OCR::/Vol_099_100/WLURG39_RTP_19980202/WLURG39_RTP_19980202_001.2.txt MIIIIETBHII MEN ’s, WOMEN ’s Hoops SUFFER Lossss Washington and Lee University vowmrz 100, NUMBER 13 PAGE 3 No ONE WANTS TO ADMITIT.... BUT IT EXISTS AND IT IS A PROBLEM:Ca mp us BAP PAGES 4-5 ‘ JAME° 'VASHlN§j%N might hit Clinton below the belt. Movi e Revi ew by Al ex Chris tensen LAST WOR PAGE 8 Bulk Rate US Postage PAID Permit No. 7 FEBRUARY 2, 1998 r Lab swiping? BY HEATHER MCDONALD I computer labs, student computing ‘ that users swipe their university ‘i still subject to approval, would not ‘ ginning of the winter term. it van Assendelft said. BARING" IT FOR THE BROTHERS... Phi Delta Theta pledges show their support for sophomore Phi Delts Matt Jackson and Brian Ricketts, who playedlflzorlthe Generals in Wednesday night ’s basketball game against Hampton-Sydney. Horusmz Horzsr/Pnoro EDITOR EWS EDITOR Following recent thefts from is asking for card readers to be in- stalled on the doors of campus com- puter labs. Memory has been stolen out of three computers, and an Ethernet card was taken from another. An entire Macintosh computer was stolen from a lab last summer. The card readers would require card to get into the computer labs, much like getting into a dormitory or residence hall. The plan, which is be budgeted for the next academic year, but the 1999-2000 academic year. “The library is open 24 hours a day, and people canjust walk in and take out memory or a machine,” said Dirk van Assendelft, Student Com- puting Coordinator. However, the card system would further restrict public access to W&L’s computer labs. The guest account was discontinued at the be- “At the end of the fall term, the guest account was being abused by area high school students. The li- brary staff asked us to disable [it],” Plan seeks to solve issues BY KATHIE SOROKA This would mean lesser administration offices could STAFF WRITER Anyone with six million dollars to spare and a plan to solve Washington and Lee’s parking problem, please see /Vice President of Finance Lawrence Broomall. A public forum met Thursday to discuss W&L’s “Mas- ter Plan,” which includes a six million dollar parking ga- rage. The Master Plan is a five-year, long-terrn, “big pic- ture” construction plan targeting problems and adding new features to campus. Other features of the plan include sorority housing, a university commons, improvements to the athletic fields and a music and arts building. Joel Spaeth, of the Hillier Group of Princeton, N.J., presented the plan at the forum. Frank Parsons, W&L Facilities Planning Coordinator, and Broomall also attended. ' “Parking, parking, parking. Every campus we look at, parking is a problem,” Spaeth said. In accordance with Board of Trustee wishes, the first priority of the plan is sorority housing. However, at the forum, town residents and students as well as Spaeth, Parsons, and Broomall expressed desires for a parking garage to be constructed simultaneously. The problem is funding. Funding will be raised through traditional methods, however, with no plan to raise tuition to cover expenses. Since W&L’s enrollment is fixed, there is expected growth, the plan focuses on making better use of existing facilities. For example, according to Spaeth, the DuPont Building does not adequately support either music or art programs. A new music and arts building would be at- tached to the wall of the Warren Center, leaving DuPont free. . be moved out of Washington Hall and replaced with academic rooms. The President’s office would remain in Washington Hall. Another possible location for administration offices would be the new University Commons. Spaeth said the commons would be the social hub of the campus. It would be located behind the Commerce School, replac- ing the parking lots and built into the like the library and science buildings. The Co-op, bookstore, GHQ, club offices, and recre- ational areas would be housed there. One advantage to movinithe Co-Op and bookstore there would be an end to e traffic hazard and noise disturbance created by morning delivery trucks backin g into the alley next to Graham-Lees Dormitory. Yet, because the commons eliminates parking lots, Spaeth said, “We cannot build the University Commons without the parking garage.” The four-level parking garage, which will accommo- date about 440 cars, is currently planned for the area behind Doremus Gymnasium. The five sorority houses will be built in the area up- stream of Woods Creek Apartments, with room for one more. They would be similar to fraternity houses and would each house about 20 women. “They’ll be ready August 2000,” Broomall said. The Board of Trustees will take a look at the Master Plan on Feb. 13 and 14. Spaeth stressed that current plans are just “con- cepts” and that some changes in location and detail are still possible. Wu takes stand in lecture 4 BY SARAH MEl_DRUM STAFF WRmaz When the Soviet army invaded Budapest, Hungary, in 1956, Harry Wu I, was a geology student at the Univer- sity of Beijing. He played shortstop on a baseball team and had a girlfriend. Four years later, he was in the laogai Chinese prison system for life in V prison. His crime? Speaking against communism during the Hundred Flow- ers Campaign. Wu’s lecture on Thursday culmi- nated Captive Nations Week, spon- sored by the Contact Committee. Some members of the audience in Northen Auditorium had to sit on the floor and in the aisles. People began to trickle into the I room an hour before Wu was sched- uled to speak, figuring correctly that the combination of an important speaker and a small room would leave no empty seats. Wu described his years in the laogai, occasionally pausing as if rc- counting his experiences was open- ing old emotional wounds. He told of one of his fellow prisoners, who was so obsessed with sex that he eventu- ally went mad and committed suicide. Wu’s family renounced him after the government declared him a Counter- revolutionary Rightist. In the end, Wu’s father was tortured and died, his mother committed suicide and his younger brother was killed. Wu was freed in 1979 at the age of 42, and came to the United States in 1985. He founded the Laogai Research Foundation in 1992 to investigate the laogai, the Chinese prison system Wu compared to the Nazi concentration camps and the Soviet gulag. Wu ex- plained how the government uses laogai prisoners to mass-produce products for export to the United States. “We impose our values on China over copyright law to protect products, but will not [impose our values] to save hu- man lives,” said Wu. He explained that there was an executive order in 1993 to stop the import of forced labor products to the United States. China did not stop, and President Clinton withdrew the order. The Chi- nese Embassy spent $5 million in 1992 lobbying Congress. However, in 1995 and 1996, the embassy did not need to lobby Congress; 800 American compa- nies lobbied for trade with China instead. Wu said the laogai also sells death row prisoners organs, sometimes before the prisoners have even died. “I wish the American president and government would become the first government to nationally condemn the laogai system,” he said. Junior James Sammons was im- pressed by Wu’s presentation. “It was thought-provoking to hear from someone who had actu- ally been tortured, interrogated, and held in a camp for 19 years,” he said, “because you get a perspective on freedom that we don ’t usually have.” Sammons added that people ofien toss around the phrase, “I have a right to...” as if it were a toy. In addition, added Sammons, Wu was denied privileges Americans take for granted, such as the ability to criticize the government without fear of reprisal. Heather McDonald contributed to this article. I southbound lane is flanked by a steep Senior drives off 20-foot-cliff, flips into creek BY Liz DETTER w&Lrr-1-: EDITOR drop-off above Buffalo Creek. Ruppar’s car plunged into the ravine, fell about 20 feet, plowed through trees and brush and landed upside down in the frigid creek. “The car filled up with water imme- diately, like a half a foot I had no idea [how deep the creek was] so I tried to look out the windows to see how much time I had. At this point, I was think- ing the worst — you know, like rescue 91 l where you have a little air pocket to survive.” Ruppar’s power windows did not work once he had cut off the engine, and three of the four doors were blocked by boulders in the creek. “That was the worst part you’re disoriented because your car just got into an accident and flipped over, it’s pitch black outside and the car’s filling up with water I was trying to not freak out until I got out of the car.” Ruppar tried to salvage what he could before getting out. “My accounting ‘text- book started floating past me, [and I] grabbed my book-bag with all those ex- pensive textbooks, and threw that out by the ravine. I’d had an interview that morning so I had my interview suit — my one interview suit with my nice shirt