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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 VOLUME CLV, ISSUE 5 WESLEYANARGUS.COM Students Protest Chiburis’s Termination By Sofi Goode Center staff when he was asked to run News Editor an event at the Memorial Chapel that night in place of Chiburis. He spoke Facility and Events Manager for about his original impression of the ter- the Memorial Chapel and ’92 Theater mination and the change that prompted Ed Chiburis was terminated from his him to resign. position at Wesleyan on Thursday, Sept. “Originally, when hearing it, I had 4. In protest of his sudden dismissal assumed that Ed [Chiburis] would not from University employment, around want his job back because of some dis- 20 student workers at the Chapel and pute,” Storfer said. “It seemed abrupt, the ’92 Theater have resigned from their so I assumed there was some form of positions. dispute that seemed unsalvageable and This movement began with the he would be too proud to come back. public resignation of Daniel Storfer ’15 The point at which I decided to resign on Tuesday, Sept. 9. Storfer had worked was when he told with Chiburis to run the Chapel and the me that if given the chance he would ’92 Theater for two and a half years, and gladly come back.” he served as Assistant House Manager in Storfer stated that he hopes that with summer 2014. the lack of labor in the Chapel NOAH MERTZ/PHOTO EDITOR Storfer was informed of Chiburis’s Effective Monday, Sept. 15, the Beta Theta Residence will be off-limits to all students. termination by Usdan University CHIBURIS, page 4 ICPP Trains New Beta House Closed Performance Curators Chapter Suspended from National Fraternity By Gabe Rosenberg Performance to thank. After three years By Millie Dent and Sofi Goode occurred at the residence. the University. Arts Editor and more than 30 students (Bell in- News Editors “We have lost confidence in the “The chapter has been in the cluded), the one-of-a-kind program is ability of the fraternity members to midst of an extensive period of Xaviera Simmons sits on a stage, transitioning to become a fully formed President Michael Roth manage social and residential activi- self-renewal and reorganization fully dressed. She places a pair of scis- Masters degree, aiming to train the and Vice President for Student ties at the house and abide by uni- following several years of chal- sors on the ground and invites the au- next generation of dance, theater, and Affairs Michael Whaley in- versity policies,” Roth and Whaley lenging behavior,” the press release dience to come up, cut off pieces of her performing arts curators. formed the student body via wrote. “Wesleyan has an obligation reads. “Moving forward and build- clothing, and take them. email on Wednesday, Sept. 10, to do what it reasonably can to en- ing positively on that reality, Beta Simmons is performing “Cut Presenting the Ephemeral that the program house belong- sure the safety of every member of the Theta Pi must continue to accept Piece,” a conceptual art piece created The Institute first launched in ing to Beta Theta Pi (Beta) will community, including the Beta frater- responsibility for its members’ by Yoko Ono, almost 50 years after its 2011 as a 9-month certificate pro- be closed and off-limits to stu- nity members and their guests.” actions that have not lived up to original 1964 performance. The occa- gram, spearheaded by Center for the dents for at least the remainder Martin Cobb, Director of the expectations of the University, sion is “Performing the Precarious: Day Arts Director Pamela Tatge and Lower of the 2014-2015 academic year. Communication for the Beta Theta Pi community and larger General Into Night,” a two-evening series orga- Manhattan Cultural Council president In their email, Whaley and Foundation, wrote in a press release Fraternity. To that end, effective nized by the Danspace Project in New Sam Miller ’75. Born as a collaboration Roth stated that the decision to that, due to the closure of the frater- immediately, the Fraternity is York City. This series hit the stage last between the CFA, arts faculty, and out- close the Beta house, located at nity house and following other recent downgrading the December. side practitioners, the Institute was de- 184 High Street, was a response events, the National Foundation will Before it could happen, though, signed to combine intensive study and to numerous incidents that have suspend the chapter’s operations at BETA, page 3 someone had to clear it with Ono. That fieldwork in a previously unexplored someone was Lydia Bell ’07 M ’12, manner. who approached the famous Fluxus “There are many places to go in artist with a pitch planned: a thesis the United States to study curating in around the meaning of Simmons’ “re- the visual arts, but there’s no place to performance.” Ono, of course, said yes, go to study how to organize perfor- “A Target on Our Back”: Football but with one caveat: She couldn’t use mance,” Tatge said. the word “reperformance.” After graduating Wesleyan with That threw a wrench into Bell’s a degree in theater, Miller spent years vision for the event, but no matter. As a in the arts world organizing confer- Captain Previews Cardinal Offense performance curator, her job is to work ences and workshops and working with artists not just in the theoretical with artists and presenters at places By Gili Lipman plan for fostering that good fortune during will be the key to starting the season off but in the practical realm, turning ideas like the Jacob’s Pillow dance center and Assistant Sports Editor the upcoming season. with a win? into realities. They just take a little fi- the New England Foundation for the JD: We are going to have to approach this nagling sometimes. Arts. He helped found the Center for New England Patriots quarter- The Argus: Last season, the team stormed like it’s the biggest game of the year. Every For that ability, she has Wesleyan’s back Tom Brady once said, “I don’t the NESCAC by surprise and found itself single game we play, we have to approach Institute for Curatorial Practice in ICPP, page 8 think that there is a lot of carry-over four quarters away from an undefeated it like it’s the Super Bowl, because we only from year to year. I don’t think anyone season, something that hasn’t been done have an eight-game season, and a single cares about what you did the year be- since Coach Norm Daniels led the 1969 loss on your record can be the difference fore.” Even after going 7-1, winning squad to an 8-0 record. Do you think between [being] outright NESCAC and their first Little Three title in 43 years, that other teams will approach playing the Little Three champion, and tied like we and earning a share of the NESCAC Cardinals any differently this season? [were] last year. championship with Amherst and Jon Day: I definitely think that will be the Middlebury, the Cardinals still feel case this year. Last year, we really surprised A: After the Panthers graduated last year’s motivated to keep improving on both the league. No one was expecting us to be conference Player of the Year, quarterback sides of the ball. that great, and it really spoke to the team McCallum Foote, a new face will be be- Stocked with 47 letter winners, chemistry that we had: that we were able hind center. How important is it for the 29 seniors, and 19 returning starters, to come together and make something defense to get pressure on someone who the team will look to better its average that might not have been there on paper. has little to no experience at the NESCAC of 30.4 points per game from a season This year, I think that everyone will come level? ago. Captain and tight end Jon Day out with a target on our back and have our JD: Honestly, I think we are going to play ’15 finished the 2013 campaign with game circled on their schedule. It will be a within ourselves defensively. Our defense 10 receptions for 139 yards and found good challenge for us. was the heart of our team last year and the end zone twice. His numbers were they’ll probably be again this year. Those C/O JOHN GROO good enough to warrant him a second A: The season kicks off on Saturday, Sept. guys do such a great job and [Defensive On July 25, the Center for the Arts and the Institute for Curatorial team all-NESCAC selection. Day sat 20, on the road at Middlebury, a team that Coordinator] Coach [Dan] DiCenzo has Practice in Performance invited performance curators from around the down with The Argus to talk about Wesleyan has not faced since 2011 when it country to campus to announce the new masters program. the success of last season and the team’s was victorious 16-15. What do you think FOOTBALL, page 11

Come Together Crushing Hard Unknown Worlds Remembering the Freedom Summer 3 Karen O releases solo album 8 A childhood of maps and solitude 9 2 THE WESLEYAN ARGUS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

The Wesleyan Argus WESPEAKS established in 1868

Editors-in-Chief My Own Freedom Betagate: Enter the Gwendolyn Rosen Rebecca Seidel

Production Manager Eliza Loomis Summer Fork Executive Editors By Patrick Glass number of Wesleyan students who took By Jason Shatz ternity’s mission. The chapter’s website Lily Baggott part in Freedom Summer had no idea details five core values that create “men Claire Bradach This past summer, I had the what they were getting themselves into, The administration may leave of principle”. The values are mutual as- Miranda Katz privilege of doing on-campus research little conception of the pervasiveness of the house door open “down the sistance, intellectual growth, trust, re- through a pompously named grant racism in America or of discrimination’s road,” but in reality, the announce- sponsible conduct, and integrity. That News Editors Millie Dent known as a “Student-Faculty Research soul-crushing effects on the individual ment sticks the proverbial fork into these values are echoed in our dormant Sofi Goode Internship Award.” Just the title of this and on the community. They returned the Mu Epsilon chapter of Beta Honor Code and our ever-enforced Asst. News Editors Courtney Laermer position alone made me cringe, and, from Mississippi profoundly changed. Theta Pi as a residential fraternity CNAC would suggest that the frater- Sophie Zinser eventually, laugh a bit at its pretentious- Whereas before the summer of 1964 experience. nity and Wesleyan can mutually benefit Features Editors Rebecca Brill ness. One of the main reasons I had the Civil Rights-related articles in the Since I completed my un- from each other. Jess Zalph decided to transfer to Wesleyan a few Argus had a detached, academic quality dergraduate term and my active Indeed, the chapter has enjoyed a Food Editors Emma Davis years ago was to escape the culture of sy- to them—“Aptheker Examines Relation service to the Wesleyan Student 125-year run at Wesleyan and wields a Erica DeMichiel cophantic resume-building that prevails of Capitalism to Negro Oppression”— Assembly, I have regretted that the long legacy. According to the website, Opinion Editors Jenn Cummings at many of this country’s elite, private now students were publishing impas- the 1913 Tudor-revival home may Jenny Davis clock pushed my class off of cam- Arts Editors Dan Fuchs colleges. Yet here I was, working on sioned editorials about their experiences pus during a time of such cultural be the longest continually occupied Gabe Rosenberg something called an “internship award.” in Mississippi, about the obligation discord. The zeitgeist of Reunion chapter house in the fraternity. That Asst. Arts Editor William Donnelly The purpose of this particular “in- of the Wesleyan community to par- and Commencement provided a house has been home to many profes- Sports Editors Brett Keating ternship award” was to perform archi- ticipate in the movement on a personal welcome façade to cover the many sors, businessmen, attorneys, and two Asst. Sports Editors Felipe DaCosta val research in preparation for “a two- level. By the time mass demonstrations divisions that arose over our un- United States Senators – one of whom Gili Lipman day event that would mark the fiftieth erupted in Washington DC, Selma, dergraduate years. Ad hominem is current Sen. Michael Bennet ’87 (D- Photo Editor Noah Mertz anniversary of Freedom Summer, the and Montgomery in the spring of attacks volleyed from all sides of CO). His father, Douglas Bennet ’59 Asst. Photo Editor Lex Spirtes moment in 1964 when thousands of 1965, the number of Wesleyan students debates over residential fraternities, (yes, freshmen, that Bennet), was also Head Layout Courtney Laermer college students traveled to the South who were involved in the Civil Rights policing, racial divisions… the list a Beta and later Wesleyan University’s Layout Sofi Goode as part of a historic and far-reaching movement had grown dramatically. goes on and on. Clearly, our class president. Ironically, he ordered in Jianna Xiong voter registration effort.” The specific According to the Argus, that March and has not yet fulfilled the charge 2005 that all residential Greek groups Mariel Brunman focus of my research was to look into April, 29 Wesleyan students traveled of the alma mater – “The altar let women live in their houses or lose Business Manager Andrew Hove the involvement of Wesleyan students to Washington to “picket the White fires our fathers lit shall still more the houses. Advertising Manager Katya Sapozhnina in the “Mississippi Summer Project,” as House,” eight went to Montgomery brightly glow.” I call on my class to In recent years, the house has been Web Editor Cumhur Korkut Freedom Summer was officially titled. to join protests there, and seven more continue the work that needs to be home to the Beta Lecture Series – which Social Media Editor Heather Whittemore I did not expect to find much archival to Selma. Five professors flew to done, even as we have passed the brought to campus, among others, a Distribution Managers Gabriela Arias material to work with. My impression Montgomery as well. In short, Wesleyan torch. former Jerusalem Bureau Chief of the Sydney Lolli of Wesleyan in the early 1960s was that had become a community that not only In the meantime, I applaud New York Times and the incumbent Ampersand Editor Sarah Esocoff it was a bastion of patriarchal privilege, discussed the pressing issues of the day, President Roth and the admin- Deputy Director of the International Head Copy Editor Elana Rosenthal a campus populated almost entirely by but also attempted to address them Monetary Fund. And, of course, it has Copy Editors William Donnelly istration for making a thorough, Michelle Farias white males blithely preparing for ca- through committed, direct action. concrete decision. The move may sponsored many concerts, events, and Ali Rosenberg reers in a Mad Men-esque world. And, On a personal level, the research I not satisfy all critics of Greek life service initiatives over the years. to some degree, I found that my as- did this summer reminded me of some- at Wesleyan, and it remains to be I, among others, would hate to see sumptions were not unfounded. thing that we all know deep down, but seen whether Beta Theta Pi will not that venerable legacy jeopardized – but However, behind early 1960s all too often forget during the day-to- be the only Greek-lettered domino the chapter has tarnished it with despi- Wesleyan’s ivied veneer, I found a day grind. It reminded me that often- to fall. But reminding the com- cable conduct. So I must reluctantly much more nuanced portrait of the times the most valuable and important munity of the Chi Psi precedent, say: it is past time for Beta Theta Pi at Thank you to our generous donors: campus climate. At the beginning of things that we choose to pursue in our the administration has affirmed a Wesleyan, as a residential fraternity ex- the 1960s, most Argus articles merely lives have nothing to do with adding strong stance regarding the safety perience, to end. Alice and Colby Andrus publicized fraternity events and football to our resumes, or obtaining “Research of students on College Row and For the University’s sake, however, Brooke Byers scores. Yet, as I worked my way forward Internship Awards,” or even developing elsewhere. the house must be cleaned up and re- Lawrence Ling through time, other types of stories ourselves at all. The Wesleyan students I knew that the administra- opened as soon as possible. It occupies Alex Wilkinson began to appear, stories with headlines who traveled to Mississippi in the sum- tion would act within the year, a key location on campus, one within like “Administration Announces Wes- mer of 1964 didn’t do so because they especially as the Board of Trustees walking distance of many University Tuskegee Exchange Plan” and “WSA thought it would open doors for them prepares to discuss the future of the buildings. More importantly, in these The Wesleyan Argus is pub- Fund Drive Aimed at Assisting Negro later in life. They did not travel to the University’s residential Greek life at turbulent times, we need more spaces lished by the undergraduates of Voting Rights.” Before long, the Argus South to “network” with prominent their next meeting. But I am pleas- where people in our community can Wesleyan University. The Univer- was filled with announcements for so- Civil Rights leaders, or to develop “or- antly surprised that the administra- gather. Where speakers can bring in sity does not publish The Argus cial justice benefits and on-campus talks ganizational skills” in a “real world set- tion so swiftly made an appropriate new perspectives, where artists can dis- or influence its content, nor is it by some of the leading Civil Rights lead- ting.” They did it because it was the decision. The administration clear- play their work, where people can so- responsible for any of the opinions ers of the day, leaders like the Rev. Dr. right thing to do. ly learned from their mistakes from cialize and make valuable connections. expressed in The Argus. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, I invite you all to attend the 2011, when they hastily wrote a I sincerely hope the university The Argus is published twice Marian Wright Edelman, and the Rev. “Freedom Summer” events scheduled vague regulation banning students purchases the hallowed, historic house weekly during the school year ex- Ralph David Abernathy. This buildup for the next couple of days. At the very from all private societies outside and brings in local and reputable ac- cept in exam periods or recesses. The Argus welcomes Wespeaks reached a crescendo when, on May 12, least, you will hear some excellent mu- Wesleyan’s recognition. If they tors to clean it up. That means, among that pertain to campus issues, 1964, the Argus published the follow- sic, listen to some very smart and inter- wanted to single out Beta Theta Pi, other things, removing the bedbugs, news stories, and editorial policy. ing headline: “Five Wesmen to Fight esting people, and learn a little bit about this is what they should have done fixing the windows, and painting over Wespeaks should be no longer Voter Discrimination in Mississippi.” Wesleyan history, about how Wesleyan in the first place. the walls. Bring in the HAZMAT suits than 750 words. The deadline for Now, Wesleyan students were became the community it is today. I argue the above with a very if the case need be. Then, may be in- submission is 4 p.m. (Monday, for not only talking about Civil Rights or Maybe it will even inspire you to think heavy heart, one that has grown habited by a more honorable group Tuesday publication, and Thurs- contributing money to different Civil a bit more broadly about what you want fond of the power of tradition in and transformed into a safe, meaning- day, for Friday publication). All Rights organizations, they were actively to do next summer. I know it has for a community such as Wesleyan. ful space for community building and Wespeaks should be submitted participating in the movement with me. The past decade has witnessed the community gathering. In turbulent through the Argus website and their minds and bodies. And, the amaz- times such as these, we need spaces should include the author’s name degradation or loss of many power- and telephone number. ing thing is, this active participation Patrick Glass is a member of the class ful traditions, from the need-blind that both are honored as spaces for The Argus reserves the right to proved utterly contagious. The small of 2015. financial aid model to the Olla community building and honor those edit all submissions for length as Podrida. And I would hate to see a who walk into them with the utmost well as withhold Wespeaks that are rare link to Wesleyan’s first century respect. excessively vulgar or nonsensical. die. But the chapter has failed in its That includes living up to the val- The Argus will not edit Wespeaks many chances to make its gather- ues symbolized by those three Greek for spelling or grammar. Due to Have You Seen my ings less dangerous and its home letters above the doorpost. the volume of mail received, nei- less hazardous. ther publication nor return of sub- Sadly, the Mu Epsilon chap- Jason Shatz is a member of the class missions are guaranteed. Editorial offices are located Mug Club Mug? ter’s image does not honor the fra- of 2014. at 45 Broad Street, Middletown. Email: [email protected] By Eliza Loomis Atwater, or my woodframe house. At this moment I am not looking into the Sometime between September 4, possibility of theft, but I may in the Wespeaks are opinion pieces 2014 and September 8, 2014, I lost future. I drink between 1-2 iced cof- submitted by members of the my “Mug Club” Mug. Have you seen fees or sodas a day, so this constitutes community about any issue relevant to it? It looks like most other mug club a potentially significant financial loss mugs, except it says, in pronounced for me. Anyone with any information the Wesleyan community. The Argus will lettering, “Prop. Of Eliza Loomis,” should contact me at eloomis@wes- not edit any Wespeak submissions for Find an Error? as well as my cell phone number. leyan.edu. Reward negotiable. Possible locations it may have been content, spelling, or grammar. Submit a Contact us at lost include: WesWings, PAC, Red Eliza Loomis is a member of the Wespeak at wesleyanargus.com. [email protected] and Black, Olin, Usdan, Fiske, Hall- class of 2015. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 THE WESLEYAN ARGUS 3 news Beta: Brothers to DKE Holds Prevention Move From House Workshops for Greek Life been a simple accident.” By Courtney Laermer haviors with alcohol. The objective is to and his presentation strategies will be Continued from front page In an August email to The Argus Assistant News Editor decrease the prevalence of alcohol abuse based on statistical research. Similar to regarding Beta’s plans for the year, and binge drinking on campus, as well as the “Safe and Sober” event, this program chapter’s status from ‘Probation’ to Beta President Niall Devaney ’16 Beginning this weekend, mem- the violent incidents that can occur as a will be available to members of the men’s ‘Suspension.’ This will provide an op- discussed Beta’s plans to have sober bers and alumni of the Delta Kappa result. According to the press release, this fraternities on campus as well as the Rho portunity for appropriate measures brothers at every event who “will act Epsilon (DKE) fraternity will launch is the first time a university fraternity has Epsilon Pi sorority. of collaboration to be acted upon as contacts for any visitor who needs an educational initiative, hosting pro- reached out to the “Safe and Sober” initia- “[According to the doctors,] the re- as a result of examining the broader help with any situation.” grams to address concerns regarding tive. sults have led to statistical reductions of context of the chapter’s culture and “Our goal is to hopefully be able sexual assault and alcohol abuse on Taylor, who will be on campus this numbers of reported sexual assaults on its short- and long-term future. The to work with the Wesleyan commu- campus. Saturday and Sunday, will present the campus,” Karsten said. University will receive Beta’s full com- nity as a whole to make our campus The proposals and events were “Safe and Sober” event in Exley Science In addition to these programs, mitment and cooperation during this a safer place, and in turn give that assembled over the summer. Scott Center. The workshop is designed to raise DKE will be also be implementing other process and will have an active part- sense of safety to every student who Karsten ’74, a brother and former at- awareness of the issue of alcohol abuse changes. These changes include regular ner in helping develop Beta’s future attends,” Devaney wrote. torney for the fraternity, explained why on campus. President of DKE Terence meetings between undergraduates and contribution to the student body and Devaney’s discussion of safety he decided to assist with the planning. Durkin ’16 explained the initiative and alumni to develop a range of diverse social Wesleyan experience.” came in light of a history of incidents “I was aware when the Psi what he hopes it will accomplish. and academic programs at the University; Interim Director of Public reported at Beta. On Oct. 8, 2012, [Upsilon] litigation was filed in April “The ‘Safe and Sober’ campus initia- reestablishment of its eating club to en- Safety (PSafe) Tony Bostick declined an anonymous woman referred to and also about the Beta [Theta Pi] in- tive is an intervention program and work- hance student and faculty accessibility to comment on the decision to close as Jane Doe filed a lawsuit against cident a few years ago,” Karsten said. shop designed to raise awareness and gal- and inclusion within the fraternity; and the house or on future policies regard- the University and the Beta Theta Pi “We felt as though we were in a posi- vanize students to decrease the prevalence fundraising with Rho Epsilon Pi with the ing students who enter the house. He fraternity’s Mu Epsilon chapter as a tion to make a contribution to combat of alcohol abuse and binge drinking on goal of establishing a residential space for stated that PSafe will be meeting with result of a reported sexual assault by [sexual assault and alcohol abuse].” campus and to decrease...devastating pub- the sorority. the administration early next week to John O’Neill, a non-University stu- In May, Karsten reached out to a lic health and safety consequences of this DKE has also proposed a housing discuss the specifics of future enforce- dent and guest of a Beta brother, at few different groups for assistance. He abuse,” Durkin said. liaison position at the University to work ment of the ban. the Beta house on Oct. 30, 2010. The identified Dr. Stephen Taylor, M.D., The program will be presented to all with other Greek organizations, as well as According to University suit charged the administration with M.P.H and John D. Foubert, Ph.D. undergraduates in the DKE, Psi Upsilon, the administration, to improve relations Manager of Media Relations and violating Title IX, a federal gender- and explained that these two individu- and Beta Theta Pi fraternities; the Rho with academic and social communities Public Relations Kate Carlisle, speak- equity law, by neglecting to put in als have had previous success with their Epsilon Pi sorority; and approximately within the University. ing on behalf of Roth’s office, all oth- place sufficient measures to prevent programs “Safe and Sober” and “One seven hundred male and female scholar- “The DKE brothers are looking er fraternities are unaffected by the her assault. The lawsuit was settled on in Four,” respectively. athletes at the University. forward to attending both programs,” closing of the Beta house. Aug. 30, 2013, though the details of In August, Karsten told “The undergraduates [involved said former president of DKE Peter The Office of Residential Life the settlement were never disclosed. University President Michael Roth in Greek life] were told this is a manda- George ’15. “We believe the programs was notified on the morning of At the time of the sexual assault and the Board of Trustees that DKE tory session,” Karsten said. “The athletes will be very beneficial for all students Wednesday, Sept. 10, that the stu- incident, the Beta house was consid- would proceed with such educational are strongly encouraged to attend. Their who attend, regardless of whether they dents currently residing in the house ered off-campus housing for all stu- programs. According to Karsten, the coaches will be there as well.” are affiliated with Greek life or not. DKE will be moving to other residences. dents residing in it. In response to University showed complete support. The other program, “One in Four,” remains a part of the solution to prevent Director of Residential Life Fran Jane Doe’s assault, Whaley issued a On Wednesday, Sept. 10, DKE will commence on Saturday, Oct. 4, with sexual assaults on campus.” Koerting stated that the students are statement in February 2011 prohib- issued a press release explaining its up- the intention of combating sexual assault Karsten agreed, and added that he is being moved to available open rooms iting students from using any prop- coming events, as well as its intention and rape, among other issues. Durkin ex- extremely pleased that they were able to around campus between Thursday, erty owned, leased, or operated by to take a leadership role in addressing plained that the program aims to instill a put together these resources and organize Sept. 11, and Sunday, Sept. 14. private societies not recognized by these concerns by offering two pro- sense of bystander responsibility. the programs. “We identified open rooms, the University. Students found in vio- grams for students. Each of the pro- “[‘One in Four’ has] the aim to “I was very pleased with the response some singles and some doubles, in lation of this stipulation would face grams has a distinct mission and has increase the likelihood of bystander in- of the undergraduates,” Karsten said. residence halls and program houses,” disciplinary action. proven successful at other universities. tervention and challenge men to change “These are problems that everyone needs Koerting wrote in an email to The As a result of this policy and The “Safe and Sober” program their own behaviors and influence the to address collectively, and we are glad to Argus. under continued pressure from the is an educational tool that highlights behaviors of others,” Durkin said. be part of what is hopefully the beginning Koerting declined to disclose the University, Beta decided to return to positive decision-making and safe be- Foubert will lead this program, of a solution.” exact locations of any of these rooms, campus as a program house and was out of respect for the students’ pri- formally recognized by the University vacy. in June 2011. The most recent incident at In November 2012, the University to Celebrate Beta, which Roth and Whaley cited University denied Rho Epsilon and in their email, occurred on Sunday, Alpha Epsilon Pi as applicants for an Sept. 7, when a female sophomore fell open program housing space. from a third-story window of the Beta Whaley elaborated on this denial Freedom Summer Anniversary house and was seriously injured. She of program house space in an email By Molly Schiff and chefs who had been the slaves of the Northeastern University School of Law. She is currently recovering at St. Francis to The Argus following the decision. Contributing Writer people who still owned and operated New herself took part in the Freedom Summer of Hospital in Hartford. “With respect to Greek organi- Orleans,” Weinberg wrote in an email to 1964. President Michael Roth up- zations, our consistent institutional This upcoming weekend, The Argus. “The Freedom Riders opened The first panel will commence at dated the campus community on the position has been that we will sup- past and present members of the my eyes. I understood history, culture and Beckham Hall, featuring three alumni student’s condition in an email on port the existing residential Greeks University community will come commerce in a new way. Understanding, who also have personal experience with the Wednesday, Sept. 10. through program housing, but will together to commemorate the 50th like naming, is a way of feeling some con- Freedom Summer. The program, titled “Go “She remains in the Intensive not add additional Greek houses,” anniversary of the Freedom Summer. trol in a chaotic world. And I wanted to South, Young Wes Men,” will be presented Care Unit of a Hartford hospital, and Whaley wrote. “There are several This celebration is co-sponsored by give back for that extraordinary gift.” by Ron Young ’86, John Suter ’67, and those close to her have very much ap- non-residential Greek organizations Director of the Allbritton Center for The two-day event will begin on Stephen Oleskey ’64. These individuals will preciated the expressions of support at Wesleyan that are important and the Study of Public Life and John E. Friday with a concert beginning at 6 p.m. share their experiences from the landmark and care from the Wesleyan com- valuable student organizations (Rho Andrus Professor of Sociology Rob at the Cross Street Dance Center. Since summer of 1964. munity,” Roth wrote. “…We are all Ep, AEPi, and others), and we remain Rosenthal; Director of the Center Civil Rights demonstrations traditionally Following that, “Unwavering hopeful for her recovery and would happy to work with them to support for African American Studies Lois began in churches where singing would Courage: Civil Rights Activists of Freedom love to welcome her back to Wesleyan their goals.” Brown; Artist in Residence