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Volume V, Issue 2 September 21, 2005 Free

Arista’s Revamped Hurricane Katrina and

Constitution
BY ANNA GINZBURG
JUNIOR STAFF WRITER
The constitution of Arista,
the Stuyvesant chapter of the Na-
tional Honor Society, has been
revised this year.
its Aftermath
ald. This is meant to bring more which had kept neighboring Lake
BY EMMA RABINOVICH
attention to the Herald, which has Pontchartrain from pouring into
STAFF WRITER
often been ignored. the city, broke.
The election process has been Hurricane Katrina was classi- By September 7, there were
updated. Under the new constitu- fied as a Category 4 hurricane,
tion, the applications for each which is the second

NOAA
position will be reviewed by the most severe category.
The officer list
has been updated, and It gained speed and
TSS/Katie Banks

the responsibilities of strength as it past the

each of the officers Gulf of Mexico, de-
are now clearly stated. stroying parts of Mis-
Parts of the constitu- sissippi, Louisiana,
tion dealing with dis- Florida and Alabama.
missal have been re- It hit Louisiana
vised. on August 29, devas-
The article of the tating the densely
constitution describing populated Louisiana
the Faculty Council Board members, including Arista President Emi Suzuki, city of New Orleans.
has been removed center, getting ready for a meeting. Though some evacua-
because contact be- tion measures were
tween the students and the Fac- taken, thousands were
president and the current holder killed in Katrina’s Hurricane Katrina drowned New Orleans in
ulty Council has become less fre-
of the position. Together they path. With winds av- over 20 feet of water in some parts of the city.
quent. However, they do ac-
will choose the three most quali- eraging 145 miles per
knowledge and appreciate the
fied candidates. Previously the hour, Hurricane
support that is received from the
president was the only person Katrina covered the city with only about 10,000 people remain-
faculty advisors.
who reviewed application, and enough rainfall to cover residen- ing in the city as officials threat-
A new article has been added
the process was not described in tial houses’ rooftops. Much of
for Arista’s newspaper, the Her-
the constitution. ◙ the city was flooded after levees, Continued on Page 2

Americans Commemorate the Fourth Anniversary of 9/11

BY JENNIFER SCHLESINGER an d fo r m e r The ceremony each tower was struck, and an-
OUT OF SCHOOL NEWS EDITOR Mayor Rudolph lasted for other at the time each building
Giuliani also hours, as rela- fell.
On September 11th, 2005, spoke. Rice tives of the lost In Washington D.C., Presi-
people from across the nation read a piece by read the names dent Bush and his wife marched
gathered to commemorate the the 19th- of the 2,749 with thousands of others on the
terrorist attacks four years ago. century poet victims. As the White House’s South Lawn..
The anniversary came in the wake Christina Ros- names were Bush later attended services at St.
of Hurricane Katrina’s devasta- setti. Giuliani read, mourners John’s Episcopal Church with
tion; yet Americans managed to said, “We all walked down Vice President Dick Cheney and
come together to mourn and re- stand together the ramp to a his wife.
member. to help each memorial pool. A few miles away, another
One of the largest ceremonies other and to They filled it memorial commemorated those
took place at the former site of help those who with roses and who died in the attack on the Pen-
the World Trade Center. Mayor need our help wrote messages tagon. After a moment of silence,
Michael Bloomberg opened the in the future. to their loved mourners sang “God Bless Amer-
ceremony, saying “As we recite We remember ones on the side ica”. . “I'm here to show support
the names of those lost, our hearts forever all the of the pool. for our military and represent
turn as well toward London, our brothers and Four moments 9/11 families in support of the
sister city. And to the Americans sisters that we People gathered at the former World Trade of silence were military's effort to crush the
suffering in the aftermath of Hur- lost on that Center site in a ceremony of remembrance. observed, one scourge of terrorism in the
ricane Katrina, our deepest sym- day.” at the time that world,” said Mark Burlingame.
pathies go out to you.” New York Associated Press
His brother was the pilot of the
Governor George Pataki, Secre- plane that crashed into the Penta-
tary of State Condolezza Rice, INSIDE THIS ISSUE gon.
A fourth ceremony was held
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THE STUYVESANT Hurricane Katrina and its

STANDARD Aftermath
Continued from Page 1 out the necessities. These in-
cluded the “Shelter from the
ened evacuation by force. The Storm: A Concert for the Gulf
water was subsiding, but very Coast” and “ReAct Now: Music
slowly, because only five of the & Relief Concert.” The perform-
Executive Leadership Team 148 water pumps in New Orleans ers included Green Day, Usher,
were working. The water was full Alicia Keyes and Kelly Clarkson.
DR. JOHN NIKOL FACULTY ADVISER of debris which made it necessary When the president visited
WINNIE LEE EDITOR IN CHIEF to clean the water pumps. The the area on September 15, he
SHO UEMURA M ANAGING EDITOR water remains highly toxic and is made an address to the nation
JESSICA THAM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER carrying disease all over the city. outlining the most expensive re-
WINNIE DU LAYOUT EDITOR President Bush accepted full building project in United States
JACOB ARLUCK COPY CHIEF responsibility for the catastrophic history that would cost the coun-
LAURA HAN IN SCHOOL NEWS EDITOR results of the hurricane. Katrina
JENNIFER SCHLESINGER
try billions. Some disagreed with
OUT OF SCHOOL NEWS EDITOR only further hurt his decision to some of his suggestions, saying
YANJ IE HOU OPINIONS EDITOR make his long-time friend Mi-
JENNIFER WONG
that the project should not be paid
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR chael Brown the director of for by citizens all over the coun-
OSMAN NEMLI SPORTS EDITOR FEMA, who resigned soon after
DEEP PARIKH try. The president’s plan covers
SCIENCE EDITOR the hurricane struck. not only the necessities that are
MELISSA CHAN BUSINESS EDITOR The following weeks were
LADA KUKUY now gone from the area, but also
LITERARY EDITOR marked by a series of concerts the rebuilding of New Orleans’s
KAREN LIU WEBMASTER trying to raise the money desper-
KATIE BANKS glamorous look and sites such as
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOJOURNALISM ately needed for people left with- Jackson Square. ◙
DANIEL EGERS (‘03) FOUNDER
ERNEST BASKIN (‘04) EDITOR EMERITUS

