Friday · November 3, 2006 The Lawrentian Vol. CXXIV, No. 6 Lawrence University's student newspaper since 1884 www.Lawrentian.com On the ballot for Nov. 7: Part two Overview of Inside Gubernatorial and state assembly candidates legal immigration by granting legal General Election aliens a $300 tax write-off for natural- which battles childhood obesity. The Emily Passey ization fees and ESL schooling. Staff Writer Doyles recently released a pamphlet Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006 Green supports an alternate way on healthy eating and activities, dis- 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. A&E of ensuring an increased availabil- tributing 510,000 copies to schools This week we’ll take a look at two ity of health insurance. While Doyle across Wisconsin. other big races on the ballot Tuesday, works with statewide initiatives that Candidates The governor is also active in Nov. 7: the gubernatorial race and the have, according to Green, raised the schools through his Taskforce on campaign for the state assembly seat cost of private insurance, Green is United States Congressional Educational Excellence, a plan that from the 57th district. concerned with keeping the govern- Representative – has been in place for three years. Running for governor against ment out of health care. Wisconsin Congressional The program puts taskforce members incumbents Gov. Jim Doyle (D) and Wisconsin has a very large achieve- District 8 in schools all over the state. The Lieutenant Gov. Barbara Lawton is ment gap between high- and low- taskforce studies and makes recom- Steve Kagen (D) former U.S. Congress member Mark income students and between races, mendations regarding school district John Gard (R) Green (R), who is running with Jean which Green hopes to close. Green spending, student retention and stu- Hundertmark for lieutenant. wants to bring more charter schools dent performance. Governor of Wisconsin Doyle, sworn in to his position to Wisconsin. He also wants to renew Doyle is also actively working Jim Doyle (D) in 2003, came in as the first demo- taxpayers’ trust in the educational Bolt the Door, I'm in the Spin with programs that examine new cratic governor Wisconsin had seen system by raising teachers’ pay and Mark Green (R) technologies in energy efficiency. Cycle! in 16 years. Over the years, Doyle putting more money in the class- The Promoting Our Wisconsin has designed and implemented an room. Wisconsin State Assembly >> see page 6 Energy Resources Initiative employs extensive list of initiatives, especially Green’s plan for Wisconsin’s edu- Seat – 57th District Wisconsin bioindustry members who in healthcare. The Healthy Wisconsin cational system extends to the UW promote the use of traditional and Steve Wieckert (R) Initiative and Badger Care Plus – part system, where last year’s drastic fund- advanced technology using organic Penny Bernard Schaber (D) of Doyle’s “Affordability Agenda” ing cuts and tuition changes have dis- matter. They are working towards – were both announced in January couraged Wisconsin citizens to place Features creating new and renewable sources of 2006. their trust in the system. Referendums of energy. The Healthy Wisconsin Initiative The tuition now favors out-of- Heng Zhong on China. Also as part of the POWER is designed to lower healthcare costs state students – the tuition decrease City >> see page 3 Initiative, Doyle recently announced by implementing catastrophic rein- for them is balanced by an increase Repeal of current smoking ban a pilot program, which will be in place surance for those who suffer seri- for in-state students, and may result for 56 Appleton bars by 2012, to make four UW campuses ous illness or accidents. The benefits in fewer Wisconsin students choosing – Green Bay, Steven’s Point, Oshkosh are aimed especially at middle class to go into the UW system. and River Falls – energy independent. State families. In Congress, Green supported or Doyle also petitioned President Illegalization of civil unions and The initiative, with a council of co-sponsored many of the tax cuts Op/Ed the same name formed this past July, Bush with 106,000 signatures in May same-sex marriages that Bush signed into action since 2006 regarding the high profits that is modeled after a very successful 2001. He also supported the Patriot big oil companies reap at the people’s Trial vote to gauge public opinion The little house that died. plan currently in place in the state of Act, has supported increased funding expense. New York. for troops since 2002, and authored on reinstitution of death penalty >> see page 4 Mark Green’s campaign is fueled Badger Care Plus is designed to the Material Support to Terrorism in first-degree murder cases by his experiences and opinions from ensure that low-income pregnant Prohibition Enhancement Act that was backed by DNA evidence his time in the U.S. Congress. He women and the children of low-income passed into law. expresses concern with immigration, families have access to affordable and He helped to write the Financial healthcare reform, the war in Iraq, and safe healthcare. The pilot program is Anti-Terrorism Act, cosponsored leg- citizens’ rights. Register to vote at Downer. Features currently in place in nine counties. islation which helped form the Doyle and his wife also express Green is also concerned with the Shuttles leave from Wriston concern for child safety and health economic stress that illegal immigra- turnaround during voting hours through his Healthy Kids Initiative, tion places on citizens. Green wants Tuesday. to implement a plan that encourages See Election on page 4 LUCC allocates funds for 06-07 academic year Radhika Garland and $16,068 --48 percent of it -- was 80% of the total budget thus far. were seeking recognition by LUCC. for The Lawrentian awarded. The average award given to None of Objectivism Club’s requests It met with the Photography Club, these clubs is not an accurate indica- were accepted because it currently Craft Club, SoundBoard, Lawrence The end of October closed anoth- tion of what each receives, however, has a $1500 budget for speakers. University Eating Club, Pro-Israeli er expensive chapter for LUCC, as it as awards ranged from $4,690 to $0 Any Lawrence group that is rec- Club, Knitting Club, and the Hip Photography Club convened to allocate funds for stu- depending upon the legitimacy of ognized by the LUCC may request a Hop Lab. the request. budget for a school year. The budget It eventually approved Craft Club debuts! dent clubs and brainstorm new ideas to improve quality of life within the Many of these 11 groups must be submitted a term before the and Knitting Club after question- >> see page 3 Lawrence community. planned similar activities. SONG, LU year begins. ing the validity of recognizing two The Finance Committee, the Sportsman’s Club, McCarthy Co-op, Since many groups so early in groups that share the same mission Steering Committee board, and the Greenfire, LU Objectivism Club, and the year did not have a clear idea statement. Student Welfare Committee offered the Photography Club all had travel- of future costs, certain categories At the Student Welfare Committee Weather significant help to LUCC, as the com- ing expenses as a top priority in their in their budget were particularly meeting, students discussed con- mittees often serve as soundboards budgets. vague. This helped LUCC reduce each ducting a dining services survey in where students can test ideas and Five groups needed funding for group’s budget on the grounds that order to assess dining at Lawrence as voice their concerns. guest speakers and conventions, unspecified requests could not be compared to other colleges. The Finance Committee had which usually account for more than granted freehandedly. In addition, there is growing two meetings Oct. 18 and 25 that half of a club’s budget. However LUCC encourages such interest in introducing a composting reviewed the requests for funding of David Horowitz and a speaker groups to petition again when their system at Lawrence. 11 out of the 46 Lawrence clubs and from the NRA are coming to Lawrence funds are low, keeping in mind that Members from the Greenfire, organizations recognized by LUCC. on behalf of the Viking Conservatives the early budget requests are liable Sinfonia and GLOW houses all Kelly Willman also made an indi- and LU Sportsman’s Club respec- to change when costs are reassessed expressed an interest in establish- vidual funding request to bring a tively, for a total of $3,500 each. within the groups themselves. ing common compost, perhaps near bluegrass band to campus. The Photography Club, the Viking LUCC will disperse $37,085 for the Co-op house. The SWC will con- Snow showers on Saturday The total amount requested by Conservatives, The Sportsman’s Club, the 2006-07 year. tinue to discuss composting, and as mostly cloudy on Sunday these groups amounted to $33,238, and the Lawrence University College The Steering Committee Report always, all students are invited to Republicans together were allotted of Oct. 17 reviewed groups that attend. Saturday High 40 Low 30 Wind: WSW at 12 mph Fall Festival Sunday LU's homecoming weekend, Fall Festival, fea- High 47 tured several events around campus. At left, geology professor Marcia Bjørnerud teaches a Low 34 mini-class. At right, a ventriloquist and a hyp- Wind: S at 9 mph notist perform for students and visitors.

