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movement that raises funds for

cancer research.

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Tree Planted in Honor of Brian Picone

A memorial tree was plantedon George Mason University’sFairfax campus in honor ofMason alumnus Brian Picone,who passed away in October2009. The tree was planted onWednesday, the second anniver-sary of Picone’s death. A plaquewas created in honor of Piconeand was placed next to the me-morial tree.

Picone’s family members, aswell as students, staff and closefriends were all in attendanceduring the memorial tree servicein honor of Picone. “Studentsand staff from the universitycame out with a tree and dug ahole and the tree was planted andmany people got to say somewords in remembrance of Brian,”said Ric Chollar, associate direc-tor of LGBTQ Resources and for-mer mentor of Picone.

“In this case, it’s really spe-cial because Brian was crematedand there is not a particular placewhere people can come and visit,”Chollar said. “So to have thisplace physically in the groundwhere Brian has a plaque, folkscan now come and pay their re-spects.” The memorial is a cherrytree and is located in a grove nextto Mason Pond

Andrea Picone, Brian’smother, championed the idea of

planting a tree in honor of herson. “Brian’s mother Andrea ad-vocated to have this done,” Chol-lar said. “She contacted theuniversity and the grounds peo-ple were really responsive andeasy to work with and made thishappen.”

“Key people who were im-portant to Mason who havepassed, if folks want to plant atree in honor of them, they can

do that,” Chollar said.“It means a great deal to us

as a family to have a memorialtree for Brian on the Mason cam-pus,” Picone’s family said. “Thetree provides a place for peoplewho love and miss Brian to goalone or together, and remember,think and talk about Brian. Itkeeps Brian close.”

At the memorial service forPicone there was “one of the most

diverse groups in terms of raceand in terms of coming togetherof different organizations and de-partments,” Chollar said.

“[The memorial] was beau-tiful, but still kind of hard to be-lieve that two years have gone bysince he passed away.” said LisaSnyder, associate director forLeadership Education and Devel-opment and one of Picone’s advi-sors. “At the memorial treeservice, it just kind of felt likeBrian’s presence was there in allof us.”

Picone was involved withvarious activities and events oncampus. He was a Patriot Leader,he founded an immigrationrights group and he was thekeynote speaker at a New Cen-tury College graduation. “He wassort of a star in anything he didand he did a bunch of stuff,”Chollar said.

The memorial tree that wasplanted in honor of Brian Piconeproved that the community reallycares about its residents. “Thereis no recipe on how we are sup-posed to do these kinds ofthings,” Snyder said. “For me itmeans a lot to know that there isa sense of community withfriends and with family and withstudents that we can still sharethat here, and I’m really thankfulfor planting a tree in memory ofBrian.”

Ahsan ZamanAsst. News Editor

Photo by Dakota Cunningham

Rappahanock Resident Advisor Perry Buckley poses as a werewolf for Haunted Hanover. As part of the various Weekends at Mason activities for Halloween, Hanover Hall was

converted in to a haunted house on Thursday.

Photo by Stephen Kline

PatriotLodge Arrives

First FreemasonLodge Ever on

CampusJustin Lalputan

News Editor

The Patriot Lodge is aFreemason lodge that recently ar-rived at George Mason Universityand has been approved by Mason.

The Freemasons are one ofthe oldest fraternities in existence,tracing their origins back overhundreds of years. George Wash-ington was initiated into theFreemasons in 1752, and sincethen 13 other presidents have alsobeen members.

The Patriot Lodge is not just atraditional lodge, however. “It’s anacademic lodge,” said Jon Shelton,master of the Patriot Lodge. “It’sthe type of lodge you can find insome other places in Harvard,MIT, Oxford and Cambridge.”

Academic lodges focus theirmembership on the students, fac-ulty, staff and alumni of their re-spective universities. Shelton is analumnus of Mason.

The Patriot Lodge startedwith the efforts of Shelton’s son.While at Mason, Shelton’s son wasa young Freemason and wanted todo something Freemason-relatedon campus. He contacted his fa-ther who took on the project.Shelton gained interest in Har-vard Lodge and chose to imple-ment that model here.

According to Shelton, theFreemasons form a fraternity thatfocuses on developing character,virtue and doing the right thing.“It brings together men in asolemn way,” Shelton said. “It fo-cuses their mind on what it takesto be a better man.”

Freemasons use the model ofthe old stonemasons, putting peo-ple through three degrees to teachlessons associated with characterdevelopment, ethics and morality.

In order to join the Freema-sons, one must be at least 18, ofgood character and believe in ahigher power ¬— though it is notspecifically stated what thathigher power has to be. After onebecomes familiar with the organi-zation and decides that he is theright fit, the person must then askto join the Freemasons. In addi-tion, he must be sponsored by twomembers known as vouchers.

The lodge will then meetwith the interested applicant andeventually get together to decidewhether or not to vote him in.

“There are many benefits tojoining the Freemasons. [Freema-sonry] is the grandfather of mostmodern fraternities. Elks, Lions,even the Greek fraternities oncampus,” Shelton said. “What westill offer that’s different from theother service organizations arethis focus on the internal qualitiesof a man … it really does help totrain your mind in the right way;

This tree is dedicated to the memory of Brian Picone. Picone was a

student at George Mason until he passed away in 2009.

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“In this case, it’s really special because Brian wascremated and thereis not a particularplace where peoplecan come and visit.”

-Ric Chollar, associate director of LGBTQ resources

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Mason’s Electrical and Com-puter Hacking Organization wontop prize in the World Bank WaterHackathon and recently won thirdplace in the AT&T Mobile AppHackathon.

Hackathons are codingmarathons sponsored by compa-nies in which groups compete tocreate programs and applicationsrelated to a specifc theme.Hackathons are open to studentsand professionals of any age.

The World Bank WaterHackathon was a two-day eventthat took place on Oct. 22 and 23.

The focus of this hackathonwas centered on water sanitationand was held for charity. Com-puter engineering major MuneebAkhter, founder and former presi-dent of ECHO, and computer sci-ence major Josh Snider teamed upto win first place in thehackathon.

“Over the weekend, [Akhterand Snider] created a product thatcan be used immediately by one ofour clients in Gaborone,Botswana, and that we can applywith several other countriesaround the world,” said Jose LuisIrigoyen, director of transport,water and information & commu-nications technology at WorldBank,

Akhter and Snider created aproduct that focused on waterbilling.

“You could get your bill justby SMS, and this helps people inthird world countries where theyare using service lines to checkhow much they owe the watercompanies,” Akhter said.

The product they created is a“quick and easy way to check bal-ances and pay money to the watercompanies without having to godirectly to the water distributioncenter,” he said.

The AT&T Mobile Hackathonwas a ten-hour event that took

place on Oct. 15 in The goal of thehackathon was to create a smartphone application.

Mason’s ECHO team createdan app called “Helping Hands”which consists of a red button anda GPS map that shows the currentlocation of a person that has theapplication open, as well as thecurrent location of anyone whohas pressed the red button withina five mile radius.

The purpose of the applica-tion is to allow people to get helpat any time by pressing the button.

“Everyone needs help at somepoint. We want to give that initialhelp. With just the button, youhave a very clear definitive way ofasking for help,” Akhter said.

If a person does not have“Helping Hands” open at the par-ticular moment when someonenearby presses the button, the ap-plication will still send the personan SMS based on the last knowncoordinates of where the applica-tion was opened.

For winning third place in theAT&T Mobile Hackathon, eachparticipant from Mason’s ECHOteam won a $100 gift card.

There were over 130 develop-ers that participated in the AT&TMobile Hackathon.

Hackathons are becoming in-creasingly popular in the D.C.metropolitan area. During this se-mester, there is a hackathonscheduled about every two weeks.Mason’s ECHO team participatesin about four hackathons permonth.

“It is great that the commu-nity around here has so manyhackathons that we can go to andparticipate in, and it is definitelybeneficial for people to learn, col-laborate, as well as it gives morerecognition to the university. It isbeneficial to the people that go tothese hackathons,” Akhter said.

For more information aboutMason’s ECHO team and futurehackathons, students can visitmasonhacks.org.

Monday, Oct. 31Photography Exhibit — “YUYANAPAQ: To Remember”

Mason Hall, AtriumExhibtion through Nov. 4

Tuesday, Nov. 1Mason Honors the Military: Remembrance Wall

Johnson Center, North Plaza

Flu Shot ClinicJohnson Center, Room 11611 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 2

International Cafe: Tea and Games from Around theWorld

Student Union Building I, Patriot's LoungeNoon – 2 p.m.

Native American Heritage Month 2011: Sage MakingWorkshop

Student Union Building 1, Room 24006 – 8 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 3Cultural Studies Colloquium: Jenifer Petersen

Johnson Center, Room E4:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 4Active Leaders Program 2011

The Hub (SUB II), Room 240010 a.m. – Noon

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Warrant Service

Engineering Building

Maiwand Dauod, 21 (GMU) was arrested on an out-standing warrant and transported to Fairfax CountyADC. Mr. Dauod was released on a $1500.00 unse-cured bond. (48/Surber)

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Roy McDaniel, 18, of Falls Church, VA (GMU) was ar-rested for Grand Larceny. He was taken to the FairfaxCounty ADC and released on $2,500 unsecuredbond. (Bickerton/52)

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Scott Moore, 28 (Non-GMU) of Annandale, VA was ar-rested for the above offense and relinquished to thecustody of Fairfax County ADC. (37/Radfar)

Possession of Marijuana, Underage Possession of

Alcohol, Drunk in Public

Rappahannock Parking Deck

Davell Walden of Woodbridge, VA (GMU), MarilynHolland of Oakton, VA (GMU) and Shira Klinger ofFairfax, VA (GMU) were arrested and released onsummons for possession of marijuana. Reem Shal-houb, 19 of Mclean, VA (GMU) was arrested and re-leased on summons for underage possession ofalcohol. Jonathan Walsh of Woodbridge, VA (GMU)and Hanna Lamphere of Sandy Hook, VA (GMU)were arrested for being drunk in public, transportedto Fairfax ADC and held until sober. (31/Stampfel,38/Rourke)

Yemeni Journalist Tawakkul Karman Draws Large Crowd

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Talks Arab Spring

Shoplifting

Johnson Center

Complainant advised that a subject took food fromthe Express General Store without paying. The subjectwas identified and the case will be sent to the Deanof Students. Estimated loss $12.00. (48/Surber)

State Vehicle Accident

Aquia River Lane

Vehicle 1 struck Vehicle 2 while backing up. Totaldamage estimated at $300.00. (49/Arnold)

2011 Nobel Peace Prize Win-ner Tawakkul Karman gave aspeech Wednesday night atGeorge Mason University. Theevent was organized by the Col-lege of Humanities and Sciences.

