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October 6, 2010
BRIEFS
Journal Contributor Venezuelan authorities traced Posada illegally ar-
the attack to two Venezuelans rived in the U.S. in 2005 seek-
In the U.S., when one thinks working for Posada. The two ing political asylum. The U.S.
of terrorist attacks involving immediately admitted that government refused to extra-
commercial airliners, first to Posada was the mastermind dite him to Cuba or Venezuela
mind are the barbaric 9/11 at- of the attack. Posada was ar- under the claim that he would
tacks that killed about 3,000 rested in Venezuela and spent be tortured. He was jailed un-
people. However, few in the nine years in a Venezuelan der the charges of illegally en-
Africa
U.S. remember the attack on Cu- jail. He was never convicted tering the country, and lying to
bana Airliner 455 on October 6, of his crimes, and escaped in immigration authorities and in
1976, which at the time was one 1985 by bribing his guards. his application for citizenship.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa- Nigerian govern- of the deadliest terrorist attacks Declassified FBI documents The U.S. government has
ment officials are threatening a Nigerian militant suspect. on a commercial airliner in the revealed that after his escape, never charged Posada for any
The suspect, Henry Okah, is being held in South Africa on western hemisphere. On that he remained in El Salvador of the terrorist attacks he has
terror charges regarding bombings that killed 12 in Abuja, day, a Cubana Airliner plane and aided the U.S. military and organized, or the innocent
Nigeria’s capital, on Friday. Okah’s lawyer denied him being was dynamited off the coast the CIA in operations that in- people he has murdered in the
the former leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of of Barbados and resulted in volved supplying the Contras, past. Declassified CIA and FBI
the Niger Delta (MEND). The group claimed responsibility the deaths of all 73 passengers. a paramilitary militia that was documents show that the CIA
for Friday’s bombing. Although not currently seen as a key One of the terrorists that funded by the Reagan admin- knew of his plans to blow up
figure in MEND, Okah has been called a “senior MEND orchestrated this attack is Luis istration, during the Nicara- a Cuban airliner months be-
member” by South African prosecutors as they accused him Posada Carriles, a Cuban-ex- guan Civil War of the 1980s. fore the attack. Posada himself
as assisting to carry out or plotting the Abuja bombings. ile and former CIA operative. Posada was also the master- has claimed that he has asked
What is just as horrific as the mind of a series of 1997 bomb- the CIA for assistance for ev-
attack itself is that this terrorist ings of hotels and restaurants ery one of his attacks on Cuba.
walks the streets of the U.S. as in Havana that killed an Italian He was released in April,
a free man. Many people in the tourist and wounded 11 others. 2007 by paying bond, and was
South America Cuban-exiled community and In an interview with the New essentially pardoned by the
the Miami mafia even consider York Times in 1998, Posada Bush Administration. He was
PARIS, France- During sweeps against suspected Is-
him to be a “hero.” For exam- claimed, “I sleep like a baby,” given a hero’s welcome when
lamic militant networks, French police arrested 12 people,
ple, on March 25, Luis Posada and added, “It is sad that some- he arrived in Miami. J e a n -
three of which are being checked for potential connection
participated as an “honored one is dead, but we can’t stop.” Guy Allard, a journalist for
to a recruiting fighter network on behalf of Afghanistan.
guest” in an anti-Cuba demon- In 2000, Posada and three Granma International, said,
These sweeps are occurring as France and other European
stration in Miami that was or- others were arrested in Panama “despite being denounced and
nations have increased their terrorism alert vigilance. Ad-
ganized by Cuban-exiled sing- City for plotting to assassinate calls from Venezuela for his ex-
ditionally, the United States has warned Americans to use
er Gloria Estefan. In 2005, Jose former Cuban President Fidel tradition, Luis Posada Carriles,
caution when travelling in Europe by raising their threat
Hernandez, President of the Castro. He was found with over the most dangerous terrorist in
level from “general” to “high”. Agents from the French
Cuban National Foundation in 200 pounds of explosives, and the hemisphere, is still conspir-
counterterrorism agency DCRI, or the Central Directorate
Miami, claimed Posada to be “a if the attack had been success- ing to murder with his accom-
of Interior Intelligence, had detained suspects in Marseille
true fighter, a true believer who ful it could have led to the mur- plices without any intervention
and Bordeaux over alleged connections to a group offering
has fought for the freedom of der of hundreds of people. The from the U.S. legal authorities.”
lodging and fake identity papers to Islam militants look-
his country.” Immediately af- outgoing Panamanian presi-
ing to travel to France. "This very morning, police opera-
tions were launched in Marseille and Bordeaux that led
notably to three arrests directly linked to the fight against
terrorism," Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux respond-
ed during a Parliament question-and-answer session.
