The Quadrangle

September 22, 2010

Vol. LXXXVI Issue 4

Manhattan’s Student Newspaper Since 1924

Social networking has overtaken porn as the #1 online activity. This in-credible boost makes it an ideal way to find jobs for recent college graduates, who typically have their pulse on the beat of social networking itself.

A Wall Street Journal article says that 85 percent of hiring managers Google their applicants before inter-viewing them. Being on the first page of a Google search, with good con-tent, is critical to making that great first impression. The key to that is fresh content.

The more obvious platforms in-clude Facebook, Twitter and various blogs. “The idea is to make yourself an online social authority,” Kyle Younger, a communications profes-sional who spoke to MC students last Thursday, said.

As a social authority, students need to be constantly blogging, tweeting or making status updates about some-thing they are passionate about, some-thing that could have something to do with the type of job you want to get. If a student wants to work for a publish-er, critique books that are coming out, for example. This will show a genuine passion for something.

One relatively new platform for social networking is called Linkedin. It was launched in May 2003, and is more of a professional networking tool than a social networking one. It is designed to let individuals con-nect to each other, be it colleagues, coworkers, relatives, etc. It will show you what different connections you have to various companies. You can put up a profile, complete with a sum-

mary of yourself (basically equivalent to an “About Me” on Facebook), a re-sume and a picture.

An interesting thing about Linke-din is that it not only allows users to search for jobs, but also for compa-nies. The page that comes up will give information about the company, all in one place, as opposed to on scattered Pages. The page is typically created by the company itself so it will all be cor-rect, as opposed to Wikipedia, which

can be edited at any time by any per-son. The company info page will come in handy for going on a job interview.

Using Linkedin is not the same as using Facebook. Since it is more a professional networking tool than a social one, they frown upon making connections with people the user does not know. When requesting a connection, you will have the oppor-tunity to select ignore, accept, or I don’t know this person. If five people select “I don’t know this person” you will be banned.

“Social networking is shrinking the world,” said Katie Taflan, who also

spoke to the MC students. Taflan is Se-nior Assistant Director of Marketing at Columbia University Center for Career Education.

With this shrinking, it is much easier to have a company in your back pocket, but it is also easier for the com-pany to find a picture of you rolling on the floor drunk last Friday. So profes-sionals say untag all your questionable pictures on Facebook, and move on to making connections on Linkedin.

The MC Business School has decided to take its courses to the next level and reinstate the MBA program for the fall 2011 semester.

“The compelling reason why we moved on this proposal quickly was to give our students an effective and edu-cationally sound way of meeting the requirements for the Certification for Public Accountancy,” Dean of Business Salwa Ammar said.

Ammar explained that the require-ments to sit for the exam have changed from a regular undergraduate degree, 120 hours, to 150 hours.

“On average, that [the number of hours] is a five year program and should lead to a master’s degree,” she said.

Business students who are interested in applying can do so in the second se-mester of their junior year and will begin to take courses their senior year, a way to “transition” into the program. The

School is currently working with seniors who are in this process.

“I’m getting a lot of inquiries from all students in the business school,” Ammar said.

The 36-credit, interdisciplinary pro-gram was designed with a module-based curriculum. The first module focuses on analytical decision making and risk man-agement. The second focuses on leader-ship and social justice. The final module centers on organizations and the com-petitive job environment.

“It will provide students an oppor-tunity to pursue an in-depth, interdisci-plinary course of study that would give them a competitive advantage in today’s job market,” Ammar said.

In addition to the three modules, there is an “experimental component,” which includes internships, study abroad or applied projects, which depends on the students’ interest.

“It’s very modern and we’re very proud of it,” she further said.

Although the MBA program is target-ing Accounting majors and other stu-

dents in the school of business, it will also be geared towards MC students in all of the schools as well as students from other institutions.

“We’re going to put together a bridge program,” Ammar said. “Advising will play an important role in the way we implement and manage enrollment in the program.”

Several aspects of the MBA program have not been finalized. “The cost is still something we’re working on,” Ammar said, “We’re meeting with the vice presi-dent of finance.”

Over the next several weeks, the School will be meeting with the deans to work on the bridge program. Students should also keep an eye out for upcom-ing information sessions if they are inter-ested in pursuing an MBA.

The new program is highly antici-pated.

“There’ a lot of excitement around [the MBA],” Ammar said, “Our engage-ment in designing a new curriculum brings a great deal of activity and energy that benefits all of our programs.”

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New York Primary Day This year, both the New York Republican and

Democratic parties had their primaries on the same day, Sept. 14. Most New York State officials were up for reelection. These included the Gover-nor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, both Senators and all Congressmen, State Senators and State Assemblymen.

An important election in the primary, both for Republicans and Democrats, was the election to finish Hilary Clinton’s senate seat. Kirsten Gilli-brand, a Democrat, currently holds the seat. Joe Di-oGuardi, a former congressman from Westchester, won the Republican nomination in a three-way race and came from behind to win, winning 42 percent to 38 percent and 21 percent. Whoever wins though will only be senator for two years, at which time the six term which was split when Clinton left will expire. DioGuardi will also appear on the Conservative Party line. Kirsten Gillibrand on the other hand ran against Gail Goode, a NYC lawyer. Gillibrand beat her almost 3 to 1, 76 per-cent to24 percent Gillibrand will also appear on the Working Families Party line and Independent line.

