OCR::/Vol_097_098/WLURG39_RTP_19961004/WLURG39_RTP_19961004_001.2.txt 4 .’/f/ f \ GENERAL ALONE ON DATE-WEEKEND?: Critic Roger Ebert described the W&L Film Society's next presentation as "a complex, deeply knowl- edgeable story about a truly lost soul and her down- ward spiral." The contemporary drama Georgia (USA, 1995), directed by Ulu Grosbard, will be shown at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, October 4 and 5, in the Troubadour Cinema. Georgia, a devastating study of sibling rivalry, is the tale of two Seattle sisters. Jennifer» Jason Leigh stars as Sadie, a mediocre and lonely nightclub singer who idolizes her older sister Georgia (played by Mare Winningham), a successful singing star, wife and mother. The film follows the painful, self-destructive life of Sadie and its contrasts with her sister's "perfect" existence. AUDITIONS FOR JEFFREY: The Theater Department will hold open audtions for Jeffrey. Paul Rudnick's romantic comedy that skewers every gay stereotype imaginable while fear- lessly celebrating what makes the gay life so compel- ling and controversial. The show will run December 6th through 11th and will be directed by Denia Riva for his senior thesis project. Auditions will be held in the Keller Theatre on October 6th and 7th from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. Scripts are available from the theater department secretary. MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCE: On October 18 & 19, Tucker Multimedia Center for Foreign Languages will host a conference, "Inge- nious Methodologies through Technology." The conference will bring together the last ten years‘ recipients of major funding from the Charles E. Culpeper Foundation for the implementation of cre- ative teaching strategies unilizing technology in for- eign language education. There will be 34 presenta- tions throughout the two day conferemce. FALL CHORAL CONCERT: The W&L choral ensembles will present their annual fall concert on October 8 at 8 p.m. in the Lenfest Center. The public is cordially invited to attend. The concert will open with selections by the Uni- A’ , '7 versity Chorus, led by newly-appointed conductor Scott Williamson. General Admission, JubiLee, and Southern Comfort, the university's three a cappella groups, will each present a pair of :2_ _ V lighter vocal selections. The University Cham- ’ ber Singers, directed by Gordon Spice, will per- "Tag. 1-. form several a cappella pieces, including settings of "Ave Maria" by Mozart and David Conte. SEVEN-COLLEGE EXCHANGE: W&L will participate again this year with six other colleges (Hampden Sydney, Hollins, Mary Baldwin, Randolph-Macon, Randolph-MaconWomen's and Sweet Briar) in an exchange program. To be eligible to take part in this program, the student must have at least a 2.5 cumulative grade point average. The exchange student may study at the neighboring institution for an academic year or, if the calendar coincides with a portion of ours, for a shorter period of time. Students wishing to participate should obtain an application from the Registrar's Office. The deadline for Winter 1997 is November 15. Additiobnal infor- mation, including catalogs of participating colleges, is available in the University Registrar's Office. WASHINGTON & LEE UNIVERSITY Clliiz ilitng-tum ijfllii VOLUME 9S, NUMBER 7 LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA .lAiii?s LEYBURN LIBRARY ‘\?\1AI~3lilNG“!'(.‘.N -at LEE l._lNl\/EFlSlTY LE-.Xi\CéiON. VA 244,50 7 OCT 0 71995 Outing Club says ‘Take a hike!’ BY KELLY TOTIEN PHI STAFF WRITER S. R. Evens’ goal is to have Washington and Lee students climbing the walls by winter term. Evans, who graduated from W& L last spring, is the school’s first Outing Club director. One of his projects is to build a rock-climbing wall. The preliminary plan is to work with the athletic department to convert one of the racquetball courts into the climbing wall. Evans’ position came into existence after a group of W& L students, who spent the last three years looking at other schools’ outing club programs, submitted a proposal to Dean Howison and President Elrod. The group found that the common factor among the success- ful outdoors’ organizations was that each school paid someone to run the program. W&L agreed to a pilot program to be reevaluated at the end of each year. The school was not ready to hire a full-time professional, instead they hired Evans on a one-year internship with part-time job expectations. The new position is not the only change in the Outing Club this year. Students must become members to rent equipment and take part in activities. A membership fee of $15 entitles the student to unlimited use of equipment as well as transportation and food for all local trips. More expensive activities, such as white water rafting will cost an additional fee. The equipment rental policy had also undergone some organizational changes. Last year, the Outing Club had _to take on an aggressive attitude to recover many lost items. They had enough records to know who had checked out what equipment and were able to find the items or charge the students who had lost the equipment. Evans esti- mates that the club lost less than $300-$400 out of over $10,000 in equipment the club owns. Now, if stu- dents turn in equipment af- ter the one-week deadline, they will be fined a $10 late fee per item. At the first two Outing Club meetings, held the past two Wednesdays at 7 p.m., approximately 35 people at- tended, more than double the number from previous years. Along with a boost in popularity, the Outing Club has increased the num- ber of organized activities, including Freshmen Day Hikes, which the Outing Club sponsored the first week of school. . Besides hikes, mountain bike trips and rock climb- ing expeditions, Outing Club members can participate in activities during the week. Monday at 8 p.m., the club offers kayak-rolling lessons in the small pool in Doremus Gymnasium; between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Wednes- days, members can attend bike maintenance workshops “On any given day college students Photo courtesy of Outing Club Outing Club members take advantage of the autumn weather. at the Outing Club House; and Thursday at Liberty Hall R_uins, members can learn the art of fly-casting begin- ning at 4:30 p.m. On Mountain Day, October 13, the Outing Club hopes to have members climb every moun- tain in Virginia. For more information on Outing Club events, con- tact S. R. Evans at 462-4066. OCTOBER 4. 