OCR::/Vol_099_100/WLURG39_RTP_19971027/WLURG39_RTP_19971027_001.2.txt T "V LIJ E .4 05 3 Washington and Lee University VOLUME 100, NUMBER 5 The Wal-Mart Garden Center transforms into a haunted house for children of all ages for a price that isn’t smry. PAGE 3 Dorm counselors reprimanded BY KATHRYN MAYURNIK +-—-?---— NEWS EDITOR Three dorm counselors were rep- rimanded by Dean of the Freshman Program Dennis G. Manning last week for not enforcing the University alcohol policy in the dorms as strictly as he had hoped. . _On the night of Friday, Oct. 17, three dorm counselors and a large group of freshmen were socializing in a Gilliam second floor/infir1nary- side room. A freshman girl was drinking a beer when a fourth dorm counselor walked into the crowded and noisy room. The dorm counselor gave the freshman the penalty for drinking in the dorms and reported the other three dorm counselors in the room to Manning. The three dorm counselors told Manning that they were not con- suming alcohol at the time and were not aware that there was alcohol in the room. ' “It was a really crowded room and they were on the other side of it from where the freshman girl was drinking the beer,” said Chaz Frank ’99, head dorm counselor. Since they were not drinking with the freshmen in the dorms and since they were unaware that alcohol was being consumed, the dorm counselors Swiping for safety? BY HEATHER MCDONALD -——-——-—- STAFF WRITER “Excuse me, can you let me in? I forgot my card.” This is not an altogether uncom- mon phrase at W&L. But how do you know that person is a student and even has a card in the first place? Such is the dilemma concerning University cards, better known as “swipe cards.” As on-campus thefts skyrocketed this year, many are won- dering whether or not the swipe cards are doing their job. “This year has eaten us up,” W&L Chief of Security Michael Young said about the thefts that have occurred this year. The system has cut back on thefts overall, although this year is an exception, Young said. “The thefts have been mostly from residence halls and the library,” Lex- ington Police Chief Bruce Beard said there have been at least 12 on-cam- pus thefts this year. “I can’t explain the increase,” Beard said. “I hope we’re able to ap- prehend the person or people who are responsible for these thefts.” I Dean of the Freshman Program Dennis G. Manning had a different perspective on the thefts. ‘‘I would hardly call [the thefts] a have been put on a probationary pe- riod instead of suffering stricter pen- alties, Frank said. The probation entails a review of their position on the dorm counselor staff by Manning at the end of the term. “I was not pleased,” Manning said. “I don’t expect the dorms to be a po- lice state, but I felt that they should have been more vigilant about enforc- ing the alcohol policy.” “I thinklthat alcohol offenses in the dorm have existed since alcohol and dorms have existed,” Manning said. Manning thinks that the dorm counselors are doing a good job over- all of enforcing the alcohol policy and hopes that they aren’t getting soft. Dorm counselors sign a contract specifying that they will enforce the University’s policy on alcohol in the dorms. “I think we have an effective al- cohol policy in the dorms,” Man- ning said. The first offense for an alcohol infraction is six hours of work in the Dining Hall and a $50 fine. The second offense is another six hours in the D-hall, a $100 fine, referral to an alcohol education program, referral to Dean Manning and noti- fication to parents. A third alcohol offense means expulsion from Uni- versity Housing. trend,” Manning said. “But you can lock your door and practice good sound personal security without be- traying the Honor System. We live in a town of 7-8,000 people and more hi the surrounding county, who are not a part of the Honor System.” He added that there is no way to connect the this year’s thefts to the use of swipe cards. The swipe card system was first installed in the freshman dorms in the fall of 1995. The year before, there were approximately 30 thefts in the dorms, according to Young. After swipe cards were installed, the num- ber of thefts in the dorms dropped to about 3, said Young. Gaines Residence Hall and Woods Creek Apartments had the swipe card system installed last year, and the number of thefts in the dormitories was about the same. “One (of the perpetrators) in Woods Creek was in the building as a guest of someone else,” said Young about one of the thefts two years ago. “That’s something we can’t control. It’s up to you if you let a thief stay with you.” This fall, the old Delt House was QEDSEESWIPEPAGE2 SPORTS PAGE 5 Water polo wins third place in the Mid—Atlantic Championships in true Varsity fashion, and women’s soccer bounces back from first loss. he Tiling-tum {flirt X-Files Correspondent Mayur: ‘k knows wha it takes t be a die—hard_ an. Lambda Chi Alphas have turned their fraternity house’s main floor and basement into a haunted house every Halloween for as long as the brothers can remember. “It requires a lot of preparation,” Jeff Mitchell ’99 said. “The whole house gets together that afternoon and puts things up.” DOING ‘I’HE“l\l’/lONSl‘ER MASH Each room of the house has its own theme, and the brothers who work in the room dress up to match the theme. Lambda Chi will probably spend about $75 on candy, make-up and a few new props for the house, Mitchell said. The Lexington Police Department usu- ally donates $50 to the project. “The haunted house has the double effect of doing something fun for the kids and giving all the proceeds to the United Way,” Scott Kees ’98 said. The Lambda_Chi haunted house usually raises more than $200 for the United Way. It runs from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m on Oct. 30. Admis- sion is around $1. @ By Hillary Coombs 1 Giving up the ghost: Rumors of W&L spooks abound BY KATHIE SOROKA part of campus. Washington and Lee folklore, it is probably be- F ail any midterms this past week? According to cause you walked between the two center columns in front of Graham-Lees dormitory. This legend is just one piece of the ever-evolving local mythology and ghost stories which surround the W&L campus and the Lexington area. Stories of Robert E. Lee and his family occasionally float around campus. ' One of the most eerie stories is that Lee still visits the Payne Hall 21 classroom in which he was inaugurated. Professor Sanders, University Historian, heard of a spectral sighting in Lee Chapel. This time, it was not Lee himself, but his nephew who was spotted with a woman on the chapel’s stage. Sanders doubts Robert E. Lee is actually haunting any _ Educating through the tap BY COURTNEY MILLER ——%———— EXECUTIVE EDITOR It was free beer, Beam and cokes and screwdrivers for the over-21 participants at Washington and Lee’s controlled drinking experi- ment last Wednesday. Sponsored by Peer Counselors and Lifestyle Information For Everyone, the evening was designed to educate students about tolerance. Zach Lee, senior and LIFE member, was pleased with the evening’s turnout. “You can always hope for more, but we got people to participate and there was a good size audience sitting around hanging out and listening to music,” Lee said. This is the second year Dr. Jane Horton has been involved in the ex- periment. She introduced several changes, including serving hard alco- hol in addition to beer, differentiat- ing between men and women and