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College Voice Vol. 19 No. 14
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Photo Oxidation protocol not followed so far "The protocol is really for what you might call major ones," said Ferrari. He BY MICHELLE RONAYNE Acting PublisllerlCo-Editor in Chief added that it was small and in an out of the way place. Ferrari said that there are Last semester, the Dean's Task Force to typically multiple graffitis on campus Improve Intercultural Understanding during any given semester. developed a protocol for handling inci- According to Tamara Michel, director dents of graffiti. There are six steps to be of Unity House, the grafitli was akin to followed, five of which must be followed something one might see on a bathroom within 24 hours of the report of the waH and it was 00 sma\l that physica\ grafHttL p\ant cou\d not hnd \.t when \b.e:ywent 'to Last Wednesday, a studentdiscovered look for it therefore they did not want to racist graffiti in Cummings Art Center make a big deal of it. The student agreed and called physical plant to remove the and in calling physical plant merely graffiti. When the graffiti was still there wanted the matter to be resolved and the the next day, the student reported it to a graffiti painted over. Courtesy of NOAA Scientific Support Team staff official. "All the people who were supposed to The above graphic details the weathering processes affecting the North Cape oil spill. But according to Arthur Ferrari, dean be informed were informed of the situa- The first number indicates % estimated loss for the initial release of 700,000 gallons. The of the college, the approved protocol has tion," said Michel. second indicates the % loss for an addition release of approximately 125,000 gallons. not been followed so far. To date the The five steps to be followed within 24 following has occured: the student re- hours are as follows: ported the grafitti as soon as they saw it 1) Any person who sees hate gralitti Local oil spill threatens should call Campus Safety immediately and then did call a staff member, who called the Dean of the College. When last to come and take a picture of it and examined Sunday evening by The College collect evidence. If the person does not wildlife and fishing industry Voice, the graffitti, which should have feel comfortable calling Campus Safety,' been painted over in accordance with the he or she can call the house fellow (if the At this point, both short term and long protocol, still remained. graffiti is in a dorm) or another available BY JENNY BARRON term environmental damage are still be- The last two steps of the protocol in- official (if the graffiti is in another build- Co-Editor in Cllief ing assessed. Officials say it is difficult to chide notification of the campus comm u- ing) and have him/her do it. However, determine what the long term damage to The wind is whipping across the sand nity through a bulletin broadcast mes- Campus Safety must be called immedi- the area will be. Much of the oil has as the waves crash determinedly against sage as soon as possible and by written ately. If the student is upset, he/she dissipated into the water column. the vacant Rhode Island beach. The fog notice sent to everyone. see Racist graffiti page 2 is rolling in as the bells that warn ships The local lobster population has been •T away from shallow waters clang in the severely affected. An environmental \. distance. This would be your typical management official estimates that tens • • • of thousands of lobsters have died as a • • coastal scene. .. -. • 'II But last week an accident interrupted result of the spill. There is currently a ,. . ,. .. ,. .. .. #> t- the calm. The 340-foot barge North Cape fishing ban in the area...... Fatalities caused by the spill include at . . ~ . . . ran aground 150yardsoffMalunuckState · ~ ~" ,. . .. '" . least 316 birds, a seal, and a small sea , • r • ...... Beach in Rhode Island when the tug that t ~ t I(, .. .. Ii" ... ". turtle. At least 55 birds are currently be- • • ~ ... » '" .. was towing it blazed out of control. Close • ...... to one million gallons of heating fuel ing treated by local volunteers and biolo- • • .. spilled into the surrounding water. . gists. Wildlife rescue operations are be- · .• The Unified Command, whig, is com- ing supervised by Tri-State Bird Rescue • • ·• .• prised of officials from the US Coast and Research. The Rhode Island Depart- • Guard, federal, state, and local agencies, ment of Environmental Management • civilian clean-up contractors, and the says the response from the general pub- owners of the tug-and barge, spent last lic has been overwhelming; hundreds of week attempting to deal with what has citizens have offered their services and ,. been called a "major" oil spill. donated mO'ney. After days of bad weather, the Coast To date, volunteers have cared for al- Guard was finally able to float the barge most one hundred oiled animals. Each loose early friday morning. The North animal is given intense medical care fol- Cape will be-transported to Newport, Rl lowinga physical examination. The oiled for repairs before being sent back to its animal's eyes are flushed to remove oil, company in- New York. Coast Guard and the birds are given intravenous fluid pJwto by Yung Kim/Features Editor officials say that they are conlident that to counteract dehydration. All of the This is a sample of the graffiti reported by a student to be by the phone in Cummings. the remaining oil aboard the barge will . affected birds are diving birds, such as Graffiti was also found written in small letters on the wall next to the phone. The remain intact. .• • ';; see Oil spill page 3 graffiti was however too light to be photographed but still remains today. Jamu:lTY 30, 1996 Page 2
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. should then call another admin- istrator, peer or faculty mem- ber. Storm causes flooding 2) After collecting evidence, Campus Safety must ensure that the graffiti is painted over or washed off. 3) Campus Safety must call the Dean of the College as soon in student rooms as possible. 4) The Dean of the College "Plaster was falling of the walls, going to come out yet." notifies the President and the the paint was bubbling, and Currently, Physical Plant is BY I Bill Nave saved these kids from He's not a lifeguard- he's a teacher. But to the kids photo /Jy EVIln CoppoID/Photography Editor he's reached, he's a hero. A Rhode Island Beach patrol official holds just one of the tens of thousands of casualties of the North Cape oil spill. This lobster was one of the smaller victims. grebes, eider, and ·loons. These species on waterfowl and have lined up trained BE A TEACHER. BE A HERO. are sensitive and very difficUlt to treat. volunteers to assist with wildlife that Call1-800-45-TEACH. Listed by the federal government as a enters Connecticut waters. threatened and declining species, loons The Small Business Administration Reech for the Power ~ A Public SelVa at are particularly difficult to treat in cap- (SBA) has declared New London county ~~ This PubIic.1Ion ~ ...~ __J. Df).\.JJ.J.1t.IODL __ , tivity. an economic injury disaster area making ,Phow: Rohin Sachs All but 50,000 gallons of the remain- businesses eligible for Economic Injury ing oil has been off loaded from the barge. Disaster Loans if they can demonstrate The Coast Guard deployed a skimmer they experienced losses as a result of the .. system to collect the fuel-and-water mix: spill. Assistance is available to fisher- ture from the water's surface. Two'shal- men from the Economic Development low-water skimmers also collected oil Administration (EDA) through an exie.t- from the beach area. Oil containment ing loan fund. \n addition, the cOID-pan'j booms were deployed to 'Protect ne~by \:hat owns \:he 'NOTth Cepe has. e'6'-:a'o\'\.s.neo. inlets/ coves/ and the ecologic!llly sensi-: an office to process claims. . i business tive ponds in the area. According to the The Federal government is also getting '/ Open for i~---.