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Spring 2008 Issue 1www.thescribeonline.com
Friday, February, 15 2008
THE SCRIBE
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Career Services on the Move
Mike Hempowicz
As many may have noticed sincecoming back to campus after MLK Jr.Day, the Career Services Center hasmoved from its perch on the 6th Floorof Wahlstrom Library all the way downto the Garden Level. Other than that,not much else was really known. Somequestions I was left with were: Why Career Services needed to move? How long they had been planning to move?and Why move to the Garden Level? Idecided to find out from the source andasked the Director of Career Services,Paula Quenoy, to shed some light onthe whole event. This is what she hadto say.“How long was the move discussed?”Paula Quenoy told me that even as she was being hired in 2005 the idea wasalready around to move the CareerServices Center. However, this specificmove has been in planning since late Fall2007. It was part of a massive plan thatincluded, in addition to Career Service,the relocation of the International Affairs, International Admissions, andResidential Life offices. All of theseoffices needed room to grow, so CareerServices moved in response to the needsof those offices.According to the director, it wasn’tjust a necessary move, but also a very profitable one. Although the office lostits sixth floor view of the Long IslandSound, it gained a lot. One improve-ment is that the individual offices of theCareer Counselors are now more confi-dential. At the sixth floor location, theindividual offices had a gap between the wall and the ceiling, allowing for almostno privacy during the conversationsbetween a Counselor and students. Thenew offices have solved this problem. Also, the new Career Services Centerhas been custom designed to betterfulfill its mission of helping students.Its new layout is better able to handlethe volume of students that come ona day-to-day basis, as well as providing a private office for employers to use when they come to meet with students.If nothing else, the new location has putthe office directly into the regular flow of student traffic, which has led to more walk-ins during the 2 week period sincethe office moved than there’s been in thepast 3 years in the library.So, in the end, although the moveseemed relatively spontaneous, it wassomething that has been in the workingsfor quite a while and has already reapedmany benefits, both for the office as wellas the students it aims to serve.
What’s Happening at Marina Hall
Tony Panzella
To increase customer satisfaction andmake a difference in the lives of our stu-dents, Sodexho has been rolling out new menu items and promotions. At lunch-time, long time employee Charlie Gleasonnow mans the deli. The deli now featuresnew signature sandwiches madetop order. Some specials that arestill waiting to make their debutare: The “Cuban Stack BaguetteBiggie” which is a mojo roastedcuban pork loin with ham, swiss,mustard, and fire roasted redonion on a crusty baguette & the“Muffuletta Biggie SourdoughSandwich” packed with ham,Genoa Salami, swiss and Traditional New Orleans OliveRelish. Others will include TheCurried Mango Chicken Salad Wrap stuffed with curried chicken saladblended with juicy mango and chutney and rolled in a flour tortilla with Iceberg Lettuce, Roma Tomato, and carrots as well as The “Chilly Philly Biggie” andthe “Turkey Cobb Baguette Biggie” justto name a few.The Pizza station also has somenew and inventive pizza’s that are sureto please. Some examples of these arethe “Apple Dessert Pizza”, “BroccoliCheddar Pizza”, “Bacon Egg and CheeseStromboli”, and “Southwest Roasted Vegetable Calzone”.Sodexho has also been working onimproving the selections on the Grille with various creations such as the“Meatloaf Stack” with Chive MashedPotatoes, Sour Cream and Gravy, The “Italian Melt” with Ham, Salami,Provolone & Roasted Peppers withGarlic Mayonnaise, the “Pizza Burger”and the “Tuna Melt” with Capers,Red Onion & American Cheese on anEnglish Muffin.In trying to be conscious of ourenvironment, Sodexho is leaning towards a “Greener” Marina withthe elimination of paper contain-ers and styrofoam cups by utiliz-ing china and glass wear whereverpossible.Last semester brought Sodexho’s“Traveling Chef” Alfonso Sototo Marina Hall. He preparedsome Japanese dishes, which wereenjoyed by all. During our up andcoming International Week, whichis the week of April 7 through the 11, we can all look forward to a repeat visitfrom one of Sodexho’s chefs who willbe on hand to create some exotic ethnicdelicacies.Lastly, for those who are unaware,Sodexho has set up a 24 hour “Menu
2February 15, 2008
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Richard Unger
Hello readers, I hope all of you had a wonderful winter break and I wantto welcome new students. For those who are new to the school, pleaseallow me to introduce myself: my name is Richard Unger and I am a MassCommunication major in my senior year at UB. I began the position of Editor-in-Chief during the fall semester. I have been writing for The Scribefor a year as the Sports Editor. Rob Miller, last years Editor-in-Chief isstaying on as Student Advisor and Professor Yu of the International Collegeis staying on as Faculty Advisor.Allow me to apologize for the delay. The first issue of The Scribe wasoriginally supposed to come out on January 30. However due to several com-puter problems we had The Scribe couldn’t come out. I am happy to say now that we fixed the problems and The Scribe is back.If you would like to join The Scribe either to write, draw and help withlayout we hold meetings every Tuesday at 9pm in The Scribe office (StudentCenter Room 228).Sincerely,Richard UngerEditor-in-Chief
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3February 15, 2008
