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SPECIAL REPORT CHARITY Alumni end 5,000-mile ride on campus Diversity at Vanderbilt is an eight-part series appearing in every Monday and Friday issue in September. With this series, we are attempting to bring diversity to the forefront of campus discussion. The profi les are not meant to showcase one group over another but to demonstrate the depth of the Vanderbilt community. While the series will offi cially last for one month, it is meant to demonstrate The Hustler’s commitment to consistently represent the entire Vanderbilt community. Chancellor’s Scholarship opens doors for diversity Awards given to 25 new students annually.

By Allison Malone EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Each year, the Chancellor’s Scholars Program awards full scholarships to 25 incoming students who have demonstrated a commitment to leadership, diversity, citizenship and scholarship. Th e Chancellor’s Scholarship has aff ected diversity at Vanderbilt by addressing stereotypes and reaching out to underrepresented communities. BRETT KAMINSKY / The Vanderbilt Hustler Austin Bauman visits with a young oncology patient during his trip to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt on Thursday. “Th e biggest problem with diversifying the student population, Alums bike across America to raise money for cancer research. RALLY ACROSS AMERICA FINALE from my personal experience as a Vanderbilt student in the late By Allison Smith WHAT 1960s, when there were three ASST NEWS EDITOR Parthenon in Centennial Park starting at the Children’s Hospital here. men to every woman and only a 9 a.m., followed by a celebratory event “It’s almost over,” Bauman said, letting 20-mile bike ride to conclude 5,000- few African Americans, you must at Outback Steakhouse on West End out a big whoop and raising his hands mile journey across America overcome the public’s perception One hundred days after two alumni set Avenue. over his head. “It’s incredible. Tom didn’t of the school,” said Sandy out on a cross-country journey to raise It’s hard to explain how I feel,” Bauman think it would happen at fi rst. He was a WHEN Stahl, director for Community, money for childhood cancer research, said at the Children’s Hospital Th ursday. realist. We weren’t cyclists. Th e odds were Leadership, Intercultural the spandex-clad duo pedaled their way “After riding 5,000 miles and fi nally against us.” Saturday, Sept. 9 at 9 a.m. Programs and Services. onto campus. Austin Bauman, 22, and getting here, it’s a weird feeling.” Bauman and Reardon made the “Th ere must also be a critical Tom Reardon, 22, were not experienced Th e pedaling pair has spent the last Children’s Hospital their last visit on WHERE mass of students of diverse cyclists before facing this challenge, but three months holding rallies and meeting Th ursday. The Parthenon in Centennial Park backgrounds. We bring in 25 5,000 miles and $130,000 later, they are with more than 300 children with cancer Kimberly Best, the mother of a 9-year- students a year for 21 years who experts. in the 20 cities they visited, as part of Rally old cancer patient at the hospital, said go back home, tell others about A visit to the Vanderbilt Children’s Across America, the primary fundraising she contacted the pair through e-mail The bike ride will be followed by a their experience at Vanderbilt and hospital on Th ursday marked their eff ort of Th e Rally Foundation, a when she heard about their bike ride and fundraiser at the Outback Steakhouse on make the school more appealing homecoming to Vanderbilt. On Saturday, nonprofi t organization based in Atlanta. told them about her son’s struggle with to subsequent groups of students.” their fundraising festivities will conclude Th e foundation donates all of its proceeds cancer. West End Avenue from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Please see DIVERSITY, page 3 with a 20-mile bike ride beginning at the to pediatric cancer research hospitals like Please see RALLY, page 3

GREEK LIFE HOMECOMING NPHC Homecoming Outstanding Senior award replaces Week concludes King and Queen distinctions for second year tonight Renaming meant to give all students equal access to award. By Emily Schweickhardt “Th ere comes a time in which tradition new name for the award, that might include CONTRI BUTING REPORTER needs to be amended and moved forward to the words “Homecoming” or “Commodore,” being more applicable to the current state of but they cannot make any promises quite yet. Vanderbilt has decided to continue with last our society and institution,” Hataway said. However, it is their priority to make sure that fall’s change to the Homecoming program, Yet, students, such as junior Haden Oswalt, they get student feedback on the new name of designating a student as Outstanding Senior, expressed frustration and sadness in losing the award, and they are currently working on instead of bringing back the traditional titles the King and Queen tradition. a system that would allow students to vote on of Homecoming King and Queen. “Vanderbilt has lost all its values for the new name. “Th e Outstanding Senior award is more traditions and culture,” Oswalt said. “I feel As part of the 2006 Homecoming representative of the Vanderbilt student body like I go to a bland institution sometimes, not festivities, there will be an Outstanding Senior academically and socially,” said senior Lizzy a college.” brunch on game day for the 10 fi nalists, Strom, Homecoming co-chair. “We do not see change as giving in to the their families, Chancellor Gordon Gee and Strom shares the position with junior gender controversies, but we see this change other administrators. Th e fi nalists will also Breanne Hataway. as being inclusive and inviting and making ride in the Homecoming parade and will be Th e chairs said they believe that Outstanding Vanderbilt a safe place,” Hataway said. presented at Commodore Quake. Senior is a more appropriate award for the Strom acknowledged that the title of By special permission from Athletics, the Vanderbilt campus, as the student body has Outstanding Senior will not become an fi nalists’ profi les will also appear in the game- become more talented and diverse in recent “instant favorite overnight,” but after speaking day program. years. with Interhall Wednesday night, she feels Applications for Outstanding Senior are Th e main reason for changing the title, confi dent that students will have more of an now available and can be found in Sarratt 207 says Trey Truitt, assistant director for student open-minded and accepting outlook once or online at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/vpb/ activities and Homecoming adviser, is that they are informed and educated about the homecoming. Th e applications are due Friday, ■ the defi nitions of gender and sexuality are issues behind the decision. Sept. 15. becoming more blurred. Th e award also has new requirements for “Gender identity is a hot topic at all potential candidates. Th ere is a minimum Are you an outstanding senior? campuses now, and it has become even more GPA of 3.0 and a certain level of campus Applications for this year’s Outstanding Senior of an issue at Vanderbilt within the last four involvement that each applicant must attain. JONATHAN DIETZ / The Vanderbilt Hustler years,” Truitt said. Outstanding Senior is the only award that award are now available. They can be picked Hataway and Strom said that by eliminating is both merit-based and student-selected, and up in Sarratt 207 or found online at http:// Charleson Bell from Kappa Alpha Psi performs in front of Sarratt during NPHC Week Thurs- day afternoon. To end the week, there will be a “School Daze” party tonight in the Student the King and Queen titles, Vanderbilt is being it is the Homecoming chairs’ goal that the www.vanderbilt.edu/vpb/homecoming. Life Center at 9:30 p.m. proactive and is addressing these gender issues award gains enormous prestige in the near Applications are due Friday, Sept. 15. by attempting to rid Vanderbilt of gender future. categorization and discrimination. Th e co-chairs are working on creating a 2 | NEWS The Vanderbilt Hustler | Friday, September 8, 2006

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CORRECTION POLITICS Bush adviser speaks on Israel and Christianity In the “Meet the Undergraduate Academic Deans” feature in Wednesday’s issue, the pictures of Kenneth Galloway and Mark Wait Event at BCM co-sponsored by several student groups. were reversed. Th e Hustler regrets this error.

By Harish Krishnamoorthi CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Beginning in July, Israel and Hezbollah entered into a month-long confl ict in which over 1,500 people were killed. A U.N. ceasefi re was TODAY IN THE BUBBLE Compiled by Darcy Newell enacted in the region on Aug. 14. Dr. Richard Land, President George W. Bush’s policy adviser on “Th ere is no moral equivalence between Israel and Hezbollah and religious aff airs, spoke to students at the Baptist Collegiate Ministry Hamas on the other side,” he said. “Hezbollah is a murderous terrorist Rec the Tide Tuesday night. His presentation discussed the crisis in the Middle organization. Any organization that is dedicated to terror and thinks Th e Student Rec Center invites students back to watch the East and the connection between Christianity and Israel. that terror is a legitimate tactic is a terrorist organization.” Vanderbilt vs. Alabama football game on the big screen on As president of the Ethics and Religious Liberties Commission, Land also introduced Iran into the Israel-Hezbollah confl ict and Saturday. Th e event will begin at 2:30 p.m. and will include free the public policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, Land has labeled Iran as the next threat in the Middle East. To this point, Iran soda, popcorn and prizes. A dinner for two at Amerigo’s will be the responsibility to make sure Congress is aware of the Convention’s has sided with Hezbollah, supporting their attacks on Israel. awarded to the best dressed/ painted Vanderbilt fan. Th e day will position on bills related to religious aff airs. “Th e more I look at the situation, as a student of history, you can end at approximately 5:30 p.m. Th e speech was co-sponsored by the College Democrats, College plug in Tehran for Berlin, the President of Iran for Hitler and radical Republicans, BCM and Beta Upsilon Chi (Brothers Under Christ), Islamic fascism for Nazi socialism,” said Land. under the direction of junior Max Kuperman, president of the Israel Land emphasized that the Arabs were not the diplomatic party in Interhall Discussion Forum. the crisis, saying, “If the Arabs wanted peace as badly as Israel wanted Kuperman said that he believed Land’s talk served an important peace, there would be peace.” Elections for Interhall’s freshman president and judicial vice purpose on campus. In a later discussion, Land elaborated on why Christians, specifi cally president representatives will take place on Sunday, Sept. 10 at 8 “America and Israel have common values, a lot of common freedoms, Southern Baptists, should be sympathetic to the Israeli cause. p.m. Elections will be held in the dormitories. and it’s really important for every group to realize that they have a “You look at Truman, you look at Eisenhower, you look at Nixon, you connection to Israel,” he said. look at Reagan, it’s essentially the same policy,” he said. “We believe in Senior Stephanie Marienau, president of the BCM, agreed on the Israel’s right to exist in secure borders and peace with their neighbors. ASB signifi cance of the speech. We support Israel as the only stable democracy in the Middle East.” Alternative Spring Break site leader applications are now available “It’s important to bring an engaged debate to campus,” she said. While held in the BCM, not everyone was in full agreement with and can be picked up at all dorm reeve desks, at the CPH or online “Th e speech was very interesting. I learned a lot from it. Richard and I Land’s claims. at www.vanderbilt.edu/asb. Th ose interested in the position should have diff erent views, but we share the same core values.” “Politically and religiously, we diff er greatly, but his stance was very In his analysis of this summer’s events in the Middle East, Land well-researched, and he knew his stuff ,” said Dane Th orwaldson, attend the site leader informational meeting on Th ursday, Sept. 14 ■ in Sarratt 189. Applications are due Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 5 p.m. condoned Israel’s actions while condemning those of Hezbollah. president of BYX. “It was very well done.” in the CPH.

