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tries (Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda, infected. The makes use address the non-complia- nce Anna Fleming program of problems of Through partnerships with private Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, preexisting community clusters with antiretroviral treatment multinational and local companies that Voice Staff Djibouti, Congo and south Sudan). (community-base- d organizations of regimen and gender-base- d violence. donate their expertise and other

low-inco- I have me for-pro- always been aware of the The program focuses on corridor women, vulnerable Improving access to quality health resources, fit enterprises are fact that Kenya has a high unemploy- communities that are often neglected youth, people living with services through training of phar- being developed to generate employ- ment rate, and how this unemploy- because public health authorities do HIVAIDS, caregivers and orphans, macists in these undeserved commu ment for vulnerable populations.

low-inco- ment can easily lead to people find- not want to invest resources in tran- as well as church nities is also LifeWorks targets me women ing themselves in desperate situa- sient populations and fear that offer- and microfinance "During my time in Kenya, a focus of (LIW), older orphans, vulnerable ' tions despite their credentials. But services on a border a high- devel- -- ing along groups) to I primarily worked with ROADS. youth and community care providers much of my understanding was still way might attract more consumers op a joint pro- Branded There are four businesses that have somewhat abstract until I became than could be handled. Corridor com- gram and budget Shukrani LifeWorks, a "SafeTStop" been started through LifeWorks in the involved in a program called the munities include semi-transie- nt resi- and implement a signs indicate short time since its creation. LifeWorks Partnership Trust and dents (prostitutes and traders) as number of proj- company that makes home to truckers- - During my time in Kenya, I primari- got to talk to people whose lives have well as truckers. Unemployment ects. Root causes and fashion accessories and that these ly worked with Shukrani LifeWorks, a ; Lci negatively impacted by living-Wa- ge reaches up to 70 percent in these of -h- igh-risk - - - services are company that makes home and fashion employment. communities. Understandably,' 78 behavior include employs 24 women and available. An accessories and employs 24 women and LifeWorks is a part of the compre- percent of community females have economic older orphans." older orphans. Mainly, I tried to find hensive HIVAIDS program, traded sex for gifts or money and inequality, new markets for their products and Regional Outreach Addressing AIDS over 50 percent have had- - sexually unemployment, SafeTStop is developed promotional materials. I hcfd through Development Strategies transmitted infections. HIV preva- gender-base- d violence and alcohol resource centers which provide the oppotunity to spend a few days at (ROADS). The program is managed lence among truck drivers is twice as abuse. truckers with a place to stay, safe their site in Mariakani, where a few by USAIDEast Africa and jointly high as the general population. The projects range from peer edu- entertainment possibilities and women and men were brave enough to implemented by Family Health The ROADS program aims to cation for prevention to care and HIVAIDS education. ' tell me their stories. One of these International (FHI) and six other address the as as was the root causes of spread support, well generation of The LifeWorks program's mission people Mary. ( partners. ROADS serves 26 transport of HIV along these transport corri- income and food security projects. is sustainable job creation as an HIV corridor communities in nine coun dors as well as treat those already Alcohol counseling is available to prevention and care strategy. See "Kenya," page 5 Members of the class of 2012 prove lively and involved Jonah Comstock' this class." "I can tell you that my Managing Editor The individual members of the experience with mem- Class from a wide bers class has t ! of 2012 come of the i As students and professors settle range of backgrounds, from very been very positive," said I

in to new classes and the habits of a close to home to thousands of miles . Associate Dean of the new year, 515 new students are expe- away. According to Vice President Class of 2012 and riencing The College of Wooster for for Enrollment Mary Karen Vellines, Professor of Commun- jl?r lJJ.iv-- --l! the first time the members of the 35 percent of the class hails from ications Denise Bost-dorf- T. : class of 2012. Ohio and 15 percent has a family con- "As a group, the Most of the first-yea- rs arrived on nection to the College. At the same Class of 2012 is smart, ' campus Wednesday, Aug. 21 for time, students come from 40 states diverse and enthusiastic. -- - l First-Ye- ar Orientation. The theme and 14 countries, and five percent of I've found the first-ye- ar this year was "Fill in Your Future" the class is international. In addi- students not only are

Mad-Lib-bas- and was ed. Orientation tion, 15 percent of the class is multi- interesting people to events were much the same as they've ethnic and 10 percent is of African-Americ- an talk to, but also they are been in the past, but some new events descent. interested in learning as orien- Grant Cornwell, who and in the world around have been instated, such an President v, tation swing dance. In addition, the made increasing diversity a vocal pri- them --T- exactly the kind vast majority of the class signed the ority during the presidential search of people that Wooster Wooster Ethic in a ceremony that has process two years ago, described the loves to have on its only recently become part of the ori- incoming class as "one of the most entation agenda. diverse entering classes in Wooster's First-ye- ar students gather for class in Kauke 136 to listen as Professor "More than 500 first years partici- recent history" in an e-m-ail to the involvement of the first-- pated in the Wooster Ethic declara- Wooster community in June. years, Vellines shared a of Political Science Jeff Lantis speaks on the subject of "Politics and First-Ye- tion ceremony at orientation," said Cornwell also mentioned in the e-m-ail sample of first-ye- ar Global Responsibility." This ar Seminar touches on the realms of Dean of Students Kurt Holmes. that a record number of nearly accomplishments with D0tn political science and international relations (Photo by Elena Dahl). ' "Each and every student at the pro- 4,500 students applied to be part of the Voice. 11 ; gram came up, signed the ledger and the class of 2012, about 61 percent of "Me'mbers of this class have built in the Irish dancing world champi- Wooster in their first few weeks here." received the pen as a keepsake. In wliom were selected. habitat houses, survived Hurricane onships, and has written and pro- "They have shown a wonderful fact, across the board attendance at The overwhelming first impres- Katrina, founded thir own organiza- duced her own play," said Vellines. positive energy," said Holmes, "so Orientation was up this year, which is sion of the first-ye- ar class seems to tions to combat diseases, participated "This class has embraced the world much that 'old people' will have to a great sign for the engagement of be one of involvement. in national juggling contest, danced and .from all reports embraced run to keep up."

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Aex Schmitt '09 discusses Alumnus Emmanuel Sterling Campus acoustic musicians The women's soccer team a) the responsibility consumers '07 continues the legacy of the Southside Jays and Josh improved to 3-- 0 on the sea- o have to change aspects of Scots in Service through Krajcik performed at Mom's son after the team shut out ASSOCIATED iifestlyes for the sake of ongoing volunteer efforts. last Monday. See page 6 for Mt. Union College on their COLLEGIATE . their PRESS the environment See page 4. See page 5. more info. home tuif. See page 7.

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f Friday, Voice SECTION EDITORS: September 12 u. T KATE VESPER RYAN 2 in ews EMILY , Campus for the polls CAMPUS organizations prepare Kate Vesper and Emily Ryan day window in' which to organize it. Students attacked on News taitors These two Democratic groups have been focusing on the prelimi- Wooster campus As November's presidential elec nary step of getting students regis- tion draws nearer, members of polit- tered to vote. This past Saturday night, three ical parties become more fervent in "As most people know, voter Wooster students were physically their efforts to influence the minds of turnout among young people is hor- assaulted by multiple unidentified those going to the polls. Many such rendous, so our goal is to change that ( males. The assault stemmed from a political activists are students here : regardless of political affiliation," verbal exchange between the on campus. said Schumacher. unidentified males and the students. Included in the key groups within To achieve this goal, the groups It is unclear who started the verbal this realm of influence are the have been tabling in Lowry at multi- argument. The assaulters were seen College Democrats and Students for ple points throughout the week. At driving a white pick-u- p truck on Barack Obama on the liberal side, the tables, both sign up sheets for Beall Avenue near East University and College Republicans on the more their individual cause as well as voter Street. One student was injured so conservative side of the political registration forms ae offered. badly that hospitalization was need- spectrum. Following, these tabling sessions, ed. Co-cha- The Wooster Police Department irs of the Obama group the groups plan to institute even requests that you contact them at Sarah Green-Gola- n '09 and Jessica more measures to capture the inter- 330-264-33- 33 if you have any infor- Schumacher '11 have been concen est of students. "We will be focusing mation regarding this incident. trating on working closely with on early voting, absentee ballots and President Bill Raines '09 of the Get Out The Vote on Nov. 4. We will LOCAL College Democrats in their efforts to also be creating issue fliers to put raise student awareness on Obama's around campus that have major Farmers rally against credibility and qualifications as a issues (Iraq, healthcare, economy, candidate. them low wages etc.) on and each candidate's V Both groups are cooperating with stance on the issues," said 'V field organizer David Litt from the Schumacher. , Case Farm workers in Winesburg, Obama campaign in order to raise Meanwhile, in addition to cam- Ohio held a rally Tuesday as part of awareness on stances 'and the posi paigning for the Republican candi- a strike that has been dragging on tive impact the senator from Illinois date, Sen. John McCain, the College nearly two months, since employees could potentially have on the coun Republicans are working to realize ' offered a 15-ce- nt (R-Ari- z.) were raise. Strike ty . their own ambitions this election Above, Sen. John McCain (Photo courtesy Tim said organizer Mullins the At the beginning of the year, the season. WikiMedia). Bottom left, Sen. Barack Obama (D-lll- .) cam- workers make less than those Democrats hosted their $3.40 first public "We're looking to be a very active paigns at a rally in Akron, Ohio (Photo by Drew Glassroth). doing the same work" in Canton. structural meeting, which coincided club on campus this year," said Mullins told the Daily Record the with Obama's acceptance speech for Joseph McCarthy '11, the group's and current events. ture a moderator from the League of union would settle for a 75-ce- nt the Democratic party's nomination. president. "We're still in orientation McCarthy wishes "to eliminate as Informed Voters, would take place in raise, but the plant refuses to offer "We had about 120 people show up mode, getting everything into gear, much ignorance as possible in the front of an audience and also offer anything beyond the initial 15-ce- nt for the meeting and watch party at but we have a couple of general College community," though he adds refreshments. raise. the UG where we had many people ideas." ' that "that is not to say that the stu- In this election, McCarthy believes NATIONAL sign up to volunteer by doing things According to McCarthy, the dent body is ignorant it is, on the there are several important issues including tabling, canvassing, phone Student Republicans have two major contrary, mostly well-educat- ed and facing college students, the most sig- banking and taking various leader- goals they wish to accomplish. The intelligent. But even the most bril- nificant of which is the topic of the Former presidential ship positions," Schumacher said. more important of the two, in liant people are plagued by ignorance economy. "Federal spending is also The event was a success, in spite of McCarthy's opinion, is to heighten on at least some issues, sometimes relevant because it affects the gov- contender asked to the fact that there was only a four- - campus awareness of political issues through no fault of their own." ernment's student aid programs," he become The other goal of the club is to said. "There are also many issues running mate increase its member count and come that are relevant in less direct ways to wield greater influence on campus. but are still very important to them, After former Republican nomina- In addition to these two objectives, such as gay and women's rights, free . tion contender Ron Paul urged McCarthy plans to undertake certain vs. fair trade, welfare and the 'war on thirds-part- 'Americans to vote foYH y ,(Jrdjeclfs'Kkfr'i',tamp'aigh,''td"fepd4,tr ''TeVWi'"-- ' .fi'.'cri,;.'.''? Vi H'' .r - candidate for president, Libertarian "the- - falsity of select' statements -- that "1 Ttf w'peYon' who is considering presidential nominee and former have' been made by politicians oh the voting' but has noti yet ' decided, Congressman Bob Barr has asked national stage. McCarthy would say that "it is some- Paul to be his running mate. McCarthy also recently met with thing of a moral obligation to Although Paul had not formally officers from the College Democrats vote. In a democracy, the govern- responded at press time, his cam- to discuss a potential forum in which ment is supposed to be subordinate paign coordinator Ike Hall told the representatives from each group will to the will of the people. For every Journal-Constituti- Atlanta on that debate important, issues in the elec- citizen that doesn't vote, the govern- Paul isn't likely to run as anything tion. The forum would most likely ment becomes a little less subordi- but a Republican. Barr's current take place on three different nights, nate. So, when you have 50 percent of running mate, Wayne Root, has said each separated by a week's time span, the nation not voting, the govern- he would step aside if Paul accept- with a certain issue being addressed ment is only half as subordinate to ed the offer. by participants on each successive the people's will, and that's danger- night. ous. The government should be WORLD The debate, which; according to answering to all 300 million would also fea Ultimate physics McCarthy, probably Americans, not just half of them." experiment is tested College updates security Wooster hosts Wayne County Fair The Large Hadron Collider, a 17' mile "atom smasher" under the TT French-Swi- ss border completed its notification system first successful test Wednesday, as i European Organization for Nuclear Missie Bender step forward." Ys ... .it' Research (CERN) physicists and Editor in Chief The software the College is using engineers fired a proton beam to alert students now is very new.

