OCR::/Vol_093/WLURG39_RTP_19930924/WLURG39_RTP_19930924_001.2.txt They Might Be Gia Read the exclusive interview in the Phi LEYBURN us av ON & LEE UNIV . IT-Y LEXINGTON, VA 2 sep 2 71993 Volleyball equals best start in history 0 he ‘fling-tum lfilri VOLUME 93, NO. 03 " olice arres By MICHELLE BRIEN Phi News Editor Three freshman men suffered injuries when a group of young black Lexington men as- saulted them on Washington Street Saturday nigfit. “It made no sense,” said Mike Casillo, one of the injured freshmen. Casillo, Andrew Ruwe and Derek Schulze, the two other injured freshmen, said that there were at least 15 men in the group that followed them as they walked down Washington Street tovqrd the Pi Kappa Phi house. Casillo, Ruwe and Schulze were with five other freshmen; three women and two men. The youths did not attack any of the women. The two other fresh- WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY t one local juven men man ran to get help. “Me and a friend were at the end of the line,” said Schulze. “We passed a group of about 15 black guys. They were talking stuff to us. “One of the leaders came up to me and said ‘now why’d you want to call us a bunch of niggers?’ I said ‘we didn’t say anything, we don’t want any trouble.’ ‘‘I heard him behind me giggling. Then he punched me in the back of the head. I turned around and punched him back and then I was hit by another guy in the jaw. They punched Mike too. Then I yelled ‘run’— it looked like a bad situation.” Ruwe was walking ahead of the group with two of the girls. Ruwe said that he received the worst beating because he did not realize quickly enough what was going on. “We were walking ahead of the group sing- ing and having a good time,” said Ruwe. “Then all my friends started sprinting past me. I got punched and I went down [since I was trying to run]. I got up but then I got punched again halfway up the Pi Phi lawn. I looked up to see three big black guys standing over me.” Ruwe said the attackers continued to kick him until they were chased away by Pi Phi members. But that was not enough to scare the youths. Ruwe said they returned a few minutes later with sticks and baseball bats. “I guess they came back to prove a point,” said Ruwe. Lexington Police Seargeant Wayne Straub said that Shulze identified one of the attackers later that night when they searched the city in a LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA patrol car. Police arrested the 16-year-old Lexington youth Tuesday night. He was held in a juvenile detention home until his hearing Wednesday. The hearing was closed because of his status as a minor. Sgt. Straub said the youth may also be charged with parole violation from a previous conviction if he is convicted on the assualt charge. “He is charged with assualt and trespassing on W&L property,” said Straub. “Papers were served on him a year ago not to be on W&L property.” Police arrested two other youths the night of the assualt for violating Lexington’s 11 p.m. curfew for minors aged16 and under. Straub said police “feel strongly that they were in- volved [in the assault], but they can’t be charged Domino’s cancels ID charges By ET}-IAN KRUPP Phi Staff Reporter Domino’s Pizza has decided to dis- continue its student ID charge program after a test run of the program proved urrfluccessful. Rick Ficken, manager of Domino’s in Lexington, said the program was . started under owner Tom Wallace, who had prior experience with the program at other schools, including Roanoke College. At other schools, the program had proven succesful for both the school and Domino’s. Washington and Lee Uni- versity decided to tryout a similar pro- gram with the local Domino’s exclu- sively because Wallace was familiar with the system and was willing to pay th§up—front cost of $3,600 to lease the equipment, said John Cuny, assistant treasurer and business office control- ler. Cuny said Wallace “approached the Uniziersity with the intention of setting us such a program.” W&L received 15 ;' rcent of the total sales placed on the r afd by students. According to Cuny, the amount of pizza ordered was far below what was expected, but Wallace “felt that it would get better.” Recently, Wallace decided to sell his Lexington Domino’s franchise to Ficken. Ficken opted to end the stu u>'§ee DOMlNO’S, page 6 Bocci weather... Students socialize in front of the Co-op while the weathélvremains summer-like. Autumn will ‘ probably make its presence felt this weekend for the football game, with rain and low temps. Photo by Bethany Smith, The Ring-tum Phi SEPTEMBER 24, 1993 reshmen hurt in racial assault ile for assault and trespassing without a positive identification.” Straub said although this assault is similar to incidents involving the L-Posse two years ago, this attack had nothing to do with gangs “We got rid of the L-Posse,” said Straub. “Most of them went to prison. This is a younger group coming up — it runs in cycles. l’ve been here for 15 years and I’m still fighting to put it down.” Straub said students should walk in groups, especially at night. Straub also advises W&L students not to associate with townspeople. Straub said police are continuing the inves- tigation, but advised students to be extremely cautious. “These kids are student bashing. Do every- thing you can to avoid them. They’re out look- ing to beat someone up.” 0 ‘EC allots SAB $70,000 By THOMAS Hesros AND MICHAEL HEWLEIT Of The Ring-tum Phi stafl which asked for $2,400, fell under the new policy and for the second year in a row did not receive funding. The Student Activities Board must Third year law representative James Rambeau motioned that$2,000 be given be feeling pretty important right now. At its annual budget allocations, the Executive Committee gaveSAB $70,000, an increase of $7,000 over. last year, and an increase I of over $15,000 over the past two years. But most other student organizations, in- cluding the Calyx, suffered cuts be- cause the Executive Committee had only $210,800 to distribute, excluding $20,000 place in its reserve funds. The $210,800 is about $25,000 less than the EC had to give out last year. The EC’s Honor Reserve has $7,000, the Student Body Reserve has $8,000, and the EC reserve has $5,000. Additionally, Jason Robertson, former president of the Student Telephone Union and the Student Power Union, allocated $17,000 to the EC to be used for long term needs. Unfortunately, the EC depleted the STU/SPU fund — ‘$4,000 was used to buy acopier and the rest was used for miscellaneous alloca- tions. On Wednesday night during delib- erations, the EC adopted a policy which states they will not fund ideologically or politically partisan organizations. The American Civil Liberties Union, to the ACLU specifically to fund a debate between law professor Lani Guiner and conservative/libertarian Clint Bolick. But the EC felt that would contradict the newly-adopted policy. Andrew Schneider, the president of ACLU, defended his organization as being politically neutral in protect- ing the Bill of Rights. Ted Elliot of the College Republicans didn’t see things in quite the same way. “I didn’t see the ACLU running to protect our constitu- tional rights,” said Elliot, referring to an incident last year when College Republican posters were torn down. Second-year Law Representative Kevin Webb suggested that the ACLU look to other resources for funding. “If they (ACLU) need funds, they can have a bake sale or something,” said Webb. Amnesty lntemational was also ex- cluded under the new policy. Amnesty asked for $2,400. At issue was their opposition to the death pen- alty and the anti-death penalty display they displayed in the library last year. Secretary Ashby Hackney argued that bsee EC, page 6 &L rank rises to 20 From Staff Reports Washington and Lee is movin’ on up. W&L ranked 20th among the nation’s best national liberal arts colleges in this year’s edition of U.S. News and World Report’s College Rankings. That’s up two notches from 22nd place, where W&L has ranked the last two years. The 1,371 accredited four- year schools included in the study (institutions with 200 or fewer students were excluded) were ranked according to a system that combined statistical data with the results of an exclusive U. S. News survey of academic reputations among 2,655 college presidents, deans and admissions directors, resulting in a record 65 percent response rate. To determine the reputational rankings, the participants in the survey rated only institutions in the same category as their own schools. They were asked to place each school into one of four quartiles based upon its reputa- tion. Each time a respondent placed a school in the top quartile, it received four points; in the second quartile, three points; in the third quartile, two points, and in the fourth quartile, one point. The points for each school were totaled and divided by the num- ber of participants who placed the school in one of these quartiles to calculate the reputational scores. To determine a school’s overall rank, the reputational scores were combined with data provided by the colleges. These included statistics that measured student selectivity, faculty re- sources, financial resources, graduation rate and alumni satis- faction. The statistical data and the reputational rankings were then converted to percentiles. The highest raw score for any attribute was valued at 100 percent. Next, all the other schools were taken as a percentage of the top score and totaled. The six attributes for each school were then numeri- cally ranked in descending order and weighted: Alumni satisfac- tion counted for 5 percent, gradu- ation rate for 10 percent, finan- cial resources 15 