OCR::/Vol_108/WLURG39_RTP_20051114/WLURG39_RTP_20051114_001.2.txt ‘x i WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY THE RING-TUM PHI. MONDAY, NOV 14, 2005 BY THE STUDENTS AND FOR THE STUDENTS SINCE 1897 VOLUME CIX, NUMBER 9 WHAT'S INSIDE Girl, Interrupted Life editor Kathryn Krall delves into the loss of femi- nism at this school on page 9. The Dean strikes back Debate and rebuttal over Dean Ellen Mayock’s controversial interview in our Oct. 27 issue is revisited on page'6. A turn of the tide The swim team prepares for a new year and a new season with high hopes against the odds. See page 3. SPORTS BRIEFS Men's and Women’s Cross Country Teams both finish 4"‘ in NCAA Regionals The men’s team finished 4"‘ out of 18 teams in Conway, AR this weekend. Senior Nathan Johnson and Sophomore Alex Mahoney placed third and sixth overall, respectively, to lead the men’s team. For the women, freshman Jackie Burns, senior Mary Christopher and sophomore Lindsay Erickson finished 11”‘, 25”‘ and 26“ respectively to earn all-region accolades while leading W&L to its best regional finish ever. The women finished 4"‘ out of 22 teams. Women’s Soccer Falls to Moravian College, 2-1 In the first round of the NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament, W&L lost to Moravian after going to double overtime. Freshman Anne Van Devender scored the first goal of the game at the 55:10 mark to give W&L a 1-0 lead but Moravian tied the game less than three minutes later. After one scoreless overtime, Moravian scored their second, and winning, goal 2:46 in to the second overtime. W&L Volleyball Loses to Southwestern University, 3-0 After winning the ODAC championship for the fourth consecutive year, W&L fell to Southwestern University in the first round of the NCAA tournament last Thursday at Emory University. Washington and Lee lost 30- 24, 30-24, 30-24 to end the season 32-5 with a perfect 10-0 record in the ODAC. Senior setter Christine Gladysz was named Player of the Year for the second consecutive season, freshman Laura Maurer was named Freshman of the Year and Head Coach Bryan Snyder was named Coach of the Year for the fifth straight year. 6 Z to visitors; T=aeetiat§«ff;attzr£§;§§§ : it ezsmrihil ii ;FS‘l‘£§.13E£TM»€fz.#xi...i.If.¥i‘{ h {:}r%g,i—iial _,/3x31" Qhieezse lxu:>i'z£toz*e E/.,lx°etisu.ai ,A,3isa»n ohgects IQ ‘Nest We ah i right: rt {see} ~+a'a-«é§6s s§<5t@:‘oi:§z§2sr~i<§g§e.rwz£ Facelz University administration plans major renovations for school’s iconic Colonnade Field hockey standout cites team support as key to success By Katherine Greene MANAGJNG EDITOR Field hockey is Kendall Korte’s life. Fighting through an injury to her groin for the majority of the season, Korte defied all ‘odds, being named to the all- tournament and all~ODAC teams after the Generals won the ODACS two weeks ago. “Going into theseason, [the team’s} goal was to win the /ODACS, and we made it,” she said. 3 During the summer, coach Wendy Orrison mailed each of the teammates a card listing the goals of the team for the year. The team surprised the school by meeting those goals and winning the 0DACs, the first field hockey team in W&L history to do so. “We had the mindset going into the season that we were going to win,” said Korte. “We knew it was important to host, especially because we’re definitely a turf team now.” She explained that playing field hockey on turf is a completely different game, saying that it is much faster- paced, with the added advantage that only one other team in the division has a turf field. “We only lost one game at home,” Korte said, naming the turf as a contributing factor to the team’s nearly-unbeatable status at home. Field hockey remains a year- round activity to Korte, who , spent the summer working with a trainer who helps out with the national Women’s field hockey team. ‘.‘I did all the same workouts as they did,” she saidgadding that the toughness of her regimen improved her athleticism. By Sarah Kientz R EPO RTER 'When"'mos.t peoplejfliink about Washington and University, they think about the Colonnade, and with good reason. It is the first thing one sees when driving onto campus, and upon arrival, the Co10m1ade’s image is everywhere: on t-shirts, posters, and swipecards.,’i,A1th0ugh it is the most historic and iconicipart of campus, it is about to receive an update. Because of the lack of technology and inadequate facilities of the classrooms, the buildings making up the colonnade—Newcomb, Payne, Washington, Robinson and Tucker Halls—-will undergo a major renovation in the coming years, Joe Grasso, Vice President of Administration and Campus Chair of the Space Planning Committee, said. Grasso, although he is the overseer of the project, said it was not his idea to renovate the Colonnade. “[Former president] Tom Burish, before he left, had quiet discussions about the need to renovate the Colonnade,” Grasso said. “[Current acting president Harlan] Beckley came out with a list of eight goals he hopes to fulfill, or at least start, at W&L, and that’s what’s prompted us forward. Colonnade renovation is one of his key goals.” University architect Tom Contos said that faculty members with offices and classrooms in the Colonnade also expressed the need for an upgrade. “There has been discussion over the past couple of years by faculty in these buildings expressing the desire to have the spaces renovated,” Contos said. “After modernizing other parts of campus, such as the commons and the Lenfest center, we see there is a need to update these buildings.” Grasso agreed that the recent renovations of other buildings on campus has left the Colonnade’s classrooms seemingly defunct. See ‘COLONNADE’ on page 2 Reaching coveted turf “For the first time as an Her better understanding of the game, however, came from coaching a youth team this summer. “[Coaching] really breaks the game down into fundamentals and improves your understanding,” she said. In the course of the season, Korte performed very well, leading the team in assists, and ending up fourth in goals‘ scored. “Every game mattered,” she said, “we really wanted to make this happen.” g . _ 9 Goalie Elise Gelinas pointed out a difference in the team this year which may have led to their immense success. athlete, I had complete trust in all of my other teammates on the field because of their outstanding athletic abilities,” she said. “We set every‘ goal,” Korte said, “and Wendy was really encouraging. . .she always made us feel more confident before games.” The ‘confidence provided by Orrison was an influential contribution to the women, Gelinas said, “Before each game that we won, .1 had‘ confidence that my teammates would play with tenacity and See ‘FIELD’ on page 3 OCR::/Vol_108/WLURG39_RTP_20051114/WLURG39_RTP_20051114_002.2.txt _ ~’’%% 6. LEVBUWV Lien. . WASPJNGTGN & LEE I \’ . 