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By Glenn Kessler The Washington Post News Service with Bloomberg News

It's hard to believe this nasty and brutish presidential campaign is coming to an end. Through most of the race President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney were neck and neck when it came to misleading statements. But then in the final months of the campaign, Romney pulled ahead (so to speak) with a series of state-ments and commercials that stretched the limits. Obama's bending of the facts also got worse — and was nothing to be proud of. (Among the primary aspirants, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., finished with the worst rating overall of any candidate.)

Here are some of the lowlights of the 2012 campaign:Most Absurd 'Fact' —Republican VersionHere Former House speaker Newt Gingrich's claim that

Ronald Reagan never got a break from the "elite media" as an actor. As an example, Gingrich said only one of Reagan's movies — "King's Row" — got a good review from The New York Times. First, Reagan was a Democrat when he was in show business, so Gingrich's point was nonsensical. Second, four of Reagan's top 10 movies got raves from The New York Times — and "King's Row" was panned.

Most Absurd 'Fact' — Democratic VersionMaking a pitch for the president's jobs bill, Vice President

Joe Biden repeatedly claimed that incidents of rape in Flint, Mich., had tripled after the police force was cut, as part of a dubious argument that there was a connection between the crime rate and the number of police. He even asserted that rapes and other crime would increase if Republicans did not vote for the jobs bill. But you need to have your facts straight if you are going to make incendiary charges. We investigated, and it turned out that incidents of rape in Flint

actually fell after the number of police was cut.Worst Super PAC Ad — Republican VersionA pro-Gingrich super PAC released a 29-minute video

titled "King of Bain," which portrayed Romney as a greedy job killer ruining the lives of Americans. It foreshadowed the Obama campaign's attacks on Romney's record as chief of Bain Capital, but it was so over the top that it made many of those later ads seem tame. One "case study" featured se-lectively edited footage of interviews of workers, who later said they were misled about the purpose of the film. They actually had no complaints about Romney or Bain at all.

Worst Super PAC Ad — Democratic VersionPriorities USA Action, a pro-Obama group, aired a pro-

vocative ad that suggested Romney was responsible for the cancer death of the wife of a former steelworker who had lost his health insurance. But it turned out she died from

By Mark Chediak, Benjamin Haas and Jim Polson The Washington Post News Service with Bloomberg News

About 2.6 million homes and businesses still lacked electricity Saturday after 900,000 customers were brought back online overnight and restoration efforts stalled in New Jersey.

A fifth day of blackouts in the Northeast taxed the pa-tience of city and state officials concerned that utilities are moving too slowly to repair the ravages of Hurricane Sandy.

Frustration grew among consumers, many also without water, heat or phone service, as power companies advised that some areas may not get power back for another two weeks. A cold front is forecast to bring rain and possibly snow to the Northeast next week.

"We knew this storm was coming, we went through this with Irene," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, said at a press conference Friday. "There was no great shock."

Cuomo wrote a letter to the state's seven utilities warn-

ing he'd revoke their operating certificates if their resto-ration efforts fall short. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, pledged to hold utilities to the timelines they've given on getting power back, and "if they don't meet these deadlines, they're going to have problems with me," he said at a press conference.

"I know people want power and heat as quickly as pos-sible. We're attempting to do that, and no one knows how to pressure people as well as I do," Christie said.

As of Friday, the pace of recovery from Sandy's power losses had trailed that of last year's Hurricane Irene for a second day, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Electricity had been restored to 4.6 million customers as of Friday morning, or about 57 percent of those blacked out, compared with 74 percent at the same stage of cleanup for Irene, according to data from the U.S. Energy Department analyzed by Bloomberg. Sandy, one of the costliest storms in U.S. history, wrought the greatest devastation ever faced by the region's power industry.

Robert Mesuk, 76, and his wife, Sandra, 73, say they're worried about how they'll cope another week without elec-tricity at their home in Wayne, N.J., served by Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.'s utility.

"We're in the dark with no food, no heating and no hot water," said Mesuk, who is recovering from kidney surgery he had last month. "We were supposed to have our power

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By Jessica Gilligan Managing Editor

The Office of Multicultural Affairs and Lumberjack Cultural Association will produce its 5th annual Tunnel of Oppression Tuesday, Nov. 6, and Wednesday, Nov., 7, from 6 to 8 p.m.

In addition the Tunnel of Oppression is reserved for SFA 101 classes on Monday, Nov. 5.

The purpose of the free event is to open students’ eyes to the social issues plaguing society. According to http://www.sfasu.edu/multicultural, “The Tunnel of Oppression is an interactive museum which spotlights different types of oppression through interactive theatre and multimedia presentations.”

Guests will start their journey in the BPSC movie the-atre watching an educational video compilation. They will then taken through the side door of the theatre and throughout the BPSC in and out of rooms where they’re immersed into skits and scenes of oppression.

The website describes some issues that have been highlighted in the past, “…the event has shed light on issues ranging from human trafficking, genocide and suicide.”

This year the main focuses are on abortion, domestic violence, human trafficking, religious persecution, ste-reotyping, bullying, and a Trayvon Martin tribute.

Roughly 3000 students attended last year’s event that takes over 50 volunteers to produce.

“We’ve been working on it since the summer, writing scripts. Only one room stays the same; that’s the stereo-type room,” said David Jones, president of Lumberjack Cultural Association. There are about 20 tour guides, and most organizations in the OMA help to put on the event.

“People shouldn’t come and be disruptive and should be prepared to be educated on the mishaps in our soci-ety,” Jones stressed.

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cancer five years after the closure of the plant — and had her own health insurance for a period after the steelworker, Joe Soptic, lost his job. As we put it, “On just every level, this ad stretches the bounds of common sense and decency.”