percent, faculty resources 20 percent academic reputation and student selectiv- ity accounted for25 percent each. The weighted numbered ranks for each school were totaled and compared with the weighted to- tals for the others in its category. The highest ranking school was the one with the lowest total. Its overall score was converted into a percentile of 100. The totals for I->See W&L, page 6 Mrs. Watson’s passion for Asian art revealed Passion. For Mrs. Elizabeth Otey Watson, this was the ingredient that sparked her interest in collecting East Asian art and furnishings now on display at Washington and Lee’s Watson Pavil- _ IOII. “I ’m terribly interested in the Far East,” said Watson. She lived lived in Canton, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Indonesia and Taiwan. From antique Khoton rugs to Ming Dynasty lamps, the Watson col- lection spans a broad range of East Asian art. Some of the Chinese ex- port porcelain and jade goes back nearly 2,000 years. “There’s not one [center] in By BUNNY WONG Phi Staff Reporter this country that can encom- pass the broad range [of East Asian art] that the Watson Pa- vilion and Reeves Center do,” said Mr. James Whitehead, fonner director of the Reeves Center. Watson graduated from Radcliffe, which is part of Harvard-Radcliffe, with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts. “My major was fine arts, so naturally I had an inclination [towards art],” she said. However, her love for art did not start in college. Even in her “middle school” years, she bsee WATSON, page 7 OCR::/Vol_093/WLURG39_RTP_19930924/WLURG39_RTP_19930924_002.2.txt PAGE 2 Ellie ifiing-tum lfilii The Student Voice of Washington and Lee Founded September 18, 1897 In the middle Last Week Washington and Lee students were told that it might be best if they did not associate with Virginia Military Institute cadets. This week Chief of Police Bruce Beard told a reporter it might be best if students did not associate with townspeople. But aren’t we continually told that we need to work at improving relations with both Lexington residents and the cadets? So where does that leave us? We either stop associating with non-W&L folks or we try to improve relations. Either way we have to ignore one piece of advice. But, realistically, how can we just stop associating with townspeople or cadets? It’s rather difficult to walk the streets of Lexington without bumping into one or the other. The three W&L students that were beaten did not go out looking for the townspeople. They went out looking for a W&L party and just happened to meet up with a group of townspeople that wanted to beat them up. Maybe we should just pick up the fraternity houses that are more than a quarter of a mile from campus and move them closer. Then we can build big huge walls around everything W&L owns and dig tunnels to connect every- thing, so we never have to take the risk or bumping into a cadet or townsperson. Of course we would have to work something out with one of the supermarkets to have them deliver. We would have to bend the rules a little to get the groceries from the delivery person though. After all, that delivery person would have to be from town or a cadet because W&L students would be too busy making sure we did not associate with townspeople or cadets. Ridiculous isn’t it? Well, that whole scenario is only as ridiculous as the idea of ignoring whatever problems have caused the last two fights involving W&L students. We can not avoid cadets and townspeople and be a part of the community at the same time. And we can not just remove ourselves from the community. Lexington and W&L are just too small. There is no way for W&L, VMI and Lexington to completely separate themselves from one another. W&L would not be the same university if it was in another city. Lexington would not be the same city without W&L and VMI. Any suggestion that the three try to separate them- selves from one another is ludicrous. Instead of ignoring our problems with each other, we should try and figure out what is going on. Speak Y’al1 ;.,..)(0u’«ve- heard. it before, but you’re going to hear it . again, speakingtradition-is at the lowest point any of uscan remember. It may not be dead yet, but it’s gasping. Other than a few freshmen, just about everyone on this campus chooses to look away from their fellow students rather than say hello or smile. The question is... why? Perhaps W&L has become as rude as the rest of the world. Reginald Alton said at Opening Convocation that the people here were the happiest and friendliest he had ever met. We would like to think Mr. Alton was right, but you have to wonder when we can’t be bothered to say hello to one another. Maybe it’s apathy. It’s possible that apathy has set in so deep in all of us that we can’t be bothered to speak to each other on the Hill. But maybe it’s not that bad. It could just be a momentary lapse of reason on the part of the entire student body. So, in the hope of slapping us all awake — SPEAK. It’s one of those little traditions here that help make W&L a unique place. So, unless you want W&L to become just like all those other places, say hello or even just smile at your fellow students when you see them on the Hill. Any acknowledgment of existence is far better then averting your eyes. And anyway, the ground can not be that interesting. PS. Professors, it would be nice if you would say hello, Eiuote of the Week It’s like ebony and ivory. — A Sigma Nu watching two cadets speaking to a Phi Delt Tilt: iittng-tum ifllii Executive Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Francesca Kefalas Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nancy Pavlovic News Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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The Washington and Lee Publications Board elects the executive editor and l business manager, but The Ring-rum Phi is otherwise independent. “' V ; Letters and other submissions must be in the Phi office, room 208ofthe 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 OPINION The Ring-tum Phl, September 24, 1 ' ' Au» at llsoenr flaws, 95 VEZLEN1’ or ALL. AMEZKANS sA«i> ‘me A HEALTH one PLAN PR posse ey A Wo\lt.D Rt‘-:"sEc.i' M- “"\., MAN wuo's FAVORWE MEN-. is A any MAC , LARGE FRIES AND A SHAKE. O Vouchers will help U.S. educatio, .. In 1978 Califomia’s voters over- whelmingly passed Proposition 12, which cut and prohibited further in- creases in property taxes and started the greatest tax revolt in modern Ameri- can history. It spurred similar revolts nation-wide against bureaucratic gov- ernments that excessively taxed and scarcely provided useful services. Be- fore it was over, it propelled Ronald educate and are often crime-ridden. Vouchers give these parents the free- dom to choose a school for their chil- dren, instead of having it tyrannically imposed on them. The competition between schools brought on by a voucher system im- proves the entire educational estab- lishment. Bad schools find their stu- dents leaving to attend better schools, Reagan into forcingthem the presidency to either im- and gave him prove or the political close down. support he The needed to re- of duce federal Olmem ptofitentices taxes. The dy- 996 education namic eco- entrepre- nomic growth neurstoforrn generated by newschools. these‘ tax cuts‘ W V y x V existing broughtfoitliaj _ _ ' ‘ M I ‘ I “ ‘ jeducational new renaissance of ‘entrepreneurship a monopoly, which‘-perpetuatesthe»cre- and.‘ economic advancement in America. In November Califomia’s voters have a chance to again start a renais- sance in America; this time it deals with something of more importance than economic policy, the education of America’s children. Proposition 174 seeks to establish in California the nation’s first school choice system. It would give every child in California a $2,600 voucherto be used at any school of the parents’ choice. Parents would shop for a school just as they do for a car. Vouchers give them greater free- dom to find the particular school that best meets their childrens’ needs. Whether it’s a school with a Afro- centric curriculum or a strong science department, parents decide what type of education their children receive. Low-income families stand to ben- efit the most from a voucher system. Students from high and middle income families can afford to leave a bad pub- lic school; students from low income families do not have this option. They are left trapped in schools that do not Perot’s demogoguery a threat - influence, he has a good deal of that too. He’ll be able to run the country just like he ran his billion dollar business and pretty soon we’ll be doing fine, right? WRONG! 