3345.0 Nov 1 5 £995 2 c THE RING-TUM PHI MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2005 IIBWS BEHIND BARS Here ’s to laughing at the expense of those who ‘learned their lessons this weekend. News editor Jacob Geiger took a peek at this week’s police reports to see what you ’ve been up to...don’t worry, we only used your initials! Not twice as Nice Police kindly informed SC of Kennet Square, PA that he cannot travel at nearly twice the speed limit. In Lexing- ton, it appears 25 means 25, not 48. Mr. SC will be fur- ther reminded when he pays his speeding ticket. Bear that in mind next time you swing through town, please. Another good reason to obey the spped limit At least 36-year-old PC of Richmond was only going 42 in the 25 zone. That, how- ever, may turn out to be the least of his worries. While the officer would have let the speeding off with only a ticket, PC’s refusal to cooper- ate, DUI, and Concealed Weapons charges all meant he finished his trip in the back seat of a squad car at 1:05 on a Sunday morning. Seeing as this is Lexington’s second concealed weapons violation in a month, students may want to talk with the ad- ministration about their policy prohibiting firearms. Just for the safety of the stu- dents, of course. The neighbors were tired Pi Phi may be known around campus for their weekend late nights, but by 3:06 AM on Sunday, October 23”‘ the police had heard enough. And so, without further ado, they gave PH a ticket for “Loud Noise.” Not ‘noise violation’ or ‘failure to ob- tain a proper noise permit,’ just “Loud Noise.” I guess by 3 am the officers are too tired to come up with more precise descriptions on the tickets. Anyone interested in more information on loud noises can attend PH’s traffic court hearing at 9 am on No- vember 29"‘. Aloha! Hawaiians love to party, but 22-year-old BK of Mililani, Hawaii learned that the Lex- ington Police would prefer he doesn’t party all night long. They nabbed BF last month at 5:15 AM on a Saturday morning. Maybe it’s a good thing, then, that Lambda’s “Tropical” party broke up at a more reasonable hour but it’s too bad, really. The early-moming breakfast places around town would have been opening up in about two or three hours. This might mean extra guard duty Just when you thought Ha- waiians and W&L students had a monopoly on DIP ar- rests, VMI Keydet JN comes along. The fun loving resi- dent of W&L’s neighboring institution was arrested at 1:05 AM. Maybe he wanted to get the arrest over early so he could make it back for curfew. Perhaps this is also why VMI doesn’t let the stu- dents out most nights. What- ever the case may be, Behind Bars suspects that the Com- mandant was not pleased. And now for something new Finally, for the very first time, Behind Bars has a felony to report. BF, a 26-year-old fe- male resident of Lexington, was arrested for welfare fraud and not one, not two, but four counts of perjury. So not only does BF to cheat the government, she lies about her efforts. BF, cases like yours are what gets the W&L College Republicans so worked up about welfare. Anyone interested in learning more about BF may have to wait a bit; a court date has not yet been set. Drug Bust , Oh the felonies... apparently the changing leaves have brought changing crime pat- terns. JK of Goshen became Rockbridge County’s latest offender when she was charged with obtaining pre- scriptions by fraud. So next time you think it’s a good idea to borrow your friend’s Ritalin prescription to have a little fun, remember 26-year- old JK and just say no. At least if you get caught drunk you’re just facing a misde- meanor; fraudulent prescrip- tions could ship you off to the Rockbridge Country Penitentiary. Hide the children Finally, a big BOO from the Phi to GG of Clearwater, Florida. Ms. G, age 44, basi- cally killed Lexington’s Hal- loween spirit by getting ar- rested for public drunken- ness at 9:50 pm. 9:50! Goodness gracious. Travel- ler hasn’t even started run- ning at 9:50. That’s pa- thetic, GG, and shame on you for making a fool out of yourself in front of innocent children hoping for a safe, fun evening of trick—or—treat— ing. Please return to Clearwater and never come back. At least W&L students have the decency not to get drunk in front of trick-or- treaters. Colonnade upgrade on horizon Continued from page 1 “We have a beautiful new science facility, and are in the process of building more space for arts and music,” Grasso said. “This is our chance to provide the humanities departments with modern teaching and learning facilities for both faculty and students.” Philosophy professor Lad Sessions teaches in Newcomb Hall and asserted that the colonnade is in desperate need of an update. “The colonnade is W&L’s signature, and it is in the worst shape of the entire school,” Sessions said. “It projects an image of shabby gentility, not of cutting-edge education.” It is this “cutting-edge education” that the administration is striving to achieve through renovation of these historic buildings. However, their historical significance is an important factor in the renewal process, Contos said. ' “Because the buildings are a national landmark, they will be resorted with great care,” Contos said. “The colonnade will retain the same look on the exterior, except that the exterior air » conditioning units will not be there.” Grasso added that other necessary features will be added to the buildings in addition to air conditioning. The buildings will become code compliant for fire safety (a feature which the buildings are currently lacking), and will also become handicapped accessible—the installation of elevators is “very likely,” Grasso said. Bathrooms will also be updated and will become handicapped accessible, as they are currently, as Grasso said, “atrocious.” Contos added that the colonnade buildings have not been renovated in about 70 years. “The buildings have not been touched since 1936 when they were fireproofed,” Contos said. “This project will preserve these buildings for another 80-100 years of more practical use.” Sessions added that the