OCR::/Vol_113/WLURG39_RTP_20100315/WLURG39_RTP_20100315_001.2.txt V‘e.«‘7“.‘:' ; Viv fir-, 7*.I’a‘| TIMI‘. :.,:-‘,__r HI ,1," ‘_,,.1y».I;r"\_p,' “W98 M M: :-.‘-W u Controversial ‘ove Your Bodyeek” makes a return. Read a preview of the week’s events. ARTS, & LIFE / page 4 WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY THERING-TUM PHI. MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2010 av THIE STUDENTS AND FOR THE STUDENTS SINCE 1897 VOLUME CXIII, NUMBER 16 J ohnsons come out to play 185 hopeful students experience collegiate life By Katy Stewart smrr wrmsn Some 185 high school seniors descended on Wash- ington and Lee’s campus Tuesday for the final inter- views for the Johnson Scholarship, just as Lexington welcomed its warmest weather in months. The sunny weather was good news for the Johnson program, which sets itself apart from other scholarship programs by hosting finalists for three days. Just as applicants look different on paper versus in person, so do schools. So showcasing Lexington’s beautiful weather only enhanced W&L’s image. When these high achievers are choosing between the Ivy League and W&L, the campus is a key marketing tool. “The campus sells itself,” said chief scholarship coordinator Erin Hutchinson, especially when many students have never visited W&L before. Sitting in on classes gave prospectives a glimpse into academic life, and staying in the dorms gave students a chance ' to see what real dorm living is like. According to admissions director Jonathan Web- ster, the honor system, leadership, and civic respon- sibility were the impetus for the Johnson Scholarship, created three years ago after Rupert Johnson (’62) donated $100 million, W&L’s largest single donation to date. These are the qualities that set W&L apart, and “are the things people love about the school,” Webster said. Hutchinson and the admissions team devoted the last six weeks to organizing interviews and activities for the finalists. The team kept finalists busy, not just with interviews, but with teambuilding activities and events designed to showcase W&L. But the most important part of the week for these students was the interview process. Finalists were selected from a pool of about 2,200 applicants, and all exemplify academic excellence, as well as leader- ship outside the classroom. The Johnson program is not looking for “cookie cutter” students, Hutchinson said. Leadership can be through service, athletics, work experience or the arts. Johnson Scholars all have different experiences and backgrounds, Hutchinson said. The scholarship rewards students who will “bring something to enrich W&L. Not just to be involved, but to enrich.” Added admissions director Robert Koch, “We’re looking for movers and shakers.” The admissions team has found that more students apply each year, making selection more competitive. The biggest change in applicants is the “volume and depth of the pool,” said admissions director Aaron Fulk. Of the 2,200 applicants, approximately 10 percent are named as finalists and invited to campus. The school offers more Johnson Scholarships than are accepted, but approximately 35 ‘to 40 enroll. Feedback from winners who decline includes many factors, but often points to the intense social scene and small town. With higher application rates each year, the team made changes to the finalist week in order to accom- modate the increasingly competitive process. Most no- tably, the faculty interview and peer interview merged into one combined panel. Hutchinson said the change was “appropriate” to the nature of the school and the scholarship. The school prides itself on student self- govemance, so current Johnsons should “be involved in selecting their successors,” she said. Also, more activities were planned for the finalists than the two previous years, with a Student Showcase and a scavenger hunt. The Showcase was opened to the entire student body and featured W&L favorites like Southern Comfort, the school’s all-male a capella group. The scavenger hunt encouraged students both to find out more about W&L and Lexington, and to work together as a team to solve the clues. Bringing an additional 1 85 people onto campus cre- ated challenges. The team coordinated each student’s travel itinerary and planned class visits that matched each student’s indicated academic interests. In order to do this, admissions staff had to clear particular classes with professors. An intricate puzzle was fitting extra students into classrooms because “we don’t have big classrooms,” Hutchinson said. For example, Profes- sor Brian Richardson’s Journalism 101 class, which usually seats 16 students, more than doubled when 20 Johnson finalists sat it on Wednesday morning. The Johnson Scholarship presents a unique oppor- tunity, offering a merit-based scholarship to approxi- mately 10 percent of the incoming class. The scope of this grant, relative to the size of the student body, sets the Johnson apart from other scholarships. Hutchinson finds the selection process rewarding because it makes the school available to anyone, regardless of ability or willingness to pay. “After living the W&L experience, think how thankful they are to have this opportunity, thanks to the Johnson,” she said. Drug takes a hi . SJC drops constructive possession cases and plans to rethink the policy for next year By Kelsy Mccraw STAFF WRITER A I4-student case brought before the Student Judicial Council involving illegal drugs has forced the council members to rethink the newly exposed “constructive possession” policy. The case emerged several weeks ago. From the outset, it sparked a huge level of student concern and media attention. The students, who will remain anonymous because of a confidential- ity code enforced by the SJC, received sanctions because they were found in the same room as other students who were using drugs. These students, who were not using drugs themselves, felt unfairly convicted because they were unaware ofthis policy. ‘:We really weren’t worried about our case until our honor advocates told us about the idea of constructive possession,” said one of the students who was involved in the case. “ltjust seems unfair that we got punished for something we didn’t know about.” Under the constructive possession policy, students are held accountable for being in an enclosed room with full knowledge of illegal activity such as drug use. The SJC began consistently using the policy this year. However, the policy does not appear in the student polic handbook due to an oversight by the SJC. The SJC dropped the possession charges for those 12 of the 14 students who had been convicted under the premise of constructive possession. The decision was announced late last Monday afternoon. Crighton Allen, chairman of the SJC, acknowledged that the policy dent. “I didn’t possess any drugs." Upon further reflection of the policy, the SJC has decided to stop using constructive possession until a better, clearer policy can be laid out to students. The philosophy behind the policy is still something that the SJC will incorporate into the handbook next year. Nevertheless, the terminology “I do want to see a decrease in drug use on campus, but that just wash ’1‘ the way to do it. J T hat 3 just not fair. ’ CRIGHTON ALLEN, SJC Chairman . . was unfair. He also said it proved to be ineffective. ‘‘[It] doesn’t deter people who. were going to do bad things. It only punishes people who weren’t,” he said. One of the students whose cases were dropped said that the SJC’s reevaluation of the constructive pos- session cases came as a relief. ‘‘I’m very relieved,” said this stu- and charge will be different. Right now, the SJC wants to move away from the term “constructive pos- session,” because