1-3 News + 5 Sports.Indd

INTERACTIVE BUDGET INTERACTIVE ONLINE NORMAL NEXT TO 6 CADENZA, PAGE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES 7 SCENE, PAGE

the independent newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis since 1878

Monday, April 18, 2011 Vol. 132, No. 73 www.studlife.com Washington University in St. Louis DISSECTING THE BUDGET Holi turnout hindered Proposal would increase senior class council funding, encourage major speaker, put AC funding up in the air by inclement weather

SENIOR CLASSASS COCOUNCIL TOTALAL BUDGET 37,000.00 2,375,820.00

50,000.00 ACC 2,484,907.42 25,000.00

not funded next year* CO-PROGRAMMING (NEW NEXT YEAR)

15,000.00 This year 235,000.00

Next year

* might change over the summer 326,000.00

JOHN HERGENROEDER | STUDENT LIFE SALARIES Washington University students throw water balloons at each other as part of Holi, a traditional Hindu festival. About 150 students participated.

MICHELLE MERLIN funds. the coming year, Katz has allot- SADIE SMECK Holi celebration in India this & MICHAEL TABB While the new budget closely ted $115,000 in a separate, large NEWS EDITOR year was March 20. NEWS EDITORS follows last year’s, there are a speaker appeal account. While While it usually draws hun- number of notable changes. Katz envisions this funding Cold and windy weather on dreds of students, this year’s The proposed Student Union as going toward one speaker, Saturday afternoon dampened attendance fluctuated around budget for 2011-2012 will be pre- Potential elimination of Athletic Treasury will be able to put this the turnout at Holi, the annual 150 as students came and left sented to Senate and Treasury on Complex funding toward multiple speakers or return water balloon battle held on the during the roughly forty-minute Wednesday for a vote. The joint The current proposed budget the money to the general appeals Swamp. event. SU session will be held in Simon does not include funding for the account if it wishes to spend the The event, which was origi- “I had a lot of friends that were Hall at 9 p.m. and will be open to Athletic Complex. Last year, SU money otherwise. nally scheduled for Friday planning on going and ended up all students. paid $25,000 for students to use This fund is intended to encour- afternoon, was postponed to not going; I had some friends The budget is taken from the the AC for free. If SU does not age Treasury representatives to Saturday because of a county- that went and then left early. It Student Activity Fee, an under- pay for the AC next year, stu- fund one major speaker. Treasury wide tornado watch. was not a particularly enjoyable graduate fee equal to 1 percent dents will likely have to pay $45 to denied a request of over $100,000 Ashoka puts on the event to temperature,” sophomore Allie of tuition. The proposed budget use the cardio room. The weight to finance a talk given by Bill celebrate the traditional Hindu amounts to $2,484,907, compared room and other facilities will still Maher. festival. The actual date of the SEE HOLI, PAGE 2 to $2,375,820 for 2010-2011. be available to students free of The change is due to the tuition charge. Class Councils increase announced earlier this According to Katz, SU may Katz’s version of the budget year and assumes an undergradu- choose to allocate money for the allocates $50,000 to the senior Students to construct ate population of 6,050—which AC over the summer, using unused class council, up from $37,000 doesn’t include students who go funds from last year. Katz will be this year. Because the senior class abroad. working to gather student input council’s budget was cut down outdoor recreation area Junior Cody Katz, vice presi- before making this final decision. from $50,000 two years ago, every dent of finance, compiled the senior class council has appealed budget after meeting with student Large Speaker Appeal Fund for executive funds to help pay for at elementary school group leaders and administra- To encourage SU Treasury tors to determine how to allocate to fund one major speaker for SEE BUDGET, PAGE 2

CHLOE ROSENBERG designing the project this spring. WU baseball shatters steals record SENIOR NEWS EDITOR Their original plan was to build a garden and greenhouse in the Architecture students are cur- back of the school. in win over Principia College rently working on a project to Half of the group’s $15,000 affect practical change in the St. budget came as a grant from ALEX DROPKIN The Bears now have a total of pushing his season record to 4-1, Louis community. the Skandalaris Center, and an ASSOCIATE EDITOR 106 swipes this season with 10 Berman struggled early. The Washington University anonymous donor provided the games remaining on the sched- Principia jumped ahead in Design Build Studio is landscap- rest of the money. The Washington University ule, and they have eclipsed the the first inning on a two-RBI ing the grounds surrounding The group decided to expand baseball team (24-13, 3-3) ‘stole’ team’s previous single-season double, and then scored again on Patrick Henry Downtown on its designs following dona- a victory over Principia College record of 93. a throwing error. The Panthers Academy, a St. Louis elementary tions of construction resources. on Saturday, breaking a school “We try to play aggressive in managed four hits in the first, school. The group then traveled down- record in the process. all aspects of the game. We try but were held to just five through The participating students town to ask students what they Freshman Kyle Billig had five to be aggressive when we’re the rest of the game. hope to provide the children would like to see in their school’s steals as the Bears ran rampant pitching, we try to be aggressive “A big part of it was get- attending the academy with an backyard and formulated a multi- against the Panthers. The team on the bases and we try to be ting behind hitters and having open outdoor recreational area part plan for their design. stole a season-high 15 bases in a aggressive at the plate,” Duncan to throw them good pitches for the next school year. The final design includes the 14-4 mercy-rule win. said. “It is an attitude that we that were easy to hit,” Berman “We decided it needed to be a original garden, as well as an “I’ve scouted [Principia] and have, and we’ve been able to turn said. “I figured it out; it was a little more than just a garden— outdoor classroom, a large out- kind of knew what to expect that attitude into a lot of runs. mechanics thing for me, sort of right now…they play on asphalt door field for playing sports and and I knew we were going to be [Saturday’s game] was a great a timing thing, but I struggled and have a very limited recess an active play area that includes able to take advantage of that example of it, because we stole because I couldn’t get ahead of because they have no place to a natural playground. matchup with our speed,” head more bases than we have all year guys, which is something that play,” said senior David Adkin, “The community has been coach Steve Duncan said. “There in any single game.” has been happening over the last one of the architecture students extremely receptive in donating aren’t many catchers that we’ve Sophomore Taylor Berman couple [games].” working on the project. a lot more than we would have played against that can shut took the mound, pitching a The Bears got two back in the The group, consisting of ever thought was possible, and our running game down; we’ve seven-inning complete game bottom of the first. After Billig architecture students and several we can do more than we would played against two or three that while giving up four runs, two was hit by a pitch to leadoff the students in the College of Arts & have ever thought we could do. have, but for the most part, we of which were earned, and nine Sciences, started to look into the DESIGN know we can run on anybody.” hits. Though he got the win, SEE BASEBALL, PAGE 5 project last semester and began SEE , PAGE 2

