OCR::/Vol_110/WLURG39_RTP_20070122/WLURG39_RTP_20070122_001.2.txt Yfl.f=«°’3l—l "‘-"=‘""w’“'i7’i'i»..t. Yl ll?p.._"rf:lr'll,l Ti I if r"-""~...l:‘£<»'*--~ 035:3 M-' - *'‘‘‘- Women stun Bridgewater Kristen Krouchick led the Generals as they upset No. 24 Bridgewater College 65-60 Saturday afternoon. -- Page 10 WAsHmG'1‘oN AND LEE UNIVERSITY HE RING-=1‘ gMONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2 007 8? THE STEEDERTS QND FOR THE STUE|%E$§T3- SHIGE ‘I897 VOLUME OX, NUMBER 11 By Jacob Geiger MANAGING EDITOR tung is trying her hardest. Hartung recently bus system. the discretion of the Sunday. the country,” Hartung said. The changes were t is tough to keep 2100 students and a whole county happy, but Trav- eller Chair Kaylee Har- an- nounced several changes to stops for the service’s express The biggest change is a new Country Express that--at lead bus driver—will run between Red Square and the country from midnight until 2 a.m. on Wednesday, Saturday, and “The [country] Express is the most practical step to make sure people can get home from an- nounced after lengthy discus- sions between Hartung, local police officials, members of A newTravel|er Country express and new stops in town are popular with both undergrad and law students Courtesy of Traveller the law school, and county residents. ‘ The County Seat stop has been replaced with a stop at the Pole Houses, and buses will now only stop at the top of Windfall Hill instead of both at the top and along Greenhouse Road. Astop was also added at Sandbridge Lane (the area sometimes known as Kappa Hill). “County residents are so happy the stop is moving away from the bottom of Windfall,” Hartung said. The stop at the Pole Houses was added after the landlord al- lowed a second driveway to be cut from the road into the Pole Houses’ parking lot. The new driveway. was built during Christmas break. Fred Massey, who lives in the Maury Cliffs neighbor- hood, said neighbors had been concerned with the students who were congregating at the bottom of Windfall Hill. Aside from the noise created by stu- Express driver who works for Golf Transportation, said the Country Express will definitely help improve the system. Stew- art said he had been working at Golf for nine months and that he had driven the W&L routes about eight times. “Oh yeah, it was a problem [getting students home],” Stew- art said. “I think it’s a good thing that they’re going down to the Pole Houses too.” stop elsewhere. The students were tired of people waiting on their porch for Traveller. They told Hartung that people would sit or1 the their cars, leave trash scattered around the area, and sometimes even bang on the doors and windows of the house. Massey also said moving the stop from County Seat to the Pole Houses had cut down on trash and traffic at that busy intersection. Gus‘ Stewart, a Traveller “County residents are so happy the stop is moving away from the bottom of Windfal . ” KAYLEE HARTUNG, Traveller Chalr ‘ dents and buses, he said trash was also a problem. “Trash is more of an issue than the noise,” Massey said. “The trash bothers everyone be- cause they all have to see it.” Massey said that moving the stop from County Seat to the Pole Houses should also help reduce noise and trash at that intersection. The stop was removed after the students living at County _ See “Traveller” on page 3 Seat asked Traveller to move its - Top diplomat coming to campus Former ambassador and Peace Corp director will lead discussions at Institute for Honor By Wes O’De|l STAFF WRITER Ambassador Richard Hol- brooke will be on campus later this month to participate in a fo- rum exploring the extent to which shared values such as truth, honor and integrity cross national and cultural boundaries. Holbrooke, a former U.S. rep- resentative to the United Nations, is considered to be atop contender for the post of Secretary of State in any future Democratic admin- istration. In addition to serving as di- rector of the Peace Corps, as a magazine editor and as an invest- ment banker, Holbrooke has been Assistant Secretary of State for both Europe and Asia. He is the only person to ever hold such a position for two different world regions. He served as an advisor to Sen. John Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004. Holbrooke also served as chairman of the 1995 Dayton peace