heroes” working to make a diff erence in their communities and around the world.

William F. Baker, the Claudio Aquaviva chair and journalist-in-residence, is set to moderate a panel discussion as part of the CRC event. Th e discussion will address how the decisions of gov-ernment bodies, corporations and non-government organizations infl uence those who are working in communities worldwide to fur-ther social justice and bett er living conditions.

Jacqueline Novogratz, founder and CEO of Acumen Fund, a non-profi t global venture fi rm that uses entrepreneurial approaches to

solving global poverty, and Law-rence MacDonald, a vice president of the Center for Global Develop-ment, a nonprofi t research organi-zation dedicated to reducing glob-al poverty, are among the panelists scheduled to provide commentary on these timely issues.

Nostra Aetate Dialogue

Dr. Robert Aleksander Maryks, GSAS ’05, associate professor of history at the City University of New York, and Dr. Th omas Co-hen, associate professor of history at Catholic University of America, explored the role of Jesuit priests of Jewish descent in the forma-tion of the Society of Jesus in 18th century Spain as part of the 18th annual Nostra Aetate Dialogue on Oct. 27.

Claudio M. Burgaleta, S.J., asso-ciate professor of Latin studies in

the Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education at Ford-ham, served as the moderator for the dialogue, which traversed such issues as anti-Jewish bias, “purity of blood” and att itudes toward new converts to Christianity.

Th e discussion, geared toward developing meaningful Catholic-Jewish discussion, benefi ted from both panelists’ historical exper-tise.

Maryks outlined the economic, psychological and physical ba-sis for anti-Jewish sentiment in Spain, a sentiment that applied to the Conversos due to their lack of “pure” blood, but that the Jesuits did not share.

“Contrary to a rather signifi -cant number of Spanish civil and ecclesiastical authorities, the Basque founder of the Society of Jesus, Ignatius of Loyola, and his two Spanish successors […] took

pleasure in admitt ing men of Jew-ish ancestry into the order,” he said.

Maryks, who earned his doc-torate in early modern European history at Fordham, stressed that new converts to Christianity formed a strong constituency in the young Christian church until the emphasis on “purity of blood” made Christians suspicious of Conversos.

Cohen highlighted the non-re-ligious factor of nationalism that played a role in the disagreements over purity of blood.

“Th ey would say, ‘Well, we’re not anti-Semitic, but people around us in Spain and Portugal are extremely anti-Semitic, and therefore we ought to accommo-date that anti-Semitism and not admit a lot of new Christians,’” Cohen said of the Converso-phoebic Spanish Christians.

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2010 Midterm Elections Coverage

IMAGE BY PATRICK DEROCHER/ THE RAM

IMAGE BY PATRICK DEROCHER/ THE RAM

In the results that were available as of 11:45 p.m. EDT on Nov. 2, Republicans had control of 44 Senate seats and 186 seats in the House of Represntatives as compared to 48 Senate and 129 House seats. CNN, as well as other national news organizations, had called control of the House of Representatives for the Republican party. One early estimate by NBC put the predicted tally as 237 seats for the Republicans (gray states) and 198 for the Democrats (black states). Certain races, namely those for the Senate seats in Illinois, Pennsylvania and Washington and those for governorships in Florida, Illinois and Ohio were broadly considered too close to call at this point. Additionally, Alaska did not close its polls until 12 midnight EDT. However, the marquee race in that state - Senate between Joe Miller, Scott McAdams and Lisa Murkowski - was widely looked at as a likely tight race; because Murkowski is a write-in candi-date, it may take days for a winner to be determined. It should also be noted that, while some news agencies had called the Governor’s race in California for Democrat Jerry Brown, CNN, which was used to determine these diagrams, still had it as uncertain. However, as of 12:02 a.m. EDT on Nov. 3, CNN had Brown up by a margin of 3% with 23% of all precincts reporting. Similarly, Nevada’s Senate race between incumbent and Senate majority leader Harry Reid and Republican contender Sharron Angle. It is believed, though as of yet unconfi rmed, that this year saw the largest-ever turnout for a midterm elec-tion in the US. For more current information, visit The Ram’s Web site at www.theramonline.com.

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Point-Counterpoint: Midterms Scheduling

By RORY MASTERSONSTAFF WRITER

A few weeks ago, a distinct feeling crept up on me. Urgency and an almost blind ne-cessity to study knocked on my door, and even though I had other school work to ac-complish, I was only too obliged to answer. I had entered my fi rst midterm period as a college student.

Th e preparation required to meet the de-mands of four or fi ve professors’ standards of success halfway through a class can be enough to drive someone mad. Add that to the work a person already has because classes continue through the midterm pe-riod, and the resulting frantic campus takes on a coinciding air of mental and physical exhaustion not recommended for the weak of heart. Sleep becomes a more valuable commodity than crude oil in the dead of summer, and students scour the campus for quick, fi lling foods so as not to waste pre-cious time. Midterms are, in short, hectic.

Why is it then, one might be inclined to ask, that Fordham and many other universi-ties in the United States choose to continue classes through the midterm period? Th e reader might also notice that I continually use the phrase “midterm period” rather than “midterm week.” We can solve the class question and grammatical question with a simple answer: Treat midterms like fi nals; condense midterms to a single week during which classes are not in session so students may focus solely on the impending testing period.

I have already heard stories of professors assigning papers while also giving mid-terms, perhaps due on the same day. Th at is a bit heavy on the workload, even for the average, hardworking college student. Each paper and a test require a suffi cient amount of time. When the workload of one class is combined with the essays and exams of a full schedule, each assignment requires time students simply do not have.

In less drastic cases, professors ask stu-dents to read, do calculations and analyze all of which happen in the regular course of school. Again, this devotion of time to regular schoolwork rather than studying for midterms may be asking too much. We are not divine, and yet the work that professors ask of us during midterm week builds us to biblical proportions.

Fordham, as the aforementioned “many other universities in the United States,” also needs to cancel classes for midterms so pro-fessors do not have the opportunity to bog us down in times of need. In some classes,

By CHRISTINE BARCELLONAOPINIONS EDITOR

Extra bags hung beneath students’ eyes for the past few weeks, a result of late nights in the library during Fordham’s loosely des-ignated midterm weeks. Unlike the highly structured fi nals period, during midterm season students must juggle class att endance, regular coursework and extra studying for midterms. However, Fordham is right to keep midterms low-key by lett ing professors decide the date and nature of exams. Th is allows professors more leeway in case they fall behind the schedule on their syllabuses, which oft en happens, and prevents wasting time during the term with dedicated reading periods.

Th e University is right to allot certain time slots for fi nal exams; no matt er what the subject, it is important for professors to conduct a fi nal assessment to make sure stu-dents learned what they should have in the course. However, by the middle of the semes-ter, professors are still laying the groundwork for what will be covered in the class, and any exam should be more of an informal, prog-ress-checking tool. It is a way for professors to coerce students into studying, which helps solidify material in students’ minds. Th is helps with comprehensive fi nal exams later, which professors oft en weigh more. Th is also enriches the learning experience by making sure that everyone is on the same page, and indicates whether professors’ teaching or stu-dents’ study methods should be adjusted.

However, while midterms are important, evaluation methods should not be the Uni-versity’s main focus; Fordham is a liberal arts school and defi es the standardized testing and learning environment that permeates much of the American education system. A small assessment of students’ comprehen-sion is apt, but if Fordham specifi cally desig-nated a certain amount of time for midterms, and had a set-in-stone date for each exam in each class, it would give this assessment un-due weight. Th is would signal a stop in class-es, or a halt in the learning process, and usher in a week or two of stagnation focused on memorization, reiteration and regurgitation so students could earn good grades on their midterms. Fordham is right to have its cur-rent midterm schedule and testing method, because it prevents this issue.

However, there are a few things professors could change to use their midterm-making power for preventing unnecessary bags un-der students’ eyes. It would be ideal if profes-sors could give students an in-progress grade for the course, like the midterm grade reports

that freshmen receive during their fi rst se-mester. Th is way students would know where they stand before the midterm, and whether additional studying or offi ce visits might be necessary to understand concepts that they may not have grasped yet.

Another good facet of Fordham’s midterm policy is that it allows professors to assign whatever type of midterm they prefer; how-ever, this freedom gives professors leeway for making students’ lives nightmarish. Pro-fessors who do not want to waste class time with assessment might eschew the midterm altogether, or assign a take-home exam. Th ese are both perfectly acceptable solu-tions, but sometimes busy professors have trouble deciding exactly what type of evalua-tion would be best, and change exam formats at the last minute. Th is is unacceptable and hurts students, especially those who try to work ahead and understand the importance of studying over a period of days or weeks, instead of cramming the night before. If a professor tells students that there will be an in-class exam, he or she should not change the format aft er students have already spent signifi cant amounts of time studying. Even worse is when students arrive in class the day of an exam and the professor announces that the test that they have spent hours studying for will not occur, and that they instead have a paper due within a few days. Professors are busy, but so are students, and advance notice helps students manage their time without pulling all-nighters or missing other classes to fi nish suddenly assigned take-home exams.

A similar service that would decrease students’ stress levels would be if profes-sors gave students information about the format of the midterm and possible topics that might be covered at least a week in ad-vance. Again, this would allow students to spend a couple days a week for several weeks reviewing class notes in preparation for the exam, instead of having to fi nd the best study method for a midterm in the following class. Students would and should study diff erently for an exam with a large focus on vocabulary and identifi cations than they would for an in-class essay, and it would be kind of professors to remember this.

Th e fl exible midterm schedule is an affi r-mation of Fordham’s liberal arts values and a kindness to students and professors alike. However, as always, improvements would make students’ lives more pleasant, help with the quality of their midterm performance and bring relief to their sleepless, bleary eyes.

Christine Barcellona, FCRH ’12, is an English major fr om Dallas, Texas. She can be reached at cbarcellona@fordham.edu.

Staff Poll: When Th e Ram was polled, 9 staff members thought the existing midterm sched-ule was fi ne; 7 staff members did not. Four members think there should be no midterms.

midterms count for as much as one-third or even half of a student’s entire grade.

If a professor asks for a reading due in class on Tuesday and the midterm is on Wednesday, it is probably safe to say that a student is far more likely to study class ma-terials Monday night than to do the reading. Th en, when the professor calls on that stu-dent to give a brief synopsis of the reading he did not do the next day, he chides the stu-dent for being a slacker and may even bring down the mythical “participation grade,” of which students usually have very litt le per-sonal knowledge.

Th is injustice stands as just one of the many aspects of the midterm period that Fordham can avoid if it wants to have mid-terms for classes. If our University allowed us to focus solely on exams and did not force us to worry about anything else for classes, everyone would be much happier. Profes-sors would not have to grade as much, stu-dents could sleep more and Fordham would look stellar when test scores would show students averaging high midterm grades. Th is, as Voltaire’s Dr. Pangloss might say, is the best of all possible worlds.

Students could then take the weekend to recuperate (because Fordham’s breaks are the most sparing of anyone in America, it seems, but that is for another incendiary opinion article at another time), celebrate, sleep and refocus on the day-to-day goings-on of college classes. Th e frustration of midterms running together with classwork would vanish, as would the omnipresent bags under students’ eyes. A general sense of relief would undoubtedly overtake the campus when the single week of studying and test-taking fi nished.

Th at may be taking the dream too far, but every reader should understand the point. Everyone would be more content with a midterm schedule that lets classes out and allows students to study for midterms without becoming overwhelmed with work. The current system is inconsistent, with midterms spanning the course of up to three weeks for some. Condense mid-terms to a single week, eliminate classes and do not assign papers during this time. Please, Fordham is it really that much to ask? Would you prefer if we asked you for a paper and a midterm due together next Wednesday?

Rory Masterson, GSB ’14, is a business ad-ministration major fr om Fort Mill, S.C.

Students study for midterm examinations, which some claim are unfairly interspersed with classes, prompting long, dreary hours in the library and sometimes even stressful, tiring all-night cram sessions.

Existing Midterm Schedule Is Fine, Changes Might Ameliorate Studying Fordham Must Designate Week for Midterm Exams to Increase Study Time

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OPINIONSPAGE 8 • THE RA M • NOVEMBER 3, 2010

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Missed Chance for Spooky Festivities

I am oft en considered the black sheep of Th e Ram staff . As the sole business editor, I oft en get mistak-enly grouped with other editors on staff . You see, the title of busi-ness editor is quite deceiving; I edit nothing but I do conduct sig-nifi cant amounts of business for Th e Ram. I’ll take numbers over words any day – debits over com-mas, negotiations over rhetoric and invoices over articles. To be hon-est, I am not a big fan of literature, fl uff y poetry or even writing opin-ions pieces (I tried to negotiate the word count down to an effi cient 400 words on this one, but stalwart Managing Editor Abigail Forget wouldn’t give in).

Believe me, I would much rather be making an advertising deal or prospecting new clients than edit-ing articles or writing them. Sim-ply put: it’s just not me.

Some may suspect that my desk is fi lled with money from Th e Ram’s advertising initiatives. Al-though this isn’t technically incor-rect, and I like seeing Th e Ram suc-ceed fi nancially, I love my position as business editor due to the fact that I get to essentially run my own business as a 21-year-old college

student. Th ough I am quite dif-ferent from other members of Th e Ram staff , my contribution to the publication is of value, but more or less behind the scenes.

When I transitioned into my position as business editor, I was surprised as to how litt le structure there was regarding the advertising business model. I happily accepted this freedom and addressed issues such as advertising placements and collecting on accounts payable. In this way, I have been able to gain an extremely realistic picture of sev-eral diff erent business disciplines from my experience at Th e Ram.

Over the course of the past three years, I have come to appreciate the unique experiences that Fordham has off ered me, such as my position as business editor. Both on campus and off , I would have never been of-fered the same opportunities had I chosen a diff erent university.

I don’t know too many people beyond the Fordham community who can say they had a private U2 concert at their school, or they have been an extra in a Michael Douglas fi lm or they headed to the remote Zuofu Hani Village in Chi-na to learn about rural Chinese cul-

ture. I have danced (not well) on a Broadway stage with a group of my friends at the end of Hair, had four extremely valuable internship experiences ranging from fi nan-cial services to marketing a high fashion luxury brand and I will be headed to El Salvador as part of a GO! project this winter. Th is sum-mer I worked for my dream com-pany, Tiff any & Co. and I couldn’t have asked for a bett er fi nal work experience before beginning my last year at Fordham.

Th is unparalleled range of ex-periences has shaped me in ways I could never have imagined when I fi rst stepped foot on Fordham’s campus with the idea that I was just here to get a degree. My intel-lect has been challenged, my faith has been tested and I have been pleasantly surprised with how my perspective has changed.

