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Log on hard work. in Opinion, page 5 For more, see columnist Jarred Amato to read technology stories online... in Sports, page 6 For more, see InsideVandy.com THETHE VOICEVOICE OFOF VANDERBILTVANDERBILT SINCESINCE 18881888 MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2007 • 119 TH YEAR, NO. 29 THE WALL FDA requires new compiled by EVE ATTERMANN TODAY Bittersweet 16 Ernst Haeckel and interferences VANDY GAMEDAY: VANDERBILT 65 GEORGETOWN 66 warning labels between science and religion Kocku von Stuckrad, on popular sleep assistant professor of religious studies at the University medications of Amsterdam, will speak in Buttrick Hall, by EMILY SCHWEICKHARDT Room 204 at 4 p.m. Contributing Reporter The public lecture will focus on the Th e Food and Drug Administration has announced that new relationship between warning labels will be placed on 13 widely prescribed sleep aides science and religion such as Ambien and Lunesta. in modern culture Th e change comes in response to studies that suggest the drugs and will suggest an can cause side eff ects such as driving or eating while asleep, application of a model hallucination, sex under the infl uence and violent outbursts. of interpretation. Even though these problems are rare, reports of incidents have grown rapidly due to an increase in prescriptions, the FDA reported. TODAY Th e new labels will include warnings From Roosevelt to against taking the pills after consuming Truman: Potsdam, alcohol, which increases the chances Hiroshima and the of these side eff ects. Cold War Dr. Lori Adelson, a psychiatrist Wilson D. Miscamble, at the Student Health Center, said C.S.C. and associate college students who take sleeping professor of history at aids may not be aware of these the University of Notre risks, however uncommon. Dame, will lecture in “They downplay the risks the Bishop Joseph because of how much Johnson Black Cultural alcohol is used on Center auditorium campus,” Adelson at 4:10 p.m. The said. “The result is public lecture is that students might part of the Warren abuse (the sleeping pills) Center’s Writing in the and not even realize it.” Humanities lecture Adelson said it is “very uncommon” for her to prescribe sleeping series. pills such as Lunesta and Ambien to students. Adelson said she and other doctors must be cautious when prescribing sleeping pills because students can become dependent TUESDAY, MARCH 27 on them. Ray Suarez: The Moreover, students who take the pills sometimes take them too politics of faith in late at night, so when they wake up they still feel groggy, or students America take them too soon before bed, so the pills negatively aff ect their Ray Suarez, senior actions before getting into bed, she said. correspondent for If a student is having trouble sleeping, Adelson said the root of the “The NewsHour,” will problem is commonly “poor sleep hygiene,” which can begin when give the 2007 Center a student arrives at college. Exercising, eating late at night and taking for the Study of naps can contribute to students’ diffi culty sleeping. Religion and Culture If poor sleep hygiene appears to be the problem, doctors urge spring lecture and MASON HENSLEY / The Vanderbilt Hustler patients to fi rst alter their habits and see if sleep improves, she said. the 2007 Vanderbilt Juniors Shan Foster, Ross Neltner and Alex Gordon react after their Sweet 16 loss to Georgetown on Friday in East Rutherford, N.J. The Com- Doctors tend to prescribe sleep aides only when a traumatic modores lost 66-65 to Georgetown after the Hoyas managed to score with 2.5 seconds left to play. University Divinity situation has occurred in a student’s life, inhibiting their sleep. School Howard L. by JARRED AMATO WILL GIBBONS Vanderbilt limited Green and seven-foot-two Adelson also said she and other doctors have to be extremely Harrod lecture on the Sports Editor Senior Reporter center Roy Hibbert to seven points, played cautious in prescribing sleeping pills because they “don’t want the topic of religion and aggressive defense (they took three charges) pills to be shared.” politics in America. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Vanderbilt and unselfi sh off ense (11 of 12 fi eld goals While it is common for students to take a Tylenol PM or Benadryl The public lecture will knew what was coming. Kevin Stallings were assisted) as the Commodores led 32-24 before bed, Adelson said she would prefer students take Benadryl take place in Benton instructed his team that Georgetown star Jeff at halftime. instead of Tylenol. Chapel at 7 p.m. Green would receive the ball, look for Patrick Th e Hoyas came out strong after the break, “Tylenol is a painkiller, and I don’t like the idea of a painkiller used Ewing Jr. cutting back door, then try to score. and the game went back and forth the rest of for sleep,” she said. “Also, it