OCR::/Vol_094/WLURG39_RTP_19940930/WLURG39_RTP_19940930_001.2.txt \X/omcn’s Soccer off to Check out Homecoming _ rousing start events in our supplement f U112 ifiing-tum ifllii VOLUME 94, NO. 4 CD WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA SEPTEMBER 30, 1994 J. , Tear Night brings drunks, arrests A One of Sigma Phi Epsilon’s 15 pledges tears on Saturday. There Photo by Daniel Tipton, special to’ The Ring-tum Phi were 23 student arrests during the course of the evening, and five students were admitted to StonewallJackson hospital for alcohol related injuries. This year’s shorter Rush was generally favored by upperclass students . Bludworth identifies aspects of SCC needing to be fixed By JESSICA ANTONICH Phi Staff Writer Tear night: Washington and Lee’s biggest night of debauch- ery is finally over. Unfortunately, some did not make it through unscathed. The infirmary reported that although the alcohol related incidents they see now are not as bad as they used to be, the number is increasing. Over the weekend they treated approximately twelve students who were either there because of alcohol induced states or from injuries received while drinking. Only one student had to be taken to the hospital. Four students went directly to the emergency room instead of going to the infirmary first. On the legal front, Washing- ton and Lee Security reported that 23 students were arrested over the weekend by the seven Lexington Police Department officers and eight Alcohol Beverage Control officers on duty. These arrests ranged from be- ing drunk in public to noise viola- tions to urinating in public. ABC agents also seized 13 cases of beer purchased for a mi- nor by a 21 year-old student. The minor received a minor in posses- sion and the 21 year-old received a contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Mike Young, Director of W&L Security, says that there seems to have been more alco- hol consumed this year, but the level of arrests remained the same as in previous years. “We shouldn’t have anybody arrested over this weekend, but it still happens every year,” says Young. How was tear night for the students? Most freshmen had expected it to be a lot wilder than it actually was. Scott Wein said that it wasn’t as bad as he had thought it would be. Ac- cording to him, most of his pledge class just got drunk early and passed out. Todd Ellingson seemed to agree with this statement, but called it the “best time he couldn’t remember having.” Matt O’Brien said that it was a “wonderfulconclusiontoaweek of worry and anticipation” where he “spilled his guts to his broth- ers — literally.” Gordon Meeker told a story many people can relate to about his friend getting arrested. Ap- parently his friend was drunk in public. The next morning when he was picked up from the po- lice station, his friend “thought it was really cool that he had been arrested.” Aside from the drunken events, most freshmen agreed that the brothers were rather nice dur- ing tear night. One freshman reports that the brothers repeatedly told them that ‘it was their night and they should enjoy themselves. Another fresh- man said, “The brothers were really cool; they didn’t force us to do anything we didn’t want to do.” Now that tear night is over, how do people feel about this year’s Rush calendar? Dean Man- ning feels that this year’s Rush was more competitive and selec- tive. Typically, approximately _90% of the freshman males enter Rush. This year there were 258 men in the class with 248 men entering Rush. Thirty three fresh- man who rushed did not tear at any house. Manning says that he has heard favorable comments about the shortened Rush. He also commends Kevin Batteh, president of the IFC, for managing Rush and taking time to help individual freshmen with their problems concerning the entire Rush process. Mark Crider, Rush Chair of to See TEAR, page 8 Cable 2 News gets upgrades By JENNIFER LATHAM in the order that we want,” said Albert. “(There will be) somebody speaking on the newscast, and when _ Phi Staff write’ it’s time for the package, we just push ‘play’ on the By BETHANY BAUMAN from break‘ °h3"ma"- Bludworth personally got in- _ high-8 tape player. Then when it’s done, we go phi Staff Writer "18 PTOPCHY ,Th° °°m‘ volved with the SCC two years The Studio Ofcable Chamlel Zcantnow P’°d}’°" back to the anchors, just like a real newscast.” 9’ Verbal 35‘ mm“ hears ago while serving as sophomore 5h°W5°°mPa1’3bl°‘0th°5° °fPr°f°55‘°“al5t"d1°5a Senior Cathy Gartin, production manager for 53"“ 07 an)“ on average class president. thanks *0 Salelllwfed news and 3 new 591 Cable 2, agrees that CNN footage will add profes- Between the honor violations thing up to twenty cases He says ho remains active in Video footage and sound bites from CNN in sionalism to the newscasts of lying, cheating, and stealing actual physi- per year, the committee because, “i just Atlanta can now come to W&L via a satellite uwotll be able to have the story, then ‘so..and-so that are managed by the Execu— cal assault.” most of enjoy npholdingtho traditions of hookup. Sound bites are short statements taken said this,’ and have that sound bite come up, and tiV¢ Commifiee, andthe iflsiaflces The 0010' Whicths 3°‘ W&Land I feel like (gentlemanly from audio OT Vide° MP“ to be insened into “CW5 then go back to the story,” Gartin said. “It’ll be a lot of sexual assault attended to by pletely stu- cording to conduct) is something that’s re- broadcasts. Although W&L pays for the satellite more realistic)’ the Student Faculty Hearing dent admin- Bludworth, ally important at w&L and 1 hookup, CNN sends footage to colleges at no The sophistication ofsound bites is one ofmtmy Board, lies a vast expanse of un- istered SCC “ . . . involve think that somebody needs to additional cost. The Leybum Library receives col- benefits of receiving CNN news packages Cable 2 gentlemanly conduct for which is composed stupid things uphold it_n lectionsoffootage, known as packages, by satellite can now also use voioo_ovets in which an students at W&L need to be held of the presi- people have This year Bludworth, who is at 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. daily. A machine called anohorporson may describe a scene in video foot- accountable. dents and . . done When also a dorm oounsoiort active fra- a high-8 recorder tapes the footage so Cable 2 can ago as it appears According ‘O its Chairman: Vice PT°5i' t h e Y ’ ‘' ° ternity member, and part of the “S9 it Aside from voice-overs, Cable 2 may now also senior Whitney Bludworth, the dents from Bludworth drum‘-” Interfratemity Council, has iden- 3°Ul0T Chris Albells Pfoglam dlfectol f0’ Cable use the sound that comes with video footage. in the Student Conduct Committee ex- each under- Bludworth til-iod two problems that he would 2, said the process for accessing CNN news is time— past’ Cable 2 used only video footage from tapes of ists to bridge the gap between these two extremes, claiming that, “(the SCC) covers everything graduate