through the length of the circular The College of , Wooster's emer- "In the past decade, the College could tube. This and future experiments gency contact information policy is have sent an all campus voicemail

will hopefully recreate conditions at changing. This year, all "Ohio5 andor e-m-ail by our own means. the beginning of the universe, giv Schools" purchased the "ConnectED" However, the technology did not ... A ... , . never-before-se- en a e-m- ing scientists emergency notification system. exist to do so for off campus ail look at certain theoretical particles, Dean of Students Kurt Holmes, and cell phone service." Holmes along with the other deans, estab- explained. Earth probably will lished this iew system here at In the event of a criminal activity not be swallowed by Wooster to better insure the safety of or severe weather condition, there our school. are several people responsible for black hole "ConnectED" allows students and authorizing the notices that students staff members to be notified quickly receive: the Associate Vice President J - Some voices in the field have theo- by text messages and e-m-ails, along for College Relations, Holmes, the

rized that the collider, which was with voice contacts in the event of "on-cal- l" dean's staff member and in .if first proposed 20 years ago, could any emergency on campus. Holmes urgent cases, the security supervisor.

potentially create miniature black sent out an e-m- ail last Friday that "In most cases (such as weather) we holes that could eventually swallow alerted all students of the new sys- want to take the extra five minutes to up the planet, but CERN tem and instructed everyone to have a second person confirm with researchers, and the majority of the k update their contact information via the security staff, but in the case like world's top physicists, maintain that ScotWeb. The Virginia Tech Massacre, we the collider is safe and there is no "ConnectED" will be used to noti- would want an initial note to be sent cause for concern. fy students during emergency situa- absolutely as soon as possible." said . Comstock tions, warnings of an approaching Holmes. . Briefs compiled by Jonah threat or weather condition, and and Missie Bender Update your emergency information alerts about excessive burglary. by completing the following: "ConnectED" will also be used for v updates on previous alerts. 1. Link to the Wooster Web site l . The sophomore retreat and convo In past years, Resident Assistants I I: V . http:www.wooster.edu cation photos credited to Sarah were responsible for alerting stu- 2. Click on "ScotWeb." Harbottle on page of the August dents of any substantial information 3. Log in with your ID and Password. Above, local 29 issue were taken by Sateesh that needed to be communicated farmers submit select tomatoes to be 4. Select "Students" and then select Venkatesh '10 and Greg Carlisle '10, quickly. Paper postings were also a judged at the fair. The Wayne County Fair is held annu- "Emergency Contact Information" respectively. The mens' soccer, photo quick way of communicating alerts ally in September local festivities under the Communications Heading. and includes such as in the September 5 issue'was credit and criminal happenings. With tech- 5. Update your information and the Demolition Derby, crop and produce competitions, ed to OPI but taken by Dylan nology on the rise everywhere in the 1 "Submit." animal shows and many local vendors and food kiosks to Takores 1 1. An editor erred. world, the College is working hard 6. Finally, select "Save Information" in While we strive for excellence to keep up and communicate more explore. Students district elementary and secondary (or "Cancel and Return to Menu") every week, we, too, sometimes fa quickly to make this campus a safer schools are even given a day off to explore the celebra- from the drop down menu and then short. Please send your corrections place. Holmes describes these "Submit." tions (Photo by Sarah Harbottle). to voicewootter.edu. changes aj 'noving up one more ,MUT)V)lWTftfrOfYnlttf? in n.win yifH..V Im I ' a.,rm't SECTION EDITORS: PETER GERNSHEIMER Voice Friday, Ross Buchanan September' 12

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All materials published herein are property of The Wooster Voice and cannot be reproduced without written consent of the editors. The Voice can be contacted by mail at C-318-7, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH 44691 or by phone at (330) Cartoon drawn by Andy Kissinger. He can be reached atAKissinger10wooster.edu 263-2598.E-mailcanbesenttotheeditorsatvoicewoo- ster.edu. Father's actions are dangerous To the Editor: well-bein- g The choice by McCain as vice a John of Sarah Palin his candidate for the pres- choice for child's is idency an act of astonishing irresponsibility and exhibits profoundly poor , The sky was blue, the grass an hallucinating. After an ample amount time to time in order to take the "edge"

ill-consid- judgment. Not since Richard Nixon's ered choice of Spiro Agnew and exceptional shade of green and the of time passed, I thought it was safe to off (of what, I don't know). Although, George H. W. Bush's highly questionable selection of Dan Quayle has there birds were chirping. As I walked down assume I was not some paw'n.on one of when I smoke, I am consciously choos- been such a frontal assault on the common sense and clear thinking of most the quaint, small-tow- n street, I was those minorly funny "Candid Camera" ing to endanger my life. Hell, it even Americans. This type of flawed, shallow decision making and imprudent judg- convinced that the day was going to be TV shows. adds a bit of adventure to my routine. ment clarifies for all why McCain is not only a very dangerous and radical perfect. My friends, very reasonable beings How many packs can I smoke before choice for president, but it also confirms in starkly realistic terms why he is That is, of course, until I saw a as far as I'm concerned, shared my developing a cough? Which hand san-itiz- er absolutely ill equipped to carry out the duties of the office. sight that had the power to make a surprise. I'm sure that they too saw is most effective in camouflaging McCain reflects a lack of respect for the office of vice president and an rock cry: across the street, a" father the future of this sprightly tot paved the scent of the cigarette ash after my appalling preference for political expediency rather than experienced leadership held his son, who appeared to be no with Marlboros, leather skin and a mid-da- y putt? and intellectual substance. Gov. Palin has no experience in national security or more than three voice that channels a digressing Nick I know the consequences. An action foreign policy. What a callous insult to the intelligence and good will of the years old. The Nolte. that is too often executed in haste or American electorate who rightly expect greater vision and a commitment to father was sport- The father remained laughing and the burden of homework, bad life

excellence rather than mere devotion to the endless twenty-four-ho- ur news ing a lit cigarette, encouraging his boy; as the youth decistons and such. However, I doubt cycle! This decision by Sen. McCain is sufficient reason to question, at the most whose hazardous smiled, pleased that he could so easily that the boy I saw had been well-vers- ed fundamental level, not only his judgment, but his readiness to assume the high- c smoke blew into make his role model proud. If only in the dangers accompanying est office in this nation. This reckless choice illustrates why he is unfit to become the new lungs of my own father posessed that same joy- his fatal "toy." Nor would he stephaniefuller the next president of the United States. the innocent child. ful look when he caught me enjoying stand terms such as emphysema, bron-

. Yet, the appalling scenery did not stop my first (very glamorous or so I chitis or cancer. . ' . To the Editor: there. In the small fingers of the thought) Virginia Slim. I was tempt- I guess the moral of this sad tale is child's delicate hand was his very own ed to rush to the toddler and replace just to be courteous while indulging in

Of all the mean-spirit-ed and untrue statements made by many of the speak- - (unlit) cancer-stic- k. his tar-tampe- red toy with a Tonka a cigarette. Get a feel for the crowd,

-- -- relocate if , ers at the recent Republican convention, none were more offensive than those , Impersonating, his, chimney. of a ;Truck,; a.stuffed animal, gosh, even a and perhaps1 standing

that demeaned and degraded Sen. Obama's work as a community organizer and father, he brought the cigarette up to-hi- s controversial pacifier. .'.The possibility ,.! upwind from an infant or other help- - those made in earlier remarks by Sarah Palin asserting that the War in Iraq is a lips time after time to the enjoy- of a lifetime of dental problems is less humans. "mission of God." As a life-lo- ng practicing Christian, the God I worship never ment of his smiling Daddy, and to my minute in the face of charred lungs desires or encourages the wholesale destruction of a sovereign nation and the sheer horror. and an oxygen tank. Stephanie Fuller is a regular contributor wanton murder of its people. The decisions by George Bush and his adminis "Do you see that?" I had to ask my My intention is not to attack smok- to the Voice. She can be reachedfor com- tration to lie to the American people in order to convince us that Iraq was friends in order to make sure I was not ers. In fact, I enjoy lighting up from ment at SFuller09wooster.edu. responsible for the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and subsequently launch an inva

ill-conside- sion of Iraq were red, intentional and totally flawed human decisions and not at God's direction. Letting Georgia join NA TO could For Sarah Palin to assert that such murderous acts were the will of God is a

