Cije Babtbstontan ALENDA LUX UBI ORTA LIBERTAS DAVIDSONCOLLEGE TUESDAY,SEPTEMBER3,1996 VOLUME88,NUMBER2 US Military decides to suspend DavidsonROTC By AnnCulp dred colleges and universities for an average of 12 graduating NorthCarolina-Charlotte(UNCC) fortwoyears,saidheis verydisap- Writer Staff across the U.S in the next three officers each year. The Armyis whilecontinuingtheireducationat pointedwiththeendingofthepro- years were announced by the closing schools with less than 15 Davidson or to leave the ROTC gram."Iwish peaked The ROTC more resultofadecisionhanded United States Military in May, officers graduatingeach year. program. Ifaparticipant attends students' interests," said Cantey. down by Mili- the United States 1995. According to Lt.. Kevin "The quality ofROTCcadets UNCC,theirROTCscholarshipto "The military offers so much to tary, no Davidson will longerhost Colcord,ProfessorofMilitary Sci- producedby Davidsonis remark- Davidson wouldnotbeindanger. people— as travel the such and train- Army's Reserved Officer ence for the ROTC program at able,but essentially our numbers Inaddition, ten $20,000 scholar- ingfor thebusiness world." TrainingCorps.(ROTC) program Davidson.thedecisionstemsfrom make the Army consider us for shipsareofferedeachyearthrough Sophomore Josh Glazer is nextyear. yearhistory the After a77 Military's lowerrequirement closure,"saidColcord. a government program that will also dissapointed in the turn of at school, the DavidsonROTCpro- forofficersdue totheendingofthe The45Davidson studentsdi- continueatDavidsonevenwithout events. gram end May. " will this Cold War. rectlyaffectedbytheROTC'sclos- anROTCprogaramoncampus. ROTC alsooffers achance Plans to shut-down ROTC Inthepast12years,144offic- ing face adecision toattendmili- Sophomore Daniel Cantey, toenterthemilitaryatofficerlevel," programs atapproximately ahun- ershavegraduatedfromDavidson tary classes at the University of whohasbeeninvolvedwithROTC hesaid. New court? Under thetable and dreaming Presidential ... search continues Students express By Randy Hartwell mixedfeelings after AssociateNewsEditor party weekend * first 1^1 ,■<«"■* With President Kuykendall roundingout hislastterminoffice By Ann Hatfield this year, the Presidential Search StaffWriter Committeehasbeenhardat work. TrusteeLarry Dagenhart,chair of Afterfierce debatelastsemes- thecommittee,says thatactivere- Davidson trustees enacted a cruitmentbeganinMay. kegpolicy thatmany students HenotesthatDavidson'spres- I tige feel jeopardizes the cohesion of has "elicited manydirect in- the Court. This weekend, that quiries," which should ensure a wastested forthe firsttime. competitiveapplicantpool.OnAu- Due to matters of liability, gust21stthesearchcommittee met E:yidson'sself-study arguedtwo to discuss interviews inSeptem- years ago that the new "no com- mon container" policy was long Dagenhart anticipates meet- overdue and pointedout that na- ings withthemostqualifiedappli- tional fraternities bannedthe use cantsinOctoberandmayask"out- kegsovertenyears ago. BillGiduz standing" candidates for campus of you escape The new policy approvedby If can't beat'em... Tworunners thelate summer sunby hidingunderneath the visitsinNovember. Thecommit- cakes by community for the 1996 cake racelast Tuesday. The the trustees last spring mandates tableof baked the Davidson tee wantstofinditspresident-elect male winner WilliamIsenhour;thefemale winner was Mary ShellBrosche. Menand thattherebenomorethan25cases was asearly aspossible toallowample women camein cakes. , at any organizationsup- who firstreceived timefor acclimation toDavidson. tbeeredevent,andallbeer must bein theform ofcans. At combination The fallofBack Street: restaurant to become "Jasper's" (those sponsoredby mul- tntsesocial organizations),"theor- Back Street bosses go back to basics; boisterous bistro bets onbigger budgets ganizationmaysupply a quantity By Randy Hartwell inthe Davidsonarea. When their beaniceplaceforadate,andthere Chad. Jasper's is even "trying to based ninebeerspermember upon AssociateNews Editor friends at the Davidson Inn in- will stillbe abar." workoutadeal sostudentscanuse of legal drinking ageor 15 cases, formed themof theBryants' wish Therestaurantandbar,which their Cat Cards there,"he said. less."Non-members whicheveris On June 22, 1996, the Char- to sell,theMetzlersgave theman is to be named "Jasper's" after StudentswillmissBackStreet, may to bring op nine beers per lotteObserverpaid tribute to the offer. "They wanted tosellit,and Chad'sgreat-grandfather, will be however. "I had been aregular person. passing of 19 individuals in its he was looking for a place," said run byhis uncle, Dahl Metzler,a sinceIwasafreshman,"saysEddie past Connor This Fridaynight, "Death Notices" section. But it Chadof his father. restaurant manager. Gordon '96, whotendedbarthere and PhiDelta Theta held the first didn'tnotice the death of one of RickBryantsays thatwiththe The restaurant is slated to for overayear. "I'mjustgladlgot BYOBparty. Davidson's most cherishedland- Metzlers' track record, they have openinSeptemberorOctober.The toenjoy itwhileIcould." with at Guests checked IDers marksthepreviousday:BackStreet reasontobe confident. "But they interior has been "gutted, and "Davidson'sbeen goodtous," year-olds front door'and 21 Cafe died onJune 21. need to know that this is North they're re-doing the brick work says Rick Bryant. "We'll really 21 old Iivedwristbands. year Owners Rick and Kathy Carolina,and things don'thappen and putting on new doors," says missit." guestscould thentake theirbeerto Bryant say that six years of run- so fast here," he cautions. "We thebasement whereit wasplaced ning theneighborhoodbarandres- wishthemall theluck inthe world in alabelledbin. tauranthadtakentheirtoll."We've ... butit won't be your local tav- Each21year-oldwhobrought got a little girl, and it was just ern." j^ajflj beer was given a card indicating taking alotof time awayfromour Inkeepingwitha trendinthe theamountofbeer broughtandthe family," saysRick Bryant. other few blocks of theDavidson it wasdeposited. TheBryants put Back Street downtownarea,theMetzlersplan Rusk'spartyonSaturdaynight onthemarket inthespring,andby acleaner, spruced-up incarnation seemedmorefamiliartomost Junehadenteredintonegotiations of the property on Depot Street. s'rclassmen.Cans werepoored with Robert and Diana Metzler, "It*11benice,butnotreallyfancy," cups, and party policy was parentsof Chad Metzler '98. In- said Chad. "They'llhave steaks ness as usual. vestors from Cleveland, the andpastaatdinner,andsandwiches Evhere Metzlershadbeenlookingatprop- at lunchtime. It won't cost any BernMUsa SeeNew policy onpage3 erties for restaurant development morethanLoneStarorKobe.It'll When the boardsarcremoved,DavidsonwillhaveJasper's. INSIDE THIS WEEK |MM|f)o y0U know||_IN^EXjgg^^;;;;;;;;;^ ■w-jtj y I■ INEWSBRIEFS 2 Didthey women s iwtiere elsewhere 6 Fmt aassMau soccer Ihe works. opinions...... "...... 8 #»«mi»#; reallyJ °jump? ARTS&LIVING :„10 Davidson,NC 28036 A«Ts»l.iviNr, m Sports 3 I W —3 News 4 ||crossword 2 THEDAVIDSONIAN NEWS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3,1996 Infocus...NEW PROFESSORS DaveRobb: Philosophy ismore than you expect By Jennifer Starr Robb said he likes "the smaller Robb earnedhisundergradu- SGAChancellor Adam Hickeyresigns Staff Writer school atmosphere. A big school ate degree in Philosophy from AdamHickey,whoservedas SGAChancellorforone semester canbeimpersonal... Hereit'smore StanfordandhisPhDfromCornell one that last year,submitted aletter ofresignationtoSGA President Warren Dr.DaveRobbisaDavidson's likely whenyousee some whereheservedasateacherassis- Bufordin August. Hickey,whowouldbea sophomore atDavidson new VisitingProfessorofPhiloso- you willknow them." tant. many students, this year, saidhe willnot return toDavidson this falland is instead phy on a one year appointment. Like Robb Robb offeredthese wordsof attending HarvardUniversity. modified his major plans several wisdom for current studentscon- Hickey's resignation from the Chancellor position half-way times whilehe wasincollege. He sideringaphilosophycourse:"For to most students, not through his term has leftBuford in search of a replacement. Said entered Stanford planning be- it's what they " andsoonbecame Buford, We areactivelyseekingthoseinterestedin theposition — comeanengineer expect. Philosophy, as usually and we'reconfident wewillfindasuitablereplacement." interested incomputer technology taught in the United States, in- SGA Chancellor is theonly paid positioninDavidson's SGA, the country. and artificial intelligence.He then volves lots of logic. It is much andincludes a$800salary for a full year — thenewchancellorwill decided to major insymbolic sys- closer tomathand sciencethan to receivearound $400. tanooga na- tems. At thatpoint,heplanned to Englishandtheotherhumanities." Thechancellor distributes minutes,handlesfinances, and serves tive and a become acomputerprogrammer. "Philosophyishard,"he said, However, as an adviserto thepresidentand vice president. graduate of TheMcCallie School as part ofhismajor, "Idon'tmeanthat tobeintimidat- says,"IwasraisedintheSouth so he was required to take "Mind, ing, but when you come into a Matter, Computer Services tooffer student Web Pages it is nice tobe downhere for an- and Meaning," an intro- philosophy courseyoushouldex- ductoryPhilosophy course. Inhis pect to thinkhardabout things." Thisfall,Davidson will jointhe Impressed by Davidson's ownwords,Robb "fellinlove with When heis not teachingphiloso- - it.The teacherwasreallygood;he ,■■■,» or be r,.-... .. »..._..gMMjjg sri ranks of many other colleges and warmweatherandfriendlypeople, phy thinkingRobbcan found the in universitiesacross thenationinpro- Robb has formeda favorable im- really got students to the running,playing tennis,playing thatclassIbe- movies, vidingitsstudents theopportunity to pressionofthe schoolalthoughhe subject.Because of basketball, watching or cameaphilosophymajor." playing guitar. create their ownweb pages. has onlybeenhereafew weeks. the Computer Center employees saidthey areintheprocessofdevel- fames Najarian: "Why is thisphrase here?" opinganinstruction sheet onhow to ByDanielleMiles — create a personal webpage. These studies. he left only days before instructions, they said, should be Staff Writer Upon entering college, Slovakia'selections. Najarianwasa"fartooserious completedandmadeavailable to studentsin thecomingweeks. eigh- In his teaching, Najarian "I like to talk..." admitted teen year old," according to his hopestocombinethe methods of FreshmanandIndependentSGA elections soom JamesNajarian,Davidson's new owndescription,wholikedthe Yale two teachers whohad the most Elections for Freshmen Senators willbeheldMonday,Septem- VisitingAssistantProfessorofEn- teaching style's emphasis on self- profound impact on him during Yale, ber 16. Sixopenfreshmenseats intheStudentGovernmentAssocia- elish. WordsinGeneralfascinate study from textbooks. At his college years:one quiet and tion(SGA)willbe filled. SophomoreJohnBell,ChairoftheElections throughouthis years as an under- "picky" about details; the other student, Council, explainedthat "the top vote getter among the freshmen I graduate and graduate entertaining,able to improvise a Senators willbecomethe FreshmanClass President." Najarian wasinvolvedinavariety speech on any subject and spice literary activities, Freshmeninterestedinrunningfor apostioninStudentGovern- of andsocial es- his lectures withhumor. ment shouldlook for fliersandadsannouncingdetailsoftheelection pecially withoutside writing and ProfessorNajarian'sownphi- sign-ups,locatedintheDeanofStudents'Office. Sign-ups willbegin editing. He edited the Scholarly losophyis towatchforphrasesor and SeptemberThursday,September5,andwillcontinueuntilthe follow- Journal financed his college subjects that seem oddlyplaced ingTuesday,whenactivecampaigning begins. jrove him- education throughfree-lance edit- andask:"Whyis thisphrasehere?" ing. Although he Bell explainedthat theSGA decided to"move theelection date explained, "I Away from the classroom back a week," so that freshmen may better familiarizethemselves know Idid things outside of En- Najarian enjoys an odd musical with theirclassmates. At thattimehebeganacareer glish,"English wasobviously his combinationofclassicalcompos- Independentelections forupperclassmen willalsobeheldSept. that would— take him around the firstpriority. erslikeTchaikovsky andalterna- 16 as well,butthesignup deadlineis Sept. 12. country evenaround theglobe After Yale,Najariansharedhis tivemusic suchas Nirvana. — — teachingtalentswith Thismusic, said, Freshmen withquestionsmaycall Bell at 6165. andallow himtosharehis tal- classesofOr- he provides entswiththousandsofcollegestu- thodox Jewish men at Yeshiva in abackground whileheisrunning New York City, stimulated the around campusor workingoutin Spontaneouslycombust. Najarian grewup on a small minds of the young women at the weightrooms at Baker. farmincentralPennsylvania,alim- Barnard,andexploredthewonders Najarian admitted that he Visit Wyt 5Babiu0onfan office. iting experienceas far as travel. oftheEnglishlanguage withinter- would like to return to Central Write forJohn,MaryClare,Teresa,Kirsten,Randy, "Cows and goats really tie you national students at Polytechnic Europesomeday (wherehecould Kristen,Emily,Susan, Will,Mike,Caroline... —2148 down,"Najarianexplained.Isola- University. He even taught En- makegooduseofhisGermanand tionina smalltownformost ofhis glish coursesinSlovakia in1994. Slovaklanguageskills)butisquick life inspired a burning desire to Of this international teaching toavoid anyspecificplans for the expandhishorizons andledhim to experiencehe recalled theexcite- future. Welcome back apply toand beaccepted by Yale mentoflivinginthemidstofahuge As he explained,"One tries Davidson College University for his undergraduate transitional periodin that country not tohaveplans inthis field." students! KristiMulthaup: afreshface inpsychology dept. By Alex Obregon graduate studies at Gustavus tinue her research and help and StaffWriter Adolphus College in Minnesota. encourage students in theirs as 104 SouthMainStreet OOttfi She later completedher graduate well. Shealsosaidthatthe sizeof Davidson Esl1951 Among the manynew faces work at Princeton University. theDavidsonstudentbodyisben- NorthCarolina around campus this fall is that of Along withher studies,Multhaup eficial inthatitallowsher tobe- Professor has doneextensive researchin the come better acquaintedwithher K r is t i field ofpsychology at theUniver- students. Multhaup, sity of Minnesota, Washington New to the Davidson com- who joins University inSt. Louis where she munity, Multhaup said she has Davidson's didpostdoctoralresearchinaging, most enjoyed the friendly wel- Psychology and mostrecently atDukeUniver- comeshehasreceived.Impressed Department. sity where shecompletedresearch bytheinitiativeandindependence BreakfastDaily W [F PASHDtM Multhaup inagingmemoryandtaughtacourse ofherstudentsandbyDavidson's comes to Davidson from Duke inhuman memory. relaxedatmosphere,shesaid that University andispresently teach- What attracted Multhaup to "thereisalwaysagoodfeelingon ingIntroduction toPsychologyand Davidsonwas "theperfectmixbe- campus." The Psychologyof Aging. tweenteachingandresearch"itof- Multhaup said her plans for Originally from Minnesota, fers. While teaching several the future are to remain at Multhaup completed her under- courses, Multhaup is able tocon- Davidson"for the longhaul." ' ' Take out i i ) Tune in nextweekforinterviews witha new crop ofprofessors. THEDAVIDSONIAS INt/W O TUESDA Y.SEPTEMBER3, 1996 3 Win yoitr cxkw and eat tt toO Foulplay: Serialdefecator messes withcampus By Tewba WnifF conference for the Presbyterian AssociateEditor Men's Synod, Adam* was called by a retiredminuter toroomA oF According to Bob Collins, MCF101 Inorderioinvestigate"a Director ofthePhysicalPlant,the higpileof iturtinthernidtltcof (he » IB HI first in a series of peculiar inci- floor.Sureenough,dieUnncrjppcr dents happenedlastsemester be- had struck again liwashuge"The fore spring exams. Since then, visiturs were moved en another (he 91BQ IbN^m»^ there havebeen at leastfive addi- apartmcni,and carpelwassham- tional occurrences of vandalism pooedseveral times. involvinghuman feces. Seniors Mattison Word uml The defacement began in KritiHorrocksfirstthough'thni(heir Chambers, in Love Auditorium di.«*.