class, the presidents from each of the law school classes, and a separately elected cites the freshmen as the worst offenders of gentlemanly conduct. Catherine Robb visits campus D See SCC, page 8 By ALEX CHRISTENSEN Phi Staff Writer night. various issues. issues and education. nel Oliver North. Catherine Robb, daughter of Senator Chuck Robb and granddaughter of former President Lyndon Johnson, was the guest of honor at a reception held by the College Democrats Wednesday About thirty-five students came and went during the evening. Much of the event was informal. Ms. Robb met with attendees and discussed the campaign and Robb’s positions on Midway through, Ms. Robb gave a short speech, stressing involvement and urging young people to vote, regardless of party. She also presented Robb’s vot- ing record and positions on women’s “When you think that this person will be taking us into the twenty-first century — that’s really scary,” said Ms. Robb, referring to her father’s Republican op- ponent, former Marine lieutenant colo- Ms. Robb again took questions after the speech, defending her father’s posi- tions on crime and the Crime Bill and his vote to confirm Justice Clarence Tho- mas to the Supreme Court. She called consuming but worth the effort. “We’ll go through and take what we want and edit it from one high-8 tape to another hi gh-8 tape ECDE I» See CABLE, page 9 B911 oked like a typical moderate budget punk rage: big amps and a decent sized drum kit. On )p of the amps were a bunch of plastic dolls nd other stuffed animals. We guessed that fourtney had something twisted planned for re toys. About ten or fifteen minutes after eleven, Ciel.» er ‘V1.2 By KIRK SusoNG Phi Movie Reviewer The Color ofNight — {kt} 1/2 The Color of Night was a refreshing sur- prise, which, though heavy on the psycho- analysis, creates moods and atmospheres with relish. Willis plays Dr. Bill Capa, a successful New York psychologist. However, after he tosses off a harsh comment, a suicidal patient jumps out his office window in front of his eyes. He is extremely traumatized (the sight of her blood makes him color-blind to red), so he quits his job and goes to Los Angeles to visit an old college buddy. Scott Bakula portrays that friend and fellow psychologist, Dr. Bob Moore. But things are not so rosy at Bob’s practice either. Dr. Moore holds sessions of group therapy for five wackos: Sandra, a nymphomaniac and a kleptomaniac all in one; Buck, whose wife and daughter died violently; Casey, a snide ' molested artist; Richie, a violent, stuttering boy who wishes he were a girl; and a buttoned- down lawyer who’s an obsessive compulsive about cleanliness and order. One of these five is making death threats Hole took the stage. Love set the tone for the night when she grabbed the microphone and said, “Good evening. We’re Flock of Seagulls.” Hole then released a barrage of noise. We could not recognize the first song, but the second one was “Beautiful Son” from the DGC Rarities, Volume 1 album. The lyrics of this song show why Hole is not a widely popular band on campus: You look good in my dress. Get your friends to clean the mess. You look good in my clothes. ...My beautiful son. For those unfamiliar with Hole’s music, the majority of it tends to have a very fast chorus with a slower verse. This lent itself well to the crowd’s desire to mosh. My only problem with the mosh pit was that it was not really a mosh pit. Instead, it was a lot of people bouncing up and down and pushing forward towards the stage. I was able to move within five feet of the stage by pressing through the people standing in the back and shoving my way through the bouncing throngs. Most of the songs were from Live Through This, Hole’s new album, and tended to be fairly true to the studio versions. The band ripped through incredible versions of “Violet” and “Rock Star.” They also performed a poignant version of “Miss World.” During “Asking For It,” Love seemed ready to explode with anger. Love’s strong feelings on women’s rights were very evident during “Asking For It,” a song that deals with rape. Her lyrics tore apart the typical male defense that “she was asking for it:” Was she asking for it? Was she asking nice? Did she ask you for it? Did she ask you twice? Several other songs did not sound familiar at all and may have been from Hole’s first album. The last song of the set was a new song which had a lot to do with death and loneliness. We assumed that itwas written sometime after Love’s hus- band, Kurt Cobain of N irvana, killed himself last April. Love also made reference to Cobain when she put on a flannel shirt that had been thrown onto the stage. She said, “Grunge is dead. I killed it and now I have a little black hole in my heart for it.” She then played one song, took the shirt off, and threw it to the ground. Several times throughout the show, either Love or the new bassist identified only as “Michelle from Quebec” who replaced Kristen Pfaff, Hole’s original bassist who over- oncert Hall dosed on drugs, grabbed a doll and threw them to the audience. The dolls were immediately torn to pieces. Two guys standing right in front of me had the head of one, but could not agree on who should get it. They asked me to flip a coin for them in the midst of the mosh pit to determine who would keep the head. I did, and the loser relinquished the head to the winner. They then went their separate ways. It was amazing to see such understanding the middle of all that mosh pit aggression. Love also displayed a razor wit when one male memberof thecrowd criedout, “Courtney, give me head.” She turned to the crowd and explained her sexually frustration was evident in the one cigarette per song she was smoking. She then said, “So I’ve decided to get it all out right now, and you are the lucky guy. Yeah, right!” As part of the encore, Hole played one verse of Duran Duran’s “Hungry Like A Wolf.” After the first verse, Love said, “We played that too well.” A pumped up, fast version of “Plump” from Live Through This, wrapped up the en- core. Then they turned on the overhead lights and it was over. The energy and intensity of the show made it well worth the $11.50 ticket price. Besides, Hole is just a cool band. ilel: well Filmed; well against the good Dr. Moore, and shortly into the movie, he is found dead at his of- fice, stabbed thirty- eight times. So, the assigned police officer, Martinez, played re- yourself.” The Rating Scale 7Q’i‘r'i3r7’lr - Go buy this as soon as it comes out on video. It is an instant classic. “You’ll laugh; you’ll cry; and maybe, just maybe, you’ll learn something about ikririr - Go see this film now, while it’s still on the big screen. It’s worth a few Oscar nominations and the seven bucks you’ll pay if you see it outside Lexington. Overall, “Better than Cats!” overt sexuality sim- ply detracts from the dramatic content of a work. That is the case with The Color of Night, which originally drew an NC-17 rating before being toned down. markably well by - - - Even toned