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City council votes UFO: ULTIMATE FRISBEE OUTREACH to purchase house Council discussing further acquisitions in effort to cut back on rental housing

BY JAMES DAMON ability of student housing. FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER No students of the College had

ever lived in the property, but some, COURTESY PHOTO ✦ UNIVERSITY RELATIONS The Williamsburg City Council including candidate for city council Sean Pieri is set to be confirmed as passed a bill at its March 9 meeting junior David Sievers, point out that vice president for development. that will loan the Williamsburg Re- the property could have been rented development and Housing Authority to students. funds to purchase a rental property at Vice Mayor Clyde Haulman, BOV to 110 Harrison Ave. and convert it into chair of the Collegeʼs economics an “owner-occupied” residence. department, emphasized the need to The house is located within one balance rental and owner-occupied fill office block of the College in the West housing. Neighborhoods with exces- Williamsburg Heights neighbor- sive renting often suffer from issues hood. The city council will grant such as deteriorating housing stock the housing authority approximately and an increase in complaints to po- Sean Pieri will $310,000 in loans for the renovation lice, he said. of the house. Once renovated, the “There comes a time when a head College house is to be sold with the stipula- neighborhood becomes so much tion that it remain owner-occupied. rental-based that no one wants to fundraising The West Williamsburg Heights own property,” Haulman said. neighborhood, where the property At a March 4 city council re- is located, was intended to be com- treat, Haulman and others on the BY MAXIM LOTT prised of owner-occupied proper- council discussed the possibility of THE FLAT HAT ties., the council said. According to purchasing rental properties in the the cityʼs planning department, the Williamsburg and converting them Sean Pieri, who currently works neighborhood is currently comprised into single-unit properties. Like the as VP for development at the U.S. of 62 percent rental homes. property at Harrison Ave., these Air Force Academy, was chosen to “The long-term viability of this residences would be sold with the become the Collegeʼs VP for devel- neighborhood would be advanced by stipulation that they remain owner- opment. The Board of Visitors is ex- this intervention,” a request filed by occupied. pected to confirm Pieri officially at City Manager Jackson Tuttle, read. The council also discussed the their meeting in April. David Kranbuehl, owner of the possibility of inserting clauses into He will replace interim VP for house, approached the city with his residences that are currently owner Development Susan Pettyjohn. property Feb. 23. Kranbuehl has occupied, which would require fu- Pieri will oversee the comple- been vocally critical of the negative ture owners to live on the property. tion of the Campaign for William impact that rental properties have on Although not all rental property and Mary. The campaignʼs initial Williamsburg neighborhoods. is occupied by students, approxi- goal was to raise $500 million. Ac- At an Oct. 2003 city council mately 1,000 College students live cording to Pieri, with a year left and meeting, Kranbuehl spoke against off campus. The council said that 55 $450 million already received, the the construction of student-oriented percent of Williamsburg property is campaign is ahead of schedule. He dwellings on Richmond Road. At rented out. COURTESY PHOTO ✦ FREEHEELIMAGES will be in charge of all fundraising that meeting, Kranbuehl said that Several students at the College Freshman Davis Waller demonstrates perfect flick-throwing form while picking apart Carleton Collegeʼs projects at the College. the city councilʼs focus should be on zone defense in ultimate frisbee. The team placed third in the Stanford Invitational over spring break. “It sounds like raising money, but See HOUSE ✦ page 4 residential restoration, not the avail- itʼs really about building relation- ships,” he said. “Itʼs about connect- ing people with an institution that Two fraternities receive housing suspensions they love and showing them how they can help make it better. So; techniques? Itʼs relationships. Thatʼs Following violations of probation, Kappa Alpha loses unit what it is.” Before his job at the Air Force for at least one year and Psi Upsilon has charter revoked Academy, Pieri worked as the VP for development at the University of Washington in Seattle. He did BY BRIAN MAHONEY first occurred in December, when caused,” Sadler said. Psi U was also similar work at DePaul Univer- THE FLAT HAT the fraternity was charged with illicit required to develop a program to ad- sity. drug use and vandalism to their resi- dress drug use in the fraternity. “The Air Force Academy expe- Despite recent hearings and ap- dence that resulted in $2,500 in dam- The second incident occurred rience definitely helped me under- peals, Psi Upsilon and Kappa Alpha, ages. According to Vice President Feb. 8 when the fraternity held an stand the situation better,” Pieri said, two fraternities that lost their resi- for Student Affairs Sam Sadler, the overcrowded, ʻunregisteredʼ party in although he added that the conditions dency privileges last month, will not College took measures to reprimand their lodge with underage students of the University of Washington were be allowed to return to campus next the organization, including their im- the night of the judicial councilʼs closer to those of the College. fall. While KA will continue to func- mediate removal from their campus decision. He said he was optimistic about tion as a fraternity, Psi U lost official residence in the punishment. “They violated the probation they attracting donors. recognition from both the College “[The sanctions against Psi U] had been put on just that evening,” “The grads that Iʼve met are ex- and their national chapter. were probation through the Fall Sadler. In response, chapter presi- tremely proud they attended here,” Psi Uʼs expulsion was the result 2006 semester, loss of housing effec- dent junior Sam Maddox held an Pieri said. “When you talk about ALEX HAGLUND ✦ THE FLAT HAT of two incidents that occurred at tive immediately for a period of one See FRATERNITIES ✦ page 4 See OFFICE ✦ page 4 Brothers of the Kappa Alpha fraternity may keep their unit through May. their campus lodge this winter. The year and restitution for the damages SA Senate approves budget with revisions, sends to Scofield

BY HEATHER KEELON to women on this campus, and there not want to reach a dorm room num- THE FLAT HAT was a rationale for this request, and ber or personal cell phone. we cut them off at the knees,” Lowe Sophomore Sen. Cait Smith said After lengthy debate last Tuesday said. that VOX provides a critical service night, the Student Assembly Senate The senate, however, was divided to the college community. passed SA President junior Ryan over the request for money to fund a “Theyʼre here, and thereʼs some- Scofieldʼs Student Activities bud- cell phone for the group. thing to be said for that,” Smith get. The senators also heard protests “There are better uses for this said. “I am in full support of giving from members of Students for Life money, namely recycling, which is them $300. There is a definite need and Voices for Planned Parenthood, where itʼs coming from,” junior Sen. on our campus for womenʼs health who both contested their allotments. Scott Fitzgerald said. “[A] prepaid and safety. There is no better place VOX had asked for $300 for ad- cell phone may be important, but I at this point and time for this money vertising and a cell phone for their think the organization should pay for to go.” Planned Parenthood Ride Service, it through their own budget.” The vote for Loweʼs amendment, which offers students rides to the Several other senators echoed this 7-5-5, lacked a majority vote by the center 40 minutes away, out of range sentiment. According to junior Sen. senate. According to assembly rules, for Williamsburg bus services. The Greg Teich, there are many other or- if the senate does not reach a major- club was given only $50. Students ganizations and funds that could use ity when voting on an amendment, for Life initially received only $20 an additional $300 allocation. the SA vice president has the power out of their requested $60. Junior Sen. Sean Barker said he to accept or reject the proposal. In After clarifying that the money believed that a cell phone was a ne- accordance with the rule, the amend- for VOX was going toward adver- cessity for such an organization. ment was handed to SA Vice Presi- tisement for rides and not transpor- “Having a number with voice- dent Junior Amanda Norris, who tation, Senate Chair senior Luther mail that can explain what youʼve passed the legislation. Lowe proposed an amendment that reached and what you do is pretty The increase to Students for would provide the club the $300 ini- important,” Barker said. Lifeʼs financial allotment was tially requested. Barker added that a woman wish- ALICE HAHN ✦ THE FLAT HAT See SA ✦ page 4 “They offer important services ing to contact the organization would Junior Sen. Scott Fitzgerald confers with Chief of Staff junior James Evans at Tuesday eveningʼs session. QUOTATION of the week For what shall it profi t a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose News N IGHT I S his own soul? NEWS ✦ MARCH 17, 2006 “ MARK 8:36 2 Inside this week’s issue Beyond the ’Burg ” ✦ NEWS IN BRIEF ✦ ✦ STUDENTS JUMP FROM WINDOWS Nichol visits residence halls, talks with students College President Gene Nichol visited residence halls this TO ESCAPE HOUSE FIRE AT U. PENN week to converse with students and welcome them back from

ARIETY spring break. March 14 at 9 p.m. he spoke in Tazewell Hall to (U-WIRE) PHILADELPHIA — When University of Pennsyl- residents of the Randolph Complex and Yates Hall. Students vania engineering senior Elizabeth Plummer escaped the fl ames V asked questions about campus renovations, dining facilities, engulfi ng 4042 Sansom St., she turned and found none of her parking services, diversity and recent sexual assaults. Respond- housemates behind her. ing to questions about the Patrick Decker sexual assault case, he Williamsburg one-man-band Scott Varney gave up play- Unlike the other house residents, Plummer braved the cloud of ing punk and hardcore after an eye-opening Keller Wil- said that the College judicial system operates independently of smoke fi lling the row houseʼs front hallway and left the building the court of law, and that because it uses a different standard of liams concert. Now he comes to Aromas. through the front door. Everyone else saw the smokeʼs intensity proof, it is likely that the College judicial system would some- See ONE-MAN-BAND, page 9. and turned to the windows instead. times come to different conclusions than criminal courts. The March 3 fi re broke out at about 3:35 a.m. and gutted the Nichol also discussed the Collegeʼs role as a great, public building, which was home to six students. The fi ve residents were university, saying that because the College is both public and all hospitalized, as was one other Penn student and a Bryn Mawr small, it is unique and has no true peer institutions. College student. “I think thatʼs pretty cool,” he said. The cause of the fi re is still under investigation. Students involved in the incident agreed that it was certainly a Amphitheater renovations to begin this April scene of chaos and confusion, due in part to their lack of a plan for

EVIEWS such situations. The Lake Matoaka amphitheater will be renovated this spring, the Penn senior Joe Russo — who is currently at home, recovering online edition of the Daily Press reported Feb. 15. Long considered to R from burn injuries — said he had no plans for fi re evacuation. … be in a state of disrepair, the plans for reconstruction will now leave But regardless of how elaborate a fi re safety plan may be, the the drawing board after $7.5 million was raised for the project. Revolutionary rapper Aceyalone constructs a vibrant hip escape route may not always work out, he added. According to the Collegeʼs website, construction should be fi n- hop landscape on his new album “Magnifi cent City.” “Instinct and reaction take over from cognitive thinking and ished by March 2007, in time for the Jamestown 2007 celebration. planning,” Wharton College senior Ricardo Franco said. “We According to the Daily Press, the upgraded theater should be able to See MAGNIFICENT, page 13. jumped. Why? Because we wanted to live.” … seat almost 2,000 people. Additions include a new stage, a mobile When the fi re alarm fi rst sounded, both Plummer and Penn se- tent to keep attendees dry, a new pathway through the woods and nior Kenneth Aulet descended to the fi rst fl oor to investigate. Aulet between 600 and 700 new permanent seats. The College estimates the project will cost $11 million. threw the front door open, and both ran back upstairs to alert the others. New business school building named Miller Hall While Plummer returned to the front door, Aulet climbed out of his second-story window. Holding onto the windowsill, Aulet tried According to a press release from the Mason School of Busi- PINIONS to lower himself onto the ground, but the intensity of fl ames from ness, the new business school building, scheduled to open in 2009, the fi rst fl oor window forced him to drop. will be named after Alan B. Miller, ʼ58. The building will be con- O “That startled me enough that I just let go,” he said. structed at the corner of Jamestown Road and Campus Drive. Though Aulet and Plummer opened the front door, other resi- Miller founded Universal Health Services, Inc. in 1978, and it Is this trend of activism indicative of disproportionately dents did not know if it was available as an exit. high levels of discrimination toward white male, Chris- is now one of Americaʼs largest hospital management companies. “The front door could have been completely in fl ames,” Franco In 1999 he was given the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Fed- tian students? said … . eration of American Hospitals. See LEARNING, page 8. — By Elaine Wong, Daily Pennsylvanian (U. Penn) — compiled by maxim lott and austin wright — compiled by maxim lott