CONTACT BY POST CONTACT BY EMAIL CONTACT BY PHONE ONE BROOKINGS DRIVE #10323 [email protected] NEWSROOM 314.2335.5995 #330 DANFORTH UNIVERSITY CENTER [email protected] ADVERTISING 314.2335.6713 ST. LOUIS, MO 233130-482323 [email protected] FAX 314.2335.5938 2 STUDENT LIFE MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2011 theflipside

MONDAY 18 MONDAY 18 TUESDAY 19 SUNNY 73 / 59 Immunology Research Seminar Series Tuesday Tea @ 3 Eric P. Newman Education Center, Main Auditorium, Danforth University Center, Tisch Commons, 3 p.m. 4 p.m. Come enjoy free tea, and relax and chat with your Join the discussion on “How Regulatory T Cells friends. This week, the event is hosted by the Oﬃ ce of Control Immune Homeostasis.” The seminar is free Undergraduate Research. and open to public. TUESDAY 19 Senior Jazz Combo recital School of Law Spring 2011 Intellectual Property 560 Music Center, Recital Hall, 8 p.m. SUNNY Colloquium Come to listen to Kyle Shea, senior jazz combo 78 / 50 Seigle Hall, Room 109, 5 p.m. recital. Free and open to the Washington University Participate in the discussion on “Patents, Timing community. and Science Commons.” The colloquium will be held by Jorge L. Contreras, deputy director of the Intellectual Property Program. The event is free and open to public.

Earth Week “Owl Prowl” Forest Park Visitors Center, 6 p.m. Come search for owls in Forest Park with amateur naturalist Mark Glenshaw. The tour is limited to 12 students, faculty or staff. RSVP to sustainability@ wustl.edu.

April 15, 2011 Auto accident—7:45 a.m. Location: January Hall FROM PAGE 1 A golf cart struck a handrail. BUDGET Disposition: cleared. Senior Week and the Senior Class Trip. These events usually Larceny—4:45 p.m. add up to about $50,000, and Katz hopes the extra funding will Operating Budget: Salaries Location: Shepley House eliminate the additional appeals process. Under the proposed budget, the allocation for SU salaries will A complainant reported a missing or The proposed budget would also cut $5,000 from the Joint rise by $91,000, accounting for around 13 percent of the group’s stolen bike from the bike rack in front Class Council Programming fund. Katz hopes this will encour- overall budget. Much of this increase will go toward paying a of the Washington University Police age class councils to use the executive appeals account for newly hired technology coordinator, who will work on repairing Department. The bike may have been class-specific programming and not just joint programming. and streamlining SU operations and other technology-related unsecured. contributions. Disposition: pending. Social Programming Board: Co-programming April 16, 2011 This new appeals account will provide $15,000 for student Write to Michelle Merlin at Larceny—3:16 p.m. groups to work with other programming committees to plan [email protected] Location: Danforth University Center new events and campus traditions without cutting into other Write to Michael Tabb at A complainant reported leaving a limited social programming funds. [email protected] wallet at the condiment area, and upon returning, the wallet, valued at $54, was missing. Disposition: pending. $0(5,&$1&8/785(678',(6 HOLI FROM PAGE 1 Brand said. “I couldn’t feel my fingers.” wanted to focus on that,” Shenoy said. The Washington University Police Freshman Reith Sarkar, public relations Department told members of Ashoka that chair and webmaster for Ashoka, said the they would have to reschedule because of colored powder added extra vibrancy to weather-related safety concerns at around the event. IULFNLQDZHVRPH 1 p.m. Friday. “We think it helped a lot. If people For logistical reasons, Ashoka decided didn’t want to get cold with throwing not to wait until after the watch expired, water balloons, they could throw the pow- but to reschedule for Saturday afternoon der,” Sarkar said. A instead. To contribute to the cultural atmo- The move to Saturday prevented some sphere, KWUR played Indian music WKHODQGVFDSH students, particularly those involved in across the Swamp, and student dancers ThurtenE Carnival, from attending. performed on the walkways. RIUHPHPEUDQFH According to sophomores Rivfka “We’re really excited about how the Shenoy and Priyanka Patel, co-cultural event went. We were really pleased with chairs of Ashoka, the decision to resched- the turnout,” Shenoy said. 0D\-XQH ule to Saturday rather than Sunday was Due to the Office of Residential Life’s / made to avoid ThurtenE Carnival’s busi- plans to re-seed the Swamp, Holi will be est day. relocated next year. According to Shenoy Despite the weather, members of and Patel, the new location has yet to be Ashoka consider Holi a success. determined. “Naturally, because it was colder, fewer “There will be a Holi next year; it just people came than would have if it was might look a little different than how it sunny. But if people want to come play used to,” Shenoy said. in the mud, they’ll come if it’s hot or cold outside,” Shenoy said. This year, the executive board decided to incorporate colored powder into the event, which is symbolic at traditional Holi celebrations in India. “In the past few years, the chairs have Write to Sadie Smeck at tried to incorporate color, and we really [email protected] +RZ'RHV$PHULFD5HPHPEHU"

