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For students on scholar-ship at RSC, they might not know who donated the money to make their edu-cation possible. Likewise, the donors might not ever have a chance to meet the students who benefit from their monetary contribu-tions.

Both groups had a chance to meet and express gratitude on Monday, Oct. 19, at the annual RSC Foundation Recognition Dinner in the main din-ing room of the Student Center.

Donors, Foundation scholarship recipients, and parents of the students gathered to enjoy dinner and entertainment by the

RSC theater students. Before introducing

the keynote speaker, Dr. Terry Britton, RSC presi-dent, opened with a few remarks. To the students he said, “You are now part of the cycle- we will keep track of you.” He encour-aged the students to re-member RSC after they had graduated and even consider becoming a do-nor so that other students might benefit as well.

The keynote speaker for the evening was Dr. Noble Jobe, president of Murray State College in Tishom-ingo, Okla.

RSC was just one of the colleges he attended in his journey to his doctorate, but insists “this college [is the one] I’m most proud of.”

“I will always be a Raid-er,” Jobe said.

He related his struggles in high school and how he at first didn’t even want to attend college. But as it became apparent that he would have to, he said, “RSC helped me get start-ed.”

RSC influenced him so much that after one semes-ter of biology with a cer-tain Professor Millsap, he radically shifted his degree plan to biology.

“That’s a true story!” Jobe insisted.

The Foundation offered over 200 scholarships this year. In addition to sup-porting academics, the Foundation also helps fund other programs and events of RSC.

The Great Issues Lec-ture series continued on the theme of unraveling the Paradox of Affluence on Wednesday, Oct. 20.

Sherri Edwards, Ph.D., who is a licensed psychol-ogist at the Oklahoma Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center, expounded on the theme of “Getting More and Still Having the Blues.”

“Americans have more stuff…yet Americans are suffering more with de-pression,” Edwards said. She listed some statistics, citing how the average home square footage has more than doubled since 1950, and how the annual average income has in-creased as well.

“So life should be good, right?” Edwards asked. Several members of the audience disagreed.

Edwards then went on to cite more statistics that supported the audience’s

sentiments.“Consumer debt is at an

all-time high…forty-three percent of American fami-lies spend more than they earn.”

Edwards also said that younger Americans are re-porting depressive symp-toms and that the adults continually report having more stress and more fa-tigue.

Why all this dissatisfac-tion and stress? Maybe ma-terial influx doesn’t solve everything. Maybe humans need more than more mon-ey and bigger cars.

“The [Echo Boomer] generation was always told that they could have any-thing and do anything and as a product of that, when we don’t have it and we can’t do it, I think we get depressed,” Heather Stith, Spanish Education major, said.

This was, in fact, the crux of Edward’s speech. When humans feel that they have been denied

something that they think they deserve, they will feel depressed.

Edwards said it’s all about “mental construc-tion,” and the key is to ac-cept your present, your im-mediate reality. She says you must be in the mo-ment and enjoy it, and rec-ognize that all your past experiences have led up to you being in this moment.

Even if the current cir-cumstance is an unpleasant one, “if you stay in the mo-ment long enough…you will be grateful,”Edwards said.

It was yet another rainy afternoon when Edwards gave her lecture. She said, however, “I am grateful for the rain.” Last year, her mums at home died for lack of rain, but this year they are flourishing because of the abundant moisture. So while oth-ers may not enjoy all that “abundant moisture,” Ed-wards is remaining grateful of her immediate reality.

Feeling Blue? Dr. Sherri Edwards speaks to students, during the Great Issues Lecture series, about how possessing a sense of entitlement can lead to depression when expectations are not met.

(Photo by Amber Loyd)

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By: Samantha MaloyAssistant Editor

Donors, students express thanks, support for foundationBy: Samantha Maloy

Assistant Editor

Great Issues confronts mental health issues

Last week’s student sen-ate meeting brought up legislation proposing a change in the way the 25-foot smoking perimeter is enforced.