-overy hudbeen left by un .mi and then later in the first floor null: however,oiler heaiiny. other ' " men's bathroom, where mainte- MriBt andrealizingtltat 'momuni nance workers found feces rivalsJoin ii.se coucfies," their sus- smearedandthrownonthe walls picions changed, "li must have and ceiling. Collins said thatal- been him. liwould have taken an' r,i,luj Freshmen men gti tor the chocolate. Bill thoughtheproblemstoppedwhen animal *ome serious talent, students left for the summer, it Horrocks instated began again when summer em- After persislenl efforts of (ha Senior parents ployees returned to on-campus Physical Plant and lhc Davidson out of luck inlodging housing. CollegePolice— Department to find According to senior Trey theoffender including— theuseof NASCAR drives out relatives on graduation weekend Adams,whoworkedas aSummer time-lapsevideo suspicionsnar- rowed to"astudent who was hav- By Randy Hartwbli ConferenceAssistantoncampus, Forgraduation,rooms"gore- schedule conflict has arisen, soilings peaked in mid- to late ing problems ivcur the end of last AssociateNews Editor allyfast," says Cornelius Comfort chances forcompromiseare slim. July and seemedto focus around year.*' Lt. David MacLnurin. InnfrontdeskagentTravisCollum. ViceChairmanPro-ternoftheFac- the senior apartments. Adams' Davidson College Detective,said. Yourparentsmay nothaveto "Normally, we take reservations ultyRobertManninglaughs when first-handexperiencecame when "Itwasobviouslluil thisindividual sleep in a manger, but they may 51weeksinadvance. Inaboutfour faced with the prospectof chang- he was making routine inspec- hadsomedeep-sceifcdmentalprob- feel like Joseph and Mary when weeks wewere booked up for the ing graduation dates for the tionsof apartmentsbefore camp- lems.Wetooklilrnu'jMentalHcotth there is no room at the inn for weekendofMay 16-18." NASCARcalendar.Theacademic ers were to move in: "Iwalked inCharlotte,wherehisparenu.cume graduationthisyear.Thoughroom Conflicts withthe racingcir- calendar is set by faculty vote. intoRyburn 302, and there was and K«l him. Wehaven'thadan> reservations are notoriously diffi- cuit are nothing new to Sara "We're stuck by faculty rules," this horrible odor. Iwas be- problem!:since." Becauseno for- cult to secure by the Augustpre- Messick, whoworks attheHamp- saysManning. fuddled." maldiargcs were made,nonames ceding the academic year, many tonInn's front deskinCornelius. "We try tohave a three-week Aftercheckingthebathrooms cun be released: MacLaurin does seniors' families' complications Parents' Weekendposes asimilar winter vacation.Wemust have 14 and finding nothing apparentin not know wtirih.-r ihc student has werecompoundedby the simulta- dilemma, she said. "Racingis a weeksinthe semester. Wehavea any of the rooms, Adams called returnedloKhoot this tatt- neous schedulingoftheNASCAR big problem around here, espe- week for spring break, five op- Housekeepingfor help. After a Despite his certainty in lhc Winston Select at the Charlotte ciallybeingsoclose toaschool," tionalclassdays,acertainnumber longsearch, theydiscoveredthat identity,MacLnurin believes (hat Motor Speedwaythe same week- saysMessick. "We doitas fairly of examdays and a reading day. theculprithad"donehisbusiness theRybura fouling wen? ihe work end. as possible. It's first come, first Thereare so many considerations undereach blanket"of eachbed. ofacop.vcatartist,probablya"dis- "[Mymom]had tomakealot serve." thatyoucan'tchangeonedate and Sheets and mattresseshavebeen gruntled formeremployee." of calls,but they didfinally geta Yet, eventhough this is not not have it affect all the others," replaced. There have been no recent room," says seniorKerry Albright. the first year that this particular Manning says. Again,duringcheck-in for a spoiling* New alcoholpolicy tests Rusk and Connor: BYOBorcans? pageI MollyMcGehcc, from Presidentof houses." PhiDeltPresidentMike definitelyahassleforthosepeople 08/27/96 Connor, However,housescanhaveless said:'Theparty wespon- Ingram said he planned to "see who were not in Connor or Phi 1500 hours parties with cans due to the ex- sored on Friday night with Ptii how [Friday night's] party went Delta." Breaking& enteringof a vehicle pense. Delia Thcta was a lest run of one andrevise ifneedbe." Another Senior Connor Unknown person(s) entered the PCCmembersare workingon way or adapting io this policy." Comments from Connor woman added, "It's frustrating victim's 1979 Jeepparkedin the solutions.Asofnow,noneofthem She added, "We needed to sec show thatrevisionmay be neces- because the administrationgave satellite parking lot by removing (lie canvas cover from the vehicle. aresure whatPattersonCourt will where kinks were and what sary.SeniorSocialmemberscom- usapolicybutdidn'ttellushow to Threestereo speakers,oneampli- be likethis year. workliesabendforus amitheolher mented, "The BYOB party was implementit." fier andsevenCDs along withthe front facing cover of the stereo A taleoftwo parties... weretakenat a valueof $750. First impressions ofthe revisedPatterson Court 08/27/96 1500hours Connor: "A lotofpeoplebroughtinglass[whichisillegal]andbeer they Larcenyfrombuilding— Johnston FREE FREE didn'tregisteratthe front door,becausetheback doorsand windowswere Gym open. [Thenewparty format]ismoreconfusing. There'ssomany rules to Unknownperson(s)removedsev- rememberthatpeoplearegoingtobebreakingthem,notevenconsciously." eralitemsandexchangedoneitem Sueded Rayon Scrunchies - Vidalia Scrivano'97 SOME) fromvictim's drumset above the (COMEONINANDSET — bleachers on the third floor of COMPUMENTSOF Rusk:"Ilikedit it waslikethegoodolddays whenIfirstjoinedRusk. Johnston Gym. Unknown There wereso many morepeoplethere. Whether it wasthehouse or the person(s)tookthebeaterfootpedal alcohol,Idon'tknow,butit wasagreatnight." andboomstandpole,andthenex- DREAMWEAVER changeda 16-inchrockcrashcym- Rusk:"Itwasbetterthanlastyear.- [Youdidn't]have tosneakinthebackif bal for a 16-inch mediumcrash ACLOTHINGSTORE youdidn'thavea PCC sticker." DanDuncan'97 cymbal. Items takenhad an esti- matedvalueof$60.Nosuspectsat ANINTERESTING&ECLECTICCOLLECTION timeofreport. JUDYANDGREGOWNERS,DESIGNERS 08/27/96 1700 hours ANDCREATORS(HOIMPORTS) PROCRASTINATE. Unknownperson(s)removedavid- eocassette from the basement 106S. MAINST. DAVIDSON Check out the Volunteer Fair. loungeareaof Richardsondorm. Bride, FOOD} Thevideo.ThePrincess was tDOORSSOUTHOf WESODAStiOPlGKEAT multi-purpose rentedfromBlockbusterVideoand Chambers valued at $13. Itsonlyidentifica- 10%DISCOUNTONALLPURCHASES tion was asilverBlockbuster"re- room, Wednesday 6-8 p.m. wind"stickeronthetape.No sus- pects at time ofreport, 4 THEDAVIDSONIAN NEWS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3,1996 A closer look at parkingprices Norfleet: "any isgoing to increase" Question of fee the week: By Kirsten Recknagel go up," and that Davidson's ve- NewsEditor hicle registration fee was no ex- ception. Because the registration Evenbefore classesbeganlast fee has not kept pace with the What is the week, news of Davidson's $20 gradualincreaseingeneralstudent vehicle registration price jump fees,andbecause the$60cost was Sparrow's spreadquickly. However,the rea- "somewherebelowhalfofthetypi- sons behind that fee increase re- cal fee" at other schools in this mained amystery tomany. region, thebudgetplanning com- Nest? Even Campus Police and mittee targeted vehicle registra- BenDeUsa Safetyofficials said they werenot tionfees for increase. Although it is in beer-can- Upon moving in, Thomas residence inthelittle Sparrow's informed as to why the cost of "You won't be those seeing throwingdistanceofBelkandon Sparrow andhis wife became ac- Nestand beganpassing outreli- car percent registering one's on campus kind of increases again," thepath to theCommons and the tively involved in the Davidson tracts to sin- $60 gious inefforts save shot up from last year to$80 said Norfleet, referring to this laundry,mostDavidsonstudents community. In turn, Davidson fulstudents. this year's hikein fall. 33% parkingregis- havenoidea what the Sparrow's Collegestudents becameactively By1961,itwasa storeroom Vice President Business and tration costs. "We're looking at Nest is. A sign in the window involved with the Sparrows be- for thelaundryandneededreno- Finance RobertNorfleet said that every form ofrevenueoutsideof states that the building is cur- causeoftheirfourcharmingdaugh- vation.—Many, students were in he could not immediately recall tuition in order to keep [tuition] rentlyTony Owens' office. But ters. Young men who frequently favor of placing vending ma- specific costs the details behindthe de- down." thesmallbrick buildingobviously visitedthe homeinpursuit of the chines inthe buildingandsome to registration cision raise the fee. Norfleet confirmed that the has ahistorythatextendsbeyond Sparrow girls beganreferring to thoughtitshouldbeused for the The decision,he said,was of generatedby the $80 fee part revenue theheadquarters for the Supervi- thehomeas the"Sparrow'sNest." new student bookstore. In the the overall "budgeting process goes directly into a campus gen- sor of BuildingServices. In 1915, the Shoemaker sis- 1970sit turned into took eral from which was a secu- which place ayearago." account, various In the 1840s, Thomas W. tersturned theSparrowhomeinto ritybuildingandremainedsountil Norfleetdidsay that "any fee departments and projects are Sparrow paidDavidsonCollege aboardinghouse. Becausealarge is going 1990. toincrease because cqsts funded. $600 for50 acresofland,includ- numberofstudentsateattheboard- Thelittlebuildingknown to ing the area betweenthe infir- inghouse for only $18 a month, Davidson students as the Staffcrowds out students? mary andBelk Dorm. Hebuilt a oneofthecheapestprices around, Sparrow'sNesthasbeenahome large framehouseapproximately thehouse becameknown as "the to slaves, a missionary widow, Computer lab concerns whereRichardsonDormisnow, Trough." laundry detergent. Today is fi- whichstooduntil1960. Hecon- Thebrickstructurenextto"the By Ian Hummel Forced to make a decision, the nally ahome-away-from-home structed a small brick building Trough"— today'sSparrow'sNest Writer schooldecidedtomovethe Labto — for building services' Tony Staff ■ adjacentto the house toserve as served as a storeroom until makeroomforoffices in theUser a Owens. servants'quarters. missionary-mindedwidow tookup — Despitepositivereaction from Services Building. SusanRuggiero most students, some concern has Though it was not the deci- JohnReuning been raised concerning the deci- sionofComputerServicestomake r3^TiT5TPT3 sion to move Davidson's Com- the move, Lorenzin has been en- B^bBH^B^fe^^HBlResidentialNetworkingSupervisor puterLabfrom the UserServices couragedby the way things have By JohnDunwoody making endof thesemester. Building to Belk Dorm. turned out. in withthem. Davidsonis Some students voiceconcern "We just tookadvantage of a StaffWriter efforts to wirealldormrooms toa ResidentialNetworking Su- system. John thattheschoolmay bebeginninga situationthatturnedup,"she said. campus-wideInternet The pervisor Reuning'95iswork- acomputer in ing patternof uprootingstudentsfrom In addition to the move, the While Davidson students comfort of lab the with theTrellis Communica- settleinto theirdorms and apart- privacy of one's own room tions Corporation, a networking buildingstomakeroomforschool User Services Building is in the dorm ments, moving by faculty. midst of another major change. anew presenceis will be available to some the company, on the project. Their for residencehalls In explanationof the move, Constructionis alreadyunderway plans campus only Lydia Lorenzin, Coordinator of as workers lay the concretefoun- "include not datacommuni- cations, telephone and Academic Computing Facilities dationfor anadditiontotherearof but voice mail, video,cableTV, and Services, said that the move theoldcomputer centerbuilding. instructional securityvideo, beganwithComputerServicesem- According to current plans, e-mailandInternet/ Ethernetservices, ployeeshaving to leave their of- this additionwillhouseatraining adebitcardsys- tem, " buildingclimate controlsys- fices in other buildings to make facility for Computer Services -*.^^fc— v ■■ ■ ■■■■ B* room for other school faculty. staff. tems,accesscontrolandalarmsys- tems," according to an article in the springDavidsonJournal. The project was originally TheDuchessNail,Hair & going to be completedinphases Tanning Salon over the nextfive years. Itisnow if due tobecompletedby theSpring Full service salon women & men Emily for Smith of 1998, at thelatest. Therecent 892-7030 renovations on Irwin,Knox and "Best Pricesin Town" AkersResidenceHalls haveslated themat the topofthelistofdorms tobehooked upbe theendofthis semester. They should be ready Nails Hair * * for student use during nextterm. manicures pedicures precision cuts perms Theotherdormswillbesystemati- * cally up acrylic* gels* tips DAVIDSON wired and set for the * Internet access in the coming fiberglass STUDENTS $10.00 months. CUTS! One concern raised was FacialWaxing whetherthedormcommunications contact Diane Diane:892-1633 wiring wouldrob students of so- 892-1633 Trudy:895-8012 cialinteraction. Reuningdoesn't think so. "Ibelieve thatthiscom- munications wiringshouldbecome Tanning The Student AdvantageCard entitlesyou todiscounts from a useful tool for academic assis- "Hottest Bulbs inTown" tance. It enhance,notrob someof the most popular.travel,retail, entertainment and should $4.00 * $33.00 any per session * for 10 sessions other services around thecountry.Stop byour agencyfor the students. Just as other $43.00for 15 sessions $50.00for 20 sessions machine orservice, it is there to make lifeeasier,"Reuningsaid. RedKen Hair Products & more... Cost for the dorm communi- cations wiring is estimated at $2 Located1/2mile "somewhere around million.An y&V^^l^hft additional$235,000willbeneeded of c south VILLAGE TRAVEL >^^^ staff, DavidsonCollegeCampus WESi *" CRUISES per year for the increased "/T .-X&j training,equipment V^M^Y/ " andcable ser- 892-7030 M TO4IH9OTQ "OO-204-M34 i^^^M^^^BBM^M vice contracts," said the Journal P^^\m| ro "» «r» «" nmiihiIm ■iSJWI 9»lLtouncorE 20700N.MainSt. Ufl article. THEDAVIDSONIAN News TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1996 5 Senior Michael Hart sequences M. DNA By JeffreyCoker a rare opportunity. to use it in the general classes. Science staffwriter "Now wecandorealresearch Sequencing is the only thing we at the undergraduate level," said can't donon-radioactively, soit's While most students spent Hart. "It'sabig stepfor thebiol- better to take it slow because of their summer trying to escape ogy department and for the sci- safetyconsiderations." Davidsonacademia, Dr.Malcolm encesingeneral." Dr. Campbell and others in- Campbell andseniorMichaelHart Anotherprofessor added,"A volved in the DNA project are werepushing ittonew levels. few yearsago wewouldhavebeen workingwithDr.GingerArmbrust Their research withthealgae turningbackflipsinthe hallwayto of the University of Washington- Chlamydomonas reinhardtiimarks have this technology. Now that Seattle, who has sent DNA to the first time that DNA has been it's here [Campbell and Hart] are Davidson to be duplicated and sequencedatDavidson College. low keyaboutthe wholething... checked for theGA-1locus. Davidson joins an exclusive butit's stillabigdeal." ThispieceofDNAcodesfora group of small colleges including Students in Dr. Campbell's protein that is crucial for Michael Hart andMalcomCampbellworktogetheronDNA. Grinnell,Carleton and Williams advanced molecular classes will Chlamydomonasreproduction,but ResearchCouncilmeeting,andhad medicalschool,wherehemaycon- whichpossess this technology. now be able to sequence DNA is not yetfully understood. a how-to article posted on the tinue has begun at so research he Because few colleges and themselves, though under close Campbell was recently fea- Internet by the AmericanSociety Davidson. universities are sequencingDNA supervision. Campbell saidcau- tured in The Journal Re- for CellBiology. inclasses, ofNIH Davidsonstudentshave tiously that"we're not quite ready search,has spokenat aNational Michael Hartplans to attend "What a nice campus!" Davidson makes the funny page By Kirsten Recknagel College! News Davidson What 3 Editor Scancarelliintroduced anewstory as Scancarelli explainedin the line featuring the escapades of Davidson Journal this spring, "I a nice From front campus!^Ty page headlines to Rover, a young boy whose older started not to use [Davidson's] extensive coverage in the sports sister Gretchen is a student at name, then thought, 'Why not?' section,newsofDavidsonCollege Davidson College. It'sthe real thing." gracesnewspapersnationwide.But In Davidson's comic debut. last spring the school entered Rovermarvelsatthecampuswhile unchartered territory: Davidson standing before Davidson's most Write for news. College appearedinthefunnies. recognizablelandmark:Chambers Funnies fans first glimpsed building. Davidsoninthe wellknownsyndi- Davidsonattracted"Gasoline Get help with cated comic strip "Gasoline Al- Alley" fame by chance when ley". Only twocomic strips in the Scancarelli visited the school last linear algebra. nationboastacontinualrunlonger December,camerainhand. Atthe than "Gasoline Alley",illustrated time, Scancarelli intended to use by cartoonist Jim Scancarelli of onlyhis photos of campus build- Charlotte. ings as models for "Gasoline CallKirsten, Several months ago, Alley's"illustrations. However, —2148 e"u <%?f SHIRTS &y ST£V£ of ,a» AND MATT

