OCR::/Vol_089/WLURG39_RTP_19891109/WLURG39_RTP_19891109_001.2.txt ‘T VOLUME 89, No.10’ Clip: Bing-tum {flirt WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY ‘ot to trot LEXlNGTON,VlRG|NlA :',‘}l1'ivt"Q>3 ‘ V,-',,,‘-:,.U««et.."_i‘-1*. ‘*5 é« NOVEMBER 9, 1989 ’ Runners get ready for the start of Washington and Lee's 1989 Tur- ,key Trot Tuesday afternoon. Top trotter was Prof. John Tucker, who finished the '3.1-kilometer course In a time of 18:48. Junior Larry iDebate lover break Icontinues ‘By Melinda Conkling Staff Reporter 1 4 A referendum will be held on Wednesday, November 15, to gauge ‘student interest in a Fall Break. , The Executive Committee and Voting Regulation Board decided to ‘hold a referendum before a proposal regarding a fall vacation is submit- ted to the Faculty Executive Com- lrnittee. g ‘‘I feel that at rriidterrns students and faculty are tired and worn out. "Most people have taken exams and eed a break,” said junior Willard urnas, EC President. ' ,“A lot of people leave town the weekend after midterrns and some- times blow off classes. Professors feel that students regress over Thanksgiving and then it takes a Tull week for students to get back (on track,” said Dumas. According to Dumas, the only ‘bption still under consideration gavould give students a break from Friday, Oct 25 through Monday, Nov 4 during the 1991-92 school year, but only Thanksgiving day off. Wilder By Rick Peltz Staff Reporter The eyes of the nation focused on Virginia’s gubernatorial election Tuesday which resulted in Lt. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, the Democratic candidate, claiming victory over Re- publican J. Marshall Coleman by less than 8,000 votes. With 99 percent of Virginia pre- cincts reporting, Wilder had 888,475 votes to Coleman’s 881,484, accord- ing to the Roanoke Times and World-News. WVLI-FM reported Wilder’s lead at about 7,700 votes yesterday afternoon. If elected, Wilder will be the r_ia- I tion’s first elected black governor, but Coleman is expected to demand a recount. Reiss Wilks, Young Democrats president, anticipated a victory for Wilder. “I feel pretty confident that we’ll pull it of ,” Wilks said Mon- day night. College Republicans Vice Chair- man Thomas Brubaker did not share Wilks’ enthusiasm for Wilder’s suc- cess, but was also unwilling to pre- dict a Coleman victory. “I think it’s going to be tight,” Brubaker said Monday, predicting a 52 percent to 48 percent victory for AIDS conference Set for Northen Brian Root Senior Copy Editor ‘ The Health Education Committee is sponsoring a teleconference con- peming the spread of the AIDS vi- rus in the college community, As- sociate Dean of Students Leroy “Buddy” Atkins said at Tuesday iiight’s Iriterfraternity Council meet- .“It’s definitely a worthwhile event,” Atkins said. “It’s another effort on the part of W&L to save _ your 1ife.’’ ‘ ( The teleconference, said Atkins, will be shown in Northen Auditori- in the University Library .Nov. L6 from 1 to 4 p.m. The conference will present sev- lral different issues, including edical and legal problerris associ- ated with AIDS patients, according to the committee’s Co—Student Chairman, senior Nancy Hickam. “AIDS is not a problem that will go away,” said Hickam. “The teleconference is designed to exam- the campus issues and to try to de- yelop ways we can deal with AIDS on our campus." 4, Atkins said the teleconference is now particularly relevant to college sftudents. “According to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control, college- age heterosexuals are now the fast- est-growing age group contracting AIDS,” said Atkins. The teleconference is being sponsored by several organizations, including the National University Teleconference Network and the American College Health Associa- 1 tion, said Hickam. In other business at Tuesday's meeting, IFC President Kevin Nash announced that Kathekon, W&L’s student—alumni association, will be holding a tailgate party before W&L’s final football game Satur- day, at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. “I encourage you to go up there and support the team,” said Nash. “But if you do go, you might want to spend the night. Just watch out for any drinking and driving.” Nash announced there will be a meeting for each fraternities’ presi- dent Wednesday, Nov. 15 at 6 p.m. “It’s just an informal meeting for you to let us know what prob- lerris you might have with the Judi- cial Board,” Nash said. Nash said there were “no prob- lems" concerning noise violations this past weekend. “This was a good weekend as far as the police go,” Nash said. “Thanks a lot.” . Nash said the IFC had received no further complaints concerning prohibited pledge activities. The IFC, Nash said, had heard reports of some houses holding mandatory ac- tivities during Parents’ Weekend. According to the IFC’s bylaws, formal pledge actvities cannot begin until Winter Term. Nash also announced Kathekon will be holding its annual “Bridge the Gap” party in the General Headquarters restaurant tomorrow at 6 p.m. The party is held for undergrad- uate seniors and third-year law stu- dents. Admission, food and drinks are all free. Pilkey, running for Sigma Nu, was the top student runner, with a time of 19:10. Pi Kappa Phi won the team competition. About 200 people completed the course. Staff photo by Michele Jones. one side or the other. Many voters believe that this election hinged on each candidate’s abortion stance. “The five votes that counted the most in this election were cast not in Virginia but on the Supreme Court,” said state Sen. Robert Scott, D-Norfolk, referring to the Supreme Court’s recent decision allowing states more freedom to restrict abor- tion. Coleman supported the largely Republican pro—life view, while Wil- der expressed his support for a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion. The campaign featured extensive use of negative ads on both sides. “There was Coleman mudsling- ing,” admitted Brubaker, “but there was Wilder mudslinging that wasn’t given coverage.” “[The campaigning] has been pretty filthy,” agreed Wilks. He called Coleman’s early campaigning “belligerent,” and said that Wilder just “fought fire with fire." Virginia Military Institute’s pub- lic information director, Tom Joynes, said the election’s result will have no effect on his school’s single-sex policy. “It would take legislative [or legal] action to change the policy,” said Joynes, not an order from the I -4 oin W&L’s women’s volleyball team in Emory & Henry earlier this season. The Generals governor. Statewide, the Democrats enjoyed considerable success. Donald S. Beyer, , a Northern Virginia car dealer in his first bid for public of- fice, was elected lieutenant governor in an unexpected upset over Repub- C VMI cadet dies in fall By Wendy Wolford Staff Reporter A freshman cadet at the Virginia Military Institute fell from his fourth—floor barracks window to his death early Saturday morning as he attempted to do a handstarid on the windows safety railing. A memorial service was held last night in VMI’s Jackson Memo- rial Hall for David W. Brazier, 19, of Virginia Beach. According to VMI spokesman Tom Joynes, doctors say Brazier probably died as soon as he hit the paved utility road 40 feet below his window. Brazier and his two room- mates had just met their 2:30 a.m. curfew following the school’s annual Ring Figure Dance, an event where juniors are presented with their class rings. Joynes said the cadets were doing handstands on the waist-high railings in their windows in what he called “exuberance and horseplay.” Joynes explained that doing handstands on the railings is not lican candidate Edwina P. “Eddy” Dalton, the widow of former Virgin- ia Gov. John Dalton. Incumbent Democrat Mary Sue Terry won another term as attorney general by defeating Republican Jo- seph B. Benedetti. uncommon for cadets. “Apparently he [Brazier] must have gone farther than they normal- ly go,” said Joynes. A routine investigation Saturday conducted by VMI’s commandant, Col. William H. Dabney, determined the incident was a “freak accident.” Joynes added that doctors found no evidence of alcohol use and that Brazier was not acting on a dare from another cadet. Joynes said no disciplinary ac- tion will be taken, nor will the acci- dent lead to any changes in school rules or to the design of barracks windows. According to Joynes, Brazier’s death was the first on campus since 1977 when a student drowned in a VMI swimming pool. In honor of the freshman, who was a walk-on member of the foot- ball squad, a parade preceded Satur- day's football game and cadets donned black armbands from their uniform neckties to wear to the game. claims victory; recount likely In the race for the 24th District seat in the Virginia House of Dele- gates, Republican Del. S. Vance Wilkins defeated an independent candidate, Barbara Jean Pryor, by 10,035 votes to «’Pryor’s total of 3,333. Bush rallies Coleman forces By Genienne Mongno Associate Editor RICHMOND —- In a last—minute Virginia’s gubenatorial election in favor of the Republi- cans, President George Bush appeared at a rally for Republican candidate J . Marshall Coleman last Friday. Bush gave his full endorsement to Coleman as well as to Sen. Eddy Dalton, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, and Sen. Joseph Benedetti, the Republican candidate for attorney general. Dalton and Benedetti were defeated by Democrats Donald S. Beyer Jr. and incurnbant Mary Sue Terry. In his speech to an audience of who attended the rally, Bush called Coleman “a man of integrity and experience, a man who deeply loves this state.’ ’ “Marshall knows the issues that matter most to Virginians,’ ’ said Bush. The president then highlighted Coleman’s positions on many of the major issues of the campaign, stressing action against Coleman’s tough attitude toward crime and the battle against drug abuse. “Marshall Coleman knows it’s time for action. He knows we’ve got to go after drug dealers and drug attempt to swing that Coleman is Attorney General at users. And he knows it’s time to confiscate the dealers’ ill-gotten gains an take the profit out of the drug busi- ness,” said Bush. Bush also adressed the issue of education saying as convinced as I am that there is no other issue more vital to the future of this state, this nation and to the kind of lives our children will lead." On the subject of tax increases in a Coleman ad- ministration, Bush said, “Marshall Coleman is one candidate who doesn't confuse having a vision for the future with having a sharp eye on your wallets.” more than 5,000 Bush, however, did not speak on the subject of abortion, which had been a major campaign issue and one which several political analysts have said was the turning point in the campaign for Wilder. Thomas Morris, a political scientist at the Universi- ty of Richmond said, “If abortion wasn’t the number- defeated the Wasps last weekend. See story on page 5. Staff photo by Chris Leiphart. Football ends in Georgetown By Jason Kelley Staff Reporter Washington and Lee will play at Georgetown in the final football game of the W&L season Saturday, and Kathekon, the student-alurrini group at W&L, is promoting the game and encouraging all W&L stu- dents to attend. Kathekon had originally planned to rent a bus to take any interested students to Georgetown to see the game, but those plans were cancel- led. Elizabeth Parkins, who works with Kathekon in the Alumni Of- fice, said W&L rented a bus to go to last year's Bridgewatcr game and there was virtually no interest among the student body. Wes Boyd, president of Kathe- kon, agreed. “In the past, turnout for these things has been horrible,” he said. He added that Kathekon’s goal is simply to get students to attend. Boyd said when Kathekon decid- ed not to rent a bus of its own, the group approached the Interfraterriity Council and encouraged the fratemi- ties to promote the game. At least one fraternity, Kappa Alpha, is renting a bus for the game. “Actually, the fraternities liked it better this way, because they could have alcohol on their own busses, whereas the Kathekon bus would have been dry,” Boyd said. According to Ann Barton, a member of Chi Omega, W&L’s so- rorities also had plans to rent a bus together to go to the game but had to abandon those plans. “There are just too many things going on this weekend,” she said. W&L’s Washington-area alunmi chapter is sponsoring a tailgate party before the game. It is a catered lun- cheon and is by invitation only, but Christie Davis, chapter coordinator for the alunmi office, said, “I’m sure students would be welcome to go over and say ‘Hi,’ especially sin- ce there are a lot of younger alunmi in the Washington area.” The tailgate party, which begins at 11 a.m., will be held at the west end of parking lot number three, just in front of Georgetown’s McDonough Gymnasium. one issue, it was a close second. It cut more sharply a- gainst Coleman than even Wilder thought.” SAB bingo returns to pavilion By Jennifer Bandrowski Staff Reporter Washington and Lee’s Student Activities Board will be hosting its second Bingo Night at the student activities pavilion tomorrow. According to Stewart Hammond, the SAB member in charge of the event, the doors will open at the pavilion at 7 p.m., and the fust game will begin at 7:30. Wildgrass will begin playing at 7 and will also entertain during intermissions. According to SAB ‘member Schuyler Rideout, a variety of prizes are available. They are a Bahamas cruise, a trip to Cancun, a VCR, a Nintendo video game and a 26-inch television set. There will also be various gift certificates and door prizes awarded. The gift certificates are redeemable at the Palms, the Willson-Walker House, Spariky’s, Alvin Dennis and the College Town ‘Shop. Cards COSI $3 for the first card $5 for two cards, $6 for three cards: and 3136! that $1 apiece with a five- card limit. “Not everybody likes to go to concerts all of the time, so we thought we’d provide a little variety out at the pavilion,” Hammond said. The SAB’s first Bingo Night was held last winter. “SAB made money on this last year — about $70 —- which we didn’t expect it to," Hammond said. “Basically the event pays for itself, and we expect the prizes to pay for themselves " ~v.=.4_ {pi gum-. OCR::/Vol_089/WLURG39_RTP_19891109/WLURG39_RTP_19891109_002.2.txt __,,,,,..-—-.-.-oc-y.-...-.-.--.u-. ,-. .....-.--..‘.‘.~.«.-.-..............--....a u.‘.I. . ' OPINION The Ring-tum Phl, November 9, 1939 Time to take some time off Classes have been in session for nine weeks now and many students are gearing up for those ten-to-twelve page papers the professors decided en masse to have due on November 17, the day before Thanksgiving break. Those same students who arefeeling book weary, and still have a paper to do, probably sit in class and think about playing golf, and hitting the town, and every other thing they haven’t had time to do since September. Students daydream, and the professors have noticed. Executive Committee President Willard Dumas, prompted by some of the faculty, recommended to the EC the idea of a mid-fall break be explored. The Ring-tum Phi encourages the EC to pursue the idea of a break. After six or seven weeks of classes, students’ interest ‘begins to wane and skipping class becomes a reasonable altemative. A ten-week stretch is too long for either students or professors. After ten straight weeks of classes, students aren’t any more interested in classwork than professors are in grading the last forty mid-term exams. Dumas went on to suggest a calendar for the break. For instance, students will get a one-week break at the six-week mark and Thanksgiving Day off, with classes again the following day. / mid-term, but to keep them from getting lazy from too much vacation. Professors complain that, as it stands now, the students retum from a November break with no motivation and pay no attention to their work, and their grades reflect it. The professors say the students take their books home with intentions of studying, but don’t actually study. . Perhaps the professors and the EC need to look at the problem from a different angle — One-week of vacation isn’t too much, it’s not enough. An additional break will pace the students over the term, rather than overwork them. Do the professors believe the students will return at the end of a second break unable to properly prepare for their exams? If the school divides the students’ work into two shorter sections, they will pay more attention before Thanksgiving break. Students won’t be so tired when they leave, and will return to Lexington refreshed and ready for finals. Further, if Thanksgiving break is only Thursday, students will divide into two camps — those who skip classes to spend the holiday with their families and those who stay on campus and phone home at suppertime Thursday night. It is easy forarea residents to recommend that students might _be on the other table though if their families were in Dallas or St. Louis or Miami. Washington and Lee’s year begins later than most other schools’. W&L students wait for school to begin, either at home or here in Lexington, while their friends have already retumed. Starting our school year earlier would solve the problem. Use the time at the beginning of the year to provide the students with a much deserved vacation in the middle of the term, without taking away from an important family holiday. Quote of the week You don’t understand me. You are not expected to I am beyond your experience. I am beyond good and evil I will be avenged. Lucifer dwells within us all. — Richard Ramirez, the devil-worshipping “Night Stalker” who murdered 13 people during a summer rampage