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Vol. LXXXVII, No.8 Wednesday, November 3, 1999 Rhodes Holds Spirit Week By Rochel Chaney the music of the Bouffants. "The pep rallyjust went so well-so did Staff Writer "The Bouffants were great," said the coffeehouse and the dance," she RAB member Jessica Hoffman ('01). said. "Swing low, sweet chariot,' sang "They played '50s, '60s and '70s mu- In conjunction with Spirit Week, the Woolsocks on October 24, kick- sic. They all had beehives and RAB also sponsored Rhodes Apparel ing off the 1999 Rhodes Homecom- sparkly outfits."' days. Hats, T-shirts, and red and black ing Spirit Week. The Woolsocks and The pep rally was new to Home- could be worn in exchange for"prizes Jason Beasley performed in the Lynx coming week, according to Brad of an edible nature." Lair for an All-Male Review, opening Damare ('01), a Timeout for Choices "The idea of all of this is to get the full week of spirit events. member. The pep rally was held on more interest," Fullerton said. "If we "This is the first time we've had October 28 and featured John Ramsey can build a whole week around the events every night of [Spirit Week]:' as emcee; performances by the pep game, hopefully more people would said Barry Fullerton ('00), chair of band, dance team, and cheerleaders; actually come to the game." Rhodes Activities Board (RAB). "We and a student spirit contest. There Timeout for Choices, the Alumni had a lot of various groups putting were also appearances by Coach Office, RAB, the Student Affairs Pro- events together in a collaborative ef- White and President and Mrs. Troutt gramming Committee, and Residence fort." and introductions of the fall sports Life were among the groups who col- Events ranged from an Alcohol teams, Hoffman explained. laborated for the week's events. "Awareness Mock Trial to a Ghosts of "I was happiest with the Pep "(The idea of a spirit week] Rhodes Storytelling night to, of Rally," Hoffman said. "R/odes is not came up during our [RAB] retreat course, the Homecoming dance. exactly famous for its school spirit, but from a lot of the first-years and "The Homecoming dance is a great everyone was cheering and yelling." sophomores," Fullerton said. "RAB thing" Fullerton said. "It's alumni, fac- According to Leah Mercer ('00), is a vehicle to help set up events and Photo By Susan Hughes ulty, staff,and students all intermingling Spirit Week has gotten more people get them out." together. It's a huge night." involved and built a lot of spirit up Kirkpatrick said that, overall, RAB Dancin' The Night Away The dance began for alumni at for the game. "The pep rally was awe- was very pleased with the way the 8:00 and featured the music of The some;' Mercer said. "Ithink everyone week turned out."I hope we can con- James Underwood ('00), Christian Wold ('00), and Callie Summers ('00) New Memphis Hepcats in the multi- that came out really enjoyed it." tinue to have Spirit week turn out the dance with the Bouffants at the Homecoming dance on Friday night. sports forum of the Bryan Campus The turnout at the pep rally was way it did this year," she said. "The This year's Homecoming dance was the first open to students, faculty, staff and alumni. Life Center. At 10:30, students were larger than people had expected, said turnouts were great at almost every invited to join alumni and dance to RAB member Kim Kirkpatrick ('03). event. It was just a great week." Career Services Office Sponsors Career Awareness Week

By Valerie Wilet A new event this year, the panel needed:' said Winstead-Young, as ginning Wednesday, November 3,and from all academic departments. Rep- News Editor features students discussing where "many students in the recruiting pro- there will be a waiting list. The din- resentatives will be able to explain the they interned, the responsibilities they cess are taken to formal dinners." ner lasts from 5:30 to 7:30 in the requirements for a particular major Next week, from November 8-12, held, and whether they were paid or Hosted by Director of Career Ser- Alburty Room. as well as answer general questions the office of Career Services will be received academic credit for their vices Sandi George Tracy, "Put Your The staff of Career Services is pro- that a student contemplating differ- sponsoring daily activities as part of work. In addition, panelists will ad- Best Fork Forward"includes a discus- viding video-taped mock interviews ent majors might have. Co-sponsored the annual Career Awareness Week. dress how they obtained the intern- sion about etiquette, as well as menu all day Wednesday and Thursday, by the departments of Academic Sup- According to Assistant Director of ships and will provide advice for those featuring such delicacies as stuffed November 10 and 11. The service is port and Academic Affairs, this event Career Services Jennifer Winstead- who wish to do interesting summer chicken medallions, with Rosemary beneficial for students seeking expe- will be held from 4:30 to 6:00 in the Young, the idea behind the week is to internships. The panel will be held garlic sauce, and, for dessert, vanilla rience in all types of interviews-for in- Alburty Room. "structure programming and infor- from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in Buckman cheesecake with raspberry sauce, gar- ternships, post-graduate careers, or In addition to the dailyevents, Ca- mation that really brings careers to the Hall. nished with a bouquet of black and medical school, to name a few. "It's a reer Services will collect names of stu- forefront of the minds of the stu- On Tuesday, Winstead-Young red raspberries. wonderful experience for students to dents attending the events throughout dents." suggested students check their mail- According to Winstead-Young, see for themselves how they are in an the week and will draw two names in The opening event, on Monday, boxes for career guidance information there is always something "question- interview" Young said. a raffle for career survival kits, one November 8, will be an "I Want to of a unique sort, as yet to be disclosed. able" about how to eat at the event, The Career Awareness Week ac- serving the needs of first-years and Know What You Did Last Summer" On Wednesday, November 9, se- and students will learn how to handle tivities end on Thursday, November sophomores, and one for upperclass- panel discussion, which will include niors will gear up for "Put Your Best these tricky dining situations. The 11 , with a Majors Fair. Geared toward men. Also, during the week, the li- five students "who have had interest- Fork Forward," a dinner which event is free, and reservations are first- and second-year students, the brary will display a variety of ing internships/experiences this past teaches the tiquette of formal din- made on a first-come, first-serve ba- fair will provide students an oppor- career-related materials for students summerexplainedW'stead-Young. ing. The program "is very much sis. Interested seniors can sign up be- tunity to speak with representatives to peruse at their own convenience. Opinion Page 2 Wednesday, November 3, 1999