of the summon solidarity and strength, this con- Summer” will feature three women activ- whenever she is healthy enough to re- On April 9, 2013, the Office of Theater Department Leslie Weinberg; cert will migrate throughout campus and ists—Penny Patch, Muriel Tillinghast, and sume her studies.” Public Safety responded to a call from the Center for the Arts; Olin Library pause at Olin at 6:30 p.m., where two Gwendolyn Simmons—activists who lived Beta Theta Pi Administrative a female student who reported being and Special Collections and Archives; more groups—a choir from Middletown in the South and participated in many as- Secretary Jud Horras, quoted in the physically assaulted at the Beta house. the Office of Equity and Inclusion; High School and the Children’s Choir of pects of the Civil Rights Movement. national fraternity’s press release, The assailant also reportedly attempt- Academic Affairs; Green Street Arts the Cross Street A.M.E. Zion Church will Rosenthal explained the goals for the stated that the primary focus of the ed sexual assault, but the caller was Center; and Cross Street A.M.E. Zion join the musicians. event. organization in this situation is the able to resist and escape. Church. Admission is free of charge for “[The concert] is not so much about “We wanted to emphasize the rank- injured student’s well-being and re- The Beta president at the time, all events. performances as it is an invitation to partici- and-file workers and especially the women covery. Elliot Albert ’14, wrote in a statement The Freedom Summer took pate,” Rosenthal said. “I think the...concert activists [during the Movement,] who do “As difficult as it may be at the that the incident was part of a larger place in 1964 when a group of col- is going to be amazing.” not get enough credit,” Rosenthal said. beginning of the academic year for problem within the University com- lege students, including students from From Olin, the growing group will The events will conclude at 4:30 all of our undergraduate members munity. Wesleyan, traveled to Mississippi for six head to the Memorial Chapel, where Dar p.m. with Burnham’s keynote address. to be moved by Wesleyan University “Events such as this compromise weeks to enfranchise Southern African Williams ’89 and duo Kim and Reggie “I’m looking forward to conversa- out of the chapter house into alterna- the sense of safety and security that Americans to participate in voter reg- Harris will perform for the crowd. tions between students of today and these tive university housing, Beta Theta Pi we as members of a campus commu- istration. While there, these students Student coordinator Connie Des people who were the age of students who undergraduates and alumni remain nity deserve, and we have zero toler- actively participated in the Civil Rights Marais ’17 explained that she has been act- did this very brave thing,” Rosenthal said. focused first and foremost on the ance for such actions,” Albert wrote. Movement. ing as a representative of the student body “We think of history as being made by recovery of the young woman who “...That our house became the loca- Having grown up in a segregated for the Freedom Summer celebration. special, great people, yet these were just attempted to climb onto the roof of tion of this unfortunate and intoler- Louisiana, Weinberg explained that she “[I served as] a student sound board ordinary students who felt they had to do our chapter house this past weekend,” able crime is a powerful reminder to has a personal connection to the events to throw ideas off of,” Des Marais said. something about a problem that they saw.” Horras said. “She is a close friend to the entire Wesleyan community that that unfolded during the Freedom “[Everybody is] so invested in the event.” Additionally, an exhibit at the many undergraduate Betas and they we collectively need to do a better job Summer. Saturday’s schedule will consist of Wesleyan Special Collections and Archives, are spending time in the hospital sup- at raising awareness and prevention of “I realized everything I profound- two panels and a keynote address given “Civil Rights Activism and Welseyan,” will porting her and her family. Initial ac- these types of events.” ly loved about New Orleans had been by Margaret Burnham, a prominent civil be on display on Friday from 3 to 5 p.m., counts indicate this appears to have On April 21, 2014, the Wesleyan created by artists, craftsmen, musicians, rights lawyer and a faculty member at the as well as Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. 4 • NEWS THE WESLEYAN ARGUS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 Chiburis: Protesting Students “Hands Up, Don’t Stop Staffing Event Spaces Shoot” Photos Show Continued from front page nated by the University at anytime with Dean has previously worked or without cause,” the handbook reads. events and plays at the Chapel and the the ’92 Theater in the coming weeks, Whaley further stated that the ’92 Theater. He spoke to the neces- Student Solidarity the need for Chiburis’s position will University intends to involve students sity of Chiburis’s position, particularly By Katya Dajani community. become more apparent. in the transition and will search for a for Second Stage—which is currently Contributing Writer Heath spoke to the importance “I feel that if it becomes more dif- replacement. planning for its season to open on of a photograph in capturing the racial ficult to manage the chapel, it reflects “Given [Chiburis’s] departure, Friday, Sept. 19. Students gathered on Andrus nature of police brutality in the U.S. poorly on the decision to terminate the the Usdan staff is in the process of “I hope to see that people appre- Field on Thursday, Sept. 11, to take “We should not take away from person who could have managed it had working with the students involved in ciate what [Chiburis] did and that we a photo in solidarity with recent the originality and significance of this all the students resigned,” Storfer said. Chapel/’92 to assess their needs and to need someone like [Chiburis] to be victims of police brutality. Titled specific movement,” Heath said. “You “If we all resigned on Ed [Chiburis], it support them during this transition,” running this stuff...” Dean said. “We “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot,” the don’t want to take away the agency still would be able to function pretty Whaley wrote. “Students will be in- need someone who knows fire codes photo is part of a social media cam- from victims who actually are targets well.” volved in the process of searching for for building sets or setting up audio. paign designed to highlight racism and endure this pain.” Storfer further voiced his dis- Ed’s replacement.” We need someone who understands and police brutality in the United The third photo, composed of al- appointment in the way that the Anthony Dean ’17, a member of the sound systems in these buildings. States. The “Hands Up, Don’t lies, was taken in tribute to the move- University handled the termination of Second Stage, stated that, in the mean- We need someone who we can go to, Shoot” online hashtag was sparked ment “Don’t Shoot In My Name.” an important campus position. time, Chapel and ’92 Theater workers to be our point person for the Chapel by the death of Michael Brown, The campaign, circulated on media “I am disappointed that in a posi- and the rest of Second Stage are report- and the ’92 Theater, because they are an unarmed black teenager who sites such as Twitter and Tumblr, re- tion that is so heavily focused on inter- ing to alternative sources who are less really important buildings on cam- was shot by police in Ferguson, quires allies to write “Don’t Shoot” on acting with students, [students] never familiar with the spaces. pus.” Missouri on Aug. 9. their right hands and “In My Name” seem to have been consulted or really in “Whenever you are going to fire The outside locks on both the ’92 Dreisen Heath ’15 orches- on their left hands, while also holding many ways thought about in the deci- or let go someone who has an impor- Theater and the Chapel were changed trated the photo shoot. Heath, who both hands in the air. The purpose of sion,” Storfer said. tant position and who has a position between Chiburis’s termination on serves as the co-chair of Ujamaa, this photo was for allies to show their Vice President for Student Affairs that is directly related to other people, Thursday afternoon and 4 p.m. on a campus student of color orga- solidarity and honor Brown, as well as Michael Whaley declined to comment you have to have something to account Friday, Sept. 5. As a result, student nization, organized the event in others lost to similar tragedies. on Chiburis’s termination, stating that for what will happen when that person workers have had to call Public Safety conjunction with other campus Heath emphasized that the orga- all University personnel issues are con- is gone,” Dean said. “If you just have to be let into the building for events, as affinity groups, including Invisible nizers wanted the event present at the fidential. He spoke about the process of them leave with no notice, with no none have received replacement keys. Men and the Women of Color University as a unified force against terminating staff members. preparation, then everything’s just going “It seems entirely feasible that af- Collective. racism and brutality. “Generally speaking, all students to fall to hell, and that’s just unaccept- ter a shift of management they would Heath stated that she sought “I definitely hope [the photos] should know that (except in egregious able. That just can’t happen.” want to change our keys; I just wish to bring this movement to show a unification of Wesleyan,” situations) a progressive coaching/disci- Many students who previous- they had told us,” Storfer said. Wesleyan in solidarity with and in Heath said. “I know at times there’s pline system is in place to address any ly worked at the Chapel or the ’92 Storfer added that he and his fel- honor of Brown. been rifts between the [students of col- performance issues with any employee,” Theater have resigned over the course low former employees will continue “Wesleyan is known for pub- or] and white students at school, and Whaley wrote in an email to The Argus. of the week, informing Storfer that protesting until Chiburis’s former po- lic displays of activism,” Heath I just want it to be a place where, on a “Only after that system has been ex- they support his protest. However, sition has been filled. said. “Particularly with race, I don’t human-to-human basis, there’s appre- hausted would an employee be termi- Storfer believes that events scheduled “Without [Chiburis], it has not think it’s always been done. [The ciation for one another, a time when nated.” in these spaces in the coming weeks been made clear to us who is neces- photo] would be a great opportu- we can come together and be in soli- However, the Staff Handbook on will still occur. sarily filling that position,” Storfer nity for affinity groups to unify.” darity with one another.” the University website states that the “I recognize that there are some said. “That is something that, at the The demonstration was held Michael Ortiz ’17 participated University may go through this process people who have to work because of very least, I would have appreciated: on Andrus Field and included three in the photo shoot and stated that the where applicable, but does not indicate monetary reasons and I understand if not advance notice, some better-laid separate photographs. The first, in- number of students present was a tes- that it is necessary. that,” Storfer said. “I don’t think that plan for a replacement. I’ve yet to hear volving all students in attendance tament to the social awareness of the “Employees are ‘at will’ employees I can guarantee a halt, but at the very anything particularly concrete about a regardless of race or background, University community. and their employment may be termi- least I can guarantee difficulty.” replacement.” was meant to show the University “I think it’s great that people community in solidarity with one showed up and that people care,” Ortiz another. said. “It shows Wesleyan students are Organizer Alton Wang ’16 aware there’s things in our country that Grimmer-Solem Gives Talk About stated that participants and orga- are kind of messed up, and we need to nizers alike wished to present the fix it one step at a time.” school as a united front against rac- Wesleyan is not the first univer- ism and police brutality. sity to participate in the movement. New Research on German General “College campuses have been Howard University’s “Hands Up, breeding grounds for change and By Sophie Zinser used their contacts at America’s German of innocent men, women, and children. Don’t Shoot” photo went viral after social movements,” Wang wrote students discovered that a university Assistant News Editor Counterintelligence Agency to convince “This information was in plain sight in an email to The Argus. “Thus, alumna had been shot while protest- Hitler to reduce the sentence to a life- in public records, but no one had the cu- such displays of solidarity can be On Thursday, Sept. 11, in PAC time in prison, which was later reduced riosity to research it,” Grimmer-Solem ing in Ferguson. Since then, numerous 001, Associate Professor of History and strong in eliciting discussion and schools around the country have joined to five years. Solem survived the war and said. “There are many problems of selec- awareness, as well as compelling winner of the 2013 Binswanger Prize for was liberated by French troops in 1945. tive historical narratives that are part of the online movement to show solidar- Excellence in Teaching Erik Grimmer- individuals in our community to ity with victims of police brutality. Grimmer-Solem emphasized that his official history. Enormous public invest- commit to change or take action.” Solem gave a lecture titled “Blind grandfather did not speak frequently of ments are made in [a] particular story as Heath spoke to the significance Spot on the Right: The Wehrmacht, The second photo involved of the campaign in terms of organizing his experiences in war and prison. monuments for political and social peda- affinity groups and people of color, the Holocaust, and the Politics of “It’s physically and emotionally gogical purposes, and the hurdles faced students for future activism. Commemoration in Contemporary identified as those primarily victim- “I think [the movement] is very traumatic to relive those experiences,” in getting counter-narratives accepted are ized by incidents such as the Brown Germany.” Over 30 students and faculty Grimmer-Solem said. “There was no way often daunting.” important, because we are the future attended the presentation, which was part shooting. This photo was taken as generation,” Heath said. “It’s all in our that we could imagine the torture that he Grimmer-Solem noted that mul- part of the original “Hands Up, of a new lecture series, “History Matters,” went through.” tiple Nazis who were implicated in war hands. We have to pass it along, and organized by the History Department. Don’t Shoot” movement, formed we have to have those tools to pass it While in prison, Solem met and crimes were never legally pursued or their by members of Ferguson’s black Grimmer-Solem presented an in- befriended von Sponek, and over time trials never fully resolved. along.” depth exploration of his new research on he came to respect him. Due to his per- “There are over 10,000 prosecut- celebrated German General Hans Grab sonal attachment with the case, Grimmer- able dossiers of people implicated in war von Sponek. In the years following World Solem faced many challenges when trying crimes as Nazis, though only 6,000 were War II, many hailed von Sponek as an to determine who von Sponek really was. pursued legally,” Grimmer-Solem said. “anti-Nazi” after he was imprisoned for “Family lore was all that was left “But this is only because most of those refusing Hitler’s orders during a major of von Sponek in my family,” Grimmer- contained in the records were dead by Soviet counter-offensive on the Crimean Solem said. “The problem of historical the time the records were shown. And the Peninsula in 1941. Yet Grimmer-Solem narratives passed on by family lore is that post-war judiciary and police [were] both uncovered new evidence that von Sponek flattering profiles figure prominently. The biased and rampant with institutionalized had cooperated in committing war crimes resistance that one encounters in ques- racism.” and crimes against humanity during the tioning such narratives is often great and Grimmer-Solem’s research and na- 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union, a can come at significant personal cost.” tional media reports about his work have discovery that made national news in According to Grimmer-Solem, von led Germany to order the re-naming of an Germany. Sponek commanded the 11th Army in army base near the city of Germersheim, Grimmer-Solem’s interest in the Russia, which has been implicated in where local citizens adamantly protest the niche subject matter stemmed from war crimes and crimes against humanity. name change. his personal history as a descendant of After several trips to the German Federal Students in HIST 362: Issues in Norwegian spies during World War II. At Military Archives in Freiburg and analyses Contemporary Historiography were re- the beginning of the lecture, Grimmer- of war diaries and other documentation of quired to attend the lecture. Jonathan Solem detailed how his grandfather, war crimes, Grimmer-Solem realized that Crook ’16 commented on the lecture’s Dr. Odd Solem, was captured and sen- von Sponek’s involvement in the military correlation with class discussions. tenced to death by the Gestapo after was far more violent and in-depth than he “I really enjoyed this lecture and transferring medical supplies between had previously thought. While German found it really interesting,” Crook said. Britain and German-occupied Norway. history lessons frequently cite von Sponek “It directly connects with what we’re Meanwhile, his grandmother, on the run as a hero who refused to follow Hitler’s learning in class, which basically focuses at the time with Grimmer-Solem’s father, orders, Grimmer-Solem explained how on the myths of history and how history C/O NOAH KORMAN was able to contact their family friends the accounts of the 11th Army detailed can be reinterpreted by media and over- Student activists organized "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" photos to at UCLA. These American academics multiple atrocities, including the killing time.” show solidarity against police brutality. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 THE WESLEYAN ARGUS 5 features BOOK REVIEW: UNLEARNING LIBERTY

