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VOLU~E 88, NO. 23 WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA May 4, 1989

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.. new initiates . thing that was really neglected on ~ . fl y Nanc) K . Whalen • lri-cditor t:ampus and something that could •• be tmprovcd.'' He srud the idea ; came to him when he wao; return· • Omsnon Delta Kappa has named seven new initiates and mg from a party out at Zollman's John Fsalcowitz will be the rcc1p1· la-;t spnng. Fialcowltl IS also th e 'iOphomore class Exccuuve Com· • cnt or ODK's sophomore-of the· • year award. msucc representative . .. Al·cording to senior Moose llcrring said all ODK miuates Hernng, W&L's ODK pres1dent, must have a junior or sen10r .. the initiates were numed to give stnnhead. Christley knows sign language, The Campbell Lane shelter have 22 to 25 dog runs and 20 but unfortunately, few of his cus· Dy Alesha Priebe has nine dog runs, indoor cages cat cages, allowing more animals • tomers do. He says he "gets Staff Reporter with access to outdoor cages, and 10 be housed for a longer period ~ along fine" without using sign of time. It would be less noisy , language. If he doesn't understand The Rockbridge Society for the 10 cat cages, but the shelter is currently housing 19 dogs and 23 than the Campbell Lane area and • sometlting a customer is saying, Prevention of Cruelty to Animals cats. would provide better health condi· he asks them to write it on a has found a possible site for a ' sheet of paper. new shelter, SPCA chainnan Mrs. Cornett said the small space tions for the animals, CorneLL said. Christlcy, 6 1, learned some of Kenneth Cornett said. causes disease spreading and limits A four-acre area of land on the amount of time the shelter can During 1988, 1,455 cats and • his sign language at the Virginia· School for the Deaf and Blind in Route 39 ncar the county jail is keep an animal before euthanizing dogs were brought to the • Swunton, where he received his currently being considered for pur· it. Right now, an animal is kept Rockbridge SPCA shelter. That is four times the number of animals • only formal education. He chase. A $200,000 building has an average of 5· 14 days before it been proposed to house the stray brought to the shelter 25 years attended the school from the age must be put to sleep. Comeu said ago. • of eight umil he turned 14. and unwan ted animals that are 20 percent or the animals brought "We simply don' t have the , Chnstley said he " learned a lo1 now crowded in the shelter on to the shelter will be adopted. hy himself," including his Campbell Lane in Lexington. Tile other 80 percent arc put to room for so many animals. That's • l.nowledge or shoe repair. The currcm shelter is 25 years sleep. The Humane Society of the why the new shelter is so impor· United States reported that 12 mil· tant to us," Cornett said. Born in Draper Valley, Vir· old, 100 small and is " falling ginia, Chnstley traveled around :-~part," according to Cornett. lion animals end up in shelters The HSUS blames the igno­ ' the country in his "younger days" During the recent heavy every year. Eight million of those runcc of pet owners for the over· rainstorms, water poured through arc euthanized. crowding of shelters. Pets need to , lc.ctrnsng about shoe repair. He said a • he wclll through 23 states in two hole in the roof. The proposed shelter would C'i' Please see SPCA p.3. ' years before scHiing m Roanoke , in 1944, where he worked as a shoe repairman for 12 years. Book store expands its shelves ' 1 Christlcy moved to Lexington in I wanted to be closer to home," • 1956 and worked at the Lexington lly Joei Dyes bookstore in a Slllaller town like she said, smoothing out her red this one is the service you give. Shoe Hospital under its former Staff Reporter bla1.cr and leaning back into a ' owner, Russell Cummings, until You wouldn't ask for some chair set behind a shelf of Science when he bought the The Best Seller has solved its obscure book in B. Dalton's or • 1971, Fiction books at the back of the business. Today Chrislley and his space problem. Waldcnbooks But here, we store. ' wife Ruby run the shop togeUler. Beth T hom pson, the l.nock ourselves out to get people bookstore's manager, said, " We " We've been in Lexington for what they want. If we don't have • lhc two fir!>! met when she began four years. Onginally, we had a workmg as a clerk for the Shoe were just running out of space and a pankuluc book, we can order it. store on Washington Street which ' llo~piwl m 1956. They were mar· luckily the store next door became It's an a-;o;et to the style of life in available." But she said, " It's was one- third the s•ze of this store 1 ned 1\' o years later. this communsty to know that they before the expansion. " I .tm a When a customer leaves really a little too early Lo tell" if ha' c resources I ike that. book lover. I've had an interest 'ChnsiiC} 's shop, he is certain to the expansion into the former Flip in them for many years," shc "For example," she said, "I ' be g1vcn what has become a Side music store has helped busi· ness. said. "I like this busine ss because got Salman Rushdic 's Satanir , tradcm:trk w11h the Lexing10n shoe Freshman Wleml Douogulh gets ready to go to the goal In Thompson has been in the 1 think bookstores attract an •ntcr­ l't>ne.1 m as soon as I could. I man ·a p1ccc of paper with a big Saturday's 10-9 upset win over VMI In the second annual bool.selhng business s1nce 1975 ~u ng segment of the public." thmk it must be a terrible book 'sn11lcy face that says "huvc a Lee-Jackson Lacrosse Classic. Douogulh's four goals, when she returned 10 Rockbridge Thompson went on lO e:tlprcss (because of the controversy u's Including the game-winner In overtime, helped the Generals County from Washington D.C. "I what makes her store special. caused), hut somclxxly must be finish with a 4·9 record. See story, page 5. , u Please see SHOE p.3. came back to Rockbridge because "One of the best qualiucs of u u Please see BOOK p.3. The Rlng·tum Phi, May 4, 1989 0 I OPINION 2 .. .. The North trial Reclaiming our colleges . ' Keep your fingers crossed, but the trial of fanner White .. House aide and current W&L Dad Oliver North should be MY VIEW within days of coming to a close. As we go to press, the ' jury is in its twelfth day of deliberations (remember, God By Peter Collier . created the world in on ly six). • EDn'OR' S NOTE : Peter Collitr is an au­ • To say a resohnion to this mess has been long in thor and former studtnt protestor. His column .. coming is an understatement. Unfortunately, the denouement apptars here courtesy "Collegiate Times." of this process -- whatever the outcome -- won't mean as much as it should. After independent counsel Lawrence Twenty-five years ago this fall, I was in Walsh spent millions investigating the Iran-Contra matter, school at U.C. Berkeley and helping organize .. the Free Speech Movement, one of the open· he threw out the central charges -- conspiracy to defraud ing salvos in the political wars of lhe '60s. the U.S. and theft of government property -- rather than One afternoon during a lull in the protest. 