and tie that I always wear to the first in- terview — in the back seat, and for some reason it seemed completely logical to go back into the car to grab the suit.” SEE CRASH PAGE 6 Upside down, hanging sus- pended by the seat belt as his car filled with water, senior Andrew Ruppar had enough presence of mind to grab his backpack and his interview suit before kicking open the rear passenger-side door and climbing out into the snow. Ruppar was one of the many casualities of the icy and snowy road conditions caused by the winter storm on Jan. 27. That Tuesday night, he was heading home on Route 11 South. The three-lane alternating highway had been plowed, but the continuing snow produced treach- erous conditions and limited visibilty. As he neared Possum Hollow Road, a few miles outside Lexington, Ruppar lost control of his 1990 Mer- cury Topaz and drove off of the road. “I was doing about 20, 25 [mph], and being from Texas I’m not sure if that’s good for snow or not,” said Ruppar. “Right as I started to slow down to brake beforéthe ‘tui'"n”,"5Il'tl1e wheels locked up and the car just slid forward. There was a little road sign, and the worst thing I was think- ing was, ‘oh, no, I’m going to hit the sign and it’s going to scratch my car.’” . On that stretch of Route 11, the Error in phone charge notice has phones ringing BY SARAH MELDRUM STAFF WRITER A decimal makes a big difference. Students with campus phones were told last week that they could make long-distance calls at the cheapest rate in the nation, a quarter of a penny per minute. Unfortunately for them, this was a typographical error. “We’d be making the national news if we’d found a way to do that,” said . Flash Floyd, manager of University Services. A flyer announced new flat rate prices for long distance calls inside the United States. It said “Flat Rates = Savingsl” The box below that bold statement gave great rates. It advertised .25 cents per minute during weekday calling hours, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. In other words, one penny for every four minutes of a long distance call during peak hours.The prices given for night-time calls, 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., and weekend hours were both .12 cents a minute. Unfortunately, all three were typographical errors. The box should have read 25 cents per minute for 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Mondays through Fridays, and I2 cents for the other times. A decimal makes a big difference. The flyer, which came from the W&L Telecommunications department, warns students to read the fine print of all agreements. It advises students not to fall for calling card tricks, saying that many calling cards include per-call surcharges or monthly fees. “If a student is able to find a ten-cent-a-minute deal with no surcharge or fee, they’ll have found a great deal,” Floyd said. He said calling card advertise- ments are “a little deceptive in that there are hidden fees.” If a student figures out the effective rate of each call, the price will probably be higher than the publicized rate. MCI is Washington and Lee’s carrier for direct dial long distance services. Floyd explained that the school belongs to a consortium of more than twenty schools that buy a long distance carrier in bulk. MCI was the lowest bidder. The new flat rates will take effect Feb. 1. The MCI system breaks the rates into standard blocks of 12hours, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. It also charges a flat rate, instead of billing according to the time and distance of a call. Students who live on campus receive a 7-digit authorization code to use when making long distance calls. Some students opt to use a calling card instead. Matt Mills, sophomore, uses Sprint’s ten-cent a minute plan when he calls his friends at other schools. “It’s cheaper,” he said. He uses the school’s sys- tem when he calls home, and his parents pay that phone bill. “I can keep things separate this way, and my father doesn’t have to pay for my personal calls.” The new flat rates affect only calls within the United States. The old system, which charged students according to the time calls were made and the distance of those calls, will remain in effect for international calls. “So when my parents move to South Korea, that’s just gonna suck,” junior James Sammons said. 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Freshman: Gets a box of cookies and a birthday card fiom mom in the mail. ' Senior: ?Gets awarningjrom the IRS in » the mail.cc> ‘ “— s A ‘ I Freshman (girl): Wearsstretch pants," I a nice sweater, and heels on a‘Geology A Fieldrtrip. ) _ I I . Senior: Shows up in jeansfrom the last j three field trips. — ‘ r ;‘ Ecreshmangfv Spends.-the night in ._ -- 1.;«FAesimiam;~aGoés.jogsropgrnicgifierif, FEBRUARY 2, 1998 IIGWS Cadets pay price for ring figure riot BY WILL HARDIE News EDITOR On Saturday, Nov. 8, VMI cadets partied hard to celebrate their Ring Figure ceremony, and, just as importantly, the chance to spend a night out of the barracks. Wednesday, three of them shuffled uncomfortably in Rockbridge County Court as police described just what they had done in that exu- berant haze of drink. William Meyers and Anthony Kaspyrzyk, both 19, sat stiffly in regula- tion ill-fitting gray uniforms; Robert Hunt, already suspended from VMI following his conduct that night, slouched in jeans and a bomber jacket. Rockbridge County Deputy Sheriff T. A. McFaddin told the court how he had spent most of that night herding rebellious cadets into their motel rooms and trying to stop them causing too much damage and commotion. At the Red Oak Inns he found Kaspyrzyk being carried along by two other cadets, who dropped him when they saw McFaddin. “When he saw us he started shouting at us, ‘you a**holes,’ this and that, then he took off up the stairs,” said McFaddin. He caught up with Kaspyrzyk on the second floor, where they “had a little conversation.” The officer said he smelled alcohol on Kaspyrzyk’s breath and gave him a Breathalyzer test, which registered 0.20. He arrested him for underage pos- session of alcohol. But McFaddin’s night was not over. Just after 3 a.m., he told the court, he saw a stationary green Cadillac straddling the dotted line on Route 1 l, with its left indicator blinking. He said it pulled off right and drified erratically between the lanes, then ran a red light making the left turn into the Econo Lodge parking lot. McFaddin pulled it over and peered through the window at cadets Meyers and Hunt, who «was driving. He gave Meyers a Breathalyzer test’-because he looked “glassy-eyed”: it registered 0.07. Meyers said in court he had had 10 drinks over the course of eight hours at Ring Figure. But Hunt refused the test. He told the court that he had drunk two and a half cans of Budweiser between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. “I was worried that the beers would show up,” he said. So McFaddin administered a field alcohol test. Hunt missed two numbers while trying to count to 30, swayed and raised his arms while attempting to stand on one leg, turned left when told to turn right, and failed to touch heel to toe while trying to walk in a straight line. He told the court that he had not driven erratically or ran the red light, and that he wasn’t drunk. “I felt fine,” he said. Assistant Director of Cadet Affairs Captain Julianne Faltz saw McFaddin pull the cadets over and followed the cars into the Econo Lodge parking lot. She offered to take them back to VMI, but McFaddin said he would have to arrest them. Meyers was charged with under age drinking, Hunt with driving under the,influence of alcohol. All three pleaded not guilty to the charges; Judge Joseph E Hess found them all guilty. Kaspyrzyk and meyers were ordered to attend an alcohol awareness class, with a $75 fee. Kaspyrzyk was also sentenced to 41 hours’ community service. Hunt is appealing his verdict. VMI has inflicted its own punishment. Hunt, already in disciplinary trouble, was suspended. Meyers is serving four months’ barracks confinement, two months’ social probation and has been sweating out 1 10 hours of marching. The annual Ring Figure celebration, at which VMI juniors receive a hefly 40 pennyweight ring commemorating their class, is typically a riotous affair. It is one of the few occasions when cadets are allowed to spend the night outside the barracks. Tent parties with kegs of beer were held atthe Red Oak Inns on Nov. 7 and 8., when most cadets stayed at motels. CCM SPONSORS LOVE TALK TONIGHT Listen to voices of experience as you prepare to celebrate Valentine’s Day, the holiday of romance and of hope. “Falling in Love Forever!” presenting true love stories from President and Mrs. Elrod, Captain and Mrs. Peniston, and Jan Kaufman and Art Goldsmith, will be held at the Gaines Gatehouse on Monday, Feb. 2 at 7:00 p.m. The discussion is sponsored by the Catholic Campus Ministry. Everyone is welcome. BLACKMER TO LECTURE ON ISLAMIC MUSIC