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For addiLional copies conLacL Lhe 8usiness Manager. 1he SLony 8rook Press SuiLes 060 & 06 SLudenL Union SUN aL SLony 8rook SLony 8rook, N 794-3200 Fmail. ediLors@sbpress.com 1A8LF OF CON1FN1S editorials 05 Higgs Boson news 05 :ROH:DOOHW 04 Internships 08 Internships features 10 R.S.Pirates Movies culture Rodney King 14 Apple Employees Music Comics 20 Aesop Rock 19 Boring Rocks 19Gilgamesh 20 Frank Ocean 12 Batman 13 No God, No Master 14 Madea 15 Snow White 21 Nutshell 11 Beachin n Boozin 06 07 16 The Dictator 17 People Like Us 18 Brave THE STONY BROOK PRESS EXECUTIVE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER ART DIRECTOR PRODUCTION MANAGER NEWS EDITOR FEATURES EDITOR CULTURE EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR OPINION EDITOR PHOTO EDITOR SENIOR COPY EDITOR COPY EDITOR COPY EDITOR MINISTER OF ARCHIVES OMBUDSMAN TRIES TO EAT ROCKS STAFF NICK BATSON TERICHI BELLINGER OLIVIA BURNE SIOBHAN CASSIDY AMANDA DOUVILLE ANDREY DOTSENKO LAUREN DUBOIS DANIEL CASHMAR JOHN FISCHER MICHELLE FRANTINO ETHAN FREEDMAN ARIAM FREZGHI HALLIE GOLDEN JOSHUA HA NICOLE KOHN PRISCILA KORB ANDI LIAO JODIE MANN Lennox the Dog opinion BUSHRA MOLLICK MATTHEW MURRAY TEENA NAWABI BRIANA NEUBERGER HOWIE NEWSBERKMAN VANESSA OGLE CAITHLIN PEA BRIANNA PETERSON CHRIS PRIORE ANDY POLHAMUS REBECCA TAPIO MATT WILLEMAIN 22 Birth Control 22 Lucy Van Dalen sports 23 THE STONY BROOK PRESS EXECUTIVE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER ART DIRECTOR PRODUCTION MANAGER NEWS EDITOR NEWS EDITOR FEATURES EDITOR CULTURE EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR WEB EDITOR OPINION EDITOR PHOTO EDITOR PHOTO EDITOR COPY EDITOR COPY EDITOR COPY EDITOR MINISTER OF ARCHIVES OMBUDSMAN NICK BATSON TOM JOHNSON EVAN GOLDAPER JASMINE HAEFNER JESSE CHANG MARK GREEK ARIELLE DOLLINGER JODIE MANN ALYSSA MELILLO SAM LIEBRAND BEATRICE VANTAPOOL ETHAN FREEDMAN BRIANNA PETERSON OLIVIA BURNE REBECCA TAPIO AMANDA DOUVILLE SARAH EVINS NICOLE KOHN DANIEL CASHMAR LIZ KAEMPF STAFF VINCENT BARONE TERICHI BELLINGER CHRISTINE BOUCHER SIOBHAN CASSIDY LAUREN DUBOIS JOHN FISCHER MICHELLE FRANTINO ARIAM FREZGHI HALLIE GOLDEN JOSHUA HA PRISCILA KORB BUSHRA MOLLICK MATTHEW MURRAY TEENA NAWABI BRIANA NEUBERGER HOWIE NEWSBERKMAN CAITHLIN PEA CHRIS PRIORE ANDY POLHAMUS MATT WILLEMAIN THE STONY BROOK PRESS EXECUTIVE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER ART DIRECTOR PRODUCTION MANAGER NEWS EDITOR NEWS EDITOR FEATURES EDITOR CULTURE EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR WEB EDITOR OPINION EDITOR PHOTO EDITOR PHOTO EDITOR COPY EDITOR COPY EDITOR COPY EDITOR MINISTER OF ARCHIVES OMBUDSMAN NICK BATSON TOM JOHNSON EVAN GOLDAPER JASMINE HAEFNER JESSE CHANG MARK GREEK ARIELLE DOLLINGER JODIE MANN ALYSSA MELILLO SAM LIEBRAND BEATRICE VANTAPOOL ETHAN FREEDMAN BRIANNA PETERSON OLIVIA BURNE REBECCA TAPIO AMANDA DOUVILLE SARAH EVINS NICOLE KOHN DANIEL CASHMAR LIZ KAEMPF STAFF VINCENT BARONE TERICHI BELLINGER CHRISTINE BOUCHER SIOBHAN CASSIDY LAUREN DUBOIS JOHN FISCHER MICHELLE FRANTINO ARIAM FREZGHI HALLIE GOLDEN JOSHUA HA PRISCILA KORB BUSHRA MOLLICK MATTHEW MURRAY TEENA NAWABI BRIANA NEUBERGER HOWIE NEWSBERKMAN VANESSA OGLE CAITHLIN PEA CHRIS PRIORE ANDY POLHAMUS MATT WILLEMAIN EDITORIALS August 9, 2012 4 Another year, another summer and, as Im sure many of you reading have done or are in the process of doing, time for another internship. Taking an internship is seen as an important step in pretty much every program around here, be it research based or arts based. Hell, I cant even tell you o Ihe Iop oI my head how many members oI our own sIa are o lIvIng a lIIe oI IndenIured servIIude Io IheIr Iempo- rary bosses. As Ior me, IhIs Is Ihe rsI IIme In my college career when I have not undertaken a summer internship. I have, instead, opted for a summer of gallivanting and seeing bands like Smash Mouth, Gin Blossoms, Everclear, Marcy Playground, LII and Sugar Ray whIle geI absoluIely blIIzed on WhIIe Russians. Personally, Ieel IhaI Ihe whole InIernshIp concepIr the unpaid type especially is particularly fucked, but youll read more about that further into the issue in a love- ly, thoughtful piece on pages eight and nine. DependIng on where you go, you can geI some real- world experIence. know cerIaInly goI more Ihan my IaIr share oI eld reporIIng experIence aI one oI my Ihree In- IernshIps and learned a IhIng or Iwo abouI how Io handle a camera, as well as how Io approach and manage a sIIuaIIon when reporIIng on delIcaIe maIIers lIke a deceased chIld. Hell, even goI Io super-Ireeze varIous IIems In a con- tainer of liquid nitrogen, learning once and for all that most IhIngs wonI really shaIIer lIke Ihe hockey jersey In D3: The Mighty Ducks, but its still damn cool. Unfortunately, sometimes they can be more trouble Ihan Iheyre worIh. was workIng as an InIern aI a very popular Iech news websIIe when II was rocked by a scan- dal concernIng checkbook journalIsm and Ihe alleged company purchase of stolen property. Every day had me Involved wIIh a company In Ihe mIdsI a PR nIghImare, unIIl evenIually leII beIore II was over, washIng my hands oI the situation. learned Iwo IhIngs Irom IhaI asco: Ihe rsI beIng IhaI II a pIece oI news lIke IhaI jusI Ialls InIo your lap lIke that, somethings up, and the second being that you can Iake boIh Ihe aI lId and Ihe lId wIIh Ihe sIppy bII on Iop aI Ihe 7-Eleven coee Island and sIack Ihem on Iop oI each oIher. NoI only do Ihey I perIecIly, buI Ihey make II so you really have Io Iry and spIll IhaI coee. (Really, II works Try II}. ThIs Is super useIul when carryIng Iwo Irays Iull oI coI- Iee Ior Iwo cIIy blocks. WhaI II comes down Io Is IhIs, Ihe InIernshIps you geI really are hit or miss. You could end up scoring one that has you doing something fantastic, but you could also have to go reporI on a Iown-Iunded Smash MouIh concerI, as saw a Iellow SU sIudenI doIng as parI oI her InIernshIp. Dr you could be spending your summer like The Press own NIck Batson, creating photo captions, lugging a bunch of heavy camera equipment through airports and spending a small fortune in train fare. Theyre a necessary evil, really. Can I guarantee that youll learn someIhIng useIul Irom Ihe experIence IhaI youll use Ior years Io come? Fuck no. WIll II make you look beIIer Io a poIenIIal employer down Ihe road? Ever-so- slightly, yes. So sleep IIghI In your bed, dear reader, and know IhaI Ihe summer(s} youve spenI noI geIIIng paId Ior your work, eIIher burnIng Ihrough your own savIngs or leechIng o your parenIs lIke a parasIIe, wIll probably be worIh slIghIly more than nothing in the long run. But probably not. INTERNS AINT SHIT BUT HOES AND TRICKS NEWS 5 Vol. XXXIII, Issue 15 WOLFIE WALLET Campus Cash Is no more The FaculIy SIudenI AssocIa- IIon has recenIly ImplemenIed Wole WalleI, a program Ihree years In Ihe works, accordIng Io Angela Agnello, FSAs Director of Marketing & Communications. Wole WalleI Is a campus admInIsIered, prepaId, Iax- able declining balance debit plan that can be used at more locaIIons Ihan Campus Cash, saId Agnello. LocaIIons IhaI prevIously accepIed Campus Cash now accepI Wole WalleI, as well as Ihree new vendors CVS Pharmacy, Top Halal ChInese and SIar Wash Lube. As Ihe lIsI oI o-campus vendors conIInues Io grow, we anIIcIpaIe sIudenI usage Io Increase, saId Agnello. She added that funds can be used for dining on cam- pus, In locaIIons such as IasmIne In Ihe Wang CenIer. I can also still be used in vending machines. AlIhough sIudenI InpuI was consIdered In Ierms oI vendors Ihrough FSA surveys, Ihere are sIudenIs who Ieel IhaI Ihe revamp oI Ihe sysIem was unnecessary. Theres no reason to change it from Campus Cash to Wole WalleI, saId senIor Carson Hadley. There was noIh- Ing wrong wIIh Campus Cash. Agnello boasIs IhaI Ihe new sysIem Is more dIverse and user friendly than Campus Cash. Wole WalleI Is accepIed aI more locaIIons, reIund- able and usable from semester to semester as long as a sIudenI Is enrolled aI SIony rook UnIversIIy, she saId. Wole WalleI Is noI exempI Irom sales Iax, Is noI bIllable to a students account and cannot be paid directly through nancIal aId. Some students are concerned about the reasoning be- hInd ImplemenIIng Ihe new sysIem. IhInk