I am extremely proud of the re-lationships I have established, the work experiences that I have had and the aspects of culture in which I have been involved. While giv-ing tours of the University, I oft en get asked what personifi es a typi-cal Fordham student. To this day I don’t think one can accurately

From the Desk of Caroline Dahlgren, Business Editor

generalize the “Fordham student;” there are no stereotypes in my mind. I think it is perfectly accept-able and encouraged to fi nd your place at the University, even if you have seemingly divergent interests. Although I may not be the typical Ram editor, I am happy to have found my niche and be appreciated for the work I do, no matt er how far away it is from the fi eld of journal-ism.

Th is year at New Student Ori-entation, T-shirts with the quote “What will you do with your time at Fordham?” were handed out. I can answer that question by look-ing back and confi dently saying that I would not change anything about how I have spent my time here.

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By CHRISTOPHER KENNEDYSTAFF WRITER

Around 11:30 on the night before Halloween, I realized I was out of milk. Although I could have gone to the Grille or Tiger Mart, I decided to go to Belmont Avenue and fi nd a bodega so I could get a sense of the Halloween crowds. On the way over, I found larger-than-usual throngs on the corners of Arthur Avenue and 189th Street, dressed as everything from mice (in the fi nest Mean Girls tradition) to superheroes to bott les of beer. Th ey meandered, and in many cases stumbled, from establish-ment to establishment. Although I was intrigued and, admitt edly, a bit amused, I decided to return to my Walsh apartment as quickly as pos-sible, because it was quite chilly (how did the “cheerleaders” and others tol-erate it?).

When I returned I noticed that, aside from traffi c in and out of the Walsh gate, the campus was all but deserted. If students wanted to show

off their costume creativity, I real-ized, their only options were at the intersections of Arthur and 189th or Webster and Bedford Park.

At a forum in Walsh Hall last week, Dean of Students Christopher Rod-gers mentioned that one only had to drive by those intersections to see that many students at this school have an unhealthy obsession with al-cohol. Th e question must be asked, then, what is Student Aff airs doing to rectify this? If there was any time to provide an alternative to the bars, it was around Halloween.

Th is is not to say that the Uni-versity did not try, but it seems like there could have been some bett er planning done. First of all, I did not see a “Halloweek” poster in Walsh Hall until Saturday night, when I went on my aforementioned milk run. Th e only activity yet to happen at that point was the Martyrs’ Court Halloween party, which was on Sun-day night and, therefore, less likely to deter people from leaving campus. If CAB, USG and RHA had worked

together to have these activities and others on a Friday or Saturday night, they might have been eff ective.

I have a feeling, however, that those organizations thought it was useless to have events on those nights, as it was accepted that most students would just be going out. If this was in fact the case, then they simply legiti-mized a self-fulfi lling prophecy.

I may be an optimist, but I do not see why a well-planned event would not deter people from fl eeing campus in droves to drink. Th is is not to say that I wish everyone would just sing songs, make s’mores and forget about liquor for a night. However, I would like to see this school give credence, on a weekend in which it is admitt ed-ly hard to do so, to the idea that you do not have to drink to have fun. Not only would this give an alternative to those who do not drink, but also to those for whom the idea of squeez-ing into a sweaty bar in a hot costume does not sound very appealing.

What, then, could Fordham do? It seems to me that every one likes

to trick-or-treat. Who doesn’t like candy? What if, and this is just one of countless possible ideas, all the resident directors, Jesuits and other staff and faculty members who live on campus and nearby handed out candy at various locations around campus from, say, 11 p.m.-1 a.m.? Sure, it is cheesy, but sorry are the souls who do not have a litt le bit of kid left in them. We could tie in other events, like costume contests, bob-bing for apples or whatever else.

Not only could this serve as some sort of community-building event (as Residential Life would be quick to point out), but it could also serve as a poster child for whatever initia-tives Student Aff airs is taking or is planning to take to provide alterna-tives to drinking. I have a feeling they would be pleasantly surprised at the number of students willing to take them up on their off er of a night of costumes and candy, without any ex-pense or the hangover.

Christopher Kennedy, FCRH ’12, is a theology major fr om Mystic, Conn.

While Halloween means creepy mayhem at haunted houses and trick-or-treating for children, Fordham students turn to alcohol and partying for entertainment.

OPINIONS NOVEMBER 3, 2010 • THE RA M • PAGE 9

A Look at the WorldOutside of Fordham from

the Perspective of Professional News

Bloggers

Rally to Restore Sanity

Barbara Ransby,

The Huffi ngton Post

“Despite the therapeutic ef-fects of a good laugh in the face of lunacy, we are not going to joke and jive our way to a better social and political situation. I settle in to watch Colbert and

Stewart make fun of my en-emies. It is a way to restore my sanity. It is not the route

to building a movement.”

Ed Morrissey,

Hot Air

“This is a celebration of po-litical laziness masquerad-ing as ironic detachment. Instead of having actual, serious, and developed political arguments, it’s

much easier to make fun of those who do on both

sides of the political divide and pretend that one is

above it all.”

A Look at the WorldOutside of Fordham from

Issue of the Week:Issue of the Week:

See what commentators from the Left and the Right have to say about Jon Stew-

art and Stephen Colbert’s rally in Washington D.C.

Student Apathy Trumps Activism

Jon Stewart,

Rally to Restore Sanity

“We hear every damn day about how fragile our

country is, on the brink of catastrophe, torn by polar-

izing hate and how it’s a shame that we can’t work

together to get things done, but the truth is we do. We work together to

get things done every day.”

By BRIAN KRAKERASSISTANT OPINIONS EDITOR

Fordham wants you to be bothered. With each recruit-ment speech to prospective students, Rev. Joseph McShane, S.J., president of the Univer-sity, sings the same old refrain: Fordham wants students who are not content with the status quo. When faced with injustice, Fordham cannot stand idly by, but actively combat these is-sues.

This past Halloween week-end, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert exemplified McShane’s mantra. The Comedy Central comedians held a rally to Re-store Sanity and/or Fear in Washington D.C, combating the culture of contemporary poli-tics. Stewart pleaded for rational voters to ignore the extremists of the current political climate and to support moderate and reasonable candidates from both sides of the aisle. Colbert satirized political pundits’ ec-centric rhetoric, conceiving of scare tactics for everything short of the apocalypse.

Two of television’s funni-est personalities held a rally to strengthen America’s moderate core. Fordham could not pay someone enough to care about these issues on campus. College Republicans promote the radical right, presenting students with a brand of conservatism that only Glenn Beck would only sup-port. The College Democrats are so inactive, it would lead students to believe the country had legalized marijuana. While a few clubs, including Progres-sive Students for Justice, have shown a propensity to propose change, the larger student body does not share their passion.

This lack of activism on cam-pus extends beyond political clubs. The majority of the stu-dent body is apathetic to on-campus concerns. Students are content to gripe among their friends within the safety of their dorms, while few actually voice their opinions about Fordham policies. The Health Center should consider checking the collective pulse of the student body to ensure they are still liv-ing. However, they may misdi-agnose them with Swine Flu.

Not every student has re-mained silent on issues at Ford-ham. Last year, John Tully Gor-don, FCRH ’10, former United Student Government president, advocated for Maroon Square, a designated area on campus for student protests. Similar to Georgetown University’s Red Square, this area would pro-vide students with an open fo-rum to protest Fordham policy or national issues. While USG compromised on minor issues, the administration denied the creation of Maroon Square, af-fectively saying, “We want you bothered, just not here.”

The administration supports student activism so long as it is outside the gothic stonewalls. Fordham would not want its pristine Eddie’s Parade marred with footsteps from students exposing blemishes within the University’s operations. While telling students not to be satis-fied with injustice, yet doing everything to prohibit student activism on campus, the admin-istration is contradicting itself. Students have the right to voice their opinions about how their college is run, especially at a school on which they spend a fortune to attend.

The only aspect more disap-

pointing than the administra-tion’s denial of student activism is the student body’s apathy. When the University abruptly closed the 24-hour section of the library, students mutely signed a petition. The adminis-tration keeps the details of how it spends tuition more tightly wrapped than the truth about who shot JFK, but students keep shoveling their checks into this infinite budget abyss without question. Fordham needs to be disturbed by the evident flaws in the University’s operations.

Students should not picket outside the president’s office after every unfavorable decision or participate in hunger strikes every time the caf makes a bad burger. Fordham students need to become invested in the Uni-versity they are attending. They need to educate themselves on how their money is spent or de-mand a transparent budget from the University. If students are truly concerned about a 24-hour library, they should not settle for a two-hour compromise. Not every student needs to be advocating a Maroon Square or holding rallies in D.C., but everyone should be taking an active role in the campus’s op-eration.

Fordham students should be bothered, not only by the ad-ministration’s refusal to permit student activism on campus, but that their peers are indiffer-ent. This University is a great establishment, but far from a perfect one. Students cannot re-main this content, or McShane has failed at his mission to both-er you.

Brian Kraker, FCRH ’12, is an English and computer science major fr om Pompton Lakes, N.J. He can be reached at kraker@fordham.edu.

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By SARAH ELIZABETH LAHOUDCONTRIBUTING WRITER

While my fellow Rams read this article, perchance eating breakfast in the caf or snuggled up warmly in their Martyrs’ bunk bed with a lukewarm cup of coffee, I am at the moment sitting in the Boole Library at University College, Cork, Ire-land.

Studying abroad is a formi-dable concept, one that many students consider but very few achieve. Sometime around the beginning of sophomore year at Fordham, students start talk-ing and daydreaming about it. There are a lot of young hope-fuls at first, people who have dreamed of studying abroad for a semester somewhere exotic and new.

However, toward the second semester of sophomore year, only the stouthearted applicants remain. The rest have deserted the dream, for one reason or another. One of the reasons for this resignation is Fordham’s difficult study abroad applica-tion process.

Many obstacles stand between a Fordham student currently studying in the Bronx and the actuality of studying in a foreign country. As a Fordham student currently residing on the other side of the pond, I have had to overcome them all.

One problem with the process is that only a small percentage of a Fordham-sponsored grant or scholarship will transfer, even to a Fordham-approved program. Work-study aid certainly will not transfer to a foreign school, either. For many students, mon-ey is a serious concern, and it would be nice if there were a way that more of our scholar-ship money could be applied to abroad programs.

Also, approving foreign trans-fer credits to count for a Ford-ham degree is no small task, and if the foreign school applied to is anything like mine in Ireland, chances are applicants will not even know what classes they will be taking before they arrive. This unfortunate, and prob-ably avoidable, confusion leads to many sleepless and stressful nights for the Fordham appli-cant.

Many students who have been brave enough to go through with their applications argue

that working with the Office of International and Study Abroad Programs is a nightmare. It would seem that though Ford-ham enjoys displaying the num-ber of students studying abroad each year, it also likes making it as difficult as possible to achieve that number. Studying abroad is not for the faint-hearted, and the application process reflects that idea. First, students must submit a full application to Fordham’s office for approval. After get-ting approval, they must submit another full application to their programs of choice.

This complicated applica-tion process forces students to consider seriously their choice of studying abroad. Studying abroad is a huge investment of time and money. Fordham seems to be simply asking its students to carefully consider their decision. When I told a friend that I would be studying abroad, he accurately described the study abroad experience for many college students: a waste of time and a way for college kids to slack off for a year and spend their parents’ hard-earned cash on a good time in a foreign country. Perhaps if the applica-tion were easier, more students would feel this way, perhaps not.

However, the application process is tedious, scholarship money is limited and credit transfer is a fuzzy topic at best. All of these factors inspire very few students actually to study abroad. I can be honest and say that there was more than one point in my application journey where I believed I would never get to Ireland. Issues with mon-ey and transfer credit plagued me for many months. Though it was extremely difficult, I have to say thank you to the Fordham study abroad office because without it, I would not be here right now. The application pro-cess made this whole experience worth it, and I was certainly proud of myself when I walked off the plane and realized that I had actually done it.

In the end, studying abroad is worth the hassle. I would have gone through a lot more pain than what I did have to go through just to be here in Ire-land.

Sarah Elizabeth Lahoud, FCRH ’12, is an English major from McLean, V.A.

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Caf Layout Harms Students’ Eating Habits

By ALEX KRASNERCONTRIBUTING WRITER

There once was a popular ru-mor that Sodexo serves food one level above prison-grade food; as a freshman, I believed it. Howev-er, over the two and a half years I have been at Fordham, the caf has made many changes in its food selection–some for the better.

Throughout my freshman and sophomore years, I feared every time my hunger grew because I knew that I would have to eat at the caf. The crowds, the poor food quality and the lack of obvi-ously wholesome choices terri-fied me. Looking around, I rarely noticed anything other than the traditional hot food, sandwiches, pizza and burgers. I could not

wait until the day came when I could cook my own food, on my own terms, at any time I pleased. Now with an apartment in Salice-Conley, I occasionally find myself once again sitting in the caf eating the once-feared food, and finding it is not as bad as I remembered.

Starting freshman year, certain food items were available only on certain days. In addition, the caf contains limited choices, espe-cially when supplies run low. The food quality was also poor. In terms of how the caf was set up, there were some serious short-falls. The hot-food line never grew shorter and blocked the soups; the sandwich line was slow and understaffed during the busy times and there was no flow from section to section. I saw few

options besides the traditional meals, and those lines made me resort to pizza more times than I would care to admit.

Since that time, the caf has tak-en some serious steps in the right direction, as well as some steps in the wrong direction. There was a large push for the caf to go tray-less to reduce waste. This may have helped reduce waste, but it makes it harder for students to enjoy healthful meals. The New York Times reported a study that showed that in cafeterias with-out trays, students eat 21 percent less salad and consume more ice cream than before going trayless.

In addition to promoting less healthful eating habits, trayless dining creates other problems. Personally, I do not like getting up

multiple times during my meal to get more food. I get my food and drink once and maybe a desert or a second drink after. It sounds really lazy, but I do not want to get up multiple times to eat a full meal. After years of practice, I can now carry two plates and a drink, but when I signed up for a meal plan, I did not think I was also signing up for a balancing act in the circus. I just want to be in and out of the crowded caf.

The way the caf has been rear-ranged is an improvement, but only in alleviating lines, not in en-couraging students to make better food choices. Moving the pasta to the center, which allows the vegetarian hot food to be more available, was smart, but not ef-fective for encouraging healthful eating.

Think about it: When you walk into the caf, what do you see? Straight ahead there are pizzas, burgers and fries, while glancing to your right you see ice cream and glancing to your left there are sushi and toasters. Why not move some things around so that we see the wholesome food first? For example, the salad bar could be switched to where the pizza is. Students might be tempted by a grilled chicken salad if they saw it right away. Putting salads where they could be quick and easy to grab, right when students walk in, would be a huge improvement. Simply putting wholesome choic-es in front of everything else can make a difference.

A study by the USDA found that when it came to healthful eat-ing, “viewing led to significantly greater consumption of healthier foods and significantly less con-sumption of less healthy foods.” Little changes such as simply put-ting wholesome food in an easier-to-reach area can help a lot with-out too much renovation.

