OCR::/Vol_110/WLURG39_RTP_20070430/WLURG39_RTP_20070430_001.2.txt v. H O- Anotherswee.p Women’s lax wlns 0DACs I igbth the mé?n‘?f and W5 9. .3. For the fifth year in a row, the women's lax team has‘, :the;r QDAC gW,rfi3t_, .3319 any won the ODAC title and qualified for NCAA play in »Co;ach,.,. tournatmentp.gfiffia eta Jan Hathom’s last home game. ’ ‘ - Page LEE UNIVERSITY THE RING-TUM PHI. BY THE STUDENTS AND FOR THE STUDENTS SINCE 1897 WASHINGTON AND . MONDAY,APRl|. 30,2007 NUMBER .2-cf:/‘r’ VOLUME BX, Campus reacts ' to Virginia Tech t . . Shoo mgs Police, administrators urge vigilance and communication By Wes O’Dell Tech community. , look out for each other,” said Datz. 5”” WW5" “An attack 0“ a“YfamP“5 is an at‘ “It takes more than the police department to keep PC?“ Watkins °°“°“‘S-, . tack on all campuses, he added. Its a small and caring commu- The tragic shootings at Virginia Tech over Washington and Lee’s spring break produced shock and horror throughout the Lexington community. Amidst the confusion of the trage- dy’s aftermath, faculty, students, and staff were left to deal with their grief and wonder if such an event could hap- pen here. With most students off campus, the administration nonetheless acted quickly in response to the news. Imme- diately following the shootings, Presi- dent Ruscio contacted Tech officials to offer condolences and whatever sup- port W&L could provide. Law students organized a vigil that same day outside Lee Chapel, and members of the University commu- nity awoke the next morning to find an e-mail from Ruscio announcing a campus-wide moment of silence com- memorating the victims. University officials expressed “shock” at the brutality displayed so close to home. Said William C. “Burr” Datz, Coordinator of Religious Life, “it was hard to believe that this was taking place in a place where I had walked.” Datz immediately began prepara-‘ tions for a vigil the following week that would allow undergraduate students to “grieve and support one another” as well as to express solidarity with the For Dean of Students Dawn Wat- kins, an alumna of Virginia Tech’s undergraduate and Masters programs, the tragedy had a distinctly personal dimension. In Italy when the story broke, she struggled to get the latest news coming out of Blacksburg. Upon returning home, she found a Red Cross emergency response center set up in the Roanoke airport. The airport was decorated in Tech’s colors. “It was at that point that I realized it was considered a national tragedy. . . it’s comforting to know how much people care, and it also makes the pain much more real,” she said. “I’m still trying to get my mind around it.” The tragedy has sparked renewed examination of current campus securi- ty plans. The administration maintains a Campus Crisis Management Plan (CCMP), which Dean Watkins says is always being revisited. “It’s a living document,” she said. There are subsections of the plan dealing with specific subject areas, such as student affairs. Portions of the plan are reflected in other univer- sity programs such as Dorm Counselor training. According to a statement issued by Ruscio, the CCMP was recently revised and updated with a specific section dealing with “Violent Persons on Cam- people safe, it takes the community. Never think you ’re bothering the police by reporting suspicious behavior ” Steve crowder Lexlngton Chlef of Pollce pus.” It stresses communication as key during any crisis. There are plans to install a siren system that would project a lockdown alert throughout campus. In a lockdown, Director of Public Safety Mike Young advises all students, faculty, and staff to “remain where they are...until ordered to move by public safety personnel. We are developing a warning plan for all community mem- bers that will provide guidance on what to do in these cases.” Discussions about a possible text-messaging system that would alert students to a crisis are also ongoing. All parties agree that crisis response cannot be the whole of the community’s efforts. Police Chief Steve Crowder stated that there is “absolutely nothing” the police can do to prevent a shooter from inflicting harm on the campus. Burr Datz concurred, saying that “it could happen anywhere; if somebody methodically wants to inflict damage, and they’re that sick, ill, diseased~ - ment. they’re going to do it.” Chief Crowder instead called for vigilance, communication, and cooper- ation among the members of the com- munity—including students, campus security, VMI, townspeople, and the Lexington policehto identify trouble- some signs early. “It takes more than the police department to keep people safe,” he said. “It takes the community. Never think you’re bothering the police by reporting suspicious behavior.” Campus security maintains a close relationship with the police depart- W&L’s Public Safety Depart- ment is automatically notified about all 911 calls from the campus. They