Wole WalleI Is a way Ior Ihe campus Io exIorI more money Irom sIudenIs, and IIs very conIusIng, saId SIeven Umassor, who wIll be a senIor In Ihe Iall. donI lIke II. According to Agnello, any funds that students had in Campus Cash have already been IransIerred over Io Wole WalleI. by Terichi Bellinger Anyone whos been keepIng up on Ihe news over Ihe pasI Iew weeks has undoubIedly heard oI Ihe recenI dIs- covery by Ihe European DrganIzaIIon Ior Nuclear Research (CERN} oI a subaIomIc parIIcle IhaI behaves In a manner consIsIenI wIIh how Ihe IheorIzed HIggs boson Is saId Io behave. The monumenIal dIscovery, II correcI, wIll be key In IuIure research regardIng how our unIverse works, as Ihe HIggs boson Is Ihe parIIcle IhaI would explaIn why and how oIher elemenIary parIIcles acquIre mass. Such a dIscovery would open doors Io whole new worlds oI parIIcle physIcs research. There were over 1,7UU researchers Irom U.S. InsIIIuIIons workIng on Ihe projecI aI CERNs Large Hadron CollIder near Ceneva, several oI whIch are SIony rook UnIversIIys own. These researchers include Professors of Physics John Hobbs, Robert L. McCarIhy and MIchael RIjssenbeek, as well as DmI- tri Tsybychev, Assistant Professor of Physics. UnIIl recenIly, Ihe exIsIence oI Ihe HIggs parII- cle was only IheorIzed, buI earlIer In Iuly scIenIIsIs belIeve Ihey wIInessed II come Io lIIe. And a shorI lIIe II was Ior Ihe HIggs parIIcle, as II only exIsIs Ior one zepIosecond, or one sexIIllIonIh oI a second. The Higgs particle is believed to be a funda- menIal clue In Ihe mysIery oI how all elemenIary parIIcles InIeracI wIIh one anoIher, and II Is speculaIed IhaI wIIh- ouI Ihe HIggs boson all oIher parIIcles would move aI Ihe speed of light, making it impossible for all matter and life Io exIsI. GETTIN HIGGSY WIT IT by Nick Batson and Tom Johnson 6 NEWS August 9, 2012 As the death of Rodney King looms closely above our heads, his role as the unintentional symbol for troubled race relations continues to stand strong. MosI oI our generaIIon (IhaI Is, Ihe 18 Io 22-year-olds who are currenIly enrolled aI SIony rook UnIversIIy, or any oIher collegIaIe InsIIIuIIon}, can vaguely assocIaIe hIm wIIh hIs recorded beaIIng IhaI epIIomIzed polIce bru- IalIIy Io IIs mosI exIreme degree. The dark vIdeo shows a large African-American man on the ground, surrounded by CaucasIan ocers who conIInue Io beaI hIm wIIh baIons and Iase hIm, despIIe hIs subdued posIIIon. I Is dIculI Io waIch as one oI Ihe ocers conIInues Io sIrIke Ihe man on hIs legs and keep hIm down whIle anoIher beaIs hIm over Ihe head wIIh a baIon. The vIdeo, however, only presenIs the aftermath of the original confrontation. WhaI good SamarIIanlcIIIzen journalIsIlconcerned neIghbor Ceorge HollIday dIdnI capIure was Ihe InIIIal conIacI beIween Ihe auIhorIIIes and Ihe cIvIlIan. KIng was very drunk whIle drIvIng, and as laIer IoxIcology reporIs show, he was also hIgh o oI marIjuana. He had led a hIgh- speed chase Ihrough Los Angeles as he was IryIng Io drIve ouI oI Ihe reach oI nearby ocers In an eorI noI Io vIolaIe his parole for a previous crime armed robbery. As clIps oI Ihe beaIIng ooded news broadcasIs and IelevIsIon seIs, KIng was unknowIngly IhrusIed InIo Ihe cIvIl rIghIs movemenI. A new posIer chIld Ior polIce bruIalIIy, KIng led a suII agaInsI Ihe cIIy oI Los Angeles, and Iour ocers awaIIed IrIal shorIly aIIer Ihe beatings. FasI Iorward Io abouI a year laIer, on AprIl 25, 1552, a 12-person jury IhaI dId noI Include any black AmerIcans acquIIIed Ihree ocers oI Ihe charges, and granIed one a mIsIrIal. Chaos dIrecIly Iollowed. n a span oI sIx days, Ihe cIIy oI Los Angeles be- came Ihe cIIy oI Los DemonIos. WhaI was supposed to be a trial of the mishandling of an assailant became an all-ouI race war beIween whIIes, blacks and anyone who sIood In Ihe mIddle. ShoIs were red and sIores were burned. Dne parIIcular show shuI down was IhaI oI Korean sIore owner Soon Ia Du, who IaIally shoI and kIlled LaIasha HarlIns, a 15-year-old AIrIcan AmerIcan gIrl who was allegedly IryIng Io sIeal an orange juIce. Du had been convIcIed oI manslaughIer, whIch IurIher sIIrred Ihe racIal IensIons oI Ihe Iown. AnoIher vIdeo clIp also surIaced oI a whIIe Iruck drIver, RegInald Denny, who was pulled ouI oI hIs Iruck during the riots and beaten to a pulp. He survived the aIIacks, buI as he was grabbed by a mob oI angry AI- rican Americans, the message behind trial stood clear. Race relations are not good, and they are continuing to deteriorate. FIIIy-Ihree deaIhs and over 2,UUU InjurIes laIer, Ihe cIIy reIurned Io normal. KIng was evenIually award- ed hIs 3.8 mIllIon and conIInued Io lIve a normal lIIe, wIIh Ihe occasIonal drug use here and Ihere, and a Iew more unrelaIed arresIs Io Iollow. WhaI makes Ihe sIory oI Rodney KIng so sIrIkIng Is whaI he sIood Ior. We have an AIrIcan AmerIcan man who was noIhIng lIke MarIIn LuIher KIng Ir. and noIhIng lIke Malcolm X. He was an ordInary man wIIh a crImInal pasI who had been vIcIously beaIen In IronI oI a lens, and IhaI beating helped reinforce, if not prove, that race relations were nowhere near Improved. FasI Iorward anoIher 2U years aIIer Ihe rIoIs, and IIs 2U12. SIudIes show IhaI local news medIa oIIen lInk mI- norIIIes Io vIolenI crIme, when In realIIy Ihey are more lIkely Io commII nonvIolenI crImes. n 2U11, Ihe New York Civil Liberties Union reported that African-American men were mosI lIkely Io be IrIsked, and oI Ihose IrIsked, only 1.8 percenI had any Iorm oI weapon. Then on February 26 oI IhIs year, a young black man named Trayvon MarIIn was branded as beIng up Io no good and was shoI by a neIgh- borhood waIchman Ceorge ZImmerman. SIudIes and sIaIIsIIcs asIde, Ihe Irenzy behInd KIngs legacy remaIns somewhaI upheld. The haIred IhaI exIsIs was sImply hIdden, and II was Ihe recordIng IhaI led IhIs conglomeraIe oI a racIally-red boogeyman ouI oI Ihe closet. RACISM AND RODNEY KING by Bushra Mollick NEWS 7 Vol. XXXIII, Issue 15 Apple products such as iPads and MacBooks have helped creaIe Iens oI Ihousands oI jobs aI places lIke esI uy and VerIzon WIreless, and have resulIed In bIllIons oI dollars for the American economy. Last year, Apple stores worldwIde Iook In more money per square IooI Ihan any oIher AmerIcan reIaIler, sellIng 16 bIllIon In merchandIse, accordIng Io Ihe research rm ReIaIlSaIls. DI Ihe /3,UUU Apple employees, Ihe company proIs Irom Ihe 3U,UUU employees who sell Ihe awless producIs Americans, especially college-aged adults, have a love af- IaIr wIIh. And many oI Ihese employees, lIke Sal MarcIanIo, who works aI Ihe Apple sIore In Ihe SmIIh Haven Mall, sIarI earnIng 11.5U an hour. Some employees, including Marcianio, say Apple prod- ucts sell themselves. Consumers line up around the corner ouIsIde oI sIores when a new producI Is released. The com- pany brings in billions of dollars each year, and some em- ployees debaIe IhaI Ihe company would noI be where II Is Ioday wIIhouI Ihese salesmen. If Apple divided its revenue totally by the number of employees from last year, each employee brought in /73,UUU. Apple does gIve preIIy good beneIs Io IIs em- ployees, but does not give commission. The employees are sellIng abouI 3 mIllIon worIh oI producIs buI are only earnIng 25,UUU a year. These products do generate huge appeal and attention, makIng II easy Ior a buyer Io walk InIo Apple and buy an IPad, already knowIng whIch one Ihey wanI. uI oIhers de- baIe IhaI jusI because Ihe producIs sell Ihemselves II does noI jusIIIy why Ihe employees should do noI geI commIs- sIon. EspecIally II Ihe company Is sellIng 3 mIllIon worIh oI producIs, II Is uncommon noI Io reward IIs employees wIIh exIra pay. ThIs older busIness model was maInly Io maxImIze proI Ior Ihe people IhaI run Ihe company and Ior IIs shareholders. Recently, companies have been improving Ihe well-beIng and welIare oI IIs employees. Apple does oer above average pay, healIh care, /U1(k}, a chance Io buy company stock and Apple products at a discount. ThIs Is more Ihan an employee would geI aI large com- panIes lIke TIanys and Ihe Cap. uI once agaIn, Apple Is sellIng mIllIons oI dollars worIh oI producIs Io IIs con- sumers yearly. Some employees, who recognIze Ihe dIer- ence beIween sellIng 3UU,UUU oI merchandIse and sell- Ing /3,UUU, Ieel IhaI