OCR::/Vol_099_100/WLURG39_RTP_19980126/WLURG39_RTP_19980126_001.2.txt 8 /itch M , *2"?-2. ‘ass i’<. 1‘/. 5.’) (I ll The moming-after pill: hope is close at hand W&L|FE Washington and Lee University VOLUME 100, NUMBER 12 Demure dancers triumph at Lip Synch flesh fest Judges favor skill, practice and choreography over drunken strip- tease and wanton destruction BY HEATHER MCDONALD NEWS EDITOR With over 840 spectators and 32 acts, this year’s Lip Synch contest turned out to be the place to be Friday night. First place went to Chi Omega’s “Men in Black,” second place went to Chi-O’s “Everybody Needs Somebody,” and third place went to Kappa Delta’s “Son of a Preacher Man.” “At first we thought we had been disqualified because we had more than six people on stage, but then they called our name,” said Faith Collins, a KD pledge. “It was so exhilarating! You couldn’t see any of the people in the crowd, but you could just hear this one big cheer from them. It was one of the most fun nights this year.” $5,080 was raised for Students Against Rockbridge Area Hunger. Coordinator Gerry Darrell said Friday night, “It will keep four area food banks filled for the rest of the winter.” This year’s contest was the largest ever: it had the most acts and the largest audience, and it raised the most money. Last year, only about $3,500 was raised, and only 575 people paid to see the show. “I was very pleased with the response of the specta- tors. It was a very successful tumout,” said Darrell. Junior Wes Armstrong, the Lip Synch MC, agreed. “We had the most people ever It was the craziest I’ve ever seen it,” he said. Crazy is perhaps the best way to describe some-of the acts. Ranging from classic such as James Brown and Nancy Sinatra to more contemporary spoofs of movies such as “Austin Powers” and “Men in Black,” the acts ran the gamut from the carefully choreographed to the chaotic. There were mishaps with two acts. A Phi Psi pledge accidentally exposed his genitalia. The unintentional exhibitionist could not be reached for comment. \ The Sigma Nu act also got out of control. At the end, the pledges tore down the white lattices, which were the background for the stage. Security person- nel rushed onto the stage and pulled the act. “We were just trying to have fun,” said Sigma Nu pledge Matthew Herman. “Our intention was not to destroy anything. By accident, things got out of hand.” “I felt that the acts were tamer and more under control than in past years, with two egregious exceptions,” said Dean of the Freshman Program, Dennis G. Manning. “[The majority] behaved more responsibly Out of the 32 acts, there seemed to be a larger number than usual that took time to prepare and rehearse their acts.” “There was a lot of rowdy and artistic and creative talent — there was truly a wide range,” said Manning, . who has served on the panel of judges for SIX years. Darrell had a slightly different perspective. “I have some serious concerns about the conduct of some ofthe acts,” Darrell said. “We are grateful for the support of the spectators and acts, but we need to address the other concerns. It was asking Sanders takes back advisees BY LIZ DETTER W&I.IFE EDITOR The black and orange “For Rent” sign no longer hangs on Professor of History 1. Taylor Sanders’ office door. A black and white drawing of an aardvark. “It’s my totem,” said Sanders. The notice, which apprised his advisees that he would no longer serve as an advisor, has been removed. In its place is a new note, which states that Sanders will take back his advisees. “Last week I was amazed and touched by how many of you came by Newcomb and asked to remain as my advisees,” reads the notice. “It was a decision that was made on Thursday,” said Sand- ers. “It’s really no big deal.” ‘‘I’m very happy that he agreed to remain my advisor,” said one advisee who asked to remain annoymous. Laurent Boetsch, Dean of the College, was also pleased with Sanders’ decision. “I don’t think it comes as any sur- prise. As long as I’ve been here, Professor Sanders has been among the most dedicated and committed professors to his students and teaching,” said Boetsch. ’ “I believe that Sanders has taken his advisees back, and is using his ofiice again, and I am glad that is so,” President John Elrod said. “ It is very important for faculty members at Wash- ington and Lee to be available to students outside class time, and no-one has been more faithfiil in doing that over a very long career at Washington and Lee than Taylor Sanders.” Sanders also reinstated office hours. He will be available Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1 1:10 to I 1:30 a.m. When disaster strikes, your best last SPORTS PAGE 7 Men’s Basketball: The Generals pulled off a spectacular second—half turnaround to beat Emory & Henry 6362. LAST WORD fling-tum It J u.‘ Freshman Vanessa Chen, (1 Chi Omega pledge, lip synchs to "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love,” from the movie “The Blues Brothers.” Howsme H01/EV/B1070 [book too much of security to control a crowd ofthat size and that was with five full-time campus security of- ficers, in addition to five student security [aids].” Ac- cording to Darrell, there was some destruction back- stage. A table was broken in half, some furniture “was beaten up” and a lamp was also broken. “I hate to put a damper on the evening, because ev- eryone did a great job,” said Darrell. But, paying for the damage done cut into the proceeds to S.A.R.A.H. Manning offered a different perspective. “The real significance of service to others gets lost in the frenzy,” said Manning. “There is a real sense of community spirit; the fraternities, sororities, MSA, in- dependents. A lot of good comes out of it.” Dutch Inn may reopen as beatnik coffee-house: Spirit of revolution is back BY WILL HARDIE NEWS EDITOR It takes revolutionary ideas to dislodge societies which, wheels lodged finnly in the ruts oftradition, are trundling inexorably toward decadence and stagnation. The Romans never got their act together and bailed out of Rome in A.D. 330. The French sorted themselves out in style in 1789, and heads rolled. A bunch ofguys in Lexington are hoping that 1998 will be remembered as the year they breathed some artistic and intellectual life back into their town. With the support of Scott Sayre, local entrepreneur and modest philanthropist, a band ofWashington and Lee stu- dents calling themselves the Rapscallions are planning to convert the vacant Dutch Inn into a salon and coffee-house which, they say, “would serve as a gathering place for the exchange of ideas.” Many students and others have welcomed the plan as an alternative to the present social system at W&L, which is limited in its potential for intellectual discourse and can put pressure on students to use alcohol. The dearth of fashionable and fun student venues that are not connected with drinking is sure to have contrib- uted to the alcohol—related medical and social problems that are plaguing the university. Sayre had this in mind when he got involved in the project. He has not been im- pressed by the fraternities’ use of alcohol. “The impres- sion the minority makes in glamorizing alcohol is good for no-one. I see this as a possible alternative to the fra- ternity scene and the glamorization of alcohol,” he said. The health authorities agree. Tom Houlihan is director of adult clinical services, responsible for the Lexington alcohol and substance abuse program. “I would very much support the development of any kind of alternative for students. There certainly does seem to be a lack of alternatives to using alcohol,” he said. President John Elrod also approves of the venture. “It is an intriguing concept and I got very enthusiastic about it. It would be a wonderful asset to the community, not just to W&L,” he said. Because it would provide a drink- free atmosphere? “I think it’s a nice opportunity to give to students to drink coffee and tea.” The core purpose ofthe scheme is artistic and intellec- tual. At a meeting of supporters Tuesday night, Chief Rap- scallion Dow Harris, who originated the idea, said: “Lex- ingtonjust doesn’t have a place where all the diverse fac- ets of society can come toand musicians in Lexington. There is talent here, there and everywhere that wants to meet the students.” 