NOV.
5, 2007 EDITION
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EDITION KEY HEADLINES: Educare Ball; Dr. Joel Ostrow's new book; Halloween activities; Hindu holiday Diwali is a festival of lights; profile of Bev Uebel; aughto ro lecutre on the necessity of second bill of rights; poetry slam; casino night at Villa St. Benedict; Democratic debate; Opinion-pajamas don't need to be a staple of college fashion; English professor Mardelle Fortier wins poetry contest; Hooked on Hookah; GLBT in TV; Britney Spears's Blackout album review; women's basketball season preview, including profile on manager Barrie Oliver and interview with coaches
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STUDENT ACTIVITIES: Students
enjoyed various events throughout the week, including: Pumpkin
Carving, the Poetry Slam and the Spelling Bee. Photos
by Fadi Shihadeh
EDUCARE SCHOLARSHIP SAFARI: BU's biggest bash of the year raised thousands in scholarship money for students. The safari-themed event, which included cocktails and silent auction, an exotic dinner and dancing, provided an "education expedition" for everyone. Photos
by Chi Nguyen and Bob Kasper
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NEWS
Halloween costume contest was full of team spirit
By David Arnone
Community Reporter
Pac-man and his "ghosts" had the most Halloween "spirit" as they won first place at the Student Activities-sponsored costume contest last Wednesday, Oct. 31, from 12:30-1:30 p.m in the Krasa Center. The goal of the event was to judge as many students and staff members in their costumes.
As the event unfolded, 20 students came out and dressed for the festivities. A group of University staff members also participated in the contest.
“I enjoyed the event very much. Being my first year here, I think the costumes and the overall turnout was good,” said Eric Guthrie, assistant coordinator of Student Activities.
The costumes were judged for their overall quality, design, originality and fear of appearance. A $30 gift card to Barnes & Noble bookstore was awarded to the winning costume design. Students Nick Dobes, Katie Buell, Elizabeth Skarr and Eric Tee came in first place with their Pac-man theme. Dobes was dressed in a Pac man costume and the three others were dressed as ghosts Inky, Binky and Pinky.
Staff members also came out with their costumes. The “not playing with a full deck” costume theme came in second place. Their costumes were in the shape of playing cards and each member was dressed in as a particular card suit. However, they were short quite a few cards to make a complete deck.
Third place winner was a student dressed up in a mailman costume.
And last but not least was the “zombie apocalypse.” A group of students who dressed in the zombie apocalypse costumes included Trish Avanzado and Mike Dayler whose costumes featured ripped clothing. They had fake oozing blood while holding chainsaws for an overall scary gothic grunge type spin.
“It was so fun to see everyone come out and dress up and act silly,” said Brooke Murphy, coordinator of Student Activities.
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OPINION
Big cars, big price and big power
By Krystian Link
Guest Writer
The trend for the longest
time in our society has been to own at least one, gas chugging
behemoth. But the syndrome has spread to the point where average
sedans are getting shoddy mileage too. The newest trick for
car companies is using what my high school government teacher
called the “high-low." You’ll always see
the highway mpg figure posted in big, bold letters at the
top of the TV screen on a commercial, but at the very bottom
in size .5 font is the shameful city mpg figure. “But
our car has the highest mpg rating of its class," which
translates to “buy our boat, because it has slightly
better than other tanks." Car companies think they have
such a green thumb if they can get the figures above 20. I’d
be impressed, except foreign car companies have had bigger
numbers since a decade ago. Now you can’t deny it, because
it’s true. In all fairness though, every carmaker uses
the “high-low" so you can’t say I’m
totally biased in this case. And I do know that luxury sport
sedans have less mileage then the average sedan, regardless
who built it. Which brings up the other point of why does
every car over $24,000 needs to run on premium? Some would
say, “well, because the engine runs better and faster,
etc.” Do you want to be dropping an extra 30 cents per
gallon? I know I don’t.
But on to another big issue, which is one of my favorites:
twin turbos. What is the need for twin turbos in anything?
Your engine is going to need pep-pills to prevent the stress
you put it through. The more important question being, where
can you really use it to full potential? For those of us who
can’t afford to import our cars to try out on the Autobahn,
we can’t. I can’t even begin to fathom how much
one person pays for gas for a car like that. The only feasible
solution would be to sign over your life to the gas companies.
Unless gas companies eat the cost for gas which would drop
their gargantuan profits….that’ll be the day.
I feel like the man who sits on his porch in a rocking chair
saying, “I remember when gas was under two dollars."
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