THE DAVIDSONIAN

LXXII, Volume Number 11 The Weekly Newspaper of Davidson College Friday4February1983 FacultyDropsICESForms Favorsamotion toadopt aproseevaluationform

ByDAVIDRESNIK'85 mended the ICES forms in September, standard or "global," questions which 1979, and JEFFREYMANN'84 but thefaculty rejectedit.Student ask the student to rate the course, the TheFaculty approved aProfession- evaluation forms were phased out fall content,andtheinstructoronasixpoint term 1975. al AffairsCommittee(PAC)proposal to scale. The professor can choose 23 dropthe IllinoisCourse Sys- After the facultyrejected the forms, questions fromamasterlist of623 ques- Evaluation the SGA tem (ICES) forms from student course institutedtheirownevaluation tions. Theback of the form had space system professors evaluationsbya vote of47-24 duringits for whochoseto par- forprose comments whichonlythepro- meeting Tuesday. ticipate."We are wearyof theprocrasti- fessor saw. nation on this issue," TheFacultyalso votedin ofa said then-SGA favor President John motion to adopt a prose evaluation Jackson. The faculty Thenew prose form has threeques- form. adopteddieICES forms amonthlater. tions: one asking for "a frank appraisal "The "The reduction of such a sensitive virtueoftheICESforms isthat of the effort invested in[thecourse],"a and complex matter as instruction and it recorded views of not just students second asking "what elements of the whospecifically the dynamic of teaching to numerical had something to say, course andinstructordid you find most but provided scoring seemedessentially wrong,"said a benchmark ofallstudent helpful," and a third seeking sugges- ReligionProfessor andPAC Chairman opinion," Zimmermann said. "It pro- tionsto improve thecourse. AlexanderMcKelway. vides a regular sampling term in and Students will be asked to sign the term Vice President for Academic Af- out." forms, but that part of the form willbe fairsandDeanoftheFaculty T.C.Price Zimmermann also said "many stu- removed before it is returnedto thepro- dents will fear that Zimmermann does not welcome the anonymity will be fessor. change,however. "It willmakefaculty lost," since professors may recognize Psychology Professor John Kelton students'handwriting.He was con- agrees with Zimmermann: "For i evaluation much more difficult. I'm also pur- B [of sorry to see thepresentinstrument dis- cernedmatthe"Dean Academic Af- poses ofevaluation,questions such as fairs] carded,"hesaid."Thenew form willre- willbe submerged in9000pieces the global items are more appropriate ducestudent inputinthe faculty evalua- ofpaper to read." Hedid not yet know thantheprose form." tionprocess." how he would evaluate the forms. Hebelieves "there are too manyop SGA VicePresidentBoeYoung '83 McKelway estimates that ifevery stu- portunites formisuseof theprose state- feels that dropping the form "won't dent wrote twohundred words,it would ments" because "the Dean willhave to create any majorproblems as far as the take 35hours toread the forms. select a few" evaluations out of thou- students are concerned because they The ICES forms consist of three sands ofessays. willstillhave input into facultyevalua- n ■ tions." SGA President Tim Johnston could not attend the faculty meeting, accord- ingto Young,becausehehada"jobin- SGA Receives Complaints terview that was rescheduled at the last minute." McKelway said the PAC believes of 'Discouragements' 1 HI ■P^RBjE HI1 the ICES forms were not "compatible "^ < with what was being ■II Hi* Bifll measured." He HbV^j^INI^^I^SBUJIIfll says thatthe global questions, the three ByJEFFHOLLAND'84 oral discouragements willoccurduring at the ofthe form a the ofthisyear's house L» 'Jl IIfll beginning "measure remainder eating senseofstudent approval butit tells you The SGA has reported that they selectionprocess." nothing." have received complaints from fresh- SGA President Tim Johnston esti- In order to competently evaluate a men concerning the self-selection sys- mates that between 20 and 30 people professor,according toMcKelway,one tem, including reports oforal discour- have come to either him or Mast with must know the "reasons for the judge- agements and other forms of discour- complaints,butsomeofthepeople were ment" not just "the judgement itself." agements from fraternaties and eating speaking for friends so theremay have He feels that an evaluation carries houses, according to aletter sent by the actually been less incidents than that. more meaning "when a student ex- SGA tothePattersonCourtCouncil,the MikeMasonof thePCCagrees.Hesaid presses himself instead of blankly ac- RushChairmen of allthe court houses, thatheknows of15 suspected violators, cepting "prefabricated answers." andDeanofStudentsWillTerry.Fresh- buthe saidhefelt someofthem were not McKelway also explained mat the man class President AllanMast and the valid. ICES forms are statistically inaccurate PattersonCourtCouncil(PCC)reported Mast said that some of the people whenapplied toacourse withless than similar problems. whocame tohimdidnot haveanycom- thirty students. The results produce a The letter statedthattherehadbeen plaintsofspecific discouragements, but curve that is skewed towardhigher rat- "flagrant abuses of the self-selective simply didnot fully understand the sys- ings. MostDavidson studentsratetheir system...inrecent weeks." Theletter tem. teachers "fairly highly," says McKel- went on to say, "We do not condone Severalcommittees arelooking into way, but one student in opposition these unnecessary actions which hurt these problems andpossible solutions. "moves the curvedowndrastically." anddemeanour fellow students"and"it Freshman Advisors Mike Mason and Zimmermann and thePAC recom- is our hope that no further incidents of (Continuedonpage 15) NewEvaluationForms Good&Bad Provide Little StudentInput A guest column

Students are in an especially position to assess the favorable (DevilDog hexed Ann this week because he wanted instructor's enthusiasm for the subject, concern them, and to write this for week'sGood& Badcolumn.Initially,Ann to lethim;once clarity in presentation. They can testify to the instructor's refused he turnedher intoalargefern, sheconsented. Following availability, fairness and care in evaluating their work. The areDevil Dog'scomments concerning atDavidson. -Eds.) students withtheinstruction theyare life satisfaction of receiving isan By DEVILDOG importantingredientin the morale aninstitution. '666 of Here are some things whichare good. good to be a -Codeof Faculty EvaluationProcedures (Section Three) Itis dog.It is good because Ihave a secret about being a dog. The secret is that Davidson people cannot understandme butIcanunderstandthem. The Committee believes that student evaluation their of It is a funny secret. Only some knowIam and can write instructors shouldrepresenta minorpart faculty evaluation. literate in of English. Not very well,but Idid pass my TOEFL withsparingly -from thePAC faculty evaluation proposal room. So people think Ido not understand.Ido. One day IsitbehindSentelle Dormlike usually and a coed girl Last Tuesdaythe facultyvotedtodoawaywithICESformsused walked and said, "Oooh! That Devil Dog scares me so by students to evaluate their professors. They have essentially and Igo through Cannon to get away fromhim." What a stupid girl, dumpedthe firstside of the formsinfavor ofthe essay questions mostly on until Iturn her into a fruit tree. Now she is mostly the back. The new allow not only less student quiet. Frank forms for input but Hobart didthe same thing Ido now, present it and now Davidson has some to theDeanofFaculty in anunusable fashion. beautifullandscape. These new questionnaires have three questions. The first Here ismore.Iwalkedto the P.O. (Post Office)one day question,one thirdof the form,asksthe student toevaluatehimself, and a professor walked too. He was thinkingIcouldnotunderstandhim, not the professor. The second and third questions are provided to but Idid.He said, "I wishIwas a dog likeyou evaluate the professors. However, the emphasis has shifted from withno worry and care.No paperstograde. Justadog."Iwasverymad— "justadog!" critiquing theprofessor tocritiquingprimarily thecourse content. Ialmost turnedhiminto a smallbush but insteadIthrew at himmy It shouldbe obvious thattheDean of Faculty willbe unable to new Reader'sDigest. He respects me now and isa smart man. assimalatesome 9000evaluationsina year.He willbeforcedeither Hereisonemore thing. Itis funtobe a dogand scare coed tochooseafew "representative" forms orstatisticallyevaluatethem girls and turnhumansintoplants butthereare other things too. Like this (i.e.,42badresponses versus63 good). NotevenaDavidsonDean observationthatadog friendmade.ShereadsTheDavidsonian shouldbe expected tokeep9000sets ofcomments inhishead. too. She said, "Yes, Davidson students may stink butthen, so do The PAC faculty evaluation proposals states, "The fact that most people's upper lips." She is a political aware dog friend, and she scores on questions are averaged and used for comparison in the likes tobe a dog evaluationof faculty too. places facultymembers indirect competition —The End— withtheir colleaguesforstudent approval."Noone likescriticism, but protectionism of mis sort is counterproductive. Students Correction January, 1983. Margaret Lamotte compete withstudents for facultyapproval; We apologise for anerror inthe is theauthoroftheuntitledpoem at- why shouldthe reverse Arts Supplement published on 21 be so unacceptable? tributed toJaneRedd. -Eds. This is an especially bad time for this move. With a powerful trustee who thinks the "Davidson student stinks," a faculty which The Davidsonian approves a semester proposal after 77.2 percent of the students rejects it, and perceived insensitivity toward equal access The Weekly Newspaper ofDavidson College admissions women.The for Davidson studentscannot help butfeel The Davidsonian is published Fridays during the school yearby the students ofDavidson College. thatheplaysaminiscule rolein the affairsof the College.Forallthe Addresscorrespondenceto:TheDavidsonian,Box 218,Davidson,NC28036. Phone704/892-2000, ext. abilities, 148 and 149. Offices located onIhe top floor of Grey Student Union. Subscriptions cost $12per year. oft-claimed confidence in our student opinion is Advertisingratesavailableonrequest. continuallydiscounted. Stewart Cauley, Pafford, While theseformsmayhavehadtheirproblems,theuse ofthem Editor Tom ExecutiveEditor could have been improved. True, many students did not take the DavidResnik,NewsEditor Debby Williams, FineArtsEditor Mann, News process as seriously as they should; did most Jeff Associate Editor LentZ Ivey,BusinessManager but neither of the JeffDempsey,Features Editor JeffDanese,AdvertisingManagers faculty. The formswere usuallysimply tossed out at the end of the SteveSoud, Sports Editor Frank Hague Meador, last class meeting explanationand less to fillthem Ann ProductionEditor TomSchilling, CirculationManager with little time AndersonScott, Photography Editor Scot Myers,Graphics out. Studentsoftendid notknowhow (orif) theinformation would contribute totenure, salary, or appointmentdecisions. NewsStaff:Rick Avery,BoydBlackburn, JimCrowe,DuncanFraser, RoxannaGuilford,Carl Hobson, Jeff Holland,Paulette Kurani, Tim McGaughey, Elodie McMillan,Peggy Pierotti, Education is called for, not elimination. If these forms were Mike Tantillo inappropiate for some types classes, they could be modified, or Features Staff: FredBroadwell, Brian Butler, Clare Eckert, Jonathan Glance, Joe Jaworski, of Anne Lambert,MattMorris, JohnVerdi, AndrewWilson that fact noted. We would hope that the administration wouldbe SportsStaff: KaraGilmore,Scott Huie,Garry Sullivan astuteenoughto Photography Staff: Neil Cooksey, Angelique Foster, John Lyday, Laura McGee, John compensate for theseshortcomings.Weshouldnot Ruppenthal standby whileitisrenderedineffectual. Production Staff: Rob Hollenbeck,James Moore,Jim Morgan

2 THE DAVIDSONIAN/4 February1983 TheMail who calls himself an editor?) Regreta- told him that one ticket should have But as matters stand now, Iguess FreeIdeasin bly, in the winter 1982-83 publication beensufficient to get thepoint across. I'lljusthaveto pay the fifteenbucks. of Hobart Park, Eric Long was inad- He responded that Iwould have to vertently not credited on pages seventy pay for all three ticketsbecause there is George Strickland '84 theLetters Section and seventy-one for thereproduction of arule whichsays thatif astudent ownsa his six color photographs entitled car on campus,he or she must checkon To theEditor: "Scenes from Mexico." it every 24 hours. There was only one other mistake. That was the first Ihadheard of the We are writing to report what hap- On page ninety-six, the copy on the rule,butIdon't doubtthatit exists.Ido Poem penedto us late last Thursday night asa twelfth lineof the text shouldread"... feel, though, that the police force result of our letter to theeditor (January He always gives that sort of reaction shoulduse more discretion in enforcing 27, Davidsoniari). The events which whenever you open ..." Thank you. it. They surely don't enforce all the took place were unfortunate and, we SELAH! rulesall thetime,andit wouldseem that Poem To theEditor: hope,— unusual. when they are justbeginning toticket a At 11:00p.m. Thursdaynight,an Eric Fichtner '83 violationthey wouldnotusethe 24-hour Thelittle damn ants in Belk SGA representative approachedtheDa- Editor,HobartPark rule. The Davidson Security Depart- They'rein my sink,and vidsonian, asking to see our letter and ment, Chief Hughes specifically, has Ipick them out one by one requesting thatitbe editedor temporari- unrestrictedauthority. They can, there- Ithink they like my toothpaste publication. fore, not ly withheld— from decide whether or to cross the At 12:30a.m.Friday morningthe fine line which separates benevolent Damn things don'teven have teeth. Editor contacted us, informing usof the Datsun Damaged dictatorship from tyranny. My own ex- situation.Hechosetoprint theletterun- perience, as well as those of others to Little flourine ants whom I talked, They call my room base, my changed.— have has convinced me Believing that the matter had thatthey have crossed that line. Sink their battleship been settled, we were surprised by a Ipropose that if they do not loosen And Ican't even charge 1:30a.m.phone callfrom theSGA rep- To the Editor: up somewhat on their enforcement in Rent from little ants resentative. Heaskedthat wereconsider Well now,Ihate to say it,but Ihave thenear future,aneffort shouldbemade our position, but we remained uncon- todeal with the seriousstuff inthis little toset up an appealsboard tobalancethe Damn thingsgo home. vinced— by his arguments. letter. law enforcement power somewhat and A Davidson faculty member then Sometime Mondayafternoon,Janu- to represent students' interests. BretB. Logan '83 called and askedus tohold the letter for ary 31,some highly impolite person(s) a week so that political repercussions took the opportunity ofmy not zealous- might— beavoided. ly guarding my vehicle to give it a new Although we werestill skeptical, sculptural effect on the passenger side we agreed to a last-minute (3:00 a.m.) rear fender wall. meeting todiscusstheissuefurther.Up- The vehicle struck is a light blue, on careful consideration of all the 1982 Datsun LongBed Pick-up with a iIX)VE TOR SAU2TI known reasons for and againstpublica- black camper top.It was parked at the tion, we decided that the letter should, endof therowin thevisitor'sparking lot in fact,be printed. across thestreet from CunninghamFine We have tried to understand why Arts Center. It is perhaps superfluous these events why these events took for me to mention that Iwould appre- place. Atpresent,however,we are truly ciateany information concerningtheac- in a stateofconfusionanddisbelief.We cident, so Iwon't. If anyone wants to cannot me, - --- understand why anyone would get in touch with my number is IBsHBLtuiJ choosetointerfereinthefreeexpression 7231,myP.O. Box4167. of our opinion. While we realize that those opposed to our opinion are as en- Felicitations, titled to free expression as we are, we Eric Fichtner '83 question the propriety of their actions. Our prime concern is that the free and open exchange of ideas not be threa- tened. ParkingR-oblems Laura Petrou '83 HalMartin '83 To the Editor Iam writing to inform you of a bad experience Ihad with the Davidson se- Dog Problems curity department. Recently Iparked my car inthe small parkinglotbetween UjJt FOR- the gymandtennis courts.Since all the HRVa VOO t spaces were taken, Iparked in the TTzegreatest selection To theEditor: corner of the lot pointing toward Duke ofvalentinesanywhere dormitory— half way on the pavement Okay, so maybe Ihaven't kept up andhalf way on the grass. When Ire- ; Amimarvelous gifts withmy taxes andIdon't likepuppies, turned to my car four dayslaterIfound Heartboxes— but Iput out a fine literary magazine, three $5 tickets dated on consecutive Pomander— Brass youhave to admit. days. Since Ifelt this to be unfair, I Crystel Porcelain Well, that is,almost "fine." Unfor- questioned Chief of Security Hughes tunately,my dogate thelay-out sheets abouttheaction. Iexplained tohimthat Sweet andelegant aftermy infantbaby brother chewed on Ihaveparked in that spot on numerous reminders of thtseason them because my mom accidently occasions, as have others Iknow of, washed them; consequently there are a and, inhalf a year,never heardofany- MainSt.Davidson few slip-ups (can you believe this guy one getting a ticket for doing so. Ialso " THEDAVIDSONIAN/4 February 1983 News FCCandSGABeginSelfSelectionStudy SGASurwysOther Schools FCCGetsIdeasonRiper

