OCR::/Vol_099_100/WLURG39_RTP_19980316/WLURG39_RTP_19980316_001.2.txt .;AM.I:-e I.r:YI3m~ uaum ~‘”‘l.3.HINt37‘r)N 3, rgfi - » ‘ _ - UMVH%s§‘ny ‘ EXINQI QM, VA "AR 2 4 19:, Men’s lacrosse posts The P121‘ wants to know what students think about printing the names of students arrested for a DUI. Read the editorial and respond to: pl1i@wlu.edu Students may have an an important overtime 8-7 victory against the Gettysburg Bullets. PAGE 4 Monday U11 ‘tiling-tum hi aster plan to solve multiple campus needs BY JASON ZACHER 4 LL -easier time Winning a pub in Ireland than getting Dave Matthews Band tickets. ..| « l- l l ll! U) I- M O D. (D PAGE 5 Bulk Rare US Postage PAID Permit No. 7 Lexington. Va. T Washington and Lee University «VOLUME 100, NUMBER 17 EXECUTIVE EDITOR Washington and Lee’s rash of construction and renovation is not over yet. The University still has more than $53 million worth more to complete. With the final approval of the five-year plan by the Board of Trustees, W&L took the first step toward making many rumors reality. The proposals in the five-year plan include a parking garage, sorority housing, a new art and music building, improvements to athletic facilities and a University commons. Uni- versity officials are hoping that the sorority houses and the parking garage can be completed by the fall of 2000. W&L officials went before the Lexington City Planning Commission on Thursday night to receive a final approval for the structures. A decision from the city is expected sometime in early May. “The University has worked from the start with cooperation from the city,” said David Howison, dean of students. “There has been support from the city. While W&L is exempt from standard zoning by the city, the University must still go through the city for approval of construction projects. The specifics of many of the capital improvements are still being finalized, but the basic plans have been decided. Art & Music: A $15.4 million art and music facility will be built between the Warner Center and the Lenfest Center. The art department will receive a 35,000 sq. ft. facility that includes studios and galleries. A 31,400 sq. ft. area will be dedicated to the music department, including a 200-seat recital hall. DuPont hall will be renovated for administrative offices. “The art and music building is a high priority,” Howison said. “At a liberal arts university, there should be first-rate facilities for the arts.” Even though current music and art students will not benefit from the new facilities, there is excitement about the proposal. _ _“_It’s definitely needed. M We need to grow as a department,” said Josh Harvey, ajunior music major. “The composition department needs to be updated and expanded, and Lenfest is amazing, but it will be better to have a small recital auditorium. University Commons: Plans for a 90,000 sq. ft. commons are still being made, but it will probably be located on the existing Warner Center parking lot near Graham-Lees Dorm. Some of the ideas being considered for inclusion in the commons include: meeting rooms, the bookstore, a post office, recreation QSEEPLANPAGEZ IFC to put cork in hard liquor bottle H01.L1srER HOVEY/PHOID EDITOR Monday Night Raw, Monday Ni- tro and Thursday Thunder every Saturday morning on Channel 2 and WLUR. NWA BUENA VISTA STYLE David Jerico (standing) prepares wrestling match in Buena Vista on to put “The Lady Killer” into a Saturday night. ‘I figure four leg lock at an N WA Former WWF and WC W member Greg “The Hammer" Valentine and Ax of WWF fought in the title bout. Wrestling fans can tune into Steve Purrell '5 wrestling commentary about A few good candidates Wanted BY COURTNEY MILLER * EXECUfi\E EDITOR When the class of 2001 head to the polls next Monday, they Exceeding occupancy limits threatens safety of students Popular bands draw big crowds to frat basements containing the flood and pulling the plug on the band’s won’t just be electing two Execu- tive Committee representatives. The individual with the most votes will also replace the class’ current EC representative, who left school due to chronic fatigue. ‘ Tyler Jorgensen, the