conference that ended a three year war in Bosnia and Her- zegovina. Sponsoring these discussions is the Alumni College’s Institute for Honor. Endowed in 2000 by the Class of 1960, the Institute’s mission is “to promote the under- standing and practice of honor as an indispensable element of soci- ety.” Its seminars enroll a maxi- mum of 150 alumni, students, and faculty in a program of lectures, readings, and small group discus- sions. This year’s topic is aimed to- ward discovering how “differ- ing nations identify and embrace common values” and what role the United States can play in es- tablishing “a value-based code of conduct in international rela- tions.” Law school Prof. Mark Drum- bl, Director of the Transnational Law Institute, is slated to join Ambassador Holbrooke in lead- ing the events on Jan. 26-27. He will be delivering a keynote ad- dress entitled “Exporting Ameri- can Norms: Values, Honor, and Controversy in U.S. Foreign Policy.” While he asserts there are many features of honor common the world over, Drumbl points out that “many salutary values are deeply rooted in local practices and cultures. The role of inter- national law, which is my area of study, is to preserve the local while building shared values, or- der, and regulation.” Drumbl takes particular note of how America’s own values have “informed world order,” and maintains that “it is essential for [the US] to stick with positive values in changing times—for us not to deviate from them even in difficult periods.” “The U.S. was central to the edification of institutions such as the Nuremberg Tribunals and “It is essentialfor [the US] to stick with posi- tive values in changing times--for us not to deviatefrom them even in difiicult periods. ” MARK DRUM BL Director of the Transnatlonal Law Instltute the United Nations,” he said, and now “it is incumbent upon us to preserve those same honorable values and apply them, in good faith, to changing times.” The Institute for Honor, now entering its seventh year, has man- aged to avoid the notice of much of the student body. A survey con- ducted of several upperclassmen found virtually no recognition of the Institute ’s mission or even its existence. The students did agree, how- ever, that different nations and cultures can find common ground upon certain shared ideals. Sophomore .Will Covington said, “It’s important that we look at these issues so we can find val- ues in other cultures that reflect our own.” OCR::/Vol_110/WLURG39_RTP_20070122/WLURG39_RTP_20070122_002.2.txt 2 ' THE RING-TUM PHI umvsnsnv usnmv WASHINGTON & use LDGNGTON. VA 24450 LIAN 2 3 iifi-*3?’ MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2007 Speech calls for action Episcopalian missionary calls upon students to speak out and end the conflict in Sudan By Melissa Caron smrr warren everend Lauren Stan- ley finished her talk on bringing hope to Sudan by calling for the audience to do one thing—to be Sudan’s voice. “We need you to do this,” Stanely said. “We in Sudan are expecting you in the United States to stomp your feet because no one pays attention to us.” Stanley, the only full-time Episcopalian missionary in Su- dan, was forced to return to the United States recently because of escalating tensions in the region, concluding her I8-month stay. Robert E. Lee Episcopal Church and Washington and Lee’s Young Life brought Stanley to speak last week about her expe- riences and how faith affected the community she was in. Sudan has experienced internal conflict since the 1970s, in which ethnic warfare and genocide has taken place between the north and south. Stanley’s speech came one week after the second anniversary of signed peace treaty, which she said did not actually bring peace to the region. She described how, at 46-years- old, she had already seen four genocides~Cambodia, Rawanda, Kosovo, and now Darfur—and still nothing has changed. “We’re not doing anything,” Stanley said. “My question for you is when we say never again, when do we mean this?” Stanley described a grim situ- ation where opposing troops lay in wait for war on either side of the community she works and lives in. She spoke of a govem— ment that does not allow medi- cine into the country to help pre- vent curable but deadly illnesses, like malaria. “I don’t think anyone in the audience wasn’t touched,” said Burr Datz, Coordinator