Silliest Blooper — Republican VersionUntil we highlighted this claim, Romney had made this

line a regular staple of his campaign stump speech: “We are the only people on the Earth that put our hand over our heart during the playing of the national anthem.” We easily disproved this by randomly searching YouTube and finding numerous examples of sports figures and schoolchildren from around the world placing their hands on their hearts during the playing of their national anthems. Apparently, Romney was trying to ding Obama for once failing to do so during the 2008 campaign, but his belief in American exceptionalism was misplaced.

Silliest Blooper — Democratic VersionObama’s claim that President Rutherford B. Hayes was

so adverse to new ideas that he had asked of the telephone: “Who would ever use one?” It turns out that the 19th presi-dent was such an advocate of new technology that he not only thought the telephone was “wonderful” but also in-stalled the first one in Washington, in the White House, just four months after it was introduced. His telephone number was “1.”

Most Baseless Claim Accusation — Republican VersionThe repeated claim that Obama said that government,

not people, built successful businesses. The truncated quote “you didn’t build that,” drawn from a late-night rally with ungrammatical phrasing by Obama, became the basis of repeated attack ads and even the first night of the GOP convention. But any fair reading of Obama’s comments showed he was making a standard Democratic argument about community success — and that “that” referred to roads and bridges.

Most Baseless Accusation Claim — Democratic VersionSen. Harry Reid’s repeated claim, made with zero evi-

dence, that Romney “hadn’t paid any taxes for 10 years.” The Nevada Democrat said he knew this was true because a person who had invested with Bain Capital had called his office and told him this “fact.” We couldn’t find a single expert who thought there was any credibility to the Senate majority leader’s reckless claim. Romney eventually re-

leased a summary prepared by his accountants showing he had paid federal and state taxes in each of the past 20 years.

Claim That Would Not Die — Republican VersionNearly two years ago, we looked deeply at Romney’s

claim that Obama had gone on an “apology tour” as a new president — and we found no evidence to back up the as-sertion. Yet a version of that claim appeared in almost every speech by the Republican nominee, and Romney defended it in the final presidential debate. Then his campaign cut a new ad from his remarks, skillfully snipping out the fact that Romney incorrectly said the offending speeches were made in the Middle East.

Claim That Would Not Die — Democratic VersionThe Obama campaign repeatedly asserted that Romney,

while at Bain Capital, had outsourced jobs to foreign countries such as China and had also sent jobs to India as governor of Massachusetts. The evidence was slim, at best, and often turned on obscure issues as whether Romney still ran Bain Capital while taking a leave to manage the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Few non-facts ever received as much ink and television time.

‘Mediscare’ — Republican VersionRepublicans initially claimed that Obama raided $500

billion from Medicare to fund the health-care law — a fig-ure that later jumped to more than $700 billion for arcane budget reasons. But these were reductions in projected spending, mainly aimed at providers, and would not affect traditional Medicare benefits. Moreover, Republicans had adopted virtually the same “cuts” in their own budgets.

‘Mediscare’ _Democratic VersionDemocrats repeatedly charged that seniors would pay

$6,400 extra a year in Medicare premiums under the over-haul plan promoted by Romney’s running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. But this was a figure far in the future, based on an early and less-generous version of the plan. A recent study of the “premium support” model suggested any actual increase in premiums would be far less.

Worst Math Skills — Republican VersionRomney’s math showing how he would add 12 million

jobs in his first term as president. He cited three studies, which collectively added up to 12 million jobs, but the stud-ies had 10-year time frames, not four. Moreover, two of the studies did not even evaluate Romney’s own plans.

Worst Math Skills — Democratic VersionObama’s claim that “90 percent” of the current deficit is

due to President George W. Bush’s policies, such as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Obama certainly inherited a mess, but any reasonable accounting showed that as his term wore on, Obama’s policies increasingly were responsible for the deficit. By our estimate, by 2011, about 44 percent was due to Obama’s policies. Bush’s policies were responsible for about 10 percent, and the rest was due to the recession and forecasting errors.

A ‘Plan’ That Doesn’t Exist — Democratic VersionThe Obama campaign claimed that Romney would raise

taxes on the middle class by $2,500. This was based on a nonpartisan study trying to figure out how Romney could cut tax rates by 20 percent but still make his tax plan revenue-neutral. The study concluded that eventually the elimination of tax deductions for the wealthy would also affect the middle class. So Romney’s math may not have added up, but he never had a plan to raise taxes.

A ‘Plan’ That Doesn’t Exist — Republican VersionThe Romney campaign countered that attack by charg-

ing that, instead, Obama would raise taxes by $4,000 on the middle class. This was also based on a study, which cal-culated the distribution of the debt burden on Americans. Obama’s budget fell in a middle range, and Romney’s bud-get would probably have a similar effect. But this was not evidence of a planned tax increase. Far from it.

Most Complex Subject for Spinning to Spin —Bipartisan Effort

The Obama administration’s memo saying it would accept welfare waivers related to worker par-ticipation targets prompted bipartisan spinning. The Romney campaign aired an over-the-top ad that accused Obama of gutting the welfare reform law, even though no waivers have yet been issued. But the Democratic counterspin was also question-able, leaving largely unanswered what the admin-istration hoped to accomplish with the new rules.

This story was taken from the Washington Post/ Bloomberg News Service.

back on today, then they told us Monday and now they are telling us November 10th.”“If we have to suffer another week or two weeks, I don’t know how we will manage,”

Sandra Mesuk said.Utilities are taking longer to assess damage and make repairs because the extent of

damage from Sandy far exceeds the destruction caused by Irene, said Brian Wolff, a senior vice president of the Edison Electric Institute, a Washington-based group representing publicly traded power companies. Restoration efforts are complicated by the widespread flooding damage caused as Sandy swamped parts of Manhattan and New Jersey with cor-rosive saltwater.

“This is the largest weather-related power outage caused by a single event in the U.S.,” Wolff said. “It’s really an unprecedented response to an unprecedented event.”