In the race for Governor, the big news came out of the Republican primary. Rick Lazio, a former congressman from Long Island, lost his bid for the nomination to Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino, 38 percent to 62 percent. Lazio was an early favor-ite and was endorsed by the State Republican Party at its convention. Paladino is supported by the Tea Party movement and fought an uphill battle to win 62 percent of the republican vote to Lazio’s 38 percent. Lazio had previously run against Hillary Clinton in 2000 for US Senate. He narrowly lost 43 percent to Clinton’s 55 percent. Lazio will still appear on the Conservative Party line. Democrat Andrew Cuomo, the current Attorney General, ran unopposed and will also appear on the Indepen-dence line. Kenneth D. Schaeffer will appear on

the Working Families Party line. A highly contested race was for the Democrat

nominee for Attorney General. There were five candidates, but three major ones emerged. They were Eric Schneiderman, a state senator; Kathleen Rice, Nassau County District Attorney; Sean Cof-fey, a former federal prosecutor. In a very close race, Schneiderman won 34 percent to Rice’s 32 percent and Coffey’s 16 percent.

Lastly, some notable candidates lost their bid for their respective positions. Pedro Espada Jr., a current democratic state senator, lost his bid to be the democratic nominee. He has been in scan-dal after scandal and it showed in the votes. He had 26% to Gustavo Rivera’s 69%. Hiram Monser-rate, a former state senator, had been kicked out of the senate for being convicted of assaulting his girlfriend. He ran for the State Assembly, but lost to fellow democrat Francisco Moya 32% to 68%. In March, Monserrate tried to run for the special election for his vacated Senate seat but was defeat-ed. Lastly, Adam Clayton Powell IV lost his bid to oust fellow democrat Charles Rangel, the 40 year Harlem congressman. Rangel won 51% of the vote to Powell’s 23%.

Students’ reaction to the primaries was mixed. Caleb Merrill, a junior and an International stud-ies major said, “It was so unexpected that Paladino won. If he can win, it shows that people are fed up with Albany and the Tea Party movement is mak-ing gains. It was awesome that Pedro Espada did not win!” James Wellington, a senior and a math major said, “Although the NY primary election did not eliminate both officals that were/are under questionable ethical reviews and corruption, I am happy that Senator Espada no longer represents the Bronx and NY. It seems that constituents have spoken and are ready for a change in New York- one that I hope will be for the better.”

Question:Chris Cox, who failed to get the republican

nomination for a House of Representatives seat, is the Grandson of what former US President?

Richard Nixon. Chris’s father is Ed Cox, the NY Republican chairman, who married Patricia Nixon.

The History Department will be holding its 9th annual Costello lecture featuring Suzanne Desan of the University of Wisconsin, Madison TODAY at 4:00 in Smith. The topic will be "Foreign Activists in Revolutionary France: The Politics of Terri-tory and Identity." See Dr. Horn if you have any questions.

The LaSallian Convocation will take place Thursday at 3:45 in the Capalbo Room.

The Women for Hire Fall Career Expo will take place Thurs-day from 10:00-2:00 at the Hilton located at 1335 Avenue of the Americas. Visit www.womenforhire.com.

The MC Gov't and Politics Club is sponsoring an event this

Thursday at 4:00 in the Capalbo Room. Renounced Colgate So-ciologist Joan Mandel will be speaking about Student Activism and gender, race and the politics of money. See you there!

Get your blanket ready for movies on the quad! This Thurs-day MC will be showing The Karate Kid at 9:15. Rain site is Smith. See you there!

Missing summer block parties? There will be a Block Party in the Jasper Lot this Friday from 3:00-7:00. Come enjoy food, music and water games with friends!

This Saturday in the City will be the WWE Smackdown at MSG. Sign up in Student Activities.

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I'm doing Notes, so this week you're getting a double dose of me. Cherish this moment, for you get to bask in my glorious prose.

Last week I brought the stacks of newspapers from the mail room where they're delivered to Miguel 203 where we have meetings (every Wednesday at 3:30, you know, if you want to stop by). If you're doing the job by yourself it's a tough haul - there's a lot of papers and they have this awful tendency to fall off the hand truck. This happened to me twice during my (relatively short) trek across campus. Thankfully, though, each time I watched the stacks of newspapers spill off the hand truck there was someone to help me put them back on. I don't know who these kids are, but I'd like to take this week to thank them for their help. Nowadays we're fed the notion that humans are selfish and mostly bad. Helping me with the papers is a small ges-ture, sure, but maybe people don't suck as much as we're lead to believe.

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The fervor around the downtown mosque…err…cul-tural center…err…whatever you want to call it is, thankfully, finally dying down. There was a point late this summer where you couldn’t escape it – it was all over the news, both in print and on TV, it was trending on Twitter, and people were whin-ing about it on Facebook. It was the 24-hour news cycle at its worst and all I wanted to do was bang my head against a wall until it all went away.

Thankfully, that’s over now. I’m sure at some point during the public discourse you all asked yourselves “I wonder what Matt Coyne thinks of this, he’s soooo smart.” I’m fairly certain the number of “o’s” in each of your thoughts varied, but the points remains the same: 1) You all worship my intellect and 2) What do I think of the Building Downtown that Has Some Kind of Connection to Islam?