Ruben Blades, mes to trek - Okay, so there have been better films. Nevertheless, it is a good ezfample down, Ofcoursefihe pumpjnformatjon and of its genre, and you should probably see it on videotape. Still, probably Better movie Still Spends professional opinions than Cats!” out of Capa about the group, even though the doctor has known them for only a few days. And, despite Capa’s own trauma and recent arrival, the 7’): - It happens to be on HBO, and you’re blowing off tomorrow’s reading. Although your time would probably be better served on your education, its free and you’re bored, so go ahead and watch it. @ - Even if its free and your best friend said he never laughed harder, trust me, this one sucks. Don’t waste your time, or at least don’t waste it on this. (There’s always MTV.) much footage on Bruce Willis and Jane March swim- ming nude, shower- ing together, etc. They are languor- ous and beautiful shots, but those scenes simply group persuades him to take over the therapy sessions. As a result Capa finds himself trying to unravel a very confusing and dangerous ball of thread as he probes the minds of the patients. — But wait! There’s even more! A seemingly random fender bender leads Capa into a roman- tic relationship with a mysterious woman named Rose (Jane March) who comes and goes with- out telling him a thing, and whose features are so intense they become caricatures of beauty. As you might guess, this mystery woman be- comes the linchpin to the movie’s very sketchy lot. P There are two big flaws in this movie. One is the absurd sexual content. Apparently Holly- wood has gotten the idea that sex will necessar- ily contribute to a film, thanks, no doubt, to successful films which used sex as a focal point, like Basic Instinct, 9 I /2 Weeks or even Like Water for Chocolate. Unfortunately, in most films, poorly done, lessen the psycho- logical intensity and dramatic tension which the rest of the movie works so hard to establish. The other great flaw in the movie is the very sketchy plot. When the movie is over, it is clear what happened, but we are not at all sure why. What would make someone act like the charac- ters do in this film? Although the dialogue is good, the notions underlying the script are shaky. One reason for this is that the whole film PAGE 3 Love defined: Ackerman tells all By MICHAEL HEWLETT Phi Staff Writer Romeo and Juliet. Aeneas and Dido. Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley. What do they have in common? They’ve all been touched by the magical, irresistible, insa- tiable potion of love. Love makes men fumble for words and makes women’s hearts flutter with nervous anticipation. Love provides both calm and calamity in our lives; yet, we would not be human without it. Throughout the ages, man has struggled with this basic question: What is love? Diane Ackennan provides some interesting answers in her book, A Natural History of Love. Ackerman takes the reader on a wonderful journey through time and explores different cultures to better understand the mystery and the attraction of love. She starts with Cleopatra ( immortalized by Elizabeth Taylor) and her status as the ultimate love goddess. She chronicles her love affair with Antony. From there she explores Egyptian love poems and how they perceived love in all of their art. She traces love even in the rampant homosexual- ity in Ancient Greece and Rome. In these ancient cultures, love manifested itself in strange ways. For instance, the penis became a symbol of love; people often wore phallic symbols around their necks or surrounded their houses with them. She shows the reader the joys and the tragedies of love in the stories of Romeo and Juliet; Abelard and Heloise; Aeneas and Dido; and Orpheus and Eurydice. In each story, love leads to the suicide of the lovers. Ackerman shows how love causes both pain and pleasure, both joy and sorrow. One of the most interesting things I learned was the idea of courtly love. This occurred in the medieval ages of Lancelots and damsels in distress. In this scenario the woman had the power. The woman would allow the knight to court her and woo her. The knight could even look upon her nakedness and even engage in sexual intercourse. Yet, it was more of a game where the woman had the upperhand. Usu- ally, influential and educated women engaged in this creative adultery, which is remarkable considering the anti-woman sentiments cus- tomary for this period. The theologian Tho- mas Aquinas considered women “defective and misbegotten.” She compares the rampant escapades of the world’s greatest lovers, Don Juan and Casanova. Ackerman analyzes Casanova’s promiscuous behavior as resulting from his mother’s desertion while Don Juan was sim- ply a cold—hearted aristocrat. She even dis- cusses one of our Founding Fathers, Ben- jamin Franklin who was also quite a woman- rzer. She further explores the ideas of Aristotle, Freud, Jung, and psychologists in order to figure out why love is so important to us. Why do women feel such a connection to horses? Why do men feel such a attachment to their cars? What role does hair play in this on- going struggle with love? Throughout the book she attempts to answer these questions and more. In her exploration of love, Ackennan writes with deft and clever strokes. She brings a certain freshness to her writing. Her insights about love in all of its forms, whether it be romantic or simply altruistic, ring true. She struggles with the basic issues that ultimately make us human. Why is love such a scary thing? Why is man so cruel? She tackles them with such keen intelligence and sharp wit that one is never left bored. From Aphrodite to Madonna, she leaves the readerwith a greater understanding of what love is. written deals with psychologically confused characters — but this is part of the movie’s attraction. The pace of the film is almost perfect: there wasn’t a moment when the film lost my atten- tion, but it refrained from being hurried. The director, Richard Rush, does an excellent job of exploiting the paranoia and drama inherent in the characters and the situation. A good example is the scene where Capa, unable to see the color red, is unaware that he is standing in a pool of blood. The director shows us the pool in a neutral color, so we don’t know it’s blood, either. Finally, the pool turns from black to red when Capa realizes it’s blood, and: the audience becomes aware at the same time, and in the same way, as the character does. Overall, the movie was very reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock’s movies (right down to the. climactic final scene, where the female lead tries to leap from a tower, a la Vertigo). Whereas; Hitchcock explores the sordid and terrifying.