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Scott Look beyond Lafranchi Clinton and Dole

Therewereno surprisesatthe tax credits for families withchil- lars in debt:$5 trillion in funded Democratic NationalConvention dren,taxcredits forcollegeeduca- liabilities(bonds, treasury bills), International... of 1996; contemporary politics tion, tax $15 credits for and trillion in unfunded " wereat theirbest. homeownership,andtaxincentives liabilities(socialsecurityandMedi- One thousand delegates,including activists and government officials The majority have become forcompanies whohirepeopleon care).At 7% interest wehave an represented 130 countries at the World Congress in Stockholm, met in caught up in the emotional welfare. Sounds to me like Dick annualfeeof$1.4 trillion,andthat Swedenlast week. The international conference was designed to raise speeches,themulti-mediapresen- Morris,Clinton'schiefadvisor,had isjust forthedebtservice.Weonly awarenessofthe worldwidechildsextradephenomenon.TheUnitedStates not delegates. tationsandtheelectionyearrheto- somewhat of aneffect onmoving take in $1.5 trillion perannum in Governmentdid send ric. However, after the balloons him towards the middle. But taxes, and we do not obviously " recentlyagreedtopay$1.6millionperyearfor the weredropped,thesongs sang,and TheBritishGovernment Morris no longer works for the spendall of our taxes on thedebt next threeyears toa privateconsultantchargedwith managingthenation's the tears shed a service.Conse- latestanti-smokingcampaign,named"respect,"geared towardyoungpeople. void still remains quently, it is in the hearts of clear that this " The Titanic's remainsarebeingrecoveredfromtheirrestingplace justoff those who dared Idare youtonotbeswayedbyshallowrhetoric, problem is om- Newfoundland. Last weekasectionoftheTitanic's hull,weighing21tons to listen.Leader- but rather to direct your attention towards nipotent. hadalmostbeen lifted to the ocean surface when the nylon cables which ship has not yet No, we do not supportedit snapped,sendingthepiecestraightbackdowntotheoceanfloor someone who speaks the truth, even though mishap, emerged. tax twoandahalfmilesbelow. Afterthe thedecisionwasmadetocall need the in- $5 At the con- they might come hand in hand witha pile of centives that offthe millionexpedition. vention, AlGore, charts,bigears,anda twangySouthernaccent. President in the supposed National... Clinton is pro- life, speechofhis posing, nor " A drugderivedfrom the adrenalgland of commonfarmanimals such as grasped the heart Clinton administration. Dole's 15% tax cut approach to cattleandpigsistheculpritin54recentcasesofbacterialinfectioninhumans. of Americawith the tobacco rid- Which brings me to my next winning votes. Since whendoyou TheFoodandDrug Administration(FDA)last weekputthenationonalert, den deathof his sister in 1986. It point: character.Even thoughIdo pay off a debt bydecreasingyour warning Americansof thepotentiallyharmful effects of injectingthedrug. was indeed a sad story,but why not believe that the character de- income? Adrenalcortexextractisnotapprovedby theFDA,butisbeingbilledasboth key to weight a wasGore withouthisanti-tobacco bateshouldmonopolizethepolicy At first glance onemight say a loss and treatment forbums. vernacular in his attempt for the debate,onemust wonderabout therearenomoreoptionsafter " the that Cardinal Joseph Bernadin, the spiritualleader of Chicago's 2.3 million presidencyin'88? Why was Gore integrity a they Dole. Difficult as it of president when Clinton or Catholicpopulationrevealedlast weekthatdoctorshaveinformedhimthat tobaccocom- acceptingfundsfrom haveeightcabinetmembersunder may be,Iencourageyou tolook to he willlikely facedeathwithinthenext 12months. Hewasdiagnosedwith panies up until his time with the investigation,their chief counsel someoneoutsidethe ranks of Re- pancreatic cancer14months ago. Clinton Administration? Why is dead,and theirmain advisor is publicans andDemocrats. would a man who had been so resigning because he was using We need someone who has profoundly changed from his Local... WhiteHouse funds tosupport his consistentlyadressedthedebt.We " sister'sdeath turn aroundand tout weekly escapades with a prosti- need someone whohas had suc- ValuJetofficialsconfirmthatthecompanywillreturntothe airlineindustry toa North Carolina delegationin tute. cess in an executive position. We nextmonth.Laterthisyear,ValuJetplanstoagainprovideservicetoprovide service toRaleighDurhamInternationalAirport. Officialssaid service to '88about howhe hadproudly har- Afterallofthis,Icannot bring need someone wholistens to his Charlotte/DouglasInternationalAirportis scheduledtoresumein1997. vestedtobacco,"withhis ownbare myself tounderstandhow the del- heart andhas the willto follow it. hands." egatesoftheDemocraticConven- Idareyoutonotbeswayedby "Fans of Andrew Lloyd Webber's"Phantom of the Opera"have already Itis tosay, but Gore did sad tion can dance and cheer for a shallowrhetoric,but rather to di- snappedup 120,000tickets tosee theshowduring its sevenandahalfweek those things because he is a fol- president whorefuses to acknowl- rect your attentiontowardssome- stayinCharlotte.Ticketpricesrange from$16.50to66.50.Phantom'sThird lowerofthe polls;he is not a fol- edgethe problems athand. one who speaks the truth, even NationalCompany, whichcametoCharlotteinlateAugustfromMilwaukee, lower ofhis heart. He paints a picture of hope thoughthey mightcome hand-in- willhold64performancesat Charlotte'sBlumenthalPerformingArts Center One shouldread the platform withhiscolorful languageandhis hand withapileofcharts,bigears, untilOctober19. Lastweek,theCharlotteObserverreportedthatonly8,000 tickets were stillavailable. that wasratifiedat theDemocratic appealing demeanor,but are we andatwangy Southernaccent.Yes, Convention. There are more at- really listening to whatis behind PresidentClintoncanwork,acrowd tacks against theGOP thanactual the fluff,or do weevenwant to?It and Dole was indeed a war hero, substantial positions or ideas on is imperative that weadress must but that is not what beingapresi- policy.Furthermore,few newpro- address our financial gloomor at dentisallabout.Beingapresident posals surfaced when Clinton leastlisten to someone who does. isaboutspeakingthe truth,follow- THE Crossword spoke. Oddly enough, all of the to — Or will we continue sup- ing throughonwhat you say,and ACROSS fi "5 [5 To [6 p [8 Ito 111 112 proposals were^ax cuts, the very portapresident whopromisesthat leadingthepeople. thinghe so vehementlycriticizec he willprotectchildren,whenheis So whenelection day comes 9 SWiow " I : Dole for proposing a short time actually failing to recognize that do whatisright,notjustthatwhich before. The President proposec wehaveatotalof $20trilliondol- feelssecure. 16 Tavernbrews ■■■?]{ BBI^^^M HIHH 17 Come up i I | Election '96 BY RACHEL ANDERSON ill 23 Regret ' BB__ Davidson's role inNovember 24 Seeger or 36— j | j I Fountain I T BM^ In November of 1994, low apoliticalchoice. Voters are un- According toKellyCunningham, voter turnout wasreportedamong certainabout theefficacy of their president of College Democrats, Americansbetweentheagesof18 vote and are skeptical of politi- interesthad waned after the 1992 and 29. Many predict similar re- cians' promises to meet their de- election,but is now evengreater sultsin theupcomingpresidential mands.SeniorTracyPrivettecom- than four years ago. "This is the ' ' 38 Transgress elections with youth expected to mented that although shehas be- biggest and best organizedgroup 111 39 Pindaric work $« B^M ■«! vote less than any other group. comemoreawareofcertainissues since I've been here," she said. 41 StOCkhOlm O1996*" T*un« Woit S«