Consolidated Edison Inc., owner of New York City’s utility, restored power the majority of buiildings in Lower Manhattan after it was inundated by a record 14-foot tide Oct. 29, the company said in an emailed statment.

Con Edison has restored service to about 70 percent of its customers who lost power in the storm. About 280,000 of customers in New York City and Westchester County remained out of service Saturday, it said.

Getting power back to all customers in Westchester, where blocked roads hamper

repairs, may take until Nov. 10, Con Edison said. The company’s suburban Orange & Rockland unit, as well as utilities in New Jersey and Connecticut, issued similar forecasts.

“From what we’ve seen, Con Ed is doing as much work as they possibly can safely,” New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, owner of Bloomberg LP, the parent of Bloomberg News, said at a press conference Friday. “They didn’t expect, and I don’t think anyone else did either, a surge this high.”

Flooding forced Con Edison to pre-emptively cut power to large swaths of New York for the first time in its history, ripped out chunks of Atlantic City’s famed boardwalk and sub-merged coastal communities in New Jersey.

As of Friday, 32 percent of homes and businesses in New Jersey, 9 percent of those in New York and 7 percent in Connecticut remained without electricity.

FirstEnergy Corp.’s Jersey Central Power & Light, which served many of the shoreline communities battered by the storm, said that the majority of the utility’s 1.1 million cus-tomers would have power back by Nov. 7. Those in hardest-hit areas would have to wait as long as 14 days for electricity, while the rest would regain service “once damaged roads, infrastructure and homes are rebuilt.”

“We know people are frustrated because they don’t see crews, but we are coming,” Chris Eck, a spokesman for the New Jersey utility, said in a telephone interview. Workers must repair high-voltage transmission lines, sub-transmission and substations before they can move into neighborhoods, he said.

Jersey Central reported 599,662 of the more than 1 million customers who lost power are still without it as of 11:30 a.m. local time Saturday. Public Service, which also serves New Jersey, had 612,000 customers still without power as of 5:30 a.m. today out of 1.7 mil-lion originally affected, and said “virtually all” of those who had lost power would be back online within the next week to 10 days.

In Connecticut, which was especially hard hit by Irene and a freak October snowstorm last year, regulators are closely monitoring efforts to restore electricity. The state’s two largest utilities promised service would be restored to most customers early next week.

The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority investigated the utilities’ re-sponse to last year’s storms and Chairman Arthur House said in a telephone interview that he wouldn’t rule out another round of hearings centered on Sandy.

Northeast Utilities, owner of Connecticut Light & Power, estimates most of its customers will have electricity back by Nov. 6, said Frank Poirot, a spokesman for the company. UIL Holdings Corp.’s United Illuminating will restore electricity to 95 percent of its customers by the end of Nov. 5, according to a statement.

“The utilities are better prepared with crews on the ground, but whether they are ad-equately prepared remains to be seen,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.

The prolonged power crisis is mystifying to Rachel Coleman, originally from Greenville near the coast of North Carolina, who said she’d been through several hurricanes before Sandy knocked out her power in New York’s Lower Manhattan.

“It’s never taken this long to get the lights back on,” said the 23-year-old web-site editor. “I’ve been without power for two days before, but never a week. This is ridiculous.”

This story was taken from the Washington Post/Bloomberg News Service.

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That’s what happened to factory worker, Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), when he starts to relive the same dream over and over in the new hit remake Total Recall. This becomes even more real when he visits a company called Rekall, whose company implants fake memories of a life clients would have liked to have led. After Quaid chooses

the spy package at Rekall, they system goes wrong and he finds himself on the run when he goes back to wife, Lori (Kate Beckinsale) who is secretly not his wife at all and is, in fact, trying to kill him instead. With help from Melina (Jessica Biel) the girl in his reoccurring dreams, Quaid dis-covers secrets about himself that are too good to tell.

As a movie buff, I saw this movie’s original about 200,000 times growing up and I have to say that although Farrell’s version was clean-cut, full of action with a great sense of in-teresting camera angles (that did not make e dizzy for once) and with amazing special effect, the movie was lacking.

The movie’s original, featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger as Quaid, Sharon Stone as Lori and Rachel Ticotin as Melina, revolved around the same idea except with the 1990 special effects. Compared to the original, Colin Farrell’s presentation of the movie was sensational because of the brilliant acting skills, special effects and his interpretation of the original.

The new plot revolves around the concept that Quaid is a secret spy for the police and has turned against them to fight for a rebellion, which is the same as the original. The difference is that, in the original, Schwarzenegger is a spy turned against everyone because he wants to help the rebellion stop the leader of the world, Vilos Cohaagen, who is sucking all of the air from the atmosphere and killing everyone who live in the slums.

The original included Schwarzenegger’s trademark ac-tion kick-ass routine compared to Farrell. Even though the blockbuster was fairly outdated, even with the high rush of

special effects and CGI innovation that was there in 1990, it still delivered. This new version of the movie, swaps out Mars, mutants, and aliens, for a more traditional conflict featuring a post-apocalyptic Earth landscape, robots, and corrupt politicians.

Overall, the remake is a good movie but not as good as the original. Even with the high action-packed sequences, three-way love interests and semi-well done plot, the movie lacks the original twists and turns and falls flat in certain aspects.

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By Robert KeyStaff Writer

When it comes to adapting a video game into a movie, the two sometimesw blend together as well as a peanut butter and tuna fish sandwich.

Most movies based off video games end in disaster because they are not only overall terri-ble in quality, but they often times do not stick to their source material. They lack the special quality that made the video game itself special to so many people in the first place.

If you are like me and have been waiting eons to see a great video game movie, then “Wreck-It Ralph” is your chorus of angels.