By Jess Zalph advocating conservative positions; on istrations rather than on protection between insensitivity and harassment? approach campus life with their Features Editor college campuses, this speech tends to of student rights. As a result, he adds, Can preventing another person’s free eyes open a little bit wider. You face more scrutiny. apathy abounds as people internalize a speech be defended on the grounds will be surprised how often you Needless to say, “Unlearning “Unlearning Liberty” is a smooth new norm. that you are expressing your own? find yourself laughing (both with Liberty: Campus Censorship and the read, with an emphasis on case studies The book, while getting perhaps Although the Wesleyan admin- amusement and with disgust) and End of American Debate” will strike and a smattering of political philoso- a bit repetitive with its reliance on case istration is nowhere near instituting pleased with the philosophical close to home for many Wesleyan phy. Lukianoff cites John Stuart Mill, studies that are all similar in nature, “free-speech corners” (designated conversations this book provokes students. This book, written by Greg focusing on his argument that dissent- definitely provides readers with plenty spots that are the only free-speech over dinner. Lukianoff and published in 2012, ing voices need to be protected not of anecdotes with which they can pep- protected loca- explores the evolution of free speech only because there is some possibility per their conversations. For example, tions on campus), rights on college campuses and unveils they could be right, but also because readers learn that in 2006, Drexel as has happened what Lukianoff perceives as a rise of the discussion inspired by dissent University’s speech code included a at several universi- censorship that has swept the nation’s can strengthen and clarify everyone’s ban on “inconsiderate jokes” and “in- ties discussed in the institutes of higher education. views. appropriately directed laughter.” At book, it is interest- Lukianoff, president of the Unfortunately, Lukianoff argues, Indiana University–Purdue University ing to consider the Foundation for Individual Rights the ability to present dissenting opin- Indianapolis, a janitor was threatened extent of our free in Education (FIRE), writes articles ions is being eroded. One focus of the with disciplinary action on the grounds speech rights, giv- regularly on free speech and educa- book is the adoption of speech codes of racial harassment for “openly” read- en the framework tion. His work at FIRE served as the by many universities. These are often ing a historical account of the Ku Klux Lukianoff outlines. foundation for “Unlearning Liberty”; vague and unenforceable, for example Klan while on his break. Another type of the organization’s mission is to de- including a complete prohibition of I would recommend this book censorship, perhaps, fend free speech, religious liberty, and “hurtful” or “offensive” speech. Not to any Wesleyan student who is look- comes from within due-process rights across campuses. only is speech that falls under these ing to feel slightly uncomfortable. In the student body; FIRE’s cases are usually submitted by categories integral to free thought and addition to “no-brainers” such as the often I have heard students, and are handled by FIRE free discussion, but these codes are also Ku Klux Klan anecdote, Lukianoff de- the complaint that staff intervention or, when necessary, often enforced arbitrarily by adminis- fends, or at least entertains, situations as tolerant as our litigated with FIRE’s “Legal Network.” trations to silence speech they find that many would find repugnant, such population claims to Lukianoff prefaces his book personally objectionable. as fat-shaming dorm posters and ex- be, it is difficult to with a note on the political dynam- Lukianoff also makes the point clusionary religious groups. express unpopular ics surrounding campus censorship. that people have lost the drive to pro- It seems very much that the book views without com- He writes that although he considers tect their own Constitutional rights, is directed at an audience that would ing under fire. himself liberal and that his mission accepting certain limitations without naturally disagree with many of its “ Un l e a r n i n g to defend student and faculty speech really questioning them. He attributes conclusions. It aggressively forces Liberty” is a worth- rights is consistent with this view, he this to dynamics rooted in elemen- readers to consider difficult questions. while read that is often “vilified as an evil conserva- tary and high schools, where rules are At what point does expressing a view provides a good tive.” This is because, he says, much structured to emphasize protection of become the equivalent of censoring perspective for stu- of the speech FIRE works to defend is “feelings” and the image of the admin- another one? Where is the line drawn dents who want to C/O ACADEMEBLOG.ORG

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WESUPPORT AND CAPS BRING THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT GROUPS On Mondays 4:30-5:45 p.m. the group will remain open for students to come and go each week as they please. (First meeting Monday, September 15th) On Wednesdays 4:30-5:45pm we will meet as a closed group that maintains a set number of members, which will be solidified within the first couple weeks of meeting. (First meeting Wednesday, September 17th) Anyone and everyone is welcome at both first meetings! 6 • features THE WESLEYAN ARGUS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 WesCeleb: MATT LYNCH By Rebecca Brill ML: Who did I play? I didn’t play interests and my interest in sciences is from this institu- Features Editor any major character. I played one of the geared toward medical science. I’m pre- tion, from this messengers with Michael Firer [’13]. I med now, hoping to go to med school school. I guess I Whether you’re into molecular biol- don’t know if you know him, but he gradu- after graduation. love Wesleyan too ogy or musicals, senior citizens or soccer, ated when I was a freshman. He was re- much in that way. you’ve probably heard the name Matt ally cool. I guess we were the two goofballs A: Where do you see all your non- Lynch. That’s because this energetic se- and comedic relief of the show, which was science interests going after you graduate? A: What’s nior is in more camps than he has feet. pretty cool. Do you want to do more with perform- your background? This jack of all trades spoke to The Argus But more recently, I played Bruce ing? ML: I’m about Taiko drumming, meiotic enzymes, Springsteen in a senior thesis by Lindsay ML: Maybe. I hope so. I don’t know from Burlington, and that one time he accidentally stabbed Schapiro ’14, who graduated last year.... how practical that would be with med New Jersey, himself. She got honors for her Bruce Springsteen school, but I definitely hope to continue and that’s 20 concept album show called “Highway playing and learning the guitar. It’s just minutes off the The Argus: Why do you think you Alive.” That was really fun, playing him. something I took up this summer, and I’m bridge [from] got nominated as a WesCeleb? I’m learning guitar, and my calluses two and a half months into learning it, but Philadelphia, 20 Matt Lynch: I guess I have a pres- are here now. I’m taking guitar lessons I absolutely love it. I had guitar lessons yes- minutes south ence on campus in terms of athletics and throughout the semester, which has been terday with [Private Lessons Teacher] Tony of Trenton, 20 art and science. In those three areas, I feel fun. I guess that’s a little bit about theater [Lombardozzi], and he was talking about minutes north of like I have a pretty prominent presence on and art and plays. how he had students coming through Camden. Right campus. So if anything, I would say those I’m also in an a cappella group Wesleyan and who were in med school in that nice, little three things. with Dex [Blumenthal ’15]....We’re in who said, “Do not drop the guitar if you pocket. So it’s not Quasimodal together. A cappella is obvi- know anything. Just leave it on the guitar too different in A: Can you talk a bit about what ously a lot of fun. We recently, last semes- stand in your apartment or in your room, terms of landscape you’re involved in on campus? ter, went down to Covenant Village, which so when you come home from class, you and environment ML: Absolutely. So, I was recruited is a retirement home in Cromwell; I work can just play.” I guess that’s something I and climate, but for the soccer team here, and I’ve been with Covenant Village through WesAGE. really want to do. And maybe if theater or it’s really different playing since freshman year. Last year was We brought my a cappella group down acting presents itself or opportunity pres- in terms of diver- a really great year for me individually, but to Covenant Village to perform for 100 ents itself, I’d be able to take advantage of sity of thought. I also for us as a team. That was actually the people. They were obviously really eager to it. went to an aver- first year that I moved up from the B-team hear us perform. It was a lot of fun. It was Wesleyan has taught me how to say, age-sized public C/O MATT LYNCH to varsity. Obviously, I’m on the varsity good practice for us, too, before our final “No,” to some things. I was asked to be in school where there weren’t too many intel- A: What has been your most embar- soccer team now as well. And we have a concert. So I think we’re going to definitely “In the Heights” and all these other pro- lectually stimulated students doing things rassing Wesleyan moment? game tomorrow, which is really cool. I’m do that again throughout the semester for ductions for this semester. Ask Matt Lynch that went beyond the norm. But I feel like ML: Oh, no. We can go very dark really excited for that. sure. three years ago if he wanted to be part of at Wesleyan, it is normal, it is encouraged very quickly. I’ve never had that question But outside of sports, I’m really in- these things, and I’m sure he would have to go beyond just that, go beyond that asked. I hope no one ever asks me that volved in other things as well. I am the A: That’s an example of your interests said, “Yes.” Ask me now, and I guess I have frequency of “norm,” whatever that may question again. I saw pictures of myself co-coordinator for WesAGE, [which] is meeting. Do you feel like that’s generally the ability to say, “Maybe not now.” be. I don’t necessarily feel out place, or I my freshman year. They were pinpointed pretty much a community service out- the case? They seem pretty varied. didn’t, coming into Wesleyan, so I guess by some people who I was working with as reach program that facilitates relation- ML: That seems to happen a lot A: Is that hard for you? the transition for me wasn’t that bad. I was a senior interviewer, and then they put the ships between Wesleyan students and and not just with different things I’m do- ML: Sometimes it is. It definitely very surprised about the collaborative na- picture on the desktop of one of the home Middletown senior residents. A few times ing outside of the classroom....Growing was hard in that transition period from ture happening between students and the screens on my computer in the Office of throughout the week, we go down to as- up, I always loved tapping on desks and freshman year to sophomore year. Now I excitement that students have with sharing Admissions. That was pretty embarrassing. sisted living facilities right outside of cam- things like that, so I was immediately mu- really do have a firm understanding of my what they’re interested in at Wesleyan. pus like 1 McDonough Place and bring sically inclined. But I’ve taken classes like priorities, both academically and extracur- A: What’s on your bucket list for be- student groups down to participate and [MUSC418] Advanced Taiko­—Japanese ricularly. And I really do thank the student A: What have been some of your best fore you graduate? engage with the old folk there. So it’s re- Drumming, and I really enjoy music in body here and the faculty here for allow- Wesleyan memories? ML: I definitely want to find a way ally cool; it’s a really engaging experience. that regard. But at the same time, I was tak- ing me to shape myself and understand ML: For me, just every year at to get to the roof of Olin or to the roof of One of the most recent groups we brought ing classes like [ENGL230] Introduction my priorities. WesRave, the silent rave; I think that’s Exley. I don’t want to get in trouble in that down was a breakdancing group. So it’s to Asian American Literature, so I was something that’s really, really cool, where way, so I’ve been a little hesitant. I’ve heard kind of bizarre seeing a bunch of 85- and reading and discovering about the history A: What would you say your priority you’re with a lot of your friends. I mean, there’s a way to get up there. 