OCR::/Vol_115/WLURG39_RTP_20120206/WLURG39_RTP_20120206_001.2.txt W&L crushes Randy Mac. After a devastating defeat last Wednesday, I the Generals .came back swinging against . the Yellowjackets, winning 43-25. ~ SPORTS / page 6 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2012 WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY ‘ THE RING-TUM PHI. IV IRE SIIIIEIIJS AID Fllfi THE SIUIIEIIS SIIICE 1537 VOLUME CXV,NUMBER Recent grads share dreams Career Services hosts documentary screening By Tilden Bowditch ‘STAFF WRITER After graduating in 2009, Alexis Irvin and Chip Hiden quit their desk jobs bought a flip-cam and tri- pod and set off on a road trip that they hoped would change their lives- and hopefully, they say, the life of any college student with a dream. Career Services hosted a screening of their docu- mentary The Dream Share Project, in Stackhouse The- ater on Tuesday, Jan. 31. The documentary follows Irvin and Hiden on a cross-country road trip as they interview people who do what they love. In the film, Irvin and Hiden ask professors, entrepreneurs, and celebrities about the meaning of success, risk-taking, and the rewards of pursuing a dream. “We wanted to take a road trip but we wanted to make it more than a road trip. We wanted to do some- thing that would make a difference,” Irvin said. Over a span of three months, the two drove from Maryland to California and back again, interviewing a variety of professors, entrepreneurs, artists, and more. In the film, Irvin and Hiden explain how they stum- bled across interesting characters to interview. Some of these included a young CEO of an eco-friendly flip flop company, a comedian from the original Latin Kings of Comedy, and a Project Runway fashion de- signer. Neither Irvin nor Hiden knew much about making documentaries before they embarked on their jour- ney. Irvin studied print journalism at the University of Maryland, and Hiden majored in history at Wash- ington College. They used flip-cams and a tripod to record the interviews. Washington and Lee University was the second of 35 colleges Irvin and Hiden will visit on their spring tour. The two are showing their documentary to col- lege students to inspire young people in taking risks and pursuing dreams. The screening at W&L was poorly attended. Only. two or three students and a handful of Lexington resi- dents came. Stephen Twining, a junior at W&L, says he saw notices on campus and thought the film looked inter- esting. Twining called the film as “eye-opening,” He said it gave a realistic perspective of what it means to fol- low a dream instead of taking the safe route. “It didn’t glamorize it, but it definitely challenged social norms and the pressures from society to do the safe thing,” Twining said. ‘ “The flip-flop guy, for example, he didn’t have a plan but just took risks and made some big moves and it led to him finally discovering a really cool opportu- nity,” Twining said The film encouraged young people to take big risks, to step out of their comfort zones and to do something they love. Irvin said they are working on a book proposal for the fall. “It’ll be a self-help guide for college-age people.” 1 Mock Con comes to town Four years of preperation concludes Thursday with opening debate and address By Neil Haggerty STAFF warren With about a year of prepara- tion, the Washington and Lee Mock Convention is ready to go this week. Events begin this Thursday and the Republican nominee for president will be announced on Saturday. Throughout the school year stu- dents have been getting ready for Mock Con by joining state delega- tions, attending the Mock Con Gala and purchasing memorabilia. Students can purchase ties, shirts, glasses and state delegation shirts at store.mockconvention.com and in the Commons Living Room through Feb. 9. On Wednesday and Thursday stu- dents must pick up their tickets for the convention in the Elrod Com- mons Living Room. According to the Mock Con schedule released last week, students will not be admitted into the convention if they do not pick up their tickets and each person may only pick up his or her own cre- dential. From 5-6:30 p.m. on Thursday, the debate between Ann Coulter and David Carville will be held in the Warner Center. Mike Allen ’86 and Kelly Evans ’07 will moderate. Following the debate in the War- ner Center, students can see opening speaker Mike Huckabee from 7-8 p.m. While there are no seating des- ignations on Thursday’s events, stu- dents must sit with their state delega- tion on Friday and Saturday. On Friday morning from 9:30- 10:00, students can grab a bite to eat at the Hillel Bagel Breakfast. This will be immediately followed by the Mock Con Parade, where all delega- tions will be able to show off their state floats. The parade will last until 11:30 a.m. From 1-4:30 p.m. on Friday, the first session, including speeches by Virginia Gov. Bob McDowell, At- Newfarrnraises a and" pie _. g, = Chin tomey General Ken Cuccinelli, U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, will be held in the Warner Center. Session two of the convention will begin again at 7:00 p.m. end- ing at 10:00 p.m. This will include speeches by recently announced Congressmen Thaddeus McCotter and J.C. Watts. According to mock- convention.com, McC otter currently represents Michigan’s llth Congres- sional District and Watts represented Oklahoma’s fourth Congressional dF«ffy.