100 Years Of Hitchcock Editor:in d-l7 -~ Matthew Shljpe home for a peek at the dining about Hitchcock's feature films dialogue in Rear Window and the room where the Hitchcocks had and television series, including cigarette extinguished into an AmteEditor Stole Means entertained the likes of George Laura Mulvey, Raymond Bellour, egg in. To Catch a Thief, to the Bernard Shaw, the hidden stair- and Jean Douchet. While there, I shot of a train entering a tunnel BusinessManhprs case in the oldest part of the also got to view new prints of that concludes North by North- GaegScheuchezubu' house, the lavish bathrooms North by Northwest, Psycho, and west and the flushing toilet in Brian Willis with tubs elevated atop broad The Birds. Psycho. SECTION EDITORS The centennial celebrations steps of Italian marble, and the I was impressed with the fact Like the spry corpses in The of the life and work of Alfred J. bedrooms decked out in ornate that, sixty years after the events, Trouble with Harry, Psycho, OpEd Editor Blake Rollins Hitchcock (1899-1980) have gothic woodwork that re- British writers on Hitchcock still Frenzy, and Family Plot, A&E Editor Amy Holcombe Scene Editor Patrick, Lane served to remind us of the ge- minded me of boudoirs de- have not forgiven him for defect- Hitchcock, though dead, refuses News Editor 'Valerie Witte nius and abiding influence of - picted in Hitchcock's 1927 film ing to America, and French writ- to, stay buried. Sports Editor 'Susan Hughes according to Entertainment Downhill. We walked in the ers still see things in his films few Why has his influence per- Rhode'ster Editor Barrett Hathcock Weekly's top 100 list - the garden and strolled on the lawn others can detect. My ears also sisted so long? How can we ac- world's number one film direc- where Hitch cavorted for the perked up when Joseph Stefano, count for the numerous sequels STAFF WRITERS tor. family's home movie camera who wrote the original Psycho in to Psycho and Mel Brooks' back- Emily Bays Heather Locridse This year there have been TV and where his daughter Pat kept 1959, said that his suggestion of KalmanBensth Kenneth Lukas handed "tribute" to Vertigo, High BradDamare RachdOaqey specials about Hitchcock on the her pony before the family a new ending for last year's re- Anxiety? What's to be said about JenniferDurovchic AmiOkauinski Encore Channel and the BBC moved to the States in 1939. make met with a curt rebuttal the ever-growing spate of hom- Nit Granger NathanRagain Angela)ones Matt Reed and numerous retrospectives of At the British Film Institute, from Gus Van Sant: "You should ages to Hitch, including Twelve MuCroth Jeremy Smith his films. Museums in New my wife and I were permitted to have thought of that forty years Monkeys, the Simpsons, and in- Tim Hayes MiasyStatom Drew Hughes Maryam Tanhe York, Paris, London, and Oxford view two Hitchcock films not ago!" numerable episodes of.The X- SethJones MarsZimmnermn (England) have mounted available in the Americas. One, Reflecting on these heady ex- Files? And how can we best BeakPurva Amy Tidwell Hitchcock exhibits. Along with Elstree Calling (1930), was on periences, I am struck by an over- respond to the recent remakes of GRAPHICS & DESIGN STAFF them has come a flood of new highly flammable film stock whelming sense of Hitchcock as Dial Mfor Murder, Rear Window, Layout Editor Sarah Bettinger books on "the master of sus- that had to be viewed in a tiny innovator, technically, aestheti- and Van Sant's shot-by-shot re- Photography Editor Chris McKenzie pense," fresh collections of es- room where the temperature cally, and even ethically. I mar- hash of Psycho? Staff Photographers Carol Curry says, and reflective coverage in was kept below 400 F. So, we vel at his careful manipulation Russell Young of An adequate response almost Copy Editor Tim Hayes magazines from The New Yorker donned every bit of clothing time and space, notably in his use certainly involves humor's role Design By Jonathan Nolen to People. we'd brought with us and of unsettling camera angles, as in in the director's unique concoc- Online Editor Emily Slagle This summer, while engaged hunkered down to watch this the impossibly high "God's eye" tion of suspense. The Hitchcock Asso Online in research on Hitchcock's early effort at what a character shots in North by Northwest antl touch involves a hearty helping Editor Sarah Bettinger French connections, particularly in the story called "fully talking, The Birds and his gradual perfect- of game playing, of wry wit, and COLUMNISTS depictions of France in his ear- fully sneezing" cinema. ing of concealed cuts from of irony. Teal Baker Joe Peeples liest British films, my wife and I Much of the summer was Waltzes from Vienna and Rope A fuller answer may lie, in Jen Eliason 'Steve Perry steeped ourselves in spent writing up this research through I Confess and North by part, in Hitchcock's uncanny Dan London Barret Hathcock Jeremy Mungle Hitchcockian London. We vis- and preparing for a professional Northwest to Frenzy. I am moved ability to touch the dark side Ebony Woods ited several sites important to talk on Hitchcock's French con- by his evocative deployment of within each of us, to compel us him, among them Saint Ignatius nections. In mid-October I sound and silence, of color and to imagine ourselves inhabiting As the official student newspaper of College (a Jesuit school where he gave that talk at the Hitchcock shadow, for example in The Man a nightmarish world, where Rhodes College, The Sow ester is claimed to have learned about Centennial Conference, Spon- Who Knew Too Much (both ver- produced entirely by the students on glamour and guilt, humor and staff rI flutons independently of guilt and confession, and where, sored by New York University in sions). I respond viscerally to his horror, cohabit and ultimately faculty and Administration. It is pub- as a schoolboy, he excelled in conjunction with the Directors dramatic foregrounding of ordi- haunt. lished weekly throughout the fall and French and Latin) and Guild of America and Univer- nary objects - a glass of milk, a More than anything else, per- spring semesters e±itdufringexam Gainsborough Studios, where he sal Pictures. My subject was the cigarette lighter, scissors, a lamp, haps, Hitchcock's resilience tes- periods and breaks. made many of his British films fruitful contact in the mid- a key - so as to infuse them with tifies to his masterly ability to Staff meetings are open to the (a hulking former power station 1950s between Hitchcock and ominous presence. I am amused visualize a tale-unrealistic Rhodes community and convene in on the Islington Canal, con- French theoretician-filmmak- and intrigued by his constant though it may be, to make it Buckman every Sunday afternoon at vi- 3p.m. The Soawreter i a member of verted to a movie studio in the ers, including Claude Chabrol pushing against constraints of sually irresistible- to draw us the Student Publications Board, a six- 1920s and currently being reno- and Frangois Truffaut, encoun- censorship, from the provocative into it and never let us go. publication consortium that includes the editors of all student publications, vated). ters that propelled Hitchcock's class representatives and at-large rep- The highlight of our explo- career internationally and ex- resentatives