in- viting Catholic Campus Ministry Chaplain Burr Datz’s band to enter- tain the students. ’ Seniors Kelly Dyer and John Osborne enjoyed the evening of free drinks. “To be honest, I’m here because I wanted to know how much I could drink,” Osborne said. After two cups of bourbon and Coke in an hour, Dyer had the low- est blood alcohol concentration of the participants. “I know I have a pretty high toler- ance,” he said. Three Lexington policemen were on hand to administer breathalyser tests, which determine a person’s Blood Alcohol Concentration, or a CD SEE BEER PAGE 2 Senior Sunda Wells takes a breathalyzer test during the Controlled Drinking Experiment. WILL H.4RL>11/R1N(;—im/ PHI STAFF WRITER “If anyone passed over to the other side, it was Lee,” he said. The most famous Lee legend deals with Traveller, Lee’s trusted horse. The current garage to Lee House was once Traveller’s barn, and the doors were always left open. After both Lee and Traveler passed away, the doors were closed, but not for long. Legend has it that Traveller was heard bucking and making a ruckus that night. The doors have never been closed since. Professor Brian Richardson recalls a recent story of a Pennsylvanian student returning to campus after vacation. “Something freaked him out so bad, he jumped in his car and drove back to Pennsylvania,” Richardson said. “He stayed there until his roommates came back to school.” Lexington is full of ghost stories outside ofW&L, as well. {Q9 sag GHOSTS PAGE 2 Kathryn PAGE 10 Bulk Rate US Postage PAID Permit No. 7 Lexington. Va. Monday OCTOBER 27, 1997 Study reveals faculty salaries QB Elrod calls the Chronicle of Higher Education’s report of faculty income “unseemly.” BY WILL HARDIE ——"—-i*—— VIsITINo EDITOR A report naming President John Elrod as the third highest-paid private higher institution president in Vir- ginia has touched some raw nerves on campus. The paper also divulged the sala- ries of the top five university officials, all Law professors. Elrod called the report “unseemly,” and Director of Personnel Bob Fox branded it “a Violation of confidence and a violation of privacy.” The study in this week’s Chronicle of Higher Education is based on data from the federal tax returns of 477 private colleges and universities nationwide. President Elrod received a total of $177,500 including benefits in the year 1995-96. He refused to comment on the figures. “I find it unseemly having salaries flaunted in print, and as unseemly for me to talk about my own salary,” he said. Elrod made no objection when simi- lar figures were published last year. Fox objects to the publication of employees’ salaries. “Talking about the salaries of in- dividuals is a violation of confidence and a violation of privacy,” he said. Other than Elrod, the top five paid W&L employees are all law profes- sors. Barry Sullivan, Dean of the Law School, received $199,079 including benefits; professors Bezanson, Kirgis, Rendleman and Groot earned between $150,000 and $180,000 in 1995-96. “If you want a law school with competitive professors you have to pay competitive salaries,” Professor Doug Randleman said. “A success- ful lawyer in a similar position would be getting several hundred thousand dollars.” For the last decade, state law has required private institutions to submit the salaries of their five most highly paid employees, to review the tax breaks available. Public schools are subject to the Freedom of Information Act and so SEE SALARY PAGE 2 ,. _ g V EDITOR 2 ‘ Arearesrdent Kessler beg’an’servinfgi70 days 1 in jail’ last~~Eriday,, ifii‘p,axt_for1’th¢ .*hett ‘of 3.3 cassettes I “and nine CD’s fijomsenior, Chris Baldwin’s carFebru- V , 5', Kessler, by the name‘ ‘fDavic1;’}:i-eceived , ‘ 30iday§ foriithe‘thefts,,30I'for—a trespassing charge and 10 for an assault and battery charge. He was originally charged with felony grand larceny, since the origi- nal value Baldwin gave the police was $315. How- ever, the ‘charged was changed to a misdemeanor before the trial when the courtdeterrninedthe value to be less than $200. Both the trespassing and as-, sault and battery. charge were alsooriginally! felo- nies, but were dropped down to misdemeanors. They were unrelated to thefts. g 1 I V 5 Kessler was arrested after trying to sell the items to Wayne Raynal, owner of Night Owl Music, who had items. ‘ » night.” e for theft I Istudent’s car tipped off by Baldwin with a list of the stolen . Almost 30 of the cassettes and four of the CDs were rare and valuable Dave Matthews Band bootlegs. “At firstgl thought I had misplaced them,” Baldwin said, “but then I realized they must have been stolen.” . . Baldwin's car showed no sign of forced entry, ac- cording to police reports. It was parked in front of the Baker-Davis-Gillam quad when it was broken into. “I did think this could happen in Lexington,” Baldwin said, ‘fFor- that reason, I usually lock my car when I park ofi' campus. I just didn’t do so on that g . All of the items‘ were returned to Baldwin afier the trial, except for two CD5 which never surfaced. Before the trial, Kessler told the Phi that he was leaving Lexington and going out west to visit friends after the trial. Kessler quit his employment at Evans Dining Hall after his arrest in early March. OCR::/Vol_099_100/WLURG39_RTP_19971027/WLURG39_RTP_19971027_002.2.txt PAGE 2 SALARY CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 must release all salaries. Randleman argues that the release of only‘the top five figures for private institu- tions is misleading. ‘‘It would be more palatable if this was universal,” he said. “That is, selective release of such figures lacks context.” A handful of private schools defied the law and with- held their data last year. Some religious schools felt it was not appropriate to have salaries made public. Other schools with no federal funding reasoned that the gov- ernment has no reason to know this information. Although W&L resents having to give up salary in- formation, it will stop short of such drastic action be- cause it is illegal and punishable by substantial fines. The University has no objection to the publication of aggregate figures, because individual salaries are not divulged. The average W&L full professor earns $76,900, 14 percent above the national average. Asso- ciate professors earn $53,500, 7 percent over the na- tional average. Fox said that such competitive wages attract high caliber professors. The Chronicle study uncovered much larger sala- ries nationwide. Dr. John A Curry of Northeastern Uni- versity in Boston received almost a million dollars in compensation. “That is a lot of money for anyone, certainly for a college president it is hard to imagine how he could deserve it,” Elrod said. 3"; SWIPING CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 equipped with the swipe card system. The fraternity houses do not yet have the system, but, “that would be excellent,” Young said. However, the system is not cheap; the original in- stallation of the central system in Security and in the freshman dorms in 1995 cost about $800,000. The Gaines and Woods Creek systems cost about $100,000, Young said. Although rumors have circulated that residents who are not connected with the University obtain swipe cards to use the weight room, Young says this is un- true. Only students and staff members can obtain swipe cards. Each card is specifically programmed with the iden- tification number of the student or staff member. The