buildings are not currently equipped with enough space in which to teach. “Newcomb Hall is twice as crowded in terms of square footage per faculty member as the Williams School, which has its own complaints,” Sessions said. Adequate electrical capacity is another important feature that will be added to the buildings, Grasso said, stressing that, “if we don’t have the electrical capacities we need to charge the technologies available to us, it defeats the academic purpose of the school.” Although there is much to be done to update the colonnade to match the quality of the rest of the school, Grasso said the renovation will be a long process, and the administration is still its the early planning stages. One year ago, W&L received a $150,000 grant from the Getty Foundation in order to begin the renovation process. The Getty Foundation is an organization that sponsors, according to its website, “the research, documentation, and analysis necessary to the development of a comprehensive conservation plan [for] projects [which] focus on the historic structure and fabric of the building(s) and address conservation issues related to the building’s setting.” Grasso said that W&L used the money to “measure and document how important the colonnade is in terms of historical architecture.” “It has given us a lot of good advice on how to maintain the historic look of the campus,. and lays the groundwork on the rehabilitation of the colonnade,” Grasso said. Contos added that the money will assist the university in hiring a consultant who will create a preservation renovation plan. “We want to modernize the buildings,” Contos said, “but also preserve them as they are national historical landmarks.” Currently the Space Planning Committee, comprised of faculty and staff, is interviewing nationally known architectural firms, Grasso said. This interview process will occur over the next few weeks. With the help of the architect, the committee will conduct a feasibility study to determine what each building will house, in terms of the number of classrooms and offices. According to Grasso, this should be completed by the summer of 2006. Then the project will enter the design faze, wherein the architects will start designing the interiors of each building. “We have two options for renovating the interiors,” Grasso said. “We can either gut each building, like we did to Reed Hall, and start from scratch, or keep the interior structure and work with it.” Grasso said that the committee prefers to keep the interior structure of each building and update so as not to “lose the historical appearance” of the buildings. Once the design faze has completed, construction will begin. Grasso estimates that this should be during the late summer or fall of 2007. Contos said that because of the magnitude of the project, the architects will employ “stage construction,” meaning one building will undergo renovation at a time. Grasso said Newcomb Hall will be the first building to undergo renovation, which leaves 35 faculty members without office space. “Once the art and music departments move from Dupont Hall, it will serve to house those who are forced to move because of construction,” Grasso said. Right now neither Grasso nor Contos can say how long the construction will last, nor can they say how much the renovation will cost. The entire cost of the project, however, will not come from W&L alone, Contos said. “We don’t know how much the project will ultimately cost, though it will be a large dollar number,” Contos said. “Tax credits are typically allowed for projects like these where historic properties are renovated.” In addition to hoping for help from the government, Grasso hopes that the school’s alumni and other affiliates will donate to the cost of construction. “The plan is to raise money for much of [the overall cost],” Grasso said. “The administration knows that these buildings are iconic of the school and our goal is to rely on philanthropy.” Despite the cost of the project, Sessions sees the reconstruction as one that will improve the university’s academics. “The departments housed in its buildings deserve more and better space, and we have every assurance from the administration that help is on the way,” Sessions said. Grasso hopes the renovation will offer students and faculty more spaces to interact. “We all hope the Colonnade will provide social and acaderriic interaction between students and faculty,” Grasso said. “For example, having lounge space where students and faculty can meet, rooms for conferences between students, and classrooms with air conditioning so you can hear what’s being said. Those are the ways we hope the university will benefit from this renovation.” Although the exterior appearance and historical significance of the Colonnade will remain unchanged, the administration hopes that through renovation, alumni will return to campus and see the colonnade not only as a national landmark, but also as the center of their college education. OCR::/Vol_108/WLURG39_RTP_20051114/WLURG39_RTP_20051114_003.2.txt S ..‘ .’_ MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2005 THE RING-TUM PHI - 3 SDOHS Field hockey’s first title Continued from page 1 heart.” This confidence in one another led the team places they never thought they’d go, which is partly why they lost so quickly in the NCAA tournament, said Korte. “It’s kind of a weird feeling,” she said, on winning the ODACs and then ending the season so quickly. She said that the team didn’t play up to their abilities in the NCAA tournament, and names intimidation as the culprit. “I guess it’s just sour grapes,” she said, “but we didn’t really know what to expect.” The success of several women’s athletic teams has sparked an enthusiastic reaction from fans, several of whom created a facebook group in their honor. The group, called “Uber Fans” and started by senior Chris Lalli, claims to be “for those who are extremely dedicated to all female sports teams.” Lalli, along with friends and fellow fans Taylor McConnell, Dave Mackenzie, and Scott Gosselink, attended many if not all of the women’s field hockey games this year. Gosselink said, “The main reason that we support the field hockey team is because we can relate to them as athletes ourselves. ' “It sucks to work so hard and have no one go to the games or know that you play. The girls are simply a delight.” Korte said, “I’m actually not friends with any of them, but the support is awesome.” Gelinas