. total distortion of the Christian religion and I and millions of other Christians resent it highly. She is absolutely wrong in this assertion and her radical inter pretation of God's will is far out of the main stream of Christian teaching and be a politically dangerous action thought. She and others who demean and degrade Senator Obama's work as a community organizer also denigrate the work of the Rabbi of Nazareth, Jesus, Vice President Cheney assured One might thing Saakashvili's Right now, we can influence whose work as a community organizer among the poor and downtrodden of his Georgian President Mikhail apparent foolishness would give the Saakashvili by threatening to with- society established the model for Sen. Obama's significant work in South Saakashvili last week that the United United States doubts about militarily draw support if he does anything Chicago. Governor Palin, Mitt Romney and Rudy Guilani need to acquaint States remains committed to his nation supporting this man. The United that might cause another conflict. themselves with the history and practice of Christian thought and action before eventually joining the North Atlantic States would never want a military Allowing Georgia to join NATO they presume to inform others of God's will and intentions for the peoples of Trade Organization. On the surface, alliance with a country that carelessly would remove this important the world. Cheney's promise makes sense. Russia starts wars it cannot win, for such a influence. is becoming more powerful, so what country could draw America into a Once we are committed to support- Both letters receivedfrom better way to con- ing Georgia, there is no backing down John Russell tain that potential Right now, we can influ- since doing so would make NATO the cornerstone of European defense Emeritus Professor of Music threat than by ence Saakashvili by can weak. After all, wouldn't bringing a pro-Ameri- look Why govern- threatening to with- Russia invade the small Baltic states if ment on the it thought we wouldn't support them? Tampering with k i Netflix? draw support if he does Because we cannot afford to let NATO rossbuchanan Russian border Netflix is reported to be the sophomore year), I thought that it " into NATO and anything that might look weak, there would be no choice largest (more extensive than was because the envelope was promising American military support but to support Georgia at almost any Blockbuster) online service that crammed into my three by five mail- if Russia attacks again? Despite the cause another conflict. cost if it joined the alliance. distributes DVD rentals all over the box (and thus, it must squish to fit "attractive reasoning behind this argu- Saakashvili knows this. United States. I inside). After about three months, I ment, Georgia must not be allowed horrific war with Russia. Yet Cheney By keeping Georgia out of 'NATO, am an avid began to realize that about one out into the NATO alliance. went to Georgia to promise just such a the United States will be in a much Netflix user. I of every four Netflix I received, was While Russia's willingness to use military alliance. better position to prevent future con- i enjoy the easy damaged. This problem carried force in Georgia is an unnerving Saakashvili is no fool. He knows that flict in that region of the world. We online accessibil- over to my junior year when I began reminder of how dangerous Russia the United States has been uneasy can continue to use diplomatic and eco- ity that Netflix to notice one of my weekly maga- can be, one must remember that it was about letting Georgia into NATO, and nomic incentives to pressure Russia to. i offers when I zines had full pages torn out. I Saakashvili who provoked Russia by he almost certainly knew what the respect the border and we can keep missiebender just want to sim understand that I should have said launching a surprise attack on the dis- Russians would do when he attacked Georgia from provoking a conflict by mail-roo- he is now withdraw ply rent a movie. , something to the people in the m puted region of South Ossetia. True, South Ossetia, for turning threatening to support. Not only does Netflix have a sub- at this point, but I figured Russia had been harassing Georgia by Georgia's military defeat into a diplo- Allowing Georgia to join NATO stantial number of videos for that it wasn't them and they proba- shooting down their unmanned spy matic victory. Georgia's loss, would only tie our hands in future Americans to watch, but they also bly couldn't help me out with my planes over the region and blaming it Saakashvili argues, only goes to show crises. will recommend videos to you if dilemma. After all, my movies were on separatists, but Saakashvili should that the United States no longer has you are unable to make up your never damaged (just th'e packaging) have known that a full blown assault any choice but to support his govern- Ross Buchanan is the Co-Edi- tor of mind on what type of movie you and I could live with, having a torn would demand a forceful Russian ment unconditionally if America Viewpoints. He can be reached at would like to rent. You can keep magazine every now and then. response. wants to keep an ally in the region. RBuchanan09wooster.edu. the movies as long as. you are a For my senior year, I renewed my member, but it is better to return Netflix subscription and (much to

them (through the mail in a small my dismay) have had the same luck The Voice welcomes ( Opinionated? Contact square white and red envelope) so I have encountered the past two letters to the editors Viewpoints! that you can rent a different movie. years. The envelopes were, ripped Another one of Netflix's perks is open. It really is fishy to me Letters cannot exceed S50 words in Jength that most of their movies have pre- because it looks like someone was Viewpoints is looking for additional and must arrive to the Voice by 5 p.m. on the views (so that you can be certain watching my movies. I do not editorialists this year to express their Monday before Friday publication. that the movie you rent is the movie think, however, that the people opinions about campus, national or in mailroom All letters must be signed and include con- you really want to watch). employed to work the global issues. Interested writers all enthusiasm over are watching my Netflix movies; I In addition, the Voice reserves With my tact information. should contact the Viewpoints editor Netflix, then, it should be clear why just am curious as to how and why the right to edit and hold letters. at voiceviewpointswooster.edu, I would be so nettled to find my they look like they have might have voiceview-pointswooster.ed- Please send letters via e-m- ail to u. pgernsheimer09wooster.edu or pe Netflix paper-envelo- ripped and been tampered with. Letters can also be sent by open when I go to retrieve them rbuchananwooster.edu. C-31- mail to 87, The Wooster Voice, College Co-Edit- campus from my campus mailbox. Missie Bender is the or in Chief of of Wooster, Wooster, OH 44691. " This is a problem. The first few the Voice, like can be reached at 1 .. -- -1 Mionj. -- mo iiii times I noticed my Netflix open (my SBender09wboster.edu. inrii 4 Friday, September 12, 2008 The Wooster Voice Democrats struggle with election polls Ethics, not consump-ton- ,

A recent Gallup poll of registered the problem for McCain was not as tious by nature, and here we are only voters now has Sen. John McCain substantial as Democrats should restraining ourselves by restricting Barack Obama environment leading by four per- have made it. our innovation of new technologies. for centage points. How is that possi- The candidate's stances on issues The Democrats' opposition to the ble? The country's current of policy emphasizes the vast chasm troop surge in Iraq is also dis- With the shadow of global climate tally hinders us from comprehending Republican president is so unpopular that separates McCain and Obama turbingly partisan and short-sighte-d. change looming large and ominous our connection to the natural world that even Warren Harding is wiping with regard to political experience. The surge was a great'success over the 21st century, buying envi- and our obligations to each other as sweat off his brow in relief. First, let's talk energy policy. and casualties are so low, in fact, thatt ronmentally friendly products is all human beings. Good old garden variety logic Obama's plan, according to his media attention turned back to the rage. To remedy thrs discorinect, I

T-shi- is an underly- 4would lead one to believe that the acceptance speech, is to have the Afghanistan, which had been sitting rts picturing the earth saying believe what is needed Democrats would country completely off of Middle on the back burner for years. I'm "This is why I'm ing ethic that provides a framework be in the White East oil in 10 years, a time frame convinced the Left doesn't have a hot" (referring to for understanding our relation to the House in 2009 that is far too long-ter-m and arbi- clue when it comes to military mat- global warming), environment and proscribing action. and quite possibly trary. Even if Obama served two full ters. Electing Obama as president and phrases like Achieving this ethic may entail a stay there over terms, that leaves the remaining two puts a man in control of the United "green is the new widespread shift in values, or it may the course of years up in the air, conveniently States military who has neither black" (in the be attained by readjusting and. leaving the the served nor been responsible for reevaluating the current value sys- brianfrederlco multiple presi responsibility (and the. realm of fashion) dencies. lives of soldiers. alexschmitt represent the tems we possess.

aii the Democrats had to do Good old garden variety logic The McCain family has a current . trend' It is possible to make arguments in this election was not screw WQuld long military tradition and toward a consumer population that for environmentally sound practices Qne to believe that the ' up. That s it. John McCain himself has not manages to save the world and from a variety of value systems. For And yet, in typical Democrats would be in the only served and seen combat, look cool doing it. example, pro-li-fe individuals, who ' . ' con- Democratic fashion, they shot Ti . T i but was also taken prisoner Opportunities to stock up on are typically identified as social 111 themselves in the foot. In fact, Whlte HUSe 2009 and lUlte and tortured for years. green products abound; from hybrid servatives, can probably agree that in this case they seem to have possibly Stay there Over the McCain has learned first- cars, to organic and local foods, com- pollution in the air and. water can and there- found a machine gun, pulled ...... hand what services to coun pact fluorescent light bulbs, and alu- often lead to miscarriages, duct-tap- the trigger and ed it course ol multiple presidencies. try means. He has learned minum water bottles, we can feel our fore stringent pollution regulations in place. All the Democrats had to do was the horrors of war and will carbon footprints melting away as ' should be instituted to protect the So what mistakes did the treat our veterans with the we buy, buy, buy. " sanctity of life. Democrats make, exactly? not screw up. That's it. And yet, dignity they deserve while Celebrities and politicians and In any case, not only granola-eat-in- g, tree-huggi- ng hippies Let's start with the primaries, in showing restraint in the use even Al Gore tell us that all we (like me) a shockingly undemocratic typical Democratic fashion, of military force and the ces- have to do is buy this or that energy can be persuaded to support envi- system, anyway. Once it had they shot themselves in the foot. sation of the torturing of efficient appliance or vehicle, and ronmentally friendly policies, but finally boifed down to Sen. prisoners. maybe cut back a little on overall also individuals representing the Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack blame should it fail) to his successor. Miraculously, Congress energy consumption and we will plurality of value systems in our