The Yemeni Journalist wasone of three women to share theNobel Peace Prize this year,alongside Liberian PresidentEllen Johnson Sirleaf and Liber-ian peace activist LeymahGbowee. The Nobel Peace PrizeCommittee awarded them theprize “for their non-violent strug-gle for the safety of women andfor women’s rights to full partici-pation in peace-building work,”stated a press release.

Karman is the second Mus-lim woman and the first Arabwoman to be awarded the NobelPeace Prize. She is best knownfor her role in the Yemen upris-ings that began with the Arab

Spring. Although the event had

been put together on Tuesday,word that the celebrated activistwould be coming to Mason hadalready spread around campus byWednesday night. At least threetimes as many people attendedthan the seating could accom-modate. They lined the walls,and the crowd that stood in theback was five people deep. Therewas no telling how far back theline was from the door.

“We were expecting aroundthirty people,” says Marcy Glover,program coordinator for theprovost office. “We only got con-firmation that she was comingthis afternoon.” Many of the or-ganizers have expressed their re-gret that it could not have been abigger venue.

Karman was met with astanding ovation. “My English isnot good,” she said. “So I will usea translator.”

The speech centered on theArab Spring and the violent

clashes with government soldiersin Yemen. “This revolution didn’tcome out of nothing,” Karmansaid. “Since 2005 we have had ef-forts, and activities and protestsdemanding freedom and fightingcorruption. Things worsenedmuch more; there were six warsin my country … al-Qaida be-came stronger. All of this becauseof the failed policies of the failedregime in Yemen.”

“We felt helpless with all thedemonstrations and demands,but the solution came out ofTunis,” Karman said. The Yemeniuprisings began as a solidarymovement with Tunisia, butquickly turned against the gov-ernment. “Before then, thesemillions of people used to resortto violence to solve their prob-lems. The revolution came toYemen and the concept of non-violence amongst the people.The millions in Yemen choose tobe peaceful despite the repressiveregime.”

At one point during the

speech she made a joke and halfof the audience broke out inlaughter before professor Ghas-san Husseinali could translate; itwas then clear that the audiencewas listening to her speak in Ara-bic and not to the translatorspeaking in English.

At the end of her speechthere was a Q-and-A. Those whodid not have questions for Kar-man were asked to leave so thatmore people could hear herspeak.

“For her to be named aNobel Laureate speaks volumesto the whole world,” said Directorof Women and Gender StudiesSuzanne Scott in her introduc-tion of Karman. “We are honoredto welcome this young womanwho has served as a consistentand powerful voice for women’srights and equality, and fordemocracy, peace and freedom ofexpression in Yemen.”

Tawakkul Karman will re-ceive her award on December 10in Oslo, Norway.

Hannah Smith Staff Writer

ECHO Team Places Third in AT&T Mobile App Hackathon

Ahsan ZamanAsst. News Editor

Team Previously Won World Bank Water Hackathon

Organization Aims to Engage in Philanthropy, Improve Morality of Members

there’s a real moral self-improve-ment process going on over time.”

Freemasons are also involvedin considerable acts of philan-thropy, one example of which isthe Shrine Hospitals for Children.The Shrine Hospital system has anannual budget of over $750 mil-lion and consists of 22 hospitalsthat are completely free for chil-dren.

While the Patriot Lodge maynot be able to finance a system aslarge as Shrine Hospitals, there are

still philanthropic plans under-way. One idea is to do a child IDdrive on campus — a cause manyother Freemason lodges in Vir-ginia are extensively involved in.They also wish to take part inblood drives.

The Patriot Lodge has takenpart in Relay For Life to help raisemoney for cancer research, andthey are also involved in puttingtogether a $1000 scholarship forgraduate study in the philosophydepartment.

Shelton says that his short-term goal for the lodge is to be-

come stable and to have a stablemembership from faculty, staffand alumni. “I think we’d like toget our charitable activities on aneven keel and get those in a regu-lar way,” he said.

Shelton is also aware of thenumerous conspiracy theoriesthat flood the internet and medialinking Freemasonry with the Illu-minati and world domination.

“We really aren’t controllingthe world at this point, or have anyplans to control the world,” saidShelton. “We never have con-trolled the world. When you have

a private organization and have alot of influential people in it,you’re always going to have some-one do a double thought and say‘man I wonder if they’re usingtheir influence in the wrong way,’but I have never seen evidence of aconspiracy.”

To the average Mason stu-dent, Shelton says that the PatriotLodge and Freemasons should beseen as a fraternity of a mature na-ture, one that people who areolder or more mature would be in-terested in.

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What Causes Us to be Afraid and Why Some of Us Like It

The Science of Fear

This Week in Photos

To ring in the Fall season at George Mason, the Office of Housing Residence Life held a Fall Festival on Thurs-

day. The event featured authentic German food, including bratwurst (above), pretzels, and German chocolate

cake. Performances by student acoustic group 40Love and both student drag performers Kiara and Penelope,

and professional drag performers Tai and Poison.

Mason’s Student Government held their Witch Watch on Sunday (right). The event brought the Mason com-

munity together with surrounding neigborhoods, providing activities and candy for trick or treaters.

Horror movie directors and book authorshave searched for years to discover what hu-mans fear the most, but in addition to thesepeople, psychologists have also researchedwhat evokes the human emotion of fear.

After over 2000 years of existence onearth, humans adapted to help them survivein their surroundings. Fear is one of those sur-vival adaptations. One example of this is a fearof snakes: many people share this fear but can-not provide a rational explanation for it.

Some psychologists argue that this fear ismostly an adaptive trait. While it might notmake sense for someone in New York to havean overwhelming fear of snakes, their fearmight seem justified if their ancestors camefrom the Amazon rainforest, a place full ofanacondas.

However, there are many additional fearsthat do not seem to have any rational adaptiveexplanation which are acquired in a differentway.

“Most fears are actually learned,” said BobSmith, a neuroscientist and current chair ofthe psychology department at George MasonUniversity, “we learn from watching our par-ents, from watching other people, from asso-ciating new situations with situations thatalready make us fearful. Even intense fears

such as phobias seem to have a learned basisto them.”

Fear is a perception. Nothing, despitewhat some may say, is intrinsically scary. Dif-ferent individuals have different reactions tothe same stimulus — the so-called “scary mo-

ment” — but once a person does perceive a sit-uation as fearful, different reactions take placein their body.

“When you evaluate something as fear-ful,” Smith said, “you release stress hormoneswhich includes cortisol and things such as ep-inephrine, basically what [you’re] doing ispreparing your body for action.” If sugars arereleased into the bloodstream, and a person’sheartbeat and respiration increase, then they

can run faster. In other words, the flight-or-fight reaction in the body starts.

These same hormones stimulate reac-tions in the brain that are similar to those pro-duced by drugs and other reinforces, Smithsaid. To some individuals, a small amount offear is actually enjoyable, especially if the per-son is aware that the thing they fear is not real,such as a monster in a horror movie.

In addition, while he has not done anyscientific research on the matter, Smith saidthat the reason some people crave horrormovies and gory, violent scenes may possiblybe related to the interaction that the hor-mones have with the brain. While witnessingan especially gruesome scene, the hormonesmight generate the feeling of a thrill within anindividual. Some individuals may not appre-ciate the feeling, but others seem to ratherenjoy the emotion.

The fact that everyone is different is amajor component of fear. In fact, the experi-ences that one has growing up have been sci-entifically shown to alter how his mindinterprets different events.

Everyone does not have the same fears,but most people are afraid of something. InSmith’s case, the scariest scene in any horrormovie is the notorious shower scene in AlfredHitchcock’s thriller “Psycho,” a scene that isnot very gory but nevertheless very disturbing.

Justin LalputanNews Editor

Photo by Stephen Kline

Man on the StreetWhat is your greatest

fear and why?“Catheters. That area [wherethey go] is very sensitive, it’snot good”

Zach WilcoxFreshman

Communications

“Clowns. I saw IT and it prettymuch scarred me.”

Sarah LongfieldJunior

Anthropology

“Being buried alive. You couldn’tdo anything about it, you’d betrapped.”

David NoyesSophomore

International Politics

“Most fears are actuallylearned. We learn from watch-ing our parents, from watchingother people, from associatingnew situations with situationsthat already make us fearful.”

-Bob Smith, nueroscientist and chairof psychology department at Mason

Tablet Increases Presence

George Mason University ishome to Tablet, a student-run in-ternational affairs magazine pub-lished once a semester, that hascaptured the attention of the localcommunity. Since its first publica-tion in fall 2010, Tablet hassteadily increased in popularityand correspondence.

“We print articles from stu-dents, faculty, staff and peopleoutside of the university,,” saidTom Sullivan, managing editor ofTablet. “It can be anything fromdance in the Middle East … to e-waste in Ghana.”

The first issue of Tablet fo-cused on general international re-lations articles. The second issue,focused on the Middle East,though it did not neglect to coverother issues, such as corruption inKenya. The upcoming third issuewill also have a focus on the Mid-dle East due to the number ofevents that have happened sincethe publication of the last issue.

Tablet does not generallycover issues that take place in the

U.S.. They will, however, coverevents that impact foreign policyand international relations. Forexample, an article about the U.S.donating $5 billion to South Africato combat AIDS would be a rele-vant topic for the magazine.