ByDAVIDRESNIK '85 ByDAVIDRESNIK '85 system withtheotherstheyhavestudied committee's major purpose will be to The SGA's Patterson Court Study and "will come to some conclusion," The Patterson Court Council's "get something down on paper," ac- Committee is examining Davidson's according toGould. Committee on House Selection began cording to Krieg. self-selection system. Ifthe committeedecides topropose studying self-selection two weeks ago. "Every yearsinceI'vebeenhere the "There is a feeling on campus and another system, says Gould, they will Thecommittee will try to"come up issue of self-selectionhascome up," he within the SGA," said Committee present the proposal to the campus at with a proposal that is acceptable to said, "but thepeople change every year Chairman Warren Gould '85, "that large bymeans ofan SGA referendum. mostof thehouses onPattersonCourt," and wehave tostart over from scratch." there issomething wrongwiththe [self- according to chairmanKenKrieg '83. Krieg wants his committee to work selection] system." The SGA formed the Patterson Krieg says the committee is "not with the SGA's Patterson Court Study TheCommittee hassentoutsurveys Court Study Committee at the begin- shooting to getthe Trustees to review it Committee (see related story); hereal- to the SGA presidents of thirty schools ning of the school year. TheP.C.S.C. [self-selection] this spring"; he thinks izesthat "any major changes willtake a that are similar toDavidson in sizebut meets every Tuesday. themainproblem isthat"the wholesys- unifiedeffort." whohavedifferent socialarrangements. The committee consists of Burt temneeds to bedefined." Self-selection proposals must be The surveys ask students to evaluate Taylor '84, Minor Hinson '84, Pete "No one can tell you exactly what submitted to the Council on Campus their own social systems. Skillern '85, PatWoodward '84,Bead- goes on," said Krieg. "The problem and Religious Life. Any organization sie Woo '86, and KeithRevell '85, but with oral discouragement" is that "no representing the entire student body Some of the schools the SGA has its meetings are open to allstudents. one really knows what oraldiscourage- may submit a proposal. contacted include Bucknell, Duke, Until now, the committee has not ment is." TheCCRLpresents student propos- Princeton, University of the South, consulted the Patterson Court Council. "The system as it is written is not als to the College President who must Stanford,and Williams. Next week, however, a member of the necessarily the one that operates," he approve proposals before submitting After self-selection, the committee P.C.C. willjointheP.C.S.C. (seerelat- said. them to the Trustees at their next meet- will interview hall counselors and the ed story). The committee has "aired some ing. The Trustees have final authority presidents andrushchairmenofthePat- Gould wouldlike to "startcooperat- broad ideas" says Krieg, "but it's still on allCollege decisions. tersonCourthousesandoff-campus fra- ing more with the P.C.C." because a too early to tell" what the committee A representative member of each ternities. joint decision would "carry more willdo. eating house is on the House Selection The Committee will compare our weight." Besides defining the system, the Committee. FacultyQiai^sinMathandSciences By PAULETTEKURANI'86 study of historical development of Several changes will occur among sciencetechnologyatPrincetonUniver- Science Department faculty next year: sity and then at Indiana University in oneprofessor isretiring,andfourothers April. Dr. Burnett will be back at Da- are going on sabbatical. vidson College for fall termnext year. Mathematics Professor RichardR. Associate Professor of Chemistry aca- a FREE Bernard willretireattheendofthis Rodger Nutt alsoplans sabbatical. He demic yearafterapproximately40years willbe absent all nextyearbuthisdesti- in education. Dr. Bernard, who has nation and project are still undecided. been at Davidson College since 1955, Dr. Nutt is presently the acting Chair- Department Ltd. will continue living in Davidson al- manoftheChemistry while /Executive9fmmpendencePTravel JK thoughheplans tospend histime Dr.Burnett isaway. f 5351 E. halfof %- NC 2821Ave^^l athis other home inBrevard,N.C. Associate Professor of Chemistry m CharlUke aflF "I willcertainly miss teaching," he MerlynSchuhiscurrently on sabbatical said, "but the time has come forme to and willbe returning nextfall.Heis in- stop." volved in photochemical research at Heplans tousehisfreehoursfishing SyracuseUniversity. and"learning aboutthefieldofcomput- AssociateProfessor ofPhysics and Let Us Make Your ingand art." ProfessorofHumanitiesRobert J.Man- Dr. Bernard will be replaced by a ningleaves onhissabbatical this spring Spring Break temporary professor nextyear while the term. His interest inart history willlead MathDepartment searchesfor asuitable him and his family to the Library of permanent applicant to fill theposition CongressinWashington, D.C.,theNa- Airline and Cruise in 1984. Chairmanof theMathDepart- tional Gallery, and London, England. ment R. Bruce Jackson said that it will Dr. Manningwillconductresearch fora Reservations At require a whole year to find a qualified historical paper describing the influen- candidate. cesofNicolausCopernicusonsixteenth NO Charge To You "Versatility inmathematicsisavery century art.His essay, "Durer'sMelan- important criteria for applicants,"com- colia I: A Copernican Interpretation," Call(704)567-6081 mentedDr.Jackson. will be published this spring inSound- Associate Dean of the Faculty and ing, the Journal for the Society for Chairmanof the Chemistry Department ValuesinHigherEducation. J.N.Burnettleft this weekforhisspring Therewillbenochanges intheBiol- sabbatical. He plans to research the ogy Department next year.

4 THEDAVIDSONIAN/4February 1983 HonorCode toCover Computers Dr.HansfordEpes'sproposalclarifies computerplagiarism ByJIMCROWE '83 judgehonorandcomputeruse. First,he thecomputer falls withintheboundaries confindential datastoredinadministra- tive, or student offices.,. pointed tothepersonal opinion andatti- of the Honor Code. If they don't, it" faculty Every student shallbe honor bound tude of each computer user, and of- shouldbe madeclear thatitdoesapply. The proposal contains advisory to andfaculty topro- to cheating(includingpla- fered, "For mer the information that McFayden advocated a broad clari- warnings students refrainfrom through giarism). Every student shallbe honor people store in the computer is private fication of theHonor Code. "I'dlike to tect the contents of theirUFD's Code, naming procedures, passwords, bound to refrainfrom stealing. property, justlike the possessions they see something added to the yet I initial — DavidsonHonor Code have in theirdorm rooms are their pri- don't want any long, drawn-out,intri- andother like precautions. vateproperty." cate statements about computer use. Inregard toenteringthe school'sad- files, the states, Cheating and stealing are strong Second, DeSieno pointed to com- There's acertainamount ofresponsibil- ministrative proposal words,and their presentation intheDa- puter usestandardsof thenon-academic ity left to the student to use common "Any attemptby anunauthorized person on administra- vidson Honor Codeis terse and direct. world. "Theft in an industry that uses sense about thesematters." to get intomaterials the The strict application of the principles computers involves the unauthorized Clearly, theHonorCodeneeds tobe tive computer will be viewed with the behind these words in the day-to-day examination, removal, or changing of examined and clarified inthis regardby same tolerance asattempts tobreak into or lifeof the student at Davidsonis adiffi- informationin acomputer.,. the Student Conduct Council. DeSieno a safe or into the Comptroller's Re- cult,thoughmanageable, affair. Third, DeSieno noted that the un- said, "I think the Honor Code really gistrar's (or other) offices. In other will be as- The great upsurge of interest in derlying standards of the Honor Code works here, and it needs to be broa- words, malice of intent computerliteracy andtechnology,stim- mustbe taken into account. dened to embrace the computer. Once sumed." spoke say- ulatedby the installationofa completly DeanofStudents Will Terry alsoal- this is done, theHonor Code will work DeSieno of theproposal, new computer system on campus, has luded to the problemof varied personal even more effectively for the use of the ing "I endorseit.It speaks to theissue." commented, we brought new challenges to the elabora- experience and opinion in the field of computer." Terry "What will tionoftheprinciplesoftheHonorCode. computer use. "One of the unclear Along these lines,Coordinator for use thisforismoreorless liketheexpla- in the Code, sothat Theconcentrationofinformation gener- things is that people come here having Academic Computing Hansford Epes nationof plagiarism atedby students and faculty intoone re- used computers in high school or other has drafted a proposed text to be added studentswillknow what isexpectedand source,thecomputer,creates thepoten- places where the expectations and the to the Honor Code. The proposal, a notexpected." memo, urged im- tial for unauthorized examination or procedures are different. And that'sbe- five-paragraph examination of security In a recent Epes "It is very important manipulation of the work ofothers in a cause of thepresence of the Honor Sys- considerationsand the computer,strict- mediate action. to the way unforeseenin the days of merepen tem here." ly treats the User File Directory (UFD) that we move soon clarify position Honor Code on use of the facili- andpaper storage systems. Terry said some typeof specialedu- contentsasprivate property. of the let more Computer ServicesDirector Robert cationmay be in order in thisregardfor The proposal reads, "Information ties of the computer. Letus no slip by." DeSienosaid,"It'sacomplex, difficult, all Davidsonstudents. "It may necessi- created by one person is that person's time noted, "We [Computer andnew issue at Davidson. Thereis no tate thekind ofattentionwe give to pla- property: theinformation may be a text DeSieno Services] asking some ac- clearunderstanding among theconstitu- giarism in orienting to the Honor Sys- for apaper, an algorithm fora computer have been for any area over a year." ents about the use of the computer and tem, as far as thefreshman classis con- program, or data accumulated in tivity in this for considerationsabout the HonorCode." cerned.,. way. A filedirectory inthe computer is Terry said that the proposal willbe DeSieno stated that a major diffi- Honor Council (Chairman Greg as much a person'sproperty as areitems considered for addition to the Honor room, by Council culty in discussingtheissue isthe exist- McFayden, commented "Students stored in that person's papers Code the Student Conduct notebooks, within the next few weeks. ence of several standards by which to should be aware that all work done on drafted in that person's or The Computer CrushPoses New Problems

(CPS)— As collegesrushintothe com- matereasons for looking atcertain files, puter age, they're meeting some per- the students argue their privacy rights plexing new-age problems of student become precarious if the tutors should security and crime. misuse them. Huge electronic erasures ofstudent Such information is never totally and faculty records have plagued some safe,observers warn. campuses, while others struggle with Guarding the information "is a hu- ways of keeping teacher-student rela- man problem, not somethingcausedby tionships confidential. the computer itself,"notes Apple Com- At UCLA, for instance, two 17- puters spokesman StanDeVaugn. year-olds broke into the university's "For every security system, there's files and erased thousands of student going to be someone workingon a way transcripts and instructors' files stored to get aroundit. All students can dois there. save everything they do on their own DeSeinoworks out bugswith Felix Gerdes '83 Similarly, Lehigh University stu- discs,and beverycareful whothey give dents were "cheated and robbed" of their passwords to." one to break into my dorm room and After arguing the system wasn't job, coursework stored in the Pennsylvania But privacy "cannot be taken,light- stealeverything." good or reliable enough to do the campus' maincomputer when someone ly," adds IBM spokesman Bruce Despite the real concerns over se- the editor finally got to keep his job, tampered with the machine last year. Schimming. "Universities are particu- curity and the dramatic cases of large- though not before beingdocked $60 to erasures, up ofproducingthepaper One new problem is keeping publi- larly sensitive to privacy and the con- scale electronic most student make thecost cally-available files private. cept of being passively observed and problems sofarseem toconcern getting theold way. sys- More students are most Last term, for example, Harvard watchedbysome BigBrother-type either too much or too little of the new typically, about toolittle ofthe tech- students tried to convince administra- tem." technology. upset getting "Sureit'spossible to get into some- The editor of Toronto's Erindale nology. Lines at campus computers are tors toregulateaccess totheirelectroni- Stae, cally-stored study materials. The uni- oneelse's file,"saysJohnSutton, anIo- College studentpaper got toomuch, al- oftenlong. At Idaho "it'snot un- upthree-deep to versity allows student tutors to seeaca- wa State junior who regularly submits most losing his job for refusing to pro- usual to havekids lined says computer Direc- demic files of their charges. his work electronically to his instruc- ducethepaperontheschool'snew com- use a computer," While the tutors may have legiti- tors."But it's justas possiblefor some- puter system. torRobert Watts. THE DAVIDSONIAN/4February 1983 CommitteesJoininPresidentSearch Student,Faculty,&TrusteeCommittees recently fora formed ByROSS A.HOLT '85 ability to representa widerange of stu- whinney, secretary; Jane Armfield; fessors David Kaylor, John Kelton, dent opinion; and committment to the John Belk;E. Craig Wall Jr.;andFred CharlesRatliff, and James Swisher. A Work began this week to bring the College. Johnston said they looked for Stair,ex officio. run-offballot today betweenprofessors studentadvisorycommittee,the Trustee "people who had thought things out, The Trustee's Presidential Search HansfordEpesandGillHollandwillde- SearchCommittee and faculty advisory who were sincere, andwhohad thought Committee welcomes nominations cide the fifth committee position. A committee together in the search for about the College's future." from students. Recommendations chairmanhas yet to bechosen. someone to fill the shoes of outgoing Johnstonsaid that hehopes the stu- shouldbe made by using a special Da- Dr.David Kaylor said he is unsure PresidentDr.Samuel R. Spencer. dent committee willplay amajorrolein vidson College Presidential Search about exactly how the faculty commit- The student committee will consist communicating totheTrustees"as wide Committee Information Sheet, whichis tee will contribute to the selection pro- of Mary Tabb, Rod Holman,Elizabeth a baseof[student]opinion aspossible." available at the Student Government cess,buthebelieves it willhavea major Brooks, Mike Mauze and Ben Will- He said the committee would act in an Associationofficeorintheoffice of the influence. . iams. The SGA announced the selec- advisory capacity, perhaps even inter- vice president for development. Both Kaylor and Johnston felt that tionsThursday. viewingprospectivepresidents. The form should be mailed to Da- all three committees wouldmeet togeth- SGAPresident TimJohnston,Vice- In a telephone interview Wednes- vidson College Presidential Search er before the student and faculty com- President Boe Young and SGA day,Chairmanof theBoardofTrustees Committee, 1200 Commerce Center, mittees willknowexactly whattheirdu- members Mark Oldenburg, Butt Tay- Dr.Fred StairsaidthatBenT. Craigof Charlotte,N.C. 28202. ties willinclude.Dr.Stair islookingfor lor, and Sherbume Laughlin inter- Winston-Salem has been selected as an on-campus meeting between all the viewed approximately forty applicants chairman of the Trustee Search Com- The Faculty advisory committee is committees towards the end of next for the fivepositions. mittee. Stair announced that the one member away from being com- week so the groups can hammer out the They focused on threemajor areas: members of the Presidential Search plete. During balloting last week, the guidelines within which the advisory the applicant's time committment for Committee are Ben Craig, chairman; faculty selected four of its members out committees would work. spring and possibly summer; his or her John Medlin,vice chariman; JohnMa of sixteennominees. The four are pro- Greenpeace Director to Speak College Board Advises:

The National Director for Green- dumpingandslidesaboutotherenviron- peace,U.S.A. JohnHinck willpresent mental issues and Greenpeace cam- Get ItRight,DoIt Fast a talk entitled "Greenpeace and Envir- paigns duringhis talk. onmentalisminthe1980s" at 7:00p.m. Greenpeace is an international en- on 10Marchinthe 900Room. vironmental agency. — Davidson's N.C. PIRG Chapter is Hinck has published articles onen- (CPS) Twomonths late,the fed- cause diere'sless timefor corrections." sponsoringhis visit. vironmental subjectsintrademagazines eral government has finally released The forms usually come out in No- Hinck willaddresstheissuesoftox- and environmental magazines. He has student aid application forms for the vember, but were delayed this yearbe- ic waste disposal, acid rain, nuclear alsocoordinatedsuccessfulGreenpeace fall, 1983academic term. cause Education Dept. officials waste anddumping at sea, and thekill- campaigns tokeepoiltankersout of the Butbecause theU.S.Dept. ofEdu- couldn'tagree onthe questionsand for- ingof whalesandharp seals. inland watersof thepacific North West —cation took so long, the College Board mat oftheapplications,Ribbey says. He willshow filmfootage ofGreen- and to promote clean air and control whichprocessesmanyof— theapplica- Because ofdie latenessofdie forms peace's direct action against ocean acidrain. tions for the government is warning and the subsequent confusion expected, students to fillout the forms fast,andto the CollegeBoardhas set upa toll-free get themright the first time. "hotline" mat students can call to find Studentsshould"get them filledout out about the status of their applica- William Attwoodis and in the mail immediately," advises tions. That number, Ribbey says, is Kathryn Ribbey, a spokeswoman for printedatthetopofthe new applications the College Board's College Scholar- which are now available at college fi- Woodrow WilsonFdlow ship Service. Moreover, they should nancial aid offices or through die Col- "fill out me forms very accurately, be- lege Board. ByDIANA BOHRER '85 follow an open luncheon in the 900 Room. His talk will start at 1:10 p.m. William Attwood, veteran diplo- An address on "Disturbing Trends in mat, journalist, and author, will visit U.S. Politics" will follow at 3 p.m. in DavidsonMonday, Feb. 6 throughFri- the Morrison Room. His final public Compensation Thefts day, Feb. 11 as this year's Woodrow discussion,entitled"Cuba andtheU.S. forSummer Wilson VisitingFellow. from 1958 to thePresent," willbe at 3 During hisstay,Attwood willspeak p.m. Thursday intheMorrisonRoom. By DANVOORHIS'84 up to half the cost. on topics of international politics, lec- Besides conducting public discus- BusinessManager BobCurrie must ture to classes, and lead informal dis- sions,Attwood willspeak to classeson Davidson College will decide soon approve die finalplan. cussions about United States foreign topics rangingfromThird Worlddevel- on compensation for the $6,627 worth The thefts"raisethequestionofhow policy. opment to the aging process. He will ofstudents' stored property stolenover much will be stored next year and by Five of Attwood's discussions will meet informally with studentsand fac- the summer. whatprocedure," saidDeanofStudents be open to die public free of charge. ulty members in the Conversation Pit "Davidson College is definitely not Will Terry. "It raises the future of the Tuesday at 3 p.m. in the Morrison every day exceptWednesday from10to liable," said Belk Dorm Senator Leon wholepolicy." Room, he willconduct atalk on "Rus- 11a.m. Mason,chairmanofan SGAcommittee Most of thelarcenies took place in sia: Its Strengths and Weaknesses." Students may sign up for a dinner investigating the matter, "but out ofthe Belk Dormitory, but thieves looted the theConferenceRoom Thatevening Attwood willjoinformer with Attwood in goodness oftheirhearts," they willpaya entire campus. Drew Wells, Norwood United Nations delegate from Liberia Thursday at 6 p.m. or for breakfast in percentage of the cost. Smith,Dan Metzel,Doug Vass, Eliza- ProfessorLafayette Diggs for adiscus- theCommons every day at 8 a.m. He MasonsaidtheCollege wouldprob- beth Wilson, John Toler, and Robert sion on "Misconceptionsabout Africa" will possibly attend Tuesday's Crop ably refund half the assessed value of Bruce reportedlosses tothe police. at 8p.m. inthe900Room. Lunch as well. Thesign-updinner will the stolen goods. Possessions covered Police found only, one suspect, a .Attwood's third presentation, cost $2.00. by a homeowners insurance policy painter who worked on the renovation "Writing,Reporting, andEditing," will wouldbe made good by the College for project.

6 THE DAVIDSONIAN/4 February 1983 ThreeNewBooksfromProfessors

Ault-Analysis ofdevelopmentalpsychology Reichs viewsphysical anthropology By CATHIDUMAS'83 from adult thought, onlyless efficient andable to con- siderless material. ByELIZABETHBRAZELL'83 Dr. Ruth Ault has recently published her book Ault haseditedanother book,Developmental Per- Children's Cognitive Development, Second Edition, spectives, that covers a broader range of topics at ad- HominidOrigins: InquiriresPast andPresent, edited withOxfordUniversityPress. vanced levels. But, she says, Children's Cognitive IllustratedbyFred Win- byDr. KathleenJ.Reichs,isacompilationof sevenar- kowski,the book serves as acritical analysis ofthe re- Development "is more fun because it's all mine." In ticles which present an interdisciplinary approach to search done concerning the twomain perspectives in preparation for thispublication, through a grant from the study ofhominid origins. Thebook presents some developmental psychology: Piaget's theory.and infor- Davidson's faculty development fund, Dr. Ault tra- of the most recentdevelopments in the fieldand repre- mation processing theory. Although it contains very velled to Boston and Chicago to observe schools in sents differing points of view. jargon, asa book Piaget's theory is putintopractice. The little the book is not meant "how-to" which travell- Dr. Reichs's introduction is an overview of con- for parents or educatorsbut as a supplement to begin- ing wasdone during the academic year, whileAult was temporary research, contributions by different disci- ning-level developmental psychology texts. teachinga fullcourseload, but most of the writing was plines, and theoriesof hominid origins Thebook, in- Ault's1983publication is the secondeditionof the done in the summer months. tended as a text or text supplement for upper level book. The first was published in 1977 and has since courses inphysical anthropology, is not anintroducto- been translated intoPortuguese ("All Ican readofit is ry text, as anyone unfamiliar with the field would my own name!" Dr.Ault says).Why a secondedition? quickly discover. As she says in the preface, an author must "be suffi- Most of the articles resulted from a symposium at ciently passages" embarrassed overill-written to write Northern Illinois University which Dr. Reichs organ- a new is a edition.Alsoimportant that greatdealofnew publication was one research, herself, ized in 1976. The of thisbook of a small part of which she did needed the ideasbehind theplanningof the symposium. to 1977, major in the be incorporated. Since research Two other articles were included because Dr. by occurring areascovered thebook hasbeen intheSo- Reichs felt the need for presentation of behavioral re- viet Union,Canada, and the United States. Ault con- construction and reinterpretation of old theories. All siders itimportant to includethis research,notonlyfor the authors are from universities, but not all are in the new information in provides but also to broaden teachingpositions. American students' knowledge kind of where and what The major delay inpublication arose fromthe con- ofresearchis beingdone. tinuous outpouring of knowledge in paleoanthropol- Piaget, of developmental psychol- Jean the Freud ogy. Assoon asan author submittedamanuscript,new ogy, long to understand, is winded and difficult but evidence invariably surfaced in the field, and the arti- Ault is a master at making the obtuseunderstandable. cle had to be revised. A personnel problem within the writing this was that A prime motivation for book first publisher resulted in the search for another, but Piaget's work is so important and so often poorly un- Dr. Reichs's main problem was getting the book to ofPiaget's theoryisthatchildren's derstood. Thebasis press before it became outdated. thoughtprocessesdevelop throughqualitatively differ- Dr. Reichs's field of expertise is osteology (the ent stages. In the first stage, thought consists only of study of bones), and this publication on the physical schemes, or repeatable activites. Finally, in a motor andbehavioral differencesbetweenearly hominidsand stage thatsomeadultsnever evenreach,thought canbe modern humansbearsadirect relationship toher field. highly abstract. Information processing, on the other hand,proposed thatchildren's thought is not different Dr.RuthAult Letters Policy The Davidsonian welcomes let- Krentz reexamines Xenothon ters from our readers. We try to print all letters that are ofgeneral interest, but we adhere to these four guide- BY FREDBROADWELL '83 lines: recently published a book What is so startling about Krentz's hypothesis? Dr. Peter Krentz has 1 Werequire thatlettersbe in our stir, among first scholar to apply the . whichhe hopes willcause a the circles of Krentz believes that heis the handsby Tuesday 7 p.m. historians, limb," skepticism of Xenothon's credibility to the classical that is. "I went out on a growing 2. We requirethat lettersbeneatly book, long been a Krentz admits. His entitled The ThirtyatAthens rule of "thirty." Xenothonhas considered typed. Press), by of the contempo- (Cornell University attacks the oldnotionthat reliable source historiansbecause 3. We require that letters be ofhis writings. Krentz thinks that Xeno- the thirty-man oligarchy which ruled Athens in 404 rary nature signedandinclude theauthor'sphone a of the B.C. wasatyrannical andbrutalregime.Krentzpostu- thon was actually disillusioned supporter number and address If you have a historian Xenothon andin- and that this strongly biased his opinion of lates thatthe Greek unjustly "thirty" compelling reason for us to withhold in a miscon- He reinterprets the rule of the "thirty" using accurately criticizesthe"thirty",resulting them. your.name, explain your situation to source, comesupwithamore ception which haslasted to thisday. Aristotleashismain and the editor,Stewart Cauley. whileKrentz was view of them. Krentz hopes mat the book Theidea for thebookgerminated favorable 4.We reserve theright not«o print but, date, no reviews have studying as anundergraduate at Yale. "Iwrote my se- stirs some controversy, to letters that (a) function as advertise- on nior thesis thistopic and thendid mydoctoral dis- appeared. ments; (b) contain innuendo, off-co- s next project? He hesitantly rep- sertationonthe same thing,"hesays. Krentzconfesses What isKrentz' lor slurs,or inside jokes;(c) represent book, ofHoplite that "from thebeginningIthoughtImightmake it into lies."It'sa tentivelyentitled TheFace a viewpoint very similar to that infantrybat- ex- a book." Krentz usedreadily-available sources forhis Battle.Iwant toattacktheideathatGreek pressed in many other letters printed games," he says. Ac- research. "For thiskind ofresearch youdon't need to tles were likerugby or football onthe sametopic We alsoreserve the will his re- . go to Greece," he comments. Krentz spent two sum- cordingly, this summer Krentz embark on right tocondense very long letters: book, search, computer,in attempttostir mers workingon the one of whichwas spent at withthehelpofa an TheDavidsonian does not in any historians) theUniversity ofMissouri wherehisfiancl wasstudy- the facts (andpossibly the once more. way endorse the opinions expressed ing. inthe letters weprim.

