OCR::/Vol_101/WLURG39_RTP_19981116/WLURG39_RTP_19981116_001.2.txt 1 § 1 ‘Q 5 ¢ I K I‘. V W I ‘.1 1 ‘X U112 fling-tum {flirt WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIvERsITv’s WEEKLY NEWSPAPER VOLUME 101, NO. 9 SPJ sponsors public forum on disclosure By Polly Doig NEWS EDITOR The issue ofwhether or not to pub- lish the names of those convicted in campus disciplinary hearings went up for debate in a forum sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists last Thursday. The recently passed Higher Edu- cation Amendments suggest that col- leges make results of disciplinary hear- ings available to student media, but leaves the subject of naming those convicted up to individual schools’ discretion. Knight Professor of Journalism Louis Hodges, Dean of Students David Howison, Student Faculty Hearing Board Chair Barbara Brown, Student Judicial Council Chair Greta Richter, and Executive Committee President Beth Formidoni all served as members of the panel. “We need to recognize that any- time you have disciplinary hearings that are essentially held in private and are kept secret, you have a potentially dangerous situation on your hands secrecy generally allows corrupt people to reveal their corruption un- checked,” Hodges said. “Therefore the bias, in my opinion, ought to be on the side of openness rather than secrecy.” “I want to believe that if you do something, it’s going to be judged in accordance with the extremity of what- ever it is that you do,” senior Nadiyah Howard said. “And I think that if you publish these things, then the student body is going to have a better idea of what’s going on, and be able tojudge for itself what’s right.” Hodges called for openness based on a two—fold argument. “First, we really need a watchdog to watch over even our best disciplin- ary bodies,” Hodges said. “And sec- ond, to do so, and to publish the re- sults, to reveal the issues at stake and the actions taken, would have a major educational impact on the everybody in the student body.” Howison is in favor of letting the See FORUM, Page 2 LPD limits public access on weekends By J ennifer Agiesta STA FF WRITER On Oct. 14, 1998, the Lexington po- lice department joined the new central dispatch station in Buena Vista. Since then, no officer has manned Lexington Headquarters on the weekend, and no one has access to police reports from Friday night, Saturday and Sunday un- til Monday morning. I Police Chief Bruce Beard seems un- concerned about the possible effects on public access to police records. His main concern is that police will be avail- able to anyone who needs them, and in his opinion, this system works better. With emergency calls directed first through the 91 1 number, and non-emer- gencies handled by the same number that was always used, 463-9177, more efficient service is available. In addition, an emergency phone has been installed in Lexington Headquar- ters for people who need immediate as- sistance. They can go in and lock the door behind them and get someone at Cen- tral Dispatch without dialing if, for ex- ample, they are being chased or can’t get to another phone. Tom Snead, head of Central Dis- patch, -aid it’s up to the Lexington de- partment to detemrine how they will make information available. For the most part, the Central Dis- patch center only has information on the initial call. Police reports and arrest records never reach their database. According to their policy, no informa- tion will be released from the Central Dispatch office. LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA 24450 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1998 Swingin’ sophomore Stephen Pesce flips and dips Bicenquenquagenary Ball on Saturday night. Man co-chair Nate Tencza: “It was absolutely wonderful. Erin McGrain, hard. It went off without a bitch. I don’t know if it could have been done any better.” Bicenquenquagenary Ball swings wonderfully his date to the music of Chairmen of the Board during the P y students agreed that the Ball was an amazing success, including 250'“ Mandy Stallard and the steering committee worked so Photo y llister Hoey/Exertive Eitr Peter Hart dissects Election ’98 By Polly Doig News EDITOR “Ten percent of Americans think that pollsters can predict the future that puts us well ahead of the Ouija board and the Magic 8 Ball.” So spoke Democratic pollster Peter Hart during a lecture that analyzed the 1998 election at Washington and Lee