RXUVXPPHUVHPLQDUH[SORUHVWKLVTXHVWLRQ DESIGN FROM PAGE 1 E\YLVLWLQJFXOWXUDOVLWHVDQGPRQXPHQWVRI It changed the scope of the project drasti- community. cally,” Adkin said. “It’s a cool way to use what they’ve SXEOLFFHOHEUDWLRQPHPRU\DQGORVV According to Adkin, this is an unusual learned and give back to St. Louis,” fresh- project for undergraduate students in the man Roxanne Glazier said. architecture school—design and build studios are typically reserved for graduate A blog of the group’s progress can be accessed WUDYHOLQFOXGHV'&1<& students. at www.learninglandscape-wuph.blogspot. He said that the project has proved a com/ valuable and rare educational tool for the RSHQWRXQGHUJUDGVDQGJUDGVIURPDOOGLVFLSOLQHV students involved. With additional reporting by Becky Prager “A lot of the time when you design, you don’t think about the real life issues and how things will get constructed and the budget and all the details of how things KWWSDPFVZXVWOHGXRQORFDWLRQ get made.…It really helped us to actually deal with the real life things,” Adkin IRUPRUHLQIRUPDWLRQ said. Some sudents who were not involved in the project think it is an effective way for Write to Chloe Rosenberg at architecture students to give back to the [email protected] MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2011 STUDENT LIFE 3 Campus food drive beneﬁ ts WU graduate student pitches local charity for the needy lung cancer diagnostic startup

CHLOE ROSENBERG “[It was the] easiest way to do it. We in national competition & SADIE SMECK also felt that it tied into one of Student NEWS EDITORS Union’s goals of creating more unity CHLOE ROSENBERG ready for FDA approval in about a year, but within the classes,” DeBaun said. SENIOR NEWS EDITOR says that the business needs additional fund- Students are notorious for having extra ing of approximately $300,000 to get to that The Community Service Office and meal points toward the end of the school A Washington University graduate student point. several other groups are hoping to spread year. debuted his idea for a business at the Rice He says the company is applying for peanut butter and jelly to the St. Louis According to DeBaun, students realize University Business Plan Competition last research and business grants to raise the homeless community. they have these extra meal points and put weekend. funds. PB & Joy, a new student-run food drive, them toward the drive. Executive MBA student Stanislav Samarin Of the approximately 500 teams that will benefit Operation Food Search, a St. Freshman Maddie Parker said that it initiated his plan, PulmoCAD, with a busi- applied to participate in the competition, Louis organization that distributes free is better to use these extra meal points to ness partner in June 2010. The business will 42—from schools ranging from Johns food to the hungry and poor. buy food for the drive, rather than to buy offer software that will be used in conjunction Hopkins University to Northwestern The food drive also includes a compe- unnecessary extras. with scans to make lung cancer diagnosis less University and the Massachusetts Institute tition among classes to donate the most “I just think it’s really smart that they’re invasive for patients. of Technology—were chosen to compete at food. In some donation locations, there doing it at the end of the year because Samarin says that this sort of medical tech- Rice. are donation bins separated by year. people have so many meal points. It’s bet- nology is necessary because lung cancer is so “I must say this is an incredible experience. Former Student Union President ter to spend their points on the homeless common and fatal. It is a very competitive event; there were more Morgan DeBaun helped organize the than on alcohol and Ibby’s,” Parker said. The business aims to make diagnosing lung than 500 submissions. Pre-selection is very competition. She said that the idea for According to DeBaun, Operation Food cancer easier and reduce the number of false strict,” Samarin said. the food drive came from the director of Search is looking for peanut butter and positive diagnoses. Though many schools send teams to the Community Service Office, Stephanie jelly in particular. The annual competition brings students the competition every year, Samarin was Kurtzman. She said that students can buy it at from top-ranked graduate-level business unable to find any Washington University “Stephanie Kurtzman decided that we campus markets and put it right in drop programs together to pitch their startups to alumni who had ever participated in the should start a new University-wide tradi- boxes. business experts. competition. tion in which we annually raise money The food drive started last Wednesday Although PulmoCAD did not make it to He said the competition was a valuable and get non-perishable food for Operation and will run until April 23. the semifinals, the team achieved third place experience, that it helped the company to net- Food Search,” DeBaun said. Information on the location of drop in the competition’s Shark Tank round and work with medical technology professionals According to DeBaun, kids don’t always boxes and on recommended foods can be won $600. and taught him how to tailor his business plan have access to as much food in the sum- found at: www.communityservice.wustl. This is not PulmoCad’s first competition to a given set of specifications. mer as they do during the rest of the year. edu/food. experience. The business won $20,000 in the “For any competition you participate in you She said that this is something that the Olin Cup competition this year, and Samarin learn a lot from the professionals,” Samarin University can do collectively to help the With additional reporting by Haley Cen and hopes to raise more seed money to get his said. “You have to rethink the approaches you local community. Becky Prager business rolling. are taking; it is really difficult in startup world Planning for the week started in late Although PulmoCad has already conducted where companies change strategies very often. January and early February as a col- Write to Chloe Rosenberg at some tests that show that the technology It is really a valuable experience.” laboration between a number of student [email protected] is effective, it must undergo further testing campus organizations. before it can go through the FDA approval DeBaun proposed the competition as a Write to Sadie Smeck at process. Write to Chloe Rosenberg at way to bring each class together. [email protected] Samarin hopes that the product will be [email protected]