Obama the campaign got ugly. McCain stated in his acceptance has managed to secure a lower beat global climate change yet. . society. bases I is one Support blasted away at each speech that it was time to solve the approval rating than President Bush, . But is affecting the necessary However, think there other with charges of racism and energy crisis now,' not a decade from so you'd think that when selecting a change as easy as oiir decisions at the essential component that must be

sexism, showing that even in the now. McCain's plan involves tem- Vice President, candidates would check-o- ut line? part of any environmental ethic: party of "hope" and "change" every- porarily drilling oil at home while look elsewhere. Senator Obama was Thus far, little more has been, personal sacrifice. thing was not running as smoothly new technologies are developed and not deterred and selected Senator asked of people than to act in their We must open ourselves to the

self-inter- as an episode of "Barney and new nuclear plants are built. This Joe Biden from that Congress no one own enlightened est with possibility of choosing an action Friends." begins to ease us off Middle East oil likes.' Now that's not change; that's regard to environmental issues. that is not immediately gratifying or Clinton led a loud and aggressive now, rather than sometime down the more of the same! Hybrid cars get better gas mileage economically beneficial to ourselves. campaign backed by supporters who, road after the next president's Meanwhile, McCain's choice of and compact fluorescent light bulbs By sacrifice I do not mean leaving even on this campus, exhibited a tenure is over. running mate was brilliant. At the ultimately save consumers energy civilized society behind, but the real- fanaticism and fervor that surprised We have massive resources here in same time, he picked up the reli- and money, is do energy efficient ization that instead of trading in our even me. the United States and it's time we gious right and justified his energy appliances. Hummer for an environmentally The very nature of the tapped them, rather than rely, on policies. Most, if not all, currently pro- friendly Prius, we should purchase Democratic primary brought to others to do it for us. McCain's plan Gov. Sarah Palin is a woman who posed solutions to environmental instead a sturdy pair of walking mind in is an episode of South Park going to boost a lackluster econo- sticks to her guns and practices what problems are economically favorable shoes. . ' a anti-aborti- on kindergarten class in , .which attempt- my by generating jobs. We need peo- she preaches evidenced her to individuals. . Attaining the ability to sacrifice in ed to elect a class president and ple to develop the technology, do the stance. When it comes to Don't get me wrong, I am thrilled the name of an environmental cause brought what should have been a drilling, transport the oil, build and issues of drilling for oil in Alaska, to see a boom in environmentally will signify that we comprehend our fairly simple exercise down into a monitor the nuclear power plants McCain determined that we should conscious thinking, and even buying, interdependence on the environment brutal legal battle full of recounts and build "and monitor nuclear probably seek adyice of an actu ! think we insult ', and human beings, and, is, I ' , ttie' the but the magnitude, other -- and accusations in such a parody waste sites. McCain s plan is going al Alaskan, rather than relying on of the challenges we face when we believe, the only way to affect real

that only Trey Parker and Matt to start generating jobs now, rather the not-so-infor- med opinions of the reduce the solution to simple person- change on the numerous environ- Stone could master.. , than sometime in the future. residents of the lower 48 states. al economics. ' mental challenges we face.

The near disaster that was the Obama's national defense policy is In an election that Democrats In our never-endi- ng consumption, Democratic primary left Obama startling and disturbing. Obama should have won, the Republicans we remain mentally separate from, with the difficult and painful task of was quoted as saying that he wants have not only fought back, but have and in many ways think of ourselves Alex Schmitt is a contributing writer for working backwards. He had to to "slow down the production of actually pulled ahead. All the as superior to, the environment. the Voice. She can be contacted at backtrack to .unite the party before future weapons." That, paired with Democrats had to do was- - not make I think this mentality fundamen aschmitt09wooster.edu. being able to move forward with an Democrats claiming that wars in mistakes, and yet instead they've agenda, whereas McCain could go Iraq and Afghanistan were failures, decided to walk into a dark cluttered full steam ahead. leads me to believe the Democrats room and stumble their way across Apple's updates are sell- Granted, McCain lacked the are waving a double standard. to a sad but unavoidable November enthusiastic support of the I'm not sure how one can point out disappointment. Christian right, historically a major failures in the American military voting bloc for Republicans. while at the same time refusing to Brian Frederico is a regular contributer ing status, notproducts However, with Obama running into seek military alternatives. the Voice. He can be contacted at his own closet skeletons, ambi- religious Americans are innovative and - BFrederico09wooster.edu. I hate Apple. There, I said it. could even watch video on this slim- Even though I am a long-tim- e mer, younger, more attractive iPod

consumer of Apple products, lately than my ex-iPo- d. The horizons had Dividing the politician's religious I have become fed up with their opened up and the future looked insane obsolescence rate. You see, bright. the people at Apple do not make Until a few days ago. views and issues misses the point "products," they manufacture tokens All of a sudden, Apple had decid- of status. ed to roll out the newest model of There's been a lot of talk this family values while Democrats, as trumped-u- p, misinterpreted and These status-marke- rs, if you will, the iPod Nano. In an instant, with- election about Faith and Politics. Is we all know, are all secular humanist overemphasized verses that address allow people to show off their cool- out my consent, my model was dis- Barack Obama really a secret atheists. homosexuality, but what most ness to others, impressing everyone continued. It was two weeks old, Muslim? Does Sarah Palin really It sounds preposterous to put it so Christians look to as the key teach- with how much capacity a piece of and in a snap of Steve Jobs's callous believe she was sent by God to the bluntly, but this is the common per- ings of Jesus Christ: loving their electronics the fingers my status had been demoted. governorship of Alaska? And what ception. Meanwhile, a substantial neighbors as themselves, forgiving size of a thumb- I no longer had the cool thing. about Sen. John McCain? Is he a group of Jiberal Christians contin- others and leaving their judgment in nail or palm has, Cursing the captains of industry, Baptist or an Episcopalian? ues to keep their religion and their God's hands, and turning the other the sleekness of who see no difference between inno- But for some reason the dialogue politics at a distance, and is there- cheek when struck. it, and the killer vation and the perpetual tweaking of has been careful to place faith as a fore perceived as nonexistent on the Loving your neighbor as yourself, applications it music players which render yours separate political issue along with national stage. for a politician, would consist of a may contain. instantly obsolete, my crest had fall- alexcacloppo the econom and But what does this all have to do foreign policy that respected the Originally, I en. I have an idea to propose to the foreign policy. with the current election? Sarah lives of other nations' citizens as got an iPod for a simple, practical benevolent dictators at Apple, Inc.: This trend Palin is clearly affiliated with the much as the lives of our citizens. reason: I needed an MPS player that why not take a page from Mark seems counterin- first group, the conservative That would mean quickly ending a didn't suck. The first-yea- rs may not Zuckerberg and ask your consumers, tuitive to me. Christians who vote their faith, and conflict that causes hundreds, if not remember this, but before Apple your fanbase, if they would be cool Why should we McCain, by choosing her as a run- thousands, of civilian deaths each came along with their magical with the change? It seems the only care about any ning mate, to be a devices, MPS did exist, but jonahcomstock appears making month. players domain where democracy is out of part of a politi- -. pledge to support that group, or at Leaving judgment to God, for a they had no screen or enjoyable bounds is in business, but there's no cian's spiritual life other than how it least to use their votes to get to the politician, might take the form of interfaces. The year was 2002 and I harm in starting small. interacts with their political views White House (despite that he has allowing people to live how they still inhabited the Windows world; Poll us, Apple, and see if we real- -' and decisions? Faith is a personal criticized them in the past, referring choose, with whomever they choose, Apple had not yet accommodated ly want to spend a few hundred dol- matter, but lately it's become so tied to Rev. Jerry Falwell and televange-li- st and not lose any rights or govern- my demographic. lars on your awesome, cool toy just

up with politics that a candidate's Pat Robertson as "agents of ment protection. , The very first iPod had come out to see it get replaced with some- religious views must be put under intolerance"). . Turning the other cheek might the year before, and everyone agreed thing slightly cooler a short time scrutiny by the entire nation. But the more interesting question mean telling your supporters that that it was the epitome of cool and later. I know that when I return to I think that the blame for the to me is this: Is Barack Obama the a-reli- gious another candidate's family is off-limi-ts. hipness. Indeed it was. The size of a my iMac G5, a 2005 model I got politicization of our faith rests humanist our stereotypes It also might mean refusing to pack of cigarettes (considered slim before Apple replaced the legendary squarely on the shoulders of the so-call- ed say he should be, or is his professed participate in negative campaign tac- then), sporting a black-and-wh- ite PowerPC chip with Intel, there will "religious' right," a relatively Christian faith real, placing him in tics, even when your opponent won't screen and a bona fide scroll wheel be some continuity in my life. As the small but extremely vocal group of the second, silent group? stop" unleashing these, kinds of that actually moved; we all had to philosopher Michael Oakeshott once political conservatives who realized Well the old camp song says it attacks on you. have it. wrote that the woman or man with a they could reach and inspire more best: "We shall know they are Jesus said when you pray, do it in This summer my six-ye- ar rela- conservative disposition "is aware voters from the pulpit than from Christians by their love." Instead of secret, so that your left hand doesn't tionship ended due to problems with that not all innovation is, in fact, Washington. delving deep intd someone's church-goin-g know what your right hand is doing. communication (they often dissolve improvement; and he will think that By being so vocal and so willing to history and interviewing their It's clear he believed that the because of that), and I got the cool to innovate without improving is challenge the faith of our represen- Sunday school teacher, we can look strongest faith isn't always the most new iPod Nano for my birthday. either designed or inadvertent folly." tatives, the Religious Right has at a person's political views and loudly professed. Rebounding quickly, I had the false I agree. established itself as the one and actions, and see how they line up illusion that I was back in the game only voice of faith in the world of with the tenets of Christianity. Not Jondh Comstock is Managing Editor of of cool technological apparel, Alex Cacioppo is Chief Copy Editor for politics. Republicans, therefore, the imaginary verses in the Bible the Voice. He can be contacted at uploading playlists and marveling at the Voice. He can be contacted at ,: must be Christians who believe in that prohibit abortion,1 nor Mie'few u'JComstock 10Wooster.edu. '"'' the fact that, for the -- first 4ime,' 4 iACacioppo09fuioosUr.edu. - Section Editor: Abby Gordon Voice Friday, reatures September 12 5 Emmanuel Sterling serves New York City community Oren Riback Sterling was happy to have participat- ' I Voice Staff N ed in Scots in Service. He decided he wanted to pursue organizations that Every year on Scots in Service allowed him to do work in communi-

