OCR::/Vol_105/WLURG39_RTP_20021028/WLURG39_RTP_20021028_001.2.txt ta E18-755 F2 552 \l- /05 .‘Good Morning America’ says goodbye for now " National broadcast rescheduled for spring PHI JAMES G. LD‘IE;‘..§~i - «- WASi-€it%W%*?T:I't 3. I '3 9' :f:».v45-o OCT 3 ‘I 2092 VOLUME CV, No.XIl MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2002 The rrrrderrr voice of Warhrrgror and lire Urrrrerrzh rirrre 7897 CD Orr/irre at: 12>/92122//rr.m’rr FROM STAFF REPORTS Camera-happy students and residents may have ' to put away their makeup and hairbrushes until spring. ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ has temporarily re- scheduled its Nov. 11 Lexington broadcast for the spring. Last Wednesday, the broadcasting company re- scheduled the Lexington show from its Nov. 11 live date because of the recent sniper threats and killings in the Virginia area, officials said. Lexington was originally chosen to represent the state of Virginia in the ‘SO States—One Nation-One Year’ series because of its historic roots, many 18th— and 19th-century buildings, well—preserved Main Street, and views of the Blue Ridge and Allegheny mountains, ABC officials said. The spring broadcast should mirror the planned Nov. 11 show including live interviews with students and faculty members from Washington and Lee Uni- versity and Virginia Military Institute, Lexington resi- dents and taped segments from other parts of the state. Officials were uncertain at press time whether last Thursday’s arrests of John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo in connection with the Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. sniper shootings will affect their recent decision to postpone the Lexington broadcast of ‘Good Morning America.’ Afinal decision should be made this week as to when the taping will be made and broadcast. BY ANDREW LATIMER NEWS EDITOR When is five minutes not five minutes? Students here might be surprised to learn ton Hall. Hourly bells are timed using Lee Chapel’s AC—powered clock equipment. Power outages can knock both sys- tems off the mark, even though both Record numbers rid Pare eekend JEE BROOKS / The Ring-/um P/ii CROONED. “Soundrnan” Bobby Smith sang along with members of Right On, the band that entertained parents, students and faculty during the school—sponsored tailgate activity Saturday afternoon before the football game against Sewanee. The tailgate was one of many activites students and parents could attend during the 48th Parents Weekend at W&L. Campus clocks toll irregul erly BY MmHEW MCDERMOIT EDITOR IN CHIEF ‘ JEB BROOKS / The Ring-tum P/ii RICE. Nelly Rice has helped plan Parents Weekend for 11 years BY ANDREW LATIMER NEWS raorrorr The 48th Parents Weekend, successful from 1955, acheived an unusally large draw of 2,500 family members this year, said coordinator Nellie Rice, secretary to the Dean of Students. “There were a lot of parents there,” said junior Victoria Guroian, who saw many of the 1,100 families that regis- tered in Fairfax Lounge. “Everything seemed to go smoothly, thanks to (Rice).” Rice has coordinated Parents Weekend since 1991, when the Dean of Students Office took over its planning from the Development Office. Guroian was one of approximately 20 students who helped Rice and the Dean of Students Office with the event. “I probably couldn’t do it without the students,” Rice said. Tliefieshmenclassboastedtlrelargestnurnberofatteridees. “I’m excited. My parents are on their way. We’re go- ing to cocktail parties and they are going to meet my ad- viser,” said freshman Cameron Todd. Not all freshmen were thrilled by their parents’ appearance. “A few [freshmen] are worried about what their par- ents are going to see,” said Dorm Counselor Robert Floyd. “In general, it’s just a weekend for students to show their parents around campus and Lexington.” “It looks like everyone really enjoyed themselves this year,” Rice said. HRA spearheads ood drive Former-BFA works to raise two ions of food for needy local families sororities. It also obtained Dean of Students David Howison’s permission to label the event an official W&L activity. that the traditional hourly chimes of Lee Chapel do not necessarily make them late Q for class. The Ring-tum Phi has learned that two sets of bells that students and fac- ulty alike rely upon for the beginning and end of class are neither on the same sys- tem nor regularly synchronized to one an- other. Informal observations conducted by this newspaper show that the inter- : val between rings varies from 3 min. and 30 sec. to 3 min. 50 see. from day to day. Most students may not notice the sec- onds slipping away each day, but a number of them have had doubts about the bells’ accuracy for some time. “They never ring on time. I think this is important. Such little details are 4; important in the smooth operation of our daily lives,” said sophomore Ivan Velev. The five—till bell, which sounds si- multaneously from the top of Washing- " ton Hall and in the academic buildings to signify the end of a class period, is controlled by equipment in Washing- systems have backup provisions in place. For years, Physical Plant was respon- sible for setting both systems. Yet a com- puterized timer replaced when the old chime mechanism in Lee Chapel in Aug. 1998, the duty of monitoring the chapel fell upon University Computing Technical Services. Technical Services reports that com- plaints were received “all the time” be- fore the overhaul four years ago. No offi- cial grumblings have been heard by Tech- nical Services since the replacement. Technical Services also recognizes that the Lee Chapel clock has been 35 sec. slow for about a month. Errors greater than one minute are usually corrected within a few days. Any adjustments have to be made manually. The staff sets the Chapel bells against Universal Coordinated Time, not against Washington Hall’s system. No plans have been made to synchro- nize the five-minute and hourly bells. For the time being, students and faculty will have to pick one chime or the other to gov- ern their lives. jizri BROOKS / Tire Ring-/um P/11' FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLIS. Lee Chapel’s bells misguide harried students hurrying to class. Area families in want may be getting a tur- key and a month’s worth of food, if the Human Rights Alliance gets the volunteers it needs. The Human Rights Alliance, recently known as the Black Female Alliance, is embark- ing on a Thanksgiving food drive to benefit needy people in Lexington and Buena Vista. “The point is community building, not just W&L students, but all of the community ben- efiting the needy community,” said junior Melanie Barr, the HRA member who is coordi- nating the effort. The HRA is working with the local NAACP chapter, the Catholic Campus Ministry, and the N abors Services League. Rockbridge High School should also soon join the food drive, now that Principal Andrew Bryan has approved its participation. Also Eric Owsley, community service coordinator, and Harlan Beckley, Shep- herd Poverty Program director, “have given us sound advice,” Barr said. Though planning began last summer, an Oct. 30th event will kickoff the drive. There HRA members will answer remaining questions and solicit funds and volunteers. To prepare the ground, however, the HRA has sent letters to the president of every stu- dent organization, including fraternities and “Our goal is to supply a month’s worth of food to every family,” Barr said. This includes the traditional Thanksgiving turkey. Planning was intense for this event, which is expected to encompass over 3,000 homes. HRA members poured over street maps of Lexington and Buena Vista, marking down houses and dividing them into routes. In No- vember each house on the route will receive a paper bag and a flyer announcing the pick-up date. I On that day, volunteers will collect the canned goods and bring them to the Nabors Sefvice Suite in Gaines, where they will be sorted. The HRA will have asked local churches to pro- vide the names of needy families. These farrrilies will receive the accumulated food. Any surplus food will be given to local food banks. “We want this to become an annual event,” Barr said. The