OCR::/Vol_107/WLURG39_RTP_20041025/WLURG39_RTP_20041025_001.2.txt » /rift/h 42??’/f8.755 THE 4.. if. '2 V-. ~' T/re rtrdem‘ mice of War/Iirrgion and Lee Umrerrigjl time 7897 Pro—life speaker sparks controversy with comments BY RoB ARMSTRONG STAFF WRITER Several students stormed out of the Science Library Thursday evening, angered by the words of conservative radio host Rev. Jesse Peterson. Peterson’s lecture, entitled Abortion: Why Democrats love it and Republicans hate it, spoke out against pro-Choice advocates, Democrats, and many prominent civil rights leaders. His visit was co-sponsored by student organizations Contact and Students for Life. “The Democratic platform lacks values,” ex- plained Peterson, a conservative Afiican—American, “it’s anti—God and anti-farnily.” “There is no way you can believe in God and vote Demo- crat,” Peterson added. Peterson is the founder and president of BOND: The Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny, a national non- profit organization based in Los Angeles, Ca. Ac- cording to Peterson, BOND’s mission is “Rebuild— ing the family by rebuilding the man.” Peterson is also host of the nationally syndi- cated Jesse Lee Peterson Radio Show. He is the author of several books, including SCAM — How the Black Leadership Exploits Black America Peterson spoke out strongly against many civil rights leaders Thursday evening, including Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and the NAACP. “Most black Americans are suffering,” reports Peterson, “[civil rights leaders] deliberately keep black Americans down in order to gain more wealth.” Peterson said that African—Americans gener- ally “don’t believe in themselves ... There is a lack of moral character among the Afro-American com- munity,” Peterson added. Peterson was invited to W&L by a member of Students for Life who had read some of his lit- erature and wanted him to speak about his pro—life views. The student’s family helped fund Peterson’s visit. But his lecture focused specifically on the effects of abortion on the minor- ity community. “There are 1,500 black ba- bies aborted everyday in this country,” said Peterson, a fact which, according to Peterson, displays the lack of character in the black community. Peterson believes the prob- lem stems from the black community’s dependence upon the government for financial sup- port for the past 40 years. “Black Americans have allowed themselves to be used by organizations like Planned Parent- hood [these programs] take fathers out of the home,” said Peterson. Peterson alleges that many social programs, including those put in place by the government, won’t take care of African—Americans “unless the man is out of the home.” Peterson is also a strong supporter of the Republican Party and urged the audience to think about their vote: “It is wickedness that encour- ages you to [have an abortion], said Peterson. “The Republican platform supports God, country, and “There is no way you can believe in God and vote Democrat.” REv.]EssE PETERSON “...we regret that Peterson went off topic and offended many members of the community, we never intended that to happen.” Alexa Moutevelis A PRESIDENT, STUDENTS FOR LIFE. family America is at war with [the abortion is- sue], between good and evil.” One of Peterson’s most controversial opin- ions concerned his beliefs against affirmative ac- tion. Peterson did not support preferential racial treatment. He believes that support of racial con- sideration in the admissions process highlights Af- rican-American dependence on government pro- grams. His controversial views did not go without opposition. After his speech, Peterson opened his lecture to the 40—plus crowd of students, about half of whom were African American. Kaela Harmon ’05, disagreed with Peterson’s outlook on the African-American community. “[There are] systems in place holding black people behind I’m not saying that the govern- ment owes us, but blacks have had to fight for over 240 years to gain the rights that we have to- day.” ’ Another student challenged Peterson on the high statistics of teenage pregnancy found in the United States. She argued that many societies across the world have demonstrated that sex edu- cation has been an effective method to combat teen- age pregnancy. Peterson disagreed, stating, “everyone is driven by sex because of broken families good parents would teach abstinence schools teach how to have sex.” But when the student disagreed with him, explaining that her public school was ineffective because it taught only about sexual organs rather than methods of contraception, Peterson cut her off, and said, “see, you’re having sex.” Doug Allen ’06 is a member of the Minority Students Association. His reaction to Peterson’s speech expressed his sadness and frustration: “As a black-American, I’ve had to go farther than most people in certain ways to get the same opportunity for an education . . . It was insulting [for Peterson to say] ‘that a majority of blacks lack moral charac- ter.’” Allen said that if affirmative action looks at more than just SAT scores and grades to determine the quality of a student, then he would sup- port it. Allen added, “When you say these things, people aren’t going to care about abortion any- more.” Alexa Moutevelis is the President of Students for Life. She regrets that so many stu- dents took offense to Rev. Peterson. After the speech, Moutevelis stated that “Peterson no longer repre- sented the views of Students for Life, outside of his pro—life views we regret that Peterson went off