NPHC Week NPHC will host its “School Daze” party in the Student Life Center. Th e event begins tonight at 9:30 p.m.

Computer Recycling Event Dell Computers hosts its third free computer recycling event for residents of Metro Nashville and surrounding counties on Saturday, Sept. 9. Th e event will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Vanderbilt University parking lot 74 on Natchez Trace, across from the Vanderbilt track.

Check out http://calendar.vanderbilt.edu for more events.

VUPD CRIME LOG Compiled by Darcy Newell

Sept. 6, 1:45 a.m.—An arrest was made for trespass of real property at the Vanderbilt Hospital. Sept. 6, 2:38 a.m.—An arrest was made on the corner of 21st Avenue and Grand for an individual driving under suspension. Th e arrest was made via Misdemeanor Citation.

Check out http://police.vanderbilt.edu/crimelog.htm for complete listings.

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BACK ISSUES Back issues are available in Sarratt 130 during business hours. Friday, September 8, 2006 | The Vanderbilt Hustler NEWS | 3 RALLY: Cyclists celebrate success at Outback fundraiser

From RALLY, page 1 they crossed the Mississippi River and then south on the way, including one about a bruise Reardon “It’s cool that a couple of young college kids towards Nashville. received en route that spanned half his thigh. thought to do something like this. It is reassuring The two started out their trek in Atlanta on June “They didn’t talk a lot about trials and that there are still people out there who have 1 with a support bus loaded with supplies as well tribulations of the journey (while they stayed at my been raised to care about something more than as an amateur film company, Veritaz Productions, house),” said Debbie DeLair, who hosted the men themselves,” Best said. which will release a documentary on their journey in Naperville, Ill. “They said it was very important. Matt Clausen has had experiences similar to this fall. They just felt the passion that they needed to do Best’s. His son, Ian, has leukemia. Of the journey, Bauman said his favorite city this for the kids.” “Ten years ago, the success rate for Ian’s type was Buffalo, NY. When the pair reached Cleveland, Ohio, they of leukemia was 5 percent. Now it is 90 percent “All they eat there is pizza, hot dogs, buffalo stayed with Ashley Hanson, a sophomore and the because of money raised by people like this. It wings and beer,” he said. “They have parties every vice president of the Vanderbilt Rally Team. touches us because, as a parent, you never think night of the week during the summer, since it’s so “It was really cool. They showed up and I fell something like this would happen to your child,” cold in the winter.” into their world,” Hanson said. “We immediately Clausen said. On average, the team biked 100 miles each day. started planning for the fundraising we were Roommates since their freshman year of At night they stayed with supporters of the cause, having—calling everyone we knew in Cleveland college, Bauman and Reardon had already started sometimes with people they had never met. There and finding people to come. They were on the to plan their post-graduate road trip in the fall of they would use the down time to update their phone or the computer the entire time planning.” last year. When Bauman’s aunt found out about daily blog interviews and keep in touch with the Both Bauman and Reardon agree that their their plans, she suggested that the two should raise children they met along the way. most memorable moments are those spent money for the Rally Foundation along the way. Bauman, who graduated with a degree in interacting with the children. “We were seeking adventure because we spent music, kept Reardon entertained with themed “The best part is seeing the kids and hearing the last four years in college and wanted to do songs corresponding to the state they were riding their stories, because that is what motivates us to something new,” Bauman said. in, including “New York, New York” by Frank do this kind of thing,” Bauman said. After they decided to commit to raising money Sinatra and “Walking in Memphis” by Mark As for a future in bike riding and fundraising, for the Rally Foundation, the two novice cyclists Cohn. the pair has not yet decided what their plans began training and formed a Vanderbilt Rally “I normally sing, and Tom tends to keep his include. Team to help with raising money and planning distance when I do that,” Bauman joked with “I’m still not sure exactly. It was something their journey. Reardon. “We don’t talk while we bike. That’s how that will still affect me for a while,” Reardon Bauman and Reardon decided on a route up we preserve our friendship.” said. “I’m glad we could make some of the kids PHOTO PROVIDED ■ Tom Reardon and Austin Bauman cycled across America for more than three months in sup- the eastern seaboard to Maine, then west until To boost morale, Bauman also made up songs smile.” port of childhood cancer research, stopping at children’s hospitals along the way.

ALUMNI Microsoft CIO speaks to Owen as part of Distinguished Speaker Series Scott answers reporter’s questions on Bill Gates, Vanderbilt experience.

By Ellie Atkins STAFF REPORTER excited. He is the most down to earth, simple, contributing factors. I was able to become successful Our company, Microsoft, has grown 400% here. It’s incredibly intelligent person. You would never quickly based upon what I was able to bring to the an exciting time for Nashville and for Microsoft in suspect that he’s the richest man in the world. table. Nashville. Microsoft’s Chief Investment Officer Stuart VH: What’s your fondest memory of Vanderbilt? VH: Do you have any advice for Vanderbilt Scott, a 1994 graduate of the Owen Graduate VH: What can you tell me about his SS: It was really my classmates and the number of students? School of Management, spoke on Tuesday to philanthropy? people that I built friendships with, working on cases SS: My advice is just to soak everything in. Take current students as part of Owen’s Distinguished SS: That’s what he loves. You start talking about with people from different companies and different advantage of not only the education you’re receiving Speaker Series. the poverty and disease that exists in the world, backgrounds. I learned that there’s more than just here, but also the relationships you can build with Scott has been with Microsoft for one year and that’s when he gets really passionate. I think he the engineering way of looking at things; I learned the students and faculty. It’s a very exciting part of but worked with General Electric Co. for 17 will be known as the most prolific philanthropist more than just the GE way of looking at things. your life. It’s an awesome school and also one that I years before that. As CIO, Scott is responsible ever, and what he’ll do for the world and the have a lot of respect for. So recognize how lucky you for the building and maintenance of the internal world’s population will be incredible. VH: Has Nashville changed? are to be in this great institution and be surrounded ■ computer systems at Microsoft, including about SS: Well, SatCo is still here. That’s a hallmark. by smart, enthusiastic people. $40 billion of revenue transacted through the VH: What did you want to be growing up? Nashville is growing; the whole economy has grown. systems. SS: ( Jokingly) Yeah, I wanted to be a fireman. In his speech to the business school, Scott Well, I didn’t know I wanted to be a CIO as a discussed Microsoft’s goals for software to child, maybe because I didn’t know what that continue to empower users. He also discussed was. In the early ‘90s, after I started working Sizzlin’ Student Specials! the company’s new operating system and Office in product development, I realized that I really Want to 2007, which will be available in early 2007. liked the management track. That was really 1 Block from Campus! the inflection point, and I can’t imagine doing work for Vanderbilt Hustler: After working at GE for so anything else. MON 9:30AM 12 noon 4:30PM 6:00PM 7:30PM long, why did you decide to go to Microsoft? TUE 6:00AM 12 noon 4:30PM 6:00PM Stuart Scott: I really love the company for what VH: What was your first job? The Hustler? WED 9:30AM 12 noon 4:30PM 6:00PM 7:30PM it does, in terms of changing the world through SS: Cutting grass. We lived near a neighborhood software. I’m a CIO, and I like being a CIO. For that was being completed, and I had a contract THUR 6:00AM 12 noon 4:30PM 6:00PM me, it was the opportunity to do what I love to do with the builders to maintain the houses before FRI 9:30AM 12 noon 4:30PM for the largest software company in the world. they were sold. That was at 13, and then I went SAT 9:30AM 4:30PM Applications from there. SUN 9:30AM 4:30PM VH: When did you first meet Bill Gates? What are available on is he like? VH: Do you think that your Vanderbilt degree SS: I met Bill a couple weeks into my job. I ended prepared you for your job? vscmedia.org and up having dinner with him; my wife was pretty SS: Absolutely. That is one of the more strong