THE DAVIDSONIAN/4February 1983 7 Opinions

Thenew cadets of theDavidson Military College filedintothelonghall.Filedisabitofacompliment;it wasreallymoreofstumble.Theyseemedunusedtothe stiffboots and commandsrequired to maneuver 1000 DM:aFable peopledownanarrow corridorandthrough two small doors. "Ten-shut,"squeaked the former SGA president, who that morning had learnedhe was to become cap- tain of cadets. "We've called this meeting to discuss therecent,ah,adjustmentofthecurriculum. Brantham Boilings is here as a representative of the Board of Trustees. He would like to say a few words, but is primarily here to answer" your questions. SPEAK YOURMIND,HO! — "At ease. Men,I'vebeenlistening inthedorm um, barracksfor afew hourstodayandreally can'tsee why someof you are so upset," begandiebusiness ex- iuw «i ii«" tin Tw it really for K| **| ecutive and part-time college trustee. "It's J| only interests of the Collegeand I thebest.We have the the studentsinmind." "We aren't necessarily Upset with the idea. Sir. We're justa little surprised. That'sall," saida student andone-time semi-activist. "We hadn'theardanything about his until our orders came through over break. Why weren't any studentsconsultedabout thisbefore youmadethe change?" "Well, there weren't any around, for one thing," said the mogul in his best I-just-don't-see-how-I-can- approve-this-loan voice. "We usually roll in for our meetings after y'all finish your exams soas not todis- turb you withallour carryings-on. Youwouldn't want us old folks walking through y'all's frisbee games, in getting boring articlespublished insome dang-fool ahead anddoneit anyway.Isn't it reallybetter tohave would you?Bythetime wegothereall youyoung folks ragnobody everreadsandusually doesn't evenhave a itdoneall quicklyandcleanlyinanefficientoperation? were inFloridadrinking beers, whichproves what we sports page. Why should we give ahang for whatthey God, somebody may evenhave filed suit,andit would did was reallynecessary. I'msure you'lllearntoprefer think? They don't give a hoot about developing good have gotten inthe papers! Can you imagine anything Brasso toBud.Ihave. Itreally wouldn'^havemattered Southern gentlemen. That's what this institution is moreterrible! muchifyouhadbeenhereanyway.Thealumni wanted really about. Andnow that we've shipped the women "Besides, there were a whole mess of factors went this andsodid we. Thefacultymaybealittleput outby back toQueens, y'allcanconcentrate onthatinsteadof into this decision that you wouldn't have wanted to the Boot Camp requirement, but hell, they can quit, having wild parties and being rude at basketball bother with.Rather thanhave todiscussany of thebor- right?" he guffawed. games." ing details,we thought we'djust springitasa total sur- "Isuppose they could, those who are left. But I "I'm still alittleperplexed aboutthe suddennessof prise. Ishould thinkyou'dbe grateful tous for notbur- doubt they'dreally like to," saidthe studentsheepish- this decision. Isn't there some way youcouldhavelet deningy'all with thatmess.This way,y'all can worry the students know a little beforehand about what you ly. "Did theTrustees find out how the faculty feltbe- about the studies and we'll worry aboutthe—College. At fore they went ahead withthe 'readjustment'?"— were thinking?" the student pressed. least until you graduateand future studen ah, 1mean "Let me set you straight on this professors are "Well now, we bothknow what would have hap- cadetscall you for donations tothe alumni fund.We'll employees of the College and the College is the Trus- pened then.Y'all wouldhave gottenyourselves allup- value your input then." tees. If we decide there's a change to be made, we setand mad, chewedabout it for weeksin adozen 'ad- make it.It's as simple as that. They're only interested visory committees,' and then we would have gone JeffMann '84 is a Center/Journalism major SexBlindAdmission Obligatory

Last week's Davidsonian quoted Dr. John Grif- sometimes violentconsequences, or toreason asa way Caucasian, or female wouldbeexamples of natural at- fith,DirectorofAdmissions, as saying, "Sexblindad- to resolve their disputes. Since the heart has been si- tributes. mission wouldbe wrong."Idisagree withDr.Griffith. lenced atDavidson (temporarily,Ihope), andbecause My argument hasfive premises. sex A blind admissions policy is not only right; it is Irejectpower andviolence,Inow offer arationaljusti- Premise1:A personought to betreated withdigni- morally obligatory. fication for why it is wrongto take the sex ofaperson ty andrespect. I submitthatmostpeopleknowintheirheartsthatit into account inadmissions. Premise 2: Oneought not do to whatis incompati- is wrong todiscriminateagainst apersononthebasisof Before statingmyargument it willbenecessary for ble with whatone ought to do. sex, race, color, or sexual preference. It frequently me to brieflyclarify what Imean by anexistentialat- Premise 3: To treat a person withdignity andre- happens, however, that selfishness, fears, practicali- tribute. An attribute is holistic, nondeterministic and spectis to treat thatpersononlyundertheaspectofper- ties andprudential matters get in the way of what the teleological. Inother words, it is holistic inthe sense sonhood. heart applies knows to be themorally decent way to treat hu- that it to the wholeindividualandnot merelyto Premise 4:Totreatapersonunderthe aspectofper man beings. Thus, it isthateconomics, tradition,and a part.Itis non-deterministic inthesense thatdieindi- sonhoodis totreat that persononly withrespect toexis- selfishconcerns fordiversitygetinthe wayofembrac- vidual freely chooses to haveor not to havetheattrib- tentialattributes. And, ing anon-discriminatory admissionspolicy forDavid- ute. an existential attributeis teleological inthe Premise 5: A person's biological sex is a natural son, flp"*;, "' ./'■':-. sensethat ithelps todefineaperson'sessencein terms ratherthanan existentialattribute. Now whenthepurevoiceoftheheartissilencedby of willedgoals,projectsand values. Anexistentialat- It follows validly from these premises that one prudential considerations,base motivesorMindemo- tributeshouldbedistinguishedfroma naturalattribute, ought not totreatpersonsonthebasisofbiologicalsex, tion, turn is paniculate, —human beings must — —to either power and' its which deterministic, and mechanistic. and ought not tohavean " i; : ' thusthatone admissionspoli- ,'::' w?.-^'O'. t-*' Beingcharitable,kindorunderstanding would Maydole isan be good cy thatevaluates persons on the basis of sex,even in Bob AssociateProfessor ofPhil- examples ofanexistentialattribute.Beingsix tall, osophy feet (Continuedon nextpage) 8 THEDAVIDSONIAN/4February 1983 "^3HjV "^^» . J>%fm mm/ -^bm! (Continuedfrompreviouspage) part. 31 Bam IihI Perhaps afew words are inorder abouteachofmy five premises. Premises One andThreeare moralaxi- oms.Premise Twoia a logicalprinciplegoverning the HEALTH PROFESSIONS use of the word "ought." Premise Four is a meaning SCHOLARSHIPS postulate for the phrase "under the aspect of person- If you're planning a career In hood."PremiseFive simplyreflects the empirical fact medicine you owe It to yourself to that wedo notchoose ourbiological sex. find out about the Air Force's Icanvirtuallyhear,evennow, whatsomeofthere- Health Professions Scholarship Pro- sponses willbe tothis argument,becauseIhaveheard gram. them so very often before. Indeed they dothistory it- Qualified U.S. Citizens can self. The response of many will be, "That's fine for receive scholarships for medical or idealists,Maydole, butafter all, wehave to be practi- osteopathIc school. cal." Well, perhaps they have to be practical, even at Our scholarships include: the expense of the moral point of view. But we all Tuition know that thisresponseisnotreasonfor discriminating Require Books against women. It'san excuse!One that says matit is Required Lab Fees sometimes right to abandonthemoral pointofview for Required Equipment Rental the prudential. That boils down, ofcourse, to saying and More Than $550 Monthly Stipend ' that one ought not todowhatone ought to do.A sheer *"""'BBMte| k^g^ ■ contradiction.Bewarethe voice ofanti-reason! Iimploreallmembers oftheDavidsonComunityto W jfa. I:: listento theirheart and totheirreason, and thentojoin BBM u BB^L..jj'j^. withme incondemningtheinjusticeofdiscrimination. i. -^ IC AIMHIGH Letus takeone morestepinthedirectionofbeingfully human, andthus stopjudgingpersonsbecausetheyare USAF HealthProfessions Recruiting black or white, male or female, rich or poor. Let us Navaho Drive have a sexblind admissions policy rightnow andfore- Dfl/^ Carter '83 i$ r/ie 1100 Raleigh,NC 27609 ver. UgliestManon Campus

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By DAVIDRESNIK '85 Inlatercurriculum changes, the obviousintroduc- really good liberal arts "Colleges?", Davidson has tionof the computer, not so muchin curriculum yet, tended to be included inthose lists. And I'm talking Davidsonian: What are the most important butinterms ofdieuseofthecomputerintheeducation- about foundations with whichwehaveno naturalcon- changes that have happened to Davidson since al program, which we did not have, of course, until nectionthrough individualsor the church, or alumni. you'vebeen here? very recently. Andofcoursethekindofchanges inthe What has changed the most since you'vebeen Spencer They probably stretch-back wellbeyond program that the Sloan Grant isgoing to bring about, here? the fifteen yearsI've been here. Most dungs like that thingsthat we'rejustonthe thresholdofrightnow. Well, the moststrikingchange wouldbeco-education. haveabeginning that goes back alongtime,andit'sa The"Blue Sky"curriculum alsoincluded thecrea- What do you think willchange most inthe fu- prettycosmic question.Ihave tostopandthinkamin- tion of what is now theCenter for Special Studies. It ture? ute as tohow toorganizeit.Interms ofcharacterofthe hasgonethroughquiteametamorphisisovertheperiod Isuspecttheimpact oftechnology willbethegreat- place and student body, Imink die most obvious of years, because itbegan as what wascalleddieHo- est changefrom what we'redoing rightnow. Ithink a change is co-education. And that is, without adoubt, norsCollege,andthenitwascalledtheHonorsCenter, liberallyeducatedpersonintoday's worldhasgot tobe withinmy mind, oneofdiebest thingsDavidsonCol- and finally ithas gotten totheCenter ForSpecialStu- technologically literate. lege ever did, when it decided to admit women stu- dies.It has changed a littlebit incharacterover those Inlight oftheirapprovalofa "slidingscale" for dents. Another highly significant change ofdie same years. admissions last year, doyouthink theTrusteesare kindofgeneral magnitudewasalreadyunderway when In terms of the non-academic,non-student areas, moving toward sex-blind or equal access admis- Igot here, and mat's whatImean when Isay these likefinance,forexample.Our trustees,foralong,long sions? thingshadanearlyhistory,andthatistheintegrationof time, have insistedupona conservative fiscalpolicy, Not at this point, no. Ithink that what they were the College and the acceptance of minority students. operating under a balanced budget. And fortunately saying was that"we'renotrigid, we'renotinflexible," TheCollegehadfirst takenAfricanstudentsandthenit we'vebeenable tocontinuethat,whichmeans that we but at thispoint wedon't favor a sex-blindpolicy. had declareditselfopen to minority students,minority havenodebtofany kind. Andthat'stotallyunusual in American students, inthelate sixties,ormiddlesixties American colleges today. I'd say the vast majority of it was.Then,Ithink,most traditionally predominantly small colleges have at least some kind ofbonded in- white colleges,likeDavidson, had acompletely false debtedness for dormitories and that sort of thing. The conceptionofwhat wouldhappen when theygenuinely factthat wehavenodebtisa veryhealthykindofsitua- opened theirdoors tominority students. Ithinkthat a tion because it means you don't have to pay out — — that f 1 lot of people thought most of us thought that mi- money indebt service all the time, and withthe steep \ 1 I S JiL nority students would then flock in,because thedoor rise in interestrates of therecent past, alotof institu- was now open. Obviously,that didn'thappen. Andit tions werehaving to take out a tremendous amount of has takenusalong time tobuildthe groupofminority themoney they tookinjust to pay for the debt service, students evenup to or percent of thestudent financing debts. four five those k I I1 I I body.Infact,we're notup tothatpoint quite yet;we're Theother factorinthe financial area would be the about fourpercent,andmat is,as youknow,farbelow continuedgrowth of theendowment,ofthepermanent the totalminority populationbypercentageof thepop- endowment, which hasnow hit the 30million mark in J ulation. book value or what is,called carrrying value. The Interms ofcurriculum, again, somethingthatwent market value goes up and down, depending on the back intothe mid-sixties was the so-called "Blue Sky healthof thestock market, but the book value has in- Curriculum," which was a radical change in many creasedto$30million. Andmatofcourseisimportant, ways from the old one we hadhad.Much more free- because together withthecorpusfrom whichwegetthe dom, much more flexibility,man wehadhadbefore, income we get from the Duke Endowment, it means and things like the beginning of the Humanities pro- our effectiveendowment isup over $50million. gram, the beginning of the Junior Year Abroad pro- Interms ofwhat mightbeconsidered"generalrep- grams,bothof whichcame intobeing aboutthat time, utation"ofdieCollege, Ithink thatthe admissions ap- during theearly tomiddlesixties, andwhichhaveteen plicationsindicatethatthat toohasseensteadygrowth, built uponduring the last ten to fifteen years or so. I inmat weonce were acollege primarilyof the Caroli- think the success of the Humanities program is ob- nas then webecamealmostentirely regional.Now we vious. There are a lot ofcollege curriculum changes have about 70 percent from the Southeast and 30per- that are brought in with great fanfare and then later cent from outside, so it'sa more ofa national institu- - they're gone. Well, mat's not true of theHumanities tionmanit wasintermsofitsreputation withprospec- program. It certainly has survived and continued to tive students. And thesame thing can be said withre- flourish,eventhough Ithink italsohas toberethought gard to foundations.We'vehadgrants fromalot ofna- from time to time, and we're sort of in that process tionalfoundations inrecentyears,indicatingthatwhen right now. they look across die country, and say, "What are the TheSpenc

ByROXANNA GUILFORD '85 were increasingly emphasized. Exams are now self Oct.12,1968 CharlotteObserver. scheduled, andROTC isnolonger mandatory. Intheearlypartof1969, thelong-termcontroversy InOctober, 1968,SamuelR. SpencerJr.beganhis Such are the changes brought about the College ofcompulsoryROTC came toprominence.InanApril presidency atDavidsonbyexhortingstudents to"give during theadministrationofSamSpencer. Amerelist- 4Davidsonian,Spencer cameoutinfavor of aROTC adamn."During the following 15 yean,Dr.Spencer ing ofhis deeds,however, is insufficient. Tounder- requirement. Within two weeks,hesupported a prop- followedhisownadvice. stand fully thepatternsofchange and theensuing ad- osal tomakeitvoluntary. Since1568,theendowmenthasgrownfrom $13.8 vantages,disadvantages andimpacts,oneshould view 1969-70 million to$30million. Enrollment hasincreasedfrom the events incontext,startingin1968andworkingup The following academic yearbegan withstudy of 1000 stsudents to 1350. More significantly, this now tothe present. various areas of college life. Dr. Spencer commis- includes womenandblacks. DuringSpencer'spresid- 1968-69 sionedreportsonfivetopics:social pattersn,churchre- ency, fournew buildings were added to the campus: SamuelR. SpencerJr.wasinstalledaspresidenton lations, athletics, coeducation, and extra-campus re- the EH. Little Library, Vail Comons, Mary Irwin Oct. 11, 1968. Inan interview intheSept. 27David- sponsibilities. Aside from the admission of women, Belk dorm andPeter Knox dorm. Inaddition, theold sonian,helisted what he considered to be key issues oneof themost significantresults ofthe study wasdie library became the GreyCollegeUnionand theMartin andconcernsofhisadministration:theadmissionspol- implementation ofselfselectionin1970. Chemistrybuilding got a$1millionfacelift. icy, the honors college and renovationof dorms. In Almostas volatile asselfselectionwastheissue of Minorityrecruitmenthasincreasedsince1968,and November,headdedanother concerntohislist:coedu- opendorms.InMarch,1970, theResidenceHallCom- self-selectionhas become a wayoflife foron-campus cation. While he did not immediately throw his full mittee advocated givingeachdorm the right to set its fraternities and eating houses.. Professors no longer supportbehindthechange,hewas"sympathetic tothe own curfew, with the option of remaining open 24 need toprofess"Christian committment" toreceive te- idea ofcoeducation."Healso gavepriority to placing hours.Dr.Spenceropposedthismove, "Ijustdon'tap- nure. International (especially nonwestem) studies .blacks infaculty andstaffpositions, according to the prove ofthe idea of girls [sic] staying over night in

