OCR::/Vol_094/WLURG39_RTP_19950203/WLURG39_RTP_19950203_001.2.txt Y A‘ A mu,‘ - WI A uni tnwetncmr‘ Lfittzmzouva I-Mar She Stoops fl'o Conquer o/oens toniglit FEB ll 1995 nears 9 Canfield em end Cm /trcfvx. e e“It?.1£~r3’ N55; 21 v. *1 W‘) . («*1 =5 U112 fling-tum Ifllti VOLUME 94, No.).r WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA ‘K . .,.,. . A long nters np Photo by Betsy Green, The Ring-tum Phi Robert E. Lee wandered out of the chapel Tuesday to enjoy the first major snowfall of the season. Bob Nelson, Bob Ross, Malcolm Burke and David Stillman, all of the class of ’96 sculpted the replica of the Reposing Lee. The area received 6-10 inches from the collective snowfalls of Saturday and Monday. FEBRUARY 3, 1995 Arrests made in gun incidents BY MICHAEL H1-zwusrr Phi Staff Writer Freshman arrested for marijuana possession BY MICHAEL Hswrerr Phi Staff Writer A second Washington and Lee student was arrested after a W&L security officer found marijuana in his room. Freshman Omar Vannoy was arrested on Jan. 22 and charged with marijuana possession, a misdemeanor under Virginia state law. On Dec. 2, 1994, freshman Eric Daur was arrested and charged with possession with intent to distribute 6 ounces of marijuana valued at $1,100, which is a felony. Police said Vannoy had three ounces of marijuana valued at $540. Vannoy said he was watching a movie with his girlfriend when W&L security knocked on his door. Security told his girlfriend to leave, he said. He admitted to having marijuana when security asked him about it. Security evicted him immediately and told him to wait there. Vannoy then went to Dean Howison’s office, escorted by dorm counselor Adam Plotkin. He said he got the marijuana in Texas during winter break. Vannoy paid $320 for it. Officer Gary Coleman who arrested Vannoy said that had a dealer sold it on the street, the marijuana would have cost $540. Vannoy contends he was never arrested, but Coleman said that in Virginia, the moment a suspect is served with a warrant, he is arrested. “Any time you have a warrant where the suspect cannot leave, he is arrested,” he said. Coleman said because the charge was a misdemeanor, he had the choice of whether to release him or not. He believed Vannoy would not flee the country. Vannoy was told that he had to be out of Graham-Lees dorm by Monday night. He said he stayed at the Holiday Inn. On Tuesday he said he talked with his lawyer, H. David Natkin. Vannoy said on Thursday, Jan. 26, he went to the Lexington Police Department and was officially charged with marijuana possession. Vannoy suspects his roommate, freshman Douglas Bryan Hesney, tipped security off. He thinks his Hesney turned him in so he could have the room to himself. Plotkin and Hesney both refuted that charge. Plotkin declined to say who told security about Vannoy. Director of Security Mike Young also refuted Vannoy’s suspicions. “I think it’s unfortunate that Mr. Vannoy would say things like that.” Vannoy said he originally had four ounces of marijuana before he smoked it. He said he had at most two ounces left when security found it. Coleman said it was three ounces but he will not be sure until the marijuana comes back from the lab where it was tested and measured. Vannoy said his court date was February 14 but has been changed to February 21. He said he will probably join the Marijuana Offenders program for first-time offenders. He said the program lasts 10 to 12 weeks, and participants are subject to urine analysis. His license has been suspended for six months, he said. After the program, Vannoy said he will be under unmonitored probation and after a year the charges will be dropped. The school is waiting to see how his case goes before the Student Conduct Committee. Presently Vannoy is living at the Dutch Inn. Police are still investigating. Women and Leadership Samples to play promotes unity among female leaders BY DAN QDENWALD Phi Staff Writer Carol Pierce ’95 and Karlene Jennings ’96 want to make Washington and Lee a friendlier place for female student leaders. Last spring the turned their hope into a group called Women and Leadership. Women and Leadership is a loosely bonded group of female student leaders dedicated to “contributing to the success and self- esteem of women leaders on campus.” They hold special events throughout the year including receptions and dinners that promote unity among women leaders. The events also serve as opportunities for “affir- mation, education, and the exchange of ideas,” between those leaders. For example, a post-Women’s Rush reception was held Wednesday night for fresh- men women. Class of 1998 Vice—President Mary Jo Mahoney and Katherine Steuart ’98 led the event. It was intended to unify the freshmen women after a divisive Rush. The group is currently planning a plethora of events. On January 31, Women and Lead- ership hosted a reception for Helen Thomas,‘ the former UPI White House correspondent. They are also working on a newsletter detail- ing what women leaders are currentlydoing on campus. In the Spring a women’s leader- ship conference will be held at Skylark. “There is a need for more communication between the women’s groups on campus,” said Co-founder Carol Pierce. She sees a need to “encourage campus involvement,” among female students. to See Lip, page 2 Superdance tonight BY PETE WEISSMAN Phi Staff Writer By dancing at the Samples concert tonight in the Pavilion, Washington and Lee students can raise thousands of dollars for the Muscu- lar Dystrophy Association. Big Hairy Posse, a band that includes recent W&L graduates, will kickoff the 16th Annual Superdance for MDA at 9 p.m. Last year, the event raised $12,000 for wheel- chairs and special services. Superdance co- chairman Trey Block hopes the event will gross $30,000 this year. The Samples concert has sparked calls from across the state for tickets, said co- chairrnan Tina Hand. “They’ve really established themselves as a great band,” Hand said. BHP’s performance will be a welcome flashback for many W&L upperclassmen. “The fact that they’re coming back to- gether after some of them have graduated is really exciting,” Hand said. For Superdance, students collect dona- tions and pledges and attend a concert. Last year, about 800 students attended the David Allan Coe concert, and about 50 of them collected contributions. If W&L donates $25,000 to MDA, W&L can send a representative to Las Vegas to present the check to Jerry Lewis on the Labor Day weekend telethon. In 1985, when the minimum was $20,000, W&L sent a repre- sentative, said Fontanne Bostic, University Services administrative assistant. Through the years, the event has evolved from a battle-of-the-bands to a dance—a—thon to its current format as a single night concert, Hand said. Past acts include Drivin’-n-Cryin’ and the Dave Matthews Band. Prizes will go to the fraternity and sorority that raise the most money. Last year’s win- ners were Phi Delta Theta with $2000 and Chi Omega with $700. Black History Month: Check out the independent supplement, Crossroads Two Lexington teenagers were arrested Thursday in connection with the attempted armed robbery of two Washington and Lee students. The two students were held at gun point at different times on Friday night. Lexington Chief of Police Bruce Beard said one teenager was charged with attempted robbery, grand larceny and entering a dwelling with the intent to commit larceny. Police charged the other suspect with attempted armed robbery and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Beard said police are still investigating and other arrests will be made. A sophomore was walking north on Randolph Street with two friends near the coin laundry around 8:30 p.m., said Beard. A group of eight male teenagers confronted the student and asked him for money. The student and his friends kept walking until one of the teenagers pulled out a gun and pointed it at the student. At that time, a police car passed by and the teenager put the gun away and fled with his friends. Beard said the student walked to a house at the intersection of Randolph Street and Massey Street. After a short time, the gunman knocked on the door and someone let him in the house. Police said that the teenager went upstairs and returned with a stereo. Beard said the student asked the teenager to put the gun away and turned to walk away. Another teenager apologized and said his friend who pulled out the gun was drunk. Lts. Wayne Straub and Torben Pedersen are investigating. later that night at 11 p.m., a freshman was walking north in the 100 block of Randolph Street. Beard said a group of three males followed the freshman. One of the men approached him and pointed a gun at him, asking for money. The freshman told him that he didn’t have any money, according to Beard. The man fired a gun at the freshman, but did not hit him. Afterward, the man told the freshman that his friends made him do it. The other two men told him to empty his pockets, Beard said. After they determined that the freshman had no money, they walked ahead north on Randolph Street. Both students’ descriptions of the gunman matched. File photo David Allan Coe played at last year's Superdance The $10 admission can be paid at the door. People who raise $100 in donations will get in free. “It promises to be an outstanding evening,” Hand said. OCR::/Vol_094/WLURG39_RTP_19950203/WLURG39_RTP_19950203_002.2.txt BEYOND THE BLUE RIDGE The World f Europeans flee from flood waters More than 120,000 people across northern Europe fled their homes because of surging flood waters this week, mostly in the low-lying Netherlands, where water levels continued to rise and river dams threaten to burst. Twenty-six people have died and 85,000 people have been evacuated since Monday. Dutch authorities told another 140,000 to prepare for evacuation later this week. - Death toll in Algiers bombing reaches 42 The death toll from a suicide bomb attack on Algiers police headquar- ters rose to 42. President Liamine Zeroual vowed to “exterminate the monsters” who carried it out. Another 286 people, many of them children, were wounded, according to state radio. Xiaoping misses New Year message Chinese senior leader Deng Xiaoping failed to deliver his traditional greeting for the lunar New Year. In recent years, Deng’s televised appearance has become an annual event during the holiday. His failure to appear underscored growing concerns about his health. The Nation Americans support caps on baseball salaries In a recent Washington Post-ABC News Poll, the majority of Ameri- cans want President Clinton and Congress to stay out of the ballpark. The poll also found many Americans supporting the owners. Many believed the players were making too much money and agreed with the owners that a cap on team payrolls was necessary and supported the use of replacement players if the strike is not settled by the start of the new season. AIDS leading cause of death for young adults AIDS has replaced accidents as the leading cause of death of young adults, experts said. New figures released Monday show that in 1993, HIV infections became the number one cause of death among Americans 25 to 44 years old. Harold Jaffe of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta said more than 441,000 Americans have gotten AIDS since 1981, and more than 250,000 have died. Lawyer says FBI orchestrated ter- V rorism case A defense lawyer in the case of the World Trade Centerbombing argued that the FBI orchestrated a vast terrorism case against 12 Muslims to save its reputation. The attorney said the FBI was embarrassed by its failure to heed warnings of a plot to bomb the World Trade Center. Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, a 56-year-old blind Egyptian cleric, is accused along with 11 alleged disciples of plotting to blow up the New York bridges and tunnels, the United Nations and an FBI office. The State Norfold Southern trains collide The two Norfolk Southern trains that collided at a switch point near Radford’s Bisset Park on Monday were both moving, said a railroad spokesman Tuesday. A train headed west was supposed to be waiting for an eastbound train to move past it, but both trains were moving. The collision is still under investigation. Report gives guidelines for religious activities School divisions in Virginia should try to preserve the religious heritage and pluralism of the United States without resorting to indoctri- nation and proselytizing, according to a report on proposed guidelines for school religious activities. Prepared for the state Board of Education by the state attomey’s office, the report recommended the prohibition of school activities designed to inspire religious devotion but not the banishment of all religious expression in schools. The report suggested that religious activities be treated like other extracurricular activities and religious groups be treated like other student groups. New restaurant to open The Phoenix Bar and Grill is scheduled to open Tuesday, February 7th. The Phoenix is located where The Bone used to operate, and is owned by the owner of Hunan Garden. Beyond the Blue Ridge is compiled by Michael Hewlett The Ring-tum Phi. February 3, 1995 White House correspondent speaks I about experiences with six presidents By CINDY YOUNG Phi Staff Writer “All roads lead to the Oval Office,” Helen Thomas declared in her speech in Lee Chapel Tuesday evening; one might add that for the last half century she has traveled most of these roads. In her speech co-sponsored by Con- tact, Women’s Forum and Women in Leadership, Thomas reflected on her impressive career as a journalist, span- ning five decades and six presiden- cies. Hired by United Press International in 1941, Thomas firts conducted radio interviews dealing with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Depart- ment of Health, Education and Wel- fare, and Capitol Hill. In 1960, Thomas covered the presi- dential campaign of John F. Kennedy and followed him to the White House the following year. In covering presidential personali- ties, Thomas soon became a personal- ity herself. Her “Thank you, Mr. Presi- dent” at the close of a press conference has become a White House tradition. Thomas’s presence has not been limited to the arena of White House interviews, however. In 1959, Thomas became president of the Women’s National Press Club, later being named the first female officer of the National Press Club it- self. In her speech, “Inside the White House,” Thomas first highlighted the current achievements and problems of the Clinton administration. Thomas credits Clinton with play- ing a significant role in the stabiliza- tion Haiti, the end of apartheid in South Africa, the continued suppression of Saddam Hussein, and talks recently begun to end the violence of Northern Ireland. To this list of foreign accomplish- ments, Thomas added such domestic measures as the Motor Voter Bill, NAFTA, the Brady Bill, Goals 2000, the Family Leave Bill, and the Na- tional Service Act. Even with both the House and Sen- ate now under Republican control, and his unimpressive public approval rat- ings, Thomas doesn’t “count Clinton out.” (She points to Bush’s 90 percent approval rating in 1991.) The presi- dent, Thomas quipped, “has many miles to go before he sleeps.” Turning from Clinton’s career to her own, Thomas spoke of her impres- sions of the office of the presidency in general, and over time. “So many presidents and their wives,” Thomas said, “have mourned the goldfish bowl they live in,” yet she does not sympathize with them. In her experience, presidents actu- ally enjoy “lots of privacy and much privilege.” Thomas cited such privi- leges as private helicopters and Air Force One. The close scrutiny of the press which accompanies these luxuries is a fact for which Thomas does not apologize: “Ir- reverence is the way we play this game.” Jefferson, after all, once said that “eternal vigilance is the price of lib- erty.” “People can handle the truth,” Tho- mas emphasized, “and deserve no less.” Expressing her disappointment in the increasing tabloidization of the mainstream press, Thomas neverthe- less intends to play under the newest rules, instead of wishing for “the good old days.’ Thomas sees other important devel- opments in the media as well, owing to technology. “With CNN bringing the world’s pain into our living rooms everyday, we do live in a global village.” The chief responsibility of the press, for Thomas, remains the same, how- ever: “to keep the people informed and democracy alive.” In her impressive career, Thomas I V .4 ‘F has adhered to this purpose, even as the. .5 ii; press and the world beyond evolve. Thomas’s dedication to this prin- ciple, the basis of her career, can be glimpsed in her own words. Asked by a member of Tuesday’s audience how long she intends to be doing what she does, Thomas instantly replied, “Forever.” Women and Leadership unites W&L females I->WOMEN, page 1 The group was organized last Spring Term after a dinner for female students and faculty was held in which over 200 women attended. “There was a desire for female students to get to know the female faculty members and to find out what their life was like,” said Dean Anne Schroer- Lamont, Women and Leadership’s faculty advisor. Female students can boost their self-confidence by emulating female faculty role models, said Schroer- Lamont. Since freshman men were meeting upperclass men through Rush,Women and Leadership hosted a freshman reception in October to give freshman women a chance to meet upperclass women, said Pierce. “We want to see freshmen women use the lead- ership potential that got them into W&L in the first place,” said Co-founder Karlene Jennings. Women and Leadership receives funding from many different campus groups including the Women’s Forum, the four sororities, Panhellenic, the Deans, and the E.C. While the group was founded to solidify bonds between female student leaders, it was also created in response to statistics which reflect a discrepancy between the numbers of male and female leaders. “Women are not well represented in the top stu- dent government slots,” said Shroer-Lamont. She added that in ten years of coeducation at W&L the E.C. has never been 40% female. Schroer—Lamont also believes women are at a disadvantage in student elections because male stu- dents tend to vote in blocks. “Males in fraternities tend to support each other and vote together for other males. Femalestudentsare more individualistic in their voting behaviors and often suffer as a result,” she said. Despite this trend, Pierce, Jennings, and Schroer- Lamont said Women and Leadership will not be a lobbying group for female candidates during student I elections. Schroer—Lamont also believes that women are ' if . under-represented in the faculty and administration ‘ j as well. “Some female students go through this University "' without ever taking a class with a female professor,” she said. She pointed out that no women are represented in W&L’s top administrative echelon. “Not one woman is involved in making the really big decisions,” she added. If Women and Leadership succeeds in its goals, _ these sitautions may change. Symposium to discuss plays By JENNIFER LATHAM Phi Staff Writer When she directs a play in French, Domnica Radulescu begins rehears- als by asking her student actors to make animal noises in unison. Radulescu, a Washington and Lee French professor, thinks the warm-up helps students forget their inhibitions and improves their acting in a foreign language. “It takes them out oftheir routine,” said Radulescu. “It forces them to take risks, to express themselves.” Radulescu will share these kinds of ideas with other professors who direct foreign-language plays in the First National Symposium on Theater in Academe. The symposium will be held at W&L Feb. 4 and 5. About 50 students, professors, ac- tors and playwrights from more than 10 states will give speeches on direct- ing and acting in foreign-language plays. The speeches will highlight the benefits of theater as a pedagogical exercise and the challenges that stu- dents encounter as inexperienced actors. A group of W&L students will present skits in German. And French students will perform a scene from Eugene Ionesco’s “Rhinoceros,” which they staged last spring. Radulescu said symposium partici- pants seem excited about sharing ideas about foreign-language theater. “lt’s as if people were waiting to express what they’ve gathered from their experience,” Radulescu said. W&L senior Ginny Guthrie, who is helping Radulescu organize the con- ference, will talk about her acting ex- perience in “Rhinoceros.” “Not only do you have to under- stand what’s going on [in a foreign language], you have to make other people understand, too,” Guthrie said. “Seeing it all played out and doing it ourselves...takes regular literary analy- sis a step further.” Guthrie said she had worried that Radulescu’s class could not learn lines, gather props and rehearse enough dur- ing spring term to make “Rhinoceros” a success. “In six weeks instead of 12 weeks, there are so many different pieces that have to come together,” said Guthrie. Radulescu agreed. She and other directors at the symposium will discuss the ways they solved students’ prob- lems in acting. “The hardest part [of directing “Rhi- noceros”] was to get the feel of the characters, the nuances...the spirit of the people, of the language, the ges- tures,” said Radulescu. As a director, German Professor Roger Crockett said he also focuses on helping students develop stage presence. “I find it very difficult sometimes to get students to come out of their shells, to stop speaking in monotone and to get the woodenness out of their voices,” Crockett said. Actors and directors at the sympo- sium will share performance success stories, as well. Crockett said students who have acted in the German plays seem to have more energy when they perform for audiences. “All of a sudden it just spills out of them,” said Crockett. “When the chips are down, it comes out.” Radulescu said she also wants to talk with other directors about the acting skills students sometimes hide until opening night of a play. “The most thrilling part is when I see a spark that comes from the student,” Radulescu said. “Something comes out of the student that I never saw in class and conversation, sort of like a little epiphany.” The symposium will begin Saturday at 9:30 a.m. and Sunday at 8:30 a.m. in room109 of the University Center. Af- ter 6 p.m., foreign-language theater workshops will be held in the Lenfest Center’sJohnson Theateruntil 9:30 p.m. OCR::/Vol_094/WLURG39_RTP_19950203/WLURG39_RTP_19950203_003.2.txt The Ring-tum Phi, February 3, 1995 ‘X i.VV\-G985 i.v\F'Lu:rai:e ‘Ctme.-tea By BROOKE KEMPER ' Phi Staff Writer . The images bombard American society - 6‘n the front page of the newspapers, on the cover of magazines, on tradable cardboard pic- tures, in the movies, on the television screen, even on boxes of cereal on the supermarket shelves. 1 These are the images of celebrity sports player, a new breed of hero which has perme- ated all aspects of twentieth century American 3 society. Gone are the latter day heroes such as Henry Ford or Paloma Picasso, aptly reveled f r paramount breakthroughs such as techno- ogical advancements in transportation or inno- vations in the arts. Modern day America has ushered in a new era, an era in which those who sparkle on the recreational playing fields earn ' huge salaries as well as acclaim. ‘It With the passing of time the evolution of the American hero and the forms of reward for ' these heroes has been drastically altered. Now that sports figures have won the acclaim of America they have also earned the spotlight. American fascination with the outstanding ath- letic qualities of these figures has lead to a constant scrutiny and publication of the lifestyles of professional athletes. How do they do what they do? What makes them so special? Americans’ wonderment has firoduced a barrage of journalistic recognition. It is this attention which can elevate sports celebrities to their eminent status, yet it is also this attention which can prove debilitating to . the glamorous lifestyle of famous athletes. yr Would Pete Rose make national newspapers headlines after receiving a jail sentence for tax evasion if he were not an All-Star professional baseball player? Would the drug rehabilitation of professional tennis prodigy Jennifer Capriati be featured on newscasts if she had remained a fledgling amateur tennis player? Surely the alleged double murder of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman would not make intema- t i o n a l headlines if it were not linked to former football phenom, O . J . Simpson. The hype surround- ing this murder is n exem- plary illus- ation of thelinkbe- tween ce- lebrity sta- tus and p u b l i c scrutiny. Soci- ology pro- fie s s o r D a v i d Novack offered his feelings regarding the exten- sive pub- l i c i t . """""“""""‘“’""' “There is a ultur)al A110-J-doll fascina- tion with -- coming p o p u l a r heroes soontoa andO.J. is One Of store near those he’ roes.” Novack also at- you tributed Che lack of positive news stories and the publi- cation of the O.J. story to society’s bizarre fascination with violence and death. The public scrutiny surrounded the trial of this superstar is unbelievable. Even intema- ‘onal audiences are opening their local news- papersto view headlines telling OJ. Simpson’s woes. Radio talk shows are now devoting A themselves entirely to public conjecture con- cerning the guilt or innocence of O.J. Televi- sion networks are devoting huge time slots to five coverage of the trial. Bookstores are filled with a selection of newly published books chronicling the incidence. Even O.J. himself is featured as an author of one of those narratives of the circumstances surrounding the trial. -1 In the informational black hole of Lexing- ton, students are voicing opinions about the publicity of the O.J. Simpson trial. Most stu- dents convey a general feeling of distaste for the continued comprehensive coverage of the issue, yet some students voice genuine concern about the events surrounding the trial. One student said, “I think all the hype is ridiculous. Doesn’t America have anything better to do?” Law students Dave Payne and Rob Grant Questioned the fairness of the trial when asked their feelings about the publicity of the OJ. trial. Grant fears that the televised presentation of the pretrial events and the trial itself has created an environment which is not conducive to the existence of an unbiased jury. Sophomore Vivian Stone took matters into her own hands. The night Fox aired its