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Che JDatrittfonian is now available on the World Wide Web at: To the Editors: Ibegantopanic; the access farcornerofthelibrary.Was http://www.davidson.edu/student/organizations/davidsonian/davidsonian.html TheotherdayIventured toPollux wasnowhere tobe Iconsulted of the change? intothelibrary todothesame found. 1glancedbehind me Disgusted, Imoped to the thingeverybody—elsegoesto andIsensed—a snicker from back,onlytofindthatall the Go,go Gadget thelibrary todo checkmy thelibrarian shehad seen computers were taken. So e-mail.WhenIsawthebrand thisbefore. Iretreated from now what? Do Igo to the When an institution prides itself onits adherence to old-school ways,making new computers, Igot even myseat,bewildered,toaska computer center? It just changes, to thealcoholpolicyorto thealternativebar,ishard. When changes whether more excited! Even more librarianwhatwasgoingon. same. made, and, wouldn'tbe the finally are those who push them deserve a close look in the case of the stunning,everysingleoneof "Silly, boy," she replied, Center,a pat onthe Computer.Services back. theterminalswasvacant. As "youcancheck e-mail back Sincerely, hasrenamed InformationTechnologyServices TheComputerServicesCenter itself Ieasedintothe nearest stool, there,"pointingtowardsthe Britton Taylor,'98 in order to reflect the range of alterations made during the summer. Although the combinationofglarefromthe computer screensand glarefrom the stark walls threaten eyesight and sanity, the new Belk computer lab is more open, better smelling, and To ourreaders: generallybetter arrangedthan the Main Streetlabit replaced. Moreimpressivethanthisrelocation,however,is theextenttowhichtheITSsought Today isMonday,September 2. Itis and actuallylistened to studentneeds andconcerns. EvenatDavidson,withitsoh-s'o- impressive 16 to 1student to professor ratio, students often feel neglected,like the Labor Day today. Most people takeLabor administration works for trusteesand big donors rather than for students themselves. not When we filled out thecomprehensive survey at the end oflast semester, few ofus Day as a chance tolabor. Example one: expectedsuch immediate results, few ofus realized that quick change was possible printer. anymore. our Bothsoftwareandhardwareupgrades,webpagesavailable,changes toPolluxand This is why Wyt Satttoftmfot regrettably networking of sophomore dorms werealldone in the time it normally takes an SGA committee tobeformedtotalkaboutchanges toaclauseintheformation ofanSGA sub- is coming to you a day late. committee. ThankstotheITS fortrulylisteningandactingonstudentrequests.Congratstothem But even with anextra day,there were ondoingit so well. not enoughletters to the editor to fillup this Keep listening,PCC space. People whine a lot about Davidson's There weretwopartiesonthe courtthis weekend.One atConnor,wherestudentsover when 21tookthe thirddegreeandwent throughaseriesofsteps togetabeerthattheyhadearlier apathy andhomogeneity. Nowonder, purchased. Andone at Rusk, where studentsover21flashed anIDand hungoutinthe we only received two letters this year. basement. have Notonly is theBYOBprocesspainfully restrictive,itis moreexpensive,exclusive, Show yourpassion. Show your individuality. andpotentially very dangerous. Manypeoplehave workedhardtodo whatis bestforPatterson— Court, andtheyknow whattheyaredoing.They are correctto worryaboutliability itisan importantissue. Theyhaveheardtheargumentssomanytimesthattheyprobablydonot wanttoevenattend Sincerely, another party,but letus reiterateoncemore: . drinking,but Gtfje JBabfotfontanEditorial Board 1. Parties do nothave tobecenteredaround beer willbringcrowds.— Under aBYOBpolicy,PattersonCourt willbecome exclusivelyafreshmen hangout thoseover21canbuybeeranddrink intheirroomsoroffcampus, wheretheydon'thave toregisterasix-pack. 2. IfpeopledobuybeerandcometoPatterson— Court, then they willbedrivingtoget it. Manydrinkbefore theygodown tothe court sodrunkdrivingwillincrease. People will also be driving toandfrom offcampusparties. This is alreadyhappeningevery Buy yourself a treat. weekend. 3. Ifthepolicy statesthatthehousecan onlybuybeerfor members,thenmostofthe people ateachparty willbemembers.Davidson willthenhaveanexclusive courtscene. No,not at the Union Cafe but 4. Students whobringbeer willbringalot,just incase. Thenthey willdrink itallto avoid wastingmoneyorhavingtocarry it. Few people willbringjust onebeer. 3Battb«onian office. 5. Fewindependents willpay$10 tooccasionally visit the court withbeerthatthey indPbe havealreadybought themselves. trendy Thesolutionsarenot easyones,andupperclassmenwillmostdefinitelyhavetoadjust Get yourself a T- shirt to a new way onPatterson Court. But unity and safety and acasual social scene are — Davidson, important not because students need to get wasted but because North for $10. Ask your localeditor CarolinaisasmallplaceandDavidsonstudentsneedacentralplacetohavefun. Thismay seem petty tosome,but itisn't. for details. Theseare not excuses,buttruths. Pleasekeeplistening. IKht Sabiblfoman ispublished weeklyonMondayduringthespringterm bythe students ofDavidsonCollege.Pleaseaddressallcorrespondencesto: TheDavidsonian,P.O.Box 219,Davidson,NorthCarolina 28036. Phone (704)892-2148or-2149,. Ourofficesare By the way,if someoneelsehad writtenaletter to the locatedonthethirdflooroftheGreyStudentUnionbuilding.OpinioHSexpressedinletters editor then these shamelessspace-fillers wouldnot be EditorialBoard totheeditors orcommentariesdonotnecessarilyreflect theviewsofthe here. So stand forsomething andwriteus a letter. ofIht JBaWWonUH. Subscriptions cost $35.00peryear. Advertisingrates areavailable uponrequest. Copyrightisheldby the Trustees ofDavidsonCollege. Opinions

