See UN, Page 3

The Voluntary Retirement Pro-gram, a temporary retirement option for professors, was created as a result of the Organizational Review last year. The sudden pro-posal is supposed to offer retirees a good retirement package while allowing the University to save money on replacement professors.

According to the Board of Trustees who drew up the volun-tary program, professors who are 60 years or older and have been teaching for more than 20 years have the option of retiring. Pro-fessors who are interested must do so before Dec. 17 of this year, as any time after will be too late. “Forty-nine people are eligible for the Voluntary Retirement Program this year,” said Chief of Commu-nications Officer, David Muha. “Thirty-three are members of the faculty. Sixteen are staff mem-bers.” Muha added that “not all professors or staff are eligible to retire. I am not eligible to retire,”

Lina EstradaNews Editor

Drew University’s stUDent newspaper

since 1928AcornTheVolume 84, Issue 5

www.drewacorn.comDrewAcorn.com october 26, 2012 Volume 85, Issue 8

Featured StoriesMen Soccer clinch play-off place after defeating Juniata.

5

Why is the Chamber Music Society of Lincon Center at Drew?

12

Student Life

Arts

Opinions

Sports

578

12

he said, laughing. “The guidelines are very specific.”

Professors who are planning to retire can expect some generous benefits from the University. Ac-cording to the plan, “a payment equal to nine months salary will be calculated and given to profes-sors on base wages starting July of this year.”

Health benefits remain the same for any professor who is enrolled in the program beginning last Jan. 1. It states in the plan that faculty will still be able to “teach classes as adjunct professors and can still participate in activities at the school. Staff will be able to teach classes as adjuncts as well and work part-time positions.”

They will also, “receive pay-ment for all unused accrued vaca-tion up to 140 hours, to be paid in the next regular paycheck the month following retirement.”

“For those thinking on retiring, this plan gives them the incentive to do so. This is another cost sav-ings for the University,” Muha

UN semester hits 50 years

See Brokaw, page 2

Tom Brokawspeaks about

life experiences Kimberly Ammiano

Features Editor

Tom Brokaw speaks national historyJames McCourtFor 22 years, Americans

gathered around the TV to watch legend-ary broadcast journalist

Tom Brokaw report on world news. On Thursday evening Oct. 25, the Drew community joined several others in gathering in the Simon Forum to listen to Brokaw report on the need for unity through big ideas.

Welcomed to the stage by In-terim President Dr. Vivian Bull and a warm round of applause, Brokaw took the mic as he thanked the audience and said he would “accept the nomination.”

“I’m just kidding,” he clarified after. “If I was serious, my family would leave for Canada on the next flight.”

“I’m very happy to be at Drew,” he said. “If I were across the street at Fairleigh Dickinson, I’d have to speak slower and use shorter words,” he laughed.

After a brief discussion on his upbringing and family life, Bro-kaw explained he imagined many people are wondering what “the future of our country is.” In what he defined as a conversation, Bro-kaw went on to ‘discuss’ with the audience the importance of nation-

wide unity through ‘big ideas.’In his first example, Brokaw

elaborated on his trip to Germany for the 65th anniversary of D-Day. In explaining this experience, he commented on the fact that he shared the trip with an African American president, Elie Wiesel and a 21 year old German woman who was able to escape communist lines. All three of these people represent changes that happened during Brokaw’s lifetime.

“While in Germany, I spoke with an African American presi-dent, something I never imagined would happen within my life-time. Elie Wiesel - a man who is the conscience of all of us, and a 21-year-old German woman who was no longer held behind communist lines,” he said.

“The big lessons I learned on this trip was that [the U.S] has always been at its best when it was united by big ideas and not

On Nov. 1 at 6 p.m., former professors and participants of Drew’s U.N. Semester will meet in celebration of the program’s 50th anniversary.

The celebration will take place in the Delegates Dining Room of the United Nations,where World Bank Vice President Robert Ko-pech (’73) will address attendees.

“Each year we accept 20 stu-

dents from an application pool of about 30 to 45,” says the current U.N. Semester Director Carlos Yordan, “100 percent of which are Drew Students.”

The story of the U.N. Semester begins in 1962. Bob Dylan graces American radio and John F. Ken-nedy is president.

In Britain, The Beatles have just recorded “Love Me Do.” The Cold War is raging. Domestic and inter-national affairs are frenzied, and this is most evident at the head-

quarters of the United Nations.When Drew University Presi-

dent Robert Fisher Oxnam com-missioned Professor Robert Smith—a man who’d already created the London Semester program and yearned to create others—to design a program of international studies, it took him just 24 hours to submit a plan. All in all, Smith’s plan was approved in just three weeks.

New Retirement Plan saves cash

See Retirement, Page 3

Corrine SnyderContributing Writer

Students caught violating Drew’s alcohol and drug poli-cies this fall are now dealing with the strict consequences of social probation. Any further violation during the time of their probation means tougher punishment, up to and including suspension or expulsion.

Daniel’s Dictionary, Drew’s online student code of conduct, defines probation as “a status whereby any further violation of University regulations is consid-ered in the context of the original violation and with prejudice.” The policy goes on to state that probation may affect a student’s

Stricterprobationsdropped on partiers

Sam Barry Contributing Writer

See Guest, Page 2

Students enjoy the fall season as they past the Ehinger Center Justin Camejo

OctOber 26, 20122 News

Convenience Store hours extendedStarting on October 27th, the McLendon C-Store will be adding Saturday hours. The C-Store will be open from 8a.m. to 10 p.m. and stocked with breakfast-specific foods in addition to the usual products. This change is a result of a collaboration between Student Government and Drew Dining Services.

Fleas make workers flee Tilghman House

Because of a discovery of fleas in Tilghman House earlier this week, the building has been evacu-ated for extermination. Offices usually located in Tilghman have been relocated across campus. The temporary locations for these offices are: Pepin for the Registrar’s office, Wesley House for the Fi-nancial Aid office, and the Carriage House for the Business office. All offices are expected to return to Tilghman House by Monday.

Guest speaker shares positive outlook ent day,” he said. “The CEO of IBM is now a woman. Women claiming a place in America is a big idea.” In addition to women taking their place in America, Brokaw also sees advancing technology as a ‘big idea’ of present day. “Technology is just in the beginning stages,” he said. “Technology has changed the way we communicate, make dates, reservations, do almost anything.”

It’s now the main objective of technologically-based com-panies and programs to “find a way to do something differently and faster than the conventional way.”While technology and the access to information is continually advancing, Brokaw views the nation as ‘stuck.’ “We need to find a way to step forward and ask more of both our political leaders and our-selves,” he said. As we wind down on two of the nation’s biggest wars, Brokaw asks that every citizen thinks about all of the families that are living within their “own fear.”

“There are so many people out there protecting us and pay a very high price for our pro-tection,” he said. “While the families directly connected are dealing with their ‘own fear,’ nothing has been asked of the rest of us.” “Unless we choose to, we don’t even really have to think about those wars,” Brokaw continued. “It’s time to think about the sacrifices being made and open our arms, cre-ate a template for the future,” he said.

“There will be more wars and

we can not continue living in two societies--one who pays no price and one who pays a huge price,” he continued.

In elaborating on his call to action, Brokaw told the story of Corey, a severely wounded war veteran from his hometown in South Dakota. “Corey will always need help,” Brokaw said. “His community is step-ping up, but now, that burden has become that community’s problem.” “That town,” he added, “is left with that burden alone, and that just shouldn’t be the case.”

“It is our obligation to teach future generations about the duties of civilization,” Brokaw stated. “We are all in this to-gether. The next big idea is to raise the place of public service in America. We need a series of academies across America that will care for these people when they return from war. We need to engage the private sec-tor with the public sector.”“We need to have a different under-standing of a new reality,” he stated.

“The new reality is our ob-ligation to step forward like the greatest generation did.”In concluding his speech, Brokaw shared an anecdote about his grandchildren. “At eight and six we took them on a camping trip,” he said. “After settling into our sleeping bags, my wife and I heard them talking in whispering tones. Just a few minutes later, from over the porch railing we heard, “Nan, (what Brokaw’s grandchildren call his wife), we need an adult

In the 60s, the generation that Brokaw coined the “greatest,” united through ideas of Civil Rights. “Martin Luther King Jr. convinced America that we must move beyond the cancer of races, and realize that all men and women should be equal.” During this time, the nation adopted ideals of equality that changed and unified America, Brokaw stated. “Imagine this nation without the implemen-tation of Civil Rights. It was changed and lifted in every part during that time,” he said.