from the student body. rations was a day trip in search erted a decisive influence on the All staff editorials published in The Sou'wester represent the majority of Hitchcock's country home, in New Wave in French cinema. opinion of the Editorial Board com- the company of Rhodes alumna This cross-cultural interac- posed of section editors and execu- SUBMIT! tive editors. Opinions expressed in Sue Gibson Sevier ('86), who tion is a central theme of the The staff of the Southwestern Review is calling The Rhed'aer, opinion columns, and lives in Epsom, south of London. Hitchcock-Truffaut course that for submissions letters-to-the-editor do not necessar- of poetry, fiction, creative non- ily reflect the opinions of The After much wandering through I teach at Rhodes and hope to fiction, prose poetry, visual arts, etc, for inclusion Sou'weser Editorial Board. Letters- country backroads, we found the offer again next year. in this year's creative arts journal. All submis- to-the-editor are encouraged; All let- tiny village of Shamley Green, The five-day ters must be signed and will-bedited conference in sions are due by 5 pm, Friday, Jan. 28, and are for clarity. consisting of a post office and Manhattan gave me a chance to welcome at: two pubs, for which Hitchcock interact with Janet Leigh, Eva REACHING 7) Soclw zal Phom,, (901) 543-3970 named his TV production com- Marie Saint, Pat Hitchcock, and Southwestern Review in-box, Academic Volume Pa: (901) 843-3409 pany, Shamley Pictures. Nearby, other performers who had Third Floor Palmer, Third Floor Clough, 5-Mal: suawe hodes edu' after some picturesque detours, worked with Hitch; with the Mdes The Su'wutes Southwestern Review office, Publications Center RhodaCole, Box 3010 we located the house, called screenwriters for Psycho, The Burrow Library, Circulation Desk 2000 Noth Patkway Winter's Grace. Having care- Birds, and Marnie; and with Or personally to: Nathan Ragain (box 2053) Mengthia,- THIU91Z169U. fully inspected my credentials, many scholars from Europe and Tiffany Padgitt (box 2072) Orvisit TuSeusirwu Omiua the current owner opened his America who have written Abasi McKinsie (box 1963) http: /'p tudmnts .rhodea.sodilar/ M-b . "sca.r Opinion Wedtnsday, Novtmber 3, 1999 S(3U'WE&rER Page 3 Here's To The Winter Of Our Discontent dorm room disappears. except for the day treats, nestled in front of our morally bankrupt friends. so now i over all the attractive skinny people. constant threat of hypothermia and warm and cozy televisions. we have will list some suggestions that my let's face it, some of us are probably JEREMY MUNGLE_ FJl taking a Tom Suchman-style spill on grown lazy, and we have no idea what friends and i have come up with that really tasty. Camy's is not open all FAC MUNDUM. a patch of ice, the winter is a great time a naturally selective blessing winter can help us all to experience winter ROMAM night, but your roommate is always to be alive. can be. the way nature intended. dose by. who wouldn't love to have but historically (and even today so i am proposing that we make 1. stop wearing jackets and such: their very own single next semester in the depths of Yankee lands), not this winter a good one. let us endeavor i mean, come on, your body has all and a 4.0 for the current term? i want everything made it through the win- to live in the shadow of death and sorts of far-out mechanisms for con- to warn you, however, that it may be the leaves are dying, and people ter. the puritans would drop like agony so that we might enjoy the good serving heat, and it would be crimi- difficult to convince Charlie Landreth do not sit out in the amphitheatre too flies every winter until they learned times and enjoy all the benefits that nal to waste them by wearing a that you came home one night and much anymore. those of us who have from the Native Americans how to come along with a good, old-fash- space-age textile jacket. and besides, discovered that your roommate had been here before can feel the damp make Polarfleece pullovers and ioned winter. your friends say you wear too many J. eaten himself to death. cold finally approaching. all too soon vests, the winter used to be a time you are probably saying to your- Crew sweaters anyway. so what bet- 3. build a fire: turn off that cursed we will be permanently bonded to our when all of a community's resources self,"Jeremy, what an absolutely splen- ter way to make them feel silly than and allergen-infested heating in your North Face Goretex laminate shells were stretched to the limit so that did idea, but how exactly could we go turning as blue as a suffocated baby dorm room and build a fire. we have and our L.L. Bean duckboots. yes, fel- the strongest members of the com- about experiencing winter that way, in a prom dumpster as you lose fin- lots of trees around here, and i am sure low Rhodents, we are on the cusp of munity could live to see another and shouldn't you mention some- gertips in a painful shuffle from they do not keep tabs on every one of another flatland winter. 'sweeps week' in May. thing about serving God too?" well, Stewart to Buckman. when you are them. your resident assistant may try ipersonally like the winter. i do but today we have it too easy. our fellow Rhodents, i worked long and really cold, you have time to think to reprimand you, but if you build not like sweating, and i do not like biggest threat during the winter is dy- hard to answer just such an imaginary about all sorts of stuff, just like that your fire dose enough to the door they bugs, and both of these unpleasantries ing of food poisoning and/or malnu- question. i think we can all agree that guy in'To Build A Fire." will not even be able to get in your are significantly decreased during the trition (but we live with that threat i am always full of really good ideas 2. contemplate cannibalism: one room. if the fire alarm goes off, just winter. in the winter, i do not have to from august to may, so it does not re- that everyone just thinks are great! of my all time favorite wintertime sto- stand around outside making snide worry about sunburn, and i can pile ally count). we have no hardships that just ask Glenn Schwab or any of the ries is that of The Donner Party. it comments about "those irresponsible on the clothes to disguise the fuel tank make winter either dangerous or pro- other fine men and women putting has always held a special place in my freshmen" on the first floor. fire for my sex machine that I keep right ductive. it used to be that people used their lives on the line everyday for ath- heart, because it one of the few in- teaches us not to be careless and if you above my belt. when it is cold out- every spare calorie their body con- letics at Rhodes College. but this time, stances in recorded history where do not mind a few toxic fumes, you side, showering becomes spmpwhat tained, but now most of us actually i decided to supplement my own ideas those blessed souls with a slow me- may never have to take your trash into optional, and the moldy smell in your put on weight as we eat delicious holi- with the help of mywell-adjusted and tabolism were at a distinct advantage the hall again. RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER!