www.hotyoganashville.com in Sarratt 130. DIVERSITY: Scholars use stipend to give back Buy Online and SAVE! More Classes Coming Soon! From DIVERSITY, page 1 city Charlotte, seen poverty a doctor to go out there and do 2214 Elliston Place, 3rd Floor While Chancellor Joe B. or worked with children of a something about it,” she said. 615.321.8828 Wyatt started the program in different race, so I tried to get “I got to bring the experience 1985 to help diversify our student students involved with inner-city of working with people who population, the scholarship has schools. When I saw Vanderbilt are starving in Africa back to evolved to include those students had a scholarship that promoted Vanderbilt. We are a blessed that are committed to leadership, this, I thought, ‘This is perfect for community because we have diversity and scholarship, not just me.’” education and are economically those who are part of a minority Gaudioso is a good example advantaged, so I had to blend group. of what the advisory board is the concepts of two different “We beefed it up in recent years looking for in a Chancellor’s communities and bring it into with higher academic standards, Scholar. one picture of the world.” and the scholarship is no longer “We are looking for students Junior Matthew Kitcharoen for only African-American who have an interest in diverse chose to study abroad last summer students, but it is for students issues, an inclination to be broadly at Sophia University, one of the who distinguish themselves by inclusive and a global perspective best liberal arts colleges in Japan. the four thematic sections of the on community,” Stahl said. “I would most likely not have program, regardless of color,” said “These are students that are not done this without the Chancellor’s Lucius Outlaw, associate provost afraid to speak out about issues Scholarship,” he said. “It definitely for Undergraduate Education. of diversity, and the Chancellor’s gives people the opportunity to Lyn Fulton-John, director for Scholars program makes sure have a summer experience based the Office of Honor Scholarships, that they are well-equipped to on their personal dreams and said, “People’s assumptions are use their voice against injustice aspirations and bring back what that diversity means sacrificing on campus,” she said. they learned to add to the group standards, but this is absolutely In providing a $5,000 experience at Vanderbilt.” not the case with the Chancellor’s summer stipend, the program Keivan Stassun, a professor Scholarship. These students gives scholars an additional in the physics and astronomy outperform the majority of opportunity to experience department and member of Vanderbilt students in academics diversity through a study abroad the Chancellor’s Scholarship and leadership.” program or independent research advisory board, has a unique Because of increased interest in project. perspective on the program as the program and a push to make Senior Czarina Sanchez a former Chancellor’s Scholar the application process more spent her summer stipend on a at the University of California, rigorous, a separate supplemental program in Tanzania, where she Berkeley. application was required for the hiked to villages and set up free “The Chancellor’s Scholarship first time last year. clinics to provide basic health makes a big, positive difference. Freshman Lynsey Gaudioso care to the communities. From my experience as a was chosen as a Chancellor’s As a pre-med student, Sanchez Chancellor’s Scholar at another Scholar through the new said that the experience gave her leading university, Vanderbilt selection system. a new perspective on her future excels in preparing the next “I applied to be a Chancellor’s career. leaders and scholars, and this Scholar because my high school “It opened my eyes to program can continue this legacy was really small, private and how health care is done while being inclusive of all the conservative, and many people internationally and made me see different segments of American were racist,” she said. “Most the disadvantages out there and society that are now reflected on ■ people had never been to inner- the opportunity in my future as campus.” 4 The Vanderbilt Hustler | Friday, September 8, 2006

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” OPINIONOPINION The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

ALLISON MALONE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EDITORIAL CARTOON

GLENNA DEROY, NEWS EDITOR

REEVE HAMILTON, OPINION EDITOR

JARRED AMATO, SPORTS EDITOR

MONIKA BLACKWELL, LIFE EDITOR

JONATHAN DIETZ, PHOTO EDITOR

OUR VIEW Homecoming decision a mistake The Homecoming committee’s decision to continue the Outstanding Senior award is surprising, given it’s unpopularity among students. Assistant Director for Student Activities and Homecoming Advisor, Trey Truitt, offered that the reason for the change is that the definitions of gender and sexuality are becoming more blurred. This became an issue at Vanderbilt in 2004 when Everett Moran, a male, ran for the coveted title of Homecoming Queen. According to Homecoming co-chair Lizzy Strom, the Outstanding Senior award is “more representative of the Vanderbilt student body academically and socially.” However, the use of the word “outstanding” implied that the “Outstanding Senior” is not representative of, but somehow more noteworthy than, the rest of the student body. The incident with Moran actually demonstrates that, on occasion, the Homecoming Court allowed a variety of student tastes to be represented. It was student votes that propelled Moran to the finals in the Homecoming Queen category. Clearly, his presence there was in some way representative of the tastes of a significant Don Wright — KRT portion of Vanderbilt students, whether everyone wanted to admit it or not. Furthermore, he was welcome to choose the category with LETTER TO THE EDITOR which he identified himself- queen. Homecoming co-chair Breanne Hataway said they “do not see this change as giving in to the gender controversies, but see it as being Party scene criticism not specifically targeting Greeks inclusive and inviting and making Vanderbilt a safe place.” The idea To the Editor: scene” in particular. I was well aware that the personal attack on Greek organizations. I that this issue in any way relates to campus safety is ludicrous, unless I would like to thank Michael Scherer recent security alerts involved activities off would like to recognize the contributions Hataway means safe from dealing with controversial gender issues. for his response to my letter and assure him campus, and nowhere did I mean to imply of Greek organizations on campus and As for inclusiveness, Homecoming Court was a popularity contest that I did not mean to imply that Greek that Greek organizations were somehow thank Jeff Moredock for his well-written that recognized two individuals, who, in order to run, merely had to organizations were responsible for underage responsible or connected to these events. letter, “Fraternity members are community select a gender role. Outstanding Senior replaces it with a popularity drinking or violence on campus. My two My intent in referencing Kyle Larson’s leaders.” contest that recognizes a single high achieving, highly involved references to “the party scene” were indeed column was to support his views on person that must meet GPA and campus involvement requirements. intended to reference “the general party scene underage drinking and the party scene in Nicholas Snyder That does not sound more inviting or more inclusive. Also, unlike the on and off campus” and not “the Greek party general, but I did not mean to endorse his Junior, School of Engineering rest of Homecoming, it does not sound fun. Vanderbilt is undergoing many changes. Alumni that come back for Homecoming are having an increasingly difficult time recognizing COLUMN COLUMN it as the institution from which they graduated. While many of these changes are important and productive, nobody is served by the loss of Wheelchair accessibility Facebook renovations take a fun tradition like Homecoming Court, least of all the alumni who appreciated this harmless token of their past. poses important problem the enjoyment out of stalking The most interesting part about the change to Outstanding Senior is that the student body was not consulted on a decision that was Vanderbilt’s Peabody College not one room in Towers is We’re all Facebook stalkers a disturbing invasion of privacy, made to better represent it. Many students and alumni are unhappy is in the top five graduate accommodating,” Harston said. in our own ways. Honestly, who but to others, understandably, with the change, making it clear that it is in fact not representative of schools of education in the Vanderbilt and Barnard dorms hasn’t, on occasion, sized up the a mere extension of the norm: the community’s preferences. In fact, it seems to be unnecessarily in nation. Yet, only the first floor are the only freshman dorms girl’s profile whose posts are the News Feed, an up-to- conflict with them. with wheelchair accessible the-minute log displaying Columnist rooms. Many freshman dorms Columnist nearly every activity of all of OPINION POLICY are not wheelchair accessible at the acquaintances in one’s SARA all. ANA network—friend additions, The Vanderbilt Hustler opinion come from a Vanderbilt e-mail TABOR “I couldn’t visit my friends in ARATA relationship status changes, new section aims to stimulate discus- address where the identity of the Kissam Quad, Scales, Stapleton pictures and new comments on sion in the Vanderbilt community. sender is clear or be accompanied of the Peabody library is easily or Vaughn because the buildings flooding your boyfriend’s wall, friends’ walls, just to name a few. In that spirit, columnists, guest with a phone call to the editor- wheelchair accessible. For a weren’t accessible,” Harston said. or kept tabs on an ex’s endeavors The backlash was immediate. columnists and authors of let- in-chief. With rare exception, all school that prides itself on its As upperclassmen housing by looking at the pictures under But, how disturbing should this ters to the editor are expected letters must be received by 1 p.m. to provide logical argument to on Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday. number one ranked special goes, according to Harston, his name? Even something be, really? Information online back their views. Unreasonable The editor reserves the right to education program, this seems a wheelchair accessible living is as innocuous as an “it’s is public and readily viewable, arguments or arguments in vain edit and condense submissions for little out of place. limited to Cole and Lewis. This complicated” under your crush’s especially on a social networking between columnists have no place length as well as clarity. Junior Palmer Harston, who provides a student restricted to relationship status may have website like Facebook. All of in The Hustler and will not be Lengthy letters that focus on an has been in a wheelchair since a wheelchair with much fewer kept you from pursuing things the details one now views about published. The Hustler welcomes issue affecting students might be she was 8 years old, says that options than the rest of the further—because, really, who one’s friends on the News Feeds reader viewpoints and offers three considered for a guest column at Peabody Library and Central student body. wants to enter into something on the website could previously methods of expression: letters the editor’s discretion. Library are the most problematic “I guess if I could see one with “baggage” written all over be found by browsing their to the editor, guest columns and All submissions become the areas on campus because of their thing improve, it would be it? pages before. feedback on our website. property of The Hustler and must Letters must be submitted either conform to the legal standards of old elevators. housing options,” Harston said. Facebook is the guilty Nevertheless, I have to in person by the author to The Vanderbilt Student Communica- “They have extremely old “It is really not that difficult to pleasure of our generation. It argue that publicly available Hustler office or via e-mail to tions, of which The Hustler is a elevators in very inconvenient make showers, bathrooms and almost seems wrong to know information and publicly [email protected]. division. locations,” Harston said. “To ride rooms wheelchair-friendly.” so much about people, to be announced information are Letters via e-mail must either them I have to call a librarian to By working with the able to see the flirtations of all two, very separate entities. come operate them which means Opportunity Development of your friends, to not have to It’s one thing to change your I can only use them during the Center, Harston has been remember their birthdays; the relationship status from “single” CORRECTION POLICY day.” able to overcome many of the list of benefits goes on and on. to “in a relationship.” However, Accuracy is our profession. As the Bring corrections to The Hustler Some of the classrooms on inconveniences on campus. The Don’t remember the name of it’s entirely another for all your “Voice of Vanderbilt,” we are com- office in Sarratt 130 or e-mail us at the main Vanderbilt campus do ODC has been very helpful in the your beirut partner? Go Facebook friends to be notified mitted to ensuring our work is fair [email protected]. You and accurate. Errors of substance may also report them by telephone not have wheelchair-accessible accommodating students all on Facebook, and now you that you’ve done so. By instating will be corrected. With very rare to the news line at 615-322-2424 seating. Tiered classrooms, over campus and is a wonderful know she loves Steinbeck, the News Feed feature, Facebook exception, these corrections will or the editor-in-chief at 615-322- especially, pose a problem. While resource that could be looked went to Acapulco last spring has changed the way personal be listed on Page 2. 3757. this may not be something many to for advice when renovating break and that she talks to her information is shared around of us consider on a daily basis, it buildings. ex-boyfriend. A lot. You can the website, which impacts user should certainly be considered As Vanderbilt expands our probably even find out her class privacy on an extreme scale. STAFF when designing a building. campus, more consideration schedule, so you can now, if It is absurd to broadcast News Editor Glenna DeRoy Senior Sports Reporter Will Gibbons Peabody attracts students from for handicapped-accessibility you really want to, stake out a every invitation declined, every Asst. News Editors Ally Smith Marketing Director George Fischer all over the country and should needs to be taken into account. bench to be reading Grapes of relationship begun and every Nicole Floyd Advertising Manager David Fotouhi Darcy Newell Asst Advertising Manager Madeleine Pulman be able to accommodate all of Vanderbilt already seems to Wrath on where she’s sure to friendship commenced. So Opinion Editor Reeve Hamilton Advertising Staff Angela Booker those students. be working to eliminate the walk by. Facebook has become here’s to the old days of late Asst Opinion Editor Katie Vick Hillary Rogers Sports Editor Jarred Amato Justin Gonzales The area that needs to be problem. As Harston points out, a compulsion for students and night hours browsing through Asst Sports Editors Peter Madden Art Director Matt Radford addressed the most is the many of the newer buildings, alumni alike. It is difficult the pages, deciphering the ties Jambu Palaniappan Designers Becca Carson Life Editor Monika Blackwell Cassie Edwards accessibility of the dorms. such as Buttrick Hall, are much to sever the attachment, that that bind us all. Everyone has Asst Life Editor Emily Silver Laura Kim Hopefully, this will be remedied more accessible. This is an issue sheer accessibility to your close spent some time stalking on Photo Editor Jonathan Dietz Andrew McCormick Supervising Copy Editor Amy Roebuck Katie Quille in the upcoming college halls. students should be aware of and friends, distant acquaintances Facebook—it’s part of the draw. Copy Editors Stacy Clark It should also be dealt with in a change that needs to be seen and people you haven’t even the But now, it seems, they’ve taken Sara Gast Jennifer Kamler existing dorms. Many dorms all around campus. smallest intention of talking to. all the sport out of it. Becky Lou do not have any wheelchair On Tuesday, when users logged Kevin McNish Elizabeth Middlebrooks VSC Director Chris Carroll accessible living. —Sara Tabor is a junior in in to check their profiles, they —Ana Arata is a freshman in the Senior News Reporters Meredith Casey Asst. VSC Director Jeff Breaux “I think it is crazy that Peabody College. encountered what was to some College of Arts and Science. Kristen Chnielewski Asst. VSC Director Paige Orr-Clancy