Europe
SAN JOSE MINE, Chile- After a rush in the drilling of
escape tunnels, 33 trapped miners may be rescued sooner
than expected. One of the drills made double the progress
expected on Tuesday. Their families have been promised
that preparations for the rescue would be ready by Oct.
12; there is a possibility the miners could be saved nearly
a month earlier than scheduled. The government is setting
up a field hospital and stage where the media can observe
from a distance once the rescue occurs. "We in 15 days will
be prepared to be able to do the rescue at any moment. This
doesn't mean it will happen in 15 days, but all the installa-
tions will be in place," said Interior Ministry official Chris-
tian Barra. However, there could be setbacks in drilling.
Photo courtesy of Reuters News Agency
St a f f Editoria l Americans
Suffolk’s quest for a new
president made headlines
questions on the credibility of
the Herald’s source. After read-
print it. The story did however
highlight one area of concern and religion:
a new lack of
again Tuesday with an article ing the article, we at the Journal on the school’s plan to replace
in the Boston Herald that said scratched our heads and asked Sargent in 2013. The succession
Vice President of External Af- ourselves “what is the point planning committee, formed in
knowledge
fairs John Nucci and UMASS of this article?” It added noth- January, is not fielding candi-
Lowell Chancellor Martin ing new to the ongoing drama dates, but “finding the qualities
Meehan were fighting each surrounding the president’s the school should be looking
other for the job in a “bruising succession highlighted in hard- for in its next leader,” accord-
behind-the-scenes battle.” As hitting pieces by the Boston ing to the Herald. Really? You
the Journal pointed out in an Globe. Those articles had merit need a committee to discover Lexis Galloway people don’t know some of
article responding to the Her- to them and raised questions leadership qualities? When the most basic, fundamental
Journal Contributor
ald’s report, this is not only a about President Sargent’s ex- the succession committee was questions of their own faith,
sensationalized account of the orbitant salary and the Board formed, it was implied that its Just how much do Ameri- and somewhat ridiculous con-
search for a new president, but of Trustee’s decision to expand purpose was to search for a cans know about religion? Not sidering this country was ba-
completely untrue. Meehan his contract by two years. They new president and that the con- enough, apparently. sically founded on religion.
told the Herald that he is dedi- called the school out on its ques- tract was extended because the A recent article in the New Some of the most unbeliev-
cated to his post at UMASS and tionable decisions; something search would take that long. It York Times reported on a sur- able statistics included that 53
Nucci sent the Administrative that only a widely read publi- seems that the school is drag- vey done by the Pew Forum on percent of Protestants were un-
Council an email unequivo- cation seems capable of doing. ging its feet on picking a new Religion and Public Life. Phon- able to name Martin Luther as
cally denouncing his interest The Herald’s story, in typical president—one detail brought ing more than 3,400 Americans the leader of the Protestant Ref-
in the job. The Herald based its fashion, read like a gossip col- to our attention in otherwise
report on the hearsay of un- umn. Unless there is pertinent uninformative waste of print.
identified “insiders,” raising information to unveil, don’t
"It is shocking how many
people don’t know some of
the most basic, fundamental
questions of their own faith,
and somewhat ridiculous
considering this country
was basically founded on
religion."
to ask them 32 basic questions ormation, while 54 percent of
about well-known world reli- Catholics didn’t realize that the
gions and famous religious fig- church teaches that bread and
ures was shown to puzzle many wine in Holy Communion are
people. On average, people not just symbols, but actually
who participated in the survey become the body and blood
answered half the questions of Christ. As a Catholic who
wrong and even missed ques- hasn’t been to church in years, I
tions about their own religion. could still answer that correctly.
What was interesting was I just can’t understand the
that the people who knew the concept of wanting to follow a
most were atheists and ag- religion without bothering to
nostics. It’s funny that people learn about it in the first place.
who choose not to follow a I’m not saying people who
religion know more about want to identify themselves as
faith than those who go to Christian or Jewish should read
church and read the Bible. the Bible or the Torah in their
Jews and Mormons also entirety before committing,
knew many of the questions but at least do some reading.
asked that stumped most Because religion has al-
Christians and Catholics. So ways been such a prominent
what does this mean? Con- part of society, I still believe
sidering that close to 80 per- religious people should know
cent of Americans declare the basics of their religions as
themselves either Christian or well as the basics of others.