Hugh Blackmer, Science Librarian at W&L, will give a talk entitled “Music in Muslim Lands” on Tuesday, Feb. 3 at 7:30 p.m. The presentation will be given ir1 Room 1 14 of the Science Center. Blackmer served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Malaysia in the mid-’60s, where he assisted in community development and filrnmaking. He received his Ph.D in anthropology from Stanford University, and taught anthropology courses at Acadia University in Nova Scotia for 18 years. The lecture is sponsored by the department of religion, in coordination with a seminar on Islam, and is open to the public. CRIMES OF THE HEART OPENS FRIDAY The theater department at W&L presents Crimes ofthe Heart, opening Feb. 6 at 8:00 p.m. in the Johnson Theater. This Pulitzer prize-winning play by Beth Henley centers around three passionate, eccentric southern women who harbor secrets they are afraid to share. The show continues with performances on Feb. 7, 9 and 10 at 8:00 p.m., and on Feb. 8 at 2:00 p.m. For information or reservations, please call the Lenfest box office at 463-8000. FILM SOCIETY SHOWING “THE PILLOW BOOK” The next presentation of the W&L Film Society will be the exotic drama “The Pillow Book” (England/Hong Kong, 1996), directed by Peter Greenaway. The film is in English, Japa- nese and Mandarin. Screenings will be at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 6 and Saturday, Feb 7, in the Troubadour Cinema. There is no charge for admission. USAF HERITAGE OF AMERICA BAND TO PERFORM The United States Air Force Heritage of American Band will be performing on Monday, Feb. 9 at 7:00. Admission is free, and the concert is open to the public. They have performed before the Queen of England, the President of France, and several U.S. presidents. The perfor- mance will include John Williams’ Winter Games Fanfare, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by J. S. Bach, The Black Horse Troop by John Philip Sousa, and selections from the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. POLISH SOCIOLOGIST TO SPEAK AT W&L Aleksander Lutyk ofthe Polish Academy of Sciences will present a lecture on “Pri- vate Entrepreneurs and Peasants: Social Change in Polish Agriculture after 1989.” The lecture will be given on Monday, Feb. 9, at 7:30 pm. in Northen Auditorium. It will be open to the public. His visit is sponsored by the Shepherd Program in the Interdiscipli- nary Study of Poverty, the university lectures committee and the department of sociol- ogy and anthropology. CD CONTINUEDONPAGE6 shock that he ended up in a creek.” COLLEGE NIGNT ROCK-N—BOWL SNACK BAR OPEN VIDEO GAME ROOM POOL ROOM LEXINGTON LANES COMEJOIN US FOR "NEON NIGHT S’ EVERY FRIDAY 8. SATURDAY IIPM IILL IAM EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT 9:00PM TO MIDNIGHT $2.00 PER GAME/FREE SHOE RENTAL @:D CRASH CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Once Ruppar got out of the vehicle, he realized that the creek was only a foot deep. He climbed out of the ravine and started walking toward Lexington. He caught a ride with a family in a truck to the Stop-In Texaco Station on Route 1 1. The family outfitted him with a turquoise woman’s coat. “They had a coat in the back of the car that they were going to drop off at Goodwill, so they gave it to me in- stead,” he said. Ruppar called the state police and a tow truck from the Shell Station in Natural Bridge. “I saw Andrew, he was soaking wet,” said Heather Clark, who was working at the Shell Station that night. “He was cold and wet. He was drenched, with soaking wet feet and soaking wet pants. He was in a little bit of Wanted llll . .. Individuals, Student Organizations and Small Groups to Promote 1997 Spring Break Travel Packages Earn Substantial MONEY and FREE TRIPS Call INTER‘-CAMPUS PROGRAMS 1 -800-3 27-601 3 According to Clark, the tow truck driver said Ruppar was “lucky to be alive.” I “[The car] was totaled, that’s for sure,” said Clark. “It didn’t look so good. It had been upside down in a creek.” Ruppar’s car was insured, and he hopes to be able to replace it soon. “The worst part of it is that l’ve been trying 1" do really well in my classes this term, and l’ve been super nal about my notes,” said Ruppar. Although his notes and books were mined by the accident, Ruppar said that his profes- sors have been very understanding. At least two other students were involved in auto acci- dents the same night; both escaped without injury. Kelsay Berland, senior, drove off of the road to avoid hitting a car as it spun out of control on I-81 northbound a few miles from Lexington. Freshman Aaron Knoll damaged the frame of his ’94 Ford Explorer 12 miles north of Roanoke on I- 81on the way home from an Aerosmith concert. BEST HOTELS, LOWEST PRICES. ALL SPRINGBREAK locations. Florida, Cancun, etc. from $89, register your group or be our Campus Rep. Inter-campus programs 800-32.’?-60 15 O maybe a few brain cells. ter You Hit opes. 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Wesleyan Thursday, February 5 Women's Basketball — at Va. Wesleyan Saturday, February 7 Men's Basketball — at Eastern Mennonite Women's Basketball — Lynchburg, at 2:00, Warner Center M&W Track — at VMI Relays Sunday, February 8 Wrestling- at Va. State Toumy Men’s b-ball loses to first and worst teams in conference BY BRENDAN HARRINGTON -—-——-j*‘ STAFF \X/Rmaz It was a rough week for the men’s basketball team: they lost to both the first place team and the last place team in the conference. The Generals went down to first- place Hampden-Sydney 68-61 on Wednesday night at the Warner Center in front of a large home crowd. They had beaten the ODAC leading Tigers 44-42 earlier this sea- son at Hampden-Sydney. But they just couldn’t get the job done that night. Four Tigers finished in double digits and a late W&L rally fell short. On Saturday afternoon, the Gen- erals played a sluggish game in which they seemed to overlook last place Guilford College and went on to lose to the 58-55. Kevin Cobbin’s last-second three-pointer, which would have sent the game into over- time, came up short. The Generals now stand at 8-8 overall and 5-5 in the ODAC. On Wednesday night, Hampden- Sydney used a 14-0 run over the end of the first half and the start of the second halfto put themselves in po- sition for the victory. W&L trailed 24-20 with 3 :45 to go in the half after Matt Jackson hit a desperation three-pointer as the shot clock ex- pired. Hampden-Sydney then went on a 7-0 run to close out the half and make the score 31-20. In the second half they picked up where they left off and went on another 7-0 run to expand their lead to 38-20 early in the second half. The Generals trailed by double digits for most ofthe second half but put to- gether a late rally, pulling back with a Rich Peterson lay-up to 66-61 with 29 seconds left. Following Peterson’s basket, Cobbin came up with a great steal and had a chance to bring the Generals within two, but his three- pointer drew iron and the Tigers put the game away at the free-throw line. Sophomore guard T. J. Grimes led the way for the Tigers, finishing with 21 points. Joining Grimes in double figures were sophomore center Jeremy Harris with 13, sophomore guard Chris Fox with 12, andjunior guard Alex Robbins with 10. For the Gen- erals, Peterson had a double-double, finishing with 19 points and a ca- reer-high 11 boards. Freshman guard Will Ballard added 13 and se- nior Kelly Dyer had 10. Hampden-Sydney shot a solid 9- 17 from behind the arc in route to the victory, including a 4-6 perfor- mance from Grimes. When these teams met earlier this year, Hampden-Sydney shot 1-15 from ‘three-point land and the Generals went on to win 44-42. The win im- proved the Tigers to 15-2 overall and 9-2 in the ODAC. On Saturday afternoon, the Gen- erals showed a lack of intensity and were plagued by poor foul shooting as Guilford pulled off the three-point upset, 58-55. The Generals led by five at halftime, 26-21, and continued to lead the Quakers for most of the sec- ond half. But the Quakers put to- gether a late rally, which was capped off by a key steal and basket by freshman guard Jaron Randall, which gave the Quakers a 50-46 lead with 2:32 left in the game. Randall was the high scorer for Guilford: he scored 11 ofhis 14 points in the sec- ond half to lead the comeback effort for the Quakers. The Generals trailed by seven with less than a minute remaining and the game looked all but over. But following a quick lay-up by Peterson, the Generals got the ball back under their own basket after a W Quaker in-bounds pass went flying out of bounds without anyone touching it. Dyer then hit a three- pointer to make the score 57-55 and the Generals then fouled Guilford’s Kenyatta Ramsey with only eight seconds remaining. Ramsey hit the first shot to extend it to a three-point sports PAGE 3 junior Rich Peterson crushes his opponent’s leg. Despite his15 points and 10 rebounds, the Generals dropped a close one to Guilford, 58-55 HOLLISTER