University last week. Hart, the founder of Peter D. Hart Research Associates and a consult- ant for NBC News, was a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow at W&L and addressed several classes in addition to his lecture. Hart demonstrated the intricacies of polling to students by tracking the Maryland gubernatorial race over a period of months, and asked students to pick a winner based on popularity. Hart himself did polling in several races this year, including that of incumbent Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont and that of Charles Schumer, who upset incumbent Sen. Alfonse D’Amato in New York. According to Hart, the major les- son of the 1998 election is that, out of the 455 races nationwide in which in- cumbents were running, only 1 1 lost. “When 444 incumbents get re-elected, [the voter are] telling us something: ‘I’m not unhappy,” Hart said. “1998 was a great election because the pub- lic was more positive than in any other period we’ve seen in the last 15 years.” According to Hart, more than 75 percent of the American public said they were happy with the direction of their personal finances, and 86 percent were happy with the economy overall. Hart also analyzed reasons behind the Republicans’ inability to make the I-Club organizes hurricane relief By Eszter Pados STAFF WRITER While several Central American countries cope with one of the big- gest natural disasters in their modern histories, members of the Washington and Lee University community estab- lished relief funds to support nation- wide efforts to help the countries re- cover from Hurricane Mitch’s devas- tation. The International Club at Washing- ton and Lee University set up a relief fund specifically to help Nicaragua. Bill Overbaugh, president of the International Club, said that the fund is concentrated on Nicaragua because that country has been the most heavily hit. The fund was proposed by fresh- man Silvana Flinn, who is a native Nicaraguan. Furthermore, Flinn’s influ- ence made the club look more closely at Nicaragua. Hurricane Mitch hit northern South America, with Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala among the most heavily hit. As of Wednesday, the disaster had killed more than 1 1,000 across Central America and more than 3,800 in Nicaragua alone. Furthermore, epidemics such as chol- era, malaria and dengue are expected to break out shortly. In addition to Hurricane Mitch, Nicaragua was hit by an eruption of Cerro Negro, which cre- ated a mudslde that destroyed five vil- lages. “The greatest tragedy of this particular event was that it wiped out whole extended families and some of the children that have survived have nothing and no one in this world,” Ena Flinn, Silvana’s mother said. Nicaraguans are pleading for help. Flinn said that her efforts are a re- sponse to an e-mail she received from her cousin in Georgetown, who told her that universities such as Georgetown University and James Madison University have organized funds in support of the relief effort. Nicaraguan students studying in the United States were asked to make ef- forts for this cause. “I presented the idea to the Inter- national Club,” Flinn said. “I wanted to do something. We need all the help we can get.” ‘ Overbaugh said that members of the club unanimously supported the fund. Donation boxes were set up last Monday. As of Friday, the club had collected more than $700. James Casey, visiting professor of economics, has also set up a relief pro- gram; his focuses on Honduras. He is collecting donations, mostly clothing, from University of Virginia students and Lexington residents. “Besides my own, I have clothes from the Lexington community,” Casey said. “Also, the athletic department has donated a lot of clothes.” The donation fund is set up in Charlottesville. “I’m going to Charlottesville this weekend,” Casey said, “to take some clothes over to the American Red Cross.” Overbaugh said the International Club was initially uncertain which relief organization would receive the col- lected donations. It had planned to use the Nicaraguan Relief Fund. Overbaugh said, however, that this organization is See HURRICANE, Page 2 Recycling progresses slowly By Eszter Pados 7 STAFF WRITER Washington and Lee University's Recycling Committee passed a pro- posal last year to expand and enhance the recycling program on campus. They still have not made much progress. President Elrod “is in favor of the