Post Civil Rights, Brokaw marked the next ‘big idea’ as Henry Kissinger’s desire to en-gage with China in 1972. Under Richard Nixon’s presidency, the nation was “enlightened to how the world works. We were still behind a barrier with China at this time,” he said. “Nixon knew that China was an ancient civilization that would emerge. We had to unite and talk to them.”

Parallel to Brokaw’s com-ment on the need to unite with China in 1972, he addition-ally commented that under the Reagan/Bush administration, the nat ion was encouraged to do business with Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who later became Brokaw’s friend. “Staying in touch is a big idea,” Brokaw said.

In present day, Brokaw stated he feels the “21st century will be the century for women. Half of the medical and law schools are female-dominated in pres-

in here right now,” he said with a wide smile.

“The same goes for Amer-ica,” he said. “We need an adult in here right now!”In terms of journalism, Brokaw says the future looks like a “mix of things.” He said that “as a young man, I’d say there were only two planets in the sky: television and print jour-

nalism. Now, the sky is really crowded.” Journalism is going to continue becoming more por-table always. People in Silicon Valley, California say that we will one day have something the size of a wristwatch that we will get information from.“It’s pretty exciting. I’m constantly thinking and worrying about this stuff,” he said with a smile.

See Tom, page1

Tom Brokaw sits for an intereview with Features Editor Kim Ammiano (‘13)

10/17/12 Drug Law Violation McLendon Officers responded to McLendon for a report of a strong odor of marijuana. Once on scene, contact was made with several residents who were in possession of a small amount of CDS. Citations were issued and a report was sent to the Dean’s Office. 10/18/12 Trespassing Officers made contact with an individual who had been restricted from campus. The indi-vidual was transported to HQ and a report was written. Restrictions and clarifications were discussed with the individual and he was escorted off campus. 10/20/12 Medical/Alcohol Trespass Officers responded to a medical emergency for an intoxicated female who was unrespon-sive. Once on scene, the individual was evalu-ated and an ambulance was dispatched. The student was transported to the hospital and a report was sent to the Dean’s Office. 10/20/12 Disorderly Person While on patrol, officers observed several students who appeared to be fighting. When they were approached, one fled. The remain-ing student was questioned and a report was generated. 10/21/12 Medical/Alcohol Trespass 3 A call was received at HQ regarding an intoxicated student in Haselton. Once on scene, officers evaluated the student and it was determined the student would be transported to the hospital for care. An ambulance was dis-patched to the scene. A report was forwarded to the Dean’s Office.

Justin Camejo

Public Safety Blotter Briefs

Drew club leaders discuss issues plaguing the current club policies

Student Club Forum

Justin Camejo

3OctOber 26, 2012 News

All in all, Smith’s plan was ap-proved in just three weeks.

The plan was to house stu-dents on campus and bus them to a study area near the United Nations two days a week, where Drew faculty would lead a semi-nar involving U.N. personnel as speakers.

By the end of the semester, students would compile their ex-perience into individual research papers. The program was to be open for all students, in colleges across the country as well as internationally.

While the program sounded like it would be an amazing opportunity for students, that doesn’t mean it didn’t face dif-ficulties while getting started.

Luckily, help from a student’s mother working as executive officer under Secretary-General U. Thant, the highest-ranking official at the United Nations, allowed Smith access to the

organization and to begin the program.

However, it wasn’t until for-mer Professors Doug Simon and the late Richard Rhone took over the program that Drew students embraced the U.N. Semester. Non-Drew students participated until the early ’70s, when Simon and Rhone began co-directing the program.

In fact, of the 42 students who were a part of the pro-gram’s first group, only two attended Drew.“During the ’70s

and ’80s there was only one other university which offered similar off-campus programs,” Simon explained. “After the U.N.Semester was developed, we became nationally known. Other colleges even asked us how to develop their own pro-grams.”

“We found the ratio of non-Drew to Drew students un-healthy,” Simon continued, “and made great strides to get more Drew participants.”Yordan said that “over the years we have

gained special relationships with some of the U.N. personnel so when they speak to our students, we know they are being genuine and honest about their experi-ences.” He also added, “We have tried to ‘mix-it-up,’ having offi-cials from the U.N.speak, which give insight on one perspective in juxtaposition with those of another perspective.”

For ins tance, “we would ask students to dress up—suit and tie [formal],” Professor Bill Mesmer mentioned with a

chuckle. “By 2004, when I took over

as director, we just asked the students to dress respectfully.” But there were also more influ-ential changes, like the very lo-gistics of entering the city.“The decision to switch from bus to train has allowed students to become more engaged in New York City,” Mesmer said.

“The opportunity not only for group activities but also for increased participation at the U.N. became available.”On her experience of participating in the U.N. Semester, Fatou Diallo (‘13) said, “Having the opportunity to be at the U.N. is unique and special.“It is part of the reason why I chose Drew in the first place,” she said. “The program really shows you what its like to work in the city..” She continued, “I learned how to take the trains and subway. It definitely raises your level of independence. It’s like traveling the world without ever leaving.”

to do so. This is another cost sav-ings for the University,” Muha explained.

“Those professors who have been here a longer time have higher salaries, while those new professors that are coming in to teach will have lower salaries and this just saves money,” he said.

“But the new professors will have something great to contrib-ute to Drew. Professors who are coming in have a fresh view of the world and they are special-ized in specific areas. We need to look at which professors in what areas we are losing, in order to contract new ones.”

But this isn’t necessarily bad news to all people. Frank Occhi-ogrosso, a Professor of English who specializes in Shakespear-ean Studies, is one such person who feels the new plan is benefi-cial to retiring Drew instructors. “I am taking the plan,” he said.

“I feel that it’s too good to pass up. With the previous plan, I had no intention to retire, but once this one was brought to my

Retirement Plan may create much needed funds

Daniel’s Dictionary states probation rules,Punishments predicted to become worse

attention, I couldn’t say no,” Oc-chiogrosso said.

“It seemed like it was very generous. An unexpected bless-ing.” Like any other profes-sor, Occhiogrosso has his own “plan” that he wants to execute after he retires. He specifically talks about continuing to teach, demonstrating the passion he has towards his profession.

“I will be teaching through the end of the spring term at Drew and afterwards I would like to teach adult education courses, with less course load,” he said. “I can see myself teaching in libraries, other smaller classes, etc. soon. But I would not be do-ing the same work as I do here.”

Aside from both educating and entertaining his students in class, with his unbound knowledge of Shakespeare and recitation of sonnets like an actor deliver-ing a soliloquy, Occhiogrosso has spent a vast amount of time pursuing his personal interests in drama on campus.

“As a professor, I have also written books, published the-atre reviews and worked as a Dramaturge for four years at

the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, here on campus,” he said.

His last three books published were, “Shakespeare Closely Read,” “Shakespeare in Perfor-mance” and “Shakespeare in Performance: New Studies.”

As a Dramaturge, he said, “I was able to see plays go from page to stage, and this has defi-nitely influenced my teachings in class.”

He added, “I’m glad I was able to speak to the new director of the Shakespeare program on campus, otherwise I never would have the wonderful experiences that I had there.”

A dedicated professor, faculty member, Shakespearean scholar whose knowledge exceeds the bounds of conventional wisdom, Dramaturge and probably the embodiment of theatre, Occhio-grosso reveals how he ultimately feels about leaving Drew.“I have been a professor here for about 43 years, and I can tell you right now that I’m going to miss my students and my colleagues. The very best students are here, and I have mixed feelings about leav-ing the community.”

Professor of English Frank Occhiogrosso sits in his office

UN participants reflect on 50 years of success

From New, PAGE 1

Äfter the U.N. Semester was developed, webecame nationnaly known. Other colleges even asked us how to develop their own pro-grams.” - Professor Doug Simon

From UN, PAGE 1

Lina Estrada

or 2—violation, such as posses-sion or vandalism while under the influence, counts as a level 3 or 4 infraction. This comes coupled with more serious repercussions, including housing and academic suspension. If a student is caught for a second drug offense, they are put on social probation for the re-mainder of their academic career at Drew. Other consequences in-clude mandatory substance abuse

ability to study abroad or to hold leadership positions in clubs or organizations.

Associate Dean of Campus Life and Student Affairs Frank Mer-ckx said of students caught for multiple violations, “if a student is on probation and documented in an incident they will meet with a hearing officer and if found re-sponsible additional sanctioning may occur.“

According to Daniel’s Dic-tionary, every student caught for an alcohol or drug violation is put on a period of mandatory social probation, even for the first violation. If they are caught again for alcohol while still on probation, a low level—level 1

education and community service.Drew also has a specific pro-

gram of probation for hosts of parties involving alcohol: “A person found responsible for hosting will be placed on ‘host’ probation for up to one academic semester.” Daniel’s Dictionary states that the goal of host proba-tion is to “increase education and awareness of the responsibilities that go along with hosting.”

