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WE’RE LOOKING OUT FOR You:" To apply, call I-800-CITIBANK. © I994 Citibank (South Dakota). N.A. PAGE 5 OCR::/Vol_094/WLURG39_RTP_19941118/WLURG39_RTP_19941118_006.2.txt / / PAGE 6 Ellie ‘ifling-tum lfilti The Student Voice of Washington and Lee Founded September 18, 1897 Giving Thanks to the Alma Mater Let us pray. As we prepare to leave town for the holiday, we give thanks for all those things we have and all those poor stiffs who do not go to Washington and Lee University, don’t. -Nine days for Thanksgiving-—We know of no other school that gives an entire week, plus two weekends, as Thanksgiving break. While we are worrying about which television channel to watch when we get up at 1 p.m. Monday, all of our non-W&L friends will be taking exams. You’ve gotta love it. °The Cadaver Society—It makes college existence so unabashedly romantic to think that we might run across the black-clad members of an organization named after something dead while we are out studying at 3 a.m. They might be meeting right now underneath our feet...Oooo! It makes us feel so safe to know our campus is being watched over while we are sleeping. °Poetry Readings——THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT! The Princeton Review—What could be so incredibly cool as knowing that you go to the school that has the most encroaching fraternity and sorority scene in the country and the number three school for hard liquor. Let us drink this holiday to number one in ’95. Someone sent a huge and tasteful bouquet of flowers to “The women of The Ring-tum Phi” and we are overwhelmingly grateful. Let us give thanks to men who listen to women’s complaints. Only at Washington and Lee. -We are probably the only school in the nation which has a statue of one of its namesakes lying, dead, in state in a prominent viewing location. It’s a tourist trap, even. Think of all the elderly people who will call their grandchildren at their much more mundane colleges and say, “Guess what, Dear. I just saw a stone dead man,” and they will be talking about our former President. °We have the oldest journalism school in the country. It goes great with some of the oldest professors in the country. Where else can you learn all about hot lead from the people who used it in high school? °Where else can one move up so quickly in the ranks of the hallowed halls? Underclassmen have been known to be presidents of their fraternities, high-ranking editors of campus newspapers, etc. Quote of the Week: “A Quayle—Powell ticket would be unstoppable!” OPINION Dc-:21? ‘FE§;r‘(uL. EL€C.'Hov\ COWKH/lt$'LO/\5 The Ring-tum Phi, November 18, 1994 \>re<.\ szxt. Just Tflouéklxk '£‘cL i4’\)r‘oP A Lt"€'T° let you No rt-vxttt t‘~\ qouum RuV\ FOV‘ 1’. Have a. cmxtkee Owxé. every+L;v~@\. 53-xeb. I fsumiv DAY...CHA$ul’ me cioops A-um; {/33 Now that that bul office work‘: outta the way, I can Sit back and watch Sorne ”C°0n51 Ry Defeats will strengthen Democrats in ’96 I don’t know how many times last Wednesday I was asked why I wasn’t dressed in black. I guess the common assumption was that I should be mourning the loss of Democratic control of Congress. Admittedly, last Tuesday was not one of the happiest days of my life; however, there were some victories. For example, Robb won in Virginia and even carried Lexington; and in my home state of Florida, Lawton Chiles won and gambling was defeated, proving money can’t buy everything. Besides, people wear black to funerals, the end of a life - and the Democratic party is far from dead -just momentarily stunned. As a side note, last Tuesday’s electionseemstoprovideanotherboost to the argument against term limits. The people spoke and a lot of Democrats lost their seats, including - some who have been around since before I was born. Evidently, people are not enthralled by incumbeney. Now all we have to do is get them to turn their attention to the Republican side of Congress. As for the main point in this column, I do not think that the Republican victory is the end of the Democrats. First of all, the Republicans have todosomethingwith their victory, like fulfill the terms of the Contractwith America. Second, I think the Democratic party has been too complacent. After all it’s been forty years that we’ve controlled the House, and the election of a Democratic president made us too cocky. A while in the minority may help us consolidate as a party, teach us a little offensive play, and even benefit us in ’96. So why will the Republicans have a hard time accomplishing anything? It’s beenpforty years since they’ve had control of the House. In that time they’ve fine tuned their ability to oppose legislation, but they may have forgotten; how to govern. To accomplish anything they are going to have to