13- THE DAVIDSOINIIAN/4 February 1983 cUlSltlOIl President Spencers15 years atDavidson

DoyouthinkDavidson'sadmissionpolicies will rigidselection process intheadmissions office,bring rollment or leaveitthesame? ever becomesex-blind? inthosewho wereconsideredby the students tobefine Well, as youknow, wehavebuilt our generalfacil- Ithink they wouldif thequality of the College or students for our student body, and thensay to 15 per- ities,such as thelibrary,commons, for an eventual to- the student body werethreatenedby a policy whichis cent of them "you're not acceptable," particularly to talof 1600. Iwould think it would be unwise to in- not sex-blind. say it in aperson's freshman year, when studentsare crease to that figure at a time when the demographic What do yousee inthe futurefor self-selection? very conscious ofmaking it through andtrying to stay trends are downward for 18 year olds, because I'm Do you think thesystem hasbeensuccessful? Ade- ontopofmings.It'savery serious refectionwhenmat moreconcernedabout quality thanquantity. quate? kind of system operates.Now you will get the argu- Do you think Davidson should increaseitsmi- Ithink it has been successful inone basic sense. ment from a lot of people whoenjoyed the fraternity norityrecruitment? Students today ofcourse don't have muchofa wayof system,as Idid,mat, well,misisdiewaythe worldis Well werecruit veryhardforminorities,andwhen judgingabout what it was like before. But before the andpeople have got to get used to being rejected, in yousay ... latesixties, when theDavidson fraternity system was competition withothers,etc. It'savalid argument ina MaybeIcouldrephrase it.Would youliketosee probably atitsheight,about 85percentofthefreshmen way, but it's interesting that Inever heard anybody moreminoritiesat Davidson? class pledged fraternities, about IS percent did not whodidn't getabid advance that argument. Yes, Iwould. plege, and they lookedupon themselves in many in- Soalotofpeople werehurtbytheoldsystem. Con- What about Northeastern and non-regional re- stances as whattheycalled "socialilliterates."And we sequently, when we went to die new system, and I cruitment? had a very divided campus in respect. It that always might say that that was partly because the fraternity I'mnot asconcernedabout geographical represen- seemed tome,andI this astudent, saw as andIsawthis system justfell apart here,inthelatesixties,partly be- tation, though Ithink we've gotten to a pretty good I ofstudents, when asdean italwaysseemedtomethat cause the fraternities were not flexibleenought to ad- point.InDavidson'shistory therehasoftenbeenan ar- it a great of to a didn'tmake deal sense gothrough very mit minority students, and one of the rocks on which gument whether we shouldbe a regional college or a the fraternity systemhere founded, wastheunwilling- national college. It seems to me that those two aren't ness ofthenationalstotakeblackstudents.But whenit mutually exclusive. Our inner circle is the state of did change, atleast wegot asystem inwhich thatkind NorthCarolina,our secondcircleis theregion,andour of formal exclusionwasnotpractised, andinthatsense thirdcircle isnational. Ithink it was successful.Itdoesbotherme that we've Would you like to see Davidson continue its tended to go back toward exclusivism,in such a way committment tointernationalstudies? be, J ■■ thatIthinkstudetnscan still stillfeel thekindofre- Very definitely. Ithink we ought to increase that jection that they did earlier, though not formally, and committment.Oneof thedisappointments tome isthat that'sagain. But Iwouldliketo think thatthe self-se- we haven't moved as fast or as far inthatarea. lection system would work in principle. I'm not sure Do you think Davidson will benefit from the that we're at thatpointright now. switch back to a semester system? Ifself-selectiondoes not work inpractice, what Both systems have theiradvantages anddisadvan- canwe do to improveit? tages. My personal preferenceis for the semester sys- I'mnotsayingthatitisn'tnecessarily working,I'm tem. not sure it's workingtoitsmaximumpotential.Ithink Doyouthinkthereisenoughstudentandfaculty there are flaws init;nothing is perfect, anditmay be inputinto trustee decisions?Should therebe more? that there is no way to have a completely perfect sys- If youlookat this intermsofthehistoryof theCol- tem. But in termsofdoing something aboutit,Ithink legeIthink you will find that studentsnow have a lot that it has to be looked at by students themselves,and more to say. Decisionsare not being made behind our thatstudentsthemselveshavetobebehindanychanges backs, and if there is a strong opinion about some thataremade.Idon'tlike tothinkofchangesbeing im- issue,the trustees are willingto listen. posed necessarily from above. Idon'tmean to badger you, but thefaculty and So,ifthestudentsdecided to change theself-se- studentshavecomeout stronglyinfavor ofequalac- lection system,you wouldbeinfavor ofit? cess admissions, and the trusteeshaven't doneany- Iwouldbe infavor ofit ifitdidnotgointhe direc- thing. tionofa formalexclusionsystem. Letmesayonemore I'm not sure the students are for it. There hasn't thingaboutthis.Iwasafraternity manmyself,Iamnot beenany definitive, accuratestudent poll yet. uu»HU»fAao»OMd anti-fraternity. At abigplace it makes littledifference Okay.But,ifthefaculty andstudentsbothcame as to whether a personbelongs to a fraternity or not. out strongly in favor ofequalaccess admissions, do But when youhave a situation, as we did, where 85 you think thetrustees wouldand shouldtakeit into percentdo and 15 percentdo not, it'spretty tough for consideration? the outs. Ithink they wouldandshould takeit intoconsider- :er Years Do you think Davidson should increase its en- ation.

dorms." The faculty sharedhis objections and Withinthenextmonth, it receivedfaculty andtrustee men's During this same school year, controversy was rejected proposal inMay. approval.Dr.Spencer the "a the viewed transformationas brewingoverthequestion ofrequiring"Christiancom- By May, 1970, self scheduledexams were fairly stepintheright direction." mittment" for tenure.No action was takenbySpencer regular. Dr. Spencer stood strongly infavor ofthem, 1974 or the trustees,but thecontroversy didindicate strong despitesome faculty oppositon. The arrival of more than a negligible number of -■ ( sentiment inbothcamps. -> / >:mi ) 1970-71 women at Davidson in September, 1974 coincided A$l.lmilliongrant fortheimprovement ofMartin Aradicalchange,theon-campus saleofbeerwasa with theopening of the E.H.Little Library, the first ChemistryBuildingclosedout a yearmarkedby thein- ofdebate towards the end of 1971.InOctober, WDAV broadcast, and the institutionof "coffee and matter terestingcombinationoffinancialandethicalproblems Spencer quotedassaying,"Idonotcon- President was cokes." andstructural itnecessary desirableforthe college al- Unfortunately, along with thesebeginnings were improvements. sider or tosell A relatively year followed, marked coholicbeverages." Despitehis objections,thesaleof financial times. Vice President forFinancial uneventful troubled mainly bythe opening of the Taverne Crow, the 900 wasapproved.InDecember, 1971,afterthe Affairs G. Cornell, who recently resigned, beer deci- David had Room. Infirmary was that year sion, change "Ithink sale less optimistic view. and Preyer renovated and Spencerhada ofheart. the of held a than "You look at '76 RuskHouse opened. ' beer on campus is a long overduereform." Thisnew beyondandit'sagreat bigquestionmark." position hadthe disapproval ofC. Shaw Smithbut the Dr.Spencermanaged toincurthefuryofmanystu- 1975-77 support ofthestudentsand Trustees. dents when,inNovember, 1974,hecensored an issue Perhapsdie1975-76academic yearwasthe lullbe- 1971-73 ofQuips andCranks.With trusteesupport,hebanned forethe storm.In April 1977, one ofthemostcontro- The controversy overbeer was not themajorissue apictureofmalegenitaliaand twoinstancesofprofani- versialevents ofSpencer's15yearsoccurred. ofthe1971-72schoolyear. On April3,1972, theEdu- ty. Aftertheproper"corrections" weremade,the year- Dr.Ronald Lindonhadbeen chosen unanimously cational Policy Committee approved coeducation. book wasdistributed. (Continuedonpage 15)

THE DAVIDSONIAN/4 February 1983 11 Features REMintheStudio TVbphilosophypiats here, but a goodlecture

Davidsonian:Willyoubeplaying atDavidson? Mike:Idon't know. Areweplaying at Davidson? Bill:Yeah, its definite. Davidsonian:On the5th? BillandMike: Yeah.

This Saturday night, R.E.M., an Athens Georgia based rock 'n roll band will be featured in the 900 I 11 *& m f fil II Byp^J room. Thedoorsopen atnineandR.E.M. startsat ten. Last Tuesday, The Davidsonian interviewed R.E.M. at Reflections studioin Charlotte where they are recordingtheirthirddisc,afulllengthLPforI.R.S. records inLosAngeles. After meeting BillBerry at thestudio, we walked tothe Salvation Armythrift shop right across the street to retrieveMikeMills andPeter Buck. They were ru- maging through old clothes, records and assorted knicknacksinsearchofgood things. Mike, whoplays bass, hadbought a copy of the "Dr.No" soundtrack andat least oneFrank Zappasingle.Pete, the guitarist, seemed to have done allofhis shopping at a $10bag saleearlier thatmorningand was idly offering sugges- tions toMike. After we returned to the studio, Pete went with MitchEaster, their producer, into the studioto record guitar overdubsuntil late that night. TheDavidsonian settleddown withacupofcoffee into a chairreminis- centofthoseinDavidson'sownconversationpit totalk withMike andBill whohad finished theirvocal dubs Bill:Not yet. We allquit atdifferent times. currently resides at number nine. Since, at least to R.E.M.'s soundis sparse for the dayandhadnothingbetter to dothantalktous. andlusciousat thesame some extent,R.E.M. is considered an art rock band, time. Although most are Davidsonian:How did you start R.E.M.? Did it of the songs rather simple the Davidsonian asked the questions not normally progressions, justhappen ordidyouorganizeit? three or four chord they are remarkably askedofrock groups. interesting. The Bill: We met at aparty, myex-girlfriend >. was lyrics, outside of a few chorus Davidsonian: What sort ofphilosophy doyouad- . phrases, are roomates withPeteandMichael[Stipe, thelead singer hard to catch. Micheal Stipe mutters here to? phrases thatsound who wasnot inthestudioonTuesday]... They were remarkably likeEnglishbutonclos- Bill: Igot a D in philosophy. The teacher and I allliving in this old church and wouldsit up in their erlistening sound like any language. Like Jujumusic clashed:Theharder Iworkedthe worsegrade Igot. ears, roomand write songs. Michael would writelyricsand to western R.E.M.'srich lyrics are tonal poems Mike:Ithink some of thethings Nietzche said are asopposed they wouldplayguitar and fartaround. Mybest friend to, say,rhymed ballads. great. Schopenhauer had some interesting right wing wasa bass player andIgot some drums together and Davidsonian:How doyoucompose?DoesMichael ideasbut youcan apply a lot of what they say to your said"Letsgettogetherandplayinthechurch." Wedid write allthelyrics? life andit willhelp. Don't ask me what. mostlycover songs and some of thestuff wehad writ- Bill:Michael writes most of the lyrics and we all Davidsonian:; ten. We played a party or two and then after that we put inideas. He pretty much handles them. [Looking Areyoureligious? started getting offers to play for money. We slowly intohiscoffee cup.]Hehastosingthem. Thecomposi- Bill:Un huh,Itry tobe a goodperson, Iguess. went from there... tions just fall together. We get in the practice studio Mike: Idon't think you needreligion to maintain Davidsonian: Had you played music before col- with a3 or 4 chordprogression that we put out to the morals. Iwould never shoot anybody ... you don't lege? bandand feedoff eachothers'ideas. havetobelieveinGodnot tobe athief.Ifthey sendme Bill:I'vebeenfartingaroundwiththedrumssinceI R.E.M. has played everywhere from the Roxy in tohell for what I'vedone,thenit'sa pretty validthing. waseleven, Atmostly...inhigh schoolbands.Idid L.A. to Charlotte's Milestone club. They shared the Bill:I'llbehappy withpurgatory. playina loungetriowithmyHighSchoolbanddirector stage at Nassau ColiseuminNew York withtheEng- Davidsonian:What otherformsofartdoyoulike? andhe invitedme toplay intwo summer musical's in lishBeat andtheSqueeze.Theyhaveplayedbeforethe Bill:Imake post cards. You know, the crayon on the Macon, Ga. little theatre. "Fiddler on the Roof Gangof4,diePolice, XTC,dingoBongoandothers. crayon technique. Youcan melt it or scratchitout and and "Guys andDolls."Peter andMichaelhave never After the new UP comes out,a tour of Australiais a do all sorts ofneat things withit. Yeah, Ispend more beenina band. goodpossibility. time doing that than listening to music when I'm at Davidsonian: Do you think you willgo back to Davidsonian: How do youfeel about compromis- home. school? ■ ingyourintegrityformoney, wouldyoudoit? BillandMike'sfavorite colorisblue although Bill Bill:IfImake amilliondollarsIwon't...Iwent Mike: We're only init for fun anyway.We can't likes purple on other people. They both claimed that there[U ofGeorgia] withgreataspirationsofbecom- reallysell out because wedon'thave any integrity... one ofthereasons forrecordingatReflections wasthat ing alawyerand aftermy first 3quartersmy GPA was something that some people would consider selling Tammy Faye of the Praise the Lord Club recorded so low, becauseIpartied somuch... that itbecame out, like a commercial for something, Ithink that there. After the interview,Bill complained that he'd notthething to do.Iwouldhavehad tomake4.0's the wouldbe a lotof fun.Liketoothpaste. — had toomuch coffee andMike wantedto listen to his restofmy tenure .,.just togetintosome lawschool.I R.E.M.'s first single "RadioFree Europe Sit- new records so weleft themthereandreturned. They justgptbummed put,joinedarock band andgoteven ting Still" was the winner ofthe Village Voice critics are returning thevisit this Saturday. Skipphilosophy, lessinvolved York most and showup. withschool. pollin1981andtheM'H' " Times top10.Their Davidsonian: Did anyone in the band graduate recent EP, "Chronic Town made thenumber oneslot Thisinterview wasconductedbyMiguelAbreu, from U.ofGeorgia? onWDAV's Flipsides playlist several monthsago and " ..Stewart Cauley, Margaret Chaffin, and Tom ..tiyfc:- i„.*«<"■. J »'■-'.. ,: >'■■■ "*"■***»" .- k .' i : it* 12 THEDAVIDSONIAN/4February 1983 itjnainly»executes fairly rudimentary - Recprd swoops, is not incongruous at all *'*' among the talkingdrumsandintricate hh nt-* percussion. The firstimpression thatcomesto reviews HH s. J H 31 MB s$m SHI H7 mind uponhearingThe AfricanBeats Ofall therecordsI'veheardinthe is its similarity to reggae. This is,

* 1 past month or two, this LP must be however, dispelled upon further list- HK .y ""f HI -*4M* I album demonstrates the reached and maintainedinthe songs. calibre of music being produced in The African Beats do not stress the countries beyond the realm of usual bassline,butinsteadtherhythmicim- Western attention. What, you may petus is supplied by the talking well ask, is Juju music? The answer drums. This formofdrum has a wide is: anindigenous music ofthe Yoruba melodic range (wideenough, in fact, people in Nigeria, which utilizes to allow for actual conversations in western and Africaninstruments in a Yorubabetween twodrums). Several graceful pastiche of the familiar and of the songs, such as "MoBeru Ag- theunique.For example,electric gui- ba," make use of complex call-and- tars figure quite prominently in the response patterns between the vocal- Juju sound, but a different tuning sys- ists and the talking drums. Theresult tem is used, which lends an exotic is not, however, the raucous Diony- tone to therhythmic strumming. Sun- sian flailings one often associates ny Ad6has beensomething ofan in- with the music from Africa accom- KingSunnyAde JuJu Music novatorinhisgenre— 4ie was thefirst panying television documentaries. energetic in their playing, but it is If you have never heard this record musician toemploy the steelguitaror Sunny Ad£ sings with a melodious, often thelaid-back energy of the best played on WDAV's Flipsides, I the synthesizer inhisband.Thesein- restrained style that occasionally calypso bands, rather thanthe frantic strongly Urge you to sample this end- struments have taken on an African sounds like he's going to fall asleep ferocity of a Voodooceremony. The lessly flowing Nigerian party music. character as well; the steel guitar (as on the only song with lyrics in effect is hypnotic in theextreme,par- Whether as background music or an its aural centerof attention,itholds up to evokes thetropics in detachedslid- English, "365 Is My Number/The ticularly on the opening song, "Ja" ings, while the synthesizer,although Message"). The African Beats are ,"or on "EjeNloGbaAraMi. repeated listenings.