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2 Features Friday, November 3, 2006 Steppes Away: A Lawrentian’s Siberia The Soviet city planners squeezed in There isn’t much management, stall each other with paperwork and overtly pointless but nonetheless College in Russia? dorms where they could for the few either. Though this weekend has meetings designed to seem impor- inescapable. After all, it’s my prob- out-of-towners, but they’re about 15 been a national three-day weekend tant, in Russia they manage to come lem that I want to study with them, to 20 minutes away by bus. for almost 90 years, until Monday up with extra requirements that are not theirs. More like high And those dorms aren’t the the administration still chummy hives for student togeth- hadn’t decided whether school erness that we’re used to. The old to take off Friday or Adam Berey ladies watching the desks don’t Monday. I can think of Staff Writer always let in students from other a number of Lawrence buildings, and there’s a curfew at 11, professors whose heads I remember high school fondly, even on weekends. Still, there are a would explode working but at a Russian university, I’m living few scattered instances of “getting in this kind of system. through it all over again. sausaged” -- Russian teenagers’ over- Bureaucracy drags Unlike a lot of students study- ly logical expression for partying. on the educational ing abroad, I’m in Russia not with The buildings show their age process. At least, in an American program, but as an -- there are bare pipes and wires its Russian form -- it’s auditor at Irkutsk State Linguistic everywhere, the paint had already not the mess of forms University. peeled off the walls when Gorbachev and petitions that we’re ISLU has about 2,000 students, was premier, and the stairwells reek used to. not much bigger than Lawrence, but with an industrial, second-world For example, before the experience is enormously dif- smell that, like hot chestnuts, can’t I registered at the uni- ferent. And not just because of the be compared to anything else. I versity, I had been told language gap, mind you. don’t regret opting for a home stay I needed six passport Russian higher education doesn’t instead. photos. I happily arrived feel all that high. To an American, at Instruction is, like at most high with said portraits on least, it’s like a trip back to high schools, rigid and tightly scheduled. my day of matriculation school. Teachers forego critical thinking for and turned them in. Partly, it’s having a foreigner’s old-fashioned busywork. Class lasts “ U n f o r t u n a t e l y , knowledge of the language and all day with a break for lunch. these are all in color,” remembering when, as a ninth-grad- And there aren’t electives. the woman said. “You er, I had the same awkward social Instead, every student follows a need three color and graces, only in my native tongue. schedule determined by his or her three black and white.” But it’s not just me that’s a little major department for the five years So I went out and got less mature. The students here are required to receive a master’s degree. another round at the younger -- Russians enter university Bachelor’s degrees are awarded to inexpensive photo shop a year or two before Americans do. talented students only at the high near the school. And then there’s the bell system, school level. “ Unfortunately , and the teenagers making out in the Conferences, seminars and meet- these are glossy,” she hallways that bring back not-so-dis- ings often disrupt this tight, daylong told me when I trium- tant memories of choking through schedule, and classes get shuffled phantly returned to the fog banks of hormones on the way around. My weekly stylistics class office. “They have to be to civics class. had to move three times in a row last matte.” My heart sank There’s also a lack of constant month. The last time, it took us half as low as my eyes rolled school-wide community. Classes an hour of class time just to find an high. empty room. And due to conflicts This seems to be the meet in a pair of buildings down- Photo courtesy of Yu-Si Gao town. Most students are local and in the teacher’s schedule, the class usual work ethic here. ISLU’s long corridors bustling with students are reminiscent of high schools in the U.S. live at home with their families. hasn’t met since. Whereas in the U.S. we

winning season: 2006? Football With one game to play, the Concerns for the Fox spark clean-up continued from page 8 energy couldn’t be more tangible … April West 1954 and 1971. which time they will dredge down- except it is. The Vikings are joined in the visiting Vikings. Staff Writer PCBs are not easily broken down stream because it has a higher this season finale by the Red Hawks Carroll running back Daniel Del in the environment and thus remain concentration of PCBs. from Ripon College, as the two teams Monte ran for 143 yards and one TD Oct. 16, Jim Hahnenberg, proj- there for very long periods of time. This cleanup project is impor- extend the longest football rivalry in on 22 carries, almost four times the ect manager for the Environmental Airborne PCBs can also travel long tant because the PCB levels in the the history of Wisconsin. total rushing yardage for the Vikings Protection Agency, gave a Spoerl distances from where they are dis- Fox River are now 50 to 70 times The rivals compete for the who managed an astoundingly low Lecture on a Polychlorinated biphe- persed, Hahnenberg said. higher than is deemed acceptable. Doehling-Heselton Memorial Trophy, 36 total yards on 35 carries. nyls cleanup in the Fox River. Small organisms and fish take If nothing at all were done to which Ripon has won the last six The Vikings’ only score of the According to Hahnenberg, the in PCBs, which then travel up the solve the problem, it would take 51 years. The Red Hawks have put game came on a long pass from lower Fox River is part of the food chain. The more the PCBs do years for these levels to decline and together a fine season so far this year backup QB Tyler Ankney to receiver largest environmental sediment so, the more concentrated they become acceptable. The immediate and are currently in a three-way tie Dominique Lark towards the end of cleanup project ever undertaken become. area around Lawrence will not be for second place in the conference. the first half. in North America. Besides the EPA, Fish advisories have been dredged, as we have a relatively Lawrence, which finds itself fifth Lawrence seemed capable of there are other potentially respon- issued since 1976 urging people to small PCB concentration. in the standings, could fall down to a comeback at that point, but the sible parties that are responsible reduce their consumption of fish Besides the EPA, Lawrence stu- seventh with a loss this weekend. optimism was short-lived, as Carroll for helping with cleanup. from the Fox River. PCBs can cause dents themselves are taking action This will be the final game for some scored with seconds left in the half PCBs are an unnatural mixture acne-like skin conditions in adults to keep the Fox River clean. Oct. of the Viking’s very capable leaders, to extend their lead to 17 points and of up to 209 individual chlorinated and neurobehavioral and immuno- 23, the Lawrence Volunteer and and they will undoubtedly look to followed that with a touchdown on compounds. They are either oily logical changes in children. It has Community Service Center held its end their careers leaving a winning the first drive of the third quarter to liquids or solids that are colorless also been shown to cause cancer annual All Campus Environment stamp on Lawrence’s football his- leave the Vikings in their tracks. to light yellow. in animals. Day, which included a cleanup of tory. Carroll left the dagger for the PCBs were used in the United The EPA’s plan is to dredge and the Fox River. Students managed to So come out in support of the final quarter, sending the Vikings States as coolants and lubricants dispose of 8.6 million cubic yards fill four garbage bags and even dig Vikings for what will surely be a home with the 37-6 loss. for transformers, capacitors and of sediment from the Fox River out a bike. high-energy season finale. All you The Vikings now sit at 4-4 in con- other electrical equipment until ground floor and deposit it in a Other of the day’s activities freshman who have never been to ference action (5-4 overall) with just 1977 when they were found to have landfill, costing $715 million. This included cleaning up around the a Lawrence football game, and all one weekend left to play. Although harmful effects for both humans is much pricier than expected -- the Heckrodt Wetland Preserve and a you seniors who might never see Lawrence has guaranteed itself a non- and the environment. Because of original estimate was $400 million. literature drop where volunteers another one after this: Bring the blue losing season, they now play to end carbonless carbon paper produc- The EPA began work on this passed out environmentally infor- and white to the Banta Bowl this above .500 and replace the 1987 on tion, 345 tons of PCBs were dis- project in mid-2004. They plan to mational pamphlets to the com- Saturday. their backs with the year of its next charged into the Fox River between implement phase two in 2007, at munity. Kick off is set for 1 p.m.