topic and offended many members of the com- munity, we never intended that to happen.” Students for Life did not receive fimding from the Executive Committee this fall term. The EC re- quires organizations to have a non-partisan mes- sage in order to receive funds. Contact was the other co-sponsor of Rev. Peterson’s lecture and does rely on EC funds for their organization. Con- tact has also invited Republican pundit Tucker Carlson to be their keynote speaker. Carlson will speak to the W&L community later this week. / ii , , V0LUMECVHLN0«12 ONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2004 I////, SH MURRAY THE RlNG—TUM PHI THE NEXT Miss MARYLAND USA? junior Kristen Youngblood will compete in the Maryland pageant. J uniorto compete in Md. pageant BY SARAH MURRAY NEWS EDITOR Kristen Youngblood ‘06 will take the stage at the Miss Maryland USA finals in Decem- ber, competing with over 50 other Marylanders to attend 2005’s Miss USA competition. It’s not something she'd usually do, Youngblood admit- ted. At first, she thought, “This is garbage.” But something—-curiosity perhaps—inspired her to give it a try. Youngblood sent in an ap- plication and a photo and waited. Soon after, a pageant represen- tative scheduled an interview within the week. Days later, she received an invitation to the fi- nals in Chesapeake, Md. Youngblood only entered the “scholarship competition” on a whim. Afarnily friend urged her to enter a pageant for years, telling her that most finalists have no pageant experience. The Bowie, Md. native still wasn’t interested. But when her friend wisely showed her a prize list, she warmed up to the idea. And well she might. Miss Maryland USA 2004 will receive: seven separate scholarships, a complete set of diamond jewelry, three outfits, gift certificates for clothes and spas, beauty prod- ucts, a luggage set, free consul- tations with acting coaches and self—improvement counselors, dance training, interviews with modeling agencies, a ski vacation for four, electronics including a flat screen TV, DVD player, fax machine, camera, and MP3 player, and more. In addition, Miss Maryland is bound to receive numerous ap- pearance contracts throughout her reign of one year. Prizes for runners—up aren’t nearly as impressive. But as a Maryland finalist, Youngblood will receive beauty products as well as free consultations with acting coaches and cosmetic dentists. Last year’s Miss Maryland USA, Tia Shorts, is a licensed makeup artist who enjoys work- ing with the elderly. The Miss USA pageant, not be confused with the Miss America pageant, was founded in Long Beach, Ca. 50 years ago. Pageant winners work to support breast cancer and AIDS research. The current titleholder is former Miss Missouri Shandi Finnessy. University to hold conference on public service Thursday, Friday BY ASHLEY METZLOFF STAFF WRITER Students who are looking for help in decid- ing to work in the public service sector need search no further. This Thursday and Friday, Washington and Lee’s Project for Public Service Employment (PPSE), will host a conference for students interested in public service employment. The conference, en- titled “Get Engaged! Employment in the Public Ser- vice Sector,” is open to students who are inter- ested in a life of public service. Workshops will help answer common ques- tions about working in the public service sector See PPSE on page 2 C GLOBAL SECURITY. Robert Kaplin delivers an address on global security in Lee Chapel. ORBIN BLACKFORD / THE RING-TUM PHI Journalist offers predictions on future security BY LEAH KERsHAw STAFF WRITER Robert Kaplan’s lecture, “Global Security in 2010”, was held in Lee Chapel on Thursday, October 21. Kaplan is a renowned international correspondent, journalist and au- thor. Kaplan’s visit to campus was sponsored by The N ASDAQ/Sun Trust Program in International Finance and Commerce and the Fishback Program for Visiting Writers. Kaplan proposed suggestions for the operation and administration of the US The US Army must decen- tralize its army to be successful. The State Department and the Department of Defense must merge to create a united front. Military power must be taken away from the bureau- crats in Washington and delegated to the officers in the battle field. In the 215‘ century, the US Army is “learning how to win wars without firing a single shot.” Instead of fighting wars for a country, the US Army must train local forces to fight in their own wars. Once the local troops are success- fully able to fight, the US Army must remove itself to the background. Large platoons of soldiers must be replaced with small deployments. These “highly trained charneleon-like indi- viduals” must establish relationships with the people and learn the native language(s) of the country where they are fighting. These small teams of soldiers, reminiscent of Lewis and Clark’s explorations in America, must know the terrain of their surroundings to be most effective. Kaplan acknowledged terrorism as a continuing prob- lem for the world, especially in the Middle East. As the Middle East continues to modernize, terrorism will ensue. The “intensification of religiosity” in the Middle East makes the area a “fertile breeding ground for terrorism.” Kaplan said that “humanitarian relief operations will be integral to winning a war on terrorism.” When an organi- zation enters a country bringing relief, people are more re- sponsive than they would be to a military invasion. Relief workers are able to develop personal relationships with citi- zens, learning important