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Volume LXXIX,Number 1 DavidsonCollege,Davidson,NorthCarolina 28036 Friday,March 11.1988 Predicting Super Tuesday results Professors Haskell, Kazee miss Bush landslide, correctly judgeDemocratic race By TOBY TRUOG percentof thetotalnumber. Dolereceived SuperTuesdayprimaryprojections were approximatelyeightpercentandRobertson discussed by Davidson political science and Kemp each received less than one professorsJohnHaskellandTomKazcein percent apaneldiscussionMondaynightinthe900 DiscussingtheRepublican frontrunners, Room. Kazee noted that "Dole is the candidate Kazee and Haskell correctly predicted without the organization and Bush is the that no Democratic candidate would re- organization without thecandidate." ceive a greatmajority of delegates,citing The candidates' positions on domestic that Massachusetts governor Michael and foreign policy are indiscernible, he Dukakis, Tennessee senator Albert Gore continued. Personality, leadership, and and Missouri representative Richard other "indefinable" terms willbethechar- i, Gephardt are very close in the polls and acteristics considered by the American w£l1 El S have suchavaried appeal. public. "JesseJacksonwilldowellinmanystates Dole's monetary instability, his organ- as a result of the white vote being split izational problems and his "mean streak" between Dukakis, Gephardt and Gore," are seen ashismajorproblemsby Kazceas speculatedHaskell.Outofthesefourcandi- well as many others. Bush, on the other dates, Haskell and Kazee predicted that hand,is very well-financed andorganized Dukakis wouldlead. and possessesvitalpolitical experience. As it turned out, Gore, Dukakis and Robertsonand Kemp were dismissedby Jacksonreceived 340,337 and 322 dele- Kazee as interestingbut without much fu- gates,respectively. Gephardt fared disas- ture in the race. trously with only 120. Primaries were held in 20 states— 14 of Gephardtdidnotcampaignheavilyinthe themintheSouth.Democrats gained1,307 southernstates,andhasbeen concentrating delegates while Republican gained 803 with success in the mid-western states. delegates. Gore,accordingtoHaskellandKazee,took a risky stepbyconcentrating on theSouth Kazee, associate professor of political exclusively,but his victory proved its ef- science,ispresently on year-longsabbati- fectiveness. calin theU.S.Congressasapolicyanalyst Althoughaself-described conservative,junior AndyNilssonmanagedtosport thebandanna Bush's landslide victory was not pre- for theHouse Sub-committee onTelecom- of theSandinistaYouthgroupatitsheadquartersin Leon,Nicaragua.Nilsson and tenother students traveled throughout theregionwithReligionProfessorDavidKaylor andAssistant dicted.TheVicePresidentledtheRepubli- municationandFinance.Haskcllisavisit- Professorof PoliticalScienceBrian Shaw. See story,page 3. cans with 571 delegates, more than 50 inglecturer. Photo courtesyofKathy Womble Back from the USSR: Davidsonians findfunintheRussian sun forbreak Students takepride in evadingSoviet customs authorities ByMARGARET CARROLL Isaac'sCathedral,Pushkin(Cath- freely voiced opposition to the enoughmoney,onehas verylittle werefamiliar withWesternbrand During Spring Break nine erinetheGreat'ssummer palace), Soviet government.Estonia was choice in what he can buy. nameslike Land'sEnd, Reebok, Davidson students joined a tour and aschool in Tallinn. onceanindependentcountry,and Soviet youth asked freshman andLevi's. Although Knightmet groupfrom Charlotteonatenday Thegroup spent three days in its people are proud of their na- Kim Short whatshe described as blackmarket traders whoworried trip to the Soviet Union. They Moscow,threedaysinTallinnand tionalheritage. "typical"questionsabout theU.S. abouttheKGB,somemembers of visited Moscow,Leningrad, and three days in Leningrad. They Some of their questions con- the group ended up passing Tallin, the capital of Estonia. took twoovernight traintripsand SeniorBrookeKnight talked to cernedthehighcostofeducation, through customs with "illegal" Associate Professor of French flew