The quality of caf food has seemed to improve, as well, over the past few years. I have noticed that the salad looks fresher and has more toppings, there is more fresh fruit readily available, the sandwich station has more choic-es available and now offers toast-ing and the pasta station has veg-etables available. However, the hot-food plates are still lacking. Usually the portions of vegetables are small, not cooked right or just plain gross. Most vegetables can taste good if prepared correctly.

Overall, I like what is new. The caf offers somewhat better food, but not enough has really changed. It is still much more convenient to get a hot-food plate, sit down and eat without getting anything else. Mixing and matching from differ-ent stations is annoying, because it involves walking back and forth between the throngs of hungry students. While improving food quality can help with healthier eating, Sodexo should shuffle the caf around a bit and make whole-some food a more accessible and obvious choice.

Alex Krasner, GSB ’12, is a fi-nance major from Bedford, N.H.

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Lombardi Pleases Audiences and Honors Football Legend

Sodexo Aims to Improve Food QualityBy SCHARON HARDING

STAFF WRITER

A college’s food service is an im-portant factor in college life that is hard to overlook. It is an important staple of the college experience, es-pecially if you are living on campus. Here at Fordham, Sodexo–one of the top three food providers for colleges and businesses–provides the food for all the dining facilities on campus. Th erefore, it is Sodexo’s job to fi nd ways of improving food for the colleges it serves.

One of the ways Sodexo tries to bett er satisfy its customers is with its Student Board of Directors. Th e Student Board of Directors con-tains 25 students from around the country who participate in confer-ence calls, conferences and sympo-siums. Th e directors of the board are broken into committ ees to spe-

cifi cally focus on things such as ex-perience and sustainability. Justin LaCoursiere, FCRH ’13, is the fi rst Fordham student to be appointed to the Student Board of Directors.

A few weeks ago, Sodexo held a symposium in Philadelphia for the Student Board of Directors. One of the features of the confer-ence was multiple vendors which provided the Student Board with taste samples. Th e top 20 rated vendors will be selected to serve Sodexo’s clients next semester. Th e change of meal plan options students saw this semester is an example of the types of changes Sodexo implements to appease students. Another example is the new café in Campbell Hall, both of which have received positive re-views.

“It’s great because now I don’t have to go to the Caf a million

times a day,” Sabrina Wani, GSB ’13, said.

Amanda Ryland, FCRH ’13, also agrees with the new Sodexo addi-tions.

“Th e café tastes just like Star-bucks,” she said.

One of the next projects Sodexo is working on is expanding Dagger John’s. Sodexo plans to implement a to-go section in the restaurant.

Another long-term project So-dexo is working on is to have Flex Cards accepted in restaurants around Fordham. It would be a big future success if students were able to use their fl ex dollars in places such as restaurants on Arthur Av-enue, although the idea is still in its very early stages.

“I would defi nitely be more in-terested in meal plans if they had any use outside of Fordham,” Paul Lougee, FCRH ’13, said.

By KYLIE NELSONCONTRIBUTING WRITER

A legendary name on the foot-ball fi eld has become a legendary name on Broadway. Circle in the Square is the new home of Lombar-di, a poignant new play chronicling the life of Fordham alum Vincent Lombardi.

Fans of sports and theater will en-joy watching Lombardi fi ght to win his fi rst Super Bowl Championship as coach of the Green Bay Packers in 1965. Performed on a circular stage with video accompaniment, this play is a multimedia triumph. Actual footage of the games and the old coach himself routinely fl utt er across the fl oor and onto the monitors, adding a sense of realism to the remarkable events portrayed within the small theatre.

A star of the popular television series “Th e Wonder Years,” Dan Lauria takes on his next great role as Lombardi. Not only does Lauria resemble the football legend, but he also delivers a strong perfor-mance that encapsulates his very essence. With his quick temper and stern discipline, the character Lombardi is a force on stage, full

of volatility and wisdom. Using all of his emotion and fervor, Lauria manages to capture his awe-inspir-ing spirit through the simplest of acts. Despite his fl aws, Lombardi is portrayed as a man of integrity. As a result, the play quickly turns into an epic tribute to the short life that left such a lasting impact.

Whether a sports fan or not, this play will captivate and inspire. While the focal point in Lombar-di’s life is the success of his Green Bay Packers team, family issues and journalistic ethics also hold great importance to the overall plot. Judith Light, (“Ugly Bett y,” “Spin City”), steals the show as Marie Lombardi, Vincent’s hardheaded wife who struggles to support her husband as she longs for her native New York. Fierce yet devoted, Ma-rie acts a motherly fi gure toward her husband’s players and the young journalist, Michael McCormick, played by Keith Nobbs, (“In Treat-ment,” “Th e Pacifi c”). Her role adds a level of intimacy to the sport-ori-ented plot and reveals her husband’s soft er nature.

Nobbs similarly sheds new light onto the life of Lombardi in his role as the sportswriter working on a

Lombardi column. Trying to get a credible story for a newspaper with questionable motives, McCormick must also overcome Lombardi’s overwhelming tendency to domi-nate. While tensions arise between the idealistic reporter and the ruth-less coach, there remains an under-lying sense of respect that the two hold for one another. While their personalities cannot be more op-posite, their values are very much the same. Th eir quirks, along with the humorous antics of Dave Rob-inson, Paul Hornung and Jim Tay-lor, played by Robert Christopher Riley (“Nurse Jackie,” “Medium”), Bill Dawes (“Damages,” “Law & Or-der”) and newcomer Chris Sullivan, respectively, provide constant enter-tainment and intrigue.

Th roughout the play, Fordham is a constant presence on stage. Not only does Lombardi mention the hard work he put in while at his alma mater, but he dons what is undoubt-edly a championship ring from his years at the University during Fordham’s heyday. To further illu-minate Lombardi’s past, the charac-ter of Dave Robinson mentions the coach’s involvement as one of the iconic Seven Blocks of Granite, the

blocking force that dominated col-lege football during the 1930s. Even so, Fordham’s greatest impact on Lombardi resonates in the univer-sity’s ideology and Jesuit teachings. Citing from the Bible and quoting “freedom through discipline” on the

football fi eld, Lombardi proves him-self to be a loyal subject to the values fostered during his Fordham stud-ies. He is shown as a great leader full of integrity and determination and Fordham proves to be very much a part of his success.

Broadway’s Lombardi is a moving tribute to a great sports legend.PHOTO BY SIMON SULIT/THE RAM

An important tool for Sodexo is the opinions of the students. Th e company runs by the mantra “for students by students.” Sodexo urg-es students to fi ll out opinion cards and voice their opinions on food forums in the residence halls in or-der to improve their services.

However, some feel that student opinion is oft en left unheard.

“I’ve read the comment cards people put up and simple sugges-tions have not been followed,” Chrissy Cuse, FCRH ’13, said. “People are always asking for more granola. Th ey refi ll the Lucky Charms 10 times a day when peo-ple want granola.”

LaCoursiere says students have to take care and pride in voicing their opinion.

“Th ey need more than just the ‘the food is bad,’” LaCoursiere said. “Th ey want to hear answers to questions like “What do you spe-cifi cally like or don’t like?”

Sodexo also tries to be school-conscious. LaCoursiere said that Sodexo keeps in mind that Ford-ham is in New York City, so stu-dents have a diverse taste in food. For example, its service is diff erent than for a school that has a pre-dominantly Jewish population.

On the other hand, some stu-dents do not think Sodexo is com-pletely aware of what Fordham stu-dents want.

“One time I went to the grill at 10:30 a.m. and all the stuff for the salad was out,” Codie Landsman GSB ’13, said. “Th e guy was right there and he wouldn’t make it for me because ‘salad station starts at 11.’”

Providing good food to college students is not just about fi nding the tastiest foods.

“Food depends on quality and

money,” LaCoursiere said. “Sodexo does a great job of fi tt ing Ford-ham’s budgets and providing the food that students on their campus are looking for.”

To be happier with the choices Sodexo makes, students have to be wise with their dining.

“You have to switch it up,” La-Coursiere said. “You should try everything once. Whether you go to the Deli, Grille or Marketplace, there are options.”

Students oft en complain of the lack of variety of food served at Fordham, therefore determining that the food here is bad. LaCour-siere said he disagrees with this logic.

“I challenge you to go to your favorite restaurant for breakfast, lunch and dinner for three weeks and tell me you’re not sick of their food,” he said.

Some of the bad reputation that Sodexo receives is not from the food itself.

“Th e service of the employees doesn’t help,” Landsman said. “I try to be nice to them but they are never nice back.”

LaCoursiere agrees with the im-portance of employee service.

“Th e dining experience is just that, it’s an experience,” he said. “From how you’re greeted, to how you’re treated, to eating and en-joying yourself, all factors in your opinion of the overall picture.”

Regardless of one’s opinion of Sodexo, it does have the ability to encourage improvements. Sodexo says it heavily relies on student opinion to change its service.

“If you want to see change, be a part of the change,” LaCoursiere. said. “Send a suggestion to the Stu-dent Culinary Council, or consider joining if you share that passion.”Current Sodexo plans aim to make the experience of the Marketplace better than the current level.

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PHOTO BY JUSTIN LACOURSIERE/THE RAM

Dining Out: Beacon Restaurant

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Editor’s Pick: Heavyweights

Beacon Restaurant, off ering eclectic dishes, is located at 25 West 56th St.By JUSTIN LaCOURSIERE

STAFF WRITER

If you are looking for a restaurant that off ers both group-friendly and intimate dining options, along with a menu of familiar food that has been revamped to foster an eclectic twist, I have just the place for you. Beacon Restaurant, located at 25 West 56th St., serves American food in an autum-nal-colored atmosphere of burnt oranges and cocoa browns.

Beacon has a warm feel that stretches from its welcoming bar to its three

By JONATHON SMITHASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

Only every so oft en does a movie

or book or other work of art come along that changes your life; some-thing that seems to hit you in a way that not many other things do – something that appeals to the emo-tions in ways that nothing else can. Ever since middle school when I fi rst saw Heavyweights, my life has never been the same.

Heavyweights, a cult classic from 1995, is about a summer camp designed for, in the words of one of the counselors, “portly adolescents.” Th e movie follows the camp-goers (all-male) as they learn to cope with a new owner of the camp, Tony Perkis (Ben Stiller, Meet the Parents) who is trying to make a weight-loss video for profi t. In a quick synopsis, Perkis does not want the kids to have fun at all and destroys things such as go-karts

and “the blob” and cancels lunch due to “lack of hustle.” All Perkis cares about is making a few bucks off of his potential weight-loss in-fomercial.

Th e boys, aft er being mocked and treated poorly all summer, wind up capturing Perkis and hold-ing him hostage in a cage until he escapes during parents’ weekend, appears to go crazy and is forced to hand the camp over to one of the counselors to run. Once this happens, the boys start enjoying summer again, and the movie cul-minates with the boys beating their rival camp, Camp MVP, in an end of summer competition known as the Apache Relay.

What makes this movie one of my favorites of all time is the pure, wholesome humor. No matt er how old you are, I guarantee this movie will make you laugh. Th e plot is one that not many people would even think of. Th e characters are

10 main boys along with a cute nurse, two older counselors who stick with the kids and then Perkis’ team led by Lars, a foreign counsel-or with a snoring problem. Once again, even the idea of this is funny, when they all come together in the fi lm, in the words of many fi lm crit-ics, “you will split your sides.”

Th e thing that makes this movie so memorable and enjoyable is the writing. Th e lines in this movie are absolutely hilarious. In a time when most humor only comes in the form of crude jokes or poking fun of someone, this movie is origi-nal, tasteful and clever. It is seen as a teenage/adolescent fi lm, but the way it is writt en allows for anyone to sit back and enjoy it. It is one those movies that aft er you see it, you will quote it forever. Honestly, I do not think that I have gone a day all year without quoting the movie, even if I am aware if I am doing it or not.

Th e writers, one of them be-ing Judd Apatow (Knocked Up), should be commended on how well the fi lm resonates with people. It is not the most popular movie, but for those who have seen it, it is a classic. With lines such as “Oh look, a deli meat” when Perkis sees that one of the boys has snuck in a large pepperoni into camp, or “Th ere are so many myths about the abdominal muscle, I’m happy to put this one to rest” when the boys bet Tony that he cannot do a sit-up blindfolded. Th ese, along with numerous others, have come to be a part of my everyday vocabu-lary.

As I look at the movie poster hanging in my room, I smile just thinking about the movie and all of the laughs that it has provided me. I am reminded about how every now and then a fi lm comes along that changes your life. Heavy-weights is one of those fi lms.

levels of dining. Th e open space sports balcony seating boasting large tables, perfect for

dinner with business friends aft er work. Th e main dining room off ers both cushioned wooden chairs and tall striped couches, and the lower level over-looks an open kitchen, perfect for a night on the town with family. A wine case lines the wall of the third level and a private party room is available in the back. Note that Beacon calls for business casual att ire, and its menu is adjusted according to season.

Th e menu off ers both your typical à la carte dining, in addition to a prix fi xe three-course menu ($42) with a small variety of starters, entrées and desserts to choose from. Pumpkin apple soup with spiced spun sugar ($13) is a sweet and savory way to start a meal. A log of sugar spice and miniature croutons is placed on top of the soup and instantly melts away. Th e soup has the consistency of thick gravy, and is dark brown in color. Th is soup is both fi lling and perfect for dunk bread . Beacon off ers its restaurant goers three types of bread: country-styled white, whole wheat and onion.

Beacon’s wood- oven duck confi t is perfectly cooked and served to slide right off the bone ($23). Th is dark meat has a crispy outside and a tender inside. It is in a confi t sauce, which is a combination of herbs and spices used while cooking the duck and which turns into a thick syrup. Th e confi t is similar to balsamic vinaigrett e in color, fl avor and consis-tency. Warm thick orange slices and grape slices give this dish a citrus twist. Th e duck entrée is perfectly proportioned with its side of fi ngerling pota-toes, very fl avorful and worth the money.

Roasted fall vegetable risott o ($26) is one of the choices that Beacon of-fers on its prix fi xe menu. It is a healthy choice with a portion big enough to bring home and enjoy again later. Th is dish comes with spinach, carrots, turnips, onions, brussel sprouts and al dente risott o. Th ese ingredients are blended and held together by shredded pecorino cheese. Th e dish is topped with a small piece of braised short rib but could be ordered without it for a vegetarian-friendly meal. Beacon’s risott o dish is fi lling and balanced in both taste and presence, with no one vegetable overpowering the others. For plating purposes, there is a vegetable and cheese purée that the chef drizzles around the edges.

My meal came to a sweet end when my dessert arrived: a caramelized apple pancake with cognac ice cream ($9). Th e sweet caramelization and liqueur-infused ice cream balance each other in this dessert big enough for sharing. Th e caramelized apples are baked and topped with sugar and then torched like crème brûlée. Th e dish is tangy from the apples and moderately heavy due to the dense pancake that sits underneath. For those with a sweet tooth, this just might be the perfect way to end a meal.