information through those relation- ships. This information can be crucial to undermining ter- rorists’ plans. Kaplan defended the war in Iraq, comparing Saddam Hussein’s rule of Iraq to Joseph Stalin’s dictatorship in Rus- sia. He said Hussein's Iraq resembled a “vast prison yard lit up by high voltage lights.” Iraq’s transition to democracy is slow because of the repression that Iraqi citizens lived un- der for two decades. It will take time for Iraq’s “newly emerged free society” to successfully function as a democ- racy. Kaplan said that the war in Iraq provides the US with the thankless job of providing a “security umbrella” for Iraq’s emerging democracy. Kaplan presented a positive view of the US Army’s progress in Iraq. One third of the country has been a suc- cess and another third is “on its way.” The final third of the country is where the problem lies. The fighting is concen- trated in this area surrounding Baghdad. Kaplan predicted that the US Army will stage a major offense to retake this area after the November 2"“ elections. 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The tournament took place at Florida Gulf Coast University over Reading Days. She qualified for the National Small College Championship by taking first in regional competition, and went into the competition as the num- ber one seed. Soundly defeating her first several opponents, Hagerman easily advanced to the champi- onship round. She downed Liz Bondi of DePauw University in a hard-fought match that ended with Hagerman on top, 6-3, 7-6 (5)- With this victory, Hagerman became the first woman’s tennis player to win a national singles championship in W&L history. She also advanced to the Small College Super Bowl, where she met Division II champion, Jing ling Liu of BYU-Hawaii. After being down early, Hagerman won the match by de- fault and advanced to the super bowl finals. In the championship match, Hagerman lost to Larikah Russell of Southern Nazarene. Her overall record this season is 13-1. She is ranked third all-tirne at W&L with 93 singles victories. The daughter of a tennis in- structor, Hagerrnan began play- FILE PHOTO / RING-TUM PHI MORE THAN JUST A TENNIS sTAR. Lindsay Hagerman, Division III tennis singles charrrpion and dorm counselor, is pictured with seven of her 25 freshmen ladies. ing tennis at a young age. “I was on the court as soon as I could hold a racket,” she said. With two younger sisters who play, the game was more than just com- petition; it was a family event. At Highland Park high school in Dallas, Lindsay played for fresh- man and part of sophomore year. She left in order to focus on USTA tournaments. In coming to Washington and Lee, Hagerman played a cru- cial role from day one. Not only did she dominate on the court, she also played a leadership role and provided an example of an intense work ethic. Over her four years, Hagerman was named an All- American six times for both doubles and singles. She won Academic All-American honors numerous times, and in her jun- ior year was named ODAC Player of the Year. Although she is proud of her own accolades, her real excite- ment comes from her team’s achievement. They have placed in the top five each year at Divi- sion IH nationals, and have domi- nated the ODAC conference. Hagerman’s goals for this year are to win the national championship ‘ and to finish strong as a senior. W&L history Both seem likely. “This year, I think that we have the strongest team yet, and we have a good chance of winning nationals,” said Hagerman. As captain, she has taken the role of motivating the team to practice hard and play well. Her tennis success did not come easy. For Hagerman, ten- nis is a year long sport with prac- tices, running, work-outs, and drills taking up several hours a day. Despite her packed sched- ule, Hagerman finds time to excel at acaderrrics. On top of that, she is a Dorm Counselor, a student- atlrlete mentor, and a member of GSA. Hagerman plans to go to school for a Master’s degree in history. After graduating, she would like to become a teacher in a middle or secondary school. Although going pro is not in her future, she wants to play in tour- naments and stay competitive in tennis. Hagerrnan’s favorite player and tennis role model is Monica Seles, who, like Lindsay, hits with two hands on both sides. Be- sides admiring her game, she also is impressed by Seles’s resiliency ‘ in overcoming a potentially ca- reer-ending stabbing. Though her tennis skills awe her fans, it is Hagernran’s ener- getic personality and unfailing kindness that make her a truly amazing person. Her talent and zest for life make her not only an attribute to the W&L community, but also a wonderful Dorm Coun- selor, classmate and friend. Men’s Soccer team fights in vain BY JOHN BovAY STAFF WRITER The Washington and Lee men’s soccer team hosted ODAC rival Virginia Wesleyan on Satur- ’ day, but fell short in a hard-fought match. The game started slowly, al- though intensity was high throughout the afternoon. The first half yielded only two shots by each team, and the score was tied 0-0 at halftime. In the second half, the Mar- lins scored two early goals that seemed to kill momentum for the Generals, but W&L fought back hard, unwilling to let up so eas- ily. Within six minutes, the game was tied after goals from senior captain Justin Mygatt, assisted by another senior captain, Peter Miller, off senior midfielder Brian Pirkle’s comer kick; and freshman forward Jack Palmer’s goal, a shot into the back of the net after a pass from Pirkle. After the