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In Issue 5:
Life Under Saddam Berkman Asserts His Dominance Sherman P. Globberman Returns
Features, Page 8 Features, Page 12 Comics, Page 17
Another Mugging and spending the day aer regretting Representatives by the passing of leading to outside open shooters.
Rocks Stony Brook everything you did the night before. ENDA. is vote by Congress is an Jackson replied with a straight face,
Beer pong, flip cup, orgies: 75 years important step at ensuring that mil- “We call this a ‘Brokeback Mountain’
Aer a string of aggressive crimes of legally being able to get shit-faced lions of gay and lesbian Americans game, because there's so much pene-
plagued Stony Brook University last needs to be celebrated the right way. will never again have to go to work in tration and kick outs. It was one of
month, another commuter student So keep your eyes on this rag for fear of losing their jobs because of those games.” Oddly, many of the re-
was mugged in a parking lot while more information about the upcom- who they are.” Currently, in 31 states porters laughed as Jackson kept a
walking to his car. e victim was ing debauchery-ridden, alcohol-poi- you can be fired for being gay, or for stoic face. e following day, the
not injured. However, his personal soning, half-nude festivities in the someone even thinking you are gay, NBA reprimanded Jackson; soon
property was stolen. Both suspects next issue—pants optional. and in 39 states you can be fired for enough, Jackson was on damage con-
are male, in their mid twenties, and being transgendered. EDNA protects trol. His apology said that his “at-
around 200 pounds. House Passes EDNA the employment rights for gays, but tempt to be humorous, which was
e University Police, in conjunc- not for transgendered individuals. using alliteration last night, was [ap-
tion with Suffolk County Police, have On Wednesday, November 7, the “Our fight for equality will not be preciated by some journalists].” Allit-
stepped up patrols on campus. ey US House of Representatives passed won overnight, it will be won one eration? Jackson then went on to say
also strongly suggest that anyone the Employment Nondiscrimination step at a time” said Solomonese, “and that he was no Jay Leno or David
who sees anything suspicious imme- Act (EDNA); which is the first bill we will not give up until we reach the Letterman.
diately inform the police. that makes it illegal for employers to finish line. is is a critical piece of Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against
discriminate based on sexual orienta- legislation and a major step toward Defamation president Neil G. Giu-
C oming Soon: 75 Years of Ugly tion or perceived sexual orientation. the finish line for all Americans.”. e liano issued a statement, saying,
People’s Dreams Coming True e bill originally included a clause Employment Nondiscrimination Act ”Phil Jackson’s been coaching long
that sought to prevent transgendered is the latest version of a bill that two enough that he should be able to talk
e December calendar is marked individuals from being discriminated former Democratic representatives about the Lakers’ performance with-
by many special occasions, including against, but the clause was removed from New York, Edward Koch and out resorting to cheap gay jokes.”
the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and aer the bill was initially proposed Bella Abzug, first introduced in 1974. Jackson went on to say, “If I have of-
holidays such as Christmas and because of a lack of support. is is fended any cowboys, any Texans, any
Hanukkah. However, this December the first time in history that Congress Phil Jackson Does Not horses, anybody else that would be
is equally, if not more, important has passed a bill allowing for employ- L ike Penetration offended by these comments, I want
than all of these notable days com- ment protection based on a person’s to apologize.”
bined. sexual orientation. Aer a 107-92 loss to the San An-
December 5 marks the 75th an- According to a website statement tonio Spurs, Los Angeles Lakers
niversary of the repealing of prohibi-
tion. With that glorious day came 75
by Joe Solomonese, President of the
Human Rights Campaign, “Today,
coach Phil Jackson claimed the game
they played was a “Brokeback Moun-
News–In–Brief
years of drunken one night stands, we witnessed the making of civil tain” game. Jackson was asked if he Compiled By Ilyssa Fuchs, James
sleeping with your head in the toilet rights history in the U.S. House of felt that too much penetration was Laudano, Scott Edele and Najib Aminy
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Battleship: The Classic Naval Combat Game
Editorial Board
Absentee Editor
Bryan Hasho
editorials
Managing Editor
Rebecca Kleinhaut
Associate Editor
Alex H. Nagler
It’s Seawolves Country! Wooooo!
Business Manager
Adina Silverbush ese are exciting times for students e signs are shit—obviously. Even near the entrance of other prestigious
here at Stony Brook. We have super if you’re into that sort of nauseating in- academic universities to which it’s evi-
Production Manager computers and ruptured gas pipes and a your-face branding, they’re doing a dent Stony Brook looks for inspiration.
