OCR::/Vol_092/WLURG39_RTP_19930318/WLURG39_RTP_19930318_001.2.txt V THE umvensrrv LIBRARY WASHINGTON s LEE UNIVERSITY Li§>§j§tGTOi~l, VA 24450 i7lKii‘1‘9 199% I YEE HAW! Dance Club Gives Students A Chance To Scoot Their Boots Blizzard Blues 2*: Weekend snowffil disrupts spring schedule sis i>I<= as 6 sis ?>1<= U112 iftin -tum {flirt VOLUME 92, NO. 22 fiumpshakers miss chance at stardom WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY By MOLLY AFTER Q Phi Staff Writer Two free nights at a D $300 in spending money and the chance to be on national television. Sounds too good to be true. For the Rumpshakers, winners of the Washing- ton and Lee Rock-a-Like Lip Sync contest in January, it was. After being asked to come to Florida to perform their act on MTV, the six students could not find a ride and had to forgo their 15 minutes of fame. Group member Maurice Cole, a junior, said a representative from MTV called him March 5 and as ed if the group could get to Daytona March 12. ~ Cole, senior Robyn Gabriel, junior Nikki Mayfield, and freshmen Jack Thorn, Colleen Thompson and Kyna Bryant, the members of the group, were ecstatic. But a lack of transportation kept the Rumpshakers out of the spotlight. Plane tickets were too expensive, and Cole said the group could n& find a company that one under 25. Dean of Students David Howison tried to get the group a university-owned van for the trip, Cole said. But on Tuesday he told Cole that the van could not make it to Florida. Cole scrambled to find an alternative, but said h¢!)egan to realize the trip’s effects on his classes. “My academic work wasn ’t getting done,” Cole said. “I talked with the group and let them know that I didn’t want to go.” The group had to call MTV and cancel the appearance. The contest will begin airing tonight on MTV. W&L on sexual assault issues aytona Beach, Fla., hotel, would rent cars to some- Photo by Mallory Meyers, The Ring-tum Phi Supersnow Sophomore Hugh Robinson cavorts in the snow with a couple of canine compan- ions. Last weekend's storm delivered 17 inches of snow ‘and 32 mph winds to __ Lexington. ' ‘ ‘ ‘ " ’ ’ ’ ’ ‘ ‘ students speak out LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA MARCH 18, 1993 43 students vie for class offices Constitutional revisions go to vote By FRANCESCA KEFALAS Phi Staff Writer The student body will have to wade through 43 candidates for class officers and Executive Committee representatives and a constitutional referendum Monday. The constitutional revisions were pro- posed by The Ring-tum Phi Executive Editors Cathryn Lopiccolo and Richard Peltz in an effort to bring the constitution up to date with current student govem- ment practices. The EC voted to send the amendments to a referendum. “Right now the student government is essentially functioning without a consti- tution,” Peltz said. “That leaves the EC unaccountable to its constituency. ” EC President Josh MacFarland said he supports the amendments and hopes enough students vote to pass them. “[The amendments] will clean up the process," MacFarland said. “There are a lot of things [in the amendments] we al- ready do, but aren’t in the constitution.” For the amendments to pass, half of the student body must vote in the referendum, and two-thirds of the voters must approve. Students will have the opportunity to vote yes for all the amendments by mark- ing a single box, or to vote foreach amend- ment separately. Seniors may vote in the constitutional referendum. K ,__ MacFarland and John Refo, Voting Regulations Board chairman, said the num- Photo by Amy Fren Events celebrate FOI _ The F! g-m Ph ber of candidates for the class elections is tremendous. Forty-three rising seniors, juniors and sophomores are running for 13 positions. MacFarland said he is encouraged by the large turnout of candidates, especially women. He said increased advertising helped get more people interested. Rising seniors running for class presi- dent are Bill Chappell, Tom Hespos, Carlin Jones and Ashley Scott. Running for vice president are Michelle Hobbs and Kevin Roddey. Running for senior EC represen- tative are Kenney Bullock, John Hassig, Allison Lewis, Joe Ramseur, Kendall Sibley and Aspen Yawars. , Rising juniors running for senior class presidentare Whitney Bludworth, Lawson Brice, Alan Schoellkopf and Sarah Tune. Running for vice president are Carol Amason, Sarah Aschenbach, Michael Brooks and Drew Denbo. Running for junior EC representative are Ryan Boone, Alex Cross, Joe Frampton, Shelby Kerr, Bryan King, Lloyd Peeples, Carol Pierce and Robert Stewart. Running for rising sophomore class