across the nation pledged to refuse placed on Rhodes' students, Cam- all those copies? Must it really be contribute in some way to the envi- MID BAGRODIA employment with these companies. pus Green united the Rhodes com- front-side only? Simple measures, ronment. The Compus Gree The three primary targets are Brit- munity, proving that Rhodes does like being less liberal with our cop- I recently heard a catchy phrase, Coltecive, ish Petroleum PLC, Ford, and Coca- have "environmental stewardship:' ies and using double-sided paper, "The earth serves you 168 hours a Cola, and the list is continuing to A garbology report was also com- can really make a difference. week, why not take out an hour to grow. I am happy to say that, as you pleted last semester, helping to di- Along with copying paper,printer serve it?" I mean, seriously, how much read this, there is a campaign being rect Rhodes in terms of its recycling paper is also coming under scrutiny. more effort or time does it take to walk As the much awaited and launched at Rhodes to join the pro- efforts. (HA, you cannot hide, Campus Green down the hall to deposit your overhyped millennium approaches, test. Along with raising awareness, Despite the fact that recycling will leave its mark everywhere!) Fol- recyclables, to turn off lights, to put each cause and movement is rush- we must now take action! bins exist on campus, over 50% of lowing the example of Rollins College your computer on "sleep-mode" be- ing forward with millennium goals. Focusing on Rhodes' campus, the waste consisted of paper! This in Florida, we hope to offer the op- fore you go to bed? As trite as these Globally speaking, the environmen- the environmental concerns remain definitely reflects the apathetic atti- tion of printingon paper that has one efforts sound, it will make some dif- tal movement at the student level is in the hands of students but are now tude on campus. Perhaps it isn't side used already, along with normal, ference. Try it and see. mushrooming, with efforts to make receiving the well-deserved and suc- apathy, but ignorance. Yes, we are plain paper. By doing this, we will be As mentioned above, one crucial the new millennium a "Green"one, cessful support of faculty, staff, and becoming an environmentally aware reusing our own resources wisely be- development has been the increased as'our earth's future is now in the administration. We at Campus college, but it is not going to hap- fore sending them to be recycled. dialogue between faculty, staff, ad- hands of its future leaders: the stu- Green have been inspired by the pen with a handful of people, it will With actions, awareness, and edu- ministration, and students. Currently, dents. College students, making up fresh influx of support, along with require the combined efforts of all cation must also increase. Due to this group, known as Rhodes Plan- a large faction of the U.S.'s popula- the student body, to expand and bet- students, faculty, and staff. Gini's wonderful efforts, Campus ning Cooperative, is working on rec- tion, have often been essential in ter implement our goals for the up- Aside from running the paper Green will continue to raise environ- ommendations for the construction pushing for new agendas and poli- coming year. and aluminum recycling efforts at mental awareness on campus with ofanewdorm. Keeping sustainability cies with their enthusiasm and over- Last year, under the enthusias- Rhodes, Campus Green is exploring speakers such as Charles McGrady in mind, the new dorm may not only whelming support. - tic leadership of Gini Cogswell and other areas of environmental con- (the current President of the Sierra serve as a symbol of Rhodes' environ- We all have heard of the environ- Shawna Miller, Campus Green cern. This year we will look at al- Club and a Rhodes alumnus). In lis- mental concern, but will be economi- mental injustices performed by sev- gained momentum and respect as ternatives to Rhodes' paper source, tening to Mr. McGrady, I hope the cally beneficial in the long run. eral corporations and have often an integral and active organization as well as attempt to reduce the message that ANYBODY can make a Fortunately, such thinking is already turned our heads in disgust. Well, in the Rhodes community. Campus amount of paper consumed. It is es- difference will be conveyed, for he was being implemented here. Physical now"we," the students, are not only Green was able to initiate a new re- timated that over 2,500,000 copies also once in our shoes. Plant, in particular,is doing a won- exposing and targeting such compa- cycling program that integrated fac- are made on our campus. This Now,I am not advocating that we derful job, already saving the college nies, but are alsodemanding reform. ulty, administration, and students. amounts to a stunning sum of all become environmental activists, or $90,000 through energy conserva- This past fall break, at the ECO2000 Aside from relieving the much- $34, 478.74 just in copying paper any other activists for that matter, but tion measures. THANK YOU Sonference, of.hostu ptudens too-heavy-load. of. responsibility ,costs, Ql, so do you REALLY need . I just want to stress that we can ALL MARK!- - IN ews Page 4 S(kJ'VES ME Wednesday, November 3, 1999 Campus Safety Log Rhodes Students Excavate

10/~ Site In Turkey By Steel. Mean CTIVI28 arrive inTurkey and consists of a one- 0 2:30 inthe afternoon, after whih they 9Y TO .o1 Associte Editor itek tour around archaeological sites examined all of the artifact wih they REPORT/ 1 10/28 ,NO UNUSUALA 9 Two Rhodes students, David inTurkeyAfterwards, the participants found that day. spend four weeks at the excavation 10/29 15:30 Gym parking lot-Towed illegally parked Shonts ('01) and Jena Balton ('02), site. Later, the participants had either a vehicle. had the unique opportunity to par- Balton spoke with The Sou'wester class session in the Turkish language or on this experience in Turkey. She said attended alecture onTurrkishculture.At McCoy Lot-Keg found, owner located- ticipate in an archaeological excava- 21:00 tion that there were twelve American stu- the endof dhe day, they recorded thelat- alum ni; advised of policy, report filed. project this past summer at asite in southwestern Turkey called the dents and twelve Turkish students on est data and findingsona computer id- 23:00 Disturbance/Fight-Outside of BCLC, Hacimucilar mound. the program, and they were accompa- eos, pictures, and other details of the two alumni involved. Campus Safety According to DcKenny Morrell, nied by the field director of the project, project can be viewed online- at on the scene, disturbance ended-report associate professor of Greek and Mark Garrison, who is a professor at www coleges.org/-turkey filed. Roman Studies, this program is Southwestern University in Texas, and Balton said that, besides learning several experts in the field of archaeol- more about archaeology she gained in- 10/30 19:45 University/Tutwiler-Stolen vehicle re- sponsored joindlybyBilke nt Univer- covered, MPD notified, vehicle towed sity in Ankara, Tuirkey and the As- ogy. sight inothe Turkish culture and people. to the City lot for owner to pick up. sociated Colleges of the South, a Asked to describe a typical day, She also learned more about,the Turk- consortium of which Rhodes is a Balton saidthat almnost everyone got up ish political pride, and particularly the 10/31 11:42 Briggs, second floor restroom-Injury, member. The College of the Holy at 4:30 in the morning, had breakfast, intense respect and admiration that the victim slipped on floor-refused treat. Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, and left at five to go to the site, which Turkish people hold for Ataturk, the ment and DePauw University in was approximately fifteen to twenty founder of modern turkey. 21:30 BCLC-lniury, Victim transported to hos- Greencastle, Indiana, are affiliates as minutes away, by car, flum the village Morrell pointed out that, as under- pital by friend. wel. A limited number of students in which they were staying. graduate students are typically not able from each of these institutions are However, she noted, "Iwas the as- to take part in this kind of fieldwork, STATISTICS able to take part in the program. sistant to the photographer,and so Ihad "This program provides a wery unique ACCESSES: 145 PROPPED DOORS: 3 The program itself has three dis- to bethere earlier than everyonieelse." opportunitytounderraduate students." VIlSITORS: 3,148 JUMP STARTS: 7 tinct parts. The first is an internet She went on to say that the site was The program will run again next CITATIONS: 85 BOOTED CARS: 2 course, held in the spring, on the on the grounds of an old Byzantine year and two slots are available for stu- ESCORTS: 47 TOWED CARS: 1 methodology of archaeology. The church, and each person was assigned dents from Rhodes. Arynai~wo is in- second part begins after the students to atrench areathere.Eeryone dug un- terested should contact Morrel 0

I get paid to surf the web www.AllAdvantage.com Sports SW'rwESTER Wednesday, November 3, 1999 Sports Editor's Privilege Lyn 'Take Conference Titles: Women By SuSN HUHES So, the majority of the campus organizations spent the better part Receive First National Ranking of last week working to create an at- mosphere of enthusiasm and enjoy- By Kosta Dalogeorgas John Knight ('02), Michael ment for Homecoming. RAB and Staff Writer Hoover ('02), Joel Harris ('03), Residence Life, as well as the athletic The men and women showed Bryce Ashby ('00), and Mark offices, all pitched in to give students up ready to run and proved their Loeffler ('02). The Lynx men options for showing their school mettle this past Saturday in won the race by nine points over spirit Yet, as I sat in the stnds on Conway, Arkansas, as both the Trinity University. Saturday and listened to the com- men and women won the SCAC The Lynx women ran their ments, it was all I could do to rein Conference titles. The Lynx pow- strongest and most exciting race of myself in and keep my frustration ered their way to the top in a de- the season. As she has done all sea- at a manageable level Contrasting termined fashion as they showed son, Lori Steger ('03) led the the alumni and their response to that they were the competition to women, with a time of 18:55 for being at the game with the response beat as they have done for the the 5K distance, her fastest time of current students gave me a real past ten seasons in the SCAC. for the season. Photo by Barrett Hago ('01) shock-they were there remembering The men won their tenth Following close behind Steger their past and cheering for the Members of the Rhodes men's cross country team take the medal stand at consecutive conference title led were Lydia Gibson ('02), Meghan people representing the present, but the SCAC cross country championships after four runners place in the top by the powerful Brian McCarthy Bromert ('02), who had a great current Rhodes students couldn't fifteen. The women won it all on their way to a national ranking of twenty, ('03), who ran a tremendous sec- finishing kick, Betsy Bogler ('03), summon enough respect for the fifth in Division Ill. The two teams compete November 20 in regionals. ond half of the race and finished and Emily Clark ('00). Also con- hard work of the people out on the third overall with a time of tributing to the women's victory their first top twenty-five ranking ment, to be held atthe University field and the dedication of the 27:03. were Katie Castilie ('02), Elizabeth in the nation since the program of the South in Sewanee on No- alumni in the stands to refrain from Finishing behind McCarthy Wester ('03), Anna Pinchak ('00), began in the seventies. National vember 13th. The Lynx will be making inappropriate comments. were Kosta Dalageorgas ('01), and Emily Barko ('03). The polls released on November 2 going up against some difficult Homecoming isn't about the Virren Malhotra ('01), and women ran a strong team race and place Rhodes as the number competition, including Emory outcome of the game or who's Patrick LaRochelle ('02), all of packed up well in the front of the twenty-five team in the nation for University, Mississippi College, named Mr. and Ms. Rhodes-it's whom received All-Conference race to defeat Depauw University Division III schools. Trinity University Mary Washing- about respect for the community honors by finishing in the top by 16 points. The Lynx take the next week- ton College, and Christopher in which you live. Get back to the fourteen runners in the race. Following the performance on end off from competition and next Newport University. basics and out of your self-involved Also running strong races were Saturday, the women received compete at the regional tourna- The men and women hope to lives, and respect the diversity of win the competition and qualify interests engaged in by the truly for nationals, which are being held talented people around you. You're in Oshkosh, Wiscdnsin, on No- here for four years-get emotionally vember 20th. engaged. Student Athletes of the Month: October