improvement of the program; however, due to other commitments, could not approve the proposal,” Recycling Committee Chair Steve McAllister said. If approved, the new recycling pro- gram would require the addition of two positions at the University to handle the collection and transfer of recycled materials to a recycler, Steve A McAllister said. “I would not say that [President Elrod] denied funding of the program, but instead asked us to look at alter- natives," he said. ' Junior Ashley Penkava, a member of the Recycling Committee, took mat- ters into her own hands her freshman year “There were no recycling bins around freshman year,” Penkava said. “So I went to [University Treasurer] Larry Broomall, and he gave us money for some bins.” ’ Penkava said the committee made extensive efforts to provide recycling bins for fundamental materials, such as glass, paper and aluminum. Their proposal was rejected, she said. The Board of Trustees passed a regulation that the school could not hire any more See RECYCLING, Page 2 substantial gains expected in light of the Monica Lewinsky scandal. “The American public had no in- tention of voting for impeachment in this election; [many] Repub.licans_ ran on this platform, and I think they were faulted for not doing the people’s busi- ness,” Hart said. Only 31 percent of voters said that the issues most important to them were moral standards or Monica Lewinsky, while 52 percent said they cared more about education, health care, Social Security or jobs. Nationwide, President Clinton’s job approval rating remains an overwhelming 68 percent. “If Republicans move this [im- peachment] through the House and the Senate, I think they will do it in a way that will ire the public,” Hart said. In his explanation of the art of poll- ing, Hart pointed out the weaknesses of the system. “We’re only as good as our respon- dents. And our respondents, in part, always thinkthatthey’re going to do the rightthing. Typically, they think that they’re going to vote, and in reality, a lot of people don’t,” Hart said. In this past election, however, Hart’s polls proved to be extremely accurate. “The highest count we did said that voter turnout should be about 39 to 40 percent. It turned out to be 38 percent,” Hart said. And tumout, according to Hart, was the most important factor for Democrats in the 1998 election. He cited an increased num- berof minorities and Union-afliliated work- ers as crucial to the Democrats ability to hang on. “The single most important thing in democratic society is voting the most important thing in an election is who’s go- ing to vote,” said Hart. 11 at 8 p.m. in Lenfest. November 16, 1998 OPINION: Speaking Tradition W&LrFE: SPORTS: Professor Emeritus Severn Duvall, senior Drew Higgs and sophomore Ryan Truax rehearse for “Secret Service,” which will beperformed on Dec. @112 {King-tum lfilri Letter on alcoholism, getting involved and the Top 100 things to do at W&L before graduating Football closes with dignity and two fall stars Photo courtesy of Susan Wager PAGE 3 PAGES 4&5 PAGES 6&7 OCR::/Vol_101/WLURG39_RTP_19981116/WLURG39_RTP_19981116_002.2.txt /Z I- 1” g(,‘_,'..(, -x‘, 7 ,/to D . . t“'7 "WK Jig ;% » 2/ PAGE 2 '\S\ N HURRICANE continued from page 1 associated with the government. “We are afraid that the donations will go to political par- ties, not to the people who need it,” Overbaugh said. Lydia Ellena, Nicaraguan Embassy representative, encourages the club to send the fund to the embassy. According to Ellena, the embassy has set up three fimds, one with the Red Cross, one with the Nicaraguan Foundation and one with Catholic Relief Services. “It’s guaranteed that the donations will get to the Nicaraguan people,” Ellena said. “We will send [all the donations] to the Emer- gency Committee in Nicaragua” She added that the Committee guarantees direct delivery of the donations to the people. “We guarantee that they will get [them] as soon as possible.” The lntemational Club decided to work with Casey by sending its donations through the American Red Cross. Dona- tions collected by the lntemational Club will go on to Nicaragua. Donations, including money, blankets, canned goods and clothes, can be made through the lntemational Club. The lntemational Club will continue to accept donations, even though the collection boxes have been removed. Students can contact Overbaugh or Flinn to make donations. “There is still a great need for medicine. Nicaragua