From Social, PAGE 1 “A person found responsible for host-ing will be placed on ‘host’ probation for up to one academic semester.”

Daniel’s Dictionary

Corrections

Have a club event coming up?email press@drewacorn with information.

In October 19th issue, the Journalism class byline was not added to the article titled “Students report on drew’s candidate, party preferences”. Also, Professor Robin Timmons was refered to as “he” when it should have been “she”.

Journalism class names:Kathryn McMillianKelly NovakMichael PignataroMichael NgKatie YasserLindsey Altongy

Lina EstradaBen KrieglerKameron RaynorMadison Hicks

OctOber 26, 20124

Aristotle and sex and I knew not much about either of those. I real-ized when I was at the philosophy department at Drew, I could never make a big contribution in the field…because I didn’t know the Greek language well enough. So I went out and picked something like this U.N. document, so I didn’t have a language barrier.”

Could you explain more about the human rights/religion con-nection?

“Many people think you need religion to make human rights intellectually viable, but in the U.N. there were atheists, Marx-ists—they were dirty atheists, that’s what some were saying--so the document was adopted under what I called ‘benign secularism.’ When you go to the concentration camps, you don’t have to call your rabbi and say, ‘was what the Nazis did wrong?’ And that’s the origin of human rights.

The radical evil of the concen-tration camps gave birth to the

News

Morsink discusses global human rights

Johannes Morsink is a current professor of political science and a former professor of philosophy at Drew. He has

Masters and Doctorate degrees from the University of Wiscon-sin. His research area is in human rights, the 1948 U.N in particular. He has written two books on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the first ever global human rights document, and is currently working on a third. Morsink has taught at Drew for 40 years.

How did you come to Drew and what was your educational background?

“I’m a high school dropout. I was from the Netherlands, and I went to high school there. In the Netherlands you had to choose high schools that emphasized math and science or ones that emphasized languages, and I was not good at either of those. I also dropped out of high school because I wanted to see this new world.I emigrated to Canada in 1959 or 1960. I worked in Canada for one year and went to the United States for college, in Michigan. At that time I had a double major college in Greek and philosophy. The Greek was so I could go to seminary and become a minister. After college, I went to University of Chicago Divinity School. I did a one-year internship in a church on the campus of the University of Michigan. I learned that min-isters in the United States spent too much time with people and not enough time with books. I kept saying, ‘This is not right for me. I’m a nerd, I’m too interested in ideas.’So I didn’t go into the ministry, and I went to graduate school and continued my first love in philosophy at the University of Wisconsin. I left in 1972, and I came to Drew, and I’ve been there ever since.”

What have you taught at Drew and how is that experience?

“I came to the philosophy de-partment, from 1972 to 1992, and now I’ve been in political science from 1992 to 2012. I loved politi-cal theory more than any other area of philosophy.Every department is like an intellectual pie, so if you work in a department of a small pie, they assign you a large chunk of the pie. Physically, political science is a lot bigger than phi-losophy, therefore my teaching and my publishing overlap. In a small department, most of your teaching doesn’t overlap with your publishing. I love being in politi-cal science, because my teaching and my research are much more in sync.”

You focus on human rights in your research. What in par-ticular are you researching right now?

“I have very focused research…I picked a secular text, the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights. That text, that is my area of research. I discovered in the early 1980s that not much work had been done on that document, nobody knew much about it, but the United Nations has archives that go back to the early 1940s. That document was adopted by the U.N. in 1948.In the early 1980s, I went with the political science de-partment to the U.N., and I would do research in these archives. I xe-roxed the debates that were about the adoption of the document. I’d leave with an empty bag, and I’d come back with a big heavy bag of xeroxed documents.I’ve done two books on that document—the first one is the history of the writing of the document: who said what and why. The second volume is philosophical, interpreting what happened. But I left out one aspect in the second volume—I didn’t talk about religion much. So in the third volume, I talk about human rights and religion.So, I’ve ad-opted that as my research project, and I think it was good because when I went to graduate school in Wisconsin, my dissertation was on

Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Benign secularism means you’re not anti-religion or anti-clergy, you’re simply saying you can make human rights intelligible without the help of religious au-thority and texts. You don’t need religion to know that evil is unac-ceptable. That makes human rights universal.The people in 1948 were able to bracket their religious traditions in a big way. When they came to spelling out a list of individual freedoms [in Article 18 of the U.N. Declaration], when they were drafting that article, they bracketed their religious tradition. They didn’t say, Catholics don’t believe in these freedoms but Bap-tists do, Muslims don’t believe in these freedoms but Hindus do.But some Muslim countries--well one, Saudi Arabia--objected, but it was out-voted by its own colleagues from other Muslim countries.”

What was the problem for Saudi Arabia?

“In the Muslim world there

are very few secular states. You should keep [human rights advo-cacy] secular if you can. If you don’t make it secular in a benign way, you open a Pandora’s box. The fires of disagreement are go-ing to break you up.Not all religion is militant, only fundamentalist religion. Liberal religion is not militant. The liberals in 1948 had no problem voting for this secular document. It’s the fundamental-ists, both in the United States and in the Muslim countries, that are the problem. Benign secularism is totally acceptable to liberal reli-gious people. The only people that give trouble are the fundamental-ists.Also the religious right in the United States...they don’t want to bracket religious traditions, like Christianity for example. But if they want to support human rights they should bracket religious traditions.They take the texts to be literally true. You do that, and there’s no room for benign secular-ism. There’s no room for human interpretation. Certainly no room for liberal interpretations.”

What do you see as the future of human rights?

“Human rights have come a long way since I first started. It used to be the world had two big forces in it—states and re-ligion—and both of them were guardians of human rights. First it had religion as its guardian, then with the Enlightenment the state took guardianship.Guess what? The child is growing up. [Human rights] has become an independent force, and that’s a very interesting development. It used to be human rights were under the tutelage of religion and the state. Now it’s the other way around, human rights tell states what’s up. The human rights movement tells the state, ‘This is unacceptable.’ And the same for religion. And so the human rights movement is today a huge independent force for good. So, I’m optimistic. Human rights is a very important voice in world affairs.”

Addison Del Mastro Assistant Opinions Editor

File PhotroProfessor Johannes Morsink discusses current research

SG tackles food and club problems Elizabeth PembertonContributing Writer

Several issues were discussed on Oct. 21 during Drew’s Student Council Meeting. The meeting began with Student Government President Janelle Hoffman (’13) announcing that the McLendon Hall C-Store, dubbed the “Inconvenient Store,” is now listing all prices, courtesy of the student council.The meeting then addressed current student concerns. One of which was the fact that early mornings on weekends are a time when Drewids are active, but do not have access to food. Hoffman suggested trying to get the C-Store to open early on the weekends. A few days later, on Oct. 24, a solution to this problem was enacted through the campus-wide announcement that Drew’s Conve-nience Store is now open from 8-10 a.m. on Saturday mornings. Other food concerns that require more long term solutions involve the new food court in the EC. Students are generally concerned with the speed of service, the menu options, portion

sizes and the prices. “High prices and small portions are of particular concern for us,” said Hoffman. “Since students are required to buy into the meal plan, we should be able to purchase our food at reasonable prices that won’t rapidly deplete our points.” The hours the food court is open also pose a problem for certain students, as according to Hoffman, “students all have different sched-ules and deserve a great deal of flexibility.” Furthermore, Drew’s student government also plans to focus its efforts on providing late-night dining options for students, as they have expressed interest in having Drew’s Convenience Store open until 2 a.m. on weekends.

The student government dining committee consists of three students including Hoffman, the Director of

Food Services Mark Vallaro and many faculty and staff members.

Any students wishing to express their concerns with the campus food are welcome to either attend student council meetings or directly con-tact Vallaro. Specific information regarding the date, time, names of employees involved and a detailed explanation of what occurred are helpful in resolving the concerns.

After a concern has been brought to their attention, the dining com-mittee brings it to Drew’s Dining Services, which Hoffman describes as, “a great group of people who are appreciative of feedback.”

Additionally, two club propos-als were made during the meeting. The first prospective club, entitled ‘S&B’, is a place where students can complain about school and per-

sonal issues. The two co-presidents are going through training by the counseling center that will enable them to stir conversations in a posi-tive direction and look for warning signs of things that must be reported like physical abuse or suicidal ten-dencies.

Members of S&B will have to sign confidentiality agreements stat-ing that they cannot use the names of any person on campus during group discussions.