Catholic - myself included - is Like everything else in this
it safe to say we really don’t world, one must always be able
know as much as we think? to back up their beliefs. Reli-
It is shocking how many gion should be no exception.
PAGE 7 October 6, 2010
Love is Louder
Shannon Kirby
Journal Contributor
of homosexuality, religion,
class, economics, education,
and non-traditional lifestyles.
pickets, in all 50 states, and
in over 500 cities and towns.
The chants of the many
a counter-protest because that
sort of hate was not tolerated.
The WBC had announced
tion, saying “there’s a good
chance they’re not coming.”
Though the infamous West-
An estimated 800 students In response to the Emer- Emerson students dressed in their plan to protest Emer- boro Baptist Church did not
from Emerson College, an in- son theatre department’s plan white were heard from across son’s production of The Laramie make an appearance, those par-
stitution known for its per- to perform this play, a protest the Common. Cars passing Project from 2-3p.m., October ticipating in the counter-protest
forming arts programs, rallied was planned by the Westboro by beeped their horns for the 2; but it quickly became ap- felt strongly in the impact they
in front of The were making, and believed they
Majestic Theatre were doing their part in history.
in response to a Come 3p.m., the officers
planned protest supervising the event said
of the school’s “no one will say [the counter-
production of The protesters] were rowdy”, but
Laramie Project, they had to close down the
which, in the film protest to make way for The
medium, opened Laramie Project’s attendees leav-
the 2002 Sundance ing the show. It was a peace-
Film Festival and ful dissipation, aside from
was nominated giddy crowd’s final chants of
for four Emmys. “B.P.D.!” in happy agreement.
In the wake For more information on
of the tragic bru- "Love Is Louder", visit the
tal beating and project's Facebook page. You
subsequent death can also keep the conversa-
of openly gay tion going on Twitter by us-
21-year-old Mat- ing the hashtag #loveislouder.
thew Shepard,
Moisés Kaufman
and members of
the Tectonic The- Photo by Shannon Kirby
atre Project crafted
a play from 400 interviews of Baptist Church (WBC), a group cause. Hundreds of Emerson parent that they were either
100 Laramie residents. They known for their protests against students took action, singing late, or not coming at all. The
called it The Laramie Project. The anything remotely related to “Love is louder.” One avid sup- Boston Police Department,
unfortunate murder was a hate the promotion of homosexual porter said that when they first who was supposed to receive
Find out more
crime motivated by homopho- awareness. By their own count, heard of the Westboro Baptist notification from the church,
bia. The play deals with issues WBC has conducted over 30,000 Church’s plan, they organized reported getting no notifica- about the play!
the city in photorealistic banner in land- A future improvement to a rather bland building? sun fad- he noted. “It’s costing $5 mil-
murals. His most recent mural scape architecture. So he enlist- the money, he did not want to ing can occur. However, un- lion for a glorified gazebo, and
was installed on an outer wall ed the help of an Allston mural- prolong the project any further. like other art installations, for $5 million I can do the whole
of Assiaggo Restaurant, which ist who did a somewhat similar Also, by paying himself, he the banner murals can be eas- city; cover all the ugly walls
faces the St. Leonard’s Peace project, but could not meet her gained full control and owner- ily replicated and put back up. and garages and buildings.”
Garden on Hanover Street. For proposal of $1400 per window ship of the building’s exterior. Other eye sores Swain Picture a Boston covered in
this project, Swain took several to be painted on heavy boards It took three months to would like to beautify? He advertisements from head to
photos at the Arnold Arbore- due to expenses and liabilities. put the windows together, all has some big ideas in mind: toe. Now imagine Nate Swain’s
tum to bring a touch of green Other initial obstacles included of which were done through parking garages, roll-down Boston; the city’s lowliest build-
to the building’s dull wall. He the price and requirements for Photoshop. Swain took several doors, the Macy’s building in ings adorned in images of natu-
received permission from the scaffolding rentals, stresses pictures of things you’d see in Downtown Crossing, the TD ral beauty. Which do you prefer?
