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College Voice Vol. 22 No. 20

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This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. It has been accepted for inclusion in 1998-1999 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author. MOVIE A TOUCH SCORES & REVIEW OF CLASS SCHEDULES Lawrence & Murphy get a life Carolyn & Company Camels make impressive sp'r~ces up the downtown gains during beginning of dining scene page 4 page 4 spring season. page 12 OLLEGE GICE PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE STUDENTS OF CONNOCTTCtlT COLLEGE VOLUME XXII • NUMBER 20 FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1999 CONNECTtCUT COLLEGE, NEW LONDON, CT Floralia '99 Bands Announced Crawford Confronts Madness in California's Urban Education By NICOLE MANCEVICE as a Second Language leads to sev- bottom" approach called "whole lan- eral problems. Teacbers are afraid to guage." Parents and teachers read out staff writer speak Spanish, and thus instead of loud to students, and after a while "Has California Gone Mad?" On "swimming," many students "sink." they are able to "read along." Th Apnl 15, Dr. Alan Crawford an- Dr. Crawford explained that "many children memorize the text, and they swered tltis question with a simple yet children sbut them [teacbers] off, be- begin to figure out which sentence empham, "Yes!" Dr. Crawford, Pro- cause they cannot understand." As a provides which information. One fessor of CUrriculum and Instruction result of this reaction, Crawford esti- benefit of this approach to reading is at California State University, Los mates that large numbers of students that children learn bow to read from Angeles, explained his answer based will drop out of school in 5 years. authentic text. This type of text hp on the current political status of read- Califomia scbools currently stress real characters, character develop- 109 programs in Califomia. His en- speed and accuracy in reading; stu- ment, and a plot; it contains sentences lightening talk titled "Urban Educa- dents do not gain comprehension that children might actually use in non: Confronting 'Adversity to skills tbrougb phonics, the current different situations. Achieve Equity - Part 4 'Has CaIi- mandatory approach to literacy edu- Crawford explained that these fornia Gone Mad?'" was sponsored cation. Teachers must use "decodable "decisions are not about kids, but by the Education and Human Devel- text," which only contains letters and about politics." California's pride opment departments and Unity sounds that follow the rules of pbon- was burt when the state ranked lower House. ics, for example "Dick and Jane run than Mississippi on national stan- In an attempt to ameliorate the fast." These simple texts have no real dardized testing. The state of Califor- scor~s on standardized testing, Cali- characters, no character development, nia, however, spends less money per fornia reduced class sizes to 20 stu- and no plot. student than Mississippi does. Also, dents in grades K-4. Class reduction The philosophy behind this ap- California tests all children in En- created a huge demand for teacbers, proach to reading is that "the chil- glish, but approximately 40% of the and 60% of the 400 teachers hired by dren are to read out loud, and as they students in California do not speak L.A. Unified have only a college de- are reading out loud they are to listen English. gree and no professional training in to themselves," says Dr. Crawford. Dr. Crawford warns that the state education. There are no substitute "The California Board of Education of education in California has seri- teachers in California because every- thinks that reading comes orally." ous implications for the rest of the one in Califomia wbo is willing to Dr. Crawford shared a story that public schools in the country. Major go into a classroom has already been emphasized what he believes is publisbers are already designing hired as a teacher. Crawford ex- wrong with teaching kids phonics. He phonics textbooks that comply with pressed that California' now has a explained that in a workshop he had the desires of the California Board-of need for about 30,000 bilingual a group of young children dictate a Education. Large states like Califor- teachers, for even though teachers sentence to him. and he wrote the nia are able to decide tbe content of cannot talk to students in Spanish, sentence on the board. The school national textbooks because the large teachers need to be able to commu- principal walked in later and read the states are also large markets. If you nicate with parents. sentence, and after reading the sen- would like to have a voice in what Dr. Crawford compared the cur- tence, the principal complimented the occurs in the future of educational rent trends in public education in students and left. As the principal shut policy, tben "find people who think Califomia to the methods used in the the door of the classroom, one boy like you do and form a community," former Soviet Union. Bilingual edu- raised his hand. He asked "How did advises Dean Michael James "A com- cation is against state law, and En- he do that? He wasn't here!" This munity begins with two people." glish is the only language allowed in young child did not understand that This year, Dr. Alan Crawford will the public schools. If a teacher is not what he had dictated was based on spend half of his time in nineteen dif- teaching.,aJoreign- language, hut..he wriring, so bow-could the principal ferent countries in the Former Soviet speaks a foreign language in the know what the sentence was about if Union as an affiliate of UNESCO and classroom to communicate with stu- he was not in the room when the stu- the International Reading Associa- dents, then be can be fined $200 for dents dictated it? tion. Dr. Crawford is internationally every day he speaks this language. In contrast to phonics, Dr. known for his expertise in bilingual This structured immersion in English Crawford explained a more "top to education. Voice Interview: Watch Stander Cliff Compton

II Floralia XXII will be headlined by They Might Be Giants, God Street Wine, and Das EFX Exploring the Underworld of Conn By LUKE JOHNSON gotiating exclusively with George will be playing the biggest event of evil arm of the tenure committees, down into a small chamber. The a&e editor Clinton and the P Funk All Stars, the the year. By MITCHELL POLATIN popular group unexpectedly raised Luck aside, Clem emphasized features editor Compton seems to escape any direct room was filled with tubes tangled connection to the campus commu- around each other in a seemingly ar- After months of planning, high their price to 50,000 dollars, an the "enormous amount of time" that Cliff Compton works at the cam- nity. He bas been a Watcb Stander at bitrary fashion and it seemed as if hopes, endless phone tag and fierce amount well outside what the College SAC devoted to the search (espe- pus power plant next to the newly steam was coming out of every avail- was able to spend. This left SAC cially Music and Talent Search Di- the powerhouse for the past eighteen negotiations, the Student Activities renovated Black Box Theater. It is years, and he bates his job. able locale. Council (SAC) has announced the without any bands and almost no time rector Barry Klatzkin '01), as well one of the campus's most unassum- Sitting at his desk, Compton told As we entered the tunnel, bands tbat will play Floralia '99. to find replacements. Fortunately, the' as that the money saved from not ing buildings. Nestled bebind me how squirrels found their way into Compton turned to me and said, Headliners They Might Be Giants Council and its search agent were having a fall concert as instrumen- able to find a number of options. tal in making Floralia '99 "the best Branford, the yellow brick power the powerbouse. "I bad a squirrel "Take it slow and keep your head will be joined by Das EFX, God plant funnels power off the street and come bere for a while. She'd come down. You don't want to knock your Street Wine, Static, an as yet uncon- TMBG stood out as the best Floralia people bave ever seen!" onto the campus. A smoke stack right in and sit on your sboulder. We self out," A deep hissing noise ech- firmed group from Boston, and choice, and according to the current He also said that, because there campus buzz, a very popular cboice. are so many bands this year, the pro- stretches thirty feet into the sky, but bad a lot of them in here." Compton oed throughout the tunnel and it was three campus bands on the Floralia even that seems to bury itself behind God Street Wine and Das EFX also gram will be much longer, with mu- glanced up at the window separating nearly impossible to shake the '99 stage. the rooftops of Plant and Branford- aberrantly paranoid suspicion that a scored high. SAC Chair Bachman sic from 10 a.m. until 10:30 p.m. us from a maze of tubes, pipes, ma- The road to such an impressive or behind the occasional black cloud chines and anything else one might hulking serpent lurked somewhere Clem '01 said that SAC members Clem wouldn't elaborate on the lineup was fraught with obstacles, behind the dusty black walls. bave been "really bappy witb the re- other Floralia plans, bowever, stat- rising from the other side of the imagine in the worst of industrial however, as this year's SAC mem-' nightmares. "Damn things, they'd We walked under Hale laboratory actions" they've gotten from students ing that "some things have to be Thames. bers found out. With student ex- and followed the tunnel under so far. surprises." If the bands are any in- Itis pretty much a guarantee that leave tracks allover the floor ...they're pectations riding high, SAC felt the no students know who Cliff Compton cute though." Branford, It was dark except for the The campus bands have yet to be dication of the caliber of this year's pressure early on in the year to occasional single light bulb. Compton selected, and students will have to entertainment, Floralia '99 will is, or that he even exists. In a time I suggested Compton give me a make Floralia '99 an event to re- when students attacb themselves to tour of the tunnels I'd beard so much wait until next Tnesday to find out truly be a spectacle to behold. SEE COMYfON member. professors, signing anything and ev- about, and be gladly accepted. I fol- After spending two months ne- which of their favorite campus bands erything to spare a professor from the lowed him tbrough a yellow