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Virginia21 celebrated the passage of the Protect Virginia Students legislation in the General Assembly Feb. 2. The legislation, sponsored by Del. Philip A. Hamilton (R-Newport News) and Sen. Ken Stolle (R- Virginia Beach), is a three-part strategy that aims to strengthen campus police, increase universitiesʼ accountability for crime and empower col- lege communities by allowing them to solve security problems on their own. Virginia21 is a bipartisan “action-tank” committed to advocating on behalf of 18 to 24-year-old Virginia residents. Recently, it has ad- dressed campus security problems throughout the commonwealth. The Virginia21 campus safety regulation was motivated by the research of the Virginia Crime Commission during its extensive two-year investiga- tion of campus crime. During the investigation, the commission discov- ered several flaws within university security systems, such as a lack of state-wide standards for hiring or training campus security, a lack of a centralized database for campus safety and no written policies and pro- ✦ COURTESY PHOTO WILLIAM & MARY NEWS cedural manuals for many campus police and security departments. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation archaeologist Lucie Vinciguerra examines a wall uncovered by a construction crew renovating the presidentʼs house According to University Relations Information Manager Brian Whit- Feb. 27. A colonial well was uncovered near the Wren Building March 7. Since then, both artifacts have been reburied without further exploration. son, the College already has “an extremely well-trained campus police force.” Workers renovating president’s house Additionally, he said that the College utilizes policy manuals for police and is one of only four colleges in Virginia that has an entirely accredited police force. discover colonial artifacts near Wren Even though the College might meet all the Virginia Crime Com- missionʼs requirements, the commissionʼs findings indicate that campus BY AUSTIN WRIGHT tions of a drain were discovered in materials,” he said. “Although we the north side of the Wren Build- security is wanting in several colleges and universities in Virginia. To FLAT HAT INSIGHT EDITOR the area by excavators during the did not open the well, it is likely ing. According to Director of the improve campus security, Virginia21 advocated for the passage of the 1930s. a unique and significant ʻtime cap- Historic Campus Louise Kale, two Protect Virginia Students legislation, which makes colleges accountable While replacing mechanical, Adams said that the construc- suleʼ of life at the early College.” other wells that served the Wren for the safety of their students and creates a competitive grant program electrical and plumbing utilities at tion crew altered the trench route Archer had been working at the Building were previously discov- to encourage local college communities to address crime. the presidentʼs house, the construc- to avoid damaging the bricks. site for about a month, monitoring ered. And like the other two, this The billʼs first requirement is to create an office of campus law en- tion crew discovered two colonial According to Steve Archer, the construction crew. He said that one was re-buried. forcement to help improve and regulate campus security. The office will utilities — a segment of a drain research associate at the Colonial whenever construction crews at “I wanted to break in right away regulate staff hiring, training and certification standards for campus se- and a fully-intact well — buried in Williamsburg Foundation and ad- the College break ground, archae- and go looking, but it will take curity departments. It will also create innovative policies to help securi- the ground. junct instructor of anthropology at ologists are on hand to observe thousands of dollars,” Kale said. ty spend money more effectively, implement centralized data collection The first discovery occurred the College, the discovery of the and record anything of historical “There are no immediate plans to and provide technical assistance to departments. Feb. 27 when the construction crew drain is not extremely significant, importance. do anything except preserve the The new legislation will also hold colleges accountable for campus dug a trench approximately 35 although it does reveal more about “Initially, the excavators hit a well.” crime. Currently, the commonwealth evaluates colleges annually based feet west of the presidentʼs house. what colonists did to alleviate segment of very disturbed brick According to Archer, well ex- on affordability, diversity and availability of financial aid. However, Construction Superintendent Rick drainage problems. paving. We thought it was a seg- cavation is costly and dangerous with the passage of this act, Virginia colleges will also be measured by Adams said that after noticing However, Archer, who was on ment of abandoned walkway, but because these structures are often the safety of their campuses. some bricks in the ground, Lu- site March 7 when the well was upon further excavation, it appears 40 to 50 feet deep. He said that, Virginia21 contends that the passage of this legislation will empower cie Vinciguerra, an archaeologist discovered, said in an e-mail to to be a small platform around the once removed from their burial college campuses. To balance the fact that colleges will be held ac- from the Colonial Williamsburg The Flat Hat that its discovery well,” he said. “If you think of environment, artifacts deteriorate countable for promoting student safety, they will also be awarded grants Foundation, went into the trench could prove historically notewor- the well as like a paper towel roll rapidly and require massive con- as rewards for safe campuses. to inspect. She discovered that the thy. standing on its end, the trench ran servation efforts. “By providing grants to college communities, we can empower them bricks were connected by shell “Wells, because they go so deep just as a tangent to the cylinder, “It will be in the ground undis- to solve the problems facing their campus,” Virginia21 spokesman Da- mortar, leading archaeologists to in the ground and are sealed, often enabling us to see the outer wall, turbed for future generations to vid Solimini said. believe that they date back to the provide extraordinary preserva- but the well was not intruded upon inspect,” Kale said. “I donʼt think Additionally, college communities will be granted autonomy over 18th century, when shell mortar tion for artifacts that do not other- or compromised.” we can say that weʼve fully solved how they choose to spend the money. was commonly used. Similar sec- wise survive, particularly organic The well was discovered on the mystery.” The bill was sent to Gov. 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… cannot rely on the will of the [Executive Appropria- property acquisition as a pilot pro- SA tions Committee].” HOUSE gram at their March 9 meeting. He FRATERNITIES FROM PAGE 1 The largest objection to funding the two groups had to FROM PAGE 1 said that he considers this the first FROM PAGE 1 do with money not used for the event. The funds would step in what could be the conversion debated due to the senateʼs restrictive guidelines on be allocated for an unspecified purpose, a prospect that said they are apprehensive about of more rental property. Sievers has informal hearing Feb. 22 with Dean allocations for religious organizations. Although the several senators said made them uneasy. the proposal, which could affect taken this semester off in order to run of Students Patricia Volp and Psi group itself has no religious affiliation, its pregnancy Beato said that when organizations apply for fund- off-campus housing options for stu- for a position on the city council. Upsilon Executive Director Mark center is run by a local Catholic ministry. ing, they often write down only the events that gener- dents. Some have expressed concern In response to this criticism, Haul- Williams. Freshman Sen. Matt Beato said the senate is not per- ate a profit. He suggested that clubs should list all events regarding the lack of student input man emphasized that the proposal “It was decided that the chapter mitted to allocate funds to support religious worship or they hold, whether or not they turn a profit. According to in the proposal and the timing of the was nothing more than an idea. would be suspended through spring religious activities. The senate voted 9-3-5 to provide the Beato, this is how the procedure is intended to work, but request to renovate the house at 110 “Floating ideas around in a retreat 2008,” Maddox said. After the full allotment, on the basis that the funds would only be it is not always followed by organizations. Harrison Ave. The city council met is not the same thing as saying, ʻwe two-year suspension, the fraternity used for publicity. The senate voted to leave the amount provided at last Thursday, when students were have a policy, and this is what weʼre will be able to appeal for campus The senate also discussed the decision to fund organi- $200. The vote was 4-12-1. on spring break. going to do.ʼ” Haulman said. housing and reinstatement to their zations that profit from sponsored events. The Filipino- The budget passed 10-6-0. It was given to Scofield, “With issues as sensitive as this If a policy of rental property ren- national chapter. Though reinstate- American Student Association requested $500 from the who will review it this weekend. If he approves the one, it may have been a good idea ovation is pursued, Haulman prom- ment is not guaranteed, the frater- SA, but was only granted $200 to pay for props because budget, the Board of Visitors will review it. to open discussions with students,” ised that discussion would precede nity will not have to apply through many of its culture events turn a profit. The senate also passed an opinion protesting the junior David Sievers said. “It seems any action taken by the city council. the Council for Fraternity Affairs, According to Barker, many of the campusʼs cultural Williamsburg City Councilʼs recent purchase of a local that the perception of the student The city council meets the second and will be allowed to forego the organizations use profits to fund events later in the year, house. The purchase is part of an ongoing initiative by body is that this was targeted at Thursday of every month. The meet- fraternity housing waiting list. including seminars, lectures and trips. the council to reduce the number of rental houses in the them.” ing minutes can be viewed online According to Maddox, he said “Just because an event makes a profit does not mean neighborhood. For more information, see Housing, page Additionally, Sievers pointed to at www.williamsburgva.gov/dept/ this was the best deal available to his that the club makes a profit,” Barker said. “These groups one. The opinion passed 14-1-1. the city councilʼs discussion of this council/index.htm. fraternity. “Basically, we thought that was FFICE a pretty good decision, and itʼs O not a very long [suspension]. We FROM PAGE 1 did an informal hearing, and we agreed with the fact and there was William and Mary to a grad, their heart starts thumping because of all the not much we could appeal on,” he experiences that they had here.” said. “I feel the whole situation is According to Pieri, the College is an elite public university and is in a unfortunate, and I hate to see Psi U relatively unique position for fundraising. go for the next few years. However, “[The] state will fund William and Mary to a level of being good, but … if I feel like I and my fellow brothers, you really want to distinguish William and Mary among the elite universities though we no longer have our orga- in this country, it needs private support,” Pieri said. nization, can still continue to have Pieri said he was excited to work at such a distinguished university. a bodacious time and individually “This is one of the best schools in the nation,” he said. “How could you create a most righteous presence on not want to be associated with William and Mary?” this campus.” According to Sadler and Provost Geoffrey P. Feiss, KA also violated their probation this year, resulting in their removal from their campus residence. KA was put on probation for two separate alcohol violations that occurred last year. Their proba- tion was extended and their residen- cy privileges removed after a Dec. 4 incident that allegedly involved the throwing of glass bottles in their Unit G staircase and landing. “There was a good deal of bottle throwing, which is very dangerous,” Sadler said. “I think the provost made a wise decision.” KA, in an informal resolution process Feb. 23, accepted responsi- bility for the incident. According to KA president Larry Natke, however, the individuals who broke the bottles are not known, and KA only took re- sponsibility because the incident oc- curred within their residence. Natke said that if bottle throwing did occur, it was only among a few residents of Unit G, who may or may not have been KA members. “The ultimate conclusion that was drawn by the administration, which I donʼt know how accurate it is, and reflects poorly on us, is the idea of bottle throwing and bottle fights,” Natke said. “What we are dealing with is not police walking in on people throwing bottles at each other in the stairwells.” Nonetheless, the fraternity did acknowledge that the incident oc- curred. “We agreed to a set of facts with the Dean of Students [that acknowl- edged] there was glass on the floor; I think there was wording in there of ʻbottle throwing,ʼ and we acknowl- edged the general risk that came from such behavior,” Natke said. “We feel, since the incident did hap- pen in our premise, and there were no individuals who stepped up to accept responsibility, that ultimately it falls on the fraternity ... I was per- sonally surprised when such a severe sanction was handed down.” After the initial ruling, KA at- tempted to appeal the decision and included an appeal document containing letters from the chap- ter, parents, alumni and students who felt the sanction was unjust. Nonetheless, Feiss denied the ap- peal, allowing the fraternity to remain in Unit G until the end of the year. “In the appeal, the provost af- firmed the sanctions but deferred im- position of the loss of housing until the end of the semester, thereby al- lowing the house residents to remain until the end of the term, providing there are no further violations of College policy. The fraternity will not be able to live in their house next year,” Sadler said. Though KA will not reside on campus next year, Natke said he hopes that the fraternity will be al- lowed to return to Unit G after it serves its one-year suspension. “We feel confident that weʼll be able to reapply in the spring of 2006 to get back our housing for the fall of 2007,” Natke said. “We hope to come back strong and make a positive impact on the College community.” NEWS ✦ MARCH 17, 2006 5 Under the World Beat: Africa M C R S C O P Drought cripples nations ✦ BY ALEXANDER DANVERS Turkana tribe, a girl was raped and tion alone and has repeatedly asked SCIENCE STUDENTS PRESENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AT SYMPOSIUM THE FLAT HAT a boy killed for attempting to take a for additional donations, the March drink of water. Akiru Lomukuny of 8 online edition of the Associated BY BECKY EASLEY Projects included results that in advertising. An estimated 11.5 million in- the Turkana tribe said that she could Press reported. It would cost $189 FLAT HAT SCIENCE COLUMNIST were relevant to the Williamsburg Overall, students said that the habitants of the Horn of Africa are obtain water from a spring 10 miles million more just to feed the 3.5 area, such as studies of hurricane symposium was a useful and posi- suffering from a year-long drought, away but would have to cross the million people in need in Kenya. The College held the 12th Isabel, research on the effects of tive experience. Many students the March 15 online edition of BBC border into Uganda and fears being The world food program was able annual Undergraduate Science hurricane Katrina and research used the symposium to practice News reported. Offi cials from the ambushed by Dados clan members. to feed 1.7 million people in Soma- Research Symposium in the Uni- conducted at the Jefferson Lab for honors theses defenses or fu- aid agency Oxfam estimate that it “We were usually attacked on lia in 2005, and Morris estimates versity Center Feb. 25. Over 100 in Newport News. Some students ture conferences, and their work will take the economy of northeast- our way back,” she said to CBS. that the same number will require students participated by either pre- examined medical issues such as on preparing for the symposium ern Kenya up to 15 years to recover “We would lose all of our water … aid for six months or longer. senting a conference-style poster heart disease and cancer. helped them fi nd fl aws in their re- from the loss of livestock, which sometimes they strip us naked, take According to the March 3 online or leading a 10-minute discussion Senior Erin Crowder said that search that could be corrected. has been as high as 75 percent in all of our beads.” edition of BBC News, the current about their research. A variety her research could lead to a bet- “I also got an idea of the type some regions. Much of Africa is suffering from drought may be related to global of science departments took part ter understanding of diseases such of questions [professors] might According to the Feb. 16 online a famine, which has been exacerbat- warming. The article cites research with projects on topics ranging as sudden infant death syndrome ask, like at my thesis defense,” edition of BBC News, inhabitants of ed by a decade of consistently low published in the journal ʻScience,ʼ from fundamental particles called or sleep apnea. Senior Christina Muir added. southern Somalia have increasingly rainfall, BBC News reported. Al- which indicates that global warm- muons to the Matoaka woods. Wales was excited to report that Students defending their the- Students stood by posters they her research led to a new chemis- ses at the end of the semester will SITUATION: put on display in the Chesapeake try fi nding. be faced with many diffi cult ques- An estimated 11.5 million inhabitants of the Horn of Africa are suffering from the effects of a year- and Tidewater rooms of the UC, “This summer, I was sure a tions from a variety of professors long drought. Individuals attempting to survive on three glasses of water per day in heat often exceeding ready to explain their work and reaction had failed when a solid outside of their lab. 100 degrees Fahrenheit have been forced to walk up to 45 miles in search of water or to beg along the answer questions. The layout of that was supposed to stay orange The symposium provided stu- roadside. The increasingly desperate conditions have sparked fighting among tribal groups. Firefights posters required students to con- turned white, but when we tested dents interested in research with between clan members armed with assault rifles have left dozens dead. Nearly a decade of low rainfall has dense their work into one or two the product it turned out that we a broad view of what is going on exacerbated famine conditions plaguing much of Africa. But the famine is also compounded by man-made paragraphs, which required them had stumbled upon something no in the Collegeʼs science depart- problems, such as underinvestment in rural areas, rapid population growth, political conflict and global to present their research in a more one had ever made before,” Wales ments. warming, which threatens to reduce the supply of available water in Africa by 25 percent by 2100. accessible way. said. In addition, the symposium Senior Chris Muir gained ex- The physics department spon- gave students a chance to show perience discussing his research sored discussions and posters pride in their work, while profes- restricted access to drinking water. though natural disasters have played ing will cause changes in rainfall with spectators. displaying research on quantum sors noted how diverse and suc- Individuals attempting to survive a major role in Africaʼs food short- patterns. Areas that receive an- “The symposium allowed me dots, muons and white light. The cessful undergraduate research is on three glasses of water per day in ages, they have been compounded nual rainfall between 400 mm and to practice presenting my research psychology department presented at the College. heat that often exceeds 100 degrees by other problems. According to 1,000 mm per year are particularly coherently to friends and faculty, research on topics such as percep- “I am always impressed by Fahrenheit have been forced to walk the Jan. 31 online edition of BBC susceptible to excessive drainage which I would otherwise not have tions of childhood cancer, cross- how many [students] were doing up to 45 miles in search of water or News, underinvestment in rural ar- problems, which lower the avail- done,” Muir said. sex friendships and sexual content really good research,” Saha said. to beg along the roadside. eas, rapid population growth, the able water supply. When these re- The variety of topics ensured “The situation is as bad as I can spread of HIV and AIDS and politi- gions suffer further decreases in that many science enthusiasts remember,” Somali village elder cal confl ict have created instability rainfall, the results can be disas- would fi nd projects of interest to Abdullahi Maalim said to BBC and taken the most productive in- trous. According to the article, a them. Biology professor Margaret News. “Some people are dying, dividuals out of the labor force. Al- 10 percent decrease in rainfall in Saha said that she enjoyed the in- and children are drinking their own though many organizations are ac- a region that averages 500 mm per formal and personal aspects of the urine because there is simply no tive in providing aid to Africa, some year can cut the available supply poster presentations. water available for them to drink.” economists and academics said they in half. The changing weather pat- Short discussions in UC con- The increasingly desperate believe that giving beyond a certain terns resulting from global warm- ference rooms followed the poster conditions have sparked violence point may do more harm than good, ing could reduce the water supply display. This portion of the sym- among local groups throughout the fl ooding local markets with goods in Africa by 25 percent at the end posium allowed participants to region, the March 15 online edi- and putting small, sustainable farms of the century. witness researchers condense tion of CBS News reported. Clans out of business. According to the March 15 on-

months or years of research into a COURTESY PHOTO ✦ BECKY EASLEY have reported stolen livestock, and Director of the United Nations line edition of BBC News, new few slides and entertain questions Biology student senior Sarah Caulkins stands next to the result of clashes between clan members World Food Program James Morris rains are expected in the coming from students or professors. her research on hydrogen peroxide induced B-cell activation. armed with assault rifl es have left estimates that some 20 million peo- weeks, but it is feared that they may dozens dead. Within the nomadic ple are being fed by his organiza- be lighter than average.

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✦ Senator ✦ Matthew Beato Andy Peters Zach Pilchen John Daniel Sheppard Stephan Jensen Walter McClean [email protected] Scott Williamson Alison Hight Jack Eric Stracher Brad Clark WSJ.com MARCH 20, 2006 s 2006 DowJones & Company,Inc. All Rights Reserved. What’s News– Rock ’n’ Rolling Into China In Business and Finance Rolling Stone Launches “ “ “ foreign entertainers, with articles on A Chinese Edition: American actress Jessica Alba and Millions Are Facing Borrowing Trouble the Irish rock band U2, as well as Mr. Monthly Squeeze A surge in subprime lending has No Sex, Drugs, Politics Cui and Mu Zi Mei, a Chinese blog- expanded the number of people facing ger infamous for her sexually Millions of Americans who provocative diary. the risk of foreclosure. Originations of By GEOFFREY A. FOWLER stretched their finances to buy subprime mortgages in billions of dollars. Yet the magazine must also sat- homes face a painful adjustment as isfy the government, which has the ONG KONG—Sex, drugs their monthly payments on ad- $750 final say on each issue. The maga- and rock ’n’ roll have al- justable-rate mortgages rise. zine’s U.S. editors provide stories 600 ways been fertile subjects In the hot housing market of re- from the American edition that are at Rolling Stone maga- cent years, many households took translated and edited as needed. Sto- 450 zine, but Hao Fang, editor advantage of “affordability” mort- ries of local interest are generated by of the new Chinese edi- gage loans that hold down payments Mr. Hao’s team, and he decides on 300 tion, can’t print much about the first for an initial period. Now the initial H the issue’s final mix. Wenner Media two. And in China even rock music periods on many of these loans are 150 doesn’t sign off on the final product. can be politically sensitive stuff, as ending, leaving borrowers to face in- the cover of the magazine’s first is- Politics Aside creases in monthly payments of any- 0 sue illustrates. where from 10% to 50%. 1996 ’97 ’98 ’99 ’00 ’01 ’02 ’03 ’04 ’05 “Our magazine was founded with Mr. Hao chose an inaugural cover More than $2 trillion of U.S. mort- Source: Inside B&C Lending the purpose of entertaining and edu- image of Cui Jian, one of the first Chi- gage debt, or about a quarter of all cating readers about music and cul- nese musicians to incorporate Western mortgage loans outstanding, comes up ing of an Antihero,” by Jeff Pearl- Rolling Stone’s new ture,” says Robby Yung, chief strat- rock into his songs, and a Bob Dylan- for interest-rate resets in 2006 and 2007, man. egy officer for the magazine’s Hong like master of lyrics with multiple Chinese edition estimates Moody’s Economy.com. Gotham Books has pushed up the Kong-based publisher One Media meanings. Mr. Cui’s most famous (packaged with a cap) Most borrowers affected will be able to release of “Shadows” to March 23-24 Group. “Our magazine was not song, “Nothing to My Name,” was an on sale in Beijing