owner of Assiaggo and Fa- over North End street traffic a window - curtains, plants, Banknorth Garden, City Hall,
ther Antonio of St. Leonard’s and unpredictable weather, and decorations, cats - and lay- Hynes Convention Center, and
PAGE 10 October 6, 2010
E at loca l, e at nat ura l Factory. Bread and butter slices tofu inspired dishes, had veg- festival was to encourage the
Kendra Samuel
Journal Staff were provided by the nearby ans, vegetarians, and meat eat- people of Boston to support lo-
Au Bon Pain. Organic milk ers lining up. Prana was yet cal vendors and farmers seeing
The skies opened up and samplers served by Organic another local group that was all the benefits of a healthy, sus-
the rain cleared just in time Valley Farms, joined several about the organic, fresh vegan tainable diet. Mixed among the
for Boston’s Local Food Festi- more samplers spread through- taste, grabbing the attention food booths were organizations
The Blood Brothers
val, which took Arranged in out the festival grounds. with their snack bags, sand- prepared to educate the festival
"Crimes"
no particular order, the festi- Though the samplers were wiches, and goers on how to stay
A solid dose of chaos.
val stretched across the Fort nice treats, many of the more desserts. healthy and leave a
-Derek Anderson
Point Channel, filled with small desired selections had a small But it was smaller carbon foot-
samplers and pamphlets ga- price attached, but this hardly the vegan print. All around the
lore. Each booth had a wide deterred the flocks of festival- empanadas festival grounds were
variety of things to offer, rang- goers from indulging in the from Nor- places to recycle and
ing from games for the kids to yummy offerings that, in the throw out compost,
delicious products put on dis- end, supported local busi- promoting con-
play. Waiting at each booth ness with each purchase. trol over our waste.
were volunteers or employees The fair Throughout
eager to talk all about their was also sur- the day, the event
product, insisting upon trying prisingly sensi- was swarming with
everything they had available. tive to those who masses of peo-
The fair had something for lead vegetarian ple eager to see
even the pickiest eaters, spot- and vegan life- what their city
lighting every type of vendor styles. Although has to offer. The
Fleet Foxes
imaginable. There were organic the barbeque and festival stretched
"Fleet Foxes"
grocers offering people fresh rib booths were slammed ma’s Catering that were the from 11a.m. to 5p.m. allot-
Voices of perfection...seriously
fruit and veggie samplers. De- with customers demanding the hottest menu on the item for all, ting plenty of time to sample
-Sarina Tracy
licious peanut butter and cran- savory meats, stations such as selling out only minutes after small bits of this and that and
berry wraps were doled out by the Creative Chef drew fairly being freshly made every hour. relax in the sun on a beau-
Maria and Ricardo’s Tortilla large crowds. Their “Tofettes”, The main goal of the food tiful Saturday afternoon.
PAGE 11 October 6, 2010
Down
1. Having doubts The Journal
Takes On
2. Angry
5. Ellen of “Gone With the Wind”
Issues...
(1939)
6. Bright-hued marine fish
7. John Steinbeck’s poodle
9. Thrown by a child
11. “The bee’s knees” - Mello Yello is sold at Derne St.
13. Shorten
14. Washington St. Food Court Plus 114 points
15. Struggling video retail chain - Our bubbler next to our office
17. Unit of electrical capacity sprays white, chunky fluid...
21. Network using routers (abbr.)
22. Simple feed. (abbr.) Minus 537 points
23. Often - The Pats had a historical victory
26. Compassionate helper Plus 4114 points
27. High fashion
29. SAO _____ - Our centennial ign was stolen
30. Chicago fountain Minus 100 points
31. Hurry - Elmo dancing on the moon to
33. About triple the size of CA
35. Quick blogging "Gangsta's Paradise"
38. ______ of wheat Plus 1969 points
39. 11th Greek letter - Tracy Jordan on Cash Cab
42. Taunt
Plus 1138 points
- Blink 182 is still a band
Plus 44 points
Across 24. Business news agency 44. Invented by a dentist - Harpers Ferry is closing
1. Scan 25. Men’s sandals 45. Being rid of annoyance Minus 400 points
3. “The Secret ____” 27. Boston concert venue 46. Text message (abbr.) - "When it rains, it pours"... aka the
4. Toy, once a weapon 28. Expression of disbelief
8. Mexican painter of self-portraits 29. Document format (abbr.) SCAN bad weather we're having
10. Shouldn’t be left unattended 32. Ages 13-16 Minus 1250 points
ME WITH
12. Days of youthful inexperience 34. Slang for “wimp” - Donahue Cafe closes at 4
16. Zero ______ 36. Laugh jeeringly YOUR SMART Minus 4 points
18. Ancient Greek culture book 37. Fear of teeth
19. Ancient distance unit 40. 140-character status update PHONE! Total points this week = 5,088
20. “I’ve found it!” 41. Push
22. Linus and Lucy’s little brother 43. ____ dipper
PAGE 13 October 6, 2010
Sports briefs
Mets fire top brass, look to rebuild
The New York Mets finished the regular season 18 games
behind the Phillies in the National League East standings, and
Men's soccer
Oct. 6 vs. Lesley, 8:00 p.m.
