OCR::/Vol_094/WLURG39_RTP_19950224/WLURG39_RTP_19950224_001.2.txt Weekend Weathr [Murder and mystery in the Pit ,...............':._.....,.. "3€!l'*?Ci‘i')1\i,VA ‘E’ 1995 JAM$ G. LRVILRN i_l-BRAFW l..- FEB Men's swimming wins“ second place at southern schools Cllrt ‘ifiing-tum {flirt .>/L ' VOLUME 95, No.,)A‘ W&L trustees to announce new president today selection committee, which was made up of members of the Board of Trustees. Dr. William J. Watt, who retired last year, headed the initial search committee and commented that all of the eleven presented to the board of trustees were “fine individuals” and “would make great presidents.” Asked about the big hush, Watt only smiled and said, “l know the greatest secret on this campus right BY PHIL CARROTI‘ Phi Staff Writer The search is over and by the time this is pub- lished, the secret will have been out. We now have a new president of Washington and Lee. Just who will fill the shoes of current president John Wilson, has been closely guarded. The trustees will have announced their decision today at a 2 p.m. ceremony in Lee Chapel. The presidential search committee, which sifted through over 130 applications and nominations, rec- ommended eleven possibilities to the presidential now.” President John D. Wilson File photo Thomas searches for the real Lee BY CINDY YOUNG Phi Staff Writer “When the scholarly dust clears, Lee will remain a hero,” Emory M. Thomas assured last night’s audience in Northern Auditorium. The dust to which Thomas refers concerns the ongoing debate between scholars concerning the actual character of Robert E. Lee, behind his marble figure, and has not settled 125 years after his death in 1870. With his new book due in stores this May, Thomas will contribute to the academic world the first comprehensive biography on Lee since 1937, and “scholarly dust” will again rise. Thomas has already earned himself a distinguished reputation in the field of history, however. Born and educated in Richmond, Virginia, Thomas received his under- graduate degree in the University of Virginia and went on to earn his Ph.D. from Rice University. Thomas’ contributions to the field of history include Encyclopedia of the Confederacy, The Confederacy as a Revolutionary Experience, and The Confederate Nation, 1861-1865, a work to which W&L History Professor J. Holt Merchant, Jr. refers as “the best synthesis of the history of the Confederacy [to date].” Thomas is now Regents Professor of History at the University of Georgia, where he has taught since 1967. In his speech entitled “Rethinking Robert E. Lee,” Thomas spoke first of the two traditional -and opposing- images of Lee: that of the pious saint carved in marble and of the insecure man full of complexities and inner weakness. “Somewhere between the two images,” Thomas believes, “walks the The Presidential Search Committee met a few times beginning in May and through the summer to review applications and ultimately choose the eleven individuals for presentation to the Board of Trustees and the Presidential Selection Committee. WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA The world is my classroom Phot by Betsy Green, The Ring-tum Phi Professors opened the doors and led discussions outside this week as the weather turned surprisingly warm. The temperature reached a pleasant 71 degrees. American society inhibits participation, says Guinier BY MICHAEI. Hswusrr .. Phi Staff Writer American society operates on a winner takes all mentality that undermines the true purpose of a participatory democ- racy, said Lani Guinier Thursday night. “We approach it as a game, a blame game.” Guinier spoke in Lee Chapel as part of Black History Month. Her speech was sponsored by the Minority Student Asso- ciation, the Black Law Students Associa- tion, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Politics department. Two years ago, President Clinton nominated Guinier to assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of J us- tice. Amidst controversy over her legal writings, Clinton withdrew her nomina- tion before she aired her views for the Senate Confirmation Committee. Guinier graduated from Radcliffe College and Yale University Law School and has written a book entitled The Tyranny of the Major- ity: Fundamental Fairness in Represen- tative Democracy. She said society is still divided be- tween blacks and whites, just as the Kemer Commission announced 30 years ago. Racial discrimination is treated as if it only affects individuals. Racial discrimi- nation, however, means reduced opportu- nities for minorities and women. Because civil rights are treated this way, she said it’s not surprising that no one wants to talk about the issue. Americans believe in rewarding win- ners and punishing losers, she said. The poor are told that they deserve their status because of their lack of character. Win- ners are not held accountable to anyone but themselves. Guinier said this is dan- gerous and divides Americans into “Us vs. Them.” “If the rules favor us, then the them may play another game,” she said. “When we don’t play fair, the losers decide to find their own perverse way to level the play- ing field.” In the inner-cities, people who see the unfairness of the system will say, “If you don’t give me the sneakers, I’ll shoot you.” She said this is their version of personal responsibility in which the ends justify the means. Guinier said Americans may have pushed too far for rugged individualism and personal responsibility. “Our social Darwinism may have worked too well.” Americans end up playing a game where everybody loses, she said. Politi- cians also play this game by personalizing arguments and presenting extreme posi- tions as mainstream. She said politicians engage in drive-by debate where the other person is always wrong. The measure of a democracy is the quality of the public discourse, but Ameri- can society doesn’t give everybody an equal voice, she said. Guinier believed society needs to rethink its ideas about participatory democracy. She advocated a positive-sum democracy where winners and losers have something to gain. Some of her ideas that were vilified as anti-democratic were simply a way of describing positive-sum games in elect- ing representatives, she said. She said her ideas were designed to empower political minorities, and some of them have been used to empower Republicans in a Demo- cratic majority. She said she was not against majority rule, but she worried about a system where the majority gets all the power all the time and the political minority always loses. She cited cumulative voting as a way to achieve a positive-sum democracy. In cumulative voting, a shareholderin acom- pany, for example, would get five votes and use those votes in any combination he wanted. In this way, a politically cohesive minority who vote strategically can never be denied a representative if there are enough seats. She said cumulative votin g allows a racial minority to plump all the votes on a candidate if they chose. It also allows for transracial voting. In the end, she said everyone gets represented by someone they voted for—not someone they voted against. At the end of her speech, she quoted West African writer, Chinua Achebe. “The poet who is not in trouble with the King is in trouble with her work.” She hoped the upcoming generation will confront honestly the issues so that no one will be in trouble with their work. _Lanj Guinier Photo by Betsy Green, The Ring-tum Phi Possible nominee speaks to law school BY SARAH GILBERT Phi Executive Editor Espousing a platform of public morality, belief in an all-powerful God, and the resurrection of the marriage-based family, Dr. Alan Keyes spoke to students Feb. 21 at the Washington and Lee University School of Law. . Keyes, who might run for United States president in 1996 on the Republi- can ticket, was appointed by Ronald Reagan to the State Department, and hosts a Baltimore radio talk show. He was a recent U.S. Senate candidate in Maryland. He spoke on the topic of “Government v. The People: Achieving a Balance of Power.” Quoting extensively from James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and French political philosophers, Keyes eloquently expounded his philosophy of the role of government in society. Keyes felt that, though extensive governmental control is never the goal, government must often step in to keep the country in order. “If the people cannot control themselves, the government must enforce control,” he said. He felt that, for instance, drug control laws are necessary in a society in which people cannot control their own habits, but if the people are able to establish a public morality, we will eventually be able to eliminate laws against drugs. The way toward this morality, Keyes said, is the reinforcement of the marriage-based family, which is the key to advancement of society. When asked about his view of the role of the conservative black in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Keyes said that the conservative black people have no interest in the organization. FEBRUARY 24, 1995 ' true Lee.” This is the Lee in which Thomas is interested, and about which he has written his book. Thomas adds to the characteristic solemnity and sternness with which Lee is traditionally portrayed a “tremendous sense of humor.” Thomas’ Lee “was keenly aware of the absurdity of the human condition, and thought it was wonderful.” For evidence of the sense of humor with which Lee entertained himself and his acquaintances, Thomas turns to Lee’s letters. One revealing letter is that written by Lee in 1835, while participating in a survey expedition of land near Lake Erie. ln the letter, Lee recounts to a friend in Washington his committing of -in Thomas’s words- “a casual murder and theft in an act of trespass” of