OCR::/Vol_099_100/WLURG39_RTP_19980518/WLURG39_RTP_19980518_001.2.txt ~=a_ ‘A 4. CD Is there life aft 05 CD Net—shy? Webpages aren’t as . J‘ er Seinfeld (I) Balsley finds beer around every corner. CD Elrod defends student SPORTS Spring sports V wrap up: Generals see the end of a successful 1‘ . autonom . ' scary as you think. Y Spring‘ PAGE 3 PAGE 2 pAGE 4 U ‘ , . BulkRaie Usplzsgge Washington and Lee University 1 [ Monday VOLUME 100, NUMBER 23 MAY 187 1998 Y D b h 81 I t it Couches burn, kegs fly and locals cause chaos at this year’s music bonanza BY HOLLIS“.-R HOVEY around 30 to 35 miles an hour,” 9‘ é———ExI«:cUTivE EDITOR Sevigny said. “People started Beer flowed, couches burned, and throwing kegs, chairs and every- a townie went home with his car de- thing they could find. By morning stroyed - just more of the same at we saw bits of his car all over X Rockbridge County’s little annual Zollman’s.’’ ’ Woodstock, the Buffalo Creek Mu- Last year a townie destroyed his sic Festival. own car after getting in a fight with Students surprisingly remained his wife. The man returned to this arrest-free throughout the duration year’s Buffalo Creek for even more 44* ofthe festival, in spite oflocals who fun. One sophomore encountered caused chaos early Sunday morn- him near her campsite, “The guy ing. said, ‘Hi, my name is Moondog and “There was a random townie driv- I really need some grass.” she said. N’ ing up ‘and down in a Chevette or “He was with his 10-year old son Yugo-like thing spinning and almost and his wife. It was the same guy crashing into everyone’s cars,” who attackedhis car last year.” _ Chuck Sevigny Said‘ “Then he took other locals also had their way I;.1EE cSi')lgUDE}lI‘lTSI?ELAX I: Bujzglo Creek while the Buffalo Creek Music Festival unfolds behind them. T he festival hosted such . . . . 0 san v . a pass at some people, and every- at the Chi Psi camp site.‘ ‘‘I’d just ‘D ery mg OLUSTER OVEY XECUHVEEDWOR onestrtdk'k' h’ .S f'hdffhk f ' is -> . a . W threw: goleipoifnigm :)snci::rH::i;::: niirgilst ien aomvtv velhggl o;Stsl;edsoel::to,n: callstthe couch burning an annual I didn t hear the bands, all I_ It was wonderful to let the water around nine o’clock and sent almost talking Smack and dro-ve Off A Chipsi freshman Saidp“B rthe time evc:/imst of th k d d.d hefard were car stereosblaring, and carry medown the river, but it wasa everyone to theircars. Another bunch of people went to find him I woke up townies h.ad {mmt our r ‘t e wee en hl snot so as burning in fires, ‘he said. The bumpy ride towards the end,” she storm hit early that morning. and mu his car.” living roorhzcouch to nothin Ste‘ E ove qui -e as excitinghas t e uri- alcohol did get warm in the nearly said. ' I have several bruises from Despite the wildly fluctuating 4 The students told the man he had len our kegs keg taps chaii and dfznllfnxgzrimngl anlilcls, dowel/fer. cl 9f)-degree temperatures Ofsaturday hmmg the rocks at the bottom.” weather’ some people enjoyed the five minutes to leave Zoumanvs be‘ Cooler ” , , to glee ‘rm a co be an wlas orce a‘ ternoon. Students flocked to the The weather made auturn for the weekend for other reasons. “It was fore they would trash his automm Many of the fraternities burnt drunk Eolljjft carh ecarise i1/lvas too river to cool off. Two-day camper worse around dinner time Sunday definitely not the beach, but the bile. “He Started tearing through their own Couches Ka a Sioma Ta 1 R .lrive ogie, sop omore Lora Ellison enjoyed her refreshing when the first ofthree storms hit the hamburgers weren’t bad,” vegetar- - PP D Y 0T U1 0V3 S31 - V ride down the Buffalo Creek rocks. area. The second downpour came ian Jen Fisher said. *. I CO S SE ' CU rass V BY TARAH GRANT afraid to let his children play in his ing a phone call interview, the resi- —-?-?—- Exnoomvr FDlTOR yard after he saw two snakes emerge dents of206 refused to comment on Can you see your feet as you from the lawn of206 and enter his. the situation and hung up. walk through your frontlawn? lfnot, The neighbor killed one of the Officer R.D. Clark visited two _, you better cut your grass. An ob- snakes, but the other retreated back other student houses this week for ' scure ordinance in the Lexington to 206. section 18-9 violations, 308 East City Code brought police officers to Haraway went to 206 to investi~ Washington Street and 1l3 Diamond at least three student houses over gate the complaint. “l’ve been here Street. the past week. three years and I’ve never seen Senior Dan Rushing, a resident i City residents must maintain their something so blatant as this case,” of308, said that he mowed his lawn lawns and keep weeds under 15 Haraway said. Most ofthe lawn was in “eightminutes” after Officer Clark inches in height, according to Ar- six to seven inches tall, and there knocked ’on their door 8:30 a.m. ticle ll, Section 18-9 ofthe city code. were spots in the back and along the Thursday and said that the city Usually, violations of the ordi- sides of the house that were over 1 would bill them $1,000 to cut the T nance are uncommon. The police do 1/2 feet tall, Haraway said. lawn if they didn’t, according to not get involved unless a lawn is in- Haraway informed the students Rushing. fested with snakes or rats and/or the about the ordinance and told them “Wejust forgot about it, but we’ll neighbors complain, according to that they had to have the lawn cut definitely make sure it stays short ... Officer Keith Haraway. by Thursday or, in accordance with the rest ofthe year,” said Rushing, On Wednesday, Haraway re- the city code, either public works or who plans to cut the lawn one more ceived a phone call complaint about a private contractor chosen by the time before he graduates. 