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...through adversity TO THE MOON. Volume CVIII, Issue 3
Remembering the victims of Inside the SGA Around Campus: A summary of September 11, 2001 their September 11 meeting
Stevens Ski Team prepares for season
The Stevens Ski team is looking forward to another exciting season this year. Last year the team placed fourth in the Metro Area league in Men’s Alpine.
by PETER ZAFONTE
of this, we did our job.” Though the weather was excellent this year, in 2009 it rained on the day of the ceremony. Consequently, there were fewer spectators, but Detachment 490 was there performing the silent drill in spite of the rain to remember those who died in the September 11 attacks. Back and forth they marched, for nearly two hours, in front of the flag. It was the same duration of time which was filled with terrible events in 2001: from 8:46 a.m. when the first plane hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center until 10:28 a.m. when the North Tower came crashing to the ground. Two cadets marched for nearly an hour before a changing of the guard cer-
The Student Government Association (SGA) started off the school year with a meeting at 4 p.m. on Saturday, September 11, rather than their usual time (7 p.m. on Sundays) in the Fielding room in the Howe Center. Despite this being their first meeting after summer break, things quickly came to some heavy heated debate when substantive issues arose. The first such issue was brought up by SGA Treasurer Jeffrey Lichtenfeld. Tony Blazini from the Office of Residence Life has been requesting and receiving additional money for midnight breakfast from Student Life without any communication to SGA about the matter. Over the course of a few semesters, this has put the midnight breakfast budget in the red by $1,400. Every semester the SGA allocates $6,000 and cosponsors midnight breakfast with the Office of Residence Life. However, the Office of Residence Life has apparently been going over-budget at the permission of Student Life. Also, according to Lichtenfeld, Residence Life did not know that the Breakfast was over budget; Lichtenfeld saw that the numbers did not add up and made a proposal to the Senate to rectify the situation. The proposal, that the SGA would pay back the $1,400 and add another $500 for this next semester, would set a new precedent for the Midnight Breakfast budget at $6,500. This would
See REMEMBERING, page 6
See SGA, page 6
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Opinion: -Editorial-
Fluent Listeners Why did you get a C in that class last spring? Was the material complex and you were challenged? Was your time management shoddy... Full op-ed on page 2
-Mind of a Freshman-
The best decision With every day that passes here at Stevens, I’m finding that my decision to attend this institution was probably the best decision I’ve ever made. When I first found out about Stevens, I assumed that... Full op-ed on page 3
-Senioritis-
Let’s get rid of CAL What classes are you taking this semester? Well, I’m taking Mechanics of Solids, Electricity and Magnetism, Differential Equations, Design III, and a hum. A hum? Yeah. Okay...which hum? Oh, uh, a literature. Okay... which literature course?... Full op-ed on page 3
-Cuisine Corner-
Korean Food in Disguise Today’s Cuisine Corner takes me to another new restaurant that recently opened on Washington Street, “Chicken Factory.” Chicken Factory greets diners with what might seem contradictory... Full story on page 4
Stevens Air Force ROTC Detachment 409 performs silent drill ceremony for 9/11.
A silent drill at Castle Point by MATT CSENGETO
On the eleventh of September, everything was beautiful and serene at Stevens’ Castle Point; with nary a cloud in the sky and the sun shining down, the American flag was swaying gently in the breeze, its rope clanging against the flagpole; a few students, eager to start the day, walked to an early breakfast in Pierce dining hall; and, as usual, the cannon kept watch over the Hudson River. It was just like so many other mornings except that Castle Point had an extra feature: even quieter than the cannon and the flag were five young Air Force ROTC members marching a silent drill in memory of the thousands of innocent people who, nine years ago that day, died within sight of Castle Point.