police and public safety departments also have a shared radio frequency. Administrators praise W&L’s com- munity as exactly the kind of safety net needed to protect the campus. “I doubt [something like Virginia Tech] would happen here. . .we’ve got this culture of care, we’re small enough, we appear to nity...where we watch out for one an- other. Whether it’s Peer Counselors or Dorm Counselors or faculty or house directors or chapter presidents or cam- pus ministry, those are all areas we all stay tapped into to try to understand if someone needs help.” ‘ _ “It’s important for us all to remem- ber that we are a community that needs to look out for one another, that we need to support one another, and if we think a friend—or even not a friend—is in trouble, then we all need to be doing something about it,” she added. Watkins also ensures the commu- nity that the university has the tools necessary to deal with students that are a potential threat to self or others. Un- der current educational privacy laws, administrators are allowed to involve parents in cases dealing with such anti- social behavior. “We do so and contin- ue to do so,” she remarked, in the “rare instances” it is necessary. The trials of the past week had little effect on this year ’s Accepted Students’ Day; record-breaking crowds expressed confidence in the W&L community to provide a safe environment for the Class of 2011. Dean Watkins received just a single question all day long regarding W&L’s security preparations in the wake of the tragedy. ~ Vigil honors victims of Tech tragedy W&L community pauses to reflect on the lives lost in shootings at Virginia Tech By Grace Wang ‘} STAFF WRITER Washington and Lee students, faculty, . and administration gathered last Monday ii to remember the victims of the shooting i at Virginia Tech As attendants filed in, sporting Vir- . ginia Tech gear and orange and maroon ribbons, Burr Datz and Logan Gibson played soothing, moumful music. Dean Watkins, an alumna of Tech, started the evening with a recount of where she was when she first heard the tragic news, a story that left her in tears. “W As the vigil progressed, this emotional intensity amplified as President Ruscio, a VMI cadet, local religious leaders, and others, shared their reactions from the tragedy. Several of the speakers led prayers with the group and honored the deceased by name. Gradually, the Cohen Amphitheater was illuminated by hundreds of candles, each blowing in the wind and held in . W&L’s support for Tech. Student at the candlelight vigil came for varying reasons. Many have friends or high school classmates who now go to school at Virginia Tech. Stephanie Marks, a freshman from Frederick, Md., was not personally af- fected by the shooting but had friends at Tech whose friends were injured or killed. She felt compelled to attend the vigil, explaining that it was “a day of support.” “It’s absolutely shocking to think that this would occur on a college campus. ,” said Marks. “For a college student, it re- ally hits close to home.” Annie Blakey, a freshman from Nor- folk, Va., has a best friend from high school currently at Tech. She recalls watching the news at home during spring break. Blakey said, “I have a lot of friends at Tech, and I felt helpless at home because I couldn’t do anything to help them.” Blakey also added that attending the W&L vigil helped her come to terms with the shooting and gave her a sense of clo- sure. . She said, “Going to the vigil helped me to face it on my own and not from the perspective of being concerned about friends.” Casidhe Horan, a sophomore from Richmond, Va., has attended everything from elementary, middle, and high school to basketball games to Girl Scouts with one of her best friends, Allison Cook. A Tech sophomore, Cook suffered three gunshot wounds the day of the shooting. When the shootings began, Cook was in French class in Norris Hall, the aca- demic building that suffered the greatest number of casualties. The students’ attempt to blockade the door failed as the gunman pushed his way into the classroom and began firing at the first row. Amazingly, with three bullets lodged into her right side, Allison was only one of three or four individuals to walk out of the class of 22. Horan said, ‘‘I truly believe it was nothing short of .a miracle in the midst of evil that she survived.” Horan attended a vigil in Richmond during spring break, but she admits that she needed W&L’s candlelight vigil. She said, “I needed to hug all of my friends here because I found out first- hand that day that only a few millimeters can be the difference between life and death. I found out how easy it can be to lose someone you love forever. . .I needed to talk about it in Lexington. I needed to grieve at my university.” Unfortunately, Rosemary Kelley, a freshman from West Springfield, Va., was a high school classmate, teammate, and close friend of one of the