- . , idat'e,Iwill ad rt ' District until 2003. Following these two speakers will be Jon Huntsman, former candidate for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. From 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Sat- urday, the third session of Mock Con will begin and will feature speakers Dick Morris, Attorney General Hen- ry McMaster, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, former Virginia Gov. George Allen and Sen. Fred Thompson, according the Mock Con Schedule. The final session of the con- vention will go from 3-6 p.m. and will feature keynote speaker Haley Barbour. This session will include the state roll call as well as the an- nouncement of the 2012 Republican presidential nominee. Concluding the Convention will be one final band party celebration at the Pavillion. This will begin at 8:30 p.m. and will conclude at 1 a.m., fea- turing Full Metal Jacket. questions W&L sustainability committee wonders how new land can e used educationally ByTommy Kent STAFF WRITER Washington and Lee University’s purchase of Warner Farm, a tract of land contiguous to back campus, has led to discussion by members of the Sustainability Committee and other faculty on how to use the land. Be- cause more than half of the land is under a conservation easement, the types of activities that can take place are limited. The land, purchased in Decem- ber 2010, consists of approximately 89 acres of land divided into 4 par- cels. According to the Rockbridge Country GIS website, the total val- ue of Warner Farm, also known as Peniel Farm, is around $299,000, with improvements adding another $828,600. Although discussion still con- tinues long after its purchase on the various ways to use the property, the reason for the buy arose from the op- portunities that it presented. Steve McAllister, the Treasurer and Vice President for Finance, said, “The majority of the University’s property is ‘land-locked’ and sur- rounded by small individual parcels that create a challenge economically and politically to acquire for purpos- es of ‘banking’ land for future use. There simply is no other proximate parcel to the University that provides the quality and quantity of land that the Warner property brings to the University. Approximately 69 acres of the property is under a conservation easement, prompting many to won- der how the school can make effec- tive use of the area. “The conservation easement per- petually protects the property from any further state of development,” Jill Fraley, a property professor at the law school, said. Easements are often put around rivers in order to protect the view and prevent non-point source water pollution, such as land run-off from grazing cattle, F raley said. Although roads and buildings cannot be built within the easement, recreational ac- tivities and farming are permitted. According to geology professor David Harbor, the conservation ease- ment has led to the question of what can be done on the property and dis- cussion by the sustainability commit- tee. The committee, which includes Prof. William Hamilton, Chris Wise, Fraley, and James Dick, is working on coming up with ways to use the land at Warner Farm. According to Harbor, discussion is important. “I want people to start thinking about land-use,” he said. He said he wants to try and get students to visit the property during the spring and wants the local community to think about sustainability. Dick, director of campus rec- reation, said there will have to be a compromise on everyone’s part in deciding on what to do with the land and also mentioned the importance of focusing on the short-terrn. “For the first 1-3 years, it is go- ing to be: what is the easiest thing to pick from the tree. All of these low-hanging fruit items are the most obtainable; it takes nothing to use the property to go out and star-gaze or to mark trails. All it takes is for people to buy-in,” Dick said. He said the ideas are endless and suggested mountain biking, hiking, camping, use of the water access for canoes, tree identification, teaching and gar- dening. Hamilton said he would like to use the land for summer research, specif- ically about the ecological questions brought up by grazing and fecal con- tamination in local waterways. He also said, in theory, the compost fa- cilities and campus garden could be relocated to the property. According to Wise, the Environ- mental Management Coordinator, W&L has had experience with prop- erty like this before. Skylark, a 365 acre farm on the Blue Ridge Parkway about 40 minutes from campus, was formally owned by the University but was sold in the fall of 2010 due to its limited use and cost of main- tenance. The site was used a confer- ence center, but wasn’t used much as an educational opportunity. “[The Warner F ann] definitely has the possibility for education and research that we were thinking about doing with Skylark,” Wise said. Laura Henry Stone, a professor of environmental studies, also support- ed this idea of possibilities. She said she would like to see the land used for teaching sustainability skills, es- pecially regarding agriculture. She said growing food is a good way for students to see their connection to the natural world and the importance of land to a species. Henry-Stone said, “Planning for sustainability is about taking advan- tage of opportunities. A lot of col- leges are obtaining property like this. ‘It is sort of a national conversation about how to use the land. It is not an unusual approach. I think what I am most excited about is starting a campus—wide conversation about the best way to be stewards of the land.” “There are opportunities for ev- eryone. These are all ideas. If every- one can agree on an idea, then it will get done. Who knows where it will go from there?” Wise said. OCR::/Vol_115/WLURG39_RTP_20120206/WLURG39_RTP_20120206_002.2.txt WAS UNIVERSITY usimzy HINGTON 3. LEE uurvsnsm LEXINGTON; VA 24450 ‘*';-“B 0 R 9913 2 - THE RING-TUM PHI- MONDAY,FEBRUARY 6, 2012 opinions The O strich Doctrine Columnist Yates Wilburn comments on the United State is tenden In recent weeks, Chinese . oppression in Tibet has been in the news more often than nor- mal. Two things have brought this common oc- currence to the front of inter- national media: I) The Tibetan New Year is coming up, 