S&B strives to give students a place to talk about their problems if they are not comfortable discussing them with counseling services.

S&B will have meetings aimed at specific topics like “break-ups” and students can come to them ac-cordingly. Drew’s student council approved the club, so look for it

on campus soon.The second club proposal, however, did not fare as well as S&B.

An Israeli Club designed to promote the different cultures of Israel was rejected by the student council because, according to them, it overlapped with other Middle Eastern Clubs on campus like the Middle Eastern Student Associa-tion (MESA) and SJP (Students for Justice in Palestine).

Although a few council members opted to table the vote in order to check if the other Middle Eastern Club’s charters included Israeli culture in their club discussions, activities, and events, the majority of members voted “yay”to denying the club proposal. Thus the proposal to table was rejected and the club denied.

“High prices and small portions are particular concerns for us.” —Janelle Hoffman (’13)

Student Life OctOber 26, 2012DrewAcOrn.cOm

Dani LevissContributing Writer

Points put to useFriday

6 p.m.UPB Haunted House

Welch 1st

Saturday1 p.m.

Earth House, Art Club, & DEAL ReStart

Hoyt Lawn

7:30 p.m.Club Drew: Masquerade Ball

Crawford Hall

7:30 p.m.President’s Mosaic Concert

Concert Hall

9 p.m.Hoyt HalloweenEhinger Center

Monday10 a.m.

TriBeta Plant SaleBC Courtyard

(Rain location: BC Rotunda)

4 p.m.Writers@Drew

Kathleen Graber & Sean NevinARTS 106

Tuesday4:30 p.m.

Quinnipiac School of Law VisitEC 145

Wednesday6:30 p.m.

Plays in ProcessARTS 138 / Directing Lab

Events this week

Many students who are hungry for a change from the usual Commons

fare step off campus to use Drew Dollars at participating locations in Madison, nearby Morristown and Chatham. However, there has been a lot of confusion among students about meal plan points and Drew Dollars due to a lack of clarity pertaining to how the programs work.

Ever think you have plenty of money on your card to eat at a Madison restaurant but are shocked when the transaction is declined?

Jenny Conger, who works in the Business Office as a student account representative, explained that there are two different ac-counts connected to the Drew Cards. One is a food account with a declining balance of meal plan points for use only at on-campus Aramark locations such as the Commons, the Ehinger Center food court, Java City and McLendon Hall C-Store. Points that originate from the meal plan expire at the end of each semester. Any additional points added carry over from semester to semester.

The other is the bookstore ac-count, in which students can add money to pay for on-campus use at the bookstore, Health Services, vending and laundry machines and for off-campus purchases at par-ticipating restaurants and stores. Conger pointed out that students are now able to add money to

either account through Treehouse with a debit or credit card at no additional fee.

Some students have been con-tacting the Business Office about experiencing problems with the ID swipe machines at some of the venues. Conger explained that if there is a problem with a machine not working or overcharging, the student should contact the store manager because another compa-ny, Off-Campus Advantage—not Drew’s Business Office—runs the machines.

Student Account Representa-tive Deb Anderson urges students to make sure to include two zeros in front of their ID number when adding money to their accounts online. If not, any money added would not clear until the Business Office adjusts it, which could be a problem if you are getting delivery from a restaurant at midnight on a weekend.

So now that you have money in your bookstore account and are ready to get swiping off-campus, where should you go?

If you have a hankering for sandwiches, try Main Street Sub-marines right in Madison or Don’s Burgers in nearby Morristown. But if pizza is more your style, stop by Papa John’s or Firehouse Pizza, both in Madison. After serving tasty slices of buffalo chicken pizza and some garlic knots, Steven Damiani of Firehouse Pizza mentioned that a lot of Drew students call in and order off the restaurant’s popular college menu.

If you are craving some fun and offbeat flavor, head over to Bento Grill for Mexican-Asian fusion.

Mars Pascual, partner of the res-taurant, says its priority is helping out the student demographic of the Madison area. Although newly-opened in June, they jumped on the Drew Dollars bandwagon right away, as well as offering welcome discounts with ID cards. And if you order online, there is an automatic 10 percent discount off your order.

Pascual stressed that even when there are issues with the Drew Dol-lars transaction machine, students should never feel uncomfortable or embarrassed if their Drew card is declined. He offered an anec-dote of a student coming in with only her Drew card, believing she had plenty of money on it. The machine declined the transac-tion, likely due to the confusion between food and bookstore ac-counts, but Pascual told her not to worry about it—she could pay the next time she comes to Bento Grill. As part of this students-first attitude, you’ll likely be greeted by either Pascual’s welcoming smile or quick-witted banter from Jack, another Bento Grill employee. So stop by Bento Grill, located near the Madison Train Station.

Drew Dollars are accepted at places other than restaurants. Whole Foods Market, Elite Nail & Spa in Madison, two CVS stores and the Suburban Chiropractic Center in Chatham let you swipe too.

Even though the weather is colder, zip up that jacket, step out of your Commons or EC comfort zone and try your Drew Dollars at any participating off-campus restaurants and stores.

Drew dollars provide food and services off-campus

Four more days until Halloween!

The Acorn wishes you an exciting Halloween!

Melissa Hoffman

OctOber 26, 20126 Student Life

Amanda TesarekLife & Arts Editor

Students can look forward to Hoyt Halloween as the same festive celebration it has been in years past. However, this year will feature one key difference.

“This year we’ve tried to move the focus away from alcohol,” Michelle Spiegel, the resident di-rector of Hoyt/Asbury, said. “We want the event to be inclusive for all members of the campus.”

The C’80 Pub will still be open during the event, will serve alco-hol and will feature Halloween-themed activities. However, this year special consideration has been made to open the event to the entire campus, including moving Tolley/Brown Halloween to the actual day of Halloween.

The theme for Hoyt Hallow-een is the same as the complex’s theme—the seven deadly sins. Different events will represent different sins.

“We’re having poker and rou-lette to represent greed, shooting a zombified ranger bear to represent wrath, celebrity darts to represent envy,” Spiegel said. “We also have lots of different clubs spon-soring activities.”

This includes a dirt cup bar by Students for Sustainable Food, a fashion club costume contest, slime-making with DUCS and DV8 mocktails.

Hoyt Resident Assistant Theep-ica Jeyarajah (’13) described the event as having a similar setup as that of a fair due to its numerous activities.

“There are so many events in the Space and Crawford Hall, with many activities in between,” Jeyarajah said. “It allows you to explore and gives you the freedom to pick and choose what you want to do.”

Spiegel mentioned that some difficulties arose when looking for funding. .

“At first we had difficulties coming up with funding to match the high expectations for the event, which were especially high after Hoyt Halloween was cancelled last year,” Spiegel said. “But after the recent support we’ve gotten from other groups, we’ve been able to meet those expectations.”

Spiegel said co-sponsors have been a huge help in this process this year. Groups such as Student Government, Student Activities, The Acorn, DV8, Residence Hall Association and many other clubs

have joined in the effort to make Hoyt Halloween a success. Many of these groups chose to become monetary cosponsors for the event.

Jeyarajah said that by opening the event to everyone, this year’s Hoyt Halloween will be the best year in history.

“I know all the activities will be fun,” Jeyarajah said. “We have such an array of things to do it should keep people constantly interested.”

Other events include a photo booth, mask painting and Tarot card reading. There will also be food from Romanelli’s, Firehouse, Domino’s, Cluck You, local ven-dors, cotton candy, popcorn and an endless supply of burgers from Don’s Burgers.

Spiegel said that she hopes and expects the event to be very suc-cessful.

“This kind of traditional event needs to happen,” Spiegel said. “Hopefully in the future we will be allocated the money and won’t need to justify the event every year.”

Hoyt Halloween will take place this Saturday in the Ehinger Cen-ter starting at 9 p.m. All students are encouraged by Jeyarajah and Spiegel to attend this event.

Halloween is upon us once again. It’s time to binge on candy corn, carve jack-o-

lanterns, encourage children to ask strangers for candy and, of course, panic about the costume you completely forgot about. For those of you scrambling to figure out what to be, try one of these culturally-relevant costumes.

The Olympics were the high-light of the summer. What better way to show off your patriotism than by going as your favorite Olympian? To portray a member of the Women’s Gymnastics team, simply find a sparkly bodysuit, throw your hair into a ponytail and make your own gold medal with cardboard, ribbon and gold paint. If you’re a guy and don’t mind showing a little skin, go as America’s favorite jerk, Ryan Lochte. Find a Speedo, make a

gold medal and throw some tin foil over your teeth as a makeshift “grill.” Don’t forget your signature phrase of the night, “Jeah!”