through Helsinki on their one youth who wants tocome to thedrugproblem, the scarcity of souvenirsobtained through these Lauren Yoder accompanied the wayin to andoutof theUSSR. theUnitedStates. The first ques- jobsandthedistractionthatdorm sources such as Russian flags, studentson thetrip. tion thatheaskedKnightwas,"In lifepresentstostudentsintheU.S. military uniforms, a glasnost While in the USSR, the group Yoderdescribed thepeople as theU.S.canyoubuyanythingthat sweatshirt,andSovietposters,but visitedRedSquare,theHermitage "very open and friendly." He youwant?"HetoldKnight thatin Thegroupencountered athriv- nonereported serious troubles in Museum (The Winter Palace),St. talkedtoEstoniansinTallin who the USSR, even if someone has ing black market whose traders crossingthe border. . , -^-^ News: Features: Sports: I V^/ Davidson students travel to ActionJackson: Columnists have gone batty for SouthernConference withdrawal "TTT Appalachia to repair houses of asnooze-packeddisappointment. baseball. isdeemed abigmistake. **2 needy folks. Page 4 Pages 6-9 Page 11 L- Page 3 1 Friday,March11,1988 THE DAVIDSONIAN

News Shorts SpringAwareness Weekend Appalachia SummerInternshipProgram internship TheChaplain'sOfficeissponsoringaweekendworkretreattoinner-cityCharlotteon The Overseas Development Network is sponsoring an program with March 25, 26, and 27. Former Chaplain Charlie Summers began the Awareness service organizations in the Appalachian region. Interns work in health care shelters, WeekendProgram tomake studentawareoftheneedthatexistspoorurbanareasand programs, food, clothing and furniture distribution and environmental thedifferentserviceorganizations thatare meeting theseneeds.Students willwork organizations. Theapplication deadlineisMarch15, 1988. For moreinformation withtheUptownDay Shelter for thehomeless,Seigle AvenuePresbyterianChurch, and application material, send a self-addressed stamped (39 cents) envelope to: Habitat for Humanity, and other inner city ministries. Studentsmay sign up inthe ODN,P.O.Box 1430,Cambridge,MA,02238. Chaplain'soffice.For more information,contact acting Chaplain Brenda Tapia or TrippHelms. Davidson AwardedGrant for LaserLab DavidsonCollegehasreceiveda$50,000grant fortheW.M.KeckFoundationinLos " to equip research andteachinglaboratory forphysics T t A/f f Angeles help amodernlaser lniSteeS JYLCCt andchemistrystudents,PresidentsJohnW.KuykendallannouncedTuesday,March TheBoardof Trusteesmet on campusFebruary 25 and 26 for their annual winter 8. meeting. The grant will be applied toward the purchase of a $112,000 laser system, the They discussed: Davidson's investment policy regarding corporations which do centerpiece ofa$175,000laserlaboratory mat willopenupnew opportunities for businessinSouthAfrica;possible facultyreview of tenurecandidates;alliancewith researchby studentsand faculty. Additional funding has com from theNational an athletic conference;plansfor anupcoming fundraisingcampaign;andinstitution ScienceFoundation. ofanAIDSpolicy. in any policies issues,according Thediscussions did not result new on these to Job SearchPrOfiXaiTl' ' nOW inCareers Offi.CC Assistant tothePresidentNelleMcCorkle.TheTrusteesdoplan to"consider further ,-..-* -. discussion in the larger community" regarding South African investments, says The1987-88 editionof JOBSOURCE,acomputerized jobsearchprogram is now program paidinternships McCorkle availableforstudents in theCareersOffice.The lists and ThreenewtrusteesbegantheirbrmsofofHceatthismeeting:Francis(Buddy)Kemp professional employment opportunities available nationwide andinternationally. '63,FrankMurphy '69,andElizabethRandolph. Thejobsarelistedby fieldandbygeographic location.Studentsare encouragedto visit theCareersOffice andfry theprogram. v — :— ) Students repair homes inAppalachia over spring break