As proposed, Resolu-tion 005 would make RSC security and law enforce-ment adhere more strictly to the 2008 25-foot smok-ing bans by issuing stu-dent, faculty and visitor tickets for breaking this rule. A first offense would cost $50, second $75 and $25 raised increments for each offense thereafter.

Once five tickets have been issued to an individu-al, they would be required to appear in front of the Office of Student Life to “explain what actions can be taken when a student disregards the rules that [RSC] adheres to” accord-ing to the bill.

In his statements last week, Senator Rendon Chambers raised ques-tions concerning the job performance of campus se-curity and police officers.

The original resolution stated “in order to keep the peace and respect for indi-

viduals on this campus...it is the campus police and Security’s responsibility to do what they are being paid for and act in a con-duct becoming of a police and security officer.”

According to the Stu-dent Code of Conduct in the Student Handbook (free copies are available in the Student Services build-ing), “Smoking and other use of tobacco products is prohibited in all College campus buildings, includ-ing offices, other work ar-eas, and enclosed walkways according to statutory ref-erence O.S. 1-1523, there is no smoking within 25 ft. of public entrances on campus.”

Furthermore, any viola-tions of the code of conduct “should go through the of-fice of Dr. Kent Lashley, associate vice president for student life,” Cindy Davis, student life secretary said. “Academic issues may go through Francis Hendrix’s office, and then may be re-ferred to us.”

Resolution 005 passed with one member opposed and five abstained.

Chambers’ comments prompted questions re-garding the legislation and

this week, he apologized for his comments.

“During last week’s reso-lution presentation, I mis-spoke on the way I felt about the resolution and things related to it. It was uncalled for and unprofes-sional as a student senator,” Chambers said.

In effort to be accurate, Resolution 005 is current-ly being amended.

Regarding other busi-ness, Imagination in Mo-tion, a group on RSC cam-pus, requested $105 from Senate for a fundraiser they are putting togeth-er for students on Nov. 13 in the Raider Room. The money gained from the senate will go to buy-ing the first, second and third prizes that will be presented to winners par-ticipating in the fundraiser. This grant was voted on and passed unanimously through Senate.

Senator Grace Bedford and President Amanda Walters addressed Sen-ate Resolution 007, which states, “A resolution relat-ing to the installation of Lysol cans in RSC class-rooms and restrooms.”

The plan is to buy enough Lysol to supply one

can per classroom and re-stroom and “that the Lysol cans be in constant supply to these classrooms.” This would be the duty of the janitorial staff and budget; to use, keep track of, and pay for the said Lysol cans.

When asked about the cost for Lysol to be put in 70 classrooms and 20 bathrooms around cam-pus, President Walters responded. “[We] asked the janitorial staff what they wanted and then we shopped at Sam’s Ware-house.”

The janitorial staff of RSC estimated each class-room needing five cans of Lysol per semester. They are able to buy a 12-pack for $74.86 at a specified retailer; this would equate to $449.16 per 90 cans.

If every classroom is to have five cans on hand per semester, the total estimat-ed cost for one semester would come to $2,245.80, not including applicable tax, all of which will come from the janitorial budget.

“I looked up the statis-tics on how much it costs for one employee to miss three consecutive days of work, and this is close to that cost,” said President

Walters.“I think this is a really

easy, simple way to help make [RSC] a lot cleaner,” said President Walters in her closing argument be-fore voting.

Resolution 007 passed with 11 for, 5 opposed and one abstained.

When asked why he voted in favor of the reso-lution, Senator Michael Neary said “it is a way to keep our campus clean, and as college students we shouldn’t be like little chil-dren and should clean up after ourselves.”

Senator Kelsie Tucker, who voted against 007, said “Due to the lack of in-formation in the resolution as well as it costing our college $600 every time we replace [the Lysol], I op-posed.”

All resolutions passed on the Student Senate floor must meet with the approval of the adminis-tration before being imple-mented.

Treasurer Tracy Mc-Dade reported the Senate has $16,666.50 in their treasury.