If S&M is more your style, go as the provocative novel “50 Shades of Grey.” All you’ll need for this is a grey ensemble completed with a tie and a pair of handcuffs casually slung around your wrist. It works as either a female or male costume!

If a dolla makes you holla, go as the over-caffeinated toddler Honey Boo Boo. Find a blonde wig, an obnoxious, pink, sparkly shirt and the puffiest pink tutu possible. Cut a pillowcase to make yourself a sash, and top the look off with a sparkly tiara. Make sure you don’t forget to bring your sassiest pout and a bottle of “gogo juice!”

If your life motto is, “Dress classy and dance cheesy,” go as Psy, the artist responsible for the song and dance craze “Gangnam Style.” For this look, find a light blue jacket, a white shirt, a black bow tie and black shades. Do the

Portia DezenContributing Writer

Costumes off the cuffGangnam Style dance all night, no matter what song is playing.

Even though Halloween is only one night of the year, it doesn’t mean you can’t rock Halloween-inspired fashion all year long. Try accessories such as the Cream Skull Print Scarf ($15, dorothyperkins.com), Crys-tal Skull clutch ($38, NastyGal.com) or the Halloween Enamel Skull Ring ($6, charlotterusse.com). For days when you’re feel-ing extra spooky, don a pair of BDG Skull High-Rise Leggings ($29, Urban Outfitters) or the Skull Hand Black T-Shirt ($28.99, romwe.com). Sometimes this fall tradition can play a part in your outfit in a more understated way, simply with a pop of orange. Try the Pumpkin Up The Jam Dress ($40, Modcloth.com), BDG Elvis Suede Skimmer Shoe ($19, Ur-ban Outfitters) or the Dollhouse Kammy Pump ($34.95, DSW). These tricky pieces are always a fashion treat!

Hoyt goes Dante 2012ntnews.com.au

campusexplorer.comIn past years, Hoyt Halloween was actually held in the Hoyt complex

Dress up as Psy for a combination of class and cheese

30

40

50

20

10

60

Percent of Students

chocolate sourcandy

hardcandy

chewycandy

100 Drew students were asked: What is your

favorite Halloween

candy?

Arts DrewAcorn.com october 26, 2012

Pizza & Italian Eatery

We Deliver

Pizza & Italian Eatery

We Deliver

42 Lincoln Place, Madison NJ 07940www.romanellis.com

973 377-9515

Special !

Since 1970Fine Casual Dining

10% OFF for all college students

or when you order online!*Must present a valid college id at purchase.

As some students may be aware, the Cham-ber Music Society of Lincoln Center

(CMS) performed a selection of early Beethoven pieces at the Drew University Concert Hall last Saturday. The performance was part of a concert series that CMS puts on every year here at Drew.

CMS is one of 11 groups that make up the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. The world- renowned col-lection of performing arts groups also includes the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera and the New York City Ballet, among others. So how did such a prestigious group become affiliated with Drew University?

According to Ellis Hilton, the Assistant Professor of Music, Concert Hall Manager and Di-rector of Madrigal Singers, the concert series got its start when construction of the Concert Hall was completed in 2005. At that time one of the artistic directors of CMS was David Finckel, who grew up in Madison, N.J. and ac-cording to Hilton, played his first professional gig at Drew years earlier. Jerry Vezza, a local jazz pianist who tunes Drew’s pianos, was an old school friend of Finck-el that Hilton explained “made a point of telling him how great the acoustics were in the new concert hall.”The summer after the hall officially opened, Finckel and his wife, fellow Artistic Director Wu Han, visited Drew to see it for themselves. They were extremely excited by what they both saw and heard and spent the next year and a half setting up the annual concert series at Drew.

“[CMS] has a residency here,” Hilton said, “ which means that instead of just coming and playing one concert, they have an entire series of performances that they

Masterful musicians perform BeethovenTyler Metteer

Contributing Writer

do each year.” The group sub-mits an annual proposal which contains six to eight concerts that are being produced at the Lin-coln Center in New York. Hilton works with the artistic directors to select which pieces will be presented at Drew, and then the program is announced.

“They really are among the best chamber musicians in the world,” Hilton said. The musi-cians in CMS play in countries around the globe and according to Hilton, Drew’s concert hall is one of the five best performance venues for chamber music inter-nationally. Hilton explained that many of the CMS players, after hearing the acoustics at Drew, ask him for permission to record their own pieces in the Concert Hall. In exchange, several of these musi-cians perform in the da Camera

Dr. Sabrina D. MisirHiralall shows the audience movements of Ramayana dance.Photos by AJ Jorgensen

Master musicians play at the first concert of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center seriesJustin Camejo

Concerts, Drew’s other annual concert series. This year, all but one of the musicians on the da Camera program have previously recorded in the Concert Hall. “That’s why I’m able to offer tickets [to the da Camera per-formances] at such a low price,” Hilton remarked. The tickets are $20 for general admission and $10 for students.

The first CMS concert of the se-ries has passed, but there are still two other performances sched-uled: the Winter Winds concert on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, and “Death and the Maiden”—after Franz Schubert’s string quartet—on Monday, April 15. Both concerts start at 8 p.m. in the Concert Hall. Tickets are just $15 for students, and rush tickets, offered at the box office an hour before the concert, are only $5.Additionally, the

da Camera Concerts mentioned above are ongoing throughout the rest of the year. The next perfor-mance features Elizabeth Baber and Charlie Weaver, and it takes place today, Oct. 26, at 8 p.m. in the Concert Hall. Tickets are $10

for students, with $5 rush tickets available starting at 7 p.m. These are concerts by world-renowned performers, so if you aren’t busy, make a point of coming out to see the high-quality musicians that Drew attracts.

Asia Tree House, Spirituality House, A.S.I.A. Club, and Religion Department present Indian Traditional Dance

The lead editorial reflects the collec-tive opinion of The Acorn’s staff. All other

opinions pieces represent solely the views of their authors.

Letters to the editor can be e-mailed to acorn@drew.edu. All letters must be

received by Tuesday at 6 p.m. and may be edited. Letters received from anonymous

sources will not be published.

The Acorn is a member of the New Jersey Collegiate Press, the Associated Collegiate Press and the Student

Press Law Center.

For advertising rates and information, e-mail us at acornads@drew.edu.

AcornThe Editor in Chief

Managing Editor

Executive Editor

Senior EditorJustin C. Camejo

Patrick Byrne

Olivia Manzi

Geoffrey EdelsteinSenior Staff Editorial Staff

News Editor

Student Life & Arts EditorOpinions Editor

Sports Editor

Features Editor

Assistant News Editor

Assistant Student Life and Arts Editor

Assistant Opinons EditorAssitant Sports Editor

Lina Estrada

Amanda Tesarek

Jack Duran

Andrew Goldberg

Kimberly Ammiano

Addison Del Mastro

Media StaffChief PhotographerGraphics EditorVideo Producer

Alexander JorgensenMelissa HoffmanRyan Wilson

Business Staff

Business Manager

The Acorn Vol. 85 designed by Geoffrey Edelstein (CLA ’13)

Adam Marre

OpiniOns DrewAcorn.com october 26, 2012

Alex Majd

news@drewacorn.com

sla@drewacorn.com

opinions@drewacorn.com

sports@drewacorn.com

business@drewacorn.com

eic@drewacorn.com

manage@drewacorn.com

Advertisement Manager Zoe Braiterman

press@drewacorn.com

ads@drewacorn.com

Back towards the beginning of the semester, at a well-attended, mandatory club training event, Student Activities announced big changes on its website. Information was supposed to be easier

to find. So easy, in fact, that one of the Student Activities representatives

told almost every club leader at Drew to look at the website if they had any questions. So easy, in fact, that if any club leader happened to overlook the information on the site and send an inquiring e-mail, they would receive a brief and snarky response. With that promising pledge of assistance from Student Activities, club leaders began the new academic year.

It’s not difficult to humorously see shades of George Orwell’s “1984,” where each government agency is named the exact opposite of what it actu-ally does, and this situation might be funny if it was not highly unfortunate and exasperating. Perhaps the biggest problem is that most students prob-ably couldn’t explain what Student Activities is for. All of us can, however,

Lead Editorial

probably recount a negative anecdote about them. This is not good for either students or for Student Activities itself, but it doesn’t have to be this way.

What if they promoted themselves as an active resource? What if they of-fered help and services as a matter of course, and not merely when requests were made? What if they treated clubs like customers or guests, checking in even when no one is asking for help?

