OCR::/Vol_093/WLURG39_RTP_19931105/WLURG39_RTP_19931105_001.2.txt - ‘v---< A wAsi»»iiNGToN 5. i.».;..: LJJ;V£Ei7iSllTY L'.:.XlNGTON, VA 24450 NW 0 5 i993" ,‘?lin’t your Eusiness anyhow... fliutfior 91/[c‘l/Viffiams discusses con- sensuaf crimes across the 11.5. 9 Football victorious Bridgewater defeated 41- 16 Mason breaks records he ‘fling-tum lfllii VOLUME 93, NO. 09 EC Warns Zollman’s erashers WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA By TOM HESPOS Phi News Editor Members of the Executive Committee nearly “lfit it ride” Monday, when it was announced that several students had misrepresented them- selves in order to get into a Halloween party. Second—year Law Representative Kevin Webb said Monday that complaints had been received about students using other students’ identities to gain entrance to a multi-fratemity pagty. The party, held at Zollman’s Pavilion, had a guest list of people who would be admit- ted to see the Dave Matthews Band. “One dude’s name got used, like, fourtimes,” said Webb. EC President Bob Tompkins drew parallels to last year’s Lip Synch party, when students regmedly snuck in without paying. “Both of these kind of things are bad,” said Tompkins. After several EC members expressed that the EC should forget about the incident and “let it ride,” Junior Class EC Representatice Alex Cross suggested the EC draw up a student body nofice, condemning the situation. The EC also heard from Vice President Jimmy Kull about avoiding the city car tax. Kull said the city can charge students for their cars only if they can prove that the car is garaged in Lexington for 6 months out of the year. ccording to Kull, if a student keeps his or her car in town for the school year, the car will be present in Lexington for six months and seven weeks. Kull said if students can keep their cars out of town for seven weeks, students can avoid the car tax. “Don’t let the city scare the students,” said Klw. Photo by Patrick Hinely Thanks for the memories.... A. Stevens Miles ‘51, left, rector of the Board of Trustees of Washington and Leeiuniversity, accepts a resolution of appreciation from Lexington Mayor H.E. “Buddy" Derrick. The resolution recognizes W&L:s contributions to the city's wql being through cultural activities, involvement of students, faculty and staff in a variety of activites, economic benefit, and Fraternity Renaissance Program. NOVEMBER 5, 1993 Pledgeship rules By MELISSA SAWYER Phi Staff Writer The Interfraternity Council voted to pass deferred pledgeship policies at its meeting on Tues- day. The new regulations restrict the treatment of pledges by fra- ternity brothers. The new policies permit fresh- men to attend one weekly chap- ter meeting (not a pledge meet- ing); freshmen may participate in house clean-ups after week- end parties between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and noon on Saturday and Sunday as long as an equal number of active members also participate; freshmen may serve as sober drivers on the weekends no more than once a month as long as at least one active mem- ber is also assigned that chapter duty; freshmen may participate in service and philanthropy projects which are chapter rather than pledge activities. The new regulationsalsocarry with them new penalties. On the first offense, the fraternity loses one week of pledgeship and ob- tains one week of social proba- tion. On the second offense, the fraternity loses twoadditional weeks of pledgeship, receives two weeks of social probation, pays a fine of $25 perpledge, and the IF C notifies the National Fra- set temity and Housing Corporation. On the third offense, the frater- nity receives probable referral to the Student Affairs Committee. Responses to the changes have been mixed, although the mea- sure was passed unanimously at the IFC meeting on Tuesday night. Alvin Townley, freshman class president, said “Deferred pledgeship benefits freshmen a great deal by allowing those of us who decide to pledge a fraternity several months to adjust to the academic demands and social pressures of colle ge without hav- ing to also deal with the rigors of formal pledgeship. At this point most of us are still learning to manage our time well and the time that formal pledgeship con- sumes would make things much more difficult.” Sasha Hartman, freshman class vice-president, said that from a woman’s point of view, “If there is any feasible way to enforce it, then it’s great. But I can’t see a pledge turning in his fraternity brothers.” IFC members cited enforce- ment as_ a problem with the new regulations. Ryan Donaldson noted in the last IFC meetings that while the council will not seek our pledgeship violations in the manner that it sought out rush violations, reports of violations will be investigated. Dorm visits confuse Security suspects Cadaver entered rooms By MICHELLE BRIEN Phi News Editor The Cadaver Society is finally getting some publicity. The Cadaver Society is a se- cret society that bills itself as “friends of the university”. Ac- cording to Washington and Lee ‘ director of security Mike Young, . the Oociety has made numerous monetary donations to‘ W&L. ‘However, the group is better known for its late-night poster- hanging forays on campus. A man who security officials believe to be a member of the secutt society entered rooms 103 and 109 in Graham-Lees dorm early on Oct. 27. The man fled when he realized that the occu- pants of the rooms were awake. Dorm Counselor Allen Gillespie said an average sized- mag between 5’ 10” and 6’, weighing about 170 lbs. and wearing dark-colored clothing entered his room (109) at about 3:45 a.m., about 15 minutes after he had gone to bed. Gillespie admitted his room was dark, but said that light coming from the hallgvay behind the man framed him in the open doorway. “I’d been up late that night writing a paper with one of my freshmen,” Gillespie said. “Within 10 to 15 minutes of go- ing to bed I woke up and saw someone in my room.” Gillespie said that when the man realized he was awake, he took off across the parking lot behind the dorm. “I yelled stop, but he took off running,” Gillespie said. Gillespie said he saw three people dressed in black flee from near the stairs leading to the foot- bridge, a total of four people. Gillespie returned to his room and called campus security, but left again to check his car. He said he was afraid of a possible burglary. ‘‘I went back to my room and put on pants— I was in my under- wear and it was kind of cold out there. There was paint on the stairs where they were squatting.” Gillespie said he also saw a stack of Cadaver Society posters on the ground nearwhere they were. Ther e is also a newly painted Cadaver symbol on the stairs leading to the Footbridge. The reporting security offi- cer, Fred Ryan, said he went to the parking lots behind the gym when he got the call. When he arrived, he saw two cars parked side by side in the otherwise empty lower lot. Both sped away in opposite directions. Ryan fol- lowed one vehicle — a black Jeep wagon, possibly a Chero- kee or a Wrangler, he said. Ryan saw four young males in the car. ‘‘I believe it was an out-of- state license plate,” Ryan said. ‘‘It didn’t appear to be a Virginia license plate. The number se- quence corresponds to Louisi- ana.” Ryan said that the car is not listed in the student vehicle reg- istry, but it is “a campus-type vehicle with a W&L sticker.” Ryan called the Lexington police that night . The police ran the license number sequence — three numbers, a letter, then three more numbers -—~ Ryan had writ- ten down through the police com- puters, but no match was found. Ryan said either the number he took down was incorrect or the computer network was down. Ryan had not checked the num- ber with the Louisiana Depart- ment of Motor Vehicles. Freshman Doug Ghertner in room 103 said that he was half- awake when a man entered his room, but he turned over in bed, apparently frightening the man away. Security found two Cadaver Society posters in the Graham bees hall where Gillespie and Ghertner live. Cadaver posters and signs were out on campus the next morning, as well as the painted Cadaver Society symbol on the Footbridge steps. There are also Cadaver Society sym- bols painted on the outside wall and windowsill beneath the win- if , Photo by Bethany Smith, The Ring-tum Phi VMI officials said Cadet Phillip Watson’s statement is enough to clear his name without any further evidence. VMI ends investigation Cadet denies sending racial threats to himself notes contained racial overtones. it was a hoax. They haven’t said anything.” dowof Graham-Lees room 109, which is next door to Ghertner’s room. Director of W&L Security Mike Young said there have been no reports of Cadavers entering dorm rooms in the three years he has worked here. Ryan also said this is the first report in the five years he has worked as a security guard for W&L of Cadavers en- tering dorm rooms. “I don’t think they’re bad people,” Young said. “But from time to time some members try to outdo the other members. This is all speculation, but I don’t think it’s unreasonable. “It’ll probably probably cool their jets when this comes out in the newspaper.” By MICHELLE BRIEN Phi News Editor Although state police and the FBI con- cluded their investigations of racial threats allegedly made to a Virginia Military Insti- tute cadet, VMI’s investigation continued until today. Colonel Mike Strickler of the VMI public