president are Melissa Byrd, Graham Frey, Ransom James, Preston Miller, Robert Turner and Ben Vanderver. Madeline White is running for vice president. Run- ning for sophomore EC representative are Joseph Brookshire, Justin Dardani, Ma- son New, Clay Richards, Robert Ross, Frank Sparrow, David Stewart and Ellen Wasilausky. VV&L buys ElRodeo By ToM HI-ISPOS Phi Staff Writer In a deal finalized Wednes- day, Washington and Lee Uni- versity became the owner of one defunct Mexican restaurant. University Treasurer Lawrence W. Broomall said W&L purchased El Rodeo on North Main Street to provide more office space for the univer- sity. If all goes according to plan, Broomall said, the new building will be renovated and week is impacting the community where it should. _ “I just feel that if you’re going to have a Sexual Assault Awareness W!ek, you should focus on the frater- nities, because it seems to me that most , of the sexual assaults happen around the fraternity parties,” she said. “I’m not blaming the fraternities for this, but I think people need to be more careful sexual assault. “I think many people aren’t aware of what constitutes assault,” junior Damani Bryant said. Sophomore Kandice Durden says she sees the root of most sexual as- saults in the consumption of alcohol. “The people around here drink too much, and when they do, they get very defenseless and senseless,” she said. Freshman Frances Smith sees the Dean of Students Office and Rockbridge Area Coalition Against Sexual Assault are sponsoring Sexual Assault Awareness Week. At displays around campus students have tied ribbons for people they know who have been sexually assaulted and written comments on quote boards. Ron Campbell, a human sexuality educator at George Mason University, will speak tonight at 8 p.m. in the By MICHAEL HEWLETT . . men about sexual ma satrwma “I tied a ribbon because . . . “”f3‘,‘,“',,,,,,,,, ,,,a, I tied a ribbon for my mother who was sexually ‘here i5_10° high 3 urins - W&L’s molested by her grandfather. perception that a S ual Assault Aware— womanisfair game 11658 WK‘-Ck» S€V€f31 5111' I tied a ribbon because I was sexually assaulted by if She's drunk: 0’ dents haV€ Teacled P0Sl‘ one of my best friends freshman year. Ib)’l the W3)’ 5h€’5 tivelyto the university’s dressed or acting,” activities and havetaken I tied a ribbon because I thought sexual assault was Smith Said- lhe lime 10 C0nSldeT the overexaggerated until my best friend was raped. Freshman Frahk problem of sexual as- Sparrow Said . Saak 1 tie three ribbons one for my friend who was 5eXUa1aS5311hi5‘°° _ _ _ “I SCXLIHI AS‘ rap¢d. one for Iny who was assaulted’ C0mpICXaHlSSU(.5 I0 Swagler, ’84, In Lee night. Sallll Awareness Week and one for my ex-boyfriend who was molested as a P1309 blame 33511)’- is a very productive tool chug, “No matter that provides necessary What. people are re- informalion 10' the (Quotes from quote board in the University Center.) 5P0nSibl¢ f0T Whal school,” junior Maurice they do,” Sparrow Caseostflligmore Jennifer Salgllhe Health Edu- By RICHARD WEAVER Yanulavich questioned whether the problem is that people don’t report Caliofl C0fI1miiI€€. W0m€1'1’S Fofllm, PM Reader Relamns Coordmamr In the United States today, “reporters are going to jail for printing the truth,” said Rick Swagler, ’84, in a speech in Lee Chapel Monday. Swagler is a staff attorney for the Re- porters Committee for Freedom of the Press in Washington, D.C. The Ring-tum Phi and Society of Professional Joumal- ists sponsored his visit in commemora- tion of Freedom of Information Day. the Reporters Committee of 1,010 U.S. newspapers and television stations in which 3,281 subpoenas were served, call- ing on journalists to reveal confidential sources for criminal investigations. ’ Earlier Monday, the Phi held a cer- emony dedicating the tree outside Reid Hall to the late Professor of Journalism Clark R. Mollenhoff. Phi Executive Editor Cathryn Lopiccolo directed the dedication. “It was a beautiful ceremony,” Lopiccolo said. “I think it brought back fond memories of Professor Mollenhoff when they go out.” oBut some students say the greater problem as a misconception among Photo by Mallory Meyers, The Ring-tum Phi Kiss Me, I’m Irish OT his smiling leprachaun greets Spanky's customers on their way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Lenfest Center’s Keller Theatre. Swagler cited a survey conducted by for everyone who knew him.” Fad puts new products in the eleatr From the Associated Press It’s hip to be clear. Or is it hype? Well-known marketers in categories from soft drinks to dish-washing