it implies some sort ofpossession when none has actually occurred. With this implication, students in the same room as other students using illegal substances had been officially found guilty of possession. The only differentiation between “constructive possession” and actual possession was made in terms of sanctions. Allen said the SJC might change the charge of possession to a charge of conduct unbecoming of a W&L student. He is currently discussing the issue with Associate Dean of Students Brandon Dotson. The two will reach a decision on how to handle these kinds of cases by next year. There will be an addendum in next year’s handbook that will explain the policy and how cases of this nature will be handled. While “constructive possession” has been shelved for the time being, Allen said that the SJC and the ad- ministration remain adamant in their stance against illegal substances. “I do want to see a decrease in drug use on campus, but that just wasn’t the way to do it. That’sjust not fair,” he said. Writer’s tale of poverty Annual Tom Wolfe speaker takes on “Hardship, Resilience and the Art of the Memoir” By Randi Wilson STAFF WRITER Jeannette Walls was once a ce- lebrity gossip columnist who went to fancy dinners, galas and other schmooze-worthy functions. While walking to one of these events, she saw her mother on the streetfihomeless. When Walls asked her what she should say when people asked about her, she replied, “Just tell the truth.” It is this scene that grabs the read- er in the opening scene of her mem- oir, “The Glass Castle,” which she recounted to her audience at the Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar on Friday. The truth, Walls said, was that she had spent 15 years like that. “I grew up po’—we couldn’t even afford the last two letters.” It took her 20 years to come for- ward with her story. She was afraid that by telling the world that she was not raised in a wealthy home, she would lose the place she had created for herself in society. But her moth- er’s words stuck with her. She faced countless challenges in writing the memoir. For instance, she was unsure how to depict her mother, whose optimism was so blinding that she didn’t realize how terrible life was for her children. “Things will always work out in the end,” her mother would say. “Well what if they don’t, mom?” Walls would ask. “Then you haven’t reached the end yet,” her mother would reply. Another challenge was that at times she found her storytelling voice would default into a journal- istic voiee. It was an unconscious defense. In the early 1990s, Cumming was ajournalist for The Atlanta Journal- Constitution and worked on a section of“News for Kids” in which the first Gulf War was explained in a way that eight year-olds could easily un- derstand. It was a favorite section of peo- ple of all ages because it was filled “We can understand our stories better by I hearing others ’. ’ t Jeannette Walls, author and keynote speaker Walls wouldn’t tell the reader how to feel, but rather tell them, “This is what happened. Make up your own mind.” She would also write “as though it happened to someone else.” Associate Professor of Journal- ism Doug Cumming, who attended the lecture, did not agree that the two writing styles are necessarily differ- ent. “Good journalism is good story- telling,” Cumming said. with clear facts without unnecessary “gobbledygook.” They contained a “basic eternal truth” which could connect to adults and children alike, Cumming said. Cumming said that a writer doesn’t need to tell readers what her work should mean to them. But read- ers must be able to understand what they are reading for it to mean any- thing. Walls wanted her story to be un- derstood by more than just adults. “We can understand our stories bet- ter by hearing others’,” she said. Her dream in sharing her story was that she would be understood by at least two people~one was a wealthy child who could learn what life was like on the other side of the tracks, and the other was a child like her, for whom her book could be “a glimmer of hope.” Both came true. And while her story wasn’t al- ways happy, it was always the real story. Walls stopped worrying about the shame of her youth and whether she would lose herjob or her friends, and published “The Glass Castle.” lt sold more than two million copies, and it was written as much for her audience as it was for herself. “You shape your truths by the sto- ries you tell,” Walls said. The annual Tom Wolfe Weekend Seminar is sponsored by the W&L . Class of 1951 in honor oftheir class- mate, author Tom Wolfe. OCR::/Vol_113/WLURG39_RTP_20100315/WLURG39_RTP_20100315_002.2.txt UNIVERSITY LIBRARY WASHINGTON Ii LEE UNIVEMIW LEXINGTON. VA 34450 L 2 0 THE RING;-LTUM PHI MONDAY, MARCH 15, 201 opinions Nancy’s rampage and ObamaCare blindly plow forward Regardless of public opinion, the Democrats will stop at nothing to get their version of health care reform passed. By Jarrett Brotzman c 0 L U M N IS T Democrats are starting to feel a bit uneasy after this past week, as President Barack Obama ramped up political and media pressure on dissenters of his healtch care reform plans while Speaker Nancy Pelosi went vote bartering, offering special legis- lative treats. Why can’t these unsure Dem- ocratic congressmen shut their mouths and just vote? But amid the overly generous pork that Pelosi, White House Chief of Staff strong-arm Rahm Emanuel and the rest of the gang are dishing out (my favorite: the “Gator Aid” that singles out and exempts over 800,000 Florida seniors from key Medicare cuts in the current Senate bill), some Democrats just aren’t biting. The fiscal concerns related to this bill have made many moder- ates uneasy. Official claims from the White House estimate the to- tal cost of the entire ObamaCare bill to cost around $950 billion over the next 10 years. To make the deal even sweet- er, the package will be paid for by cuts to health—care providers and “various tax increases.” The whole thing sounds pret- ty rosy, until you wonder how it would be possible to say that much money when you have spe- cifically exempted over 800,000 seniors in Florida alone. Some- thing isn’t adding up. Some more moderate Demo- crats are unsure about many of the proposed components of this overhaul, not least of all the ban- ning of illegal immigrants from purchasing private insurance and loosening federal restrictions on the funding of abortions. Several Dems are not-too- slowly backing away from this ever-growing monstrosity. For Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D., IL), he says he can no longer stand by the ObamaCare reform. He was quoted last Friday on the subject saying, “If we bar the immigrant community from buying private insurance with their own money, we relegate them to emergency- room care at the highest cost to taxpayers” (WSJ, 3/13). Interest- ingly enough, he initially voted for the House version of health- care reform last year. True to form, Pelosi is charg- ing on with her vote-scrounging treasure hunt—continuing to ig- nore the pleas from her own par- ty to slow down and negotiate. It was reported that Ms. Pelosi just gave up on around a dozen mod- erate pro-life Democrats led by Rep. Bart Stupak (D., MI). This move is a risky gamble, considering how she is quickly running out of people to ignore. She might want to get started on the 37 House Democrats who voted NO on last year’s health- care bill. I can only imagine the kind of pork they’ll need to be convinced. Many in Washington seem convinced that this vote will pass. Senior White House Advi- sor David Axelrod, Obama and Press Secretary Robert Gibbs are all convinced this vote will go their way. But they aren’t voting on the