OCR::/Vol_099_100/WLURG39_RTP_19980119/WLURG39_RTP_19980119_001.2.txt W&L|FE§‘ Washington and Lee University VOLUME 100, NUMBER 11 Sanders vacates Newcomb, goes home (D A notice posted on Professor Sanders door told students if they wanted to talk with him, he’d “be in front of Newcomb Hall at 11 a.m. on most week days.” BY KATHRYN MAYURNIK NEWS EDITOR “For Rent: Ph.D will teach for food,” reads the black and fluorescent orange sign on Professor of History 1. Taylor Sanders’ door. A closer look reveals a small, type- written note below, implying that the outside of his door is all anyone is going to see of Sanders’ office this term. The note outside his door states that he will be work- ing at his house for the remainder of the term and will not continue his regular office hours. Sanders is also drop- ping his advisees. ‘ “I request that you DO NOT disturb me there (at home),” he states. He will be outside Newcomb Hall around 11 a.m. on “most week days,” he wrote in the note. “As of Jan. 12, I will no longer serve as an advisor I hope this change does not inconvenience you.” Jan. 12 also marked the date of Washington and Lee’s new smoking policy, which banned smoking in all univer- sity buildings, with the exception of the smoking rooms in the library. The policy change greatly affected faculty mem- bers who, like Sanders, customarily smoked in their ofiices. Sanders refused to comment on whether he is work- ing at home because of the new smoking policy. “I think that it (the note) speaks for itself,” he said. Laurent Boetsch, Dean of the College, was not aware of Sanders’ decision. “I don’t know how to react,” Boetsch said. He would like to reserve comment until after he speaks with Sanders. Boetsch was unclear about any action the university might take against Sanders or whether professors need to have a certain number of office hours per week. “We ask professors to post office hours,” Boetsch said. “It appears that Professor Sanders has posted his as 11 a.m. every day outside Newcomb Hall.” Senior Rust Cadwallader, who has taken many of Sand- Unviversity Scholars: Q) Who are they? What |— do they do? The Phi M O Men’s Basketball: The boys just finished the week 2-1 by beating Dickinson and Lynchburg — N JAMES G. LEYBURN LIBHAHV ASHINGTON & LEE UNIVERSITY IEXINGTON, VA 24450 awarded roles in investigates. n_ find out the details. year’s shows. PAGES PAGE 7 pAGE 3 3&4 m U112 fling-tum lfihi Seven ofieA—§Ct%s,32,%998 chances to win. Discover the lucky students this Bulk Rate US Postage PAID Pcnnit No. 7 Lexington. Va. Monday JANUARY 19, 1998 ZEUS—— KING OFALL DOGS Emily Framptom, senior, and John Welford, junior are co-owners of Zeus. The chocolate labrador arrived with F ramptom after Christmas Break. The puppy was a present to herself Zeus lives at Welford ’s house on Route 60 because F ramptom ’s landlord doesn '2‘ allow pets. F ramptom spends more than eight hours a day with Zeus, who weighs 1 1 pounds. She purchased the labrador for $200 in Kentucky. Welford and F ramptom are still deciding who Zeus will live with after graduation. Pnoro COURTESY or ERICA Pelletier ers’ classes, would not comment on his decision. “He is just a great guy,” Cadwallader said. “His lectures are very engrossing.” B.J. Walker, a junior who is in a class of Sanders’ this term, said that Sanders has cancelled two of their papers, but that this change has nothing to do with Saunders’ move to his house. “I think that it has more to do with the fact that there are Sprinkler sprays Kappa Sig BY HEATHER MCDONALD AssT. NEWS EDITOR A fire alarm went off on the third floor of the Kappa Sigma house on Friday, Jan. 16, activating the sprin- kler system in senior Eric Ridler’s room. All the brothers had been down- stairs eating lunch at the time of the sprinkler activation. “Someone yelled downstairs, ‘Hey Ridler! Your sprinkler’s on!’ I thought they were joking,” said Ridler. When he went upstairs, there were three-and-a-half inches of wa- ter on the floor of his room. No one knows why the fire alarm went off. “I just got my phone working to- day,” said Ridler. The damage is considered exten- sive, although there is no" monetary estimate on the damage yet. The water then leaked down to the second floor, causing minor damage. Although much of the damage s has since been fixed, there are problems with the electrical wiring. “The lights go on and offsomtimes,” said sophomore Kappa Sigma Eric Englebart. W&L’s deductible for damage to the house is $5,000, and Ridler says that his personal homeowner’s insur- ance will most likely pay for the rest. “It really sucks,” said Ridler. “I’m hoping to get some of my stuff back in my room early this week, but it I don’t know ifI can plug stuffin yet.” His belongings are still drying and strewn throughout the house. One small step for smokers BY WILL HARDIE COPY EDITOR When faculty smokers were turned out into the cold last week, one campus smoking haunt got a surprise reprieve. Rather than closing as expected, the li- brary smoking rooms will remain open indefinitely. Strong pressure from smokers who used the rooms helped win over the library staff. Some professors who used to smoke in their offices are now taking advan- tage of the library smoking lounges, due to the ban on all classroom and admin- istrative building smoking that was implemented Jan. 12. “I see a lot of professors during the day now, popping in and out to have a cigarette,” smoking lounge resident Vanessa Hall said. “I’m glad that they didn’t close the smoking lounges-they are the only place you can smoke on campus now.” In a letter circulated to all students Jan. 