cope, in some cases by refinancing with from March 27. Mr. Pearlman’s book Getty Images founded, as was Rolling Stone in the anthem to students during the 1989 new loans. But some may be forced to is scheduled to hit May 30, although U.S., as a voice for a particular gen- Tiananmen Square democracy sell their homes or could lose their HarperCollins is trying to move up as consumers with more disposable have been clamoring to establish a eration that was very politically protests, though it never mentions rev- homes to foreclosures. A recent study the date. income turn to glossy monthlies for presence in the world’s biggest mar- charged.” olution or protest. After the military by First American Real Estate Solu- shopping, entertainment and ket of television viewers. Like all Chinese periodicals, crackdown that followed the uprising, tions projects that about one in eight lifestyle tips. Nielsen Media Re- At the same time, rock and other Rolling Stone China is technically Saftey Still an Issue Mr. Cui was sometimes treated as a households with adjustable-rate mort- search says marketers spent about youth music are coming of age in published by a government-spon- dissident, and he lay low for years. gages that originated in 2004 and 2005 23% more, or a total of about $770 mil- China, creating the demand for a sored organization. In Rolling On Inflight Calls Despite this back story, the will default on those loans. lion, on magazine advertising in magazine like Rolling Stone. During Stone’s case, that is state-owned mu- The federal government is con- Rolling Stone article avoids mention China last year than in 2004, based China’s Cultural Revolution, in the sic publisher China Record Corp. sidering lifting its ban on the use of of Tiananmen or anything political. on published rate-card figures. 1960s, love ballads were treated like China Record declined to com- U.S. Mad-Cow Case cellphones on airline flights. But a “Of course, he used to be a controver- Adding to an already crowded mar- pornography, and people who were ment on its relationship with new study raises questions over sial person,” says Mr. Hao, 42 years ket, Advance Publications Inc.’s found listening to rock ’n’ roll were Rolling Stone. Mr. Hao wouldn’t Is 3rd in 27 Months whether that will be safe. old. “But it’s neither in the media’s Vogue launched a Chinese edition labeled “devils” and could end up in detail his editorial process, but A beef cow in Alabama was diag- The ban now in effect is the result interests nor his interests for now” to last year. jail. Since then, China has witnessed says his Rolling Stone will point- nosed with mad-cow disease, becom- of researchers’ claims that using talk about that part of his past. Yet in recent months, Chinese a pop-culture explosion. The Inter- edly eschew Chinese politics, as ing the third U.S. case in 27 months cellphones on airplanes can inter- Two Masters censors have tightened their grip on net, international travel and foreign well as drop some of the racier and igniting a difficult search for fere with Global Positioning Satellite dissent in the news media and on the movies have spread information American content. companions that might also have navigation systems. The calls also Rolling Stone’s China launch this Internet. In December, the govern- about foreign entertainment and While he says there wasn’t any been exposed to the fatal brain-wast- can tie up a wireless network’s an- month illustrates the possibilities— ment sacked the editor of the bold lifestyles across much of the coun- particular internal controversy ing disease. The U.S. Department of tenna capacity, blocking service for and difficulties—of journalism in one daily Beijing News—which had run a try. Today, China’s most successful about choosing Mr. Cui, the cover Agriculture disclosed few details wireless users on the ground. of the world’s most censored media story on a government crackdown on music stars are pop singers or rock- has created buzz—as crucial to a me- about the beef cow, other than that Some companies, however, are markets. Mr. Hao and his publish- protesting farmers. Then in Janu- ers like Mr. Cui, or style themselves dia enterprise in China as anywhere. she was probably about 10 years old. preparing to equip planes with new ers—a state-owned music publisher ary, it shut down the highly regarded after American rappers and Korean “It says they are more willing to The cow’s age is important be- technology called “pico cell” cellular and a Hong Kong company that has li- weekly Freezing Point supplement to and Japanese R&B crooners. say things,” says Chris Wu, the gen- cause it indicates she was likely in- antennas that will allow as many as censed the title from Rolling Stone the China Youth Daily, which has Rolling Stone’s China editor is eral manager of content for News fected before changes were made to 100 cellphones at a time to work with- publisher Wenner Media—must sat- since reopened with a new editor. now at the center of all these Corp.’s Channel V Chinese music animal-feed rules. Thus, it allows out disrupting cell service on the isfy Chinese readers, who are looking Last year, the government put changes, both in media and in mu- network. “Whether it will last, we the Bush administration to continue ground. Also, since pico cells are close for edgier content, and the Commu- out several new regulations to exert sic. Mr. Hao’s Rolling Stone aims to don’t know. As usual in China, you to argue that the prevalence of mad- to the cellphones of passengers on the nist Party, which is looking to rein in more control over foreign media in chart China’s cultural influences in a might do this for the first two issues cow disease in the U.S. is very faint, plane, the phones operate at low dissent. They are two masters who China. It has also impeded the ex- way that satisfies increasingly and then get a letter.” and most likely fading. power and won’t produce interference are increasingly at odds. pansion plans of global media com- plugged-in readers. The first issue, Still, the case is likely to invigo- with instruments, the companies say. Magazines are experiencing a panies such as Walt Disney Co., Via- already selling out in some cities, Staff reporter Juying Qin contributed to rate consumer activists critical of Successful pico cell demonstra- commercial renaissance in China, com Inc. and News Corp., which features an equal mix of Chinese and this article. the Bush administration’s plans to tions have led the Federal Communi- scale back its mad-cow surveillance cations Commission to move toward program, and to hamstring efforts allowing use of cellphones on air- by the U.S. to persuade former cus- planes. tomers such as Japan to reopen their However, a recent study by Amazon borders to U.S. beef. Carnegie Mellon University re- searchers found that emissions from Basketball Budgets cellphones and laptops are found in the GPS spectrum and could still to Offer Soar at Top Schools cause interference. The researchers believe more study is needed before When it comes to spending allowing inflight cellphone calls. money, college basketball budgets Online Films are on a fast break. As a group, 80 of By SARAH MCBRIDE the top college basketball programs, Northwest Raises AND MYLENE MANGALINDAN many of which are now in the NCAA Tournament, spent an average of Aisle Seat Prices ven as it pushes into the on- 12% more in the school year 2004-05 Struggling Northwest Airlines line music and book busi- than the year before. That was on has launched a test program which nesses, Amazon.com Inc. is top of a 7% cost increase the previous requires passengers to pay an addi- preparing another digital year, based on figures submitted by tional $15 fee to reserve some of the entertainment offering: the colleges to the Department of Ed- most desirable coach-class seats on downloadable movies. ucation. A major cause: the upward domestic flights. Aisle seats in the EPeople familiar with the situation spiral in coaches’ pay packages. front of the cabin or roomier exit say the online retailer is talking with By some measures, even with the rows will be held back and sold for movie studios including Universal Pic- rapidly rising costs, college basket- the extra charge. tures, Paramount and Warner Bros. ball is a healthy business. An esti- A spokesman for Northwest, about making their content available on mated 70% of Division I programs op- which filed for bankruptcy-court its site, for both Internet rental and pur- erate in the black, a figure that has protection in September, says the chase. A service could begin this sum- remained steady since 1993, accord- airline is “definitely looking for op- mer. Amazon declined to comment. ing to Dan Fulks, a professor at portunities to increase revenue.” He The company is already planning Transylvania University and consul- declined to estimate how much the an online music service. Now the movie tant to the National Collegiate Ath- $15 fee might generate. service, if it comes to fruition, could letic Association. But if costs con- jump-start legal movie downloads, tinue to outpace revenues—ex- Odds & Ends which haven’t taken off despite the penses have risen faster for basket- growing popularity of online music. Colleges across the U.S. were re- ball teams in the past two years than Amazon could also leapfrog viewing admissions decisions after ever before, the NCAA estimates— iTunes in the high-stakes race to be- the College Board disclosed that those figures may not be so rosy for come the premier destination for on- 4,000 students who took the SAT last much longer. line studio entertainment. Currently, October had incorrectly received viewers can pay $1.99 an episode to lower scores. The company that download shows like “Lost” or “The Publishers Bullish scans the SAT for the College Board Office” from iTunes, but long-form blamed moisture in the answer movies aren’t available yet. On Barry Bonds sheets. Studios are considering making Two books about baseball slugger By Jay Hershey movies available on the Amazon service Barry Bonds are suddenly in a liter- at the same time they come out on DVD, ary slugfest. “Game of Shadows,” by How to contact us: people familiar with the matter say. San Francisco Chronicle reporters [email protected] Some studios would like to encourage Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance online purchase over rental, because Williams, burst onto the scene first the margins are much higher. Studios with an excerpt as the cover story of AT COLLEGEJOURNAL.COM get 60% to 70% of revenue on online pur- Résumé looking Sports Illustrated, the venerable Six tips for acing sales-job inter- § chases and rentals, but the sticker price weekly magazine with 3.3 million views on a purchase is much higher. paid subscribers. Its archrival, A ticklish matter about a signing Neither prices nor titles have been ESPN The Magazine, then quickly § bonus set. But the people familiar with the mat- rushed out its own Bonds book cover ter say the strategy will likely include story, excerpted from “Love Me, M.B.A.s become minimovie pro- § current releases and some older titles. sparse? Hate Me: Barry Bonds and the Mak- ducers Other online movie services Thousands of timely articles, haven’t taken off, in part because of a paucity of titles, and because the ser- vices typically don’t get the movies until weeks after they appear on The Flat Hat is looking for advertising reps. DVD. 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Careful readers will find on this page and the next various editorials addressing the Williamsburg City Councilʼs actions of the past week, including a column by a student and a response by Williamsburg Mayor Jeanne Zeidler. Of course, our fair cityʼs mayor does not take the time to grace our pages every week; what, then, is all the proverbial ruckus about? The careful reader will also note the lead story from page one, in which we report on the city councilʼs move to allocate itself money — specifically, $310,000 — to buy the house at 110 Harrison Avenue, as well as their possible plans to take similar action in the future. Apparently, the city councilʼs strategy is to use the housing authority to purchase the house, renovate it and resell it to an owner under the condition that the new owner not rent the property out to anyone, including students. While the councilʼs motives are not immediately clear, it does seem fair to say that the council is tak- ing action to manipulate the normal functioning of the local housing market. The mayor admits in this weekʼs letter that the council is seeking to “stabilize a balanced neighborhood,” citing the rental portion of the West Williamsburg Heights area — 62 percent — as too high. Why such a proportion should trouble the city council, we are not quite sure, but a goal of such dubious merit, sought through the tax dollars of Williamsburgʼs residents and businesses, is enough to trouble any reasonable observer. A central aspect of Zeidlerʼs argument is that too many students are forced to live in off-campus resi- dences because of a lack of adequate campus housing. Personally, the editorial board of The Flat Hat knows of very few instances in which students are unable to find suitable campus housing. In our expe- rience, those students who live off campus chose to do so. Even if we grant the mayorʼs premise for the present, new student housing is scheduled to open soon on the field formerly known as Barksdale; why is the city council so graciously intervening in the housing market to make sure owners occupy While you were out their own residences and students have enough campus dorms? Surely they can find better projects for renovation (the terrible state of disrepair of the houses on Jamestown Road comes to mind). If you were not reading Williamsburg newspapers the most well-behaved people in the world. I attribute If nothing else, the city council is guilty of simply atrocious timing. Whether intentionally or not, over break, you might have missed the motion pro- it to hormones. Sorry, but if you live in a college town, they have begun a program that will, if taken through its logical progression, do real harm to the abil- posed by Vice-Mayor Clyde Haulman. Its purpose is you might have to learn to accept this little fact of life. ity of students to find living accommodations and legitimate residences, an action that will hamper to get the city council to buy homes located near the So, if the neighborhoods have had significant num- studentsʼ ability to register to vote in the city. Furthermore, the fact that this action was taken while College campus, then resell bers of transient students living in them for a significant them under the condition that the period of time, Haulmanʼs justification does not make most students were away strikes us as more than coincidence. Not that they would have consulted us buyers live in the home and not sense. And since the College has been here for a while, on this, anyway. rent it out. What does this mean? the argument that student renters decrease property Vice mayor and economics chair Clyde Haulman, a proponent of the plan, has expressed concern Say goodbye to the rental prop- value and increase police patrol makes some sense, but over the conditions and value of areas dominated by rental properties. While he may not be entirely erties close to the College. it is ever so slightly unreasonable. Judging by the time out in left field on the actual situations in some neighborhoods, this is more likely because these areas I find this odd. Clyde he made the proposal, he seemed to make a concerted have been abandoned by businesses and city officials in favor of catering to wealthy tourists and elites, Haulman is not only the vice- effort to have the measure escape student notice. This not because of some inherent defect in rental properties or their occupants. In addition, it doesnʼt mayor, but also the chair of evidence, combined with a choice of paranoia, cyni- seem that attracting more owner-oriented — and perhaps wealthier — buyers will actually improve Ryan the economics department. cism, or perhaps resigned, dejected realism leads a per- Williamsburg as a whole, but it may serve to further segregate wealthy residents from low-income Jackson Therefore, he must have known son to think, “Williamsburg doesnʼt like us.” families and students. Certainly the cityʼs resources could be better spent improving the conditions and that students were gone for Indeed, perhaps Williamsburg would be happier expectations of neglected parts of the town, such as Highland Park, to make the city a more cohesive spring break last week and that his proposal was direct- without the College. Haulmanʼs measure, more than unit. Regardless of the effect on students, the councilʼs plan does nothing to address the cityʼs true ed toward students. Shouldnʼt students have the chance anything in recent memory, sends the blaring mes- crises, like putting a pair of designer sunglasses on a man with leprosy. to respond to it? Was this motion timed to be passed sage that the city does not welcome students. This is If we honestly believed that the mayor, vice mayor or the rest of the council was actually inter- while students were unable to stop it? These are lovely sad. This is especially sad, because we are not leaving. ested in attracting residents to improve all parts of Williamsburg, and not just the parts the tourists questions, and I look forward to getting the answers. To be honest, I am extraordinarily pissed that anyone see, we might be willing to buy their story about a healthy city and reasonable, mixed-income Haulman states that “restoring the former and would propose that College students who move off neighborhoods. intended residential nature of these neighborhoods is campus by choice or by necessity (lottery number essential to attracting more permanent residents to the 5,874, thank you) should live in James City County, or Editorial Board: city,” according to the March 7 edition of the Daily even farther away (perhaps we should just live at home Stephen Carley, Editor-in-Chief Press. I find that bizarre as well. The city cited one of and commute several hours each day). the neighborhoods as being 64 percent renter-occupied. Being the type of person that I am, I am not content Whitney Winn, Managing Editor ✦ Virginia Paulus, Executive Editor Demetria Penix, Business Manager ✦ Michael Schobel, News Editor Did this happen overnight? Did this even happen in the to vent my anger and walk away. I want to scare the Max Fisher, Variety Editor ✦ Kyle Meikle, Reviews Editor past decade? I wonder exactly how “former” we have city council. I want them to realize that measures like Will Milton, Reviews Editor ✦ Natalie Ronollo, Opinions Editor to go to find a time when these neighborhoods had a this will mean that they will sit on the council for, ironi- Christopher Adams, Sports Editor ✦ Lauren Bryant, Photo Editor minority of renters. Sadly, I could not find any statis- cally, about as long as the students live in those houses. Ashley Baird, Copy Chief ✦ Danielle Espino, Online Editor tics, but common sense tells me that in a college that The best way to do this is to get David Sievers elected. Alice Hahn, Briefs Editor ✦ Joshua Pinkerton, Asst. News Editor has been around since 1699 (when the Wren Building Go to www.voteinwilliamsburg.com and register in Andy Zahn, Asst. News Editor ✦ Chase Johnson, Asst. Opinions Editor was completed), some of those neighborhoods formed Williamsburg to vote. E-mail [email protected] and vol- Louis Malick, Asst. Sports Editor ✦ Per Hoel, Production Assistant close to the College might have been formed due to unteer to help his campaign. Go to the fundraiser for Jon Seiden, Photographer ✦ Alex Haglund, Photographer student need. It would surprise me greatly if this was Sievers tomorrow at the Cornerstone Grill at 8 p.m. Do not the case. not let Haulman and the city council kick us out of our Yes, student renters cause an increase in police com- city. Help David Sievers win, and let them know that if plaints and decreased property value. Williamsburg has they try to get rid of us, weʼll return the favor. been a college town for 300 years; one would think that Ryan Jackson is a freshman at the College. His views The happy generation they would have learned that college students are not do not necessarily represent those of The Flat Hat. Are we an apathetic generation? Current, ago, and threats to our individual liberties appear Newsweek Magazineʼs college spin-off, recently less immediate than they did to previous genera- Victims of circumstance ran an article debating this point. The first student tions. to weigh in on the issue agreed that we are apathet- Another reason for our individualistic world Sometimes I wonder how much of who we are, die today. ic, but that we are not entirely view is the explosion of the media. Along with the people we grow to become, is based on learned For me, living is a lot of tomorrows — what I at fault for being so. Although charges of apathy, we are often accused of being a behaviors, the things we are taught by the people can accomplish then that I couldnʼt today, who I those of us who take defini- selfish generation, but this too is misleading. We who move through our lives, changing it and affect- will meet and talk to, the opportunities that will tive stands on social issues are indeed selfish, but we have become so out of ing it as they inevitably do. arise. We look to the future in a different way than are in the minority, he argued necessity rather than from a breakdown in moral How much is biologically pro- those Beslan children. We have a safer past. that some blame must lie with character. Globalization and technological innova- grammed, genetically inher- I began all this wondering recently after the political leaders who ignore us. tions have dramatically increased the availability of ited? Russian department screened an HBO documentary The second student adamantly information, and being constantly inundated with Last September, terrorist following a brief lecture by speaker Lisa Aronson. disagreed with the charge. She this information, we have learned to filter it by the attacks on the Russian school She spoke of coordinated efforts to train psychoso- cited several unheralded student degree to which it affects us personally. This is a of Beslan took the lives of cial volunteers working with Beslan survivors. She Andrew protests as evidence for our col- fact of human nature. 177 children. There are dolls is one of many pioneers who sees the importance of Hale lective passion. The beauty of this situation is that the stability hanging from poles over many reaching out to tragedyʼs youth. The childrenʼs sto- While both students made of our world allows us to choose which information of their graves to remember ries were heartbreaking. The boy of one dead man interesting arguments, I believe the question itself we deem personally meaningful. News and poli- Ashley their innocence and their youth. spoke of wanting to avenge his father by taking a is misleading. When words such as apathy and tics are reduced to hobbies. While there are many Braun Parents were left without chil- knife and slitting the terroristsʼ throats with his own activism are tossed around, they are usually evalu- of us who stay informed on national and global dren, siblings and friends were hands. He was 10 years old. ated socially. Both the magazineʼs editors and the issues, there are more of us who would rather fol- lost. To experience what these children experienced, Not all the children spoke with such sorrow. students who wrote the article assumed that ques- low sports and entertainment. This fact may strike as pure and impressionable as children are, I have Some spoke with hope, of a “new Beslan” being tions of apathy could be answered in terms of how a foul chord with our elders, but if all things had to wonder, how does an event like the terrorist take- built from the destruction of the old. There was a we approach poignant social issues. However, a been considered equal during their youth, would over affect the surviving children? Will they grow light in these children, and many of them referred to perceptive look at our generation will show that they have been watching CNN or MTV? My guess as they had been, shaken but unchanged, or are they their dead friends in heaven with God. But one little our passion canʼt be judged in this manner. The is the latter. victims of circumstance? girl used words I wonʼt soon forget: “If I die, I die,” most pressing issues facing us are not social; they What this adds up to is an entirely different set Sometimes I wonder about fear. Most of the she said. “I donʼt care.” There was an air of aloof- are individual. Rather than changing the world, our of issues facing young people today. With all of our fears in my life are mere insecurities about success, ness about her when she said this, so expressionless. chief concern is finding a place in it. freedom and leisure time, the fundamental ques- relationships or money. My own mortality as a 19- Imagine being so young and knowing sorrow so The reasons for this are many and varied. tion has become how to make our lives fulfilling. year-old living in suburban America is not at the top deep that death holds little meaning. If death holds Among them is the fact that we are coming of age Thinkers as far back as Aristotle have prescribed of my list. My fears are but small concerns com- so little meaning, then neither does life. in a relatively stable social climate. Our grandpar- this as the meaning of life, and if one can see pared to the fears of some. Living in Turkey during I wonder what we will do with the comforts ents, who are members of what is often called “The through all of the reality television and explicit rap the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, I remember weʼve been given, I wonder. What will we do with Greatest Generation,” were raised on economic music, they will see the zeal with which we are feeling so detached from the people on the televi- the darkness in our pasts? What will become of depression and war. Our parents lived through and tackling this problem. sion screen — people from my home who found the Beslan children? What legacy will they leave took part in some of the greatest civil rights move- The questions we ask most often of each other out that day the true meaning of fear, not knowing behind? To crawl out from the dark and become ments of all time. They worked hard so that we are not “what is your stance on abortion?” or “do whether a loved one was alive, forgetting to do any- stronger takes hope and strength and will. could grow up in a world free of prejudice. Even you support the war?” but “what are you going to thing but search through lists of names. There are those who dedicate themselves to now, the United States is by no means an ideal do with your life?” Far more than merely a ques- Itʼs frightening how easily people can numb ensure that some means are taken to bring these place; we are currently involved in a controversial tion of vocational interest, this is an existential themselves to the dangers of everyday life. There children back to life. Aronson is one, but there are war in Iraq, and issues such as racism and sexual inquiry into how you plan to make yourself happy. were times when we were on high alert overseas others. With all we have, all weʼve been given, I discrimination are still prevalent. However, the We all must answer this, and the way we do so will and days when the armed guard who rode with us hope we can find some way to give to those who national and global crises facing us are not nearly determine our historic legacy. For better or worse, on our bus would step off to watch us get on and have had so much taken away. as pervasive as they were for our parents and we are the Happy Generation. off safely. We would go through bomb checks and Ashley Braun is a sophomore at the College. Her grandparents. The United Statesʼ place in the global Andrew Hale is a senior at the College. His views drills regularly. It never really phased me. It never views do not necessarily represent those of The Flat order is seemingly more secure than it was 50 years do not necessarily represent those of The Flat Hat. became real. I donʼt live my life as though I could Hat. 8 OPINIONS ✦ MARCH 17, 2006 Privatization: a winning choice Letters to the Editor At Charter Day, Gov. Tim Kaine received an hon- for non-Virginians. Even then, the total cost of attend- orary degree and promised more money for higher ing the College (tuition, fees, room and board) would Off-campus options threatened have the right to print what it wishes, no matter education. He also warned that the magnitude of the be 25 percent less than the cost of Vanderbilt, Duke or To the Editor: how offensive, without the threat of violence?” The commonwealthʼs contribution would depend upon how Dartmouth. Last week Clyde Haulman, vice mayor of fact that many Western leaders, in trying to avoid Virginia pays for planned increases Revenue generated by tuition increases would Williamsburg and our own economics department offense, have refused to condemn the burning of in transportation spending. Kaine amount to about $55 million annually, more than chair, revealed a proposal that would make it more embassies and the fatwa against the cartoonist is warned that reliance upon gen- enough to offset the lost appropriation from the com- difficult for students to find affordable housing near appalling. It is just a cartoon. What cartoon is worth eral fund revenues to pay for such monwealth. Increases at the graduate and professional campus. killing over? improvements would divert funds schools could generate even more money. The College As the March 7 edition of the Daily Press —Hilary Eckberg, grad student that might otherwise flow to higher could set aside several million dollars for need-based describes it, the city would take out loans, buy education. The solution, Kaine con- aid and still have enough left over to enhance the aca- local rental properties and then resell them, requir- Bright future ahead for stem cell research cluded, was another tax increase, demic program, making the College even more attrac- ing that the new owners occupy, and not rent out, To the Editor: or, as he euphemistically put it, tive to prospective students and setting the stage for their homes. Though it remains unclear if Haulman In his column in the Feb. 24 issue of The Flat Alan “revenue sources that are unique to additional tuition hikes. To be sure, some Virginians merely intends to pad local property values or to Hat, Danny Cogut makes the erroneous assertion Meese transportation.” The message was would pay higher tuition than they do now, but most can create new revenue for the city, the measure is that with Dr. Hwang Woo-Sukʼs disgrace, embry- not subtle: if you want Virginia to afford it and are receiving an unwarranted windfall from obviously hostile toward students at the College, onic stem cell research is “back to square one.” To keep its promises to the College, support further state taxpayers under the current system. young faculty and other College staff. use a turn of phrase from his own article, perhaps raids on private wealth. Privatization would also boost private giving. All students deserve the right to choose whether the columnist didnʼt get the memo about the pleth- There is, however, another way both to increase Potential donors would not fear that sudden state cuts to live on or off campus (despite presently scarce ora of research that has been accomplished outside the Collegeʼs budget and free up additional spending would offset the beneficial impact of their gifts. At the off-campus options). Haulmanʼs plan would effec- of South Korea. for transportation, without raising taxes. Virginia could same time, a self-reliant College could foreswear the tively rob students of such freedoms, by either This January, for instance, scientists in privatize the College and use the resulting windfall to lobbying that consumes so much time and energy of our corralling