“Wreck-It Ralph” takes us through the story of Ralph, a villain from a fictitious arcade video game called Fix-It Felix Jr. In Fix-It Felix Jr. – which resembles the classic arcade game “Donkey Kong” with a side of “Rampage” – Ralph smashes an apartment complex with innocent people inside and it is up to Felix Jr. with his magical repairing hammer to fix what Ralph destroys. Each time Ralph’s ploy to destroy the penthouse is foiled by Felix Jr., Ralph is tossed over the top of the building where he lands in the mud of shame.

On the 30th anniversary of Fix-It Felix Jr., Ralph decides to attend a meeting where other infamous video game villains converge to talk about their problems. Ralph shares that he is tired of being the villain and exiled by the people in his game. For once, Ralph wants to be the hero and to do so, he must acquire a hero’s medal, but it is impossible for him accomplish this in his own game.

To get a hero’s medal, Ralph must go outside of his game, or go “turbo,” and visit another game, which is forbidden.

Fix-It Felix Jr. is in an arcade shack with a plethora of other arcade games (both old and new) that are connected to each other through a surge protector. Inside the surge protector is Game Central Station, a train station that transports video game charac-ters to their proper game.

As someone who has been gaming since before pre-school, I could not help but smile when I saw the huge amount of game char-acters I have come to know over the years on the big screen. From Street Fighter to Sonic the Hedgehog and even Qbert, having all of these characters interacting with one another on the same screen when they were in Game Central Station and beyond was a sight to behold.

Aside from showing characters from a va-riety of real video game franchises, the film pays homage to gaming in general. Because Fix-It Felix Jr. is a 30 year-old game with

8-bit graphics, characters from the game move in a robotic manner and make older sound effects depending on their move-ments. Little touches such as those made the movie feel like it was created by gamers for gamers, and it was something I appreci-ated deeply as a long-time gamer.

Hero’s Duty, another fictitious game in the movie, is a reflection of today’s more adult games such as Call of Duty, Halo and Gears of War with high-definition graphics and tough-as-nails soldiers. It was hilarious

seeing Ralph go to Hero’s Duty because he never saw how games have evolved since his time and witnessing the violence fright-ened him. Seeing characters from older games talking with characters in current games was pretty funny because it was almost like watching older gamers interact with newer gamers.

Visually, the movie looks incredible. Each of the game’s worlds correlate with the decade they came from whether it was the block look of Fix-It Felix, the dark and

frightening atmosphere of Hero’s Duty or the vivid Candy Land-like world of Sugar Rush. Although I usually never recommend it since it is more costly, “Wreck-It Ralph” was more enjoyable to watch in 3D since it took full advantage of the depth and pop-out it can add to a screen.

The story of “Wreck-It Ralph” was overall a heart-warming tale. Usually when we play video games, we expectedly route for the good guy, but with “Wreck-It Ralph,” we get the opportunity to look through the eyes of the bad guy who is not necessarily a bad guy. You cannot help but sympathize for Ralph because we have all had those moments in our life where we desire to be part of some-thing other people find important and give you recognition in one form or another.

Fellow characters Felix Jr. (Fix-It Felix Jr.), Calhoun (Hero’s Duty) and most of all, Vanellope (Sugar Rush) are perfect mir-ror images to the games they come from the real games they portray. Felix is your do-gooder similar to Mario, Calhoun is the action-heavy soldier with a personality that is as rough as sand paper and Vanellope (who is a lot like Ralph) acts like a typical child, but is adorable at the same. Each character is enjoyable to watch when they are on screen.

Even though “Wreck-It Ralph” created bountiful fictitious games with believable characters, the film restricted itself by only exploring two worlds where a majority of the movie was spent in Sugar Rush. It is not a bad or a boring world – especially since the game resembles Mario Kart – but with the many other fabricated games they could have covered, it felt like a wasted effort. It also lost the momentum the film spent the first 30 minutes building up with the boun-tiful cameos of video game icons.

People of all ages will enjoy this movie in some way or another whether they play video games or not. However, some of the humor falls flat with some jokes either con-tinuing too long or being too predictable.

Through the humor and tribute to video games, the movie delivers a fantastic un-derlying message that you do not have to be what people label you. Instead, be yourself if it makes you happy.

“Wreck-It Ralph” is one of the best video game movies ever made because it truly appreciates its source material while deliv-ering a heart-warming story and relatable characters. Though it would have been bet-ter if they spent less time in Sugar Rush and more time exploring other games linking to Game Central Station, this film will defi-nitely entertain gamers as well as kids and adults. “Wreck-It Ralph” gets a new high score of 8.5 axe handles out of 10.

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this article by saying that, I, just like most people en-rolled in this Un iver sit y, am your a v e r a g e 2 0 - y e a r -old college s t u d e n t . However, I am begin-ning to see the perspec-

tive of the older generations/ (I always have, to an extent. However, it is now becoming more clear).

There are so many areas where I am completely at a loss of words for when it comes to my peers. One—music. Whatever happened to the days when the top songs were actually about things that mattered? Now don’t get me wrong, we do have popu-lar artists who still continue this trend: Regina Spektor, Michael Buble. However, I

think we need to take notice of the trend-ing topics in popular music, i.e. “so what we get drunk, so what we smoke weed, we’re just havin’ fun.” Or how about Minaj’s lyric, “Starships were meant to fly. Hands up, and touch the sky. Can’t stop, ‘cause we’re so high. Let’s do this one more time.” Really? Is this the most intellectual thing that you can come up with? What about lyr-ics such as Sinatra’s “With each word your tenderness grows, tearing my fear apart. And that laugh that wrinkles your nose, It touches my foolish heart.”

You see people, that is talent. You can get your point across without having to be vul-gar about it. Also, I don’t understand how we can consider someone an artist when they’re a ghost writer and don’t “sing” but just rely on auto-tune. How can we consider that music? They don’t actually do any-thing. And yet we reward them.