9, President John Elrod said, “This revised policy is prompted by the importance ofproviding a healthy environment for all members of this community.” The library was allowed to de- cide its own policy. During the smoking policy con- sultation period in November, Head Librarian Barbara Brown implied that the smoking study and the two smoking lounges were go- ing to close, even though the li- brary was not included in the pro- posed policy change. “It’s not clear yet what will hap- pen, but it is the staffs view that maybe the time has come to de- clare this a nonsmoking building,” Brown said Nov. 15. Since then, Brown and her staff have reconsidered their position. Brown said Wednesday that she had been surprised by the degree of opposition to the closures. “I did hear from some students about what was going to happen if we didn’t have any smoking space, and I listened to that,” she said. “I was worried about the is- sue of library users walking through a haze of smokers to get in. And smokers standing at the side doors and propping them open is not good from a security point of view.” All ofthese issues were aired, arguments then seemed then to be in favor of closing the smoking rooms. The main concern was smoke leaking out ofthe lounges and affecting non-smokers. But smokers’ recent protests helped sway the balance. “This is a facility that needs to be used by everybody,” said Brown. She decided that ifit was possible to accommodate smok- ers without bothering nonsmok- -ers, the current arrangement should remain. a lot more students than he expected in his classes this term, and he didn’t have time to grade all of them,” said Walker. Walker believes that the smoking policy is unfair. “I don’t smoke, so I think its kind of annoying,” Walker said. “But, I don’t think they should prevent him from smok- ing in his offlce. He’s not hurting anyone.” —Liz Detter, Andrea Ewing and Courtney Miller con- tributed to this article. Another one bites the dust The first female to enroll officially at Virginia Mili- tary Institute has withdrawn from the school. The Associated Press reported Sat. that Beth Hogan of Junction, Ore., dropped out of school Friday because VMI’s rigorous testing of its freshmen was not for her. Hogan went to VMI with hopes of becoming a Navy pilot, VMI spokesman Michael Strickler said Saturday. Disaster Strikes Graham-Lees: F ly i n g s o u p cans damage dormitory BY WILL HARDIE COPY EDITOR “There was soup everywhere -— all over the walls, all over the floor. It wasjust incredible,” said security guard Scott “Wild Irishman” Scott Rowe. Around midnight Saturday Rowe stumbled across an overexcited freshman hurling cans of Campbell’s veg- etable soup against the walls on the first floor of Graham Lees dormitory. “There was a crowd gathered around him, and they were all shouting, ‘go! go!‘,” said Rowe. Rowe said he made the freshman wipe up the mess with his own towel. Last weekend’s fraternity pledgeship celebrations were associated with a spate of property damage and vandal- ism around the university, for which Dean ofthe Fresh- man Program Dennis Manning said, “there is no excuse.” “lt was mindless exuberance. There is no excuse for it at all and we have no tolerance for it as a community,” Manning said. Graham-Lees was at the epicenter ofthe damage. On Friday night, rampaging freshmen sprayed shaving foam on the walls of first floor corridors, and stampeded through SEE SOUP PAGE 2 Captive Nations Week: Contact asks ex-Panther to lecture BY WILL HARDIE COPY EDITOR Once a leftist freedom fighter, the man who later de- nounced communism as “humanity’s vomit. Wipe it out!” will speak at Washington and Lee. Ex—Black Panther and hijacker Anthony Bryant will open W&L’s Captive Nations week on Thursday. Originally a tough left-wing freedom fighter, Bryant is now a human rights activist, and ranks among Fidel Castro’s most vehement critics. Bryant graduated from three of the nation’s toughest peni- tentiaries, to become a senior officer in the Black Panthers by 1969. At the time he joined the Black Panthers, he had a rap sheet “three feet long” for armed robbery and several other felonies. ’ On March 5, 1969, he hijacked a flight to Cuba, intend- ing to solicit Castro’s support for his race war. But he care- lessly robbed an undercover Cuban secret service officer on the flight, and was flung into jail as soon as he touched down. Having spent twelve years in unspeakable conditions, sub- jected to torture, a year in solitary and for the rest of his time consigned to a 4-by-8-foot cell, Bryant quickly renounced his revolutionary beliefs. On return to the United States in 1982, he told reporters, “I am deliriously happy. The United States is the greatest country in the world!” Since 1992, he has led several military operations against Cuba. In 1997 he denounced violence and began a peaceful political and propaganda campaign in Miami and is consid- ered to be a “true American hero” by Miami’s Cuban com- munity and others. Bryant is now a columnist for several Miami newspa- pers, works to free Cuban prisoners and is active in local politics. Bryant will speak in the Northen Auditorium at 7.30 p.m. on Thursday Jan. 22. The series of speeches will continue next week with anti-subversion exert Morgan Norval on Tuesday night, and Chinese dissident Hairy Woo on Thurs- day. ' Congress established Captive Nations Week in 1959; W&L will observe it in January rather than in its traditional June, which would be outside term time. OCR::/Vol_099_100/WLURG39_RTP_19980119/WLURG39_RTP_19980119_002.2.txt PAGE 2 BY ERIN MORORONY STAFF WRITER If you are a fratemity boy