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Friday, November 3, 2006 Features 3 LU International Insights A look at the modern Chinese family Heng Zhong maintain close contact with them. go to coffee shops and KTV (karaoke) for The Lawrentian Adults have the duty to support -- pretty much the same as in the U.S. and help their parents. The Chinese On weekends or during holidays, people attach great importance to various types of cafes and teahouses After hearing that I’m from China, family relations and cherish their par- are often full of people who want to most people comment that there are ents, children, brothers and sisters, enjoy a romantic and relaxed time. The so many people there or that the uncles, aunts and other relatives. rapidly growing number of teahouses, Chinese economy is growing rapidly. As for free time, there are three bars, coffee shops and Internet cafes Not many of them, however, know big holidays in China, called “Golden in cities has made them leisure cen- much about the modern Chinese fam- Weeks,” each lasting seven days. These ters with a bourgeois sentiment. ily. are May Day (May 1), Chinese National China has also fostered a strong Family is the center of Chinese Day (Oct. 1) and Spring Festival (New study atmosphere. More and more society. Archons of past dynasties all Year’s Day based on the Chinese lunar people spend their holidays in librar- paid great attention to the stability of calendar). ies. People are also willing to spend families, which in turn affected the During the “Golden Weeks,” China money and time studying technology. stability of the society and the regime is like a recreational paradise. Tourists Postgraduate qualifying examination of the archon. pour into holiday resorts both inside training, English training, MBA classes, Chinese families are now becom- and outside of the country. They just software financial analyst coaching, ing more and more modern. Unlike want to enjoy the wonderful vacation as well as a batch of new developing Above: One of China's many places where past years, a husband and wife -- or a with their families and friends. training schools have arisen. people like to drink tea and relax. couple, along with other family mem- Besides these holidays, what This is just a brief view of life Left: The Chinese character for family. bers -- work out the household plans Chinese people do on weekends or in China. Any interested explorers together. They decide family affairs daily leisure time depends on their should come to China in the future Images courtesy of Heng Zhong through consultation. age. Adults like to stay at home to to experience it him or herself. China Chinese people have the tradition relax and watch TV or go to a teahouse. always welcomes people to explore of respecting the old and loving the Young people are more westernized. her great mystery in history, culture young. Though many young couples They usually go to movies, shop, and and life. do not live with their parents, they Photography Club opens its shutters at Lawrence Bonnie Alger ous and varied, and will be open to Cliff State Park, or as far away as Staff Writer anyone on campus. One of the club’s Chicago. top priorities at the moment is to buy They will also be going to photo new equipment to get the student exhibitions such as the trip they took A dirty, dilapidated darkroom is darkroom up and running. over reading period to see “So the Story all that remains of F-Stop, a photog- All students will have access to Goes” at Art Institute of Chicago. raphy-based club that existed in past the darkroom, and the Photography Collaborative projects and photog- years here at Lawrence. Club plans on running workshops on raphy shows are also going to be a big With a growing interest in photog- how to develop film and make prints focus of the club. They plan to have raphy, Lawrence students Nick Olson in a wet darkroom, as well as how to a group show in the Mudd Gallery, as and Amanda Follett have decided to build a basic pinhole camera. well as a project at Björklunden that form a new group on campus that The club plans to host a screen- could result in an additional show. offers students a chance to explore ing of the documentary “Born into Later on in the year they hope to photography. Brothels” at Wriston. It will be shown run a student photo sale, as well as “The new club has gone through alongside some of the photos taken show their work at local coffee shops. the process of being recognized and from the movie. Olson encourages everyone to is currently going through the process The club will vote on places to join, as the group is new and open of getting funding,” Olson says. “Once take photography expeditions. These to anyone at any level of experience. we get funding, then a lot of activities could be as basic as a junkyard or Any suggestions as far as activities are will start happening.” Photo by Lindsey Ahlen abandoned building, as close as High concerned are welcomed and can be The activities planned are numer-

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Photo by Ben Doherty Four examples of student work from the Photography Club.

Photo by Nick Olson The Lawrentian

4 opinions & Editorials Friday, november 3, 2006 Romance now we’re charged with the task of Homeless, SMEE suffers finding time to do so. No, this isn’t high school any- lar instruments and got to the root is difficult because there needs to Amelia Perron more, you can’t just run up to of music, of creativity. The more you be even more activities to make up According to Staff Writer your room whenever appropriately let your training go, the more cre- for the lost house vibe, which, in motivated and rub one out. But ative the process.” they eyes of the group members, can Patrick SMEE was born in a bathroom, before you try to find a quiet cor- Nobody who experienced the never be truly made up for.” grew up in a house, died a little in ner of the library, or worse yet, a first “SMEE moment” wanted it to “We’ve actually had to change front of the housing committee, and practice room, let me assure you be the last. Then-freshmen Butler- our theme,” Butler-Pinkham admits – will be resurrected in the chapel this that the only place you should be Pinkham and Ellen Frisbie decided being artistically spontaneous Friday Friday. punching the clown is in the pri- the campus needed a place where at midnight isn’t the same as being Spontaneous Musical vacy of your own room. that level of spontaneity would spontaneous, well, spontaneously. Enlightenment and Education came Next step is learning your always be possible, and the idea of Compromised though we may about spontaneously one night when roommate’s schedule and applying the SMEE theme house was born. be, we’re not giving up. This Friday’s a half-dozen musicians became some common sense. If he’s leav- Wanting to do more, the group was “Midnight in the Chapel” is our intrigued with bathroom acoustics. ing the room to go to chem lab, expanded to include educational attempt to replicate the naissance We weren’t singers, but we were you’re probably cleared for a little outreach. of SMEE. creating our very own music in the ménage à moi. If he’s just popping At the end of its first year, how- “This is for us to remember most unlikely place – we were hav- Professorlove out to brush his teeth, you might ever, SMEE was denied another year how beautiful it was,” says Butler- ing a jam session in the women’s want to exercise some self-control. in 203 N. Union on the grounds that Pinkham, “And to introduce other and self love bathroom. Don’t ever try sugaring off we didn’t need the space to achieve people to it.” This event, an open It quickly moved to a darkened while your roommate is sleeping our group’s goal. One only need look improvisation session of music, Dear Patrick, Chapel, and became more than -- this is rude and gross. So long as at the now-barren living room of the movement and speech, is for anyone improvising crunchy harmonies we’re on the subject of what not to yellow house and remember back to with creative inclinations, regardless I have a huge crush on one of with our voices or even instruments. do, please do not fire one off in the its glory days strewn with guitars, of any training in the arts. my professors. What do I do? “By the end,” SMEE co-founder Elise public showers. No one wants to cellos, deconstructed pianos, and “I love the idea of everyone Butler-Pinkham reminisces, “I think stand in your reproductive fluids. composition majors to question the getting together