gate continued on page 9 Conn Celebrates Earth Day 1999 Director of Chernobyl Relief Fund says Consequences of 1986 Disaster Far-Reaching explosion sending radioactive ma- By LAURA STRONG AND terials into the air, which were de- ANNIE PEPIN tected as far away as Sweden. associate news editors As Kuzma described, this "cata- • Earth Day '99 festivities kicked clysm of global proportions" re- off Sunday, April 18 on Knowlton quired three months to extinguish Green with performances by Zendik the fire. Since this disaster, two mil- Farm student drummers led by lion people have died and thousands GerrYZiegler and Yevshan, a Ukrai- of children have been exposed to ra- nian cboir led by keynote speaker diation. Long-lasting effects include Alex Kuzma. Sponsored by SAVE, a high rate of birth defects and infer- Students Against Violence to the tility. Environment, Earth Day provided an The Children of Chernobyl Re- afternoon of education through en- lief Fund is preparing its twenty-sec- tertainment for the New London and ond air shipment of one million dol- college communities. lars worth of pbarmaceuticals and Speaking to an intimate audience other commodities in sbort supply in Harkness Chapel, Alex Kuzma, to Ukraine. This shipment is only Director of Development for the part of 40 million dollars of aid that New Jersey-based Children of has been sent to Ukraine over the past Chemobyl Relief Fund, recounted the ten years. tragedy and repercussions of the Kuzma stressed the importance nuclear reactor explosion at the of educating the public about the Chemobyl Atomic Energy Station. SEE EARTH DAY I On April 26, I~!i, a loss of cool- continued on page 7 Earth D y '99 filled the Green last Sunday with pr. sentations, a band, and guest speakers. ~, I ~t in the no. 4 rea or caused a mass

j 7 sa 3Y@ f 1 S ?1! tzar THE COLLEGE VOICE Editorial/Opin Ion• Smith'sAd Response to a Challenge Must Be Professor Robert Boyers of Skidmore College Responds to Answered the Bradley Smith Advertising Campaign Free Speech still Viable Reprinted by permission from a 1994 special supplement to The Skidmore News. Means to Solve Problems in Society great many when language is abused and books and Do the "Revisionist" advertise- subordinated to the purposes The streets were A learned articles of misinformation. extremely clean under Voice have been devoted to the ments aimed at college audiences The "revisionist" docu- some of the greatest Editorial Nazi period and to the at- ment mounted by one Brad- authoritarian regimes tack on the Jews of Europe. represent a threat of any kind? That ley R. Smith is said to "chal- in history. Many oftheses works were question is not as easy to answer as lenge" the U.s. Holocaust But the citizens of those re- written by persons who ob- Memorial Museum, but of gimes paid a price: liberty. served with their own eyes one might hope. course it is intended to chal- From the founding of our coun- what was done to the Jews; lenge the entire view of the try, we embarked on a great experi- others were written by per- Holocaust reflected in the ment. We will not punish people sons who perished in the death able to anyone who wishes to study thousands of books, articles, po- for their speech. In fact, we will camps. Among tgase who have the Holocaust, it is impossible-and I ems, novels, plays and films encourage it, with a free press and offered compelling testimony mean impossible-to take seriously known to western readers and- the freedom to assemble. Our hope about the existence of the camps even for one moment the so-called according to Smith-sponsored has been, and will be, that if we are survivors of the camps and oth- "revisionist challenge" to our knowl- by a nefarious Holocaust Lobby. allow speech to exist, we can solve ers who participated in planning edge. Persons who offer such chal- It begins by referring to "the is- problems through the legitimate their conslruction. The authors of lenges have not the slightest interest sue," as if the existence of death means of dialogue. We will even compelling memoirs include Ger- in "issues" or "questions" or camps was an issue open to ar-

I design our Constitution to protect man officials, camp personnel, "charges" or "inquiry" or "debate." gument, and goes on to suggest the liberties of groups we despise Poles, Jews, Czechs and diverse Their intention is simply to stir up ha- that, if the use of homicidal gas- most by, for example, allowing representatives of every political tred and anti-Semites by appealing to sing chambers can not be proven Nazis to march in a parade in and ideological persuasion, from the ignorant and credulous in a lan- by the new museum, then the en- Skokie, Illinois. the far left to the far right. guage meant to seem serious because tire idea that there was a German However, we will not allow There exists as well extensive of its specious appeal to "moral obli- genocide of Jews may legiti- any group to resort to violence. documentary film footage of the gation" and "truth," Instead, we require that if these round-ups of Jews, of their depor- References to the groups wish to be heard, they work tation and of their brutalization. "Holocaust Lobby" through the processes of our demo- Much of this footage comes from in recent revisionist "In light of the evidence available cratic system and free society, like German military archives. More advertisements to anyone who wishes to study the every other American. Then, we compelling to some is the testi- suggest that our in- shall answer these groups. We will mony taken from Nazi officials formation on the Holocaust, it is impossible-and I bring their claims to the light of after the Second World War at the Holocaust comes day and deal with them. Nuremberg trials and at the trials principally from mean impossible-to take seriously We pay a great price for this of Adolf Eichman and other Nazi persons organized even for one moment the so-called process. Allowing those we hate officials, all of these recorded on for ideological pur- most to speak may be offensive, tape and on film. Many Jewish sur- poses, when even "revisionist challenge" to our hurtful and possibly even down- viyors of concentration camps those who have right painful. In return, we are then have given lengthy filmed inter- prepared those ads knowledge." able to directly confront these views about their time there. know that the evi- groups through speech. In the long Only scholars of the Holocaust dence comes from term, we preserve a system that can hope to study even a modest an extraordinary range of sources, mately be called into question. will protect our ability to speak, proportion of the books and docu- that much of it was produced during But of course the Memorial should our speech ever be hated by ments available to us in major li- the war, that the assembling has most Museum does no exist to offer the majority. braries and archives. But many of often been undertaken by writers and proof, or to answer charges, or This democratic process is not us have read the major scholarly scholars working independently in ar- indeed to promote charges of its one that we must be committed to. books on the holocaust by Raul chives, and that many of those who own. It exists to commemorate Tomorrow, we could begin a cam- Hilberg and Lucy Dawidowicz, the have contributed impressively to our an event and to promote senti- paign to change the First Amend- biographies of Nazi officials and knowledge have no association with ments ofloss, solidarity, resolve. ment. We could either create some camp commandants, and the jour- Jewish organizations or Zionist inter- Some of us believe that such in- general policy that attempted to de- nals or diaries of ordinary persons ests. stitutions cannot possibly ac- termine which speech deserves our who died, or murdered, at Of course it is foolish even to complish the purposes to which protection, or we could specifically Auschwitz or Dachau or Belson or think about "debating" with people they are committed. Some of us make speech by Bradley Smith, Buchenwald. We have read major who ignore these obvious facts, as believe that any sort of "promo- proponent of the CODOH ad ap- they ignore the fact tion" violates the spirit in which pearing in The Voice on February that none of it is important to remember the 26, illegal. Or we could make Though it may seem tempting to Germany's leading Holocaust. But no thoughtful speech by all such Holocaust revi- writers, thinkers, poli- adult supposes that a visit to a sionists illegal. Or we could make censor or deny publication to ads ticians and scholars museum can or should accom- all speech that we suspect to be that are empty or pointless or other- denies the existence plish what can be accomplished grounded in bias illegal. of the death camps. by patient reading, quiet contem- At The Voice, we believe that wise distasteful, many of us would Even the contempo- plation, genuine discussion, and even today, over 200 years since rary German histori- study. When Smith suggests that, the United States Constitution was argue that most ads-and many ans-and there are sev- because he does not find a par- ticular kind of evidence at a mu- written, free speech in our demo- "news" features-are equally dis- eral notable figures cratic society is still a viable means associated with the seum, the evidence does not ex- under which our society can work. tasteful, or misleading, or danger- so-called ist, he betrays not simply a mis- Accordingly, as has been explained "Historikerstreit" - conception about memorial mu- in past editorials, The Voice's ad- ously manipulative. As long as the who have labored seums but a desire to deny the very evidence available to all of vertising policy promotes values of paid "revisionist" ads do not contain mightily to change free speech. our view of the Nazi us in virtually any college or In doing so, we recognize that openly vicious, defamatory or incen- period and to "ex- university library. the CODOH ad in The College cuse" some of what Do the "Revisionist" adver- Voice offended some readers. We diary messages, I would continue to was done in Germany tisements aimed at college audi- also found it offensive. As we said begin from the fact ences represent a threat of any initially in our March Sedition, support the decision of college that a "final solution" kind? That question is not as "As an Editorial Board, when we newspapers to publish them. was planned and ex- easy to answer as one might received this [February 26 