Well, as with anything, there are things you can do and things you should do. They aren’t always the same thing.

I’m a big fan of discretion. Just because you can do some-thing, doesn’t mean you should. I can start doing meth, but that doesn’t mean I should, mostly because I like my teeth. Now I’m not equating doing meth to building a mosque or cultural center or whatever you want to call it. What I’m trying to say is just because you can, doesn’t make it a good idea.

I do believe that Feisal Abdul Rauf, a Kuwait-born Ameri-can Imam, has his heart in the right place. The building, ac-

cording to the Cordoba Initiative’s website, is designed to be “a platform for multi-faith dialogue.” I really don’t think he’s some type of wolf in sheep’s clothing trying to build a terror-ist training ground in the very city they executed their most high-profile attack. I really don’t.

And can it be built? Sure. They own the land. There’s no reason they should be stopped. But should they build it? Hon-estly, no. In the short term a building like this – especially with all the controversy around the building – is going to hurt interfaith relations, which is something we as a society truly need right now. Rauf will be achieving the exact opposite of his planned goal.

Much like the Quran burners in Florida – just because you can, doesn’t mean you should and thankfully they didn’t. Can you? Yeah, you own the Qurans; you are welcome to your freedom of expression all you like. You shouldn’t though. There’s no reason to desecrate a text Muslims hold sacred, just like there’s no reason to desecrate a text Christians hold sacred, or Buddhists or Sikhs. There are plenty of Muslims who aren’t terrorists. I know it’s tough to wrap your head around sometimes.

The rights we have as humans aren’t always cohesive with each other. More often than not people’s first reaction to those complications are to outright ban behavior they don’t like. The society we live in today is more complicated than any other society, probably ever, but that doesn’t mean that the rights we have – rights that exist because we exist – should be trampled as soon as someone else tries to enjoy them in a way you don’t like. Tolerance and discretion are key.

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On Oct. 3, MC’s Education Honor So-ciety, Kappa Delta Pi, will participate in the annual “Walk Now for Autism Speaks” event at Jones Beach.

This is the second year in a row stu-dents from KDP will join the walk. Last year about six students in KDP drove out to the event and participated in order raise awareness for Autism. This year, the group is looking for much more participa-tion from KDP members and then entire MC community.

Senior Amanda Podmeyer who is or-ganizing the event for KDP said, “KDP’s goals this year are to get as many people involved as possible. We had a small turn out last year and we would like to change that.”

Any students or families interested in walking with KDP for the cause are encouraged to join the team. “We hope to have a large turnout, right now KDP will probably aim to have 50 people. We are inviting the entire MC community, friends, families, alumni and we hope ev-eryone supports this cause and helps by participating in the walk.”

In years past thousands of families and businesses have participated in the event which is hosted nation wide throughout the year. Podmeyer said, “The event raises money for medicine and research and it raises awareness about autism in general. It brings thousands of families together to discuss their child, relative, friend, co worker as whole to converse and support this terrible thing that has affected too many lives.”

As future teachers, many members of KDP feel that it is important to raise awareness about Autism, which affects

one in 110 births, according to autism-society.org.

“I want to raise money for research because the disorder is so prevalent today and we need to learn as much as possible to find a cure,” senior Dana Kehoe said. “As a future teacher I hope we find a bet-ter way to help families and children cope with this disorder. The only way to do so is through research.”

Senior Danny Crawford said, “I want people to go to the walk so that they can stand up, walk and fundraise and become aware that autism is growing in our coun-try and affecting youth, which is our fu-ture.”

By participating in this event, senior Liz Palusevic said, “KDP is trying to raise awareness and help people understand what these families go through. I hope the donations and support help fund re-search to cure this disorder.”

Members of the team can choose to donate when signing up for the walk, or at a later date. Podmeyer said, “Although times are tough, donating to this cause is not only important to myself, but to KDP, the Education Department and all future teachers and educators. It affects so many lives each minute and the money that is raised is going straight to research to help those families who suffer each and every-day.”

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This year marks the second year MC has had a chapter of the American Advertis-ing Federation (AAF). The club is a profes-sional organization and the oldest national trade association, with 226 college chap-ters in total.

“This year we are hoping to expand membership, and are feeling very positive about this based on the interest shown at the career fair two weeks ago,” Erin Gam-bolati, president of AAF, said.

In order to join one must attend meet-ings, which are held Wednesday afternoons once or twice a month, and pay a yearly fee of $35. This fee gives you full access to cer-tain parts of the website and job sites that non-members cannot access.

“I hope to see more opportunities for the group to really amp up interest in com-munication and media programs and really get more interest from the MC community,” Dr. Rebecca Kern, group advisor, said. She

continued that it is especially important “to have events that get students excited – we have a really cool major, but no one really puts in the effort to point out how many cool things we can do outside of class.”

In this club your ideas and opinions are extremely important – since the meetings are generally discussions of what else the club would like to do in terms of events or networking.

“If you show up with an idea of something you would like to see hap-pen and can get some man-power behind

you, most likely, the event or activi- t y will go through,” Katherine Krauss, vice president of AAF, said.

“Our greatest focus at the meetings is feedback from our club members,” Krauss continued. “We want to run events that they enjoy at times they can attend.”