1 .. risk forcing the disclosure of classified information. stood up in the middle of a graduate seminar • We considered that tum of events unfortunate, because, on James BosweJl and began lecturing my ' considering last summer's trial-by-Congress, we thought professor, more or less out of the blue, on the need for a radical consciousness in the class­ Nonh deserved the opportunity to clear his name. room. After I had fmished, my professor said Now, no one seems to know what the impending verdict something like this: •'Now that's all very will mean. We certainly don't. And, despite the magnificent imeresting, Mr. Collier, and one is certainly miniseries The Rise and Fall of Oliver North, we're not left to wonder what Samuel Johnson would consin ever could have. Radicals invaded feet university life with their millennarian sure anybody else does. have thought of such a demand, given his classrooms and prevented professors from yearnings, their nihilism, and their academic famous confrontation with John Wilkes. But teaching. Radicals assaulted students who Dada. Was it worth the millions Walsh spent? Was it worth the then you're not exactly a John Wilkes, are didn't agree with them. Radicals set fire to They were demanding that administrators tons of newsprint and days of television air-time that you?" libraries whose offense was to hold the accu­ spend time in pursuit of the perfect (and per­ followed? Was it worth turning the government U~')ide­ John Wilkes, 1 should say, was the Oaming mulated wisdom of Western civilization. Rad­ fectly discriminatory) racial mix, instead of down? After all this blood-letting, we still don't know the radical of Samuel Johnson's day, and Johnson, icals bombed buildings where worJc was al­ dealing with the growing crisis of undergradu­ answer to the central questions -- who was aware of and great Tory that he was. found him a channing legedly being clone in support of "American ate instruction. They were using the class­ man but also a threat to civilization. At the fascism ." room to cultivate ethnic tensions. They were .. involved in the diversion of funds when -- and who's to time, of course, I identified with Wilkes and Radicals maimed individual lives and, on changing the curriculum to break down the say it would have been worth it all if we did? was stung by the suggestion that my radical· many campuses, brought the business of edu­ "bourgeois" canon. And in all these effons, • Of course, there are the impending trials of North's ism was less than his. It's a measure of how cation to a standstill. I know, because I was they were encountering little resistance. colleagues in the Iran-Contra maner. Perhaps those trials far I've come that I now identify with good one of them. We changed forever - in a The transformation of the university that will be more illuminating than North's -- but don't bet on old Sam Johnson, who saw lhe radicals of his way old Joe McCarthy, with all his delusions began in the '60s and accelerated during the • day as "unprincipled and destructive scoun­ of grandeur, never would have thought of following decade is now nearly complete. • it drels." doing -- what is taught, and how, and why. Leftists have crealed an ambience in which While Walsh and company may be intent on finding out More to the point, it's a measure of how We brought the university to its knees and it's grievance replaces inquiry and polemic mas- , every detail of the diversion, the rest of us aren't. Enough far the university has come that the process remained in that posture ever since. querades as scholarship; in which the profes- • is enough. Let's hope the jury will send them all home I've just described now occurs exactly in re­ sional organizations ~iginally meant to ad- ~ verse. No lpnger is it a case of students uy­ We need an academic without any supper -- and thereby lift the sentence the vance the cause of hiStory, anthropology, and ing to intrude radical politics into the class­ equivalent of the Reagan other disciplines have become lobbies for left- • Washington inquisitors have imposed on the rest of us. room and being poli!ely rebuffed by professors ist causes and ~.errorist elites around the world; • who take their jobs seriously. Now it's the Doctrine - an effort to roll in which the model administrator is a combi­ other way around. University officials make back the Left's successes in nation of Saul Alinsky, Mother Theresa, and • leftism part of the intellectual air students the university. Neville Chamberlain. In this atmosphere zeal- • breathe, and professors arc using their rooms ots threaten the university 's mission by des­ Letters as bully pulpits from which to force correct Yet af1er Viemam many of my old com­ perately promoting their chosen truths, while • political attitudes on the young. rades reentered lhe university as professors centrists threaten it by denying that there are • We New Left radicals paid little auention and administrators. Having failed to change any truths at all, and by continuing to cede to conservatives back in the early '60s. Our America in their image in the '60s, they used academic territory to those who demand it, to • Student wants real targets were liberals -- Cold War liberals, the respite offered by the "Me Decade" to keep them quiet corporate liberals, and most of all the liberals get on the tenure track. In part.. they were By declining 10 enforce its own principles who fonned the vital center in the Democratic seeking a convalescent home where they could and standards, the university has hastened its librarian tenured Party, and who had been present at the cre­ recover from radical burnout. But they were own decline and imperiled our society. It is • To the Editors: ation of the postwar world. We knew that if also acting on the one lesson they had learned in crisis not because of racism or financial we could break their power, we'd change from the 1960s: To be effective, they would problems or overcrowding or any of the "cri­ Spring Term at WashingtOn & Lee means many things to many America forever. And we did. This is one have to hunker down for the long struggle in ses" one hears about, but because of what • people. To seniors, it's time for "Popes for Dopes" and "Goshen of the few undisputed uuths of the New Left a toleranl environment Jean-Paul Sarue would have called its own and Gondolas" or to begin looking for jobs. For undergrads, it's But of all the liberal strongholds, the one I ftrst saw the effects of their decision late "bad faith." time to begin thinking about summer vacation and whether you go we attacked with special venom was lhe uni· in the 1970s, when 1 was teaching at Berkeley We need an academic equivalent of the • LO Barbados or Aspen. It's time for class work, frizbce on the versity. Why? Because it claimed to sympa· as a visiting wriler. By that time, innovations Reagan Doctrine -- an effon to roll back l.be , Colonnade and parties at Goshen. Spring Term is also when the thize with our frustration , because of its al­ for the '60s such as "ethnic studies" had Left's successes in the university. Although faculty decides who gets Tenure and who geLS the Boot. This year, leged ties to the war machine, because it was cheapened the curriculum. By themselves, the problem was caused by people like myself the tenure committee, for reasons unknown, voted against a won­ the only place we could have an impact, be­ however, such excrescences would have been and my old comrades who are now sitting in ~ derful and caring member of the University Library staff, Mrs. cause it was there. self-limiting; most students knew that these Academic Senates across the country, today's Peggy Hays. I feel, along with a lot of others. that this decision is McCarthyism had scarred the university. courses were trivial and avoided them like the students will have to bear the brunt of the ' WRONG!!! When I first arrived at Berkeley in 1957, plague. The problem was the New Left men­ struggle. But then, as we radicals used to say • Mrs. Hays is a compclent and dedicated librarian with over these wounds were still fairly raw. But the tality that had seeped into the way the univer­ in the 1960s, one generation's sin is the next ~ twenty years of experience. She takes an active interest in the lives Left's reign of terror in the 1960s affected the sity saw itself and its central academic disci­ generation's call to duty. of the students and is willing to go to the proverbial "extra mile" university .far more than the senator from Wis- plines. Its proponentS were beginning to in- Distributed by