T.V. movie of the O.J. story she attended an 0.1. party. Guests were required to bring appropri- te cocktails, of course. “You have to bring a rink with ‘o.j.’ or some kinds of ‘juice’ in it,” said Stone while the party was still in the planning stages. While many feelings are ambivalent and subject to change with the revelations to come, Gne thing will remain constant—— the coverage. The coverage of the Simpson trial reflects more than mere curiosity on behalf of the American public. The publicity represents the malleabil- ity of public opinion and the continued evolu- qion of the American hero. ‘I/l/cfiife . PAGE 3 Mrs. Hardcastle (Phaedra Cianciulli ’96) is vexed with the antics of her son Tony Lumpkin (Denis Riva ’97) in She Stoops to Conquer, Oliver G3l)d:1iiiptfi’; rollicking classic comedy of love and highjinks. The show opens tonight, February 3, and runs through the 7th in the Keller Theatre. Tickets are free to W&L students, faculty and staff. Reserve your ticket by calling the Lenfest Box Office at (703) 463-8000 Monday through Friday from noon to 4 p.m. and two hours before each show. 3 comedy.” ébrz <5 oops o Conqapene onig Other cast members include W&L gradu- ates Mark Daughtery (‘74), playing Mr. Hardcastle, and Rob Mish (‘76), playing Sir Charles Marlow and Landlord. Written by Oliver Goldsmith in 1773, this By KATHRYN MAYURNICK Phi Staff Writer Today brings a break from the same old weekend — the critically acclaimed play “She Stoops to Conquer” makes its debut at the Lenfest Center on Friday, February 3. The seventeen talented cast members will perform through Tuesday, February 7. Jeff Tibbals, playing the role of Young Marlow, and- Mandy Irons, playing Kate Hardcastle, lead what is called “a sentimental satirical play was a little too much for some eighteenth century people to stomach. It was referred to a “very wretched comedy” with “no moral” and “no edification of any kind.” (This sounds a little like some W&L students’ reactions to Suzi Landolphi.) However, this narrow view of the play is overshadowed by its timeless vitality and lon- gevity. In the first year of its production, Dr. Samuel Johnson said that “it makes the audience merry.” Filled with oulandish practical jokes and cases of mistaken identity, the show promises to keep the audience in a constant state of laughter. Jeff Tibbals ('95) as Young Marlowe flashes a mischevous smile at Mandy Irons (’95) as Kate Hardcastle. Publicity Photo Mandy Irons, playing the lead role for her se- nior thesis describes the show as “really, really funny.’ “The highlight of the show is when everyone’s plans backfire and ram headlong into each other,” said Irons. The most ironic thing about the play, however, is that even though Oliver Goldsmith wrote it as a way out of debt and to releive the pressure from his creditors, the cost for W&L students is free. “When else in life are you going to be able to see live theater for free rightoutyourbackdoor?” said Irons. Publicity Photo Lovers Hastings (Aaron Brotherton ’98) and Constance (Adrienne Bryant ’97) plan their elopement. Meanwhile, Constance flutters her eyelashes at Hastings. permission £6 make \N\O\/25 \M!\A€Y' like CO.\/QVS By LORI RAMSEY Phi Staff Writer In 1992,Antioch College, located in Yellow Springs, Ohio, passed its “Sexual Of- fense Policy.” The policy has since spawned much discussion, criticism and publicity. The policy was founded in an at- tempt to combat the problem of date rape at Antioch. Antioch also threat to individual freedom. It has been parodied on SaturdayNightLive. However, few people realize that founded the ‘TD the policy was drafted by students. policy based on .:.-.~. Many of them are happy withthe the assumption ’ rules they have created. that many stu- “lt’s made me feel 100% dents had been m 0 r e comfortable, more v i c - , respected and , « more em- . A‘, powered,” sexually related violence before com- ing to Antioch, and that Antioch should provide an atmosphere that promotes healing. The policy requires the initiator in a romantic situation to obtain consent from the other person before moving on to another level of physical inti- macy. Consent is defined as “verbal and willing,” and the policy applies to heterosexual and homosexual couples as well as groups. The policy has been criticized as a . -Lstefalihww 1 av: w ‘ ~ said Antioch junior Claire Mills. The policy also requires students to take responsibility for what they say. Karen Hall, Antioch’s Director of Sexual Offense Prevention and Survi- vors’ Advocacy Programs, said, “Antioch is not in the business of ‘legislating kids.’ Respect and com- munication start early in a relation- ship; under the covers is a little late.” Antioch’s policy may be an ex- ample of the consequences of the per- missive society in which we live. Once things such as pre—-marital sex, ho- mosexuality, promiscuity and por- nography were not tolerated by the mores of society. The sexual revo- lution changed morality. Today teen pregnancy, child abuse, acquaintance rape and do- mestic violence are major social problems. Sex scandals such as Packwood, Fisher/Buttafuoco and Bobbitt stories carry the news. Traditional social codes no longer exist. Women are afraid of social violence, and men are afraid that they might be misconstrued as mon- sters. Maybe both sexes might benefit from a few guidelines. 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OCR::/Vol_094/WLURG39_RTP_19950203/WLURG39_RTP_19950203_006.2.txt PAGE 6 Ellie lliing-tum lfilli The Student Voice of Washington and Lee Founded September 18, 1897 Our Bubble Has Burst... Crime has always been something Washington and Lee students treat as what happens to “someone else.” They tell us that we, here in the peaceful little quaint hamlet of Lexington, live “in a bubble.” Once we get out in the real world, they tell us, things will be different. Washington and Lee welcomes the real world to Lexing- ton. Not with open arms, perhaps, but the real world has come, and we must accept it. We refer to those recent criminal acts which have shocked, or at least startled, our fair campus. Guns pulled on...and shot at...students. Pretty scary stuff, but not unusual in a city-type situation that we will soon be thrust into. Students at Washington and Lee are starting to lock their doors more regularly. Bikes are always locked up, now. The honor code is as strong as ever, but we have been unfortunately bombarded with members of the community who were never required to sign little white cards pledging not to lie, cheat or, most importantly, steal. Late—night worries on the streets of Lexington are begin- ning to go further than avoiding police officers when carry- ing open containers. . At least we can now argue that no, we do not live in a bubble. A Word About Ethics... Several recent issues concerning corrections, mistakes and the omission of certain facts have brought the question of journalistic ethics to the forefront at The Ring-tum Phi. We have been considering the question of what, exactly, is the journalist’s responsibility? To whom does the newspa- per have to answer? How is a campus newspaper different from a “regular,” or commercial, newspaper? As a campus newspaper, more is expected of us in the area of responsibility and ethics, but less is given to us in the realm of remuneration. We are expected to be very careful of the “feelings” of those about whom we write, but at the same time, we are less well trained, monitored and paid than our less emotional professional counterparts. As hard as we at the Phi work to get our facts straight, and to deal with our subjects fairly and objectively, sometimes unavoidable errors appear. Some things which we could not possibly have known or been expected to know have brought us a great deal of stress and hurt feelings. Though we have fewer resources available, a greater standard of care is expected of us. Legally, we know that nothing we have done or are likely to do has violated the First Amendment in, the slightest. We are safe in this regard. But we cannot be safe from the violent emotions of our readers; the majority of which, ironically, are younger and less mature, and thus, much more volatile, than the average reader of commercial newspapers. We have a high expectation of morality and careful reporting at the Phi, and we do our utmost to fulfill it. Unfortunately, it is not always possible to do so. We can only hope that our readers will understand when they are older and wiser...for now, we will continue to work harder than you know to bring the news objectively. Quote of the Week “ Savage man would have flushed his own toilet.” --A W&L student discussing infrared toilet flushers @112 may-mm lfihi OPINION J Er/ll. ggilllrhlithithgci/lg/it $oME KID tum: A GUN STOLE THEIR INSTRUMENTS \ The Ring-tum Phi, February 3, 1995 Republicans kiss ’96 election good-bye THE FAR Mfl)DLE ALEX CHRISTENSEN Hmm...Mock Convention’s Spring Kickoff is coming up soon...I wonder who we could get to speak here for that once-in four-years occasion. lt’d have tobe someone with revolutionary ideas. A Republican, of course. Maybe even someone who has been willing tostand up against momentary swells of popu- lar opinion to try to actually exert his leadership. I know what you’re think- ing, and I agree it’s pretty obvious: Barry Goldwater. What? Oh, I know he doesn’t have the influence to shape his party’s poli- cies anymore, despite leading a con- servative revolution in 1964 that was the ideological as well as practical pre- p cursor to the Reagan Revolution, such as it was. If he did have that kind of influence, maybe the Republican Party could leave out its infamous pledge to work for a constitutional amendment to ban abor- tion, since it has never been paid much attention, anyway. Maybe there wouldn’t be such a silly, pointless de- bate about gays in the military and so- called “special rights” for minority groups, which are really just rights denied by a majority unwilling to label itself as bigoted. But alas, those who claim to be Goldwater’s ideological descendants are not so much concerned with first principles as with gaining power. So Goldwater’s opinions have lost. their weight among Republicans. But hey, if we like the guy why not bring him in? I am making this argument because in many ways, it is just as pointless to bring in Jack Kemp to speak at the Kickoff as it would to bring in Barry Goldwater. They, the two revolution- aries who first invented practical con- servatism and who translated it for Ronald Reagan, and then shaped it again for a new era, have been aban- doned by their party like so much bad seafood. And so, Jack Kemp, weary of fighting the good fight alone, has bowed out of the '96 presidential race. Unfor- tunately, this means he has also bowed out of relevance in the near future of the Republican Party. But hey, as“a highly placed source” asked the other day, why run for Presi- dent when you can make $30,000 a pop just threatening to run? This is face- tious, of course, but the point is, there is very little reason to have an irrel- evant player in ’96 kickoff Mock Con- vention. That is not to say that it’s not a tragedy that he has been made irrelevant. Dick Cheney and Jack Kemp have both been make irrelevant by their dec- larations of non-candidacy. Cheney would have been a sharp, competent, competitive candidate for the Republi- cans. Kemp would have been a leader who would have been able to transcend party and create a new Republican majority. But you don’t get ahead in a party by transcending it. Not these days. These non-candidates can say they will be engaged in the debate all they want, but the reality in politics is, if you’re not willing to put it on the line, your part of the debate is over. The fact of Kemp’s sudden plum- met from the most popular candidate among delegatesto the‘ 92 convention to idiosyncratic oddity has not been Kemp’s doing, but the result of an ideological drift among Republicans, not the right, but to the fringe. It's been several years in conling. And now we have a crop of candi- dates largely composed of crass politi- cians lined up to exploit that drift to the fringe. They say they are pro-life; this depends on how you define it. They say they are for cutting government; only a few have actual ideas to make government smaller and more respon- sive, something at which Bill Clinton has actually made a fine start. The say they are conservative; in reality they are moderate in the way only career Washingtonians can be: it’s the mod- eration of creeping bureaucracy. Let’s take a look at the field as it stands: °Fonner Vice President Dan “Wavy Lays” Quayle: Please! Besides all that (you know what 1 mean) we’ve had a rocky history with vice presidents. Be- sides Adams, Jefferson, and Teddy Roosevelt, Van Buren, Coolidge, - Lyndon Johnson, Nixon, and Bush ex- emplify the vice-president elected presi- dent. And those guys were smart... °Senator Phil “Prairie Earthquake” Gramm of Texas: Nixon with a South- em accent? This megalomaniac is wast- ing valuable PAC money to buy off all of the preliminary straw polls so he can look like a contender. Bereft of ideas and appealing to the lowest common °Senate Majority Leader Bob “Hey I’m hip, l’m hip: Twenty-three skidoo” Dole: Dole would be the oldest person elected president for the first time. He would be a Republican LBJ, kicking...uh...teeth and taking names. This might or might not e good for the country in the long run, though Dole trying to keep Gingrich in line would be a modern political soap opera. So with these somewhat dim pros- pects, how can the Republicans win? Clinton is really not doing what could denominator, he becalledabad job, describes himself . though it is as “ugly”. You confused and might add ‘ C often seems “mean-spirited” directionless. The and “shady.” \only way the only way the Re- °Commentator ' publican party can Patrick “America Republlcan party win is to nominate First!” Buchanan: Protectionist and isolationist, but lovable. Sort of a can win is to nomi- nate someone who is pro-choice, socially someone who is pro-choice, so- cially moderate, and fiscally con- °‘Zr'.'