agreed that the support from the men is always helpful. “[They] have always been sincere supporters of our team even when we were not breaking records. I really appreciate their support and it is comforting and encouraging to see these fans at every game,” she said. The impending graduation of several key players on the field hockey team threatens the repetition of this season’s victories. “I’m really going to miss the seniors,” Korte said. “Not only as field hockey players and teammates, but I’m going to miss them more as friends.” Despite this, Korte said she fully intends to return to the NCAA tournament in the following years. “I’m stoked that we’ve made it so far,” she said. “Next time, we won’t be fazed by it.” By Doug Sweeney STAFF WRITER The third-seeded Washington _ and Lee men’s soccer team fell in the semifinals of the ODAC tournament to the seventh- seeded Eastern Mennonite Roy- als on Friday, November 4. Eastern Mennonite’s Ben- jamin Yoder opened the scoring at the 13:58 mark in the first half. The Royals extended their lead to 2-0 when Junior Kamandua scored 15 minutes later on an assist from Yoder. The Generals pulled to within one goal when junior Rhett Women swim ,5 team .sta1?.ts 0]?’ season on at roll fdespite skeptics ’ T expectations 8y Dirna Slavin — stars warn-:3, 4 0' The Washington and Lee [Women’s swimming team, preseason favorites to win the e ODAC. regular-season 1 championship for the 13“‘ straight time, has started their title defense on a roll, bolldozing ODAC competition in victories over Sweet ‘Brian Randolph Macon Women’s College, Hollins, Guilford and Emory & Henry. . * The team was optimistic about this season, despite losing three seniors in the off- season. Sophomore Jess Cobb said, “While we lost team leaders last spring, captains Beth Sauer, Kristina Holda and Keturah Akida have been great in stepping up to fill the gap that last year’s seniors left. Their inspiration has helped the team in our first month of competition.” a The addition of some key freshmen has also aided in the team’s transition from last year. Freshman Lindsey ,1 Strachan was named the {ODAC Swimmer of the Week for the week ending _Octoher 24”‘ after the . Generalsstrong victory over 7 5 Marymount in one of the first meets-of the season. Freshman Julianne Miata says that the freshmen on the team “are absolutely amazing." She also said that the best part about the-freshman girls 5 is that “there are so many kids that you can put in any event and they won’t complain and they’ll do well.” . O ‘Cobb said that “the freshmen will help a great deal in defending last season’s ODAC title” and . have greatlycontributed to ‘fthe team’s being the strongest it has been in a ‘considerable amount of . time.” 7 V -The Generals came into - ODAC competition 2-0 after j wins over Marymount (by a score of 1l9~86) and Transylvania (161-101). 0 V Their first ODAC meets allowed them tokick off the Swimmers prepare to take the plunge. Making waves 167.S—70.5, the Emory & Henry Wasps 173-27 and Hollins 169- season at home. in the comfort of Twombly Pool. Their first challenge came in a meet with Sweet Briar and Randolph Macon Women’s College on Wednesday, November 2”“. The Generals met it in style beating the Sweet Briar Vixens 82-13 and the RMWC Wildcats 62-33. . The Generals then returned on Saturday, November 5"‘ to defeat the Guilford Quakers EUSA TURNER / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER V 67. The Generals’ relay teams dominated both nights in the 200~yard medley and 200-yard freestyle events. The freestyle “While we lost team leaders last spring, captains Beth Sauei; Kristina Holda and Keturah Akida have been great in stepping up to fill the gap that last year’s seniors‘ left. Their inspiration has helped the team in our first month of competition. ” ‘JESS coma, SOPHOMORE Short by a goal McCraw put a penalty kick in the back of EMU’s net in the final minutes of the first half; it was the midfielder’s third goal of the season. The Generals were not able to score the equalizer in the second half. The score held and W&L’s season was ended giving the squad a 9-6-2 overall (5-2-2 in the ODAC) record. Sophomore goalkeeper Ted Sheedy had four saves while his EMU counterpart, Tim Koehn, -notched five. “It was disappointing,” said senior midfielder Brett Strohsacker, “We played our hearts out and that’s all you can ask for.” Indeed it was a frustrating loss for the Generals, who possessed the ball for nearly 70% of the game according to the estimation of senior captain and defender Derrick Lott. 0 “We had our chances but we couldn’t.put them away,” said Lott. The loss ends a season that saw the Generals play in six double-overtime games and seven OT games overall. The team was 3-2-2 in those games. One of those extra time wins came on October 18 against Roanoke, a victory that Lott de- scribes as “the best moment of the season.” The season was an up and down one for the Generals who had trouble building momentum because they never won more than two matches in a row. How- ever they only dropped tw straight games once. - Sophomore forward Jack Palmer ends the season as the team leader in both goals (11) and overall points (24). Palmer is followed in points by sophomore Josh Dodds (15) andjunior Kyle Garcia (13). Ted Sheedy led the Generals in virtually every goalkeeping statistic including wins (7), saves (46) and shutouts (2). Lott, the senior captain, was quick to praise the team as a whole when asked about the sea- son: “Our record is a testament to how well we played together.” Friday’s loss ends the playing days of seven seniors, including Lott. “After 17 years of playing soccer it’s a big moment. I would have liked to go out on top but V we left our hearts on the field and that’s the best you can do,” Lott said. Next year’s team must build relay teams were lead by the _ team of senior Kristine ' Holda (who also met with : individual success in the 1000 freestyle) and freshmen Lindsey Strachan, Julianne Miata and Melissa Ginder. . Medley relay events were won by the teams of I-lolda, Strachan, freshman Susan Mahoney and sophomore Amy Roberson ' on Wednesday and Holda, Mahoney, senior Beth Sauer and sophomore Jess Cobb. >W&L did well individually as well with wins by Holda (1000 freestyle), Mahoney (200 freestyle) and Ginder (50 freestyle) on Wednesday and Sauer (500 freestyle), Cobb (50 freestyle), junior Sarah Bloom (100 freestyle), and sophomore Danielle Cardone (200 freestyle) on Saturday. , The Generals were 7-0 overall and 5-0 in ODAC competition before heading to a non-ODAC meet at Gettysburg on Sunday, November 6. The women’s team suffered their first loss there with a score of 133-72, despite first place finishes by freshman Jessica Shaw in the 100 breaststroke, Strachan in the 100 backstroke and Shaw, Cobb, Roberson and Miata in the 200 medley relay. This past weekend, the team traveled to the University of Mary Washington on Saturday to compete ina dual meet with both the men’s and women’s teams of each school. While the men were able to beat Mary Washington, 136-69, the women endured their second defeat of the season, losing by a score of 118-82. ’ Even though the team lost overall, Holda still placed first in the 200 free and helped Mahoney. Miata and Strachan take first in their 400 free relay with a time of 3:49.71. 