Jesse Schoepfer
soon-to-be-Starbucks and, yeah, it’s just laughably terrible job and just annoying You can’t, and for good reason.
News Editors riveting—riveting I tell you. everybody. is isn’t a country; Stony ree Stony Brook professors
James Laudano What we really need is a slogan Brook is a town. And there are no sea- were (with Al Gore) awarded a share of
Matt Willemain
of some sort: one that really captures the wolves—anywhere. the Nobel Piece Prize the other day for
Features Editor unbridled fervor of the university. I sup- It is important to point out that, their participation in the Intergovern-
Jonathan Singer pose that’s what they were thinking, when it comes down it, this is an alto- mental Panel on Climate Change (it’s
Arts Editor anyways, when they came up with what gether silly topic. Whatever one’s im- unclear whether or not Red Hot per-
Madeline Scheckter we have now. Oh, yeah. It’s Seawolves pression of the success of the sonally offends them). e story was
Country. administration’s most recent activities, given its headline on the front page—
Photo Editors
John ‘Caboose’ O’Dell Perhaps there’s some big hunt- it’s clear that the actual campus devel- fine. But for the most part, it happened
Roman Sheydvasser ing movement going on that we aren’t opments, not their public image, are under the radar. is isn’t deservedly
aware of. ere’s been an influx of sea- what’s important. so. e university has these grand am-
Copy Editors
Alex Berkman wolf procreation, and to remedy the But let’s assume these advertising bitions of academic dominance, and
Nick Eaton problem we’re promoting this fact in decisions are at least, at some level, con- part of that, is raising the funding to do
Katie Knowlton hopes of grabbing the attention of local nected to the campus hierarchy, and not so. Athletics is a part of that, but the
Headitor rifle-wielding coonskin cappers. some out-of-touch marketing clown marketing push in that regard just reeks
Erma Kobolobolobo Either way, it’s dumb. And with a shit understanding of what draws of corporate, mind-numbing idiocy.
though it’s slightly less annoying than prospective students (or fans for that e football team lost their last game,
Webmaster
Chris Williams the Red Hot theme, it’s just as ridicu- matter). Does this give us insight into which we’ll see a lot of in the coming
lous. It’s understood that a public rela- the campus’ newfound priorities? Does years with their overly ambitious enlist-
Audiomaster tions push is going to accompany the the fact that they’re changing their ment into the Big South Conference.
Vincent Michael Festa
rest of the campus’ progression; it would image provide some potential justifica- It’s clear the new ads follow that
Ombudsman be interesting to find out whose deci- tion for the campus’ current ills? At the same campus theme we’re seeing more
Sam Goldman sion it was to push the image of our very least, it looks badly to the type of and more every day: misguided, coun-
football team banging their helmets to- students the university is looking to at- terintuitive, sightless ambition, and
Minister of Archives gether and screaming at Wolfie. tract. Try to find a similar billboard without consideration of consequence.
Alex Walsh
Distribution Manager
David K. Ginn
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Staff
Jony Loves Romano
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Najib Aminy Cindy Liu
Kotei Aoki Kat Lund
Ross Barkan Tia Mansouri
Shaun Bennett Mariana Martins
Andrew Bernstein Leeza Menon
JC Chan James Messina
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Whiskers T. Clown Jamie Mignone 某些花花公子的日誌
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Andrew Fraley Nirmala Ramsaran
Jamie Freiermuth Kristine Renigen
Ilyssa Fuchs Berta Rezik
Rob Gilheany Dave Robin
Joanna Goodman Joe Safdia
Stephanie Hayes Natalie Schultz
Marta Gyvel Scott Silsbe
Mo Ibrahim Rose Slupski
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MC 900 Foot Jesus Amberly Timperio
Elizabeth Kaplan Lena Tumasyan
Alexander Kahn Ben Van Overmeire
Olga Kaplun Thatgoes Underoh
Jack Katsman Ynnthe Valphabet
Shirley Strum Kenny Marcel Votlucka
Larry Lamb Alex Walsh
Antony Lin Brian Wasser
Spinning Little Ed Zadorozny
Where do I begin? You were truly something different, something special. I’d never met such a self-hating Asian before.
You made me see the world in a completely different way. I was stunned, completely blown away by your witty remarks
on Asian stereotypes. It was amazing; I’d never met a girl like you before. We had two amazing issues together, I re-
member them clearly. And then you disappeared.
Cindy Liu, why don’t you call anymore? I miss you; you were my favorite self-hating Asian. Every time I go to math
class, I see those Asians hard at work crunching numbers and I can’t help but think of you. Whenever I pick up a pack
of Pocky, a part of me laments not ever seeing you around anymore. My nights are so lonely without any of your arti-
cles to read myself to sleep.