the Collegiate Network. • to help a student. Indeed, how many faculty members do you know who will go to the bus station at 3 A.M. to pick up a student so that they will not have to walk back to campus? I can't begin to count the number of Limes that I have found Mrs. Hays at Racial equality down on the Farm work, after hours, looking for that elusive bit of information which •• a student has declared as absolutely critical to the survival of their A recent anicle by Pawl Rob­ action seeks equality but an equal­ students are prevented from attain­ paper. MY VIEW erts appeanng in The Richmond ity reminiscent of George Orwell 's ing admission to the schools they • As a History Major, I know the value of good reference person­ D. Ross Patterson Times-Dispatch discusses Michigan Animal Farm in which all animals deserve; deserving minority stu- , nel and Mrs. Hays is, in my opinion, the best that I have ever By State University's affmnative ac­ are created equal, but some are dents' achievements are cheapened worked with. 1 feel that Mrs. Hays deserves to receive tenure. She tion policy. "Af1er MSU students more equal than others. by prevailing attitudes that these • is an outstanding person who makes a real difference to this The wheel has come full circle. complete the core course require- Far be it from me to advocate achievements are the result of spe- • school. We pay $10,000 LUition to attend a university which prides In lhe beginning, there were cial treatment and not hard work. itSelf, and rightly so, on being one of the best in the nation. Il is minorities who were discriminated Instead of guaranteeing equal rights to all Quotas and special standards to " only right that we, the student body, have faculty and staff which against. Society (i.e., the courts) people, aflirmative action has resulted in insure "proper" ratios of minorities • exemplify the high standards of Washington & Lee University. decreed that they should be pro· to whites in organizations, whether Mrs. Peggy Hays is such a person and to deny her a position, tected. Equal opportunity legisla­ the favoring of minority group members they be coJJeges or businesses, are • which I feel she richly deserves, is to make a mockery of those tion was instituted with the laud­ relative to their white counterparts. unfair to everyone. Equal oppor- , standards. able purpose of insuring that all tunity should mean exactly that people regardless of race, sex, ments, they then compete for ad- discrimination based on race, but an equal opportunity to achieve, Robcn J. Owen creed or color would be treated mission to the separate schools, Michigan State's policy goes too with no special privileges for any- • equally. However, this noble pur­ such a~ engineering and education. far in the pursuit of affirmative one, regardless of race, sex, creed pose has been perverted. Instead In the admission fonnulas that are action. To quote RobertS, "Racial or color. Any other policy ceases of guaranteeing · equal rights to all used, minority students (defined as groups now have entitlement to to be equal opporLUnity and • people, afftrmative action has re­ blacks, Asians, Hispanics, and na· their share of college degrees becomes government-sanctioned , sulted in the favoring of minority Live Americans) are alloued addi- whether they earn them or not." discrimination. As someone once %e 1(ing-tum Phi group members relative to their tional points by virtue of their Policies similar to this one are un­ said, "A rose by any other • THE STUDENT VOICE OF WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY white counterparts. race. This policy of affirmative fair to all parties involved. White name ... " Tri-Editors Elizabeth Parkins, Heidi Read, Nancy Whalen Arguing abortion: Never say never Assigrunenr Editors ...... Eieanor Nelson, Pat Lopes if your mother were raped and be­ ma and horror of such an incident, carrying will be born mentally re­ Copy Editors ...... Margarct Pimblctt, Kelly Putney tarded. The financial consider- ' Editorial Page Editor ...... Jamcs Lake MY VIEW came pregnant? And what if hav­ has to bear the incredible burden ing that child would endanger lhe of carrying a child for nine ations (special medical and school • Entertainment Editor ...... Pamela Kelley By Shady Photo Editors ...... Cheryl Barrett, JuLee Messerich, Beth Freund Mike life of your mother, as well as the months. Doosn't seem fair or bills) aside, is everyone emotional- Sports Editor ...... Mikc Shady child's? Should she be forced to "just" to me. ly ready or willing to be the • Assistant SportS Editor ...... Jay Plotkin I am confused. I always carry the child to full term? Your The typical rebuttal to the rape mother or father of a retarded , Editorial Cartoonist...... Jeff Woodland thought abortion was a complex article seems to suggest so. problem along with incest is to child? What kind of "life" does issue -- one in which a clear-cut Wouldn't abortion in this hypothe­ say, "Okay, we'll make except­ a mentally handicapped person ' solution could not be reached. tical case be justified on ethical ions for rape and incest," which have in today's sodety? ls it a , Business Manager...... Christie Champlin Not so, according to the three grounds. or at least in an ethical our current president has said on "life" wonh having? I'm not Advertising Managcr.. .! ...... Annc Dysart opinion columns that appeared in context? several occasions. This is absurd. saying a potentially retarded child ' Circulation Mannger ...... Karl Hanson last week's PJU. Mr. Bettendorf should be aboned, but isn't this • Assistant Business Manager...... Fred Turpin argues that ''no one would dare What about the rights of a rape victim who yet another difficult decision that claim that abortion is in any way becomes pregnant? Is she responsible for must be rendered? The Rmg-tum Pili is published every Thur!lday during the morally good." Miss Heiskell What 1 find disturbing with the • undergraduate school year at Washington and Lee Univcrsily, says " no one has the right to de­ bearing that child? Saying Htough break" is views presented last week is the Lexington, Virginia. Funding for Tht Ring-tum Phi comes primarily limiting swnce they talce toward from advertising and from a portion of the student activities fcc. The ny life." And Mr. Cook states not the answer. Washington and Lee Publications Board elects the chief editors and that "anyway you look at it, a abonion. All three attempt to business manager, but The Ring-tum Phi is otherwise independent. life is taken in abortion." As for Miss Heiskell's beliefs, How can abonion be murder in strip the issue down 10 one basic Leuers to the Editor and other submissions must be in 11u: Ring· So I guess this abortion dilem­ the rape siLUation applies here as one context and yet be permissible fact: an unborn child has the right wm Phi office, Room 208 of the University Center, by 5 p.m. on ma is preuy easily solved then, well. What about the woman's in another? To their credit, the to life. What none of these opin- • Tuesday to appear in that week's edition. The Ring-tum Pili observes right? No question about it, abor­ rights in this predicament? A three articles last week allowed ions examines arc the rights of the current coun definitions of libel and obscenity. tions should be made illegal and child that she had no intention of for no loopholes or exceptions. woman involved. There are many any woman who has one per­ having is now inside of her body. but, while their reasoning is con­ moral dilemmas in which the · The Rmg-tum Plu formed and any doctor who per­ Is she responsible, and if so, why sistent, it docs not soy what is the rights of one person connict with Post Oflicc Box 899 fonns one should be thrown in jail should she be? She did not ask " right" thing to do in the situa­ lhe rights of another, and abortion Lexington, Virginia for murder. Case closed. to be raped. Mr. Beuendorf wants tions of rape and incest. is one of these problems. Saying 24450 But it's not that simple, is it? "justice" but I find it hard to ac­ Here's yet another scenario: a " tough break" to a raped woman . I want to present a hypothetical cept that justice is served if a rape pregna nt woman discovers after who becomes pregnant is not the situauon to Mr. Beltendorf. What victim, after experiencing the trau- medical tests that the child she is answer. 