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A New Year, Another Year

BY APRIL DALEY having so much fun this summer
STAFF WRITER that I didn’t really expect to come
back to Stuy so soon,” she said.
On September 8th, 2005 at
But most seemed resigned to the
eight-forty five, over three thou-
school year starting anewhas and
sand Stuyvesant students trudged
thought more about their classes
once again through the halls of
than receding distant summer. “I
Stuyvesant High School. For all,
have a good schedule with good
it was a return to school, and for
teachers. I’m satisfied,” said jun-
some, the beginning of high
ior Farooq Zafar. This attitude
school. The new year brought
seemed to be the sentiments of
with it new classes, new teachers,
most students. “The first few days
and new potential friends. For
haven’t been too hard and my
upperclassmen, it is another year
teachers are okay, like not crazy
to prepare for college, while for
insane”, reflected freshman Tay-
lowerclassmen, it is another year
lor Shung.
experience high school with its
Students look forward to
many opportunities.
other events later in the school
Some, like sophomore Yuen
year. “I can’t wait until next
Mei Lui, thought the first day was
year”, added Shung. Junior Ilona
Freshmen excited about their first year at Stuy. an unexpectedly abrupt close to a
Lazis ecstatically looks forward
relaxing summer vacation. “I was
to the “joys of SING!” ◙
TSS/Jennifer Wong

Jets Grounded After Chinese Pop Culture Club

Deadly Crash
BY HANK ZHONG which features message boards on
SENIOR STAFF WRITER both music and general-interest
topics. The website offers
True to its name, the Chinese
downloads of music and
Pop Culture Club showcases
bers on the ill-fated flight. Min- music videos. Dedi-
popular songs, artists, movies and

Club Spotlight
BY DEREK WENG
utes after takeoff, the Jakarta- cated members are re-
JUNIOR STAFF WRITER TV shows in Chinese culture.
bound plane caught fire, and warded with CDs,
Every other week the club high-
A deadly plane crash in the crashed into a crowded road in DVDs or posters. ◙
lights an "Artist of the Week"
northern Indonesian city of the Pedang Bulan residential area. Hank Zhong is the
introducing the artist and his or
Medan has led to the grounding The crash incinerated nearby President of the Chi-
her album to those interested.
of four similar Boeing 737-200s houses and cars, killing 47 people nese Pop Culture Club.
CPCC lets anyone interested
on technical concerns. on the ground , for a total of 149 If you are interested in
in Chinese music meet fellow
Indonesian authorities made casualties. Officials said 15 pas- joining the club and
enthusiasts. Meetings are casual
the decision after conducting sengers sitting in the tail section receiving information
and laidback - a perfect way to
safety checks on the all the na- of the plane managed to escape about future CPCC
unwind from a tiring day of
tion’s airliners. Planes operated the wreckage, including a 17- meetings, please con-
classes. Members can bring in
by four differ- tact Hank Zhong at
instruments and sing their own
ent Indonesian stuycpcc@gmail.com.
songs. The club also hosts kara-
carriers were If you are interested
oke sessions for those who love
declared in having your club
to sing.
“unworthy” featured in "Club Spot-
CPCC updates members on
for take-off. light," please email
the latest news in Chinese pop
Investigators inschoolnews@stuystandard.org.
culture on an Internet forum,
found wheel
system prob-
Chinese Pop Culture Club

lems and
brake defi-
ciencies. “The
four Boeing Crowds gather around an
7 3 7 - 2 0 0 engine of the crashed plane.
planes had to
be grounded Agence France-Presse

