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Davidson College Wednesday,November 13,2002 Volume 94,Number 10 Survey examines parallels between race andmajor How does diversityaffect our academic experience?

By RobHeidrick legeexperience.Manypointouthowthelackof Staff Writer diversityoncampushinders our learning.And yethow manyaskhowthediversity wedohave Davidsonis historically successful atkeep- enhances it? ingcertaininstitutionalstatisticslow.GPAsare A survey recentlyconducted oncampus in- one. The percentageof minority students on vestigated the intricacies of diversity,specifi- campusis another. cally with respect to majors. How does the For many it's a perennial and frustrating diversityofour institutionreflect thediversity conclusion: Davidson lacks diversity, and in- across majors? Which majors are disadvan- complete diversity means an incomplete col- taged?And whichareenriched? The survey, which was distributed to ap- proximatelyhalfof thestudentbodybypoliti- 2002, there were69 minority students. Four cal science professor Dr. Pat Sellers's Pubic departmentsgraduatednominority majors: Opinionclass,included 52questionsonarange Final Answer: Rob Neuman '04, Joe Palatinus '05, Ryan Kinney '03 Classics,German,Philosophy,andTheatre. ofissues,including thoseconcerning AnthropologyandSociology high- students' and Sam Weathers '03 representPhi Gamma Delta intheQuiz Bowl hadthe majors. est percentageof minority graduates with raceand their When thesurvey datais tournament. The double-elimination competition will continue into 42.9and 41.7percent respectively.Minori- compared to similar data obtained from December. ties made up less than 10 percent of the Davidson's Office of Institutional graduates' English, Research in the largest depart- regarding 2002, mentoncampus.DatacourtesyofDr.Laura the class of certain patterns Boyles, Office of InstitutionalResearch. emerge, perhaps hinting at a correlation be- — tweenraceand major. RLO clarifies housinglottery Q(\ I ut °f 458 people inthegraduatingclassof 2002, there were 69 minority students. Four , departments graduated no minority majors: Classics, German, Philosophy, rules atSGA meeting orfc I hb . and Theatre. OUI Anthropology and Sociology had the highest .... H. ■■minorities percentageofminoritygraduates with42.9and issues for the class of 2004. Marsicano and 41.7 percentrespectively.Minorities made up Marsicano explains Urban debated with students for much of the EjQ H less than10percent ofthegraduates inEnglish, meeting about the merits of having a "pure" current lottery current IS _ thelargestdepartmenton campus. method versus the method. I Looking at individual departments yields ' Marsicano explained that only about five /\f\"**^ H-H-H-^ interestingresults.Thephilosophydepartment, vs. 'pure lottery percentof students didnotget their first apart- I for example, graduated seven majors this mentchoice due to behavioral patterns, which spring, allof them white males. The campus- wasoriginallythemaintopicofconcern forthe _ _ widesurveydrew responsesfromfivePhiloso- By AmandaPennock senators.Usingthis statistic,sheexplainedthat " \J\) I phy majors, all white. This congruity might SeniorStaff Writer switching to a "pure" lottery would make it wellbeattributed tocoincidence,but the num- worsefor theother95 percentof students,and bers become moreinteresting whencompared If you weren't on campus last spring, or thatthepeoplewhowouldgainfromthissystem ryc\ H-fl-H-H-H-H simply didn'thearthe commotion,someof the are those whocause themost trouble for RLO classof2003hadarudeawakeningwhenthey discovered that theallocation ofMartinCourt apartmentsisnotdonebya "pure"lottery. seeRLO,page 2 Due to an unclear explanation of the RLO process,a number of rising seniors were not INSIDETHIS WEEK giventheirtopchoice for housingintheMartin Courtapartments,morecommonly known the senior apartments, even though their lottery 1 1 f 1 1 f 11 numbers werehighenoughforthistohappenin 11 Ii1 1 111 11 i a"pure"lottery. However,RLOdoesnotusea"pure"lottery -that is,alottery system thatdependsentirely on the lottery numbers randomly assigned to students.Theseniorapartmentsareassignedto a "real-world atmosphere" -meaning thatno buildingonMartin Court may bemostly of a singlegenderormostlyfromasinglePatterson www.apple.com/trailers/columbia organization. Court Punch-DrunkLovereviewed. Page5. While variety takes toppriority, RLO also News looksatthe"patternsofbehavior"ofstudentsin 1-4 BSChosts assigningthemtoapartments.Forexample,ifa intercultural datingdiscussion. Storypage2. " " student has a record of dorm vandalism or multiplenoise violations,heorshewouldlikely Arts &Living not be placedin close proximity to a student . 5-6 who has ahistory ofnoisecomplaints. What's onTV?Story page 5. Senator SusanneFrancis '03,invited Dean Perspectives Leslie Marsicano andLeslie Urban toaddress 7-8 theissuesthatwereraisedbystudentsenatorsat What's nextfor theGOP?Storypage 8. theOct.30 meeting. Marsicano saidthat anew,clearer explana- Sports 9-12 tion of the assignmentrules andmethods for What'sgoingonwiththefootballScoreboard? Storypage MartinCourt hadbeen createdto clear up the 10. News Wednesday, November 13,2002 Intercultiiral dating at ■ spurs discussion BSC ApplytoDavidsoninWashington Students hesitant topractice what theysupport Dr.RussellCrandallwilllead this summer'seight-weekDavklson-in-Washing- tonprogram,setforlateMaytolateJuly. ApplicationsaredueNovember25,and By RobHeidrick self-determined, that person's religion and po- can be picked up Dr. CrandalPs office, Chambers 326. Contact Staff Writer litical views say a lotabout his or her morals, beliefs,and personality, all of which could be This weekend, Davidson students con- consideredimportant pointsofunityinanyrela- Socialcommentator to speak tinued to examine the school's oft-criticized tionship. conceptofdiversitybytakingpartinagroup Family expectations were citedas another CornelWest,aPrincetonreligionprofessor,willspeakonThursday,November discussion of the controversialsubject ofin- potentialobstacletointcrculturaldating."Imight 21onraceissues. Call(704)894-2135to reserve tickets. tercultural dating. Themeeting took placeat nothaveaproblemdating someoneoutsidemy - the BSC houseon Sundav evening and fea- race," said one attendee,"but Iknow that my SupporttheRedBikes buyat-shirt! tured Davidson family might not DavidsonOutdoorsiscurrentlyselling"SavetheRedBike"t-shirtsfor $10on graduate Allen Lee 1 be comfortable the first floorof Alvarez. Thecampaignisaimed to raisemoney tofixbikesin '01 as the group fa- "I'mnot sayingthatI withit,andIhave disrepair andtoadvertise need torespectpublic property. cilitator. to take that into Lee, who has wouldn'tdatea black girl, consideration." Studentssponsoring trip toprotest previously led other but it wouldbeharder to Students AgroupofDavidsonstudentsplans tojointhepeacefulprotestofSchoolof the discussions at the " credited the gen- Americas in Fort Benning, GA, this weekend. Formore information,please BSC', conducted the make that connection here. erallack ofdiver- contact Elizabeth CampbellorGregHarris. discussionby posing - sity on campusas asetofquestionsfirst Caucasianmale a factor in their Baldwinscholarpresents film,speech to the women in the tendencies to not James groupand then to the w^^^^^^^^^m m pursue partners MauriceWallace,AssistantProfessorof AfricanAmericanStudiesandEnglish men. The questions with different at DukeUniversity, wfli be showinga short film and speakingonWednesday, dealtwithissues suchas whetheror notgroup backgrounds. November20,at 4pan.hitheSloanMuskBuilding,Rm The filmis 100. "James members wereopposedtotheideaofintercul- One Caucasian male in the group said, Baldwin AnotherPlace" byTurkish filmmaker, Pakay. from American Sedat tural dating in general, whether they would "When Iwant to date someone, it's usually The film follows through during eight year Baldwin Istanbul sometime his personally choose to have an intercultural someoneIhangoutwithalot.AtDavidson,alot residence there. Prof. Wallace will give a short presentation of his work-in- relationship, and which cultural differences ofthe-groupIhang outwithhappenstobe white. progress World, titled'The TheTextandtheWitness: JamesBaldwin'sSecular wouldbethehardesttoovercome.Leedefined I'mnotsaying thatIwouldn'tdateablack girl, Criticism." "culture" asnotmerelytermsofrace,butalso butit would be harder to make that connection religion,class,ethnicity, and political views. here." Studentbandswillcompete Thecrowd wasunanimous initssupport Lee'sfinalquestionto thegroupconcerned BattleoftheBands willbeheld thisSaturday,Nov.16inthe9W)Roomat 10p.m. of intercultural relationships, but there was whether or not anyone in attendance had evei Contact AlexEly [email protected])formore information. somedisunityinitsconsensus on whether 01 beenmistreated atDavidsonbecause of a rela- not each of them would personally pursue tionship,intercultural ornot,by either apartner Student-directedplayopensnext week such a relationship. Group members cited or someoneontheoutsideof therelationship. religious 'The Memory of Water," a play directed by Bill Neville '03, opens next andpolitical differences as the two Responded one participant, "Davidson is Wednesday,Nov.20intheblackbox theaterof CunninghamFineArtsBuilding. main potentialbarriers to cross-culturalrela- just like the rest of the world; everyone's got tionships. somethingtosay.Yougetto thepointwhere you One participant echoed this sentiment, have to telleveryoneelse,'Idon'tcarewhat you savine that while a nerson's race cannot he