30 students and five locals attended Tuesday’s mock- secret meeting, the purpose of which was to gauge and canvas support for the plan. The Rapscallions had handed out scraps of paper reading, “Confidential ~ secret meet- ing tonight bring allies, don’t tell the enemy. Special password: Pyrite.” The idea was to make the venue sound exciting and subversive. The students seemed enthusiastic. “W&L desperately needs somewhere outside school to hang out,” said ‘CD SEE DUTCH PAGE 2 .....,_»,- L.';Yi3 nu LIBHAHY 4/ASHINGTON 3. LEE UNIVERSE‘: lfixiucamu. VA was - Jiiisoisn Is your relationship going down the drain? When King John comes calling, feminine sensibilities get flushed Bulk Rate US l’ostage PAII) Pcnnit No. 7 Iexington. Va. PAGE 8 Monday 6 JANUARY 26, 1998 Crowd surfer unleashes wave of filth (CD Electrocution terror puts end to Breakfast Club party BY KATHRYN MAYURNIK .\/lANAoII\'c. EDITOR After the beer ran out at Friday’s Lip Synch and the final strip-tease was performed, hordes of Washington and Lee students headed over to Chi Psi to listen to the “Break- fast Club.” Most left smelling bad and soaking wet. And it wasn’t men that were raining. Around 12:00 a.m., before the “Breakfast Club” had even taken their first break, a W&L man was “crowd surfing." While being tossed around by a group of students, he grabbed one of the exposed pipes that line Chi Psi’s ceiling. It was the emergency sprinkler pipe, and as soon as it was pulled down, dirty, stagnant water gushed out and drenched every- one in its path. Two inches accumulated in the basement within minutes. “I just want to dispel the rumorthat it was a sewer pipe,” said Chi Psi President Russ Woody. “The water was just dirty and had been in the pipe for a long time.” Woody grabbed the pipe immediately and attempted to turn offthe valve. “We couldn’t figure out which valve turned it off,” he said. Senior Kelsay Berland was standing next to the pipe when it broke. “The water that first came out was very muddy and smelly, but after that, the water was actually pretty clean,” she said. “I was soaked." “Everybody panicked and screamed, probably because they were so many drunk people there,” Berland said. “Some people headed for the door and some just stood there and got even wetter.” “People really overreacted, and were screaming that there was gasoline in the water,” senior Megan Johnson said. “Why would there be gasoline in the water? It wasn’t even that disgusting or that foul.” “We were just really worried about the electric current from the band’s equipment,” said Chi Psi President Russ Woody. “But luckily they pulled the plug right away.” No damage was caused to the band’s equipment. “I’m just surprised that no one got electracuted,” Berland said. “I jumped up on the wooden stage because I didn’t want to get fried.” She says that the situation was compounded by the large number of people packed into the fraternity to see the popu- lar ’80s band. “There were just so many people there, pushing against each other,” Berland said. “A lot of people had bruises on their legs from pushing into the partition they put in front Ii) sea WATER Pier 6 I gun, Wutospeak . . I NEWS EDITOR ; , ' ;;Preside‘nts-John Eirodwas astonished when he heard ‘ the ne’y§s.1“My mouth’ dropped open when I saw that ,they’d got Harry Wu. Ithink it’s fantastic, I’m de- lighted,” he said. J 5 The world~renowned Chinese dissident and promi- nent human rights activist will visit Washington and Leeion Thursday. He will give a speech in the Northen zauditorium‘ 7.30, p.rn., as part of W&L’s observance . of Captive Nations Week. The conviction that has made Wu one of the world’s most outspoken dissidents is rooted in cruel experi- ence. While a student at Beijing College, Wu was de- nounced as“a “rightis ” and sentenced to life impris- onment for questioning communism. The year was 1956; Wu was 19 years old. He spent the next 23 years of his life in labor camps, where the Communist gov- ernment attempted to “reform him through labor.” They failed. Wu was released in 1979 at the age of 42, and in 1985 he came to the United States determined to ex- pose the system that had enslaved him along with nearly 50 million other Chinese since 1949. He has branded the Iaogai gulag system “the biggest use of slavery this century,” and compared it to the Nazi and Soviet concentration camps. China has more than 1000 gulags and slave labor camps, more than the Soviet Union had when Solzhenitsyn wrote The Gulag Archipelago, accord- ing to the W&L Captive Nations Week website, www.wlu.edu/~freedom/. In 1992 Wu founded the Laogai Research Foundation to expose to the world the injustice of the system he says uses slave labor to produce products exported all over the world, inc lud- OCR::/Vol_099_100/WLURG39_RTP_19980126/WLURG39_RTP_19980126_002.2.txt PAGE 2 an ;gg;ii}érizlizetfor you if statfiments: A ,.{I,’.a,bst so much rahrrtj. g g . at.,.thatbig Whit¢:§1attice“. . j the stage . And whenet;9.¢r£4iI¢ Per .i;,.¢€'.1@.i?? 115516139 1}, ‘jingltan Austin Powers 0 2‘313399998i1P¢’C¢i1t”inak¢d ; riobsérfiiiggi. .l;i,;;k,;;,f_Le_1_g pulled on stagejby the KD.girls. ' up onstagé , but youknow, ustbouldn? “ see me'.cuzial1qof.those. I1€WS Clinton pledges work-study cash BY WILL HARDIE NEW'S EDITOR President Clinton wants to spend an extra $70 million on the federal work-study program, but quite how that might affect Washington and Lee students remains to be seen. Clinton called it “an opportunity to help us build the promise of America,” but Washington and Lee Director of Fi- nancial Aid John DeCourcy said, “The effect will be negligible on the indi- vidual students.” If Congress approves Clinton’s budget proposal, the federal govem— ment will spend an extra $70 million on the Federal College Work Pro- gram, which currently helps pay for the college education of more than 940,000 students across the nation. According to a White House statement this is one of the greatest investments in higher education in the past 50 years. Clinton’s proposals have the tentative support of both parties in Congress, though the Republicans are cautious about overspending. 