4 It’s true, Mr. Perot is not in this game for the money or the influence, he ’s had those for years, but he is in it for another reason, he’s in it for the attention. He is a bored billionaire with only one Last week Americans witnessed an unusual sight in our nation’s capital. Former presidents Ford, Caner, and Bush joined President Clinton at the White House in a ceremony supporting the North American Free Trade Agreement. My purpose is neither to agree nor disagree with their positions, but to expand upon statements made by President Carter concerning a danger- ation of morons, would evaporate into a system of hundreds of independent schools, each competing to be the best educator. America’s students can only benefit from such a system. Vouchers give parents who want their children educated on religious matters, but who cannot afford to pay both for a public school and for a paro- chial school, the financial ability to afford the school of their choice. Par- ents do not want their children attend- ing schools where metal detectors have replaced the Ten Commandments. A voucher system allows them to send their children-to a school where reli- gious matters are treated seriously, in- stead of to a public school where they are neglected. The national coalition pushing for school choice has a non-partisan com- position. In Wisconsin, Democratic state legislator Polly Williams pushed through legislation that gave part of Milwaukee a voucher system. She and other minorities, who are fighting to get poor inner-city children out of the collapsed public schools, are aligned ous force now at work in our nation. This force is embod- ied in one person, a man Mr. Carter spoke of as a “dema- gogue.” A demagogue who has “unlimited financial re- sources and who is extremely Patrick McDermo_tt careless with the truth, who is preying on the fears and the uncertainties of the American public.” name is H. Ross Perot and I must wholeheartedly agree with our esteemed former President’s opinion of this attention-addicted showman. One columnist described him as, “a vertically impaired billionaire who sounds like a chihuahua.” I happen to agree, but more important than his annoy- ing style is his unrelenting pursuit of celebrity. This pursuit will inevitably be at the cost of the millions of Americans who have swallowed his empty lure. He is a populist, but he is unlike any political populist this country has ever seen. Mr. Perot would be more at home on a list of such fonner populists as Jim Jones or David Koresh, and let me tell ya folks, you don’t want to drink his cup of Kool-Aid. His platfonn, like his rhetoric, is full of absolutely nothing. He has not a single workable idea for what to do with this country because he has realized that it is both easier and less risky to go fiorn podium to podium telling the people what they want to hear without really giving them any answers. Since losing The man’s plans at home because he did not expect to be asked about them! What scares me the most about the “Perot- mania” which is taking place in our country is that it demonstrates just how desperate the av- erage American citizen is for a politician he or she can trust. During last years election they were frustrated with what seemed like endless corruption and inefficiency on the part of their elected represen- tatives. And then here came H. Ross Perot, American Billionaire, who offered himself up as the people’s candidate. What could be more perfect? He isn’t in it for the money, he’s got plenty. He isn’t in it for the the presidential election, Mr. Perot, still needing his daily “fix” of empty applause and blind support, has been going from his home base of Larry King Live, to each of the morning talk shows and all around the country on his lecture tours. He has attacked the President’s budget proposal, he denounced the Clinton Deficit Reduction Program,‘ and now he is after NAFTA, even though he has no alter- native toofferforany ofthese issues. ers what his solution is, he continually makes excuses and use his famous one-lin- ers and empty slogans to fill airtime until the show is over. When he was pressed recently by a reporter to give a substantive response to any one of these issues, Mr. Perot told the viewing audience that he had lefl his with such free-market conservatives as Noble Prize winner Milton Friedman. They do not seek to impose any politi- cal position on schools, only to reform them. As with every refonn movement, there is an entrenched establishment detennined to squelch it. This time it is the teachers’ unions and the political class it supports. The June 7 Forbes examined the unrestrained powerof the National Edu- cation Association. It found that as the percentage of teachers in unions has increased, starting in the early sixties, the average SAT score has fallen. The NEA loves to explain this decline as a result of too few dollars being allo- cared to education. Yet, spending per pupil and teachers’ salaries, as Forbes points out, have both dramatically in- creased since 1945. The average teach-, schools controlled by it are the sam schools parents so badly want thei children to flee. As students and thei vouchers leave the NEA’s, schools, i loses its monopolistic power to de mand higher wages for teachers Th higher teachers’ wages, the higher th union dues which can be collected. The NBA complains that teachers are n it well paid. That’s partly because ' NEAcollectsforitsown uses,asFor . reports, $742 million in dues fro A teachers. 6 On what does the NEA spend thi excessive war chest? Notice that teachers were the larg est single voting bloc at the 1992 Demo cratic Convention. To protect its mo nopoly, the NEA has become a majo player in elections. Its deep pogket are attractive to any candidate. As th - proponents of school choice have ‘dis ers.’payhasrisen T covered, the - o in1992constant T liticalfriendst - g;>1|;_%_~ flrgirsi ouchers give par- {EBA buys wilt , in - is money ma - to $35,334 in cuts who want their educationa re 1992,andspend- children educated on form nearly im ing perpupil has possible. Wha increased from t makes Proposi $974 to $5,216. tion 174 so dan W II II- I? 3 I P l:,'l‘i’cl"l;m pay both for a public fiegxus *3‘ cation is not school and for a pan)’ goes over the money; it’s that chlal school, the finan- heads of it§ po- the government litical allies. .. has allowed me cial ability to afford the amount 0 teachers’ unions school of their choice. money can buy to gain a mo- offparent angry nopoly. - about the shality This monopoly has more control over childrens’ education than their parents. -It sits back and allows such topics as “Health Awareness” and “Why Billy has Two Daddies” to re- place math, science, and English. The concerns of the NEA are not educa- tional matters but the protection of its monopoly. The NEA recognizes that if school choice plans spread throughout the country its power will collapse. The When asked by interview- world left to conquer, and he has decided tiiattno matter what it takes, he is going to win. I have no doubt whatsoeverthat Mr. Perot’s name will appear on the Presidential ballot in 1996. He has invested too much money and is having too good a time to stop now. What we must do is close down his little party before he damages the people and the strength of this nation. Whether you think NAFTA is a good idea or not, one thing is for certain, Mr. Perot is in it fo the wrong reasons. He has now gone beyond eva ing the tough questions and is purposefully spreading of education their children receiv When Californians vote thilI&o- vember they will be deciding in re than the structure of their education system. The vote will determine whether a government sponsored mo- nopoly or parents can best serve the needs of America’s children. Proposi- tion 12 helped Americans regairy:on- trol over their property; let’s hope Proposition 174 helps Americans re- gain control over their children. blatant lies about this treaty. He has repeat- Ross Perot will be able to run Efllfifilalfid 0 WI C05 6 the country just like he ran his United SW5 5 "_ billion dollar business and lion jobs. Even the pretty soon we’ll be doing fine, right? WRONG! staunchestopponents of the treaty will tell you that this is sim- go home. ply not true. All the while, the hard work- ing citizens of our nation are being fed Mr. Perot’s frightening misinformation. “ This must stop. It is time we all stood up to Ross Perot for what he is, an egocentric bully who got a little bored and got carried away with a dangerous game. It’s time we told Ross to pick up his toys an e OCR::/Vol_093/WLURG39_RTP_19930924/WLURG39_RTP_19930924_003.2.txt The Ring-tum Phi, September 24, 1993 Sros’ SPACE Tom Hespos Its about that time. It’s been almost a month since you arrived at Washing- toigand Lee. If you haven’t done it already, now is the time to write the » infamous first letter to your parents. » Although you may have had to call Mom and Dad a few times since your arrival, the old parental units like to get a little mail every once in a while, so go Washington and Lee. I have made many new friends here in the dorms. (You have to meet this guy Harold. During open contact, he went to Alpha Beta Gamma and got really drunk...then he puked on our dorm counselor.) My classes are going well. I think my professors really like me. (Except for my Calculus professor. On the first Thursday, I slept through class because I was hungover. He dropped me from the class and I had a real problem getting back in.) Books and school supplies sure cost a lot of money here in Lexington, so has become pregnant, in which case I’m really screwed.) I got my first test back in English class today. It was a little below what I expected to get, but I talked to the professor and he says I can get my grade back up. (I got a 46. The profes- sor dedicated an entire 15-minute in- class tirade to me and my pitiful score. He said that unless I get my ass in gear, I will probably fail.) Are you coming for P a r e n t ’ s OPINION Spos misses his family (maybe) Books and school apartment parties and a state trooper nailed me for doing 85 in a 65.) All in all, I think things are going fairly well here. (If you don’t count that small laundry mishap that turned all of my clothes pink.) I hope to see you soon. (I need money... big time.) I hope Sis is doing OK. (Hmmmm... maybe she could send me some cash?) Write back soon. (Or call. I can’t afford to call since some of my hallmates used my phone to call Guam and never Kathekon Kathekon will be in front of the Co-op on Tuesday from 11 a.m.to.2 p.m. and Wednesday from 11 a.m.to A3 p.m. with catalogs for ordering float supplies for the Homecoming parade. England i fin" 1:; PAGE a from Professor Ronald Lane Reese, Parmly Hall 216 (463-8885). Dead- line for applications for next year is November 29. - Contact A A Members of Contact who have not attended meetings yet, please call Matt Jackson, chairman, at 463- 9819. 