‘ minds of seemingly normal people (eg, Rear’ Window), Richard Rush here explores blatantly . abnonnal people. The result is less powerful, but nevertheless impressive. The film reminded me very much. of such recent thrillers asshatteredz well-filmed, decent enough acting, and a plot with an in-I triguing twist or two that will keep you inter-I ested. This is definitely worth a trip to the dollar 1 theatre or the video store, and, if you (like me) i are a fan of Bruce Willis, perhaps also to the: State Cinema. OCR::/Vol_094/WLURG39_RTP_19940930/WLURG39_RTP_19940930_004.2.txt PAGE 4 NON QUITUK BY \\IlL'-:;’[/:9/974 wen. Poef wR\T22s 92:09 1.21 1 v 1 Li ME l 31*; R if: \ ‘h , ‘\- ELLEN ‘?E\Lv\NE mo A \‘ “ cN\L\ZED é.oC\E'\’Y... " /‘ 0/974 \NI>$HlPK—;1’oN ®5\' NR\’\"a‘=% @200? 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A strapping cadet nominated by the Preston Society, perhaps...or maybe a nice Hampden-Sydney student (after‘ all, they were ranked 13th in the Princeton Review for “Reefer Madness.” They must have some fans at W&L). I am sure they could use the love and attention. Perhaps the Men’s Panel could take up this idea as their platform from which to operate. Everyone needs a cause, and this would be a great one. I suppose, in the dark past of all—male W&L, the queen was a nice decoration for the football game and a great reason to bring women to the campus for the homecoming weekend. But these dark days have brightened with the addition of women to our great campus (face it, I’m a little bit biased), and the times they are a-changin’. , Escorts emphasize the frivolity of women, to take a purely feminist standpoint. But king nominees would add to the regality of the whole affair. Perhaps the homecom- ing coronation could be more like a coronation, instead of a debutante ball. A part of the controversy around homecoming each year is the idea that the W&L men are not showing the proper respect for the W&L women by choosing candidates from other schools. But if a sorority was forced to choose a nominee for king, perhaps the respect question could be a reciprocal one. The Phi does not wholly support the idea of homecom- ing queens, but we thought it would be germane to the annual, and rather pointless, homecoming queen debate. It’s something to think about. Quote of the Week: “Kelly Dyer has some girl doing his laundry for him...how do you think I could get someone to do my laundry for me?” -—A Washington and Lee freshman obviously oblivious to the charm of blonde hair and blue eyes. , writing on the wall: he pulls Clhe iaittg-tttm ilfihi Executive Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Letters, Columns, and “My Views” do not reflect the opinions of The Ring-tum Phi Editorial Board. Advertising does not reflect the opinion of The Ring-tum Phi or its staff. This newspaper observes current court definitions of libel and obscenity. The Ring-tum Phi Post Office Box 899 Lexington, Virginia 221450 Telephone (703) 462-4060 Fax (703) 462-4059 OPINION you Metal, Fooreu. L -'. amt ? The Ringtum Phi, September 30, 1994 Give police a chance to do their jobs Imagine it: three men, drunk, pile into theirHyundai for a night of reckless driving in a major American urban center. Not surprisingly, the police catch up with them and begin what the driver turns into a drawn-out, high—speed pur- suit, endangering the lives of everyone involved. Even- tually the driver sees the oven But he resists arrest, as- saulting the officers that have converged on the scene. Twice he fumbles in his pockets, giving the police the legal right to shoot him; they do not. His excited state convinces them he is on PCP; an attempt to subdue the suspect with a “stun gun” has no effect. It is police procedure not to wrestle with a suspect. He is to be subdued by overwhelming force; all this is in the training. The police make the fatal mistake; they do what the City of Los Angeles has entrusted them to do — they take their truncheons in hand, and they strike the suspect until he is handcuffed and no longer a danger to others. They take him to the station, do their paperwork, and go home to their families; they go to bed. Of course, we all know the conclusion to the story. The officers, principally Lawrence Powell and Stacey Koon, awake the next morning to find that their arrest and beating of Rodney King has become the premier The fateful video- recording is played again and again. The Simi Valley trial is held, clearing the officers. A riot ensues. A second trial is held within Los Angeles; this time the news item across the nation. jury returns a correct verdict. Two years later, the policemen are in jail, and Rodney King is a multi-millionaire. Justice is indeed sweet. NICHOLAS L. WADDY, ’96 fashioned enough to be- lieve that criminals do not deserve cash allot- ments of $3.8 million; they deserve to go to jail. But this is all old news, you say. Not re- ally. It was all brought back to me these past few days, during which the American press has been agitating for American troops in Haiti to put an end to the “bru- tal” treatment of “inno- cent civilians.” My point is not that the media is, in this case, necessarily wrong. I was more interested in how they went about proving their point. The beatings were said to be unreasonable, un- necessary, inhumane. And how was this proved? I realize that many people -— most, I should say — will differ with my characterization of the events in the case of Rodney King. It was, after all, a “savage” beating, was it not? I am willing to concede the possibility that some sort of _ disciplinary action may have been called for; Lawrence Powell may have gone too far. But that should not over- ride an even more basic fact: a man who drives while drunk, leads the police on a high—speed chase, and at- tempts to assault the officers trying to arrest him, is not a hero. He is not a symbol of how the black man has been forever oppressed by whites. He is, in fact, a criminal. And I am just old- Pictures, of course! We were treated to a few pictures of Haitians being hit on the head with truncheons. Case closed. Background was not ,r required. The comment of one American soldier said it all: “It was like Rodney King. It was bad.” I agree. It was bad, but for a different reason: it showed up our delusions as a society about police violence. We no longer need the facts about why someone is being beaten with a policeman’s baton; we intuitively know that it is an outrage and must be stopped. Implicitly, we have decided that no one ought ever to be hit. The wider point I am aiming at is this: as Ameri- cans, we have become soft and stupid. We no longer live in a world (nor did we ever) where the bleeding-heart, Sesame Street assumption that “what everyone needs is a little love” can work. We must be willing to admit once again that there are hard edges to the human con- dition, and that some- times these edges have (6 ...As Americans, we have become soft and stupid. We no longer live in a world (nor did we ever) where the bleeding-heart, Sesame Street assumption that “what everyone needs is a little love” can work. pretty. to be smoothed out, not by therapy, not by cash, not by support groups, but by the naked use of force by the police. If this society of rampant crime and even more