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Volume CXL, Num!Nr XXII
April 3, 2008
Noted Conservative Pundit
Addresses Campus
BY MAGGIE FRIED
M,mH1'·Nhll!I S,11Jf
"[Will) is eng;,ging and adds his 'dry
humor' at times. Whether you agree
with him or not, he knows how to
address an audience."
Will pointed out that indicators
sons he gave for not wanting to pre-
pointed to a Democrat victory.
.. I couldn't tdl you who is
going to win ... wcll I can, but I
dia ou,comes," sophomoll' Michelle
Vawaro said.
In his lecture last Thursday
entitled "The Political Argument Today: The Presidential
Campaign and Issues of Amcri-
can Democracy;' Nrw,wrrlt col..
umnist George F. Will advised
can baseball - a subject on which
students in the audience to drop
out of school. The remark, how-
ever, was not meant to be taken
seriously, but instead was a com-
ment about income disparity, an
example of che dry sense of humor that prevailed throughout
his lecture.
Will's lecture, sponsored by the
Center fo r Freedom and Western
Civiliution, che College Republicans, Prcsidcn1 of the Univenity
and Professor of Religion and Philosophy Rebecca Chopp and ,he
Institute fo, Philosophy, Policies
and Economics, was held m Mcmoria.l ChaPf'I on Thursday eve•
ning. In his inrroduc,ion of Will,
Professor of Political Science.
Director of the Center for Free·
dom and Wes-tern C iviliution
and Presidential Scholar Robert
Kraynak1 described Will as "'one
of the mos, inAuentiaJ political
commentators of our dme."
"I think anyone who is
ob;cc-
tive would view the speech as a great
one," sophomo"' College Republicans pcc,ident Andrew Spano said.
In hjs d iscussion of the current
wclfu.re state, Will spoke about the
sense of entitlement that currendy
prevails in American society. In
addirion to politics and economics, Will also spoke about Ameri-
A WILL: Newsweek commentator and author George Will spoke on campus this week, a lecture sponsored by the Center for Western Freedom and Development.
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The address covered a wide
range of issues, from the upcom·
ing presidentia1 election, or "'horse
race" as Will called it, to gas prices
to the war in Iraq. The lcctutt ~.
gan with the topic of the upcom•
ing presidential election, to which
won't tell you," he said.
W i 11
spent the majority of the time
discussing the current welfare
state in America, though.
"I was slighdy disappoinred that
he did not speak moll' on the dcc1ion; however, I understand the rca·
he is passionate - several times
throughout the lecture
Following the conclusion of the
lecture, there was a question.and·
an.swer session, in which several
members of the audience panic.i~
pated. The questions ranged from
the issue of illegaJ immigration to
Roger C lemens' guilt to advice for
the students in the ::audience.
Compared to the number of
facu lty and community members,
students composed a very small
part of the audience. Despite
Will's reputa,ion as an important
political commem:uor, Spano
was not surprised at the low rate
of attendance by studcncs.
.. We would have liked more
studencs, bm Mr. Will is not as
big a draw for students as Ben
Stein had been last semcstert Spano said... He has been around for
a long rime, and older generations
relate to him ~uer I suppose.
Thtre arc many factors as ,o why
not as many smdcnts didn't come
out, but we were still pleased with
the turnout."
HCS Proposes Minigolf for Town
BY SAMANTHA SHEA
M,,.TH,,•Nnw St"jf
For the fourth-graders of Mrs.
Following this initial proposal.
rhe students began work on a more
cohesive proposal that included
the design of ,he golf counc, ,he
min ir? W ill admission ht- free?"
·we wam to temper cheir idealism
wich a linlc bit of reality," Bona said.
In fact, che cla.ss plans ,o pres-
While ocher classes may lcam the
use of avaHable rC$Ources, an ex·
plan:uion fo r the necessity of such
an activity and a survey of the
communiry's opinion on the mat·
ter.
different positions within a town
council or the laW$ of their com.mu•
On March 14, Village Trustees
Jim Bona and Margaret Miller
nicy, the lcids in Mrs. Sheridan's class
an, putting their knowledge to wot!<.
The fourth g,adcc, have designed a
mini-golf course and 'i<"ntly proposed to the Village Board a plan
visited Mrs:. Sheridan's classroom
to survey the student's work and
comment on their progress.
Accocding to Bona, the srudcnlS
p=ted a variety of idea, ranging
for its' construction.
According to Col~te senior
Erin O'Kecfe., a student teacher at
from spons themes to a waccr worni
The main purpose of the visi,, how,.
ever, was ,o provide the fourth grodcc,
with useful fccdba&.
•we ask them questions to
complain there isn't anything to
do here," Bona sajd, "For little
But wirh · the addition of the
chat is scheduled to be inscalled o~
stretch their brains a little," Bona
said. "We want ro know more about
the design - how mucb will it cost?
planned playground on Eaton
Street and the mini ..golf course, it
Eaton Street in the near future."
Will it need lights? Who will main-
seems that options are growing.
Sheridan's class ar Hamihon Cen•
traJ School, participation in local
government has taken on a whole
new meaning.
Hamilton Centn.l School, the lcids
"elegantly proposed that a minigolf course should be includrd in
the rttreuion equipment complex
ent their final proposa.l in just a
few months.
'* I think it's great," Bona said.
"The kids will learn they can petition their local government and
can really get things done ...
The course would be an added
plus for Colgate students and Hamilton residents alike - it will add to
the decidedly limited number of
'"They can walk or ride bikes ro
it,"' Bona said.
The final decision, however, wiU
be up to ,he entire Village Boord.
While Trustees Still have some
questions about the maintenance
and specific COSt of the project,
things seem 10 be looking up.
" We wctt both very im•
pressed," said Village Trusttt Margaret Miller.
And, most imporcandy, the
ground and sports teams, there
proposal is not ..cost prohibitive,"
according to Bona.
In the end, all Bona could real.
ly say was that "the kids just need
to ~ patitnt and realize this is a
process. Ir's not jwc going to hap-,
pen overnight. That being said,
I was quite imprmed with their
really isn'c anything 10 do."
proposal."
rccttarional activities in town.
"It's no, just Colgace lcids who
kids, outside of the school play-
Perhaps Hamilto n residents
will soon be putt•puning on a
mini-golfcourse designed by some
of its own fourch..graders.
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NEWS
APR! L
3, 2008
THE COLGATE MAROON-NEWS
History Prof. Recieves National Attention
BY ELISABETH TONE
The study beg:,n :u Wall's doc·
toral dissertation. She explained
rhat her interest in issue- of narional
identity eventually led her to the
parrkular approach of Amc-rican
history explored in lnwnting tk
!tf1f,.t111 •Nrlllll St111f
Assistan1 ProfC5SOr of Hiuory
Wendy Wall w~ rccendy honored
wi1h rhc Elli$ W. Hawley priu for
'"the l~t book-length historical
study of the political «onomy, politics, or instim1ions of the United
States. in its dome.nic or imerna•
1ional aff-:air!I, from the C ivil War
10 the pr~nt." W.all's book. cn1i1lcd lmxmillg rht' i1mfflra11 Ww1:
1hr Poli/IN of Comrmt1s from 1he
New Ot'al 10 1hr Civil Righu Mowmem, explore5 the cffon~ of diverse
group!> 10 shape a nation:aJ conscn-.us bcrwc-cn 1hc mid- l 930s and the
oarly I 960s.
lnwnting 1hr 'Amrrira11 Way'
c.1lh imo question the notion that
Amcric:ans just namr:aJly developed
a common set of value!> in the earJy
years of rhc Cold War," Wall said.
"Business groups, liberal imellcctuals., interfoi1h ac1ivists and rnany
others were united by an intcnsr
longing to define a common American Way, bu1 they were all motivated by different agendas. 1he
book highlighrs the hidden culrurc
wars of the mid-20"° cenrury."
In her book, Wall strivd to answer the question: "'If Americans
remained divided on many issues
in the postwar ye:ars, why did a
tone of unity and accord so pervade the li1eramre and politics of
1he era?"
Wall asserts that the fragile postwar consensus has its origins in the
dca.dc preceding World Wu II,
when the Great Deprcssion created
a ftt.ling of frenz.icd chaos. Jn the
midst of such turbulence, "'Amcrians across the politia.l spectrum..
promoted the concept of a djstinc•
rive Americ;an Way both ro uy to
paper over dt.-ep divisions in U.S.
society and ro sha.pe the nation's
/lmm'can \ffi_y. '
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MAKING HISTORY: Colgate Assistant Professor of History Wendy Wall recieved national attention and
a history book award for Inventing the 'American Way': The Politics of Consensus from the New Deal to the
Civil Rights Movement. The project Wall said, took so long that when she began working, •most current
Colgate students were in elementary school!"
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poliric.I cuhure. After the f.II of
France in 1940, many liberals believed th2t the greatest threat to
dCmocracies lay within, in the ccn..
trifug.al forces that, iflcfi untamed,
might pull a democracy apart.
•Americans were worried that
without a common credo, we
wouldn't be able to fight a.nd with&t.and ideologic-s looming abroad,"
Wall said in a Tuesday lecture a1 the
Colg,ue Book.norc.
In spite of Americans' universal recognition of the need for
o:atiooal morale, Wall arguC$ that
different groups actually endorsed
dissimilar values and idwlogics in
their pursuit of a consensw.
W.II nored d,e scope of ,he
book, saying, "It focusc, primarily
on struggles ove:r tw0 broad issues:
the shape and place ofcapitalism in
U.S. life, and the place of ethnic,
rdigiow, and racial 'outsiders' in a
nation that had long been defined
by elites as white and Pro,esam.
The role of the U.S. on the world
stage overlapped with the other
tw0 axes of debate."
One aspect of ,he book ,har
Wall 6nds panicularly interesting
i.s the- way in which it uncovers the
origins of several terms that :remain
central t0 U.S. politics today. Av
cording Wall, many people assume
that phrases like '"free enterprise"
and the '"American Wal' came out
of nowhere, but they were actually
popularized in the late 1930s. Wall
made clear in her lcct'Ul'C that bwincss groups adopted the term "'free
enrerprise" to replace "private enl'e-rprise." They sought to convince
Americans that •frtt: enterprise"'
was one of the "'uipod offreedoms"
to which every American was entitled - the other two being freedom
of politk.s and freedom of religion.
When asked how long it took to
complete such an intensive investigation o( American history. Wall
emphatically answered. '"Don't
ask! Lei's jusr say I began working
on this nudy when most current
Colgate students were in elementary school! It's,~ huge n:lief to know
that it's done."
WalJ was rewarded for her c-ffort
when the Organization of Amerian Historians $Clectc-d her book
as one of the winners of the Ellis
W. Hawley prize. Oxford Univc-rsiry Press, which published Wall's
book, first nominared her book for
the- aw.mi. A committee of profcs ..
sionaJ historians then se.lttted the
winners. This year's other winner
ls University of Maryland Associate Professor David Freund, who
wrore a book entitled Colorrd Prop·
rrty: S111u Poliry• and Wl,iu Ilaria/
Politics ill Suburban Amrrkn.
In a press release from thcOAH,
the prize comminec said of lnwm•
ittg the lfmrrica11 \ffi.>t • "Wall has
been meticulous in her gathering
of primary sources and crc.ujve in
her interpretation of 1hcir meaning
... Th.is beautifully written volume
offers a sophisticated anal)'$iS of the
reciprocal relationship of politicaJ
economy and popular culture to
probe the paramete.rs of diversity
and consensus."
•rm pleased, honored, sur·
prised. I'm proud of the book, bur
I never thought I would win a prii.c
like this," Wall rud in response to
the honor. "I'm delighted."
Profcssor • Wall arrived at
Colgate in the full of 2000, ,nd
has since taught a variety courses
in the hi.sl'ory depanmem, as well
as th< Challenge of Modcrniry.
This, however, wilJ be her last semester at Colg:ue. In th< fall she
plans to move- 10 Kingston, Ontario, where she has ta.ken a position as an assiscam profes:sor of
history at Quec'!.'s University,
Denon1ination Station:
Keeping the Faiths !flive All ~ek Long
BY H OLLY ROTHBARD
M,uwon ·Nnd 51,,,Jf
Over ,he last week, Colgate's
rdigious organiu1ions have held
a, series of ev(nts 10 P~cseot the
~rs, ever Fait.h Weck a.1 Colgate.
From Wcdnosday, March 26, 10
Wednc.sday, April 2, studc-nts partic:ipa1ed in evems ranging from
the Newman Catholic Mass with
Piz.t;a and Wings tO the- Purim
Carnival put on by the Colgate
Jewish Union (CJU).
Colgate has nine religious
~ommunitics and three centers of
religious ac1ivity on campus. According ,o University Chaplajn
Mark Shinc-r. the lntc-rf.aith Coun•
cil - made up of srudents &om all
,he rdigiow communities and the
school chaplains - d«idcd' to hold
Faith Weck 10 "highlighr the uniry,
diversity, and vibrancy of religious
lif< at Colg:,1<." All of th< evonu
were open to anyone who wished
to panicip:atc and many did.
..Auendancc at aJI the (events!
l was present for met or exc~cd ro folJow every rule, l:aw, and piece
my most optimistic expectations," of advice in die Old Te-swncnt,
Shiner said.
from ·stoning" - throwing pebbles
Faith Weck was not only '!'cant at - adulterers to being fruitful and
to fo~ter intetaCfiOn between the multiplying, which he evidenced
different religious groups on cam- with a picrurc of his infant sons.
pus, but ,also tq expose Colgate', J:ocobs rud thar he was .blc to fol.
religious community to thoJ low some of the 700 laws in the
students who have not previously Bible by just living h.is daily life,
participated in it. Two of the main but others werc- '"incredibly ch.al·
cvenu of the week, the Keyno1e lcnging' and led to hug< changes
Speaker Al Jacobs and CJU's Pu- in his lifestyle.
rim Carnival, were a major pull
While literally living the word
for religious and non-religious pf God, Jacobs also wanted to
students aJike.
Jfudy religion in America, so he
•1 had ncver patticipl;tcd in any spent lime with all different typeS
religious events on campus before, of religious groups around thebur I'm so glad I decided to go sce country. He n:lued anecdotes that
Al Jacobs," 6rst•ycar Dana Boh.an nqither he nor hi.s audience could
said. "H, was hihtriow and
per· )" hdp from l,ughing ar, but was able
spective on the bible and rc:;ligion , 10 convey the genuine lesson. he
was really inter'Uting 10 hear."
learned from his year.
On rh< 6rst day of Faith W«k,
"The Bible is filled with a lot
Jacobs prcsc:nted his book A Y..ar of of beautiful wisdom, but if you
living Biblically to a packed Love take every word literally, you miss
Auditorium. He spoke about the o"ut on it and diston the lessons,"
most "'intensr and profound" year Jacobs said.
of his life, in which he anempted.
The week neared its end with
his
the CJU's ~ond Annual Purim
Carnival. The carnival was a celebration of the holiday and was
meant to c~ncl tho "childish"
aspeQS of t:elc!,,.ting Purim.
"[That lllfl-11'1 dressing up like
charactc-rs fro.qt the story of Pu ..
rim and golog to a big carnival,"'
CJU president sophomore Carly
J\,c:kerm~n said.
.
Students could come and have
their fa= painted, play games in
ordor '"get married" in the fake mar•
riage booth, all,for only• do~. All
the procttd.s ~nt to the Hamihon
Food Cupboard as well as canned
foods that w,,rc purchued by the
CJU. Unfurcl";t;tely, there was a
bit of a ~ when 213 of the
goldfuh that wen: going 10 be wed
u prizes died, but the show Slill
wc:nton.
· we had a 'great rumout last
year and a really ~ucceAful carnival,
so rm definitely excited to sec how
this year goes," Ackerman said.
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THE COLGATE MAROON-NEWS
World & Nation
was to ~ this Monday at 6:00
am. However, several witnesses
claim t hat dashes of violence
Religious Cleric
Calls for End to
Basra Violence
On Saturday, Taiwan elected MAfrcr a recent su rge in
violence ,hat has left hundreds
dead. the Shiite cleric Muq1ada
al-Sadr made an announcement
on Sunday, asking all followers
to stop fighting and coopcr-:ne
with Iraqi scc:u riry forces.
The announccmcnl by Al·
Sadr was unc-xpccccd as his
mili 1ia, Mehdi Army, took
control of the southern city of
Basra, six days ago.
Fo llowing the takeover by Al-
Sadr's militia, Iraqi forces supponed by U.S. troops anackcd a
Mehdi Army posilion, resulting
in a battle that has nagcd for over
a week. lraqi forces even imposed
a cur-few fo r Basra, a curfew that
continued 10 occur Sunday, despite 1he announcemem by AlSadr. Even wi1h this news, Primt>
Minister Nun al-Maliki s:1w the
announcement by Al-Sadr as a
"s1ep in the right dircc1ion.''
North Korean
Rhetoric Heats Up
After Missile Test
The historically 1urbulent re1:uionship berween North Korea
and South Korea conlinued on
Sunday as North Kore-a threatened to annihila1e South Ko re.a
with a ..prc-cmplive suikc."
The 1hrcat comes after
North Korea test-fired :an array of missiles into the Sea of
Japan on Friday. North Korea
then proceeded ro warn South
Korea t hat it would "mercilessly wipe out" any wuships that
c ross over the controversial sea
border. The recent turmoil between the two countries seems
from Nonh Korea's anger over
the South's new President and
his stance toward North Korea
and thei r policies.
Race Dialogue
Continues After
Obama Pastor Fracas
From the same pulpit that
Martin Luther King, Jr. used
40 years ago before his assassi nation, civil ri ghts icon
Rep. John lewis ddivered
a speech o n Su nday .1nalyzing the recent election-year
dialogue on race in America.
Lewis spokt about the recent
comm t ntS madt by Senator
8:1r:1ck Ob:ima's former pastor
and Obama's own speech 1ha1
proved to be very innuenlial
on the national scene.
Lewis saw the race con-
BY CHRIS GONNELLA
uoversy as a great thing for
America as it allows for a dialogue on a topic that most
people seem to want to simply
brush under the rug.
'"juSI maybt'. just maybe.
what is happening' now will
bring something out, so we all
can be educated and sensitized,"
Lewis said at Washingrnn's
Narional Cathedral.
.. I'm convinced he will be
e lected. I believe the American people arc ready." Leis
said when asked about Obama
and his chances on winning
t he Presidential election.
Implementation of
Steps Towards New
Arab-Israeli Peace
Deal Begins
In the first of a litany of moves
1owards :a negotiated peace, Israel agreed on Sunday to remove
roadblocks from the Palestinianconuollc.-d \Ves1 Bank.
The Palestinian economy
has suffered exuemely from
fsraeli restriction~ on travel
in the region and the agreemeni is seen a.s the nr.. , 'itep
toward a larger peace pact
later this year.
Under the agreemen1. Israel
will remove roughly SO ro.1dblocks and improve checkpoints
to help facilitate the mO\'ernen1
of Paleslinians through the
Wes1 Bank. Israel ;,Jso agreed
to suppon economic projccu in
Palestinian 10wns.
Palestinian officials in return
pledged to improve their policing of Jen in :md provide scric1cr
laws that will .1fford protection
againn terrorism.
Sources: CNN, BBCNcws
Student Governnient Presidential
Candidates Explain Their Views
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BY LAURA WESTERHOLD
M•ro•,.•Ntu $,llff
Two tickets are on the ballot
for this year's SGA PrcsidcntiaJ
and Vice-Presidential e:l«rion.
The candidates are C hris NuJry
and Ann RMP:uh for President
and Vicc-fraidcnt, respccdully.
and David Kusnetz and Melissa
Madaio for President and ViccPrcsident, respectfully.
During a debate Monday night,
both pairs opened with rcmirks on
their campaigns, addressing what
they hoped ro accompli,h. Kusnerz spoke -about increased wireless
network speed and coverage. an
improved Cruiser system including a "Cruiser hotline," dining ~rvioes reform and a carbon neutral
campus. H< highlighted hi• and
Madaio's experience on Sc.narc.
"'There's nothing on our plat·
form that will take a week or two
to accomplish. We arc discussing
larger i.ssuct that Colgate faces
and empowering the voice of the
nudcnt body for real change,•
Kwnett said.
R,dparb di>c.....d Raidcntial
ANote
to Our
Readers
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Life improvemcnti, incJuding
housing operations, six sopho-more townhouses, srudent input
on HRC c.hangcs, and off-campus car nickers for townhouK seniors. She addressed technology
on Broad Street, library hours, a
school-tupplies vending machine,
a Greek liaison to 1he SGA executive boud, bcncr utilization of
rehearsal space, a more dfccdve
c.lcctronic reservation system and
extended Cruiser hours. They will
also advocate for an additional
sorority in the Greek system.
Debate moderator senior Man
Wisnicff posed questions about
candid.ates' SGA and campus apcriencc, the biggest problems facing
Colgate and what the: candidate,
belicv, the lasting imparn of their
p«sidcncics will be. Nulty and
Redpath lured rhdr leadership experiences, which include Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, tho cm. tthe: Colgate Resolutions, thc:ir work
together a.s Election Commissionen, Nulry's experience on che Budgth..e )'ftR as class presid<:nt.
Madaio said that her and Kus-
ncti's exp('rienc<' has been ..mostly
SGA"' -focused. They noted successes they have h2d as Senators
including bringing back 1hr Nrw
York 7imn and meaJ plan reform.
Madaio, a Gamma Phi Bera sorority membc-r, will be organiz.ing
sororiry recruhment next fall.
Kusnen and Mad.aio citt'd lack
ofcommunication with theAdminist12tion as the biggest problem on
campus, while Nulty and Rcdparh
cited apathy and unwillingness of
students to get involved. Nulry :ind
Redpath noted th< "YourColgare"
account th:u they created as FJcction CommiMioncrs as a success,
while Kusncn and Madaio noted
the metl plan reform with which
they have bcc:n involved.
"People hav< been talking
about reforming the meal plan
for years but no one had done it;
Kusnctz said.
On extending Monday night
Cruiser hours, Nulty and Redpath believe •circumstances have
changed" induding a "freshman
· wd St:rvicc,• which makes cxtc-nded
Cruiser houn a feasible option due
to liability. Kusnea. and Madaio
feel the issue has been pum1ed and
is nor possible. Kusnetz and Madaio do feel additional gym sp.1ce
is possible by extending tre.idmill
sp:au into the Juice 62.r, which is
underutilized. Nulty and Redpath
don't feel tha1 it is ..appropriate or
realistic" ro promise this in their
own campaign.
Con~rning Greek life, NuJcy
and Redpath stated that they could
not legislate for new Greek chapters
or new housing options bcca~
they cannot infringe on the work
the Panhellcnic Association and
Office of Residential I.if<, rcspand suppon both,
"There's not one single (candidate pairJ that an encompass
the voice of the students on campus ... and we would like 10 in
a way unlike others," Nulry and
Redpath said.
Kwnca. and Madaio a.re "working with a lot of underclassmen
right now." They hope to ')>ulJ in
people who arc passionate about
the- same things. Things that we've
done have been the rtSult of the nudent need. Students are clamoring
or
for (these things]." They believ<" in
ddcg:.uing responsibility in order to
accomplish larger.scale goals. while
Nulty and Redpath would like to
focus on issut!S that are achievable
within a two-semester period.
As previously st:ued, KtLS1\etz
and Madaio arc advenising cffores towards a carbon neu1ral
campus, which they hope 10 pursue by purchasing carbon credits,
composting food and installing
energy-saving ligh1 bulbs across
campus. NuJcy and Redpa,h ha..,c
bough1 carbon credits to offset
their campaign and Kusnecz's
Rights bc1Wcen Washington, D.C.
- where he is currcndy pan of a
Study Group - and Syracuse. They
hope to update all printc-rs to de~
fault to double-sided printing, but
they don't believe student acrivi1ics funds shouJd be put toward
purchasing carbon cttdits.
ScveraJ more election week
ewnts arc upcoming. A political
activism conccn wiU be held Friday at Parker Commons featuring
O..ngerboy and Sonic Symposium.
Elections will be held this weekend
on the Colga« Portal.
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THE C OLGATE MAROON-NEWS
A Not-So
Trivial Pursuit
''Fraterda.y'' Banned
BY DAN BE LKE
In yet another shock decision
llY CLAIRE O'HARA
the halftime celebriry question by University President and Pro•
and the two 6nal .. round qucs. fessu r of Philosophy and Religion
tions," he said. " For halftime. Rebecca C hopp and the Colgate
1,..,\t Wt."Doug !Chiarello) rt.-ads five dues Board of Oircccors, day drinking
M.1dnes--. wurnamcm crowned a aboul a cdebriry. (f you guess the on Saturdays - a day more com•
winner. No, it wasn', the NCAA celebrity aficr ,he 6rsl clue, you monly known as 'Fraterday' -will
/\,ft-n't. Basketball 'fourn:unent, get IO points."
be banned effective immediately.
buc rather a prngram dmt gained
For t.-ach additional clue it re· For years the Colga1e adminisuapopubrity 1hb year with Colgate quires a team 10 provide the cor· tion has vexed over this growing
~mdcms, faculty and .staff: Trivia.
rt.-ct answer, the point value is de.. phenomenon. secretly conducuid
Trh•ia Night at the Colgal<: Inn cre.illsed by 1wo points. Corrt.-ctly studies on che innuence of these
i.\ an cvent that has been organiu-d identifying the celebrity after the so-called 'Fratcrdays' and their
.md made pO.\sible by Doug ('98) fir.t due, '"rc:all)• helped us pull impaet on 1he student popula·
and Kri.sri ('O) ) Chiarello who, ah,:.1d," Sparbcr said. "Ctleb· tion.
since l:ast February, have put to· rity halftime questions arc Alain
Colgate spared no expense in
gether each week's que.stion.s, 1-al. [DouehinskyJ's bread and buuer. the re.search, hiring Bain Consul, ..
lice.I 1hc points and directed an She knows moSt of them immedi· ing to investigate the anomaly.
entire trivia howl competition. atdy...
