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SEPTEMBER 23, 2004 - Page 2 NEWS Texas Hold' em a 'healthy outlet' for students "It's a healthy so- McDaniel's campus parallels deniable popularity, it is not cial outlet for students pokers popularity nation- raising the eyebrows of ev- "I enjoy the game so as long as bets are kept wide. ESPN estimates that 50 eryone on campus. Dr.Philip much because on any given below a Hamilton and to 80 million Americans now Sayre, Dean of Student Af- night I have just as good of a the game is not used as play poker. This soar in par- fairs, has been around this chance at winning as any guy," a conduit for drinking," ticipants might have some- campus long enough to see said senior Beth Rudolf. said Mitchell Alexander, thing to do with the famous many card games rise in "The game is an' up and Director of College Ac- sport network displaying a popularity and then disap- down rotlercoaster of wins and tivities. bottom line ticker that read- pear. loses" said White, "but the "While some ies viewers 20 hours in ad- He said he thinks that good nights just always seem to drinking invariably ac- vance of the Tuesday night the new Holdern craze is a make up for the bad." companies a game of World Series of Pokers main trend that will poker, it is certainly not events. soon dissipate like the reason for the gath- This televised event dis- Bridge in his col- ering" said Nick Hall, a plays big name card sharks lege days. continued from page 1 sophomore goalie on the such as Chris Moneymaker, Meanwhile, men's soccer team. Hall con- Phil Hellmuth, and Doyle students are ante- rooms and joining the new tends that his recently ac- Brunson in the same room as ing in all over poker community. There is at quired Hold'em addiction celebrities Ben Affleck and campus. Some are least one game every night on has actually reduced the Toby McGuire battling Wild winning and oth- The Hill with buy ins ranging amount of alcohol he con- West style for a cool $5 mil- ers losing. Most anywhere from Animal Crack- sumes in an average week. lion dollars. a~emen, but some ers to fifty dollars. The poker fervor on Despite the game's un- Professor Sapora finds 'blessing' in DWI charges continued from page 1 in Westminster. He received English professor at Villa are free, but you are and Route 32. He said his blood probation before judgment Julie College, and they have trapped." many books you can take to jail," said Sapora. whose sec- alcohol content was high. and paid $305 in fines accord- two children, a son and a Sapora also said he just ond floor office in Hill Hall is "The only thing I remem- ing to District Court docu- daughter. keeps thinking "thank heav- ber after the collision was look- ments. "Drink- ens, you are sane Bob. And filled with 25 shelves of books. ing through the windshield, "That's ing without don't do it again." He said Editor's Note: Tile Sept. 22 which was completely shat- my two control is the he does not need jail time to trial occurred two days after tile tered," Sapora said. His vehicle crowning "By some great i nsani ty," teach him the necessary les- McDaniel Free Press was submit- was totaled stupidities," miracle I've never Sap ora said. ted to the publisher and one day After being flown out by Sapora said. hurt anyone, "You keep "But, I'm not resenrmj helicopter, he spent the night in Sapora physically, by drinking over or bitter and I'm not going to before it was distributed 011 cam- the R Adams Cowley' Shock realized after and over and whine or curse the cops and pus. Therefore, the outcome of the trial was not known at the time of Trauma Center, suffering from the accident drinking," Sapora you're not in judge because it was me that publication,.but the trial has con- lacerations and other injuries. that he said. touch with re- did this," he said. eluded a; this time. The man driving the truck sus- "could keep "It could have ality." Sepora expressed one tained no injuries, which was a drinking and been a Toyota with He said concern about his potential "blessing." according to die or stop some 26-year-old he wants stu- sentencing. Sapora. drinking." dents to "See, I don't know how hBy some great miracle He chose to mother and two know that de- I've never hurt anyone, physi- participate in kids in the back nial is a major cally, by drinking," Sapora said. several medi- seat." aspect of the "It could have been a Toyota cal treatment insanity and Sapora's perfonnance with some 26-year-old mother and recovery individuals and two kids in the back seat." programs to stay sober, with with big drinking problems The accident is not the the support of his family and are the least likely to take ad- peaks interest of pupils first alcohol-related incident on friends. Sapora's record. "They are all happy I "So, try to be sane, try continued from page 1 In Feburary 2002, he don't drink now," Sapora to face reality," he said. "If failed sobriety tests after being said. He has been married for you run from reality all the Sapora can recite the classes on a small guitar-like in- strumem that is a recreation of stopped on North Center Street 37 years to his wife Carol, an time you might feel like you length of Beowulf in Old En- an instrument that medieval glish. He often performs bards used to perform ballads. verses from Beowulf for his "He explains to students the kind of culture that [Old CampusSafetublot ter EngliSh literature] grew out of," said English professor Pamela ~egis. "He's our resident expert in Old and Middle English." Sapora currently teaches a.n English 1101 class, a class 9/1/04 7:00 p.m. Harassment Phone Whitefo~d Open titled Beowulf to Mallory and 9/3/04 12:45 a.rn. Alcohol Possession Under 21 Blanche Ward Closed by PoC a communications class called 9/3/04 12:30 a.m. Harassment In person Blanche Ward Closed by Report Fiction into Film. 9/4/04 1:S4a.m. Alcohol Open Container Garden Apt. 1 Close by PoC "I'm happy that by some 9/4/04 2;53 a.m. Alcohol Possession Under 21 Off Campus Report Incomplete mysterious miracle, I've been 9/4/04 3:31 a.m. Alcohol Possession Under 21 Historic Drive Closed by Report able to get some teaching done. 9/4/04 11:30 p.m. Alcohol Possession Under 21 North Village Pending Court Outcome A bunch of my students have 9/5/04 12:10 a.m. Alcohol Possession Under 21 Rouzer Closed by Report gone on to be published writ- 9/6/04 12:16a.m. Alcohol Possession Under 21 Garden Apt. 3 Closed by Report ers or work in film," said 9/6/04 12:04 p.m. Disorderly Conduct Disturbing the Peace McDaniel Hall Closed by Report Sapora. 9/9/04 11:37 p.m. Assault Hands/Feet North Village Report Incomplete 9/5/04 12:00 p.m. Vandalism Vehicle Historic Drive Report Incomplete 9/10/04 12:45 a.m. Assault Hands/Feet Whiteford Report Complete Join the Free 9/11/04 1:57 a.m. Alcohol Possession Under 21 Whiteford Closed by Report Press. 9/11/04 2:59 a.m. Alcohol Possession Under 21 Rouzer Report Complete 9/11/04 11:45 p.m. Alcohol Possession Under 21 Albert Norman Ward Report Complete 9/12/04 12:53 a.rn. Alcohol Possession Under 21 Rouzer Pending Court Outcome We meet every 9/12/04 1:53 a.m. Alcohol Open Container Garden Apt. 1 Closed by PoC 9/12/04 1:00:00 a.m. Tampering w /Fire Equipment Rouzer Inactive Monday at 7 p.m. 9/11/04 8,00p.m. Vandalism Vehicle Main Street Open in Hill Hall 9/16/04 12:12 a.m. Alcohol Possession Under 21 Whiteford Report Complete Room 104 9/17/04 12:33 a.m. Trespass Blanche Ward Report Complers