FEATURES OP/ED A & E SPORTS David Rubin visits Heartbreakin' "Romeo and Juliet" Women's soccer fights its the cinema class returns gets a makeover way into postseason play >> page 5 >> page 7 >> page 9 >> page 10 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 Vol. CXXVII,THE No. 8 LAWRENTIANLawrence University's student newspaper since 1884 www.Lawrentian.com McGlynn honored with award in fiction Carolyn Tomecek comprised of librarians, writers and adversity. The collection has autobiograph- Staff Writer academics. One story, called "Landslide," is ical elements, as well. According to McGlynn, the about an evangelist whose career "All my innermost secrets are in Assistant Professor of English other writers had multiple books launches from a miraculous event, the book, some in disguise and some David McGlynn won the Utah Book published and had already received though he fails to notice the mental in plain view," McGlynn said. "If you Award in fiction from the Utah more attention than he had. decline of his college roommate. want the dish, it's easy to find." Center for the Book at the Salt Lake Because of this, McGlynn was The five latter stories of the novel Advising aspiring writers, City Public Library. He was honored surprised to hear that his collection connect to show a woman blinded McGlynn said, "Write every day. No for his 2008 book of short sto- of short stories had been chosen. while giving birth, an event which excuses and no exceptions. ... The ries, "The End of the Straight and "I never expected it in a million ultimately leads to destruction. best writers know how to put all Narrow," Oct. 21. years. ... When I got the call I thought McGlynn said he also explores their distractions away and focus for The Utah Book Award is it was a mistake. I was speechless," how "stories of religious life are a few hours at a time." bestowed upon authors who exem- he said. highly connected to larger and more McGlynn, who has been a profes- plify outstanding achievement in "Then I chest-bumped my wife, pressing questions about America," sor at Lawrence since 2006, is cur- writing, particularly for works with a like a football player after a touch- such as the role of money and how rently working on a memoir titled Utah setting or theme. McGlynn, who down. I've promised not to try that technology can distract from the "Rough Water," which employs a received the Award for Excellence again, no matter how good the news." beauty of nature. swimming motif to shed light on in Creative Activity from Lawrence "The End of the Straight and In explaining why he wrote about topics such as religion, his family earlier this year, is one such author. Narrow" is a collection of nine short the zealous, McGlynn said, "My inter- and growing up in the suburbanized McGlynn was selected as winner stories about the role religion plays est in evangelicals is motivated in American West. from a group of qualified candidates in the passions and desires of the part by my own life and in part by Photo by Naveed Islam zealous, especially in the face of politics and American culture." Assistant Professor of English David McGlynn in the fiction category by a panel won the Utah Book Award in fiction. Attack on student fits federal hate-crime definition Cuong D. Nguyen Street and College Avenue because "At first I thought they were just However, if an incident were to crime to include gender, sexual ori- Staff Writer he lives in Colman. At the time, he being d-bags, but then they hit me," occur on campus or were to be insti- entation, gender identity and disabil- was still in his costume dress and he said. gated by a Lawrence student, the ity and gives the federal government A Lawrence student was attacked holding props and dolls. The attack happened just off campus policy for harassment would authority to prosecute violent anti- between Avenue Jewelers and In between Avenue Jewelers and campus, and Lawrence Security was also apply, in addition to federal gay crimes when local authorities Colman on his way back to cam- Colman, the student was attacked not contacted. The student reported and local policies on hate crimes. do not. pus from downtown Appleton in the by a group of four middle-aged men the incident to the police Monday, She pointed out that students are The Fox River Valley lies on early morning Sunday, Nov. 1. The who were drunk and wearing masks. and it is pending investigation. encouraged to ask security for an the border between Wisconsin openly gay student, who was wear- The group of men at first gig- The student had a conversation escort whenever they feel unsafe. Congressional Districts 6 and 8, with ing a dress and carrying baby dolls gled among themselves. The men with