these preliminary plans are made, RLO "will muchstudentconcern expressedovertheMar- "It seems to me that a standard lottery for RLO,frompage1 make thisinformation available for students to tinCourtlotteryprocess,Ithink thatwe need senior apartmentsisentirelyfeasible. Although giveus their feedback. [They]plantostartwith to move in the direction of amore standard there aremore people withineach group,there theSGArepresentativeswhoarecurrentlyjun- lottery.Ifeelthatthecurrentsystemgenerally areonly 62apartmentstofill.AdamSperling'04 on campus. iors since that class is the one most directly has beenefficient,but it's obvious that stu- andIwillcontinueto workwithDeanMarsicano Senators argued thathaving alottery night affected byRLO'sdecision." dentsdesiremorecontrolovertheactualapart- and therest of the residencelife office staff in for seniors,similar to lotterynight forregular Francis explained, "Since therehas been so mentselection." order todeviseanacceptablelotteryprocedure." dorms,wouldbeasimpler andmoresatisfying way for rising seniors to pick their Martin Courtapartment. Althoughthiswouldbemore work forRLOstaff,and thebenefitsmight not inrealitybebetterfor themajority ofstudents, the perceived benefit would be that students fhere's a bca* in wouldbe at least partly responsible for their ownchoice ofhousingin thecoming year. Marsicano andUrbanaskediftheproblems you* neighborhood the student body had with the Martin Court lottery systemarose more from alack of trust in the RLO staff than the lack of perceived 'fairness" in the system. Senators answered ' " back that it is RLO's job to work for the Bear Rock Cafe Presents T" jfif ■ students and that the extrawork thatmight be ■ V^"aA"** involved inhavinga lottery night for Martin [ Exciting New Menu! #UU Oft | Courtshouldbe done tosatisfy students,even " " iftheactualbenefits ofhavinga"pure"lottery Mountain-Stuffed Sandwiches Green Mountain Salads ■ %Be R«* Sandwich i arenotquantifiablybetter. Mouth-Watering Baked Potatoes " Daily Soup Calendar At last week's meeting,Francis shared an " " BEAPWPOnr email that she had received from Marsicano Breakfast Daily Gourmet Coffee Scrumptious Desserts earlier that day.Marsicano wrote,"After last Full Catering Menu with Delivery Available ! week's conversations,we [RLO] trying " P«i«nll Villtqe lootion only. Expire! are to A i11 i I J Aa L 1/II/O3. ■ veryseriously point Croat Mountain Lodge Atmosphere ,,[ | take the that somestudents I____NllJM t if,;fir| l j would prefer a lottery more nearly like the ■■mm am HMB ■■ mm mb.■■ upper-classresidencehalllottery,eventhough thatwouldnotincrease theirchancesofgetting one of their choices as anapartment." In response to SGA senators' discussions both at themeeting andafterward,Marsicano andotherstaffmembersinRLOhavebegunto determine the ways that the regular housing lottery and theMartin Courtlottery wouldbe " alike or different should a "pure" lottery be Sat. 8am-9pm Sun.8am-5pm implemented. Marsicano explains that after www.bearrockfoods.com Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner News Wednesday,November 13,2002 1 Middle Eastern expert to speak onHezbollah

By Emily Drew issue: terrorism. News Editor PROTECTaims atbringingstudentstogether to talk about international issues, especially terrorism. ALebanese-based terroristring wasrecently "Idon'tthinkIcouldbegintounderstandthe caught re-selling cigarettes for profit in the realdangersof terrorism,hadInot traveled to SoutheastU.S.Theprofitsmadefromthesales theMiddleEastlastsummer," saidThompson, wentstraightto theheadquartersofHezbollah, who livedamid theIsraeli-Palestinian conflict theterroristgroupwhonow leadstheLebanese duringher summer fellowship., governmentwithhelp fromnear-bySyria. "I'm reallyexcited about Jorisch's visitbe- TerroristringslikeHezbollahfrequently use cause all the other speakers have presenteda Americanconsumers to their financial advan- particular viewwhichshouldbeexpandedupon tage,evenwhenthoseconsumersareoblivious in order for the Davidson community to fully The Student Government Association announces their new and to the consequencesof their purchases. To understand theissues,"saidThompson. improvedSGA website.What's onit?Updatedinformationinclud- address such issues, Avi J. Jorisch will be Jorisch holds a B.A. in history from ing whorepresentsyou,SGA'smajorgoalsfortheyear,committees speaking on "Hezbollah and U.S.interests in BinghamtonUniversityandanM.A.inIslamic and their descriptions, and more. Viewers will also have the theMiddleEast." Thetalk willbe today,Nov. history from theHebrew UniversityofJerusa- opportunity to comment on thejob your senators are doing or post 13,at 4:30p.m.inthe Smith900room. lem.In2000-2001,Mr.Jorischspent fourteen grievances onthe waythingsarerunat DavidsonCollege. Checkit Jorisch is a Soref research fellow at The months inEgypt studyingArabic and Islamic out at www.davidson.edu/sga. WashingtonInstitute for NearEastPolicy,and culture throughthe Center for Arabic Studies he specializes in Arab politics and Islamic Abroad(CASA)programattheAmericanUni- society. versityin Cairo.He alsoearnedaCertificatein IfHis lecture willbe especially important to Arabic in an intensive summerprogram atthe theDavidsoncommunity becauseit willrevive Arab world'spreeminent institution of Sunni public dialogue on counter-terrorism," said Islamic learning,al-Azhar University. Leslie Thompson '04, who has organized the Mr.Jorisch has authored anumber ofpolicy lecture as the firsteventforDavidson'snewest briefs for The Washington Institute,including Duke FamilyPerformance politicallyinvolved group,PROTECT. "The Language of Terrorism," "U.S.Military Thompson, a political science major, OperationsandtheQuestionofRamadan,"and foundedPROTECTafter spendingfive weeks "Hezballah's VisionoftheIsrael-LebanonBor- Hall offers opportunities, in Israel, Jordan, and Lebanon last summer der." Heis currently writing a monograph on withtheFoundationfor theDefense ofDemoc- Hezballahand itstelevision station,al-Manar. racies (FDD), a D.C. based think-tank that Formoreinformationon terrorismandterror- culture for students conducts research and education on what it ist-related current events, visit FDD's website believes to be the mostpressingU.S.security at www.defenddemocracy.org. By RolandF.Foss Duke Family Performance Hallis "about as StaffWriter professional atheatreas thereis." Incidentally,along withthenewhallcomes a ForLee AnnBannerman,AssistantDirector new opportunity for students and community of Programs for the Alvarez College Union, members alike: the tasksof theusher.The old "the wordisout."She isreferringto,ofcourse, Love Auditorium,niceas it was,didnot allow the crown jewel of the Alvarez"complex: the foranorganizedsquadronofticker-takers,ush- Duke Family Performance Hall.' Completed ers,andfront-of-hbuse managers.Now,with a just lastspring, thehallhas alreadyplayedhost different performance hall design and a man- to the world-renowned Royal Shakespeare date to offer professional service equal to the Companyandhas otherprominentguestsonits professionalperformancesfor which theyhost. list for the upcoming year. Bannermanandtwostudentmanagersschedule So far this year. Bannerman estimates the and oversee volunteers who accomplish the Duke Hall has been used, on average,no less tasksnecessary tomaking anaudience content. that three timesperweek.The highlyadaptable NidhiPaul '03,front-of-housemanager,says "black box" style of the space allows many she likes the job because "it's fun to see the different groups touseitcomfortably. Thehall showsanddeal withinterestingpeople whoare can provide avenue for aformal lecture,like attending the show." She also thinks the new that ofCornel West's next Thursday;a sym- hall is"awesome." LeslieThompson '04 sits with a friend below a bunker in the Gaza Strip phony orchestra, such as the Charlotte Sym- For the valuable services they provide, vol- before encounteringhostile fire from unknown militants. August 2002. phony whichisperforming this Thursday;bal- unteersareable to view theperformances with- let, such as the American Repertory Ballet out cost. Always looking for more students whichiscoming nextsemester;livemusic acts interestedinthisusheringprogram,Bannerman like the return of Eddie from Ohio,also next wishesinterestedstudentsgiveheracallat2192 semester; various performances as part of the or emailher at [email protected]. Concert Series andAlumniSeries;and student Davidsonstudents should be proud of their artistic and musical performances. new performance hall and thank Lee Ann Mostemblematic ofthehall'sversatility and Bannerman,herschedulerLindaDaniels,Tech- 11/08/02 WatsonScience Building: ability tobringinhigh-endperformancesis the nical Director Anne Taylor,and all the rest of Unknownperson(s)damageddoor,causing it tocrack. visit this past springof theRoyalShakespeare the staff who make sure DukeFamily Perfor- Companyand theupcoming visitof theBroad- mance Halldelightsandentertains us through- ' way cast of Rent. As Bannerman relates, the out theyear. 10/28/02 BelkResidenceHall: Unknown person(s)removed watchfrom victim's room.