a nearby lighthouse. The letter caused great anguish to Douglas Freeman, whose biography preserves about Lee the heroic legend still deeply rooted in the American mind. Freeman was never able to accept the letter, and, as best he could, adapted and often ignored the entire episode. A later historian finally solved the mysterious letter, detecting under- neath Lee’s descriptions an imagination and sense of humor. The individual (a'"damn Canadian snake”) whom Lee admits to killing has now been ascertained as just that, a snake. The lighthouse, furthermore, had long been aban- doned, invalidating any charges of trespass. Thomas explains the confusion by concluding that “Lee had a much better sense of humor than did Douglas Freeman.” This sense of humorwhich filters into Lee’s letters may well have been what enabled Lee to cope with the disasters he had to face throughout his life, both on a military and personal level. Throughout his lifetime, Lee ultimately faced not only massive military defeats, which Thomas attributes much less to Lee than to those he worked with, but also the heartbreak of a family plagued by disease, wartime imprisonment and death. Despite the many tragedies that confronted Lee throughout his life, however, he never surrendered to despair. He “really never lost sight of his perspective,” Thomas stresses, maintaining instead his “comic vision of life.” Lee perhaps offered his greatest gift to the human spirit in his ability to withstand “an incredible series of pain and adverse circumstances to him and to people he loved.” While still feeling responsible for such bitter difficulties, Robert E. Lee “knew he could rise above them, and be the man he was and had worked so hard to become.” Emory Thomas’ upcoming book promises to offer the most advanced understanding to date of just who that man was, and what he became. “Mylie Evers (the new president of NAACP) told everyone she was going to turn the organization around, with a new agenda, and then said they were going to be the cat’s paw of the Democratic liberal agenda in Washington,” Keyes said. “But that’s just what they have always done. ‘‘If she really wanted to turn the NAACP around, she would work toward solving the one thing that will really effect the advancement of colored people, which is...the resurrection of the marriage-based family.” He also believes that Jefferson’s references to God reinforce the elimina- tion of the Roe v. Wade doctrine of legalized abortions. “lt’s so obvious that he believed in an all-powerful creator. If you will look at the philosophers Jefferson was reading at the time, you will find that they did not refer to the creation of man in the same way Jefferson did. They were writipg that all people were born equal, and he said that all men were created, equa . “lt’s ridiculous. lfl told you that I was going to make a law that you could not eat pork, but left it up to you to decide what pork was, l would be doing nothing. It is the same idea with those who say that they can decide at what point humanity begins. Who has the power to say who is human and who is not?” OCR::/Vol_094/WLURG39_RTP_19950224/WLURG39_RTP_19950224_002.2.txt PAGE 2 S The Ring-tum Phi, Februg_r_v_ 24, 1995 3‘ Prof. Simpson selected for faculty award From STAFF Rrzroms Pamela H. Simpson, Professor of joined the W&Lfaculty in 1973. From Art History at 1981t01986,she Washington and sewed as assis- Lee, has been tant and associ- nameda1995 Out- ate dean of the standing Faculty college (of arts Award recipient andsciences)and by the Virginia is now the head Council of Higher of the department Education. of art. >‘ She is one of 11 She has done faculty members extensive re- from across the searchonhistoric state who will be architecture, es- honored at a - pecially in Lex- , cial awards — ' ton and quet ceremony in c k b r i d g e Richmond on Count and is Tuesday, Feb. 21. co-au of The The Outstand- Architecture of in g Faculty Historic Lexing- " Awards program ton and over a is one w in A dozen refereed which the m- "" " articles in her monwealthofVir- lmpson field of special- 0 ginia recognizes ization. She has E e B § excellent teaching, research, and pub— served as president of the Southeastern m. r lic service being performed by faculty College Art Conference, two terms on Q in its colleges and universities. the board and one term as second vice a e S I e The Council of Higher Education president of the Vernacular Architec- J % Z I]. gave the award to Simpson based on ture Forum, editor of the Southeastern her outstanding professional contribu— Art Review, and is on the board of the 7 ast tions made to W&L and to Virginia. Southe ern Society of From STAFF REp()R'1s An American art historian, Simpson Architectural Historians. A burst of brass jazz and classical music from Empire Brass will wrap up the Washington and Lee Concert Guild season. It will be held on Sunday, Feb. 2 } at 3 p.m. Empire Brass is one of the top brass quintets in North America because of their diverse repertoire. Their selections for the concert will include works by Bach, Bizet, Rossini, Copland, Berstien, and a selection of jazz favorites from Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, and Jelly Roll Morton, among others. Empire Brass consists of Rolf Smedvig and Jeffrey Curnow, trumpeters; Eric r Ruske, French hornist; R. Douglas Wright, trombonist; and Kenneth Amis, tuba player. For the W&L conference, they will be joined by Robert D. Leidhecker, percussionist. — ' ln addition to tours of the United States, the group tours the Far East annually and performs regularly in England, Europe, and Russia. The ensemble has pla d entation and Human rights in Roman Catholic Discourse,” a work in F9-11°)’ the Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Natio Dress Symphony, New York Philharmonic, St. Louis Symphony and the Dallas “contract Symphony. The Empire Brass has served as faculty quintet-in-residence at Workers» Bostop Univerzity fort 150 yeiars. I;199l1’,Ait bggan a rtier:/[N appointment as visiting consu tants in rass a n on’s oya ca emy o usrc. help to They have also recorded numerous albums for Telarc, Angel/EMI, and CBS/ construct Sony Records. , the Parts Tickets for the concert can be obtained by calling the Lenfest Box Office at which will (703) 463-8000. Following the concert there will be a special reception in the become , — . , ~ Lenfest lobby open to the general public. “Um? of ° Soirée Theologran to speak on Parisienne” 0 0 intime for tenslons 1n the Roman the Fancy 0 Dress ball Cathollc Church March 3. This will From STAFF REPORTS b th Sgth e Tensions in the Roman Catholic of Rochester, New York. He received Church will be discussed by a influen- his B.A. from St. Bemard’s Colle ‘n annual tialmoraltheologian and Roman Catho- 1955 and was ordained in 1958. e Ce1eb1'3' lic priest on Thursday, March 2. holds the Licentiate in Sacred Theol- tion of Father Charles E. Curran, a distin- ogy and a Doctorate in Sacred Theol- Fancy guished professor of Human Values at ogy from Pontifical Gregorian Univer- Dress at Southern Methodist University, will sity in Rome and a second Doctorate washing_ speak in Leybum Library’s Northern withaspecialization in moral theology Auditorium at 8 p.m. His lecture is from the Academia Alfonsrana ton entitled “Tensions in Contemporary in Rome. Lee Um‘ Roman Catholicism.” He will also Curran was president of the Catho- versity. leadafaculty seminar on “Sexual Ori- lic Theological Society of America, the Society of Christian Ethics, and the American Theolo ' 1 Society. Direc- T139 ‘tum P The ‘tum P progress, earlier in the afternoon. tions in Fundame Moral Theol - ° ' _ ' C an, a t d mor l theologan is one of his many piiblicationswri The Rlng'tu’n P h l The R lng tum’ 1’ for nelz1rilythreeKdeecades,\fIas appoinied by Curran. It is often used as a text- The The to the Elizabeth Scurlock professor- book in ethics. . _ , , ship at S.M.U. in 1991 after serving as His visit is sponsored by the Philip The Ring-tum P Ill The Rlng-tum P hl aroman Catholic Priest of the Diocese F. Howerton Fund. \\\\ 23 N. Main St. Ladies’ Shoes, Clothing and A ccessories Winter Clearance Sale Lexington, VA 24450 \\\\ (703)463-5988 \\ The Washington and Lee Publications Board is accepting applications for the following positions: Executive Editor and Business Manager of The Ring-tum Phi Editor-in-Chief and Business Manager of the Calyx Applications should include resume and cover letter and should be submitted to Sarah Gilbert in the box of The Ring-tum Phi in the University Center by March 15. OCR::/Vol_094/WLURG39_RTP_19950224/WLURG39_RTP_19950224_003.2.txt I The Ring-tum Phi, February 24, 1995 cfif 7172 50/79/51‘ EMEDGES flS fl Wfll-MflDf LIGHT |2OMflllCf ‘ By KIRK Susonc , Phi Movie Reviewer P After Sunrise - ¢5r1‘3r‘:‘r After seeing Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused, I was eager for him to make another film, in the hopes of more colorful characters and oh-so—true high-school conversa- tions. Well, After Sunrise is not the film I thought it would be — but it’s still worth a trip to the theater. Linklater’s first film, Slacker, was an incredibly boring yet insightful peek into slacker-dom, full of people going nowhere and perfectly happy that way. It meandered across scenes, characters, plot lines, picking them up and discard- ing them like Styrofoam cups. Dazed and Confused also had hardly any plot, but the characters were focused and related to one another. The action took place within a small world, the last day of high school in the late seventies. In his latest film, After Sunrise, Linklater continues condensing the cast: the two leads, Jesse and Celine have ninety-percent of the dialogue. But instead of revelling in cultural idiosyncrasies — music by Sweet, hot rods by Plymouth