Your voice doesn’t stop here. President Boone Lancaster President Devin Donovan U.S. Sen. Bill Frist U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander Rep. Jim Cooper Rep. Edith Langster Sen. Douglas Henry, Jr. Councilor Ginger Hausser The Vanderbilt Hustler encourages its readers Student Government Assoc. Interhall United State Senate United States Senate U.S. House of Rep. Tenn. District 54 Tenn. District 21 Metro District 18 to voice their opinions on legislative issues. 1542 Station B 7010 Station B Washington, DC 20510 Washington, DC 20510 Washington, DC 20515 35 Legislative Plaza 11 Legislative Plaza 521 Chesterfield Avenue The following students and legislators [email protected] [email protected] (202) 224-3344 (202) 224-4944 (202) 225-4311 Nashville, TN 37243-0154 Nashville, TN 37243-0021 Nashville, TN 37212 represent the Vanderbilt community. Sarratt 359 Sarratt 357 (615) 352-9411 (615) 736-5129 (615) 736-5295 (615) 741-1997 (615) 741-3291 (615) 783-0106 (615) 322-8742 (615) 421-7515 Friday, September 8, 2006 | The Vanderbilt Hustler OPINION | 5

COLUMN AROUND How “Honestly, I “Who needs don’t really more of a THE do you see the big beauty contest Arab-Israeli peace initiative untimely deal about the than 8 a.m. LOOP feel about the whole thing, classes filled whether it is with sorority Some people never learn. Every peace initiative being deployed in the south of Lebanon. In all continuation of Homecom- girls? Keep the in the Middle East aimed at ending the Arab- likelihood, neither of those two entities will deal the Outstanding MATT MAHLA ing court or GALEN WHITE Outstanding Israeli conflict has failed for one reason or another. with Hezbollah, leaving them in possession of the Sophomore Outstanding Junior Senior Soon, the Arab League will attempt to build IDF soldiers. Senior Award? Senior Award.” Program.“ It has been suggested, stupidly, that Israel The Dissenting VU engage in a “prisoner exchange” with Hezbollah “Why did “I think limiting “What’s the CHRISTOPHER and Hamas to secure the release of the soldiers. they get rid the award to one difference?“ Large western nations have a known, and generally of Homecom- person lessens MCGEADY ing King the significance successful, reputation for not negotiating with of the award. I terrorists. In Israel’s case, prisoner exchanges have and Queen mean, how many anyway? I liked support in the United Nations Security Council been done before, with Israel releasing known Vick tie people actually Ka it when it was remember last for an international Middle East peace conference terrorists and terrorist sympathizers in order to ANNMARIE PAYNE CHARLY STANLEY STACY TOLOS the traditional year’s Outstand- Junior Sophomore Senior based on the 2002 Saudi peace initiative. While gain the release of two or three captives. Thus, the way.“ ing Senior?“ the goal is noble, holding a peace conference is not kidnapping of Israelis becomes quite appealing to Compiled by by Compiled the timeliest of agendas at the moment. terrorists. Israel and the Lebanon-based terror group So-called “land for peace” concessions also Hezbollah were recently engaged in a war, fail. When former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon solution. Their clear goal is the complete and utter and paramilitary organizations such as Hamas and sparked by the cross-border killing and capturing decided to unilaterally withdraw from the Gaza destruction of the State of Israel. Prime Minister Islamic Jihad. Additionally, before any peace can be of Israel Defense Forces soldiers, which ended on Strip and parts of the West Bank, the hope was Ehud Olmert and our own government have said declared there are many issues in Resolution 1701 very shaky grounds by UNSC Resolution 1701. that the peace process could resume. And yet, there can be no negotiation, and therefore no that need to be resolved, especially the disarming This calls for a number of things that have yet to things were soon worse than before, with rockets peaceable solution, until Hamas changes its tune. of Hezbollah and the return of the IDF soldiers. happen: disarmament of Hezbollah and its total raining down on nearby Israeli towns and terrorists, This brings us to the Arab League’s desire for a When all involved parties make good on their absence south of the Litani River, unconditional including al Qaeda, training in the now IDF- conference to jump-start the Saudi peace initiative. commitments and stop the insufferable practice of return of the IDF soldiers and cessation of the free Gaza. The typical rebuttal is that Israel still While it is a positive step forward for the greater terror, then maybe they can have that conference. Israeli sea and air blockade of Lebanon. maintains its occupation of other Arab lands, but Arab world, the timing of events calls attention to To enforce the cease-fire, the Lebanese army let us be realistic; attacks have continued because the fact that the Palestinian Authority has shirked —Christopher McGeady is a sophomore in the College and a revamped UN peacekeeping mission are groups, like Hamas, do not desire a two-state its obligations, namely the dismantling of terrorist of Arts & Science.

COLUMN Private schools could be solution to problems facing educational systems In the slums of Hyderabad, India, nestled among as many advocates have slipped away, creating a addition, teachers at private schools are absent less and means of decent education. grim Third World realities, are establishments that phenomenal growth of private schools for the poor. more active in classrooms when they are present. While private schools in cardboard slums seem usually call to mind American suburbs and rich Today they are to be found everywhere–Somaliland, Not only do these private schools seem like a foreign to Americans, we can learn some lessons kids: private schools. These private schools, often Sierra Leona, tiny Himalayan villages, beside the possible alternative for poor families, they prove to from the success of these private schools for the poor. Lagos lagoons in Nigeria and in between the be a better choice academically and often financially. Like the poor in developing countries, the American Columnist cardboard huts of Africa’s largest slum, Kibera, Poor private school children outperform poor public poor in crumbling public schools have another option Kenya. school children on math and reading tests. In terms besides desperately waiting for government salvation. KATIE Besides its very existence, this “underground of affordability, after governments charge small levies As Tooley says, “self-help” through private education VICK education” holds many surprises. After extensive and parents pay the “hidden costs” of public schools, is a real possibility. research, James Tooley, a professor of education policy such as transportation and uniform expenses, the The issue of education, both at home and abroad, unnoticed or ignored by governments and non-profit at the University of Newcastle in England, discovered small tuition charged by private schools is the less is complicated and will not be solved quickly. It is groups, educate many poor children in developing that for most poor areas in developing countries, the expensive option. Also, many private schools charge an oversimplification to label public schools “bad” countries. majority of children attend private schools rather “per day” and provide scholarships, making tuition and private schools “good.” Total privatization of the During a 2004 lobby led by the Global Campaign than public. Most are run as businesses, not charities, payment possible. system is not the answer; public school is not a lost for Education, Nelson Mandela said that he spoke and their school facilities and drinking water are Although many development experts continue to cause. However, it would be a mistake not to take on behalf of “millions of parents, teachers and generally superior to those found in public schools. disregard the importance of private school growth notice of these tiny, independent schools who have children around the world … calling on governments When it comes to teachers, private schools also in developing countries, in their current state, public stepped up while public schools struggle to clean up to provide free, good quality, basic education for all seem to win. While private school teachers are paid schools alone will not be able to reach the 2015 goal their acts. the world’s children.” less than their public school counterparts, it is public of primary education for all children. As local public As these people fight for public education, just schools, not private, that suffer teacher shortages. In schools fail, private schools often become the only —Katie Vick is a junior in the College of Arts & Science. 6 The Vanderbilt Hustler | Friday, September 8, 2006 SPORTSSPORTS