to make music in Just one? Wow, that shows I was laying on the floor drumming That too is gross. validity of that judgment. a relaxed setting,” says freshman restraint. One of things that on my stomach.” Without a home base for spon- Catrina Poor. Too bad there can’t be Lawrence really has working to its She wasn’t the only one getting Dear Patrick, taneous creativity, SMEE is suffering. a place that’s always a relaxed set- advantage is the general charisma unconventional. “I think it’s really “In a house, the group ‘vibe’ is flow- ting for music-making. In the mean- of the faculty and staff. And it’s an significant that words and move- Where are the best public places ing all the time, which is necessary time, here’s to spontaneity wherever amazing variety as far as charisma ment were involved, not just music,” to make out on campus? for random creativity,” says Frisbie. we can find it. types are concerned. You want she continues. “We gave up our regu- “To be truly visible without a house grumpy-old-man charm? We got that. You want optimistic young There are tons of great public parts of Grand Chute, and Kimberly. Penny Bernard Schaber calls her professional charm? We got that places to make out on this cam- Election Incumbent Steve Wieckert (R), who campaign “positive, issue-oriented, too. pus. Concurrently there’s an equal continued from page 1 has served five terms in the State cost-effective, and winning.” But let’s address your problem number of ways to make your Assembly, is being challenged by Schaber wants to work towards directly. You’re experiencing what friends uncomfortable, so exercise Support Team in Wisconsin and Appleton physical therapist Penny affordable healthcare by combining we in the field call “professorlove” caution when applying this infor- led the fight to support Fort McCoy, Bernard Schaber (D). resources of individual, state and -- add it to your spell check’s dic- mation. Wisconsin’s foremost military instal- In response to a recent Appleton federal governments and employers. tionary; I just did. Professorlove There’s a wooden walkway lation. Post-Crescent poll, Wieckert called She advocates lifetime healthcare, can be tricky to navigate because between Briggs and Hiett that over- Green also fought for dairy farm- healthcare “priority number one.” including mental health care and you can’t really expect a relation- looks the river, but the best part ers and sportsmen in Congress. In Wieckert stresses that competition more frequent wellness checks to ship. One of the drawbacks of hav- about this make out location, or 2002 he was a member of Farm Bill in the healthcare field helps ensure help prevent illness. ing such a charming faculty is that MOL, is that no one uses the thing Conference Committee that wrote high quality service and reasonable Schaber advocates sustainable most of them are already taken. -- it’s virtually deserted year round. the Milk Income Loss Contract, put- prices. development of the economy and Another thing to consider is If you can get up to the Kohler roof, ting $414 million back in dairy farm- He is concerned with creating keeping jobs and resources at home. that the “Lawrence University Staff you can get a good windswept sort ers’ pockets. more jobs in the area and working to Part of the process, Schaber notes, and Faculty Handbook” explicitly of kiss you see in the movies. To A member of the NRA with a help the economy grow. is protecting the environment by states that a student may not be really embarrass your friends, the “lifetime A rating,” Green has sup- Wieckert calls on his record in not replacing farmland with subdivi- advised by, nor take classes from front porch of the Sinfonia house ported huge increases in government state assembly, reminding voters of sions and not purchasing gas-guz- any faculty with whom they hap- makes a great MOL. funding for research into Chronic his record as a legislator where he zling vehicles. Community planning pen to be romantically involved. It’s a little cold in the winter Wasting Disease, a leading cause was No. 1 in passing legislation into needs to be revised to support local That’s not to decry professor- and heavily trafficked during the in decreased deer population which law. food production and availability. love -- it certainly has its merits. day, but if you can time it right, directly affects the hunting season. In the state legislature, Wieckert Schaber also puts forth the idea Professorlove can actually lead the sky lounge hovering above the Green was the chief advocate for wrote and helped pass Cody’s Law, that the tax burden must be shared to academic success. To better Science Hall Atrium provides a the “open fields” legislation, which which gives a $10,000 state income by distributing taxes according to explore its merits, I called on noted fantastic view. I think you could would instate incentives for private tax deduction to live organ donors ability to pay, by the state and federal professorlover and academic suc- make a case for TV lounges in the landowners to allow hunters to use to compensate for lost wages, travel governments helping city and county cess Sue Spang for her expertise. residence halls, but I’m inclined to their land during the hunting sea- costs and lodging. The law was the governments, and government agen- “Professorloving can really be disagree. A television hooked up to son. first of its kind and has subsequently cies working to limit spending. an asset to your academic suc- cable is a rare commodity on this Green also fought to keep snow- been adopted in several states. Schaber also supports clean elec- cess,” says Spang. “If you can get campus, so let’s not monopolize mobile trails open in Grand Teton Wieckert also worked to develop tions and desires campaign reform past the fact that it is inevitably that, thanks. and Yellowstone National Parks, legislation making information on along the lines of limiting personal unrequited, then your crush on One thing to watch out for is along with many trail systems in donating cord blood, used alternately expenditures, limiting campaign Tim Spurgin can motivate you to that you have got to keep it in your Wisconsin. to stem cells in disease research and length and limiting issue ads. previously unreachable heights. pants. Don’t get naked or do overt- The 57th state assembly dis- cures, available to pregnant women. Huh? Did I say Tim Spurgin?” ly sexual things in public. Doing so trict encompasses most of Appleton, In my own experience, profes- can actually get you slapped with sorlove drove me to be a better an indecency charge, which, in the Kimchi and Coffee musician. Take for example, my state of Wisconsin, permanently inappropriate yet totally under- labels you as a sex offender. And that’s not a label you can schooler stuck his head out of the three times in his life: at birth, upon standable crush on ridiculously Justin Eckl shake -- you have to register as a for The Lawrentian passenger-side window and yelled, his father’s death, and upon his attractive bass professor Mark sexual offender when moving to a “Heyyyyy!” at me. mother’s death,” plays a role in how Urness. He’s married and has an adorable daughter -- to say nothing new neighborhood and you should There’s nothing like getting A few years back, this might young boys should behave is not of the fact that he’s a man -- yet my probably give up all hopes of ever harassed by a stranger in the good have provoked me to yell something lacking masculine “cred.” professorlust kept me locked in a working with children. For some ole U.S. In Korea, walking past a equally witty in response, but what As you can perhaps tell by practice room for hours slaving reason, known sexual predators seemingly dangerous pack of post- he said was innocuous enough. Plus, the quote, though, masculinity in tirelessly to gain his ever-elusive are seldom given teaching posi- adolescent alpha males just doesn’t I’ve done some passenger-side heck- Asia has more to do with a sort approval. tions -- go figure. pack the same entertainment value ling of random strangers of my own of glorified stoicism than does the “Shit, Mark’s hot too,” adds My point is, make out to your as it does back home. in my day, so, you know, I can’t be a Schwarzenegger-like machismo it’s Spang. heart’s and other parts’ content, Here, a gang of well-fed, Hollister- hypocrite. associated with in the U.S. You may want to add “pro- but save the nasty stuff for private clad high school students, or, even What I thought immediately Regardless, the topic is too