2) a local I Buddhist monk set himself on fire calling for the return of the Dalai Lama and the end of the Chinese occupation of the country. This is not a new form of protest; it was used to set off the Arab Spring last year in Tunisia. However, it has been a while since Tibet has been in the forefront of global discussion, so it is unique in that regard. This all plays into a discussion By Yates Wilburn co LU M N IST about the larger issue of Chinese op-,, pression as a whole, and in particular the oppression of new media (soci networking, blogging, and text messag » ing) within China. Since the advent 0 this powerful means of communicatio , China has been particularly effecti e and brutal in the suppression of its as a political tool, thanks in large ’ the Western world’s adoption of W call the “Ostrich Doctrine,” a st "egy calling for willful ignorance or, ctive assistance of China’s oppressionyof its actions against the citizens of — ple’s Republic, the Western wo . much of the blame. If the CC ’ “pulle the trigger,” the Western worldadertainly I had a hand in providing the g ". New media is something t S-" to monitor, control, or outr certain circumstances with assistance, at least not _, tively as it does today‘ unable to grasp tliptfhrea , _ _. machines and page «~ of the Tiananmgfi Square Massage; in 1989, and failedgfli halt their effective use during theélwél/ents of the protests (Time Magazi, °‘ “Fax Against Fiction”). Such an inagility to mitigate the damning use of the Internet against the government had to be corrected to insure the survival of the CCP as the woulp ave _. ' to the Inte’-‘If t by th filin ofmthat (rt iii 2006. ' fir basi ;. penéorship, t nesepgovemrifint cre- Intern div iong tli‘el§;3§t inist ’ on d%Radio, '9 ' _ and Film F‘ " Lin "regent revloh _ in the Middle East, dominant political party in China while the capitalistic reforms of Deng Xiao- peng swept through China. A 2006 Frontline report character- ized this challenge best in stating, “Any regime attempting to combine econom- ic freedom with rigid one party rule is faced with a challenge. How do you al- I low in all the information necessary to keep a free-market economy running, while filtering out anygjn ctthat earrrfiflthe whim of the Chinese government’ tradicts the party line undermines its authority?”_ Internet, a fr open source of in formation ac’ sible to anyone with connectio I” PC, poses an enorrno threat to a "gevemment anemptinga accomplisig “Q sauthoritargian-capitalisgg political gfsyst ’ ..The PRCl‘.had to act? fast, a_ ‘fiver llion peopl; in Chi ,' « affed ny, “Frontline: The Tank Man”). laces everything that goes beyond mple blocking or banning of sites the Chinese market, they have bent over backwards to please the Chinese govem- merit,” even going so far as to “propose to tailor their information system[s] to fit [the government’s] political censor- ship needs.” The most notable of these companies are Google, Cisco Systems, Microsoft, and Yahoo!. These compa- nies app_€,§I;,,,..,totally- willing in numer- ous» c'irie'é?I‘ftIstan ’ Ito»-eysirnply l1)“C)_\j__\_/m'[0 in hopes of tapping into thewraprdly in- The .very nature of the gfiaéreasing Interng maglget. of China, fird having been accused of US anti-trust law violations (Follett, Jennifer H. “Cis- co Accused of Monopoly In Anti-Trust Lawsuit” CRN.com), found guilty of $824 million worth of tax fraud in Bra- zil (Duffy, Jim “Cisco Offices Raided, cy to bury its head in the sand on Chinese oppression cusses the Golden Shield program three times on two pages, and calls on viewers of the presentation to “treat information system construction for public security as a strategic and comprehensive wor ” (Cisco Systems, Overview of the Public Executives Arrested in Brazil: Reports_:_gSecurity Sector). NetworkWorld.com), and’ accj,jse!'.l"”‘of misleading its own share e'is (Cj,seo”‘ There are many more instances of all-this active cooperation and capitula- Systems, “Cisco Slgarehdldergcdass A_<_:-..,»¢iofl“1“'o the"’CllTl‘lUSe authority, especially Lawsuit Res61ye’d”). Or; 413“... .. tiesZ'in"(3«h.iI_}a, S5;%‘aalY_rjg§2Irs -sourcssi:blyu=l;;:,en swpieces of evide_rIce“:.FH'8Tgn Relations Tfiuthbggation Act. provided nume the immense p I Tfial revenue stré'§rn_..--. jt aint anrI't' ' reaf 'ust"l1b"' W . P if-L mgllymtu .1 that it represenm'This«pl‘I€n§rrrenorl‘g3es far beyond”§l”r‘rTplrsfoll8wing the law of the land in China.J,Ma,ny of»t3l;_g;s_§,,gom- panies havef_latt§m‘pte_d to actively zslaiigfisevffisldoilrnt of one I‘ lit al egrilel the various security rIiéeds'“"ot"tfi2§“Cl1,_i,r1ese, ' ‘ :3 .~.= " .‘,.’I. government, and7§Qgve3g,gepted- products revolv'mg.around the“‘increasing demand “Id of new rn_ " _ g tion [v§Tfh]...Chine érpolice," Ya- ’ " adapters, 8 Possibly theimost fa 4 pant in this cooperation is a , the most famous symbol of lgtegéet ,.v freedom. Google, before it aba ‘ cl ment finds unwanted like Facebook, Twitter, or CNN solely on the shoulders of Western tech firms. This technology is key to the success of the Chinese Internet censorship re- gime. The ability to monitor Internet ac- tivity on a certain website, change or de- leteapastigrgs, block sites like Facebook Twjtteia» at were so instrumental “-1. r~ simple for a trained cl" However, for the PRC s purposes, is not enough. It is for this reason"that,mtby in ffiogit offfigem the CCP has relied and continue$’i3tg’gj¢’l'3"? on Western tech firms and their supfiigr training and knowledge of new mediai’“1'*/'**-? and the Internet as a whole. DESIGN EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGERS DISTRIBUTION STAFF MELISSA CARON MATT GOSSETT DAVID WILSON DILLON MYERS BRIAN SIMPSON KANE THOMAS And - Western [gch finns TH RI P E NCI-TUM HI. more than happy to answerthe MANAGING EDITOR DIANDRA SPICAK calltoser. NEWS EDITOR ELEANOR KENNEDY Vim As OPINIONS EDITOR CAMPBELL BURR Nicholas ARTS&L|FE E.DlTOR PAIGE GANCE Belequin SPORTS EDITOR LEIGH DANNHAUSER stated in COPY EDITORS CYNTHIA LAM an imer_ ERIN SCHWARTZ View with STAFF WRITERS JOHN PAUL BEALL F’°““‘“"~ TILDEN BOWDITCH “all the NEIL HAGGERTY maior IT TOMMY KENT compa- KELSY MCCRAW nies in the COLLEEN MOORE West have ZACKARY RICHARDS not only embraced operations based in Mainland I ‘ 2010, censored itself by prohi I‘ display of results that the emment finds unwanted. A spj'_i ample was demonstrated in the report, as the program show” 2 results for the search query 1‘ Square” and then showed’ - ..