liquids, mouth- washes and deodorants are scrambling to get clear spin—off s from distinctively-tinted old standbys on supermarket shelves. There is Crystal Pepsi and Tab Clear. The Palmolive and Ivory names now appear on clear dish-washing liquids. Lavoris now markets a colorless mouthwash, and Ban has a clear solid deodorant. Even gasoline is going clear. The clear movement spread this month to the beer business, where consumers have long taken a brew’s measure on acolor scale ranging from yellow to black. Miller Brewing Co. plans to introduce the industry’s first clear beer, Miller Clear, in several markets later this month. Marketers say they chose clear over an- other color because transparency provides a real benefit or helps call attention to other changes that distin- -;~~ guish the clear prod- uct from the original. Makers of clear deodorants, for ex- ample, say theirprod— ucts leave no white residue on clothes like traditional sticks do. New Product ~ News, a monthly, Chicago—based publi- cation that chronicles productintroductions, spotted about48 clear products among 16,790 new food, personal care or household prod- ucts in 1992. Pepsi—Cola Co. said Crystal Pepsi was created in response to research that indicates some people wanted a cola with natural lla- voring, no preservatives and less sweetness. Pepsi thinks regular and diet Crystal Pepsi can capture $1 billion in retail sales this year, about 2 percent of the market. In response to the new Pepsi drink, Coca- Cola Co. is testing TabClear, aversion of one Photo by Mallory Meyers, The Fiin_cj—ttim Phi of its diet ‘colas. Jane Fitzgibbon, who follows consumer trends for the advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather, said she suspects a fad element in the rising use ofclear marketing, but that “clear” can be a potent selling tool. “We want clear air, clear water. It means trouble-free and blemish—free,” she said. “It makes people more comfortable in using these products.” Staff Writer Tom Ilexpos contributed to this story. will house the University Print Center. Broomall would not disclose how much the deal cost the uni- versity, but he said the renova- tions to the building will cost approximately $15,000. According to Broomall, W&L has been trying to acquire the El Rodeo building for about three years because it borders on other university-owned properties. In particular, the university wanted to protect its investment in the Red Square fraternities from a “non-compatible use,” Broomall said in a press release. Broomall said the university has an agreement wherein the university pays a grant to the city that is equivalent to the taxes W&L would normally pay on new non—academic property ac- quisitions. The new property will fall under this agreement. According to a W&L press release, the university paid the city more than $83,000 last year to compensate for property taxes and city services. , Printing Center Supervisor Wayne Connor said he “just heard that it’s a possibility” that his office will be moved to the El Rodeo location next year. He said that although the Print Cen- ter will be located closer to town, the Print Center will not attempt to take in business from town. In a press release, Broomall also formally announced that the university will sell the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house at the comer of Preston and Lee av- enues when the new Sig Ep house in Davidson Park is completed. OCR::/Vol_092/WLURG39_RTP_19930318/WLURG39_RTP_19930318_002.2.txt PAGE 2 @112 iKiIIg-111111 {Elsi Founded September 18, 1897 Goodbye, farewell and amen We have served on The Ring-tum Phi Editorial Board for two years now, and we’ve seen a lot things happen in this column. The first editorial with us on the board was on April 25, 1991 and began this way: “So you think we’re sensationalistic, immature, shallow, chest- beating, rhetorical, unreliable, prone to pouting, National Enquirer-esque, boring and ugly.” Those were some of the words used by respondents in a readership survey. The Phi called for a student review of the Confidential Review Committee in October 1991 at the start of a process which ended with the CRC’s demise a year and a half later. That same fall, the Phi presented a series of editorials to promote awareness of sex-related crimes, in response to several reports of rape on campus. We also urged the Interfratemity Council to vote against Alpha Phi Alpha’s re-colonization at W&L, a position which earned us some heat; the IFC approved Alpha. We kicked off 1992 with a call for honesty about the Honor System, citing hypocrisy in the