HRA, however, does not neces- sarily have to run the program in the future. “This could make a great high school pro- gram,” Barr said. “Or another club could direct it next year.” HRA member Marinda Harrell modeled the program on a similar one run by at her Baltimore high school, Archbishop Carroll. Democrats increase activism University Compuling gives no hurrahs to KaZaA BY KATIE ]. HOWELL EDITOR IN CHIEF Washington and Lee students continued to show their interest in political activism last week when more than 80 students signed up to be part of the rejuvenated Young Democrats organization. “(Young Democrats is a neces- sary organization) for this campus especially because (the campus) is so traditionally conservative,” said sophomore Joanna Persio, Young Democrats’ current organizer. “You can’t learn much on a campus where one political group is as prominent as College Republicans is at W&L.” Persio said, however, that the large numbers of students in- volved with College Republicans this year is what spurred the new interest in Young Democrats, as opposed to interest in recent years. “When the report came out with the huge numbers of students interested in College Republicans, I think people realized the need for varying opinions and activism,” Persio said. Persio said she began organizing potential members after speaking with past officers of the political group. They encouraged her to seek interest from the W&L community. Using cam- pus notices, flyers and a table at the Co-op, Persio and other interested students gathered names and ideas from potential members. Persio said 87 students signed up to be a part of the or- ganization. “We had a really good re- sponse,” she said. “We weren’t ex- pecting nearly that many people to sign up.” The democrat political organi- zation historically has been active on the W&L campus. Persio said Dean Courtney Penn was a member when he was a student in the early 1990s. Young Democrats plans to in- crease activism this year by helping with Mimi Elrod’s campaign for the 24th District Virginia House of Del- egates election on Nov. 5. Persio said they also plan to start a democratic publication on campus. “We would also like to do some joint activities with College Republicans,” Persio said. “We want to go together before the EC to try to get the rule changed so we can get money for political or- ganizations on campus. We also might have a joint golf tourna- ment.” Persio said the group will have more structure and ideas after their first organizational meeting on Wednesday. “We need to get the demo- cratic opinion out there so we are not all republican all the time,” Persio said. BY ANDREW LATIMER NEWS EDITOR File sharing continues to clog the university’s con- nection to the Internet, but not in the way most students might think. The problem is not downloading music and movies, according to University Computing Directory of Techni- cal Services Thomas Tinsley ’75. “What we do care about is students offering their files to the world at the expense of our bandwidth,” he said. His concern is that students are granting access to too many outsider users. The problem could soon approach last year’s emer- gency levels, mostly due to the latest version of the popular file swapping application dubbed KaZaA. Last fall, University Computing implemented a $15,000 system, called Packeteer, to limit the amount of the network that students could use to share files. The measures led to slower download speeds and some frus- trated students, but overall network performance im- proved. “Our goal has been to make the connection useful to the university,” Tinsley said. ’ The new KaZaA 2.0 masks its files as World Wide Web data to skirt the university restrictions. T insley currently estimates that 60 percent of all outgoing traffic can be traced back the new KaZaA. Some abusers can hog up to 16 percent of the system without knowing it. University Computing can keep track of the top 20 offenders and occasionally sends e-mails to students that tell them to cut back their usage. University Computing HelpDesk employee Jason Williams, senior, said that even experienced computer users can be fooled by the tricky KaZaA. “(It) is just one step away from a virus,” he stated. Williams recently developed a program that he hopes will alleviate the network’s congestion woes. The patch, which is available for download at http:/ /helpdesk.wlu.edu, automatically configures KaZaA in order to free up the most bandwidth. Installing the appli- cation is voluntary but highly encouraged if you run- ning the updated KaZaA. “It’s kind of ridiculous that we’re bringing (the net- work) to its knees,” Williams said. Other help might be on the way. Forthcoming up- dates to the university’s Packeteer system should cut down on traffic. Washington and Lee University has not made file sharing illegal, and Tinsley did not indicate that policies will drastically change any time soon. OCR::/Vol_105/WLURG39_RTP_20021028/WLURG39_RTP_20021028_002.2.txt PAGE 2 GSA crusade a worthy enterprise Washington and Lee’s Gay-Straight Alli- ance has avoided many mistakes that similar organizations at other colleges have fallen prey to: It is not a recruiting organ for homosexu- ality. It does not urge Admissions to admit a certain quota of altematively-oriented indi- viduals. It does not go out of its way to offend the school’s conservative social mores, perhaps by holding a gaudy parade outside of registra- tion for Parents Weekend. Rather, GSA hopes that W&L students will become more accepting of their peers who have decided to be more open about their pref- erences. Few people would claim that W&L’s stu- dent culture suffers from heterogeneity run amuck. Many of the standard jokes revolve around our carbon-copy cars, clothes and cus- toms. This is not an nonconforrnist student body. Often, however, these similarities are adopted for convenience: students paper-over differences to ward off potential opprobrium. Sexual preference is the clearest example of this. Is it possible that out of 1700 undergradu- ates, not one is gay? Not even one bisexual? Not even one questioning if he is? Don’t be ridiculous. W&L has homosexuals and bisexu- als, there’re just in the closet. Sadly, there are many pragmatic reasons for this. How many gays could rush a sorority or fraternity? How many close friends could they make? How many could head mainstream campus organizations? Let us remember what happened when it came out during election time that Jeff Cook, prospective Executive Committee president, was gay. He had to endure a candidate’s “teletubbies” comments and his promise “to be straight” with his supporters. You do not need to approve of homosexu- ality, either personally or religiously. However, just because a majority disagrees with a group does not translate to a right to impose their preferences on them. For instance, a majority at W&L drinks regularly. That does not mean that binge-drink- ers should round up teetotalers and force them to quaff pints of brew. Likewise undergradu- ate Carry A. Nations should not swarm fra- ternity houses with hatchets. The GSA is asking for tolerance, an admi- rable goal. There is no reason why the W&L student body should not want the entire com- munity to feel comfortable during a happy four years here. This is not about some administrator collect- ing another minority group for an admissions bro- chure. Rather, it is about being civil enough that sexual orientation ceases to matter at all. THE Editors in chief Matthew B. McDem1ott Katie J. Howell Andrew Latimer Irnran Naeemullah Catherine C. 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PINIONS DIVERSITY: Is it for Washington and Lee?