«\_!a'tTithe Ch‘ tr .2; ‘ 'ldescrib_ if e*Cl? -I A re-4ry“’1’t§» 1 Q ,¢0—’3*'.«rs mp . far>,,.Cisco is pa ‘ its profit marg _ ;1necdotal,,cas,g, F rorrtline 0 ..d emize the police. prograflfi, lgnow G ganqoperatyiéfigfi 2003’ . ', ’ ’ a gigantic _ I. an all—encompassing s . I rk ~ incorporating speech and fac ition, closed-circuit television, cards, credit records, and Inter- “ surveillance technologies” (Greg Wa tr, Rights and Democracy). This massrfge undertaking requires the latest in lrrtgnet and networking technologies, an is such the Chinese government soigght out the biggest and the best in thfigbusiness: Cisco Systems. Wu, pos- i was a provider of surveillance prod- uc flgtfiiléflrghout China and offered to provide with various database management antdfijurveillance technologies. However, eac _::time, the police agency would say e “was too late” and that they “al— wreagi had the latest technology from '“Ci1s'®.” According to Wu, Cisco signed multiple deals with many provincial departments across China, pro- _ pos g to “help make [the police’s] work 0 “ 1 effective.” These deals, according t u, covered the supply of numerous _) V, cts that would aid in several as- peffits of police work in China, includ- ts for*”;‘.ig._,i,r‘1gf,3‘5“patrol car to patrol car connection,” the s West, “lffitrol to police station connection,’’ ‘ __*$l1oviI"i‘r’1g..t%“§oice identification,” and “fingerprint _, Man,” the igentification.” Cisco defended itself in ing movgg Hovillgyer, irfighina,‘ J V;-';’rii‘%s', architecture, cooking hints, and smiling tourists posing in the square.” This active Capitulation to the Chinese authorities has allowed the CCP to re-write history by nearly completely erasing the Tiananmen Square massa- cre of 1989 from the national memory, as the Frontline television program ex- posed. The Frontline reporters gathered four students from Beijing University and showed them the iconic picture of the “Tank Man” to see if they could recognize the picture and the event it symbolized. However, as stated by the program’s narrator, “they were baffled.” The students thought the picture de- picted everything from a “military cer- emony” to a “piece of artwork.” One student even asked the interviewer, “Did you make this up?” (Thomas, Anthony, “Frontline: The Tank Man”). Cisco Systems, however, is by far the biggest culprit in this incredible conspir- acy. Cisco is no stranger to controversy, McCraw responds to the $4 “ written statement to Frontline, stating hat it “sells identical products world- ide” and that it is “the customer, not Cisco who determines how specific ca- pabilities will be used” (Thomas, Antho- ny, “Frontline: The Tank Man”). However, this claim was largely debunked in 2008, when Wired News journalist Sarah Lai Stirland reported on a leaked Cisco internal document, which displayed “Cisco engineers re- garded the Chinese govemment’s rigid intemet censorship program as an op- portunity to do more business with the repressive regime.” The document was a PowerPoint presentation dated 2002, that outlined how Cisco may service the needs of the Chinese govemment’s attempts to upgrade its censorship capa- bilities. A particular part of the presenta- tion highlighted by Stirland was under the heading “Cisco Opportunities” that “provides bulletpoint suggestions for how it might service China’s censor- ship system” (Sarah Lai Stirland, “Cisco Leak: ‘Great Firewall’ of China Was a Chance to Sell More Routers”). The document specifically names and dis- dle down a river? _o in order to ex- 3‘ contacted various police agencies” to omysystems, which in "violation of the 89, this act forbade“the stills; of “any 'uct_1ont‘rol or detecgion jnsttuments or I uilflent” ». I - ' C. claims uipment géuch as ' .= * mas, Anthony, “Frontline: The Man”). Although the US government could not possibly‘ hope to actually force China to halt its consistent violations of the human rights of its citizens, either through bi-lateral negotiations, or in one of many IGO’s as stated earlier, it can halt its indirect par- ticipation in the PRC’s efforts to crush any and all resistance to the CCP’s au- thority. Given the proactive nature of the Obama administration in the recent rev- olutions and revolts of the Arab Spring, its silence over human rights violations in China at the hands of US tech firms serves as a black eye to the administra- tion’s foreign policy legacy. The participation of Western technol- ogy firms in the Chinese govemment’s upgrade and implementation of its new media censorship programs is nothing less than the participation in human rights violations themselves. The sym- biotic relationship that has developed between the PRC and companies like Google and Cisco Systems has carried programs like Golden Shield to heights and successes that quite possibly never have been reached at the speed that they were. Without Western tech assistance, the PRC would have been forced to bring its advanced new media censor- ship and monitoring abilities (more than simply blocking sites like Facebook, a fairly simple task) into the 21st century all by itself, being exposed to all the tri- als and errors experienced by any new program. If the failure of initiatives like the Great Leap Forward are any