rampant social de- cay is ever to be patched up and put back to- gether, we must be will- ing to make a hard- nosed, tough determi- nation — we must be willing to give the men who keep law and order in force the means to get the job done; and we must set aside our squeamishness and realize that their task is sometimes less than An inside look at the legal process Unless you have been in a coma for the last four or five months, all of you should know (whether you want to or not) that jury selection began forthe OJ Simpson trial this week. Never fear, this column is not about OJ; instead, it’s about juries and jury selection. I feel somewhat qualified about still the State Attorney for that circuit). I knew several state attorneys, the two I actually interned for and all of their friends. Both the prosecution and defense started to interrogate me about that experience: Had I ever had a personal relationship with a state this, having been on a jury this summer. The case was nowhere as ex- citing as OJ ’s, just a simple case of larceny. As a pro- spective juror I was told to report at 8:00 a.m. to the jury pool courtroom at the criminal courthouse. At about 11:00, after I had watched “Father of the Bride” and about half of “City Slickers”, my name was finally called for a panel. Since it was so late in the morning the bailiff sent us to lunch. We were supposed to be back at 12:30, at about 1:45 we were led into the courtroom. Everyone had to an- swer a set of written questions that are used by all the judges in jury selection; these ranged from years of residency in Dade County to whether we had ever been the victim of a crime. The ques- tion that focused attention on me for a while was whether I was acquainted with any State Attorneys. During my senior year in high school, I interned at the State Attomey’s office in Miami (while Janet Reno was at to r n e y (No); had I ever satin on juryselection (Yes-bor- ing); and could I be impartial to- ward the de- f e n d a n t NOVA CLARKE, ’96 (Yes). Finally, they moved onto other members of the pool. At about 3:00 we were told to wait outside while the attorneys argued over which j urors they wanted. At 4:15 we were led in and the jury was installed in the jury box. I was surprised to be selected. I had dis- cussed the likelihood of my being on the jury with two other women (who were also selected) and we had decided that the possibility was nil. The trial eventually started at 4:30—we never did get to decide on a verdict since the state attorney dropped the charges the next day. V So what does this have to do with OJ? A lot. There has been a lot of talk about jury consultants and what type of people each side will want on the jury to get a favorable verdict. I believe that the only criteria should be that a juror be fairly educated and citizens without any outstanding biases. The 7th amend- ment guarantees a trial by a jury of one’s peers; not a trial by a jury of people who do not fidget, or have to hunt down the five dollar discrepancy in the checkbook, or look at the defense attorney more than the prosecution. These were some of the things listed in a recent article that jury consultants look for. A jury of heterogenous citi- zens is all one should ask for. These people will more then guilty or innocent. I do think we would have reached a verdict that reflected the evidence. .I think the judicial system in all the furor over picking the “ideal” juror is discounting the abilities of you and me, as well as taking away one of the fun- damental rights of a citizen. I will mention one or two other problems I had with the court system although these may only be applicable to the case I was on. First, starting a trial at 4230, after the jurors have been sittingaround likely come up bad idea. Even with a fair ver- There has been a lot of though time is dict. . money,weweren’t Thejurylwas ab0utJur.y consult‘ concentrating on on was com- ants and what type of the testimony as posed of four women and two men. Both men people each side will want on the jury to get a we should have been. Second, ju- rors should be al- were in their late favorable Verdi‘-t_ I be, lowedtotakenotes twenties;andthe . . . during the trial; women included (‘eve that the only cntena but,somekey point one in her mid- twenties, one in her late forties, and another in her late sixties. I do not know how we would have decided. When we were sent to the jury rootn while the lawyers argued a motion, we talked about how annoying it was that the lawyers went sidebar every five min- utes and not whether the defendant was should be that a juror be fairly educated and citi- zens without any out- standing biases. that may have hit you during testi- mony could have been forgotten bythe time delib- erations start. When you are called for jury duty, remember it is a privilege to live in a country that still believes its citi- zens capable of delivering justice; and, be thankful you weren’t called for theSimpson trial. A7 )1 for8 1/Zhoursisa . - OCR::/Vol_094/WLURG39_RTP_19940930/WLURG39_RTP_19940930_007.2.txt 4 ii Interviews and Photos 4. The Ring-tum Phi, September 30, 1994 OPINION PAGE 7 Staying awake opens your mind. GREEN LAND Betsy Green In the tine tradition of humor col- umnists everywhere, I have decided to experiment with what an utter lack of sleep will do to my well-being. It’s for science, really. To make the whole thing seem more scientific, I’ve been popping vitamin pills because that sounds really official. I’ve also tried to gauge my alertness by playing Mo- nopoly with Richard Weaver. It would probably be a lot less surreal if it weren ’t all true. Here are the results: Day One: My insomnia is quite upsetting because there is no good rea- son for it. I want to sleep. I’m tired. I’m feeling no more stress than usual. I spent a lot of time tonight staring at the ceiling in my room, pondering noth- ing. Maybe all that sleep I was doing was a waste of time. My alertness must not be seriously compromised because I beat Richard Weaver at Monopoly already. He seemed mad when I woke him up this morning to play. So be it. Day Two: Not sleeping at night is one thing, but not sleeping during the day is quite another. My professors ’ have not seemed too appreciative of the experiment so far. To appease them, I have tried to stay awake by drinking massive amounts of Mountain Dew and Jolt from the Co-op. In the past, I thought that these things were a silly waste of time when you could be drink- ing something fun like coffee, or better still, a full Colonnade cup (The Offi- cial Beverage Holder of Insomnia) of espresso. Unfortunately, what with all of the naps I ’ve needed to take, I haven’t had time to grind my own beans and make a truly worthwhile cup of coffee. The coffee from the Co-op only de- Richard Weaver at Monopoly again. Day Six: I have been spending a lot of time at Lee-Hi because, hey — it’s open. I see Richard Weaver there a lot. He shrieks and runs away when he sees my Monopoly board. Day Seven: My life signs are fail- ing fast. Even though I have not been presses me. sleeping, I have Defeated Rich- been having ard Weaver at Mo- dreams. I nopoly once again. m-— ‘ C —:__j dreamed that I Day Four: Be- was one of the ing awake all night M i g h t y has become dull. I I dreamed {hat I was Morphin Power decided to make One ofthe Rangers,thered ::::°;yl;::n;>f)uftna¥t Morphin Power Rangers, °"°- d1 '1 aroun e night to fight crime the red one‘ I ran_ar0und Chapel shoot- in the great me- Lee Chapel shootlng at ing at other stu- tropolis that is Lex- - dents with a Su- ington, The City other students with a per Soaker. Ev- That Never Sleeps. Super S oaker. Everyone eryone thought My superhero oos- thought it was really it was really tume consists of my I cool. black opaque tights coo ' Day Nine: (80 deflfliefe SP9!