Not surprisingly an outside panel
"lhc Inn plays host :a.steams of Sl\l·
For the final round, 1he poi111 of cxperrs and independent com·
dcms. foculry and staff ces1 1hcir system changes a bit, with individ· mince licensed by Bain found ,
trivia knowledge on everything ual reams being able to wager 2, 4. through a two year double..blind
from films and pop cuhure, to gc• 6, 8 or IO poi ms. howcvc-r. with trial, that these "epic" afternoons
ogrnphy and history.
one wrong guess, the team loses increased the "fratine.ss" of 1he
After a momh of compc1i1ion, half rhc value of 1hcir bet.
Colgarc population to danger·
1hc March Madness 10urnamcnt,
"lht game itself was pre1ry ous levels. This newfound direct
which had srancd with 20 teams tighc in the first half, but we start .. correlation between aggressive
c-ach limited to six members, was cd to pull away a bit at halftime," day..d rinking and 'fr.uincss' may
narrowed down to a final four. Sparber s.aid. "'I think we had an seem harmless. but there is much
1Cams "Mclovin'," "'Gary's G irls," 8·poin1 lead going imo the finals. more t~ the problem than meets
"Stayin' Alive in the 3 15," and After we got the first 6nals qucs· 1he eye.
'"Hammers," 1he only remaining tion right, we were feeling pretty
Field analyst Steve Griffin had
student team, battled i1 out in the good. Gary's Girls got it correct the following to say after a covert
6nal compcti1ion last Wednesday. 100, so there was trill a chance two•year immersion in 'Frater·
Otlic-r teams tl,at had participated that they could catch us on the days',
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include, "lhe Eleanor Roosevclu," last one ...
.. Many people may dismiss
•1hc- Far Side," " Big Tuna," · we
lhe final question asked which the impact and importance of
Wem to Grad School fo r This? ... th rec actors were ta kin& over Heath this "'Frate r-day," Griffin said.
"'I he Anist Formerly Known as Ledger's role in the upcom ing film .. O n a campus the site of Col·
Panic! :u 1hc D isco," and several .. The lmaginariurn of Doc;tor Par· gate's there is room for 5. maybe
other crc:.uively named teams, but nassus." Team Mclovin' was able 6, frat 'all•stars.' In this state
it was faculty team " Mclovin"' to come up with Johnny Depp of lawlessness we are s«ing the
1h:1t came out on top.
and Jude Uw. giving them 1he emergence of 300..400 scJf.. prO·
Professor of Economics C had win when no team was able to claimed 'all-stars,"' floodi ng the
Sparber and his wife Julie were remember the third actor. Colin student body with overwhelmmembers of the victorious team Farrell, As pan of their reward for ing do$CS of 'fratincss,' fueled by
along with Chemisuy Profes• winning. Team .. McLovin'" was these 'Fraterdays·.
sor Anthony Chianese, Biology able 10 designate a charity. Heri·
Bain noted that moderation
'l"echnician Alain Duuchinsky, cage Farms, to receive a $600 do· 'fratiness' is acceptable and even
Catalocuc/Metadata
Librarian nation.
welcomed to enrich a ca.mpus's
Francesca Livermore, Econom·
The Trivia Night program is 'sodal options.'
ics Professor Michael O'Hara, providing a n~ and stimufating
~H o wever," Griffin said, "the
and Compu1er Scien~ Professor activity for the entire campus and next time you sec 200 kids with
Vijay R:unachandran.
members of the community. Ram· khakis, neon green N ikes and the
Sparbcr ourlincd the fo rma1 of .1chandr.m was introduced 10 the ugliest and most distasteful backthe competi1ion.
Trivia Night program when fellow wards hats known to man on the
'"llle biggest points come from profC$$0rs suggested ht come alon.g hill and downtown on weekends,
one night.
you might start 10 recognize. a
"J had a gTCat time, pro blem."
and I was shocked that
Experts believe that this FraterI knew some of me day is fueling excessive fratiness
JODIE FOSTE.R
answers," he said. "I on campus, single handedly an•
was funher shocked noying and perplexing a majority
that wt: won prizes a of the student body, and consc•
OEOR OE CLOOHEY
UADIWI SEAfflLIO
few times. Although quently destroying the school's
it rcqui~ exercising morale and dignity. Despite the
the brain a little, it's growth of Colgate's academic
these Fraterdays
gencnlly a low-pres• reputation,
sure
environment, may undermine it all. Que.stion:
keeping h fun rather How can o nc- "frat hard,. around
than frwtrati ng."
noontime and Study in the same
The succ.ess of day? Answer: Have you ever tried
the event seems to studying while polishing off a
suggest that the low. rac.k of 'uoncs and discussing
key environment is a your favorite parts of the Boon•
major draw for Trivia doclt Saints, Trainspotting, and
NIM'S ISLANDmm
I•!;\ i: Ii ;J: It;J ·tlml]
Night.
•1 would
definitely
recommend
it, even at the risk of
making our compcti·
tion more difficult,"
Ramachandran said.
FRINKING ON FRATEROAY IN FREOPAROY: Male members
of Greek Life on Colgate's campus were shocked to learn of the
administration's recent ban on drinking on Saturday, commonly
referred to as •fraterday~
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Pit? Bai n's Answer: you can't.
something I am not interencd in
When asked about the prac• becoming."
tice, a fi rst•year who preferred
To enforce the now famous
to remain anonymous fo r fear of "'Fra1etday Ban" the Board of
"frazing," said, "The 80's died out Directors is placing four campus
for a reason. No1hing good ever safety .offic.c" in ,he bascmcm of
came out of80's ..No1hing! When every frat house on campus from
I came to college I didn't realiz.c I 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m . every Satwas going Back /IJ tht Fu1urt with urday, with .s1riet ins-nuctions to
Marty Mcfly to battle an army prevent the intake of '3ny •fro.
of protorypical Biffs with popped das" - frat sodas. Since Colgate
collars and hot pink windbreak· has already taken control of the
ers. In retrospect I should have .. frou scs", there is little rhc frats
just stayed home and studied the can do against the long arm of
bully from Tiu Brta/ifast Club the law. They will simply have to
and gotten the same social ex· adjust to their new reality: a life
of Saturdays, not ..frate rdays", a
perienccs. Regulating 'Fraterdaf
is the only hope of restoring any life separated from the individu·
semblance of logic and reason to ality and uniqueness of a khaki.
the student body."
jersey. and backwards hat ward·
D e.spite 1hc enthusiasm cxhib· robe.
ited by the majority of studcnu,
In the local Hamihon econothere has been a huge outcry and • my the effects have been swift and
mobilization of proten by these brutal. Shipments to Byrne Dairy
frequenters of the Fr.uerday. of so-called "30 racks of 'stones•
Around campus a Aurry of kha- have been cut in half, thrift Stores
kis, high tops. and G reek lcncr have virtually gone ou1 of business
t•shirts have been seen picketing with the ab~nce of the fr.uerday
at the t imes that do no, interfere· regulars, and blank CD sales have
wi1h other "'social options," luck- plummeted with a declining need
ily for most regular $tudems lim· for "'awesome" SO's mixed tapes.
iting the prott-Sts to every other Also, vinu2lly all inflows of plastic
cups and ping-pong balls have haltTuesday nighr.
When asked his opinion on ed, cawing Wayne's Marketplace
the matter, an unnamed pro• to peg the cost of cups to the Euro,
tester and blossoming fraterday placing all panic, in jeopardy.
legend said "No frace rday? What
Though the admini.stta(ion
am 1 going to do on my Sann· has once again rc,tored Colgate's
dayt? Study? Watch Drillbir Tay- pride by exterminating the haz.
lor! I mean why don't they just ardow, unoriginal and infuriating
go ahead and o utlaw Patagonia brond of human brought about by
Aecces and stccl· tocd boots. If Fr.itcrday, me social llf< of me frat,,
you take fratcrday you take my and me Fr.iterday based Hamilton
soul; and a man withour a soul economy may never fully recover.
is not a man at all, he is some Happy April Fool's Day from the
sort of Zom bit•man, and rhat i.s Maroon.News.
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Alternative Spring Breaks Gain Popularity
break experiences.
BY WILL CUSHMAN
/tf11rH,.·N~ Suff
Spring break: beer, b... community service? For mos,
.. We see a 101 of interest in the
trips," COVE Dircc:tor Ingrid
Ha.le $lid. The trips., involving ap-,
plic:ation and sometimes interview
pro«sses, fill up fas,, ofien gener-
college srudcncs, spring break sum~
mons memories of uopical par:i.~
dises where the beer Rows chc,ply,
or it may summon no memories at
all, depending on how cheaply the
beer flowed. Bm for other studcnu,
spring break strikes up mc-mories
of a considcnbly more admirable
ating long wait lisu of imerestcd
students.
The trips have run to various lo..
o:uions throughout the years, from
Mexico co South Carolina. This
year's trips ran to New Orleans,
Kentucky a.nd the Dominic.an Re-
nanarc, thanks to the Center for
public.
Outreach and Volunteer Educa1ion
The trip to New Orie-ans, the-
(COVE) and its Alternative Spring
eighth COVE sponsored trip to
Break program.
the city since- Hurricane Katrina,
consistc-d of twenty Hamihon resi•
dents, seven srude.nrs and thirteen
staff members, who spent a wttk
contributing to the rteonstniction
efforts of chc c.ity.
According to Halt, even twoand-a-half yea.rs after the disaster,
there is a lot ofwork scilJ to be done
1hc COYE,
has sponsored scrvicc~oriented,
Since its inception,
volunteer spring break
nips to
a number of destinations. These
nips arc markcttd as an ahcrnativc
10 the sccreocypical spring break for
,hose nudcntS who a.re looking co
get a linlc more out of their spring
in many of the neighborhoods of
New Orleans. She sa.id that resi,..
denu still appreciate the help.
"People come up to you and
thank you for helping out their
city,,. she said.
A.nothc-r trip took IS srudc-nts
and staff to McCarr, Ktntuc-ky
to work on Habit.i.t for Humanity projects. Some trip participants
worked co improve thC' voluntttr
cemc-r at thc- site while- othc-rs did
some nttan c-.lderly woman who otherwiSC'
could not have afforded such improvements.
COVE intern SC"nior John SwtC'·
ney participatc-d in the trip, which
w.as not his first aJtern:uive break
crip.
wrhe uips arc definitely worth
it," Swttney said. '"The-rt is always
a sense of accomplishme1u and you
get to mttt people you're glad to
have met."
The COVE's third and most
ambitious spring break uip, the
brainchild of S(.nior Marla Pfenningcr a.nd the second abroad uip
tha1 has been organized through
the COVE, went to Neyba, Dominioa.n Republic. Pfenninger, a
long-time mc-mbcr of the COVE,
participated i1\ the Colgate study
group to 1he Dominic.an Re-public
during her junior yc-ar and then rcmrned to the country last summer
through an incc-rnship with World
Vision. :an interna1ionaJ aid organiuuion.
.. ] dttided that the community
I work«! with might be a good location for :an Altcrnative Break trip
because 1 had already csniblishcd a
conntttion with the- area and the
community partners," Pfenningcr
said. She added th:at the community of Neyba could really lxnehr
from some international :auemion.
Thc- 1ri'p's aim - to set up a com-
munity garden in the village of
Ncyba - required a lot
prepa·
ration. According to Pfcnninger,
the group met weekly throughout
1hc semester to plan fondraisers
as well as nutritional information
sessions that the group led while
in Neyba.
''..lhc entire group workc-d so
hard," Pfenninger said. " ( ha\'C' a
new found l"t~pect for my peeu
and an appreciation for what .a
dc-dicated group can accomplish.'"
1-he trip had such an effect on her th:u she already considers it a defining moment in her
years :u Colg.1te.
"Out of my entire Colgate
career. this trip is 1he 1hing th.u I
am most proud of." .she said. '"ft
was ) 10% wQnh it. I think tha1
going on an inu:rn:uion,11 Altern:uivc: Break trip, you gain an ap~
preci;uion for what your li(c is in
rd:niQn to Olhc:rs' lives."
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The Vagina
Lizzy Dietrich • Anna Spinclli
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On March 25. the Student Government Association's Sc-.natc passed a truly sign.iflcant
2nd landmark piece of legislation. Sena1c Resolution 4, sponsored by Senator senior Laura
Clark, approved changes 10 the Academic Dishonesty Policy, The changes were refcrttd
to the Senate after they had been approved by the Academic Affairs and Student Aff"afrs
Boards on March l I. If approved by rhc faculty, chc proposed changes will updacc chc
definition of plagiarism to re-Acct the impact of technology on academic study, while also
3.IJowing that the-re is a learning process that takes place as srudents begin work within an
ac.1demic discipline. It will empower professors and students to work out minor incidents
together. and give a wider range of potential sanctions to the University Student Conduct
Board (USCB).
The- proposal originated in the Faculcy Affiafrs Commirrcc more than .1 year ago and has
since continually been worked on by the students, fuculty, and administrators that sit on
1he A~dcmic Affiiirs and Srudcnt Affitirs Boards. Senator Laura Clark introduced Senate
Resolution 4 a1 the March 11 Senate meeting and fiddcd questions about the changes. ln
order to have a more robust debate, the Senate invited Professor Jennifer Brice, a Conduct
Board member, to answer questions about the judicia.J process and the potential impact of
the changes on Much 25. Laura and Professor Brice worked to provide a full and accurate
picmrc of current and proposed policiC$ th·:tt allowed the Senate to have an extremely
healthy debate over the changcs.
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A.$ the March·25 Scnate1nectln'g came to an end, it became dear that the ~nalt'was
overwhelmingly in favor of rhe proposed changes co chc Academic Dishonesty 1'1:>llcy. The
Senate app~Ovcd Senate Resolution 4 with ~ I yeas, bnc n:iy, and O'n'e abstention. The Senate s«med to be imprcsscd·with' tht way dlat' sancdons will bcn'e-r ,fir'the violarion i'n' 1he
new sysrc/n'.'No longcrwlll the Conduct 86,tB b< rt>rricred in the My'lr decides sanctions
for minor cases of plagiarism, However, the policy is' going ro comint'lle'to be a sn:o'ng defender-against rriorc se~ious :.net egn-gioU$ types of plagiarism. -:rtte mbft impom:ht1:upcct
of the propose~ ·t ~~nge, is ckac mcy MIi 'set a clear st.tndarcl'~nd help- snidents,'fac:ulty,
and admini.str:uors to begin :a campw-widc conversation over ,what ff'lricans ,tO plagiatiu:
and how to avoid ruch offenses. We arc inct<'dibly ~roud of die tol\!ful considc~tlon lhe
Scn:1te gave the proposal and the nr2r unanimity in the votc for the it-solution Ypp'roting
,he changes. We arc hopeful dlanhe ftouhywiU sec me same ~r\cllli'tllat stiidcnu found
in the proposal :and :lpprove them as well.
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The Internet is a great thing, isn't it?
I was making my merry way across the Maroon-Nn411 websiu: the other day and
noticed something interC$ting: there were a few rcaponscs ro a ·Letter to the Editor•
that the Commentary section posted in la.st wcck~s issue. The lcttc~. written by Andrew
Sanford, a father of a prospective student, questioned the appropriateness of a ·Minus
the City" column cidcd "The Vagina and a "He Said I She Said" column cided • I 0
Thing., I Hate About."
Mr. Sanford sajd that he found the sexual content of the articles •disnarbing." and
posed que.stions to thc writers of the articles: ·would you like your fututc employers
t'O read this artic.le prior to a job interview? l:low about your parent,?" He said that he
hoped thc articles wcrc, •a lame attempt at humor, and not indicative of widespread
,hallowncss among [Colgate'•! scudcnt body.•
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Unknowingly, Mr. Sanford opened up a wide-reaching discussion about wh.at is
appropriate on a college c:ampus, as shown by the responses to the letter on the Marotm•Ntws website. Thc first, from ..Jason~ a Colg.a.te alumnus, po.sit.s that prospectivefamilies shouJd not base their college decision on a column in the student newspapc.r.
The next response came from a Colgate profe.ssor, Associate Professor of Political
Science Doug Macdonald. J>rofcssor Macdonald said rha, chcrc are many faculty and
s1Udenrs at Colgate who are, •equally disrnrbcd with this kind of nonsense being glorified as 'educational' on c:ampus. Most of the students I talk to either have the good
sense to ignore it or get angry over it." Professor Macdonald a.ssc.rrcd that these srudentS, ·say nothing for fear of being called 'uncool' or labeled a 'sexist.' or some such
non.sense. Or feel they will be retaliatcd against by ccrrain faculty members. "
He cited ·sex- Week" a, Yale and Duke as well as colleges sponsoring the ·The Vagina Monologues"' to be examples of ac·tivities similar to thc ·Minus thc City" column
run in the Maroon-Nrws and said that, "these activities foster moral and intcUectual
immaturity and sha.llowness: Professor Macdonald continued, "T(agically, I cannot
give you any examples of leading schools where your son would nor be ex-posed to
similar activitic-s."'
An unnamed "student" was next to respond, poiQtiog out what he or she saw a.s
various Raws jn rhe .logic of Mr. Sanford's letter. "It is through a medium of pcrsona.J
e~prCMion .-hat society colors' public opintOn, and ~chaUenges norms. The connary,
unfounded censorship, disables the vcl)kl~,provjO,\\Slr, used to OVJ(COmc tbc1~JWol
of ~cin, sexist, and otber ox~tr,Cme opioiogt.thus {t9,.d~(i~ society l!ndemocnatic." An
unnamed "Colgaco alumnus7 1hcn r~_p9!\4ed co chi• •pcci6c '""'91\!4j,, criticiJiilg,che
ela!ioratc languago us.ed by,,~F "srudenr" and si. ,,
,· , f}loY( I J":O,ul4 li~e ro lhrow in my response to the debace. I have an :advancagC over
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some of these responders: l have t:hc benefit of knowing and working with some of the
:~w~iters of~~ ooJumns.,My;~dvice to these responders would be, to borrow a phrase
,f1-0m, t~c :Colgate alumnia" ,ROSI, lighten up.
Anyone who takes a_ colul)ln, -0f sex Mlvice fou1'd in a college ncwspa~r .$(!riously
oc«l, .to rJ\ax. N~, "Minus ,!l!F City" iJ np.t U>,d.(t,ative of the vjcws of Colgaie. As a
volunc~~r in ,lb~ ,Qffi"f, qf,Ajl,ous,ion, I. m411-•ay, Ilia• any p,..ptaive ,()Idea, who
visit.s campus a9d picks up aocopy of the h/llr®fl·fkws Jboul4, DOQ a.ssu.Q)c Wt the
presence of a sex column i)! c:h9.newspapcr equarcs to wcckJy "No-Pants Thursday• or
other such d,ebaucbcry., 1, . ,1, 1.• • ,.
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A prqspecrive s.tudcnt shou.kl, however, take the prC$eoCe of ,uch a column, and of
the many otbc.r cools &r,udenr, ..,.se to express their uncensored opinions. as ~ndica.tive
of a community that foners scudcnts' creation of their own identities without, fcar
of repercussions. Mr. Sanfo,il 9.ucscions chc "qualicy of life" at Colgate based on che
sexual content ofticolumn! wo11ld argue that the qualicy of life at Colgate l$ exceptional.~a~h "t~e ~pt fir uncensored opinions, whether comical or not,
oiilf impi-ov-'th ·
alhy/J
u[dn'c: want to attend a school where I couldn't say
what J wantcd,
, I don't agrcc,with Profcssor.. Macdonald that the e:xinence of ICJtual cipression o n
college campuses ,is "cragic;"' I dbn't think that this indicates the. · moral and intellectual
immaturity and shallowness" oF.Colgate students, and ccrr.a_in,ly not of the authon of
chc columns, I will granc that ProfCffl>r M2cdonald has a point in bis posicion chac chc
administration of another collC!" (I repeat: NOT COLGATE) inviting representatives
of the pornography industry totcome and teach students bow to use sa toys is a bit
over the top.
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While 1 agree with Mr. Sanford that parc>J.}tS of prospective S!udcnts should formulate an opinion on the schools thcir child it looking at, I don't think th.at students
should be sent off co school without having been explained chc "birds and the bees."
No, you are not wrong for wanting your child to save sex for a meaningful relationship. Yes, you arc wrong for assuming that .,Minus the City' promotes in any serious
w.1y what you consider immorality. You c.1n want your son to attend coUcgc while
retaining his upbringing :and values, but you cannot force your own brand of what is
considered decent or •d isturbing" on the entire world from which Colgate- draws its
scudems without being disappointed.
Yes, there is such a thing as a vagina. No, pointing it out does not make me shalJow.
l hope that no one was too dinurbed by that statcmenc.
APRIL 3, 2008
B-2
COMMENTARY
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Colgate lies. When J was nill only ·cons.idcring Colgate, a Residential Life information
,...ion told me dut all 6rs,-ycar dorms arc on the quad. Then I Mlked through the quad
(with Cunis
far off in the distance), around some cones into a construction zone, and
found ffl)'$Clf at G-atc Howe. To my inquiry of, "I thought aJI the 6rst-year dorms were on
the quad?'" the response was something to the extent of .. Ytah ... no."
Jt $«ms as though every time I w.a.lk p,.a!-t a tour, 1 hear the tour guide say something
I know not to be true. One tour guide, as an cxamplt of the studcnr input at Frank, told
his audience that a certain food item that had bttn widely disliked the year before had not
been seen there since. I had seen that food at Frank a few days earlier. My favoritc, though,
was the tour gu.idc who sa.id sophomore dorms have dishwasher$. Unit$$ the school has
been hiding a major selling point of those dorms to w first•years, that will exist only in
our dreams.
Of course, schools we euphemism and exaggeration to make them.selves look better to
prosptttive studcna:, and I'm sure sometimes inconsisttnc:ies att honest mistakes (especial·
ly in the cue of framed tour guidC$). But remarks likc- 'all first•yc-ar dorms art on tht quad'
arc blaW1t lies. The mc»t poignam example of this, to me, is tht 'Colgate Hello'. The- idea
wa.s first impan:cd co me a, orientation, but it is c.ena.inly not a one--rime 5Jip-up. In fact,
it is used as a description of the general Colgate :atmosphere. And yet it was immediatdy
apparent to me that it w.u a fallacy.
The 'Colgate Hello', for those of you who have been living under a rock~i.s the nodon
that Colgate students, f.lculty and stall', upon passing by a person, will greet that person
with a big smile and a hd lo - maybe even a wave-. Thit might have almost bttn passable
as faa at the bcgi.nnlng of our 6rn year, since many people were vague acqu:Umanc:es
and only a few were shakily termed
. 'friends', so that ~ryont you saw,
you ' knew', and thw you said hello
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to many of them. But even then it
was ccrtajnly no chorus of hd Jo's,
«hoing down haHwa}'l and float·
ing through the rafters.
Now, pan spring break and
nearing rhe end of the year, it is
saft to say that that orientation•
ph~ of first-yea r interactions has
passed. Sure, I say hello ,o people
I am friendly with when I pass
HEUO GOOOIIYE: The 'Colgate Hello' is a
them, and they say hcJlo to me.
But I hardly think that is distincpopular sales pitch to perspective students.
Many first-years have found this idN to not be tive ,o Colgate, In general life
shuations, don't you say hello to
as prevalent as had been professed.
pcopk you arc ...,11 acquainted
pbommuacqrlwrhw:rdu with in pass.ing? And just as c:onlisrcndy, I 6nd that stnngcn clo
not grttt each other in pu,ing.
barring awkwud qc contact from a far c,-igl, dinan« that a ba,dy pen:eptiblc unik
_,,.. D«alUJ' hdoft you '8'8lk pat each other and out ol view. And dw son ol commrmicariob
pni,a of the warm and wdcomlng 'Colptc Hello'.
·h ii .......iy a Ilia: idea. du, "" would all ,ay hello to each other. But I think it is
faldy niclm< to ol us that the 'clon't-loolt-a,-a-stnnger' mennlity is jun as prnalmt
a t ~ - uqwbue dx. We want to get to ow destination quJddr, noc stop and malic
frimdo. And while -,t,. it would malic for • bmtt -rid to adopt d,c · ~ Hello',
- limply hawa'L Why lie about ,it, when _ ... go< 10 ffllll)' pooitiY< anributct - could
ha..,, _,,,..,.
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Over the past cwo yttf'S, wt'vc rcttivtd a great amount positive feedback for ow column,
which we grc;i.tly, appreciate. R.eccndy, however, we've encountered some strong opposition
,o the content of "'Minw the Ciry". We undersrand that our column is not going to be
univcrully appealing due to the sauaJ content, but we feel as though much of this criticism
is uninformed and inaccur.uc. Thus, d~pite our rC$Crv:uions about responding t0 said criti·
ci.s:m, the time to hesitate is through.
First and fofC'.mOSt, we will not, nor havt ~ cvtr c-ncoungNJ people to randomly hook
up. Funhermorc, sever.ti of our columns have addressed the dangers of intense promiscuity
10 both personal heaJth and rq,utation (sc, "STD: "!he Serious Onc" and "S«rcoiyping
Sluts'° columns). Sentences such as, "'Go ahead and mke a chance on that boy you've betn
eying in your 9:55," arc about as F.u as we go when encouraging casuaJ hookups.. Ler's be hon·
«<, Colga« has a rcpuOltion for being a "hook-up" school. Although Faccbook may no, be
the most fC'J iable or legitimate &Ou.rec- for st:atistics, according to Colgate's netw0rk page, only
21 percent of students arc in a relationship. Consequently, we have to keep in mind that the
majority of our readers arc not in commintd rcla1ionships. Tha1 bC'ingsaid, O\'er the last two
yea.rs, we haVC' both been in and out of mone>g2mous fC'lationships and do our best to kttp
that perspective i.n mind as well. ln fact, virtually a.lJ of our columns have sections addr~
to both those students in relationships as weU the single kids out there.
