OCR::/Vol_103/WLURG39_RTP_20000501/WLURG39_RTP_20000501_001.2.txt ‘vfli.-$33‘:-i'.i\'s _ " i.)LT‘.\{x=‘\:*'3’="?N VA ..~’4'-;’:H i . an lie fling-tum 13 VVASHINGTON AND LEE UNrvERsmI’s WEEKLY NEWSPAPER @113 mi Men’s Lax: May1»2°°0 Best in Lex Generals defeat VMI in 13"‘ 24/7% Annual Lee-Jackson Classic *1 Alumni Weekend BY Mike H°1meS STAFF WRITER Prevlew VMI students marched to Wilson Field Saturday with Everything that’s aspirations of seeing their lacrosse team take home the ; happening this week, and a Lee-Jackson Trophy, but once again the Keydets walked look into the upcoming away empty handed as the Generals dealt them a convinc- , , , ing 14-4 loss. weekenws festwmes The Lee-Jackson Classic, an annual event between VMI See Page 3 and W&L, served as a tune-up for the Generals, who rarely " have the opportimity to face an athletic Division I oppo- nent such as VMI. The Keydets (7-6) looked strong at the start of the game, as their physical play helped them get out to a quick lead when junior attackman Brad Muston skirted by a W&L defender to score the first goal of the A. ' ° game. VMI was encouraged early by the large assembly of Cheerleadlng hlts students, parents and alumni that came to support them. Washington and Lee was stifled in the first quarter as they were unable to convert on several opportunities. The , New Squad mrmed for Keydets kept W&L scoreless and led at the end of the first 2000-2001 sport season quarter. See page 3 However, the odds were stacked against VMI. The Gen- erals (13-1), who have now won twelve straight games in e the series, regrouped and came out much stronger in the second quarter. Junior Pope Hackney tied the game 1:42 into the second quarter and scored another goal just 49 seconds later. The Generals continued the onslaught with goals by junior Matt Dugan, senior Chris Brown and two ,\ from senior Colin Dougheity. Washington and Lee took a Tennis captures 3:23:32::.".:%.?:.§t.:.°::;::.?;—::Sz:;:€;:;::§::‘::::‘; OD titles halftime afier Pope Iiackney scored his third goal with just photo by Emily 'Bames/Executive Editor . Men & womenss teams seven Seconds remammg 1“ the half’ KEEPING THEM AWAY. Junior midfielder Pope Hackney keeps away the VMI defense during Saturday’s Lee- come backvictorious SEE ‘L_EE-JACKSON.’ (_)N1:-AGE2 Jackson Lacrosse Classic. The Generals won for the twlefth consecutive year 14-4. See page 4 The- end of Spring Term, fact or fiction? Faculty to review entire academic calendar, not just spring term in the upcoming school year Baseball comes short of win The baseball team loses 3-0 to Guilford See page 4 A Foxfield is too pretentious Horse race tailgate needs to be more like Preakness See page 2 Men’s lax rolls over VMI More Lee-Jackson Lacrosse Classic coverage See page 4 By Sarah Schmidt STAFF WRITER Every year, rumors about the elimi- 5 nation of spring term haunt W&L stu- dents, but these fears may be unwar- ranted. The academic calendar is reviewed every 10 years to determine whether or not the calendar fits the curriculum objectives. The last review was dur- ing the ‘90-‘9l school year and Dean Boetsch is helping coordinate the re- view process for next year. “There’s not a lot of sitting down to ‘do away’ with spring term, that’s not the issue,” said Boetsch. Boetsch said there will probably be a committee of faculty and students to make calendar revisions. They will analyze previous studies of the calen- dar, senior exit surveys and other uni- versity wide studies to determine if the calendar is still appropriate. They will assess the academic value of spring term, and alterations may be made even if the current calendar is kept in- tact. They will also consider altema- tives such as a two-term calendar. In anticipation of the upcoming re- view, members of the class of 1999 were asked several questions about the effectiveness of spring tent; on the senior exit poll. The results were highly in favor of spring term. More than 50 percent of the stu- dents surveyed responded that spring term brings “many benefits.” Many said spring term allows them to work with professors on a more individual basis and allows . professors to offer more creative courses. In addition, nearly 70 percent of the seniors polled feel that there were many “informal, outside-of-the-classroom benefits.” The students also claim that the outside-of-class benefits are in- valuable to their college experience at W&L. 68 percent said that spring term is the only opportunity to take advan- tage of non-academic activities on and off campus. Students polled praise spring tenn