OCR::/Vol_095_096/WLURG39_RTP_19960308/WLURG39_RTP_19960308_001.2.txt ‘V ~..l1'\'r " i\'. filivf . \ nVilwN‘.;-,¢.4,\*i . It um U"""‘”‘ ' CULTURE TO CAMPUS 9 COMES I‘1en’s Lax has flawless start Chi: ‘fling-tum Ifllit 9:’ VOLUME 96, N0. 16 WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY Watch those toes! Photo by Christine N. Garnavish Leading the parade and surrounded by "security" agents, the Republican National Party symbol comes to life at the 1996 Republican Mock Convention parade on Friday morning. "Because ’ the Board of Trustees names new member From Phi Staff Reports At a recent meeting, the Washington and Lee University Board of Trustees named Glenn 0. Thomhill, Jr. ’63 a new trustee. Thornhill is the chairman, president and chief $r..ecutive officer of Maid Bess Corp., a Salem, irginia-based apparel manufacturing company with 2,000 employees in southwest Virginia and North Carolina. A business and civic leader in the Roanoke Valley, Thomhill is a member of the boards of the First Union National Bank of Virginia and Commu- nity Hospital, Roanoke Valley. His current civic board memberships include the City of Salem School Board, Roanoke College Board of Trustees, United Way of the Roanoke Valley (past chairman and campaign chainnan), Roanoke Valley Business Council (past chairman), Roanoke Re- gional Chamber of Commerce, Roanoke Regional Partnership, Virginia Manufacturer’s Association, and the Virginia Tech Advisory Council of the Roanoke Valley. Some of his past civic board memberships include the Salem Rotary Club (past president), Salem- Roanoke County Chamber of Commerce (past presi- dent), and the Roanoke Symphony Society (past president). He is a member of Omicron Delta Kappa and Beta Gamma Sigma. Thomhill was named C.E.O. of the Year in 1993 by Bobbin Magazine, and in the same year was named a Distinguished Citizen by the Roanoke Jay- cees. In 1994, he received a Distinguished Alumnus Award from Washington and Lee, and in 1995 he won the Perry F. Kendig Award for Outstanding Support for the Arts. LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA MARCH 8, 1996 Steering Committee reveals F.D. theme BY KELLEY T0'I'I'EN Phi Staff Writer “I’m late, I ’m late for a very impor- tant date.” The White Rabbit must have been referring to Washington and Lee ’s 1996 Fancy Dress Ball, “A Mad Tea Party.” The FD Steering Committee had to push the date for the ball, Friday, March 22, back a month because of Mock Convention. The theme, based on Lewis Carr0ll’s books, Alice in Wonderland and Through directions you can go with it...all the fun characters...lots of colors, too!” To many people’s regret, there will be no camels or elephants at this event, but Bell does promise that there will be at least one or two characters roaming the Ball. Not everyone is too excited about this, though. “I'm scared of the Cheshire cat be- cause I once decapitated a cat in the spokes of my bicycle. Now cats are attracted to me- I think they all know,” said a scared Jackie Terrebonne. Others, however, are looking for- ward to spending their FD in the com- pany of some of their favorite child- hood characters. the Looking Glass, sets the scene for inter- esting and lively decora- tions. “ D e c o r a - tions are going to be different because we are working with surreal images,” said FD Steering C o m m i t t e e C h a i r m a n “ T h e r e ’ d have to be the Mad Hatter and the White Rab- bit,” said senior Anna Bentley. “And there bet- ter be a Cheshire cat somewhere or else l’ll be very disappointed.” Bentley also suggested that the gym should be turned into a Ashley Bell. giganticobstacle The d6C0rat- course. Party- ingcommitteeis goers would basing their roam frombigto decorations off small rooms, the Original slidedownsecret books rather than the movies. passages, and celebrate happy original illustra- tions are under public domain, the com- mittee is able to use all of the images without having to worry about copy- right restrictions. “I think the theme is a really cre- ative idea,” said freshman Amy Frazier. “I am anxious to see what they do with the decorations. I can imagine they’ll really go all out.” Bell said the committee wanted to avoid geographic-related themes this year after the past two years were “spent” in foreign countries with “The Magic Carpet Ride” in 1994 and “Une Soiree Parisienne” last year. With FD falling in the shadows of Mock Convention, Bell thought this was a good year to do something unique. The “Alice in Wonderland” theme idea has surfaced at steering committee brain-storm meetings for the past few years. Bell said they finally came up with realistic ideas for sets and decora- tions to make this year’s event pos- sible. “I think it is the best theme,” said Katherine McF all. “There are so many u n b i r t h d a y s while trying to escape the Queen of Hearts. Although the steering committee just sent out the invitations this week (point of interest for those who are still having difficulty reading their invites- try reading it “through the looking glass”), many W&L students already knew the theme. While some are dis- appointed that the theme was not a highly-gaurded secret like in the past, Bell said she is not concerned. “FD is usually over by now. We’ve been working since October and people are really excited about the theme. lt’s not surprising that it got out,” said Bell. Many students are looking forward to this year’s fairy tale FD weekend. They’re nursing their hangovers and exchanging their straw hats for party hats in preparation for the perfect fol- low-up to the Mock Convention. One junior, however, doesn’t like all of these events so close together. He suggested doing away with FD every fourth year during Mock Convention. ‘‘I’m still hurting from last week- end,” he said. Virginia 1996 or California 1981? Betsy Green, Phi Photo Editor 4 telelvision cop show “Chips.” The California delegation’ s award-winning float celebrated fifteen years of the popular OCR::/Vol_095_096/WLURG39_RTP_19960308/WLURG39_RTP_19960308_002.2.txt BEYOND THE BLUE RIDGE Citizens fight new Wal-Mart Fredericksburg, VA—In yet another battle between the preservation of historical land and suburban development, citizens of Virginia’s Stafford County are fighting a plan to build a Wal-Mart on land that was once part of Ferry Farm, George Washington’s boyhood home. In 1990 the owners of the still-undeveloped parts of Ferry Farm donated 39 acres to Stafford County. The remaining land, which was zoned for commercial development, would be the site of a colonial-style, brick Wal- Mart which planners claim would be inconspicuous and would not disturb the land on which Washington’s farmhouse once stood. County officials say that a new Wal-Mart would meet the county’s need for increased tax dollars and new jobs. Several citizens groups oppose the building of the Wal-Mart, however, claiming that the loss of the land and of the historical rural atmosphere around the site of the old farmhouse would be a national tragedy. These groups claim they are receiving strong support from around the country. Wal-Mart needs only the approval of the Architectural Review Board to go ahead with its plan. Search for bombers intensified Jerusalem, lsrael—lsraeli and Palestinian forces are increasing the intensity of their search for those involved in a recent spree of suicide bombings. An Israeli Arab has been arrested for smuggling the suicide bomber who killed himself and thirteen people in Tel Aviv on Monday. The suspect is said to be a member of an Islamic group and to have accepted $1 100 to take the man from Gaza to Tel Aviv. Palestinian forces have already convicted and sentenced a man who confessed to drafting three suicide bombers. The man is a member of Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement, and recruited the two bombers involved in the recent bus bombings in Jerusalem. As fear mounts following these incidents in which 57 people have been killed, Israelis are becoming increasingly suspicious of Israeli Arabs who may be involved in the Islamic militant groups responsible for the bomb- ings, a state of affairs which could threaten the state of the Israeli- Palestinian Peace Accords. Scientists clone sheep Scotland——Scottish scientists have perfected a method for cloning sheep embryos, and have produced five genetically identical lambs, giving rise to predictions of mass production of genectically altered