of Re- ligious life and the Director of Leadership Development at W&L. According to Stanley, college- aged students wield immense power to bring about change through awareness. “You are the most tolerant and accepting generation,” Stanley said, “and we are depending on you to teach us.” This past year, W&L students have answered this call through the efforts of organizations such as Student Association for Inter- national Learning (SAIL) and Amnesty International. Grace Andrews, co-chair of SAIL, said that Sudan was the or- “We need you to do this. We in Sudan are ex- pecting you in the United States to stomp your feet because no one pays attention to us. ” REV. LAUREN STANLEY, only Eplscopallan Mlsslonary In Sudan ganization’s main issue this year and that they have done a lot to try to create awareness and raise money for the relief effort. “The goal is to get awareness out there and to let people know that they are not helpless,” An- drews said. “They do have pow- er.” Last term, the organization teamed up with Amnesty Inter- national to put on a talent show and did a fundraiser called “Say What Karaoke—Faculty Edition,” in which people could vote for the faculty member they wanted to sing by putting money in cups labeled with his or her name. Dean Dawn Watkins was cho- sen and had to sing “Stand by Your Man” at halftime of the Parents’ Weekend football game. SAIL also went through the crowd at the game accepting donations. In all, they were able to send $2,400 to CARE, a non-profit organization that Andrews de- Write for the Phi It’s a choice you won’t regret! 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SAIL has called on other stu- dent organizations in part to help fund the performance and also to get more people involved in help- ing the Sudan effort. “We don’t want to say ‘Hey, look what SAIL brought’ but rath- er ‘Look what Washington and Lee brought’,” Andrews said. She said groups have been generous and even willing to help out through manpower if they did not have the funds. Many of SAIL’s efforts have focused on creating awareness rather than just asking for dona- tions. Andrews said that letting people swipe home donations, while helpful, does not always educate the individual about the cause to which they are giving. Other possible events include a letter-writing campaign and an- other “Say What Karaoke,” this time with the winner singing at a basketball game. Andrews said that SAIL will also be looking to start a program called “Darfur Initiative Awareness.” They will be setting up computers in the Commons with access to a web- site that ranks Congressmen on how they vote for initiatives deal- ing with Sudan. Andrews hopes that since it only takes a couple of minutes to look up a state, many more people will become aware of the condi- tion of Sudanese policy and con- tact their Congressmen. Datz agreed that it was this kind of awareness campaigns that make a difference. “When one voice brings in four more then a ripple becomes a wave,” Datz said. “Then we have a tsunami that brings in change.” Stanley, while stressing the need for hope within communi- ties in Sudan, called upon the rest of the world to help bring change for the war—tom nation. “Presidents listen to polls. Congressmen listen to polls. A government by the people listens to the people. You are the people. Speak.” how you can get involved: Learn - Visit savedarfur.org and learn more about the Sudan conflict. Raise your voice - Visit darfurscores. org to see how your congressmen rank when it comes to Sudanese policy. - Contact your state's congressmen. - Get involved with campus advocacy programs. Donate - Visit www.care.org to donate money to the Sudan relief effort. Kappa Kappa Gamma Welcomes Our New Members Lynn Bazzel Jane Bouch Olivia Head Lauren Barousse Tricia Bates Kate Becker Katie Bouret Beth Brantley Lauren Caire Lindsay Grant Caroline Head Lindsay Cassels Connell Owings Frannie Couch Cristin Quinn Lauren Dorsey Anna Rogers Mary Dozier Julie Sanders Katie Dunphy Cameron Steele Caroline Echols Sarah Jo Trimble Maureen Ford Mary Frances Mary Hipp Reagan Kerr Elizabeth Krausnick Alison Love Elizabeth Mann Hannah Kate Mitchell Meredith Mitchell Sarah Montz Weatherly Molly Wheaton Emily Whipple OCR::/Vol_110/WLURG39_RTP_20070122/WLURG39_RTP_20070122_003.2.txt MONDAY,JANUARY 15, 2007 