at the moment needs antibiotics in many forms, fungicides, con- struction materials, insecticides, food like milk and anything people want to donate,” said Flinn. She is very grateful for the tremendous support of the lntemational Club and the community overall. “Members were all interested everyone has been so wonderful,” she said. ‘‘I’m amazed at the positive response.” FORUM continued from page 1 student body make the decision. “l’ve sensed in the last year or so a shift in student opinion . . . toward a greater willingness to ask for the release of names of those who are found guilty in hearings of the SJC and the SFHB,” he said. Richter agrees. “Right now we’re trying to decide which way to go, and I think that the best way to do that is to let students have a voice,” she said. Differences in the nature of trials handled by the three disciplinary bodies were recognized as important factors in the necessity of naming the convicted. The EC addresses honor-related questions, the SJC handles criminal cases, and the SFHB primarily deals with questions of sexual assault. The consensus of the forum seemed to be that those con- victed by the SABand the SFHB represent a greater physical threat to members of the student body, thereby making dis- closure by those bodies a higher priority to promote awareness and self-protection. “In an SFHB trial, a [convicted] person is a menace. Re- gardless of what kind of sexual assault they committed, they hurt someone really badly . . . we deserve to know who they are so we can protect ourselves and our friends,” junior Meredith Welch said. However, others argued that the same standards should apply on-campus as elsewhere. “Once you’re in the real world and you commit a violent or even a non-violent crime, as long as you’re over age 18, your name is published . . . to be lulled into a false sense of security within our realm of W&L is not necessarily a good thing,” sophomore Heather McDonald said. The Ring-tum Phi and The Trident will be conducting a joint survey in coming weeks to determine student opinion on the issue. Commentary is welcome. 1 RECYCLING continued from page 1 people, Penkava said. The university cannot have Physical Plant employees deal with the recycling. “They have too much work anyway,” Penkava said. The committee’s greatest concern, Penkava said, is big events such as the Fancy Dress Ball and Alumni Weekend every year. She said that FD decorations were passed on to area high schools for their prom decorations, but some of the decorations are too large for the high school gyms, she said. ‘ “We end up throwing the decorations away.” Penkava said. Alumni weekends are a problem too. Dinners during Alumni weekends take place on the Front Lawn. Canned drinks are served at these events, and the cans are thrown away,” Penkava said. McAllister said the university recycles aluminum and card- . board in addition to mixed paper. The campus has recycling containers for mixed paper and aluminum cans carnpus-wide. “There are a number of areas where cardboard is collected,” he said. “They tend to be the areas where the most significant amount of cardboard is processed, such as the Co-op.” But some have been unable to find the bins. Tiffany Cummings, lntemational Student Advisor, has noticed the lack of recycling bins on campus. “I wonder why food services don’t have recycling bins,” Cummings said. “That’s where they are most needed. I feel bad about throwing my bottles and cans away.” According to Penkava, food services are “just put off by the extra work food services are already wasteful, so much packaging is thrown away,” she said. McAllister said the Recycling Committee has begun an exploration of recycling of newspapers and glass. “We are hopeful that we can develop a test program this year to begin an evaluation of the feasibility of recycling these items campus-wide,” McAllister said . . . For now, tbecommittee working with Physical Plant work- ‘ ers to ensure that recycling containers» are at major events such as Homecoming, Alumni Weekend and Fancy Dress. The com- mittee has begun recycling aluminum at football games. “We will be working during the winter and spring to make certain that this program moves forward,” McAllister said. Secret Service A Drama of the Southern Confederacy by William Gillette directed by J. D. Martinez Dec. 4, 5, 7, 1998 - 8pm Dec. 6, 1998 ~ 2pm Dec. 8, 1998 - 9pm Lenfest Center Johnson Theatre Box Ojfice