relations office said that state police deter- mined the incident “was a hoax. There was no racial motivation and no threat to the safety of the cadet.” But Strickler said the internal VMI investigation will continue un- til today and will conclude whether or not a culprit is found. The investigations stemmed from a series of threatening notes sent to first—year, or senior, black cadet Phillip Watson. Watson received a total of three notes, each more threatening than its predecessor. Two of the Media reports last weekend said Watson himself wrote and sent the notes. But Watson read a statement to the corps of cadets Mon- day and to Channel 10 Tuesday stating his innocence. “News reports that appeared last Satur- day, October 30, contained several distorted statements,” stated Watson. “To be specific, the letters that I received several weeks ago were not written by me, nor do I know who wrote them. I have worked hard during my nine semesters here to support the corps and the Institution. I hope that you, the corps, will now help me clear my name and set the record straight.” Strickler said state police concluded the letters were a hoax when Watson told police that he “didn’t mean for it to go this far.” Strickleradded the police “did not say Watson initiated the letters. They [the police] deter- mined from their investigation that they felt “People could have taken the FBI state- ment to say Watson initiated the hoax,” Strickler said. “It could be construed as that.”But, Strickler added, “The fact is that he has placed his honor on the line.” If a culprit is found within the student body, discipline will be severe and could include dismissal from the institute, accord- ing to Strickler. VMI Superintendent Major General John Knapp said in the Oct. 8 edition of the The Ring-tum Phi that “the initiator of the notes, if and when he is caught, will be summarily dismissed and his name will be turned over to the police.” Knapp recently said that Watson’s state- ment to the corps and to the press was suffi- cient to clear his name under the VMI Honor System. “Absent evidence to the contrary, that is all we need in the VMI system to relieve him of any suspicion.” OCR::/Vol_093/WLURG39_RTP_19931105/WLURG39_RTP_19931105_002.2.txt BEYOND THE BLUE RIDGE Eleven-year-olds go to trial in toddler death Two English 11-year-olds are the youngest people in Britain to ever be charged with murder after they allegedly killed a 2- year-old toddler who wandered away from his mother at a shopping mall. James Bulger was killed in February after he disappeared while accompanying his mother to a butcher shop. The boy wandered off and was found dead two days later. The two older boys were photographed with the child in the mall after he had wandered off. Chretien takes over as Prime Minister of Canada Liberal Party Leader Jean Chretien took over as prime minister of Canada Thursday after the Labor Party was cata- pulted into power in reaction to voter dissatisfaction with the economy. The Liberals pulverized the opposition in last week’s general election, winning 177 of the 295 seats in the House of Commons. Kim Campbell, who became Canada’s first woman prime minister after taking over for Brian Mulroney, submitted her govemment’s resignation at 10 a.m. Thursday. An hour and a half later, Christien and his Cabinet were sworn in. The Nation Director killed in Malibu fires Helicopters dumped huge containers of seawater on the flames as firefighters continued to fight an arson fire in Malibu that claimed 200 homes and killed a man. Although Wednesday brought relief in the form of moist ocean breezes that allowed firefighters to contain a small part of the blaze, gusts of wind posed a continual threat to homes. Director-screenwriter Duncan Gibbons was burned while attempting to rescue a cat from the house where he was staying. Gibbons later died. He was 41. Man who built stealth model two years early unveils plane A model designer for Testor Corp. claims he has worked out an accurate model of a new U.S. spy plane that can fly at seven times the speed of sound. The United States Air Force denies that any such plane exists. However, the last time‘ Testors did this, it turned out to be an accurate model of the then-secret stealth fighter. The plane the model represents can supposedly fly at 5,200 m.p.h. The current record-holder, the SR-71 Blackbird, can travel at 2,193 m.p.h. Packwood prepares for court After being defeated in the Senate, Senator Bob Packwood is preparing to go to court to keep his personal diaries out of investigators’ hands looking into allegations of sexual miscon- duct and criminal wrongdoing. Packwood said the Senate Ethics Committee has no right to rummage through his diaries, which he called “very very personal.” River Phoenix autopsy inconclusive Investigators are awaiting test results to learn whether drugs caused the death of actor River Phoenix after an inconclusive autopsy. Phoenix, 23, died early Sunday after collapsing outside a Los Angeles nightclub. Paramedics that arrived on the scene were told Phoenix had been taking drugs and tests found cocaine and Valium in his bloodstream. The License plate case goes to federal court A man whose vanity license tags reading “GOVT SUX” were canceled by the state has taken his case to federal court to have the plates reinstated. Mark Steckbeck, 34, of Arlington, filed a suit Tuesday in the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, saying his First Amedment rights were violated by the State Department of Motor Vehicles. Allen predicts smooth transition Govemor-elect George Allen said he and Governor Douglas Wilder will work closely in order to ensure a smooth transition after 12 years of democratic control. Allen pummeled Democrat Mary Sue Terry in elections on Tuesday. Allen said he antici- pates few problems in getting his programs through the Demo- crat-controlled General Assembly. ,1 ~- 1: Sports 5 AL, NL bestow Cy You Greg Maddux won his second straight National League Cy Young award and J ack McDowell became the first member of the Chicago White Sox to win a Cy Young in a decade. Rumors have circulated that the White Sox may trade McDowell if an agreement cannot be reached on a multi-year contract. Maddux is the first player to win the Cy Young in consecutive years with different teams. Pg . N IFC chooses W&L for program Photo by Bethany Smith, The Ring-tum Phi National lnterfraternity Conference Representative Richard Kurila speaks to students about the merits of Adopting a school. Dog owners continue to get city violations By JOEL SYMONDS Phi Contributing Writer Many Washington and Lee students have been fined by the City of Lexing- ton for various “dog offenses” since the beginning of the school year. Lexington now requires that all dogs be on a leash, be in the company of the owner, have a rabies vaccine and have a city dog tag. Lexington Dog Warden R.D. Clark has given out 24 fines since Sept. 1. Eighteen of the fines were for “dogs at large”. Clark picked up senior Don Skelly ’s dog for being at large. The dog was consequently taken to the Animal Shel- ter, where Skelly had to pick up his dog and pay a $41 fine. Skelly calls the dog law a “fascist oppression of W&L’s dogs.” Lexington Chief of Police Bruce M. Beard said the laws were made in an attempt to prevent the destruction of property by dogs and to “keep animals contained to the owner’s property.” “The student body has been com- plying better than in previous years,” Beard said. He added that he felt the number of students fined was pretty low. Cold-check covers students V By KATHLEEN Qurru<_ 7"" Phi Staff Writer ' What should you do when you sud- denly realize that your account won’t cover the check you wrote last week? Don ’t panic, W&L’s Cold Check Com- mittee has probably already taken care of it for you. The Washington and Lee Cold Check Committe'e covers bad checks written by W&L students. “Basically, if a student writes a bad check, we just cover it and try to get the student to pay it off,” said committee member Alex Churchill. The Executive Committee founded the committee about 10 years ago with the intent that student checks could cotne to be accepted in town, accord- ing to committee chair Pat Smith. “Merchants don’t have to worry about student checks,” Smith said. “They can accept them without ques- tioning. If you bounce a check at, say, The Palms, we cover it.” The student is then called to a meet- ing to repay the committee. There is also a fine, usually around five dollars, that can vary “depending on the of- fense,” said Smith. The committee has only had one bad check to cover this year. “But,” said Smith, “come spring term, we get a lot more.” The Ring-tum PhLNovember 5. 