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Burns satd th.lt the VoiUIII!j'Crs ( cont mucdtmmp;t·~·l) perform a school Si.'rVKl: by Chi Os initiate the pcouon. Dcl;pnc EC's dental, prommmg W&L's r<:put.'ltmn The the '!ipecwror wrll hrt the Volumccrs :lfc c.asmg the tension Colon~dc th month, as planned. bct\\'CCn W&L. students nnd local 1 Ry Cullins Carriker senior president of the Chi Omega Lngurtlc s:ud that c~~openscs :lfe group~ through ovemrght cnmps colony at Washington and Lee hcrng per on.tlly covered by ami tlayumc mar,hcs wrth the e Slaff Reporler , . groups. Bums cspct:llllly noted University. ,. ""'SJIIne urganllcrs, who hope to thut the Volunteers arc one ol the "In a couple of years our The installation of the Xi t he reimbursed with funds collected new s<>rority system will be fully ,, lrum alumni. few urgnnitations at W&:L that Lambda Chapter of Ch1 Omega integrated into fraternity and onto the W&L campu was held Also at Monda)':. meeting. the Interacts \\ith VMI l'adeL"i. lie campus life and we can aiJ look on Satruday April 29, 1989 at L1bcrty Hall Volunteers described felt that recent activities with bac k proudly · because we are Southern Seminary College tn thc1r actrvwcs and pcuuoned the cadet led the particiJXIOl:. to charter members of the system Buena Vista, Virginia. The EC lor mldnional funds. President rco;olve !lOme of the malry and our own special Ch1 Omega inst.alhng chapter was the Lambda •• Davtd Bums dcscnllCd how the between men m W&L pnd VMJ. Chapter, the fi rst installed sorority Giunmu Chapter of the Unr versity • The l C voted to allocate $ 1 ~.05 ' • Voluntcrrs done "ullage CIVIl War on campus," stated Keri Hin richs. of Virgima at Charlottesville. • t 1111 ronns and usc equipment of to the Volunteers for the purchase • • of cantet:ns , that era to promote an In other EC business, members • undcrstandtng of the war and an concurred With Finkelstein's One of the main reasons for these appreciation of the role of the new programs. accordrng to I !er­ soldiers. Bums said that this opinron that a telegram from ODK students at W& L to students in ring, was "we're trying to become spring, the Volunteers w11l JOin more than JUSt an honorary SOCI­ VMI cadeLo; and area res idents in the People's Republic of China (COntinued from page I) ety." Herri ng sa1d ODK has been ' • a r~nac t men t of the Battle of \\ Ould he appropnatc The tic also said ODK provided a stu­ thought of in 1hc past as bc rng un •• New Market. At thm battle, Chinese students arc dcrnand1ng dent seminar on leadership style I rcedoms promoted by George inacti ve societr wtth the potenual ,_ ~adcL-; joined Confederate forces to that brought in a professoc from to be vuy ar ti ve and effective defend this :1tea from the invading Washmgton, a founder of U.S., as Vtrgrn1a Polytechnic Institute. around the W&L community He •• Union Army. The event wlll be we ll an early supporter of as Yesterday a Leadership program said this m ac t iv~:. n cl)l) made l)Cveral •• filmed and a mov1e will be W&L. was provided at Lexington High non-members of ODK \ 1cw the produ~ed for VMI 's New Market Sophomore Representative School with Nonn Lord, professor society in a negative manner. ,. Museum. W&L Will hi' Willard pumas reported on a of Physical Education. Herring The new members will be ofli­ nrenlltlned rn the cred 1 L~ and professor s request that the said there was an ODK luncheon cially " tapped," or inducted, 111 •• Bum-. sa1d that museum curators committee review the current twice a month Lo discuss various January of 1990. Next year's of­ .. l'stimatc.- that the lilm he shown pohcy for the distributiOn of grade school affairs. He said the pro­ ficers are J. Wayne Burns, Prcsr­ for the next 50 year:.. change '>hCCts. Grade change Jumping Resu lts grams ODK provided this year dent, and Shawn Copeland, Vice Rums led the group's peution sheets arc not released d1rectly to were a result of those luncheons. President. •• lur funds. He requested StudcnLc;. Dumas snid that tl'lntbur-;cmcnt to cover the cost of according to Registrnr Scott • prol.'rarns for last October's Lee Dmman, the policy blocks the mcmor~al scrvrcc Bums alSOJ tcmpt.nion to forge a professor's Results of 1989 Jump Ronc for Heart , requested monC) to purchase 'ilgnature and commit an honor SPCA BOOK camcen!> and bhmkct~ for the Ne.... \ 10lat10n. The professor ~lieves ORDER OF FIN1SH Market rcenartmcnt EC President that the policy may be unfairly (contrnued from page I) (conti nued from page I) Christupher de Movc ll an s;ud that questioning the honor of students. I. Sigma Chi 1:29:29 be spayed or else overpopulation willing to have the printed word." the group cll'arl) engages in Discussion on . ~e mauer was 2. Kappa Kappa Gamma 1:04:50 occurs, Cornell said, agreeing with As far as which books seU, worthwhile activities: however, he postponed unt1l next week's 3. PKPsi 1:01:03 HSUS. The SPCA requires that Thompson said that local history sug~c,tcd tl1:1t the Student Acti vity meeting. Junior Representative 4. PK.Phi 58:07 all animals adopted from the shel- books are on everyone's shopping Bo.trd's curr('nt debt should be Brandon Canaday reported on the 5. Faculty/S taff 45:44 ter be spayed within a specified list, but beyond that, it depends on considered. F.C Vice President theft of utensils and dishes from 6. SAE 44:44 period of ti me. Cowt action is the season and what's " hot" at Hu!•h Finkelstein reported that the Evan's Dining H'\.11. Since the 7. PKS 41 :06 brought against people who do not the time. She said duri ng Christ­ SAB rs approximutcly S 10,000 • lui term, approxi.•tatcly 200 cups 8. SN 36:03 comply. mas, All I Really to Know I $ 15,000 in debt. ln uddrtion. de l.ave disappeared from Evans. 9. Chi Omega 33:00 to Ltarned In Klfldergarten, a book MO\·ell

Interviews by: Kelly Putney Photos by: Copeland Kapp What do you think the Registrar's Office does with the money they receive from all those $5 drop/add charges?

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ltidmrd (;race '90, Fort ~te ' en Rodger '89, Little Stephanie Smilh '89, East f ed Myers '89, Palm B­ Preston "Tbe Hawk" Ha­ Parr ick Hinely '73, Unlv­ • Dl'fln,i l. :\II>- " Mr. Dillman n uck, AR- "They have a huge ll runS\\ick, NJ- "They ought each, FL- "They're using u to nkins '90, Hilton Head, SC· ersily Photographer. " Maybe p1nunttl) has an c>.pcns1vc keg party." to take the money and hire Lnplc the number of lights and •'They used the money to they're savmg it up to bu1ld I' 111 Ro} lC a a scnmd car" more help." sidewalks on campus and build bu1ld an ugly sidewalk next to the new 11ad:." mOr(' ICnCi.'S." Howe Hall, knocking out five to ten park mg spots." ' The Ring-tum Phi, May 4, 1989 4 General Notes . ' Sbar Speaks: - ' . Outings Sbar becomes born again? Peck speaks Room 21 of Payne HaiJ. The the universe, even his dog Elec­ my body (my large intestine) is The Outing Club will pro­ topic wrll be "The•t Kronborg's Lron, are moving towards a state mouvating me to move on to the VIde rock-climbing instruction 'Song of Myself': The Female By Jon Sbar on Thurs. 