ecuted in their coun- hope. In the degree that attacks CODOH ad], we disagreed with it try and that death on "Holocaust Lobbies" encour- novels written by persons who mi- camps were also set up in other coun- age the .resentment or suspicion I completely and unequivocally." Coltrane's Sophomore Experience We do not agree with Bradley raculously survived the camps, tries under Nazi control. None denies of Jews in general, such attacks Smith. Where we disagree with most especially two novels by the physical existence of the death may be taken to strengthen a sus- Underclassmen! I'm at a point chance to some readers is the way Smith Jorge Semprun entitled The Long camps or the "disappearance" of mil- ceptibility to the anti-Semitism in my sophomore year where I've work with one . should be dealt with. Voyage and What A Beautiful Sun- lions of European Jews. By compari- that continues to be pronounced been accepted to spend a semester in of the coolest by a variety of hate-groups in the While Smith's ad may be of- day. Some of us have watched son, our American "revisionists" are Costa Rica. That means two things: Americans of U.S. The attacks may also serve- fensive, it is precisely this type of documentary films like Marcel an even more disgraceful lot who can one, you can say Conngratulations to the last half- quite as I've earlier suggested- speech that First Amendment val- Ophuls' The Sorrow and the Pity offer nothing by way of a support- me; tW?, I ~an b~ Conndescending to century: Hugh to confuse some people about ues were designed to protect. As and Claude Lanszmann's Shoah. able thesis or a historically tenable you. I'm Just kidding. It's just that Hefner, of canons of evidence and about Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes re- We have watched and we have read argument. I've been so Connfused about the fu- course. As for what constitutes serious inquiry marked, "If there is any principle and we have studied, and we know The paid advertisement appearing ture, and now I know what 1'·11be and debate. These are real dan- interning at of the Constitution that more im- not only that the Holocaust hap- in The Skidmore News, as in other doing. gers, not by any means to be Hef's man- peratively calls for attachment than pened, but that we have ready ac- college publications, is disgraceful Xou should know there are many minimized. But in fact I do not sion, they say any other it is the principle of free cess to massive documentary evi- not only because it is offered in the exerting opportunities to study abroad observe in the current "revision- the work is Colman thought-not free thought for those dence detailing just about every service of an anti-Semitism cloaked for students here at Connecticut Col- in references to political lohbies and ist" ad the tenor I associate with hard, the Long '01 who agree with us but freedom for aspect of the Holocaust. In part this lege. Don't you want to get away hours are Jewish zealots. It is disgraceful be- a murderous intention. And if the the thought that we hate." When evidence is explained by the sheer from all the cultural events, intellec- long, and you've never loved a job cause, in its essence, it is profoundly ad seems to me deliberately de- we protect free speech for all, we enormity of the Nazi undertaking, t~~I.dlscussions, and other sober ac- so much in your life. the fact that "the final solution" anti-intellectual and profoundly dis- ceptive and clymsily manipula- ~vI~es that make up the typical Conn protect the process of our liberal tive, it is no more so than the The Gaudiani "NEWCAC" Se- democracy that allows us to deal required for its execution the par- respectful of the standards governing life. Don't you want to come back institutions of higher learning. I say course and stupid broadcasts mester- with problems through speech, on ticipation of countless persons, for sprmg semester and get placed in Spend a semester at the finest many of whom-not surprisingly- that is anti-intellectual because it rests daily inflicted upon a supine t a non-violent level. an upperclassmen triple that's sup- upon a calculated refusal to acknowl- public by the likes of Rush school in the NESCAC. You know However, during the past few wrote letters, kept diaries and took posed to be a single? .Of COurseyou how the NESCAC presidents decided photographs. But the massive evi- edge the massive resources available Limbaugh. Though it may seem do. Your options include' weeks, Smith's ad has not been ef- tempting to censor or deny pub- to limit our chance to go to the , fectively dealt with. Most letters- dence is also explained by the fact to anyone who wishes to study the SATA Kosovo Semesier- Holocaust, pretending to an interest lication to ads that are empty or NCAA's? Yeah, /iEWCAC stands to-the-editor have dealt with that many Nazi officials and their You think kids here on cam in "proof' that is everywhere belied pointless or otherwise distaste- get "b b d" pus for New England Williams College whether or not Smith should be underlings were obsessed with the am e on weekends? Thi in the ostensibly "revisionist" docu- ful, many of us would argue that Athletic Conference, because that's allowed to have his ad run or extermination of European Jewry SATA group is getting bombed e~~ and could not resist the desire to ment. It is disrespectful of academic most ads-and many "news" fea- who's going to win everything with whether or not Smith's 500-plus ery da~! It s awesome: No need to the new tournament policy! Spend a document their unprecedented suc- standards of discussion because it as- tures-are equally distasteful, or apply Immediately, because there' word ad qualifies as speech. semester at a school that actually has cess. Thus we have considerable sumes that, in the name of "free in- misleading, or dangerously ma- plenty of room in the program. I~' While, in the long term, it is im- post season play. testimony about the death camps quiry," any opinion or assertion de- nipulative. As long as the paid fact, more Spots are opening ever portant to question the viability of "revisionist" ads do not contain .These are just a few of the fasci- our country's commitment to free from the Nazis themselves, and serves to be taken seriously, no mat- dayl Program only pays transport~ also from the films and photos they ter how idiotic the assertion or utterly openly vicious, defamatory or non one way; hopefully you can rent nat~ng study away choices that await speech as a method of solving incendiary messages, I would you in junior year. So keep your problems, few letters have con- took. This testimony, of course, without foundation the opinion. It a wheelbarrow to get out. was greatly augmented by deposi- also assumes that words like "integ- continue to support the decision ~rades up and don't miss any dead- fronted Smith head on. The CISLA Playboy Mansion in- lines. tions taken from Nazi officials af- rity" and "civil virtues" and "relevant of college oewspapers to publish temship-e- We would like to recognize them. I am grateful to The Never give up! Professor Schlesinger and Rabbi ter they were captured at the end information" can be used to promote . You gothrough a lot of hassle, but a transparently specious enterprise- Skidmore News for inviting re- Pe!'ce and Love Rosenberg for their letters to the of the war. Its worth It for 3000 bucks and a sponses. Coltrane ' editor. While most writers used In light of the evidence avail- as though nothing sacred is violated their space to debate free speech (which is certainly an- important •• debate), Professor Schlesinger and be answered. Skidmore College, author of "Re- generously allowed The Voice to ADVERTISEMENTS Rabbi Rosenberg dealt directly With the help of Hillel President sponse to a Challenge," printed reprint his essay. We hope that his The College Voice is an ope c words will serve as one answer to . divid I d n rorum The opi . with Smith, and provided the stu- Dana Leveston, The Voice obtained within the supplement. In the piece, 10 IVI ua a vertisers are their ow I' uuons expressed by Smith from an extremely legiti- he vi n. n no way d Th. dents of Conn ecticut College with a special supplement to The Skidmore Professor Boyers takes on Smith's end orse t e views expressed by' di . oes e College Voice mate source. .. III IVldualadv rti answers. For the free speech pro- News printed in 1994. The Voice con- claims directly. Professor Boyers has VOice Will nOLaccept.ads it dee be H ,e sers The College . ~v. ms to e hbelops a . . eess to work, it is C\jtical that Smith tacted Professor Ro rt Boyers of vlol~ce, or personal! . ' n;.ncltement to " y attacking. , -"-- FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1999 DIE OJLLEGEVorCE CONNTHOUGHT 3 Those Who Forget History are Doomed to Repeat It Reactions to CODOR Smith Cannot be To the Editor: eaders continued to sound off this week on the Febru- People who forget history are tween 6 and 8 million Jews were Debated, Free Speech doomed to repeat It. killed. So, this brings up the ques- Rary 26 CODOH ad. While ov~rall arguments 'echoed - This is the first quote that 1 tion, who are these other 3 to 6 mil- letters that appeared in the Apnl 9 ISsue, Some new points learned thatI can still remember, and lion people? These people are almost the entire Gypsy population of east- arose. One reader responded to Snuth's ad, "The event of Does Not Protect Lies ifeel It applies very well to both sides To the Editor: ern Europe; many of the physically Auschwitz and others and the nearly of the debate that I've been reading the Holocaust is not an issue open for debate. It is an un- With much reservation, I begin crippled and mentally ill citizens of uniform eye-witness accounts from for the last three weeks on this op-ed this letter. As I assume the Holocaust Germany and Austria; German, Pol- questionable documented atrocity ... By publishing the ad, all comers of Ihe globe replete with p'lge. . denier is aware, the ADL has a well- ish, and Austrian political prisoners. complicity on Ihe part of every single . A~ the standard Conn liberal, I by giving Smith ample space to distort ~d belittle the events reasoned policy not to debate the who spoke out against the Nazis; news outlet and reporter, would re- think It ISobvIOUShow this quote re- of the Holocaust, and by researchmg claims, Holocaust as doing so only serves to Jehovah's Witnesses; many Christian his The Voice quire the active manipulation of the lates to the argument of CODOH But legitimize