that terrorized California, to the judge who sentenced him to death yesterday. Ours and yours As the editors of a student newspaper, we feel an obligation to publish each and every student-opinion piece we receive, and we encourage students and other members of the W&L community to submit letters or “My Views.” However, we reserve the right to edit any and all submissions for reasons of taste, libel, clarity or length. ' The rationale, it appears, is to give students a break 3 don’t need to go home for Thanksgiving. }.'I7he turkey. . States should MY VIEW By Richard Hill In the Oct. 26 issue of the Phi, Elizabeth Parkins and Pamela Patton respond to J. Cameron Humphries “My View” against abortion. They claim that Carneron’s “limited comprehension of medical fact,” his “suspension of reality,” and his “sophomoric tone...have no place in an intelligent discussion on the abortion issue.” Well, these ladies’ essay is best described in the terms that Rep. Henry Hyde, a Republican from Ohio, used to describe the 1988 Democratic Platform: “a large bowl of cold soggy mush.” The two ladies seem to believe that Roe v. Wade is fully intact, and that the Freedom of Choice (or Reproductive Choice, as NOW calls it) is a fully recognized Constitutional concept. Think again! When the Supreme Court decided the case of Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, it threw out much of the framework of the Roe v. Wade decision. While not completely trashing it, they redefined the issue around a more specific and more easily understood" . con'cept,.=that.~of- the state’s vrighttlto ‘~ proteetiwhat they .feel is anlegritirnate“ interest.‘ It is in Roe v. Wade, where the original three trimester system is devised. It seems that, outside of any contemporary medical fact, the only reason the concept of the trimester system came into being is because nine is most easily devisable by three. Justice Harry Blackmun grossly abused the U.S. Constitution when he wrote that decision, and it may very well go down in legal circles as the poorest / ~—' decision in the history of the Supreme Court. A Even many respected liberal legal scholars, while agreeing with the decision, think that the legal reasoning is poor. To somehow deduce that the Constitution gives women the right to slaughter their unborn children is one of the biggest mishaps is legal history. Certainly Elizabeth and Pamela would agree that it is wrong to kill a one day old baby (who, incidentally, carmot survive without help from the mother), and they would most certainly agree that laws should make it illegal to do so; yet, they totally disregard the rights of the fetus and consider “a woman's freedom to voluntarily choose an abortion" as the ultimate right and the ultimate consideration. Wrong again! What must be considered here, in regard to Roe v. Wade, is whether the state’s in this country have the right to protect what they feel is a legitimate interest. I say that they do, and with little exception, the Supreme Court agrees with me. The question on the state level is: Is a fetus a legitimate interest for us to protect? Again, ‘I ‘say yes. _, V ,5 _ A fetus, ‘is “a human being,___ because it "is a” unique biological’ entity. If you do not believe me, look in your biology textbook under the section which discusses reproduction. It will tell you that the fetus has 46 chromosomes (23 from each parent) in a unique pairing that has never been seen before and will never be seen again. The fetus should be protected for this simple reason. Even if it does not have arms or legs that you can see, it has individuality and thus is an .individual. So killing a fetus is the sugkf/I L M/‘Iii b1LL°$ say no to abortion? same as murder. As abortion is murder, Carneron’s comparison of the lives of fetuses to the victim of wars is appropriate, but minuscule. Over 1.5 million fetuses are slaughtered each year, so it follows that this is infanticide -— clearly put, infant genocide. It is murder in every sense of the word, and because murder is a crime at the state level abortion should be as well. It is reasonable to make abortion against the law in all cases. Either it is, or it is not wrong. If it is, as I contend, than we must outlaw it under all circumstances. To cave in to certain exceptions opens way for a rash of exceptions and to a complete disregard for the law. I feel for a woman who has been raped, or for one who has been the victim of incest, but they must remember that they are carrying a human life in them, and that human life deserves the same protection that they do. Although it is an old saying, I must say it here: two wrongs do not make a right. The Supreme Court has wisely decided to turn much of the issue back to the states. Soon, with the inevitable reversal of Roe v. Wade, they will retum""all of,vthe__iss_ue to " the states’. The justices” Late; ,,n_o,t doctors “or ministers, they a're'__‘lg=;g’alp sc'h’olars.‘Their job is to preserve the Constitution and to rule on the law. They are not supposed to be responsive to the people, nor should they, because the average layman (or woman, sorry Molly Yard!) lcnows little or nothing about Constitutional law. In a recent debate on abortion, one of the debaters said that for someone to say that they are against abortion is to say that they know more about the issue than the nine 9 4 I top justices in this country at the time of the Roe v. Wade decisi . . Well, sorry to say it, but Roe v. Y Wade is almost dead, and to rely at it any more as a justification is no longer credible. The five justictis who made up the majority in the Webster decision are acknowledged within legal and intellectual circles as perhaps the most brilliant legal scholars ever, which puts them high above (with the exception of William Brennan, a man with whom I disagree emphatically, but whom ‘I think is brilliant and I have a great deal of respect for) the members of the Supreme Court who made up the majority in Roe v. Wade. I think that Elizabeth and Pamelit . go too far with their opening quote! tiori. To imply that all people whp are anti-abortion or pro-life agree with Joseph Schneider is the saint as saying that all republicans agree with Lowell Weicker. To further imply that all people who are against abortion are also against birth-control is outrageous, consider‘- ing that I am in "favor of most forms of birth control and think it is rather silly to be both anti-abortioii and anti-birth control. ,, As_ soon as the “pro-choice” forces: wise up and realize that rib --,matter.howimuch money they spengl lobbying the Supreme Courw they are not going to win this issue 4 the Justices are rightly acting on their own opinions and inter- pretations, not those of the latest Washington Post poll — the soone this country can redirect it's atten- tion to other issues. The states wilf soon have to make the ultimate de- cision on abortion, and I hope that they all decide to outlaw all aborsy tions, for the sake of humanity and for the sake of the “children” of’ the future. 9 @112 ilttttg-tum ifllit THE STUDENT VOICE OF WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY Founded September 18, 1897 Editors .................................................... ..Gregory Euston, Stacy Monison Associate Editors .................................... ..Jarnes Lake, Genierme Mongno Assignment Editor ............................................................ ..Pat Lopes Editorial Page Editor .... .. .............................. ..Tina Vandersteel Entertainment Editor.... ................................................ ..Pamela Kelley Sports Editor ........................................................ ..Jay Plotkin Senior Copy Editor .............................................. ..Brian Root Editorial Cartoonist ............................................................. ..Jeff Woodland Business Manager .................................................................. ..Arine Dysart Advertising Manager.... ....................................................... ..Jason Kelley Circulation Manager .................................... ..Alan Litvak, Clint Robinson The Ring-tum Phi is published Thursdays during the undergraduate school year at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia. Funding for The Ring-tum Phi comes primarily from advertising, but also from a portion of the student activities fee. The Washington and Lee Publications Board elects the chief editors and business manager, but The Ring—tum Phi is otherwise independent. Letters and other submissions must be in The Ring—tum Phi office, Room 208 of the University Center, by noon on Tuesday to appear in that week’s edition. The Ring-tum Phi observes current court definitions of libel and obscenity. The Ring-tum Phi Post Office Box 899 Lexington, Virginia 24450 Pastor favors exact wording My thanks go out to Mr. Hurnphries for his reporting of the “older professor form Ber- keley’s" remarks in your Nov. 2 issue. Though I rriight hesitate in attributing the success in “redefining key terms within the language,...penetrating a culture's language and altering the manner in which they think" to the American Atheists Society, I find this over- all analysis of our current state to be wonder- fully inaccurate. I can almost feel the profes- sor’s sense of triumph as he describes the point we have reached “where a man can scarcely say that any morality is anything bet- ter than ‘true for hirnself,”' though the news- paper's help in tracking down student check- bouncers does seem a little “retro" in this light. Though I concur wholeheartedly with the professor's analysis of our present reality, I disagree both with his interpretation and his vision — this in spite of personally experienc- ing the powerful attraction the vision rep- resents. On the contrary, I stand joyously alongside and within a tradition which claims that our God is the world’s since the beginning of and for all ages, and that moral statements which we make have applicability to all homo sapiens. It is a living tradition which reserves without idolizing the work of science and the arts and which refers to its theology as “fides guaerens intellectum." It is a tradition which experiences the pangs of growth and yet stands confidently firm on its basic foundations. It is a tradition which recognizes our fragile interde- pendence and hence holds in its highest esteem the well-being and unity of the community. It is a tradition which candidly admits within human nature everywhere and at every time the coexistence of flaw and greatness, and which seeks through joyous and humble communion with its Redeemer to reestablish the harmony for which it believes we were intended. The professor is so right in pointing out how the language has changed. But we see it LETTERS as temporary aberration, not permanent trend, for, as our tradition has already seen so many times in its multicolored history, it is our lan- guage which best describes what it means to be human and to live. It is now the Enlighten- ment whose language is spent, musty and worn. Whose good intentions have ended up in a most fatiguing anarchy and nihilism. Which has power to bring neither joy nor harmony. My dream is of the day when we, the en- lightened, the oh—so—tolerant and the properly relevant, confess the failure of the vision in which we placed a trust blinder than that even of our medieval ancestors. When we realize that for so long we had been living not with salvation, but with the most confused of Ba- bel’s. When, with the scales remove from our collective eyes, we see clearly how like well- fed, well-coiffed, well-dressed sheep, chatting politely, we were led to the slaughter. And how we were really not so different at all from any of God’s people who had gone before us. The nice thing about that day is that there will be a mother’s arms to go back to, in which we can once again taste joy and re- demption, And there will be a whole new lan- guage to learn, a language so creative, so vi- brant and so loving to speak that we will be baffled as to how we ever got conned in the first place. Sincerely, Father J. Morton Biber Pastor, St. Partick’s Reader says no fall break It was with shock and horror that I read in last Thursday’s Phi that the Executive Commit- tee was considering giving us a fall break mid- way through the first semester. It was not the thought of a fall break that appalled me. It was the butchery of our Thanksgiving break that would have to occur in order to have a fall break that bothered me greatly. According to the article, there are two ways that fall break could be arranged. One proposal gives us a week at midtenn, but gives us only Thanksgiving Day off. The second would give use a long weekend at midterm (Friday — Monday), and three days at Thanksgiving (Wednesday — Friday) but would require that we come to class the Saturday after Thanksgiv- mg. The first suggesticm is so impractical it hardly seems worth addressing, but since some- one must have thought it a feasible suggestion, here it goes. The thought of only having Thanksgiving Day off is absurd, and wouldn’t work even for in-state students, and for out-of- state students it would be even worse. The scenario: leave W&L after class on Wednes- day, by way of furious travelling reach home sometime Wednesday night. The next day, gobble down the turkey, and again by furious travelling reach Lexington in time for Friday morning classes. Question: Who would show ‘up for Friday classes? I certainly wouldn’t; when I go home I like to stay a little longer that, at most, 24 pressure-filled hours. This plan should be treated with great disdain. The other plan isn’t much better. Again, who would come back for Saturday classes? .What do the professors think of this idea? Also, this option gives the student less time overall than the present system. I would like to point out that Lexington is not the most accessible place in the world. Short breaks are not a feasible option. We are not situated in a major city like New York or Washington where one can hop a plane or train with relative ease. It is a lot more hassle to get out of Lexington. It is especially hard for the freshmen to find rides even in Novem- ber. It would be even harder for them to find them in October when the student register isn't even out. Also, there is the money question. A lot of people come from out of state and don't have the money to purchase five round-trip plane tickets per year. I thought that the school was well aware of these problems as our present vacation sched- ule is admirably suited to deal with them. The present system allows us sufficient time to get home, relax for a reasonable amount of time, and return at a leisurely pace if so desired. It is admirably practical. Let's not change it. Jennifer -Zambone, ’93 7 T V £. OCR::/Vol_089/WLURG39_RTP_19891109/WLURG39_RTP_19891109_003.2.txt Jiy Brooke Jarabek Staff Reporter The Supreme Court would over- fum the recently passed legislation gutlawing desecration of the Ameri- can flag if the cases reaches the ‘Sigh court, Pulitzer Prize winner Edwin M. Yoder predicted Monday. Yoder, a columnist for the ‘Washington Post Writers Group, ade the prediction during a speech on “How to Burn the Flag for Plea- sure and Politics" in Northen Audi- torium. He is visiting Washington a'nd Lee this week as part of the Glass of 1963 Scholar-In-Residence Program. ‘ Yoder said his prediction is lgased on past court decisions and on the constitutionality of the law. you." C Under the First Amendment, free speech is protected. The court has historically interpreted this freedom is include symbolic speech as well, Yoder said. "~ Yoder said that freedom of ex- 1 poses. object. pression has already edged itself into law and that expression b§oad- ens pure speech. 9 The issue of flag burning entered the political forefront this summer on June 21 when the Supreme Court ruled that burning an American flag is a protected form of free speech when done for communicative pur- to protest corporate backing of Ron- ald Reagan for the presidential race. One of the protestors, Gregory Lee Johnson, burned an American flag that had been snatched from a flag pole by a fellow demonstrator while the protesters chanted “America, the red, white and blue, we spit on Johnson was arrested and con- victed for desecrating a venerated The case was appealed to the Texas Court of Appeals and -over- turned based on First Amendment The Ring-tum Phi, November 9, 1989 Supreme Court. Yoder pointed out. statute] was a burning, Yoder said, dalism. truck at 2 a.m. grounds. The case then went to the Although the courts recognize the right to burn the flag, allowing flag burning is politically unpopular, “I think it [changing the flag political mechanism," Yoder said, “that the Many who would outlaw flag argue burning a flag is not though or speech but conduct — an act of van- Columnist praises flag decision Yoder said speech may be sub- ject to time, place and manner_re- strictions, but he said that does not mean using flags for symbolic . speech should be outlawed in all situations as Bork would have. Yoder contrasted the spray-paint- ing of national monuments, which he considers vandalism, with flag defense democrats deployed in order to abuse. He said flags in general have During the Republican National avoid instigating a constitutional a familiar role in symbolic expres- Convention in 1984. demonstrators amendment to change the First sion; however, venerated monuments charged through the streets of Dallas Amendment." are not the same as symbolic speech. Flags have more in common with words, pens and pencils, word processors, paints and paint brushes than monuments, which are