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THE DAVIDSONIAN/4February1983 13 MovieReviews withMorris the Meek Indefense ofthe James Bond films,Imight say thatoneneverlaughs with violenceand sex.Theau- diencelaughs at it. Which gets-right down to aper- fect definition ofa JamesBondFilm: mindless, en- tertaining spoofs— andwhat's wrongwith that? Spoofis definitely a word thatcanapply toCon nery's last Bond film, Diamonds areForever. By 1971,the James Bond films were the most popular seriesintheworld,but whenConneryleftbecause of artistic differences, the films startedtoslideintoob- jwjjfNj livion.. Nothing a little wheeling and dealing Jk Jef couldn't cure, reasoned producers Albert Broccoli andHarrySalt/man, thusConnery wasbroughtback to the fold one more time to makeDiamonds are Forever. By now theBondmovieshadbecome slick glossy formula thrillers with first-rate talentsbehind the cameraandin front of it,andthanks tothese tal- ents, plus some very clever plot twists, Diamonds areForever remainsthemostenjoyableJamesBond film, even though it is similar toFleming's novelin name only. Diamonds are Forever (1971) Produced by Harry Salt/.man and Albert Broccoli. Starring Sean Con- nery, Jill St.John, Charles Gray, BruceCabot. Rat- ing: ***'/2 DR.No(\962)Producedby AlbertBroccoliand Harry Saltman. Directed by Terence Young. Starring Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Jack Lord, Joseph Wise- man, BernardLee,Lois Maxwell. Showing:Friday at 8. Rating: ***Vi

Bond is back and Pop Films has him. Showing thisFriday, two of thebestBonds, Dr.No andDia- North by Northwest, the stylish Alfred Hitch- monds are Forever, are interesting in that they are cock thriller, arrives at Davidson Saturday night at Lolita (1962) Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Based on Sean Connery's first and last efforts (to date any- 8:00. Hitchcock always said this was his favorite the novel by Vladimir Nabokov. Starring James Ma- way— a new Bond— Never Say Never Again— is film, andIagree. Norfh byNorthwest justbubbles son, Peter Sellers, Sue Lyon, Marianne Stone,Diana scheduledforreleaseinJune).They presentnotonly over with Hitchcockian touches featuring Alfred at Decker.***Showing: 7:30 at Perkins. Admissionis free. a changing actorbut a changing world. his best andacast ofmarvelous performers. Rating: Let me start thisreview by telling— you that I'ma The wickedly exciting (and hilarious) plot fol- true JamesBondfan. Yes,Iknow they'reviolent, lows martini-sodden Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) On a first reading, Vladimir Nabokov's provoca- sexist, sadistic, oftenpreposterousepics,but there's through aseries of framings andmixedidentities un- tivenovelLolitaseemsunadaptable for the screen, and no denying, whetheryou're maleor female, that it's tilhefinds himselfup to his neckinmurder,espion- to a large extentit is.Literallyevery sentencecontains greatfunwatchingthisEnglishgentgo throughallof age, andEva Marie Saint. The film proceeds from some sortofmetaphor Mo other works andreaderneeds his black and white shenanigans. Dr. No, the first one startlingly suspenseful sequence to another as almost a complete libraryof every important authorof andprobably best Bond, is aclassic thriller. Set in Grant seeks toprove his innocenceinthe faceof at- thelast three(ormaybe four)centuries tobegintocom- Jamaica, the story concerns acertainDr.No andhis tacking planes, cars, spies and sheriffs. The finale, prehendit's meaning. Well,in1962, thegenius direc- efforts to thwart aNASA project at "thecape." But atopMt.Rushmore ofallplaces, is aHitchcock tour torStanley Kubrickdecided to facethis challenge, and neitherhenorhis band ofhitmen(threeblindmice- deforce with plentyof vertigoshots andhair-raising his movie almost works. Primarily it benefits from indeed), spiders and beautiful femme fatales have camera angles that dance across George Washing- some greatperformances by JamesMason,Peter Sell- counted on our man from London— ultra debonair ton'snose. ers, and Shelly Winters, and they carry much of this James Bond. The film moves at a TV-commercial- North by Northwest's appealing acting ensemble weightyeffort. like cliptoarousing finale,andJamesendsup inthe complements the superb directioninevery way.Cary Theplot, at first glance, appears to be some leftov- arms of someone he hadn't countedon, Ursula An Grant's half-suave,half-pathetic, always uncomforta- er material from a Russ Meyer pomo film. Humbert dress, easily the most beautiful victimof Bondage ble Thornhill evokes theKafkaesque dilemma of the Humbert, a lonely, confused bachelor, falls in love ever. littleman trying tofigureout thebig world.EvaMarie withsexually inviting, 14 yearold Lolita,(Sue Lyon) In his firstouting as "Shames,"Connery is quite Saint, inherearlierdays, wasquite acreature(andnot at least 30 years his junior. The plot thickens (and good. Like therest of the film, he's amazingly un- a bad actresseither) andshedoes alot withacharacter thins)asLolita's sexstarved mother,brilliantlyplayed pretentious, withhis youthful spirit andbushy eye- that couldhave beencardboard.JamesMasoniseven by Shelly Winters, thinks many of Humbert's affec- brows, andit works. Ursula Andressgives theper- more hideousthanCaptainNemoandLeoG.Carrollis tions are directed to her. AndQuilry (played expertly formance ofherotherwisedismalcareeras thechild- effective inhis small supporting role. by the over-looked dramatic actor Peter Sellers), the like beauty Honey Chile Rider. Don't ask. As Dr. What makesNorth so special is thatit eschews te- otherman inLolita's life,causes problems for this un- No, Joseph Wiseman is a real standout. Fleming's diousplot development (whichwouldbelabor manyan usualromance.As withmostKubrick films,alot isleft bookdescribesthegooddoctorasatall,thinChinese Alfredepic later) andinsteadinserts fun,non-sensical to the viewer'simaginationandpartsofLolitaare just man withartificiallimbs andeyes likebullet holes. modern satire.The famoussequencewhereCaryGrant bizarre. This is weak Stanley Kubrick, yet still well Wiseman fitsthisdescriptionperfectly and wasalso runsfrom acropduster is,onone levelexciting,super- worth seeing,althoughthe quintessential Kubrick film at apeak inhis short-lived career(easy to see why- chargedHitchcock suspense, andonanother anexisis- premiers next week:Dr. Strangelove. —how manyparts arethereforaguy withamuglike tentialist's nightmare. Roger Thornhill— the world that?). Heis truly manacing.Maurice Bender's sur- weary ad man runs from an unknown (and therefore West Side Story(1%1)DirectedbyRobert Wise.Star- realistic titlespaleincomparison to hislaterefforts, unwanted)evil. Will he survive? Hitchcockpokes not ringNatalie Wood, Russ**Tamblyn,George Chalkins, but they must have had aneffect ontheaudience in only at thenervous system but at thebrain,andNorth Simon Oakland. Rating: l/z 1962. The sex and— violence musthave made an im- byNorthwest really works. Don'tmissthis wonderful — pressionas well Dr.No wasabox-officebonanza, movie,— andR.E.M.fans,(myselfincluded)don't wor- Here itis again theuneven, bloated,occasion- starting aBondmania second in popularity only to ry John Munson promises North byNorthwest will ally movingLeonardBernsteinmusical. Anyway,it Beatlemania. beoverbefore they hit thescene. madelots of money.

14 THE DAVIDSONIAN/4February 1983 and theEPC was considered a "good" idea,but many back as 1968. Oneof Spencer's priorities has always The Spencer Years professors shied awayfrom placing any morerequire- been internationalstudy. mentson students. Vail Commons opened in September, 1981 at a Later on that year Spencer stated that half of costof3.6milliondollars.Theunioncafe wasrenovat- (Continued 11) frompage WDAV's broadcast timeshould be devoted to "class- ed as well. Slater was replaced by the management of ical"music. Thesituationclimaxed inthe resignation CarltonPritchard. for a position inthe PoliticalScience department. As- of the entire WDAV staff in October 1978. 1981 was alsothe yearDavidsonhiredJamesWill- sured ofhis new position,Lindondeclinedoffers from WhileSpencer's standonthe WDAV issuebrought iams as assistant director of admissions and assistant other schools. Lindon, however, was Jewish. Main- aboutstudent disapproval,his stand on self-scheduled deanofstudents.Hisappointment wasseenasimprov- taining he could not fulfill the "Christian commit- exams won their support. Due inpart to his backing, ingtherelationshipbetweenthe administrationandmi- tment"clause inthe termsoftenure,Spencerretracted self-scheduled exams were re-approved in 1979. In nority students. This, too, had been a major priority the joboffer. Theangerthis arousedled to aboycott of that same year, plans for Vail Commons were ap- sinceSpencer tookoffice. convocation, andlater totheremoval ofthe "Christian proved. Spencer saw another ofhis goals fulfilled whenthe committment" clause. 1980-present EPC refused toclose the centerfor specialstudies. Al- It wasinthissame year(1977) thatBlack Achieve- In January, 1980, Spencer discussed some of his so defeatedthat school year was a new grade system. ment Scholarships were initiated withSpencer'sback- goals with The Davidsonian. Among his main con- Other issues were Spencer's proposed cuts in fi- ing. cerns were fundraising and admission strategies. He nancial aid, the effect of the Commons on Patterson In 1978, there was some debate over the Faculty spokeoptimistically of the future. The nextmonth,he Court and selfselectionas a bid system. 1981-82 saw CodeofConductdraftedbySpencer and Zimmerman. proposed a 12.5% increasein faculty and staff com- the addition of Mary Irwin Belk and Peter Knox Among other things, it demanded "support of estab- pensation. It ws approved by the trustees, as was a Dorms. lished faculty policy while some members of thecol- $575increaseinstudentfees. The final major issue ofSpencer's administration lege community took issue with it,there was nogreat In the Fall Convocation 1980, Spencer reiterated was the approval ofa switch to semesters.This school outcry. his support for abroader world view. He called for a yearis the start ofone eraand the endof another. A proposed requirement of a non-western course greater expansion of the Humanities and Language was rejected by the faculty. This proposal of Spencer programs. This was consistent with statements as far

out me." He added thathehad talked the when there is still a chance that the to out." He added that some people have problemcanbe resolved. presidents of twohouses and they told really been hurt, but he conceded that POC Another subcommittee of the PCC him that they were unaware ofany vio- this was probably true of any system. looking intoalternatives andpossible lators onthepart oftheirhouses. is "They need to look at the realityof the (Continued Terry indicated that the sanctions frompage 1) changes for theself-selectivesystem. A situation."he said. "Ican see nodiffer- committeeof the SGA is study- that might be levied against ahouse for similar encebetweenthisanda straight bidsys- Amy Crittenberger, plus representa- ing system violationscouldbeanything froma rep- theself-selection andpossi- tem, except that a straight bid system tives from several houses, make up a ble alternatives questionaires (see rimand, to a fine, to loss of the house using says whatitdoes." committee which will referee com- article). and that the sanctions would probably related far as what is to bedoneaboutthe carried by theCCRL.Masonsaid As plaints from freshmen concerning self- Terry saidthat none of thestudents be out situation,Mast saidthat he is under the selection.Freshmen willmaketheirde- come that his committee could only recom- involved has directly tohimbuthe impressionthatviolations of the system February actions to be cisiontheweekendof 12. Ma- said that he would channel any com- mend taken. have been getting progressively worse son said that they hadnot had any spe- to PCC or the Mast complained that there were plaints first either the inthelast coupleofyears.Hesaidifan- cific complaints as yet, only vague SGA andmentotheCouncilonCampus definitely problems with how the sys- ything istobedoneabout it,thepeople He said this is mainly because Religious Life (CCRL). "My phil- tem works now. He said that many claims. and involved need to speak outand take ac- the students have not selected their osophy is to let the Court managetheir freshmen were confused and did not tion. "Ithink weneed tolook attheself- yet and the people involved do own affairs," "Then, if that realize that "if they did not get downto houses he said. selectionsystemvery seriously." not want to have their names brought doesn't work out, they can come to the houses early inthe year, they were

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By KARAGILMORE'85 Mondayafternoonthingsstartedout looking pretty bleak for theLady Cats. Rally FallsShort The outcomes of women's basket- Theycame out flat againstMethodist (a ball games these days havebeen as un- team they beat earlier this season, 63- predictable as the weather. Last Thurs- 59), and fellbehind by 12points early, day at Wingate the women were 25-13. trounced 97-53, only to bounce back The Methodist defense was really toMarshall Monday afternoon just in time to pull keying on Frankhouser (she scored 33 out a57-53 victoryovervisitingMetho- against themlast time) so theteam was BySTEVESOUD'84 dist. As for the Wingate game, Coach havingtrouble getting the ball inside to Dee Mayes said, "They completely her. When she was gettingit,the going Dejected, Bobby Hussey sat in a ANALYSIS dominated the game. Player for player was toughinside asMethodist wasreal- corner of trainer KeithLuxton's office they really Outmanned'— us.Iwasreally ly packing upthe lane. as he half-heartedly fielded reporters' the start."Bobby Husseyhadbeen say- impressedby Wingate^ theyare probl-" Thekey factorinthe game,howev- questions ingthatallalong,butit wasn'tuntilDa- bly oneofthe strongest teams weplay. er, was theplay ofsenior forwardCarol "What's wrong with the team?" he vidson'ssecondconsecutiveconference She did however, add, "We could Heppner. "Peppy," as she is called by wasasked."Why weretheysotentative loss, whichdropped the Wildcats to9- have done much better against them her teammates, lived up to her nick- for the first ten minutes of die second 10overall and 5-5 intheSouthern Con- than we did; we just didn'tplay a good name.Movingintoastartingroleat for- halfr ference thatpeople werelistening. game." ward after Christmas, Heppner, who Half-staring out the window to his Hussey is probably right when he MikeFrankhouserplayingherusual was almost unable to play this season side,Husseyponderously answered,"If suggeststhatthe Wildcats were slightly consistent game, led the team with 20 due to a year-oldkneeinjury,has filled Iknew thatI'dwrite abook andmakea overrated at season's start. But by no points and 10 rebounds. Mitzi Short the role admirably. Although smaller fortune. Maybe we were overrated at . chipped in10points.