and lots of pot —— he decides to tackle a larger issue, Love. Jesse (Ethan Hawke) is a young American touring Eu- rope by train, who has recently been dumped by his girl- friend. He meets the angelic Celine (Julie Delpy), who has just visited her grandmother in Budapest and is on her way back to Paris. They fall into conversation on the train ride, and when Hawke has to get off in Vienna, he persuades her to accompany him. But he’s got to catch a plane forAmerica the next morning, so they will have only this one night to be together. We follow them around as the romance builds and then watch them say good-bye at dawn. Linklater, who also co-wrote the script, does a good job with the couple’s interaction and adventures. The audience can see their interest in each other build and become more and more intense, until by the end of the film the two act as if they had been life-long lovers. But it takes a while to get going — not just the romance, but the conversation. The first forty-five minutes or so, it seems that they are speaking to the camera, instead of each other. But then again, when you’re first getting to know someone, it often seems like conversation is just a tool to impress and calm the other person (see Fraternity Rush). At any rate, by the time they reveal how deep their interest in one another truly is, the characters are really taking shape and pulling the audience in. I think Linklater deserves a lot of credit for the way he changes their relationship over the course of the film. First, the two are clearly on-screen just for the audience’s sake, without being really concerned with one another. However, by dawn there is a real chemistry and passion boiling beneath the surface of their dialogue, almost hidden from the audience, like a secret romance between them which we’re simply not privy to. Linklater also deserves praise for not drenching us with all the “twentysomething” junk most movies targeted to college students are filled with. Ethan Hawke has some funky facial hair, but otherwise Linklater largely avoids any explicit references to their age or culture, hip, French or otherwise. ‘ Instead, the conversations between Delpy and Hawke are interesting, tender, curious, funny, blunt, shy, awkward — everything we would expect of two people trying to impress one another and falling in love in the process. Julie Delpy hasn’t gotten very much exposure in America, with the exception of The Three Musketeers. Nevertheless, she is a fine actress with a long list of notable European films behind her (including both Blue and White, which are being shown by the Film Society the week after FD); hopefully After Sunrise will make more Americans familiar with her. She carries her character well, trying to maintain a facade of modern “You’ve come a long way, baby” feminism while at the same time simply going head over heels in romantic, it’s- always-springtime love. Ethan Hawke is much more likable and realistic than his character in Reality Bites. Here, Jesse doesn’t have any of the silly, pretentious “Gen X” habits Troy Dyer displayed in that film (such as browsing through Being and Time in a diner). Rather, he’s a normal American male, searching for something, exactly what he doesn’t know — but then he stumbles upon it. After Sunrise is not a particularly profound film, and it won’t prompt the emotional to tears. Instead, its got wonder- fully realistic dialogue, and the characters act just as we would in their situation. Basically, it’s simply a well—made light romance, a perfect date movie in the tradition of When Harry Met Sally... or Sleepless in Seattle. Rating Scale fififiit-Gobuy thisnssoonas it comesoutonvideo. It isnninstant clasic. ‘You'll laugh; ®you'll cry; and maybe. just maybe, you'll learn something about yourself." flirt} - Go see this film now, while it‘; still on the big screen. It‘: wonh I few Oscar nominations and the seven bucks you'll pay if you see it outside lzxington. Overall, ‘Better than Cats!” on - Okay. so there have been better films. Nevertheless. it is a 3'-‘ example ofitsgenre. and you should probably see it on videotape. Still. probably “Better than Cats!” it - It happens tobe on HBO, and you're blowing off tomorrow's reading, Although your time would probably be better served on your education, its free and you’re bored, so go ahead and watch it. 0 - Even if in free and your best friend said he never laughed harder. mist me. this one such. Don't waste your time, or at least don't waste it on this. (There's always MTV.) By AYANNA BRADY Phi Staff Writer Your help is needed to solve a murder tonight at 8 p.m. in the GHQ. Tonight's Murder Mystery is sponsored by the Student Activi- ties Board (SAB) and the Minority Student Association (MSA). “It could be your last chance to meet an FD date or the best place to get back at the date that ditched you last year,” said Bob Taylor, MSA vice president. East Coast Entertainment wrote a script tailored for the W&L audi- ence. Student Activities Coordi- nator Michelle Richardson sent a month’s worth of both school news- papers to the script writers to get them acquainted with the W&L community. In this game, the audience actu- ally becomes investigators work- -a-v~-'--~ . .» ... ...,. ,, , ing with an ace detective to solve a thrilling murder. The first few minutes of the game the audience will interview each other. Audi- ence members will be given ques- tionnaires that will help them get a character sketch of each other to receive information on who has the motive to commit murder. “lt’s a time where people who don’t know each other get achance to meet while asking them ques- tions to see if they’ll have an alibi for the upcoming murder,” said Richardson. During the course of the orsii llhellmrlll lonight’s Murder Mystery boosts tun audience participation _,) ............,. .. . .. f ..il.5*il.E"*|¥%fl@3!!.!“lifll . . evening, an audience member will fall victim to a murder. The sur- viving guests then question sus- pects, search for clues and help the detective find the killer. The GHQ will turn into a head- quarters for solving the murder. Eight actors and a few students PAGE 3 will guide the performance for the mystery. But everyone’s identity is a secret. The line between per- former and audience is erased and everyone becomes a suspect. It could be your best friend, your roommate, or even your professor. So, if your friends have been hav- ing secret meetings or acting strange lately, they could be in on the murder plot. No one is above reproach except the ace detective. He will drop clues and names of students that may be involved in the murder. The murderer will always be in the room and will try and shift the guilt on to innocent audience members. In the end, audience members will be asked to fill out a solution sheet which will secretly divulge their accusations to the detective, who in turn uses the theories to help him solve the crime. The audience will be able to compete individually or in teams to solve the case. “Mystery prizes will be awarded to the teams or individu- als who correctly solve the mur- der,” said Michelle Richardson. \7ou1ez~vous a let’ E3 9 avec moi? By BETSY GREEN Phi Staff Writer in black? There's nothing more sophisticated. .or pretentious. . .than Shopping: J e voudrais une robe de soir. I want an evening gown. Avez-vous les mémes en noir? Do you have the same one J e voudrais une paire de chaussures ti talons hauts. I'd was clever but shy. dans mon calecon. Ce vin a gout de bouchon. Thewine tastes of cork. LeRomanee-Conti rester a jamais un sublime rat de cave Romanee-Conti is forever a sublime speaking French unnecessarily. This year's Fancy Dress theme offers many opportunities to speak French. I decided to get into the spirit of this year's ball by finding some handy French phrases to use at FD. In an attempt to overcome the like a pair of high-heeled shoes. Je voudrias un collier perle. I'd like a pearl necklace. Drinking: Je voudrais une biére. I'd like a beer. ferret in my underpants. Une whisky double s'il vous plait. A double whiskey, please. Apportez-m’en encore rhum. Please bring me another rum. handicap of being a Spanish major, I picked up a few phrase J ’aimerais une bouteille de vodka. I'd like a bottle of books from the bookstore. Wicked French by Howard Tomb is a lot of fun and sells for $3.95. Berlitz's French Phrase Book & Dictionary, which costs $6.95, is a lot more practical. Kind soul that I am, I've decided to fill you in aon special FD French. Finding a date: Voulez-vous allera FD avec moi? Will you go to FD with I’lS{ZS 23$ ain. s 2 1e soleilftn se Ievz Plus. at v if the sun never vodka. Je suis malade. I'm sick. J ’ai des nusees. I feel nauseous. J 'ai d ’eu des vomissements. I've been vomiting. Que lesflammes de l’Islam consument votre-train de vie degenere! May the flames of Islam consume your degener- ate lifestyle! Vous devrez garder le lit me? Avecplasir, merci. I'd love to, thank you. Non, cela ne m’intéresse pas. No, I'm not itnerested, thank you. Ell est frommage de route! She is road cheese! Tire-toi, espece de depuceleur de vierges. defiler of virgins. Ronald Suresh Robe: By MICHAEL HEWLETT Phi Staff Writer Black conservatism has caught the imagi- nation of American politics. Clarence Thomas serves on the Supreme Court, after a controversial nomination. Thomas Sowell spews his tough-minded economic analysis in Forbes as well as daily newspapers across the country. Armstrong Williams and Ken Hamblin are now being called the “black Rush Limbaughs.” Katherine Tate, author of From Protest to Politics: TheNewBlack Voters inAmeri- can Elections, argues that blacks are on average socially conservative but economi- cally liberal. “Roberts contends that Thomas uses law as an excuse why his decisions fail to promote racial justice.” Ronald