206 North Randolph Street, the city would cut the lawn and submit Officer Haraway advised students . home of seniors Claudia Arcuri, a bill to the owner ofthe property. to check their rental contracts to see 1 Anson Long, Ryan McWilliams and The lawn was cut by the end of if the landlord or the tenants are re- ‘ Lindsay Wood. A neighbor was Haraway’s shift on Thursday. Dur- sponsible for lawn maintenance. Just what we need more lawyers -N’ C On a beautiful spring afternoon, law students gather on the Front Lawn to celebrate their graduation from the Washington and Lee School of Law. Friends and family look on as the newest masters of the law receive their diplomas. H OLUSTER H OVEY/EXECU77VE EDITOR Freshman woman arrested for public drunkenness BY PoLLY Doio NEWS EDITOR A freshman woman was arrested early Thursday morning for public drunkenness, following an incident on the Baker—Davis-Gilliam quad. According to witnesses, Chris- tine van den Toorn, of Sperryville, Va., began screaming obscenities in the freshman quad in an apparent response to taunts from male fresh- men. Van den Toom was confronted by Washington and Lee Security, and urged to return to her domi. She re- fused and continued to shout ob- scenities and, at one point, climbed up on the wall in front ofthe Graham- Lees dormitory, only to be pulled down by a friend. “Security called us over there because a bunch of students were screaming and yelling across the quad,” said Lexington Police Officer Michael Hess. “Ms. van den Toorn was pointed out as being one who had been asked several times to go back inside, and who had refused.” Hess approached van den Toorn, smelled alcohol, and discovered that she was only 18 years old. Upon questioning, van den Toom stated L that she had come from a sorority function at the Volcano Restaurant and Bar. According to Hess, when he be- gan to fill out a summons for under- age consumption of alcohol, van den Toom began screaming obsenities directed toward Hess. “At this point I decided that ob- viously the alcohol had more effect on her than I had thought, and so instead of writing a summons, lar- rested her for DIP," said Hess. Van den Toom declined to com- ment. A trial date has been set for June 30th. 3 6 2 l I 4% .. .x.. amt. ~ LETTING THE GRASS get too long could constitute a violation of the Lexington "Good Neighbor" ordinance, as the residents of] I 3 Diamond street found our early Friday morning. HOLLISTER HOVEY/EXECUTIVE EDITOR OCR::/Vol_099_100/WLURG39_RTP_19980518/WLURG39_RTP_19980518_002.2.txt PAGE 2 MAY 18, 1998 Parting is such sweet sorrow Well everyone, this is it — our last is- sue of the year. We want to go home. We want to stay awake in class on Monday. We don’t want to wake up in the middle of the night having anxiety sweats, fear- ing that we messed up Talkback. Yes, We’re selfish. You could even have the nerve to say that we’re being lazy. We don’t care. We had to resort to news of Lexington mowing laws and naked townies. The year is winding down and you surprisingly are behav- ing fairly well. No one was even arrested at Buffalo Creek! We know that all Hell will break loose by orientation, though, and we’ll be back with a vengeance. We plan to add wider coverage of sports, and to the delight of many, and a weekly athlete and regular person profile. We have more top secret ideas, but we want to surprise you. We can’t give the opposition an unfair advan- tage, either. Speaking of the opposition, this ridicu- lous rivalry between The Trident and the Phi must end. Neither of us should care what the other does. At times it seems we’ve been thrown into some Pulitzer/ Hearst rivalry. There is absolutely no need for the competition, or more importantly, the attacks. We come out on Monday on big paper. The Trident comes out on Wednesday on little paper. No one pays for either. No one has to read or enjoy either. If youlike one better, then no one cares if you read the other. Basically, the attacks are pointless. We’re over 100-years-old, and will con- tinue to come once a week. The Trident will continue to put out every Wednes- day. Neither of us is going away. If anything, we need to stand together and fight for the good of the school and, most specifically, the poorly funded de- partment we call the J-school. @112 filing-tum lfihi Tarah Grant Hollister Hovey Andrea Ewing Executive Editors Associate Editor Copy Editor Sarah Meldrum News Editors Polly Doig John Stewart w&life Editors Ginger Phillips Erica Prosser Stephen Pesce Frances Groberg Brendan Harrington Kevin MeManemin Opinion & Editorial Editor Sports Editors Last Word Editor Photo Editor Hollister Hovey Online Editor Tom Wadlow Layout Assistant Stephanie Bianco Jill Jamieson