1993 By ETHAN KRUPP Phi Staff Writer National lnterfraternity Conference Representative Richard Kurila was on campus Wednesday to discuss its Adopt-A-School program. The goal of the program is to estab- lish one-on-one relationships with at- risk students at the elementary school level. Kurila, a senior at Lynchburg College, is the regional director for the program. The program is sponsored by a $99,500 start-up grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, Michigan, to implement the program at 85 pilot colleges and universities throughout the nation. Washington and Lee was chosen as one of those E schools. Part of the reason is W&L’s strong Greek system. The program has five basic seg- ments. The first is the ‘Community Voice segment. During this stage, the participants get out to the schools and determine need and set up the program. The second stage, Orientation Semi- nars, stress commitment and training for the program. Meaningful Action, the third stage, allows the college stu- dents to work with and encourage their assigned student. This is done through two hour-sessionsaweek. Abimoflthly meeting is the fourth stage of the Adopt- A-School program. The Reflection stage allows students to talk with oth- ers about methods and share success stories. The final stage, Evaluation, allows the participants and schools to look at the program, find areas in Qeed of improvement, and suggest solutions. Kurila is responsible for explaining and organizing the Adopt-A-School program at Lynchburg College, Uni- versity of Richmond, George Mason University, College of William and Mary, and Washington and Leefllnin, versity. l Associate Dean of Students Leroy “Buddy” Atkins volunteered to serve as a coordinator to the program. “This program could be in place by the be-. ginningof the winterterm,afterChristi mas,” Atkins said. . He and Kurila hope that the 16 fraternities, four sororities, and other interested organizationson campuswill make this program a success. By CATHY RESMER Phi Contributing Writer Fund can help ’* Journalists Journalism students at Washing- ton and Lee will soon be receiving a helping hand, thanks tothe creation of the Tau Mu Phi fund. The Tau Mu Phi’s Greek letters are an acronym for the phrase “sup- porters of the student voice.” The fund can benefit any student inter- ested in journalism. It is a non- profit, charitable trust created last April by three former editors of The Ring-tum Phi: Cathryn Lopiccolo and Rick Peltz, both 1993 gradu- ates, and Patricia Lopes, ’91. The fund was created to provide students with outside contacts in the fields of law and journalism, and to provide resources that will enhance journalism education in the class- rooms. One of the ways the three founders of the fund hope to accom- plish this is by providing a link be- tween students and alumni that is independent of the university. The creators of Tau Mu Phi also hope to one day be able to provide money for scholarships and equipment pur- chases and to bring speakers to cam- pus. Another goal of the founders of Tau Mu Phi is to aid the creation of new publications. Because there are so few student-produced publica- tions available to W&L students, the Tau Mu Phi founders feel that more forums are needed for stu- dents to express their views. Thgy said the addition of more student- produced publications and possibly the addition of new broadcast sta- tions will benefit the entire campus by broadening the scope of view- points to which W&L students and faculty are exposed. ' Lopiccolo hopes that new publi- cations, “might be ableto spursome debate” about issues of public inter- est. The monetary goals, as Lopiccolo was quick to explain,will not be realized immediately. Tfle Tau Mu Phi fund was created just last year and its financial base is not yet large enough to support exten- sive monetary ventures Lopiccolo said donations are being solicited from alumni, as well as from other nationwide funds, llrt it will be a few years before the fund is able to give substantial grants. The Tau Mu Phi fund came about ‘ because, as journalism majors, Lopes, Lopiccolo and Peltz all felt that W&L journalism students needed outside help. Peltz said the school’s current method of provid- ing all support through the Execu- tive Committee and the University “makes you overly dependent on student government and the univer- sity and it inhibits your ability to do your job.” § Lopiccolo said the Tau Mu Phi fund was created because its founders “want to make your job as journalism students easier.” What are you doing’? Photo by Bathany Smith, The Ring-tum Qhi Occasionally students catch a photographer in the act. But the weather will rapidly change, leaving little opportunity for photographs of students studying outside. Weather reports say there is a chance of snow tlurries this weekend. OCR::/Vol_093/WLURG39_RTP_19931105/WLURG39_RTP_19931105_003.2.txt The Ring-tum Phi, November 5,1993 Bestselling By @tl’Z1i£{‘J/Vi[T11i71£qt0Tl I ’.Pfii ffeatures £t{itor When is the last time you read a book that proposed to legalize drugs and prostitution, reinterpret the Bible and generate $200 billion dlars per year for the national government along the way? Ain ’t Nobody ’s Business If You Do , pub- lished earlier this fall, aspires to such colossal goals and more. This is the kind of book that reviewers love to call ‘an ambitious project.’ Nobody ’s Business is ambitious in the way thg a book report on the Encyclopedia Brittanica might be considered ambitious. The subtitle of the book, The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in a Free Society, offers readers a glimpse of what author Peter . McWilliams has in store for them in the next 815 pages. That McWilliams chose to use the ' . tit of a Bessie Smith blues as the title instead ,. of c more descriptive subtitle is a significant commentary on his instinct for combining an informal, often playful, style with seemingly unapproachably serious topics. It is hard to imagine any American disagree- ing with McWilliams’ thesis: “You should be able to do whatever you want with your own pefion or property, as long as you don’t physi- cally harm the person or property of another.” The disagreements come when McWilliams applies his thesis to activities considered con- 1 sensual crimes in America. Aconsensual crime is an action that is against the law, but does not 1: hann anyone’s person or property. If his thesis is Dccepted as an unconditional, fundamental . characteristic of a free society, McWilliams argues no consensual activity can be consid- ered a crime. A brief list of some existing consensual crimes McWilliams believes should be legal- ized includes: prostitution, drug usage, po- lygimy, homosexuality, pornography, assisted suicide, public drunkenness, and transvestism. He approaches each issue assuming that most readers have grown up conditioned to consider certain consensual activities as unquestionably criminal. The final judgment on the validity of M Williams’ conclusions rests on the readers’ wil ingness to apply the idea of personal free- dom to all circumstances—especially those usually considered taboo. He resists the idea of being labeled a liberal or conservative. McWilliams said the ideas presented in the book represent “the essence of co ervatism and the essence of liberalism and the essence of what Jesus taught. Conservatism is based upon individual responsibilities, small government and business.” Much of the strength of McWilliams’ asser- tions in the book comes from his comprehen- , sive research of the history of specific laws and tabs) activities. ne area where McWilliams will almost ' certainly be attacked is his argument for the ‘legalization of drugs. He called this concept “simply pragmatic.” His chapter on the recreational use of drugs A includes historical studies of the uses of popu- 11 VOIKLI DION): VJUIIN return . .. , ‘I/I/efi“L ife iNobody’s Business is good business author aims to legalize consensual crimes lar drugs and the physiological and vote...Tyranny has always come in I psychological ef- through the active fects of those ' . minority and the drugs. P 1 Christian Coali- McWil1iams’ tion is a minority. narrative describ- L The old enemies, in g the powers be- A Catholics and Prot- hind theoutlawing I estants, who used of marijuana pro- to burn each other, vides an entirely have banded to- new perspective gether.” on the anti-drug The longest campaigns of re- sectionofthebook cent years. is devoted to ex- He traces the aminingChristian- eventual govern- ityintertnsofcon- ment ban on mari- sensual crime. juana, or hemp, to The most abusmess concern unique and surpris- of William ing aspect of Randolph Hearst Nobody’sBusiness and the DuPont M I , ~ is McWilliams’ Corrioratgon. d “'76 ADSl»t't'0'll,:t) Of 1 7 8 — p a g 3 “ n t e mi - ., .. , -~ ' , review an 1930’s, machin- (“fm‘sU1‘Md( C’)./ml“ reinterpretation of ery was perfected in at ,l3‘i’(i£3 SOClEi.)1 theteachingsofthe that would allow the hemp fiber to Bible. He spends much of his time be more easily and giving his view on economically the teachings of separated from the Jesus. plant...Hearst not “You may, like only printednews- m e , w o n d e r : papers; he made ; . ‘Where do these thepaperonwhich *-W 1«)§3“57 evangelicals get to print them. If _i\,jCV\‘.rfl[;‘am5 off taking a nice hemp became the man like Jesus and primary source of using him to jus- paper...much of tify their igno- Hearst’s paper rance, intolerance, m a c h i n e r y and personal [would] become obsolete...DuPont ...had just patented a process for mak- ing paper from wood pulp...The process, which re- lied heavily on DuPont chemi- cals, was not nec- essary in manu- facturing paper from hemp. Addi- tionally, DuPont had...perfected the miracle fiber nylon...lnexpensive, readily grown hempfiberswould put a damper on two of DuPont’s future money makers...Make of these facts what you will. One thing is certain: Hearst and DuPont made a fortune thanks to the prohibition on hemp.” McWilliams goes on to show how Hearst used his newspapers and magazines to prompt the government campaign against hemp and the eventual ban in 