Though Tablet is a submis-sion-based publication, there is agreat deal of effort put into the ed-iting and publication of the arti-cles. “We’re an academic journalwhich publishes articles that peo-ple submit to us,” said Sullivan.Tablet receives a large number ofarticles, which are then dividedbetween the editors on staff tobegin the editing process. The ed-itors then comment on the articlesto see if they are ready to go toprint.

Sometimes the articles arenot acceptable in their currentforms, and are sent back to the au-thors for further editing andrewrites.

Generally speaking, Tablet re-ceives more submissions from stu-dents than professors, andrecently, they have started to re-ceive articles from outsidesources. “What’s actually hap-

pened, interestingly enough,” saidSullivan, “is that we’ve started toreceive articles from outside theuniversity. Including one from alawyer who is going to be the legaladvisor to the deputy prime min-ister of Ethiopia … his article willbe published in the upcomingissue.”

Submissions for Tablet arepublished a semester after they aresubmitted. If a Mason studentsuccessfully submits an article inthe fall, they can expect to see itpublished in the spring barringany unusual circumstance. Tabletpublishes roughly 150 pages perissue.

Interested students can readTablet at gmutablet.org or orderphysical copies via email at $6 forcurrent copies; older copies maybe distributed for a lower charge orsimply given for free. Profits madefrom sales go toward improvingTablet.

Students interested in writ-ing for Tablet can visit Tablet’swebsite and email the magazine atgmutablet@gmail.com.

Justin LalputanNews Editor

Student-Run Journal Publishes Articles

Flu Season — What You Need to Know

Photo by Dakota Cunningham

Photo by Stephen Kline

According to Dr. Wagida Ab-dalla, the director of StudentHealth Services at George MasonUniversity, flu season can start asearly as October and run as lateas mid-March. The CDC recom-mends that everyone older than6 months should get an annualinfluenza vaccine.

College students are athigher risk for influenza out-breaks because campuses arehigh-density populations. Stu-dents live in dorms, eat in thesame food court and in someclasses they are packed into aroom with a hundred or morepeople.

Poor diet and sleep depriva-tion can lower the immune sys-tem’s ability to fight infection.

Why is it called a season? In-fluenza tends to break out in pe-riods of cold weather. One theoryis that people get the flu in winterbecause we tend to crowd to-gether indoors, making it morecommunicable.

The previous year’s flu is not

always the current year’s flu. Eachyear the World Health Organiza-tion tries to predict which sub-types of influenza virus are goingto be the main cause of influenza

outbreaks during flu season.They then give the go-ahead forpharmaceutical companies toproduce the vaccine for thosestrains. So when you get your flushot, you are actually being vac-cinated for multiple strains of in-

fluenza.“It’s all guesswork,” said Dr.

Hope Haffizulla, a general practi-tioner in Richmond, Va. “Becausewe develop immunities to it so itdoesn’t bother us, so the viralpopulation drops a little bit, andthen when it mutates enough towhere we don’t recognize it, itswings back up.”

Getting immunized for theflu does not guarantee that youwon’t get sick. This year’s vacci-nation is the same as last year’s,but with the H1N1 vaccine addedfor good measure.

Mason students can get a flushot by appointment at HealthServices or at one of their flu vac-cination clinics for a fee. Forthose with Aetna Student HealthInsurance, it’s free.

The best natural ways tofight infection include washinghands often, getting eight hoursof sleep and cutting back on junkfood. A growing body of psycho-logical and medical researchshows that increased cortisol lev-els, the hormone caused bystress, corresponds to lower im-munity.

Hannah SmithStaff Writer

“It’s all guesswork.Because we developimmunities to it so itdoesn’t bother us, sothe viral populationdrops a little bit, andthen when it mutatesenough to where wedon’t recognize it, itswings back up.

-Hope Haffizulla, generalpractitioner of medicine

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What to do with a Leftover Pumpkin

After Halloween,many people are leftthinking about what todo with their carved outjack-o-lanterns and dec-orative pumpkins.

Instead of throwingthem away, there are afew unique alternativesthat will get you themost possible use out ofyour old pumpkins.

Baked Pumpkin Seeds After carving your jack-o-

lantern, scoop out all the goopinside and separate the seedsfrom the pumpkin meat. In abowl, combine the seeds (about 11/2 cups), two teaspoons ofmelted butter and a pinch of salt.Mix well so that all the seeds arecoated, and then spread themout on a baking sheet. Bake in anoven at 300 degrees for 45 min-utes or until golden brown.

Pumpkin CoolerIf you’re having a party and

don’t want to keep your drinks ina boring cooler, make one out of

a large pumpkin. Cut into the topof your pumpkin and make ahexagonal shape for the lid. Lift itoff and begin carving out thepumpkin. Once you’ve gotten outthe insides, fill the pumpkin withice and use it as a makeshift

drink cooler.

Pumpkin BowlIf you’re making squash or

soup, pumpkin bowls are a greatalternative to place your dish in.Hollow out a pumpkin, removingthe insides and fibers, then

sprinkle a few pinches of sugarand salt on the inside. Put thepumpkin lid and bowl on a bak-ing sheet and roast at 400 de-grees for 20 to 35 minutes oruntil tender. Once it’s done, pourin your favorite soup or squash

and enjoy!

Compost PileThese piles of organic recy-

cling material rely on nitrogen-rich foods, and pumpkins are oneof them. Leave your leftoverpumpkin goop in a homemade

compost pile with leaves andother organic trash, or just tossthe whole pumpkin in.

Vase/Candle HolderHollow a pumpkin out as

you would for a pumpkin coolerand use it as a vase to displayflowers. The pumpkin mighteven help make the flowers lastlonger since the walls inside willrelease nutrients into the vasewater. With smaller pumpkins,you can even place candles or tealights in them for a unique dis-play.

Bird FeederHollow out a pumpkin, re-

move the insides and set themaside. Cut the pumpkin in half sothat you have a shallow bowl. Tomake perches for the birds, makesmall holes on the outside of thepumpkin and insert twigs orsticks.

Place the pumpkin insidesback into the pumpkin bowlalong with some bird feed. If youwant to hang the pumpkin birdfeeder, tack and attach strongtwine or string to the bottom ofthe feeder and hang from a treebranch.

Erin PowellStyle Editor

Spooktacular Drinks

Year after year, the averageAmerican invests around $56 inpreparation for the second highestgrossing holiday, Halloween.Giddy children dress as vampires,ghosts and other characters towalk door-to-door asking fortreats. The concept can be a mys-tery to those who’ve never experi-enced it, but many people who docelebrate Halloween don’t fully

understand the holiday either.The origins of Halloween are ac-tually very old and include richtraditions that have been carriedon for hundreds of years.

The first documented ac-counts of a Halloween-related fes-tival were made by the Celticpeople, a nomadic group that oc-cupied modern day Great Britain.Celebrating the end of winter theCelts would act as dead spirits andplay tricks on one another in a fes-tival called Samhain. They wouldeven hollow out and light turnips,

a practice akin to today’s jack-o-lanterns. After the English Isle wasinvaded, Celtic practices mixedwith Roman traditions and thefocus on the pagan undead was re-placed with a more Catholic un-dertone.

Gradually, the festival turnedinto a day for beggars who wouldgo “a-souling,” which involvedasking for sweet breads. In turn,the beggars would promise to prayfor the happiness of the donatingfamily’s dead relatives.

This tradition emigrated with

those who came to America,where it initially didn’t receive awarm welcome. Because it wasviewed as a pagan holiday, it waslargely ignored by the majority ofthe Protestant population. How-ever, in the south, where there wasa large number of Catholics, Hal-loween was celebrated. SouthernCatholics would hold parties, par-ticipate in dancing and hold pag-eants for children, where thecustom of dressing up developed.The holiday was celebrated in thenorth after more Irish came to the

U.S. in the 1800s after the potatofamine. By the 1930s, Halloweenreached great popularity withinAmerica and was declared a secu-lar holiday for children.

Because such a great numberof Americans love to celebrateHalloween annually, one-fourth ofall candy sales in the U.S. happenon this day alone. The diverse ori-gins behind Halloween help ex-plain why it’s so widely acceptedand practiced by the myriad cul-tures within America; Halloweencan be considered the epitome of

America’s melting pot of tradition.Although recent history indicatesit’s a child-oriented event, age hasnothing to do with the kid insideus all, so trick-or-treat away!

The Origin ofHalloweenHow the Second Highest Grossing Holiday Came to Be

Mariam WaqarBroadside Correspondent

Black Cat:

1 packet unsweetened grapesoft drink mix

1 packet unsweetened orangesoft drink mix

2 cups of sugar

3 quarts coldwater

1 liter ginger ale

Punch bowl

Ladle

Combine and stir to-gether grape soft drink mix, or-

ange soft drink mix, sugar andwater until the solution is dissolved.Just before serving, add the ginger ale

and mix well. Perfect for a Hal-loween party punch. Serves 32.

Witch’s

Cauldron:

2 ounces black cherrySchnapps

3 ounces vodka

4 ounces Coca-Cola or Pepsi

4 ounces cranberry juice

Ice

Mix all ingredients and stir well.Add in ice as desired. Garnish with aslice of your favorite fruit. The fin-ished result is a dark, purple-black

colored drink. Serves 2.

Hot Apple-Pear

Cider:

4 cups pear juice

4 cups apple cider

4 teaspoons dark brown sugar

2 cinnamon sticks

Saucepan

Large Spoon

Ladle

Strainer

Combine all ingredients in a largesaucepan and let simmer over mediumheat for 5 minutes. Take off of the heatand let steep for 20 minutes, then re-

heat, strain and serve. Add a cinnamonstick to individual mugs if desired.

Serves 8.

Green

Goblin:

3 ounces vodka

1 ounces blue curacao

1 ounces Midori Melon Liqueur

6 ounces orange juice, no pulp

6 ounces Sprite or Sierra Mist

Ice

Mix all ingredients well and pourover ice. This drink turns out to be a

sickly green color — a unique alterna-tive to classic drinks. Serves 2.