0 Freshman Jessica Shaw also won the 200 breaststroke event with a time of 2236.38. The Generals next compete on Saturday, November l9“‘ when they travel to Dickinson for a 1:00 meet where they _ will compete against Dickinson College and Bryn Mawr University. ‘ * Third-seeded men’s soccer team ends season in 2-1 loss to Eastern Mennonite University at ODAC tournament on that cohesion if they hope to capture their first conference title since 2000. While none of the scoring leaders are graduating, the Gen- erals will lose a great deal of vet- eran leadership with the depar- ture of starting defenders Lott and Roger Morscheiser and start- ing midfielders Strohsacker, Matt Wallace and Ryan Light. Despite the loss, the 2005 Washington and Lee men’s soc- cer team still worked as one. “We were a team above any- thing else,” Lott said. (200 breaststroke), Mahoney A W&L’s Women’s swimming 7 OCR::/Vol_108/WLURG39_RTP_20051114/WLURG39_RTP_20051114_004.2.txt 4 0 THE RING-TUM PHI MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2005 0I]|Il|0|lS Paris Hilton politics Despite an America For Dummies attitude of Blue v. Red, we’re all really purple By Mary Childs COLUMNIST It’s a given fact that this is a conservative school. I could make all the requisite jokes about, “Well, what do you expect, the name LEE is in the title,” and “Good old boy” and “rich” and “Southem” and “white” and “frat” and all signs point to Bush. That’s Jim Dandy and I understand that and I knew that when I came here, frying pan into the fire. However. There has been a phenomenon as of late that must be nipped in the cradle. It is a ter- rible and democracy-threatening ideal. Even Bush would probably not advocate it. He may even go so far as to call it terrorism, be- cause it does threaten our freedom and our ideals. It’s the Paris Hilton and Sean “Puffy” Combs (excuse me, “Diddy”) approach to politi- cal . It’s America for Dummies. We are a land of sports lovers. We love our Andy Roddick and Astros and Kobe and everybody for the blood, sweat and tears we pay for. We thrive on adrenaline, testosterone — our high—powered business world loves to tell India what to do and Hollywood can pat itself on the back for its complete monopoly on movie land. And good for us. These are the fruits of our labor. But what got us here? What made us so great? What is in our blood that makes us froth at the mouth a little any time a baseball flies near the stands? It’s a basic part of our American genome — we’re intensely competitive. Competition is a relatively healthy thing; it makes us do our best, it pushes us when we want to be lazy, and sometimes we win. Fabulous. But a problem arises when we try to mix work and play, baseball and Bush. What happens is we forget those magnificent many-syllabled words like “bipar- tisanship,” and “antidisestablishmentarianism,” , “teamwork,” “passing legisla- tion,” and “democracy,” and we start thinking that this is a sports game, What’s the score? When Rehnquist died I an- nounced it to some of my friends and noted that Bush would have another nomination to the Court. A friend of mine (who is slightly more liberal than your average bear here) (so like, moderate) and I explained to a completely Red friend the possible implications in terms of Roe v. Wade. This is dan- gerous for your uterus, we ex- plained. We could be f-ed, in more ways than one. Red Friend appar- ently didn’t follow. “Well, Great!” she said with enthusiasm. Awk- ward pause. “Because if you’re f- ed, then that means we’re win- ning! ha-hall” Reread that. This is the watered down po- litical game that we’re playing. We’re playing Red v. Blue, Bush v. anyone, Righteous Right v. Bleeding Hearts. But much like Paris missed the registration dead- line, we’re missing the point. The point of the two-party system, of the more-than-one-party-system is more along the work-together- and-make-progress, checks—and- balances side of things. There is no scoreboard here. No one should “lose” this game. It’s a bunch of blind people holding each others hands and fumbling down the path of almost-righteousness as best we can. One nation. Indivisible. Don’t let the slogans and Chihuahuas and baseball-managing confuse you; inside, we’re all purple. UPS&DOWNS Caley Anderson gives his take on the good, the bad, and the ugly. 0 White Book Review. Come to the meetings that will work to change the White Book, every Thursday at 7:45pm in the University Commons. W&L students, faculty, and staff are welcome to propose and discuss pos- sible changes with the Review Committee. This only happens once per three years- get in- volved! 0 La France. The real causes of the riots are cultural. France demands po- litico-social conformity of its citizens, and politico-social conformity is not something that most’Muslims are willing to get into. It’s tough to say who’s to blame, but one thing’s for sure- the damage and deaths are good for no one. 0 The Hold ‘Em Poker hand of Pocket Jacks. In the recent IM poker tour- nament, EIGHT people were sent packing on this hand, in- cluding yours ever-so-truly. 0 Thanksgiving Break. Could not have POSSIBLY come soon enough. 