330 W&L students currently re- ceive financial aid from the Federal College Work Program. The Univer- sity received $172,000 for the pro- gram in 1997, which it topped up by 25 percent. Federal work-study is separate DUTCH CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 A Sophomore Jessica Helm. She said she had been pleasantly surprised to meet many like-minded students whom she didn’t already know. The organizers still need to raise a large amount of cash be- fore the scheme can go ahead, but they are optimistic that they will find a way. “We need a major miracle at this point,” said Sayre. “We need $200,000 to fall out of the sky. Financially the best thing to do would be to level it and do Something else with the land, un- less you’ve got the Chinese army to do all the work. Well it looks from the W&L work program, on which 58 students have jobs on cam- pus to help support their study. It is unclear how the situation at W&L would change were funding in- creased. Even if Clinton obtained the $70 million he wants, nationally this would be worth only $7.45 per cur- rent recipient. If Clinton’s extra dol- lars were shared out equally among work-study programs nationally, ac- cording to the number of students on each program, W&L would receive a $2500 increase, to $174,500. Finan- cial Aid assistant Kim Ruscio said the department hopes for $180,000 in 1998. This much cash could be used to fund 15 more work-study places at the current rate. But how any increase in funding is to be spent will depend on federal guidelines. Ruscio said it is likely that Clinton will concentrate on the community service program, through which Federal work-study students work as volunteers on local community literacy training schemes. 32 W&L students are participating in 11 such local schemes this year. “We will just have to wait and see,” said Ruscio. DeCourcy was more skeptical. “I really don’t think it will have have a large impact,” he said. like we’ve got the Chinese army, with all the support we’re get- ting.” The original concept for the plan was based on the salons of 17th-and 18th-century France, which were the breeding-grounds of the ideas that sparked the French Revolution. Harris hopes the Dutch Inn salon would revive just such intellectual vigor and vitality in Lexington. “It would be a cultural thoroughfare where artistic creativity would flourish.” As he writes in his proposal, ‘‘It would be a bazaar where dancing ideas would be able to find part- ners.” JANUARY 26, 1998 VA COOL TO HOST AMERICORP TRAINING Jay White ’96 and VA COOL, the Virginia Campus Outreach Opportunity League, a non-profit organization located on the campus of the University of Richmond, will host a training session for VA COOL Americorps members Friday Jan. 30 through Sunday Feb. 1. Workshops focusing on Conflict Mediation, Mental Health Assesment, Team-Build- ing, Grant-Writing, and Relaxation Techniques will be held Sat. Jan. 31 in Commerce School room 221 and Sunday Feb. 1 in UC 114. The Washington and Lee community is invited to attend the workshops, but space will be limited. Saturday afternoon, VA COOL and individuals from the W&L community will be participating in an afternoon of community service at the Mayflower Retirement Home on North Main Street. Call 804-289-8009 or e-mail Jay White atjwhite2@richmond.edu for reservations and fur- ther information. VA COOL is the statewide office for collegiate voluntarism. W&L became a mem- ber in 1997. SUMMER PROGRAM, ST. ANNE’S COLLEGE Washington and Lee is one of six area schools that sponsor a summer program at St. Anne’s College, Oxford, England. The Virginia Program at Oxford uses the English tutorial system to study the literature and history of Tudor and Stuart England. The course will run from July 6 to August 15, 1998. The application deadline is March 2. There is some scholarship aid available. The cost ofthe program is $3,850 which cov- ers full tuition, room, board and group excursions for the six-week program. See Prof. Pamela Simpson in the art department for more information. KEEN TO SPEAK ON CONTEMPORARY FICTION BY WOMEN, RECEPTION WILL FOLLOW Professor Suzanne Keen, from W&L’s English department, will speak on Thursday Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in room 221 of the Commerce School. Her lecture will be entitled “Contemporary Fiction by Women.” A reception will follow, and the public is wel- come. The lecture is sponsored by Xi Pi Xi Society, an independent women’s organi- zation at W&L. For more information, contact Robing Seaton, Xi Pi Xi Society Trea- surer, via e-mail or on 462-4562. SCIENCE LECTURE ON “NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OF ANXIETY,” PUBLIC INVITED TO ATTEND Jeffrey A. Gray will give a lecture in room A214 of the New Science Center on Wednesday Jan. 28 at 4:30 p.m. Gray is head ofthe psychology department at Maudsley Hospital’s lnstitue for Psychiatry at the University of London. His lecture is entitled, “What’s Where in the Neuropsychology of Anxiety.” The lecture is sponsored by the New Science Center Dedication Committee, which is responsible for organizing ac- tivities to celebrate W&L’s new science facilities. The public is invited to attend. CONTINUE) ONPAGE6 THE FORCE OF IDEAS Meet representatives from The Advisory Board Company and learn more about our Research Associate position. W WEDNESDAY, IANUARY 28, 1998 W UNIVERSITY CENTER, RooM 114 WASHINGTON & LEE UNIVERSITY . W 7:00 P.M. ’ g Honest Conduct’ Servant3Heart I 2 Surplus Value I , Team Engagement _i Spiritof Generosity V ; Ethic0fHard Work ii Constant Growth . ThePowerof. Language C RunningToWard ’ Qriticisrrr A ' " THE ADVISORY BOARD COMPANY The Watergate, 600 New Hampshire AVe., N.W. Washington, DC 20037-2403 For additional information, please visit our Web site at www.advisory.com An Equal Opportunity Employer OCR::/Vol_099_100/WLURG39_RTP_19980126/WLURG39_RTP_19980126_003.2.txt JANUARY 26, 1998 BLOW OUT OF TOWN and leave the stress of schoolwork behind during Washington Holiday. ARTBY H()1.IJSTER H0l7§Y Students make a break in February BY KEiii3Y TOI'IH\I STAFF Wanna ashington Holi day traditionally provides Wash ington and Lee students with time to get away from the grind and escape Lexington. While some stu- dents will forget their studies and en- joy their vacations during February break, some motivated seniors will turn the break into opportunities for their futures as rock stars or stockbrokers. Underpants Cowboy, comprised of W&L rockers Jimmy Angel (stage name for James Angelos), Jed Hazlett, Greg Chow and Matt O’Brien, will launch its kick-off tour in the Southeast. “It’s pretty low—budget,” said Angelos. “We’ll probably be sleep- ing in the actual car and eating fast food, like Jim Morrison when he first started out.” While Underpants roams the Southeast in search of listeners, eco- nomics major Helen Kim will be gearing up for the corporate world. Junior Laura Cohen and senior .