current Freshmen EC representative, re- turned to his home town of Houston, Texas, on Saturday March 9. ‘ He is not expected to return. “I believe he is out indefi- nitely, which means there is a good possibility he won’t be here during the spring term,” said Chris Baldwin, EC vice-president. Petitions for class EC repre- sentatives, presidents, vice- presidents and Student Judicial 4 Council members are now avail- able in front of Carol Calkins’ office in the University Center. The petitions must be re- ,’ CDSEE VOTE PAGE 2 BY ERIC SWENSEN STAFF WRITER he Breakfast Club, a popular 1980s cover band, often packs the basements of Washington and Lee’s fraternity houses. At times the crowd be- comes so dense students have little or no room to move. When do these crowds become dangerous? Can there be too many people in a fraternity basement? Students were packed tightly enough on Jan. 23, for students attending a Chi Psi band party to crowd surf. One of the crowd surfers, an unidentified W&L male, grabbed an exposed pipe along Chi Psi’s ceiling and equipment. While some students panicked and screamed, there was no stampede of students to the exits, and no one was injured.* But the problems presented at Chi Psi that night lead to an interested question: When is a party too big, cre- ating a dangerous situation for students out only for a good time? Most public places, like arenas, clubs and even schools, have occupancy limits which are determined asa buildings is designed to ensure a safe and speedy evacuation in case of a fire of other emergency. pulled it down. two inches of water. Berland said. the plug immediately. said Berland. Stagnant, dirty water, which had apparantly been in the pipe since the mid-’70s, flooded the basement with “Everyone panicked and screamed, probably because there were so many drunk people there,” senior Kelsay The most immediate danger was the electric current from the band’s equipment. Fortunately, the band pulled “I’m just surprised that no one got electrocuted,” Fortunately that night, a disaster was averted. Mem- bers of Chi Psi and the Breakfast club acted quickly, So what are the occupancy limits for the fratemtiy party rooms? Not many people know. In many cities, fire marshals are responsible for de- termining occupancy limits. Not in Lexington. A Lexington fireman, when asked how the city fire marshal could be reached, said, “Are you kidding?”, and suggested that the Lexington Building & Zoning Administration would know. Eric Schetzler, an employee of the Building & Zon- ing Administration, said’ that each fraternity house should have its occupancy limit posted in the base- merit. (I)sat~coDIasmc.-.2 . Students experiment at gym pajama party BY SARH MELDRUM ——--————‘STAr=r WRITER ome students brought mov- ies. Others brought food. I_ Junior Erika Woodson brought some lab equipment. “Dr. Wielgus allowed me to steal his heart — model for the teaching ex- j ercise!” she said. ' The Washington and Lee students joined a group of girls from Maury River Middle School for a lock-in Feb. 27. The slumber party included middle 1 school and college members of Women in Technology and Science (W.I.T.S.). W.I.T.S. brings the girls from Maury River Middle School about twice a month to run science experi- 7 ments with them. The group was formed through the efforts ofjunior geology major Erin Kraal. Kraal wanted to provide middle school girls with science and mathematics role models. Kraal or- ganized the first lab experiment in the fall of 1996. The group spent the night in the gym. “We watched movies, swam, ate subs and donuts, played volleyball, got to know each other, and discussed the pros and cons of Leonardo DiCaprio,” said Woodson. The group originally intended to have a yoga instructor come in, but she pulled a muscle and instead sent a video. Both Doremus Gymnasium and Warner Center remained open all night with volleyball, basketball and badmin- ton nets set up, and the racquetball courts were also open. A midnight feast included a six-foot sub and make—your- own sundae bar. The group also had use of the swimming pool for an hour. At eleven o’clock, Woodson