I’m just asking you to give it one more chance. Just come back and see how it is, maybe you’ll like it. Please, I’m almost
begging, come write for the Press again. It’s so empty here without your radiant Asian-hating. Every time I browse
through the SB Press and just hope to catch a few words by you but alas, every issue these days is devoid of your pres-
ence. It’s just not the same without you around. There’s a void in that paper. No articles can match up to your unique style,
that distinct feel you add to the paper.
Cindy Liu, I miss you. Please give it another chance. There’s just nothing else quite like you to brighten my day with a
slew of anti-Asian statements. What I wouldn’t give to read one more of your articles. Please, Cindy, just reconsider. You
belong here; you belong on the staff at the SB Press.
With all my heart,
Editor:
As a Stony Brook alumnus who has read the Press since its inception, I am curious as to just when Stony Brook
became part of the Bible Belt. In the November 7 issue, Rabbi Joseph Topek and Alex Nagler have a go-around about
some students at a fire drill who were (horrors!) drunk. I kept waiting for one of them to acknowledge that drunken-
ness on a college campus is not exactly unusual behavior and certainly not to be obsessed about, but both men seemed
to be operating under the impression that they should parrot the party line and act like scandalized old aunties.
Rabbi Topek is older and should know better, but he does have to worry about the trouble he’d get into if any-
one thought that young adults, who are old enough to die in Iraq, were actually drinking at Hillel events. Mr. Nagler
has less of an excuse. Alex, you are Associate Editor of the mighty ass-kicking Stony Brook Press, and that does not mean
chorusing hallelujah to the official hand-wringing about the sinful ways of the young’uns. Are Press parties all milk and
cookies these days? I’d suggest a foray into the archives to learn about the paper’s rich history as a defender of students’
god-given right to raise a little hell.
Edward F.S. Keller, you of the pompous name, history major, I am going to assume that you’re a first-year his-
tory major, because you don’t seem to have studied enough history to know that societies in which people are encour-
aged to inform on each other to the authorities for breaking ridiculous rules are inevitably tyrannical and need to be
resisted. To you, I heartily recommend a viewing of The Lives Of Others, an Academy Award-winning film about the
former East Germany, where about twenty percent of the population were recruited to report any “potentially disrup-
tive” behavior to the government.
Finally, dear, elfin Kotei Aoki himself. In his latest Epistle to the Philistines, Kotei asks why college students can’t “enjoy
party without alcohol, gambling, getting wasted and hooking up?” Kotei, since student life here so disappoints you,
have you ever considered perhaps a year abroad as an exchange student? Eastern Germany is no longer the paradise for
snitches it once was, but I really think you’d enjoy the wholesome, clean-living vibe of a Muslim theocracy like Iran or
Saudi Arabia. In those dictatorships of virtue, all these sinful practices are punished with flogging or worse. Maybe you
could even get a work-study package with the religious police who go around looking for transgressions to punish. And
when you come back, you can get a job as a Stony Brook RA or RHD. Mr. Keller could join you. I always wondered where
they found people who’d take a job whose description included busting up parties. Now I know.
Sincerely,
Ray Albieri
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above the hill. We jumped onto the asbestos, numerous water leaks and an
By Pandora’s Hope boardwalk, ran down a few feet and exposed patio, from the inside of which
then jumped a ten-foot descent to the one could see the world, but which,
other side of the fence. We were now sit- from the outside looking in, seemed like
0100 hours. A dark and damp uated in the Fanny Bryce Theatre con- nothing at all.
night. The plan had been set. If things struction site in front of Roosevelt. As we continued to scavenge
had gone sour, it would have been every Aware of the possibility of getting through what was left of the building,
man for himself. After we deliberated caught, we cautiously ap- we found a ladder. There
on what to do for the night, our eyes proached the site. We was only one way:
brightened and our smiles widened— took few chances. up. To the roof
we had conceiving the perfect plan. It We were we went.
armed with Completely
flash- exp os ed We soon left for the descent to the sec-
lights; to the ond floor of the Fanny Bryce Theatre.
t h e out- As we furthered our investigation into
dark side, what lay in the shambles of these ruins,
we we progressed to the lower level. Soon
enough, we were in none other than the
boiler room, home of rusty pipes, old
tanks and limited lighting.
From the ground up, the ram-
shackle Fanny Bryce Theater was a tes-
tament to the past—a past unknown to
man. It was a building of lost memo-
was a simple ‘break in, explore and ries, a site left, reminiscent of a time
break out’ type operation. No wires, left—lost. It was evidence of a time in
safes or check points to cross. All we which there was more to life. We pro-
needed to do was to wait for the right
time.