Next, we wou]d like- to address the criticism that wc do not encourage meaningful relation·
$hips. Whcn we write columns such as '1'heTravel Brochure,~ which derails new and interesting
places to hookup around am pus, we a.ssumt that ifanyont rakes our advi«. it will most likely
be people in "'meaningfuJ relationships (as opposed to hooking up with a stranger)." Seriously,
wbt.n was the last time you met a rando in the Jug and decided that the best place to hookup
was the Hamilton Ccn,ral School playground? The only people we know who Juve actually
hooked up in the libn.rya.rc in Jong-term. serious rc-lationships.. Morcovtr, anidcs like chis need
robe ta.ken with a grain of s:alt. We a.lso enjoy the libral)' as a quiet smdy space sans moaning
and groaning,
So, yes, we do take certain liberties and go 10 extremes in an effon to make people gigs.le
while reading ow column. There arc, however. serious underlying issues that we do uy to
add.res$. Whether you arc single or in a relation.ship, sex is a critical pan of life. ln fact,
ph}'lk:ality is one of the mc»t imporum a.spccr.s of any monogamous relationship. This is
why long..d,jsrance ttlationships arc so difficult to maintain. And, we agrtt., there afC' many
negative :upeas to c::uually hooking up. But the truth i.s th:ai it is inevitable for mc»t college
sruc:knts. Our ~ goal is to make a hook--up the mos:, positive experience it can possibly
be, and we believe chat this i.s impossiblt without a forum for discussion. Although we try to
keep our personal lives removed, we aJways writt about issue$ that ·we notice arc prominent
on campus.
One of the most offensive criticisms we have rcc.civtd is, "'Did you come to Colgate so you
oouJd have rons ofsex with other smart proplt, or did you come t.o gain an cduc::at.ionr This
staltmClt SUf!8CS1S du, being scxU2lly active prohibits you fro m rtceiving a woddyour lik. We've bod, managed to g,aduatewith high GPAs (,oon at least); 6od lifdongfricnds:
iJnmcrx oundva in a plcthon ofcampus activitia; ranain conncaed with worid news and
nmts; and obtain full.time. wdl-p,ying jobs for nat year. And we have ,a, We cannot
&don why one canno< have a healthy KX lik and an cduation. 1hc two an: by no mean.,
IIIUNllly a:dUlive.
(Pa.. for btath). One of the reasons we have fdt ,o ,croagly about ignoring post aiocisms is that many of the critia clearly have not rnd our column. This W
rcunt iuuc, which was obriowly tooguc and ch«lc. Had this junior rnd any of our previous anides, all of which U< an:biwd at WWW,maroot>-MWS.Com, she would talm: dut he,
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BY ANNI( NORCIA
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q,-. doll> dx for its ,aial,lc
abandon by di,_.,_~mllcgi,tt society
ii nn!vln.t-wa ., me. Pabap ii, a tmlk of
lMng in • ....,..... time - In which childa:o of d.,. - _, and heard or an cmplwa upoo ..,• ..,. F.idia - in pwsuit of
moe!rmiot, ,/mod ~ O< anything d,c,
it is poli,ctD ..... 4¥"1" .... considcrarion IO
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' Of - of th, challcngctiqucttt is in being able ., toad sinmioru and
adju,t your bchario< aoconlingty. Thi< can be
diftio,lt in • damOOC11 a, prol<,,o,s ha,c such
..., di&&w• ,xpoc,..... ~hap,.... - -
munpl to ,pal, widiout ruing )'OU< hand
0< ,o a.I.I es • p«ltw h, mcir 6m namo. If
.i- bcharion - - apicidy a_,,...i.
th, ....u..-lCRd audmt wil alway, his
hand. O< g;.. • similar indic:anon of his dairc
"',pal,. Likewise, WWII 4 pn,icao. has ..i..i
for you to all him by his 6m name. he will
........... - - ~ · 1hc adc is simply a tign of rapea. Mid, lilc, you -.ldn',
add,- your physician. "dude," you shouldn't
add,- your pro&.or as "Bob" or any
wriation thaein.
'"What's up," "'Yo." or similar phrucs
should 110( be u,cd 10 addras your professor
(again. unless by <=ptionaJ 01CUlnStaJlCI!
this behavior is aoocp<2hlc tn the oonton of
me rdacionship. While I hesitate to cnoowogc
your judgment cspccially if you were a r,gu-
·Hey:
lar , _ ofTda Tequila you should be able
ID a
mo signs). "Hello," "Hi," CIC is
formal, and du~ appropra i,. Spanish.
for · - d,ae is th, "n/' form • well •
th, '-L. form; the former is used for friends
and ir.dic,ocs familiarity. th< lancr is for d>ooc
to whom you dairc ro.i- rapoa. Whm addialing pro&ao.., USC "UJlIfyou _writing an anail a, a pro&.or, u,c
appropru punauuion and grammar. This is
not the time for lowtt c:at< lcttcn th, beginning of - - ptnk fonu, O< WlChcdc.d
,pdling. "Hey." is 110( a proper .alutation, el-
"'°"'
a,
mer. "Ptofessor
.• or CYCn "Hello, ~
fasor ___.. is much p1efurm:l.
During class time it is no, poli« ,o """'
, idc con,matioru or whi,pcr loodly. If your
profcs:sor can hear )'OU, )'OU are being too
loud. Once the lason has begun, shut )""'
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moud,, darling. you migllc c:atdi llics. Alto,
plcw do not inCNlmy obaollious.
1hcrc is a polite way ro d's gr-c. Ifyou do
noc ha.. the same opinion, or 6nd you d&r
on a particular point, u,c your words. 1hcrc is
no tto cxp,as ~ but fow pn cntidemem
,o be annoying, You'll ,-I •• acdlen, cxcwc,
and a larg,e head is 110( one of them.
While I don', doob< ,omc of you arc =I
IM: adult!, th= - still people who rank
higher on the ",o re,poa' list. 1hoogl, )1'U
needn'r cow row, prostr2t(' yourself. bow, or
si.miluty cvidt-nce obeisance when around
professors, a u the colloquiaJ.i.sms and rffllembcr proper componmm,. Think it old fuh.
ioncd? Pc:rhaps. bur n·en modernity c:all.s for
some manners.
COMMENTARY
B-3
APRJL 3, 2008
T H E COL G ATE MAROON-NEWS
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BY LAU"EN MENDELL
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In one of our previous ankles, .. Ten
T hings J Hate Abou1 Yo u," C hris and I
were quick to j udge members of the opposite sex and only listed negative and
an noying aspcclS. If you read that article
and q uestioned, "'where is the love?," the
answer is right here. This time around
we thought it would be nice, as well as
necessary. to discuss all the things we
love and appreciate about our respective
gender countcrparu. Some ofthcsc attri·
butcs and characteristics arc obvious and
general, while others arc m ore personal
and incorporate the "'litdc chings.. that
arc oft en hard to describe but serve a viral role in intensifying one's auracrion
fo r the 0 1hcr. Let this anic.le pay horn·
age 10 all the boys out there - and the
things they do (som etimes unbeknownst
to them) rhat drive us girls absolutely,
undeniably wild .
I . Personali ty and Confidence. Even
though this response is not exacdy origi·
nal, I cannot emphasize enough these
traits' importance. Yes, one's physical
auract ion is relevant and c rucial upo n
one's first meeting_, but it's one's per•
sonaliry and confidence that takes the
cake at the end of t he day. T here arc so
many guys out there who have wasted
their privileged good looks on dull and
monotonous personalities. If you're en ..
erge tic and confident with a sense of
humor, your chances of attracting a girl,
and Keeping her, increase exponentially.
Yo u have to believe in yourself in order
to convince us you're wonh our while.
M y mom always tells me that "'if you
don't think you're good enough, no one
else will,'" and she's right. There's nothing sexier than a guy who exudes confi ..
BY CHRI S MULHOLLAND
a..,t:ztM
J'd like to open this article with a
quick response to some less than stellar
reviews of our column in the letters to
the ed itor las t week. I understand some
close•mindcd people arc incapable of
opening themselves to any opinions that
differ from their own, but arc insulu really necessary? You call ou r w riting vulgar, a nd this campus shallow. I guess this
is one case where I hope the apple falls
very fa r fro m the tree, otherwise, Mr.
Sanfo rd, you can keep both your insults
and you r son .
O n a lighter note, never one to knock
someone down without helping them
up, t his weeks article is in response to
the 10 things I hate about you. I know
there were many Colgate girls crying in
their rooms after reading my column
under the impress ion that they fai led to
meas ure up to my standards. O f course,
this is not the case, I know t hat no one's
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out OU
dence, t he killer of all for ms of unpleas·
anr and uncomfortable :awkwardness. If
it's genuine, then you are invincible. So
let t hose personalit ies shine, boys, because we're re.ally not as shallow a.s you
think.. At least not in the long ru n .. .
2. The "Thrust" M uscle. Girls, don't
pretend t hat you don't know what I am
talki ng about. I re.a lly hate to be s hallow, especially when I refuted the stereotype t hat girls p ut too much emphasis
on appearance, but chis specific m uscle
on a m ale body is too attractive to be
overlooked . If guys can value a s uper•
model's body that hasn't been properly
fed in years, t hen we can be grateful for
this one muscle. T his muscle resides
right above t he hipbone.s and is part of
the lower abdomen . h forms a "'Y" th at
eventually leads dow n to the neth er regions and is rypically more pronounced
with athletes or guys who workout. A
guy does not have to be naked in order
for t hese muscles to be visible. For some
reason, this so called "'thrust mu.scle'"
brings out a carnal attraction in girls
t hat can often be hard to ta me.
3. T h e Sexy G rin. This attribute is
really not anything t hat you guys can
control - it's j ust innate in the guys who
were born to be sexy and make a girl's
knees weak. Smiles arc always anrac ..
tive, but this specific grin along with a
strong jawline brings a twinkle in your
eyes with a slight glint of misc:hievousncu . With a look and a smile like that,
we know what you're th.inking ... and
we like it.
4. The Will ro Revive Romance.
Whoever .. id romance i, dead probably
has not seen any quality action in quite
some time. Romance is not dead, it is
just reserved ex.clwivcly for men who
believe in working to get what they
want. Girls love to sec guys make an extra effort to pursue and woo us because
ic not only makes us feel u nique (and
not like another "'notch on the bedpost'"
as Chris once said), bur appreciated as
well. I don't necessarily mean c.a ndlclit
d inners (although those arc n ice) , but
even the little things like opening doors
or rem embering facts about our lives
prove co us chat you are not like most
guys who only th ink about themselves
all the t ime.
5. A Momma's Boy. Yes, I will adm it,
t here is a ccrrain d raw to cocky jerks,
but there's an even more powerful pull
to guys who arc considerate and arc nor
afraid co show it. We don't nece.ssarily
wa nt you to be living with you r mom in
ten years, but a guy w ho appreciates h is
own morhcr a nd is close with his fam ily
is such a turn on. h proves to us that
you have your p riorities straight, that
you arc :apprec iat ive of your roots, and
t hat you have t he capability to truly care
for others. Boys, call your m om a nd let
her know how much you love her. W ith
t hat phone call, you will be pleuing
more than o ne woman in your life!
6. Spontaneity. Whether it's an out of
the ordinary daytime activity or a new
move in the bedroom, we love guys who
know how and when to .mix and sp ice it
up. T he guy who ukes advantage of the
hear of the moment and j ust goes with
it without asking questions or second·
guessing himrdfis beyond hot.
7. Drive. Girls love gu)" with
ambition. We take into accounr that in•
stead of working in the library, or play·
ing on your team, you could be- sining
on your couch watching I Love New
York under the inAuenc:c of who knows
what wirh your friends. Boys who know
what they're doing and arc good at it arc
that m uc:.h more attrac:1ivc and fu n to
be around.
8. Having t he W illpower to Leave
Your Pack. leaving your friends to make
a move on a girl you arc interested in
docs NOT go unnoticed. We love seeing
that you have t he self-confidence to fly
solo and not only leave your s.afe and reliable h erd, but to test t he unpred ictable
waters with us. Shy and inhibited boys
who a re too scared to approach u.s will
often not show up on our radar. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
9. A G uy's Guy. Even t hough it is a
nice ueac when a guy le-aves h is fr iends
ro hang out with h is girl, us girls still
want their guys co have their own separate guy frie nds. T here is a m isconception chat girls want ro spend every sec.
ond with t heir guy and suck the fun
out of everything that they do. This is
just not so. Honestly, if a guy wanted to
spend every single second of every single
day wit h m e, I would run away as fast as
my short legs could carry m e. We like all
,he so called "m•nly" things you guys do
together and t hat you have people to appl• ud you r grotesque ability to pass gas
and spend hours reach ing the next level
of Madden Football. Who you choose
to surro·und yoursc:lf with iJ often a telling reflection of your own character. So
keep those bro's around for •II the sruff
we don't want to do with you.
10. The Ability ro Successfully Spoon.
Enough said. This also goes along with
snuggling, forehead ldues and awkward
kisses goodbye in the morning. All min•
i1eulc acts but with gargantuan impacu .
Scd There arc good qualities to keep
guys around for. Thae arc just 50mc of
the rhlnp we like about you, so lcttp up
the good work, boys , because whatever ir
is you're doing - it's obviowly working.
perfect. so in no particular order, he.re
is a list of thinp about girls that easily
outweigh the. negative.
I. A girl who has a good raste in mu·
sic is a huge turn on. Too often girb jwt
linen to the same old mainnrca.m pop
music custom made for the quick hit.
However, a good ta&te in mu.sic shows
that you think like me and appreciate
the quality of mu.sic; th.at dcflnitely gets
huge bonus poinu.
2 . I would never attempt to infer any..
thing about body image; the topic is far
too sensitive and I really don't . want to
be cas trated. However. I will say that I
do appreciate a girl who takes care of
herself. Regardless of body type, any•
o ne who lives a healthy lifc.tyle ,hows
through. You have to rake care of yourself before you can take care o f me.
3. I love it when a girl cooks for m e.
They say ,he best way to a man's heart is
thro ugh his s tomach , and I have a hcarry
appetite. So get out those recipe books
girls, I'm hungry.
4. An imporrant aspect for any girl I
date is the ability to hang wlrh the guys.
I definitely think it's important to have
a good balance of hanging out with both
friends and your girlfriend. That balance
is a whole lot euicr if you can combine
both. Any girl who can hang wirh my
friends and win them over can definitely
win me over too.
5. I like to go ou, and have a grea,
time, and I want a ghl who can hang
with me and go out and get cra~y. On
the same token, I have to be able to
bring you home to my parents and any
girl who expects me to 1ake her seriously
has to be able to act dauy 11ound my
family. Be like the mulle<, bwiness on
one side and party on the other.
6. Its great to wear makeup and get
dressed up, but I like a girl wno can look
naturally beautiful. I don't want co dare
a girl with two faces, one in the morning
and one at night; keep it simple.
7. Every once in awhile I have a bad
day, so I love it when a girl can cheer me
up. This one's a little vague in terms of
what e.uctly worb, bur it's good to jun
baby a guy occasionally, especia lly after
a rough day.
8. I like a girl who's intelligent and
can hold an actual conversation. Noth·
ing is more frunrating than a girl who
talks herself down •nd can't hold a legitimate conversation; small talk gets old
quickly.
9. A good sense of humor is great, I
always want someone who can make me
laugh and joke around. Being too seri·
ous or too sensitive is jusr boring.
10. I'm always looking for a girl who
can be spontaneow. Doing anything spur
of the moment makes it way more cx.hila·
rating a.nd exciting because you don't expect it. lf I'm going to be spontaneous,
I'm going to need a partner in cri me.
This list is just a few of che many
things I love about girls. I do, however,
think it's a pretty good stare, so if you
think you meet these s imple requirem ents, by all means, look me up .
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COMMENTARY
APRIL 3. 2008
THE COLG ATE MAROON-N EWS
Postfeminism: Lindsay Lohan
Giving Colgate
or
Hillary
Clinton?
Something to Talk About
BY LYDIA GOTTESFELD
BY LIZZV DIETRICH
Tht':rc has recently been much excitement around campw abour the D.uai Lama$ visit to
Colgote in the coming wttks. It's the latest buri on campus for srudcnlS and facull)' alike. So
many of us 6nd it hatd 10 beli= that such a renowned world 6gure and winner of the Nobel
Peace Pri7.c will be visiting the small town ofHamilron! Rtttndy I hcud one Colgate srudent
say to another. "It docsn·t maner whether you care about Buddhism or not. If the Pope ~re
coming to Colgate, you'd go, The Dalai lama is coming. so }'OU•rc going ro go. It'$ a once in a
lifetime opponunity!"
Beyond the hype ofthe upcoming Dalai Lama lcaurc, hoY.,c,.•cr, is an ~n more striking notion that has come to my anention as a result ofall th.is excitement. As unfonumuc as th is might
sound, I would say that at least half of Colgate students don't know about the subj
advocating for human rights, non-violence, and the frttdom of the people ofhis homeland, but
many of us don't know a lot about the current catastrophic conflia bctw«n the Chinese and
the Tibetan people. This is in no way a criticism of Colgate srudents- I'm sure Colgore knows
a lor more about world events than the average university studm, body in America. ln.ncad, Ilike to argue that the media has Rushed our brains with so much meaningless information that
it takes a conccncd dfon to kttp up on imponanr cumnt events.
Herc's a good example: How many pc-ople acrually care about the personal life of Britney SpNot many, especially on a campus Hke Colgate that
values ac.ademi~.and high-minded ways of thinking. Yet dc:spirc, this, loverwhelming majority of us know that Britney
had an awful f.illout with 'K-Fed,' i, a hortibly ir•
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rcsponsiptc mo\her, has a pregnant X9unger sister,
and w;un't WC;J:~ing ~yHerwear, when a papar:u2i
snapped a photo or her gening our of a car a few
months ago. Who cares, right? Certainly not many
of us. Yet every time we st2nd in line at the grocery
ore or turn, on the television, we arc overwhelm~
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y this useless information. h's consrandy scaring us
in the fuce and l$ impossible to ignore.
CurainJy this observation of mine is n01 a new
one - the medi'!:_hij,~'."S~>~,l~I' J'Ql")Jl.&OM E OALAtTIME: @n).pr~ : 11 t it in , ~n"'~, c9n'.~'! 'mi~Y.,,P'F~ily, f>lle. pf
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where v.,: have jus, :is many opporruJ'Utics as our male petrs and wt- att raking adv.intagc of
them. Thett arc more women in college than men; women arc entering typically male carttrs in
ovawhclming nwnbcrs, a.nd worm:n are more and more able ro make their own chokes about
sex, ,cproduction and mani~. 1hanks co our mothers and grandmothers who led d~c fight ror
women's rights-. we can now enjoy the results of the feminist movement of the 70s and 80s and
.,k, advantage ofour newfound oppommiries.
In fuct, ",.." arc so remO\·ed from dlosc da)-1 that the F..ct ch."lt ,._-c have the first se.rious ftmale
prcsidcntiaJ andkbtc is taken for granted by many young "'-omm. Young women \VOtJd r.ither
read srorics abour Lindsey Lohan and Brimcy Spears in ct.bloicb than mkc a few minutes 10 rt'ad
about the Historic narurc of Hillary's life and cmdidacy for women. When hecklers at Ointon
rallies ycU..lro1t My Shin!" or the news media spends twenty minuto discussing her dea,;agc- or
$he is asked the question of why she isn't likeable in a debate, we all laugh. In tworkl sex.ism is funny, feminist$ arc man.hating lesbians. :md Hillary O inron's c:andicbcy is not
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am also outraged by the blalllnt and vinu.-tlly unacknowledged =ism L"lking place in this deerion. Why does !he media and general public focus on Scnaior Clinton's hairstyle, her laugh, her
cankle,, and ha )X'nt,..,its? Why do so many jokingly refCT to her as · Hilldog?" Why is she t<'ferred
to is "'shrill" "calaJar.ing" and '"cold", words nt\·er used to describe male c:mdicL·ucs?
Why not inStctd focus on htr lifelong dC\·01ion ro children and F.unilies. her cxcelJcm work
as a lawyer, and !he g,oundbreaking work she did !\S 6m ladyl Did you know that Hillary ran
a legal aid dinic, that she was 1Wice narncd one of the most I00 influemiaJ law),:rs in America.