Beacon has a very att entive, but not overbearing, service staff . From the moment I walked in, the hostesses were friendly, creating a welcoming feel-ing. My waiter was a real character, but still acted professionally throughout the evening. Th e workers at this restaurant do their jobs while making it a point to relate to their customers for an eventful experience. Th e servers apper to want to be more than just people who take orders and bring food –people who you want to come back and see next time you go out for din-ner. Now that is something that not every restaurant can say it has.

American Style Dining Is Sure to Please Hungry Diners

This Iconic Movie Can Change Childhoods, One Viewing at a Time

Week 7: Laundry Room WoesI would say that the worst part

about living at Fordham is the laundry situation. Besides the fact that I actually have to do laundry, the facilities here do not make it easy. I guess the most polite way to describe the machines at Fordham is temperamental.

When I found out freshman year that we did not have to pay for laundry, I was very excited. My fi rst few loads went well, but then I witnessed an ever-present situation in all of the laundry rooms across campus – the water-fi lled washing machine. Apparently, sometimes the washing machines get lazy and decide that they are just not go-ing to drain. Your clothes are now basically being held hostage by a pissed-off washing machine. Now what? You could do what many seem to think is the most logical solution and simply open the ma-chine door. If so, you will then have to brave the fl ood of water that is comparable to the dam explosion at the end of X2. If you do choose this route, you will be known by the rest of the launderers as “that kid.” Th e only way to escape dirty looks is to make sure you are alone or that there are no credible wit-nesses in your midst.

If you are like me and have a hate/fear of standing water (thank you West Nile), you can just call facilities, who will sometimes react in a timely manner, or transfer you to the boiler room. Why the boiler room? I do not know, but shock-ingly people other than Freddy Krueger are always there. Someone will come quickly and act as crisis counselor to your clothes hostage situation.

Once you fi nally fi nagle your clothes out of the washing ma-chine, it is time for the dryers. In every building I have lived in there are always more dryers than wash-ing machines. Th is makes sense and is convenient except when people get greedy. One time I peered into a dryer and saw two socks. Un-less those socks were woven from Rumpelstiltskin’s gold, there is no reason for those two items of cloth-ing to be isolated in a dryer.

When you fi nd a dryer that does not have a “broken” sign on it, I learned it is best to test it be-fore putt ing clothes in. Close the door and let it spin for a few min-utes. Open it and put your hand in to check if it is hot. If it’s hot, you are all set. If not, do not bother with this dryer. Th e most it will do is just spin your clothes around and blow cold air at them. If that is what I wanted, I would just hang my clothes off of a ceiling fan.

I thought once I moved into Walsh Hall, laundry would get easier, consid-ering there are laundry rooms on ev-ery other fl oor. Naturally, every time I try to do laundry, the machines on my fl oor are broken. Th e only thing these washers know how to do is spew wa-ter and make the carpets outside of the laundry closets nice and moldy.

It is time for Fordham to stop re-placing the fl owers every season and start reassessing the laundry situation throughout campus.

Laundry room woes, now that’s so Po!

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Th e fi rst Th ursday of every month, D.J. Rekha hosts a Bollywood-themed dance party, making for a nice break from the norm.

InterpolTh e United Palace 4140 Broadway

Carlos D. may no longer be with this band, but they are as brooding as ever.

Ghosthunting BrooklynWord126 Franklin St.

Do not let go of Halloween too soon; go see author L’Aura Hladik (Ghosthunting New York City), a paranormal investi-gator, who is hosting a multimedia presentation.

Guided By VoicesTerminal 5 610 W. 56th St.

Revisit the ’90s as this group reunites for a concert that’s sure to be just as amazing as it was back then.

Nicole Krauss and Cynthia Ozick92nd Street Y 1395 Lexington Ave.

Th ough Krauss is 36 while Ozick is 82, both novelists have a poignant take on being Jewish in New York.

Brad Mehldau and Th e Saint Paul Chamber OrchestraJudy and Arthur Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall881 Seventh Ave.

Get classy and go see the renowned pianist as he begins his residency as Carnegie’s Composer’s Chair.

Hiroshi SugimotoTh e Pace Gallery 545 W. 22nd St.

Break away from the numerous painting exhibits popping up throughout the city and view some of this modern pho-tography.

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‘South Park’ Under SuspicionBy CLARA ENNIST

STAFF WRITER

“South Park” aired an episode titled “Insheeption” which paro-died the critical and commercial hit Inception on Oct. 20. While the episode focused on other cur-rent issues like hoarding, it has be-come notorious for its plagiarism. “Insheeption” tried to mock the complexity of Inception, but some of the lines were extremely similar or identical to lines from the Web video “Inception Characters Don’t Understand Inception.” Th e Web video from which Matt Stone and Trey Parker lift ed many of their lines was posted on CollegeHumor.com on Aug. 2, and was writt en by Dan Gurewitch and David Young. Some of the lines were extremely similar:

CollegeHumor: “We need to move to the next dream level be-fore these projections kill us.”

“South Park”: ‘We need to move them all to the next dream level be-fore the projections kill them.”

While one line, “Sometimes my thoughts of my dead wife manifest themselves as trains,” was a word-for-word copy.

Both Parker and Stone have is-sued public apologies to Gurewitch and Young, but their plagiarism is puzzling, given “South Park’s” usu-ally relevant commentary. Also, their diff erent explanations as to why they plagiarized were confus-ing. Parker and Stone admitt ed that they had never seen the movie, and rather than trying to fi nd a theatre playing Inception, on an il-legal download, scheduling a pri-vate screening, etc., they decided to watch and read other people’s parodies.

Th is begs the question, why did they want to parody something when they hadn’t even seen it? “South Park’s” handling of Inception is three months late, so it doesn’t make sense that they would now decide to parody a movie that they never watched. Th e best “South Park” episodes are when the writ-ers come up with their own mate-

rial to comment on society, rather than create fl at-out parodies of fi lms, television shows, etc. While its parodies are entertaining, they take less time to write and create, especially if the writers are able to lift the dialogue directly from another source. In the New York Times, Stone explained that the two wanted to parody the convoluted explanations in Inception; however, their eff orts seem lazy.

“Th ey were probably lazy about it,” Joseph Herrmann, FCRH ’12 said. “Even if they didn’t know where it came from they would still have to fi nd that out.”

He also asserted that he didn’t think this indicated a trend of lack-ing creativity.

Stone even admitt ed that he and Parker had been lazy about the composition of the episode. Nev-ertheless, it is really out of place for “South Park” to be so late to com-ment on a social phenomenon and to do it in such an ungraceful man-ner. Gurewitch tried to acknowl-edge the plagiarism as a fl uke, writ-ing in his blog that he wanted “to give [Parker and Stone] the benefi t of the doubt” and saying that he was honored if “South Park” was trying to pay homage to his and Young’s work.

In a world where everything circulates on the web and sources become less credible but easily traceable, some people may even

unintentionally plagiarize. Th at isn’t to defend Parker and Stone, but to demonstrate that they may not have realized they were plagia-rizing in the fi rst place. So many facts are prefaced with the words “I read somewhere” or “somebody was saying” and most of the time the “somewhere” or “somebody” is a random internet source. Stone and Parker even said that they thought the dialogue from “Incep-tion Characters Don’t Understand Inception” was pulled directly from the movie itself. Watching the vid-eo clip, the dialogue does have the same pacing as the fi lm so it would be easy to confuse the two, but a small amount of research would clear up any misconceptions. Parker and Stone did genuinely apologize for their mistake and they probably did not intention-ally plagiarize, as they would have to have known that they would be found out quite quickly.

Overall, Parker and Stone have apologized for their error, and at this point that’s the most that they can do. Th ough, maybe their er-ror in judgment demonstrates the crux of Inception, trying to implant an idea in somebody’s mind with-out them realizing where the idea came from. For two writers trying to parody Inception, it seems only fi tt ing that they should parrot an-other team’s idea but then forget the source itself.

Yet again, “South Park” landed in trouble, this time for alleged plagiarism.

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Why would a high school teach-er from a relatively conservative school have his students perform Rocky Horror Picture Show? To add to Will Schuester’s current campaign for worst teacher, he lies to his love, Emma ( Jayma Mays, “Ugly Bett y”), saying that he wants his students to perform the play because Emma and her boyfriend have been regularly going to watch Th e Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Th e episode ends with Will re-alizing his mistake, and he cancels Th e Rocky Horror Picture Show. Th e students only perform it once, and Will gives one of his now clichéd speeches to sum up the lesson. Th e lesson I learned? “Glee” would like to have all the originality of Th e Rocky Horror Picture Show but its episodes’ plots continue to rely on the same formula week aft er week.

Aft er a successful run this sum-mer at New York’s Shakespeare in the Park, the Public Th eater’s pro-duction of Th e Merchant of Venice is playing on Broadway, starring the legendary Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman) as Shylock and Lily Rabe (No Reservations) as Portia.

Th e show’s production values are high – a simple-but-stunning wrought iron set, beautiful Ed-wardian costumes (a departure from the play’s original Renais-sance sett ing) and nearly perfect atmospheric lighting. Th e real stars of the Public’s rendition are the excellent performances and the thoughtful presentation of Shake-speare’s complicated, controversial text. Pacino does not disappoint as a Jewish moneylender made bitt er and vengeful by the way Venetian society has treated him.

Set in interwar England, Brief Encounter follows Laura (Hannah Yelland) and Alec (Tristan Stur-rock). Th e two meet by chance at a railroad station café, and they start randomly running into each other. Th eir brief encounters begin innocently enough, but it is only a matt er of time before a romantic friendship develops between the two. However, both are already married with children, rendering a real relationship impossible.

Right now there is no show on Broadway quite like Brief Encoun-ter. Th e script and the cast strike a fi ne balance between old-fash-ioned British humor and a heart-wrenching romance. Th e show is set to close aft er a quick (albeit successful) run, so do not waste an opportunity to see it on the Great White Way.

Taylor Swift is arguably one of the biggest stars out there. Her self-titled debut was a massive suc-cess, while her sophomore album, Fearless, established her as one of the power players in the music busi-ness. I defi nitely enjoyed her fi rst two albums, and admitt edly, I am a fan of her music. I expected more of the same from Speak Now, and her fi rst single off it, “Mine,” indicated a fun album that could possibly rep-licate the success of her previous works. Long story short, I listened to it about four or fi ve times on loop. Swift has surpassed all my (already loft y) expectations and her latest ef-fort is very impressive.

Swift has defi nitely matured as a songwriter. While she keeps her trademark autobiographical ap-proach, her lyrics are now more thoughtful and carefully craft ed.

Th ere was a time when a sample sale was the best place you fi nd designer pieces for more than half off . Now, there is Gilt Groupe (gilt.com).

Th is online retail site is truly a gift sent from the fashion gods, off ering steep discounts for top brands that one merely dreams of fi nding. While it may appear only to benefi t the consumer with its unbelievable steals, it has simulta-neously helped boost the fashion industry by adding to the demand for luxury brands.

Th e site is actually private, mean-ing you have to either be invited by a member or request an invitation to join, either of which are eas-ily att ainable. Once I got my own account, I immediately regrett ed being unaware of its existence for such a long time.

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WHO’S THAT KID?

COURTESY OF JIM SHIELDS

Jim ShieldsA MEMBER OF GSB ‘11, FROM DREXEL HILL, PA.

MAJORING IN FINANCE AND MINORING IN ECONOMICS

By CELESTE KMIOTEKCULTURE EDITOR

Th e Hobbit, by the quirky genius J.R.R. Tolkien, is roughly 320 pag-es. Th e Lord of the Rings trilogy, by the same author, is roughly 1,536

pages combined. Th e Hobbit is a children’s adventure tale. Th e Lord of the Rings is an involved, dark tale for adults. Finally, up until now, Th e Hobbit did not have a live-action movie adaptation, while Th e Lord of the Rings had an iconic, award-

Peter Jackson Creates Problems in New Zealand

Where have we seen you?Probably running around or out-

side around campus in shorts that would best be described by most as too short (they are – I’m sorry). Or delivering “the Jim” to hungry students for GO! Peru’s PB&J sales (note: the Jim is a peanut butt er, honey and cinnamon sandwich, and is in fact the most delicious).

Favorite childhood show and favorite current show?

I’m going to say “Spongebob” and act like it’s just a show from my childhood and not one I still watch. And for current shows, “Friday Night Lights” – not the best movie, but by far my favorite show on in the past few years (though “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” comes clos-est).

Who would play you in a movie and why?

Michael Cera. But specifi cally Juno and “Arrested Development” Michael Cera. What I’m trying to say is that I am Paulie Bleeker and George Michael Bluth, together.

If you could have a dinner with any historical person, who would it be and why?

Either Alfred Hitchcock, because he’s fascinating, funny and brilliant (and would fi nd a way to make the dinner more exciting), or Ben Franklin, because he’s (essentially) a Philadelphian and he’d probably invent something awesome on the spot if I asked.

What would your ideal day in Manhatt an consist of?

Get up early on a beautiful sum-mer day, and run in Central Park. Breakfast at my favorite food cart (on 60th and Columbus – it’s amaz-ing). A movie, probably Toy Story 3 – a good cry would be had. Lunch at Shake Shack. Th ere’s no line! Walk to the ferry, bike around Governor’s Island while looking over the river at the city and the Statue of Liberty and everything amazing, and take some pictures.

Ferry back at the exact point when the sun is sett ing. Dinner at South Street Seaport. And then it starts to snow slowly, not too much, but just enough. Ice skating in Bry-ant Park. Dessert at Dylan’s Candy Bar. Maybe another movie. Also, it’s Christmas Eve. (Also, this day is im-possible, but you said ideal).

If you could be anywhere and

doing anything right now, what would it be?

While not the most exotic loca-tion, I’d be at Glenmary Farm in Vanceburg, Ky. It’s beautiful, peace-ful and surrounded by and fi lled with incredible and generous people. And I’d be doing something farm-like, or playing a game (or making a puzzle!) with my closest friends (and anyone from the farm who loves games).

Favorite class at Fordham and favorite professor?

Hands down, Byzantine Chris-tianity with Daniel Reginald Soowoong Kim (hope I got that all right – if I didn’t, sorry Reg!). I’ve never gone from caring so litt le to caring so much about a subject, and that was entirely because he’s incred-ibly passionate about the class, cares about the students, and makes it fun and captivating.

How do you blow off steam?Either running – preferably in a

steady downpour or monsoon – or watching a movie – preferably some-thing light ((500) Days of Summer always works).

What is the biggest misconcep-tion people have about you?

Th at I’m not that pale. I am.

Stuck on an island, what would you need?

A Netfl ix account (I’m assuming I can get and watch the DVDs too), running shoes, water, chocolate milk and peanut butt er (maybe bagels, cinnamon and honey, for a delicious Jim, but that’s a litt le excessive).