11 May from 1:00- of 'haos. What th1s meant tn sci­ complex subject of Dade County Demaree Peck, instructor of /\rust's lmagmauve lnhent.ance 5:00 p.m. No expenence or As a young drug-crazed jour­ entific terms lS that Einstein now resident, Peggy Fields. Engltsh at W&L, w1ll deliver in \V1lla Cather's /'he Song of nalist lt Plant H1gh School, I was had a good excuse for not clean­ Fields, who was bli.rlded after ~uipment is necessary. Space an Engltsh colloquium Mon­ the LmJ.:. . A rcccpuon w11l fol­ known as a writer who could go ing up the g!l1'3ge being struck by a flying roll of tS hmiLCd, so please sign up on day, May 8, at 4·30 p.m in low 111 room 26. the sheet prov1ded outside Balc­ too far. In one arucle, f~ exam­ Ethelda (EittStein's wtfe); "Al­ toilet plp<'r, is living proof of that ple, I del1Uied a hypothetical scxu· bert, 1 don't gtve a damn 1f you prehistoric cliche,"ll's only fun er 109. Meet at Baker 106. aJ encounter between two guidance did wm the Nobel Prize, if that until someone loses an eye.'' Ac­ counc;clors and my elderly physics garage is not clean by tomorrow cording to the Tampa Tnbune, the teacher (I'm still paying off the I'm taking your favonte calculator "roll of toilet paper sa1led 60 feet ltbcl settlement). However my to the pawn shop." through the air and hit her behind and Outings days of lunatic journalism are long Einstein (in his rural dialect): the left ear." gone. Thanks 10 a sudden religious ''But garsh dam 11 Ethelda clcan­ By this time readers are proba· experience I became a born agam mg up the garage is a waste of bly wondcnng why this article, tn On the weekend of May 20 Chnsuan-Jewish-Moslem-Buddhist t1me Clean or duty the garage'U total disregard for the laws of or­ and 21 the Biking Section of writer. Now that I maintain such still be headed for a state of cha­ ganizauo•l, IS jumping from topic the Ouung Club will sponsor a high eth1cal standards, occasionally os." to topic, from Born Again Journal­ lrip to Davis, W. Virginia for I am forced to overlook some hig­ That next day, while cleaning ISm to naked kitchen stalkers, a mountain bike race. Anyone hly mtcrcsting material. Take the out the garage, Emstein d1scovered from naked kitchen stalkers to Al­ interested m racing, riding or case of my late n1ght naked kitCh­ that garage matter could not be ben Emstein, from Albert Einstein JUSt watchmg is welcome. De­ en stall.lng housemate. What an created or destroyed unless you to Donna Rice and from Donna tails of departure and return arucle rt would make if I was hauled it to the dumpster. Rice to Peggy Fields. Although 1 will be worked out by the able to teiJ readers, in intricate Stnce we're already on the sub­ would Jove to tell you why I must group. Contact John Buchanan detail, about certain individuals I ject of great rntellectuals now end this article immedialely. You at 463-7369 for more informa­ Jive with who grew up with the would be the best time for me to see, I'm late for a Donna Rice tion. Sign up outside Baker nouon that its okay to walk down discuss Dorrna Ri ce and her winter seminar on Born Again Jt urnalism 109. the hall to the kitchen bull naked visit to Washington and Lee Uni­ and 1 promised my good friend to eat cheese nachos provided that versity for an ethics seminar (that Albert Einstein that I'd give him a it's between the hours of 2:00 and same weekend Ghandi was in Le­ ride. Besides, tlle naked kitchen 5:00 A.M. But as a Born Again xington for a handgun combat se­ stalker is probably gearing up (I Journalist how could I? It would­ minar). It seems that the visiting mean down) for a late night sna­ more Outings n't be cth1cal; anyone with deter­ Donna Rice was not the peroxide ck. minnuon, natural investigative sk­ blonde, breast implanted opportun­ From Sat. 6 May to Mon. 8 tlls has instant access to the ist you might have read about in May the Outing Club wiU names nnd home addresses of my the papers. sponsor a two-day hike on the housemates. So mstead of late The real Donna Rice is Donna Appalachian Trail. Departure night nudity I will discuss Alben "Robm Hood" Rice, a former Announcement: and return times wilJ be "the animal" Einstein, the great Kooi-Aid drinking girl scout who worked out by the group, but scienust (and butterfly coiJector) worked her way through coUege it will probably be late Mon. who discovered the major ele­ and astrophysics graduate school. morning before we are back. ments (earth, wind, air and fire) The real Donna Rice travels a­ Only two more issues Contact David Allen at 464- using only a tool kit and a box of round, d!sguiscd by buck teeth and of The Phi for this year. 1932 for more details. Sign up matches. shaved head, stealin' from the The deadline for final at Baker 109. There will be a The night after discovering the rich a,d giving to the poor. Thou­ submissions is Tues­ mandatory trip-planning session elements Einstein was chain smok­ gh I would like nothing better in Baker 109 at 5:15 p.m. on ing unfiltered Camel Cigareues, than to tell you about Dor.na and day, May 16. Thurs. 4 May. Equipment is drinkina Old Milwaukee beer and her band of "Merry Bandits", IVailablc. listening to rap music when it oc­ which inc ide ntally incl udcs Mother liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-' curred to him that all matter in Theresa, some thing deep inside of

Phelo by Jm AJTiblwin• Professor Ju, in his home at the Art Farm, Buchanan finishing final semester prepares to retire at the eod of this year. Although Ju will be retiring be "ill continue to teach students at the Art Farm.

By Mitchell Schmale an worked on a newspaper in Panel of Review from 1968 to He said his plans for the fu­ Starr Reporter Lynchburg and then joined the 1969. He has also written two ture arc not definite yel. but he --~-- Navy as a communications officer. books including. "Understanding plans to spend his time relaxing William Buchanan walks with He served from 1942 to 1946 in Political Variables" and has co-a­ and enjoying himself. He is cur­ Screen Printed T-Shirts, Hats & Jackets a cane into his office in the South America and Europe decod­ uthored three other books on poli­ rently auditing a freshman chemis­ Retail or Wholesa le School of Commerce, Economics ing and untangling messages. tics. try course. Custom des1gns or your logo on and Politics, snaps off the dark After World War II Buchanan The politics professor is a Edward C. Atwood Jr., profes­ Americas best brands sunshades covering his glasses, taught English and journalism at regular contributor of articles to sor of economics and the fanner which he must wear due to recent Roanoke College for one year un­ many political science journals, is dean of the School of Commerce, Hanes, Fruit of the Loom. Steadman, Russeii/Jerzees. cataract surgery, and sits at his til 1947. He then returned to a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Economics and Politics, said Bu­ May Specials: T-Shlrts 20% OFF Retail cluttered desk to look over his ap- W&L for two years to work on was the Visiting Fellow at Oxford chanan has been a "great asset to Tote Bags only $2 25 ea. pointments for the day. The the Washington and Lee bicenten- in the Winter of 1983. Washington and Lee.'' 100% Nile T Sh1n.; $8 95 70-yea.r-old politics professor takes nial anniversary and teacl\ one "Washington and Lee gave "We were very lucky to get Personalize these items with heat his time because his 23-year class in journalism. me a very good education,' • said him. He and his wife have been a seal letters. ?Se ea. or try the career at Washington and Lee is In 1949, Buchanan went to Buchanan, who places much im­ great asset to the community,'' drawing to a close. This is his last graduate school at Princeton Uni­ HEW 3-0 Ink! portance on knowledge and a good said Atwood. We also carry removable Tatoos! spring semester. versily, receiving his ·Ph.D in 19- education . "But, I wish he were younger •'Time is what 1 have plenty 55. He taught political science in "Teaching is something you so he wouldn't have to retire," 155 112 S. Main St. of," said Buchanan. Mississippi, California and Tennes- do from day to day and it is re­ Atwood said with a smile. 