OCR::/Vol_103/WLURG39_RTP_20010319/WLURG39_RTP_20010319_001.2.txt I -< + 2, I l'\.' :33 IL IKSVZ,‘ Vi 1.. 2 1 Q ~ 2»- ., ‘T ex 3 4 \ ~ gar/as VoLuME 103, No. 23 Calendar issue still contested By Michael Crittenden CONTRIBUTING EDITOR As the battle over the future of Washington and Lee’s spring term continues to grow, the report from the stu- dent-faculty committee in charge of the review has left many questions unanswered. The report, “Consequences of a Two-Semester Calen- dar,” was published by the Calendar Committee, a joint student-faculty committee chaired by University Librar- ian Barbara Brown. Charged with analyzing the pros and cons of moving to two 14-week semesters, the committee interviewed faculty and students, as well as members of the administration, on a number of issues they found im- portant. The committee then compiled the results and is- sued the report to faculty the first week of March. The major portion of the report focuses on the results of the faculty survey on the consequences of a two-semester calendar. While there is no general conclusion for the report, the report is slanted in favor of a two-semester system. “The benefits appear to outweigh the costs,” the report said. “Positive aspects of such a reform would include a slower pace to conduct courses, the greater opportunity for deeper learning, and the benefits of confonning to cal- endars used by the vast majority of peer institutions.” The report also looked at the effect of a two-semester sys- tem vs. the current calendar in relation to a number of non- faculty related areas, most significantly the efiect on student affairs. The report notes that there has been an observed in- crease in the happiness and relaxed nature of students since spring tenn was instituted and that there is a fear that a two- semester schedule may cause retention rates to fall. More interestingly is the claim of the report that spring term needs to be eliminated in order to reduce excessive drinking. According to the report, “students have much free time” during spring term, “which is usually spent drink- ing. . . we cannot alter patterns of alcohol abuse without altering spring term. . . a change to two semesters would. . . offer less opportunity for excessive drinking.” While there are no statistics given, the committee re- port also said that drinking and driving is a nightly prob- lem during spring term, despite the fact that drunken driv- ing arrests have declined in recent years. While some of the report does focus on the effect on students, must of focusesron the opinion of the faculty in SEE ‘CALENDAR,’ PAGE 2 Ultra flttng-tum JAMES l..E\."8lJ5'eh ?r.f>Fjfi-“1,.t:,;:p,I wasnwaron a aw Ui1‘V!!'l!‘3iTV 5 "“‘v"t‘~’v:?'F“:"w, \/A 24450 ?‘-iiiili 2 2 2001 WAsHrNcroN AND LEE UNrvERsrrv’s WEEKLY NEWSPAPER LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA 24450 LARGE ART. With Fancy Dress days away, FD Steering_ Committee members scramble to finish the decorations in time for the big dance. photo by Mary Guy/Photo Editor Fitness center awaits approval By Mike George STAFF WRITER The proposal to construct a new fit- ness center met with no definite an- swers this past week. The W&L Athletics Department met with architects and designers Tuesday to discuss a new 10,000 sq. ft. fitness center. However, the project has not been approved by the W&L Board of Trustees and is still in its initial phases. The project, if approved, will greatly in- crease the availability of fitness equip- ment to faculty and students. Department officials are looking for- ward to the project but warn that its completion is a long way off. “It will take a long, long time. We are still at ground zero,” Assistant Di- rector of Athletics Cinda Rankin said. While Rankin hopes the project starts soon, she said there could be complications. “There are all kinds of concerns in- volved,” she said, going on to list such factors as OSHA regulations and ac- cessibility for the handicapped. Physical Plant Director Scott Bebee also attended the meeting. Bebee will work with architects and designers to remodel the current building. Plans must take into con- sideration existing electrical, water, and heating systems. The renovation will require extensive work. Bebee sai_d he understands the work involved, but thinks a new fit- ness center is needed. “There is no doubt in my mind,” Bebee said. Bebee said W&L’s current weight room is “cramped” and not ventilated properly, and he believes that the new fitness center will get more students to come to the gym. Sophomore Peter Moore said he likes the ideaofanewfacilitybecause of prob- lerns with the current weight room. “It’s always crowded in there,” Moore said “When teams practice they _ always take up all the machines.” Moore added he would probably visit the gym more if a new fitness cen- ter were built. “I think the need for it is there,” Moore said. Core survey measures campus alcohol use W&L students believe alcohol central to campus party scene By Michelle Lally STAFF WRITER The Student Health Center distributed the Core Alco- hol and Drug Survey around campus on March 12. Wash- ington and Lee is one of 64 universities to participate in this survey, conducted and tallied by the Core Institute based at Southern Illinois University. The Core Institute gathers information on college stu- - ent use and perceptions of drugs and alcohol. The Insti- ute tallies this information for each university and col- lege, and averages it to render the national results. Dr. Jane Horton, Director of Health Service, said that the results of past surveys reinforce the percep- tion that there is a strong drinking culture at W&L, and that students here consume more alcohol on a regular basis than other students do nationally. The results of the 2000 Core Alcohol and Drug Survey, compiling responses from 178 W&L stu- dents, showed that 99.4 percent of W&L students think that alcohol is central to the social scene for W&L men, 94.9 percent for women and 99.4 percent believe that the W&L social atmosphere promotes alcohol use. The results of that same survey also show that W&L which is higher than the national average of 5.2 alcoholic beverages per week. The results of the 2001 W&L Core Alcohol and Drug Survey