tha1 she has scr.,,ed on numerous boards for organhatlon.~ dcdicucd to childrtn and the poor, or
how about the work she- has done in the Senate? She has been an enormously sua:;c:53fuJ Senator
working 10 make heahhc:ire more affordable and expanding "°'"rage, working to fight AIDS. and
responding to manufuauring job lo.ss in NY. Did )'OU know she r«eivcd 67 petttnt of the \'ote
in Ne-.v York to get reelected in 2006? Htr \-.'Ork h:u been tteogniZOO by her corutfrucms and )'-"
many Amcricms rcm1.in
.. blind to her succascs. Today men and w·omen ali.ke a.re tum<..-d off by
her and claim she is divisive and unJikablc. Btu when J ask quQtion of why she 4 so comrovcr..i.,J
and divisive. oo one ttally has an answer aside from the favorite ofcollege age males. '"ht-cause ,;he',;
a bitch... For many people she i1wokes within them a vt1)' pcrso1ul fttling of txttt-n~ dis.like and
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Fifflir~Suptt'Tuesday, then it w.uTexas
and Ohio, and now It is nearly April and the
Oemocradc candidarcs m on to campaign,ing in Pennsylvania with the distinct po,sibilily dw a nomination will not occur before
the oonvention. A,; of now &tad< Obama
has wiled 1,622.5 delegates out of the 2,024
n«d,d to secure the nomination with Hillary
Oint0n uailing with 1,472.5. The question
on ""'}'One', minds is how long is this going to go on, and oonsidering the intcnsil)' of
the battle, what is this prolonged battle going
to do to the Dcmocr.ttic l'uty in the f.tcc of
• R,publican pany that has al=dy reached •
prcswnpThe opinions range from Hany Rcid's plea
for CVC')'OM to calm down, to Senator Leahy
calling for Clinton to throw in the towel because her campaign has hun Senato, Obam.i
"mo.,. than anything John McCain has said"
(Endort,mem of Obama...). Rcgasdless of
sentimcftt:in the Ocmocrat:ic Party, Ointon • dr.unatically to 6i the demographic e-.-ery time da1es actually thought, but Ointon dearly supthe nomlnation process moves on to the next poned NAfTA when it was ac:ued during Bill COMMENTARY B-5 APR! L 3. 2008 THE COLGATE MAROON-NEWS Olympics: More Than Politics BY DEENA MUELLER . -~~r· '' BY MARIN COHN Products of the J 960$ gener.uion. many or . ,er? ., T he -'Tru~2LoVe' ReVolution partners and the danger ofsharing the cxpcrienct- with more rhan one. , 11 .. ,. '" ' in its ccntralil)'. The acquisition of love is APRIL 3, 2008 B-6 COMMENTARY Alumni Column Running In the Direction my Colgate years with fascinating ·cx'periences, rewarding opportunities, a.nd in• me (and my lower back). While I hope need to go to work. I need a job. J need my work c.ach d ay sometimes le2vcs me run each day, where I know how fu or ;- , .& .,...i.._,..___ COMMENTARY B-7 APRIL 3. 2008 THE COLGATE MAROON-NEWS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR On March 271h, 2008, Colg,,1e's Maroon-News published a letter written by a po,ent of a BY ANGELA MESKO BY JESSICA WE ISBERGER a- •I2(J{)8 ' E-1 ADVERTISEMENTS MARCH 27, 2008 THE COLGATE MAROON-NEWS -· SK&iotl Ont, t:~11:00The Europtan Momt-nt ViwtlMf'!I t '61,. Frtdtik 1.09W.U. PfOftiw of H~tory, Session Sb. 1:~l:00 pm (c,n,Mnt: Fred Oltmoff, HMVty "-0:tr f'foftsSOr of Gk>bal S..-ology ltld Sod-Ills, fltvollltlon: tht Chllfftl fd.otogy, and Movements In Chile •nd China -.mnattONI RNtiotl\ Cotg.ltt l.MiYfflity Studies M'ld t.Ulfy, lnchana Ul'IMB!ty The £wntf"1nfff of £vents: tM.,. Theoretical His-1ocy, Temple UniYfflity Cotn,rMtit: MWI• S.tartlna, Assln•nt ProffflOf of -· CcnttMting Student Movtmt nb: Chin• and !ti. W11t. Com,nent: John C1til)1, Hf,vy ft '°'*'*'t flobtrt NtmtS, AJtodttt ProftHOt of we, ~tM'lt P«lfesSOI' of Chlnew Uingu.ll)t end Culture. Colg.)'!t l/n1Ytrn1y His1ory, Colga.1t Un~ t y The fVl'u,.. of the SmiH, teftmy V¥0t\ A,M!Utte s.ulonlwo. t :Jo-J:OO pm (Offlffltflt: Mll'Un Mu,r~ PfOffl;j,Qf of Stts&on St\'tn. J:J0-5:00 pm 81ngNmtOf'I UIWttSity n.. Co1umbla Sttlte and the Ullm1kin9 of SOS. lntellectu.als, and Peasanb ~ r b ISstrmal\ JIMtS L fer9V10t1 ProffflOI' of Hi1.toty, SetllM Aw, 1Ck>O -,n-t 2~ Pffl Ka"""ton coe,,g. U-of- t961 HI Ti.wning Point. M•,k L)'11•. ProffflOt of HtJto,y, AIMritMI Ahum in c;t..n.,,; MMk ExpatriatH In , .... ~ ~ T h e ~ o f I' Stony 8root Univtnity S.rdCollt9t die CMI ltightl c,, Ktvin Gal""- Proft1oto0f of Hlsto,y. Colgate UIWl'ntty The "-nuill o4 Audldous "°""9t: .._.,,,_Un_ ~ XW1 KMI\ V!Mting M1imt!t ProffflOf of . . . . . . . . . . ., . . . ~~ Wlll,,ms. A$$0Ci.tt P'rofts&or of HistOl't C,s,e Wt5ttm fltwM" UnM"rsity vi.tnamtKI In - . . . o f ~ t tu: llljing'1 WW!lfJ,--.. p-con -..nc1,- s-.., APRIL ARTS & FEATURES 3, 2008 C-1 THE C OLGATE MAROON-NEWS Multimedia Acapellooza 1 .. rI IN THE LIGHT Incoming first--ycan arc told about all the opponunhi("S Colgatc has to offer really be people our there ..I think back to last semester and think: how did I do it?" O'Brien said. "A, time. You learn 10 do it, to write well and ues mac bWcy and ancnrion to dcuil. No, only has a1hlc1ic 11.1.inerJ you lean medical skiUs, before heading 10 cla.sscs was :m cxpcricnu that he will not soon forget, skills and taknt for juggling responsibili- ties and relaxation. After gradu.·nion he wiU be doing resea.rch with an orthoptdic: surgoon, Once his research is done, O' Brien is r. ,.n,iJUtu fw IN T••f LK,m , 11 ,,__. ,..,,..;/ v..'Nfflll C.-h "' wwNNe-,,IL*",/0. Senior Laura Kavanaugh explained that after $CCing an impro-- "Th,nk you for ttking the fim steps to improve the lives of visation group in Binghamton mate • spoof on DARE last r.11, the a capptl/.a deprived," senior Marba Mon.roe deadpanned in the film. mosr of the sc.cnes were improvisation, involving roommates. opening sc..ne of a video about the Cappella Coips that bcg,n friends and ofooursc, rwdom people around the Colgate campus. of traveling to 1halland or Armcni>, the Cappclla singers visit the library, the Coop by junior Winnie Hu. got the audience Candid Camcra-,cylc. TAIONG A CAPPIUA TO THE NEXT LEVEL: Singers raised moving in their seats, and first•year ------------- -photo Calpulli Mexican Dance Fiesta BY BETTYJO ROBY M.,_.N,,,,514' mw.icians sang during a few songs as 'flelJ, gbsscs and a around their ankles cmpha.sWng the pulsing tribal beat. Thc,c dances fcarured American claboral'e costumes, including dramatic (AlANA) Culrural Ccnrc,, the Afric,na feathery headpieces. The blue lighted stage Latin, A.$:i-an, and Native the Mwic Ocpanment. rendirion of cldcrly men dancing. The and eerie pcrcU$$ion mwic contributed to moves they had witn....d during the "Rhythms and Songs from Jalisco." These outfits, with the Calpulli Mexican Dance ART S & FEATURES APRIL 3, 2008 C-2 THE COLG ATE MAROON-NEWS A Sprint that Feels Like a Marathon: BY AMANDA MCKEON t The term 'all-nightcr1 typically cvok~ images of blcU)'-cycd students wallowing in i.:~~t - '"(Hoover) gave us a lot ofinsight on what he wanted from each character and what the ff'· play was about,.. Gallo.said. idea.of workhing thhrothughou~rche night)(~nd !!'~"f\,,dl,~ •!IPut ri . . i \T%":_""': Moteover, wr,,ers_ w,re rcccplll(c! ~ .' ' . tudcnt-wrmen the:atcr ... somcthm~ t~at were re~lly latkmg lat Indulging in a Fetish For Folk: Last Saturday night, Fetish Lane ptrformcd at the Barge On the whole, the mood was reminiscent of :an (.lrliC'r 1ime people. Ano,her song was about lo)ing your keys: othct') ARTS & FEATURES APRIL 3, 2008 C-3 THE COLGATE MAROON-NEWS Guitar Central: Six Strings, Two Styles musical ornamentation. Seated on a bench in the upper •This is a cheap, shameless self-promotion," Balestra M•r-H,,·Nrw1 S,cjf level of the chapel. one man dosed his eyes and lifted said, clici1ing laughter from across the si,zc-able audience. A typical-looking crowd, consisting mostly of adults *I have CDs!" guitar performance. from nearby towns along with a handful of pro- position, the first version of which he fess.ors and Colgate students, gathertd inside the had written ten years earlier. He noted day for onc of the chapel's weekly music events. '° •• ' . :VACQ.at the Ra/f!:fl!":Orzly, .'Sq-So: , ,. 1rl ,- •i,h ' :, ,f ,. ~- ., "' ......... ', " •• , .... j •• ; ; ,•, I ''Jtfh . ' , ,; J '• . ·" ' ' '' BY ETHAN LEvn·T As the midnight hour approached on Sarurday night, Virginia Coalitio 1l took r.he ta&e ~t t~c hlacc Theater ~n~ W2$ grtcted with sti~stahtial applause from..cltt CotFte •=~as• MEET THE BAND HalllngfnimAlaandrla, V.gldl, VllglnlaCoallllan has been making music Since the group and punuemuslcasa-r. Leadwcallstandgu!Ar-plarerf'ollaldl who used r-. ARTS & FEATURES APRJL 3. 2008 C-4 THE COLGATE MAROO N -NEWS Art Shmart: Brace Yourselves missioned works is a higher volume of painrin&< - but I suppose cat/,. vie mart<. rted that acros, all media much of the Biennial', work is This Week in Movies: The Bank Job --s-r BY DAVID ASHTON AND ANDREW BURFORD ANDIIEW: London in Th, &nit job really g:ave me a whole new perspective of what the modem-day hrur movie could be. In DAVID: sincc ... wcU ... I don't know... the Ian good movie rhat featured a heist. Let's not worry a.bout comparisons though. they find ou, they Sto~ more man just money and jcwdry; ARTS&; FEATURES APRIL 3. 2008 C-5 . _THE.COLGATE MAROQN,NEWS Update PIIACTICAU.Y PIIFIO' NCSU??: ~y CAITLIN HOLBROOK ....... ACLASSY COetCBT REAL THEATRE FORMAL FUN - NATURE/PLACI/CINIMA .Don't fotgc,aho,utbll ....., llllfflll!$a ~·pl)' . Don't miss Nanuc/l'tacdCinema this ..i.e...ll This exciting tw0 day sympooium explora dK rcpcaentation o( - learn about Asian and Asian-American an currendy on exhibit in me Piclrer An Gallery, bene61 from the • to ttgi.sttr. Can you fix a crashed server? HELP US. ODE TO THE SERVER: F.ric Lewis &: Calvin W'&enma, violin, John Dater, vioJa 0 M11roon-News Server, I Hun, Angered, Broken by the duress of a·long spring break with •I your power left on by an unsuspecting yet culpable staff membei:. ., ' _. ;.. on Wednesday nights, caught up in the rush of editing glory Suing Quanct In F Major, ', ,,. Suing Quartet In F minor, String Quartet In}. minor, Op, 132 (1825) Friday, April 4, 2008 Colgate Un.ivenlty Memorial Chapel RIP MAROON-NEWS SERVER Reception to follow concen. . . . .. 0 -1 i !· SPORTS , : .. APRIL 3. 2008 ___ ntE COLGATE MAROON-NEWS Top Seeds Set to Dance in·San Antonio ---$,,# BY KYlE BlUM For the first time ,incc the in cue you wanr to argue that to watch. After a brief cnd--of• the-season slump, it appears that ,, ' , Davidson's Magical Run Comes to a Halt BY CHAS KURTZ l madness began. 3 sco..ll sw Dwini, third consecutive final f"OUr. . .__, 1 APRIL 3. 2008 0 -2 SPORTS Are ·These the San1e Old Mets? h w.u the greatest colfapsc in the history of ,po,.._ The New York year, and they underachieved. batthome runs. He is a decent hitter Schneider rounding out the seven of home runs and 16 more RBIs. more vaJuablc to the Yankees to count. When the final out of about a lcad ..off' hincr with a .280 batting average. - --.. a huge addition to the Mt>C! prove itself. The Mets pitching was horrendous down the h,1tl. ~k.mwhilc, Mch' nunag• leh lxh,uJ ' 0 P"k up th e pie«~ THE NEXT BIG THING?: Jose Reyes has been touted as the future of New York Baseball. However, his numbers «.um healthy for an entire .sea• got hcttt•r. Jmt week-. .1ftt•r mi\i.in~ the.- playoff,. vcter,m\ Paul porrunity and opened his w:Jlltt Carlos Beltran is nowhere as~ett that tlieir young lead-off Orlando Hernandt"t is about 3.S o ld A Reflection on Why I Love Sports their beliefs. Americans especially Up7Edi1•r Sport. h's a word 1ha1 c;.urics -- 6. In sports, underdogs aCtll· pcrfecrly, but • Ji Davidson's 7. SJ'°"' l lo\'e 'J>e>rb. l. "lht" ~porl'.'1 ,m•n.1 rcpre,cnh •• ....--, provide a .om« THE FROZEN TUNDRA: lambeau Field, the home of the legendary teach us . tht fair• play and t doesn't apply to i1,door sports). is often filled admirably by spons, might be the bigg<>t r,ason why I D-3 APRI L 3. SPORTS 2008 THE COLGATE MAROON-NEWS Dick Biddle Shuffles Off to Buffalo After coaching the Buffalo Bills p<>rJauron would be a fixture in Wt>St• Biddle was called by the l r- Jauron, who was 14-lS in two seasons with the Bills, was caugh1 head coaching vacancy. Some pick. He's a 1remt ndous athlc-ce." Raider Currently Sitting in Hamilton Jail in critical but stable condition. ton township jail, where he is being ...,...,. ed. "I wouldn't be surprised if he's sweeping changes arc being made Colga1e A1hle1ic Oep:mment re· Commencement Weekend Rental Available APRIL 3. 2008 SPORTS D -4 THE COL GATE MAROON-NEWS Winchester Taking Advantage of Opportunity 011'AWA. CANADA - Jc"c or "I'll Jo whau:vt:r it take~ to nal regular-season games. Winch tster started the game along.1.iVermeue. Fisher. a long-time Fi,hcr said, ·1 ,hough, he played liked: Wjnchcs1er period). laugh. with ..Once a 1ht game came around, I I knew I jun had co l'vc done to get my· --:=:.... sdf into this posidon. When Winchcs1cr - ram1 y mcmVl.rs an fonncr Colgate team• from Colgate-which was -.\ lined up alongside NHLAIIS121> Ja,on Spena and Dany before playing the NHL, said photo by Jasot1 Chiu I ,hough, he played prttty well in ·or sional hockey player. So far I've foJ. er.al Manager Bry:m Murray de• has broug)n NHL rcgul:us Chris nothing but positive things to say yeor he'll defini1ely be a player on 2008-09 season. The 1:i.ste of pro hockey he's been givtn has further proven to Winchester that the Both Tennis Teams Pick Up First PL Wins 1he Colpte men and V.'Omen's carUer las, week, bu, ,hey eernunly faoe uporue rival Syr.icwe Univcrsil)'. ning fiv< of me ,ix singles matche$, = Raiders, prevailing 6-1. outside Syracuse. Unfortunately, ter against Lehigh on Sunday, the Midshipmen outplayed ,he The highlight in 1he doubles current Patriot League champ ion Navy a, Easuide Racque, Club play came from the sophomo re pair of John Nogueras and Michael Yassky a, second doubles, Brent Herbert, 8- I. flfth ,polS, giving the Raiders a ,._. Michael Yuuy, who uKconsistent baseline game to be-st SPORTS D-5 APRIL 3. 2008 THE C OLG ATE M A ROON-N E W S Queens of the Hill: Women's Lax Takes First Afur a slow scart to the sea- son, Colg;atc's woml!n's lacrosse Bergstrom scored rhr« goals the first half to pace rhc Raidc-r.s, Colgare ou1Sho1 Lafayeue, 26-7 ers, posting eight uemely well and Senior Jtssica day. March 30'' ly Carroll added Ashley Didio, first year Colleen Katie ,he clock, Colgai< Holland combined fo r five ball, giving Or- assiSls, Junior - - - goalkeepu Sara SUPERSTAR ATTACK: Sophomore Meghan Lawle< Is one of the egon of 1he game. The Raiders scored 1he last f1ve goals 9. 13.,0f,~,,Tra._sk~.?..~'!:.~~.. ~~:!!.~~.u:.~l'!.!_1!% '~~t:.~.~!!.!o. at Navy. In Wes, l'oin1, New Yorl<, ihe "-'Cit.her was cold and the wind w.u blowing. However, none of iha1 di,. Fim-year S™")'Marion began ihe is cxucmely versatile in al.I disr.tnccs worth and sopho more Lyle Tolli beth Ktnnedy oompeted for the 6rst meter dash. and sophomore Phil time in scvcr.al months, stealing steond in the 5,000-meter raoe. by placing fourth in 1he 400- Men's Lax Falls to No. 13 Army ln an all..out war again.st the #13-rank.d Army Black Knight< loss drops ihe Raiders' ,-rd below .500 10 4-5 overall and 1-2 in Colgaic got on the scorfirst, with $CniOr an:ack Kevin Col- leluori slyly pidand slotting it past shell-'kttplead woukl P'°"" to 6e ihe wt advantog,, of 1he game for Colga1e. The The Raid,n moun1ed a series of Freebe,g lud ihe following 10 say home f:aru." riv.Us'," the SoCal native said. "'The mid6eld« fan Murphy no1ched two Lehigh and do our best to win all of The Raiders wiU now banJe the Sanmky a1 I p.m. The game will be Women's Rowing Races in City of Brotherly Love BY W ILDE REVERE $,,,ff Last weekend, on ihe Schuylcill u• I ed in, the Ra;ders 6nished in second place, a mere hhree seconds women were generally successful en's Varsity Eigh1 hca"' held at ihe Eight hca1 the Pctire FinaJ(consob tion race). ,ha, Colg;11e panicipa1- the vic1orious V-Eigln squad. JV The women's JV- Eight team on 1he Schuykill, as 1hey placed 6:45.66. Colgate finished in fifrh a scrong second in heat number son," P~uchen said . .. Both boa cs In mis contest, Colgate placed first Eight Final with a time of APRIL 3, 2008 SPORTS D -6 THE COLGATE MAROON-NEWS MAROON-NEV\/S I f pho10 hy EmiJy ~on Raider Arrested After Assaulting Oregon Duck 'Gate Community Appalled by Mascot's Acts . It happens every day. We sit sec endless scenes of violence, de• ages no doubt pen-urb us viewers. :at por:uily assuage our fears. Well, ladies and gc,n dcmcn, that includes a vicious row between Oregon Duck was seen pandering present on scene tritd 10 pull
vows to lA,;a.filln believer in democncy, a prolongul
· conrcs(betwtcn tw0 candidates serves co both
s h ~ their ability and their opinjoru and
stances on domestic and fumgn policy. However, this is no longer what the oontcst is doing. While the debates - , "Cf)' impon:ant
and helped to nanow down the playing 6eld,
at this point all that is being showcased is the
candidates' ,elativ< apleaves at best a 6lOUt cute in my mouth. 1'his
becomes blazingly •PP""'"' when debates become more about research into congressional
voting on topics that both the Senato,. probably did not n:ad and -,: simply briekd by
aides on the voting issue. While in some eases
this does highlight dilfcreno:s, it more often,
than not is just a game of pulling out indevant
skcl«ons from the closet.
Perhaps one of !he moot interto come om of truS concest is the clarity with
which it highlighis what is wrong with our
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e,sential primary, and when faced wilh the im- · Ointon's pminent demise ' of their presidential bid, the that he would rq,e:,J NAFTA ifhe were elected
candidates seem to be more than willing to prtSidcnr, kind of beg,, th< question, "So why
sell thei, souls to the devil. This becam, haunt- does it matter how you fttl about NAfTA if
ingly p,c,ent in the focus on out>Ourcing that you aren't going ro do anything about irr'
oc:cumd during the Ohioan primary.·All of a
Whether you agrtt with my position on
sudden rwo intelligent, progrmivc individu- free trade or nor is beside the point, however,
als dtcided that they thougl,t NAFTA. and by because !he purpos< was ro highlight th, caextrapolation the ooncept of nee trade theory, tering that goes on when c mdidarcs have to
was not good for OW' counuy.
imcnscly focus on individual sra1cs with indt,,
vidual
interests rather than on the ...,,di being
People in ou,counuy are increasingly growing towattls this concept that protectionist poli- of Amerio as a whole. Cs this a problem. or
cies can help ro deknd OW' ooumries economy should each state gtt ro ha\-e individual cater·
and labor rnarltt1. H~·tt, what is nOt \-ocal- ing from the nominees n:ga.rdless ofwhc:dlcr it
ized frin a 6gunrivc coffin to shelter it from change. Climon step out of the r.tct? Finally. wfut
What are we going co do when we 6nally lift w0tJd the dfcas of the IR:mocr.u:s com·cn·
the lid of the box that we ha,-. ploced onrselffl ing fo r the Democr.1tic Con.,,emion without
in ro glance our and rcaliu thar we arc sruck in a nominee ht on the tnjectory of the Dtmo-the ~ and att no longn a competiti\·c fora- crntic pkuform in 2003?
in the global marlm?
Nore-: 'fhc wt-bsire that I post thcsc-editori·
I ,vould be 6nc if this is wha1 these candl- :US to is callai \\'\VW.mini·polis.com.
yttrs be-cause the governme,m of the host Hollywood Ha.rs use the Oscars for politi~
the UN).
In l 980, the United States and much n:nion employs harsh polices.
cal purposes. so why should we allow it
C£uu/20/0
of the Western world united to protest the
By sending our athletes, we give them to happen in spons? Take the politics out
summer games in Moscow in ftSponsc to a chance to perform, celebrate a?mazing of the Olympics, and let make a showing
China, or rather the Chinese govern· the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. That human achievement and engagt: with of good will amongst nations by sending
mc111. takC$ a 101 or reprehensible actions. didn't make the USSR pull out. It only ag- athletes from all over the world, ~rhaps teams from around the world to panici·
From sweat shops to repression of rdigious gregated the already advcne relations be- they can have interesting dialogue about ~ate together in Beijing.
the circumstances in China' or around the
US and So.viet Union.
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frt.'t.-doms, there is no doubt that human tween tbc
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If the US, or a l{rgc gtoup of nations! world. But let's
rights are not guaranteed to the people of
C hina. Nearly a century of violent struggle were ro boycott the 2008 Olympia: it not charge the
to main1ain h<."gernony over 1iber certainly would have no effect. Many nations have competitors with
S("rvCS as a.n example of this. Given this con• • ircady publicly condcm.y,ro China for the job pf export-:.
abusing human right~, but iLhas nor foroel ing American vaJ1<.-xt, many ac,ivisrs have begun calling for a
boycon of the upcoming Olympic Games change. Neither will an Olympic boycott; ues while at the
in Beijing. Though the EU recently votagainst panicipa1ing in a boycon, the pro· world scaJe, but h doe.m't mandate compli- nor what these
tests aga.inst this summer's games are srill ance. China won't suffer if rhe US doesn't games are about.
gaining followers. Before all of you pro• compete, it won't moti~te them to change For two weeks
test hungry hippies go join the movcmcn1, policy beau~ it doesn't offer any economic let's put political
think abou1 the pointlessnw of a boycon. or military incentive. C hina b not going to differcnC.C$ aside
"'lhcrc is nothing noble or bendic.i-a.l abou1 recogniu Tibet as a sovereign nation be... and break down
cause a bunch of sprinters pull out of the the barriers beproccsting the Olympics.
tween nations in
Obviously, as a frecdom-loviog Ameri- hundred meter dash.
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might,
however,
hun
the
US.
We're
the true Olympic
can, I disagree with China's lack of human
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rightS. In f.tct, a lot of effort goes imo each nor exacdy Jo..,ed around the world right spirit. If in the
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mall trip to c:n:,ure tha1 I don't purchase now, and another action chat shows we course of that we
clothing made in China. Wage fabor laws don't w.mt to cooperate and interact with can restorc some
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other
n:nions
of
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~orld
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to
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of
the
prestige
and
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hon~.t; \hp. u.scd to ·
they arc, they don't btnefit tht workers restore favor tow.ard Auiqic.a.
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Furthermore, it isn't .fa.it to the\ thlc,es 1 ., 1 be a.ssociatCQ wil)l 1 .•
enough. Condition., in many factories arr
appaJling, und reminisccm •of the 1830s . How many kids have 4~c-imt about win- the US,0,1 then
Lowell Tc..-.xtlle MiJls. But rha1 iso't going 10 ning a Gold Medal? Olympic athlet~ arc that w\11 go JTl,l;JC~ 11 ,., .,. 1 :
,toward
change if the USA sitS ou1 o( rhe Beijing the bcn of the bes~, ~'l~, rhey're th:u way further
becauu: of years of training, and working aiding our abilicy
Olympics.
Sports should be apolitical! The whole hard to achieve Olympic goals. AJso, with to defend human
vision of the Olympic Games i,s to pro- the level of competition today, few athletes rights worldwide
mote imernational coopcr:uion utd 10 can stick around long enough to com~te than sitting on
unite the human r.ace and celebrate great in multiple Olympics, 50 for many athletes the sidelines con· PROTESTING THE 80YCOl1': There's been lot.s of talk
achic..,cmcnt in athletics. Just because the Beijing maybe their only opponunity. It dcmning the na- about the U.S. boycotting the Olympics in order to protest
Olympics ,a{e on 1J1e world ,s1age d~p't . !sn't fair ',<:>:?~ny thew 1,~cir chance co ~!'l; , tion,s t~t.. dcc.ide China's ignorance of human rights. However, boycotting
».? ., to .... e~n,c,parc. ., ':"~u}_d
fo political, 1imensi6Q tp th~ p1ympics that is
make i1 a ..-cqiµc (qr colUurics and qrga- ' pcrc bc,;auso of politic,J,?ims thot
niutlons tQ, voice their griev:tnces. 1bC{e bc.aring o,ri their spon ..lt isp'c rcasonablq to Everypq~ tfc'A.,~o cfetnmental to Its purpose. 1pbma oouuar of wrigh1r.ttaa.II their efforts over the last s.exc~t>•19uu"age:d
)Vhc_n
arc other channels for that, (cough. f9µg h, new.ttc
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students today find 1hernsdvc.s naturally
inclint..xl towards ccrrnin lilxral idt.'.1.1.s. Cer1ainly in terms of :tcceptan« and tolera•
tion. our generation i.s gener.illy open: i, is
,liBicuh m shock us or makc us fed uncomfonable and generally 1hcrc isn't some,hing
we ha\'en't already seen on the imcrnet or
·1v. C.onsequenily. with the prevalence of
M·xualizec:J 1elevision shows and music ,.,id·
cm our cu hurt has become so hypcr-sexuali1.4•d 1lm1 what w.as once s:1cred ib pageantry
lowbrow t)as become 1hc norm. Such an
id<.-ology moreover has seeped deeper than
sirnpl)' afftcting our soci:al and politic:al
1 hough1s. It ha:. likcwi11c.· become part of the
111ains1ream ideology our time, a 1en:1nt
of our cuht1rc and p:m of how we look :mdcfinr our rdatiomhip:,.
\'v'hcn looking at dating in the 1950s.
where .,.l'X WJ:, ljl:x)c) and da1ing COlhiSttd or
going on JCtuaJ d:,u.~ r.nhcr than drunkenly
,1umhling upon onc.-;mother at the Jug; in
comp.ubon our culture tocfay i-. t'ssc.·ntially
dt.•fine,I hy ~x. Sexual :,cc-eptance, sc.-xual
libcr.uion the flJg~ of1hc 1960s gcner.1tion
.m• no longer rcvolu1ion.iry, bu1 .,cceprcd
as the norm. In fact, it has btcome a lib.era.I idea e.,.en a conventiona.l feminist norion that control of one's body means the
freedom to have sex wilhout consequences,
wi1h whomever you choose. For most o( us,
abninence in mrn seems to be an ourd:ued
religious notion, associated with a srnaJI
town in Wes1 Virginia where the preacher
himself will send you directly to hell if you
give in to those "sinfi.11 sexual urges".
Rect-mly, however, instead of promul.gating with religious fervor (though still
present for many), a new intellectual group
.:it Harvard, 'The True Love Revolution', has.
begun nd.,.ocating an ahogether new rationale against premarital sex ... abnincncc
not in the name of safety or morality... but
in ,he name of ,nie love itself. Love, the
holy-grnil of tfu~ 1960s, the \'Cry reason and
purpost of 1he sexual revolurion now associated with abstinence and figluing against
one's natural urges? Suddenly our liberal•
izc:d light bulbs srnn Rashing. But, what
about lo\'e? 'lhe true-love revolution in fuc1
argu<.·s 1ha1 abs1incnce is the only way of
really achieving irue--lovt, citing physical
and emo1ional rationales in waiting for ..the
one".1rl.1m1x-1ing scientific evitlencc, sigh1.ing oxy10cin the honnone women rel<.-ase at
birth, during breast feeding and sex which
cmiu feelings oflove and devotion in\'olun1:,ril)'; the group c
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As such, the very name "crue love revolution" holds strong implications. Docs the
free stx and lo"·e of our parents' gener.ation,
the philosophy of mind which we generally
prescribe to, p,e,.·eric us from finding love?