outrageous and obnoxious and Catholic Poles, Germans and is allowing the unquestionable fact of the Holocaust to be a world's media, a limitless supply of think it is harder to see how' this r Austrians; and as many of the homo- claims usually based on a, to say the money and the alliance of assorted quote relates to everyone On the other questionable issue." Ano,~.er reader would have "bought least, creative interpretation of se- sexual population as could be governments. Where else have we lected history. side of the argu~ent. You may be rounded up. the free speech argument If the ad hadn't been paid for. seen the implication of Jewish con- asking yourself, Everyone is de- As well documented is the ADL's While 1 support the efforts of trol over the economy, the press and Explaining, "Anything paid for is not free. By making the refusal to justify such stupidity is the fending the Holocaust, how can they Hillel, the rest of the jewish popula- government? Czarist Russia and acceptance by many other Jewish or- Qe forgetting history?" And while this tion of the campus and all the well argument that they were protecting free speech by accept- Nazi Germany are but two answers. ganizations of similar requests. I find is true, they are remembering the intentioned Gentile members of the Be aware, educated readers, that the ing the ad, the editors of The Voice are asserting the idea it interesting that the denier deliber- Holocaust, they are only remember- campus and New London commu- denier's implications are nothing ately avoids attempting to engage one ing half of it, the half that is presented nity, I feel that it needs to be stated, that free speech belongs only to those Who can afford it." more then a twist upon insidious and, of the groups' willing to expose his by Steven Spiel burg and Elie Wiesel. that if we are to remember the Holo- frankly, rather tired anti-Semitic po- fallacies. I can not but question the Yes, only half of the Holocaust. caust, then we must remember the lemics. sincerity of one who speaks of a de- From a fact I had heard a few years pain it brought to the families of ALL nother reader took a step further, arguing that The Voice No, I can not debate the denier sire for open debate but then arranges back, between II and 12 million the victims, not just those of the Jew- A should not have run Bradley Smith's letter to the edi- just as I can not debate the propa- people died at the hands of the Na- ish community, a situation where such debate would ganda which has accused Jews of never occur. zis, but as many people have re- Daniel Grimm '01 tor: "If The Voice claims that it won't print personal attacks nefarious scheming to control the Certainly academic environ- minded us in the last few weeks, be- against members of the Connecticut College community, it an world. I can not prove that my great ment is not the correct place for a dis- Uncle Robert did not tattoo those should not even try to justify its printing of this letter." This pute over fact. While it is usually numbers on his forearm himself as reader also argued that "the paper should have judged the beneficial to discuss historiography, part of some international conspiracy We Must Learn from it is scholastically unfit to engage in nor do I know for certain that he was [CODOHj ad unsuitable for printing due to its offensive con- a circular debate surrounding particu- truly hounded by nightmares until the tent." Of Jason Ihle's column last week, the reader disagreed lar events. Evett-tbe most extreme day of his death. Instead, denier, [ Columbine High School revisionist historian will not deny the suggest that you debate the six mil- with Ihle's assertion that "we tend to confuse disagreement event itself. Students, thinkers and lion missing Iews or the exponential Last Tuesday, from 6:30 to 8:30 When (if) the with offense." Writes the reader, "Every aspect of the ad- conscious individuals would be left numbers of relations which can in no pm, the college preparatory center community of stagnant should they allow deniers to other way be counted for missing in vertisement should offend every one of its readers. Whether was scheduled to be open. Gradua- Littleton be- be their teachers. If they did, the pro- the world's population. Problem is, tion speakers had just been named gins to heal, or not its anti-Semetic jargon is hidden behind the thin veil gressi ve spiral of communication, if they too are part of this lie, they over the morning announcements. what should understanding and eventual acquisi- of question fOnTI, the ad is offensive to the intellects of ev- have done a tremendous job of hid- The Outdoor Club was to meet to we do? If tion of knowledge-the point of higher ing. schedule its end-of-year canoe trip. anything, this eryone who has ever studied the Holocaust, visited any of education and free speech-would be Turning to The College Voice's Only 19 days of class remained in the disaster will its sites, or had the poignant experience of meeting a person broken down into a simple circle role in the matter and the more worth .. beautiful, modern Columbine High (and should) where a claim is made and refuted, while debate concerning free speech. School, which had recently under- serve to refo- branded like a farm animal with a Nazi-imposed serial num- made and refuted ad nausea [sic]. Using the American paradigm of free gone a $14 million renovation. cus the need ber." Revenue from the ad, the reader suggests, should be Regardless of my reservations, speech, which allows restrictions on Then, at 1I:30 am, two students to have safe Brian conversations with classmates have expression when it presents a threat forever changed the town of Littleton, schools. How donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, left me aware of the need for a dis- Bieluch '00 to the safety of an individual or group CO. What was once known as a pic- can safety be cussion concerning the role of the or is factually incorrect, this ad would turesque suburb of Denver, not far achieved? We see a few answers. Holocaust denial in modern anti- not receive protection. As has been ne reader believes has practiced "blind de from the Arapahoe National Forest Current efforts to watch and The Voice Semitism. Holocaust denial is an act previously demonstrated, the propa- and the peaks of the Rocky Moun- document behavior that exhibits O votion to an ideology." The ideology of free speech of anti-Semitic speech both in its ganda piece is nothing more then tains, became nationally known as a warning signs should be formalized implications and motivations. The "is a good one, but stilI an ideology and therefore suscep- thinly veiled anti-Semitic rhetoric, place oflerror. As CNN covered live and expanded throughout the coun- systematic and brutal murder of mil- which, if stripped of its disguise, and non-stop, SWAT tearns and bomb try. tible to circumstances, becauseno ideology is infallible, even lions of Jewish citizens of Europe as would meet censure everywhere. As squads entered the high school, We need to evaluate the effect of our beloved free speech." well as the planned annihilation of well, it does not meet the test of truth searching for the student suspects violence in OUf society on OUf stu- world Jewry is fact. As such, it is in- as the validity of the Holocaust (who, it tums out, had planted over dents. We tax cigarettes because they terwoven into the fabric of our world rightly rests within the area of indis- 30 homemade bombs and had gunned are dangerous to the health of our citi- he most poignant comments came at the end of a brief consciousness and into the story of putable historic fact. down severalstudents, some at point- zens. Exposing children to violence the Jewish people. Questioning this In truth, it is disingenuous to even blank range). on television and in movies has a Tletter from a Conn freshman: "This arguing back and historic fact is an attempt to destory consider the advertisement "speech." Inside the school, students and negative effect. We need to make it forth within The Voice .. , must stop. It serves no purpose this fabric. Itis an attempt to negate Had the disputed text come in the teachers hid under tables, in closets expensive for Hollywood to cheaply the very past upon which modem form of a letter to the editor, by all except to give Bradley Smith further publicity. While argu- and some, in air ducts, trying to make use violence to increase viewership Jewry partly rests. Similar to the means, The Voice staff, print it in the their way to safety. One bloody stu- and ticket sales. ing against the publication of this ad we have ignored the motivations for tactics practiced name of free speech. However, once dent broke a second-story window against slaves, an attempt to destroy Finally, we need to examine OUI real issue, which is the Holocaust must never be forgotten, there is a monetary exchange. the; anclju~d into the hands of SWAT gun laws. Gun lobbyists often sug- one group's historical past is an at- writing is available for the paper's team members below. Meanwhile, a gest, "Guns don't kill people. People and never happen again." tempt to make that group a -non-en- discretion. I have been told by both timed diversionary bomb went off, kill people." While this is a catchy tity, to eliminate its strength. Co-Editors-in Chief that had this been planted earlier by the assailants. phrase, it holds little validity. Put an Yes, the denier is petrified by the submitted as a Jetter to the editor, its Numerous students were dead with angry kid together with a gun, and a FOR LETTERS strength of the Jewish people. If we content would have prevented its allegations that the gunmen chose half-hour later, you get Littleton, FINAL CALL CODOH take his absurd premise for the placement in the paper. It is, then, some victims based upon race, Colorado with 15 people dead. Take It has been nearly two months since the CODOH ad ran in The briefest possible moment, then the the economic advantage which al- whether or not a student was wear- . just an angry kid, with no gun, and College Voice. Since then, some readers have confronted Bradley Holocaust is a tremendous hoax in- lowed for such a moral transgression ing a hat, and whether or not a stu- you can work on that kid's problems. volving a large and concerted effort Smith, while others have debated whether or not the CODOH ad should on the part of The Voice's editorial dent was an athlete. Columhine can't just be the lat- hy a number of powerful figures. board? A fair comparison discusses have been allowed to be printed. As with any formal debate, an end- In the end, 15 people died inside est in an increasingly worse series of Such a lie, complete with the manu- the similarities between The Voice the school. 