The student-run club has two events in the works for this semester. The first one will have to do with internships – how to apply, how to get one, and what to do once you have one. This event will be geared towards advertising, unlike other campus-

wide internship events. The second event is based upon inter-

viewing. “Real-World people will come in and conduct interviews with our students,” Gambolati said. “They will then critique them so that they can improve their inter-viewing style in the future.”

“This year, we are planning agency vis-its to create excitement about agency life, along with professional panels to discuss the transition from college to the work-force and the realities of the advertising profession,” Krauss said.

“The contacts made in this club can help you out down the road when you are looking for an internship or job,” Gam-bolati said. “The knowledge gained at con-ferences and when panels come to visit is not something that can be taught from a textbook. It is real-world experience.”

Krauss concluded that, “If nothing else, AAF provides a network beyond Manhattan College and enables students to become instantly connected to professionals, job fairs and conferences that can lead to fu-ture success.”

Watching Trey Songz participate in an interview and being on the elevator with Rutina Wesley, who plays Tara Thornton on True Blood, is just another day at Atlantic Records for junior communications intern Amy Laudicano. Three days per week, for up to 24 hours per week, Laudicano works under an assistant publicist for Atlantic Re-cords.

As a public relations intern, Laudicano was put to work right away doing mock-ups.

“Anytime one of our artists is written about, mentioned, anything from Wichita Daily News to Perez Hilton to the New York Times, we have to have it on record,”

Laudicano explained. “Whenever there is an online review of a concert or a CD or any type of interview, we ‘photoshop’ it onto a piece of paper that has the publica-tion’s logo which goes into a press kit and is saved.”

Though Mock-ups are a usual task for most PR interns, Laudicano is assigned other tasks, too.

“We do a lot of work, not just pouring coffee,” assured Laudicano.

Whenever it is an artist’s birthday at At-lantic Records, they send along a birthday gift.

“The other day, I searched online for a gift for Josh from Paramore and I picked out a military jacket from Express, which the head publicist approved,” Laudicano continued. “It’s pretty cool to say, ‘I got him that!’”

Despite the long hours and eating

lunch at her desk, Laudicano said, “I’m never looking at the clock like, ‘ugh, I have to be here for three more hours,’ instead, I’m like, ‘what else can I do for three more hours?’”

There is always something to do at Atlantic Records, considering the large amount of artists signed to the label. Big-name artists they do publicity for include, Cobra Starship, 303, Trey Songz, Jason Mraz, Switchfoot, Paramore, Panic at the Disco, Deathcab for Cutie, B.O.B., T.I. and Zac Brown Band.

“It’s nice to have the big names on the label, but it’s also nice to push smaller bands,” Laudicano said.

Laudicano spent a day working on pub-licity for the band New Medicine.

“I mocked up three articles that went physically into their press kit, which was then sent out to 40 journalists,” she said.

“It’s cool when your mock-ups go into the press kits, because it goes into the eyes of journalists who may take an interest in the band.”

Laudicano, a self-proclaimed music lover, hopes to eventually attend shows throughout her internship, but that will just be a bonus. When asked what her goals are, she said, “I want to continue learning about the music industry because there is so much left to be learned right now. It is cool to be applying what I learn in my classes into the internship.”

It is inevitable that every day will be different when working with so many art-ists. The infamous rapper T.I. is an Atlantic Records artist, which means they have to help combat the hype regarding his recent arrest.

“There have been so many clippings from him this week because he just got ar-rested,” Laudicano explained. “When one of the artists gets into trouble, public rela-tions really comes into play.”

Despite the cool atmosphere, with hu-mongous photos of bands on the wall and music ranging from folk to techno blaring from each cubicle, there is a ton of work to get done.

“You don’t realize how much goes into an event or a performance,” Laudicano said. “Say, they book someone on the To-night Show – there is so much going into it, from booking the hotel, to booking hair and makeup to getting instruments because they don’t use their own. There is so much behind-the-scenes work going on that most people don’t know about.”

“It’s definitely a field I want to stay in,” she continued. “I think it’s really exciting and there’s always something new. You’re kind of behind-the-scenes helping artists succeed.”

Even though it may seem glamorous, there is hard work going on behind-the-scenes. Meeting famous people is a prime possibility, but sitting around doing noth-ing while awaiting for them to arrive is cer-tainly not.

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All around the world, there are people fighting for the justice of others. The most interesting thing is that not only do these people exist in third world countries and in the United States, but in small places as well, even at MC.

MC greatly supports a social movement called Fair Trade. Founded from the four key international organizations in Europe, FINE, the WFTO characterizes Fair Trade as, “a trading partnership, based on dialogue, transparency, and respect; that seeks greater equity in international trade. It contributes to sustainable development by offering better trading conditions to, and securing the rights of, disadvantaged producers and workers-especially in the South.”

One of the many people who support this social movement on campus is Lois Harr, director of Campus Ministry and So-cial Action.

“Fair Trade is people making relation-ships with each other – knowing and caring about each other,” Harr said.

For example, a farmer will often grow coffee beans or cocoa for a man who wants to sell such commodities in the U.S. This seller will many times set the prices of the products too low and this, in turn, turns out to be unfair for the farmer who also has a family to feed.

