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JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Battle-weary troops and their families braced for a wrenching round of new deploy- ments to Afghanistan, but many said they support the surge announced Tuesday as long as it helps to end the 8- year-old conflict. As President Barack Obama outlined his plan to send 30,000 extra troops to Afghanistan — while pledging to start bringing them home in 2011 — soldiers, Marines andtheir families interviewedby TheAssociatedPress felt a tangle of fresh concerns and renewed hopes. Some took in the televised announcement as they played darts in a barroom near their base, while others watched from their living rooms. "All I ask that man to do, if he is going to send them over there, is not send them over in vain," said 57-year- old Bill Thomas of Jacksonville, N.C., who watched Obama's televised speech in his living room, where pho- tos of his three sons in uniform hang over the TV. One of his sons, 23-year-old Cpl. Michael Thomas, is a Marine based at neighboring Camp Lejeune. He'll deploy next year to Afghanistan. An ex-Marine himself, Thomas said he supports Obama's surge strategy. But he shook his head when the president announced a 2011 transition date to begin pulling out troops. "If I were the enemy, I would hang back until 2011," Thomas said. "We have to make sure that we are going go stay until the job is done. It ain't going to be as easy as he thinks it is." Military officials say the Army brigades most likely to be sent as part of the surge will come from Fort Drum in New York and Fort Campbell in Kentucky. Marines, who will be the vanguard, will most likely come primarily from Camp Lejeune. As the wife of a Marine stationed at Camp Lejeune, where some of the first surge units could deploy by Christmas, Jamie Copeland says she wished the war "would be over and done with." Copeland's husband, Sgt. Doug Copeland, is already scheduledto return to Afghanistan later this fall. She hates to see him go — he just returned from his last seven- month tour in August — and miss more time with their 1- year-old son. But she also concedes that American forces need more help fighting Taliban insurgents. "We need to be in Afghanistan," said Copeland, 24. "Our Marines are getting slaughtered out there. I would say we need more out there. Iraq is done." At the John Hoover Inn, a bar in Evans Mills, N.Y., near Fort Drum, a dozen soldiers watched the speech on a large-screen TV, drinking beer out of red cups. When Obama announced the troop increase, only one cheered, and the rest remained silent. They continued to play darts while the president was speaking. By Kevin Maurer and Russ Bynum Vol. LXXXIV, Issue 9 Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus Dec. 3, 2009 Seawanhaka Seawanhaka Seawanhaka Members of Ft. Drum's Charlie Company 187 from left, Spc. Adam Candee, Spc. Kenny Hoggatt, Sgt. Matt Lukasik and Private Sam Michalik react as they watch President Obama announce that an addition- al 30,000 troops will be deployed toAfghanistan by next year, while gathered at The Hoover Inn in Evans Mills, N.Y., Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. "I'm just relieved to know when we're going," said Spc. Candee, 29. "It's nice I have a final answer, and know for sure." (Photo Credit:AP Photo / Heather Ainsworth) Troops, Families Mixed Over Obama’s Afghan Surge See PRESIDENT’S, Page 4

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JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Battle-weary troops andtheir families braced for a wrenching round of newdeploy-ments to Afghanistan, but many said they support thesurge announced Tuesday as long as it helps to end the 8-year-old conflict.

As President Barack Obama outlined his plan to send30,000 extra troops to Afghanistan — while pledging tostart bringing them home in 2011 — soldiers, Marinesand their families interviewedby TheAssociatedPress felta tangle of fresh concerns and renewed hopes. Some tookin the televised announcement as they played darts in abarroom near their base, while others watched from theirliving rooms.

"All I ask that man to do, if he is going to send themover there, is not send them over in vain," said 57-year-old Bill Thomas of Jacksonville, N.C., who watched

Obama's televised speech in his living room, where pho-tos of his three sons in uniform hang over the TV.

One of his sons, 23-year-old Cpl. Michael Thomas,is a Marine based at neighboring Camp Lejeune. He'lldeploy next year to Afghanistan.

An ex-Marine himself, Thomas said he supportsObama's surge strategy. But he shook his head when thepresident announced a 2011 transition date to beginpulling out troops.

"If I were the enemy, I would hang back until 2011,"Thomas said. "We have to make sure that we are going gostay until the job is done. It ain't going to be as easy as hethinks it is."

Military officials say the Army brigades most likelyto be sent as part of the surge will come from Fort Drum inNew York and Fort Campbell in Kentucky. Marines, whowill be the vanguard, will most likely come primarilyfrom Camp Lejeune.

As the wife of a Marine stationed at Camp Lejeune,

where some of the first surge units could deploy byChristmas, Jamie Copeland says she wished the war"would be over and done with."

Copeland's husband, Sgt. Doug Copeland, is alreadyscheduled to return to Afghanistan later this fall. She hatesto see him go — he just returned from his last seven-month tour in August — and miss more time with their 1-year-old son. But she also concedes that American forcesneed more help fighting Taliban insurgents.