can hurt the liver if it is abused.” ■ With Ewing covered, Green did just that, the way. Th ings looked to be in Vanderbilt’s TUESDAY, MARCH 27 banking in a short, off -balance shot with 2.5 favor when Hibbert fouled out on a Byars 3- Healthy seconds remaining to spell heartbreak for the point attempt with 3:58 remaining. Comparisons: sixth-seeded Commodores. Byars hit two of three free throws to extend SACE celebrates Indian Health care policy Opting not to call timeout, Alex Gordon the Commodores’ lead to three, but a Green and politics in the took a few dribbles before watching his tip-in and free throw tied the game at 60. U.S. and Canada desperation heave come up short. Shan Moments later, Jonathan Wallace hit a 17- culture with GARBA ’07 Professor Antonia Foster covered his head with his jersey, while foot jumper to give Georgetown a 64-61 Maioni, director of the other teammates were in too much disbelief advantage. McGill Institute for to move. Just like that, the season was over. After two Byars free throws on the other the Study of Canada What had just begun, however, was the end, Dan Cage (17 points, seven rebounds, Directrice, will host a debate over whether Green had lifted his four assists) was fouled while boxing lecture in celebration pivot foot to spin free of Foster and Ross out DaJuan Summers with 17.9 seconds of the university’s Neltner and to create space for the game- remaining. Th e senior calmly sank both free selection as host of a winning shot. throws, and Vanderbilt seemed to be on its new visiting Fulbright “I was told not to comment on that one, but way to winning yet another close game. chair in Canadian that question is left up in the air,” said senior “We just have a bunch of veteran Studies. The public Derrick Byars, who scored 17 points in his ballplayers, and all season long we’ve made lecture will take place fi nal game in a Vanderbilt uniform. plays and we’ve won games like that,” Cage at 5:30 p.m. in Alumni Despite the controversy, Stallings wasn’t said. “So this feeling right now is a little bit Hall, Room 203. A going to take away from the Hoyas’ victory. foreign to us. To be perfectly honest, I’m a reception will follow. “I haven’t seen the replay,” Stallings said little shocked. I’m surprised right now more of Green’s possible travel. “Don’t care to. than I am upset. It’s just unfortunate.” He made a great shot. Th e offi cials didn’t Perhaps the same can be said about Green’s see anything, so there must not have been game-winner. anything.” “A fumble play, bumble play I had to make,” Compiled by staff from various It took a lot for second-seeded Georgetown Green said. “I got lucky, and it went in.” LAUREN FONDRIEST / The Vanderbilt Hustler sources. Check out http://calendar.vanderbilt.edu to hold off the Commodores, who were On Friday, Vanderbilt realized that Senior Swati Bansal, freshman Neelam Khan, senior Casey Haywood and senior Anjali Kumbla (left to for more events. playing in their fi rst Sweet 16 since 2004. sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. ■ right) performed traditional Indian dances Friday night in the Branscomb Rec Room. 615.279.7299 LUXURY LIVING IN THE VILLAGE WWW.THECHESTERFIELDCONDOS.COM|615.298.3545 2 Monday, March 26, 2007 The Vanderbilt Hustler www.insidevandy.com WEATHER compiled by EVE ATTERMANN IN THE KNOW TODAY The news you need — in brief Admission letters compiled by EVE ATTERMANN WORLD Prime Minister Blair says Iranian capture of sailors presents a serious issue mailed to Class of British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Sunday that 15 British sailors and marines that were captured by Iran as they searched for smugglers off the Iraqi coast had been Mostly Cloudy, 85/61 outside Iranian waters, and warned that Britain viewed 2011 today their situation as “very serious.” Th e group was seized at gunpoint Friday, and the Foreign Offi ce in London said British offi cials do not know where Iran is holding the sailors. Admissions process proves the most TUESDAY Speaking at an European Union summit in Berlin, Blair said Iran’s claim that the sailors had crossed into Iranian territorial waters “is simply not true.” competitive in university history. “I want to get (the situation) resolved in as easy and diplomatic a way as possible,” Blair said, but added he hopes the Iranians “understood how fundamental an issue by EVE ATTERMANN He explained that a letter that is too this is for the British government.” Asst News Editor positive might lead an applicant to believe Britain said its diplomats met with Iranian offi cials in they have been unfairly denied, and a letter Tehran on Sunday, and their demand for access to the Th e Offi ce of Undergraduate Admissions that is too curt might prove unnecessarily Mostly Cloudy, 84/60 group was denied after Iran refused to say where they were sent out acceptance and rejection letters hurtful.