— L\lR\NNILlLiH OPINIONS EDITOR EMA11; NAEntrrrAH1@wrrE)Ul MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2002 Although the 20th century was generally one of great change for Washington and Lee, especially with the advent of coeducation in 1985 , few issues have been as controversial or as hotly debated as the “diversity question.” Some feel that the above question is redundant because diversity is.’ imperative; their opponents counter that diversity is unnecessary. Still others feel that while diversity is important, the definition of what constitutes “diversity” varies. The Ring-tum Phi invites the W&L community to further discuss and analyze diversity, and its value at the university. EC allocates excessive funds to minorities Several weeks ago, when we when looked at the campus groups that had been given funding by the Executive Committee, the first thing that most of us undergradu- ates asked was, “What is SBA,” then a few days or weeks later we figired out that it is the Student Bar Association and we under- stood that law students make up a signifi- cant portion of the school; law students pay the same student activity fees that we do.Then, we moved on with our lives. certain identifiable, if not exclusionary, group that I make this argument. No group asking for funding with an ex- clusionary title such as General’s Christian Fellowship or College Republicans was given any funding at all. This is despite the fact that these are two of the largest organizations on campus. Some would justly reply that the MSA is using this funding in order to help encour- age diversity on campus, not for their social gatherings, which are funded by a member- As we continued to ship fee of $30. However, one look at the budget allo— FREE THOUGHTS must ask “What keeps Campus cations, since both the Republicans from bringing in Phi and the Trident re— RYAN OWEN ‘03 their own speakers?”Iwouldbe ported them in various ways over three weeks, not to mention a Carn- pus Notice or two, we realized that most of the groups receiving a high level of funding such as the Student Activities Board and Contact, are appointed by the Executive Com- mittee which is elected by the Student Body or chosen by professors like Mock Conven- tion. I even checked with EC President and third-year law student Gerald Titus to see how the leadership of SBA is determined. Ifound out that their classmates elect them. There is one organization that received an extraordi- narily high level of frmding, yet is not of a broad interest to this campus, nor is it elected or appointed by anyone, the Minority Stu- dent Association (MSA). The MSA was given $14,500 in order to fund their programming events and Caba- ret. This is the fifth largest funding given to any group on campus. Each student pays a Student Activities Fee of $87.50 per semes- ter or, $175 a year. The portion of this fee that is currently going to MSA is about $7.25. Aside from this “Student Activity Fee” support from the Executive Committee, the MSA receives direct support the from the university in various forms, including the Chavis House on Lee Avenue. They have failed to “fill the house” this year. If any fraternity were in this situation, it would be asked to reimburse the university for the empty beds. One might point to a sort of social engineering at work in order to ex- plain this apparent discrepency. Some people on the Washington and Lee Campus, particularly minorities, will criti- cize me for making an argument directed at a group of certain identifiable persons. Don’t be mistaken. I fault the Executive Committee for giving such a large portion of our scarce funding to such a group just as much as I fault that group for asking for “around $20,000.” It is for the reason that they are a hard for the EC to prove that they have not given “a leg up” in the form of guid- ance to the MSA when they have submitted their budget requests in the past. Perhaps if fraternities and political organizations had the same assistance we could divert student ac- tivity fees to these groups as well. Need I remind everyone that we already have organizations like PRIDE, the Gay- StraightAl1iance, KEWL, and SAII_. who serve similar functions with a much smaller budget, yet these groups usually experience much larger and more diverse attendance? How can the Executive Committee really justify that the campus needs so much diversity education "that we spend 108 students’ student activity fees for this purpose. Most students feel that bringing public speakers to campus is a function already well served by Contact. Even Contact must won- der why MSA was given so much funding to bring in diversity speakers when bring- ing in diverse speakers was one of their goals for the year as well. Contact has more experience recruiting quality speakers than does MSA, not to mention that they are much better at promoting and attracting an audience. Please note that the last speaker MSA brought to campus, Ruben Everett, for Hispanic Heritage Month did not have a large turnout according to Kaela Harmon, vice president of MSA. Nor does their big- ger armual Black History Month speaker. Also, know that MSA declined to tell me what their expenses were in bringing Mr. Everett to campus, as they also declined to let me see their budget request form, which they submitted to the Executive Committee when asking for funding. When consider- ing the budgets of Contact and MSA it seems that quite a lot of “activity” money coming from the “Student Activity Fee” just goes to the activity of sitting around listening to other people talk. Change must come from students World peace—we all want it, but now more than ever, it seems more beyond our reach with all the conflicts wreaking havoc both in the United States and in other na- lions. Why is there so much unrest? It oc- curs to me that when you get to the root of these issues, the underlying reasons for these conflicts seems to be a the gays; it is because we are a group of ignorant people, myself included. Every- body stereotypes everybody else, and that is perfectly norrnal—it is human na- ture. However, it is not normal to play on these prejudices. It is absolutely nec- essary to get all the facts straight before transforming a simple strong depreciation of other TRAN OF THOUGHT temporary stereotype cultures and people, thereby ‘ into a permanent label a deep displacency for diver- TRAN KIM of a person’s character. sity. In Bosnia, Rwanda, Croatia, the Middle East-—in most of the conflicts ravaging people around the world, the problems arise from irreconcilable eth- nic, religious, and cultural differences. Death and destruction seem to be the going price for humanity’s inability to recognize and value the presence of differences in society. It is too high a price. As concerned as I am about the lack of diversity in the world forum, I am more pre- occupied with how this issue affects the W&L campus. Over the recent years, diver- sity has become the forefront of discussions pertaining to the changes occurring at W&L. It is no secret that W&L has an unfortunate and slightly over-exaggerated reputation of being a campus where minorities and the “different” people are not welcomed by open arms. Past occurrences such as the Idaho t-shirt and the black faces incidences attest to this notion. However, I would con- sider these to be the extreme examples of prejudicial ignorance here and highly doubt that it represents the majority of the student body. Over the years many changes have occurred on the W&L campus to mitigate the negative consequences of being a mi- nority (this refers to being a minority in ev- ery area, not just in race). But W&L still has a long ways to go before it can truly be la- beled a diverse campus. The main problem with the lack of di- versity here is not that the whites don’t like the blacks or the straights don’t like We are here to learn, and as students and as young adults, this is one of the most important learning periods of our lives. The col- lege—years have been deemed as an im- portant period in life where people find themselves to figure out how they fit into this big world. One of the lessons we are here to learn is about mankind. This involves investigation and research through interaction and experience. You cannot possibly know a person or any- thing about that person without having interacted with that individual yourself. Word of mouth is 99 percent opinion and possibly one percent factual. Just like we wouldn’t easily believe someone’s word that D-hall food is gourmet cook- ing, we should not easily believe that someone is “weir The W&L faculty and adrninistra— tion can take as many measures as nec- essary to increase diversity