"We need to be in Afghanistan," said Copeland, 24."OurMarines are getting slaughteredout there. I would saywe need more out there. Iraq is done."

At the John Hoover Inn, a bar in Evans Mills, N.Y.,near Fort Drum, a dozen soldiers watched the speech on alarge-screen TV, drinking beer out of red cups. WhenObama announced the troop increase, only one cheered,and the rest remained silent. They continued to play dartswhile the president was speaking.

By Kevin Maurerand Russ Bynum

Vol. LXXXIV, Issue 9 Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus Dec. 3, 2009

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Members of Ft. Drum's Charlie Company 187 from left, Spc. Adam Candee, Spc. Kenny Hoggatt, Sgt. Matt Lukasik and Private Sam Michalik react as they watch President Obama announce that an addition-al 30,000 troops will be deployed to Afghanistan by next year, while gathered at The Hoover Inn in Evans Mills, N.Y., Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. "I'm just relieved to know when we're going," said Spc. Candee, 29.

"It's nice I have a final answer, and know for sure."(Photo Credit:AP Photo / Heather Ainsworth)

Troops, Families Mixed Over Obama’s Afghan Surge

See PRESIDENT’S, Page 4

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The embattled Atlantic Yards project is finally on aroll.

Over the last two weeks the project has overcomethree hurdles that jeopardized its future. On Nov. 24, theNew York State Court of Appeals, the state’s highestcourt, ruled that the state can use eminent domain toseize the properties of the last hold outs. On Dec. 1, thecourts again ruled in favor of the project by tossing outan appeal of its earlier decision. That same day, invest-ment analysts gave the project’s bonds an investmentgrade rating, which essentially guarantees that the proj-ect will be able to find some if not all of the investorsneeded to finish financing the project.

This week’s ruling, coupled with last week’s deci-sion upholds the city’s claim that the neighborhoodsand properties that are in the project’s footprint areblighted, and underdeveloped. Under the NewYork Stateconstitution, the state is allowed to seize land for publicprojects only when the area in question is consideredblighted, or a blot on the landscape of the surroundingarea.

The major complaints of the project’s detractors aretwo-fold; one is that they feel their homes and business-es are not run down, and secondly, that the project wouldbenefit the private sector, not the public sector. Thecourts disagreed however and ruled 6-1 that the projectmet all of the requirements for eminent domain.

Even with the multiple losses, the property ownershave still vowed to continue the fight. The lead commu-nity organization fighting the project, Develop Don’tDestroy Brooklyn, held a press conference on Nov. 24 toblast the courts decision. During the conference, DanielGoldstein, a property owner and lead spokesperson forthe group said that “the fight against the abusive, cor-rupt Atlantic Yards development proposal is far fromover.”

Goldstein also called on the NewYork State electedofficials to help them in their fight, “we are calling onGovernor Paterson to put a stop to the taking of proper-ties.. . And it's up to Governor Paterson if he wants thispart of Brooklyn to be the next New London.”

NewLondon, Conn. has become the rallying call foropponents. Pfizer, the pharmaceutical giant, along withthe New London government, used eminent domain tooust homeowners so that the corporation could build anew manufacturing plant. The project, which was sup-posed to revitalize NewLondon’s economy, recently fellapart, leading Pfizer to announce that it was abandoningthe project andwould be taking hundreds of jobs with it.Now New London is left with 90 acres of undevelopedland, and a town that has lost many of its residents due tothe use of eminent domain.

Goldstein and other opponents don’t believe thatForest City Ratner can come up with enough funding orinvestors to meet all of the developments deadlines.They feel that once the property owners are kicked out,the project will languish and people will have lost theirhomes and businesses for nothing.

Their concerns are not completely without merit.While these wins signal progress for the project, it stillfaces one more giant hurdle before its future is assured. Inorder to keep the almost $700 million in governmentsubsidized tax-free bonds, Forest City Ratner must findinvestors to purchase said bonds. Being that the projecthas been delayed so often, the deadline for sale of thebonds is rapidly approaching. Forest City Ratner hasuntil Dec. 31 to find investors or it will lose the mainsource of funding for the project. The project is alsobeing funded by a $131 million subsidy from theBloomberg administration and $293.4 million of ForestCity Ratner’s own funds.

With the investment grade rating from analysts thisweek, the developer is encouraged, but in this shakyeconomy and the collapse of the real estate market, thesewins could very well be too little too late.

By Christina LongStaff Writer

Atlantic Yards Clears Another HurdleCourts Side With Ratner on Eminent Domain

Pictured: Digital mockup of the Atlantic Yards development project.(Photo Credit: www.barclayscenter.com)

What do you think of Obama’s plan tosend 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan?

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CAMPUS NEWS

The late Dr. Robert Donald Spector will always beremembered as a moving force at Long Island University’sBrooklyn campus. His friends and colleagues, in a touchingmemorial, celebrated the life of the beloved scholar,teacher, poet, sailor and boxer, who contributed enormous-ly to the university for more than half a century, on Nov.18.