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ISINCLASS. Lori Steger is a first-year run- Koste Dalaeorgas is a jun- Excitement and adventure ship potential and helps ner on the women's cross coun- ior runner on the men's cross is the course description, you take on the chal- try team. Not only has she country team. In his third year and Army ROTC is the lenge of cpmmand. consistently been the loading run- running for Rhodes, not only name. It's the one college There's no obligation ner for Rhodes, placing in the top does he have the fourth fastest elective that builds until your junior year, five overall in both the Sewanee 8K time in Rhodes history, but your self-confidence, so there's no reason not he has also been among the develops your leader- to try it out right now. meet and the Rhodes Invitational, top as well as placing third in the two runners for the Lynx for the SCAC championships held this entire '99 season. Among his ARMY ROC past weekend, but she was also other notable accomplishments, THS COLUE WhEELl IVyuO CII TIM SMABET the fastest first-year runner at the Dalageorgas managed to set a LaCrosse meet, an invitational personal record this year while For details, contact the University of Memphis that included Division I and Divi- running the majority of the race Army ROTC ab'676-2933 sion II schools. with only one shoe: Arts & Entertainmx ent Page 6 SOU'WESRER Wednesday, November 3, 1999 Fight Club :A Fine Movie, And Worth Fighting For. Steve Perry the Narrator's own soul; an under- particularly given not only its impli- But Fincher is not applauding the growth of their souls. They find StaffI Writer world that takes the form of a base- cations but also the difficulty in por- violence. In Fight Club, violence is not meaning in the simple purity of the ment he calls Fight Club. The traying it on screen. the quick and easy answer; it is not an purpose of Fight Club, its ability to It was about the third second into filmmaker with an almost adolescent However, as the movie itself answer at all. Yet, critics have been provide real feeling through real re- David Fincher's Fight Club that I re- persona comes of age himself, in a points out, cleverness will only go so quick to condemn it for showing the sults, and wish to seek to share that alized that I had stumbled Onto some- movie about an adolescent-man com- far. The movie skillfully avoids clicbes. results, mistaking that for glorifica- with all of humanity. thing far more brilliant than even my ing of age. Marla (Helena Bonham Carter) is tion. Inone of the film's most power- Critics would counter that the already high expectations had as- This is not to say that the techni- "one of those people who thinks that ful scenes, the Narrator takes his rage film is too far saturated in masculin- sumed. The opening credits, a tech- cal marvel was unwanted or unwar- life could end any minute' a seeming and empties it on the face of an an- ityto associate with something as pur- nical marvel in themselves, start inside ranted; Fincher's mastery simply goes dlichi, until the punch, "and the trag- gel-like member of the club, leaving a portedly noble as Sixties radicalism. of the brain of the Narrator (Edward to convincing us that the narrative is edy is that it doesn't.' Likewise, the face barely holding onto its skull. But But, forty years ago James Dean played Norton), beginning a pullback that is securely within his hands as story- jokes come easy but are not easy; in- we only get a quick glimpse, enough a character in Rebel Without a Cause, the most impressive in movie history, teller. The examples are innumerable, stead of obscuring any weak points, to sicken us, as it is supposed to do. equally aimless ("Is this where you all the way back to the end of a gun so I will not list them, but each gives they suffuse the film with ultra-vio- The camera instead rests on the Nar- live?" "Who lives?") and grew up un- shoved down his mouth. The gun is added potency and realism, making lence and an oversexed position that rator, who looks down with a sort of der a domineering father. Recalling a held by Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), a you feel secure as a viewer, absorbing form part of the Narrator's dissatis- smirking hate more frightening than line from FightClub, on marriage,"We person that the Narrator comes to you into the movie and fascinating faction. the fight itself. His reason for doing have been raised by women our whole know all too well before the film is you with its color, sound, and motion. The ultra-violence has received it: "Because I wanted to destroy some- lives; I really don't think another over. Itfeels as if he and writer Jim Uhls, the most attention in the press. It is thing beautiful' woman is the answer." Fight Club is a journey through working from the novel of the same hard to ignore. The dull quick thuds That iswhat sets FightClubapart. It is not misogynistic to suggest the mind. Unlike a more sinful plea- name by Chuck Palahniuk, know what of the sound editing, the flashes of Fight Club has a self-conscious aware- that. Man or woman, FightClubsays, sure like Se7en, Fincher's gut-wrench- they are doing because they do. A plot blood in the visuals, and the makeup ness that it is saying something im- the answer is not letting someone con- ing but underwhelming masterpiece twist that I would~f absolutely cruel to that captures the meat grinding as portant, but, instead of placing the trol your life for you. For any person, of the visceral, Fight Club has more mention, and thus will not, (but one I work-in-progress are all part of the burden on itself to condemn violence, there is something more important than a story to tell. It has ajourney to am tempted to because, unlike TheSixth technical marvel and make these it places the burden on the viewers to than losing a fight, and that is losing take, out of the darkness that his other Sense, its importance is not merely its scenes of extreme brutality deeply dis- decide the meaning of the film for your mind. films have chosen to revel in. ability to unlock the film's secrets, but turbing, even when compared to themselves. The world of IKEA gives .This is something thai has unfbr- Because it says that the darkness also because those secrets are so pro- other films heavier on gore, but with way to the world of anarchy, but nei- tunately happened to mainstream is in each one of us, Fight Club's jour- found) demonstrates this. A second less atmosphere. These scenes have ther is the answer. The answer has to critis, Maste s H tocoeten ney is not one so much through ex- viewingiseminentlyrewardingbecause smell; they are intoxicating and have be something more personal yedrsioo earl efcr tecdc be ap- plosions and fighting (mere plot), but one can see how carefully and cleverly you not rooting for any one fighter, It is only by seeing this that we can preciated in theirown time. Given their is instead a trip to the underworld of this unexpected spin had to be crafted, but for the event itself. understand the film's more dearly po- bad reactions given to Fight Club, that litical undertones. David Denby called would seem to be the case here. it a"fascist rhapsody." To Roger Ebert, it But the weak box office is indicat- was merely"cheerfully fascist"-an odd ingthat it is finding little resonance with TATIAA CCREP, contradiction, even for this film. Americans. Fight Club is damned by ATTIAA CREF The film more correctly mirrors the what itpoints out, the deadness that ex- motivations of Sixties radicals, not only ists in the heart of most of America As LOWEXE~in the egalitarian economic goals of a masterpiece, itmayindeedbe tenyears AHIGH PRIORITY Project Mayhem, but the idea that car- too early, but, as anyone who has read AH HRying out those goals served a personal the IKEA catalog knows, as a message it philosophical purpose in itself--the is ten years too late.