temporarily until they have been month old girl and her mother.
repaired as recommended by in- “The plane actually had taken
spectors in the field,” Hatta Rad- off, but somehow it started to
jasa, Indonesia’s Transport Min- shake heavily and swerved to the
ister, told reporters. left and then wham, a ball of fire Chinese Pop Culture Club’s forum,
The inspections were a re- came from the front of the plane the source of all the latest news, mu-
sponse to the crash of privately toward the end,” a fortunate sur-
sic, and music videos for its members.
owned low-cost vivor told re-
Mandala Air- porters in a
lines’s Flight Planes operated by four hospital emer-
091 on Septem- different Indonesian gency room.
ber 5th. It was
the nation’s carriers were declared Local authori-
ties have recov-
worst air disas- unworthy for takeoff. ered the plane’s
ter since a Ga- two flight data
ruda Indonesia recorders,
plane hit a probably containing the keys to
mountain near Medan in North unraveling the causes of the acci-
Sumatra 8 years ago, killing all dent. Asril Tanjung, director of
234 people on board. Mandala Airlines, discounted the
Mandala Airlines’s Boeing possibility of terrorism, saying
737 jet, which had been in service that pilot error or engine failure
for nearly 25 years, carried 112
passengers and five crew mem-
likely caused the crash. ◙
Unofficial Pizzeria of Stuyvesant
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The Unseen Effects of
Katrina’s Fury
BY BENNETT HONG
STAFF WRITER
There was one place no one
wanted to be on the last Tuesday
of August: New Orleans. Hurri-
cane Katrina, a Category 4 levia-
than of death, remade New Or-
leans and surrounding areas. Af-
ter the city’s weak levees suc-
This Exxon station in Louisiana remained open de-
spite a collapsed roof. Meanwhile, gasoline prices are
soaring because of Katrina.
United States Navy
cumbed and the pumping system
failed, water flowed from
neighboring Lake Pontchartrain
and the Mississippi River, turning
the city into a 20-foot deep bath-
tub of sewage. Meanwhile, the
government was trying to keep up
with the needs of the thousands of
refugees crammed into the Super-
dome and was spending 2 billion
dollars a day that first weekend
on meals, trailers, and contracts
to rebuild highways and bridges.
Although this amount per day is
decreasing the past week, the
devastation is expected to cost the
Why Strand Around Doing Nothing?
BY OSMAN NEMLI
SPORTS EDITOR
Coming home from Turkey
after two months of ab-
sence from this great
city, I was determined to
check out attractions
near Union Square. Last
week I went to Strand
Bookstore, one of my
favorites in the city. The
first thing I noticed was
the huge Strand banner
flying above the semi-
run down storefront, just
like I remembered it.
Outside were the famil-
iar shelves full of bar-
gain books. I couldn’t
walk in the way I had
before, though. The The Strand bookstore has been a fixture in the city for decades.
main entrance was
closed and a side door Mi New York Personal
used instead. With some appre-
hension, I walked in.
Inside, I felt like I’d just met
an old friend after his major plas-
tic surgery. I was both impressed,
September 21, 2005 Business/Opinions
government more than $200 bil-
lion and could reach $300 billion.
Estimates of the cost to insurance
companies made by various risk
assessment firms and government
agencies range from $14 billion
to $60 billion.
How much will Hurricane
Katrina affect the economy in the
long run? Aside from the direct
damages, Katrina also
caused 500,000 to 1
million people to be
unemployed, increasing
the national unemploy-
ment rate from 4.9 to
5.2 percent. Even
though millions of dol-
lars are being used to
create jobs for these
people, many will still
be unemployed. Some
believe that the rebuild-
ing of New Orleans
will boost the economy,
while others believe it will draw
resources away from parts of the
economy where they would be of
more use.
Other elements that will add
pressures to inflation include ag-
riculture losses and energy losses.
Hurricane damages to farm-
related industries will cost more
than $2 billion ($1 billion in di-
rect damages to crops and live-
stock and another $1 billion in
increased shipping costs and fuel
prices) and could increase food
prices. Because of huge losses at
New Orleans warehouses and
lighting was superb, the small
depressed. Strand had changed.
stairs were widened, an elevator
The wooden ceiling, the old light-
was added, the bag-check area
ing reminiscent of 19th-century
was replaced with cash registers.
gaslights, the small rickety stairs,
the lack of an elevator, and the store more than its competitors.
outdated bag-check area were all Strand has not only become too
gone. The English style ceiling commercialized, it has lost much
was now plain white, I felt a blast of the quirky essence hat made it
of arctic air conditioning, the unique. ◙
roasting plants, coffee prices
could surge from the current $1 a
pound to $1.45 in the near future.
Fuel prices took a heavier hit.
By destroying oil refineries and
oil drilling platforms in the Gulf
of Mexico, Katrina shut down a
large portion of American oil and
gas production, sending already
high fuel prices even higher. The
average price of unleaded gaso-
line rose 15 cents to $2.86 per
gallon in less than a week, cost-
ing consumers an additional $57
million per day. Heating costs are
predicted to increase by 71 per-
cent for users of natural gas and
31 percent for heating oil users.
Hong Kong Disneyland:
A Success or a Failure?
BY SARA LEE
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Almost everyone has been to
a Disney theme park, seen a Dis-
ney movie or fallen in love with a
Disney character. Disney is a part
of everyone’s life, and more chil-
d r e n wor l d wi d e r ec o gni z e
Mickey Mouse than the Christian
cross. For this reason, and more
pecuniary other reasons, Disney
in 1999 decided to open a theme
park in Hong Kong. To most peo-
ple the phrase “theme park” sug-
gests roller coasters and haunted
houses, but to those managing
one there are difference concerns.
Above all, creating Hong
Kong Disneyland took money.
The government of Hong Kong
put up US$2.9 billion and Disney
itself invested $320 million.
Many in Hong Kong objected to
the government spending this
Strand’s thrill-
ingly vast selec-
tion of books was
still there, though,
and that was the
most important
thing.
Like any make-
over, Strand’s
new look has both
benefits and
drawbacks. Al-
though accessibil-
ity has been in-
creased and the
store looks pretty
and new, it has
lost much of the
flair that once
attracted me to the
THE STUYVESANT STANDARD
These energy spikes will also
drive up the price of shipping and
were largely responsible for the
recent filings for bankruptcy pro-
tection of Delta Air Lines and
Northwest Airlines.
Similar effects were observed
in around the world. In Germany,
the price of gasoline rose to the
equivalent of $6.70 per gallon.
The Indonesian rupiah fell to a
four-year low against the dollar
as the government announced that
fuel subsidies would have to be
stopped. In Thailand, thousands
of fishing boats stopped operating
due to lack of fuel, and the gov-
Continued on Page 5
much money on such a project,
given that Hong Kong’s economy
has been in doldrums since the
SARS scare last year.
Mickey and Minnie celebrate the
opening of Hong Kong Disneyland.
Agence France-Presse
Others object to the resort’s
location. The theme park is on
Lantau Island, one of the few
green areas in the bustling mega-
lopolis. Fish breed in the nearby
waters and dolphins search for
food. Environmentalists fear that
theme park will damage this natu-
ral preserve.
Yet Hong Kong Disneyland
has brought thousands of new
jobs to Hong Kong. About 6,000
people helped build the park,
about 18,000 will be hired to staff
it, and park builders estimate that
some 35,000 jobs will be created
by 2025. Hong Kong currently
has 5.7% unemployment, high for
the region. Proponents argue that
an estimated five million annual
tourists will bring more money
into the local economy.
Shows in English, Cantonese
and Mandarin will be offered, in
an attempt to appeal to locals,
mainland-Chinese visitors and
foreign tourists. A 1,400 room
Disney themed hotel will hold the
expected crowds. Hong Kong
Chief Executive Tung Chee-Wah
said that the park will bring
“substantial long-term economic
returns.” ◙
THE STUYVESANT STANDARD
First Bit of Advice
BY DAVID WANG
ALUMNUS WRITER
So. All you seniors at Stuy are
now going through the hysteria-
inducing yet necessary ritual of
college applications. The smart
ones have already planned every-
thing out, and have already com-
pleted the first drafts of their es-
says (never mind the fifth and
sixth). Then there are the select
few who plan to be like me, and
won’t start until the weekend be-
fore the due date.
Well, guess what? If you ob-
sess over college, your life will be
pain until April. If you barely man-
age to finish before the deadline,
good for you. Now you can won-
der whether a few extra weeks of
looking over your application
could have helped, and when you
get your pretty little rejection let-
ters, you’ll wonder whether you
would have gotten into Harvard
and MIT had you begun working
on the hundred-page applications
back in grade school.
You’ll also begin to wonder
BY CARITAS DOHA
STAFF WRITER
No history teacher teaches
that the Pyramids were created by
aliens. But a few people think
that such monumental works of
architecture were beyond the
abilities of the Egyptians, and
that some higher power must
have helped them. Yet we aren’t
told this in history class Why?
Because no historian would allow
a notion completely unsupported
by facts to be taught in the class-
room.
ET is out of the history books
for now, but Christian conserva-
tives are fighting to force schools
to teach the “theory” of Intelli-
gent Design as an alternative to
evolution. It’s part of their
“Teach the Controversy” pro-
gram, justified with the noble-
sounding purpose of broadening
students’ minds.
The problem is that ID is not
a scientific theory, because it is
not supported by scientific evi-
dence. The core tenet of ID is that
certain biological structures, such
as the mammalian eye or the set
of proteins that allow blood to
The Unseen Effects of Katrina’s Fury
Continued from Page 4
ernment mandated that billboards
could only be illuminated for
three hours a day and required
that gas stations to close at night
in order to conserve energy.
Although an increase in un-
employment and inflation in addi-
tion to the damage caused by
Hurricane Katrina with definitely
slow down American economic
September 21, 2005 Business/Opinions
their five million-dollar scholar-
ships from every company imagin-
able, enough money to pay the full
tuition at Yale for the next three
whether you could have gotten million years?
those extra ten points on your SAT Let’s cut to the chase. Stop
had you not woke up late on test worrying so much, because college
day, and whether you should have really isn’t as great as it’s made
put in 5,000 more hours of com- out to be. Okay, that’s a lie. But
munity service, since the 5,000 seriously, as high school seniors,
you had already stop stressing
sounded awful If you obsess over col- out so much.
compared to just By now, you
lege, your life will be know who’s
about every other
college applicant pain until April. probably get-
on the planet. ting into which
They all had the school, and
time to handle twenty AP classes, who’s not. I can guarantee you that
five internships with Fortune 500 there will be quite a few surprises,
companies, to play sixty-two dif- but overall, natural selection will
ferent musical instruments at Car- take its course. If you don’t get
negie Hall and still had enough into Yale, I’m sure you’ll be able
time to cure cancer. Did I forget to convince your parents that
those three hundred clubs you’re Princeton is just as good. If your
supposedly in, even though you’re parents are Asian, however, my
not actually sure what they do and condolences – if you don’t get into
whether they’ve actually met in the Harvard or MIT, you’re toast.
past three years? You’re the Presi- I’m serious. Enjoy senior year.
dent, Chairman, and Secretary of Enjoy watching the little freshmen
Defense of 70 of them, aren’t you? squirm around the halls, not stop-
Anyway, even if you have all ping until June, by which time you
these qualifications, how can you probably won’t even know what
ignore all those kids making the classes you’re taking. Stop looking
financial aid offices happy with
Creationism Posing as Science
clot, are “irreducibly complex,” vocates don’t present their results
so some non-random entity must scientifically suggests that they
have intervened in their develop- are more interested in popular
ment. There are two problems appeal then changing scientific
with this. First, virtually no advo- minds, and also that what they are
cates of ID have published their doing simply isn’t science.
arguments and data in peer- Secondly, key to the scien-
reviewed journals. This is how tific method is the idea that any
scientists communicate and con- theory must be falsifiable: there
sider new proposals. That ID ad- must be some imaginable set of
o b s e r va t i o n s that
would disprove it. As
the non-existence of
God or other transcen-
dent entity is unprov-
able, ID is a belief,
not a theory. The re-
sults are clear: less
than 1% of scientists
support intelligent
design, and nearly all
don’t consider it a
valid theory.
This “controversy”
has also been ad-
dressed before by the
courts. Epperson v.
Advocates of intelligent design even used the documen-
tary "March of the Penguins" to support their claims.
Arkansas, a 1968 deci-
sion, held that a state
BBC
growth in the second half of the have already begun to fall, and
year, it is unlikely that the after- the stock market is approaching
math will put the country into a pre-Katrina levels.
recession. Many economists esti- Some analysts liken the ef-
mate that the storm will reduce fects of Katrina to those of the
the American economy’s rate of September 11 terrorist attacks.
growth by one percentage point, However, the economy before
from 3.5 percent. However, this Katrina was doing much better
loss will be offset next year by than in 2001 and is expected to
billions of dollars in government absorb the impact more effec-
and private funding for recon- tively. John Silvia, the chief
struction and recovery. Oil prices economist for the Wachovia Cor-
Page 5
ahead at the frat parties. They’ll be
there every night. There’ll be
plenty of upperclassmen handing
out flyers reading “21 and over”,
despite the fact that you’re a 4’10”
Asian girl with a twenty pound
book bag, braces, and a Freshman
Orientation T-shirt.
Don’t let your scores define
you. Make yourself stand out. Be
special. Make the admissions offi-
cer reading your application re-
member you. Don’t be Mr. Perfect
Grades #594. Be yourself. It’s a
cliché but it’s true. The difference
between a 2350 SAT with no per-
sonality and a 2300 SAT whose
application exudes intellect, enthu-
siasm, and curiosity is much bigger
than the difference between a 2350
and a 2360. When it’s time for
your interview, show that you’re
not just another sheep. Even if
your numbers are high, don’t jump
at every chance to mention them.
Talk about things that really inter-
est you, and things that will really
interest the college. Don’t ignore
your grades and scores, but show
that you are more than a score, and
show that you are aware of it. If
you really have nothing special to
say about yourself, who can you
blame but yourself? ◙
could not mandate teaching reli-
gious creation in lieu of evolu-
tion. In 1989, Edwards v. Aguil-
lard declared that “creation sci-
ence,” a less developed form of
ID, was not science but religion
and thus prohibited by the First
Amendment. It did suggest that
“a variety of scientific theories
about the origins of humankind
[should be taught] to schoolchil-
dren”. But since no serious sci-
entist accepts Intelligent Design
as a scientific theory , this case
does not apply.
There is no dispute among
scientists about intelligent design.
We should not “teach the contro-
versy” because there is no contro-
versy. Over 99% of scientists
support evolution. Why would
we want to teach students some-
thing that is not science? We
have taken great strides against
teaching unscientific “theories” in
schools. To start teaching intelli-
gent design now would be to take
a great leap backwards. ◙
poration, said, “The background
to when this hit is an economy
that was doing quite well. That’s
a very, very different backdrop
from 9/11.” According to Mark
Zandi, the chief economist for
Economy.com, “the key here is
consumer and business confi-
dence. If consumers pull back,
then business will follow and this
could turn into a much more sig-
nificant problem. If consumers
hang tough, the economy proba-
bly will be O.K.”◙
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BY ANONYMOUS
BY CAROLINE HUGH
shudder SENIOR STAFF WRITER
A strong wind blows my way
Gray clouds loom over the horizon i should give up writing
Swings at the park emptying quickly it's like some sort of masochism
The mother bird cuddles her young ha ha snip snip jagged edge
Alas! The coming of rain look at me fail
has spoiled my day look at me fall again
Wait!
What's that? it’s not about love
A glint of sunlight in the it never was love
distance it's about the stench that crawls out of sewers
Its shine brighter than the darkest cloud and nestles in my mind
So that the coming of rain
Will not spoil my day you will never free me
you will never strip me to the delicate curl of smoke i am
ravage me
take away my goods