indica- tor, a program like Golden Shield could have suffered severe setbacks during development and implementation with- out the aid of Western companies. For pre-new media censorships, arrests, and oppression, the CCP is to blame, but for post-new media oppression, the respon- sibility is shared by the CCP and by the Western companies that capitulate to and even aid the CCP’s efforts to put down dissent and efforts for freedom. Are outdoor fees fair? fee to use Wildlife Management Areas don’t-touch might have to do for MISSION STATEMENT: It is the mission of THE RING-TUM PHI to accurately, truthfully, and thoroughly report news affecting the Washington and Lee community for students, faculty, parents and‘alumni. Our goal is to look deeper info news affecting campus life and hold leaders accountable. Through our reporting, we aspire to spark discussions that lead to discovering information that prompts change. 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W&L But now, venturing into the students great wilderness will cost us—$4 reveled per trip, to be exact. in the The Virginia Department of By Keisy Mccraw unsea- Game and Inland Fisheries just COLUMNIST sonably updated its permit and license warm requirements to include general weather. “access” to any Wildlife Man- Once the thermometer agement Areas (ie. all three list- reached 55 degrees in Lexing- ton, sorority girls’ skimped on meals for fear of a premature bathing-suit season. One of the most iconic as- pects of W&L life seemed closer than ever—spring termea time when academics are ‘an after- thought to all that the season has ed above). Hiking, camping, tubing, kayaking, walking, sitting, stand- ing—~all will require a permit. And try to play a friendly game of ultimate Frisbee or kick around a soccer ball, and you’ll be slapped with a $14 “sportsman” fee. What’s next, a waitlist to pad- The VDGIF says that mainte- nance of the state wildlife areas necessitates the permit fees, and that they can’t keep nature beau- tiful or accessible without the ex- tra money in this dire economy. This seems like a stretch. President Jimmy Carter once said, “If we can teach our chil- dren to honor nature’s gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever.” So, the ‘Commonwealth of Virginia has told us that honoring ‘ nature’s gifts requires a financial transaction—capitalism at its fin- est. The natural beauty of the Rockbridge area is undeni- ably one of its greatest aspects (not counting the meth rings, of course). Just one look at the val- ley’s landscape can be as hum- bling as Calculus 102 is to ajour- nalism major. Well, from now on, look—but- some people. Perhaps, you think I’m over- reacting. Even the $14 sports- man fee is a drop in the bucket for most W&L students. How- ever, when 12.4% of Rock- bridge County lives under the poverty level and the county has an average individual income of $23,753, I can’t help but wonder how often they will be experienc- ing the great outdoors. I’ll still be finishing off my to-do list this spring, but the Ron Paul in me wants not to finish out of protest... Or perhaps, just without a permit in an act of defi- ance. Either way, and as trivial as it may seem compared to greater issues like, say, the war, I can’t help but think the government is reaching out a begging hand where it doesn’t belong. OCR::/Vol_115/WLURG39_RTP_20120206/WLURG39_RTP_20120206_003.2.txt ‘-- ---—¢- as u-....,.. ,. ........ -.. . «n t. .. . -\.._... MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 20l2 i \ 3 - THE RING-TUM PHI - . A case for 1 Should a candidate is personal life determ e whether we support With the much-anticipat- ed’ Mock Con- vention around the corner, fol- lowed by an election for the history books, there is a lot of conversation about the is- sues that divide the parties, and I ByJo|-m pa._,|5e3|| those that odi- co|_up.m|5r vide Republican nominee from nominee. There has been so much dis- cussion about issues, that the line that divides the important ones front silly ‘ non-issues has become blurred. It is for the dignity of our political discourse—— what’s left of it, that is—that we identify these trifiing issues and dismiss them, because they really have no bearing on the problems this country has, not do they affect the quality ofthe Republican nominees. ' i There are many of these ridiculous True Life: Student body plagued by S During this time of year, as the days be- come / becomes cold- er, it is com- mon for many experience So- rority Associa- tive Disorder _ J (SAD), a preva- By Cynthia Lam I lent P?¥°“‘?‘°$' COLUMN,“ rcal syndrome characterized by notably distinct symptoms. Recent reports from the Student Health Center have confirmed over 200 individual cas- es of SAD to dates: . According to Dr. Anita Rush, Di- rector of Community Health and Well- Being, SAD is most common among first-year women students, with approxi- mately 80% of the female freshman class becoming inflicted with the disorder by the end of the semester.