Has the notion become antiquated, left to
Shakespeare and Milton without a place in
modern life? The argument can indeed be
made that there is no place for love when
everyone seems 10 be on the fas, tr.ack towards success. Surdy it is 001 economically
feasible to have to consider someone else's
needs in addition to your own. Morwver,
suddenly being a bachelor has become
more acceptable, a single woman is no longer seen as "an old hag'.. but as an accepted
member of society. Yet, the notion of'love'
seems nevcnhcless absolmcly human, essential and integral 10 our very happiness,
'"it is better to have loved and lost then
never Jo..,ed at all ...
So, what to do? How do we weight 1hcsc
two contrary notions of humanness and
modcrnicy? Have we strayed from rhe as·
pirations of the free love gcne.r.uion, away
from John Lennon and the Beatles, focus·
ing more upon the 'sex' than the 'love'?
Given the ple1hora or books, movies and
songs ab<.>ur finding love. I would say that it
is h.iird to imagine that we no longer believe
moreover essential in our culture., a considerable signifier in what it is to be happy,
•money can't buy love" goes hand in hand
with a plethora of other accepted notions.
Howe.,.er, 1here is somerhing to be said
for this 'true love revolution'; for something that is perhaps lost. Why is it that
there arc so many self.help books on love,
so many e-harmony websites with people
thirsting to find someone to share their
lives with? J)erhaps to some extent our
sexualized culture has conuibuted to the
loss of sancticy, unintentionally de-valuing love and rather exalting the pretty
colors and superficial pleasures associated
with free sex. In turn, perhaps our liberal notions and have prevented u.s from
truly connecting with another. Maybe our
anything-goes acceptance, juxta.posing
freedom of choicc with freedom of sexual
parmers, has really ultimately led us astray.
Similar to r~e idw logy behind .. bring back
the dare", ptrhaps the implica1ions of such
a group can help 10 enlighten us in regard
to the practices we often take for granted
as ..,he norm". Is there a balance between
sex and love, or has our culture worked
10 almost completdy obliterate it? In a
hyper-sexualiud society, contingent with
the 'true love re.,.olution•, has abninence
become the requisite for finding love?
THE COLGATE MAROON-NEWS
of Yo u r· Fu t u re
8Y DEVON SKERRITT
a.. t(2000
spiring people, 1 have taken up a variety
of positions in higher education adminNow that spring break is over, 1 can istration. 1 am now in my third different
imagine that members of the senior class job in my career (if you don'r count grad
might feel heightening anxiety about school) and fourth position since comwhat reality you arc .stepping into after mencing from Colgate (if you don', count
walking across the .stage and out of Ham- two summer school positions). I have
ilton, NY. for junior,, there may be a taken comfort in a theory expounded by
similar weight of expectation to use this the Career Services Office of the Harvard
summer for a particular internship or job Graduate School of Education, my cur..
opportunity that might advance you in rent employer, thar an ·emergent workyour job search next year. Even 6nt..yt-ar force' means 1 should not feel awkward
and sophomore students arc likely debat- about changing jobs because thaes just
ing their options for making money or what people do nowadays.
At this point, I mu.st come cJean with
soaking up life in some enjoyable form.
Having ju.st turned the page on 30 years you all. While I feel privileged and forold myself, I think there are some threads tunate to work at Harvard University, one
of this u.ncenainry which I continue to of the mon renowned. higher education
share with you all. Cautious of coming institutions in the world, 1 am not sat ..
across as •mat alum,. who tria too hard idicd with my professional work at this
to reJare, I do not wish to downplay expe,, point in my life. lhere arc many facets
rienccs I have had which may diff'erenti· of my job rhat arc rewarding including
ate me from many of you. Being happily the inteUcctuaJ life, rhe benefits, and opmarried for nearly one yc.ar and having porrunity 10 travel. However, questions,
atcaincd a graduate degree, I have made concerns, and anxiety swirl around my
much of my rime after Colgate. How- head and frequently settle into my Jow..
ever. 1 continue to contemplate an almost c:r back - something r.hcy tell me comes
existential qucnion that I believe unites with age. I, this job the be.t match for
us, namely, what am I going ro do with my skills:? Am I c:x~itcd to come to work
my life~ Almost nine years aher gradu- each day? Am l consistently proving
ating from Colgate, my latest answer to myself an asset ro my place of employth.is pcnuhimate question is this: I'm go.. ment·? How will this position help me
ing for a run.
achieve my profeuional goals~ lhuc art:
1his seemingly unorthodox response big questions that I encourage you all to
deserves some context. I am 6rmly en .. consider in any job you may hold. AJ I
trenched in a rewarding career field} reflect on rhcsc queries, 1 am challenged
cducat:ion. Having rhoroughly enjoyed by the pressure these questions bear on
and expect that many people feel very
con6dent about their job and their career
trajectory, I admit J don't share this &ith
in my sense of pu1pose. 1 don't think that
1 am alone, and I share this thought in
the hopes that you don't feel isolated by
the forest of unccnainry looming ahead
of you.
A few years ago 1 rook up running,
6rsr as a way to get some exercise. This
fed rapidly into my competitive juices.
One dist.ancc race begot a longer one so
that after 6nishing my 6rsr haJf.mara~
thon (13. 1 miles) in 2005, I became determined to run a marathon. I am now
pre-paring to run my third marathon in
eighteen months. While J am proud of
this accomplishment, 1 realize I am not
breaking any records here. Others my age
have undoubtedly run mort:, futher, and
faster than I have. Ncven,h clm, I am
preparing for the granddaddy of marathons in Boston on AprH 21. And pan
of training for a marathon is practice. So
every week, and virtually every day of the
week. I need to run.
Now ifyou haven't tried it, running for
upwards of seven hours each week (cvc.n
with an iPod) gives your mind rime to
wander and potentially contemplate life's
many lr$$0ns. I have discovered that over
the pasr few years, achieving my mileage
goal for each week hu become a f.act of
life. Jwt as 1 must get up and go ro work
each day, 1 must also run 8 miles today,
or run hills tomofTOw. On some days I
go to work because rhc fact of the world
rhrough my narrow pcrspccrive is that I
10 pay bills (nudcnt loans arc a blC$$ing
and a cu rse); I need ro 611 my day with
some sort of value that 1 can achieve myself and even potentially bring to 01hcrs.
The juxtaposition of rhc-&c two rcspon•
sibilhics is a study in cont rasts. While
wondering how wdl I am performing~
I can most assuredly mark my progress
in racing one m ile iMcrvals. The chal ..
Jcngcs I sec in my job thc:sc days arc that
sometimes I am j uSI not sure how well J
am doing., or what ,he t nd goal is, Sul
t his uncc-rtainly makes m e yearn for my
how faH I hope to run to be successful.
While a manathon is a grueling tcsr of
physical and mental endurance, there
is a clearly marked course with a defi ..
nite finish line. You know when you arc
done 2nd you $elf.impose the goalposts
determining s uccess, be it ju.st croJSing
the finish Jinc or finishing in under a
ccnain time.
Admiuedly there is a lot of thinking
rhar goc.s on rhc$C days: rhinking ar work,
rhinking about work, and thinking about
what othcn arc thinking about my work
performance. While my Colgate education taughr me to cherish and seek out
opporrunities for lifelong learning, there
is $Omerhing simplistic and calming
about my running routine. A.II I have to
do is avoid the cars and pay attention
to my form every now and rhen. There
i.s a m indless qu:aliry rhat numbs me to
all of the sensitivities of work life and
rclaxc.s the streJSes and prcuurt: poinu
of trying to be a successful husband
and professional.
Life might not necessarily seem
much clearer to you in five or ten years.
There 2re externally and internally sec
expectations of success. While some
1 a.s pects of my life arc bencr than I
could have ever imagined , I srill find
myself from time to t ime wondering
where I am headed, what my goals arc
and how 1 will get there. Compared
to my fami ly. none of whom gnduated from a fo ur-year school, ( have
met many successes thus far. Yet,
t hese questions don't go away just
because you finally land a job. And
for some of you. your care<"r path will
rake you down windy, circuitous paths
th:;u m ight seem unfamiliar and ev<"n
daunting. I'm encouraging you to be
okay with t hat. On the best da)'S, I
wonder if I can make my job like my
running; if [ c.an be inspir<"d to do this
same rac<" bcn<"r, faster, srronger. O r
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will I need to mix it up, decide to try
som e,hing new, more interesting, and
mor<" challenging? When I cross the
finish line with 30 thousand other
fo lks in Copley Square in Bosron , I
might very well feel thar completing
a pinnacle of running such as Boston
STRONG10 THE FINISH: The real world Is vast place of stress and uncertainty. luckily, exercise habits provide an outlet is nor good enough. So what do I keep
to relieve anxiety and lead to a healthier llfestyte. While change In one's personal and professional life is inevitable, exercise working for! I gueu I will have to keep
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Note from the Editors:
"A Visitor's Opinion" continues to spur
reactions among the Colgate Community. In addition to this week's "Editor's
Column" and "Minus the City': these "Letters to the Editor" give further insight to
the cam pus' feeling about sexuality and
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expression
BY PAUL JERMAK
0-,/1()()8
prospecti\•e srudent. On a vis:it to campus with his son, Andrew Sanford, ..attempting to get
the pulse of the campus". opcn1wo panirular anides prin1ed on March 6ih. "The Vagina and "He Said/She Said• approach
the 1opics of,ex and gender differences cxpUcidy and candidly. Mr. Sanfuid extendemployment and pa.rents to ~ an impom.nt judgment, alluding ro the negative implications
of opinion similar co his own. Mr. Sanford's c.omrnem concludes in a defensive position and
labels his position as "'prude.. with ;a measure of"'scx for mcaningfuJ relationships". He states his
primary intcl'Cfl is one inquiry: "if your aniclcs truly rcfl«t C.Olgate srudenu' artirudcs toward
sexuality and rebtionships on campw,"
Struck by Mr. Sanford's strong opinion, I felt inclined to answer. At the root of dcbo1c is the con«nt of"The vag;,u• and "Ho Sa;d/Shc Said". Kimmy Cunningham and Erin
Bergman's artidc explores in dcwl the sexual dimax, coosidcring the female anatomy and the
circumstance of the exprriencc. Further, their article comments generally on the disposition of
bod, males and females during d,is priY2tC cxpcricn«. In the "He Said/She Sa;d• oolumn of
March 6ih, Lauren Mendell and ChriStc on criticisms of ihc opposite sex. 1hcsc ranged from the male's apparent infumation with spom ro the female's exCCS$i~
attention 10 detail, induding both male and female perspecti"·es on sexual experience.
Though some a,gumena found in "The Vagina" and "He Said/She Sa;d" may subo,anriarc
opinion with sexual specifics and discussion of liberal rd:ati<>nships, the valur: of expression must
n01 be ignored h is ihrough a medium of pcnonal expression that society oolo1S public opinion,
and challenges nom,s, The comr.uy, unfoundto overcome the control of racW-, sexist, and other extreme opinion, thus rendering society undcmocr.uic.
Challenging Mr, Sanford's arguments, his logic comains various as.rumprions of the individual. First. he addresses the motivation of the writer, suggesting expression should be restricted
to topics and text favored by a furu.rc employer or pa.rent. Under this assumption and without
the freedom ofexpression, :an individual widl potcmiaUy unpopular opinion is forced scpmtc
pc:rsonaJ initiative from action. Neither the c:xprC$$Cr nor Mr. Sanford cm ckfinc the pc.rspccri\•e
or":, po1en1iaJ employer" or "'parent" and proves this point moot. To beat a dcid horse, such
logic ~ulcs in societal stagnation as new dlOught a.nnot activate rtfonn.
Additionally. Mr. Sanford suggests sex ouu:ide of a mcaningfi.11 relationship to be defined as
"hooking up with ;1 stranger". He wonders if this qualifies him :u "'prude", and p.wlvcly attacks
all sex out.Side of"meaningful relationships··. In this example again, Mr. Sanford fails to define
"'1m.·omingfuJ rcl.uionship", leaving the imc.rprerntion of such a relationship to the personal opinion he previously discounted. According 10 Mr. Sanford's logic, sex can only exist in a meaningfol relationship as defined in his mind, fonher contradicting his argumem,
Lisdy. Mr. S.,nfoid worries the opinion, c,cprcssed in "The Vagina" and "He Said/She Said"
:ut! .. indic:1tive of widespread sh:1llowncss" in the Colgate com mun icy. Such worry measures the
irnpaa of"''lhe Vagina" and "He Said/She Said" on his personal opinion and indicues the de,.
grt-c m which he:, himself, welcomes opinion diffcrcm from his own. Funhennorc, Mr. Sanford
offers only one possible jUStification for the publicarion of th~ artides: a ·1ame ancmpt at humor". His conclusion discredits all other possible mociv.uors. and acrually. childi.shJy denounces
the only other reason for pobliation he wou_ld accept.
In reading of Mr. Sanford's concerns rcga.rding the opinions of Colgarc students, ( in turn
w:as motiv.1ted to continue disrussion, explore the foundation of arguments. and analyze the
applicotion of logic. Ncw,papcrs and publications have functionfomm of dcb:ll'c. ln the abscn«- of opposing opinion, such public expression would not only
prove banal, bu, pc,pcrua1e a society subject to the oonuol of ruling. or as impUcd by Mr.
Sanfoid, objective opinion. Instead, I suppon the opinions of"The Vagina" and "He Sa;d/Shc
Said" not neccs.s:arily as of mare.rial substance, but :as valu:ablc perspective. Have I sometimes
played the odds. bening tha1 I or anoiher boy will be ihc ncx1 10 use the bathroom, and leave
the 1oilc1 sea, up? Yes, J ha~ Do I love spons to such an c:xtent, forcing me to watch every gom,
of my favorite team plays? No. It is the variety of opinion th.at fuds thought, dcba.tc, and progress. In conclusion, I would like to thank M.r, Sanfoid for visiting Colg>te, expressing enough
imcrcst to pick up the newspaper. and wcing the time to publicly cxprcss his opinion. I think
( k"Jrned a new ,-.·ord today.
a- •/2()()9
Have I enrolled in an clhc educational insricution or in a whorehouse? That a.naJogy
may be a little extreme, but I'd like 10 get my point across. I've noticed this semester
that there have been an unbe.lievablc number of artides in the Maroon-News about
hooking up and having sex, My question is, why? Is chis what life is abour? Is this the
•breaking DCW$" at Colgate University or in the world? Js chis :all there is? l certainly
hope not. A few weeks ago, I attended a brownbag led by the WMST senior seminar
on the sexual climate at Colgare. As a result of the discussion, we came ro the conclusion that hook~ups usuaUy do nor meet our needs and we'd like to .stop having them.
Yet the only thing any student here hcan: or reads about i,s hooking up and how ·cool"
it is. Severa] of the articles in this newspaper have recently urged seniors to hurry up
and start hooking up like crazy because they only have six weeks left, After working
your butt off for fou r years to gaJn a deg.rec from a prestigious university, do you want
to leave Colgate with only the memory of how many random hook-ups you had,
perhaps not even remembering any of their names? Did you come to Colgate so you
could have tons of sex with other smart people, or d id you come to gain an cducuion?
I'm guessing your :application e,says we.re more about the educational opportunit ies
Colg,>te would give ihan about how many people you'd like to hop in10 bed wilh. Bur
which topic is represented more in our newspaper and our daily conversation? As a.
prospective student's father recently wrote in a letter to the editor, these articles arc
"disturbing.. and perhaps • indicative of widespread shallowness among (our) student
body.• Fr.inkly, I find all these articles about hooking-up to be absolu1cly appalling
and an embarrassment to every student here. Why arc the people in power (the writers
of art ides that :almost everybody on campus reads) encouraging everyone to participate in chis hook•up cuhure that the majority of people arc unhappy with? One final
question: arc you (or your parents) spending $40,000+ co go to school here so you can
have random sex every night, or so you can receive an amaz.ing education, form meaningful lifelong relationships, and acrually use your brains? I'll choose the lancr.
I
After seeing lase weeks letter to the cdilOr cncidcd "A Visitor's Opinion" by Andrew
Sanford, I felt t he need to respond. For those of you not up-to--darc, writers Lauren
Mendell, Chris Mulholland, Kimmy Cunningham, and Erin Bergman, were criciciud
for their "shallow and disturbing,. writing, and for '"attempting co be humorou.s,. in
their "He Said/She Said" and "Minus the City" columns.
I am often reminded by my parents that I am "'here for a qualiry education" and not
just my social life, This might be true, and as many students do, f respect and value
my parents opinions and suggestions. What I am wary of, t hough, is when something
becomes a judgment. Mr. Sanford, your critique of the Maroon Newspaper as revealing that we are a shallow campus is not onJy a weak judgment ca.II, but it is quite rude
as well
No, don't worry Mr. Sanford, you're probably not "a p rude"', but you arc a concerned parent that just needs lO relax a little bit during a srressful time (the coJlcgc
scorch process). Yourson is no, only going to be okay, but I think he will be happy on
many college campuses (as long :as you don't write such articles in c.ich one's campus
newspaper). College is what we make of ic, and if he goes in with the right mind set
and an idea of his own values as well as a somewhat open mind, I think he will have a
recipe: fo r a successful and enriching fou r yc:ars.
I may be biased as I am good friends with the writers of some of the articles you
claim arc "disturbing" .- I would like to note here that I send some of the aniclcs rn my
parents every week because I am p roud of these writers a nd friends. My parents happen ro rave about them, and for fear that you will quickly assume my parenrs do not
have high-brow/intellectual taste as 1 am sure you do, they arc great people who find
balance 10 be a strong suit :and candidness of expression, «pccially on such a young
:and thriving campus, ro be healthy, creative, and wc.ll~spoken- to say the least.
To end, I would like to entertain a few of your questions. You may want to order
a parenting book for "empty nest.. or something of the sort, because it appcart you arc
not ready to face rhe reality that your son will be going to college in a year and he will
be faced with temptations and a myriad of important decisions. This might help to
prepare you for the fact that you cannot sensor the world from your child forever.
How should you assess rhe quality oflife here at Colgate, Mr. Sanford? That is your
choice, and it seems you have already arrived at a conclusive assc.ssmcnt - but to hear
another side, from ma.ny students proud perspectives, Colgate is a work hard, pla.y
ha.rd, environment, and breeds a tight knit community which remains connected outside of Hamilton, NY. As for future employers~if they arc looking for someone with
a,n astute understanding of sociology, a n rong analysis of human natu,re and finally
someone who can transcribe such developed thought into a welJ•writtcn rcpon, then
my guess is that they will be quite impressed with these writers,
Finally, no one can a.ay if everyone agrees with the words in these aniclcs, mon
probably there arc many individuals who disagrte. But should this be a reason for
these suong writers co sit back and keep their ideas contained? I would say not. And
one last thing, F.Y.I. - many iwcnry year old, arc fairly shallow and of1cn times scl6sh
- which is why it's probably a good thing we are sclf-rcAccting. ..
Couwl llni...eNity
Way, t..s1-tt Jo f1azie1, A.sSil-tatlt Professor o f ~
Wellspring. Julial'I Bowg. Assistant Prolts'IOI' of Hk:to,y.
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In the LIM 1'60f,. Pttrll Gotddt, Auod.,t Proltsklf of
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Profei;w of Hino,y. Oftw Vtllvtrsity
The lntffNltioMI MovtmMt: Slud•nU,
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The RIM end ffill of an .,._,n11tional Coun~rtultuff,
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Hi«o,y. eom.11 U ~ y
BY JESSICA MOSKOWITZ
j
Travis O'Brien
BY ALYSSA PEREZ
M -~Nrw1 SuJf
and how students do many cool rhings
throughout their four ycan here. Usually.
must of them assume that such promotion i.s jwt that: promotion and positive
advenising for the school.
that mvd du: world, keep a 4.0 while majoring in Molccuw- Biology and minoring
in French, ND nUDlfflMJ$ dubs, voluntcc:r
and panicipate with a Varsicy sporu team,
an there? Appmndy there arc, and soonto-bc-alum Tavis O 'Brien is one of them.
Thc,c cannot
a frtshman you stan a paper a week in
advance, but when you'tt in all 300 and
400 levd courses, you Jwt don't have thc
quickly. You just gtt ir done."
O'Brien no< only has lcamed to get it
done, but he has also lcamed ro sue<:en't'n when involved in a myriad of activi..
n:quirc great amounts of rcsponsi•
~ found timt" ro ~untcer with the Center
for Out«a<:h and Volunrccrism Eduarion
(COVE), bur he has also scNof the Colkg< R,publiaru, and is aaiv,: in
Phi Ea Sigma. O'Brien is a student athletic
tr.tine, for the Colgate Vanity Soo:<1' rc:un
and tw been tr2veling with the team to all
their games and attending pr.1aK:CS.
..h 's bttn awesome," O'Brien said,
'"You can have a job with a lot of responsibility ht-re at Colgate sometimes, bUf
you might not be learning something everyday while doing ii. Herc (as a student
inn.a-personal skills and more everyday."
Somehow O'Brien even found time to
study :abroad in Ausnalia one scmencr.
\""aking up in the morning :and surfing
"'After going abroad and having sud, a
wonderful experience I alw.ays tell people
10 go. A lot of poople '"Y thty an', fit it in,
but you cm," O ' Brien said.
O'Brien wanrs to be a pediatrician, so
he will surely need his time managemcm
ht.""ad to Harvard University where he wW
then planning 10 head to the Wm Coast
to attend medical school. He will dcfinitdy
not be forgetting his Colgate root> anytime
soon, though,
the Dischords w,:re inspired to try their band at the same type
of humor, She said that while Monroe created the script for the
Aappclloou 2008 bst Friday. E= thoug), the movie was• parody, the Colgate Dlschords' multi-media performance in front of
a packed audience in the Penson Auditorium did indeed improve
the lives of the• capp,11,, deprived, as the ,ingcn broug),t their love
of singing to the masses.
Between the nine songs
the Dlschords performed
throughout the nighr, the
cx,-cd O ,11ppdl,, troupe
showed segments of• video
advertising the (t.k,) Cappclla Corpo. Jun like the
Peace Corps, the Cappclb
Coips is dedicated to helping the unduprivUcgcd. In
this ~ , however, instead
K,v,naugh highlighted senior Ryan Dunbar's comedic timing u a
key pan of the video.
"He's our go-to theater guy," Kavanaugh said.
Dcdc,d out in suit> and formal black dJmcs, the Oucbord singm
rocci..d cat calls as they took the scag,c to sing in berwffll dlpo of du:
.
Cappel.la Corpe video. As the Dioc:bords
'""I!, a PowaPoint slide shone behind
them, listing the theme of the ,ong. the
song name and anist, as wdl as name the
student soloist. .The 17-mcmbcr aoupc
harmonized and performed choreographed dana: mov,s, ensuring that the
,inging pottions of the night were just as
cntcmining ,s the video clips.
Drawing on song, from the '70s"Carry Ori' by Crosby, StUls, a.od
Nash-to the 2000.-"Either Way" by
Gusier-the Dischords showc:asOlng< acro,s a variecy of scylcs. 1he beat
in the backg,ound of Sawgc Garden's
'90s dwic ... Want You;' with a solo
and the downtown Subwoy
10 ,pread their gift of song
to uruu,pccting bystanders,
Annie Smola's solo on Milta's "Happy
Showing
off
the their voices I n ~ harmony Saturday night.
Dischords' acting chops as
cow1ay of'wvt'ac.a:,m Ending" received a huge ovation. Soph..
well as their sense of humor, the Cappdla CotpS video provided a omorc Kevin Gilbrd's solo on the Verve Pipe's tcu~jcrk.tr .. Freshglimpse into how the singers min (by running stain until some- man" was accompanied by photos of the Dischord ,ingen when
one pulls a voal chord), commune with na~ (by clwing Adam they were mc,dy fim-ycan, diciting • round of • .,.,, from the
and Ev,: near Taylor ulte) and conduct c:xhawtiv,: interviews (by au"The idea behind mixing the two differ.nt cypcs of n,ed;, was crebrut21ly criticizing a potential member's shoe choice). The video
kept the audience laughing, panicularly when the Cappella CotpS' ative, and it was really cnttmining to get to sec video clips and heat•
call from acrou the campus pulled one singer aw.ay from her own a,ppdl,, all in one show." ,ophomore Madclcinc ~ said.
Uving up ro ir, billing as an event that would ..take• cttpjHU,,, to
marriage proposal. The clips not only set the tone for the light and
fun atmosphcrr of the night, but also sc-rwd as a testament ro how the next level." Acappcllooza 2008 presented comedy a,,d music,
much the Dischords enjoy singing and performing.
images and sound, C:Crtainly oftt.ring something for everyone.
bad< ofthe room, and in one asc, mo,«! olf
of the ""l"• awiding their colorful ,kiru jus,
inches aw.iy from audience mcrnbcrs.
On Friday cv,:rung, the Calpulli Mexican
Dance Company pc,furmcd at the Palaoc
Theam:. Thcgioup perfonncd aoombination
of popular, as well as lester known, traditional
Mcx.ican mwic and dance.
This well•anendcd and colorful event
was sponsortd by AnsMi:x, the African,
adding clabonne harmonics to the mix.