90-year-olds spinning on their heads. Not and atrocities happening to people from is right now? a thousand people running across campus Also, in a more realistic sense, and advised or recommended but definitely Asia and Asian American people. And at ML: Starting at seven o’clock, my and listening to the same playlist: there’s in a more practical sense as well and a one way to get involved. the same time, I’m taking this drumming number-one priority is soccer because we something that’s unifying about that ex- safer one, I hope that the Wesleyan soc- So I guess doing small things like course that [is] focused on Japanese-style have a night game tomorrow, and we are perience. But you’re also raising aware- cer team makes it to NCAA finals because that—small in someone’s eyes; it’s a really drumming, so there’s not necessarily a practicing at night tonight. But obviously, ness for people who don’t necessarily feel my freshman year, we went, and we lost, important thing in my eyes—but doing direct comparison, but it was nice to see apart from sports, it’s definitely making comfortable or don’t have the ability to actually, in the second round of NCAAs something like that gives me a high in some overlap and intersection in that re- sure I’m hitting the books hard and doing vocalize what’s happening to them. I’m at Rutgers-Camden. I feel like that was that regard. And it’s nice knowing that my gard, which is really cool. I like when that as well as I possibly can in school, though sure this could directly relate to people suf- one year where we could have gone a lot work is being recognized not just by the happens because it means a liberal arts edu- I would say the majority of the tuition that fering from sexual assault or depression or farther than we actually did. This year, people who I’m working with. cation is working, right? we pay as Wesleyan students isn’t necessar- suicide or something like that. So having with the squad that we have, this is actu- I’ve been involved with six produc- ily geared toward the classroom. I feel like this opportunity to get to know your class- ally the deepest team ever that we’ve had tions since my freshman year, either with A: Right. What are the science things the interactions like you and I are having mates but also get involved in some really at Wesleyan as long as my coach has been Second Stage or senior theses. My favorite that you’re involved in? You mentioned right now on a student-to-student level are creative activism on campus is something chere, he says. We just have so much po- production that I’ve been involved with that. much more valuable and are areas where that’s really cool for me and obviously, it tential for success as a team and as an or- was Macbeth my freshman year. I actually ML: I’m a molecular biology and we can learn more than those in the class- sticks out as a pretty prevalent memory. ganization. Definitely, everybody’s on the got stabbed in the neck, but I don’t tell biochemistry major, and my experience room. When we’re having a conversation Before my first WesRave experience same page with that as well: make it to the many people about that. It was kind of a with research, I guess, has been a little bit about gender-neutral spaces, these are the my sophomore year, I beatboxed onstage NCAAs, do really well this season in the bizarre incident that happened. I grabbed unorthodox. I did one semester of research sorts of conversations that students across for Joey Bada$$, who’s an up-and-coming NESCAC. Although it’s not all about the the wrong knife, and I actually grabbed last year where I worked with [Assistant the nation wish they could have. For me, rapper, on the stage of Psi U. For me, that trophies—it’s definitely about the experi- the real knife. Professor of Molecular Biology] Amy at least, it’s something that’s increased my was just really cool, seeing a bunch of my ence—it’d be nice to have that. MacQueen and looked at Zip3, which is social awareness, my political conscious- buddies at the frat and having Joey Bada$$ This interview has been edited for A: Who did you play? a meiotic enzyme. Definitely, my academic ness, if you will. I really do value that freestyle rap over my beatboxing. length. Heat of the Moment: A Guide to Warm Weather Style By Sadie Renjilian but let’s be real: wearing the wrong the idea that bras serve any purpose. Conclusion: don’t bra-ther. and slightly nasty. I truly love this Contributing Writer thing will reduce you from the status So if you want to be cool, both lit- On a less 8th-grade-wet-dream attitude, as well as the rejection of of Jean-Baptiste le Rond d’Alembert’s erally and sartorially, leave the bra at note, outer garments are important, corporate brands evidenced by DIY You’re probably from the North, “truly enlightened public” to his home. Bras are, essentially, mattress too. I’m really digging cutoffs right and thrifted jorts. Also, pairing your and that’s totally fine. Seriously, deal- “blind and noisy multitude.” If pads combined with long underwear now: not the high-waisted jorts with cutoffs with the right baby tee and ing with the disadvantage of not be- d’Alembert thinks you’re unrefined, held up with scratchy elastic shack- ragged bottoms that we’ve all gotten a choker will allow you to pass for a ing Southern is punishment enough. you might as well drop out now. les. The heat contained within these used to (although underbutt is a na- member of *NSYNC, which is always This holds especially true this week, Here’s a tip: sweat lines occur cups is strong enough to melt plastic, tional security crisis that has not been a plus in my book. since this weather is crippling all anywhere two fabrics touch with any and if you need any evidence, please adequately addressed). Instead, I urge Temperatures have been drop- y’all Northerners. Humidity, which sort of pressure. Backpack straps are notice the sweat lines underneath you to opt for regular pants cut off ping lately, though, and the rules I knew as the stifling scourge of a common culprit. Another slightly any nearby boobs. An anonymous around mid-thigh. I love the ’90s will begin to change. I look forward the American South, has engulfed more horrifying occurrence is the Californian concurs. vibe of regular jeans cut off about to addressing how to layer clothes, Middletown like, as a friend put it, sweat line where your underwear “It feels really restrictive,” she three inches above the knee, with the hopefully consulting someone not we’ve been stuck inside a tube of overlaps with your clothing. A good said. “Also, going without is more waistline at the hips instead of the from the South or California. That Chapstick. way to avoid this is to not wear giant natural—not many boobs are perfect waist (or, god forbid, the ass crack). said, moderation is key in the fall: Obviously, this begs the ques- cotton panties. Additionally, until it cups, I’m pretty sure. If you don’t These are great for the heat because it’s crucial not to layer too much too tion: how do we dress to impress our cools down, you may want to fore- need one, why do it?” the ragged bottoms allow the breeze quickly. Don’t be the Northerner stylish academic peers while not suf- go bras, which are going the way of This free spirit makes a great to brush against your knees. who sweats through your grandpa focating under the weight of mois- petticoats anyway. Sure, bras can be point. Furthermore, a main purpose At a school where anything goes, sweater and rumpled cords in early ture-soaked cotton? The first month cute, but lately they seem antiquated of bras is to hide problematic nip- there is no need to sacrifice style September. Plus, as you learned here, of school is an important time for and even impractical. Recently, there ple protrusions, which is generally for comfort. One fun thing about dressing for humidity can be fun! style. Your history class may claim to have been many studies (mainly from a cold-weather issue. In this heat, Wesleyan is that here, it’s wicked And before you know it, ragged jorts be about European Enlightenment, French sources, bien sûr) that refute nipple-itis hardly presents a problem. cool to toe the line between hipster will be nothing but a memory. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 THE WESLEYAN ARGUS 7 arts “Not of This World” . . The Idiot Box Kicks off College of “Bojack Horseman” East Asian Studies By Hazem Fahmy said. “And how that influences taste and Staff Writer how it influences people’s ideas of culture and how they perceive other cultures.” “Not of This World,” a diverse dis- Chan and her fellow classmates first play of East Asian art at the Mansfield learned how to examine artwork in a da- Freeman Center for East Asian Studies, tabase before learning how to archive and officially inaugurated the new interdisci- store it. While its main objective was to plinary College of East Asian Studies on exhibit art from East Asia, “Not of This Wednesday, Sept. 10. World” is informed by more than just com- Originating in a class last semester, mon location. the “Not of This World” is composed “We couldn’t have an exhibition that of works selected by students from the was just [about] Asia.” Chan said. “We had Mansfield Freeman collection. The course, to ideologically examine the artwork.” EAST253: Practicum in Exhibition of The exhibition also explores the mys- East Asian Art taught by Adjunct Assistant teries of alternate states, which are widely Professor of East Asian Studies and present in various East Asian cultures. An C/O PRETTYMUCHAMAZING.COM Freeman Center for East Asian Studies initial decision to display all the exhibit’s “Bojack Horseman,” Netflix’s foray into adult animated programming, features a world populated Curator Patrick Dowdey, introduced eight art in pairs allows a deeper look into the by both humans and anthropomorphic animals. students to the literature of museums and present themes of religion, mythology, and the process of curation in general, but with narrative through both comparison and By Charles Martin timately forces him to come to terms incapable of changing and acting like a focus on East Asia. contrast. Staff Writer with his past and his immense collec- good people. This spring was Dowdey’s first time In one instance, a mid-19th-century tion of inner demons. The more the study of Bojack’s teaching the class, a long-time ambition Chinese painting is juxtaposed with a You have to give Netflix credit: At the heart of “Bojack psyche progresses, so too does the of his. While Clare Rogan, Davison Art painting from 2012, both of which depict in the two years since it first explored Horseman,” two kinds of shows oper- complexity of the supporting charac- Center Curator, teaches a relatively similar fish, a crucial motif in Chinese culture. the realms of Internet-distributed ate simultaneously. On the one hand, ters. At first Diane seems to be pres- course on museum practicum, Dowdey’s “It’s a very mystical and folklore- original programming, it’s done a there’s a misanthropic Hollywood- ent solely for a love triangle between was the first to specifically focus on East guided exhibition,” Chan said. “A lot of good job of hedging its bets. So far centric comedy, sort of a cross be- herself, Bojack, and her boyfriend, Asia. talk about China, Korea, and Japan that it’s dipped its toe into essentially every tween “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and Mr. Peanutbutter. The show moves “I wanted to complement that, not people hear about in the newspapers is very genre out there, putting tremendous “Entourage.” The early episodes tend to reveal that she, too, is really strug- repeat it, so we made this exhibition on politically and economically dominated.” resources into comedies, political to lose themselves in trying to grab for gling to find happiness, even if that East Asian art,” Dowdey said. As a student, Chan explained that the thrillers, horror sagas, and even kid’s relevance in modern celebrity culture. means settling for a relationship she The course covered the growth of importance of the exhibition lies in the un- cartoons. With that in mind, it was There’s the obligatory episode where doesn’t really care about. Likewise, East Asian art collections in the U.S., as common opportunity it provides the cam- probably only a matter of time un- Bojack offends somebody and the me- Todd, who at first just seems like a well as various exhibitions throughout pus community to actually explore East til the site decided it needed its own dia completely sensationalizes the inci- stereotypical slacker, steadily starts to the region, exploring the differences be- Asian culture beyond its often limited and adult-oriented cartoon, especially in dent; and where would a show about become aware of both his own pro- tween the philosophies of exhibition in the narrow representation in the media. the wake of the immense success en- Hollywood be without one of the pensity for failure and the way Bojack Western market as opposed to the different The exhibit challenges these depic- joyed by the FX and Adult Swim ani- “Horsing Around” child stars return- repeatedly manipulates him for his East Asian ones. tions through artistic diversity, showcasing mation blocks. “Bojack Horseman” ing as a drugged out hyper-sexualized own schemes. Even Mr. Peanutbutter, “Exhibition is such an important photographs, masks, sculptures, and paint- is Netflix’s entry into this weird terri- pop star, looking for someone to en- who’s annoying at first because of his part of our art world, but exhibition is not ings conveying a wide range of topics from tory, and I’ll be damned if they didn’t able her habits? While these episodes naïve stupidity (in a respectable, dog- a part of Asian art worlds.” Dowdey said, daily Chinese life and nationalistic Tibetan make some pretty interesting choices. are reasonably funny, they feel like like way), eventually stands out as the “Usually images are seen singly or in a pri- narratives to alternative contemporary Set in a world populated by they’re trying too hard to rehash points only character not completely con- vate setting.” Japanese dance. both humans and anthropomorphic we’ve all heard before. Admittedly, the sumed by narcissism and cynicism. Kaitlin Chan ’17, a College of East Running through Dec. 5, “Not of talking animals, the show follows animated style does allow the show to As different subplots develop, an ul- Asian Studies major, found most interest- this World” is not only critical for those a washed-up actor by the name of take these tropes to a more surreal and timate unifying factor between all the ing the class’s reach beyond the mere his- excited by the brand new College of East Bojack (voiced by Will Arnett), who anthropomorphic place. Yet turning main characters emerges: the oddly tory of the artwork. Asian Studies, but for anyone with a seri- also just happens to be a horse. Back certain characters into their animal depressing realization that the happi- “[It’s] about the way art is collected ous interest in exploring foreign culture in the ’90s, Bojack was the star of the equivalents often feels like the only ness they’re trying to find in what they and stored, curated and exhibited,” Chan through its mythology and religion. hit sitcom “Horsing Around,” but way the show tries to keep itself aes- do might just be out of their reach. now he’s nothing more than an al- thetically interesting. “Bojack Horseman” is a show coholic has-been, struggling to write As the show continues, however, worth sticking with because it gets his memoirs and restart his career. it manages to find its focus in a study funnier as it gets bleaker. The jokes Are you visually His only real relationships are an on- of its protagonist. From the beginning, become sharper, the plots more inter- again, off-again affair with his agent Will Arnett does a great job voicing the esting, and they even pull in a hand- inclined? Princess Caroline, a cat (voiced by character, but it doesn’t feel like much ful of pretty impressive guest stars Amy Sedaris); a strained friendship of a stretch for the undisputed king of (Stephen Colbert, Patton Oswalt, with Todd, a human freeloader liv- TV jerks. Without giving too much and even Naomi Watts make appear- ing on his couch (voiced by Aaron away, in the fourth episode Bojack ances). At the same time, however, Paul); and a rivalry with another does something that goes beyond the it’s willing to take its characters to ex-sitcom star, a dog by the name of normal realms of a comedy and enters dark and irresolvable places, which INTERESTED IN Mr. Peanutbutter (voiced by Paul F. the regions of being downright irre- in turn makes the humor stand out Tompkins). deemable. This is where things start to even more as a relief from the de- In the pilot episode, Bojack’s get interesting, becoming essentially a pressing moments of nihilism. This JOINING THE publishers, desperate for a hit book redemption story, minus the redemp- is the show’s greatest saving grace. It’s and tired of his dilly-dallying, assign tion at the end. Over the course of the one thing when a comedy makes you him a ghost writer, Diane Nguyen season, Bojack suffers a dark, down- laugh; it’s another when that laughter ARGUS (also a human, voiced by Alison ward spiral, and at the end of his jour- is followed by some very sad contem- Brie). With Diane’s help, Bojack tries ney, the only real revelation he finds plation. Not bad for a sitcom about a LAYOUT TEAM? to finish his book, a process that ul- is that maybe some people just are talking horse. Email: [email protected] “She’s basically the Kardashian of Wes 2015.” or [email protected] NOMINATE A WESCELEB [email protected] // [email protected] 8 • arts THE WESLEYAN ARGUS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 Karen O Crushes Hard On Sun Kil Moon Gets Experimental New Solo Album Personal On Benji By Dan Bachman But on this album, Kozelek doesn’t re- Contributing Writer ally tell stories. He narrates life itself, dropping all metaphor and artifice and I have a lot of strong, positive just telling people’s stories in details so opinions about a lot of things, music intimate they have to be true. Take the most chief among them. Have a con- first line of the album. On the amazing versation with me, and you will get “Carrissa,” Kozelek practically whis- half a dozen album recommendations pers in his warm-whiskey voice, “Oh, gift-wrapped with glowing hyperbole Carissa, when I first saw you, you were a and praise. But even I, with my im- lovely child/ And the last time I saw you, mediate attachment to pieces of mu- you were 15 and pregnant and running