ran her experiment measuring pulse rates. She gave a brief lecture about how the heart works and how blood circulates through it, then they measured their pulse rates. They did jumping jacks for three min- utes. “Man, we almost passed out,” Woodson said. “I was like, can’t we stop at two? Some ofthe girls actually stopped. It’s not every day sixth graders are forced to do vigorous exercises hours after their bedtimes.” Professor of Biology Dr. Wielgus donated the stethoscopes, stop- watches and sphygmomanometers (for blood pressure) the group used for the experiment. “Departments have donated ma- terials and lab space, and individual professors have donated their time,” junior Laura Goodwin said. “I think that Erin is a genius for having come up with this.” “The professors are awesome,” Kraal said. “We are very grateful for their support. We are also grateful for the support of Mimi Elrod, who funds some aspects of the programs and is always available for advice.” “I think that when it was over, (1) SITE xvrrs rm. 2 After almost a year of BYOB, the IFC prepares to vote on another big change tomorrow night. BY KATHIE SOROKA —jj——STAI=r WRITER The Inter-fraternity Council hopes to reduce alcohol-related in- cidents on Tear Night by officially banning hard alcohol. According to IFC President Ia- son Callen, the initiative started with this year’s Bid Night, when two freshmen went to hospital. The IFC called an emergency meeting the next day and decided to informally ban hard alcohol for the upcoming Tear Night. Although Rush is supposed to be completely dry, Tear Night is not technically a part of Rush, since the pledges already have their bids. “It worked out well. It was a re- ally quiet Tear Night,” Callen said. He does not feel the ban on hard alcohol was the only reason, but that it was a definite factor. Former Sigma Phi Epsilon Presi- dent Glenn Miller had mixed feelings on the matter. “I think banning [hard alcohol] on Tear Night is a good idea, but I’m afraid everybody might push their Tear Night activities to a dif- ferent night,” he said. Some are skeptical about the IFC’s ability to enforce such a policy. “There are people in the houses over 21,” said freshman Susan Slim. “How are they going to stop them?” Callen responded to such criti- cisms. ‘‘I’m not naive lfsome frat mem- ber really wants to give a pledge brother a shot. we’re probably not going to find out But, I do believe it will be toned down.” Callen cites the receptiveness of the fraternity presidents as support. “If all the frat presidents were op- posed to the idea, then I’d think maybe we’d better not try it, but they were receptive to it. So, I’m opti- mistic.” “I think there would be less chance of people ending up in the infirmary,” said Scott Cameron, a Pi Kappa Alpha pledge. Some freshmen are less optimis- tic. “I don’t think it’s going to make much ofa difference,” Phi Gamma Delta pledge Mike Crittenden said. Freshman Dana Early agreed. “If you want to get trashed, you can get trashed drinking hard alcohol or ' by drinking beer,” said Early. Fresh- man Meredith Bryk holds the same perspective. “I think on Tear Night, people are going to get drunk no matter what,” said Bryk. “It just means all that much more beer consumed.” Bryk also questioned how well the policy could be enforced. “Un- less there is someone enforcing [the policy] in each house, I don’t think the houses would really voluntarily adhere to it.” Junior Jay Pfeifer, a Kappa Sigma, disagreed. “Generally, I support [the policy],” he said. “Hard alcohol is the most dangerous of all. Pfeifer feels this danger manifests itself when students drink shots. “You can still have fun drinking beer. Kids usually go to the hospi- tal after doing shots, not from beer,” added Pfeifer. Fraternity presidents will vote on the ban of hard alcohol tomorrow night. Callen hopes that “most presi- dents will take the high ground and realize that it’sjust one night.” OCR::/Vol_099_100/WLURG39_RTP_19980316/WLURG39_RTP_19980316_002.2.txt PAGE 2 PLAN CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 areas, dining services and offices. Security and other stu- dent