Suresh Roberts, author of Clarence Thomas and the Tough Love Crowd: Counterfeit Heroes and Unhappy Truths, argues that these black neo-conser- vatives are really just an eccentricity that the media has exaggerated into a movement. Roberts contends black conservatives present themselves as harsh truth-tellers. Far from being uncaring, they often claim to care for the people they criticize. Although these black conservatives are often derided as “Uncle Toms,” Roberts argues that this label is too simplistic. Instead, their flawed thinking lies in their construction of truth. Because they lack a constituency, they cling to a notion of truth to defend their political positions. Clarence Thomas and others often point out their inability to make inroads in the black community as proof of their courage to speak the “truth.” Presenting themselves as brutally hon- Puis-je avoir la carte de vins? May I have the wine list, please? J ’aimerais une bouteille de vin blanc/rouge. I'd like a bottle of white/red wine. Buzzoff, est, they claim their willingness to think independently and criticize what they see as an internal “thought police” within the black community. Furthermore, especially in law, Roberts argues black conservatives utilize Julien Benda’s conception of intellectual thought divorced from ideology or passion. In their view, too much of a concern with the dispos- sessed or race gets in the way of true intellec- tual thought. According to Stephen Carter, author of Reflections of a Affirmative Action Baby, “Literalistic egalitarianism, appropriate and relevant to problems of political and social life, cannot be permitted to invade and domi- nate the crucial areas of the intellect, aes- thetics and ethics.” Although conservatives such as Thomas speak of a need for racial justice, they search for an high objective truth that produces a result opposite of racial justice. Sometimes this truth is law. Roberts contends that Thomas uses law as an excuse why his decisions fail to pro- mote racial justice. He conceives of the Constitution as a imperfect document that is unable to solve all social ills. In Hudson v. McMillan, a case about prison guards using excessive force on a prisoner, Thomas dissented from the major- ity decision, saying that guards beating pris- oners did not constitute cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment: “The Eighth Amendment is not, and should not be turned into, a National Code of Prison Regulations.” Overall, Roberts presents a devastating critique of black conservatism. His writing style combines incisive argu- ments with a wry sense of humor and a blunt forcefulness. He writes with authority and intelligence. For those who are looking for easy read- ing, this book is not it. Roberts weaves complex legal and philo- sophical theories in the text. People who have no understanding of law or current legal theories may have a hard time reading this book. Roberts oftentimes analyzes heady is- sues, but his prose is usually clear and con- cise. He adds a fresh voice of reason to the debate about black conservatism in an in- creasingly conservative environment. Ce vin a de la jambe. The wine has great legs. L 'A rmagnac étaitfute mais trop discrét. The Armagnac -citn-5.. Hooking up: septjours. You must stay in bed for seven days. Vous étes une super nana. You are one fabulous babe. Vos yeux sont aussi bleus que I ’ocean de mon amour pour vous est grand, monpetit chou. Your eyes are as blue as the sea of my love for you is large, my little cabbage. On se tire, poupée. Let's split, babe. rts explores black neoconservatism Publicity photo Ronald Suresh Roberts, author of Clarence Thomas and the Tough Love Crowd is a graduate of Balliol College, Oxford and Harvard Law School. He is currently establishing a Finance Literacy Project at Ftmda Community College, Soweto, South Africa. 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Immediate openings in your local area. ‘‘ Pavilion C:::?%s§%§*4ju f 2 : Vac‘; Preston . l show starts 8:30 by $8 in advance - $10 at the door n‘i‘§?§‘$§eVXiv$’§?L BEER GARDEN — ID REQUIRED Ca,12§::23:;A.... » 5:00 PM OCR::/Vol_094/WLURG39_RTP_19950224/WLURG39_RTP_19950224_005.2.txt I PAGE 5 (litre ‘fling-tum lfllii The Student Voice of Washington and Lee Founded September 18, 1897 A word of friendly advice... Today a new university president will be announced, taking the helm at one of the oldest and most traditional schools in the country, and the job is a tough one. An extensive familiarity with Washington and Lee history and tradition is a necessary characteristic for any potential W&L leader, and I would imagine that the selection commit- tee has taken this into consideration. The nature of the honor code and similar values of W&L culture pre-suppose a close and careful study of the life of Robert E. Lee and the inherent system of beliefs of the community. Beyond this, though, the Phi would be honored to bestow some advice for the new president, with the hopes that he or she will benefit from the 97 years of experience the newspaper has at Washington and Lee. First, learn the names of the students. We all came to Washington and Lee, in part, because of the small campus, in which personal relationships with faculty and administration are possible and integral parts of our college experience. A little extra effort on your part will go a long way to strengthen your relationship with the campus. Second, respect your elders. Lee, Washington, Huntley, these predecessors are dearly loved by the W&L community and should not, at any expense, be held in any less than the utmost regard. Third, love your neighbors. One of the unusual perks of the W&L presidency is the Lee House, conveniently located right next door to the largest of the freshman dorms. We are not quite sure if this is a good or bad thing, but you will get to know many of the students in the freshman class in an unusually intimate way. Fourth, learn the Greek alphabet. All of the students know it, and you will regret deeply any mis-pronounced Greek letters or misplaced Greek abbreviations (i.e., never call the lambda Chi Alpha fraternity “Lambda”). The Phi wishes the new president, whomever he or she may be, the best of luck; we understand the unusual nature of your position, and we, as one of the oldest campus newspapers in the country, can empathize with the difficulty of constantly re- creating something which is older than we can ever hope to be. Good luck! Quotes of the Week... “The key to a good FD is to get to the ball before everyone ’s drunk.” “You mean, Tuesday?” Assistant Professor of Politics Eduardo Velasquez and one of his students discussing the upcoming French revels “I can use this method because it’s just as much work, and as long as you’re sufficiently miserable, the universe is satisfied.” “Well, in case there is any danger of you actually catching on, let’s move quickly on...” Assistant Professor of Chemistry Steven Desjardins reinforcing his unusual teaching philosophy UH... 7. /Y‘-ET You AT P,'_AYf-‘Illa OPINION F/\ l\/CY DISTRESS The Ring-tum Phi, February 34, 1995 Canadians have it both Ways 5MEL1ssA siwm, '97 The only questions they asked me at the Canadian border were about fire- arms, alcohol, and cigarettes. It is pos- sible, of course, that the customs agent didn’t think I looked particularly sus- picious, with my hands lying conspicu- ously on the dashboard and my brown bag lunch hidden carefully within my bundle of skis. Heaven forbid that I should smuggle any fruit flies across the border? But as I coasted self-con- sciously through the wire gate that sepa- rates the two countries, I watched two young men with Idaho plates being shaken down by the side of the road. Their crime? Perhaps the three unde- clared hunting rifles stashed in their aging car, behind the cooler of beer. The greatest customs of infractions are not the transport of fruit flies or the smuggling of sportsmen’s rifles. They are the cars filled to the limit with cartons of cigarettes. Despite the re- cent and sudden drop in the Canadian dollar, a successful cigarette smuggler can reap hundreds of dollars in profit , for each shipment. The reason? It is the same reason for which a very success- ful pub in Vancouver, British Colum- bia, goes by the name “The Jolly Tax- payer”: Canadians pay fifty-five per- cent of their income in state and na- tional taxes. Imagine working from January until July each year without earning a cent towards your own ex- penses. As much as that fifty-five per- cent pays for national health care and law enforcement, “watchful” customs agents, and a liquor control board, my Canadian friends still pay $125 to have their teeth cleaned. Perhaps in some way the advan- tages balanceout.Those wholive close to the border are experts at benefiting from the huge warehouse food outlets on the American side. Some even re- tain houses on both sides, like the fam- ily friend who prefers to live in Wash- ington state but keeps an apartment in Vancouver so that he may continue to collect his hefty Canadian disability checks. Housing is a complicated issue for those who delve into the world of real estate trading, however. The United States exacts a sizable capital gains tax on housing, but allows deductions for renovations and repairs, whereas in" Canada the exact opposite is true: there is no capital gains tax, but home repair is a costly, and sometimes unprof- itable, endeavor. In over-simplified terms of economic ——cc Canada, , gallon stateside? ' I ‘Canada, "despite heavy taxation, seems to have little difficulty in attract- ing immigrants. Three of the top five groups entering Vancouver now are Chinese speaking, and many are guar- de- incentives, Cana- . teed - dianswillcomfort- spite heavy taxa- 33¢ u§'§.’