At last, the moment presented itself.
One by one, we departed. Crouched
down, we retreated from the light and
moved swiftly. What started as a casual
walk soon became a steady sprint up
Church Bell Hill, right in the heart of
the Roosevelt Quad. Near the peak of
the hill lay an elevated boardwalk,
which was approximately ten feet high,
off of the ground, but only four feet walls
were were
n o w e n - ceeded out by climbing our way
lit—with thralled. through the chain link fence. Relief and
excitement. It may not joy were upon our faces. We casually re-
A brief zone seem like turned to our undisclosed headquar-
check of the first much to the av- ters, where we recollected our
floor prefaced the erage person—but, adventure of the past hour. In the end,
clearing out of the sec- then again, the average what seemed like a dead Friday night
ond floor. There were bricks all over, person does little to explore the world transformed to an operation where the
shattered walls covered in spray paint in which they live. A 360-degree night was black, only to be covered in
and a tarp blowing with the wind. Fur- panoramic view brought us peace, as we shadows—shadows that were left in the
ther exploration revealed a warning of reflected on what we had accomplished. fall.
angel-headed hipsters, submit your poems, short stories, photographs and art to sbpress@gmail.com
before Wednesday 5 December
biannuall literary supplemental
find the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo which you burn for in the machinery of our
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Food For Thought
If you know that you’re gonna throw up, eat Honey Bunches of Oats with Soy Milk before you do. It’s almost as good the second time.
Trust us, we know this from hard-earned personal experience.
Winter Poems
The Approaching Winter Leave me without a moment’s notice Loveless
By riley stein Getting just what he wanted By riley stein
As I cry and hurt once more
The cold winter is fast approaching Or I may end up all alone A person without their lover is like a soundless wind
I can no longer ignore the chill in the air Freezing in temperatures close to the teens At times a wailing wind
Making me feel all the more lonely Haunted by memories of the past With no one to listen
Another cold winter that may bring an amorous en- A love I cannot forget nor let go of Colder than a winter’s day in the Arctic
counter Which is better? Lost in confusion
My heart is scared I do not know So close to death and yet still so very alive
Unable to go through any more pain All I know is that… With nowhere to find shelter in the endless rain
I may end up in the arms of yet another beautiful Winter is coming… Looking for hope
man Striving for the better
who does not love me Yet all this lonely lover finds
A man who will use me Is an emptiness without a remedy
Take my feelings for granted
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Food For Thought
We are sad to report that there’s no Kotei’s Korner this issue. But in response to recent criticism leveled at his work, we wanted to offer the
following observation: the Japanese word for the number 55 is “gojuugo”. And that’s the speed limit, so, you know…
Today, anyone who can push a The other good thing about Gui- a Gibson SG today, start to tear it up,
By Alex “The” Berkman “Of Alcatraz” plastic button and flick a toggle tar Hero being so fucking viral is that and still not get laid, but chances are
switch back and forth thinks they are it will keep all the dweebs, nerds, unlikely. If you have the attitude and
guitar gods. Well, let me inform you dorks, losers, jerk-offs and fans of skill, you’ll get some ass.
I am a musician, and I became a as nicely as I can: you’re not, you will World of Warcraft out of the gene On the other hand, being able to
musician for a couple of reasons. never be, and you suck. pool. get five stars and 95 percent on
One, music is great. It is worthwhile The few good things I have found In 25 years, I won’t have to worry Danzig’s “Mother” does not make
to play, write, or listen. Two, being a about Guitar Hero spreading faster that my granddaughter is going to go you fuckable. Get off the couch,
musician gets you intense amounts of than Chlamydia at porn convention, out with a guy who rides a motorcy- brush the Cheetos off your face, stop
ass. is that being able to play a real guitar cle. I will have to worry that she is drinking Mountain Dew and go learn
Speaking from the perspective of is even more likely to get me laid going to date a guy with pasty-white a real skill, you freaking geeks!
someone who grew up in the now. I am 22, I know how to play a skin, acne, greasy hair and coke-bot-
nineties, I can say whole-heartedly real guitar, and I will not be living in tle glasses from being so damn good I got five stars on “Stop” on expert
that playing guitar can get you laid. my parents basement until I’m 37 at “Rock You Like a Hurricane,” by a couple weeks ago. Who wants to
But now, with the rising popularity of years old trying to beat Dragonforce’s the Scorpions. get it on?