ByLUCIA KENDALL Thegoaloftheprogramistomakeshelter think this anger will drive me change butsenior citizensas wellas middle-aged SevenDavidson studentsparticipatedin "Warmer, Safer,andDryer"for thepeople something." business peopleandcollege studentshave the Appalachia Service Project in of Appalachia,an area plagued withpov- Davis said,"ASPreally contributes toa volunteered. Jonesville,Virginia during springbreak. ertyand illiteracy. sense of socialresponsibility and aware- Theproject operates twelve centers in Volunteers in the United Methodist Participants weredisturbedby theliving ness. It shakes you out of your compla- four states and a total of almost 5,000 Churchsponsoredprogrambuildandrepair conditions in theregion. Freshman Ellen cency. Youhave toreevaluate yourpriori- volunteers from across the country have homes in the rural Appalachian region. Ou says the experience made her more ties. It'sencouraging to do something--to repaired 360homes. Participantsaredividedinto workcrews of aware and made her feel "concern,hope, buildawall--andseethatthere'ssomething Theparticipantsviewed theprogramas a fourtosixpeopleandworkwithasupervis- and sorrow." Ican do that willmakeadifference." worthwhile alternative to normal spring ingcarpenteronvarious projects. Thegroup became friends with Gary, a ASPhasbeen trying to "dosomething" break activities.SophomoreWard Bradley Onework crew toredown andrebuilta localresident. Molly Graver,a freshman, for the people of Appalachia since its summeduphisexperience: "IfeellikeI've porch. Anothercrew rebuilt two wallsina said about Gary, "He shared his back- foundingin1969.Theprogramisprimarily grownalot more thanIwouldhave ifI'd home by putting in studs, reframing two ground withus.Thedifferencesinhislife orientedtoward highschool youthgroups, gone to thebeach." windows,insulating and puttingup sheet- andmineangeredme....Ithitmeonceagain rock. thatour worldis so unfair to itspeople.I Stopsubmittingto othersandstart submittingto InsideArt! Davidson's really,reallybold journey into the artistic unknown.

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ByKATHERINEPRICE In Democratic Super Tuesday contests, hasclose ties to themilitary. Violenceand clashesbetweenArabsandIsraelismount Headlining thenewsMarch 1-9: Senator Al Gore, whohadconcentratedhis instability are rampantinthetiny country,. InIsrael, Arabs terrorists hijacked a bus, Across theNation: VicePresidentGeorge campaign efforts on the South, gained a as thousands of protesters demand the leading to the shooting of three Israeli Bush won almost all of the Republican major victory withatotalof340delegates. removal of General Noriega,head of the civilians by Israeli police. Israel has wit- SuperTuesdaycontests, gainingmorethan Closebehindhim were GovernorMichael PanamaDefenseForces.Noriegahasbeen nessedriotingandprotestfrommembers of half of the 1,139 delegatesneeded to win Dukakis and the Rev.Jesse Jackson with charged by the U.S. for drug trafficking. thePalestinianLiberationOrganization in the Republican presidential nomination. respective wins of337and 322delegates, The U.S. continues to endorse Delvalle, theoccupied territories of the West Bank Senate Minority Leader Robert Dole, indicating aclosebattlefor theDemocratic who attempted to firethemilitary strong- and the Gaza Strip during the past few. Bush'schiefcompetitor,faredpoorly with nomination.RichardGephardthadadisas- man, Noriega. months. only eight percent, as did the Rev. Pat trousshowing,winningonlyhishomestate NATOleadersmetinBrusselslastweek, Ethnic protests erupted in the Soviet Robertson,in thirdplace withlessthanone of Missouri. Dukakis, Gore, and Jackson addressingAlliance security.Ofparticular Union,amongArmeniansandAzerbaijani- percent.Bush's victories and Dole's de- leadin thenumber ofdelegates wonamong concern to NATO members is the Soviet ans,resulting in the deaths of 31 people. feats make the upcoming Illinois contest Democratic contenders. advantage inconventional weapons.Also, Tensionsamongthemorethan100differ- crucial. If Dole fails to demonstrate his Around the World: PanamanianPresident the INF (Intermediate Nuclear Forces) entSovietnationalitiespresentachallenge support there,Bushcouldhavethenomina- Eric ArturoDelvalle was forced to resign treaty wasdiscussed. to Communist Party leader Gorbachev's tionlockedup. lastweekbytheNationalAssembly,which Unrest continuesin theMiddle Eastas "glasnost"campaign. Central American trip stresses region's politics andreligion