Held at the Kumble Theatre, the room went quiet asProvost Gale Stevens Haynes was the first to speak of hercolleague. She spoke warmly of Dr. Spector’s stint as aboxer and explained his answer whenever someone askedhim why he quit the sport, which was, “I got tired of stop-ping punches with my face.” Andwith that, the room erupt-ed into laughter, setting the tone for the rest of the evening.

There was no shortage of accolades. Dr. Spector was thefirst recipient of LIU’s Board of Trustees Award and theChairman of the George Polk Awards Committee. When col-leagues went up to the podium, they spoke very highly ofthe professor.

“Unlike most academic scholars, Rob didn’t limit him-self to one area of expertise,” said Dr. Joan Templeton,Professor Emerita of English and a member of LIU’s EnglishDept. faculty.

“Rob was a man who couldpierce youwith wit andpokeyouwith awards,” Prof. Joseph Dorinson said, teary eyed. “He is now a part of us as we remember him.”

Dr. Spector was known for his poetry and many ofthose who spoke brought and read at least one of his poems.One of the most moving instances was when two LIU stu-dents convincingly read from Dr. Spector’s "Poems FromDowntown Brooklyn.”After the roomwent dark, spotlights

were directed at students Mark Hackett and Jameel Hanif.Both continued to read from Dr. Spector’s “Love Poems,”said to have been inspired by his wife.

The poetry reading lead directly into the program’smusical interlude. The performances were a testament to theeffort and preparation that went into Dr. Spector’s memori-al. As the lights dimmed for the second time, a spotlightdrew above Gloria Cooper who sat comfortably behind agrand piano. John Sannuto comically engaged in banterwith Cooper before singing romantically to the audience.“Love Is” and “Time Has a Way” were lovingly sung asEleanor, Dr. Spector’s wife, listened intently.

Dr. Spector's Memorial would not have been completewithout the creatively assembled Memories Montage. Alleyes gazed upward as the stage’s enormous screen camealive with nostalgic images of Spector. Old photographsdepicted the life of the adored professor from his youth untilhis old age. Many of the pictures showed him all smiles andclearly having a good time wherever he was. Whether smok-ing his pipe or lovingly engaged with his children, themontage noticeably moved some members of the audienceto tears.

The evening’s most poignant moment occurred whenthe Spector family was invited to speak on stage. EricSpector, spoke openly and honestly of the relationship heshared with his father.

“I remember my father’s love of literature even from anearly age," he said. “I recall my dad introducing me to the-atre and taking me to see Shakespearean plays.”

Following her son, Eleanor Spector was the last to takethe podium. She smiled, occasionally laughing with theaudience. Towards the end, she broke down as she said, “Wewere married for 63 years, and even that was not enough.”

LIU Remembers Dr. Spector withHeartfelt Memorial at Kumble

By Don JulienStaff Writer

In My Opinion...

Athena Moustakas, Sophmore, Pharmacy“I feel that sending more troops to Afghanistan would

greatly benefit the United States in that it would hopefullylead to a speedy closing of the war. Promoting peace inthe world is the number one priority of the United States

as a whole in the global community.”

“I think it’s pointless. If you want to build a coun-try, you must build a foundation. Start with theeducation system. What good is a free country ifthere isn’t anyone to guide the country?”

“I do not think that more troops should be sent toAfghanistan because nothing seems to have beensettled all these years. It is pointless and a shamethat so many innocent lives have been lost due tothe war. I don’t think that any more should be

lost.”

Jaboor Hekmaty, Junior, Pharmacy

Christina Giotitsas, Sophomore, Speech Pathology

NATIONAL NEWS

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CAMPUS NEWS

Gale Stevens Haynes, Provost at the Brooklyn cam-pus of Long Island University smiles widely and glow-ingly as she discusses the student body.

“When I look at our students when they graduate andI can remember who they were when they came here, I’malways bursting with a sense of pride because they’re justflowers in bloom,” she said.

Haynes also grimaces, though, when asked aboutetiquette on campus, “The more I walk around campus,the more it’s clear to me that there is often a disconnectbetween what is perhaps appropriate in our neighbor-hoodandwhat is appropriate in our university,’’ she said.

Mark Hackett, president of the Student GovernmentAssociation [SGA] takes an even stronger positionabout etiquette and manners on campus. “A lot of times,people do not hold the doors. In the cafeteria you seepeople saying, let me get this, let me get that, ratherthan. `Can I please have a hamburger?’ and `Thank you,’and `I appreciate it.’”

No matter whom you talk to, whether it is studentsor faculty members, most will agree that, on the whole,the Brooklyn campus creates a friendly and diverse envi-ronment. “I think there is a high level of civility on thiscampus,” said Dr. Ralph Engelman, Chairman of theJournalism Department.

However, most would probably also agree thateveryone on campus could use a refresher course in man-ners and courtesy. Stephen Lockett, Freshman CouncilPresident of the SGA says, “I don’t know what’s goingon in this part of the world, but I definitely feel that man-ners are not being taught.”

The challenge here for the university administrationand the student body appears to be changing the ways in

which faculty members and students interact with eachother.