By: Miranda LimingContributing Writer

Newer, better smoking resolution on the horizon

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“You’re part of the cycle.” President Terry Britton speaks to the Foundation Scholarship donors and recipients about how they are a part of the campus community and how they help the long journey

to success. (Photo by Amber Loyd)

Policies and letters to the

editor

Editor in ChiefRacheal Price (rprice@rose.edu)

Assistant EditorSamantha Maloy (smaloy@rose.edu)

Features EditorBryan Mangieri (bmangieri@rose.edu)

Assignment EditorAdriana Valtinson

Chief PhotographerDanetta Butler

PhotographerAmber Loyd

Graphic ArtistBrian AllenCirculation ManagerElexandria Murchinson

Tech SupportScottie Seger (aseger@rose.edu)

SecretarySharon Motley (smotley@rose.edu)

Coordinator of Student Publica-tionsJulie Lesko-Bishop (jlesko-bishop@rose.edu)

VolunteersJonathan DyerMiranda LimingQuiedra Nolan Melani Wallace

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Letters to the Editor The 15th Street News welcomes and encourages letters to the editor. Letters should be no more than 300 words and may be edited for clarity, length, or to avoid obscenity, libel and invasion of privacy but ideas will not be altered. Student submissions must include the student’s name, ID number, and major. The ID number will not be printed. Faculty and staff letters must include the writer’s name, title, and extension. The extension will not be printed. Anonymous letters will be read, but not printed. Letters to the editor may be hand delivered to FA110; sent by mail to 15th Street News, Rose State College, 6420 SE 15, Midwest City, 73110; e-mailed to the secretary, [smotley@rose.edu] or recorded nightly on PhoneMail at 733-7400 between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m.

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As I was flipping through the 15th Street News before class I could not help but read the first-page article Senate passes three resolutions. I also couldn’t help, but notice that the RSC Senate passed a resolution to place 184 paper toilet seat cover dispens-er’s around the campus due to the lack of “sanitary conditions at [RSC]… [not being able to suitably] “defend against many diseases.” The price of these dis-penser’s are going to cost $13.02 each, which is a total of $2,395 minus the charge of paper up-keep in the future. Where is this money going to come from? Are student enrollment prices going to skyrocket so that the school can afford paper butt covers for the bathrooms? Can I see the statistics that paper toilet seat covers reduce disease transmis-

sion on clean, dry toilet seats, please? FYI: Paper butt covers are not going to reduce disease transmis-sion around the school. In fact, I cannot think of one disease that is transmittable from a dry, clean toilet seat. If people are truly concerned about preventing dis-ease transmission perhaps Jeff Robbins HIV/AIDS Peer Edu-cation Class should be manda-tory for all RSC students? From the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS Peer Educator handbook I learned that many diseases are not transmittable from a clean, dry toilet seat in the first place! In fact, I find most of the re-strooms here on campus to be quite clean. (Perhaps, could we do something about the smell of the girl’s bathrooms around noon though, because it is often

noxious?) A common mistake that I see many people committing them-selves to these days is the use of alcohol based hand-sanitizer in place of proper hand wash-ing technique (sing Happy Birth-day while you lather your hands with soap and rinse with warm H2O). However miraculous Triclosan (the main ingredient in waterless alcohol hand san-tizers) is, it does NOT replace routine hand washing during the day. “Antibacterial products were developed and have been successfully used to prevent transmission of disease-causing microorganisms among patients, particularly in hospitals. They are now being added to prod-ucts used in healthy households, even though an added health benefit has not been demon-

strated. Scientists are concerned that the antibacterial agents will select bacteria resistant to them and cross-resistant to antibiot-ics” (CDC). The fear of triclosan from the medical world is that from CONSTANT misuse of the antimicrobial agents, like Triclosan in a non-medical set-ting will lead to the global health crisis of antibiotic resistance. Believe you me, these are the facts… or don’t believe it, but DO wash your hands so that I do not have to incur the cost of paper butt covers that are just going to stick to your butt and shoes and clog up toilets. [Source:http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no3_supp/levy.htm]

Autumn Rose SimmsNursing Science & Student of

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Sue Dawson O’Brien’s Mass Communi-cations class was asked, “If a fine for

smoking were imposed, what should the money raised go toward?”