because it enables them to study spe- cific subjects in depth and concentrate on only one or two classes. They also said that spring term enables them to take classes that would not regularly fit into their schedules. Students cite classes such as total theater, field botany, and the archaeology dig as spring courses that they could not have taken in a full semester. Many students also think studying abroad and interning during the six-week term rather than a 12-week term is much more practical. ‘ Those that recommend cutting the shortened term point to poor course selection and crammed material into a short period as their argument. Many complaints about the calen- dar also have to do with fall and wiri- ter terms. Students feel that the short- ened 12-week terms, as opposed to the traditional 15-week, make it too diffi- cult to digest the material of a full- length course. Another downfall of the current calendar, according to the sur- vey, is that professors do not use spring term effectively. The results of the 1999 senior exit survey will be consulted when the committee determines the fate of spring term. There is support for the current calendar among university ad- ministrators as well as students. “I like the pace of our calendar. Spring term provides a different aca- demic experience,” said Dean Howison. Dean Boetsch agreed that the tri- mester calendar, “allows us, when we do it right, to approach learning from different ways.” Boetsch said the most notable advantages of spring term are opportunities for internships, interdis- ciplinary studies and studies abroad. The calendar also allows faculty to get release time from teaching. to focus on other academic pursuits. However, there is concern among faculty about spring terrn’s effective- ness academically. Some fear that spring term deters from the objectives of the curriculum. “Unfortunately, students feed a lot of opposition,” said Dean Boetsch, noting that the general perception of spring term as a carefree time of few academic responsibilities is the great- est threat to its existence. “The future of spring tenn will be based on the strength of the academic experience,” said Howison. Students relocate to go tailgating Foxfield races attract students from all over for a good time By Alexis Yee-Garcia News EDITOR Thousands of spectators, including students from W&L, UVA, even as far away as Georgetown and UNC, converged Saturday in the middle of a field for Charlottesville’s annual Foxfield Races. The Foxfield races have been held annually since 1978 and usually attract about 25,000 spectators. The actual horse races at Foxfield are called steeplechases and take Parking situation and golf carts... lfi Parking in frosh lots or place on a grass track surrounding the plots where most Calcutta which . ., spectators gather. , , Is worse . The horse races themselves are not visible from most of See Page 2 the plots, but most college students in the main area admit that they’re not there for the horses. Even the official Foxfield sponsors confess that the races are a “tailgating affair.” Those who did not wake up early enough to arrive be- fore the gates opened at l0:30a.m. faced at least an hour of bumper-to-bumper traffic, punctuated by race pre-partiers « Top 10 goals for a bunch of people standing around,” said sophomore John Creek. “But it was actually fun.” Alumni weekend hanging out of car windows, and an occassional into-the- woods pit stop. Despite the drive, the wait, the $20 ticket Can you tell a difference price and the outrageous $15 parking fee, even students ' ,, between students and attending for the first time said that they would return next Alumni? .4 Y°‘i{- . . . See page 2 phom by Tmny Friedelmhopo Editor I thought it would be hot and boring, because rt’sjust THERE WERE Honsi-:s? Students from Washington & Lee and other colleges have a mass tailgate, otherwise known as Foxfield on Saturday. ' OCR::/Vol_103/WLURG39_RTP_20000501/WLURG39_RTP_20000501_002.2.txt PAGE 2 O @112 Bing-tum ilflhi PINION MAY 1, 2000 Race tailgates should relax Spring Term may be here in spirit, but the damn weather has been doing its damnedest to keep us under lock and key. With all the rain we got there’d better be a hell of a lot of May flowers out and about Lexington. With the exception of those who went to Foxfield and enjoyed such a pleasant Saturday, we’ve had al- most no nice weather to speak of. It’s been wet, cold and unpleasant. Not to say that there hasn’t been a few nice days, but they’ve been about as plentiful as fans in the fourth quarter at a W&L football game. Of course, we can al- ways make the best of the said rain and encourage activities more conducive to having fun in the monsoon season we call Spring Term. First things first, everyone needs to lose the uppity, “I’m-wearing-shorts-with-a-shirt-and-tie-because-it’s- fashionable-I-swear” spring formal wear. 