‘ ‘ “The earliest cases of SAD typically emerge during the first week back, when a large proportion of the student body engages in Rush Week activities. That‘s when many of the girls catch the disease. but they don’t realize they have it until ‘days later. For these reasons, SAD is longer and the weather students I to, non-issues that political commentators and pundits use to draw the proverbial “line in the sand.” and the crowning glo- ry ofthcse little quibblesis the idea that a presidcnt"s family life must have nor- malcy in such epic amount that it loses all practicality. This issue plagued candidates in past elections. John McCain’s second mar- riage was a subject of scrutiny. since his first marriage was broken apart by mari- tal indiscretions. ()n the other side ofthe election. Barack Obama received lots of tlack because his mother was three months pregnant before unknowingly entering a bigamousmarriage. During this primary. Mitt Romney’s family connection to polygamist Mor- monism and Newt Gingrich”s own mari- tal indiscretions have also been the topic of heated argument. For what purpose? Unless we aretalking about Bill Clin- ton‘s lie to Congress, these should not get in the way ofhow the Office ofPresi- dent is executed. But somehow the idea persists that the number of marriages a candidate has will affect his or her presi- dency more than any war. depression or I often known as Rush Withdrawal Syn- drome,” said Rush. There are a number of factors that make students especially susceptible to SAD, several ofwhich were exacerbated during Rush Week. According to dwee- bMD.com, these high-risk situations ha- bitually involve “close, confined spaces, sudden spontaneous surges of estrogen, dangerously addictive sorority songs, and successive illusions of matching gI1OI'1I1% natural calamity. ‘ If we look back on the past, marriage them. In fact, all it is now to most people is trivia for Jeopardy contestants or awk- Franklin Delano Roosevelt carried on an aflair with the First Lady s social secretary while in the White House. JFK had more affairs than Imelda Marcos had shoes. has had little to no effect on the state of the country. After all, Millard Fillmore lived a happy marital life and still he is one of the hardest presidents to remem- ber. Ronald Reagan divorced and remar- ried, and he brought down the Berlin Wall. Franklin Delano Roosevelt carried on an affair with the First Lady’s social secretary while in the White House. JFK had more affairs than Imelda Marcos had shoes. James Buchanan never married and the union began to dissolve during his administration. The point is that their married lives had no bearing on the is- sues they faced or their ability to combat D (Sorority Associative Disorder) go to Dubyunhell That’s when it hits,” said Rush. ‘ o The most prevalent symptom of SAD is the compulsion to keep on smiling. “I knew something was wrong with me when I realized that I couldn’t stop grin- ning. It was like my face was frozen into this giant, goofy smile, and I just kept on laughing no matter what anyone said. Like my roommate told me that she lost . my favorite sweater on Tear Night, and I grinned back even though I wanted to -I found out that all she could say was, ‘So where are youjrom? ’ ‘What are you majoring in? ‘and ‘What classes are you taking?’ And then whenever I said anything, she acted like it was the most exciting fact in the world. outfits.” What distinguishes SAD as such an infectious virus is the fact that its initial stages are almost completely invisible and tend to go undetected for prolonged periods olfltime. “Students go on with their everyday lives. acting absolutely normal, with no indication of any sign of illness or malnourishment. In fact, they appear to be even happier and pep- pier than usual - at least until the week ends and Sunday morning rolls around. kill her. It was terrible!” said first-year Georgina Turner. ’ Another obvious indicator that‘ a student may be infected with SAD is the constant urge to engage in repeti- tive conversation. “Dude, I was talking to this girl I’d just met and it was go- ing pretty well at first, until I found out V that all she could say was, ‘So where are you from?’ ‘What are you majoring in?’ and ‘What classes are you taking?’ And then wheneverl said anything, she acted ward conversations. So Newt Gingrich’s marital situation has not been‘ stable, and Mitt Romney’s father was born on a polygamist planta- tion in Chihuahua, Mexico. If those are problems for you, that’s fine. Is it some- thing newsworthy? Not really. At least Gingrich did not hold his previous wives in unhappy marriages, and at least Rom- ney lives according to American law. As someone who is religious, I would rather let the candidates take these issues up with God-—He can do it so much better than we can. If you aren’t religious, let your moral compass guide you. If you like it the most excitingfact in the if I world; ‘It,!was like talking to a broken ( " record.., I didn’t know what to do, man,” -I saidjunior John Tucker. _ Other common symptoms _include: the inability to complete (or, even touch)’ homework, the tendency to line up in alphabetical order (even in D-hall), the voverwhelmingf desire to sit down ‘at all e times (becauseyour ‘feet stillhurt), the‘ opinions non-issues ? JP Beall argues there are more matters don’t have a moral compass, then you should worrying less about Gingrich and Romney, and more about your upcoming dictatorship of a third world country. I am not advocating that we void the political realm of moral censure; it’s bad enough now with what little there is, but instead of worrying about these non- issues, think about the personal qualities of each candidate. Can he accomplish what needs to be done? Can he do it well? Is he a decent and honorable hu- man being of character who follows and respects the law, or is he a crook? What are his values and his platform? Can he represent the US with dignity? These are the things that are going to matter most during an administration, and what his- tory will remember. Let’s leave the smut for the tabloids and the judgment to God. Our hard earned Mock Convention will be so much for enjoyable that way. To the del- egates, good luck with your picks, to our esteemed speakers, welcome, and to our visitors, enjoy the show! sensation of butterflies‘ in your stomach. .. (which ‘grows increasingly‘ stronger as. , the clock approaches? 4:30 pm for beknownst reasons), "the automatic, re-_l ; , sponse to “BABY!’