Major: Photography “I think it should go to Student Activities”

Major: Journalism“Remodeling some of RSC’s facilities.”

Major: Journalism “It should go to new school equipment”

Major: Journalism“Lower the price of our text-books.”

It has been brought to our at-tention that our students get their news from the Internet, news channels and Jon Stewart. All fine avenues for getting daily news, but they operate slightly differently than a newspaper and causes confusion for our readers who believe newspapers follow the same guidelines as a news show or Internet site. The newspaper is not a news show or Internet site; it is a training ground for print journalism and so it follows print formulas. In a show like Bill O’Reilly, lis-teners are getting an opinion – a clear opinion from the writers and host of the show. They call it a news program, but it is really compares to column writing. Similarly, on the Internet many people call themselves editorial-ists, but again they are really col-umnists because they sign their name to their opinion and they do not have to offer anything else. A true editorial is not signed because it is the opinion of the staff of a newspaper and is col-laboratively written. It outlines a problem, injustice, inanity, or

gives accolades for a job well done and it offers solutions and ideas for correcting or continu-ing a course of action. The hall-mark of an editorial is the “call to action.” The editorial of the newspaper is analogous to a senate bill. An author or group of authors write the bill, but once it passes, the entire group becomes respon-sible for the bill. Editorials work the same way, the 15th Street News editorial may be written by one or two people, but the entire staff puts their input into it before it gets typed and again before it goes to press. The editorials of the 15th Street News are the collective opinions of the staff of the newspaper. If a staffer dissents with the majority opinion, we make mention of it. These opinions are not those of the faculty, staff, or administra-tion of the college. Rather, it is the collective opinion of some students. Letters to the editor, on the other hand, are the opinions of their writers. If they are signed and recieved before our weekly deadline, they are printed. They

are the final word on an issue. The newspaper does not get to comment or rebut. In fact, it may be helpful to think of a let-ter as a way to rebut something that seems wrong or off-base in the newspaper. And it is an ex-cellent way to address issues and allow for public discourse. So if a reader disagrees (or wants to offer praise) about the content of an editorial, a letter is encouraged. In fact, anything that appears in the newspaper

can be commented on in this manner. For more detailed in-formation about submitting a letter to the editor, please read the policies listed to the left. The following is the opinion and experience of the student staff at the 15th Street News. Dr. Kent Lashley, associate vice president of student life, is the bomb-diggity. Not only does he possess great leadership skills, but he also has a good sense of humor. Be nice to him.

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Sixty four students accepted invitations to “lead the way” by joining Phi Theta Kappa. Twelve of those students welcomed the opportunity to be formally in-ducted into the honor society. The biannual event was held Sat-urday, Oct. 24.

The Alpha Eta Alpha chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Interna-tional presented students with symbols of the organization and a solemn ceremony welcoming them into the group. Students were presented with a white candle, symbolic of knowledge, a white rose as a symbol of “in-tellectual friendship” and were asked to sign their name in the rolls to officially join the organi-zation.

Suzanne Thomas, co-advisor, reminded students that “this is

a service organization whose members work to promote scholarship, leadership, service and fellowship. Your member-ship can be the most rewarding and fulfilling experience of your academic career.”

In addition to inducting new members, the society inducted three new officers and bestowed on them medals of their office; Jessica Garrett took up the man-tle of club secretary, Eric Levine accepted the Vice President of Leadership position, and Adri-ana Valtinson was recognized as historian. All three had been elected to their positions previ-ously, but had not formally taken their oath of service, which can only take place during induc-tions.

Afterward, light refreshments were served as the officers of the society greeted new members and explained some of the ben-

efits of joining. Lesa Logue, co-president, felt

the event was a success. “It was a wonderful time to meet the new inductees and encourage mem-bers to participate. Phi Theta Kappa can be more than letters on a transcript, if members let it. The [society] gives back much more than you put in.”

Phi Theta Kappa is the inter-national honor society for com-munity colleges and has chapters at over 1,200 community colleges across the world and boasts over 2.5 million members. Member-ship is conferred to students who demonstrate academic excellence by having completed at least 12 college credit hours and have attained a GPA of 3.5. Once inducted into the organization, students will remain members for life as long a 3.0 GPA is maintained.