will be shared by the Student Health Center with the administration, faculty, Board of Trustees, and other student health organizations. The results will also be used in the Student Health Center’s educational initiatives, toward the “social norms” campaign to raise awareness of alcohol use misperceptions, and to track trends of alcohol consump- tion at W&L. Surveys are available at the circulation desk of Leybum Library, in front of Carol Calkins’ office in the University Center, and in the Student Health Center ifihi MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2001 GHQ hosts global culture By Matthew McDerrnott NEWS EDITOR Evening Abroad, a student-run presentation of for- eign culture, showcased song, dance, costume, and stand- up last Wednesday in the GHQ “In the beginning, there would be as many people in the audience as on stage,” said Dean of the College Laurent Boetsch. “This room is a great indicator of progress we have made with international education on campus.” Director of International Education William Klingerhotfer agrees. “There are several times as many people attending as there were a couple of years ago,” Klingerhoffer said. “There has been growth in the past two years especially. Now the international students are more visible members of the com- munity.” Some participating students were American. Senior Bryant Adams led a group playing Brazilian instruments. “I got interested in Brazilian instruments because they are related to Capoeira, the Brazilian martial art I was study- ing over the summer,” Adams said. The eighth annual Evening Abroad was sponsored by the Student Association for International Learning. This is the first year that SAIL ran the event previously put on by the International Club. SAIL is comprised of the Model United Nations orga- nization, thelntemational Student Alliance, Study Abroad, the International Development and Relief Group, and the Social Activities Committee. photo by Mary Guy/Photo Editor DANCING QUEEN. Shabboo Hosseim, dressed in photo by Emily Be:/Executiv Editor BANG ON THE DRUMS ALL DAY. Anthony Allen plies his art. students consume l2.5 alcoholic beverages per week, By Latrina Stokes STAFF WRITER Senior Anthony Allen will perform Washington and Lee’s first percus- sion recital March 25. Showcasing his talent in several genres, Allen will play a variety of per- cussion instruments from the xylophone to the steel dnrm. V All music performance maj ors?4i must arrange an hour-long senior re- cital to complete the major. Allen’s per- formance functions as an honors the- sis for his B.A. in music. He will also graduate with a B.S. in business. “Basically, my recital is not going to be like any other percussion recital or any other recital that anyone’s seen at this school,” Allen said. Having no precedent gave Allen the freedom to design a diverse pro- gram reflective of his many interests. Drawing from different musical influ- ences, he has designed an energetic Q3‘. through March 20. program that includes classical and non-standard instruments. Allen did not want to confine him- self to the instruments most widely used in classical music. He will play the marimba, a large wooden xylo- phone from Latin America. He will also play jazz on the Vibraphone, a smaller xylophone, with the jazz band. In addition he and senior Gabby Best will perform a duet on the steel drums. “Flight of the Bumble Bee,” a fast classical piece, is the third piece Allen will play on the xylophone. He said he chose it “to show off his chops," because the song requires so much ability. Breaking away from traditional per- cussion recitals, Allen will not be play- ing a multi-percussion solo. He is un- sure on how the idea came to him, but he will project a Bugs Bunny cartoon and play the music to match the ani- mation. “I listened to the cartoon about traditional garb, presents a Persian dance. two thousand times and wrote out all the music to the score,” Allen said. “It’s going to be really cool and I’m really excited about that.” Allen will show off his 11 years of experience on the drum set when he plays with the jazz band. Allen hopes to dazzle the audience with the encore. He will play the drums with his cover band Smokestack with smoke machines and a light show as background. Seniors Sybil Prince and Brooke deRosa choreographed a dance rou- tine to accompany a 1970s rock song. Because Allen has devoted so much time and effort to this recital, he wants it to be impressive. “I want people to know that this is such a big part of my life,” Allen said. “I want them to walk away and say, ‘Damn, that was really cool.’ And I want them to remember it for a while.” However, his devotion tocreating his crafi is much more than the per- Percussion student performs senior recital fonnance itself. “What I hope to convey to people in addition to what they hear at that moment at my recital is the amount of work I have put into it before,” Allen said. Allen spends about seven hours a day preparing for a single hour of per- formance. He practices four hours, re- hearses for two hours and spends an- other hour on coordination of the show. “It’s a huge time commitment, but I love every single minute of it,” Allen said. “I’ve been living and breathing this thing [since] the beginning of last summer,” he said. “I believe my life can start afier March 25.” Allen said that he owes a lot to his supportive parents. He knows that they will appreciate all the time he has spent coordinating 10 musi- cians, practicing his music, and leam- ing technique. @112 Tiling-tum ifllrt March 19, 2001 Life t OCR::/Vol_103/WLURG39_RTP_20010319/WLURG39_RTP_20010319_002.2.txt PAGE 2 Tllihe 3Rt'rtg-tum iBI)t' MARCH 19, 2001 THE WORLD Cheaper AIDS drugs sold Two of the largest producers of anti- AIDS drugs announced this week that they plan to sell lifesaving drugs and medi- cines to South Africa at low prices. This decision follows years of campaigning by health activists who demanded that Western pharmaceutical companies sac- rifice profits to help save lives in Africa. Bristol-Myers will permit local drug companies to make generic versions of their drugs, giving up patent rights to their medicine. This step is limited only to South Africa, where HIV