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www.vanderbilthustler.com WEDNESDAY THE VOICE OF MARCH 1, 2006 VANDERBILT 118th YEAR SINCE 1888 No. 22 TThehe VVanderbiltanderbilt HHustlerustler ART SPEAKERS HOUSING Chancellor Broken chute names doors cause resident smoke spread artists Housing officials unavailable to 12 students, 13 local answer questions about fire. artists to participate. BY GLENNA DE ROY HUSTLER MANAGING EDITOR BY CHRISTINE BROWN Broken trash chute doors were cited in an offi cial re- HUSTLER REPORTER port as a reason why heavy smoke was able to migrate into Vanderbilt University will have its fi rst the hallways on the upper fl oors of Carmichael Tower 4 ever Chancellor’s Artists-in-Residence: during Sunday morning’s trash chute fi re. nationally acclaimed Judy Chicago and All Towers residents were ordered to evacuate Towers 3 Donald Woodman. and 4 shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday morning as a result of Art History Professor Vivian Greed the fi re, which ignited at 12:15 a.m. Fryd will give a lecture titled “Intersect- According to the fi nal report, which was written by ing Lives, Judy Chicago and Donald Metro Nashville Fire Department District Chief Wayman Woodman, in Collaboration” on the art- Batttle, the burning object that started the fi re was thrown ists this Th ursday, which will take place into the trash chute. However, the nature of the object or at the Sarratt Cinema from 6:30 p.m. to its exact origin is unknown. 8 p.m. Firefi ghers responded and entered the building at 12:59 a.m. Vanderbilt’s new Artists-in-Residence, PHOTOS, PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY KELLY HOCUTT / The Vanderbilt Hustler along with 12 Vanderbilt student artists Th e fi re itself was contained to the Towers 4 trash chute Maya Angelou speaks to a sold out crowd of more than 3,500 members of the Vanderbilt community Monday in Memorial Gym. and 13 local artists, will be participating and the ground-level trash chute room. in a semester-long project entitled “Chi- Firefi ghters found sprinklers activated in the trash cago and Woodman’s Multimedia Project chute and trash chute room were able to extinguish most of Discovery” which will result in a 3- Angelou gives advice of the fi re, and the fi re department smothered the rest by week exhibition presented in the Cohen running water from the 12th fl oor down the chute. Building on Peabody College Campus Th e migration of smoke also caused the evacuation of from April 21 to May 13. Project partici- Towers 1 and 2 for a shorter period of time beginning at pants are diverse in age as well as experi- through life stories roughly 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning. ence — coming from diff erent countries Studnets were not able to re-enter Towers 3 and 4 until and ranging in age from 18 to 60. 4:30 a.m. “Judy Chicago is a world renowned “Vanderbilt is a rainbow in the clouds.” According to the report, damage to the chute doors, artist, responsible for bringing a lot of which prevented them from closing and more eff ectively BY MEREDITH CASEY “Th at speech was truly inspiring,” said important issues forward during the sec- containing the smoke, appears to be unintentional. HUSTLER NEWS EDITOR sophomore Dana Kitzes. “Never have I ex- ond wave of feminism in the 70’s,” Fryd Please see FIRE, page 3 “African Dr. Maya Angelou, renowned poet, perienced such a dynamic and beautiful said. “She is closing her career a little author, actress, singer, playwright, direc- speaker as talented yet sassy as Maya An- over 30 years later, at Vanderbilt Univer- American tor and activist, shared a message of hope, gelou.” sity, continuing her feminist pedagogy poetry is tolerance, education, and humor to an au- “As always she was captivating and in- and concerns. It is going to be an amaz- dience of more than 3,500 in Vanderbilt’s spiring, everyone and anyone can relate to ing exhibition that will get national and ”a rain- Memorial gym Monday evening. her,” said senior Lauren Tekeste. “Her wit international recognition.” bow in a Her lecture, “A Rainbow in the Cloud” was truly refreshing and defi nitely kept the Specifi cally, Fryd’s talk will focus on included poetry recitations, personal sto- audience on their toes.” one of Chicago and Woodman’s previ- cloud,” ries, and advice. “Maya Angelou’s charisma, wit, and ous projects – the “1985-1993 Holocaust Many Vanderbilt students said that they charm brought the entire Vanderbilt com- Project: From Darkness into Light” and were thrilled to have such an iconic fi gure munity together for 2 hours,” said junior Ja- one of their earlier courses at another on campus. Please see ANGELOU, page 3 university called “At Home Project” at Please see ARTISTS, page 2 POLITICS Former governor to visit campus Thursday BY ALLY SMITH Engagement. Since 