and thereby increase students’ value for it, but the majority of the work lies with us, the stu- dent body. In the real world, different people from various backgrounds must work and live together. Being able to do this means having the foresight and wis- dom to be open-rninded and personally motivated to learn about others. It is a foolish thing to not acquire the skill of valuing others because we are con- stantly in contact with other people. And none of us wants to be a fool. 1’ .53 T? (I)LRIEB\'('At\fllH.lPE\XlL‘Hld OVERREPRESENTED. Despite serving a small percentage of W&L’s population, the MSA receives high It usurps funds other campus groups with similar aims deserve to receive. I carmot argue that the funding given to MSA for the Jazz Cabaret they sponsor in February of each year was not dutifully allocated. This is an event, which is well established and serves a larger portion of the W&L student body. Since MSA would not really tell me much about their bud- get, I can’t say how much they spend on this event, but I believe somewhere around $1000 would be justifiable, keeping the budgets of other organizations in mind. In order to try and delve into the psyche of the EC, I asked Gerald Titus, “How much do you consider the size of a group when allocating funding?” He went so far as to tell me that EC “does consider a student organization’s size” when mak- ing allocations. In order to justify funding to smaller organizations, he went on to say that the EC must also look at other factors such as: the organization’s providing a criti- cal services that would not otherwise be met, how many students the organization serves, and the “organization’s financial responsibility and the utility with which they have used the money the EC has given them in the past.” I don’t agree that the Minority Stu- dent Association really fulfills any of the considerations the EC President men- tioned. The “critical service” that the MSA is serving by bringing speakers to campus is being met by Contact. The organization is not serving very many students as at- tendance at their events proves. Despite hav- ’ ing been given a consistently high level of funding, MSA’s event programming has not proven itself to be of great utility, and their unwillingness to share their budget request, or any spending information forces me to call into question their responsibility. I do believe that MSA is a necessary group for the minority students of this carn- pus, especially with regards to their social‘ activities. Everyone should know that their dues, not EC allocations, pay for these activi- ties. I strongly feel that we should not deny support to this organization, but at the same time, I quite possibly feel even more strongly that we should not entrust to them and rely so heavily upon them to bring diverse speak- ers to campus. I don’t want this article to be just an—l' other criticism that doesn’t offer a solution to anyone other than, people who created the problem, so here are two things that each and every W&L student can do. First of all, let Gerald Titus and the other members of the EC know that you don’t support the way the Ex- ecutive Committee is currently allocating your student activities fees. Secondly, consider this issue when the White Book Review Comrnit- 74 tee calls for student suggestions later this year, as they amend the powers and respon- sibilities of the Executive Committee. Person- ally, I feel it would be better to have separate bodies governing our honor system and our ' budgetary allocations. F MSA is best vehicle for diversity . Washington and Lee prides itself on its academic standards, civility and building of one’s character. A di- versity initiative, as it should be, is a part of this institution’s mission. At a meeting of the Committee for a More Inclusive Community in late May, I had the privi- VOICE or DIFFERENCE MEREDITH KING ‘O3 is geographically, socially, and eco- nomically diverse but unified as “an aristocracy of talent.” It imposes no other barriers to admission. ‘ The way I interpret this statement is diversity is an essential component of a liberal arts edu- cation——it means’ understanding, lege of hearing Presi- dent Tom Burish’s view on diversity in a speech entitled “Challenging Tradition Respectfully.” The three main points of his talk: 1. Diversity is a civic obliga- tion that W&L should adopt; 2. A W_&L education should permeate all segments of society; and 3. Diversity is an essential com- ponent of a liberal arts education. As I listened to Dr. Burish, I was struck by the fact that our views are very much in alignment. His com- ments warmed my heart and reaf- firmed my faith in this great institu- tion. I am most impressed with Dr. Burish’s awareness of the need for institutions such as W&L to be all- inclusive, especially since the demo- graphics of our nation are changing so rapidly. He exhibited a genuine concern for all students here at W&L. Diversity is a civic obligation, not only for administrators, profes- sors, and staff members at W&L, but the entire student body. When we re- ceived our acceptance letters, the university’s expectations were crys- tal clear. Contained in the college’s mission is the following: Washington and Lee is selective in its enrollment of students. It chooses young men and women with the highest quali- ties of intellect, character, and the promise offuture achievement, and it seeks to create a student body that communicating, and appreciating all individuals and soci- ety at large. As a private institution, W&L sets academic standards that?‘ public institutions strive to attain. In this respect, should not W&L set a diversity standard for all institutions, whether public or private? I think so!’ The Minority Student Association is a vehicle in which W&L can remain focused on fulfilling its commitment to diversity. Though the university is making many strides in this area, therefl is still much work left undone. Through the financial support MSA receives, we can be proactive in bringing in guest speakers and offer- ing cultural and social events that will help to increase awareness. We all must work toward appreciat- ing and being aware of the differences that certain populations of students! bring to the college, recognizing that stu- dents may encounter unique challenges in higher education because of race, gen- der, age, social class, sexual orientation, and physical ability. 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Rumor is that, in fact, the uninspiring building completely ruins Tiananmen Square’s feng shui. Nonetheless, tens of thousands of Chinese line up everyday to file past the corpse in its crystal coffin and worship at the altar of government-encouraged Mao worship. Later that day, we visited a wax museum on the other side of the square that boasted a likeness of Mao. Now, I certainly wouldn’t question the authenticity of the body in the “Mao-soleum,” but, after 26 years on display, the corpse looks a whole lot like the wax statue across the street. Another stop on our whirlwind tour of the city was the Great Hall of the People, where the Communist Party meets for its quintennial congresses. As an aside, if you’re interested in a fun location for the next family reunion, it has been rented out to foreign groups for conventions. The tour of the Great Hall mainly snakes through halls in which the provincial and province-level city officials meet during the Congresses. Each is decorated with images of animals, landmarks or products unique to the province. All tolled, there are 31 of the halls, one each for China’s 26 provinces, plus the four autonomous cities and one for Taiwan. Naturally, the hall for Taiwan sits empty because the virtually independent island sends no delegates to meetings of the Chinese Communist Party. Sunday, I departed for an excursion to Tibet. The situations of these two independent nations, one under the boot of communist oppression, the other not, yet, led me to consider the problem of Chinese nationalism. Unlike during Mao’s rule, the Chinese people, even party members, are, by and large, not inspired by the CPC. In fact, our professors are pleased to point out how free one is to