.. .-.‘r’.‘.’.l£‘°“i "‘°d°"“‘e’ ‘W’ fl" ‘§;’rlf"l-2°.‘ r§r'.“i§I.i wi u I ,ou o ri , jousting at wind- Cally con‘servat"’e° the brightest mills ina“cultural prospects: Gover- war” that doesn’t nor William Weld exist. Just as slick as Gramm, but with- of Massachusetts: This Republican has out the folksy charm. rescued his state from high taxes, stag- “Representative “B-1 ” Bob Doman of California: A loser. Pat Buchanan without the folksy charm. -Govemor Pete“Green-Card Pedro” Wilson: A leader of the Fascist wing of the Republican party that Jack Kemp tried to overcome by opposing the na- tivist, big government, Proposition 187 (If you think illegal aliens are annoying now, wait till they're illiter- ate and tubercularl). Re-elected gover- nor by promising to cut taxes in a state that used to be able to offer higher education to all high school graduates —— before Pedro Wilson was governor. °Former Governor and Education Secretary Lamar “Who?” Alexander: He tries to look cerebral and outsider- ish, but a man who sat through his term as Education Secretary quietly and only now calls for the abolition of the De- partment of Education is always sus- pect. Panders to the fringe as well, but in a nice way. nant unemployment, and overbudgeting. He is pro-choice, pro- gressive, and fiscally brilliant. Weld is probably the only Republican besides Bob Dole who can win and make it stick for more than the modern politi- cal honeymoon of about a week. There are others who fit Weld’s qualities: former Senator Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts, a Democrat who placed well in the Republican New Hampshire primary in 92, former Rep- resentative and Labor Secretary Lynn Martin of Pennsylvania, and Governor Christie Todd Whitman of New Jersey all spring to mind, but they have less fund-raising ability and less stable po- litical bases from which to launch suc- cessful campaigns. All would balance a Weld ticket in ’96...if the Republi- cans want to win. All would be better choices to kick off our Mock Convention than Jack Kemp. Deficit spending overburdens future Executive Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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The conflict was not to end so errlment budgeted decades before, the people PlSSlS an eaélr-es iror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Odenwald MELISSA easily, however, as our economic problems esca- Will be driven to seek freedom the debt .__. lotography ditor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ‘Bets-y Green ‘med in proportion ,0 our increasing sphere of influ_ a debt for which they W1“ have received none; of Editorial Carloonists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Alex Cl'IflSt¢llS¢n, “Ill Fllcklllgfl‘ - h- h 1- d h -I it ‘he benefigs and an of the costs_ Pgfhaps Editorial Page Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Hewlett ence‘The pohcy uponw .'c were le so can y’o - - ~ Fourth grade was easy. 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Dickinson 106-79 WRES1UNG- Individual Scores Only PAGE 10 S @112 fling-mm ifilii PORTS BASKETBALL, SWIMMING, WRESTLING, INDOOR TRACK This Week: SWIMMING- (M&W) home vs. Mary Washington BAsn:'i'nALL-(M) homen-Eastern Menonite, Randolph Macon; at Lynchburg (W) at Emory and Henry; vs. Hollins WRES'I'LlNG- at Apprentice Invitational INDOOR Tiutcir- (M) VMI Relays; (W) Dickinson Inv. FEBRUARY 3, 1995 By KEITH GRANT Phi Staff Writer A long chapter in Washington and Lee sports concludes this week as Verne Canfield coaches the final two home games of his 31 year career as head men’s basketball coach. The 8-11 Generals will take the floor Saturday night versus Eastern Mennonite in their con- tinuing fight for a spot in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Yet, with each added losing year, the coach felt increasing outside pressure to step down. “It’s been a struggle. At times I felt very isolated,” said Canfield. The pressure apparently reached a climax last May when, as Canfield says, he was forced to resign. He admits he wants to continue coaching and would have preferred to stay on at W&L until he felt ready to move on. “This is not the way to go. A man should have the right to pick his time.” * Devilswere raj as seventh. » : quires‘ surgery; 1 Dynasty has £aIlen.oa;h , emes. The,DeVi¥§ F in‘ thei"in,_te,rver1ing’i.v — span; ,and.?'il?i11' . locking *¥P’3$l ;.is-n0W,—sideIi,_ Vrecii :n=-mam 3 ‘ tionai doesnft coax; - conference.stendin —j gjDespite. t, em, and the , ..Iniiddle,the ' go-tolead hat Duke teamstlcff There {is no Bobby Hurley i.aettner;‘Di%%1nyt Johnny" Dawk ‘ current our 'wtiile‘ITraja/ii “ t“:l1tt:a_:;vo' . always had‘ histe , to -perforrnfl I miracle. Just. tuclty; Connect ’ ' éviniess in rtzén _;Ace:.;::e.y 4 have matured; >D0n’t B6718 hasonty an cuts} ’ at making the NCAA iiamcnt attizis Tournament. Then on Monday, Canfield will pace the Warner Center bench for the 340th and final time as W&L head coach. “Next Monday, I’ll walk off the floor with my head up,” said Canfield, the winningest coach in Washington and Lee sports history. Adding to the drama, the Gen- erals willbe meeting Randolph—— Macon College in the home-— court finale. The Yellow Jackets have beaten W&L 12 straight times dating back to February 9, 1977. The eighth——place Generals wrap up the regular season with three away games, the final ob- stacles on the road to their first ODAC Tournament berth since 1990-91. It has been an odd time for a coach that has averaged 15 wins per year during his tenure. Eight conference championship ban- ners were raised in a 14 year span that included four trips to the Division III national tournament. Canfield’s 458 victories are nearly half of the win total of the program’s 87——year history. W&L’s second—winningest coach trails Canfield by 369 wins. The three-year playoff drought is the longest any ODAC team has suffered. Emory and Henry head coach BobJohnson remembers the pow- erful Generals of the seventies being a boost to the newly formed ODAC. “[Canfield] gave the confer- ence some credibility in the early years,” Johnson said. “He’s been highly respected _nationally, and lended a level of class and re- spect to the league.” After taking three of the first four ODAC titles, W&L has weathered 14 banner—less sea- sons. The frustration has worn on Canfield in recent years. For a man who suffered only four los- ing seasons in his first 26 years at W&L, four in a row has been a difficult experience. “I’ve worked through it,” he said. “I think I’ve grown as a person because of it.” Johnson believes Canfield, who he calls a mentor, has held up well during a difficult season. “He’s maintained his dignity and class, I think,” Johnson said. Although Canfield will argue that the time to step down had not come, he leaves behind a legacy few coaches can match. When he arrived in 1964, the UC-Santa Barbara graduate in- herited a squad that had suffered seven straight losing seasons. W&Lwas 26 years removed from the Blue Comets’, as they were known, last Southern Conference championship. Since leaving the Southern Conference five years before Canfield’s arrival, the Generals totaled 29 wins. The new coach had quite a task ahead. “I’ve got to do more selling than coaching this year,” Canfield told the Ring-tum Phi before opening his first practice in 1964. With a fast—break offense, a pressing “goulash” defense, and a Dixieland band to entertain the crowd, the first—year coach promised his team would sur- prise, but did issue a warning. “It’s going to take time,” he told the Phi. “We’re not going to end ten yearsoflosingovemight.” W&L would wallow through a 2-17 campaign that season, but the real surprise came two years later. The 1966-67 Generals marched to a 20—5 year and the first of four College Athletic Conference titles in five seasons. That quick of a turnaround meant a great deal to Canfield. “The players started believ- ing in themselves,” said Canfield. “They even carried themselves differently. You could see it in their eyes.” It was not the first time Canfield had turned around a los- ing program. At Groveton High School in Alexandria, VA, he took over a team that had won four games in two years. In his six seasons before coming to Lexington, Canfield’s teams posted six consecutive winning records. The winning tradition contin- Canfield bids areel to arnr ntr File Photo Scenes like this will soon be only Warner Center memories as men’s head basketball coach Verne Canfield prepares to coach his last game in an arena that didn’t exist when he began his tenure. Canfield will take a sabbatical next year, but will remain as a tenured Physical Education instructor. ued at W&L as the Generals rolled to 13 straight winning sea- sons. Along the way, W&L picked up four CAC titles, a Vir- ginia small college champion- ship, a Virginia College Athletic Association championship, and two ODAC crowns. W&L’s Doremus Gymna- sium was as intimidating a place for a visiting team as any. The Generals dominated their home games there and, later, at the Warner Center. Since the Warner Center’s opening in 1971, the Generals have won 70 percent of their home games. Even the season that finally broke W&L’s run of winning records brought a trophy to Lex- ington. The 1979--80 squad went 14———15,butwontheODACtour- nament with victories over Emory and Henry, Eastern Men- nonite, and a last——second 58— 56 win at Hampden Sydney for the championship. Basketball suffers skid; Men drop fourth in a row By JosHuA HESLINGA Phi Staff Writer Couzen and senior captain Mark Connelly led the Generals with 17 points apiece. Dyer added 15 points, and Carter reached double figures again with 11. The Generals looked to break the three-game In sports, a week is often a lifetime, and that is certainly how the past week must seem to the men’s basketball team as the Generals find themselves caught in the throes of a four-game losing skid. Just last Monday night, the Generals knocked off Bridgewater to raise their record to 8-7. Since then, it has been a story of heartbreaks and heart- aches. After last Wednesday’s crushing run—in with Old Dominion Athletic Conference leader Hampden-Sydney,the Generals traveled to Guilford Saturday night. The Generals trailed early and looked as though they were folding when Guilford took a 14 point lead in the second half. But in a repeat oftheireffort against Bridgewater, the Generals came storming back and took a 64-63 lead with 3:44 to play, after back-to-back three-pointers from junior Derek Carter. Carter scored again from inside to put the Gen- erals up by three, but this time it was not to be. The Quakers came back to tie the game at 68 and sealed the 75-70 victory with 7-8 shooting from the foul line in the final minute. Carter led the Generals with 19 points. Sopho- more Chris Couzen hit for 15 points, and junior Cam Dyer added 13 points and 11 rebounds. “We outplayed ‘them in the second half, but we’re still learning what it takes to win and what not to do in the last minute,” Head coach Verne Canfield commented. Monday took W&Lto Bridgewater for a rematch with the Eagles. This time the Generals couldn’t repeat their late-game performance, falling 83- 72. The Generals were down 38—37 at half time and played competitively for most of the second half, taking their final lead 65-64 with 6:50 left on a shot from downtown by Couzen. The Eagles responded behind a game——high 33 points from Dan Rush to pull away in the final five minutes for the win. hex Wednesday night as they returned to the Warner Center with a four-game home winning streak to face the Marlins of Virginia Wesleyan. Things looked grim early as the Marlins took a 41-31 lead at the half, but the Generals executed another second half tum-around to take a 58——54 lead late in the game, only to have the Marlins manage to tie it at 58 and send the game into overtime. Junior Jon Coffman hit a pair of free throws to give the Generals a 65—62 lead with 24.seoonds left in the extra period. But the Marlins hit a three to tie the game again at 65, and when Dyer’s shot at the buzzer for the Generals fell short, the game went, to a second OT. The Generals led again 72—71 in the final minute of the second overtime, but W&L couldn’t hold the lead again, as the Marlins’ Sean Blackwell scored with nine seconds left and then blocked Connelly’s shot to end the game in a 73--72 double OT heartbreaking loss. Connelly led the Generals with a stellar 18 point, 18 rebound effort, and Dyer contributed 15 points and 13 rebounds. Freshman forward Jimmy Schweer also