victims, Leslie Sherman. Kelley and Sherman ran cross-coun- try and track for three years together and were both members of the French Club, History Honor Society, and National Honor Society. In attending the vigil, Kelley wanted to remember her good friend Leslie. She said, “Leslie has had a tremendous impact on my life. . .she was charismatic, smiling, fimny, respectful, intelligent, and genuine. The loss of such a beautiful and valued life is difficult, and by going to the vigil, I wanted to remember her.” OCR::/Vol_110/WLURG39_RTP_20070430/WLURG39_RTP_20070430_002.2.txt MONDAY, APRIL 30,2007 THE RING-TUM PHI ' 2 IIIIIIIIIIIIS Community heals wounds The sense of togetherness can help prevent another tragedy By Abel Delgado C 0 L U M N I ST An old, ignorant man makes a ra- cially insensitive comment. A has- been pop star exits rehab with a new wig. The paternity test for the child of a deceased drug addict is released in the Bahamas. This is what we call news. Then, a deranged 23-year-old Eng- lish major spills the blood of 33, in- cluding his own, on the Virginia Tech campus. This is what we call tragedy. Suddenly, we put everything in perspective. Suddenly, we once again realize how fragile life is. Suddenly, we’re horrified, angry, and asking questions. The events on the morning of April 16‘ will undoubtedly bring more ques- Games extend beyond Work hard, play hard ethic involves t By Danlel Mesonero Kromand COLU M msr In my search for an ever-larger group of victims of my rambling ego, I have decided to use this excellent plat- form to write about various theorists. This week’s topic is the work of Roger Caillois: Man, Play and Games. In the book, Caillois analyzes the four basic elements of play and how the games are influenced by the sur- rounding society. The four basic types are competition (agon), chance (alea), simulation (mimicry), and vertigo (ilinx). ,,__ ._ .. Most g_a,1,;.;;,s_; include several of these four. I In football, for example, the teams are subject to rules that en- sure fair competition (same amount of players on the field), but at the same time, luck plays a role (the way the ball bounces). Other games involve simulation, such as playing doctor, where there is no way to win (although this particular one does have a desirable outcome. . .). The final type of play is vertigo, tions than answers. Everything from the violence in our movies, to our gun laws, to our policy on foreign nationals in American universities, will be ques- tioned, re-examined, and criticized. Fingers will be pointed at officials from Virginia Tech for not advising students or ‘asking police for help im- mediately after the dorm attack. The counselors and professors who no- ticed Cho Seung-Hui’s violent writ- ing will also take some unnecessary blame. The students who saw him as a loner will wonder why they didn’t do enough. None of this will help. None of this will bring back the 32 innocent victims. No media coverage in the world will stop this from hap- pening again. That’s the truly frightening part. where the participants momentarily lose bodily control and feel a thrill of helplessness, as experienced on roller coasters. Caillois examines how most mod- em societies mainly focus on games of chance and competition, and only rarely allow the two other forms. Primitive societies, on the other hand, use games of simulation and vertigo in order to connect with the gods and to retell myths and legends. Caillois tracks the chance in games to Athens in ancient Greece, where the rationalistic democracy could not al- low its citizens to indulge in the fren- zied festivals of the Dionysus cult. So instead, games that promoted the individual body and mind were preferred and included in the No matter what we do, nothing will make a repeat of that horrific morning an impossibility. We can and should restrict access to guns for those who pose a threat to others, but the disgustingly determined individuals like this one will still find a way. We cannot put airport-like security in every dorm building, classroom, and library in the United States. For that matter, we can’t put it in every movie theater and park either. We cannot constantly watch over everyone who is on anti-depressants, considered to have “stalker” tenden- cies, or writes violent plays. All the dots connect when it’s too late and that’s part of the problem. So what can we do? What type of society do we live in In the entire Western world, sports are all individualized, even team sports. You are never a better player than the abilities your body have and the strategies that your mind can come up with. For the professional player, society treats him as an individual, but what about the fans? They all trade in a part of their per- sonality by putting on the team colors, and thereby gain a share in the com- munal identity and whole. For a brief moment the audience is filled with a feeling of connectivity