24 were hospitalized. school shootings. We need to take a ing time must be called. Accordingly, The Voice has set Wednesday, facturing of pounds of documentation and a prostitute, both willing to sell Madness. hard look at the cause of students in April 28 at 5:00 p.m. as the final deadline for letters-to-the-editor on approved and verified by an interna- their integrity for the almighty dol- Where can we go from here? our society turning to violence. the CODOH ad. tional tribunal of world leaders, lar. physical evidence the size of Yet, I believe, the cause of this transgression is even less justifiable then that. The Voice has a nearly lim- itless treasure trove of funding so that the demands of the business manager .usually do not win the day. Rather, I charge that The Voice editorial staff are unabashed sensationalists jump- ing upon that which might provoke enough controversy to earn them a spot on the e-wire as free speech cru- saders of the moment. Voice staff) please do not prove your Woodward and Bernstein pretensions at the in- telligence and emotions of your read- ership. Never Again Craig Joseph Dershowitz '99 Editor's note: In regards to the "treasure trove of funding," The Voice's allocation does not cover the full cost ofprinting let alone technol- ogy, photography, and other ex- penses. In terms of The Voice's let- ters-to-the-eduor policy, due to space restrictions and the large number of nationally bulk-mailed letters re- ceived, The Voice regularly must edil its Letters page for relevance to the campus. A CODOH letter would have been run if it were specific to Connecticut College. First Amend- ment values are applied uniformly throughout the newspaper. • • LEITERS TO

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By KATIE UMANS ers. He admits to feeling mainly a "grown so much" as a result of the musical experiences during her col- "sense of relief' at being finished staff writer guidance and support of her piano lege years. She has participated in with the event. teacher Gary Chapman. "He has Opera Workshop for three years, sung Hannah Schramm, who gave her more faith in me than 1 do," she in the Chamber Choir and studied at , Connecticut College seniors Rei recital on April 18 in Evans Hall char- added. King's College in London and the • Munakata, Brian Prat.a and Hannah acterizes a senior recital as the Telyukova, who will be playing Royal Academy of Music, an experi- Schramm recently gave the College equivalent of "writing your thesis in pieces by Schubert and Holst, con- ence she says was "amazing." community the opportunity to wit- one day." Schramm's vocal recital siders music a "serious hobby," Schramm, the recent recipient of the ness the culminat.ion of their musical took place on April 18 in Evans Hall, though it is not her major. A double Mahan Music Award, was particu- I careers at Conn. In recitals, the three where she sang song cycles by major in math and economics, larly excited to perform at the inau- music majors displayed their talents Schumann and Bernstein and a selec- Telyukova plans to work at the New gural event of the Tansill Black Box , One final time before graduation. tion from a cycle by Berlioz. York Federal Reserve Bank and at- Theater alongside teacher Roxane Seniors Irina Telyukova and Maya Schramm also included a comical tend graduate school in economics, Althouse. I Robinson are still to perform in the piece entitled "I Hate Music," which but she intends to "figure out a way TeIyukova, is "really excited" coming weeks before the semester's is sung from the perspective of a ten- to stay involved in music" which has despite a bit of "stage anxiety" look- end. year-old girl who "hates music but been a part of her life since she be- ing forward to her chance, and so- While the performers may seem loves to sing." gan playing piano in Russia at age prano Maya Robinson, who will sing relaxed during their performances, Each performer has a mentor or five. in the Lyman Allyn Library on the af- they are quick to point out that they mentors to thank for their experiences Schramm, who began singing in ternoon of May 5. Telyukova has are nervous underneath. "Very stress- at Conn. Schramm expresses grati- first grade and started to study clas- been impressed with the quality of the ful," is how Brian Prata describes the tude to Roxane and Paul Althouse, sical voice seriously in her junior year recitals, saying she has been encour- experience. Prata, who has studied her voice teachers, as weJl as all the of high school, plans to go on to aged by the fact that her "peers have guitar with James McNeish at Conn, other professors in the music depart- graduate school in music and concen- done well," while Schramm notes completed his recital in Harkness ment. Prata states that McNeish has trate in vocal performance, specifi- that there are a number of "good Chapel on April II, playing early been "an excellent teacher" to him. cally focusing on classical songs. She music people graduating this year" , Christian hymns as well as the work Pianist Irina Telyukova, who will describes herself as "very fortunate" and sends the best of luc~ to those of Bach and several Spanish compos- perform on April. 25 says she has to have been involved in so many still to perform. Murphy and Lawrence in Lifeless Dramedy Go: A Fun Mix of Smooth Styles something more hardcore, you Life 7ko black men from New York Ciry won't find it. Fatboy Slim's are wrongfully imprisoned on a life "Gangster Tripping" is as edgy as sentence for murder ill Mississippi. it gets. The remix of Steppenwolf's Murphy and Lawrence make a By LUKE JOHNSON "Magic Carpet" ride will give any- good pair. but the film struggles 10 find a focus. I ht. 48 min. *****a&e editor one over forty an aneurysm, but I With: Eddie Murphy, Martin thought it was pretty cool. Len's Lawrence, Nick Cassnvetes. Ned Altbough GO is just the latest "Steal My Sunshine" is pretty odd, Beatty, Clarence Williams III the musical equivalent of Pop Directed by: Ted Dcmme of the teen-party-angst movies that have flooded theaters of late, the Rocks - something that one should soundtrack is something special. be too cool to enjoy, but is really The sound is varied, sunny, and fun. fun anyway. **W'tr The tone set by-the album's first Natalie Imbruglia delivers her By JASON IHLE from his father) to a cheat- track, No Doubt's "New," snakes usual soft, sweet vocals on through the different styles with "Troubled by the Way We Came staff writer ing gambler (Clarence Williams III). pose. lts dramatic mo- ease. The upbeat groove and . Together" with a quiet panache. ': Two black men, wrongfully ac- As luck would have it, the gambler's ments are too many and smooth, polished, pop-electronic Eagle Eye Cherry's "Shooting up ! cused of murder in Mississippi in the dead body falls into their laps, and as too strong for the film to be a com- late in the film when, enhanced by sensibilities make the CD a great in Vain" is terribly smooth and 1920's, spend sixty-five years in Ray is looking for his watch, he gets edy, but at the same time, it's not Rick Baker's (The Nutty Professor) soundtrack to your Saturday night funky, leaving no doubt that he de- prison. Sounds like the workings of caught with his hand in the cookie jar. nearly ambitious enough to take on special makeup effects, they give pre-party preparations. serves a place with his father and a film about racial injustice? Perhaps Ray clearly has a motive for this the issues that it hints at. solid impressions of bickering old "New" aside, there are many sister, Don and Neneh Cherry, both something about the hardships of murder, but we know that neither he This could have been a film that men. Their arguing is fueled by inane songs that could very well end up of whom have had very successful I prison farms in the deep south? Not nor Claude had anything to do with either explored or shed a humorous snbjects and the disdain they pretend on the top forty, as well as a few careers in music. quite. Instead, what we have is a it (it was actually the young sheriff). light on race relations in the Deep to have for each other after so many songs that are just. .. weird. DJ The other numbers on the CD dramedy about a mismatched pair of But the evidence is never brought to South. lt could almost have been an years in prison together. The kicker Rap's "Good to be Alive" and BT's are much in the same line, making New York City boys forming an un- light, the trial is never seen. All that allegory for US slavery with the is that they have really become good "Believer" are exemplary main- GO a good purchase for those of likely friendship during a life prison matters is that they are two black men domineering white prison guard friends, dependent on one another for stream electro-pop, but if you want us in need of the occasional pop fLX.. sentence. standing over a dead body, and they (Nick Cassavetes) acting like a plan- survival. Life is directed by Ted Demme were caught by four shotgun-wield- tation overseer. There is a contrived moment (The Ref) and stars Eddie Murphy ing good 01' boys. That, and the fact The supporting cast combine to when the murderous sheriff shows up (Ray) and Martin Lawrence (Claude) that the sheriff is glad to have a couple form a fun, lovable group of charac- some forty years later and Ray and as two men whose luck runs out about of easy scapegoats. Did they get a fair ters. Unfortunately, screenwriters Claude immediately recognize him. twenty-five minutes into the film, As trial? Probably not, but the film is Robert Ramsey and Matthew Stone They get their vengeance, but it turns it happens, Ray and Claude find anxious to get to prison where the real didn't take the time to deveJop them. out to be all for naught. themselves driving to Mississippi to meat of the story begins. They appear on screen too briefly, By the end of the film, you'll be haul a truckload of booze back to the The movie has a script that and before we're given a sense of thankful that you dido' t have to la- big city. doesn't quite know what it wants to who they are, they disappear on by bor through the film as long as Ray In a late-night celebration with be and a director without the skill to one during a montage sequence that and Claude had to labor