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Great Issues Lecture RSC professor Dr. John Carl

will complete the fall lecture series by discussing “The U.S.

and the World… Where Do We Stand?” at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4. For more information contact Toni Castillo at 733-

7512.

Character First! As part of the Student Leader-ship Development Initiatives the

Tinker Federal Civic Leaders will present Character First!:

Initiative 12:15 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5 in the Student Services Building. Room 105. Pizza and refreshments will be served to attendees. It is free to attend.

For more information call 733-7379.

Go Green Club The Go Green Club will meet at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4 in the Student Center, Room 123.

American Indian Association

The American Indian Associa-tion is seeking new members and volunteers for the annual Native American Celebration Thursday,

Nov. 5. The next AIA will be held at noon Thursday, Oct. 29

in the Student Center, Room 123. AIA will also meet at noon Thursdays, Nov. 12, Dec. 3 and

Dec. 17.

Sigma Alpha Mu Sigma Alpha Mu (Science and Math Club) will host Professor Clint Porter as he explains the

importance of environmental sci-ence 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 13 in

the Engineering and Technology Building, Room 206.For more information contact Dr. Jamie

Graham at 733-7589.

Zonta Scholarships Zonta scholarship applications

are now being sought for the spring 2010 semester. Applicants must be female students enrolled

in at least six credit hours and major in a field of study that will

ultimately provide applicants with the skills and expertise to improve the status of women

and children. Applications may be submit-ted to the EmPower mail box located in the RSC mail room, attention Pam Emmons. Ap-plications may also be mailed

to or received at the EmPower office located at 7005 SE 15th

Street, Midwest City, OK, 73110 (second floor of the Chase Bank

Building.) Applications are due by no later than 3 p.m. Friday, Nov.

13. Two $650 scholarship recipients will be notified by Dec. 1. They will be asked to attend the Dec. 15 Christmas dinner meeting of the Zonta Club of Central Okla-homa to receive the award. Only

the winners will be notified. Incomplete applications will

not be processed.

Oral Tobacco Awareness The Wellness Center will pres-ent an informative session on the

risks of oral tobacco use 1 – 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17 in HPE 115. The session is free to at-

tend and open to everyone. This event complements The Great American Smokeout Thursday, Nov. 19 to promote the nation-wide effort to stop smoking for

one day.

Last Week’s Puzzles Solved

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Insouciant (adjective): Careless, indifferent, uncon-cernedSOURCE: OED

Oldest Written Reference: “This insouciant, light-tempered, gay, and thoughtless disposition, conducted René..to a hale and mirthful old age.,” from Anne of Geierstein by Sir Walter Scott (1829).

Laudatory Use: “I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance.” ~ Ogden Nash

Pop Culture Reference: “ ‘We’d make a mess,’ I said. ‘And who knows I might get lucky.’ Really, really, really lucky. Nicodemus moved a hand in acknowledgement, ‘But baring luck…’ ‘Yeah,’ I said. ‘And you offer such insouciance regardless?’”~ “Small Favor” (Dresden Files) by Jim Butcher

Our Usage: The insouciant idiot started to get on our nerves after two weeks of his incessant presence.

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Native American Celebration Day will be held on campus 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday Nov. 5 in the Student Center’s main din-ing room. Connie Myrick, advisor for the American Indian Association, said exhibitors would feature information for Native Americans as well as for students and community members alike. Some tables will have jewelry for sale, and Indian tacos will be sold for six dollars in the food court.