Information 540/ 463-8000 Ellie fling-tum lfilti EWS E-mail General Notes to D-Hall celebrates Thanksgiving Washington and Lee Dining Service will present a gour- met Thanksgiving buffet dinner Wednesday from 5:30 p.m. until 6: 15 p.m. The menu will include young roasted turkey with pecan stuffing, fresh tidewater crab cakes, roast prime rib with Yorkshire pudding, baked glazed Virginia ham, mashed potatoes with giblet gravy, candied sweet potatoes, bran- died peaches, fresh fruit, cranberry sauce, salads and an assortment of gourmet breads. For those who still might have room left after such a plentiful repast, the pastry crew will have prepared Martha Washington cake, assorted homemade pies and other gour- met pastries. The annual Thanksgiving feast is open to all members of the W&L community. For University Card-holders, the cost is $6.50; the cash price is $7.50. Economics expert gives lecture Rebecca Blank, director of the Joint Center for Poverty Research at Northwestern University and a member of the President’ s Council of Economic Advisors, will speak Monday at 8 p.m. in Northen Auditorium. Her lecture is titled “The Current Economy and Welfare Reform.” Blank conducts research on the interaction among the macroeconomy, government anti—poverty programs and the behavior and well-being of low-income families. Blank has also published extensively in economics and policy-related journals and serves on a variety of profes- sional and advisory boards. In 1993, she received the David Kershaw award, given biannually to a young scholar whose work has had the most impact on policy. Jazz Ensemble holds concert The Washington and Lee University Jazz Ensemble will present its first annual fall concert Tuesday at 8 pm. in the Lenfest Center. 7 r This performance fea- _ tures several special guest 5 soloists, including clari- netist Barry Kolman, saxo- phonist Tom Artwick and five student vocalists. Joshua Chamberlain, Brooke deRosa, Lee Dun- ham, Jady Koch and Mollie Harmon will each sing a solo, and then all join forces on the old Johnny Mercer classic “Dream.” Kolman will assume Photo by Emily Barnes/Photo Editor Senior Marshall Sutton Benny Goodman’s role in a swinging rendition of Prepares for the "sing sing sing" that W111 upcoming concert. also feature solos by tenor saxophonist Mark Slomiany and trumpet player Scott Meister and extended work by drummer Anthony Allen. Composers featured on the concert include .Duke Ellington, Henry Mancini, Antonio Carlos J obirn, Irving Ber- lin, Cole Porter and Hank Williams. Group for sexual assault victims meets A confidential support group sponsored by the Uni- versity Counseling Service will begin meeting weekly for Washington and Lee women who have experienced sexual assault or abuse at any time in their lives. Each member will sign an agreement of confidentiality at the first meeting. Please call Carol Calkins, the Counseling Service secre- tary, or the University Health Service at X8401 to learn of times and locations. LIFE recruits new members Applications for the peer health organization LIFE, Lifestyle lnforrnation for Everyone, are due Thursday. For more information, contact Jan Kaufman at x450 1. NOVEMBER 16, 1998 I-Hsiung Ju exhibits work in duPont I-Hsiung Ju, artist in residence at W&L from 1969 to 1998, and his brothers Tan-ru and Hao-ru Ju will exhibit their works of calligraphy and painting at W&L’s duPont Gallery from Nov. 17 through Dec. 1 1. There will be a gal- lery talk and a reception at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. All three brothers are natives of Jiang-yin, Jiang-su, China. I-Hsiung Ju, who founded the Art Farm Galleryjust out- side of Lexington, has worked in many different painting styles and many different media. His work has been exhibited in more than 200 art shows in Australia, China, Japan, the Philippines, Canada, England and the United States. Tan-ru Ju, the oldest brother, paints in what has been described as a lyrical and delicate style. He has painted many scrolls depicting Biblical stories using traditional Chinese painting methods and materials. The youngest brother, Hao-ru Ju, is an expert in making silk scrolls, carving Chops (signature seals) and the resto- ration of scroll paintings. He is also a versatile calligrapher. Responsibility series continues — Vivian-Lee Nyitray will speak in the Responsibility Sym- posium lecture series today at 7:30 p.m. in Room A214 of the Science