Michelle Merlin Sahil Patel Godiva Reisenbichler Michelle Aranovsky Copyright 2011 editor in chief Kurt Rohrbeck graphics editor Greg Herman Washington University senior sports editors Robyn Husa Student Media, Inc. Alex Dropkin Mary Yang Nora Long (WUSMI). Student Life associate editor Davis Sargeant design chief Student Rachel Noccioli is a ﬁ nancially and senior scene editor Hannah Lustman Ariella Elovic Cary Simowitz editorially independent, managing editor Andie Hutner Kevin Madsen copy editors student-run newspaper senior cadenza editor Mike Yang Chloe Rosenberg serving the Washington designers Life senior news editor Matt Mitgang University community. Andrew O’Dell senior photo editor Lauren Cohn Our newspaper is Daniel Deibler general manager director of multimedia copy chief a publication of senior forum editor Sara Judd WUSMI and does not David Seigle advertising manager necessarily represent Staff online editor the views of the Washington University administration. 4 STUDENT LIFE MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2011 forum STAFF EDITORIAL Increase ThurtenE’s charitable impact

he lifespan of a ThurtenE awards, some chapters will use their entire dollar to the cause. In order to meet this Not only would this likely increase the Carnival facade is short. budget for elaborate facade construction requirement, we urge chapters to stick to chapters’ commitment to fundraising, but Thousands of dollars and and therefore donate hardly any money a pre-determined budget for their facades it could also increase students’ knowledge- man-hours are spent by most to charity. While marketing of ThurtenE and to engage in more fundraising prior to able awareness of regional issues and Tof the sorority and fraternity chapters at has shifted its focus to reflect the event’s the event. volunteer work. Washington University to produce these relative lack of charitable emphasis, this Secondly, we encourage all participating We have seen this strategy successfully elaborate structures—but the fact is, two does not mean that philanthropy should student groups to explore alternative char- put in place by the Beta Theta Pi-Chi days after their completion, they are torn be ignored completely – given the amount itable organizations. Because ThurtenE Omega partnership. This year, the part- down on the Brookings parking lot. of money raised during this event, the honorary does not disclose the amount nership’s only money for construction This is the nation’s oldest and largest potential to make lasting charitable contri- of money it donates to charity, there is came from the chapters, and all fundrais- student-run carnival, and it’s undoubtedly butions is quite high. frequent concern about the organization’s ing money was donated to KIPP Inspire one of the University’s most treasured Our first recommendation is that the internal finances. Without public disclo- Academy, a charity selected by the chap- traditions. It is a fun event that brings the ThurtenE honorary should mandate that sure, it is impossible to know whether ters from three candidates. The change University together with its alumni and each fraternity-sorority partner make con- any significant portion of the event’s resulted in lower funds for building, the St. Louis community at large. It is tributions to a charitable cause. Currently, fundraising is actually given to the chosen but stricter budgeting and dramatically also meant to be a philanthropic endeavor the honorary only demands a baseline fee nonprofit. There have also been doubts in increased fundraising. that benefits a St. Louis nonprofit long for chapters to reserve a space on the lot recent years about the fiscal soundness of With increased efforts and alternative after the facades disappear. In recent and finance storage. Chapters are encour- some of ThurtenE’s chosen charities. approaches to philanthropy, we may find years, however, the charitable emphasis of aged to donate, but it is not a requirement Additionally, if chapters chose their that our memories of ThurtenE carnival ThurtenE has taken a backseat to facade for participation. On a weekend that draws own organizations, students participating will include more than frustration over building. thousands of attendees, it seems ridiculous in ThurtenE would be more intimately cold weather and snapshots of facades. In an effort to win the carnival’s coveted that some chapters will not donate a single involved with their particular causes. Representation in education

GODIVA REISENBICHLER | STUDENT LIFE

SOPHIE ADELMAN states should do the same. and history as any other group. Legislation Whether this is possible at this juncture is FORUM EDITOR On Thursday, a landmark bill was passed is making some progress to even the playing debatable. Whether this should be a point in support of including gay, lesbian, bisex- field. However, it seems that this process is of open discussion and understanding in a here are many who arrived at ual and transgender people among a list of weighed down by the issue of ignorance— formal, safe setting is not. this school on their first days as social and ethnic groups that must be cov- which could be mitigated by following Sexuality is complicated. I’m pretty sure wide-eyed freshmen, without a ered in social studies lessons in California California’s example. that hormonal high school students will single day of formalized educa- public schools. If signed by Governor Jerry While society is making strides, schools have no problem grasping that concept. Ttion in one vital subject. While their minds Brown, California would be the first state should be as well. The recent wave of suicides among might whir with math functions and battle to include the teaching of gay history in its Of course, this raises the question of students due to bullying as a result of sexual dates, and while their SAT and AP scores curriculum. what merits inclusion in a textbook. Some orientation proves that what we need is might soar off the charts, they are unfamil- As a college student, I wish that I had the will argue that the murky lines of sexual- more understanding, not less. Ignorance is iar with an entire population that has been same opportunities to learn about LGBT ity make a definitive, cohesive educational not bliss, but a burden and a barrier when largely silenced within the classroom. There history at my Arizona high school. While effort an almost impossible task. Even the what we need is to understand each other are many who think that Stonewall only I have long been familiar with the debate term LGBT has a negative connotation in an increasingly complex world. With refers to the Confederate general Stonewall surrounding the place of sexuality dis- with those smaller communities that do more education bills similar to California’s, Jackson and not to the riots that rocked crimination in the legal system, my interest not identify with the four-letter acronym. we might just be taking a step in the right Greenwich Village in the late 1960s. That has been purely extracurricular, gleaned If we can’t decide on a chapter name, how direction. vital subject is the history of the LGBT from newspaper articles and debates with on earth can we decide on the content? community. friends. As a senior, I have spent 16 years of More specifically, which voices deserve Sophie Adelman is a senior in Arts & Sci- California has taken steps to prevent this formalized education without a mention of recognition within a text that will be read ences. Write to Sophie at longstanding issue of ignorance, and other a minority that has just as legitimate a voice by millions of young minds? All of them. [email protected] RE: We support the disinvitation of Marvin Casey and the BDS Movement