criticize the Party and do so frequently. However, they never give an inch in conceding China’s greatness or superiority. Today, it is not revolutionary zeal that inspires the masses, but a firm belief in China’s role as the “Middle Kingdom” and a fierce desire to see her economically, rriilitary and culturally atop the world. The CPC continues to rule because its success with the economic reforms and spectacles such as the Olympics has convinced most Chinese that one—party rule is the LIVE FROM BEIJING of the last BREIT T. KIRWAN ‘04 This jingoism manifests itself most troublingly in Tibet and Taiwan. Tibet, previous to 1955, was an autonomous country essentially ruled by the Dalai Lama. But whatever it was, it was most certainly not a province of China. Nonetheless, Mao sent in the PLA to subjugate the nation and to this day, the legitimate government of Tibet and the Dalai Lama live in exile. Buddhist temples throughout Beijing, many of which are maintained by the government to preserve a facade of “religious freedom,” all proclaim that the temples are examples of the long history and inseparability of Tibet from the rest China. In a way, tl1ey’re right on both counts. China and Tibet share a long history of being neighbors and Tibet will be inseparable as long as the Communist Party maintains an occupying army. Taiwan is a more complicated issue because it is not now ruled by Beijing and operates as a free and independent nation. In fact, Taiwan came under Chinese administration only in 1683 and has been ruled directly by the mainland in only four hundred years. Nonetheless, the communist despots, eager to control the $260 billion foreign trade that moves through Taiwan each year, have declared the contre-temps a “domestic” issue and continue to amass troops and missiles across the Straits of Formosa. A favorite tactic is to conduct “missile tests” over the island to splashdowns only miles from Taiwan’s shore and, although a large-scale amphibious invasion is highly unlikely, the CPC will not back down until it’s bullying has forced the freely elected Taiwanese government to negotiate unification. Chinese watchers much more experienced than I, especially John Derbyshire of National Review, point out that, although there is no love for the CPC among the Chinese populace, it fully supports the government’s efforts to oppress Tibet and conquer Taiwan. Contrary opinions noting the practical and/or historical independence of these regions is met with purple-faced, foaming rage. The Chinese simply won’t accept that they have a right to control both Tibet and Taiwan. While Jiang Zemin is visiting his Texas ranch this week, President Bush has the opportunity to state that we will not permit the Communist Chinese to continue to oppress Tibet and bully Taiwan. Let’s hope that, emboldened by the success of his tough talk to Iraq, he delivers this message to the Chinese. ‘Br LIFE ARlS&LlFEEl)l'l0R EMAr;ciIYr@wIII.EI1I MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2002 You are my one and only...in the area code, that is Sofar, Fvewrittentwo articles for the Phi, and the student response has been entirely positive. However, I realize that the reactions of faculty, parents, and alumni who read thispaper mightditferfnomthoseenrolled in Greek Central. So for those of you that may be annoyed, disgusted, or insulted by my ar1icle (though I’m not sure why), let me say that I am writing something college-appropriate. I am not trying to be a smut—peddler or cause Robert E. Lee to roll around in his grave — I simply wish to give my version of college advice while poking a little fim at life here. So if you disapprove of my article for whatever reason, I apologize. Otherwise, enjoy this week’s discourse on that wonderful manipulative strategy: the Area-Code Rule. The summer months are a glorious time. It’s a time for us to relax with our families, to make money for the school year, and to chill withfriends from pre- college years. Andofcourse,thestn'nmer is when we can spend quality tirrie with that “significant other” at home. It’s a slowtimeofyearfilledwithromanceand devotion and sappy Disney-type relationships. (insert ‘sigh’ here) Then September rolls around, and everything changes. We all roll into Lex Vegas, the sin-city of the Greek system, and chaos ensues. While your “significant other” waits by the phone, you go to fraternity frmctions on four nights a week, and inevitably, you find someone who catches your fancy. Arid thenyoufindyourselfinthatclassicmoral dilemma, and what mightbe the equation for eventual emotional torment: 2 ABSOLUTE FRAILORI) TIM SMITH ‘04 rnanbers of the opposite sex + rxevious commitment + long-distance accountability + alcoholic influence = overall bad feelings and painful emotional scarring. It’s not always that dramatic, but you can see how bad “thingscouldcornefromsuchasituatiorr Luckily, the college powers-that-be have created a savior which allows us to avoid him and humiliation and have unparalleled fun at both home and school — the Area-Code Rule. With the Area-Code Rule, you can free yourself of the baggage of long-distance commitment, and have healthy, e n j o y a b l e relationships with the opposite sex guilt-free. Butalltoooften,tliistheoryis abused Guys and giris are both guilty of taking distance for granted, believing they can do what they wish with whomever they wish. They discard accountability, and believe they can get away with anything. Then they wonder whythingsgowiong. ’I‘hesearethe sleaze-balls thatfriends warn you about, the ones with no loyalty or respect for others, andthe ones who take advantage offolkswhoaiejusttootrusting. Don’t be like them. The key to successfully using the Area-Code rule lies in cormnunication. It’s a simple concept. Talk to that ‘significaiitothei’ More often than not, college kids think alike—wedon’tliketoputourselvesin circmnstances, and we want to lmve a good time whenever possible. 'I‘he important factor is whether or not this “good time” is kepthidden. Consider this successful Area- CodeRulestory. GuyXandGiiiYhave dated through high school, and go to different colleges. Guy X and Girl Y care for each other, but want the freedom to explore options in college. Guy X and Girl Y communicate this, and agree to stay in a relationship while letting each other do their own thing at school. So Guy X and Girl Y have fim at school , then come home for the summer with their relationship intact and unblemished. Their feelings have survived, and they haven’t had to live in a box to keep the relationship strong. (How simple is that? Seriously, it makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. Obviously, you take risks when you enter into these Area-Code agreements, but it’s all part of the game. Ifyou want the guiltless option to have relationship freedom at school, you have to be prepared for your “significant other” to meet someone who is iriore significant ‘thanyou 'Ihat’s1ife.Certainlythatmight behardtotake,butnotashardasfinding out that you’d been cheated on behind your back. And truly, no one deserves that kind of abuse. So the next time you go out to a frat party looking for someone to go home with, remember to consider the position of that “significant other” who is miles away. Practice the Area-Code Rule responsibly, and you will be ' rewarded with delightful independence and with a clear conscience. However, if you abuse the rule and take advantage of others, you’ll be rewarded with that scarlet letter you read about in English class. Truly, the only thing better than absolute freedom is absolute freedom that is guilt-free. Spring Break 2003 with STS Americas #1 Student Tour Operator best way to make China strong. I i i l i I It’s your life... write about it. 