through their fresh wad of cash, Ray loses ev- bring it into focus. With its fluctua- spans 28 years. prison, although you may feel like erything he has (including a Sterling tions between stock comedy and poi- Murphy and Lawrence give re- you did. silver pocket watch that was a gift gnancy, Life never settles on a pur- spectable performances, especially Carolyn & Co: More than Tea and Sympathy By PETER GROSS taurant acts much like our own cof- gracious surroundings, even the two right up their alley, while carnivorous, scruffy college reviewers dining at meat-crazed hockey players might be staff writer fee cart in Cro, serving tea and smaller pastries for customers on the the restaurant were treated with dig- hard pressed to find something they Backed by an impressive arsenal go. nity and respect. The wait staff was like. Oddly enough, the atmosphere of almost every tea imaginable, The restaurant itself sports an el- attentive and polite, and the prices manages to be cultured without be- Carolyn & Company has opened the egant decor filling a number of inti- ranged from $3.50 to $6.50 per en- ing snotty, pristine yet inviting at the Wild Myrtle Tea Room, which also mate rooms which conjure up images tree. same time. serves lunch Monday through Satur- of well-appointed parlors of the nine- While there are set dishes such Set inside a newly-renovated day and serves afternoon tea only on teenth century, lacking only the eld- .as the chef salad, tuna salad and building at 165 State Street, the build- Sundays from II:30 to 4:00. In addi- erly, lace-mitted matrons to preside flatbread roll-up; the menu changes ing still has that welcoming new tion, a vendor's stand outside the res- over them. Surprisingly, despite the daily in order to ensure freshness and building smell. The restaurant shares quality. Carolyn & Co. also boasts a its space in a handsome galleria large selection of tea-cakes and past- whicb also houses an art gallery and ries. That day, the tuna salad sand- a gift shop. Incidentally, the receipt wich had celery and red onions and from Carolyn & Company can be was served on either Italian bread, used for a discount in the gift sbop Dangerman Gives Funky Guitar whole grain cranberry bread, or a downstairs. croissant. The roll-up was sliced beef, The restaurant is small, and the sprouts and horseradish, and the soup staff recommends calling for reser- Rock with Latin Flavor of the day was a spicy Caribbean vations beforehand (447-3490). chicken. The chef's salad incorpo- Overall, I would recommend it. It is refreshingly clear cut and enjoyable rated fresh cucumbers, crisp mush- one of the few upscale restaurants to listen to. With a surprising vari- rooms, rapunzel greens, hard-boiled downtown, and it is a great afternoon ety of secondary instruments and a egg and bacon. activity to keep uninvited relatives By LUKE JOHNSON broad stylistic range, Dangerman All of the food is good, and made from poking around your room. In dabbles in modern rock sensibili- from high quality, fresh ingredients, addition, it might give hope that the *****a&e editor ties and Latin rhythms and blues to if a little dependent on the vegetables. New London renaissance is actually When I heard Dangerman' s name a few, all to good effect. Civilized grannies, vegetarians and in the works. single "Let's Make a Deal," which From the almost dirge-like rabbits will find the main courses is already playing the modem rock PHOTOS BY STEVEN HUGHES "Luckiest Man" to the deep blues .--~~~~~~~--....- airwaves, 1 placed the understand- of "I Don't Play No Rock On'Roll" ably popular Latin-tinged, mellow to the spunky "High Heeled Sneak- guitar and drum-driven song on the ers," the album also hits many emo- long list of one hit wonders. I gladly tional points without loosing conti- re-evaluated my stance after hear- nuity. In short, the CD covers lots ing their eponymous album. of ground, and it covers it well in While the funky Latin flavor of one smoothly engineered package. "Let's Make a Deal" is only found Dangerman's versatility and fine on one other song-the fun, energetic musicianship make this CD a great "High Heeled Sneakers-" the rest antidote to the post-industrial angst of the CD's straightforward rock is that ties up so many radio stations. FRIDAY,APRIL23, 1999 Tm; CoLLEGE VOICE 5 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Parliament Funkadelic "Gets Down" Downtown By EMILY EPSTEIN player for awhile before realizing that haired wigs and progressed to afros. staff writer tJ:lenoise was coming from a synthe- Despite the dim lighting, almost ev- Downtown New Londo d SIzer. Although the sound wasn't eryone on stage wore sunglasses. funki nnees to get un er, and a much-needed perfect, several fans said that this was The audience members also wore dose was delivered by the Pari' the best show that they'd seen so far. eclectic clothing, including every- · "Th O· . rament Funk ad eIIC e ngmal P" F . Over the years, this group has thing from khakis and white hats to '116 on n- day, A pn , when they tore the roof been through many incarnations, in- thick dreadlocks and overalls. Some off the El-N-Gee club. Thesho f _ cluding Parliament. Funkadelic, of these people decided that they were tured the four original memb:rs e~f Parlet, The Brides of Funkenstein, more interesting than the performers Parliament who had formed th b d Zapp, and George Clinton and the P- and clambered on stage to dance with ith G C· ean WIt eorge linton in the .d- Funk All-Stars and has starred Bootsy them. One woman's dancing dis- 1950's. Ten additional perfor:~rs Collins, Bernie Worrell, Fred Wesley, tracted a singer long enough for an- filled the stage with energetic dane- and Maceo Parker. Rock and Roll other audience member to grab the 109 and playmg. Although Clinton's Hall of Fame inductees Fuzzy mike and shout incoherently. Parlia- absence caused ~kepticism in Some Haskins, Grady Thomas, Calvin ment seemed to enjoy partying with of the more fanatica] audience mem- Simon, and Ray Davis beadline this the peeps and only cleared the bers, most people who watched the version of the band. crowded stage occasionally. _ show were successfully funked up. The band's costumes mutated Overall, the concert was a great over the course of the night, but ev- The raucous, two-and-a-half hour experience. The EI-N-Gee staff was ery version was eye-catching. Some set meluded old favorites like "(I hospitable and bappy to see such an Wanna) Testify," "Give Up the men wore Indian and African cloth- enthusiastic crowd. The Original P's Funk," and "P. Funk (Wants to Get ing while others whirled around in high energy was contagious, and the tie-dyed T-sbirts. One man was Funked Up)." Four or five people audience loved them. Parliament has dressed in purple and black robes that sang sImultaneously, and the music a long history of delivering wild made him look like a cross between rarely stopped for a second between shows; in the 70's, a giant, smoke- the pope and an alien. Tbe two son~s. Long, skilled guitar solos covered, lit spaceship landed in the women were wearing more revealing midst of their shows. Althougb this • dormnated the set, but the percussion clothing; one was decked out in a and keyboards were also well done. set was calmer, the group hasn't lost black rubberjumpsuit with a neck- their magic. They have recently re- Dunng one hom solo, the audience line plunging nearly to her navel. members searched the stage for the leased a new album and are now con- Both started out in bright, straight- tinuing their tour throughout the U.S. LARGE CHEESE J 'Foxwoods Buffet: The Answer for Late Night Hunger PIZZA SPECIAL By CARA CUTLER Tbe New England Clam Chowder fried rice and sweet and sour chicken staff writer was creamy and fuJi of clams - a sign were also quite good. I had a sugar · 4:00 P.M. - 'till late night of quality. snap pea disb, which tasted exactly After being struck with the At the barbecue section, the steak like a dish I ate in Shanghai a few (mention this Voice ad to receive this deal) (nearly) midnight munchies, we teriyaki was of uneven quality, but a years ago. I was surprised to find opted for the International Buffet at good eye for quality cuts will save anything like that in a restaurant Foxwoods Casino. With stations de- diners from the worst. This section around here. voted to soup and salad, desserts, also offered boiled com, which was Althougb too full to touch the American, Mexican and Chinese a Iittle bit over cooked. Mexican and dessert stations, we did food, the buffet offers myriad choices The American station featured look them over. The Mexican sec- THINK OF US for the slavering masses of slot-feed- barn and other traditional Sunday din- tion had the common items, such as ers as well as the random college stu- ner staples. The mashed potatoes, tacos and enchiladas, The dessert dent. The price of this meal was quite stuffing and rice pilaf were all very section was the only section that on THURSDAY nights reasonable, with the adult price set at good-hot and savory. My only com- looked disappointing, with mostly ice $12.95 a piece, whicb included un- plaint was tbat tbe gravy tasted cream and pudding. However, with limited soda, coffee and tea. canned. so much else to choose from, the lack The restaurant is so popular with The Italian and Chinese sections of desserts is not a problem. Still hungry Saturday night? customers that there are several cooks were the most impressive. The Ital- I suggest going to the Interna- at eacb of the stations, and the fast ian section had a toothsome chicken tional Buffet at the casino even if you turnover assures that most of the and penne in Alfredo sauce. The have never seen Foxwoods, because foods are bot and fresh. This is a bowtie and sauce mix was also tasty. even if you don't like to gamble, it is Callfor the same deal. sharp contrast from the tired, dried The sauce was sweet and mild, but an amusing place to walk around, out food that often makes buffet fare had finely ground meat in it, which with tacky shops and a strange vari- unappetizing. did not seem to go with the texture ety of people. Also, compared to The soup and salad station was of the sauce. other buffets the food tastes great and filled with fresh vegetables, fixings At the Chinese station, the pork- there is wonderful variety. and a broad spectrum of dressings. CALL 443-1933 The Voice is now hiring an Associate A&E Editor. • Free Delivery to Conn College Students for over 20 years, • Call x2812 for details.