animals. This is the first time that scientists have successfully cloned animals larger than rodents, and experts say that this method unlike others, is capable of producing thousands of identical, genetically enhanced ani- mals. Researchers hope to use the technique to produce better quality animals to be used in the food and clothing industries, and also to change and improve organs in pigs in order to produce better matches for humans in need of transplants. The technique could feasibly be used to produce cloned human em- bryos, but laws in both Scotland and the United States prohibit the testing of such techniques in humans on grounds of ethical conflicts. U.S. swimmer disqualified Indianapolis, IN—On Wednesday at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, swimmer Kristine Quance, a US. hopeful for a gold medal in the 400-meter individual medley, was disqualified from that event for what the turn judge ruled a faulty turn. Despite critics’ protests that the turn was not incorrect, andwould in fact have slowed her if it had been, Quance, who won the race by a large margin, was disqualified from finals in the individual medley. Quance will go on to finals in several other events, but officials say she has much less chance of joining the Olympic team with these events than she had with the individual medley. Beyond the Blue Ridge is compiled by Peggy Stuntz GOP WATCH Editor’s Note: GOP Watch will appear two more times until a Republican presi- dential candidate is chosen, in order for students to compare the results of the Mock Convention to the results of the Republican primaries. Dole wins eight states Bob Dole moved into the delegate—count lead with his eight victories in eight state primaries this past Tuesday. Appropriately “Junior Tuesday,” which is a precursor to next week’s “Super Tuesday” contests, primaries were held in Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massa- chusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont. Dole, with his decisive victories in all the states, has become the GOP’s presumptive cadidate. Alexander, Lugar drop out Lamar Alexander as well as Dick Lugar announced their withdrawl from the Republican presidential race on Wednesday in the wake of their poor showings in the Junior Tuesday primaries. Both of the former candidates endorsed Dole as well as denied any interest in being the Vice Presidential nominee. Both Pat Buchanan and Steve Forbes have an- nounced that they will stay in the race until the Republican National Convention in August. Dole gets more endorsements Bob Dole received four very important endorsements this past week. On Monday, Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich threw his support behind Dole. Texas Governor George W. Bush as well as his brotherleb Bush who is highly influential in the Florida Republican Party endorsed Dole. Their father, Former President George Bush did not formally endorse Dole but did state that Dole does have the credentials to be the next President of the United States. GOP Watch is compiled by Laura Knapp A wra BY CHRISTINE N. GARNAVISH Phi News Editor The Washington and Lee 1996 Republi- can Mock Convention was a tremendous success, due in no small part to speakers Dan Quayle, Newt Gingrich and Bill Bennett. The speakers were greeted with an enthu- siastic crowd, ready and willing to cheer the virtues of the Republican National Party and anyone preaching traditional conserva- tive values. Former Vice President Dan Quayle warmed up the already roaring crowd by proclaiming the Republican Party is not di- vided but united. He continued by outlining basic Republican ideals such as a flat tax, term limits and welfare system reform. “We have created a culture of dependency,” he said. “Let’s start creating a culture of independence...It is time we put our children first.” Such staunch Republicanism animated the audience, and the security staff began to eye the crowd suspiciously. Quayle derided Bill Clinton for allowing the return of Castro and the shooting of two American planes two weeks ago. He asserted that if George Bush or Ronald Reagan had been president, this would not have happened. “We are convinced, now more than ever, that we need a Republican president,” said Quayle. He continued to rail Clinton throughout his speech, citing the President’s unfulfilled promises to govern from the middle. “He says over and over again that he is a moderate, and people believe him,” Quayle said. “Well if he can do that, then I will say over and over again that I am a world champion speller.” Quayle endeared himself to the W&L community by using the Honor Code as a standard for politicians. “[Honesty and trust] are the standards expected of you, and if you don’t meet them, you’re gone,” Quayle said. “And if that is the standard for Washington and Lee, shouldn’t that be the standard for the President of the United States?” Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) also took note of his audience in the first lines of his address. “Amateurs are watching South Carolina today,” he said. “Sophisticated folks are watching [the Washington and Lee Mock Convention].” Dan Quayle Newt Gingrich -u to the 1996 The Ring-tum Phi, March §, 1996 Gingrich’s speech revolved around the fu- ture of an America with Republican leader- " ship. Echoing the standard platform, Gingrich called for lower taxes, higher take-home pay, less Washington bureaucracy, fewer lawsuits and the traditional “simple, fair flat tax.” to He said that the government is focusing on the wrong things right now, and pointed out that the IRS is bigger than the FBI. In reference to his position favoring lower taxes, Gingrich said that Washington needs to learn to use common sense. He gave the example of giving mothers a tax break, saying that it made more sense to let her keep her money than to give it to Washington to hire a bureaucrat to decide how to spend money on her children. 1). Gingrich also stated that the drug problem has escalated during the Clinton administration, and that drugs were not as rampant during the Reagan and Bush years. After rejecting the idea of school uniforms, Gingrich said “Don’t get me wrong, I’m for uniforms. I want to put striped uniforms on drug dealers.” But perhaps the most crowd-pleasing speech was that of Bill Bennett, a John M. Olin distinguished fellow in Cultural Policy Studies at the Heritage Founda- tion and a co-director of Empower America. Riding the enthusiasm of the crowd, Bennett opened with, “To heck with San Diego, let’s just do [the Republican National Convention] here.” Bennett said that America is the nation to which other countries turn in times of need, but this should not eclipse the government’s duty to protect the American people first. Bennett endorsed stricter sentencing of criminals and tighter parole restric- tions. He addressed other problems as well, calling welfare a “tragedy” and the number of abortions a “national catastrophe.” it. Other speakers at the Mock Convention included Virginia Governor George Allen and Senator John Warner. All the speakers praised Mock Con for its accuracy and energy. But, as W&L President John Elrod said, “The most impressive was the staggering amount of work involved.” He said that at the end, every person involved in the Mock Convention will “wear an A+.” PHOTOS BY CHRISTINE N. GARNAVISH Bill Bennett John Warner The Lost Cause Photo by Christine N. Garnavish W&L safe with student security " BY EMILY BAKER Phi Executive Editor . fir Doremus Gym looked like a scene from the movie In the v Line of F ire last weekend. Thirty-seven burly W&L men and a handful of state and capital police wearing wires from their ears kept Mock Con delegates and speakers safe from outsiders and each other. WhileTom DeLay, Newt Gingrich, George Allen brought ,, their own security, Dan Quayle, Haley Barbour and the rest of the crowd put their safety in the capable hands of student security. “Everybody we hired did a really good job,” said Cole Costanzo ’96 who, with Rob Grant ’96L, led the student ‘ security force. Students earned $100 for working all three sessions, and could earn more from working luncheons or other functions throughout the weekend. Even though their white “Security” shirts were not quite as intimidating as the dark suits and ear phones worn by the professionals, the student security force still got to rub 1. shoulders with the V.l.P.s who came. Costanzo rode in the limo with Quayle and Barbour. Student security guards were stationed throughout the #9! The Indiana delegation maintained their position despite the futility of their cause. Lugar dropped out of the race on Wednesday. gym, checking tickets, escorting speakers, and monitoring V.I.P. areas, and looking dangerous. 