2003, the in- breadth of experience and insight into politics and HUSTLER REPORTER stitute’s campaign has expanded issues that are going on right now,” Mark Dalhouse, New Hampshire’s fi rst woman governor, Jeanne to 20 colleges and universities director of OACS, said. “She is a role model of a pub- Shaheen, will address the Vanderbilt and Nashville and has continued to promote lic servant.” communities on the topic of “College Students, a greater understanding and co- During her two day visit, Shaheen will also meet Community Service Politics” tomorrow night. operation between the academic with student leaders from OACS. During the 2004 Shaheen, who currently directs the Institute of world and the world of politics election, OACS sponsored a voter registration drive, Politics at Harvard, is visiting through the Offi ce and public aff airs. which organized some 50 students to go door-to- Jeanne Shaheen of Active Citizenship and Service. OACS has been “(Shaheen) can certainly door getting people to register to vote and carpooled KELLY HOCUTT / The Vanderbilt Hustler involved with the institute through its participa- encourage what I think is a rising interest among some 300 students to the polls. Th is year, OACS Fire damage is evident on the ceiling of the trash chute room in the tion in its National Campaign for Political and Civic Vanderbilt students for civic engagement given her Please see SHAHEEN, page 2 basement of Carmichael Tower 4. Bachelor picks SGA presidential tickets submit petitions Nashville native ABC’s Bachelor Dr. Travis Stork, a 33-year-old Vanderbilt Medical Center Emergency Room doctor, chose the women of his dreams, Nashvillian Sarah Stone. She is an elementary Boone Lancaster Cara Bilotta Joseph Hills Michael Slanovits Bill Weimar Brennan McMahon school teacher in Green Hills. The couple has already • SGA Presidential candidates and their running mates submitted their petitions with 300 signatures in order to continue been spotted at upscale res- in the race. Of the four campaigns which originally picked up petitions, three turned in completed petitions. Junior Boyce taurants around the city. Adams and his running mate junior Stacy Tolos withdrew from the race last week. See a list of all SGA candidates on page 2. ABC.COM OUR VIEW OSCARSLETTER QUOTABLE POLL WEATHER INSIDE We are concerned In the spirit of the Read freshman “Mardi Gras is part of our tradition. We’re In the Bubble 2 THE about Housing March 5 Academy Charles Stanley’s let- celebrating our 150-year anniversary. It’s part of officials lack of Awards, the Life sction ter to the editor on our DNA, if you will. And it’s a bittersweet occasion 6677% In History 2 response to film critics give away why he is troubled because there’s lots of people who Crime Report 2 WALL questions their own awards by SGA presidential still aren’t here, but it’s turned Percentage of New Opinion 4 raised after for 2005’s mov- candidate Boone into a reunion of sorts.” Orleans residents Sunday ies. Movie writer Lancaster’s last-min- saying that they 72 57 Our View 4 morning’s fire Alex Chrisope also ute switch of running expect their personal — New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin HI LO Life 6 in Towers. weighs in on some mate. on NBC’s “Today” show yesterday. lives to return to » Extended forecast on page 2 See Page 4 oft-repeated Oscar See Page 4 normal. Fun & Games 10 criticisms. See Pages 6, 7 » Associated Press 2 NEWS The Vanderbilt Hustler | Wednesday, March 1, 2006 WORD OF THE DAY THIS DAY IN HISTORY FORECAST 1781 The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation. THURSDAY Partly Cloudy 1790 Congress authorized the fi rst U.S. Census. AMITY High: 65 PAGE 2 1864 Rebecca Lee became the fi rst black woman to receive an American medi- Low: 39 Today is Wednesday, March 1, 2006 cal degree, from the New England Female Medical College in Boston. n. 1. friendship FRIDAY 1872 Congress authorized creation of Yellowstone National Park. Mostly Sunny IT IS THE THERE ARE 1961 President Kennedy established the Peace Corps. High: 57 th 1981 Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands began a hunger strike at Low: 36 36 40 3 72 the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland; he died 65 days later. SATURDAY day of classes class days class days calendar 2001 Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban, defying international protests, began Mostly Cloudy until exams until Spring days to com- destroying all statues in the country. High: 56 Break mencement Source: Webster’s Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language Compiled by the Associated Press Low: 43 TODAY IN THE BUBBLE Compiled by Katherine Foutch Mardi Gras lives on SGA Candidates Sistah’s Reading Sistah’s Name Position A book group for everyone interested in reading African-American women authors.