1937. Though not discussed in the book, McWilliams likes to draw a parallel between Prohibition and the War on Drugs . S “Both political parties were behind [Prohibition]...Education was behind it...They taught if you took one drink, you’re life was ruined,” said McWilliams. He believes that religion is the basis for most of the support behind consensual crime laws including the ban on drugs. “The opposition is a religious issue,” said McWilliams, “They’re well financed and well organized and well aware that people don’t ‘.3 with old drive By STEPHEN WILLIARD Phi Staff Writer Who says old dogs can’t learn new tricks? Often, success is just a matter of remember- ing old tricks, or, in the case of Rush, getting back to the sound that spawned their success. With their new release, Counterparts, the time-tested trio of Neil Peart, Geddy Lee, and Alex Lifeson moves away from the increas- ingly mellow tunes of Presto and their most recent release, Roll the Bones. Whether or not this is an improvement is left up to the discression of the buyer, but for me the album stands above Roll the Bones as a success. Right from the start, Counterparts pulses with an energy that was lacking in most of the two previous albums. The lead single, “Animate”, sets the tone for the other 10 songs. The tempo is upbeat, but not to the point of incomprehensible thrash. Rush seems to have found that delicate middle ground between the early releases (Rush,Hemispheres, etc.) and the latest mature efforts. On any successful album, there are failed concepts. Rush is by no means exempt from this fact. “Alien Shore” is the weakest tune on the album, and, along with “Cut to the Chase,” just maintains a confused rythm. These are more than atoned forwith the power of “Double Agent” and “Cold Fire.” “Cold Fire” might possibly be the best song on the release if for no other reason than sheer drive and force. The closest approach to the sound of Roll the Bones comes with “Nobody’s Hero,” a song that ties acoustic elements to the “grunge” sound of the rest of the album to produce a hybrid sound that leaves the listener riveted. Once again, however, the real strength of Rush’s music lies in their lyrics. Neil Peart once again writes or co-writes all of the songs, and pieces together the words into a form of art. Throughout the album, Peart places the defin- ing stamp on each song with his lyrical signa- ture. One listener complained that Rush had no “drive” in their music. With Counterparts, the band has recaptured the spirit of their early work and combined it with the maturity that comes from almost twenty years of experience. prejudice,” McWilliams says in the introductory chapter ‘Consen- sual Crimes and the Bible.’ He goes on to reinterpret almost every Biblical verse used to sup- port the existence of consensual crime laws. » tend to upset con- servatives. Some recent definitions of sexual harass- ment and rape have him up in arms. The concept of responsibility and consent are very cut and dry issues for McWilliams. “If you’re in a situation then you have given con- sent. If you say no or walk away, you take it away,” he said. “You ’ve got to be able to say no and get up and walk out.” McWilliams believes people need to re- examine their definitions of responsibility. People need to ask “Are you responsible be- cause you say no or is the other person respon- McWilliams’« ‘ PAGE 3 sible for not asking?” he said. Rape shouldn’t be a case where “If you are largerand she thinks you might overpower her—that’s nonsense.” McWilliams doesn’t want to seem insensi- tive to harassment or rape issues, though. “It’s a very serious business (rape)...Men need to learn that they do not have the right to have sex with a girl because they went out on a date. But people get caught up in all the nonsense...The people who need to realize the idea of consent use the nonsense to point out how they don’t need to learn anything.” McWilliams includes a state-by-state chart at the back of the book comparing the status of laws against consensual activities in the United States. Virginia is notable for being one of the states with laws against all but one of the charted activities. Some people may be surprised to learn that laws have been passed forbidding heterosexual oral sex, fornication, and cohabi- tation but not assisted suicide. McWilliams said the age of consent for each state is also included “to compare and con- trast.” “lt’s astonishing that 13 is the age of consent in New Mexico...you don’t usually think of New Mexico as a heathen state,” he said. McWilliams thinks it is also worth noting that the age of consent ranges from 13 in New Mexico to 19 in Wyoming. He believes these laws haven’t caught up with changes in society. “You talk to someone about 13 or 14 year olds and they’re like ‘Oh my God! They’re so innocent!’ Give me a break. 13, so what? I knew what I was looking for. I knew what I was doing.” One of McWilliams’ primary motivations for writing the book is his anger that an incred- ible amount of effort and money are wasted punishing crimes which harm no one. He points out that arrests and related fees for enforcing consensual crime laws cost the country $50 billion dollars per year. If legalized drugs were taxed and 6 million jobs were created from formerly illegal activi- ties (prostitution, polygamy), McWilliams es- timates the United States would pull in an extra $200 billion per year. His suggestions for the uses of the extra money are a good example of the playfulness that permeates the book. With $200 billion dollars, we could “Pay off the national debt in twenty years...allow the Pentagon to purchase 23 wrenches, 16 office chairs, and 243 paper clips...send a check for «$87,000 to every rhighischool graduate for.fur- .views. ‘.are,n.’t salsa ftberirig bi$’br .her.eduQations1LfQrrstarting.real ‘W3')'S31h.°fiyP€ ijhatfil lifscasend teVt:ry**p¢fS£m;f)V.cr\!85«zyears old a V check. for $66,000 with a note saying, - ‘Hey, congratulations!’...or buy President Clinton 100,502,513,000 Big Macs.” As for the 350,000 people currently in jail for consensual crimes, McWilliams said, “We are in a lot of trouble as a nation and we need to use every resource we have available.” Nobody ’s Business was published less than two months ago and is only now making its way to review columns and best-seller lists. 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Eliminat- ing any one of them would have saved the government and taxpayers mil- lions or even billions of dollars. If oil shortages of the 1970’s are over, Carter is back in Georgia, and this department is still around. 6. The World Agricultural Outlook Board - As important as the monitoring of banana production in Siberia is, our government can endure the pain of its loss. 7. The National Endowment for the Arts — American culture will not col- Clinton truly lapse without wants to reduce it; morelikely the deficit, I en- it will im- courage him to provewithout start with this ANDREW the NEA to list. sponsor pro- 1. The De- _ OLMEM, gramslikethe partment of Edu- ’ , 996 M3PP1°th°TP° cation — Educa- ‘ D exhibit. tion is a matter 8. The forstate,notfed- B a r r y eral government. Goldwater . Maybe if the teachers’ unions had not contributed so much to his campaign it would have received a cut. 2. The Rural Electrification Ad- ministration — This depression-era program’s goals were achieved about thirty years ago. 3. Contributions to lntemational Organizations—The entire list of inane organizations to whom Uncle Sam gives a healthy donation is too long for a complete list. My favorites are the International Office of the Vine and Wine, International Seed Testing As- sociation, and the International Rubber Study Group. 4. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations — Have you heard of it? How important can it be? 5. The Energy Department -— The Scholarship — Goldwater is one of the great advocates of limited government; his name should not help contribute to excessive government. 9. The Hubert H. Humphrey Fel- lowships — If Barry doesn’t get one, neither should Hubert. 10. The United States Polar Re- search Programs — The $78 million spent in a desolate wasteland for this program could be put to more produc- tive uses back in the U.S. 11. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting — The benefits of not having this corporation, besides from reducing the deficit, would come in the form of better television. 12. The Neighborhood Reinvest- ment Corporation — A typical govem- ment program intended to help people, but which actually helps no one. 13. Trust Fund for Boat Safety -Are people in our society so stupid that the government must remind them to wear their life jacket? 14. The Wage and Hour Division of the Labor Department — This country doesn’t need either a minimum wage or its enforcement agency. 15. The Post Office — In a world of faxes, it is becoming obsolete. Privatization would allow it to change and improve its service. 16. The Environmental Protection Agency — This agency has become a business killing machine. We all love trees, but we should not have to kill our economy to live in a clean environ- ment. 17. The Small Business Adminis- tration— Encouraging small businesses to look to the governmentfor advice is no way toimprove an economy. 