Generals tied it up, the teams began to fight even harder, resulting in a yellow card for both teams. Questionable officiating made the game more interesting, as fans from both sides disputed the referee’s calls. In particular, W&L ‘took one shot that seemed‘ to go in the goal and then bounce out, that would have given the team a 3-2 advantage. When VaWes freshman Damien Woodley scored his second goal of the game with less than 4 min- utes to play, the Generals tried to mount a last-second surge but fell short, losing another great game in the W&L-VaWes rivalry. Washington and Lee’s record is now 5-6-3 (2-3-3 in ODAC); Vir- ginia Wesleyan improved to 9-5- 2 (5-2-1 ODAC) The Generals’ last regular season game is on Tuesday, when they host Lynchburg at 4:00. ODAC tournament play commences on Saturday, when the Generals will travel, likely ei- ther to Bridgewater or to face Vir- ginia Wesleyan again. BY RYAN GRITTER SENIOR SPORTS WRITER I’ve had writer’s block now for a good hour. And it‘s all because my greatest muse for sport’s writing, anger, is missing. I’ve realized that for possibly the first time in my life, I’m not passionately an- gry about something in the sports world. Sure, I still have little grudges that I hold on to. I don’t like the DH, and I think the system of allowing the AH Star game to decide home field advantage is a little strange (Random Drunk Guy at Cave- man: I think in order to make - the All Star game mean some- thing, they should take a player away from the losing team for the season. . . .and ev- ery year it should be Bonds.) But these issues are all petty, I can deal with that. I think it must just be the fact that jus- tice has been served. For starters, the Yankees lost in possibly the most em- barrassing fashion possible. As I reread my column from last week about the curse, I realized that even my movie- like scenario was not as excit- ing as what happened in real life. I say justice has been served because they didn’t deserve it for the years their players had. Sheffield, ARod, Giarnbi, Jeter, Posada, Loaiza, Mussina, and Brown all had disappointing seasons....emphasis on Giambi. While they had a great roster, they didn’t have chem- istry and none of their players fulfilled expectations with the exception of Hideki Matsui and Mariano Rivera. And as you may or may not know, I hate the Yankees and the Red Sox are my sec- ond favorite team. And now the teams with the second and third most history (to the Yan- kees, and shut up Cubs fans you don’t have a claim here) Gritter not angry at world of sports square off in what should be a high scoring series. Then I begin to think about basketball, and all I can think of is Shaq and how much I love him. It’s funny how his pathetic jokes were so irritat- ing with the Lakers, but so funny now that he’s with the Heat. In a matter of seconds, after I heard of the trade, he went from my most hated bas- ketball player to my favorite. Then what makes this even more exciting is that fi- nally basketball season will not be interrupted at all by hockey. No longer will I be en- joying football and basketball highlights on Sportscenter to have my time wasted by hockey. The only thing that should make top plays from hockey is one of those amaz- ing falling—down-getting-hit- while—shooting goals, or an ac- robatic save. And finally we come to football, where I must first in- form you of my opinion about team success. If my team isn’t going to compete for a cham- pionship, I want them to be ab- solutely horrible, to ensure the best draft pick. And that’s why I’ m actually rather pleased that the Fins are 0-6, cuz they’ve been incredibly frustrating to root for my whole life, and now we’ll finally have an exciting first round pick next year. . ..assuming we don’t do something stupid. The prospect of us draft- ing a skill position player in the first 5 picks just makes me giddy, could we even possibly draft a quarterback for once instead of signing" other peoples’ backups? So in conclusion we get to watch a satisfying World Se- ries to finish up the Baseball! Football season (my personal favorite) and transition smoothly into what should be a Shaqfilled Basketball/Foot- ball season for me. 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Well over Reading Days, a certain team from W&L did just that. Two Dead Guys, W&L’s Ul- timate Frisbee club team, partici- pated in the Wolfpack Invita- tional, an annual fall tournament hosted by North Carolina State University in Raleigh. The tour- ney featured some of the nation’s elite college Ultimate teams, in- cluding squads from Indiana University, Florida- State, Florida, UVA, and the host team, NC State, which finished last season as the #4 team in the country. Overshadowed by the big- ger schools and better talent, W&L’s team approached the tour- : ney with realistic expectations. “More than anything, I was hop- ing we would gain respect from the bigger, better teams in the re- gion,” said Tim Smith, the team’s staff advisor. “I hoped we would play well enough to prevent us from getting destroyed, and get our team’s name out there for the future.” The W&L squad did much more than that. In their opening game, Two Dead Guys came a few points from upsetting the nation’s #7 ranked team, The Darkside, from UNC-Chapel Hill. The W&L team eventually lost 13 to 9, but that opening game brought an instant realization — our team could legitimately com- pete with some of the best teams in the country. By the end of the touma— ment, Two Dead Guys had com- piled a record of 2 wins and 