H0VL‘y/PHOTO EDITOR lead but missed the second shot to ‘give the Generals ayfinal ‘chance to tie the game. Junior guard Cobbin dribbled the length ofthe court and got offa good three point look after spinning out oftrouble, but it came up a bit short and the Quakers walked off the court with the upset victory. Randall finished with 14 for the T /T 7 171 Washington and Lee hosted three Centennial Conference teams in a wrestling quad meet on Saturday and came away with losses to Swarthmore, Western Maryland and Ursinus. Leading the Generals effort was sopho- Jock Short - Wrestling drops three - more 126-pounder who went 2-0 before sitting out the final match. Sophomore heavyweight John Sensing went 2-1 with both of his wins coming by pin and junior 150-pounder John Grumbine had two wins. -from staff reports Give your intramural pictures and results to (71112 fling-tum ifihtl _ Quakers and fellow freshman Jon Evans‘ finishedwith 12. For the Gen- erals, Peterson finished with his sec- ond double-double of the week, hav- ing poured in 15 points and had 10 rebounds. Dyer added 11 and sophomore center Scott Hudson added 10. The Generals were only 9- 20 from the free throw line while the Quakers converted on nine of their last 1 1 attempts in the last five min- utes of the game. The win moved 1 Guilford to 5-14 overall and 3-11 in the ODAC. The Generals next travel to Bridgewater College on Monday where they will face the Eagles for the first time this year. The next home game for the Generals will be next Monday night, Feb. 9, against Randolph-Macon. Quakers crush women’s hoop squad like rice cakes BY BRENDAN HARRINGTON —“*““*‘_" STAFF WRHER The Lady Generals had yet another up-and-down week: they went 1-2 with a win over Emory & Hemy and losses to both Randolph-Macon Women’s College and Guilford College. They are now 8-9 overall and 5-9 in the ODAC. Washington and Lee started off the week with a win on Tuesday night at the Warner Center, downing the Emory & Henry Wasps 60-56. W&L centers junior Amber Hinkle and freshman Leah Sawyer scored 30 points and grabbed 18 rebounds between them, en route to victory. Hinkle finished the match with a game-high 16 points and 10 rebounds, while Sawyer finished with 14 points and eight rebounds. Sawyer came into the game averagingjust 3.5 points per game. Junior forward Chrissy Burghardt added 13 points for the Lady Generals. For the Wasps, junior guard Jaclyn Dickens led the way with 14 points and senior guard Angie Simpkins had 10 points and seven assists. Dickens hit four three-pointers in the second half and the Wasps shot 5-11 from behind the are for the game. The Generals led by as many as eight points in the second half but needed to overcome a late rally which brought the Wasps within two points, 58-56, with less than 30 seconds remaining. Soon afier, senior Tania Dean put the game out of their reach by putting in two free throws. Their loss dropped E&H to 6-9 overall and 3-8 in the ODAC. On Thursday the Lady Generals hit the road and traveled to Randolph-Ma- con Women’s College where they suf- fered a disappointing 53-42 defeat. The Lady Generals led 26-21 at the half but could only muster up 16 points in the second half. They shot a lowly 25 per- cent from the field. Tara Carelton was the high scorer for the Wildcats, pouring in 19 points and grabbing eight rebounds. Team- mate Kai Felton scored 14 as she went 4-4 from three-point land; Jennifer Bap- tist finished with a double-double with 11 points and 14 points for the Wild- cats. Their win improved the lady Wild- cats to 8-7 overall and 6-6 in the ODAC. For the Generals, Burghardt led the way with 11 points and sophomore Ansley Miller added 10. Once again both of the W&L centers played strong games. Hinkle had eight points and a career-high 15 rebounds while Sawyer had nine points and 13 rebounds. The Lady Generals, who came into the game ranked #2 in the nation for free throw shooting, were only 3-7 from ' the charity stripe. On Saturday, turnovers plagued the Generals in their loss to the Guilford College Quakers, 77-59. W&L turned the ball over 18 times in the first half and finished the game with 27 tum- overs. They had lost to Guilford in Greensboro just 10 days previously. The Lady Quakers now stand at 10-7 overall and 9-5 in the ODAC. Marija Primats had a huge game for the Quakers: she finished with 25 points, five assists, and five steals and was 5-6 from three-point land. Laura Haynes, #3 scorer in the nation, finished with 18 points and 15 rebounds. For the Generals, Sawyer recorded the first double-double of her career and completed a great week with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Hinkle also recorded a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds. For the week, the combination of Hinkle and Sawyer averaged 24.7 points and 22.7 rebounds per game. The Lady Generals travel to E&H on Tuesday for a rematch with the Wasps and then travel to Virginia Wesleyan on Thurs- day. Their next home game will be next Saturday at 2:00 p.m. in the Warner, when the Lady Generals will host Lynchburg. OCR::/Vol_099_100/WLURG39_RTP_19980202/WLURG39_RTP_19980202_004.2.txt n PAGE 4 7 or W .9} w . of white columns a taboo topic hides. Febrnia ' ashington and Lee that rarely goes reported, and it is a crime that Vioiates eVei'Ything this school hoids g, cheating and stealing in one package. to lle .e campuses is a serious national crime. It has reared its ugly head» at the little School in the Shenandoah Vaiiey Where Parents Send their C121 tght « I ..%W~ will be sexua 1 in four coll: committed ac y assaulted in her lifetime 0 22% of all rape.v ge women have either been raped or suffered air that meet the legal definition of rape 0 75% ‘- -n acquaintance rape had been drinking or using d? Page ~,. involved in . icial rapes on campus in several years, W&L has reported percent of all women involved in an acquaintance rape had been using alcoho =tWeen Aug i 2 i994 and iuiy 3 i 7 1997- The iast “Stranger drug use impairs a woman’s ability to communicate her decision about seigfas. to judge a woman’s response. Despite the fact that a woman might not 0 i 1990. detines tape as “sextiai inteiootiise against the Wiii of intentions obvious, it still does not justify any “accidental” sexual assault. , t e threat of force, intimidation or victim incapacitation.” A “Men Should never take advantage ofa drunk woman,” Young Said as any sexual act against another Person against the persons Wiii Though oflicials say that there is no way to prevent a rape, there are ways to ' of iving consent. “There are people out there looking to harm women. It’s a control thi’ ; t tionai siitVeYs ofooiiege Women show that oniY i in eVeiY 25 need to be aware of what you are doing and who you are with.” ,, h0FitieS- The UniVeisitY oniy tepotts those otieiises that are Rape counselors and psychologists stress several steps that can be taken . con rmc y crimma oi iinivefity judicial action. self inabad situation; at ‘ “Date rape is the most und errepoited crime in the country,” Michael Young, Director of 0 Set sexual limits. It’s your body, and if you don’t want to continue sexfi University Security said. nothing wrong with you. If you know how far you are willing to go beforeh account #1: Dean of Students Dayirl It-l owi son agrees. “It is a significant problem to get people to report.” decision stronger. F ebnliny 4. 1995. The night Ofthe This problem is ampliiied iii a smaller community. Often, victims who report their crimes are 0 Be independent and aware on dates and at fraternity parties. Ddn’ Sathptes Chhchtté the htst :°'h°W ht subjected to rigorous questioiiiiig and have their stories ridiculed. Dr. James Worth, Univer- someone’s house if you asked to go to the dorms. Make sure you still ha the year; five days until my 19th birthday; . 1 . . V I , X j. . . . ' "" the night my best friend raped me. I had sity Psycho o gist, tllllilxs» that me size of the school contributes to the problem. surroundings and make sure you get your own drinks. _ bronchitis, and uninforn-led about tho effects “This is a small enough community where the victim fears being shunned, exposed or ridi- 0 Be forceful and firm. If you are sure of yourself, your message will be 1 ofmixing alcohol and antibiotics, Idrank that culed. There IS little anon,yniity at this school,” he said. 0 Trust your gut-level feelings. They do not lie to you. If you think you night» Rennning t0 my dorm room a1one,‘I The fears a victim might have ofbeing exposed or ridiculed are not simply aW&L phenomenon. you probably are. takilked ttzflalgttt Oh my hah “hth I t°°°tV"tt his “One problem is our society doesn’t look at rape as a crime,” Young said. “Like every 0 Avoid falling for lines like, “You would if you loved me.” Ifhe loved) one c . . . . , . . . . . . . p He was Coming Over despite my excuses other crime, if your car is stolen, you d report it. If you are raped, unfortunately, there is a your decision and would not pressure you into doing anything you do notvzi than was going to boo Ho stigma attached. 