broad fessorlover,” “professorloving,” time. worse, scowling, baseball hat-cocked afterward was something like, “Wow. and complex for me to tackle fully in and “professorlust” to your spell thug wannabes, is sure to tell you I haven’t experienced a chance ver- just one column. Suffice it to say it’ll bal onslaught like that since, well, come up again when I write about check’s dictionary while you’re at exactly what they think about you, Got a question you want Patrick before I left for Korea.” the time I saw two Korean cops it. or, at the very least, resort to some to answer? E-mail him at ehlersp@ So why do American males harass holding hands – downright hilarious, stock insults about your perceived lawrence.edu random strangers while Korean folks. Dear Patrick, sexual preference (i.e. faggot, homo, Somewhere along the line, the males don’t? I’m not an authority, Until then, don’t let me fool etc.) name of the column “Romance but I think the reason for this has you into thinking that Koreans don’t I can’t find time to masturbate But in Korea, you can walk past According to Patrick” was grandfa- something to do with what we com- engage in any harassing of strangers now that I have a roommate. What similarly clad delinquents who walk thered to me from Kate Ostler. The monly refer to as – but is not really of their own. Take the time I was can I do? and talk with just as much élan at name’s fine, if not a tisch boring. Do 3:00 a.m. and you won’t catch so captured by the term – masculinity. upbraided by an old man for about Whatever you do, for the love you have any ideas for a new name? much as an intimidating stare. I’d like to avoid the Asian-male- 10 minutes on the subway for wear- of God, do not stop masturbating! I’m sure you do, so e-mail me sugges- A few days ago, I was cross- as-somehow-less-than-completely- ing shorts that were “too short.” Quitting is a damn near impossible tions. We’ll make it a contest; winner ing College Avenue near Plantz Hall masculine bias because it simply And who said Korean men aren’t feat; it’s best not to even try. So gets a kiss on the cheek. when some mischief-faced post-high isn’t true. 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Friday, november 3, 2006 opinions & Editorials 5 Not Entirely Worthless The Christopher Paustian anything about it. During high for The Lawrentian school I was involved with a stu- PHOTO POLL : awrentian dent group whose mission was to L Is anyone else bothered by all “improve the social climate of the these events that supposedly raise school.” “What would you rename The the awareness of a social issue? We hosted Alcohol Awareness Editor in Chief: Let me clarify. I have no problem Day right before Prom weekend Lawrentian?” Corin Howland addressing matters that are per- in a vain attempt to encourage Managing Editor: tinent to society, but this entirely responsible drinking, and watched Corey Lehnert nondescript word “awareness” has students throw out the flyers con- to go. taining fun facts about stress man- News Editor: It seems like every week there’s agement, which we distributed dur- Beth McHenry a poster or a notice reminding ing the wildly popular Health Fair. Associate News Editor: students that it’s Body Image We made a huge difference. Emily Alinder Awareness Week, or encouraging That social climate didn’t know “Daily Gabble.” - Erik Anderson attendance at a lecture that will what hit it. Throughout my experi- Features Editor: raise awareness of some diverse ence with this group, awareness Meghan McCallum community. was our go-to phrase for naming Now don’t get me wrong, these events or explaining our intent. Opinions & Editorials Editor: groups are motivated by the most There is another reason besides Veronica DeVore irksome overuse that I dislike the admirable intentions, but the soon- A & E Editor: er they do away with awareness the word awareness. When the word is Hannah Jastram better. applied to groups of people, such The first problem with aware- as Body Image Awareness Day or Associate A & E Editor: ness is simple enough: the word is ethnic group awareness events, it Paul Karner dreadfully overused. The formula treats people as causes rather than, “Mature, Unbiased, Well Sports Editor: for naming one of these events that well, people. Peter Griffith It invites the thought, “Oh, we Thought-Out Opinions of seek social betterment seems to be Intelligent People.” Associate Sports Editor: to simply take the politically cor- need to help these poor, poor peo- - James Hall rect name of the issue at hand or ple because they have a problem Philip Roy and I don’t.” It objectifies people noteworthy community of people, Co-Photo Editors: tack the word “awareness” onto the into the recipients of charity or Raad Fadaak end of it, and then, oh wait, that’s sympathy, and strips away the rest Jen Cox it, you’re done already. of their identity as individuals. Layout Editor: If you want to really go the Even the next “Rocky” movie is Karl Weber extra mile, add some slightly rel- exploring new, innovative options evant clipart in the empty spaces for its title. Instead of the logi- Associate Layout Editor: on your posters or put your title cal title, “Rocky VI,” the cinematic Christie McCowen of “Various Cause + Awareness” masterminds at MGM decided to Copy Chief: in a really cool font. Don’t feel name the latest installment in the “BUSES, BUSES, BUSES, BUSES, Mandy Burgess saga “Rocky Balboa.” How about any pressure though. After all, not BUSES, BUSES, BUSES, BUSES!” everyone’s a go-getter. it Lawrence, do you think we can - Peter Bennett Associate Copy Editor: Clearly, I am not a go-getter, match Sylvester Stallone for cre- Paul Jackson because as much as I dislike the ativity? Business Manager: word, I can’t claim to have done Dane Sorensen

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6 Arts & Entertainment Friday, November 3, 2006 Freshmen take the reins at WLFM Movie Review "The Prestige" who they seem, and there are more Alex Schaaf Gray added, “I have been told I have in, but we do get several AIM mes- dead bodies than anyone thought for The Lawrentian a good face for radio.” sages. And now we set up an email (2006) Dir. Martin Scorsese possible. Jessica Harvell-Haessly runs account so fans can email us in Heath Gordon This movie has it all: duplicated her show “The Music I Like and advance,” said Morrison. The email for The Lawrentian This year, several freshmen have cats, David Bowie playing a staunch Interviews” from 10 p.m. to midnight for the show is boltthedooriminthe- taken the initiative to start their own Nicola Tesla, Scarlett Johansson’s on Friday nights. “I play a bunch [email protected]. radio shows on WLFM, and they are Besides “The Prestige,” director cleavage, and trickery beyond imagi- of different kinds of music, like Willy Bauer brings another type all worth checking out. Christopher Nolan has made only six nation. rap, folk, alternative country,” said of music to the airwaves Wednesdays Rob Gray takes the booth on films. Three of these are “Momento,” However, I have mixed feelings Harvell-Haessly. from 6 to 8 p.m. His show is titled Mondays from 4 to 6 p.m. to broad- “Insomnia” and “Batman Begins.” about this movie. Don’t get me wrong As far as interviews go, she con- “Resonating Steel Battlefield” and cast his show “Scatterbrain!” “The In “Memento,” Nolan completely -- this was an awesome movie. I really ducted an interview on the air with features progressive rock and power purpose of the show is basically just upsets the use of time in a movie. only had two main problems. local rock band Helltruck, and plans metal. “My favorite bands are bands to give me a way to vent my own In “Insomnia,” he tells us the story The first is that Bale’s accent on doing more. “The biggest goal is like Gamma Ray, Blind Guardian, personal musical tastes upon the of a detective who will go so far as made him sound like his mouth to entertain,” she said. “To give peo- Angra, Rhapsody, Helloween and unsuspecting world,” said Gray. to taint a crime scene to get what was full of oatmeal, and was wholly ple something they can sit back and Royal Hunt,” said Bauer. “I play prog He plays many different types of he believes is the truth. In “Batman unconvincing. My second problem is listen to, and relax.” Call-in requests and power metal that doesn’t make music, and rock, pop, and alterna- Begins,” we get a tale of man who more of a philosophical one. are encouraged. it into the mainstream,” he added. tive dominate the playlist. “I like the comes to the realization