.e'Zi§i ably let their (fan, seems to clausesintheim- houses fall apart and move to a new home, while Americans will have little difl’i- culty in attract- migration law. These clauses favor million- - - aires, business- prefer to salvage tug Immigrants’ menandallother existingstructures. types of inves- Ideally, we tors. The influx would all prefer to from Hong live at the border Kong, soon to and take advantage revert to rule by of both worlds, pleading “NAFTA” and “free trade” if an angry customs agent happens to discover our trunk full of cigarettes. Can “free trade” also apply to government and medical ben- efits? What about the gasoline that is about thirty cents cheaper per the People’s Republic of China, is par- ticularly composed of the wealthy who are fearful that the communist govem- merit will seize their assets. They are indeed the Jolly Taxpayers then, whey they are allowed to keep forty-five percent of their millions in Canada. (J11: ‘filing-htm lfllii Executive Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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The Ring-tum Phi Post Office Box 899 Lexington, Virginia 24450 Telephone (703) 462-4059 Kill ’em all, let God sort them out ALEX CHRISTENSEN, ’98 Fax (703) 462-4060 In this week’s column I was going to write about the case of Jesse DeWayne Jacobs, a man many believe was innocent of the murder for which he was executed by the state of Texas in January. Yes, I admit it, I was going to fulminate about the injustice of the case, not to mention its inhumanity. So, I logged on to Liberty and started up a Lexis/Nexis search on “Jacobs,” “Urdiales” (the murder victim), “Texas,” and “execution.” (For those of you whoare computerilliterate and sorta don’t get the drift of this, I’m afraid it’s just time for you to suck it up and figure it out. Hamburgers will never cost five cents again. $200 will not buy you a new Cadillac.) The search brought up a bunch of editorials, and, gem of gems, the thing all journalists love: the pure, unfiltered Supreme Court opinion. So I scrolled through a bunch of junk‘ until I got the basic drift of the case. . In February, 1986, Jesse Jacobs was on parole in the state of Texas for participating in the beating to death of a retarded man with a fence post in Illinois, when he was convinced by his sister, Bobbie Jean Hogan, to help kidnap her boyfriend’s ex-wife, Etta Ann Urdiales, in order to scare her into giving up custody of her children. Hey, I never said this was going to be pretty. This is the deep, rotted, mutating marrow of America we are talking about. lt’s not for the weak-hearted. After stalking Urdiales for several days, he got her alone in her apartment and kidnapped her. He ...somebody, please, stop these hick Texans before they kill again. brought her to an abandoned house and ‘waited for Hogan to show up. What happened next is the bone of contention. . At Jacobs’s trial, the first trial, his own confession was used by the prosecution as the major piece of evidence against him. However, at the trial, he testified that his confession was false. According to the confes- sion, he killed Urdiales and buried her in a wooded area, to which he led the police. Now he said he had left Hogan alone with Urdiales, not knowing that Hogan_was armed (with the gun he had given her days earlier). When Hogan accidentally shot Urdiales while trying to frighten her, Jacobs entered the house, ascertained the situation, and told his sister to go home, he would take care of things. He then buried Urdiales and left town, embarking on a six-month robbery spree. The jury believed the original con- fession, and Jacobs was sentenced to the death penalty. Then, at Hogan’s trial, the pros- ecution (in fact, the same prosecutor, Peter Speers), changed stories. Now he brought inJacobs to testify that Hogan had pulled the trigger. (In case you are wondering at this point, yes, this is highly illegal. It is called “prosecutorial misconduct” when everyone is being civil.) The jury believed the prosecution again (this is Texas, not California) and convicted Hogan of murder. However, at sentencing, Hogan’s lawyers convinced the jury that the shooting had been an accident, resulting in a ten-year sentence for involuntary manslaughter. During the many appeals, Jacobs argued, correctly, that precedent did not allow prosecutors to simply introduce whatever evidence might point to guilt; they had to know it was true, or at least not know that it was not true. Clearly, they had done that in either Jacobs’s case or Hogan’s. You can’t have prosecutors arguing that there was one murderer but convicting two people of it, once using one against the other. To dramatize the problem here, two quotes from Pete Speers, one from Jacobs’s trial and one from Hogan’s: “The simple fact is that Jesse Jacobs, and Jesse Jacobs alone, killed Etta Ann Urdiales,” and later, “I’m convinced that Bobbie Hogan is the one who pulled the trigger.” _ At the Supreme Court, this is exactly Justice John Paul Stevens argued in his dissent, joined by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and joined in the pnn- ciple that a ruling for review should have been issued by Justice Stephen Breyer. Where were the other six members of the Court during all of this? Well, appar- ently they were trying to prove a point. That point is that the appeals process should not be used in a deleterious ‘manner in order to keep death row in- mates alive for years after their sentencing. Unfortu- nately, in their zeal, they have become blinded to real issues of law and procedure set down clearly through years of precedent. I’m not going to argue that the courts should outlaw the death penalty. I think clearly it isa sen- tence that is pennitted by law, custom and history. and its practice should be left up to the legislative bodies where all other laws are made. . I do think I would vote against it_as a bad Idea. Mario Cuomo tells a story about a little boy made aware of an execution asking his mother. “Why are they killing that man?” “Because he killed another person, and if anybody killed you, that man would be killed, too.” “And what about if I was raped. Mama? Would you rape that man?” I think Mario Cuomo is right. However, I also think his argument belongs in the legislature rather than the courts. . But somebody, please, stop these hick Texans before they kill again. _ Oh, by the way, Bobbie Jean Hogan is up for parole this year. '”Junk” consulted includes Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Houston Chronicle, etc. Quotes taken from Time. OCR::/Vol_094/WLURG39_RTP_19950224/WLURG39_RTP_19950224_006.2.txt The Ring-tum Phi, February 24,1995 OPINION PAGE 6 Credit cards threaten our world DREAM LAND Richard Weaver Let us now sit down in our favorite chair and address the greatest threat facing Washington and Lee students today: credit card companies. They innocently call you on the phone, wav- ing $500 credit lines in your face, know- ing that you’ll bite, line, hook, and sinker, and sell yourself into the world of the credit-card enslaved. It’s so easy! Before long, you are calling 1-800-FLOWERS and Judy, the Time-Life Operator, or ordering Elvis commemorative plates from the Franklin Mint, because all you need is a little piece of plastic and no actual money leaves your wallet. And it’s so easy! Not that l have gone overboard. Quite frankly, I enjoy the convenience of receiving a bill of my expenditures at the end of the month. OK, I’ll be honest: In enjoy receiving two bills of expenditures. You must understand, I am a repeat offender; I have swallowed the Visa AND Mastercard bait. A voice deep inside of me has al- ways wanted to answer a sales clerk who has said “Visa or Mastercard?” by saying,“Yourchoice.”Thisthrill, how- ever, quickly disappears whenever the mail comes, and I begin to question the wisdom of that $144.51 impulse pur- chase at “South of the Border.” I must now get up from my comfort- able chair and congratulate whatever force decided to offer college students credit cards; it is a genius. I say “it” because I have a new conspiracy theory that credit cards are the secret weapons of an evil and sadistic reptilian alien race, destined to saddle this generation with unmanageable debt and this con- trol it as a part of its evil and sadistic plan to take over our great free nation, and harvest its people for food, and drain our oceans of water to sat- isfy theirevil and sadistic leader, and to guarantee their evil and sa- distic desert home planet’s survival. This theory is, basi- cally, the plot from V: The Fi- A voice deep inside of me has always wanted to answer a sales clerk who has said “Visa or . Mastercard?” by saying, centive for college students to make monthly payments: Visa: Your minimum payment this month is $25. Are you going to pay it? Robert E. Student: Well, um, I have to pay the tow truck that took my car... ’ Visa: Well perhaps our friend Diana can persuade you to change your mind. Robert E. Student: NO! NO! PLEASE NO! Here, here’s the $25. In fact, take this $400 I was going to use for my W&L Greek Tax! Take my watch... Visa: Too late. D i a n a : (Crunch.” GULP). OK, OK, I re- alize I may be be- ing a little unfair in my theory, but I am in too deep to nal Victory. “Your choice, ” care. But in de- An)’ guys out fensev I dare ‘O You there will agree to give Mastercard with me when I say that the one redeeming feature of this mid-1980’s sci-fr series was, with- out a doubt, actress Jane Badler, who portrayed the character of “Diana,” the kind, soft-spoken, gentle alien com- mander who bit the heads off of live rats, small dogs, and residents of Los Angeles. What a woman! My theory . includes the idea that credit card com- panies are now using Diana as an in- LETTERS a call and ask their spokesalien if it isn’t true that .051780%DLY is some kind of