Steven Klotz Business Manager Advertising Editor The Ring-tum Phi is published Mondays during the undergraduate school year at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA. Funding for The Ring-tum Phi comes primarily from advertising and subscription revenues. The Washington and Lee Publications Board elects the Executive Editor and Business Manager, but The Ring-tum Phi is otherwise independent. The Ring-tum Phi welcomes all responsible submissions and letters. All submissions must be in the Phi office, room 208 of the University Center, by noon on Saturday to appear in that week’s edition. The Ring-tum Phi reserves the right to edit submissions for content and length. Letters, columns and “Talkback” do not reflect the opinion of The Ring-tum Phi Editorial Board. Advertising does not reflect the opinions of The Ring-tum Phi or its staff. This newspaper observes current court definitions of libel and obscenity. The Ring-tum Phi 208 University Center Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 Telephone: (540) 462-4060 Fax: (540)462-4059 E-mail: phi@wlu.ea'u http://wlu. edu/~phi America makes noise about Seinfe|d’s Farewell “So what’s the big deal? Another television program said goodbye to the small screen. They do it every year.” Indeed they do, but while some shows enter our homes for thirty minutes a week, others decide they would rather stick around in our hearts for a generation or two. Who has never seen, or at least heard, of the candy factory, grape squashing, Harpo Marx or Vitameatavegimin episodes? Who can ——~———-———— repress a smile at the ' I-fig thought of Sammy Davis, Jr., hitting Archie with a big A smack-a-roo in front of the Bunker family camera? How could anyone but Hawkeye, Hot Lips, Klinger, Radar and the crew make America laugh in the face of napalm? When you hear the name “Woody,” who comes to mind? Sometimes the writers give us shows, whether we per- sonally like them or not, that leave a mark on American society that is not easily wiped away. Thursday night mil- lions of Americans gathered to watch the final episode of a program that proved the epitome of the “water cooler show,” or if you prefer, the “coffee maker show.” For nine remark- C C able seasons Jerry While some shows Seinfeld and his quirky friends as- enter our homes for ‘°““ded 0"’ SW65 thirty minutes a week, others decide they of humor, decency, would rather stick .. propriety, normal- ity, etc. Some of us around for a generation or two. liked it. Some cer- tainly did not. Nevertheless, the Seinfeld generation is changed forever. Millions, who ‘were product fans to begin with, now have strange cravings for a New York marble rye, a cinnamon bobka or a Drake’s Coffeecake. You know that old blouse mom has in the closet with the frilly, lace cravat? Does anyone else now refer to it as “The Puffy Shirt”? Even the alu- minum industry cannot avoid the impact of Castanza. Children everywhere are restraining, with great feats of strength, not to get overly anxious about theanticipated Festivus celebrations that get under way this December 23. Speculators predict a sharp rise in aluminum pole sales. And certainly no one can deny that pretzels really do make you thirsty. So if America made a big deal about the final epi- sode of Seinfeld, then good for America. Four charac- ters, matched by no others in total insanity, entered our society nine years ago, yada yada yada, and it will never be the same. Whether it will be better, worse or nei- ther, who cares? xi Stephen Pesoe ’O1 '5 Y .-..5..._ never big bread" '_::s:.i-ext: “l’m going to be a nanny for a small Bahamian family.” —-Jason Nichols ’00 A letter to the To the Student Body: There has been much discussion in the student press thisspring about student self-governance. ln editori- als, articles and letters to the editor, students have ex- pressed worry that student self-govemance is losing prominence at Washington and Lee. Iwrite to express my own views on this subject. It is important for all students to understandthat the principle of student self-governanceiis supported by the trustees, the administration and the faculty. All three affirm the educational importance, of this prin- ciple and its prominence in student life at Washington and Lee. Indeed, just thisyear, it has been strongly“ endorsed in the recent report from the Commission on Student Self-Govemance. I encourage every one of you to read this very important report, as it clearly. re-articulates a strong University commitment to this principle. I fully support this report and its recomrnen-I dations regarding the strengthening of studentflself-~ governance at Washington and Lee. ” Student self-govemance is notan empty principle here. The student Executive Committee enjoys full responsibility for the honor system and reports dhbcfly 3 to the Board of Trustees. The Student Judicial Cout1- - . cil continues to exercise enormous authority over stu- dent disciplinary matters falling outside the honor sys- the Executive Committee in reporting to the Boardiof. Trustees at each of its’ three annual meetings.