3h d and Write l0 them -lU_St doll,‘ d0r1’tbe t00 Surprised When you get the Weekend? I . paid me back.) - Any students interested in Ad- tggve ihelm anydmore information than :ill.b('I‘(ljie iize otfi)ny CD collection has can’: wait to supplies sure COSt 3 lot vanced studies in Engiand shouid ell Y“ Y nee - 0|! e ,I oug - see you. (I can of money here in Lex. Love, come to Payne 20 on Saturday at A During Spos’ freshman year, he made the mistake of writing down ev- ery little thing that happened to him during Rush, with the end result being tha$“Spos’ mom almost had a king-size he I started a charge account at a store called Alvin-Dennis because I needed some new clothes for school. (-and when you get the bill, you might not be able to make your next two car pay- "certainly wait... my roomisaoom- plete mess. The neatest ington, so don’t be too ' surprised when you get the bill. (The size of my. Joe Freshman V P.S. Do you think’ you could send the tune-up 3:00 p.m. to receive information. Women’s Forum The Rockbridge Area Coalition Against Sexual Assault is seeking volunteers to provide direct victim . attack Whlle SPOS’ dad PI°b3h_lY merits.) thing about it CD c0nect10n has money quickly? At this week’s meeting of the services and community education smiled atlhe Slghlgflhe leher ahd “"99 A few Weeks ago. l Went t0 my first is the six-by- doub]ed, th0ugh_) (l’ve already post- Women’s Forum, Professor programs. The 33-hour Fall Vol- “Thatis my ho)/”l_ _ fraternity party at Alpha Beta Gamma- six beer pyra- poned my court Simpson will present “The Tradi- unteer Training Program will be The f°ll°W1hg‘5 3 Sample Ofa WP1‘ The brothers Were really nice l alS0 mid my room- date — twice.) tion of Women at W&L.” All are held from Thursday, September30 Cal fTeShm3h’S fifsl lellef h0m°- The melthis really nice girl named Susan-l mate and I invited to attend on Sunday, Sep- through Saturday, December 4 at pans that should be censored are given think you’ll like her (The Alpha Beta built last Gettheidea?lf tember 26 at 6:30 p.m. in the Ar- the Mint Spring United Methodist lh Palehthesesy 50 lhal haw freshmen Gammas fed me beer until 1 COUld weekend.) Joe’s mother is exposed to any of the lington Women’s Center. Church. Formoreinformation,call caflleam from it and ease the strain on their mothers’ hearts: Dear Mom and Dad, I am having a great time here at barely see. I passed out and woke up next to this girl named Helga. I don’t know whether you would like her or not — in any case, I have no intention of everspeaking to heragain. . . unless she The car is doing fine. I was wonder- ing if you could send me a hundred dollars so that I can get an oil change and a tune-up. (T une-up my foot! My buddies made me drive to the Hollins parenthetical quips above, she will drop dea in the middle of the driveway on her way back from the mailbox. So watch what you put on paper. See you in two weeks... Confederate flag not appropriate F MY VIEW ’ Michael Hewlett, ’96. I don’t like the Confederate flag too much. Even after a year at Washington and Lee University, I’m still not quite used to seeing that flag hanging proudly oufiof peoples’ rooms. Most people who hang the were raped and black men were emasculated. A time when the crack of the whip on human flesh was heard over and over again. A time when those happy singing darkies picked cotton and tobacco from sunup to sunset. A time when being black and being American were two different things. Yet, most defenders say that even though slavery was bad, it wasn’t the cause of the Civil War. It was about state rights. Well, if it was about state rights, then why did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipa- tion Proclamation which didn’t even affect theborder federal government was encroaching on their prop- erty, which of course included slaves. Yet, some people just acknowledge and then quickly dismiss it. Some people even believe that blacks should revere the Confederate flag because if there had not been a Civil War, slavery would not have been abolished. Hogwash! After the Compromise of 1876, when Rutherford Hayes agreed to take Union soldiers out of the fomier Confederate states, black codes were estab- lished that virtually stripped blacks of all their Resumes A resume workshop will be held on Tuesday, September 28 at 4:00 p.m. in Room ‘108 of the University Cemei=.. This workshop is open to all students who need help with their resumes. ‘ Interviews Practice interviews will be held on Tuesday, September 28 all day in Room 109 of the University Cen- ter. Sign-up is necessary before par- ticipating in a practice interview. Si gn-up in the_Career Development and Placement Office. 463-RAPE. Photos There will be a meeting for any- one interested in being a photogra- pher for the W&L yearbook (Ca- lyx) on Tuesday, September 28 at 6:30 p.m. in the Calyx office (Room 206 of the University Center). No experience necessary! Assignments will be given out at the meeting. Calyx For all students and faculty who battle flag say they’re celebrating their Southern states? It certainly rights. Somehow I don’t D ' d1’ did h°‘ ""'°°l"°-‘h¢h" 1993 C3134» heritage. I’m all for celebrating one’s heritage, but wasn’t because he feel the urgent need to go ea lne morebookswillbearrivingshortly. somehow I don’t see how displaying the Confederate wanted the immediate out and buy a Confederate , We apologize for the shortage. flag is celebrating one’s Southern heritage. aboiition ofsiavei-y, He flag. The resume drop date for Octo- ' This summerduring one of the Senate sessions, Sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina wanted his fellow cofleagues to help celebrate his Southern heritage by patenting an emblem that included the Confederate flag for the gentle ladies of the Daughters of..thea Confederacy. It had been done numerous times before “h man chattel” —- simply property. Charges of racism and political correctness were hurled at her. Sen. Helms reportedly sang “Dixie” to her on the elevator. But it didn’t matter. She was right. When you continually see white supremacy groups like the Ku Klux Klan waving them around proudly, you begin to not like the Confederate flag very much. Ye’, it’s not just redneck racists who display the flag. It’s supposedly intelligent human beings who refuse to understand what that flag represents to me. It represents oppression. It represents a time when blacks went by the name of either “nigger” or “boy.” A time when blacks were inspected and auctioned off as if they were pieces of meat. A time when black women . . «coin. wasn3't> opposed to simply wanted to pre- serve the Union and if abolishingslaverycould dothe job, sobe it. Lin- slavery and 'mli¢»he‘en liogwash»! ” ‘- ’ manta“-y‘ '(-“her in Ameri_ nate;_a memberof the current under- Fulbright grantfor next yearshould to serve in the Senate, objected, citing the flag as a There’s a difference, ' can history. Bmmore hm._ graduate senior class for selection see Professor Dickens in Tucker sy bol of a time when blacks were nothing but He believed that slavery rjfying than that, Ameri_ to Who’s Who Among Students in 307. Deadlineforcompleted appli- cations is Monday, October 11. There will be a meeting or the J AIDS Education Profect in Fairfax" ; Lounge on Tuesday at 7 pm". New. ' . members are urged to join. " Filmp The Washington and Lee Film Society is pleased to announce that its next presentation will be the acclaimed drama Gas, Food, and Lodging (USA, 1993). Showings , will be at 8:05 p.m. on October 1 and 2 in the Troubadour Cinema. There is no charge for admission. ' General Notes are compiled by Sarah Wyatt. ""i|._o,'.. ‘ What does Lexington lack that would make it a more Kathy Boozer, ’95, Columbia, SC. Kimberly ? exciting place to go to school? Peterson, ’95, Don Skelly, ’9?, Westport, Ct. — Jeb Tilly, '94, Chapel Hill, NC. - Lauren Brillante, ’95, Bowie, Md., and Kathy Savory, ’94, Idaho Falls, Id.— ‘‘It lacks a dance club with male strippers.” . Marshallville, Ga. -- “More places to party when fraternities aren't hav- ing parties.” — “I wish we had a lake that we could I waterski in.” “A bar with some good ol’ fashioned table dancing.” “More cool cops like Officer Smith.” OCR::/Vol_093/WLURG39_RTP_19930924/WLURG39_RTP_19930924_004.2.txt O The Ring-tum Phi, September 24, 1993 Gal/lard PHYS Lenfest Faculty cello recital Pianist to perform classic pieces of Beethoven and Moussorgsky Introductory concert by visiting pro- fessor featured selections from Ba-. roque, Classical and 20th century By David Wilmington Phi Features Editor _ By David Wilmington also studied at the Eastman School Associate Professor of MUSIC Dr. . . of Music ag university of Ro¢he5_ Timothy Gaylard will give his annual Ph’ Features Edltor gen . piano recital this Tuesday, S€Ptemb61' Washington and Lee got its first Brantley’s compostitions have 28 at 8:00 p.m. in the Lenfest Center. look at visiting music professor Paul been performed by such diverse en- The program includes Brantley at his recital on Tuesday. sembles as the Atlanta Symphony, Moussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibi- Brantley performed pieces for the Society for New Music, and the tion” and Beethoven’s “Moonlight” cello by Bach, Beethoven, and Syracuse Children’s Orchestra. Sonata—twoofthe most popularpieces Debussy as well as contemporary Brantley has performed on cello in the piano repertoire. Gaylard Will piecesby himselfand Daniel Godfrey. with the Eastman Musica Nova, we also perfonn Samuel Barber’s “Four Pianist Arlene Shrut accompanied SocietyforNew Musicandthe Harry Excursions for Piano Solo”. Brantley on three of the pieces. Jacobs Chamber Orchestra. Gaylard’s recital has been One Of The program began with Shrut has received national the best attended annual Music Depart- Beethoven’s “Sonata in C major”, accalaim as an accompanist and ment events since hisfirst yearat Wash- Opus 102, No.1 and “Sonate pour voice coach. She is musical director ington and Lee in 1984. In past years, Violoncelle et Piano” by Claude of the undergraduate opera program he has performed other piano classics Debussy. at Julliard and a faculty member of such as Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Brantley’s piece was an arrange- the Manhatten School of Music.