tallied 13 points for the Generals. The streak leaves the Generals reeling at 8-1 1, 4-9 in the ODAC. They face Eastern Mennonite Saturday night in the Warner Center, where they will look to break out of the slump, and then take on Randolph- Macon in their final home game of the season, and the final home gameof head coach Verne Canfield’s illustrious 31-year career. Every game for the Generals takes on added importance as the ODAC tournament approaches. The Generals are looking to make their first ap- pearance in the ODAC tournament since the 1989- 1990 campaign. “The kids are continuing to play extremely hard, sometimes not as intelligently as they should, but that’s coming,” Canfield forecasted. “I have fonder feelings for this squad than any other team I have coached,” Canfield said fol- lowing the victory. The Generals have advanced to the final game three times since that season, but have come away empty each time. Their most recent trip came in 1988-89, when a group of sopho- mores led the team to a 20-7 mark and a first——-place regular season finish. However, the following year would be Canfield’s last trip to the ODAC Tournament unless the ’95 version can get there. At whatever point the 1994- 95 season ends, W&L athletic director Mike Walsh says a na- tional search will officially be- gin for the school’s first new basketball coach in three decades. Walsh hopes for a decision by April 1. “We’ve received many inquir- ies already,” said Walsh. “We have 20 applications, though the position is not officially open, yet.” Walsh believes that, despite the distractions, the Generals will finish up the season strong and make a return trip to the ODAC Tournament. “I hope the team continues to play well and the season finishes on a good note for the players and Coach Canfield,” Walsh said. Canfield has earned the NCAA Division III Regional Coach of the Year three times, and garnered the ODAC’s equivalent honor three times, also. He is planning a sabbatical for next year, before returning as a tenured physical education in- structor. Although he would like to keep coaching and will listen to offers, Canfield says he also plans four more years of running his Lexington youth basketball camps that he has operated for over a quarter-century. One thing he does not intend to do next year is appear in the Warner Center. ‘‘It won’t be the right thing to do,” he said. “I want to see [the players] mature, though, whether I see it on the road or read about it.” At this point, Canfield says he has lost all bitterness over the resignation. He says he has “purged himself” of it because of how it can consume a person. One thing he does appear to be bothered by, though, is the pressure in society put on ath- letes to win. “It’s a shame there is so much pressure to win. There’s got to be something said forkidswho play really har .” The coach who has never missed a game or a practice in 31 seasons believes he has done more for his players than teach them a game. “This job has been special because I touched some lives,” Canfield said. “My fondest hope is that I taught something besides basketball.” Men win at Dickinson mid- week matchup 106-7 9 By Scorr BOOKWALTER Phi Assistant Sports Editor It was not an ordinary week for the Washington and Lee men’s swim team, but the out- come of it cannot be disputed. After last Saturday’s meet with Radford was snowed out, the Generals were faced with a midweek three and a half hour road trip up I—81 to face Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Despite leaving several swim- mers behind due to academic conflicts, W&L still managed to return to Lexington with a sur- prisingly easy 106-79 triumph in its pockets. The victory raised the Gener- als’ season mark to 5-1. Sophomore Davis Reed led the way for the Generals with two of the team’s six event victo- ries, and assisted in a third place finish for the 400-medley relay team. Head coach Paige Remillard expressed satisfaction with the Generals’ performance 200 miles away from home. “We’re glad to swim a school such as Dickinson,” Remillard commented. “We’re very fortu- nate that we got strong swims from everyone.” He added, however, that next year’s Dickinson meet will be held on a weekend. Washington and Lee wasted no time in the starting block, as the Generals’ men put away the Dickinson men early. This was due in large part to the 400-med- ley relay team of junior Craig Sears, freshmen Jacob Garrett and Erik Hollbrook, and Reed, which touched the side in a time of 3:54.70. Reed captured his first indi- vidual victory in the 1000- freestyle in 10:52.62, with fresh- man teammate Dari Gurnon fin- ishing second. Sophomore Nathan Hottle got his name back in the victory column after his 1:48.23 in the 200-free, and se- nior John Rowe dashed off to a strong time of 4:30.69 in win- ning the 400-individual medley. \Only .49 seconds separated four Generals in the 100-buttcr- fly as W&Lcaptured the top four spots. Junior Frank Braden won in 56.35, and was trailed by Ilolbrook’s 56.44, freshman Robert Mayhew’s 56.82, and Hottle’s 56.84. The Generals placed the top three in the 100-free, with junior David Stillman paving the way in 48.69, which gave them acom- manding 93-32 lead in the meet. Dickinson rallied late, but to no avail. Reed’s second victory, in the 100-breast with a log of 1:04.97, helped W&L secure the win. Next on the agenda is another tough opponent in Mary Wash- ington, who will pay a visit to Twombly Pool on Saturday. Since Mary Washington and W&L are the only Division III programs in Virginia, and intense rivalry has formed between the two schools. “It will be a very difficult meet,” Remillard said. “It will come down to the team which is the most focused.” Besides being a meet the Gen- erals desperately want to win, it will also prepare them for the Southern States Championships on February 17-19. “We have fared well against Division I programs in the past and it will provide us with a chal- lenge,” Remillard mentioned. “But right now our focus is on every individual getting the best time of his life.” Join the fun: write forms /’h// ‘K It OCR::/Vol_094/WLURG39_RTP_19950203/WLURG39_RTP_19950203_011.2.txt 'l2IQD§§IQl)A\|D§ An Intercultural news supplement in honor of Black History Month VOLUME 1, NO. 1 WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY LEXINGTON, VA FEBRUARY 3, 1995 3. » rdi Grs is more than a party BY JACK THORN Crossroads Staff Writer For sixteen hours, I traveled to get there. Well, actually that’s how long it takes to get to Shreve- port. It took another five hours to get to the most talked about place in the country during February. My trip was stalled forty min- utes because my tire blew out forty- three miles outside of the city lim- its. Suddenly, a man walked up to offer his assistance. I wondered from where he came. To my right, there was a slimy ditch that led to miles of swampland. To the left, I could see nothing but my hand which was barely three feet in front of me and extended it to the kind man. Before he left, he asked me one last question. In a dialect I hadn’t heard in months, he asked, “Are you go- ing to New Orleans?” 1, with a smile on my face, shook my head in affirmation. The great spectacle I am re- ferring to is Mardi Gras. And last year the opportunity arose to go during February break. The chance only comes around every few years, so I had to go,. Mardi Gras happens to be one of the few times that Northemers and Southerners, blacks and whites, young and old party without discrimination. Everyone is too involved in having fun to hate. However, this time for urbanization is more than an excuse to drink unlimited amounts of beer and con- sume as many illegal drugs as you can find. Visitors and spectators sometimes fail to remember that Mardi Gras has deep religions and seasonal significance for the people of the Gulf Coast Region. Depending ‘on the year, Mardi Gras is a two-week celebra- tion period before Lent. Mardi Gras literally means “Fat Tuesday”, the last day of the party season fol- lowed by Ash Wednesday, the first day of lent. During the celebration pe- riod, the streets overflow with floats throwing beads, dublorms, cups, and the like to a crowd that reaches into the millions. You have Brouchers, Endymion, Rex , and the Zulu Krewes, to name a few, that annu- ally masquerade themselves and open the doors to their secret societ- ies to the patrons of New Orleans. Each of the Krewes have a ball where the elite of the city come out and display their wild sides. I couldn’t begin to count how many floats I saw. People pushing and shoving, stretching their fingertips to the end to grab a plastic bead necklace. The first alleged Mardi Gras occurred in 1705 at Fort Loris de la Louisiana. The soldiers and settlers at the fort celebrated by eating, drinking, dancing, and singing. Some wore masks and painted their faces red to show their festive souls. It was almost six years later that the first parade was incorporated to the car- nival. By 1718, Mardi Gras moved to the present-day market squares in New Orleans by order of Bienville. The eighteenth century wasn’t com- plete before the population of New Orleans doubled. Remarkably, the population was made up of nearly 60% Blacks. More free blacks were migrating to the cities and towns where the social life was less re- ..strictive and economic opportuni- ties were greater. Behind the mask, a person ’s race couldn’t be distinguished. Slaves, free blacks (light-complex- ion and dark) and whites took the Mardi Gras season as a time to over- look social differences. The social tension during Mardi Gras always seems to de- crease. Even today, blacks and whites parade down the streets arm in arm, laughing to an old tradition. The festive masks and party antics are the contributions of blacks from Louisiana, Cuba, Trinidad, and other Caribbean countries. Blacks added a new flair to the parade sur- rounded by the Zulu Krewe. The Zulus perform first on “Fat Tues- day.” They stroll down Bourbon Street black-freed and adorned in wigs, grass skirts, and umbrellas. The members of the group try to perform traditional African songs and dances. Mardi Gras day isn’t the only day this Krewe comes out from hiding. They perform through- out the year to benefit blacks in the area. So for all you party goers, take the time to go down to the richest cultural event the south has to offer. Taste the food and listen to the music of a world few think of yearly. We Louisianaians are more than welcome to invite you to our back- yard and dance and party without letting the music die. Stores, restaurants and bars open their doors without closing early for three weeks to insure that the temporary residents of New Orleans can enjoy their stay in the land of carnival. Don’t forget your cigars, bal- loons, and party hats and maybe 1, Jack Wesley 'I'horn, will see you dancing the jig in the middle of Bourbon Street, letting the good times roll. OCR::/Vol_094/WLURG39_RTP_19950203/WLURG39_RTP_19950203_012.2.txt PEG 2 CIDSSIDEUS Women's Lib is still an issue BY PAULA Er-1-"us Crossroads Staff Writer The following excerpt from a 1950’s vintage home economics textbook was obtained off the Internet and posted on a bulletin board in the law school. According to the sender, “The page this text was lifted from featrues a picture of a ‘June Cleaver’ type-of-gal unload- ing a full oven of food. Of course, she is in a dress, apron, and has a huge smile.” “Have dinner ready: Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal—on time. This is a way of letting him know that you have been thinking about him and are concerned about his needs. Most men are hungry when they come home and the prospects of a good meal are part of the warm welcome needed. Prepare yourself 2 Take 15 min- utes to rest so you will be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your makeup, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh looking. He has just been with a lot of work-weary people. Be a little gay and a little more interesting. His boring day may need a lift. Clear away the clutter: Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives, gathering up school books, toys, paper, etc. Then run a dust cloth over the tables. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give you a lift, too., Prepare the children: Take a few minutes to wash the children’s hands and faces (if they are small), comb their hair, and if necessary, change their clothes. They are little treasures and he would like to see them playing the part. Minimize all noise: At the time of his arrival, eliminate all noise of washer, dryer, dishwasher or vacuum. Try to encourage the chil- dren to be quiet. Be happy to see him. Greet him with a warm smile and be glad to see him. Some don’ts: Don’t greet him with problems or complaints. Don’t complain if he’s late for dinner. Count this as minor compared with what he might have gone through that day. Make him comfortable: Have him lean back in a comfortable chair or suggest he lie down in the bed- room. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him. Arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low, soft, soothing and pleasant voice. Allow him to relax and un- wind. Listen to him: You may have a dozen things to tell him, but the mo- ment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first. Make the evening his: Never complain if he does not take you out to dinner or other places of en- tertainment. In- stead, try to under- stand his world of strain and pres- sure, his need to be home and re- lax. The goal: Try to make your home a place of peace and order where your husband can renew himself in body and spirit.” In the backlash against “politi- cal correctness,” I have been told by a few individuals——men, women, and members of Congress (via the media)—that we need to return to the “family values’’ the 1950’s rep- resented. Whether you respond to the “family values” with disgust, outrage, wistful sentimentality, laughter, or the thought “scary” (as was written on the bulletin board next to the article), by now it should be clear that as a society, WE CAN- NOT GO BACK! The women’s movement has been condemned by some as the source of nearly every social ill the country currently faces. The con- servative elite claim that the sky- rocketing rates of illegitimacy, abor- tion, teenage pregnacy, and divorce directly result from the fact that more women have left the world of home and entered the world of work (and home). The radical feminist elite feel that women who choose to stay home, taking care of the house and children, are somehow contrib- uting less than their share to society. They claim that men are still “bad” and women are “ g o o d ” ; whether you sit or stand to pee d e t e r m i n e s one’s value in the community. Somehow in the middle of this political rheto- ric, the real value of the women’s move- ment has been missed. Thebegin- nin g of the women’s move- ment is com- monly marked as 1963, when Betty Freidan published The Feminine Mys- tique. Although Ms. Friedan, Gloria Steinam, and others pushed the en- velope on sexual and gender equal- ity, women throughtout history have made tremendous contributions in every field. Afew examples: Harriet Beecher Stowe writing Uncle T om ’s Cabin just before the Civil War; Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on the bus, sparking the Civil Rights Movement; Susan B. An- thony leading the fight for voting rights; Amelia Earhart crossing the Atlantic Ocean; Margaret Sanger heading the Planned Parenthood Foundation, after combatting the ini- tial hostility of the medical profes- sion (in the 1920’s) to birth control; Jane Addams winning the Nobel Prize for peace in 1931. What’s important is not knowing these in- dividuals and their accomplish- ments, but rather what they repre- sent—a refusal to be pigeonholed by societal expectations and limita- tions. The lesson to be learned from these examples is that each of us has the capacity to drastically affect our community.AsMargaret Mead said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” The Dictionary ofCulturalLiteracy de- fines the women’s movement as one “to secure legal, economic, and social equality for women.” At the beginning of 1995, most of the resi- due of the previous generation’s thinking—that equality means be- ing just like a man, in everything from the way we dress to our atti- tudes toward sex and relationships—— seem to be fading. What our genera- tion has yet to do, however, is to define equality for ourselves. I must admit that when doing this article was suggested to me, I hesitated because 17m not sure where I fit on the spectrum of possible labels. At the same time, however, I think I am representative in some ways of most women. I believe that the true of the women’s movement comes from increasing the choices available to both men and women, without judg- ing those choices. Whatever combination of career, marriage and/or family an individual chooses, it is the “right” choice, so long as the decision is made by the individual, in his or her own best interest, without any outside soci- etal pressure determining the path to be taken. Artificial barriers, regardless of what stereotypes and prejudices create them, disadvantages us all in the long run. We must become educated, and offer our knowledge to others; our genius for sitting idly, watching injustice and prejudice fester be- cause “it’s not my problem” could also be our great destruction. OCR::/Vol_094/WLURG39_RTP_19950203/WLURG39_RTP_19950203_013.2.txt CIDSSIDBUS Guinier on the majority. BY NOVA CLARKE Crossroads Staff Writer Unfortunately a campaign begun by right-wingers and carried through by moderates in Congress. Ended Guinier’s chances for con- In 1993, president Clinton firmation and eventually led to the nominated Lani Guinier to be Assiss withdrawal of the nomination. This tant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Justice Department. She ap- peared to be the perfect ' candidate. Guinier was an African-American woman, a former Justice ; Department official with ' an excellent record and she had been a litigate with the NAACP Legal De- fense Education Fund. Ev- erything seemed to be on track for her nomination. She was a Guinier campaign was based on I a misunderstanding of Guinier’s position on the rule of the majority. As the right-wingers explained it, Guinier writes in the tradition of the anti federalists. Her goal not to under- mine democracy but to protect people from’ the 1ty’. In an article in the National respected scholar, had a lot of expe- (SPfin8 1993)stifl°da rience, and no skeletons in her closet. eWomen leaders, take charge . given $1400 by the Executive Com- BY CATHERINE IAWRENCE Crossroads Staff Writer Already hard at work with different events, Washington & Lee’s newest female organization, Women & Leadership, co- sponsored Helen Thomas‘ speaking in Lee Chapel last Tuesday night and held a yogurt and coffee social last month. And this is only the beginning. The organization wanted to bring the freshmen back together after women’s rush. The reception for the social included a perfor- mance by the Jubilee singing group. Women & Leadership came together last year when several underclass women were invited to a dinner for law school women stu- dents and faculty. The underclass women thought the dinner was so rewarding that they hosted their own. “We wanted to bring women who are interested in improving their leadership skills together to share ideas,” said junior Karly Jennings, “Second Proms and Second Prima- one of the group’s members. Just before Spring Tenn last year 120 underclass women and sev- eral female faculty members met for dinner. The dinner was spon- sored by the deans’ offices and or- ganized by Jennings and several Women’s Forum members. The role of women at ‘tyranny of the major- ries: The Limits of Majority Rule," Guinier outlines her arguments for proportional rather than majority based voting. She cites the case of Whitfield. etal. v. StateDemocratic Party. This case from Arkansas illustrates the problems of majority rule. Phillips County is a rural area, and the majority of its residents are black; however, the majority of voters are white. In primaries, a candidate is required to get a major- ity to win. If there are two white candidates and one black candidate. Even if the black candidate receives a plurality of the vote, he is required to participate in a run-off with the person with the second highest num- ber of votes. Whoever gets the majority in this case is the winner See GUINIER , page 9 Page 3 Tea with Helen Thomas BY LAKEISHA Townes Crossroads Staff Writer A mixture of charm, grace, and intellect sprinkled with a whole ' » lot of wit and topped with unforget- mittee just before Christmas break. Associate Dean of Students Anne Schroer-Lamont and Mich- elle Richardson, Student Activities Coordinator, are helping the group get a strong start on campus. Jennings said group mem- bers Missy Curtis and W&L and their place as leaders on campus was the main topic. T h e group has grown to about 60 mem- other. ” “It is a great way for W&L women to get to know each Carol Pierce Christina Petrides a newsletter for campus w o m e n . Women & bers in the past‘ year, a minority of which are campus leaders. “It is a great way for W&L women to get to know each other,” senior Carol Pierce, a group orga- nizer, said. . ‘ Pierce said she sees Women & Leadership as a special events group that brings all campus women’s groups like Panhellenic and Women’s Forum together. Women & Leadership was Leadership is also plan- ning a Women’s Alumni Directory, which will make it easier for seniors to talk to women alumni. In the next couple of months, the group has several activities planned. On February 28, Women & Leadership will host a dinner in the D-hall with faculty and students, and a Skylark Retreat is planned in March. are publishing’ table experiences - that’s what Helen Thomas presented at the tea and discussion held in her honor last Tuesday. V The tea, sponsored by Women & Leadership, was an in- formal question and answer period with the White House Correspon- dent. Giving insights on every- thing from former presidents and their times in office to the plight of women today and discrimination, Helen Thomas provided only a look at what was instore for her evening lecture in Lee Chapel. She highlighted several presidencies she once covered as a part of the Washington Press Corps and entertained with her own edito- rialized additions. All in all, the day with Helen Thomas was a valuable learning experience. Lanl Gulnler "Don't Ask, Dorrt Tell": CM! Rights Thursday, Feb. 24 7171" LEE 013%’ OCR::/Vol_094/WLURG39_RTP_19950203/WLURG39_RTP_19950203_014.2.txt riassroaas Page 4 Learn from a Butterfly BY KANDICE DURDEN Crossroads Staff Writer butterfly in cocoon sunshine beaming heat thrusting, pulsating sensation butterfly awakens shifts in his cradle yearning for the light L beckoning and calling imminent light butterfly free, emerge in the light. I wrote this poem to symbolize yearning for a passion. Any passion that drives you through physical and mental struggle. A passion’s empowerment so strong that you take up the struggle for it made you what you are—B1ack butterfly. It is the struggle that made you stronger and gave you the inspiration to per- severe. Black butterfly free. And freedom prevails at what cost? You lose your old self, the inching cater- pillar and become a butterfly whose boundaries are unlimited. Through the struggle limi- tations are to be broken. You are a beacon of determination. You, like the caterpillar, are transfonned into something more wonderful. It was Frederick Douglass who said it best, “Without struggle there is no progress.” This progress is exempli- fied by African American artists. Edward Mitchell Bannister struggled to overcome the claim that “while the Negro may harbor an appreciation of art, he is unable to produce it.” This statement em- powered him and the struggle pur- sued. It was this inspiration that gave him determination and made him the great artist he became. Like . the figure inApproaching Storm, he is not “overwhelmed by the forces of nature.” I agree with Henry Tanner that race can be “a ghetto of isola- tion and neglect,” but only if you let it. Like the butterfly who forces the walls of the cocoon to break away so that he may become his true self, African-Americans must exude de- termination and break the bound- aries set by racism and prejudice. You must follow with the same at- titude and perseverance of these Af- rican-American artists. You must not be overwhelmed. In keeping with Tanner’s motto, you must “get it, get it better or get it worse.” What you be- come and your great- ness do not rely upon where you are from orwhere you go. It is not Africa, America or Europe.