8 TUESDAY,SEPTEMBER3,1996 AshleyHouston andGriffinRankin Ready or not — here we come!

Crates, books, sheets, suit- meaning.We had heard aboutthe veteran Davidsomans warned us manstressingoverVail'sgourmet ment Belk a much-needed cases and goodbyes— allhaveone benefits of self-scheduledexams aboutourfuture workload.Yet,in cuisine:"DoIwantIndiana Chick makeover with various flavors of thingincommon theyareamong andnothavingtoworryaboutleav- our naive adolescent world, we PeasortheShrunkenPintoPeas?" cake/shavingcream masques.We the essentials the class of 2000 ingourbackpacksaroundcampus, laughedindisbeliefattheoutland- After a weekofexperimentation, believedour artwork on the boys brought to Davidson last Thurs- but our fullresponsibility foundthesalad to bequite an improvement.Un- day. Asidefromourtangiblepos- androledidnotcompletely Our first week has given usa preview ;arden burgers and fortunately,theydidnotagree,and sessions, we also brought minds revealthemselvesuntil we Electionof"fro-yo" retaliated with tubs of water and open to the ways and ideals one we were able to see the ofour next as we begin tothe aurpersonalfavor- fistfuls of cake.In the future, we mightbeaccustomed toincollege. Code inaction. —bushwhack through the college jungle. \sitle from giving hopetheywillmindtheirmanners; In short, the freshman send rave Davidson's Honor pietimetogainour women of the 90s demand their reviews about college life from Code trulyimpressesus.It creates ish descriptionsof 100pageread- five15" withplentyoffries respect. Davidson's uniqueHonorCode to an atmosphere on campusunlike ing assignments, multiple term blueberry cheesecake ice All inall, our first weekhas theoff-the-wall mixers withother any other college.Here, students papers,science labs and PE 101. Rimann, Vail provides us with a given us apreview of our next as halls.So, wewouldlikethechance are given freedom because hon- —Well,forgiveus forourdisrespect perfect way to bond with our we begin to bushwhack through togive everyoneelsea trip down esty and responsibility constitute webelieve you wholeheartedly hallmates while observing their thecollegejungle.Oneofthemany memorylaneby rememberingour anintegralpartofdailylife.Thank now.Not24hours oftheacademic obscureeatinghabits. things weare greatlyanticipating first impressions of life here at you to upperclassmenand alumni yearhad passedbeforethe fresh- Yetourmostentertaining,and is thegoodold-fashioned fun dur- Davidson. whohaveloved theirschoolenough man class had joined theranks of at times our mostrevealing, mo- ing our"FirstNight Down!" ReadingabouttheHonorCode tokeep sucha traditionalive. We study-carel dwellers. mentshavebeen ourbeloved hall Yet until September 20, we from brochures and the applica- pledge to uphold our part of the When we arenot beatingour activitiesand mixers. will continue to make our cos- tion-gave us a very one-dimen- bargain. heads against the sides of our fa- OnTuesdaynight,wehadthe metic rounds to the other boys' sional understanding of its full Before arriving on campus, voritecarel, you canfind afresh- privilegeofgivingtheboysofbase- dorms.

Catherine Anderson Iwant to see the green grass

Iamreallynotapessimist.On events, followingin the wakeof too limiting. My feelings, as do Despitelabelingpreconceptions,I Because Iwant to see green agoodday,myglassisusuallyhalf not-so-distant tragedies, namely thoseof so manyothers,donot fit wasproudofmy country,eagerto grassagain,andmaybe evenadim full, thegrassisprettygreeninmy the WorldTradeCenterbombing, intonice neat categoriesunder the holdmy headhigh onthe soil ofa glow a few feet in front of me.I ownbackyard,and there is most the OklahomaCity bombing,and classification,"closeenounters."I people who see us as lazy rude want to feel safe in our country certainly a light at the end of my the ValuJetcrash,Iamdesperately just know that Ifelt utterly ex- couch potatoes(notnecessarilyin because quite honestly Icannot tunnel. But as 1 grapple with the searchingfor a footholdofhopein haustedfromtakingintheshockof thatorder),andprovethemwrong. thinkofabetterplace tobelongto. recent tragedies Americans face this country that Icannot seem to it all. Isaw the Olympics, too, as the MaybeIhavebeenlivingina today,first thesenselessdowning find. Iam disappointed.Inmy fu- opportunityof alifetime,achance fogso far,butuntillatelytheUnited ofTWA tlight 800 andtheequally Iam scared.J IT CfoundJ out on ture,myfoundation,andmycoun- foreverynationtoputasidediffer- States of Americahas yet torain disturbing Olympic Park bomb- Saturday morning ences and peacefully tooterribly onmy parade. ing,myglassseemsawfullyempty, July 27, thatthe pre After narrowly escaping theCentennial cometogetheroncommon Franklin D. Roosevelt once weedsareattackingmy lawn*and cise location wher ground,andespeciallyfor said:"Welook forwardtoa world ' Olympic Park bombing Atlanta thebulbjustburnedout andIcan t my roommates and in this theUnitedStates toputon founded upon four essential hu- see a thing. hadgleefully plantec summer by a short halfhour,my once herbestface andshowthe man freedoms. The first is free-— Iamdiscouraged. Andticked ourselves theevening solid foundation ofmoral faith inour world whatallof the fuss domof speechand expression off and angry and afraid. As a before was blown tc country was suddenlyuprooted and is about. everywhereinthe world.The sec- young person withone moreyear bits not 30 minute Andsomebodyblew it. ondis freedom ofevery person to of collegeand imminentfreedom afterourreluctantde replaced by uncertainty and fear. But althoughIfeelaban- worship Godin his own way — pacing at my doorstep,Ifeel no parture. doned, and discouraged everywhereinthe world. " Thethird moreexcitement for pendinglib- Iam overwhelmed. The En- try. As a member of and scaredandeveryother is freedomfrom want...The fourth erationthanaroastpigonaplatter. glish languagecannot do service Generation Xand "as Americanas emotioninbetween,asIwatchmy is freedom fromfear." After narrowlyescapingthe Cen- to thewaveof emotionsengulfing Apple Pie," Ican no longer take prideandfaithinmycountryplum- Ilookforward as well.Fillup tennial Olympic Parkbombingin measIread the Saturdaymorning pride in what once served as my metinto the deadletter office, my glass. Atlantathissummerbyashorthalf headline in the Atlanta Journal- backbone. Ihave noticed that there is hour,my once solidfoundationof Constitution, "Park Explosion," Ilived in France for four simply nootherdirectioninwhich moral faithinourcountry wassud- norcan Iimagine a language that monthslastyear,andhada unique togo but up.Theactions of afew SeniorCatherineAndersonis denly uprooted and replaced by could.Wordslike horror, disgust, experience viewing my country nut case idiotsjust cannot dictate a former news editor of The uncertainty and fear. With these terrorandguilty reliefseemmuch throughtheeyesofanothernation. the actions ofmany. Davidsonian. Will Bradshaw The Honor Code's personalbinds

IlovetheHonorCode.Ithelps Ichoosethe word"peer"here themtohelpme upholdmyprom- make me proud to say Iam a thosenotesaresittingbefore him, foster a trusting atmosphere that deliberately.Weareallstudentsof ise,and promised tohelp uphold Davidson College student. even if that's the more difficult not onlybreeds closerties in the Davidson College. We all play, theirs.Arewehelpinganyonewhen AndmaybeI'mtooidealistic. course of action. At least then I collegecommuntiy butpropagates work,eat,celebrate,and livehere we turn our back on a violation, MaybeIhave too muchfaith that wouldfeelbetter aboutwhatIhad personal responsibility and per- together,and wehave aresponsi- and reportit to the administration other students wouldbe willing to done. sonalaccountability. bility toeachotherthatcomesfrom insteadofconfrontingthe violator approachapeer and ask ifhe/her Part of thereasonmanyofus But there is a part of it that being a part of this communtiy. withhis/her own broken pact? I wascheating.Ihavea friend who come to DavidsonCollegeis the doesn't sit well withme.It didn't When weareforced, underthreats don'tthink so.Besides, myprom- thinks Ido.Shesays thatforcing HonorCodewhichwehanddown two years ago when Iwrote my ofour ownsuspension,toimmedi- ise waspersonal,butthereisnoth- people intoconfrontational situa- to eachother and protect through application to Davidson, and it atelyreportviolationsoftheHonor ing personal about anonymously tions will keep students from re- theyearsas students.But,itistime doesn't now.Pagetwoin the stu- Code to the Dean of Students of- pointing fingers at faces behind porting eachother and slowly eat now tore-evaluatewhat theHonor dent handbook reads: "Every stu- fice, wedoeachotheradisservice. closed doors. away at the code itself. Maybe Code is and should be about. I dentshallbehonorboundtoreport Before we run to the administra- The Honor Code, as it now she's right.Idon'tknow. believeitshouldbeapersonalpact immediately all violations of the tion, we have aduty to approach stands,cuts against the mostpre- But what Ido know is if I madeby the students, to the stu- HonorCodewhichcomeunderhis ourpeerandconfront him/herwith cious aspect of this college, our walked into the bathroom during dents,andfor thestudents.Forthat observation; failure to do so will thesuspected violation. faithineach other.Myallegiance finalsand foundthisguyreadinga to truly happen then the students beaviolationoftheHonor Code." Letmeexplain.WhenIsigned is not to these buildings, the pageofnotesoverthesink,Iwould musttaketheresponsibility tocon- Or,asIunderstandit,itisanHonor theHonorCode,Imade apactwith grounds,oreventheghostsofpast feeldishonorableturningandwalk- fronteachotherwhenaviolationis Code violationnottoimmediately my classmates and the students students,but rather to thepeople ing to theDeanofStudents office suspected, turning to the Dean of report suspicionof another peer's whohadcome before me todoas whowalkthesegroundseveryday. to report what I'dseen. My own Students office only as arecourse transgressions to theDeanofStu- wellasIcouldinlifewithoutbreak- The individuals who make this senseofmorality tells me thatIam if theconfrontation fails. dents. ing the rules. In signing, Iasked campus a vivacious entity, and honor bound to ask mypeer why THEDAVIDSONIAN Opinions TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1996 9

Kristen Richardson Corntown Shuffle " Betterone suffer, than anation name.Corneliusis your basicRo- almost always followed by, "In intheswingin' singles apartments portedby oneof my roommates. grieve." -Dryden manname,but thatdoesnotmake Cornelius?" To which Ihad to (AhaHarbor)andIlivedinahalf- She heard a snappy and interpre- it apretty sound. There is some- choke out,"Yes." wayhouseforlake-bound families tiverendition of"BustaMove"on Agreatpatriot, wasn'the?IfI thing abouta namethataspires to So,IlivebehindBlockbuster whosehomes arenot yet finished karaoke night at the Tropicana. liked patriotism,Iwould bereally evoke greatness and civic pride in Cornelius. Ihave apool and (One NormanSquare). Youprob- With the tragic demise of impressedby that passionatedec- andfallssoshortthatisabitcharm- tennis courtsandaweightroom.I ably didn't evenknow there wasa Backstreet,Cornelius couldbethe larationoflovefor country.Ibeta ing.In a sick way.To asick and alsohaveneighbors.Andtheyhave singlessceneinCornelius.Ididn't answer. Hell,you canall sleepat lot of you are Davidson patriots. sarcasticperson suchas myself. kids, and thekids have bikesand and Iwas happy without that our place.Justkidding. Youprobablyloveyourlittletown We tried toliveinDavidson, thebikeshavetraining wheelsand knowledge. So what ifCorneliusdoes not somuch youwant toburst.Idon't butRLOpreventedthat withsome thatisfrustratingwhenyouarelate Iamnotbeingentirelyfairto satisfymyaesthetic need.Withmy feel that way about where Ilive. sorry lottery numbers.Our previ- toclassand theseaofchildrenwill Cornelius,or, as it is sometimes postmodern propensity for anti- But,alas,(sigh)IliveinCornelius. ous landlord wasmore emphatic notpart. euphemistically referred to.Lake cool, Ihave embracedCorntown It tookalongtimeformetobe about his refusal to accomodate Inspiredby the sheernumber Norman.It canbea rockinggood as my(very temporary)home.So, abletosay that.NotthatCornelius our request for another year on ofchildren,Itried tofigure outthe time.Forexample,after tiringofa So,I'm waitinginvain for the tee- is a bad place, it is a very funny WatsonStreet.Wedon'tmisshim. demographics of my living ar- party inDavidson,a friend and I shirt that reads "London, Paris, placeactually.Ijusthate theword So, wewererelegatedtoCornelius. rangements.Ifinally did so with wenttoabarinCornelius. We met Rome, Cornelius." Cornelius so much.Why would Forawhile,whenasked that ever- thehelpof afellow Cornelianand somepeople whoaskedusalot of someone name a townCornelius? so-popular,"Wheredo youlive?" friend wholives attheother apart- questionsand drank five drinks to SeniorKristen Richardson is Isuppose the obvious reason is Ireplied, "Behind Blockbuster." mentcomplex inCornelius. With our one. Another incident of fun co-opinions editor of The that it was the founding father's That soundedevenworseand was herhelp,Idiscoveredthatshelived being had in Cornelius was re- Davidsonian. rHEMANY MOODSOFBOBDOLE Robert Williams v# *%* Reunion 2046