Poll,frompage1 graduatesinthedepartmentwas only three out Davidson'slow numbers of minority students Write with the department's faculty-100 percent ofseventotalgraduates.Infact,accordingtoDr. in thefirstplace? whiteand male. Bill Ringle,Chair of the AnthropologyDepart- Sellers thinks not. Dr.John Heil, Chair of thephilosophy de- ment, out of the five senior majors.this year, "Iwouldhesitate to useour survey togener- partment, attributes the lack of minority phi- noneareminority students. alize about theminority ratiosin eachmajor," losophy majors to"the makeupof the profes- Anthropology professor Dr. Nancy Fairley he said."We justdon'thaveenoughminorities sion,"saying that,statistically, "the number of was surprisedto learn thather departmenthad in the sample to reach firm conclusions about minority philosophers is tiny." And yet that graduatedthehighestconcentrationofminority that." doesn'tmeanonly whitemales takePhilosophy studentsin2002. Ontheother hand,Fairley,an Englishmajor Krystin Weaver '04alsodis- atDavidson."Thisyear,halfof themajors are African-American,has alwaysbeenaware,and putestherelevanceofthenumbers,asking what women,"saidHeil.It comes andgoes." proud, of the cultural variety among the race really has to do with it."I think people Of all thedepartments atDavidson,thean- department'sfaculty. Anthropology currently choose majors based on their interests," she thropology department drew the highest per- boastsa higher percentageof minority profes- said. centageof2002minority graduates,withnon- sors thanall otherDavidsondepartments. Whether thenumbers from thesurveyor the Contac Caucasians composing 42.9 percent of the "I'm much more conscious of those num-: data from the classof 2002 have any signifi- graduating anthropology majors. Despite the bers,"saidFairley. cance or not, the fact remains Davidson is highpercentage,theactualnumberofminority But are these patterns at all accurate, given focusedonbuildingdiversity. The Damdsonian News

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Ata himself and demol- soundtrack increases Anderson must have felt the understandable birthday party for oneof his seven sisters,we ishes the restaurant's inintensityto thepoint urge to work on a more modest project. His seeBarry inthe centerof the shot,standing in men'sroom. ofsoundinglikeafren- newest film, Punch-Drunk Love, certainly frontofachinacabinet ashissiblingsbabbleon Barry also becomes zied adding machine quaIiHesassuch,andtheresultisalikeabledark about how they madefun ofhim whenhe was entangled in a phone asBarry findshimself comedy that nevertheless feels insubstantial achild. Apparently hispsyche isas fragileas sex scamoperatedbya pesteredby dilemmas uponitsconclusion. thedishesbehindhim;reactingto his sistersin sleazy furniture sales- from all directions: That said,Anderson mayhave retained a a fit ofrage,,heproceeds tobreak three of the man (the great Philip bossy questions from m^^mm^^^^^^ *-c^" bitof ambitioninhiscasting ofAdamSandier house's windows. Seymour Hoffman, one of his sisters, in the movie's leadrole. Sandier plays Barry Inmany of the film's still shots Anderson wasted in a terrible creepy phone calls Egan, an emotionally stunted, socially inept places Sandier inthecenterof theframe,mak- role). Afterfourblonde from his phone sex man who runs his own business selling toilet ing Barry the uncomfortable object of the brothers assault him partner from thenight plungersinLosAngeles. Thefilm opens with audience's scrutiny as well as suggesting his and rob him of five- before, and improper a shotof Barry talking nervously on the tele- anxiety at the unwanted attention he receives hundred dollars, he decides to take an im- useofaforkliftbyoneofhisemployees.These phoneatadeskinthecorner of whatlookslike fromcharacters within themovie. Partof this promptu vacation to joinLena, whohas flowr setups imply that the usual suspects, such as anemptywarehouse. This shottellsusmostof attention comesin the form of affection from toHawaiion business. There,Barryand— Lens consumer alienation and the excesses of the what we need to know about Barry: he's LenaLeonard(Emily Watson),acalmlyforth- enjoyaslightlytwistedromanctic idyll atone information age, are responsible for Barry's painfully isolated,hehas afondness for cheap rightco-workerofoneofBarry'ssisters. Inex- point,theykissinbed while she tells him,with depressiveanger. loving earnestness, that his face is so cute il Asthesescenes standinPunch-DrunkLove, - makesher want tochew on itand suck outhis they'retoounconvincingtogiveusanadequate Anything good on 1V? Yes eyeballs. senseofBarry'scharacter,and though Sandier After Barry and Lena return from Hawaii, doesanadmirablejobactinginsucharestrained Andersonseemsintoomuchofahurry totieup role,Barry'srelationships withothercharacters it just takes some searching theplot andsendtheawkwardloversoffintothe in the film lack substance. That could be the happy future, and the quick resolution of oui point, given our hero's evident emotional re- dysfunctionalprotagonist' problems DY L1NUY BALDWIN aKip: ine Practice, itwas awesomewhenit s seems toe pression,butAnderson neverprovidesus with Artsand LivingEditor wasanew showabout younglawyersinabare- quick anddirty. Indeed,thesamecouldbe said a salient portrait of Barry's generalestrange- boneslaw firmworkinginterestingbutrealistic formuchoftherest ofthefilm;while thescenes ment from others. Instead, we see the fre- TVisa vastlyunappreciatedart form,maybe cases. Unfortunately, the producers ditched betweenBarry andLenaarequirkilyendearing quently amusing spectacle of Sandier's becauseit'ssoaccessible. It'shard tomentally everything greatabout this show and turnedit and the direction generally stylish, Andersor waterboy thrust into an art filmand forced tc distinguish OK TV from great TV when you intoaformulaic dramaaboutrichlawyers who toooften settles for cinematic shorthand ashe fendforhimselfoppositeaBritishstageactress can access both by simply flopping down on whineway toomuchandtakeoncasesnoteven attempts to sketchoutBarry's character. Theresultsaremildlyenjoyable,butultimatelj instance, your dorm futon and reaching for the remote. Johnny Cochran wouldtouch. Eachnew epi- For whenBarrygoesshoppinganc unsatisfying. Plus,not toomany ofus cancarve outsignifi- sodeseems tobeattempting to toptheprevious cant time for TV-watching during the week one inimplausibility. anyway. 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Agathering ofeclectic opportunity tostimulate opendiscussion. This on Fox 18. Better yet,catchrepeats-of thebest onlytelevision musical tastes, discussiongroups,politics and semester,Steverevealed,haspromptedconver- episodes at 6 p.m. and 11p.m. weeknightson that's really entertainment, Core Programming was intro- sationson thefollowingsubjects:"sex,appreci- Fox 18. trying to do duced by WALT News Director Nicholas ating life, fears and phobias, diversity. [Our Skip: WillandGrace. Ihave toadmit thatI s o m e thing ■^^^^^"■^^^MI^^Biii*^ Carlton'05anddevelopedby the WALTOffic- shows] usuallyinvolve discussionandcall-ins. never really' got into this show, but the two new and inter- ers and Directors. We try toextendopinions across spectrumsof episodesIveseenthis yearmademewanttorip esting. Station ManagerLauran Halpin'03 wasim- various sorts to touch all kindsofbases." off theback ofmyTVanddisable thespeakers. "But HBO's prison drama Oz, which has mediately soldon theprogramming asameans "The radio show tends to discuss [issues] The supporting cast (Sean Hayesas Jack and been on air since 1997, is oddly absent from of providing solid, structured and engaging other thanthoseofaphysicalnature, andallow MeganMullally asKaren)iscomposed oftwo suchpraises. Thisisespeciallystrangeconsid- programs for the backbone of WALT's sched- listeners tolearn withouthaving to confide or one-noteactorswhoseem tobecompeting with ering that Oz is one of the best dramas in ule. Operating within a system of intensive breakanonymity," saidStevewhenaskedabout each other for the Most Annoying Shtick televisionhistory. Thereisnoshowmore fast- planning and scheduled program checks and the ways the radio show benefits the Health Award. The title characters (Debra Messing paced;more actionanddevelopmentoccurs in interviews,membersof theCoreProgramdem- Advisors' organization. Future programs will and Eric McCormack) are adequate, but not oneepisodeofOz thananentire season ofThe onstrate specializedknowledge while provid- include discourseonhomosexuality, diversity, good enough to make the show worth your Sopranos.Theshowaccuratelyexploresnearly ing examples of music, politics, and social holidayideas,socialetiquette,andmore. There valuable time. all aspects of prison, most notably the power issueseach week. are also plans to include some interviews and Recommended: Buffy the Vampire Slayer. politicsbetweenallthevariousgroupsvyingfor WALT compensates these Core Program- discussion with faculty and administrative With a name like power,such as Aryans, Italians,andgangstas. ming DJs fortheir efforts iftheir show demon- members. The Health Advisors' show airs this,youhavetofig- "Ozhasincredible amounts ofsex and