Student Activities possesses a wealth of services and information. The problem is that most students would never know it. We don’t want to have to go to them and receive a grudging response—we want them to be active and present for clubs. We shouldn’t have to make an appointment or send repeated e-mails to get their attention.The perception among campus clubs is that they keep their information to themselves, rather than promoting it proactively to the organizations that can use their services. This is bad for everyone involved.

Student Activities needs to become more helpful and accessible to clubs. Until then, they will probably be busy sending back a lot of snarky e-mails.

Miho Watabi

Student Activities rendered inactive

Jason Pemstein

Dani Leviss

9OctOber 26, 2012 OpiniOns

With the third and final debate com-pleted, it’s won-drous to th ink

about the fact that Election Day is looming ever so closely. With the debate’s focus primarily on for-eign policy issues, one would’ve have thought that perhaps Mitt Romney would share with the American public some more blunders and gaffes, especially considering that in the last debate he crippled himself when trying to criticize President Obama on the consulate attack in Libya.

However, Romney seemed competent in the final debate. Although he didn’t really say any-thing that could be damaging to his campaign, Obama is widely seen as the winner of the last debate.

Romney seemed as though he wasn’t very confident when talk-ing about foreign policy, which I think was only natural after be-ing rattled in the second debate by Obama—not to mention that Obama has significantly more foreign policy credentials than Romney. Romney was essentially playing Obama’s ballpark.

Romney would usually drive the issue off topic to talk about the economy or another domestic policy issue. This was actually one of the livelier parts of the debate, because Romney was actually very passionate when talking about these non-foreign policy issues—issues that the debate wasn’t sup-posed to cover. He would attack

Jack Duran is a sophomore Political Science major

Jack DuranOpinions Editor

Obama wins, but debate will not affect voters

Everybody does it—they get a little bored in class, and so they check up on what their friends are doing on Facebook. It’s not something to be ashamed of—un-less you’re just constantly doing it and never paying attention in class, that’s a problem—but I’m sure that’s not you. Well, anyways, here are the seven deadly sins of surfing the internet in class.

1. Tap-to-click:You can’t be clicking away on

your laptop when you’re supposed to be taking notes. Come on, how obvious is it when everybody is typing and you hear “click, click, click” on somebody’s mouse pad? It makes it completely obvious that (1) you’re not taking notes when you should be and (2) you are surf-ing the Internet, doing who knows what, leaving your professor to as-sume that you’re not taking notes.

2. Make sure that your sound is off:

The worst thing that can happen to you while surfing the Internet in class is a loud noise going off from your computer. For one thing, it’s distracting to your fellow students and it is almost guaranteed that if a weird noise goes off people will turn around and look, which will

Pat ByrneManaging Editor

7 deadly sins of using the Internet in class

Obama for not living up to his promises to the American people and further weakening the U.S. It’s more-than-clear that Romney’s strength comes in talking about the economy and domestic policy issues and attacking the president for his failings, but the confidence he displays when talking about such issues significantly lacked when approached with questions about foreign policy.

With Obama forcefully empha-sizing his accomplishments, most importantly the capture and killing of Osama bin Laden—which he never ceases to let the American public forget—Romney looked weak.

Despite the fact that Romney attacked the president for going on a so-called “apology tour” after he took office, as though the U.S. had something to be ashamed of, his arguments and positions often agreed with Obama’s. He would often find himself agreeing with many of Obama’s positions but he would mention something extra, such as agreeing with Obama that the sanctions on Iran are “crip-pling,” but that in fact they should have been more so.

Obama often delivered zing-ers to Romney, highlighting how Romney’s foreign policy stance regarding Russia is one based on the Cold War era, saying “the 1980s,” are “...calling to ask for their foreign policy back.” But by far the night’s most memorable moments came when Romney stat-ed how the number of naval ships in the U.S. military had decreased. Obama went after him, saying,

“you mentioned the Navy, for example, and that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well, Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets, because the nature of our military’s changed. We have these things called air-craft carriers, where planes land on them. We have these ships that go underwater, nuclear submarines.”

The truth is that one naval ship today is so much more advanced than the ones in 1916 and one ship may have the capacity of two or three of the past. A decreasing fleet does not necessarily mean a

less powerful one. But of course, Romney’s main argument is about how Obama will drastically cut military spending, so much so that it will have crippling effects on our military.

Many were swayed by Rom-ney’s argument, showing concern that Obama may be doing more harm than good for our military’s and nation’s status on the global stage. But the fact is, the third and final debate likely will not affect the decisions of the majority of voters. With nearly a week until Election Day, voters have a con-

crete idea of whom they are going to vote for, and although Obama may have been victorious in this particular debate against Romney, his victory will not likely change the hearts of millions of Ameri-cans, at least not like the last two debates.

With this election race being so incredibly tight, we can only wait and see who is the true victor—the one who won over the hearts of Americans.

Melissa Hoffman

draw more attention to you. So make sure to leave your sound off.

3. Do not watch videos:I know there’s always the temp-

tation to watch that sports game highlight video while in class, but don’t. Not only will it make you even more distracted from class and what’s going on, but it will also be more flashy and distracting to the people around you, who will inevitably take a quick glance at what you’re watching. And with

a bunch of people around you staring at your computer screen, it seems a bit obvious, doesn’t it?

4. Do not take photos of yourself:I know that it can be funny to

post a photo of yourself or some-thing else on a friend’s Facebook while in class, but don’t. Not only does it leave physical evidence that you weren’t paying attention in class like you’re supposed to, but you also have to hold still for a few seconds, and make whatever

funny face you planned on making that you thought would be funny. And if someone doing the creep in the back row of class isn’t obvious, then I don’t know what is.

5. Do not laugh:I know that that picture of the

cat bobsledding was hilarious, but do not, under any circumstances, burst out laughing in the middle of a quiet lecture. Not only does it make it extremely obvious that you’re up to no good on your

computer, but it will make other students want to take a peek, which can be equally obvious if some-body else is cracking up while looking at your screen.

6. Do not show your friends what you are looking at while in class:

While it may be the coolest thing ever that you’re looking at, wait until after class to show it to your friend. Does it seem like a good idea for both you and a friend to be gawking over whatever meme you have pulled up onto your computer screen? The answer is no, not at all.

7. Don’t be stupid: Teachers deserve your respect,

so if at all possible don’t get caught. It’s not fair to them for you to be constantly surfing around on the Internet the whole class, but every once in awhile is alright—just be smart about it. And if you do get caught, you didn’t hear this from me, OK?

And there you have it. But in all seriousness, don’t abuse this—we all pay a lot of money to go here and you shouldn’t spend all of your class time on the Internet. It’s not fair to you, your professor or your fellow students.

Pat Byrne is a sophomore Eng-lish major

Kristen Tynan

OctOber 26, 201210 Opinions

I have diabetes...in my mind. In the past year, I have also had multiple sclerosis, a brain tumor, a heart murmur and a

blood-clotting disorder. I will admit it: I am a hypochondriac.

I do not know when it started or why it started, but for as long as I can remember, I have had an irrational obsession with my own health.

When I was 6 years old, I vividly remember touching my wrist and panicking when I did not feel my pulse. As all color disappeared from my face and my breathing became short and agitated, I rushed to my father, a doctor, who assured me that I did, in fact, have a pulse.

More recently, I notice that throughout the day, I feel fatigued. My vision is slightly hazy, and I am thirstier than usual. Rather than logi-cally relating my tiredness to staying up late and watching reality shows about Amish people, my blurred vision to the fact that I have every astigmatism known to man and my thirst to my newfound love of soy sauce, I instantly convince myself that the symptoms are due to a seri-ous, undiagnosed disease.

The next step in the panic process is to Google my symptoms and self-diagnose.

Throughout my life, I have gone through phases of hypochondria, but since I discovered websites like WebMD and Yahoo Answers, these phases have become more frequent and more terrifying.

Typing symptoms into Google is the most lethal decision a hy-pochondriac can make. Websites like WebMD, Yahoo Answers and MedHelp never tell you that your symptoms are transient and benign

manifestations of sleeplessness or anxiety. Instead, they only tell you one thing: you’re going to die.

Nevertheless, I still find myself compulsively searching symptoms, hoping that some website will reas-sure me that I am fine and that my self-diagnosed disease is all in my mind. This website, however, does not exist.

I hate being a hypochondriac. Nothing is scarier than thinking you have cancer or meningitis, but being too afraid to tell anyone about it, including a doctor. I thought this

Lindsey Altongy is a prospective student from Stevens Institute of Technology.