THE RING-TUM PHI 0 3 School works - to halt viruses New Safe Computing Initiative will attempt to stop viruses and help university protect student eomputersfifom damage By Dane Davis STAFF WRITER In an effort to fight the ever- present threat of computer viruses and worms, University Comput- ing has launched a new initiative to protect students’ computers Dubbed the Safe Computing Initiative, the project is a new plan to stop viruses from spread- ing once they are in the universi- ty’s networks. The plan, which is in its first phase, will require students to download and install a series of virus protection software before connecting to the university net- work from a residence hall. The initiative will not imme- diately be implemented campus- wide. Instead, the students of Gil- liam dorm will test out the new software starting on Jan. 23. If successful there, the new software will be required for all dorms, campus residence halls, and the sorority houses. The main reason for this new initiative is the tremendous amount of damage each year vi- ruses and other malware (soft- ware that is bad for your com- puter) cause W&L’s and students’ computers. Traveller: Neig continued from page 1 Inside Lexington the Express system has added stops at the Palms restaurant and at the inter- section of White and Main Streets. Those stops were added to help the large numbers of law students living along or near South Main Street. Adam Hull, president of the Despite the small size of the student body, more than 300 stu- dents came to the computing help desk last year to get assistance with a computer infected by vi- ruses or malware. Homework assignments, résumés, personal data, graduate school and job ap- plications are all at risk from a virus infection. Aside from data deletion, mal- ware can wreak havoc on one’s computer in other ways. Popups, advertisements, and slow-downs can all result from contamina- tion. The infected computer isn’t the only thing harmed by mal- ware. Jeff Overholtzer, acting head of the Technology Integra- tion Group, said “W&L staff time [spent] combating the problems and a loss of network availabil- ity” are just two symptoms of un- protected computers. All of the risks associated with unprotected computers have given W&L a special impetus to secure its networks. Students worried about the dangers of malicious software can download the new software standards before it is..mandated by going to http://computing.wlu. edu/services/safe. html. bors Student Bar Association, said Hartung had been very willing to help law students benefit more from the sober ride system. “I think the feeling is that every student’s money—both un- dergraduate and law—goes into Traveller, but the system mostly serves undergraduates,” Hull said. “Kaylee has worked like crazy to accommodate everyone and to How to update your computer: 1. Registration: Students will be led through an online process to register their computer. This allows the hardware to be associated with the name of a student. 2. Screening: Students will be prompted to download a piece of software that will ensure that recommended patches, anti-virus software and other recommended programs are installed. 3. Updating: Until students install any missing software that the school recommends, they will not be able to use their personal computers to access the Internet, including e-mail, the Web and W&L fileservers, except to access the recommended security software. Poet speaks about King Sonia Sanchez writes a note during a book signing and reception in Evans Hall last Monday night. Sanchez concluded the universlty’s Martin Luther King Day celebrations with a speech in Lee Chapel. After the speech there was a candlelight march from the Chapel over to Evans Hall. / taff Photographer pleased with changes see if a small change could have a big impact.” Hull said law students don’t like to walk home along Jefferson and Main Streets because the area is heavily patrolled by police. He also said the new Country Ex- press should help reduce demand for the dispatch system, hopefully allowing more law students to use that service. The new stops in town should help keep law students ofi the street, but Lexington Police Chief Steve Crowder said all students need to be careful when they wait for Traveller. He said students should re- member that it