and belonging, so even though they are watching a game, they themselves participate in a game of simulation. e power when something like this is apparently inevitable? What on earth can we pos- sibly do about the Cho Seung-Huis of the world? All we can do is come together, mourn, grieve, and hopefully unite in a community, in a society, where tragedies like this just do not happen. We should have every conversation about the aspects of our society that we need to change, the aspects that this terror has brought to light. But if there is one thing we cannot afford to lose after this tragedy, it is the feeling of community we always have after something like this hap- pens. Unfortunately, that feeling is the first thing we lose after a while. That community may be the one thing that can save us from it happen- ing again. field of simulation Even at W&L, we all participate in games all the time, aside from the ob- vious sport events. Mixers and Halloween provide the participants an opportunity to assume different roles and positions, and alco- hol and drugs provide the feeling of vertigo (even though Caillois calls the use of drugs for false vertigo, it stills knocks people off their feet every weekend). Personally, my saddest experience was at the Fancy Dress Ball, where the masks could have been the tools for an enormous game of simulation, but instead, people quickly lost interest and deflated the event of any power it could have had. So think about it. Olympic games. 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CAREER SERVICES: Where W&L students and the future meet WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY CAREER©SERVICES careers@wlu.edu 458-8595 http://careers.wIu.edu editorial VT needs its space ‘ While national press dramatizes tragedy, the Hokies try to heal hen tragedy struck Virginia Tech earlier this month, one news organization led . the way with its coverage. It wasn’t CNN, NBC, or the Washington Post who provided the best coverage. Brian Williams, Anderson Cooper, and Nancy Grace weren’t the people who got the story right. The best coverage came from the Colle- giate Times, Tech’s student-run newspaper. The Times, working with a staff of about 35 people, turned out an amazing succession of newspapers in the days after the shoot- ing. Their work is proof that the best press coverage is sometimes the least sensation- . al. While the national press was competing for big headlines and dramatic footage, the journalists at Virginia Tech were just qui- etly doing their job. The-paper’s website got so many hits that they had to move over to a bigger serv- er. Using the web, the Times was reporting on the story by 9:45 a.m., just two hours after the initial shooting. Throughout the past two weeks, the stu- dent journalists at Virginia Tech have been consistently scooping news organizations with multi-million dollar budgets. Their coverage has been poignant, but the paper has also not shied away from serious inves- tigative reporting. One day afler the shooting, the paper ran a story that said the school had been slow ‘ to order a lockdown of West Ambler-John- son Hall, where gunman Cho Seung-Hui killed two students nearly two hours before he shot and killed 30 more people in Nor- C ris Hall. Along the way, the paper has managed to provide comprehensive coverage while still respecting the privacy of 33 families who are grieving from this tragedy. The paper’s photographers and reporters have provided coverage that students have embraced. Students at Tech were frustrated-—and at times furious—with how the national me- dia covered the events of Monday, April 16. But while they tried to keep national report- ers out, students turned around and were willing to speak with their fellow students. There’s no great secret to why Tech . students would speak with the Collegiate ' Times but wanted to shut out the national press. While the national press was sen- sationalizing the tragedy and blanketing Blacksburg with cameras, the Times was providing coverage that mattered. One minute, these Tech students were shoving past TV cameras so they could make it to class. The next minute they were giving the Times interviews describing what they went through on April 16. The staffers at the Collegiate Times weren’t worried about television ratings or newspaper sales. Instead of trying to draw the most readers or make the biggest splash, these students covered the story thoroughly, accurately, and respectfiilly. . Their work was a spectacular success. ; Media sensationalism is nothing new. ' It’s been going on in American journalism since the 1800s. But the Collegiate Times has showed us this month that the best re- porting is sometimes the quietest. The coverage even has some journalists saying that the paper deserves a Pulitzer Prize, joumalism’s highest honor. The Pulitzer judges could not recall a student organization ever winning that . award. That should change next spring ’ when the Pulitzer awards for 2007 are an- nounced. , The Washington Post might win Pulit- zers for its coverage of the Army’s Walter Reed Medical Center. Perhaps the New York Times will win awards. But both of those organizations are run by profession- als, not students. ' Whether or not the Collegiate Times wins that award, during the last two weeks that small collegiate paper has shown jour- nalism at its finest. OCR::/Vol_110/WLURG39_RTP_20070430/WLURG39_RTP_20070430_003.2.txt MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2007 THE RING-TUI PIII . arts&life Tech fair promotes hidden resources Experts Show 0]?