-J Coast Guard/ initial indications suggest involved. Ron Brown/ US Secretary of that a small amount of fuel has entered Commerce, has been designated by Presi- the ponds, though the absorbent booms dent Clinton to head the Administration appear to be working. Several inlets and task force which wilJ respond to eco- harbors on Block Island have also been nomic recovery needs arising from the boomed off. spill. The task force actions will include The Connecticut Department of Envi- emergency inspection of Rhode Island's ronmental Protection has taken protec- seafood to ensure product safety; a dec- tive measures to minimize the spill's lara tion ofEconomic Inj ury Disaster Loan impact on the New London-Groton por- Area for Washington, Kent, and New- tion of Long Island Sound. Protective port Counties in Rhode Island and New boom materials have been staged at London County in Connecticut; and dis- Avery Point in Groton. The department bursement of $600,000 to the Rhode Is- continues to monitor weather/ sea, and land Economic Development Corpora- land conditions on a daily basis. State tion so that it can start taking loan fund wildlife biologists are also involved in applications from affected businesses and surveying the area for the spill's impact individuals. ,People who wish to , donate time'or money to clean up efforts should contact Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research at It's your brain. 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All Majors: Please join us for an information session regarding Careers in Business Integration Consulting on Monday, February ~. ,!}96 at 7PM in Blaustein Hall, Ernst Room ,,- d January 30, /996 THE CHALLENGER R~MEM~ERED Chris Colvin Lou Caner ' Jesse Roberts class of '96 classof '96 .,..pP"·,..• dass of '96 "1was in sixt!1S"";f;tt~ember our teacher "I was sitting in a sixth g,ade English class and in t\JApr<~:::'~ wa~.e~'~d6W'tk'\Pl\9 ..£~L?and~r:J~Jilt~ coming into,.tl\e cJ.assroorn~d asked us what dasstherewasanannouncementovertheloudspe~Jfe£1hat wl!l:!~S~l\ about ..~§oU,i!!k'!'!!lll'fP"me as I everyone thdught aQ,o~ deatfi.~ none of us at the Challengerhad blown up. And theybro\J&l't-11sallmto;; \; wat1:!:edNre·run, of t '. ~!.l!1l1i;W'e~.remember th?t point h s. \., /. ...,.:;~f',>.[.: ..~ ':;~~~L2' r I. '.;'·.:,0.f~,.•. "'>:< . 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The Review in the fall. group did send out course evaluation The Review staff is also drafting a questionnaires to all faculty members at writer's guide which will ou!line the pro- the end of the last semester, but received cess for writing the evaluations included only a five percent return rate. in the publication. The writer's guide The Review is currently creating a new will be submitted to the Conn Review questionnaire for each department based Advisory Boa.!ds, the Board of Advisory on its area of study (i.e., humanities and Chairs, and the faculty for consideration. social sciences, sciences, languages, and The group has set up an e-mail address arts). The group will meet with the Board in order to facilitate campus discussion Pnato by E"," Coppo"'/Photography Editor of AdvisoryChairstodevelop theseques- on this issue ([email protected]). The Camel Van provides transportation for the second semester. Camel Van starts sec- ond semester runs The Camel Van began its rounds last student activities. He said that snow weekend with extended Sunday hours cancellations, getting the word out, and and more runs to increase efficiency. The getting the drivers used to the schedule Office of Student Life will be distributing were the only problems tha t the p regram the new sched ules to all students this faced at the end of last semester. week either by campus mail or by dorm. Hoffman said that more runs will be The Camel Van provides round-trip added to the schedule. Heexplained that service to places like the Crystal Mall, this will prevent problems like people Waterford Cinemas, Stop & Shop, and having to take an hour-long ride just to Mystic for 50 cents. Tickets can be pur- get to Stop & Shop. chased at the Information desk and the Hoffman added that using the van as Van leaves from Cro, an airport shuttle went very well; 53 stu- "I think it [the Camel Van program] dents took advantage of this service. went well for starting so late in the se- Hoffman said that the shuttle will run mester," said Mark Hoffman, director of during spring break as well. Photo by [VIm Coppola/Photography Editor Information services staff New television enhances era. warns of security issues -~e~~t~!!o~~!~~!~~a~~e~w~£re~rO Perhaps you are not aware but when could cause problems. According to body know? One day it wasn't th ere an d While students are enthusiastic about YOUshare your e-mail password with Dowell, some databases such as the nextd ay it was.Wh at you mayb e the new TV and glad to get a chance to anyone, particularly those not on our FirstsearchchargetheschcoI a per-sear ch b watch there favorite shows right here in r wondering are we talking a out? In case system, it could cost you and the school. charge and having people who do not TV . Cro, a few have expressed concern about ld h you haven't noticed, there is a new 10 According to Connie Dowell, dean of belong to the system use it cou ave Cro. the safety of the TV. . ... information services, there are legal im- budget implications. According to freshmen Kristin Helz,. One student mentioned that It IS in plications.for our on-line system when On a related note, the information ser- the new TV mysteriously appeared dur- close proximity to many potential haz- students share passwords. "We define vices staff has warned against students ing Dean's Term and for the next few ards including the bar, pool table and our user community in a certain way and attempting to test the security system at weeks everyone was buzzing about pmg pOf\g table and that the TV could get there are legal/political consequences the library just for fun. According to where it came from. damaged but still felt that it was a great that could arise" said Dowell. Dowell, students have been caught at- The new TV enhanced Dean's-Term addition to Cro. Licenses withthe Connecticut, Trinity ·tempting to takamaterials out of the I d tici t . d th ::::==.:...:::..==~------.. great y an par icipan S enJoye e All information on this page was and Wesleyan (CTW) library program library. . chance to watch Thursday evening tele- bv Mi h II R d are important and sharing passwords Not only IS Dowell concerned about .. b. 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IT'IRI:il army had to act to save the nation, without shedding rockets or fuel tanks, technology that will make further testing US soldier "grazed" by bullet in Maharnane Ousmane became the unnecessary. Bosnia nation'sfirstdemocraticallyelectedpresi- Budget battle continues with fo- The tests, which began in September, dent in 1993, His victory was hailed as a cus on debt ceiling. . have prompted an international outcry A US Army officer was "grazed in the rare example of a peaceful transItion to by environmental groups and govern- neck" by apparent sniper fire Sunday democracy in the continent. The first ci- The government is up and running, . ments in the region. The French govern- morning in a Serb-held Sarajevo suburb, vilian leader of Niger was ousted in a thanks to a short-term spending bill ment responded to the protests by seal- according to a NATO source in Bosnia, miltary coup in 1974, The military re- signed by President Clinton Friday night. ing back the number of detonations from Lt. Shawn H. Watts, 28, of Mississippi, mained in power until multi-party poli- The measure keeps unfunded depart- eight to six and promising to sign the was back on duly several hours after the incident. An \I\vest1.gationwas under- tics were restored in 1992, ments and programs goinguntil March Nuclear Test Ban Treaty by May, way ana. NA..'YO a.