0 Be careful when you invite someone back to your home or room. The arrived, and I let him in. He W& L women feel that the stigma is amplified on this campus. places for a rape to occur. W85 Iny _beSt friend. I ‘ --—~——- “I think women would be afraid to report a rape,” said senior Emily 0 Have your own transportation. Many parties have sober drivers, and ‘ 1l1iIi‘r)nS.1la1Tne1E::m\;vfi: He was my bes t lE1Tamptf)lll. “oeopllle here would not see lie: as ‘the girl who was raped,’ but on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday nights, Live Drive can be contacted at lay down on my bed and friend I rat er as, the girl w o tumed so-and-so in . . V I 0 Avoid excessrveouse of alcohol or drugs. I . would not ieave when 1 trus te d him . For some W&L men, the thought of women feeling unsafe on this campus 1S Ofien, rape victims worry about making a scene and will not make thei. asked. There Va 3 no t h 1. n g against everything for which this school stands. public, but if a woman waits until they are both in her room, it is a private _pla He Said he W0Uid giye unusua 1 _ um t 1. 1 “There should be absolutely no reason for any W&L female to feel like she must be anyone to help her. the it back thasstitge to ‘the’ take a selfdefense course for PE so that she can safely attend a frat party without “Be very aware of what you do and do not want to happen,” Margan viate my coughing and to he lay down on my . . ,, . . ,, help me fall asleep. bed and mm 1 d n O t an army of her soronty sisters, said freshman Thomas Wood’. ‘ about offending the person.- Iawokoy face down: oa_ leave when I In a national survey of college students conducted earlier this decade, 35 Worth olfers some advice to males: ked in my own bed, with a sk e d percent ofthe men surveyed indicated that they would commit a violent rape “Imagine yourself having gotten arrested on a drunk in public char e3 him iiiiono me Oniy the of a woman ifthey were assured that they could get away with it. This creates someone else gets thrown in there with you. He is much bigger than you,‘h Word h° came tmth thy T“ 7 7 a dan rerous situation when this attitude is combined with alcohol use and the force to hold ou downand sodomize ou. Ima me how ou would fee ,.” g Y Y g Y lips as he entered me. It was Over in a few mmmes Ibm_ assumption that W&L is a completely safe environment. ion my head in my pillows and mod. 1 According to the National Victim Center, 75 percent of all men and 55 couldn’t do anything else, for I was numb t with confusion, shock and disgust. Finally, he left my room. I was lost. I went to the school doctor; they told me that I had an alcohol problem. I local rape hotline A police» 463 -RAPE (24 hours) 4(,%.2g1 went to a peer counselor; he just wanted de— C ouns e 1 1 ng S tudent . A tails as to which position the act occurred in. Dr‘ Anne S°h°r°t'Lath°“t3 1 46 Then, through the advice and help of five of 463'8750 tofitce) 4636478 (home) campus». my closest friends, Ibrought charges against Dr‘ James W°rth: ‘ i " ' ~. on‘, 46. him through the Student-Faculty Hearing 463'8592 tofitce) 4634000 (home) . website: i _ Sexual Assault Information Page 'h¥ittp': //www. cs . utk . eclu/~bartley/saInfoPage . htm Board. In a unanimous verdict, he was found guilty of “sexual exploitation through ma- nipulative and predatory behavior.” His punishment entailed counseling by a school psychologist, prohibition from enter- ing the freshmen dorms and social proba- tion through the end of the year. A week after his appeal against these sanctions was denied, he was caught out at a fraternity party. Given the opportunity to withdraw from the university or go before a disciplinary committee, he chose the former and trans- ferred to a nearby University, continuing to return to campus quite frequently for the next two years. sex survey On Wednesday, May 14, 1997, A professor initiated an innocent discussion of gendeli rel at Washington and Lee basedon “The Colonnade Club” cartoon that had appeared in the R ' _ tum Phi that week. The professor was astonished when the students requested that they co duct an anonymous survey to determine some sexual facts about the 24 members of the cl -' The professor wrote the following four questions on the board, the students wrote their answ- on slips of paper which were collected, and the results tabulated as follows: t _ Have you ever had sexual intercourse? yes: 71% no: 29% ,1 it has take“ the 3 iohg time to Put that Have you ever given oral sex? yes: 83% no: 17% F night behind the i am ooihtoited With the Have you ever received oral sex? yes: 75% no: 21% no answgrzi ‘ khowiedge that I W35 Shppottett by my How many partners have you had in sexual intercourse? 5 friends, and that I may help others to heal Zefoi 29% One: 13% two: 13% three: 17% four: 8%i through my own experience. However, I will five. 4% Six: 8% no answer; 8% :1 never forget those minutes, when. I lay help- A‘ less and immobile, before he who was my b f o d This class, being a general education class, contained many students with differenihfba . est rien . grounds and majors. During an after class discussion a student said that he believed the t biggest extracurricular activities on this campus are drinking and sex. "‘?7§I:* ,m:iiwr iwitizéfi rim rm;-2-zg !i(zi:e' {}"i".€?!” tire ivcriitz, fifé’ ift£3g5.’i‘.-'. riize eafzicrzfc-2:3 oven“ ziw ir.¥—if:;rtie2i'e*r!. rite t.’,it‘,I.?é;’1‘ii£’?2{1‘£?{1t over the (‘liilffi dmermmrfiM3fih-mefiwnmnmgornmfihwneanwfiaflia 2713:. or if (sitar! £ib.sce2ic*e3_fi*(.ziii it wires fizz? crisis zm‘.iiiz'r.s‘ .:':‘_. wife‘ 395:9 ;iirg£;i fi;;i:r." Writer & Editor: Jason Zacher Artist: Hollister Hovey Layout Design: Tarah Grant * The accounts were given to The Ring-tum Phi by students who wixli to reiiiam anonyiizoizi. Naiiim med iii the accoimti have been c/ranged. OCR::/Vol_099_100/WLURG39_RTP_19980202/WLURG39_RTP_19980202_005.2.txt € ry' 2, 1998 ers to be “safe.” Next I amtd. :- It .ictims .eptp ted )f male iugs I tor drugs. Alcohol or - A e as a man’s ability ‘be. able to make her ‘It 'eyourrisks. I"? Young said. “You '0 avoid putting your- It 1 activity, there is d, it can make your aciept a ride back to e control over your nuch clearer. are being pressured, .ou, he would respect t to do. -seilare the most likely om 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. 63-8100. ‘F intentions known in :e and there might not to sdid. “Don’t worry Later in the evening, e hi s you and he uses — by Jason Zacher alth center mwi security -8999 . ',,- .,._._.7{.. e» 4 ‘.5; :1; t;’;;2;;, .s?f‘%.°:<::‘£.?: ' . " r- .. -* in 4: ‘mm. Z i...‘x 3:._- 3. 't.. F PAGE 5 report . . it :’,i'.="».-kit’ s.‘.«'§ ::§.s2?f§i’}{‘»~ v 113%’ ;,a:;';zi§»9z:arr;2 in four in five women.who are‘victims of sexual assault know their attackers 5:} ..‘33Z"‘‘ ” Where do I start? The weirdest thing is that fresh- man year he told people that we slept together, and now he refuses to admit that we ever hooked up. Last week I found out one of his friends saw me that night with Scott*. I was plastered. I thought, God, why didn’t you help me? ‘ And he said, it didn’t look like you needed help. I was totally freaked out. I was a mess. I’ve blamed myself for three years, so I didn’t tell anyone. I thought, I was too drunk and I should have known better and all the typical things; I should have con- trolled myself Obviously I was hooking up with him beforehand, voluntarily. He was my best guy friend. I didn’t know any- body when I came here, except him. So I had all this trust in him. He was going to take care of me. He’s gonna be my big brother and watch out for me and make sure no one hurts me. And he was the one that ended up doing it. It was during orientation. The whole thing was awkward. I didn’t want it to hap- pen. I didn’t plan on it. We went to afrater- nity house and it was late. I really trusted the kid. I really liked him. I was always on his hall, hanging out and I felt really com- fortable with his friends. We all got really sh**-faced. My mom, .0 this day, refuses to believe that my drink wasn’t spiked, because I absolutely blacked out. But I think it was just the beginning of a series of blackouts for me. I think I had a drinking problem... after that. I had never drank that much before so it was my first blackout. And that’s the worst part of the whole thing: I can’t tell you ev- ery detail of what happened. All I can tell you is that I remem- ber being with him. I remember being at the fraternity. I re- member a whole bunch of us saying we were going back to the dorms and it was so nomial for me to be on his hall. Hanging out with them. I didn’t think twice about it. For a while his friends were there and I re- member we were eat- ing, watchin g TV in Scott’s room. I guess they all left. And we started hooking up. I just thought it was really strange, be- cause it kind of broke the boundary of our v friendship. It was