Did You Know?Pumpkins are a great source ofVitamin A, calcium and potassium

Pumpkins were once thought to bea remedy for removing frecklesand healing snake bites.

Pumpkins are 90 percent water.

The origins of the name “pump-kin” are derived from the Greekword “pepon,” which meanslarge melon.

In 2008, 496 million pounds ofpumpkins were produced in Illi-nois, making it the state with thehighest annual yield of pumpkins.

The largest pumpkin on recordweighed 1,810 pounds.

Compiled by Erin Powell, graphic by Michelle Buser

Photo by Stephen Kline

1,810 The weight in pounds of the

largest pumpkin on record.

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We all know that outerbeauty can be an importantcharacteristic. For the vain char-acters of the Mason Players’ fall2011 main stage production,“Summer Brave,” it’s an obses-sion.

The residents of a smalltown in Kansas are gossipingand feuding over who’s the pret-tiest girl in town when astranger, Hal Carter, comes inand shakes things up. As it’swritten, he conjures up somedeep desires in the women ofthe town, causing everyone to goprimal on each other for a fewhours.

If this description seemsvague, it’s probably because theshow, a third draft of a 1953 playby William Inge, is generallywithout depth, meaning or asubstantive point. A glance anda cursory read of the text showsone-dimensional charactersthat are, at best, annoying anduninteresting. Yet, for some rea-son, all of the events unfold asan awkwardly funny train wreckthat you can’t help but watch.

The Mason Players are ableto save a lackluster story by con-sistently providing a host of ex-traordinarily talented actorswho are able to make even themost strange and eccentric of

shows watchable, and bring tolife the most unlikable of char-acters.

Senior theater and historymajor Maura Mehr plays FloOwens, a mother whose solegoal in life is to marry off herdaughters. Mehr, however, de-livers a compelling and emo-tional performance that bringsdepth, transforming her charac-ter. In many ways, her perform-ance makes Flo Owens a hero ofthe story and an audience fa-vorite.

Some beautifully dramaticmoments are brought to the au-dience by junior theater majorKatherine Brunberg, whose por-trayal of the former southernbelle, Rosemary Sidney, expertlyshows one of the very few char-acter developments that actuallyoccurs in the show.

Delightful, comedic per-formances come from sopho-mores Shaila Richmond andPatrick Greenwalt, the former ofwhom the audience instantlyadores and the latter instantlyloathes — in the most endear-ing way, of course.

If it wasn’t for a gifted andcapable supporting cast, a nobleeffort would quickly devolve to alaughable absurdity. It seemedthat some of the actors had visi-ble difficulty with the material,being unable to convey emo-tions or physical actions natu-rally.

The set, which features agorgeous backdrop of a Mid-western skyline and two huge,life-like houses, kind of over-whelms the tiny-in-comparisonactors. In fact, the set is so mas-sive that it swallows up much ofthe sound while the actors aredelivering their lines. It providestotal immersion in the location,but just seems disproportionateto the actions that take place.The lighting design and lightingeffects, in contrast, were muchmore delicate. They added atouch of realism and accentu-ated some of the better sceneswonderfully.

By the end of the show, themain characters don’t seem tolearn anything and the audiencehasn’t really gained much fromthe experience. It seems thatInge’s 1975 rework of his 1953Pulitzer prize-winning show justdoesn’t translate well to a 21stcentury audience that caresabout more than being prettyand getting married. The mostsuccessful shows have a messagethat transcends the ages —something that “Summer Brave”misses.

Nevertheless, the MasonPlayers production is pretty tolook at and provides for an en-tertaining evening.

The play has one moreweekend of shows starting Fri-day. Tickets are available at theCenter for the Arts box office.

Captain AmericaThursday, 9 p.m.Friday, 6 and 9 p.m.Saturday, 6 and 9 p.m.Sunday, 6 p.m.

Sequels Aren’t for

EveryoneWhy do Some Franchises Resonate with

Audiences More?

Having taken over as the newHalloween-horror champ, “Para-normal Activity 3” dethroned the“Saw” franchise after a seven-yearreign. How many more years willit be before the next contendercomes along to capture the movie-goer’s attention?

It’s happened with teen slash-ers, movie monsters and hauntedhouses: Audiences latch onto aspecific sub-genre of horror andthe market floods with such films,until the public once again voteswith their wallets that it is finallytime to kill this category.

The modern conception ofhorror was defined in Haddon-field, Ill. On October 25, 1978, ayoung man named Michael Myersescaped from a mental institutionon a quest to find and kill hisyoung sister. A new monster —the slasher — was born.

John Carpenter’s “Halloween”spawned the modern horror con-vention and set up precedents thatmost films follow to this day. Es-tablishing a powerful, menacingantagonist and creating the first“innocent survivor,” “Halloween”is the reason why every modernhorror movie features a young, at-tractive female lead.

The formula was so popularthat not only were inevitable se-quels created, but countless copycats were made, using holidaysfrom Mother’s Day to Christmas.

The ‘80s is a battlefield lit-tered with endless VHS copies ofB-level horror movies. More in-teresting, though, is that amidstall the noise, for the first time theaudiences began to declare cham-pions.

“Halloween,” “A Nightmareon Elm Street” and “Friday the13th” all became favorites amongstmoviegoers and spawned endlesssequels. That’s not to say that allof the sequels were good, but they

continued to make money at thebox office. Nevertheless, all goodthings must come to an end.

Tickets stopped selling andstudios killed off their monsters,leaving a void in the lives of hor-ror fans. The truth was that bythis point, studios had just begunto recycle the same character withdifferent faces — then “Scream”came along.

No stranger to horror, direc-tor Wes Craven, together withscreenwriter Kevin Williamson,created an entirely new idea in1996 by having the entire cast ofcharacters not only aware that thehorror genre existed, but by mak-ing them experts on the subject.The idea was fresh and the finalproduct was scary. After blowingaudiences away with a killer script— pun fully intended — that hadpeople guessing till the big reveal,and doing the unthinkable bykilling off the top billed star in thefirst ten minutes, a new championand a new legacy were born.

The “Scream” trilogy pulledin over $400 million between 1996and 2000. Considering the obvi-ous public interest that still ex-isted in the franchise, it’s a shamethat several tragic events in soci-ety put cinema horror at the fringeof everyone’s mind.

With the Columbine shoot-ings, the USS Cole bombing and9/11, the world became a horrorunto itself. Second-rate thrillerswere all major studios seemedwilling to produce and nothing re-ally latched on with audiences.

By the time the next majorfranchise would rise up the worldwas a different place. Our coun-try, along with the rest of theworld, had been exposed to a newlevel violence and intensity. Itwould take more than a monsterwith a big knife or a hip, youngcast to entertain. Moviegoerswere thirsty for blood; theywanted to be shocked. Films like

“Final Destination” and “Hostel”may have been the forerunners ina genre that would eventually belabeled by phrases like “tortureporn” and “hyper violence,” but itwas the “Saw” franchise that putpeople in seats every October forseven years.

It was evident by “Saw: TheFinal Chapter” that the series’ bestdays were behind it, but when theoriginal came out in 2004, no onewas ready — something reminis-cent of the “Paranormal Activity”franchise.

So what is it about these fran-chises that resonate with audi-ences more than all of the othergenre fare that floods the market?It’s not always about who does itfirst. It’s obviously not even al-ways about being good. Whenyou make a series that has aplethora of sequels you’re going tohave some bad apples — I’m look-ing at you “Jason Takes Manhat-tan.”

I think the answer lies in theremakes, especially those thatnever make money beyond open-ing weekend. Most remakes missthe point of the original becausethe original was made for a spe-cific group in a specific time pe-riod.

Remakes are proof that hav-ing a certain title doesn’t meanthat people still care. “Nightmareon Elm Street” may have madeeight movies between 1985 and1994, but in 2010 it made next tonothing in the box office.

So right now it’s all aboutghosts and found footage. In an-other few years it’ll be somethingelse, thus is life. My only requestis that we stop making zombiemovies already. Please?

Jeff GiorgiOpinion Editor

‘Summer Brave’Mason Players Make an Impact With Their

First Main Stage Production

Dylan HaresMedia Beat Writer

The Greatest

Halloween MoviesLooking for a Good Last-Minute Scare? If You

Haven’t Seen These, You’re Missing Out.

Jeff GiorgiOpinion Editor

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Halloween

It’s a classic. Turn on AMC; I’m sureit’s playing.

The Blair Witch ProjectIt’s been around for a while,and personally, I think it getsbetter with age.

Let Me InProbably my favorite horror film from the past coupleyears. It’s definitely the best vampire story, and it’sbetter than the original.

A Nightmare on Elm StreetEveryone has that friend that hasn’t seen this. Grabsome popcorn and introduce them.

Event HorizonThis is the best sci-fi horror film ever, hands down.

Behind the Mask: TheRise of Leslie Vernon

You’ve probably never heard ofthis little indie flick. You shouldfix that.

Scream“Movies don’t create psychos; movies make psychosmore creative.”

Evil Dead 2More camp than horror, but I guarantee you’ll enjoythis one.

The Thing (1982)If this movie doesn’t scare you, then you’re not human.

Trick ‘r Treat

It’s number one on mylist for a reason. Just gowatch it.

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“Sexy” can be interpreted inmany ways, especially on Hal-loween. I’m sure you all saw theclassic sexy cat or bunny costumeand the good-schoolgirl-gone-badthis weekend. You probably alsonoticed all of the scandalousprincesses, the sexed-up movieand TV show characters and theoh-so-common couple’s cos-tumes.

Maybe you’re just tired of thegeneric Halloween costumes thatare more deserving of a yawn thanyour hard earned money.

Or maybe you’re looking for alow-cost solution for Monday’sHalloween party — one where youwon’t have to give up your weeklyStarbucks splurge.

Whatever your costume co-nundrums may be, here are fivesexy Halloween costumes to con-sider, instead of the usual over-priced or overused get-up.