vio- stratesitscredibility atdesignatedcheckpoints. weeklyat10:00 Wednesdaynights.Topartici- Jtk ure the show itself lence,butitnever feels tastelessor gratuitous. A secondaryfeature of WALT,providing mu- pateintheprogram,callintotheshowatx2741. can only get better Oz's ability to actually portray the reality of sic and DJingfor various functions, - generates from there and it prison life in all its form due to the relaxed thesefunds. WALTisever-presentattheUnion #1 SpringBreak Vacations! does. Despite the censorship of cable TV makes it far more ap- Board's monthly After Midnight gathering. quirky title,Buffyis pealing than the watered-down doldrums of Sigma Phi Epsilon, Connor House, CoHo, 110% Best Prices! I one of the best networkTV.Inaddition,theshowhas someof Turner and Rusk have also had functions at Mexico, Jamaica, Bahamas, showsonTV.Ithas the best performances found in any current which WALThasprovided themusic. Florida, Texas. K sharp, funny, cre- dramatic medium. Thissemester's CoreProgrammingboastsa ative writing, like- "While thesixthandunfortunately final sea- diverse group of programs, including a Led Book Now and Receive able characters,and sonofOzwon'tbeonuntilsometimenextyear, Zeppelinhour,an electronic music hour,and Free Parties and Meals a strongcast. It sel- ifyou wantto see thebest thingonTV,goout theHealthAdvisors.SteveClugston'04,oneof Campus RepsWanted! domfallsinto the trap of taking itself tooseri- andbuythecompleteSeasonOneonDVD,and theHealth Advisors,explained,"Bynomeans ously, which is unusual for a sci-fi/fantasy are wegoing to attempt to soothe thepain in 1-800-234-7007 series.BuffyairsonUPN46Tuesdaysat8p.m. seeTV,page 6 yourlower back byrecommendingmedicines, endlesssummertours.com i TheDavidsonian Arts & Living Wednesday, November13,2002 Campus Body and Soul This* Week on columnby the Thursday,Nov.14,8p.m..DukeFamily Performance Hall a -MostlyMozart Concert Under theartisticleadershipofMusic Director Christof Perick, the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra's HealthAdvisors (CSO)Mostly NeighborhoodConcertSeries 2002-2(X)3 Mo/art & RELATIONSHIPS brings an outstandingmusicaleveningto the DukeFamily Perfor- W V mance Hall. 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Danceinstruction provided.Sponsoredby Let's Dance,acollege and to tryour besttoholdon toqualityrelationships On community based co-op bringing intergenerational social and cultural dance to and try to adapt when theychange. Ilove the a more serious note, thereisanunspokenlevel Davidson.Formore info,contact AliceCross, 894-7582 quoteby the psychiatrist CarlJung aboutrela- ofcomfort thatcomes withthesort ofcommit- tionships: "Themeetingoftwopersonalitiesis ment and trust which Ihave come to know. like the contactof twochemical substances:if When Ispeak,he listens,thoughhecan finish there is any reaction, both are transformed." my sentencesbefore evenIknow how they'll end. Thatispriceless. Throughbickeringand TV',frompage 5 JennGreene: tears, laughter and thrills, there is something Myesteemed fellow healthadvisorselected solid that alwaysprevails. Ican only presume lookforSeasonTwotocomeoutearlyin2003." Recommended: Trading Spaces. If you me to write about love,presumably because I thatis love. Skip: ER. My freshman hall bonded by haven't yet joined the TLC cult (which also exude vibes that reek of bliss. Lucky me... And for those of you who worry that, by watchingthismedicaldramatogetheronThurs- includes fans of A Wedding Story andA Baby Love is an amazing thing, but how do you falling in love, you lose the giddiness that daynights. Despite my fondmemories,Ihave Story) this is theplace to start. Twodesigners categorize it or make it understandable for comes withfirstinfatuations,Icanreassureyou to admit that last season was inexcusably ter- work with two sets of neighbors andone- car- someoneelse? I'mnotsure Ican;allIcan tell thatthegoosebumpsremain. EverytimeMarc rible. The"Dr.Greene'sincurablebraincancer penter toredo oneroom ineach house in 48 youis how lovehas changedme. goesontothehockeyice,Icrushonhimallover $1000 is miraculously cured and then comesback to hours,with as abudget. Theresultsare Last year,Iwason thevergeofdroppingout again. killhim"storyarc gotlessbelievableeverytime sometimes tacky,sometimes gorgeous,andal- schoolindefinitely. OverChristmas break,my itcameonthescreen. Thelittle I'veseenofthe waysfunto watch. TradingSpacesairs at4pm parents talkedmeintogivingthenewsemester Felicia Browne: new season hasn't givenme much hope for a most weekdays,and on Saturdays at 9pm on afewmore weeks. Then,themostremarkable Latelyitseemsalotofmyrelationshipshave restoration to its former glory. TLC (TheLearningChannel,cable only). thinghappened-Marc camebackfrom Austra- beengoingdownthetubes.Withoutgettinginto lia,brought me water from the Great Barrier specifics,severalpeople whoIhaveputalotof Reef,andwehavebeentogetherever since.He faith arid trust into have betrayed me— my SPRING BREAK 2003 WITH STS hasbeenmy salvationandmyrock,andwithhis father,mybrother,friendsfrombackhome,etc. help,Ihave persevered. Buttobequitehonest withyou,Iamtoobusy Evennow,asIlookback tofreshman year,I tocare.MaybeIambeingselfish,butIjustdon't America's #1Student Tour Operator can see how much I'vechangedover thepast havetimeto sitbackandanalyzehow and why year. Atlast,thepressure toimpresshasfinally things went wrong.Ifthese individuals were to Sell Trips earn cash Travel Free been alleviated. Ican wakeup in the morning apologize,Iwould forgive theminaheartbeat, with a mascara-induced raccoon mask, and butIamnotgoing tostoplivingmylifebecause even thoughIshriek whenIseemyself inthe of thedemiseof these relationships.Besides,I Information/Reservations mirror, he sees beyond that. Ploys to get his know thatnomatterwhathappens,Iwillalways attention(i.e.,drunkendisplaysofdebauchery) have acoregroupofpeople whoIcanrely on, 1-800-648-4849 or www.ststravel.com aren'tnecessary: coveringmynoseandbatting particularly my mother, and that's allIreally my eyes will do it every time, guaranteed. need. 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btajjEditorial NONSEQUITUR byWILEY When didhaving ' There wasaninterestingarticleinTuesday sNew York Timei fun go out of style? aboutminorities andAmericancolleges,certainly amajor topic 7W BC* THINKINGCUT£/D£ Something plaguing here atDavidson. is me. Irealizethatmuchofour student bodyissatisfied withlife atour school,butIbelieve thatmany Effortstorecruitminority studentsoverthelast severaldecade: students wanttheoldfamiliar andfun school. arepayingoff,asmanycampusesaremore diversethanever,tht Davidson Collegeto whichIappliedisnow some yuppj article said.Now,collegesareaiming towardabroader goal- The Amherstwannabe(andthisisn't aNorth/Southissue)ratherthar building better relationships amongracial andethnic groups thelife-source thatitoncewas. Ihatetocomplain,becauseIan* within their studentbodies.They'rerealizingthat diversity is fortunate to behere,but some of our school need aboutmore thannumbers. aspects tc change. AneventonSunday night suggests that someonour campui not eggshells to ap arebeginning tounderstandthatpoint. Patterson Court should walk on inorder peasethose whocomplainofnoiselevels takeoffense TheBSChostedaforumoninterculturaldating,moderatedbj or topart) themes.The majority ofourcampusis affiliated withtheCour AllenLee'01 Students discusseda varietyof topics,centering . andshouldnotbe victim toitsrecent transformations. onhow raceandethnicityaffect therelationships wepursuedur Whateverhappenedto those random weekdaynightsoffabu ingourcollegecareers. lousdebaucherythatwould eventuallydwindle atdawn? Whei Bringingminority students toacampus doesn'tqualify as di did weresorttoacceptingthe vicesofacademic servituderathei versity.Colleges alsomust create anenvironment in which di thanrebelling against them? When did webecome so scared? verse peoplecaninteract andlearnfrom oneanother. In truth,Patterson Courtis a wonderful establishment tha Those whoparticipated intheforum realize that.Let'shop< encouragesstudentstointeract witheachother. spon they'renot theonlyones. TheCourt sors community service events,forums andother meaningfu **** ' activities,inadditionto theever-abra- ■ siveevening fun. This Bowl thingisreallycatching on. B Quiz It also prevents drunk driving. Thecampus- widetournament,thefirstofitskindatDavidsoi Shouldn't webecomforted knowing IL]L inseveralyears,isinfullswing,withmatchestakingplacenearl; thatour friends and classmatesare -"Cl every night. Yourfriendly Davidsonianstaff took its first los: Thanks for explaining safely walkinghome? Isn'tit pretty Mondaynight,butwe'renotdone yet,andneitherare mostofth< -fj? Hi selfish tobeaggravatedby those who otherteams trying toget to thechampionshipround. are tooloud? Andiftheyaretooloud, The tournamentisn'tnearlyover (it won't enduntilDecem mypolitical views whynotbuyearplugs? ber),butitalready appearstobeasmashing success.Sowhyno Ijust wanted toextend my thanks to TravisLee for his com- Theaverageeating-houseor fraternitymember paysbetweei make itaregularevent? mentsinlastweek'slead story("PollFinds StudentsLeanLeft," $800 and $1,200 per semester. They