who loves pizza and is interested in a free band party for your fraternity, Domino’s is sponsoring a contest just for you. Domino’s is hosting a ten-day fra- ternity challenge. The fraternity that orders the most pizzas will get the chance to have a party with The Hose, a band popular in Roanoke and neigh- boring states, Domino’s Marketing news Pizza: food for gods, frat boys JANUARY 19, 1998 Owl],” said Siegel. “Wayne is a great guy and we thought that we could use the contest to help him out, too.” The contest began this Friday and concludes at midnight on Superbowl Sunday. You can get an update on how your fraternity is doing at the Interfra- temity Council meeting Jan. 19 or by calling Domino’s either before noon Jan. 23 or right before the Superbowl kickoff Jan.25. Winners will be an- nounced at the IFC meeting on Jan Psijunior John McAllister. “Now that we could get a free band, you can be sure that I’m going to eat Domino’s even more.” Siegel said that W&L fraternity members are some of Domino’s best buyers. Having the contest would show the appreciation of Domino’s, while at the same time boosting pizza sales. “Fratemity boys are great custom- ers,” said Siegel. “The FIJIs sometimes manage to clean us out of pizzas on the weekends. Our sales to fraternities are just as high as our sales to hotels.” To~take part in the contest, just or- der from the fraternity house phone to receive a one pizza credit. Domino’s has created a system that automatically logs the time and origin of orders. For those who want the band, but don’t want to put on too many pizza pounds, make a trip to Night Owl. For every CD or tape purchased, you can earn an additional two points. If you really want to win this contest, buy The Hose CD or tape and earn a whopping four points. “We know that the new Crossroads music store is stiff competition for Wayne [Raynal, the owner of Night Be aPart of 1.: Become a Trained Peer Health Educator on Health and Wellness Issues Alcohol Exercise Nutrition Mental Health Sexuality ~ Stress Management Make a Difference at W 85 L Pie/e up an appiieationform and sign-upfbr an interview by Tuesday, fanuary 27, at the University Center in front of Carol Calkins’ ofliee Training begins Tuesday, February 24. Questions? Call the Health Education Office @ 462-4501 Manager Jennifer Siegel said. 26. siege] presented her idea to the In- Domino’s expects to sell at least terfratemity ‘ one hun- Council __ dred piz- during last !}azr=sm=a’H‘2_,__gv_ _ o,t.mg;3g_o \l°‘-"5": D Avirmfi _J nieotly overlooked by President Eliot One columnist makes amends for past grievances (Editor ’s note: Reeling from the controversy that last week’s colunm stirred up, Eric Swensen has vowed to be- come a kinder, gentler columnist, striving to be as bland and inoffensive as possible. Without any fiirther ado, here is the new, improved Eric Swensen.) Washington and Lee University is located in the hu- colic city of Lexington, Virginia, a cultural Mecca and cen- ter of progressive social thinking. Students enjoy a fabu- lous relationship with the residents of the surrounding area, whom they have affectionately dubbed “townsfolk.” Students also get along well with cadets from the Vir- ginia Military Institute, whom they refer to as “military gentlemen” (and “gentlewomen”). Other frequent visitors to campus include scholars from a number of surrounding women’s colleges. They are greeted warmly by W&L women, who call them “our sisters-in-arms.” W&L facilities are top-notch. The students frequently boast about being a “Division III school with Division I “I’m just going to the —— Jack Alford ’00 — Max .- house and we’re ordering pizza.” facilities.” Parking on campus is more than ample. If, for some reason, you can’t find a parking spot on campus, don’t worry about those signs in town that say “two-hour park- ing.” Those signs are there just for show. Academically, W&L is among the top schools in the cam- pus computer system, ensuring every student has access to fail-safe computers for research and writing. Of course, there is much more to W&L than just hard work. The unoflicial student motto is “Work hard, and do your best to finish that six-pack.” Administrators are con- cerned about students’ refusal to come out of these aestheti- cally pleasing library before midnight on weekends and to chip in for communal sources of alcohol. One administra- tor, who wished to remain anonymous, said, “I wish these kids would cut loose and have a good time once in a while.” The social scene centers around W&L’s 15 fraternities, though independents can have just as good a time. Most Friday and Saturday nights, students gather in the basement “party rooms” to the debate the issues of the day, such as “America’s foreign policy during the Cold War” and “Do tan khzikis match everything?” While enjoying a selection of all-natural fruit juices from the bar. In short, what’s not to like? What are you doing for the Super Bowl? “Going to watch Denver lose be- cause they beat Pittsburg.” — Kurt Acker ’0l fraternity Smith ’0l OCR::/Vol_099_100/WLURG39_RTP_19980119/WLURG39_RTP_19980119_006.2.txt Letters to The Ring-tum Phi FIJI objects to Swensen’s words I was very disappointed and shocked when I read Eric Swensen’s column, “From a Bar Stool,” in your last edition. As a journalism major, I was shocked that someone who received the same education as me would take part in such irresponsible journalism. I was disappointed because my fraternity, Phi Gamma Delta, have done everything possible to be model citizens since the incident mentioned five years ago, yet our name is being slandered again. My