support facilities will also be relocated. Price tag for the commons: $19.4 million Sorority Housing: Five sorority houses will be built on the North side of Woods Creek near Wilson Field. Each will be 80,000 sq. ft. and have room for 20 women. The five houses will cost $8.2 million. Athletic improvements: The University is also plan- ning on making $2.3 million in improvements to athletic facilities. Plans include an Astroturf field, renovations to Wilson Field and the Pavilion and relocation ofthe base- ball field. Parking Garage: W&L wants to build a four or five level parking garage that will total 450-550 spots. A bridge will also be constructed to link the garage to the sorority houses. The garage will be designed to accomodate the loss of parking elsewhere due to new construction and IICWS Also in the long-terrn plan is a 90,000 sq. ft. field house so teams can practice indoors during inclement weather. While not included in the five-year plan, the University feels that this too is an important addition. Some students expressed surprise at spending $2.3 mil- lion on athletic facilities, but Howison argues that there is strong support for the facilities. “The consensus isthat our athletic facilities are, in many areas, not competitive with top Division 111 programs,” Howison said. “The Astroturf field has strong support. A turfed, lighted field has extended uses with little maintenence.” The men’s lacrosse team was forced to play last weekend’s game against Courtland State at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville because rain made Wilson field unplayable. Current facilities are tight when considerations are made for varsity, club and intramural sports. Liz Borges, a freshman lacrosse player, hopes to be able to use the new athletic facilities. “It’ll be better when it rains,” Borges said. “We’ve been inside a few times, and it would have been better for the should cost $6.4 million. team if we could have played outdoors.” ,/T"O’\, . . /‘ Occu anc Llmlts CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Beta Theta Pi 336 CONTINUED FROM PAGE1 Schnetzler, for his part, was unable Chi Psi* Wrlfed Tuesda)’ (35 Pa_‘“°k’5 Day) to find the occupancy limits for any of Kappa Alpha** hurmg the Rhles Meetmg at 5 pm‘ the fraternity basements. He said that Ka a Si man: In the EC Um_VerSh3,' Center room’ W&L’s Buildings and Grounds depait- pp g . The °1e°"°“ Wl“ be M°“da.‘/a Lambda Ch‘ AIPI1-3 324 March 23 and the run—off Tuesda ment would have the answers. Re- _ * y’ peated calls to Scott Beebe, Director Ph‘ Delta Theta March 26'_ _ of B&G and March Fontenot Frater— Phi Gamma D€1ta* Accordmg to Baldwm’ 3 general . S . f B&G’ t _ . P .* consensus was reached among mem- $2; 8 (:1 pewlsor or were no re Phi Kappa _s1 * * bers of the EC about Jorgensen’s sud- Only six of the fifteen fraternities Ph1Kappa Slgma ' den departure‘ “The constitution - ~ . Pi Kappa Alpha 200 mandates that we hold elections to knew the occupancy limit of their ' _ ” _ “ house’s basement.(See box at right for P1 Kappa PI" 250 replace someone’ he Sald‘ The gen" further information.) Sigma Alph Epsilon 418 fralhcohlsehjws W31: t°1g° %head and The rest couln’t find the inforrna- sigma chit en 6 e echhhs ta 6 P ace‘ tion or didn’t know. In nine ofthe fra- - A hote wlh be added to each bah temity basements the Occupancy 1im_ Slgma Nu 300 lot indicating that the class of 2001 its were not Clearly posted Sigman Phi Epsion* is not only voting for next year’s EC *inforrnation taken from the Janu- *Didn’t have the occupancy limit reipresematfwes’ but also for a re‘ ary 26,1998 edition of the Ring—tum Phi " re ’ “ p acemeht or 'I°rgehSeh' L rolled over Hollins College on Thurs- Hall Fields. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 we’ve ever played,” Taurassi said. Saturday, the Generals were greeted with temperatures in the mid—40s and winds gusting over 40 m.p.h., but Bridgewater became W&L’s fourth vic- tim of the season 15-6. Parker, Borges and Taurassi all scored hat-tricks for the Generals. Borgess also picked up three assists, Parker had two and Taurassi added one. Freshman Ellen Ritsch scored twice. Senior Mary Jo Mahoney, sophomore Katherine Riddle and fresh- man Caroline Gee each scored one goal. The normally sharp Generals played uncharacteristically sloppy against Bridgewater. “I’m not sure we were all that intense because of our history with Bridgewater,” said coach Jan Hathom. “We played like we warmed up,” said Taurassi. “We were much more focused on Sunday, and it showed.” In their first win of the week, W&L day 21-5. Nine different Generals scored goals, led by Borges and senior Mary J o Mahoney, who each had four goals. Parker and Taurassi added three each. Borges also added two assists. W&L jumped to a 13-3 lead at halftime and never looked back. The ninth-rariked Generals look to move up in the NCAA rankings afier seventh-rariked Roanoke College’s up- set loss to Randolph-Macon 15-13 Sat- urday. W&L now controls its own ODAC destiny next Saturday when they travel to Randolph-Macon for a show- down between the only two unbeatens. Roanoke was picked to win the ODAC — Roanoke travels to W&L for a game March 3 1 . “I’m not that surprised,” Hathom said. “I said last year that Randolph- Macon was going to be good. It’s not going to change anything we do.” Before Randolph-Macon, W&L must get past Lynchburg College on Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. on the Liberty M19" Stllllll Arie Editors Managers needeOdil*gfr” Ring-tum Phi. . . . . . .2.- .one...,...*agg.go....oo.¢Cél'. . . . . . . . .P0litical 1 C C . V. . . . . . . C . I. . . . Submit a resum letter by March the box in the IIIlIIIEI'8I_t_V 5 neuter in front of Carol Caulkins’ office. I , Interviews will be a March 25. g “Obviously Randolph-Macon is paying better this year,” Taurassi said. ‘‘We’ 11 deal with them after we get past Lynchburg.” Need 21 Disc Jockey for your next party? Call the Mark Daughtrey DJ Service at 465-9337. 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For the first time ever, the prom is moving out of the gym and into the Natural Bridge Hotel. That’s not exactly a break in tradition (the school is only five years old), but it is certainly a change, and it all came about because of the W&L Fancy Dress Ball, said prom sponsor and art teacher Cindy Kleinchester. “This is the first year we won’t be able to get anything [for decoration] from W&L,” she said. Traditionally, local high schools have come to W&L the morning after FD and taken decorations for use in their proms, but this year, things have changed. Matt Kirby-Smith, the W&L stu- dent in charge of construction for FD, says that Kleinchester is not entirely correct. “I think there are going to be small things that the high schools can have,” he said. But the majority of decorations will not be given away this year. The FD committee is not heartless; rather, it is frugal. Some decora- tions are rented, and other FD construction tends to be well done and expensive. 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Worth, TX ~ Lindsay Maybin, lrino, SC ~ Katie Mitchell, Wichita. KA —- Alison Trinidad. Corona. CA . .‘.'n‘.‘a‘a 4 u « a J 4 OCR::/Vol_099_100/WLURG39_RTP_19980316/WLURG39_RTP_19980316_006.2.txt PAGE 6 ahitoi Humor, ©pinion andlieviews The pitch: “It’s like ‘Hawaii Five- 5 0 h m eets A I H Passenger57. By Alex Christensen love a really good episode of“C.Hi.P.S.” Always have. Pf11'M0vie Critic But the filmmakers here simply cannot even leave that One good thing about “The Fugitive,” even though it was adapted from a TV series, is that it left that heri- tage behind definitively. Like all good TV-show adap- tations, from “The Flintstones” to the “Brady Bunch” films to the SNL successes, “The Blues Brothers” and TV-show level of good enough alone. Think about it. You know what you’re going to get when you tune in to any cheesy TV drama. That’s pre- cisely why they’re successful. _You’ve got two part- ners. One is old; one is young. Or one is the ladies’ man, one is the straight- “Wayne’s World,” “The Fugitive” succeeded be- cause it took full advan- tage of the longer and yet more succinct story arc and the cinematic visual style. This lends itself very well to increased symbolism [The