16 THE DAVIDSONIAN/4February 1983 Gont'd from 'Rally' Cont'd. from'Lady Cats' means are they the caliber team that team in theleague," saidHussey, him- than most forwards in the league, the floor. Mike and Carol also led the shouldbe 5-5 at thispoint. selfremiss. Heppner doesn't let the injury bother way in rebounding with 14 and 12 re- To make matters worse, the Wild- What was perhaps the bulk of the herplayas she works forgoodrebound- spectively. cats had theleague-leading Thundering problem, however, couldbe found on ing position and often out-hustles her Coach Mayes said, "I expected to HerdofMarshallin dire straitsonMon- thestat sheet.Ofthe five starters,Brian opponents to the ball. She is a scrappy beat them by more that 4 points. We day night. "Ireally think we had 'em Rowan, RichardWilson, andJohnCar- player and her scrappiness and hustle were reallysluggish in the first half, but where we wanted 'em," Hussey said. rollcombined to shoot3-for-16fromthe saved theLady Catson Monday. we didn't letdown. We stayed inthere "We hadthem inthe tempo we wanted field and totaledonly 13 points. Kenny Diving forlooseballs andrepeated- and pulled it together in the second them to play." Wilson and Cliff Tribus combined to ly tying upMethodist players for jump half." In the first half the Wildcats had shoot 19-for-37 from the field and to- balls, Carolseemed to light afireunder "Ifelt the teamshowedalotofpoise controlled the tempo extremely well. taled SOpoints. the rest of the team. Byhalftime they coming frombehindandthenholdingit They used an upbeat, breaking tempo Consistency,Husseypointed out,is hadpulled to within6points, 29-23. together down the stretch when it was whenit wastotheirbest advantage,and the problem. Of 19 games this season, Coming out fired up for the second close," Mayes continued. "We really theirhalfcourtgame ranfairly smoothly the Wildcatshaveput togetheronly two half, the Cats really took it to Metho- put in the baskets when they counte- as well. Once again, however, poor solid efforts— Notre Dame and the dist.They outscoredthem 11-0 the first d— and we'lltake it— it'sa win." - shooting (12of34 for thehalf) was the game at Furman. Right after thosetwo, 5minutes of thehalfasHeppner repeat There is a lot of exciting Lady Cat problem. IfKennyWilson hadn'tdomi- however, they hit rock bottom against edly slipped into the lane and popped basketball coming up in JohnstonGym natedtheoffensive boards withso many ApplachianState.Hussey says hehada the ball through the hoop. Heppner's as the women finish their season with 5 follow-ups (including a booming tap- feeling that loss to the Mountaineers scoringloosened the defensivepressure of theirnext 7 games at home. Thefirst dunk to open scoring,) the first half wouldbe aturningpoint for the team. on Frankhouser and allowed her to get of these will be tomorrow at 2 PM vs. would have been as disastrous as the Since then,the team hasnever real- back into the offense: Frankhouser fin- Greensboro College, and the next one early portions of the second. ly had enoughofa breather to get back ished with 21 points. Carol woundup willbe Tuesdaynight at 7 PM vs. Cok- At halftimc and withhis teamdown toplaying well.Inthree ofthe Wildcats' with 19 points on 53% shooting from er. 32-31,Husseytold them,"We've gotta four losses since ASU, valiant come- continue to be quick and work hard." backs have fallen short at UT-Chatta- But, he reminded them, "We're trying nooga, and at home against East Ten- to be patient." nessee and Marshall. Those losses, al- The Wildcats were patient at the thoughallhavebeento"upperdivision"DCPC Abuzzover start of the half, but they were never teams, are taking ademoralizingtollon really as quick as they hadbeenbefore the players. They need to win a big halltime "I could sense a mood that game togettheirconfidenceback.Until they weren't ... justfired up,"Hussey such a wincomes, thepressure they are IMACHockey said. Meanwhile,the Herdhad tacked applying to themselves will become halftime greater more help- sixteen points onto their lead. and detrimental that TheDavidsonPresbyteriancommu- TheBest: Midway through the half,the Wildcats ful their play. to nity has been buzzing over whispers Pucker Up. A group of northern seson resem- again startedplaying to their potential, Oddly,this somewhat emanating from the College Athletic soccer players. Experienced and fast, andby the minutemark theyhad bles Davidson'sroller 1980-81 two cut coaster Department. The wordis thatGodloves they have a good time. They aren't bad theleadbackdown tofour. season. Towards theend ofthatseason, street hockey. Supporters of the claim at street hockey,either. Theyare led by Acouple ofMarshallfast breakslat- it wasa last-secondloss to Appalachian point to three signs to establish the va- Mike "new wavers play sports, too" er, andMarshallhadwon, 81-73. that cost the Wildcats first place inthe lidity oftheir statement. LufkinandPeter"weplay wintersports retrospect,Hussey said SouthernConference In heknew andstartedcritical (1) The weather. Have younoticed yearround inBuffalo"Burr. Rightnow fromthestart team wasn't mental- losing streak.That same year,Marshall his as how mild anddry winter termhasbeen? they are the number one pick to the in- ly or physically prepared as it might came into Johnston Gym for the first God has recognized the need for good auguralchampionship. have been on another day. Having re- round of the tournament and soundly weather to facilitate the promotion of Motherpuckers Wildcats, A.: Strengthened turned from the East Tennessee loss at defeated the endinga year of hisfavorite game. by the additionof TimMcGauchey and season, about 3 AMSunday, it wasdifficult for frustration. The following (2) The Notre Dame basketball supported by Kurt Henjes,Kevin Attar, the any ofprepa- for Davidson sprung once team tomuster degree hopes again game. GodrewardedDavidson College andToddThomson, this teamis justbe- game. didn't with upset over ration for he Monday "I a 64-62 win Appalach- with a victory to show his approval of hind Pucker Up. The team has shown were quite as as Although year's think we enthused I'd ianState. this teamhas the first-ever IMAC street hockey good poise inclose games. Steve "my hoped we'd be playing the number one none of the problems 1980-81 edition, game, which wasplayedthatsame day! sister plays street hockey" Soud, the perhaps a court to home loss Marshall (3)Mark 13:23."Andhetook acup, manager, says he is not ready to hand and a win tonight over Appalachian will andwhenhehad giventhankshe gave it PuckerUp the trophy. endthe frustrations andrenewhopes for to them, and they alldrank of it." This Hat Trick: The best of the rest. A a fine season. All they need are a few passage is obviously a recount of the young without much experience. solid, team consistentperformances fromev- very first Stanley Cup (the National We don't know any of the players, but eryone. Hockey LeagueChampionship trophy ) they were close to Pucker Up at half- My Apologies presentation ceremony. time. To whom do we owe our gratifica- The Worst: Ineglected to mentioninmy article tionfor bringingGod'sblessings to our The Dominating Bears: The only on the East Tennessee State game at humble community? The self-pro- thing they've dominated is the goals home that Cliff Tribus scored his thou- claimed George Washington of IMAC against statistic. They haven't been sandthpoint thatevening.He scored 26 street hockey,PeteAstapchik, boasted, scored on infour games. Theirsuccess game points that night and finished the "What do Christ,Gandhi,Marx,and I is due largely to the fact that they ha- 1,017 with career points. He now has all have in common? We were all told ven'tshown upfor any oftheir games. 1,077 career points. — we wouldnever live to see street hockey Exoskeletons: The worst of the Soud at Davidson College." But Astapchik teams that show up. Can hoddies play succeeded where the others had failed. streethockey?Not achance. Dave Can- Through weeks of pleading and lobby- is togoaltending what SPE's are to fra- inghemadelittleprogress. Afterchang- ternities. The only glimmer of talent inghis strategy to oneofselective brib- comes from Ken Murrah who displays Coach Greer Needs ing he managed to make his dream a intricate ball handling skills he picked reality. up last year during a visit to Converse a Baseball Statistician. For those of youunfamiliar withthe College. If the skill of Pucker Up is wild men whorunaroundonthe outside gloriousmyth, theineptitudeof theEx- Apply the Gym basketball court every day at 4:00, here oskeletons is grim reality. in is an introduction to the best and the Next week: IMAC stars off the /?/c/i VW/son assumes"the worst in IMAChockey. court. "triple-threat stance.

THEDAVIDSONIAN/4February1983 17 The- TaleofMikeSorrentino He Went from Being a Basketball Star to a Modern-day Thoreau, and Nowhere Along the Way DidHe Keep Pace withHis Companions irSTEVESOUD *84 previous year,returnedtoNew York in Unfortunately, at that time in Sor- coeducationmovements at Davidson. "Ifa man doesnotkeeppace withhis the spring of1970and signed Winters. rentino'slife,funcame lessoftenandin He wasoneofa"groupofstudents companions,perhaps it is becausehe In June, Sorrentino followed the smaller doses thanhemight haveliked. here at the time who were very interest- hearsa differentdrummer." paths of Molloy alumni Brian Adrian Fun was lacking from his court life in edin social questions and very interest- — Henry DavidThoreau andMike Maloy as he signed withDa- such great quantities that he seriously edinmakinganoutreach,"EnglishPro- from Walden, orLife inthe Woods vidson. "Ithought maybe Icouldbe a consideredquitting basketball altogeth- fessor Tony Abbott remembers. Mike star at a small school,"hemused later. er. It meant quitting his dreams. "I've Sorrentino was anindividual. He loved Inthirty yearsoflife,Mike Sorrenti- NCAA regulations of the time re- thought about it several times," he ad- the outdoors andoften slept out. "Mike no hasneverreally falleninto a particu- quired that freshmen sit out their first mitted. "ButIdon't know ifIcould just was more of an 'OutwardBound' type. lar route or beatenpath.From hisyears year. Playing for Davidson's freshman walk off the court and turn my back on It was a very colorfulcrowd here then," as number 13 on theDavidson basket- team, Sorrentinoaveraged15.4ppgand all I've worked for. But again, ifIever Abbott says now. 1 1 ball teams of the early 1970s to his assists per game at his point guard really decidethatit isn'treally worththe But it wasthevery fact thatSorrenti- position. months ina treehouseas a sort ofmod- effort anymore, then I'll give it up for no was so "inward bound" thatenabled ern-day Thoreau, Mike Sorrentino has After Sorrentino's freshman perfor- good.IfIkeepplaying, it willhave tobe him to work out his troubles with bas- never followed evenly the pace of his mance had established him as a future 100 per cent. That's the way it has to ketball. When he did, he bettered his companions. Heis oneoffew Davidson Wildcat star, he returned home for the be." own vow ofeitherquittingor giving 100 — summer graduates or human beings, for that and did some self-evaluation. If basketball wasn't going well for per cent by giving 110 per cent. He "When Iwent back home, Iplayed at matter-^whohashad thecourage to live Sorrentino at that time, the rest of his earned a reputation asanintenseplayer theplaygrounds got out hisconvictions. andnever chanceto college was. and fiercecompetitor. At the same time, Davidson, life As a freshman he had Peering into this man's life is like touch the ball. In Iwas a big received thenickname "Bruno"Sorren- he was able to laugh off the nights he man, in New York, was nothing," gently separatingand softly pryingapart I he tinoafter a professional wrestler named playedpoorly. explained. the petals of an enigmatic rosebud. He "That's when Irealized that Bruno San Martino. Later he declared I'd never be really great Inhis first two years as a starter,the came to Davidson from a New York in basketball. himself an English major and became maybe team went37-18. Inhissophomore sea- City background that everyone knew Then it struck me that all the very active in the desegregation and about but few understood.As a record- work hadbeen fornothing." setting basketball player, herose to the Sorrentino's soul-searching held pinnacle ofachievement andthenques- over into his sophomore year, and it tioned its foundation. After four years greatly affectedhis play in the early go- ofaimless,post-graduationmeandering ing. In a January, 1972 interview pub- Observer, admitted, across Europe,he returnedtoDavidson lished in the he "I and lived in a lonely, secluded tree- haven't been trying in practice and I house.Fornow, at least,hehascome to know it.Coach Hollandknows it,andI anunexpected resting place working in guess theplayers know it.But theplay- ers ";' are great, they're letting me work : ■* aDurham bakery. IB *, 'IBs-* vBJBMiaBl Bfl&iur ■- ".? i JSfiiil&Si>■ Perhaps, after his years of wander- out thisproblemby myself. Right now, hurting team, " "' I'm therestof the - '■ andthat '■■ ing and homelessness, Sorrentino, like : M T *^B* 'B Kanp ■■■ . -*S? ■*-"*£& ■'"w isn't fair them." v- Thoreau, has learned at the very least to \ .\,m m 11 II ■^ ■JW!|rfi that "if one advances confidently in the The problem ran deep. He was direction ofhis dreams, and endeavors questioning his own rationale for play- W ' 11 mJ Bt-*"' to live the life which hehas imagined, ing the game which had dominated a he will meet with a success unexpected large portion of his life. "There's so in commonhours." many things Icould be doing with my Basketball and its dreams of glory liferight now," he said. "Ireally thinkI couldcontribute more to society saturatedhischildhood.Like thousands a than ' of New York City schoolchildren, he playing basketball." went on, I Ki^K> He "Maybe I'm just tired i^a ' ISA whiled away the summer of x 1' lazy days BBk. : BBI--'"^di^B I.-".tM k^^H I his boyhood playing the citygame. ofall the things thatgo alongwithplay- m BW Bk fi I know, But for years he sought to live out ing basketball. You allthe disci- his dreams. He played basketball at plineand thingslikethat.Ithink basket- ' New York powerhouse Archbishop ball shouldbefun,andrightnow it isn't I B fit I BuJ^pJ BL '^, J B1VK KaSL Molloy High School. He was never a to me. This is something I've thought BuWJ nlwJ star; hedidn't even start untilhis senior out allby myself. And it'sbothered me year. That year Molloy went 22-1 and a lot. It's kept me awake at night, fol- won theCatholic league championship. lowed me into the classroom, andhurt "My coach in high school took no- me in practice." thing less from us but perfection," Sor- Hisown questions were notthe only rentinoonce toldareporterfor theChar- matteratstakeinhisself-inquiry.Along lotteObserver. "IfIplayed bad, Iwent with his questions coincided team un- home and locked myself in my room, rest that was symptomatic of the turbu- threw temper tantrums, and kicked lent times. There was a major team chairs. I'dyellat my parentsand things squabble over hair length. "If a player like that.Butthatdidn't settleanything. has a disagreement," Sorrentino once It didn't make me play any better the said,"Ithinkhe shouldbe ableto speak nexttime. Butthat's the wayIfelt about his mind. And the length ofsomeone's basketball. It meant everything tome." hair doesn't dictate how he'll play bas- Much toSorrentino's frustration,he ketball.Take thoseVMIplayers,for in- uoos was an afterthought to college recruit- stance. Theyallhavereal shorthairand ers. Rather, classmate Brian Winters can'tplay that well. uosjspuv drew their McGuire, "Idon't think thatany ofus want to attention. Frank Aq whohadluredMolloystarsKevinJoyce cause trouble. We're just trying to be and Bob Carver to South Carolina the ourselves andhave fun." Sorrentino'saerie.