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Saturday 8 p.m. - A Cappella Concert featuring Southern Comfort, JubiLee and General Admission. Lee Chapel. 10 pm. - Snackbar Jones at Chi Psi B, S, &M at Pika Agents of Good Roots at Sig Ep Boogiehawg at Lambda Chi Dean Dollar at Pi Phi = »l'a.m. — Late Night DJ at Chi Psi M est Vs/&L stuclents Lave OCR::/Vol_103/WLURG39_RTP_20000501/WLURG39_RTP_20000501_004.2.txt PAGE 4 Eli: ‘fling-tum lflhi MAY 1, 2000 , comeback fell short in the ninth in- ‘LEE-JACKSON’ from page 1 VMI midfielder Erik Siebert scored the first goal of the second half, but the Generals refused to allow any more as their defense kept VMI scoreless for the last 27 minutes of the game. Washington and Lee scored the last seven goals to take another easy victory. The sec- ond half was a show of strength for both the offense and defense of Washington and Lee as the team domi- nated every aspect of the game by minimizing mistakes. The Generals, who have typically been recognized for their high powered offense, also has one of the lead- ing defenses in the country. The Generals are now sec- ond in Division III scoring defense by giving up just 5.29 goals per game. The defensive performance was led by goalie Wes Hays (10 saves), captain Charlie Antrim, junior Pete Iwancio, sophomore Eric Kontargyris, and freshman defensive midfielder Matt Conners. Lexington Mayor Buddy Derrick presented the win- ning trophy to the W&L captains following the game. The recipients of the Worrell-Fallon memorial award for the most valuable player from each team were goalie Jeff Neal, who had 16 saves for VMI, and junior Matt Dugan, who had five goals and four assists to lead W&L. Also leading the Generals were Pope Hackney (3 goals, 2 assists), Colin Dougherty (3 goals), Chris Brown (1 goal, 1 assist), and junior Tom Burke and se- nior Andy Jones who added one goal apiece. Freshman face-off specialist Thomas Melanson won 16 of 21 face- offs against an athletic VMI team that typically con- trols ground balls. Last week the General’s clinched their second straight ODAC championship and a berth to the NCAA tournament by defeating Hampden-Sydney l6-2. Wash- ington and Lee is currently ranked fifth and is striving to grab one of the four number one seeds in the upcom- ing tournament. The Generals hope to move up in the polls after Washington College, whom the Generals defeated earlier this season, upset top-ranked Salisbury State Saturday. Washington and Lee’s only blemish on their record was a defensive battle that they lost to number two ranked Gettysburg College earlier this sea- son. The Generals head to Randolph-Macon this Wednesday to defend their ten game win streak and to finish their regular season. SPORTS photo by Emily Bames/Executive Editor PLAYING TOUGH DEFENSE. Senior midfielder Greg Meyers switches to defense as he interferes with a VMI player’s cradling. Tough defense as Meyers demonstrates helped W&L crush VMI in the Lee-Jackson Lacrosse Classic 14-4. Baseball ends after two losses in ODACs By Mike Weil STAFF WRITER The~Washington & Lee baseball team suffered two tight losses in two games, as they were ousted. in the double elimination ODAC tourna- ment. Game one was extremely heart- breaking for the Generals, as their ning against top-seeded Virginia Wesleyan. The game was scoreless headed into the bottom of the sixth, when Virginia Wesleyan struck first with an RBI double by DH Roger Carpen- ter. The Generals responded with two runs in the top of the seventh on a single by freshman lefifielder Bobby Littlehale that scored shortstop David Hanson and DH Brian Gladysz who singled and walked re- spectively. However, VWC would score twice in both the bottom of the seventh and eighth innings to take a seemingly commanding 5-2 lead. The Generals responded in the ninth. Gladysz singled and was pinch run for by Jason May. Senior Andy Thompson then delivered a clutch pinch hit double moving May to third. After a groundout by second baseman Michael Hanson and a strikeout by Littlehale, sophomore third baseman Matt Kozora singled to center scoring both May and Thompson. Sophomore Todd Gosselink added another single to advance Kozora to second, but the game would end as the VWC second baseman would snare a