1. Play up your occupation.If you’re a Starbucks barista orhave any other job that requiresyou to wear an apron, use thatusually dowdy apron as your newsexy costume. Just instead ofwearing your work pants andclosed toe shoes, wear a tank topand barely-there shorts under-neath your apron, so from far awayit looks like … I think you get the

picture. Make it even more stun-ning with a pair of killer heels andfun makeup.

2. Going out with yourgirls? Do something totally wittyand sexy by playing up the evolu-tion of a pop star — BritneySpears, anyone? Start with hernot-so-innocent “…Baby OneMore Time” years and go through-out her entire pop-star lifetime.It’d be even better if one of yourfriends is gutsy enough go as baldBritney.

3. Want to do something abit sexier than the overdone Ger-man barmaid? Try out a sexy SwissMiss girl instead! The costume isthe same general idea, just insteadof burning your bucks on a pre-made costume, check out a thriftstore or Goodwill for the compo-nents to your costume. Just pleasedon’t forget the most importantpart — a thermos of hot choco-late. Trust me; you’ll fulfill everyman’s fantasy of the Swiss Missgirl.

4. Like the idea of being apeacock or flamingo but don’twant to pay the $100 for a premadecostume? Don’t worry becausethere’s a very simple solution tothis feathery faux pas.

For a grand total of about $20,you can buy something called a

starter dress. It’s like a slip for Hal-loween costumes, but much moreflattering. Then buy a bag of fakepeacock or pink feathers to fabricglue to your dress. Just be sure tostart at the bottom and work yourway up or else your feathers withget all ruffled. And if you have anyjewels or rhinestones to add to thefiesta of feathers, just know themore sparkly, the better — it’sHalloween after all!

5. Instead of being theprincess or the heroine, why notdelve into your naughty side andtry out a sexy villain costume?

Poison Ivy had just as muchfun as Princess Peach, if I’m notmistaken. Put on a skimpy greendress or tank top and skirt. Thenadd some sexy fishnets and wrapsome fake ivy vines up your legand arm. And why not craft your-self a viny crown while you’re at it?

Just as long as you’re creative,fun and scandalously sexy, it’ll be awin.

Remember, Halloween isyour one excuse to look as sexy asyou want without being labeled astrashy. There’s no reason to spendridiculous amounts of money orstay safe with an already-madecostume. Live it up a little andgive people a good reason to stare.

Scarves, cardigans, leggings, and boots — it's time to rock our hottest fall wear.However, a perfect outfit is only complete with the right hair and makeup. Here are

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Colored EyelinerIt adds the perfect touch

of color to your eyes withoutlooking too over-the-top. Col-ors like violet, navy and oliveare perfect for all eye colorsbecause they add theright amount of inten-sity and sharpness to theeyes. You can pick ashimmery shade toadd a twinkle to youreyes or smudge it tocreate a smokey ef-fect. NYX Slide OnPencil in Purple Blazeand Wet n' Wild ColorIcon Shimmer Pencilin 156 Blue are perfectfor creating thislook.

Dark LipsPerfect for

making a state-ment, dark lipscan turn up a dulllook instantly. Thisfall, the hottest col-ors are magenta andplum. To get this look,try Dark Side by MAC orVagabond Mauve 550 inColor Riche by L'OrealParis.

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Col-orstayMin-eral

Blush in Roseberry are ideal forthis look.

4. Clumpy/SpiderLashes

I know we all dread thisparticular trend and try toavoid it. However, this makeuptrend was observed on Gucciand Stella McCartney runwaysfor the fall season.

To create this look, clumpseveral coats of mascara ontoyour lashes and viola, you havethe look! You can try a good vo-lumizing mascara like Volumi-nous Carbon Black by L'Oreal

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Rage

Democrats Need To Review Their Language

As the president campaignsaround the country trying tounite Americans and support hispolicies, we all have to scratchour heads at the mystifying tac-tics of the left.

In what has become a com-mon occurrence, Vice PresidentJoe Biden has found himself inhot water. Biden recently gave aspeech in which he declared thatmurder, rape and other crimeswould shoot through the roof ifRepublicans fail to back theAmerican Jobs Act. Biden wasasked later by a reporter pointblank, “If the Republicans don’tpass this bill, then rape will con-tinue to rise?” He respondedwith, “Murder will continue to

rise; rape will continue to rise; allcrime will continue to rise.

Not only was the claim of-fensive, it was incorrect. TheWashington Post awarded himfour “Pinocchios” for his auda-cious claims. Factcheck.org alsodebunked his statement, proba-bly giving itmore credencethan it war-ranted.

But thereal story isn’tthe error-prone Bidenand his off-hand remarks.The fact of thematter is the left happily usesthis type of talk to the detrimentof our country.

Joe Biden has referred toRepublicans and Tea Party ac-tivists as terrorists. Representa-tive Mike Doyle (D-PA) madethe same comparison while pro-claiming Republicans were“blowing up the economy.”

Choice words, eh?In July Representative Keith

Ellison (D-MN) claimed that

conservatives like Michele Bach-mann want women “to get backin the kitchen and to take theirshoes off and get pregnant.”

DNC Chair Debbie Wasser-man-Schultz has accused Repre-sentative Paul Ryan (R-WI) ofpursuing legislation that would

“literally be adeath trap forsome seniors,”and warnedseniors will“not survive.”

S e n a t eM a j o r i t yLeader HarryReid (D-NV)once pondered

that he didn’t know “how anyoneof Hispanic heritage could be aRepublican.”

In August, RepresentativeAndre Carson (D-IN) said Re-publicans and the Tea Party wantto see him and other blacks“hanging on a tree.”

A few weeks ago House Mi-nority Leader Nancy Pelosilaunched a scathing attack of herown against Republicans, claim-ing that supporters of the Pro-

tect Life Act would “be voting tosay that women can die on thefloor.” The Act was simply meantto cut off federal funding forabortion or abortion coverage,making an executive ordersigned by President Obama per-manent.

Speaking of the president,his record isn’t so hot either. Onthe campaign trail in 2008 he be-littled his opposition by remark-ing, “It’s not surprising then thatthey get bitter, they cling to gunsor religion or antipathy to peoplewho aren't like them or anti-im-migrant sentiment or anti-tradesentiment as a way to explaintheir frustrations.”

There is something seri-ously wrong when the leaders ofthe Democratic Party find thistype of rhetoric acceptable. It’sespecially hypocritical sinceBarack Obama promised to be a“post-partisan” president, lead-ing the country away from vitri-olic politics. Those claims ringpretty hollow now.

If the left wants to unite thecountry, then why do they spendso much time dividing us?

Nuclear Proliferation Makes a Dangerous WorldThe Chances of a Nuclear Error Occuring are Higher Than You Think

You may or may not knowthat I am the president of GeorgeMason University’s chapter ofGlobal Zero. You also may or maynot have any idea what that is. Forthose of you confused and un-aware, Global Zero is an interna-tional organization that pushes toeliminate nuclear weaponsthrough treaties that will be intru-sively verifiable. The simple fact isthat the same centrifuges used tomake highly enriched uraniumand plutonium for nuclear powercan just as easily provide the nu-clear material for a weapon ofmass destruction — we can’t justassume everyone tells the truth.And before you say “that’ll neverhappen” or “impossible,” youmight be interested in the factthat nuclear arsenals among thenuclear club have voluntarily de-creased by roughly half.

The nuclear club is made upof eight countries, five of which —the U.S., the U.K., Russia, France.and China — are under the Nu-

clear Non-Proliferation Treaty.Three of them, India, Pakistanand North Korea are disconcert-ingly not. Israel is an undeclarednuclear power — but we knowthey likely got a nuclear weapon.You might also be interested toknow that nuclear weapons haveno way of being built without de-tection by foreign powers; the pro-liferation of them is what’s slightlymore difficult to detect.

So what are the implicationsof this? Well it’s important to un-derstand that the five countrieswithin the NPT will cooperate —and are cooperating. The three ontheir own will certainly be moredifficult to coax into giving themup. Israel is, well, Israel — we takecare of it probably more than weshould.

Brazil and Argentina did havenuclear weapons; they chose togive them up and become the firstformer nuclear state. The STARTtreaty signed by Russian PresidentDmitry Medvedev and Obama hasbeen one of the strongest stepsforward for arsenal reductionsand, in fact, we recently just dis-mantled the last of the largest nu-clear bombs from the Cold War.We are making irrefutableprogress, and I’m a firm believerthat, regardless of what GlobalZero manages to actually achieve— though complete disposal iscertainly possible — a world withfewer nuclear weapons is far safer

than a world with more. John F. Kennedy once said:

“Every inhabitant of thisplanet must contemplate the daywhen this planet may no longer behabitable. Every man, woman andchild lives under a nuclear swordof Damocles, hanging by the slen-derest of threads, capable of beingcut at any moment by accident ormiscalculation or by madness.The weapons of war must be abol-ished before they abolish us.”

We had an accident in the‘90s when the United States sentmissiles north to study the north-ern lights. Though informed, Rus-sia somehow forgot about thememo and their military came toBoris Yeltsin declaring that theywere under attack from the U.S.Yeltsin was skeptical, and that’sthe only reason Washington, NewYork and L.A. are still inhabitable— seriously.

Large cities and small statescould be destroyed in 30 minutes.And the most terrifying part isthat these missiles — both on ourside and Russia’s — are still onlaunch ready alert. All it takes is acode that many launch controllersknew was set to all zeros. It was amiscalculation when a test tapewas played at a nuclear compoundin the U.S. that caused our mis-siles to be put under proceduresfor launch. A faulty microchip al-most started World War III: Itsmalfunction caused chaos that al-

most launched another nuclearattack from the U.S.

If a nuclear bomb hit Wash-ington, likely everyone readingthis article would be vulnerable —we’re only 14 miles from the WhiteHouse as the bird flies. Anyonewithin the blast radius would dis-integrate. Anyone further outwould die from the impacts ofbeing slammed into brick build-ings or being hit by rubble possi-bly breaks Mach speed. Furtheraway your corneas would be burntfrom the sight of the blast. Thebody has a radiation repairingmechanism, but it doesn’t repairradiation from a nuclear bomb.