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Harper reflected during his poetry reading in a crowded Northen Audito- rium this past Tuesday evening; if so, it is a labor at which Harper has suc- ceeded by all accounts. Hailed by the San Francisco Exam- iner & Chronicle as “one of the finest poets of our time,” Harper has indeed earned much critical attention and many devoted readers for his poetry in the years since the publication of his first collection of poems, Dear John, Dear Coltrane in 1970. Among the many honors has re- ceived are the Poetry Society of America’s 1978 Melville Cane Award for his Image of Kin, nominations for both Images of Kin and Dear John, ’-‘ear Coltrane for the Natonal Book ’- ward, and the Black Academy of Arts and Letters poetry award for his ' History Is Your Own Heartbeat. Other books by Harper include Heal- ing Song for the Inner Ear, Nightmare ‘Begins Responsibility, Song: I WantA Witness, and a new anthology of Afri- can-American poetry entitled Every Shut Eye Ain ’t Sleeping. Harper now serves as Israel J. Kapstein Professor of English at Brown University, where he has taught for the past 16 years. For a man with so distinguished a career, however, Harper spoke to his audience this Tuesday in a friendly and familiar voice. After all, he felt in his own words “kinda talky.” Thus Harper began his reading in expressing his not quite pertinent re- sentment of the Germans, which senti- ment results directly from one malt stain upon the first volume of poems from which he read, a stain Harper blames directly on certain customs of- flcials of Frankfurt Airport. Throughout Tuesday’s reading Harper’s wit often emerged in other such amusing stories and observations "t'.I::':':y MICHAEL S. HARPER mentioned apropos of his poems, and yet aside such wit various words of encouragement often emerged, espe- cially for those young people present. “Step out of yourself,” Harper coun- selled; “do something that is not ex- pected.” The something to which Harper alludes, naturally enough, is the artistic effort and in particular the writing of poetry. . Even the accomplished Harper con- ceded days in which his poetry disap- points him: “Sometimes I’m surprised at how good I am, and at other times I can’t believe I wrote this drivel.” Within the artistic process, a cer- “ tain values lies within the creation of a work of art, regardless of how the work itself might strike the author or anyone else, Harper argued, insist- ing that “the individual act is an important thing.” Thus poetry is important for Harper not only as a complex and well-crafted arrangement of struc- ture and content, but also as a means of expression available to all. As accessible as poetry might be, however, it has certainly become for Michael S. Harpera powerful means of self-expression. With specific respect to Harper’s book Dearlohn, Dear Coltrane, one writer for the Virgnia Quarterly Re- view alludes to the very meaningful expression that Harper has achieved within his poetry, noting that “Harper’s is a poetry of classically adorned statemtn, a direct, unflinch- ing record of a man alive in his time.” “When he is at his best, in both his public and private voice,” the critic continues, “he creates a lan- guage humming with emotion and ennobled by a deeply felt human dignity.” The audience of Northen Audito- rium, privileged to hear both the poems and the reflections of so ac- complished and active a poet, exited with an appreciation not only for the appeal and powerof Harper’s poems but for the charm and genius of the poet. ” PW seasoii”‘ofth_e‘show.‘I suggest you tak the uiz and, answer. Byjthe time you get tqthe eii enjoying the color and giossy piiotosof cast memberg’ between the quiz, In fact, test your knowledge right now. the following is a stage name. that Joey uses; a) Hal»':?a¢Iu0 McGroin c)Ishmael d) MarceI?,For the right answer youlia 4 3ibii’l1speii<1 be “Somehow or other there must be a way of bringing stories back into paint- ing,” Lincoln Perry declared in his lecture in DuPont Auditorium Thurs- day evening. Himself a significant painter from Charlottesville, Perry - one can safely say — has found that way of success- fully composing stories within paint- ings. Speaking from a podium in front of a crowd that drew as much from mem- bers of the Lexington community as from the W&L campus, Perry com- mented on some 90 slides of his past and present work, and on the process in which he engages to produce a single piece. And far more goes into Perry’s pro- cess than might be expected. The artist begins with a spatial concept, sprung from his interest in the relationship between certain planes and shapes within a particular setting (whether imagined or real). When beginning a larger painting, Perry will often conceive not one but quite a few spatial arrangements, all of te a Saturday‘ afternoon, easy readir1g,,(especiaI:_ly, when, -j & =80 lleyaifvyou which he works out in a series of sketches; each sketch allows Perry to explore a new perspective, a new color palette or even a new focus. Having finally arrived at a sketch that satisifies his eye and the curiosity that drives each new effort, Perry then moves from paper to canvas, translat- ing his sketch onto a far larger space. Perry freely admits that “to go to nature is helpful,” and yet with each new work he must choose whether to work within the actual presence of his subject or within his studio and all the conveniences it provides. Working within nature leaves Perry at the hazard not only of weather con- ditions and in some cases visiting hours but also of capturing in only a handful of minutes what information he can about the particular effect of one moment’s sunlight. Wherever Perry chooses to create each painting, however, the task of creating a finished painting demands much patience and diligent effort. Speaking of such effort Peny refers to Degas’ paintings of ballet dancers, in which he reads a comment from Degas himself upon the artistic process. “He knew that dancing was a meta- phor for painting,” Perry notes of De- gas, each representing a creative pro- cess comprised almost entirely of sweat and toil. However exhausting his work may indeed be, Perry has certainly emerged a successful artist with a studio filled as much with prestigious commissions from across the country as with his own projects. Perry describes himself as one who began painting abstractly in 1971, in- terested “in large simple planes of color.” In the years that have followed, Perry has explored with great success such interest, embracing as well many new challenges, from form and com- position to theory. The result of all this effort has been a wide range of works that engage the eye but also the mind; a sampling of Perry ’s range hangs now upon the walls of DuPont Gallery and can be found there through March 21. Singer Tom Acousti performs tree this Friday night at 10 p.m. in the GHQ Puh. Acousti has visited more than 400 colleges across the country, recently playing original songs on television's Star Search. music as "spiritually-hased roclz music." The artist describes his ‘Broken Arrow fails to hit the marlz Kirle Susong Phi Reviewer Director John Woo is originally from Hong Kong , where he has developed a reputation for creating daring, intricate crime dramas. ‘His excellent films have received more attention here in America than do most Hong Kong exports, especially The Killer and Hard-Boiled. However, he has not yet found Hollywood as easy to conquer as Hong Kong. His first American film was Hard Target, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. This didn’t live up to expectations, so much is riding on his second effort, Broken/irrow. All I can say is I hope he gets a third chance. Broken/trrow revolves around Major Vic Deakins (John Travolta), a smart but frustrated Air Force pilot who feels he ’s not getting his due recognition. So he decides to get out, and to go while the getting is good. While on a test flight over the desert, he ejects his friend and co-pilot Capt. Reilly Hale (Christian Slater), then safely