scanner in the swipe station found outside a dormi- tory door reads that number individually. This database of ID numbers is updated regularly. As soon as one graduates or leaves the staff, the number is discontinued, but the name of the person and ID num- ber remain in the database for identifaction purposes. Young gave the example of a student who gradu- ated two years ago. “This man came back for a visit, and tried to enter Graham-Lees,” said Young. “The door wouldn’t open . for him, but his name, ID number and year of gradua- tion showed up on the main terminal, in addition to the exact door which he tried to get in.” Blakelock stuns Birdwhistell in bocce debut BY DEAN DAVID HOWISON SPECIAL TO THE RING-TUM PHI The first round of the Class of 2001 W&L Bocce Tour- nament produced a stunning upset as Carly Blakelock led her Grahan-Lees team to victory over the pre-season favor- ite Birdwhistells. After splitting the first two min-games, the Blaklocks and Birdwhistells locked up in an epic decsive third game. Facing match point elimination with only one throw lefi, Blakelock launched a shot from thrity feet that struck the pallina and blocked Birdwhistells’ wining posi- tion. Following Blakelock’s effort, the Birdwhistell team of Dan Birdwhistell, Hugh Rabb, Brent Walker and Brian Eachus fell apart, throwing several balls off the Lee-Jack- son Filed in frustration. The final score was 12 to 3. In a magnanimous gesture, W&L Bocce Ball Commis- sioner David Howsion granted the Birdwhistells a special dispenation and permitted the team of Carly Blakelock, Alexis Berstein, Carin Ritter and Nathan Urquhart moved to the second round and established itself as the team to beat. The next match will pit the Trey Overdyke team against the Jennifer Strawbridge team on Wed., Oct. 29 at 5 p.m. on the Lee-Jackson Bocce Ball Field. \ G H OSTS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The building on the northeast corner of Nelson Street and Lee Avenue, now Mountain Copy Graphics, is also famous for its superhuman sightings. An anonymous faculty member who has been here for “500 years” calls this the “Home of the Uncooperative Ghost.” He attended a séance there, but no ghost appeared. A friend of Lexington resident Katie Letcher Lyle had a supernatural experience in one of the apartments above that building. “He was terrified one night to wake up to see a man peering over him,” she said. The apparent ghost then descended into the floor as if he were descending down a staircase. A search for the previous owner revealed that a stair case was once lo- cated at that spot. More stories of local myth and mystery can be found in Anne Knox’s book, “The Gentle Ghosts,” published by the Brandon Publishing Company of Lexington, Va. BEER CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ration of alcohol to blood and sobriety tests. After the first hour, most of the participants’ BAC’s were lower that projected. Many students also passed the sobri- ety tests which included following the tip of an officer’s finger and standing on one foot for 30 seconds. “People lose the ability to judge and they feel more in control as their alcohol level gets higher,” Horton said. Officer Mark Riley said most of the students he catches on drunken driving charges have been drinking for several hours. He said although having one drink greatly increases a person’s chances of having an accident, that those plan- ning to drive should drink no more that one drink per hour. After the second hour of controlled drinking, more than A half the participant had BAC higher than .08 percent, which is the legal limit for operating a motor vehicle in Virginia. The highest was .14 percent and the lowest .044 percent. The levels depend on a person’s weight, sex how long it’s been since he/she last ate and what they are drinking. Typically carbonated mixers speed the alcohol absorption process, said Horton. Since alcohol is distributed in body water, and women have less body water than men, a woman’s BAC will be greater than a man of equal weight. Overall the participants and organizers felt the evening was a success. “I would like to have had more demonstrationsj’ Horton said. “Students need to know how a standard drink is mea- sured outside of this school.” Senior Sunda Wells agrees. “Most people pour Beam with a splash of coke, or a vodka drink with a pinch of 0].,” she said. A standard “mixed-drink” contains 1 and 1/4 ounce of alcohol per glass. At W&L this can vary greatly depending on who pours the drink. 1 . We lT,ALI72§I\I CLJ|Sll\l—£- 24 o/Vm yflam @9399; 540-464-5800, I. l\l — l I IIOWS OCTOBER 27, 1997 PARENTS’ WEEKEND DESCENDS UPON US YET AGAIN FRIDAY OCT. 31 Washington and Lee University will observe its 43rd annual Par- ents’ Weekend on Friday, Oct. 31 and Sat., Nov. 1. Activities will be- gin on Friday morning with open classes held by many of the academic departments; parents are welcome to attend. The Phi Eta Sigma initiation for sophomores, parents and advisors will be held in the Leybum Library’s Northern Auditorium Friday at 3:30 p.m. The speaker will be Theodore C. DeLaney, Jr., assistant professor of history at W&L. Other Friday afiemoon activities include scheduled appointments with faculty and an open house for freshmen and their parents from 4-5:30 p.m. at the Lee House. At 8 p.m. the University Chorus and Chamber Singers will present a concert in Lee Chapel. Saturday, parents are invited to attend a 10 a.m. report of the deans titles “Academic and Student Life at Washington and Lee” in the Commerce School Room 327 featuring Laurent Boetsch, dean of the College and David L. Howison, dean of students. President John Elrod will deliver the annual report to parents Sat., at 1 1:30 am. in Lee Chapel. ENGLISH PROFESSOR DABNEY STUART PUBLISHES SHORT STORIES Dabney Stuart, S. Blout Mason Jr. professor of English at W&L has published his 15th book and second collection of fiction, The Way to Cobbs Creek. The new work is a collection of short stories, and has been called “a book replete with wonders, of place, of character, of feeling, a dynamic meditation on the mysteries of family, judgement, mercy, being. These are works of poetry and power by a writer in full command of his art.” A volume of Stuart’s poetry was published recently by the LSU Press, Long Gone (1996). It was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, the fourth such nomination for Stuart. W&L ALUMNUS PRESENTS ONLINE BANKING LECTURE James S. “Chip” Mahan III ’73, founder and chief executive officer of Security First Network Bank, will speak in Room 327 of W&L’s Commerce School on Thurs., Oct. 30, at 7 p.m.. His lecture is titled “An Introduction to Cyber Banking,” and the public is invited to at- tend. 