There are also many steps taking place between coffee as a crop and a coffee in the cup, which include processes undergone by farmers, intermediaries, processing mills, exporters, and so on. Due to the amount of steps it takes, it is more expensive for coffee to reach the store shelves. Thus, the farmer is paid less. However, the whole movement of Fair Trade is to eliminate some of those steps. So, instead of 12 steps taking place, with Fair Trade there are essentially five steps taking place. Therefore, the farmer is

paid more money and it is a fair transaction for all parties.

“The big geopolitical question is, ‘why aren’t the farmers in Ecuador, or anywhere, growing food for their families?’” Harr ques-tioned.

Instead of growing much-needed food for themselves, they are growing coffee and cocoa – which they know are huge sellers in the U.S., simply so as to make a living. While this question is still being thought out and debated, the important thing we can do as human beings is help one another and sup-port this movement.

“Since coffee is such a huge luxury and commodity, the least we can do is buy Fair Trade and support it to help the farmers make a living,” Harr said.

On Sept. 11, the MC delegation consist-ing of students Nate Burke and Grace Ogno, as well as Dr. Cory Blad, Dr. Gwen Tedeschi, Prof. Harr and her husband, all attended a Fair Trade Futures Conference in Quincy, Massachusetts, which occurs once every five years.

“Campus Ministry & Social Action re-ceived a grant from Catholic Release Services to promote awareness and purchase of Fair

Trade goods,” Harr said. “Part of the grant was to involve more students and more faculty. One way we did that was having a bunch of FT events last spring such as a FT coffee break during exams; FT frisbees for the spring rec. sports program; FT raffles; selling FT chocolate and coffee for LOVE fundraisers; FT samples of soap, chocolates; a craft sale....We had the faculty develop-ment workshop and this conference grew out of that work.”

Last Wednesday, Pedro Ascensio, a farm-er from Las Colinas, a cooperative in Argen-tina, came to speak to students and faculty. He mentioned how difficult life was prior to Fair Trade.

“Before, it was hard for every worker in-volved since it was very exploitive,” Ascensio said. “We used to have to work very hard for eight hours because the owner was only one person. The owner took all the profit.”

In depth, he explained just how difficult their conditions were because of their sala-ries.

“We received thirty ‘colones,’ which is nine to a dollar,” Ascensio said. “So if you do the math, thirty colones is like 8.75 per dol-lar. What we were earning was just misery; it was nothing after all that work.”

“When you buy Fair Trade coffee you ensure the education for the children of the coffee farmers and better conditions for the farmers’ lives in general,” Ascensio con-cluded.

Many believed it was important that a real worker came to talk to MC about his liv-ing conditions to let us know exactly how Fair Trade has impacted farmers personally.

“A live person who actually lives this life was here to tell about it, instead of us hear-ing it from a news article,” Dr. David Bollert said.

“I love the idea of Fair Trade and I hope that people will try and buy it when they can so that in a few decades it will be the norm,” MC freshman, Els Thijs, said.

Staff WriterQ Jessica DeLugo

Fair Trade Phenomenon: How Your Purchases Can

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Pedro Ascensio, a representative from Las Colinas, a Salvadoran Fair Trade Coffee co-op, discussing Fair Trade Coffee and its significance for him, his family and his community. Photo courtesy of Marty Heitner

MC students after conference checking out Fair Trade coffee.Photo courtesy of Marty Heitner Q

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Fashion club: light-hearted, fun, chat-tering girls is what usually comes to mind when you hear those two words, right? Well, the MC Fashion Student Association is striving to change this stereotype, and so far they’ve come a long way.

In a school known for its engineering programs, conjuring images of robots and endless Star Wars t-shirts, it’s surprising to find that the Student Fashion Association is arguably the most successful club on campus.

“The club is so much more than see-ing what is the latest trends and who looks great in what,” FSA President Katie Peter-son said.

The club is run more like a business than your average after school club, with an Executive Board and numerous sub-divisions. The bi-weekly meetings are at-tended by about 15 members, and ran in a strategic way by the club president.

“During meetings we discuss different events members want to participate in, and will conduct forums in which we all provide our input about the latest issues and trends in fashion,” explained Danielle Amico, last year’s president. “Once fashion show season begins, we break into com-mittees to organize plans for the show.”

The “show” Amico is referring to is the biggest event for the FSA, and for MC: the annual FSA Fashion Show held during the spring, takes endless hours of planning and cooperation from all the committees. “We have to put the request for the fashion show in a year in advance, it is an event that we begin to plan as soon as the previ-ous show is over,” Amico said.

This year they hope to hold the show over Springfest weekend again. “Having it on that weekend last year allowed for so many students to attend and we really got a great turn out,” Peterson explained.

In addition to their annual spring show, this year the club is also hoping to host a “dress for success” fashion show “so students know exactly what they can and cannot wear to an interview and potential

job position,” Peterson commented. The preparation for the spring show

is the most extensive though, dealing with everything from getting designers, to train-ing models, to getting the runway, lighting and music set up. The FSA’s extremely im-pressive committee system delegates each of these tasks to one of the devoted sub-committees devoted to the fashion show.

The fashion show requires two co-directors that organize and make sure all committees are cooperating. The produc-tions committee works with the technical portions of the show, taking care of the staging, lighting, music and layout of the show – they have to pay attention to mea-surements, the budget, and time sched-ules for the day of the show.