infects close to five million people. Other African countries with even more limited re- sources than South Afiica are still wait- ing for their turn. I\ While this announcement goes a long way in helping out AIDS victims in developing countries, other drug manufactures. must follow suit before drug cocktails, of which Bristol- Meyers’s anti—retroviral drugs are only a small part) will become an affordable option for victims in developing coun- tries. The drugs from other companies like GlaxoSrrrithKline cost close to RETIREMENT INSURANCE THIS WEEK By Mehul Srivastava $15,000 a year, making it possible for only 25,000 of the 25 million AIDS victims in Africa to afford treatment. Brazil halved its AIDS related death rate in just two years by violating patent rights and mak- ing cheaper lifesaving drugs. Youth receives 25 years Antoine Jones, 17, who wounded seven young people when he opened fire at the National Zoo last April, was sen- tenced to 25 years in prison Friday. This is the second case in two weeks in which children under 18 were tried as adults and have been handed harsh sentences. Last week in Florida, 14-year-old Lionel Tate was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a 6-year-old girl. Jones was found guilty on seven charges of at- tempted murder, down from the 24 counts for which he was originally indicted. Jones fired on a crowd at the en- trance to the zoo on Easter Monday af- ter the annual Black Family Celebration. A witness said Jones acted after some- one broke a bottle at his feet. He is not eligible for parole and will be 42 when he is released. MUTUAL FUNDS Russian hostages released The 22-hour hijack drama of a Russian plane ended on Saturday after a Saudi Arabian rescue team stormed the plane. A stewardess, a passenger and a terrorist were killed in the rescue. The plane was hijacked after it took off from Istanbul for Moscow. The hijack- ers demanded that Russia end its military campaign in Chechnya. The hijackers released 40 pas- sengers in Medina, Saudi Arabia. The rescue team stormed the plane when they heard the pilot screaming on the radio that the hijackers were attacking the pas- sengers. The Russian government an- nounced that the hijackers were Chechen terrorists. 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According to the report, 68 percent of faculty surveyed indicated that they were concerned with the amount of course content currently covered. Un- der a two-semester calendar many professors feel they could cover more infomration with greater depth. Accord- ing to Politics Professor Mark Rush, students are losing out in some classes under the current schedule. “A lot of classes are just really squeezed,” Rush said. “Compared to our peer institutions, Washington and Lee is in an awkward position.” The report also said that students would have more time to digest material during a 14-week term, listing it as the number one benefit in the area of course content. Students have expressed doubt as to whether or not this benefit would actually occur. One student made the point that the “math doesn’t really add up: [the professors] are going to fill those two weeks with new information, not stretch the 12-week class into 14 weeks.” The report goes on to say that the major benefits of moving to a semester schedule for the professors would be a.n easier workload and more time to do research. Under a two-semester schedule, professors would be able to start summer research three weeks earlier than they currently can. It would also be easier to coordinate research with other institutions that work on the more traditional two-semester schedule. While this would benefit the fac- - ulty first, Rush said, it would also help the students. “Research doesn’t come at the expense of teaching. . .[and] it isn’t a four-letter word,” Rush said. While research time would increase with a switch to a two-semester calendar, the workload for each pro- fessor would be reduced. Under the current calendar, each professor must teach 13 courses over a two-year period. Under a two-semester schedule, each profes- sor would teach three classes a semester, totaling 12 every two years. According to the report, Washing- ton and Lee’s teaching load is as much as 40 percent higher than peer institutions, making it hard for the University to attract professors away from peer insti- tutions. While the report lists reducing the professors’ workloads as a benefit, it wouldn’t come without a price. President Elrod has said that in no way will the size of the faculty change if the University moves to a two-semes- ter program. According to the report, “without signifi- cant additions to faculty, curriculum would be reduced by roughly 12 percent.” The reduction in classes would FROM PAGE 1 also reduce some faculty to teaching only survey courses, while not allowing them to offer specialized seminars in non-traditional topics. While the reduction in courses would streamline most departments and ensure a focus on one’s study, some op- ponents of the two-semester system said that it would limit the opportunity to take non-traditional classes and to do short study abroad programs and internships. Many de- parirnents, most promirriently politics and journalism, cur- rently offer spring term internship and study abroad pro- grams that would be lost in a two-semester program. While proponents of the two-semester schedule say it is better for students to take a full 14-week term if they are going abroad, many students prefer to go abroad spring term because it gives them flexibility with their majors. “The spring term I spent in Russia my junior year was one of the best experiences I had as an undergrad,” said Assistant Director of Admissions Kelly Kopcial, an alumna. “I double majored in English and Russian Stud- ies. Without the benefit of spring term, I would have been hard pressed to take a 12 week term in Russia while still being able to complete the English major.” Kopcial also said that spring term is a good selling point to prospective students looking at W&L. “In my time in Admissions, many students have ex- pressed the opinion that spring term is a factor in their decisions to consider and eventually attend W&L. The Washington Term program in particular is a big draw,” said Kopcial. “I think we would lose something if we do away with the options spring term provides, i.e., field - classes in the sciences, internship possibilities, study I abroa .” This contradicts the Calendar Committee report, which said that by eliminating spring term “W&L might be able to attract to campus prospective stu- dents who turn away from us due to its reputation as a ‘party school,’ enhanced by the ‘Goshen term.”’ The report, available to students through their pro- fessors, has sparked furor among those who fear that the switch is another attempt by school administra- tors to “turn the school into a Swarthmore or Amherst,” as one student said. Student petitions to retain have been circulated with the intention of pre- senting them to the faculty at the April 2nd faculty meeting. Faculty members will vote on the issue be- tween April 2 and April 6, at which time the votes will be calculated by the Registrar. 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But I think there are certain topics that might have over- stayed their welcome in our school’s humble periodicals. ‘The following are items that I suggest we boycott, be- ‘ cause there’s only so many times I can read about them: The notorious drinking issue. I don’t really think there are that many people in the school who are left in question as to the extent of the alcohol problems here. In addition, I see one more article about abolishing drinking or the steps being taken to curb the rampant debauchery here, I am going to go on a binge. The “Most W&L Students have 0-5 drinks when they arty” advertisement. You can’t really juxtapose a picture of kids sip- Ping D"P°"' lxtlrera’ pers while S playing pin K'i:isldJ:ira’CB ihetailon the donkey with article upon article about DUIs, MIPs, and other alcohol-related issues. It doesn’t make much sense, and then everyone gets confused as to who is telling the th. Our heads start to spin in puzzlement. ' Clinton. Roar. I hate politics. And I especially hate reading about a man who doesn’t even hold office any- more. He’s not our president anymore, get over it. Find someone else to state the obvious about. V My personal favorite. . .Any article making some ref- erence to how the girls/guys here suck. Oh, man. He didn’t call you after you hooked up. She was a tease. It never ceases to amaze me how we can somehow manage to uti- ize journalism to veil thinly our frustrations. Guest Speakers. I feel so bad for Contact. Someone is always up in arms about whatever speaker we hire. Pretty soon we’re going to have to resort to just getting Mickey Mouse, or someone else of equal non-controversy. But rthen someone who will complain that it was disrespectful that he didn’t wear a shirt in Lee Chapel. The Greek System/Pledgeship. Among things I am very grateful for is that pledgeship is over and thus, I do not have to read any more about the detriments of the Greek system and how we are all damned to hell if we endorse it. The J. Crew Complaint. People still seem to amuse them- selves over bitterly and rhetorically remarking “Can-y’all- wear-something-other—than-j.crew?” No matter what the ar- ticle is about, the author has to make some reference to W&L’s homogenous student body. The meanest one. . . Alienating some poor idiot by referencing an isolated incident of stupidity. It’s like when Dan Quayle misspelled potato. This school is brutal. You can’t do anything dumb without it being broadcasted and publicized for years. As a general rule, Ithink there is too much complaining. I wish someone would write an article extolling the virtues of Waffle House, or congratulating the FD Steering Com- mittee, or commending the brotherly ties fostered through pledgeship. But what the hell do I know about journalism, anyway. As another general rule, don’t listen to anything the "I-have—little-to—write—about-so-I-will-compose-a—list—of— overdone-topics- for—this-wee ” writer has to say. :IFC addresses the student body Dear Students, The Interfraternity Council has always had rules, but students’ actions, except on various occasions, failed to prompt the IFC to assiduously enforce these rules. This lfact may be because the fraternity environment appeared less dangerous or student governance proved so strong that enforcement of these rules seemed unnecessary. The University’s implementation of some of the alcohol initia- xtives shows that the times have changed. Various stu- dents’ actions have given the University plenty of evi- dence that either the fraternity enviromnent exists as more dangerous or that student responsibility, from the fresh- men all the way up to the respective IFC members, suffers. ‘These initiatives attempt to address the problems. Our job on the IFC is to enforce these rules. Not to enforce them weakens them and may result in the tragedies that the administration designed them to prevent. We on the IFC ‘realize, however, that the new changes will fill our hands. Because we expected student resistance, we discussed the initiatives with various fraternities, as well as with various students to gain their insight. Many students say that the initiatives will not work; they superficially ad- 4dress the real problems. Students say that people want to drink and they will find ways to do so to their hearts’ content and/or based on the depths of their pockets. Some people, students argue, will drink large quantities of alco- . ol regardless of what regulations are in place. But let’s not let this letter get ahead of itself; we will address this , are iflittg-tum tam Executive Editors Emily Barnes Stephanie Bianco News Editors Matt McDermott fl Max Smith Assistant News Editor Mike Agnello Opinion Editor Tara Ann Friedel Assistant Opinion Editor Brett Kirwan W&Life Editor Alexis Yee-Garcia Sports Editor Jeremy Franklin W Last Word Editor Bryan Early Copy Editor Kris Pollina Contributing Editor Michael Crittenden Photo Editor Mary Guy Staff Photographer Eric Wechtler I’ Business Manager Paul Seifert Circulation Director Charlie Tonelli The Ring—tum Phi is published Mondays during the undergraduate school year at Washington and Lee )4 University, Lexington, Virginia. The Washington and Lee Publications Board elects the Executive Editor, but The Ring-tum Phi is otherwise independent. The Ring-tum Phi welcomes all responsible submissions and letters. 