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All Keith Burley, 5, could do when he came out of Raven House was repeat, “It was scary.” Ghost guides greet visitors to the haunted house, which opened Oct. 3 in the Wal-Mart Garden Center. Each guide tells the funny story of his demise and then leads visitors through the 30-by-60-foot house. Local artist R.J. Ogren, whose studio created Raven House, describes the project as “a cross between Disney’s ‘Haunted Mansion’ and R.L. Stein’s ‘Goosebumps. “lt’s all based on a script, ghost guides, a lot of humor and fun scares,” Ogren said. “The way you really scare people and make it funny don’t expect.” cause Ogren believes that family tradition,” Ogren said. and hopes that by then the Raven House closes on from Nov. 7 to Nov. 15 as A FRIGHTENING TOWNIE welcomesguests into the Raven House, Wal-Mart ’s haunted Garden Center. HOLUSTER HOVEY/PHOTO EDITOR guides through the scenes CD Alum Michael Sokolowski releases debut instrumental album. BYMLGOOCH STAFF Wizmza “In November Sunlight,” the debut CD of the instrumental group “Soko,” reveals a style of music similar to the Charlottesville scene where it was spawned. The listener hears traces ofthe jazz-rock experimentalism which has dominated the Charlottesville scene since the late ’80s. In fact, Leroi Moore and '3’. Tim Reynolds of Dave Matthew’s Band has of-‘< ~. ten played with “Soko” and Dave himself per- forms on “In Novem- ber Sunlight.” The debut album is a re- ,7 freshing mix of up— i beat piano melody‘ paired with a solid blend of inspiring bass and drum rhythm. M i c h a e l Sokolowski, the band’s composer and pianist, believes that pure in- strumentalism gives the artist freedom to com- municate emotionally with the listener with- out the distraction of words. His music exudes a unity derived from the trio’s»organ playing. Although occasionally the music seems drawn out and vague, it always reforms to a ern music industry. The history of “Soko” music that he plays now. in 4!" have I; “Soko” is nity bands. Lexington music stores. BY GINGER PHILLIPS STAFF Wanna 0 you ever wonder if all those things you stay up way too late at night studying will ever have any real significance? What better way to find out than to experience those cultures once seen only in postcards and pictures. Washington and Lee of- fers a wide range of opportunities for students to 0 without making it disgusting is to set them up , purposefully and have something happen they Ogren spent four years working for Walt Disney World as an animation artist. He and his wife, Suzanne, moved to the county after he de- cided to open his own studio. They relocated to Lexington out of a love for the Shenandoah Valley and the accessibility of interstates 64 and 81. There’s no blood or gore in Raven House be- Instead, the ghosts and ghouls he thinks were the traditional stars of Halloween come alive in the house through black-light special-efl°ect painting. “What we’re creating is a haunted house in the And they have. Ogren says that in the week they’ve been open, only two children have refused to enter Raven House. People of all age groups, from infants to the elderly, have taken the guided tour. Most of the guides are local high school students. “lt’s like getting paid to have fun,” said Leslie Gordon, a Rockbridge County High School student. “I like to scream when I know something’s coming up just to make them scream.” According to Ogren, Raven House averages about 100 guests a night. Many are people who came to shop at Wal-Mart. The store makes an announce- ment about the haunted house every 15 minutes. The house has had visitors from as far away as Charlottesville. Ogren attributes that to Raven House’s ad in “Visiting Lexington and the Rockbridge Area,” the Lexington Visitor Center’s guidebook. He plans to run local radio spots adver- tising the house during the last week in October averaging 400 to 500 visitors per night. Raven House is open from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. daily. Some of the “scares” work best with a crowd, so go during the peak times of Friday and Saturday night. Visitors can get $1 off the $3 price of admis- sion when they bring in a canned good for the Rockbridge Area Relief Association. effect Christmas attraction. Guests will follow featuring the wicked Professor Frost. Santa Claus, his elves and reindeer will also make appearances. ‘ Basking ‘In November Sunlight’ soothing and uplifting theme. “Soko” should re- ceive its highest praise for its true originality. For although the band’s sound can be traced to the Charlottesville genre, “In November Sunlight” de- parts from the standard regurgitation of the mod- ’83, started out playing in a band called “405" while he was a student here at W&L. It was during his college years that Sokolowski discovered the style of After,-a nine year hiatus fiom this style, ' the gifted composer and pianist ’ met a bass and drum rhythm duo that had played together 3 band has played with vari- ., ous artists and its members done much to launch their careersas professional musicians. prospect of returning to Lexington for a gig, and their laid-back style ofmusic would certainly present a healthy change from the token frater- ‘‘In November Sunlight” is now available in they’re desensitizing. “Kids can go through it.” (Professor George Ray). L()(lI.\‘l;' U1«‘/«'/«.‘u.4AN/Sr/it 1/A BY ANDREA EWING Assoazm; E)rroR The search for inner peace is the theme of Uncle Vanya, presented by the Washing- ton and Lee theater department this week. Issues of fidelity, feminism and environ- mentalism are woven through the story of a family in late nineteenth century Russia. The audience feels the characters’ unease as they deal with jealousy, love and hatred. As Chekov writes, “There is something wrong in this house.” The unsettling feeling es- tablished in the first scene lingers until the final bows. Chekov’s play centers on the concerns ofthe intellectual elite. An elderly professor and his young wife come to stay with the professor’s brother- in-law on his estate in the country. In the ensuing drama, conflicts arise as people fall in love. I saw the dress rehearsal for the show Oc- tober 23rd and was duly impressed. The acting ability of the students amplified my fascination with the play. The entire cast was well chosen and did a splendid job. Appealing time-period costumes and a remarkably simple set added to the perfonnance. The staging enhances the tension of the play haunted house will be Oct. 31. It will reopen a black-light special- of an adventure story begins when Sokolowski, for two decades. And i o, in Charlottesville in 1991, Michael _o k 0 l o w s k i , Johnny Gilmore and Houston Ross ,. fonned the band who eventually called t h e m s e l v e s “Soko.” Since 1991, the enthusiastic about the MARIA (Megan Johnson '98) tries to prevent a confrontation between Vanya (Zach Hanks ‘98) and Professor Serebryakov Johnson Theatre recreates any I. 'l'() '['Hl:' RING-7'!/M PHI by bringing the audience in touch with the lives of the characters. The show is staged in—the-round style with the stage in the cen- ter and the audience on all four sides. This allows everyone in the audience to have a better view, but calls for the actors to play to all sides... The principle character is Uncle Vanya, played by senior Zach 3 ll e ers Hanks. Vanya is a doleful man who cannot find love and puts his life on hold for his brother—in-law, the pro- fessor. Hanks plays a be- lievable embittered old man and makes the audience feel the pain of the character. Dr. George Ray plays pro- fessor Alexander Serebryakov, an old man who believes he is the center of the household. A 19th century Russia hypochondriac, he makes his wife and family wait on him and and foot. Ray’s portrayal adds comic relief to an otherwise very serious production. I was perhaps most impressed by Erin Mullaney, senior, as the professor’s young wife, Yelena. Mullaney’s talented performance con- veys the frustration of an idle woman trapped in a loveless marriage. Yelena’s situation derives from her sense of duty to her husband, which prevents her from leaving her marriage. PLAY REVIEW