\o..not sa'! who \'t be- The sub-Sarharan nation, a former 15, many with reduced spending levels, The underground test violate a 1992 Jieved was responsible. Bosnian Serb "French colony I has also been batHing an The next hurdle in the budget battle is moratorium declared by late Socialist army officials said they knew nothing of arid economy after drought and tum- raising the debt ceiling, which the Presi- President Francois Mitterand, who died the shooting, bUng world prices for the biggest export, dent insists is a must. of cancer earlier this month' after leaving The injury from a single shot was de- uranium, crippled merchants. The United States had hit its debt ceil- office in May 1995, scribes as minor and did not require hos- ing of $4,9 trillion, and Treasury Secre- pitalization, Watts was standing outside Clinton, nation remembers Chal- tary Robert Rubin says that around March Senate ratifies nuclear arms reduc- - the Hotel Serbia, which serves as NATO lenger crew 1the government will run out of borrow- tion treaty. Rapid Reaction Corps headquarters, ing power, There are relatively few US military A decade after their deaths, the brav- In his Saturday radio address, Clinton After months of delay, the US senate - personnel in Sarajevo, which is in the ery, commitment and patriotism of the called on Congress to stop playing poli- ratified the START II nuclear arms re- French sector of the international peace seven-member crew of the space shuttle tics on the issues. The consequences of duction treaty on Friday, The treaty will enforcement mission. The US headquar- Challenger "remain constant, as fixed as default, he said, are grave, Clinton said make further cuts in both US and Rus- ters in Bosnia is in Tuzla. the North Star," President Clinton said that interest rates could also go up for sian nuclear arsenals, if the Russian Saturday, Tensions are high in Serb-held suburbs businesses, consumers, and parliment follows sui t. Speaking the day before the tenth an' that are to be handed over to Bosnian homeowners, He added that Social Se- Officials say the Strategic Arms Red uc- niversary of the explosion that shattered government control under the peace curity checks would not be able to be tion effort is off to a good start. Just three the Challenger as it rose from its launch- agreement. The only previous American mailed out. weeks ago, Defense Secretary William ing tower in Florida, Clinton asked casualty was a soldier wounded when During debate over keeping the gov- Perry helped blow up a silo at a missile Americans to "remember together a his Humvee vehicle drove over a mine in ernment funded, Republicans assured base in Ukraine, where 700 warheads tragedy ...that tore at our nation's heart." northeast Bosnia on December 30. jittery financial markets that they will were once aimed at major US cities. On Sunday it was a decade ago that the vote to raise the debt ceiling, They are The dismantling and removal of thou- Challenger took off on an unusually cold Military coup topples NigerPresi- promising cooperation, but their sched- sands of nuclear warheads from the Florida morning, Seventy-three seconds dent uling could push the debt ceiling issue to United States, Russia, 'Ukraine, Belarus, later, all seven astronauts aboard per- a critical point. Congress is to adjourn and Kazakhstan is ahead of the sched ule ished in the most disasterous accident Military forces in the West African next week until February 26, just days called for In the START I agreement the US space program has ever seen. country of Niger seized control of the before the government is likely to de- signed in 1992. Inthe wake of the Challenger explosion, fault. government on Saturday, unseating and START I covers 9,000 warheads in each NASA was left shaken to its core. The placing under arrest the nation's first of the US and former Soviet Union nuclear democraticaHy elected president. limits of NASA became apparent to the France detonates sixth nuclear test nation, Now, 49 shuttle missions later, arsenals, START II would requirereduc- Army Chief of Staff Lt. Col. Ibrahim bomb tions of another 5,000 warheads each, a Bare Mainassara announced on state-run NASA is looking beyond the shuttle to what comes next. total of 14,000 on each side, radio that President MaharnaneOusmane The French government detonated its NASA is riding on yesterday's tech- START II was signed by Presidents had been stripped of his powers and was sixth underground nuclear test bomb in nology. The shuttle was designed in the George Bush and Boris Yeltsin in Janu- under house arrest. Mainassara declared the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, 1960s and 19705 and it may be another 20 ary 1993 in Moscow, Itholds each side to a state of emergency and said the consti- The bomb, which French officials said years before NASA trades in the fleet for between 3,000 and 3,500 warheads, elimi- tution had. been suspended, the govern- was equivalent to less than 129 kilotons a new generation of reusable rockets. nates land-based multiple warhead rnis- - ment and parliament dissolved, and po- of conventional explosives, was the last But because of growing concern about siles,al'\d puts limits on submarine-based litical parties banned. He added that a in a series of six planned detonations in the reliability of the shuttle's aging equip- missiles. temporary national council, the National French Polynesia, Saturday's explosion ment, NASA is exploring new alterna- Ratjfication of the treaty by the US - Salvation Committee, had been set up to in the Fangataufa Atoll was the largest of senate leaves the fate of START II to the control the government. tives to the shuttle. In the next three the series. years, NASA plans to spend nearly one Duma, the Russian Parliament, which The army chief referred to himself as According to the French Defense Min- billion dollars helping private industry has taken an anti-US turn in the wake of the new head of state and said that the istry, the prime objective of the tests was build an experimental rocket which recent elections. - Niger Prime Minister had also been ar- "to guarantee the security and viablity" would pave the way for the next genera. On Friday, President Clinton called rested. Mainassara said that personal of France's nuclear arsenal. The gtl!i"rn- tion of manned reusable launch vehicles Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who tried political ambitions had sabotaged multi- ment also maintains that the tests will (RLVs), that could reach low earth orbit to reassure the US th'at hard-liners won't party democracy in Niger and that the allow for the development o~sunulation torpedo the treaty. January, 30. 1996 Page 7 OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Thiokol expressed concern that the O-rings on the serious flaw. Pre-launch documents conclusively show The Challenger tragedy Challenger may not be capable of Withstanding certain that no less than SlX other critical errors, anyone of climatic conditions, as lower temperatures may cause which would have provided cause to stop the launch the seals to take a longer time to 'seat.' However these for safety reasons, were deliberately waived so the leaves us a troubling early doubts were eventually reversed in a fax memo January 28 launch of STS 51-L could take place on from the company due to NASA applying pressure to schedule. These were as follows. question a decade later launch, This memo states that while Solid Rocket Motor O-Ring model 25 (used on Challenger) would on l)One failed ball bearing discovered during pump Last Sunday marked the passing of a decade since the average be 20 degrees colder than Solid Rocket Motor disassembly. fatal in-flight explosion of the space shuttle Cl1IJllenger. O-Ring model 15, have an erosion rate approximately 2)4,000 Hz high vibratiorwlevels emanating from en- Launched on the morning of January 28, 1986, the three times greater than that of Solid Rocket Motor 0- gine 2025. shuttle exploded at an altitude of 46,000 feet, slightly Ring model 15, and therefore leak more gas than Solid 3)Cracks fOW1din liquid oxygen inlet splitter vanes over one mmute alter takeoff. Unlike previous shuttle Rocket Motor O-Ring model 15, Examination of the on ground test engine 2116. accidents, the Challenger accident could have been pre- system which included the secondary O-Ring (also a 4)4,000 Hz high vibration levels emanating from en- vented based on knowledge possessed bytheorganiza- model 25) showed that this secondary seal would stop gine 2026. nons charged with requisitioning and building the all gases which were missed by the first seal. 5)Intermittentfiring of spark igniters was indicated vehicle, knowledge which in some cases predated the Unfortunately, these findings were strongly based during engine prelaunch checkout. incident by five years. upon previous research into the Titan joint seals, which 6)S~~t-metal panel which was part of the housing of The events which led to the incident were interdepen- were mistakenly assumed to be similar enough to Solid a turbine came loose and was found lodged against dently connected,. and shortcomings in procedure and Rocket Motor a-Ring model 25 so that the Titan's flight turbine nozzle. organizational attitude allowed several problems to be history could be used to establish confidence in Solid overlooked. The study of these events is a cautionary Rocket Motor a-Ring model 25. The added cost of more . Also documented is the fact that a gantry.arm banged example of how weakly structured organizations