-Dana Hood will head for Mexico to wor- ship the sun, and a group of freshmen will play in the pow- der in New York. The band will travel in two cars: Angelos’ Buick LeSabre and Hazlett’ s Oldsmobile. “Greg is not allowed to drive in North Carolina for various traffic violations,” said Angelos of Chow, who received a speeding ticket in Yadkinville, N.C. “They said my privileges to oper- ate a motor vehicle in North Carolina have been revoked,” Chow said. He refuses to pay the $25 fee to reinstate his license. Angelos, vocalist and rhythm gui- tarist, doubles as the manager, “sort- of,” for the band. “That’s our problem- we need a manager,” he said. “We’re rockers, were bad at organization.” Right now, the band has only one venue booked. Underpants will end (and perhaps start) the tour Saturday, Feb. 21, in Charlottesville at the To- kyo Rose. The band plans, tentatively, to travel through North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. If Angelos does not find any places to play, the band will probablyjust show up on people’s doorsteps, ready to play, he said. “It’ll be a rock’em, sock’em, good time,” said Chow. Underpants will use their perfor- mance this Thursday in the Pit at 8:30 as a warrn-up for the trip. “We’re hon- ing our scales down and working out the kinks for the World Tour,” said Angelos. O’Brien, Underpants’ percussion- ist, who describes their music as a “jazzy, sexy, eclectic feel with an undercurrent of electric shock therapy,” thinks the tour will attract some professional recogni- tion. “I hope that we can just meet some record executives,” said O’Brien, “and spread the word of the imminent Top- 40 status of Underpants Cowboy.” The seniors have been playing music together, just fooling around, since they started at W&L. They formed the band this fall when solo guitarist Chow brought his drum set to school for O’Brien to play. Accord- ing to Angelos, the name was bassist Jed Hazlett’s idea. “Jed believes that there’s a cow- boy in everyone of us, just beneath the surface,” explained Angelos, “just like underpants.” If the band proves to be a huge success, Underpants would like to continue the tour internationally this summer. Band members boast that the group is already a mega-hit abroad. According to Angelos, grass-roots distribution has resulted in a huge fol- lowing in Ireland. “We’re really, re- ally big in Belgium right now,” claims O’Brien. While Under- pants roams the Southeast in search of listeners, eco- nomics major Helen Kim will begearing up for the corporate world. Kim will spend Monday through Friday of February break working 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. for Morgan Stanley/Dean Witter, a brokerage firm in Washington, D.C. “I suppose it’s a taste of the real world—— for what’s to come in June,” Kim said. “I will basically be a gopher for my February break.” The first weekend of the break, Feb. 13-15, Kim willjoin some friends in Wintergreen, Va. at senior Hillary Martin’s cabin. “We’ll go skiing, rentsappy mov- ies, and drink a lot of hot chocolate. We’ll also be complaining about Valentine’s Day,” said Kim, who de- scribes her fellow vacationers as a “Valentine support group.” Kim will head home to Fairfax, Va. Sunday night to be at work bright and early Monday morning. But working through a vacation isn’t new for Kim; she spent the two weeks of Christmas break with Dean Witter. When she was hired, the company asked when she would be available and Kim gave them her calendar. “I told them about my 2 breaks in winter and spring, which was a huge mistake,” said Kim. In retrospect, she thinks it might have been a better idea to havejust told them she was free in the spring. But she figures that giv- ing up both of her vacations should pay off in the future. “It looks good if I look like a hard, committed worker,” Kim said. “Pay your price now, so life is a little easier later.” Whether they are role- playing in the real world or performing at anonymous venues around the Southeast, these se- niors will work to- wards their future dur- ing February break while junior Laura Cohen and senior Dana Hood are taking their sunscreen to the beaches of Cabo San PAGE 5 W&life The condom broke? Maybe it’s not too late BY GINGER PHHJJPS STAFF Wanna guess we just weren ’t prepared. . . I thought we were being safe, but the condom broke. . . Sure, I ‘m on birth control. I just forget to take it sometimes. . . What if I 'm pregnant? The best way to prevent an unwanted pregnancy is the consistent use of a contraceptive before sex, but sometimes that plan is never made or simply goes awry. There are many cases in which contraception fails, but in more than half of the cases of unintentional pregnancy in the United States, no contraception was used at all However, a drug can be used to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sexual intercourse has already taken place. Last year the Food and Drug Administration approved a combination of two drugs called the emergency contraceptive pill, commonly known as “the moming-after pill.” The name of this dnig is misleading because the moming- after pill can actually be used effectively up to 72 hours after unprotected sex. This emergency treatment consists of two high doses of combination birth control pills which work before a woman has become pregnant. The first dose, administered within the first 72 hours after intercourse, is followed by a sec- ond dose twelve hours later. Women who are unable to take regular birth control pills are also advised not to seek this treatment. The pills work by altering the signals that govern hormone release. “The pill changes the hormonal environment to make impregnation less likely to occur if there is a fertilized egg,” says Dr. Jane Horton, Director of Health Services. The fertilized egg is pre- vented from being implanted inside the uterus, where it would normally grow into an embryo. Because the pill stops implantation, timing is essential for its success. The emergency contraception pill is not to be confused with RU- 486, the so-called “abortion pill.” RU-486 induces abortion of an im- planted embryo when used within the early stages of pregnancy. Available in Europe and Japan, it has not been approved by the FDA for use in the U.S. The morning after pill has proven to be very effective. Dur- ing a woman’s most fertile time of the month—the five days before and during ovulation—the risk of becoming pregnant is about 30 per- cent. The moming-after pill can reduce that risk by 70 to 90 percent. During the last ten years of use here at W&L, the pill has only failed once. By using the treatment, a woman will not know whether or not she would have become pregnant, the pills may not actually be doing anything at all. How- ever, with even the slightest possibility of a pregnancy, the pills can pre- vent the unwanted results of unprotected sex. About one-third of women experience side effects like nausea, vomiting and tenderness of the breasts. If the user is unable to keep the pill down, anti- nausea drugs should be taken before the treatment is repeated. As with most drugs, there exists the possibility of serious health problems, but none have been reported in connection with the use of the morning after pill. C6 The SHC staff doesn ’t make you feel uncom- fortable at all. I was embarrassed, but'z't’s definitely better to be embarrassed than to be pregnant. - Anonymous student 77 The Student Health Center offers the moming-after treatment. If a student wishes to seek treatment, she must go to the SHC as soon as possible and within 72 hours after having unprotected sex. It is not necessary to explain the reason for the visit until she meets with the nurse or doctor, and the visit is strictly confidential. The student must sign a consent form before the pills can be administered. Many