“I see nothing wrong raeli citizenship. I know “By initially inviting estinians, they would tinian struggles and with what these stu- these students will Marvin Casey to per- have…welcomed the to gain support rather dents have said. They receive a lot of ﬂ ack for form, I’m pretty sure Palestinian represen- than forfeiting this [the BDS] seek equality taking this courageous that Universal tatives…regardless of opportunity in an at- and justice through a stand, but I applaud Beatz was not support- whoever else was tempt to prevent others nonviolent movement. then for taking it.” ing the Jewish Agency… invited. Similarly, the from speaking freely in They clearly state that - Brea If those who support performers would have an open forum.” Casey was not boycot- this boycott really cared jumped at the opportu- - Anonymous studlife.com ted because of his Is- about the rights of Pal- nity to recount Pales-

OUR VOICE: YOUR VOICE: OUR WEB EDITORIAL BOARD SUBMISSIONS POLICY

Editorials are written by our opinion senior scene editor: Davis Sargeant We welcome letters Letters should be Once an article is editors and reﬂ ect the consensus of senior cadenza editors: Andie Hutner to the editor and no longer than 350 published on studlife. our editorial board. The editorial board op-ed submissions words in length, com, it will remain there senior photo editor: Matt Mitgang operates independently of our newsroom. from our readers. and readers may permanently. We do senior forum editor: Daniel Deibler Submissions may also submit longer not remove articles or editor in chief: Michelle Merlin forum editors: Chase Ferree & Natalie be sent to letters@ op-eds of up to 750 authors’ names from the associate editor: Alex Dropkin Villalon studlife.com and words. We reserve site unless an agreement managing editor: Hannah Lustman must include the the right to print was reached prior to July writer’s name, class any submission as a 1, 2005. senior sports editors: Sahil Patel & Kurt and phone number letter or op-ed. Rohrbeck for veriﬁ cation. MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2011 STUDENT LIFE 5 sports