students into college housing or forcing Wisconsin succeeded in defining the exact growth finance a billion dollars in new road construction. president and other administrators. Freed of the need them — along with all other residents who cannot requirements for cultured embryonic stem cells, Virginia appropriates about $42 million per year to to beseech Richmond for tax dollars, College officials buy property but remain committed voters — to eliminating the need for using animal serums (such the College, around 20 percent of the Collegeʼs overall could devote more time to cultivating alumni who wish commute. as bovine albumin) which could pass on unknown budget. Kaine and others in Richmond have promised to to support the College out of altruistic motives. The recent proposal masks a program of clas- viruses and prions. This is a landmark achievement increase this figure. Under privatization, the common- At the same time, the College could restore some sism and ageism that could eliminate any possibil- toward the use of embryonic stem cells in a clini- wealth would transfer the College to a non-profit corpo- of the academic integrity that has been lost to politics. ity for the kind of diverse, mixed-income neighbor- cal setting. This is especially important because all ration, similar to that which owns other private colleges. We would not have to give every governor an honor- hoods that benefit city and college environments current federally approved and funded lines have In return, the commonwealth could “walk away” from ary degree or conjure up degrees in “public service” everywhere. Sadly, it seems worth asking if we can been tainted with animal byproducts at some point any obligation to fund the College, freeing up more than to flatter politicians who call for more state largesse. depend on the Collegeʼs administration to protect during their derivation. $42 million per year. Nor would we have to support higher taxes, as we did our best interests in this matter. The columnist is right to point out the virtues While $42 million may not sound like much, this per- during the Warner administration. We would not have Equally troubling is that any plan seeking to of adult stem cells, but these cells are not as plu- petual, annual and rising savings could pay the interest on to listen to state requests to expand our enrollment, or end off-campus student residency reduces the ripotent as embryonic stem cells, and many tissues, a $1 billion bond referendum at current interest rates for watch helplessly as others play politics with the com- small number of students granted voting rights in such as those of the heart, seem to lack their own tax exempt debt. At maturity, the commonwealth could position of our Board of Visitors. Finally, the College Williamsburg; it amounts to little more than pre- adult stem cell reservoir. This is in contrast to skin refinance the bonds, relying again upon the expenditures could forswear such tasks as “economic development,” emptive gerrymandering. As a faculty member and other organs, which are constantly undergoing foregone to pay interest on the new debt. focusing its energies on what it does best — teaching and council representative, it seems Haulman has mitosis to maintain their tissues. Would the College also prosper? Absolutely. and research. decided that his constituents are only those who can The columnist is absolutely wrong to assert Privatization would bring freedom over our own des- Privatization would be a “win-win” for Virginia and afford to live in his Williamsburg, and certainly not or imply in any way that research efforts with tiny. With this freedom, the College could alter the the College. Taxpayers would receive better roads and the the students he teaches. human embryonic stem cells should be abandoned. mix of in-state and out-of-state students, improving the College would prosper. We might even become great. Please remind city council that you are a con- His uninformed views cast an unfair light on the quality of the student body and enhancing the tuition Alan Meese is the Ball Professor of Law at the tributing member of the community by calling accomplishments of scientists around the world. revenue. The College could also increase the tuition Collegeʼs Marshall-Wythe School of Law. His views do 229-8898. If you can, please register to vote for the —Alexander Stover, ʼ05 charged for Virginia residents to match that charged not necessarily represent those of The Flat Hat. council election this May. Kelsey M. Albert, ʼ04 —Brian Piper, grad student Editorial response insufficient Learning curve Council considers cityʼs needs To the Editor: To the Editor: I welcome The Flat Hatʼs response to criticism While recent campus issues such as the right of Differences in world views make some questions painful Brian Piper was kind enough to send me a copy of “Behind Closed Doors” but feel that it fails to alleged student rapists to hire lawyers to speak at their to answer and others simply moot points. Unfortunately, of his letter to the editor about the Williamsburg address adequately the many valid concerns some judicial council hearings and the right of students to minority students have to deal with the ignorance of City Council. I wish he had contacted me first to students have about the column. bring a sex workerʼs art show to campus are clearly the well-meaning majority as the latter move along talk about the Daily Press article from March 7. Traditional morality has many benefits to the dissimilar, they share a common their learning curve. Many seek refuge by spending The headline was very misleading. Piperʼs attack individual and to society. Preserving the mystery theme: their spokespeople are time with those who are already familiar with their on Vice Mayor Haulman was off the mark. and sanctity of sex strengthens marriages and white, Christian men. Is this area of (perceived) expertise. Some majority students The city council is determined to maintain encourages couples to engage in healthy sexual trend in activism indicative of ask, “Why are all the black kids sitting together in the diverse, mixed-income neighborhoods, because behavior. disproportionately high levels Caf?” not understanding that educating oneʼs peers is we see that as a benefit to the community and to While freedom of speech is a very important of discrimination toward white emotionally tiring — minority students need a break the College, just as the author does. Doing this value, sexual and moral welfare sometimes takes male, Christian students? Do every once in a while. This is not to say that students in is a challenge, particularly in the neighborhoods precedence. Publishers have an obligation to they fight more for student rights the racial majority should avoid befriending minority immediately surrounding the campus, because the society to control the publication of obscene and because theirs are being violated students or stop asking them questions. Please, continue student body has grown in the last decade while the socially damaging material. Rachel more than those of others? to do so. But also understand that spending time in residential opportunities on the campus have not. As a student publication, The Flat Hat has an Metz On the contrary, their group-specific spaces is a self-protective measure that The West Williamsburg Heights neighbor- additional responsibility to reflect accurately the privileged positions allow neither invalidates time spent in the “mainstream” nor hood, in which the city has agreed to support our beliefs and desires of the campus community. It them to work for student rights that rarely affect most precludes having white, Christian friends. Redevelopment and Housing Authority in the pur- is one thing for a privately owned newspaper to members of the College community, rather than for the Students in ethnic and religious minorities are chase, renovation and resale for owner occupancy print an editorial cartoon. It is something else for a more pervasive issues that face many students on a day- confronted daily by issues not faced by majority of one home, is now 62 percent rental property. student publication to distribute arguably obscene to-day basis. students and therefore lack the privilege of choosing Our actions are intended to stabilize a balanced material. While black students at the College face outright the topics that will occupy their time. This makes them neighborhood, not to end off-campus residency for The editorial board asserts that challenging tra- hostility from a few small-minded students, most less likely to take on studentsʼ rights issues that impact students. ditional views of sexuality and providing education students are tolerant of their peers of different their lives only sporadically, if at all. Activism is also The City of Williamsburg has had students of about sexuality provides many benefits to the com- backgrounds. Even those with the best intentions, a gendered activity; white, Christian women rarely the College living in the communityʼs neighbor- munity. Letʼs be honest here. The column provides however, can inadvertently burden minority students by participate alongside their male counterparts. Why? In hoods for centuries. It is a part of the character of very little information about sexual health and has asking questions that make tokens out of them. Some popular culture, assertive women are often portrayed this community that we all value. negligible educational value. students are so eager to learn about differences that as witches (e.g. Hillary Clinton). On campus, women However, many students are forced to seek liv- A column that actually provided information they treat minority students as curiosities rather than often have a difficult time being heard, physically and ing arrangements off campus not because it is their about STIs and the other dangers of sexuality might people. Acknowledging differences does not require otherwise. I have heard men express ideas five minutes choice, but because there is a shortage on campus. be of great benefit to the campus community. The fixating on them, which dehumanizes minority students after women do so and then receive the credit. Men are Our goal is to work with the College to provide current column, however, seldom addresses these by not allowing them to express the many facets of not trying to shut out female voices — they, as well more residential opportunities on campus so those issues and, in fact, encourages attitudes that lead to their personalities. When asking a question, try to be as many women, are oblivious to this dynamic. That students who wish to live in college housing have dangerous sexual behavior. considerate and put yourself in the studentʼs shoes. Also does not change the fact that gender privileges men and that opportunity, and those who wish to live in the Since sexual assault is a very real problem on consider whether you just as easily could obtain an leaves women, like religious and ethnic minorities, less city have strong, healthy, safe neighborhoods to our campus, I hope that the editors of The Flat Hat answer from Wikipedia. If the question turns someone likely to fight vocally for studentsʼ rights. welcome them. will re-examine their position on the column and into a token representative of a large group, please With women trained to keep quiet and minority —Jeanne Zeidler, mayor of Williamsburg work with the many students who wish to estab- realize that minority students are here to be students; students busy with other, more pressing issues, it is no lish a culture of sexual responsibility here at the their role as cultural ambassadors is secondary. surprise that the most vocal advocates of student rights Violence not a justified reaction College. Even those who avoid this pitfall may unintention- on campus are white, Christian men. To the Editor: —Robert Marmorstein, grad student ally act in a culturally insensitive manner, which is a Rachel Metz is a junior at the College. Her views do I agreed with one statement in Junaid Ahmadʼs perfectly normal part of learning about different people. not necessarily represent those of The Flat Hat. column in the Feb. 17 edition of The Flat Hat Anatomical considerations regarding the recent cartoon controversy. The To the Editor: row over the cartoons depicting Muhammad does While I appreciate much of philosophy profes- reveal as much about the West as it does about the sor George Harrisʼs analysis in the Feb. 10 edi- Muslim world. I listened with anger as Bill Clinton tion of The Flat Hat of male-as-protector sexism condemned the cartoons without mentioning the that can influence discussions of rape and sexual cartoonistʼs right to draw them and the newspaperʼs assault, his cut-and-dry method of explaining right to publish them. This has been the standard assault situations was rather unnerving. response from many Western leaders: condemn the I do understand his desire to establish a gen- cartoons without upholding the right to free speech. eral standard to be applied equally to both par- Lest the columnist say that I am “brushing off ties in all situations, but I really donʼt find that any reaction to the cartoon as an intolerant Muslim feasible. To talk about rape and sexual assault mindset,” let me state that the cartoons were offen- requires certain frankness, and if we assume a sive, and Muslims and others had every right to situation involves heterosexual intercourse, we be offended and let the world know that they were must define it: traditional sex between a man and offended. woman entails the male penis penetrating the However, a fatwa was issued by a Muslim female vagina. cleric calling for the cartoonistʼs beheading. An Since this is the specific act to which rape embassy was burned, and others were attacked. and sexual assault cases usually pertain, it is not There have been protests in a “handful” of nations unfair to hold a male responsible, even if both — Nigeria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Lebanon, parties were intoxicated. If a woman penetrated a Syria, Somalia, Indonesia, Thailand, Gaza — where man in a similar situation, I would hold the same the protesters numbered in the thousands and there logic. In my mind, the act of penetration involves were clashes between authorities and protesters. consent on the part of the person penetrating, The columnist asks if we can imagine offensive whereas being penetrated certainly does not nec- depictions of Western religious figures being pub- essarily involve such consent. lished in mainstream publications. The answer is Though I do not hold essentialism as the yes. The difference is that few Christian or Jewish proper way to view issues of gender, I think it is leaders would call for the death of the cartoonist incredibly important to take into consideration who drew them. the actual biological acts of vaginal, oral and anal The question here is not, “were the cartoons sex. offensive?” The question is, “does a newspaper —Devan Barber, ʼ08 This “7th Grader” and fi lm major tells tales of March 17, 2006 winning $800 and crank Page 9 phone calls to his own employer. [email protected] VARIETY See That Guy, page 11. Local chef evokes ‘serious’ casual French dining various restaurants, most notably with wine traditional, and feature famous chefs such as collections. According to Everett, the two Julia Childs; thereʼs no modern shows from had been looking for a different project after the food channel or anything like that.” several years of working together at Fordʼs Steely and Everett drew upon their Colony. experiences not just as restaurant “We got connected with the right people professionals, but also as patrons. “Who in Colonial Williamsburg, and weʼve really really wants to come into a restaurant and loved the location,” Everett said. Steely watch ʻSportscenterʼ or CNN? I know that added that the co-owners “were very happy when I eat at those kinds of restaurants, I get with the reception by students and locals, distracted so easily,” Everett said. “We donʼt although it took a little while to get going even have a TV signal, just a video player, because you have to get the word out.” so weʼve toyed with the idea of taping old While some visitors may be thrown off by sports games and shows. That way, when the contrasting styles, the “serious comfort” people come in and ask us to put the game idea is manifested in the environment and on, we can say ʻsureʼ and pop in a tape décor of the restaurant. of Super Bowl I or the 1965 Wimbledon “We think it appeals to many people, championships.” including the college crowd, because itʼs The most notable feature of the bistro, a more relaxed atmosphere,” Steely said. and indeed the most fitting, is the statues “Thatʼs the reason our waiters are wearing of chickens. The bistro gets its name from COURTESY PHOTO ✦ WWW.GOOGLE.COM blue jeans; there is no dress code. If you traditional butcher shops in France, where walk into a really fancy restaurant and your chickens with blue feet, known as Bresse waiter is wearing a tuxedo, even if he tells chickens, have always been the prize bird of you that the restaurant doesnʼt have a dress French poultry cuisine. UCAB hosts code, the implication remains that there is “Whatʼs funny about the term is that one.” the shops couldnʼt label them as ʻBresse ‘Insomniac’ MIKE HARPER ✦ THE FLAT HAT The Blue Talonʼs staff also sport classy chickensʼ unless they underwent expensive, Blue Talon head chef David Everett, a former tennis pro, serves up an ace in the kitchen. dress shirts to compliment the jeans, another rigorous government inspections and example of the fusion of styles that the Blue regulations. The ones that had not, even Dave Attell BY ALEX ELY chefs, and, according to the Blue Talonʼs Talon seeks. though they were the same type of chicken, FLAT HAT ASST VARIETY EDITOR website, has been featured in several major The Blue Talonʼs décor also serves as an were referred to as ʻblue talon chickensʼ” BY LAURA ALLEN food publications, including Gourmet attention-grabber, including several statues Everett said. “So the blue talons were kind THE FLAT HAT In the heart of Colonial Williamsburg, Magazine, Culinary Trends, The New York and pictures of chickens, as well as a large of a knock off, and thatʼs the joke behind it at 420 Prince George St., just removed Times and The Washington Post, just to flat-screen TV behind the bar that constantly that we took as our name.” Comedian Dave Attell will perform his from the tourist families and overpriced name a few. shows a variety of older, instructional As for the décor, the owners were quick stand up routine at William and Mary Hall commodities of DoG Street, lies the Blue While serving as the executive chef cooking videos. to point out that the restaurant wasnʼt March 23. Talon Bistro, a restaurant that has saught a at the Dining Room at Fordʼs Colony, “Itʼs mostly just culinary entertainment, always overpopulated with statues and other The event is being hosted by University reputation for wide and rare variety of food Everett met Steely, a Virginia native and and itʼs there to make you smile and objects. “It certainly didnʼt start out with all Center Activities Board, and comedy chair and wines, coupled with a n ambitious graduate of the University of Virginia who compliment the dining experience,” Steely Kristen Hoffman said they have been think- See Bistro ✦ page 11 approach to dining and service. Dubbed had gained recognition for his work at said. “The videos are all older and more ing of booking Attell for a couple of years “serious comfort food” by the Bistroʼs co- now. owners Adam Steely and David Everett, “This year we just decided to go big,” the Blue Talonʼs approach to dining is Hoffman said. “He has been around for modeled after the unique quality and styles a long time and is labeled one of the top of dishes at a fancy French restaurant stand-up comedians in the country, so itʼs with the casual, social atmosphere of a cool that we actually get to bring somebody neighborhood bistro. These are the reasons that big here.” that Everett and Steely cite for the Talonʼs A New York native, Attell entered the wide range of clientele, which includes comedy scene in the late 80s doing stand students, locals and the occasional group up gigs at small-scale bars and clubs across of tourists. the city. From there, he worked his way up The originality and personality behind through the entertainment business, tour- the restaurant can be attributed to its two ing the country and acquiring a strong fan co-owners, who met several years ago base. and opened the Blue Talon Sept. 2004. Attellʼs biggest career achievement According to the Bistroʼs website, www. came in 2001 with the creation of his bluetalonbistro.com, Everett, who attended own TV show. Airing on Comedy Central, college in Florida and spent several of his “Insomniac with Dave Attell” documents teenage years playing tennis professionally his journey from one U.S. city to the next while simultaneously developing his skills as he investigates night-life all over the as a masterful culinary artist, is now the country. His show has been described in chef at the Blue Talon. Everett has been the a Maxim interview as being offensive recipient of numerous accolades and awards, in all the right places, and Dave himself including some of the most prestigious describes it as “a cross between Girls Gone recognitions in the culinary industry. He has Wild and Cops.” worked closely with famous contemporary MIKE HARPER ✦ THE FLAT HAT Attell is certainly known for the wide range of offensive topics he includes as One-man-band, local musician Scott Varney to play Aromas material for his stand-up gigs. Sex, late- night partying and alcohol are a few of the BY JOHN BRAME Varney is a regular at Aromas and usually plays there According to Varneyʼs website, his 2004 debut CD, subjects on which he focuses. His ability THE FLAT HAT once a month. Dave Burchett, manager of Aromas, said “The Childʼs Eye” was produced by John Morand, who to make light of something that could be Varney is one of his favorite musicians that performs has also recorded for Joan Osborne and Carbon Leaf. Just really offensive is possibly Attellʼs best One-man band and local favorite Scott Varney will there. like his live shows, Varney contributed all the instrumen- quality. bring his trademark laid-back funk music to Aromas on When asked to describe his music, Varney responded, tation and vocals on the record. When asked how she thinks the College Prince George St tonight. The free show runs from 8 to “Alternative, folk, funk, jazz. Imagine Ani DiFranco, In his live performances, Varney covers songs by the crowd will react, Hoffman was optimistic. 10:30 p.m. Bobby Mcferrin and Stanley Clarke all mixed up. Itʼs very Grateful Dead, Van Morrison, Phish, the Beatles, Sublime, “We put on our publicity ʻadult humor Varney is his own band. He plays solo on his six-string laid back with a down home feel, all with a positive mes- Radiohead, Stevie Wonder and others, according to son- and contentʼ because it can be vulgar, but bass, sings and pounds on a variety of percussive instru- sage and upbeat sound.” cibids.com. “[He] puts a twist to songs you may already heʼs very funny and can appeal to lots of ments. Heʼs famed locally for his technique of electroni- Varney has played bass since he was 14 years old. know,” Burchett said. different crowds,” she said. cally looping his playing to create a lush and multi-layered Since then, he has played with punk rock bands, jazz Listeners frequently remark on the positive attitude in The College has hosted a number of sound. This unusual trick was adopted from nationally bands, jam bands and hard-core bands. Varneyʼs music. “Lyrically, I definitely try to convey a comedians in the past, but members of the touring musician and fellow Virginian Keller Williams. “The solo project came about after having band after very positive message. I try to find the beauty in every- UCAB said they hope that this will be its Varney has written a large base of original material but band fall apart and not wanting to have to depend on thing and express it through my music,” Varney said. “In biggest event yet. They recommend that also enjoys playing a range of covers. anyone else to play music,” Varney said. “I was writing one song, I try to view the world from a little childʼs per- students buy tickets before the show, which Born in Rhode Island, Varney has spent most of his life a lot of instrumental stuff on the bass, and around that spective; in another one, Iʼm looking at life from the point are on sale now at the box office at the in this section of Virginia. He lived in Norfolk and went time went to see a Keller Williams show. This guy was of view of a ladybug who just doesnʼt quite fit in. I like University Center weekdays during lunch to York High School in York County. He has spent the last up there looping all these instruments, creating this ʻone to write about those little moments that just seem to put a and dinner hours. They will also be sold at seven years in Williamsburg, and he currently lives here man band.ʼ I thought, ʻI could do this with the music I the show. The price is $15 for students and See Varney ✦ page 10 with his wife and two — soon to be three — children. have.ʼ” $25 for the public. Tips on judging from serial judger: sensitivity, criticism, T-shirts Returning from spring break brings waves of swallow; there are numbers and points and the bottom of the pile? At least that judgment is years at school or in the career world — nobody disappointment as I face round two of midterms curving, all of which make mathematical sense hidden in the dark cubicles of a far-away firm; deserves to have an external source provide and a fresh onslaught of guilt. While I spent in comparing one student to another. But looking when students make pointed moral judgments, character analysis. There will be plenty of my week at home watching daytime television around and judging my worth against my peers, the connection cannot be compartmentalized. opportunities for egos and virtues to come into and single-handedly pumping up the New York I can’t help but see my own self-perception Whether it’s a hallmate’s look of disgust as question; at this point in time, when identities ONFUSION C economy, many students were hard at work being scaled relative to others. Is personal merit you stumble home on a weeknight or a friend’s are so fragile and new, no one has the right to CORNER making a difference and meeting new people on graded on a curve? glare of horror as you divulge your “number” nip a trait or an experience in the bud. Keeping service trips. Suddenly, I can’t look back on my Summer jobs create a false indicator of — who’s to dictate what is normal for a peer, friends safe and self-aware is part of responsible restful vacation with happiness; I am reduced to worth as students flood internship markets and especially a college student? The school had friendships, offering moral commentary is not. a selfish and lazy college student, typical, nay, seniors scramble for jobs in the real world. As I an amazing response to the “Gay? Fine by Putting the kibosh on a roommate purchasing dull and normal. The only thing that lets me go forth into a sea of rejection, I can already see me” shirts, and part of me wants more open jorts — always a good idea. Calling her a whore justify my lethargy is the fact that my behavior myself conflating hiring practices with personal minds on campus. Perhaps: “Atheist? Fine by for wearing a short skirt and a tube top — not so would be acceptable in a less virtue-competitive judgment. How many lunch tables do I have to me,” “Unaffiliated? Fine by me,” “Sexually much. environment. Still, now that I’ve lost the approach before the cool human resource people exploring? Fine by me.” These adjectives seem Safety and well-being are important — as vacation-comparing contest, facing the academic let me sit with them? like non-issues until somehow an article that a community we have a responsibility to our rigors of post-break midterms is a new challenge I’m not going to lie, I’m a serial judger, but touted “facts” and supposedly was held to friends and neighbors — but outside of that in which I can potentially win out. Whether only in the most superficial of senses. Everyone journalistic standards tried to use a rape victim’s limited arena, stick with judging fashion Charlotte it’s moral rectitude, volunteering or making the is aware of their body type, skin conditions and previous sexual activities to discredit her decisions and hair cuts, they’re a little further Savino grade, guilt is a huge motivator, especially in this bizarre hair growth, but who sets the bar on morality and character. removed from the soul. self-selecting group of uber-involved students. values? Why am I made to feel impotent and While students finish out the year and look Charlotte Savino is a Confusion Corner Academic competition is easy enough to out of control simply because my resume fell to toward their future growth — either in continued columnist for The Flat Hat. Drop. FVariety UN 10 VARIETY ✦ MARCH 17, 2006 Variety Area concerts Crossword Puzzle ✦ As always, there are a number of great concerts ACROSS within driving distance this coming week. If you 1. In other words Calendar arenʼt going to be able to make it to see Mute 7. Ally on TV Math tonight, there are a couple of other shows 14. Plain of interest. Motion City Soundtrack plays tonight 15. Like some fine pottery at the NorVa nightclub in Norfolk, Va. with The 16. PANT Highlights of the week Matches, The Format and Men, Women and 17. CHEF Children. Doors open at 6 p.m. If you canʼt see 18. Lively folk dance — compiled by jeff dooley Motion City tonight, they are playing again with 19. Expensive car trips the same opening bands at the 9:30 nightclub 20. One of four Holy Roman in Washington, D.C. Sunday, March 19. Doors emperors Ewell Concert Series for that show open at 5:30 p.m. Also tonight, 21. Surface Long Beach Shortbus plays at Alley Katz in 23. Scandinavian money ✦ Come see faculty members Susan Via on the Richmond, Va. Matt Pond PA, just weeks away 24. Some nods violin and Christine Niehaus on the piano perform from their performance at the College, plays 25. Jazz composer Evans as part of the Ewell Concert Series March 23 at with Youth Group at the 9:30 Club tommorow 26. SPED 8 p.m. in the Ewell Recital Hall. The duo will night. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The NorVa hosts 28. Coins with profiles of be performing music by Cesar Franck, Sergei Relient K March 21, with The Rocket Summer Nehru and Maxeen opening. Doors open at 6 p.m. Prokofiev and Amy Beach. 31. Having no bounds: Abbr. To have an event printed in the Variety Calendar, call x3281 before 5 p.m. Tuesday. 32. Pop musicʼs Hanson, e.g. 34. Vote in Québec 35. Traits helpful in answering the eight capitalized clues 9. ___ Day (May 1, in Hawaii) 51. Struggles 41. “...___ will!” 10. NAVE 53. Accompaniment for 42. City on the Rhein 11. David, e.g. a fife 43. Fuzziness 12. Rouen relations 55. Title meaning 44. Kind of case 13. Concert voices “chieftain” 47. MOST 15. Quality 58. Wish nullified 48. Windy City transportation 19. Specifically 59. Pop 49. 48-Acrossʼs specialty 22. Glycerides, e.g. 60. Prefix with grammatical 50. What some surrogates get 27. 1970ʼs sitcom meaning 52. Air beyond the clouds 29. Result of some arm-twisting? 54. 1970ʼs Vogue discovery 30. ___ Claire (city near Source: New York Times 55. Name for an Irish lass Montreal) 56. River known in ancient times 33. Where Mork and as Obringa Last Week’s Solution Mindy 57. DEFY honeymooned 59. RUNS 36. POSE 61. Strikeouts? 37. Herbert 62. High point Hoover, for 63. Curtain decoration one 64. Like the worst predictions 38. Responsible DOWN 39. Bistros and 1. Place for diplomacy the like 2. Eulogistʼs activity 40. Gaunt 3. City thatʼs the title of an 44. Land Emmylou Harris song development Hulabaloo By Nate Loehrke 4. Melodic subjects 45. Rain forest 5. Suffix with project sights 6. Lang. unit 46. Just 7. Braggart desserts Horoscopes 8. Sights 49. Transfix