_’ (even though that’s Ver- » not your name), and the urge to pose for to all pictures flaunting your sorority sym-“ ’ bol (no photo is complete without itl). * According to Rush, these symptoms S‘ are especially prevalent because many —‘ ‘ female students are experiencing with-* drawal from the experience of Rush _ Week. “Deep inside, they’re craving» the attention and the relishing adrena- 3 ‘ line rush of meeting all these different , people. They just can’t get enough,” added Rush. “This is going to sound really weird, . if l but a few days ago, I purposely put on‘ a dressland heels, then pulled on a pair of V * if A sweatpants and tons of layers over it -it ’ _ was just like old times - grid walked all 1 the way over to the sorority houses, just; ‘ so I could wait outside in the cold again. to V " WASHINGTON BREAK GETAWAY Nags Head Beach House -- 4BR 7 Nights $1280 For more info: rwebrweb@aol.c0m STUDENT HOUSING Midland Trail, (2012208), 6 -_ bedrooms, 3 baths, kitchen, living room D. rm, huge rec room, sun porch, gas fireplace, electric heat, commercial dishwasher, off-street parking. (804) 380-0645 -01.- ~ vawildflower@verizon.net W/Name OCR::/Vol_115/WLURG39_RTP_20120206/WLURG39_RTP_20120206_004.2.txt 4 ~ THE RING-TUM PHI- MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6,2012 arts&|ife Take some time out for self-reflection Inspired by Henry David Thoreau, one »W&L senior has an idea to help the campus take a break from everyday stress By Colleen Moore STAFF warren College students seem to exist in a constant state of stress. Sometimes, we need to take a step back from our school- work, athletics or other obligations and focus on ourselves. Outing Club senior, Henri Hammond-Paul, has undertaken a project to address this issue and in the process bring students closer to nature. A cabin is his answer: a place for self- reflection, deep thinking and environ- mental awareness. Located close enough to be within walking distance of campus, but far enough to feel surrounded by na- ture, the cabin will be available to every community member of W&L, staff and students alike. 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Hammond-Paul said the cabin will be a “detox in many ways.” It will re- move people from the busy blursiof ev- eryday life and offer a space to organize thoughts or just clear heads. W&L is able to offer unique opportu- nities for interaction with its natural sur- roundings, however many students do not take advantage of these experiences. Hammond-Paul wants “to incentivize in- natural environment and hopes the cabin can be a place to mend that division. Inspired by his thesis on environmen- talism and eco-social theory in the works of Henry David Thoreau, Hammond- Paul has a deep passion for the wilder- ness. -He wants to share this passion, something that has been so influential in his personal growth, with the W&L community to encourage them to grow teraction with and contemplation of our xindividuallyas well. place in the natural world by providing a place that is readily available and easily used by our community members.” He said he has found that the mod- em digital age separates people from the ,‘‘It is really important for people to be able to escape, find solitude, and have time to be alone and reflect,” he said. The cabin will be a place to dojust that. To self-reflect is to take the “time to 10:00 am - 11:30 am 10:00 am - 1:00 pm think about who we are as individuals, what we care about, what the implica- tions of our actions are, and how we should act,” said Hammond-Paul. The next step would be to apply these revela- tions to social interactions, environmen- tal issues, humanitarian concerns and the greater community at large. Although Hammond-Paul is still in the process of determining the exact lo- cation of the cabin, he has been work- ing with soine architecture students on the design. With enough help from the W&L community, ‘the project should take about a month or even less to coin- plete. He is excited about the experience of building ~,“there is great merit in academic learning, but experiential and physical learning is something, that in my opinion, is deeply undervalued.” However this is not a project about just one person ~ the whole W&L com- munity needs to take ownership of the cabin, as Hammond-Paul will be gradu- ating in the spring. There is a place for every discipline to take part in the proj- ect, whether it’s the physical labor or an administrative role. Hammond-Paul encourages anyone to find a way to get involved. 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BUCkn_el| The Generals defeated the Eagles 62-58 in the Old Do- Track Class" minion Athletic Conference contest to rise to 9-1 1 overall Women's @ Navy and 7-8 in the ODAC. After the loss the Eagles record is Track 4pm 13-7 overall and 9-6 in the ODAC. The Eagles had a good lead entering the second half. Men's @ CNU They led 36-23 after twenty minutes of play. . Tennis 2pm In the second half, the Generals came out and pulled the game close, taking the lead with 9:58 left in the game. t W&L was able to put a six point gap between them and W°me"'5 Rjmc Gui]/f'ord Bridgewater, which lasted until about the five minute Basketball 7pm 7pm mark. The Generals were leading 55-51 when the Eagles came back to tie the score at 55 apiece with just 2:09 re- J M I @ B ,d maining in the game. en 5 Guilford Fw'a'tegre' Less than a minute later, the Eagles took a one point 3a5ketba“ _ 7pm 2pm lead to surge ahead 58-57, but they would not score again. W&L was led by the performances of Becca Bolton 5w- mg Sunday, Men @V-Tech 1.0am,_4am and Meg Ingram. Bolton tied the game high of 19 points lmm W°"‘e” @ ODAC ‘hamp'°"5h‘p loam’ 59"‘ while completing a double-double with ten rebounds. In- . ' gram scored 18 points while going a perfect 4-4 from the line. Holly Morgan led Bridgewater. Morgan, like Bolton, I scored 19 points and completed a double-double. She had I“ e m a game—high 11 rebounds. . The Generals return to the court Tuesday when they 5 3 travel to Randolph-Macon for a 7:00 pm contest. PHOTO COURTESY OF GENERALSSPORTS-COM The number of Points given to the baseball team in the annual I S i Rh ; survey of Old Dominion Athletic Conference coaches. The Gen— ’ ...p Washzngton and Lee men S basketball shoots just 22 percent from the floor zn loss 0 erals were picked fourth in the pre—season poll. '7 The number of top 5 finishes among Division III athletes for the women's track and field team on Saturday. They took part in the Christopher Newport Vince Brown. Invitational. 