Addition. Nyitray's lecture is titled “The Single Thread of a New Confucianism: Public Responsibility and Private Virtue.” Confucius spoke of a single thread that bound his thoughts together, namely, an interweaving of the ideas of loyalty and reciprocity. Nyitray will examine how these core Confucian ideas are evolving over and against post-Enlightenment notions of public responsibility and the way in which a new Confu- cianism may emerge. Nyitray teaches at the University of California. Bacon’s guitar sizzles in Lee Chapel Classic guitarist Guy Bacon will perform a recital in Lee Chapel on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. This may be his last con- cert in this area because he is planning to return to his native home, Great Britain, to continue his studies. Grandson of the American composer Ernst Bacon and son ofclassical guitarist Joseph Bacon, Guy comes from a long established family tradition of quality mu- sic making. His recital in Lee Chapel will feature works by Bach, Sor, Mareno—Torroba, Ravel and Britten. There is no charge for the concert, which is sponsored by Catholic Campus Ministry, and all members of the gen- eral public are welcome to attend. F|lAN|('S PIZZA Ilalivery spacial 4.53-7575 Hot and Cold Subs - Salads — Dinners — Calzones 30 Minute Delivery 10 Minute Pick-Up Please Mention This Ad When Calling In An Order Last week, Washington and Lee Security Officer Ken Hoeffel learned that his 11-year-old daughter, Teel, has a tumor on her spine. When Teel was five years old, she was treated for cancer of the lung and kidney. She lost a kidney at that time, but since then she has been doing well. « Her teachers at Waddell El- ementary noticed that Teel was trip- ping and falling down, more and more often. Suddenly, last week- __.end, Teel was unable to walk or stand without assistance. Teel underwent surgery at the University of Virginia hospital on Tuesday. The surgery went better than expected. Although the tumor was growing on the spine, doctors did not have to remove any bone and be- lieve that the tumor was benign. Test results are due back today and her parents will learn more about Teel’s condition. Teel is out ofintensive care and in a regular room at UVA Hospital (UVA 7 West, Room 7172B, UVA Hospital, Charlottesville, VA). She is expected to be in the hospital for five to seven days and out of Get in the holiday spirit, help a W&L family Teel Hoeffel .7 school for a month. , Doctors also discovered last week that Teel has scoliosis, so she A_ will face further treatments in the coming months——physical therapy, probably a back brace, possibly I back surgery. Teel’s mother, Delia Hoeffel, works in the VMI Conference Of- . fice, but neither Delia nor Ken has 3 employee benefits. They have no medical insurance because Teel and Delia have both had cancer in the past 10 years and the insurance rates became unaffordable. Teel’s recent medical expenses are now an added problem. St. Paul's Anglican Church has set up a “Special Fund for Teel” to help with expenses. Anyone wishing to contribute a tax deductible do- nation to this cause may send a check to: St Paul's Anglican Church Father William Crites, Rector (check marked: "For Special Fund for Teel") P.O. Box 1273 Lexington, VA 24450 JAMES l.EYBLlRN l.lF.lPi>.P.Y WASHtN.G.T{)l\l at urw 3 -LEXLNGTON, \./A :.-.ws;r) NOV 161909” V OCR::/Vol_101/WLURG39_RTP_19981116/WLURG39_RTP_19981116_003.2.txt NOVEMBER 16, 1998 @112 filing-tum lflhi OPINION PAGE 3 STAFF EDITORIAL Give something back to W&L Washington and Lee provides its students with countless benefits. Students love the university for the beauty of its campus, the intelligence of its fac- ulty, the smallness of its size, and the honor and integ- rity that surround its existence. What, however, do W&L students give back to the institution that so many of them admire? True, tuition does count for something, but certain gifts are more important than those that come from the pocketbook. Even at a place as small as W&L there are many opportunities to become involved in campus life. Look- ing through this year’s campus organization manual, one can read the same names over and over again. Unfortunately this shows that many students are choosing to avoid the inherit responsibility that ac- companies being a W&L student, which is to contrib- ute to this university and our fellow students. W&L’s many great attributes are a direct result of the fact that preceding