Complaints about campus manners are broad anddif-fer depending on who you talk to. Benson Weekes, ajournalism student says his biggest pet peeve is when,“youhold the door open for someone and they don’t evensay thank you.” For Haynes, her biggest gripe is thefoul language that is used so freely on campus. “If I hada magic wand, I would take all of the vulgarity out ofeveryone,” she said.

One problem is that many students come to schoolwith certain behavioral issues that have been toleratedthroughout their lives.

According to Dr. Nicholas Papouchis, clinical psy-chologist and a professor on campus, the factors thatdetermine manners, “depend on what school has beenlike, what kind of culture you grow up in, and how peo-ple on television are portrayed.” The root problem onthe Brooklyn campus is, “we don’t think we live in acommunity” he said.

Promoting a sense of community in a campus asdiverse as this one is difficult. “The experience hereshouldn’t be one where you pull in and sort of retreat, butone where you build relationships with people that don’tnecessarily look like you and that come from other cor-ners of the world,” Haynes said.

Another complaint is that there is little interactionbetween the different nationalities and cultures on cam-pus. “People don’t seem to communicate unless they’rein class together. All you see are cliques of the same eth-nicities hanging out together,” Weekes said. To correctthis problem, Hackett said, “I’d like to see more eventswith faculty and the students both involved.”

One event that promoted school spirit and commu-nity is the annual Provost Christmas Party, scheduledthis year for Dec. 18. This event allows students to inter-act with their teachers on an adult level and share theirreactions to the coursework. The party creates an atmos-phere where students can, “mingle with professors, andget to know them on a total different level” said TajuanParker, President of the Sophmore Council of the SGA.

Papouchis suggested, “some sort of joint effort onthe part of Seawanhaka writing columns, the SGA, andthe faculty senate about an emphasis on politeness,respect, and mutual courtesy.” Provost Haynes drawsattention to a pledge that is recited by incoming fresh-men to the university since 2008.

The pledge asserts that, “We accept the vision ofthis academic institution as it strives to be a learningcommunity dedicated to empowering and transformingour own lives to effect a more peaceful and humane worldthat reflects differences and cherishes cultural diversity.”

Haynes is optimistic regarding the efficiency of thestudent pledge and its ability to promote a true academiccommunity by constantly reminding them of this oath.“We’re trying to findmore ways to keep that [the pledge]in front of students,” she said.

The Search for Civilityand Etiquette on Campus

By Justin GiglioStaff Writer

President’s AfghanistanSurge, Withdrawl PlansCreateVaried Reactions

Among Troops

Continued from Front Page"I'm just relieved to know where we're going," said Spc. Adam

Candee, 29, of Chicago.Theresa McCleod said she worries what Obama's plans might

mean for her husband, a soldier in the 10th Mountain Division at FortDrum. She said he's already done a long combat tours in Afghanistanand Iraq, leaving her to care for their three children.

"First he was supposed to be pulling everyone out, and now all thesudden he's throwing everybody back into Afghanistan and it's likenobody can really make up their minds," McCleod said of Obama.

Obama's plan calls for deploying 30,000 troops to Afghanistan inthe next six months, boosting total U.S. forces there to about 100,000.The first waves of Marines are expected to arrive by Christmas, withthe rest coming by summer.

The president also began outlining an endgame to the war, sayingtroops would begin pulling out of Afghanistan in July 2011 — thoughhe did not say when a withdrawal could be completed.

Army 1st Lt. Emily Stahl, who is preparing to deploy from FortCampbell next spring, said she's not going to focus on the timetable.

"We have to get the job done," Stahl, 24, said after watching thespeech from her home outside the Army post, where she serves in the101st Airborne Division. "If we do what we're supposed to do, the endof the war will come when it comes."

At home with her two young children in rural Byron, Ga., TraciWatson hopes the surge does work — and brings a swift end to the war.

Her husband, Army Staff Sgt. DwayneWatson, is midway througha yearlong tour in Afghanistan with the Georgia National Guard's 48thInfantry Brigade, which has 2,400 troops helping to train Afghan secu-rity forces. While she's a little concerned the surge could delay her hus-band coming home around March, she also hopes it means he won'thave to deploy again.

"There's always the worry that his orders might be extended andhe might have to help transition between the ones they have comingand the ones that are leaving," Watson said. "But if staying an extra 30or 60 days meant he wouldn't have to be gone from our family a yearlater, absolutely."

President Barack Obama speaks about his Afghanistan policy beforecadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., on Tuesday,

Dec. 1, 2009.(Photo Credit: AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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UNDERPPRREESSSSUURREE

By Ian SmithEditor-in-Chief

About two weeks ago, I received a letter from Mary M.Lai, Long Island University’s Treasurer Emerita, inresponse to a column I wrote on Nov. 12, titled “The Grassis Always Greener…,” where I attempted to address the(admittedly complicated) topic of campus beautification. Ifelt that university money would be put to better userepairing our aging academic buildings than replanting thecampus greens for the winter, among other things.