Followingisanexcerptfrom Themostpuzzlingthingabout JOYFUL FUM-L0VINJ6 PEEVISH » a piece written by Dean of Fac- the reunion was the largenumber ulty,RobertC. Williamswhichran of stories weheard aboutthe great intheSpring1996DavidsonJour- Duke Power Blackout, the day a nal. few years back whenpower fail- ures and a solar eclipse, together Those of us whoreturned to with electronic pulses from the Davidson for our 50th reunion in on Peru, Chilean nuclear attack TOUCHY CAglK/6 SURLy 2046 were few in number, survi- completely zappedthe IT infra- vorsinour "globalmaturity." As structure ofthe college. the reading of names of our de- Foraperiodofmany months ceasedindicated,AIDS,theEbola students and facilitators discov- virus, and the madcow epidemic ered that they were once again have all taken their tollin recent compelledby the failure of tech- years. The disastrous declinein nology toengageinamoralenter- global sperm count reduced our prise of learning and teaching HfrPP9-6>O-Li>CK9 TiCKtto Pink SASSy legaciestoDavidsonevenfurther. grounded in faith. The relation- Nevertheless, wewereglad tosee ship withthePresbyterianChurch each other and to revisit the UNwasrenegotiated. Taskforces Cornelius-Lincolnton-Kannapolis on athletics sprang up again like Michael ResearchTriangle oncemoreafter mushrooms, struggling with the Home sweet dorm? somany years. olddivision 21 or 23 questions. Kruse Davidson,youwillbepleased Humanities instructors took over to know, remains a nationally thecampusclassroom.Therewere # rankedsmallliberalarts collegeof realconversations— face-to-face Kelley of Observer Then Istarted tolook around pay $859asemes- 14,000students,nearly40inresi- interactions,as wecalledthem — Pam the - - UNCCers wrote a front page article in my tiny no,cozy andhumble4th ter cheapesthousing dence.Thecollege'sbelovedState- abouttopicsdiscussedinthebooks for the avail- Saturday's paper called "Home Belk abode. able and $1,175 for the most ex- mentofProductivity which were- whichhadescaped TheBurning. sweetdorm." A sink. Neat. pensive Poplar apartments, vised50yearsagois stillinplace. The library ceased for a Hall ... Sheled,"Notthatmany years The desks,they'rehardlybig which contain four single bed- Tuitionremainsunder $1million while tobeaMuseumof Curricu- ago, college students arrived on enough to hold a computer, let rooms,alivingroom,andakitchen peryear,againparallelingclosely lum and became a place where campus ready to share a alone a computer and some ad- area. Wolfe, junior, thecostofanew mid-sizehelicop- students actually read books and Irma aUNCC barracks1ikeroomwithatleastone equatewritingspace. Andthey're is quotedas saying,"This is what ter. conversed withtheirfacilitators... — other personand abathroom with a putrid shade of '50's greenand m togrowingup my The staff has beengreatly Mostremarkable was that the I' used own ... the entirehall." bedroomandbathroom." reducedfromitspeak 75,000 a banned politically incorrect key- of "Today's students few years back and have, atany wordsbegantoappearoncampus expectbetter." rate, to — mission, purpose, character, allbeenpromoted facilita- And apparently, ac- tors, that our U. S. News and honor, community,warmth, love, comes as a shock when so cording to Kelley,many they(students)moveinto World Report rankinghas stayed humane instincts,wisdom, ethics, A sink.Neat. area collegiates are get- the standard 10-by-14- high. values,friendship,commitment. I ting better. footrooms ...Wherethey Thedonationof 400acres of must sayIhadnot seenthosewords WinthropUniversity study, eatand sleepbe- bya golfcoach in the homepage for years,ever artificialturf former installedrefrigerator-freezers and stuck to the wall. sideanotherperson,"writesKelley eliminated 86 groundskeeper po- since the oldHonor System gave . microwaves in every dorm room There are two beds, but one "It's character-building, I sitions Combining thereligion way to the Information Sharing ... this summer,theObserverreports. phonejack.Andnocomputerjacks guess," suggests another UNCC and a andCaringTeam athletic departments into ... At Wake Forest,every dorm tospeak of. Hell,hardwiringis a student. singledepartmentofentertainment Andonemorething:ifyou're floorisequippedwithaprinterand foreignconceptoncampus, so we Well, here at little, uppity, have kept the athletic bud- interested inlearning more about would eachroomhas twocomputerplug- need modems togeton-line from prestigious,outlandishlyexpensive getbelow 92percentoftheoperat- Reunion and the Great Blackout, injacksperpersonperroom. anywherebut themake-shiftcom- Davidson,there's a whole lot of ingbudget merger thereis lots more onour reunion overall if the AndWestern Carolina offers putercenter intheBelk sub-base- character building going on in not requiredraising homepage. It's under GSD, for had the bas- cableTVinroomsfor anextra$50 ment. shock city. ketball flooranother three feetfur- "God SaveDavidson." a semester. And whatdo wepay for this? At least we don't go to the towardheaven ther ... Bytheendofthearticle,Iwas The cheapesthousingavailable,a Citadel. droolingatthedescriptionsofposh triple,goesfor$1,075asemester. Dispelthe rumors.Write for opinions. apartments and luxurious ameni- Studentslivinginthe seniorapart- MichaelKruseisa co-editor — tiesand wonderingjust whereour ments are shelling out $1865 a of the Sports section of The CallKristen, 2148 quarter-of-a-hundred grandgoes. semester. Davidsonian. RTS & LIVING A TUESDAY,SEPTEMBER3,1996 10

MovieReview Not really a fan By Emily Simmons Arts &LivingEditor

WhenIgotbackfromGer- many in August, Iwas really looking forward to seeing all themoviesImissedwhileIwas awayplus all the hot summer flicks stillplaying. Iwas alittledisappointed, though, whenIfound out that everythingwasjust arehashof Freshmen VictorTalbird,JohnThornbury,and AngelaFisher chat onathehal AnnaJudy all the oldjingoistic action/ad- venture, stupid comedy,adult- becomes-kidcrapthatitalways was(withofcourse twoDisneys tochoose from as well). Ithought that theone ex- ceptionmight be TheFan with Si Perspective the usually decent Robert fresh DeNiro. Well, it wasn't any good.Imean,howmany times A first year student assesses her orientation experience can DeNiro play the psycho- uncertainty,Ithink thatFreshman Atthispointitishardtocreate to classes, to homework, and to By Jenny who-doesn't-at-first-appear-to- Corke Orientation hasbeena veryexcit- a big picture out of what Ihave various other aspects of college Writer be-psycho-but-really-is-psycho Staff ing welcomefortheClass of2000. experiencedso far. At first Ial- life,Istill feelalittlenervous.The psycho?Hejustdidn'tperform From the Olympics to the Fresh- mostfelt as thoughIwasplacedin initialbutterflieshavedisappeared, up topar,besides the fact thatI Freshmanorientationhasbeen man Cake Race, we have had a aforeign landwithoutamap,and but a fear for the unknown still heard that Wesley Snipes a rather bittersweet experience.I whirlwindof fun activities. Some toldtofindmy wayaround,and to remains. But thenIsuppose col- wanted to be the psycho and have longedtoleavehome andgo Freshmanhaveadmitted that they meetnew people. People would legeissupposed to-be astrength- probably wouldhave done a to college ever since Igot into couldreallyuseaweekofvacation introduce themselves tome, andI eningexperience a time todis- better job given the fact that Davidson,and yet Icried when I after such a hectic week, while would try to register their names cover who you are and what you once you'vedone something a actually didleave. Iarrived here othershavesaidthatareonlyready andfacesinmylongtermmemory, canachieveasanindependent.The few timesitbecomesblase and withexpectationsof freedom and for moreadventure. but eventually, my mind would greatwriterRalphWaldoEmerson cliche'd. anewbeginning,andthenrealized One thingIthink that wecan becomeajumble.Eventually,how- oncesaid that"Whatliesbehindus Snipes plays baseball— thatthiscombination canbe some- probably allagreeon,however,is ever, even this feeling of social and what liesbefore usare small playerBobbyRayburn a re- what overwhelming. that we have loved being treated disorganizationbegantoimprove. matters compared to what lies allygoodplayermaking—thebig Isupposeitiseasier toenjoy a likeincoming royalty. Afterseveralsocialevents,includ- withinus."BeingaFreshmanisall bucks whohits aslump and major life changewhenitexistsas The warmthof thereception inghall mixers,concerts, and ice aboutdiscoveringwhoyouareand Robert DeNiro is his die-hard only an abstract moment in the from Davidson staff and upper- skating, Ifinally feel as though I how you willdevelop whenleft to fan who supports himthrough future, rather than right now and class students has truly been in- aminafamiliar placewithpeople yourowndevice.AndIguess it is itall. righthere. credible. As my roommate says, that Ican say "hi" to by name. also aboutrealizingthat there is a DeNiro is a down-on-his- But aside from my own "the people here make me feel What arelief! worldbeyondyourhometown and luck salesman whointhe same quickly diminishing feelings of right athome." Rightnow,asIlook forward outside ofyour comfort zone. dayloseshisjobandtherightto see his son after leaving the child at abaseball game. DeNiro also used to playbaseballas a child, and it Getting loopy at Lupie's seems he is abit bitter about nevermaking thebigleagues. DeNiroendsupinSnipes' Restaurant in Charlotte feeds hungry faces with success house withSnipes' clothes on By PaxCross and Cornelius, twotowns not re- taurants) allowedfor a spacious believe thatIwouldnotleave the and thensteals Snipes' car and GuestWriter veredfor theircuisine. feel thatofteneludes smallrestau- placehungry. child. Ofcourse his son is the IrealizedthatLupie's wasmy rants. Thisplacewasindeedmuch Afteralargeorderofhot wings most important thing in the On Friday after class, Ire- kindofplace at first sight. Itis a classierthan agreasyspoon,butI thatliveduptotheirname,Iquickly worldto Snipes, so it's a big turned home only to be whisked smallbrick building with amural could sense where its true roots downed a couple of jars of tea ordeal,andofcourseallDeNiro awaytoCharlotte toeatbythreeof painted on one wall and fancy were. which were promptly refilled by wants is for Snipes—to hit a myfriends. Asmystomachknot- wrought-ironburglarbars overits Our sweet teacame out tous ourserver,whowasefficient,pro- homerunFOR HIM other- ted upinthe car,beggingforfood small anddusty windows. It re- inPoFolksstylejars, whichItook fessional and ready to please us, emitting sundry wisethekid'sdead. Pretty ex- and various and sembled the typicalunpublicized tobe anothergood signabout the even thoughshe was currently at- citingso far, huh? grumbles and groans, Ibegan to greasyspoonwithlittleatmosphere place. Themenu was notexpan- tending toeight tables. All of us Well of course there's a cursemy decisiontodriveforhalf but fantastic food. sive, but certainly would satisfy wereimpressed by the quality of twistin the end where DeNiro an hourbefore satisfying itscrav- Uponenteringthe restaurant, mostcustomers.Lupie'sspecialty the service as a whole. proves histruepsychonessand ing.I,however,wasonmyway to Iwas surprised to note that my is chili,servedthreestyles,butthe We were especially grateful he gets terminatedand the kid Lupie's, atrendyburgerandchili original assessment was wayoff onlyonethatcalled mewasaspicy whenshebroughtoutourfood. As lives and justice prevails and joint to which Ihad never been. base. Thisbarandgrillhadanice Texaschili,homemadewithallthe Istaredatanenormoushamburger good old non-psycho Ameri- Therefore, Islowly cast away laid back atmosphere which was rightingredients. Theburgers,too, onaplatepiledhighwithchipsand know, can baseball wins. You thoughtsoftheturmoilinmystom- pleasant and comfortable yetnot lookedappetizing,andLupie'salso accompaniedby aheapingdishof DeNironeeds toget anewline ach and began to grow excited overbearing. The high ceilings had a wide assortment of sand- macandcheese,IknewthatIwould andAmericaneeds togetanew about the prospect of dining ata andexposedventilation(apopular wiches,saladsand vegetables.The SeeLupie's onpage11 deal. Seriously. newrestaurantoutsideofDavidson style atmanynew and trendy res- language of the menu led me to THEOAV.DS0NM ARTS Jump, Little Children Sjfcji" _^^J| '^rfHkku»i