8I1C Buchanan graduated from see before returning to W&L in warding," said Buchanan, "I've Lexington, VA 211 450 Washington and Lee in 1941 with 1966. taught quite a number of people." r;) c BMW 325ES For Sale a certificate in journalism, a major " 1 was glad to have the op­ When asked why he's retiring, Bilek wl peatl lnletlot 703-463-2618 in French and a masters in portunity to come back," said au­ , • • •2.000 rl'i.· .,.,000 ('. I,~ AP i ri i~C S Buchanan laughs and says, "Be­ cal .a-. 1430 English. He accomplished this un- chanan, who is famous for his Re­ cause I'm 70." der a different system that existed search Methods class. at Washington and Lee up until Senior Jamie Gaucher, a poHt- Lhe 1940's. ical science major, describes ~~:::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::.:::;:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~:·::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::•:::::::::::::::::::::::;.~. ' He said his proudest and most Buchanan's teaching methods as Efficiency apartment downtown for two. ;:; :::: • rewarding experience as an under- "hard, but fair." Monthly rent $225. Also two, 2 bedroom apart- :.:1~. . No more waiting!... i.ll:... graduate was serving as the senior Buchanan is a member of the ments $400·$425 per month. Call463-1801. .·. ··· editor of the Ring-tum Phi. 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Generals head coach Dennis Daly The Mens' TeMis team seems On atUICk, the torch was had juntor Chris Kennedy face off· to have a uip to scentc passed from senior two-ume All­ in the place of regular face off ' Kalamazoo, Michigan, m their American John Ware to freshman man Stu Geisel, a senior in his ' fuwre. Currently tied for fourth Wiem1 Douoguih, and that passing last game. Kennedy won the ' tn the nation, Washington & Lee's resulted in W&L's most exciting draw to Starl the overtime, and the Jringmen are certain to have yet win in some time. Generals never lost possession of inother bid to the NCAA Division The Generals scored late in the the ball. Ill National Championships in the game to send it into overtime • bag. After a time out, the Generals before defeating the Keydets 10-9 came out with a play designed for Earlier this week, the on VMI's Alumni Memorial Ware, but when he wasn't open, Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches 1 StadJum. the ball found its way into the Associauon (ITCA) had the In what W&L called their suck of Douoguih. The freshman ~ Generals sharing the fourth version of the NCAA tournament, wasted no time in ending the position with Kalamazoo College, the Generals jumped out early, game, and he beat his defenseman who will host the tournament. running to a 6-2 lead with 9: 17 and scored his fourth goal of the i.Season-long favorite University of left in the second quarter. After game, giving the Genetal.s a t California-Santa Cruz remains at VMI opened the scoring, Ware thrilling 10.9 season ending number one. tied the game with 10:54 left in victory over VMI. If W&L receives a tournament the opening period. Fifty-one Said Douoguih, " I wasn't ' bid from the selection committee seconds later, Ware found surprised that I got the ball this Sunday. it will be their fifth Douoguth open, and the freshman because during the Lime out, .straight trip to the D-Ill National converted for the fli'Sl of his four Coach [Daly) told us Lha1 if Championships. goals on the day. Johnn y [Ware) wasn't open, that 1 The Generals brought their Sophomore Todd GarJjss made should get the ball and try to go season record to 8-9 last Saturday his presence felt early on as well, to the goal. Once I got the ball, I ty beating Emory University, 5-4. scoring with 8:58 left off a feed was determined to go to the goal, 'The match was played at from classmate Mike Moseman. and I felt prcuy confident that I Davidson, in North Carolina, to After VMI scored to cut the lead could because I had just beaten prevent either team from making to 3-2, Garliss scored again off the guy guarding me a few an eight-hour drive. Because of Ware's second assist of the game mmutes earlier." weather conditions, the contest to open the second quarter. "It's about Lime," said Ware, -was moved indoors after half an After a W&L time out, who finished his career tied for llow of play. Douoguih scored again, unassisted, sixth on W&L's all-time scoring "Emory was quite a shocker," a, ~ . l'lllrldltn•ll~AL to make it 5-2, and Ware followed list. ·'This was our version of the said sophomore Bill Meadows, Generals go wlld ... Chrls Mastrogiovanni (left), Clark Wight (facing), Andy Guida, John Ware that goal wi~h his second of the NCAA tournament." ·whose win at No. 2 doubles with (2), and Todd Garllss are the first to greet Wleml Douogulh (38) after he scored the goal that dayTito mKakcd '1 6-th2· k Said Daly, "I think what I'U :SCnior partner Robert Haley beat VMI 10-9 In overtime. . lC .ey ets en went to w?r remember from this game--the clinched the team victory. Emory bchtnd Ttm Nolan. Nolan tallied way we came back. We scored ~ends into battle a young, yet two goals, including one with :03 more goals in the first half than talented, team. "Their No. 1 Baker tops Generals again left in the half, and an assist to we •d scored in some of our games player is only a sophomore," bring the game to a 6-6 tic at lately. but they (VM1) had to have Meadows continued, "and four of The game stayed tied until the finished 11 -9, their best retm! halftime. Dave Hope also scored the momentum goinll into the their top six are freshmen." By Jay Plotkin bouom of the fifth, when H-SC since the 1972 season. Klank, in twice in the ft.rst half for VMI. locker room." Three-set matches were the Assistant Sports Editor scored twice to take the lead for his final season, finished wjth a The six goal outburst for W&L W&L, 4-9, will return five of order of the day on Saturday. with good, touchi ng Temple for the batting average of .351 and a doubled the team's average output its top six scorers next season. six of the nine skirmishes going h was a familiar face opposing first of two two-run homers on the team leading four home runs and in its last three games, all tosses. Moseman leads the returning the distance. "With six lhrce­ the Washington and Lee baseball day. The Tigers struck again in 20 RBI. Grace finished with a The scoring continued for players with 15 points (5 goals, 10 seuers, it could have easily been team on Monday in the semifinals the sixth.. with another homer, .372 average. Second baseman W&L when Moseman scored the assists), followed by sophomores • 7-2 either way," said W&L Head of the Old Dominion Athletic finishing Temple for the day. Bobby Rimmer also carried a big lone third quarter goal to give the Garliss (10,3), Brian Overbeck , Coach Gary Franke. . Conference tournament. In fact, it Steve Momorclla, a freshman bat for the Generals, finishing Generals a 7--6 lead. But VMI (4,5), Douoguih (8,0) and junior The most exciting of these was the same face who, earlier in who emerged as the ace of the with a .351 average. Skeen and was equal to the task, and when Chris Mnstrogiovanni (7 ,0). six showdowns, for the Blue and the year. on a basketball court, W&L staff, came on in the Halpert both hit .346 for the Nolan scored his third goal of the Douoguih, whose four goals were White, was at the No. 3 position. opposed the Generals in the seventh and didn't fare much season, Waskiewicz .329 and game with 12:30 left in regulation, the most by a W&L freshman W&L's Haley was down 5-3 in ODAC Tournament finals. bcllcr, allowing two runs as the Wheeler .323. the Keydets had their ftrst lead at since Neil Redfern scored four in the third and raged back to force Hampden-Sydney's Ralph Tigers moved out to a 7- 1 lead. Momorella led the pitching 8-7. a 28-1 win over Va. Tech in the deciding set into a ti~breaker. Baker