I1C Mitchll CD See VANYA page 4 W8L’S WORLDWlD€ CLASSROOM Students who have done it agree, you can ited number of exchange programs with universities in Japan, Denmark, Hong Kong, and England. Generally, over 100 W&L students study abroad each year. The majority go abroad during the spring tem, and a relatively small number of students choose to leave forithe full academic year. “Students enjoy being here at W&L so much that they are often afraid of being gone too long,” Director of International Education William Klingelhofer said. study and work around the world —— from learn- Study abroad opens This fall, W&L students are studying in such dis- ing Spanish in Madrid to studying Shakespeare in up the worldfor parate places as Ireland, Israel, Ecuador, Austria, Mada- London. gascar, Hungary, Denmark, and France. Students study- W&L presents several study abroad programs Students-" ing abroad for the full year have gone to South Africa, during the six week spring term, which begins in mid- Venezuela, Scotland, and Taiwan. If a student desires April and ends in late May. Students can travel to _Wl-[ll-am Kl]-ngelhofer to study in a country which is not part of any W&L countries such as Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Poland, and England. The university also has a lim- program, numerous colleges in Virginia and around the nation offer programs which are accepted by W&L. 77 broaden your mind o ith a trip Despite the fact that W&L offers a greater variety of opportunities than other universities, only a small number of W&L students actually study abroad. Klingelhofer believes that the financial requirements for these trips are one reason for this tradition. And because of the International Education Office was established only this year, it has not been as easy for students to access information about study abroad programs in the past. Since international study has not been a part of W&L’s past culture, there has been little communication between students who have studied abroad and those who might be interested in such an oppor- tunity ifthey only had more information. Klingelliofer says, “Study abroad opens up the world for students in very concrete ways.” Senior Kelley Totten learned this fact on her trip to France during the CD See ABROAD page 4 OCR::/Vol_099_100/WLURG39_RTP_19971027/WLURG39_RTP_19971027_004.2.txt l '\ , I _., I ,_ _";“_=I:‘I7/ LEXlNG’i'6N:'QA EAAESHSITE‘ . OCTOBER 27, 1997 silatest releas ards From’ the Road.” A the essence of a‘ Rayburn show comedy, the songs and the e (D SONYA (Shelley Adams ‘98) comforts Vanya (Zach Hanks '99) after everyone has left them. L()l/[SE UI~'lv‘h'l.MAN/ SPEC/A1. 'I'() THE RING-YUM PHI CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 piness he feels. Johnson Theater, because of the staging. Junior Shelley Adams plays the plain Sonya, Vanya’s niece and the professor’s daughter. She is in love with the doctor, but he does not know she exists. Adams’ moving monologue re- veals a girl who longs to be beautiful, yet who knows she is not. Only a few tickets are leftfor the Saturday of Parents’ Weekend, so reserve yours‘now. The show is held in the The doctor, portrayed byjunior Drew Higgs, is a tired, sensitive man who longs for a different life. Dr. Astrov drinks incessantly, his only way of dealing with the unhap- See the play 8 pm. Mona/2 y or Tbcsday in the Lenfed Centa. Yhere W171 Ix’ a special P.zn’:‘n£s* Wedrend pezfonnmce 2 p.m. ° S7tu1d7}/. Tickesz 4638000 BOWLES HOLLOWELL CONNER e CO. INVESTMENT BANI What did you do today? Nothing. Anything exciting happen last weekend? 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Newport Sat.: Women’s Soccer (13-1) Wed.: W&L 10 E&H 0 RM 0 W&L 1 Sat.: Men’s Soccer (7 Tues.: VMI W&L W&L RM ) -2 0 1 Sat.: 1 2 Men’s X-Country 9th of 25 at Gettysburg Invitational Women’s X-Country 16th of 25 at Gettysburg Invitational AHEAD Football Sat.: Home at 1:30 vs. Bridgewater Volleyball Sat.: at C. Newport Men’s Soccer Wed.: Home at 3:00 vs. Roanoke Sat.: Home at 1:00 vs. Denison Women’s Soccer Wed.: ODAC 1st Round Men’s & Women’s X-Country Sat: ODAC Championships Sewanee rolls over the Generals, 48-14 BY BRENDAN HARRINGTON ———?— smr Wm ash ington and Lee im proved their record to 2-4 after they destroyed Hampden-Sydney 29-7 last Saturday. Leading the way for the Generals was running back, Hanley Sayers, who gained 112 yards on 20 carries and also had two touchdowns. Sopho- more quarterback Christian Batcheller followed up his record breaking per- formance against Davidson with an- other fine game He was 12 for 19, completing for 141 yards and two touchdowns, a 49 yarder to J.T. Malatesta, and a 6-yard strike to fresh- man Wes Hardy. Washington and Lee took the lead late in the second quarter with a saftey and they led 16-0 at halftime. The Generals would add 2 more touch- downs in the second half and Hampden-Sydney would get their lone score in the fourth quarter on a 19 yard touchdown pass to Thomas Ransom from Karl Tuhey. The loss dropped Hampden-Sydney to 0-6. The Generals saw their two game winning streak dissapear on Saturday as longtime rival Sewanee rolled over the Generals 48-14 in Sewanee, Ten- nessee. Sewanee gained an impres- sive 539 yards on the ground as the Generals defense simply could not stop the Tigers running game. The loss dropped Washington & Lee to 2-5 and Sewanee improved to 4-3 with the win. The game was close early as the Generals took a 7-6 lead after fresh- man Hanley Sayers scored on a 39 yard touchdown with 9:01 left in the first quarter. That would be the last time the Generals would see a lead however, as Sewanee tallied 35 con- secutive points on their way to vic- tory. The Generals were kept out of the endzone until the fourth quarter when Sayers scored his second touch- down of the game, this one from 2 ports PAGE 5 Women’s soccer withstands first loss Suffering its first loss to Lynchburg, the Generals come back strong, setting new record of 13 season victories BY FRANCES GROEERG —““"*"“'—“'_‘:‘ STAFF \WRl'1‘ER the women’s soccer team. Last Wednesday, the team suffered its first loss of the season to Lynchburg, but came back strong to win the re- maining three games. As a result of the Generals’ efforts, the team ended their regular season 13-1 overall for the season and 8-1 in the ODAC tour- nament. This past weekend against Randolph-Macon, the team set a new school record of 13 wins in a season by defending the six-time defending ODAC champion by a score of 1-0. With the win, the Generals broke RMC’s 69 game ODAC unbeaten streak, which dates back to 1991. The last game RMC lost prior to Saturday was also against W&L. In defeating the Yellow Jackets, the Generals also set a new school conference win record of eight. The game was scoreless until the final six minutes, until freshman Mar- garet-Hunter Turner passed the ball to senior Erica Reineke, who booted it past the RMC goalie Carrie Plunkett. Despite the fact that RMC outshot the Generals 14-6 and won 13 corner kicks to W&L’s one, the team was still able to pull out the victory. When the final buzzer sounded, the scoreboard showed 1-0 in favor of W&L. Sopho- more Stephanie McKnight and fresh- man Lauren Harris, W&L’s two goal- ies, recorded a combined seven saves and recorded their sixth shutout of the season. To celebrate the momentous vic- tory, the Generals decided to “bare all” and participate in a ceremonial run of the Colonnade. Against Emory and Henry on