Perhaps the most crucial committee for the event is the Styling committee who is in charge of the main aspect, the clothes. This team works to find designers from all over the city, as well as students at MC, FIT and Parsons to create the clothes for the show.

The FSA reaches out to numerous high-end designers, including Tommy Hil-figer, to ask for donated pieces. “It’s so re-warding when people say yes particularly because MC FSA Fashion Shows are always to raise money for a non-profit organiza-tion,” club-founder Crystal Haselton said.

The fundraising is another crucial as-pect of this club. Last year, the show raised over $5,000 for Alzheimer’s Association.

“I think its so important not only to focus on having a successful show but also raising money for the non-profit organiza-tion we chose,” Haselton said.

Treasurer Brianna Sadowl is not only in charge of fundraising, but also works to maintain the FSA’s budget, working with student activities to retain the funds and making sure all committee’s stay within their means. This however, proves to be a difficult task sometimes, partly due to the college’s Student Activities office.

“We actually don’t know our budget for the spring semester which is aggravat-ing because we are unaware of what we can spend in our budget for each commit-tee,” said Peterson. “To run a successful event we need to know our budget since

it comes right from student activities.”Another aspect to the budget that in-

terferes with the FSA’s plans: their baby-status among clubs -- the FSA is astonish-ingly only three years old! Therefore, they have a smaller budget them some other clubs that have been around longer and have become campus staples, such as the newspaper or the theatre-club. Amico does say they have been receiving more support from the school.

“I think because we have proved our-selves to be a successful, active club, and continually generate an amazing turnout for the fashion show and our events, the school is really supportive of our endeav-ors,” she said.

Last year’s theme was Arabian Nights, a pretty big change from the previous year’s Sugar and Spice themed event. “We were mixing Eastern traditional fashion with mainstream and couture designs,” said Amico. “Playing on rich jewel toned col-ors, exotic fabrics and beautiful fashion, hoping to bring Bollywood to MC.”

While the show is the most well-known and biggest production the FSA takes on, that’s nowhere near all they do or want to do. “Although we all have a passion for fashion, we also have aspirations and hopes for our future,” said Peterson. The FSA organizes show room tours, past ones include Tommy Hilfiger, LeSportsac, Sev-enth House PR, and Sound Girl. The club also sends members to volunteer at the Fall and Spring NY Fashion weeks, differ-ent designer fashion shows.

Manhattan College doesn’t offer any fashion merchandising classes, so the FSA took it upon themselves to build contacts in the NY fashion scene and has now started connecting their members with internships, such as Tommy Hilfiger, Kensie Denim, The Daily, Tractenberg & Co, Soundgirl, MAO Public Relations, and LeSportsac.

“It [FSA] is a great way to learn about the industry and to realize what you want to do after college,” said Peterson. “I have realized that there is no other industry I would want to work in, and I honestly can’t wait to graduate to get started.”

The breezy weather of Friday night of Sept.17 welcomed MC to their first Coffeehouse of the year. A new and re-turning crowd of Jaspers filled the Quad with blankets, coffee and cookies.

“I’m happy with our first turn out. It was great. There were a few new per-formers as well as old,” Coffeehouse manager Dan Wasilewski said.

Returning Coffeehouse attendee Sophie Hirakis performed twice while wearing her dark sunshades. Hirakis’s acoustic guitar accompanied her while she performed “Naked” originally sung by Avril Lavril.

Shortly after Hirakis’s performance, sophomore Nicole Vacca sanged “Never Alone” by Barlow Girl and continued watching others after she concluded.

“I enjoy Coffeehouse on the Quad because I love the way the sound bounc-es off the buildings,” said Vacca as she sat on her beige blanket. In a different manner, junior Michaela Rannestad pre-fers Coffeehouse in the Jasper Lounge. “The lounge is more comfortable, laid back and warm,” Rannestad said as she offers a jacket to her boyfriend, senior Jon Kriz, after his performance. Kriz per-formed two original songs.

Besides the many singers and po-ets, last year’s Battle of the Bands win-ners, “The Manhattan Project,” also per-formed.

“We don’t know how much talent is within our school until Coffeehouse. The person who you see walking down the hallway may be an artist,” Vacca said.

Sarah Conte, publicity and sound di-rector sat a few feet away from the stage. Conte has been apart of the Coffeehouse staff for a year and looks forward to an-other one. Co-manager Samantha White sat along with Conte and was content about the outcome of the first Coffee-house. “I’m amazed at all of the talent that I’ve seen tonight. There have been a lot of excellent performances and I’m looking forward to the rest of them,” she said. “The fall and spring Coffeehouses are always quite successful because they are here on the Quad. It’s a great place to hang out.”

Wasilewski and other members of the Coffeehouse staff are currently prepar-ing for the next Coffeehouse to be held on Oct. 3rd in Jasper Lounge. Wasilewski welcomes and encourages all to come out.

For those who attend often, he en-courages them to spread the word and to continue coming. After taking a look at the performer on stage and the crowd on the Quad, Wasilewski stated that he “hopes to see more people at the Cof-feehouse events throughout the year. We will continue to do great things and con-tinue to make Coffeehouse successful.”

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Players Prepare for Talent-Filled Semester

New talent and new expectations are facing the MC Players for the upcoming semester.