students may neglect treatment out of fear of embarrassment. “The SHC staff doesn’t make you feel uncomfortable at all. I was embanassed, but it’s definitely better to be embarrassed than to be pregnant,” said a student under the condition of anonymity. Many W&L students are unaware that the moming-after pill is offered here. Dr. Horton says that dorm coun- selors are educated about the treat- ment and that programs such as LIFE try to inform incoming freshmen about the consequences of and solutions to unsafe sex. However, the treatment is cur. Dr. Horton be_ not widely advertised around campus. “After 1 took the pill, Iwas talking with “eves that 1/1 is is due a male friend ofmine about it, and he to th e excessive had no idea what I was talking about,” amo unt of drinking the same student said. “There are a _ lot of people who don’t know about that goes 0}’! during these times. ” the pill. I spent almost three years here before I heard about it.” During the 1996-1997 school year, the moming—aftertreatment was administered 63 times. So farthis year 32 treatments have been given, almost double the amount given in the same period of time last year. The numbers indicate that more women are seeking treatment during months in which major W&L social functions occur. Dr. Horton believes that this is due to the excessive drinking that goes on during these times. “Alcohol clouds people’s judgements and affects their appropriate use of contraceptives,” Dr. Horton said. As Fancy Dress nears, students need to think about the consequences and responsibilities that can come with bad decisions such as unprotected sex. The moming-after pill is equivalent to a high dosage of regular birth control pills. However, the amount of regular pills a student must take depends on the brand of the pills. While the moming-after pill is what Horton calls “a wonderful addition to help women with their health needs,” it is not safe to use as a routine fonn of birth control. “I only took it once, and I feel that there are probably some people here that use it as an actual birth control method, and that is not good,” an anonymous W&L student said. “It is a privilege to have as a service, but it should not be abused.” She believes that girls should learn something from their treatment. “You should only make that mistake once—vnot many “... more women are seeking treatment during months in which major W&L social functions oc- times,” she said. (I3 THE MORNING- AFTER PILL is actually a series of pills. During the 1 996-1 997 school year, the treatment was administered 63 times. Pnoro FROM WWW. 1-‘IRSTC UT. COM CD See TRAVEL page 4 GARRICK OHLSSON will entertain students and faculty Tuesday in the Lenfest Center. PR1-.‘SS1’H()’l‘() Concert Guild brings Ohlsson to Lenfest PRESS RELEASE B-HFILB The Washington and Lee Univer- sity Concert Guild will present pianist Garrick Ohlsson in a performance at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Lenfest Center. Ohlsson will open the program with Beethoven’s Sonata No. 18 in E-flat Major, followed by Prokofiev’s Sonata No. 8 in B-flat Major. The remainder of the program will be works by Chopin: Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Six Etudes from Op. 25, Nocturne in F Minor and Scherzo No.2 in b-flat Minor. Ohlsson has long been regarded as one ofthe world’s leading exponents ofthe music Chopin, although his rep- ertoire encompasses virtually the en- tire piano literature. He is also noted for his masterly performances of the works of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, as well as music ofthe late Romantic era. During the 1994-95 and 1995-96 seasons, he gained accolades for his sold-out cycles ofthe complete solo works of Chopin performed in New York City, Toronto, Ann Arbor and Purchase, NY. He will repeat these programs this season in London, Paris, and Warsaw. He has recorded the complete solo works of Chopin for Arabesque, as well as other recordings on Arabesque, RCA Victor Red Seal, Angel, Bridge. BMG, Delos, Hanssler, Nonesuch. Telarc and Virgin Classics labels. A native of White Plains, N.Y., Ohlsson began his piano studies at the age of eight. He attended the Westchester Conservatory of Music and at 13 entered The Julliard School in New York. Although he won First Prizes at the 1966 Busoni Competition in Italy and 1968 Montreal Piano Competition, it was his 1970 triumph as the Gold Medal winner at the Chopin Competi- tion in Warsaw that brought him worldwide recognition as one of the finest pianists of his generation. He also won the Avery Fisher Prize in the Spring of I994. Ohlsson has appeared as soloist with many major symphony orches- tras in the U.S. and in Europe. He is also an avid chamber musician and. together with violinist Jorja Fleezanis and cellist Michael. Grebanier, is a founding member of the San Francisco-based FOG Trio. Tickets are required for W&L’s Concert Guild Series. For more infor- mation and reservations. call the Lenfest Box Office at 463-8000. OCR::/Vol_099_100/WLURG39_RTP_19980126/WLURG39_RTP_19980126_004.2.txt PAGE 4 (D THE PICTURES OF THE YEAR will be on display in ‘ Leybum Library until the end of January. The 53rd annual competition is sponsored by the National Press Photographers Association and the Missouri School of Journalism. H()l.l.lS7ER HoVi:r/ PHOTO E/)I7oR Photojournalism on display in Leyburn BY CHRISFINA JULIAN STAFF \WRl'I‘ER Standing beneath a multitude of hungry outstretched hands, a small child hoping to receive a meal gazes into the crowd. This picture, by Carol Guzy of The Washington Post, made her Newspaper Photographer of the Year in “Pic- tures of the Year,” the 53rd annual competition sponsored by the National Press Photographers Association and the Missouri School of Journalism. Washington and Lee stu- dents have a unique opportunity to see the best pictures of the year, on display in Leybum Library. The exhibit, on the main and first floors, will remain in the library until the end of January. Though journalism students may find the display particularly interesting, the pictures are “useful to the wider University community,” said Hampden Smith, professor of journalism. “They con- front all of us with the information newspapers give us. We are able to look at the most dramatic and interesting photographs which define our time.” Who could forget the picture from the Oklahoma City bombing of the firefighter carrying out a small child? Pow- erful photography leaves an impression on one’s mind that lingers long after the headlines or stories. “The dis- play allows us to see and recognize that images we keep in our head remind us of the good and bad,” said Smith. “Pictures of the Year” has come to W&L for three years, and the Journalism Department plans to host the traveling exhibit again next year. Smith advised anyone fiirther interested in photojournalism to visit the famous photos on displayuat the Associated Press Museum in Arlington for its 150th anniversary celebration. W&life "lncrediblg maTure "his vocal Ta|enT and "...ThoughT provoking and sophisticated abiliTg on guitar original Tunes that are songvm-ring" give a strength and Top quayfg" individual flovor ~ MUSC Reviews Ton familar and: -Bd,mmd Music imeless Tunes Journal Quarterlg ~ Rdimond Music Joumal APPEARING