‘ It is what you choose to \ makeofyour- self, how you choose to ex- cel and achieve. And it is what you do for yourself that speaks for others. The \ artists we studied were fulfilling personal goals. It is their personal achievements that we celebrate, not what they did for someone else, but themselves. It is their accomplish- ments despite obstacles that make "Banjo Lesson" by Henry Owassa Tanner them great. g Yes, there are obstacles, but it is up to you to decide not to be ‘ overcome. You must become a bea- con of faith, faith in yourself and your abilities. You cannot become impeded by the opinions of the next man. What counts is what you think of yourself and what you do to make yourself worthy of respect. Life is not fair but there is no excuse to giving in to it. Your will must su- persede that which strives to oppress you. You must not lose the struggle and wastefully live the life God gave you. It is not a matter of choice. It is your destiny to succeed. The walls of the cocoon were made to be broken. Black butterfly, spread your wings~—emerge into the light. If you haven't seen it, Go see it FROM THE COCHRAN L COLLECTION JANUARY 10 —MARCH 3, 1995 , "(HIE Qlft Offflfl <flfl2|Cf|Il-<flMtD|Cflr| <fll2T|ST“ By Mildred Thompson Wednesday, February 8, 5:30 p.m. Reception Following duPont Gallery OCR::/Vol_094/WLURG39_RTP_19950203/WLURG39_RTP_19950203_015.2.txt CIDSSIDMS P3995 I too sing Arnerica BY Ronanr T/m.on Crossroads Staff Writer Why should there be a black history month? All that stuff’s in the past and has no real place in modern sociey. And if blacks are a minority in American so- ciety, why should there be a whole month dedicated to that race? And finally, why be so open about black his- tory month? It’s fine if blacks celebrate within their race, but why involve the whole world or even the whole nation for that mat- ter when not every one is black and not every one cares about black history? Well, the answers to those questions can be summed up in one very simple word that every one knows but few wish to ad- mit they possess: ignorance. Ignorance continues to dis- rupt harmony both within the race and between the races. It causes one to ac- cept, without questioning, what is told to them, by ru- mor or otherwise. Igno- rance makes us fail miser- ably where we might other- wise succeed. It can darken an otherwise bright future. So let’s not be ignorant; let’s learn. This February, let us learn about that which we know so little. We can no longer afford to let igno- about something so impor- tant and so crucial as how we feel about another per- son or a whole race of people. We can no longer rely on the news and other sources of biased media to paint us a picure of an evil and greedy black America, just because we lack the initative to find out the real story and to get a glimpse of what the real black person has been doing, is doing, and will do. We can longer rely on the bigoted propa- ganda of riotous, divisive hate groups who incite. What’s more, we can’t al- low the visionary dream of a black man to go fruitlessly down the drain. So to answer why there should be black his- tory month, it’s resound- ingly obvious that it is now more than ever that the ig- norance of black history must be challenged. And it’s now more than ever that every one, of all races, must participate in black history month; ignorance, like death itself, is never selec- tive. But if we engage in the struggle together, we’ll see that the success we achieve against it is not se- lective either. Then maybe we ’1l see ’ all races as equal, Ameri- cans with hopes and ambi- tions as real as the Ameri- can dream itself. rance guide our decisions Reflections on Black History Month BY MICHAEL HEWLEIT Crossroads Staff Writer I look back and wonder how we got over. Images of Africans chained together in slave ships as the stink of death floats in the air. The Middle Passage. Sixty million and more, said Toni Morrison in her novel, Beloved. Those who made it landed in a land unfamiliar to them. Questions rambled through their brains. “Why are we here and why did they bring us here? Who are these strange pale people.” I’m reminded of Kunte Kinte when he arrived in America, looking at these tuobab, or white people. In Roots, Alex Haley took Kinte’s experiences to represent the struggles and the pain of the black experience in America, from past to present time. Four hundred years of struggling to become educated, to succeed, to progress. This is why we celebrate Black History. This is why we remember. We remember the slaves who picked cotton and sweated in a strange land, trying to figure out their place in a culture alien to theirs. Remembering Frederick Douglas who learned to read at a time when an educated black man was a threat, a time when a black would be punished if he dared to free his mind. Slaveowners knew once a slave learned to read, he learned the broader possibilities of his life. We remember all of them, from Fannie Lou Hamer to Mary McLeod Bethune to George Washington Carver to Marcus Garvey to Malcolm X to Martin Luther King, Jr.. Yet, listing names isn’t what black history is about. Black history emcompasses more than that. Black history is my grandmother who worked wherever and whenever to give my mother and my aunt a better life than she had. Black history is all the black women who graduated from historically black colleges such as Fisk but were forced to mop floors and clean kitchens to put their children through school. Black history is black men lynched but like Claude McKay “pressed to the wall yet fighting back.” That’s what black history is about. Despite slavery, Jim Crow, lynching, or whatever obstacle, black people have surpassed, overcome and succeeded. The accomplishments of Daniel Hale Williams and M. J . Walker and my hometown heroine, Maggie L. Walker speak of the strength and the endurance of black Americans. The soulful stirrings of jazz, blues and rap have enriched American culture. The names of James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, Phillis Wheatley, and Ralph Ellison have taught us about the complexities of black culture. But more importantly, black history teaches us that these things are possible. When I think back on my history and the struggles I must go through as a black student on a predominantly white college, I realize that my sojourn is a joke compared to what my ancestors experienced. I begin to appreciate the sacrifices they made so that I could partake of this opportunity to expand my mind and to better myself. It strengthens us and sustains us in the face of what seems to be overwhelming odds. It tells us that despite everything, we can achieve anything through faith and determination. It gives us reason to achieve and contribute to society. So this month and every month afterward celebrate black history. Not to memorize a bunch of meaningless names, but to think about their contributions and their struggles. And how these things relate to our life and our struggles. OCR::/Vol_094/WLURG39_RTP_19950203/WLURG39_RTP_19950203_016.2.txt CFOSSTOBUS Brazil is not the only place Carnival is celebrated. "Carnival is celebrated throughout the Islands. It's a two week long party." -- Nejma Petit '98, Palm Harbor, Fl (Trinidad, West India) Children get money for New Year's. "Parent's give their children red packets filled with money [to symbolize wealth] because they want them to have money through- out the year." -—Rita Yeung , Lam Tin , Hong Kong _ International overvievv BY MELBA MERRITT Crossroads Staff Writer Aside from attracting top students from all across America due impart to its prestige of being ranked one of the best liberal arts schools in the country, Washington & Lee has also attracted a number of students from foreign countries. As a matter of fact there are approxi- mately 60 students on this campus who have some sort of international background. This group includes exchange students, here for one year and no more than two years and students here for four years. Such a vast array of cultural backgrounds should be an invitation to learn more live in America and who does not about a different culture that could be vital to your line of work simply by taking the time to get to know them. In fact odds are that you will encounter someone who does not live as Americans do in the work- place. Exchange students come every year from Rikkyo University and Kan Sai Gai Dai University in Japan, which are two universities that Washington and Lee has an exchange program with. ' Some are majoring in stud- ies that deal with America such as American literature and others come here to have a different experience and learn about American culture first hand. This year there are ex- change students from China and Moscow and a German student at the law school. International Teach- ing Assistants also attend W&L for a year. They are short term employ- ees who assist in teaching various classes and also have the option to take classes. See INTERNATIONAL page 9 Divergent paths in our future BY TIM Soorr Crossroads Staff Writer The National Black Lead- ership Conference has become as much a hallmark of the New Year as fireworks and confetti. This past Ianuary 8th members of W8LL’s Minority Student As- sociation, along with three ad- ministrators, joined over one thousand participants from a myriad of higher education in- stitutions across the nation in the Ninth Annual NBSLD Con- ference at the College of Will- iam St Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. The three day confer- ence, entitled “ Divergent Paths: Who shall Determine our Lead- ers and Who Shall Chart our Course? A Wake—Up Call”, con- sisted of speeches and work- shops on various topics ranging from networking, graduate school, and self—esteem to chal- lenging racism, mentoring pro- grams, and multiculturalism. Freshman Nejma Petit attended a workshop entitled “The Role of Black Women in Society.” “I left [the workshop] feeling very inspired,” said Petit, “I now have a greater sense of what my purpose is on this campus.” The conference was kicked off by motivational speaker and talk show host Les Brown, whose dynamic mes- sage was to set your goals high and perservere in pursuit of them. Student Activities Coor- dinator Michelle Richardson was particularly motivated by Brown's statement, “someone else's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.” “ The universal appeal of the message was particularly memorable for me," said Richardson. Dr. Dennis Kimbro, au- thor and educator, rivaled Mr. Brown for the honor of most captivating speaker with his speech, “Blueprints for Success." Kimbro urged the stu- dents to ignore the distance between where one is and where one wants to be. The conference also fea- tured speeches by talk show host Bertice Berry, Newsweek contributing editor Ellis Cose, and USA Today columnist Dr. Barbara Reynolds. In additon to the winter conference, the College of Wil- liam 8:: Mary sponsors a more intense program during the summer which resembles the three—day weekend. Each year schools are invited to nominate one student leader to attend the Black Student Leadership Insitute. The university spon- sors the student if the Insti- tute accepts that nominee. OCR::/Vol_094/WLURG39_RTP_19950203/WLURG39_RTP_19950203_017.2.txt Cmssraads P396 7 ].\/Iy Visit to the King Center BY LAKEISHA Towmas Crossroads Staff Writer Interviewing for a job was the only thing on my mind when I went to At- lanta in early January. Sure, I’d take in a few sights, find out what the city was like, and concentrate on that one thing alone. But then I did something I hadn’t planned to do - I Visited the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in downtown Atlanta. I got more than I expected. Yes, I’d heard about the Center and yes, I thought it would be nice to Visit. And I was prepared to be historically enlightened. That I expected. What I did not expect was the emo- tional reaction I later fought hard to contain. Walking outdoors at the Center filled me with a sense of awe - seeing the eternal flame that burned in Dr. King’s memory, as well as his tomb and the reflect- ing pool that surrounded it. Then I walked indoors. “A Letter for Bir- mingham Jai1”was playing from a screen. I was moved listening to the words. I then walked further into the Center and saw his legacy. Pictures of Dr. King speak- ing with dignitaries and presidents, of him giving Photo by Lakeisha Townes speeches and sermons, and of him standing with such key civil rights’ figures as Ralph Abernathy and Jesse Jackson. I turned the cor- ner to see a picture of Coretta Scott King clinging to both her children’s and Ralph Abernathy’s hands after her husband’s death. I saw the pain on her face; the agonizing look of a struggle she’d only begun to fight. Behind the sad- ness and pain lurked an in- ner strength. I felt tears come to my eyes. Moving on further to a wall where King’s life is outlined in detail, includ- ing childhood and family photographs. Opposite this wall were relics from his life - his clerical robe from his co-pastorship at Ebeneezer Baptist Church (which still stands next to the Center), several ties and shoes he wore along with a business suit, a suitcase con- taining personal belong- ings, a sermon he wrote, and his Bible. All of these things were awesome from Continued next page Russian Army Day is February 23. Women don't get gifts onValentine's Day. In Guyana there is a special parade. "It celebrates the day in 1918 when "Women don't get anything in the newly formed Red Army stopped return until March14_.. German troops from entering Petrograd (now St. Petersburg)." -- Sergei Karamaev, Moscow, Russia -- Akiko Yabe, Shizuoka, Japan "Women buy chocolates for the men." - Akiko Tada, Yokohama, Japan "Valentine's Day is celebrated by having a festival called Mashimony, people dress in costume and parade in the streets all night long." --Colleen Thompson '96 Riverdale, Maryland (Georgetown, Guyana) OCR::/Vol_094/WLURG39_RTP_19950203/WLURG39_RTP_19950203_018.2.txt 1, P5038 KING CENTER, from page 7 a historical perspective, but for me at this point it had become more than that. I realized these things were part of a great man - a man who fought for my right to sit at the front of a bus, for my right to shop in any store I choose, to eat in any res- taurant I choose, to work to become anything I choose to become, to study at a school like Washington and Lee. Dr. King fought for equality - my equality. He fought a struggle so I wouldn’t have to fight that same segregation today. I also realized he fought for love and unity not just among African- Americans, but among all people, no matter their na- tional ity or the color of thier skin. We should all be proud to finally have the opportunity to set a day aside in honor of this man. He is not merely someone African-Ameri- cans should admire and re- spect, but all people should at least honor, respect, and admire what he stood for. Sadly, this is a key point that many people to- day seem to have forgotten. I cannot describe to you how culturally, so- cially, and historically en- riched I feel from one short visit to this Center. It was not only