Guitar Hero, that is not as true as it “Through the Fire and Flames,” on Now, don’t get me wrong, there - Matt Willenain
used to be. expert. are plenty of guys who could go buy
The Stony Brook Press Features
It’s even later than it was on Page 5,
13
and Andrew doesn’t snore, so he
“Hey, it’s me again. Still with me? It’s kind of lonely in here. Andrew’s been sleeping for a while.” can’t keep me awake
Memorabilia
hop stores, independent stores, jazz sec- Projekt Revolution, Summer 2004. It Going through the pile of poetry
tion, R&B section, crate-digging, sam- was the very last time I will be stuffed and GFX design, I also came across a
“This is it. I’m leaving for good...” ple-searching, 7”‘s, colored vinyl, in a hot Greyhound for hours on end. few printouts of some articles from The
After 25 years in this house, I had picture discs, and even some of my I accidentally stumbled upon some Compass, at a time where unpopular
no choice but to move out. My folks de- mom’s Disney records from the 1950’s pictures of me when I was in my Com- opinion was unwanted and cursing was
cided to move to South Carolina; I was generation, are coming with me. The mack years, and me with my other ex a big no-no. The articles I wrote were
against the move. In the end, I won out, soundtrack to my life, consists of cas- from Commack. A reminder to not significantly shorter and were some-
and I am staying here in Brentwood. sette tapes, homemade dubs containing make the same mistake twice… what unstructured and unclear. Back
The process of moving gave me the recordings of radio shows, samples, Photos of my friends in my Brent- then, I wasn’t that critical of anything.
last opportunity to sift through 25 years spoken word performances, and sounds wood years when they crashed my No writing three or four pages about the
of collections, memorabilia and media. that have watermarked memories house for free food, TV, and pornogra- public, humanity, the way things work,
The past two weeks gave me the oppor- through the years since middle-school phy, and some portraits of my exes from trials and tribulations, and etcetera.
tunity to go through most of my entire are coming with me in the hopes of the Plainview days as well. Mostly, I wrote music reviews and
life. being archived onto disc. CD’s, some An eight-page children’s Easter col- straight campus articles for the three
Boxes of obsolete video games and VHS of very rare shows, DVD’s, and oring book. Don’t ask. years I was staff.
board games were the first things I underground magazines will be carried Handwritten letters and a picture of I also came across something I
packed up. The majority of the former, on. a blondie in Ohio during my poetry- couldn’t bare to look…another picture
bought by my old man for me, are the I have my collection of t-shirts that writing days in Selden/Suffolk Com- of my Judas cousin and me, taken a cou-
first to go. Thankfully, due to emulation I’m taking with me. Over the years, they munity College. ple of years later. Me on the left, expres-
and the computer age, the games, codes have been a part of me. These shirts And last but not least, pictures of sionless, while my cousin, on the right,
and programs themselves have been sal- may become a basis for an art project my family from Staten Island, when we crossed her legs with a huge grin on her
vaged and backed up. The archive of that I will be creating during my very were younger and out having fun. One face. That photo can’t even begin to ex-
endless music, style, graffiti, art and final semester at Stony Brook. Each thing that totally shocked me when I press its full potential.
other magazines and my issues of The shirt tells a story, and it would be great found it…a picture of me and my Judas Finally, it was not until I came
Press and Compass that I wrote for dur- to tell it all. cousin on Christmas Day 1995, at a across some printouts of emails from
ing the Stony Brook and Selden days are Boxes of art, stickers, and promo- time before the unthinkable happened. former friends and allies that made me
the next to go. tional flyers I have collected over the But it didn’t stop there. There was forget about what I just found. These
There are two boxes of family pho- years are going with me, and like the one box of Xeroxes I had taken upstairs emails reminded me that I’m still stress-
tos that I will bid farewell. Most of them cassettes and t-shirts, they may be part with me that I hadn’t checked out in a ing about certain things in life. They
date back to the 50’s and 70’s, and even of a project I want to work on. while. These were my stack of poems, also reminded me of the former situa-
to the 1920’s. A collection of photos of a Various memorabilia, ranging from mostly written during my years in tions, events, instances, and the people
very young me when I was living in rummy tiles, poker chips, matchbooks, Selden and shortly thereafter. I met in my life.