4 losses, more than respectable for a new team that represents a school of only 2000 students. Two Dead Guys, named in honor of our university’s dual namesakes, was pulled together in the fall of 2002 by Chris Jordan (C We are one of the few avenues the ‘ school has to compete athletically with big D1 state schools.” ToM HUNT (’03) and a group of students who had played pick—up Ultimate for years. Vtrithin a few months, the team had played in a few tour- naments, including one at the University of Florida in Gainesville, and with a core group of freshman players, the team showed promise for the fu- ture. But last year the team fal- tered, due to a lack of responsible leadership and the graduation of many of the original members. This year, Two Dead Guys has rebounded. Thanks to EC funding and legitimacy under the new Club Sports program, the SPORTS W&L’s ultimate team takes on the nation ’s best W&L’s Two Dead Guys almost topples ACC powerhouse team has set a strong foundation and looks to represent W&L against other colleges far into the future, while hopefully gaining some respect from fellow students and from the university in gen- era]. “The W&L community at large probably doesn’t even know we exist,” Smith claims. “Most people still consider Ulti- mate a sport for pot-smoking hip- pies. In reality, it’s probably the . fastest-growing competitive col- lege sport in the country.” Tom Hunt (’06) stresses that Ultimate at W&L is more than just a spring intramural sport: “We are one of the few avenues the school has to compete ath- letically' with big D1 state schools. This also helps to spread the W&L name to people who otherwise might not know the school exists.” For now, the co—ed team in- cludes both law and undergrad students and has members from several Greek organizations and a handful of freshman. Smith stresses that new players are al- ways welcome, regardless of skill level. Two Dead Guys plans to at- tend tournaments year round, of- fering plenty more opportunities to beat those big D1 schools. “At the Wolfpack, we clobbered a team from Duke. It might not quite compare to beating a Duke team in basketball, but coming A from W&L, we’re certainly not complaining. It feels good to beat the bigger schools, and hope- fully we’ll be doing a lot more of that in the future.” ' MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2004 H Sm tALr NG—TUM PHI GET THE BALL! Seniorjohn Barnwell and Guilford players converge on the ball. Football tallies another win Generals take down Guilford and improve to 3-1 in ODAC play BY MARSHALL RULE SPORTS EDITOR Thanks to a shut out first half, and an action packed sec- ond, the Washington and Lee football team tallied another win on Saturday against Guilford. The Generals jumped out to an early 14-0 lead thanks to a 1 yard touchdown run by fullback Ryan Sullivan, followed by a 17 yard touchdown reception by Garrett LeRose in the first half. The Marlins came out running in the second half and were moving the ball well until a fumble gave it back to the Gen- erals in good field position. They capitalized on a touch- down run by Quarterback Greg T‘weardy, but failed in the point after. Guilford came right back with a 7 yard touchdown on fourth down to get on the board. But on the ensuing kickoff, Colton Ward took it 86 yards to the house in an answer that si- lenced the Marlins. The Gener- als rolled on the rest of the game with ease as they went on to win 41-14. Offensively, Ward led the team with 203 all purpose yards and 2 touchdowns. Tweardy passed for 192 yards on 17 completions and 26 attempts. On the defense side of the ball, Lloyd Wilson counted 9 tack- les and one sack. The Generals were able to get the crowd in the game, and many fans were chanting Hiesman whenever Ward touched the ball. While the Hiesman Trophy may be out of reach, Ward is leading the team to a successful team. With the win Washington and Lee improves to 3-1 in ODAC play, while Guilford falls to 0-3, and 0-7 overall. Next week, the Generals head to Bridgewater for a 1:00 contest. ,Agaimt'Il*'ausyIvania _ :_an(iD_ePaow(10l2_3) Washingtonanti Lee‘:1ieu’s ‘ openedtheir 2004~(}5 seasons against gTrans'y}vania H and Defauw in Lexington, Ky.,jon Saturday’ afternoon. :;’i'he men’s team defeated. Transylvania, .14-3.5n~_61A.5, and Defauw, 127/.77, while the women beat _ Transylvania‘, 3 12-23 .;and felt to DePauw,90-115. , -A ‘ and women’s swimming I A W&L ‘ W&LVoI{eybaH Downs and Malymouxit, 3-0 (10223) The Washington and Lee volley-. ,fVirgi,13i.a ball team improved its Wintting ‘ if " A If streak to it School-record.v1"77‘-7' straight matches with a pair of 3-0 * wins on Saturday afternoon’a£".‘VMar1ins"past-Wash gt Mazymount University. The Get? 2 erais (22-4) defeated Messiah, 30‘-.. ‘ 14; 30.23, 30-22, before downirrgf the host Saints, 30-20, 30-34, 30: : 17» . ; ‘, 3-i1.,-in”(}_ the‘W&L stsssaezag; . .a,' '$’9§h¢m¢=%ii.:— F ysrreby . .B R I F Q - yW&LGolfI..eadsR-MC 1'-fed Keiler Invitational (10/23) W&L golfteam firedan open- Iing, .ro_an¢. 