Volume CXIII, Number 9, May 31, 1996

' THE LAWRENTIAN ' Vol. CXIII, No. 9 LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY'S STUDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1884 May 31, 1996 News Briefs Lawrentians Taking A Stand For Children COMPILED BY ARIE FARNAM shape our nation's fate and our finals week ..." Alexakos remarked on Jordan's BY ZACHARIA VICTOR Discussion of Roman children's future." The organiza Alexakos single-handedly charity, "He'll have 26 people at tion describes the event as "a day organized the group. of Lawren Coins Featuring the On June 1, 1996, a group of his house ... It'll be pretty close 26 Lawrence students and facul to commit ourselves as a national tians who will attend the event. quartrers." Characters of Legend ty members will be in Washing community to do more to improve "We're one of the few colleges The main event will take the quality of children's lives ... " who can actually do this," she ton, D.C. They, along with more place from 1:00 - 3:00 P.M. at Several weeks ago, Beth Alex- observed, " ... since we get out so Brad Wendel, a senior at than 100,000 other people, will Lincoln Memorial and will . akos, a first-year Lawrence stu late." The day before the event, Lawrence, presented a slide show participate in Stand For Chil include an "interfaith service," entitled, "Could You Spare a dent from Chicago, heard about the group will drive to Chicago music from a 2,000 voice chil dren Day. Marian Edelman, Stand For Children Day and and fly out that evening. "We got Denarius" in the Wriston Audito founder and president of The dren's choir, nationally known rium on May 23. The lecture dis decided to see if there were other a really good deal on plane tick Stand For Children organization, entertainers, and several speak cussed the history and signifi Lawrentians who would be inter ets," Alexakos said. Dean writes of the event, "What you ers. There will also be a moment cance of the coins of the Roman ested in participating in the ral Thomas, who \,in be attending and I stand for now-on the eve when, as the organization writes, Empire and displayed more coins ly. "I was really surprised that so the rally, helped the group find a of a new millennium, in this last " ... all Americans are asked to featuring legendary figures such many people were interested," place to stay: trustee Harold J or election year of the century-will she said, "especially because of continued to page 3 as Augustus, the first Roman dan's home in Washington, D.C. emperor, Julius Caesar, his rival Mark Antony and his assassin Brutus. From One Class Gift to Another The Lawrence classics depart ment retains a 51-piece collection week, the university is now The class of 1996 has decid couple of years before it is put BY }OHN DRAKE of Roman coins from 509 B.C. to ed to leave Lawrence Universi underway with the planning for up. The city of Appleton is cur 27 B.C. With the completion of the ty a sign. Actually, it is leaving this year's graduating class Lawrence a sign that will rently planning a renovation of class of 1995's gift clock last gift. Three Ninth Week replace the current sign mark College Avenue that may help ing the beginning of Lawrence's Performances determine the design of the . campus, in order to better dis Two faculty recitals and a tinguish the Lawrence campus sign. There is a possibility that final jazz concert livened up ninth from the rest of Appleton. the renovation may stop before week. Forty ·percent of the stu reaching the Lawrence campus, Under the direction of Ken dents of the Senior Class have Schaphorst and Richard Bjella, already contributed $5,000 dol and if it does, Lawrence will • the Lawrence University Jazz lars toward the purchase of this Ensemble and the Jazz Singers have more freedom in choosing sign, which they hope will be performed for the last time this dedicated in 2001, at the fifth the sign's design. academic year on May 24 in the Memorial Chapel. Saxophonist anniversary of the class' gradu If the renovation of the ation. Donny McCaslin joined the Jazz Avenue does go through the Ensemble for the premiere perfor The process of choosing the mance of Schaphorst's Uprising. gift started in January of this campus, however , then the This concert featured gradu year, when the Senior Class sign's design will largely be ating students, Jamie Beckman Gift Committee, led by Jennifer affected by the architecture of (tenor saxophone), Seth Ducey, Crawford, gave seniors the Malcolm Martin and Rich Tirk choice to vote on ··three gift the Avenue's renovation. (trumpets), Pete Martens and options. The first idea was of Andy Peik (trombones), Andrew According to Stacy Shrode, purchasing new furniture for Deitrich (drums), and Jason Roe Assistant Director of Donor bke (bass). Graham Kenny, the library; the second was the tenor, and Dave Robertson, bass, idea of establishing a fund that