National Volunteer 1 Day, students, ties that needed help. "Scots in Service alumni, Pi'V family and friends of the was a day I looked forward to each College of Wooster from across the year and I am happy to live in a city country participate in voluntary com- where it is hosted," Sterling said. munity service. This year the seventh When asked how he got involved in annual Scots in Service day will be City Year,' Sterling explained, As I held on Sept. 28. completed my senior thesis, I started Emmanuel '07 Sterling has decided to hear more and more about pro- to continue the charitable works he grams that gave young adults the began as a Scot in Service at Wooster opportunity to be the change. I saw in his current residence, New York City Year as an outlet for giving back City. is Sterling involved in a program and being involved in something called City Year, which brings togeth- greater than myself." er young adults between the ages of Sterling's colleague at City Year 17 and full-ti- me 24 for a year of com- Ashley Johnson said, "I serve with munity '' service. City Year because it gives me the Y i o Sterling had originally intended to ; , to the , impact i ,.A;, , J iCh opportunity directly do one year of community service lL Emmanuel Sterling '07 reads to school children in the South Bronx for voluntary communityltr lives of other people. Serving with after college, but he found the work so service (Photo courtesy Emmanuel Sterling). ' City Year has enabled me to develop appealing he signed up for a second, myself as well as the next generation Last year he worked at an elementary and John McCain participated in "A New York Senator Hillary Rodham AmeriCorps." , of leaders." school in the fine-tuni- ng South Bronx Nation of Service: The Presidential Clinton and California Governor As a first-yea-r, Sterling was exposed the skills he need would co-hos- ted to contribute Candidates Forum," which was Arnold Schwarzenegger. Sterling, to service within the first few weeks of For any additional information or to to underdeveloped first-yea- communities. This by City Year at Columbia who is assisting with the events, said, school. He was part of a team of rs get involved with Scots in Service or City year he is office-base- d an service University in New York City. Today, "I'm looking forward to hearing the who went to a local park and Tear, contact Emmanuel Sterling (ester-lingcityyear.- org) leader in the www.woost-er.eduAlumniscotsinservicedefault.- recruitment department there will be a summit including New candidates' thoughts on national serv- spent the day mulching and cleaning or visit php of City Year in New York. York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, ice as well as their plans for what they up the trails. On Sept. 11 Sens. Barack Obama New York Governor David Patterson, will do to expand programs like After that experience had ended, orwivw.cityyear.org. Anna Fleming helps Shukrani LifeWorks promote hope in Kenya

jvenya ! ) X continued p. 1 r from ' Lifc" - . Mary is 23 years old and the third of l five children. Her older siblings have r moved away and her parents are .i j unemployed, so Mary has to take care

-, 10-year-- of her 16- 13- -, and old sib- lings. Mary attended school until the eighth grade, when she could no L longer afford to pay for it. When she was old enough to work, she got a job at Kenya Knit Garments EPZ Ltd., where she worked for two years. She was not paid enough to sup- port her family, so she applied unsuc- cessfully to other companies." Eventually Mary saved enough money to study tailoring and dress- making at Mabati Technical Training Institute. She studied there for a year, working as a house girl at night to pay

the bills. ' She was always tired when she got - I f .. w ; . out of class, but still had to go to 'L.oA work. Her parents and siblings relied on her to provide income and food. Mary says that as a student she had other needs, but she had put her fami- ly's needs first. One day, she heard about Lifeworks and decided to apply. A week later she was hired. Mary says that LifeWorks Kenyan has really changed her life. She can women making products for Shukrani LifeWorks (left), necklace by Shukrani LifeWorks (top right), tote bag by now afford to buy books and food for Shukrani LifeWorks (bottom right) (Photos by Anna Fleming). her siblings. For the first time, she could buy not afford otherwise. Mary admitted sured to get married in a hurry. She dressmaking training and save enough Collection merchandise is available for gifts for her family at Christmas. For that "men would leave me if I did not fears that her husband would take her money to eventually buy equipment purchase at the Florence O. Wilson the first time in 10 years, the family have sex with them." money and use it himself. "If I got and start her own business making Bookstore. could afford to have tap water in their Through health education at married, I may no longer be able to Kenyan coast-sty- le wedding dresses. home. Mary says, "It's a big step from Shukrani, Mary has learned about support my siblings." The Shukrani Collection includes If you are interested in viewing more before to where I am now. I am grate- HIV high-ris- k behavior and preven- Her 16-year-- old sister just finished place mats, table top accessories, fash- from the Shukrani Collection, email Anna ful to LifeWorks." tion strategies. She says if she started high school and wants to go to col- ion accessories such as scarves and Fleming (ajleming09wooster.edu). Before finding a job at Shukrani, she dating someone, she would demand lege. Mary is trying to save enough necklaces and a variety of handbags For additional information or to dated men who bought her clothes, they get tested for HIV together. money to support her sister. In the and purses. become involved with LifeWorks, please shoes and meals things she could Mary says she no longer feels pres future, Mary hopes to receive more A small selection of Shukrani visit www.ltfeworkspartnership.org. Rajmohan Gandhi discusses tolerance in Cleveland

cooperation between the African-Americ- an soned that segregation occurs in the :'. ... Yh Abby Gordon Features Editor community and the mostly United States because people have not Indian Gandhian community. Olivet is grown up, and that growing spiritual- On Sunday, Sept. 7, Professor of a predominantly African-Americ- an ly means embracing harmony and 7 ' Religious Studies Ishwar Harris church, making Rajmohan's points peace and practicing nonviolence. organized a trip to. Cleveland to see especially relevant. Moss then described this growth Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's Rajmohan went on to point out that process on a long-ter- m scale, saying

. 1 1 ' 1 - H, tVsrl. Vvi.v-- 1 grandson Rajmohan Gandhi speak at Sept. is once again approaching, that there was a time when man was J7 ! .." the Olivet Institutional Baptist and that while over the years the violent and primitive, a time when Church. Many of the students who anniversary of the 2001 attacks has man sought an eye for an eye, and L I attended are currently enrolled in triggered sadness and concern about finally a time when people like Martin ; -- - r"' . T"' Harris' class, "The Life and Thought terrorism, in the United States most Luther King, Jr., Mohandas Gandhi

of Gandhi." people have . not asked themselves, and Jesus could see past violent ideals Rajmohan, a journalist, political "Why are people angry with us?" and teach tolerance and peace. activist, orator and biographer had He explained that he sees this as an. After the service, Rajmohan and his

-- . . i - - - ' - . been in Cleveland with his wife Usha important question to ask because wife greeted and chatted with Harris all weekend giving speeches, making a when ill will and violence are perpetu- and the Wooster students. Harris television appearance, signing bQoks ated and not solved, it leads to more asked Rajmohan what he thought

. and planting a tree at the India terrorism," an idea that resonates Mohandas' message to the students Cultural Garden. Mohandas' belief that if a cause is would be if he were alive today and in " Cleveland Mayor Frank G. Jackson failing, there must be a problem with- attendance at the event. :: , presented Rajmohan with a key to the in the movement or its leaders. Rajmohan replied that in this mod- - city. Trustees of the Federation of After Rajmohan spoke, Reverend em age when there are so many differ- India Association were present, as well Dr. Otis Moss, Jr. delivered a sermon ent viewpoints and opinions on any as other Indians, to witness the honor- that never specifically mentioned subject, it is not important to think able transaction, attend the reception Mohandas Gandhi but greatly reflect- about what Mohandas Gandhi would and book signing after service and lis- ed iis teachings. Moss referred to do or say in a situation. Rather, it is ' ten to Rajmohan speak. Paul's letter in Corinthians, "When I important to listen to your own con- J y(: Rajmohan talked about the connec- was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as science and mind, and follow the guid- tions between "Mahatma" Mohandas a child, I thought as a child. Now that ance they give you. K. Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. I have become a man, I have put away Mohandas Gandhi believed that He discussed the nonviolence and childish things" (13:11). human beings are generally good, and Rajmohan and wife at book signing (top), Rajmohan greets unity each of these men promoted, as He then. made the connection that jthat the truth mortals can obtain is well as hi.s,vvq,)xqpe1Hliat,tl)p,ivc. !iimi-lariti- es w we.alj ninst.groY,ws)irinaiilly, wluch nireUuivel 80'luiiiikely. would nhave Casey Henry '1 1 (bottonirtPhbWs"byRbbiri Con'stak)':1 1 would encourage nonviolent , includes outgrowing violence. le rea approved of his grandson's response. Section Editors: patrick hughes 0;" Arts & Entfetinment Taryn aubrecht "LAX" brings classic West Coast music feel

few friends and I left hip-ho- p Recently, a Los Angeles rapper succeeds with tracks the bubble that is The College of Wooster and drove an hour north to Brenton Allen envy and lust. the town of Senior Staff Writer The plea, "Devil we rebuke you in ,Canfield, Ohio, the name of Jesus" is stated emphat- where the classic Rapper The Game returns as ically as if to demand immediate rock legend vicious as ever in throwback form to redemption and unwarranted instant n Lynryd Skynyrd his in was scheduled to West Coast predecessors his gratification. .

', at final third album "LAX". . . The first three songs hit hard and play the Straight out of Compton, the for- set a fiery pace. patrickhughes day of the 1 62nd mer Washington State baasketball Game starts with "LAX Files," . annual vuiiiivm player is back on the mic in an chronicles of life in the City of County Fair. attempt to dominate the gangsta' rap Angels, and the tribulations he As an avid Skynyrd fan, and hav genre and solidify his seat among the endured living the street game, tak- ing grown up in Boston where a ranks of Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Tupac ing a bullet, making it look easy with county fair is as bizarre. and the like on what could be his last Snoop. An idea as calling soda "pop," I was album. "California ain't a state it's an more than a little excited to see what The Game rolls through 19 tracks army." The chorus for the third track the evening's events would entail.

; with piety in his words and ice in his re-empha- sizes the evils from the pre- However, when we finally arrived veins, embellishing street life, his vious track and gives light to the at the fair and I stood atop the floor own life and the ghetto mentality. violent life apparent on the streets of densely matted crabgrass that a lot, feel- Tracks on this album owe grati- across America. Graphic art by Danielle Haas. served as parking strong tude to numerous lyricists like Nas, After an aggressive launch, Lil' ings of apprehension began to rise in Common, Lil' Wayne, Ice Cube and Wayne helps bring it down with a Heard," lacking any real direction in Nas helps deliver this politically my stomach and horrible questions others who add classic "Roll Up" sone in his pompous attempt to be "the man." aware civil rights ballad. started to invade my once clear mind. audacity. "My Life." Although the Much of the middle of the disc Although lacking, in substantial Where was I? What was going on "LAX" is laced beat may be tuned down, falls victim to this same atrocity. content, "LAX" delivers all the under-ton- es herePJWho or, more pressingly with the classic the content still rings with "Dope Boys," "Angel" and "Let Us of the savage existence of the what in the name of Norman West Coast hip-h- op the struggles of hood life Live" all simply scream the played-o- ut West Coast gangsta and his tenacious Rockwell were all these people sur- feel, set that resonate throughout message that has infected and climb to the zenith of rap culture. . rounding me?