Pisces: Feb. 19 - March 20 Virgo: Aug. 23 - Sept. 22 This recent heat wave has caught You can save a lot of money on grocer- everybody off guard. Loose, flowing ies by buying store-brand items. The clothing is a must. Oh, and if youʼve extra money you save can be put toward got a slip-and-slide, bust it out. an oscillating fan. Why is it so hot?

Aries: March 21 - April 19 Libra: Sept. 23 - Oct. 22 Donʼt let yourself get suckered into Well, I hope your spring break was fun, wearing green just because itʼs St. because now thereʼs a warrant out for Patrickʼs Day. The color of oneʼs clothes your arrest. Sounds like a name change should be a personal decision. is in order.

Taurus: April 20 - May 20 Scorpio: Oct. 23 - Nov. 21 Speaking of St. Pattyʼs Day, wouldnʼt Iʼd advise against wearing Leprechaun it be great if we poured dye into the outfits this St. Patrickʼs Day. If you see Crim Dell, making it a disgusting, somebody else in one, itʼll be awk- By Thomas Baumgardner green color? Oh, wait. ward. Plus, itʼs 100 degrees outside. Heroman

Gemini: May 21- June 21 Sagittarius: Nov. 22 - Dec. 21 But seriously folks, itʼs St. Patrickʼs Just because spring break has passed Day. Letʼs be reasonable here. Take a doesnʼt mean itʼs OK to wear that page out of the Irishʼs book and cel- Hawaiian shirt of yours. Itʼs not that ebrate in moderation. time yet.

Cancer: June 22 - July 22 Capricorn: Dec. 22 - Jan. 19 What do you call a party thatʼs not Pretending itʼs your b-day to get free yours? Nacho party. That jokeʼs a lot desserts is more than just a fad. Itʼs here better said out loud. But speaking of to stay. But then again, thatʼs what they nacho parties, you should have one. said about “The Weakest Link.”