FOOTBALL Commodores must contain Darby to win in Tuscaloosa Crimson Tide running back seeks to pass Shaun Alexander on school’s all-time list By Pete Madden ASST SPORTS EDITOR Additionally, replacing three-year starter and school record-holder Brodie Croyle behind center will be sophomore quarterback John Parker Wilson, who made Following a humbling 27-7 loss to football an impressive debut in his fi rst career start against powerhouse Michigan to kick off the 2006 season, the Hawaii, completing 16 out of 29 passes for 253 yards Commodores seek to regroup and win their second and a touchdown. consecutive Southeastern Conference opener against a Historically, the Commodores have struggled to break talented Alabama squad at Bryant-Denny Stadium in the ice in the SEC. Last year’s 28-24 comeback victory Tuscaloosa. over Arkansas snapped a 14-year losing streak in the fi rst Th e Crimson Tide return 13 starters, including nine on games of conference play. off ense, from a team that fi nished 10-2 in 2005, capped In particular, the Commodores are just 2-11 when by a stunning 13-10 victory over Texas Tech in the facing Alabama in an SEC opener, with one of the two AT&T Cotton Bowl on the fi nal play of the contest. victories coming by way of forfeit. Leading Alabama’s off ensive attack will be senior However, Johnson and the Commodores plan to running back Kenneth Darby, Alabama’s sixth all-time make certain improvements from last weekend in hopes leading rusher with 2,512 yards from scrimmage. of solidifying their play on both sides of the ball in Darby seeks to become the fi rst running back in school preparation for Saturday’s crucial matchup. history to rush for three consecutive 1,000 yard seasons, “When we come out and practice, we work on both and in doing so overtake Shaun Alexander, the 2005 fundamentals and the game plan,” Johnson said. “We NFL MVP, as the university’s all-time leading rusher. want to get better every time we step onto the fi eld. In “Darby is a little bit better of an athlete than (Mike) particular, we need to take better care of the football, not Hart,” said junior linebacker Jonathan Goff , comparing give up big plays on defense and continue to be solid on Alabama’s rusher to Michigan’s Mike Hart, who rushed special teams.” for 146 yards on 31 carries against the Commodores last Having failed to establish a formidable ground game in weekend. “So we all have to get to the ball better than we the season opener, gaining only two yards on eight carries did last game.” by still recuperating junior running back Cassen Jackson- While coach Bobby Johnson recognized Darby as Garrison, the Commodores will rely on sophomore wide the primary threat in Alabama’s off ense, he nonetheless receiver Earl Bennett and sophomore quarterback Chris stressed the importance of a strategically balanced Nickson for the majority of their off ensive production. defensive scheme. “We do other things that take the place of the running “Th ere are only so many players you can assign to game,” Johnson said. “Quick passes to Earl are really no protect against the run,” Johnson said. “Th e plan is to be more than a handoff . So, we’re not worried about getting fundamentally sound against both the run and the pass, so many carries for so many yards. We’re just worried about get off blocks and tackle well.” moving the chains. Th e quarterback draw is also something Inexperience tarnishes the Crimson Tide defense, that we ran a little bit with Jay, but a lot more with Chris. however, which must replace seven starters from a So we’re trying to get the yards in other places.” defensive unit that was among the national leaders in Nickson, Bennett and the Commodores will take on NEIL BRAKE / VU Media Relations Relations ■ scoring, passing and total defense. Alabama tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. on Fox Sports South. Vanderbilt linebacker Marcus Buggs congratulates teammate Broderick Stewart during the team’s 27-7 loss at Michigan Saturday.

FOOTBALL Caldwell used to ‘Two-A-Days’ GAME 2 Cornerback attended Hoover, subject of MTV show

By Jarred Amato “It’s actually kind of weird because those guys are just a year SPORTS EDITOR behind me, so I know all of them,” Caldwell said. “It’s kind of crazy to see my school get all this publicity.” VANDERBILT AT #24 ALABAMA It is hard to describe how Vanderbilt cornerback Joel Caldwell, When “Two-A-Days” says that football is like a religion in (0-1) (1-0) a native of Hoover, Ala., will be feeling when he steps on the Hoover, it’s apparently no hyperbole. Caldwell said that on fi eld for the fi rst time tomorrow against the Crimson Tide. game days, Propst prevents players from talking or getting Date: Tomorrow More than 15 family members and countless high school “pumped up.” Kickoff : 2:30 a.m., CT classmates will be cheering him on from the stands. On the “It’s all about business and about winning and staying opposing sidelines will be his best friend, wide receiver Matt undefeated,” Caldwell said. Stadium: Bryant-Denny Stadium Caddell, and two former teammates, starting quarterback John It’s that type of commitment and discipline that made the Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama Parker Wilson and free safety Corey Reamer. transition to college football easier for Caldwell. Radio: 104.5 “The Zone” While Caldwell was unable to play at Michigan last week “I think Hoover prepared me for Vanderbilt, getting used to after dislocating his shoulder during an Aug. 9 practice, the the two-a-day practices, the heat,” Caldwell said. TV: Fox Sports South redshirt freshman is fi nally ready to help the Commodore Although both parents are Alabama alumni, Caldwell said defense. choosing between the Commodores and the Crimson Tide in “Th e adrenaline’s going,” Caldwell said. “I’m pretty pumped the recruiting process was not too diffi cult. up and I’m gonna be starting, so I’m ready.” “Alabama and Vanderbilt were my top two (choices), but PROJECTED VANDERBILT ALABAMA Before they were Southeastern Conference athletes, Caldwell, Vanderbilt had the best opportunity to come in and get a great STARTERS Reamer and Wilson played football together at Hoover High education and play early,” Caldwell said. His brother, Jason, was OFFENSE School, which is now the subject of the MTV reality show a Vanderbilt letter winner who graduated last year. QB 3 Chris Nickson 14 John Parker Wilson “Two-A-Days.” After working out with Caddell and Wilson back in Hoover Th e Hoover Buccaneers won the 6A title in all three seasons this summer, the Vanderbilt cornerback is looking forward to FB 17 Steven Bright 33 Le ‘Ron McClain Caldwell played and went undefeated and fi nished fourth in speaking with them on the fi eld tomorrow. TB 22 C. Jackson-Garrison 34 Kenneth Darby the USA Today national poll in Caldwell’s senior year. Behind “I’m really not one to talk trash,” Caldwell said. “I just do my WR 10 Earl Bennett 81 Keith Brown demanding coach Rush Propst, Hoover has won fi ve of the last job and try to help my team win. Obviously they’ll be some six Alabama state championships. jests, but it’s all in good spirit.” WR 82 Marlon White 22 DJ Hall As Caldwell said, “Hoover’s the program to be.” Other Commodores have ties to the Tide: For sophomore TE 83 Brad Allen 83 Travis McCall “Two-A-Days,” which follows the 2005 Hoover football safety Reshard Langford, a native of Tanner in north Alabama, LT 74 Chris Williams 71 Andre Smith team, is dead-on in its portrayal of the town and the program, tomorrow’s game has added signifi cance. according to Caldwell. “(Th e game has) a little bit more intensity for me, more LG 78 Josh Eames 50 Justin Britt “It’s pretty accurate, for real,” Caldwell said. “Everything they excitement, because I’m going back home,” Langford said. C 53 Hamilton Holliday 59 Antoine Caldwell said is pretty much what I experienced when I was there.” Back in high school, Langford attended the Auburn football RG 64 Merritt Kirchoff er 61 B.J. Stabler Still, it’s not often that people see their high school on camp and actually roomed with Wilson. He said he knew then national television. Please see FOOTBALL, page 7 RT 72 Brian Stamper 72 Chris Capps DEFENSE DE 46 Chris Booker 94 Keith Saunders Cassen Jackson-Garrison vs. Juwan Simpson DE 48 Curtis Gatewood 92 Wallace Gilberry DT 94 Ray Brown 96 Dominic Lee Jackson-Garrison, who is recovering from an emergency DT 54 Theo Horrocks 99 Jeremy Clark appendectomy, ran for just two yards on eight carries in the By Jambu Palaniappan LB 40 Kevin Joyce 42 Juwan Simpson ASST SPORTS EDITOR season opener last Saturday. His health and fi tness is critical to the Dores establishing the run early and taking pressure LB 47 Jonathan Goff 56 Matt Collins off of quarterback Chris Nickson. LB 24 Marcus Buggs 55 Terrance Jones JACKSON-GARRISON #22 Simpson, a three-year starter with the Crimson Tide, is a CB 4 Sean Dixon 2 Simeon Castille quick, tough tackler with a penchant for stopping opposing CB 14 Josh Allen 1 Ramzee Robinson position RUNNING BACK running backs behind the line of scrimmage. He had 10 FS 2 Ryan Hamilton 20 Marcus Carter tackles last week as the Tide defeated pass-happy Hawaii, year JUNIOR SS 33 Reshard Langford 3 Jeff ery Dukes 25-17. height 6’ 1” If Jackson-Garrison and the Dores’ off ensive line can SPECIAL get physical with the Tide’s youthful front seven and take TEAMS weight 220 LBS Simpson out of the game, a victory is certainly within grasp. P 39 Brett Upson 11 P.J. Fitzgerald hometown KNOXVILLE, TN PK 8 Bryant Hahnfeldt 86 Jamie Christensen Friday, September 8, 2006 | The Vanderbilt Hustler SPORTS | 7