18 THEDAVIDSONIAN/4 February 1983 'The Tale of Mike Sorrentino' Cont'd. sonhepassed for aschoolrecord146as- (which JohnCarrollbroke this year). sists (which was later broken by Chris After graduation, Sorrentino went Dodds' 207 mark in the 1977-78 sea- toEurope. Perhaps itseemed tohim that son) despite his emotional troubles. hehad severalmore lives to live,andhe That mark included a still-standing re- could not spare any more time for bas- cord 17-assist performance against ketball. Perhaps he went there to ad- Wofford. As a junior, however, he be- vance in the direction of his dreams. came Davidson's most erratic player. Whatever the reason,he wanderedaim- "There was no inbetween for me," he lessly across thecontinent,hitch-hiking toldthe Observer. "EitherIplayedgreat and odd-jobbing his way. or couldn'tplay at all." Thebad kneeslhathadplaguedSor- He started his senior season in the rentino for years forced himback to the same manner, and the team followed United Statesin the winter of 1979-80. suit witha4-4start.Duringatimeoutin A year before he had torn three of four a game against Miami of Ohio in the knee ligaments while playing profes- CharlotteInvitationalTournament, Sor- sional basketball in Switzerland. He rentinorealized,"Iwastrying sohardto couldn't walk for more than two hours play good basketball, and the harder I ina row without considerablepain, so it tried the worse it got.I've always had was imperative that he return home for the ability to shoot and pass. My prob- an operation. He went toDavidson for lem was theright mental approach," he the winter prior to his operation to use said. During the time out, something the Johnston Gym facilities to streng- came to him. "Isaidto myself, 'What's thenhis knee. going on here? Why am Iletting get it Sorrentino took a job at the Pere- medown?' Itoldmyself to relax." grineHouse, and for accomodationshe M From that point on, he startedplay- occupied anold treehousein the woods. ing better. AlipJV "It wasn'tthatIneededa place tostay," Sorrentino was at his best that year he told Stan Olson in a 1979 article. against eleventh-ranked South Caroli- "I'vegot friendshere and a lotofpeople na. Playing against his high school invited me to stay with them, and I «»!UO«pfA»a teammate Brian Winters, Sorrentino could pay rent. But Ijust wanna stay * * ****** r played the best game of his career. He outside." Perhaps his time in the tree- /*^pP^^^V »m ran the offense nearly flawlessly, with house was one more life to live,andhe ukuj fourteen points and no turnovers. On could not spare any more time for tra- Bruno' inhis heyday. defense he ineffectualized Winters by veling. "I've been in a house in New holdinghim to 3 of 17 field goals. Yorkallmylife,"Sorrentinoexplained, Today,"Bruno,"asheis stillcalled, treehouse; he probably took care to "They can say Iplayed good de- "and it's nicer outside. We all think is livinginChapelHill and workingat a avoid falling intosuchapatternedtrack. fense,"he toldStanOlsonof the Char- about that, but nobody does it." bakery in Durham. He works the 8 "You know, some people have lotte News, "but ifBrianhad been hot, He wenton, "That's why shopping p.m.-4a.m.shift.Untiljustrecently,he talked about tearing down that tree- there'snothingIcouldhavedoneto stop malls are sopopular. People feel closed was living in a secluded cabin in the house," Sorrentino said. "Ihope they him. Thisisagreatone, though." With in and so safe from therain and snow. woods with no plumbing or electricity don't,it's asuperplace. Youcan seethe typical modesty, he later told the Ob- Somedaythe whole world willbe a big and far from the dusty highways of the sun rise." At some point during Mike server, "Idon't look at it asme beating shoppingmall and we'llall be safe." world.It's notthe sort of lifeone would Sorrentino's thirty yearsof sunrises,he, Brian and Tony Byers. It's Davidson Inthetreehouse,Sorrentinowasen- expectof aDavidson graduate, but one like Thoreau,concluded, "Ido not say beating SouthCarolina. What wedoin- deavoring to live the life he had im- cannot apply the expectations of com- that John or Jonathan will realize all dividually goes toward the team win- agined. Hestored acrateofyogurt there mon hours toMike Sorrentino. this; but such is the character of that ning,and that's whatcounts themost." and slept in a sleeping bag. The tree- Thoreau wrote, "I had not lived morrow which mere lapse of time can By the time "Bruno" Sorrentino house even had floor-to-ceiling carpet there a week before my feet woreapath never make to the dawn. The light shedhis number 13uniform for thelast onone ofthewalls. Butmostimportant- from my door to the pond-side; and which puts out our eyes is darkness to timeinthespringof1974,hehadledthe ly, Sorrentino said,"I've got a window though it isfive or six years sinceItrod us.Onlythatdaydawns to whichwe arc; Wildcats to an 18-9 season and had facing east that Ican see the sunrise it, it is still quite distinct." There is no awake. Thereis more day to dawn. The passed for a career record 355 assists through and themoonrise at night." suchpath leading toMike Sorrentino's sun is but a morning star." Wrestlers BlitzHampden-Sydney Breidenstine Registers ThreeRns

By SCOTTBEAVER '84 freshman Clay Carroll, and Tom Vol- chardRogers at 2:37. last home match at the season. Again, liere (169) pinned sophomore Bob Oddo crushed Tom Bourne 27-7, forfeits were costly as Davidson lost McCullen, whohadpreviouslycompet- Carroll beat Bob Houska, 9-4, and twelve points by forfeit, winning one Davidson picked up two team wins ed at 190. The Wildcats got wins from McCallen decisioned Mike Adams, 9- weight class by forfeit. That forfeit to and some sparkling individual perfor- sophomore Tom Oddo(134)as he beat 4. Davidson at167, deniedseniorco-cap- mances as theCats' matrecord went to Jim Foley 27-6, junior John Breiden- The Wildcats got their second win tainTiernonhis last match infrontofa 5-4 this week.Davidsonparticipated in stine (142), whopinnedWin Sission at of the day by downingLoyola of Balti- homecrowd. afour-team meet with Washington and 5:40, seniorChrisTiernon (158),a 3-2 more, 28-12.Loyola won onematchby Oddopinned SeanHoreat 4:13,and Lee, HampdenSydneyandLoyala,and winnerover WinPhillips,andfromjun- forfeit, andpicked up apinat 167.The Hissom pinned Carl Johnson at 3:42. alsomet Catawbahere Tuesday. ior TomHissom, who won 19-3 over Wildcat grapplers got pins from Bren- Two individual matches ended in ties, The Wildcats dropped thematch to Dave Johnston. denstine, whobeat Homer Ambrose at asBreidenstine tiedPatPirceat 6-6,and Washington and Lee 36-19. Forfits in Later that day, Davidson blitzed 3:09, and from Carroll, who pinned McCullentiedSteve Leechat 10-10. the 118 lb., 190 lb ,and heavyweight Hampden-Sydney 35-0. In addition to MikeHarrison at 1:07. Oddobeat Greg Catawba's winscameat 118, where divisionscost Davidson 18 points. The two forfeits, Davidson won.five indi- Bellonpoints, 18-7,andHissom,wres- Pete Kelley beat freshman Jim Labrec Generalspicked up threepins as well. vidual matches,andhad twodoublefor- tling at 190,decisionedJoeHamel6-3. 12-0, at 134, whereGreg Stewart deci- Larry Anker (139) pinned freshman feits. Breidenstine pinnedJake Peck at Tuesday night, the Wildcats faced sioned Cardwell 11-2, and at ISO, TomCardwell,TimWhite(ISO)pinned 3:10, and Tiernondid the same to Ri- perennialnemesis CatawbaintheCats' wherePeteSimmonsbeat Carroll 8-4.

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4FEBRUARY LECTURE: by William Attwood. Differs from a FRIDAY discussion.900Room. 8:00 p.m. UNION NATIONAL BANK INTER- SGA: Thethrillofgovernmentinaction. Conference FIRST p.m. VIEWS: Red and Blue Rooms. There is no white Room. 9:00 room.9:00 a.m.-4:00p.m. PROCTER & GAMBLE INTERVIEWS: Aren't WEDNESDAY9 you glad you Dial? Green and Conference used " it, k V * - WACHOVIA INTERVIEWS: Pronounce you Rooms. 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Q Q DAVIDSONCHRISTIANFELLOWSHIP: Morri- get the job. Red and Blue Rooms. 9:00 a.m. 4.00 p.m. sonRoom.7:00 p.m. MEN'S BASKETBALL: Appalachian State. Boy, COKES ANDCOFFEE: Chambers Gallery. 9:40 we'dbetterbeatthemthistime, huhSteve?Away. a.m. POPFILM:Dr.NoandDiamonds areForever.Bond, WILLIAM ATTWOOD: Woodrow Wilson Visit- ingFellow. Conversation a.m. ShamesBonddoublefeature.Mattwilltellyouhow to Pit. 10:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC INTEREST: 900 Room. OPENLUNCHEON: 900Room. 12:30p.m. pronounce it. Love Auditorium. Admission $1.50. 2:30p.m. p.m. DISCUSSION: with William Attwood. Morrison 8:00 PRAYER MEETING: Tote yourself down to Eu Room. 3:00p.m. OPEN MIKE: That's not a nice thing to say 900 Hall at 1:15p.m. to come before God inadoration, Room. 10:00p.m. WORSHIP SERVICE: Big Screen Room. 7:00 confession, thanksgiving, jollity,yourbestclothes. p.m. NICHOLASNICKELBY:Big ScreenRoom. Spon- SponsoredbyDavidson ChristianFellowship. WRESTLINGUE: Furman (Dual) Away. 7:00 soredbytheTheatreDepartment.Itlasts forever.7:00 CATHOLIC MASS:Lingle Chapel. 6:30p.m. p.m.- p.m. ARTISTES SERIES: Soviet Emigre Orchestra. MONDAY7 Love Auditorium.8:15 p.m. SATURDAY 5 LEARNING SKILLS, INC. INTERVIEWS: If youdon't got 'emnow .. .RedRheum. 9:00a.m.- GRADUATE RECORD EXAMINATIONS: 4:00p.m. THURSDAY 10 ChambersGallery. 8:00 a.m.-5:30p.m. Guess Ican't WILLIAM ATTWOOD: Wilson Visit- Woodrow AnunofficialDavidxmianTriiwte to "Wild Bill" Attwood seeNicholasNickelby now. ing Fellow.Visitinggals as well.Conversation Pit. RASSLIN'Tri-Match.Davidson,Pfeiffer,Hampden- 10:00a.m. Martino, Sydney.Special this week:Bruno San Gor- DISCUSSION: with William Attwood. He is a geous George, and Tojo Yamamoto challenge the former editor of Look Magazine. Morrison Room. Wildcat Grapplers. Away.1:00p.m. 3:00p.m. PROCTER & GAMBLE INTERVIEWS: No WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Greensboro. Johnston MEN'SBASKETBALL: SouthCarolina. Away. William Attwoodhere. Red andBlue Rooms.9:00 Gym.2:00p.m. JOELHARRISON:Faculty Recital. Pianist. Hod- a.m.-4:00p.m. AMICA POP FILM:North by Northwest. Stay away from sonHall. 8:15p.m. MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY: here either. GreenRoom. 9:00a.m.-4:00p.m. yjat cornfield.Love Auditorium. 8:00p.m. Admis- Not sion $1.50. WILLIAMATTWOOD: Atlast.Woodrow Wilson TUESDAY 8 Visiting Fellow.ConversationPit.10:00a.m. R.E.M. PRE-SPRING FROLICS DANCE CON- DISCUSSION: with William Attwood. Morrison CERT: The Concert Committee'is going for redemp- WILLIAM ATTWOOD: Woodrow Wilson Visit- Room. 3:00p.m. sex ix1 tion this week, bringing S Michael Stipe and ingFellow. AttconversationPit. 10:00p.m. SIGN UP DINNER: with William Attwood. Eat his amigos to the 900 Room. Doors open at 9:00. CROPMEAL:900Room. 12:30p.m. with theimmortal. Conference Room. 6:00 pm Conceit begins at10:00p.m. $3.00. DISCUSSION: with William Attwood. Morrison PERFORMANCE OF WORKSHOP V: "An Ac- Room. 3:00p.m. tor's Nightmare" "I'm Dreaming or Am I?" "At- UNION BOARD MEETING: 900 Room. 4:50 p.m. twood is unforgettable." The Times. Workshop SUNDAY 6 Theatre. 7:00p.m. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Coker. Johnston Gym. 7:00p.m. WILLIAM ATTWOOD: Morrison Room. Has he WOODROW WILSON VISITING FELLOW: movedin? 8:00p.m. FINE FILM: West Side Story. Love William Attwood. Auditorium. DISCO:900Room.Boogie down with William At- 7:30& 10:30p.m. Only for thosewho feelpretty. twood. 10:00p.m.

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