Two—clothing. This past week has truly been a week where I can no longer under-stand popular fashion trends. If you are going to wear a shirt that is composed of nothing but see-through lace, please, for the sake of self-respect, put on a shirt un-derneath it. It is not a good thing to see (in public) someone wearing nothing but see-through lace and undergarments. That is

not classy, not in the least. It is also not classy to have the entire (yes, entire) back of your shorts missing, thus allowing everyone to see what you are wearing underneath. (And I thought it was bad enough that people sag their pants.) What is the point in wearing clothes if they conceal nothing? I’ll tell you what the point is—there isn’t one. Not only are these things not pleasing to a public eye, but they are extremely self-degrading. Have some respect for yourself and put on cloth-ing that covers your body.

Third—books. As an English major, it is truly upsetting to hear from almost every-one the phrase, “I don’t like to read.” This is one of the saddest things I hear. When I hear this I literally just want to get up and walk away. Now, I understand why some people don’t like to read (very rare cases;) for example, those who have speech im-pediments. I can understand that. However, when people are just too lazy to read—that is what I find irksome. Reading is so impor-tant. We do it subconsciously every day.

A common trend I find in those who don’t like to read is the fact that they cringe at the thought of reading out loud. I myself do not like to read out loud. To this I say: practice makes perfect. Not everyone who enjoys reading has always loved it. It was a process.

We have to read out loud and in places like the privacy of our own homes. With this experience, we continually get better. My mother loves to remind me of the fact that as a child, I hated reading. Then all it took for this to change was her reading to me the poetry of Shel Silverstein. She would always read a poem to me and then in turn I would read a poem out loud to her. This daily rou-tine soon grew to novels, which then turned to the bigger classical texts, all of which continue to expand today. Reading is not horrible, you just have to find that one thing that you are interested in and make it grow.

I could go on and on about our genera-tion and things that irk me, but I suppose 700 words is enough (considering a large portion of my target audience will not read this.) So thank you, to those of you who are readers of this paper. Also, thank you to the people who have a great amount of self-respect for themselves and provide hope for our generation. It’s people like you that have your life together that will give us a good name someday. And for that, I thank you.

“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.” –Albert Einstein

Tinesha Mix is a junior English major and the opinion editor for The Pine Log.

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Axes up to the band members who returned to the game after the rain delay, even though they were given permission to leave. That is true Lumberjack pride!

Axes down to the hot weather for deer season. If it’s still hot how do you expect us to catch the deer?

Trends becoming problematic for younger generation

“I love the Rec Center. It’s one of the best things about SFA because it gives me a place to work out and relieve stress” —Damien Parra

“I love the campus; it’s pretty and always clean. And I love all of the different resources we have for help on campus.” —Kendra Boyd

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W e’ve had two once-in-a-century storms within a decade. Hurricane

Sandy seems likely to become the second-costliest storm in U.S. his-tory, behind Hurricane Katrina. Lower Manhattan is struggling to recover from an unprecedented flood, and the New Jersey coast is smashed beyond recognition.

Will we finally get the message?How, at this point, can anyone

deny the scientific consensus about climate change? The traditional dodge — that no single weather event can definitively be attributed to glob-al warming — doesn’t work anymore. If something looks, walks and quacks like a duck, it’s a duck. Especially if the waterfowl in question is floating through your living room.

For decades, researchers have been telling us that one of the ef-

fects of climate change would be to make the weather more volatile and violent. Well, here we are.

And here we will remain, per-haps for the rest of our lives. Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, when humans began burning fossil fuels in earnest, the concentration of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased by an incredible 40 percent. We have altered the com-position of the air.

Even if we halted all carbon emissions tomorrow, elevated lev-els of atmospheric carbon dioxide — and their effects on the weather — would persist for 50 to 200 years, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Of course, we won’t stop spewing carbon into the air tomorrow or anytime soon. The global economy runs on car-bon, and changing this reality will take many years and a few tech-nological breakthroughs. Even if the United States joins Europe in taking climate change seriously and trying to do something about it, China is now the world’s largest carbon-emitter — and keeps add-

ing coal-fired power plants at an alarming rate.

I have to believe that eventu-ally we’ll get the carbon situation under control. But emissions will get worse before they get better, so one of the biggest questions fac-ing the next president — and his successors — will be how to adapt to the new climatological and me-teorological order.

Some environmentalists are wary of talking about adapting to climate change, fearing that it pro-vides an out for those reluctant to engage with the difficult problem of moving to cleaner energy sourc-es. The truth, though, is that both conversations desperately need to take place.

The economic costs alone are enough to concentrate the mind. Hurricane Katrina did more than $100 billion in damage to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. The cost of Hurricane Sandy will likely exceed $50 billion.

Those sums are not big enough to have a serious impact on the U.S. economy. But consider that the total insured value of property

along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts is nearly $9 trillion, according to a 2008 study by AIR Worldwide, a risk-management consulting firm. Imagine the costs if, a few years from now, the next once-in-a-cen-tury superstorm slams into down-town Miami or turns Houston into one gigantic bayou.

The coastlines are the most densely populated parts of the country, with about half of all Americans living within 50 miles of the sea, according to the Census Bureau. About three of every 10 Americans live in coastal coun-ties, including 41 million on the Atlantic Seaboard and 14 million on the fast-growing Gulf Coast — the areas most vulnerable to Katrina-style and Sandy-style storms.

Given sea-level rise, storm surg-es may reach levels that seemed unimaginable, as happened this week in Lower Manhattan. Cities are going to have to consider build-ing huge — and hugely expensive — surge barriers similar to the ones that protect Rotterdam and London. For New York, this seems

a no-brainer. What price is too high to protect one of the great financial and cultural centers of the world?

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg endorsed President Obama for reelection Thursday, citing his leadership on climate change. Obama recognizes the looming crisis; challenger Mitt Romney once did, but now appar-ently does not.