Ihose sellIng more producIs deserve more pay. As Ihe debaIe rolls Iorward on Ihe well-beIng oI Apple employees, it seems some at Apple, like Marcianio, do not mInd Ihe currenI arrangemenI. The Ieamwork aspecI oI workIng Ior Apple would be harmed by usIng commIssIon- based pay. Apple does reward employees who remaIn loyal Io Ihe company. Employees generally receive an annual raise, whIch MarIcIanIo noIes was hIgher Ihan usual IhIs year. PROFITS OVER EMPLOYEES by Siobhan Cassidy 8 FEATURES August 9, 2012 Alexandra lum, a senIor majorIng In sIgn language aI Keuka College, locaIed In upsIaIe New York, has compleIed Ihree eld perIods IhroughouI her college career. And she Is noI nIshed. The school requires all students, Blum said, to com- pleIe Iour 1/U-hour eld perIods over IheIr Iour years aI Ihe InsIIIuIIon, as well as one 36U-hour eld perIod durIng the semester prior to graduation. WhaI Keuka College calls eld perIods, oIhers call In- ternships. The three internships that Blum has completed have been unpaid. I dont think Ive ever heard of someone getting a paid InIernshIp [aI Keuka College], lum saId. And lum Is noI swImmIng alone In Ihe unpaId InIern- shIp pool. AccordIng Io a Iuly 2U11 arIIcle In Business In- sider, 5U percenI oI InIernshIps In Ihe UnIIed SIaIes are unpaId. DI IhaI 5U percenI, some 18 percenI oI InIerns re- ceIve no college credII Ior IheIr work. By the standards of the United States Department of La- bor, sIx crIIerIa musI be meI Ior an unpaId InIernshIp Io be consIdered legal: Ihe InIernshIp musI be sImIlar Io IraInIng gIven In an educaIIonal envIronmenI, Ihe experIence musI be Ior Ihe beneI oI Ihe InIern, Ihe InIern cannoI dIsplace a current employee, the employer can receive no immediate advanIage Irom Ihe InIern, Ihe InIern Is noI enIIIled Io a job at the end of the internship period and both the intern and employer musI undersIand IhaI no wages are guaranIeed. Barbara Selvin, an assistant professor at Stony Brook University and internship coordinator of the universitys School of Journalism, said she feels that the unpaid intern- shIp phenomenon Is a really unIorIunaIe developmenI. Unpaid internships are an important part of profes- sIonal developmenI now, SelvIn saId. nIernshIps In gen- eral, wheIher paId or unpaId, have become a necessIIy Ior any kInd oI medIa IndusIry. WIIh Ihe currenI economy, she does noI expecI IhaI Io change any time soon. The unfortunate part, Selvin said, is that many students are forced to forego opportunities because of cost. Unpaid InIernshIps, she explaIned, come wIIh a dIscrImInaIIon Iac- Ior Ihey Iavor people wIIh money who can aord Io work for no pay. Selvin has seen a very slight increase in stipends pay- Internships in general, wheIher paId or unpaId, have become a necessity for any kind of media IndusIry. The Intern Story by Nick Batson & Arielle Dollinger A NECESSARY EVIL: THE RISKS AND REWARDS OF INTERNSHIPS by Nick Batson & Arielle Dollinger FEATURES Vol. XXXIII, Issue 15 9 ing for transportation. The Stony Brook School of Jour- nalism Alumni Association recently set up a need-based program IhaI oers sIudenIs 5UU granIs Io cover Irans- portation costs. SIudenIs lIke lum worry Ihey do noI have much choIce buI Io work wIIhouI pay. Ieel lIke Ihe job markeI Is so compeIIIIve now IhaI you denIIely need one, or more Ihan one, lum saId. When youre aI an InIernshIp, youre makIng all Ihese con- necIIons wIIh people, you geI your name ouI Ihere, and youre learnIng how Io do IheIr job Ihe rIghI way. DavId DConnor, a senIor aI SIony rook UnIversIIy, Is workIng IhIs summer as an unpaId InIern wIIh Congress- man Tim Bishops re-election campaign. I think that, for the intern, it provides the hands-on experIence IhaI you canI geI In school, saId DConnor, a journalIsm major. An InIernshIp places you In someIhIng lIke a IesI-run Ior Ihe eld you wanI Io go InIo one day. You geI Io see how much you enjoy or haIe II and where you need Io Improve. Iacob Colan, a junIor aI Duke UnIversIIy, has done hIs time as both a paid and unpaid intern. He sees much value in internships, and that he learns more by interning than he does by going to class. You learn noIhIng pracIIcal Irom college classes, Co- lan said. The Long sland naIIve recenIly compleIed work as an unpaId InIern Ior a razIlIan NCD. As an unpaId InIern, he said he felt taken advantage of because of his eagerness to help. nIernshIps should be seen as a parInershIp, Colan said. The company is investing in you as much as you are InvesIIng In Ihem. uI he dId noI hesIIaIe Io say IhaI he would Iake an- oIher unpaId InIernshIp because IIs necessary. Colan leII Ihe razIl NCD Io work Ior a dIerenI orga- nIzaIIon aIIer havIng an argumenI wIIh one oI hIs supervI- sors. The InIern asked Ior Iour days o, and Ihere was a ghI. According to Blum, an internship can be a positive or negaIIve experIence. Dne summer, she InIerned aI a mIddle school un- der a Ieacher who dIdnI really wanI Io be a menIor. lum IelI lIke she was noI learnIng or ImprovIng. You might have a good supervisor, you might not, buI my schools preparIng you Ior when you have a bad one, lum saId. You have Io be creaIIve and Iry Io learn dIerenI because someIImes menIors jusI donI care and jusI donI have IIme Ior a college sIudenI. However, her oIher InIernshIp experIences have been positive. Theyve been really accepIIng oI me wanIIng Io learn, she saId. Some interns appear to be more disgruntled than oIhers. Xuedan Wang Is one unpaId InIern who decId- ed to sue her employer. As reported by The New York Times Media Decod- er blog In February 2U12, Wang InIerned Ior IashIon magazIne Harpers Bazaar and led a lawsuII In Feb- ruary agaInsI Ihe HearsI CorporaIIon, Ihe magazInes parenI company. Wang accused Ihe magazIne oI Iak- Ing advanIage oI her, permIIIIng her Io work Iull-IIme for no pay. According to the Times piece, some companies use InIerns Io do Ihe jobs oI regular, paId workers, raIher Ihan makIng an eorI Io Iruly educaIe Ihe sIudenIs. But most students, the article states, are too afraid to report such incidents. When youre aI an InIernshIp, youre making all these con- necIIons wIIh people, you geI your name out there, and youre learnIng how Io do IheIr job Ihe rIghI way. 10 FEATURES August 9, 2012 Beaches Looking for a place other than the Staller Steps to get a Ian? Take a shorI bIke rIde Io WesI Meadow each, EasI SeIaukeI. ThIs beach sIIs on SmIIhIown ay and admIssIon and parking are free for you local Stony Brook students if youve purchased a rookhaven resIdenI permII Ior 25, whIch Is valId Ior Iwo years. WesI Meadow Is a small beach wIIh rocks and clIs, buI Ihere are lIIeguards on duIy Irom dawn unIIl dusk durIng Ihe summer season. Head here Ior Ihe sunseI, or sunrIse II you are wIred Irom Ihe nIghI before, and get in free of charge. Long each, SmIIhIown, Is a 2U-mInuIe drIve Irom campus and Is a prIvaIe beach Ior SI. Iames resIdenIs. Dn IhIs NorIh Shore beach you can swIm In Ihe calm waIers of the Long Island Sound. But being the brainy little Stony rook sIudenI as you are, head here wIIh a IrIend who lIves In Ihe vIcInIIy, buy a yearly pass and park down Ihe road and walk In. Dr head here beIore dawn or aIIer dusk II you wanI Io geI romanIIc wIIh your summer Ing. Booze Nothing says summer quite like having a cold beer aIIer a day In Ihe sun or slavIng away aI your summer internship. And for the Stony Brook hipsters that say they only drInk locally-brewed beers, heres a lIsI oI IasIy beers that qualify for your hipster-approved checklist. PorI Ie rewIng Company Is based In downIown PorI Ieerson. Try Ihe seasonal WhIIes each WII, whIch Is lIghI enough so you wonI Ieel Ioo bloaIed In your summer gear and has a hInI oI orange. eers brewed Irom PorI Ie rewIng can be Iound aI IllIes on MaIn SIreeI, PorI Ieerson. You can hop on Ihe LRR Irom SIony rook, II Is only one sIop, or pay a noI-so-reasonable LIndys IaxI Iare Ior Ihe local booze. CreaI SouIh ay rewery, ay Shore, Is a IavorIIe oI mine. This could potentially be because my local bar has a / CS on Mondays. uI besIdes IhaI, II Is quIIe IasIy and reIreshIng. Personally, lIke Ihe londe AmbIIIon, whIch Is a sweeI elgIan Ale, and II goes down smooIhly. Tap InIo your Inner blonde wIIh IhIs beer aI your nexI aIIer vIsIIIng ullseye Wholesale