may thorough testing ?f the Solid Rocket Motor O-Ring mto an external fuel tank a few days prior to the launch, wreak havoc if allowed to stagnate. model 25, along WIth the extreme time pressure which a previous aborted launch which required the crew to Th:e President's commission into.the Challenger trag- was put on every part of NASA and Morton Thiokol, be evacuated was imperiled due a stripped bolt on the edy determined that the explo- escape hatch, when a drill was re- sionofSTS51-L was caused by a trieved to bore out tl)e bolt, it turned seal breach in the aft wall of the out to have dead batteries, and a sus- right solid rocket booster, which piciously low temperature reading in was close to the outer wall of the the right solid rocket booster before central extemalfueltank, which the January 28 launch was Simply abutted a large amount of liquid Ignored. hydrogen. . In addition to the push from th~ top The breach was caused by low to increase the number of shuttle temperatures and wind shear, flights, NASA had been so successful which combined toerode the seal that the fact that the space shuttle was at the aft end of the right solid still under research was forgotten, rocket booster. As the gas vio- and the shuttle project came to be lently escaped, the heat and regarded by NASA. to be as wen es- flames generated compromised tabhshed te<::hno\o,&ic.a\\'fas ccrrcccer- da\ a\.~\anet'>."Due\0\'0.\.&,\he &hu\\\e a seam in the central external fuel tank wall. The heat and projectwasnotgiven theintensescru- tiny it merited as a research project. flame caused the bottom of the Thisnon-research attitude manifested central external fuel tank to col- itself most strongly in the decision to lapse, which released the previ- allow non-astronauts tojoin the Chal- ously contained pressurized liq- lenger crew. uid hydrogen with approxi- ( / In the wake of the tragedy, a mas- mately 2,800,000 pounds of force. sive effort to restructure NASA in This propelled the hydrogen tank order to prevent the repetition of such an unnecessary forward into the area within the central external fuel were probably factors in the decision to forego more scientifically based testing. Even more troubling, the loss of life and resources was undertaken. Eighty-two tank between the hydrogen tank and the oxygen tank new directives were implemented over a long term (in the upper portion of the central external fuel tank). Titan joint seal tests were conducted ai a cold gas temperature of 30 degrees Fahrenheit, while the tem- period, which included the formation of system design Simultaneously, the escaping gas also snapped the aft review committees which would oversee sub testing right solid rocket booster attachment strut, allowing the perature of the Challenger'« aft right solid rocket booster was measured at around 18 degrees Fahrenheit prior to teams who would form to ensure the safety of each bottom part of the right solid rocket booster to swing flight on January 28, 1986. In addition, none of the tests rocket component, the strengthening of communica- away from its mooring, forcing the top of the booster accounted for the effect of wind shear upon the D-rings, tion and quality control in the organization, the re- through the upper wall of the central external fuel tank, which was a factor in the explosion. establishing of a head safety officer who would oversee which abutted the oxygen tank. As the hydrogen tank The source of this carelessness is traceable to an 1982 both the system design review and the committees who entered the intertank area and possibly penetrated the decision by NASA administrators to accelerate the space would be responsible for the solid rocket booster, a bottom of the oxygen tank within the external central shuttle launch schedule. An early plan was so bold so strengthening of program management, the reinstitution fuel tank, sparks were produced, and this environment as to call for one launch a week, but faced with a lack of of the position of director of the shuttle program, the of sparks, combined with the almost immediate mixing resources and the complexity of the process, this ambi- revitalization of the office of the space flight manage- of liquid hydrogen and oxygen due to the solid rocket tious plan had to be scaled back. ment council, the total redesigning of the aft seal which booster penetrating the central external fuel tank, pro- In 1985 NASA published a projection which called failed with a capture feature and additional O-ring to duced a huge fire. Unable to handle the severe aerody- for an armual rate of241lights by 1990. In establishing red !-Icejoint defection and improve sealing quality, and namic loads, the shuttle broke into pieces within frac- this schedule NASA failed to ensure that in the haste to an easing of the flight rate, which would start at below tions of a second. During this crucial period of flight get a vehicle off the ground twice a month an acceptable ten, and gradually work it's way up to 16 as the years when the solid rocket boosters were firing, there was no level of safety would be maintained. As a result, man- passed and the new parts of NASA improved their way to safely separate the shuttle from the boosters and agement put the greatest emphasis upon 'production' functions. fuel tank, and therefore no way the tragedy could have workers (engineers, managers and operators) rather So, in hindsight, NASA solved the problems which been averted once the decision to proceed with the than upon Safety, Reliability, and Quality Assurance more than a decade of laxity created. However, the launch had been made. . . employees. By the time rof Challenger, the SR&QA troubling question remains: why did seven people have The failure was initiated by the destruction of the program had less people, less of a voice, and less of an to die before these issues were effectively addressed? primary and secondary seals which were intended to impact upon NASA than they did during the Apollo prevent gases from escaping the solid rocket booster. mission. An allitude which favored production over Sources: These seals, known as a-rings, have quite a history of safety inspection caused the institution to .give less l)"NASA's Response to the Committee's investiga- trouble in the anmifs-of NASA: . _.;;tatus to safety personnel. A space shuttle panel which tion of the "Challenger" Accident", Hearing Before the was formed in 1974 was actually disbanded by NASA Committee on Science, Space and Technology, U.S. November 1981: In-flight a-Ring erosion fOW1don a in 1981 for this reason. In 1983, level 3 safety personnel House of Representatives, Feb. 26, 1987. shuttle. were no longer required to report to level 2 safety 2)"Space Shuttle Accident", Hearing Before the Sub- December 1981: a-Rings placed on critical items list personnel about flight safety problems, flight schedule committee on Science, Technology and Space of the along with several hundred other malfunctioning parts, problems, or problem trends. Incredibly, the ethic of Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transporta- intended to list the most error-prone of the components increased output allowed NASA managers to convince tion, U.S. Senate, Feb. 18, JW1.10, Jun. 17, 1986. used by NASA, and NASA's production company, themselves that no compromise of safety would be Morton Thiokol. caused by these changes. Rudolf Radna '98 April 1985: In-flight partial destruction of an O-Ring. The O-ring blunder was not the Challengers only Three years before th~January 1986 launch, Morton • • January 30. /996 -Page 8 OPINIONS/EDITORIALS THE COLLEGE VOICE Schmoozing's predictions for 1996 Following what you s %t" MkbdIe RooayM What does $27.000 buy you at Con College? Well, one thing you get is . OYer theyean; w~have had several inod Acting Publ>sber/ excessively long breaks. ow we know the college wants to save on on our campus. TheJs&ue of how toll _ t$'was Co-edit.or lD auer heating costs, but Moses would have tho~ght our break was too long- However, winter break is not totally devoid of worth. On~good thing always up for debata Questj~ a~.as towe. _: notwe A~rTodd about break is that you get to see the multitude of compelling year-end should respond,ifinteSpondi.n8wewer~g-artiSs~fit Managing E , , January. 30. 