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The Uni- versity looks at drinking games as a means to consume large amounts of alcohol in short periods of time. Such action greatly impairs student responsibility and elevates the danger of the fraternity environment. So, the University prompted the IFC to eliminate drinking games from frater- nity houses. Students say the rule pushes these games out into the country and into individual people’s homes. People always use this argument but it does hold validity. In off- carnpus housing the danger factor elevates tremendously. These games, which aim to inebiiate quickly and prove no less dangerous, take place in various locations; the drink- ing is more spread out and harder to control. Additionally, the IFC holds no jurisdiction over off—carnpus housing. Stu- dents say the problem of getting wasted and getting wasted fast still exists, just not in the fraternity. Let’s look at the one o’clock rule. One of the concerns students expressed ‘was that people would pre—party ear- lier and drink as much as possible at the party before one o’clock. The danger in this situation exists in the fact that people will drink more, earlier. This problem does have a natural solution, however. With everyone at the party at- tempting to drink as much as possible, the fraternity will probably run out of alcohol before one o’clock anyway. This unfortunately leads to the dreaded option, the coun- try. Students say that at one o’clock the night is just half over. People will continue the party out in the country. Students say the number of DUIs and possible accidents will increase. And, it again spreads out the drinking. What one can gather from students’ views of these two rules is that drinking moves from the fraternity and out into the country were it will be much more dangerous. Students argue that we should keep the drinking in the fraternity houses and increase the safety precautions. Many pushed for increasing live drive and increasing the number of sober officers at the party. From this point of view students believe that it is better that this grand con- sumption of alcohol take place in the fraternity house, rather than spread out in the country. We can now consider the point we mentioned earlier; some students will drink large quantities of alcohol re- gardless of what regulations are in place. For what reason do we as students want to consume alcohol and seems to be at any cost. Students say so themselves: the number of DUIs and other possible accidents will increase as a result of these rules. Listen! We are saying to ourselves that we will risk a DUI or a possible accident so that we can play TALKback: m 00’ ng all . my hot girlfriend.” -—— Casey Nixon ’01 eh sn g ut of the dorms and it being quiet.” — Suzarme Toussaint ’02 Beirut or continue a party after one o’clock. If this exists as truly the case, then students prove correct; these rule only superficially address the real problems. The IFC strongly encourages that people comply with the rules because we will enforce them. If these rules rob you of your liberties, do not try to circumvent them; this perpetuates the problem. Let us repeat! Circumvention perpetuates the problem. As we close this letter, the IFC. wants the student body to realize a couple of things. Be aware that the University fails to be our arch nemesis. To clarify some of the possible confusion this letter might have caused; yes, the University put some of these rules in place, but the IFC drew up most of them. On the flip side, realize that the IFC fails to exist simply as a tool of the administration; it is a tool for the students as well. Use us! We welcome students outside of the IFC; the meet- ings are at 6:30 Monday nights in the University center. We encourage you to come and express your views. Fi- nally, the IFC encourages you to realize that if we want changes to these rules, we as a student body must help the University realize that we are truly capable of govem— ing ourselves. The IFC believes we can do this in two ways. First, adhere to the alcohol initiatives; there are other initiatives that are much worse, and these people posses the capability of going over our heads. Trust us! Second, follow the lFC’s five—tier system of governance. 1. Self-discipline. Ifyou discipline yourself, others won’t have to. 2. The Buddy System. When you go out, go with a group that will look out for each of its members. It wouldn’t hurt to ensure that one of those people were sober. 3. Your fraternity or organization. If an individual mem- ber gets out of hand, it is up to the organization to take care of the problem. 4. The IFC. If we want student governance to work, this should ideally be the final stop. 5. The Administration. It should only come in when all else fails. We should not “inconvenience” them with our not being able to control our own affairs. Well, we have “incon- venienced” them and now we have something to prove. The IFC welcomes student response to this letter. The members of the IFC board, Greg Michaels, Jr. Justice Chris Pickens, Jr. Justice Tarik Bateh, Secretary Hal Shaw, Treasurer Todd Gosselink, Sr. Justice Brent Keene, Vice President Quincy Springs, President “Seing my date in her dress — Seon Kum ’01 By Christine etzger What will be the best thing about FD? I “Good food.” — Allison Shank ’03 OCR::/Vol_103/WLURG39_RTP_20010319/WLURG39_RTP_20010319_004.2.txt PAGE 4 O @112 {Ring-tum lfllit PINION MARCH 19, 2001 Women’s Studies is mother of all evils Washington and Lee is noted for its uniqueness and ability to attractl students without subscribing to edu- cational trends or fads. As noted i the Trident, W&L is a meat and po- tatoes schoolthat puts faith in tradi tion and believes that the best wayi to educate students is to use the methods employed here for hun-- dreds of years. For this very reason, W&L was noted in the Sept. 1999 issue of Men ’s Health for being one of the 10 most male-friendly campuses in the nation, specifically cited for not hav- ' ing created a vague and restrictive sexual harassment policy. Unlike other schools, W&L hasn’t com- pletely