18. The Housing Pro- grams of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel- Trying to solve all of society’s problems by transferring responsibil- ity from individuals to the government inevita- bly leads to disaster. tent and end ours. 20. The National Magnetic Levi E tion Prototype Development 9- TI program conducts research on grou transportation technologies. 21. The Helium Fund — This p gram has been out of date since t Hindenberg disaster. 22. Woodsy Owl and Smokey B — Two fictional characters wk) ha been turned into a huge govemm bureaucracy. 23. Older American Volunteer P grams — Senior citizens will volunt with or without this program. I don’t expect Clinton to adopt a of these proposals, because W t * believes big government is good. best evidence of this is his health c proposal. There was never an atte to improve hea care other th through sociali tion. Cli to only propglsal resolve any pr lem is governm intervention. T society’s pro lems by transf opment — The g 0 v e r n m e nt should not be in the housing business. Most of the government projects are crime-ridden hellholes, the sooner their tenants get their own houses the better off they will be. 19. Farm Subsidies — The Agricul- ture Department’s budget is full of questionable (and confusing) subsidies. We complain when the Europeans have them, so we should at least be consis- ring resporflsibil from individu . to the govemm : inevitably leads to disaster. The res is not only a multitude of govemm program, but also govemment’s c trol of the economy. Liberty can exist without economic freedom. more government acquires the resp sibility for solving society’s proble the closer Americans come to loosi their liberties. ing to solve all OCR::/Vol_093/WLURG39_RTP_19931105/WLURG39_RTP_19931105_007.2.txt Ihe Ring-tum Phi, November 5, 1993 OPINION Spos reviews the White Book SPos’ SPACE l Tom Hespos Back in the days of the Civil War When folks were of honorable breed, And gentlemen knew what courtesy was for, A man came to Lexington on his steed. Eee was his name, an honorable man, e saved Washington College from despair Of honor he was undoubtedly quite a fan He left discipline in the students’ care. He left W&L with his system of honor, The effects of which we’re still feelin’ Violate the system and you’re a goner— No lyin’, cheatin’ or stealin’. Dishonorable conduct was also forbidden, Students were without a doubt Or hooligans who thought the E.C. was kiddin’ Soon got themselves kicked out. And the Honor System seemed to work well For one hundred years plus twenty. Gentlemenlike behavior at Dubyuhnell Could be found on campus a—plenty But students sometimes found contradiction In the system that they held so high. {here were problems with the E.C.’s jurisdiction — When did the Honor System apply? If you borrow a pencil without asking prior And so they established the W.B.R.C. To get the answers they sought. The White Book review will take place very soon And its not so difficult to see The Honor System may be singing a different tune After the changes of 1993. So how did everyone like Spos’ introduction? Cute, huh? In any case, the White Book Review Committee, headed by the gallant and noble Ames Hutton, will be taking a serious look at different Honor System issues this year. Hopefully, they will get some of the B.S. cleared up. Like for in- stance, how many people on this campus know that the two prosecutors at an honor trial later sit on the jury ,of the accused. Neat, huh? lt’s like starting off with two votes automati- cally against you. And that’s not all. The W.B.R.C. will have to ex- amine several other con- troversies as well: the single sanction penalty, whether failing to report an H.V. is an H.V. in itself, (etc). Ames and company have been given quite a bit of power by the Executive Committee. Their proposal for changes to the Honor System could alter the lives of every student at Washington and Lee. Think of how much fun they could have... Top Ten Proposed Changes to the Honor System by the Student Body Constitution. 7. Stealing a sorority girl’s car stereo after she leaves the top down on her Volkswagen Cabriolet is permitted, as well as encouraged. 6. Any student found guilty of an honor violation may avoid dismissal from the university by agree- ing to a punishment of approximately equal value (i.e. spending a week with Professor Goldsmith at a secluded mountain retreat, discussing supplyside economics). 5. Robbing a bank is not an honor violation, as long as Bob Tompkins gets his cut. 4. Students may cheat on exams if they acknowl- edge they did so in the honor pledge. 3. The Sol Wachtler Rule — stalking a former lover is not considered dis- honorable conduct. 2. Pathological liars may attend Washington and Lee if they agree to negative stimulus therapy (a sharp whack in the head with a stick for every lie they tell). l.Thethet‘tofroad signs for decoration purposes is permitted, as long as a promise is made to return them after graduation. These are just a few that Ames and his friends might consider. I’m sure the student body can think up some more imaginative ones. Submit them to Ames when you do. After all, if the students don’t participate in the Honor System review, the pledge may end up looking like the following next year: Is that like stealing a car? Could the E.C. likely brand you a liar For stories told at a bar? There were plenty of questions for the E.C. Some that required great thought MY VIEW MICHAEL HEWLETT, ’96 Qear Whoopi, At one point in my life, I was proud of you. You won an Oscar for Best Supporting RoleinGhost—ararity for a black woman. Yet, your actions of late have my soul in a tundra. You seem to have forgotten your history, your I/onderful,beauti— ful black history. I remember 10. Wearing Birkenstocks with socks can be con- sidered dishonorable conduct. 9. Lying to protect one’s reputation after drinking too much and engaging in sexual activities with an unattractive member of the opposite sex is permitted. 8. Burning the White Book is a freedom protected and the jokes, declaring that nothing was wrong with them. In fact, the jokes were hilarious, you said. Suffice it to say, you disappointed me. You sold your history short. Does Amos ’n’ Andy ring a bell? What about Al Jolsen, that white actor who ‘ performed in black-face? What about all the blacks who had to play the “Sambo” role or pass for white in order to get their foot through the door? Did you remember them? They didn’t disgrace themselves because they wanted to—they had no choice. In reading in Jet “Nigger” wasn’t the early part magazine how you of this cen- encouraged your funny whell blacks were tury, white ;‘;;::.:::‘,”a“S:‘; Spa‘ 3;» ,‘,''‘‘PP§‘‘’ :.*;3;.:2::: “Cheers”), to ap- curse ’ urne 9 caS- accept blacks pear publicly in trated — reduced to as intelligent, black-face and tell a complex hu- a few “nigger” man beings. jokes at the Friars human chattel- The They would Club. You even word was never humor. rather see an rote some of the . Uncle Remus jokes. I thought Ous then? and It can thanaSidney you had more never be humorous now. Potier. We, sense than that. From the moment I saw you in The Color Purple, I thought you were an ixceptionally gifted actress. You rought a sense of dignity and strength to Celie’s character. Where was that dignity when you guffawed at those insulting “nigger” jokes? I sure didn’t see it. No, you had to stand up for your man. You had to defend the black-face h o w e v e r , don’t have to do that any- more, and we shouldn’t feel com- pelled to make fools of ourselves for the white man’s pleasure. Somehow I thought being black meant more to you than allowing your lover to use a word that still demeans millions of blacks everyday. Yet, you thought it was funny. “Nigger” wasn’t funny when blacks were spat at, whipped, cursed, burned, castrated — reduced to nothing but a piece of human chattel. The word was never humorous then, and it can never be humorous now. How dare you even suggest that I, as a black American, should ever laugh when I hear that word? I don’t even laugh when other blacks call each other “nigga” (as if the spelling changes anything). But you wonder why blacks such as Montel Williams and former New York Mayor David Dinkins were so upset. Whoopi, think about it for a moment. If that guy had been anyone other than Ted Danson, .wouIdn’,t’ Y<]5u.’I.1,a>’/.¢ be.é'!iIi.l!‘t2§§?.t?.'}. . Whoopi, this has nothing to do with" the fact that youare dating a white man. Frankly, I could care less. If this was “On my honor I have made my best effort to copy the answers of my classmates and sneak peeks at the textbook. I acknowledge that my Washington and Lee diploma is therefore worth less than a serving of nachos from Stop-In. (signature).” See ya in two weeks... Whoopi forgets her heritage done in the privacy of your own home, I wouldn’t have bothered to write the letter. But you and Ted chose to dis- grace yourselves in public. I thought you were proud to be black. But I’m not so sure anymore. When Ted Danson appeared in black-face, he reduced the struggles and triumphs ofblackAmeri- cans to a joke, and you laughed. The reason people, particularly blacks, were upset with you is that you and Ted _ showed a lack of sensitivity and dig- nity. Being black means more than “niggerz” Being black means being proud, being strong, being dignified. We are " ’ riot arid 'never were “niggets'.‘~r thought 'y6u=€terrewj*"tna1: but ‘as pb'8t"Sonia Sanchez once said, “Man, ‘you way behind the set.” M) ville lie cowses ii: wsivsel. l.55\J|¢5. tl\.