arepaying dues to be i Let'shaveone ofthesedeals onceeverysemester.Itdoesn' Nov.5). memberofahousetheycannotevenusefreely.Impromptus havi costmuchmoney,itbringspeopletogetherandit'sgood,friendl; UntilIreadMr.Lee's statementconcerningstudents'desireto disappeared. Ihaven't thefaintestideaas to where thejollyFri competition. be "fashionably liberal,"Ihad always thoughtmyliberalism day Afternoon Club wandered. Goodluck to theteamsstillaliveinthe tournament,andhere' stemmedfromstrongpersonalconvictionsforcivilrights, Court activities are sometimes trivial and time-consumin] hoping those who aren't get anotherchance tohit thebuzzer social andeconomicjustice,andacommitment totheFirstAmendment. pastimes that some may condemn asspiritually andmentall again soon. AfterreadingMr.Lee'scomments,however,Inowunderstand vacant. Butif weloginfive to sevenhours aday,shouldn't w< **** thatmyliberalismhasnothingtodowiththis;rather itstemssim- rewardourselves withmindlessrevelry? Shouldn't we pursm ply frommy desiretobeliked.Ihopeothers whofeltasIdidcan mysteriesof PattersonCourtratherthansuccumb to thedogge< It'sregistration seasonagain,and the WebTree system i nowunderstand theirpolitical viewsmorecorrectlyas aresultof versesofelectronic reserve? back in the spotlight. Mr.Lee's wiseanalysis. Alcoholconsumption(whileunhealthy)isnot a"sin,makingi Withoutquestion,registeringonlineismuchmoreconvenien ' foolofone sselfwillnotbrandyouwiththatevilscarletletteran- and efficient than the old way, which requiredpencils am Fashionably, dancingona tableis,infact,anaerobicexercise.Thisschooluse< Scantron sheets. Tom Anstrom'04 to beelectrifying. People weredrawn to the subtlenoises tha Butdo we haveto keepusing thoseconfusingtreeformats ti came fromtheCourt. Now,thosesamepeoplewillnotevenven rankour coursepreferences?We're notexpertsoncourseregis turedownthehillbecausetheyfearawakeningsomeoneorbeinj trationsystems byany stretch,but isn't there aneasier optioi ' blamed for something theydidn'tdo. those treeflow charts? Cansomeone please We areadults,and weshould notconcede to themalaise tha Bytheway,you'vegotuntilmidnight tofinish fillingoutthos hasrecently plaguedour school. trees. fix thosenets? Cannon Hodge '04 Since two work ordersplacedmore than twomonths agoare notenoughtogetsomethingdone,Iwant tolet everyoneknow what's wrongand whatneeds tobe fixed. We welcome TheAUIHDADavidsorrianLUX UBI ORTA L1BERTAS ♥ letters totheeditors. ♥ The chain netson the Westbasketball courthavebeen com- pletelybrokensincethebeginningofthe semester.Besidesbeing EditorinChief anuisance,theyarehazardous dueto the sharpandrustyendsof Weedit forcontent, JessicaMering thedroopingmetalchains. brevity and grammar. ManagingEditors Why does themaintenance staffignorealong-time problem, ColinEagan Matt Garfield especially when theproblemisrepeatedlyreportedto them(the Pleasee-mailcontributions sameproblemhappenedattheendoflastyear,too?Please,some- of less than250 words to News Editors [email protected] Emily Drew' CarolineHauser one dosomethingabout these nets. Living Editors Arts & RolandF.Foss '05 Lindy Baldwin Chris Schmader SportsEditor and now ADOSA'F1LOSA Richard Connolly Mike Giglio . wimuuiRjinLOS* PhotographyEditors EronEarley-Thiele Matt Whited Advertising &Business Managers JeffLarrimore GreggWallace CirculationManager LauraFilosa WebEditor Anders Langworthy www.davidson.edu/davidsonian TheDavidsonianis publishedWednesdays duringthe academicyear by the studentsof DavidsonCollege. Onecopyper student. Please addressallcorrespondencesto: TheDavidsonian,P.O.Box7182, Davidson,NC 28035-7182. Phone(704) 894-2148. E-mail [email protected]. Our offices arelocatedinRoom411of the AlvarezCollegeUnion. Opinionsexpressedinletterstotheeditors or commentariesdonotnecessarily reflecttheviewsof theEditorial Boardof TheDavidsonian. Subscriptionscost$50.00peryear. Advertisingratesareavailableuponrequest. College. Ck Copyrightisheldby theTrusteesofDavidson Definition ot oeocsf...... 8 TheDavidsonian Perspectives Wednesday,November13,2002 mm TheSenior Source Incontrolofall three branches,party must not go toofar right J—Wh—^^ by Jeremy Tranthaw ByRichard Guyer '06 judgeslikeMiguelEstrada take their seatsonthefederalbench. Columnist Thebiggestdanger forPresidentBushandhis alliesin Con- gresswillbeadoptingtooconservativeofanagenda,whichcould Our Outpost: Gone TheRepublicans wonahistoric victorylast week that,along galvanizeliberalsandalienatemoderates whoarecurrentlylean- withtheRepublicanRevolution of 1994,isoneof the greatest ingright. Onthe otherhand, theGOPmustbecautious notto midterm victories everinCongressfor eithermajorparty. adopttoocentristastance,whichwouldgiveitsconservativebase but not foreotten Thequestionnow is what this victory willmean forthe 108th no reason togoto thepolls in2004. Congress,theBush Administrationand thefutureofAmerican Theresultsoflastweek'sballotinghavealsoservedtosolidify Alongtimeago...Inacourt far,far away... politics. theSouthas aRepublicanstronghold. Atrend thatbeganmore It wasalandofpromise.Alandofopportunity.PattersonCourt TheRepublicanlegislativeagenda,spearheadedby taxcuts, than 30 yearsago was made completeby theGOP sweepin circa2000. SocialSecurityreform,marketbasedprescriptiondrugcoverage Georgia,whichuntillast week was thelastDemocratic strong- TheCourt wasinfinitelymore fun thenthanitisnow. for seniorsandanew DepartmentofHomelandSecurity(unen- holdinDixie.ThelistofprominentRepublicansfromtheSouth Any nightof the week youcouldfindaBeirut game some- cumberedbylaborunioncontracts),shouldhavemany ofitskey (GeorgeandJeb Bush,Dick Armey,TrentLott,NewtGingrich, where. Usually there were multiple games, atmultiple houses.— componentsbecomelaw. TomDeLay,Jesse Helms andPhilGraham, to name a few)is Andingeneral,youwerealwayswelcome.Evenindependents Othermeasures, suchasbans on humancloning and partial impressiveandgrowing. Ishouldknow,Iwasone. Itwas great. birth abortion,somewhatlimited tortereform andanational en- TheNortheast andMidwest appear tobepoliticalno-mans'- Afterthefestivities wounddown,youcouldgotoaplacecalled ergypolicyalsostandagoodchance ofbeingenacted. lands,and thePacificCoast statesremain firmly Democratic. theOutpost. Underclassmenhaveonlyheard themyth thatisthe Withconservatives solidlyincontrol ofall threebranches of Thereoughttobemuchprogressoverthenexttwoyears,and Outpost. Mostupperclassmencanhardlybear to think aboutit government,there shouldbelittlemeaningfulopposition toany (extremely)early indicators are that 2004 will beanother solid withoutgetting atadsentimental. of theseinitiatives. yearfor theGOP. Since the Reaganpresidency,Republicans TheOutpost,for thoseofyouwhodon'tknow,wasessentially ThenewlyRepublicanSenate alsocanbeexpectedtorapidly have become very goodat winningelections. ahouseontheCourtthatservedoverpriced,greasyfoodti113a.m. confirmmany ofPresident Bush'sjudicialnominees, whountil Iftheywant their successtocontinue,theymustbecomegood Whichmakesitnotunlike theUnionCafewehavetoday.Butthe this time have beenleft inlimboby the obstructionist tactics of atsomethingtheDemocratsmasteredwhenRooseveltwasinthe similaritiesbetween the twoendthere. SenatorsTomDaschle andPatrick Leahy. WhiteHouse:implementing theiragendawithoutalienatingthe First, the Outpost was actually ontheCourt, whichnotonly Itisonlyamatteroftimebeforehighlyqualified,conservative voters. madeitmoreaccessiblefromyour startingpoint,butalsogaveit lessofanadministrativefeel. YoucouldgototheOutpostinebri- no ated without thefear ofgetting introuble because youmade a Voters want helpfromlegislators, matter whichparty they'refrom drunkenassofyourself.Mostpeopletherewereinthesame state asyou,andthosewhoweren'tatleastunderstood whatthey were getting By Peter Lipsett What does theGOP need todo?First,ithas toremember that themselvesinto. Guest Columnist theDemocrats are notthe enemy,asmuchofanuisance as they It waslikeameetingplacefor anyone whowas out thatnight. congregation willbe.ForAmericans torespectCongress'sdecisions,Repub- A ofpartygoersif you will. At the endof—your Thinkback toyourbestChristmasever,thatyear whenyougot licansneed tocompromise withDemocratsjustenoughtokeep evening,you wentto theOutpost andchilled for a while at- everythingyou wanted,even thetoysyou weren'texpecting.For Democrats fromyelling tooloud whentheydon't gettheir way. tempting to soberupbefore bed. Youneverknew whomyou theRepublicanParty,thisyear'sElectionDay was similarto that IfRepublicanscompletely gloss overDemocratic concerns on mightruninto. There waseven thepossibility ofseeingafight. perfectChristmas.TheGOPnotonlyretainedits dominance of every issuesimply because theycan,it willcomeback tohaunt Goodluck witnessinganice drunkenbrawlin theCafe. governorships,butitsurprisingly strengtheneditsmajorityinthe themin thefuture. TheCourtisashell ofits formerself,andIblameitallonthe Houseand' reclaimedcontroloftheSenate.Addthesevictories to Second, whileextendingtheolivebranch with onehand,the new Union. theparty sstronggripontheexecutiveandjudicialbranches and RepublicansshouldstealawaysometraditionallyDemocratic is- Don't getme wrong.Knoblochisagreatplaceandavastim- youcan see whyRepublicanshave beenall