Howcw,r, during one group of soogi,
called "Caminos a Aztl:ln." or "Roads
to Aztlin," the mwic:ians sat down. lhe
danc:us pl•y
Anothet oommon fca= of several
dances was displays of balance: danoot
mov,:d ,mootlJy, balancing trays, bonlcs of
alcohol or andlcs on their heads. During on stage, blew into conch shdls and
one of the wbalanced a tray containing
and Larin American Studjcs Program and
The dances were divided into nine
scc1ions, each representing a different
Mexican st.1te. Each of thcs.c sections
included three or four dances, which
weR linked through their prcscnr.uion of
a panicular aspect of Mexican culture or
type of dance unique to th.at region,
M ost dances ponraycd some sort of
cclebr.uion. Many told stories. In the
opening pieces. group«! under tht htading
.. Fiesta en Yuc:m1n.» 1he dancers acted ou1 a
wedding ceremony. The bridge and groom
stood around a pole. while female dancers BAIL.AMOS: The Calpulll Mexican
held ribbons rhar extended from the pole Dance Company took the stage at the
and danced in a circle.
Palace Theatre on Friday.
'"Los viejitos de Michoacln," or .. Link
boco cowtesy of npl.org
Old Men &om Michoaan• was a oomical bonlc of alcohol on her head, whik the
danttrs won: masks and w,IJc,d and danced
with canes.
Many dances were more organiz,cd and
traditional, raying on columns, ,qu,ra or
circles for organbarion. Som, danca U1whole room; dana:rs ofu,n entered from the
the tone of the dance.
ihc dancers' colorful costumes and
boisterow, well choreographed movements
made the performance enrc:n.aining for
all ages. Chilclrcn even practiced dance
intermission.
The conccn concluded with a group
of more well known, Mariachi•.nyle songs
under the title ..Sones jalicit,n.scs," or
dances wtrc some of the most vibrant, as
female dancers wnring full, traditional
skins and male danccfl wearing traditional
Company's symbol on their backs twirled
around the stage in pain. The whole
audience was clapping along by the end
groom baJana,d a single, luger bottle of of the cv,:ning. when the group performed
alcohol. Both continued to danc.e, whUe the the f'amiliu "El Juabc Tapatio."
other dancm stood watching and clapping.
The CaJpulli Mexican Dance Company
With a few a,:cpa<:companicd by six musicians who play«! of Jadc,on Heigha, NY. 1hrougli both
a variC"ty of ins1rumcnts, including guitan, performing and reaching. the group tries to
violin, percussion, trumpet and harp. The ~ Mexican cultun: in song and dancx.
The 24-Hour Burn
"
M11rH.-Nt1#11!1S"'1f
misery and f.atiguc as they imbibe copious amounts cofr.ce'. However, thoK involved in
last Friday's 24-hous:. burn took -a.decidedly unique an~ enthusiastic approach to the
all-nighter1-as they energetically rose to !£\ fl}allenges \fl, the name of th eater and the
crcatiYC." process.
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At 8 p.m. Friday night, actors, directors, writ,
J·
•
ers and crew gathered in Linle Hall to begin the
whirlwind of the 2-4-Hour Burn, a theater produaion in which a play is written, rehearsed and
performed in the span of 24 hours. While the
The challenge of geuing inco character.was dcfinitdy compound~ by the time constraint.
First-year AJyssa Peret actNI in \l?-irtrn in a Dark Room.
• 1t was a lot harder to fully grasp the charae1er in such a short period of time." Perez.
said, "'I had to jusiFirst-year C hclscGi Hoffman who also pcrforn1cd iri w ,q,u,, in a Dark ROOm rtpc.atcd Pcrcz's se11timcnu on the challenge of comprehending her character. She explained
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the time constraints on this process with a fitti ng
metapho r.
..The process of dt'Vcloping a character as a whole
is a journey of discovery. With such limited timC'
you tC'nd tO htt•line from onC' place to the next as
fa.sht as ~Hib!~.'- miss~ndg some cool demurs along
staying up t roug
e pcrrormancc 15 typ.,...y
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l e way,
omnan sa, ,
daun tingi those involved displayed no panic. and
Actors rehearsed all day S:uurday. simuhaneinstead appeared energized.
ously trying to memoritc their line's, understand
After the shows wcrt: cast, writers began to
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their characters and block 1heir movemenu. By
pen their plays, which were due the next mom8 p.m. on Saturday evening, they were prepared
ing at 8 a.m. In total, four shon, different pl'3}'$
to showcase 1hcir hard day's work and to ue,u the
wcrewrinen. Writer and sophomore Ben Hoover
,-c;;;;;iL.
audience to enjoyable 01Clange of comedy and
described t he writing procm as unpl:ann~d as he
drama.
explained that his play came from, "a random,
Four se.paratc plays were pm on: It Just Is. Wri,:tangenri· HOOV'tr1also ,crcdittd tho fiw:t that hC'
tn, in a Dark Room. Greater 11,an Onnrlfand Fa~
knew the actors he; WQI writing for ~d so, knew
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ing thr Pill.ow. Each production was dis1inct in
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their capabHitiC$.
. .,. ,.,, 1
tone and -staging; however, certain themes were
. -W ith a cup of colfoe (the.words "'Ben's Cup of
coincidentally common to the plays: there were
Life" scrawled on it) ;n hand qrt Saturday morn,:
undcnones of d~Jing w ith change ;;ind compreing. he spokt to the challenges the time constraint
hending grief in aJJ. Despite 1he ,time co1u1raints
posed to planning and writing his play.
on rehe.arsal, each play delivered an impressive mc."a'"h is always intcrc.sting writing whiJe exhaust·
su~ of polish and cohesion. and :actors gracefully
ed." Hoover wd.
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FEELING THE BURN: Colgate students work hard to write, direct and pro- pf'Orrunatcl)\ Hoo\'Cr and the other writers had duce a series' of plays in the span o f just 24 hours this past Frid ay.
gaffes with poi.st.
an excellent souncUng board fur their ideas: dircc,. - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - pho10 by lu.uiru.J<:rucn
1 he produc1ion.s served not only as cnrcrt:aintors were present during the writing process.
mcnt. but :also :as opportunities for writers. directors
"Directors could provide feedback in the read-throughs tha1 went on during the night," and actors to showcase and hone their talents. while simuhaneously·prom0ting performing
event organizer ~nd ffhomorc ~~h 'J_illcy said. p
.
'l; awa.~d~th~dcativc proc~~lt Colga~. H oover saw ,h'e- eve hr as affording ·o ppottunitits
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..C h p':?v,dC5 for , no,
f;pm~ctors and l<'ll!<
count. ~er described the procc:Ja.,fJi;n& ~at his words :tA!-t~ of-o~Cr di~
tors was by no means absolute.
't'Writing the play was a very flujd procm,.. Hoover explained: r !A1 ,, • ,,.
,
While pt:nning the plays wu a challenge', directing a)so po£ed djfltcu:ltics boc.ause of
the limited time directors had to make creative choices anl:ifdccisions for ,rhc:ir plays. This
difficulty, however, was ca.std by the fact that dircc1ors were a part of the writer's crc:a1ive
process and so had a scn.sc of whu the tone and vis.ion the writm wished to communicate.
Additionally, the writers still had an activt role in the plays a.ftc.r they fi nished writing,
because they were present at rehearsals..
Tilley, who directed the play It }II.ft Is, c.xplained that the writers had a continued importancc at tthca.rsa.Ls.
"They (the writcn) have a bener sen~ of the tone. They talked to actors about their
show (and) characters' motivations," Talley said.
The w riters' presence certainly helped actors deal with the challenge of famil iarizing
themsclvc.s with their characters in such a short period of time. Actress and first-year Francesca Gallo, who performed in writer Ben Hoover's Grratrr 71,an 011mlf, explained the
bcne61 of being able to discuss her character.
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Colgate), Hoover said.
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Actor and junior Allison;Sa.lewski reiterated thb poinu
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..Often actors get h1uch of the attention in theartr, but the writer, on c.ampus arc able
to highlight their craft in the 24-Hour Burn," SalcwslThe wholly organic process of the 24-Hour Burn also makes it invaluable 10 promoting
the performing ans at Colgate: students create each aspect of the performance and sec the
results of their efforts in a polished final product.
"Ir's imponant because it involves every pan of theater," Tilley said, affirming the
event's worth.
"Theater is about expression, and in 24-H our Burn, Colga1e students arc allowed co
conceive of :and advertise their own thoughts instead of caning their interpretation on
those of othC'rs," Hoff'man said, aptly summing up the production's value for theactr
on campus.
For those who got to expcricnct any aspec-t of the 24-Hour Burn. Hoffman's words ring
true: whether you were a part of rhe all-nightcr, or simply came 10 enjoy the hnaJ products,
the 24-Hour Burn provided thrills in :an aunospherc charged with an exhilarating energy.
Saturday Nite Music Series
BY )AIME COYNE
AssiJJ111tt ComrnmlN? Llit'1,.
Canal Coffee Company's Saturday Nite Music S.ries, The
members of Fetish Lane arc John £dick on guitar, Ken
Held on guitar, Brian O'Connell on innumcrab!C' insnuments, Darrin Trass on the fiddle, Ed Gliha on bass and
Israel LorimC'r on pcrrussivcs. One of chc band mC'mbcrs
i.s a Colg:.ate staff membcrl Look for the licen~ plate. "The
band has a country-folk sound, and quickly inspired a laidback atmosphere. E.lch member of the group was wearing
a unique hat, and they 'o ften broke out into li1tlC' dances.
in Amcrie2n history, cspcci:a.lly when audience members
started dancing as well.
1 he music was energizing and upbeat, with many perfectly hannoniud ponions. 1hC' show was being recorded,
which was a challenge the band seemed eager to take. 11,ey
made many amusing comments, like saying tl1at they were
going 10 call themselves the Hillbilly Disco Boys from now
on. Also. to describe one of their songs. they asked, "Ever
had a girlfriend and find out she was everyone's girlfriend
before you?" As well a.s being humorous. the response to
this question seemed to be an overwhelming '>'t'.b-.' 3,uggcs-ting 1h:n their songs touch on subjects chat rdate ,o many
spoke ~bout rc.-stlcssne.ss or the search for peace of minJ.
In addition tO their original 3,ongs, Fetish Lmc pi::rfomwd
Old Crow Medicine Show's .song .. \'a crowd-rousing encore, covered "Why Don't \'(/c,· Do It in
,he Road?' by '[he Beatles,
Overall, it w.u a grc,u )how by .1 cltJrly tJkntc.·d group.
Fetish Lane displayed skill in playing their instrum~·,u,,
~nd harmonization. However, it wa:. almost Jlwap difficult rn undct')tomwc.-akened their perforinance. Still. it wa~ a highly enjoyable concert, recommending Fetish Lane: to Jny country
or folk fans.
jazz Meets Classical
6Y DERYN VARNEY
his chin .u if to follow the fragrance ofVolkcr's classical
Next, Volker also performed a piece of his own com•
Colga1c Memorial Chapel at 3:30 p.m. on Sun-
that his performance on Sunday was che
debut performance of his second verThe c-vc.:m was litlcd '"Six Sirings, Two Srylcs: Jazz
sion of the piece. It cnded with a rhythMeeu C lassical." However, the total number of
}
mic smack ofVolkcr's hand against his
strings pr<.-scm must have exceeded twemy, inwooden guitar, and then Balestra and
eluding the strings of Assistant rr-ofcssor of Music
Colabcllo performed again.
Mark Volkcr's acoustic guitar. Chris Colabcllo's
Afrerward, Teacher of Voice Alyssa
string bass and the tlnee gunars of Colgate's
Volker joined Mark Volker, who had
·1C!'achcr of Guitar Rick Balestra.
returned to the chapel stage once more.
Balestr:aand Colabello opened the p<"rformance,
Another insuuctor at Colgate Univerwhich lasted about rwo hours, on electric guitar
sity and the wife of Professor Mark
and string bass, respectively. Together th<--y played
Volker, she sang while he s-uummed
three smooth j.11..1. pieces puncmaced by the syncoseveral tr!lditional folk songs from the
pated beats that characterize ja1.z music. On stage,
United Kingdom.
the musicians alternated solos, cueing each other
At the end of the performance, the
with sly glances. Colabcllo bounced with seeming
audience was invited co the downstairs
enthusiasm a., he Je,n,d into his soring bass and STRUMMING ALONG: Three musicians displayed their guitar skills and
area of the Chapel for refreshments.
plucked its strings, which were almost as ta.JI as he wowed audience membe rs by performing pieces of both jazz a~'d classical
Mark Volker $at with his family at a
was, so that they butted. Balc"'
long ,able, chaning with one girl from
,he pair. nestled on a stool wi,h his clccnic guirar. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - p h , o , o couucsy of :ubntlceo;ucpubllJhing.ttlm rhe audiCJ1Ce, while two more audience
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'l\vo morc guitars and one empty guitar stand formed a
About fifteen minutes later, Volker s'tcpped off the stage ' members c'onvcrscd at the O(>pOsi,c end of the room.
backdrop 10 die scene.
and Balcsua and Colabdlo returned. Each pluck of Co- These tWo listeners, John Upcraft and Lois Lloyd, travel
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After finishing their pieces. Balestra and Colabello labello's strings perforated the ,riCmory Qf Volker's sooththe COigate UilivcfSify campus every Sunday from
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meandered offstage. and Mark Volker appeared a mo- ing Spanish lullaby. ovcrwhclmine it wih a·.-r~yrhmic and ' their home 1n W:ucrvillc. New York.
. J. heal$. Balestra and Cola bello
q p~riormed
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I I liked
' ' the jaz.z bcner,'" Upcf.lft Said,
mcnc later. He :adeptly mwigated his acoustic guitar 1a-u.,.
three' more
• well, of course
~1rings while he performed three movements from Span- pieces, including one, called .. From the Shore," that Bal- who e3IIS himself a music.. Jover although he's never
i\h compo,<.·r Federico Moreno-10rroba's Sonat ina, a esma had composed himself. Balestra took an opportunity played an instrument. '"That's just my natural inclina~
1raditional"'-iounding '·piece hcavily..., c,nbcllished wirh w.plug his product wjlile he introdu.~d theliecc.
.._ rion. fuc they ~ l p d ~ ry well)
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tudents inauendance. The hQusc lights went down, the stage liglus ,Vent up,\rfrg'inia
"'oalidon $trock their first chord and the concert ~ under way.
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Originarlng from Alc,andria, Virginia, Virgint•' Coalition
basement
rid, playing only locall)'. Comprised of gui"1rist And)' Poliakolf, k
"'and pionist Paul Ottinger and bassist Jarrt-u Nicolay, these high school friends ire bttn striving
o rake their music to new levels. using their most rcct"nt aJbum as a jumping-off point to
vritc mon- ~rious and insighcful lyrics. Their hard ~rk and dcc:erminafii
• have paid off,
they ruive grown into one of the be,, selling folk b•nds in the Unitrd S
claiming the
umber one S)X>t for folk albums on iTun($ for thcir·newaJbum Honu- • Yrm:
Known for their energy and enthwiasm on stage, Virginia Coalition's conocn featured
any songs from their new album Home 1/Jis Yt-ar. as well as several of their hiu from older
bums. In the songs on this new album, Virginia Coalition sought to ettatc a unique
und using combin.uions of the music that has influenced them as inspiration. Some of
heir music has a funk feeling to it, some is more pop1 and some is more soulful. These dif~
ercnt ~'FJemcntS and influences both new and old ca.me 1oge-1hc:r on Saturday night for the
and and for the Colgate studems in attendance, with the ..tclectic" mixes and varia~
ions providing something to look forward to in every song.
However, while the insight :and sound of the music itstlf did not seem to be lacking.
he- poor attendance did not ere-ate the exciting, oompclling vibe ncccswy for a really grca,
nccn. StudentS began headjng to the ex.it doors rclath·cly early. A srude:nt described the
,c as a ..mass exodus 10 Sikes within fwemy minutes of the band coming on sragc."
Virginia CoaHtion fun and first•year Damien Bono, who was looking forward to the
oncert for some time, was disappointed by the band's performance.
"'lherc was nobody there," Bono said. '"They started playing songs about lonely
wboys, so I left."
With Virginia Coalition flying up froin Texas to perform and incurring a grcar ex..
nse to do so. :.as the)' rt""Vc.1lcd onstage. it is unfonunau: that there wcren'r more people
here io ht.~r 1hcir music live and rake in what could have Ix-en a great show.
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Jate'90s. Mir meeting In their mwslc class atT. C. wi•ams High School, band members
Ana, ~ Paul 011111!,if anct JalNtt Nicolay deddacl to get together to fonn the
music as a release after his mothll"'s deatl\ tNmed up with vocallst. gultar-plllywr, by~ and pemnslonlst Oltlnger. wholiad wantlld to play In. band since he
-1Myea,sold,andvocallst, bass-pllyeranctguttMlstNlcolly,whowullllllftdby
his classical g u ~ dad.
The band, fiondly called VN:1) by their many ,a,., Nllased their first I W,um. 1lle
Colon of dw Sound, In 1998, followed by l"cMnlNlrg, tlodc and RoR AIN)r, OK IV Go and
LM ar rtw 9:30 Club. Their newest rele- wtl be Honw This
which p,omlsls to be
the band's most heartfelt sound yet. Signed by llluhammock Music In 2004, Vllginla
Coalition has done some serious soul-searching In order to come up with the different
sound and deeper lyrics featured In the album. and Is excited to promote It with their
national tour beginning April 8.
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~rail. the Whimey Biennial doem'r ai,r purely as art's super-functions u a kind of chedt-in for trends - both It's up. It's here. What fuhion week is to the Dolcc',ftd GUQCl-dad - . the Whit- -,Id. This )'U(. ir has t-n r
ney Bia>nial is ro us more punr-splarters-and-smocb iolk. It's finally arri..d, and )'<>Ung concerned with politics, addressing issue, from oblique or allegorical approaches. AnothWhitney curatOn are telling us ro lower our npec- ,-----,
er trend across the show pursues the idea of the
rations. Shouldn't your PR people have somedung '
institution not as in oppositional monncr to
ro say about that?
be defeated but rathsccnded. Artists working through this concept
London, han ra:auly suspended operation d11<
use their art works to explore ways of making
to che CUJICllt economic (pending?) rcceaion.
the institution more permeable and malleable,
E.:oDOtnic ,ludpry ba also put a choke-hold on
as opposed to an absolute critique of ir.
the contemporary art awbt, arguably 11Un«ing
"Rather than positing a dennitive anlq g,-th (need I remind you that "staning art•
sw1st" la only a pluue of~-11Hya passion for the search, positioned in the imraaui.re ~n,nce, mcl more imponandy, 1111re,.
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nano: dw iln't c..dmiwn Yellow. lfyou'ft been 1
~ time,• according to rhe website Whitneybicnwarc:hing ff,,_ you'd know tbar that mdf will
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give you hea")' metal poiaoning. You can thank
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A& far as con1emporary trends in art arc con•
me later for that little fun-in-the-bocpiral fact).
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.Iii~{;, ccmed, I think one disparaging theme, left off
Curaron of the Whitney Biennial have emb.--i
the list at this year's biennial wu "cowardly.•
mediocrity and talttn it u the theme to tbdr ...,.
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You might recall Colg:ate's own Nature Sympoeoty-fourth biennial to date: visitors ronmcnl21 activis1 anists were largdy impotent
and - what's a good an show without tbis oad
gardeners; it seems that perhaps dia1 cattgory
- fail11tt.
has transcended environmental activhtS and inThough a,, uo•IICCalful art show might fcctcd the whole of con1emporary art.
like a poindauigbtto bebold, consider tbis befi,..,
"The search• is fine and dandy, it can even
)'OU get on with your nay-saying: of the dgbty-plus IIINIAAL ILOWOUT A IIOlll7 lhe Whitney Museum of American Art's
,omcdma be interesting. But a long. drawnaniaq pertic:ipating in the Biennial, one oundout Biennial exhibition was a study on fallure. mediocrity and Inadequacy. The out exploration of "the search,' approached
has ccnainly t-n Spike Lee, whose HBO 61m oo exhibit. although based on fallu,-. was largely successful.
from every perspective, invatiga1cd through evapocalyptic-poa-Kauina New Orleans 1w t-n - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - I*""....,...,. of•Mnored a a must-- ICtOII che boards. 0th,, higbligbn indud< Jtdediab C.asar's bomotF blue bolls. Who's going to '"P up and give viewers the artistic satisfaction they need/
to the lefzovcr crumbo oi art-making: a display of a pliery left unrouched aiur wotking. Dill'amt moka for different folks aside, where arc the Chris Burderu and Vincent Van
coJl'ee cupo. wood scnpt and old ,odes praawd in ialn blod..,..,.,,.red debris ,o lonn ,culptures bwd olf aac:a of bird cboppinp; Sberrle Levlae an (or ar • good goaip)1
hanp a duome mold of a w ' 1 sligbdy-.lroopy brmm and lnJlmd nomach in Body
All work and no play malia che Whitney Biennial a failure -whether inrcntionally
Ma& 11,e only chlng dm ,0 be ,ni#ing fiom tbio ..........,._ of specialiy-BY NIKKI SANSONE
When I think ofJason Sadwn, I think of mindlcaly ..,_
lffllining action movies. I think of 1¥1rr, Th< T,.,,,,.,... and of
course Uw. BolJ'• dassk, fn riK Ntu.L ofrJ,, /Giff' A Dwrf,o11
5kireviewing. I think of mcMCS dw reduce my brain capociry
&om ia initial - """'"having cnraed che At last, I usually do, and ,o I thought would be the cue
wim 71,, a,,,.. .fob, • heia film based on • true story set in
London In the early 1970'1. Nevathdas I wu really surprised by the film's inrdlig1h, 61m Sffl the aag,e of a bank robbery seemingly gooc
wrong. yct o,ildly enough, fonunarcly right for the thieves
(including Swlwn) involved, after they uncova cxplkit
cvidaicc inside che bank ofcorrupt ollicials and dirty souls.
some cva, wid,in the Royal family. Wim a chalJcnging and
fut-moving plot, 71,, &nltfabwu one of the bcu times for
me at the movies so far this year.
Think of the film as a ,James Bond mcm the cast of s,,,,,,/,
type of flidc. mindle,sly entertaining on the surface yet far las
disposable than one would initially have thoughL The movie
really docs stick with )'OU, in ill cnancrcR, bu1 aJso in what
seems to be ia own beating heart; this is probably the single
most impressive aspect of the film. A& they say, "the whole is
ptcr than the sum of ii, pans,' and no truer wolds can be
spoken of this movie dthct. Th< &ml: .fob holds that quality
of cult-da..ic s12rus that will hopefully ring true in the fu.
tutt~ 'There arc, after all. fu- worse movies out there that hayc
aducvcd cul, following,. Let's bring that expertise back.
Furthermore, the film not only surprised me with these
already-mentioned aspttr.s, but aJso in hs unique naru.rc
· within the heist genre irself. I found the plot to be quite
fresh and new, something I hadn't really s&fo" the Devil Knows }o1,1ll Dead, a similar heist pk. Yet
the themes of govemmenr corruption in a foreign land like
that way, the movie was like a breath of fmh air.
Therefore, I nrongly rthink )'OU'U be pleasantly surprised. Thumbs up.
Th, &nk Job is the best heist movie to come along
Th, &nk Job is a very good film and a pleasant surprise
among the fturry of crap that has recently presented iisclf
in theatres. Kind oflike a diamond in the rough. if you wiJI,
or a good looking girl at a Su,r ~n conve.ntion.
Jason Statham stan as Teny Leather, a funily man and
small time con living in London. When former flame Martine Love (Saffion Burrows) tips him on a seemingly easy bank
hit, he can't help bu, say yes, cspccially since he is in serious
uouble with some deb, coUcctors. So Leather gcu 1ogether a
small group ofcons and they Set up a perfect operadon 10 rob a
bank on Baker Sircct. fa·erything goes according to plan until
namdy. a massive list of oonupt police officers that had been
rc:cciving funds from dub owner/pimp Lew Vogd for )'CUS as
wdl as scandalous nude pho,os of Princess Matgam. This gca
Leather and his fdJow ams on the hot list ofVogd, who wan a
blood, as wdl as Milicary Inrclligmoc (Ml5), who need ,o get
hold of the pictures before me media docs. On top of aH that,
in,- in the dang,crous antics of miliiant bbd< leader Michael
X (Maloolm's thl,d oousin's colkg,: roomma1e IWicc removed)
and )'OU have a compelling plot char unwr.1j)S into a chaotic
mess ofbcmyal, grttd and murder.
The bi@gat rason this film ~ , is genuine believability. This is for two JCUOnL One. it's not aninwcd. And t\W, it's
based on a auc Story. That', righ~ i, aH really happened. I don't
think the imagination could crearc a plot as inrcnsc as thc one
fearured in 71,, &w fa*- Wdl, I ptobal,ly could, and probably
Alfud Hitchcock. but other then tha~ friddn' nobody! I'm
callting real people, a real bank heist, real murden and women
with real breasa (I thinlc). If )'OU want real, it doesn't get any
more real man this, baby.
And did I mention thI know, I explained it in the plot summary. And I know, the
movie is acruaUy called Th, &11k.fob, but title, can be deceiving. Ever sc,n Alpha Dof. No, one canine in the cn,in, liJm.
But as I was saying» t.herc is a heist! How can you not
want to sec a movie with a heist? Name one bad movie that
features a heist. You c.an't, because there i.sn'c one. Wh(.n.evcr in doubt, rc.mcm~r that heist equals good. Bank heist
equals very good.
And who is leading the heist in this film? Jason Snuham,
the transporter himself. This guy kicks bun in every movie
he is in.
Don't like what you hear cr.·erall? That's undersrancbble.
You a.re reading a newspaper, nm listening to someone speak.