down by his ' the record. .- - decayed much of the rap available The demons of The Game are The air was thick with the noxious mentor for N.W.A. and in "The Leaving the serious note aside, today. vividly reproduced through his brute aroma of discarded grease vats and Chronic." Cali Sunshine delivers an ode to the Among some of the unsatisfactory words, his greed, gluttony and lust the excrement from the festival's Within the gangsta mentality, the laidback California lifestyle, back- songs, The Game does deliver on which areportrayed through his caged blue-ribb- on beasts. album paradoxically begins as it yard barbecuing and cruising in the tracks such as "Never Can Say Machiavellian message. From in between the domestic-mad- e ends, with a prayer from DMX ask- drop top. Goodbye," where he gives credence to This album ruthlessly perpetuates pick-u- p trucks and Suburbans ing for deliverance from the evils and This disc is spotted with malig- the dearly departed and influential the stagnation of gangsta' rap and that were packed into the sprawling temptations that are placed before nant patches. Notorious B.I.G., Eazy E and Tupac; diminishes the notoriety gained from former paddock came a swarm of him, from addiction, anger, greed,. Ludacris destroys track eight, "Ya and in "Letter to the King," where his last two productions. peculiar looking creatures, the likes of which I once believed only exist-

ed in late-nig- ht science fiction films. As they passed, I could hear them Wooster Activitos Crow brings Hid flavor of a coffeehouse to Mom' conversing with oae another. I listened closely in hopes of resolving the questions that had been troubling me, but the patois with which they spoke was entirely too bewildering for me to under- stand a single thing. - S At one point an aggravated child 4- 5! Mm ran up to his father, pronouncing "Daddy gran'ma's try'na get me hit again," to which daddy responded with a silent tongue and a firm slap to the back of his son's head. Needless to say, with all that was going on around me, I was terrified. With severe trepidation in my steps, I made my way to the fair's main entrance. Once at the gate, I entered into a brief yet heated argument with the On Monday night, Mom's patrons had a few tunes to Ilctcn to over their late-nig- ht Vitamin Water and mozzarella sticks. toothless artisan manning the door The Wooster Activities Crew hosted a cofTcchouse event offering free coffee, cookies and performances by campus over' the seven-doll- ar entrance fee. Eventually, I paid the man his money band The Southside Jays and local-bor- n musician Josh Krajcik. and begrudgingly headed into the The Southside are of Graham Zimmerman '11, Boyleston '11, Anthony '11 Jays comprised Zach Domnguez and Joe festivities. Suliman '11. They performed several original songs as well as "Badfish," a cover of a Sublime song. Within seconds of passing They were followed by Josh Krajcik, who once appeared regularly at the now-clos-ed downtown coffeehouse and bar through the dilapidated wooden Seattle's. Although Krajcik usually plays in a band, he treated the attendees of the WAC event to a solo performance, entryway, my feet became frozen to playing original songs along with covers of the Beatles and Bob Dylan. Krajcik's musical stylings included both piano the gravel below me as I realized that : my earlier apprehension of the affair -- : - guitar. , 1;.V;'. ;,.':'.'r'r-- v"'.v'; and '.;':;'' .-- ;'.'." : had been entirely warranted. Krajcik's next will In show be another coffeehouse setting when he performs Akron's Musica on Oct. 30 at 8 p.m. Seeing as graduation is -- only a The next campus event sponsored by W.A.C. will take place this evening, when the annual Party of the Green will bring mere eight months away, I have the sounds of RJD2 and Eli "Paperboy" Reed and the Trueloves to Armington Quad (Photos by Dylan Takores). nowhere near enough time to describe every heinous, gruesome detail that laid before me. Web In short, what I saw was an image Want more Josh Krajcik? Check out his site at www.myspace.com joshkrajcik. of Sodom and Gomorrah after the Want more W.A. C. events? Check out their Web site www.wooster.eduwac. fall, assuming that the depraved few at remaining residents had decided to pack up the remnants of their former

city and take them on a cross-count- ry tour.

Eating a double-battere- d, over-frie- d The with magic, destiny I journey and power corn dog, sat silently along- -

I side my friends outside the' Taryn Aubrecht Riders, all destroyed by the ruthless to the Elven city EllesmSra to the Rings," "Star Wars" and "Harry amphitheater, waiting for the show King Galbatorix who now rules the A&E Editor acquire additional instruction in Potter." to begin and internally questioning . empire- - Aagaesia, in this tale of swordsmanship and magic, two skills There are some elements reminis- the validity of natural selection. Christopher Paolini took the world power, destiny and magic, peopled that are vital to any Dragon Rider. cent of each book within the cycle By eight o'clock the concert had ' by storm when he published his first with mon- Each day is a but no more than between any other begun, and by nine the emotionless book "Eragon" in 2003. sters, elves new adventure two novels. lead singer was already asleep on the ' Paolini had been home-school- ed and drag- for Eragon and There are only a number of differ- tour bus, leaving the rest of band to his whole life and graduated from ons. Saphira on their ent stories to tell and many stories finish "Free Bird" the evening's high school at the age of 15, He then The boy trip to Ellesmera when all the description and flare are one moment of true glory. proceeded to begin writing the is com- with the con- taken away come from the same basic For everything I found horrible Inheritance cycle. pelled into stant threat of storyline. about my trip to the Canfield County A short five years later, the first his journey harm from the To expect no stories to ever Fair, the faces of the majority of my half of the last novel in the trilogy with the aid evil King resemble one another is ludicrous. fellow seven-doll- ar patrons at the is being released to a multitude of of different Galbatorix who The unique combination of ele- end of the night showed that my excited fans. fantastical is fast on their ments by the author is what provides opinion was no more than that The story centers on the boy creatures tail. each tale with it's own identity. solely my own. Eragon, a 15-year-- old farm boy from each believ- "Brisingr," the No one would look at a King Maybe I don't understand the cul- the village of Carvahall. ing him to third of the Arthur book and accuse it of being tural significance of a fair. His world is altered forever with be their Illustration by Taylor Lambom. Inheritance like another King Arthur book Maybe it's because I still haven't the discovery of a dragon egg, which savior from cycle, is to be because they are clearly both about grown accustomed to the intricacies forces him to leave his home. destruction. released Sept. 20. King Arthur so why accuse one fan- of the simpler Midwest lifestyle. It begins slowly; however, once the Each chapter introduces a new In this novel the epic battle tasy book of being like another? Maybe I'm an idiot. dragon is hatched the truth begins to landscape and new characters to between good and evil will com- They are, after all, both fantasy. All these possibilities considered, I

and ever-changi- ng I surface you simply can't put the meet, an canvas for mence. . Whether this is believable or not, am still positive won't be handing book down. the mind to wander through. One party will survive, changing the Inheritance cycle is still an amaz- out blue ribbons to farm animals Eragon leaves destruction in his As the tale continues in the second the landscape of Aagaesia forever in ing read. anytime in the near future. wake as those who wish to possess book, "Eldest," the duo journey to what should be a thrilling adventure. It is the perfect novel for anyone the dragon, a highly coveted animal, receive the training required of a Often the Inheritance cycle is com- who loves fantasy or adventure, with

are pursuing him. Dragon Rider. . pared to other fantasy novels. just (he right combination of both, a Patrick Hughes is an A&E Editor at the in leg- er Eragon must follow the The dragon Saphira, named for People seem to believe that it is page-turn- and a nice break from Voice. He can be reached for comment at endary footsteps of the Dragon her vivid blue color, and Eragon trek just a cross between "The Lord of the monotony of textbooks. PHughes09wooster.edu.

h section editors: Voice Friday, sara -- brown . M SEPTEMBER 12 Andrew Vogel ports 7 322 Eds I Buckeyes will stun critics, On their home field, Trojans keep national title hopes alive will stomp overrated Buckeyes Ar. we an111 . 'ies, Know mat.t...it the same Ohio State team that soueakcd bv Ohio last week shows im As a lifelong resident of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, I have lived the good life, in this week to play USC, the Buckeyes will be run out of California fastcr'than Barry Bonds. regards to the sporting world, over the past decade. Pay no attention to what ESPN may tell However, that same Ohio State team that struggled against Ohio, won't show you about some insignificant southern high school football village Boston is the true title up this week. town. Although for the team that founded my fair city in its recent winning

All of the factors leading up to this game . ways, the fall of 2008 is looking the bleakest Q say that USC should clean the Buckeyes' it has in nearly a decade. clock tomorrow All-P- night. Ohio State looked The injury to our perennial ro quar asleep for the first three quarters of last sX terback, Tom Brady, has caused the New week's game; Meanwhile, USC traveled England Patriots hometown of Foxborough, y vogel f across the country to whip Virginia 52-- 7 Mass. to bear a better resemblance to hughess two weeks ago, and have had an extra week to prepare for the Muddville rather than the pigskin Mecca it Bucks. On top of all that, the game is on USC's home field, the has come to be considered. Now with a visit to this year's Super Coliseum a place where USC has won 36 of its past 38. USC Bowl in Tampa Bay being nothing more than a Kevin Faulk pipe holds all the cards going into this match-u- p. For some reason, dream, I exert the entirety of my football attention on doing that's why an upset tomorrow seems imminent. one of the things that New Englanders do best: maliciously hat First off, Ohio-Stat- e will look nothing likethe mediocre team ing on other sports teams. we saw last week. The weekly grind of college football is so With the standings in the AL, East showing the Yankees' Evil tough that teams can't put together'perfect performances every Empire all but removed from playoff contention, refocusing my

week. While fallen-Bra- style points aren't important, getting the victory dy rage on such an organization would be futile. at the end of the day is. Ohio State is unquestionably a better Rather, I have decided to center my enraged attention on a team team than they showed last week. They'll show it tomorrow. that, over the past four years, I have grown to loathe nearly as Chris Wells will play tomorrow. Wells is a special player, and much as our rivals from the Bronx. As this particular team has special players find a way to play through pain when the spot a rather crucial game to play versus the indomitable Trojans of light is on. Not only will Wells play, but he'll have a big game. USC this upcoming Saturday, 1 find it only appropriate to vent In the two biggest games of his career thus far, at Michigan in my frustration of the Patriots losing currently the best player the regular season finale and against LSU in the BCS Title last in the NFL by explaining what can only be considered as an year, Wells ran for 222 yards and for 146 yards, respectively. eventual wasted effort on behalf of Ohio's supreme athletic roy-

i : : : I Wells has shown he's a big time player. If Wells runs for over alty the Ohio State Buckeyes. 1 Illustration 20 yards, it will put far more pressure on the USC defense. by Jessica Marsh. Let me please begin by stating what is incredibly apparent to has a If Wells big game, it will also open up passing lanes for quarterbacks Todd Boeckman and j us esteemed college football fans whom have not endured a lifetime of being force fed from the

