— Middletown, Connecticut, since 1868 — FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2014 VOLUME CLV, ISSUE 18 WESLEYANARGUS.COM One-Goal Shutout Carry That Weight Supports Sulkowicz By Sofi Goode Before the event, the Feminist Co- News Editor op posted a schedule on Facebook of where the mattress would be through- A group of students involved with out the day and created shifts for those the Feminist Co-op carried a mattress to carrying it. Candace Powning ’18 and various prominent campus locations on Natalie May ’18 both carried the mat- Thursday, Oct. 29 as part of the national tress from Fountain Avenue to the Help Carry That Weight campaign. Usdan University Center in the evening. The campaign, hosted at more Powning stated that she believes the than one hundred colleges across the mattress serves as a reminder to the ad- country, is an expression of support ministration of students’ concerns. for Emma Sulkowicz, a Columbia “What’s happened to [Sulkowicz] University student who is protesting at Columbia is a really important issue her university’s lack of accountability on many college campuses.” Powning in regard to punishing perpetrators of said. “...Clearly a school, Columbia, sexual assault. For the past two months, that’s very liberal, very invested in their Sulkowicz has carried her mattress with students, is not being accountable and her everywhere on campus in protest of behaving correctly in light of these is- JONAS POWELL/ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR her assaulter’s continued enrollment and sues. We’ve seen it here at Wesleyan as Ben Bratt ’16 protects the ball from a Conn college defender. The men will face Middlebury this presence on Columbia’s campus. well, the administration not behav- Saturday in their opening game of the NESCAC tournament. For more on this story, turn to page 11. The Help Carry That Weight ing how the student body feels they event at the University was organized should.... [The mattress is] a message by various members of the Feminist Co- to the students, but it’s also a message op, including Chloe Murtagh ’15, Alicia to the administration saying that we’re Lucifer Gets Sued in Gansley ’15, Yiyang Wang ’15, Ryden aware of where they’re fucking up and Nelson ’16, Tess Altman ’17, and Isabel where to pay more attention.” Alter ’17. According to Altman, the Feminist Altman said that Sulkowicz’s activ- Co-op had originally planned to write a Original Second Stage Play ism has become a national rallying point list of policy demands on the mattress, for those confronting how college ad- but decided against it to appeal to a By Will McGhee quite supportive of the more endear- Lucifer (Lucy for short), as ministrations handle sexual assault cases. broader audience. Staff Writer ing parts of Christianity while “Lucy” played by Xandra Ellin ’18, is more “She was sexually assaulted on that “I think there have been events sur- is fairly cynical of the state of modern of a child; she’s a self-proclaimed mattress and vowed that she would carry rounding [specific policy recommenda- While Second Stage has long been religion. “bitch,” not exactly evil, and just it around until the university expelled tions], and I think there is a time and a known as a strong supporter of student- “Lucy” is a farce that portrays wants to get drunk with her friends. her perpetrator,” Altman said. “It’s be- place for that, but I think it was more so written works, this season in particular what happens when several religions Ellin has quite a bit of fun with the come this national symbol around this to have this public display of support,” is offering an especially diverse mix of suddenly come together and take Satan role, rolling her eyes at the pros- issue in the last month or so.” Altman said. “It’s always hard because original pieces. Of the eight shows be- to trial for all her (yes, her) crimes ecution and seducing the judge in The mattress itself was intended whenever we do anything we have to ing produced this semester (including against humanity over the last few mil- equal measure. to act as both a show of support for think about who the audience is and one performance art piece), three are lennia. It is a courtroom drama of the Her shield and sword is the Sulkowicz and a reminder to the admin- new adaptations and two are entirely supernatural, but this does not unfold character Saul Goodman, taken istration of its responsibilities. MATTRESS, page 3 original plays. as one would expect. For one thing, straight from the television world of “Lucy Goes to Court” is the sec- writer/director Hazem Fahmy ’17 of- “Breaking Bad” and the upcoming ond of those plays, going up a week fers an interesting take on the Devil, “Better Call Saul,” here