C/O STATIC.GUIM.CO.UK sic and art that I like on first listen, wild.” There is no flourish here, just try to be very careful with what I call beautiful detail. Karen O’s Crush Songs, her first official solo album, bears some similariites to KO at Home, a demo tape “best.” It’s very easy to make grand Kozelek has developed a singular that leaked in 2006. statements about something being voice as a songwriter. The singer is al- better than everything else, but it’s ways a character in his own stories, the By William Donnelly from anything O has done before or since. negative experiences with them, effectively just too hard to back up a claim like guy in the middle trying to make sense Assistant Arts Editor Crush Songs is a decidedly softer trapping her in a cycle. that. Such categories are reserved for of this world, like in “Carissa,” when album than KO at Home. Whereas KO Like actual crushes, the tracks on the a critic who has truly approached a he is coming to terms with the sudden Yeah Yeah Yeahs lead singer Karen at home expresses a deep-seated trauma, album are incredibly brief. “Beasts,” the genre from every angle and can’t find death of his distant relative. Making his O (born Karen Orzolek) has had a pro- Crush Songs is exactly what you’d expect album’s longest track, is just under three a piece of work better. voice the only one the listener truly hears lific career. Aside from making music with from its title: a collection of songs about minutes long, while “NYC Baby,” the Well, I have listened, I have felt, gives Kozelek the ability to deal with the her Grammy-nominated band, O has crushes. Yet, when listening to Crush shortest, is fifty-seven seconds long. Each I have done the research, and I only intense complexities of his stories in the done critically acclaimed work on movie Songs, I can’t help but notice KO at song is just long enough for the listener to have this to say: Sun Kil Moon’s Benji most personal, powerful way possible. soundtracks, most notably contributing to Home’s influence. enjoy and just short enough to leave hir is the best damn album of the year, There’s an immediacy to these those for “Where the Wild Things Are,” Besides inheriting KO at Home’s lo- wanting more. Though each track has its maybe the decade. songs, as if he’s writing about these “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” and fi sound, Crush Songs also grapples with own, unique sound—in a sense fulfilling This is a bold claim, but I be- events while they’re happening, like in “Her.” Having been a massive fan of O and a sense of entrapment, as demonstrated O’s protestations in “Ooo” that “they’re not lieve it with every fiber of my being. the lovely, brutal “Jim Wise,” in which the Yeah Yeah Yeahs since I was 16, I was by its sequencing of songs. “Don’t tell me all the same”—the same angsty desperation I didn’t care much for Mark Kozelek’s Kozelek and his father visit an old friend thrilled when Crush Songs, O’s new solo that they’re all the same,” O hums cheer- is present in all of them. In Crush Songs, O long-running folk project until this while he awaits trial for manslaughter, album, was announced. ily in “Ooo,” the first song on the album, searches for something positive that, while album came out. Over its 11 songs, or the absolutely astounding “I Watched While Crush Songs is the first offi- “’Cause even the sound of his name/Carries glimpsed at certain moments in certain Benji sweeps, swoons, begs, laughs, the Film The Song Remains The Same,” cial solo album from O, it is not her only me over their reach/Back to some golden songs, is never fully present, except in her and crawls under the skin. a 10-minute long personal epiphany solo album in existence. As the most ob- beach/Where only he remains.” Right reminiscence in “Ooo.” There are familiar elements, that devastates me every time I listen. sessed Karen O and Yeah Yeah Yeahs fans away, O reminisces about her past crushes. Overall, Crush Songs is a fantastic sure. Nylon guitar strings are plucked Every detail (“Kentucky Fried Chicken know, several years ago, a demo CD that O However, “Rapt” offers a stark contrast to album. Given O’s track record, that isn’t re- and strummed and buzz with a was served,” to name one) adds to this had recorded, entitled KO at Home, was this cheeriness: O laments, “Love is soft/ ally much of a surprise. O’s lyrics are simply warmth that is almost tangible. effect. As listeners, we are directly wired leaked onto the Internet. KO at Home is Love’s a fucking bitch.” The songs follow- mesmerizing. You will want to listen to ev- Everyone has heard drum patterns to the brainwaves of one sad, smart, ob- dark and harsh. In its experimental, lo-fi ing “Rapt” continue to explore these nega- ery song on the album again and again, as like the ones played on this album. servant, empathetic, and beautiful story- tracks, O captures an emotion that is both tive feelings. In the first line of “Visits,” she entraps you in her cycle of crushes with Everyone has heard a saxophone. The teller. manic and melancholic. While several for instance, O sings, “The worst is gonna her. While it may not be the perfect album music throughout is very pretty. But I could certainly say more about songs on the album are brief, the majority come out slow.” In “Ooo,” it seems, O has for a bright, sunny day, Crush Songs is a being pretty does not make a great al- this album, but I will just le aave you of them are long and repetitive. In them, romanticized her past crushes, and—per- beautifully constructed, raw exploration of bum. It’s the words that matter. with this: Benji makes my skin hum and O is trapped in a clearly evident, though haps as a result of this romanticization— the struggle to find love, and it is certainly Songs have always been sto- vibrate, alive with the beauty, the energy, unspecified, pain. It’s startlingly different has continued to have crushes, in spite of not an album to miss out on. ries. It’s what engages the listener. and the empathy of Sun Kil Moon. ICPP: Masters Program Brings Communities and Artists Together to Hone Curation Skills Continued from front page anymore,” Tatge said. ist needs to realize their vision? Do they “We use words like ‘feminism,’ SFMOMA then presented. Bell suggests another way of think- need a dramaturg? Do they need a techni- ‘African American studies,’ ‘queer theory,’ Masters students, appropriately, will Creative Research, which paired estab- ing about performers: “Their bodies are cal person to come in?” Tatge said. “And and ‘afro-futurity,’ but these are pretty have one more hurdle to clear: a thesis, lished choreographers with universities to the artwork.” then, how do I position this work for and unstable signifiers,” Kosoko said. “They which will be the major written work that create original projects. With that definition, a large part offer it to a community, so I can maximize mean a lot of different things and have a many undergraduates are familiar with, Wesleyan and the Center for the of performance curation understandably the engagement and participation of the particular connotation to various people and a creative output, like a festival or cat- Arts, under Tatge’s direction, were enthu- revolves around the curator developing a community in that work?” and various communities. Something that alog. For professionals looking to advance siastic pioneers of Miller’s program. But long-term relationship with an artist. I am really interested in is creating oppor- in their careers, the Masters program is a Miller soon began asking about the future “There’s a whole set of responsibili- Considering the Community tunities to situate interviews, conversa- much-needed credential, and the thesis is of such collaborations: Who would lead ties when that’s a live, living person,” Bell ICPP walks its students through ev- tions, panels, various dialogues, and op- the capstone to tie together their learning. the way in supporting contemporary per- said. “To me, it means really putting the erything they see necessary to navigate the portunities for education into institutions The program, it’s interesting to note, formance? And how would they gain the art and the artist first.” contemporary performance art world. that otherwise, because of various reasons, is budget-neutral. ICPP takes no money knowledge and tools to do so? Curators, Tatge said, take on the role Students in the Institute come for may not be able to put as much focus on from Wesleyan and instead self-funds If any place could provide that of advocate: They maintain connections an intensive two-week summer session, that practice as probably they should.” entirely from tuition—around $8,000 education, Miller decided, it would be to artists even after a single show wraps up. and for two additional weekends in the Practice is the constant companion for the certificate and $28,000 for the Wesleyan. When Miller began at Jacob’s Pillow, fall and spring. The classes they take in- to theory in the ICPP. Much of the pro- Masters, not including room and board— “Wesleyan has a historic commit- he started working one-on-one with art- clude Social and Cultural Context, look- gram focuses on walking students through and grants. ment to interdisciplinary work, to con- ist-choreographer Bill T. Jones over the ing at the major art movements of the the process of curation, whether for a sin- One of ICPP’s aspirations, Miller temporary artists, to different traditions course of a number of years. Phil Bither, 20th and 21st centuries; Perspectives gle event or project, an artist’s catalog, or said, is to construct a unified vision of and aesthetics,” Miller said. “It’s the right Senior Curator of Performing Arts at In Performance as Culture, considering even an arts festival. That’s also where dis- best practice in the performance world, ground for this to grow in.” Minneapolis’s Walker Arts Center and the effect of personal biases and experi- tance learning, built into both the certifi- establishing performance curation as an Other curation programs only dedi- ICPP instructor, has commissioned cho- ences on art and curation; Entrepreneurial cate and the Masters program, comes in. independent academic field. Discussion cate a course or two at most to curating reographer Ralph Lemon to the Walker Strategies; and Considering Site, taught All students undertake a field practi- and community play a role in this, as well: dance, theater, or performance art, but time and time again. And Tatge, through by Associate Professor of Art Elijah Huge, cum—or two, for Masters students— on July 25, the ICPP brought in cura- Tatge said Wesleyan is in a unique posi- the CFA, not only commissioned play- about how architecture and design factor where they spend time going deep into tors from across the country for a public tion to offer a deeper discussion. wright Leigh Fondakowski to write the into performances. an original project, either with an artist unveiling of the Masters program, live- “We have always studied the arts play “SPILL” in the aftermath of the Gulf Tatge’s question of community in- or placed at an institution: the Danspace streaming panels online and hosting view- in their social, cultural, [and] historical Coast oil disaster, but she also worked volvement plays a huge part in the think- project, New York’s Museum of Modern ing parties in Boston and San Francisco. contexts. And in terms of making good with presenters and theaters to bring that ing going on at ICPP. For Jaamil Kosoko Art, Minneapolis’s Walker Arts Center, Kristy Edmunds, director of UCLA’s curators, they are people who have...the performance to venues across Louisiana. M ’12, Assistant Curator in Humanities and the University of California, Los Center for the Art of Performance, said in multiple lenses through which to see a Curator-artist relationships are mu- and Engagement at New York Live Arts, Angeles [UCLA] are all partners. her keynote address that art institutions performative event, to be able to reach tually beneficial, both allowing the artist performances were one way to bring to- “They’ve done interesting projects have a responsibility to invest in creativ- back and look at the influences of that to grow and providing the institution with gether a community. in Stanford, Ohio State, Montreal, San ity, not simply for a profit, but as an end artist, to that artist’s interaction with the quality art. “Early on, it was really just a sincere Francisco, New York City, Philadelphia,” in itself. If curators are the gatekeepers of current contemporary world,” Tatge said. “Maybe that work has only reached need for me to present work and to ful- Miller said. “There’s already a body of art, as Miller described it, it is leadership’s “That’s how we think at Wesleyan.” one level and could reach another level, fill what I saw to be some serious cultural work that we’re proud of.” responsibility to help them make better, Performance curation is an odd and so maybe it’s bringing that artist back, malfunctioning,” Kosoko said. And because many students come educated decisions about how artists are beast: Like visual art, performance art or finding another place for that artist to Performance events provide venues to the Institute already with a position at supported and presented to the commu- can be situated in cultural and historical take the next phase of that work,” Tatge to inform and challenge viewers and par- an arts organization, those projects can go nity. movements, and within the larger portfo- said. ticipants about the ideas and issues fuel- right back to the institutions where the “Curate, in Latin, means the protec- lio and background of an artist. Yet perfor- Being able to understand, organize, ing the art, which Kosoko must also take students work and be realized. Megan tor of the soul of something,” Edmunds mance art also comes with a unique set of and support an artist’s work requires a into consideration for the structures—the Brian M ’13, Education and Public said. “That to me is the fundamental job challenges foreign to visual art. wide variety of skills, from research to scheduling, the marketing, even the time Programs Coordinator at SFMOMA, description, in our case, the ephemeral “Performance work is ephemeral; it management and entrepreneurship. and place—surrounding the performance spent her practicum on a series on the re- and extraordinary life of what artists make exists in a moment and then doesn’t exist “What are the resources that art- itself. lationship of humor to performance that and do as a singular gift into our heritage.” FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 THE WESLEYAN ARGUS 9 OPINION Jenny and the Bee: Maps Won’t Love You Like I Love You By Jenny Davis, Opinion Editor