is against the law to be drinking at the stops and that police can stop and enforce pos- session laws. WANTED: Scholars Counselors June 27 - July 28, 2007 Are you looking for a way to spend an excitingJuly in Lexington while positively affecting high school students and getting paid? Working as a Summer Scholars Counselor creates for you that opportunity by allowing you to work with approximately 120 rising high school seniors for four weeks in July. We are looking for responsible and friendly students who work well with their peers, will organize extracurricular activities for the participants,’ and offer appropriate guidance and insight to scholars about college life. Applications can be acquired in the Summer Scholars Office located in the Hill House, 218 W. Washington Street. For more information about the position contact Dr. Mimi Elrod at 458-8727. The deadline for turning in applications ’ is February 21, 2007. Summer “ALUMNI IN RESIDENCE” SERIES Psychology in the Workplace Join our guest to learn about working with Children, Families, Education, Non-Profits Carlin Miller ‘94 Asst. Professor, University of Windsor, Canada Psychology Major, Washington and Lee University Tuesday, January 30 Lunch and Conversation 12:15 — 1:15p.m. Chavis Board Room, Commons 206 Individual Meetings with Students Career Services Office, Commons 301 2:00 — 4:30 p.m. Sign up required Contact Career Services, Elrod Commons 301 or x8595 Sponsored by W&L Career Services and the Psychology Department With suppo from the Class of '65 Endowment for Excellence in Teaching WASl{INGT()N AND LEE UNIVERSITY CAREEROSERVICES While the Country Express system is just getting started, Ju- lia Garrett has already noticed a difference. Garrett lives directly across the Greenhouse Road from the driveway up Windfall Hill. She said the area has been much quieter after midnight. “lt’s definitely helped,”. she said. “I noticed [Wednesday] night that the buses went in and on up the hill.” Garrett is pleased that the noise has diminished late at night, but she is still bothered by trash that is left around the driveway that goes up Windfall Hill. In recent weeks, however, Garrett said the trash has mostly been unopened newspapers instead of cups and beer cans. Garrett said she and other neighbors have been pleased with the continuing response from the students who live in the area. Hartung says Traveller is work- Wednesclay, J :m. 31st S-7p.m. ’l‘ickets cost $20 per per.~:~‘or1 and can be purcliascd at the C‘l1an1be1' or any ofthe participating restaurants: 05 e :Mcnu Selections: Bistro On Main Spicy Peanut Soup. - Fried Catfish with Creole Sauce Southern Inn Duck Confit Served on a Sweet Potato Panral-;es and Asia Pear Chutney C‘ln'istoplIer's Grandm :1 Pearl ‘s Crab Cakes ing to improve its relationships with residents in the county. “Traveller has to shake its reputation of a party bus or drunk bus,” she said. “We are trying to explain to people that the focus is getting students home safely, not out to parties.” Though Homecoming Week- end this fall was marred by sev- eral instances of students verbally abusing drivers and even throw- ing beer bottles at the buses, Har- tung said the problems have not reoccurred. She said students sometimes think Traveller is an entitlement. “I hope students have gained a better understanding of what Traveller is,” she said. Stewart—the Express driver- said he has never had problems with students on his buses. “I love them,” he said. “They treat me excellent. I’ve never had a problem with them.” ,9 a ‘W T Io-dmmltniiv/I 7csfr.«.u":r.»:zr'.-: .1 ,1 _ ,1 ,- V , nu-t (lf}U77l'il(/ .x'(«'t)I_{)ti’.\' of roller flier; dri tic x I‘ .’ The Slit-n'(l:m l.ivvr_\’ Sc:-I S(‘2lllUp>' with 3. aiiso Salsa il‘11sc:1n_v Pzislri .