utter disbelief stems from the liberal attitude Mr. Swensen took towards the facts. Although he said in his column that he didn’t mean to implicate us in the break-in of a FIJI pledge’s room five years ago, by bringing up the incident, and through his snide, underhanded remarks, he implicated us in every way. although no FIJI was ever convicted of the break-in, Mr. Swensen decided to try the case in his paper where there would be no defense. I ’m certain that the University and the police looked into the incident at the time and determined the any of FIJIs were guilty, but five years later, Mr. Swensen makes us defend ourselves again. I thought there was no such thing as double jeopardy. There are no brothers who are currently active in the FIJI house who were even attending Washington and Lee at the time of this alleged break-in. The university gave us a stiff penalty for the hazing incident and we have done everything possible to make sure something like that doesn’t happen again. We have rebuilt the house from a membership of less than 20 after our penalty to a st_rong one consisting of more than 40 brothers. Yet Mr. Swensen wants to write about an incident that occurred before he was here and one which he knows nothing about. I recommend that Mr. Swensen get of the bar stool, stop drinking and start attending some journalism classes so that he may learn something. On this one he really missed the mark. Eric Zavolinsky Phi Gamma Delta brother, Class of 1998 ‘No Smoking’ policy to drive many professors from offices It would be irresponsible of me not to respond publicly to your encyclical prohibiting smoking in faculty and staff offices. The wording of your memorandum of January 9, tends to obscure the real issue because it makes no mention of the actual change you have mandated. All faculty offices are located in classroom buildings, and the policy in place prior to today prohibited smoking everywhere in those buildings except in offices assigned to faculty and staff. For those of us who choose to smoke, the new policy is far more than inconvenient; it is oner- ous. It will have the certain effect of driving many of us out of University office space. We will not be as available to students as we should be, and that nullifies Washington and Lee’s excellent and long-touted policy of doors open to students. I agree that your policy change may be called for, but we do not have reliable evidence that it is. Air quality in classroom and administrative buildings may in fact be dangerous to the health of those who do not smoke, and tobacco smoke might contribute to poor- air quality. But as Dean Boetsch told me this morning, no actual measure- ment of air quality has been made, so we obvi- ously cannot know whether smoking in faculty offices is a threat serious enough to warrant the prohibition you have declared. Dean Lourent Boetsch also told me that the Director of Personnel Bob Fox looked at a variety of sources in trying to determine the degree of health risk posed by different levels of exposure to tobacco smoke. They found that clear and reliable data do not exist. Reliable data do exist, of course, to show that exposure at some level of intensity and duration is injurious to health, but there exists no agreement in the scientific and medical communities about what those level are. Because we do not know what level of expo- sure constitutes a threat, and because we do not know what the air quality in our classroom and administrative buildings, your policy smacks more of political correctness than of evidence- based management. That constitutes a serious departure them the management principles that have in place here since 1749. Moreover, this is the first time in my 38 years at Washington and Lee that i have not been at liberty to determine what may go on in office space assigned to me by the University. Now that I am no longer authorized to control the office, I have cause to wonder what other conduct may be prohibited, or required, in the future. I also understand that, once the University prohibits a behavior, all conduct not specifically prohibited is permitted. Certainly that is a tinie-honored principle in law. Dean Boetsch told me that complaints about tobacco smoke came from two kind of people, those who have a diagnosed medical condition that can be exacerbated by smoke and those who harbor some fear of possible future illness traceable to exposure to tobacco. It seems to me that little imagination is required to find ways to isolate those colleagues without causing such drastic disruption to smokers. I am sure there were complaints also from some who re merely offended by smoke, just as others are offended by other things in our air. These people can simply be ignored, because no one can expect to live in community with others and have an environment that is altogether to one’s aesthetic liking. While I do not question the university’s genuine and proper concern for health in the community, I do have good reason to suspect that health-based concerns were not the dominant motive for the new policy. Colds and flu are a far more immediate and widespread health problem than smoke, and yet the University ignored Dr. Jane Horton’s sensible suggestion a year or so ago that we place anti-bacterial soap in all restrooms. Coming now, finally, to my own individual situation, I want to be as accessible to students as possible. Otherwise I can do my work in my home office, coming on campus only to met class and keep scheduled appointments. It would be far more desirable, however, to be in an office adjacent to campus, perhaps some place like the