that there is The magical profession is one On Monday nights from 11 p.m. Ian Fitchett and Alex Macartney Beatles, bands like Sonic Youth and a price to his heroism, one-upman- that presents illusions using a set to 1 a.m., Luke Morrison and Mike have a new show in the works for the Pixies. I like the Sex Pistols, I like ship between two once-friends, and of diversions, gadgets and levers. In Korcek present “Bolt the Door, I’m Thursdays from 4 to 6 p.m. The as- Wilco,” said Gray, pointing out a few an awesome action flick. essence, they are extremely engaged in the Spin Cycle.” The music ranges of-yet-untitled show will play indie, of his favorites. “Anything that’s not What happens in “The Prestige?” in the physical world to present us from alternative rock to dance rock oldies, punk and others. “We’re metal, not country, and not rap.” He throws it all together. an imaginary one. Unfortunately, the to punk and metal. going to play things that we think While “Scatterbrain!” is not a Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman) addition of the supernatural pretty “We just want to play some great are cool and we know people want Top 40, call-in request show, Gray and Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) much destroyed it in my opinion. music, hear some new stuff, banter to hear,” said Fitchett. encourages people to call him with started off as friends. They had all Take it or leave it. and chat. We aim to please,” said “Also some stuff we want to thoughts or ideas. He also put a of the best intentions: They both had The story is extremely well put Korcek. As far as planning a playlist introduce people to. We will have discussion group up on Facebook for dreams of making good magic. together. Unlike most movies where goes, “I don’t think we’ve ever made lots of segments talking with people, fans to interact. However, things turn sour -- to there is a lot of trickery and then one beforehand. We come up with bringing them down into the stu- As far as the radio experience in say the least -- when, under extremely a humongous revelation at the end ideas at dinner before the show and dio, and weird games and trivia general, Gray said, “This is always contentious and somewhat obscure of the story, I don’t feel like there just kind of see how it goes,” Korcek while the show is going on.” Call-in something I kind of had in the back of circumstances, Borden causes the was too much piled on at the end. admitted. requests are highly recommended. my mind that I’d like to do, because death of Angier’s wife. Borden comes clean to Angier about Requests are not only accept- Fitchett explained, “We will take a I love playing music for people and Angier and Borden become rival his methods, and a few scenes are ed but also encouraged during the lot of requests because we love our explaining the history and context of magicians. Angier seeks revenge and replayed that, with the new informa- show. “We try to get people to call listeners.” the songs.” As further explanation, ends up damaging Borden physi- tion, become all the more impor- cally. Borden then comes up with tant. the ultimate trick, “The Transported This movie could have been Man,” in which a man seemingly completely plot driven, however, the transports from one end of a stage emphasis of the movie is more on to another, pretty much through thin the characters. We watch as Angier air. Angier becomes obsessed with becomes obsessed with finding out Borden’s trick, and all but dedicates the secret to Borden’s trick. At the his life to its pursuit. same time, we watch Borden’s life This is where things cease to be dissolve as he holds some unknown, completely normal. The rest of the but powerful secret. movie delves deeper and deeper into I heartily recommend this movie. the obsession of Angier, the trickery It’s action packed, smart and intense. of Borden, and at times, touches on Just keep your eyes on the red rub- the paranormal. In the end, no one is ber ball.

Photo by Jen Cox Luke Morrison and Mike Korcek host their show "Bolt the Door, I'm in the Spin Cycle" Monday nights 11 p.m. to 1a.m. Alumna returns to campus to jam Ben DeCorsey Award, arrived at Lawrence to give a own compositions, “Meridian,” a for The Lawrentian master class and play a concert. Billboard Magazine award-winning Her master class focused on her song, and “Call Me When You Get This year at Lawrence, a major- own story of success and some of There,” the title track from her lat- ity of the freshman class was born the practical aspects of working as a est CD. in 1988. While they were busying jazz musician today. Her advice was Knutson mentioned in her master full of hairpin turns and heartbreak- themselves learning motor skills and very straightforward. class that she was not quick to learn ing melodies, and an increase in the what not to put in their mouths, “A young pianist told me she improvisation, and she would shud- volume and intensity of the pyro- Mary Louise Knutson graduated was getting lots of offers from dif- der at the prospect of an upcoming technics Lawrence jazz fans have from Lawrence. ferent singers, and was wondering solo. The now-seasoned performer come to expect from Richeson. 25¢ In the 18 years since then, she whether or not she should just pick has clearly overcome her fears. The jazz department made a has done what to many students in one. I was a little confused by the That initial hesitation has made smart move by bringing back an the jazz department seems to be the question -- why wouldn’t you take her a very tasteful soloist, with no alumna to play for the current stu- Personals impossible dream: making her living every gig you can get?” shortage of clean melodic thoughts dents. This concert was immediate as a jazz musician. She also included a segment on and one foot rooted firmly in the proof that the hours of work will Other than teaching piano lessons putting together a press kit and how blues. Dear Ladies, pay off and that determination does for one day each week, Knutson’s to distribute them to club owners Monday night also found Urness prevail. only source of income is her work as and promoters. and Richeson in top form. The With the caliber of the current He's just not that into a freelance pianist. “I’m here to tell The concert itself was a clean Lawrence community is used to lis- Lawrence jazz student as high as it you that you can do it,” said Knutson success for all of the musicians tening to wonderful playing from you. is, there will doubtless be a wealth of after her concert Oct. 23. “I’m here involved. Knutson played with these two, but the exposed trio for- Heart, alumni performers to choose from to say ‘you can’ a thousand times. Lawrence faculty Mark Urness on mat gave them extra room to stretch in the future. We can only hope that Greg You need to start believing it.” bass and Dane Richeson on kit. out. they will be as articulate, warm- Knutson, 2004 recipient of the The trio played a selection of The results were entrancing: rac- hearted and fluent with their instru- Nathan M. Pusey Alumni Achievement standards as well as two of Knutson’s ing, courageous solos from Urness, ment as Mary Louise Knutson. The Lawrentian

Friday, November 3, 2006 Arts & Entertainment 7 Sounds Like: Daedelus at The Empty Bottle Mêlée takes off to incorporate as many different hand, the performance could be a imitate Eminem. Elena Amesbury Dan Willis Staff Writer styles as possible. Recently Gustavo for The Lawrentian flurry of knob turning, iBook click- And just as quickly as the goofy Guimaraes led the group in a style of ing, wire tangled invention. choir sounds appeared he would mixed contemporary and traditional No one seems to know the exact A laptop provided the sounds swap them out for a soaring stadium Brazilian dance. So I had the good fortune trek- details surrounding the start of Daedelus needed to construct his techno riff that could have been The class Guimaraes led began king down to Chicago last Tuesday Mêlée, but originally it was a modern dense and emotionally resonant lifted straight from an “Ultimate with warm-ups, some of which for a show featuring the L.A.