New York, Los Angeles,Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia,Phoenix, San Antonio, San Diego,Dallas, San Jose, Jacksonville, In-dianapolis, San Francisco, Austin,Columbus, Fort Worth, Charlotte,Detroit, El Paso and Memphis:These 20 cities are the most popu-lous within their defined city lim-its — and within 30 minutes, theycould all be gone. That’s roughly40-50 million people dead fromblast radii.

I highly recommend seeingthe documentary “Countdown toZero,” — producer Lawrence Ben-der also financed films like “PulpFiction” and “Kill Bill”— and ifyou’re interested in joining GlobalZero on campus, you can visit ourFacebook group or email us atgmu@globalzero.org.

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The Rhetoric of the Left is Vitriolic and Divisive

William Rose

Opinion Columnist

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Thumbs up to you if you make an awesome Halloween costume!

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Privatize Social SecurityIt’s Time For A Solvent System That Benefits All

It’s no state secret that So-cial Security is going bankrupt. Itis estimated that sometime be-tween 2037 and 2041, the govern-ment will be incapable of payingout promised benefits. Accord-ing to the Cato Institute, SocialSecurity’s long-term unfundedliabilities total over $15.8 trillion.Yet, few politicians seem willingto address the need for immedi-ate and substantive reform, whilethose who do end up watchingpolitical ads featuring their dop-pelgangers pushing senior citi-zens off of cliffs.

Mudslinging aside, it is anempirical fact that you and Iwould be vastly better off if Con-gress privatized Social Securitytomorrow. Consider that the av-erage 22-year-old college gradu-ate will pay $840,000 in payrolltaxes over the course of his work-ing career and will collect $1.2million in benefits throughouthis retirement. While this maynot sound like such a bad deal atfirst, it is. Of course, I am speak-ing relatively here. A 1.6 percentreturn on investment does beatstuffing 6.2 percent of your an-nual income under a floorboard,but it is profoundly inferior to awide range of alternative invest-ment options.

Consider if you were al-lowed to instead divert 6.2 per-cent of your annual income intoa diversified portfolio of stocksand bonds. Instead of receiving$1.2 million in benefits over thecourse of your retirement, youwould receive an average of $6.8million in benefits. This repre-sents a more than five-fold in-crease in your retirementincome. And that is assuming anextremely modest 3 percent aver-age annual real rate of return.

If you examine the historicalreal rates of return for every 45-year period from 1801 to 2001, youwill find that they have neverdipped bellow 4 percent, even forretirees who had to cash theirnest eggs in the depths of theGreat Depression. One couldalso point to Chilean private ac-counts, which have averaged real

annual rates of return above 9percent since Chile started usingPRAs in 1981.

So far, I have discussed howSocial Security privatizationwould affect the average collegegraduate. It is important to keepin mind, however, that the aver-age college graduate is relativelyaffluent. Many individuals arerightfully more concerned abouthow Social Security privatizationwould affect the poor; I amamong them. This is, in fact, oneof the main reasons why I sup-port privatizing Social Security.

Social Security, as it is cur-rently structured, affects low-in-come earners adversely in manyways. For one thing, the SocialSecurity payroll tax is a flat taxand therefore inherently regres-sive. In other words, the payrolltax hurts Warren Buffett a hell ofa lot less than it does a strugglinggrad student subsisting onRamen or a single mother work-ing two jobs to support her chil-dren.

Additionally, the govern-ment imposes a 100 percent es-tate tax on Social Securitybenefits. This means that retireescannot pass down any of theirunexhausted benefits to theirchildren and grandchildren. Thisis especially detrimental to thepoor, because it limits their abil-ity to break the cycle of povertythat plagues many families forgenerations.

It gets worse. Statistically,low-income earners and minori-ties start work younger and haveshorter life expectancies thanother demographic groups.Therefore, they pay payroll taxesover relatively long time-spansand collect retirement benefitsover relatively brief ones. Ac-cording to one actuarial study,low-income African-Americanmales born in the 1970s can ex-pect to yield negative returns ontheir Social Security contributorypayments. Yes, you read that cor-rectly. They will receive less fromour public pension program thanthey put into it.

In contrast with pay-as-you-go intergenerational wealthtransfers, private retirement ac-counts would offer comparativelyhigh rates of return, real owner-ship rights and would not favorcertain demographic groups overothers. While privatizationwould thereby benefit all SocialSecurity participants, it wouldparticularly benefit the low-in-come earners and minorities

who are hurt most by the struc-ture of the current system.

Privatization would also bea huge boon for the economy. Forone thing, the current system re-quires employers to pick up halfthe tab of the payroll tax, whichessentially makes it a tax on em-ployment. As such, it discouragesfirms from hiring and makes itmore difficult for Americanworkers to compete in the globallabor market. By increasing therelative cost of hiring Americanlabor, the payroll tax encouragesfirms to hire foreign labor in-stead.

In addition, Social Securityis structured in such a way that itdecreases our level of nationalsavings. This, in turn, leads tohigh interest rates, which inhibitcapital investment, research anddevelopment, technological ad-vancement, employment andGDP growth. It sounds compli-cated, but the net-net is prettystraightforward: the current So-cial Security system causes indi-viduals to save and invest less,which in the end makes us allmaterially worse off than wewould be otherwise.

My contention is that ratherthan levying a payroll tax, thegovernment should requireworkers to make annual contri-butions to low-risk, diversifiedprivate retirement accounts.Those currently receiving tradi-tional Social Security benefitsshould continue to receive them,while any worker who has paid adime in contributory paymentsshould be issued a bond com-mensurate with his accrued ben-efits.

With all of the fear monger-ing that abounds, it is all too easyto buy into the fallacious ideathat politicians who want to pri-vatize Social Security are willingto throw Granny under a bus inorder to cut costs. In fact, thegovernment already threw herunder the bus years ago when itforced her to participate in agrotesquely inefficient systemthat has stymied economicgrowth, exacerbated unemploy-ment and pauperized seniors.

Contrary to what the main-stream media would have youbelieve, politicians who supportprivatization aren’t throwingGranny under a bus; they arepulling you and me out fromunder one. If you care aboutGranny, about the poor andabout yourself, you would do wellsupporting privatization, too.

“Off to the gym!” “Eating yo-gurt.” “So tired.” These kinds ofproclamations are constantly clog-ging my Twitter feed, which at onepoint I looked to for valuable, or atleast somewhat intriguing, infor-mation. With the sudden surge ofthese mindless outbursts, I findmyself scrolling through my listsclicking the “unfollow” buttonmore and more frequently. Myfriends’ Twitter abuse has madechecking my feed much less ap-pealing, but the constant tweetinghas been helpful for a certaingroup of people.

Researchers from HarvardMedical School and the North-eastern University College ofComputer and Information Scien-tists studied approximately 300million tweets over the course ofthree years. They monitored thetime, location and mood of thetweets looking for a correlationbetween people’s environments

and the types of emotions they ex-pressed in them. The researchersfound that people posted happiertweets before 6 a.m. and after 9p.m., while angry or sad tweetswent out around noon. Not sur-prisingly, tweets were much hap-pier on the weekends while hittingthe lowest tones on Thursdays.The tweets from the west coastand Florida were also consistentlyhappier — not a shocker since theinhabitants of sunnier states take

in more Vitamin D, which leads tomood enhancement.

These findings sparked aglobal study that would includethe tracking of tweets from 84 dif-ferent countries. Conducted bysociologists at Cornell University,the study proved that the rhythmof emotion in the U.S. was consis-tent with that of the rest of theworld.

I can’t imagine monitoringtweets from 84 countries — I canbarely keep up with the 70 peopleI follow, and 70 has been pushingit. The more people I added, the

less I knew what anyone wasthinking or doing. Everyone justtalks at once and the page gets re-freshed with new posts so oftenthat chunks of my feed go unread,making what could have other-wise been helpful information ir-relevant. However, the tweets I’veread late in the day hardly en-hanced it, so I can still sleep atnight.

If you follow the right people,Twitter can serve as an excellentnewsfeed. Businesses, public fig-ures and other forms of mediaoutlets all have Twitter accountsnow and don’t inundate my feedwith their thoughts on final examsor pictures of what they had forbreakfast. They do provide greatstory briefings, links to other arti-cles and other general informationthat @anyone could find helpful.

I know that all sounds old-fo-geyish and boring, but I just can’thelp it. As fascinating as it is tosee, I don’t need Twitter to knowthat mankind’s mood swings arecontingent upon sunlight andSunday fundays. At least the stud-ies have given some kind of pur-pose to the mundane postings. Iftrivial tweeting is your MO andyou just can’t let go, at least try tomake them funny, lest one day youlook behind yourself and no one isfollowing.

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Embrace Halloween for Pete’s Sake

I love Halloween for all theright reasons: Horror movies ruletelevision scheduling and youcan’t throw a rock without hittingsome kind of haunted hayride orcorn field maze. Perhaps best ofall, for some reason women totallyembrace the holiday by dressinglike every male fantasy in exis-tence. I suppose that’s a doubleedged sword though because thething I hate the most about Hal-loween is the stress that comeswith trying to figure out what mycostume is going to be.

Obviously I’m not talkingabout trick-or-treating; I’m talk-ing about the party. This may be amoot point for some of you, butfor the rest of us, the days leadingup to the weekend before Hal-loween, assuming of course thatHalloween falls on a weekday, turninto a race against time to come up

with something clever to wear.First you have to decide what

kind of costume you want:humor? badass? pop-culture ref-erence? What if nobody gets it? Italmost feels unfair.

I’m a pretty creative guy —my concentration is even in cre-ative writing — but when the time

comes to figure out a costume,every bit of originality and inge-nuity I have flies out the window.