Coffeehousesellscoffee anddoughnutsinthe900Room _| 8:15 a.m. -11:15 a.m. £ * m 7mi I^^B RV^ RP^^^ ukV **■ .^ Jumpin' Javaprovides you withyour second(at least) 5uj«>v'^ ! \y^<'— ii V''' ...^HBBtA «^r:'%MIr^BBB ■X? caffeine fix ofthe dayintheOutpost 8p.m.-12:30a.m. Jump, Liff/e Children By KateGreene moving up and down with total Evan,thedrummer,expanded the & JasonSchmidt enthusiasm. variedrhythms of the song. The opinions a Writers Student about the other members each took turn Staff show varied. Senior, Morgan withasolodrawingoutthe songto The way to join campus Students,eagertosee theband Todd,proclaimed,"Thoseboysare thedelightof thecrowd. Weboth <£ Volunteer Fairis the best in JumpLittleChildren,beganshow- sassy!" A Union tech assistant felt that this songallowed themu- Q activities. You now havenoexcusenottogetinvolved! Gallery p.m. - p.m. ing up on Richardson Field at 8 remarkedthattheyperformedwith sicians to actually explore their Chambers 6 8 o'clock and were then presented theauraof highschool students. musical talentrather thanjustper- /-\ UsualSuspectsprovides a study break inthe 900 withafullhour tokill. Amiscom- Junior Sanders Hearne said forminastandard format. Wefelt The i i i Room p.m. munication between advertise- thattheharmonica wasnotasgood thatmostoftheir othersongswere 9:30 ments, the band, and the Union asheexpected.Sophomore Brad- formats, such as "Dancing Vir- Boardlead to this dreadfullylong leyOliver questionedwhether the ginia," their mostpopular song. JsJ __^_ of waitthat wasfinallyresolved with bandhad reachedthe realm the Anothersound that the band The Crop Lunch serves up excellent food in the 900 Ij starting p.m. interspersed - a timeof 9 much-acclaimed sounds of Phish. within these formats Room11:30 a.m. 1:30p.m. ri After cutting a deal for more One agreement amongst re- was the rap-like, G Love-esque It-shirtsinexchange forared viewers was theabrupt closeofthe sound of such songs as "U Can e clothfound onthe premises show. Studentandband-members Look." Althoughitwasnottotally ohnstonGym,MattBivins,the alike wererelishinginthemusical spontaneous,it did have a more cellaneous musician, made a andphysical energy.Whentheface heart-felt performance than some [l tlingentranceontheshoulders of the sounddirector was seen at of theothersongs. Matt,themis- theedge stagedistracting musician, added his his fellow band members as ofthe the cellaneous Coffeehousehelpsyouthrough the lastday ofclassesin bassist mid-way through a song, sexyaurato thelyricsofthe song. >erMatt. Having capturedthe the900Room8:15 a.m.- 11:15a.m. wd's reluctant attention, the the revelry wascut short. Appar- Musically, Jump, LittleChildren w wasoff toastart with their ently, theCollegePolice werede- stilllacked originality,but thebeat The Global Prints Saleoffers more ways to decorate tune, "Dark terminedto cur- kept swaying. andLonelyMan." enforce the sound the crowd LJ yourroomon the CollegeUnionPatio9a.m. - 5p.m. With over900 studentsinat- few. A mild encore of "Johnny Overall, theirshow lentitself ttendancethroughout thenight,the Jump-Up" ended the show on a quitewell tosmall venuesandcol- 2- u The UsualSuspectsfills up thatempty spacebefore the was undoubtedly a than energeticnote. legeshows. Musicaltalentdidnot show success less parties start.Watchitagain,you'llcatchmore details,but fortheCollegeUnion.Whilemany Beforethisdisappointingfin- aboundbutperformance aura un- don'treveal the end. studentsleftbeforethefinalsongs, ish, the band played their classic failinglyenticedthecrowd.Hope- crowd at the endremained to- finish, "Opium," one of the few fully, Jump, Little Children will pieces top-40 ydevoted to the stage andmu- thathaslessofa feel. return to Davidson for another SaturdayNightLiveis fullof laughsinthe900Room8 >> Grabbing crowd-riling show, they ll presence of the band. The the crowd's attention since p.m.- 12 a.m. id'sdemandsfor the studentsto withtheclearline,"do yousmoke claimed thattheDavidsonCollege ice wereneverdenied;the opium, he said," the crowd was atmosphere was the best college crowd Theannual 50's danceis twisting at VailCommons 8 Ithebandcouldbefeltandseen hurtled into dancing heaven as show that theyhad everplayed. - 2 p.m. 10p.m. Wear yourpoodle skirt and lookout for v»/ f RenElvis, theonlyFilipinoElvisimpersonator intheU.S. *^

Lupie's >~ Jumpin' Javais jumpin' once again inthe Outpost 8 p.m. - 12:30a.m. frompage10 z

have to put on ashow. Idid my best to finish the feast, but my # # # # biggest problem actually turned Go See and j outtobefitting theburgerintomy i Attf£WS RROftSSORS mouth,foritwasstacked withfix- " sing onSaturday at the Commons. " ingsover alarge slabof beef. At the endof the repast, ev- WELCOME BACK! It's not an event to miss! eryone was satiated,and all were """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""a* gladthat we had made the trek down to Charlotte for some real food. Iwould recommend this culinary experience toall of you, even lettuce-munchers disgusted r/Iutritlonal beef," THE CHAIR FACTORY Supplements by the phrase "slab of for """" *Aromath*rapy If/H Lupie's can satisfy arange of ap- fyd&bk* CUQDS petites. Andifitcansatiate me,aIhODRS SEE US EssGntidls Hi manwhoonceconsumed13sloppy ■lunch:t-su-3 FORTAlLSATEfil NaturalHealthEmporium $& joes in a single sitting, you can T-Th [Dinner: 5-8 CALLHOUY DavhtoowSt.Com>lhl>,MC««■■— m—t*mmnmmruc*> II) probablyassumethatyouwillleave ||FridayDinner: 5-9 (Anything*possible with (213U (704) 896-0089 W with a pleasantly full feeling in *withthisad&validDavidsonCollegestudentID 24-Hournotice.) yourbelly. JM 12 THEDAVIDSONIAN ARTS & LIVING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER3, 1996 — Musicin two hoursorless— Compiled by Clay Cofer Monday,Sept.2

DoubleDoor:Charlotte Blues Society w/ Crawlin' m I Kingsnakes Tuesday,Sept.3

Pterodactyl: 80'sDance Night Comedy Zone:Black ComedyJam \ J W Amos':Bill Hanna&Ziad vW i V life Jf Coyote Joe's(country): Vic Rorrer&TheNo Name m ■ Band Ziggy's(WinstonSalem): Underfoot

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DoubleDoor:Big Aland Jolt Wagon ReneeHicks: BaldAmbition Tour. Renee Hicks Thursday,Sept.5 Baldambition floors the 900RoodBaha: Retro 80'sDanceNight keep laughing ComedianReneeHicks students withher wit andhumor DoubleDoor: DonDixon, American comedienne, (ooh that hogany-American femalecounter- standfor"Fellows ReeksofAlco- JamieHover,and Jim By Vic Brand & Mike Miga soundsnice!) whostoodupfortwo parts give to their offspring, she holandTestosterone"?Wecannot Brock Guest Writers and a half hours (give or takean had only to askMs. Good's first find fault in this!).. hour) and toldjokeslast Saturday nametoproveherpoint.Nexttime Her atypically long perfor- Pterodactyl:AlternativeDance ReneeHicksis not bald. She night, was,uhh, pretty good. Her yourCommons' mealtastes bland mance was appreciated by all in is not funny lookingintheleast (as flights of improvisation blended Hicks advises throwinginapinch attendance, since there was not a Ziggy's(Winston Salem): all the fliers suggested). Okay, well with her bawdy, prepared ofNurica. We agree! lotelse todoinDavidson,asHicks VerticleHorizon that wasa bit of a let down. But material and gave the evening a And herinsightsinto college reminded us throughout the there are some who call her ... feelingofspontaneity. life wereharsh,ifnotentirelytruth- evening. Howironic thenthatshe Friday,Sept.6 funny? Yes,yes!SheWAS funny! Forinstance whilediscussing fulandpainfullyfunny(wouldany- provided us withsuch wonderful Renee Hicks, the mahogany- the way-outnamesourfellow ma- one disagree that "frat" doesn't entertainment. Double Door:Hobex andThe Swells Confessions from the H.O.R.D.E. Baha:RaveNight Pterodactyl:AlternativeDance Rusted Root,Lenny Kravitz,Blues Traveler convene inBlockbuster Pavilion Squirrel Zippers meat") skewer, BoJangles sea- Tremont: Nut By MaryClare Jalonick sonedfries(bighit withourgroup), ExecutiveEditor Ziggy's:VertipleHorizon — orbeer without standing inline. Imust confess Ienjoyed To the point: Rusted Root Saturday,Sept. the H.O.R.D.E. was good, basically playing the P^flH 7 Amongst thewanna-be(fillin album as is and forcingus to all the blank) Dead-follower-grunge confess that,yes,- wereally didjust DoubleDoor:Mundahs fadeout-hippie-stoner- wanttohear"Sendmeonmy way," teenybopper really-cool-13-year- and that other song that allof us Comedy Zone:James Gregory old crowd, Ienjoyed the music. knew. No one reallygot up and An eclectic mix, the three groups danced,butit wasfun anyway. Pterodactyl: AlternativeDance on the main stage at Blockbuster Ihave seen Lenny Kravitz — Sunday,Sept. Pavilion Rusted Root, Lenny— three times in the lastyear,and I 8 Kravitz, and Blues Traveler believe that he is one of the best gavethe crowdenough variety to concertperformers out there. His DoubleDoor:Open Stageper stave off theusualall-dayconcert sexy, on-stagehairthrashingisnot— formances burnout. monotonous but entertaining Ihadbeen to theH.O.R.D.E. adding tothe screaming,whining, Comedy Zone:JamesGregory in Dallas this July,and the Char- sensualaffair thathe has withthe lotte concert proved to be much audience. Jeremiah's Copacabana: Free better. Dave Matthews(who did His performance Thursday dancelessons at 8:30pm not play in Charlotte)hadplayed was noexception— eventhough (Salsa &Merengue!) excellently,buttheDallasconcert— we could onlysee him as a dotin washeldonadragracingtrack the distance,wewereupanddanc- James Calderaro needIsaymore?It wasalso about ing as he rocked the night away LennyKravitz. 105 Fahrenheit, hot enough for witholdfavorites. Hegotthrough Kravitztobegintheopeningchords "Love" this time, and went on to monica sessions often seem H.O.R.D.E. was cheesy but out fun, Smile. of "Love"and thenstumbleoff the end with"Are YouGonnaGoMy drowned by theexcessiveuse tiring but interesting. I stageina sweat-induceddelirium. Way." Fabulous. ofguitar intheextendedsets,caus- wouldn't be surprised if these Thus,myappreciationfor the Blues Traveler does notplay ingmetoloseinterestafterawhile. superconcerts (founded by You're at coolernight atBlockbusterPavil- radio at their conceits. They do They were good,but when they —Lollapalooza)don't fadeout soon ion,notnormallyastandoutvenue long sets withpreviously familiar left the stageIwasn't screaming it seemslike allof the novelty Davidson, but appropriate for the occasion. tunes, giving their music a fresh for an encore. has been extracted by the "been Thegrass wasperfect forlounging sound. JohnPopper expelssomuch The secondstagealsohosted there,donethat"mentality— (tatoos, andchatting as the concertplayed airplaying seriousharmonica that somefunbands, mostnotably Taj piercings, etc.) even by the (smell the on, and the concession area was one expects him to keel over — Mahal. Their acid-jazzsound was teenyboppers.But whateveryour big enough to purchase a gyro, even watching him on the big a crowdpleaserand agoodintro- statement,yourpurpose,yourhair falafel, pork ("the other white screen takes effort. But the har- duction to theafternoon. color — it wasafunevening. sarcasm) THEDAVIDSONIAN Arts & living TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER3, 1996 13 ■■■■■■