everage, SmIIhIown or head Io El Dorado, PorI Ieerson SIaIIon. And Ior you super-hIpsIers, Iry brewIng your own booze aI home. rewers Den, SmIIhIown, supplIes all Ihe ingredients to do this in your tub for summer moonshine on IIs websIIe, brewersden.com. Try makIng Ihe Cone FIshIng beer, and nsIagram your journey so your Iellow hIpsIer IrIends wIll know how orIgInal you really are. Surf Spots Cowabunga, baby Long sland Is cooler Ihan you may have thought. Hurricane season is prime time for surfers Irom Ihe Island Io come ouI and caIch a Iew waves. ProIessIonal surIers Irom around Ihe globe caughI waves Irom HurrIcane KaIIa durIng Ihe uIksIlver Pro New York compeIIIIon lasI year, whIch was held In Long each. Dn Ihe easI coasI oI Ihe SIaIes, waves are creaIed by wInd Irom Ihe AIlanIIc. And on IhIs Island, when Ihe souIhwesI wInd Is blowIng, Ihe rIdes lasI Iorever. I you wanI Io surI properly IhIs summer, Iake a IrIp ouI Io MonIauk. Is abouI an hour and a halI away Irom SIony Brook, and the LIRR does have a train that runs there. In MonIauk, you wIll Ieel you are away on a beachy holIday, wIIh local surIers and summer season-lovers llIng Ihe mIcro Iown. Head Io MonIauk PoInI Ior Ihe qualIIy surng spots. Park at the Montauk Lighthouse and check out Turtles, a surI spoI on a rocky beach wIIh 1U-IooI hIgh clIs, where you can see Ihe waves break Irom RouIe 27. uI TurIles can become a bII bIIchy. Is rocky, whIch means when Ihe wave breaks, IIs donezo. ThIs area can geI crowded Ioo. So, II you arenI IeelIng TurIles, Iollow Ihe locals Io TurIles Cove. ThIs spoI Is sIIll o oI RouIe 27 and Is greaI when a sIorm or hurrIcane Is brewIng. The hurrIcane swell can make you Ieel as II you are surng In Ihe IropIcs. ThIs Is a popular Long sland spoI, and local surI magazInes head here Ior phoIo shooIs durIng hurricane season. I you donI know how Io surI, or leII your board back at out-of-state, there are plenty of businesses in Montauk IhaI Ieach, sell and renI all surng producIs. Check ouI AIr and Speed on MonIauk HIghway Ior lessons and all surI producIs Io buy or renI. ThIs busIness also oers uIksIlver surf camps during the summer. BEACH, BOOZE AND BOARDIN by Siobhan Cassidy FEATURES Vol. XXXIII, Issue 15 11 As a SIony rook sIudenI, IIs always ImporIanI Io sIay well-InIormed abouI Ihe UnIversIIys polIcIes. To Iry Io sIudy here wIIhouI undersIandIng how major InsIIIu- IIons IuncIIon would be lIke drIIIIng aI sea wIIhouI a map. Personally, ve always IrIed Io keep IhIngs shIp-shape by learnIng as much as could, so when a maIe InIormed me IhaI a new websIIe had been lInked as Ihe ResIdenIIal SaIe- Iy Programs page on SIony rooks ocIal Campus ResI- dences websIIe, had Io scope II ouI Ior myselI. UnlIke Ihe old RSP websIIe, IhIs one was on Ihe cuIIIng edge of technology. Rather than deliver a message through borIng old words and Images, RSP now conveys IIs mIs- sIon sIaIemenI and rules Ihrough a whImsIcal Flash vIdeo. Moreover, wIIhouI any oIher InIormaIIon, save IhIs anImaI- ed explanaIIon, II was obvIous IhaI all oI RSPs secreIs were burIed InsIde Ihese Iew shorI seconds oI audIo and vIsuals. So whaI does Ihe vIdeo show? Well, II youre noI near a compuIer and canI see II Ior yourselI, allow me Io brIey explaIn Ihe course oI evenIs. FIrsI, a loud and gravelly voIce explaIns IhaI vIewers should do whaI Ihey wanI, because a pIraIe Is Iree. Then, wIIh a loud cry oI Yarr harr and FIddle-dee-dee, Ihe speaker proceeds Io repeaI hImselI, on loop, as a band of pirates dance along and blinking let- Iers explaIn LDL LMEWRE. Theres noIhIng else acces- sIble. Is a bold move Ior RSP, an organIzaIIon known across campus Ior IollowIng rules and generally avoIdIng acIs oI larceny on the high seas. In fact, no other safety program at any university in America has policies of free piracy or websIIes IhaI express Ihemselves solely Ihrough Ihe me- dium of Macromedia Flash, placing Stony Brook again at the technological pinnacle of all colleges in America. Pirate safety programs have been in place in several universities In Ihe alkans, however, so we sIIll have some caIchIng up to do there. DI course, IIs easy Io wonder II doIng whaI we wanI Is Ihe besI polIcy, wheIher or noI we are pIraIes. I youve ever seen 1556s acclaImed hIgh seas documenIary Muppet Treasure Island, youll know IhaI Ihe command oI a pIraIIcal Tim Curry almost causes the death of several classic chil- drens television characters. Plus, the command of pirates leads Johnny Depp to keep making movies, something that also seems Io be a dangerous and slIppery slope. However, suspecI RSP knows whaI Iheyre doIng a lIIIle more Ihan TIm Curry. AIIer all, RSP knows a greaI deal abouI every- IhIng. had honesIly never realIzed was a pIraIe, buI IIs good to be enlightened. Fiddle-dee-dee, indeed. Im ready Io do whaI wanI, RSP. Your message has been receIved. RSP: RESIDENTIAL SAFETY PIRATES by Evan Goldaper had honesIly never realIzed was a pIraIe, buI IIs good to be enlightened. 12 CULTURE August 9, 2012 THE DARK KNIGHT RISES by Tom Johnson THE DARK KNIGHT RISES by Tom Johnson Its been four years since Christopher Nolans The Dark Knight hit the screens at your local cinema and changed the way IhaI Ihe general, non-comIc-book-lovIng populaIIon looked aI lms based on cosIumed vIgIlanIes. SInce Ihe conclusIon oI Ihe prevIous lm, eIghI years have passed and ruce Wayne (ChrIsIIan ale} has long sInce hung up hIs cape and cowl. He has been lIvIng In seclusIon In Wayne Manor, sIIll dIsIraughI aIIer Ihe evenIs wIIh Harvey DenI and Ihe loss oI love InIeresI Rachel Dawes at the hand of the notorious Joker. These days, Gotham is in peace, a rare thing for the city. uI all oI IhIs changes when Ihe new leader oI Ihe League oI Shadows, ane (Tom Hardy} arrIves wIIh plans oI IhrowIng Ihe cIIy InIo chaos, jusI as Ras al Chul dId beIore hIm. ThIs causes Wayne Io go Io measures never beIore seen, IncludIng IeamIng up wIIh InIamous caI burglar SelIna Kyle (Anne HaIhaway}. Its a grim tale from the very start, and that continues IhroughouI Ihe majorIIy oI Ihe lm. Theres an overarchIng Iheme oI breakIng down Ihe hope people hold dear, and you can see II as youre exposed Io hopeless sIIuaIIon aIIer hopeless sIIuaIIon, unsure as Io how Ihe proIagonIsIs can get out alive, let alone emerge victorious. ale once agaIn delIvers a dedIcaIed and worIhwhIle perIormance as Ihe IIIular Dark KnIghI. However, much as II was In Ihe prevIous lm, II Is Ihe vIllaIn IhaI sIeals Ihe show once again. Hardy gives a menacing performance, delivered wIIh a chIllIng accenI lIered Ihrough hIs respIraIor. n doIng so, Ihere Is a dIrecI conIradIcIIon beIween Ihe characIers physIcal and InIellecIual aspecIs, whIch makes hIm all Ihe more interesting, not to mention frightening. LeIs noI beaI around Ihe bush, ane Is IuckIng IerrIIyIng. Hes an exIremely powerIul, exIremely eecIIve combatant, and is unbelievably charismatic for someone whose Iace Is mosIly obscured by a mask. Dn Iop oI IhaI, hes jusI as InIImIdaIIng on an InIellecIual level as he Is on a physIcal one. A brIllIanI IacIIcIan who, unlIke Ihe Ioker, wouldnI hesIIaIe Io wreck Ihe aIman, and would acIually relish in the idea. Bane manages to both physically and emotionally break the Batman, again and again. Leaving him, the city and the people of Gotham in increasingly dire straits. Dne oI Ihe Iew IhIngs IhaI can levy a complaInI agaInsI was Ihe lack oI InvolvemenI oI SelIna Kyle (aka CaIwoman}. Given all of the hype around the character in the promotional buIld-up Io Ihe lm, II Is a shame, consIderIng HaIhaway gave a pretty good performance once she stopped being Anne HaIhaway and sIarIed playIng SelIna Kyle. Ioseph Cordon-LevIIIs perIormance was execpIIonal as well, porIrayIng DeIecIIve Iohn lake, a young cop wIIh an unbreakable moral ber, remInIscenI oI a young IIm Gordon. ClockIng In aI nearly Ihree hours, Iheres a loI oI sIu Io Iake In, buI IIs worIh II. Hell, Ihe clImacIIc nal showdown beIween ane and Ihe aIman alone Is nearly worIh Ihe price of admission. The Dark Knight Rises ulIImaIely gIves us a IIIng end Io a trilogy seven years in the making. Sure, there are bound Io be a conIIngenI oI whIny ass-clowns who IhInk Ihe lm should have ended dIerenIly, buI hey, Iuck Ihose guys. CULTURE Vol. XXXIII, Issue 15 13 