By SUSANPEARSALL members on the 14-day excur- meant tobe acontinuation of it, (especiallyreligious)to theirsuf- Nicaraguans want the contras to AssistantProfessor ofPolitical sion, which included study in helpingbothstudentsandprofes- fering. They were, according to "win,becausefew actuallybelieve ScienceBrianShawandProfessor Guatemala,Nicaragua andCosta sors apprehend the material cov- Kaylor,generallyexposedtoboth thata contra-established govern- ofReligionDavidKaylorrecently Rica. ered by "experiencing [the situ- sides of theissues. ment wouldbe democratic. They returned from a trip to Central The trip was, according to ation] forthemselves." Accord- Senior Caroline Craig's im- feel*he says,thatacontravictory America which supplemented Kaylor, an "intense experience, ing to Kaylor, thepurpose of the pressions of the three countries wouldputthem"rightbackin the their teachings about thereligion carefullyplanned," and meantfor tourofthetroubledregionwas"to placeGuatemalaat thebottom in same position." and politics of theregion. They seriousstudents;While it was not trytounderstandthepoliticalsitu- terms of human conditions. She Inaddition,hesays,mostofthe wereaccompaniedby a groupof restricted tothoseenrolledin the ation in Central America, espe- describesitashaving "anaura of Nicaraguans with whom they 11 students and two faculty theology course, the trip was cially inrelationtotheconflictin pervasive fear," as well as ex- spoke believe that the contras Nicaraguaand the peace efforts, tremepovertyand poornutrition. cannotsurvive without U.S. aid. the U.S. involvement, and the Nicaragua, on the other hand, According to senior Sarah relationship between thereligion appeared less hard pressed, al- Payne, the hardest thing to deal Famouslast words of the areaand thepolitical situ- thoughit has a terribleeconomy with for theconcerned student is fromfriendsto friends. ation." andotherhardshipsbroughtonby the apparent despair of the situ- Inorder to examineboth sides the war. Costa Rica, she claims, ation.No one seems to haveany of thepolitical issuesin the three resembledtheUnitedStatesmuch planthat wouldhelpease thesuf- -. i» <<«Ay&>ycM

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CharlotteFlix Action Jackson: a mere shadow of an action film Little violence, lotso' hooters ByBRUCEPLOURDE hulk isthereputationofdaysgone JustwhoisActionJackson?He by- isthe most fearedenforcerof the As such, the movie drags. For law inallofDetroit.Robocopjust what does one go to see in an doesn'tcompare.He'ssodanger- action picture? What does one ous they don'tallow him tocarry expect from Carl Weathers, the a gun. Nobody really knows athletically built star ofPredator wherehecamefrom.Somesayhe and theRockymovies? Certainly wasbuiltbyNASA tobe thefirst nottheMartinLutherKingfigure man to walk onthemoon without thathe plays here.Jackson exerts a space suit. Others say that his himself to the utmost to avoid mother wasrapedbyBigfoot,and trouble until the very endof the that Jacksonistheresult. A lean, film, when theaudiencereceives mean incarcerating machine, what it expects,a rather intense nobody tangles with, Action catharsis through violence, after Jacksonwithoutsomealterations whicheveryproblem worksoutto intheirperson. theadvantageofthehero.Hooray. Atleastthat'sthebigbuildupof Craig T.Nelson as the villain- notonly thepreviews andadver- ousPeterDellaplanehasthebetter tisements, but the first twenty of the two roles. He takes great minutesofthemovieaswell.Asit delight inhis lifeof totalcorrup- turnsout,theaudiencesoonfinds tionand abuseofpower.There- that Sergeant Jericho Jackson spectedbuilderoftheHalleyauto- (Carl Weathers) is the mere mobile, he lusts for the ultimate shadow of his former self. His powermadeavailableinacapital- action days disappeared with the loss ofhis rankas