¢ 6&4 l~\AVY\OI' caluwxvxlslis. Use <:k'e or awytklwg clan Hunt . send. letters to like editor and /my Views to l'.l~¢ (DRE cFFi.c¢. voaws. 23% 9‘: tlse University center we later Uvsavs Una ¢§l\A¢sela\J la¢Fere publication. at... ‘FDA; Sophomores There will be a workshop for Sophomores entitled “Choosing a Major or Career” on Tuesday, Nov. 9 at 4 p.m. in Room 109 of the University Center. Internships There will be a workshop on “In- ternships: How to Apply” on Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 4 p.m. in Room 109 of the University Center. All students are welcome. Career test . There will be a career test inter- pretation on Thursday, Nov. 11 at 3 p.m. in Room 109 of the University Center. All students who have taken the career interest tests but have not had them interpreted, please plan on attending this session. Women’s Forum Women’s Forum invites you to attend an informal meeting regard- ing women’s housing at Washing- ton and Lee. The meeting will be held in the Arlington Women’s Cen- ter at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 7. Ariel The deadline for applying for the staff of the Ariel literary magazine has been extended until Nov. 10. Applications are available in the University Center. Speech Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking:AuEyewitness United States, ' spea onday, Nov. 8, at8 p.m. in Lee Chapel.’ The public is invited. .Acsguev.ar:I;e_zmi@Fé;,*e rx.t4.§'»e. Speaker James P. Pinkerton, deputy as- sistant for policy planning in the Bush administration, will speak on Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. in Northen Audi- torium on “Post-Clinton America: Democrats and Republicans Aside, What Should America Be Looking for the 1990’s.’’ . Loans Loans for students in need are available. For more information, please call Jeff Rogers at 462-4049. Pub Board The Publications Board will met Monday, Nov. 8, at 8 p.m. in room 208 of the University Center. All members of the university commu- nity are welcome to attend. Register Students may ‘pick up their copy of the 1993-94 Register of Stu- dents, Faculty, Staff from the Registrar’s Office. - W&L-VMI The Preston Society, in con- junction with the SAB and the VMI Cadet Programming Board, is spon- soring a party with “Dost in the Supermarket” at Zollman’son Sun- day, Nov. 7, from 1:30 to 5 p.m. All students from bothschools are in- vited to attend. Concert 4 The Concert Guild,will present -..th.ea..cati? ...si. ' 7 .uP»Chan- .,:icieer,;o;lii‘oesJl,%$igv. 9 at 8 p.m. in the Lenfest ‘Center. The public is invited. General Notes are compiled by Sarah Wyatt. Student Body Notice , I A male sophomore has been found in violation of university policy for drinking in Gilliam dormitory and throwing a beer bottle out of a second- story window, almost hitting two students. The SCC has imposed the following sanctions. 1. Social probation until Nov. 19 2. 6 hours of community service 3. $25 fine 4. Letters of apology to all parties involved. 5. A session with Dr. Worth 6. Conduct probation for the rest of the year. ‘Interviews and Layout by Joe Framptom Photos by Bethany Smith TALKBACK VVho is your favorite cartoon character and Why‘? Colin Higgins, ’94, Ridgewood, NJ. «I» —— “Bugs Bunny because he gets lots of chicks.” Chris Albert, _’95, Baltimore, Md. — “Scooby Doo because I remember watching him when I was a kid.” Andy Jacobsen, ’96, Florence, Ky. — “Bugs Bunny because he looks good in a dress.” Tom Fink, ’96, Ashtabula, Ohio - “Spiderman because he’s almost as tough as my real life hero Brian Shearer.” All Wilson, ’95L, Berkely Heights, NJ. — “Batman because he’s a su- perhero.” David Olimpio, ’96, Houston, Texas" -—- “Hobbes because I don’t know if. he’s real or not.” 1 OCR::/Vol_093/WLURG39_RTP_19931105/WLURG39_RTP_19931105_008.2.txt MY VIEW J OSEPH E. VALLELY Pope John Paul II has repeatedly stated that the contemporary world has lost the sense of sin. The Vicar of Christ has said that modern man no longer experiences guilt when he vio- lates God’s laws. The Pope has taught that knowledge of God’s laws comes from two sources: the Church and the conscience, the inner voice of the soul. The American population including those of us who identify with the Roman Catholic faith have pushed aside the directives of the conscience in order to pursue “liberty” in thought and action. The philosophy of liberty was advanced by the French atheists of the early 1700’s. The writers of the United States Constitution were deeply affected by these heretics who advocated the exclusive use of reason and the rejection of conscience as a moral guide. It is interesting to note that Jesus never employed the principle of liberty. This nation values liberty to the extent that a massive statue built in France and conse- crated as a goddess was placed in the New York City harbor for all immigrants to witness and adore. The structure, of course, is called the Statue of Liberty, donated by a country which possessed in the Middle Ages a profound devo- tion to the Blessed Virgin Mary whom the French affectionately called Notre Dame, i.e. Our Lady. Liberty is not freedom. The exercise of reason separated from the conscience is liberty. The reason cannot make moral decisions con- sistent with the will of God. Only the con- science is capable of this function. The separa- tion and destruction of the conscience began centuries ago. The world is reaping the bitter fruit of this decision. OPINION The counsels of the conscience are true and infallible. The person knows the truths of God by means of the conscience. Reason is a tool for gathering information and nothing more. Dur- ing the French Revolution, a statue called the Goddess of Reason was placed on the main altar of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. The blasphemous revolutionists were making it very clear that reason detached from the con- science was motivating them... to murder, plun- der and destroy especially everything which pertained to the holy Catholic Church. The liberation of reason from the conscience has been accepted in the civil law of the United States because of the Constitutional guarantee of the “pursuit of liberty” provision. Few moral advocates including members of the Catholic clergy have perceived the perverse and de- monic strategy which has been operating. This philosophy of liberation gradually eroded the entire spiritual consciousness of this nation and all countries of the West. The abandonment of the conscience caused the loss of the sense of sin which Pope John Paul II complains about. The glorification of reason has been the major focus of the educa- tion community. The process of education is the indoctrination of the exclusive use of rea- son. Contemporary education makes no refer- ence to the conscience nor to the soul. God, of course, is never mentioned either. All knowl- edge therefore is evaluated by reason and not by the truths of God as inscribed in the Ten Commandments. The academic community has no use for the Commandments of God given to Moses and affirmed by Jesus. Almost all educators, especially at the college level, are atheists. As atheistic rationalists, they deny the exist- ence and relevancy of God. They are the offspring of the French pagan intellectuals. Entire generations of God’s children have been infected by the atheists of academia and their Cinderella sisters, industry and government. The Ring-tum Phl, November 5, 1993 4' :- Franciscan delivers present status of the World Academia produced the conscienceless opera- tors who presently function in these three spheres. The seduction into Godlessness by the pursuit of liberty was clever and complete. Most saw the devilish strategy too late. Those who believe in God, the conscierye and other spiritual entities such as the soul, demons, heaven, hell, angels, and sin are per- ceived by the educated rationalists as simple idiots. The devoted servants of reason run the show through out the entire world. Their influ- ence and control are immense. The liberation of reason from conscience is complete. 