bill, and several other factors in play might be enough to hold back its passage. The GOP has publicly urged a scrapping of the entire bill and a bipartisan restart. A seemingly reasonable request, except that the GOP knows that if they were to restart the healthcare reform process, nothing substantial would get passed; exactly the position they want to be in heading towards the midterms. The Democrats know it too, and that’s why Pelosi has all but ignored Boehner’s and Pence’s bipartisan cries. The Hispanic Caucus also seems to have an issue or two with some provisions in the cur- rent Senate version. After meet- ing with Obama last week, sev- eral are still unconvinced that a vote to constrain access to some insurance to full citizens is the morally just vote. The vast ma- jority of the Hispanic Caucus is still for the Senate version, but every dissenting vote the nays pick up will make it even more difficult to ram this bill through the House. But wait, there’s more. This week Senator Chris Dodd (D., CT) is expected to unveil his tough new financial regulation bill. There must have been some back room fighting on this one, as Dodd seems to be stealing some of the momentum and po- litical capital from fellow Demo- crats in their moment of need. His timing seems a bit odd; I can only speculate that he wants to leave some sort of legacy leg- islation. His choice of financial regulation is a bit ironic, consid- ering his past history with Coun- trywide Financial. Perhaps his bill contains special language for preferential treatment of finance firms that give cheap loans to ex- Massachusetts Senators. The noise from Washington seems to be painting two very different pictures. On one side, the Democratic elite seem very confident the bill will pass, with Gibbs going so far as to say that soon “it will be the law of the land.” Other Democrats are not so sure. While Rep. James Cly- burn (D., SC) seems confident that even though “we don’t have the votes as of this morning... [but] I am very confident that we will get this done” (NBC, “Meet the Press”), House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller (D., CA), when asked about the Democratic votes, said “There’s a lot of work to do” (WSJ, 3/13). Even Patrick Caddell and Douglas Schoen, both pollsters for Presidents Carter and Clin- ton, agree “the horse has left the barn” (Washington Post, 3/12). Who knows? Perhaps Eman- uel can gently persuade some dissenting Dems to change their minds. When votes are for sale like they are today, anything seems possible. Native American reservations are ignored and underfunded After volunteering at an Indian reservation in high school, By Barbara Knipp C0 LU M NIST My senior year of high school we were instructed to organize a senior project where we would work as an intern at the place of our choice. I decided to visit an Indian reservation and do volunteer work there. After doing some re- search online, I decided on doing a program called Re-Member at the Pine Ridge ‘Reservation in South Dakota. The program combined vol- unteer work with education, as I learned both how to build beds and a lot about Native American history. We would stay on the site and build beds in the mom- ing, and then go deliver them to the homes of people in need. Delivering beds and touring the reservation, I was exposed to the truth of the reservation. The poverty level on the reserva- tion is the worst that I had ever seen. The majority of the popu- lation on the reservation lived in FEMA trailers that were falling apart. Drug and alcohol abuse were pervasive, gang graffiti decorated most of the buildings and stray dogs, called “res dogs,” wandered the streets. One of the most moving days during my stay was one when we delivered beds to a house in a run-down residential neighbor- hood. When we arrived there was a dead dog lying in the street and the house was in shambles. Upon entering, we found all of the rooms entirely bare except for a dirty mattress on the floor, one wall covered in family pho- tographs, and one chair with an elderly woman hooked up to a breathing machine. We cleaned the rooms and took the mattress away, leaving in its place two twin beds with sheets and com- forters. Located in the Badlands of South Dakota, the Pine Ridge Reservation held little promise for a prosperous future. There is an overall tone of hopelessness that was evident in the bleak landscape, run down homes and shops, and symbols of gang vio- lence. The conditions of the Indian Reservation were little known to me. The fact that it is at a third- world poverty level was com- pletely surprising to me, as my education up until that point had never addressed more than the “Trail of Tears” after European colonization. I was taught that Indians were a thing of the past, but my trip to the reservation showed that was far from true. After listening to several of the speakers on the reservation, visiting sacred sites and learning about Indian cul- ture, I realized that despite the bleak atmosphere and poverty, Barbara Knipp ’s eyes were opened to domestic injustice there was still a strong and proud spirit and pride that ran through- out parts of the reservation. The trip really opened my eyes to how I only know what I am taught, and despite the good education that I have been fortu- nate enough to receive, I am still ignorant to many interesting is- sues in the world. 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Recent high-profile arrests and publicity surrounding cer- tain controversial SJC laws have made the city of Lexington seem like Miami, or at least Sigma Nu in the ’80s. Drug-related arrests and SJC hearings have skyrock- eted. But what does this really mean? Is the administration re- ally cleaning up drug use in Lex- ington? Are the distributers like Peter Martinez the primary ones getting affected? Well... kind of. Like any drug initiative at any school, the re- sults are relatively mixed. Yes, the administration does get its hands on the occasional big-time dealer, but usually the one big-name dealer comes in tandem with a plethora of people who were simply at the wrong place at the wrong time. I find it hard tocritique the administration and SJC for step- ping up efforts to enforce drug use. It’s a noble cause, but, like most other disciplinary bodies, they tend to lose sight of their original goal and simply settle for prosecuting whomever they can get their hands on, so that they can send a message to the rest of the student body. My problem with this strategy is that too many dumb first-years who are dabbling into something shouldn’t usually bear the brunt of the discipline and suffer too harsh a consequence as a result. To alleviate this problem, I have devised an alternative to the current system of respond- ing to drug use at W&L. I won’t delude myself—or you, for that matter—into thinking that this idea will ever come to fruition, mostly because it takes too much work and discretion. Yet I think it is the outlook that the administration and SJC should have when it comes to drugs in Lexington. First, let’s answer why there is drug discipline at W&L in the first place. I believe that disci- plining students for drug use serves two purposes: “protecting the students from harm they can do to themselves, and protecting fellow students from damages that could come from another student’s intoxication or by sell- ing the drug to others. trades work in pyramids: there are a few suppliers at the top who distribute to the dealers who then sell marked—up product to regu- lars and experimenters alike. The school needs to treat each of these four groups separately to achieve its goal. Let’s start with the first group, the experimenters. These kids are made up of casual users, (i.e.