Do we need new and more re-strictive building codes for vul-nerable barrier islands, such as those along the Jersey shore? If so, then surely we must need simi-lar measures farther south, where hurricane impacts are more likely. Or were more likely. I’m not sure we even know what’s likely any-more.

These may be state and local issues, but tackling them will require federal involvement. Hurricane Sandy was ultimately a national disaster, and Washington will foot much of the recovery bill.

Climate change is a national challenge. Ignoring it is not a solu-tion. Pretending it isn’t happening will not make it stop.

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youtube.com PhotoJenna Marbles guarantees in her youtube video that this face helps you avoid people. Watch video at http://www.youtube.com/user/JennaMarbles.

Courtesy PhotoDakota Cowley, Jerren Dexter and Tyrone Fort snap a souvenir photo with Hangover characters Alan and Baby Carlos while on the Vegas strip.

By Dakota CowleyCONTRIBUTING WRITER

By Sarah HallCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Just about every girl likes going out and having fun with her friends, but sometimes good nights can take an

awkward turn when guys start hitting on her. That’s not to say that guys don’t have the same problem, but many of the following tips can help males and females enjoy a night out without running into creepy characters.

Here are 10 ways to avoid a creeper while getting your groove on at your favorite nightlife spot.

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a Las Vegas Trip

You’ve probably heard of certain things that go on in Las Vegas; you’ve probably

also heard, “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” That’s true—like all the money you spent, the wallet you lost when you had a few too many drinks and the dignity you left behind on the dance fl oor. If you are taking a journey to Sin City then these 10 tips will get you on the way to surviving a Las Vegas trip.

Travel with a pack

Stay hydrated

Lodging proximityShot meter

Survival kit

Hold’em or fold’ em

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Dress code

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It’s always important that when hitting the Las Vegas strip you walk with a group of friends. Never walk alone at night, especially after you’ve had a few drinks. Remember

No Boys Allowed: How to avoid the dudes

The more, the merrier

Don’t go overboard

Keep your numberBring a date

Friends only

Watch the drinks

Lying is for liars

Wear a wedding ring

If he approaches

The Jenna Marbles Face

One of the most important things to do when planning a night out is make sure you have good close friends to go with you. Never go out alone; that’s no fun anyway.

“I usually try to stay super close with a female friend so a lot of them will think I’m gay,” said SFA alumna Courtney Kocurek.

By having your besties tag along you not only give off an air of confi dence that will shy many unappealing men away, but you will also have friends to converse with when they try to approach you.

It is easy for us girls to go heavy on the makeup and dress in our short skirts and low-cut tops, but it can be those things that draw the sleaziest of men. By dressing provocatively, women are shouting to men to come hit on them. Try dressing for style and comfort and tuck the excessive cleavage away until the right time.

Avoid getting hit on is by bringing a date. Your date doesn’t have to be a boyfriend, but it should be a friend willing to appear as your boyfriend. Before going out, create a signal for each other that you can use to call for help. When trouble comes your way, just use the signal and your “date” knows to come rescue you. Richard Jackson, a regular at a local bar believes this is the best way to counter unwanted conversations. He said, “It’s the ultimate counter, a guy friend.”

Conversing with strangers is the only way to make friends, but talking to someone for 10 minutes doesn’t classify them as a friend. Be picky when you decide who you want to talk to, keep close to the people you know and wait to be introduced to someone. If the stranger is a decent guy then it’s likely someone you know has ties to him and can tell you about his personality. Talk to your other guy friends, but don’t approach just any guy in the room. You can’t tell by good looks if someone is a little off their rocker or not, so wait for that introduction.

In the age of technology, I know how diffi cult it is to not give your phone number to just anyone you meet that you hit it off with. But wait, I promise it will be worth it. Recently, I met a guy, he was cute and friendly, so I gave him my number and we even hung out around town once. But after that, he got weird on me. What I didn’t know when I met him is he was harassing women through text messages. Thank goodness he was turned in and the texts stopped. So

take my personal experience to heart, meet someone a few times before handing out your number. If you want to stay connected after you meet at the bar fi nd him on Facebook or Twitter. That way you can easily delete or block him if you need to.

If you are of age to drink, make sure you keep track of how much you have had to drink and don’t drink to the point of intoxication. Guys see an easy target when that cute girl is slurring her words and will make sure they are there to “take you home” when you can’t drive. By staying sober, you know with whom you are leaving and who not to leave with, such as complete strangers.

No one likes being called a liar, so do your best to avoid lying to anyone about who you are. You never know who you are going to run into and where you will run into them.

A SFA professor knows this rule all too well. While living in New York she was invited to a big event, and she didn’t want anyone to know where she worked or who she was.

So she told everyone a different name, and a different job. Unfortunately she had a meeting with one of the men just a few days after the event. It was very embarrassing when he remembered the fake name she had given him.

“At the party I told him a different name and that I was a massage artist and my hands were insured for a million dollars. I was so embarrassed,” she said.

Although it contradicts the previous tip, sometimes lying is okay. Courtney Kocurek, although she is married now, found it easy to slip on a fake ring and fl ash it whenever a guy was trying to hit on her.

“I even wore fake wedding rings a few times,” she said.

Many guys will shy away from girls who are married, giving you the opportunity to have a fun-fi lled night with the gals.

We all know that you can’t avoid every guy everywhere you go, but set some ground rules for what you might say to a guy who approaches you that you are not interested in. It is always best to be polite rather than rude. But don’t get too friendly.

Nacogdoches resident Brittany Pennington simply tells guys that she is uninterested or points them in the direction of a girl who might be.

She said, “I usually say something like, ‘I’m sorry I’m not interested in you, have you met that girl over there?’”

As a last resort, when all else has failed, and you are sure that you will never want to speak to the person again throw them the Jenna Marbles “How to Avoid Talking to People” Face.