1996 Sex ed moves out of classroom College students across the nation revealed their sexual habits in last month ’s issue of Playboy. Now, the Ring- Tum Phi will conduct our own sex survey... R trucks, showers, hotel rooms, at parties __ - H‘ kinky sex. About a third of men and women have tried bondage, and a few are doing it in dorm rooms, libraries, and, on occasion, in their parents’ beds.” That’swhat Playboy magazine found in its college sex survey. We want to know what W&L students up to. About half of college students na- tionwide are getting lucky about once a week, the survey found, and nine out of 10 students are sexually active. The students that answered the sur- vey questions did not know they were responding to a Playboy survey. Profes- sors at a dozen colleges from California to Maine administered the 152-item sur- vey to their classes. W&L was not among them, so we’re doing our own survey. A few people gave their take on sex at W&L, but we’d like a more thorough sampling. So fill out the accompanying survey and return it to The Ring-tum Phi mailbox on the second floor of the university center. Meanwhile, here’s what Playboy found: *The average college student has sex twice a week. ‘‘I haven’t been here that long, but I would guess that freshman aren’t really having sex that often,” said one freshman girl. ‘Most respondents practice serial monogamy, or having sex with only one partner. “Sex at W&L is ran- A , dom,” said a sophomore female. “l’ve heard about a lot of one- ‘ night stands.” *College students are into more than that had spanked or been spanked during sex. ‘‘I can’t imagine that a campus clad in khakis and bow- ties and the perfect pearls can be too kinky,” said a junior female. Area students share grief BY DAviD BALSLEY Pm FEATURES EorroR The Grief Support Group will hold its first meeting on Wednesday, October 9. The group’s flier describes it as “a sup- port group for any student who has expe- rienced the death of a family member or friend. The focus will be on the grief experience and learning how to handle the loss and changes.” “lt’s a support group to help students learn to develop the tools necessary to deal with their grief,” stated Amy Hefty. Hefty will conduct the group along with Mickey Watkins, a fellow Hospice worker. Hospice is a Lexingtonian orga- nization dedicated to helping the dying to pass away with dignity. University Counseling will not run the group, but Dean Anne C. Schroer- Lamont commented that the group’s reputability has led University Counsel- ing to endorse the program. Studentsinvolvedinthe program will help each other with their unique needs. The students progress from becoming comfortable with one another to talking about their loss and their experiences. “That comfort level increases as time goes on,” Hefty commented. The first three sessions of the Grief Support Group’s six sessions are fairly structured, with topics flexibly sched- uled for each session. At the end of the third session, the students will express their concerns and needs, which will form the content of the remaining three sessions. Topics which will be covered by the group include anger, guilt, dealing with special days such as a loved one’s birth- day, and others. “We try to tailor it to the students’ needs,” Hefty stated. The Grief Support Group differs from previous support-style groups in several respects. First, the program will involve students from Mary Baldwin College, Southern Virginia College,VirginiaMili- tary Institute, and Washington and Lee University. “lt’s the first time we have tried to do a college program for students in con- junction with Virginia Military lnstitute,” stated Schroer-Lamont. group will exclude non-students. Schroer-Lamont commented that stu- dents who had participated in previous support groups thought that “it would be very helpful to have a group for only students.” The Grief Support Group differs from the Peer Counselling Program. Although the Peer Counsellors are capable of lis- tening to those who have suffered from the loss of a loved one, the leaders of the Grief Support Group have "specific train- ing and specific techniques for helping those in grief," explained Schroer- Lamont. The group will meet on Wednesday evenings from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. in the Scout Room of the Educational Building at R.E. Lee Memorial Church. The group will host six sessions between October 9 through November 20; no session will be held on November 6. Students interested in joining the Grief Support Group should registerwith Carol Caulkins’ offlce as soon as possible, pref- erably before Wednesday, October 9. Hefty would like to limit the member- ship of the group to those students who are present at the first meeting in order to ensure that the students feel comfortable with one another. There is a fee associated with the group. New club encourages environmental awareness BY ANDREA EwiNG PHI STAFF WRITER solve. Freshmen c commented, “It w '_ g" A - re and find no ber Liz O’Byme the local schools. They formed an education subcom- mittee to contact local principals and teachers to arrange Second, the - lb OPINION Betsy Green visits Homecoming in Greenland. Mili- ‘L tary spending for the next century. page 3 > FEATURES _, Kathryn Mayurnlk welcomes Homecoming Week- Environmentally minded students met in the Game Room of the University Center on September 30 for the first meeting of the new Environmental Awareness Committee. President and founder Anthony Dvarsksas says, ‘‘I feel that we needed something like this on campus. It was lacking at Washington and Lee.” A group of 15, consisting mainly of underclassmen, discussed the issues of recycling at W&L and education outreach to the schools of Rockbridge County. The fact that the freshmen dorms and Gaines have no recycling facilities isa problem the committee wishes to recycling progra g were to work at - ‘ the recycling . ‘ , “We should exp ’ ‘ . ' project in Woods " -' “'1-. a 4 orked extremely well with most residents partic ating. The E.A.C. also wishes to do outreach programs at speakers and establish recycling programs. A sugges- tion to start a juice box recycling program at the local elementary schools was greatly support. Other projects for the year may include cleaning campus bulletin boards of out-of-date fliers, and work- ing with the Outing Club to clean trails on House Mountain. Dvarsksas wants to “incorporate the com- munity in environmentally beneficial projects.” The group hopes to bring various speakers, activities and projects to Washington and Lee. Dvarsksas wants to “work with other clubs” and promote the environ- ment through education and recycling. WLUR hits the air BY AMY KANE PHI STAFF WRITER Turning the dial to FM 91.5 this term means tuning into more talk. Senior Charlie Carabello, station man- ager, said the station is changing its format to include more news from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Instead of providing news reports only in the “Morning Magazine” which runs from 7 to 9 a.m. and doing a news break at 11:45 a.m. as in previous years, news briefings will be incor- with more variety campus, with more than 100 students involved. The only new show is a progressive country music show hosted by William Cocke, a news office em- ployee. lt airs from 8 to 10 p.m. Wednesdays. “The Third Ear” airs from 10 p.m. to midnight on Monday through Friday, and on Sunday. The mix which Carabello describes “as eclectic as possible” combines music that doesn’t fall under a category covered by another show . The show takes requests at extension X8444. end. Habitat for Humanity takes a hammer and flexes its new budget Alex Christensen takes a D°"gHarW°°d’a" a'"m""s°fw&La"d°dit°r°f porated into the predominantly music shows. the Rockbridge Advocate, hosts “The Anti-Head- ‘‘I would like the station to become a reliable source ti I P SPORTS good look at 7'in Cup. page 2 Football and volleyball teams stun opponents with late rallies. Men's and women'stennis make strong showings in Rolex South- eastern tournament. The Big Fan spits back at Roberto Alomar. page 