narrow confines of a lying-cheating-stealing definition of dishonorable conduct. We evaluated the candidacy of Mickey Mouse, among others, in a February editorial blaming the EC for poor election planning. That month we also printed the home telephone number of Lexington Mayor H.E. “Buddy” Derrick (463-4066) in an editorial, one of many, against the car tax. In March, we responded to accusations of sensationalism with a review of a newspaper’s function in the community. Coverage of sex-crime charges impelled us to write, “Guidelines we all can live with?” in September 1992, an outline of the Phi’s new policies on who we name in such cases. In November, we urged the Board of Trustees to keep its paws out of the Honor System, an editorial which prompted a stream of debate. We then lambasted the city and demanded action by the university in another car-tax editorial, “Follow the dollar”; the administra- tion did not respond, but the editorial was covered by local media. In January, we used this column to introduce an in-depth report on University President John Wilson’s first decade in office, giving some insight into the mind of the writer. We also this, term scolded the EC for scheduling too-early Big Four elections, and we endorsed IFC autonomy against SAC control of the Rush revisions process. All in all, this column has been home to an array of opinions on countless issues, most of direct concern to students, many of concern to society. We wrote seriously much of the time, but sometimes we tried to lighten things up with a humorous approach. Sometimes we ran columns we had planned for weeks, and sometimes we struggled to fill this space Wednesday night. But every week for the last two years, we have had the privilege of filling this space with the opinions of The Ring—tum Phi. Regardless of which, if any, of those opinions students have agreed with, we hope this column, and the Phi on the whole, has provoked thoughtful debate and, once in a while, a few smiles. As we carcen toward graduation, we’re confident that the newspaper’s new leadership in the spring will continue the proud tradition of The Ring-tum Phi. There is of course one more element of this column, probably the best- read section of the newspaper,-.the occasional feature, “Quote of the ~* Week." ‘As"we‘bid“you farewell; we leave ytsugwim some-ofiour’faverite Quotes of the Week from the pasttwo years‘. ‘ ' ' ' -4 CL,'RP —Did you know that your telephone number is I -800—DON’T-CALL? —No. it’s not sir. It's 1 -800—FO0TBALL. -— former Phi Editor Brian Root and an 800 operator (May 16, 1991) There are five hundred million radios in the United States. If you laid all those radios end to end, you would be really bored. — Professor Brian Richardson (Oct. 31, 1991) They’ re into a lot of service and high academic standards, not what we’ re used to. I — IFC President Greg Hicks on Alpha Phi Alpha (Nov. 14, 1991) Continental drift is the only hope for the South to rise again. —— a professor (Oct. 1, 1992) If I give out too many, please pass them— excuse the word — to the left. — Professor of History Jefferson Davis Futch (Oct. 22, 1992) Hello, you’ ve reached the Institution for the Sexually Frustrated Pyro- Necro-Beastiphiliacs. As soon as I'm done with this flaming dead cat, I'll call you back. V — W&L students’ answering machine (Nov. 12, 1992) There’s only one reason we’re really here on earth. That's to reproduce. [Otherwise ,] God could have made it painful , like you have to cut off your arm and rub the stubs together. — Ice-T (Feb. 25, 1993) I am not the editor of a newspaper and shall always do right and be good, so that God will not make me one. — Mark Twain C . 0 Ellie fang-tum 19111 Executive Editors . . .1 . . . . . . .Cathryn Lopiecolo, Richard Peltz Editorial Page Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Francesca Kefalas Senior Copy Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nikki Magaziner Sports Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sean O’Rourke Features Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joyce Bautista Photography Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mallory Meyers Editorial Cartoonist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jeb Tilly Editorial Page Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Wyatt Computer Graphics Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Phil Carrott Reader Relations Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Weaver Business Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Whitney Swift Assistant Business Managers . . . . Miriam Neel, Kevin Roddey