The letter from Mrs. Lai was thoughtfully written,informing me that, in fact, numerous infrastructureimprovements have been allocated in this year’s budgetand, furthermore, the cost of replanting the greens are pal-try compared to what the Board of Trustees has already setaside.

For what it’s worth, knowing that a member of theuniversity Board of Trustees is reading my column and tak-ing time out of her day to respond to it is highly reassuring.It lets me know that, as Editor-in-Chief, all the work I putinto this newspaper is not in vain (as it sometimes seems,judging by student support). It tells me that someone at thisuniversity is paying attention.

There is, however, one major issue I have with the let-ter that was written to me by Mrs. Lai, one that has nothingto do with form or content or attitude. The problem I haveis that this letter was addressed only to me and not to theentire student body.

At first, this seems like a non-issue. I could just as eas-ily relate to you, the student, the contents of the letter Ireceived with ease; it would be effortless to do so.

But that’s not really the point I’m trying to make. WhatI’m trying to point out here is there is a more chronic prob-lem that lowers the quality of student life on campus, espe-cially for those involved with various campus media organ-izations.

Information can be tough to come by on this campus,especially when the administration operates in such a tight-lipped fashion. Quite simply, student media groups,including Seawanhaka, have virtually zero access to thevarious administrative bodies on campus outside of theSGA which, as I have insinuated before, offers little to norecourse to any student anyway.

In the course of writing a story for Seawanhaka, itsometimes becomes necessary to get the official word on aparticular subject from a campus official, oftentimes thehead of an infrastructure department such as Buildings &Grounds or Information Technology. Having administra-tive officials on record about a particular issue adds somemuch-needed clout to a journalistic article. They are able toprovide information that we would otherwise not be ableto obtain on our own.

More often than not, though, my writers and I aredead-ended by those we’d like to speak to. Usually, the bestwe can hope for is a response of “no comment.” What weusually get in far greater amounts is a complete unwilling-ness to interact with us on any level; e-mails go withoutresponse and one-on-one interviews are flat-out denied tous.

This is a problem that is chronic across the administra-tion. In our last issue, one of my writers, Sara LaNoir, wrote

an article about the lack of a commuter meal plan at theBrooklyn Campus. In order to give her article a balancedapproach, she twice contacted Dr. Rodney Pink, LIU’sDirector of Residential Life. Pink failed to respond on bothoccasions.

Similarly, my Arts & Entertainment Editor, LeonicaValentine, was attempting to write a story on LIU’s SMARTBoard program. One of the individuals she wished to speakto with the head of Information Technology. She was alsodenied this opportunity, and as a result, work on this par-ticular story has come to a halt.

However, this is also a two-way street; we have foundthat students and faculty members are also unwilling to goon the record with their feelings about LIU, fearing somesort of vague administrative retribution that will threatentheir student status or job security.

I really wish I knew how this policy of close-mouthed-ness came about. Not only does it make our jobs far moredifficult than they have any right to be, it also hampers thelevel of discourse for everyone who attends the Brooklyncampus in any capacity.

A vibrant and active campus press, indeed, campuscommunity, relies principally on open lines of communica-tion between students and administrators. While it may notbe necessary for them to inform us of every decision theymake, it would help of this cloud of secrecy was lifted fromtime to time.

I feel like that much of the administration sees talkingto Seawanhaka writers as not being in their best interest. Iwant to let you all know that we do not have an agenda. Weare not out to get you. We are not concerned with sullyinga department or dragging anyone’s name through the mud.All we wish to do is report the facts as they are with as greata degree of accuracy as possible.

It is quite possible that administrators do more harmby not talking to us. When we publish an article, we do ourvery best to present both sides of the issue. However, whenan administrator refuses to meet with us or meets our ques-tions with a series of “no comments,” their side of the storyis, effectively not being told. Without their participation, anarticle can come off as decidedly one-sided, often creatingan even worse situation than if the individual in questionwere up front with us to begin with. This s not what westrive for, but is generally what we get.

So I’m asking members of the LIU administration toplease open up your doors for us when we comea’knockin’. We’re not going to badger or berate you; morethan likely, we’ll be more timid than you expect. All we’relooking for is your willingness to cooperate on some level.If you have to recite the PR line, then so be it, but at leastgive us something to work with. If you like, send a letter tous with a response. We’ll certainly print it. There’s no needfor this constant veil of secrecy about confrontational cam-pus issues. We are all adults here. We should be able to actlike it.

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“‘If she could look for the golf ball I hit off that helipad,there.’ In the category of sentences you hear at the exact

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doing in my Monet closet?’”

- The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart

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PPiiss cceess (February 19 - March 20)Your creative solutions to difficult problems can be leg-endary, and today, you bust out with a new one. Othersmight take longer than usual to accept it -- or even tounderstand it!

Horoscopes courtesty of www.astrology.com.

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For more information, call (718) 488-1624or visit www.kumbletheater.org.