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The large had a tough day, as he completed defensive end Joby Dion ('00) had Prior to the Homecoming a dominating 7.8 yards per carry. and excited Homecoming crowd only 9 of 25 passes for 107 yards five total tackles including one for game against Trinity, the Rhodes This included a 70-yard run and provided the twelfth man, but and two sacks. a three- yard loss. Linebacker Rob football team pulled off three two touchdowns. this advantage wasn't enough. Wide receivers Pat Finley Statton ('01) also had a tackle for straight victories. On October After these impressive per- In the second quarter, Trin- ('00) and Kila Wilson ('01) had a loss of three yards. William 16, the Lynx defeated the Uni- formances, the Lynx felt hopeful ity took the lead and never re- solid receiving efforts as they Henry ('01) tallied Rhodes' only versity of the South (Sewanee) that they could continue their linquished it as they scored three each had three catches for 71 sack of the game, which led to a in one of the most exciting winning ways against the pow- straight touchdowns before half- yards and 48 yards and ac- six-yard loss. games of the year, 23-21. erful Trinity Tigers. Early on, time. In the second half, Trinity counted for two receptions of In the Homecoming game, the Rhodes and Sewanee traded things looked promising for continued their dominance, al- over 30 yards. A comparison of students and alumni saw Trinity leads all game until kicker Andy Rhodes after the Lynx held Trin- lowing only a 37-yard field goal offensive statistics reflects University improve their record to English ('03) made a 21-yard ity on their first drive and by English. Despite the Lynx's Trinity's dominance as the Ti- 8-0, while Rhodes' winning streak field goal to atone for his missed Gennusa scored on a 68-yard TD best efforts, Trinity won 45-17 in gers had 165 rushing yards to the ended and their record fell to 5-3 extra point and take the decisive scamper to make the score 6-0. a strong performance. Lynx's 97 and 346 passing yards (4-2 in the SCAC). lead. Linebacker Calvin Biggers' This lead did not last, how- Offensively, Rhodes versus 173 for Rhodes. This Saturday, November 6, ('03) interception clinched this ever, as Trinity came back and struggled to play consistently. On defense, Rhodes fought Rhodes has their final game of the thrilling game. On October 30, scored on a 34-yard pass to take Gennusa ('03) gained 98 yards hard despite the uphill battle. season, on the road against con- the Rhodes Lynx traveled to a 7-6 lead. Rhodes fought hard, on only 10 carries, an impressive Linebacker Chris Huff ('02) led ference opponent Millsaps College Colorado to battle Colorado though, and scored another 9.8 yards a carry. However, the the team with eleven total tackles, at 1:30. The football team hopes College and continued their touchdown on a six-yard run by 68-yard touchdown run ac- eight assisted and three unassisted. to finish their season on a strong winning streak, 38-28. Running Hayes Mathis ('02) to regain the counted for most of these yards. Linebacker Brad Hearne ('01) note with a convincing victory. Men End Season, Tournament Rhodes Tapped To Host Field Hopes, With Weekend Split Hockey Tournament In 2000 Later that day, the Lynx By David Widinew By Susan Hughes Staff Writer seemed to be a tough but legiti- being scored by Wishnew. Sports Editor faced their second challenge of mate tackle. Following the weekend, the tournament, as they fought Entering the final week of the With only ten men on the coach Andy Marcinko com- After a stong performance powerhouse Oberlin College. season, the men's soccer team field, and a makeshift lineup at mented on his team's loss against in the Kentucky-Indiana-Ten- Oberlin did not play during the knew that, to win conference that, the Lynx found it difficult Trinity and season in general: "I nessee (KIT) tournament two morning and came out ready to and move into postseason play, to control the Tigers' attack, feel like the players, coaches and weeks ago, Lynx field hockey fight. they had to beat Trinity on their which added another goal before fans were cheated out of what wrapped vp its season this past Allowing six goals in the own field. The squad left Thurs- halftime to make the score 2-0. could have been a very enter- weekend as they faced Oberlin first half, the Lynx struggled. In day afternoon for Texas, confi- As the second half opened, taining soccer game because of College, Earlham College, and the second half, the Lynx dent and excited about the big the Lynx found a renewed sense an inexperienced referee. I Kenyon College in the regional showed more of their charac- game to come. of urgency and began to press didn't think the red cards were tournament. Seeding depended teristic determination, as they Playing under the lights on the Trinity net. Their efforts justified, 2 for Trinity 1 for on performance in the KIT held Oberlin to two goals, los- an extremely small field and fac- proved not to be enough, how- Rhodes, and the referee's game tournament, where Rhodes de- ing ultimately by the score of ing a large and hostile crown, the ever, as the Tigers added two control was not good. Trinity is feated Hanover College 4-3 in 8-0. men seemed doomed from the more goals in the second half. a very, very good team and de- overtime, lost to Centre Col- In the culminating game of start. Seven minutes into the Although the men were serves to go to the NCAA tour- lege 3-1, and lost to the tournament, Rhodes de- game, Trinity connected on a down 4-0 and faced the end of nament but it's frustrating that Transylvania 1-0. Two players, feated Kenyan College in miscleared ball to record the their season, they did not quit. neither team had a chance to Elizabeth Cooper ('02) and Jill double overtime. Kenyan game's first goal. Leaving it all out on the field, the play 90 minutes of quality soc- Peterfeso ('00), were also scored first, but, in the second Soon after, the Lynx lost key (remaining) Lynx fought hard cer.... [We] hate to end the sea- named to the KIT All-Tourna- half, Betsy Perky evened the players Terry Tansill ('01) and all the way until the end, when son on a sour note, especially ment team. score at 1-1, on an assist by Nick Reed ('02) to knee injuries. they finally got on the after playing so well game in and Saturday, October 30, at Jane Wells. The Lynx's Chad Mason ('02) scoreboard. game out." 9:00, the Lynx took on Earlham The first fifteen-minute was ejected 10 minutes before Rhodes' David Wishnew The Lynx end their season College. Earlham scored first, overtime period left the two halftime on a slide tackle near ('01) was brought down in the with a strong 14-4 record, won- but Leah Hollstein ('00) de- teams still tied, and they went the Trinity goal. box and the referee awarded a dering why they will not be play- flected a goal on a penalty cor- into a second overtime period. Both teams seemed in awe as penalty kick, which Matt Prewett ing in the postseason. ner to tie the game. After the With four minutes left, Mason received a red for what ('01) converted. Seniors Kevin Carlucci, Will Lynx started scoring, they Peterfeso scored to give the With the final score 4-1, the Johnson, and Matt Matheny