fallen victim to political cor— ' rectness. In addition, the lack of a Women’s Studies program puts W&L on the list and attracted at least one student, and probably many more in our conservative student body. So why has W&L added one? Women’s Studies, by its very na- ture, rejects conventional learning as patriarchal and exclusionary. The discipline was created because ev- ery field of academics, from archae- ology and political science to eco- nomics and history, is a construct of a male-dominated society and only by creating a Women’s Studies pro- gram through which all these issues can be reexamined from a female per- spective can women students and scholars escape this domina- tion. Not only is it abso- lutely ludicrous to subscribe to some post—modern feminist belief in male conspiracy to oppress women, but the idea that higher education is use- less to one—half of the population un- dermines society. This is not all that surprising, however, because the En- cyclopedia of Women’s Studies, a conventional reference book written from a “female perspective,” states that some feminists think “that the Rigtofdebjsle B:ettKirvm '04 abolition of marriage and the family is the only solution to women’s sub- ordination.” It also notes that femi- nists decry “compulsory heterosexu- ality” and “the control of Women’s productive and reproductive labor by men.” Do we reallygwant such a program to become part of our fine institution? Probably not. In Who Stole F e m i n i s m .7 , Christina Hoff Sommers details the damage that modern feminists have done to the image of feminism and how they use Women’s Studies programs as poorly disguised fronts for liberal political indoctrination. She’s right. According to the Na- tional Women’s Studies Association, “Women’s Studies owes its existence to the movement for the liberation of women; the feminist movement exists because women are oppressed.” In a program created for this reason, can one expect to receive balanced, rea- sonable scholarship and instruction? With such a goal in mind, the feminist classroom will be training future femi- nist activists at the exclusion of eq- uity feminism, which only wants the same rights for women that men en- joy. To even further discredit them- selves, many feminist activists believe they are at the forefront of an academic revolution similar to Copernicus or Darwin. As Sommers notes, feminist scholars have compared w0men’s scholarship to “the storming of the Bastille” and the Renaissance. To compare academia minus Women’s Studies to the Dark Ages strikes me as little bit extreme. Sommers also describes the first selection in Women: A Feminist Per- spective, the best-selling Women’s studies textbook, “Sexual Terrorism.” The author, Carole Sheffield, recounts a late-night incident at a Laundromat in which she was, inexplicably, pos- sessed by an incredible fear of being assaulted and raped. She was victim- ized by the patriarchal culture that oppresses women and supposedly condones rape. To give female stu- dents at W&L such a perception is not only academically dishonest but destructive. One can only wonder what feminist scholars think of the two white male military generals for whom our school is named. Does W&L, as an institution noted for its respect for tradition and refusal to follow fads, want to invite this gar- bage from the academic looney bin into its midst? Does W&L want to give radical feminists a place in the school to indoctrinate young, impres- sionable females? Does W&L want to support such unscholarly, irrespon- sible claptrap? 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Faster.“ Y OCR::/Vol_103/WLURG39_RTP_20010319/WLURG39_RTP_20010319_005.2.txt YMARCH 19, 2001 W&Uii'%% PAGE 5 Fancy Dress com ‘FD Ball has taken students from French ‘masque’ to New Orleans French Quarter , By Amy Blevins and ~' Katie Howell STAFF WRITERS As the 94th annual Fancy Dress Ball quickly approaches, the Warner Center and Ii. Doremus gynmasium are being transformed into New Orleans for “Laissez les Bons Temps Roulez” just as the two gyms have trans- formed in the past for such themes as “King Y Arthur’s Round Table,” “Arabian Nights,” ' and “Land of Oz.” History professor J. Holt Merchant (’61) and politics professor Lewis John (’5 8) both . , said that more recent Balls greatly differ from ‘those they attended as students. “Our Balls were more colorful in terms of costumes,” John said. For the first six decades of the Ball’s exist- ence, students, their dates, and faculty dressed in rented costumes according to the theme of the Ball. By 1977, however, the dress had turned to its present form: tuxedos for the men and ball gowns for the women. Q The traditional date of the Ball also changed with the addition of spring term. While this year’s dance will be on March 23, John said that past Balls usually took place in January during the break between terms when the school was on a semester system. “As a student, Fancy Dress was a full social weekend and a nice change from the academic routine,” John said. “Now, it’s just 4‘ a big one-night occasion.” In addition to holding the ball in January and locating costumes, students also had to locate dates — usually from home or neigh- boring schools —— before the school became V coeducational. In the past, the students had classes on Saturdays as well as during the week, which made finding dates for Satur- day night functions and getting them to cam- 3 pus on time was much more difficult than it is i now. “You had to find a fraternity brother, who had a car, going in the right direction to get the dates back for the functions,” Merchant ’ said. Though preparations for the dance have always taken months, the selection of the person in charge has changed throughout the years. While the chair of the Fancy Dress Steering Committee is now selected by the Executive Committee, John remembered electing presidents of each of the formal events the school held each year, including ‘I Fancy Dress. The president and his five vice presidents would then plan and organize the event, including the selection of bands. The bands have always been a focal point of Fancy Dress and attendees have been privleged to hear performances by Louis Armstrong, Dizzie