‘ new technology By Emlly Peck surr WRITER Technology experts gathered Friday to show off the latest tools available to students and faculty at Washington and Lee. The event featured poster ses- sions and presentations on tech- nology tools available to students and faculty. Leybum Library and Univer- sity Computing staff members discussed topics covering every- thing from simple web skills (for technologically challenged indi- viduals) to slightly more compli- cated software like Refworks, a program designed to automati- cally produce a bibliography. Students and faculty who stopped by the fair were even eligible for prizes, including an 80GB video Ipod and an Epson laser printer. Turnout was low, however, despite the giveaways. The prizes were purchased with funds from University Computing and Leybum Library in the hope that students would be encouraged to attend, said John White, one of the organiz- ers of the fair and head of the University Help Desk. “The fair was designed to generate interest in technologies,” said White. The small number of students who wandered in and out of the fair throughout the day would seem to indicate that interest in technology is far from high among students. Fellow organizer and Refer- ence Librarian John Tombarge, said that the event wasn’t just in- tended for students but for mem- bers of the faculty as well. W&L spends a good deal | of money each year on giving students and professors access to technologies and online da- tabases like J-STOR. J—STOR contains millions of articles from scholarly journals. These jour- nals are also printed, but the on- line database give students and faculty access to all of the articles in one convenient location. Despite the availability of these tools, “people don’t make as much use out of them as they might,” said Tombarge. While the librarians were helping explain research tech- nology, students who work at the help desk had a poster session discussing the perils of social software. With the explosion of sites like MySpace and Face- book and the extensive use of programs like instant messenger, students are not always careful about what sort of information they are showing the world. The fair’s purpose was to inform the W&L community of just how many resources are at ' their disposal and to provide in- struction on how to access these tools. The technology may not be glamorous, but it can come in handy the next time a profes- sor assigns a 30—page term pa- per. 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Going into the meet, Coach Nate Hoey commented on how the team was approaching the conference meet this year: “We are very excited for the ODAC Championship meet. We steer finished third in the 1500 me- ters with a time of 4:58.18, while fellow freshman Maggie Sutherland took third in the 100 meters with a time of 16.04. Also, freshman Sallie Aim- strong finished the 400 meter hurdles in a time of 1:10.13 to win fourth in that event. One of the largest accom- plishments was made by sopho- more Elizabeth Webb who be- came the first woman in ODAC in both the high jump and the javelin. Her winning toss in the javelin went 33.52 meters. Junior Liz Brandler, and sophomores Becca Taylor and Stacy Doombos each won Sec- ond Team All-ODAC accolades for their individual performanc- es. Brandler was runner-up in the pole vault after soaring 2.75 meters, while Taylor finished second in the 1500 meters with and Virginia Wesleyan. On the men’s side, Lynch- burg won the «title with 239.5 points, followed by Bridgewa- ter with 130.5. Roanoke took third, while the Generals fin- ished fourth, scoring 54 points. In the men’s javelin, junior Michael Keenan took 5"‘ with a throw of 43.22 meters, while senior Andrew Fischer took second with a throw of 50.53 meters. This throw also hap- and Ben Goetsch. Billington finished second in the discus throw with a distance of 40.29 meters, and Goetscjh finished second in the high jump with a height of 1.88 meters. Other notable performances came from sophomore Chip McCoy, who finished third in the 400 meter hurdles, and Ben Wilson who was fourth in the shot put with a 13.22 m throw. On Thursday the Generals Another title for tennis Men get their 12th ODAC title in a row with 9-0 win By Mlchael Keenan