track- ing code to make it so YOU CAN NEVER ESCAPE. And while you’re at it, ask them about the little micro- phones they have implanted in my teeth so they can listen in on my conversations. My credit card conspiracy theory is not limited just to Visa and Mastercard, but it even includes ATM cards. Think about it: you go to abank machine, type in your personal identification number and then you withdraw your book money for the semester and use it for a weekend. By doing this, you immedi- ately tip off the aliens as to your loca- tion and then they can sit around their TV screens with their alien buddies and watch you (via the ATM video cameras —— see how this is all tying in ?). The way that students handle their finances around here probably provides many entertainment opportunities for the aliens. Robert E. (types in number) Joe Alien: Hey, Bob, look: this kid is withdrawing more money. Hey, I’ll be you five bucks that he uses it to pay his Centel bill for the past three months. BohAlien: No way, Joe: he’s going to use it to buy his Chemistry books and pay his tutor to understand them for him. You’re on. Robert E. Student: (withdraws money and turns around) DIANA! Oh my God! NO! PLEASE NO! Diana: (Crunch... GULP) (She takes the money). Joe Alien: That was great! Let’s see that on instant replay... Well, consider yourself warned. I’ll be leaving now. I’ve heard rumors of a new Lee-Hi credit card being offered, and I’m going to check it. This column was originally pub- lished on September 1 7, 1993. Student: Framptom advises community on ticket purchase To the W&L community: As you all are probably well aware, the 88th annual Fancy Dress Ball is rapidly approaching. I would like to take this opportunity to bring a few important points to your attention. Please be sure to purchase a ticket and bring it with you to the ball. In the past, there have been rumors that some students have attended the ball without purchasing a ticket. Attending the ball without a ticket may be a violation of the Honor System, and any alleged violations will be reported to the Executive Committee for further investigation. Tickets and memorabilia items will be on sale in the University Center beginning on Monday, February 27. These items will be sold between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Monday through Thursday and from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Friday, March 3. In addition, tickets and memora- bilia items will be sold on Tuesday and Wednesday evening from 6-8 p.m. Tickets will also be sold at the front door for any people who haven’t al- ready purchased them. Tickets for this year’s ball will $45 per couple. The entire memorabilia package, consisting of one couple’s ticket, two t-shirts, two posters, two shot glasses, four cups, two playbills, and two key chains will be sold for $80. In addition, these items as well as se- lected items from previous years will be sold separately. As previously announced, the ball will be held in the Warner Center on Friday, March 3 from 9:30 p.m. until 1:30 a.m. The steering committee has worked exceptionally hard to bring you this year’s ball, and I hope that all of you attend and enjoy the ball. Best wishes for a safe and entertaining Fancy Dress weekend. Joe Framptom Chairman, 1995 Fancy Dress Ball Loans In a bind and need cash soon? Call the Student Emergency Loan Committee for help. We sill review your case and hand you a check. Call Paul Wright at 463-4360. Kathekon Pick up Kathekon applications and sign up for interview times be- ginning Monday, February 6. Ap- plications may be picked up in the University Center outside of Carol Caulkins’ office, and are due no later than Wednesday, March 1. Recruitment The Student Recruitment Com- mittee is now accepting letters of interest for the 1995-96 chairmen positions. Letters should be submit- ted to Julia Kozak, Associate Direc- tor of Admission, no later than March 3. Phi The Ring-tum Phi needs staff writers. If you think you might be interested in writing, come to our weekly meetings, every Tuesday at 7:00 in the Phi office, University Center room 208. For information, give us a call at 462-4059. SCA The Society for Creative Anachonisms (SCA) recreates many aspects of the Middle Ages includ- ing fighting, feasting, singing, danc- ing, gambling, and social structure. Meetings are at 7:00 p.m. on Thurs- day nights, at the International House, 8 Lee Avenue. For more information, contact Rachel Wright at x4702 or rwright@wlu.edu. GENERAL NOTES Big Four Big Four elections are coming up on Monday, March 6, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Speeches will be in C-School room 327 on Thurs- day, March 2, at 7:00 p.m. Peti- tions to run for office are due Mon- day, February 27, at 5:00 p.m. in the Executive Committee Office at the Rules Setting meeting. Study-Abroad The director of the study-abroad program Advanced Studies in En- gland, located in Bath, will be on campus Friday, February 24, at 3:00 p.m. in the University Center, room 117 to talk to interested students. Career Focus There will be a career focus workshop on Monday, February 27, at 4:00 p.m. in Room 109 of the University Center. All students are invited to attend. Interviews Videotaped practice interviews will be conducted on March 15. If you are interested in a practice in- terview, sign up for a time in the Career Development Office. The Advocate The next presentation from the Washington and Lee Film Society will be the quirky murder mystery The Advocate, directed by Leslie Megahey. Screenings will be at 8:05 on Friday, February 24, and Saturday, February 25, in the Trou- badour Cinema, at the comer of Main and Henry Streets. There is no charge for admission.'The film is in English. Executive Committee addresses faculty and staff about Honor system To the W&L community: This is in reference to the statement drafted by the Executive Committee regarding honor expectations outside the classroom. Last year’s White Book Review Committee had a number of recommendations regarding non-white book revisions at W&L. As a result of this, this year’s Executive Committee Honor systems cannot To the editor: On February 1, Professor Donald McCabe of Rutgers University took part in a panel discussion in Lee Chapel about the honor system. The Execu- tive Committee, the EC Honor Re- Orientation Committee and Contact sponsored the event. Professor McCabe is a leading expert on honor systems, and his research confirmed that W&L’s system works better than any other in the country. Congratula- tions to all the students, faculty and administrators who contribute to the fine environment that allows the sys- tem to flourish. Two issues discussed by the panel were the role of fear and the role of students and faculty in the system. As an EC member and Honor Re-Orientation Committee member, I wanted to offer some comments. The two roles illustrate the transformation that a student ideally undergoes while living underthe honor system at W&L. An honor system that wields the formed a sub-committee to study these recommendations. One particular con- cern of students at W&L was the de- gree of seriousness with which faculty and staff view the honor system. Many students feel that the honor system is not held in the same regard by faculty as by students. With this in mind, the committee felt it appropriate to draft a sword of fear does little to educate students about how to live honorably. All that system teaches is how to avoid consequences. When the student en- ters other phases of life, the value of honor is discarded. At W&L, fear may be very real sometimes because of the consequences of committing an honor violation. If respect for honor never replaces this fear, the system has not worked. Fear cannot produce the per- sonal growth that comes in four years of living in a community where honor is revered and practiced. Honor cannot be a pragmatic virtue. I have noted the tendency of people to describe how great the honor system is because you can leave stuff around and no one will bother it. This is a wonder- ful effect of the community of trust. Pens that fall on the floor sit there for days because no one wants to pick up someone else’s things. It is also cer- tainly fantastic that professors do not have to proctor exams. However, the policy regarding their commitment to the Honor system. The sole purpose in drafting the statement was to stress the spirit of trust that makes W&L the institution that it is today. William Toles E.C. Secretary system is not there for convenience. The system is there to educate us about honor. A few years ago at Vanderbilt Uni- versity, a debate about the efficacy of the honor code ensued after Professor McCabe’s study of the school code revealed around 65% of students ad- mitted cheating. This was about the nonnative level for private institutions with honor codes. The reasons people came up with in favor of an honor code were that it was tradition, helped the image of the school, and put everyone on equal ground. All these reasons are based in mere pragmatism, and the result for the honor code is that no one really cared about it. Students did not abide by it. Pragmatic reasons for having an honor system will not ulti- mately suffice because the burden be- comes too great in the enforcement. If we just like taking unproctored exams, the single sanction would be too harsh. The system would fall into disuse. Interviews and Photos By Darcey Livingston If you could go to the Fancy Dress Ball with anyone, Edye Poecker, ’97, Bangor, PA—— “Even though I’m a die-hard Republi- can, my dream date would be John F. Kennedy, Jr.” Terence 0_’Hare, ’98, Venice, Italy- Kim Basrnger because I’ll have four great nights with her.” Laura Purcell, ’95, Springfield, OH—“Brad Pitt because he’s the sexi- est man