because i will forget you

i will erase my mind
the world may heave its last
BY SUSANNAH GILBERT but i will still be a shell
STAFF WRITER swaying in the breeze

One thing i dangle

Could be a personal good
An object i die
A symbol good by
good-bye.
Sometimes

Treating Cancer with

It can represent
Your Faith
To the person you love

But how can you show faith RNA Nanotechnology

When all that matters RNA carries genetic mes-
Is what you say? BY DEEP PARIKH
SCIENCE EDITOR sages and can be used directly for
therapy. Scientists used pRNA
It is not what you say A new method to get thera- strands, which can be linked to
But what you do peutic agents inside of cancer other types of RNA strands with
So what can I do cells promises to make anti- specific properties. Researchers
To show my faith to you? cancer medications more effec- bonded pRNA to these other
tive. Scientists created a new type types, forming triangular particles
of RNA molecule that is able to some 25 to 40 nanometers wide.
enter cells bearing a “payload” of The new technology has been
other therapeutic RNA strands shown to block cancer develop-
that initiate apoptosis – cellular ment in living mice and also in-
suicide – in cancer-
ous cells. Trials in
BY KEVIN SMITH mice and in human
STAFF WRITER tissue cells have
been successful.
A lady in the window? Research
What can she be doing there? leader Peixuan
Stepping back and forth Guo said "RNA
With elegant flowing hair has immense prom-
ise as a therapeutic
Are you here for just a week? agent against can-
Would you stay longer if I wasn't so meek? cer, but until now
But understand lovely lady we have not had an
I'm only here just to sleep efficient system to This nanoparticle, made up of three
b ri n g mul t i p le strands of RNA, may help fight cancer.
Lady in the window therapeutic agents
Come out to me directly into spe- Science Daily