weird. I was so drunk and I said, Scott, maybe we shouldn’t do this, and he just kept kissing my neck and I was trying to talk about it and obviously he wasn’t participating in the conversation. I would get up and sit back down, the whole time wondering what I was doing there. All I know is that I remember kissing him coping by Jason Zacher Coping with a rape can be very hard on a small campus. The personal atmosphere and closeness that Washington and Lee students share often make concealing trau- matic events difficult. There are many ways to get help while keeping the assault a secret. There are some immediate concerns that victims need to consider after an assault. The Virginia State Crime Commission tells victims of a sexual assault not to: shower or bathe, brush or comb your hair, change clothes, eat or drink anything, brush or rinse your teeth, touch things where the incident happened or put on makeup. Ifthe attack took place in a dorm or in a fraternity house, the victim should call campus security immediately. The victim should be taken to the infirrnary as soon as possible. Any person who is a victim of a sexual assault should also call a friend or relative and get to a safe place. She should keep warm and write down all of the details she can remember. This will make any future prosecution or University judicial proceedings easier. According to rape counselors, many rape victims are severely affected psychologi- cally after the incident. Several studies have shown that there are several specific stages that rape victims go through during their recovery. The first is the crisis stage. A victim is shocked that the assault really happened, and might appear visibly disturbed, cry, shake or even faint. The most common emo- tion is fear, fear of the attacker returning, fear of the place the attack occurred, fear of people who remind her of the attacker. There are so many different feelings a victim might feel during this stage — all of them are normal. She might not want to be touched, or she might want physical affection from someone she trusts. She may talk about the attack, or she could be completely quiet for a long time. Counselors define the second stage as the denial stage. The victim will try to assure their friends that she is okay, but she probably feels that her friends are tired of hearing about the incident. This stage can be very brief or it can last for years. She might try some harmful things during this stage like: overeating, not eating, overworking, as well as severe alcohol or drug abuse. The suffering stage is when the assault finally sinks in for the victim. There is typically a feeling of loss, and the victim might experience depression. Other common reactions include: fear, nightmares, changes in eating or sleeping, sexual problems, anger, guilt and shame. She might also have flashbacks and have frequent, disturbing memories of the assault. , When a victim becomes a “survivor” rather than a victim, she is in the resolution stage. The assault becomes an accepted, if painful, part of her life. While almost every victim of a sexual assault goes through these stages of recov- is different, but all will go through the same stages. Services such as University Counseling are critical for helping a woman progress smoothly through these stages. “We are available to both women and men,” said Dr. James Worth, University Psychologist. “We have done counseling for both.” Rape can also be very traumatic for friends of the victim. It is common for friends to have strong feelings of anger and rage against the assailant, but as a friend, there are several things you can do to help a rape victim. - Listen, do not judge. Do not make her prove her story. Accept her version of the facts and be supportive. - Be available. She may need to talk at odd hours. She might not tell many people and she might rely strictly on one person. ° Give comfort and offer shelter. She may not want to be alone. Stay with her or let her stay with you. - Don’t ever tell her what she could have done to prevent the rape. The only person who can prevent a rape is the rapist. Let her know she is not to blame. - Do not be overly protective. She needs to feel control in her life. - Deal with your feelings somewhere else. Don’t discuss your feelings with her. Call a hotline or talk to another friend. “We encourage all victims to report it to the police department and prosecute,” said Michael Young, Director of University Security. Even if a victim does not want to press charges with the police, she can petition the Student-Faculty Hearing Board. The SFHB’s purpose is to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct at W&L. The board consists of four students elected by the Executive Committee and four faculty members. There are also two alternate students and two alternate faculty members in case of a conflict of interest. A victim can submit a complaint to either the Dean of Students, Davd Howison, or the University Mediator, Dean Anece McCloud. McCloud will also present all of the alternatives available to the student. “An investigation does not occur in the sense of an EC investigation,” SFHB President Nancy Margand said. “If the case comes to SFHB each student tells their side of the story, can call witnesses to corroborate and turn in “evidence” they think will support their view. Students receive help from advocates from the law school.” Confidentiality is stressed throughout the process to all parties. The SFHB can hand down punishments ranging from counseling and social probation to suspen- sion and expulsion from the University. \ University officials stress that no matter what course of action a victim wants tr ery, there is no timetable in which she will complete them. Every sexual assault victim and talking about it. I remember laying down, just passing out. When I passed out, I had my clothes on, or when I remem- ber nothing else, I had my clothes on and I was not in danger. And when I woke up, really early, five in the morning or something, he was next to me and all my clothes were on the floor. I freaked. I had no idea what had happened. I got up, put my clothes on without talking to him Ilefi. Before this I would see him every day without fail. Four days go by and I didn’t even hear from him. No contact. I was so scared. I didn’t tell anyone. I felt like some- thing was wrong and I was sure I’d had sex. I felt weird because I hadn’t had sex in a really long time. It was the first time at college that it had happened to me and ob- viouslyitwasn’t in any waythat I’dplanned I was a naive little girl who thought sex was important and you had it with the people you love He crushed those expectations. The next day, I remember trying to find out I asked a friend of his, “So have you talked to Scott?” He said, “Yeah, Scott says that you guys slept together.” “Oh, he did?” And that’s how Ifound out — through member details of what he did to me, what happened And I can’t remember anything. And I think part of it is that I blocked it out, emotionally, for so long that it ’s not some- thing that I can think about. This summer I finally talked to some people about it. I told my mom for the first time. She knew the summer after freshman year that something was wrong. She kept asking, Why are you behaving like this? What is wrong with you? She tried to pull me out of school. She’s still mad at herself for not doing that. I guess she’s trying to take responsibility and she can’t. I convinced her to let me come back. So this summer, I told her and of course she lost it again I told her I’ve dealt with it I’ve beendealingwithitforthreeyeais. I’mmore stable about it now. I can talk about it. For her, she just found out, so it was like me, freshman year. She wanted to help me and tried to pull me out of school again. I al- most let her. I thought, I’ll stay home for a year, get myself together. I don’t want to go back and have this pattern of behavior continue and she said, well you shouldn’t drink. For a while I didn’t, and then just with my roommates. And now I drink, but it’s better. I feel like I have finally gained some control over my life again. It’s sad, because a friend of his. I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t tell any- one. I felt stupid. I guessIinternal- izedita1l:I’mjust anidiot Thiswill go away. We don’thavetotalk anymore. Forme, drink- ing helped me forget. That has been my main fault in the whole thing. conscious. weight. It wasn’t a violent But I know that I didn’t consent and that I wasn’t probably just dead Like a fish . It ’ s sick to think tha t he proceeded. It’s really sick. I see a friend going through the same thing this year, the same pattern of be- havior, and I just found out, last week, she was raped. It’s everywhere. You have no idea. At the time it happened to me, I didn’t know it was rape. You know, this was my first ex- perience in college. So I’m thinking, this I was ordeal. I handled it the wrong way. I’ve read a lot