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I 6 Trrn CoLLEGE VOICE FRIDAY, Ap'Ul23, 1999 : NEWS Members of Fishing Industry Gather in Evans to Discuss Future Conn Students Eclipse

By JEANINE MILLARD amount offish that can be caught. Competitors in Japanese Contest The depletion of resources in staff writer By ABBY CARLEN gold medal overall. fisheries has become a global Almost fifty spectators joined the Fishermen, conservationists, problem. Almost 70% of cornmer- staff writer judges in listening to the speeches, policy makers and researchers.gath- cial fish species are being caught which ranged from discussing sum- ered this past weekend in Evans Hall faster than they are being re- The culture of Japan arrived at the mer plans to recounting the experi- to discuss problems which seriously placed. This issue is particularly college center last Saturday afternoon ence of the first day of Japanese class. affect the local fishing industry. serious in New England, where with the Fourth Annual Japanese The judges, Mr. Yoshiyuki Isoda, Mr. Sponsored by the Connecticut Col- catch limitations have been placed Language Speech Contest. Fourteen Masashi Murakami, Mr. Kazuto lege Center for Conservation Biology on fluke and cod. Both species students from four area colleges com- Okamura, Mr. Koichi Tanaka, and and Environmental Studies and the are constants in the New England peted in the contest, reciting speeches Connecticut Sea Grant College Pro- fishing industry. in Japanese for review by several Mr. Masahiro Oji, hailed from the Consulate General of Japan, Green- gram, the highlight of the conference Other topics discussed in- judges. The festivities also included was a discussion led by Frank cluded "The History of Ground- a Japanese tea ceremony demonstra- wich Japanese School and Japan Edu- Mirarchi, the owner and captain of fish in New England," "Fishing tion and a performance of the Koto, cation Center. the Christopher Andrew. He offered Families of New England," "Eco- a Japanese zither. While the judges deliberated, the competitors and audience members his perspective as a fisherman of nomic Perspectives for Fishery Five Connecticut College stu- thirty-five years. Management and Regulation" dents proved the excellence of our observed a demonstration of a tradi- The New England fishing indus- and "Conversations Strategies." Japanese department, securing the tional Japanese Tea Ceremony, called try is in trouble because fish in the The two-day conference also in- silver medal, two first-place finishes "chado." This ceremony, a highly area are being caught faster than they cluded a trip to the docks and fa- and awards for effort and encourage- structured traditional Japanese ritual, PHOTO BY STEVEN HUGHES can be replaced. Due to this dilemma, cilities of Stonington and Wilcox, ment. The competitors were divided includes the preparation and serving Members of the fishing industry met last weekend to deal with federal and local policy makers are Connecticut. into four categories based on num- of powdered green tea. Mrs. Arsuko environmental issues/acing local fishermen. being forced to put limitations on the ber of hours of classroom study of the Kawaguchi, Mrs. Eiko Miyahara, and Japanese language. Nobuko Tanaka executed and de- Matthew Chudnow '02, Ana scribed the formal tea ceremony. Molina '02 and Rebecca Ruan '02- Following the tea ceremony, the competed in Level 3 (8 I to 140 hours guests heard a Koto performance by A local community member submitted these photocopies of the title page and back cover to a book containing of Japanese class). Molina garnered musicians Ms. Junko Oba and Update. • Kant's Ethics translated into Yiddish (which is transliterated into Hebrew script), refuting Bradley Smith's • first place in Level 3 and earned the Stephen Pixley. The Koto, a thirteen- assertion in a letter to the editor that Elie Wiesel had claimed to have read Kant's Critique of Pure Reason silver medal overall, while Ruan re- stringed concave zither, measures six "when it does not exist," says Smith, "in a Yiddish translation." ceived a consolation award for en- feet long and is modeled on a Chi- couragement. In Level 4 (more than nese instrument. After the perfor- 141 hours of] apanese class), Cydnee mance, Connecticut College profes- , Freedland '01 won first place, while sors Timothy Vance and Ms. Takaka ~~ p ~1:) 'II. Bill MarshaJJ '02 earned a prize for Shigehisa presented the awards, ~',n effort. which included Konica cameras, lan- .'1"'''' ~II. I"'''''''' ..,...,'...... 1l""I10'~ Students from Fairfield Univer- guage translators, a video, certifi- • "111 I1D sity dominated their counterparts in cates, and commemorative T-shirts. .rin-"ln' IS 'rU lI1II!ImJnr3tl,," 1:I'1P'J'.$l> Levels I and 2, winning first place At the conclusion of the presentation, '._ns'" .. ."...", ...... 11I1'"t'""9 ,," 1'" P'IW ~ l'lD over students from Quinnipiac Col- the professors expressed gratitude to '37'1 p"tl"'P lege and Sacred Heart University in the audience.judges, organizers, and t7f),3U,S'f) '''W't7PK'B these categories. Simone Ingram, participants for the success of the from Fairfield University, earned the fourth Japanese Language Contest. In·'p'p~c.,lt -,..... - ""l31~.:l··~ ,3

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He estimates that public profile and serve students bet- to Commuruty Action (PICA), atror- petuated by the 1992 income tax the 42-acre site where Connecticut staff writer NLDC may require as much as 175 passed by rhe Connecticur State leg- ter." Evidence of this can be seen as ney Jay Malcynski spoke with stu- Natural Gas and the Phoenix Insur- The Center for Conservation Bi- dents from psychology professor Jeff million dollars in state money com- islature. The profits received from ance Company are currently located, the Center develops its new certifi- ology and Environmental Studies cate program. Such a program will Singer and government professor bined with private funds to finish the the tax have enabled the state gov- the city plans to build a stadium, con- plans which include the rejuvenation (CCBES) is an on-campus program allow students who are not Environ- Mary Anne Borelli's class about pub- ernment to provide money for private vention center, hotels, discovery mu- that addresses diverse environmental mental Studies majors to integrate an lie-private partnerships and how they of the downtown area and State Pier as well as public entities. seum and retail space. 350 million as welJ as the creation new housing concerns. The Center, formed in ecological aspect into their major. are affecting the New London com- Malcynski is also working with dollars for the construction will come units, The money will also be used 1993, can be considered an outcrop Summer internships and a senior in- munity and the state of Connecticut other projects in Connecticut, includ- from the state bond authority, and 170 towards the creation of a walkway of the Arboretum and the interest for tegrative project are among the vari- as a whole. ing Steel Point in Bridgeport, where million dollars from Robert Kraft and I connecting the Connecticut College environmental education at Conn. It ous requirements of the certificate. Malcynski represents over sixty fifty-two acres of land on the former the Patriots team. campus with downtown New Lon- Northeast Utilities site will be devel- is directed by William Neiring and Thus, students who may be econom- different companies inclUding SNET Malcynski said that the state Executive Director Glenn Dreyer. don. oped with a mall and entertainment funding for Bridgeport "will be a ics majors can earn a certificate from a~d Fleet, as well as non-profit orga- "The dilemma," said Malcynski, In past years, one of the Center's the Center, learning more about en- . ruzanons and works to get legislation center, creating five thousand new huge shot in the arm" to help the city, "is that you have to construct hous- jobs. 600 million dollars have been primary functions was assisting stu- vironmental concerns and how they . passed to help the interests of these and at Adrian's Landing, the jobs cre- dents in the environmental science ing [industrial sites] ... at the same invested for this project, and another relates to their actual major. groups. ated by state money will be a boon major. 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By TIFFANY TABER do what you love you'll be good at Marchick's love of sports is also "I was really a walking billboard for vice is to seize every opportunity bers of the Jane Addams community. staff writer it, and three is if you're good at what apparent in most things that she does. another large university until I came while you can because senior year "I love being a housefellow, espe- you do, you'll probably make money As a jurtior here, she participated in here and found out Conn was really goes by so quickly. You don't want cially in J.A. There are so many se- Jenny Marchick is one of the doing it." College's most active members in the sports broadcasting for a local cable the place for me. I'm a strong be- to say after graduation, '1 wish 1knew niors and so many freshmen that I got Keeping this advice in mind, class of 1999 and deserves recogni- channel and for a news radio station. liever that everything happens for a him, O( I wish Itook that class or was to know many different members of when asked what she sees herself with Jenny is also involved in the reason, and corning here has given me involved in this. This is your last the two different classes." One fresh- tion as an "Unsung Senior," in- doing in five years, Marchick replied, volvement in many campus organi- NESCAC and NCAA debates, and a lot of great opportunities I probably chance to not be judged by success man in Jane Addams noted that zations and activities. "I see myself being happy enjoying organized a coalition across the wouldn't have had elsewhere." or failure. Out in the job market it's "Jenny is a role model for all mem- my work and being successful in NESCAC campuses and a forum with Her best advice to upcoming se- much different." bers of the campus community, and This year, Jenny is the chair of the whatever it may be [and] hopefully Athletics Advisory Board, captain of President Claire Gaudiani about the niors has its basis in her carpe diem This year Jenny has truly made her friendliness really adds to her I'll still be involved with Connecti- issue. attitude. Marchick stated, "My ad- her mark, especiaUy among the mern- personality." the volleyball team, a tri-chair of the cut College somehow." senior pledge and serves as the As a Lawrence Scholar, Jenny Conn has meant a lot to Marchick, also received $3,000 between her jun- housefellow of Jane Addams dormi- and her feelings show in all that she ior and senior years here at Conn to tory, all while trying to find employ- does for the schoo!' During her fresh- use toward an internship anywhere in ment after graduation. "The job man year, Jenny was a SAC repre- the world. Jenny diose to work at South Shore