~ twice a semester), people trying I believe that disciplining students for drug use serves two purposes.‘ protect- ing the students from harm they can do to themselves, and protecting fellow students from damages that could come’ from another students intoxication or by selling drugs to others. V While W&L takes both these problems seriously, the school is much more concerned with the second. If an intoxicated student badly injures another, the school is not in great shape. I get that. So, in line with those prin- ciples, the best plan for W&L to take is to take out the supply and to dissuade potential experiment- ers from trying the specific drug. This will produce the best results because if everyone is afraid to sell drugs and there are minimal new users, then the trade at W&L quickly evaporates. The next issue is actually fig- uring out how we are going to get rid of the main suppliers and minimize the new users. This can be done with disci- plining the drug trade the same way it actually happens—that is, through a pyramidal scheme. I don’t think I’m blowing any minds when I say that drug the drug for the first time and people who are simply the wrong place at the wrong time. This group is by far the most likely to get caught since they are not adept to using and hiding, but they are also the most im- pressionable and, therefore, the most important to deal with. The strategy to take with this group is to scare the ever-loving crap out of them and to get them to say where they got the specific drug. Scaring them shouldn’t be too hard—yet the right methods are never properly utilized. First, Dean Dotson and the rest of the disciplinary section of W&L need to spend their efforts intim- idating the hell out of these kids, not simply educating them. Most students at W&L have had more drug talks than they can remember and they know what they are doing, but they still do it because they are not sufficiently Off-campus parties not safe Washington and Lee needs to come to grips with reality and start thinking about the students ’safety By Abel Delgado co LUM NIST Throughout the better part of the last four years, I have wit? nessed Washington and Lee ad- ministrators make mostly well- guided decisions in trying to improve the W&L environment outside the classroom. While the success of different initiatives and events has varied, we can al- ways tell the administration had good intentions and the student body’s interest in mind. The growing push to move more parties off campus has me worried this is no longer the case, however, and I fear school. officials do not see the current but W&L is in no way the only campus where the drinking age is largely ignored. Obviously, the W&L admin- istration should not openly pro- mote law-breaking. However, when I was a freshman, I was under the impression that if I was at an on-campus party and not being belligerent, what was in my red cup did not matter to the campus security or to any other school official. This now seems to be the case for only off- campus problems. ' A slew of on-campus parties have been shut down earlier than A slew of on-campus parties have been shut down earlier than is customary this year Other parties have not been approved to be held on campus. 1 and future consequences of their decisions. ' Drinking is a part of the culture at W&L. Anyone who doesn’t accept that just does not accept reality. This doesn’t mean that we should accept the jerks who act irresponsibly and use “blacking-out” as an excuse, but as long as W&L students act re- sponsibly, their drinking should . be solely their concern. Granted, there’s a liability problem since about half the stu- dent body is under the absurd legal drinking age, and about the same half lives on campus, is customary this year. Other parties have not been approved to be held on campus. Just last week, on-campus parties during the Johnson Scholars visit were rejected. It is beyond me why school officials would attempt to hide a common W&L occurrence, a Wednesday party, from our pro- spective students. Do they think these students are not respon- sible enough to make proper de- cisions about partying now, but will be in September? If anything, we should expose these students to everything the W&L social scene has to offer. It is better to find out now whether or not they can handle it, rather than later. Again, I understand this is a legal liability issue in a country where suing someone for your own irresponsibility is all too ' common, but that doesn’t mean we can hide reality. V This past week, as they have for most this year, W&L student have predictably responded to on-campus party hostility by_ moving nearly all their parties away from campus. This means the school has no liability, but because of that decision, the school is left without any control of what happens. What does this lead to? This leads to students acting less re- sponsibly, not more. This leads to more students getting arrested for plenty of things that students wouldn’t dare to do openly on campus, but are becoming com- monplace off campus. If the administrators achieve their goal of pushing parties off campus, they can expect more students to get arrested for drugs, drunk driving and for be- ing drunk in public. Worse of all, they can expect sexual assaults to go up. They can also expect many students who go too far and need a trip to the health center, not to get one. This reality is clearly not what the administration, trustees or parents want. Therefore, it’s time for them to rethink their on- campus party policies. aware of the detrimental con- sequences. This is where Dean Dotson, who already does a great job making students aware ofthe consequences, can go further. Look, I’ve met Dean Dotson. He’s a really nice guy, but he is alsojacked and has a deep voice. Since he is so nice and under- standing, he probably wouldn’t go as far as bringing every single one ofthe experimenters to tears, but that’s what he and the SJC should be doing. They should view every dry check on these kids’ faces as a failure. I don’t say this because I want water boarding allowed at W& L, but if every student who leaves an SJC hearing can only mutter, “Well there’s no freaking way I’m ever doing that drug again,” then they have done theirjobs. The point can be made even further with parent involvement. Instead of sending a letter, how about calling the parents? What student wouldn’t care if his or her grandma called to talk about why he or she thinks it’s cool to smoke pot in a dormitory bath- room? Families are by far the best at scaring the shit out of their kids. Why not utilize that? However, besides scaring the experimenters, I don’t re- ally think much else needs to be done in the form of punishment. If the students then won’t do it again, why make their lives too difficult? On the hand, harsher punish- ments can be doled out ifthe stu- dent refuses to give information about his or her source. Getting names is critical with experi- menters, because they will give up the names. But wait~W&L certainly is not filled with narcs, and there is no way anyone at W&L would rat out a friend. Well, that wasn’t supposed to be the case in the real world, yet it still seems to happen. So why not use some of the provenly ef- fective methods? Students will be much more likely to give a source if their punishments are reduced. Why not have different punishments for people who give information ~ and for people who don’t? And why not let the parents know if their kids don’t feel like cooper- ating? They’d love to hear that. Also, if the students don’t give correct information or don’t feel like cooperating whatsoever, there’s always the handy dandy honor code to turn to. No