old Dutch Inn. It might make sense for the University to rent office space off campus for smokers’ offices. Doing so would have the further advantage of opening up office space on campus. For what it is worth, in my days here Wash- ington and lee has never done anything before now that left me with so deep a sense of alien- ation from the community I love. You may be assured that I am trying in every way possible to overcome that, including writing this letter. I have tried not to be strident and I assume you will not take personal offense. Louis W. Hodges Knight Professor of Journalism Thomsen clarifies quotations in sorority rush story I am writing in response to the article in last week’s Ring-tum Phi dealing with sorority rush. As Panhellenic Rush Chariman, I find several problems with the article and quotes that were attributed to me in it. Ifind it distressing and unusual that, after one of the most successful women’s rushes in the history of this campus, the Phi decided to run an article about the minority of women who fall through the process as if it were a major problem. Only four out of 177 women fell through the rush process this year. It is unfortunate that anyone falls through rush, but I do not think that the fact that less than three percent of women who rushed failed to receive a bid warrants a prominent front page article that mentions nothing of the suc- cesses of this year. Contrary to the tone of the article, the system really does work. I would also like to address the quote attrib- uted to me in the article. Perhaps some of my original words were lost in the editing mistakes that seemed to chop the quote in half. Whatever the cause, I feel it is necessary to address a quote that so misrepresented the spirit of my entire interview with the author. A huge majority, probably 90 percent, of my statements during the interview were focused on the positive aspects of rush and how happy I am with the results of this year’s process. It was a very good year for us, and I made that very clear in the interview. I did say that there will be glitches in any system and that it is unfortunate, even “crappy” when girls fall through the system. I did not say that the rush process itself is a negative one. The comments attributed to me in the Phi seem to be a conglom- eration of the very few negative words I said, taken out of context and twisted to match the negative tone of the article. My words and the focus of my entire interview was very positive. Obviously, the article implied otherwise. Obviously and unfortunately, it is too late to go back and write about the real results of women’s rush. But I would like to have the opportunity to assure all of the sorority women and freshmen with whom I worked this year that I believe in and support the rush process. Holly Thomsen Panhellenic Rush Chairman, Class of 1998 @112 Ring-tum ifllii always encourages letters to the editor. To submit your letter, simply drop it in our mailbox in the University Center by noon on Saturday. opinion 8: editorial JANUARY 19, 1998 City: ‘ilting-tum Ifllii is still accepting applications for BUSINESS MANAGER SUBMIT YOUR RE— SUIVIE AND A COVER LETTER TO THE H—// l\/IAILBOX IN THE UNIVERSITY ENTER. INTERVIEWS ARE COMING SOON. SO APPLY TODAY! YOU Wlll BE PAID! Students... D é Join us for our Super Buffet, only $5 .99, every Thrusday-Saturday night and Sunday brunch. Every Monday night students receive 10% off all entrees. Drink specials available every weeknight. Delivery available daily with 10% off to all students 463-3330 (behind McDonalds) Ea/P OCR::/Vol_099_100/WLURG39_RTP_19980119/WLURG39_RTP_19980119_007.2.txt JANUARY 19, 1998 RESULTS Men’s Basketball (7-6) Mon.: Dickinson 55 ‘W&L 69 Thur. Lynchburg 41 W&L 55 Sat.: W&L 34 Rand-Mac 49 Women’s Basketball (7-5) Tues.: Va Wesleyan 80 (OT) W&L 76 Thur.: Rand-Mac 67 W&L 45 Sat.: W&L 65 Lynchburg 48 Sun.: Wesleyan (Ga.) 31 W&L 57 Men’s Swimming (4-4) Tues.: Buffalo State 36 W&L 107 Sat.: Goucher 44 W&L 95 Catholic 120 W&L 82 Women’s Swimming (6-3) Tues.: Buffalo State 66 W&L 106 Sat.: Goucher 66 W&L 96 Catholic 129 W&L 70 AHEAD Tuesday Women’s Basketball - Bridgewater, 7:00 p.m. Wamer Center Wednesday Men's Basketball — at Emory & Henry, 7:30 p.m. Women's Swimming — at Radford, 7:00 p.m. Thursday Women’s Basketball — at Guilford, 7:00 p.m. Saturday M&W Indoor Track — at East Tennessee State Wrestling — W&L Invitational, 9:00 a.m., Warner Center Sunday M&W Swimming - Emory/Johns Hopkins at UNC—Chapel Hill, 11:00 a.m. The Iuankie By Brendan Harrington Men ’s Basketball: Generals dominate Dickinson, Lynchburg: end winning week 2-1 BY BRENDAN HARRINGTON —:'—":’— SPORTS WRHER The Generals went 2-1 last week as they destroyed both the Dickinson Red Devils and the Lynchburg Hornets by 14 points. On Monday, the Generals dominated Dickinson College, downing the Red Devils 69-55 in a non-conference matchup at the Warner Center. On Wednesday the Generals closed out their 6 game homestand with a 55-41 win over ODAC rival Lynchburgh Col- lege to finish 4-2 during the homestand. Rich Peterson led the way for the Generals on Monday night, bouncing back from his two-point performance against Roanoke last Saturday to score a game—high 14 against Dickinson. “Rich really stepped up for us,” said Generals head coach Kevin Moore. “ I really think his hand injury is not a fac- tor anymore.” The Generals went on a 14-0 run to take control of the game and led 24-10 midway through the first half. The Gen- erals led by as many as 23 points but a late run by the Red Devils brought them within 12 with 3:50 to play. Senior Nate Brought led the