Let the two of us play cific cancer cells where they can
Before either of us must leave
perform different tasks". Cellular
membranes are like national bor-
We are both alone ders, only letting in certain ap-
Going through our lives as shown
proved chemicals through well-
But I shouldn't pray for a chance meeting controlled gates, and it is difficult
And stay sitting by the phone
to sneak therapeutic agents past
the border. The new treatment
Goodbye lady in the window uses RNA strands of just the right
I have become one of your fans
size and shape to pass through the
But sitting here has made me bored membrane, with medication in
It's time to play in the sand tow.
terferes with the growth of breast
cancer in lab grown human cell
cultures.
Scientists need to be com-
pletely certain that the treatment
only targets cancerous cells. The
stability of the pRNA and its abil-
ity to survive enzymes that
threaten to degrade it remains a
problem. Nonetheless, the re-
search is very promising. ◙
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Gobi Desert Exploration

BY TOBIAZ ZIELINKSI
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
“The stuff is here” exclaimed
a paleontologist exploring the
Gobi Desert in 1922, when asked
why he was exploring such a
desolate place. Even more than
80 years later the Gobi remains
an area rich in geological and
paleontological treasures.
The Gobi is part of Mongo-
lia, which was ruled by Commu-
nists from the mid-1920’s until
1990. American scientists were
finally allowed to explore the
desert in that year. They worked
with little progress until 1993,
when they began to unearthed
Dr. Narmandakh, a Mongolian Scien-
tist, examines a promising site in the
Gobi Desert.
Mongolia Today
many fossils, mammals and liz-
ards. One of the most impressive
finds was a fossilized embryo
inside a dinosaur nest.
Excavations paused in 2001
in order to allow wind and rain to
erode some material that might be
covering more fossils. Scientists
now believe that this combination
of water and wind is responsible
for the abundant well-preserved
fossils in the Gobi. One theory
suggests that violent sandstorms
buried living creatures alive, an-
other proposes that simultaneous
sand- and rainstorms caused sand
dunes to become saturated with
water, eventually collapsing and
burying everything around them.
A common misconception is
that only dinosaurs lived in the
Gobi. In reality the area was a
bustling community, rich in
plants, insects and some of the
first mammals. Recent Gobi have
uncovered more and more mam-
mals.
“It isn’t like anything we’ve
found here before” commented
Dr. Mike Novacek, the leader of a
recent expedition, about the most
important find. About the size of
a rabbit, with long hind legs and a
snout with huge teeth, it is be-
lieved to be a eutherian, an early
ancestor of humans. After wrap-
ping it in gauze and wet plaster,
scientists will transport it into a
laboratory where it will undergo
further tests. Finding the fossil is
the easy part, as for every month
in the field scientists need at least
11 to interpret and understand the
new finds. ◙

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Last Issue’s Solution In the Woods

Crossword Puzzle BY MONICA LUK Grass Pheasant
R I N G A I D E P T A T STAFF WRITER Hunting Pine
Acorn Briar rose Lavender Quail
O V A L D R A G A C U T E Leaf Rabbit
Alder Cabin
Ash Cottage Lilacs Spruce
T A T A R A N G E R O V E R
Asters Daisies Lumberjack Squirrels
N O D D I N G A L R Bark Deer Maple Sycamore
Bear Fir Meadow Trail
E R E L O R R A I N E Oak Twigs
Birch Forget-me-nots
Bluebells Fox Owl Wolf
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U N I N S S N I N E P T M A P L E T W A D R E E D S F L O H W L

R E S P E C T E N D A R O S A H R N B S T O N E M T E G R O F E

E M T L O R E A L L I T H G C O T T A G G E D W H T F E S H A
B R B I R C H R E V T N K O X A I J L F
Y E L L O W E D H A
A R I G W E L D V R L I L A C S R D N P
R E A D C B O R E L
C F I A S T E R S P Q U O C O T E L H C
I N S Y L N
O D X A L P A R H C H W M G R R E E S T
T R I A D A C T O R J A M
R K T C R B C E E K L H T B N E U L B D
E A R E A R L K C O D A
N J L M B R A A O D G A K E E I E C N R
A P E D E V E R Y E N
R B A I K S O D B A R K V L G R T T W I
V U T N A W N S E I L W P L R R J N V F
Q O K N L U P C E S N R O I D K O A U L
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P V N S E K H S O E H Q P V A E C N O K
B L U E B E L L S S S A R G I E V K T O
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T P V L H K O R P S Y C A M O R E F E H
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Crossword Puzzle The Beach

BY JESSIE LUK
SENIOR STAFF WRITER BY KARIN FENG
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ASSOCIATE WRITER

12 13 14 Instructions combine the letters with a number

Unscramble the words and underneath it to form a message.
15 16 17
fdrasubonrig
18 19 20 21
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22 23 24 25 1

26 27 28 29 adfguelris
30 31 32 __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
2
33 34 35

tnocnorefa
36 37 38 39 40 41 42

43 44 45 46
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3
47 48 49 50
npyiknids
51 52 53
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54 55 4 7

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Across Down
1. Manservant 1.____ cords
__ __ __ __ __ __ __
6. Gettysburg Address, e.g. 2. Sky color
5
12. Atmosphere layer 3. “Houseboat” actress
13. Reno inhabitant 4. Finale
lsahesle
15. Bad milk 5. Student’s ordeal
16. Washstand item 6. Be surreptitious
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
17. 6, to Julius 7. Tankard material
6 8
18. Unit of area 8. Twilights
19. “_____” all folks 9. Hearing need
21. April dread 10. Cassette alt.
tensalcdsa
22. Banker’s action 11. Native of Cuba
24. Get by 14. 37th president
25. Don’t (2 words) 20. Southern greeting __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
26. Frigid 21. Take-out phrase (2 words) 9
28. President after Carter 23. Some coins
hnetsabu
30. Audition tape 25. Book character Drew
32. In due time 27. Argument against
33. Extends 29. Break bread __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
10
35. And so on (abbr.) 30. Breaks down food
36. Generations 31. Paradise
37. Scandinavian first name 33. Prince Charles of ____ gufnidsiwrn
39. Injured pup’s cry 34. Porcupine’s quills
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
43. Author Deighton 35. Made a boo boo
44. Fall zodiac sign 38. Critic Roger 11
46. Albania’s cont. 40. Spooky
47. Plural ending 41. Enticed nsaedndu
48. Diamond source 42. Printer’s machine
49. Actor Peter 44. Jello flavor __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
51. Type of clam 45. “Ah me!” 12
53. Zodiac sign 48. Spring month
Answer: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ !
54. Most devious 50. Miner’s quest
55. Bird chow 52. Spanish article

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Seen a good movie lately? An interesting exhibit?