‘ Concerto and GershWin’S “Rhapsody ment of a hymn for unaccompanied Shrut has also served on the in Blue”. cello titled “...crystal tide forever...”. staff of Syracuse University, USC, Gaylard began his piano studies in his native Canada, later earning two degrees each from Carleton University and the University of Toronto. He also received a diploma from the world- renowned Mozarteum in Salzburg, The Godfrey “Arietta” was writ- Dartmouth, University of North ten specifically for Shrut and Brantley Carolina, and the Opera Theater during the time they taught at Syra- Center at the Aspen Music Festival. cuse University. She has performed throughout Brantley also perfonned Bach’s the United States and in Canada Qd “Suite in G Major” for solo cello, one Europe. Her performances can be Austria. Gaylard received his Ph.D. in of the staples of the cello repertoire. heard on the Orion, Centaur, and musicology from Columbia Univer— Brantley is currently professor of Dorian recording labels. sity. composition while Dr. Margaret March 26, Brantley willperform He has performed on radio and tele- Brouwer is on leave for the year. He is the Boccherini “Concert in G” with vision and has won awards for his teachingthesecondyearmusictheory the University-Rockbridge Sym- playing in festivals and competitions course and indivdual composition les- phony Orchestra and guest condQp- in the United States and Canada. His sons. tor/flutist Avner Biron from Israel. list of playing experiences also includes Along with his performances with the orchestras of Carleton, Columbia, and Washington and Lee Universities as well as the Ottawa Civic Symphony. Gaylard’s musicological work in- cludes studies of Mozart’s influence on Beethoven and seventeenth-ce ntury English vocal music. Gaylard teaches advanced piano, c 0 m p o s i t i o n classes, Brantley is teaching cello and organizing the Sonoklect new music festi- val. Sonoklect is scheduled for January 25-29 of piano accompaniment, and various sur- ‘ 94, vey courses in the Music department. Brantley re- He is also director of the W&L ceived the Pablo Concert Guild, a student organization Casals Award that organizes a series of visiting artist while studying at performances at the Lenfest Center. While at W&L, Gaylard has also volunteered his talents as an accompa- the Manhatten School and the L e o n a r d nist for student recitals. 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They Might Be Giantswill bring the live version of their brand of alterna- tive pop to the Pavilion Saturday night at 9:00. The concert is the result of a joint effort by the Inter-Fraternity Coun- cil, Student Activities Board, and As- sociate Dean of Students for Greek Affairs Leroy C. “Buddy” Atkins to provide entertainment on a rush week- end. The concert was originally planned as an IFC event but later received SAB support. “The IFC was planning on having something so that people wouldn’t be tempted to dirty rush,” Party Picture Photographers Needed Must have own 35 mm equipment & car Call 1-800-235-5101 between 10 and 6 V; RIDGE SPORTING CLAYS is right here in Lexington. V’ Back yard skeet is fun, but compared to Sporting Clays, Clays is for everyone, and you don’t have to be a good shot DO YOU ENJOY . SHOOTING SKEET? If you do, you’ll love Sporting Clays, and QUAIL Don’t miss out on this fun and exciting sport. it’s boring At QUAIL RIDGE SPORTING CLAYS, you’ll shoot all angles of birds as well as bolting clay rabbits. Sporting . to enjoy a round. Call for a free brochure 463-1800 Shooting is by appointment - Closed Tuesdays n Linnell Publicity Photo TMBG features accordian, glockenspiel Ban shows off new and bigger sound Saturday at Pavilion Valley 3 Hardware, Paint, and Related Items Open Mon.- Sat. 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sun. 1-5 p.m. PAGE 5 said SAB chairman John Kleckley. “They Might Be Giants was going to be in the area and we got them for a great price.” Kleckley also noted that freshman men going through rush will be al- lowed to attend the concert. They Might Be Giants is celebrat- ing their tenth year with a new sound and a new release. ‘ Until the middle of last year, the albums and shows were mostly the work of co-founders John Linnell and John Flansburgh. A beefed-up band and a more improvisational approach mark a departure for the Brookly,NY band. In an interview Saturday, Linnell said the new sound was a conscious change. “We’re leaning on the band to do improv stuff which we couldn’t do when it was just us two. But we didn’t just hire a band, we kind of groomed one.” One of newest components in the new sound, Steven Bernstein, is de- scribed by the official TMBG press release as a trumpet virtuoso. Linnell described him as “a mixture of San Francisco and New York. He has this New York voice and San Francisco ‘Yo Dude’ voice.” Linnell and Flansburgh discovered Bernstein when he was referred to them by another horn player. “These brass players always sub for each other. You don’t really hire one, you hire a whole family” said Linnell. The band performing tomorrow night will be the one Linnell and Flansburgh have been touring with since the middle of 1992. The stop in Lexington is part of a tour to support the band’s new ep, Why Does The Sun Shine?( The Sun Is A Mass Of Incandescent Gas). Though recorded in a studio, Linnell said, the new ep “was kind of a live perfor- mance with the band.” A new lp, to be released next spring, will use this same approach. The new sound is in contrast to the usual two- man, overdubbed method that has made TMBG famous. The ep is being released in a new format called CD-5. The CD-5 is so new that even the recording artists haven’t seen one. Linnell said, ‘‘I don’t really know what that is. I haven’t even met anyone who knows what a CD-5 is.” The only clue to the mystery comes from the TMBG press release. It de- scribes a»CD-5 as “like a 4 song ep only silver and small.” This small, silver disk includes the new song “Spy” and covers of the Meat Puppets’ “Whirlpool” and the Allman Brothers’ “Jessica”. The title track was taken from a 1959 educational record called “Space Songs”. They Might Be Giants debuted in Soho, NY in 1983 in an all live duo format. “John (Flansburgh) played gui- tar. I played organ and clarinet and that was the gig” said Linnell. They released a 23-song cassette in 1985 and an 1p in 1986, both self-titled. After two more eps the next year, they released the lp Lincoln in 1988. For a band with such a unique sound, their big break came from an unlikely source- MTV. In 1990, TMBG was awarded the MTV Breakthrough Award for the video of “lstanbul (Not Constantinople)” from their third lp Flood. “Apart from my feeling about the medium,” said Linnell, “MTV had a big effect.” After their big splash on MTV that the talk show rounds began. TMBG has appeared once on the Today Show and twice on the Tonight Show. Their three appearances on David Letterman have probably proven their best venue for gaining new fans. Linnell men- tioned that they would probably per- form on Lettennan’s show again after their lp is released next spring. The first characteristic of They Might Be Giants that usually strikes listeners as unique is probably their lyrics. The songs defy characterization in that they combine elements of word play, social commentary, hilarious word combinations, and strikingly ab- surd poetic phrases. For example, “Particle Man”, from Flood, initially seems like a humorous presentation of comic book themes: “Triangle man, Triangle man/ Triangle man hates particle man/ They have a fight/ Triangle wins/ Triangle man/ Universe man, Universe man...” The tone of the lyrics makes a sharp turn however, when Person man is intro- duced. “Person man, person man/ hit on the head with a frying pan/ lives his life in a garbage can/ Person man/ Is he depressed or is he a mess?/ does he feel totally worthless?/ who came up with person man?/ degraded man, person man...” Musically, TMBG uses a great deal of tongue-in-cheek humor. Many of their melodies seem to be written as lighthearted jingles to contrast with sometimes darkly ironic lyrics. Linnell and Flansburgh frequently poke fun at themselves also. The first song on Flood is called “Theme From Flood” and features a choral-style vocal with trombone ac- companiment. Sung in a somewhat serious manner, the lyrics read “Why is the world in love again?/ Why are we marching hand in hand?/ Why are the ocean levels rising up?