-\l l’c. ® few weeks,” junior Amy Rober- son said. As the women’s season con- tinues, they have one goal, a four- teenth consecutive ODAC cham- pionship. But before the ODAC championships, they will have three dual meets against Hopkins, Marymount, and Hollins. Sauter said, “Hopkins is an extremely competitive team that will be fun to race against, but we have the ability to dominate both Marymount and Hollins and I am excited to see the team rise to the occasion and get that done.” The Generals have developed a rivalry with Randolph Macon this season. After the Generals were defeated by the Yellow Jackets at a dual-meet earlier in the season, the team has trained hard in prep- aration of the ODAC champion- ships where they will again get to face off against R-MC. Sauter said, “As the sole senior woman on the team, I will bite off my own arms and beat Randy Mac to death with them before I will lose our 13 year long ODAC winning strea .” After the dual meet between RMC earlier in the season, a swimmer from RMC posted a quote on one of her teammate’s facebook walls about “breaking the tradition” that the Generals have held at the ODAC champi- onships. “A newly added pump up routine we have is to smack the quote before each practice since it hangs inside the door of our locker room,” Sauter said. “See- ing that sign daily reminds all of us how excited we need to get about [maintaining] the tradition of winning at ODAC’s.” Overall, the women’s swim- ming team is a tight-knit group of swimmers who are truly united as a team, and the training trip only brought the team closer together. Freshman Sarah Simpson said, “It was awesome to be able to hang out with a group of people that I like so much without having to worry about school work and all the other things that are usu- ally stressing us out. Sauter added, “The entire team gets so much out of a little over a week of training and it also brings the team so much closer because we all have to get through it to- gether.” Simpson said, “[The goals are] to win ODAC’s, reset all the school-record relay records, and qualify for Nationals.” NEIL SIMON'S W81 Theater PIESGIIIS A New lllllli at The [MIT Cilllllle Ilirectetl Irv Itimnerlv Jew rams, 9.10.2001 at 0 n.m. Keller Theatre I leniest Hall lamest eenter Till‘ The ANS TICKETS are Iflllllifell Box 0tIice 450.0000 lImI:lIliIeater.wlu.eiiu buyatoyota.com *NOT ALL CUSTOMERS Wlll QUALIFY. CUSTOMERS RECEIVE S400 FROM TOYOTA TOWARDS LEASING OR FINANCING THE PURCHASE OF NEW UNTITLED TOYOTA MODELS THROUGH PARTICIPATING TOYOTA DEALERS AND TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES. SEE DEALER OR VISIT WWW.TOYOTAFINANC|AL.COM/ FINANCE FOR DETAILS. COLLEGE GRADUATE PROGRAM IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR TERMINATION AT ANY TIME. OCR::/Vol_110/WLURG39_RTP_20070122/WLURG39_RTP_20070122_010.2.txt 10 - THE RING-TUM PHI Sllfll ts MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2007 deck Mon Tues Wen THURS FRI SAT Sun Wrestllng Hopklns ' 2:00pm M.n" at Rrnvfike Basketball 7:00pm 1:00pm at Women's Gumord at SVU [Basketball 7:00pm 7'°°""' at at Mary- swlm mount Hopklns 7:00pm 11.00am at at Llberty Llberty Track 4:00pm 9:00am numbers 1986 Last tlme the Bears won the Super Bowl, when It was In New Orleans. They wlll advance to Super Bowl XLI after yesterday's 39-14 wln over the New Orleans Salnts. 65-60 Flnal score when W&L women’s basketball beat 24th ranked Bridgewater, the flrst tlme ever that they defeated a ranked opponent 33 Number of polnts by junlor forward Greg Blenemann, tylng hls career-hlgh, when the Generals beat the Lynchburg Hornets 84-67 yesterday 9 School-record settlng blocks by Senlor center ‘Jessica Hunslnger In Thursday's Mary Baldwln game. she also scored 18 points and had 15 rebounds 3 Number of new school records by the track team; Freshman Kat Telfeyan won flrst overall In the mlle wlth a school-record tlme of 5:26.02, Sophomores Ellzabeth Webb, Stephanle Stelter, Becca Taylor, and freshman Llz Krausnlck competed on the flrst-place flnlshlng dlstance medley relay that notched a school-record tlme of 13:11.24. box "My brain cells were restored today.” —Maria Sharapova, much happier in cooler temperatures 3 after saying the searing heat in her first-round match at the Australian Open had made her delusional. From the AP wire _...:_..—.——.—:..__...—.