way for Dickinson as he poured in 16 points and added 5 rebounds while Nikki Edmunds added 10 points for the Red Devils. The _ Generals finished the game with four players in double digits, as Peterson led the way with 14, junior point guard Kevin Cobbin scored 13, and senior Kelly Dyer and Freshman Will Ballard each added 12. The loss dropped Dickinson to 5-6. The Generals dominated the boards, outrebounding the Red Devils 44-25. Peterson just missed a double-double as he picked up 9 rebounds en route to the victory. On Wednesday night, the Generals overcame some early shooting woes to down ODAC rival Lynchburgh 55-41. W&L trailed 12-4 with 9:00 left to go in the first half before Rich Peterson took over the game. Peterson scored 11 points in less than 3230, including an acrobatic steal and layup which brought the Warner Center crowd to its feet. Peterson fin- ished the game with l7 points and 8 rebounds for the Generals, who im- proved to 7-5 overall and 4-2 in the ODAC. “The guys really came up big to- night,” said coach Moore. “Rich was a huge spark for us off the bench tonight. He came up with some plays that re- ally got us going.” Peterson was injured early in the year when he broke his finger and has been coming off the bench since his return. However, Moore expects last year’s ODAC freshman of the year to return to the starting lineup in the very near future. “It’s definitely a possibility,” com- mented Moore. “ lt’s worked out well with Rich coming off the bench and you don’t want to mess with a successful lineup. But it’s definitely something to think about.” The Generals led 26-21 at the half and went on to shoot 58 percent from the field in the second half as Peterson continued his superior play. Kelly Dyer added 12 points for the Generals and spo PAGE 7 Eric Owsley had 9 points. C r1s Whelan led the way for the Hornets as he scored 14 points. The loss dropped Lynchburgh to 4-7 overall and 2-3 in the ODAC. On Sunday, Randolph Macon held the Generals to just a mere 34 points ANSLEY MILLER POWERS down the lane, smoking her slow and clumsy Georgia Wesleyan opponent and marking two. The Generals proceeded to dismantle the worthless Wesleyans, 5 7-3 1, improving their record to 7-5. Puoro BY 1']()I.l.lS'I'l~.'R Ho Vl:'Y/PHO’I'() Eur/‘or and W&L shoflonly 32 percent from the field as the Generals fell to the Yel- low Jackets 49-34 in Ashland, Va. The Generals trailed at the half 21- ‘ 14 before Macon extended the lead to 41-21 with 7:00 left in the game. Randolph-Macon was 17-19 from the free throw line and outrebounded the Generals 36-32. The win was the 20th straight vic- tory for Randolph Macon against the Generals. The loss dropped the Generals to 4-3 in the ODAC and 7-6 overall. It’s that time of year again every- body. Time for yet another Super Bowl, the thirty-second to be exact, and time for me to predict who will win the biggest game in the world. Even though nobody will run out and make a bet based on what I will say, I still feel it as my duty to ac- cess my physic powers and tell you the next Super Bowl Champion. Though I didn’t exactly predict the World Series accurately, as Cleveland didn’t even make it, I am confident that the Super Bowl will be a different story. I have already successfully picked the Broncos and Packers to get here, despite the fact that they had to play on the road, and I expect my momentum to carry right on through to the Super Bowl. Jan 22, 1984; That is the last time the AFC won the Super Bowl. And like the New York Rangers and the year 1945, 1984 will soon be a year that will be synonymous with a lost cause. In 1984 I was 5 years old, Ronald Reagan was president, Washington & Lee was still all male, and Patrick Ewirig‘ was still playing for Georgetown. That was a long time ago. Will this year be the end of the 14-year stretch of NFC dominance? Will John Elway finally win the big one? Will Brett Favre and the Pack dance all the way back to Wiscon- sin with the Super Bowl Trophy? All right, enough suspense, 1 give you the 1998 Super Bowl Champi- ons: The Green Bay Packers. Though my heart will go out to the Broncos for yet another Super Bowl loss, you don’t bet against a champion, and that’s exactly what Brett Favre and the Green Bay pack- ers. If you watched the NFC cham- pionship game last week, the Pack- ers man-handled the 49ers in their own backyard. San Francisco is a good football team. Nothing against Denver, I love Terell Davis and I love Elway even more, I just don’t think they have the weapons to knock the Pack from their throne. The score? I still think it will be close. The final score will be 27-17 but the Broncos will be lurking the en- tire game. Terell Davis will present his usual challenge, but the not-so- sure hands of Rod Smith and the frag- ile Ed McCaffery will not be able to handle the tough Green Bay second- ary which includes all-pro safeties Eugene Robinson and LeRoy Butler. So color the Super Bowl green and white and watch the cheese-heads dance in the street as Green Bay will make it back—to-back Super Bowl Vic- tories. For all those who haven’t gone to a Generals men’s hoops game, I urge you to come out to the Warner Center a week from Wednesday to cheer on the Generals against first place Hampden—Sydney. The Generals are off to a great start and have won more games midway through this season then they have the last two years com- bined. They are 7-6 overall and 4-3 in the ODAC and they upset 1-lampden—Sydney the first time they met, 44-42 in early December. Crowd support has been poor in recent years for the Generals, though this year’s success has brought a slight increase in attendance. Last Wednes- day, various fraternity pledge classes were at the game, some with painted faces and bare chests. One group of pledges even danced shirtless on the floor to a time-out musicjam. So stop coming up with those excuses and come out and give the Generals some support. Both Coach Moore and the team have earned it and you might even have a little fun. HOUSE FOR RENT 4 goo/rooms’, 2 do/hrooms, washerwyem rflshwasheign gull,/%-JON £67? 