297 I to lead the ‘ " i§an£ioiph~Macon Ted Keiier In- vitational which is being held at the Hunting Ijiawir Golf Club‘ in _ _ (‘_ilenAl3en, vs The Generaisieadl action on.A,S,ata:Fda3t,_éf£emoi)n ‘at;,Bridgewa£er by four strokes and ' ,4, being pacedlbysophomore . - ;31§{I‘at£N':c1;§es'(CoIu:11bia,S;CJA.C. V — . Flora) who fired a 73. Final round . ;f . action continues Sunday morn-V - ‘ W&L Wometfs Soccer Fails to Lynchburg, 1-6 (10120) Sophomore Catherine Adams scored at the 79:04 mark to lift Lynchburg to a‘ 1-0 win over Washington and Lee in women’s soccer action on Wednesday af- ternoon’ in Lynchburg, Va. W&L Cross country’ CompetesatGettysburg Invitational (10/16) The Washingtoniand Lee men’s and wotnenfs cross country teams were in action on Satur- day at the Gettysburg Invita- tional. The W&L men placed fourth of 17 teams, while the women finished sixth of 15 squads. Career Senricesr liar , fietooer 22*“. Like to write sports? Contact ruIep@wIu.edu (yes, free) fundraisi CampusFundraise Fundraiser, (888) $450 Group Fundraiser Scheduling Bonus 4 hours of your group's time PLUS our‘ free $1000-$2000 in earnings for your group. Call TODAY for a $450 bonus when you schedule your non-sales fundraiser with www.campusfundr'aiser'.com ng solutions EQUALS r. Contact Campus 923-3238, or visit is Callin Hc>wf*" T'lmadsrmt13recrl'a ' simmer! lltetéms with your applitiatlczm. Apply miirae by cat. 22 for an {Kl-'rCZ3ml3l.1S interview . arid you we oeova"seasby;!1ax¥ Thursday, 27 Appiy saline at peacecorp,<;.,gos and ssrzmae 3 Eduthpgrs _- interview through E Peace Corps interviews at W&L ; For mom mm, oomavtzt ; distort mm 1 tooorszusso reads 3 OCR::/Vol_107/WLURG39_RTP_20041025/WLURG39_RTP_20041025_007.2.txt ’li‘.HE- Ri%.@i PHi& Ln: ExiiLYFm/Aims ARlS&LlI~EEDlIOR mm m PAGE 7 Drama, suspense make seeing Swimming Pool worthwhile In memory of summer, and since it’s getting so cold here so fast, my roommates and I rented director Francois Ozon’s suspenseful drama Swimming Pool. Released earlier this spring, Swimming Pool has one of the most unique and shocking endings of any movie I have ever seen. It makes you feel really clever once you figure out what has been going on, although, ad- mittedly, you might need help sorting are male, it is definitely worth your while to see this movie. It’s centered around a swimming pool, come on. Girls, she is an inspiration to go to the gym. An up-and- coming actress who performed in two films in competi- tion at the 2003 Cannes festival, she is absolutely gor- geous and smart. She gives a role that could easily be written off as “the slut” part warmth and depth. That’s a tough thing to do, especially in this things out the first time through. I recommend watching it with a friend who is particularly good at thinking BEYOND HOLLYWOOD ELYSE MOODY film. 3) Its consistent and fascinating use of motifs. Look for the color red, abstractly. I don’t mean to say that it’s not worth watching because it is confusing, but to suggest strongly that you see it because it is so cre- ative. I guess you’ll just have to watch it to see what I mean. If my description of the confusion that will inevi- tably hit you at the end of the movie made you a little wary of renting it, let me describe the parts of the movie that make it worth seeing. 1) Charlotte Rampling’s hysterically quintessential British character, the writer Sarah Morton. She is so anal and so uptight that it made us laugh, even in the really serious scenes. I think this is purposeful; parts of the movie can be pretty dark. Her costumes are stun- ning; for half of the movie, she either looks like she’s ready to head off on a safari or back to the 18”‘ century (her choice of nightgown is particularly funny——-she looks like Mr. Scrooge in A Christmas Carol). 2) French actress Ludivine Sagnier, “Julie.” If you the use of mirrors, and the consump- tion of alcohol, etc. throughout the film for clues. 4). The haunting theme music. It will stay in your head for hours, and it is really creepy. 5) It gives the term “writer’s block” a whole new meaning, and offers a completely new and interesting solution on what to do if you find yourself stuck in a situation. Swimming Pool is set in France, the cinematography is beautiful and innovative, and the actors are brilliant. Plus, it combines drama, suspense, and even a murder mystery vibe. As I have said, the ending is amazing, and it will ' leave you feeling considerably smarter than you did be- fore you watched it. See it, it’s worth it, I promise. Let me know what you think of the ending. Swimming Pool is available online, at Blockbuster, or through special order at the University Bookstore. See trade book man- ager K.C. Schaefer for details. One—man—band Keller Williams performs Saturday in the pavillion This coming Saturday, October 30”‘, the Washington and Lee GAB will welcome alter- witnessed a concert unlike any other. The Fredericksburg, Virginia native has released native guitarist, mu1ti—instru— mentalist, and singer/ songwriter Keller Williams to Lexington for Kellerween: An Evening with Keller Will- GET CRUNK! BLAIR CRUNK ten albums (including a brand new double—disc live album entitled “Stage”) in ten years, iams. The concert will take place at the Wash- ington and Lee Pavilion at 10 p.m., doors opening at 9. Kellerween will mark the sec- ond time Williams has visited beautiful Lex- ington, Virginia in as many years. In Septem- ber of 2003, many W&L students enjoyed Wil- liams’ music at the Theater at Lime Kiln and and promises to play much of his recorded music in addition to new songs and improvs on Saturday evening. Perhaps the most unique thing about a Keller Williams concert (aside from the fact that he is always barefoot) is that he does not have a band. If you get to the show early enough on Saturday, I would imagine that you will see several instruments and stations on the stage. It will appear that Williams has a dynamic band playing a variety of different instruments. Don’t be fooled. Keller Williams is his own one-man band. No, he doesn’t just play his acoustic