AlmosI one Ihousand movIegoers lled Ihe SIaller Cen- Ier Ior Ihe ArIs maIn sIage IheaIre Ior Ihe sold ouI world premiere of No God, No Master Io kIck o Ihe 17Ih Annual SIony rook FIlm FesIIval on Iuly 18. No God, No Master Iells Ihe sIory oI AgenI WIllIam Flynn (DavId SIraIhaIrn}, F bomb experI and all around good guy who Is senI Io conducI an InvesIIgaIIon aIIer a serIes oI bombs are maIled Io numerous U.S. ocIals and busI- nessmen In 1515 New York. As hIs InvesIIgaIIon progresses, Flynn Is Ihrown InIo a world oI governmenI conspIracIes and an anarchist plot to destroy democracy. He must de- IermIne how Io proceed wIIh hIs InvesIIgaIIon when Iaced wIIh corrupIIon and moral dIlemmas. SIraIhaIrn gIves whaI very well may be hIs besI per- Iormance sInce hIs 2UU5 porIrayal oI journalIsIIc legend Edward R. Murrow In Good Night, and Good Luck. His por- trayal of Agent Flynn is very earnest, and he makes you really belIeve IhaI hes an honesI F agenI jusI IryIng hIs damndesI Io do some good In Ihe world. PaIr SIraIhaIrns perIormance wIIh Ihe someIImes seeIhIng porIrayal oI Ihe dubious Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer by veteran ac- Ior Ray WIse, and youve goI someIhIng really specIal. Is clear IhaI Ihe lm Is meanI Io draw parallels wIIh Issues prevalenI In Iodays socIeIy, albeII nearly 1UU years aIIer Ihe happenIngs oI Ihe lm. CurrenI evenIs such as Ihe war on IerrorIsm, Ihe paIrIoI acI, class warIare, as well as In- creasing and sometimes violent friction against immigrants by Ihose IhaI wanI Ihem gone are all broughI Io mInd by Ihe lm. Such ImplIcaIIons were conrmed by Ihe lms dI- recIor, Terry Creen, aIIer Ihe screenIng, who belIeves IhaI Ihe lms message may hII close Io home Ior some. AsIde Irom a sepIa-Ioned lIer used IhroughouI Ihe en- IIreIy oI Ihe lm (whIch personally Iound a bII dIsIracIIng aI rsI}, Ihe lm Is shoI and edIIed very well. There arenI any IasI jump cuIs IhaI you Iend Io see In a loI oI Indepen- denI lms Ihese days. A shoI never lIngers Ioo long or Ioo shorI, and everyIhIng ows exIremely well Io Iorm a beau- tiful, cohesive package. The aIIenIIon Io deIaIl shown In Ihe makIng oI IhIs lm is also top notch. As a period piece, the production needed Io employ Ihe use oI over 6UU perIod-approprIaIe cosIumes, all oI whIch I perIecIly InIo Ihe world IhaI Ihe lmmak- ers have crafted. They used period-appropriate vernacular and slang, as well as havIng ImmIgranIs noI speak awless EnglIsh, as eIhnIc Iolk Iend Io do In lms nowadays. There Is alsoa IaIr bII oI dIalogue IhaI Iakes place beIween ImmI- granIs IhaI Is enIIrely In IalIan wIIh subIIIles, really addIng Io Ihe Irue-Io-lIIe aImosphere oI Ihe lm. The realistic feel and tone is carried throughout the lm, IncludIng Ihe Iew scenes oI acIIon presenI. CunghIs arenI long or drawn ouI wIIh Ihose Involved noI havIng an InnIIe supply oI ammunIIIon. As such, Ihese alIercaIIons have a Iendency Io end In a bruIal, bare-knuckle brawl aIIer everyones ammunition has been spent, and can be pretty vIolenI aI IImes. ThaI bruIalIIy can be seen elsewhere, such as an InIerrogaIIon scene laIer In Ihe lm IhaI acIually had several audience members around me visibly disturbed. Even Flynns relaIIonshIp wIIh hIs ImmIgranI neIghbor ConceIIa (Andrea Crano} and her Ieenage son Tony Is very realIsIIc and belIevable, wIIh Ihe laIIer IosIerIng a very real resentment for the man sitting at the head of the table, a spoI once reserved Ior Ihe boys now deceased IaIher. Its easy to see that some people may be rubbed the wrong way by Ihe message Ihe lm Is IryIng Io send, or be Iurned o by IIs dour Ione or measured pace as opposed Io Ihe more IranIIcally-paced blockbusIers oI Ioday. However, the fact remains that No God, No Master Is a wonderIully waIchable lm. My only hope Is IhaI II geIs pIcked up by a good dIsIrIbuIor In Ihe near IuIure so II can geI Ihe wIde- spread aIIenIIon IhaI a lm oI IhIs calIber deserves. NO GOD, NO MASTER by Tom Johnson 14 CULTURE August 9, 2012 Tyler Perry has changed things up a bit. And Im not IalkIng abouI hIs usual gender swIIch-ups. HIs laIesI comedy Madeas Witness Protection Is dIrecIed Iowards more of a Caucasian audience. And the results are not too shabby. Is a Wall SIreeI collIdIng wIIh Ihe Deep SouIh kInd oI lm, as Ceorge Needleman (Eugene Levy}, who Is an unusually wealIhy accounIanI aI a New York CIIy InvesImenI bank, suddenly nds hImselI In deep waIer when he becomes Ihe guy who musI Iake Ihe Iall Ior an In-house mob PonzI scheme when Ihe sIocks Iake a Iurn Ior Ihe worsI. SIuck wIIh IakIng Ihe blame Ior hIs colleagues, Needleman hears more bad news Irom AIlanIa prosecuIor rIan (Tyler Perry} IhaI he needs Io eIIher Iess up Io Ihe acts he is being accused of or be a sellout and tell the feds abouI Ihe mob money launderIng IhaI was occurrIng rIghI under hIs nose, and enIer Ihe wIIness proIecIIon program along wIIh hIs IamIly, Ior Ihe duraIIon oI Ihe IrIals. WIIhouI much oI a choIce, Needleman packs up hIs wIIe and kIds, who are used Io a more lavIsh lIIesIyle, and agrees Io wIIness proIecIIon arrangemenIs made by rIan. The family is left to stay in the hands of Brians Aunt Madea (Perry} and Uncle Ioe (yup, Perry agaIn}. And so II begIns. Perry Is ouIrageously wIIIy and wIse, and II Is easy Io nd yourselI gIgglIng along wIIh hIs characIers and makIng you wIsh you were a IrIend or IamIly member of Mrs. Madea. Perry Iook a dIerenI approach wIIh IhIs lm. nsIead oI changIng Irom a dramaIIc scene Io a comIcal one, whIch we see hIm do so well In Madea Goes to Jail, Perry teamed up wIIh Levy Io make a lm IhaI dIdnI have a serIous lIne in the making. At all. WheIher II be Madeas venIurIng ouI oI Ihe Deep SouIh Io Ihe Ig Apple, makIng her way Ihrough aIrporI securIIy or Ihe IrIcIIon beIween Madea and Ihe spoIled-roIIen kIds, sIarIIng when son HowIe Is woken up by Madea, IellIng her she looks lIke a gIanI bag oI skIIIles, and Madea comIng back aI hIm sayIng, You beIIer geI Ihe hell up, or when come back up In here youre gonna IasIe Ihe raInbow. The laughs jusI keep on comIng. Perry, as always, delIvers hIs besI perIormance, wheIher he Is dressed as a woman In drag, an old grouchy man or even jusI an average prosecuIor, he makes Ihe lm unlIke any other. Dne oI Ihe mosI sIrIkIng IhIngs abouI Madeas Witness Protection Is IhaI II sIars acIors lIke Eugene Levy, who you wouldnI normally see In a Tyler Perry lm. AI rsI, Levy seemed a bII awkward, buI as Ihe lm progressed, you could see Perrys ImagInaIIon come Io lIIe. And vIewers wIIness how brIllIanI he really Is brIngIng Levy InIo Ihe mIx. The casI was excepIIonal, and complImenIed Perrys work awlessly. Madeas Witness Protection, is the most sIraIghIIorward comedy IeaIure he has produced Io daIe, yet still remains driven by the same heartfelt and free- spIrIIed Ideas IhaI make hIs besI work so engagIng. Madeas Witness Protection, Is Ihe mosI sIraIghIIorward comedy feature [Perry] has produced to date. MADEAS WITNESS PROTECTION by Nicole Kohn CULTURE Vol. XXXIII, Issue 15 15 The year 2U12 seems Io be Ihe year Ior Ihe Iamous CrImm IaIry Iale heroIne, Snow WhIIe. NoI only Is she a main character in ABCs Once Upon A Time (CInnIIer CoodwIn}, a IanIasylcomedy dIrecIed by Tarsen SIngh Mirror, Mirror was released only a Iew monIhs ago. Director Rupert Sanders has hopped aboard the boat in honorIng Ihe IaIry Iale characIer wIIh Snow White and the Huntsman, released last June. Starring Twilight acIress KrIsIen SIewarI alongsIde ChrIs HemsworIh and CharlIze Theron, Snow White and the Huntsman has a much darker seIIIng, InIeresIIng IwIsIs of beloved characters and takes a dramatic turn from the original Disney storyline. Snow WhIIe (SIewarI} Is sIIll a beloved prIncess wIIh skIn whIIe as snow, lIps red as blood and haIr dark as nIghI. However, aIIer Ihe deaIh oI her IaIher, Ihe orphaned prIncess Is locked In a Iower oI Ihe casIle by her sIepmoIher, Ihe evIl ueen Ravenna (Theron}. FearIng agIng and dyIng, Ihe ueen Ieeds o young womens beauIy Io regaIn her youIhIul appearance. When Snow WhIIe escapes Ihe Iower, Ihe ueen hIres a hunIsman (HemsworIh} Io go aIIer her In exchange Ior a Iavor. uI, lIke In Ihe orIgInal Iale, Ihe HunIsman cannoI nd II In hIs hearI Io kIll Snow WhIIe and InsIead helps her escape Ihe ueen Ihen becomIng her IrIend