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VARNEY FROM PAGE 9 Knowing Jack By Mika G. Shannon smile on my face. The music has to move; it has to make me want to either dance, smile or get up and do something … anything.” Interested in writing for the newspaper? Burchett said that the music will not be so loud as to inhibit conversation. The Variety section is looking for writers. “Itʼs not so loud you canʼt talk to the person across from you,” he said. “Itʼs wonderful.” Varney has been playing at Aromas for five years. Come to our meetings Sundays in the Campus Center “I just want people to leave feeling good inside,” Varney said, “thinking to themselves, ʻIʼd like to hear basement at 5:00 p.m., or e-mail [email protected]. that again and again and again.” COURTESY PHOTO ✦ WWW.SCOTTVARNEY.COM VARIETY ✦ MARCH 17, 2006 11 Learn to love randomly Spring break totally flew by again this year. It never really seems quite long enough; after you That Guy: sleep for the first four days straight to recover from midterms, thereʼs barely time left to be ridiculous and enjoy yourself. So, just BEHIND to prolong the magic a little Eric Marth CLOSED longer, this weekʼs column will honor a tried and true DOORS spring break tradition: the truly BY TEGAN NEUSTATTER magazine and for Swem. random hook-up. FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER I got into the digital stuff when I was a freshman For todayʼs purposes, letʼs in high school. I started out learning web design consider a random hook-up Eric Marth views the world through his own and Photoshop and stuff. Thatʼs carried over into when you get with someone lens. His is a lens that brings laughter to audiences the design aspects of film. I do all of my videos you didnʼt expect to. If youʼve at 7th Grade Sketch Comedy shows and the respect digitally. Iʼve never used analog format before. I had a crush on her for a of video contest judges. While not working on film, guess I got used to [web design] enough to get a month, itʼs not random, itʼs his academic major and hobby of choice, he is a web job. Submission comes out once a month online. premeditated. Now, there are designer for both Swem Library and Submission, We also do a print issue in the winter and near several levels of random hook- potential relationships, itʼs natural to be concerned the online magazine for WCWM, the collegeʼs radio the end of second semester. Right now, in it we Kate ups. On the barely random end with making a good impression on your partner, station. As he nears the end of the reel of film that is have interviews of bands national and local, record of the spectrum, thereʼs one which makes it hard to do something kinky, like his college career, Marth is focusing on his dream of reviews and playlists. I just did an interview with Prengaman of your roommateʼs girlfriendʼs talking dirty or doing it against the wall with half someday owning his own ad agency. [local band] Caustic Cassanova. Also, I do various friends. (More random would your clothes still on. And obviously, since I know When did you join 7th Grade Sketch Comedy? tasks at the library; I just finished doing the virtual be a kid from your freshman seminar who you ran weʼve talked about this before, thereʼs just something I joined as a junior, so this is my second full year. tours of Swem. Itʼs a really nice job; you get paid to into at the Leafe and noticed got a lot more attractive exciting about the unknown. Last but not least, if you I [wanted to join after I] saw a few shows. I was do artistic things. since in the last two or three years.) At the random suffer from a hugely embarrassing incident, you really impressed with how funny they were. I like Since you work for the radio, do you listen to extreme, you find yourself getting sexual with donʼt have to worry about recovering from it, you doing writing and performing and stuff, so I wanted WCWM? If so, what kind of music do you like? someone youʼve never met before, and probably can just run away, never see them again and laugh to be a part of it. I enjoy listening to [WCWM] in my car quite a never will again. with all your friends about it the next day. So which do you like better: writing sketches or bit. I also enjoy calling in to request Black Sabbath, There are many reasons to love the random hook- Iʼm not suggesting that random hook-ups are performing them? which is great because they donʼt have any of their up, including the look on the face of your best friend the best way to express yourself sexually. They I like to see it all come together. I started writing a early records. And I know that, but I still call in and the next morning when you give her the surprisingly probably arenʼt, compared to sex that really means little more this semester, and thatʼs been a little more request that, hoping that maybe the station will buy juicy details of your evening. Just one really good one something with someone with whom you feel totally rewarding; it kinda heightened my enjoyment. them. and youʼre set for Never Have I Ever for life. And, comfortable. But, since we all donʼt always have that Where do you get your inspiration? Is there ever any creative conflict among the in all seriousness, it can be just enough spice in your amazing someone in our lives all the time, thereʼs no From all sorts of things. In this last show we had members of 7th Grade? otherwise routine life to keep you going for a while. need to be sexually frustrated while waiting, right? a huge gamut of sketches, [for example] a sketch Sometimes. Weʼve become a little more selective Correction: I meant to say routine single life; one- So, I need your help. To encourage people to see about an eccentric billionaire who was murdered by and a bit harder on ourselves lately. Weʼve definitely night stands are not recommended as a way to add random hook-ups as fun, funny and fairly frequent, his scientists. We like to focus on people and their been gradually increasing in quality, and weʼre a bit spice to the lives of those in a relationship. Escape instead of shameful, Iʼm going to devote an upcoming absurdities. more thorough this round through in terms of cutting from relationship, possibly. Screw up relationship, column to the Collegeʼs best random hook-up stories. You made a film that recently received the 2nd things we donʼt like and making sure everything most likely. Spice, nope. Hot or awkward, hilarious or sexy, I want to hear place award in a national video contest. is very tight. Weʼll go through and write about 40 Unfortunately, far too many people find themselves about it. For example, if you were once awake I found out about the contest spring semester of sketches and cut it down to 20, then put them all regretting their random hook-ups the next day, either very early during beach week, and found yourself last year from professor Zuber, who teaches film. together. We take about a week in running sketches. because they made a stupid drunken decision or invited into the shower for some fun by a friend My friend Mark, who goes to University of Virginia, Where do you see yourself in 10 years? just on principle because they feel like there is an of a friend you had just met a day or two before, and I make videos together, so we decided to enter Iʼd really like to be writing for television, inherent shame in random sexuality. That just isnʼt thatʼd be a good story. It would be even better if, this past summer. We saw that there was a rule that directing for television or making my own films. true, or at least it shouldnʼt be true. Sure, itʼs not when you came back downstairs feeling good about said that you could submit as many videos as you Maybe running an ad agency of my own, possibly right for everybody, but there is nothing shameful your secret, you found everyone else in your house want, so we wrote seven scripts. We filmed three of something thatʼs commercially artistic. My number about deciding to get it on with someone youʼre awake and waiting in the living room to laugh at you the seven scripts and improvised one of them. The one goal is to be creatively employed. attracted to, even if you donʼt know them, as long because they had all figured out what was happening. one that we improvised ended up winning. We spent What is the best part of coming back from spring as you use a condom (even for oral). If you donʼt So, if youʼve got a story worth sharing, please e-mail half an hour on it and [as a prize] got $800 for it. We break? respect yourself enough to use a condom, Iʼm sorry it to me at [email protected]. Donʼt worry, weʼll keep havenʼt spent [the money] yet; weʼre still debating Well, the best part is definitely not realizing that to be harsh, but you deserve some shame. them anonymous, and you could even consider it whether we want to blow it in a day or put it towards you arenʼt going to have another break. But I do Plus, there are some definite benefits to sex with your daily good deed or a community service project equipment. I think weʼll end up buying a camera. enjoy seeing really red people and maybe creating a no strings attached. You have the opportunity to be to help with this good cause. Along with your film career, you seem to be doing scale of rare to well done. Because people are meat, open and adventurous in a way that is often hard Kate Prengaman is the Flat Hat sex columnist. a lot of web-related jobs, both for Submission anyways. to do with someone with whom you are starting Sheʼs looking forward to collecting your stories in or considering having a relationship. In new or the next week or two.

it if there were wine on every table in the restaurant, BISTRO provided the people being served are of age.” FROM PAGE 9 In their time operating the Bistro, Steely and Everett said they have enjoyed themselves tremendously, even and associates who continue to bring them to us. Now with the ever-growing chicken statue population. “Any we seem to have and influx, and theyʼre threatening to serious job is hard, and the restaurant business is very take over,” Everett said. demanding. If you donʼt love what youʼre doing, itʼll The Bistro also features a comprehensive wine list spit you right back out,” Steely said. “Criticism comes to accompany their meals. Building on his experience and goes, but we can take it. We really love what we in the wine industry, Steely said he is seeking to amass do here.” a collection of young and current wines, many of which Everett summed up the Bistroʼs unique approach to are virtually unknown. cooking and dining. “We donʼt serve any older wines like other restaurants. “The key is that we bill it as serious comfort food,” What we really wanted to do was find rare varieties of he said. “We know the classic dishes, the techniques wine which would be new to both the connoisseur and to prepare them, and we also do familiar style cooking the first-time drinker, and we now have more than 30 — all in a bistro manner. Typically you will find things wines available by the glass,” Steely said. “Iʼd love that are affordable and great tasting.”

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Service trips with the children of the families. to spend a summer involved in in food service establishments. Last who exemplify the qualities of HWA year round. No experience is Spanish speakers are needed for this a significant community service year, the order awarded $32,000 in and work to help enrich the diversity necessary, and anyone who is An Eastern Shore clean up and trip. E-mail [email protected] if you activity. Any project that helps scholarships to students working in of the Collegeʼs community. accepted will be trained. The job connection program will take place are interested. a non-profit organization in food service. For more information, Scholarship applications are now pays $7.50 per hour. Contact 221- March 24 to 25. Volunteers are Newport News, Virginia is eligible. contact Pat Burdette at pnburd@wm. available for eligible students at 0191 or [email protected] for needed to work with Eastern Shore Bionetics grant Applications are available outside edu or x1173. Applications are due the offices of Financial Aid and more information. Rural Health to help clean up a of Campus Center Room 157 and March 17. Multicultural Affairs and at www. trailer park and work with Spanish- are due March 17 at 5 p.m. wmalumni.com. Questions can be Writing speaking families. After the area is The Bionetics Corporation Service grants directed to Pat Burdette at x1173, or clean, volunteers will spend time is funding summer stipends up Service learning e-mail [email protected]. Resources playing board games and reading to $2,000 to encourage students Center opportunity The Office of Student Volunteer Basketball Services will be allocating a few summer service grants specifically league The Collegeʼs Writing Resources Want to spend winter break for students who are planning to Center, located in Tucker Hall 115A, in the Caribbean working with serve in a Gulf Coast community Do you want to make a difference offers free one-on-one consultations children and earning elective hit by hurricane Katrina. All in childrenʼs lives? The local youth for undergraduate and graduate credits? Contact Dr. Lynn Pelco restrictions and stipulations are the basketball league, CAA-NBL, is students at all stages of the writing at [email protected] to take part in same as those for regular summer looking for coaches. All that is process. An oral communications this once-in-a lifetime experience. service grants. Please use the regular needed is two hours a week (one studio is also located in the center Applications are due April 10. summer service grant application to hour of practice and a game Friday to assist students preparing for apply. E-mail mjfl[email protected] for an night or Saturday morning) and one speeches or oral presentations. Order of the application or with any questions. hour monthly for coachesʼ meetings. The center, staffed by trained Call Victoria Butler at 229-3316 to undergraduate consultants, is open White Jacket Hulon Willis get involved. from 10 a.m. to noon, 1 to 4 p.m. Scholarships and 7 to 10 p.m. Mondays through Association Attention Thursdays, 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Fridays and 7 to 10 Applications for the Order of Scholarships Scrabble lovers p.m. Sundays. The Writing Center the White Jacket scholarships are at Swem Library is open from 2 now available at www.wmalumni. The Hulon Willis Association to 5 p.m. Sundays. 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I’M NOT A CELEBRITY, I JUST PLAY ONE IN THE MOVIES Aceyalone builds ‘Magnificent City’

COURTESY PHOTO ✦ ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES Phillip Seymour Hoffman (LEFT) and Reese Witherspoon took home Oscar gold for best actor and actress, respectively. Hoffman won for his work as the enigmatic author Truman Capote in “Capote” and Witherspoon for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in “Walk the Line.” COURTESY PHOTO ✦ DECON INC

BY NATE HIPPLE Corrupt cops take stroll down ‘16 Blocks’ THE FLAT HAT “Groundhogʼs peekinʼ out, stickinʼ out against the wack world while BY BETH SUTHERLAND believable everyday hero. Willis They are two sides of the same a long, mindlessly action-packed they freakinʼ out,” (“Caged Bird”): early February saw the groundhog THE FLAT HAT acts with a perpetually pained coin and have the same story to chase scene. There is a lot of poking its head up from his underground den after a winter locked away. expression, and itʼs novel for a tell. Both have made mistakes. cool action, but thereʼs even more The following Tuesday saw rapper-producer duo Aceyalone and RJD2 Okay. True, this is a total genre smile to peek through the stoic Both follow their own paths to character development going following suit and releasing their first collaboration, “Magnificent film. And yes, weʼve been hit over mask. The world is tiring and redemption. Both are unlikely on as the ʻheroesʼ make their City.” Unfortunately, upon appearance, they found that hip-hopʼs win- the head with yet another dirty frustrating, says his face: a perfect saints and unlikely sinners. Both way to the courthouse. Spoiler ter was still going very strong. Instead of being dismayed by the lines cop flick, but … policeman. Playing Detective are blessed with decent lines. warning: information is cleverly of snowmen crowding the scene, this proud creature marched boldly “16 Blocks,” from Director Jack Mosley, he begins the movie The script isnʼt predictable withheld from the viewer until forward with inventive rhymes and layered soundscapes. Richard Donner manages as an extremely weathered and or lazy. It doesnʼt settle for the the audience finally discovers the “Few spit it like I spit and only few get it/ Why you want to 2-bit to transcend these seeming depressed alcoholic with a limp expected, but rather is used to cause of Mosleyʼs altruism. He it/ Donʼt know what to do with it?” (“Disconnected”):Aceyalone has hindrances to creativity with a and barely enough energy to speak deepen its characters, invoke fate, is one of the bad cops. Feeling long been the next stage of evolution in the West Coast hip-hop scene. whole lot of heart. It takes a guilty, he was going to let Bunker Along with other progressive acts, such as Blackalicious or Jurassic 5, refreshingly unique approach to testify and risk death so that he Aceyalone has long stood stalwart as the California cliffs against the the somewhat archetypal formula didnʼt have to himself. He wasnʼt ocean of gangster rap flooding the scene. Unfortunately, this founding and possesses an unpredictability supposed to pick up Bunker in the member of Freestyle Fellowship is not without wear, and this jaded that allows the viewer to join first place, so Mosley takes it as a personality shows on his sixth release, “Magnificent City.” the characters in the romp rather sign that he was meant to face his “What else do you need besides superb wordage?” (“All For You”): than passively observe. Also, own demons and to turn in both the principal strength behind any Aceyalone release has always been this is not simply an action flick; his friends and himself. The story his smooth flow and his clever lyrics—jaded or otherwise. Nothing has itʼs a tale of redemption, about is more complicated than this, but changed on “Magnificent City” in this regard. he is still spitting straight second chances and friendship. this spoiler skeleton plot should fire and bringing intelligent rhymes with witty wordplay. Sometimes, The movie contains two fantastic give some indication of how a however, Aceyaloneʼs wordiness can get the best of him, alienating performances (by Mos Def and recycled story can be twisted to casual listeners. Regardless, his lyrics unfold to reveal a deeper mean- Bruce Willis) and several very produce something new. ing on each listening. This is one of those rare discs that true fans will good ones. The direction is “People can change,” Bunker still be dissecting years down the road. surprisingly artful for a kind of yells to Mosley during an act of “Heaven ainʼt got no stairway/ Heaven ainʼt got no ghetto,” factory film, and the script is courageous loyalty. Despite dark (“Heaven”): Aceyaloneʼs wordplay and smooth delivery are fully sharp but believable. What really pasts, both redeem themselves. complimented by the discʼs wide variety of subjects. The songs on makes this movie work, though Though the ex-partner never “Magnificent City” range from elaborate stories to moral musings to — what gives it its special depth repents, even he isnʼt demonized. self-conscious mutterings. No two tracks repeat themselves, and he COURTESY PHOTO ✦ WARNER BROS. — is the colorful pallet of literarily Everyoneʼs a sympathetic deftly avoids the typical pattern of arrogant self-promotion. Each song Bruce Willis (LEFT) and Mos Def co-star in the intense new “16 Blocks.” pleasing characters. Every man character. In spite of this reveals a new depth to Aceyaloneʼs character. These songs also move is an everyman (but theyʼre not in coherent sentences. Heʼs easily teach some lessons and alter what surprising, rare-for-Hollywood on to flesh out his vivid metropolis. This city is populated by a wide cookie-cutter caricatures), and the winded, has a belly and sports a could be a very familiar story. depth, the film is also a very array of feelings and emotions that often contradict themselves to pro- choices he makes may or may not mustache. Heʼs the everyman. His Detective Mosley just wants to get entertaining action flick. The duce a complete picture. save his soul, so to speak. quirky foil, played wonderfully home when heʼs nabbed for some viewer is kept on edge as the “I want to talk now. No, you canʼt call me back,” (“Here and Now”): While a thoughtful script does by musician Mos Def (“Monsterʼs overtime and is told to pick up successes and setbacks of the Aceyaloneʼs sparkling cityscape rings with every walk of life, all bril- a world of good for a movieʼs Ball,” “Lackawanna Blues”), is criminal Eddie Bunker from jail chase parallel the charactersʼ own liantly conveyed. Itʼs clear to the listener that he is still hungry. This characters, the actors are the Eddie Bunker, an eccentric ex- and take him to the courthouse to self-actualization. The chase starts may be his sixth disc, but Aceyalone is rapping like itʼs his debut (or people who infuse them with felon who dreams of owning a testify before a grand jury. They at Mulberry Street, causing the finale). This sort of ferocity is almost unparalleled in todayʼs neutered life. If Willis as a melancholy bakery. This character is constantly are waylaid by a pack of rogue thoughtful viewer to think … “All hip-hop scene of comfortable corporatism and fat cats. This sort of copper seems like déjà vu, you talking (to someone or to himself) cops against whom Bunker is around the mulberry bush, the delivery, whether fast and hard or slow and laid-back, works wonders may have seen him in “Sin City,” and provides not only most of the going to testify. Mosley is forced monkey chased the weasel …” in bringing the listener into his world and bringing it to life. “Die Hard,” “Unbreakable,” “The filmʼs humor, but also a glimpse at to choose between helping Bunker Just how deep is this movie? Is “Yo, thereʼs something wrong with my radio dial: some of these fools Fifth Element,” “Hostage” or possibilities of innocence. These and staying true to his ex-partner. Mosley the “Hero With a Thousand just ainʼt got style,” (“Fire”): granted, you cannot build a ciry without “Mercury Rising.” Heʼs a pretty are some fleshy characters, and He makes the apparently heroic Faces”? Or just the protagonist of first laying foundations. This is where innovative producer RJD2 typecast kind of guy, but that their polar-opposite personalities decision to deliver Bunker to the another cop movie? Well, heʼs See ‘CITY’ ✦ page 14 may be because he plays such a produce a captivating chemistry. courthouse. What follows next is both. See for yourself. Tired formula, rote racial issues make for hard ‘Crash’ landing