“ f0U1' microfiberfrom Ex- hours staring at press), a matching my hand, gig- black bra, and red running shoes, and of course a mask. Fighting crime in Lexington proved less fruitful than I had hoped. Some kid in front of Sharks yelled demeaning things at me, so I bit him in the shoulder. The rest of the crime that I had to deal with involved illegal parking. Sadly, my fellow crime- fighters Baner and R.H. Smith beat me to it. I cheered myself up by trouncing gling manically. In spite of this, I beat Richard Weaver at Monopoly. He seems depressed. Day Seventeen: I tried to take a twenty minute power nap on the floor of the Phi darkroom (my secret lair). Not only did I not sleep, but years of accumulated spilled chemicals have seeped dangerously into my body. Richard Weaver refused to play Mo- nopoly with me. He does not appreci- ate science. Day Twenty: I spent a lot of time tonight watching Infomercials on TV. I can hardly wait for my new purchases to come in the mail. My Susan Powter tape and Ginsu steak knives will change my life. I know they will. Day Twenty-two: My cat’s imagi- nary friend Myron appeared to me. I never believed in Myron before. I am ‘considering therapy. Regardless, I think Myron could beat Richard Weaver at Monopoly. Day Twenty-five: Maybe it’s not insomnia. Maybe I am becoming noc- turnal. I will try napping during class by hanging upside-down from the rafters of the C-school. I hope this is does not prove distracting. Day Thirty: No one knows this, but I am the master of all. I can fly like Sally Field in The Flying Nun. I can read my Economics book in one sit- ting. I can touch my toes without bend- ing my knees. Sleep is for the weak. Day Forty-two: Delirious? Not me, boy. Hahahahahaha. “Why are you laughing, Darl? Is it because you hate the sound of laughing? Yesyesyesyesyes!” Myron and Winona Ryder. The rain, the rain. Why snake phlegm? Coffee. NOOOO. I thought you were holding a Blow Pop. Okay. Hee, hee. Nope, no delirium here. Final note: beat Richard Weaver at Monopoly once more. F By Hans Yao Scott McKeIvey ‘98, Millersville, Md. - “Another beer, dude. Retox!!” hit.” Eric Dour “98, Middlesex, N. 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Name Address Layout by Phil Carrott AI Tkacik, W&L Secuirity Officer - “Moderation.” OCR::/Vol_094/WLURG39_RTP_19940930/WLURG39_RTP_19940930_008.2.txt PAGE 8 S The Ring-tum Phi, September 30, 1994 b t tS . t . assistance training ’ lead 75 community education sault is not a women’s issue, it’s an B DAN ODENWALD y _ wfi programs. everybody issue.” . ) P," Staff ‘er The volunteers, who go through a Coffey also pointed out that 33-hour preparatory program, are RACASA volunteers are educated “Think of the six women oiosest to trained as counselors who deal first- about date rape on college campuses. you. 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OCR::/Vol_094/WLURG39_RTP_19940930/WLURG39_RTP_19940930_009.2.txt The Ring-tum Phi, September 30, 1993 Cable 2 News now able to use CNN sound III» CABLE, from page 1 Roanoke’s Channel 7 news and CNN morning news. Gartin said the old method of using taped footage instead of satellite-fed news was inconvenient and inadequate. “Only two or three of the stories that we were running in our newscast were . run on tape, and then we had to go v through and find them,” Gartin said, “whereas here, it’s already listed for us (by computer), so we know where to find it. It’s a lot easier to access, a lot easier to put into the newscast effec- tively.” Albert agreed that the new system is more efficient. “We get the tape and we look through it and see what they have,” Albert said. “Today they had footage of Haiti, they had a couple of people interviewed...they had (O.J.) Simpson (updates)...and we can use allthatstuff.” In addition to getting satellite-fed news, the journalism department paid for changes in the studio set. Commer- cial artist Karen Crenshaw of Lexing- ton painted the Colonnade, a mountain scene, and downtown Lexington on the set backdrop. Mike Gorman of the W&Ltheaterdepartment also designed an awning, new desks, and risers for the set, which Buildings and Grounds workers built. . With all of the new capabilities, "Cable 2 producers and cameramen might have a hecticfirst week of broad- casting. The news show is scheduled for broadcast from Monday through Thursday at 5:30 p.m. Problems in using the new footage might come from a lack of student journalists who understand how to in- corporate it into broadcasts. “We don’t have enough manpower,” said senior Tricia Coughlin, Cable 2 news director, “and the writers have to write (a story that lasts) a certain amount of time before the sound on the tape comes on.” Cathrine Robb suggests public forgets her father’s record of service Broadcast journalism professor Rob- ert de Maria agreed that the station needs more writers and student-pro- duced shows. “More and more TV professionals an ide Photo by Betsy Green, The Ring-tum Phi Part of the new set in the Cable 2 News studio on the third floor of Reid Hall. The new set is part of an effort to upgrade the studio for broadcast journalism majors. are coming out of college TV,” de Maria said. “College TV now is at the vanguard of production, and we at least have the facilities to get people interested.” II» ROBB, from page 1 non-specific character charges against Robb “ridiculous” and unfounded, saying that many voters had “short memo- ries” when it came-to her father’s record of service to Virginia that allowed charges of marital infidelity and pos- sible involvement with drugs or drug users to gain a foothold in the public mind, even though unsupported by any credible evidence. She also predicted that the withdrawal of the independent Democratic candidate, former Governor. Douglas Wilder, from the Senate contest would allow constituencies which had been conflicted on whether to support Robb or Wilder to move solidly into the Robb camp. “This was the biggest Democratic gathering ever, except for Mock Convention,” said senior Andy Wright. 