Celebrate Native American culture Nov. 5 Dr. Monique Weaver, RSC professor, invites Relient K members,

Ethan Luck and Matthew Thiessen, to speak with her class and other students before their performance at the RSC Performing Arts Theater. The band played to an enthusiastic crowd, Wednesday, Oct. 21 . (Photo provided by Kenneth Beachler)

Relient K ‘gives back’Students seize opportunity to

learn from professionals

With an eclectic musical style ranging from Blues to Bluegrass, Gypsy Jazz to Western Swing, Country, Rock and Gospel, Horseshoe Road blends them into an earthy genre of music they call, Heartland Acoustic. World-renowned fiddle sensa-tion and Oklahoma Musical Ambassador, Kyle Dillingham, heads the band. The band will perform music from their latest

CD, “Reel-to-Reel.” To receive the free tickets, staff and students present their I.D. at the Communications Center box office between the hours of 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. Monday-Friday. Staff and students MUST have a valid Rose State I.D. to receive the tickets. If they do not have one, they can be made in the Stu-dent Services building.

By: Bryan MangieriFeatures Editor

12 students accept white rose and

candle of Phi Theta Kappa

Jason BloomVanessa Burton

William CochranCara Gorden

Allison GriffithsGavin HartEric LevineTobi Moyer

Kimberly NealMichael Nelson

John SmithAmanda Suell

Staff and students can receive two free tickets for the Horseshoe Road concert on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 8 p.m.

Misty Crain will have been an advisor in the Social Sciences Division for one year this month. Before that she worked in the Business division for three years.She attended RSC and the Uni-versity of Central Oklahoma where she was a business major. She is now finishing her MBA at UCO.Crain says as an advisor, “Every day is different!” Her favorite part of her job is “being a moti-vator for students and being able to answer their questions or help them find the answers to their questions.” She welcomes stu-dents who have a lot of questions because “that means they’ve been doing some thinking.” Pamela Jones, one of Crain’s col-leagues in the Social Sciences Division, says that she is im-pressed with Crain’s knowledge and her strong desire to assist the students. Because Crain was a student at the college, she un-

derstands the importance of an advisor.“Misty goes above and beyond to ensure each student she meets with goes away with clear under-standing of the college process,” Jones added. “She puts students at ease, therefore she is well liked by students and faculty alike. She is a true asset to the Social Sciences Division.”Age: 27Hometown: Mead, OklahomaSpouse: Recently engaged to Sean Engelbrecht. “He’s a for-mer RSC employee and we met at [here].”Pets: rescued 2 dogs, “I call them ‘Schnoodles’(schnauzer/poodle mix). Their names are Rusty & Marty.”Personal Motto: “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.”Favorite Food: “This week, fish & chips. Next week, who knows!?”Favorite dessert: TiramisuQuotes that most amuse or inspire you: - “I’m a big quote person! ‘Finish what you start’,

of course.” Others: “The only true wis-dom is in know-ing that you know nothing” - Socrates; “Common sense is not so com-mon” - VoltaireOne adjective a loved one would use to describe you: OptimisticPhobias: Al-ligators. Pretty much all rep-tiles.If you were not human, what would you be? “A bird, I would love to fly!”If you could have named your-self what would your name be? “Well, I used to tell kids in my 2nd grade class that my ‘real’ name was Sarah. Guess I really liked that name!”What kind of tipper are you? “Double the tax!”

Would you prefer to end hun-ger or hatred? “Hunger. I get pretty cranky when I’m hungry so ending hunger might help end some of the hatred.”What would your super power be? Invisibility.What is the best advice you have been given? “Spend more time being interested and less time trying to be interesting.”

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Misty Crain (Photo by Amber Loyd)

Smashing Pumpkins killed the video

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In the 90s, when mu-sic videos on MTV reigned supreme, Kurt Cobain com-manded us to “cover our hair in our eyes,” while Billy Cor-gan demanded the close-up. In all truth, the decline of the music video as a television art form can plainly be seen in the career of the Smashing Pumpkins. 1996’s “Tonight, Tonight” reached the apex of the genre, with its surrealism and ab-stract narrative where the two main characters fly to the moon only to be kidnapped by extraterrestrial creatures. Meanwhile, the band plays its music in the clouds. However, by the time 2000’s “Try, Try, Try” reached tele-vision, no longer would we see the whole of the band featured in the video. Nope. We only see Billy Corgan, in what could double for a Hugh Hefner costume, vogue for the camera, in between