su r F w RITE R a time of4:53.55. Doornbos earned ODAC honors for her second-place finish in the 400 meter hurdles. She also took third in the long jump at a distance of 5.39 me- ters and fourth in the triple jump with a leap ofl0.54 meters. Overall, the women’s team finished second with 113.5 points. Roanoke won first with 217 points. Behind the Generals were Lynchburg, Bridgewater everything towards both meets (indoors and outdoors). Track & Field is unique, no matter how well you have performed all year....you have to get it done on that day. Its all about who brings it when it counts! So everything we do all season long is in preparation for the championship meet.” Webb’s efforts also earned There were several notable her First Team All-ODAC performances in the women’s honors along with sophomore meet. Freshman Kat Telfeyan Alysen Kuck, who placed first history to win- the 800 meters, with a time of2:21.76, the 1500 meters, with a time of 4:43.85, and the 5000 meters, with a time of 19:13.96, races all in the same day. After winning her third race, Webb commented with excite- ment that “the pace felt easy.” pened to break the Washington will again be in action at Lynch- and Lee school record, which burg for the Liberty Twilight Fischer had beaten in practice Invitational. but had not yet surpassed dur- ing a meet. Fischer commented afterwards about his perfor- mance: “It felt really good. It’s a big relief to finally break the school record my senior year at my last meet.” Fischer was made a Second- Team All-ODAC honoree along with freshmen Billy Billington While the team was busy competing, the Generals’ coach, Kris Hoey, gave birth to her first child on Saturday. Since she could not be at the meet, Hoey was reported to have made her husband, Coach Nate Hoey, go to the meet to make sure the dis- tance runners were reminded of how to pace their events. EWEB.COM ®ToYoTA I moving forward > ® *NO'l' All CUSTOMERS Wlll QUALIFY. 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This tough out of con- ference opponent came in at 17- 4 and ranked 14th in the country. W&L split the singles matched 3-3. The Generals had wins from Jon Malooly, Stuart Sanford, and Nelson Bunn. Number two Malooly defeated Ravi Raghavan in three sets (6-4, 6-7 (2-7), 11-9). Junior Stuart Sanford also pitched in with a three set victory over CMU’s Yiran Liu (6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3). After a tough first set, junior Nelson Bunn finished the match strongly, beating Jordan Koslosky 3-6, 6-0, 6-0. W&L was too good for CMU in the doubles, win- ning all three matches. Tim Ross and Stuart Sanford defeated Ravi Raghavan and Jordan Koslosky 8-2. Generals Jamie McCardell and Jon Malooly came out victo- rious over James Muliawan and Jon Spero 9-8. Seth Feibelman and Alex Brooke then finished off Andrew Clearfield and Yiran Liu 8-6. These doubles matches were the difference as the Generals up- set the Tartans. This win tied a school record for wins set over 30 years ago. The team next faced the Hampden-Sydney Tigers in the semifinals of the ODAC tourna- ment. W&L‘ proved to be the far superior team winning 9-0. None of the matches were very close. Number one Tim Ross defeated William Moss by default followed by a 6-1, 6-0 win by Jon Malooly. Seth Feibelman kept the streak going, defeating James Labrot. Stuart Sanford scored an impres- sive victory 6-0, 6-0 against Jenks Snyder. The closest matches of the day was Jamie McCardell’s and Nelson Burm’s 6-1, 6-1 victo- ries for the Generals. W&L also showed their doubles skill, win- ning all three matches handily. W&L moved to 19-2 and earned a trip to the ODAC championship. In the championship match, W&L played 15-7 Roanoke. The Generals came in and left unde- feated in ODAC competition, notching another 9-0 victory. Tim Ross came out with another victory over Kyle Allen 6-4, 6- 2. Jon Malooly, Stuart Sanford, and Jamie McCardell also won in two sets. Seth Feibelman de- feated Sam Sherill 4-6, 7-5, 10- 5. Nelson Bunn rounded out the singles play with another come- back victory 1-6, 6-4, 10-8 over Greg Oliff. The doubles play was not much closer as the Generals won two matches 8-4 and one by a score of 8-3. The Generals showed they deserved to win the championship and were the best team in the ODAC. The Generals will continue there record-breaking season at the Division III national champi- onship first round May 4"‘. OCR::/Vol_110/WLURG39_RTP_20070430/WLURG39_RTP_20070430_005.2.txt C» MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2007 THE RING-TUM PHI ° 5 Men’s Golf Drives for Nationals Places second at OD/1 Cs ‘ By Michael Keenan surr woman Baseball “Neutral” site aids Hornets in victory The Washington and Lee men’s golf team completed its regular season this past weekend by placing second at the ODAC Championship held at Poplar Grove Golf Course in Amherst, Va. The only team to card a lower score than