BASEBALL FROM PAGE 1

Men’s tennis swept in UAA fi nal The No. 5 Washington University men’s tennis team’s run through the UAA Championships came to a halt in the fi nals against Emory University. The Bears were swept 6-0 Sunday afternoon as the No. 2 Eagles took the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Wash. U. defeated No. 15 University of Chicago 5-3 on Saturday JOSH GOLDMAN| STUDENT LIFE behind undefeated efforts Freshman Kyle Billig makes contact against Illinois College on March 22. Billig stole five bases this weekend against Principia College to move within one of tying the single-season team record of 29. from seniors Isaac Stein and Max Woods, and the Red and inning, he stole both second and third innings. motivated us, got us going, and we were base. Junior Brandon Rogalski then “Every time we got a runner with speed able to pull out the win” Green swept Case Western walked and stole second, and both runners on first, we knew that he could easily end Rogalski and senior catcher Joe Noon scored on two wild pitches in consecutive up on second or even third,” Billig said. each tripled in the sixth, and the Red and Reserve University 9-0 on at-bats. “Once we had runners in scoring posi- Green tacked on six runs over the next Friday. The Bears must now “We watched [Principia’s starting tion, it was just a matter of finding a way two innings to force a mercy rule victory. pitcher] warming up in the bullpen and to get them in.” Earlier in the week, on Thursday, wait to fi nd out if it has done we were able to see that he was really slow When Berman slipped while fielding a April 14, Wash. U. got a 5-4 victory over from the stretch and he kind of tipped off ground ball, his throwing error led to an Webster University. The starting pitcher, enough to earn an at-large bid when he was pitching home,” Billig said. unearned run in the next inning. sophomore Stephen Bonser, went nine to the NCAA tournament. The Wash. U. stole five bases in the first, In the fifth, the Bears jumped ahead on innings and allowed just three runs, while and swiped another four in a two-run senior Travis May’s RBI-double before Rogalski provided a game-winning two- team faces Grinnell College third inning. Senior Matt Bayer’s double freshman Andrew Dwoskin’s three- RBI double in the seventh. with runners on second and third plated run homer to left center broke open the Wash. U. will play a doubleheader next Saturday at noon. Read two runs and gave the Bears the lead. game. against the Gorloks Monday afternoon. Wednesday’s issue of Student Billig, whose 28 steals is one short of “Once [Andrew] Dwoskin hit that, it Wash. U.’s single-season record, attrib- just kind of lit the fire underneath us,” Life for full coverage of the uted the team’s success on the basepaths Billig said. “We knew that we were capa- to Duncan’s scouting. The Red and Green ble of beating this team and putting up a Write to Alex Dropkin tournament. (Sahil Patel) stole at least one base in five of seven lot of runs, so [the homerun] just kind of [email protected] Golf closes out regular Track teams compete in season with win fi nal tune-up before UAAs KURT ROHRBECK “They’re doing great,” Stiles said, of the SAHIL PATEL it’s been….I have really been struggling try- SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR freshmen on the women’s side. “We had a great SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR ing to figure it out. recruiting class, and we needed them to fill in “The course was really tight and narrow, With one week until the University Athletic right away because we had a lot of holes. And The Washington University women’s you always had to hit it between trees, and Association championships, the Washington they’re really embracing that and doing a great golf team outlasted its competition and the the out of bounds [were] really close. One University track and field teams performed well job.” weather en route to a regular season-ending of the things I have been struggling with is in their final test before the big meet. The men’s team tallied two more provisional victory at the Millikin University Spring [that] with my driver off the tee, my shots The teams combined for five NCAA provi- qualifying times, both in the 5,000-meter run. Classic in Decatur, Ill. have been really errant. If I did that, I would sional qualifying marks, including three from Senior Dave Spandorfer’s won the event with a “It was exciting to close out the regular have shot 150. I finally started swinging with the women’s side, and the women’s team earned 14:38.91 mark, while junior Michael Burnstein’s season with a win,” sophomore Melanie confidence, and that really works for me. It first overall at a windy Rose-Hulman Institute time of 14:42.59 placed him just behind. The Walsh said. “It gives us some confidence was pleasantly surprising.” of Technology Twilight Meet while the men’s two currently have the fastest times for the event going into nationals.” The team must now wait until 7 p.m. team took fourth place. in Division III. The Bears turned in a score of 333 on tonight to find out if it made the 20-team, The meet gave head coach Jeff Stiles flex- The team’s other first-place finish was in the Friday to take leads of 11 strokes over Rend six-individual NCAA Division III Women’s ibility with his lineup, as athletes ran in races in 4x100 relay, where senior Tom Gulyas, Davis, Lake College and 21 strokes over Franklin Golf Championship. The tournament will which they do not normally compete. freshman Jake Willen, and sophomore Ryan College before the tournament’s final round be played May 10-13 in Howey-in-the- “We’re looking at where there are some holes Doll put together a time of 42.76 to win the was stopped on Saturday due to weather Hills, Fla. The Bears, ranked No. 5 in Golf in the UAA,” said Stiles, who cited sophomore race. concerns. World’s NCAA Division III head-to-head Jennifer Ibe’s triple jump and junior Dan Davis’ “All of the exchanges went a lot better than “We just got through 13 holes [on rankings, feel they have done enough to 400-meter hurdles as examples of the team put- they had in the last two weeks,” Gulyas said, Saturday], and it was pouring rain for the merit an invitation. ting its athletes in atypical events. “We’re just of the relay. “The time could’ve been better, first five of them,” sophomore Hannah Buck “I think [our chances] are really good,” trying to score as many points as possible.” but overall it was still fine. We’re definitely said. “It started clearing up, but they decided Buck said. “We are a lot more comfortable The women’s side received strong efforts from going to put a lot of work in this week on our that the conditions weren’t worth playing, so about our position than we were last year. several competitors en route to winning the meet exchanges.” it just ended up being the first day. It was Last year we were right on the cutoff…We by 103.5 points over second-place DePauw Other strong performances included Davis’ cold, windy and raining…it was not nice.” are comfortable with our position right now, University. Among the team’s eight event win- 55.83 in the 400-meter hurdles and junior Tyler Five Wash. U. golfers finished in the top and we are confident that we will receive a ners was junior Liz Phillips, whose time of Jackson’s 15.30 in the 110-meter hurdles, both ten individually, led by Buck’s third-place 81 bid.” 4:35.21 in the 1,500-meter run was good for an of which were good for third place. (39-42) and Walsh’s fourth-place 83 (36-47). Dating back to the fall season, Wash. U. NCAA provisional qualifying time. Senior Kelli Seniors Ben Harmon and Scott Pettit fin- Freshman Andrea Hibbert’s seventh-place has finished in the top three in eight of 10 Blake’s time of 2:20.81 also won her the 800- ished fourth and fifth in the men’s pole vault, 84 (39-45) and freshman Allyson Chee’s tournaments this season, including three meter run as well. at marks of 4.45 and 4.30 meters, respectively, tenth-place 85 (43-42) rounded out the first-place finishes. “I feel like [the 1,500] was a good perfor- and freshman Henry Clements placed fourth Red and Green’s first-round scorecard, and “I definitely feel much more relaxed about mance,” Phillips said. “It was kind of windy and in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of junior Katie Homa turned in a seventh place this season,” Walsh said. “Last year, we we also kind of had a tougher workout week this 10:11.41. 84 (42-42) while playing as an individual. played really well in the fall and struggled week….But I was definitely happy with it, and it The team will head to Atlanta, Ga. on Friday “It’s really nice knowing that if you are a lot in the spring. It was nerve racking if was a good sign for conference.” to compete in the UAA Championships, the having a bad day, there will be someone else we would be selected. This time, we played In addition to the strong showings from team team’s biggest meet to date in the spring season. who will play well,” Buck said. “I feel like solidly in the fall and in the spring. I am captains Phillips and Blake, some of the team’s The meet will begin at 10 a.m. EST. we are finally getting into the groove of the proud of the way we performed as a team. younger members also picked up first-place “We’ll be ready,” Gulyas said. “Once you get season, [and] it’s nice to do it before nation- If everything goes as it should, we will be performances. Freshman Anna Etherington’s to the meet and the adrenaline starts pumping, als, because I feel like at nationals [last year] selected. 3.55 meters gained her an NCAA provisional and you start seeing the Chicago jerseys and the we struggled with that.” “We are a formidable team. Everyone qualifying mark in the pole vault, and freshman Emory jerseys, you can get ready real fast. We’ll Walsh hit her stride on the front nine, as hasn’t played to their potential yet, [and] if Shannon Howell’s 1:03.69 in the 400-meter be fine.” her 36 was good for the lead heading into we do that, there are a lot of good teams, hurdles not only gained her a provisional quali- the turn. Her overall score of 83 was her [but] we could make a run at some of those fier but also put her just .09 seconds short of the best since the UIS Prairie Stars Shootout in teams that are ranked higher than us.” track’s record. early October. Howell also ran in the first-place 400-meter “I was finally hitting the ball well,” Walsh relay with Ahkianne Wanliss, Katie Sandson said. “I have been hitting the ball like crap all Write to Sahil Patel at and Liz Godar—all freshmen—who combined Write to Kurt Rohrbeck at spring. I can’t communicate how frustrating [email protected] for a mark of 49.77. [email protected] 6 STUDENT LIFE MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2011 cadenza ‘Streets of Rage Remake’ review THEATER REVIEW