-born dance troupe. music, while a 16x16 grid of blink- Techno” compilation. A bass clarinet looked intensely grueling and thigh soft-spoken sweetheart and eccen- Modern dance tends to be an ing buttons gave him the dynamic groove might appear next as part of burning. Guimaraes then had every- tric samplemeister Daedelus. And extremely interpretive and inspira- and flexible interface with which to a layered tripped-out two-step street one throw themselves on the floor, let me just say, he put on a hell of tional form of dance. While it uses put on an interactive and thrilling beat. both backwards and forwards, in a show. techniques often learned in more live show. There was no guessing what increasingly short intervals of time Daedelus, a.k.a. Alfred Weisberg- rigidly defined dance, like ballet or Each row of the grid was assigned Daedelus might pull out of his bag as part of a focus exercise. Roberts, fresh off the release of jazz, it aims to be more expressive a sound coming from his laptop, and of tricks. While lesser artists might After everyone’s hearts were his lush and good-humoredly ironic and bend the rules. the sound would light up the next make such diverse sampling sound beating quickly from the exercise, “Throw a Fit” EP, is on a nationwide Melee changed its goals in 2004, light in the row as it moved to the like an eclectic junior high mix Guimaraes began teaching a routine tour with fellow Mush labelmates when the directors asked Jasmine next beat. By pressing one of the tape, Daedelus executed all of his that they learned in pieces and then Caural, Thavius Beck and Anticon Yep to “incorporate other genres of buttons he could stop the sound on genre-bending, bargain-bin-raiding danced. One of the unvoiced rules loop fiend Dosh. dance.” Yep explained, “Mêlée has a beat and repeat it rhythmically, escapades with the utmost coher- that night was that everyone was to Fearing no sound or style, since grown to include all genres and with both hands involved, he ence, danceability, and brain-tickling know the limits of her body, and she Daedelus’ electronic hip-hop lean- of dance, including modern, ballet, had sounds interacting in new and effect. was to dance accordingly. No one ing productions run the gamut of jazz, tap and hip-hop.” spontaneous ways. My only gripe is that at a few ended up hurt or over-danced. emotions and moods from reflec- Yep is a national coordinator for During his well-paced and points during the performance he Rusinak commented on tive, brow-furrowing ruminations to ArtsBridge America, and came to exciting continuous 40-minute set, had the opportunity to plunge the Guimaraes’ style. “It was interesting euphoric, love-sick romps. The diver- Lawrence in 2004. Daedelus rarely explicitly regurgi- audience past moderate head bob- and neat to learn a different kind of sity, depth and unceasingly close eye The dance backgrounds of tated anything from his albums. He bing and into limb-flailing dance dance,” she enthused. Mêlée is “a lot for detail of this boy wonder present Mêlée’s members are as diverse as impressively worked in samples of floor bliss, but he seemed to lack more relaxed [than other groups],” a beautiful tapestry of music that the different styles they are encour- campy ‘50s women’s choirs against the killer instinct that a club DJ she continued. “The dancers aren’t evolves listen after listen. aged to try. Many of the people pres- a backdrop of souped-up hip-hop might have honed from learning to snobby. They’re just a bunch of You’ve always got to wonder ent were women, but being a female beats that bordered on deep house read when a crowd is ready to head people who have a similar interest how electronic music will translate is not a prerequisite for joining. at times. toward the peak. that they want to continue.” into a live performance. The artist Neither is previous dance He would let the ‘50s ladies Besides my unfulfilled desire to The goal of Mêlée is to encourage could take the route of Kraftwerk, experience. Most of the students sample play through once, and then dance into oblivion, Daedelus sur- different people to experience and standing motionless at a laptop leav- interviewed, however, had danced he went to town deconstructing it, passed what I thought possible in a enjoy many different styles of dance. ing the audience to wonder if they for much of their lives. Freshman using his grid-o-chaos to make them live performance of his clever and Dance can be a way to get in touch are hearing a live performance or Kirsten Rusinak says she danced sound like your grandma trying to emotional compositions. with your body and to get a workout merely a CD playing. On the other “pretty intensely” since she was four while being creative. until seventh grade. One of the Mêlée Practices are Mondays and veterans, Sarah Wheeler, has been Wednesdays from 7:15 until 9:15 dancing for 18 years. p.m. in the multipurpose room at Years of experience help the the Rec Center. There will be a recital more dedicated members lead the midway through second term. twice-weekly classes. Leaders and To join, simply show up and styles of dance are rotated in order start dancing. "Forgotten Peoples"

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8 Sports Friday, November 3, 2006

Vikings go 1-1, face rivals Ripon in finale Lawrence University Phil Roy Reider came up with a backer Andrew Schneider (8 tackles), Associate Sports Editor momentum-shifting fumble recovery limited Beloit to just 86 total offensive on a badly communicated Beloit snap yards, the lowest by any team in the scoreboard Two weeks ago the Vikings hosted to give Lawrence a shot at the lead. league this season. Football a winless Beloit team in the season’s Two plays later, quarterback Nick Reider, who was named to homecoming game. Beloit managed to Maxam threw a ball into the end D3football.com’s national team of the Oct. 28 zone that was tipped by receiver Dan week for his efforts, had seven tackles, Lawrence 6 take a 7-3 lead into the locker room at Carroll 37 the half, scoring just seconds before Behnke and then caught a foot off the including three for a loss, to comple- the interval. ground by the same receiver for the ment his crucial fumble recovery. That Oct. 21 At the halfway point, Lawrence Viking touchdown. win guaranteed the Vikings would not Lawrence 13 Vikes, More inducted its 1981 football team into Beloit had a slim chance of taking have a losing season for the first time Beloit 7 the Hall of Fame as recognition for home its first win when they were since 1987! Men’s Soccer their success in a year that saw the given possession with under a minute The high-riding Vikings saw their Vikes! Vikings make it all the way to the left. winning streak end the following Oct. 29 semifinals of the national tourna- Viking cornerback Derek Micke weekend, however, in a disappointing Lawrence 1 with Peter Griffith ment. picked off a pass on the first play of loss to the Carroll College Pioneers. Grinnell 1 that drive, however, to help Lawrence The Vikings’ option offense was Sports Editor Action on the field resumed to Oct. 28 a scoreless third quarter in which extend their game-winning streak to stifled by a feisty Carroll defense Lawrence 3 the Vikings found themselves agoniz- three. which put up nine points of its own in Knox 1 Fuckin’ Ripon... ingly close to taking the lead. In the A mediocre performance by the first half. Both teams tried to milk fourth quarter, the Vikings managed Lawrence’s offense which had two their running games on a gusty after- Oct. 21 Don’t send my boy to Ripon, a dying unsuccessful red zone trips -- a full noon in Waukesha, but the home team Lawrence 0 cut the lead to 1 on a 30-yard Bryan St. Norbert 4 mother said Althouse field goal to set up the grip- set of downs on both the Beloit 11 and had far more success with it than did Don’t send my boy to Ripon; I’d ping finale. 