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Lauren Painter ‘O5 Phil Walotsky ‘O5 Lindsay Hagerman ‘O5 George Awkward ‘O6 Eric Toney ‘O3 Drew Heath ‘O5 Mike Hoover ‘03 Bryan Early ‘O4 Spencer Kamey ‘05 Chris Colby ‘O5 Kaela Harmon ‘O5 Rodney Foxworth ‘O6 Lessie Calhoun ‘O4 Haile Dagne ‘O3 Susan Thornton ‘04 Ann Bailey Lynn ‘O3 Tyler Van Leeuwen ‘O6 Emily White ‘O6 Michael Denbow ‘O4 Bill Gilsenan ‘O4 Joy Whitehead ‘O4 Carroll Thompson ‘O3 Avery Gholston ‘O3 Kelly Sugarman ‘O3 Justin Novak ‘O3 Jessie Mann ‘O3 Tiffany Jenkins ‘O5 Nancy Rhinehart ‘O3 Chase Rice ‘O3 Charlie Boisky ‘O4 Will Teichman ‘O3 Jenny Thomas ‘O3 Joy Simon ‘O5 Jessica Lake ‘04 Hattie Gruber ‘O4 Blair Sanzone ‘O4 Will Lewis ‘O6 Sharyn Regan ‘O6 John Cofer ‘06 Anne Johansen ‘O5 Becky Grant ‘O6 JR Peterson ‘O6 Michael Khattak ‘O4 Ian Bambrick ‘O3 Paul Negron ‘O3 Ali Meruani ‘O4 Andrew Latimer ‘O5 Nick Ramsey ‘O3 Skye Justice ‘03 John Wright ‘O3 Jeb Brooks ‘O5 Adrienne Damiani ‘O5 Simone King ‘O5 Neal Willetts ‘O3 Tran Kim ‘O5 Nick Cambell ‘O3 Devin Dickson ‘O4 Kimberly Sampson ‘O4 Mary-Wommack Barton ‘O4 Kelly Taffe ‘O4 Mary Carrol Mazza ‘03 Janet Carter ‘O3 Kim Bulka ‘O4 Teresa Eterno ‘O3 Kelley Magill ‘O5 Kim Kreider ‘O3 Becky Kramer ‘O4 Lee Kirven ‘O3 Clare Green ‘O3 Caroline McKinney ‘04 Jennifer Miller ‘O4 Susan Somers ‘O5 Krystina Brown ‘O5 P. 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The GSA would like to thank everyone who signed and invites those who did not to consider supptxting the GSA in the future Together, students and faculty can make W&L an even better place through the support of all members of our community. OCR::/Vol_105/WLURG39_RTP_20021028/WLURG39_RTP_20021028_005.2.txt Juaunul L l\. l.\l\lA-ll‘: SPORTS EDHOR EMAH; rRtNur\t_i@yu'.i:l)U "iris Rl1\~i('.3~’Ttliti Flier MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2002 BY DAVID CROWELL .\SSlS'l‘_\NT SPORTS EDITOR’ The Washington and Lee men’s soccer team sent a huge Parents Weekend crowd into a frenzy on Sat- urday afternoon, upsetting Old Do- minion Athletic Conference foe Vir- ginia Wesleyan, the top team in the NCAA South Region, 4-1 at the rain- soaked Liberty Hall Fields. With the win, the Generals won their fifth ODAC match in a row and evened their season mark at 7-7-2 (5-3 ODAC). The Marlins, who entered as the No. 2 team in Division III, dropped their first game of the season and fell to 15-1-1 (6-1-1 ODAC). Despite being huge underdogs, senior forward Brad Murphy said the Generals were confident going into the game. “They’re the No. 2 team in the nation, but the upperclassmen had beaten them three straight times,” Murphy said. “We had a lot of confi- dence going into the game, and the older guys knew we could get it done if we played a tough game.” UPSET WIN. Sophomore sweeper Peter Miller sends the ball SPORTS Generals slam No. JEB BROOKS/ The Rir1g—l1m1 Phi on Saturday at the Liberty Hall Fields as W&L’s Paul Negron ahead in \Washington and Lee’s 4-1 win over Virginia Wesleyan and Marlins Kelvin Murray (9) and Mark Tribendis give chase. The Marlins started the scoring at 32:01 when Josh Nolz scored off an assist from Evan Siddall, but the Gen- erals quickly struck back at a defense that had only allowed three first—half goals this season. Freshman midfielder Derrick Lott raced down the right side of the field, BY DONNY BANKS SPORTS WRITER The Washington and Lee volleyball team defeated Bridgewater to move to 9-0 in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference and then split four matches at the Maryville Invitational this week. The Generals started the week by beating the Eagles 30-14, 3027, 29-31 , 30-27 on Tuesday at the Warner Center. W&L started strong, dominating the entire first game. However, Bridgewater clearly made some neces- saiy adjustments to slow down the Generals’ quick style of play as they edged closer in the second game and managed to edge out the third. But led down the stretch by the solid play of fresh- man middle blocker Susan Gaillard, W&L put the Eagles away by winning the fourth game to end the match. “Bridgewater really adjusted well with shorter serves and a change in blocking assignments,” head coach Bryan Snyder said. “But we were able to come through at some key points which eventually helped us win.” Gaillard finished the match with 16 kills and five blocks. Sophomore outside hitter Michelle Chastain also W tps Egls, splits 4 at Mryvill glee BROOKS / The Ring-trim Phi HOME COURTADVANTAGE. Sophomore libero Jennifer Lux dives to dig the ball in W&L’s 30-14, 30-27, 29-31, 30-27 win over Bridgewater at the Warner Center on Tuesday as sophomore Michelle Chastain and senior Stacey Kimmel (12) react. helped the Generals with 18 kills and 21 digs. Freshman middle blocker Taylor Gibson recorded seven kills and seven blocks, while freshman setter Christine Gladysz tallied 47 assists and 14 digs. The match marked a quality ODAC victory for W&L over a third—place Bridgewater team. “This is a vital victory for our team,” Snyder said. “It was our first win over a high-caliber opponent since our loss to Christopher Newport (on Oct. 10). To win a match like this offers a big boost in confidence going into the home stretch, especially with the Roanoke match approaching.” The Generals then traveled to Tennessee for the Maryville Invitational, defeating Sewanee 30-15, 30-21, 30-17 and Huntingdon 30-22, 30-13, 29-31, 30-21 on the first day of the tournament. Sophomore outside hitter Emily Wolfing had 14 kills and 18 digs against Huntingdon. W&L lost a pair of four-game matches on Saturday. Thomas More defeated W&L 29-31, 30-28, 30-27, 30-25, while Maryville won its match against the Generals 30- 20, 30-27, 29-31, 31-29. The Generals host Mary Baldwin at 6:30 pm’. on Tuesday. W&L faces Roanoke, also undefeated in the ODAC, at home on Saturday. liNSPiRfiJ BY SUVE AND DAR Seats five. has 53 cubic feet of cargo space. and turned the comer on his defender and delivered a beautiful crossing pass that sophomore midfielder Brian Pirkle hammered home to tie the score with 2 Virginia Wesleyan, 4-1 But to Lott and Murphy, the key to A V,‘ the second half was taking a 1-1 tie .3 less than eight minutes to play in the first half. “That was a big momentum—turner for us,” Lott said. “We tied the game back up and from there we took it to them. They really weren’t ready for it.” The Marlins certainly weren’t ready for the Generals’ offense in the second half, as the muddy conditions affected their transition play and passing. While Wesleyan got stuck, W&L played better in transition and Murphy seemed to gain extra speed in the mud, as he raced down the field, took a pass from junior midfielder Jacob Stoehr, sidestepped a defender, and scored at 52:22. Following the play, Murphy sank to both knees and raised his arms to the crowd before being mobbed by teammates. “It was pretty crazy,” Murphy said. “This was our last game in front of the parents and it was a big deal to us. We wanted to come out and put on a show for the crowd.” The goal by Murphy turned into a W&L avalanche as freshman midfielder Keith Sullivan and Murphy both scored late in the second half. PAGE 5 n a into halftime. “They get up early on their op- 5 ponents, so I guess once we tied the'_ A‘ game so fast, they lost a little bit of their confidence,” Murphy said. “We 4 took it to them once we realized they didn’t have their confidence.” Senior Tim Foley made four saves ' i ' in goal, including a few big stops in, the first half, when the Marlins',"“ outshot W&L 13-5. The Generals’ win came on the _ heels of a 2-1 victory over Eastemififivi Mennonite on Wednesday afternoon. Sophomore Justin Mygatt ’ I opened the scoring 10:32 into the?