by VEENA RAMAKRISHNAN
Pope admits church failures in scandal
Students that currently have on-campus jobs have found or will soon find that major changes have been made to the process of finding on-campus employment. Perhaps the most noticeable change is the student employment website, where all students must apply or re-apply online for jobs they may have already held. Those changes were brought about by the newly formed Student Employment Office (SEO). Located in the small annex across the hall from the Pierce Dining Hall in the Howe Center, it coordinates with students, faculty and staff, and departments on campus to create, centralize, and fulfill Federal Work-Study and Non-Federal Work-
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U.S. says North Korea committed act of war
(AP) - U.S. officials on Thursday said they still weren’t sure what motivated an attack on a South Korean warship... Full story on page 9
Sports: Women’s Soccer Defeats Vassar
There were few spectators taking note of the ceremony, but Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Devin Deans, a senior at Stevens Institute, explains that his detachment, Air Force ROTC Detachment 490, performs the ritual each year “for the intrinsic value of the ceremony” and not to attract attention. The all-volunteer group, mostly composed of Third Class cadets like Stevens sophomore Mateusz Borek, first performed the drill at Castle Point in 2009. It had been done at Detachment 490’s base at NJIT in the past, but C/Lt Col. Deans says he decided to bring the September 11 Remembrance Ceremony to Stevens, his own school, to fill a void. “Just because nobody else was doing it, doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do it,” Deans says. “Even if just five people remember because
Stevens students and Office of Student alumni direct Fall One Acts Employment created
World News: (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI waded into the hostile atmosphere Thursday of highly secular Britain, admitting the Catholic Church did not act decisively...
Study on-campus employment opportunities. It was formed this past summer with the hiring of Gabrielle Gomez, the Student Employment Coordinator, to begin handling employment for the Fall 2010 semester. “This office was created to enhance the student experience. The goal was really to create more job opportunities on campus for students, to be a place to enquire about student employment or about problems with [a student’s] current employment. It’s like HR for students.” Gomez formerly worked in a fledgling human resources department for a hospital, defining policies and procedures for hiring and other functions as the hospital’s business was growSee EMPLOYMENT, page 6
SSI - Freshman Becky Wos netted her first collegiate marker in the 34th minute... Full story on page 10
Logan Named Assistant Coach
SSI - Stevens Institute of Technology Head Wrestling Coach Mike Clayton recently announced the hiring of Damion Logan as the Ducks’ head assistant coach ... Full story on page 10
Courtesy Of Lucas Torres
Gabrielle Gomez runs the SEO Office.
LiAna Curry-De Salas
Students perform “The Philadelphia” in DeBaun.
Courtesy Of Cait Kulig
Now with 100% more student directors by HOWARD ALLEN
On Friday, September 10 and Saturday, September 11, Stevens Dramatic Society held its annual Fall One Act Festival. The event featured four one-act plays: “The Philadelphia” by David Ives, “Brothers” by William Gadea, “The Universal Language” by David Ives, and “The Still Alarm” by George S. Kaufman. What was rather unusual about this particular one act festival is that it was directed entirely by Stevens students and alumni. “The Philadelphia” was directed by Abel Alvarez, “Brothers” was directed by Edward Delaney, “The Universal Language” was
directed by Frank Riccobono, and “The Still Alarm” was directed by Tom Oliphant. None of them had any directing experience prior to the festival. “It was really interesting to see the casting process,” said Delaney, “To actually schedule everybody, to really have a vision for what the play wanted, and then really work with your actors and tech crew to get it to be what you wanted.” When asked the reasons behind the change in directors, David Zimmerman, Executive Director of the DeBaun Center for Performing Arts, commented that it was done mainly to increase student involvement. According to Riccobono, “Last Fall we tried to get students more
involved by having studentwritten one-acts. I guess the next logical step was to have student directors this year.” “The Philadelphia” is a tale of two men in New York who find themselves metaphysically in other places. The main character finds himself metaphysically in “a Philadelphia,” where no matter what he asks for, no one has it. He asks every newspaper stand in town for the Daily News, only to be forced to read the only paper anyone claims to have: The Toronto Hairdresser. The other man is metaphysically in “an L.A.,” where no matter what, he believes things will turn out to be okay - once he makes the events of his life See ACTS, page 6