What is your dream job?Either a fi lm director and screen-

writer of movies where Michael Cera gets to prett y much play me,

or the guys who make Lego models. Lego engineer. And I’d make lots of dinosaurs, because dinosaurs are the best.

What is your guilty pleasure?Christmas music before Christ-

mas. It’s aft er Halloween, so I’m playing it openly now (which some Grinches and Scrooges may disagree with, but that’s okay), but I may or may not have been secretly listening for months (I have).

Also, the Jim – I have three or four a day.

winning series of full-length fi lms directed by Peter Jackson (King Kong).

Suddenly, this innocent litt le tale is turning movie production on its head once again as Peter Jackson is back in New Zealand, where he fi lmed Th e Lord of the Rings saga, and is creating quite a ruckus.

Most notably, the government of New Zealand seems to have re-alized just how much money the two Hobbit movies will bring to the country, and changed production laws in order to keep the lucrative venture within its borders.

According to CBC News, Jack-son threatened to fi lm elsewhere aft er the actors’ union boycott ed the fi lming over the lack of a con-tract between the production com-pany and the workers; although the boycott ended, workers continued to harbor bad feelings.

Th e potential for a $500 million loss for the economy sparked ef-forts throughout the country to re-tain the shoot, as well as a meeting between Prime Minister John Key and Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema.

Jackson came out of the negotia-tions with a $15.4 million tax break to add to the $46.3 million he had already received. To top it all off , the government is contributing $7.6 million to help with market-ing costs.

According to Th e National Busi-ness Review, the two movies will save about $85 million in tax breaks combined.

Of course, these sums do not even begin to touch the money Th e Lord of the Rings trilogy accu-

mulated in tax breaks. Th ough Key refused to give defi nite numbers, upon being probed at the East Asia Summit in Vietnam, he conceded that it could have been as much as $100 million per movie, and amounted to considerably more than what is being given to the Hobbit movies.

“It’s by a margin of an enormous amount,” he said.

On top of the money, the gov-ernment, by a 66-50 vote, amended labor laws to meet the union’s de-mand that actors from the area and other production workers be hired as employees on the union’s con-tracts rather than as independent contractors.

New Zealand’s government has widely announced its pleasure with the outcome, despite opposition from other politicians.

“We can get on and make some movies now,” Key said, quoted in the National Business Review. “It’s a good outcome for New Zealand. We paid a bit more but in the over-all scheme of things it’s still good value for New Zealand.”

“What is the government going to do next – give in to any multi-national that asks for a labor stan-dard to be diluted in return for some form of investment?” Charles Chauvel, a lawmaker in the Labour Party, said.

In true Jackson fashion, the gov-ernment is not the only sector he has up in arms; fans, too, are reel-ing at the news that Richard Armit-age (“MI-5”), who is from Britain and whom Entertainment Weekly referred to as a “heartt hrob,” will be playing the dwarf Th orin Oak-

enshield. In the 1977 animated version of the book, he is repre-sented, according to Entertainment Weekly, “as a squat, crabby, Wilford Brimley-ish old dwarf with a long white beard.”

Jackson is defending his choice, comparing it to casting Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the Carribbean) and Viggo Mortenson (Hidalgo) as Legolas and Aragorn, respec-tively, in the Lord of the Rings tril-ogy. Furthermore, the 13 dwarves featured in the fi lm leave room for maneuverability regarding makeup and personality, so Armitage will only be one representation of the dwarves.

“Richard is a powerful actor with a wide range, and we’re very excited to be handing Th orin over to him,” Jackson told Entertainment Weekly. “In this partnership, we need Rich-ard to give us his depth, range and emotion as an actor – and we’ll make him look like a dwarf.”

Nevertheless, fans have high hopes.

“I have extremely high expecta-tions for the movie version of Th e Hobbit, my favorite installment in the world of Middle Earth,” Alan Zakko, FCRH ’12, said. “With the return of Peter Jackson as the direc-tor, and a purported $500 million budget, I can’t see how this movie could be anything but amazing.”

Given that the movies do not be-gin fi lming until February, and will not be released until December of 2012 and December of 2013, re-spectively, it is doubtful this is the last fans will hear of Jackson’s fi lm-ing adventures; here’s for hoping the fi lm is eventful.

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By LAUREN HATHAWAYSTAFF WRITER

Shopping on Fordham Road is certainly a unique outing that cannot be experienced in just any shopping district. On Fordham Road, shoppers can fi nd great buys even on a college student’s budget.

While many stores tend to carry lower-quality merchandise, others carry name-brand and even de-signer merchandise at prices com-parable or oft entimes lower than retail price.

Caitlin Lewis, FCRH ’13, is a frequent shopper on Fordham Road.

“My favorite thing about shop-ping on Fordham Road is the in-trinsically Bronx atmosphere – the crowded streets, quick New York pace and the entertaining music,” she said. “Every time I shop on Fordham Road, I come back in a dancing mood and with a mental list of songs to look up.”

Fordham Road shopping excur-sions can be intimidating at fi rst. With stores lining both sides of the street for blocks, it can be diffi cult to know which stores are worth stopping by and which are not.

Th e stores on this list are some of the best on Fordham Road and are great places to begin one’s Ford-

ham Road shopping experience.

Best Women’s Clothing Store: Dr. Jay’s Ladies

Located on the northeast corner of Fordham Road and Valentine Avenue, Dr. Jay’s off ers not only a great selection of clothing but also shoes, accessories and other items. Prices are usually reasonable and oft entimes very cheap.

Th e south side of the second fl oor is dedicated to outerwear, in-cluding an entire corner dedicated to Th e North Face.

Lesser-known brands run cheap, and fall/winter coats and jackets can be found for as litt le as $25. Th e fi rst and second fl oors also have racks of sweaters, blouses, sweat-shirts, jeans and other clothes in both regular and plus-sizes, priced usually between $10 and $20.

Leggings and tights of seemingly every variety – black, neon orange, patt erned, metallic – are available starting from $3.

Th e loft -style upper fl oor has a large selection of shoes in all styles – fl ats, boots, moccasins, athletic, oxfords, heels and more.

Among the more obscure brands, there are also many name-brand shoes including Nike, Bear Paw, Converse and Steve Madden at prices cheaper than they are usu-

ally be sold. Other women’s clothing stores to

check out include Bonbini (Ford-ham Road and Grand Concourse) and Easy Pickins (Fordham Road and Marion Avenue).

Best Accessories: Cinderella Club Fashion Jewelry

Th e walls of Cinderella Club (Fordham Road and Tiebout Avenue) are covered in colorful costume jewelry and other acces-sories. Piles of bejeweled hairpins and fl ower hairclips sit in a bin near the door for as low as $4.99 each, and farther back in the store are headbands in many diff erent col-ors and styles.

Rows of earrings line the wall, ranging from more conservative post-earrings to earrings that dan-gle four inches long.

Gold and silver necklaces come with pendants of all variety – small simple hearts, fl ashy skulls, Hello Kitt y and so many more. In the center of the store are gold and sil-ver engagement-style rings.

Scarves and other cold-weather gear, as well as rain boots, are also sold. Cinderella Club is a favorite Fordham Road spot of Sara Th eis-sen, FCRH ’13.

“I love the wide variety of fun jewelry at cheap prices,” she said.

Don’t expect to come to Cinder-ella Club and fi nd expensive, qual-ity jewelry – Cinderella, herself, probably wouldn’t be too happy if Prince Charming bought her en-gagement ring here. However, for jewelry for everyday wear and ca-sual occasions, Cinderella Club is worth a look!

Best Grocery Store: Compare Foods

Yes, even the grocery stores on Fordham Road are special. Com-pare Foods (located in Fordham Plaza, south of Walgreens) carries all the necessities – bread, produce, snacks, dairy, drinks, etc.

Since it is a popular place for neighborhood families to shop, this grocery store has a friendly vibe. Compare Foods also has an interesting assortment of Hispanic foods, so there are plenty of new things to try!

“Compare Foods is awesome,” she said. “You can grocery shop while dancing down the aisle to the latest Latino music.”

Best Kept Secret: SupermundoSupermundo is located just

north of the main drag of Fordham Road on Valentine Avenue. It can be easy to miss, especially since stalls with cheap knick knacks line

the store’s entrance and the store’s sign is nearly blocked by a shade covering.

Th e fi rst and second fl oors of the store are deceiving, usually disor-ganized with everything from laun-dry detergent to slippers to sheets strewn on tables or on the fl oor.

Head to the third fl oor, how-ever, and there will be tables and racks of discounted designer and name-brand shoes for as low as $25. Steve Madden, Betsey John-son and Guess are just a few brands that can be found.

On the other end of the fl oor are discounted jeans, outerwear, blouses, dresses and other cloth-ing with name-brand labels such as DKNY, Michael Kors and Tahari at low prices.

Step outside of Fordham’s gates and into the world of Fordham Road shopping. Don’t be afraid of exploring – some of the most in-teresting fi nds are in the stores you might not expect.

“Fordham Road stores are fabu-lous for fun fi nds that you would not ordinarily get in generic stores,” Lewis said.

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Seniors Lead Water Polo to Win Over Iona

By CHESTER BAKER STAFF WRITER

It was Senior Day last Wednes-day for the water polo team, and the seniors were not going to let their lasting memory be a loss in their fi nal home match. Th e Rams took on their rivals, the Iona Gales, in their fi nal regular season match of the season, and defeated them 13-11. Th e seniors took it upon them-selves to ensure a winning season, as they scored all goals for the Rams and boosted their record to 14-13.

Senior utilityman Ryan Hult-man got things going for Fordham with his fi rst of six goals on the day to give the Rams the early lead. Graduate student two-meter man Ali Arat’s fi rst quarter goal was fol-lowed by an Hultman blast to give the Rams a 3-0 lead. Fordham’s defense blinked for a moment and gave up two quick goals, as Iona shrank the lead to one by the end of the fi rst quarter.

In the second period, senior driver Daniel Munoz kept up the solid work by scoring the fi rst goal of the quarter, promptly followed by Arat’s second goal of the match. A few minutes later, Arat and Hult-man both struck again, as they each scored their third goal, giving Ford-ham a four-goal lead. Once again Iona used a late surge to close the gap just before the quarter ended and brought the score back to 7-5.

Iona got within one of the Rams before senior two-meter defen-sive man Victor Bautista Medina scored, bringing the lead back to two. Bautista Medina was com-ing off on of the best weeks of his Fordham career aft er being named CWPA Northern Division Defen-sive Player of the Week.

Still, Iona kept with it and struck again to bring the lead back down to one. At this point, the seniors had had enough, and wanted to just seal the deal and make sure they went home with a win. Senior two-meter defensive man Jakob Muller got in on the scoring with a goal, while Arat and Hultman continued to carry the team by both scoring again to give the Rams a four goal lead. Arat fi nished the regular sea-son as the Rams’ leading goal-scor-er, notching 80 goals on the year.

Hultman opened up the last quarter with his sixth and fi nal goal of the day to give the Rams the big-gest lead of the day. Munoz padded another goal to his stats before a late Iona rally brought the lead back to two again, but Fordham held on for the win.

Th e two-goal win was the third in a row for the Rams and they look to have the momentum rolling as they gear up for the postseason. Ford-ham will open up postseason play on Saturday, Nov. 6 in the Northern Division Championship in Cam-bridge, Mass.

“I think we can defi nitely go up there and make some noise, and get some good results,” sophomore utility-man Cashel Barnett said.

Cross Country Finishes Strong at Atlantic 10 ChampionshipsBy CELESTE KMIOTEK

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Fordham’s men’s and women’s cross country teams competed in the Atlantic 10 Championships on Saturday, Oct. 30 at Schenley Park in Pitt sburgh.

Despite several injured team members, the men fi nished ninth in a fi eld of 14 teams and the women placed 12th, also in a fi eld of 14.

On the men’s side, Richmond came in fi rst with 51 points, fol-lowed by Duquesne with 64 points and UMass with 112 points. Ford-ham earned 223 points.

“As a team I think we were hap-py with our performance,” fresh-man Michael Belgiovine, the con-ference Rookie of the Year, said. “While we may not all have run our best, we still performed well and we’re excited because next year we return all of our A-10 team

aside from captain senior Pat Mc-Donough. Th e team was certainly happy with the results as we’re taking a step in the right direction and we had a great improvement from last year’s performance.”

Belgiovine came in fi rst both for Fordham and among the fresh-men in the eight-kilometer race, placing 25th with a time of 25:30. Freshman Ryan Polo followed, coming in 46th with 25:53, while junior Brian Riley took 47th with 25:54, freshman Brian Walter took 49th with 25:56 and junior Kevin Fitzgerald took 63rd with 26:10.

Sophomore Julian Saad (64th with 26:10), freshman Kevin Harvey (82nd with 26:30), soph-omore Nick Synan (97th with 26:46), junior Sam Stuart (101st wit 26:53) and senior Patrick Mc-Donough (109th with 27:00) also competed for Fordham.

Richmond also won the wom-en’s competition, earning 43

points. La Salle followed with 68 points and Dayton came in third with 75 points. Fordham fi nished with 293 points.

“Th e girls had a good showing at A-10s,” freshman Anisa Arsenault said. “Quite a few people ran their best times, probably helped by the fact that we worked hard to run in packs. Both the course and the competition were great. We were a litt le disappointed by our overall placement, but satisfi ed with the eff ort we put into it.”

Senior Kerri Gallagher came in fi rst of the Fordham competitors, placing 28th with a time of 18:26. Arsenault followed, taking 30th with 18:27, while sophomore Ashley Davis placed 94th with 19:42. Freshman Kerry Sorenson came in 105th with 19:56, junior Nako Nakatsuka came in 107th with 20:00, senior Kerry Kwal-wasser came in 109th with 20:01 and senior Johanne Sterling came

in 111th with 20:08.Th e teams are preparing for the

penultimate race of their season, the NCAA District Regional.

“I’m not exactly sure what to ex-pect from NCAA District Region-als,” Belgiovine said. “It’s a long course, a [10-kilometer] as all NCAA championship races are, and anything can happen. In terms of training each individual athlete seems to be taking his own course in regards to how he wants to pre-pare for the upcoming races.”

Ultimately, the teams are look-ing forward to producing solid results.

“I still whole-heartily believe that we’re going to perform great and show everyone Fordham cross country is on the rise,” Bel-giovine said.

Both teams will next compete Saturday, Nov. 13 at the NCAA District Regional at Hammonas-set State Park in Madison, Conn.

Volleyball Splits Pair Despite Suff ering Major Injuries

Senior middle blocker Christi Griffi ths earned the Atlantic 10 Co-Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season.

By DANNY ATKINSONSPORTS EDITOR

Injuries are part of any team sport. Key members of a squad will get injured at diff erent points in the season and coaches will have to adjust lineups and strategy as a result. However, sometimes a team can sometimes avoid injuries for a key portion of its season, as was the case for Fordham volleyball in 2010. Th e Lady Rams did not have an essential member of their lineup injured until last week.