8 for music, sports and news instead of the sometime source we tend to be.” Carbello said. ‘‘I also want all student DJ ’s to take an active role insharing the respon- sibility.” ln addition to the new format, a new control mixing board replaces one that had been in use for 14 years. “The station will also be receiving a satellite dish from the Texaco Metropolitan Opera, so it can receive the Metropolitan Opera broadcast directly,” Professor Bob deMaria, WLUR general manager, said. The opera will be broadcasted December through April. Programming runs from 7 a.m. until midnight. The eclectic mix of music, news and sports is produced mostly by students. The station, which has been on the air since 1967, is the largest extra-curricular activity on ache Machine,” a show which has run continuously since 1972 when he was a student here. The show runs from 9 p.m. to midnight on Saturdays. Sophomores Tom Wadlow and Cliff Wooley host “The Boot Record,” a 3-hour talk show which pro- vides on-air computing help in addition to commen- tary on topics of the computing subject. Wadlow and Wooley wired the production room to receive phone calls so the show,which airs from 9 a.m. until noon on Thursdays, will include live calls. The show can be also be contacted through e-mail at bootrec@liberty.wlu.edu or on the World-wide Web at www.wlu.edu/~bootrec. WLUR D..l .s believe the increased variety of shows will better serve the students and the community. OCR::/Vol_097_098/WLURG39_RTP_19961004/WLURG39_RTP_19961004_002.2.txt Page 2 Eszlife OCTOBER 4, 1996 ,1 Come on back to one who really loves you, baby Kathryn Mayumik Phi Staff Writer Homecoming is an eclectic mix of blurry tailgates, wild , parties, and distinguished guests. The 1996 Homecoming festivities mark the induction o'fitIie_§ Five Star Generals and the Athletic Hall of Fame as well as the" annual Homecoming parade and the concert on Friday nigh , I It’s always a toss up with the Homecoming band. Yo never quite sure if it’s going to be an unknown band who’s better left unknown or an unknown band who is going to t super big the week after they’re here. Then you’ll k yourself for not being able to boast that you saw them for tgi J? bucks. This year brings us a mix of the two. = The headlining band is none other than (prepare your-_ selves, folks, it’s a mouthful) “The Band.” “The Band”, if their name doesn’t already send those musical shivers dowg _ your spine, is a classic rock group which reached its height the M j’, , year a lot of us were born with such hits as “Up on Cripple l” Creek” and “The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down.” \ “We’re going for a more diverse kind of band this year,” said SAB member Dana Hood. She added that although the get bands that students want to see, the Board also invites less ma, _ to campus in an effort to introduce them to the student body. 'T‘I-~ nmminn hand “The. Rnntc” (nnt “Aoentc of’ (‘mod Rnnts”) is a ran ban If you ui... B.J. Walker Phi Staff Writer A common complaint among civic- minded W&Lstudents is that there aren’t enough opportunities to become involved in the Lexington community. Habitat for Humanity is trying to remedy that. Made famous by President Jimmy Carter, Habitat provides affordable housing to the needy, using donated materials, labor, and money. Habitat allows volunteers the unique opportunity of actually building houses. Residents are required to pay “sweat equity”, that is they are required to contribute a certain number hours of-wo1=k;t’o the house. After the house is finished, they repay the cost with an interest-free loan. This allows low-income families an opportunity to own what is usually their first house. The monthly payment for Habitat’s last house was $125 dollars. Last spring, W&L’s Habitat chapter was able to begin construction of their second house. Senior Brad Philipson, a Habitat volunteer, said he hopes they will be able to complete the project by December and begin a new house next spring. The W&L chapter has no formal membership. Every Saturday, interested students gather and head to the work site. “We average about a dozen people per week,” said Philipson. “But there’s on the pop charts. really big.” b bop machine.” S Phi file photo ,h for anyone to escape being just a homecoming is mixture of so many things: the first date 5 fr:,omFl;w*"York City, whose recently released album continues soaring “A year from now I can see then winning a Grammy,” . said SAB president Hollis Leddy. “They are going to be As an added extra, one of the band members apparently I _ssesses an extraordinary talent. “He sounds exactly like that actor from Police Academy . \ ho can make all of those cool sound effects,” said Leddy. The ,..aetor’s name is Mike Winslow, otherwise known as the “human or the Homecoming parade, there won’t be any drunk 5 falling off the floats because, as we all know, there are no I Instead, the floats will be judged by the freshmen - g the floats judged by the freshman gives us a chance to m.” said Lathrop Nelson, president of Chi Psi. Peter appa Sigma sophomore, feels that the floats will not be an , rush tool. “Are floats a chafe—yes. Is the finished product n-yes. Are we going to end up finished one-probably not.” %ith the flurry of activity this weekend, it certainly will be little bit festive. function for the freshman, graduates return to see old friends, and everything here still seems so new. And midterms seem eons away. Two Washington and Lee University freshmen lend a helping hand to the campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity. always something to be done.” Building a house is a serious undertaking, and funding is a major concern. In the past, the EC has been a major source of support. Last year, $4500 was designated for Habitat. This year Habitat received $10,000 from the EC. “The money is very generous of the EC, but we are still far short of our GIVE IT UI’ T0 Clll TS] AND THE YIMEKICAN ‘RED Cli0SS~ C.E. Miller Phi Staff Writer at least we’re going to blow the *&"!ing place up,” said Paul Stanley of Kiss, also at the press conference. Last night they tackled the Civic Center in Roanoke, goals,” said Philipson .” We need to raise at least another $25,000 to begin another house.”Headded that the housethey began last spring will cost about $30,000, and their future expenses will only increase. Habitat holds a semi-annual raffle for hotel rooms during Parents Weekend and graduation. Over $700 has been raised by the raffles. Local charities and alumni support provide the remainder of Habitat’s funding. Last year, an anonymous Lexington donor contributed $10,000 to the effort. So, the next time you have a little spare time, and a desire to use some serious power tools, pick up a hammer and help out. File Photo Tin Cup: Kevin Costner returns was of 4 stars; good-hearted The pitch: “It’II be like JFK meets ” Alex Christensen Phi Movie Critic in Cup is a movie with very bad timing, at least in its appearance at the box office. Though it did well in terms of ticket sales (about $50 million so far), it comes at a time when the obvious “giant” of golf movies is Adam Sandler’s brilliant absurdist masterpiece, Happy Gilmore. Tin Cup is good; Happy Gilmore is likely to become a classic. Nevertheless, Tin Cup is worth seeing as well. Don’t make it a golf