learn how to compromise, within the party as well as with Democrats. Already, there are signs that this may be a problem. Both Newt Gingrich and Phil Gramm have taken a hard-line stanceby saying no compromise. Bob Dole has appeared as the moderate peacemaker who wants to work with the administration and the Democrats to get something done. A clash in personalities between the leadership of the two branches of Congress is something to watch out for. Then there is the question of the Republican presidential nomination for ’96. Gramm just filed with the FEC; Dole is thinking about it; and there are numerous other Republicans who are considering running for president. When I was in DC last weekend, there were numerous buttons for people in ’96, from Cheney to Alexander to Limbaugh, although I think that’s pushing it a bit. These potential nominees all want to appear in the best light in ’96, which may involve denouncing the ideas of a potential rival. I think this election is good for the Democrats, in that now the party is going to have to releam offensive skills. We are so used to having to defend our ideas from the Republicans and trying to make everything acceptable to the other side that we have forgotten how to take the hard line. This is true for both Congress and the President. Not that the Democrats should ignore anything a Republican puts forth, but but instead mobilized their traditional voting base. The Democrats are going to have to figure out who they need to win and whether there is a possibility of bringing them into the fold without alienating other groups. As a member of the left wing, I am not particularly happy with this idea but realize it will be necessary. This brings me to the presidential election of ’96. There have been suggestions that there will be people we can who will f o r c e challenge them to € C Clinton, but compro- the party phi S 611- ...it’s been forty years ffvliltl bcrgss er a , a n ge if we Seem that [the Democrats ] when my to be controlled the House, come to it. obstructing and the election of“ The main g o v e r n - . . way the mem, we Democratic president 61, ct i 0 n are tngt made us too cocky. A while lh)e1ped the going 0 e - o - emocra s backin’96, in the mlryorlty may is that if put I yould us consolidate as a party, gothinggets OVC 0 S66 ° ' one, I B 0 b teach us a little offensive Cannot be G ra n a m play, and even benefit us biamed on filibuster- in ’96_ the inaction ing by of the readin the Democrats. 2; M e t r 0 - If control Dade phone book. had remained with the Democrats and This is also a chance for the Democrats to re-evaluate their voter base. There was no set rule for who won on Tuesday, but moving to the right did not seem to help some Democratic Congressmen who lost. Some of those who, including Robb, Kennedy, and Chiles did not try to change people’s perception of them nothing had been accomplished, then the Republicans could point to this as an example of how even one party government is not a guarantee of action. In ’96 they will have to defend their record. 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The Ring-tum Phi Post Office Box 899 Lexington, Virginia 24450 Telephone (703) 462-4060 Fax (703) 462-4059 Order and rationality key to civilization NICHOLAS L. WADDY, ’96 This article is Part One in a series on the many virtues of Western Civilization. A certain person once had the audacity to ask me, after I had made the characteristic statement that Western Civilization is under threat and is in need of more effective defense, just what exactly is ‘civilization’? I was naturally tempted to render the same reply I always do in such situations: "Civilization is what I say civilization is, so shut up!” This type of response can get you far in the world, as I have learned, but even more effective is an at least superficially appealing argument. It is this that I shall now seek to supply. I propose that civilization, understood to be necessarily ‘good’, involves three essential components. The first of these is a desire and appreciation for learning. By this I mean many things — not only a desire for scientific and practical knowledge, but also for wisdom in such murky arenas as philosophy, theology, politics, literature, history, and many others. Of course all people cannot be fully acquainted with all disciplines of knowledge, nor is it necessarily the case that all should even desire such an unrealistically broad education — intellectual frustration, after all, is the parent of apathy; nevertheless, there is such a thing as intellectual curiosity, and it is the mark of an advanced civilization that at least a considerable minority of its members should have it." Learning, we should point out, necessarily producesmovementandchange. Culturesdoevolve, much