got the call to pitch against The secret of W&L's success staff with a sparkling 6-0 record Things looked grim for W&L, 1986. scored all eight of his goals After falling behind 0-2 in the the Generals on Monday, and just throughout the season had been and 3.04 ERA. Grace was 2-0 in as they had not played well this in the last four games. !'breaker, Haley poured on the as he did during basketball season, Lhe timely hitting of seniors Eddie a relief role for the Generals. season with their backs to the steam and shut down his he ended W&L's season by Klank, Tony Waskiewicz, Temple finished his final season wall, but Andy Guida, yet another "We had some tough losses ,Opponent, winning the 'breaker 7- pitching the Tigers ~o a 7-1 win Halpert, Skeen and junior Rich 2-5 with a 4.56 ERA. He also sophomore, scored his lone goal and people were geuing down," 3. and the matci •. over the Generals tn Hampden- Grace. Baker and one relief pit.ched three games in which he of the season to even the game at said Douoguih. "The win came Other winners for the Generals Sydney. pitcher held the heart of the gave up three hits or less. 8-8 with 7:30 left. at a good time for the team. lt • were senior John Morris (15-5) at W&L scored first off Baker in Generals order to a combined 4-20 The Generals will return With 2:32 left, VMI's William picked everybody up, being that it No. 1, classmate Bobby Mauhews the first inning, when senior center on the day. Klank and Grace, Rimmer, Grace, Wheeler, Coleman put the Generals one came at the end of the season and • ' (17-3) at No. 2, and junior Billy fielder Tom Skeen singled home hitting .370 and .420 coming into Momorella, and freshman first step closer to another defeat with tt was such a big wtn." Tunncr (9-3) at the No. 6 spot senior shonstop Harry Halpert to the game, both went 0-4. Tim baseman/pitcher T J. Daly, who hit ln doubles action, W&L's only give the Generals a 1-0 lead. Wheeler had two hits for the .467 in a limited role and was J-3 point came from Meadows and Hampden-Sydney tied the game Generals. on the mound with an 8.57 ERA. Haley. The No. l duo of Morris off W&L starter Mike Temple, The Generals also hit into four Also returning for the Generals and Matthews emerged with a 17- who was the starter when W&L double plays on the day aiding the will be freshmen Pete Klingelhofer ,,_ Stiff Reports 3 record, while the new No. 3 beat the Tigers earlier this year in Tigers' cause. and Brian Harper, both of whom pair of Tunner and sophomore Lexington. For the season, the Generals saw considerable time this season. 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Ry Chris Swann This "fictional" stOry shocked rea­ clemly present in The Icarus Age­ Oman is revealed. Kendrtck's role ' . Starr Reporter ders at the time. Later of course, 'lda, which starts out with n cur­ in Masqat and photographs of the • that "fiction" was reve-aled to be f\'nt worldwide horror - terronsm. mavcnck · congressman ar.:: pnmed ~ ) The megathriller writer Roben fact in several cases. However, Dozens of American hostages are on newspapers worldwide. Almost Ludlum has done 11 agrun with his Robat Ludlum was never a spy ~cing held 1n Masqat., Oman by tmmcdiatcly, Kcndnck IS thro\\n •. latest bestseller The Icarus Agen­ or a secret agent He spent nearly crat.cd fanat1cs who demand am­ back 1010 a world ol VIOlence and da. From Southwest Asia 10 Colo­ twcmy y<'ars in show business as possible requests. The only form betrayal, facing enraged Arab fa· rado. Virginia to the Pacific Oce­ an actor, producer and the voice of help comes from a United Sta­ natics determined to destroy the an, Mr. LudJum weaves talc of a of ~verul television commcrctals. tes c.onP,ressman. Evan Kendrick, congressman, finding corruption at violence and betrayal, intrtgue and He draws heavily on his experi­ who beh:ves his extensive conta­ the highest levels of government, passion guaranr.eed to capture the ence as an entertainer to write his cts in the area and his undetstand­ and realizing the existence of a auention of audiences ~ound the novels, creatmg labyrinthine situa­ mg of the Arab mind can help secret "government within a gov­ .. l world as the author insl.ills fear tions dcs1gned to draw his readers shut clown the cnsis. Morally out­ ernment" with its own agenda for • into the reader with the possibilily into his works. and as he admits raged, Kendrick wants total ano­ Kendrick • the Icarus agenda. Lhat h1s ficuon could indeed be in an interv1ew in the back of The nymity. refusing 10 take any credit This Ludlum crea11on has spa­ •• fact. Parsifal Mosaic, "I write primarily for his acl.ions and seeking no po­ wned some of llle most intense A key pan of Mr. Ludlum's as an entertainer." However, Lud­ lil.ical mileage. Ludlum propels and living characters of Iudlum 's style is his ability 10 describe a lum also writes from a point of Kendrick, and the reader, into a career: Evan Kendrick, a politician situation authentically, getting the 'ie,.. other than pure entertain­ shadow world of espionage and disgusted by the c.:orrupuon around "nuts and bolts" of the story cor­ ment "I admit to being out­ death that leaves Kendrick shaken him who seeks only the truth; rect. as did Ian Fleming with his raged ·· mostly by the abuse of to the core. The author's accurate Manny Weingrass. the irascible very capable head of the State De­ ' James Bond series. He seems to "Could Liti s really happen?" Take power by the fanatics. The ex­ use of the exotic Arabic back­ old Jewish architect whose gruff, prutment's secretive Consular Op have a knowlege of the intelli­ my word for it · The Icarus Agen· ' tremes bother me, right of left." ground further interests the reader obnoxious exterior cannot hide his erations; and the group of econo­ gence ~.:omm unity that could only da is a superthriller that will have He also adds, "I disapprove of vi­ and shocks him as well. The crisis fatherly love for Kendrick; the be­ mic, academic and political leaders belong to a secret agent. In The you turning each page breathlessly olence, 111m's why I show pain for over, Kendrick returns to his home autiful and mysterious Khalehla, a called Inver Brass who hold the Osterman Weekend, for example, as Robert Ludlum inserts anolher '"" whar it is. When my characters in Colorado, determined to remain cold and experienced CIA field fate of the world in J.heir hands. he writes of the Centra! Intelli­ shocking surprise or new twist just - get his. they hun. They don't nameless and wanting only 10 fm ­ agent with a very human heart These characters are surrounded gence Agency running a domestic as you Lhou~ht you had it all fig. jump back into acl.ion like John ish his political term in order to that is touched by Kendrick's de­ by Luciilm's direct styll' of writ­ .. operation, an act clearly s~ ificd ured out. Just make sure you Wayne." return to his private life. cency; Frank Swann (no relation ing and his ability to provoke the don't have a class soon alter you • as illegal in that agency's charter. These "points of view" arc One year later, the true story of to this writer), the overwork:ed yet reader's imagination to wonder, start reading - you won't make it ... Look out W&L, Audrey II is coming! W &L Weekly Calendar and Henry streets in downtown Gordon, soning through a pi!e and Chiffon. By Amy Hatcher Lexington. ot costumes on the third noor of People who come expecting a Starr Reporter Albert C. Gordon. head of the DuPont Hall, said "LiLLie Shop of traditional Broadway musical will May 5 to 13 W&L line arts department, directs Horrors" is "the most technically be disappointed," said Peppers. May the all-studen t cast. Monica Burke. complicated show" he has directed ''It's definitely not Rogers and Ha­ tHIDA)', MAYs "She's coming" ... "Don't feed senior drama major, will play A u­ at W&L. Gordon cited the five mmerstein!"