double feature, though. Tin Cup is the story of Roy “Tin Cup” McAvoy, a loserwho owns a desolate driving range in the godfcrsaken town of Salome, Texas. It's hard to see how the operation is even managing to keep Roy in beer and stained shirts, since it has no visible patronage or anything that might attract it. Cheech Marin is Romeo Posar, manager of the range and someone who apparently has nothing better to do than hang out in the dust with loser Roy. Everything changes with the arrival of psychiatrist Dr. Molly Griswold (Rene Russo). She wants to take golf lessons so she can keep up with her boyfriend (and Roy’s old college golfing buddy/rival), David Simms (Don Johnson). But, naturally, Roy falls hard for Molly. To impress her, he tries to work out his problems in therapy, asks her out, and finally decides to try to qualify for the U.S. Open tournament so he can prove that he can actually accomplish what he sets out to do without defeating himself like he usually does. (I won’t give away the ending. The studio asked audiences not to, even though it doesn’t make that much of a difference. Getting there is all the fun of Tin Cup.) Rene Russo (In the Line of Fire, Get Shorty) is clearly the star of this film by Ron Shelton, the director of Bull Durham, White Men Can ’t Jump, and the acting tour-de-force Cobb. Indeed, Rene Russo is the star of the moment. She will appear in the upcoming Ransom with Mel Gibson, and was consid- ered to play Dr. Chase Meridian in Batman Forever before Michael Keaton bowed out and Joel Schumacher was allowed to come in and bollocks up the whole franchise. It’s easy to see why she’s so in demand: With her wonderful smile and stellar comic timing, Russo easily steals the show from Kevin Costner, Don Johnson, and Cheech Marin. They’re far from overwhelmed, however. Kevin Costner gives one of his best performances. (“Even better than Waterworld?” you ask. Yes, even better than Waterworld.) Actually, Costner is quite good as a loser trying to make his big comeback after everyone else has dismissed him. Hmmm...where could he have gotten the motivation for that kind of a role? How could he ever find the necessary identification with such a character to be able to put it on screen convincingly? Hmmm.... Anyway, the old, charming Costner is back this time around. One of my female friends, who shall remain nameless, actually raves about the sex appeal which oozes from Mr. Costner as he lies on the bed in the ramshackle trailer his and Cheech Marin’s character share, beer in hand, undershirt stained with the sweat of a sweltering Texas afternoon. Okay. I just take herword forit. I mean, he’s charming and entertaining, certainly, but I can’t understand my friend’s low guttural growl whenever she hears anything about Tin Cup. I just don’t think it’s justified. Cheech Marin and Don Johnson are the comic relief from the golf and the romance. They do the job nicely. Still, the Happy Gilmore comparison bothers me. The golf was more entertainingly shot and fast-paced, the comic timing was beyond superb, and the writing great enough to be admired for years. Tin Cup is slower, longer, less sure of its structure and footing. Still, it is a lot of fun and a bit of romance, and you might even learn a valuable life lesson that’s not as pat as the usual Hollywood cliché. “I wanna rock and roll all night and party every- day...” They came. They spit blood. They danced. It W the ldcostumes. Th . admitting that it was I “The money? Su[e,’E ‘ oesn’t SLICK. We’re going to make sure that w go out there, nobody goes out after the show and says, ‘This isn’t worth what I paid for it.’ Hell, people are spending all kinds of money to see people put rubber balls through hoops, so holding true the original tour plan. “We’re not going to flnish until we’ve hit every city in every country We’re committed to this for a year, Whats ‘er ititakes, and that will be the first e Garth Brooks, her 7th. .-Unlike main motive’ ( - , ghts in a particular thoughhis wife; is nine months pregnant, ritinues to maintain a rigorous touring sched- %9_ ule. He keeps a beeper and plane ready in case the moment should come during a show. _ For those more interested in the off—Broadway series that tours the country, Cats ( the longest running show on Broadway), Grease, and The Sound ofMusic will be at the Civic Center this year. ' Dan Odenwald Phi Staff Writer Bill Pelke doesn’t quite fit in here. He stands before the audience in his black t-shirt and blue jeans. His white tennis shoes are scuffed. His beard and floppy hair are highlighted by strands of white. The audience is a group of fresh- faced Washington and Lee law students — all neatly dressed in their khakis and Gap dresses, an attractive bunch straight out oftheir upper middle-class suburbs. But Bill has a story to tell, and the lawyers-to-be have come to hear it. He tells it in the simple prose of an Indiana native. Plain language. Plain truth. He knows no other way to tell it. Bill knows they’re concerned with the law, but he wants to put a human face on their stud- ies. Someone real. Someone he loved. On May 14, 1984, four girls decided to hook school. They went to the ar- cades to play video games and hang out. But when they got there, they realized they didn’t have any money. Stumped, they began searching for a way to pick up a few extra dollars. Then it hit them. One girl knew this elderly woman in her neighborhood who gave Bible les- sons to children. She would invite inter- ested kids into her home where she would teach them the stories of the Bible. Us- ing her hand-stitched story pillows as visual aids, the 78-year-old woman would tell the children of Joseph and his coat or Moses and the sea. She was a woman of faith and was eager to share it with everyone. Especially children. She was also Bill’s grandmother. So the girls went to her house under the pretense of asking her for a Bible lesson. Bill’s grandmother invited them in. When she turned around, one girl picked up a vase and smashed her in the back of the head. Another pulled out a knife and began to stab her. Thirty times. The carpet underneath her body was shredded from the sheer force of the stab wounds. When the crime scene investigators pulled back the carpet, they found the hard wood floors had been splintered from the power of the thrusts. Bill’s grandmother bled to death on the dining room floor where she had served meals to her families. Where she had taught her children to love Jesus. Where she had laughed and cried and built a life. Now she was dead. The girls left the apartment with ten‘ dollars and the keys to the car. Police. finally caught them after they had taken the car back to school where they were giving joy-rides to friends. According to the law, the girls were juveniles: 14, 15, 16, and 16. Due to the severity of the crime, however, all were tried as adults. One girl got 25 years in prison. Another got 35. Another got 60. The last girl was Paula Cooper. She handled the knife. And for that, she was sentenced to death. Paula was 15 ,and the state of Indiana decided that she should die. At that time, she was the youngest female ever put on Death Row. Bill didn’t care. His grandmother was dead, and Paula was responsible. One afternoon, about four months after Paula’s sentencing, Bill was pray- V ing. Tears welled