about it. There are two basic reactions. Some people shut themselves off to all men: cold, afraid of everything. Or like me: No big deal! A lot of women that get raped become alcohol- ics. It’s sad because I know college would have been so different if this hadn’t hap- pened to me. I believe that. I think about confronting him. Perhaps I will .. . when I’m ready Now it would cause too much pain. Who would believe me? I had a bad past. My freshman year just got worse and worse. It would be hard for any- one to remember me the way I was before it all happened and believe what I said. Most people would say, whatever, you were just drunk. And you regretted it the next day. And that’s just not the case. I’ve experi- enced those feelings too. This was differ- ent. This was wrong. Something happened that night that made me feel terrible about myself. Nothing else was like this. That’s how I know it was rape. It wasn’t a violent thing, but I know that I didn’t consent and that I wasn’t con- scious. I was probably just dead weight. Like a fish. It’s sick to think that he pro- ceeded. It’s really sick. I try to sit and re- ’ 9 is how it works, you get drunk and sometimes you do stuff you don’t want to do — and you have to get over it. Then it started affecting my men- tality, my drinking, I was a different person freshman year, I had to be the party girl who could go out until five in the morning and out-drink the guys. That’s just not me. I’m finally starting to feel like my nor- mal self. I’mtrying to regain some stability in my life, some security, peace. A lot of girls just aren’t aware, they think it’s OK and that shows guys get away with it. The girl that talked to me recently that said she was raped said, ‘Listen, its no big deal. You just have to get over it.’ And I told her, “this happened to you recently and you tell me its no big deal and you sound just like me three years ago.” They were both drunk, but he was vio- lent with her. He held her down, was hurt- ing her. lt’s so sad, I want everyone to know who he is, because I don’t want anyone to be around him. It scares me. At this school, you’re trapped. Nobody’s going to believe you. I want everyone to be aware. People aren’t reporting this sh**. And it goes on. A lot. So many women here have probably been through this. My mom is so angry, she wants me to take revenge and post these guys’ names all over campus. I would _ get crushed. That’s why no one reports it. Nobody wants to go to a counselor here. You’re trapped. I want to warn fresh- man girls. It’s not enough what they did for us freshman year. Looking back on that thing we went to, the video on rape, we were jok- ing around the whole time. This isn’t going to hap- pen to us. We just were not thinking. It happened to me that week. We were so na- ive. We trusted ev- erybody. And the one person I tnisted the most screwed me over. Now Ithink twice about every guy I just wish people knew. Iwant to graduate in peace. It’s possible that he was too drunk to know what he was doing. I don’ 1 think he did it with malice. He probably didn’t know what was going on. After that he tried his darnndest to be my friend. Every fall, he starts getting friendly, calling, dropping by. I think he wants my reassurance that he did nothing wrong. He must know it isn’t all right. When I see him now, I don’t ac- knowledge his existence. Now I want to talk to people, freshmen, I guess. Ifsonieone in my sorority had said, this happened to me, if you need anyone to talk to I would have gone to them. I was so convinced that I was the only one this happened to and didn’t know who to talk to. I didn’t even know we had a peer counciling system. I didn’t know about the rape recovery group, either. I’d like to go, now. Everyone recovers in different phases. I feel like now I could help other people. Its taken me three years, but now I can deal with it, con- front it. It seems like the next step is using this in some positive way, to help other people. It’s horrible that I thought there was no one I could talk to. I didn’t even tell my mother. I tell her everything. It was a persue, it is important to seek out help to recover from the incident. look around, everybody’s drinking! I was different. I wasn’t just drunk and coming home; I was drunk and going home with whoever. It was bad. God, the trauma of answering the questions. I think I’m most defensive about people not believing me. The worst part is, this "r1 I talked with to d me the same kind of story. She was drunk, she blacked out. I didn’t believe her. The first thing that came into my head was: “Yeah right.” And I caught my- self and thought, “Jesus, what are you doing, you have to beheve her. Why would she be making this sh** up?” Ithink it’s rare that girls make this stuff up. It’s not fun to go , through, or to pre- tend to go through. I want to know what he thinks hap- pened. But I don’t want to talkto him. I just want to say, you know, you are a horrible person. This is a terrible thing to do. You hurt me and it will be with me for the rest of my life. This is not acceptable. And then I want to walk away. I don’t ever want to talk to him again. I don’t think he remem- bers that night and thinks, ‘I raped that girl.’ I’m sure he doesn’t put that label on it. He probably thinks it was a drimken night gone wrong. Maybe not eye." that. Who knows? The worst thing is, I don’t remember. Maybe I’m lucky, I don’t know how it felt, physically, you know. It’s so fiustrating that I can’t remember exactly what happened. People told me we had sex. I woke up with- out my clothes ori. I can’t ignore the fact that it happened. I’d never been to a psychologist. I went 011 my lunch hour and I start bawling cry- ing, couldn’t go back to work. She said its so common, that it happens to so many young women. Society makes women into the guilty party. We have to accuse the men; they become ‘the victims’ and every- hard year for one is second- me. Peopletalk ‘ C guessing and judg- about how in ou. much fun It ’s not enough what gals Such a freshman year they did 1'-Or U3 f 1? eshman fu**ed-up system. was. I think: year. Looking back on We’ve been raised “Oh, my bad that thing We Went to, to make ourselves year.” Ididn’t the video on rape we desirable to men. care about any— , , ' Men are raised in a thing. Ididn’t were -7 Oklng around the subtle way so that care about my- W110-7-9 time - This 1511 ' t its okay for them to self. Atall. Ilet going to happen to us. look at us like ob- myselfgo, with Wt. j u S t were no t jectsl Now tk have an one. . . eo e to ta to. yOne of my thinking’ It happened p lpalways wonder friendscame to to me tha t week ’ if I am the only one me about the , 7 who was raped by drinking - Scott. I wonder if which was about half the problem. But I didn’t think anything was wrong. C‘mon there is something I could have done to have stopped it if I wasn’t. OCR::/Vol_099_100/WLURG39_RTP_19980202/WLURG39_RTP_19980202_006.2.txt PAGE 6 FEBRUARY 2, 1997 news Norval warns of new threats Third World, will increase competition for scarce re- STAFF WRITER sources. Norval predicted that would lead to mass mi- What should we do with terrorists? “Hunt ‘em down grations, which heighten ethnic tensions, and to wars and kill ‘em like rabid dogs,” Morgan Norval advised, between countries over dwindling resources. And the not entirely joking. United States is equally at risk. “When there’s nothing CQTQIFC CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 academic performance of a pledge. 2. No pledge activities except community service projects may be scheduled to occur outside the Lexington city limits. 3. Pledge activities GENERAL NOTES DUPONT TO HOST TALK BY SCHAPIRO BY SARAH MELDRUM An opening reception and talk by exhibiting artist Miriam Schapiro will be held in the duPont Gallery on Tuesday, Feb. 10 at 8 p.m. The public is invited to attend. “A Seamless Life,” works by Schapiro from 1961 to 1966 are currently on exhibit in the duPontGallery until March 31. Gallery hours are Mon- day through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission is free. Schapiro will be spending three days on the W&L campus where she will be visiting art classes in addition to presenting the public lecture in conjunction with the reception for the exhibit on Tuesday. Her visit to the university is being sponsored by the department of fine arts, the Glasgow Endowment Program, the visiting lecturers com- mittee and endowments from the W&L Classes of ’63 and ’65. EMINENT HISTORIAN TO LECTURE Dr. Eugene D. Genovese will lecture at the Lenfest Center on Wednesday, Feb. 1 l at 7:30 p.m. He will talk about his new book, A Consuming Fire: The White Christian Response to the Fall of the Confederacy, which focuses on how white Southerners came to terms with their defeat through religion. Dr. Genovese is the president of the Historical Society and the retired scholar-in-residence of the Atlanta University Center. This lecture is sponsored by The Contact Committee. Admission is free and the public is invited to attend. CHORAL GROUPS’ PRESENT “SCIENCE CENTER SERENADE” The Great Hall of W&L’s new Science Center will be the setting for an evening of choral music presented by the university’s choral groups on Thursday, Feb. 12 at 8:00 p.m. The public is invited to attend. Renaissance music, as well as pieces from other various period that were written to be performed in large cathedrals, will be offered by the University Chamber Singers, directed by Gordon Spice, and the University Chorus, directed by Scott Williamson and accompa- nied by Joshua Harvey. The groups will combine under the direction of gues conductor Donald Nally to perform pieces by Mendelssohn, Schtltz, Barber, Beibl, and Lauridsen. The ensembles will ofier a program of song that span five centuries, from the 15th to the 20th centuries, that take advantage of the acoustical properties of the science building’s Great Hall. The “Science Center Serenade” is presented by W&L’s department of music. are only pennitted between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. 