CROSS COUNTRY With bandana, Williamson able to lead the pack By Drew Goodwin SPORTS REPORTER team because they really know the right way to go about preparing for and performing in cross country meets.” While many Vanderbilt students are beginning Bringing in two runners with speed and maturity to collapse under the pressure of enormous comparable to Williamson will help all three of textbooks and depressingly massive workloads, the runners tremendously. Th e mental aspect of one Commodore has his shoulders feeling a little cross country running is so vital to success that lighter this semester. having someone by your side to motivate you can Junior Austin Williamson carried the men’s cross be crucial to posting your best time. country team to two victories last season before a “I think that there is going to be a very interesting plague of injuries decimated the squad before the dynamic between the three of us this season,” Southeastern Conference Championships, where Williamson said. “Th e three of us have a lot that the team came in next-to-last place. we can learn from each other. Austin Weaver “It was nice last year to feel like a leader of the comes from a program that is at the level where team as an underclassman,” Williamson said. “But we are striving to be, so he brings his experience the season was still frustrating for me at times. as well as his speed to the table. Th omas Davis also It was hard to run by myself for most of the race has a lot of talent, and I think that I still hold a because I didn’t have anyone to really push me and leadership role. Th e three of us should all get faster motivate me throughout the race.” as we help each other train for races together both Luckily, Williamson will no longer have to carry physically and mentally.” the majority of the team’s weight on his shoulders. Th e fi nal key to Williamson’s success comes Austin Weaver, a transfer from Notre Dame, and not from training or synergy with teammates, but Th omas Davis, a freshman from Kentucky, will from his headgear. Self-admittedly, Williamson add much needed depth to the team. would be nothing without his lucky bandana. Th is new depth has already paid off . In the “I wear the same bandana every time I race,” fi rst race of the season, Davis placed second for Williamson said. “It is a stars and stripes bandana, the Commodores and sixth overall, 0.25 seconds and it’s been with me all throughout my college behind Williamson, while Weaver fi nished third career. I know that it is the key to my success.” for Vanderbilt and 14th overall. With Williamson, and more importantly his “Last year our team lacked consistency,” bandana, back for another year, the rest of the SEC Williamson said. “From our fi rst meet and from is in for a rude awakening. our practices, it seems like our guys are starting “I think that we are going to have a big season to become more consistent and consistently faster. this year,” Williamson said. “Our big goal is to Although Th omas (Davis) is just a freshman, our improve in the SEC tournament and beat more ■ NEIL BRAKE / VU Media Relations two new runners have made us a more mature SEC teams than we have before.” Whether or not it ‘s true, Vanderbilt junior Austin Williamson credits all of his success to his bandana, which he has worn in every collegiate race.

VANDERBILT HUSTLER PICKS THE WINNERS FOOTBALL: Bama connections MATCHUPS JARRED AMATO (2-3) JAMBU PALANIAPPAN (2-3) WILL GIBBONS (3-2) ALLISON MALONE (4-1) Sports Editor Assistant Sports Editor Senior Sports Reporter Editor-in-Chief From FOOTBALL, page 6 Football honors. Wilson was the runner-up. Vandy VANDY VANDY VANDY ALABAMA At Pike County, Nickson teamed with his that Wilson would be a good player. While inseparable cousin, Nick Walker, who is now @ # 24 Alabama Alabama ended up signing the quarterback, a tight end for the Crimson Tide. Th e two led #1 Ohio State OHIO STATE TEXAS OHIO STATE TEXAS Langford was not considered. “I wasn’t their school to their fi rst 3A state title in more @#2 Texas recruited at all by Alabama, but I don’t have than 10 years. PENN STATE NOTRE DAME NOTRE DAME NOTRE DAME any animosity towards them,” Langford said. Nickson said he is excited about the return #19 Penn State Looks like it was their loss, anyway. to his home state. @ #4 Notre Dame Along with Caldwell and Langford, nine “I think it’s a wonderful opportunity,” #12 Georgia SOUTH CAROLINA GEORGIA GEORGIA GEORGIA other Commodores reside in Alabama, Nickson said. “It’s a great thing just to be able @ South Carolina including Earl Bennett (Birmingham) to go back home.” BOSTON COLLEGE BOSTON COLLEGE CLEMSON CLEMSON and redshirt sophomore Chris Nickson When asked how many family members #18 Clemson (Brundidge). would be in attendance, Nickson said, “As @Boston College ■ In 2003, Nickson earned Alabama’s Mr. many as can get tickets will be there.”

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TOP 10 DATE MOVIES EMILY SCHWEICKHARDT LIFE STAFF WRITER

For the ladies, the date movie is a time-honored excuse to let our boyfriends see us at our most ridiculously sentimental selves, and then blame it on sappy Hollywood screenwriters. For the men, the date movie is usually just an excuse to prove to their girlfriends that they care enough to sit through two hours of sentimental ooze, or just to see a movie they would never admit to liking in front of their friends.

SIXTEEN CANDLES This film is the embodiment of the quintessential ‘80s teen movie. It’s Blythe Ridge the tale of the awkward high school girl (Molly Ringwald) having the LIFE STAFF WRITER not-so-secret crush on the most popular guy in school. eing an engaged college NOTTING HILL Stunning Julia Roberts and adorable Hugh Grant light up the screen in student definitely puts one in this fairy-tale Hollywood romance story. It’s a great escapist comedy for those of us who harbor secret celebrity romance fantasies. the minority, especially at a university like Vanderbilt. I happen DIRTY DANCING to be part of that minority and am well Patrick Swayze is at his finest when he utters the famous line, “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.” Ladies, if you can actually get your man to sit acquainted with the many hurdles through this, you deserve a medal. involved. LOVE ACTUALLY Many people are surprised when they learn that I am engaged, don’t go to a lot of parties, and I didn’t get to experience that It’s the perfect mix of humor, romance and poignancy and has an mostly because of my age and my status as a full-time college aspect of campus life.” all-star cast, including Hugh Grant, Keira Knightley, Colin Firth, Emma student. The typical reaction I receive when informing fellow King noted similar issues and mentioned that she has had a Thompson, Alan Rickman and Laura Linney, among others. students (and others as well) that I am engaged to be married difficult time adjusting to her new social life. As a head resident at the age of 19 is a shocked expression and an exclamation of in Highland Quad, she and her husband live in Lewis House. “Wow!” It seems that many people do not know what to say “It’s really kind of weird,” King said, before she added, “It’s WEDDING CRASHERS in response. like the best of both worlds.” Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson play off each other’s comedic talents Other married and engaged students have had similar Many sacrifices must be made to make a committed in this 2005 summer hit. “Wedding Crashers” is full of classic “toilet experiences. relationship work when living the hectic college life. Last year, humor” that never gets old. An excellent first date flick, because you’ll “Especially as a sophomore, and being 19, people tend to my fiancé attended the University of Mississippi where he had give you looks like, ‘What are you doing married?’ Most people an Air Force ROTC scholarship. Although spending that year both actually like it. say they aren’t ready for marriage yet and don’t understand how apart actually increased our appreciation and devotion to each I can be,” said Jessica Swader, a student in Arts and Science other, we decided we wanted to be closer together this year. My who got married last year. fiancé spent countless hours drudging through paperwork for THE GRADUATE Heather Sullivan King, a senior enrolled in the graduate several universities, consulting ROTC detachments and taking It’s one of Dustin Hoffman’s best, and it’s a great conversation starter. If nursing program, had similar comments. She and her fiancé, summer classes in order to transfer to Tennessee State to be nothing else, you won’t be able to get Simon and Garfunkel songs out Ben, were engaged for 17 months before getting married this closer to me. As of the first of August, he still had no idea of your head for days. past May. The couple, who had known each other since day where his home would be this year. His transfer finally did go care, were high school sweethearts. through, but the hassle involved was unbelievable. “It’s been difficult just because I have to defend the way that Finding the time and money to plan a wedding is also a I feel and the decisions that I’ve made just because it’s not very problem for college students. My fiancé and I both have summer THE WAY WE WERE usual (to be married in college),” she said. jobs, and I work about 15 hours a week during the school year Featuring a young Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford, this 1973 film Parents may also have adverse reactions. Parents are often to save money so that we will be able to afford to get married. is the ultimate tearjerker. understandably concerned about the effects of marriage on He had to take a job second semester last year just to be able academics and the completion of a degree program, as well as to afford gas money to come see me. Furthermore, planning a the heavy financial burden. Most feel that their college-aged wedding is an extremely tedious exercise, requiring more time THE INCREDIBLES child is ill-equipped to deal with the responsibilities involved than the average college student can spare. Problems arise that This movie isn’t just for families, as a lot of the humor is geared at with married life. are rarely thought about. Wedding dates are generally limited adults. The animation is stunning, and the superhero theme will make According to the United States Census, the average bride in to the holidays or summer break, and since most people are 1960 was 20 years old, the exact age I will be on my wedding very busy around these times, organizing family and flying in both guys and girls feel empowered. Guys, for extra points, offer to date. However, by 2003, the average age of a woman at her college friends can be quite a task. watch this with your girlfriend and her 5-year-old nephew. first marriage had risen to over 25. The effects of this change Going through the transition of marriage causes problems of in U.S. culture can be seen right here on Vanderbilt’s campus, its own. The issue of name change for recently married women with the destruction of Married Student Housing to build the causes many paperwork problems within the University, with FATHER OF THE BRIDE Commons. It is evident that college students are discouraged filings being under two different names. Additionally, once Steve Martin’s expressions, Diane Keaton’s wit and Martin Short’s from marrying young not only by their parents, but also by the married, financial assistance is subject to change. Financial accent never stop bringing the laughs. Caution: the wedding theme university itself. aid that had previously been based on parents’ income will be can make guys very nervous! This movie is for serious relationships Admittedly, there are myriad issues involved with being an based on spousal and personal income. engaged or married college student, besides housing. It takes a Perhaps the most challenging and ongoing dilemmas facing only! lot of work to be a committed student and spouse. For starters, engaged and married students are peer acceptance and finding the social lives of married students are quite different than those a niche among our largely single, carefree co-eds. Although of their single peers. Generally, women are invited to parties by there are many hurdles involved in having a significant other THE RING men for a specific reason—a reason that no longer exists once while being a full-time student, the rewards far overshadow Though it delivers quite a scare, the girl crawling out of the the woman is tied down. Most engaged and married students them for some of us. Only a lucky few find “the one” at such television set will make you want to crawl into your date’s arms. do not have the time for the party scene. Precious free time is an early age. Personally, I wouldn’t trade my fiancé for any an iMix on iTunes titled “Vanderbilt Hustler Back in the Mix.” All songs spent together, whether doing homework, cleaning house or number or parties or cliques, and while I once worried that I are available for purchase except these two. going out on a date. was depriving my fiancé of the college experience, I now realize “There is less time to spend with your spouse, especially if that this is undoubtedly what we both want, and I couldn’t ■ you’re working as well,” Swader said. “Living off campus, I imagine my college experience or my life without him.