0 Winter Break. It’s STH.L only two weeks? I’ve never met ANYONE who was against having a three—week long Winter Break. If the academic year runs to June 8 or 9, I’m sure very few people would care. If you live far away from campus (or in my case, on the opposite side of the coun- try), the two week Winter Term is brutal. O The Law School Admis- sions Process. Your extracurriculars won’t help you now. 0 New Depeche Mode. The 1980s are alive and healthy in 2005. The death of dating WHY WORK FOR WHAT IS FREE RANDOM PLAY IS NOT OKAY By Ashley Brightwall COLU M NIST It’s Saturday night, and you know what that means. Through the course of the week you’ve received various emails from frats (as well as notes stuck to your door) declaring what bands, DJs and alcoholic bever- ages will be featured this week- end. Now, it’s time to go to these parties, under the pretense of ac- tually wanting to hear the bands, . get drunk and find that special someone of the evening. It will be incredibly romantic and meaningful of course: having deep conversations over Natty Lite, engaging in sketchy dancing in the middle of a crowded room that feels like it’s about one hun- dred and ten degrees, and then finding a secluded room, or comer...or maybe just saying to hell with it and making out in the middle of the dance floor, only to forget the person’s name later. Ah, young love. Here at W&L, hooking up is a perfectly normal part of any week- end. I’m not saying that this is al- ways a bad thing. Every so often people just need to be able to have fun without any strings attached or feeling any guilt later. However, hooking up has com- pletely replaced dating on this campus, to the point where the only time people really interact with the opposite sex is at frat par- ties. Can anyone really find a mean- ingful connection with all the al- cohol and loud music? Can you even find out the person’s name? It’s just not healthy to limit re- lationships to hooking up on weekends, even if it’s what some call “hooking up exclusively”, where both individuals meet up every weekend and limit their in- teractions to one another. Some consider this a relationship, but there are far too many problems involved. In these situations, it is too easy for one party to become more in- volved than the other, ending in heartbreak when the trysts even- tually end. Then you ask yourself, if you really have a connection with this person, why do you never see each other outside of parties? This sort of “relationship” just isn’t healthy. We need to work toward facili- tating healthier and more stable interactions between the sexes, which means not limiting our- selves to random play. If we don’t allow ourselves to develop healthy relationship hab- its now, how will we ever func- tion after college, in a world that doesn’t center around frat parties and the ever present possibility of a random hookup? By Justin McKeen COLU M N IST What’s the big deal with dat- ing? Certain people (read, fe- males) at W&L seem to regard this awkward and uncomfortable prac- tice with some kind of irrational fondness. I say irrational because any sane person can see that din- ner and a movie don’t bring you any closer to someone than talk- ing in the co-op or catching din- ner in the d—hall, neither of which would qualify as dates where I come from. Not only that, but dat- ing brings with it a whole host of problems: when is it time for the first kiss, who should call whom and where the heck am I going to find the 20 bucks to pay for her dinner. Lets all be realistic here. The dating scene at W&L seems pretty non-existent, yet the world still seems to be spinning in much the same way it always has. The most common complaint I hear on the subject (again, mostly from the ladies. Ahh, who are we kidding, entirely from the ladies), is that all everyone here wants to do is “hook up.” Is this a surprise to you? Have at least eighteen years on this earth taught you nothing about the male psyche? You’re pretty, we like that, A‘ follows B, etc, etc. Hopefully you see where I’m going here. The most important point though is that this lack of dating ' ISN’T bad. In fact it’s great. Girls, when that annoying/ugly/non-polo wearing guy (take your pick) both- ers you, and you, for some totally non-alcohol related reason choose to hook up with him, THERE ARE NO STRINGS ATTACHED! It’s brilliant. He’s not going to facebook you and awkwardly call you up for a date ‘(although he might still facebook you. Wel- come to the modern age of stalk- ‘ing.). Sure, you don’t get those free dinners, but you wouldn’t want to pass up the fro-yo in the d—hall anyway, right? I So now that I’ve completely ‘ destroyed any chances of ever get- ting a date myself, let’s be serious for a moment. Unless dating has been a completely different expe- rience for everyone else, I think on the whole, we can agree that it isn’t really that great. There are tons of other ways to get to know members of the opposite sex than “dating” per se, and most of them 8 are more fun anyway. 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Those of you who know me are probably not surprised by my reaction considering my personal political views and the fact that I was a member of the Contact Committee. Ignore my views, and ignore yours for a moment. Look at the more fundamental problem that Dean Mayock’s request to bring a “politically liberal” speaker poses. Meddling by the administration into activities solely governed by student organizations with student tuition dollars intended for student academic programming chips away at an invaluable learning experience for the leaders of those organizations. While I certainly learned a lot in the classrooms of the C- School, I learned even more in the Commons cubicles, sorority house chapter room, and co-op lunch meetings through my leadership and involvement in student organizations. , One of the many special aspects of W&L is the enormous opportunity afforded to students to take charge and make a discemable impact as a leader. W&L’s heritage promotes student governance. Student governance is precisely why the Honor System is able to exist so strongly today. The EC allocates tuition dollars to student organizations to provide a more well-rounded educational experience for the members of those groups and for the student body as a whole. When the administration steps in attempting to regulate and limit that experience, it deprives those student leaders from learning in their capacity and applying their own judgment. If the student leadership makes a poor decision, they should be afforded that opportunity. Mistake and controversy are also all vital parts of the learning experience. As a former participant in those late—night meetings and heated deliberations, I am fully confident in the intelligence and maturity of the students making such decisions. Who better than students to