4. Pledge activities other than study hall shall be permitted only on one night during the academic week, Sunday through Thursday. 5. A chapter will not ask pledges to spend more than four hours total during the academic week or five hours on a week- end engaged in pledge or initiation activities. Before the start of the pledgeship period, all fraternities are required to submit pledge education programs to the IFC Judicial Board. These programs, which list the schedule of pledge activities and the goals of pledgeship, and social disorder.” Norval, who spent ten years in southern Africa fight- to lose, there’s nothing to fear,” he said. ing terrorism, spoke Tuesday evening as part of Contact’s Captive Nations Week. He said the new world order is bringing new terror- ists threats. “The world is more volatile, more uncertain than it was in the Cold War.” He said former communist nations are now afflicted by “debilitating fear, chaos, are subject to approval by the Dean of Greek Affairs. All fifteen fratemity presidents and pledge trainers have put significant amounts of time and effort into designing programs which adhere to all of the above regulations. Fraternity presidents have also shown posi- tive initiative in voting to end all pledgeship activity one week early this year. By March 22. 1998. all pledgeship nrograms must be completed and all pledges must be initiated. Activities such as the compelled consump- tion of alcoholic beverages, physical abuse, sleep deprivation, paddling, and other aixivities deemed ashazing will inno waybetolerated Individuals! suspected ofhazing will be referred to the Stu- dentAffairs Committee Hearing Board and will face possible suspension or expulsion. These individuals may face criminal charges as well. An effective pledgeship period depends upon cooperation between three elements in a fratemity: the fratemity leadership, the ‘ brotherhood, and the pledges. Washington and Lee’s fraternity leaders have designed fifieen safe and effective pledgeship pro- grams. Brothers in every house must ad- here strictly to these programs when con- ducting pledgeship activities. Pledges must understand the general regulations for gov- erning pledgeship and not tolerate hazing. Would you like to work at a Wyoming Guest Ranch this summer? The A-Bar-A Guest Ranch is on 140,000 private acres of southern Wyoming, surrounded by national forest and wilderness area. We have openings in all areas of guest services. If you are available from early June to late August or the end of September, we would like to talk with you about the possibility of working with us this summer. The manager, Bob Howe, will be interviewing on campus February 2. 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Why is rape not considered a single-sanction offense‘? ‘l There are rumors ofa petition to make rape a single-sanction offense at Washington and Lee. If these rumors are true, this newspaper is behind that petition 100 percent. at The national statistics are frightening. Thirty- five percent of college men would rape a woman ifthey could get away with it. One in every six women at this University will be raped. One in ; four will have rape attempted. Honor is the cornerstone ofthis institution. It is one ofthe main reasons that many of us chose W&L as the place to continue our education. 3 While gaining book knowledge, we would also I learn how to live honorably and become better members of society. Theft of material items is minor —— those things in life can be replaced easily. Cheating in class is wrong, but also relatively minor com- pared to the life-long trauma of rape. If the Executive Committee is correct in , saying that there is no degree to honor, then why is rape still something for which an individual receives only social probation? Not only is rape the theft of everything women hold dear, trust, hope, and control, but it is an 3 outright lie by the perpetrator to deny that he committed the act. Is raping a woman really behaving like a gentleman? It is time to move the honor system from its rigid, academically-based foundation. Ifwe are to learn to be “gentlemen” (in Robert E. Lee’s eyes), how can we allow such amazing social wrongs to continue at this school? The honor ,‘ system needs to be expanded to include all aspects of W&L life. _ Lee was a progressive. He would have loved to see women at his school. He would be appalled to know that a W&L man would rape any woman I and receive only probation. To be honorable, this campus needs to recog- nize that this is happening. 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This newspaper observes current court definitions of libel and obscenity. ,( The Ring-tum Phi 208 University Center Washington and Lee University Lexington, Virginia 24450 Telephone: (540) 462-4060 Fax: (540) 462-4059 3' E-mail: phi@wlu.edu Stiff competition for White House internships For this week’s Looney Bin I’ll be discussing the latest presidential sex scandal, partly because it’s an is- sue that a lot of people are talking about, but mostly because I can’t think of a single original topic (like that’s stopped me before...). -. Now there are probably four or five of you out there who think that Clinton didn’t do it. Well, this is the opinion page, which means we’re not constrained by the facts. We go by my opinion, and my personal opinion is that it’s really irrelevant whether or not he did it. The whole thing makes for damned good comic material, and comedy is more important than truth, so I say let the oral sex innuendos commence. Looney Bin Sure, Clinton has really blown it. His political ca- reer is going down. It’s going to be hard for him to come up with a rock solid alibi. Yet as much as this scandal must suck for Bill, the media is practically hav- ing an orgasm over the story. I for one think that the media is completely off the mark. They’re focusing on aspects of the scandal that no one cares about —- such as the possibility that El Presidente may be impeached. Look, John Q. Multinationalmediaconglomerate, most Americans haven’t the foggiest idea what impeachment is. They can’t even spell impeachment. So keep your 25 cent fancy book—leamin’ words to yourselves and just stick to the basics: who, what, where, how many times a night, and in which positions. ' The media should focus on the shame and outrage all Americans feel dc to the simple stand. Admit it, fellas. If we talk about this subject in mixed company we’ ll all come down very harshly on Bill. “Oh, no, infidelity is monstrous! Impeach him!” But deep down, we all know we would have done the exact same thing if we had a powerful political office, a wife that was out of town, and an intern ready and willing to go for it. -1 I’m sorry, ladies, but there’s something buried deep within the male psyche that will 1 fact that Monica Lewinski is not remotely attractivel She’s the kind of girl that friends probably try to set up with blind dates using the line, “well, she’s got a great person- ality.” As an American in good You see, when a man gets aroused and the blood rushes into Mr. Happy, it ’s arriving from a tube connected straight to the brain. Hugh Grant syndrome — standing, I find it disgraceful that the most powerful man in the world (next tot Bill Gates and maybe Dean Manning) can’t find a better looking woman to cheat with. I mean, Paula Jones was no prize either, but now 01’ Billy Boy’s really scraping the bottom of the nasty barrel. , Perhaps I shouldn’t be so critical. I suppose if I was from Arkansas my standards wouldn’t be all that high ei- ther. “Hey, at least she’s not my cousin” was probably the only concern on Slick Willie’s mind as he unzipped his trousers and began polling the constituents. I must confess, though, that being a guy, I can under- I5 Minutes of Shame Tmwics F011 TGHNO T“?- V", wqrg, HDUSE Thori- HER-6,5 Yoga QFFICIAL. Pen,’ AAQQ’ PHOTO. Pi2esioe~rmi. I