/ It’s a brand new record for 1990./ They Might Be Giants’ brand new album:/ Flood.” Obviously, Linnell and Flansburgh are in no danger of taking themselves too seriously. The instrumentation of the band reinforces their position as one of the most unique groups on the pop scene. Linnell’s primary instrument is the ac- cordion, but he doubles on baritone sax. Drummer Brian Doherty adds an interesting new dimension to the show with his glockenspiel playing. Another original aspect of TMBG is their “Dial-A-Song” service. Since 1983, fans have been able to call 718- 387-6962 to hear unreleased songs at a regular long distance rate. Audiences have managed to make their own addition to the TMBG im- age. For some reason, people like to slam dance at their concerts. This prac- tice is not always appreciated by the band. “lt’s good that kids have a way to have fun, but it’s kind of disappointing especially during the quiet songs..,” said Linnell, “they’re not listening.” TMBG will roll into Lexington in their usual unconventional manner. Where as most bands have a convoy of tour buses, Linnell explained that they opted for an alternative method of trans- portation. “We have a Crown Victoria, a Ryder rental truck, and a couple of vans. It’s a mighty caravan.” College Bring your Horse to Stabling available just off W&L " Campus. Full Board/ Large Riding Arena/ 80 Acres of Trials/ Lessons Available Phone #’s 463-2194 (Day) 463-1859 (Evening) KK W&L Copperplate, hand-colored W&L and R.E. 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A total of $4,605 was allocated to the newspaper. ‘ The Trident asked for $11,900 and received $7,105, $2,500 which ‘the EC allocated to buy a com- puter. The computer will be purchased with money from the Student Telephone Unionl Student Power Union fund. STU/SPU was dis- banded last year by the EC, which reclaimed all of its funds. Ariel asked for $2,280 and ended up with $2,000. ' The Calyx asked for $51,000 and received $28,600. The Journal of Science asked for and was given $950. The Political Review requested $1,020 and received $900. Contact received $30,000 and a separate $8,000 fund designated for ‘speakers. This “speaker fund” was in- creased by $500 over last year and can be accessed by several campus organiza- tions. Contact must take pro- posals from these organiza- tions and decide which speaker they should acquire with the money. The controversial new Men’s Panel, a counterpart to the Women’s Forum, re- ceived $250. A motion to allocate $500 for the new group failed. At least one EC member at first believed the Men’s Panel budget re- quest to be a joke, but real- ized the organization was legitimate after seeing that the group had planned for serious discussions, includ- ing speeches by campus deans. The Student Bar Asso- ciation received $48,000 af- ter a lengthy debate, with law students on one side and undergraduates on the other. EC Vice President Jimmy Kull argued that law stu- dents’ activities fees were being given to the SBA in disproportionate amounts. Webb argued that the social life of a law student is radi- cally different from that of an undergraduatestudentand that law students would have little to do without the SBA. “Imagine if you lived in Lexington and the only thing you could do was go to the Palms,” he said. “If you want to sit in a bar with 100 Veemies looking for intel- lectual stimulation — good luck!” After doling out the big bucks to the campus organi- zations, the EC found itself only $168 overbudget. That amount was covered by a reserve fund. However, the EC managed to completely deplete the STU/SPU fund, which was originally ear- marked to help pay for the Pavilion. Kull said he felt the fund was meant to con- tribute to long-term con- structive expenses and said he was against “blowing the whole thing in one year.” Domino’s dumps card I->DOM|llO’S, from page 1 —dent charge program since Wallace “could afford to lose some money on the card system because [Wallace] has 11 other Domino’s locations, [but] I can’t with only one location.” Currently, the University meal card system is provided by the Griffin Com- pany. The university learned of Domino’s decision to discontinue the service when an employee of Griffin’s competitor found the machine lying , unplugged and unused at the store. Both Pizza Hut and Frank’s Pizza felt slighted by not being included in the trial run, but neither was willing to put the money in for the lease. Pizza Hut Manager E.R. Smith said owner Hugh Cosnerwas “disgusted that W&I did not contact him in the beginning.” Pizza Hut learned of the system from a W&Lstudent who worked there at the time. However, when contacted by Cuny, Cosner felt the cost was not worth it. Tony Scotto-Di-Rinaldi at Frank’s Pizza agreed. He said he couldn’t afford to give 15 percent to By MELISSA SAWYER Phi Staff Writer Professor Michael Evans is the new head of the Washington and Lee math department. g “I think it was a wise move by the department. Evans seems to have a very positive attitude and has been active and involved with students,” said Heather Leonard, a math major. Evans is teaching Math 101 and Math 221 this term He said he chose to teach lower level courses so he could get to know the curriculum from the ground up. Evans was chosen as head of the math department at W&L after being the director of undergraduate programs and professor of mathematics at North Carolina State University. ‘ J Evans made math head ested in working at Washington and Lee because of .the small classes and close contact with his students. “I was especially impressed by the Honor Code and by the town,” Evans said. As department head, Evans said he wants to continue to educate students,and to encourage high per- sonal contact between math students andprofessors. He does not plan any changes for the math curriculum, al- though he does want to institute more special programs like the use of Maple, a high-tech computer program now used in Math 221 classes Evans, as the department head, is the recipient of the Rupert and Lillian Radford Endowed Professorship. He hopes to use some money from the endowment to bring in more speakers and to enable students to participate in more competitions. Evans said he first became inter- rI¢\ The Fling-tum Phi, September 24, 19.33 Science center to be completed in 2001 ' By MICHAEL HEWLETT Phi Staff Writer Whenthe class of 2001 arrives, they will probably be taking most of those cumbersome science courses in the new science center, according to Frank Par- sons, director of capital planning. The estimated $20—21 million project will include the renovation of Howe Hall and Parmly Hall as well as the construction of a new science cen- ter. According to Farris Hotchkisss, Vice President of University Rela- tions, the target is that the building cost no more than $20 million. Parsons said that the biology and physics/engineering departments will move to Howe Hall while the computer science center and psychology will move to Parmly Hall. Also, the science li- brary will be expanded, and extra class- rooms will be added for flexibility in class schedules. The science centerwill house new quarters forthe geology and chemistry departments, said Parsons. Hotchkiss said that the idea for the new science center came when faculty realized that the current facilities were inadequate and old. Parmly Hall is 30 years old and Howe Hall is 60 years old. “The two of them are not large enough to accomodate the sciences,” said Hotchkiss. He said the two buildings needed to be modernized. When the project is done, all three buildings will be con- nected to make one. The Board of Trustees will meet in late October to determine if enough money has been raised for the project. Hotchkiss says that $5 million has been raised and will be used as a match- ing challenge to raise another $5 mil- lion. Formal fundraising has not yet . begun because a booklet for publicity is being prepared with plans for the building and descriptions. The funding for the project is being done in conjunction with $127 million capital campaign for Washington and Lee University. According to Hotchkiss, there are 48 geographic cam-- paigns and 500 volunteers. However, Hotchkiss said, “Ourcam- paign is a personal effort.” Parsons expects contractors to start bidding on the project in May, and actual construction is likely to be in next summer. Parsons estimates that project will . take four years to complete. Photo by Bethany Smith, The Ring~tum Phi The new Sig Ep house in Davidson Park. The old house will go on the market within two weeks. Old Sig Ep house for sale By HILLARY OLsoN Phi Staff Writer T e o d Sigma Phi Epsilon house will officially enter the real estate market within two weeks, said Lawrence Broomall, University Trea- surer. The university is currently negoti- ating with local real estate firms and is still cleaning up the house. The new Sig Ep house is located in VMI seeks solution to co-education issue Davidson Park, which is probably a better social location, admitted senior Sig Ep brother Jamie Hambrick. Hambrick lived in the old house for two years. “I had great affection for it, but the new one is good. Our old one would have been really hard for the univer- sity to renovate,” he said. Hambrick said he may not learn to love the new location but he hopes his younger fraternity brothers will. “We don’t have the best real estate market to sell the house,” said Broomall. “Four other homes in the area have been on the market for years.” The fraternity house is also rather unique in the neighborhood so the time of the house’s sale is almost impossible to predict. , A speedy buyer would be welcome, however, said Broomall, because the proceeds of the house’s sale have been included in this year’s fiscal budge: W&L in top 20 colleges bW&L, from page 1 From Staff Reports Virginia Military Institute may have found a solution to its legal troubles - with Southern Virginia College for Women. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that VMl’s lawyers have been meeting with the presidents of SVCW in . Buena Vista and Mary Baldwin College in Staunton to explore solutions to VMl’s problems. the other schools were then translated into a . percent of the top score with the schools ranked in descending order. W&L had an overall score of 84, and was ranked 25th for academic reputation. W&L scored a seven for student selectivity and an 11 for faculty re- sources, but scored 48th for financial resources. W&L ranked number 32 in graduation rank, with its W&L and ‘he §‘a““‘f‘P F05,‘ “'35 ‘O0 The Fourth Circuit Court ruled that VMI must admit alumni satisfaction rank at 63. The average SAT . mg” He also smd he “:9” ‘ lose any women, go private, or start a parallel program for women score for students attending W&L is 1258_ m°3°Y_ f1'°m.:h° 5)_'r5‘°m- r Lat elsewhere in Virginia. In May, the Supreme Court refused ofw&L’sfrcshrnan class, 69 pcrccntwcrc in the ““'e”“_ 3’ r°_as‘",° , , ry to hear VMl’s appeal of the Fourth Circuit Court ruling. top 10 percent of their high school class_ Bmomau sald the umvemty '5 m the President John W. Ripley of SVCW was quoted by the W&L accepts only 29 percent of its applicants process of reviewing the system“ cur- Richmond Times-Dispatch as saying that housing female and has 10/1 student/teacher ratio. w&L also has a renlly‘“P1a°°a“f1a"°:V5yS‘em’ may cadets at a nearby college is a possible solution to the highly educated faculty;96 Pei-centhnvcadoctoi-ate be in place by winter. The new sys- pr0b]em_ degree_ a tem, according to Cuny, would give VMl’s lawyers are expected to present a plan to U.S. Each W&L student has a $14, 695 gducafional W&L the optlon t° buy ‘he needed District Court Judge Jackson Kiser on Monday to resolve program eqmpmem 3‘ P‘_1°°S m“°h l°w°’ man the problem and bring VMI into compliance with federal Graduation rate stands at 83 percent, and 37 Eugen‘ ‘°?5° P"°°5' The same would law. The governor must approve any plan that VMI pre- percent of alumni give to w&L_ 0 true or any area merchants who sents, or he can formulate one of his own. VMl’s Board of w°'_-‘Id "“°‘°5‘°d '“ a°°°P‘"‘8 ‘he Visitors will meet tomorrow with their attorneys to discuss University Card for purchases. the ohm . ........._C.C................0’.......C..0.’.0................C....‘..OCCCCOCCC G - 0 3 N Chinese Restaurant |:|" "0' " f| ~ .. - : 0 A : ~ , Jena. .9: flew. :wIth copy of: this ad ' L 2 2 _ — 2 - 2 J W HP air 9 Take out or eat in! 7 Open Seven Days a Week! 11 a.m. until 10 pm. Ftockbridge Square (behind McDonald's) East. Nelson Street 463-3330 Speciafizing in :71/unczn Cb’ Szecfiuan Cuisine OCR::/Vol_093/WLURG39_RTP_19930924/WLURG39_RTP_19930924_007.2.txt e flin « -tum Phi, September 24 1993 WATSON, from page 1 s collecting. While a student in Paris at the Lycee de St. ud and the Ecole Lafayette, Watson pur- = ecfan ivory netsuke figure. ‘‘I loved France,” said. Watson acquired her high school education t. Catherine’s in Richmond, Virginia. After graduation from Radcliffe, Watson rked as a teacher, for WAVES in Washing- , D.C. and later worked in German Naval elligence. It was in 1947 that her link to Washington and Lee was solidified, when she married the late William Watson, a 1929 Washington and Lee graduate. William Watson was first in his class in graduate school and the senior class president at Washington and Lee. He was also a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity, Alpha Sigma—~an honorary fresh- man English society, the Troubador Theater Club, a member of the gym team and the Interfratemity Council, and received a Spanish scholarship his junior year in college. Being involved at school paid off for Will- iam, when a Delta Tau Delta brother introduced Elizabeth to him. The couple moved to the Island of Shameen in Canton, China in 1946 after being married in the Lady Chapel of the English Cathedral. William was working for the Standard Oil Company in administration. There, Watson began serious collecting. “I think the Far East is the up and coming country now,” Watson said,who was socharrned by the Far East that she refused Standard Oil’s offer to furnish the Watson’s apartment, desir- ing instead to furnish her home with native arts. Thus began the Watson collection, most of which is now on exhibit in the Pavilion. Elizabeth Watson gave Washington and Lee her gift for two reasons, one being that her husband attended the university. “I think he’d be awfully pleased,” she said. Watson also desired to promote an aware- ness of the Far East. “I hope this will promote an interest in East Asian culture... art, philosophy, religion, etcet- era,” she said. ,avilion collection considered unique time I walked in [to the Watson Pavilion],” said Brian Shaw, director of communications at Washington and Lee. “[The Watson Pavilion] adds another dimension to this place, a dimen- sion that other small colleges don’t have.” “I’m perfectly delighted with it. I couldn’t be more pleased,” said Watson. Good cheer and admiration, however, have not been the only feelings that have surrounded the Pavilion. Last year controversy erupted over the placement of the Pavilion when some students argued that it would obstruct the Col- onnade. J a m e s Whitehead felt the Pavilion would have a definite im- pact on academia at W&L. “It will be utilized by many departments,” he said. According to Whitehead, just by studyingthecollec- tion one can glimpse the “eco- nomic, political, social and reli- gious” import of East Asia. Watson herself was embroiled in the economic and political turmoil China experienced Headlines like “There goes the neighbor- hood” and “Keep additions off the hill” con- veyed the feelings of some of the students, which seem to have changed now that the Pavilion has opened. “I understood the nature of the controversy but was puzzled that the drawings available really made it clear that [the Watson Pavilion] would never intrude [on the Colonnade],” said Dr. Tom Litzenburg, director of the Reeves Center and Watson Pavilion. Litzenberg feels that “as a piece of architecture, it [the Pavilion] is extraordinary.” He also felt that the Palladian architecture complements the surrounding buildings very well. “I think it [the controversy] was good for the students. I would hope that those who were concerned would visit the Pavilion,” said Shaw, who felt that students would then see “what a real treasure the Watson Pavilion is for Wash- ington and Lee.” Watson, who is humble about her achieve- “fhefl ‘he C0mml}- ments, impressed Mr. Whitehead “because of msts I001‘ OVCT 1" her interest and knowledge in Oriental ceram- 1949 and they icsj’ m°Ved to H0718 The word interest is an understatement— K°"8- the enthusiasm and excitement in Watson’s _ In ff’-C1, ill‘? 59' voice as she talks about the Far East tellsastory 0131 5111133100 1" in itself. East Asia wasWatson’s true love. ‘China had 3 direct “Peking used to be so charming,” she said. 1mP3°t 0“ It was in 1968 that the Watsons again be- _w3tS°n’5 Collect" came heavily involved with W&L, when they “‘8- P°°P1° were met James Whitehead and helped him identify Selling family h°lT' several items in the Reeves collection. 1001115 in 0Td¢|" 10 Thisinvolvementbecamethe Watson Pavil- buy food I0 SUTVIVC ion, the extension of the Reeves Center that is and She began t_0 “a magnificent addition to the beauty of this P“T°h‘}3_° from CW’ campus” according to Dr. Whitehead. 11953 C"1Z¢“S- According to Dr. Litzenburg, other donors W3t_50n eV°mU' of the displays currently in the Pavilion are Mr. 311)’ built UP 3T€PU' W. Groke Mickey from Charlottesville, Mr. tation for being an and Mrs. .1. Bolton McBride from Blacksburg, excellent collector Mrs. William L. Wilson from Lynchburg, and and ham’-fer, Mrs. Felicia Warburg Rogan. 3m355l“8 3 b°3Uti' Watson plans to invite “a lot of people in ful collection. Lynchburg and friends whose husbands went to Washington and Lee,” and others to the Oct. 23 dedication of the Watson Pavilion. “I was over- Photo by Bethany Smith, The Ring-tum Phi whelmed the first PUT YOUR VALIIABLES IN A SAFE PLAGE. IAOTONOYOLE OPEIATON LIOENSE Howard G. Nichols 8381 Center Ave. Hometown 27670 ‘"7 ‘’7/7; ' . A§;1.<9;-,rrr_vir9.z..r.>r,-:zv.o:¢:.-r. 0 30 days annual paid vacation , ykje . 5' _ I A:».-..~5~.-er».-.-.5.-er.-. .J.-.-. .- - - - - - - OCR::/Vol_093/WLURG39_RTP_19930924/WLURG39_RTP_19930924_010.2.txt Last Week: WSoc—defeats R-MW C, W Maryland VB—defeats Roanoke, Catholic WP—defeats Villanove, loses two MSoc—defea’ts Emory&Henry, loses two 3 PAGE 10 (J11: illing-tum ilflhi PORTS CROSS COUNTRY, FOOTBALL, SOCCER, VOLLEYBALL AND WATER POLO This Week: FB—Centre 09/25 . WP~at California 09/25-26 V MTen—Ro1ex Regional 09/25-26 Golf—W&L Fall Classic 09/25-26’ 9 SEPTEMBER 24, 1993 bocci: Vcatchithe fever — ON Sroars BY SARAH GILBERT o Throughout the years, ’ Washington and Lee Uni- V versity has seen some fierce battles in the arena Nof sports. W&L was the home of Cy Young, major league pitcher who was so great an award was named after him. W&L has sent numerous athletes to in- tensely-fought games at . the Regional and National championshiplevel. Many . " passionateandviciousath ‘letes have been proud to . call themselves the Gener- als of Washington and Lee. ' But I will predict that A no battles will have been fought so fiercely, no ath- letes will have been so lauded, no sport will-have I - such a savage history as I the Washington and Lee ~ ' Bocci BallToumament, to . open its wild ’and..i1lustr.i‘~’ . ous season today. A 5 V, At 5 pm; tonighgftwo V of the keenest riyals’}.ot_t; campus will kickoff .t, of . tournamentwith anintense’ . and heroic match ‘onj._the’ ’ Lee-Jackson field. Fourf ” . courageous cha.l1engers * . . from the.Ring-turu.Phiw_i1l '_ facefour mad‘'defenders. , from the'Tridentjin¥what_ : could be the most. notori~ ; I ous clash in the history of ' bW&L Bocci.