First o, I would like to welcome back all returning students and send out a warm “Welcome to UB!” or those who just transerred here. I hope everyone ishaving a great start to 2008. Usually Iocus on issues in South America, butthere are issues going on in other areaso the world that need our attention.One o these areas is Kenya.So ar it is estimated that 1,000people have died in clashes since theDecember 27th elections. To under-stand the dispute concerning these elec-tions we must go back into the history o the region. The rit valley, which runsthrough Kenya, is the center o a politi-cal and ethnic divide. A Nairobi-basedacademic said the rit valley was domi-nated by ethnic Masaai herders andKalenjin people until the advent o largescale commercial arming in Arica.“The Masaai were displaced rom thelate 19th century onwards, at least romthe more desirable land, by Britishsettlers.” The academic went on to say that, “when independence came, thedeparting white armers were replacednot by Masaai, but to a large extent by politically well-connected Kikuyus.”This displacement is part o the rooto today’s violence. The Kikuyu are thelargest ethnic group in Kenya and arealso much wealthier than the Masaai.The current government in Kenya isperceived by the opposi-tion as beingKikuyu-dominated,so thecurrent polit-ical disputeis uel orthe blazingembers o aland dispute which hasexisted ordecades.There are several reasons that theelections are believed to have beenrigged. One reason is that the results were delayed or more than a day. Another reason is that when the OrangeDemocratic Movement (ODM) can-didate Raila Odinga was leading, there were many thousands o people whovoted only in the presidential election,but not the parliamentary or local pollsheld at the same time. Some o theseresults came rom areas known or beingpro-Kibaki. According to the oicialresults,Mr.Kibaki won by a smallmargin o 230,000votes, outo a totalcast o around 10millionvotes.KokiMuli, the executive director o theInstitute or Education and Democracy (IED), says she thinks that the count-ing o the presidential ballots wasdeliberately delayed by election oicialsuntil late into the night. We shall see what happens as the talks continue toprogress.Former UN Secretary General Koi Annan is currently in talks to broker adeal between President Mwai Kibakiand opposition leader Raila Odinga.They have only met twice since thedisputed elections. Mr. Annan wasquoted as saying, “We are all agreed thata political settlement is needed, that apolitical settlement is necessary and weare working out the details o such asettlement.”It’s amazing how an election canturn a country into a death zone andincite violence between two opposingparties. By comparison, the UnitedStates is currently acing an upcomingelection, yet our situation is not nearly as bad. This is not to say that the U.S. isperect (because it is ar rom it), but itgoes to show how we take the simplestthings or granted. We don’t realize how other peoples’ lives are aected by oneelection.I you would like to ind out moreinormation about this issue you canvisit http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/arica/2008/kenya/deault.stmOn January 10, 2008 theRevolutionary Armed Forces o Colombia inally released two o the “negotiable” hos-tages, the politicians Clara Rojas andConsuelo Gonzalez.It’s commonly known that kidnap-pings in South America are nearly adaily lie event or the people in these coun-tries. There are two main types o kidnaps; an Express Kidnap consists o abducting the person or a group o people, or a couple o hours or days;then the kidnappers contact therelatives o the victims and ask or out-rageous amounts o money andnegotiate or the victims’ lives. Thismodus operandi is the most commonin large cities.However, the most terriying ormo kidnapping is the one practiced by the FARC; This group, which is a mili-tary band that separated rom thegovernment roughly 40 years ago andaccommodated themselves in theColombian jungle bordering Venezuela,constitute a terrorist group thatkidnaps high-proile politicians,oreigners, and even peasants. They keeptheir victims captive or many years andtry to exchange them or money ormembers o the FARC who havebeen imprisoned by the ColombianGovernment.In December 2007, in a humanitar-ian act and ater many negotiations, theFARC agreed to exchange 3 hostages ormore lands and 40 o theirimprisoned members. The “negotiable”hostages were Consuelo Gonzalez andClara Rojas along with her sonEmmanuel, born in the jungle andatheredby a member o the FARC. Theexchange was schedule or New Year’sEve;unortunately it was mysteriously post-poned by the FARC. Ater many speculations o why theFARC stopped the negotiations and avery meticulous investigation, theColombian Government was able totrack down a child with a suspicious back-ground. The boy had been admitted inalocal hospital, and diagnosed with abroken arm and leishmaniasis, a skindisease transmitted by a sand ly com-monly ound in the Colombian jungle. Your browser may not support display o this image.DNA tests were con-ducted on the child and Clara Rojas’mom to compare themitochondrial genetic make-up betweenthem. The results conirmed that thechild who was let at the hospitalmonths ago was Clara Rojas’ son.Sadly, the FARC was negotiatinga hostage they did not have whichresultedon the cancellation o all trading opera-tions, and a great disappointmentor the relatives o Gonzalez and Rojas.Continuous conversations wereheld between members o the FARCand the Venezuelan President, HugoChavez, to resume the negotiations orthe other two hostages.Surprisingly, the FARC agreed to releaseGonzalez and Rojas under speciiccircumstances to which Chavez agreed.It was on January 10 when the FARCallowed the Venezuelan government torescue the two high-proilepoliticians rom the jungle. Six yearshad past since the two women wereable to walk without a chain aroundtheir necks.The two victims were reunited withtheir amilies in Caracas, Venezuelaand then taken back to Colombia.Rojas and Gonzalez are going to keepighting terrorism and bringing hope tothe relatives o the many hostagesthat are still captive.
Miriam Prat Eliana Oliva
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