Lindsey AltongyContributing Writer

A hypochondriac caught in the Web MD

With droopy eyes, a lagging mind, and a nearly immobile body, it’s not uncommon to need a jolt in the morning, es-pecially here at Drew. Whether one’s fatigue comes from a long night of homework, studying or other various activities, the remedy is the same. A nice cup of coffee—hot or iced, with whipped cream or without , cappu-whatever-ccino or black, house brew, or espresso—sure does the trick.

That surge of caffeine is what this particular student wanted to find one morning this week. Starbucks was on my mind of course, because it’s finally open. I’ve been craving its excel lence. When the t i red want Starbucks, the tired need Starbucks, and Java City just won’t do.

No. Maybe it’s the popular culture that idolizes it, or its iconic symbol that draws some people in.

But to the ones who truly need it, it’s simply the coffee that lures them in and keeps them coming back.

Sure, there are other places with good coffee, but there are no other shops with coffee quite like this one.

Entering the EC, ready to order the perfect cup of Monday morning “wake-me-up” after a two hour sleep and finishing up all that weekend work, I couldn’t wait. I had just enough time to grab something before her 8:25 a.m. class. Turning the

Francesca Riegler is a fresh-man.

Francesca RieglerContributing Writer

corner, I could barely believe her eyes. There i t was, but something was off. No one was there. It wasn’t open yet. How could this be? It was a little after eight, but there it wasn’t? Although its aroma lingered in the air, the coffee was notice-

horrible state of mind would never ease up, until I made myself go 48 hours without technology.

For two days, I turned off my computer, put away my iPhone and forced myself to live without Google or WebMD. The result was therapeutic. When I focused on real-ity rather than the gloomy world of self-proclaimed doctors discussing the disease-of-the-day on Internet forums, I realized my symptoms faded. Grounding myself in reality made me realize that technology does nothing but fuel my anxiety.

While I was most likely born with hypochondria, it does not have to be as debilitating as I have made it. Technology is what has caused my fears to run wild. The accessibility of health information on the Internet provides confirmation to my symp-toms and fears, yet these confirma-tions have no validity. Nowadays, anyone can post anything online, without a filter.

Researching symptoms online is like a drug for hypochondriacs. We know it is wrong, but we do it anyway, because it becomes an

Alexandra Norman

addiction. Plus, we get twitchy dur-ing periods of withdrawal. Forcing myself to give up the Internet for two days was a feat, but it was also major improvement to my peace of mind.

While hypochondriacs may think it is their friend, the Internet is really the enemy. The blood test I forced the doctor to order for me proved that I do not have diabetes, yet WebMD still insists I should be taking insulin.

Campus Starbuck should open earlier for class

Melissa Hoffman

ably absent, so I let out a deep sigh and begrudgingly trudged to class.

It turns out it’s not uncom-mon for students with early morning classes to experience this phenomenon. The new Starbucks on campus doesn’t

open until 9 a.m., and its hours run f rom 9 a .m. to 7 p .m. Monday through Thursday, and on Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. It’s not like the campus doesn’t have other places to get coffee that early, but the Commons and Java City just can’t compare. It’s Starbucks, it’s wonderful, and it’s a taste of familiarity right here on campus. But it opens at 9 a.m., which is too late for the stu-dents with the early class blues, the ones who really deserve it the most.

So why open at 9 a.m. instead of 8 a.m.? What’s one more hour? Not much. Sensibly, there’s no need to complain, but there’s also no need to dangle something in front of the student body if they can’t have it when they need it. Sure those students can pick up a cup after class, but they really need that pick me up before class to wake up.

Despite the recent addition to campus, it’s still Java or noth-ing if one has a 9 a.m. class or earlier. But let’s hope for the best, if Starbucks proves to be very successful, which it should, maybe those hours will change.

11OctOber 26, 2012 SpOrts

Who impressed us this month: Nominations

Four student athletes have been recognized for their stellar performances this month.

October’s two male Athletes

of the Month are in fact team-mates. Tennis players Raul Smego (’13) and Hunter Lath-rop (’16) represented Drew in the USTA/ITA National Small College Championships, a first for any Ranger. The doubles team finished with a ranking of seventh after going 1-2 in the tournament.

Smego, Drew’s top male play-er since stepping on campus, posts a 2-1 singles record and an 8-1 doubles record so far this season. “When we were heading to nationals, we had a good atti-tude and confidence heading into our upcoming matches. Even though Drew has never been in that position before, we wanted to prove that it wasn’t luck that got us that far,” Smego said. Un-

fortunately, Smego and Lathrop were defeated in their first two games. Despite the slow start, they were able to defeat the No. 1 seeded Wisconsin-Whitewater University.

Lathrop also holds a 2-1 re-cord at this point in his first year on campus. The team has high hopes for the young star. Before enrolling at Drew, Lath-rop was ranked in the top 12 in New England for the past seven years, along with ranking first in Vermont for the past eight years.

October’s two female Athletes of the Month are Emma Camp-bell (’16) of Women’s Soccer and Brooke Gagliano (’14) of Field Hockey.

Campbell has been in stellar form this month, scoring eight goals and assisting on three oth-ers. She has been the team’s top point scorer so far this season with 14 goals and four assists, combining for 32 points.

Gagliano has continued to per-form at the highest level, scor-ing six goals and assisting four

times this month. She currently leads the team in points with 15 goals and six assists, adding up to 36 total points. Gagliano also leads the team with 68 shots on the season, an attribute that has begun to define her.

“My recent performance is a reflection of the team’s hard work and dedication to being the best we can be,” Gagliano said. “We have gotten this far because everyone has done their part, leading me to fulfill my role on the team and contribute to the

Emma Campbell (’16)

drewrangers.com

Raul Smego (’13)

Hunter Lathrop (’16) Brooke Gagliano (’14)

Alex MajdGame Balls

Andrew GoldbergSports Editor

Sami Calacrese (’13) recorded two goals this weekend

drewrangers.com

Field Hockey caught looking ahead

Af ter coming back twice, the Drew Field Hockey team lost in double overtime to

Juniata College by a score of 5-4. Juniata would strike for the game’s first goal after 15:27 as Steph Pa-gliaro put her second goal of the season after receiving a pass from Emma Dahmus.

The Eagles would go up 2-0 at the 29th minute mark as Dahmus scored her second goal of the season.

The Rangers would not give up after falling into an early hole, as Brooke Gagliano (’14) recorded her sixth assist of the season, find-ing Sami Calabrese off a corner to cut the deficit to 2-1 at the end of the half.

The Rangers edged the Eagles 9-8 in shots taken, and doubled the number of corners that Juniata took holding a 10-5 advantage.

Juniata would strike first in the second half again as Dahmus scored her second goal of the af-ternoon, quickly following a Drew foul to go up 3-1. The Rangers quickly responded two minutes later as Gagliano would score directly off a corner thanks to a feed from Danielle Waleko (’14) to bring the Rangers back within one goal.

Not more than five minutes later, Calabrese would record her second goal of the game im-mediately off of a rebound to tie the score at three. Two minutes later, the Eagles scored thanks to

Dahmus’s third goal of the game off a corner from Sara Bilheimer. The Rangers did not fall short, as they would score at the end of the half once again off a penalty corner. Waleko would record her second assist of the game, as she found Gagliano again for her second goal of the game to tie the game at four and send the game into overtime.

Both teams remained tied after the first overtime period as the Rangers outshot the Eagles five to one. However, the Rangers could not complete the comeback as Juniata’s Bilheimer scored the game winner after Carlini made a save on Caroline Phillips. Carlini finished the game with five saves, while Janelle Howard made 13 saves for Juniata.

Calabrese finished the game with two goals, while Gagliano scored two goals and one assist.Dahmus would finish with three goals and an assist to earn of-fensive player of the week in the Landmark conference.

The Rangers then looked to halt their losing streak against Richard Stockton on Tuesday. However, the Lady Rangers fell to Richard Stockton 2-1 as their losing streak extended to three games. Waleko reflected on the team’s attitude during the three game slide say-ing, “the team is confident but we are uptight lately. The two losses weren’t based on skill, it was more because we didn’t relax.”

The Ospreys would take con-trol right from the start. Brittany Iveson would find Alison Paulus on the right post at the six minute

able playing behind the forwards, compared to the previous game. He was able to make runs off of the midfield and forwards, and on one such occasion chested a cross into the goal in the 37th minute. He proceeded to find net in the 54th as well, when Tyler DeTrude (’13) played in a wonderfully timed cross for Gragnano to score his second goal of the night. DeTrude’s unself-ish play was rewarded in the 68th minute when he ripped a goal from well outside the box into top of the net, putting the exclamation point on such an emphatic victory.