to the chagrin of reactionaries like myself, and to some extent this is not only inevitable, but virtuous. What this change should involve, and in what direction it can be expected to take a civilized society, is a question too complicated for this essay to address. For readers still hungry for enlightenment on this important subject of change, Ican only underscore once again the importance of reading my column on a regular basis. The second element of civilization, it seems to me, involves the question of charity. It seems safe enough to say that a certain amount of forgiveness to one’s fellow man is good, though how much is always an irksome matter. This issue is hazy and of little interest to me personally, since I am usually inclined to think that there - is all too much charity floating about in the world anyway, but even a can- tankerous misanthrope such as I would have to admit that a little kindness is not ‘(C Learning, we arbitrariness is always contrary to civilized life (crime is an arbitrary factor in every society, for example). This fact further necessitates that whatever change does occur in a society should al- ways be slow, since radical shifts upset the delicate balance of psychologies that keeps a society reasoned and restrained. The French Revolution is the stock example of a society gone mad -— a society that sheds, albeit even temporarily, all real pretense to civilization. Thus we say that order is a prerequisite forcivilized life. In acurious way, then, conservatism, as it favors only deliberate and ordered change, is itself a component of civilized (which is to say, ‘good’) living. Fancy that! This is only a thought-game on my part, really, but, as is usually the case, I have come a alwaysabaq thing. This is shouldpoint Out, long vxllzfaytof convincing not too ro ound a int, ° _ myse o my own really; alilawe are sgying necessarily pro position. It seems clear is that a civilized society duces movement enough to me, at any rate, does not execute its and change_ Cal. that there is suchathingas membersforjaywalkingor do I civilization and that it talkingoutofturn. Enough tures evo vea ought to be striven for. of charity. much to the cha- This quasi objective The third element of civilization (and the one I most enjoy discussing) is order and rationality. In some respects this aspect of civilization may mitigate against the charity I mentioned before, but I leave this to the imagination of the reader. Suffice it to say that a society that is in constant turmoil, wherein the rules of the game, so to speak, are oonstan tly changing, is uncivilized. Human beings can only meet obstacles in an effective manner when they are placed into some kind of intelligible scheme, which implies that table, but grin of reactionar- ies like myself; and to some extent this is not only inevi- formulation ofthe good in its social form does not in any way, I admit, remove the problem of values. There is still no objective basis on which to resolve many of the moral issues of our time. Still, a concept of civilized life can be helpful in solving some of them, and it should, at the very least, put one more nail in the coffin of relativistic thought. My own opinion on the subject of how Western Civilization fares by the criteria I have proposed, both in itself and in comparison to other civilizations, will appear in two weeks. No doubt the suspense is difficult to bear... virtuous. I OCR::/Vol_094/WLURG39_RTP_19941118/WLURG39_RTP_19941118_007.2.txt I i Q The Ring-tum Phi, November 18, 1994 ‘Mattel needs to expand Barbie line ‘GmmNLmm Betsy Green Most little girls have a very special (companion. A friend who is always there. Someone older and sophisticated. Someone who is willing to lie on your bedroom rug naked for weeks at a time. Someone who gives you dangerously warped views of what the female body should look like. I am referring, of course, to Barbie. I have to admit that I was never really that into Barbie. I did have a brief Barbie phase, but it ended at about ‘I the time that my grandmother finished painstakingly sewingtiny little palazzo pants, leather jackets, and prom dresses for my Barbies. Maybe if there had been a greater variety of Barbies g_ available, I would have been more into her. Oh, and men? If you feel alienated by this column and wish that I would just write about sex again, hang in there and pretend I ’m writing about He—Man. With that taken care of, I present to you I ‘’ Barbies That Mattel Doesn’t Make, But Should. ° Pregnant Teen Barbie. Pregnant Teen Barbie is a questionable role model for any impressionable youth. 1 Her smile seems even more plastic than ever and her hair is a little greasy. Pregnant Teen Barbie comes with stylish purple maternity clothes. Teen Father Ken is conspicuously ‘ unavailable. 