MICHAEL YANG a sprawling mega-campaign with branching paths. The VIDEO GAMES EDITOR amount of content in the story mode is already impres- ‘Next to Normal’ is sive, but the developers added many unlockables that Anybody who has ever dug up a classic game from his weren’t present in the original games. Finishing the next to perfect or her childhood knows that nostalgia can sometimes be a campaign will earn in-game credit to purchase extra letdown. Rose-tinted glasses can be shattered in a heartbeat. characters, modes, cheats and a full-blown map editor, But sometimes, returning to a classic game is like revisit- which lets you replace weapons with light sabers in the ing a long-lost friend—he greets you, and then you two campaign, for example. ★★★★✩ walk out onto the rage-filled streets to dole out your violent The features don’t stop there. “SoRR” includes sup- brand of vigilante justice. port for co-op with another player—a big draw in any The game I speak of is BomberGames’ free “Streets of beat ‘em up—and even has the option of a surprisingly Rage Remake” (“SoRR”). “Streets of Rage” is a well-loved bright AI partner. To make things easier on mortal play- “beat ‘em up” series that saw three games on the Sega ers, the remake also includes save states, a godsend for Genesis, but has received no new entries since the release those who can’t finish the rather grueling campaign in of the third game in 1994. The people at BomberGames a single sitting. Heck, it even includes options for scan took it upon themselves to bring the series back into fighting lines and a sound test to fully envelop players in the shape in the form of an absolutely stellar fan game. warm folds of nostalgia. The amount of love BomberGames puts into its project is I know I’m rambling about features, but is the game literally ingrained into the source code of “SoRR.” That’s any good? You bet your blast processing it is. The because the game was completely written from scratch, “Streets of Rage” series hasn’t embedded itself into meaning not a single line of the games’ original code was player’s memories, but the games were mindless fun used. All three games were painstakingly reproduced from back in the day, and they’re just as fun today. Simply research of the original games, and after a whopping eight punching and kicking is as satisfying as it gets for 16-bit years in development, the remake is pixel-perfect in looks sprites, and players can pick up limited-use weapons to and mechanics. dole out virtual violence with pipes and knives. And no CRAIG SCHWARTZ | CRAIG SCHWARTZ PHOTOGRAPHY But don’t let the remake moniker fool you into thinking “Streets of Rage” game would be complete without the “SoRR” is a straight-up reproduction. Having effectively hilariously over-the-top police backup special that rains Jeremy Kushnier, Alice Ripley and Asa Somers perform made the game itself, BomberGames cleverly stitched down bazooka death on enemies. in the Tony Award-winning musical “Next to Normal.” The together stages from all three games in the series to form Though the move list for each character isn’t very musical is playing at the Fabulous Fox Theatre in St. Louis long, the variety in enemies and stages more than makes until April 24. up for it. Along your path to the final boss, you’ll fight boxing kangaroos, robots with maces for arms and a GEORGIE MORVIS cross between an armored chimpanzee and Wolverine. MOVIE/TV EDITOR Depending on which path you take, you’ll either hit ramps on a jet ski or pull off wheelies on a motorcycle, all while backhanding enemies who drive up from If you told me that a musical chronicling the life of behind. Manly doesn’t even begin to describe it. a bipolar woman’s family had been made, I would be a Despite my gushing, I wouldn’t say “Streets of Rage bit wary. And if you said that this musical would be my Remake” is the best beat ‘em up available, but that’s not favorite original musical since “Wicked,” I would be the point. Half the appeal of “SoRR” is the nostalgia, flabbergasted. Yet somehow “Next to Normal,” playing and if you grew up playing the original games, you until Sunday, April 24 at the Fabulous Fox Theatre, beat should play this remake. Naturally, the other half of the the odds as one of the most amazing musicals to hit the appeal is punching in faces with a friend. Between the stage in a long time. branching campaign and wealth of unlockables, “SoRR” Alice Ripley, the lead in the touring cast, won the is just too good to ignore, especially as it is free. In fact, Tony for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Diana, my only real complaint is that it’s too difficult. I had to the bipolar mother, and it’s easy to see why. Her ability drop the difficulty to easy to finish it, even after repeated to hit every musical note is topped only by her ability to attempts on normal. hit every emotional note, be it melancholy or euphoria. Now comes the bad news. All “Streets of Rage The actors who play the rest of her family hold their Remake” download links on BomberGames’ site have own, too. Asa Somers, as her husband Dan, and Curt been taken down due to copyright issues with Sega. Hansen, as her son Gabe, are great, but the real stand- BomberGames claims to have informed Sega of the out is Emma Hunton as daughter Natalie. Hunton adds game’s existence multiple times during development just the right amount of angst and cynicism to seem without issue. However, just a few days after the release realistic instead of like a mere caricature of a teenager. of the final version of “SoRR”—after eight years of The rock musical numbers are more similar to music hard work—Sega shut down the project. This is despite on adult alternative radio than on a show tunes sta- BomberGames making absolutely no money from its tion, and some of them are almost as catchy as a Jason release, and despite the remake drumming up enthusi- Derülo song. The instrumental choices are sometimes asm for a franchise that Sega has long since forgotten obvious but always on point; a John Mayer-like acous- about. tic guitar matches a song of teenage courtship and an This is as big of a tragedy in the video game world as angry electric guitar backs up a marital quarrel. The set I’ve ever seen, but luckily for interested parties, the final is minimalist, which allows for easy changes between build of the remake is already on the Internet. A simple the different locales, be it the home, Natalie’s school or Google search should bring you to a download link the doctor’s office. The musicians play onstage, increas- quickly enough. I cannot recommend “Streets of Rage ing the passion in the atmosphere. Remake” enough; if you’ve ever loved beating up virtual The only thing holding this production of “Next thugs as a kid, chances are you’ll still love beating up to Normal” back is that the intensity of the show is virtual thugs now. Do yourself a favor and play it today. sometimes too much to handle. The cast is impressive vocally, but at points, during the most blistering performances, it sounds more like they are shouting instead Write to Michael Yang at of harmonizing. This may have been an aesthetic choice [email protected] by the director, but it took me out of the experience as I strained to understand what the lyrics were. One of the NEED SELF-STORAGE ? best numbers in the show, “So Anyway,” is one of the quietest ones, with only Alice Ripley’s melodic voice, a piano and a violin. “Next to Normal” is worth every penny of the ticket price ($22-$64) at the Fabulous Fox Theater. The musical is emotional and alive, bringing laughs, tears and self-reflection to its audience. Even if you don’t like musicals, see this show. In a day when movies are more Student Special: 1 Month Free! about special effects and three dimensions, it’s hard to Call or visit uhaul.com to find a better place than the theater to see a real, human Only at: Reserve Your Space Today! story. 7270 Olive Street Rd Offer valid until May 31, 2011 University City, MO 63130 Write to Georgie Morvis at 314.862.4433 [email protected]