smileslately. sueswiththeother.TheDemsare stillreelingfromBushstealing provementovertheoldbuilding.Butsince theplaceopened,the LastTuesday's electoralupset wasnotaforegoneconclusion educationfromthem,andsomethingsimilarmayhappenwiththe PattersonCourtscenehas declinedimmeasurably. Whyhas this byany means. Thepolls and the prescriptiondrugissue.Why not happened? pundits wentback andforthover dothesame thing withafewkey Conspiracy theorists (me) wouldclaim thatit's allpart of a who would ultimately prevail. environmental or globalization concertedeffort by theadministration to increaseDavidson's Everyoneknew thatiftheRepub- Americans arenot intrinsically issues? Then,in2004, theGOP senseof"community"bymakingusallamemberofthe"Frater- licans gained seats,thiselection cancampaign withthe laundry nity of theUnion (FU)." wouldbuck oneof the or Democrat. Think aboutit.Theadventof theUnionsaw asuddenenforce- most sa-- Republican They listof things thatDemocrats al- credtheoriesinpoliticalscience wayspromisedbut could never mentof thedrinking gamesrule. Itsignaledthedeathknellfor justwant to that someone above-ground afirst termpresident's party will feel is deliver.YouraverageAmerican Beirut. It waslikelosing aclosefriend. always lose seats in a midterm listening to them, standing up doesn'tcarewhocomesthrough Thenthepowers-that-bedecidedtoclose theOutpost forgood. election.Period.FDR wasthelast with what they want,solong as "ThenewCafecannotonlyreplacetheoldOutpost,butexceed tobuck thistrend,wayback inthe for them andprotecting them. someonedoes,andthatsomeone it,"theysaid. Thefood is,more or less,thesame. ButtheCafe 30s. Toeither takecontrol of the usually getsrewarded. isnot theOutpost, anditneverwillbe. Senate or to maintain control of thhimi ■ ■ i —i Finally,congressionalRepub- Itseemsalittlecounter-productive toincrease the"Davidson theHousewouldhavebeenama- licanshave toputsomedistance community"byclosingabuildingwherebasicallyeveryonefelt jorcoup.Askingfor both would merelybe wishful thinking. between themselvesand thePresident,despite thefactthatmany welcome.Itdidn'tmatterwhoyouwere,anditdidn'tmatterwhat Careful whatyouwishfor,though,becauseyoumightjusthave candidates are indebted to him for their victory. Congress will house you werein. to legislate withit. Since they did get their way (andmore)on face animage problemifitappears torubberstampeverything ThenewCafe stillprovidesgreasy,overpricedquesadillas.But ElectionDay, theCongressionalRepublicanscan essentiallydo fromtheWhiteHouse.Eveninsituationswherethepresidentgets theatmosphereis wrong,and the walkis too damnlong. Imiss anythingthey wantoverthenexttwoyears.Following theirown whathewantsintheend,honestdebateandcarefulconsideration theOutpostmore thanImissnightly Beirutgames. I'mnotkid- strictagenda,however,could make them lose sight of what inCongress willgo along way withthe voters. ding. Americans want.Ifthathappens,theDemocrats will makethem AmericansarenotintrinsicallyRepublicanorDemocrat.They Unfortunately thosedaysarelonggone,andthey'renotlikely payinthehigh-stakes2004election. Ifpower swells theGOP's »just wanttofeel thatsomeoneislistening tothem,standingupfor toreturn.Thecompletionof'BigKnob"endedanera.TheCourt stilloffersthings the heads andAmericans feelignoredby theRepublicanCongress,' them,andprotectingthem.TheRepublicanshave anincredible Unioncan't (freeBeast). ButIstillmiss the votersstand tooffer theDemocratsthe sameopportunity they ve opportunity to provide that kindof supportover thenext two Outpost,andI'mprobablynever going to getoverit. now givento theGOP. years,and,if theysucceed,for manyyears tocome. Trust the IMF?Not likely forLatinAmericannations

By Ampudia 2000, Ricardo '04 there was a greatdealofsocial unrestanddespair. And less stubborn.Itspoliciesareoftenpoliticallyunfeasible. People Columnist rightly so: great Argentinahas a amountofboth naturalandhu- alreadyareangrybecause ofthecurrentsituation. Toaskagov- manresources (withhighlevelsofeducation),ithasrelatively ernment tostrangle themajority evenmore isinconsiderate. Therehasbeen anoticeable trendinLatinAmericatowardsthe solid social and governmentinstitutions (which enforced to a Evenif theIMF'spolicies werecarriedoutsuccessfully, they leftoverrecentyears.Butthisisnotyourtypical"Democrat-left" certaindegree)andstill,to theeyes average Argentinean, of the wouldclearlyleadto themonopolization of themost important trend. No,thisismuch farther. the countryisunable todevelop. industriesinLatinAmerica.Thiswouldlead,eventually,to very Itis in partbecause a majority of Latin Americans became Thousands ofpeople were losingtheir jobsand companies undemocratic systems,asthesemonopoliestendto workclosely disappointed withthe "neo-liberal" model that recommends weregoingbankrupt. The peggingofthe Argentinepesoto the withtheirgovernmentstocarry outtheirbusinessinterests,such openinguptradebarriers anddiminishinggovernmentinterven- dollar,once supportedby theIMF,explainedthis part. in What aswhenEnronhadmanagedtoconvinceex-presidentMenemto tion.Thepeoplearenotsatisfied withtheresults.Chile,thecoun- didtheIMFdo? Itkept theArgentine asking governmenttocut sell anational energy company for less than25%of itsmarket try thathas adoptedthismodel most "successfully,"has oneof spendingonsocialprograms,togiveoutlessmoneytotheprov- value. inces, the world's highestlevelsofeconomic inequality. tomakethelabor marketmore flexible(tomakeitlegally WithPresidentBushrallyingthe Itisalsouncertain toLatinAmericans whetherorganizations easier tofire workers whennecessary), to aggressivelyliberate withhis WestinitsWaronTerror.and administration at thedispositionoflargeU.S.corpora- suchas theIMFandthe WorldBank,greatmonopoliesof eco- thepeso withrespect to thedollar(making thousandsof Argen- tions,wecanexpect toseelittlechangeintheIMF'spoliciesfor nomic development theory worldwide,are sensitive to social tinespoorerovernight)and to keeppayingdownexternaldebt. agood while. conditions in theregion. Thoughitistrue thattheIMFneeds toseeacredible economic Meanwhile,thepeople ofLatin America will be ever more example, programfrom government giving loans, . For whenArgentina,wentintoeconomic disasterin. a before out itshouldbe justifiednotto welcomeU.S.orIMFintervention inthe future Sports Women's soccer season ends in heartbreak with Shootout loss tieit at 1-1. Maloney twins named Alia Antonucci-Alter almost scored on Davidson'ssecond try totie the score at 2-2, first-teamallconference but Stillman made an outstanding save. Two more goals by the Spartans clinched orvJivioCfL/i1vJlv the victory. By Justin Neill The Spartans lost the next day to regular Staff Writer season and eventual tournament champion,, Furman. The women's soccer team gave a solid Five seniors played their final game in a MallardHead Country Club , effort inits first-roundgame at the Southern Wildcat uniformonFriday. Conference tournament on Friday, but the Lauren Dennis,a psychology major from Spartans of UNC-Greensboro outscored Charlotte,startedin79games outof82inher A diamondinalot ofrough Davidson 4-1 on penalty kicks after the two four-year career, and scored two goals and As the home to year round golf, North residential driveways, basketball hoop in- teamsplayedtoa1-1 tiethrough110minutes fiveassists in that span. Carolina boasts numerous golf courses ca- cluded. of intense soccer. VersatileMeghanFerriter,ananthropology pable ofspoiling anygood walk. My favorite golf course property has this The 'Catsfinish the 2002 season withan8- major from Fort Benning, Georgia, played Only thoseopento thegeneralpublic,how- barbed wirefence outlining theresident's es- 11-1record. both midfield and defense this year (after ever,offer theexcitement anddanger that can tatejustoffthe 16thfairway withhundreds of The first half was tight and scoreless, but playinggoalie last season). transform a simple sport into an almostreli- golfballs scatteredin the backyard. Davidson goton theboard in the 67th minute AmyJohnston,abiologymajorfromDublin, gious experience. Retrieving one of these balls, however, when Denielle Erikson fed Leigh Anne Ohio, scored two goals and has started 61 Indeed,publicgolf andprivategolfare two would require a bullet-proof vest and feet Hoskins forastrike pastUNCGgoalie Jenni- games in the past three years. entirely separateentities,kindoflikehamand quick enough to elude several of the afore- fer Stillman. Heather Maloney, a biology major from spam. mentioned rabid Dobermans, which appar- TheSpartans,whoenteredas thedefending Ridgefield,Connecticut,scored ninegoals in Sand traps and waterhazards are not the ently arequitepopularin these parts. tournament champions, then turned on the 2002,increasinghertotal to36inhercareer at onlyobstacles thepublicgolfermustavoid,as Speaking of wild animals, remember that heat. Davidson,second all-time. beer cans, McDonald's wrappersand divots SuperBowlcommercialafew yearsback with In the77Ih minute the Wildcats werecalled Shealsohad23assistsand wasnamed first- the sizeof potholesgive new meaning to the the catherders? forahandballinthepenaltybox,andmidfielder team all-conference. term 'play itas itlies.' Well, those cats now reside at thefarm on RakelLogadottir, who