29 Hook Lane 463-2556 Ask for Matt or Jason OCR::/Vol_099_100/WLURG39_RTP_19980119/WLURG39_RTP_19980119_008.2.txt PAGE 8 MILKMEN WANT WOMEN Sign-up for acts will be Wednesday and Thursday in fiont of the C 0-op. Entry fee is $30 per act. First prize is $100 and a Fancy Dress ticket,’ second prize is $50 and a Fancy Dress ticket; third prize is a Fancy Dress ticket. First place acts of years past include “Thriller" performed by Kappa Alpha Theta pledges and a dance mix of ABBA hits performed by the Park View roomates, Vanessa Hall, Erin Rosencrans, Shelli Henderson and Nejma Petit. Spice Girls are sure to make an appearance this year. ‘The Rules:’ By Andrea Ewing. ‘ate Editor Everyone discusses the social atmosphere at Washington and Lee, but do they really know what Ms. Manners would have to say about hooking up? I will attempt to establish guidelines to be followed by the ever-clueless. For those of you who still won- der what is the proper way of scamming and then hooking up with someone, I shall try to erase those questions. Tear Night might have been an experience you either wish you could forget, or that you do not even remember. This night has a reputation for be- ing one of the more eventful nights on campus. The ever present “walk of shame” can be witnessed even more prevalently on this night than on many others. Some other very busy weekends include Homecom- ing, Christmas Weekend, and Fancy Dress. Yet many still ask: What is the proper way to hook up? Rule #1: Getting it on in front of everyone on the dance floor might seem cool, but get a room! Those of us who are not as lucky as you do not want to witness the hormone- driven moment you are sharing. Cg BLUES BROTHERS ’00 The 12th annual Lip Synch Contest is next Friday at the Student Activities Pavilion. The doors open at 8:30 p.m. and the show begins at 9 p.m. Admission is $5 at the door, or $4 ifpur- chased in advance in front of the Co—op. The proceeds are used to purchse food for four local food pantries and 10 percent is donated to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Senior Matt O ’Brien is the chairman of this year 's event. He hopes SARAH will be able to top last year ’s four-ton purchase of I food. Hooking-up at Washington and Lee Rule #6: Scamming is encouraged. Stalking is not. Rule #7: Vomiting is not a good prelude to a kiss. Consider this scenario: She looks into his eyes, and he leans down to kiss her. She then says, “Hold on,” and bolts through the door to the bathroom. Rule #8: There is a difference between hooking- up and HOOKING-UP. One requires more extensive removal of clothing and burns more calories. Rule #9: It may seem smart to leave a party with the person you are going to hook up with, but real- ize that others know exactly what is going on. People talk. Rule #10: Avoid at all costs the urge to spend the night in a room other than your own. The walk the next morning can be damn cold. Rule #11: Freshmen girls should realize that Se- nior guys may seem interested in what you are say- ing, but they have other things in mind. This can hold true for males as well. Rule #12: A friend ofthe other sex should not be the one to hook up with. Itjust gets messy. Class or lunch the next day could be awkward. Rule #13: Hooking up with someone because their name sounds cool is not the greatest reason to ini- tiate physical contact. Rule #14: Realize that the person in Rule #2: Scamming someone takes effort don’t just hand them the beer. Try, if pos- sible, to say something No matter how many times you hook—up with someone, you are not dating unless specified. whom you are so inter- ested now could actu- ally not really be that hot once the beer wears off. witty or humorous. This might require thought and could be difficult depending on your state of intoxication. Rule #3: If you know someone is regularly hook- ing up with another, do not call that person’s room late on a Wednesday, Friday, or Saturday night. It will not be appreciated. Rule #4: No matter how many times you hook up with someone, you are not dating unless specified. Dating requires spending time outside of the bed- room or the fraternity party, and spending of money. Rule #5: Males should come up with a better line than, “Hey honey, you want to see my CD collec- tion?” or “I have a really cool black-light in my room. Want to make use of it?” Colonnade Club 77 going to hook up in your own room, make sure that you do not disturb your roomates. The hanger method is rec- ommended. Also, make sure to lock your door, oth- ers do not want to be traumatized by viewing you in positions they have never imagined possible. Ifthis set of guidelines does not clue you in, trans- fer. Washington and Lee is not for you. In truth, one does not have to participate in the hook—up scene, and there are many couples on campus who can at- test to this. Just realize hooking up can be a positive or negative experience depending on the situation. Make sure that you do not do anything you will re- gret, but have fun. Rule #15: Ifyou are abitot Humor, Opinion aniB,eviews Word I-lazing independeniis By Heather McDonald _ ——e Assistant News Editor e phone rings. It’s 2 