up in his eyes because ’ he was thinking about his grandmother 1 —— about her ability to forgive and her 3 infinite compassion. He asked God for i the strength to love Paula and her family. To forgive. To feel compassion. Bill I believes that God touched him that day. God graced him with the ability to for Please see Pelke, pg. 7 lo OCR::/Vol_097_098/WLURG39_RTP_19961004/WLURG39_RTP_19961004_003.2.txt l OPINION PAGE 3 ‘_ 3 The Ring-Tum Phi, OCTOBER 4, 1996 , Champagne, ,,Doritos and fsketchy dates in. *3 GreenLand Betsy Green ’97 You all have no idea how hard it is to come up with column topics .f every week. I was makingjust that Icomplaint to Tammy Moore in the admissions office this week, and ;she suggested I write something jabout homecoming. sure. Homecoming isn’t as full of Lycomedic opportunity as FD, for I wasn’t so example. But then I thought, “you know, this is your last real home- acoming. There are surely some interesting memories to share. More importantly, your column is due, like, yesterday, so stop talk- ,ing to yourself and start writing.” :Good plan. In high school, homecoming Twas a much bigger deal than here. The tools on student council al- ways wanted to make it into aweek long celebration of school spirit. “Still, every October we’ d go o to the homecom- ing game to watch the ma- roons lose.” Whatever. Oh, and we all actually _went to the game, not that Moline vyl-Iigh School had an outstanding football program T W&L.4has a Ibetter record. by‘ far. L. Still, our football team had some thing§,,,,. working against them from the beginning. We were the Moline Maroons. What’s a maroon? I ‘have no idea. I’m pretty sure they were just looking for an allitera- Etion. Our school fight song wasn’t ;very inspiring either. The first two lines were, “we are Moliners. £We’re from Moline.” Iswear. The jMaroons were so bad that every year, we’d pay another school with . a team even worse than ours to ‘play against us for the first game of ‘the season so we we’d win at least once. They must have had no fpride. Still, every October, we’d C . all on tn the hnmernmino camp in watch the Maroons lose. My first "homecoming date was also pretty memorable. His name was Kevin, and he and I ran cross country together. I agreed to go with him because (1) I wanted to go to the dance, (2) my friend Apryl was going with his friend Ryan, so we could double, and (3) he was a sophomore and I was a freshman; instant cool. Unfortunately, Kevin had a big crush on me. I’ll never know why. I was fourteen with braces and every time he saw me I was sweaty. ' Still, every time I turned around, he was gazing at me lovingly. Unfortunately for him, Kevin was a really shy guy and couldn’t talk to me. This did notistop him from calling me every night. Even then he didn’t talk to me. I’d hear breathing and his 2 Live Crew tapes until I made up an excuse to get off the phone. The night ofthe dance, Apryl was my best ally. I was trying to dodge Kevin; she was trying to dodge Ryan. We planned a strategy to avoid having them kiss us goodnight. Allow him to walk you to the door. Then, at that moment just before you open the door, when he might try to plant one on you, drop your purse Luckily, even after watching Apryl successfully use this plan, it worked for me too. Homecoming here just hasn’t been as exciting, but I do have a few special memo- ries. My freshman year, at the tailgate, I had a screwdriver with about three drops of or- angejuice in it. I went to sleep _’and,d_i,dnA’t wake up until my jfirsit class on Monday. , ,, Sophomore year, I found my- self hiking in the woods behind the pavilion with my date, Joel Symonds. We brought a bottle very cheap vodka, and passing it back and forth was some of the most fun I’ve had here. I remember Joel saying, “you know, when I find myself in the dark, in the woods, drink- ing terrible stuff, I wonder if I drink too much. Hey, don’t drink it all!” And from my junior year, I have only once piece of advice. No matter how good it may seem at the time, never combine champagne and T\nrii'n’S_ W&L’- PROUD \\\ /////, ,\\\\\ W&L: STRONG VERY HAP? O mmouet N W WEEKEND I \\ \////// W&L‘. Ol\/HNG 3 H RE FRioA\i, ANDTHIS Quote of the Week: “In the first place, you’d be eating yourself.” - Anonymous chemistry professor discussing shaking an HCI test tube Editorial Page Editor .... .. Sports Editors ........... .. dent. and obscenity. 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Clinton Issue #2: Military Spending When the Air Force has to hold a Countdown to the election. . . 32 DAYS From the Left Laura Knapp"99 The election is just over a month away, and Clinton seems to have an insumountable lead. This week, the issue under consideration is military spending. This hot topic is going to be a major point of contention in the presidential and congressional debates. Since the end of the Cold War,fithe United States has placed the military under a micro- scope (with lowmagniflcation). This has occured with a new intensification on domestic issues. Both Democrats and Republicans have cut mili- tary spending, but politics has dictated the cuts. N 0 politician wants to cut a military program in his/her district. On the right this week is Jason Zacher ’98, The Ring -tum Phi Editorial Editor. On the left will be Laura Knapp, ’97, our Democratic columnist. Is the military a bloated, over-protected buerocracy, ora vital interest to/tmerica ? Where will the challenges lie in the future ? Why do we continue to maintain the size of our military when other domestic problems are being ne- glected? If you have these questions, we hope this will help answer them. - Jason Zacher Editorial Editor tives. The topic of this week’s column — military spending —— is the most appropriate follow-up to last week’s column concerning the state of public education. The contrast between these two issues is what divides and defines liberals and conserva- One of my favorite bumper stickers is the one that reads, “It will be a perfect world when the schools will have all the money they need, and the A Air Force has to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber.” This seemingly innocent display of irony gets down to the meat and potatoes of this debate. It can be safely stated that military spending in the United States is out of control and must be stopped. At a time when Republicans in Congress are slashing important domestic programs such as education, welfare and environmental protection, the US government is spending gross amounts of taxpayer funds to maintain a huge military com- plex that is, in effect, rotting away in ship-yards and hangers across the nation, never to be used in this age of diplomatic, economic, and multilateral intervention, through organizations like the UN. The Cold War is over. There is no imminent threat of war, nuclear holocaust or even a Commu- nist revolution in our midst. We have won and we did not even have to fire a state of relative peace. If this is the case, then why does the United States continue to spend $492 billion - practically the same amount spent during the waning days of the Cold War - on military-related purchases? Why do bake sale to buy a bomber. . . American children sit in over-crowded classrooms with out-dated books taught by over-worked and under-paid teachers? The answer