determine what other students will respond to? As a law student in a very different environment than W&L, I have had the opportunity to get to know my new classmates who come from a broad array of undergraduate experiences. Every single one is amazed when I tell them about W&L, particularly the student organizations. They can’t believe that we have an effective Honor System run solely by students. They think I’m over- exaggerating when I tell them that over 90 percent of the student body takes an active role in our Mock Convention with negligible faculty input. They are shocked by the budget given to the Fancy Dress Committee and the overwhelming task of ‘ putting on one of the best parties in the south. The students rule the roost at W&L. That is why we graduate with much more than honors in a particular subject matter. We gain insight in balancing the increasingly diverse interests of the student body, in knowing our administrators and working WITH them (not for them), and in attending to the Lexington community at large. Student leaders work for one group: the students. They are the future graduates, alumni, benefactors and trustees of the University. Their interests will remain in Lexington through , changes in the administration. The students have earned the right to go to W&L and are capable to perform the responsibilities that go in hand with being Washington and Lee student. Dean Mayock, let them have the full and complete education W&L has afforded so many students before them. Celia E. Landgren Class of 2005 I Particle that I learned that ,Kronenfe1d7was dissatisfied. ‘ with the prospect of collaborat-I with thecelebrating Women i , Committee to invite speakers. I I ‘ I '_ this year. Whatl hadviewedasi I ‘a, conversation‘ that might lead to fruitful Icollaboratiou, I new I g‘ _ understand isfione thatlwas Colleague defends Mayock from student accusations To the Editor: If an academic Associate Dean does his or her job well, he or she gets little praise or credit—the university just seems to be running smoothly. I can’t fault students for not understanding this. The title does not confer a great deal of power and influence, but instead demands an ethic of service: professors like Ellen Mayock, who came to academe because they love and excel at teaching, research, and writing, put their chosen work on the back burner ‘ for three years in order to administer the complex academic support systems most of us would rather not worry about On top of this job and its very long hours, Dean Mayock, because she is so exceptional in her desire to serve the university . community, has been working incredibly hard on this year of Celebrating Women at Washington and Lee. So, you haven’t noticed that her e—mails come late at night, when most parents of young children try to grab a little sleep? I suspect she doesn’t mind the general obliviousness because the work has value and integrity. I do blame the Phi and Marshall Rule, however, for their misleading front—page article and the dishonest tactics used in “researching” it. Ellen Mayock is not only unusually generous and service—minded, but scrupulously honest. If Marshall Rule or David Kronenfeld had described their misapprehension to her “that the [Contact] speaker musl come from the left,” she would have clarified it (and, not incidentally, there wouldn’t have been much of a story). If Mr. Rule were concerned with accuracy, he would have found out that Professor Mark Rush initiated Barbara Ehrenreich’s visit, not the Celebrating Women Committee. And if he were at all committed to our supposed’ culture of civility, the tone of the article would have been vastly different. If Mr. Rule meant to suggest that many professors and administrators are to the left of many students, well, duh—we’re well-educated, moderately—paid professionals in a service field. The demographic implications are obvious. What “liberal” means to most of us in this professional context, though, is uncensored exchange of information and opinions in an atmosphere of mutual respect. I don’t want my studentsto think exactly as I do; I just want them to think. If Mr. Rule, however, meant to single out one of the only women serving in academic administration and let her know she’s not welcome by distorting her views in a splashy headline published for Parents’ Weekend, that’s more significant news. Sure, we all know that some people in our community do not like to see women in positions I of authority, but I did not truly understand that the discomfort would result in such tactics from students, or that such unbalanced and incredible allegations would be implicitly endorsed by the influential women and men who run the Phi. As a woman professor who has experienced occasional rash fervor to bring the university community together in a positive way, I appreciate the warning. Lesley Wheeler Associate Professor of English .2 Tothe b , Q “I write to correct the rnanyv 3, ‘mistakes. and the misquote in _ - lastweek’siartlc1e,entitlied _ ° “Dean swings left.” The sub~ : A A title, “Mayock, Contact go three I rounds in debate over speakers, istudent. funds ‘and political‘ ”a‘genda,*’ is misleadingat best. A Please allowme to set the record M ’ straight.’ ' ‘ l . I ‘ V -1 chair the 23-person Cel- . gebratingtwomen Planning Co‘x'n— I A mittee; Our committee is inter» ’ ested in bringing more -women speakers to campus andbin spona . sexing and co~sponsoring events _ that serve to advance discussion) " j of women’s issueson campus. In my role as cliair, Iiguide the , Icornn1ittee’s planninfgeeprocess for the year~long celebration, ~ promote the everxtsgthat we sponsor and co-sponsor, and speak to University‘ 0rganiza- , II tiorxs, _ialurnnila‘e, and news me-, “ an about the theme year. David"Kronenfel;3.:and I met early» in September to discuss; I‘ ‘I potential collaborations bee ’ tween‘ Contact and the Celebrat~ I ing Women Planning Commit~ see. I gave to ‘Kronenfeld the ‘ . same message that I have been . giving all along: that the Cel- . ebrating Women Planning Com- mittee was interested in collabo- A rating with many different orgas . nizations to bring. (I) more _ . in women speakers to campus and (2) more events in general that I . focus on advancing wornen’s is~ * sues, I did. say that I believed A 7 " that the committee wonldbe in-. terested in women who lhadies-A tablished their own careers,’ I’ rather than in women who had I I gained fame through familly. , M I I I I . ' . _low_me tospeaklong enough to . It was only through viewed as coercive.» I {wrote a letter iniariiport of Coxitactror V. A its that ;iit¢£§3ietv»v§izn the ' BC; I. I would have assumed that Kronenfeld wonl.d- not -have picked up the letter of support . ‘ that Iiwrote for Contact if he had not felt satisfied with our con- versation“ and/or that he would have asked for a follow—up con- » versagtion. 