Arts show? Concert? If so, send your review to: arts@stuystandard.org

Fall Movie A Not So Unfortunate Event

causes on June 27. Expect to see
sex, drugs, rock and roll and a lot
of violence from this movie.
Elizabethtown BY CHRISTINE ZHUANG ans into handing Count Olaf the

Previews
After receiving a mix tape from a SENIOR STAFF WRITER orphans’ fortune. Yet the clever
stewardess (played by Kirsten and cunning (but very unlucky)
Dunst), workaholic Drew (played It all began with “The Bad Baudelaire children outwit Count
by Orlando Bloom) drives into Beginning.” In 1999, author Lem- Olaf only to find themselves relo-
BY JENNIFER WONG ony Snicket broke from the hack-
the American heartland to find cated to another clueless guardian
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR neyed “and they lived happily
out the meaning of life. who falls prey
Back to school got you down? October 28 ever after” to Count Olaf’s
Here are some movies to look theme domi- nasty schemes.
forward to during the fall season nant in chil- The book con-
to take away those end-of- dren’s stories cludes with a
summer blues. with the first sad ending, just
wonderfull y like the author
September 23 grim “A Se- warned. And
Corpse Bride ries of Unfor- yet readers con-
Tim Burton uses stop-motion t u n a t e tinue to devour
puppetry to tell the story of a man E v e n t s ” these stories in
(voiced by Johnny Depp) who novel. De- hopes that the
accidentally betroths himself to a Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst spite the Baudelaire chil-
dead woman (Helena Bonham star in “Elizabethtown.” warning “If dren will one
Carter) while preparing marriage Paramount Pictures
you are inter- day live in
vows meant for his still-alive fi- ested in sto- peace.
ancée (Emily Watson). It’s Bur- The Legend of Zorro ries with It’s been a year
ton’s first animated feature since It's been seven long years since happy end- since the last
“The Nightmare Before Christ- the release of “The Mask of ings, you book, “T he
mas” in 1993. Zorro”, but the long wait should- would be Grim Grotto,”
n’t deter fans from watching the better off was released,
sequel this October. Antonio reading some and fans still
Banderas’ character puts on his other book” have no clue
cape again when a new villain on the back what lies ahead
cover of Author Daniel Handler,
arises and his wife (Catherine for the Baude-
every book, a.k.a. Lemony Snicket.
Zeta-Jones) mysteriously disap- laire orphans.
pears. the release of Although the
the second to San Fransisco Chronicle
books may be
Entertainment Weekly

Johnny Depp voices Victor, the main
character in "Corpse Bride."
September 30
Serenity
Joss Whedon, creator of “Buffy
the Vampire Slayer,” describes
his feature-film directing debut as
a story of “a nobody crew aboard
a crappy little spaceship.” Fans of
Whedon’s prematurely cancelled
TV series “Firefly” will be de-
lighted to know that this movie is
an adaptation of the series on to
the big screen. The story focuses
on the ship’s most troubled mem-
ber, River, a teen subjected to
government experimentation.
Into the Blue
Jessica Alba and Paul Walker star
in the action-packed adventure.
November 11
Rent
For only $10, less for a matinee,
you can enjoy the big-screen
adoption of the beloved Broad-
way musical, featuring most of
the original cast members from
the stage version.
The movie version of “Rent” includes
most of the original cast members
from the stage version.
Sony Pictures Digital Inc.
last book of the series, with a
still-undisclosed title, is one of
the most highly anticipated re-
leases this fall.
The series follows orphans
Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baude-
laire through their many troubles
with their evil former guardian
Count Olaf and his wanton acting
troupe minions. In each book,
Count Olaf attempts to trick the
orphans’ often dimwitted guardi-
Join the Stuyvesant
Picnic 2005
Sponsored by The Stuyvesant High
written at a 4th grade reading
level and the “don’t read this hor-
ribly sickening story” gimmick
gets old, Lemony Snicket weaves
a tale as enchanting Harry Potter
and as bleak as a Grimm Brothers
fairy tale. It is hard to resist the
morbid charm of Snicket’s books.
On October 18th, children, teens
and adults alike will buy this de-
lightfully dismal book. ◙
at Pier 25 for $6 a person.