drops the two nuclear bombs he is carrying before faking a crash. The idea is that his ground team will retrieve the nukes then meet up with him; they will spirit the bombs off to a major city to blackmail the government for a few hundred million. Although it sounds like a pretty good plan, as you might expect Capt. Hale is more resourceful than his one-time friend gives him credit for. When he meets up with Park Ranger Terry Carmichael (Samantha Mathis), they form a capable duo who b'attle Deakins to the very end. This film suffers from an extreme case of underachieve- ment. Just like that kid that used to sit next to you in eighth- grade, it could be so much more if it had just put its mind to it. John Woo is a great director, whose sense of style and psychology have suited him well in the past. Here, though, it is clear that his considerable talents are simply underused. The entire film is set in a great desert wilderness, and every shot takes maximum advantage of this natural beauty. At the same time, Woo does a good job of keeping us abreast of the action while simultaneously keeping the screen interesting and lively. A great example is the opening sequence where Deakins and Hale are box- ing—it’s clever, intriguing, and clear. So what goes wrong? Principally, it is two things: the casting and the screenplay. Whoever cast this film chose people that somehow just don’t seem to fit their parts. Although everyone in the film does an admirable job, it seems like they’re swimming against the current. For ex- ample, Frank Whaley is Giles Prentice, the Defense Department’s man on the job. But every time I looked at him all I could see was the scared kid who is forced to share his Kahuna Burger in Pulp Fiction. I also couldn’t get over the feeling that Christian Slater and John Travolta should switch roles. It seemed as if they would be more comfortable and realistic in the role set aside for the other. Travolta has said that he seized upon this film as a chance to be the bad guy, but here he just looks strained and confused. That coolness he epitomizes is lost in the madness of his character. But how much this is Travolta’s fault is another ques- tion. The screenplay the cast is working with is not very good. First, its development of Deakins, the central charac- ter, is very weak. He moves very hastily and confusingly from being a bitter, unethical genius to being simply another criminally-insane idiot intent upon blowing up the world. Another great problem is the action in the film. This is clearly not a straight action film, but the fight sequences were far below the quality one would expect from any other John Woo film. Few of the fights are really very interesting. Take either the fight in the cockpit or the gunfight in the copper mine. The former looks more like two boys scuffling _ in a schoolroom than trained professionals trying to over- 3 come their flight harnesses. The second is even more bland: ; it’s just two guys at opposite ends of a tunnel, shooting atone ; another. John Woo does all he can to make it interesting ; (Slater’s well-choreographed dive, for instance), but ulti- ; mately, nothing particularly entertaining is going on there. 1 So although I loved the cast, they seemed poorly utilized. , Similarly, I got the feeling that Woo’s talent was underused. : He did everything he could, but it simply wasn’t enough to 1 rescue the film. Instead, it becomes mildly interesting but : not stirring, like watching a close game between two basket- 2 ball teams at the bottom of their division: everyone’s trying, I but outside factors (here the screenplay) make the whole I thing extraneous. The result is thatBrokenArrow would be I a good film for video rental, but not worth the cost of a trip I to Roanoke. Let’s just hope that Woo can comethrough with ‘I a real blockbuster in his next attempt. OCR::/Vol_095_096/WLURG39_RTP_19960308/WLURG39_RTP_19960308_004.2.txt PAGE 4 @112 Tiling-tum lfllti The Student Voice of Washington and Lee Founded September 18, 1897 Confidential from the Phi To the Steering Committe of Mock Conven- tion: Congratulations. It seems as though you have successfully predicted that Senator Robert Dole will be the Republican presidential nominee. More than that, this past weekend was one of the most exciting this campus has seen in years. Mock Con 1996 will undoubtedly be remembered forever as an incredible time. Thank you. To Lewis Carroll: If the Fancy Dress Committe has anything to do with it, you may become the next Jane Austen. More than a century later,Alice in Wonderland is as popular as ever. “A Mad Tea Party” seems to have generated a positive response among the students. Come March 22, will there be a rush on mushrooms at Harris-Teeter? Only time will tell. To our esteemed colleague at The Trident, Lamar Vrllerez Over the years, you have pissed off quite a few people (us included), but your brash sense of humor has always been entertaining to say the least. We will certainly miss reacting to your column. Unlike most journalists, you’ve figured out that it doesn’t matter if you have something to say if no one reads you. Turning to the back page of The Trident will never be the same again. To all those people who do too much: A wise man once said, “You have one heart, treat it well.” We couldn’t agree more. March can beta pretty crazy month. Mock, Con, Fancy Dress, term pa- pers, initiations, exams... It’s enough to make you crazy. Remember to relax, go outside, and breathe. College is supposed to be fun. You have the rest of your life to be miserable. To the Motion Pciture Academy: Can we say, whatever? 'Moviegoers are getting fed up with the Academy dissing our favorite flicks. No one can justify snubbing Clueless as this year ’s best picture. Not only is Alicia Silverstone a major hottie, but she’s one kick-butt actress. As if... Quote of the Week “When I was at W&L, Mock Con was--” “Are you going to tell them what it was like when Lee was here?” —Dan Quayle, interrupting Sen. John Warner at a press conference following Quayle ’s speech. OPINION The Rirg-tum Phi, March 8, 1996 Ganarurrou Lax Some irrational patterns of behavior develop at an early age... ,-,._, . Privatizing government services ‘ MY VIEW Jason Sorens, ’98 Most people, even economists, be- lieve that there are some services which a free market cannot provide. As I wrote in my last column, the only justification for wasteful and distort- ing taxes is that they are necessary to fund certain government operations. In this column, I will look into two examples of alleged “public goods” which the market cannot provide: cur- rency and road maintenance. Throughout history, governments have controlled the making and valua- tion of currency. Indeed, governments have always had a strong incentive to control the money supply. Such con- trol allows them to tax their citizens secretly. Governments always tend to debase their currencies. They do so by means of two weapons: legal ten- der laws and minting privileges. Le- gal tender laws force citizens to ac- cept government money, at whatever value the government sets! Com- bined with the minting privilege, this power allows the government to cre- ate worthless money and force its citizens to accept it. Thereby, the government is able to pay its debts at no cost: it can spend with impunity. In fact, governments have sometimes tried to avoid massive inflation of the currency, because of the financial in- stability that could result. But all governments have inflated signifi- cantly, quite literally destroying people’s wealth. Knowing that the government has a vested interest in preserving its money monopoly, we should be suspicious of its justifications for such control. One such justification is that a free market could not determine or punish fraud in coinage. This argument rings hollow, for in fact free markets have done so. Periodically through history, govem- ment money has so broken down that private money has achieved wide cir- culation despite being illegal. By mea- suri ng size and weight, merchants may easily determine a coin’s validity. Scraping and notching coins are other ready methods. But wouldn’t it be inconvenient to carry around gold and silver coins all the time? Isn’t paper fiat money more convenient? Where convenience calls, the market answers. Banks would issue paper notes to customers standstills, and rural highways lie in disuse. Under a free-market