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Shawn Copeland, president of the SBA, de- scribed his organization as “like the Student Activities Board” on the un- dergraduate campus, but with some additional functions, which Copeland explained as “quasi-academic.” Mostly, this involves working with other organizations, such as Con- tact, to bring speakers to the law school campus. The SBA has already sponsored a number of both social and academic events. last Friday, the SBA spon- sored a “Night Under the StarS” out- side of the law school, where law students had a chance to display their talents (or lack thereof). The SBA was also represented at the Foxfield Races in Charlottesville, with two buses of tailgaters reveling in the day’s activities. The SBA has also sponsored some speakers and symposiums on the law school campus. On September 23, the SBA hosted a law symposium discussing the legal ramifications of new reproductive technology. Last Monday, Edward Cleary, an attor- ney and author, discussed freedom of expression and political correct- ness at the law school. Upcoming social events at the law school include tailgating at Homecoming this weekend, a “Bridge the Gap” party, where law school students and seniors on the undergraduate campus get together for an evening of food, drink and socializing on the last weekend in October, as well as a Halloween party at Zollman’s Pavilion. Upcoming speakers, whose dates Pto b Betsy Green, The Ring-tum Phi Law Notes of arrival have yet to be determined, include Jay Sekulow, an attorney who has argued before the Supreme Court on issues such as freedom of expression and religion; Frank Bolden, a Wall Street corporate at- tomey for Johnson & Johnson (also sponsored by the Black Law Student Association); as well as the chief legal counsel for the CIA. W&L undergraduate students may wonder what these activities at the law school have to offer to them. As Copeland puts it, “these speakers touch on issues other than strictly academic issues,” and can also pro- vide undergraduate students “with a whole new perspective.” They have already been through college, along with all the experiences (good and bad) that a college student goes through. They also know what life after college is like, and can provide an undergraduate student with some valuable advice on life after graduation. Law notes are compiled by Eric Swensen Bored? Nothing I0 (10 on a Thursday night ? Then come work for the Ring,-tum Phi We have openings our layout and ad composition departments - Lexington Hair Design Mon. - Fri. 8:30-5:00, Sat. 8:30-12:30 Haircuts: Men, 36 Women, $8 Perms: $25 , spirals extra 463-3344 ALVIN-DENNIS, INC? jj E. 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YARDS Anne Spruill 4 1 9 4, 02, Brooks Fischer 49 24 162 Jen Lynch 3 2 8 Tommy Rueger 2 2 18 Christy Meade 2 0 4 Leighton Kirby 2 0 4 RECEIVING R Yns YPR '.( William Propst 13 118 9.1 GOALTENDING GA Sv Pcr. Lows RICH Hayne Hodges 3 16 5.3 Beth Mozena 4 13 .765 CARVING BOARD Matt Mogk 3 20 6.7 Anne Spruill 4 10 .714 J.P. Josephson 2 5 2.5 DEFENSE TACKLES SACKS Ga) A Tp ppg ROW“ H1111 30 2 Peter Sorenson 13(0) 14 27 2.7 , 5 - 5 OZ» Stuart Hogue 26 0 James Silberstein 21(0) 5 26 2.6 I "‘~ Travis Wisdom 26 0 Rich Cober 12(2) 4 20 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jason Chartrand 23 1 ’ Derek Devries 5(0) 9 14 14 s Butler Ball 20 0 Frank Braden 9(0) 3 12 1.2 ‘ V . Reuben Munger 7(0) 4 11 1.1 " ' "‘_‘_‘ I Tony Diederich 6 0 2 8 0.8 ' - PRESIDENT S CHOICE MEN’s SOCCER Bryan Drum 6E0; 0 6 0.6 . , G A TP R ° . :7 “ 2 Gordan Meeker 1 1 3 GOALTENDING GA Sv Pcr. I Shag Drewry 3 0 6 David Silvester 121 111 .489 . $5 _. 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Wesleyan 3-2; def. Hollins 10-1 (M)-lost to Roanoke 4-1; def. Guilford 4-0 VOI.LEYBALL- def. Roanoke 3-0; def. RMWC 3-0 WATER PoLo- 1-3 at Navy Invitational FO0’I'BALL- lost to Centre 17-0 PAGE 12 3 (I112 ifiing-tum ilfihi PORTS FOOTBALL, SOCCER, WATER POLO, CROSS COUNTRY, VOLLEYBALL «it; This Week: CC- Frostburg St. Invit. (M); at F 8: M (W) Soccr-zn (M)- vs. Randolph-Macon and Bridgewater (W)- vs. Randolph-Macon; at Sweet Briar VoLu:vnAu.- at Emory Tournament; at Lynchburg WATER PoLo- at Richmond EWPA Tourney FOUl'BALL- vs. Randolph-Macon (Homecoming) SEPTEMBER 30, 1994’ Women’s soccer gets off to fast start to 94 season -— /we’re playing a game. It doesn’t By JOSHUA HESLINGA Phi Staff Writer Washington and Lee’s women’s soccer team suffered their second setback of the sea- son at the hands of The College of Wooster 4-0 last Saturday, dropping the Generals to 3-2 with eight games remaining. Coming off their 10-1 explo- sion against Hollins College, the Generals found themselves at a loss for offense Saturday. Their defense remained strong, largely controlling the College of Wooster’s attack, de- spite missing the experience of sophomore goalie Beth Mozena. Coach Jan Hathom declined to cite Mozena’s absence or the extended travel as excuses for the final result, saying, “I don’t think it was the travel. I don’t think it was one thing really. We weren’t confident without Beth in goal, and we weren’t ready to play our game.” That sentiment was echoed by senior forward Anne Spruill, who filled in for Mozena against the College of Wooster, saying, “We never found the rhythm. We just didn’t connect.” The team is looking forward to Mozena’s return, which may be Thursday against Mary Baldwin. However, Coach Hathorn stated that, “We’re not pushing it, ” and she expects Mozena to be 100% this Saturday for the game against tough ODAC rival Randolph Macon. For the duration of Mozena’s absence, freshman Delia Coyle is expected to use her past expe- rience to take over as goalie. Indeed, one of the General’s greatest strengths is their young talent. As one of the team’s se- nior co-captains, Spruill empha- sized the nature of the relation- ship of the more experienced players to their younger com- rades,saying,“'I'heyoungerplay- ers have an incredible amount of skill. The older players just try to show them the focus that they need game by game.” Fellow senior Kait Barton agreed, observing that ”I think that in the young players is where we have most of our potential.” Yet, as the Generals move to a series of games that Coach Hathom has labeled critical, all sides agreed that eliminating the negatives of inexperience was the primary focus. Coach Hathom cautioned that BY STEPHEN WILLIARD Phi Sports Editor The Washington and Lee water polo team visited An- napolis for the second time in as many weekends hoping for better fare in the won-loss de- partment. The team came out of the weekend with a 1-2 mark in NCAA games and a close loss to the New York Athletic Club. In the first game, W&L ex- acted a measure of revenge by beating the Navy ‘B’ team by the score of 14-12. The second game, however, saw the Gen- erals lose to Brown 12-7. In the third game of the day, the W&L squad played a team of former college play- ers in the New York Athletic Club. Originally, the team went into the game with the intent of just playing every- body and resting for the mar- quis game against 15th ranked Bucknell. However, after watching a four