Fri . , Deceember 18, 7:30 p.m.NMP Fall Show 2009

Mon. , December 21, 10:15 a.m. & 12:15 p.m.Comunity Works Presents: The Spirit of Kwanzaa

ExhibitionsGallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday/Sunday,11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Humanities Building Gallery is closed on weekends). Admission

is free. For more information, call Nancy Grove at (718) 488-1198.

Thur., November 12 - Fri., December 18, Humanities Gallery“The Architecture of Migration: I’ll Be Back For the Cat”Installation and Sculpture by Jane Gilmor.

Thur., November 12 - Fri., December 18, Salena Gallery“From the Provinces”Contemporary Russian photography, curated by Thomas Werner.

DanceFor more information, call Mary Ann Wall 8) 488-3355.

Fri . , December 11, 7:30 p.m. & Sat. , December 12, 2 p.m. and 8p.m. , Kumble TheaterDance Department Winter ConcertDance majors perform modern dance works choreographed by guest artists and dancedepartment faculty, including Rodger Belman, Christal Brown, Alenka Cizmesija,Earl Mosley, Tom Price, and a restaging of “Shelter,” an Urban Bush Women work.Tickets: $15, general admission; $10, students and seniors with ID

Music“Jazz Clinic and Concert Series” features top names in jazz. Admission is free. For more infor-

mation, call Bob Aquino at (718) 488-1668.

Thur. , December 3, 1 p.m. . Kumble TheaterLIU Student Jazz Ensembles

Tues. , December 8, 4 p.m. , Humanitied Bui lding, Rm. 106Dr. Mike Rossi Jazz saxophonist will conduct a master class on “South African Jazz.”

Wednesdays, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. , Humanities Bui lding, Room 106Long Island University ChorusThe chorus rehearses every Wednesday, starting September 9. For more information,contact Gloria Cooper at (718)488-1450.

BusinessFor more information, call (718) 488-1121

December 18, 6:30 p.m. , LLC 515Toastmasters International Club MeetingAt Toastmasters, members learn by speaking to groups and working with others ina supportive environment. Each meeting gives everyone and opportunity to practiceprepared speeches.

ReadingsThe English Department’s multicultural “Voices of the Rainbow” series is funded by

the Provost’s Office. Admission is free. For more information, call LouisParascandola at (718) 488-1109.

Career Services

TheaterFor more information, call (718) 488-1089.

Wed. , December 9, 7 p.m. , Pasternack Theatre, Humanities Bui ldingRm. 608Angels Without Wings: The Nursing AutobiographiesPresented by the Department of Communication Studies, Performance Studies andTheatre. Tickets: $10.

Mon. , December 14, 7 p.m. , Pasternack Theatre, Humanities Bui ldingRm. 608An Evening of Contemporary ScenesTickets: $10.

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Know Your Blackbirds

Nathan Stockie Soccer

Major: Sports Management.

Favorite Food: A pulled pork sandwich with cole slaw ontop, steak fries and a big glass of homemade sweet tea.

Favorite TV Show and Movie: Burn Notice and Ocean’sEleven

Quote You Live By: “Your talents are God’s gift to you,what you do with those talents are your gift to God.”

Role Model: My dad, James.

Favorite Athlete: Chipper Jones.

Favorite Sport to Play Other Than Soccer: Baseball.#32 Goalkeeper

National Stage Near AfterVolleyball Wins NEC

The LIU Volleyball team swept its way to a sixthstraight NEC Championship after defeating Sacred Heart3-0 (25-17, 25-20, 25-21).

The Blackbirds end their NEC season going 18-0,losing only five sets in the process.

Sophomore Ashley Rice earned the NEC TournamentMost Valuable Player honors after getting eight blocksand eight kills in the championship game.

Tied 20 apiece in the third set, Long Island went ona 5-1 run to seal the championship and a spot in theNCAA Tournament.

The Blackbirds won the first set convincingly, lead-ing by as much as nine points. The second set was a bitcloser and the Pioneers threatened to tie the game. SacredHeart took a 9-5 lead after a back-to-back kills byBrittany Best and Ashlyn Trimble.

The Blackbirds came back to tie it and the two teamswent back and forth for several points. Tied 18-18, theBlackbirds began to pull away with two 3-0 runs to takethe two set advantage.

NEC Player of the Year Svetlana Simic finished witha team high 12 kills and added nine digs in her final NECgame. Teammate Martina Racic nearly finished with atriple double with 11 kills, eight blocks and seven digs.Sophomore Chelsey Stanton finished with 14 digs.

Long Island had a convincing 3-0 (25-20, 25-11,25-17) victory over Robert Morris in the first round.

Simic led all players with 14 kills. Racic and fresh-man Breanna Cullity added 10 kills apiece.

The Blackbirds had an overwhelming .437 to .189hit advantage.

The victory extended Long Island’s winning streakto 12, setting a new school record. The team has won 18of its last 19 games, with its lone loss coming againstHofstra.

With the championship, the Blackbirds earned anautomatic bid in the NCAA Tournament. The team willtravel to the West Coast after drawing Stanford for itsfirst round matchup. The Stanford Cardinal won the Pac-10 title over 11th ranked California 3-2. Stanford wasdown two sets before roaring back to win the Pac-10.