Brooklyn are, fortunately, salvaged AA batteries made in Japan, dominoes, These poems were somewhat a re- One email I came across really
them and backed them up on a disc. patches, stickers, and other stationary flection of me during that time: anti-au- pulled me back. Once upon a time, be-
The rest will all go south. from a gumball machine in my room thority, friends who went through fore Myspace where surveys are posted,
Various crates of VHS tapes have are staying. downward spirals, people I met I could- there were chain letters with questions
been closed up, and they are ready to be The car seat in my room (no seat n’t stand, the redhead phase, works I waiting to be filled out. It was from a
shipped out as well. Almost twenty belt) that I used for a chair to watch TV wrote for my then-girlfriends, and other lady friend of mine from New Jersey I
years of wrestling bouts, comedies, odd is going out to the garbage. experimental ideas. A mix of meeting kept in touch around the turn of the
moments, music videos, and other I also happened to uncover a lot of and keeping in touch with people who millennium. “Sweetness,” I called her.
soon-to-be vintage footage are on their dust, black clouds, lung cancer-causing wrote poetry as a hobby, writing clubs, She was one of the most unique people
way. I am in the process of acquiring the agents, and poisonous sponges from writing classes, and my time at the I’ve known, due to her charm and per-
only four tapes of me (again, in Brook- under my bed. Goes great with the faux Compass had led me to start writing po- sonality. She would dye her hair red to
lyn), and my sisters’ modeling audition lead paint peeling from the walls in my etry regularly. make me happy (!), and she just thought
and Sweet Sixteen (1980?) for copying room. That’s not going with me. As I went through them, I realized I was “awesomely cool.” It really made
and archiving purposes. Tape degrada- And none of this could ever that I didn’t do such a great job writing me feel very flattered and taken aback.
tion, deterioration, and oxidation made amount to what I found… poetry. Looking back, most of them One more week, and 25 years worth
me fearful of losing that footage. Over the years, I have collected don’t make any sense at all. I could pos- of pages from a book will be closed for-
Various early 90’s movie posters, countless birthday cards, photos with sibly count only ten that I can take with ever. At this time, I will be moving into
which were given to me by my friend people from the past, memos, notes, me, and say,” Yes, this is it. Finished.” my new residency that, ironically, will
Bill — who unfortunately lost his life — and other reminders of the past. These I also found some of my very first be just around the corner from my old
are rolled up and are on their way, as things are totally irreplaceable. samples of graphic design. My first GFX house. It is my brother’s girlfriend’s for-
well as four years of comic and card col- Six envelopes full of pictures of design class that I took almost ten years mer room, and I am very fortunate to
lections. when I went to Lima, Peru with my ex, ago had me work on Quark Xpress and have that one and only out that saved
However, not all of “me” is going to Jenny. I also uncovered pictures of when allowed me to try something that inter- me from saying goodbye for good.
South Carolina because I do have room me and Jenny were together, even ones ested me. Thanks to the influence of Already, I am thinking about how a
to take some stuff. I found two boxes of from hanging out at Splish Splash with music and magazine artwork, which I new family will be living in our old
high-school memorabilia, which I Chocolate Victoria. am forever in debt to the Designers Re- house, and how it would be very funny
swear will never be reopened. Ten years Pictures I took when me and Jenny public and Raygun Magazine (RIP). that from now on, I could be sitting on
of vinyl records have been packed away. went upstate to Rochester to see Linkin These first samples are only black and the porch at the old house, being just a
Records bought at hardcore shows, hip- Park, Korn, Snoop Dogg, Ghostface Kil- white, and most of my first works in- guest stopping if I ever were invited
lah, The Used, and Less Than Jake at volved making cassette art. back…
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I Saw Enough
sist of a victim who either performs in-
By Douglas Cion human acts upon themselves, which
will eventually lead to their death (but
at least they are a better person for it) or
ere is more to the title of this re- they do not perform the acts and are
view than a clever insert of the film title. tortured to death anyway. Is it safe to
is is the actual statement I made say that this has already been seen?
upon viewing the first 10 minutes of ese tests, which we can refer to as
Bousman’s Saw IV. In fact, this state- “death scenes”, didn’t do much for me.