Amy Uecke, associate dean of By law, such behavior is con- Appleton just falling into District for Halloween, was possibly targeted then started to shove the student students for Campus Life, about the sidered a hate crime. According to 8. The representatives from these for the implications of his outfit. around, asking, "Why are you wear- incident and was directed to con- Wisconsin law, the maximum pun- districts were split on the bill, which According to the student, he and ing a dress?" and "Are you a fag?" tact the Appleton Police Department. ishment for a hate crime misde- passed 281 for and 146 against. a group of friends left the Halloween The student got hit in the back Lawrence Security was also notified. meanor is a $10,000 fine and one Democrat Steve Kagen from District party at the co-op house to go to and in the face. When the student Uecke explained that if the inci- year in the county jail. 8 voted for the bill, while Tom Petri, Topper's Pizza at around 2:30 a.m. started yelling for help, the men ran dent involved people from off cam- The attack occurred following a Republican from District 6, encom- On their way back to campus, the away laughing. pus and did not occur on campus signing of the Mathew Shepard Act passing the rest of the Fox River val- assaulted student separated from The student did not realize how property, the police are responsible by President Obama Oct. 28. This ley, voted against the bill. the others on the corner of Durkee quickly the incident would escalate. for dealing with the incident. bill expands the definition of a hate involved in the American practice Obama nominates Scott Quehl '88 for of rendition, in which terrorism In other news... suspects are captured in one coun- try and taken for questioning in APPLETON — The new College another, often one more open to Department of Commerce position Avenue bridge, a project seven coercive interrogation techniques. years and $17.85 million in the Maija Anstine dent said that he "look[s] forward to problems," said Professor Emeritus —www.nytimes.com making, reopened Friday after Staff Writer working with [the new appointees] in of Government Chong-Do Hah. being closed since August of 2008. the months and years ahead." Quehl was also "liked very much WASHINGTON — Plans for a meet- Cake, marching bands and a draw- If confirmed, Quehl will work and also highly respected by other ing between Japanese Foreign Scott Quehl '88 was nominated ing to see who would be the first under the Secretary of Commerce, students," said Hah. Quehl's inter- Minister Katsuya Okada and U.S. for the position of "Chief Financial motorist across the bridge marked Gary Locke. Locke is on Obama's ests at Lawrence included compara- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Officer and Assistant Secretary of the new bridge's opening. cabinet and is eighth in the line of tive politics, Russian history and have been dropped due to an Commerce for Administration" Oct. —www.postcrescent.com 15 in a press release from The White the succession to the presidency. American foreign policy. inability to coordinate schedules. Quehl was a government and Hah noted that Quehl was The meeting was scheduled to House Office of the Press Secretary. MILAN — Wednesday, an Italian history major at Lawrence, and was "strongly interested in public service, precede President Obama's visit to The appointment is subject to a hear- judge convicted 23 CIA operatives "an excellent student, hard working, domestic and international," perhaps Tokyo. BBC News states that Japan ing and confirmation by the Senate. of kidnapping a Muslim cleric from conscientious and bright ... articu- why he ended up in the Peace Corps "has no time" to meet the U.S. In addition to Quehl, President the streets of Milan in 2003. Hailed late in expressing himself and quite in Honduras after his graduation —news.bbc.co.uk Obama nominated four others for as a symbolic victory, this case good in bringing in relevant data or positions in defense, education, agri- was the first to convict officials culture and international relations. examples to throw light on differ- In the same press release, the presi- ent theoretical and methodological See Quehl on page 2 SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Hi: 59°F Hi: 58°F Lo: 42°F Lo: 44°F 5-DAY 5-DAY Source: Source: weatherbug.com Partly sunny Partly cloudy WEATHER FORECAST 30% chance of rain Partly sunny Partly sunny THE LAWRENTIAN 2 NEWS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 human resources and facilities, Quehl as well as creates and imple- ments administrative policies SWAHP Indiscriminate Hunger awareness continued from page 1 and procedures for the depart- from Lawrence.