now are looking to reshape their roster, starting at the top. Mon-
Oct.. 9 at Albertus Magnus, 3:15 p.m. Women's volleyball
day, a day after the team concluded its regular season, the Mets Oct. 7 at Salem St., 7:00 p.m.
Oct. 11 at Emerson, 12:00 p.m.
decided to part with both general manager Omar Minaya and Oct. 9 vs. St. Joseph's (Me.) & Johnson & Wales
head coach Jerry Manuel. Minaya, who had been with the team
since 2004, and who had stints with the organization in the mid- Women's soccer (RI), 3:00 p.m.
Oct. 12 vs. Lasell, 7:00 p.m.
90s, has been criticized for his inability to put together a champi- Oct. 6 vs. Emerson, 6:00 p.m.
onship-caliber team. The Mets’ payroll, which was $133 million Oct. 9 at Albertus Magnus, 1:00 p.m.
this season –good for fifth in baseball—was expected to produce
at the very least a playoff-contending team. Mets’ owner Fred
Wilpon, along with his son Jeff [who serves as chief operating
officer] made the move in hopes of sparking a turnaround. Al-
Team standings
though the team has a tendency to hire within, according to
an AP report, they will henceforth go in a different direction.
Men's soccer Women's Women's
soccer volleyball
(GNAC) (GNAC) (GNAC)
Colts lose another player to injury bug
1. St. Joseph (Conn.) 6-1 1. Johnson & Wales (RI) 4-0
1. Lasell 3-0-1
The defensive side of the ball has been a sore spot for the 2. Albertus Magnus 6-1 2. Rivier 3-0
2. Albertus Magnus 3-1
Colts this season, and now things are only going to get worse. 3. Suffolk 5-2 3. Emerson 5-1
3. Emerson 3-1
According to ESPN, Colts' safety and special teams captain 4. Norwich 4-2 4. St. Joseph's (Maine) 3-1
4. St. Joseph's (Me.) 2-1-1
Melvin Bullit suffered a broken bone in his shoulder Sunday 5. St. Joseph's (Me.) 4-3 5. Norwich 2-1
5. Suffolk 2-1-1
and is out for the season. The 25-year-old defensive back will 6. Lasell 3-1-1 6. Suffolk 2-1
6. Emmanuel 2-1-1
undergo surgery within the next two weeks and be placed on 7. Simmons 3-3 7. Lasell 3-3
7. Norwich 2-2
injured reserve. The team has already been afflicted by the in- 8. Rivier 2-3-1 8. Emmanuel 2-2
8. Johnson & Wales (RI) 1-3
jury bug, with receivers Anthony Gonzalez and Pierre Garcon 9. Johnson & Wales (RI) 2-3 9. Mount Ida 1-2
9. Rivier 0-4
having missed three and two games, respectively. Bullit, who 10. Emmanuel 2-4 10. Pine Manor 1-3
10..Mount Ida 0-4
was signed as an undrafted free agent in 2007, has 113 tackles 11. Emerson 2-4 11. Simmons 0-2
and five interceptions in his young career. In addition, he was 12. Mount Ida 0-6 12. St. Joseph (Conn.) 0-4
taking the place of former all-pro safety Bob Sanders, and was 13. Pine Manor 0-6 13. Albertus Magnus 0-6
considered one of their top defensive backs. Sanders will not
be back until at least December, so it will be interesting to see
who steps up and plays a significant role the rest of the season.
as athletic director, Nelson has up Ernst athletes at Suffolk. sity. Nel- Nelson’s passion for his profes-
to climb up the GNAC
standings, where they cur-
seen a great deal of change on Cleophat, son is ex- sion has yet to diminish, mak-
rently reside in sixth place.
and off the field of play for Suf- who has overseen the mat- pecting big things from both ing him an essential piece to
folk Athletics. In particular, uration of the program. soccer programs during the the puzzle at Suffolk University.
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