The Rangers’ final game of the regular season begins at 3 p.m. on Saturday against Catholic Uni-versity, a fixture with no love lost between either sides. Although the Rangers have already qualified for the conference tournament, a glance at the conference table re-veals how potentially important this final game can be. A win against Catholic will move Drew into third place in the conference standings.

From Men’s, page 12

drewrangers.comdrewrangers.com

drewrangers.com

mark to give the Ospreys the early lead.

Then, in the 23rd minute, the Ospreys would strike again, as Megan Irving would find Susan Balidemaj who would beat Carlini with a backhanded shot to give the Ospreys a 2-0 lead heading into the first half. At the half, Richard Stockton held a 6-2 advantage in both shots taken and penalty corners.

Then, at the 48th minute, Ga-gliano converted a penalty stroke to breathe new life into the Lady Rangers and cut the deficit to 2-1. The Rangers would take the next six shots of the game-however, Liz Stankiewicz would turn away two shots and Jenny Carpenter would make a defensive save to seal the 2-1 victory for the Ospreys.

Carlini made 10 saves on the night, while Stankiewicz stopped four shots on the night.

While a loss to a 5-12 team is usually seen as a letdown, things aren’t always what they seem. Cappabianca said, “we should’ve won but Stockton has played against three of the top ten teams in the nation.”

Drew ends its season on Friday at Catholic, 4:30 p.m. A Drew win against the Cardinals will give the Rangers the top seed in the upcoming Landmark conference tournament and home field ad-vantage throughout the playoffs. Cappabianca knows her team will be ready for the test saying, “They have been thinking about it for a while, they realize how much we have accomplished to get here.”

Playoffs achieved by men’s team after 1-0 win over Juniata

team goal.” Men’s Honorable Mentions:Tommy Tolve (’15), Men’s

Soccer, October statistics- 3 goals

John Nogiewich (’15), Men’s Soccer, October statistics- 3 goals

Women’s Honorable Men-tions:

Sarah Charles (’13), Field Hockey, October statistics- 5 goals, 5 assists

SportS DrewAcorn.com october 26, 2012

Women win two in a row, above .500

Andrew GoldbergSports Editor

Caption, caption, caption Caption, caption, Caption, cap-

Photo Credit

The Lady Rangers got back to .500 and stayed in the hunt for the Landmark conference tournament on Saturday with a 5-1 conference victory over Juniata College.

The Rangers stormed out of the gates holding a five-to-two shooting advantage in the first 25 minutes of the game. The Rangers got on the board first as Emma Campbell (’16) continued her impressive year scoring her conference-leading 13th goal after beating two defenders and putting it into the net to give the Rangers an early 1-0 lead.

The Rangers extended their lead to 2-0 after Katie O’Keefe (’14) ripped a shot into the top left corner of the net after the ball hit off a Juniata defender.

The Eagles took the last three shots of the half, however, none were threatening enough for the Rangers’ defense.

The Eagles got on the board in the 60th minute after goalkeeper Kim Jaikissoon (’13) committed a foul which led to a yellow card. Alicia Snyder took advantage of the opportunity and converted the penalty kick for her third goal of the season.

From that point on, it was all

Drew as they went on a 3-0 run. Mel Santos (’16) headed in a cross from Liz Loidice (’14) to extend the lead to 3-1 in favor of the Rangers. The Rangers went up 4-1 after Campbell won a 50/50 ball just outside the penalty kick area, and found O’Keefe, who recorded her second goal of the afternoon in the 80th minute. The scoring would end in the 83rd minute as Courtney Carnevale (’13) put the ball in the back of the net after receiving a volley from O’Keefe. Juniata stayed quiet for the half, recording only one shot after the penalty kick.

O’ Keefe lead the charge all game for the Rangers by record-ing two goals and an assist in the match. Juniata recorded one more shot for the rest of the game. The Rangers held a 20-7 advantage in shots for the game, 12 of which came during the high-scoring second half. The Rangers also held a considerable edge in corners, taking six to Juniata’s two.

Although the dominant win against Juniata was good for the Rangers, defender Emily McCue (’14) said the team still knows it has some work to do to achieve its goal. “This win gives us a lot of confidence going into this Sat-urday’s conference game against Catholic. However, the game

against FDU will allow us to get ready and work out any kinks that we still have in our play,” McCue said.

The Rangers won their second

consecutive game over cross-town rivals Fairleigh Dickinson in the Battle of Madison Ave on Wednesday.

The Rangers who got back to

over .500 for the first time since Sept. 15 and scored three unan-swered goals to beat the Devils 3-2 in overtime. Jennifer DeGioia got the Devils on to the board just five minutes into the game. The Rangers fell even further behind when Michelle Hickey scored in the 28th minute of the game to make it 2-0 in favor of the Devils.

Drew got on the board thanks to a goal from Mel Santos (’16) to cut the Devil lead in half at the 75 min-ute mark. With 1:55 remaining, Loidice scored her second goal of the season. Campbell would then record her 14th goal of the season in the 105th minute to give the Rangers the win and complete the comeback.

Head Coach Christa Racine looked at both the positives and negatives from the game when she said, “The negative part of FDU was our first half in which we came out of the gates slowly. The positive was that fought back and worked our butts off in second half and overtime periods, and therefore we played super well because of that.”

Santos has now scored in three of her last four games while Campbell is tied for sixth place all-time in goals for a season with 14. Jaikissoon recorded nine saves in the win for the Rangers.

The Rangers face Catholic on Saturday looking to earn a spot in the Landmark Conference tourna-ment. The Rangers need to win or Juniata to lose in order to get into the playoffs. Saturday’s game will also honor the six seniors on the squad in their last regular season home game.

According to Racine, “When we roll up our sleeves and compete, we can play with anyone in the conference, the question mark is always the team’s ability to do that for a full game.”

Courtney Carnevale (’13) fights off a Juniata defender

Justin Camejo

Men clinch playoff berth with 1-0

The Rangers victory over Merchant Marines in midweek saw them poised for a place in the

conference tournament. A single victory against Juniata on Saturday would see them mathematically guaranteed a spot in the tourna-ment, and a loss would put more pressure on thier final game of the regular season against Catholic University, which was a situation everyone was hoping to avoid.

The game got underway with a decent start. Drew looked comfort-ably in possession and was able to work their way into the opposi-tion’s box fairly easily. Ricardo Castro (’14) was substituted in the 54th minute due to injury and was not seen for the rest of the game. Co-Captain Matthew Gragnano (’14) assumed the central role in the hole but looked out of sorts at times. The Rangers’ attacking prowess was on display as they were able to create a total of 23 chances as opposed to their op-

ponent’s four, all of which were saved by Mike Reyes (’15).

Much of the Rangers’ attacking threat came from Tom Tolve’s

(’15) runs into the box. However nothing came of these runs and as the game wore on, the more tense the atmosphere became. Captain

Chris SullivanContributing Writer

Kevin Walpole (’13) was not con-cerned. “We pretty much had the ball for most of the game,” he said. “We had a lot more shots than they did. We were constantly pressur-ing them. It was only a matter of time before we would score one.”

The Rangers were not able to find the back of the net until the 85th minute when Danny Giralda (’16) took the ball to the goal line and served in a cross to find Wal-pole, who buried the sitter into the goal. The game ended at 1-0 and this marked Reyes’ seventh clean sheet this season, earning him Landmark defensive player of the week. With the whistle blown, the Rangers celebrated their vic-tory and their qualification to the conference tournament.

The Rangers next faced Berke-ley College in the middle of the week. Having already qualified for the tournament over the weekend, the Rangers would have settled for a clean sheet without injuries against a lesser opposition. Several key players were also absent from the starting lineup, as Jacques and Castro were both ruled out due to minor injuries from the past

game, and Walpole was suspended due to yellow card accumulation. Gragnano started in the hole with John Nogiewich (’15) and Kennan Gelfond (’14) in central midfield. Jackson Hurst (’16) started up top with Tolve and Daniel Ratyniak (’15) out wide. The game provided an excellent opportunity for pe-riphery players to make in impact on the scoresheet in an impressive offensive display.

The game started quickly with the Rangers midfield cutting the the opposition to pieces with their precise passing. It took the Rang-ers only three minutes to get on the scoresheet when Mike Pezzuti (’15) headed the ball into the net off of a corner. The second goal came only six minutes after, as Hurst’s pace allowed him to beat the back line and find the back of the net.

The only attacking threat from the other team was on the coun-terattack, which the back line was able to efficiently deal with. Grag-nano looked far more comfort-

John Nogiewich (’15) fires a shot in Drew’s 1-0 victoryJustin Camejo

See Playoffs, page 11