1,250,000,000 The number of chicken wings eaten on Super Bowl Sunday. e That is equal to four chicken wings for every person in the By Zackary Richards STA F F W RITE R With a barrage of threes setting the tone in the second half, Randolph College expanded a six point half-time lead to a 22 point victory over Washington and Lee on Wednesday night in an ODAC matchiip at the Warner Center. The Randolph Wildcats shot an astounding 65 percent from the field in the second half, in- cluding 69 percent from behind the arc. Shoot- ing percentages were the story of the game, as the Generals shot only 22 percent from the floon After a first half that only produced 36 to- tal points, a 21 to 15 lead for Randolph, the Wildcats came out on a 10 to 2 run to open the second half. The Generals could not keep up with the excellent shooting displayed by Randolph, as the six point deficit at half was the closest W&L ever got in the second half. Nine successful three pointers keyed the Wildcats to victory in the second half, as each team took 13 attempts from long range in the final 20 minutes. The difference was five shots, as the Generals only made four of their thirteen attempts, compared to Randolph’s nine. Mike Ehilegbu and Chris Battaglia led the way for Randolph in the second half, scoring nine and eleven points respectively, coming off the bench. Ehilegbu made three of five three- point attempts in the half and scored eleven points overall. Battaglia scored all eleven of his points in the second half. The first half of the game was defined by subpar shooting, turnovers, and generally sloppy play. Both teams did tremendous jobs grabbing defensive rebounds, 12 for W&L and 14 for Randolph, but that was due to the in- ability to put the ball in the hoop. The Generals only made five baskets and three from the line in the first half, but they benefited from poor shooting from the Wild- cats to keep the game close. Despite the first half struggles, Randolph found their offense in the next half, as they made shot after shot all over the court while the Generals could not break out of their of- fensive funk. _ Randolph was led by four players with eleven points, starters Zach Desgain and Colton Hunt and the aforementioned Ehilegbu and Battaglia from the bench. Starter Dylan Shifiett’s 11 rebounds were the game high and teammate Hunt put up a solid effort with eight rebounds and four as- sists, which was also the game high. On the Generals’ side, JD Ey and Larry Whitaker were the night’s best players. Ey put up nine points and nine rebounds along with five blocks in a starting effort. Whitaker had eight boards and seven points. Starter Jeremy Adkins scored eight points, including making two of three three-point at- tempts. ’ W&L managed just two points off the bench. They came from Devin Dillard in the final minute ofthe game. The loss puts the Generals at an overall re- cord of, 11 and 9, 4 and 7 in the ODAC. They will return to action at home on Saturday against 21st ranked Randolph-Macon. After the win the Wildcats tied W&L in the ODAC with a 4 and 7 record, while sitting at 9 and 11 overall. United States. i I I Q Afier Wednesdays loss, the boys rallied to crush nation is #21 team, Randolph-Macon By Leigh Dannhouser ' 1 42 SPORTS EDITOR The Generals bounced back from a tough Jackets, who made just 16. The top scorer for the Yellow Jackets was f , d loss earlier in the week to defeat Randolph- One of the biggest differences in the game, Marcus Badger. Badger scored 14 points The total number 0 pomts Score by Tony Park" Macon, ranked 21 in the nation, in the Warner besides the shooting percentage, was re- while going a perfect six for six from the free _ _ , Center on Saturday. bounds. The Generals outrebounded the Yel- throw line.‘ er ofthe San Antomo Spurs In a 10796 W0 In front of a home crowd of nearly 300 low Jackets 43 to 25. The Generals grabbed The loss wasjust the third loss in Old Do- _ people, the Generals held Randolph-Macon to nearly double the amount of defensive re- minion Athletic Conference for Randolph- . tory Over the Oklahoma Qty Thunder on Saturday 29.6 shooting percentage to win 78-56. bounds as the Yellow Jackets. Macon. They fell to a record of 17-4, and 10-3 In the first half, Randolph-Macon was held Leading the Generals were Javon McDon- in the ODAC. to just 19.2 percent shooting. At the half the aid and J.D. Ey. McDonald scored 16 points, With the win the Generals rise to 12-9, and Generals led 37-21. including going seven out ofnine from the free 5-7 in the ODAC. The Generals shot 50.9 percent from the throw line. Ey led the Generals in rebounding W&L returns to the court Wednesday as floor. Each team took close to 55 attempts, but with a game high 17. No other player on the they travel to Guilford for a 7:00pm contest. soa p the Generals made 27 compared to the Yellow floor grabbed more than seven rebounds. "People really count on me to be consistent each week, to play well. Knowing that my 5 ‘ performance, the fact that I touch the‘ ball every play, I have adirect impact on the game, the way I play” --Aaron Rodarsalbrwlnnlnctho NFL Moutvaluablo Player award, mm sI.oom “This wasn't something I planned on doing. Football is something I did so I didn't end 0 up jailed or dead.” ——cu:rusMarunaruarbauuuoouadmuoul§NFLHanor FamoonS¢umdqy.mmsI.com PHOTO COURTESY OF GENERALSSPORTS.COM . .