was named to the all- Her sister,midfielder TaraMaloney,alsoa Playingthegame,however,isonlyhalfthe theright sideofMallard Head's 15thhole. tournament team,scoredon thepenalty kick. biology major from Ridgefield, scored four fun— especiallyatMallardHeadCountryClub, As proof,just last week my buddy saw at The Spartans continued to dominate, and goals this year to tally 14goals and 22assists conviently located off exit 33 right next to a least one-hundred of these cats crossing the out shotthe 'Cats 5-1intheovertimeperiods, for her career and was also named first-team strip mall. fairway,impeding theprogressofhis cart for butthanks toSarahHobart'soutstandinggame all-conference. For ameasly ten bucks,one canplay nine a solidthree minutes. (ten saves), the score remained tied through FreshmanKaraKoehrnfromLaMesa,Cali- holes on weekdaysat Mallard Head, whose As the storygoes,and thismay bearumor, regulation and two overtimes. fornia was named the Southern Conference illustrious name suggests several US Opens the man who owns the farm once had a few After the Spartansscored their first penalty freshman of the year,andshe was a second- have been held there,but whose greens cer- catsand neverneutered them. kick,sophomore StephanieBouts matched to teamall-conference selection. tainly indicate otherwise. One thingled to another,and now the guy Upon first inspection one might assume boasts the greatest catcollectionin the West- CarlSpackler,theneuroticgreens-keeperfrom ern Hemisphere. the cult-classic Caddyshack,has been given Thefarm owner apparentlyrefuses tofeed fullresponsibilityoverMallardHead'srolling the cats,though,soaladyontheleftsideofthe fairways and undulatingputting surfaces. fairwayputsoutbreadandmilkonceaday for As an added bonus, the holes at Mallard thesemutil-colored strays,whoflock likehip- Head are inticately— woven through people's pies to Woodstock whenitschow time. back yards oritmaybethat thehouseshave Sounds like a scence from a low-budget '5 been strategically— placed onMallard Head's horror film. fairways and duringanygivenround shots And just last week, on the tenth hole,my Jed will 'arise requiring a nine-iron over some second shot nearly decapitated an innocent local slawnfurniture whilearabidDoberman civilian,who was crawling around in the tall howls inyourbackswing. grasssearching for golfballs. (NEXT BB&T) Mallard Head is the only golf course in A strangesightindeed,butwhatwas Igoing 101 DEPOT ST. TO North America,tothebestofmyknowledge, to say to theguy? where water hazards include above ground After all,itis his backyard. (704) 896-6739 joelsgrill.com swimming pools and cart paths double as Swimmers, divers fall toEast Carolina ' CATS LATENfTESPECIALS despite strongindividual showings ( By Ashleigh Finn izedthat thiswas achance for us to stepitup WED-SAT 10PM-1:30 AM) Staff Writer andswim against probably thebestcompeti- tion we will face before CAA's.Looking at TheDavidsonswim teamfacedits toughest theindividual swims,thereisalottobehappy competition yetagainstEastCarolinaUniver- about." sity. Thefemale Wildcats,like the men's team, $1 SUSHI The men's and women's teams both lost, didnot winbut showedstrengthin theirindi- but many individuals came away with their vidualcompetitions. personal best times, proving that Davidson Sophomore Lauren Taft swam her in-sea- (RICEPORRIDGE) % CONGEE truly stooduptothechallengeofitsfirstaway son best in the 200 butterfly with a time of meetof the season. 2:14.92. ' The men's team, despite the loss, showed SophomoreTrishaBlackwell s strongdedi- TERIYAKI DISANDDAT off the true colors of its underclassmen this cationto trainingandswimmingpaidoff with pastSaturday. herin-seasonbesttimeof2.07inthe200back. (TOO TO Sophomore Foster Mathews swam hisin- Junior VanessaWitt beather personalbest WRAPS MANY LIST) seasonbest timesinboth the200breaststroke times in the 200 free (1:57) and the 200 fly (2:14.00) and the 200 individual medley (2:09). NOODLESOUPS(RAMEN,SOBA,ETC.) (2:09.01). According to sophomore Jamie Sasanfar, Sophomore Michael Paul Flowers placed withtheagreementofmanyofher teammates, second in both the 1000 free (10:03.45) and "Vanessa Witt is off to an incredible start to REDBULLCONCOCTIONS the 200backstroke (2:02.29). the season andis aswimmer you shouldlook Freshman Steve Tolson reached a com- out for infuture competitions." Although the mendable timeof 22.32 in the 50 free. swim teamleft ECU withtheloss, theycame (NON-ALCOHOLIC&OTHERWISE) Freshman Brad Poole's vigorous efforts back to Davidson with a strongly optimistic came through for Davidsonin the 100 free outlook ontherest of the season. (49.1)and the 200 free (1:46.3). The men's and women's swimming and ANDMUCH,MUCH,MORE.. Commented senior DiegoMarquezon the diving teams return to action on Saturday, men'scompetition,"I think the guys allreal- Nov.16 atUNC Wilmington at 1p.m. „ Sports Wednesday, November 13,2002 A wintertime mystery: snowflakes fallingon the Scoreboard ByMattGarfield swers. But last Monday,the ManagingEditor Clark says he doesn'tknow whodidmade snowflakes appearedout thesnow. ofnowhere,andhavere- Youmight callit the greatScoreboardmys- "I guess you could consider it a mystery, mainedever since. tery. because there are very few people whoknow Soon, however, the Why, with Richardson Stadium closed foi how torun the Scoreboard,"he said. "I'mone images will bereplaced the winter,is theScoreboard stillturnedon24 of the few people who knows how, and I by advertisements for hours aday? And why does itdisplay falling haven'tchangedit." upcoming sporting snowflakes? Thehigh-techscreen wasinstalledlast year events and other —an- Mike Clark, Associate Director of Sports andisrunbyacomputer fromthepressbox.It nouncements a Information,can answer the firstquestion. displays scoresandstatsduringgames,butthe change that Clark says repairman on," "A fixeditandsaidtokeepit images actas a sort of Screensaver when the makes sense. he said."Hethoughtwaterwasgettingintothe stadiumisn'tinuse. "If we're going to Scoreboard and shorting out something. His Clark saysit takesonlyafewminutestodial keepit on, wemight as theory was thatif wekeptitonandrunning,it upanewimage.Back inSeptember,heputup welluseitforthebetter- wouldkeeptheScoreboardwarm,which would aswirling spiral— mainly for lack of abetter ment of Davidson stu- prevent waterfrom building up andshorting option. dents," he said. "Be- out the wires." "We've prettymuch been using the swirly cause snow doesn't re- But for Clark andall passersby perplexed thing. Wejusthadtokeepsomething up there ally domuch." about the snowflakes, there are no easy an- to keepit warm," he said. £ron Earley-Thiele Football finishes season with victory over AustinPeay

ByMatt Garfield final 30minutes and executed very well." us in the last four." Toopand the Wildcats arefaced withsev- ManagingEditor The Wildcats (7-3, 2-1) eclipsed the 30- Oneof those seniors was center JonDavis, eral questions heading into the off-season, point mark in each of their last four contests, anall-conferenceperformerwhoanchoredthe mostnotablywho will replacePaulNichols at The Wildcats saved theirbest football for this time with dominant performances from Wildcats' offensive line thepasttwoseasons. quarterback. the lasthalf of the season. Paul Nichols (school-record five touchdown "It would'vebeennicetoplayanother home Freshman Tom Cook and sophomores Knotted in a 14-14 tie at halftime against passes),JohnLeverett(127 yardsrushing,two game for thePioneer League championship," Damion White andAndrew Pickens each re- Austin Peay,the Davidson offense exploded TDs)andBarrettJohnson(92yardsreceiving, said Davis. "But in the situation we werein, ceived limitedplaying time this year,and all for fivestraight touchdowns to secure victory two TDs). youcouldn'task forabetter game.That wasa threeare expectedto compete for the starting No. 7, clinch second place— in the Pioneer MikeChase setaschoolrecord withhis 12th great way to close out our tremendous ca- job. League's South Division and allow 16 se- touchdown catch— oftheseason,while Nichols reers." The defense also has several positions to niors toclose their careers on a winningnote. tiedtworecords touchdownpassesinagame Davissaid suitingupfor the final time was fill,with the loss of twin safeties Adam and "Theseniorsreally wanted to goout witha and season (25). an emotionalexperiencefor all the seniors. GrahamElmoreandlinemenRyanTennisand win,and thatmay have worked againstus in "When youcancome outinthesecondhalf "Football wassomething that mademy life BlakeBergeron. the first half,"saidheadcoach MikeToop."I andscore onfivestraightpossessions, you're easier here atDavidson,"he said. "It'sgonna The schedule should be even more chal- think they were pressing abit to make things definitely doing something right," said be tough not playing next year. Years down lenging next season, with likely match-ups happen instead of letting them happen. But Johnson."Comingdown the stretch,we losta the road,I'llstillhave that lovefor thegame. against Morehead State, Dayton,Butler and theyunderstoodwhattheyneededtodoforthe couple ofgames. (The seniors) really carried It'llbe tough to let go." VMI.