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Write for Arts & Living. 1 CallEmily or Susan at x2148. | Sports T4 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3,1996 DKruse's Cubby Women rock Men stun #6 Gamecocks innightcap By Michael Kruse By Michael Kruse Sports Editor & DanielMotz Sports EditorandCopyEditor 1996 hasalreadybeen a tre- mendousyearfor women'ssports PlayerofthegamePhilJulien, worldwide. - in a commercial break from his More- women participated postgame interview, lookedover and won in Atlanta thanat any atasedateCharlieSlagleandasked previousOlympiad. increduously, "Slagle, are you While Dream Team III happy?" played dull, uninspired basket- After ashort pause, the head ballonitswaytogold,the women coach cracked a smile and an- hoopsters proved to be the real swered, "ThatIam." Dreamers, marching trium- Heand785other Wildcatfans phantly toanemotional andcon- at RichardsonFieldSunday night vincing championship victory who saw Davidson shock sixth- overBrazil. rankedSouth Carolina,1-0, inthe The women's soccer and biggest win for the men's soccer softball teams, both captured team since it advanced to the golds in their sport's first ever NCAA FinalFour in1992. Olympic appearances. The victoryerasedanydoubts Track stars Gail Devers, createdbyadisheartening3-0loss Gwen Torrence, and Jackie at WakeForestonFridaynight,as Joyner-Kerseealso found glory the Wildcats (1-1) didacomplete in Atlanta. one-eighty, controlling'much of Andsqueaky gymnastKerri the play versus the toutedGame- Struggavethe worldperhapsthe cocks. Games' most enduring image, The Davidsondefense wasas vaultingtheStarsandStripesonto outstanding yesterday as it was the top of the women'sgymnas- pooronFriday,holdingtheoffen- ticsmedal standfor thefirsttime sively potent Gamecocks, who ever. averaged 17.5 shots a game last Judy Backupstriker BryceJewett goesin for atackle inthe gameat WakeForest on Friday. Anna About four hours northeast, season,tojustnine shots. call Davidson Atlanta II, as Carolina superstar Clint "Phil was really tough out rankedDemonDeacons,in which women's athletics arepoised to Mathis, the nation'sleadinggoal- theretoday," saidSlagle. Wecre- The biggest win since that Wake Forest took advantage of a vaultto theforefrontofthisyear's scorer last year with 25 tallies, ated12shots,whichisgreatagainst fabled tourney run of four years fiat Davidson team, scoring all campus sportsscene. managed only one shot and ap- SouthCarolina. Theentire front ago,coach? three goals in the first half and In yesterday's Women's pearedfrustratedall game. linegot theirchances." "It maybe. (SouthCarolina) coastingtotheeasy victory,aveng- Sports column in the Observer, The Wildcat offense, largely Julienled the team with four isagreatteam.Idon'tthink they'll inga 3-1loss to the Wildcats last the women's soccer team was ineffective at Wake Forest, was shotsanddefendingSouthernCon- losemorethanfourgamesallyear." year. highlightedas the favoritein the impressive,blasting 12 shots on ference Player ofthe YearRobert No doubt about it,according Davidson did settle down to Southern Conference coaches' goal. Most importantly though, Clarkeaddedthree,buthad easily toJulien. "Yes.It'sis thebiggest play a respectable second frame, poll to claim its third straight Julienbeat Gamecock goalkeeper half-a-dozen legitimate scoring winsince theFinal Fouryear. It's buttheDemonDeaconsdominated league tournament champion- John Millson oneof them. opportunities. FreshmanHartwell number six South Carolina. Big for the most part,outshooting the ship. "Isaac (Stewart) played a Roper had two, and Coley game. Wildcats,13-5. The Wildcats sport senior quickball toKeith(Kleeman)and Dominiak andKleeman eachcon- "We're a good team and we So whatmade the drastic dif- leadership in tri-captains Kelly Keith playeda greatball to me," tributedone. know that.But weneededtoprove ference? Ammann, Lucia Plosser, and saidJulien of hisgame-winnerin "Thekidsplayedreally well," it." "We playedwithheart," said Melissa Moser, a superhuman the 23rd minute. "And Iwas able said Slagle. "We stepped it up Especially after the dismal midfielderFernandoCampos."We goaliein AllisonNoznesky and, to tuck itaway. It felt great." after a 3-0loss. That'snoteasy to season-opener against the 23rd- playedlike we wantedit." with theadditionofahugefresh- men group,boastunprecedented depth. But they are not the only Women's soccer beats South Carolina Wildcat women to watch this year. Freshman collectsgame-winner in thefinalmoments ofthrillingopener Thevolleyballteam.South- ern Conference doormat in the By Will Bradshaw situation. (thatUSC scored) was my fault whoone-touched theballongoal. past, welcomed an impressive SportsEditor "I was impressed with our because Ididn'trecover. Ineeded Intextbookfashion,Nozneskyfol- rookiecorps ofitsown this fall. composure.Afterthat firstgoalwe tomakeitup,andIknew itwasmy lowed the pass across the goal- Theyoungstersplayedabig It waslikesomething outof a really playedhardand fought our job to put a head on the ball if mouth anddoveback toherleft to role inthis weekend'sDavidson movie.Only secondsremainingin way back into the game," coach Kanoff gotittotheback halfofthe snagthe shot. Invitational, as the volleyball her first college game, the score Kevin Hundley said. "We have a goal,"shesaid."Ididit,and itfelt "It'sthesamedrillwe'vedone squadopenedits seasonby win- knotted at one, Ginny Dye col- lotof freshmen playing key posi- great." inkeeper warm-ups every single ning twoof threematches. lected a near perfect pass from tions.Icouldguessattheveterans, But alloftheseheroics would day since pre-season. Cover my And in a sky of optimism midfielder Linda Rothemund on but Ididn't know how the fresh- have,meantnothing without afew backside. The credit goes more surroundingDavidson women's the right flank. men wouldreact." spectacular saves fromNoznesky. towardstheassistantcoach (Debra sports, the women'sbasketball She cut the ball back, taking And the freshmen came up Late inthefirst half,SouthCaro- Biche) and the other keeper team is probably the single- the defender out of the play, and big.Kelly Rennick tied the score linaripped a shot from the topof (ChesleyGarrett),"Nozneskysaid. brightest star. knocked it over adivingAmanda when she headedan Amy Kanoff the boxthatNozneskywasable to Andwhiletheexcitementfrom Lastyear,theWildcatsbroke Sandlingtoclinch the Wildcats 2- corner kick past Sandling in the tipoverthe crossbar. the dramatic win permeated the out ofthe conference cellar in a 1season-openingwinoverSouth 46thminute. "Allie (Noznesky) came up field,theteam wasclearlyfocused big way, posting a program- Carolina. In addition, Amy Balsinger bigforus.Thosesavesaresomean- onsomethingmore. record 14winsandadvancing to "I knew there wasn't much steppedinto the hole at sweeper ingful because they'rethe differ- "Weneedtotaketheintensity theconference semifinals at the time left, and when Ishot it my andplayeda solidgame. encebetweenbeingdown 1-0and from today's game and practice GreensboroColiseum. eyes were so big. Iwas saying "She (Balsinger) was out- 2-0 atthehalf.There wereacouple withit,play withit,sleep withit, TheNCAANewsrated them please goin. Andeverything was standingandplayedwithpoiseand times where they did what they eat with it, and look ahead to the fifth most improved team in inslow motion.Isaw itgooverthe composure. You don't ask your needed to do to score, and Allie Clemson," Noznesky added. the countryand, withyetanother goalie'shands. Oh,it was such a sweepertomakebigplays,justall came up with the big play," Thatgame willbeatClemson superlative recruitingclass, this greatfeeling,"Dyesaidexcitedly. theplays," Hundleyquipped. Hundleysaid. onSept. 9, following a match-up year's squad is nothing shortof South Carolinahad struckin Rennick,whoplayedmuchof The other huge save came at Wofford onSaturday. spectacular. the fourth minute when Jennie the game at center midfield with momentsbefore Dye'sgame-win- "Wecamealongwaytowards As is the outlook for Ondobrokethrough theDavidson Rothemund,felt asenseofreliefat ner. South Carolina star Debbie being a team today, and we will Davidson women'ssportsinthis, defense, and beat goalkeeper scoringher first collegiate goal. Smith made a runup the sideline, winif weplayas aunit,"Hundley The Yearof the Female 'Cat. AllisonNozneskyinaone-on-one "To behonest, the first goal leaving aperfect cross for Ondo said. DAVIDSONIAN Sports TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER31996 15 Volleyball wins two of three Cross country looks for bigimprovements inDavidsonInvitational By RobPopeandWill Bradshaw Staff WriterandSportsEditor ByDrew Williams FreshmanAudraBogdanskiplayed The Wildcats travel to the StaffWriter amajor roleinthe victory,record- Memphis University Tournament Themen'scross countryteam, thankstoasolidrecruiting class, ing numerous digs and a kill to next weekend, which includes is abouttomake aname foritself. Onemight find theDavidson clinch thecome-from-behind sec- Mississippi, Middle Tennessee "This is the best recruiting class ever," coach Gary Andrew volleyballbenchplayersabitodd- ondgame victory. State, Memphis, and Southwest- stated.This team couldbe thebest ever." theyrefuse to siton the bench. "I'm very excitedabout this ernLouisiana. Lastyeartheteamplacedninth outofteninconference,this year "They instituted that rule year's team," said Bogdanski, a But before leaving, Radford theyare hoping toplace atleast fifthintheirdivision. themselves,"saidhead coachLisa Milwaukee native and Wisconsin hopes to improve on the team's WillIsenhour,oneoften freshman recruits,wasa four timeMVP Radford,"partlytostay warm,and All-Statevolleyballplayer."Ithink blocking and overall team disci- inhighschool. partly to stay upbeatand focused wehavea lotofpotential." pline. "It's greattobeonateam whereeverybodyispushingeachother on thegame." todobetter," Isenhoursaid. "Thereisalotofprospectinthefuture." Thehustling,intenseattitude "We don't have to rely on the freshmen," comments captain paid off this weekend, with two DavidFoss,"but theyare definitely agoodaddition." decisive victoriesagainstHoward Returningupperclassmen, suchas MVP JoshCookson,Foss, andCharleston Southern. Tripp Franklin, Jonathan Fly,and Keith Gordon, are helping lead TheWildcatslonesetback was them to asuccessful year. a3-0losstoSouthernConference A new sophomore recruit from Washington University,Rick rival Furman on Saturday after- Cratsenberg, recently recovered from major knee surgery,but is noon. expectedtomake animmediate impact. "You've got to give them "He was a verytalented runner inhigh school," Andrew said credit. They are an experienced aboutCratsenberg."HecouldchallengeCooksonfor thenumber one teamandit wasgoodtoplay them spot this fall." and see whatkindofcompetition The team's first and onlyhome meetis October5. weare upagainst," saidRadford. ThePaladins won,15-11,15- 2,and 15-10. Theirblockingduo ofKristinKlessingandAmyDakes held the Wildcats at bay for most of the match. > " The games against Howard Mailing Address: 77 E*'1 28 Shops onthe Green and Charleston Southern were a 20212 Knox Rd. Suite 1 Davidson NC 28036 (704) 892-1848 CorneliusNC different story. "I'm very pleased with the " * wayweplayed,everyonegotalot wr , eniyi»**ii 7th AnnualDemoDay of playing time, and those first gamejitters are out of the way," i I. Canoes andKayaks saidRadfordafterher teamwalked awaywitha15-1, 15-7, 15-6 vic- Saturday,September 14th toryoverHowardonFriday night. - Lois AnnBumgarner led the 10a.m. 3p.m. Wildcats with10kills,whileAudra Ramsey Creek Park Bogdanski (11 digs) and Leslie Carbone(3blocks)providedplenty -FREE ADMISSION- ofdefensive support. Theycappedasuccessfultour- AaronKadoch namentby beatingCSU.15-5,16- JanetDuncanandJamilahSawyer blockback theball during Door prizes: ffiffff^yTO&--v 14,7-15,15-9, onSaturdaynight. DavidsonInvitational playthis weekend. 15% discount on J^ffH _ -^-jl Paddlesport Accessories ja for Demo Participants