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T he G leaner Vol. 88 No. 9 INSIDE --------------------- A Nazareth College student publication ------------------ Life’s a beach: Spring is here OPINIONS, PAGE 2 Tiger Woods returns OPINIONS, PAGE 3 Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts A&E, PAGE 4 Ultra music festival A&E, PAGE 5 “Remember Me” movie review NEWS, PAGE 6 Nazareth honored with Com- mnnity Leadership Quality award ETC., PAGE 7 From Panama to the United States: An exchange student’s story EVENTS SpringFest APRIL 17 Concert Band: Rodrigo and the Americans APRIL 17 Rocky Horror Show APRIL 16, 17,18,23,24, 25 Undergraduate Classes End APRIL 26 Final Exams APRIL 28- MAY 4 Commencement MAY 9 TWITTER CASEY TAMIMIE M a n a g in g E d ito r Take a moment. Stop. And listen. Life outside your win dow is slowly awakening. Despite the hard chill of winter, somehow, everything comes back to life just as students are getting ready to leave Nazareth for the summer. With the birds and the buds emerging from their winter hiding places, and final examinations just around the comer, this year’s week long spirit week cel ebration were right on time. Though papers, projects, tests, and quizzes might be on the minds of students here on campus, many took the time to dive in to the annual event. The theme of spirit week, “Life’s a Beach,” featured a number of team events which all lead up to Naz’s end of the year spring bash. Spring Fest. On Monday, April 12, students on each spirit week team slopped around in a pile of bright ly colored JELL-O to compete in JELL-O twister. Each dot on the Twister board had a corresponding colored glop of gelatin to make twist ing around on the board a bit trickier to master. And of course, what is a beach theme without a little vol leyball? Following JELL-O twister, teams dove, spiked and turned up the heat on the sand volleyball court by Founders and Kearney. Sprit week teams also competed in kara oke and the annual scavenger hunt. In case you haven’t gotten your taste of spring here at Nazareth yet or you just can’t get enough of the spring bug, not to worry. Spring fest is hitting the Golisano Academic Center lawn on April 17 from 2-7 p.m. Picture a carnival but with bunches of stir-crazy college students frolicking in the grass, hurling themselves at giant sticky walls, getting airbmsh tattoos, and having their palms read all for free! And don’t forget to come with an appetite. Carnival fare like cotton candy, popcorn, and snow cones are free to all Spring Fest goers, and if you have a meal plan don’t bother going to the dining hall because Chartwells will be hosting a picnic barbeque. Also, don’t forget to head to the gym on Saturday, April 17 for the Life’s a Beach mixer. Beach attire is not required, but if you feel like taking the theme all the way, the Student Activities Council is certainly not discouraging it. If you didn’t make it to the spirit week events or you can’t make it to Spring Fest or the mixer, there is plenty for you to do to celebrate the changing of season. Now that the weather is bearable, take a quick study break, head down to the Erie Canal and grab a scoop of homemade ice-cream at Bill Wahl’s. It’s well worth the walk! Better yet, should you wish to take the “Life A Beach” theme and make it a reality, Charlotte beach is just a twenty minute drive away from Nazareth. Located on the shore of Lake Ontario, Charlotte beach is open to the public and has a number of picnic pavilions for a cook-out with friends. Whether your spring travels take you to the beach, or just to the GAC lawn, there are plenty of opportimities to celebrate the changing of season. And don’t forget: life’s a beach...so enjoy it while you can! Paterson to take the Spitzer route? Add Us! GleanerEditor WILLIAM BLYE S taff W riter Just six days after announcing he will seek another term. New York Governor David Paterson aimounced on February 26 that he will not seek reelection at the end of 2010 when his term expires. Paterson claims that it is too difficult for him to campaign and manage the state’s affairs at the same time, and he wishes to focus on the work at hand. Although omitted as a reason for his decision not to seek reelection, Paterson’s alleged involvement in a recent domestic violence case brought against his top aide David Johnson, is likely a factor. Johnson was suspended on February 24 by Gov. Paterson in the wake of accusations of domestic violence by his former companion, Serr-ima Booker. Booker pushed the charges in court twice from Oct. 31 when the alleged domestic violence took place, until mid-February. According to her lawyer, Booker complained that she had been harassed by members of Gov. Paterson’s state police security detail to drop the charges. Soon after being contacted by the Paterson administration and speaking to the governor himself, all charges were dropped. In addition to suspending his top aide David Johnson on Feb 24 following media coverage of the domestic violence case, an inquiry was initiated at Gov. Paterson’s request. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo was to lead the investigation, however, he turned it over to former Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye in light of his expected announcement to officially declare his candidacy for governor of New York. The purpose of the inquiry is to determine whether Paterson illegally contacted Booker and strong-armed her to drop the charges against his top aide. Governor Paterson has already been charged by New York State’s ethics commission for violating a gift ban by acquiring free tickets to game one of the 2009 World Series. In the past three months multiple members of his administration have resigned, including his top criminal justice official, his communications director and press secretary, and the superintendent and deputy superintendent of the state police. The New York chapter ofthe National Organization for Women called for Paterson’s resignation on March 2. Despite all the rumors and scandal floating around Albany, Paterson vows to finish his time in office. “Now let me make this clear: there are 308 days left in my term. I will serve every one of them fighting for the people of New York,” he said. ----- April 16, 2010 Gleaner Good Read Beyond the jailhouse bars RYAN FILES S taff W riter Dr. Ed Wiltse’s PI Literature course Shapes o f the Imagination: Crime and Punishment in the USA provides an opportunity to look beyond the stereotypical image of a criminal. Students personally interact with the incarcerated individuals of our society in a professional manner. The course, which includes a service learning component, allows students from Dr. Wiltse’s class the unique experience of going to the Monroe Correctional Facility in groups of five to seven people. At the correctional facility, they meet with an equally sized group of well- behaved jail inmates. Both Nazareth students and MCF inmates receive reading material, and are assigned to read predetermined pieces of literature for each meeting. The groups of students meet with the same groups of inmates for one-hour sessions once a week for six weeks. During the meetings, students and inmates discuss the literature, addressing questions dealing with crime, the criminal justice system, incarceration, and rehabilitation. Both Nazareth students and MCF inmates are asked to keep journals in order to write down personal feelings and reflections relating to the literature and the overall experience. I can recall how excited and nervous everyone was the day our first meeting was upon us. We were all wondering what the inmates were going to be like, and how well the meetings would go. Would they be reluctant to participate in discussions, or even read the assigned material? We had heard stories about previous experiences with the project from Dr. Wiltse, and it seemed that there had been no problems for anyone who has already partaken in it. However, we still had no idea of what to expect. Much to our relief, the meetings could not have gone any better. We all became comfortable within our group, and soon there was active participation by everyone. What were hour-long meetings soon flew by in what seemed like half the time. Everyone had different opinions about the pieces of literature we read, both positive and negative. Some of the stories that everyone seemed to enjoy were from Doing Time: 25 Years o f Prison Writing, which is a collection of works written by individuals while in prison, and a number of Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Doyle. From the reading material, we were able to generate discussions about different topics such as life inside and outside of jail, the importance of family, and the denial of freedoms for inmates. Of course there were times where we would get off topic, and just talk about what was going on in our lives. What made these discussions interesting was the fact that now we were getting the perspective of those who were on the other side of the justice system, which is something many students never consider. Before we knew it we had Continued on page 6