Maybe you’re one of thosepeople who think they’re too coolfor costumes and instead decide tothrow on a Superman T-shirt andcall it a day. I hate you. I spendweeks trying to come up with anidea and then another couple ofdays finding the items I need to

make it a reality. What do you do?You show up in your street clotheswith a nametag on that readsPeter when your name is Paul.

I’ve been a greaser, a brokenTony Romo, a lead singer of aheavy metal band and, last Hal-loween, I was Keith Stone. Not adamn one of these costume ideaswas complicated in the least, yetevery year someone at the partyI’m at is without a costume. I donot share my beer with this per-son.

I don’t know if I’ll have seenanyone in normal clothes this yearsince I’m writing this a few daysbefore you’re reading it. I hope Idon’t. Why come to a Halloweenparty if you’re not going to join inthe spirit of the holiday?

You don’t have to raid PartyCity or the nearest Halloween out-let store but if you’re going to go toa costume party wear a damn cos-tume.

Maybe I’m being a little rigidabout this whole costume thingbut it’s not without reason. WhenI was 19 I threw my first real party,a Halloween party. Out of the first10 people to show up, not one ofthem wore a costume.

Let Your Creativity Shine Tonight

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JEFF GIORGI

Opinion Editor

What’s the Best Way to Approach a Female?Make Sure to Not Come On Too Aggressively

How should men approachwomen? Should it be like the wayit was in the ‘50s where men actu-ally spoke to women instead ofgawking at them without oneword? Interestingly, men don't ap-proach women as much as theyused to decades ago. How aboutimitating the way we were as smallchildren? Funny story actually, Ihad someone approach me like wewere in third grade. He actuallythought that passing me a note ina coffee shop was appropriate for a36-year-old man — it had the"yes" or "no" check boxes and allthe magic they encompass — andthe sad part is that he was serious.Apparently, he needs to read thisarticle.

As I was thinking about this,I needed to approach the sourcemyself. I realized that the men Iapproached at George Mason Uni-versity seemed as if they thought Iwas creating a storyline aboutbeing a writer for the school paper,researching how men should ap-proach women. However, theycouldn't call me out because thatwould have been shocking forboth parties. So, we parted ways,each of us wondering what iswrong with the other. That's when

I realized when a person suggestsa storyline — it's a big no-no. Itsends the signal to the other per-son that you’re desperate enoughto make up a story 10 minutes inorder to approach them as if youhad to conjure an air of confidencein order to approach, and seemapproachable.

It seems obvious enough tomention that different social situ-

tions ask for different methods.So, the best way to approach a fe-male is to always make sure she iscomfortable. Every human on theplanet is aware that women enjoytheir comfortable space. So, don'tcreepily approach a woman in theparking lot because she caughtyour eye. Sorry, but you’re going tohave to let that one get in her carand drive safely away from you. So,if you're in a coffee shop, learnfrom our 36-year-old friend and

don't send notes — instead,glance up and smile generously acouple of times. If she reacts neg-atively, then stop smiling. Don'tpush yourself into her spacethinking that women like aggres-sive men. Women do admire ag-gressive men in certain situationsbut this is definitely not one. If shereturns the gesture, then youcould confidently ask to take herout when she isn't buried in herbook. This only works when theman is extremely handsome, thewomen is really approachable andthe man is adept at talking towomen; honestly, those are threefactors that only occur simultane-ously when Brad Pitt is approach-ing Angelina Jolie on screen.

Let's be realistic: the best wayto approach a woman is to knowher from a previous scenario. Ifyou met her at the gym or in class,strike up a conversation in theplace of initiation. Then, whenyou see her around, you have asolid foundation to build a con-versation upon. She will be morecomfortable around you becauseyou didn't go out of your way anduse a line on her that you probablyused on 14 other women that sameday. Keep in mind that eachwoman is different, as is eachman. Sometimes it just might beperfect enough to smile and say hi.

University Drive Stoplight a Problem for Community

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Letter to the editor

More to Twitter Than Meets the Eye

If she reacts negatively, then

stop smiling. Don’tpush yourself intoher space thinkingthat women like aggressive men.

First you have todecide what kind ofcostume you want:humor? badass?

pop-culture reference? What ifnobody gets it? Italmost feels unfair.

If you follow theright people, Twittercan serve as an

excellent newsfeed.

Madeline Eldridge

Opinion Columnist

When a pedestrian pushesthe button to request the right ofway at the traffic light at Rappa-hannock River Lane and Univer-sity Drive, the green light onUniversity changes and the pedes-trian light flashes white, lettingthe walkers know they have theright to walk across the street ontothe campus.

While the white light blinks,the light for the new parkinggarage also changes. Drivers aregiven green arrows. The rightarrow informs motorists that theyare free to make a right. This sendsmotorists into the pathway of thepedestrians at the same locationwhere Michelle Dawson was hiton March 29, 2010.

At that time George MasonUniversity spokesman Dan

Walsch said, “Regarding that spe-cific cross walk, to my knowledgethey have received no formal com-plaint about it.”

Last year, there was a light forUniversity Drive traffic, but be-cause the garage was not com-pleted, no other light was present.A sign explained drivers needed tostop for pedestrians, but my expe-riences mirrored sophomore AlexWorkman, who was cursed at bydrivers. That’s what will happen ifan accident occurs with garagetraffic. Workman told me he hasalmost been hit several times andusually jogs across.

I reported it to the police de-partment and was told to tell thegrounds department. I mentionedit to a police cadet, who said thelight was working properly. I went

to the Office of University Coun-sel. The young woman there toldme it wasn’t her department. Iknew that, but let her know if anaccident does occur at the inter-section it will be their depart-ment’s responsibility. She calledthe police station, but not beforeasking for the cadet’s name. I did-n’t know … but the fact that herinitial reaction was “Not my prob-lem” made her sudden sensitivityseem a little disingenuous. Thepolice station person told me theywould contact VDOT to see if theywould do anything.

I keep watching the light andarrow come on simultaneously.Every time. It’s crazy.

-Scott Kruh, English Major

CorrectionsOct. 24-The Breastival Article was written by Erin Powell.-The Capital Challenge Cup Photo was courtsey of the Ice Hockey Team.-The Police Task Force article was by Michael Lagana.Oct. 18-The Occupy Is Far From United article was by Paul Panasiuk.

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Since hiring head coach GregAndrulis, the George MasonUniversity men’s soccer team hasfound unprecedented success inrecruitment. The team hasbrought in players from the U.S.national team and even a playerfrom Finland. This season, An-drulis and company found theirleader in Taylor Morgan, a strikerfrom across the pond.

Originally recruited by theCentral Connecticut Blue Devils,he was reeling from scoring thegame-winning goal for the Eng-lish National Schoolboy teamagainst Scotland in May 2008.

“I played at Wembely [sta-dium] in front of 20 thousand, soit was a really, really good experi-ence, and I managed to score,”Morgan said. “It really preparedme for [college]. Can’t really getmore of a bigger test than that.”

He found his stride early in theseason; as a rookie he took theEastern Collegiate Athletic Con-ference Offensive Player of theWeek award by tallying threegoals and two assists in just threegames.

But Morgan wanted more.

CCSU is the lone pubic uni-versity in a mid-major confer-ence. In 2009, his only year withthe Blue Devils, the team went 6-10-1 and only won a single confer-ence game. An eight-game losingstreak only made a change inscenery that much more press-ing.

“I just wanted to be part of adifferent program,” Morgan said.“A bigger program, and trying toimprove myself at this place. Thisis probably better for my footballcareer.”

He had to sit out last seasondue to NCAA transfer rules, butin his first year of eligibility withthe Patriots, the striker is on fire.He leads the team with nine goalsand five assists in 17 games.

“I just try to do the best I couldand luckily it was good enough,”Morgan said. “So I’d be happy tokeep improving and doing wellfor the team.”

Andrulis seems to know whyhe came out of the gates roaring.

“Taylor worked incrediblyhard in the offseason to improvea lot of different segments of hisgame,” Andrulis said. “He’s one ofthose guys that’s reaping the re-wards of all that hard work.”

While there have been nu-

merous changes at nearly everyposition on the field (some dueto experience, others to injury)Morgan has been a mainstay asthe team’s striker.

“Strikers are unique individu-als,” Andrulis said. “They have tohave a certain mentality becausethey get so many chances, andvery few of them do they actuallyscore. So they have to be men-tally tough just by nature to be inthat position.“

On Sept. 27, the Patriots wereranked No. 18 in the soccer pollafter going 2-0-1 against threeranked opponents, tying CentralFlorida before beating Cal StateFullerton and perennial confer-ence power Old Dominion.Showing his importance on theteam, Morgan scored the decid-ing goal in each matchup.

“I’m doing much better thisyear in terms of the pressure,being the only striker on theteam. I think it’s really buildingmy confidence to keep scoring.”

But on a banged-up team, evenMorgan could not fend off injury.He suffered a groin injury and theteam’s offensive production justhas not been the same. The Pa-triots went scoreless in their next290 minutes, dropping a confer-

ence matchup at VCU beforetying Drexel at home and travel-ing for a loss at William & Mary.

“I think the tough period wehad was really good for us,” Mor-gan said, “because I think we’velearned from it now and we cango in and be more strong as ateam and we’re winning gamesthat we wouldn’t have won at thestart of the year.”

The Patriots lost their nationalranking and are still winless onthe road in their 2011 campaign,but they have five games left toshake off the rust and stronglyclose out the season. Most of theconference has hit a difficultstretch, but as of Saturday,Mason sat at seventh plac out of12.

With a 0-2 loss against Geor-gia State, they have practicallythrown away their playoff hopes.Too much will need to go rightfor the Patriots to play in thetournament. But Andrulis hasconfidence they can finishstrong.

“We’ll try to go out on a highnote, get a win on the road, andfinish with a winning record,”Andrulis said. “That’s prettymuch all that’s left for us.”

Nothing personifies a manmore than a fine piece of facialhair. From the pencil thin to thehandlebar, the mustache is oneof the top indicators of manli-ness.