goal lead go by the boards, the W&L team really got into the action, fighting it out to a close loss in overtime. Against Bucknell in the fi- nal game, the Generals took the 15th ranked giant to the wire, losing by the score of 13- 12 in overtime once again. One of the stars for the Gen- erals was sophomore James Silberstein, who tallied ten goals in the tournament. Despite the 3-7 record for the season to date, team coach Paige Remillard was optimistic about the team. “We’re playing top teams in the country,” said the coach. The team has dropped a num- ber of extremely close games to powerful opponents this season. One example of this was the over- time loss to Bucknell this past weekend. When asked if he was both- ered by the sub — .500 record despite the close losses, Remilalrd responded by saying, Water Polo headed North “Losing doesn’t upset me; play- ing poorly upsets me. We’ve got the athletic ability. We’re going to reverse these scores. I really believe that.” The team has maintained a consistent level of play through- out the season and eventually the close games should begin to go the other way. Remillard summed it up suc- cinctly, “There’s a train coming down the track And I don’t think a lot of people see it.” “We’re a young team, and people haven’t learned to balance work and things and take care of them- selves yet,” but added that lead- ership was one of the team’s strengths. “Our captains and se- niors are doing a great job.” From the players side, Barton remarked, “Because they’re young, it’s tough for them [the younger players] to be mentally ready all the time because it’s their first experience with col- lege soccer. They need to know that we ’re human and that ’s OK.” Spruill also showed resolve, saying, “As a team, we’re all just ready to focus on the fact that matter who we play, we just need, to be ready each time.” " Following Randolph Macon on Saturday, the Generals will travel to the women’s college of Sweet Briar, and then enjoy three successive home games against! the always tough Guilford, Roanoke, and Swarthmore. Coach Hathom remarked of the challenge, “Every game’s a tough game when you play [those schools], and we have all those} coming up.” Note—The Generalsdefeated Mary Baldwin by the score of 7- 0 after this article was written. Atheletes of the Week Special thanks to the W&L Sports Report r. The W&L volleyball program has been making huge strides over the last two years and freshman Hilary Martin isapart of thisyear’s strides. In W&L’s only match last week, a four -game loss to Eastern Mennonite, she led the team with seven kills, seven blocks and 14 digs. Martin is among the top hit- ters in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference and currently leads the team in kills(86), hitting percent- 7' The defensive unit of W&L’s football team had three goal line stands in last week’s 17-0 loss to Centre, one of which was due to 9‘ a leaping interception by senior comerback Jon Wagner. The pick was Wagner’s second of the game and he also contributed six tack- les and two pass break-ups. Through the Generals first two games he already has four pass break-ups, the same number he , 2 *By the way, Steve did not lay out this page this week. Tory and J aso rec A exciti , end of football and talk about other sports , ; age(.324), blocks (31) and digs (70). ‘,2, HM“ e BY TORY Noro AND JASON Trarmzns To our loyal readers, we are sincerely sorry we have been on hiatus. Unfortunately for the authors, our favorite teams the Giants and the Eagles, respectively, had a bye week. As a result, it was not one of the more interesting weeks in the NFL. The most interesting matchup of the week involved two Super Bowl contenders, the Miami Dolphins and the Minnesota Vi- kings. To the chagrin of the many fair-weather Dolphin fans we know, the Dolphins fell behind early and were unable to stop Warren and the Vikes. After an ugly first half, Dan Marino ral- lied the Fins and tied the game but his superior performance went to waste as the Vikings won with a late charge. For the first time in his illus- trious career, the aging Joe Mon- tana was shut out. The Chiefs fell to the lowly Rams, who were led by a typical solid performance by Jerome “Bam-Bam” Bettis. Never during the much an- ticipated battle of the Bays was Tampa accused of being a stellar football team. The Northern version dis- mantled the Bucs with a relent- less attack led by the rejuvenated Brett “INT” Farve and a feisty defensive performance. The Cincinnati Bungles were dispatched by the non-threaten- ing Cody Carlson and the Hous- ton Oilers. For those local fans, the Wash- ington Redskins fell prey to the Atlanta Falcons in a ghastly con- test. The Redskins are not com- mitted to one starting quarter- back, and this dilemma has been costly to Washington’s winning potential. The most exciting and rivet- ing game was between two four time Superbowl losers, the Buf- falo Bills and the Denver Bron- cos. Elway and his expensive receiving corps have not lived up to their potential, as the Broncos lost due to a failed last minute drive. Due to the dearth of interest- ing football last week, we will move on to hockey. As loyal hockey fans, we hope that the absence (the longest such ab- season will start as scheduled. sence in the NHL)the Flyers will We only see three teams that follow the leadership of Eric have the capability to win the Lindros, Rod Brind’Amour, and Stanley Cup this year: the New Mark Recchi. Jersey Devils, the Philadelphia For emotional support, the Flyers, and the Vancouver Flyers have brought back Ron Canucks. Hextall to tend the pipes. The The Devils come off a banner Flyers hopes hinge on Ron re- year, asthey reached the Confer- gaining his 1987 form when he ence Finals. was the best goaltender in Scrappy Claude Lemieux, hockey. All-Star defenseman Scott Othercontenders in the East- Stevens, Stephan Richer, and em Conference include the de- outstanding rookie Martin “the fending champion Broadway prodigy”Broduerlooktoavenge Blues, the Boston Bruins, and their heartbreaking, seventh- the Buffalo Sabres. game loss in OT to the mercenar- However, the only two teams ies known as the Rangers. in the East that can be safely Fighting the Devils for the excluded from Cup contention Eastern Conference title will be are the New York Islanders and the Philadelphia Flyers. Un- the Washington Capitals. daunted by their 5 year playoff The Western Conference fa- had in 10 games last year. vorites are the Vancouver Canucks. Pavel “the Russian Rocket” Bure and “Feisty” Jyrki Lumme lead a strong core of re! turning players that fell one goal short of winning the Cup last year. Other strong teams in the Western Conference are th Toronto Maple Leafs led by the undaunted Doug Gilmour and Felix “the cat” Potvin, and the St. Louis Blues (now coached by Mike Keenan, ex of the Rangers led by W & L law student Curti “the chimney” Joseph. We hope you all enjoy this coming week of football and the start of the 1995 NHL Hockey season. I)’,