1996 Page 9 OPINIONS/EDITORIALS area. cism) and anthropology increasingly historical (Fabian). ~ong the many opportunities for encouraging teaching interest of your immediate safety con- The fastest growing, most vital areas in the curriculum are - and thinking across disciplines, one strikes me as particularly cerns. Remember this. All of us involved all interdisciplinary or even post-disciplinary, with theory feasible and relatively inexpensive: multidisciplinary team- in this process have our own families in serving as their medium of exchange and common ground. teaching. In a team-taught course across disciplines, no de- this community. This plan cares for my These areas include Women's Studies (19808- ) and the new own family as well as for you. In an actual - partment loses a course since the same Course is cross-listed. hybrid of humanities ans social sciences known as cultural emergency, my family will be safe be- While the college as a whole techflically loses one course, it studies (199Os)which leaves our antiquated "divisional" struc- usually loses something with an enrollment of five or seven 'cause of this plan, and you will be safe ture in the dust. And according to an article in the New York also. students and gains a far more interesting course with a healthy Times (October 29, 1995), Environmental Studies has recently enrollment of 15 to 30 (and thus a lot more class discussion and emerged as an enormously appealing, interdisciplinary major Reid B. B..l'rdick, Director active learning). At a time when everyone pays at least lip combining humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Here, at New London Civil Preparedness service to "interdisciplinary" education. the willingness of least, is one area of the new interdisciplinary curriculum departments to make their majors interdisciplinary by devel- where conn is leading rather than following (in contrast to its oping team-taught courses within the major offers a crucial dismal record in Women's Studies). THE EARTH test. Itis often said that the campus is lacking in a broad intellec- For the administration, full course credit should be given to HOUSECOWMN tuallife outside the classroom. While no single initiative can all professors who are team-teaching courses. Otherwise, transform our larger campus culture, Ibelieve the full-credit DIOXIN DANGERS team-taught course will remain a minor exception to the rule. funding of team-taught interdisciplinary courses by the ad- by Brigitte O'Donoghue With full credit, such courses could emerge as powerful mod- ministration and the rewriting of major requirements by de- Variousartideshaverecentlyappeared els both within and outside individual departments. Like the partments to include such courses (and others entirely outside about dioxin and its associated dangers, ripples spreading out quietly from a stone tossed in a pond, the department) will greatly contribute to opening up broad yet public awareness iutilllow. Dioxin team-taught courses have larger consequences both for the debate and exchange between departments and outside classes. is taking its toll on the environment and curriculum and for .campus intellectual life as a whole. In- Someday, we may arrive-at a post-disciplinary world where a on people's health but different indus- spired by two colleagues either teaching or planning to teach class in one "discipline" would routinely assign primary and trles continue-to produce it in alarming team-taught courses, Marc Forster and 1are now talking about secondary-source texts written in other "disciplines" as part quantities. Action is still not being taken a course on the Renaissance city which will cover history, of its required reading and its research paper assignments and by the Environmental ProtectionAgency economics, music, religion, literature, theater, urban design, where no one would even notice they were crossing what (EPA), and with increasing budget cuts, architecture and visual representation. those old fossils in the twentieth century used to 'call "disci- bans on dioxin production may not oc- Fordepartments, full credit for the major (and minor) should plinary" boundaries. cur for years unless publicly supported. be given for all team-taught courses. There is still a wide- Dioxin, the third most deadly .toxic spread departmental culture confining the occasional team- substance known to humans, accumu- taught course to elective status outside the major. Some Robert Baldwin lates. in bodily tissues at sites nonmally _ smaller departments claim they cannot offer (regular) team- Chair, Art History Department used by hormones and enzymes to regu- taught courses because they would have to sacrifice the "es- late particular activities. When dioxin sential" courses required for the major. This thinking, in accumulates, this regulation is prevented, _ particular, suggests an inability to see how the major itself resulting in health problems. Too much could become interdisciplinary, could be transformed in ways dioxin m,ay ca~ cancer, male and fe- which opened it up to productive exchanges with other disci- Have' no fear Il]!lle reprodli.ct~e disorders, problems plines. The notion that our disciplines have stable, essential In your issue of December 12, reporter Morgan Hertzan had w\th'ill\'pQIDfet~AAdbirthdefec\S.lt questions and clearly defined boundaries which need protect- a front page article concerning student safety that was lacking .. \5(> .• • ~ •, ing is well established in many departments here. It remains in great amounts of facts and fuUof innuendo. His perspective the greatest single obstacle to making our education more would leave an uninformed student feeling unsafe and won- dering if the college was prepared for a radiological emer- coherent, broad, and interconnected. -- If ee At present, only a few departments give full credit in the gency. The subject matter is very important, and Mr. Hertzari 11~; . prol:11e.. AS, major for courses half or more taught by people outside that should 'have gathered more facts prior to publishing his fPrdin8,o ..li:Areport,Anlericans department. Among the more enlightened departments, the . article, but with that being the last issue before break, he !)avet!ither;~dted or almost reached English department gives its majors full credit for anew course rushed for a front page headline. He got the ink he wanted at . the level , January 30. 1996 neCollqev_ Page 10 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Will Everclear Sparkle and Fade? sounds, however, Everclear's The hardships of an interra- BY BRI1T WOLFF songs don't revolve around de- cial relationship is discussed in College Voice pression and death. a song on Sparkle and Fade. "Santa Monica," the first song "Heartspark Dollarsign" does a What band has a lead singer good job of tackling the touchy with short, platinum-blonde hair released from Everciear, is about a guy who picks-up and leaves a subject; the song remains as who cries out "I am synthetic," light-hearted as it and a video on MTV possibly can consid- where the members ering the subject. perform under the Everclear's audi- ocean? The answer is ence won't shed any not Hootie and the tears over Sparkle Blowfish; rather, and Fade; but they Everclear, a new band wiii get a few lyrics that has been receiv- from a chorus stuck ingagreatdealofpiay- Martha's Diary rocks in their heads that time on MTV. In fact, repeat over and over chances are tha t if again. you're a regular No major revela- viewer.ofMTV,you've Pool Hand Luke's tions about life will seen Everclear. be made after listen- and the boys._ Everclear . .has ing to this album, a BYJASON SALTER The thing that sets this group earned their spot on Associate Features Editor familiar trend when apart, however, was the array of the music charts. Their looking at the main- original .songs that displayed debut album, Sparkle stream/ alternative Dave Matthews Band; Phish, definite potential. Any group and Fade, proves that Courtesy of Capitol Records path that music has R.E.M. and some of today's big- can play old favorites, but the they know how to de- gest bands all started by playing test of a group is.their own ma- liver to a wide-range of audi- relationship. He runs away to taken. Everc1ear may be another one small venues. Will Martha's Di- terial. The crowd at Pool Hand's ences. The sound they produce thewest coast where he struggles of the MTV proteges that is ary be th~ next band to blast is evidence that the students and doesn't fit into anyone particu- with a never-ending search for headed for the dump after the over the airwaves? If their· show members of the New London lar category; rather, it's simply peace from his prior relation- at Pool Hand Luke's was any. community have taken to the an aiternative sound that sells ship: "J am stiii living with your sell-out of their album Sparkle and Fade. The album's title is indication, their name could be- - sound of Martha's Diary. big! Consumers are yearning for ghost. ..Loneiy and dreaming of coree well-known very soon. Catchy guitar riffs coupled something new, and Everclear the West Coast." almost ironic when looking at \\\e ,,?ac.