I am so fucking tired of people telling me is a better film than “Brokeback” (indeed, the and all these people in L.A., and itʼs so cool figures below without a single whim or worry that “Crash” is an amazing film. Because they best of 2005). What truly pisses me off is the because theyʼre all totally connected.” about any sort of logic or culpability. Where do donʼt ever just tell me that itʼs an amazing near-cultish fervor “Crash” seems to inspire in Uh, yeah. I get that itʼs about race. Haggisʼs these characters come from? Why do they think film — they tell me that itʼs an “uh-MAY- its followers, as if no film on race and intercon- cues are about as subtle as flashing the word the way they do? Maybe itʼs half of Haggisʼs CRITICAL zing” film, letting their eyes get all wide and nected lives in an American city has ever been “racist” in bold letters every time a new charac- project that he remains as skin-deep as his woe- CONDITION upturned on the “may,” as if squeezing the made (or made better) before. ter walks onto the screen. And I totally get what ful band of antagonists, but it makes for one singular awesomeness of the movie into one Maybe thatʼs just because I saw “Crash” heʼs saying — black people can be racist, too. hell of an artificial and superficial film-going mere syllable is an exercise in ecstasy. In the back when it took place in Brooklyn and was And Persians. And Asians. No. Shit. Only the experience. past few months alone, Iʼve heard at least four called “Do the Right Thing.” Or when it still Hispanic with a heart of gold seems to evade Haggis takes stabs at artfulness here and people (my sister, my roommate, a sociology took place in L.A. and was called “Short Cuts.” Haggisʼs racist ray — and he pays penance for there, but theyʼre few and far between. When classmate, a fellow writer) describe it as such, Or when it moved to the San Fernando Valley it in the form of the single-most horrendously Don Cheadleʼs character says at the beginning and while I concede that “Crash” is many and was called “Magnolia.” Or when James overwrought lawn confrontation Iʼve ever seen of the film, “Weʼre always behind this metal things (energetic, affecting, manipulative, hack- Toback directed it and it was called “Black and on film (never before has slow-motion been so and glass. I think we miss that touch so much, neyed, Oscar-winning), amazing it is not. White.” (I also saw it in 1996, when David literally and figuratively painful). that we crash into each other, just so we can Donʼt get me wrong; I donʼt count myself Cronenberg directed it, and it was about car- I also get the inbred politics of the thing — I feel something,” you can practically see Haggis among the denizens of “Brokeback” moun- crash-erotica — apparently Paul Haggis canʼt even get that said inbred politics lend them- banging away on his laptop saying, “Man, this Kyle taineers who felt that its loss at the Academy even come up with an original title.) I say this, selves nicely to Haggisʼs whole “Everyoneʼs shit is great.” Itʼs a far cry from Andersonʼs Meikle Awards this month points to some sort of not to sound like the film snob that I am, but A Little Bit Racist” slant. Problem is, what opulent three-ringed “Magnolia” preface Hollywood-wide homophobic conspiracy because “Crashʼs” race-related interconnected- would feel artful in another film (see again: — by the time we reach that filmʼs amphibi- (sorry, guys, but Phillip Seymour Hoffman ness always seems to be the major selling point P.T. Andersonʼs “Magnolia”) feels downright ous dénouement, all the chance encounters and didnʼt exactly play it straight in “Capote”). And of its followers. force-fed here. Itʼs like Haggis is stranded redemptive gestures fall into place so beautifully sure, while I think that “Brokeback” is a better Exempli gratia: “Crash” fan: “Have you on a thousand-mile-high soapbox above Los See ‘CRASH’ ✦ page 14 film than “Crash,” I also think that “Munich” seen ʻCrash?ʼ Itʼs uh-MAY-zing. Itʼs about race, Angeles, gleefully arranging and re-arranging Reviews UZZ 14 B EVIEWS ✦ R March 17, 2006

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Blackʼs white wedding Oh my god, they killed Chef! Keeper of Kong and Tenacious D Isaac Hayes recently announced that front-man Jack Black eloped with girl- he will be leaving the long-running friend Tanya Haden this week. The animated series “South Park” because “School of Rock” star met Haden he feels the show promotes bigotry and when they attended a private arts intolerance by being overly disrespect- school in Santa Monica, California; ful to religious beliefs and practices. SINGLED OUT the pair began dating last April at a “Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Ashley Parker Angel — “Let U Go” friendʼs birthday party where the D Stone have speculated that the 63-year- From his forthcoming, as yet unamed, album was playing. Haden is a member of the old singer and Scientologist Hayes was Haden Triplets (their father is legend- merely miffed because they spoofed his Former O-Town “Liquid Dream”-er (and father to Lyric) Ashley Angel ary jazz bassist Charlie Haden), who religion (and L. Ron-addict Tom Cruise) Parker graduates from boy band tool to pop punk wannabe in this anemic, recently released the a cappella album on last seasonʼs “Trapped in the Closet” anthemic bid for radio relevancy. P.S. Ash, dig the misspelling — did you “The Who Sell Out.” episode. learn that from Kelly Clarkson? — compiled by kyle meikle Catherine Zeta goes culinary Silver screen hires “Nanny” Is Catherine Zeta-Jones already No, itʼs not a Fran Drescher biopic tired of winning Academy Awards and — plans are in the works to bring a film WCWM TOP 10 ALBUMS hawking T-Mobile? The “Chicago” siz- adaptation of Emma McLaughlin and 1. Destroyerʼs Rubies — Destroyer zler showed up in Manhattanʼs swank Nicola Krausʼs popular childcare satire 2. Classic Railroad Songs, Smithsonian Folkways — Various Artists Fiamma restaurant recently, cooking “The Nanny Diaries” to the big screen. 3. Singles And Sessions 1979-1981 — Delta 5 and waiting on a few tables. When told Scarlett Johansson has signed on to play 4. Fox Confessor Brings The Flood — Neko Case she looked “so much like Catherine college student Annie Braddock, whose 5. Whatever People Say I Am ... — Arctic Monkeys Zeta-Jones,” she replied that she got life as an Upper East Side nanny is made 6. Rubber Traits EP — Why? that “all the time.” As it turned out, into a living hell by the neurotic Mrs. X 7. The Back Room — Editors the Welsh actress was just studying for (to be portrayed in the film by the lovely 8. House Arrest — Ariel Pinkʼs Haunted Graffiti the title role in Scott Hicksʼs upcom- Laura Linney). “Nanny” goes into pro- 9. The Life Pursuit — Belle & Sebastian ing “Mostly Martha,” a film about an duction next month. 10. The Greatest — Cat Power acclaimed chef. — compiled by kyle meikle

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to enjoy “Magnificent City” fully, ‘CITY’ the listener needs to block out the ‘CRASH’ FROM PAGE 13 real world with a pair of head- FROM PAGE 13 phones and just groove. Before comes in. Each beat is intricately long, anyone would find them- that the director barely has to try to make ends meet. In built from the ground up and lay- selves chilling and just surfing the “Crash” we get “Into The Deep” shit and one hell of a ered with more instrumentation melodies. Aceyaloneʼs voice car- cheap trick: snow falling on L.A. Cedar-Sinai (“Buffy” than the average listener can fully ries listeners across RJD2ʼs sonic did it way, way better). digest in one listening. While still construct with sophistication and Itʼs not that I donʼt see what Haggis is trying to do accessible for beginners, it takes style. — itʼs just that, who doesnʼt? Every supposedly fateful time to process RJD2ʼs beats on “I came for your mind, not plot twist in the film is mapped out like a Billy-learns- the level they deserve. Each beat is for the fame” (“Here and Now”): race-relations-in-L.A. “Family Circus” trajectory. Of carefully built around the accom- this shining metropolis of under- course racism exists, and of course everyone has racial panying song and, as a result, ground hip-hop stands unabash- prejudices; Haggisʼs exploration of those racial com- the lyrics and beats play off of edly as one of the most inno- plexities, however, is so ham-fisted that it reduces the each other flawlessly. Aceyalone vative and accessible works to characters to near parodic imitations of themselves. matches RJD2ʼs production with come out of West Coast hip-hop Sandra Bullock as the white collar woman who hates his rhyming, and the two of them in quite some time. This ground- the help? Check. Terrence Howard as the black guy construct a shining world. hogʼs sense of style and sheer heat whoʼs chided for not being black enough? Check. Matt “Didnʼt you notice by my should be enough to begin thaw- Dillon as — and please, stretch your imagination on swagger I was an artist?” (“Fire”): ing hip-hopʼs never-ending winter this one — the blatantly racist L.A. cop? Check. the glimmering cityscape created with the proper support. Haggis doesnʼt offer us any new insights into race, by these two minds is so tan- Itʼs time for all of the other he merely rehashes old ones in a cheap, stagey and gible that the listeners will find forest animals to come out of entirely exploitative exercise. That “Crash,” you see, themselves completely immersed. hibernation and follow this bold is apparently the sound of Paul Haggisʼs heavy hand Simply stated, this world is cool groundhog forward. “Magnificent bitch-slapping your bigoted ass. How uh-MAY-zing-ly on a whole new plane. If the City” is a movement unto itself, graceless. photos of suits and shades arenʼt ready to go. All thatʼs left is for Kyle Meikle is a Reviews editor. He hates the enough, each song on this album the forest to stop sleeping and director of “Crash,” but he really enjoys lower-case COURTESY PHOTO ✦ LIONS GATE has an undeniable style. In order mobilize. “h” haggis. Thandie Newton and Matt Dillon star in Paul Haggisʼs Academy Award-winning “Crash.” March 17, 2006 Page 15 Can you do the Do? Check out this martial art. [email protected] SPORTS See RACKET, page 16. Tribe track, fi eld fi nishes exceptional indoor season

BY BRAD CLARK that weʼre doing high volume and finish in the mile over the course THE FLAT HAT lots of hard work. Iʼm running 90 of the weekend, although in dif- miles a week right now, but some ferent races. In the preliminary The menʼs and womenʼs track of the guys are up over 110.” round, Wolak managed to run a and field teams closed out their The women didnʼt seem to be career best 4:09.35 in order to indoor seasons strongly March 5, slowed down by training either, as move on; the finals found him with nine All-East performances at they also fielded strong qualifiers finishing in fourth with a time of the IC4A/ in the 5,000-m, exemplified by 4:10.14, fewer than two seconds Look ahead ECAC meet red-shirt junior Kristin Shiringʼs out of first. In the final of the 800- in New York fourth-place finish. What makes m, Matt Warco picked the right Who: City. In her performance all the more time to run well, as his 1:51.77 Virginia all, 16 ath- impressive is that she placed out personal record earned him sixth IRENE ROJAS ✦ THE FLAT HAT Commonwealth letes made of the slower section; after lead- place. The Tribe bats against George Washington University last Wednesday. The team pulled out a 15-12 victory. University the trip to ing a good portion of her race, The duo both earned their sec- Date: Today the eastern she managed to come home in a ond All-East awards in the dis- Where: states cham- time of 16:44.33, good enough to tance medley relay, which took Dukes march Tribe down hill Richmond, Va. p i o n s h i p , displace all but three competitors. place after both had already run helping the Unfortunately, the womenʼs other their two individual races. Joined BY MADELINE WOLFERT drove Stanfield home. A final two-run shot in the eighth menʼs team hope for an All-East performance, by sophomore Ryan Jones and THE FLAT HAT by the Dukes brought the final score to 15-11, JMU. place 10th and the womenʼs team senior Julia Cathcart, tripped dur- senior Sean Anastasia-Murphy, W&M totaled nine hits, as Lunardi, McWhorter and place 23rd. ing her section and ultimately the team grabbed fourth with a Baseball hosted the James Madison University Dukes Sexton all had two. The Dukes were charged with six Led by sophomore Ian dropped out of the race. Both time of 9:55.59. As the name sug- at home in a three-game series this past weekend. JMU defensive errors and W&M two. Fitzgerald, the menʼs team took competitors earned NCAA provi- gests, the distance medley relay entered the series 8-4 on an eight-game winning streak. In the second game, the Dukes opened the scoring in the 5,000-meter race by storm, sional qualifying times, but were combines several legs of different The Tribe (5-9) fought to stop the run, but the Dukes the first, totaling three runs. The Tribe answered in the seizing three of the eight All-East not selected for the national meet distances. The Tribe filled out the continued to dominate, sweep- bottom of the first as sophomore Bryan Morosky singled positions. Fitzgeraldʼs personal due to the wealth of talent in the relay with Warco running 3:01 Look ahead ing with a 15-11 victory in down the left field line. McWhorter bunted and arrived best time of 14 minutes, 13.08 sec- event this year. for 1,200 meters, Wolak running game one, 7-4 in game two safely at first as the JMU pitcher picked it up but fum- onds earned him third place, just Another fourth place distance 49.9 for 400 meters, Jones run- Who: and completing the series with bled the throw and was charged with an error. Sexton 0.4 seconds out of first. Closely winner was junior Meghan Bishop, ning 1:52.3 for 800 meters and Towson an 8-4 win. then ripped his second home run of the year, bringing University following Fitzgerald, and earning who ran 9:31.25. Bishopʼs time, a Anastasia-Murphy running 4:10.4 Game one began with a both men home and tying the game at 3-3. Date: personal records as well, were personal best by 12 seconds, also for 1,600 meters. W&M jumpstart in the first The action subsided for two scoreless innings, until Today senior Matt Keally and sophomore provisionally qualified her for the The multi-events showcased two Where: inning, as junior second base- the Dukes captured the lead in the fourth and extended Dave Mock, who ran 14:17.72 and NCAA championships, as well as of the Collegeʼs best all-around ath- Towson, Md. man Brent McWhorter blasted it to 6-3 in the fifth. Two-out doubles by both Lunardi 14:26.75 to claim fifth and seventh making her the fourth fastest female letes. Junior Brenna Blevins scored Time: a double down the right-field and Sexton cut the margin to 6-4 in the seventh. After places, respectively. Fitzgeraldʼs Tribe runner in the schoolʼs history. a career-high 3,500 points in the 2:30 p.m. line, followed by a walk to singling to left, stealing second, and reaching third on time provisionally qualified him No runner from the College has run pentathlon in order to garner sev- junior third baseman Greg a groundout, JMUʼs Michael Cowgill scored on a wild for the NCAA championships, faster since 2003, when three-time enth place in the competition. Her Sexton. McWhorter scored pitch to reach the final score of 7-4, JMU. although, due to a large number All-American Ali Henderson won teammate, junior Bonnie Meekins, effortlessly as sophomore leftfielder Greg Maliniak dou- W&M finished with nine hits, as both Sexton and of athletes reaching the automatic the ECAC title. also had a solid meet, finishing bled to right-centerfield. The JMU centerfielder slid to Lunardi went three-for-five. standard this year, the national “I try not to go into a meet with a point total of 3,457, just out trap the ball but inadvertently kicked it, enabling Sexton McWhorter began the Tribe offensive in game three committee did not select him for expecting too much, so I was of eighth place. to score and Maliniak to advance to third. with a single, moving to second on a groundout and the competition. Junior Anthony pleasantly surprised with the girlsʼ Aaron Mitchell performed JMU did not allow W&Mʼs lead to last long; they scoring off a grounder by Maliniak. Adding to the lead in Arena, freshman Colin Leak and performances,” womenʼs Head admirably as the lone Tribe drove in three runs in the second and three more in the the second, freshman first baseman Mike Sheridan bunt- junior Steve Hoogland also com- Coach Kathy Newberry said. thrower at the meet. His throw fourth. In the fifth inning, the Tribe rallied to overtake ed and scored. The Tribe widened their lead to 3-0 when peted for the Tribe in the 5,000- “Given the workouts theyʼve done of 52 feet 5 inches in the shot put JMU, beginning with a single and a steal to second by McWhorter scored again in the third with a double. m, running 14:30.36, 14:31.08 leading up to this point, however, placed him 11th, a mere foot-and- sophomore Paul Juliano. W&M sent 10 men to the plate Junior starting southpaw pitcher Michael LaFleur and 14:58.71. The results were I wouldnʼt say these runs were a-half out of the top eight. during the inning, including senior Jeff Lunardi, who retired his first nine batters but was unable to hold the especially heartening considering unexpected. The track doesnʼt lie The Tribe will next com- blasted a three-run homer to left, allowing the Tribe to Dukes in the fourth, falling to 1-2 in the loss. A leadoff where the distance runners are in about preparation.” pete at Virginia Commonwealth claim a 9-6 lead. The Dukes responded viciously by double, walk, sacrifice fly and single knotted the game at their training. The men seemed found equal University in the Ram Invitational scoring three in the fifth to tie the game, then scoring three. In the fifth, JMU increased their lead to 5-3, but a “Weʼre really building up for success in the mid-distance events and will compete in several four more in the seventh. run scored by Sheridan in the sixth closed it to one. The outdoors, so this meet was more with All-East performances in large meets such as the Stanford Regaining vigor in the seventh, the Tribe scored two Tribe held the Dukes at bay until the eighth, when the just a checkpoint,” Leak said. both the mile and the 800-m. Invitational and the Raleigh and closed the lead to 11-13. Freshman shortstop Lanny Dukes scored three to come through with the 8-4 win. “Weʼre just in phase two out of four Junior Matt Wolak earned both Relays, leading up to the champi- Stanfield exploded with a double to score freshman Both tallying two, McWhorter and Sheridan helped the of our training cycle, which means a personal best and a top-eight onship season. rightfielder Ben Guez, and a sacrifice fly by Juliano Tribe finish with eight hits. Women’s gymnastics bowls over opponents, sets season high