matter how you do it, some kind of evi- dence ofa dealer should come out of talking to an experimenter. Now, on to the regular users. For these offenders, the school should probably be thinking about getting the students to stop harming themselves on a regular basis—but once again, we’ve all had plenty of education in our lives. So how do you do it? You take up their time. Repet- itive drug use primarily evolves out of free time, so to take away the drug use, you take away the free time. Assigning community service or work orders is not strange to Rockbridge County; why should it be for W&L? I’m sure that maintenance would love a little help around campus. Since the regulars have been usingdrugs for a while, they will most likely know who does what within the pyramid, so getting them to talk isjust as vital. Working your way up the pyramid, you get to drug dealers. Now, here’s where I have a prob- lem with the zero tolerance poli- cy at W&L and other schools. While most of the dealers on campus should be reprimanded for distribution, they do not necessarily need to be expelled. Most of them treasure being here just as much as everyone else. The key with this group is to get them to prove their dedica- tion to W&L. Put them so close to expulsion that they feel its im- pending pressure, but don’t au- tomatically kick them‘ out. That way, the people who want to stay will still get a great educa- tion, and those who don’t value W&L will eventually get what’s coming to them. Plus, those who want to stay will become the best allies, and W&L can at least say they tried with the others. The ultimate goal of dealing with the bottom three groups should be getting the last group. Obtaining information about - Lexington’s premier drug suppli- ers should be the focus of every hearing, interview or even casual conversation with the first three groups. You want to end any sem- blance of drug culture in Lex- ington? You get the engine to the system: the suppliers. LexPo hasn’t been afraid to go after these guys, and I’m guessing that they would love information about them. If the W&L discipline system produc- es names, times and dates, I’m guessing results will happen, and LexPo might finally get around to trusting students. So, people responsible for disciplining students at W&L, what’s wrong with this plan? Where are the loopholes? From high school on, I have seen way too many kids who were stuck in the wrong place at the wrong time get screwed by systems that like to catch the lit- tle guy—and use that to advertise alleged results, rather than spend the time and the effort catching the big guys. I know that W&L’s process for stopping the drug trade is no- , ticeably better than most institu- tions, but that doesn’t mean the system can’t still be improved.. I mean, you don’t necessar- ily need to END IT. Just THINK ABOUT IT. Pi Beta Phi congratulates its newest initiates! Sunny Altman Juhl Amin Renata Carlson Abbie Caudill Johanna Cho Lizzie Engel Alexandra Frazier Sarah Gorman Amanda Hebert V Vera Higgs Abigail Home Caroline Huber Mary Huerster Tania Inniss Kelly Lane Megan Marks Amy Marquit Caroline Miller Amy Nizolek ‘ Molly Ortiz Claire Rasberry Lauren Schultz Andrea Seffens Emily Shu Teresa Soley Caroline Sutherland Marissa Thompson Sage Um Nora Wallenius Katherine Webb Randi Wilson Bailey Yi Jessie Ykimoff Katy Zazzera Annie Zhang A Wannawrite for A theme IOGTOFGYOUI OCR::/Vol_113/WLURG39_RTP_20100315/WLURG39_RTP_20100315_004.2.txt 4 ° THE RING-TUM PHI MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2010 arts&life KEWl..’s Body Week is back again KEWL is Love Your Body Week returns after its racy PostSecret campaign last year generated campus controversy By Findley Merritt STAFF WRITER “I have never hooked up so- berly with anyone.” That was a PostSecret that sparked waves of similar and startling confessions last year amid KEWL’s Love Your Body Week. ’ This week, KEWL (Knowl- edge Empowering Women Lead- ers) and END IT, a group that came out of fall term’s Sexual Assault Prevention Workshop, revive the PostSecret campaign armed with posters, T-shirts, and new projects for Love Your Body Week. LYBW dedicates a week to empowering women by high- lighting prevalent issues women \ face universally and specifically at Washington and Lee. The goal is to build momen- tum and mobilize the community around issues like sexual assault. But controversy over last year’s PostSecret campaign—a project that involved W&L com- munity members writing their secrets on postcards—created a roadblock this year. KEWL President Catherine Kruse, a junior, explained that some members of the W&L community felt the posts were inappropriate and too visible. END IT President Emily Coyle, a senior, added that the group didn’t expect PostSecret to take the direction that it did. Candid comments on the postcards revealed that W&L stu- dents deal with issues normally considered too taboo to discuss, such as the hookup culture, body image and sexuality. “It was pretty illustrative of how we actually are on campus,” said Coyle. The secrets were posted in the John Elrod Commons stairwell where people became concerned over potential traffic hazards, as many community members would gather at all hours of the day to read the dozens of shock- ingly truthful postcards. This year’s PostSecrets are restricted to the Commons Liv- ing Room because students can specifically reserve that space. There will be tables in the Commons for students to write their anonymous confessions and slip them in boxes to be dis- played together later. Last year’s PostSecrets were displayed this fall in a niche on the main floor of Leybum Li- brary. In addition to the PostSecret campaign, KEWL and END IT will start the Clothes Line Proj- ect, an effort that usually high- lights domestic violence but will this year be devoted to sexual assault. about the prevalence of the issue on campus. ' KEWL and END IT are co- sponsoring a speaker from Am- nesty International, Project Ho- rizon and Women for Women International on Wednesday. Project Horizon is a local organization dedicated to reduc- ing domestic, dating and sexual violence in the Rockbridge area. Women for Women International “Some feel that the way we emphasize women is issues brings men down, but it’s about bringing women up. ” Lule Rault, sophomore END IT member On Cannan Green, students will decorate T-shirts with their handprints if they’ve experi- enced or known someone who has experienced sexual assault. “The T-shirts dry on a clothes line to represent airing out your dirty laundry,” said Coyle. The shirts will also work to bring New tunes roundup Washington and Lee ’s only radio station shares sweet music from the studio By WLUR Staff STAFF WRITERS Some of our staffers give you some suggestions for tunes to help you spring into spring: Joanna Newsom Have One On Me (Drag City) Leading up to its release, much talk about Joanna Newsom’s third album, Have One On Me, focused on its spectacular length—this whole three-album ensemble clocks in at over two hours. As it turns out, that’s a lot of music, so it’s tough to succinctly articulate some commentary on my diges- tion of it so far. I think that despite Have One On Me’s epic length, Newsom’s previous record Ys is a more epic album. How can you get more vast than all that harp and those dense, sweeping swing arrangements? J oanna’s totally in- sane voice? Everything all knotty and delicate? I say that not to fault Have One On Me in any way, but to draw attention to how different its palette is: brass, woodwinds, acoustic guitar, banjo and man- dolin. The whole thing is so ma- ture, so womanly, so American, so thoughtful and precise. Add to that Joanna’s voice—which is now, somehow, all