‘ . _ . -:5 And toanswer.theques- 1 tion of the week (yes, this one’s for you, Stephen), q bocci isyan ,Ita1ian‘iawn_l . bowling. game;"'.Partici— pants attempt toroll‘ balls . ' gsirnilar to bowlingballs in I ‘ an attemptto come near a '_ I :3 wooden ball.‘ Trash talk- ZV,_in'g is allowed. , Boccii Commissioner V -. I)avi.dfHo'wiVson tested the ‘ 1,: ftVe]ld»V.lastI ».weel; 13;; 1 Va; p;g_.~. _ ', eason 2 withvsorne 2 g of .t1ife;Idorrn counselors; 2' " ;'‘‘We: found the fieldto {be in .excellent shape.’ for v ' the ,first competition,” ’ .:Howison said. .“Infact, we narn’ed"a slight hillon the . . ,V field ‘Spencer Ridge’ fora , I notorious“ shot‘ ’Spen_c,er— ‘ Golladay made.” V o .. JuniorBethProvanzana explained the shot, in which :G:olIaday’*s ball. ' stopped’ just. above‘ . Howison’s ball on the V V, j. small rise; causing bothof {is the balls to roll down the , ridge.V..l.*~ '3 j .- ‘i~ff‘Icou1dn’.t,belieyehow . fiercely A. competitive we got,’.’.Prcvanzan_a said. , Bocci is Vnot just"corn- I petit‘ive,f_'it can get mean. » '-Howison explained that . heckling is a part of the garnegj jg; , .. . V I H “Bocci_.} requires great courage)’; the commis- sione.1i_said.V"fHeckling is V encoura"ged.f’§ ii .5 ’ Heckling will be the leastofour worries as we facethc Tridcntfthis after- V noon. If the reader has pe- -‘ rused the‘--lremjainder of these hallowed pages (re; willknow’one_ reasonwhy. Other cvmatch-ups planned, one every Friday, includetheCollegeRepVub~ Iicans versus the College , Democrats, Jubilee versus V Southern Comfort, “all the , real rivalries on campus,” ‘ . said I-Iowison’. »V V 3 24-; TI1evW&LfBocci Ball 3 _ Toumamentwillbeplayed ‘ ,in._traditional tournament format; winners will ad- vance and, sometimeinthe future, a champion will be "crowned. .. ” I 1;. “My dream isfor an interesttodevelopon cam- _ pus,and tohaveachampi- ; onship match where hun- . dreds of people will come out to watch, and a barbe- . cue at my house,” said .~Commissioner Howison. “I have ....¢:s in ans-” "the" * 1* sonkicks off tonight at five. .- {The Trident intends to — “make -_full_use; of the un- limited substitution rule.” Takingthefield forthePhi will be, among others, your trusty sports editor. Expect greatness. I do. And read about it in the Phi-whetherornotwewin. the‘EC budget story), he I‘ Hall of Fame game set Generals closer to a first victory. On the defensive side of the ball, safety Marc Newman turned in an outstanding performance in the Emory and Henry game. If the defense does not spend the game in its own end, the fans on Saturday can expect a solid performance. One of the key questions going in to the Centre contest has to be W&L’s offensive line. The unit allowed eight sacks last week and two blocked punts. In order for the Generals to win, the line must provide both adequate pass protection and run blocking. The Generals must also avoid the turnovers that plagued them against Emory and Henry. With fewer turnovers, the defense plays fewer series with their backs against the goal line. If the W&L team plays with confidence and precision, they have the talent to put together a win on Saturday. By STEPHEN WILLIARD Phi Assitant Sports Editor After the defeat at the hands of Emory and Henry two weeks ago, Washington & Lee has a chance to dent the win column against Centre this weekend. Boasting a number of statistical leaders in the conference (OK, so it’s only one game, but still, what other good things can come out of a 36-6 defeat?), the W&L squad could make some noise in Saturday’s game. Tom Mason needs to turn in a repeat perfor- mance of two weeks ago (90 yards rushing) to give some support for quarterbacks Brooks Fischer and Matt Reedy. Also, consistent ef- forts from Reedy and Fischer would push the Photo by Bethany Smith, The Ring-tum Phi Members of the Washington and Lee men’s soccer team avoid an Emory and Henry defender during the Gener- als’ first win, Sept. 21 at Liberty Hall Fields. By RANSOM JAMES Phi Staff Writer The men’s soccer team re- bounded this week after an 0-4 start, claiming a 10-1 thrashing of Emory and Henry and a 4-0 defeat of Bridgewater. On Tuesday, the first-year Emory and Henry squad visited W&L, giving the Generals a chance to regroup and build some confidence. Goal-scoring had been a problem in the four losses but the team charged out of this slump, putting the ball in the back of the net ten times. After senior midfielder Matt Goodwin scored early, the Generals were relent- less. Sophomore attacker Bo Manuel netted two goals while John Robinson, Shag Drewry, and five others contributed one goal apiece. Freshman keeper Matt Mazzarelli continues to im- prove in the net, giving up just one goal. “Obviously, there wasn’t too much pressure in the game so we were able to work on a few things we needed to do,” said Coach Rolf Piranian. AgainstBridgewateron Tues- day, it was more of the same. Seniorcaptain Alan Christensen, freshman David Coming, and Drewry all lit up the scoreboard for the Generals. Freshman Bill Gill added one more on a penalty kick to claim the 4-0 victory. After being outscored 16-4 in their first four games, Coach Piranian retooled the defense. He lrst Win for men’s soccer had employed a zone during the losses, and the break in the sched- ule allowed him to make some changes. . “We didn’t change the whole zone. We just made a little ad- justment with the back four dc- fenders. There will be some more assignments given out as opposed to just a strict zone,” said Piranian. The adjustments were rflade in part due to the team’s disap- pointing showing in the first—evcr W&L Soccer Classic. In Saturday’s opener, the Generals managed to keep Frostburg State scoreless until just before the first half ended. Down 1-0 at thObe- ginning of the second half, the team looked flat. They allowed two more goals to drop the con- test, 3-0. , W&L looked better on Sun- day against Juanita, maintaining some control over the pace tfthe game. Senior Tim McCarthy scored in the first half to keep the game close. Despite a 21-10 shot advantage, however, the Gener- als couldn’t hold on, losing 3-1. Besides the 0-4 start, the team appears to be on a comelfick. ‘ They will need all they can us- ter for this weekend as they face ODAC-favorite Roanoke Col- lege. “Emory and Henry is no Roanoke,” Piranian said, “but we’re trying to work on some things and get ourselves t<,the level we should be playing at.” ~ I The Generals are now 2-4* overall and 2-0 in the confer- ence. On the run... Photo by Bethany Smit , The Ring-tum Phi Virginia Mllitary Institute cadets serve as a daily reminder for Washington and Lee students that the Surgeon General recommends weekly exercise. Plays of theweek: the wild and the zany AWAY GAMES BY STEPHEN WILLIARD Football. While it is still early in the season, football is fast becoming the dominant sport on television (at least on every TV I’ve seen). To all those who are already caught up in the violent mayhem that is American football-—Gct a grip. The season is only three gamesold and already the Cow- boys have been written off for dead and the Giants and Eagles are Superbowl contenders. Yes, there have been some great games, but I prefer to take my yearly dose of the sport in De- cember and January, not Sep- tember. Despite the fact that the sea- son remains in its inchoate stages, some controversy has already arisen. In a recent Redskins—Cardinals game, Phoenix safety Chuck Cecil de- livered two crushing hits on Redskins receivers. One hit, on Ron Middleton, jarred loose Middleton’s helmet. After re- ceiving accolades from an- nouncers, coaches, and fans (both hits came in crucial situ- ations in the Phoenix win), Cecil was informed of the $30,000 fine resulting fromthe two hits. In the incident, the league (citing spearing, or hittingwith the crown of the helmet) fined a player for playing good, hard football. There were no penal- ties on either play. In fact one of the announcers calling the game described the hits as_Pro- Bowl caliber. Maybe the NFL should entertain the novel idea of letting the players play foot- ball. The other major story of the week comes from the baseball arena. Bottom of the ninth— Red Sox ahead 3-] with Yan- kee catcher Mike Stanley at the plate and two out. Stanley flies out to end the game...Or does he? At the last possible moment, the home plate um- pire calls time and the play doesn’tcount. The reason? A 15 year—old fan is running down the third base line. The play eventually cost the Red Sox the game after the Yankees ral- lied to win 4-3. This is the second time that a fan has played an instrumental role in a Yankee victory. In August, a fan reached out and presented Don Mattingly with a home run at the expense of Oriole outfielder Mark Maclemore. A fan catchinga ball is one thing, but Stadium security should never have allowed the Boston incident to take place. Yankee Stadium, while one of the most famous venues in baseball displays woefully lax security. Fights,physical abuse of opposing fans, and disturb ing incidents such as the one described have become all too common. Maybe it’s all a plot to get the team moved across the river to New Jersey. Parting Shots——— Hats off to Randau Cunningham after leading the most impressive comeback of the season against the Wash- ington Redskins on Sunday. Randall scrambled his way to an impressive down the field march with under 2:00 to play To the staffs of the Phi and the Trident... What the hell is Bocci?!?! W&L Team Records Women’s Soccer Volleyball Men’s Cross Country Women’s Cross Country Water Polo Men’s Soccer Football Wins—Losses 4-1 Percentage .800 " .625 .500 .500 .429 0 .200 .000