Landing Self Storage search is the hardest thing of all," sentative for her dormitory and was Adidas International in Portland, Or- Marchick laughed. the sports editor for The College egon, and found the experience Marchick is a psychology-based Voice. Her later years at the college "amazing. " 230 Shore Road, Old Lyme human relations major and hopes to were spent on the athletics advisory In high school Marchick was a use her training for public relations board, as an SGA senator, tour guide, three-sport athlete. However, while marketing in the athletics business. member of Psi Chi and a SAC spirit at home in California she didn't have FLAT FEE· NO DEPOSIT· LIMITED SPACE ''At this point I don't really know how co-coordinator. Her involvement in time to do much else. "Sports in high I'm going to do that," Marchick com- SAC led her to co-found the Spirit school took up so much time that it mented, "but I want to do something Committee. was hard to get involved in other that I'll enjoy, and I know working Marchick is most proud of co- things," Marchick remembered. It is DONI T TAKE All THAT STUFF HOME " . in sports will ultimately get me up in founding the SAC Spirit Committee for this reason that Jenny chose to the morning." because it provides an opportunity for come to Connecticut College. "Be- At the crossroads of graduating every team to be recognized during ing at a small school enables you to ~,,~.", ~\\\\ <\'\\\\\\ from college and looking for employ- their season. Although Jenny is not do a lot more varied activities. I've ment, Jenny says she relies heavily formally involved as a SAC coordi- basically tried it all, I guess," she said. on advice her uncle gave her when nator now due to time commitments, Conn wasn't actually Jenny's first she was young. She remarked, "He she still enjoys volunteering for the choice school long ago when she was 5x5 $75 gave me three pieces of advice: one organization. a prospective student. She recounted, is to do what you love, two is if you 5xl0 $125 5x15 $170 10xl0 $200 EXTRA INCOME FOR '99 Elizabeth Trendowskl Earn $500 - $ 1000 weekly stUffing President UMITED SPACE envelopes, For details - RUSH $].00 11 Ebony lane with SASE to: GROUP FIVE Ivoryton. CT 06442 RESERVENOW 6547 N. Academy Btvd., Dept N (860) 767·8699 Colorado Spring., CO 80918 fox (860) 767-0031 CALL 434-5023 Exploring the Underground continued from page 1

explained to me how the yellow pipe carried City Gas onto the campus and how the vari- ous other tubes funneled steam and other im- portant things. As we walked, the ceiling would occasionally dip and the walls would close in like the disorienting passages of Willy Wonka's candy factory. J could tell that Compton knew what he • was.talking about, but at the same time, I had no idea what he was talking about. It was tough to hear his thin voice over the dreadful hiss, and I had to be careful not to brush up against any of the blisteringly hot pipes. With the ex- ception of the occasional dated beer can, there was no sign of life in the tunnels. While the tunnels might be a cool place for drunk stu- dents, it is no place to make one's existence. Once we were safely out of the tunnel, Compton showed me the switchboard and tried to explain to me exactly what each lever con- trolled. The room was saturated with dials, meters and anything else that might gauge the pressure, heat or voltage of one of the mon- strous machines looming ominously over the black Foxwoods hat of Compton. On the side of one of the machines a picture of a stork with a frog in its beak:caught my attention. The ~tor~ looked genuinely concerned and under him It said; "Don't ever give up." Compton was very enthusiastic, ~)lltI could see a ghastly malaise creep up on his face ev- ery time [ asked him a question. I asked him if he enjoyed his job. He looked up a giant ma- chine and said, "No, I'm not going to say I enjoy it. It's a great job, but it's a dead end job. There's no room for advancement. There are personal reasons why I stay h~re."He ex- plained that he works in weekly shifts. The day shift is 8 am-4 pm while the everung shift takes him from 4 pm to midrtight. . He shoved his hands into the pockets of his blue jeans. I asked if there was anything he enjoyed about his job. He steadied hIS wire- I rim glasses and in a painfully ~entle vo~ce.he told me he enjoys the mdepen,dence his Job allows him. He said, "[ kind of like to work b,Y myself It's been a pretty secure Job. I don t peed t~ worry about getting laid off. The ot~e,~ guys talk about leaving, but they don t. Compton began to walk away and I followed . him up a metal staircase, under a sign reading; "Caution-eye protection must be worn III this

are~·~sked him why he hated working in shifts. He stopped walking and turned back towards "I don't know if you've ever read any- ::::'~g about shifts. It's not good for your ~?dy. You don't sleep well, you don't eat n~h~. He turned, continued walking a~? said, It s not s bad when you're younger. o C mpton explained that in December of 2000 ~e will be eligible to reap College ben- . . In a moment of Ignorance, efits If he reures. h [ aid: "December of blinded by my yoot , ~,I H'e looked down 00 h t' ot tool ong. 20 , t a s n . d d with years I have yet to on rn~,his~r.~oJ~:it seems like it's getting expenence,. S etimes I feel like I can longer all.the ~t:u~fol~~d ...J hate those shifts." do this thing. n .ng with students and On a campus teenu d ' ki g to make money an a name professors I00 .n Id that recognizes few, for themse~ves 10 ~ w~r name that will slide Compton is sure Yond the tunnels. He may through the cracks, ~~uine people to walk the be 0\1e of the mO~~~'t have a building named campus, but he ·11be no bulletin broadcast after him. There WI . sent out when he I~:~~~ plans on leaving his [ asked him w distressed look, as if I had job. He shot me a "I told you, December of learned nothmg ll"t go quite right, maybe 2,\)00. If thingsd a before !hal." - 3 .. ~~~.--:--~------...------_._- - . --

THE COLLEGE VOICE Features Electron Microscopy Enhances Scientific Exploration at Conn

By MICHAEL TENOFSKY tron microscopes. are utilized for different purposes and entire sample area. Its contributing writer The microscopic world was first work in slightly different ways. The main function is to explored as early as 1590 with the in- TEM arrived at Conn in 1986; it is analyze the exterior of You probably didn't even realize vention of the compound light micro- primarily involved with the ultra- prepared samples. that Connecticut College houses two scope. This device allowed magni- structure, or interior, of plant and ani- Like the TEM, a three- extremely sophisticated (and quite fication of a given sample about 20 mal cells as well as viruses and can lens condenser sys- expensive) scientific instruments that to 30 times. By the beginning of the even give insight regarding the vari- tem, high powered lie at the cutting edge of current bio- twentieth century, increased lens pro- ous molecules that comprise these vacuum, and tungsten logical technology. The transmission duction and better scientific practice organisms. filament is employed (TEM) and scanning (SEM) electron allowed magnification of objects up Electromagnetic radiation gener- to produce the elec- microscopes are located in New Lon- to 1000 times their original size. ated by a tungsten filament is focused tron beam. However, don Hall and are operated by a hand- By the 1930's another exciting onto a thin prepared specimen by way instead of focusing on fuj of faculty and student members scientific vista was surmounted with of a three-lens condenser system. a fluorescent screen, of Conn's various science depart- the invention of the electron micro- The full beam is focused through a the electron beam is ments. The microscopes allow users scope (EM). The electron is one of prepared biological section. The fi- scanned across an im- to investigate prepared biological and the most fundamental building blocks nal image is then illuminated on a age similar to the way chemical samples at a magnification of all matter. It is a small, negatively fluorescent image screen where it our eyes read a page of greater than 100,000 times their origi- charged particle that spins around the may be viewed by the user. In order a book. The data is nal size. nucleus of an atom. The EM took to aim the electrons precisely, an read by a sophisticated The field of electron microscopy fuJI advantage of the property that elaborate vacuum system must be detector that amplifies has revolutionized modern science electrons move in much shorter employed in order to evacuate any air the signal and pro- over the past 50 years by contribut- wavelengths than visihle light. Be- molecules that would impede the duces the image on a ing enormously to the concepts of cell cause the wavelengths are so small, flow of the tiny electrons. monitor. Our SEM is structure and interaction. The micro- tiny areas, much smaller thana hu- The SEM, on the other hand, was actually controlled by scopes are used not only to visualize man could even dream of seeing, may brought to the ColJege in 1996 and is way of a Microsoft biological substances, but also to ana- be viewed with high clarity. This has able to create three-dimensional digi- Windows 3.1 inter- lyze the chemical makeup and physi- allowed for a thousand-fold balloon- tal images of cells or even entire face. cal properties of these materials. Pro- ing of magnification as well as simi- smaller organisms such as insects. Eight members of fessor Page Owen instructs a course lar advances in resolution capability. Rather than being projected onto the Conn's scienlific elite A scanning electron micrograph of a stigma of A Begonia taken at a magnification of that is purely concerned with the The two microscopes are seem- sample at one time, the electron beam are members of Dr. 1200. The species is Semper Virells. function and theory of the two elec- ingly similar in function but in theory is scanned from left to right over the Owen's Biology 323 course. They have spent the semes- One of these students, Kathy tigate the biological properties of the ter studying not only the theory of Lunduhl ' 00, has worked under the drug. "It is fantastic that our school electron microscopy and sample tutelage of Dr. Owen for over a year has these microscopes for under- preparation, but also how to operate now and is currently working on a graduate use and research," she quips the two powerful machines. The stu- thesis project that is concerned with with a smile. These machines are just dents all carry out an original research the drug Brefeldin A and how it al- two of the vehicles of academic re- search that are carrying Connecticut April 22, 1999 19 project using the two microscopes ters various cellular structures of Zin- and lheir own prepared biological nia plant cells. She has been using College into the next millennium of samples. the TEM almost exclusively to inves- education. ACROSS 21

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