warm like milk and honey—and it’s no sur- prise that the album brought me to tears in a couple of places. A good entry point for some- one less mushy over her is “Good Intentions Paving Company,” a fun driving song. My other fa- vorites are the more “epic” ones: “Easy,” “Soft As Chalk” and “On A Good Day.” ' Frightened Rabbit The Winter of Mixed Drinks (FatCat) There’s a certain class of rock that I think of as “grown up,” something about the vocals and stylings. This category includes groups like The Hold Steady, Cal- ifone and The National. I think Frightened Rabbit fits in there as well. The earnest, thoughtful, en- ergetic and polished rock of The Winter of Mixed Drinks will like- ly attract a wide variety of fans. (And that’s not even to mention its catchy pop appeal.) AAM, the group’s promoter, tells us: “Glasgow-based Fright- ened Rabbit are releasing their third LP to towering expecta- tions... Written during singer/ songwriter Scott Hutchinson’s self-imposed exile to the seclud- ed seaside hamlet Crail on Scot- . land’s Fife coastline, The Winter of Mixed Drinks is speckled with nautical metaphor and imbued with themes of human isolation, resilience and the moumful tri- umph of mortality. Though its subject matter often skews to- wards the dark, redemption—in the form of a joyful choral burst, chiming guitar line, or orchestral swell—is never far away.” Find redemption with “The Wrestle” or “Living in Color.” Ted Leo & the Pharmacists The Brutalist Bricks (Matador) Ted Leo is now on Matador Re- cords, becoming thesecond indie powerhouse to sign to the venera- ble imprint—see Pavement, Yo La Tengo, Belle & Sebastian and The New Pornographers on the active rosterwin recent months. (Oh,' and Sonic Youth put out its first Matador album, The Eternal, last year.) The expectations are high for anything that Leo touches, but it’s hard to imagine making a bet- ter debut on one’s new label than The Brutalist Bricks, his strongest effort since the 2001/2003 com- bo The Tyranny of Distance ‘and Hearts of Oak. ' While a couple of tracks on Leo’s previous LP, 2007’s Living With the Living, might claim a spot on Ted’s proverbial greatest hits album, the record as a whole was disappointing. Luckily, The Brutalist Bricks does almost ev- erything right that Living got wrong. If you’re not roped in by the first 15 seconds of opener “The Mighty Sparrow,” then you’re clearly in the wrong genre. There are many more gems throughout, from the aggressively melodic “Bottled in Cork” to the thunder- ing “Where Was My Brain?” to lead single “Even Heroes Have to Die.” Not that the other mate- rial is filler, either; throughout the record, Leo showcases his fine songwriting, and the Pharmacists (Chris Wilson on drums, James Canty on guitar and keyboards ,and new member Marty Key on bass) are in fine‘ form. And what can you say about Ted, but that the dude can shred the guitar? One of 20l0’s best. Check out the latest in new music reviews at WLUR’s very own music blog at http.'//wlur- radioblogspotcom, or indulge your ears and listen on channel 91.5 FM or online at http://wlur. wlu.edu. focuses on teaching life skills to women from third-world coun- tries who have been victims of war crimes. Kruse explained that KEWL has close ties with Project Hori- zon because some W&L students volunteer with the shelter or 24- hour hotline now. These organizations influ- enced KEWL’S poster campaign for LYBW. This year’s posters feature facts about great things W&L women are doing every day. “It’s about celebrating strength,” said Kruse. KEWL is also bringing back the foam cutouts of women from last year, emphasizing all dif- ferent body types and shapes, adding focus to every aspect of women. Lastly, “indulgence day” asks W&L women to forgo makeup, wear comfortable sweats and pick up free treats on Friday. “We want women to feel comfortable and confident so that they realize they belong at W&L,” said Kruse. Coyle said she believes more dialogue about women’s issues like sexual assault need to take place on campus. “It was clear when packages of reforms came through the ISFHB Ad Hoc Committee that an overhaul of the existing struc- ture was necessary,” Coyle said. But despite successes, some people still criticize the LYBW campaign. “Some feel that the way we emphasize women’s issues brings men down,” said sopho- more END IT member Lule Rault, “but it’s about bringing women up.” Kruse reiterated that it’s .not an either-or situation, although there is an evident gender dis- connect. “Many blame the Greek sys- tem for the lack of communica- tion [between genders], but these problems would still exist with- out it,” said Rault. “We’re just trying to alleviate some of that aggression.” Seeing Red by Neville L. 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Indeed? ' Lord Capulet 61 Sports group for BSU and ewsman who loves his Scotch 57 “It.” be __ day in Hen”... NMSU 12 when SNI_“ ends 60 Gets out fast 62 Nothing 13 Mary—Lou1se Parker dramedy 64 Discount rack abbr. 63 This year's Fancy Dress theme 18 Ty?” of Collar or Comma 65 560 32~ACT0SS (if our sources are correct!) 23 Sn Lanka language 66 Pink lady ingredient 68 Tavern order 24 First Mrs‘ Trump 67 Lt.'s inferior OCR::/Vol_113/WLURG39_RTP_20100315/WLURG39_RTP_20100315_005.2.txt MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2010 THE RING-TUM PHI 0 5 sports 96 teams: Madness or insanity? Columnist Adam Cancryn analyzes the NCAA is proposal to expand its tournament from 64 to 96 teams By Adam Cancryn COLUMNIST March Madness is certainly in full swing, but not where you might expect it. While 64 teams prepare to take the court in pursuit of a national championship, the NCAA is busy chasing its own holy grail, one that could radically change the way we view the Tournament. In early February, officials began exploring the possibility of expanding the NCAA Tournament from 64 to 96 teams. The most likely scenario would involve absorbing the NIT, adding more host locations and granting the No. 1 seeds first-round byes. The NCAA argues that doing this would give mid-majors a better chance to make the tourney. In addition, it would increase the percentage of overall teams that qualify to levels on par with other collegiate sports. In the current format, just 19 percent of basketball teams is se- lected for the NCAA Tournament. That is lower than Division I baseball (21 percent), soccer (24 percent) and all of the major pro sports. Yet while these reasons might sound valid on the surface, they are seriously flawed. Based on N1Tology.com’s March 11 projections, 11 of the 32 NIT qualifiers this year will come from the six power conferences. Add that to the eight auto- bids given to conference champions, and there are just 13 slots available to lesser—known teams. And that is pro- vided every power conference team on the NCAA Tournament bubble is chosen and not knocked down to the NIT. Were the NIT added onto the NCAA Tournament, the result would be a field that might, at the most, include a few second- and third-place finishers in strong mid-major conferences. The rest of the additional slots would go to power conference teams. Simple expansion is certainly not enough to balance out such ingrained conference domination. Besides, all that assumes that admit- ting these extra teams is good for the tourney’s general health. The NCAA Tournament is typically viewed as a des- tination for collegiate basketball’s elite, a goal to work toward and earn through solid conference play and an impressive overall record. In the past two years, just 50 of the combined I28 tournament teams qualified with 10+ regular season losses. Half of those were only eligible because they won their respective con- ference tournament. Expanding