— “It's a stiff penalty. Fifteen games, that’s a lot for one punch. There’s no place for it. This is not boxing. This is basketball. I think the league is sending a good mes- sage that they’re not going to tolerate any- thing like that. It's not good for the fans, it's not good for us.” — Allen lverson, speaking about the suspension given to Den- ver Nuggets teammate Carmelo Anthony for his role in a De- cember brawl with the New York Knicks. From the AP wire MICHAEL KEENAN / Staff Photographer Sophomore guard Bethany Ridenhour goes up for a shot against a Randolph Macon opponent. Rldenhour has been a leader this season for the women’s basketball team. Bienemann leads W&L Junior forward has helped propel men is basketball to a 9-5 record By Kevin Trempe STAFF WRITER Time was winding down, and Washington and Lee needed a change of momentum. Tied at 78 with Emory and Henry College with less than eight minutes to play, the Generals were struggling to hold off a conference opponent that had rallied from fifteen points down. An E&H guard drove past his defender, his path to the bas- ket unobstructed. Suddenly, ju- nior forward Greg Bienemann left the man he was guarding, stepped in front of the guard, and drew a charge. When asked for one moment that defined Greg Bienemann as a player and a person, Washington and Lee Head Basketball Coach Adam Hutchinson pointed to this charge, the most unselfish, self- sacrificing action in the game of basketball. The Generals would go on to defeat Emory and Henry 98-96, spurred by 30 points and 13 re- bounds from Bienemann, includ- ing an offensive board that set up the game-winning basket. “I’d say that’s how Greg is a leader,” said Hutchinson. “He makes a point of taking care of his teammates on the court.” Bienemann did not respond to several requests for comment. Through this leadership, and through what Coach Hutchinson cites as “improved team execu- tion,” W&L is off to its best start GREG BIENEMANN, Juni ' ‘ Against tyncbbu 5 33 points (tied career high) ianthetseasonzs‘7.1"’. " _ 22.0 points per game 6.? rebounds per "game 1 v in recent memory. Their 4-4 con- ference record (9-5 overall) places them fourth in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference, exceeding the expectations of the coaches who picked them to finish ninth. Freshman John Twomey cred- its the fast start to veteran lead- ership. “The older guys really know the system. It makes it a challenge to stand out as a fresh- man.” And much of this leadership has come from Bienemann. The numbers are impressive: his 21.5 points per game is second in the conference, but Bienemann’s greatest influence on the team cannot be measured by what ap- pears in the stat book. Whether it’s taking a foul while helping out on defense, creating scoring opportunities for teammates or drawing a charge, what Coach Anderson calls the “little things.” “One of the problems Greg has had this year is foul trouble,” said Anderson. “He’ll step in when one of the guys up top gets beaten of the ball.” Bienemann is no stranger See “MEN’S BASKETBALL” on page 9 Women is basketball team defeats a nationally ranked opponent for the first time in history By Jacob Gelger MANAGING EDITOR The women’s basketball team made history Saturday night when they defeated No. 24 Bridgewater College 65-60. The win marked the first time that the women’s team has beaten a ranked oppo- nent. The win came two days after Center Jessica Hunsinger tallied nine blocks against the Mary Baldwin Fighting Squirrels, just missing a triple-double but eas- ily setting the school record for blocks. Hunsinger set the tone by blocking three shots by Baldwin center Erica Dabney during the first 30 seconds of the game. Washington and Lee withstood a late Mary Baldwin rally and came away with a 64-54 victory. The victory over Bridgewater was as surprising as it was impor- tant. The Eagles entered the game with a 12-2 record and a 9-1 mark in conference play. The Generals, in contrast, were 6-8 with a 3-7 conference record before playing Bridgewater. When the two teams met ear- lier this year, Bridgewater handed Washington and Lee a resounding 78-56 defeat. Senior Shannan Scales, who scored a career high 25 points in the team’s first meet- ing, was held scoreless on Satur- day by W&L’s relentless defense. Kristen Krouchick led the Generals on the offensive end, scoring 22 points. Hunsinger and Amanda Kane both added eight points. Hunsinger also pulled down a season-high 17 rebounds, and Krouchick came up with 10. The Generals took advantage of a lopsided free throw margin, going to the line 31 times and making 19 of those attempts. Bridgewater, in contrast, , only got 15 chances from the charity stripe. See “WOMENS BASKETBALL” on page 8 MICHAEL KEENAN / Staff Photographer W&L star Greg Blenemann goes up for a layup In a recent game. Blenemann has been upstoppable this season averaglng over 20 points per game. N