'FheIIef(%1fe,,I didn’t‘ i —» even know that} had gone “one f7r'o13iid” with Contact and cer~ ~ I-tainlvnever had acharice attwo additional rounds. I , L Theionly invitations to eam~ pus in‘itiated3by our committee V to date have been to alum- nae (many, of whomggihave al~ L ready visited. and many more of _ whom Wi11j0_in'ns throughout I . the year). to Justices O.'Connor and Ginsberg (neither of whom iaccepted). and.;.to Senator Clinton (response pending). We are interested ‘in collaborating with Contaactibut [do not -at all want tliatorganization, or any other, to feel pressured to do‘ so. Marshall Rule, the Phi re» . porter whozvisited my office two weeksago, insisted thathe was ‘ doing so to discuss the Celebrat- ing Women year. He never asked about any events that we have ‘realized to dateor any that I we are planning, He only fo- cused) on A the invitation to Hillary Clinton to speak here I and V the [one to Barbara Elirenreicli (my committee did not invite Ehrenreich; the Poll? tics Department did, and we support this invitation). He was not interested in finding out ex- f actlyv whyl havirigclinton and Bhreztreich I visit’ our campus mightbei both, cdifying and in line witl1Iti1ef.mission of Cel- febrating Women. He didn’t al- 1 out thatvour planning com~ Imittee had putforward a listiof § inamesfor potential honorary degree .recipien’tsg that included Condoleeza Rice and Sandra V :Day O’Connor. have been delighted to speak afioutthe many positive things P the commerce has aclrievedin 1 only a:;short_tirne this ‘year—~—~ai forumby and on woriien athletes Had Rule asked, 1 would » Associate Dean of the Collegei from thecarly years of 'eation'(with theizttlxleties De partment), a presentation} at 1 I. Homecoming on the evoltitio‘ big; of women's athletics Athletics Departrnent), - sorship of the 'l‘11cker at } the Law School; co-organizae tion I of the weekly WLBR women’s‘ issues radiotiprogirami : (“She Speaks’-’), co~sponsorship' = A of the Writers Harvestv(vvitl:i1';. Shenanidoali, Glasgow, Women’s Studies), which~fe‘aI~‘= hi turedW&L student andIfaci.alty, women poets and ralsed_over< $1200 to combat area hunger; co-sponsorship of a. visit by an n7 environmental artist from Arkansas (with anxdronmezstarv Studies), and coésponsorship of I —a talk on parental influence and; A ‘ cl1ildren’s vocational iaspiraei tions (With Women's Studies). ‘ Many more events‘ are in the.‘ . works. These include an alone? naeart exhibit in the DuPonti “I Gallery (with the Art Dcp‘art~ *1 ment), the presentation iofaniall-fi I female cast in Lorca’s1“’Iflie - House ofeBernarda Alba”--{with ~ the Theater Department). a tallr , I —_ on women and honor at Wash? 1’ V ington and Lee (by Susari _ Somers, ’05), and retrospective I exhibits on women at W&L at L the two libraries (Leybum and I j Law)_., ; lhavealways loved working. with students at W&L‘bec'ausIe V Ihave found them to be intellia , or gem and hardworking, andpcreei I ative when encouraged to be so’. A 1 would like to see these, traits manifested the arena of V student media. I urge the renew , L ers and editors of tlieiliingfioin J Phi ‘to make clearthe purpose ; ofiinterviews front: the outset. to, , - . dogthorough factdinding before: = drafting an article, and to can . side: representing always s;pm.- ;; ralityof points of view. 3 t Ellen Mayécic Associate Profess Romance Language _ Celebrating women . pPlanniug,Comniitteef-ii (540) 26l~7992 Fax: €540} 261~1.634 1314 Magnolia Avenue Baeria Vista, VA 24416 Open 6 Days A Week! Hours: Closed Sunday We ifiirarzie the Finest .al.i£ll§£;tI*t Food‘ in Roc.}e:brz}5£ge* {:?oan.ty.' Monday w ‘This rsday: I I am we 10pm Friday and Saturday: .2 Jam. - 1 1pm A.B.C?. on Premises -~ wine Most {fredit Ckzrcis Aeeepted in me )wx»oo( oawo:wv‘.ur amt §mr":i:g that ..r,ttecénl pe;ts’urzjor n ro.aat:;uu‘ic evening or ..... .. f2l"uscmzy. 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L ’ . ., Sophomore Libby Moore A L and ,scI_1ior*Jon Sturtz played off each other well as (very . bigfand sornetirnes a bit too . limber}: newborns discover- ing the worldin “Boy Meets L Girl,” a hilarious piece that f , plays off societal expecta- .. —A;,ffi0AnAAsA L L serious musical per» . y formances camefrorn juniors L Sheryl-I Silvers and Eka . Akpakip,‘ with “Someone Like You” from Jekyll and Hyde and “There are Worse ‘-'T11ings I Could Do” from A I g, j.iGrense, respectively. A ', Silvers’ expressive rendi- - tion of love unrequited and L ‘Akpakip’s emotive, although “a little too classical, perfor- L mance about the darker side of love later in the show complemented each other. Seniors’Kristin Evans, jun- L1 iorilchristie Lee, and sopho- 'mo5L_re, Julia Pleasants, who _so*-choreographed; L ' Bad Voodoo Daddy’s ' 5L5Li"Lg “Mr. Pinstripe Suit” with I verve, drawing in the audi- ¥,_. _ fence with some great tap. . Jessicals/{iller,Theaue De- ‘=paI’tmcnt costumer, was the ' . etttbodiment of grace in her self~choreographed dance to _ ‘fHopeless” by Phillip, W.W1¢d¢1?*3L‘*.“‘L L I Newcomer L ‘ tation from Shakespeéirfifs As C386. A . A She broughtito lfiLfefthefoft~j repeated’ _“All the.wor1d‘s; a ~ stage" monologue with wit. and humor. Wefcertainlyhogie-A to see heracting and writing‘ talents take center stage again. L ‘Likewise, Silvers’ second. performance, ;a._ monologue? ~ - gent Life in the .Uni;zerse, had the audience in stitches. with her magnificently ‘ played .- openly crazy baglady. , * A‘ Should -the ;de‘p,artrnLent<” ever perform the play, they’vefi L already got at least. that role cast. V . . _ Following Silvers was an- other freshman, -Mackenzie. Brown, with a great musicalf‘ performance from gTho_r-A oughly Modem Millie. ,Br’own’s exceptional ex- pression and projection ‘with. her lovely voicetook the au- dience right back to the I Roarin’ Twenties. Junior Alejandro‘ Selin L wrote and performed his origi- nal sonnet “Aida," with sophomore Mary Childs play- I ing opposite him. A A The piece was beautifully written and performed, work-» , ing well as conversation be- tween the two we11«l