‘ The ' Interfraternity Council and the Panhellenic Council exercise vast control over the operations of the Greek‘ system at Washington and Lee. Beyond these four im- portant judicial bodies, student authority_ext_ends toy the management of life in the residence halls; regula-,j I tion of an enormous budget funding a wide range"of‘* student organizations andactivities; and full respon- sibility for the MockiConvention and Fancy Dre$s.,:',e~ Students also exercise complete managerial authority’ 2 over student literary andjoumalistic publications, and ) through CONTACT strongly impact the co-eurricu- lar program of the University. , ‘ , lam confident that there are few,lif any, colleges and universities in the land that place such a strong value upon the principles of student self~governance and its incorporation into the daily life of the campus community. ‘ I If there exists a threat to student self-governance‘, it lies principally in the tendency among some sun dents to confuse the freedom you enjoy in managing g you own affairs with license. That is, student self-go_,v- ernance should not be viewed as an unfettered.riglit. .. Rather, the freedom that is yours is a freedom that « logically and morally connected with responsibilitygiii President Elrod sends a message about student autonomy ‘ gentleman, and-they doubtlessly were often re- gpmony withthe principle of being a gentleman. Presi- ,de_nt Lee, recognized very clearly that not having 5 regulations would succeed only if students lived in- tem, and now its president has joined the president of .” ‘ ing the very same challenge. The more successful you , are at living lteely by accepting your obligations to " live and govern yourselves according to the values of / President, Lees expectation that students live accord- {iing to the principle did not prevent him from disciplin- 7 ing students who failed to understand what Washing- } fton College was all about.) t -V regulations and complex committee structure surround» » I ., ing student life. No one wants the Washington and Lee. , community/to become a bureaucratic tangle of regula- , tions and committees encroaching on every aspect of ‘ complicated, and the reportlon student self-govemance keep it simple by recognizing the centrality of our core with If we can succeed in these terms, we will You have the freedom that you do to manage your , ; ~ student body own affairs precisely because the trustees and the fac- ulty have given you the responsibility to govern your- selves according to the noble principles upon which the University is founded; It is this expectation; it is this responsibility; it is this “duty,” Robert E. Lee would say, that makes you tree. Being free in this sense stems from accepting an obligation to govern yourselves ac- cording to the principles of honor, civility, respect, etc. Living and governing yourselves according to these principles creates the caring community of trust which we all so dearly love. Living freely in this way helps us steer clear of creating an overregulated community that is weighted down by dozens of bureaucratic rules and committees. Robert E. Lee is now remembered for having done away with the rules that governed student life. He not only eliminated rules; be also imposed an: obligation on each student to live as a gentle- man.,‘Students knew exactly what itimeant to be a minded by President Lee that reducing the number of rules carried with it the obligation to live in har- dividually inlharrnony with this principle. Nothing has changed today; we find ourselves fac- our community, the less regulation we will have from the trustees, the faculty and the hill. (I might add that W 7 Our goal rnust be to perpetuate a strong tradition of self-governance and, where possible, to simplify the . our lives: judicialiprocedures are already overly wisely calls for their simplification.) It is far better to values and living and governing yourselves in harmony enjoyjand be edified by living in a healthy and caring community of trust, and student self-governance will thrive as never before. 2 I I ” I I " ’ Sincerely, John W. Elrod President ‘‘I’m going to lnnsbrook, Austria to study music and history.” -—Mary Elizabeth Whipple ’00 C C Q,/"‘*~«.,,h uote of the Week: Question Authority — VMI student’s bumper sticker. 77 S. i What are you going to do this summer? “Who knows?” —David Butler ’98 ll 23': Beer invades Lex! ljust learned that the Lexington Revco sells beer. Maybe this doesn’t strike you as odd. It seems strange to me. I had never seen beer in a Revco before last Sun- day, when, on my first trip to said establishment, l dis- covered an enormous blue-and-yellow stack of Corona cases standing next to a smaller display oftootr-paste. My concept of Revco was shattered. For me, Revco was al- ways the place to buy personal hygiene products, candy and trashy maga- zines, but not too much else. So it struck me as funny when the lady in front of me in line left the store with mascara and a sixer of Coors. My discovery lead me to think about all the places in Lexington where beer is sold. I had thought of Lexington as a small town with a rich historical tradition, a comer of Virginia that gets real quiet on Sunday evenings. l’m start- ing to wonder, however, if Lexington isn’t all those things and more. Maybe Lexington is also the town where beer is sold nearly everywhere. For what it’s worth, l’ve compiled a list of28 places in Lexington where beer is sold. I consider this to be a work in progress, so if l’ve left a name offthe list, please con- tact the Phi to let me know. Here it is: Red Brick Row ,...4»’ David Balsley 99 _..