Alba and Walker race to claim six
billion dollars’ worth of treasures
buried in the Caribbean before
bad guy Tyson Beckford gets his
hands on the loot.
October 14
Domino
This drama features an all-stars
Keira Knightley, Jacqueline Bis-
set, Mickey Rourke and Christo-
pher Walken. “Domino” is based
on the adventures of model-
turned-bounty hunter Domino
Harvey, who died of unknown
November 18
Harry Potter and the Goblet of
Fire
Fans of the Harry Potter series
will be pleased to know that they
don’t have to wait another two
years to get their Harry Potter fix.
The fourth installment of the
Harry Potter movies has Harry
enter a dangerous wizarding con-
test. Because “The Goblet of
Fire” is significantly longer in
plot than the previous three
books, expect many plot details
from the book to be left out of the
movie. ◙
School Parents’ Association
Friday, Sept. 23—6 to 9pm
Pier 25—Walk north along the river
to the pier just north of school.
The entire Stuy community is wel-
come: Parents, Guardians, Faculty,
Stuy Students, Staff and Siblings.
Enjoy meeting members of the Stuy
community, playing Miniature Golf
and Beach Volleyball and Music
(included in entrance fee).
Buy tickets the week of the event at
school for $4 a person or at the door
Food: Combination of potluck to
share with family and friends or at
the concession stand.
Visit stuypa.org for more information.
For Advance Ticket Sales:
Students can bring Check made out
to the Stuyvesant PA with Reserva-
tion Forms to the PA office—Room
271—Attn: Peggy Harvey. Drop the
envelope in a box marked WEL-
COME PICNIC in the office.
Page 10
2005-2006 NBA Regular Season
Predictions: The Eastern Conference
BY STALLONE MANNON
STAFF WRITER
With the 2005-2006 NBA
season less than two months
away, I thought I’d look ahead to
whom the possible playoff con-
tenders might be. The San Anto-
nio Spurs will look to defend
rd
their title for the 3 time in 7
years, and it looks like they’ll
have no trouble repeating. A cou-
ple of key off-season moves have
only made them stronger, while
several of the league’s elite teams
have made risky transactions in
an attempt to keep pace. Let’s
start by looking at my predictions
for the Eastern Conference:
The Miami Heat was the
“Beast of the East” last season,
but injuries to Shaq and Dwyane
Wade left them just short of the
NBA Finals, losing in Game 7 to
the Detroit Pistons. Shaq’s new
contract with the Heat during the
off-season gave the team enough
financial
flexibility to
make the big- The Knicks hired vet-
gest trade in
NBA history.
eran head coach
The 5-team, Brown to help bring
13-player
some lust back to the
trade sent An-
sorry excuse of a bas-
toine Walker,
Jason Wil- ketball team that is the Kurt Thomas to
liams, and
New York Knicks
James Posey
to the Heat,
while Miami gave up just two
second-round draft picks, Eddie
Jones and Rasual Butler. Heat
coach Stan Van Gundy will have
his hands full bringing all the
new parts together, even without
Heat owner Pat Riley breathing
down his neck. Shaquille O’Neal,
Jason Williams, and Antoine
Walker are players who all de-
BY MATTHEW O’CONNOR
STAFF WRITER
For a team that dominated its
division, if not all of baseball, for
the better part of the past decade,
the Yankees this year are not
meeting fan expectations. A year
after losing the pennant to the
Red Sox for the first time in 86
years, the 2005 Yankees are
struggling just to reach the play-
offs. But even if the Yankees win
the division or scrape by with a
wild card, if the Yankees con-
tinue to play like they have all
season, they won’t last very long
in the playoffs.
At the beginning of the sea-
son the Yankees suffered from
not just a general lack of offense,
but from the lack of consistent
hitters in their lineup. The offense
turned itself around, thanks to
calling up Robinson Cano, a
September 21, 2005 Sports THE STUYVESANT STANDARD
win the Atlantic Division will be
the Boston Celtics. The Division
winner from last year is young,
athletic, and talented. Look for
veteran Paul Pierce to re-emerge
as an All-Star and lead his team
to the playoffs, now that he does-
n’t have to pass the ball to An-
mand the basketball, and Dwyane Philadelphia 76ers and the New toine Walker.
Wade won’t mind having the ball Jersey Nets. Both teams made big While the Washington Wiz-
either. In a team dominated by ards have no
Shaq, it will be interesting to see chance to win
how it plays out. the Southeast
The Heat will also have trou- Division (Miami
ble because their competition has is a lock), they
gotten stronger. The Piston’s will make the
new head coach Flip Saunders playoffs. The
will lead the same core group of Wizards traded
players that brought a champion- away the disap-
ship to the Motor City two sea- pointing Kwame
sons ago, and lost in seven games Brown to the
to the Spurs in last season’s fi- Lakers and ac-
nals. But the Pistons will only quired Chucky
finish second in the Central Divi- Atkins and
sion because the Indiana Pacers Caron Butler in
will be welcoming back Ron the deal. While
Artest, after last years fiasco they lost free
where he punched a Detroit fan agent Larr y
for throwing a beer cup at his Hughes to the
head. Cavaliers, they
The most interesting division were able to sign
to watch in the Eastern Confer- Antonio Daniels
ence will be our very own Atlan- as a replacement.
tic Division. The Knicks hired It seems promis-
veteran head coach Larry Brown ing for the Wiz-
to help bring ards to finish
some luster back Larry Brown will be coaching the Knicks this season. with nearly as
to the sorry ex- strong a record
ESPN
Larry cuse of a basket- as last year’s.
ball team that is trades mid-season last year, ac- Overall, the Eastern Confer-
the New York
quiring Chris Webber and Vince ence picture looks something like
Knickerbockers. Carter, respectively. Allen Iver- this: (1) Indiana Pacers, (2) Mi-
The team traded son and Chris Webber will play ami Heat, (3) Boston Celtics, (4)
long-time Knick well together, and are joined by Detroit Pistons, (5) Philadelphia
Kyle Korver, Andre Igoudala, 76ers, (6) New Jersey Nets, (7)
the Phoenix Suns and Samuel Dalembert in a good- Cleveland Cavaliers,
for reigning looking starting-five. The New (8)Washington Wizards. Surpris-
three-point con- Jersey Nets also have an impres- ingly, the Atlanta Hawks, Char-
test champion Quentin Richard- sive starting unit. The trio of Ja- lotte Bobcats, and Knicks won’t
son, a move which made the son Kidd, Richard Jefferson, and make the playoffs, and neither
Knicks younger and more ath- Vince Carter in their first full will the Toronto Raptors, Chi-
letic. The Knicks also made ex- season together is a highlight reel cago Bulls, Milwaukee Bucks, or
cellent draft picks on draft night, waiting to happen, but the Nets Orlando Magic. The Eastern Con-
but did little to alleviate the glut need to improve their bench, es- ference is much improved from a
at the shooting guard position. pecially after the Shareef Abdur- season ago, but still plays second
A couple of other teams to Rahim deal fell through. fiddle to the far superior Western
watch in the division are the Another team competing to Conference. Till next time! ◙
Challenge of Making the Playoffs Just
the Beginning of Yankee Woes
much better hitting third baseman, and real problems, however don’t lie
second-baseman than Giambi’s defense, with the Yankee’s outfield and
Womack, ,and to re- once seen as a joke by basemen, they lie with their
surgences from fan fans, has improved by pitching staff.
favorites Tino Marti- leaps and bounds. On paper the Yankees pitch-
nez and Jason Cano, the midseason ing staff looks like one of the
Giambi. The offense call up, has proved to most dominant in baseball. Yet,
now contributes a fair be nothing less than a Yankees pitchers have been any-
amount of run sup- very dependable sec- thing but dominant. The Yankee’s
port. ond baseman, rarely ace Randy Johnson, a Cy Young
The Yankees making rookie mis- winner, future Hall of Famer, has
have also emerged as takes. The rest of the struggled all season with consis-
a solid defensive The Yankees put Taiwanese Yankees have per- tency. Despite the Big Unit’s ex-
team, with the notable pitcher Chien Ming Wang formed defensively pected high strikeout count, he
into play in the hopes of
exception of center just as fans have has for the most part been inef-
pulling through to the play-
Bernie Williams. A- offs. come to expect them
Rod seems better as a Agence France-Presse
to- like Yankees. The Continued on Page 11
THE STUYVESANT STANDARD
The Open Draws to a Close
Continued from Page 12
against mediocre ones. Despite
Federer’s dominance, in the U.S.
Open final almost all of the
24,000 people in Arthur Ashe
stadium cheered on Agassi. He
played an exceptional game, with
very few errors, and even man-
aged to win a set, before being
broken 3 times in a row in the
final and decisive set. Federer
declared at the awards ceremony
"It's the most special one for me,
to play Andre in the final of the
US Open. He's one of the only
living legends in tennis we still
September 21, 2005 Sports Page 11
tenders were defeated early in the forming splits in to reach distant
tournament, leaving number 1-
seed Maria Sharapova, 4-seed
balls. She beat Venus Williams,
Maria Sharapova and faced Mary
have, next to Martina Navrati- Kim Clijsters, 3-seed Amelie Pierce in the final. The final was
lova. To play him in this situa- Mauresmo, 2-seed Lindsay Dav- an easy win for her, earning her a
tion, him being enport, 12- $2.2 million prize.
towards the end seed Mary Thus ended the 2005 U.S
of his career, me The 2005 U.S. Open Pierce, 6-seed Open, one of the four major
being on the top was full of upsets, in- Elena Demen- Grand Slam tournaments and the
of my game, and tieva, and 8 largest prize in tennis. The
getting the spiring battles, and and 10-seeds weather favorable, the athletes
chance to play coming-of-age stories Serena and ready, the courts inviting, and the
him on such an Venus Wil- crowds roaring, a better event
occasion, that's
that altered the modern liams. was almost inconceivable. The
what I meant with tennis world greatly. Kim Clijsters players must have thought the
it being really was a name to same, because they gave their
special today." fear the draw. She’s an excep- utmost for their glory and their
On the women’s side, there tional strategist, strong, athletic fans all for the magnificent sport
were fewer upsets, but still an and speedy, and is also very flexi- of tennis. ◙
exciting Open. Several top con- ble, as she demonstrated by per-