The game is set for Dec. 4, at 10 p.m. eastern time.

By Michael NgSports Editor

Ashley Rice earned MVP honors at the NEC Tournament with hertremendous play.

(Photo Credit: Sports Media Relations)

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SPORTS

Blackbirds Get Hit Hard byBig East’s Seton Hall

The men’s basketball team got blown out at SetonHall 95-66 last Saturday. It was the team’s worst losssince a 101-72 defeat at Sacred Heart last season.

The game got out of hand early as Seton Hall took anearly 14-4 lead in the first half. The two teams went backand forth for a few minutes before the Pirates went on adevastating 14-0 run to bring the lead up to 42-22.

The Blackbirds didn’t have an answer in second halfas the Pirates opened on a 7-0 run to bring the score to 51-27. The Pirates would go on a few more runs, including a13-0 spurt towards the end of the game to ice the victory.

Seton Hall’s Jeremy Hazell and Robert Mitchellscored 21 and 20 points, respectively. The Pirates nearlyhad two more players reach the 20-point mark. Herb Popefinished with 19 points to go with 10 rebounds for thedouble double and Eugene Harvey finished with 18 points.

Sophomore Michael Culpo led all Blackbirds with 13

points. Culpo added seven rebounds and a steal. SeniorJaytornah Wisseh and freshman Jamal Olasewere finishedwith 10 points apiece. Freshman Kenny Onyechi addedseven points, seven rebounds and three blocks.

The Pirates showed why the Big East is one of thebest conferences in college basketball. They shot animpressive 46 percent from the field and held theBlackbirds to just 34 percent. They blocked eight shotsand added 14 steals.

The Pirates defense forced 21 turnovers, while com-mitting only eight themselves.

It was the second time this season that the Blackbirdswent up against a Big East opponent. They previouslylost to St. John’s 83-70.

The Blackbirds will return home to kick off theirNortheast Conference schedule when they take on Bryant,on Thursday night. They will continue their home stretchwith a matchup against Central Connecticut State onSaturday. Long Island opened the season winning its firsttwo home games.

By Michael NgSports Editor

Kenny Onyechi made his presence felt in the post, but it wasn’tenough as the Blackbirds suffered their worst loss of the season.

(Photo Credit: Sport Media Relations)

Women’s Basketball GetsGobbled Up in Turkey Finale

LIU’s women’s basketball team extended its winningstreak to three games, winning the opener of the LIUTurkey Classic 68-55 over Brown. The Lady Blackbirdsthen lost the championship game of the tournament, 73-56 to Georgia Tech.

In the opener, a strong 17-point performance by jun-ior Chelsi Johnson and a career high 12 assists by sopho-more Kiara Evans were huge contributions to win.

Long Island came out firing from the start of the con-test going on a 9-0 run. Sophomore Ashley Palmer hadthree buckets over that stretch and also had two assists.

Brown cut the lead to a single point but the LadyBlackbirds held on to the lead throughout the first halfshooting 45.5 percent from the field and leading 34-27 athalftime.

LIU opened the lead to as many as 19 points andBrown never got closer than 12 points, which gave LIU agood opportunity to play its reserves and the Blackbirdsgot 13 bench points. Junior Heidi Mothershead followedJohnson's performance putting up 15 points.

After the impressive win over Brown, LIU was over-whelmed by Georgia Tech in the Turkey ClassicChampionship. Sophomore Kiara Evans gave a strongperformance for the Blackbirds putting up 14 points, but itjust wasn't enough to go away with a win.

Long Island (3-3) came out strong once again at thestart and had a 9-4 lead, but Georgia Tech (4-1) weren'tgoing to let it get out of hand. The visitors came rightback, taking the lead and used a 51 percent field goal per-centage (57 percent on 3-point attempts) to build a 38-28halftime lead.

The second half didn't get any better for Long Island,as Georgia Tech built its lead to 20 points and made it dif-ficult for LIU to come back. Long Island cut the YellowJacket lead to 12, but couldn't get any closer than that. TheGeorgia bench also played a major role in their win, asAlex Montgomery came off the bench and led Tech with 13points. LIU's Ashley Palmer finished with 10 points fol-lowing Evans' 14. Johnson and Heidi Mothershead eachgrabbed four rebounds in the contest.

Long Island will be back in action on Wednesday,Dec. 2, hosting Delaware State at 7:00 p.m.

After winning theIR first game, the Blackbirds couldn’t seal thetournament, with a loss to Georgia Tech, 73-56.

(Photo Credit: Sports Media Relations)

By John TolisStaff Writer

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Picked OffBy Michael NgSports Editor

I don’t usually like to defend people in my column. Bashing someone with wordsis a lot easier to do. But I have to cross that line this time and defend my man LawrenceFrank.

The former head coach of the New Jersey Nets got the axe last weekend after start-ing the season 0-16. It isn’t a performance worth defending and if a coach should befired in any league, it should be the one with the worst record.