a.m. I groggily reach for the phone, knocking over the books on my nightstand. “Hello?” my voice is weak and raspy. “I want you to go out and get me a pack of cigarettes. Now!” “Yes, Independent Smith. With plea- sure, Independent Smith.” I get out of bed, throw on some sweats and stumble out into the sleeting cold. The guy at Stop-In is now my friend; I see him constantly because of my “errands.” I know once I survive it, I can do anything. I know that it will make me stronger. I know I can be one of them. I want to be one ofthem. I will be one of them. I will be an Independent. doesn’t kill me first. _ Sometimes in the middle of the‘ night, I wake up from dreams of what I did during the day, and I wonder if it’s really worth it “Four—eyes! You little wuss! You can’t handle being Independent!” he shouted at me as I continued to count aloud my push-ups. One hundred and one one hundred and two I can’t respond. To breathe is pure agony, to speak is torture. “Keep going until I get back. Four- eyes. If you stop, I will know. Do you know why, Four-eyes?” If it JANUARY 19, 1998 “Because you’re Independent, In- dependent Jones?” I whispered with all the force I could manage. “That’s right, Four-eyes!” He stomped out the door. When he came back four hours later, I had passed out on the floor. I did it until I couldn’t do it anymore — that’s the key to being Independent. Tear night was bad. They took all of us Independents to one of the side rooms in the D-Hall. And they said, drink. And because we are Indepen- dent pledges, we do as we are told. I have never drunk so much in all my life. I was never been a big drinker in the first place, so this was even worse. I was so sick. I couldn’t see straight. My head was reeling. I was shaky, dizzy, ready to cry. My stom- ach could not hold the vast amounts of liquid that I was imbibing. I had no say in what I was drinking. After six full D-Hall glasses (straight, not on the rocks), I cried uncle. “Independent Miller! I don’t think I can drink anymore! Please let me stop! Ireached my limit! I’ve maxed out! I’ll die!” My words were already running together. It was really bad. But Independent Miller said, “No.” “If I tell you to drink, you will, Four- Eyes. Now DRINK!” And so, I started on my seventh glass of Hawaiian Punch. Then they started us in on the Country-Time. I had four—<)r was it five—oh hell, I can’t remember. I had a lot. The sugar in my system was 0 enough to put me in a hyperglycemic shock. Independent Smith and Inde- pendent Miller took me home and gave me some water. The next day, I was told that I was doing the Macarena to the Spice Girls on top of a D-Hall table. I don’t remember any of it. But I survived it. And that’s the key to be- ing an Independent. They say hazing is illegal, and out- lawed and wrong. I don’t think it’s wrong. My Independent class and I have grown so much tighter than be- fore. We act as one, we grumble as one, we do stuff as one. When some- thing really bad happened to my Inde- pendent sister, she could tell me what happened — no one else —— because we’re Independents. I can’t tellyou what happened, because you’re not Independent, and if you are, then you know what I’m talking about. You know, the night when Roach was taken to the top of House Mountain and well, you know the rest. It’s only three weeks into the pledge season. I have another five weeks to go. Already, my grades have dropped, my Greek friends have gone their own way and I’m constantly sick because I get no rest. I have bruises on my wrists and whip marks on my back. But ifl sur- vive it, life will be grand. I’ll be what I always wanted to be. And that’s the key to being an Independent. “Raimie” Wes-Jason Miller Raimie-Sybil Prince “Gladiator” Joe -Scott McKelvey Peter-Tim Cleary Bill- Ryan Truax “Impromptu” ‘ Tony—Colin Tate Ernest-Drew Higgs Lora-Anne Hazlett Winifred-Erin Mullaney “The Love Talker” The Redhead-Susannah Carr Bun-Justin Moncrief Glowdie-Brittany Alshstrom The Love Talker-Matt Clymen One Act Play Casts Announced “The Philadelphia” Al-Josh Carpenter Mark-Francis McWilliams Waitress-Erika Van Helden “Here We Are” He-John Bubb She-Cassie Ritter STUDENTS NERVOUSLY await their turn to audition for this year ’s one-act plays. The plays are directed by students from Washington and Lee ’s Theatre Depart- ment. Every year the department presents the student-directed plays as a one-act series. HOLLISTER HOI’1§Y/PHOTO EDITOR “Business Man’s Lunch” Frank-Gordon Meeker J ohn-Eric Zavolinsky Nick-Brian Prisco Bentley-Pat Driscoll Waitress- Danica Oliver svn MONDAY *1‘? Robert E. Lee’s Founder’s Day *1‘? 11:30 a.m. ODK Convocation “Lee: The Marvelous Man” (adjusted class schedule) =3‘? 8 p.m. Class of ’63 lecture in Northen Audito- rium — “Moral Education in Diverse Society: How (if at all) should universities teach ethics?” 31¢ TUESDAY 31¢ 7 p.m. Women’s B-ball vs. Bridgewater 33545 8 p.m. W&L music fac- ulty & friends present “An Evening of Gershwin” in Lenfest 3%? WEDNESDAY i>I¢ go out 51‘? THURSDAY 1555 7 :30 p.m. Con- \ tact brings Anthony Byrant to speak on “The Coming Demise of Cuba” in Northen i>I‘v‘= FRI- DAY ‘PK 4 p.m. Math Colloquium: “Finite Subgroups of Complex Matrix Groups” in Robinson Hall Room 6 33¢ 7:30 p.m. Film Society shows “Microcosmos” in the Trouba- dour $1‘? 9 p.m. Lip Sync to benefit S.A.R.A.H. in the Pavilion 51¢ Breakfast club at Chi Psi 151‘? Easy E at Pi Phi :>I<= SATURDAY as 9 a.m. W&L Wrestling Invitational in the Warner Cen- ter i>I¢ 7:30 p.m. “Microcosmos” 51¢ 8 p.m. Sonoklect Concert with Chris Taylor in Lenfest *1‘? 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