5 In the garden of Eden, Satan tempted Eve’s reason with the knowledge of good and evil. The first woman ignored the counsels of her conscience in her excessive desire for informa- tion and we have all had to pay for this liberated desire including the Son of God on a cross. Reason cut off from the conscience is chags. , This is the present state of the world. The author is a Third Order Franciscan. Reader disagrees; Recycling must be instituted LETTERS Honor System violated C“ To the editor: Mr. Dennard’s editorial in the Oct. 29 Ring-tum Phi shows how. short- it may make some economic sense to him, personally, it eschews the respon- sibility to the community that is part A A and parcel of our freedom. His attitude ‘ is selfish, pure and simple._ the narcissistic emphasis on how the world affects oneself alone and how one can Letters Letters to the editor and My Views are due on Tuesdays in the Phi office, room 208 of the University Center. All letters will be printed in the order in which they were received. use the world is, in the long run, coun- terproductive, even for the individual W‘ ,-in question. sighted his view of the world is. While ‘ ‘ and time-consuming for Mr. Dennard . Although it may be less bothersome to toss his cans, bottles, and papers in the trash, that trash has to go some- : where. Although it disappears from his ‘sight, it does not vanish, Instead, it must be stored somewhere. In this area it goes into a landfill that is fast filling up, as they are all over the country. The cost of dumping in landfills is rising steeply. We all have to pay that bill, including Mr. Dennard. In otherareas that trash may go to an incinerator to be spewed into the atmo- sphere as pollution that Mr. Dennard will breathe. Down the road a few years, he may find trips to the doctor an increasing necessity because of that polluted air, and doctors aren’t cheap, either. Or, if he is lucky enough to be unscathed by the air, others will not be, and he will in some way underwrite their medical expenses. Thus, there is some inaccuracy in Mr. Dennard’s ac- counting. I do agree with him that recycling is not now paying its way. Not enough has been done to incorproate recycled goods into the mainstream of industrial output. There are problems with re- tooling machinery, for instance, and more research and development needs to be directed to working out the cur- rent impediments. But that will come, willy-nilly. Those of us who have the habit of recycling won’t even notice any extra effort it may involve, when it becomes mandatory. Because if people refuse to willingly participate, they may well find that they are coerced in some way to comply. Mr. Dennard allows that aluminum is now offering a return for those who recycle it. There are people in the county who travel the roads, picking up cans. But it is interesting to observe how many cans there are to pick up! Al- though individuals could get a “payback” on recycling their alumi- num, precious few bother. Obviously, economic incentive is not enough. Finally, I believe that someday, when he has lived longer, Mr. Dennard will see that there are higher rewards from serving others along with him- self, than in doing things only for his immediate gratification. And he may see that to put a monetary value on each and every minute or gesture limits the rewards of a good life. If we are to stop and figure the economic benefit of ev- erything we do, we will have no time to enjoy the life we have. We must de- velop a long-range, world community view of our actions in order to survive. Sincerely, Adrienne Hall Bodie Newcomb Hall by lying about identity To the Washington and Lee Stu- dent Body: Last Wednesday night members of our student body chose to disre- gard the Honor System and lied to gain admittance to a Halloween party at Zollman’s. Several frater- nities organized the party and put forth a large sum of money to hire The Dave Matthews Band. They established a guest list com- prised of the members of their houses and invited guests. They also took the precaution of hiring people to check the names of those arriving at the gate against the guest list. This is understandable given the money each of those houses con- tributed to the event and the capac- ity of Zollman’s, not to mention the IFC regulations. One of the great strengths of Washington and Lee is the spirit of mutual trust among students, in the classroomsandout.'l'hosestudents who lied about their identities or fraternal affiliations violated that . trust. They showed disrespect to the students working the gate by lying to them, to the members of 5 those fratemities that paid for the band by crashing theirparty, and to the student body as a whole by abusing the Honor System. Those students are apparently under the mistake belief that the Honor System does not apply in social settings. It does. The Executive Committee THE PING-TUM PHI. wE REPoRT MoRE NEws EVERY FRIDAY THAN SOME NEwsPAPERs REPoRT ALL MONTH. ARE YOU LOOKING roR SOMETHING To Do IN vouR sPARE TIME? Do YOU WANT AN EXCELLENT AD- DITION To voUR RESUME? THERE IS A SOLUTION: JOIN THE PING-TUM PHI. wE’RE LOOKING FOR RE- PoRTERs, COPY EovToRs, PHoTooRAPHERs, AND ADvERTvsvNc STAFF. NO EXPERIENCE IS NECES- SARY;WE’LL woRK WITH YOU. PLEASE GIVE USA CALL AT 462-4060. 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Prices Effective Through November 9, I993 ".;Prices In This Ad Eiiective Wednesday, November '3 Through uesd<.: -.~.z::.~z:» -;-».i'v.:_~. .>.s1.si«'s: November 15-16 ' 2-21,‘:- sa-figa .t-.z;u\<-.-.z:s:§ ‘e: OCR::/Vol_093/WLURG39_RTP_19931105/WLURG39_RTP_19931105_011.2.txt SP S The Ring-tum Phi, November 5, 1993 An age_o|d Water polo rivaIry__ Wins three The Washington and Lee ' men’s soccer team a wrapped up its season Nov. 2 with a game By SARAH GILBERT against one of the Gener- Phi Sports Editor als’ oldest rivals, the Keydets of Virginia Wasn’t it Yeats who said “the Military Institute. Though 060*“ Cannot hold--3’? W&L lost, 24’ fans must The Washington and Lee water polo team must not con- tain English majors, because they once again restored their record to a solid 11-11. Here is one centerwhich has no trouble hold- mg remember that VMI is a Division I competitor. The Generals ended the season with and over-all record of 5-12. Strangely, their final game this weekend, the last any W&L team played before the men’s soccer game Tuesday, brought the grand total of W&L team records this season to 51-51-1, a perfect .500. Water polo wins came over Fordham, 27-7; St. Francis, 13- 4; and Johns Hopkins, 15-14. Johns Hopkins was the only real challenge for the Generals, as the team eased to a victory in the Eastern Water Polo Associa- tion playoffs at the Merchant Ma- rine Academy. Sophomore goalie Dane Merkel, who had 20 saves and 12 goals-allowed for the week- end, commented on the Gener- als’ competition. “We didn’t play very com- petitive teams,” he said. “We were kind of fooling around,” Before this past weekend, W&L suffered losses which caused the match-up with less competitive teams. “We’ve lost to teams we should have beat,” said Merkel. “Last week, we should have been at another tournament playing tougher teams.” The real test for W&L comes this weekend, as the Generals head to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nov. 5-7, for the Photos by Bethany Smith. The Ring-tum Phi The contest against VMI is played for the unofficial Lexington city championship, and the Eastern Division in champion- Keydets captured the title from the defending Generals, who won last year’s contest 3-2. ships. 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III Champs. 11/06 ’ VB——at ODAC tourney 11/05-06 CROSS COUNTRY, FOOTBALL, SOCCER, VOLLEYBALL AND WATER POLO NOVEMBER 5, 1993 Somef3ai[thl;e: coaches at Was and Lee hay doubtsabot1t_,__ and even. ’t editor’s—<_:_omm1tm v understanding-ofthe _ cation ofathlete‘ tW “She’s anfit, self, so why,‘ ‘ " realize new working?’ once 8. ticed; I have tel. 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The Washington and Lee football team won its first game againstsridgewater last Saturday. By STEPHEN WILLIARD Phi Assistant Sports Editor Success spawns success. After a season that saw the Washington and Lee women’s tennis team go undefeated in its fall season, sopho- more Julie Ayers and junior Marilyn Baker reached the finals of the Division III championships before falling two sets to one. Marilyn Baker also finished in third place in singles after losing to the eventual champion in the semifinals. The strength of a team, even in gains for the W&L squad. an individual sport cannot lie with only two players. On a team that lost no one to graduation, Ayers and Baker maintained key roles in on a team driven by youth. With eight incoming fresh- men, the team received an infu- sion of talent from the start. Ac- cording to Ayers; “We had a big- ger team and had incredible depth. We’re all so close in abil- ity that we improved off each other.” Despite the fact that the team’s record stands at only 3-0, two of the wins represented important Photo by Sarah Gilbert, The Ring-tum Phi Junior Marilyn Baker struggles to another win on the tennis courts. She placed third in national competition. Doubles take second Radford was a Division I school, and Mary Washington presented a special challenge. “A lot of it was personal rivalries. We had never beaten Mary Washington,” said Ayers of Washington and Lee’s victory. Baker said, “Our goal at the beginning of the season was to beat Mary Washington, since they’ve always been the team to keep us out of the national team competition.” Concerning the Radford match, Ayers remarked, “We never thought we’d beat Radford since they’re Division I and they beat us pretty badly last year.” The season began in promis- ing fashion with the arrival of the incoming freshmen and retum- ing players. “We knew it was going to be a good year,” said Ayers. Baker echoed this. “Our tennis season was fan- tastic!” she said. These early season expecta- tions were more than born out during the course of the fall por- tion of the campaign. As a side note, Baker is a junior and Ayers a sophomore, so one would ex- pect the team to continue its win- ning ways through next year as well. The spring section of the 93- 94 season should be a strong one for the Generals as well. “We expect to do just as well in the spring—provided we work,” said Baker. “Our goal is to go to Na- tionals as a team.” In listing reasons for the team’s success, both Baker and Ayers cited team unity, and Baker listed team goals, and willing- ness to work hard as major fac- tors. According to Baker, condi- tioning was a major facet of the team as well. On a squad that traditionally improves in the spring, the W&L tennis gurus are aiming to con- tinuetheirwinningwaysthrough- out the