Gillespie, Duke Ellington and Dave Matthews Band. “I think we appreciated [the performers] at the time and knew that we were seeing heroes and innovators of American music,” Merchant said. Having such renowned bands and elabo- rate festivities eamed Fancy Dress Ball the title of “Social Event of the South” by The New York Times in 1928. The school contin- ued this tradition throughout the years, cre- ating such a spectacle that networks such as CBS and NBC chose to broadcast the event live nationwide. The level of excitement and suspense as- sociated with Fancy Dress is somewhat sur- prising, considering the first Ball —— “Le Bal Masque” — was hosted by the school li- brarian, Annie Jo White, with money left over from a theater performance. This year’s fancy dress, a product of al- most 60 student committee members and countless additional decorators, promises to maintain the elegant tradition. “I’m looking forward to Fancy Dress,” freshman Kara Coen said. “It should be a really great weekend.” Like themes before, this year’s Fancy Dress theme was decided by the Fancy Dress Steering Committee, whose student members vote on the theme after they contribute ideas. Chairman Keenan Weston said that this year’s theme was chosen because it is classy and fun. “Mardi Gras combined with classy his- torical New Orleans is a great idea because it has something that will hopefully appeal to everyone,” said Weston. Last year the committee began a new tra- dition: a raffle that offers students a chance to win a trip to a destination connected with the theme. Last year’s raffle offered students a chance to go to Las Vegas. This year stu- dents have a chance to win a crawfish boil or go to New Orleans. Despite the changing traditions, the Fancy Dress balls of today still have the charm and appeal of the balls of yesterday. “I think students today really enjoy Fancy Dress because it is a chance for the whole school to have a social event together,” said Weston. “And it gives us a chance to see our professors and friends in [an] environ- ment outside the classroom.” - Additional information courtesy of Come Cheer for Washington and Lee bines traditions with today upper right limo coL1rte.sy of Come ClweI'fi)r l’V[I.S‘hlllgIOI1 and Lee, other photos courtesy of The (;1I)'x LETTING THE GOOD TIMES ROLL. 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It was just one more thing that was going wrong for the Diplomats. “I just wanted to draw a man and get the fastbreak,” Hays said. Franklin and Marshall started the scoring early in the game, but the Generals answered back 44 seconds later when senior Tom Burke scored off an assist from class- mate Matt Dugan. The Generals’ offense exploded with six minutes left in the quarter, as senior Bernie Norton, Burke, junior An- drew Barnett, and senior Pope Hackney all scored within three minutes of each other. The Diplomats called a timeout, trying to disrupt the Generals’ momentum. After the timeout, sophomore Tom photo by Mary Guy/Photo Editor ONE-ON-ONE. Freshman Mike McNamara maneuvers around Franklin and Marshall’s Bryan Kobel. McNamara scored a goal in the Generals’ 15-4 drubbing of the Diplomats on Sunday. Melanson won yet another faceoff, and Barnett scored off an assist from Dugan. After the first quarter, the Gener- als were up 6- 1. The Generals began the second quarter with an extra- man opportunity, and converted within 20 seconds. Once W&L men fa to Washington . photo by Mary Guy/Phto Editor IN SERVICE. Freshman Austin Kim rears back against Mary Washington at home on Thursday. By Ian R. Mcllroy SPORTS WRITER With a 7-2 record thus far, the Washington and Lee men’s tennis team is having one of its best seasons in recent history. Despite a weekend loss to Washington College, the Generals captured two more victories last week on their quest for the Division III crown. The team began this week with a 5-2 victory over Kenyon on Tuesday. During the matchup, junior two-seed Andrew Roberts won a hard-fought battle against Kenyon’s Keenan Hughes (6-1, 6-7, 7-6). Two days later, the Generals defeated Mary Washington 5-2. In this match, freshmen Austin Kim and K.C. Schaeffer garnered victories in both singles and doubles play. According to head coach David Detwiler, “sophomore Chase Bice and doubles specialist Zach Vuncannon” also stood out as major contributors this week. Although the week ended with a 5-2 loss to Washing- ton College, the defeat held a lesson for the Generals. “The team needs to keep up their confidence,” Detwiler said. “The team has a tough schedule.” Ranked 25th in the country heading into the regular season, W&L has already upset the 22nd and 15th-ranked squads, Kenyon and Mary Washington, respectively. By playing well against increasingly tough opponents, as they have been, Detwiler believes that “the team has been improving with every match.” The Generals host Eastern Mennonite at 4:30 p.m. today. Hayes, Ritter swim in national event By Geoff White SPORTS WRITER Senior Colin Hayes earned All-American Honorable Men- tion with a 13th-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly, and freshman Eric Ritter swam to a 17tl1-place finish in the 100- yard backstroke over the weekend at the NCAA Division IH Swimming and Diving Championships in Buffalo, N.Y. “It was a little disappointing, because I didn’t get in the top eight,” Hayes said of his performance at the event. “I just wish I could have swum faster.” In addition to his performance in the 100—yard butterfly, Hayes earned 39th place in the 200-yard individual medley. Hayes also swam a 1:53.90 in the 200-yard butterfly. Ritter took his first trip to the N CAAs, finishing 40th in the 50-yard freestyle and 24th in the 200-yard backstroke, in addition to his 17th place finish at 52.98 in the 100-yard backstroke. Ritter commented on the daunting task of representing Washington and Lee as a freshman at a national tournament. “It was a little intimidating this year,” Ritter said. “I’ll be better prepared next year.” The weekend ends the season for the men’s swimming team, which finished second at the Grove City Invitational recently. The W&L women’s team repeated as Old Domin- ion Conference champions this year. wA1'ERLoo HOUSES FOR RENT 10 student apartments