symbol- ic passively, Yoder said. that Yoder quoted Judge Robert Bork as saying free speech allows expres- sion of an opinion, but not any means of expression. Expressing a political viewpoint from a sound in a residential neighborhood or using obscenities over public television are not ac- ceptable means of expressing an opinion, according to Bork. He cites a case in which the Su- preme Court threw out a California statute in 1931 which made it un- lawful to display a red flag in pro- test as evidence that flags have of- ten been used in expression. “Why should the American flag be separated from any other flag?" he asked. Atheism: Today’s new religion? MY VIEW Ely J. Cameron Humphries We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men lfieaning together ljleadpiece filled with straw. Alas! — T.S. Eliot 1 Last week I described my visit to the West Coast and how I chanced upon the American Atheists Society Convention, at which a Berke- y professor explained how changes in our lan- guage pushed God, faith, and the concept of divinity out of mainstream society, and replaced it with the hollow core of pseudo-religious be- lfef. He continued to demonstrate how almost imperceptible changes in our thinking process had removed God from the inside out, and had léft mankind questioning whether or not any tquth at all could be said to exist. “My fellow Atheists, we have not yet far to gt) until the religious leaders will question if there even is a correct [religious] answer, some say we have reached that point today." 4 As the speaker concluded the first half of his; eech, the ‘entire convention exploded inia, pro- found sense of victory. Although no one uttered ac single word, I felt a feeling a smugness per- eating the room as though the battle for intel- lectual freedom had been won, and the need for this convention was a hoax. It was at this point tqe speaker paused, then continued more serious- ly‘ with a grave tone in his address: it “Yes, you celebrate inside, and I share that jo with you. The world has nearly been cleansed of theistic thought, but we have reached at; turning point in our struggle. It is a turning point which I fear is turning for the worse. ' “After three centuries of slowly watching rdigion crumble, the organized religious move- ments of the world are fighting back. First, they -. e stopped using weapon of damnation. Al- though they still claim to have it, they have . recognized that the average man does not want to! hear he might be going to Hell. Secondly, w ch we have found so useful, for their own means. They began by turning our own defini- tions against us. ‘ “In the coming years, you will notice your favorite words become your worst enemies. I - would like to warn you about three such words: Faith, Science, and Religion. I will begin with faith, not because its theistic definition is the most dangerous, but because their definition of .< 1 » By Merrill Watson thiy have adopted many of our own tactics,‘ is so very tricky. “Atheism, by definition, means to know that God does not exist. For the past three hundred years we have arrogantly claimed to know the opposite of what the other religions claim on faith. We were the bloody fools who claimed that one must know everything. They were quite satisfied to maintain a reasonable amount of certainty, then accept the rest on faith. What, my friends, we find ourselves faced with today, is either to admit that we can't know that God does not exist, and thus accept His absence on faith, or to step from our Atheistic pedestal and admit that a good many of us are really Agnos- tic. In either case we have to be prepared to serve ourselves a good portion of humble pie, because we will have to admit to the peoples of the world that we did not know as much as we thought we did. Furthermore, if we wish to truly maintain the title of Atheist, we must profess to believe in that word which most of us find so abhorrent, faith. “You ask, we don’t know that God does not exist? No, no one knows if He does or does not exist. Three hundred years ago we believed the absolute proof of His absence was only years away. Three hundred years later we are no clos- _'e‘r to proving His’ absence thahnrwe were when _ our founding fathers'“f1rst asked" the question, ‘Do we lcnow God exists?’ “Always remember, we were the ones who gave faith a bad name. Let us hope then that we can restore its good name. Now, when religion is attempting to inch away from faith, let us get the jump on them, and steal it from them. It is our best hope. “The second of these words, science, is po- tentially the most damaging to us. In the scien- tific endeavor to remove God from the universe, we have succeeded in bringing him nearer than He ever was before. From sub-atomic particles which by scientific definition should repel, but instead attract, to the origins of the universe, which we should have determined by now, but instead conclude impossible to determine, science has discovered a universe of more order, purpose and design than He ever anticipated. The uni- verse operates so meticulously that even the concept of randomness has been discounted. Science, which was supposed to eliminate God from our world, has firmly entrenched Him here. “Finally, the word religion. We, as I have mentioned, removed it from our schools, text- books, and such. However, we increasingly find Atheism being classified as a religion in its own right. This, my friends, could well spell the end of us. “We -lmow our dialogue well: ‘What, me religious? No, I’m an Atheist. You're not reli- gious are you?’ Sure, under the guise of non—religion we have enjoyed a free ride. Teach- ers could teach Atheism to our children. That was there job. But if they even mentioned the Bible, or God. Well, we’d just have their job so quickly they couldn’t see straight. Yes, the good old days. “Now the tables have turned. For every. argument for against God, there usually follows one for God, or else our teachers aren't allowed to mention either side. The legislators now see Atheism as a religion and can apply the same laws to force it out of society that we used to force it in. The free ride is over. “Why? “In short, we have been far to cocky, far to arrogant with our belief. When we should have been caring, compassionate, and open-minded, we actually were haughty, rude, and stubborn. Yes, we were the ones with the truth; yes, they were the ones with lies and faith. We made religion an either-or proposition. Either renounce the possibility of God, or be intellectually imma- ture. With religion, one can, conceivably, have both. “Two hundred fifty years ago, the beloved Voltaire uttered 'ecrasez l'infame,’ and the skep- « tic movement stood at its pinnacle. The most be- loved, respected, admired person in French soci- ety said, ‘Crush the vermin!’ He felt it was time to stamp out the church. At the outbreak of the French Revolution, it was a corrupt and power- ful instution which taught very little about God, and a great deal about the secular values which it was supposed to preach against. Quite simply, it isno longer the case. “Today, we are seen as the oppressors. We are the ones who have blown the incredible advantage. We are the ones who face defeat. Man is tired of becoming the hollow men we have turned him into. Yes, three hundred years ago man stood ready to destroy the church. Now, he is on the verge of destroying himself. “My fellow Atheists, I do not corrre to salute you. We have failed, and failed miserably. This time, as man prepares to enter the 21st century, I fear he will stop looking to himself for an- swers, but once more turn his eyes upward into the heavens, as he has for thousands of years. No, the battle is not over. The second round of fighting has just begun. Yet, I fear the tide is turning against us. Just let us be thankful that the other side was founded on the principles of faith, hope, and charity. We may flnd that we ourselves are in greatest need of them in the years to come." TALKBACK What do you think about dividing Thanksgiving break into two shorter vacactions? :3, _fi:\k* In Ward Medgen, ‘92, Dallas, 'fex.— “it’s absolutely ridicu- lous. That’ll cut the time that I ‘ave to see my grandparents in fialf.” 