and menIor. Compared Io Ihe orIgInal sIorylIne, Ihe seven dwarIs are noI Ihe happy mIners who whIsIle whIle Ihey work, buI a lIIIle band oI IhIeves wIIh swords and pIck-axes. But their presence is still essential to the survival of Snow WhIIe. The audIence learns Ihe Irue reason Ior Ihe ueens obsessIon wIIh beauIy, leavIng vIewers wIIh maybe a lIIIle more sympaIhy Ior Ihe vIllaIn. Also, whaIs a dramaIIc sIorylIne wIIhouI a lIIIle romance? A love IrIangle Iorms beIween Snow WhIIe, Ihe HunIsman and, surprise, a prince. Known Ior her role In Twilight as a plain, clumsy Ieenage gIrl, SIewarI IransIorms InIo an advenIurous prIncess wIIh some sIunIs and sword-play. n nearly every scene she Is runnIng, jumpIng, rollIng on Ihe ground or a combInaIIon oI all Ihree. LeIs jusI say she acIed beIIer as a rebellious princess than a vampire-obsessed teenager. MeanwhIle, HemsworIh ax-IhrowIng and jumpIng mIghI jusI remInd Ihe audIence oI hIs role as Ihe Norse God Thor in The Avengers. Not to mention, a cute accent is always a plus Ior Iemale vIewers. Theron senI shIvers up Ihe spInes oI Ihose who have seen Ihe IraIler. SIeppIng InIo Ihe shoes oI a woman obsessed wIIh beauIy and murder, Theron mIghI jusI leave Ihe audIence wIIh some nIghImares Ior a Iew nIghIs. Snow White and the Huntsman Is a IreaI Ior Ihose who enjoy seeIng dIerenI versIons oI IheIr IavorIIe IaIry Iale. uI IhIs lm Is denIIely noI a chIldrens movIe. AdulI scenes and the amount of blood and violence is opposite oI DIsneys musIcal, anImaIed versIon. SIIll, II was an enjoyable lm, as long as you IorgeI Ihe Image oI Ihe rsI DIsney PrIncess oI Ihe 153Us. SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN by Caithlin Pena 16 CULTURE August 9, 2012 THE DICTATOR by Nicole Kohn y now Sacha aron Cohens role as a Iunny IoreIgner should come as no surprise. WIIh hIs mercIless carIcaIure oI an Arab IyranI, Cohen stars as Admiral General Aladeen, the not-so- compassionate dictator of the north African nation of WadIya. Thanks enIIrely Io hIs naIIons oIl rIches, Aladeen lives in a pimped- out mansion, drives a convoy of gold- plaIed Humvees and wIIh a moIIon oI hIs hand geIs Io send anyone he desIres o Ior execuIIon. He IsnI Ihe sharpesI Iool In Ihe shed eIIher, as shown when he argues wIIh hIs counIrys Iop nuclear scIenIIsI, NaIal (Iason ManIzoukas}, because he believes the top of his nations missile should be pointy, not round. When Aladeen Iakes a IrIp Io Ihe UnIIed NaIIons, he Is beIrayed by hIs Iop general (en KIngsley} and dumped InIo Ihe hands oI a so-called AmerIcan IorIurer (Iohn C. ReIlly}. Aladeen escapes, mInus hIs beard, and wInds up makIng IrIends wIIh an unshaven Iree-lovIng acIIvIsI, Zoe (Anna FarIs}, who runs an organIc grocery sIore In rooklyn. Aladeen soon nds hImselI ploIIIng wIIh NaIal, who he had supposedly exIled, Io regaIn hIs power. uI when II comes IIme Io ghI Ior hIs command, he sIarIs IallIng Ior Zoe instead. Cohens perIormance was reasonable, buI II was a perIormance IhaI was expecIed even beIore Ihe prevIews sIarIed Io roll. There were a Iew Iunny jokes, buI mosI werenI shockIng because Cohens prevIous perIormances in Borat and Bruno have already shown audIences whaI Io expecI Irom hIm. For Cohen, IhIs lm jusI showed audIences IhaI he can only deliver so much, and it looks like he ran out of humor. The real sIar oI Ihe lm was FarIs as Zoe. WhIle she may noI have looked very aIIracIIve wIIh a boyIsh haIrcuI and a wardrobe IhaI could land her on an epIsode oI WhaI NoI Io Wear, her Iree-spIrIIed personalIIy worked wonders Ior her characIer. Zoe was Iar Irom anyIhIng FarIs usually plays, and II was enjoyable Io waIch her ouI oI her comIorI zone and sIIll pull o a greaI perIormance. ManIzoukass perIormance as NaIal was noI only noble buI genuIne and hIs jokes werenI Iorced. Seems Io me IhaI Ihe only person who dIdnI delIver a greaI perIormance was Ihe maIn characIer hImselI. Looks lIke we need Io nd ourselves a new dIcIaIor. For Cohen, IhIs lm jusI showed audIences IhaI he can only deliver so much, and it looks like he ran out of humor. CULTURE Vol. XXXIII, Issue 15 17 PEOPLE LIKE US by Arielle Dollinger Most people my age probably spent Fourth of July nIghI aI s or parIIes, drInkIng IheIr InhIbIIIons away. , however, was noI InvIIed Io any oI Ihose, so wenI Io Ihe movIes wIIh my dad. As it turns out, People Like Us, dIrecIed by Alex KurIzman, Is Ihe Ieel-good movIe Io enjoy wIIh loved ones. Sam (ChrIs PIne} Is a IwenIy-someIhIng salesman, whose over condence and carelessness bury hIm In debI. He reIurns Io hIs aparImenI Io nd ouI Irom hIs gIrlIrIend that his father has died. But Sam doesnt seem to care. When Sam meeIs wIIh a lawyer Io seIIle hIs IaIhers esIaIe, he nds IhaI hIs IaIher leII hIm noIhIng buI a shavIng bag IhaI held 15U,UUU In cash and a noIe askIng hIm Io delIver II Io someone named Iosh, Ihe nephew Sam never knew he had. After his fathers death, Sam discovers that he is not an only chIld, buI has a sIsIer, FrankIe (ElIzabeIh anks}. The lm Is generally hearIwarmIng, a broIher and sIsIer who never knew Ihe oIher exIsIed meeI and grow closer and rethink the purpose of family. The scenes are golden and glowIng. I encapsulaIes the idea of family, as Sam learns more about Frankie and rebuIlds hIs relaIIonshIp wIIh hIs moIher. But those are not the parts that struck me. The aspect oI Ihe lm IhaI sIruck me was IIs mosI sImple, InnaIe characIerIsIIc: II Is noI a IypIcal love sIory. There was no dramaIIc lead-up Io a kIss aI Ihe end. n IacI, we donI see Sam kIss anybody. The male and Iemale leads do noI Iall In love wIIh each oIher. n People Like Us, love jusI exIsIs. Even though her son Josh misbehaves in school, hits a kId In Ihe head wIIh a IexIbook and geIs expelled, FrankIe forgives him almost immediately, because she loves him. Sam loves Josh because he is family, and loves Frankie Ior Ihe same reason. LeI me be your broIher, he Iells her, wanIIng her Io accepI IhIs new-Iound IamIly IIe. Hannah, Sams girlfriend, loves Sam. The couple does ghI and Hannah leaves, buI IheIr relaIIonshIp Is noI over. Sam calls her when he needs her and Hannah shows up because of their love for each other. The audIence Is noI waIIIng Ior Sam Io geI down on one knee, or to grab Hannah and hug her and tell her that he wIll never leI her go agaIn. Is almosI a gIven IhaI she wIll be there for him in the end. It is real, serious, committed love. Is noI some eeIIng, lusIIul, Ialse parInershIp IhaI wIll InevIIably end beIore Ihe credIIs nIsh rollIng. People Like Us explores a sorI oI love IhaI people dont usually talk about familial love. The bond that exIsIs beIween parenIs and sIblIngs, aunIs and uncles. The bond beIween Ihe people Io whom we are IIed Irom bIrIh, wheIher we lIke II or noI. And for that, I think People Like Us is brilliant. Its most simple, innate characIerIsIIc: II Is noI a typical love story. 18 CULTURE August 9, 2012 BRAVE by Liz Kaempf Cuns and swords are a IhIng oI Ihe pasI. Well, almosI, as this summers movies seem to have become the stages Io show o Ihe lesser-employed sporI oI archery. Hawkeye of Marvels The Avengers, Katniss Everdeen of The Hunger Games and MerIda, Ihe anImaIed sIar oI DIsney-PIxars Brave, aIm Io gIve Ihe old bow and arrow quIIe Ihe spoIlIghI this season. In the fresh change of pace of Scottish accents, Brave depicts to story of an untamed young princess being InecIenIly IraIned by her moIher so she can become queen one day. nsIead oI learnIng Io arIIculaIe and projecI her speech Io a crowded hall oI people, she rIdes her horse Ihrough Ihe woods Ior hours. And InsIead oI masIerIng perfect posture and table etiquette she climbs mountains nexI Io waIerIalls and reIuses Io comb her unruly red haIr. WIIh her bow and arrow, a bIrIhday presenI Irom her IaIher, by her side at all times, Merida, voiced by Kelly Macdonald, Is Ihe rebellIous oldesI chIld whIle her mIschIevous IrIpleI broIhers pull juvenIle pranks Io IormenI Ihe casIle sIa and steal desserts. None of the training is a big deal to Merida until it is revealed Io her IhaI Ihe oIher clans oI her counIry wIll be IravellIng Io Ihe casIle wIIh Ihe InIenI oI Ihe oldesI son oI each clan leader seekIng Io wIn MerIdas hand In marrIage. The lIIIle say she has In her own IuIure sparks a ghI beIween