Unfortunately for Fordham, its luck ran out in the worst possible way when three starters were in-jured right before its home match versus Rhode Island. Suddenly a squad playing well and looking to make a fi nal push for the Atlantic 10 conference playoff s was forced to change its lineup on the fl y and put players in roles they were un-accustomed to. Even though the Lady Rams suff ered a costly loss in the face of this scenario, the team’s play on the weekend demonstrated that they will not go down without a fi ght.

Fordham began its weekend schedule with a grueling fi ve-set home loss to Rhode Island on Fri-day, Oct. 29 by scores of 21-25, 25-16, 18-25, 26-24 and 11-15. In the days leading up to the match, Britt any Daulton, a junior out-side hitt er; Katie Wells, a senior middle hitt er and Randi Ewing, a sophomore middle hitt er, were all injured in practice, forcing Wells out for the rest of the season with a leg injury and Daulton and Ew-ing to play through the match with a hand injury and possible stress fracture, respectively. Head Coach Peter Volkert was pressed into jug-gling his lineup immediately before the match and gave signifi cantly more playing time to other Lady Rams, like junior outside hitt er Kim Capicott o and freshman mid-dle hitt er Carina Th ompson, who have seen litt le action on the court this season. While the team gave a valiant eff ort, it was somewhat shell-shocked and unable to put

together a complete performance against URI.

Just a week earlier, Fordham had beaten URI in fi ve sets on the road and without their fl ash of injuries, the Lady Rams would have been heavy favorites over URI, which came in 2-7 in-conference. With-out three of its best players, though, this was not the same team, and Fordham’s nervousness and talent drop off was obvious in the fi rst set when the Lady Rams allowed URI to record a blistering .455 hitt ing percentage with 17 kills.

While the team gained confi -dence as the night went on, its play remained inconsistent for the rest of the match. Fordham’s exquisite passing carried the team to an easy second set win in which it held URI to a .090 percentage, but the third set showcased URI’s ability to att ack an undermanned Lady Rams team.

Rhode Island consistently went aft er Fordham’s inexperienced

players in the set and, as a result, obtained a constant stream of kills and aces while racking up a .414 percentage. URI maintained this strategy for the rest of the match as it went on to victory.

Although the Lady Rams pulled off a stirring comeback from six points down in the fourth set, the team was tired by the end of the match and was never able to get go-ing in the fi ft h set, as URI went on to win the match, 3-2.

Despite playing with an injury, Wells had a great match, leading all players in the game with 17 kills. Freshman sett er Mary Diamantidis also helped carry Fordham with her 51 assists and 12 digs.

Following the match, which hurt the Lady Rams’ already-tenuous grip on the fi nal playoff spot in the A-10, Volkert was more resigned than angry about the loss and his team’s sudden batch of injuries.

“Today was a tough set of cir-cumstances,” he said. “Our practice

lineup wasn’t on the court and we only had 90 minutes to pull togeth-er a lineup before the game. Th ere was defi nitely some anxiety shown by our players out on the court and Rhode Island was able to eff ective-ly target our less-experienced guys. Th ese injuries could change how strong we’ll be, but I still think the playoff s are within our reach.”

Even without the injured Ew-ing and Daulton, Fordham put on a clinic in a sweep of La Salle on Sunday, Oct. 31 by scores of 25-15, 25-17 and 25-18. Instead of playing down to an inferior opponent (La Salle is winless in the conference), the rebuilt Lady Rams improved on their performance against Rhode Island, hitt ing .302 in the match while holding the Explorers to a -.018 percentage. While usual suspects like senior middle hitt er Christi Griffi ths and senior outside hitt er Kailee May had excellent matches, it was less heralded play-ers like Jenna Hart, who had seven digs and Th ompson, who had fi ve kills, that carried Fordham to this essential victory.

“Our team was more confi dent against La Salle then we were Fri-day night,” said Volker. “Our play-ers are still looking to the ultimate goal of making the playoff s.”

Fordham still holds the sixth spot in the A-10 with a 5-6 confer-ence record, as they have the tie-breaker over Charlott e due to the team’s victory against the 49ers. Th e chances of the Lady Rams making the conference playoff s are less than stellar, as Fordham next faces three teams it has already lost to, including the Dayton Flyers. With Ewing offi cially out for the rest of the year and Daulton and Wells having to play hurt for the rest of the season, the team will truly earn any playoff berth it receives. Th e next two weeks will measure just how fast Fordham’s less-heralded players can grow up.

“Seeing how we played while I was out made me more confi dent,” Daulton said. “I feel like we have a great shot of being in the playoff s in a few weeks.”

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SPORTS NOVEMBER 3, 2010 • THE RA M • PAGE 21

Goalies Overvalued Winning the Cup

By NICK CARROLLSPORTS EDITOR

I want you to consider the Stan-ley Cup Champion goalies since the lockout: Cam Ward, Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Chris Osgood, Marc-Andre Fleury and Antt i Ni-emi.

Of that list, only Ward can be considered an elite goaltender (I think we can all agree Fleury is not good now), and he was a rookie goalie who turned it on in the playoff s and won it all years before reaching his potential.

Th e point is, goalies do not win Stanley Cups, especially in the sal-ary cap era.

When you consider the money that goes into a top-notch goalie, it seems off . Th at money would be much bett er spent on a skater, who seems to have much more of an ef-fect.

Look at the Philadelphia Flyers (an ongoing experiment in devalu-ing goalies). Since the lockout, the Flyers have been searching long and hard for a permanent solution in net, with the closest answer being Martin Biron, who has served as a backup for both the Islanders and, now, Rangers since leaving Philly. However, aft er a quick playoff exit in 2005-06 and a rebuilding year in 2006-07, the Flyers have made it all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals in ’08, gave the eventual Cup champ Penguins all they could handle in the fi rst round in ’09 and won the East last season.

What changed for the Flyers? How did they go from being the worst team in hockey to an impres-sive three-year stretch that has led them just short of the Cup? Th e an-swer can be found on the blue line.

Aft er hitt ing rock bott om, the Flyers made smart moves, acquir-ing defensemen Kimmo Timonen and Braydon Coburn, who have been mainstays for the Flyers in recent years.

Additionally, the team acquired defenseman Chris Pronger before last season, elevating the team to title contention.

In fact, the Flyers’ best run came with their worst goaltenders. How-ever, it didn’t matt er whether jour-neymen Brian Boucher or Michael Leighton were in net, the team in front of them did an outstanding job making the goalies’ lives easy and carrying the Flyers to the Cup Finals.

Th at leads me to the defending champion Blackhawks. Th ere was a great deal of controversy surround-ing the team’s decision to go with veteran Marty Turco over Niemi, who led the ’Hawks to a champi-onship last season. However, my point is, it does not really matt er.

Th e Blackhawks did not win a Cup because of Niemi (some might even argue they won despite him).

Th e Blackhawks won because of their stellar defense and team depth.

If they fail to replicate what they did last season, it will be because of salary cap casualties that stripped the team of its outstanding depth.

Now, let’s look at the top de-fensemen on each Cup champion since the lockout: Bret Hedican, Pronger, Nicklas Lidstrom, Sergei

Gonchar and Duncan Keith.Outside of Hedican, this list is

fi lled with all-stars and future Hall-of-Famers.

I do not think there is any coinci-dence that Pronger has appeared in three of the fi ve Stanley Cup Finals since the lockout (with three dif-ferent teams).

Th is comes down to value. While goaltender has become a glamor-ous position akin to NFL quarter-backs, garnering all the praise or blame aft er games or seasons, they are not as important as we make them out to be.

Keep in mind the success of whoever is playing in net for the Boston Bruins. Two years ago, Tim Th omas won the Veznia Trophy as the league’s top goaltender. Last year, Tuukka Rask led was a col-lapse shy of taking the Bruins to the Eastern Conference Finals. So far this season, Th omas is off to an incredible start, notching shutouts in three of his fi rst six games. Th e only constant in this situation is Norris Trophy-winning Zdeno Chara, known as one of the league’s top defensemen.

While Th omas’ streak is impres-sive, it is important to remember the play in front of him. In most sit-uations, it is the defense that makes the goaltender.

Between forcing the opposition outside, limiting quality scoring chances, clearing rebounds and eliminating traffi c in front of the net, the defense has more to do with a team’s goals allowed than the goalie does.

So when everyone wants to destroy Roberto Luongo for his shortcomings in Vancouver, the focus should really be on the Ca-nucks’ depleted defense.

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine automatically eliminated the Ca-nucks from Cup contention based on Luongo and his perception that he comes up small.

However, that is very unfair. Th e Canucks defense was not prepared to take on the Blackhawks’ forward depth the past two seasons and was dominated.

Th is season, with Dan Hamhuis aboard, the Canucks have a much bett er chance of making a run. It does not have to do with Luongo (who, if the 2010 Winter Olympics are any indication, can withstand pressure); rather, it has to do with the team in front of him giving him a chance to win.

When I did my projections for this season, I categorized the Sa-bres and Coyotes in the same class, a step below teams that will seri-ously compete for the Cup. I did this because despite having two of the best goalies in hockey in Ryan Miller and Ilya Bryzgalov, they lack the scoring prowess to take them to greater heights.

Even though people will always overvalue the goaltender and teams will constantly overpay for them, the teams that will compete for championships have great de-fense and the ability to score and apply pressure.

It is easy to put everything on a star goalie’s back or count out a team with a suspect goalie, but this has been proven wrong time and time again.

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FOR 14 10 0 0 24

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First Downs 19 24

Total Yards 422 454

Rushing 80 318

Passing 342 136

Punt Returns 1-7 1-17

Kick Returns 5-121 3-56

Comp-Att-Int 24-46-113-24-2

Punts 5-34.8 4-39.2

Time of Poss. 30:24 29:36

Individual StatisticsPASSING-George-town, Kempf 13-26-1Fordham, Higgins 13-24-2RUSHING-George-town, Oladeji 6-35-0Fordham, Whiting 38-251-2RECEIVING-George-town, Lawrence 6-103-0Fordham, Caldwell 5-53-1

Men’s Soccer

Fordham 1-0 UMA

Fordham Sh SOG G AMeara 0 0 0 0Ferrantello 0 0 0 0Jolly 0 0 0 0Niyonsaba 1 1 1 0Richardson 3 1 0 0Curran 0 0 0 0Vigliotti 0 0 0 0Axelsson 0 0 0 0McHugh 3 1 0 1Stalker 0 0 0 0Courtenay 1 0 0 1Subs Gomez 0 0 0 0Valencia 0 0 0 0Gimand 2 0 0 0Heyder 0 0 0 0Nagel 0 0 0 0Seidenthal 0 0 0 0DesRoches 0 0 0 0Corrao 0 0 0 0Totals 10 3 1 2

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UMass Sh SOG G APIEKOS 0 0 0 0KEY 0 0 0 0SKRAJEWSKI0 0 0 0CRAFT 3 1 0 0STOKER 0 0 0 0SIDIBE 1 0 0 0DANGLEIS 0 0 0 0ROSWESS 1 0 0 0GILBERT 0 0 0 0CLEVERDON 1 0 0 0AMICK 1 0 0 0Subs ARIKIAN 1 0 0 0STEIGERWALD10 0 0 0RANDS 0 0 0 0CANEPA 0 0 0 0HENSHAW 1 1 0 0VACCARO 0 0 0 0Totals 10 2 0 0

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Meara 0 0 0 0Ferrantello2 2 0 0Jolly 0 0 0 0Richardson 0 0 0 0Curran 0 0 0 0Vigliotti 0 0 0 0Axelsson 0 0 0 0McHugh 2 0 0 0Stalker 1 1 0 0Courtenay 0 0 0 0Seidenthal 1 0 0 0Subs Gomez 0 0 0 0Valencia 0 0 0 0Niyonsaba 3 0 0 0Gimand 0 0 0 0Heyder 1 0 0 0Nagel 0 0 0 0DesRoches 0 0 0 0Corrao 0 0 0 0Gomez 2 1 0 0Totals 12 4 0 0

GK Min GA Sav Meara 90:00 1 4 URI Sh SOG G A

TAVARES 0 0 0 0ECKMAYER 1 1 0 0WILLIAMS 3 2 0 0HAUGHT 0 0 0 1BALICKI 3 1 0 0PEREIRA 2 0 0 0RIBBENS 2 1 1 0PREYSS 0 0 0 0GARGARO 0 0 0 0CLOUTIER 0 0 0 0TANKE 1 0 0 0Subs PALMER 0 0 0 0AUSTIN 0 0 0 0GOMEZ 0 0 0 0Totals 12 5 1 1

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Fordham K PCT DIGBS BA BE PTS

Hart 4 .235 70 1 0 4.5Thompson 9 .381 51 1 0 10.5May 5 .300 02 2 0 8.0Diamantidis2 .333 100 1 0 5.5Wells4 .571 10 2 0 5.0Griffi ths10 .083 11 3 0 12.5Friede0 .533 30 0 0 0.0Brown 0 .000 30 0 0 0.0Keathley0 .000 20 0 0 0.0Capicotto1 .000 00 0 0 1.0Rodenberg0 .000 10 0 0 0.0Atwood 0 .000 80 0 0 1.0

Totals 35 .302 414 10 0 48.0

LaSalle K PCT DIGBS BA BE PTS

Scanlon 1 -.357 40 0 0 1.0Clark 2 -.286 30 1 0 2.5Tulskie 4 -.056 30 0 0 4.0Mitrovich8 .263 00 2 0 9.0Kennedy 8 .294 00 0 0 8.0Noga 0 -.429 00 0 0 1.0Federowicz5 .000 80 1 0 5.5Conlon 0 .000 70 0 0 0.0Finkbeiner1 -.200 00 0 0 1.0Mazalewski0 .000 120 0 0 1.0

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SPORTSPAGE 22 • THE RA M • NOVEMBER 3, 2010

COURESY OF FORDHAMSPORTS.COM

The Smush

Parker Project

MATT MANUSZAK

For many Clevelanders, the trial is over: LeBron James is guilty, on all counts, of being a self-pro-moting and pompous prick who, to echo the famous Kevin Harlan call from 2008, ironically and truly does have “no regard for human life.” “Th e Decision” was an inde-fensibly self-absorbed move that showed no regard for the city of Cleveland or the Cavaliers, as LeB-ron didn’t have the courtesy to let his old team know that he was tak-ing his talents elsewhere.

His most recent Nike commer-cial is a brilliant marketing ploy that is extremely slick and well made; it’s also extremely hollow, as LeBron is clearly just following the cue cards of Nike marketing execu-tives feverishly working to bring their once-star pupil out of sneaker purgatory.

So, though any semblance of objectivity in my writing has long been eradicated by Cleveland’s Chernobyl-esque winters, I still would like to think that my appre-ciation for basketball and my status as a spurned Clevelander are not mutually exclusive.

For this reason, in my eyes, Le-Bron James actually can save him-self.

Don’t confuse this shot at partial redemption and tepid appreciation with actual forgiveness; the blood on my back is still drying, the knife having just recently been pulled out.