available June 1, 2001 One house with 6 bedrooms. One house with 4 bedrooms. Enjoy country living at its finest. Just ten miles west of W&L on Waterloo Drive. Please call Tim Wilhelm at 540-463-6575, or 540-463-2868. again, with six minutes left in the quarter, the Generals exploded on offense. Burke scored two goals and Barnett scored another to put the Generals up 10-1 at the half. Franklin and Marshall started the second half with two goals by the five—rninute mark, but the Generals quickly answered as Barnett scored off a high shot on the crease. With less than a second left in the third quarter, Matt Dugan fired a low shot past the Diplomats’ goaltender, ‘ putting the score at 12-3. Junior John Moore scored a goal five minutes into the final quarter. Three minutes later, the Diplomats scored their fourth and final goal, only to be answered right back by freshman Mike McNamara. The Generals weren’t done yet, as Burke rubbed the Diplomats’ nose in the W&L lead when he fired a shot into the net as he was being hit by a defender. “It was pure luck,” Burke said of the late goal. “I knew I was going to get hit, and I figured, fling it at the goal, who knows what will happen.” W&L head coach Jim Stagnitta was pleased with the way his team played against the 15th—ranked Diplomats. “Things are starting to come together,” Stagnitta said. “The biggest part was the balance between the offense and defense.” The Generals came into Sunday’s game after an over- whelming victory at Dickinson. W&L rocketed to a 10-0 lead at the half, going on to win 14-3. Hackney and Burke each had three goals and an assist. The Generals outshot the Red Devils 59-11, and Wes Hays was perfect, making four saves and allowing no goals. He was relieved by two reserve goalies, freshman Ansel Sanders and senior Bo Vaughan. 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Seniors Amy Calce and Nicola Carpenter exchange the baton in the 4x400 relay. will travel to Decatur, Ill. for the national meet from May 24-26. “I couldn’t be happier about the start of this out- door season and qualifying for nationals in this event, especially during our only outdoor home meet,” Parrillo said. “It was definitely one of the strongest feelings of accomplishment I’ll be able to take from my career here at W&L.” . Junior Sarah Schmidt also recorded a first-place finish with a distance of 115’09.00” in the javelin throw. Sophomore Burke Duncan contributed a second-place showing in the 3,000-meter event, senior Amy Calce finished second in the long jump, and junior Megan Babst placed second in the high jump. “I think we opened our outdoor season on the best possible note that we could have hoped for with some quality performances across all the events,” Parrillo said. “We’re coming off a rough indoor season, and hopefully Saturday’s perfor- mances are a clear indication of the positive direc- tion in which we’re headed.” Leading the way for the men’s team was senior Marc Watson, who placed second in the 100-meter dash and third in the 200-meter event. Sophomore Chris Sullivan turned in third-place finishes in the 200 meters and the longjump. The Generals will compete in the Roanoke Invitational on Saturday. , ‘ 0 0 1 Women sweep away week’s competition By Sarah Grigg SPORTS WRITER After three matches last week, the Washington and Lee women’s ten- nis team remains unchallenged. The Generals have maintained their perfect record with undefeated doubles play and only one loss in singles competition. On Tuesday, the team played Kenyon College, finishing with an 8- 1 win. Five of the top six players won their matches in the singles division: junior Melissa Hatley, sophomore Erika Proko, sophomore Brandi Jane Wedgeworth, sophomore Alyson Brice, and freshman Liz Law. Sopho- more Laura Bruno lost to Kenyon’s Laelly Sherman 6-2, 6-3 in singles, W&L’s only loss of the three matches. In the match against Bloomsburg on Thursday, however, Bruno came back to defeat Katie Kochera 6-0, 6-0, achieving one of the team’s two singles shutouts for the week. The Generals won the match undefeated in singles and doubles, 9-O. On Saturday, a match against Franklin and Marshall provided the final victory of the week for W&L, which won 9-0 once again. Proko gar- nered the team’s second singles shut- out against Pam Hillock, winning 6-0, 6-0. The doubles team of Bruno and junior Sallie Gray Strang achieved another effortless win, defeating the Diplomats’ Hillock and Morey 8-0. Currently, the Generals stand 7-0 overall, 3-0 in the Old Dominion Ath- letic Conference. W&L next plays in a pair of ODAC matches at 4:30 p.m. today, at home against Eastern Men- nonite and on the road against Bridgewater. Enjoy elegant dining in a restored 1820 Classical Revival townhouse in historic downtown Lexington Dine on our Veranda " ., W’ILLSON- WALKE Restaurant Creative American Cuisine www.willsonwalker.com Featured in Food Q Wine ”Best Restaurants in Virginia” and _QQurmgt_”I-‘ine Dining in the Virginias” 1 Tuesday - Saturday Lunch - 11:30 - 2:30 Dinner - 5:30 - 9:00 ' Reservations Requested to Casual Dress to Catering On-Ofi‘ Premise Y Banquet Rooms up to 200 people &m'irmat6:(Dp.in. a'ii8:I)p.m. firErq/11$ A, V 30 North Main Street photo by Mary Guy/Photo Editor RING ’EM UP, SIT ’EM DOWN. 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Freshman Peter Dean picked up the win on the mound for W&L, while junior third baseman Matt Kozora turned in a 3-for-5 performance at the plate. Freshman right fielder Bryan Mulhem’s three-run, fifth- inning home run was the difference in W&L’s 7-2 win over Westminster at Cap’n Dick Smith Field on Wednesday. Sophomore second baseman Todd Johnson added a two- run jack as freshman Mike Wert notched the victory. The Generals returned to ODAC competition by splitting a doubleheader with Harnpden-Sydney at home on Saturday. The Tigers pulled out a 6-5 victory in 10 innings inthe first game, but W&L rebounded strongly with a 7-0 win in game two. Hampden-Sydney’s Michael Duncan scored from first base in the 10th inning on an errant throw by senior pitcher David Si gler. Sigler threw all 10 innings for the Generals, and Kozora batted 2-for-4 with three batted in. 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