>4... Blue Heron G W illaker ‘s The Sheridan- Cafe Harb ’s Livery Inn Canton Chinese Harris Teeter Southern Inn Restaurant Hunan Garden Spanky 's Digger ’s ll Palazzo The Staircase East Lex The Inn at Stop In El Puerto Union Run Super Wal-Mart Food Kroger ’s Volcano Euphorium Maple Hall W illson- Walker F ranco ’s The Palms H ouse Frank's Italian Revco Woods Creek Eatery Salerno ’.s' Grocery “l’m going to be a receptionist in a hotel in Hungary.” —Eszter Pados ’00 R l U ‘-l OCR::/Vol_099_100/WLURG39_RTP_19980518/WLURG39_RTP_19980518_003.2.txt I Y 18, 1998 j Y ERICA PRoesi~:R PHFEAIURES EDITOR Lots of Washington and Lee students have webpages. Some are simple (name, address, resume, plea for work), ‘ » while others are more complex (incriminating photos, sense- ess commentary, you get the idea). This is a little story _ about one webpage: how it began, what it has endured and how people outside the W&L community have re- I ceived it. I’m a dedicated Disney fan, for starters. It was No- "vember 1997, and I had just begun planning a trip to Walt Disney World for April break. I was surfing Disney A websites when I came upon Badger’s Disney Countdown ’Page. This page gives out an award called the Gold isneynut. Only the most die-hard fans could earn it, and earn it, one had to have a -webpage. I wanted that little gold -peanut with the Mickey ears. So I ecided I needed a webpage. Creation was easy; I got my mitts on a copy of Adobe Pagemill ' 2.0, which makes webpage design as easy as writing a paper. Of ‘course, I had no idea what I '«was doing, but it looked nice. I still can’t program very well in HTML (the webpage language, or the computer illiterate), but ’m getting better. Anyway, I slapped together a page, com- plete with nice pictures, and put I" it on the Net. Now I needed to think: What could I do with my page to make it special? I created a voting page for Disney’s cutest couple. I put up a trivia contest with a real prize (a 9 Disney Store gift certificate, paid for out of my pocket). , Then came the real challenge. I wanted to win awards for having a cool page. __ I applied for the Gold Disneynut first, and I got it. Then, I hopped from site to site, applying for awards all over the place. I got most of them, and now I have a total of ' seven proudly displayed on the page. I also joined a ban- _‘ ner exchange, a web ring and four Disney-affiliated groups. I even “rated with RSACi.” (Everyone rates with RSACi. It’s the family-friendly benchmark of the lntemet.) I put up a counter from Liberty, and when that went down in April I998, I got a shiny new Java counter that works most of the time. Then I sat back and waited; the fans would come. Sure enough, they came, and in droves. The contest brought in roughly 100 entries each month, even though he questions were often tough. The vote for cutest couple was also a hit. And as I added more goodies to the page, I got more and more suggestions from fellow fans. Isoon V created my own elite Disney award and let other pages . apply for it (I’m so picky that out of about 20 entries, only - handful of people have actually earned the award). When I started planning my April Disney vacation, I put up a full trip planning guide and journal. At Christmas and Valentine’s Day, I added seasonal pages (the Christ- mas page even included a cookie recipe). The latest counter, 'ust added on April 25, had already tallied almost 1,800 hits y May 15. But just when everything seemed successful and cosy, things began to get interesting (what a surprise). First came the e-mails from people planning trips to Walt Disney World. Honeymooners asked for advice on what to do that was romantic. Families asked about what to do on first-time visits. People from as far away as Aus- tralia were writing for tips on Disney vacations. I was fast becoming a reluctant guru, and it didn’t end there. The Spanish guys were the first sign of a loss of control. The Spanish guys were four Spanish citizens who were planning to spend the summer in Orlando. They had seen my website, decided I was an important person, and e-mailed me, asking for jobs in the Orlando area for the summer. I wrote back politely that I don’t live in Orlando, I don’t have any jobs to give, but thanks for stopping by. Soon after the Spanish guys came the Mexican artist. He was a graphic design student from Mexico who asked in garbled English for me to help him get ajob at the Disney studios. I told him I couldn’t help him, but that I wished him luck. This was getting weird; somehow, people were getting the idea that I had some pull with the Disney Company, with which I’m not even affili- ated (as the website says). Things weren’t quite done there, either. Finally, I got an e-mail from atravel agency. I have a small listing of Disney-friendly travel agents on my page, and this agency was inter- ested in joining that list. The e-mail, a rather for- mal and polite affair, asked how an