Yet, in watching LeBron’s Heat struggle to score against the Bos-ton Celtics on opening night, I felt no joy, like many of my fellow Clevelanders. Schadenfr eude only gets you so far. Instead, I felt like a colossal opportunity was being wasted.

When was the last time two of the top fi ve players in the league were on the same team? Shaq and Kobe in the late 2000s, MJ and Scott ie in the ’90s, Magic and Kareem in the ’80s and Wilt and West in the late ’60s are some of the times. All of those partnerships yielded multiple rings, but even be-yond that, they were playing beau-tiful basketball.

Even with the current Lakers, a team featuring Kobe Bryant, who is still hated more around the country than LeBron and who is perhaps more overrated legacy-wise than any current NBA player (in his prime from 2004-2007 he averaged a .500 record for three seasons?), magic happens from time to time.

Because when Kobe Bryant is choosing not to chuck, but is in-stead working the ball in to Pau Gasol on the high post, and An-drew Bynum is lurking near the left block, and Derek Fisher is waiting in the right corner, and Ron Artest is rotating over from the left wing, and WHOOPS there went Kobe cutt ing right by you: that triangle off ense can be something special.

Many, including David Hal-berstam, who is probably the best basketball writer of all time, have

noted that the most visceral thing about Jordan’s Bulls, in both the early ’90s form with Pippen, Grant and Cartwright and the late ’90s with Pippen, Rodman and Kukoc, was the way they seemed to shrink the court with their defense. Scot-tie Pippen was probably the great-est perimeter defender ever, Den-nis Rodman was one of the greatest rebounders ever and was quick enough to guard nearly all fi ve po-sitions and Michael was and is sim-ply the greatest. Th ey hounded op-ponents and wore them out, night aft er night.

LeBron and Wade aren’t as ac-complished defensively as Michael and Scott ie, but they are certainly as athletic. Th ey should be able to lock teams down, as both are becoming a prett y good on-ball de-fenders when they want to be.

Additionally, no defensive play is more incredible than watching LeBron lurk behind an off ensive player on the fast break and simply swallow the gap between them un-til he smacks the ball off the back-board with such impunity that it’s probably back at center court by now.

When the ball is in the Heat’s hands is when they truly have a chance to shine. Yet, as many have noted (including, obviously, noted Celtic fan and Rob Gronkowski en-thusiast Bill Simmons as well as Ya-hoo! Sports’ Kelly Dwyer), for the Miami Heat to even approach their considerable potential on off ense, one player has to be the scorer and one player needs to be the facilita-tor.

Because while Michael scored the points, smiled in the commer-cials, got the glory and slept with the hairdressers, it was Scott ie who made the off ense purr.

Pippen always seemed to know the proper pass to make and not only where everyone on the court was, but also where they could and should be.

I don’t know who is going to fi ll what role, but by nature of his re-markable passing skills, LeBron could do a lot worse than being that guy.

Again, to say that if LeBron is that passer and facilitator, that this is somehow a comment on his talents against Wade’s (hint: LeB-ron is way bett er, and Wade bett er fi gure it out soon) or his all-time standing (certainly damaged but not irrevocably so) is ridiculous.

If the Heat get everything fi g-ured out, the results could be mind-blowing. We could have the quickest fast breaks ever, with Le-Bron and Wade throwing no-look alley oops to each other like they’re playing sixth graders (and like I saw them do against the Nets). In the half-court off ense, which was so ugly against the Celtics it devolved into isolation mode: with Chris Bosh screening and rolling, and LeBron prowling around the top of the key with Wade working off the ball, something special could happen.

Again, this is not serving as my reunion with LeBron.

Th at will never happen, and I will neither like nor respect that man as a person ever again, but art is bigger than the artist, and if LeB-ron James ever fi gures out how to put his talents to their proper use on the basketball court during this season with this team, it will be his-toric. I know I’ll be watching.

Senior Kerri Gallagher refl ects on her time at Fordham and looks ahead to track.

Senior Profi le: Kerri Gallagher

Aft er UMass Win, Men’s Soccer DisappointsBy RICH HOFMANN

STAFF WRITER Th e men’s soccer team was not

able to follow up on a big road win on the road for the second straight week.

Aft er a 1-0 win at league power UMass, the Rams fell by the same score at Rhode Island.

Aft er the UMass victory, Ford-ham (9-7-0, 4-3-0) had a chance to further solidify a position in the Atlantic 10 Championship. Th e loss to URI puts the Rams in the middle of a jumbled playoff picture with one weekend left .

“I think we were our own victims aft er the win against UMass,” junior midfi elder John Niyonsaba said. “I think we went into the game over-confi dent and forgot how impor-tant it is to respect every opponent despite their record.”

Th e games provided a test for the Rams as they were sett ing the pace in the A-10 along with Char-lott e. Not only was UMass the sec-ond-place team in the conference, but it was unbeaten in its last seven games.

Th e game was evenly played as both sides att empted 10 shots and both goalkeepers made two saves. Fordham won the game because it took advantage at the opportune time.

Early in the second half, Niyon-saba did the scoring honors for Fordham. Junior midfi elder Matt

Courtenay made a run down the side of the fi eld and crossed a ball into the box.

Junior forward John McHugh picked the ball up and his shot de-fl ected to Niyonsaba, who placed the ball into the open net.

“Luckily the ball fell to me and I made sure that I capitalized on the opportunity,” Niyonsaba said. “Sometimes during the game you make like 30 of the same runs in the box and the ball might not fall to you but when it does like it did, then it can make a huge diff er-ence.”

Th e defense tightened up for the rest of the game and aft er a couple of close calls on UMass shots, ju-nior goalkeeper Ryan Meara re-corded his fi ft h shutout of the sea-son. Many players said that the win was a complete eff ort.

“It was one of the fi rst games this year where everyone on the fi eld completed their task to the best of their ability,” junior defender Phil Ferrantello said. “It was a really fun game to be a part of, and I think as an athlete, you always want to com-pete at the highest level, which is what we all did on that day.”

Rhode Island, which was picked fourth in the conference in the pre-season poll, has suff ered through a diffi cult season. It headed into the Fordham game winless in the con-ference.

URI took control early in the fi rst half of the game, in which it

outshot Fordham six to four. URI sophomore midfi elder Matt Rib-bens scored in the 17th minute.

Fordham had trouble mount-ing an att ack until late in the game when the Rams took three shots on goal, one of which was on net. Junior defender Leonardo Gomez had two shots on goal, one of which was saved by URI senior goalkeeper Anthony Tavares. Th e game ended with a 1-0 score.

“We really let a great opportu-nity slip away by not coming home with a win on Sunday against a team who really has not had much success this year in conference,” Ferrantello said.

Th e loss sets up a make-or-break weekend for Fordham in the crowded A-10 race. Th e Rams have 12 points, which places them in a fi ve-way tie for fourth place. Six teams in the league make the play-off s.

Fordham hosts Dayton and Xavier aft er being on the road for four games. Th e two games will have playoff implications for both teams as Dayton has 11 points and Xavier has 12.

Th e Rams know if they take care of business at home, they will make it to a third straight A-10 Confer-ence tournament.

“Th e positive to draw from this situation is that we won’t be rely-ing on anyone else’s results to go through because it’s all up to us,” Niyonsaba said.

By NICK CARROLLSPORTS EDITOR

Kerri Gallagher is a senior track and cross-country athlete from Belle Harbor, N.Y. She ran in all eight cross-country events last year, posting elite times at each event. She was named to the All-Academic team in the A-10 the past year and placed second at the ECAC Championships. She is a very versatile athlete, competing in many events and has been called “untouchable” in the 800-meter race. She is a math major.

Th e Ram: How do you think the season has gone so far this year?

Kerri Gallagher: We started off strong this year and have been working hard throughout it all. We just fi nished up the A-10 Champi-onships where everyone ran prett y well. We have a few more impor-tant meets remaining so hopefully we can keep up our momentum.

TR: What do you have to do to perform well in your next few meets?

KG: We just have to work on keeping our mileage up and stay-ing in races. We have to keep re-minding ourselves to keep going in our races, and keep working hard.

TR: Th roughout your career you have set a lot of high marks and achieved a lot. What are you most proud of?

KG: I think I’m most pround of the records we have in the relays, the 4x800 and the 4x400. Indi-vidual success is great, but nothing beats the feelings of being with the

team for the relays and working to-gether.

TR: What are your goals for the rest of the year with indoor/out-door track and cross-country?

KG: Basically just to improve on my times from last year, and do anything to help the team get more points.

TR: How have you prepared yourself to try to cut down your times from last year? How have you trained?

KG: Over the summer I did a lot more mileage than I usually do, along with practicing longer this fall. So that, along with keep-ing my endurance up, hopefully will help me out come winter and

spring.

TR: With your career coming to an end, do you have any plans for aft er graduation?

KG: I’m a math major and I will keep my options open, really take whatever comes my way, but I would not mind being a teacher perhaps.

TR: What are your fondest memories of your times at Ford-ham?

KG: Th ere are so many memo-ries that it is hard to focus on just one, but last year going to districts in North Carolina with my team-mate Brigid Moriarty, FCRH ’09, was very rewarding and just a great experience.

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By ERIK PEDERSENSTAFF WRITER

Th e women’s soccer team came up just short of qualifying for the Atlantic 10 Conference Tourna-ment, losing 1-0 to UMass Friday night and shutt ing out Rhode Is-land 2-0 on Sunday. By splitt ing the weekend’s games, the Lady Rams fi nished in a tie with La Salle for sixth in the conference at 4-4-1 (8-10-1 overall), but failed to qualify due to having a worse conference record against common higher-ranked opponents in the A-10.

Fordham dominated the pos-session for the vast majority of the game against UMass, outshooting the Minutewomen 17-4 for the game. UMass, however, was able to convert one of its few scoring chances into a goal, with junior forward Deanna Colarossi taking a shot that went off the hands of div-ing sophomore goalkeeper Sarah Zieman for an 18 minute goal.

“Soccer can be a cruel game,” Head Coach Ness Selmani said. “It only takes one shot to win, they took one shot and they scored a goal.”

Th e Lady Rams had a great chance to equalize a minute before the half when sophomore forward Annie Worden sent in freshman midfi elder Mary Solimine on a breakaway, but Solimine’s shot was chipped just over the crossbar.

Fordham continued to increase the pressure in the second half, outshooting UMass 10-1, but the Lady Rams were unable to get a goal. One problem throughout the game was an inability to put shots on goal. Of the 17 shots, only fi ve were on target.

Senior midfi elder Michelle An-celj, who led the team with seven shots, had one of the best chances of the second half with 27 minutes left , but her long-distance shot from the left side went just high and wide to the right.

“We were killing ourselves try-ing to get a goal,” Selmani said. “It’s very disappointing because this was such a big game for us, and sometimes the game means so much that you get tense and you make decisions faster than you should.”

Th e Lady Rams were able to re-bound Sunday on Senior Day with a well-played victory over Rhode Island. Team captains Ancelj and midfi elder Katie McDermott both played their last game at Fordham, along with defender Lauren Nowa-kowski and midfi elders Danielle Ingram, Colleen Brady and Kelsey Walker. All six seniors received playing time throughout the game.

“Four years is a long time, and they mean so much to this team,” Selmani said. “I was glad to see them all get in and go out with a win.”

Aft er a scoreless fi rst half, Rhode Island nearly took the lead a min-ute into the second half, but sopho-more forward Ashley Evangelista’s shot hit off the post and bounced back to Fordham sophomore goal-keeper Rachel Suther.

Th e Lady Rams then took the lead six minutes later. A cross from McDermott was fl icked on by An-celj over the goalkeeper to junior midfi elder Mariella Romano, who scored her fourth goal of the sea-son.

Freshman forward Kelley Al-paugh fi nished out the scoring 15 minutes later, taking a headed pass from Romano and hitt ing a low shot past junior goalkeeper Sasha Reiber for her fi rst collegiate goal. Despite the victory, Fordham was eliminated aft er La Salle defeated UMass 3-0 to clinch the last playoff spot.

“It’s almost like a dream,” Sel-mani said. “We had so many inju-ries this year that we never had our starting 11 from one game to an-other. Injuries happen but this year there were too many for us.”

Rowing Successful at SchuylkillBy ALEXANDER VILLARDO

STAFF WRITER

While spending “Halloweekend” at the famous Boathouse Row in Philadelphia, the women’s rowing team gave Head Coach Ted Bonan-no a few more reasons to be happy, as the squad had yet another suc-cessful regatt a.

Th e team entered a Club 8, a Championship 8 and a Freshman 8 in the highly competitive Head of the Schuylkill Regatt a.

“We put our Junior Varsity 8 in the Club 8 event,” Bonanno said. “Our Varsity 8 could have rowed in that event, but we stepped them up to the Championship 8 event.”

Rowing the approximately 2.5-mile race in a solid time of 15:34.91, the Varsity 8 fi nished third out of 22 boats. Fordham was also the second college to fi nish, behind Rutgers.

While the typical head race starts each boat one at a time, the Schuylkill starts its boats two at a time in order to make the races more entertaining. Since both Fordham’s and Temple’s Cham-pionship 8 boats fi nished close to one another at last year’s Schuylkill, they started side-by-side this year. According to Bonanno, the last

time Fordham and Temple raced against each other, Temple had the bett er fi nish.

“So here we are, starting side-by-side with a crew that was supposed to be faster than us, and [our boat] met that challenge and ended up beating [Temple] by about forty seconds,” Bonanno said. “Every time we’ve gone up against an A-10 opponent this year, we’ve matched up really well.”

Th e JV 8 fi nished second out of 22 boats in the Club 8 event, which is open to both JV and Varsity crews, and posted a time of 15:50.58.

“Finishing second in the Club 8 event is without question the best our JV [crew] has ever done,” said Bonanno. “I have had varsity crews fi nish out of the top fi ve in that event [in the past].”

While the JV 8 and the Varsity 8 had great results, the Freshman 8 was not so fortunate, as it fi nished with a time of 18:25.66 and fi n-ished 17th out of 26 boats.

On Sunday, Nov. 7, the team stays local as it will wrap up the fall season at the Fall Metropolitan Championships at Orchard Beach in New Rochelle, N.Y. Th e race is open to schools primarily in the New York City area.

By DANNY ATKINSONSPORTS EDITOR

Roger Goodell’s Offi ce, Nov. 2, 2010

Roger Goodell: Hello gentle-men, I’d like to welcome you all to the case of NFL Nation versus Brett Favre but his giant ego. A na-tion of NFL fans, along with most of the writers who cover the sport, are arguing that Brett Favre has hi-jacked the NFL season with his ego and ridiculous persona, while Mr. Favre and a few lonely supporters are arguing that he has been vilifi ed by a nation of fans who don’t un-derstand his passion for the game. We will have appearances from a few representative NFL fans, Mr. Favre himself and, of course, his male member. Let’s hear from our fi rst witness. Th e prosecution rep-resented by ESPN sports guy Bill Simmons calls to the stand Don Cheese Head from Green Bay, Wis.