It’s been a down and up week for yards out. Sayers finished with 143 yards on 27 carries and 2 touchdowns, a lone bright spot in an otherwise dis- mal Generals perfonnance. The Tigers dominated virtually every major statistical category. Ti- gers players rushed for more than 98 yards, including Craig May who rushed for 121 yards on 9 carries, an impressive 13.4 yards per carry. All in all, the Tigers ran the ball 68 times, passed only 9 times and averaged 7.9 yards per cany as a team. The Tigerss strategy was simple: run the ball right down the General’s throats and see if the General’s defense could stop them. The answer turned out to be an obvi- ous no and Sewanee ran on the Gen- erals all day long. Washington and Lee will see if they can get back to their winning ways when they host rival Bridgewater next Saturday, at Wilson Field at lp.m. Next week is parent’s weekend and like homecoming, the Generals will have some extra incen- tives to do well. _W&L vs. Sewanee Game Stats Thursday, junior co-captain Karin Treese boosted the number of school records she holds to four as the Gen- erals defeated the Wasps by a score of 10-0. With her four goals and three as- sists of the game, Treese set a new W&L single game pont record with 11 and a record for the most goals in a season with 22. She also broke the record for most points in a season with the game with 49. Treese holds the record for all-time goals as well. In the game, W&L took control‘ at the very beginning and held onto it for the duration. Less than 10 min- utes into the game, the women had already extended a 3-0 lead with a goal from Treese in between two from Ginny Jemigan. By halftime, the lead was increased to 8-0 with goals from senior Erica Reineke, senior co-cap- tain Lorraine Taurassi, two more from Treese, and one from freshman Lind- say Williams. This still wasn’t good enough for the Generals. Treese and freshman Courtney Nolan would each net a goal in the second half to give W&L their second 10-0 victory of the season. Last Saturday, during the read- ing days, the team played against Notre Dame of Maryland. Though the score was a little closer than that of Emory and Henry, the Generals pulled out a 3-1 victory. It was Treese, who once again started the team on the right foot, scoring an unassisted goaljust over 10 minutes into the game. The score stood 1-0 in favor ofthe Gen- erals at halftime and through the first part of the second half until Nolan scored another unassisted goal to put W&L up 2-0. Notre Dame didn’t give up, how- ever, and rebounded with a goal from Casey Hentz to decrease the Gener- als’ margin to 2-1. Erica Reineke sealed the victory as time expired with a goal off a pass from Nicole Johnson. Sophomore goalie Stephanie McKnight played the entire game, re- cording five saves in the non-confer- ence win. Wednesday the 15th was a clash between two undefeated teams—W&L and Lynchburg. Someone had to win, to break the other’s record. Unfortu- nately for the Generals, it was Lynchburg who came out on top. For just the second time this sea- son, W&L failed to get on the scoreboard first, as Kerrie Swarts of Lynchburg scored from the top right comer of the penalty area to give LC 1-0‘lead 14 minutes into the game. Latrisha Wahe scored for Lynchburg just six and a half minutes later to ex- tend their lead to 2-0. The Generals mounted a comeback with a goal and a successful penalty shot from Treese off a foul on fresh- man Margaret-Hunter Turner, tying the game at 24:32. The tie was broken midway through the second half as Swarts of Lynchburg scored her second goal of the game. Then, after numerous chances for W&L to tie the game once more, Lynchburg counterattacked on a failed W&L comer kick, and Kristen Kowit sealed the game at 4-2 with her goal. “What it came down to was that (Lynchburg) played 90 minutes and we didn’t,” said co-captain Taurassi. “I think we needed the loss to wake ourselves up a little. Lately, we’d been just settling for the win. Now we’re back to playing our game.” Next on the schedule for the Gen- erals is the first round of the ODAC champoinships. H()I.I.IS'I'I;'R H()Vl:‘Y/PH()’l'0 EI)I'I‘()R FRESHNEN WATER POLO players took a jog around Evans Dining Hall in their uniforms on Thursday to raise support for this weekend ’s Mid-Atlantic Championships. After crushing U VA, 24-5 on Friday, the Generals dropped a thriller to West Chester, 9-10 on Saturday. They claimed 3rd place yesterday by beating Georgetown, I6-8. In their first year as a club team, the General ’s 12-2 record forcefully demonstrated their ability to compete on the varsity level. Let's hope someone noticed. all it baseball’s version of the Ice Bowl. The 1997 World Series will be remembered as much for the elements than for any of its on- field action. It was so chilly in Cleveland (a balmy 38 degrees during Game 4) that the Jacobs Field fans must have thought that the Browns were back in business. Rumor has it that Bart Starr was warming up in the bullpen and hockey legend Gordie Howe was on the on-deck circle, trying to make his token appearance in yet another decade. Strangely enough, the warm-weather Florida Marlins took two of the three in Cleveland despite the raucous crowd and the teams. The epic Game 4 lasted THE‘. BIG I-‘AN BY SCOTT BOOKWALTER The Frozen Field of Dreams so long (four hours and 12 min- utes) that Thanksgiving turkeys were on the clubhouse tables. The longest World Series game ever without Mitch Williams also fea- tured the wackiest ninth inning in Series annals. Aided by three Cleveland er- rors, the Marlins scored seven times in the ninth to take a com- manding 14-7 lead, then watched the Indians storm back with four runs in the bottom of the ninth before the final out was recorded. Despite network executives moaning about two small market teams and horribly low ratings, this was a very competitive World Series. Cleveland and Florida were not the best teams in base- «[159 SeeBIGFANpage6 FRESHMAN ANDY ROBINSON (#35) andjunior Trey Carr (#15) watch anxiously as the Generals drop their first game in three weeks to Sewanee 48-14. This loss came after an impressive streak of two victories against Davidson and Hampden —Sydney. 1‘10LI.ISTER HOVEY/PHOTO EDITOR W&L S 1st downs 13 26 Rushes/yds. 37173 68/536 Passing yds. 87 104 Off. plays/yds 65/260 77/643 Time ofPos. 28:41 31:19 Interested in Women’s Club Squash?) Contact Kim Russell 462-4745 ’thing- Games days’ a group of W &'L Students almost ran one now had levels with different challenges to overcome at each turn. War games now had real soldiers with I of our Staff members Off the road‘ They real guns shooting real bad guys. Sports teams started '5 proceeded to weave in an out uncontrollably, to field all ofthelr players almost running everyone else off the road as I found someone in my neighborhood who had a passed people on the shoulder and Nintendo and said goodbye t0 the Atari. The Nintendo came within inches of tractor trailers. games were just better. Although Nintendo meant leav- . . mg behind my favorite games, it also meant having V our Staff member lost them for a while’ only more fun I learned to enjoy the new games even more to see them pulled over on the side of the road, then the old eneS_ urinating in broad daylight. A lot of other people made the switch as well. Al- A car was a menace to the road and Could tl’l0I.lgl1 Atari Still has llCS place On the Internet, Nintendo _ . _ . i have Very well injured or killed anyone on it. ' :n;lteSr.thS.i°f.iI1Y-.