l|'I' F73/D/IV JANUARY 30 9.00 //V THE PA V/l/0/V. (BEE/2 GARDEN) SPONSORED ray THE OFF/CE OF S71/DE/\/M67/l//7/ES I.IIIII( EIIII 'I'IIE IIELEASE III‘ THE PAT IVIl:IiEE Bl|IlII’S NEW Illl Ill EEBIIIIAIIY 1997! JANUARY 26, 1998 ILDTRAVEL CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 Lucas, along the Baja strip in Mexico. “It’s nice to get away to some place warm,” said Cohen, who has spent her past February breaks in St. Lucia and the Grand Cayman Islands. “We’ll get a lot of sleep and get a lot of sun.” Cohen is getting the thrill of vaca- tioning along with the benefits of home: she’ 11 get to see her parents. They knew they couldn’t get their daugh- ter to come home for break, s4 so instead, they’ decided to g o to the same place. They’re also foot- ing the bill. It’s somewhat like bribery, said Cohen, but she doesn’t mind. Her par- ents will be celebrating their twenty- sixth wedding anniversary and it gives her the opportunity to combine cel- ebrating with them and vacationing with a friend. Plus, the parental watch- dogs will be staying in a different ho- tel, allowing Cohen and Hood freedom, without consequences, to check out the club scene. When asked if she would set aside some time from the fruity beverages and sandy beaches to crack open a book, Cohen laughed. “I’ll bring [my work], butl probably won’t do it,” she said. While Cohen and Hood are playing with the colorful umbrellas in their drinks, eight freshmen will be a d d i n g marshmallows to their hot chocolates in upstate New York Freshman Kim Russell has invited seven friends up to her grandmother’s sinnrner home on Big WolfLake, near Lake Placid. Since her grandmother is not there for the winter, they will have the entire house to themselves. Raijah Yarborough, Alexis Yee- Garcia, Meredith Bryk, Max Ivankov, Tyler Green, Scott Meister and Pat Renton willjoin Russell to go skiing, hang out by the fireplace and relax. The group of friends has chummed about together since the beginning of the school year. They are inseparable, said Bryk, and the house is just big enough to give them all a little space. Bryk is looking forward to spending time outside of school with everyone. “Some do [ski], some don’t,” she said. “We’re all going to learn.” With eight people, transportation to upstate New York will prove a bit tricky. “The plans change daily,” Bryk said. She and her boyfriend, Renton, will catch a ride up to her home in Connecticut, get her little brother’s car, and then drive up to New York. Meister will go home first, then fly up to meet everyone while the five oth- ers will pile in Russell’s car for the trek. Although this vacation is noth- ing new for Bryk, who has always had this week offin high school, she still appreciates it. Bryk has quickly learned the reason behind students’ elaborate, and sometimes outra- geous, February break plans: “Be- ing in Lexington all winter long seems to make people stir crazy.” Summer Jobs at Washington and Lee Counselors for Summer Scholars July 5-31,1998 Summer Scholars is a four-week academic program for 140 rising high school seniors. Counselors serve as resident advisors for 10 students in Graham-Lees dormitory and plan evening and week-end activities. Application deadline is February 24, 1998 Special Programs Resident Assistants June 18-August 5, 1998 The Office of Special Programs employs 5 W&L students to serve as Resident Assistants for a wide variety of Special Programs including Alumni Colleges, Elderhostel, and adult conferences. Duties include housekeeping, attending all meals with guests, bar receptions, and shuttle driving. An outgoing personality is a must. Application deadline, March 15, 1998 For further information, please contact the Office of Special Programs, Howard House, 463-8723 IIAEELE For the use of President Elrod’s Parking space on the hill until the end of the winter tenn Raffle Tickets 1 for $3.00 2. for $5.00 January 19th - 23rd in front of the Co-op Yllll llllll IIIIHIIEE I'I' IIIIME !! Proceeds go to..... A HABITAT run l|IlIVIlIIlI'I'Y Students... D a Join us for our Super Buffet, only $5 .99, every Thursday-Saturday night and Sunday brunch. Every Monday night students receive 10% off all entrees. Drink specials available every weeknight. Delivery available daily with 10% off to all students 535) ti-i;......,..9..,..i....[’~.\\~u\I.ll\'~lllt Subway Sandwiches & Salads 453 E. Nelson St. Lexington Regardless of the outcome, it was a wonderful game to watch. Green Bay showed plenty of guts themselves, twice erasing deficits, and had every fan on the edge of his seat during their fi- nal drive. And Bill Romanowski didn’t even spit on anyone. Finally, a game worthy of being a Super Bowl! Although it was nice for sentimen- tal reasons to see Denver and Elway finally get the money offtheir backs, it was also nice to see the AFC losing streak broken. The streak has been over-hyped in recent years, making it sound like the AFC was an inferior conference against the NFC. Now the NFL is back to square one, and writ- ers and fans can focus on the teams next year instead of the streak. Hope- fully that will still be the casein 2010 when the NFC again wins the Super Bowl (‘gin THE suB.ii.iii.:r SHOULD BE. phone: (540)463-3322 All set and ready for Spring to arrive Pre-season All-American Ed Dougherty leads the #11 Generals towards the elusive NCAA tournament bid. Here, Dougherty celebrates a goal in last year’s Lee-Jackson Classic. Men’s lacrosse opens their season Feb. 25 at Guilford. Women’s lacrosse, ranked #8 at the end of last season, opens the 1998 campaign Mar. 4 against Guilford. The #4 Women’s tennis team looks to continue their NCAA dominance when they open their season on March 4 against Randolph-Macon. Men’s Tennis is ranked #18 in Division III heading into their opener Feb. 26 at Radford. Check out previews of all of these spring sports and more next week in the Phi. Women drop two, fall to .500 BY BRENDAN HARRINGTON It was a tough week for the Gener- als, going 0-2 last week with a pair of disheartening losses. On Tuesday W&L lost to an amazing Bridgewater team, 66-51. Bridgewater came into the game undefeated and ranked #1 in the South. On Thursday the Generals fell to Guilford 77-61 in Greensboro, NC. The Generals now stand at 7-7 over- all and 4-7 in the ODAC. Tuesday at the Warner Center the Generals led Bridgewater 29-28 at the half and were tied with the Eagles 37- 37 with 15:00 left in the game. How- ever, the Lady Eagles outscored W&L 29-14 in the final 15:00 to remain un- defeated at 14-0. The Generals used a combination of suffocating man-to- man defense and red hot shooting to gain the lead in first half as Sopho- more guard Ansley Miller had four steals andjunior center Amber Hinkle had 13 points in the first half. The Generals seemed to run out of gas during the second half as fatigue seemed to play a large role down the stretch. Only seven players saw ac- tion for the Generals while ten play- ers hit the floor for Bridgewater. Jun- ior forward Connie Ritchie led the way for Bridgewater with 19 points. Miller had 19 for the Generals while Hinkle finished with 15. On Thursday the Generals seemed to suffer from bus lag as they dropped a 15 point decision to Guilford in Greensboro, N.C. Sloppy play and lack of intensity plagued the Gener- als as they