film] wouldn’t have anywhere near approached ‘The Fugitive’ in quality, but there was never any dan- ger of that, really, now was there? arrow with wife and kids. Or one is the bad-ass and one is the moral compass. They have conflicts. Their boss gets on their backs halfway through, and it really unites them. and less close-up-focused than television’s visual style, to tell an old, familiar story with panache and a certain freshness. A couple of years later, in walks “US. Marshals,” with different writers, a different director, and no Harrison Ford. From the opening moments ofthe film, you feel like you’re watching the opening of a really good episode of “Starsky and Hutch” or “C.Hi.P.S.” Despite it’s appearance, this really is not a criticism. I There’s a shoot—out. One gives his life for the other, or tries to. Book ‘em, Danno. There’s nothing too hard about it, except,of course, doing it well. “The Fugitive,” of course, didn’t follow this formula at all. That was a very large part of its considerable success. It knew it was a movie and so it set up a protagonist and an antagonist who were both good guys, but whose priorities put them in conflict. There’s for FREE! |\/Iorion Kelly March 20, 1998 Washington and Lee will be bowled over by Marian Kelly, March 20 in the GHQ at 8 p.m.! She is a Writer and featured comedian for the “Tonight show with Jay Leno.” She has also performed on MTV’s “Half-Hour Comedy Hour” and Evening at the Improv.” She has received rave revies dueto her reality based act which is without the usual cliches. She promises to , overwhelm the audience with laughter and you get to see her —sponsored by Fridays.’ last Wor “US. l\/Iediome : T.V.Copd1amaatitsmostmedioc1e MARCH 16, 1998 nothing quite as breathtakingly simple or effec- tive in the se- quel. “U.S. Mar- shals” starts out with some pass- able action and then we get Rob- ert Downey, Jr., a counterintelli- gence agent, as Tommy Lee Jones’ foil in the hunt for fugitive Wesley Snipes. So the conflict is young vs. old, experience vs. inexperience, and federal gov- ernment vs. shadowy spy-type agency. These are all rich conflicts rife with potential. Ifthere had been a straightforward hunt with some interesting chases interspersed with scenes where these conflicts could flare up individu- ally, “US. Marshals” would have been far more satisfy- ing. It still wouldn’t have anywhere near approached the quality visible in“The Fugitive,” but there was never any danger of that, really, now was there? Nevertheless, they throw even this potential away. The plot is convoluted completely unnecessarily. In- teresting characters are only barely shaded in. There are no really good conflicts between Jones and Downey. The resolution of the chase is deeply unsatisfying. There aren’t even any good catchphrases, an absolute must in my book for any self-respecting action film, be it something standard like “Face/Off” or “Supercop,” or something a little bit more ambitious like “The Fugi- tive.” “I didn’t kill my wife.” “I don’t care.” There’s noth- ing nearly that stunning in “Us. Marshals.” Not even close. And Marshal Sam Gerard is practically a cipher. Now, I’ve seen Tommy Lee Jones in bad movies. I’ve seen him in movies I wouldn’t show my dog. But if you watch him closely, you can still enjoy your time in the theater. He’s never simply just wisecracking or scen- ery-chomping. He’s always creating a character who is powerfully real and alive. But even Tommy Lee Jones isn’t more powerful than a bad director in an editing room. Sure, he can take all the bad scenes in the world and make them work, but if the director doesn’t know enough to keep as much of him in as possible, he might as well have hired Jamie Farr. Director Stuart Baird, who was so good with “Ex- ecutive Decision,” seems to have lost all his good in- stincts here. Jones still manages to shine through in a couple of powerful moments, but there’s nothing like his Oscar-winning “Fugitive” role here for him to work with. In the end, it’s unfortunate. Robert Downey, Jr. is working hard. Wesley Snipes is ready for action. 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