But Frank has had little to work with since training camp. The Nets, with theircost cutting moves, traded Vince Carter away and have essentially made this team intoan unwatchable mess.

It’s not the coach’s fault the Nets can’t put together a crapshoot team, yet he getsfired when the team can’t perform. It’s unfair and don’t expect his replacement, KikiVandeweghe, to make things better.

On top of losing their best player, the Nets have suffered a lot of injuries. Through17 games, the Nets had only four players that suited up for every game. Emerging starDevin Harris missed 10 games and fellow starter Yi Jianlian has not played since get-ting injured in the fourth game of the season. On many nights, Frank has had onlyeight players to work with and of the 13 that played, he has started 11 of them.

Despite their many shortcomings, Frank has made this team compete throughoutthe season and four of their losses were by three points or less. He also created a sys-tem last year that revolved around Harris, essentially making him a more aggressiveplayer and an All-Star.

There’s no defending 0-16, but was this Nets team aiming for immortality orsomething? The team is winless because ownership and Rod Thorn traded away JasonKidd, Richard Jefferson and Carter. They set the NBA record for season-opening lossesbecause the team wanted to save money and get under the cap.

No other team in its right mind would play Trenton Hassell 35 minutes a game.With this squad, many experts and even the Nets were prepared for a last place fin-

ish. The ownership is just trying to fool the fans into thinking this team is better thanit actually is, so they put all the blame on the head coach.

The Nets are in a great position to make an improvement next year. With Harrisand Brook Lopez becoming young emerging stars, cap space to sign anybody on thefree agent market and a top-five pick in next summer’s draft, the Nets will be back inthe playoffs chase again.

The team should’ve waited and given the guy a chance to coach next year and thensee what happened. If he had failed miserably in the future, then cut ties with him. Itwouldn’t be too late because a) the team will still be young, and b) the team will stillnot be good enough to beat the Lakers, Spurs, Celtics or Magic.

If Mike Dunleavy and Don Nelson can still have a job in the NBA, Frank definite-ly deserves to. He’s too talented a coach to not get a second chance. Hopefully ownerswill see what he had to deal with this year and look past the 0-16 record on his resume.

There’s a reason why guys like Stan Van Gundy and Mike D’Antoni come out anddefend Frank. There’s a reason why players blame themselves for a record setting win-less start. Frank is a good coach and people wouldn’t come out and defend him if hewasn’t.

Whether it’s the NBA or college basketball, Frank deserves a coaching job.Wherever he ends up, I hope he gets the respect and opportunity he didn’t get here inhis final weeks with the Nets.

The New Jersey Nets fired Lawrence Frank after starting the season 0-16. (Photo Credit: Antonelli / NYDailyNews)

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SPORTSWOMEN’S BASKETBALL

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Team

Robert MorrisSacred HeartLong IslandMount St. Mary’sCentral Conn. St.Fairleigh DickinsonMonmouthWagnerQuinnipiacBryantSt. Francis (PA)St. Francis (NY)

NEC

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Overall

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Neutral

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Recent Results

Recent Results11/28/09

11/24/09

Team

QuinnipiacMount St. Mary’sSacred HeartLong IslandMonmouthCentral Conn. St.Robert MorrisSt. Francis (NY)Fairleigh DickinsonSt. Francis (PA)WagnerBryant

NEC

0-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-0

Overall

3-23-33-32-32-51-31-41-41-51-50-40-6

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.500

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.400

.286

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.200

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.167

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.000

.000

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.000

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.000

.000

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Streak

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VOLLEYBALLTeam

Long Island*$Sacred Heart*Central Conn. St.*Robert Morris*BryantFairleigh DickinsonSt. Francis (PA)St. Francis (NY)Quinnipiac

NEC

16-012-412-411-56-105-114-123-133-13

Overall

19-1322-1018-1414-1911-238-247-254-224-25

Pct.

1.000.750.750.688.375.312.250.188.188

Home

11-310-210-48-86-93-52-71-123-5

Away

8-57-46-76-53-103-113-112-91-14

Neutral

0-55-42-30-62-42-82-71-10-6

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.424

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Blackbirds Upcoming Schedule

Recent Results

Blackbirds Upcoming Schedule

1.

1.

1.2.

4.5.6.7.8.

Seton Hall 95Long Island 66

Long Island 77St. Peters 71

11/28/09

11/27/09

Georgia Tech 73Long Island 56

Long Island 68Brown 55

Blackbirds Upcoming ScheduleDate

12/04/09

Opponent

Stanford

Location

Stanford, Calif.

Time

10:00pm

11/22/09

11/21/09

Long Island 3Sacred Heart 0

Long Island 3Robert Morris 0

* Cl i nched NEC Tournament BerthNCAA Tournament

Date

12/05/09

Opponent

Central Conn.St.

Location

WRAC

Time

4:30pm

Date

12/05/09

Opponent

Central Conn.St.

Location

WRAC

Time

2:00pm

Women’s Basketball Lose Turkey Classic Finale

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