ment may be applied to my whole opin- ere have been scarier, gorier and
ion of this franchise. Seriously, how more brutally painful death scenes in
long can one man keep finding ways to the previous films (the ice shower in
have other people kill themselves? SAW III still makes me want to throw
(Considering there are two more films up when I think about it) so there is no
on the way) e funny thing is that need to worry. If you have seen the first
yours truly, as well as many others, will three films, you have already seen the
be sitting in their local multiplex the worst of Jig Saw. In this film, you get to
weekend before Halloween next year to see the human side of Jig Saw. Diving
see SAW V. I guess that I am personally opening was more or less cut in half. more bone crunching, blood splattering into John Kramer’s past allows the view-
interested in the idea that the future However, that was more than enough sound effects than all the 90’s slasher ers to connect with the homicidal ma-
films will show me something I have profit, because the film, which only cost movies combined was genius. Yes, it niac that everyone has within
not yet seen in this new generation of about ten million dollars to make, got it was over-the-top, but necessary, be- themselves. By showing how a killer be-
the SHOCK—GORE—PORN genre all back almost six times over. cause if this had not happened, the little comes a killer is completely ruining the
that horror has become. I cannot blame Now we shall review the actual film. tapes are not found that perpetuate the idea of the monster movie. Leaving the
film producers when they follow the (at is the point… right?) I humbly initiation of the plot, which means there mystery by not allowing anyone to con-
golden rule of film making: “Make the declare my love for the first ten minutes is no movie. nect with the antagonist keeps the plot
movie if it makes money.” Well, I pur- of SAW IV for being the best opening Upon this inciting incident of find- scary. e only thing I need to know
posely waited two weeks to write this ever! Okay, that is an over-dramatiza- ing the tapes, the plot begins. is plot about Jig Saw is that he is a psychotic,
review because I wanted to see if Saw IV tion, but how ironic is it that the goriest consists of one character who was pres- merciless killer who is going to show me
was going to follow the trend of most and most disturbing scene of all four ent in the last films, and he is put new ways to kill people.
horror films. Not surprisingly it did; the films comes with real, ordinary action through “tests” that challenge him to ex-
percentage of weekend gross from its of an autopsy. Opening the film with amine his flaws. All of these tests con- SAW Continued on next page
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Inside Jowy’s Staff Box:
Lots of photos Lots of photos of Lots of photos
opinion
Ground Control to Major...Declaration Fair
of Cheerleaders Women’s Basketball Players of the Dance Team
I’ve always in a different sense of the phrase. Every- strokes of the pen, it’s done. I’m a polit- want to take a year of a foreign lan-
shied away from one else I’m friends with has a declared ical science major, and I don’t feel any guage.
actually declaring major. Many of them are in labs doing different. I’m still working on my papers e “Major” Event was aptly named.
a major. Despite research projects or doing something for Professor Norpoth’s 317 class, still For some of us, it served as a major
the fact everyone that has to do with their area of con- reading cases for Professor Mak’s 320. I stepping-stone in our college careers.
knows I’m a politi- centration. I’m down in the Press’ office still have to wake up at 7 AM on Friday For others, it was a chance to find out
cal science stu- taking minutes, signing forms, and oc- to make sure I get the one lone political something about a major we might like
Alex H. dent, I’ve always casionally mailing things. None of these science class I want next term. e rest to pursue. For me, it was a self-recogni-
Nagler felt that actually have to do with my major. Yes, I’ve ful- are philosophy and English, with one tion. I’m at Stony Brook, a science
going out there filled more major-based requirements required honors class. school, pursuing a possible double
and stating it to the world was some- than the rest of them, but does that re- Speaking of those areas, where are major in two non-hard science fields.
thing that was more than a wee bit ally mean anything? e professor I’m philosophy and English, and how am I And I wouldn’t want it any other way.
frightening. How would I react? Would on best terms with is in the English de- doing? Philosophy is one table over. I I walked out of the Ballroom, having
there be some change in how I carried partment; that’s my minor, and an un- walk over there, and I’m greeted by a deposited my future in the tray for com-
myself as a declared student, rather than declared one at that. lovely older gentleman, Professor Dil- pleted forms. I was the first one of the
loafing around as an undeclared/gen- With the form in my hand and a worth, I presume. I don’t really know day. Fitting. As I worked my way to the
eral studies person, as I had done for my sense of foreboding in my stomach, I anyone in this department. I talk of mi- Union, I didn’t feel any different. I still
freshman year? at all changed on look for the political science table. ey nors and political thought, and we go don’t. But, aer becoming politically
Wednesday, November 14th, when the seem to have arranged all the social sci- over my track. I’m ahead of the game. aware at the age of twelve, for the first
Academic and Pre-Professional Advis- ences in an alley of academic death and Just one more class aer spring term time in my life, I was a political science
ing Center held the “Major” Event in despair, with easy access for those who and my minor is done. major.
SAC Ballroom B. don’t want to be seen as anything but a “Why not a major?” he implies.
e event itself started at noon. science major by their friends. I walk “You’re already one class away from the Alex H. Nagler was awoken at 7 AM by
Aer stalling for time for half an hour, I over to table, pick up the yellow re- minor.” the dulcet tones of “Devil Went Down to
walked past the people shuffling into quirements pamphlet, and start quietly He’s right. I am. I think about it. I Georgia.” You know, the Steve Ouimette
the auditorium for the Deen Brothers’ checking off the things I’ve taken to see may do it, but not today. Today is about version that serves as the final boss for
Cooking Demonstration and Q&A, how I’m doing. Not that bad. Aer next declaring my first major, my main Guitar Hero III.
past the vacancy of Ballroom A, and year I just need three more credits in the major. Declaring a second major will
into the crowd of a dozen or so people political theory track, and it would be come at a later date, aer I’ve struggled
waiting to be let into Ballroom B. I saw
the telltale signs of a Registrar-spon-
the same thing if I wanted to do Amer-
ican government.
my way through PHI 300 and 306.