system, businesses would build roads where and how their customers desired. In the present system, commuters benefit from enormous subsidies on urban freeways. The only cost for driving on these highways is the gaso- line tax, which punishes rural and ur- ban travel alike. The result is over- crowding, espe- cially during who would pre- fer to deposit their hard money and use the pa- perforexchange. Laws would Some people would complain that prices would be too high un- rush hour, when demand over- whelms supply. Under private enterprise, a market price punish fraud, , , would lower p rev e nting der (1 private [mter- quantity de- banks from giv- ° manded at cer- ing out paper state] system’ taintimes,ensurl unbacked by now, few government ing smooth metal. But ' travel. Toll wouldn’t this raads have toll booths would system fall into certainly not be chaos? Surely b0oths' _what undue burdens weneedgovem- about the hldden compared to merit to set up a costs of government; rush-hour traffic universal stan- jams. dard. Again, ' 2 Theinterstate private busi- namely’ taxatl0n' highwaysshould nesses will have also be private. an incentive to accommodate their customers. Coin- makers and note-issuing banks will try to grab the greatest demand for their products. They can only get this demand by making their products con- venient and readily usable for their customers. No customer will want a coin whose validity is in doubt, or a paper note whose worth is unreliable. If the government is not suitable for maintaining the money supply, surely it must be the proper vehicle for building and maintaining roads. It is difficult to envision how private industry would deal with that issue. But the fact is that government roads have failed miserably. Local roads suffer from disrepair, commuter highways are burdened by rush-hour The interstate railroads of the 19th and early 20th centuries were private; why not inter- state highways too? Some people would complain that prices would be too high under a private system. Right now, few government roads have toll booths. But what about the hidden costs of govem- ment; namely, taxation? We don’t see how much we pay for roads now, but we do pay. The cost hits us somewhere, even if we don’t see it. A more serious objection is that private interstates would be monopo- listic and thus more expensive and inefficient. But many highways are already in place, enough to make the market competitive. In plotting out a long trip, we consider the various routes we could take. Under a private system, we would take price into account, and the owners of the interstates would compete for travelers by offering low prices. Furthermore, airplane, ship, and railroad services already compete for our long-distance dollar. Competi- tion in interstate travel would be plen- tiful. Finally, we consider local roads. Only here does an incentive problem seem to make private enterprise un- workable. Surely we can’t charge toll on local roads! I can imagine two possible scenarios. First, neighbor- hood developers could own the roads of their own neighborhoods or con- tract with road companies. They would try to make their streets as safe and accessible as possible in order to raise property values; they could re- coup the cost of maintenance in the ‘ price of houses. Second, roads could have electronic devices that monitor vehicles’ traveling distance without inconvenient toll booths. Analogous devices work to measure how much electricity or water we use. Outfitting vehicles with sensory devices would allow road companies to send monthly bills to users. All these private systems are much fairer than the current system because they charge the users themselves for the services they use, and they are more efficient because they incorpo- rate the profit motive government lacks. In these two examples, we see that there are no fundamental reasons why private enterprise cannot manage what government currently does. The inge- nuity of the entrepreneur overcomes incentive problems by tying services to cost (such as road service to house prices). Thus, we see that government does little if anything, to balance the deleterious effects of taxation with its “services.” But almost everyone agrees that j government must perform these two ’ functions: justice and protection. In my next series of columns, I will examine the proper role of govem- ment in criminal justice. @112 itling-tum lfllri Executive Edith!‘ Fmily Baker, Dan Odenwald Associate Editor Michael Hewlett News Editor Christine Gamavish Editorial Page Editor Hillary Coombs Sports Editor Qnnlt Bookwgnef Assistant Sports Editor Features Editor Bethany Bauman (‘indie Young, Courtney E. 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The Ring-tum Phi Post Office Box 899 Lexington, Virginia 24450 Telephone (540)462-4059 Fax (540) 462-4060 E-mail phi@wlu. edu Dole fails to address local concerns MY VIEW Nova Clarke, ’96 Now that Mock Convention is over, I can stop pretending to be a Republican-—thank God for small favors. Actually what I was doing wasn’t too much of a stretch. I am rooting for Buchanan because with him as the Republican nominee, Bill Clinton would be looking to a much smoother reelection campaign. He also did bring up important issues like the shaft- ing of the American worker. The Democrats have used this as a means of bringing up the increase in the minimum wage, and Bob Dole finally got the hint that people other than the CEOs of major corpora- tions are potential Republican voters and that they are also worried about the future. Personally, I am sick of the campaign already. I mailed in my absentee ballot this week and I didn’t even have to vote for President because Clinton is running unopposed in Florida. Instead, I was voting on the reorganization of the county government and that is what’s truly important—local government. Sure we need the national government to protect us from hostile countries, but according to the Repub- licans, that may be the only thing we need it for. However, how many of the Republican candidates are actually focusing on local government? Bob Dole is racking up the support of senators and governors but we never hear of him sitting down with a local mayor, except for a photo-op or talking with the mayor about what block-grants may mean to that community or how the poor students in the community are going to eat with the elimination of food stamps. _ On to other things. The government is due to shut down again next week. I think if Bob Dole had real leadership capabilities and any connection to the people of America he would make sure that this does not happen. Realistically, people don’t really care whether the budget is balanced in 5,7, or 9 years. Clinton has made concessions and agreed to balance the budget within 9 years—accept it. How realistic is it to event think that we can balance the budget? Sure we need the national government ' to protect us from hostile countries, but according to the Republi- cans, that may be the only thing we need it for. The future isn’t very predictable. Another disaster in the Midwest and California would drive up costs. What are we going to tell those farmers? “Sorry, we’ve reached a balanced budget, and now we can’t provide any relief for you.” Of course, Bob Dole just requested that the expenditures of the US on UN actions be detennined. It turns out that the US spent between $6-7 billion on UN missions since 1993. To you or me that sounds like a lot but when you consider that it’s less than 4% of the defense bud- get—it really isn’t that much. _ Other main events of the past week include the meeting of TV executives with the President to unveil a ratingsystem fortelevision programs. This panderstothe desires of the religious right to protect children from the violenoeonTV. lthink itwouldbeagreat idea if it actually worked, but as someone else pointed out, if the parents aren’t home to patrol the ratings, what’s the point? Besides which, when something is advertised as being x- rated and that children shouldn’t watch it, anybody who is told not to watch it will be sitting intently in front of the TV. I personally think everything on PBS should be rated XXX,then peoplewould watch itandmi ght actually learn something. A commission was also established to reduce teenage pregnancies. Now some groups are complaining that there are too many celebrities on the panel and others are