'Radical Feminist Barbie. Radical Feminist Barbie insists on calling herself Barb. She comesidressed in a no-nonsense business suit with sensible, comfortable shoes. Radical Feminist Barb also comes with copies of Backlash, The Feminine Mystique, and Our Bodies, Ourselves. She comes with a bra and a book of matches. Please, kids: don’t play with the matches without your parent’s help. ° John Wayne Bobbit Ken. Ana- tomically exactly like regular Ken. ° Big-Butt Barbie. Big-Butt Barbie is designed to improve the self-esteem of little girls with large backsides everywhere. Big-Butt Barbie is smartly attired in dark colors to hide, well, you know. She can take fun trips to the Barbie Ice Cream Shoppe with her good friend Thunder—Thighs Skipper. -Eco-girl Barbie. Eco-girl Barbie comes dressed in khaki shorts, a bandanna, and a Save the Rainforest shirt. The back of the box includes preachy messages about how many whales you are killing just by holding the box. Eco-girl Barbie comes with hiking boots (because Birkenstocks won’t fit on her pointy little feet) and a box of granola. °Bad-ass Barbie. Bad-ass Barbie comes wearing a shiny black leather jacket, a black shirt advertising The Cramps, and hot pink glittery Doc Martens (I really want a pair of those myself). A tiny little package of unfiltered cigarettes, a real Switchblade, and a wee pen for graffiti can be found in her jacket pocket. Warning: Bad-ass Barbie has been known to give little girls nightmares. -Road Cheese Barbie. (Note to potentially angry students at our fine, well respected neighboring colleges: I don’t really mean what I’m about to say. I am just trying to be funny, so please don’t be upset with me. Notice that I will mock certain other area groups also.) Road Cheese Barbie wears pearls and drinks beer. in a lavender tea shirt and wore a pink triangle earring. Cool. Lesbian Barbie will wear freedom rings, but other than that, her clothes and demeanor will be just like that of any Shealsolikes other Barbie. to chew out There is no L a m a r need to give V i l l e r e little girls the whenever wrong idea. §oss(iib(1;](Go, Eco-girl Barbie 136 S bbi 2} n oa eese - a r I e B,,,b,e,), comes dressed in enjoys the R o a d khakl Sh0I‘tS, a company of Cheese bandanna anda Lesbian Barbie is ’ . Barbie’s vastly more Save the Rainforest « I: I I e n d » availdabulf shirt...Eco-girl Skippen B d aroun e - o - a timeofFancy Bflrple comes with Home Perm Dress, much hiking boots (because B a r b i e - to the delight ' Little girls ofW&LGuy B"'ke"S’°.°kS w.°"’t fit inevitably Ken. W&L on her pointy little decide that Guy Ken is a a ()0 Barbieneedsa dressed in a feet) Ind x of haircut, with navy blue grano a‘ disastrous blazer, rep results. Bad tie, W&L Home Perm belt, khaki Barbie’s hair pants, loafers s i m p 1 y without socks, and a ratty hat with fraternity letters on it. . W&L Guy Ken, Road Cheese Barbie, and sober-driving Pledge Ken can speed off to FD in W&L Ken’s Dream Jeep, much to the dismay of Jealous W&L Girl Midge. °Lesbian Barbie. The many proud homophobics of W&L might not be aware of this, but there was a Ken doll out recently that became a cult hero among gay men. He was dressed couldn’t get any worse, so enterprising stylists can just go wild. Her companion is Bad Dye Job Ken. Bad Dye Job Ken has weird streaks in his hair, not unlike Richard Weaver...not that Richard dyes his hair. I’m sure it’s natural. Really. -Aaron Spelling Show Barbie. You can imagine. Blond hair, blue eyes, vaguely slutty clothes...wait, that’s regular Barbie. Mattel, are you listening? 1 THE FAR MIDDLE Alex Christensen I like President Clinton. I just can’t help it. ‘Clinton needs new leadership philosophy The time has come, when Jesse Helms rattles his old, withered saber, to stand up and say (quietly and bitterly in private session with Bob Dole), “If you don’t shut that shriveled old narrow-minded cracker up in the next week, I’ll become a Republican!” The time has come to threaten to resign and make Al Gore president if they try to cut the National Service program! The time has come to make Ann Richards chair of the Democratic D A tried to pretend it wouldn’t matter, but I think it’s time to face facts. He’s going to have a tough time working in the new political environment. It But (and I think you saw this coming), I have some little advice that I think Bill can use to get himselfout of his present near-hopeless situation: Be President. It’s simple, sure, but it is something Bill has not quite been able to learn yet, nearly two years into his ‘( presidency. As President, you have to make some tough choices, you have to take some tough stands. But how, you ask, does this apply to Bill Clinton, locked out of the Congress, regarded by many as a