Advertising Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin Plummer Circulation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hal Waller The Ring-tum Phi is published Thursdays during the under- graduate school year at Washington and Lee University, Lexing- ton, Virginia. Funding for The Ring-tum Phi comes primarily from advertising and subscription revenues. The Washington and Lee Publications Board elects the executive editors and business manager, but The Ring-tum Phi is otherwise independent. Letters and other submissions must be in the Phi office, room 208 of the University Center, by noon on Tuesday to appear in that week’s edition. Advertising does not reflect the opinion of The Ring-tum Phi or its staff. This newspaper observes current court definitions of libel and obscenity. The Ring-tum Phi Post Office Box 899 Lexington, Virginia 24450 The Hing-tum Phi, March 17, 1993 Et.it~11> Fhlfrf, Baltimore tackles teen pregnancy issue , BALTIMORE — Begin here: In 1990 nearly 10 percent of Baltimore implant will not protect her until after her next period, which is two weeks girls aged 15 away,andsheis to 17, almost asked if she all unmarried, needs a supply gave birth. ofcondoms for That is why in GEORGE WILL the interval, 1993 the city _ Oh, yes, she is embarking Washington POSI says emphati- on a program ‘ ca1ly_ to make Waters Group She is 13. Norplant, a New , con- long-term sider some ( f i v e - y e a r) contraceptive implant, available to teen- age girls at school clinics and else- where. The case against the program can be put concisely: By substituting chemi- cal protection for moral restraint, it sends a message of resignation regard- ing behavior once considered deviant and reprehensible but now redefined in the name of “realism” as normal. The case for the program can be put even more concisely: Rebecca (not her real name). She is wearing sneakers, clean jeans and a lavender sweatshirt. She sniffles constantly, the consequence of a cold, or perhaps of the substance abuse (sniff- ing'paiI1t'fliil*l'I1€f','aS‘Well' ‘as ‘using PC? ‘ ’ ‘ ‘ and -alc”(;'1'-it')l)‘21tl'i;zit'-‘g"ot li'e’r»-’~'sem£.t'(?) a residential treatrnent center. There she ’ heard about Norplant from a public health official. Now ata hospital clinic she is listening impassively as a nurse gives her all the information necessary for informed consent for the insertion in her upper arm, by a 10-minute pro- cedure, of six match stick-size cap- sules. Rebecca, who has been sexually active for two years, is told that the numbers pro- vided by Douglas Besharov and Karen Gardiner in The American Enterprise journal. This year 10 million teenagers will engage in 126 million acts of sexual intercourse resulting in more than one million pregnancies, 406,000 abortions, 134,000 miscarriages and 490,000 births, about 64 percent (313,000) of them illegitimate. In 1988, 11,000 American babies were born to females under 15. In 1990, 32 percent of ninth grade females had sexual intercourse. Seventeen percent of 12th grade girls have had four or more partners. Such numbers suggest that any message communicated by a Norplant program" ‘will not have’ ‘a ‘measurable 5-effect on the moresiofanage in which more teenagers are havingsex more ‘ often and at an earlier age, and much of the increase has been among middle class teenagers, most of them white. Rebecca, by the way, is white. The question is how to limit the social costs of all this, given the fact that (in Besharov and Gardiner’s words) “adolescents who cannot remember to hang up their bath towels may be just as unlikely to use contraceptives.” Norplant is “teenager proof” because it requires neitherr a daily action (as with the pill) nor foresight (as with a dia- phragm) nor a partner’s cooperation (as with condoms). Times have changed? Yes, but let’s be clear about how. Forty years ago teenage pregnancy ‘rates were higher than today. However, most pregnan- cies occurred in, or were promptly fol- lowed by, marriage. Today few teenagers who become pregnant wanted to. (A study suggests that the “wantedness” rate is higher for whites than for blacks.) But for those nancy. But the prospects for such babies ’ are at best problematic. Better the unwanted pregnancy had not occurred. And Norplant may be the most feasible preventative. Norplant has been embroiled eQe— where in controversial welfare and criminal justice policies, raising ques- tions of morally or legally dubious coercion. There have been proposals for monetary incentives or sanctions for unmarried welfare mothers to agree to implants. ‘ Judges have proposed implants in Who do b<_3C0m€ lieuofprisonfor P_T€gnaT(1iL 1T_1C1€I1- women con- tivesan socia re— . ‘ d fd inforcements are Tlmes have changed? Z:/licili/m/ /77¢‘ /m/rm’ In /)1‘ mm‘ /)(‘.