“ match off an assist from Murphy, and if the senior co—captain added W&L’s . A final goal at the 33:48 mark. Eastern Mennonite avoided the shutout when the ball bounced off a, W&L defender and into the Generals’ ‘ goal with 3:32 left to play. Foley made: 1. five saves in goal to earn the win. W&L plays its final regular-sea-i 3' son game when the Generals host Bridgewater at 4 p.m. on Wednesday. , ’ Soccer pulls off 2 home wins A Women end regular season with non-conference victories over SCAD, Goucher BY DAVID CROWELL ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Sophomore forward Maggie Hope and junior midfielder Heather Coleman each tallied two goals as the Washington and Lee women’s soc- cer overwhelmed Goucher on Sunday afternoon, winning 4-0. The win followed a 2-1 double- overtime victory over Savarmah A&D on Saturday and pushed W&L’s un- beaten streak to 16 games. In the victory over the Gophers, W&L (13-1-3) remained firmly in con- trol on offense throughout the entire contest, but had some trouble find- ing the back of the net. Hope scored the first goal of the game off an assist from sophomore defender Kelley Zagol following a well-executed comer kick, but the Gen- erals couldn’t follow up in the first half, taking a 1-0 lead into halftime. “We outshot them and we knew we would eventually finish some chances,” sophomore defender and ' captain Meghan Hayde said. “We just didn’t come out as strong after we played a tough game yesterday.” Hayde was responsible for Hope’s second goal at the 61 :55 mark after she took the ball from midfield, dribbled through an empty space in front of the defense and fed Hope with a perfect pass. “I knew Maggie would be open and they gave me lots of space. We try to get our defenders involved be- cause that’s how we can score a lot of our goals,” Hayde said. “It’s nice that we can contribute to the offense.” Coleman finished the scoring with two goals off nice crossing passes from freshman midfielder Gina is available with 188 hp and a B-speed manual shift. Even evolution earft fully explain it. OVERTIME THRILLER. junior Meghan Hayde plays the ball upfield in W&L’s 2-1 win over Savannah A&D on Saturday as sophomore Kelley Zagol looks on. Von Stemberg and senior midfielder Jenny Thomas. In Saturday’s win over SCAD, the Generals failed to capitalize on some good scoring chances as muddy con- ditions interrupted the offensive flow and left a number of centering passes without a recipient. Von Stemberg gave W&L a 1-0 lead, however, with 15:32 to play in the first half as she took a pass from classmate Kerry Giblin and drilled it past the Bees’ Emily Bohart. Coach Neil Cunningham noted the exceptional play of his three freshmen, including defender Heather Rogers. “I’ve been pleased all year with the freshman. They’ve gotten stron- ger as the year’s gone on, but now it gets hard,” the second—year head coach said. “The season is a little longer than they’re used to and a little more intense.” Unfortunately for the Parents Weekend crowd, SCAD forced 20 min- utes of extra time as Lindy Krakowiak followed a mistake in W&L’s defense to score with 3: 19 to play. “It was a great goal. She hit an amazing shot, a real beauty,” Cunningham said. Thomas made sure the Generals didn’t settle for a fourth tie as she scored off an assist from Hope with 45 sec- onds left in the second overtime period. The Generals finished their regu- lar season with Sunday’s victory and await their seed in the Old Dominion _ Athletic Conference Tournament,’ 3 which begins on Saturday. “We’ve gone 16 games without at loss and there won’tbe any team out there ; 5 that wants to lose to us,” Hayde said_._. i “We need to go into the postseason real-9 izingtliatandtrytobetlieteamtobeatf; We’re definitely where we want to be.” Visit http://ath|etics.w|u.edu for W&L scores and stats. _ Japanese Film Society presents "Spirited Away’ by Hayao Miyazaki in Japanese with English subtitles. Science Center Room A214 Saturday, November 2 at 7 pm Reception (with sushi) to follow in the Great Hall of the Science Center. Celebrating Student Success Nominate someone by filling out a nomination form found online at: htto://campuslife.wlu.edu/ stuaffairsi studentsuccesshtm or contact Burr Datz at x4045 for more information. 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Senior Chris Sullivan rushed 29 times for 126 yards and a 45-yard TD that put the game away in the fourth quarter, and senior tight end Jay Tho- mas caught seven of McGarvey’s passes for 51 yards and a score be- fore leaving the game with an injury. “It was huge, especially because it was a total team effort,” McGarvey said. “We had everything clicking to- day. We had our special teams with the big fake punt, we had our defense shut them out in the first half, and we just rebounded in the second half to really close the deal.” The win also came after back—to- back losses in the Old Dominion Ath- letic Conference to Catholic and Hampden—Sydney. Although Sewanee (4-4) is non—conference, the Generals (3-4) needed a victory before heading into N o. 2 Bridgewater next week. W&L coach Frank Miriello cred- ited offensive coordinator Chris Ostrowsky with improving the game plan after the Generals had scored just 53 points in their previous four games. EFFECTIVE 0FFENsE.]uriior quarterback Sean McGarvey fires a pass in Washington and Lee’s 26-14 win over Sewanee at “We spread the field out and threw the ball quite a bit, and that loos- ened up the defense so they couldn’t jam it in there with the run game,” Miriello said. “They had to play man coverage on the outside, and we’ve got some talented kids on the outside. “Once we started completing some passes, they had to change their defensive scheme. We started gash- ing them with the running game then.” The Generals racked up 517 yards of total offense, much of which came in the first half. W&L converted on the opening drive of the game on a touchdown pass from McGarvey to junior Jon Brimer on a drive kept alive by junior safety Lee Walker’s 22-yard rush on a fake punt play. The Generals extended their lead to 20-0 on touchdown receptions by Thomas and senior Dyllan Rankin. But the Tigers came back in the second half, as quarterback Kirk Holtgrewe and running back Justin Askew ran the ball right at the Gener- als. Holtgrewe scored on runs of two and 10 yards to cut the lead to 20-14 with 8:27 left in the third. “They seemed to be getting out- side leverage on our defense in that couple of series. We were back on our heels,” Miriello said. “We took our strong safety and brought him down on the edge, so we added another de- fender up along the line of scrimmage. That seemed to solve the problem.” Sewanee drove down to the Gen- erals’ 20-yard line on their next pos- session before turning the ball over on downs. They wouldn’t make it back into W&L territory. gridiron win BARRETT l)A\\Is/ T/re Rz'rrg-rum Pin‘ \X/ilson Field on Saturday. McGarvey completed 25—of—46 passes for 301 yards and three touchdowns against the Tigers. Sullivan sealed the win with a 45-yard touchdown run with 9:30 to play, and a 19-yard pass from McGarvey to sophomore tight end , Patrick Neuman on the final drive of the game made the junior quarterback the school’s first 300—yard passer in three years. W&L now faces its toughest opponent of the season in defending NCAA Division III runner-up Bridgewater. The Generals and the Eagles kick off at 1 p.m. on Saturday. “We’ve got to stay focused, im- prove on what we did today,” Sullivan said. “We finally showed today that we can play like a real team. It’s going to be tough, but any team can beat any other team on any given day. We’re just going to go out there and see what happens.” Field hockey splits pair of home matches BY MICHAEL LEE SPORTS WRITER Washington and Lee field hockey split their weekend games at home, with a Saturday afternoon win over St. Mary’s and a Sunday afternoon loss to Catholic University. W&L sophomore midfielder Kitt Murphy scored first Saturday after- noon, assisted by junior sweeper Maitena Moure, with 23 :40 remaining in the first half. Murphy then assisted freshman midfielder S.B. Northen with 9:00 remaining to give the Generals a 2-0 lead at halftime. St. Mary’s struck back less than four minutes into the second half, as junior midfielder Kate Story scored unassisted. The rest of the half saw no scoring, until Moure tallied on a pen- alty comer assessed after time expired, with the assist credited to Murphy. W&L freshman goalies Courtney Harrison and Elise Gelinas combined for five saves and one goal allowed. Sunday afternoon brought the Cardinals of Catholic University to the Turf Field. The Generals opened JED BRooILs/ The Ring-rm P/ii SLAP SHOT. Freshman S.B. Northern and the Generals fell to Catholic, 3-2. strong, but were unable to hold on to the lead as Catholic fought back, de- feating W&L 3-2. The Generals opened the day with a penalty stroke from sophomore defender Erin Rathbone with 28:17 remaining in the half. Play then moved up and down the field for more than 20 minutes with no scoring. Junior forward Jessica Lake took a breakaway all the way to the Catho- lic goal, but was stopped by goalie