Terrelle Pryor. If USC is forced to put eight men in the box to stop Wells, it will allow Boeckman ; Scarlet and Gray propaganda machine - Ohio State is nothing without running back Chris and Pryor to take shots down the field. Also, look for the normally buttoned-dow- n Tressel to "Beanie Wells on the field. The nation watched this past weekend, as the precious Buckeyes

change it up a little bit. were forced to rely on a late surge of desperation to overcome a Mid-Americ- an Conference Namely, look for Pryor to have a bigger role in this game. Pryor's feet and athleticism is some team, who last season finished behind the University of Buffalo in the conference standings. thing USC will not have been able to prepare for. Pryor could provide more than a few momentum-c- The Buckeyes' offense was so anemic that the Ohio University defense was able to hold the hanging plays if given the opportunity. Buckeyes to fewer passing yards than the University of Wyoming accumulated against the Also, the Ohio State defense should not be underestimated. While USC ran roughshod all over Bobcats the previous week. That has to sting just a little bit. Virginia, the Ohio State defense poses a far stiffer test. While the Buckeyes' Achilles heel has been Compare the offensive numbers of Ohio State without Beanie Wells to those of the fully

against mobile quarterbacks running the spread, Mark Sanchez isn't much of a threat to run. 1 staffed, well rested Trojans and you will notice that this season, USC has amassed triple the

Also, the Buckeyes' defense will hit the new signal-call- er a little harder than Virginia did. Sanchez i passing yards and 25 percent more rushing yards than Ohio State. These statistics also fail to won't have the opportunity to wind up and sling it 50 yards downfield like he did two weeks ago. take into account that the Trojans recorded these numbers three time zones away from the While the intangibles in this game seem to favor the Trojans, there is a sense of urgency for j comforts of their sunny Southern Californian abode, in front of over 61,000 screaming the Buckeyes this week. The Buckeyes have been caught flat-foot- ed in their last two BCS Wahoos at the University of Virginia's Scott Stadium Championship games. It isn't likely to happen' again. Whileit's tough to have a must-wi- n game in If USC is able to put up those numbers on the road, think of the scoring potential the Week 3, the Buckeyes have to win this game to have a shot at playing in the championship game Trojans have against the visiting, weakened Buckeyes at their home stadium, a place where in January. It's unlikely that the Buckeyes would get a second chance to prove themselves in the USC is 36-- 2 since the 2002 season. title game, especially with the stigma that this team can't win the big game. If the Buckeyes want Ohio State fans, please don't fret about the outcome of this Saturday's game. Feel free to Mh9.t..tfevrMv.ght.tidc

H-'- a , Th odds are against them,,Howevertfpirts fanny way of wHfrisinijie expert TheaiM;iatr Buckeyes will put to rest the notion that they can't seem to win the big game tomorrow night. ! Have fuVflStting the I. Andrew is a Sports Editor and Patrick Hughes is atf AZiE Editor for The Wooster Voice. They are both regular contributors. Contact them at avogellOwooster.edu and phugkes09wooster.edu

Men's soccer gets first win against Volleyball goes 1-- 3 in Defiance, loses to Otterbein 1-- 0 Marcia French Tourney

clear : Patrick Hughes that the surging Sots would be . Over the two games, Wooster's goal- - Johann Weber already existing College record of the ones in control. Wooster scored committee, knocked A&E Editor keeping Taylor Takacs '12, Senior Sports Writer over 2,500 digs, while Earle early and often against an outplayed Patryk Tenorio '1 1 and Jordan O'Royle down 19 kills. Beal earned 151 assists At the owning of this season, it Defiance, scoring two goals within the '11, held opjKising offenses to anemic The volleyball team extended their and Riley had 67 kills, to complete

seemed as if nothing could go right tor .first 20 minutes of play. levels, allowing only one goal last week. non-confere- nce season last weekend, Wooster's top performances over the

the Wooster men's soccer team. Even Seventeen minutes into the first half, Wooster fell in a close match with a second straight 1- -3 tourna- weekend. with a roster stocked with well-season- ed Scot forward Brian Holmes '11 kicked Wednesday on the road against ment, this time at the Marcia French Despite their frustrating tourna- veterans, and a powerful drive to in the first goal of his career, followed Otterbein. The Cardinals headed in a Memorial Tournament in Berea, Ohio. ments so far this season, the team is outdo the team's last year's perform- two minutes later by Ruter scoring his corner in the game's 51th minute. The Wooster, whose overall record rises optimistic about what's to come.

ance, the Fighting Scots still finished second goal of the week. Before the Scots fell to 1-- 3-1 on the season. to 2-- 6, has struggled with their early "These first matches have been a the first week of the 2008 campaign a completion of the one-sid- ed first half, Even with Wednesday's loss, w ith the season opponents so far, despite struggle, partially because we are a disheartening 2-- 0 loss, losing on the WiMister scored again off of a header Scot's now over the essential first win strong performance in multiple games new team but also because it takes a

non-confere- nce from forward Davis Bates '10. road to opxnents hurdle, the team is adamant that of each match. . few matches before everyone is play- - Aurora and HeidellxTg. With things The Scots' scoring barrage simmered Saturday's outcome will resonate for starting to look somewhat bleak and down in the second half, but were still quite some time. "Even though it was a "The games were intense and I feel we had the the experienced Scots searching for a able to add some icing to their victory sul-p- ar team we needed a victory It boost to get them on the right track, with a fourth and final goal in the nsth was a confidence boost heading into the potential to win all the games, but that tourna- off a for- the team returned to Wooster last minute breakaway shot from next couple of games. It's always fun ment behind us is a reminder that we can Wednesday, Sept. 3 and got back on ward Scott Buckwald "lo, playing at home with the crowd su-port- ing track against Marietta College. Defensively, the Sot's were equally us," said senior defender Aaron improve on things to become a phenomenal Finally back playing on the more as impressive, limiting the visiting Oster-Bca- l. familiar Carl Dale Field, there were Jackets to a meager four shots on goal, Their next game is tomorrow at team." clear signs that the Fighting Scots were all of which came in the second half. home against John Carroll ;it 5 p.m. Carmen Guess '10 starting to make some definite changes. , Strong defensive efforts by both Volleyball teams left Wooster and Marietta tied . ' C throughout the first half and most of Si' 7? the second, until Marietta senior mid- Against both Baldwin-Walla- ce ing on the same page. Once we get fielder Jack Dunn was able to drive in a ' College and Alma College, Wooster into the swing of tilings we will all be Pioneers goal oil' a cross from defender showed its strength early, but couldn't performing as a team and helping each Kyle Blakenship during the 71th seem to pull out wins to close out each other out between every play," said minute. With the end of regulation in match. The team did come up victori- Amanda Gottesman '11. sight, and the dread of a third straight ously against Trine University, which So as the season heats up and defeat looming, the Scot's answered Wooster beat in three of four games, Wooster prepares for its first home

(fuickly, with junior midfielder Karl with scores of 25-- 2 f, 18-2- ,r, 2.V22 games this weekend, their attention

Ruter '10 scoring three minutes after and 2.1-1- 7. turns to putting the pieces, of their the Blakenship goal. Wooster's worst match was their team together in just the right way, Milter's goal came on a free kick fo- final one, coming against Westminster getting the cogs to mesh, and earning llowing a red card delivered to Marietta College, who kept the Scots from even some more checks in the w in column senior goalkeeper Steve Hagenau for a single win in their three-gam- e bout. hopefully starting this Friday with I catching the ball slightly outside the H YlEv V:.;' ; "The games were intense and feel Wooster's matches against Otterbein lxx, clelilx'rately preventing a scoring we had the potential to win all the at 4 p.m. and Ursuline at s p.m. chance. Now tied and playing a man-u- p, games, but that tournament is behind This completes Wooster's home the Scot's were unable to build a lead.olf us. It is a reminder that we can opener. The team especially hopes

' of Ruter's 12th career goal, sending the improve on things to become a phe- that spectators will turn out to sup- game into two overtime sessions in nomenal team," said first-ye- ar port them and witness them coming which neither team were able to manu- Carmen Guess '12. together. facture any effective offensive attack. Once again, a number of players on "Our team will be better than last Although incapable of recording the team showed their strength on the year. We have a lot of young players their first victory of the season, court, with notable performances who are incredible. We'll play better t Wooster held the offensively strong nA from KatcLynn Riley '10, Ali Drushal especially because we have a home

1- first-ye- ar Pioneers to a -1 tie, building momen- j '09, Megan Earle '09 and court advantage. We have worked tum for their Saturday against the Lizzie Beal '12. hard in pre-seas- on and these few Defiance University Blue Jac kets the" Drushal and Earle, who are regular matches we have played in and it is contest once again being held at Carl contributors to the Wooster stat only a matter of another match or two Garrett Dennett '09 and the team captured their first victory Dale Field. : sheet's, once again had praiseworthy and we will be rocking the volleyball against Definanc or 'Saturday (Photo by Charlie Fanellii, From the blitset of tl'ie 'gami!,'ii was fmmm mmvmci to w '''WtiW,''s;ldC;otaisman. 8 Friday, September 12, 2008 The Wooster Voice Football team sprints out of the gate as Holter and defense shine in season opening rout of Waynesburg

non-confere- nce opponent Brandon Jacobs clock, the Scot offense stepped up to field goal, but the lead did not last first touchdown in his Wooster rushing its out-passi- ng as the 67-ya- rd 205-11- 8 and them Voice Staff the plate and was not willing to let long as Holter marched the team career while finishing off the defense completely steal the down the field to go ahead on a drive. But the Scots weren't just well, 147-14- 2. 45-3- seven, high- The Fighting Scots went into show. Quarterback Austin Holter '10 touchdown pass to wide out Mike satisfied there, Remembering the 5 The defensive front in-Luk- e top-not- ch ends Waynesburg, Pa. on Saturday with and running back' Dustin Sheppard Francescangeli '10. Making the loss in week three of last season, lighted by two Wade '10, one goal in mind shut down '09 both piloted the Wooster attack switch from the defensive side of the the Scots continued to bury the Drake '11 and Chris Pat Robert Heller. with two impressive performances. ball to the offensive side, Tigers every chance they had. On and two bulls in the middle in Mission accomplished. The Tigers scored on their first Francescangeli seems primed for a their second drive down the field, Byrne '09 and Jeff Brown '09, not

44-y- did Scots take on the With revenge on the tip of its drive down the field w ith a ard break out season. He notched his this time Holter" hooked up with only the down tongue, this Wooster team placed a Mike's brother, Joe Francescangeli improbable task of shutting

67-ya- to bulls-ey- e on the back of the '09, to finish off a rd drive. Heller, but also limited the Tigers

all-too-fam- iliar of total offense 17 Waynesburg University pre-seas- on Leading at the half was an just 260 yards