the field would signifi- cantly increase the number of double- digit loss teams. In the best case, the result would be a sizable talent gap be- tween the elite and the mediocre teams. This would emerge early, the favorites would advance, and we would end up with Sweet 16s and Elite 8s no different than if it were a 64-team bracket. The worst case is this year. There are no top-flight teams, leaving us with a bottom-heavy field full of schools that normally would not enter tournament discussion. Were this year’s bracket to permit 96 teams, NC State (18-14, 5-11 in the ACC), North Carolina (16-16, 5- 11 in the ACC) and UConn(l7-15, 7-11 in the Big East) would all likely qualify. Not only would mid-majors still be left out, but the bracket would also be satu- rated with underachieving, undeserving power conference teams. Yet despite the negative effect ex- pansion would have on the tournament’s competitive balance and prestige, there is a good chance this change could occur within the year. The NCAA’s l 1-year, $6 billion tele- vision contract with CBS carries an opt- out clause available at the end of this season. Conveniently, the NCAA’s deal with the NIT also expires this year. In anticipation of both, CBS and Turner Sports are discussing a joint-bid for a new contract. ESPN is also reportedly prepared to make a play for tourney TV rights. Expanding to a 96-team field would not just push bidding to record highs. It would also provide the winning cor- poration with a chance to re-brand the tournament. Furthermore, from a ground-level ticket sales standpoint, the math is sim- ple: more games equals more host loca- tions equals more paying fans equals more income. And that is how the NCAA has come to see its end-of-year championship games: numbers on a sheet that all add up to huge profits. Never mind the physical and psycho- logical toll it might take on the student- athletes that spend a month absent from school while traveling the country, play- ing more games than ever before. Never mind the overload of ultimate- ly meaningless opening round games or the fact that expansion fixes none of the current competitive balance issues that continue to exist. There are profits to be made. To ig- nore that would be madness. Baseball continues roller coaster The Generals fell to Eastern Mennonite, 1 0-2, but knocked off Greensboro, 11-4, to go 1-1 over the week By Stephen Peck STAFF WRITER It was another up and down week for the Washington and Lee baseball team as they lost to Eastern Mennonite Uni- versity, 10-2, but defeated Greensboro College, 11-4. The Generals can hit and pitch with the best of them, but finding consistency has been an issue. The results of their games since March 3 read like this: win, loss, win , loss, win. The team is brimming with talent, but it cannot yet find that missing piece needed to string together a couple of wins. Right now, W&L’s record stands at 3-6 with a 1-2 conference record. On Tuesday, W&L traveled to Har- risonburg to face off with James Madi- son. Senior pitcher Nate Adkins got the start for the Generals and struck out the side in the first, but took the loss after only one inning of work. The Royals tagged him for six runs in the first in- ning, thanks to two run doubles by Cody Davis and Dylan Smith. The situation did not get any better for W&L. Royals pitcher Jason Tate shut down the Generals offensively. Tate tossed a complete game and surren- dered only seven hits to the potent W&L lineup. First-year catcher Luke Deary and senior first baseman Hunter Serenbetz each knocked in a run off Tate, but the Generals couldn’t set up an extended rally. As soon as the final out was made in the top of the ninth, it was clear this was a contest the Generals would rather forget. Two days later, the team looked to rebound with a home match-up against Greensboro College. The scripts were Women’s lacrosse adds two more wins The Generals are now 4-2, and 2-0 in ODAC conference play after recent wins over Sweet Briar and Mary Washington By Lizz Dye STAFF WRITER The Washington and Lee women’s lacrosse team improved to 4-2 with a 21- 1 Victory over Sweet Briar College and a 16-10 win over No. 16 Mary Washing- ton. The Generals traveled to Sweet Briar College on Tuesday, coming off a 16-8 loss versus Franklin and Marshall. But the Generals showed no signs of weak- ness against Sweet Briar. Nine different W&L players scored in the first half en route to a crushing 21-1 victory. Senior attack Britten Mathews and junior midfielder Emmy Mathews set the tone for the rest of the game by scor- ing back-to-back goals before even five minutes of playing time had passed. Sweet Briar followed with a goal of its own, but it was the only net action the team would see for the remainder of the contest. Sophomore goalie Jen Linder played 30 minutes in goal, putting up one save versus one allowed goal. F irst-year goal- ie Alex Hamill filled in for the other 30 minutes and did not face one shot. Emmy Mathews scored three goals to lead the Generals. Seven Generals earned added two individual goals for W&L: senior attack Meredith Free- man, sophomore midfielder Christina Benedetti, sophomore midfielder Alexis Harrison, first-year midfielder Ashley Barnes, sophomore attack Alli Shea- rin, first-year attack Elizabeth Buck- lee and first-year attack Mary Jennings VanSant. Britten Mathews, junior midfielder Kate Donnelly, sophomore attack Mad- die McKaig and junior attack Ellie Van Sant each scored one goal. On Saturday, the Generals faced No. 17 Mary Washington and came out on top with a decisive 16-10 victory. The Generals were led by Emmy Mathews again, who recorded four goals and two assists. Junior attack Wilton Megargel put up three goals and two assists in the victory, earning all ofher goals in a crucial pull- away for the Generals. The game was close with the Gener- als leading 9-8 with about 22 minutes remaining. Megargel scored three of the subsequent six unanswered goals, which led to the Generals’ victory. Mathews added two goals during the 6-0 run. Junior goalie Katharine F arrar played the entire game for the Generals, record- ing 11 saves versus 10 allowed goals. “It was an exciting win and we showed exactly what our team can do when faced with a challenge,” Bene- detti said. “We came out on top, and I’m excited to see what else we can accom- plish.” The Generals play No. 15 Cortland State at home at 4:30 p.m. this Wednes- day. flipped in this one as W&L raced to a quick 6-0 lead over the first two innings and eventually ran the final score to ll- 4. RBI singles by first-year catcher Will Salley and Serenbetz, in addition to a two-run double by senior third baseman Jim Plantholdt, sparked the first inning outburst. Michael Manfro had been pitching very well for the Pride this year, but the Generals were all over ev- erything he hurled toward home plate. Senior catcher Will Lewis was given the day off behind the plate, but still went 3-4 with two doubles, two runs, and two RBl’s in the designated hitter slot. Plantholdt finished with two hits and three RBIs. Senior second baseman John Ditore, recently crowned ODAC player of the week, bumped his sparkling average to .487 with three more hits. He is the team leader in hits, runs, doubles, aver- age, slugging percentage, and any other positive hitting statistic one could think of. His walk-up song is “S on my chest” and this is an apt description of his Su- perman-esque start to the season. Sophomore pitcher Jody Davis start- ed and picked up the win for W&L. He went six innings, scattered five hits and struck out three. Coaches love to see pitchers attack the strike zone, and Davis did just that. He worked the comers and set up his off-speed pitches to perfection, result- ing