¥.edbat l:oc.'keo. \0 a num- w1.\:n a stron'6 beat and decent delivers iH "Heroin Girl" is frequently o,theralternative bands that have ber oi dassic rock Iavorues and lyrics make Martha's Diary's Everclear has a Nirvana-like played over the radio airwaves. made it big and ultimately fade promising originals, all per- new music something that sound; it is undeniable and an This fast-beat tune's popularity out of the mainstream. formed by an up-and-coming people can turn to if they are apparent theme throughout the rests on its lyrics, fast guitars, Only time will tell if Everciear Connecticut College band. sick of Hootie Hootie Hootie. duration of Sparkle and Fade. and a crafty performance by" is to live up to its debut album's Thursday night, the TNE was Martha's Diary packed Pool Unlike typical Nirvana-like vocalist Alexakis. title. . unofficially moved into the New Hand's the last time they p iayed London bar, Pooi Hand Luke's. and draw an impressive turn------The popuiar college hang out out at shows on campus. was literally packed wall to wall "We love playing at Pooi with people, both young and Hand's because it is a nice inti- . old rocking to songs like "Flat mate setting where we can eas- STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY Out", "Separation" and "Drink ily gauge a crowd's reaction to You Under the Table," all origi- our material," said guitarist Nick nal songs written by the band. Stem. "Since the heart of our Donning Pippi Longstocking music is our originals, it's nice to pig tails, lead singer Chris Grif- have a place like Pooi Hand's to / fin sang to Nick Stern's and Will try out new songs in front of our THf SlUfDISH PDOGDRM Oehler's howling guitar play- friends." Stern is the only fresh- ing, Chris North's bass, and man in the band. Study abroad in Stockhohn, Scandinavian literature, Landon "Lanny" Tracey's drum- Martha's Diary will continue S'wcclcrr vvith The Svvedish European history, public mingo Even a 1emple vs. Duke to play M.O.B.R.O.C. shows on Program at Stockholm policy, politics, social basketball game airing in the campus, and will be playing at background wasn't enough to Pool Hand Luke's again on Feb- University .• Instruc- psychology, the . draw the attention of the Crowd ruary 15. The group aiso plans tion is in English. revolution in Eastern from popular cover songs such to piay in New York City over • Course offerings as "Rocking in the Free Worid," the first weekend of spring Europe, economics, written by Neil Young and sung break, and they hope to piay at are diverse, for film. • Live vvith by Nick Stern, and "Paint it Floralia in May. Black" by the Rolling Stones. .example: vvomen and a Swedish family or The group consists of fiveCon- SPR!NG BREAK 1996 equality, environmental in a university dormitory. necticut College students each policy, international •• Program excursions with the musical talents to give TRAVEL FREE!! the group an innovative sound Ja!1lQica,Cancun, relations, vvithin Svveden. that will be sure to attract the Bahamas. likes of all. 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It could be M 0 v , E S BYMiQfAEL ADELSON ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Professor of Music heard everywhere; in houses, apart- ments, and shops. One literally could Are you familiar with what is going not escape it. My father, a psychiatrist on in Birmingham, Michigan? This who has an office in Birmingham, no past December, a war erupted there. It longer had a quiet environment in Mr. Holland's Opus: was a war that enraged many of the which to see patients. The music could residents of this Detroit suburb; itwas even be heard through the walls of the a war over Christmas music. public library. There is nothirig wrong . For years, Birmingham has had a . with hearing music, but it should be tradition of playing Christmas music optional. A tribute to teachers over loudspeakers hung on trees And there is a third issue which, to throughout the city. It is thought by my knowledge:' nobody has raised. I many to lend a festive air to the holi- was thinking about these incidents, and days. The music can be heard all day a "devil's advocate" type question.oc- and into the evening, everyday, all curred to me: If the government should everywhere overBirmingham'sbusinessandshop- not spend tax dollars on broadcasts of ping district. The program is spon- this type, why should they support, • a page." sored by the Principal Shopping Dis- say, a symphony orchestra that plays DAMON KRIEGER Mr. Holland's Opus is something akin trict, a government body funded by a "religious" music such as Bach's Mass A&E Editor to a series of vignettes, each profiling Mr. tax on businesses/they own the com- in B minor? What is the difference? Holland's relationship with one student pact discs and the sound equipment. Where should we draw the line? Once you lose the opportunity to cre- or another. All the while, Mr. Holland's Until now, everything had fun This is neither a trivial nor a silly ate, you lose the ability to think. Mr. personal life is pushed into..the shadows smoothly: . question. On the contrary; in today's Holland's Opus a Walt Disney /Touch- of what seems to be his first priority: This past holiday season, however, political climate, at least two powerful stone/Hollywood Pictures release.sends teaching. Even the great symphony that many people were upset at the inclu- groups want to control that line. The a message to its audience that the cre- ,he began teaching specifically to finance sion of songs that specifically referred Religious Right wants it to be drawn on ative potential within every human must goes Virtually ignored. to Jesus Christ: They cited the U. S. the side of government sponsorship of be tapped and brought to fruition; after 'The integration of stock footage into Constitutional provision for the sepa- Christianity; Birmingham provides a all, "creativity" is what separates us from the film is a bit distracting, but it does set ration of church and state. "'A decision clear warning about where that leads. the other creatures of the world. the time frame well. It also caters to audi- was made to eliminate these songs The politically correct prefer a line Glenn Holland (Richard Dreyfus) is a ence members of all ages because they and replace them with instrumental whichwouldpreventgovernmeIJtsup- high school music teacher. He entered . have three decades of school in which to versions of the same music. Once be- port for anything which might offend the teaching profession with the idea find their place and relive past memo- fore, Birmingham had been sued by anyone. that he would leave it in a couple of years ries. the American Civil Liberties Union If taken to an extreme, it is clear that to pursue his true passion: composing. Mr. Holland's Opus shows the aging when it had set up a Christmas creche government funding for the arts would - His loving and supportive wife, Iris process of Glenn Holland extremelywell. on public property, so it was clear that be unacceptable to these people; since (Glenne Headly), however, becomes The choice of Richard Dreyfus to'play the this was a serious matter. not everybody relates to Bach's ultra- pregnant, and Mr. Holland is forced to leading part allowed the makeup artists So far, so reasonable; but then the Protestant music, tax dollars shouldn't - continue teaching so that he can provide to work in "reverse"; Instead of making unexpected happened. A firestorm of be used to support it. This may ~em' for his family. . Dreyfus older, as is typical in Hollywood, complaints began- abacklashagainst unlikely, but remember the they were forced to make him look the protesters. City officials suddenly Mapp\ethorpe pnotogTa-pns and. the The film follows the life of Mr. Holland found themselves at the center of a National Endowment for the Arts? 1f it for 30 years, from 1965 to the present. younger. Their efforts produced an ag- ing sequence that appeared incredibly whirlwind of controversy. Furiouslet- can happen to him, it is logically pos- During that time, Glenn Holland under- ters were written and angry phone