Bill Simmons: Hello, Mr. Cheese Head. We called you to the stand to get the current perspective of Green Bay fans on the Brett Favre saga. How do Packers fans now feel about the QB you once loved?

Mr. Cheese Head: Good rid-dance. Th at’s all I and any Packers fan have to say. Brett went on and on about how much he loved playing here and how he was a “Packer for life.” We all wanted to see him retire here and then suddenly he became a mercenary. What the hell is that? All the Packers fans thought he was a family-values guy. Th at’s not right. He’s ruined his legacy and no one here cares about Favre anymore. I wish he’d just retire. He’s screwing over his teams with the way he’s playing. I want to remember Favre as a great QB.

BS: No more questions, Your Honor.

RG: Very interesting. Now let’s hear from Mr. Boor, a fan of the New York Jets.

BS: Hello Mr. Boor. What is your opinion on Brett Favre?

NYB: Come on, Sports Guy, who ya talkin’ to? He ruined the Jets! We were all like, “Oh my god, we got Brett Favre, it’s Brett Favre, we’re gonna win the Super Bowl,” and he was a bum! He did nothing for us. Favre couldn’t handle play-ing in the big city, he can only han-dle playing for those idiot cheese heads. He wasn’t focused on foot-ball in NYC. He was focused on his health and cheating with another woman. Now don’t get me wrong,

Sports Guy, I don’t care about Favre’s personal life, but you don’t fool around with a babe connected to the team. You do your business on the down low. And then, of course, we heard about how Brett Favre was ready to retire and that he was burnt out on the game, and then a couple of months later he turns his back on the Jets and goes to Minnesota. What a traitor! Why couldn’t he play for us like he did for the Vikings last year? I think its hilarious how badly Favre is playing this year. He deserves it for how he’s managed to piss off everyone who once loved him. Brett Favre needs to retire. He’s taking all the fun out of following the NFL.

BS: Doesn’t Brett Favre’s legacy mean anything to you?

NYB: Oh, forget his legacy! Leg-acy is useless when you’re screwing up your career so much and are suddenly one of the worst QBs in the league. I’m a New Yorker. We only ask one question: What have you done for me lately?

BS: No more questions, Your Honor.

RG: Th ank you, Mr. Simmons. We have one more fan to call to the stand. Let’s hear from Mr. Minne-sota, a Vikings fan.

BS: Hello, Mr. Minnesota. How frustrated are you currently with Brett Favre?

Mr. Minnesota: Geez, Sports Guy, where do you want me to start? We’re just simple, hard-work-ing people up here in the Twin Cit-ies. All we want from our athletes is for them to play hard and stay out of trouble. Instead we got Favre hogging all the att ention and play-ing horribly! Brett Favre doesn’t care about the game of football anymore. He just cares about him-self. Otherwise he would have come to training camp and showed some camaraderie instead of being a prima donna. By golly he can’t play anymore. I’m sick of his “Iron Man” persona; I wish he would just retire. He’s causing this team way too many problems and tearing them apart. Th e day Brett Favre fi -nally retires will be a good one for the Minnesota Vikings.

BS: How do you feel about Brett Favre’s legacy?

MM: It’s sad. I really feel bad for him; he was such a great quarter-back in Green Bay. Hopefully he’ll wake up and realize the damage he’s doing to his legacy. Maybe he’ll turn things around in retirement.

BS: No more questions, Your

Honor.RG: Th ank you, Mr. Simmons,

for your portion of the trial. I’ll now call the defense up to the stand so that Mr. Favre and his personal lapdog, Peter King, can make a case for Favre’s innocence and legacy.

PK: Why do you think NFL fans and writers are suddenly so united against you?

BF: I really don’t know Peter. I’m just a guy who loves to go out there and throw the pigskin around. Is that a crime? I’m trying to play my best and if my best isn’t good enough, so be it.

PK: Th at’s right. You’re just a gunslinger, and sometimes it goes your way and sometimes it doesn’t. Fans should enjoy that.

BF: I couldn’t have said it bett er myself.

PK: So why do people feel like you burned bridges?

BF: I didn’t burn any bridges; I just changed my mind a lot. I thought I was going to retire but I loved the game too much. I’m just happy that teams wanted me.

PK: What’s going on with the Vikings?

BF: We’re just not playing our best and I’m struggling. We’ll get bett er. I resent people telling me that I need to sit down, though. Th is team will win with me as its quarterback.

PK: So you still feel as if you can be a good quarterback at your age despite all the miles on your body?

BF: Absolutely I can.PK: So do I, Brett . You’re the

best.RulingRG: Brett Favre, you are one of

the greatest quarterbacks ever. No one will deny that, but recently you have destroyed your legacy. You’ve done the one thing a quarterback is never supposed to do, which is make the team all about yourself. Mr. Favre, you are an att ention hog and your ego is blinding you from the realization that barely any fans like you anymore. Th e coverage of your trials is taking away from the excitement of the NFL season. I will make you retire before your lack of abilities forces you to. Brett Favre, I sentence you to automatic retirement and a job as Tony Si-ragusa’s personal errand boy every weekend. If any position can hum-ble you and teach you the impor-tance of teamwork, this one can. Please go, Mr. Favre, so that fans can remember you as the outstand-ing player you used to be.

PAGE 24NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Whiting Carries Rams to Victory with 251 Yards on the Ground

PHOTO BY SIMON SULIT/THE RAM

Junior running back Darryl Whiting had the third-best rushing performance in Fordham history, going for 251 yards.

By NICK CARROLLSPORTS EDITOR

Coming into a matchup be-tween two 3-5 teams, the Rams were without their top-two rush-ers, sophomore quarterback Blake Wayne and senior running back Xavier Martin. Somehow, this all seemed irrelevant as junior run-ning back Darryl Whiting had a day that will go down in Fordham football history.

Carrying the ball an astound-ing 38 times, Whiting picked up 251 net yards rushing, third-most in Fordham history (Chip Kron holds the record with 272 yards against Georgetown in 1985), and added two touchdowns.

“Th e middle of the fi eld was wide open,” Whiting said. “It was all coach [Bryan] Volk.”

“[Whiting] ran the ball extreme-ly well and hard,” Head Coach Tom Masella said. “He’s a big back who can run.”

In addition to Whiting’s perfor-mance, the off ensive line and wide receivers also garnered praise for allowing Whiting and sophomore running back Carlton Koonce (who had 66 yards on 11 carries) to have big days.

“Th e off ensive line did a great job today,” Whiting said. “Th ey al-ways do a great job against George-town.”

“Last week a lot of guys on the outside weren’t blocking,” senior wide receiver Jason Caldwell said. “We focused on blocking and the off ensive line did a great job up front.”

On top of Whiting’s phenom-enal play, the defense also did its part, holding Georgetown without an off ensive score until the fourth quarter, helping propel the Rams to a 24-19 lead.

Whiting set the tone early for Fordham. Aft er the two teams started the game with three straight punts, Whiting broke a 47-yard run straight up the middle late in the fi rst quarter to get the Fordham off ense started. Four plays later, Whiting fi nished what he had started, punching home a 2-yard touchdown to get Fordham out to a 7-0 lead.

Aft er a poor return that was initially fumbled was taken back to the Georgetown 14, the Hoyas tried to respond. Junior quarter-back Scott Darby connected with sophomore wide receiver Jeff rey Burke for 17 yards on third down to the Georgetown 30.

However, the drive soon fi zzled and the Hoyas were forced to punt.

On Fordham’s fi rst play on of-fense, sophomore quarterback Ryan Higgins had a receiver in one-on-one coverage deep down the middle of the fi eld. Th e pass, though, was underthrown and junior defensive back Jayah Kai-samba skyed to tip the pass and then reel it in. However, on the interception return, junior tight end Brad Pierre punched the ball loose for senior tight end Stephen Skelton to recover and move to the

Georgetown 12.Fordham quickly took advan-

tage of the break and great fi eld position by keeping the ball on the ground. Aft er Whiting put even more pressure on the Hoyas with a 7-yard run on the following play, he fi nished the drive with a 2-yard touchdown two plays later to open up a 14-0 Fordham lead.

Georgetown took the ensuing kickoff to its own 48, but could not do anything with the excellent fi eld position, giving the ball back to the Rams with a chance to turn the game into a blowout.

It appeared the Rams would do so aft er Higgins converted three third downs with a 7-yard scram-ble and then two passes, a 13-yard pass to Skelton and a 10-yard strike to sophomore wide receiver Nick Talbert, gett ing the Rams all the way to the Georgetown 43.

Momentum turned when junior defensive end Andrew Schaetz-ke tipped and caught a bubble screen and took it 45 yards for the Georgetown touchdown to cut the lead to 14-7.

“It was a bubble screen,” Masella said. “Th e guy made a play; he shouldn’t be able to get his hands up there, but he made a play.”

On the ensuing drive, the Rams regained their two-score lead with a 38-yard fi eld goal by sophomore kicker Patrick Murray. Th e kick was set up by a 30-yard run up the middle by Koonce to get the Rams into Georgetown territory.

Georgetown fi nally started to break out of its off ensive rut on the following drive, picking up 66 yards on a screen pass to senior wide receiver Keerome Lawrence. Th e Fordham defense tightened up when the Hoyas reached the 5, forcing Georgetown to sett le for a short fi eld goal att empt which junior kicker Brett Weiss missed wide to the right.

Fordham was unable to take

advantage of the big miss, though. Aft er a screen pass to senior wide receiver Jason Caldwell could have gott en the Rams to the 37, Caldwell fumbled, giving the Hoyas the ball at the Fordham 41.

Georgetown quickly went to work, gett ing all the way to the Rams’ 13, but sophomore quar-terback Isaiah Kempf threw a pass that caught freshman wide receiv-er Will Carroll off guard and was intercepted by sophomore safety Brendan Melanophy.

Th is time Fordham took advan-tage of the Georgetown mistake. Th e Rams used Whiting runs of 15 and 21 yards to help get them to the Georgetown 20, sett ing up a strike from Higgins to Caldwell on a double-move to the back of the end zone to give the Rams a 24-7 lead.

“We’ve been planning diff er-ent plays throughout the season,” Caldwell said. “Double move worked last week, I was wide open but it was overthrown. Th is week it was worked and was well ex-ecuted.”

Fordham had one last drive be-fore half to try to open up the lead further; however, Murray hit the left upright on a 42-yard fi eld goal att empt, sending the game into halft ime with the score at 24-7.

Aft er helping get Fordham the lead with 142 yards on 16 carries in the fi rst half, Whiting helped secure the victory in the second half by chewing up large amounts of time.

“Th ey haven’t stopped the trap play all game,” Masella said. “Just keep running it until they fi gure it out.”

Th e second half began with large doses of Whiting. Aft er a 17-yard pass to Skelton got the drive started, Whiting carried the ball into Georgetown territory before the drive stalled at the Hoyas’ 44 and Murray came on and punted.

Georgetown att empted to get back into the game but had an-other drive stall soon aft er reach-ing Fordham territory and had to punt.

Th e Rams went to work at their own 13 with the ground game. Fordham started the drive with nine rushes in 10 plays, taking it all the way to the Georgetown 26.

“[Whiting] seemed to get stron-ger as the game went on,” Masella said.

Th at is where the drive stalled and Murray was called on for a 38-yard fi eld that he missed wide left .

“Th e fi eld goal [misses] made the game a lot closer than it should have been,” Masella said. “Th e fi rst one he hit well, the second, he has a litt le trouble from the left hash. He’s still a young guy, he has a lot of talent. We’re going to keep send-ing him out there.”

Th e miss might have fi nally giv-en Georgetown some momentum as the Hoyas began to chip away at the Fordham lead.

Less than a minute into the fourth quarter, Darby threw up a 37-yard jump ball on third-and-10 that 6’4” junior wide receiver John O’Leary came down with over the 5’9” sophomore cornerback Zach Crosby, cutt ing the lead to 24-13 aft er the missed extra point.

“It was a matchup problem,” Masella said. “Crosby was in for [senior cornerback] Jamal [Har-una] and they got it to their guy over our guy.”

Fordham went three-and-out, giving the ball back to the Hoyas, and they quickly went back to work. On third-and-18, Darby went right back to O’Leary, who caught another pass over Crosby for 41 yards and a fi rst down at the Fordham 36.

A pass interference call on senior cornerback Ahmed Haruna gave the Hoyas the ball at the Fordham 2 and Darby snuck it in two plays

later, cutt ing the lead to 24-19 aft er a failed two-point conversion.

With just over eight minutes remaining, what once seemed like an easy win was quickly becoming a disaster.

On the following drive, Ford-ham tried to use Whiting as the closer to fi nish out the win.

However, aft er he was able to pick up a fi rst down, the Hoyas defense focused in on the run and forced Fordham to try to beat them some other way.

Georgetown gave the Rams a break by committ ing a holding penalty on third-and-four at the Fordham 45, holding Talbert on a pass that did not appear catchable and giving the Rams new life.

Th e Georgetown defense re-deemed itself with a big stop on third-and-2 and then fourth-and-1 to give the off ense a chance to complete the comeback.

However the Fordham defense came through in the clutch, as junior defensive lineman Pat-rick McGee ran down Darby on fourth down for the sack, giving the Rams the ball back and killing Georgetown’s best opportunity to come back.

Georgetown had one last chance with 44 seconds left , starting at its own 20 with no timeouts, but could only reach the Fordham 45 before time expired, sealing a 24-19 Fordham win.

“Same old deal,” Masella said. “Every game to the last posses-sion. We found ways to make plays down the stretch.”

With the win, the Rams have now won two straight over Patriot League opponents, improving their record to 4-5 (2-2 in confer-ence; unoffi cially, however, as the Rams are not eligible to win the Patriot League due to the off ering of athletic scholarships).

Th e win also marked Higgins’ second as the Rams’ starting quar-terback, making him 2-0. How-ever, according to Masella, there is no controversy.

“We still have another quarter-back in there we like,” he said. “We like Blake.”

With the loss, Georgetown is now 3-6, a drastic improvement over previous years, although dis-appointing considering the team started off 3-1.

Whiting’s impressive showing comes in what is becoming a lin-eage of huge rushing performances against the Hoyas. Last year, Whit-ing ran for 172 yards against the Hoyas and in 2008 Martin ran for 186 yards.

Next week Fordham heads to Lewisburg, Pa. to take on the 1-7 Bucknell Bison, a team the Rams have run into trouble with despite its usually poor record.

“Th ey’re not in the same of-fense,” Masella said. “You used to have to prepare extra for the spread; they’re more traditional now.”

“We have a lot of confi dence for the last two weeks,” Caldwell said. “Th ere is a lot of motivation to push for victory.”

Rams Improve to 4-5, 2-2 in Conference; Ryan Higgins Still Undefeated As Starting QB