Inspiration for the French National Team

BY OSMAN NEMLI
SPORTS EDITOR
Following France’s World
Cup win over the Brazil in the
1998 World Cup, Zinedine Zi-
dane had found himself along
with France as the leader in world
soccer. In the unforgettable match
Zidane scored two goals to lead
France in a 3-0 upset victory over
the favorites. Since that summer
day in 1998, the French national
team hasn’t done much of note in
the soccer world. In fact, it hasn’t
done anything.
In the 2002 World Cup,
France was a joke, scoring 0
goals in 3 games. Since that fail-
ure and another embarrassing
result in the European Cup, the
French have had to resort to dras-
tic techniques. Since most of the
World Cup winning team’s play-
ers, including Zidane, had contin-
ued their club careers after retir-
ing from international soccer,
Jacques Chirac, the president of
France, asked Zidane to come
back from retirement to break the
losing streak of the French na-
tional team. How could anyone
refuse a request from the presi-
dent? Zidane was summoned by
the French people like a hero
Zinedine Zidane playing against Denmark in the 1998 World Although
Cup.
BBC
coming back from retirement and
saving the world.
At age 33, Zidane isn’t ex-
actly what most soccer managers
would call young, but he is a con-
sistent player capable of magic play like the Irish had, but still
whenever he touches the ball. In managed to find a fluke goal
the first game of his comeback, thanks to a lucky shot by Thierry
against the Ivory Henry and the incapability of the
Coast, he not Irish team to finish many of their
only pleased the plays.
fans but also
disproved critics
when he scored Without a doubt, Zidane
one of France’s
is one of the most pro-
goals. He has
played for lific players to play soc-
Cannes and Gi- cer, being named FIFA
rondins of
France and Ju-
player of the year
ventus of Italy, three times.
and is now one
of the many Whether the success by the
stars at the Yan- French team is short-lived or the
kees of coccer, start of another World Cup-
Real Madrid of winning team, it is clear that if
Spain. the luck of the French continues
the and if Switzerland and Ireland
return of Zidane don’t step up, France will be go-
has spurred the ing on to the 2006 World Cup in
French team Germany. Regardless of how long
into playing with more heart, they or short the term of the French
still lack the skill that was present national team will be, watching
in the old team. One of these fac- them try to find their past glory
tors is a build-up play. In the last and replace it with a new glory
match against Ireland, France did will be entertaining. ◙
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fective.
Also worth noting is John-
son’s age, which has finally
shown itself this season in the
nagging back and knee injuries
that may have led to Johnson’s
struggles. The Yankee’s second
pitcher, Mike Mussina, who is a
career 200 game winner and
2,000 strikeout pitcher, has been
the glue that has held the staff
together this year. Despite his fair
share of rough outings Mussina
was the one the Yankees turned
to when they most needed a win.
With Mussina on the disabled list
with a shoulder problem, it is still
unclear whether he will be able to
pitch at all during the postseason.
The Yankees already face an
uphill battle in fighting and claw-
ing their way past either the Red
Sox, or at least the Indians for the
wild card. Yet even if the Yan-
kees do manage to make the play-
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pitcher like Johnson or Mussina
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from Johnson, Mussina and possi-
bly even Chacon, and hopefully
they will receive some help from
somewhere unexpected. Realisti-
cally speaking however, there
really isn’t much a fan can expect
of the 2005 Yankees this postsea-
son. ◙
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The Open Draws to a Close
BY ALEX MARGULIS
STAFF WRITER
As Roger Federer breezed
through the last set of the U.S
Open final against Andre Agassi,
regret was the last thing on any
fan’s mind. The 2005 Open was
full of upsets, inspiring battles
and coming-of-age stories that
greatly altered the world of ten-
nis.
In men’s singles attention
focused mainly on the American
participants, including Andy Rod-
dick, Robby Ginepri, James
Blake and Andre Agassi. On the
women’s side, the Russian
women, the Williams sisters, the
Belgians Clijsters and Henin-
Hardenne and the American Lind-
say Davenport drew the most
press.
A year after suffering severe
injuries and mourning his father’s
death from cancer, James Blake
had come a long way from the
hospital bed. He did quite well in
a match against number 2 seed
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Rafael Nadal in the second round,
winning after a good fight. As a
wild card, he wasn’t even ex-
pected to be much of a challenge,
as Nadal is one of the most
prominent and feared players in
the world. The upset rivaled the
defeat of Roddick, and put
Blake’s name on the tongues of
fans and players alike. After beat-
ing 19-seed Tommy Robredo,
Blake played a childhood idol of
his, number 7 seed Andre Agassi.
Agassi had his own dream to ful-
fill, and defeated Blake in one of
the most talked-about and emo-
tional matches of the tournament.
Robby Ginepri also turned
heads with a number of consecu-
tive wins that ended with a loss to
Agassi in the semifinals. Along
the way, he beat 29-seed Tommy
Haas, 13-seed Richard Gasquet,
and 8-seed Guillermo Coria. This
was a incredible performance for
the unseeded Ginepri, and the
tennis world will surely see more
of him.
The last American left in the
tournament, Andre Agassi, a liv-
ing legend and 7-seed at age 35,
attempted to win his third Open,
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but lost in the finals to Roger
Federer, whom some regard as
the greatest player who ever
lived. More than ten years older
than all of his opponents, Agassi
is very well-respected, even in his
20th consecutive U.S Open. His
path to the finals was arduous,
filled with long five-set matches
against fellow Americans Blake
and Ginepri, as well as Tomas
Berdych and Xavier Malisse.
A man loathed by some and
regarded as the Achilles of tennis
by others, Roger Federer has ac-
complished more at 24 than most
tennis players have in their ca-
reers. With three straight Wim-
bledon wins, two straight U.S
Open wins, an Australian Open
win, 26 other titles, and plenty of
semifinals and runner-ups,
Federer has accumulated $18 mil-
lion in prize money. He carried
the flag for Switzerland at the
2004 Summer Olympics, and he
is regarded by some, including
his hero Pete Sampras, as being
the greatest player to ever live.
He has won all of his last 23 fi-
nals, meaning that he plays even
better against top players than
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