agency could be featured on the page. I wrote back just as politely and told the agency that I had added it to my list. It was that simple, and I’m sure they’re happy now. This onslaught of fans, job hunters and businesses made me wonder: Should I do something with this newfound fame? “Sell advertising space,” my mom suggested. “If the site is that popular, charge people to be linked on it.” A good idea, except I don’t know the first thing about con- ducting real business over the Net (ordering from the Disney Online Store doesn’t count). I don’t have a virtual bank account, and I don’t know how to access funds from people who do. Besides, the only really commercial aspect of the site is the travel agent part, and I’d already been listing several agencies absolutely free for months. Now what? Someday, I’ll consult some web-savvy people to find out what to do with this hotbed of interest. Until then, why make your own page? The moral of the story is that webpages are cool, for starters. They can take some time, but it’s time well spent, and it’s actually a lot of fun. If you build the page around something that interests other people (say, a particular celebrity, group, movie or entertainment empire), people will visit. If you actively seek out things like awards and affiliations, you’ll get more hits on your page. And if you keep it up, people will regard you as an expert, even if you’re not. You can’t beat fame like that! Best of all, though, you might actually help some people. My favorite e—mail ever was from a woman right here in Virginia who is a physical therapist in a nursing home. She said that she uses the Internet as a therapy tool; people who have trouble even moving feel like they can go anywhere when they’re on the Net. She continued that she discovered my website while surfing one day, and now she takes her patients to my site whenever possible. She said that my webpage is not only fun for the patients to navigate, but that it also makes them smile. I can’t think of a better reward than that. Spring 1749 Ill Kick CELEBRATION Thursday, May 21, 1998 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. Colonnade (rain site - Musical Performance by “Snake Oil Medicine Show” Pavilion) W&life Picture yourself on the Net ‘CD Making a webpage is an adventure, but not that scary , Vandelay to impress the women, but his PAGE 3 The end of the 1998 season of the Washington and Lee Theatre Department is truly a work of drama magic: a sort-of modern twist on a very well-known oldie. The theater department will present William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 22, Saturday, May 23 and Monday, May 25. The show will also be performed on Sunday, May 24 at 2 p.m. The basic story will remain the same, but guest director Brian Desmond has chosen to modernize the presentation by setting the play in the 1920s. “The play has a kinship with the ‘Roaring Twen- ties, he said. “It was a decade characterized by many excesses.” Twelfth Night is a story of confusion, excess and deception. Viola and her twin brother, Sebastian, are ship- wrecked off the coast of the imaginary land of Illyria, each believing the other has died. Viola disguises her- self as a man, calls herself Cesario and goes to work for COURTESY OF THE THEATER DEPARTMENT Twelfth Night promises fun COLIN TATE '01 and Erin Mullaney ’98 rehearse Twelfth Night. The show opens May 22 at 8 p.m. PHOTO a local duke, Orsino. Orsino is in love with a wealthy neighbor, Olivia, but Olivia is in mourning for her re- cently deceased brother and wants nothing to do with Orsino. Orsino sends Cesario (Viola) to woo Olivia for him, but Olivia falls in love with Cesario instead. Cesario (Viola), meanwhile, has fallen in love with Orsino. This is only the beginning of the entertaining insanity that is Twelfth Night. Desmond sees the play as “a house party where no one goes home.” _ “There is something sweetly sad, unsettling, even bitter about the play,” he said. “Twelfth Night is about love and grief, their pains and their pleasures, and how the two emotions are often indistinguishable. It is, oddly enough, both elegiac and manic.” Tickets are on sale now for the production, which will be in the Keller Theatre. For inforrriation or reserva- tions, call the Lenfest Center Box Office at 463-8000. —— compiled from staff reports Life goes on after Seinfeld BY KEVIN MCMANEMIN THEIDONEYBIN ow that Seinfeld has gone to that great VCR in the sky, NBC’s monopoly on the Thursday night at 9 time slot is finished, and next season every major network will be putting their strongest shows to compete for those ratings. Ofcn.use,rrw thatalltrepcpilarseinfeld characters are out of work, they’ll probably be hunting forjobs among those great electronic trash-heaps that we call the net- works. We at the Phi managed to get some juicy Holly- wood insider gossip about which Seinfeld characters will be going on which shows. Read on and be amazed at how easily our favorite actors avoid typecasting. Puddy ' s Buddi e s Elaine’s on-again off-again boyfriend David Puddy joins the cast of Friends in the NBC exec’s latest attempt to revive that rapidly deteriorating show. In one episode Phoebe, Joey and Puddy spend all