is simply mixed-up priori- ties on the part of the conservatives that, at present, control our government. If to be a liberal means that I think the US should spend its money on teaching a child how to “It can be safely stated that military , spending in the United States is out of control and needs t o be stopped.” read rather than buying an M-16, then I’ll stand on the top of Washington Hall and yell it to all of W&L and Lexington. The money that Americans pay in taxes ought to be returned to the community, in the form of domestic programs. A cut in military spending could bring a tax—cut that the Republicans have been itching to give. What makes more sense to you? Finding an American child’s education and in turn, his future of funding a pro- gram that has the ability to destroy child’s future in a different country. It’s a simple choice for me. Preserving international strength in the “new world order” From the Right Jason Zacher ’98 H The Ring-Tum Phi Editorial Editor With the United States sitting on top of the heap in the “new world order,” it is very easy to become complacent. The specter of communism is gone, and dicta- tors like Saddam Hussein have been put in their place, so why,,should we continue to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on defense? Our military mission has long been the ability to fight two re- gional wars at once, but the Bush- Clinton military spending cuts have placed that mission injeopardy. In this world where the United States is the lone hegemon, there are still challenges, challenges that scholar Paul Kennedy calls, “diffuse and numerous.” Russia is experiencing a power crisis now, with Boris Yeltsin’s health failing and the communist party experiencing a resurgence in popularity. Transfers of power in Russia have never been clean and easy. Islamic fundamentalism in the Middle East and North Africa threatens US interests overseas. With the possible exception of our backyard, there are threats to US security and interests in every cor- ner of the world. Though these threats may not be apparent now, we cannot see 10-15 years down the road. Go back to 1925 and take a poll to see if anyone thinks Ger- many will try to take over Europe in eleven years. The world’s rogue states, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Syria, North Korea, and Cuba are all staunchly anti- American. None of them can di- rectly threaten our territory now (with the possible but unlikely ex- ception of Cuba), but they can chal- lenge ourinterests overseas. Japan could be a prime target of Japan, and with North Korea comes China. Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Libya can all seriously challenge the world’s oil supply, and, like it or not, oil is a vital US economic interest. The Clinton administration has probably correctly predicted that missile attacks from secondary powers are still a decade away, but has incorrectly decided to put off preparing for ourdefense until then. Clinton has slashed spending on technologies (much to the dismay of defense-minded Democrats like former Congressman Les Aspin and former Senator Sam Nunn), even though it was this technologi- cal superiority that allowed us to walk over Hussein in 1990. Clinton’s first error: technology is incremental and must be constantly researched, playing catch-up in defense can be a deadly game. Former Secretary of Defense Aspin and his deputy John Deutsch completedia bottom-up review of spending in 1993, a review that was hampered by Clinton’s im- posed spending limits. They de- signed a force that would be able to complete our military mission, but a force that the General Account- ing Office, the Congressional Bud- get Office, and an independently assembled group of former chiefs of staff have decided is anywhere from $50-$150 million short of that goal. Yes, it is true that we have won “Go back to 1925 and take a poll asking howjmany 2 people feel Ger- many will try to take over Europe in eleven years.” recent skirmishes in Grenada, Panama, and Iraq, but these are only skirmishes, and were won because of Carter’s and Reagan’s defense spending. The money we spend now will help us 10-15 years from now, when we cannot see the challenges ahead. Defense spend- ing accounts for only 4 percent of our GDP, the lowest it has been since the mid 1920’s. Every country that has been at _the top of the heap has fallen at some point, but the United States can learn from history by not be- coming complacent. The first president of the twenty- first century needs to concentrate spending in technologies that can help smaller quick-response forces gain the upper hand against any opponent. There are plenty of ways to cut costs without cutting the size of our force. Closing useless and unnecessary military bases is one way; not to mention the numerous relics of the Cold War that should just be eliminated. But both of these have fallen victim to domes- tic politics. K Our problems in the intema- tional arena are not all spending related either. Clinton has had extreme troubles getting our allies to support us, and has switched policies so many times in so many foreign countries, that we could devote an entire issue of The Ring- tum Phi to write about them. Speaker NewtGingrich saidthat military spending is probably too high for our needs at this time, but it is the price to pay for being on top. I could not agree more. If we are to continue as the strongest nation in the world, we cannot sim- ply be stronger than our challeng- ers, we need to be head and shoul- ders above them. OCR::/Vol_097_098/WLURG39_RTP_19961004/WLURG39_RTP_19961004_004.2.txt The royalty, the pagentry, the traclition: homecoming File Photos from Homecomings 1993 and 1994 OCR::/Vol_097_098/WLURG39_RTP_19961004/WLURG39_RTP_19961004_005.2.txt “Z Gambrill Corckran. '97 Nominated By: B911 Escort: Doug Gubner. '97 Major: Economics. Art History ‘ Hometown: Baltimore. MD Laura Goodwh. '99 Nominated By: AS2 Escort: BJ. Walker. '99 Major: Biology. Mathematics "'- Hometown: Bridgeport. WV Hollis Leddy. '97 Nominated By: X‘? Escort: Andrew Niblock. '97 Major: Psychology. Pre-Med Hometown: San Antonio. TX Laura Perry. '97 Nominated By: KlP Escort: Dave Howard. ‘98 Major: Iournalism Hometown: Augusta. GA Laura Eggers, ’97 Nominated By: A HKA The Ring-tum Phi. OCTOBER 4. 1996 The Nominees Ere... Dawn Coulthurst. '99 Nominated By: M‘nority Student Association Escort: Andrew Heron. ‘98 Major: Biology. Pre-Med Hometown: Chesapeake. VA Lauren Guthrie. '97 Nominated By: KA iucker Bixby. '97 Major: Economics Hometown: Lansdale. PA Leigh Lundstrom. '93 Nominated By: K‘I1 Todd Denbo. '97 Major: Art History Hometown: Atlanta. GA Susie Prevost. '97 Nominated By: KA(-3 Escort: Lamar Villere, '97 Major: Psychology Hometown: Paoli. PA Anne Spencer. ’97 Nominated By: 2E Escort: Alex Kostera. '97 Major: Sociology/Anthropology Hometown: New Fairfield. NT . Sally Baldwin, UVA ’98 Vaiana Teriiteliam, SBC Nominated By: ZAE Escort: Steve Fanning, ’97 Major: Architectural History Hometown: Lynchburg, VA Hoivmcomnm TAGE 5? Elizabeth Cox. ‘97 Natalia Garcia. ‘98 Nominated By: Nominated By: HB International Club Escort: Escort: Chaz Frank. ‘98 Glenn Miller. '98 Major: Major: Chemistry Psychology Hometown: Hometown: Poquoson. VA Santa Domingo. Dominican Republic Callie Tomes. 