FRIDAY 9/8 SATURDAY 9/9 SUNDAY 9/10 MONDAY 9/11 TUESDAY 9/12 WEDNESDAY 9/13 THURSDAY 9/14 Stop the presses! A new There are few words Since our good ol’ Dores Come on feel the The Parthenon is featur- Grab some Chinese take- Look to the skies this movie featuring Ben Af- with which to accurately are away again this “Illinoise” tonight with ing two unique photog- out and eat a few fortune evening at the Dyer fleck looks like it might describe the strange week, check out that indie folk hero Sufjan raphy exhibits: “The Toy cookies for Fortune Observatory’s Explora- not be absolutely awful. and hilarious pastime of other Nashville team, Stevens at the Ryman Camera,” featuring pho- Cookie Day. Afterwards, tion Night, featuring a “Hollywoodland” goes state fairs. Tennessee’s the Tennessee Titans, Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. tos taken by three Nash- check out British rockers lecture by Rocky Alvey, into wide-release today; runs now until 9/17 at their regular season ville photographers, Muse at the Nashville superintendent of the check showtimes. at, you guessed it, the opener with new QB and “Doctors Without War Memorial at 8 p.m. Observatory, on the Tennessee State Fair- Vince Young at LP Field Borders: Photos from importance of ground- grounds. at noon. Afghanistan.” Hours are based telescopes. 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. DAILY DOSE compiled by ADIE WILLEY Friday, September 8, 2006 | The Vanderbilt Hustler LIFE | 9

THEATRE Shakespeare in the park’s “Macbeth:” some kind of tragedy BY SETH WILSON LIFE STAFF WRITER to no sense. Kurosawa made his version experience of a murderer from start villainess a ridiculous caricature. She work because it was an adaptation set to finish. Macbeth himself undergoes screamed and shrieked until she was in Japan. Hicks, however, keeps most a transformation from a vacillating, blue in the face to force her husband The Nashville Shakespeare Festival’s of the geographical references in the spineless coward to a mad-dog killer into homicide. Later, when Lady production of “Macbeth” plays its text. One salient example comes in just five acts. Lady Macbeth goes Macbeth is eaten up with guilt at her closing weekend this Thursday through right after the murder of Duncan: the through the process in reverse, morphing crimes, Miller explored only hysterics, Sunday in the Centennial Park warriors return from battle dressed from a heartless murderess into a guilt- never letting an ounce of nuance color Lambchop Bandshell. New artistic director Denise as samurai and change into kimonos wracked maniac. Unfortunately, none her performance. Only John Brooks as Damaged Hicks broadens the organization’s scope: while Malcolm informs the audience of this came through in the acting. Banquo seemed comfortable with the instead of merely doing a disservice to of his intent to flee to England. Well, As Macbeth, Ross Brooks merely language of the play. All of the other Yo La Tengo I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Shakespeare, as is their usual tactic, this that’s a long way from Asia, slick. bellowed out his lines with no regard actors—in particular Tia Shearer, Beat Your Ass year they insult both the Bard and film Hicks’ notes inform the audience for meter, rhythm or really anything inexplicably cast as Duncan’s son Sufjan Stevens director Akira Kurosawa. Either Hicks that her production is set in an that could be described as “acting.” Sure, Malcolm—were simply outclassed by did not bother to research the production “undiscovered country.” This is even you could hear him clearly, but that no Shakespeare’s words. The Avalanche and has never heard of Kurosawa’s more confusing to the audience because longer seemed to be the point. Rather The Nashville Shakespeare Festival’s Nouvelle Vague take on “Macbeth,” the 1957 samurai this alleged “country” apparently exists than making a journey from reluctance “Macbeth” is a flaccid attempt to Bande A Part masterpiece “Throne of Blood,” or she in a world where places with the names to insanity, Brooks’ Macbeth went recreate one of the most psychologically has no reservations in ripping him off of the British Isles embrace the style from blustering blowhard to...a slightly interesting works in Shakespeare’s Venus Hum wholesale. Regardless, her staging is a and dress of the East. What could be an twitchier blowhard. His fall was the canon. Making bold choices is the core The Colors in the Wheel lazy take on one of Shakespeare’s most intriguing opportunity for exploration reverse of cathartic because he didn’t use of what artistry is about. Unfortunately, compelling tragedies. instead falls flat. This is not to criticize his lines to engage and win the audience most of the directorial and acting Oneida “Macbeth” is noteworthy for two the designers-Gary Hoff ’s set and June over. Rather, he seemed intimidated by decisions here were applied with a limp Happy New Year reasons, the first of which is its Kingsbury’s costumes are the highlights the language and tried to compensate wrist. Two and a half hours in muggy Oh No! Oh My! geography. The play is intrinsically tied of the show-but under a director for his discomfort by hammering the Centennial Park is far too much time Oh No! Oh My! to Scotland and numerous references to with such limited artistic vision, one audience with everything he said. One to devote to this turgid exercise in the the country pepper the play’s dialogue. imagines that they got precious little is reminded of Thomas Betterton, the “Hey, wouldn’t it be cool if...?” style of Camera Obscura Years of theatre tradition insist that help. famous 17th century “bellower”--and theatre. Spare yourself the suffering and Let’s Get Out of This Country actors call it the “Scottish play” lest The second reason that “Macbeth” not in a good way. drop the five bucks to rent “Throne of disaster strike their production. Thus, the ranks among Shakespeare’s greatest Marin Miller was similarly overblown Blood.” It’s endlessly more rewarding ■ Editors Asian elements in the design make little tragedies is that it charts the as Lady Macbeth, making the poet’s sly and you’ll be air-conditioned. Rarities EP

Wire BOOKS Chairs Missing Umbrella Tree What Kind Of Books Do You Read? “Good Works” makes for good reading Daedelus BY MICHAEL PASTORINO Denies the Day’s Demise LIFE BOOK REVIEWER of an enigmatic character living of immigration between Mexico in a Mexican border-town. From a and the United States, and the Cursive jaded teenage madcap to a loving, possibility of the loss of a culture Happy Hollow When not saving cows from the reminiscent grandmother, Ayela from immigration. Sebadoh rain or building churches, Ayela Linde constantly changes, but Forbes, an O.Henry Prize- III Linde works at being “both hard remains static in her unwillingness winner in 1999, includes elements and easy with men” and teaching to leave her hometown of Santa of Faulkner in her use of multiple Say Hi To Your Mom others to do the same. Charlotte Rosalia. Instead of traversing narrators and compares to Marquez Impeccable Blahs Forbes’s debut novel, like her main the outside world, she brings the in her haunting magical-realist character, is easy to pick up but outside world to her, personified descriptions. She uses terse hard to pin down. in the form of Frederick, a lawyer sentences that hint of Vonnegut Despite Ayela’s elusive nature, from Boston, her husband and the and weaves irony throughout the novel flows delightfully. It only man who seems to hold her contentious paragraphs and sharp changes points of view for each attention for more than a night. dialogue. Despite her various story, employing first, second Through this relationship and influences, she writes in a style of ■ and third person narration in a Ayela’s stubborn conviction, Forbes her own. unique and tantalizing portrayal depicts an underreported side

VIDEO GAME Mark Warner becomes first U.S. politician to campaign in a video game BY MICHAEL YOUNG LIFE STAFF WRITER at the New Globe Theatre, a virtual version of its namesake, and took the opportunity On Wednesday, the former to share his views with an audience that Virginia governor and possible Are you feeling virtual? Mark Warner otherwise may never of even heard his name. is. On Wednesday, August 30, the former Following the speech, Warner announced the presidential candidate made Virginia governor and possible Democratic creation of “Forward Together,” a Second Life history by becoming the first presidential candidate made history by group aimed at raising funds for his political becoming the first U.S. politician to campaign campaign. U.S. politician to campaign in an entirely fabricated environment—a While in character, Second Life journalist in an entirely fabricated video game. Wagner James Au interviewed Warner’s The name of the game is Second Life, a avatar. environment—a video game. highly frequented Web game of the Massively Although politicians are always coming up Multiplayer Online genre. Users are free to with new ways to spread their messages, one create their own avatar and engage in almost can’t help but question why Warner decided might be the next tool for engaging people in any activity one can do in the real world. to play games. Warner explained his idea, the real world democratic process.” The game bills itself as “(a)n online society saying: “In Second Life, distances and time It’s certainly an innovative idea. Just within a 3D world, where users can explore, differences vanish. It will allow us to reach remember to check your opponents’ names build, socialize, and participate in their own people through a whole new medium. Social the next time you boot up your favorite game. economy.” technologies can be great tools for political You never know with which future leader of ■ Warner made his appearance in Second Life change, and virtual worlds like Second Life the free world you might be playing.