Now, to go check on my minor. A fa-
Ar t ? I
sored event; kitschy objects like shovels
and squeezable balls bearing the names,
“Can I help you?” she asks.
I never got her name. She’s a secre-
miliar face: Professor Videbaek, who I
was lucky enough to encounter my first eat art!
addresses, and phone numbers of vari- tary in the department, I know that term here and with whom I still corre- Submit your art,
ous departments, a raffle with a prize much. I take a deep breath in and state spond. She’s the only reason I have Fri- photography, short
somewhat related to the theme of the my intentions. I have my form filled out. day classes next term. It’s worth it for stories and poems to
event, and the dreaded major declara- All I need is her signature. She has the the blood, sex, rape, murder, and gore
sbress@gmail.com by
tion forms. ese forms would be my signatory power to make my expected that Revenge Tragedies will bring. My
December fih, for
penance for not quite slacking off the graduation date go from 2011 to 2010, minor, it’s doing fine. No real fear there;
past year. which is the date that all my friends al- I doubt I’ll ever cross into the major ter- inclusion in our
When I say “slacking off,” I mean it ready have on their forms. With a few ritory. Don’t want to write a thesis, don’t literar y supplement
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“free” trade based on this article.
en realidad no le gustan estas piezas d A.Z.T.L.A.N., nuestra patria historica, suportar el construccion de un Trump
By Baron von Fistfuck mierda! Ptooie! Y es demasiado diver- que fue robado por President Franklin Tower & Casino, para nuestro Dios y
Migrant Worker in San Diego tido para verle a los norteamericanos Pierce! maestro, Señor Donald Trump!
engordarse hasta 100 kilos, 200 Al conquistar el Southwest, no Viva la Raza! Viva la Whoreo!
Los articulos arribas hablan de los kilos...andando como patos en la calle! vamos a usar la tierra nueva para viver
“problemas” de inmigración ilegal, pero Como se engordan...se llegan mas de- or contruir restaurantes de tacos o bur-
no sospechan la verdad! biles...se pierdan fuerza para resistir y ritos o enchilladas...no! Vamos a
Me pienso que la inmigración “ile- pelear....y todavóa ustedes piensan que VENDER la tierra a Saudi Arabia...o
gal” es stupendoso! “Por que?” me es la falta de high-fructose corn syrup Iran...para $450 billiones de dolares!
pides? Bueno, los razones revuelvan y una falta de ejercócio! Y, al mósmo Los arabos quiza desarrolaran mas fa-
sobre “A.Z.T.L.A.N.”, nuesto projecto tiempo, ustedes usan toda su energias cilidades del petróleo en el Southwest y
top-secreto de reconquistar California en construir “border fences” y “Min- el “Gulf of Mexico”.
y Arizona y Téjas y el “Gulf of Mexico”, utemen tactics.” Nadie suspecta la ver- Ultimamente, podramos uar este
en el nobre de Quetzálcoatl, Gran dad. dinero para contruir un gran Ark,
Patron de los aztecos desde la empieza Ultimamente, seran demasiados de- como el de Noah como se dice el
del tiempo! biles y pobres, y no se podran reis- Biblo...porque en el año 2012, segun los
Cada dia, ustedes nos miran...en tirnos! leyenda de la maya, Global Warming va
parking lots esperando para trabajo, Donde va el dinero que nosotros a cubrir el mundo en agua! Todos los
limpiando baños suciados por los ahorrean por nuestra trabajo ilegal de paises y imperialistas seran muertos!
muchachos de los carajos ricos, “day labor”? No va a la economia Como se gustan sus SUVs ahora, id-
cuidando para los ninos de traba- norteamericana, y no lo enviamos a las iotas?
jadores white coller Ango- auelas enfermas y familias hambres en Ultimamente, cuando ustedes son
Saxones...cortando sus cespedes, México, no! En vez de esto, todo los muertos de Global Warming, nosotros
cocinando y serviendo sus quesadillas fundos suportan la construcción del vamos a desarrolear un Yellow Subma-
y tacos y burritos...hahaha! Mexicanos Death Star II, nuetra arma de guerra, y rine a robar todo el oro bullion
nuestra esperanza para reconquistar quedado enFort Knox, y los fundos va a