"Closest Campus Drugstore" Corner of Forest Park Pkwy and Big Bend 0ERSHING!VEs

WILLIAMS PHARMACY 3ERVING7ASH53TUDENTS &ACULTY(EALTH3ERVICE FOR/VER9EARS s-OST.ATIONAL)NSURANCE!CCEPTED s$ELIVERY!VAILABLE s3TUDENT$ISCOUNTON0RESCRIPTIONS s $AY&ILM$EVELOPING s3ODA 3NACKS "EER7INE s#OSMETICS s!4- s,ETOURPHARMACISTSASSISTYOUINYOUR OVER THE COUNTERMEDICATIONNEEDS /PEN-ON &RIAM PM 3ATAM PM 3UNAM PM MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2011 STUDENT LIFE 7 scene

Five ways to enjoy shorts and t-shirt weather SPORTS, STATUES KITTENS AND TREES

ROB THURMAN | ROBTHURMAN.COM

STEPH SPERA, BILLY PAULSEN AND admission is free, so spend the day strolling around the and cheeses, interesting and unique crafts (and craft STEVE HARDY beautiful green grass and backwoods trails exploring this sellers) and $8 kittens. The selection and cost of the SCENE REPORTERS open-air museum. produce here puts everything Schnucks sells to shame. Five avocados for $1, $2 beers and pulled-pork sand- TREEmendous Cardinals games fo’ cheap wiches for $3.50? Yes please, to everything. The Soulard Join the folks at the Missouri Botanical Garden and If you love going to professional baseball games, but Farmer’s Market is open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Gamma Tree Experts for the ultimate outdoor activity: hate paying more than $5.60 for a ticket, then you are Wednesday through Friday, and from 6 a.m. until 5 p.m. an arboreal scavenger hunt. From now until the end of pretty darn lucky you live in Saint Louis. During home on Saturdays. September, you are invited to visit mobot.org, where games, the Cardinals sell First Pitch Tickets, which you’ll find the coordinates for 30 of St. Louis’ most means that if you can drag yourself out of bed and be Forest Park Bike/Walk Trails spectacular trees in parks all around the county and at Busch Stadium by 9 a.m. on game day, you can buy a What’s big, green and gets 10 million visitors per year? Illinois. Be one of the first to snap a photo of yourself two-ticket voucher for $11.20. Fifteen minutes before the Forest Park, of course. Spring is the perfect season for with half of the list and identify each tree by species game starts, you trade in your voucher for an envelope bikers to explore the park’s 7.5-mile bike trail. The trail (they provide a handy guide), and you’ll earn free admis- that contain tickets—theoretically—to anywhere in the navigates along the exterior of the park, passing such sion to MoBot. park. And even though they are almost certain to be landmarks as the history museum and planetarium. Standing Room Only, you can hang out in Ford Plaza, Along the north side of the park the trail also affords Laumeier Sculpture Park the Left Field Porch, or just snag some empty seats on great views of turn-of-the-century mansions. No bike? Over 75 giant, thought-provoking, awesome sculptures the upper deck. There isn’t a bad seat in the park. No problem. A gravel pedestrian path travels adjacent to call Laumeier Sculpture Park’s 105 sprawling acres the bike trail. The path leads to numerous sitting areas home. The grounds are perfect for picnicking, and “Man Soulard Farmers Market nestled among oak trees and calm streams, ideal places with Briefcase at #2968443,” “Ball? Ball! Wall? Wall!” The Soulard Farmer’s Market is only three years to escape the chaos of the last month of school. and “Symphony Lounge” are just a few of the many younger than the United States itself. 232 years of sculptures that warrant hilarious profile picture-worthy business must mean you’re doing something right. And Write to Steph Spera at shots. The park is open every day until sunset and that something right is delicious, cheap produce, meats [email protected]