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MUSIC MUSIC How to please an audience Yo La Tengo is not afraid, BY GOODLOE HARMAN LIFE STAFF WRITER on banjo, Bryan Sutton on guitar and variety of covers, including a bluegrass Gabe Witcher on fiddle. rendition of the popular White Stripes and for good reason Thile, better known as the mandolin song “Dead Leaves and the Dirty BY KELLY TAYLOR I have heard it said that mandolin player from the popular acoustic group Ground,” the bluesy “Wayside (Back LIFE STAFF WRITER broadcast, the band plays requests (for other virtuoso Chris Thile is the future Nickel Creek, was a child prodigy who in Time)” by masters of modern old- artists’ songs) from listeners, offering a pledge of acoustic music. Judging by the released his first solo album in 1994 at time music Gillian Welch and David to the radio station and producing results that extraordinary performance of Thile the age of 13, and has since released Rawlings, as well as a great cover of Indie rock veterans Georgia Hubley, Ira range from impressive to terrible. Earlier this and his How to Grow a Band last three albums mainly containing Radiohead’s masterpiece “Morning Kaplan and James McNew of Yo La Tengo year they released “Yo La Tengo is Murdering Wednesday night at the Belcourt original compositions, in addition to Bell.” Their finest cover of the night, have reached a remarkable point in their the Classics,” a compilation of the more Theater, I don’t think anyone in his work with Nickel Creek. however, was a raucous, gone-south careers, as demonstrated by “I Am Not Afraid successful requests over the years. attendance could possibly argue with While Thile is renowned for his version of “Heart in a Cage” by Julian of You and I Will Beat Your Ass,” out Sept. 12 “I Am Not Afraid of You” is perhaps the that. technical prowess and improvisatory Casablancas of The Strokes. Through on Matador Records. After 20 years of putting band’s most diverse album to date, adding Thile’s band played two shows mastery of his instrument, he is also the course of the evening, it became out solid indie rock, the band still manages to strings, horns, pianos, bongos and organs Wednesday night, both to sold-out a highly accomplished songwriter; pleasingly clear that Thile and his band breathe life into the distinctive Yo La Tengo to the guitar-laden mastery typical of the audiences. among the highlights of Wednesday members’ iPods are likely not just filled characteristics that could be regarded as band, resulting in a beautiful transcendence At the later show, the band evening’s performance were some with the songs of Bill Monroe and His sometimes glistening and summery, and at of genres that could only be achieved by an performed material almost exclusively of his quieter and gentler love songs. Blue Grass Boys. other times reflective and subtly depressed. indie champion. The album begins and ends (all but three songs) from Thile’s These songs sometimes betray the It is this willingness to incorporate 2005’s “Prisoners of Love” best-of with 10-minute songs (“Pass the Hatchet, upcoming solo album, “How to Grow comfortable, self-confident appearance conventions of pop music into compilation was remarkably representative of I Think I’m Good Kind” and “The Story of a Woman from the Ground.” Each Thile exudes on stage to reveal someone bluegrass, combined with virtuosic skill Yo La Tengo’s love for diversity in their music, Yo La Tengo”) that showcase their elaborate member proved himself to be in who is insecure and weakened by a and deft, open-minded songwriting as they diverged from the typical one-hit- guitar work, sandwiching a diverse range of exemplary form, cruising through the sense of incurable longing. “You’re an abilities, that proves Thile is the future, after-another formula (which they easily could songs, including a garage rock song (“Watch many technically challenging songs angel, and I’m gonna cry,” Thile sang and present, of acoustic music. have done, given their impressive catalog) Out For Me Ronnie”), a summer’s eve lullaby and making them look as easy as in the song of the same name. “‘Cause Thile’s new album, “How to Grow and threw in several noisy, droning songs (“Song for Mahlia”), a primal bongo-driven strumming or plucking a C chord. The I can’t have you, and I’m not gonna a Woman from the Ground,” is due to add to the texture of the comprehensive track (“The Room Got Heavy”), an orchestral band, in addition to Thile, consisted of try.” to be released Sept. 12 on Sugar Hill album experience. Further indicative of Yo chamber piece (“Black Flowers”) and Yo La ■ Greg Garrison on bass, Noam Pikelny How to Grow a Band also played a Records. La Tengo’s fearlessness of tackling a diverse Tengo’s distinct brand of indie rock (“The repertoire has been their appearance on Race is on Again” and “I Should Have the yearly fundraiser broadcast for Known Better”). The result is an epic of independent New York radio station an album that you will not be able to WFMU since 1996. In a live take out of your CD player. Unfortunately, Yo La Tengo has no Southeast tour dates planned in the next few months, but keep checking for updates at the band’s website: ■ http://yolatengo.com/.

PHOTO PROVIDED Chris Thile and his How to Grow a Band rock the Belcourt in a show honoring their upcoming CD’s release. “How to Grow a Woman from the Ground” comes out on Sept. 12 on Sugar Hill Records. PHOTO PROVIDED

MOVIES “Snakes” soars with popcorn thrills VTV Sam Jackson gore flick worth admission price CHANNEL 6 BY ALEX CHRISOPE SCHEDULE LIFE STAFF WRITER

We live in the era of the “critic-proof ” film: ‘Snakes on a Plane’ is easily the most an event picture so highly anticipated that bad fun you’ll have in a theater this year: a notices barely make a dent, especially since the mass of men (ages 12-25, please) tends lethal concoction of disaster-movie clichés, to willfully ignore professional critics. The summer of 2006 produced nearly a dozen of gruesome kill shots and the stone cold these tent-pole movies, but the most bizarrely presence of Samuel L. Jackson. 7-7:30 a.m.: VTV-6 News fascinating is the Internet-driven “Snakes on a Plane.” 7:30-8 a.m.: Mangia Sempre A ubiquitous presence on the Internet since its title was announced in 2005, “Snakes on 8-10 a.m.: Two-hour block National Lampoon a Plane” has ridden a wave of unprecedented GREEN HILLS CINEMA 16 WEEKEND SHOWTIMES buzz that has suggested a whiff of unwarranted 10-10:30 a.m.: West End hype. But it’s easily the most fun you’ll have in a theatre this year: a lethal concoction of The Covenant 2:10, 4:45, 7:35, 10:20 10:30-11:30 a.m.: Talented Tenth disaster-movie clichés, gruesome kill shots and Rated PG-13, 1 hr 37 min the stone cold presence of Samuel L. Jackson. The Heart of the Game 1:45, 4:35, 7:15, 9:55 11:30-12 p.m.: VTV-6 News Surfer dude Sean (Nathan Phillips) witnesses Rated PG-13, 1 hr 42 min a brutal murder by crime lord Eddie Kim How to Eat Fried Worms 1:50, 4:35, 6:45 12-1 p.m.: Keeping It Real with Michelle Smoller (Byron Lawsom), and FBI agent Neville Flynn Rated PG, 1 hr 36 min 1-1:30 p.m.: Think Talk (Jackson) arranges for Sean to be escorted to Beerfest 4:00, 9:40 Los Angeles to testify in the case. Kim sets Rated R, 1 hr 52 min 1:30-2 p.m: Mangia Sempre out to kill Sean by a most practical means: Invincible 1:35, 4:20, 7:05, 9:50 unleashing a bunch of snakes on his flight. Rated PG, 1 hr 44 min 2-3 p.m.: Vandy Study Break The movie really begins after takeoff, as the audience becomes acquainted to the other Crank 2:20, 5:00, 7:50, 10:15 Rated R, 1 hr 32 min 3-3:30 p.m.: West End passengers and guesses who will be killed and how. Among them are the world-weary Accepted 1:30,6:55 3:30-4:30 p.m.: Talented Tenth flight attendants, the snooty British guy, the Rated PG-13 1 hr 30 min aerophobe, the Chihuahua-toting socialite, the The Illusionist 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 4:30-5 p.m.: Classic Cartoons obsessive-compulsive rap star and his entourage, Rated PG-13, 1 hr 50 min 5-5:30 p.m.: VTV-6 News and the horny couple. Once the slaughter does Snakes on a Plane 9:45 begin, it’s a gory wonder to behold. Pick an Rated R, 1 hr 46 min orifice or appendage; it definitely gets bitten. 5:30-6 p.m.: Mangia Sempre Hollywoodland 1:10, 4:15, 7:25, 10:25 And on an airplane, the potential for non- Rated R, 2 hr 6 min reptilian casualties is boundless. 6-6:30 p.m.: Sports Weekly “Snakes on a Plane” never aspires to be Step Up 1:15, 3:50, 6:40, 9:25 6:30-7:30 p.m.: Keeping It Real with Michelle Smoller more than a campy throwback to the “Airport” Rated PG-13, 1 hr 38 min World Trade Center 1:00, 3:55, 6:50, 9:45 series and grisly horror films of the 1970s and 7:30-8:30 p.m.: Talented Tenth 1980s; younger viewers may experience fond Rated PG-13, 2 hr 5 min memories of “Air Force One.” If you’re leery of Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby- 1:05, 3:45, 7:00, 9:35 8:30-9:30 p.m.: Vandy Study Break having to spend $7 on the movie, well, don’t be. Rated PG-13, 1 hr 50 min It’s totally worth it. Don’t wait for the DVD. Little Miss Sunshine 1:20, 2:00, 4:05, 4:50, 6:55, 9:30-10 p.m.: West End Gather your closest friends and go see it in a Rated R, 2 hr 1 min 7:30, 9:30, 10:05 crowded theatre. I saw “Snakes” in a notoriously 10-10:30 p.m.: VTV-6 News interactive theater in St. Louis; the crowd Idlewild 1:25, 4:55, 7:45, 10:15 cheered when Sam Jackson appeared, they Rated R, 1 hr 42 min 10:30-11 p.m.: Sports Weekly gasped and laughed at the gore and applauded The Protector 2:15, 4:55, 7:40, 10:10 especially for Jackson’s famous line with 12- Rated R, 1 hr 49 min 11-11:30 p.m.: Classic Cartoons letter modifiers. Summer movies are supposed The Wicker Man 2:05, 4:40, 7:45, 10:35 to please the crowd, and none will do more so Rated PG-13, 1 hr 37 min 12-1 a.m.: Keeping It Real with Michelle Smoller ■ than “Snakes on a Plane.” Friday, September 8, 2006 | The Vanderbilt Hustler LIFE | 11

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SUDOKU TO SOLVE: Fill in the blanks so the numbers 1-9 appear just once in each horizontal row, vertical column and 3x3 box.

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NAKED PAIRS: If two cells in a group contain an identical pair of candidates and only those two candidates, then no other cells in that group could be those values. These 2 candidates can be excluded from other cells in the group.

HIDDEN PAIRS: If two cells in a group contain a pair of candidates (hidden amongst other candidates) that are not found in any other cells in that group, then other candidates in those two cells can be excluded safely.

SWORDFISH: Given a particular puzzle that has three rows where a given candidate ‘C’ is restricted to the same three columns, and since 1. candidate C must be assigned once in each of these three rows 2. no column can contain more than one of candidate C then candidate C must be assigned exactly once in each of these three columns within these three rows. Therefore, it’s not possible for any other cells in these three columns to contain candidate C. This same logic applies when a puzzle that has three columns where candidate C is restricted to exactly the same three rows. Source: http://www.angusj.com/sudoku/hints.php ©2006 VF Sportswear, Inc., www.nautica.com

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