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The Student Newspaper of Lawrence University Since 1884 THELAWRENTIAN VOL. CXXX NO. 17 March 1, 2013 Film festival relates Soviet and Hispanic cinema Alyssa Villaire Staff Writer ____________________________________ a Bureaucrat”. According to Eljaiek- Rodriguez, there was a three-fold connection between the films The interdisciplinary nature shown in the festival: a technical of Lawrence manifested itself connection, a thematic connection in the university’s most recent and an aesthetic connection. film festival, entitled “КИÑО: The technical connection Exchanges between Soviet and concerns the methods of film Hispanic Cinema.” that the Latin Americans learned The festival took place from from the Soviets. This includes Feb. 19 to 27 and showcased the montage, which is a technique five films that married traditions that was created in the early twen- between Soviet and Hispanic film. tieth century but was coined by It is the first film festival of its kind Eisenstein. at Lawrence. The thematic connection The festival was organized is that the films are largely set Sophomore Andre Augustine takes center stage in the spotlight of the Drag Show with backup dancers. by Postdoctoral Fellow in Spanish in Latin America, particularly in Photo by Mathias Reed and Alfieri Fellow in Spanish Mexico and Cuba. Branching off Gabriel Eljaiek-Rodriguez and of this is the aesthetic connec- visiting Assistant Professor of tion, in which the Soviets initially Fierce drag show entices crowd Russian Mariya Boston. Professors explored different representa- Eljaiek-Rodriguez and Boston Eryn Wecker tions of Mexico and Cuba, and were initially inspired to put on Staff Writer these representations were subse- ____________________________________ show had been headed by alum down and just watch.’ In an actual the festival by their shared love quently adopted or intentionally Alex Ajayi ’12. This year, eight drag show, people are cheering; of film. contradicted by the Hispanics. members from Gay Lesbian or they’re all dancing. There’s more “We were talking about cin- The festival opened with “Que Whatever (GLOW) and American participation.” ema and started connecting these Hundreds of students gath- Viva México!”, a lesser-known Civil Liberties Union formed a In line with their vision of films,” said Eljaiek-Rodriguez. ered in the Esch-Hurvis room documentary by a well-known committee that took charge of a bigger audience component, “It’s not a connection that you Friday, Feb. 22 as the Drag Show Soviet director, Sergei Eisenstein. auditioning acts and organizing the show hosted the first dance- would normally make…but Latin opened with drama. Sophomore Eisenstein was the first Soviet the show. Along with the new for- off in recent Drag Show history. America did learn a lot about cin- Ryan Kottman, under the per- director to explore the Mexican mation, the group put forth new Roughly ten people presented ema from the Soviets.” sona Fredrick Von Tiddlywink, landscape in his film, and it had goals. their best dance moves to the tune He added that he thought held sophomore Tyler Grasee, as an influence on what is known as Garcia, a member of the com- of Britney Spears’ “Toxic.” The vol- the lack of obvious connections Anita Mann, in a dramatic dip Mexico’s “golden age of cinema,” mittee, was inspired by trips to ume of the audience cheers acted between the two film traditions as the show began. Both, along which lasted from 1936 to 1969. Madison to see drag shows. Said as the judge. At the end of the made the festival more interest- with junior Ariel Garcia, were the “[This film] was a good way Garcia, “Me and Tyler had gone to dance-off, sophomore Romelle ing. “It’s better for the students emcees of the show. to show how Eisenstein influ- a few shows in Madison and we Loiseau was announced the win- because the connections aren’t While the history of the Drag enced the aesthetic of Mexico in wanted to change how the Drag ner. clear—you need to think about it Show at Lawrence is unclear, there film,” said Eljaiek-Rodriguez. Show will be in the future. That Garcia also noted that there a little bit more,” he said. is evidence that it may have start- This aesthetic and themat- was one of our main goals, to are not many places for drag in The films shown were “Que ed as early as 2003. Since then, ic legacy can then Seebe seen page in 2a it has become a staple Lawrence make it more audience participa- Appleton. He reflected,See page“There’s 2 Viva México!”, “Maria Candeleria”, tradition. tory. In the past few years, a lot of “Soy Cuba”, “The Discreet Charm For the past three years, the it has been ‘Oh people, come sit of the Bourgeoisie” and “Death of LU’s small group and theme houses will see