So tM real question is, don't like what you read overa.lJ? Af..
ter rhe brilliant review I just delivered, I don't ~e h°'""' this
is possible. In the wolds of llradi11g llai11bows LcVar Burton,
" You don't h.a-.·e to take my word for it. .. ," it's in the:itrcs. Now
imagine licde children holding up the cover of chc- movie- :and
telling you how awesome it is. Acmally, it's r:ucd R.. so nc-.,cr
mind. Thumbs up.
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Colga1< is adtod IO mnounar thot die Manhattan
Strlng Quana u, 1dlcl.noc will perform on lhunday,
April 3. at 7 p.m, in the Oaapd end then again on Friday. April 4, at 7:30 p.m. The Thunday n.ight oooan will
highlight Debussy's ~ in G Mllj#r, 0,. 10. whlk
Friday's performance is oompri,cd only o( Beethoven with
a rc«ption to foUow. Don't mils thac dusics!
Craving some good theatn:? 7N ~ . a thougl,t·
provoking play examining the cooneaion bcnm,n rand imagination, will run at 8 p.m. oo Thunday, Friday,
and Saturday nighu in Brehm« 1bcater. A porforman«
will also be held on Sunday at 2 p.m. Scudents get in fitt.
but gtneral admission oosts $S.
All memben o( 20 IO an: conlialJr invilClass of 20 IO formal dtls Thunday. April 3. sponson:d
by the Class of2010 CouncU. The fun btglntat 9 p.m. in
Oonov.in's Pub and admission is me.
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relea# pany. beginning 11 8 p.m. Local lyricia1 Ssnh Blue
will also join delaun:ntis.
The Colgate University Orchestra u n:ady to gt... Ihm n"
pmormance on Sunday. AprU 6. CondUCl' COLGATE COMEDY FESTIVAL
and will include works of Bttthoven, Um and Roosinl.
Charred GOOA DOUBLE DOSE OF LAUGHTER
April 4 at the Palace lbftrer. The show begins at 8 p.m.,
bur make sur,: to get there early to ,...rvt a seat.
On Tuescby, Ma,ch 8, laugh the night away at The
Palace Theater as f.unous comedian and musician Rob
SPIIING INTO COLOR
Puabonlan pmorms at 9 p.m. Chana! Goorebeak swa
the oomedy off at 8:45 p.m. befon: Puabonian, who has
Looking for a bright Wl'f top Into the ,pring SC110n? b'Int Hlndu Students Asaodation is hooting Holy Holl, thesiage.11ckets an: sold at the door and cost $10 lot die
the Hindu Festival of Colon. on April S. Head down to public and ss for Colgate Studcnrs.
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OonHindu' festival and pona1'e in an early dinner from Sahota
ASIAN ART
Palace, bDon't ,;,i.., the April IO deadline 10 register (or Asian
on Whitnall field. 11,e,e\ no admialoD ~ but Pfflld·
pants an: encouraged to gi~ donations, which in tum wlil An Study Day, on Saturday, April 12 from 10:30 a.m.
be donal10 2 p.m. in the Picker An Gallery. Partldpants will
ONGOING ONSTAG?I S?RIIS
landscap<, pie and tho narur:al world In film, highlight·
ing the materialization o( a modern mcthocl of lancl,ape A. pan of the ONSage! lfflCS of UR that1e, The PalO6Jmmwng and the hiocory of die DIIUIC film. Namtt/ lheater is ptoucl to p,aent the unique play ~
PlawCinema begin, on Friday, April 4 with an opening Nm,ais on Saturday, April 5 at 8 p.m. ~normed by Sal-
'll(isd..;- of spnlcen from Hamilton CoUrge, Colgate
lJnivenity end Univenity of Tau at El Paso ucl ~
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The Manhattan String Quartet
Chris Finckd, 'c:cllo
Bearer of our issues, like so many youthful offspring,
You have been cut shon befoic your time,
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We miss you so, you who once helped us maintain our sanitr,.
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Those days arc long past,
Not even ITS can save you in time for this issue.
As we cope with technical difficulties and extreme frustration
know that we, and the entire campus, mourn your passing.
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All are welcome.
NCAA bn.cke, began seeding in
1979, four number one seeds have
reached r.he Final Four. Despite
the faa that this is a 6rst-time occurrence., I still can't help but a.sk
if this was rc-aUy thar surprising?
Klln,as, Memphis, UCLA and
North Carolina we.re all powerhouses this season. Three of the
four teaJDs won both the regular
season and their conference tournament in the Big 12, the P.ac
IO and ,he ACC, which are conferences in the country. While
Memphis played in the mea..
ger Conference USA, the Tigers
dominated their competition in
impressive fashion, finishing an
astonishing 30-J at the end of the
regular season. The four finalists
have a staggering 143 wim and
only nine losses bccween rhem,
which is an incredible statistic.
Another major reason the
cream was able to rise to the top
this season is that the two through
four seeds were extremely wc-ak
across the board. Two numbc-rfour seeds lost in the first round
(UCONN and Vanderbilt), Both
Georgetown (cwo) and Wisconsin (three) Ion to this year's
Cinderella story, Davidson. And
these losses were flukes~ come on.
Georgetown e.ntered the tourn.a..
mcnt after losing to Pitubu.rgh by
double digits despite the Panthers
only converting fifty percent of
their free throws, and Wisconsin played in the extremely weak
Big Ten. West Virginia soundly
defea,ed second-,ceded Duke,
and Stanford and Tennessee were
handily defeated in their Sweet
)6 match·ups. Xavier and Texas
had decent rum, but never really
tested the Bruins or the Tigers
down the stretch. Louisville and
Davidson were arguably the cwo
bes-t cha.Hengers. Louisville took
North Carolina deep into the sec·
ond half, but was unable to con·
tend with the awesome willpower
of Tyler Hansbrough. While
Davidson had a Ian second shot
to win the game, Kansas played
great defense on the la.st possession to scc·ure their birth into the
Final Four. Overall, the one seeds
were simply not tested too much
on their way to San Antonio.
Gi\'cn that all four teams ha•,c
looked so good throughou, the season, this is undoubtedly one of the:
m0$l highly antldpated Final Fours
in history. Whik I think that Memphis and UCL<\ have the poro play an epic g;ime, I fully cxpca
North Carolina to snw:k Kansas all
°'oer the b,.sk,d,all coun on S.nmby
UCLA is once a.gain playing up to
iu immense potential. With three
consecutive trips to the Final
Four, Head Coach Ben Howland
is hoping that freshman sensation
Kevin Love will be enough to put
them over the hump this season
in their quC$:t for a nationaJ championship. Memphis wu domin.ant throughout iu rourna.ment
run, with the cxttption of a smaH
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hiccup again.st Mississippi State.
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,', However, what's ~en most surprising in Memphis' tournament
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run has been itS free ,hrow shooting. During the season Memphis'
PURE DOMINATION: Ty Lawson and his Tar Heels have not been
free throw shooting percentage
seriously tested thus far in the tournament.
was third-worst in the nation,
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but in their last two wins over
nigh<. I'm sorry to all of the Kansas Ty L.aw,on and Wayne fllingu,n? I'm Michigan State and Texas, MemfujthfuJ out thc.-c, but &« f.lCls. En not questioning lunsas' prodigious phis went 56-for-7 1 from the line
route to San Antonio, Kansa.s beat offense Clpabaities. KU is the mos, for an impressive 79% charity
Pordand St>Vtllanova (12), and Davidson (1 0). tournament offensively. 1hcir cxpe,- of both of these teams, J believe
Add up the torol s,eds tha, Kansas rienccd guard pby and tmnendous Memphis wiJI need another solid
pla)-cd, and one g
St. M,,y's (16), Arlanw (9), Wash- think they wiU be prcpattd fur a learn UCLA and e:un a spot in che fiington St. (four) and Louisville (three) of North Carolinas caliber. Bill Self nal. Despite Memphis' ta.Jent and
for a 10..J of 32. North Carolina also LS nowhere near the coach dut Roy a,hleticism. I believe that UCLJ\
beat itS opponcnu by a combined William, is. The UNC gradua« will wil.1 be able to pull off a narrow
ma,gin of IOI points. Kan,as b:u-c1y have the Tar Heels firing on all cylin- victory. And if UNC and UCLA
c,capcd a nailbiter '8'U"" Dav;dson dcn when they handily beat Kansas do meet in the finals like I preand its one-man offense. How do the and punch ia ticktt 10 the finols.
dict. look for Hansbrough to win
The Memphis/UCLA ma,ch- his battle with Love en route to
Jayhawb cxpca ,o defend the phenomenal trio of Tyler Harubrough, up should be an incredible game leading the Tar Heels to the title.
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That .aid, Curry's pcrfumun"'if
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against Gonzag;,, Georg,town
I David,on in ,.~e Elite Ei;h1? Wisco~in "f"' n~g shon
our ,._...,d,!ln the Fin,! Fout?l ' ~thadclh&,H,le s«Milttly made
h e first two weekend, of 1he ny shot he took and »-cngcd 34.f
~ CAA Tournament have been points per game in ~ games, il
nothing shore of spcc,a~lar, as duding 40 agaim< the Zap.
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pie madness created~lhe ,pu"*it•, O •,U ilnaz.ing a, Curry was in ~
tecipc of a Cindercll,;going ;ia.nd the top teams holding serve. h.is questionable shot selection
paviwon, led by Stfaw its surprise toUln\.ment' lun''"fblit~ 1t,, from th.n:c) in the
Fome up shon of ,he Final Four, gional rrnal agaiM Ka,uas ""'
but the Wilcat$' loss ensured an WJkJcu:s a George Mason-aque aip
~ven bigger ,urprise. For the firn to ihe Final Four. Yes, he scored 2~
iimc in tournament hisi:ory (seed- poincs. But the siieand athleticism~
jng began in 1979), all four one- the Kansas dcfcnoos mad< him~
,eccl, will be playing in ~ask«ball's appear in the second half. He
Jhowcasc cvem.
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J Before we get to ,h~·-~dtt'd "of'ihl second half and ru, a th
Final Four in San Antonio, the with under a minutt: to go.
of the ,ouma.tpffi\> S«ph~n . th'i,.o thq _
17 minulCS of the half, ho
f:urry, deserves rccognjtion. Nof ~red a total of two poina ~
iincc Bryce Drew a< Valparai,o in hoisting abourd shoa from docp. For
~ 998 has a single player carried a the fim time in the tow,wnent, h<
mid-m-ajor on his back like this. w.asn't auronu.tic.
Whe.re would David,on be wi,hShockingly, ,he mon depend:
out him? I'll venture to say the able scorer for Davidson in the
Patriot League runners-up, your second half was not Curry. Bryant
very own Colgate Raiders, would Barr, the so-called "White Lobbeat the Wildcats. But Curry's ster" (he is White and &om Maine)
performances haven't come out of scored dtve.n points in the half,
thin air. He tofchcd Maryland for including a trio ofluge threes, ro
thirty in the first round last year, kttp Davidson within striking di~
nearly propelling the Wildcats to ranee. But as the clock ran down,
the upset as a freshman.
one expected Curry to regain his
Merely a .sophomore this season. magic. When he connected from
Cuny put up gaudy numbers, aver- d~p with 54 seconds remaining
aging 26 points per game during the to cut the Kansas le-ad to two, his
rtg\lW sea.wn and leading Davidson first trey in eight«n minutes, one
to 22 consecutive wins entering the sensed he wasn't finished.
toum:unent. Curry and Davidson
After the Jayhawks butchered
~ not unknown emhics when the
their ensuing possession, Curry took
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UCu\ has a showdown with
take it, then it ruu , 'Xi,cmph_is jlOd their star freshman.
to be the White Oc:rrick Rose, in San Antonio. The
Lobster. a pure Tigers also escaped a second round
shooter who did buu.cr·beating attempt, thi.$ one
his bc.1 Curry by Mississippi State. on the road
impersonat ion to the final Four. 1hat game ~as
in the pressure- dominated by Memphis, but their
packed
s«:ond dismal free throw shooting nearly
bt'f, Bo~ ~las, cost them. R:inkcd as: lhe thirdDavidson failed worst free.throw shooting team in
lO run iu offen.se
Oi-ri6.ion I, Mt.mphis' free throw
in those closini • shOOring w.u under 60% entering
~ond.,
pan- the tournament and couJd prove
icked and had the costly in a close contest with UCI.A
wrong man ~e or in the champion.ship g~me. .
a terrible shot. h
The only team }fl to suffer a seriwas a sad conclu- ow SCll'C is Nonh Carolina. The Tar
·sion to a remark- Hcds rolled through the first rwo
able run.
, rounds. putting up an astounding
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v•TIUWn s 1UU, 22 I' poinrs. Their Sweet 16 c:ont~ . enabled ~ Washington Swe was the ulhistory (0 be mad< tirnace contrast in styles. as the C.Ouin San Antonio this gm tried ro slow down the UNC at-'dc. but the Tar Heels still C\"iscd lo
CLOCK STRIKES TWELVE: Stepl)!n Curry a nd
one-seeds will vi< an tasy 2 l -point victory. In their fin,
Davidson fell Just short of the Final Four.
for the National rcaJ test since the ACC Champion~
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The Jayh,wlts may pla)-cd a vny talented and ,ough Louthe ball up the Aoor with the final seo- have survived a bu:p.cr-bc:ucr to ad- isviUc team in the fJfre Eight. Paced
onds dwindling away. Bm why wasn't vance. but they were not the only top by 28 points and 13 boonls by 1ylcr
Jason Rich:uds, ,he nation's leader is s«"d to be taken to the limit.
Hansbrough, the National Player of
a,sists, handling the ball? Why wasn't
UC u\, led by fushman Kevin the Year, the Tar Heels won 83-73 10
Cuny planning to come offofascreen Love, survived a sarc from nine--Sttd advantt to the Final l~ur.
to hit the game~winncr? Inexplicably, Texas A&M in lhc second round, as
1hcrc is no undcscr'\ ing or sur·
Curry walked slowly up the floor. the Aggie, ooughed up an eight•point prise- tom in the 2008 Fi.nal Four; al]
couJdn't crc:are scparation1and pa.ued lead with undtt nine minutes rtmain- of the tea.ms were :unong d,c nation's
,he rock to Richards. who heaved a ing. Down two with twd\•e s«onds dite throughout the season. It's going
twcnty-6ve footer that thudded off' left, the Aggie,, much like David..,n, to be an unbelievable Y.-«ol.:end in San
,he backboard a, time expired.
butcher«! their final 1~on and Antonio as the first ~me begins a,
When you have Curry. the most lost the heanbrt"akcr. After that $CUC, 6:07 S.tutdangerous shooter in the sport, the Bruins cmiscd past Wes,cn1 Ken- the record, Kansas over UCL\ in the
how docs he not take the shot? tucky a.nd ~vier en route to their Championship Game, 81 -78.
THE C OLGATE MAROON-NEWS
BY MIKE MCMASTER
M11rtHlf·Nnt11 Sulf
Mees. a team dl.it many had picked
to win the Workl Series last year,
finished tht staSOn by losing more
ga,nc, than most f.uu can b
uauo ns, neither the Yanktt.S nor
the Red Sox were able to reach an
agreement with the Twins, and it
seemed that Johan Santana was
going to fall through the cucks.
Then, Minaya sei·i cd his op-
This is a ream that is nowhere
near as nrong as 01her teams
atop the American league, and
there arc major holes in its highly
over-rated lineup.
to have baning third, but there is
no reason to believe he will be any
better this year.
Many Men fans would like to
and eight spots in the line- up, ex..
pcct to sec that RBI number even
lower rhi.s year. Meanwhile, Jeter
hit .322 with the same number
Even :u age 33, JcH~r ~ much
last year than Reyes was to che
Mets. I cannot understand
why Mets fans gee so excited
the 2007 season was made. some
players hid their heads in shame.
whik- othe-n: st:an-d out o nto the
fid00\v far under the mwd 1hey hid,
o r how interudy tht'Y stared down
1he chalk on the firsi 00,K' line,
the roul1 was the S.lme. 1 he New
York Meu mi5$(.'(I the postseawn.
lWcnry-one )'Cars after a
slow rolling grounder trickled
hetwct"n his legs and imo righ1fidd, Bill Buckner was able
Of course, Santana will be
pitching staff. that fuct is un·
deniable. If Santana was able to
post the numbers he did in the
American league, he sho uld
have no problems in the inferior National League. But the
rest of the sr.iff still nc«ls to
suetch list year, and all the
same guys are back this year.
Starting pitcher Pedro Mu·
tin~ may not have been tht
problem la.st year, but he is get•
ting oldtr,-and it remains to bt
t.'r \X-'illic: Randolph Jnd Gt'ncr.11
.\1Jna~1,:r 0.-n.u ,\.lin,1ra were
ol ., l1tokcn org.1ni1.1tm11.
have not been lived up to this lohy title thus far.
Unfortunately for the Met.s. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - 1.,.
.
.son. ~[he rest of the Starting ro....,ro 1:ourtny o1sporcsprnruom
thmg, got wor\e hefon· they
t:uion looks to be shaky as well.
LoDu,a and 'lom Cbvinc lch
the 1e.1111. and the Mc.-t,; h:1not nude .my big "gning\. Me.111while. their crns\-lOwn m·ah.. the
New York Yankees. wt'rc h,ml at
work b.mling the Boston Red Sox.
in a hih;m \antan.1. After werks of nt:'go·
for the lt•ft-handed ace. Now, at
the our1et or the 2008 \C3~on,
many prt'~e:non poll\ are picking
the Mel'i co win the \'<'orld Serics.
The Me1s are good. but the)'
,an't be considered as a fa\•orite
co win it all. \Xfith the exception
of Santana, this ii still the same
te.un. The 1\lkts we;e favored last
ne:1r ,L\ good as Mets' funs give
him credit for. He did not come
up in hig ~pots 1~, year and his
best yt"an .arc behind him. \'<'hen
he Carne to New York. Mc1.s fans
expected him to achieve far be·
yond his career aver.1ges becauseof one stellar post•Stason he had
with the Houston Astros, Behran
shorurop i.s better relative to hi.s
own age than Yankee great Derek
Jeter. '[he fuct i.s that Mets' .shortstop Jose Reyes is an above•average fielder with a very average bat
on his.shoulders. Last year.he bat·
ted .280, with onl)' 12 home runs
and 57 RBIs. With right fielder
Ryan Church and catchtr Brian
a.s \'(Tillie Randolph, and PerCT. and
~lJine could not have been wor~
at the tail end orlast .season,
The New York Men may be
competitive thi,; season. but this
is the same club 1ha1 exhibited
the grea1cs1 collapse in ,he histor>' of sports Ian year, so don't
get 100 excited.
IIY M l KE NANNA
love this .. Us vs. Them"' mentality.
Political party lines weaken by the
day and political corrcc1ne$S has
essentially taken away our right to
dislike another person, but sports
a wc.1hh of mcJning for many of
us. To Ile.· J .SJk.)rt, fan is to be an
aficionado. evtn J connoisseur of
~ns. just ;l-'< peoplt can be:m. mu~ic or film cmhushsts. ·rhc- commJrum h th.:u fow pt'Qplc associ;ue
their pJs.sion .\, Jl1 admiution of
or 1:np..lgt•mem with ht-J.uty or ge·
niui., nM de) mm1 r1:ally consiJ1:r
their ,ports inu:rt'St a men: hobby.
\'(1hil..- ,po,t.s ,ert,linly gerwra1t·s
billion, of tloll.u, in revenue anJ
c.:r..-;11,, innumcrahl..- juhs, our \IW·
tie,' lmt· fo1 ,port1, gve, w,l}' b1:•
voml JolL,r ,igm. Heing .1 ,pon,
1::111 1, a trul\' uniqut' n,peri,.:nu·
th,u \Jnnot rc:.1lly I,\· expl.1i1u·J
with \\cud,. "io pll·a,,· t'X(U\\" my
unw<1rth)· .111t·m1u ,u 1h,u b~- liqmg the lO tl·a,om why
ally win! In everyday life. the little guy roo often ge1s squashed or
swept under the rug. In sports, we
see the American Dream realizcd
all rhe lime. Sports are Jikc an
inspirati onal
film
about
beating the
odds, except
played out in
real life. This
year's NCAA
•
rournamcnt
doesn't
ex·
••
, actly
dem·
onstrate this
unforgettable
run
should
count
for
someching.
the Awr,1gt:' Jo..-\ nuxlcrn-dar hat·
tldidcl. ·1hc tinll''- of .:II men ~erving thl'ir country in ba11lc arc long
gone. hm we can li\'e o ut our com 1x-tidve fam.1sic1 or conquering
1hroug.h sports. I mJy nc\'er spc.~r
anorht'r warrior ,he way Achillt:'s
did. bur I can cem1inly roo1 for
Joba Chamherl:ain to domin:11e
Ja~on V;iri1ek a, Yankee Srndium
while s1ill fc."t·ling like I'm pan of
thrilling life, spons
values of d«li•
cation,
of daily exhilarn- Brett Favre, is considered sacred land to all true sports fans.
work. hi all
1ion and drama for - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - p h o 1ooom1d)'ofan(Jr...an.com about the kids
anyone who bothpeople.
ers co watch.
have united people in opposition
8. Sporu reunite us with na•
5. Sporu .illow us to ally o ur- against their opposing teams' col- ture. In a day and age where most
scl\'CS wilh a cause, to actual!)' cue ors for <1uite some 1ime. Nobody people spend their afternoons in
about something bigger than our- can tell me 1hat hating the Evil a cramped office, sports allow us
selves and legitimately loathe large Empire, Red Sox Nation or both to get back o ut onto the playing
groups of l>t:'<>ple based strictly on is n't fun for the whole family.
field of years' past (this argument
That's why the NHl.:s dc-c:ision to
have an o u1yeou was a huge hit, and also why
so many sports purists are vehemently opposed 10 domed s1;adiums. Even if we :ire just watching
on 1V, we like to fed that connecdon with nature tha1 marks
our very instincts.
9. $pons foster male bonding.
When boys grow up 10 be men, we
no longer have superheroes, gross
stuff' and wrestling 10 fill our male
bonding requirements. This void
allowing .. Bromances" 10 flourish
everywhere.
IO. Sports :1llow us ro waste
txorbitant amounts of time. lllis
1-0\'C .sporu. R.ighc now I am ".1rit•
ing a spon.s ankle while following
my fanw:y team and listening to a
sporu radio progr.un all a.t the same
tjme. Oki I mention I havt a test
:a.nd a ttrm paper due tomorrow?
Spons are the best procrastination
tool C"Vc-r invtntcd and have prob:a.bly contributed 10 millions of
students worldwide &Hing to fulfi ll
their true academic potential l re•
aJly do n't know what many Colgate
studentS could be capable of
without them. What 1 do know
is that nont of us would have it
any other way.
llY SILL STOKLOSA
M111,w,,~Nrws St.tjf
into playoff contention last year
dtspitc a string of injuries. it ap-
Nn New York for years 10 come.
However, a scandal has rocked the
Bills organiucion, which resulted
in the Firing of Jauron. Jusc l;u1
night the Maroo11-New, learned
1ha1 Colgate's own Dick Biddle
has b«n hired to replace the b(-.
leagucrcd coach.
win g:amcs."
Bills' 89·year old owner,
Perennial di'-1ppoim·
Ralph Wilson , last Friday
ment Josh Recd w.t.s also
afternoon.
thrilled by the Biddle hire.
'"Mr. Wilson asked me if
.. Few people know tllis.
I wanted to come to Buffa.
but I'm psychic," R« d said.
lo for ;m interview," Coach
"Coach Jauron focused
Biddle said. "I replied that
too much on my inability
I'd love to, but I asked him
l
J
to c.itch a pass m ~ave- my
if I net"ded my passport
life, but Coach Biddle he·
10 come to Canada. Mr.
lieves he can· use my 1,syWilson 1han told me that
~ 1 chic powers to counter Hill
Buffalo wa$ on Mars, not
Belichick's hi-tech spying
Canada . Ht" then s1ancd J
equipment ."
to ram about the spacemen
1he Bills. who struggled
that wert" attacking him.
offensively last season, will
Then Russ Brandon got
nted ~, boost on that side
on the line and apologized
of the ball if they hope to
for Mr. Wilson's behavior.
qualify for the- playoffs fo r
He also ,old me that Buf·
the first tin1e in almost
falo was part of the United
a decade. Coach Hiddle
State$. You ~n imagine
1hinks the pieces arc in
my surprise."
place to gc1 the offense
Coach Biddle rc11lly
back on track.
didn't know much :.1bout
..Wt"'ve got a good
the Queen Cicy before he
young quant"rback in Trent
went thtrt" for hi$ interview
Edwards, a good receiver in
with the Bills.
Lee Evans. a phenomenal
.. I h:1d nt"ver been to THE NEXT MARV LEVY7: The Maroon-News
running back in Mal$hawn
BufF.ilo before. I mseen the city on Cops all the - - - - -- -- - - - pl.oto by Emily luwdoB- lint"," Coach Biddlt" sa.id.
time, bu1 J didn't think I'd
.. We just need a solid str:uevt"r actually go there,• Coach Bid- They liked me and I loved the egy and some more we-.apons for
die said. "When 1 got to Buffalo, I team, so I signed the contract on Trent 10 throw too, and wt"'II be
had to ask my wife if she was sure the spot."
gold. My hope is th:.11 we'll have
Buffalo wasn't in Canada because
Players, coachC$, executives and an offense that's good enough 10
all I saw wert" T im Horton's and fans all appear excited about the win a game in which our defense
pt"Ople talkjng about hockey."
hir<". They a.II bclit"ve that Biddle forces six turnovers."
Despitt" his gt"Ographical con- brings: c-:xperienct", mughnc.ss and
When :uked about ,he upcom·
fus ion, Coach BiddJt" was imme• integrity. The players on the Bills ing draft, Biddle offt"red no l1csit.1diatcJy impressed when he pullt"d also hop(" that Dick Siddle will lion about who he would drafi.
up to One Bills Drive.
improve things on 00th sides of
.,Though tht" additions of
'"I was awed by the facilitits, tht ball.