Katie Iarmacone. Catholic sophomore forward Rebecca Clark followed with a breakaway of her own, but Gelinas was able to stop her from the goal. W&L sophomore Kristen Brown gave her team a 2-0 lead on a goal as- sisted by freshman defender Katharine Lester with 4:34 left in the half. The second half, however, brought harder and tougher play from the Cardi- nals. Catholic freshman forward Christy Engstrom scored on a penalty stroke with 30:57 remaining in the half. Clark then scored twice more, once assisted by freshman midfielder Jamie Punyko, at 24: 19 and 15:24 to seal the game. Gelinas spent 50 minutes in the goal to earn eight saves, and Harrison rounded out the remaining 20 minutes to earn two saves. lannacone spent the entire game in the goal, garnering 10 saves. W&L coach Wendy Orrison was disappointed but optimistic for the challenge of their first Old Dominion Athletic Conference Tournament. “Catholic is a tough team. They were ranked top 20 last year, and they took (Johns) Hopkins to overtime,” she said. “The loss is tough, but these are the types of teams that we’ll be playing in the ODAC Tournament, so the experience was valuable.” Orrison noted fatigue in her play- ers. “We were tired and flatfooted during the second half, and they took advantage of that.” Orrison also pointed out that Rathbone’s penalty stroke was her fourth of the season, and she has scored on all of them. The Generals will return to play on Saturday when they host Virginia Wesleyan in the quarterfinals of the ODAC Tournament, with a time to be determined. Women’s te nnis opens’ with strong fall season ' BY MICHAEL LEE SPORTS wRITER Washington and Lee women’s tennis is off to an excellent start. The Generals have concluded their fall season in fine form, and will con- tinue to train in anticipation of the spring schedule. Coached by Cinda Rankin, the team finished up their last two tour- naments very strongly. The W&L Fall Fes- tival was swept by the home team — a Gen- eral found her- self at the top of each flight. Coach Rankin was very pleased with their play. “Liberty University is Division I, and they played very well,” she said. “I’m very happy that our girls did so well against them.” The No. 1 doubles team of se- nior Erika Proko and sophomore Lindsay Hagerman then traveled to the ITA National Championships in Corpus Christi, Texas. The two were defeated by a team from the Univer- sity of California at Santa Cruz, and then beat teams from Denison and the College of New Jersey to secure their fifth-place finish. The mainly individual fall sea- son then concluded. Spring season will see the team return to play as they begin dual matches. RANKIN Rankin is very happy with her, team as they enter their winter break. “I have seven freshmen who have a very good work ethic. They’re all very positive, coachable players, and they’ll be challenging up the ladder ‘ soon. The upperclassmen have been very good about helping the freshmen adjust to the team here.” Freshman Lisa Mabry leads the _” Class of 2006 on the team. Mabry won the B draw at the Southeast Regional Rolex Tournament at Mary , Washington, and had to defeat her teammate, freshman Patty Roberts, pi, in order to do it. “The girls are very competitive, but they are always in good spirits about their play,” said Rankin, who pointed out that both Mabry and ‘ Roberts played very hard during that match, neither giving an inch. Proko and classmate Laura Bruno are the team’s captains. Rankin , appreciates the effort that the two have put forth. “Laura has been re- covering from knee injuries, but is looking forward to a good season in the spring, and Proko is coming off V the Nationals toumament,” she said. “Both are excellent players.” The 22 members of the women’s tennis team are in good shape as , they look to the spring season. It is a large team, but with that many play- ers, Rankin is able to schedule two Old Dominion Athletic Conference matches on the same day — the only I constraint is the number of courts available to her. Men’sswimming ’ coach resigns post‘ I’RO.\l STAFF REPORTS Washington and Lee men’s swimming coach Andrew Pulsifer, who has held his post since 1997, has resigned for health reasons. Women’s head coach Kiki Jacobs will assume head coaching duties for the remainder of the 2002- 03 season. The search for an assis- tant swim coach will begin immedi- ately, while a permanent head coach should be named after the season. During his five-plus years with the school, Pulsifer continued the 28- year streak of sending at least one swimmer to the NCAA National Chain- pionships, and three Generals earned Division HI All-America honors. “It is with great sadness that I leave this outstanding swimming team,” Pulsifer told W&L Sports In- formation. “l have the highest re- gard for this exceptional group of young men and trust that they will continue to strive for personal ex- cellence. “I wish to thank Washington and Lee University for the opportu- nity to work with such outstanding young men.” Women’s swimming opens year with ODAC win LYNCHBURG — The W&L}. women’s swimming team began the 2002-03 season with a 79-42 Old Dominion Athletic Conference win at Randolph—Macon Women’s Col- lege on Thursday. . ’ Senior Kelli Austin won the 200 and 500 Free with times of 2:06.27 and 5:53.88, and classmate Blair Huffman placed first in the 200 Fly, (2:l8.39) and 1,000 Free (1 1:37.80) to lead W&L. Freshman Beth Sauer also won two events for the Generals, finish- ing ahead of the pack in the 100 and’ 200 Breast with times of 1: 18.22 and 2:45.49. Junior Mandi Kimble recorded a first—p1ace finish in the 200 back-‘ stroke at a time of 2:22.68. W&L continues its ODAC schedule with a 7 p.m. meet at Sweet Briar on Wednesday. i ‘I SCOREBOARD V SATuRDAv’s FOOTBALLYARDLINE W&L SPORTS SCHEDULES OCT. 28-Nov. 3 Washington and Lee 26, Sewanee 14 Tuesday, Oct. 29 Volleyball Randolph-Macon 0 0 14 0-14 Volleyball‘ Roanoke at w&|_, 12 pm_ Washington and Lee _6 14 0 6-20 Mary Baldwin at W&L, 6:30 p.m. Maryvme at W&L: 4 pm it First Quarter Football W&L -— Brimer 20 pass trom McGarvey (Kellogg kick tailed), 10:12 Second Quarter W&L — Thomas 6 pass from McGanrey (conversion failed), 11:48 W&L -— Rankin 21 pass from McGarvey (Neuman pass from McGarvey), 2:30 Wednesday, Oct. 30 Men’s Soccer Bridgewater at W&L, 4 p.m. Women’s Swimming W&L at Sweet Briar, 7 p.m. W&L at Bridgewater, 1 p.m. Men’s and Women’s Swimming W&L at Transylvania, 1 p.m. Field Hockey “ Third Quarter W&L in ODAC Tournament, TBD UOS — Holtgrewe 2 run (Tuck kick), 12:33 Friday, Nov. 1 Men’s Soccer UOS — Holtgrewe 10 run (Tuck kick), 8:27 Riding W&L in ODAC tournament, TBD Fourth Quarter W&L in ODAC Championships womenis soccer W&L — Sullivan 45 run (conversion tailed), 9:30 (at RMWC) W&L in ODAC Tournament, TBD 5- UOS W&L Saturday, Nov. 2 First downs 16 26 Cross Country s‘_‘"_“aV* N°"' 3 Rushes-yards 39-153 44-212 W&L in ODAC Championships Rldlllg Passing yards 132 305 (at Roanoke) W&L at H0l|inS lnvilalional Return yards 4-27 3-36 i Comp-Att-Int 17-27-1 26-47-0 Sacked-Yards lost 0-0 0-0 FOOTBALL GLANCE Punts 7-35.3 2-47 V Fumbles-lost 0-0 0-0 ODAC °Ve'a" Penalties-yards 4-35 7-61 Team W L W L PF PA Time of Possession 22:32 37:28 Bridgewater 3 0 7 0 280 64 i‘ Hampden-Sydney 4 1 6 1 231 123 RUSHlNG s«iw:liiIeiDUri LksTA2T(is1T IigsHoltgrewe 12 25 Ra"d°'ph'Ma°°n 2 1 5 2 116 99 —- e: s ew - , - , . Williams 2-2, Eson 1-0, Cole 1-(-10). Washington and Lee: Sullivan igatsnngton and Lee $ 2 2 2 :24 170 29-126, Caramore 9-31, McGarvey 2-so, Walker 1-22, Diverio 3‘ °‘° 7 195 I 2.5, Team 1_(_2)_ Emory & Henry 0 3 2 5 104 192 PASS|NG—Sewanee: Holtgrewe 17-27-1-132. Washington and Guillofd 0 3 3 4 123 208 Lee: McGarvey 25-46-0-301, Whitfield 1-1-0-4. Oct. 26 Results NW 2 scheduje RECElVlNG—Sewanee: Rodgers 7-67, Williams 4-48, Askew 4-11, Eson 2-6. Washington and Lee: Thomas 7-51, Callaham 6-99, Sullivan 5-39, Rankin 4-62, Neuman 2-24, Brimer 1-20, Caramore 1-10. |NTERCEPT|ONS—-Washington and Lee: Walker 1-2. W&L 26, Sewanee 14 Bridgewater 48, Emory & Henry 18 Hampden-Sydney 30, Catholic 20 Randolph-Macon 17, Johns Hopkins 12 W&L at Bridgewater Catholic at Emory & Henry Guiltord at Randolph-Macon Davidson at Hampden-Sydney