1 I Fred Shannon, ‘90, San Anto- nio, Tex. — “You'd barely have time to get a piece of turkey." dents should get. ’ ’ Katherine Park, ‘90, Belaire Beach, Fla. — “If it’s what the students want, it’s what the stu- GENERAL NOTES Donafions The Intervarsity Christian Fellowship meets on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Gaines Gatehouse. In line with its fall theme of com- munity, the group would like to announce its support of Gladys Steele and her ministry to the homeless of Rockbridge County. IV will place boxes in the dorms and the University Center to col- lect clothes and other goods for a Gladys House yard sale in the upcoming weeks. The boxes will be there from Sunday, Nov. 12 until break. Anything contributed would be greatly appreciated. Anyone wishing to help in any way can contact Sherri Brown, Kathy Morrison, or Alice Harrell. Politics flick The Politics Department will show 12 Angry Men (1957: di- rector-Sidney Lumet) at 7 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week in room 327 of the Commerce School. This contro- versial essay starring Henry Fon- da is about the impact of the unanimity rule on democracy, exemplified in a jury trial. It is highly recommended for pre- law/law students. Bridge-the-gap Kathekon, the third year law students, and the senior class will be sponsoring the second annual Bridge-The-Gap Party on Friday, Nov. 10 at 8 p.m. in the GHQ. All members of the third year law class and the senior class are invited. Beer and snacks will be free (legal drink- ing age required). Careers Monday, Nov. 20 from 5:30- 7:30 p.m. at Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, 270 Park Avenue, New York, "Career Connections: New York City" will take place. This net- working day for seniors (full- time employment) and under- classmen (summer. employment and internships) will allow stu- dents to visit with alumni who have employment opportunities in many fields: banking, invest- ments, marketing, public rela- tions, government, sales, muse- um and gallery work, insurance, journalism, etc. After sign-in and refreshments, students head to stations labeled according to ca- reer field and talk with alumni who influence hiring at their or- ganizations. Student participants need to: 1) fill out an informa- tion sheet at the Career Develop- ment and Placement Office, 2) make travel and lodging arrange- ments, 3) plan to participate Monday and stay an additional day for interviews and referrals, and 4) dress for interviews and carry many resumes. Women’s rush Freshman women interested in the upcoming Winter Rush for the sororities must attend a mandatory informational meeting tomorrow. The informal meeting will be at 4 p.m. in Evans Din- ing Hall and is expected to last an hour. Hong Kong W&L students now have the opportunity to study in Hong Kong without having first studied Chinese. Under an ex- change agreement with Chung Chi College of the Chinese Uni- versity of Hong Kong, .students may undertake a full program of courses given in English with an option to study Chinese. This exchange is sponsored by the East Asian Studies Program at W&L, and any student ‘with a 2.5 GPA and a real desire to learn about Asia is eligible to apply. Credits earned at Chung Chi are considered to be the same as if earned at W&L. Those interested in the pro- gram should contact Prof. Harold C. Hill, in the East Asian Lan- guage Center or call extension 8829. Candidates will be selected in November. Racism seminar Dr. C.T. Vivian, a specialist in the area of Black/White racial conflict resolutions, will conduct a seminar at W&L on Saturday, Nov. 11 from 1-5 p.m. in the DuPont Hall Auditorium. Vivian, an ordained Baptist minister, is founder and director of B.A.S.I.C. (Black \ Association Strategies and Information Cen- ter). His seminar will focus on the "Principles of Racism." The seminar is sponsored by the Black Law Students Associa- tion, Minority Student Associa- tion, Contact, W&L Commerce School, and Randall Bezanson, Dean of the Law School. There = is no admission, and the public‘ is invited to attend. For more information, please call Melissa Amos at 464-4289. Outing club The biking section of the Outing Club will participate in a mountain-bike race in Durham, N.C. on Nov. 10 and 11. Riders at all skill levels as well as spectators are welcome. If you are interested, please call John Buchanan at 463-7369. Transpor- tation will be provided. The environmental action section of the Outing Club will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Monday in the Fairfax Lounge of the Student Center. They plan to continue their work on recycling and litter control, and they plan to discuss making environmental education presentations at the local schools. The club will also sponsor an informal discussion with Robert Davis, visiting professor at the law school, on Tuesday, Nov. 14 at 8:30 p.m. in room 114 of the Student Center. Go and learn about environmental issues career opportunities. Photos by Amanda Hughen l Willard Dumas, President of the Executive Committee, ‘91, New Orleans, La. - “I think something should be done in the fall because after midterrns most students leave town for the weekend and end up blowing off a few classes. A holiday is des- perately needed." Preultt Hirsch, ‘92, Alexandria, Va. — “As a freshman, I thought it was too long to wait two-and-a-half months before going home.” . I Little Foster Rock, Ark. — “I think it’s stu- pid because longer breaks give time to those who live out of state to go home.” Bowman, ‘91, and_ OCR::/Vol_089/WLURG39_RTP_19891109/WLURG39_RTP_19891109_004.2.txt ; higher,” SPORTS The Ring-tum’ Ph_I, _Nove_mber 9, 1989 T By Jay Plotkln Sports Editor How do you react when you saw a lot of playing time last season, but haven’t seen as much as you would like this season? Last year, Phillip Sampson and Chris Smythe shared time at quar- terback. This year, Sampson, a se- nior, has had a record—setting season, and Smythe, also a senior, hasn’t had much of an opportunity to play. How do you hide your time waiting to play, Mr. Smythe? Senior Adam Morgan and the Washington and Lee water polo team in action earlier this season. The Generals defeated Richmond 17-16 in a Polo swims to Easterns ,1 By Chris Baradel Staff Reporter The Washington and Lee water polo team seized a berth in the Eastern Championships by defeating .the University of Richmond in a remarkable triple-overtirne thriller in the semifinals of the Southern Con- ference water polo championships lost Saturday. W&L overcame a first period injury to senior goalie David Olson and the loss of three starters to fouls. The dramatic 17-16 victory over the Spiders more than made up for the Generals’ loss to Arkansas-Little , Rock in the championship game 17- :24. Only the top two teams from the “i‘Southem Conference were guaran- 3/teed bids to the Eastern Champion- fships, so had W&L lost to Rich- ;-mond, their fine regular season would have gone for naught. ' “Our whole goal has been to get 3to Easterns and place seventh or said senior co-captain “Shawn Copeland. Before facing Richmond, the Generals blew out Lynchburg 19-8 behind five goals from junior Jon Sbar. Senior Adam Morgan had VARNER & P L three goals, while Perez and fresh- man James Dunleavy had two a- piece. Backup goaltender P.J. Waicus, a freshman, saw extensive playing time and recorded 11 blocks against only five goals allowed. The win was W&L's 20th of the season. Against Richmond, the Generals had to play much of the first period with Waicus in goal after Olson's injury, but the team still entered the second period with a 5-3 lead, which pleasantly surprised head coach Page Remillard. However, the Spiders outscored W&L 7-2 in the second stanza, de- spite Olson’s return to the net, which Remillard attributed to the fact that Richmond was shooting at the goal at the deep end of Cy Twombly pool where the goalie doesn’t have the advantage of being able to stand on the bottom. Indeed, when the two teams switched ends at the beginning of the third quarter, W&L tallied seven goals to Rich- mond’s deuce. W&L led 14-12 entering the fi- nal period, when foul trouble took its toll on the Generals. Morgan got his third personal foul and was ejected. The same fate fell on fresh- man Scott Strader, who had scored Furniture Dealers For your extra pieces of furniture 115 S. Main St., Lexington 463-2742 three-overtime, sudden-death thriller last weekend in the Southern Conference tournament. W&L photo by W. Patrick Hinely. Univertsity 1st Floor Reid Hail MMCM 463-84481 The answer is to practice hard so you can be ready to play when your opportunity arises, and on Saturday against Ursinus College, Sm);the got his opportunity. And did he ever make the most of it. Sampson just wasn't clicking on all cylinders, and after missing several open receivers, disaster struck. On a pass intended for senior Scott Jackson, Ursinus de- fensive back A1 Antonello stepped in front of Jackson to intercept the pass. 61 yards later, Antonello crossed the goal line with the Bears’ third touchdown of the day. Ursinus scored on it’s previous two drives, both resulting from W&L turnovers. After Sampson's first interception, the Bears scored on an 18-yard pass from Kevin Meehan to Mike Cohen. On W&L's 1 V lw 4- Smythe shines in loss} J ensuing drive, tailback Kirk Sohonage fumbled as he was iii! and Ursinus recovered. Meehan scored the touchdown on a five-yard option keeper. ' Head coach Gary Fallon than