guitar all night. And yes, it will get quite loud in the Pavilion. Using tech- niques that are revolutionary in many re- spects, Williams will dub instrumental riffs into an equalizer and the riff will repeat sev- eral times even while he is playing another instrument. In addition, don’t be surprised if he uses his vocal chords as an instrument rather than to sing. This concert absolutely cannot be missed — especially at such a small venue. I don’t care what parties are going on that night — Keller Williams is a must-see. Tickets for Kellerween are on sale this week in the Commons - $10 for W&L stu- dents, $20 non—W&L. Come out and enjoy the show — it promises to be phenomenal. For more information on Keller Williams, visit http2//www.kellerwi1liams.net or pick-up his new live album, “Stage.” If you’re not famil- iar with Williams, you should be — and Kellerween is a perfect time to discover him. W&L Bookstore Presents... Student Book of the Week A weekly Feattre of the Bookstore and the Ring-Tun PH TH: Meek: 'urd Ferguson and the Sausage Party: An Uncensored Guide to College Slang - Would you rather be a Wedge or an Old Shoe? - Does the Kelvin Club have anything to do with Taking the Kids to the Pool? U|"Il"I in Tun-I‘ Can-uienn and i..u|-nu ie ha. -:2! 4.: Can:-an ,...., Reprinted from the October 1974 Ring— tum Phi 3. Are you an alcoholic? In order to determine whether a person has fallen from social drinking into an abyss of sin and degra- it is well to check over a list of test questions which we provide here: dation, l. Do you require a drink the morning afterm(use your imagination)? 2. Do to a "sweet date”? 3. Do 4. Do 5. Is crave a drink? 6. Do you get inner shakes unless you continue drinking? 7. Do you get outer shakes when you continue drink ing? 8. Does drinking cause you bodily complaints? 9. Has drinking made you more impulsive? 10. Has your sexual potency suffered since drinking? 11. Do you turn to an inferior environment since drinking? 12. Is drinking clouding your reputation or debasing your good name? 13. Is drinking disturbing the harmony of your life? l4. Is drinking creating a finer harmony in your life? 15. Have you ever had a complete loss of memory while or after drinking? 16. Have you ever been banned from a girls’ campus? If so, has program? If you have answered tions, ”yes ” to any two, alcoholic. If you have answered more, you are definitely an alcoholic. DRY UP FAST AND BEAT THE you drink more with a you lose time from booking due to drinking? you crave a drink at a definite time daily? there any time of the day that you do not this happened repeatedly? 17. Has drinking reduced the effectiveness of your ll-yes ll you may be an alcoholic. to any one of these ques- the chances are that _you are an i”rank date” as opposed school If you have answered ”yes” to three or RUSH!!! OCR::/Vol_107/WLURG39_RTP_20041025/WLURG39_RTP_20041025_008.2.txt PAGE 8 THE POTATO Mm MARSHAIL RULE There was a time when I was smart. This time was long ago, when I was still in training pants and riding training wheels. I was smart then. But then something changed. It happened when I was five years old. My parents told me about this new and exciting place called kindergarten. They said I would learn things like the alphabet. I wasn’t sure about it at first. I mean c’mon I was living the life. My day con- sisted of sleeping in as late as I wanted, watching the Smurfs and Captain Planet on TV, and playing with my Hot Wheels and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles all day long. Every meal was provided for me. Ifl wanted a sandwich, I snap my fingers, and it would appear on a little pink plate in an instant. I was living the life, and my parents convinced me to give it all up by going to school. They said it would only be half of the day. That didn’t seem too bad to me. I could go to school for a few hours, mac on some new girls by showing them my new Huffy, and then get back in time for some running through the sprinklers. But my parents were not the cool parents, mine were the evil ones. Mine made me to go the morning session of kin- dergarten. I kept saying, “Yo, madre, all the hotties are in the afternoon session. Think about it, a few extra hours of sleeping in before you have to take me to school. I know you could use it.” But try as I may, she didn’t bite, sticking me with a desperate need for naptime, and a classroom full of 5 year old dogs. The teacher walked in the first day and said let’s play games. I was skeptical at first, but I figured I’d give it a shot. The game was telephone, and my goal was to mess ’fiE"H.lT~L l)il:‘.\.?{.'.3»—~’l"éjT.\-‘I l3l~£E AST ORD PHOTO COURTESY 3DSRC.COM POTATO MAN’s FUTURE PET. We have to wonder if Marshall will train his pets, like his children, to use nun chucks. up the sentence in the worst ways I could. At least that’s what I thought the idea of the game was. The teacher would start and whisper in the first little boy’s ear a sen- tence. It goes around the circle, until it gets to the last person who says what they heard. By the time it got to me it was something like, “You are all beautiful people.” After I had passed it, it became “Jenny’s mom smells like poo poo.” I win. I changed it the most. I asked the teacher what I got for winning, and I guess it was a va- cation to the principles office. The days only got worse. The alphabet, I came to EMILYEDWARDS ARTS&LlFEEDl’IOR EMAIL-EDwARusa@winn)U MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2004 ABC’s, other academic pursuits useless to Potato Man realize