Marcus Stroud and Kawib
tht coaches, the front office and
" I hca.r Coach has got a rt"pu· Mitchell were nice, J think we
the- players,• Biddle said. "The tation for running the ball," star still net"d somt" help on deft"nse.
interview Wt"nt grt"at, aside from running back Marshawn Lynch I think we'll look 10 take Mike
Mr. Wilson constantly asking us said. "1h:n's good because if you Gallihugh, who played for me at
if FrankJin Roosevelt was alright. give me the rock we arc going to Colgate last yt"ar, wich our first
in the same- prostitution scandal
that doomC"d former New York
Governor Eliot Spir-.1;cr. Ironically, Jauron was Cli<"nt Number 10
in the New Jersey-based proi,titution ring, sining one spot after
Spincr on the clicmclc list. Wich
,he draft fast approaching, the
Bills were in a hurry to fill their
thought that the Bills would pro•
mote from within, but Bills Chief
Operating Officc:r Russ Brandon
had different ideas.
"Even a franchise with such a
rich tradition of promoting and
hiring people enormously under
qua.Hli.ed for the job could not jus..
tify prompting Offensive Coordi·
nator Turk Schone-rt or Dc-fc-nsivcCoordinat0r Ptrry Fcwc-11."
The Bills instead turnc-d to
,he beSt college coach that would
agree to move his fam ily to Buf·
falo. Colgate's own Dick Biddle.
Biddle poncd a .784 winning
percentage during his I 2 years
ac Colgate, winning five LC'ague
cities and going 58· 16 in the Pa.
triot L-t'aguc-.
For the most p.1rt Biddle was
solid throughou1 his inaugu·
ral press conference in Buffalo.
though he did make one slip up
when :ukc:d about tlu: tt"am·~ plan
to plar one regular ~c:ason game: in
'fo ronto for the: next five years.
'"I think it's great that 1hc Rill\
will be able to gc:1 u~d 10 their
new home lx.•forc they ;,c-rnally
move there. I rnc;m ii will ht.- great
to help txp,md the: Bills' 1clc.•\•i1don
market," Biddle said .
Dcspuc the mi~1Jkt". hopl' i~
running high tl1at Biddle.· c.,n deliver the fa nc; of Buffalo ., much
sought .1fter pl.1yoffh1rth.
"'Just gc1 us 10 the playolTs is
all I have to say," Bills fan Dan
Stoklou said . "'\Vic ha\'cn'1 been
to tht> pfoyofT~ ~incc: th.u srnpid
Music C ity Miracle and I \\',lil t
to bt ablt" 10 think about ano1 hcr
hc.-artbrt"aking playoff loss for a
change."
.~ollowing in the footstep~
of many BufTillo ca.)toffc; before
him. Dick Jauro n 100k the op·
portunity 10 give Buffalo a hearty
kick in th<" groin.
''Sure Buffalo's a nice town , if
you compar<" it 10 Newark." Jau•
ron s.1id. ..McGaht"e w.1~ righ1
when he s.1id the only thing 10 do
,here i$ going to Dave and Bust·
er$, J'm acrnally happy to be going
to the slammer."
Before heading off to prison,
Jauron will be staring as Skdewr
in the upcoming Sci. Fi original
movie Skelelor vs. Replar. Back in
Hamilton, the search bc:gim: to
replace Diddle. No news yet on
who the replacement might be.
but whoever gets tht" job will sure
have some big shoes to till. By th<"
way, April Fools!
Conrimud f,om D-6
The Duck a .urt"ndy h:as a broken
clavicle, spr>ined bill, five bruised
ribs and a lost sense of pride after
being beaten up by an cx•piratt".
Marrxm~N(Wlwritcr BillStoklos:a,
who was at the gamt", dC$Cl'ibcd the
scene.
.. , havtn't Sttn anything likt" ch.1.t
since Ivan Drago kJJJed Apollo Oeed
in the boxing ring back in '85,"
S1okJosa said. • sut Drago ended up
killing Creed, and the Otleft Van Do ..n alive, thank God."
Rightfully so, Raider was immcdiatdy thrown inco the Hamil-
w.atchccl with a careful eye by tht"
Hamihon Police Chief, Mr. Jean
Claude Van Damme.
"Raider has been a very difficult
innurt"," the formC"r Kumirc- champion exclaimed. "He won't explain
hjs ac6ons. All ht" docs is danCt" ana
mm·e his arms and stomp his feet.
£\'en fingerprinting was a problem
because he only has four fingers on
each hand and no fingerprints."
When a.sk,d why he thought
Raider assaulted the Duck, Van
Damme had an intt"ttSting theory.
"Well Raider came in here with
bloodshot eyes, so he might have
bocn intoxicated," Van Damme not-
an alcoholic, for Ra.idt"r spent a lot
of time on the high s.cas as a piratt"
before coming ht"rc, and pirates wt"re
known drunkards. But Wt' can't use
our Brc:nhalyur on mascots, so wc'U
never know for sure."
When rold cha, Raider's eyes have
alway> been blood-!changed his theory.
"It has 10 be 'roid rage than. He
must have gotten some andro from
the Club Baseboll 1cam.•
Raider's court date is set for April
12th. He is being rried for assault,
banery and a uehy co animals.
On a.mpus. the outrage over
the incident has not senlcd. Wide--
to the Colg:att" University a1hle1ic
scent", for the Board ofTru.s1c.'CS, the
Colg:att" administration and the Athktic Department have dee.med that
the nickname. "'R.a.iders," will no
longer be used.
"'We want to wash away tht"
memory of this incidt"'nt forever,"
l'rcsidem Chopp said. "Plus, che
tenn .. Raider" was 100 politically
inconcct 10 begin with. It is too
violent of an im.1&e· Fun hermorc. it
disdains the memory of great pirates
like Sir Francis Drake, Jack Sparrow
and Willie Smrgcll."
The Board of Trustees, the
C.Olg;ate Adminismnion and the
Ct"ntly me1 to dt'Ode what the new
nickname of lhc school. Names s.uch
as Rainbows, SFuizy Things and 1oody lk.,rs were
thrown around, bui uhim:ucly. th<"
school Jecjded th:u th<" name, Trees.
is the best 61.
"As pan of our cnmpus· driveto go Grccn, we decided that th<"
Colg:ue Trees is our best option,'"
President Chopp noted . ..Our mascot wilJ be th.at random tree that sits
d0$C$t 10 Andy Ken Sradium."
Meanwhile, Raider sitS ~one in a
Ha.milton jail cell waiting for his day
in coun. ~ Colgau Maroon•Ntw1
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BY PETER RAAYMAKERS
Winche.uer wa, dw fourt h p layer
to \t<~p onto 1hl' ice during ,he 011.1wa ~c:nator\· pracuce on foc:-.cfay morn mg. J II.' was ~mong the
I.is, to -.1c:p off the ice. 100 • .lnd he
couldn'1 -=top smiling. Since gradua1 ing from 1he Colgate Univtr·
,ity R.uders hockc:y progr:11n jus,
over a week .1go. Winchc,stcr$ go~
ing ICJ take full .1Jv:rn1agt
hi!,
fir~t 5hot JI pfaying in the National Hockey League.
m.1ke it 10 the NHL." Winchester
!klid in .in interview exclusive to
the ft.Jaroo11-Nr,v1 after the prnclice. " It) never going to b<' easy for
a guy like me, bui I'm p rep.ired 10
d o whatever ii t~kcs. I h:avc fun doing it. so I cooldn't be luckier."
Winchc.su.•r's NJ-IL debut was
fas1 .S:nurday :afternoon when
,he Scn:awrs foctd off .1gainst tht
Boswn Bruins in one of tht'ir fi.
~cna1o r, had .som t advice fo r his
rookie linema1e: and spoke highly
of him aficr the game.
"()b..,iously he's going 10 be
nervous, but I cold him just play
his game and do the littlt things:·
wdl, he's got prc1ty good hands. he
~ees the ict well :and seems like ht's
going 10 hr a gre;,t p laymaker. He's
really going 10 help us...
Winchester ended the game
against 8051<>11 with 14 minute~
of ice time- more 1han season ed
NHL veterans including Dean
McAmmond, Manin L.lpoimc.
Shean Donovan and C hris Neil.
In a game that ended with a 4 -0
loss for the Senators, Winchester
was one of few Ottaw~ players
who d idn't end up on the ntga1ive side of tht plus/minus scale.
) le added a sho1•on-goal. one h i1
and got oo the score sh«:1 (albeit
not in 1ht fas hion he would havt
took a boarding
penalty
mid-way
through the third
.. ,n warm·up, ob·
viously, I ~ s a linlc
bi1; well, I was really
nervous." Winchester
admitted ,
wasn't ntrvous a1 all.
keep i1 simple, and
do tvery1hing 1ha1
I had fon with it."
arri,..cd in Boston,
he w:u excited to
h
h
f h' THE CAPTAIN .. JESSEEEEEEEE WINCHESTERIII: Only seven days separated
0
:arl, " "'~~
'd' Winchester's collegiate finale against Cornell and his NHL debut versus Boston.
mates had made the rood trip and
purchased tickets to sc-c him play
his first NHL game.
· 1 was so ,ouched by all my
1camm:ucs who came and
w:uched my first game in
Boston," Winchesttr said,
"'My bro1hC"rs drove down
from Ou:awa, and lO or 12
of my tcammatts got tickets
,he day of the game, drove
probably
four-and-a-hair
hours-and that me~nt
$0 much to me. l've got to
th:rnk them; they're such a
gre.at group of guys."
As if his first game wasn't
' - - cxcicing enough, W inchester
H~tlcy in practice on Tuesday to form Ottawa's first
line. Heatley, who played
t\'IO years in the NCAA for
the Univct1iry of Wisconsin
jumping from college hockey
10 the profcssionaJ nnks isn't
as significant a$ people make
it out to be.
"'O nce you get here it
doesn'tm•merwhereyoucame
NO PLACE LIKE HOME: Winchester, who grew up 60 miles outside Ottawa,
from,....Headey said. "'There's
is seen here skating at Senators' practke last Tuesday.
.,, uon Ch·1u a ltUOn (Winch,.,er)'s here,
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ph010 '-·J
Boston. h 's fun 10 ,alk to him a
litdt b it in practice, and 10 get the
c-hancc 10 play wich him ...
Despite ,he fact that Winchcs1er
was never drafted, he never gave up
o n his dream to p lay professional
hockey. While he Y:llued hi.s cx~rienccs :u Colgate, Winches1er maintained his focus o n that one goal.
'"I used college as a w.ay 10 gee
better." the Cornw.111, Ontario
native s-aid.
course Colgate is
a great school, and I v.alue everything ,hat it had m offer for me.
But when I went there I had a goal,
:md that was 10 become a profes--
lowed that dream a little bit, and
l'm txcitcd to see where I c.tn go
from here."
W inchester was told that his
second NHL game would have
to wait at least a litdc while, :u
Senaiors Head Coach and Gen-
cided that Winchester would not
play in last Tuesday night's game
against t.he Montrc:;t.l Canadlens.
To soften the b low, howa,,cr, Murray-whose penchant for signing
undraftcd free a.gems out of college
Kunin, Dustin Penner, and Curtis Glcncross into the league-had
about the rookie.
.. J think this kid's going to be
quite good for us," Murray said.
"He's a young guy. he's not a youngster, but he's a guy coming out of
college ,hat will need some work
at th( pro level, ju.st nrength-wisc.
He's sman, he's got great hoc.key
sense, and hands, and I think next
our hockey tum."
AJ1hough Winchener isn't
eligible: to play in the playoffs for
the Senators or their American
Hockey League-affiliate te-am in
Binghamton, he says he's just going
to make his case- as bc,t as he can.
In many ways, his p l-ay in thC$t few
games will go a long way in determjning whether or nor Winchcner
is given an NHL contract for the
NHL i.s where he wants to be.
"'I just love showing up to the
rink and gelling with thest guys,"
Winchc.s,er noted. •They have fun;
even the old er guys art just like
kids, it's so cool to be of a pa.rt of.
Colgate ~ amazing, but this is a
dream. To have an opportunity to
be a part of something like this is
pretty cool."
6Y CAMERON T HAN EY
M•rott••Ntwt St.rff
tennis teams suffered tough losses
ended me week on a high no,e by dcfea,ing me i.giving both tc.uns' their fim P.urioc
League wiru of me season.
On Wedne,day. M:uch 26, the
women cravelcd an how nonh to
The Orange proved 10 be roo sm,ng,
:as ,hey swq,, me Raid<.._ 7-0. HowC'\'cr, there 'NCfC $0nlC imprmive per·
fonnancc, by Colga,e, including me
sophomon, duo of FJise O.Rose and
Samanma lnackfi,., doubles. Unfortuna1ely. Colga1e
endured losses a1 second and third
doubles and W
doubles point in this contest. Firstyear S1ephanic Bender also played
well, 001 loSI a heant,n:ak,r al ,ix,h
,inglcs, r.lUng 13-11 in a 5"pcr J,,w.
er after spliningseu with Tang.
On Sunday, the women opened
their Patriot League season with a
bang, as they cruised 10 a 6- 1 viaol)'
againSI J.,howed L..Ju: car< of businm by dominaling
me doubles matche$. A, lint doubles,
O.Rose and Jnaclplay solidly, as they defeated Lerughi
Allie Schwanz and Ruthie Furman,
8-4. The second doubles team of
sophomon, Cameron Williams and
6m-year S,ephanie Bender, and me
rhird doubles iandcm of junior Erin
Fenn and ,ophomorc J:icloe Stimmel
born crushed mcir opponent<, 8-2.
ln singles action, lhc Raiders con..
Unucd to take care of business, win..
O.Rose and fim-)'ear Isabel Rame,
usal meir strong bo,cJine pmcs lO
w,:ar down their opponents a, fust
and thin! singles, n,spectively. both
winning in m-aigl,1 - - Samanma
lnadtcr frwtmed Ariela Cohen al
sea,nd ,ingles with her monwow
serves and tenacious abiliry to run
down any sho1 the lefty ihmv at
her, .. she bested the Ldugh junior,
6-2, 6-4. Fenn also played wdl, beating Ruthie Fwman at lifth singjes in
suaiglu S
drama, :as she won her sixth singjes
maid, by defealing Voaoria Vityuk.
6-3, 4-6, I 1-9.
On Saturday, the men '2.ccd
Navy won all lhrtt doubles
matche,, bu, faced ,ough chaJlcngcs
a, 6m and thin! doubles. Junior
Manin Maclntyt< and senior Tyler
Dl< Nelms and
Johnny Wat6m-year duo of Phil Bcmasck and
Ruslan Gowsiantnikov also played
wdl, 001 loot their third do_ubles
ma1ch, 8-6. Manin Maclntyt<, who
was named the Patriot L<>gu< Player of me Month yaterday, plOYidColp!e's looc ,ingks viaol)' when
he bea, 2007 Patriot L<>gu< Player
of me Year, Nate Nelms, 6-3, 6-4.
The Raiders fared much bet-
pulling out a 4 -3 victory. The
momemum was on Colgate's
side from the very beginning, as
they swept 1he doubles matches.
who dominated John Bakar and
The men picked up singles
wins from the first, third and
one-point victory. At first &ingles,
Manin MacIntyre continued to
roll, w·inning his fifth straight
match by beating John Nespoli,
7•6, 6-3. Tyler O.Ck also won in
straight u:ts, defeating John Balcar, 6-4, 6-4. Providing the crucial fourth point for the Raiders
Chris Collins, 6-3, 6-3.
Both teams will hon Patriot
League foe Bucknell University
o n Saturday and Fairfield Univcrsiry on Sunday.
'Gate Crushes Lafayette; Takes Oregon to the Brink
BY EDOUARD BOULAT
M11.rHn·Ntw1 SI.ff
team has turned things around
by winning three of ics last four
gamc.s. The Raiders visited winless Lafaycuc last Friday 2nd
were looking to stay undefeated
in Patriot Le-ague play. Colg:nc
d id just that by scoring 10 of the
games' fi rst 11 goals on its way to
a 16-J I victory. First ..ycar Kate
within a four-minute span in
which helped rhe ream garner
a I l -3 halftime lead. The <;coring outburst was inevitable, for
in the opening frame. The Raiders opened up the second period with five straight goals. and
in rhe process, built up a solid
enough lead that allowed Head
Coach Heather Bliss to put all of
t he healthy subs in the game. Although the Leopards scored eight
straight goals to end 1he game,
victory wa.s never in doubt.
·The game against Lafayette
was a solid team effon: Bergstrom s.aid ... Everyone played ex-
saves. The Raiders
arc now 3-0 in the
Patriot League.
The
Raiders
were back on the
field. just two days
later when they
hos1ed yc-t another
nationally ranked
tc-am in No. 14/16
Oregon on Sun-
,here was a 10n of
hustle all over the
field. It was nice
to gcr :morher win
against a Patriot
League
opponen c."
Van der Mtultn
was outstanding
againn Lafayette,
scoring six points
on four goals: and
cwo auins. Berg- ..,__,;;;;
suom
finished
tht game wich a
career..high fou r
goals. Junior Mol-
ar Tyl«'s Field.
Ju:.t like ther had
previously
don('
.against n:nionally
r;1nked
Denver,
the Raiders were
not
indmid:ncd
and refused 10 be
pushed
around.
Finding themselve.s
down J J..4 with a
little less than 20
---...., ._, minutc-s left on
three goals ana
an assist. Junior
Bubnack,
and
sophomores Lindsay Pittard and
buclcled down on
both sides of the
goals and t hree
Drexel earned 1he main reasons why'Gate is in first pjace In the Patriot League.
win for the Raid..
photo by Emily RiwJon
everything
it could handle in
the closing stages
of the game and d id not allow a
score in the last J8 minutes and
46 second). But in the end. the
Raiders fell ju)t .ihon. lo.sing I 1-
''Oregon w,1s .i very wugh
loss." Bergstrom said ... We feh
like we outplayed 1hcm in 1he
second half and were \fCry close 10
pulling off the win, Our coachc,
were def1nuely encouraged with
our pla)'. To hang arouncl with
a top twemy IC3nt like: WC did j)
something we ;arc prnutl oL fhc
team atmosphere: is rc.111)' pos1"
tive right now,"
Three Raider) rccorgoals ag.,inst Oregon, i11clujunior Molly Curoll, farst•yc.u
Colleen Bubnack and junior
Maddie Kc;i,rm. Senior Jenica
Van der Meulcn com ributegoal and an assist. For ,he second
straight week. Carroll won 1he
Paetiot League Defensive Player
of the Weck award for her cf•
forts. The loss drops Colgate to
5-7 overall on the year. while Oregon improves to 9-3.
Colg,ttc will put iu undefeated
Patriot League record on 1he line
when the Raiders vi.sit Bucknell
on Saturday.
40 minutes:."
Both the men's and women's
track and field te.tm.s competed in
events l:ut Sawrday. The women
srartc-d the.ir season off on the right
foot at the Dick Shea Invitational
hosted by A1my. They snatched
four victorie-s and 18 top-6\'c finishes. Though the men's team had
some nrong personal performances and did well in the relays, rhey
coungcd the women's team, led by
Coad, Laura N:udclli. The fuur vietorios and multiple top-fi\·e finhhcs
that the women pulled otf arc a tCStamcnt to their commitnient.
"'It was a pretty chilly day,"
Nardelli said ... h's hard for the
kids co be out there, especially the
meet by securing second place in ihe
10,000.mc,er run. Sanuday was ihe
first time she had compct·cd in that
r.acr, and Marion earned a spot in the
ECAC Championship for it. Rookle
Michdk Milkr ran a Cl.ltt:r-best c-jme
of25.62 in the 200-mettr dash. winning the~- TeammateJunior Cuny
Koox took second place in che $VnC
raoc for 'Gate. Junior And= Fug;izot
by winning the 800. Another vietory
came in ihe 4)(400 rday. Sophomore
Sarah aubal leaped 10 viaory in ihe
triple jump wiih a penonal-bcn di,.
ian~ of 10.96 meters. Senior Elita•
took second place in ,he 100meter dash and the 5,000-meter
run, respectively. Senior Andy
Holway earned points for 'Gate
Natoli tied for third in the 400meter hurdles.
Next week the men head to
Princeton. while the women
compete at William and Mary.
ln Annapolis, the men still
had several no1ewo rthy performances despite t he la51-place
BY DAN BELKE
MtmH,. .NnttJ Sujf
last Saturday afternoon, the men's
laao$$C 1eam. fell victim a, a balanced and poteot anack, 13-9. The
the l',urio1 League.
Raider defense Slood iu ground fo r
mon of the firs, quaner, bu, Army
evenrually broke ihroogh and reg;stcrtd du« unanswerthe period winning •3-1. Colg;ate
and Army then exchanged a series
of back-and-foith play, wiih Army
ending ihe halfwiih a 6-3 lead.
comeback ancmpa in the s«and
half. bringing thc score to 6-4 before
giving way to rwo more Anny strikes.
The Army defense remained Steadf:.s1
throughout the pmc and consis1en1ly fluster«! the 'Ga1e anock. Army
6ni,hed the third quaner wiih a 9~
lead. Colgate evemually cut the game
IO I 0-8, but the tw<>p gap woukl
.not cloewnruallypm,ailed.
Senior mid6ddcr Jon "Mantis"
abou, ihe 1ough road loos.
"'h's always hanl losing Patriot
ll2gue sames. especially to in-scate
Senior midfielder Mau laJli w.as
in 6 nc form, registering two goals
and a pair of assists. Sophomore
points in the league arc crt1cial fo r
me Pacriot League tournament and
our hopes of gaining an NCAA
binh. The ream jus:c has to focw on
goab and an assist, while junior ac1ack Brandon Corp and Collcluori
bo1h had !WO SCOl'C$,
ihe remaining league point<. Coach
Nagle !us us focwed on Lehigh and
we won't disappoint in From of our
Lehigh Mountain Hawks in another
important Parriot league battle on
pb)'ed a, Andy Ken Sr.,dium.
'
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River in Phil.uldphia, Pennsylvania, the Colgate wdmen'1 rowing
team took part in ihe
Annual
Murphy Cup Regatta, which was
honed by Tomple University, The
behind S1. Joseph', . ,Unfortuna1ely,
ihe Ra;den '"""' unable to qualify
for the Grand Final ,mcct because
they did not win their heat or garner o ne of the top•two times out
of the runnen-up in ffle four wom ..
in lhe competfrjon. In the Varsity
Murphy Cup. However, Colga1e's
time was good enough fot a spot in
was also able to find some success
place with a time of 7:07.5 1.
"'It was a good Stan to 1he sea-
Ande Reisman, senior Ca.idyn two of their competition , finPerlman, sophomore Vicky Huli1, ishing with a time of 7:07. l4.
sophomore Lauttn Schmette:rling, Although the Raiders finished
junior Sarah Kruse, first#ytar An· second in their heat, their time
nabelle Glass, senior Yasmin Roz- was good enough to qualify for
wadowski and sophomore Alison the Grand Final. Unfonunate·
Pard1cn(coxswain) were all pan of ly, rhe Bucknell Bison won the
did surprisingly well."'
The women's ro wing team will
now go to Amhers-t. Musachu·
setts on Sunday. when it will take
on UM.ass, Columbia and Holy
Cross in iu' second compcdtion
of the spring sea.son.
wiih a final time of 6:53.58. The
Ra;der, finished under one second
ahead of runner-up Fordham. Junior Meredith Rcmmer. k ,nior
BY PAUL KASABIAN
C.0.S,.rt:t Edi'4r
down in front of our television
sets to w:arch the news only to
struc,ion and disascer. These im•
lea.st until a ccnain thought
creeps into our minds that ttm•
'"Th:u's OK," we say... Nothing
like that would ever happen here,"
something like that has happened
within our once,.invinciblc Colgate
bubble. Continuing the endless
stream of mascot violence that has
run rampa.nr across this country
like the Bubonk Plague. our very
own school mascot, Raider, vi..
ciously and brutaJJy attacked the
University of Oregon's ma.scot dur•
ing Jase Sunday's women's lacrosse
game berween the two sVan Doren f ield. The la.st episodecontinues this particuJar epidemic
the Oral Roberts and JUPUI mas•
ooa and the Oregon Duck's all-out
a.ssauh on the Houston Cougar
within the pa.st year.
"Thar was a d isgusting act and
I'm sorry the Colgate fans had
to witnffl it," Prtsident Rebecca
Chopp said.
And a d isgusting ace ic was.
Oregon emceed halftime with a
7 ..3 lead over the Raiders. As the
\wo teams were coming back onto
the field for the second half. the
to the visiting tC"am's faithful fans.
AH of the sudden, Raider saun ..
tered ovtr, tapped the Duck on
the shoulder and delivered an axe
kjck to his face a la Chuck Norris
in Walker, Texas Ranger. Raider
then administered a Stone Cold
Stunner on the dumb~founded
animal. The Bewildered Duck
was htlpltss as Raider purnmelehim with vicious hooks and
jabs not seen since Mike Tyson's
prime. A Campus Safety officer
Raider off the- Oregon Duck, but
it w'M to no avail. Both women's
lacrosse ttam.s. the 205 fans in
auc-ndance and tht New York
State Police tried to &top Raider,
but they couldn't accomplish the
feac. f inally, a SWAT ream ar•
rived in a helicopter and Tasertd
Raider imo &ubmiS&ion. T he Or·
egon D uck had 10 be air•vacced
to Mr. Sinai Medical Center in
Manhacran , where he is
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