her and ElInore (Emma Thompson}, Ihe queen, and leads Io Ihe InevIIable moIher-daughIer showdown durIng whIch neIIher lIsIens Io whaI Ihe oIher has Io say whIle Ihe legendary, peg-legged KIng Fergus (Illy Connolly} IrIes Io pacify both sides as the father and the husband. Thinking herself too young to marry, Merida challenges Ihe sons In compeIIIIon Ior her own hand, easIly ouImaIchIng Ihem wIIh her archery skIlls when she readIes her own bow. But after a harsh reprimand by the queen that severs the bond beIween moIher and chIld, MerIda Iakes o In Ihe middle of the night on horseback, defeated and miserable. I IsnI unIIl some IoresI magIc leads her Io a wIIch IhaI she is able to devise a plan to change her fate. She makes a deal wIIh Ihe woodcarvIng wIIch (IulIe WalIers} Ior a spell Io change her moIher In a way IhaI wIll hopeIully make her more sympaIheIIc Io MerIdas unwanIed currenI sIIuaIIon. uI as any Creek, Norse or ScoIIIsh lore wIll demonsIraIe, IaIe Is noI easIly changed and Is cruel when deed. The spell backres, leavIng Ihe queen In danger and Merida on a quest to reverse the enchantment before it is ImpossIble Ior her lIIe Io reIurn Io normalcy. I wIll Iake strength, cunning and, most importantly, her undeniable bravery to defeat the magic and monsters, the mistakes she made and to repair the rip in her family tapestry. HearIwarmIng scenes oI a moIher and daughIer bondIng, Ihe humor oI Ihe IrIpleI broIhers execuIIng prank aIIer prank on Ihe easIly sIarIled sIa and epIc baIIle scenes beIween skIllIul warrIors and monsIrous bears make Brave as IhrIllIng as II Is uplIIIIng. The moral oI DIsney-PIxar anImaIed IeaIures always manage Io hII close Io home and IhIs lm Is no excepIIon. I remInds vIewers Ihe ImporIance of listening comprehension skills, something most people dId noI masIer In Ihe IIh grade, as well as Ihe power oI family. And Ihe power oI bears. I IhIs movIe does anyIhIng above all, II remInds IamIlIes how much moIhers are lIke bears: always provIdIng Iood and ercely proIecIIve. CULTURE Vol. XXXIII, Issue 15 19 by Dan Cashmar 20 CULTURE August 9, 2012 Ive heard Hip-Hop is dead. The claim has been spewed lIberally by bIIIer gangsIer rap IundamenIalIsIs as early as IggIes deaIh and mosI sIarkly when Kanye WesI made II accepIable Ior MCs Io don sweaIer vesIs nearly a decade ago. Now IhaI RIck Rosss career has only skyrocketed after being ousted as a phony, it may have dIed Ior a cerIaIn crowd. For a tragic moment, it seemed like Long Island- born alI-rap pIoneer Aesop Rock was a casualIy. FIve years wIIhouI a release, a dIvorce, no sIgn oI a Iour and hIs noIorIous underground label DenIIIve Iux abrupIly announcIng IIs ceasIng oI operaIIons In 2U1U were noI comIorIIng sIgns. uI jusI as hIs DeI-Iux cohorI El-P dId IhIs year, Ace has made a comeback wIIh Skelethon, an expansIve and sonIcally advenIurous LP IhaI noneIheless sees hIs reIurnIng Io hIs crypIIc-message spIIIIng ways. Unlike his past releases, Skelethon holds back on noIhIng excepI Ior conIrIbuIIons. Hes made hIs way Io a new label, produced all hIs own beaIs Ior Ihe rsI IIme and, oIher Ihan a neglIgIble leII-eld guesI spoI by ex- Moldy Peaches weIrdo KImya Dawson, Aesop Is Ihe sole voIce on Ihe 15-Irack album. Though hIs producIIon has been modestly blossoming over the years, Skelethon nds hIs poundIng InsIrumenIal and sample-lackIng beaIs IronI and cenIer. Ace once saId In an InIervIew IhaI hIs dream collaboraIIon would be Tom WaIIs, and you can certainly hear his inspiration in the production. The KImya Dawson-assIsIed Irack Crows 1 sounds lIke whaI Mr. WaIIs would have come up wIIh II he had grown up lIsIenIng Io A TrIbe Called uesI. uI whIle hIs whImsIcal lyrIcs do Iake a slIghI sIep back on IhIs release, Iheres no shorIage oI Ihe wIIIy punches hIs Ians have grown Io love: wIsh II was someIhIng could dIagram on a napkIn l so you wonI Ieel so deIached II II should happen. Though Aesop Rock Is cerIaInly sIIll a rapper lIke no oIher, IIs InIeresIIng how accessIble he now seems. I may be hIs new maxImal production ethos, but its probably more due to the fact IhaI Ihe resI oI HIp-Hop has nally caughI up wIIh hIm. -SAMUEL LIEBRAND EarlIer IhIs monIh, Frank Dcean wroIe an open leIIer to his fans through his Tumblr page. It recounted the tale oI Dceans rsI love, one IhaI changed he way he looked at himself. Dcean had so proIoundly loved a man who dIdnI love hIm back. He ran away Irom hIs home In New Dr- leans after Hurricane Katrina hit. Its safe to say that Frank Dcean Is no sIranger Io paIn. And IhaI emoIIon Is clear In every song on hIs new album Channel Orange. Is reIreshIng, IhaI In a IIme when men In RB are so apt on appearing rugged and manly, that one can so ac- curaIely express hImselI. ThInkIn ouI You, Ihe debuI song, bears a resem- blance Io Ihe leIIer Dcean wroIe hIs Ians. oIh are abouI haunting, unrequited love. The chorus is catchy enough, but the lyrics really make this song one of his more mem- orable ones. uI none oI hIs songs Iruly show who Frank Dcean Is lIke ad RelIgIon. The song deals wIIh hIs homosexu- ality, and the opposition he faces because of it. I can never make Ihem love me, he sIngs, as he explaIns IhaI people cursed him for being himself. SweeI LIIe, wIIh IIs caIchy chorus, asks why Ihe rIch need Io lIve IheIr lavIsh lIIesIyle and canI jusI enjoy Ihe sImpler IhIngs In lIIe. Super RIch KIds, abouI braIIy children, basically does the same. Both songs plead for people Io express IheIr Irue emoIIons InsIead oI puIIIng up a IronI, someIhIng Dcean hImselI Is no sIranger Io. DIher songs IhaI are equally noIeworIhy are PInk MaIIer, whIch IeaIures DuIkasI member Andre 3UUU, and PyramIds, a Ien-mInuIe long song IhaI paInIs a picture of Cleopatra on her throne. Is no wonder IhaI crIIIcs are haIlIng Channel Dr- ange as one of the best, if not the best albums of the summer. All 17 Iracks are Ihe perIecI blend oI emoIIon and caIchIness. I was Frank Dcean hImselI who saId IhaI, when youre happy you enjoy Ihe musIc, buI when youre sad, you undersIand Ihe lyrIcs. Dceans new al- bum Is Ihe rare example oI one IhaI can delIver on boIh those levels. - TEENA NAWA CULTURE Vol. XXXIII, Issue 15 21 The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten SprIngsIeen IanaIIcs Iurned punks The CaslIghI AnIhem are back wIIh IheIr fourth LP, Handwritten. Fans oI Ihe band wIll recognIze IheIr sIgnaIure bluesy overIones, buI Ihe raw edge IhaI came wIIh sIIckIng Io smaller labels Is gone. Now, sheddIng Ihe power chords and double IIme IhaI lenI Ihem IheIr old edge, Iheyre adopIIng a bIgger, slower sound. Echoes oI on IovI pop up here and Ihere In anIhemIc arena-rockers, whIle Van MorrIson rears hIs head In a sha- la chorus on Here Comes My Man. SurprIsIngly, Handwritten reaches IIs apex wIIh Ihe acousIIc closer, NaIIonal AnIhem, a lonesome Tom PeIIy-esque croon- er about saying goodbye to the person you love. Unfortunately, the recording sIyle Is occasIonally a lIIIle over Ihe Iop. s II overproduced? Yes. Do we IuckIng love it? You bet. CONTRIBUTORS: SAMUEL LIEBRAND ANDY POLHAMUS REBECCA TAPIO The Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellin The DIrIy ProjecIors sevenIh sIudIo album IeeIers on Ihe edge oI balance, keepIng Ihe lIsIener jusI ouI oI IheIr comIorI zone wIIh dIscordanI sounds IhaI Ihey cannoI place one beIng a conIInuous loop oI ngers IappIng on a guIIar whIle Ihe rIse and Iall oI Dave LongsIreIh, Amber Coman and Haley Dekles voIces hold IheIr aIIenIIon In a vIce. uI Ihe overwhelmIng ow presenI In each and every song, and IhroughouI Ihe enIIre album IIselI, Iakes Ihe ProjecIors sound Io a new level. I cannoI be easIly be mIsIaken Ior jusI anoIher weIrd prog- rock experImenI, unlIke IheIr prevIous album, Mount Wittenberg Orca, a collabo- raIIon wIIh jork based on 2UU5s Bitte Orca. It is the perfect solution to this summers heaI, as each song you lIsIen Io raIses your cool IacIor by Iwo degrees. Purity Ring - Shrines PurIIy RIng, yeI anoIher boylgIrl elecIronIca duo Io emerge In recenI memo- ry, nally comes ouI wIIh a Iull-lengIh debuI aIIer more Ihan a year oI lIberally distributing MP3s across the Internet. The Canadian pair lifts the best aspects of their contemporaries Crystal Castles raucous synths, Sleigh Bells tuneful melodies, and the