alive!” TALKBACK To Washington and Lee Staff Members: The Honor System of Washington and Lee is based on the fundamental principle that a spirit of trust pervades all aspects of student life. This spirit of trust makes Washington and Lee a unique educational institution. A student’s word is accepted and re- Recently at the University of Virginia, the Board of Visitors seized control of the honor system after many recent court challenges to honor system ver- dicts. UVA has a tradition of honor, but this has not been enough. The failure by the student body to continue to operate the system on principles of honor has led to the unfortunate situa- tion where it is necessary to reconsider the role of honor at UVA. Again, when the reasons for enforcement become clouded, the enforcement becomes problematic. They might want to take some lessons from W&L. However, we must learn from their mistakes as well. W&L has a renowned tradition of honor. General Lee did not base his implementation of the honor system in pragmatism. He understood duty. The essayist and University of Chicago Pro- fessor Richard Weaver once wrote, “The tendency to see a thing in its moral relationships, to discipline ego- spected both on campus and in the community. The system is in essence one of mutual trust—trust among students, faculty, administrators, and staff that persons attending Washington and Lee will not lie, cheat, or steal. It is the hope of the Executive Com- mittee that all employees of Washing- istic impulse, and to subordinate self to a communal ideal of conduct appears in Lee’s often quoted saying that duty is the most sublime word in the language.” These ideas are not trendy or popular in contemporary American culture and education. The supremacy of the indi- vidual is often the gospel of both the liberal and the conservative. They just have different ideas about how to achieve that goal. Honor is a duty, but it is a duty within the context _of a community. W&L helps us to under- stand that duty to others is a basis for further education. As I said before though, tradition is not a good enough argument for an honor system. Stu- dents have to ferret out the principles Lee meant by duty and live them. I do not claim to be able to put those prin- ciples in a concise sentence. Honor at W&L is only what the current students allow it to be. However, when students fail to base honoron principle and duty, it is the impending demise of the honor ton and Lee extend to students the same degree of trust that allows students to enjoy unparalleled academic freedom. The Executive Committee exists to serve all members of the Washington and Lee community; any questions or concerns should be directed to a mem- ber of the Executive Committee. be based on pragmatic reasons system. It is the job of the older students and the exp°rienced faculty to facilitate understanding of the pro- cess by which we leave W&L under- standing a little bit more about our duty to one another. The Executive Committee has undertaken honor re- orientation to contribute to theprocess by which we hope to see older stu- dents assess the lessons of honor learned during their time at W&L. later this spring a mock closed hear- ing will allow students to take part as EC members in a hearing. The honor system video will be redone in the spring term to accentuate the philoso- phy and positive aspects of honor at W&L. In spite of all of these things the EC plans, the informal process of students passing along the knowledge of duty is the lifeblood of honor at W&L. It is your system. Keep up the good work. Keith Benedict ’96L who would it be and why? Robin Seaton, ’98, Dalton, GA- Fred Astaire as a young man so we could dance the night away.” Tate Tucker, ’98, Little Rock, AR- A handle of Jim Beam because I’ll probably end up taking them back to the room with me.” ~ our me» i‘ '1 . RC! LaKeisha Townes, ’95, Richmond, VA—“Denzel Washington. Do you really need to ask why?” OCR::/Vol_094/WLURG39_RTP_19950224/WLURG39_RTP_19950224_007.2.txt The Ring-tum Phi, February 24, 1995 S1’) ORTS PAGE 7 V , 0 CAROLINA A 1 I I WE GLADLY owuan ACCEPT mp FOOD , OPERATED :.srAMps S|NCE1936 ii;':t' . 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OCR::/Vol_094/WLURG39_RTP_19950224/WLURG39_RTP_19950224_008.2.txt 3 President Clinton“ Last Week: BASK‘.ETBALL- (M) W&L 91 E. Mennonite 67; H-Syd 76 W&L 73 (W) B'Wtr 62 W&L 45; R-MC 72 W&L 45 SW[MM[NG- (M) 2nd of 11 at Southern States (W) 7th of 11 at Southern States BASEBALL-Embry Riddle 14, 10 W&L 6, 0 PAGE 3 rues: THE LAST sr STEPHEN kind of athletic “St, the Union” address, be appropriate-.: A S) If there were ‘jsujch enterprise, this two”, probably be an outlinéifo this year’s version. V Howmuchrespectdo with foreign heads a if he is tossed“ ballplayers? ‘V . in an intervte ESPN, New . 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Wiu:sruNG- Robert Hull competes at NCAA Regionals Irmoon T‘RACK- (M&W) ODAC Championships at VMI T1-:NNIs- at Davidson FEBRUARY 24, 1995 Men finish strong at Southern States meet: By Scorr BOOKWALTER Phi Assistant Sports Editor. The Washington and Lee men’s swimming team climaxed an outstanding season with a sen- sational second place finish last weekend at the Southern States Championships at Davidson in North Carolina. Only Davidson, the home team, could outlast the Generals, who finished second in a field of eleven teams. In the process, W&L duplicated last year’s run- ner-up status. In addition to a strong overall performance, three W&L school records were shattered in indi- vidual events. Sophomore Nathan Hottle went on a rampage by destroying records in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke, and the 400 freestyle relay squad, consisting of senior Tony Diederich, and juniors Dan Stillman, Frank Braden, and Craig Sears, smashed another school mark. Head coach Page Remillard was obviously delighted with the result. “We prepared rather thor- oughly for the meet and hoped to be highly competitive,” he ex- plained. “I-think we accomplished that.” Hottle swam far beyond com- petitiveness. His finish of 57.70 in the 100- breast demolished the previous school record by more than two seconds, and his time of 2:05.37 in the 200 breaststroke was more than four seconds ahead of the . try in Division III. previous pace. Although he still finished sec- ond in both races, Hottle auto- matically qualified forthe NCAA Championships in both events. He also provisionally qualified in the 400 individual medley, in which he prevailed with a time of 4:08.99. Since W&L was competing against mostly Division I schools at the meet, Hottle’s marks in the 100 and 200 breaststroke are ten- tatively ranked first in the coun- with the performance of Braden. The junior placed fourth in the 500-freestyle with a time of 4:41.01, which conditionally earned him a spot in the NCAA Championships. He finished sixth in both the 100 and 200 freestyle, and also assisted in the 400 freestyle relay team’s record-breaking perfor- mance, which tentatively quali- fies for the NCAA’s as well. “Frank has always had the tal- ent; he just had to learn how to be successful,” Remillard ex- pressed. “He has just now dis- covered it.” Sears grabbed second place in the 20OIMwith amark of 1 :57.52, Stillman took fourth in the 50- free by completing the race in 21.70 seconds, and senior John Rowe latched onto the sixth spot He also ended up as the sec- ond highest individual scorer in the meet. “Last year, Nathan was just tapping his potential ,” Remillard mentioned. “This year, he has experienced success.” Remillard was also impressed in the 200-breast with a 2:11.79. All three times provisionally qualified them for NCAA’s. Diederich had a solid meet as he ended up second in the 100- frce with a time of 47.32 sec- onds, and swam fourth in the 200-free with a time of 1:44.26. Freshman Erik Holbrook also garnered a fourth place finish in the 200-butterfly, rolling in at 2:00.47. The quartet of Stillman, Diederich, Sears, and Hottle tri- umphed in the 200-free relay with a time of 1:26.17. Washington and Lee had a chance to crack another record, but the 800-free relay team of Braden, Diederich, Sears, and Hottle was disqualified for start- ing too early, after being on a crash course toward another school record. Davidson benefited from this tough break, as well as from the fact that W&L does not have a diving team, in order to sneak past the Generals and win th meet. “We kicked everybody ’s butts in the pool,” Remillard stated. Remillard was extremely sat- isficd with the Generals’ 6-1 regly lar season log and expressed con- fidence in W&L’s chances at the NCAA Championships in Ox- ford, Ohio on March 16-18. “At the beginning of the ye we dedicated ourselves to pe - formance,” he remarked. “Our goals are to always go faster than we did before, and to realize that we can’! control what others do.” “We want to make winning! into a tradition.” The women’s swim team ran over the competition at the Atlantic States/ODAC Championships en route to amassinz 805 points (the next team had 600). W&L demolishes Eastern Menno- nite; drops heartbreaker to Sydney By JOSHUA HESLINGA Phi Staff Writer While most of the school finished midterms and left for a much-needed break, the men’s basketball team com- pleted its season with another trip to the ODAC tournament, where they fell just short of upsetting league champion Hampden-Sydney in the final game of head coach Verne Canfield’s long W&L career. The Generals secured a spot in the ODAC tourney despite a 90-85 OT loss to Lynchburg two weeks ago. In that game, the Generals held a 66-54 lead with 6:22 to play, but Lynchburg surged behind Otis Tucker to close the gap. Poor free-throw shooting allowed Lynchburg to send the game to over- time, as the Generals missed four key shots in the