were within striking dis- tance of Guilford for most of the game but just could not put together a rally. W&L shot 57 percent from the field in the first half but the Generals fin- ished with a season high 32 turnovers, 18 of them in the first half as W&L fell trailed 34-25 at the half. The 1-2 punch of Laura Haynes and Marija Preimats was too much for the Generals to handle as Haynes scored 29 and Preimats poured in 28, accounting for 57 of Guilford’s 77 points. Miller was the Generals’ high scorer once again with 19. Hinkle added 14 and Chrissy Burghardt had 10 in the losing effort. The win im- proved Guilford to 7-7 overall and 5- 5 in the ODAC. The Generals host Emory & Henry tonight at 7:00 p.m. in the Warner Center. On Thursday they travel to Randolph-Macon Women’s College and they play the first game of a double-header on Saturday at noon at the Warner Center against Guilford. OCR::/Vol_099_100/WLURG39_RTP_19980126/WLURG39_RTP_19980126_006.2.txt PAGE 6 '1 JANUARY 26, 1998 I1€WS NEW ZEALAND PROFESSOR TO SPEAK THURSDAY Neil McNaughton will speak on Thursday Jan. 29 at 4:30 p.m. in room A214 ofthe New Science Center. His lecture is entitled, “Interdisciplinary Recursion: How the Rat’s Brain Can Tell Us About Human Anxiety.” McNaughton is a native of Scotland, and now teachers at the University of Otago in New Zealand. His visit is sponsored by W&L’s Neuroscience Program. MASTER PLAN FORUM TO BE HELD, THURSDAY JAN 29 AT 7 P.M. W&L will hold an informal public forum on its proposed mas- ter plan on Thursday, Jan. 29, at 7:00 p.m. in the Fairfax Lounge in the University Center at the corner of Washington Street and Lee Avenue. The public is invited to attend. Drawings of the preliminary master plan will be on display during the public fo- rum. Contact the W&L News Office at 463-8460 for more infor- mation. USSO, ROMANIAN PIANIST TO PRESENT RHAPSODY IN BL UE AT LENFEST Renowned Romanian pianist Mihai Ungureanu will serve as soloist for the Jan. 31 performance of George Gershwin’s Rhap- sody in Blue by the University-Shenandoah Symphony Orches- tra. Barry Kolman, W&L’s associate professor of music and music director of USSO, will conduct. The performance will be held at the Lenfest Center at 8:00 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, ca1l462-4535. W&L FILM SOCIETY TO SHOW “THE BLUE KITE” FRIDAY JAN. 30 “The Blue Kite,” a powerful Chinese drama, will be presented by the W&L Film Society and International Club, in conjunction with Captive Nations Week. Screenings will be at 7:30 p.m. on Friday Jan. 30 and Saturday Jan 31 in the Troubadour Cinema, at the corner of Main and Henry streets. Admission is free. The film is in Mandarin, with English subtitles. “The Blue Kite” is directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang, and won the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1993. Chroni- cling the first 20 years of communist rule in China through the destinies ofa child born in 1954 and that of his mother, the film earned international acclaim. However, Tian Zhuangzhuang was blacklisted by China’s Ministry of Film, Television and Culture for the film’s controversial themes. PULITIZER PRIZE WINNING PLAY, CRIMES OF THE HEART AT LENFEST, W&L’s first production of 1998 will be Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley. The play won the Pulitzer prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1981. Crimes of the Heart will be presented on Feb. 6, 7, 9 and 10 at 8:00 p.m. and on Feb. 8 at 2:00 p.m. For information or reservations call the Lenfest box office at 463-8000. GENERALPROBE, GERMAN COMEDY AT LENF EST FEB. 6-7 On Feb. 6-7, GENERALPROBE will perform the two-act com- edy Hin und Her (Back and Forth) by the Austrian dramatist Odon von Horvath. The show begins at 8:00 p.m. in the Keller The- ater. Admission is free. GENERALPROBE is a group of W&L German students, «fac- ulty and friends dedicated to German language drama. The play will be performed in German, and a detailed English synopsis will be provided in the program. The comedy takes place on a bridge between two hostile countries — a bridge on which, in one short night, a homeless man takes up residence, couples fall in love, drunks drink, smugglers smuggle, guards let their guard down, the human spirit triumphs over adversity and a grouchy man catches a very large fish. RICHARDSON TO GIVE CLASS OF ’62 LECTURE FEB.i5 Associate Professor of Journalism Brian E. Richardson, ’73, will present this year’s Class of 1962 Fellowship Lecture on Thursday Feb. 5 at 7:30 p.m. in Northen Auditorium. The title ofhis lecture is “Britain 2,000: The Millennium is the Message.” The lecture is open to the public and will be followed by a recep- tion. During the 1996-97 academic year, Richardson taught at the University of Birmingham, England, and did research at Ox- ford University on the British media’s coverage of the 1996 American presidential election and the 1997 Parliamentary elec- tions in UK. His lecture will focus on Britain and the British’ media coverage at the threshold ofthe millennium. The Class of 1962 Fellowship Program was established in 1987 with a gift of an endowment to support the scholarship and research ofthe un- dergraduate faculty. UFFELMAN LEAVES LENFEST CENTER TAKES COMMUNICATIONS POST, Former assistant to the managing director of the Lenfest Cen- ter Louise E. Uffelman has assumed the position of communica- tions writer at W&L. She will work with both the publications and the news offices to develop write and produce news releases, stories for the Alumni magazine and other publications as needed. She will also assist with media visits to the campus. Uffelman assumed the position on Jan. 1. PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS PHILIPS EARN S DISTINGUISHED AWARD Charles F. Philips Jr., the Robert G. Brown Professor of Eco- nomics at W&L, was honored at the annual meeting ofthe Trans- portation and Public Utilities Group ofthe American Economic Association. He received the group’s 1997 distinguished mem- ber award “for significant contributions to the field during his career.” During the meeting, Philips also chaired two sessions, presented a paper titled, “Social Objectives in an Era of Deregu- lation,” and concluded his two-year term (for the third time) as President of Omicron Delta Epsilon, the international honor so- ciety in economics. Considered one of the foremost authorities of industrial orga- nization, corporate economics and government regulation of busi- ness, Phillipsjoined the economics department at W&L in 1959. His book, The Regulation ofPublic Utilities, now in its third edi- tion, is widely used by experts in the field. -— Compiled by Heather McDonald "- WAT E R CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 of the stage.” “The place was packed,” Woody said. “It does get really crowded in the base- ment,” Chi Psi Social Chair Anthony Allen said. “But I don’t really think that it is an issue for us because the way the basement is set up, people spill out into the other room.” Someone pulled down a pipe over Par- ents Weekend too, Woody said. “A per- son was standing on some risers we put up, they lost their balance, and grabbed onto the pipe.” Woody said they have ‘(:3 G U LAG CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ing to the United States. He has testified on several occasion be- fore congressional committees on Chinese human rights violations. Wu has visited China four times since 1991 on his quest to elucidate its twilight prison re- gime. On his most recent trip Wu again fell victim to the system he is fighting, when he was impris- oned for several months, accused Tuesday Snow Showers High: 41° Low: 34° Wednesday I Partly Cloudy High: 47° Low: 34° since moved the risers. Since all of the pipes in Chi Psi base- ment are exposed, there is always the dan- ger of something like this happening, Woody said. “We might try to strengthen the pipes in some way.” “Our pledges were real all-stars,” said Woody. “As soon as the pipe broke, they were already sweeping it outside with brooms.’ Before the pipe broke, it was the best party at Chi Psi in a long time, Woody said. “It was tragic for it to end so soon.” He pointed out that it could have been a lot worse. “Someone could have pulled the hot water pipe.” of spying. US pressure facilitated his re- lease, but his struggle continues. Three of Wu’s books have be- come New York Times bestsellers: Laogais The Chinese Gulag; A Memoir of My Years in China's Gulag; and Troublemaker.‘ One Man ’s Crusade Against China ’s‘ Cruelty. China’s human rights record has been under the spotlight over the past year, with the handover of Hong Kong and the visit to the USA in October 1997 of Chinese president Jiang Zemin. Guess who? Both of these bands played at Washington and Lee in past years. E-mail the correct names of the bands to phi@w|u.edu by 12 a.m. Tues. to be eligible for a random draw. The winner will receive‘ an ice cream sundae from Sweet Things, complements of the Phi. Cl/75 COZO/P 6010/? 60/Q/PE6 l/0/V F0/Z//\/6 0990 The Crystal Tower Building 131 West Campbell Avenue Roanoke, Virginia 24011 (540) 342 2460 LAWRENCE This Weeks Weather: Thursday Showers High: 45° Low: 34° Saturday Partly Cloudy High: 45° Low: 33° Fire and Brimstone High: 45° Low: 30° Hard Rain High: 46° Low: 29° Courtesy of the National Weather Service OCR::/Vol_099_100/WLURG39_RTP_19980126/WLURG39_RTP_19980126_007.2.txt PAGE 7 Lip synch or strip show? Friday night’s lip synch proved that sex not only sells, it buys tons of food for area food banks. With 32 acts, the biggest show in its 12-year history, this year’s should have come with a parental advisory and a NC-17 rating (for full- frontal male nudity.) These acts were comprised mostly of Greek members, who bared chests and genitalia to tunes like “I’m too Sexy” and “It’s Raining Men.” Not only were members of the student body and faculty treated to a musical review of pop hits from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s, they got a glimpse of sorority and fraternity unmentionables. Audience members were exposed to male genitalia, bare butts in white spandex, countless male chests, (some hairy, most not), a lot of women’s legs, views up their skirts, really tight halter tops and really tight pants. Those groups who performed fully clothed won the judges heart. Chi Omega, with two squeaky clean acts, took first and second place. Their skits lacked originality (“Men in Black” was a direct copy of the video) but the dancers were well choreographed and clothed from head to toe. The beer garden ran out of beer well before 11 p.m. The guffaws and fall—outs of this year’s show drove many an upperclassman to the beer garden in search of reprieve. Students Against Rockbridge Area Hunger limited the number of students participating in each act which increased the number of acts in the show. It also seemed to have increased the amount of skin shown on stage. Although the show has a history of drunken revelry and skin thrills, this year the tradition reached an all-time low. The crap on stage was comparable to the crap spewed during Chi Psi’s after hours water pipe spill. Members of the last act refused to let the tradition of ripping apart the stage die. In a last minute frenzy they pulled down the stage’s white lattice supports and were then booted off stage. Washington and Lee students need to learn that the °°Uras.e.£0 .I2<“«.rf9rm doesnfl some in. ..a..flask- Drunkiiisiiiyt always funny. There are only so many times Slimer can fall on her ass. The winners of this year’s lip synch were well choreographed and sober enough to remember the moves. It is a disgrace to the W&L community when men fall out of their pants, tear down the stage and girls willingly offer a glimpse up their skirts. “ J i uote of the Week: Alcohol uplifts the spirit and brings it closer to God. —— Politics professor quoting an Islamic sect from Albania 7) Ellis filing-tum lfilti Executive Editors Courtney Miller Jason Zacher Managing Editor Kathryn Mayurnik Associate Editor Andrea Ewing News Editors Will Hardie Heather McDonald w&life Editors Liz Detter Tarah Grant Opinion & Editorial Editor Frances Groberg Sports Editor John Stewart Last Word Editor Polly Doig Photo Editor Hollister Hovey Online Editor Tom Wadlow Circulation Manager Matthew Craig Advertising Editor Steven Klotz The Ring-tum Phi is published Mondays during the undergraduate school year at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia. Funding for the Ring- tum Phi comes primarily from advertising and subscription revenues. 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This club’s for you “... and thank God that I just don’t care.” —— The Velvet Underground, Heroin Here at Washington and Lee, the five or six campus liberals can join the College Democrats. The College Democrats provide a forum for discussing the best way to ruin everyone’s future with idiotic social programs. }’,The Loony Bin Mclvlanemin 00 Those with even fewer brain cells, and who are able to trace at least one ancestor back to the Mayflower, can join the College Republicans. Or, if you just like root- ing for losing teams (like you Denver fans) the Col- lege Libertarians provide a great forum for becoming familiar with the concession speech. But what about the rest of us? What about us cyni- cal Generation X-ers who don’t give half a holy hoot about the petty world of politics? What about those of us too lazy and too jaded to possibly care? Well I’m founding a club for all of us slackers: The Apathetic Student Society. Our mission is to promote the political ideals of "apathy. In order to do this, we’re never going to meet, we’re never going to sponsor de- bates or rallies; in fact, we’re never going to do anything. The Apathetic Student Society promises not to try and shove some ridiculous ideology down your throat. If you don’t agree with us, we don’t care. We’re the only club willing to admit that we have no idea what’s best for you. We hope that no one will show up for these events: Apathetic Student Society Winter Schedule January 29th —— nothing February 15th — nothing February 30th —— nothing March 5th — nothing You see, the political doctrine of apathy (founded in Athens, 485 BC by Apatheticus, the town drunkard) doesn’t involve time-wasting chores like protest rallies, letter writing campaigns or voting. We believe in solv- ing problems by ignoring them in the hopes that they’ll go away by themselves. Sure, our political methods of watching TV and playing video games strike our oppo- 15 Minutes of Shame ¢¢,¢p_g,,;-r _e