decided a change might do the Generals well. “Phillip hasn't realfy been on top of his game for the l t few games. I just felt we had soriyise receivers open, Phillip wasn’t real sharp, and the score was 21-0. So I decided to try Chris to see if vie could catch a spark.” ; Iriheriting a 21-0 deficit, Smytlie caught fire. His first completidn came on third and eight. It went for 20 yards to senior fullback Russell J E] Please see Smythe pa ‘ By John Laney Staff Reporter three goals in the game. Another crucial loss for the Generals was sophomore “Spider-slayer Alan Her- rick, who was also tossed out for his third foul. Herrick had scored five goals and recorded six steals before fouling out. Richmond took advantage of their absences to hold W&L to one goal while scoring three of their own. After each team scored once in the first overtime to make the score 16-16, seldom-used senior Randall Pearson scored the biggest goal of his career to win the game in the third overtime period, which was sudden death. “I wasn’t sur- prised at all that the goal came from Pearson,” said Rerriillard later. In the championship game against Arkansas-Little Rock, W&L was simply overrnatched and lost quietly by a 17-4 count. The score was 7-2 at the half, but the Gener- als were outscored 10-2 in the sec- ond half. Perez (two goals) 4 and Olson (fifteen blocks) were bright spots for the Generals. The Eastern Water Polo Champi- onships will be held at the Naval Academy in Armapolis, Md. The game against Brown is at 1:30 Sat- urday afternoon. Senior Patrick Brown applied the finishing touches to his out- standing soccer career at W&L with a game-winning goal against VMI on Tuesday. During the month of October, Brown scored four goals, all of which were game-winners, and also earned two assists as the men's soccer team posted an October record of 7-1-2. In the post-season ODAC tournament played this past weekend at Liberty Hall Field, the senior co-captain played a key role as the men’s soccer team won the ODAC champion- ship. Brown scored W&L’s goal in Friday's 1-0 semifinal win over Harnpden-Sydney, and as- sisted the Generals' lone goal in their 1-0 victory against Virginia Wesleyan in the championship game on Saturday. For his accomplishments, Brown has been named The R- ing-tum Phi’s Athlete-of-the- Month for October. Brown finished the 1989 sea- son as the ODAC’s leading scor- ATHLETE-OF-THE-MONTH er with eight goals and five as- sists. For his four-year career at W&L, Brown scored 14 goals and dished out 22 assists. Brown's mark of 22 assists is a W&L record. As a freshman, Brown set a W&L record with J; Patrick Brown nine assists in a season, a record he now shares with freshman Mike Mitchem. Brown was also only one of three General players to start in all 17 games. Senior forward Scott Levitt and sophomore Jeff Zieger were the other two. Head coach Rolf Piranian in was pleased that Brown was se- lected as the Athlete of the Month. , ¢ “He deserves it. I haven't coached a finer soccer player or I athlete’ in (my) 14 years (as! W&L’s coach),” Piranian said. Overall, Brown said he had * “a good season.” Preferring to 3 focus the attention on the team, he said, “We had a slow start '‘ and lost a few games we should have won, but the team played well at the end of the season." F Brown, who spent the first half of the surrirner working in a * restaurant in Hilton Head, S.C., , said he prepared for the 1989 season with “a lot of ninning." V “I also played some soccer when I returned home,” he added. The 5-9, 160-pound senior, a graduate out of Lovett High School in Atlanta, Ga., is not sure what lays ahead for him after graduation, but said he wants to “enjoy what I'm ' doing.” - Congratulations to Patrick I Brown, The Ring-tum Phi’s Ath- p lete-of-the-Month for October. 0 in -0% C ! v THUNDE RBIRD AMERICAN GRADUATE SCHOOL or INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT Glendale, Arizona 85306 USA A representative will be on campus WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 , 1989 to discuss GRADUATE STUDY Our Mother Who Art In Heaven ?? 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It was a year ago when John Thompson led the United States into Olympic play with what was supposed to the best basketball team our amateur ranks had to offer that year. Or was it the best team that the U.S. could field? Hardly. When Hersey Hawkins, the starting shooting guard went down with a knee injury his replacement was Vemell “Bimbo” Coles from Virginia Tech, who is a good player but had no business being on the team. Thompson said Coles made the team largely on the grounds that earlier in the college season, he led the Hokies to an upset over Thompson’s Hoyas. Taking nothing away from Coles’ talent, but he shouldn’t have been on the team. Neither should Ricky Berry, Brian Shaw or Charles Smith (G‘town). All had good talent, but there were better players out there to represent our country. A look at some other possible shooting stars that probably (definitely) should have been on the team: Rex Chapman. The streak shooter was cut by Thompson because he shot poorly in the tryouts. Poor shooting or not, Chapman still can keep up in a long distance shooting contest with the best of them. He should have been on the team. Steve Kerr. The Arizona point guard not only led the nation in tliree-point accuracy at 60 percent, but Kerr only turned the ball over once a game. His shooting and ball handling played major roles in 'Arizona’s being ranked No. 1 for the better part of the season. Another notable absence on the team was someone named Danny Ferry, who was All—ACC for three years at Duke. Not good enough for Thompson. Although Ferry sustained a small injury in the tryouts, he would have been more than healthy by the time the team left for Seoul. Ferry also would have added another three-point threat. The last player cut was another Arizona superstar, Sean Elliott. At _6’8", Elliott could handle the ball and shoot like a guard (another three point threat), but was also strong enough to play inside with the big men. ‘And how about Stacey King, who developed into one of the best inside players in the last two years at Oklahoma. The 610” lefty can score in a number of ways as well as play tough inside defense. Hey John, don't you think it might be tough to defeat a team of Kerr, Chapman, Ferry, Danny Manning and David Robinson with J.R. Reid, Elliott, Hawkins and rebounding machine Jerome Lane coming off the bench along with Charles Smith (Pitt.), King, Pervis Ellison and Dan Majerle. Manning, Reid, Smith, Ellison and Majerle were all on the team. Sounds like a pretty tough team to beat. Tell me I’m wrong. George’s Hairstylist 1 _136 Varner Lane I)ll‘L‘CII)' bchind Leggc-tt's , , 463-3975 W e carry l\c,\:\'us. Redkcn & Paul Mitchell Open‘-.E'v1enings" ‘~ Mon.-Thurs..,ti|I 7:00_.:p.m. ~ 1». “I 4:‘:- IS ENROLLING IN ARMY ROTC DIFFERENT FROM ENLISTIIIIG? Few times are you given the chance to try something for two years without obligation. Army ROTC is one of them. * Your freshman and sopho- more years are an introduction into the life of an Army officer. You’1l attend classes that are taught by full-time Army officers who'll train you to become a leader. Teach you ethics. Land navigation. Small unit tactics. And help you de- velop the initiative to take charge. — .3’ begins at SMYTHE from page 4 of the day, which ties a school record, held by among others Sampson, brought the score to 34- 28, but Ursinus prevailed 40-28. Crosby. After Smythe scrambled for 11 yards and another first down, the Generals were well inside Ursinus territory. After keeping the ball himself on , two option plays to get to the eight, Smythe found a wide open Bob Martin for W&L’s first touchdown on the day. It was the senior tight end’s third touchdown of the year. After another Ursinus touchdown extended the lead to 28-7, Smythe got the Generals moving again. Crosby carried for 19 yards on first down, and after a 15 yard penalty against the Bears, W&L was at the 32. Smythe found junior Craig Irons for a gain of 12’and then kept himself for a 12-yard run to get to the eight. Smythe threw his second touchdown pass of the day to Jack- son, who had to adjust and catch the ball after it had been tipped by an Ursinus defender. With the score 28-14, the W&L defense forced Ursinus to punt after just three plays. W&L took over on its own 44, and Smythe wasted no time. He threw a strike to a wide open Jeff Kreis on a post pattern, and the sophomore hauled in the pass and waltzed into the end zone with a 56-yard touchdown to make the score 28-21. Ursinus scored first to open the second half as Meehan found his favorite target, Jeff Hodge for a 16- yard score to push the lead back to 34-21. Undaunted by the Bears’ quick score, Smythe promptly brought the Generals back to within one touchdown. On