complaining that there are too many Planned Parenthood people on the panel. Actually the Republicans should be happy to be represented by Planned Parenthood since Barry Goldwater’s first wife was one of the founders of the group (one of the random facts I learned doing research for Mock Con). There is much more to reducing pregnancy than not talking about abortion and one of the main ways of doing so is demonstrating the people care. Perhaps if the Republicans demomtrated that they have ideas and care about what happens to people they ’d be in a little better shape now. I have to admit that Mock Convention was an experience. I’ve been made an honorary Alaskan Republican by some Republicans who watched the convention on C-SPAN, now I need to break the fact to them that I will be voting for Clinton in November. I also need to remember that a couple of the speakers who are W&L alumni are going to receive letters pointing out that the next Mock Convention will still be Republican. In addition I’ve fulfilled that require- ment that you walk in the other side’s shoes. l’ve been a Republican for a few days and P..I. O’Rourke was right, it’s not that hard because they are devoid of ideas, except dreams of defeating Clinton in November—bring on San Diego and Pat Buchanan. GO PAT GO!!! ~—-..»._... OCR::/Vol_095_096/WLURG39_RTP_19960308/WLURG39_RTP_19960308_005.2.txt w DREAM LAND The?‘Ring-tum Phi, March 8, 1996 Richard Weaver munism, because nobody in their right mind could have denied America a daily look into a perfect world. My the Corral. Jeeps, especially ones with drivers who look like Daisy Duke, could part wherever they wanted, in- OPINION 9 ‘Hazzard: going back to the basics Buena Vista. W&L Security’s Suzukis would be required to ram into each other at least friends, it’stime to cludin g the once a day in pursuit of freshmen who go back to this Lee Chapel parked in the Corral illegally. New, I find myself wishing things were simpler time. spots and on unscratched Suzukis would be ready like they used to be.’ We don’t need It’s amazing I I . d tl curbs. for use in the next day’s work. more complications in life: the sim- how little it would rea lze recen y To create Every car, dorm room, library car- pler the better. _ _ . take to'tum Lex- that there exists a Uta- the right reI,and Goshenrockwouldbeequipped This wish applies to politics and ington into a full- . , Hazzard-like with its own CB radio. Some classes educatioln and life in genplral. We have fledged clone of P10 ofthis 3077, where atmosphere, would be conducted over the band: to reeva uate what’s rea y important. Hazzard County. ' ' ' residents of ProfessorVelourPlaidjacket: This came to me during the recent We’vegotenough pohtlcs ls based on Lexington and The Cold War was neither cold, nora Mock Convention. . _ backroads, cows, harmless graft, where students would war. Discuss. Over. f:"“.":“::S rm‘ policemen are cheer- “i ~“5°‘*£ _ s ur e aco- _ _ more p ai , I noises s IS mg on. to be the motto. Why make things hol. , “Uncle fully foyled by halnng thatisevenpos- Most prophetic for the morecomplicated? Everyonegetswhat Jesse s” sounds the. h t ddo sible.Skintight Hazzardization of Lexington is the they want and they’re happy about it. like a good name 1r a SP“ w n jeans would be name “General Lee.” The area outside lrealized recently that there exists for a student over their eyes where a necessity, or Lee Chapel is calling out for the Gen- a utopia of this sort, where politics is houseinthe coun- ’ , atthevery least, eral Lee car to be parked in front. based 011 h31'm1€SS graft. Where P0- try. Noone would all roads t0 dlrt skin tight kha- People who get married in Lee Chapel licemen are cheerfully foiled by hav- blinkaneyeifyou ad ° ° kis. Women can use it instead of a horse-drawn ing their hats pulled down oyer their said, “Hey, party ro 8' Thls place ls would be en- carriage. The rest of the time President eryles,vyhereallrfiargslqaadtogigroads. at Ur’ilcleT.Il::sse’s called H azz ard couraged tfq Elrolg can drive it. h Id b isp ace isca e azzar oun y, tonig t. ey’re wear cut-o xington, in s on, wou e so and it exists on “The Dukes of gonna have County‘ jean shorts, ex— much better if we shed our Hazzard.” moonshine and cept if they re- sophistications and returned to life as it “The Dukes of Hazzard” is the best grain punch!” sembled Boss is in Hazzard, where the sun is always TV show on cable now. I don’t know why it hasn’t been in syndication in the past couple of years. The only logical reasons would be 1) Satan or 2) Com- Next thing you could do to make Lexington more like Hazzard County: road construction. Students could speed through barricades to park in Hogg’s fat wife Lulu, in which case she would never be seen by anyone, ever. Clothing for Fancy Dress would be purchased at the prom rental store in shining, the roads are always dirt, and the outdoors is covered with astroturf and plaster rocks. If it doesn’t happen soon, I’m moving to West Virginia. 5' Y VIEW Paul Saboe, ’97 Honor has always been heralded as the comer- stone of the Washington and Lee Community, a notion that distinguishes us from other university communities. Of late however, honor has become a little too much a catch-phrase for self-congratulation rather than an ideal that guides our every action. I thought it ironic that every speaker during the Mock Convention thought to praise our honor code while some underage students thought only to praise a flask. I do not condemn drinking, but is it dishonor- able to drink while underage? (In other words, is it dishonorable to break the law?) Taken a step further, is it dishonorable to purchase alcohol with a false ID, to misrepresent oneself? Though a minority would argue that such actions are indeed dishonorable, a clear majority would probably argue “not” to one or more of these questions. Does the fact that students at other colleges drink underage and use false IDs justify us doing the same when we have an honor code and they do not? Can excuses ever replace honor? , . . , _ V _.l-Ionor is not withou_t__i_ts_arnbiguities and perhaps , I have been taken in by a few. I therefore wonder what responses would be to the following questions of honor. Is it dishonorable to lie at a party or social function? Is it dishonorable to take an unopened cereal box from the D-Hall? Isis dishonorable to fill up one’s cup at the Co-op with Pepsi, gulp it down, refill one’s cup, and then proceed to pay for one drink? yes, these are minor, even silly infractions, but is not honor an ever-present notion, even in the mundane activities that make up the vast majority of our lives? We are all well-versed in the “do not lie, cheat or steal” principle. But are there certain limits to this principle? Is one required to tell the truth, but only while on is in Rockbridge County? Is stealing accepted as long as it is off campus and occurs during non-school hours? Furthermore, since the honor code does not specifically state do not lie, cheat, steal or rape,” does that imply that rape is both permitted and honorable? Listening to my fellow students, I have begun to realize that there are many who believe in the honor code, albeit a very limited version (whether is be limited geographically, to major infractions, or to lying, cheating and stealing). As a W&L student, I find this quite disheartening. I do not recall ever having read General Lee discuss , the limits of honor. To such an esteemed man, honor was without bounds, a principle, that was held to the Honor not measured by part heart and that guided all of one’s actions, not just some of one’s actions or one’s actions at a certain time or place. It is clear that we have abandoned our duty to our namesake. Even more frustrating, we have abandoned our duty to ourselves by placing limits and qualifications on honor. In the Student Handbook, itstates that “No violation of this trust is too small to be ignored, for we understand that honor is not measured by degree.” Obviously, we do not understand what this statement suggests since we make excuses and set limits on honor every day. Perhaps some of you agree with the notion that honor is without bounds. And for those of you who have embraced such a notion whether before or for the first time today, the moment for acting on prin- ciple is now. Put into practice the notion of honor without bounds in all that ‘you do and in all that you seek to do, wither