9 -- was more than made up for by a the visiting Vikings. Women’s Soccer rather see him dead On Beloit’s very next possession, stellar defensive effort. Send him to ol’ Lawrence; it’s better Viking defensive lineman Jeremy The Viking defense, led by line- Oct. 29 than Grinnell See Football on page 2 Lawrence 0 Grinnell 6 But rather than at Ripon, I’d see my boy in hell Women win one, lose two to end season Oct. 28 Lawrence 1 Ted Johnson Vikings got on the board as well. ended on 10th Avenue in Grinnell Folks, it’s been a long time since Staff Writer Knox 0 Amazingly, the LU defense held in the form of a sound defeat, the Lawrence football had this much the Knox women to only two shots -- a women have a major advantage next Oct. 21 to play for. Not only do the Vikes The 2006 season concluded Lawrence 1 Sunday for the LU women’s soccer very impressive statistic -- and the one season: Most of the regular starters close out the 2006 campaign on St. Norbert 6 team. The Vikings lost to Grinnell 6-0 that was on goal was saved by Viking are returning as seniors, juniors and Saturday at home against the hated a day after beating Knox 1-0. goalie Candice Gangl. sophomores. Volleyball Red Hawks, but a win guarantees a Saturday the Vikes traveled to The week before reading period However, the team will miss the Oct. 24 winning season for the Vikings, most Galesburg, IL to face off with the the women traveled to De Pere for a contributions of Beth Shaker, Kirsten face-off with St. Norbert, which they Gunderson, and Annemarie Exarhos, Lawrence 3 of whom were in diapers the last Knox Prairie Fire. Jackie Bean scored Carroll 2 time Lawrence’s record was weighted the winning goal in the 43rd minute, lost 6-1. Ashlee Moore scored the lone seniors who have played their final goal in the 22nd minute, assisted by season. left. As far as college football in assisted by both Pam Golemgeski and Oct. 21 Caroline Parry. Jackie Bean. The Lawrence Vikings were 4-10- Lawrence 0 Appleton, WI goes, this is as exciting The Vikings were not able to con- 1 this season. Notably, none of the Beloit 3 as it gets. Bean ended up with six total shots, three of which were on goal. tain Jessica Schadrie and Stephanie players received a red card all season. The LU/Ripon rivalry has a long, Cross Country Amelia Lerch had four shots, and Gatyas, who scored twice each for St. The team total for goals was 15. Jackie brutal history. It is, in fact, the oldest Alison Blegen had three. Many other Norbert. Bean and Beth Shaker led the team in MWC Championships (Oct. 28) college football rivalry in the state of Though the Vikings’ journey goals this season with three apiece. Women: 8 of 10 Wisconsin, having started way back Men: 6 of 9 in 1893. Only three games into the Men’s soccer barely misses postseason series, there were already inclina- Kyle Dallman of their recent success. Possession second half by saving six shots and tions of the game’s significance. Staff Writer seemed impossible, and, without that, letting none in, thereby bringing his standings In 1896, The Lawrentian said the battle was lost. goal/save ratio to 1/9 for the day. of the brutal feelings between the Riding a three-game winning Lawrence offenders mustered The Vikings had done it. They streak in which no goals against LU teams, “Such playing will kill football only two shots on goal, and while St. had stayed alive and were scheduled were allowed – a time span of 270- Norbert only fired six, four of them to play one more game, this time Football MWC O'all … If Ripon or football must die, we plus minutes during which opponents St. Norbert* 8-0 9-0 are sorry, but it ought to be Ripon.” found the back of the net. The Green for all the marbles. Grinnell hosted Illinois 6-2 6-3 couldn’t find the net – the Vikings Knights prevailed, 4-0. a visibly hungry Viking squad vying The rivalry doesn’t stop with Monmouth 6-2 6-3 found themselves in prime position With a season at stake, the Vikings to return to the MWC tournament. Ripon 6-2 6-3 football. LU-Ripon basketball games to claim a bid in the elite, four-team entered a must-win situation at Knox Grinnell struck first. Lawrence 4-4 5-4 the past few years have had all the Midwest Conference tournament. College. By the time the whistle for the In the 11th minute Lawrence let Carroll 4-4 4-5 Lake Forest 4-4 4-5 intensity of Cameron Indoor Stadium, With two wins in their final three end of the first half had sounded, the one leak through on a well-crafted games, the Vikes would have a spot. Knox 1-7 2-7 both in Alexander and down the road Vikings found themselves somewhere play from two Grinnell attackers. But Grinnell 1-7 1-8 at the Storzer P.E. Center, Ripon’s The catch? All three games would be they wouldn’t have imagined a week the tone had been set, and Lawrence Beloit 0-8 1-8 on the road. court. ago – down 1-0 and on the brink of played with inspiring intensity. *Clinched conference title and St. Norbert hosted the first of elimination. In the 37th minute, freshman NCAA Division III playoff berth In 2004-05, Ripon handed the three games slated in the Viking’s Vikings their first conference loss on When the second half began, Moore hooked up with Junior Ryan Men’s Soccer journey and quickly reminded its visi- Lawrence finally appeared to be play- Pikna for a brilliant play that thrust a jumper from Bo Johnson (whose Team MWC O'all tors that an MWC bid for LU wouldn’t ing for something. Opportunities were the Vikes back in it, 1-1. Beloit *~ 8-1-0 11-3-1 name shall never be said aloud) with be easy. At 1:41 in the first half, St. created, and risks were taken. Seven Unfortunately it remained dead- St. Norbert* 8-1-0 13-2-1 two seconds left. That game was in Norbert scored on a fast break that shots found their way on goal, three locked for the rest of regulation and Grinnell * 5-1-3 7-3-5 Carroll * 5-3-1 6-8-2 Ripon, and the students rushing the left Viking defenders shrugging their of which went in. two overtimes before the whistle was shoulders. The LU shutout streak Lawrence 5-3-1 9-6-1 court in the middle of December Tristan Lipe, Nate Reynolds and blown on the Viking season. Yet, with Lake Forest 4-3-2 7-7-2 proved just how seriously Red Hawk ended at 294:11. Rick Moore led the charge in a come- a plethora of bright young faces, the Illinois College 3-6-0 3-11-2 The snowball had just begun to fans take the rivalry. By the way, the back that secured a 3-1 LU victory and future of Viking soccer certainly looks Monmouth 1-6-2 5-8-3 roll. In the second half, the Viking kept the MWC bid alive. Goalkeeper promising. Ripon 1-8-0 1-15-0 Vikings beat Ripon twice that season, defense collapsed under the weight Knox 0-8-1 2-12-2 including in the final game of the Hunter Ryan showed heroics in the MWC tournament. Women’s Soccer Team MWC O'all And the rivalry isn’t just limited 2006-07 hockey preview Grinnell * ~ 9-0-0 13-2-1 to the “fan-friendly trinity” of foot- Kyle Dallman teams left the MCHA without an auto- about his thoughts on this coming Carroll * 8-1-0 11-5-0 ball and men’s and women’s basket- Staff Writer matic bid to the NCAA tournament. winter. St. Norbert * 7-2-0 9-7-0 With eight, the conference demands “I am excited with the potential Lake Forest * 6-3-0 8-8-0 ball. Ask a baseball player, a tennis Monmouth 5-4-0 10-5-1 player, a softball player. They’ll all The time of year has finally more attention. for this year’s team,” Szkodzinski Beloit 4-5-0 7-8-0 With colleges like the Milwaukee said. “The guys have displayed an tell you the same thing: Better dead arrived. The leaves have yellowed and Illinois College 2-7-0 5-11-0 fallen, the temperatures continue to School of Engineering, who – among admirable work ethic throughout a Lawrence 2-7-0 4-10-1 than red. drop, and ice-citement has returned as many strong MCHA athletic programs grueling preseason dry land training Ripon 2-7-0 5-10-1 But I digress. The issue at hand Knox 0-9-0 1-13-2 the Lawrence University men’s hockey – finished 21-5-1 and the addition of regiment as well as through the past is clearly this: Never since anyone team lace up their skates for another new, competitive schools, the MCHA few weeks on the ice. ~ 2006 MWC Champion, who reads this paper -- besides per- exciting season. seems poised to vie for NCAA conten- Szkodzinski continued, “If the top seed/host of 2006 MWC haps Goldgar and Warch --came to This year there will be drastic tion in years to come. players continue with such drive and Tournament this fine institution has a Lawrence/ change around the MCHA. Oct. 24, the Lawrence’s first move toward that desire, we will see improvement in our * Clinched berth in 2006 MWC Tournament Ripon football game meant as much MCHA announced two new arrivals to newly attainable immortality of an team in the near future.” as this one does. Saturday afternoon. the conference: Concordia University NCAA tournament berth has been Coach Szkodzinski, along with his the addition of a new coach, Mike credentials, has brought with him a 1:00 p.m. Wear Blue. and Adrian College, both to become Statistics are courtesy of Szkodzinski. new saying that has already caught active members with the drop of the www.lawrence.edu and With a so-so season last year, an on around the locker room: “The easy puck on the 2007-2008 season. www.midwestconference. Lawrence Bleeds Blue: Better opening weekend of two straight loss- way is not always the right way, and The move was made largely org and are current as of Dead Than Red. es and an MCHA-predicted fourth fin- the right way is not always easy.” because the conference’s current six November 1, 2006 ish, I questioned Coach Szkodzinski