second down from his own 28, Smythe rolled to his right and lofted a pass down the sideline. Kreis, possibly the fasted W&L player, left his defender behind as he caught the ball in stride for his second score of the day, this one a 72-yard touchdown. Smythe's fourth touchdown pass W&L mounted a late rally as Smythe was able to get the Generals deep into Ursinus territory, and actually had a touchdown pass to Irons called back because of a holding penalty. On the day, Smythe set school records for most yards passing in a game with 401, breaking a record Sampson set against Randolph- Macon earlier this year, and the total offense record in a game with 455, smashing the record set by the legendary Gil Bocetti in 1949, in just three quarters of action. “Chris’ performance on Saturday reaffirmed our confidence in him and his ability to come in and rally the team, and if Phillip struggles again this week, I won’t hesitate to use Chris,” said Fallon. On Saturday the Generals will look to even their season record at 5-5 as they travel to Washington, D.C. to take on Georgetown. Game time is set for 1:00. Washln gton and Lee Ursinus 02170 1414120 -- 28 --40 UC-Cohen 16 pass from Meehan (Mishcr kick) UC-Meehan 5 run (Misher kick) UC-Aritoriello 61 interception return (Misher kick) W&L-Martin 7 pass from Smythe (Quayle kick) UC-Hodge 26 pass from Meehan (Misher kick) W&L-Jackson 8 pass from Smythe (Quayle kick) W&L-Kreis 56 pass from Smythe (Quayle kick) UC-Hodge 16 pass from Meehan (run failed) W&L-Kreis 72 pass from Smythe (Quayle kick) UC-Hodge 41 pass from Meehan (pass failed) Individual Rushing W&L-Smythe 13 carries-54 yards, Sohonage 9- 29, Robiriett 5-4, Crosby 3-23, Sampson 1-10, Jackson 1-0, Kreis 0-2. UC-Parker 21-92, Lovallo 23-70, Williams 2-4, Meehan 3-21. Individual Passing W&L-Sampson 4 completions-10 attempts-2 interceptions-38 yards, Smythe 22-47-0-401. UC- Meehan 18-27-2-305. Individual Receiving W&L-Irons 12 catches-194 yards, Martin 4-35. Jackson 3-31, Krcis 2-128, Crosby 2-32, So- honage 2-16. UC-Hodge 8-145, Smith 5-42, Engro 2-29, Choen 2-55, Lovallo 1-24. 7b/Y DC & A0309?) Lincoln Memorial Pam Simpson ,- 463-3434 I Melanie Fure J 463-5360 Rckbridgeley Chapter of I e National Organization for women You don't have to make a commitment until your junior year. If you dodecide to be- come an officer in the United States Army, you’ll receive ad- vanced training in the leader- ship skills it takes to succeed. And when you graduate, a college degree. With this competitive edge, you can in- crease your chances for suc- ii ' 1 cess either in a civilian career while fulfilling your commit- ment in the U.S. Army Reserve or National Guard, or as a ca- reer officer in the active Army. Army ROTC. You can try it out for two years, but if you stick with it, the payback can last a lifetime. j Ms ‘Q '4‘ H ARMY ROTC RESERVE OITICERSTRRININO CORPS TIE SMIIRTEST COLLEGE COURSE YOU CAN TAKE. Contact Capt. Ramos 463-8485 .‘ F: . you'll have earned an Army 5 Lieutenant’s gold bar as well as V , .1 .~.':‘;. ~,-z 'f'1 F / Vfigjif 1 C .'-i- . \ 'l‘~"' 'IUrKeY- Isjustaround r'¢‘r”.-' I1‘ "119 ‘I ma corner! \ Fanii Vanda ‘I at’ is/,€'.LflFaac{ .59;-V/cell novenzbcr/3 ,/-759 \.\’rH4NKfGzviNG /~15»/q \ Roast turkey St Ia" , -- A . Same: fa; dmncr ' WOO - 6"/5' PM Oaked 5uFf'et I-(am *'I°I'1¢v'iad¢ Pressing Ch¢f‘I7unn'9 Q/bid Gravy Whipped Potatoes \r5utP¢r¢d Green Peas I Whole Kernel Corn 1 dot Rolls u4/ Butter Pumpkirs P:'¢ /‘1"n¢¢ Pleat Pie \4j:p!¢ Cider \l.N l ' " //J/,. From Staff Reports The season is drawing to a close for the Washington and Lee cross country learns. Last Saturday, both the men's and women’s teams con- tinued to enjoy the success they found in the regular season as they competed in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference meet held at Roanoke College in Salem. 'I'ne_ men used a strong team run to lock up second place. 7,Sa.id head coach John Tucker, “The way things came out, ’Lyi;ichburg ran as a team, finishing one through five, and then there was W&L running as a team. It was great to see four W&L run.ners‘coming in as a group and place where they did [seven through 10]." The Generals were paced by sophomore Lee Parker, who continues to improve -on his finishes from earlier in the’ Freshman ‘Bo Hannah - gllidwards, another minute were the next two fl * V _ women's side, juniors Cecilyiyuan. and Shawn Wen r contirirsed on successful ways as they pflitédi the team to _,'a second place finish by eighth and ninth respectively; ’ A ’ Similar“ ft to the men, the pack of runners nearf:-the top’ to win enough SPORTS NOTEBOOK points second. Behind, Tynan and Wert came juniors Heather ‘Jenkins and Laura Dodgy. _sophomore Jetmy Nasser ’ and jumor Pat Lopes to givg the Generals six runners in the top 16. From Staff Reports The Washington and Lee vol- leyball team closed out its sea- son this weekend with a fourth- place finish in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Tournament, an improvement over the fiftli- place finish in the 1988-89 sea- son. The Generals’ were faced with a tough opening match against Emory and Henry, who had beaten W&L in a previous regular season match. Coming from a 7-1 deficit in the decisive third game, the Generals won 15-11 after splitting the first two by identical scores of 15-8. In the Generals’ other tourna- ment matches, they lost to East- ern Mennonite, 10-15, 13-15, and defeated Randolph-Macon, Womaii’s College 15-8, 15-3 to earn it berth in the toumament semifinals. The Generals lost to Bridge- water in the semifinals 13-15, 4- 15, 4-15, and to Sweet Briar 15- 8, 8-15, 13-15, in the conso- lation match. The Generals’ finished the season posting a 9-18 record. with a 5-4 record in ODAC competition. $1.00 OffYour Purchase 11 S. 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OCR::/Vol_089/WLURG39_RTP_19891109/WLURG39_RTP_19891109_006.2.txt ‘A School during the 1950s), W&L|FE The Rlng-tum Phi, November 9, 1989 Milton Colvin: politics and parachutes By Alisha Johnson Staff Reporter EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of a series of articles profiling professors at Washington & Lee University. The articles will appear every other week on the W&Ltfe P085 5 A teacher profile is a teacher profile. That is, of course, unless the professor just so happens to be a certain Milton Colvin, World War II parachute demolitionist. A third generation professor (his father taught in the W&L Law Colvin has been teaching politics at Wash- iiiigton and Lee since 1961. He is currently specializing in U.S. foreign policy and government, but he has also taught US. defense policy in the past. Colvin received his education at the Landon School in Washington, D.C., and Yale University before he was called to serve in World War II as the commander of a demolition section of the 509th Parachute Infantry. He fought in Italy, France, Belgium and Germany. After contin- uing his studies at Yale University, Colvin received his bachelor’s de- gree in international relations in 1948. He was a dean’s list student, was active in the Yale Political Union and Zeta Psi Fraternity and played baseball. Colvin has main- taincd his ties to Yale by serving on the school's alurrmi board by inter- viewing prospective students. Colvin recieved a doctorate de- gree in history and anthropology from Heidelberg University in Ger- many in 1953. Married to the former Maria Countess von Kielmansegg, Colvin is the father of five children, who have also decided to teach on the university level, thus becoming members of the fourth generation of professors in the Colvin family. Before joining the \‘.’&L faculty, wmJ1z ' Campus Paperback Bestsellers 1. The Night of the Mary Kay Commandos, by Berke Breathed. (l-“l'E;§'°W”:_§7-9..5.l-. “.'.‘.°.'.e, .EJ.‘.’9’" _C,°,‘¥C’_’Y_ °,a'I‘.’.°“~°" C . The Calvin and Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book, by Bill A10. . Trevayne, by Robert Ludlum. (Bantam, $5.95.) The probing of a "hidden government" within the Government. 7 . The Cardinal oi the Kremlin, by Tom Clancy. (Berkley. $5.95.) The rescue of an American secret agent. Watterson. (Andrews & McMeel, $9.95). Collected cartgns%V .7 The Prehistory of the Far Side, by Gary Larson. (Andrews & McMeel, $12.95.) Larson's notes and islughFridny.Aitn‘uicuiIfree. UNIVERSITY LLBRARY, MAIN LOBBY: "nae Enemies olBooks" (though November). UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, BOATWRIGHT ROOM: "Plnlld I.leIl:n—PIIl|d lives: The Conelpollklee of l4aeuIdIai:knn"(thruughluiimy). HoursIe9un.In5 p.m. Moinhytlxrrioglnlirihy. COMMERCE SCHOOL, MAIN LOBBY AND READING ROOM: "Painlinfi by Krlhleul Olmll." / 3rd Year Law Students And Seniors The 2nd Annual “Bridge the Gap” Party will be this Friday, Nov. 10th at the GHQ 8 p.m. .\\\ Refreshments will be Free (Legal Drinking Age Required) Don’t Drink and Drive.