This November, the GeorgeMason University baseball teamwill be taking part in a worldwidecampaign to raise money formen’s health through the organ-ization Movember.

The organization is a world-wide movement whose mission isto raise awareness and funds forprostate cancer research andother cancers that are common inmen. According to the Movem-ber website, their goals are tofund survivorship initiatives, in-crease awareness and education,advocate prostate cancer, and in-fluence change in men’s health.

Senior pitcher Ryan Pfaeffleand senior third baseman BrigTison have been the main advo-cates for the movement and areattempting to spread the mus-tache craze throughout theGeorge Mason athletic depart-ment and the Colonial AthleticConference.

Pfaeffle’s brother was a majorinfluence regarding the cam-paign at Mason. While in SanDiego, one of his brother’s bestfriends worked for the Movembermovement and got him involvedwith the campaign as well.

“My brother got completely in-fatuated with it, loved it andthought it was so much fun,” Pfa-effle said. “Together they raisedover $10,000 and he’s been ravingabout it ever since. He even got amustache tattoo.”

Though a tattoo of a mustacheis a little excessive, it’s not hard toget involved for an increasinglydeserving cause. According tothe American Cancer Society, onein six men will be diagnosed withprostate cancer in their lifetime

making it the second leadingcause of cancer death in men be-hind lung cancer.

“It’s an easy and fun way for usto give back,” Tison said. “We’repretty competitive throughoutour team so it’s a competitionagainst ourselves and against ourteammates for a good cause andthat’s a good driving factor.”

One concern for the month,however, is how the mustacheswill look as a finished product.

“Personally, I don’t know whatmy upper lip is capable of interms of the growth I’m going toget,” Pfaeffle said. “I’m just hop-ing mine comes in full and lookspresentable.”

Tison was a little bit more am-bitious for his potential facialhairstyle.

“I think everyone’s dream isthe handlebar, but not the real-ity.”

So far, the team has raised$870 towards their overall goal of$10,000 and have 28 members onthe East Coast Bros team. Additionally, they will be settingup a booth at the first men’s bas-ketball regular season game onNov. 11 to promote the cause andto hand out Movember kooziesand bracelets.

With many organizations de-voted to women’s health,Movember provides awarenessfor a form of cancer that onlymen can receive and brings tolight the ways that prostate can-cer can be prevented, such asroutine exams.

“Everyone knows someonewho’s been affected by cancer,”Pfaeffle said. “We know we’re notgoing to cure cancer by growingmustaches and getting some do-nations, but if we can do a littlebit to help, we figure it’s some-thing fun to do for the month.”

For more information on themovement, visit www.movem-ber.com or visit mobro.co/ma-sonbaseball to join the East CoastBros and make a donation.

Pat CarrollAsst. Sports Editor

John PowellStaff Writer

Mason Baseball Team GrowsMustaches to Raise Money

for Cancer Research

Mustaches for Men’s Health

International Student Athlete Shines in Men’s Soccer Meadiocre Season

Morgan finds home at Mason

Photo by John Powell

First Baseman/Right-Handed Pitcher Anthony Montefusco takes a swing

during the 2011 campaign.

Photo by Peter Flint

Junior Taylor Morgan (center) celebrates with his teammates after a goal against Howard to contribute to a 9-0 win.

5The number of shutouts that

sophomore goal keeper Lyndse

Hokanson has recorded this

season for the women’s soccer

team.

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Amber Easter walked acrossthe stage to claim her award.

She had become the firstMason women’s basketballplayer to earn CAA All-RookieTeam honors since 2001, cele-brating the conference’s 25th an-niversary with an extraordinaryfreshman campaign. She was18th among all CAA players inscoring, notching double figures18 times during the season, andshe was the only Patriot to startevery game for head coach JeriPorter.

“Before I got the award, I did-

n’t know that it had been so longsince that had happened,” Eastersaid. “But once I found out, Iknew that it was something thatI needed to keep on my back andkeep Mason going in the right di-rection. And it gave me somemore motivation going into mynext season.”

Since coming to Mason in thefall of 2011, Easter has been in-credibly successful. She has beena contributing factor to thewomen’s increased success overthe last two seasons and hasbeen recognized with a handfulof awards by the conference.

“We knew she could score butwhat we didn’t know is that shecould do all the other things,”

Porter said. “She came [toMason] to play in a programwhose vision had not been real-ized yet. But she bought intowhat we are trying to do here.And I think that’s what makesher so special.”

Easter, however, has beenplaying out of her position sincethe moment she set foot on thewomen’s basketball team. At sixfeet tall, Easter has played as anundersized power forward andhas been at a considerable disad-vantage when matched upagainst taller, stronger oppo-nents throughout the CAA.

This season, though, Easterwill move back into her mostnatural position – the small for-

ward. She’ll be allowed the op-portunity to create matchup is-sued for opposing defenses withher athleticism and ability to re-bound the basketball.

“I’m still the same Amber,”Easter said. “I have just added alittle bit more to my game, so Ithink teams are going to have toadjust to me. And that puts meat an advantage.”

With the development of for-wards Janaa Pickard and JoyousTharrington, mixed with incom-ing post players Annie Lawlerand Talisha Watts, Easter will beallowed the opportunity to takeher work out to the perimeter.She will be a major force on theoutside, as she has the ability to

crash the boards and score at thebasket on smaller opponents.

“She has always been a goodrebounder,” Porter said. “Butnow, she becomes that kid whopeople have to worry about keep-ing off the glass because of whereshe’s coming from.”

With Easter on the perimeterof the court and at the helm ofthe Patriots, Mason looks to con-tinue their improvement andprove they are better than theirNo. 8 preseason ranking whentheir season begins on Nov. 11.

“I’m happy with where we areand we’re going to get betterthroughout the season,” Eastersaid. “We look good. And that’salways a good thing.”

Cody NormanSports Editor

Women’s BasketballSchedule

Nov. 115:00 p.m.

vs. American

Nov. 132:00 p.m.

vs. Oakland

Nov. 177:00 p.m.

@ Longwood

Nov. 217:00 p.m.

@ Stony Brook

Nov. 272:00 p.m.

vs. UNC Asheville

Dec. 17:00 p.m.

vs. Massachusetts

Dec. 42:00 p.m.

vs. Old Dominion

Dec. 87:00 p.m.@ UMBC

Dec. 112:00 p.m.

vs. Maryland

Dates & times correct as of Oct. 30

Ahead ofthe GameEaster Prepares for her Sophomore Campaign

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Junior Amber Easter celebrates as she is introduced at this year’s Mason Madness. The women’s basketball

team will play against American University for the first game on Nov. 11.

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November 7

All right Mason fans, this is it.A fresh start. A new coach. And,most importantly, basketballseason!

What an offseason. The Vil-lanova game was the absolutebest sporting event that I haveever been to, but the seasonended abruptly after we gotthumped by Ohio State. Thatshould have been a warning signfor the rollercoaster offseasonthat was ahead.

Who would have guessed thatthe last time we would have seenLuke Hancock in the green andgold he would be hitting a game-winning shot in the NCAA tour-nament? Our beloved andlegendary Coach L took his tal-ents to South Beach…er, I meanCoral Gables. However, his re-placement, Coach Paul Hewitt,leaves nothing but optimism forthe future of this team. I cannot be the only Mason Na-tion fan wishing that we couldjust have the simple game thatwe love back in action.

With the departure of Han-cock, Johnny Williams redshirt-

ing and the new players thatwe’ve signed, the fan favoritestarting five is a big questionmark.

Obviously, we have to pickMorrison to start at center andPearson at the power forward,but how about seeing Copes insome potential big man action totake the tip? Coach Hewitt willmost likely be running a three-guard set and, in my opinion, itlooks like our best bet to put oneof our bigger guys at small for-ward.

I want to see either JonArledge or Vaughn Gray startingat the three. Jon is a big manwith an outstanding mid-rangeshot. He can play up and downthe lane and make shots insideand out. The worry I have iswhether or not he will be able tocover other teams’ small for-wards. A 6-foot-9-inch guy try-ing to chase down a quicker guywho is 6-foot-4-inch may notplay to our advantage.

Vaughn is a freshman so stillhas lot to learn in college hoops,however he’s 6-feet-5-incheswith a lot of skill, huge potential,and the perfect size to flex be-tween guard and forward.

Coming off of an injury, Sher-rod Wright, has got to be the fanpick to play as shooting guard.

However, as mentioned be-fore, we could make a case forGray to play there as well. Thepoint guard will be the mostquestionable position all season.Between Cornelius, Allen andCorey Edwards I think we will seea mix of starters all season long.

Regardless of the starting line-up, the Patriot have depth. It isalways much better to have theoptions to move players in andout. One thing that Coach He-witt has made very clear is thatwe will always be the most con-ditioned team on the court, andwe are going to run, run and runthe floor some more.

I could not be more a fan ofthat idea.

Running the court could giveus the potential for at least 5-10more shots per game. Moreshots mean more opportunitiesfor points.

Mason Nation, I’d like to in-vite you to sit back, relax, andenjoy the winning season dis-played in front of your eyes fromthe comfort of Section 124.

Say it with me one time:

Daniel ZimmetPatriot Platoon Member

Are youready for

some Masonbasketball?

Section124

A Fan’s

Perspective

2011 Men’s BasketballSchedule

Oct. 317:00 p.m.

vs. Lycoming

Nov. 117:30 p.m.

vs. Rhode Island

Nov. 149:30 p.m.

vs. Florida Inernational@Virginia Tech

Nov. 156:00/8:30 p.m.

vs. Virginia Tech / Monmouth

@Virginia Tech

Nov. 197:00 p.m.

@ Florida Atlantic

Nov. 307:00 p.m.

vs. Bucknell

Dec. 37:00 p.m.@ Towson

Dec. 67:00 p.m.

@ Univ. of Virginia

Dec. 104:00 p.m.

@ Radford

Dec. 217:00 p.m.

vs. Duquesne

Dec. 237:00 p.m.

vs. Manhattan

Dates & times correct as of Oct. 30, 2011

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