it be on the hill, on campus, or a thousand miles away. Make yourself a living ex- ample of honor for all to imitate. For those who demand to do more, hold accountable your friends and fellow students to a similar notion of honor. The Washington and Lee honor code will only be a meaningful, strong, and all-embracing as the student . body decides it shouldbe. We certainly, cannot wish ..f9r it to be less. f9.r.h0_n0.r is the om‘: tradition W‘? can ' least afford to lose. ‘ PAGE 5 Society of the Arts The Society for the Arts invites Washington and Lee faculty and students to join us for an evening including a showing of the award winning documentary, “Patently Offensive; Porrn Under Seige,” a panel discussion of the critical is- sues surrounding pornography in the electronic age, and an opportu- nity to voice your views and con- cerns dealing with pornography, ethics and individual freedom 7:30, Mar. 12 in duPont Auditorium. OCTAA meeting Attend an OCTAA-On Campus Talking about Alcohol-program Wednesday, Mar. 13 and Sunday, March 17 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. in Room 113 of the University Center. OCI‘ AA teaches students how al- cohol affects their body based on quantity/frequency choices, to esti- mate their biological risk for alco- hol related problems and to make low-risk drinking choices. Call 462- 4501 to sign-up for this nonjudgemental, research-based program. LAX coach needed Help needed coaching middle school girls’ LAX team. If inter- ested, call Prof. Millon (law school) at x8993. 4: GENERAL NOTES SDC applications The Student Development Com- mittee is beginning its recruitment for next year. Members of the SDC participate and help organize phonathons in which alumni are asked for donations to the Annual Fund. Members also maintain rela- tions with alumni through activities such as Write-a-thons. Applications will be available outside Carol Calkins office in the University Center. They are due outside this office by Mar. 13, and 10 minute interviews will be con- ducted on Mar. 18 and 19. A sign- up sheet for interview times is also available outside Ms. Calkin’s of- fice. EC petitions Petitions for class officer and EC representatives will be available in front of Carol Calkins office begin- ning on Monday, Mar. 11, 1996. Petitions are due at the mandatory meeting for all candidates at 5 p.m. Monday, Mar. 18, 1996 in the EC office. Dance Lessons Frank Roupas will be giving dance lessons in the Fairfax Lounge from 6 to 9 p.m. for the next five Mondays. The lessons are $30 for the series. Challenge for Charity results announced The results from the Student Development Committee’s “Challenge for Charity” are in, and the winners are Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship and the Society for the Arts! Six campus organizations competed during two night last month: Inter-Varsity Christian Felllowship, Society for the Arts, Pi Beta Phi, Lamba Chi Alpha, Alpha Phi Omega, and the Resident Assistance. They collectively raised a total of $13,320 for Washington and Lee’s 1995-1996 Annual Fund. This fund provides for the operating costs of the university, such as professor’s salaries and utility bills, which means it lowers tuition costs for all students. 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OCR::/Vol_095_096/WLURG39_RTP_19960308/WLURG39_RTP_19960308_007.2.txt The Ring-tum Phi, March 8, 1996 i Pep eridge Farm Gar ic 10 oz. fie fiTT '._.;' I Harristeeter Harris Teeter Pizza 20.5- 22.85 oz. 2/O0 Ore-lda Tater TO 32 oz. ers All Natural ogurt Or lee Cream Winter sports look to future THE BIG FAN, from page 8 petition, in which the Generals could not compete. The losses ofDavid Stillman and Craig Sears will hurt the Generals, butjunior Steve Brigance, sophomore John Reed and freshmen Brad Wymore and Tom Cox will return. Oh yeah, did I mentionjunior Nathan Hottle, who tore up the pool once again this season? Hottle automatically qualified for the Division III championships in the 2001M and 200 breast. With Hottle still around next year, it’s hard to imagine the men not remaining competitive. Women’s Swimming (8-5): The Generals pieced to- gether an impressive season and capped it with their third straight ODAC/Atlantic States title. Along the way, W&L extended its domination of the ODAC to 25 straight meet wins. As expected, senior Rebekah Prince swam superbly. She was awarded ODAC Co-Swimmer ofthe Year and qualified for the Division III championships in the 200 back. The loss of Prince to graduation deals a huge blow to the team. Still, the Generals, who are composed of almost entirely underclassmen, should only improve next season. Juniors Laura Marshall and Anne Spencer, sophomores Bligh Wollner and Megan Wiedmaier and freshmen Marg- aret Hoehl and Greta Richter provide an impressive founda- tion for the Generals. Wrestling (1-5): Things did not go as well as hoped for the wrestlers this season. W&L beat Johns Hopkins, 33-14, for their lone victory, although the Generals fought valiantly in close losses to Davidson, 25-24, and Newport News Apprentice, 25-21. Senior Colin Looney grappled superbly this season, finishing with a 10-9 record at 190 pounds. Junior Adam Branson, sophomore Allen West and freshman John Grumbine also turned in impressive performances. This trio will return next season when the Generals hope to offset the losses of seniors Looney, Rob deClerk and Cary Hansel, and return to wrestling prominence. Indoor Track: It may take a long time before W&L athletics ever sees the likes ofsuperhuman senior Josephine Schaeffer again. After all, Schaeffer has a sport for every season: cross PAGE 7 ATHLETE or the WEEK Amie Jenkins Men’s Lacrosse J unior Ande Jenkins has been a major con» . tributor in the men’s1acrosse team ’s 3-0 start. Last Wedensday "at Lynchburg, Jenkins struck in a big way for W& L. Hejnotched four. . . ' goals, inciuding three in the final period, as W&L blew open the doors for an '11-5 win. , j _~ Jenkins foliowed that upwith three goals , ~ and two assists in a=15-3 demolition of Vita ginia Wesleyan. . Jenkins ‘has coliected 13 goals and 4 assists so far this season. country in the fall, indoor track in the winter, and outdoor track in the spring, and she runs each with astounding success. Her latest accomplishments are wins in the one- mile and two-mile runs at the ODAC championships and a trip to the Division III championships in the 5,000 meter run. Schaeffer may be irreplaceable, but the women’s track team will still have plenty ofweapons. Juniors Nat Messmore and Erin Gnidziejko, sophomore Carson Flowers, and fresh- men lsaris Bonilla and Lisa Brennan will all return. The men will have to cope with the losses ofseniors Brad Paye, Harris Morrison and Stuart Hogue, but their arsenal is * l 0' Stock Up & Save far from empty. Omar Moneim and Marc Granger have developed into serious shot put threats, and Sandy Hooper, Jason Callen, Greg Ruthig and Will Olson have left their mark in the running categories. It should not be surprising if W&L improves on its third place finish at the ODAC championships next season. It would be easy to sweep this 20-55 winter sports record under the carpet and move on, but that would not be doing 00 Senior Cam Dyer was seiected to the GTE Col~ Senior Josephine Schaeffer will compete in the I)iViSi0n H1 Indbor Iege Division Academic these athletes justice. They gave their respective sports their Track and Field Champi- AiI~Districtteam, covering best shot and we should recognize them for their efforts. 1 onships this weekend at Divisionll and III schoois, Success usually does riot come easily; it requires dedica- Smith College. Schaeffer’ forthe second straight year. tion and time for rebuilding. With the abundance of young - ' ' had rovisio all ual‘- D r is candidate fo the : 1 h ' t t , h ‘ H3"'!5 79919’ 5°’e.°t°d Va"°t'e5 O9 fiedlior the 3.005 inetér Gigs iscademic 311- aabiiiriiiutZ¥'2h‘Z'airp?$isv5§."fii §~i“iJirii§Lyerfri§t°§y"?rZii En "SI! 