\'/ NH‘7'([QI.V/t‘H‘1//I?/I/(’I1I[II'i{\'II/V.l/VI/I’(.llI}fl”I//(’If/Ill". 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I got very lrtky.” Coffin said thatthe publisher, KAV, a subsidiary of Trillium Press, plans to market the book to schools for students . age 10-18. “It really doesn't surprise me that they’re targeting younger readers. 'IEat’s the age when I started reading science fiction. That's when people start getting interested in reading,” he said. “Most of what I write is more accessible to younger readers. A lot of it is kind of comic book—ish.” Coffin said he has been writing for finished it last winter term.” Coffin, an English major and re- cipient of last year’s Mahan Creative Writing Award for Junior Prose, said years. he has been told that he is one of the “In high first students in school I wrote the English de- and drew comic partment to be books. I wrote published as an my first book undergraduate. during my Coffin said freshman year he talked with here.” English Profes- He said he sor Dabney came up with Stuart to begin the idea for the publication “Overmind” process. during fresh- Stuart gave man year. him names of “I was bored people to con- in English class tact. and I came up He also with the idea. I looked up pub- started writing lishing compa- furiously — the professor was happy because he thought I was taking notes. “I spent that year working on the conceptual side, characters and plot. I wrote all during sophomore year win- ter term, and rewrote what I had and Coffin nies in refer- ence journals. Coffin said he sent the manuscript to three publishers, and one immedi- ately sent him a contract. “My brother opened the mail and read the opening of the contract to me over the phone. I was sure he was playing a really cruel joke.” Coffin said he thought the book might get published eventually, but he expected it to take four to five years. “The euphoria hasn’t worn off yet. The publication of this book is my greatest dream come true.” Coffin said he will continue to write science fiction. ‘‘I’m kind of addicted to reading and writing science fiction.” Frank Herbert’s “Dune” and Wil- liam Gibson’s “Neuromancer” are two of his favorite science fiction novels. He cited Herbert and Gibson as his major influences, and Robert Heinlein and J .R.R. Tolkien as favorite authors. “They profoundly influenced what I write and how I write it,” he said. Coffin said he will make writing a well-paying hobby, but doesn’t plan on making it his main source of in- come. His advice to aspiring writers: “Al- ways keep writing. Check your ego at the door concerning criticism. And never ever give up. Persistence is the one key attribute to becoming a pub- lished writer.” Coffin called himself an anomaly, saying, “It’s been an extraordinarily easy path thus far.” lforum celebrates ‘Women’s History Month’ By Joyce BAUTISTA Phi Features Editor Following the hype generated by November’s election it seems appro- pliate that Women's Forum celebrates “The Year of the Woman” in a library display honoring “Women’s History Month.” “We [Women’s Fonrm] sirnplywant the,W&L student body to be aware of issues that pertain to women,” senior SbannonComer, presidentofWomen’s Forum, said. ’ Comersaidthedisplayof books and articles is to increase recognition of women’s accomplishments in the last year and to heighten awareness of women’s issues. “It was not a coincidence that ‘ exual Assault Awareness Week’ co- incides with ‘Women’s History I .1 Month,” Comer said. Women's Forum is working in con- junction with the Health Education Committee, the Dean of Students Of- fice and the Rockbridge Area Coali- tion Against Sexual Assault (RACASA) to educate the campus on sexual assault issues. Human sexuality educator at George Mason University Ron Campbell will speak tonight at 8 p.m. in the Keller Theatre. Comer said other activities in honor of “Women‘s History Month” included a seminar concerning W&L’s relation- ship with the area’s women’s colleges and another seminar about W&L women in student government. This Friday the group will sponsor a retreat at Skylark for all interested women. “We just want the student body to think about women’s issues,” Comer said. “That’s all you can ask.” .....-. - ...,. Photo by Mallory Meyers, The Ring-tum Phi The display of books and articles in the library is sponsored by women’s Forum. 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