All-Ameri- in sea- can running back, an feeling for the Scots from less than Heller had alone last match-u- p. improved defense .stuffed the same last --year, one that Dustin Sheppard son's back that shredded the Scots for 277 knew he did not want to experience The Scots will look to continue yards and five touchdowns last year. again. ' their great start to the season in two This time, Heller was held to 104 Following a field goal to cut the weekends coming off a bye week to yards and no touchdowns. Scots' lead to just seven points, the begin their assault on the tough Stingy aifd stubborn, the work of offense marched back down the field NCAC conference in their croSs-sta- te the defensive line led the team the for a 90-ya- rd drive, which resulted in rival Ohio Wesleyan as part of five-ya- rd Weekend. entire game. However, it was the . a Sheppard touchdownrun, Family

ry , claimed its first work of a pass-hung- secondary the 28th of his career. Last year the team that set the tone early and often. Led To seal the deal, with five minutes victory of the season in comeback by a career day by Pat Zimmerman left in the game, Holter scrampered fashion against the Owls for a 13-- 9 '09, the defense of the Scots inter- for a three-yar- d touchdown run that victory. cepted five Tigers' passes. This tied deflated any hope for the hometown While the team trailed for most of the team record when the Scots team. Joining in on the receiving fun the game, Holter connected with

" S picked off five against Allegheny ?J """" J as well, Holter hooked up with three now-depart- ed receiver Will Miska fourth-dow- Oct. 2, . h other receivers in Jon Mathis '10, '08 on a key n conversion. College on 1999. Zimmerman lead the defensive Kyle Murdock '11 and Cameron On the next play, running back charge for the whole length of the Daniels '12 to finish the day with an Dustin Sheppard '08 ran for a touch- game, picking off two passes himself impressive stat line 257 yards of down on a 34-ya- rd dash to the end ' while "also leading the team in the is total offense on 147 yards passing zone. In the game, Sheppard became ";r. career-hig- h on the 10th player in school history to tackles with 10, nine of them being V:. , and a 110 rushing solo. Eric Keyes '11 and Matt only 13 attempts. run for 2,000 yards in his career. DeGrand '10 also turned in impres- Sheppard added 82 yards on the After last season's disappointing 0--4 sive performances. Keyes lead the ground and another 25 on the receiv- start, the team has a chance to team with two sacks along with ing end. totally turn things around in the seven tackles, while DeGrand started When all was said and done, early going this year. another run at a selection on the Wooster out-hustle- d, out-smart- ed If the team can find a way to beat NCAC team, turning in six solo tack- Jordan Ferns '09 (here pictured in last year's game against and downright outplayed the Tigers Ohio Wesleyan next Saturday, it well be 4-- 0 before the annual les on the day. Waynesburg) is the team's top returning receiver. He missed in a game that marked a great start could Up front, the Scots' defensive and the 2008 campaign. rivalry game against Case Western this past week's opener, but will make his first start next offensive lines proved why this sea- season Behind the powerful offensive line, Reserve University on Oct. 11. son will be different for the Black and week in the home opener against Ohio Wesleyan on Oct. 20 in led by Cameron LeMasters '09, the Additional reporting to this story was Gold. Controlling the ball and the a key conference game (Photo by Sateesh Venkatesh). offense racked up 352 yards, by out- - contributed by sports editor Andrew VogeL

Field hockey team drops Women shut out Mount cum'.

Y. 3-- 0 two on road trip to N. Union, coast to Don't have a clue who's going to the Scots allowed were the most the poised to once again lead the Scots in fo lbs fcig game? ysnr mh Charles Powers Sara Brown, Patrick Andrew Vogel team had allowed in nine years. scoring. She was assisted by mid- sports nuts 1 Voice Staff Hughes, Andrew Vogel and Johann On Sunday, they traveled to fielder Maggie Kehm '12, who laced a Sports Editor Weber will pick the week's biggest Rochester and the offensive onslaught women's soccer nice accurate pass to Mott for the The Wooster football games,, both." college 'amft During the opening weekend of the continued on both sides the field. 3-- 0 a first assist her collegiate career. of improved to this weekend with of pro. Some will be on the mark,. xh- -, 2008 field hockey season, it was the Within the game's first 23 minutes, five win over Mt. Union College with a Wooster was able to keep the . era pruuauiy . nui w lutfia Scots' suffocating defense that enabled goals were on the board. While the score of 3-- 0. The Fighting Scots sec- momentum up and scored only nine track their progress every week with with wins Yellow tacked '" ' them to come away opening Jackets on the game's ond shutout of the season was a minutes later into the game. Fulmer season standings. . against Transylvania University and first two goals, the Scots wasted no showcase for some newcomers, some recorded her second score of the Think they've picked the wrong know Centre College. This past weekend, the time in getting back the lead. To put returning stars and Wooster's pow- game unassisted when she blasted a teams? Feel free to let them Scots' offense shouldered more of the the Scots on the board, Barrer knocked erhouse defense. loose ball in front of Mt. Union's what you think about each and every sport at voicejiportswootter.edu. load, but the defense struggled in two in an unassisted goal. Less than a The Scots were in control from the goal net. close losses on an eastern road swing to minute later, Lynch scored from the left get-g-o on both sides of the ball. The With a 20-- 2 shot advantage and a

York. 10-- New corner on a pass from Artman. team had several scoring opportuni 0 domination of corner kicks, the Last Week In the team's first last Ten later, broke in in almost game minutes Barrer the ties the opening drives, the team team proved superior every Patrick 15-- 10

Saturday, the team traveled to Ithaca, tie and gave Wooster the lead going to did not get on the scoreboard until aspect of the game. Johann 15-1- 0 N.Y. to .take on the Ithaca Bombers. halftime. It was Barrer's third goal on there were 1 7 minutes left in the first The keepers arguably could have Andrew 14-- 1 1 The Scots came out firing when the weekend road trip and gives her a half of the game. taken a nap in the goal. Alix Hoffman Sara 12-- 13

Brittany Montgomery '10 found the team-leadi- ng five goals through the Bri Fulmer '12 knocked the ball in '11 was required to -- make only one back of the net just over a minute into first four games of the season. on an assist from Chantal Koechli save, while Caitlin Zusy '09 didn't : Patrick, S Sara, A Andrew the game. However, Montgomery's In .the second half, however, offense '10. The goal was Fulmer's first of have to make a single one throughout J Johann, All Everyone score would turn out to be the lone came at a much higher premium. While her young collegiate career, while her entire time in the game. bright spot of the first half. the Scots nursed a one-sco- re advantage Koechli tallied her team-hig- h third The Fighting Scots continue their

five-ga- The Bomliers scored the game's next for nearly all of the second half, with a assist of the season. It was the 11th me homestand with a match NCAA Games five goals, and before the Scots could little over eight minutes left in the of her career. Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. against Thursday, Sept 11 blink, they found themselves down 5-- 1 game, Amanda Case tied the game at 3-- 3 And though the Scots continued to Marietta College. North Carolina at Rutgers (All) at the half. This was a stark difference to force overtime. dominate for the remainder of the This game is followed by another from the first two games when the During the overtime period, the first half, they could not put another home match at 1 p.m. against Scots allowed one goal the entire week- Scots had a prime scoring chance as goal between the pipes and went into Bethany College tomorrow, Saturday Friday, Sept. IS (J,S,P)13KU at19USF (A) end. It was also the first time the Scots Dine intercepted a penalty corner and halftime sitting on a one-go- al lead. Sept. 13. had trailed all season. sent it upfield to Montgomery. Liz Mott '11 extended the Scots' This game is followed by another However, the-tea- m came out firing in Montgomery found Artman, who took lead minutes into the second home affair on Sunday, Sept. 14 at 1 10 half Saturday, Sept. IS second half. '11 missed wide the Briana Lynch the shot but right. with her first goal of the season and p.m. The Scots will take on (All) 83 Cal at Maryland. scored the Scots' next goal on an assist Minutes later, Rochester took the sixth of her career. Mott looks Kalamazoo College. (All) UGA at S. Carolina. from Nina Dine '11. Subsequently, wind out of Wooster's sails as Christi Arkansas at 8 Texas (All) ' Amanda Artman 10 tacked on an unas- Bottcher sent the ball past an out- (J,P) UCLAat18BYU(A,S) sisted goal to cut the Bombers' lead to stretched Madalyn Myers '12 for the (A) Mich, at Notre Dame (J, S, P) a more manageable two goals. winning score. It was a difficult week- (All) 16 Oregon at Purdue Ga. Tech at Va. Tech However, w ith just over 25 minutes left end for the Scots, who battled tough (A) (J, S, P) (All) S Oklahoma at Wash.. in the game,' Ithaca knocked in its sixth this past weekend but fell short by one (A) 5 OSU atlUSC(J,S,.P) goal of the game and regained its three goal in each of the games. (A, S, P) 10 Wis. at 1 Fremo (J) score cushion. As good as the defense was in the The Scots, however, did not fold, as team's first two games, it allowed 10 Eileen Barrer "11 scored on an assist total goals this weekend, forcing the NFL Games from Artman, who later added another Scots to play catch up for much of the Sunday, Sep. 14 unassisted goal of-- her own. weekend. (A, S, P) Tenn. at Cincinnati (J) Unfortunately, the Scots were unable to In terms of the conference stand- (All) Green Bay at Detroit (All) Oakland at K.C muster a game-tyin- g goal and Ithaca ings, the two weekend losses have no (All) N.Y. Giants at St. Louis held on to win the ballgame 6-- 5. bearing. However, all that changes (All) Indy at Minnesota Overall, the Scots produced more shots tomorrow as the team takes on Kenyon - i . (J, S, P) N O. at Washington (A) goal and managed cor- College, for on more penalty the team's main challenger (J, A, S) Chicago at Carolina (P) ners, but at the end of the day, the the North Coast Athletic Conference (J, P) Buffalo at Jacksonville (A, S)

all-impor- Bombers edged out the Scots in the tant crown. The game begins 11 a.m. San Fran, at Seattle (All) goal column. The six goals tomorrow. (A, P) Atlanta at Tampa Bay (J, S) (A, S) Baltimore at Houston. (J, P) 1 (S, P)N. England at N.Y. Jets (J, A) oo (P) Miami at Arizona (J, A, S) n n (J, P) San Diego at Denver (A, S) r (S)Pittsburgh at Cleveland (J, A, P) O ft DC oo n

Monday, Sep. On n . no Philly at Dallas (All)

Liz Mott (9) '11, last year's leading scorer, knocked in her first goal of the season. (Photo by Sateesh Venkatesh).