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MS Sarah Wood, ’97 Nominated By‘ Nominated By: EX om ESCO“: Esc'6'i‘t:@ Will Elkins’ ’97 Pete Sorensen; ’97 Major: ‘> g French, Italian Studies Hometown: Herndon, VA OCR::/Vol_097_098/WLURG39_RTP_19961004/WLURG39_RTP_19961004_006.2.txt a J 9 5 PAGE 6 Pelke. cont. from pg. 2 give. And he did. Paulashouldn’tdie. His grandmother wouldn’t have wanted it that way and neither did Bill. Before that day, Bill had remem- bered his grandmother with pain. He pictured her lying there on the dining room floor, bleeding and in pain. He was in turmoil. But the day he for- gave,everythingchanged. He remem- bered his grandmother with laughter, love, and faith — the way she had lived, not the way she died. Bill began to write Paula. He told her about his grandmother, her faith, her love for children, and her stitched pillows that told the stories of the Bible. He learned that Paula was « raised in an abusive family where hate prevailed, not love. Paula began to take classes in prison. She completed high school, earning straight A’s, and then started taking college courses. Through their correspondence, Bill saw her become a different person. One day, producers from an Italian news organization called Bill. They wanted him to come on their show and talk about the case. You see, most Europeans were simply amazed by the story. Virtually all of the Euro- pean democracies had abolished the death penalty by that time, and they didn’t understand how the United States could kill a 15-year-old-girl. They wanted Bill to explain. So Bill went to Italy. He met with Italian politicians, papal representa- tives, and organizers of a petition drive called “Don’t Kill.” Over three mil- lion European people had signed the petition to save a little girl in Indiana named Paula Cooper. Bill sympa- thized with their efforts. He too c@uldn’t understand why she should be put to death. Under the international spotlight, Indiana was a little embarrassed. Af- ter all, theircapital punishment statute held that a criminal as young as 12 could be sentenced to death. To avoid further humiliation, the Indiana legis- lature raised the age to 16. That didn’t help Paula. She was still on Death Row. And the public outrage contin- ued to boil. Paula’s case was eventually ap- pealed to the Indiana state Supreme Court. The court commuted Paula’s sentence to 60 years in prison. Bill and his European colleagues had achieved success. They had saved Paula’s life. He was able to do for Paula what he wasn’t able to do for his grandmother. He had made a differ- ence. In 1993, Bill went back to Indiana to march with a group called Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation. MVFR is a group of murder victims families who seek alternatives to the death penalty. They come together to share their experiences and commit themselves to the notion that killing -—— all killing — is wrong. During the group’s two-week project, Bill trav- eled throughout the state telling the story of his grandmother and Paula Cooper. Ever since then, Bill has traveled the nation on a “journey of hope.” He has dedicated his life to the abolition of the death penalty. He attends pro- tests, gives lectures, and organizes grass roots organizations to help him in his crusade. From appearances on “Oprah Winfrey” and “Good Morn- ing America” to abolitionist rallies, Bill spends every day fighting capital punishment. Bill’sjourney of hope is a terminal one for he promises to march on until the day he dies. At first, he marched for himself, his grandmother, and Paula Cooper. Today, it’s much more than that —— Bill marches for the thousands of Americans who simply want the killing to stop. FEATURES The Ring-tum Phi, OCTOBER 4, 1996 Tell the Phi abou your sex life! Are you a virgin? D . At what age did you lose your virginity? 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Mennonite Wsoccn Sat. vs. R-MC. 3:00: Sun. vs. Wooster. 2:00: we _ w_ 7_0' vs. Gumord; W. 9_o. at Sweet Bum, Thurs‘ Vs’ Roanoke‘ 4:00 Vonrznua. - Second at Gettysburg Tournament; Vouzrmu. - Wed. vs. Emory & Henry. 6:30 W. 3_2 vs. Bndgcwmer w’”""°'° ' 5”" "“"°"'“’ ”°""‘"" 7‘°° WA'n:Pa.o- L. 17-la. vs. cw; L. 22-11. vs. Princeton 6°" ' M°n"T“es' at Fe‘-rum Invitational Oman Oourrrn - Men 16th at Cortland St..women 2nd at Greensboro PAGE 8 Foo'rnALL, Soccrm, WATER POLO, VOLLEYBALL, Cnoss COUNTRY OCTOBER 4, 1 996 Generals’ late rally stuns unbeaten Centre, 29-21 BY BETHANY BAUMAN PHI SPORTS EDITOR The Generals showed the expecting to lose on their home field to the winless Generals. The absence of injured starting tailback Seth McKinley and starting quarterback Brooks would put on the board. Senior quarterback Tommy Rueger sparked an eight-play, 76-yard drive with a 50-yard pass to sophomore wideout Chas halfway through the final quar- ter. With only 8:21 remainingin the game, junior kicker Matt Holbrook hit a37-yard field goal to give the Generals the 22-21 Colonels Fischer added to Centre’s confi- Chastain. Ruegercompleted the advantage. thatit’sall dence. series, scoring on a one-yard On the next possession, se- a b o u t Centre took the lead early in keeper to cut the lead to 21-13 nior defensive tackle Peyton rank last the first half asthey capped off a with 8:34 left in the half. Williams deflected a Centre Saturday six play, 42-yard drive with a The Generals dominated the pass. Senior linebacker Travis as W&L touchdown. But W&L’s Jon second half. Nick Hodge putthe Wisdom was there to pull down defeated Benazzi gave a resounding an- game within reach for W&L the interception at the Centre C e n t r e swer as he returned the ensuing when he snagged a seven-yard 33-yard line. College, kickoff 90 yards for a touch- touchdown pass from Rueger, Ruegeragainconnectedwith 29-21. down. completing a 10-play, 71-yard Chastain on a 30-yard pass, giv- Photo oounesy of Julien Williams T h e Centre scored on their next drive. Thiscut the mar into21- in W&La first and oal situa- - . - t Colonels two possessions, extendingtheir 19 at the 9:29 mark in%he third. tiogn. Rueger then mage his sec- Peyton Williams (90) and Omar Monelm (77) put pressure on Centre 8 offense’ came into lead to 21-7. Those would be The Generalsthen tried to tiethe ond touchdown for the day on a the game unbeaten and were not the last points the Colonels score on a two-point conver- sion, but failed. Centre stayed ahead until one-yard sneak, moving the score to its final of 29-21. Just over three minutes later, senior linebacker McGuire Boyd clinched the game for the Gen- erals when he intercepted a Cen- Photo courtesy of Julien Williams Floyd Young (21) takes the handoff from quarterback Tommy Rueger in the Generals’ 29-21 comeback victory. Young rushed for 60 yards in the game. tre pass at the W&L 10-yard line with six seconds remaining. W&L head coach Frank Miriello was pleased with his team’s come-from-behind road victory. One of the high points of Saturday’s game, according to Miriello, was the improved performance of the offensive line. The o-line, which returned only one of last year’s starters, has “come to maturity” after struggling to generate an offense in the Generals’ first two games. Rueger, who made the transi- tion from receiver back to his natural quarterback position for injured Brooks Fischer, also gave a great performance