was extremely overrated. We never learned any- thing important or that I was interested in like how to use nun chucks. Then we started to learn how to read, which was the dumbest thing I have ever done. Once you learn to read, you are expected to do things for your- self. The bedtime story at home goes away. And instead the parents sit there and make you read to them. I don’t want to read it I want to cuddle with Teddy and listen. I mean come on, Ijust worked for four hours today at kin- dergarten, and I want to come home to a warm meal and go to bed, not more work. Over the next few years, I had to do more for myself. By second grade I was making my own sandwiches. Now that is just wrong. Then the teach- ers started giving tests and assigning homework. I did not like where this was heading. High school came and kindergarten felt like a dis- tant memory. The SAT, ACT, AP tests all came and went adding more stress to my ever busy life. With every new thing I learned, I forgot something I used to know. I now know how to use the Pythagorean Theorem, but can’t remember why Shredder hated the Rat in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I can’t even remember the rat’s name, which is just sad. It hit rock bottom just last week, when my week of hell came. Four midterms, a paper, and a few 3 page essays. And to make it interesting a few infirmary vis- its and a hospital visit for a bad case of poison ivy. And for the first time in my life, I realized that school and knowledge has not made me happier, but has in- stead prevented me from learning things that truly mat- ter. That’s why when I get out of school, get a boring job, and a more boring family; I am not letting my kid go to kindergarten. He will stay home, eat for free, and learn how to use nun chucks. Cause in the real world a good set of nun chucks is more useful then the Pythagorean Theorem any day. Credit Cards ruin Christmas for Kristine Throughout most of my life I practiced frugality. (My bills and silver coins “made the world go round”), the roundings of Nordstrom’s. I was surrounded on all sides. mom, however, calling it like she saw it, called me a cheap- skate.) My tendency to be a tad stingy, was not, however, my fault: I inherited my dad’s shrewd fi- nancial sense. Watching every penny THE WK ANDTQEEASE count. I think and dime comes as second nature when that the Sur- you are the daughter of an accountant— KRISTINE EARLY geon General someone who spends sixty hours a week helping others save a nickel (OK....quite a few nickels). Somehow my mathematically inept brain becomes alive as soon as dollar signs are added to an equation. Let’s put this into perspective. When I go grocery shopping, I automatically start calculating the price for ounce of each box of ce- real and each can of Spa- ghetti-o’s. I’m not a nerd (well, OK, maybe I am, but probably for differ- ent reasons), Ijust can’t help it. My eyes are im- mediately drawn to the price tag. Ever since I received my first allowance, I, Kristine, the human cal- culator (quite unreliable...might need new batteries), made a pledge never to be taken in by the corporate big- wigs. No, not me. General Mills couldn’t slip by 42 . oz. at six cents apiece when 54 oz. at three cents apiece were to be had. And then came the credit card. For those of you stuck in the dark ages (that time not so long ago when dollar credit card is a piece of plastic specifically designed to empty your bank ac- should place a prominent warning on all the Visas, Discovers, and MasterCards, something like: “Warning: This product is dan- gerous to your financial wellbeing. Use of this prod- uct may lead to bank- ruptcy, foreclosure, or ex- treme parental anger and frustration.” When I first received my credit card, it was for “emergency” use only. In other words, I was only allowed to “swipe it home” if a) my car died on a coun- try road and I needed someone to tow it home or b) I saw a really, really, really, really cute pair of pants at the mall that fit just right. As I built up good credit, my parents became slightly more lenient. Thebills stayed relatively within reason, and except for a few minor disagreements on what qualified as “really, really, really, really” cute, there were never any problems. But then again, I had never been on a shopping spree in D.C. I would like to think that I would never have spent $70 on a polo shirt ifI would have needed to part with three beautiful, crisp twenty dollar bills and one Alexander Hamilton. Never in my life did I expect to spend money so superfluously. But I never expected a face-down. It was me, alone in the world, against the posh sur- Designer dresses stood on guard, lined up with extreme precision. North Face was posed to attack my wallet. No matter how hard I tried, I was fighting a losing battle. There is only one thing a defense- less card—bearer can do when faced with such opposition- wave the clerk down and say “ring it up.” Having visited three malls in one weekend, I quivered in fear as I added the receipt to- tals together. I experienced almost a per- verse sort of excitement as the numbers climbed higher and higher. Down the drain went every dollar I’d saved at . A the check-out line, every ' \ quarter tucked diligently away. When I called my parents to break the news, I think I sent them into a state of shock. Nei- ther of them was too up- set, but I am not expect- ing to find much under the Christmas tree. So for now, I am tucking that le- thal piece of plastic away. 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