lame duck and nearly stripped of all duties except the veto, which he 1 has yet to use? That’s easy. Mr. Clinton, break free of all your preconceived notions about being President! I know you’ve read a lot of books, but all of that knowledge is useless now. No one in history has been in your ‘ position and survived (don’t say Truman either, he ' had character). So chuck it all, forget it. The time has come to be President, be yourself. The time has come for throwing public barbecues on the White House lawn, with blow-up Gingrich punching bags for the kids and Willie Nelson that you are! So, while I like the election results and think_they bode well (almost) any way they play out, I think ol’ Bill is in real trouble.VOh, I know, I_"ve tried to deny it, :. National Committee! The time has come to The time has come for throwing public barbe- cues on the White House lawn, with blow-up Gingrich punching bags for the kids and Willie Nelson smoking weed on the roof like the Jimmy- Carter-without-a-solid- upbringing that you are! appointNewt Gingricjhlagriculture secretary_ _in a White House ceremony and swear "he said he’d accept, denouncing him as a liar and a cheat when he denies everything! The time has come to call up William Rehnquist late at night and say in your best Nixon-back-from- the-grave voice, “I appointed you to the Supreme Court—and I think it’s time for you to go, my friend,” so you can make Hillary chiefjustice! Throw caution to the wind! You have nothing to lose! Call a special congressional session to approve a mission to Mars! Submit Haiti for consideration as the fifty-first state, and Cuba as the fifty-second! Paint Air Force One in camouflage and rename it “Bill’s Angel,” with a suggestive picture of Hillary on the side in a cute red mini-skirt! Do it! Do it now! Mr. President, you have a chance to make a mark on history! Wow. ..was that ever cathartic. I guess the point of that somewhat ridiculous tirade (not that Bill shouldn’t seriously consider some of it) was that it really doesn’t seem to matter what the President does, most of America just doesn’t seem to like him. The deficit is coming down, unemployment is down, ‘ smoking weed on the roof like the Jimmy-Carter—without—a—solid-upbringing the economy is coming cautiously back to life, and yet he is still one of the most unpopular presidents in memory. What gives? @a .@mg_izm «E9/,i:~ 76% /we t%o.ii% qfimiz TALKBACK Interviews and Photos By Hans Yao GENERAL NOTES *1‘ LETTERS ”:*:'—: President Clinton Hillary and I are deeply saddened by the news of the death of Pedro Zamora. ,___._v,,_ M", enlightened our nation. He taught all of us the AIDS is a disease with a human face and one that affects every American, indeed every citizen of the world. And he taught people living with AIDS how to fight for their rights and live with dignity. Pedro was particularly instrumental in reaching out to his own generation, where AIDS is striking hard. Through his work with MTV, he taught young people that “The Real World” includes AIDS and that each of us has the responsibility to protect ourselves and our loved ones. Today, one in four new HIV infections is among people under the _. age of 20. For Pedro,and for all ‘ Americans infected by HIV, we must ., intensify our efforts to reduce the rate of HIV infection, provide treatment to '5 those living with AIDS, and, ultimately, find a cure for AIDS. Our hearts are with Pedro’s family ..~ in this difficult time. In the months ahead, let us rededicate ourselves to '5 continuing Pedro’s brave fight. Sincerely, Bill Clinton, President of the United States Habitat for Humanity thanks volunteers To the editor: Habitat for Humanity would like to thank all of those people who participated in our volleyball tournament last Sunday. In particular, we would like to thank PiKA, who sponsored two teams, Beta, the winners, and Sig Ep. We would also like to thank the Freshman Leadership Council who helped organize and sponsored a team. Thanks for all your help. W&L Chapter, Habitat for Humanity If you could invite anyone home for Thanksgiving dinner, who would it be and why? Katherine Sawyer ’97, Ellsworth, Kelly Dyer ’98,Tega Cay, SC-“Elle ME- “Dwight Yokam, because he’s Mac Pherson, for the obvious rea- so hot!” son. celery?” Signi Page ’98, Boulder, CO; Kelley Totten ’98, Marietta, GA; Amanda Robson ‘98, Plandome, NY; Margaret Rich ‘98, Thomasville, GA- “We want the Evans Dining Hall Staff, because, what’s a meal totally devoid of Stephen Schrader ’95, Hinton, WV- “The statue of Cyrus Mc Cormack that stands on the Colonnade, because I like that statue.” mourns..death.0fZ¢lm07'a To the editor: I 7""5“'*""=’ "7 “ 7'57’ 7" "Vi r"e's'pori§ibi1ltylo"pTote"ét ourselves and‘ j. 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