siblethatitcouldhappentoBach.Asan realistic. goes a startling transformation. Hecomes calls were made. It seems that many artist and citizen, I find it frightening. This film has something in it for every- to the realization that teaching is much residents were enraged that the city (It is also interesting to note that this one; we have all, at one time or another, more than a simple occupation; it is the was,asonesoeloquentlyputit, "elirni- polarization has produced an unlikely had a teacher who went beyond his or opportunity to fill young minds with nating Christ from Christmas." An- cooperation between the two factions her job description to be a true mentor. beautiful and captivating sounds and otherresidentwentso far as to say that with regard to some issues, such as Teachers inspire us and help us to grow. images. "Mr. Holland's Opus" is a tribute to all "anti-Christ Jews" were behind the pornography.) So, when Glenn's initial efforts to teach protest.Afamiliardarkspectreseemed Where should the line be drawn? It those teachers who have affected so many music "by the book" fail, he resorts to to be raising its ugly head again. The should be drawn caref",lly between people, and yet have not been given the more radical teaching methods such as controversy is still going on. cu1turalstudyandreliglOusntuaI.G~v- recognition that they deserve. introducing rock music into the class- What should one- think about all ernment should support opporturuttes room. Mr. Holland attempts to teach his this? What is happening in Birming- to study and appreciate art and culture. students that" playing music is supposed ham is of interest to all American citi- It should not sponsor worship. For ex- to be fun - it's about heart...not notes on zens, and it is not a simple problem. ample, it is inappropriate for schools to It seems to me that there are three require that students say prayers, but It issues here. First and foremost is the is entirely appropriate to study those fact that the protesters are right - no prayers as items of culture. The prayer government agency has any business is spoken in. both instan~es, but the usiflgtaxdolla,rstobroadcastreligious purpose and I~tentare quite different. music. That issue is clear. The expo- There ISa similar difference between a sure of a deep vein of religious hatred religious service and a performance of in Birmingham is painful, but will Bach's Mass, although the same words perhaps be beneficial in the end. At may be intoned. .• Alex B·isllOp. least now the sentiments are out in the Birmingham shows us one kind of open where they can be seen for what threat. Its "flip side," jeopardiZing our Killed bv a dl1lnh dli\'CJ" they are. opportunities to appreciate. the full on Novemba 8,1992, This issue has been SO emotionally rangeofworldartandcuiture,lsequally on Kent -Kangley Road charged that a second issue has largely dangerous. As citizens, we should be in Kent, Wasl1ington. been ign~ the music, religious-or aware of both. \ Boaling vacalion. Sanju,m Island. 1992 " A weekly column devoted to the informed appreciation of music with Michael Adelson, Ifyou don't stop your friend from driving drunk, who will? Do whatever it takes. Professor of Music and Damon Krieger, A&E Editor January 30, 1996 February 3 TbwsdilY februaxy 1 SaturdjlY. Februaxy 10 • Tes1a Avalon, Boston, MA. "TI", Unanswered Question" Art Department Bus Trip to NY City • Goo Goo Dolls, Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford, CT. leaves Cummings Arts Center Six Talks at Haroard Ity L. Bernstein • BUSH, Meadows, Music Theatre, Hartford. CT. Connecticut College, Oliva Hall purchase from Art Dept. secretary 7 pm (GoE Event) Febnw:y8 • Max Creek, Paradise Club, Boston, MA. • Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fleetcenter, Boston, MA. • Silverchair, FleetCenter, Boston, MA. Friday. februaxy 2 Sunday februaQ'l1 The Qramber Music Society of Lincoln Third Annual Young Artists' Concert february 9 ' Center in concert USCGA, Leamy Hall • Lenny Kravitz, Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA. Connecticut College, Palmer Audit. 7:30 pm ~ FREE 'pm CAe",,"R" ~ february 10 .' • The Four Tops, Foxwoods Casino, Ledyard.Cl'. februaull • Blur, Avalon, 'Boston, MA. , Will Roger» Follies -- "'0,~'"A""=~"'. • AJanis Morissette, Stj'lnd Garde Arts Center Connecticut College, Dana Hall New London, Connecticut 1 pm FREE 8 pm CALL 444-7373 Sunday. Februaxy 4 Sat. FebruUY 24 jlPd Sun. Feb 25 "Merry Pranks" Works Ity Strauss, "Fiddler on the Roof' Brahms, Copland, Coruiell, Koetsier USCGA Cadet Music Department Coast Gaurd Chamber Players - Leamy Hall , USCGA, Leamy Hall 8 pm on Saturday; 2 pm on Sunday 4pm FREE CALL 444-8472 "Lcuing the Home Things More: Please send requests to appear in American Impresstontsts ..." the A.&E W A.TCHDOG to: A slide Lecture by Doreen Bolger The College Voice, A&"E Editor Lyman Allyn Museum Box 4970 2pm 270 Mohegan Avenue New London, CT. 06320 violin concerto. This work 'was after became one of the best sell- semble joined in to prepare the DAMON KRIEGER written for virtuoso violin play- ing albums in the world; it even path for the entrance of the solo A & E EDITOR ers, and Ms. Naito's playing Sat- made the British Pop Charts as a soprano part, performed by urday evening showed that she result of its record-breaking sales. Constance ROck.Psychologically, . You don't have to travel all the does indeed fit into that auspi- Why did this piece of music , this piece has a mesmerizing ef- way to New York or Boston to cious ca tegory. Her technical. have such a wide-spread appeal? fect on the performers making it hear good music; in fact, you only prowness was evident in the way It is a question that is difficult to extremely difficult to remain fo- have to drive a few rniles down she played the challenging two answer. One explanation, how- cused on the task of performing; the road. The Eastern Connecti- cadenzas of the first movement. ever, may be that the meditative the ECSO, however, did a won- cut Symphony Orchestra, di- The expressive nature of her play- quality of this work compels derful job of maintaining the rected by Paul 'C. Phillips, is a ing was also remarkable, particu- people to look inward and reex- sound without losing the cohe- captivating and delightful musi- larly for someone of such a young amine their place in the universe. siveness that i,s critical to a good cal ensemble. In a performance age. This was notably evident in Its musical simplicity allows the performance. of Jean Sibelius' Concerto for Vio- the finale as Ms.Naito soared into listener to become more aware of The next performance by the lin and Orchestra in d minor, op. the high register of the' violin what is going on inside of their Eastern Connecticut Symphony 47 and Henryk Gorecki's Sym- above a darkly colored orchestra. head, rather than being forced to Orchestra will take place on phony No. 3 last Saturday Gorecki's Symphony No. 3,sub- pay close attention to every pitch March 23 at the Garde Arts Cen- evening, the ECSO masterfully titled Symphony of Sorrowful as it is played. ter in New London. Also ofinter- captured the expressive and tech- Songs, was as Dr. Phillips said, "a The performance of Gorecki's est, on Sunday, February 11 at 1 nical elements of both works. soul-searching piece of music." Symphony No. 3 by the ECSO p.m in Dana Hall, Connecticut Yuko Naito, the Eastern Con- The 3rd Symphony was recorded was indeed a 'fsoul-searching" College, the final rounds of the necticut Symphony Young Art- in 1992 by David Zinman and one. The cannon of the first move- 1996 ECSOYoung ArtistCompe- ist Competition Winner, was the Dawn Upshaw with the London mentclearly developed out ofj}le tition ~ take pl,ce. featured soloist in the Sibelius Symphony Orchestra and shortly lower strings until the entire :n- }OIIuary 30, 1996 Page 13 THE CAMEL PAGE Soap Updates MAMA'S BOVZ by JERRY CRAFT ALL MY CHILDREN: Dixie confronted Tad and Liz rately about the kiss, only to have each blame the oth f . a sepa- . L' t Id D' . . h kn er or insngar- tng It. 12a .0 imitri s e ew the truth abou t E' nca,Wh en Enid got into a srut about Trevorwanting to represent Michael against the school board, he showed her a photo of Tim beaten by homo hobic students. 