This is my family’s favorite ied my maps in solitude. I was an erywhere. I eventually got all the tries you named!” but in my head, I land. It happened gradually. My game: geography. During black- island, and I maintained the oceans countries down pat. I didn’t talk to knew I had this in the bag. border police have grown lazy, but outs, we all climb into my parents’ between me and fellow humans anyone unless absolutely necessary. The weeks between the end of they are still employed. I don’t like bed and name countries. One per- with a particular brand of hermit- I brought my atlas with me to the the test and the announcement of hugs, and when people touch me I son names a country, city, state, derived fervor. It was a deep com- dinner table. the results were agony. Every morn- fight the urge to physically recoil. or continent, and the next person fort to be alone, studying my maps, The day of the competition ing I arrived at school hoping that But I choose company over solitude comes up with a country, city, state, finally free from the annoying ten- came as a surprise to most of my my teacher would tell us who had more often than not. People have or continent that begins with the dencies (constant coughing, war- classmates, who had completely for- won, but it seemed to be taking her become less annoying. A few weeks ending letter of the first. bling voices, incessant breathing) of gotten it existed; they wrote down an exceptionally long time to tally ago, I experienced the sensation “Kentucky.” my classmates, parents, sister, and America, Mexico, Canada, China, the results. known as loneliness. “Yugoslavia.” friends. and Russia (an ambitious few add- Finally, the fateful morning I’m no longer a geography “Albuquerque.” When I was in sixth grade, my ed Brazil, Spain, and France) and came. My teacher, a Mississippi fiend: the topographical globe lives “Europe.” teacher announced that there would called it a day. native with one exceptionally long in the basement, the maps that We play until one of us pro- be a geography bee. Well, she speci- hair that grew out of her shoulder hung on my wall are furled in some tests that we can no longer take it fied after a pregnant pause, it would (“It just keeps growing!” she ex- dusty corner, and the atlases are or until we run out of countries be- be more of a geography contest be- “It’s amazing that claimed in her southern twang), tucked behind rows of novels on ginning with the letter A. cause a bee sounded too formal and cleared her throat and read out the my bookshelf. I can no longer name For my 10th birthday, I asked might inspire stressed-out parents we’ve divided results. I dug my fingernails into all the countries, or even most of for and received a globe from Pier to call the school to complain. But my friend Amari’s forearm, drawing them. The obsession with territo- One. It was bumpy and rotated on in my head, it was forever and al- the world into blood, but I didn’t care. ries and lines has faded, but I still a wrought iron stand, and I spent ways the geography bee. Our task Third place, having named 50 carry a certain fondness for maps. hours locked in my room, stroking was to label every country in the territories, or maybe countries correctly: one of the resi- It’s amazing that we’ve divided it. On my walls hung two enormous world on a blank map. We had a dent geniuses. the world into territories, or maybe maps, one of the world and the oth- few weeks to prepare. it isn’t so amazing: Second place, having named it isn’t so amazing: we’re all terri- er of the United States, and before As soon as I got home from 65 countries correctly: the hard tories, after all. You’re in here, or I fell asleep I stared at them, com- school that afternoon, I barricaded we’re all territories, worker. you’re out there. But that’s not all. mitting everything to memory. This myself in a room alone and set to First place, having named 127 We’re territories barricaded within was made easier by the fact that my work memorizing. North America after all.” countries correctly: me. territories. You’re out there, but fear of the dark meant my room was was a piece of cake, and I mastered I’m sure I imagined this, but mostly you’re in here, sealed behind so light that I could make out every South America easily. Asia was a I, however, took the entire al- as I walked in front of the class endless membranes. You’re in the river and capital city. I wanted to good challenge because the coun- lotted time, triple-checking to en- to receive my prize—a bag full of universe, on your planet, in your know where everything in the world tries are big and uniquely shaped, sure that I hadn’t missed anything. chocolate and a gift card—confetti hemisphere, on your continent, in was, how it all fit together. Maps for the most part: Europe and Africa My competition, I ascertained, was fell from the ceiling and an orches- your country, in your state, in your unlocked the secret to the universe, were nearly impossible;Europe be- a few of the resident geniuses and tra played a jaunty Mozart tune. In city, on your street, in your house, the organization of space and time. cause there are about a thousand a hard worker who had also been any case, my classmates applauded, in your room, in your mind. We’re There it all was, laid out and sim- tiny countries, and Africa because memorizing the countries in her I shook my teacher’s hand, and I ac- all islands. We are all unknown plified. The lines were drawn, the there are many similarly shaped, spare time. I eyed their sheets ner- cepted my chocolate. It tasted like worlds. barriers established. For me, maps similarly sized countries (thanks, vously as we all handed in our pa- gold. were heaven. colonization). pers. I pretended to be humble and Since the geography bee, I’ve Davis is a member of the class of It wasn’t lost on me that I stud- I carried maps with me ev- said, “Wow, look how many coun- relaxed the borders of my little is- 2017. 10 • opinion THE WESLEYAN ARGUS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 OH MY GHOSH A Rose, By Any Other ISIS MUST Name By Nicolas De Soto-Foley, Contributing Writer

I had a conversation with a pal of Despite all of the debate, however, ed private high schools in the LA/Ventura mine the other day. For the purposes of my birth-given name is far from the only area and have matriculated to colleges in BE STOPPED this article, let’s call him “Russell.” He thing I’ve been called. California). 3. ISIS is capable of oper- mentioned that he’s had friends who have Though not an exhaustive list, I can For example, I was having din- ating as a conventional mili- used his name as an adjective to describe recall answering to the following names at ner with some friends last night, and tary force and as an insurgency things that reminded them of him, say- some point or another in my life: Nic(h) the name “Max” came up. “Howard?” group, sort of like a worm that ing, “That movie is very ‘Russell,’” or, olas, Niiiiicolaaaas (think: “Ricolaaaa”), I asked, referring to his last name for can split up into many thou- “That script was so ‘Russell.’” Stormtrooper, Nic(k), Nykk, Nico, clarification, immediately recalling the sands of different pieces if at- I started to wonder: Do our names Nikolai, Nicol (Pickle), Nickelodeon, Max in question as the superbly athletic tacked and regenerate itself to influence the way the world interacts Sean, Sebastian, Santiago, Hector, Rick, puzzle-master who enjoys the Internet fight back. This aspect was what with us, subsequently shaping who we Rabbi, Ozzy, Frodo, Filèt, NicFoley, THE infinitely more than I do. He has forged made Al Qaeda so troublesome; are, or do we take our names and turn Foley, de Soto, Foley, de Soto-Foley, dSF, his identity as Max, just as DavidMax the the difference is that Al Qaeda them into unique descriptors of our per- de Frodo-Soley, de Foto-Soley, de Froyo- military/sci-fi nerd who has turned his never had the resources or ca- sonalities? Soley, Mr. Anderson, and a few more that own surname, “Cohen,” into an adjective pabilities to take over entire na- Well, if I had been born a girl, I aren’t fit to print. I can also guarantee you synonymous with him. The David who tions or fight conventional mili- would have been destined to carry this that I represented a very different per- kept his name, the superstar scientist, is tary battles. mouthful of a name: Anka Veronique son for each group that called me each really the only person I think of when the 4. Islamic extremist terror Leilani de Soto-Foley. name. Nick/Nicholas to me feels very name “David” is mentioned out of con- groups usually have one big goal: Instead, I was born biologically generic, like the “John” or “Joe” of our text. These three, with their own unique By Roop Ghosh male, and thus my parents had to decide generation. It’s commonplace. But “Nic” personalities and my interactions with Contributing Writer to establish a global caliphate (at least in their area of interest) on a different moniker. They narrowed it stands out, and it lends itself to endless them, have separated themselves from possibilities for “nic”names (I went for it). the realm of their generic names to form Whenever the United States and to set up Sharia law. ISIS to either of two options. My mother, with At this point, I like to think that I have individual identifying adjectives that are declares war on an enemy, offi- is no different, but it’s actually Cuban roots tracing back to conquistador turned “Nic” into a unique word among quite specific indeed. cially or unofficially, the world accomplishing this goal. The Hernando de Soto, was ardently behind those who know me, though this has re- Everybody, generically named or knows something big is going large swathes of land in Syria the Spanish name Sebastian. My father, sulted from a lifetime of striving to escape not, has a personality. Once we get to on. and Iraq that it has taken over born of an Irish family with Bostonian the suffocating box of “Nick.” In other know people, whether we’re Joe or Nic We never lose, and we don’t have become literal hellholes of roots, but going back to around the time words, my unique name has become like or Anka Veronique Leilani de Soto-Foley, always win, either, but gener- brutality (think rape camps and of the Potato Famine, was ardently in my unique brand. their names recede into the background; ally, our enemies understand the public executions administered favor of the more English Nicholas. The But for others who are more generi- who they are becomes more impor- meaning of American might. by child soldiers). day I was born, as they handed me over cally named, the case is surprisingly simi- tant than what they’re called. A recent The War on Terror, in contrast, 5. A large number of ISIS from family member to family member lar. In high school, I had a friend named Huffington Post story reports that a job- has taken a sharp turn in the thugs have passports. Religious in the hospital, my name was still up for David, a friend named Max, and a friend seeking man named José Zamora had to opposite direction of where we fanatics who have no qualms debate. named David who changed his name to become Joe Zamora in order to be hired, were expecting it to go. When about suicide bombings, mur- The decision was finally made by Max. It took us all a while to make the suggesting that what we’re named, while this whole mess started, we der, or brutality are, when my sister’s sister, who exclaimed upon change, but the David who stayed David, eventually irrelevant in relationships, is all knew that the war effort would dispersed into the global com- holding me, “He’s a Nichol!” the Max who was already Max, and the too relevant in making initial judgments. take a very long time, but we did munity, the world’s worst night- Upon my mother’s request, the “h” David who became Max were all able to We would all do well to remember that not expect our enemy to evolve mare. was dropped in favor of the Spanish spell- craft their own identities as well (despite a rose by any other name would smell as and strengthen. 6. Despite all of this, ing. They picked my middle name, Sean, all being tall, skinny fencers with pas- sweet. What we see today is the President Obama compared because it was an acronym for our nuclear sions for the sciences and absurd senses natural evolution of terrorism. ISIS to a “Junior Varsity” ter- family members’ first names (Stephen my of humor from upper-middle class back- Fourteen years ago, the major ror group only a couple months father, Elsa my sister, Alicia my mother, De Soto-Foley is a member of the class grounds and who all went to well-regard- antagonists were Al Qaeda and ago. If you want to play with and Nicolas). of 2017. the Taliban, two groups with metaphors, I’d at least make extremely ambitious goals, but them Varsity team. who were derided as mere fanat- To put it simply, ISIS is ics (with 9/11 seen as a lucky very much unprecedentedly evil. shot). These men were not sol- You know a terror group Have No Fear: Take a diers; they were farmers or vil- is bad when even Al Qaeda be- lagers or intellectuals or brain- comes self-conscious enough to washed children. Their methods try to market itself more “effi- Gap Year were brutal, cowardly and de- ciently” in order to keep itself fashionable. ISIS is an example structive, yes, but they were not By Kaitlyn Pappas, Contributing Writer regarded as monstrous or geno- for other terror groups and is cidal (well, one might argue that now gaining support exponen- Like most college-bound high So I did what any confused, sud- decided that I would say as little about they were, but we did not think tially. If things go on any longer, school seniors, I assumed I would be denly gap-yeared student would do: I de- my gap year as possible. In fact, I didn’t they had the means to become I have no doubt that established heading off to college immediately fol- cided to take up circus arts and pretend even plan on bringing it up, let alone the that monstrous and genocidal). terror groups and affiliates of Al lowing high school. I never even con- that this was my plan all along. Not quite circumstances that led to me taking one. When Osama bin Laden Qaeda such as Al Shabaab, Al sidered taking a gap year, so naturally, I an expedition through Southeast Asia or I didn’t want my legitimacy as a student, was killed on May 2, 2011, the Nusra Front, Boko Haram, and never could have predicted that I would a quest to build a school in a developing or whether or not I deserved to be here, United States thought that it AQIM will be itching to gain actually take one. But as I waded deeper nation, but hey, now I get to say that I to be called into question. had won a major victory against membership with ISIS. into the blurry, post-high school sum- ran off to join the circus for a year. With all of this insecurity, I was Islamic extremism. We thought It is the duty of not only mer, my clearly drawn plans smudged as As it turned out, I loved my gap surprised to find that when classes finally that its end was near, and in the America, but also the entire well. At that stage, I didn’t even know I year. It taught me a lot about how I learn started, getting right back into school case of Al Qaeda, maybe that world, to wipe ISIS out. In this would be attending Wesleyan: I was still outside of a well-organized system, and work felt so natural, it was almost as was true. But in the past few bleak state of affairs, there is trapped in the academic purgatory of how I self-motivate. It led me to hobbies though I had never taken a break from months, we have found that this one shining light. ISIS is too college waitlists. and passions I never thought I’d have, it at all. I was even more surprised that War on Terror was merely dor- brutal for the main Al Qaeda I was eventually freed from this like photography or contact juggling. when I shared with some of my new mant. Al Qaeda and the Taliban leadership, it is an existential waitlist, with one catch: I would be a It made me more creative. It made me friends the real story of why I took a gap are no longer major players in threat to every Arab country, member of the class of 2018 rather than confident. It killed my habit of procras- year (as opposed to my watered down, “I this war (outside of certain sects and it is a strike against free- the class of 2017. So, brandishing my tination. wanted to learn circus arts” version for of Al Qaeda such as the Al Nusra dom, safety, and democracy for trademark impulsiveness, I immediately But as the year drew to a close, I parents and family friends), that their re- front). Our war is now against the entire Western World. Our decided to eschew my former university couldn’t help noticing the sharp pang sponses were not only non-judgmental, ISIS/ISIL/IS (I’ll refer to it as leadership against this threat has plans and accept an offer of admission to of mixed enthusiasm and anxiety that but overwhelmingly positive. ISIS), a terror group that came been shaky at best, ineffective at Wesleyan, even if it meant deferring for- followed each letter or email I would My subsiding fears about transi- seemingly out of the blue. ISIS worst. As an American, and as a mal education for a year. receive about impending freshman tioning back into the world of glossy is terrifying for several reasons: supporter of humankind in gen- Ignoring the baffled disapproval of orientation. The forms and pamphlet- books and structured classes has not 1. Its brutality has no eral, I demand that the govern- my friends and relatives, who demanded packed red folders seemed as though eradicated moments of doubt. In an ef- bounds, whether it is decapi- ment take ISIS down. I justify my decision, and who urged me they were beamed down from another fort to take advantage of Wesleyan’s open tating children, committing There is no excuse for sit- to reconsider with warnings of, “You’re dimension, or ripped out of a dream, curriculum, I decided to take several genocide against entire ethnic ting idly by while these monsters wasting a year of your life!”, “You’re not or left over from a different lifetime. I classes in subjects that were completely groups, or sexually abusing en- continue their brutal actions. It actually going to do that, are you?”, “So couldn’t believe it was finally happen- foreign to me, and then panicked when, tire populations of women. The is not a political issue. It is a what are you even going to do?”, “Do ing: Was I really picking out classes and surprise, surprise, the material was un- only other modern equivalent of moral issue. We are obligated you even have a plan?”, or “Exactly who a meal plan and Facebook-messaging like anything I’d ever done before. Two its brutality would be Sudanese to do more against ISIS. In my is paying for all of this?” my future roommate? By the end of my weeks, and several anxiety attacks in, and Janjaweed militias. next column, I will expand on In response, I would normally gap year, Wesleyan had taken on the role I’m starting to realize that maybe I don’t 2. ISIS is better supported this introduction to ISIS and laugh a little nervously and tell them I of some ethereal and distant beacon on have to be entirely comfortable just yet, than Al Qaeda. It has been re- explain what we have been do- had it all figured out, even when I hadn’t the horizon: a theoretical destination and maybe that’s okay. Taking a gap year ported that over one hundred ing against them, why it’s not even begun to plan for it, that of course that, though I consciously knew I would has not hindered my ability to reenter a British citizens have already enough, and what we should be this was what I wanted, and that dam- reach, never seemed real until the days formal academic setting. If anything, it joined the ISIS cause, and an doing instead. mit, this was my choice and they didn’t before I left. has made me more inclined to flee my untold number of American need to like it, because I did. Of course, Lists of thoughts scrolled through comfort zone. And isn’t that what we’re citizens and other European Ghosh is a member of the class I had next to nothing figured out, and I my mind. What would it be like to re- all here to do anyway? citizens have signed up as well. of 2018. had been asking myself the same set of turn to formal classes? Would I be able to questions, albeit privately. keep up? What if I couldn’t? I had already Pappas is a member of the class of 2018. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 THE WESLEYAN ARGUS 11 sports Vassar Tops Women’s Soccer Football: Captain By Gili Lipman utes, the Brewers sent a deep cross in from players in the game: midfielders Ellie Assistant Sports Editor the left side of the field. The pass found its Dempsey and Meghan Cunningham. Previews Offense target, which was the foot of a Vassar play- Dempsey made her second start in Facing another non-conference foe er, and the ball soared into the net from six three games and Cunningham made Continued from front page JD: Our defense is top-notch. Those in Vassar College, the women’s soccer yards out to give the away team a 2-1 ad- the starting eleven for the first time in guys are flying around and having a great team hoped to post its first victory of the vantage in the 70th minute. her Wesleyan career. them prepared for any opponent. It season. It’s really going to make our of- 2014 season in front of its home crowd. Wesleyan could not recuperate from “[First-years] all have such great doesn’t matter who we’re playing. They’re fense better because we get to go against The Cardinals fell behind early and could the late score and still found itself winless attitudes and we’ve all been really im- going to be ready and they’re going to get the best defense in the league every day not match the offensive firepower of their after being outshot by the opposition 26-9 pressed,” O’Brien said. “Their work the job done defensively. during practice. I’m an offensive guy, opponents, losing by a score of 2-1. The and 8-5 in shots on goal. More specifically, rates are really good and we also have and I don’t want to say that our offense is team has fallen to 0-3 overall and is 0-1 in Vassar dominated the second half with awesome chemistry with them al- A: How has being a Captain on the team weak, because we are going to have a very conference play. 15 shots to Wesleyan’s four. The Brewers ready.” this year changed your perception of how strong year, but the defense will definitely “I thought we played well, but were also had two more corner kicks than the Wesleyan has its third non-con- you practice and prepare for games? be our backbone this year. too inconsistent,” said Katie O’Brien ’15, Cardinals and were penalized one less time ference matchup this season this up- JD: It’s a lot of responsibility. It’s a lot who scored an assist on Redbirds’ the than the home team. coming Saturday, Sept. 13, against the of weight to carry because you want to A: Not having beaten our rival Trinity only netter. “We would play well for ten “Communication and inconsis- Babson Beavers. The Cardinals have make sure that everybody is working as since before the Class of 2015 joined the minutes, but then not well for the next tency,” O’Brien said, when asked about only played the Beavers once before, hard as they should be, and ten times team must be bugging the senior players. five minutes. That is what led to us being why she thought the team lost. “It wasn’t but it was last season, with the game that for yourself. I want to make sure that How much of a difference will it make scored on twice.” one person’s fault, but a team breakdown. ending in a 0-0 draw and each goalie I’m a great leader for the young guys, and that the game against the Bantams is be- The Brewers put a tally on the score- I thought we worked really hard on our finishing with two saves. even for the guys who are in my grade. ing played at Corwin Stadium this year? board early; in just the fourth minute of work rates and tried to stay consistent, “I think that in order to win, It’s a lot of work, but it keeps me honest JD: I don’t think necessarily home-field play, they finished a header into the back even when we were down.” we need to stick with our greatest and it keeps me working hard, and hope- advantage will be the key. I think the of the net from the far post off of a cor- Keane and Tess Daggett-Edenholm strength, which is team chemistry,” fully that [will] reciprocate back through difference is that we were 7-0 going into ner kick. Wes was able to even up the score ’17 led the team with three shots apiece, O’Brien said. “If we all stick together, the whole team. that game last year. We know that we in the 32nd minute when O’Brien sent and Keane led all Redbirds with two shots then we will pull out a win, because didn’t have a great week of practice up a pass from the left wing to the center of on target, including the aforementioned we all want to play for one another, A: How has the pass-catching core, in- until that game, and so we feel like we the pitch, where the ball found Madeline goal. care about each other, and win to- cluding yourself and fellow seniors Josh let that slip away, and that’s on us. The Keane ’16. The junior then fired a 30-yard The Cardinals started two first-year gether.” Hurwitz and Jordan Fabien, been able difference will be that we went there and laser into the inside of the right post. to establish such a positive rapport with had a 30-point loss, and we won’t let that “I was looking to see who was open, quarterback Jesse Warren [’15]? happen again, just because it left a bad and I knew that she had a really good shot, JD: Jesse does a great job. He knows our taste in our mouths. so I was happy to find her,” O’Brien said. offense so well that it just depends on The first half ended in a deadlock what other defenses are going to do to try A: The 2013 season brought accolades with goalie Jess Tollman ’15 making two to stop those playmakers you just said. to numerous members of the squad, saves while allowing one goal in her time Josh, Jordan, and we also have young but there is always unfinished business. on the field. At the beginning of the second guys coming in, including Ben Kurtz Before the season starts, any goals that half, Tollman was subbed off for Rachel [’17], who is going to start this year for the team or Coach Whalen has set for Hobert ’16. Hobert posted three saves and us, and he’s had a great preseason. As far this year? allowed one goal, a score that proved to be as the chemistry is concerned, we work JD: Our goals are to prepare for each the difference-maker in the outcome. every day on getting our timing down game like it’s our last because injuries and O’Brien emphasized how much the and routes and the connection with Jesse. crazy things happen every Saturday in team values communication skills, espe- As I said, credit goes to Jesse because he college football. Our goal will be to treat cially in the close games that have taken does a great job reading defenses and every game like it’s the most important place. spreading the ball around. game of the season. If we can do that and “[Communication is] super-impor- just take a game-by-game approach, I tant,” O’Brien said. “It’s one thing that A: A season ago, Wesleyan was second in think that will be the best way to ensure we’re really focusing on this year, especially the conference in both points per game our success this season. when we’re tired. Our coaches are empha- and opponents points per game. Based sizing that concept this year because it’s es- on preseason practice, what do you think This interview has been edited for length. A sential to keep everyone on the same page, EMMA DAVIS/FOOD EDITOR is the team’s biggest strength? full version can be found online. especially when we’re down a goal.” Beth Alexion ’16 tiptoes the sideline as she breaks through the After playing tied for almost 40 min- midfield in Wednesday’s match against Vassar. Wellesley Trounces Scoreless Tie for Men’s Soccer Wes in Field Hockey By Daniel Kim “We started very strong with several “The Bowdoin game was a wel- Staff Writer chances in the opening minutes, and then come to NESCAC soccer—much By Grant Lounsbury Howard said. “Normally we are a very solid RWU gained momentum and it settled more physical and a higher tempo,” Staff Writer unit, but we were having trouble communi- The men’s soccer team travelled to into a pace[d], evenly matched game,” Cowie-Haskell continued. “In the cating with each other and supporting each Rhode Island on Wednesday for the first wrote striker Adam Cowie-Haskell ’18 first five minutes I was bleeding from The field hockey team suffered a other.” time ever to face off against what proved in an email to the Argus. “I thought we an elbow to my face. I got used to the tough loss on the road Wednesday after- Wellesley outshot the Birds 22-11, to be a competitive Roger Williams played well, but should have capitalized pace and used my body well to pro- noon falling 6-1 to the Wellesley College their most lopsided margin of the season. University squad. Despite a relentless on several golden chances. In the end, tect the ball, and was lucky enough Blue. The Cardinals drop below .500 for Wes had allowed just three goals in its Cardinal offense playing through two considering the other team’s chances and to get an assist. Starting my college the first time this season while the 13th- opening two games—all allowed in a tight overtime periods, the score remained at our red card, a [tie] is sufficient.” career off with Player of the Week is ranked Blue improve to 4-0. match with defending national champs nil on both sides, ending in a scoreless tie. Cowie-Haskell was unable to play an incredible feeling. Yet I know all I “Wellesley came out strong today, es- Bowdoin—before this match. “The pace was quick,” wrote Adrian in the contest against Roger Williams did was put away a rebound and was pecially in the attack,” said Captain Anna Having played top-ranked Bowdoin Reifsnyder ’16 in an email to the Argus. due to a dehydration issue he was expe- fortunate enough to get an assist. I am Howard ’15. “They were able to constantly so tightly, the Cardinals know they are ca- “We played on turf and this inherently riencing. Despite the sit-out yesterday, eager to prove myself as a better player find their open players, and we were unable pable of playing at an extremely high level, speeds the game up. They were also a very he proved to be clutch when it counted and scorer.” to close those gaps on the field.” provided they communicate and play strong physical team and there were some hard in earlier matches. It was Cowie-Haskell After Wednesday’s war of at- The Blue came out firing on all cylin- defense. The question remains, though, tackles from both sides. Both teams came who scored the game-winning (and only) trition, the Cardinals are headed ders in the first half, taking an early 2-0 lead where the offense will come from, having out hard and fast but we were the fitter goal in the season opener against Eastern to Massachusetts to face off with in the first 15 minutes of play. scored just two goals in its opening three team and their energy levels dwindled in Connecticut State University, and it was Wheaton College this Saturday, Sept. “Wellesley did a great job of capital- matches. the second half.” Cowie-Haskell who placed a rebound for 13 for their third out-of-conference izing on our initial hesitations and starting The Cardinals have one day before Indeed, Wesleyan ended the game an assist to Chris Kafina ’16 to secure a game of the season. the game hot by getting a few quick goals,” heading back to Boston to take on Babson, with 21 shots, six of which were on goal, win over Bowdoin last weekend. “Today we are recovering,” said Captain Hannah Plappert ’16. “It was so they must put this game behind them over Roger Williams’ seven total shots. Cowie-Haskell’s achievements did Reifsnyder wrote. “Mentally we are hard for us to get out of that slump, but we and prepare to face the Beavers. Only one of the Hawks’ shots was on not go unrecognized; he was awarded positive about our performance last definitely had a much stronger second half.” The Cardinals know they are capable net, but that one was a high-stakes pen- NESCAC Player of the Week, a feat not night and are excited to keep get- By the end of the first half’s 35 min- of playing at a higher level, and by just alty kick in minute 39 that was saved by commonly won by first-years. Asked ting better as a team with our match utes of play, the Blue dominated all aspects working on the fundamentals, they can Emmett McConnell ’15 as he dove to the about last week’s successes, a humble against [W]heaton.” of the game with a 5-0 lead and outshot the achieve that level. lower-left corner to keep Roger Williams Cowie-Haskell recounted his experi- Wheaton has proven to be a Cardinals 12-5, but the Cardinals were de- “We know that every Wes girl on scoreless. ences in both games against ECSU and tough opponent. Over ten encoun- termined to make their trip to Boston pro- the field has the skills to command the “I thought we played well,” Bowdoin. ters, the Cardinals’ record against the ductive. ball and control the game,” Plappert said. Reifsnyder wrote. “We maintained pos- “[In the match against ECSU,] I did Lyons is 4-5-1, with the last Wesleyan “We did a better job the second half of “We just need to have the confidence to session of the ball for most of the game not even watch the ball go in the net,” he victory having come in 2010. With a controlling the pace of the game and playing take that initiative especially [when] facing and created some good scoring opportu- wrote. “I hit the rebound, realized it was team of a new and improved caliber, to our strengths,” Plappert said. “We need to quick and strong teams.” nities.” definitely going to go in, and turned in the Cards are hoping to put another start every game with that intensity, not wait Despite having to travel back up Though Wesleyan’s defense held awe and relief to celebrate with [Charlie] notch in the win column. for a deficit to turn it on.” to Boston after a lopsided defeat, the strong by giving the opposing offense very Gruner [’17] and the team. It was the “This is the strongest our men’s Plappert finally put the Cardinals on Cardinals are up for the task and plan on few shooting opportunities, back Bryan best possible outcome because as a striker, soccer team has been since I’ve been the board in the 56th minute, but by that coming back with a win. Rice ’15 received a red card three minutes there is pressure on you to score, and then here,” Reifsnyer wrote. “We have in- point, the damage had already been done. “We are excited to go back up to into the first overtime period. With a man as a freshman playing with the team for credible depth, with everyone on the The Blue now led the Cards 6-1. Boston for another try,” Plappert said. down, the ten Cardinals fought off eleven the first time, there is pressure to conform team having something to add, which “We had some trouble playing as a “We know how to play great hockey; we Hawks for almost twenty minutes. [to] the team’s playing style.” gives us an edge over other teams.” team today, especially in our defensive end,” just need to execute that this Friday!” Cosmic Wisdom About the Universe With so many options out there for the modern college student, it can be hard to tell what’s cool — and what’s oh-so-lame. Luckily, “For many people, the Universe is a confusing and unsettling concept. But what people don’t realize is that the Ampersand is here to “launch” you into popularity. the Universe is simply a big mixture of particles. Think about that the next time you’re making a salad. That salad is a universe, and hence, our universe is just a salad.” Celestial or Terrestrial Albert C. Schneider Ph. D. The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory “The thing about the Universe is that it is quintessentially universal. Everyone knows what a universe is. Milky Way Galaxy Samsung Galaxy Except for people who don’t know how to read. 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