a look into his and my past, but an inspiration and hope for the future. Minority Student/lssaclatlan Presents Miss Virginia, Culle "Importance of Multiculturalism " February 28, 1995 7:00 p.m. Northern Auditorium CIDSSIDMS Facts on Affirmative Action BY Anmu-:w Hrznon Crossroads Staff Writer Few issues in the an- nals of American politics have provoked as sharp and diverse points of views as affirmative action. In the United States, affirmative action is a series of steps, procedures, policies, and programs designed to pre- vent effects of past discrimi- nation on members of mi- nority groups due to their age, race, religion, national origin, or sex. It also seeks to remedy practices that do not intentionally discrimi- nate but have an adverse impact which results in mi- norities and women being underrepresented. “Freedom is not enough. You do not take a person who, for years has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him to the starting line of a race and then say ‘You are free to compete with all others’ and still justly believe that you have been completely fair,” said President Lyndon B. Johnson as he celebrated the degree to which racial barriers were knocked down after the passing of the Vot- ing Rights Act of 1965. Beginning with Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, the thirteenth and fourteenth amendment to the Consti- tution, which abolished sla- very and granted blacks citi- zenship, and the fifteenth amendment in 1870, which allowed all citizens to vote regardless of “race, color, or previous servitude.” Nevertheless, racial discrimination still pre- vailed as these new rights were often viciously with- held from blacks by local governments, industries, and organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan. All of this resulted in the forma- tion of our nation’s ghettos as blacks converged in low income areas of major cit- ies in search of any job they could get. In 1920, seventy-two years after the birth of the women’s suffrage move- ment at Seneca Falls, New York, Congress passed the nineteenth amendment, which allowed women to vote. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 required equal pay rates for both sexes but did not legislate against dis- crimination that prevented women from acquiring the same jobs in the first place. The 1950’s and the 1960’s brought about re- markable progress for the Civil Rights Movement. In 1954, the Supreme Court ruling of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education over- turned Plessy v. Ferguson, which made segregation on the basis of race legal in 1896. The Civil Rights Movement became affirma- tive action, however, when John F. Kennedy initiated the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, subsequent ex- ecutive orders and judicial decisions, and Lyndon B. Johnson passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which required certain businesses and educational institutions that received federal funds to develop affirmative ac- tion programs. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance and the Equal Employment Op- portunity Commission (EEOC) was established to monitor them. See FACTS, page 10 OCR::/Vol_094/WLURG39_RTP_19950203/WLURG39_RTP_19950203_019.2.txt CTOSSTOBHS Page 9 Gay Rights BY STEVE Powau. Crossroads Staff Writer As we celebrate Black His- tory Month this February we reflect on the courage of the African American civil rights advocates of the 1960’s. While those civil rights leaders’ immediate goal was to achieve equal rights for racial minorities, the principle they advanced was one of freedom and equality for all Americans.’ In doing so they played a major part in setting the stage for the lesbian and gay civil rights movement. The modern lesbian and gay rights movement began in 1969, when patrons of a New York City gay bar, the Stonewall Inn, rioted against police who had rou- tinely harassed them. By doing so, they brought na- tional attention to the idea that America’s lesbian and gay citizens deserve equal protection under the law. Since the Stonewall riots, lesbians and gay men have made a great deal of progress in the area of civil rights. TWenty—eight states have abolished their sod- omy laws, another seven states have adopted legis- lation barring discrimina- tion based on sexual orien- tation, and voters in the states of Idaho and Oregon in November rejected pro- posed state constitutional amendments that would have legalized discrimina- tion against lesbians and gay men. Legislation to le- galize same-sex marriages is currently pending before the Hawaii state legislature, and there are currently three openly gay members See FACTS, page 10 GUINIER, from page 3’ even if the number of votes garnered by the winner to get to the majority is less than the number of votes that the plurality winner of the original election received. This happens every time since the third place finisher switches his backing to the other white candidate. Due to the poverty and lack of public transportation, it is extremely difficult to get the black members of the county to participate in the runoff. In Phillips county ‘the person who gets the most votes is not necessarily the winner. The District Court that heard the case rejected the arguments of the plaintiff. In their opinion they stated, “[A] majority vote gives validation and credibil- ity and invites acceptance; a plurality vote tends to lead to a lack of acceptance and instability.” This is patently untrue. Our presidential election system is on based on plurality victory and not absolute majority. Guinier’s support for plurality rule is what ended her chance for confirmation. Her arguments for propor- tional elections raise some of the issues that the american public is concerned about. In the cases of proportional representation, voters are forced to get involved. In recent years, we have heard much about the apathy of the voters. In the case of proportional representation, interest groups have an opportunity to be heard because "THE YEAP or THE PIG" FIPEWOPKSI CELEBPATE CHINESE NEW YEAP wlTH THE |NT'L CLUB TONIGHT! 8PM. LAW SCHOOL FIELD they can group behind a candidate that represents their views and not depend on a candidate that represents their views and not depend on the two official parties. There is more room for debate since there are more candidates. Witness what happened in the 1992 election with the entrance of Ross Perot. He mobilized a group that obviously wanted alternatives and debate. Another benefit of proportional voting described by Guinier ‘is the requirement that groups cooperate. Currently in a Republican District, a politician does not have to listen to the arguments of the other side because he is secure in his knowledge that he will get a majority. If there are multiple candidates that represent diverse interests, he will need to work to build consensus in order to win. Proportional representation would end much of the complaints about partisanship and gridlock in Congress. _ ' Her opponents distorted these ideas about pro- portional representation to make her appear a “quota queen”, wanting more votes for blacks at the expense of fairness. At the end of her article she states, “Ultimately, however, representation and participa- tion based on principles of proportionality are political equality, and so the ideal of democracy itself.” She is not an advocate of quotas, rather she advocates a voice for all that takes into consideration all people whether they be or majority or minority groups. INTERNATIONAL, from page 4 Washington and Lee stu- dents, faculty, and administrators are usually the first Americans that some exchange students and teach- ing assistants are exposed to. Lex- ington while not a booming me- tropolis, is enriched with a lot of southern history as is the surround- ing area. Furthermore, Washington D.C., being only three hours, is a place that can give a good intro- spective on American History. In addition to taking regular classes international students are also involved in extracurricular or- ganizations such asthe International Club, a social organization that is here to introduce for both Interna- tional students and American stu- dents to one another. During meet- ings and events, the students learn about each others culture and soci- ety. Some events planned for the rest of the year include flyers being posted to recognize different country’s holidays, shopping trips, hikes and in the spring picnics at Goshen and trips to Natural Bridge. OCR::/Vol_094/WLURG39_RTP_19950203/WLURG39_RTP_19950203_020.2.txt CIDSSIDBUS Page to FACTS, from page 8 As a result of this ac- tion to provide minorities and women with such safe guards in employment and education, affirmative ac- tion has readily been criti- cized as “reverse discrimi- nation” (usually against white males). Yet, in a so- ciety where there is prefer- ence in government jobs for veterans, or in colleges for the children of alumni, why is the use of affirmative ac- tion for minorities and women so resented? After all, it is naive to think that after centuries of racism, America — can just adopt color-blind standards and expect the vestiges of rac- ism to disappear. As a former U.S. Supreme Court justice stated in a case dis- puting affirmative action, “In order to get beyond rac- ism, we must first take ac- count of race. There is no other way.” Affirmative action appears to be our only significant counterweight to the institution of racism. Without it, women and mi- norities, especially minori- ties in the inner city, worry that their chances for im- proving their situation will be lost. In addition, the “victims of reverse dis- crimination” can hardly ar- gue that they do not in any way benefit from pass dis- A crimination against other races and should, therefore, reap the ill consequences of these same benefits. Fur- thermore, for every opporutnity that they may have been denied because of affirmative action, mi- norities and women were denied more because of their ethnic and/or sexual orientation. Regardless of the battles for equality that were fought and won, racism and sexism still exist. Until an- other applicable safe guard is created, affirmative ac- tion should remain, but without the use of quotas. Even if the benefactors have not been suppressed by this government in the pass, di- versity should still be en- couraged in all institutions. Supreme Court Justice, Lewis Powell confirmed this when he stated “A farm boy can bring something to Harvard College that a Bostonian cannot offer. Similarly, a black student can usually bring something that a white person cannot. The quality of the experi- ence of all the students in Harvard College depends on these differences in the background and the outlook the students bring with them.” However, this goal for diversity should focus more -on the economically disadvantaged than it does now on those of the middle class. Most important, we need social policies that are committed to two goals: the ~ education and economical development of disadvan- taged people regardless of race, and the eradication from our society-—through close monitoring and sever sanctions—of racial, ethnic, or gender discrimination. The disadvantaged then will have to know and seize their own opportunity to better themselves, and the need for affirmative action will be no more. Then one day, the dream Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. revealed in his up- lifting “I have a Dream” speech, of an America where his children will be judged solely by “the con- tent of their character,” will become a reality. GAY RIGHTS, from page 9 of the U.S. House of Repre- sentatives. In spite of these achieve- ments, most lesbian and gay Americans do not enjoy the same freedoms as other citi- zens. In many states, includ- ing Virginia, gay men and lesbians may legally be de- nied housing and employ- ment based solely on their sexual orientation. Lesbian and gay teenagers are still three times as likely to com- mit suicide as gay men and lesbians, de- spite the fact that many hate crimes against gay men and lesbians are reported in Vir- ginia each year. A Virginia judge in 1993 denied a Henrico County woman I custody of her son because she is a lesbian. She was later awarded custody by the Virginia of Appeals, but the case has been appealed to the Virginia Supreme Court. Only the municipali- ties of Ar- their hetero- sexual coun- terparts-, and verbal and p h y s i c a l abuse of gay men and les- bians remains ‘ion- In many states, in- cluding Virginia. gay men and lesbians may legally be denied housing and employment based solely on their sexual orienta- lington and Alexandria have en- acted laws to protect lesbians and gay men from c o m m o n - place” in our society. Additionally, our own state V legislature and courts have too often served to promote bigotry, rather than to dis- courage it. When the 1994 Virginia General Assembly enacted hate crimes legis- lation it deleted language that would have protected and em- ployment discrimination. As with the African Ameri- can civil rights movement, the struggle for equal rights for gay men and lesbians is ongoing. It is our duty to use our courts and our votes to promote equal rights for all Americans. érossvoacls stain: vvoulcl like to extcvsal Special jkovslss to: (“\3 cjkc ’QI.*v\g-:T\4v~\.-