generations ensured that they left the university a better place than when they had come. Each individual student should try to do some- thing to improve the campus. Ifyou are unhappy with a particular aspect of W&L, you should make an ef- fort to do something about that. Play a sport, become more involved with fraterni- ties or sororities, orjoin a campus organization that piques your interest. When was the last time you sup- ported the efforts ofyour classmates? Try going to a concert or a play in Lenfest or cheering on the Gen- erals at a sports event that isn’t preceded by tailgat- ing. OK, so the Responsibility Symposium lectures aren’t the most exciting events in the world, but nu- merous groups on campus work hard to bring inter- esting speakers to W&L. Become more active on campus, either by directly getting involved or by supporting the efforts of oth- ers. Don’t expect to take so much from the univer- sity and give nothing back in return. Dwight Bitz spices up D-Hall The other day I had yet another wonderful experience in the Evans Dining Hall. The marvelous scent of those fabulous hot wings greeted me from across the street, and I knew that, yes siree bob, this was definitely go- ing to be a D-Hall day. My mouth wa- tered as I contem- plated the tantaliz- ing taste ofa truly special treat. Well, let me tell you, Evans did not disappoint me. Hot wings were indeed the put-a-little—zing- in-your-dinnzinger dujour. With a little wink and smile to the cutie serving the tasty delights, I secured a hefty portion for myself. The afternoon was well on its way to being one to re- member. But Evansjust wouldn’t stop lift- ing my spirits. That gorgeous smor- . gasbord we,knoyy~,z_:/s “T_he Del,i_Bar}}-.;, provided my wings with the delectable culinary accompaniment they so de- served. And from there, oh the won- derful choices! Do I want turkey? ham? rosbif? Do I want cheddar? American? Swiss? The day I see Gouda is the day Heaven visits Lex- .fi.*~g,Off His Rocker Stephen Pesoe ’O1 ington. Now, should I grill the master- piece? Or is the toaster calling my name? Stephen Pesce, come on down. You’re the next contestant to play with the Big Toaster. So I toasted it. Add a kiss of mustard embraced by a piece of lettuce, and my mouth is thanking me all the way to the table. Here’s where I get a bit fuzzy. The actual meal wasjust a whirlwind of gustatory glee, al- though I do remember a talking lion and some flying monkeys. I think we had a good time. In any case, Mr. Tummy decided it was time for some- thing magically delicious (despite the new funkedelic shapes that give me nightmares). So I dashed to the cereal dispensers, and upon finding no bowls I let out a large “Doh.”.,. _- - l.might,,a_s, well have rubbed amagic, lamp because that super guy whgmg never ceases to amaze me appeared in a flash. Yep, Mr. Bitz, the fabulous manager of Evans Dining Hall, came to the rescue. Within seconds I had a bowl for my Lucky Charms. Now I may joke about a lot of things, but when it comes to the charm and dedication of Mr. Bitz, there’s nojoke involved. Joking with Mr. Bitz, however, proves much fun. Anyone with his spunk and jovial character is a recipe for success, yet another to add to Evans’s many. Some- times you want to go where every- body knows your name; but ifthat’s not possible, you can at least count on Mr. Bitz. Introduce yourselfonce, and you’ve found yourself a friend for life. I would like to thank Mr. Bitz for the cereal bowl and for making the D- Hall experience truly special. What a wonderful world we would live in if everyone treated hisjob, life and oth- ers the way Dwight Bitz does. Ii Stephen Pesce, come‘ on down. You’re the next contestant to play with the Big Toaster. 1} Speak, but speak from the heart One ofthe most revered traditions here at W&L is our speaking tradition. The tradition of civility and general friendliness manifests itself fully here. Though some stu- dents seem slow to pick up on it, most students practice it and are happy to do so. Some carry it a step further by engaging in brief conver- sations with people they greet. This is where the problem occurs. Don’t get me wrong, it’s great that students actually go the extra mile to be civil toward those they might no even know. Many students, however, feel compelled to engage in small talk with people they either do not like or do not want to be around. 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