the plants" ... "Feed me, Seymour": tlrey, the di11.y shop girl who cap­ versions of Audrey 11, the func­ "The music is infectious." Gor­ SADIRDAX MAY 6 signs heralding the arrival of tures the heart of social misfit tional dentist's chair, and the cha­ don said. "You certainly won't get AWAY Al11LET1C EVEI'o'TS· MI~S TENNIS IWHI'I!>n. TRA(1( ll.w1•~., lnviWiatlal Audrey II, the man-eating plant in Seymour, who will be portrayed nge of the Skid Row flower shop tired of it." SWiJW' A1AL2 the award-winning Broadway mu­ by Michael Carroll. into a bright, modem, booming 2 run PANIIOJ.ENIC RhctPTIO~ Stcmmortt PIJJo ' sical "Liule Shop of Horrors," Audrey II, the ''mean green business as technical difficulties The production of "Lillie Shop MONDAY MW 8 have been plastered across the mother from outer space," is being being handled by the "Total The­ of Horrors" FOmises to be a pop­ I01m MATIIIJI:I'l LU:St'IKI!AR T,\IK B~John{"<>lil~ furaultOI ~J.l\,.in'llll 1~1 Pu~lo.. ln•olelr lh¢ h"!Wt Ml>l't Term. rive plants which range 10 size ello, will be played by Scott Bell, rdon, who also said it is unusual lm;.~goiiiiUV~ lnl.:11unce 111 W1ll.l Cllldt I ht Soot ((lltt LDrt llonlm: C Pctk. ln>U1AW ul Ellgb·Jl WM l(oom 21. ~Jyo~ei!JII ll«qwn 1oJ "~luw Pubhc 1nY11ed Theatergoers will meet Audrey from six inches to eight feet The and th e role of Mr. Mushnik, the for a W&L production to get so 7 p m JA11ANESI:.I•ILM //"""'" 11111/rr Rton 327. Commmr School II in the University Theatre's pro­ larger plants will be controlled Jewish florist, will be played by many reservations so early. 7 '0 p m li\JVHl$IH LLtll Kf luJiu, r...,a:;~t; Chri>~t•l!h.:r Pelting, •illl>nt pto/~"or.l-clln,.""' Pt...:~"'""· lio"'' II} C.•ll<~•. 0./ord N111d>:n AudJwnwn. lin"""''~ Umry. Publ1< duction of "Little Shop of Hor­ from the inside by Willie Hender­ Todd Peppers. Karen Washington, For reservations, call the Henry IR\Ited rors". which will run May 12-20 son. Audrey II's singing, wheedl ­ Courtney Harpold and Margaret Street Playhouse box office, 463- I tlfS!HY MAY ? at 8 p.m. in the Henry Street ing voice will come from Michael Pimbleu will comprise the ethnic 8637, from 10 a.m. ~o 5 p.m. Mo­ IJ Noon MATII DEPT IIOl'ORS TllESIS TAlK· 'DtlI.WI 'tiII<:d Playhouse at the comer of Main doo-wop trio of Ronnette, Crystal 7pm IAPANF.SE FILM I/"'""" Bllllrt Room 32'7. Canrn<'ftc S.hool 7 .lO p.m. FR£NCH RLM lA lltiiKit><~< (JIILQUC• IU'jl 8ulklhtll Tclltj>l¢. Sjlrin~foclll. Vu Nll<: Boys" expressing the underlying tion of Lies from lion 10 lamb. them a fun sound, as opposed to Juho Dr~l~lfl Hq RdOOI 6. R"b"'""' Hilll Publo.. mvlled. ~ • g p.m TWIIJOII f RUREA T: Femm11>< S!hnWOlhl~. A Call w Whokno:u. MMiy N WCCJdv,'llnl. ethos: "Nice boys don't play rock The absence of drums in the song the more serious acoustic book­ Cnlltoloc Campu1 Mtn"") "-""' St p• .,,..k'• Chut\b D>lll>tl f'!Ovldcll Pui>IIC uwtllld. n' roll ·- I'm not a nice boy." lends to it a haunting quality that ends. Fur rc.cr•..t><~. c..tJ 46).)S3l A r '" 01'1.'1\G l ~en. Rli 17~<} llJ~ ll~Wmor>e, An.hur Drw.tu, '(>l M 0 .I'll D Y.!l~ Med~JI Sl• m\IIQIJ 7.30 p.m. Fl\£.'1CJI ALM //orol~olrWJ ""'" IJifii)UT IALun K~n.>t> 1~59) RO ul W&L Lee Ch.itld Pllbl~< on••lllll ing well. excellent reading of the Acrosmith most countrified Oavor. "Sad wo­ quickly turns dark by introdu-:;ing As of March 16. Appetite was classic "Mama Kim". Here the man, take it slow and it'll work morroccos and a menacing sound­ tJliPAY MAY U ... firmly entrenched in the number sound is somewhat Lighter and the itself out fine/All we need is just ing electric rhythm acoust.ic t;uitar. law School c.wmuwuoos bon!OO Hill I Publt. IIIVI"ld a 2 p m REUNION I'ANEL DISCUSSION "Ou•l C~>r..,.. COIIJ'kl> Th~ C'h>lkr1gCJ 1oJ ~tvnage and The band 's more recent offering, at a loud volume during a party confessional coda: "I been walking As far as the subject matter goes, F;ul\lly Life.· Room 327. Comntc:m~ Sdlool the streets at night, just trying to 3:30 1'-'"· REUNION PANEL DISCUSSION 'Pr~ Tome; Mldlofe Ul Pcl'!lptCtlv<.· RWIII !27. dismissed by its creators as some­ (before midnight in Lexington, ot the band explains, it IS best on the Q>l!uncn>e S\l!tM 9 p m REUNION DANCE. Su..lcnl 1\411.,11<> P•11hon a musically diverse gem, revealing the rccord/wpc/CD by itself. many around, no, I don't like get­ "Ever been unjustly hassled by Guns N' Roses as no less than an The live half of Lies is good, ting stuck in the ground .. .'cause I someone with a gun and a badge­ S HLJBQAY MAX n Alumn• W~nd conunueo 80's-90's Led Zeppelin. bu t if the entire album were like need you." ... been to a convenience store and Y..lOa m. AMIIII M\lellniofl.awS.Itwl AssotiJhon l«Ciupel TI1 c first half of Lies is actual­ The next two compositions are 10:301.111 Annu.;l Rcun1011 "'''""'bly lind Renuo\1 b) \V&I Prwdem Juhn 0. Wilson Lcc C113pOf ol Clr'aJIIil.llllOIIilllkh.i•""· SUIIfLll~ Oflicn•or Tltcau< Fur "*"'•uw•. ca1146l86l7 plained he had seen copies of the claim for Guns N'' Koses as a two "Used to Love Her" "a joke, homosexual? Had some so-called ...... EP for $150, and its inclusion on succ('ssor to Zeppelin's career re­ nothing more" on the outside cov­ religionist try to con you out of ~· XIIIRITIONS Lies was the band's little favor to ca ll tlutt the quasi-metallic smash er, and one listen to the lyrics your hard-earned cash? This song its funs. The four songs were, as Led Zeppelin fl was followed up makes i t clear why at first listen: is e:1l\1.1) Ulhlllijh Friday A•kni'l"lll b free. • the EP's title suggests, record ed in by the experimental L.Z. 1/1, "I used to love her, but 1 had to to those who may take offense." concert and, though rough, arc l/NIVI-.'RSITY LIDR AR\ , MAJN LOilllY: '111< Wl.,h>ng101111M Lee~ l~>ltlt)' oM Orliin.tl Mwotlt which featured hard rock gems kill her/1 had to put her six feet Clearly, Guns N' Roses is a (lhtOUJh May UJ also fairly melodic. The album like "The Immigrant Song." along under, and I can still hear her widely talented band, musically begins with an unintelligible stre­ and lyrically, the supposed 111\1\ .:R ~ITY LlllRAR\', U(M T\1 81(;11 r ROU\1. C>~>llle \\a,h~nj[l(Jil A W•nd.Jw on lit< lolr like arc to be more than "just" a metal the original, and its blues-y feel out on the fast lane of rock n' Wcxts 1966. ~~·lwouah M;ay ''' 10 av01d th.s work at all costs.) band. anc1 condcsccnd i n~ vocals iustify roll. Valley True Value Hardware a udlotronics SENIORS! VIRGINIA' S STEREO SPECIALIST The Phi wishes Special Assistance Program YAMAHA ALPINE DE NON BOSTON to recognize all 8&0 CWO KEF SONAN CE SIGNET B&K participants in KLIPSCH NAKAMICHI Hardware. Paint & Related Items • All COMPONENTS PRE TESTED the Blood Drive BUYER PROTECTION PlAN E. 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