couldn't be stopped. Lynx their second victory of men's team left the field in dis- played in the final games of their Less than a minute into the the weekend and bring the This Week... belief, watching the end of a college careers. The men look second half, D.J. Horton ('03) team to a 5-10 record for the game and a season where luck forward to next year, knowing again converted a penalty cor- season. never seemed to be on their side. they will not have these three ner, putting the Lynx up 2-1. The Lynx have much to Men's Soccer vs. Mem- On Sunday, the Lynx faced players in the lineup or their Rhodes defeated Earlham by look forward to in the 2000- phis Football Club Southwestern in their final game leadership in the locker room. the score of 5-2, with Jane 2001 season, as Rhodes has Saturday, November 7 of the season. In a game for The Lynx play an exhibition Wells ('03) recording two goals been named the host school for 12:00 p.m. pride, the Lynx prevailed over against Memphis Futbol Club on and Betsy Perky ('02) tallying next year's regional tourna- the Pirates, 2-1, with both goals Saturday, November 6, at 12:00. one. ment.' Scene Page 8 SCVWESR Wednesday, November 3,1999 Where Elvis Never Sleeps: Part I A Conversation With GracelandToo's Paul MacLeod By Blake Rollins '00) 4:00 and couldn't get over what we're one who hit the high notes-Roy Op/Ed Editor &Stallff Elvisoogist doing. The whole town here is con- Orbison. The joke runs that you'll never nected with Elvis. What I'm hoping Q. What pranks have people hear a Southerner say, "I thought to do is take over the whole neighbor- pulled here in the past? Have you Graceland was tacky." Equally famous hood, turning it into Heartbreak Ho- caught anyone? is the South's famed list of crazies and tel and turning this house into A. Police catch them all the time. eccentrics, the likes of which make Elvisland for fans worldwide. All the cops are members here: state bestsellers out of books like Midnight Q. What is an Elvis decanter? troopers, chief of police, mayor, ev- in the Garden of Good and Evil. No- A. Some of these decanters are erybody else. They patrol around where in America are these Southern getting up in the thousands of dol- here and find girls, you know, sou- stereotypes more seamlessly melded lars. They have whiskey in them and venir hunters. Thieves stole my dog, than GracelandToo. play music. I cut up 186,000 square Lisa Marie Presley, off my back Did you know Elvis was offered a inches of carpet from his jungle porch. Puppies and all. I spent a role in the film Midnight Cowboy and room. Las Vegas just sold some thousand dollars on that dog. the role of singer Johnny Fontaine in similar carpet come out of Elvis's Q.What happened to your cast- The Godfather? Or that the three most jungle room - the green carpet - iron sign? recognizable names in history are and it sold for $1000 per square A. Someone karate-ed it. People Jesus Christ, Coca-Cola, and Elvis? If inch. The same carpet's been in want that sign because it says 1853 you hesitated before answering this there since the day he died. I've got on it. It's a collector's item. The two question, you need to visit about 30,000 recordings, and I've 500- pound lions have been stolen GracelandToo. got four of every Elvis product that's out of my front yard. Five Ole Miss Billed as the largest collection of ever been unpacked or unwrapped. football players put out those 500- Elvis memorabilia outside the real Floor, walls, ceiling - everything's pound lions out there in the first Graceland, GracelandToo is perhaps gotta be Elvis. Four of my friends place. the most overwhelming example of are professional fetters and made fanaticism on God's green earth. Elvis a table [out of mirrors]. The Look in next week's issuefor part two Photo by Bloke Rollins ('00) That, or a textbook example of obses- mirror rotates the songs, but we of Blake Rollins' evening with Stairway To Elvis... sive compulsive disorder. However leave it on "Return to Sender" be- GracelandToo proprietor, Paul Paul MacLeod sleeps on his sofa so he can prominently display his you choose to interpret their passion, cause they put out a stamp that sold MacLeod. collection of musical Elvis whiskey decanters. Bottoms up. a visit to GracelandToo is an experi- 142 million. Strange enough, to- ence. And when I say experience, I morrow is Halloween night. mean you truly haven't graduated Houdini told his wife that when he MataunMt from Rhodes until you've driven those died he'd come back and visit her m 45 minutes south on Highway 78 to during Halloween. When you bury Holly Springs, Mississippi. The visit me in that $10,000 gold suit like the should be a distribution requirement. one Elvis had, I'm gging to come Unlike stingy professor office back and haunt my ex-wife because hours, GracelandToo is open 24- she told me to make up my mind: READy TO hours a day 365 1/4 days a year (in- either her or the million dollars cash cluding leap years). The owners, Paul for the collection. I told her bye, and B. MacLeod and his son Elvis Aaron that's the last I've ever seen her. Here Presley MacLeod, are both insomni- are the clothes off the back of a acs (much like Presley himself) and Graceland security guard. Here's the THE pLUN4 welcome visitors from all over the jacket Elvis wore for the song "If world at all hours. As their brochure Everyday Could Be Like Christmas." Ifyou're looking for good times and great people, take a look at Red Lobster. We offer flexible schedules, benefits that start on day boldly proclaims, "ELVIS WILL That song sold 23 million copies. one, and an environment where having fun Is Just part of the job. NEVER LEAVE THIS BUILDING." Q. Do women approach you at Fittingly, a visit to GracelandToo re- GracelandToo with marriage offers? NOW HIRING ALL POSITIONS! mains popular with Ole Miss frater- A. There are 70 couples wanting nities and sororities who want to keep to get married here, since preachers Please apply In person at the Memphs location nearest you. EOE. partying but can't find the appropri- are members too. I say'You can get 4375 Summer Avenue atg venue at 3 a.m. married and buried here.' You tel: (901) 767-1950 Admission costs $5, and after know, for the kicks of it. three visits you're a lifetime member. Q. Was Elvis a religious man? 6222 Winchester Road GracelandToo is at 200 East Gholson A. Yes. Elvis's favorite music was tel: (901) 794-6429 Avenue in Holly Springs, Mississippi, gospel out of a billion of his record- USA. ings. Here Elvis [pointing at record 8161 Highway 64 Q. How did you start collecting cover] has the same color hair as tel: (901) 387-0056 Elvis paraphernalia? you. Elvis was really blonde. Start- A. I've been doing this for 44 ing at 20 years old, Elvis started dy- years now. The collection is cur- ing his hair black because of the rently valued at $10.5 million. Walt actor Tony Curtis. He had the Disney said they'd like to buy us out. chance to meet Tony Curtis, and he w.redlobster.cn Graceland has hired us to do work said that's why he started dying his for them. And the people on Beale hair, eyebrows, and sideburns every Street who're running the Elvis Club two weeks. Some of his favorite showed up here the other morning at singers were Dean Martin and the