changes by 2016 Samantha Tetzlaff Staff Writer ____________________________________ There are two matters that to tear down the buildings and will need to be addressed: one rebuild completely, replacing having to do with the zoning of the the houses with another struc- property itself and two, what the ture that could be used for group In an ongoing conversa- buildings are meant to be used for. living that meet code. Potential tion with the City of Appleton, As it is, these houses are not coded new building designs are being Lawrence University was notified for extended living of unrelated explored now. of six buildings used for student students, but are meant for family The third option mentioned housing that are currently not up living. would be to not use the build- to code. This matter is currently A committee has been ings for student housing at all being addressed by a committee designed to plan for these chang- and reassign them for anoth- designed for the purpose to make es and discuss options. It is only er purpose, such as for office changes with this housing situa- in the beginning stages of the use. However, this third option tion by 2016. process, but the group has come seems unlikely. As Vice President The six buildings that have up with a range of possible solu- for Student Affairs and Dean of been identified by the City of tions. Renovating these buildings Students Nancy Truesdell, also a Appleton that need to undergo to meet code has been discussed, member of the committee plan- changes are 122 N. Union (Co- but this would include meet- ning the new housing, said: “To Op), 128 N. Union (GLOW), 203 ing Accessibility Professionals say we won’t use those six houses N. Union (Artistic Expression Association requirements such as [for small group housing] is not House), 217 N. Union (Spanish installing ramps and expanding going to meet student needs, and theme house), 221 N. Union bathrooms for handicap acces- it’s not the way we want to do it. (Sinfonia) and 739 E. Alton— sibility. Consequently, less space We want to give students a variety Greenfire house members dine in their living room together one night. Sabin House (Greenfire). At pres- would be available for student of options.” See page 2 Photo by Katie Crawford ent, these houses are home to 65 bedrooms. Lawrence students. A second option would be INSIDEVIEW: Sports Features A&E Op-Ed Matt breaks Sneak peek into Choir concert an Alan, Bob, and Daniel This week’s top 15-year old record small quad houses eclectic success go green news and views PAGE 4 PAGE 6-7 PAGE 8 PAGE 11 2 NEWS 1 March 2013 THE LAWRENTIAN Research supports benefits of psychedelic substances Laura Udelson Staff Writer ____________________________________ the term “psychedelic”) “To fall in for MDMA is a non-directive side of the research. treatment aspect of the cause. I hell, or soar angelic, you need a approach that is meant to support Students appeared to be very personally have someone close to pinch of psychedelic”. The speak- the patient’s emerging experience. engaged by the presentation and me with PTSD and am interested On Feb. 24, representa- ers categorized MDMA as a psy- In a follow-up study of the therapy a substantial number stayed until in helping that person, in addition tives from the Multidisciplinary chedelic and emphasized the dif- that the speakers presented, 58 the end of the Skype session at to the population that also suf- Association for Psychedelic ference between MDMA and the percent of all patients reported 11:00 p.m. fers,” said Kay. Studies presented their organiza- street pill ecstasy, which often large benefits with none reporting According to junior Julia He also added “I think that tion’s mission and research to a contains MDMA with other adul- any harm. Kaczmarek, the presentation a lot of stereotypes about MAPS full house in the Warch Campus terants. “One of the worries is that ‘if showed “that psychedelic drugs is that we are just interested in Center Cinema. The speakers dis- Ponté and Kay presented var- you give people drugs, are they have lots of clinical potential and making drugs legal just so we can cussed the application of psyche- ious studies initiated by MAPS that going to turn into drug addicts?’ that criminalizing them is just a have mystical experiences, and I delic substances for addictions support the use of psychedelics as Well, only one person did ecstasy needless process and seems to do want to rid that stereotype.” and illnesses and focused on their medication. They illustrated that since the study, and they said they be harming more people than its The President of Students for advances in MDMA-assisted psy- ibogaine can help treat nicotine wouldn’t try it again.

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