Players have the opportunity to audition for three different shows that will take place from October until December. This semester’s reper-toire includes From Up Here and Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. There is also a Crazy Caba-ret as well as a Christmas in Vegas Cabaret. The auditions took place last week.

Returning player Mike Stevens is enthusiastic about the upcoming semester. “There’s lots of new talent, lots of new techies. It seems like we have a really good and enthusiastic batch.”

With great talent come great challenges, how-ever. “This year we have the most work...ever,” Stevens said. “Its the same old song and dance with every performer. You always want to get bet-ter.” The Players will be very busy preparing for all of their approaching shows to put on the great performances that are expected.

Liz Muller is directing the Cabarets, the mu-sical and the play. Her enthusiasm for directing will probably enhance the enthusiasm of the cast. “She is a woman of many talents. I couldn’t even begin to describe my experience with her as a di-rector,” Stevens said.

So with a new, promising cast and a success-ful director, much is expected from the Players this semester. All are welcome to audition and participate in this semester’s performances!

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We’re Not Joking, This is the Clinic to end all Clinics (for real this time)

MC once again hosted the third annual ‘Clinic to End All Clinics,’ a basketball coach-es workshop conducted by Howard Garfin-kel, the founder of Five Star basketball camp. For those who are not familiar with the high school basketball scene, Five Star is the most respected camp in the country. Coaches from around the nation have come to Camp Orin Sekwa, NY since its inception in 1966. This year’s clinic was held on Friday, September 17, 2010 in Draddy Gymnasium.

The event featured sessions instructed by Naismith Hall of Fame coaches C. Vivian Stringer (Rutgers) and Jim Calhoun (Connect-icut), along with Lawrence Frank, the NBA’s New Jersey Nets franchise winningest coach, Tom Izzo (Michigan State), who has led the Spartans to six NCAA Final Fours and the 2000 National Championship, and Jay Wright (Villanova), former Naismith College Coach of the Year.

The day kicked off with Jim Calhoun stressing the importance of enthusiasm dur-ing practice. “ Nothing great was ever done without enthusiasm,” said Calhoun during his hour long presentation. Following Calhoun was Rutgers women’s basketball coach Vivian Stringer who stressed the importance of run-ning the ball off the in bounds.

The most compelling speaker was Michigan State’s Tom Izzo, who lectured over 300 coaches on how to win a basketball game by playing sound defense and smart offense. “My life’s goal is to coach and mentor in many

sports. I have attended this clinic the last 3 years and always leave with new knowledge and desire to improve the world for a better tomorrow,” said prospective coach and physi-cal education major Kevin Seeney ‘11.

When asked about the clinic, Manhattan Coach Barry Rohrsessn added, “These coach-es are geniuses. You can learn a lot from just being around them for even a little bit.”

After a delicious lunch catered by the famous Carnegie deli, the attentive coaches continued to listen to the lessons of Jay Wright and Lawrence Frank. Jay Wright, whom formerly coached at Hofstra, spoke about the importance of controlling the game. Follow-ing Wright, was former New Jersey Nets coach Lawrence Frank. Frank gave insight to coaches of all levels what it means to be a NBA coach. After his dismal by the Nets, Frank worked as an analyst for NBATV. In July 2010, Frank was hired by the Boston Celtics, replacing the departed Tom Thibodeau as the lead assistant coach on Doc Rivers coaching staff.”

“I thought the program was a success for the third year in a row. It went off with out a hitch; the coaches spoke their minds and gave priceless information. Bravo.” said Ryan Darcy, operation manager & assistant baseball coach.

While Legends were speaking in Draddy, the Jasper are looking to make some noise this year when they begin the season with the Green & white game. This year will be a promising one for the boys in the Kelly green. Stay tuned for further details! Don’t forget to follow all things Jasper Athletics on www.Go-jaspers.com.

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One doesn’t have to be blessed with the ability to run the 40 in 4.3 seconds or to hit a baseball four hundred feet to possess the insatiable desire to win. Ask any of the Jas-pers who participate in the intensely hard fought intramural football and soccer games held most week nights under the lights at Gaelic Park.

Typically, intramurals are a great way for students to socialize, divert their attention from the pressures of the classroom, and ex-ercise, but make no mistake, first and fore-most these athletes come to win.

From your first foot on the field you can tell these aren’t your typical backyard pick-up games. Before soccer matches, ath-letes are running sprints and octagon drills working on turns, traps, and headers. Pre-game football action has players practicing complicated pre-planned offensive plays, or huddling together and psyching each other up.

“Intramural sports here can be extreme-ly competitive,” said Student Activities facili-tator Eli Olken Dann. “A lot of these athletes played varsity in high school, and it gives them the chance to still compete at a high level without the commitment that a Divi-sion 1 sport demands.”

Many athletes such as freshman Marc Delzio, a three-sport varsity athlete in high school, miss the meaningful competition they would experience on a daily basis. “Flag football is something brand new I’m trying,

but it’s a lot of fun and also very competitive. Even though a lot of us are new to it, we’re all trying our hardest to win every time.”

In the process of aiming to win those coveted champion-ship T-shirts, several flag foot-ball and intramural soccer play-ers have developed comradery and cultivated close friendships. Many squads, such as returning football favorite “Team Kevin Costgrove,” have largely been playing together for the past four years and have developed into powerhouses.