flash takes of the tale of two heroin junkies and their love unfolding itself miserably upon the audience. Cobain took the easy way out, but Corgan beat the good name of the Smashing Pumpkins into the ground and continues to do so today. Now nothing more than a solo act—original drummer Jimmy Chamberlain replaced by a teenager, the rest of the original lineup, including gui-tarist James Iha and bass-ist D’arcy Wretzky, long ago having been replaced and re-placed again—the Smashing Pumpkins drag on. And on. And on. Last I heard, Cor-gan planned to release ap-proximately 40 songs via the band’s Web site for free. 1991’s “Rhinoceros” intro-duced us to Corgan’s mug: long, curly black hair, crooked teeth, but a sense of wander-lust still in his bespectacled eyes. The video for “Siva” came first earlier in the year, serving its function of expos-

ing us to the band—with a color scheme inspired by the Cure, nonetheless. But Cor-gan found himself comfort-able in his skin as a rock idol in the video “Rhinoceros.” While the Smashing Pump-kins may never have been a democracy, Corgan let on that hey! maybe these band mates actually like each other. Maybe they enjoy the com-pany of each other, especially so in the video for 1993’s “To-day,” where Corgan plays an ice cream truck driver who’s kicked off his own vehicle—but only after he and the rest of the band smear paint (in a similar fashion as Jackson Pollack) across the sides of the truck. Perhaps the point’s best il-lustrated with Billy Corgan in a cowboy hat. At the end of “Today,” he throws on a cow-boy hat, glances both ways, and walks away, lip smacking his gum. This is the epitome of cool for Corgan. Sadly, he wore a cowboy hat in the

video for 1998’s “Perfect,” an abomination in the Smash-ing Pumpkins catalogue, and no longer did Corgan possess any cool whatsoever. In fact, he appeared laughable. So what happened? Corgan became enthralled with the self-centeredness that can come with a rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle. Unfortunate to find out, he was no better than a poser. But this article isn’t about that. It’s about how Corgan sold out. There may not be a good answer to the burnout vs. fade away argument, but at least everyone knows you never sellout. And he did just that when he turned his band from a group to a project. As far as the Smashing Pumpkins are concerned, there’s no “Today;” there’s no “Tonight, Tonight.” All there is and ever will be for Corgan was yesterday.

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Fiddler on the Roof The theater department will present “Fiddler on the Roof” 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13 – 14 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15 in the Performing Arts Theater.

Tickets will be $10 for the gen-eral public, $5 for nonRSC stu-dents and free to seniors, RSC faculty, staff, and students. Call 733-7976 for tickets and more

information. A dinner theater event will be held 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the lobby of the Performing

Arts Center. The dinner will fea-ture a buffet and live entertain-

ment. The cost of the dinner will include tickets to the play. The cost will be $19 for the general

public, $16 for seniors and RSC students, staff and faculty and $12 for children 12 and under.

Reservations are required. Pay-ment for the dinner theater is re-quired by 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10. For more information or res-

ervations, call 736-0313.

Cheerleading Clinic The Cheerleading Club will host a clinic for children ages

5-11 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21. The children will then perform at the Holiday Light-ing Ceremony Tuesday, Dec. 1. The cost is $35 per child.

All proceeds will help send the club to the national competition. Participation forms can be filled out or delivered to the Office of Leadership in the Student Ser-vices Building, Room 105. For more information, contact Alex Funston at 822-6627 or Towry

Barnard at 733-7379.

Excellence in Teaching Awards Nominations are being sought from students for the Excellence

in Teaching Awards. Students may nominate any professor, current or former, that meets

the eligibility requirements and has not won the award in the last five years. To nominate a

professor, students must type a one-page explanation on the rea-sons the student believes quali-

fies their professor to receive the award. Nomination forms may be picked up or submitted Nov.

1 – Nov. 30 in the Academic Affairs Office in the Fine Arts

Building, Room 100. After a sec-ond nomination period passes in March, a committee will evaluate all entries and supporting infor-mation to decide which faculty member will receive the award.

By: Adriana ValtinsonAssignment Editor

By: Bryan MangieriFeatures Editor