the Generals was Guil- ford, who is ranked second in the country. The Generals were led by ju- nior Nathaniel James who tied for third overall, carding an evenflpar 216. After round one, the Generals were in third place with a team score of 297, 14 shots behind leader Guilford and just four shots behind second place Bridgewater. On day two, the Generals came out firing, shooting a 287 as a team and cutting Guilford’s lead in half to just seven strokes. “Our second day 287 was also really gratifying because we proved we can keep up with anyone and that we are a team to fear,” said senior Matthew Leis- man. However, day three slowed the momentum as difiicult playing conditions precluded the Gener- als making a final push towards winning the .tournament_. “The? pins weren’t necessarily harder, but as we approached the back nine the wind picked up a lot andthe greens became extremely hard to the point where holding the greens with the wind was nearly impossible,” said Leisman. “The scores reflected the harder conditions.” Still, as a team the Generals posted a 306, the third-lowest score of any team that round, and James managed an even-par 72. Despite placing second to a highly ranked team, some golfers were not satisfied with their fin- ish. “I think as a team we were a little disappointed with our finish. Despite the fact that Guilford is ranked number two in the coun- try, we really felt that we had a chance to play well and beat them as we never really played to our potential earlier in the season,” said Leisman. “However, we were heat by a very good team so we are not totally disappointed. My teammates and I approach every tournament with the intent to win, especially with a guy like Nathan- iel [James] on our team.” In addition to recording the best score for the Generals, James took home the Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award, was named to the all-toumament team and First All- ODAC Team. Teammate Leisman made Second Team All-ODAC and Anthony Zappin was dubbed Honorable Mention All-ODAC. The team also enjoyed their time together off the field. “I think we really just enjoy each others company and have grown very close as a group so every minute is a treat,” said Leis- man. “We like messing around in the hotel by playing hall mini golf, and sometimes we’re lucky enough to get our parents to take us out for free food at nice restau- rants.” Though the team did not re- ceive the ODAC’s automatic bid to the national tournament, the team was optimistic about their chances at an at large bid. In the case the team does not receive a bid, James is likely to be invited to compete as an individual. “[James] is one of, if not the, top player in the nation,” said Leisman. As for the team, Leis- man said, “We do however feel justified in getting a bid, and we would certainly compete.” If selected, the Generals would compete on May 15-18 in Mt. Carmel, Indiana. for $14.95 packages and Pay-«As-You-Go Drew US. 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The Gener- als scored eight unanswered runs, beginning with six in the bot- tom of the fourth, to win the day. W&L’s Brendan Clark pitched only 3.1 innings but allowed no earned runs and was credited with the win. The game was closed out by junior Jeff Pharis and fresh- man Jim Plantholt. Having escaped the Yellow Jackets, the Generals faced a more formidable opponent with the same do-or-die situation. On Sat- urday the squad faced third -seed- ed Lynchburg. The Generals had beaten the Hornets in both games of their doubleheader in March. Those games were in Lexington, however, and the proximity of the tournament’s supposedly neutral venue to the Lynchburg campus played a role in Lynchburg’s 14-2 win, which knocked the Generals out of the tournament. The Generals never really stood a chance as LC jumped to a five-run lead in the first inning against W&L freshman Chuck Davidson, who lasted only 0.2 in- nings before surrendering to the bullpen. 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The women, ranked num- ber four nationally, went undefeated in ODAC play this year and are now preparing for the NCAA tournament. 216 Golfer Nathaniel James’s score for the ODAC golf tourna- ment. James finished with a score of even par as the Generals took second place behind Guilford College. 3 The number of ODAC championships won this week by W&L teams. Both the men's and women's tennis teams took home conference titles, and the women's lacrosse team with their fifth consecutive title. 6 The number of athletic directors in W&l_‘s history. Wom- en's lacrosse coach Jan Hathorn will become the new athletic director on July 1. 