afternoon at the coffee shop try- ing to count to ten. Then Chandler makes a semi-witty wise crack and a reference to a 705 TV show. And you thought Friends couldn’t get any worse! MAD ABOUT NEWMAN Paul and Jamie ofMadAbout You are in for trouble when they hire portly postal worker Newman as their new nanny. In the first episode Newman accidentally switches the baby with a bag of mail and little Buchman ends up flying parcel post to Tehran. Paul and Jamie are furious until Newman reminds them that if the baby is damaged in shipping, the Post Office will buy them a new one. Babu and Order Hapless Pakistani immigrant Babu Bhatt is in way over his head as the new Manhattan district attorney on the hit show Law and Order. He loses his first case after offering no evidence, no witnesses and no closing remarks other than “he very bad man. Very bad man!” Murderers and rapists get off scot — free almost as of- ten as they do in our real legal system. You’d think he worked for the Los Angeles District Attomey’s Office! Costanza’s Place George moves to Melrose Place to escape his parents and wackiness ensues as the short, stocky bald man un- successfully attempts to get laid. In the first episode he poses as wealthy importer/exporter Art zany plot falls through. Watch George lie like a senator while he tries to salvage his unraveling web of deceit. It’s a nutty hour of madcap tom- foolery! ((3/dine jzcfieaf After being fired by J. Peter- man for making fun of his new Brazilian lemur-skin walking san- dals, Elaine finds herself work- ing at Ally McBeal’s law firm in ajob yet to be determined by the writers‘ ofMelrose Place. PAUL REISER, Wayne Knight and Helen Hunt try to save “Must See TV" in Mad About Newman. JASON ALEXANDER finds life after Seinfeld with the cast In each episode Ally and Elaine sit around the office whining about men and relationships, then they go home and whine about men and relationships. One of them goes on a date, whines to her date about how men can’t com- mit, then comes home and whines about men and relation- ships. Oh yeah, there’s something about lawyers and courts and stuff in there too. Worldjs Scariest Haircuts IV Cosmo Kramer leads us through some of the seediest barbershops and salons in New York in this latest pa- thetic Fox “real life” TV special. Ever wonder what de- mented barbers are responsible for Kramer’s hair? Watch and find out — if you dare! Uncle Leo , Texas Ranger That lovable old Uncle Leo is back on TV as a butt—kick— ing, karate-chopping, gun-toting, to- bacco-chawing Texas Ranger. He geriatric division of the Texas Ranger, busting up battery- shoplifting rings. Morty Seinfeld and his neighbor Jack Klompas star as his deputies. “I sold raincoats for41 years . . . you think I don’t know how to handle a shotgun?” fl0uCA2J Codlanzaa After they’re killed in a freak Marble Rye accident, Frank and Estelle Costanza are brought back to earth as angels. Their mission: to counsel couples on the brink ofdivorce and save their marriages. Here’s a sample script: Wife: Well, he never wants to try anything new. Estelle: Husbands don’t like to try new things. Like new sweaters. Frank: THIS IS MY FAVORITE SWEATER! Estelle: YOU’VE WORN IT FOR THIRTY YEARS! BUY A NEW ONE! Frank:NEVER! Husband: You know, on second thought, our marriage really isn’t in that much trouble. Please, we won’t get divorced if you promise to never come back! Frank: Hoochie-mama! l|r. (Quinn, Soup Nazi Afterthe West’s first malprac- tice case robs Dr. Quinn of her license, she’s forced to open a soup kitchen to make ends meet. Every week it’s an hour of the irate Quinn yelling “no soup for you” at hungry cowboys, again and again and again. Tragically, this makes it by far the most entertaining show on CBS. . 9. works for the special ~ OCR::/Vol_099_100/WLURG39_RTP_19980518/WLURG39_RTP_19980518_004.2.txt !Women’s coaches "claim ODAC honors Women ’s lacrosse coach Jan Hathorn and women ’s tennis coach C inda Rankin voted [998 ODAC coaches of the year CINDA RANKIN Women ’s Tennis BY FRAN<::s GROBERG SPORTS EDrroR Coach Cinda Rankin’s office is filled with inspi- ration. Pictures of smiling victors in tennis skirts holding various plaques cover every level surface, and the plaques in the pictures line one wall. Her bulletin board sports quotations on colorful pieces of paper highlighting the relationship between the will to win and success. Yet probably the most important inspirational message in the entire office is tucked away in the corner. There, flashing in Generals’ blue and white across her computer, is a screen saver with a simple message: “Win the last point!” Rankin attributes much of her success to that phrase and the attitude it projects, including re- cently being named ODAC Coach of the Year for the seventh time. The Generals finished this sea- son 13-4 and were advanced all lost in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament. Ask her about her own accomplishments, how- ever, and she will speak only of her players. “The girls win the award for the coach. I don’t win the award,” Rankin said. “They are fighters no, they are competitors, and they give their best —— that’s all I ever expect. It’s not a matter of winning or losing.” Winning may not be what really matters to Rankin, but she’s certainly had her share of victo- .