final minute and shot only 16-30 overall. A three-pointer from junior Derek Carter tied the game again at 81-81 late in the extra period, but Lynchburg sank its final five shots from the charity stripe to provide the margin of defeat. Junior forward Cam Dyer recorded a strong 26-point, seven-rebound perfor- mance in the loss. Sophomore Chris Couzen contributed 16 points, and Carter hit for 12 points, including two from downtown. The Generals split the final two games of the regular season, losing to rival Roanoke 94- 80 on Saturday but re- bounding with a 91 -67 thrashing of East- F Chris Couzen em Mennonite. The split left the Gener- als with a 10-15 regular-season finish, 6-12 in the ODAC. V In the Roanoke game, the Generals trailed by only three points at half—time, 40-37, but the Maroons came out strong in the second half, posting an 18-3 run to lead 58-40. The Generals cut the lead to 77-71 with 4:39to play, but three straight Roanoke baskets from Jason Bishop ended the rally. Chris Couzen was the game’s high scorer as he tied a W&L school record with seven three-pointers en route to a career-high 29 points. Dyer posted 16 points and senior Mark Connelly contributed 10 in the effort. Against the Royals of EMU, 12 Gen- erals got on the scoreboards, establish- ing a quick 43-33 lead at intermission. The second half was also all Generals, rolling to the 24-point victory. Couzen led the Generals again with a game-high 21 points, and Carter added 14. Both Dyers, Cam and Kelly, also tallied 14 points. The Generals took their game to the Salem Civic Center on Saturday for an imposing first-round showdown with league-champion Hampden-Sydney. It looked grim early, as the Generals shot just 29% from the field, leading to a 39- 26 haltime deficit. However, as the Generals have done all season, they rallied fora 21-4 burst to take a 65-57 lead with 6:31 to play. The pendulum of momentum then swung to Hampden-Sydney, as the Ti- gers answered with a 12-2 spurt to re- Athletes of the Week File Photo take a 4 point lead with just over four minutes remaining. The Generals tied it at 71 with two minutes to go, but the Tigers grabbed a 76-73 lead with 33 seconds left. Derek Carter’s attempt for the tie was off, and the Generals’ last chance jumper from Jon Coffman fell short after two missed foul shots from the Tigers with five seconds left. Connelly finished his collegiate ca- reer with a stellar game-high 18 points and seven rebounds. Season high scorer Cam Dyer posted a double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds, and Couzen added 11 points and nine rebounds. Connelly and Dyer also both earned All-ODAC honors. Dyer was named to the second team roster for leading the Generals in scoring (17.2 points per game) and rebounding (8.1 a game). Connelly received honorable mention after finishing second in both scoring (11.9 ppg) and rebounding (6.7). Canfield listed his players’ effort as the most positive aspect of the season. “I ’m very excited about their future,” he added. “They just need to learn how to win some of the close ones. If they work hard in the offseason on weaknesses and improving theirskills, I look to see them be very successful in the future.” As for his upcoming plans, Canfield remarked, “There’s several things on the horizon- I’m not sure yet. I’m going to be in the game somehow, but I’m just going to wait and see. Whatever hap- pens, I’ll be watching these men with a lot of love and support.” \ Rebekah Prince Nathan Hottle J Women turn in solid year By STEPHEN WILLIARD Phi Sports Editor The Washington and Lee women’s swim team may have pushed the limits a little too far the last too weeks, but they still emerged with a successful record. One week after racing through the ODAC/ Atlantic States meet, the lady Generals had to take on even tougher competition at the Southern States Cham- pionships. The Generals demolished the opposi- tion at the ODAC Championships. The second place squad, College of Notre Dame, was 205 points behind W&L’s pace. Head coach Kiki Jacobs was not sur- prised by the victory. “We knew going into ODAC’s that we were the odds on favorite,” remarked the coach. W&L was led by junior Rebekah Prince. Prince turned in three individual wins along with aiding in three relay wins. In the 400 IM, Prince broke the ODAC, Atlantic States, and school record. In the 200 back, Prince continued her efforts as she provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships. In lieu of these accomplishments, she was awarded ODAC Swimmer of the Year. Freshman Megan Wiedmaier and Bligh Wollner each won two races and Susan Fisher and Jen Miller won one race each. Following the standout team perfor- mance, Jacobs was awarded the Atlantic States Coach of the Year honors. The next weekend proved to be tougher for the Generals at the Southern States Championships as they finished seventh out of eleven squads. When asked if the back to back week- end meets affected the team’s perfor- mance, Wiedmaier responded, “It did because the ODAC’s was right in the ‘ middle of our tapering.” Coach Jacobs agreed, “It was a tough back-to-back with ODAC’s and South- ern States.” Prince once again stood out for the V Generals, provisionally qualifying for NCAA’s in the 100 back and for a second time in the 200 back. The perfor- mance should be enough to push her into Nationals. V “We’re 95 percent sure she’s going to make it,” said Jacobs. The 400 freestyle relay squad of Prince, Wiedmaier, Jen Miller, and Laura Marshall came up big as well as they broke the school record by nearly two * seconds. Other highlights ofthe meet included Wiedmaier winning the consolation flight of the 500 freestyle in a lifetime best time. Anne Spencer also posted strong performances in the 500 free, 200 breast, and 400 IM. As the season came to an end, Jacobs listed the team’s biggest accomplish- V ments as posting an 8-3 record for the ‘ year, beating Catholic, and Prince’s school record in the 400 IM and the school record set by the 400 free relay squad. ForJacobs, this season marked a few milestones. “This is the first year we’ve had a full squad,” remarked the coach. Also the seniors graduating this year are special to Jacobs. “That was my first group that I had to V work with all four years,” said Jacobs. Both Wiedmaier and Jacobs re- marked on the closeness of the team. Jacobs said, “I think the squad was pretty tight.” v Wiedmaier took it on notch farther, saying, “I think as a team, at the end, the whole team, girls and guys, came to- gether.” By RYAN BREMER Phi Staff Writer The Generals women’s basketball team conclude their 1994-95 season last week, their first in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. The team finished the season with a 6-18 overall record; 4- 16 in conference play. Despite their record, the Generals viewed this season as a learning experi- ence and an introduction to the caliber of play in the ODAC. The team picked up an important win in their final home game of the season. The Generals put the pressure on Hollins early, building a 35-21 lead. Hollins managed to put together a run to cut the lead to nine but the Generals kept pouring on the offense and cruised to a 62-42 victory. Sandra Holmes again led the way for the Generals, scoring 17 points and pulling nine rebounds. The team also set a season mark in assists with fifteen. The victory in the final home game was a noble way to send off guard Amy Vogt and forward Amy Mihal, the team’s only seniors. Head Coach Terri Dadio felt that the Hollins game was a good morale booster for the team with three tough ODAC teams remaining on the schedule. “The Hollins game was a good win for us,” said Dadio. “We played good defense and shot the ball well. It was a good final game in the Warner Center and it will provide a good direction for this team next year.” Later in the week, the Generals faced a Roanoke team with a high-octane of- fense. The Generals’ defense held Roanoke to only 58 points but shot only 21 percent themselves and fell 58-31. Holmes, however, had another strong game with 12 points and 10 boards. The team dropped their final two Women’s basketball ‘ ends difficult season - games of the season at Bridgewater "d Randolph-Macon. In the Bfidggjwier game the Generals were able to fight back from several large deficits but could, never claim the lead. With forward Amy Mihal sidelined with a virus, the Generals lacked the strength in the paint to contend with Bridgewater. The Generals ended up losing 62-45.? Holmes remained steady, tallying 18 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. Stacy Williams also reached double figures with thirteen. Randolph-Macon also managed to; get the jump on the Generals early on in the contest, racing toa42-1 9 lead. W&L only shot 33 percent, in contrast to R- MC’s 52 percent, resulting in a 72-45. Sandra Holmes once again led the way ‘ in scoring and rebounding for the team, recording 11 and 10 respectively. Coach Dadio and the women’s bas- ketball team have every reason to look forward to next season. The Generals’ Sandra Holmes returns for her senior‘ year. Her numbers this season were im- pressive: 12.8 points and 8.2 rebqxflls per game. She recorded a double-double in eight games. , The team also returns their other three top scorers. Because of the small size of the team, the five freshmen were able to contribute regularly and should have an increased role next year. Dadio has also indicated that she expects a strong class of incoming fresh- man players. Plus, after one year of seasoning, W&L will have a better idea of what to expect from its ODAC com- petitors. ‘ Commenting on the past season, Coach Dadio said, “We improved with each game, and we’re looking forward to continuing that improvement next year while adding some talented fresh- *7 men.” Lb