“If you do this then I guarantee whoever is talking to you, will stop talking to you,” Marbles says in her YouTube video.

She advises committing to the face, meaning no laughing, or joking around. Hold the face until the guy who is bothering you walks away.

there’s always safety in numbers. Just make sure you don’t have an Alan from “Hangover” in your wolf pack who plans to slip anything in your drink.

Las Vegas summers are scorching. So remember to stay hydrated while walking up and down the beautiful, unique, jaw-dropping strip. At night the parties and after-parties are non-stop. The key to a great night is to stay hydrated by having a glass of water between every couple of alcoholic drinks. You don’t want to be that sloppy drunk guy who has to be carried back to the hotel room by your buddies. Or even worse, found on the roof of Caesar’s Palace the next morning bubbling with sunburn blisters like Doug.

Know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em. If you’re gambling, set a budget and stick to it because it’s easy to get caught up in the mindset of winning big. Don’t go buy a counting cards book and think you’re miraculously going to pull an Alan and bring down the house in one sitting. Another tip to keep in mind at the casino, is don’t play if you don’t know the rules.

New games are always fun to learn but playing in Las Vegas for the fi rst time is the wrong place. “When playing Blackjack double down on 10 and 11, and split on eights and aces,” said Kelvin Williams, SFA alumnus.

A survival kit is appropriate for any trip but necessary for a planned Las Vegas trip. This kit needs to be fi lled with essentials only. Don’t forget a backup I.D. if possible, small stash of money for emergencies, sunscreen, sunglasses, Advil and protection. Cinnamon might also come in handy in some instances, just in case you happen to wake up to a tiger in your bathroom. Remember, “Tiger’s love cinnamon, they hate pepper.” Without all these things, you’ll likely be slowed down at the most inopportune time.

When it comes to taking shots, slow and steady wins this race. Pacing yourself is the key not only to remember the good times you’re having with good friends but also to keep yourself coherent enough to know when you’ve reached your limit. “You want to remain coherent because it’s either that or fi nd yourself passing out at the blackjack table at 8 a.m., and trust me you don’t want the latter,” said Justin Cowley, University of Texas alumnus. “I had a few friends do this and learn the hard way how much casino employees frown upon college students coming to Vegas and doing this.”

Naps… Are they worth it? Absolutely. Most nights you’ll end up staying out till the sun starts to come up. In Las Vegas none of the casinos have windows or clocks. The reason for this is because they want you to get so caught up in gambling you have no clue what time it is. After stumbling back into your room when most people are waking up for the day, do yourself a favor and take a nap. You should be rejuvenated and ready to go back at it around lunchtime.

In Las Vegas there is a certain code of ethics you must adhere to in clubs and

in the casinos, which, let’s face it, counts for most of the nightlife. If the dealer s feel like they’re getting disrespected or if a player isn’t abiding by the rules set out by the casino and the dealer, then you will be asked to leave and not return. A perfect example of how not to act is the way Phil did while Alan was gambling. Please don’t fl ick off the pit boss while your friends are winning at the blackjack table! Also, while gambling at the casinos you receive free drinks, but the waitress will stop coming around and asking what you want if you continue not to tip her. Do yourself a favor and pitch her a chip every now and then.

“When it comes to dressing appropriately the motto is dress to impress,” said Tyrone Fort, Gilmer senior. Slacks, button-down shirt and a tie is the minimum for a night out in Sin City. You never know whom you’ll run into or what type of party you’ll attend. It’s not cool to be the group that can’t get in because your attire doesn’t meet the dress code. So if you think you’re under dressed that means you probably are, and reassessing your outfi t is a must.

When looking at hotels for a Las Vegas trip make sure you book one on the strip

in the middle of all the action. Doing this will save you an immense amount of time walking and spare your feet of any unwanted and unnecessary pain. On his Vegas trip earlier this year, Jerren Dexter, Richardson senior, learned fi rst hand how to effi ciently navigate the strip: “Another good way to get up and down the strip is by taking the bus transit. A day pass is only $7 and a week pass will run you $20.”

Getting married on a whim is never a good idea. If you choose not to follow the above tips then you might end up pulling a Stu from the infamous “Hangover,” by getting married to someone you wish you were never involved with. Don’t be that person who slips their grandmother’s Holocaust ring on a stranger’s fi nger.

Las Vegas is an amazing city with bright lights and unique people walking around everywhere with captivating structural buildings standing tall in the background. While in the city known as Sin City you must be responsible and take control of the things you can personally handle. The advice from my sources are true and reliable, their experiences have resulted in some very real and entertaining tips. Follow these ten tips and you’ll be on your way to having an experience of a lifetime and a trip you will never forget.

Photos provided by Dakota CowleyPage design by Kasi Dickerson

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Sophomore Porsha Roberts scored 17 points and pulled down 15 rebounds to guide the SFA Ladyjacks to a 73-42 victory over Howard Payne in an exhibition con-test Friday night at the William R. Johnson Coliseum. SFA held the outmanned Yellow Jackets to 25 percent from the field, and al-lowed no one in double figures.

The Ladyjacks jumped out to an early seven-point lead, and would push their advantage to as many as 24 points in the opening half. SFA used its size and athleti-cism to its advantage outrebounding the Yellow Jackets, 59-41, including 20 offense rebounds.

SFA shot 35 percent from the floor while building its advantage to as many as 24 points in the first half. The Ladyjacks’ defense pressure caused problems for Howard Payne throughout the game. The Yellow Jackets were held to seven field goals

in the opening half, and never got above 30 percent for the game.

The Yellow Jackets never mounted a seri-ous challenge in the second, pulling within 15 points early in the half but SFA rattled off a 16-4 run to push its advantage to 27 points.