against Centre. In addition to scoring two touchdowns, he completed 12 passes for 185 yards. “The win at Centre was a real important one for the team...We know that we can win even with our backs against the wall like they were last week,” Rueger said. The Generals have another challenging game scheduled for Homecoming. They will meet the Randolph-Macon Yellow Jackets at 2 p.m. tomorrow on Wilson Field. Rueger hopes the Generals will have a successful Home- coming. “We want to win this Home- coming this weekend over Randolph-Macon,” he said. “They are a tough team that has beaten us the last few years, but we have a lot of confidence go- ing into this game after our win last week. “Nothing would be nicer to beat them in front of our home crowd.” The Yellow Jackets are a fa- vorite for the Old Dominion Athletic Conference title. But Miriello believes that his team, although they will have to play a near-perfect game, can “Beat the Best”. He said, “We’ll be there at the end, and hopefully we can pull it off.” Volleyball storms back to beat Bridgewater BY KELLEY Torn-:N “We snatched victory from Alison Beard, explaining the the Generals’ victory, said Mar- was one of the team’s goals this PHI STAFF WRITER thelaws Of defeat.” Said C0-Cap- team’s two losses in the begin- tin. year, said Thomsen. t a i n ning. “We couldn’t have engi- The Generals haven’t lost a H i l a r y “ E v - neered the comeback without game at home since 1994 when Washington and Lee’s vol- Martin. e r y o n e her,” she said. Bridgewater defeated them. le y b all W & L was like, “She’s kind of a quiet force “Last year we absolutely team W88 105! the O K , you can take for granted on ev- killed Bridgewater in the first two points first two here’s re- erything- offense, defense,serv- two games and then we just lost a w a y g a m e s demption ing, enthusiasm and leadership.” our energy basically and lost the from 33-0 and were time- it’s Thomsen, who the team’s nextthreegames,”said Beardof d e f e a t b e h i n d now or coaches named Most Valuable the game that was played on Tuesday 13-6 in n e v e r, ” Player for the match, played Bridgewater’s home turf. whenthey the third said jun- while suffering from kidney This year, the teams reversed rallied to W h 6 n ior Holly stones. roles when W&L came from b e a t t h e y Thomsen She had to siton the sidelines behind to win the last. three ' started to of the during the Gettysburg Touma- games. for the Win. team’s attitude change in the merit last weekend and watch as “Oh my God, lcan’t even put first time in Washington and Lee The team was Overconfident third game. W&L lost to Gettysburg. it into words,” said Martin of the volleyball history. going into the match, said junior Thomsen played a key role in The victory over Bridgewater victory. “How sweet it is.” Tennis teams make strong showings in Rolex Southeastern Regional tourney BY Scorr BOOKWALTER PHI Srorus EDITOR The Washington and Lee tennis teams gave great performances last weekend in one of the biggest tournaments of the year. The W&Lwomen had six singles players advance to the round of 16 and a doubles team win the championship at the Rolex Southeastern Regional tournament, held at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg. The W&L men, who were hosting the men’s Rolex tournament, placed a singles player and a doubles team into the semifinals. Women’s tennis coach Cinda Rankin was de- lighted with her team’s play at Mary Washington. “It was fantastic,” she said. “l was just very, very pleased with everybody’s play.” She said the performances were especially pleas- ing because the team has a lot of young players, and other teams at the tournament had been practicing longer since they had started school earlier. Junior Ericka Shapard was the tournament star as she finished runner-up in the singles bracket and teamed up with junior Berry Blankinship to capture the doubles crown and advance to the Rolex Division III championships. Shapard, the number-one seed overall in the singles bracket, stormed out of the gate in amazing fashion by winning 36 out of 37 games in her first three matches. Things got a little more tense in the quarterfinals when she faced Blankinship, but Shapard dispatched her doubles partner, 6-2, 6-3. Shapard then encountered even tougher opposition in the semifinals by yet another teammate, freshman Brook Hartzell. Hartzell hung tough but Shapard finally outlasted her, 7-6 (5), 7-5. Mary Washington’s Kirsten Erickson, the num- ber-two seed, spoiled Shapard’s run by defeating the junior in the title game, 7-5, 6-1. Still, Rankin was very impressed by her top player’s performance. “She has stepped up from the number-two spot (last year) to be our number-one player,” Rankin said. Besides Shapard, Blankinship and Hartzell, senior Anna O’Connor, sophomore Mary Celeste Foster and freshman Erin Eggers also made it to the round of 16 in singles. Rankin also cited the play of sophomore Laura Cohen, W&L’s number-eight player, who lost in the first round to Shea Rickard of Emory & Henry but then proceeded to reach the semifinals in the consolation bracket. Shapard returned to action in doubles play, where she and Blankinship torched their opponents in their first Photo by Melissa Sills The W&L men’s tennis team hosted the Rolex regional tournament last weekend. fourmatches, losing only 3 games out of 5 1 . This earned the W&L duo a ticket to the finals where Shapard saw a familiar face in Mary Washington’s Erickson, the player who ousted her in the singles title. History would not repeat itself. Shapard gained revenge as she and Blankinship destroyed Erickson and Leah Morris, the top-seeded team, 6-2, 6-1 . The victory earned the W&L pair a place in the Rolex Division III championships. ' Rankin is looking forward to the trip to the national Rolex tournament. “By the time we go there, we’ll have more practice and should play even better,” she said. The women’s team will next be in action Monday the 14th, when they face a tough Carnegie Mellon team. Carnegie Mellon’s number-one player beat W&L’s Natalia Garcia last year, so the Generals will have their work cut out for them. “I think it’s a very good test of our players,” Rankin said. The men’s tennis" team also fared well in the Rolex tournament. The Generals placed two players in the singles quarterfinals. Sophomore Dale Pretila, seeded 11th, advanced to the semifinals after upending 4th seed Chris Wallace of Mary Washington, 1-6, 7-6(2), 6-2. But second seed and eventual champion Miro Beran of Washington College proved too tough in the semis, knocking out Pretila, 6-1, 6-2. Senior Peter Hammond also had a strong run through the singles bracket, winning three matches to get to the quarterfinals, before he was halted by top seed Doug Neagle of Salisbury State, 6-4, 6-1. Pretila and Hammond then teamed up in doubles to cruise through their first two matches before running into teammates Tom Washburn and Damian Brady in the quarterfinals. Pretila and Hammond prevailed in three games, 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-3, to advance to the semifi- nals, but were knocked off there by Salisbury State’s Neagle and Nathan Bell, 6-1, 6-2. The men will conclude their fall season next week- end when they host the W&L Fall Classic. Matches will start at 9 a.m. both days.