year. By KEITH GRANT Phi Staff Writer Another week, another great back, another fresh- man quarterback. It sounds like the same old, same old with Guilford College visiting Wilson Field Saturday for the final conference game of the year for both them and Washington and Lee. The Gen- erals can cam a fourth-place Old Dominion Ath- letic Conference finish with a win. Last weekend produced another thriller for the W&L parents, who last time in town witnessed the Generals 17-16 upset of Sewanee. A school-record five touchdown runs by senior Tom Mason carried the Generals to a 41-16 slaughter of Bridgewater. The point total was their most since 1989 and W&L’s sixth-highest output in 16 years. The Quakers will bring along for the ride an offense that may look familiar—they throw the ball nearly as little as Bridgewater College, while star- ring an explosive running back. “They’re similar to what we’re playing with,” said W&L head coach Gary Fallon. “They have a lot of young talent that each week, like us, seems to get better.” Guilford (1-7, 0-4 ODAC) has struggled all year while being outscored by a better than 2-1 margin. However, they are coming off a near upset of the ODAC’s top team, Randolph-Macon College. The Yellow Jackets were bailed out by two touchdown grabs by receiver Garry Carter in their 16-13 es- cape of Guilford. With Guilford bouncing back from a 46-14 thumping by Emory and Henry, so last week’s game may not necessarily be a sign Guilford is playing much better football. The Quak- ers beat the Jackets last year, and Fallon thinks that may suggest something about the Quakers’ perfor- mance last week. “They upset Randolph-Macon in a bizarre game we couldn’t believe [last year],” Fallon said. “They apparently get up for Macon.” Looking up for the Quakers-on the ground, at least—is sophomore running back Jeff Hatch. Hatch, a transfer student from junior college, may just be the ODAC’s best new talent. His 766 rushing yards are the second highest total in the conference, and Hatch places third in the ODAC with a 95.8 yards/ game average. Like Bridgewater, Guilford features a freshman quarterback whose primary job is to hand the ball to Hatch. QB Donald Gwynn has completed just 20 passes, only 15 of those to the right team. The two men ahead of Hatch,,on the ODAC’s rushing list did their share of racking-up yardage at Wilson Field last Saturday as Bridgewater’s Ronnie Howard (214 yards) and Mason (230 yards) tore up the turf. Howard went over 1000 yards for the season and is now averaging a conference-best 143.8 yards/game. However, subtracting Howard’s two 50-plus yard runs, the W&L defense held the conference-leader to an average of three yards/ carry. For Mason, the game was a classic. In one of the single-greatest individual performances in school history, the senior set W&L rushing records for Mason eads fooball’s first victory yards, touchdowns (five), and points (32—he caught _ a two-point conversion). 0 His 1,255 career rushing yards are ninth best in Washington and Lee history and just 61 yards out ‘ of seventh. Mason, who began his college career as a defensive back, has played just 11 games in the Generals’ backfield. He was named the ODAC’s player of the week for his historic Parent’s Week- end performance. . 4" Tri-captain Mason overcame a sore knee to pick up 119 first-half yards and his first three touch- ' downs on 21 carries. His longest run of the day was for only 15, which says a lot about his consistency. Fullback Wilson Moore was a pillar of consis- tency as well for W&L, which did not lose yardage on a play from scrimmage and committed no turnovers. Moore carried the ball for 49 yardsgand was the team’s top receiver, gaining 64 yards on seven receptions. The senior tri-captain fell less than a yard short of the goal-line on one of his catches, setting up Mason’s second TD run. Even special teams performed well for the Gen- erals as sophomore kicker Drew Thomas nailed field goals from 43 and 27 yards. Freshman puflter Jon Gardner saw limited action as W&L scored on seven of nine possessions, but booted punts of 44 and 46 yards. Coach Fallon felt that everything seemed to go right for the Generals that day. “It’s a fun day when things click like that,” he said. The win was the 70th of Fallon’s Washingon and Lee career. Fallon instituted a new quarterback rotation that he plans to continue with for now. Freshman Brooks " Fischer started the game, as usual. Sophomore Matt Reedy, though, entered the game on W&L’s next possession and the two continued to alternate at quarterback until late in the fourth quarter, wfien sophomore Jon Lakamp came on the field to wrap ‘ things up. 4 “We wanted to take some pressure off of Brooks,” Fallon said, “and we wanted to give Reedy some work out there, as well. I felt at 0-6 we had to find some spark, so I told both quarterbacks we’d give it a shot.” _ Q Neither Fischer nor Reedy needed to throw much, courtesy of “Touchdown Tommy,” but they did finish with solid numbers. The freshman was 5- for-10 passing for 42 yards, while Reedy went a perfect S-for-5, gaining 48 aerial yards. “Both threw the ball well,” said junior wide- receiver Jake Kimball. “With the way things wgnt, they didn’t have to do anything out of the game- plan.” That game plan gave the Generals 423 total yards of offense. As with the 41 points, the total yards was a team-high over the past four seasons. Much of the credit belongs to the W&L offensive line of Derek Boggs, Ryan J ander, Andrew Stat n, John Surface, and Bob Turner. Although M on never broke a long run, he also was never tackled for a loss. He left the game following his fifth touchdown carry, a two-yard scamper with eight minutes left in the game. Next week, Washington and Lee will play their final state-side game of the ’93 season as ‘he Generals host Catholic at Wilson Field. Steve wraps up baseball, finally; opens hoops season For you die-hards, the foot- coaching. AWAY GAMES BY STEPHEN WILLIARD ’Tis the season of change in the world of sports. While baseball is doling out achievement awards, the Na- tional Basketball Association is preparing for another gruel- ingcampaign (that usually,like hockey, extends well into the next baseball season—this is al- ways a source of solace to base- ball fans who sufferwithdrawal at this time of year). The American League an- nounced its Cy Young award winner on Tuesday, going with Jack Morris—-excuse me—Jack Mcdowell of the Chicago White Sox. Coming in second was, well, for those of you that care, Randy “Where is itgoing?!?!?” Johnson, the Seattle wild-man who struck out 308 batters this year to lead both leagues (prob- ably because the hitters were scared to death of being killed). On Friday, the NBA opens its season without Michael Jor- dan. Those sounds you hear are the network execs and owners cringing at the thought of los- ing one of the biggest attrac- tions in sports. I know it’s early, but I’m going to go out on a limb and predict that the Dal- las Mavericks will NOT win the NBA title. If the Mets played basketball, this would be their team. In all seriousness, the team to beat will be the New York Knicks. Watch out for the Suns and those up-and-comers, the Hornets, Magic and Heat. The Knicks, Suns, Hornets, and Portland Trailblazers are prob- ably the strongest teams in the league this year. ball slate from this past Sunday produced some truly “swell” games. One of the best, and most controversial, was the Detroit Lions’ win over the Minnesota Vikings at Minnesota on Sunday night. With less than one minute on the clock, and Detroit trailing 27-23, Lions QB Rodney Peete threw what appeared to be an incompletion on fourth down that would have given the game to the Vikings. However, a late flag for defensive pass interference gave the ball back to Detroit on the one yard line. Detroit scored and won the game. I just have one thing to say: That ref has more courage than a badger in heat to make a call like that (I had to watch the replay two or three times to see the infraction) IN Minnesota. The college basketball world always defies those gurus of early season predictions. That is, of course, because I have not been involved. This year, though, there is a startling amount of parity. The only two remaining powerhouses are Kentucky and North Caro- lina. Both teams were successful in replacing graduating seniors and have wonderful coaches. Indiana and Duke will also turn in impressive seasons if for no other reason than exceptional Parting Shots- Mr. Montana, don’t you. think it’s time to retire? All those who think that Don Shula is God, raise your hand. AfterDan Marino goes down for the year, Shula still manages to win with super- sub Scott Mitchell. Last. weekend the 31 year coach- ing veteran tied George Halas with 324 wins for first on the all time coaching win list. In a cost cutting effort, the National College Ath- letic Association has decided to hold a playoff at the end of the season between Duke and North Carolina to determine the national title. The move saves the NCAA money and a lot of embarrassment for other college basketball’ teams. Finally, the Falcons lived up to my standards last week by losing to TAMPA BAY! I think “inept” is a germane description of the Bucca- necrs. C’mon Jerry, you can I do better than that (you’d better). Somebody, PLEASE beat Buffalo and keep them out of the Superbowl. That is enough madness and mayhem for this week, 0 auf wiedersehenl