The Ladyjacks got everyone involved in the offense, taking advantage of a balanced scoring attack. SFA had seven players score at least five points led by Roberts’ double-double performance. Sophomore Tierany Henderson added 10 points in 19 minutes, while Ashlee Mells came off the bench to add seven points and five rebounds.

The Ladyjacks return to action Friday when the open regular-season play against Louisiana-Monroe. The game is slated to begin at 6 p.m. from the Johnson Coliseum, and will be a doubleheader with the SFA men.

SFA Lumberjack fans had to wait near-ly two-and-half hours for the start of Saturday’s Southland Conference show-down against Lamar, but in the end they got what they came to see. SFA defeat-ed Lamar 40-26 to improve to 4-5 on the season, and 3-2 in conference play. The Cardinals dropped to 3-7 overall and 0-5 in the league.

The Jacks used a more balanced attack Saturday night to get past a struggling Lamar football team. SFA rolled up 537 yards of total offense, including 147 yards on the ground, while holding the Cardinals to 346. It is the sixth time this season that SFA has eclipsed the 500-yard mark in total offense.

After the Cardinals cut SFA’s lead to one point, 7-6, with just over two minutes re-maining in the first quarter, the ‘Jacks responded by outscoring Lamar by 20 to take a 27-6 lead into the locker room. SFA appeared to be heading to another blowout victory, which has marked the series over the past two seasons, but Lamar made a switch at quarterback to start the second half and fought back into the game.

Ryan Mossakowski came off the bench to complete 11-of-27 passes for 231 yards

and three scores. The Cardinals pulled within two touchdowns with three min-utes remaining in the third, but SFA would respond.

Sophomore kicker Jordan Wiggs con-verted two of his four field goals on the night within a 5:22 span to give SFA back a commanding 20-point lead less than 10 minutes remaining in the game. Lamar scored one final touchdown to close out the scoring.

Quarterback Brady Attaway completed 26 passes for 242 yards and two scores, and backup Joe Minden came off the bench to complete 12 passes for 148 and a score. Transfer Doug Gentry led the SFA ground attack with 19 carries for a career-high 93 yard and a score. Senior Jeremy Barnes added nine rushes for 52 yards. Freshman DJ Ward hauled in 11 catches for 105 yards and a score. It was Ward’s third 100-yard receiving game of his career. Senior Ryan Epperson recorded a team-high 11 tackles.

The Lumberjacks return to action Saturday when they travel to Hammond, La., to face Southeastern Louisiana. The game against the Lions is slated to begin at 7 p.m.

Jacks crush Cardinals after lengthy rain delay

Upcoming Sporting Events:Monday, Nov. 5

Men’s Golf at Red Wolves Fall Beach Classic:Gulf Shores, Ala.

Tuesday, Nov. 6Women’s Volleyball vs. TAMCC:

Shelton Gym at 6:30 p.m.

Men’s Golf at Red Wolves Fall Beach Classic:Gulf Shores, Ala.

Thursday, Nov. 8Women’s Volleyball at Oral Roberts

Tulsa, Okla. at 7 p.m.

SFA’s offense was most balanced of season as they beat Lamar by 14

Roberts leads Ladyjacks to win

Ladyjack Soccer captures Southland tournament crown

The SFA Ladyjack Soccer team won the Southland Conference Tournament Championship for the third time in school history with a 2-1 victory over the Lamar Lady Cardinals Sunday afternoon on a rain-soaked Cowgirl Field.

SFA advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2007 and the first time in the Tony Amato era. Sophomore forward Zuri Prince (1 goal, 2 assists) was named the SLC Tournament MVP while Kylie Louw, Chelsea Raymond, Laura Sadler, Melissa Gaudet and Lacey Lee also were named the all-tournament team.

“I couldn’t be happier for this team,” Amato said. “This is the most reward-ing victory of my career. The progression these seniors have shown over the past four years, I’m so happy for them. To see them get the ultimate goal, they deserved this moment so much. It will be interesting to see now moving forward to see where we get to play. I think tables might be turned a little bit because over the past 10 games or so we’ve been the favorite and will now likely be the underdog. But that’s a spot will gladly embrace.”

SFA struck quickly for a second straight game, scoring in the 5th minute on Raymond’s 13th goal of the season on an assist from Prince. The play was setup by a long lead pass from Louw, who then led Prince to setup Raymond.

Later in the 25th minute, Prince scored her seventh goal of the season on an assist from Gaudet to give the Ladyjacks a 2-0 cushion.

In the second half Lamar made it a con-

test with a goal from Kimmy Albeno in the 35th minute, placing the ball perfectly in the corner of the net past SFA goalkeeper Lacey Lee to make it a 2-1 Ladyjacks lead. Eight minutes later the Lady Cardinals had a chance to tie the game but Jannet Hernandez was denied by Lee on a shot in front of the net on a spectacular diving stop from the junior all-conference first-teamer.

The Ladyjacks’ defense was able to hold on from that point on and celebrate as the final seconds ticked off the clock. Louw, who is a part of a senior class of six, rel-ished in the moment afterwards after com-ing up one goal short of the same dream last season.

“This is so awesome for the entire team,” Louw said. “We’ve worked so hard and to accomplish one of our goals is gratifying. I was so anxious during that final minute. This really turned into a kick and run type-game and we handled it great, even after they scored. We’re not done now. Our third goal from the beginning of the season was to advance in the NCAA Tournament and now we have a shot to do just that.”

SFA will now wait to see who they will play in the first round of the NCAA Tournament with the NCAA Selection Show airing tomorrow, Nov. 5 at 3:30 p.m. and will be broadcasted on NCAA.com. The Ladyjacks will watch the show as a group on in the Champions Room of the SFA field house.

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GRant KoRbeL/Pine LoG PhotoWide receiver Ryan Gambel celebrates with a teammate on the rain-soaked field at homer bryce Saturday night.