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Confersatiori incluflgs an $800 stipend andhalfoffthe room rate for the 2003-20$frear. \ f| Qu^tion^lTgasejontact Associate Director,LeslieUrban, atleurban(gdavidson\e^rW^li ftft / TheDavidsonian Wednesday,November 13,2002 . Four Davidson soccer players Volleyballprepares to host earnAcademic All-District conference tournament Hoskins,Johnson,Peoples AdefenderftomEnglewood,Colo.,Peoples 'Catsneedvictories infinal games,30-24,30-19,and 30-21. andPorterallnamed to isa co-captainof the 2002squad. After a first game that was close until the Heis the anchor of the defensiveunit that threegames tomaintain Wildcats wereable topullaway withthescore DistrictIIIteam hasproducedseven shutouts,secondmostin place inSoCon at 24-23, the 'Cats shutdown theUNCG of- theSoCon. fourth fense,holding the 49ers to a negative hitting Peoples has taken Davidson's only two percentagein games two andthree. - ByMike Giglio SportsInformation penaltykicks thisyear,convertingthemboth. Tisha Chapman had a match high sixteen preseason Sports Editor PressRelease The all-conference playerhas a killsand.714hittingpercentageontheevening. 3.43 GPA andis an economics major. Sophomore Tamara Gallen led the Atrioof - strong men'ssoccerplayers seniorSoren Davidson women's soccer player Leigh Headingintothefinal stretchoftheregu- defensiveeffort with ninedigs. Johnson, with along juniors JustinPorter and Anne Hoskins was also named to the 2002 larseason,theDavidsonvolleyballteamstands Roles were soon reversed, however, as the David Peoples - were named to the 2002 VerizonAcademic All-District team. at19-10overalland12-5inSouthernConfer- 'Cats were themselves swept by a powerful Verizon Academic All-District team as se- Hoskins, a native of Lexington, Ky., has enceplay. Georgia Southern squadin an away game on lected by theCollege Sports InformationDi- been asuccess inboth the classroom and on The 'Catscurrently holdthe4th-placeposi- Sunday afternoon. rectors of America(CoSIDA). thefield. tionamidsta tightpack thatincludes Georgia Davidson started off poorlyandfell behind A goalkeeper from Rock, Blowing N.C., One of the Wildcats' leading scorers, she Southern (17-1) in first place, College of 21-12inthefirstgamebefore musteringasmall Johnsonhas b'eenthe Wildcats' starting goalie scoredeight goalsand talliedfour assists this Charleston(16-2)insecond,andFurman(14- comeback thatbrought thescoreto withinfive. during his senior season, campaign and has a goals while maintaining a3.91 GPA. 5)in third. TheEaglesheldstrongandendedgameone against average of0.97. Hoskins, a religion major, earned 2001 Western Carolina trails the Wildcats by ontop 30-25. Hehasplayedandstartedin16of theteam's Verizon Academic All-District second team only half a game at 12-6; the remaining six TheWildcats foughtback in aclosely matches, con- 18 recording six shutouts including honros as asophomore. teams in the conference have records below testedsecondgame,whichsawfiveleadchanges gamesagainstNorthCarolina andSouthCaro- Last season she led the Wildcats with six .500. before the Eagles were able topull away for a lina. goals and 16points. Themost recent week ofplayopenedwith 30-24 victory. career, For his Johnson has played 6,289 She ranks fifth on the all-time goals list at animpressive victory overUNC Greensboro Southern then took game threebyascoreof minutes andnotched19 shutouts,bothsecond Davidson with 28 career goals and moved (6-24,4-14)beforecoming toadisappointing 30-24. in the most Davidson annals. into fifth place on theall-points list with71. close with a loss to Georgia Southern (23-7 Meredith Lorenzled Davidson with twelve He has a 3.79 GPA and is a neuroscience TheVerizonAcademic All-Districtteamis overall). kills,andChapmanpostedtenkillsofherown. major. part of the Verizon Academic All-America Davidsonneedsnow victoriesineachofits Rebecca Teichgraeber played well defen- Adefender/midfielder fromNormanOkla., program. final three regular-seasongames to maintain sively with elevendigs. Porterhasplayedin everygame for Davidson All student-athletes that werenamed to the its spotin the conference before the SoCon TheWildcats play their final homegameof in 2001 and 2002. district team will now be included on the tournament,whichwillbeheldinBelkArena. the regular season on Wednesday,November Thisyear,he has threeassists in18 games. ballot for the Academic All-America team. If the 'Cats are able to dominate the way 13th,against Wofford. Porterispart ofadefensethatisallowing0.99 Sixteenschoolshadstudent-athletesnamed theydidintheirsweepofUNCG,theforecast Thegame starts at7:00p.m. The teamthen goalsagame,secondfewestintheconference. to the District IIIteam. for the tournament should be positive for travels to Appalachian State on Friday, No- Offensively, Porter is third on the teamin District HI is made up of schools from Davidson andits fans. vember 15*,before closing out the season at shots with22. Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, TheWildcatsdefeatedtheSpartansinthree EastTennessee Stateon Saturday. He has a 3.71 GPA and is a psychology GeorgiaandFlorida. major. ' paBeatoutGuide; ?«* " *\ ' Do you love Davidson? \fam f Do you want to help shape the future of k I / 1 J

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In the filial game of their collegiate careers, theDavidson was also honored at the NorPac Conference Awards Cer- Theseniors of the teamknew that the game was their final fieldhockeyseniorsdominated thefieldandledthe 'Cats toa emony. collegiate opportunity to demonstrate their skills,and they 3-2 victory over St.Louis. Fenn,ajunior,wasnamedsecondteamall-conferenceforthe held nothing back inpursuing their goal of a season-ending TheconsolationgameagainstSt.LouisoccurredFriday,the second consecutive year. As the leading scorer for the 'Cats victory. day after Stanford University eliminated the 'Cats from the this season,Fenn startedevery gameand tallied7goals and 1 The Billikens scored the first goal of the game at the 9:23 conference championship match. assist. mark whenLindsayLombardomaneuvered pasttheDavidson Stanford defeatedDavidson3-1,andaftertheir winagainst Davidson and Stanford took to the soggy turf field last defense for an unassistedgoal. St.Louis,theCatsconcludedtheseason withanoverallrecord Thursday inPalo Alto,CA. Two minutes later, Carin Boone accomplished the same of 8-13. Throughoutthefirst half,both teamsfoughthardondefense feat,giving St.Louis a2-0 advantage. Senior Jess Bartonscored thelone goalfor the 'Cats inthe to preventany scoring. Davidsonpulledtogether toscore twogoals before thefirst gameagainstStanford. Priorto thecontest,Barton wasnamed StanfordheldDavidson tono shots,while theCardinals were halfconcluded. NorPac Conference Defensive Playerof the Year. able to take6 shots ongoal. SeniorAlexRogersdribbled theballallthe wayupthefield Barton startedevery gameof her collegiate career, during In the second half, Stanford picked up the intensity and andfired ashotpast the St.Louis goalie. whichshe tallied 17goals and 8assists. She was alsonamed scored twogoals only minutes apart. FreshmanEmilyDavisfollowedinRogers' footstepsas she TheWildcats respondedwiththeir own droveanother unassistedgoalthroughtheBillikens' defensive goal,as Bartonpushedapenaltyshotby the unit. Cardinal goalie. Bartoncame to therescue forthe 'Cats withsevenminutes Althoughthe 'Cats gotontheboard,they remaining by nailinga penalty strokeinto the cage. were unable to pull offa win. The 'Cats were given the stroke when St. Louis' goalie The Cardinals sealed the victory with covered theball after aDavidson shot. WMi their third goal within minutes of the final Davidson maintained controlof thegame,taking13 shots to <%^ whistle.MorgancrossedtheballtoBillmyer, St.Louis' three, and seven penalty corners to the Billikens' Ifitfty J wlioput it awaylora 3- 1concluding score. five. Stanford dominated theoffensive oppor- Nolan made one saveinthegame, givingher aseason total tunities with13shots and9penaltycorners. of160saves,and earningher thirdplace inDavidson's record The 'Cats wereheld to three shots andonly books for the numberof single-season saves. onepenalty corner. The true stars of the game, however,were the five seniors. I Notintimidatedby Stanford'simpressive Withevery season-endinggame,onehopes thatthe seniors *^s55HS statistics,theWildcatsplayedwithheartand of the team will endon agood note. Senior members of the field hockey team played their last intensity. For these fiveplayers, thatis exactly whathappened. Barton, Matlack, Fridav MollyBlackmanandAllisonMatlackled AlexRogers,Jess Allison AgnesBateman, Davidson on thedefensiveendof the field, and AmandaStrickland knew what theyneeded tOTdo, when first team all-conference. With theirhelp,SarahNolanheld theCardinals to threegoals, they needed todo it,and they always maBaged.todoit. Throughouther career,Barton consistently played with a and made 4 savesin cage, Goodluck toeachofyou,andcongratulationstotnTteamfor highlevel of intensity and skill. Barton's dedication to and Thefollowingday, theCats faced theBillikens ofSt.Louis, endingthe season withan exciting victory. Men's soccer falls to Furman,now prepares for SoCon tournament By Fehling Geoff "It was a physical game played on a very soft Staff Writer field," explained Wildcat head coach Matt Spear. The men's soccer team fell on Sunday to nationally "The Davidson players that steppedtheir gamesup rankedFurman, 3-0, inits lastregular seasongame. inthese conditions were WillCarroll,JustinPorter, Withthefinalgamefinished,the 'Catsendtheir seasonwith John Latting, and David Sartorio. Bart Creasman arecordof 9-6-4overall,5-2-1 in theconference. was also goodin the goalfor the second half. The winfor the7lh-rankedPaladinsimproves theirrecordto "In the second half, we showed greater spirit," 15-2-1 overall and aperfect 8-0in the SouthernConference. continued Spear, "and we will need to carry that Furman wasted no time in getting onthe Scoreboard with forward into the conference tournament this week- two quick goals midway through the firsthalf. end." It lookedasif theWildcat defense wouldkeepthedeficit at Undefeated Furman will take the first seed, fol- two going into halftime, but the Paladins managed to get lowed by Appalachian State and Davidson in the another goal a few minutes before the half ended. second and third seeds,respectively. Thefirst half was not without afew key defensiveplays by "We are disappointed to give up No.2 in the Davidson. conference's regularseasonstandings," said Spear. Johnson had two crucial penalty kick saves that kept the "Even with some unfortunate results earlier in the Wildcatsin thegame. HestoppedAnthonyEsquivel'skick at season,weprideourselvesinpushingfortheconfer- 10:37, as well asMoor's penalty kick at 20:53. ence regular season No.1 spot." rd The Paladins were unable to score in the second half as Davidson's3 rank in theSoConhas themsched- Davidson steppedup andcontained the Furman offense. uled to faceoff against 6th seededGeorgiaSouthern The defensive battle was led by sophomore goalie Bart for their tournamentopener onNov. 15th at7 p.m. £Von Earley-Thiele season, Creasman,whotalliedthree savesafterheenteredthegameat GeorgiaSouthernis2-14-2ontheseasonand1-5- Intheir last matches of theregular men's the start of the second half. 2 in the conference. soccer fell to Wake Forest last Tueaday and Furman Davidson'soffensehadtroubleproducingshotsandscoring Davidsonlast faced the Eagles onOctober 19th, on Sunday. opportunities as they took only three shots the entire game, resultingina1-1tie. Thisyear's tournamentwillbe compared toFurman's 14. heldatPatriotsPointinMount Pleasant,SC.

The Davidsonian — THE— —WEEK=^=AHEAD— — l^*m Plaverg^ ofthe Week WrestlingatPembroke Classic (throughSaturday") All Day Men's Soccer vs.GeorgiaSouthern atSouthernConference Tournament inMl.Pleasant,SC 7:00p.m. X v,,,,,,,,,,,,,^,,,,,,,,,^, TMp.m. ■■■■■■I Jessica Barton O3 Field Hockey ■ _* HOmetOWn: HUmmelStOWn, PennSylvannia Men's andWomen's CrossCountryat NCAASoutheastRegionChampionships inGreenville,NC Major: Economics Swimming atUNCW '*°o P.m. VolleyballatEast TennesseeSlate 2:00p.m. Men's Basketball vs.VasdaUSA(exhibition) 300p m Barton wasnamedDefensive Playerof the Year intheNorPac's Eastdivisionand alsogarneredfirst-team allconference honors. Startingevery gameofher collegiate career,Bartonhas scoredl5 goalsandaddedeight assists infour years atDavidson.