Knifes dark and poppy drum patterns to form a simultane- ously retro and futuristic sound on one of the most addicting releases so far this year. 22 OPINION August 9, 2012 rIghI-eyed and puzzled, an Image oI Lennox, Ihe el- IasI dog whose legal baIIle Io sIay alIve receIved InIerna- IIonal coverage, plasIered IelevIsIon broadcasIs and news- papers as he was puI Io sleep lasI Wednesday, Iuly 13 for allegedly IallIng under Ihe PIIbull TerrIer Iype, under UKs Dangerous Dogs AcI oI 1557. Lennox was seIzed by elIasI dog wardens In AprIl, 2U1U and kepI In a dog kennel Ior abouI Iwo years, durIng whIch IIme hIs owner, CarolIne arnes IrequenIed courI- rooms In an eorI Io regaIn cusIody oI her dog. arnes claImed IhaI Lennox was noI a PIIbull TerrIer mIx, buI a ulldog mIx whIch, Is permIIIed under NorIhern reland ju- risdiction. The acI was rsI InIroduced In 1551 amId a surge oI dog aIIack sIorIes In Ihe news. n 1585, 11-year-old Kelly Lynch oI ScoIland had been mauled and kIlled by Iwo RoIIweIlers when she and a IrIend had losI conIrol oI Ihem durIng IheIr walk. Two years laIer, sIx-year-old Rukhsana Khan suered crIIIcal InjurIes aIIer beIng aIIacked by a PIIbull IerrIer. She survived the attack. After these, and other noted assaults, the Parliament of the UK passed a necessary legislation to help combat future confrontations. The laws IargeIed Iour maIn Iypes, and Lennox Iell un- der Ihe PIIbull TerrIer caIegory. WhaI makes Ihe amend- ment questionable is that it do not ban dogs solely based on breed. The dogs are placed In Iypes and II Ihey are deemed as aggressive or predatory, then they can be eu- IhanIzed and IheIr owners can Iace possIble jaIl IIme. The act also mandates that any such canines on public prop- erIy musI wear a muzzle aI all IImes. ThIs was Ihe case Ior anoIher hIgh-prole dangerous dog, Dempsey. n 1552, owner DIanne Fanneran was walkIng her PIIbull when she saw IhaI he was Ill. She Iook o Ihe resIraInI and leI Dempsey vomII, jusI beIore auIhorIIIes arrIved Io Iake Ihe dog. But Dempseys story has a happier ending as she is laIer reunIIed wIIh her owner. DogsIIe.org, an organIzaIIon dedIcaIed Io documenI- Ing all dog aIIacks reporIs IhaI over 5U percenI oI all aIIacks in the United States involve a Pitbull type. The National Health Service of the UK reports that dog attack causalities have gone up 5/ percenI In Ihe pasI 1U years. The case oI Lennox remaIns conIroversIal, even wIIh his death as the public questions the ethics behind the Bel- IasI CIIy CouncIl. I Lennox had In IacI been a pII bull IerrIer Iype, dId Ihe owner arnes noI have Ihe rIghI Io be pres- enI durIng Ihe euIhanIzaIIon? The councIl InsIead opIed Io have Lennoxs ashes senI Io hIs owner. by Bushra Mollick Sometimes Dogs Bite People Dnce agaIn Ihere has been more quarrelIng beIween relIgIous alIaIIons, conservaIIve polIIIcIans and respecIed medIcal auIhorIIIes over bIrIh conIrol. However, IhIs IIme Ihe ghI Is over Ihe raIher Ihe IIny 1U-poInI IonI that is typed on the instructions for various birth control medications. The InserI InsIde nearly every box oI mornIng-aIIer pIlls, whIch are used wIdely Io prevenI pregnancy aIIer sex, say Ihey may work by blockIng IerIIlIzed eggs Irom ImplanIIng In a womans uIerus. Doesnt sound like there should be a problem, right? Well, varIous relIgIous ouIleIs and conservaIIve polIIIcIans say oIherwIse. ased on Ihe belIeI IhaI a egg Is alIve aI Ihe poInI oI IerIIlIzaIIon, IIs beIng argued IhaI dIsrupIIng a IerIIlIzed eggs abIlIIy Io aIIach Io Ihe uIerus Is considered abortion. WhaI Is mInd-bogglIng Is Ihe IacI IhaI Ihese pIlls do noI prevenI IerIIlIzed eggs Irom aIIachIng, buI block IheIr creation completely. The reason that conservatives are cryIng murder In regards Io Ihe pIll could sIem Irom Ihe FDAs decision regarding the package inserts mentioning outdated information that the FDA had during the drug- approval process regarding the idea that the medication prevenIs eggs Irom ImplanIIng. ScIenIIsIs say Ihe pIlls work up Io ve days aIIer sex, prImarIly sIallIng an eggs release unIIl II can no longer be IerIIlIzed. ThIs raIses Ihe age-old quesIIon, when does lIIe begIn? Proposals have been puI Iorward In several sIaIes Io dene a IerIIlIzed egg as Ihe begInnIng oI lIIe, prompIIng Ihe FDA Io rewrIIe Ihe InserIs. A IerIIlIzed egg is the start of the pregnancy cycle, but emergency birth control, as seen by skeptics, makes it seem like all forms of contraceptives are abortion even though there are other reasons to take them, such as regulating hormones and menstrual cycles. respecI Ihe relIgIous organIzaIIons and IheIr rIghIs Io choose whaI Ihey belIeve In, buI please, donI shun oIher people who decIde Io belIeve and do someIhIng dIerenI. IrIh conIrol Is sImply a means Io prevenI pregnancy, whIch In Iurn, could prevenI Ihe aborIIons IhaI would lIkely occur due to accidental pregnancy. NoI only IhaI, buI pregnancy Is where a woman Is ImplanIed wIIh a IerIIlIzed egg. No IerIIlIzed egg, no pregnancy. IrIh conIrol Is prevenIIng Ihe IerIIlIzed egg Irom exIsIIng, IhereIore, Ihere Is noIhIng Io be ImplanIed. Abortion is not a result of taking contraceptives, if anything contraceptives are a preventative. Rewriting the Tiny Font on Birth Control by Brianna Peterson SPORTS Vol. XXXIII, Issue 15 23 Stony Brook Athletics has seen some impressive sport- Ing accomplIshmenIs In Ihe pasI Iew monIhs, buI none come close Io Lucy Van Dalens olympIc qualIcaIIon. The Stony Brook alumnus graduated in May, alongside her IwIn sIsIer and Iellow aIhleIe Holly, and has sInce been travelling around the United States to race. From the re- gIonal qualIers In IacksonvIlle, FlorIda Io Ihe NCAA Cham- pIonshIps In Des MoInes, owa, Van Dalen was provIng sIrengIh In every race. I wasnI unIIl a Irack meeI In New Iersey IhaI she sIarIed shavIng seconds o her 15UU-me- Ier IIme, droppIng down Io /:U8. Van Dalen nally goI Ihe race she was hopIng Ior In San DIego wIIh a paced race or- ganIzed Ior prospecIIve DlympIans. ComIng In IhIrd, Van Dalen reached a remarkable IIme oI /:U5:76 well under Ihe qualIIyIng sIandard oI /:U7. When asked abouI her reacIIon Io gaInIng a spoI on Ihe New Zealand olympIc Ieam, Van Dalen saId IhaI she was absolutely elated after running the olympic qualifying IIme. And how could she noI be? Van Dalen Is now joInIng a long and proud IradIIIon oI KIwI olympIc mIddle-dIsIance runners. From Ihe power and sIrengIh oI PeIer Snell (gold In Ihe 15UUm and 8UUm aI Ihe 156/ DlympIcs} Io Ihe graceIul speed oI Iohn Walker (gold In Ihe 15UUm aI Ihe 1576 DlympIcs} and mosI recenIly, Ihe eIjIng sIlver med- alIsI, NIck WIllIs. The 23-year-old saId IhaI qualIIyIng Ior Ihe DlympIcs has been her dream, but that its not often the perfect qual- ifying race comes along. So many things must come together at the right time Ior a race Io go perIecIly, and IhaI nIghI Ihey dId, Van Dalen said through an email. As an alumnus, Van Dalen wIll no longer be represenI- ing Stony Brook in her running, a transition that is greeted wIIh sadness, accordIng Io Van Dalen. Finishing up at Stony Brook and completing my NCAA career was a sad momenI Ior me as have enjoyed my ve years Immensely, Van Dalen saId. My IIme aI SIony rook has prepared me Ior IhIs season In my lIIe, so wIll always be IhankIul Ior IhaI. know Cod has Ihe plan sorIed and IhIngs wIll sorI ouI In IIs own IImIng, saId Van Dalen, when asked abouI her posI-games plans. For now, am jusI IocusIng on Ihe DlympIcs. SIony rook AIhleIIcs recognIzed Van Dalens conIrIbu- tion to the universitys sporting name at the end of year aIhleIIcs banqueI recenIly IIIled The Woles. IIm FIo- re, Stony Brooks athletics director, alongside Andy Ronan, Ihe Irack and eld coach, acknowledged Van Dalens ouI- standing performance at the NCAA Indoor Championships where she won Ihe mIle. ThIs was SIony rooks rsI na- tional champion. I Is wIIh IhIs knowledge IhaI one musI wonder wheIh- er SIony rook wIll be hosI Io such an ouIsIandIng aIhleIe agaIn. We can saIely say, however, IhaI Ihere wIll be plenIy oI prIde and a lIIIle bII oI boasIIng as we waIch Van Dalen compeIe Ior her home counIry aI Ihe 2U12 DlympIc Cames. RUN, LUCY, RUN! by Olivia Burne My time at Stony Brook has prepared me for this season in my lIIe, so wIll always be IhankIul Ior IhaI.