€Y€Si3tllli15feslifigthgg ; —. .. tours f my face with my 'firigers_and the of L hands,-and -with heartfelt Prideand Humility. ‘ A I ei e»re:_flected.back:. r_- f _ _ ,1 .j : . ii? ‘fzir Tit T __ W8; W mejn-'1narrow-iiniintlded. _ ‘iiiiién'ti‘6-niiigi I-‘i‘Rioad“ ‘ , _ . , , , _ spend timewith us,"‘inlorally-upstanding‘womeiif: .9.-‘F15’ 3.t3e.nt1°.11 T4151 We-,e1E§.“E1_VV1..‘}1§-’ .Ho1linsstudents_have7a;ld,t;to?offer-tofotlieizworrient.1. ‘ University College, Oxford & ‘ Washington and Lee University Student Exchange Program I It has recently been determined that Washington and Lee’s student exchange program with University College, Oxford, i will continue to operate, although areas of study supported by University College will be more limited than in the past. Professor Carl Kaiser Williams School of Commerce Room 313 463-8617 ‘Rising juniors who are interested in this program may contact: - editorial 8: opinion PAGE 9 Microsoft satellites, Bill Gates, and the Jefferson server The new network. Just mention- ing it can turn students and faculty alike into Jell-O. Stand on that spe- cial spot in front of Lee Chapel, and not only will you hear someone in front of Washington Hall talk, you’ll . josh Heslinga ’98 hear voices all over campus asking things like: “I put my Net where?” and “Isn’t it ironic that Jefferson is slowly eliminating Liberty?” Take this simple true/false test to see if you too have an acute case of network-itis. l) DVA stands for the new Digital Video Adapter that you can use from any networked computer. 2) Jefferson is just the first step to the REALLY powerful servers, Hamilton and Adams, which come on-line next year. 3) All you really need to know to use the new network is your name, class year, and any word over five let- ters long. 4) In exchange for switching the campus to Windows 95, Bill Gates bought W&L a super-secret satellite capable of locating and electronically tagging students who forget to log out. As you might guess, the first, sec- ond, and fourth statements are false. DVA stands for Dirk van Assendelft, a man you should get to know well, as he is the new student network ad- ministrator and your first resource if you forget your Jefferson password. Second, while the faculty will soon have a server similar to Jefferson named Madison, reliable sources say the rumors of more centralized Fed- eralist computers to be run out of a secret room in the Commerce school are totally unfounded. Finally, any of you following the news would know that Bill Gates’ spy satellites observe Janet Reno, not W&L students. It might surprise you that the third statement is true. Buy some flash cards, memorize your name, class year, and password of your choice, and you can login successfully. Hopefully, everyone knows how to login as themselves after two months. Those of you that have been using the guest login actually do need to login as yourself now, since the guest login has been severely limited in number and capabilities. Speaking of passwords, if you know your password but want to change it, you can from any non-lab network computer. Use a friend’s personal computer (in any dorm room) or stop by the HelpDesk in Tucker Hall. Choose Start, Run, and then type “setpass” in the box. Once you’re logged in, everything becomes easier. You don’t care about new fea- tures? Fine. Just choose Liberty or Netscape from the Start Menu, and nothing’s new. What good is all this new stufi‘? Remember when you had to be in a certain lab to use one of 20 university hard drives? Now there are only three network drives, available in any pro- gram across campus, and almost all programs can be used from any lab. The H (or Home) drive points to a “home” directory that’s your personal space. To create a web page, just cre- ate a directory called public_htrnl and save all of your web files there. People can then access your page at http:// student. wlu. edu/-youmame/. You should save your main page as index.htrn, the default file for the Web address above. Since you can save di- rectly to the H drive from any program, using Jefferson for your Web page eliminates the cumbersome FTP pro- cess necessary on Liberty. You can also save other files to your home directory on the H drive and stop carrying a floppy disk. Be careful — there is a limit of about seven mega- bytes here. If you try to store large sound files of Obi Wan Kenobi’s ad- vioe, you’ll run out of space quickly. The K (or Shared) drive is open space. Need your friend to proof-read that ftmd-raising letter to female alumni from Alaska who played lacrosse? Just put it here, and he can open it, change it, or copy it from any computer on the network. One word of caution: this isn’t long-terrn storage. The K drive is de- leted about once a week. The L (or Work) drive is for class work. Techno-sawy professors can set up a class directory and save assign- ments for you. Note: if the assignment will take time to do, save it to a floppy disk or your home directory first. Once it’s saved to the L drive, you’ve turned it in. And there’ s no way for your fiiend with arms like an anorexic gorilla to pull it out of your professor’s electronic in- box. What else is new? Each lab has la- ser printers you can use at 10 cents a page from Netscape, WordPerfect, or whatever. You even get $20 from the University to start out. (If you multi- ply $20 by the number of students at W&L, it amounts to one person’s yearly tuition increase.) You can check your balance when logged in by moving the mouse over the little dollar sign in the bottom right comer. There’s also Pegasus e-mail, which lets you cut and paste, not to mention send and receive e-mail attachments. There is a limit on the size of e-mails that pass through Jefferson, so you must exchange large files via the Shared drive. When you’re done, just choose Start, Shut Down, and then Restart the Computer. 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I know it’s a little psycho to be that obsessed with a TV show, but I assure you that I’m not alone. The X-Files, and shows like it, are becoming a national pastime. Science fiction used to be reserved for socially inept people whose entire wardrobe consists of Mr. Spock T-shirts, but it has now infiltrated the main- stream population. Our society in general has becomes obsessed with little green men with big heads and big eyes, and government con- spiracy. At Six Flags Great Adventure this summer, the most popular prizes were I0-foot fluorescent green aliens in black cloaks. And think about the some of the past year’s most popular movies: “Independence Day,” “The Arrival,” and “Contact.” I call this the “millenium syndrome.” Because the end of the century looms before us, people are becoming more and more fascinated with and paranoid about the supernatural. By the year 2000, Washington and Lee students will be suspecting that Pro- fessor Brian Richardson is an alien from Vulcan. And then there’s the phenomenon of science fiction actors. Miraculously, they appear in other freaky shows after they’ve been cancelled. David Duchovany, X-files FBI agent and babe, played a transvestite FBI agent on the most bizarre show of all time, “Twin Peaks.” Four other “Twin Peaks” veterans have made token appearances on the “X-Files” including the dwarf who danced and spoke in really messed upjargon. He appeared in an episode that I saw last night, along with a man who was covered in jigsaw puzzle tattoos and ate live animals. Next week is the much-anticipated conclusion of last season’s finale ofthe “X-Files.” It also happens to be the night that we lay-out the Phi. I know what my priorities are. 9 The pitch: “lt’|| be like ‘Harvey’ meets ‘The Birdcage.”’ By Alex Christensen ——-————P/ii Movie Critic Boy, if nothing else has ever driven it home to me, “In & Out” sure did: tailoring any work of fiction to a political view- point sucks all the life out of it. I should have known before. And I’ll take almost any try at comedy over “In & Out.” Sure, it has its moments, but overall, the tone ofthe film is one of nervousness. You can actually conjure up images of one of the most talented screenwriters around, Paul Rudnick (“Addams Family Values,” “Jeffrey”), sitting at his laptop thinking, “How far will Hollywood go?” Instead ofusing that guideline to push the limits, as he might have done to some effect, he has let it keep the film from saying anything much at all, and also cut away most ofthe real drama and humor that the film’s situation would seem to suggest are ripe for exploitation. In case you don’t know, the situation ofthe film is based on the real—life Oscar acceptance speech made by Tom Hanks af- ter his first win, for “Philadelphia.” In it, he thanked some of his gay teachers by name. The makers of “In & Out” recog- nized a great premise when they heard it, you’ve got to give them that much. Their inspiration was to ask what might hap- pen ifa teacher was outed who wasn’t out, maybe not even to himself. So we have the story of Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline), outed in a similar way by his former student, Cameron Drake (Matt Dillon) just a few days before Howard’s planned mar- riage to his girlfriend Emily (Joan Cusack). Though Brackett denies being gay, he is finally forced to confront the truth after being dogged by questions from tabloid reporters, including the openly gay Peter Malloy (Tom Selleck). So Rudnick sits down. with a bunch of 3x5s and starts free- associating. “What would be great movie scenes we’ve never seen before?” And, oh, he has a bunch ofideas. Spoof the Os- cars. A Kline-Selleck kiss. Drama at the altar. Bing, bing, bing, the ideas are coming like sausages off the conveyor belt. Un- fortunately, because of the way he thinks he has to write the movie for Hollywood to accept it, he knows he can’t get at any truth. He has to skim the surface, go for easy conflicts and situ- ations, and, in the process, he doesn’t write in a main character. And that’s the main problem. The politics preclude creating a three-dimensional main character, the necessary ingredient for any successful dramatic enterprise, up to and including a broad farce, which “In & Out” wants to be. That’s why it fails. Howard Brackett is a cipher. Not a Capra-esque everyman or a comedy-of—errors scapegoat-a-cipher. The humor of such a char- acter lies in his being able to deceive himself for so long and then suddenly being able to “discover” he’s gay without hardly even blinking. It’s essentially a Jimmy Stewart role, Theodore Honey of “No Highway in the Sky” or Elwood P. Dowd of “Harvey.” But the Brackett ofthe film has no comic depth with which successfully to pull off this kind of non-transformation transformation, which would trigger the comedy. And it’s not Kevin Kline’s fault. He has nothing to work with except his physicality, which he uses to full effect. Rudnick just hasn’t been willing to let the audience feel Howard’s pain, to coin a phrase, and so no one else in the film can respond honestly, either. He thinks it would be too uncomfortable-for Hollywood, for mainstream moviegoers. He’s wrong. Still, there are many things to like about the film. In general, the supporting performances are top-knotch. SeIleck’s likabiI- ity and magnetic screen presence bring to his character a weight lacking in any of the others. Selleck and Kline’s kiss is a won- derful moment all the way around. Joan Cusack steals nearly every scene she is in, especially her inspired breakdown se- quence at the wedding. Bob Newhart and Debbie Reynolds are also standouts, as the school principal and Howard’s mother, respectively. All in all, “In & Out” is a good time at the movies. There are enough laughs to keep you in your seat and there’s enough good- heartedness to leaven the tiiiiidity, but there’s not nearly enough honesty and wit. Watch it, but then go rent “Beautiful Thing.” Q OCTOBER 27, 1997 T I)’ 0 ii :1‘ R0 b i n’s‘ 7 )‘ ,est_aurant A ievlews . _ Parents’ Weekend means shopping, parent’s ques- tions, and eating out with mom and dad. We have quickly become. familiar with the best (and worst) dining options in the Lex Vegas area, and thus we proudly present a brief list of sugges- IIOIISI. Doug and Robin’s “Parents’ Weekend Great- est Hits.” A For varied fare, we suggest the Sheridan Livery Inn, conveniently located downtown. Dinner meals typically include salad and bread, and entree options range from the delightful spinach chicken with pesto to steaks and seafood. The dessert menu offers delicious choices, and the Inn boasts a subdued atmosphere, with soft mu- sic and the soothing sounds ofa fountain. _ If you seek a boisterous atmosphere, you might investigate the options at the Palms. In addition to _ sandwiches and drinks, the Palms has several delec- table entrees, including the excellent filet mignon and tasty seafood dishes. Robin recently tried the chicken stir fry: a spicy, hearty dish with a choice of baked potato, mashed potatoes or vegetable on the side. The Palms is also an excellent place for your par- ents to meet with you and your friends later in the evening for cocktails. Oh, the places you’ll go with parents in tow The Southern Inn offers good food within easy walk- ing distance. Under new ownership since last fall, the restaurant has changed its offerings and improved its qual- ity dramatically. The soups, salads and appetizers are excellent beginnings for any meal. An expanded entree menu is available on weekends; the crispy chicken, barbecue pork chops and steak are among our favorites, but there are many additional op- tions. Portions are extremely generous, and the staff is friendly and helpful. Maple Hall offers fine dining if you are willing, or able, to make the drive out past Lee—Hi on Route 1 I. For big weekends the restaurant typically‘ offers a special menu with three to four entree options. Salad and dessert are included with each choice, and the atmosphere is extremely elegant. Prices exceed those at most in-town options, but the experience promises to be memorable. We suggest ad- vance reservations. If none of these options pique your interest, venturing outside the Metro Lexington area is an excellent option, whether to Staunton, Roanoke, or elsewhere. The big thing to keep in mind is to avoid the unknown; your parents are paying, have them take you somewhere that you know and love. For all the good places to eat in Lexington, there are two more that are bad. S€V€l’l ONDAY ‘iv’ & TUESDAY 3 p.m. Uncle Vanya in the Johnson Theater WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY nothing 24“ as interesting as the bands this weekend FRIDAY Q} EX has Doug Clark; ZN jams with Doxy’s Kitchen; ZAE has l"¥.i'E‘§u":'r“;:l$‘t’=.a‘f:.F '\'‘fiI§l.‘l‘1'I—. .. =‘~“f;.5,I.!1I7§§-v:' Parents’ Weekend Voltage Brothers; X‘I’—Right On KA-Doug Clark; K2-The Convertibles; (DAT-Midnight Mov- SATURDAY ers; CDKZ-Blues Jones; I'IK