hard hit ground ball by Russell Wrenn and toss it to sec- ondfor an easy force out. W&L was led offensively by Kozora and Gladys; who went 4-for-5 and 2-for-2 respec- tively. ' Junior David Sigler pitched eight innings and was charged with the loss,ending his season with a 7-5 record. The Generals’ bats were simply cold in their second game, as they were blanked by a score of 3-0 against third seeded Guilford. Guilford took a 2-0 lead in the bot- tom of the fourth, on a suicide squeeze and balk call. The Quakers increased their lead to three in the seventh inning on a sacrifice fly. The Generals made things inter- esting in the ninth inning, putting runners on first and second with only one out, but the Guilford hurler was able to retire the next two bat- ters to preserve the victory. Wrenn had_three hits for the Gen- erals in four at—bats, while senior Tennis sweeps ODAC’s Both teams beat opponents into the By Neal Willetts LA your & DESIGN EDITOR An amazing comeback by Zac Vucannon in his singles set saved the Generals tennis team and pushed them onto their 5th consecutive ODAC vic- tory on Aprill 5th. 2 Meanwhile, the day afler the men’s team won their title, the women’s took home their 10th straight ODAC title in a crushing win over their other opponents. While both teams won, the men’s team won by a single point, 66, to ground Hampden-Sydney’s 65. The women’s team did not give their opponents an opportunity to gain points, destroying their opponents utterly and completely in both singles and doubles to come out with 72 points against second place East- ern Mennonite’s 33.5. The women’s team is now basking the the glory of their I 1th crown overall, and the men now reign with 19 trophies out of 24 years in the ODAC’s. Women’s team senior Brooke Haitzell came back to Lexington with her 2nd consecutive player of the year award. Schuyler Marshall went 2-for-4. Freshman Michael Hanson took the loss despite pitching a complete game and giving up only three earned runs. “Wejust played two hard games, and couldn’t get it done,” said photo by Emily Barnes/Executive Editor SwiNG BATTA, BATTA, swmc. Senior Russell Wrenn takes a swing at a fast ball during the season. Kozora. “We faced a really good pitcher.” “We are going to have a really good team next year. 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In addition to Campbell's ex- ploits, Lynchburg (l4-3) received additional offensive support from freshman attacker Lindsay Caruso (Darien, Conn./Darien), who tal- lied two goals and one assist. Senior Ginny Jernigan (Or- lando, Fla./Dr. Phillips) made nine saves in goal, pushing her career total to 505 saves. She finishes her career second in W&L history in that category. Sophomore Jen McHugh (Bel Air, Md./C. Milton Wright) posted 17 saves in goal for the Hornets. W&L outshot Lynchburg, 26-22, in the contest. Courtesy ofSports Information Track simmers down Season ends in less than stellar finish HARRISONBURG, Va - The Wash- ington and Lee men's and women's track teams competed in the Eastern Mennonite Royal Track Invitational on Saturday afternoon in Harrisonburg, Va. The men's team fm- ished fifth of nine teams while the women's squad finished fifth of 11 teams. On the women's side, W&L was led by sophomore Sarah Schmidt (Topeka, Kan./Hayden), who claimed first place in the javelin competition with a throw of ll3-09. Schmidt edged out senior teammate Meredith Mlynar (New Fairfield, Conn./New F airfield), who fin- ished in second with a heave of 102-09. Also turning in strong showings for the Generals were freshman Burke Duncan (Oklahoma City, Okla./Casady) in the 3,000 meter run (3rd Place - 1 1:12.20), and seniorlill Kosch (Colum- bus, Neb./Scotus) in the 200-meter dash (27.34). l(osch‘s time in the 200 missed the W&L school-record by only .22 seconds. The men's team was led by junior Marc Watson (Marietta, Ga./Walton), who finished as the runner-up in the 100-meter dash. Watson's time of 1 l .09 seconds placed him just ahead of se- nior teammate Hansell Pasco (Hilton Head, S.C./Hilton Head), who posted a time of l l .17. Sophomore Michael Hegg (Seattle, Wash./Shorecrest) fin- ished second in the 400-meter hurdles (58.95) and third in the 110-meter high hurdles (15.90). The other highlight for the men's squad came in the high jump, where junior Jacek Mucha (Houston, Texas/AWTY Interna- tional) finished as the runner-up with a leap of 5-8. Courtesy of Sports In- formation Come write for win am Join W&L’s oldest and most presti- gious newspaper for the final weeks of spring term! Call X4060 or email phi@wlu.edu