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Virginia Tech MLl\cnoass- W, 15-3, vs. Virginia Wesleyan Wlncaosss - W, 11-5, at Bridgewater M'IsNNis - L, '7-0, at James Madison W'lkNNls - W, 9-0, at Hollins . O This Week 0 BA£lBALL- Sat. vs. Randolph-Maeo (2), 1:00 PM; ’l‘uea. vs. Bridgewater, 3:00 PM; Thurs. vs. Savannah A&D(2), 1:00PM MI..Acn.ossI- Sat. vs. Hampden-Sydney, 3:00 PM; h Sun. vs. TBA, l2:00or3:00 PM (W&L Tourney) WLACROBBl- Sat. vs. Colby-Sawyer, 3:00PM; Thurs. vs. Lynchburg, 4:00 PM M'l‘s:NNis- Sat. vs. Wooster, 1:00 PM W'I‘:NNls- Sat. vs. Nazareth, 10 AM; vs. Rand-Macon, 2PM GOLF - Thurs. at Emory & Henry, 12:30 PM @112 itttng-tum ihlli SPORTS BASEBALL, TENNIS, LACROSSE, GOLF ‘ I ‘rt MARCH 8, 19967 W&L splits wild series with W. Virginia Tech * 1 PAGE 8 By CHRIS PUGSLEY Phi Staff Writer innings. Also, the Generals left ten By BETHANY BAUMAN Phi Assistant Sports Editor The Washington and Lee men’s lacrosse team has put its highly touted preseason standing to the test three times in the past two weeks with matches against Guilford, Lynchburg and Virginia Wesleyan. The Generals ran to easy wins in all three ODAC contests. The Generals posted their first win in a 17-1 ODAC victory over Guilford College on February 24,. The Generals were up 11-0 at the half, and were never in danger of losing their lead. Junior attack Ande Jenkins opened his season by scoring six goals, while senior midfielders Jason Hurst and Adam Butterworth, and sophomore attacks Tom Fallace and Sam Horstman each added two. Three W&L freshmen, Andy Beckler, Johnny Gilman and Steve Birdsall, made the first Esposito, and Graig Fantuzzi to take a little back from this give Highly-rated lacrosse squads start spring in perfect fashion crosse Tournament is scheduled for this weekend and the Generals will be playing host to some tough competition. Seventeenth-ranked Cortland State will play St. Mary’s (19) on Saturday at noon. Then the ninth-ranked Generals will take on Hampden-Sydney (16). The championship and consolation games will be played on Sunday. The W&L women’s lacrosse team kicked off its competitive season this past Wednesday with an ODAC matchup at Bridgewater College. The Generals led 7-0 at the half against the Eagles. But Bridgewater calne back in the second half, scoring four straight A goals and cutting the Generals lead to three. But this was as close as the Eagles would get, as sophomore Emily Gipson went on to score her second goal of the game and sophomore Lorraine Taurassi knocked in three straight. The Generals toppled Bridgewater with a final score of 11-5. W&L will be back in action at home tomorrow against Colby- Sawyer College. goals of their college careers . Sophomore goalie Scott Jackson and junior goalie Chris TeStrake combined to make six saves while allowing only one goal. W&L had its second game on the 28th in Lynchburg. The Gen- erals had an easy 11-5 win over the 22nd ranked Hornets. Leading 9-6 in the seventh inning, the Golden Bears came to bat and scored four runs in the top of the seventh. con in a doubleheader. l Tennis begins seasonl l l FROM Pm STAFF REPORTS 3 The W&L women’s tennis team began their season in style by shutting out ODAC rival Hollins College, 9-0, on Wednesday. Leading the Generals in the number one spot was senior Julie W&L scored three goals within 36 seconds to take a 5-2 lead in the first quarter, but then hit a scoring drought that lasted for over 33 minutes. Lynchburg scored three be- fore Butterworth could break the Generals’ scoreless streak, up- ping the score to 6-5. Jenkins Ayers, who won her individual match. Sophomores Ericka Shapard and Berry Blankinship won their two and three spot individual matches and combined to win their doubles match. Senior captain Shelley Sunderlnan, senior Helen Chandler and freshman Mary Celeste Foster also had victories for W&L. Chan- dler and Sunderlnan combined for a doubles victory. Ayers and Foster also dropped their Hollins opponents in doubles competition. The women are coming off their third-place showing last year at the Division III Championships. They are ranked fourth in this then scored three of his four goals to ice the game. The team made their first appearence at home last Satur- day against Virginia Wesleyan. Butterworth and Jenkins each knocked in three goals and two assists on the way to a 15-3 vic- tory. Senior attack Russell Croft also added two goals and three assists. Jackson made five saves and again allowed only one goal. The 3rd annual W&L La- The men’s lacrosse team, shown here in the 1995 Lee-Jackson Classic, is poised for another strong campaign. W&L has started this season 3-0. Photo by Betsy Green, Phi Photo Editor year’s preseason. The women host Nazareth at 10 AM Saturday and will take on Randolph-Macon at 2 PM. Sunday, they will take on Washington College at 10 AM. The men’s team lost their opening match against Division I opponent James Madison, 7-0. Freshman Dale Pretila fought hard, taking his opponent to a tiebreaker in the second set, but lost, 7-6(4). This week’s match against Division I Radford University was postponed due to inclement weather. This weekend, the men will take on Division III powerhouse College of Wooster at 1 PM Saturday. Last season, the Generals beat Wooster, 5-2. Publications Board Notice The Washington and Lee Universitg Publications Board is now accepting applications for the following positions: Executive Editor and Business Manager of The Ping-tum Phi and Editor and Business Manager of the Calyx Those interested in opplging should submit a resume and cover letter to The Ping-tum Phis mailbox in the Universitg Center bg March 25. I996. at 5 p.m. Though experience is the most desirable qualitg of candidates. there are no official requirements for these positions and all interested students are stronglg encouraged to applg. Generals survive controversial second game ending after dropping 24-16 slugfest , J Then, in the bottom of the ‘ _ seventh the Generals came to bat It has been 3 season °_f gwe and attempted to at least tie the’ and lake for the Washlnglon score to force extra innings. and‘-ee hasehah team ' _ With two out and a runner on Afterdroppmgae-1decision second, freshman shortstop Pat to t°M31')’ Washington Cehege °n Hall came to bat and ripped at Thursday, the Generals settled single to left field, scoring the in at Smith Field for a weekend tying inn and evening the score series with West Virginia Tech. at 10_10_ , Shnda)’ 3fte1'n°°n’s double‘ At that moment, the umpires . headerwasshortenedtoonenine- stopped the game and gave the ll’ inning contest, and the Generals win to the Gene,aiS_ attempted to eutseere the highly The logic behind the decision Poienl Golden Bea’ °ffense- was that the Generals tied the This 3PPT°3eh Was n°lf3V°" score and calling the game re- ableforthe Generals. Bothteams Vet-ted the official score hack to ‘, enlnhlned for 40 runs and 34 the previous full inning, giving hits, showing that the American the Genet-his a 9-5 win_ Pastime is not Yeah)’ that h°"ing- Matt Ennigiotti picked up his This Ohtslanding slhgfest Te’ first win of the season, giving up sulted in a 24-16 win for the only two earned nine in six in_ V Golden Bears after only seven nings of work. ’‘ innings of 3°h°n- Freshman Bob Weston closed But, the Generals showedthat the game out for his first ea a steep deficit is no call for giv- save ‘ ing up. Trailing 13-It in'the bot- pat Haiias gatne-tying sing torn 0f the fohrlh lnnlnga the will neverbeseen in the offlcia Generals stormed back with scoring not win Chad Reynolds’ seVen 1'“ns- _ ‘ performance in relief because ev- b They vgreret lecztvliiyl/lsenlc;1rt;i‘rs‘; Photo by Betsy Green, Phi Photo Editor erythihg that happened in that aseman eson 1 er,w o a , , _ _ , , _ - ' two hits nd a ame_hi h four The baseball team rolled up a football score Sunday at windswept Smith Field, losing to West Virginia S°V°“t.h "mmg was chased‘ a - g g T h 24 16 Th bat c 01 d ff Monda b t th Generals still scored nine runs to earn a series s lit Th1stw°'gameS°"°Spr°V°d ‘t runs halted 1n- ec ’ ' ' e S 0 e 0 y’ u e P ’ to be a give and take series forthe J D_eSl>1te the eonstant barrage Generals, who now stand at 3-5 °f hns b)’ the Golden Bears: of‘ The Generals were hurt by runners On base and squandered each had two hits apiece and Will and take situation against West for the season. fensea the Generals sllstalned Seventotalerrorsinthegameand SeV6ra10pp0rtuni1i6St0SCOr6ad- Jordan added two RBIs forWash- Virginia Tech. This time, Gen- Washington and Lee opens the” Own Sconng anackasconng letting the Bears maintain their diti0n8l IUIIS» ington and Lee. erals baseball was sparked with up its ODAC schedule at home lhlfteen runs In the final fol" scoring attack. Mark Sappenfield, Tommy Monday, the Generals aimed a bit of controversy. Saturday against Randolph-Ma- * D‘. I 7 $- I V 4