BY MIKE ZIELINSKI tors garnered season- and career-high scores high 9.875, which also ties for the third-best up, with Gibbs winning the individual title second place, and her season-high 9.675 THE FLAT HAT at both meets. Chief among these was junior bar score in the schoolʼs history. Randall put and a season high with a 9.800 and Randall on beam earned her fifth. Gibbs matched Jess Randallʼs career-high all-around score up a season-high of 9.625, and Padilla com- following close behind with a solid 9.650. her season-high of 9.775 on vault to tie for This past weekend, the womenʼs gym- of 38.275. pleted the Tribeʼs sweep of the top three posi- Two days later, the Tribe stepped back fifth place, and Padilla was right behind nastics team held two home meets. The The Tribeʼs strong start Friday propelled tions on the event with a 9.575. Long came onto their home turf to face North Carolina. with 9.750, grabbing sixth. Long also did Tribe edged out the Bowling Green State them to their narrow victory over Bowling in fifth with a 9.425, and junior Janelle Green Though they fell to the Tar Heels 190.950 well in the all-around, taking fourth place University Falcons 188.350 to 187.475 last Green. In the first rotation, the womenʼs grabbed sixth with her score of 9.325. to 194.700, the team earned their aforemen- by tying her season-high of 37.950, which Friday and put up team put up a season-high score of 47.725 On beam, the Tribe eclipsed its season tioned season-high total with the score. included season bests on vault (9.550) and Look ahead a season-high score on vault. Senior Brittany Gibbs stood out on average with a total of 46.975. Leading the “This was a very nice performance over- beam (9.600). Dochney bested her first of 190.950 Sunday the event, posting a 9.675, which won her the beam squad was junior Andrea Dochney, all by the girls today,” Lewis said. “We were place score of 9.525 on beam Friday with Who: against no. 25 individual title for the meet. Junior Christina who snagged another first-place win for the great on Friday, before a couple of slips on a season-high 9.600, which tied for sixth. James Madison University of North Padilla was right behind Gibbs with a 9.650. team with a 9.575. Waldman was right behind floor, but we picked things up today and Dochney also had another season-high with University Carolina, Chapel Rounding out the vault squad were senior her, taking second with her score of 9.475. only had to count one fall, which is a first her bars score of 9.400. Sunday marked Date: Hill. Kate Magee, freshman Sarah Jacobson and Randall continued her big night with a 9.350, for us this season.” only the second time the junior competed Tomorrow Where: “Weʼre very sophomore Tricia Long, who scored 9.525, which earned her fourth place. Long took Leading the long list of individual in the bars line up this season. After their Harrisonburg, Va. pleased with how 9.450 and 9.425, respectively. fifth with a 9.325, and senior Kristen Gaidish accomplishments was Randall, who, just strong showing Sunday, the Tribe players Time: things went,” Head W&M carried its momentum to the bars, rounded out the top six by scoring 9.300. two days after posting her season-high are eager for their next competition. 5 p.m. Coach Mary Lewis where the team scored above its season aver- Unfortunately, on floor — the Tribeʼs last all-around score of 37.925, topped herself “Iʼm really looking forward to the last said. age with a 47.625, with sophomore Stevie event — the team faltered, counting three again with a career high of 38.275. Randall three meets of the season,” Lewis said. Lewis and the Waldmanʼs score of 9.675 grabbing her a separate falls. With the Falcons having had also grabbed a season-high score of 9.675 W&M heads to James Madison team have every reason to be satisfied with second straight win on the event. Waldman a strong showing on the event in the third on bars. Other highlights included another University Saturday to take on the Dukes, their performances; in addition to the season- shared the title at the Tribeʼs meet at Towson rotation, it looked as if they might overtake outstanding performance by Waldman on George Washington University and Towson high W&M posted Sunday, several competi- the previous week, where she posted a career- W&M. However, Gibbs and Randall stepped bars. Waldmanʼs score of 9.775 tied for University. Oft-overlooked play-in bracket selection makes for mad, mad March

March Madness is finally upon us, and that stuff. ing, shouldnʼt you? 5. Both Hampton and Monmouth could means itʼs time for the annual 12-over-five 16a. If Monmouthʼs 7ʼ2”, 320 lb. center John 11. No 16 seed has ever defeated a one seed probably beat the New York Knicks — Stephon FROM THE upset, the rolling on of the unstoppable jug- Bunch isnʼt the ideal spokesperson for the little in their first-round match-up, which means every “Starbury” Marbury not withstanding. SIDELINES gernaut that is the Big East, the final moment guy, who is? time you watch a team win the play-in game, 4. The tourney hadnʼt started, and baseball of truth for the Missouri Valley Conference and 15. Monmouth may have won by 22 points you are watching a team tie the record for most is still in spring training, so there were no other its four bids and, of course, the San Diego State and led by 15 at half-time, but stats are mislead- victories ever for a 16 seed — history in the “meaningful” sporting events going on last cheerleaders. As you filled out your bracket and ing — it was a close-fought game. making. Tuesday; why not watch the play-in? (No, the rushed to get it in by noon Thursday, you may 14. Hawks and Pirates are cool, if unoriginal, 10. Al-Quaeda, the Taliban and Lex Luthor NBA and NHL are not “meaningful.”) have noticed that annoying little 16a versus 16b, mascots. hate the play-in game. 3. Weʼve all grown tired of the hysteria and the Monmouth University/Hampton University 13. The basketball programs at both 9. When you watch the play-in game, you over-publicity that surrounds middle-school bas- opening round game. You didnʼt pick it. You Monmouth and Hampton boast higher gradua- donʼt need to listen to Dick Vitale talk about ketball, so itʼs nice to watch some more relaxed didnʼt watch it. You didnʼt wait to see the match- tion rates than their big conference counterparts, his personal videotape collection of J. J. Redick and laid-back games. ups before you penciled Villanova University produce young men of strong moral fiber and showering. 2. W&M beat Hampton, and even though into the second round. Your bracket didnʼt go help to improve the overall integrity of the 8. Watching the play-in game is better than Hampton was the first team eliminated from the ALEX in until a full two days after the game was over. game. (Please note that this reason is not actu- being stabbed repeatedly. pool of 65, that still means the Tribe can hang ROCHE Shame on you. Itʼs time someone stood up for ally valid, since nobody cares about any of that 7. At least Hamptonʼs pep band was pretty with tourney teams. the little guys. In that spirit, I present to you the stuff — just dunks.) good, even though the trombone player probably 1. The odds on Monmouth or Hampton win- top 16 reasons the play-in game does matter. 12. Dayton can legitimately claim to be the wouldʼve done a better job hitting free throws ning a national championship were literally 16b. Where else can you see two small-time birthplace of aviation and of the NCAA tourna- than half of their team. measured in sextillions, and you know what that teams youʼve never heard of with records barely ment as the home of the play-in game. So I ask 6. The play-in game was your last chance this means … nice payouts. above .500 duke it out for the right to play one you, if Wilbur and Orville Wright made sure to year to watch a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Alex Roche is a senior at the College. Yes, he of the top five teams in the country? Thatʼs good get their Monmouth pick in by Tuesday morn- team in action. really does care about the little guys. DID YOU KNOW ... ? Tae Kwon Do is currently practiced by more than Sports ACKET 30 million people. 16 R SPORTS ✦ MARCH 17, 2006 —FACTSONFILE.COM Tae Kwon Do Life Sports: Get Involved Sports BY MATTHEW A. NOLAN THE FLAT HAT Calendar “It would be nice to have a quiet environment to concentrate. But this is fine,” junior Hee Suk March 18 to March 24 Ko said. She reactivated the W&M Tae Kwon Do club as a freshman in the spring of 2004. She — compiled by christopher adams remembers when the club enjoyed having a full racquetball court to themselves. Since Tae Kwon Do is famous for lightning fast kicks, the club Saturday feels that they could use more leg room. “Space is limited with the other clubs … ✦ Go for a road trip. Baseball plays at Towson University at 1 p.m. we have to share [Adair gymnasium],” presi- If youʼre not in the traveling mood, you can find live stats through dent of Tae Kwon Do club junior Matt Oreska Tribeathletics.com. said. Oreska runs the club Monday nights; Grandmaster Pyong Kil Ko, an eighth-degree black belt, instructs the students Thursday nights. Sunday NICOLE SCHEER ✦ THE FLAT HAT First they perform essential stretches and warm Students practice their punches during Tae Kwon Do club. The club, which only recently reappeared ✦ On the off chance you did not watch the womenʼs tennis team ups, then they study basic techniques: punches, on campus, meets Monday and Thursday nights in Adair Gymnasium from 9 to 10:30 p.m. kicks and forms. The club works closely with the play yesterday, you can see them again at 11 a.m. They face 16th- Korean-American Student Association in sched- is a sport you fall in love with,” freshman and scheduling two advancement tests per semester, ranked Harvard University on Busch Courts. Menʼs gymnastics uling demonstrations. second-degree black belt Brian Lucey said. thus allowing a novice to go from white belt to can be found at James Madison University. If youʼre in the Despite the fairly modern name, Tae Kwon Among the worldʼs three most practiced mar- black belt in four years. neighborhood, the meet starts at 3 p.m. Also, if youʼre a dedicated Do has roots that reach as far back as the seventh tial arts, Tae Kwon Do is an aerobic and cardio- “It shouldnʼt be so hard to show your skill,” baseball fan, check them out at Towson University at 1 p.m. century A.D., when Chinese Chuan Fa techniques vascular workout that aids in muscular flexibility Hee Suk Ko said. were taught to Korean soldiers. This art evolved and endurance. Tae Kwon Do is one of two Asian Though the club emphasizes form and tech- in different schools for a 1,000 years until the martial arts in which athletes compete in the nique, they anticipate more sparring practice in Monday Japanese occupation of Korea, when various Olympics; the other is Judo. The W&M Tae the coming weeks in preparation for a tournament ✦ Other than a certain club that meets in Adair Gymnasium from 9 to forms of karate mixed with traditional Korean Kwon Do club is affiliated with the World Tae to be held at the University of Virginia. Four to 10:45 p.m., you can spend today watching the menʼs golf tournament. martial arts. In 1955, the Korean government Kwon Do Federation, the artʼs global governing six athletes are expected to compete in the April The W&M Invitational starts today and continues tomorrow. organized the various schools of martial arts body. 8 general Tae Kwon Do tournament open to all into one, which they named Tae Kwon Do. Tae Even though black belts and other very experi- Virginia colleges. The average club member has means “to kick or destroy with the foot,” Kwon enced members far outnumber the beginners, the at least six years of experience, so Hee Suk Ko Tuesday means “to punch with the fist” and Do is “the club is open to students of all skill levels. Because expects the club to do well. way” or “art.” Tae Kwon Do is the national sport the club focuses more on technique than sparring, The Tae Kwon Do club meets Monday and ✦ Dare to be different? Womenʼs lacrosse takes on in-state rival of Korea. novices train alongside experienced members. Thursday nights in Adair Gymnasium from 9 to University of Virginia at 7 p.m. at Albert-Daly Field. “I come mostly to exercise … [Tae Kwon Do] The club also recently revamped its belt system, 10:30 p.m. Women’s tennis beats wind, falls to no. 10 Texas Wednesday ✦ By the way, if youʼre up for getting wet, join the club swim- BY ANDREW PIKE positions. Top player junior Megan The Tribe dropped both matches, University 7-0 Feb. 5, but currently ming team in their practice from 9:30 to 10:30 p.m. in the Rec FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER Moulton-Levy, ranked no. 30 in the losing to Stanford 1-6 and Fresno finds itself in the midst of a three- Center pool. nation, rolled to a 6-2, 6-2 victory State, 3-4. Moulton-Levy upset no. match losing streak. Epley said he This past warm and blustery over no. 71 Mia Marovic. Freshman 15 Amber Liu 7-6 (3), 4-6, 1-0 attributes this to having a roster that Monday, the 20th-ranked womenʼs teammate Katarina Zoricic, ranked (10-6) for the Tribeʼs lone victory. includes five freshmen who are still Thursday tennis team fell to the 10th-ranked no. 103 in the nation, upset no. 57 Despite the loss, three of the six adapting to college tennis. University of Texas Longhorns, 5-2. Petra Dizdar 6-4, 6-2 for the Tribeʼs singles matches went to a super For the Tribe to improve on last ✦ You can take a look at the Racket story for the Sports Calendarʼs Texas captured the first two doubles second point. In doubles, Zoricic tiebreaker (in lieu of a third set, the seasonʼs first-round victory in the Thursday night suggestion: Tae Kwon Do. The club meets in Adair matches, earning one team point, teamed with Klaudyna Kasztelaniec first person to 10 points with a two- NCAA tournament, Epley said he Gymnasium from 9 to 10:30 p.m. and went on to win four of the for an 8-7 tiebreak victory over point lead wins) as W&M competed believes total team effort in every six singles matches. This marks the Dizdar and Marija Milic. strongly with the Cardinal. Against match and better doubles play will Tribeʼs third straight loss, dropping “The match against Texas was a Fresno State, the Tribe lost all three be the keys to winning. By the them to a 9-5 record this season. step in the right direction in many doubles matches and split the six end of the regular season, the Tribe Friday The Tribeʼs two singles victories ways,” Head Coach Kevin Epley singles matches, as Moulton-Levy will have faced 15 ranked teams, ✦ Everyoneʼs a little bit spastic sometimes. Apparently, today is came from the no. one and two said. “We can build on it.” and seniors Megan Muth and Lingda including the aforementioned no. 1 the track and field teamʼs time. According to Tribeathletics.com, According to Epley, wind gusts Yang won their matches. Stanford. the track and field team will be in three places at once: the Florida of 25 to 30 mph tested both teams. The Tribe has experienced its “I suspect that we will be rolling State Relays in Tallahassee, Fla., the Fred Hardy Invitational in Over spring break, W&M trav- share of ups and downs this sea- and playing near our potential in one Richmond and the Raleigh Relays in Raleigh, N.C. The Sports eled to California for matches son. W&M knocked off no. 5 Duke monthʼs time,” Epley said. “I see us Calendar is most impressed at the teamʼs ability to defy the laws against no. 1 Stanford University University 4-3 Feb. 16, and trounced with the potential of doing well in of space and time. and no. 35 Fresno State University. conference foe James Madison the postseason.”

BOX SCORES

Womenʼs Basketball Womenʼs Lacrosse Drexel L, 44-64 March 2 Boston W, 12-10 March 5 Georgia State L, 66-81 March 8 Richmond L, 9-13 March 8 Menʼs Tennis Penn State W, 14-12 March 12 Arizona L, 1-4 March 5 Georgetown L, 3-13 March 15 Boise State L, 2-5 March 7 Menʼs Basketball Oregon W, 4-3 March 9 VCU L, 59-62 March 3 Harvard L, 2-5 March 12 Womenʼs Golf Menʼs Gymnastics Bobcat Classic 9th place March 6-8 Penn State L, 205.1 to 213.5 March 4 Menʼs Golf Navy W, 204.6 to 202.5 March 5 Birkdale Classic 11th place March 10-11 JMU W, 208.0 to 179.7 March 11