50.53m Andrew Fischer's new school record in the javelin. He broke the previous record, which was 50.24m, during this weekend's ODAC track championships. soapbox “The pace felt easy.” — W&L sophomore Elizabeth Webb commenting on the speed of the women's 5000m race. Webb's victory in the 5000m went along with her earlier victories in the 800m and 1500m races. “I know there are some things I've done in the past, but I think that's all behind me. I'm really not living in the past.” — NFL wide receiver Randy Moss. Moss was traded on Sun- day from the Oakland Raiders to the New England Patriots for a fourth round draft pick. He has a long history of misbe- havior during his time in the NFL, from Sl.com I The women's lacrosse team won their fifth consecutive ODAC title by defeating Roanoke 10-4 in Coach Jan Hathorn’s final home game. Junior Megan Slosson led the Generals with five goals, and junior Sarah Tilbor re- corded 13 saves. The Generals now await the release of the Division III playoff matchups, which will be released Season ends for baseball Team beats Randolph-Macon but falls to Lynchburg in a 14-2 defeat By Brian Devine STAFF WRITER When a team enters a six- team tournament as the number five seed, most outside observ- ers would expect it to go out early, defeated quietly in the early rounds. For the Washington and Lee baseball team, simply reach- ing the end-of-season conference tournament, held April 26-29 in Lynchburg, was an accomplish- ment. Before the season, manager Jeff Stickley stated that “our ex- pectation is always to make the ODAC Tournament field.” De- spite reaching Stickley’s basic goal with a record of I8-l4, the team won only against sixth-seed- ed Randolph-Macon and lost two games to exit the tournament on Saturday. On Thursday, the squad opened with a 7-3 loss to see- ond-seeded Hampden—Sydney. A three-run third inning and a three-run fourth gave the Tigers a 7-2 lead, and their pitching staff never let the Generals back in. In the tournament first round on April 26"‘, HSC’s Larry Greene allowed seven hits in seven in- nings, getting his fifth win of the season. John Hobart and Bryan Breedlove finished the final two innings, allowing only two more - See “BASEBALL” on page 5 Women sweep ODAC tennis F ourth-ranked team and 2006 runner—up prepares for a run at NCAA title By Kevin Corn smrr warm: The women’s tennis team was very busy over spring break with matches against rivals Emory University and Se- s°°'°s wanee. w&L 9 Later, the wom- en were back in ODAC 0 Lexington for the ODAC Champion- ships. Considering Washington and Lee finished second to Emory at NCAAs last year, this was an ex- , citing match with quite a bit on the line. The Generals traveled to At- lanta with confidence. This con- fidence showed as number I and 2 doubles teams consisting of Emily Applegate and Kristen Mc- Clung, and Katie Tabb and Ginny Wortham won their games 8-4 and 8-1 respectively. Emory was able to defeat freshmen Katie Bouret and Lau- ren Caire 8-3. ‘ In the singles games, the Gen- erals took four of the six games. These were won by Applegate, Wortham, McClung, and Caire. As a result, the women wo11 over- all 6-3. Senior Wortham commented. “It is always great to beat Emory, especially on their courts. They are always a good team and we have to come out ready to play. I think everyone really focused on their respective matches in dou- bles and singles and we were able to walk away with a great win.” The Generals also played against Sewanee over the break, taking an extremely important win over the Tigers. In doubles, Applegate and Mc- Clung, and Tabb and Wortham won 8-1. The number 3 doubles consisting of Bouret and Leah Weston fell short to the Tigers. In singles matches, the Gener- als won four of the six contests. Applegate, Wortham, Kelly Will, and Caire all won in two sets. Mc- Clung barely lost in a tie-breaker during her singles match. The following weekend, the Generals were back at home for the ODAC Championships. Dur- ing the tournament, the women did not lose one match. First to fall to the Generals was Sweet Briar College. Every dou- bles game ended in a score of ei- ther 8-0 or 8-1. The singles games were all won in two straight sets — most 6-0, 6-0. The next day, the Generals . took on Hollins and again notched a 9-0 win. Applegate and McClung won their doubles match with a score of 8-2. The other two doubles teams of Tabb and Wortham, and Weston and Will defeated their opponents by a score of 8-0. In the singles matches, the women again won almost every game to end the day with a 9-0 victory. The last day of the tourna- ment, the women played against Virginia Wesleyan. All three doubles teams won in convincing fashion. In singles, Virginia Wesleyan was also swept with victories from Applegate (6-0, 6-0), Wortham (6-0, 6-0), Tabb (6-2, 6-0), Mc- Clung (6-0, 6-0), Will (6-0, 6-1), and Caire (6-0, 6-0). As a result, the Generals won ODACs and automatically re- ceived a bid to the D-III NCAA Tournament. After this win, Wortham re- flected, “I think our goals for ODACS is to win at every posi- tion, and we made sure that we accomplished this goal. 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