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"Emotionally we are really BY ROBYN MANCUSO Sports Editor After a prolonged five-and-a- coming together as a team. I'm half-week break and only two really proud of how well the After a very demanding and practices since its return, the tearruls holding up, but I feel Photo by Ero" CoppolalPlwtogn>phy Editor rewarding first few months on team was expected to be in shape we've been set up for failure." The swimming team contines to swim well. the rink, the women's ice hockey for the first two games of the The team appears to have great team took an unwelcome respite second semester against MIT potential and are very dedicated, over the holidays. Having and Augsburg. Not surpris- regard less of the number of wins planned to return to school for ingly, team members found the and losses. training on January 14for aJanu- transition to be extremely chal- Presently the members are Conn's Swimming ary 20 game, the team was de- lenging. concentrating on taking utmost nied use of the rink. "It was The score was 5-7 against MIT advantage of the remainder of really very unfair," said captain followed by an unfortunate 0-14 the season so that they will be Sakina King. We're a club var- loss to Augsburg, a team ranked prepared for the shift to next members continue sity sport and if they expect us to nationally and honored first in year's varsity status. Saturday, compete at a winning level, be- women's varsity in Minnesota February3will be the next game I ing granted accomodations alone. against UMaine. Eastern Conference to break records Northeast Divi sion GP WL T GA PTS Pittsburgh 48 31 14' 3 162 65 their performance. IIWe've ac- Montreal 48 23 • '19 BY ROBYN MANCUSO 6 147 ~2 . Sports Editor tually been swimming better Boston 45 20 19 6 167 46 overall as the season has pro- Hartford 48 18 24, 6 148 42 The swimming team spent a gressed," she said. Buffalo 47 19 25 3 154 41 I Ottawa 47 8 37 2 190 18 pleasant week and a half in West Once again freshman Mariko Wilcox broke another two school. Palm Beach over break with Atlantic Division training, of course, being its pri- records in the 200 1M and the N.Y. Rangers 50 30 11 9 187 138 69 ority. After returning to Conn 1000freestyle. Furthercongratu- Florida 48 30 13 5 172 130 65 on the January 10, the team suf- lations on a great performance Philadelphia 48 24 13 11 167 126 59 fered a few losses against schools to Mike D'Amour against Coast Washington 47 22 20 5 129 120 49 7 139 157 47 N such as Clark, Mount Holyoke, Guard and April Tubbs in the New Jersey 48 21 22· 139 157 47 200 backstroke at Brandeis. The Tampa Bay 4.7 20 20 7 Coast Guard Academy,. and N.Y. ISlanders 4.7 1.2 2.7 1.33 179 32 Brandeis. Although times have nextmeetwill takeplaceatConn " gone down, captain Allison at 6:00 pm on Wednesday WestemConference Haight does not feel that the against Wesleyan. Central Division H 104 72 scores are direct indications for Detroit 47 34 9 4 177 Chicago 51' 25 15 11 172 141 61 Toronto 48 22 17 9 149 139 53 . St. LOuis 47 20 19 8 127 130 48 "Winnipeg 48 20 24 4 170 178 44 L Dallas 47 14 23 10 131 164 38 Pacific Division Colorado 49 26 14 9 189 138 61 Vancouver 48 17 19 12 176-- 164 46 45 Los Angeles 50 17 22 11 167 173 Calgary 49 17 23 9 144 155 43 42 Edmonton 48 18 24 6 133 . 183 Anaheim 49 17 27 5 '139 166 39 24 San Jose 49 10 35 4 145 221 Eastern Conference Atlantic Division w L PCT, GB Streak Lost Orlando 30 12 .714 2 Plwto by Evan Coppola/PJwtography Editor New York 'Jh 15 •. 634 3':5 Won 2 .500 9 Won 2 - Women's indoor track continues to be enthusiastic about season. Washington 21 21 Miami 19, 23 .452 11 Won 1 New Jersey 17 25' .405 13 Lost 1 .366 14$ Lost 4 Track team prepares for Boston 15 ze Philadelphia 7 34 .171 225 Lo519 .. Central Division Chicago 37 3 .925 Won 14 Won 6 crucial spring season indiana 28 14 .667 10 Won Atlanta 24 '17 585 135 10 Lost 1 Cleveland 22 19 .537 155 N· Already 11womenhavequali- 21 19 525 16 Los. 1 BYROBYN MANCUSO fied for the New England cham- Detroit Sports Editor Charlotte 20 21 .488 175 Won 1 pionships and one team mem- Milwaukee 15 25 .375 22 Lost 3 Thewomen's indoor track and ber, Allison McGregor, has bro- Toronto 12 30 .286 'Jh Lost 2 ken a school record for shotput, field team has definitely gath- . WntemCooference B throwing an amazing 39' 3/4". r ered strength this winter season Midwest Division and has competed in four meets There are two more meets be- San Antonio TI 13 .675 Won 1 Won 1 so far. On Saturday the team fore the champioships andcon- Houston 29 15 .659 TI 14 .659 05 Wonl competed in the New England fidence is running high. Utah Denver 17. 25 .405 11 Won 1 The men's team has only par- Los. 2 Challenge Cup aa~oast Guard, DaJlas 13 TI .325 14 A ticipated in one meetso far, but 11 29 .Tl5 16 Los. 3 .. placing fifth out of nine with 76 Minnesota Los. 1 pOints. Bowdoin won with 158. according to captaIn Matt Vancouver 10 32 .238 18 Although the main emphasis Santos, the team is in great shape Pacific Division . and has significantly increased Won 4 is .on the spring season, coach Seattle 30 11 .732 Ned Bishop is very enthusiastic in number this year. Unfortu- Sacramento 22 16 579 65 Lost 3 Won 3 about the winter season thus far. nately, scores are not in yet from LALak ers 24 18 571 65 95 Won 1 Saturday's meet against Coast Portland 21 21 .soo "We have more people on the 17 22 .436 12 Won 2 Guard Academy, but team mem- Phoenix team than we've ever had, " he Golden State 18 24 .429 12.5 Lost 1 said. "So hopefully this season bers feel optimistic about the La Clippers 16 25 .390 14 Lost 1 will really prepare .us. Jor the results. crucialmeetsdurJtgthespring." January 30, 1996 Page 16 SPORTS The Camels are 1/ en uego" tated Shestok on a shot after the Friday's game was. This past weekend, the team with strong team play and ex- rust! St Anselms got a pen- The latest New England 1J£REK CRUMP traordinary individual perfor- showed the crowd at Dayton wI ed'th' th TheCam rankings had the Camels at Arena that they are for real. Fri- a tyan enano er. - . AND mances. Jerry Rinn was named li t the end of'the eighth in New England and ns- day night, Conn came from be- eIs saw a ght a Th C I.. db CHRIs CAPONE ESCAC player of the week 'th 5-3 advantage ing. e arne s are inspire y The College Coia hind and defea ted St. Ansehns tunne.la,1 W k cla: over break after scoring six goals David Getschow scored on a re- their winning strea c aunmg in two games, Rinn's perfor- 5-4 then crushed a pathetic New It is time to believe. The Cam- bound with 3:22 left. Then still that wuuung IS like a disease. England College, 7-3. els are playing hockey, they are mance enabled the pucksters to 'eKeough This weekend the Camels travel Friday night was perhaps the onth epowerpI ay, Jarru .' . wining, and it is fun. When the knock off North Adams State biggest win of the past four sea- netted a slap shot with 2:35 left. to rivals Trmlty. and Wesleya,n first semester was over, the Cam- and Amherst, 7-3 and 5-3. rti d Conn capitalizes. for two more big games. This Todd Shestok, the senior net- sons because of the manner in Ov e ime jill I . hi els were an average and unex- Mike Burkons' slap shot at the Came team IS somet mg sp,; minder, also has been playing which the team did it. After ciling 4-3-1. Well, sports fans, 1'03 mark of overtime sent St. cial and plan to continue their nothing short of unbelievable. trailing 3-0 in the second period, the team isnow an awesome 11- Anselm'S packing. winning ways, When asked Shestok was named the Bauer / the Camels rallied and cut the 3-1. They have not lost since the On Saturday afternoon, the abouttheplay- of our confidence, II said captain schedule including Albertus Dana Curran. Magnus, Suffolk, Coast Guard The team won its next game Academy and Endicott. "We're against Mount Holyoke, which doing really well this season," did not prove to be a difficult said captain Tom Sampogna. task. After another loss to "We've adjusted well as a team Amherst, the team made it to the and I think it'll be even better second round in the Tyler invi- now that we have a full team." tational Tournament. The Cam- The team lost to Trinity Satur- elsbeatNoiihAddamsStatebut day night but still boasts a 10-5 lost to Smith in overtime. Smith record. The next game takes is continued to steal the champi- scheduled for 7:30 pm Tuesday, onship altogether for the first January 30 at Wheaton. Athletes of the Week This week's athlete of the week is awarded to two members of the men's ice hockey team, Todd Shestok was named Bauer jECAC East Player of the Week and co-player of the Week in NESCAC and Mike Burkons made the game-winning goal in Saturday'S game against New England College, C~g~atulations to the men's ice hockey team for its nine-game winning streak!