Relations, Lawrence is hopeful would be used for students were featured singers. The that the renovation of the Ensemble and Singers presented studying off campus; while the One O'Clock Jump by Count third was the idea of purchas Avenue does go through the Basie, Concerto for Cootie by ing a sign for the campus, campus, so that the sign can be Ellington, and Don't Git Sassy by which won an overwhelming integrated into the renovation. Thad Jone, plus compositions by majority of the votes. Lawrence students, including The_sign will have to wait a Javier Arau's Southland, Erin Fusco's Finding Common Ground and Martin's Machite. ASIA-A Events Week Debates Asian/Pacific Issues and Celebrates Culture On Sunday May 26 Kevin Throughout the delightful inform about how they benefited BY TAE-SUN KIM Gallagher, a Lawrence faculty month of May, members ly enter from . the Asian/Pacific American t a in in g programs this month--and they member, performed on guitar in of the Asian/American In the month of May, student community '·· ··, '''' ··'·'' ·"'''"'''''":,. fa s h i o n were not all Asians. The members Harper Hall. He presented works Lawrence University's Association hosted a student lecture S h O W of ASIA-A have brushed up on such as Sonata in C Major by J . S. of Students Interested in Asian series, discussing topics showcas their Asian/Pacific American his Bach, Another's Fandango by America (ASIA-A) sponsored a such as the indigenous ing ASIA tory, they learned to organize cul John Anthony Lennon, Noctur series of events in celebration of Japanese communities A mem tural events, learned how to pre Asian/Pacific American History of Peru, Korean-Ameri b e r s , pare Oriental cuisine, made elabo nal, op. 70 by Benjamin Britten Month. Yes, such a month does can feminism, homosex interpre rate paper dragon, perfected their and Four Short Pieces by Frank exist, and for a good reason. Since uality, and interracial t i V e catwalk struts, and mastered the Martin. the contributions and achieve adoption. dance, a art of keeping cool under pressure. Faculty members, Steven ments of Asian/Pacific Americans ASIA-A also spon perfor In the words of Shawn Wong, "It is sored a lecture by Dr. mance by impossible not to learn something Jordheim, saxophone, and Dane have been systematically erased or completely ignored by many Michael Thornton, the Asian valuable from all this." Richeson, percussion, presented a American institutions, where he discussed the American Indeed, America is a beautiful recital in Harper Hall on May 25. Asian/Pacific American interest stunning differences i C O n , ly diverse nation. Any attempt to Their program featured the pre groups around the nation have between the Shawn undermine or underrepresent the miere of Jordheim's Rhapsody for dedicated the month of May as Asian/American press Wong, contributors of this great diversity and the mainstream and glori is injustice. Because Asian/Pacific ' flute, clarinet, saxophone, marim "their moment in the spotlight." ASIA-A member, gerrin' down Fortunately for Lawrentians, the press. There was also a ous Asian Americans have suffered from the ba and cello, Saudade Bahia by showing of the movie, food! historical black-balling, members of ASIA-A have worked Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, and Personally speaking, I feel Asian/Pacific Americans MUST be Richeson, Concerto for Saxophone diligently to bring a piece of the and Piano by Ingolf Dahl, Child of the ASIA-A Heritage dinner. The extremely satisfied. There is a the ones to reverse this process. Asian/Pacific American experi dinner included the performance good number of people on and off Tree by John Cage, and Little ence to Appleton, Wisconsin this of a Hmong girls' dance troupe, a campus who didn't hesitate to Threepenny Suite by Kurt Weill. year. continued to page 7 2 THE LAWRENTIAN NEWS FRIDAY, MAY31, 1996 Halberstam Depicts Ecconomic Democracy Driven by Education and south, between developed doing, and a very long life, if you . ,BY ARIE FARNAM and non-developed, the educated don't." At the May 16 Honors Convo and the uneducated, and finally Later in the afternoon during cation Lawrence University pre between the rich and the poor." This devision is widening, with the question and answer session, sented Pulitzer Prize winning Halberstam encouraged journalist and best-selling potenicially disastrous ecconom Lawrence's espiring journalists, author David Halberstam with ic effects. the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Halberstam claimed that commented on journalistic style Literature. Shortly thereafter because of a widening gap and sports reporting, and told between rich and poor "the kind · Halberstam adressed the audi stories about his reporting days of ·easy afluence of the middle ence in the Memorial Chapel in Mississippi and Vietnam.

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