in many poor swings for Greens- boro batters. Over Davis’s six innings of work, he faced very little stress; GC would simply pop up or roll over pitches and kill any potential rally. W&L has the opportunity to climb their way back to the top of the ODAC with a busy week ahead of them. Start- ing on Wednesday against Stevenson University,'the team plays seven games in eight days. This includes two double- headers against ODAC rivals Guilford College and Emory & Henry College. The game on March 17 is at home, with the first pitch scheduled for 3 p.m. The annual benefit concert at 7:00 PM in Wilson Hall One Acoustic Evening Sunday night March 21 All proceeds from the concert will benefit the Rockbridge Haiti Medical Alliance, a collaborative effort with Lexington Presbyterian Church and St. Patrick's Catholic Church, and the community of Fond Pierre, Haiti. Fond Pierre (St. Peter's) is a rural community whose population has swelled by refugees, and is located about 40 miles northeast of Port Au Prince, the capital which was devastated by the earthquake on January 12"‘. Performers include the Rockbridge Rovers, William McCork|e, the Catholic Campus Ministry Choir, Jennifer Kirkland and Bert Carlson, the Joyful Noise Gospel Choir and the New Plank Road Tickets available only at the door. $10 for adults and students Children under the age of 12 FREE Doors will open at 6:30 PM. Co—sponsored by Catholic Campus Ministry, the Caribbean Society and Phi Gamma Delta For more information, please contact Burr Datz: 540-463-3533 OCR::/Vol_113/WLURG39_RTP_20100315/WLURG39_RTP_20100315_006.2.txt MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2010 THE RING-TUM PHI ' 6 sports o deck Mon Tues WED Tuuns Fm SAT vs Virginia Men's Lacrosse we-°"°Ya" 1 n m Vs at Virginia women's Cortland W°5'°Ya" Lacrosse st‘ 1 p_m_ 4:30 p.m V5 vs Tufts Guilford tevenson vs 1 _ _ Bas°ba" 1 and 3:15 p m 7 p.m. p.m. at Jekyll Golf Island Collegiate Rldlng at Moms Maroon Track and Invite F'°"' 1o a.m. v?N|ary if 1 I at Washington rldgewate vs w°'“°" 9 Roanoke Ramgolph TOHHIS 4 pm. 4 p.m. 4 D-m- 5 p.m. at vs NC at Men's Randolph Wesleyan Hampdem Tonnls 4 p m 3-30 P m . . . . . Sydney 3 pm. at ‘ Women's Maf00n Track and I it Fleld 13" '3 a.m. numbers 21 The number of goals scored by the Washington and Lee University women's lacrosse team in last Tuesday's 21-1 victory over Sweet Briar. 12 different Generals scored for W&L in the victory. 1 The number of overtimes it took the University of Kentucky men's basketball team to defeat Mississippi State University in the SEC title game. The Wildcats won 75-74. It is Kentucky’s 26th SEC tournament championship. Star freshman John Wall scored seven of his 17 points in overtime to give the Wildcats the victory. 2-33 Kansas State University men's basketball team's record against the University of Kansas since the Big 12 started play in the 1996-1997 season. The Wildcats fell to the Jayhawks, 72- 64, in the finals of the Big 12 tournament on Saturday. Kansas took home its seventh Big 12 tournament title. 18 The number of consecutive ACC tournament title games for Duke ’ Univeristy. The Blue Devils defeated Georgia Tech 65-61 for the title. soapbox “I did not try to break Shaq’s hand. That's crazy. Why would I try to do that? I wasn’t trying to grab his hand. You know how you try to frustrate some- body or just_mess with them, get his balance off? That was a freak accident, really.” 2 Boston Celtics’ player Glen “Big Baby” Davis” on accusations that he intentionally tried to hurt Cleveland Cavaliers player Shaquille O’Neal In the Celtics’ 104-93 loss to Cleveland on Sunday. Courtesy of espn.com. "How did we win this game? How did we go to over- time? I don’t know.” University of Kentucky men’s basketball team head coach John Calipari on the Wildcats’ 75-74 overtime victory over Mississippi State University in the SEC title game on Sunday. Courtesy of espn.com. STEELE BURROW/ Staff Photographer Top: Junior midfielder Drew Koeneman celebrates after a goal in the Generals 9-5 rout over Washington College last weekend. Lax drops first loss W&L is now 6-1 overall after victory over Ohio Wesleyan and loss to F &M By Henri Hammond-Paul STAFF warren The Washington and Lee lacrosse team burned Ohio Wesleyan 9-5 on Tuesday but couldn’t keep the fire going, falling to Franklin and Marshall 7-5 on Saturday in their first loss ofthe season. The Generals are now 6-1. fused to be stopped in his drive across the midfield line and gave the Generals some strong offensive possessions. At the beginning of the third quarter, OWU came within one goal of tying the Generals after attackman Rob Young First-year midfielder Cooper Brown looks downfield into the Washington College defense. A crowd of 320 fans came to see the No. 8 Generals outscore No. 15 Ohio Wesleyan 9-5 under the lights at Wilson Field last Tuesday. The Generals were led by senior at- tackman Will Keigler, who notched one goal and four assists, andjunior midfielder Drew Koeneman, who netted four goals. Sophomore attackman Scott Meehan added one goal and one assist while first- year attack Mac Means put up two goals. Senior midfielder Max Mancuso also con- tributed one goal. Koeneman scored twice within the first five minuets to give the Generals a 2-0 lead over OWU. The Battling Bishops responded with some transition goals from broken plays, but by the end of the first halfthe Gener- als held a 4-2 lead over OWU. At the half the Generals had outshot OWU 22-14 and had shown great poise on defense. First-year defender Joe LaSala had two groundballs and caused three turn- overs. LaSala plays big and physical, and is one ofmany first-year players who have already made a great impact on the pro- gram. Senior captain Tyler Smith also an- chored down the defense with three groundballs and two forced turnovers. While senior goalie Matt Mason had only five saves, they were five saves that really counted. Each save came at a critical time when OWU was trying to climb out from behind the Generals. Mason made some enor- mous one-on-one saves on the doorstep of the goal, and refused the Battling Bishops any easy goals. In his first year as starting goalie, Ma- son has stepped up to the plate and shown great heart, skill, consistency and poise as a leader on this team. Also worth noting is first-year transi- tional midfielder Cooper Brown, who re- als didn’t let themselves be flustered and they knocked off their first ranked team of the 2010 campaign. The Generals returned to play on Sat- urday at Franklin and Marshall. The Gen- erals hung with the Diplomats, but they simply couldn’t overcome three early F&M goals. W&L didn’t score until the 8:40 mark in the first period when senior midfielder Kevin Feeriey netted the Generals first goal. That was the only scoring the Gener- als would see in the second half. The Dip- lomats lead 4-l heading into the locker room. The Generals tried to rally in the sec- ond halfwith goals from senior midfield- er Logan Bartlett, Mancuso, Brown and Means. But it just wasn’t enough to knock off the Diplomats. Mason recorded eight saves to counter his seven goals allowed in the loss. The Generals will next take on Virgin- ia Wesleyan University at home on Satur- day. Game time is set for 1 p.m. The Generals offense fights for the ball at midfield during the Washington College game. posted an unassisted goal. The goal set the score at 4-3. This would be the closest the Battling Bishops would come to tying the Generals. After a pair of unanswered goals, W&L took a 6-3 lead. At the end of 60 minutes of play, three more goals gave the Generals a 9-5 vic- tory. W&L outshot OWU 38-27 and capi- talized offthe numerous ()WU penalties. The game was physical, but the Gener-