“It’s been great to play and get better with these guys,” said Costgrove, his team’s namesake. “Most of us met freshman year and since then we’ve become great friends and a team that works really well together.”

In their first game of the season, Cost-grove lead the team to a blowout win in which their opponent, an all-freshman team called “J-5” was left trailing 45-0 at halftime. “J-5” captain Michael Wright and his team, instead of shrugging it off as a loss in a meaningless football game, viewed their performance as a college coach would: as an excuse to get better.

“We’ve realized that being an all-freshman team in Division 1 is going to be tough,” admitted Wright, “but its great play-ing in an environment where you play to win. When you finally get to the point where

you can beat that team of seniors that takes you for granted it makes it that much more fun and exciting.”

While sports like flag football can help students recapture the exhilara-tion of youth and high school competition, competitive sports aren’t the only way to ex-ert oneself and have a good time. Campus Recreation provides several other fun and creative programs to help enrich students’ MC experience. Personal training and fitness classes, such as yoga, Zumba, and kickbox-ing have become especially popular.

“I never tried kickboxing before,” said freshman Monica Horan. “But it’s an

awesome way to work out, blow off steam, and meet new people!”

Zumba, a dance fitness program, also provides a dynamic and unique way to stay in shape.

Christina Bauso, a freshman who just tried Zumba for the first time, is sold. “Zumba is such a fun way to work out; it’s so much better than going to the gym.”

So come out and get involved. You don’t have to be a member of one of Man-hattans nineteen Division 1 teams to play hard and create memories and friendships that last a lifetime.

Jaspers Bring Their “A” Game to IntramuralsStaff WriterQ Keelan Ledwidge

MC Students Brainstorm to Save the MetsSenior WriterQ Lisa Riehman

Any disgruntled Mets fan is aware of the fact that change during the off-season is much needed. In fact, the organization should probably just adopt the Obama cam-paign slogan and rally the troops in favor of change.

It seems as though every sports writer has their own idea of fixing the Mets for the 2011 season. Some say trade Jose Reyes, some want to dump Carlos Beltran. Many folks think change needs to start from the top; the Wilpons should go first. And almost everyone knows that it is time to get rid of the M&M boys (no, not Mantle and Maris). MC students have their own ideas of how to rescue this drowning organization.

Junior Matt Flood said, “We need a new general manager. Minaya is the biggest problem. He definitely has made some good moves (hello Santana), but not enough to make up his bad ones (Perez and Castillo).”

Anyone can take a glance through the 2010 Mets media guide and see how many of the starters in this season’s opening day lineup were career .300 hitters. There was only one; David Wright was the sole career .300 hitter on this team on Opening Day.

The restructuring of the Mets this season might take years and one offseason prob-ably won’t bring this team a playoff berth. But, since the Mets organization bailed on this season a month ago by dumping semi-valuable players like Francoeur and Barajas, we’ll call this season quits too and look ahead to 2011.

MC students feel that improve-ments can come from all different aspects of the or-ganization. Senior Sam Salvatore said, “Scouting is a problem because every time the Mets get a good player from an-other organization, they come to the Mets and are terrible.”

Freshman Matt O’Connor, a Yankees fan, also feels that scouting is a major weak-ness in the organization. He said, “Other the Ike Davis the Mets have not had a up coming star since David Wright came up in 2004.”

Some students think the best improve-ment would come in the form of new owner-ship. “The owners are to blame,” said Senior Andrew Ricci. “They seem to not continue to stick with people and coaches that are seem-ingly unqualified or unfit for a coaching and

management positions simply because they thought they would be good or owe them money under a contract.”

The players need to take some responsi-bility for the lack of production on the field and some students think there should be major change to the core of this team. Sal-vatore said, “I mean, I love Reyes because of

the recognition he gives to the Mets and hypes up the crowd, but he’s

always hurt. What help is that to anyone?”

Ricci thinks the core players might be one of the organization’s big-gest problems. “They are like the core of an apple,

the part everyone throws out because I doubt any

other team would sign them let alone pay them the amounts

the Mets are. They are outright over-rated and horrible.”

O’Connor said, “The core of players need to leave especially Jose Reyes, he is just a lazy player. Castillo is a solid defender but is aging if they could, and it shouldn’t be hard, get an improvement at second base through a trade or sign someone, then they definitely should.”

There is still a debate over which aspect

of the team needs the most improvement. Flood said, “The offense is what needs the most work. There are one too many ques-tion marks to inspire confidence for next year. Will Reyes be healthy? Will Beltran return to his former prowess? Will Ike stop striking out? Will Bay figure out Citi field? Not all of those questions will have good answers.”

As for moves in the offseason, Flood said, “Obviously I would love to see Cliff Lee, but I’m sure the Yankees will offer him a small country and sign him. Other than that, the Free agent market leaves a lot to be desired.”

Due to Santana’s health issues, no one knows what to expect from him in the 2011 season and if he is not going to be an ace, pitching might just become the organiza-tion’s top priority. “First they should go after a big name pitcher or even two big pitch-ers,” said O’Connor. “They should go after Brandon Webb, Brad Penny, Jorge De La Rosa, Jeremy Bonderman, all of them would be reasonably cheap.”

The future is grim for this organization. Maybe the Wilpons should take a ride up to the Bronx and get some insight from college students; we couldn’t do much worse they have so far.

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