portrayed after “Godspell” in the same space, the and not just because he gender-bends. by Jake Lahut ’17 in place of Bob WestCo Café. The two make for inter- “I think about the Devil a lot,” esting companion pieces: “Godspell” is Fahmy said. PLAY, page 6 Ultimate Goals: Frisbee Promotes Collaborative Spirit By Sadie Renjilian est addition to the Wesleyan Ultimate Though the teams’ gender iden- Staff Writer Frisbee scene. tifications are the most obvious dis- Vicious Circles participated in a tinctions between them, they also take If you wear glasses but put in con- tournament at Brown this last weekend, different approaches to the game of tacts to play sports, have FOMO, or just which was the first of the year for the Ultimate itself. don’t fit in, you should play Ultimate, team. It will compete in a second tourna- “The two single-gender teams according to the recruiting signs for ment later this fall, its last for the semester. came first, and Throw Culture was Wesleyan Ultimate Frisbee. “Fall is our off-season,” Gibbel said. formed in that space of the people Ultimate Frisbee is having a par- Sandweiss-Back agreed that fall is a who wanted a less formal, less com- ticularly intense moment on campus, time for rebuilding rather than compet- petitive, more fuck-around-when- according to Noam Sandweiss-Back ’15. ing, especially since Nietzsche Factor re- you-feel-like-it kind of frisbee team, Sandweiss-Back is one of the team’s cap- cently lost several members. The captains and I think that divide still persists tains, along with Isaac Pollan ’15 and have been working to create a new team to some extent,” Owen-Dunow said. Peter Sohmer ’16. All of them are part dynamic this fall. Sandweiss-Back pointed “Throw has always been a sort of chill- of Wesleyan’s all-male Ultimate Frisbee out that the practice schedule is just as gru- er option.” team, which is called Nietzsche Factor. eling in the fall as it is in the spring, despite Throw Culture may be known Nietzsche Factor is one of three Ultimate the fact that the team only competes in for its welcoming and relaxed spirit, Frisbee teams on campus. The other two tournaments in the spring. For Nietzsche but the team makes competition a are Vicious Circles, which is all-female Factor, developing a strong team dynamic priority. A tournament with co-ed and captained by Katherine Gibbel ’15 is just as important as the competitive ele- teams from other schools was sup- and Lucy Salwen ’17, and Throw Culture, ment of Ultimate. posed to take place at Wesleyan last which is co-ed and led by Max Owen- Several players spoke about the weekend, but the plans fell apart at the Dunow ’15, Jesse Lieman-Sifry ’15, Emily differences between Wesleyan’s three last minute. As a result, the team will Schwed ’15, and Tavo True-Alcala ’15. Ultimate Frisbee teams. participate in only three tournaments Throw Culture will be playing in “I’d say it’s mostly gender identifica- this fall. a tournament this weekend at Green tion,” Gibbel said. “There are other differ- The relationship between the Mountain College. This team, perhaps ences, but the basic is that Throw is co-ed three Ultimate teams has a fraught NOAH MERTZ/PHOTO EDITOR best-known for its members’ love of jean and Vicious is all women. And Vicious has Students shared the weight of a mattress on Wednesday in support of shorts and Pabst Blue Ribbon, is the new- drills.” FRISBEE, page 4 Columbia University student Emma Sulkowicz, who is protesting her administration’s lack of accountability in cases of sexual assault. Lena’s Lessons Shrill Isolation Master of Disguise A review of “Not That Kind of Girl” 4 Ringing From Within 7 Method acting for life 9 2 THE WESLEYAN ARGUS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2014 The Wesleyan Argus WESPEAKS established in 1868 Why We Stand With Israel Editors-in-Chief By WEslEyan UnitEd With israEl supports a country that gives its Gazan people by repairing the power and offer better work conditions Gwendolyn Rosen Rebecca Seidel citizens, regardless of their race, lines that Hamas destroyed with their than most businesses in the West Wesleyan is a campus that religion, sexual orientation, or rocket fire into densely populated Bank. Boycotting does not pres- Production Manager prides itself on its openness. Yet gender identity equal rights and Israeli civilian areas. So when we say sure bureaucrats on either side to Eliza Loomis when Israel comes into the conversa- protections before the law. Israel that we are pro-Israel, we are saying create peace. We must instead urge tion, any dialogue that supports the is home to the only gay pride fes- that we support a country that goes to the United Nations and the United Executive Editors country is prematurely dismissed.