— ries. Boasting a career record at Washington and Lee of 178-32, her dominant teams have won nine ODAC Championships and have placed in the NCAA tournament six times since the founding of the team in 1989. “When we started [women’s tennis at W&L], there was really no one to look up to as far as women’s sports were concerned. That first team looked instead to the men’s [tennis] program, which dominated in the 1980s.” One of the posters hanging in Rankin’s office sports the aerial view ofa tennis court, with tennis balls strewn to each corner. Under the photograph, above the Nike “Swoosh,” is yet another simple phrase describing Rankin’s coaching philosophy: “There is no finish Iine.” “I want to give my players a good experience,” she said. “I want them to look back on their sea- sons here long after they leave Washington and Lee with fond memories not only of success, but of friends and fun. This is what I would like to continue to do as long as I am a coach here.” It seems there is no finish line for Rankin, as she will return next year for another promising season as the coach of W&L women’s tennis. JAN HATHORN Women ’s Lacrosse BY BRENDAN HARRINGTON SPORTS EDITOR Any way you look at it, women’s lacrosse coach Jan Hathom has had nothing but success at Washing- ton and Lee in the past 10 years, and has built winning programs in both women’s lacrosse and soccer. Hathom’s latest achievement is 1998 ODAC Coach of the Year for women’s lacrosse, her fourth such award. Her Generals had an unbelievable year, finishing 13-3 and qualifying for the NCAA touma- ment for only the second time in school history. This season also saw the Generals post a perfect 10- 0 mark in conference play, capture their third ODAC tournament championship and down arch-rival Roanoke College twice. Hathom also reached an . impressive milestone by picking up her 100th career victory in only her 10th season at W&L. “It was a wonderful season,” Hathom said. “I’m very proud of the girls; this season was all that you could ask for.” Hathom has directed the program since its be- ginning in the spring of 1988. Under I-Iathorn, the team has enjoyed nine consecutive winning sea- sons after a 7-8 record in the program’s inaugural season. The Generals won the ODAC tournament in 1992, 1993 and 1998 and made NCAA tournament appearances in 1993 and 1998. When asked why the program has had so much success, Hathom was quick to give credit to others. “You’re only as good as the people you work with,” Hathom said. “I’m in the right place with the right people. A combination of a quality student athlete who is motivated and someone who is as experienced as I am make for awinning fonnula.” Hathom has built a lifetime record of 105-51 in 10 seasons at W&L. “The kind of young woman that I coach is a very ambitious and hardworking student athlete,” added Hathom. “And I really believe that if people respect you and what you’re about and if you’re honest with them, they’ ll pretty much do anything you ask of them.” Hathom doesn’t only enjoy Success on the Lib- erty Hall fields in the spring time, but in the fall as well. Hathom has also headed the women’s soccer team since its beginning in the fall of 1987. In the fall, the Generals finished a record-setting 14-2, nar- rowly missing the ODAC finals in a 2-1 double over- time loss to Randolph-Macon. Hathom was named ODAC Coach of the Year in women’s soccer in 1988 and 1996, and has compiled a record of 95-72-9. “1 have to attribute a lot of my success to both the support of the athletics department at W&L and the quality of the young women that I coach,” said Hathom. “I appreciate the kind of student that comes here and I love the environment.” sports APARTMENT FOR RENT Excellent Location 3 Bedrooms Microwave FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL 463-7690 HELP WANTED Men and women earn $375 weekly processingl assembling Medical l.D. Cards at home. Imme- diate openings, your lo- cal area. Experience un- necessary, will train. Call Medicard, 1-541-386-5290 Ext. 118M. PREGNANT... AND FEELING ALONE? WANT SOME CHOICES TO CONSIDER? The Nurturing Network is dedicated to helping any woman with an unwanted pregnancy give life to her unborn child. We have specialized resources to meet the practical needs of working and college women offering a real alternative one which recognizes your unique values, needs and circumstances. A phone call to 1-800-TNN-4MOM can help you give your child a future without giving up on your own. The Nurturin Network . MAY 18, 1998 ODAC names conference best in spring sports Washington and Lee boasts 39 ODAC award winners this spring WoMEN’s LACROSSE First team Mary Jo Mahoney, Sr. midfield Whitney Parker, Sr. midfield Lorraine Taurassi, Sr. midfield Second team Kimmy Lubin, Jr. defense WoMEN’s TRACK First team Meredith Mlynar, Jr. Natalia Dorofeeva, Jr. Kathleen Moroney, Fr. Isaris Bonilla, Jr. Lauren McKeever, S0. Second team BASEBALL Lisa Brennan, Jr. First team Christian Batcheller, So. outfield GOLF Bob Weston, Jr. pitcher Fi7'Sl 1607?’! Second team Rick Burrice, Jr. E.J. 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