lieutenant. All SeeACTION,p.5 that remains of the desk-bound Cinema Classics Hepburn,Grantshinein Bringing Up Baby ByFRANKLORD punch lines for all the jokes. Charles Cdlton once said, Thereisnowaythatitcan helpbut "Imitation is the sincerest flat- bepredictable. However,Hawks, tery." Ifthatis true,thenalmost withhismasterfulhandlingofthe everyone who ever madea com- situations in the film, reaches a Soprano Carole Fitzpatrick singsWednesday,March 16, at8:15p.m.inHodsonHall(seebelow). edy must have wanted to flatter level of craftsmanship that none Photo courtesyofCaroleFitzpatrick HowardHawksingeneralandthis of his imitators even approach. filminparticular.Itsimitatorsrun Predictabilityisafactor,but nota the full gamut of the spectrum very important one. from TheFlintstones (thanks for Another,perhapsmore serious, Arts Bits the observation, Drew -Hender- problem comes notfrom thefilm son)toWho'sThatGirl? yes,that itself,but jadedeyes a " from the of TheDavidson CollegeConcertChoir willbe found withinGabriel'smusic. wasMadonna'slastfilm. Having 1980s audience watchinga1938 seen many of the imitations 1960s, performinginLoveAuditoriumonFriday,March Althoughmostofthechoreographyisdoneby as film. Duringthe itbecame as original, 11at8:15p.m. Duringspringbreak, theConcert Troupe members,BenandHelenBowman well the Ican safely possible tomake films on almost will say ' Choirperformed infourFloridacities,including bep&formingBluebirdPasdeDeux.fromActHI thatIpreferHawk s versionto any given subject. Censorship, anyof Jacksonville and Melbourne,as well as Char- ofSleepingBeauty.BenBowman dancesprofes- theothers. which had played an important plot film leston,SouthCarolina,andBelmont,NorthCaro- sionally withtheMissouriStateBalletandHelen The of the involves a roleinfilmhistoryuptothispoint, flaky paleontologist - lina.Theconceit willincludeselectionsbyTho- Bowman isthepresident oftheDavidsonDance played by begantobe less importantthan it Cary - masTallis,RalphVaughanWilliams,ClaudeDe- Troupe.Theperformance willfeaturefourgroup Grant whoistrying tofinish hadin thepreceding years. Con- putting bussy, Benjamin Britten, and Igor Stravinsky, dances,six solos,andis free. together the skeletonofa sequently, many individuals in- Frank S. Albinder directs the 41-voiceConceit Brontosaurus that he has been volved in the film industry working years, Choir. Admissionis free. .On Wednesday,March 16, soprano Carole on for four obtain thought that it might be nice to a million dollar Fitzpatrick from Austin, Texas and Davidson donation for his havealmostall comedies involve " museum, andgetmarried. TheDavidsonCollegeDanceTroupe will be pianist James Swisher arescheduledtopresenta Things sex and violence. Theresulting until runs across an performingacross-sectionofmoderndancejazz concert with music by Bach,Debussy,Copland are fine he films made their predecessors equally flaky - andballet onSaturday,March12inHodsonHall and Wolf. Fitzpatrick holds a bachelor's degree heiress playedby look very, verytame. KatharineHepburn-andherleop- at7:30p.m.PauletteKurani foundedtheDance from the University of Texas and two master's Therefore, ifit is sex and vio- ardnamedBaby. Troupein1983 for girls whowantedtocontinue degreesinmusic from YaleUniversity. has lence that your corruptlittleheart She up danceincollege.In1984the troupeevolvedinto perforrnedinmanyoperas.includingLaito/jeme, Theset isripe withopportu- craves you must look elsewhere, nities for and a service organization, performing for CROP, Eugene OneginandCarmen.Shehasalsosungin amusing situations butif whatyouwantis to spendan Hawksdoes not asingle AmnestyInternational,Women'sWeek in addi- musicals: she wasDollyinHelloDolly!and held miss one. entirelyenjoyablehourandahalf All of trials, tion to their featurespringperformance. aminorroleinSouth Heroratioperform- the tribulationsand with Cary Grant and Kathcrine Pacific. complications Currently, the Dance Troupe is composed of ancesinclude theBrahmsand MozartRequiems, that the protago- Hepburn, then thisis the film for nistsgo throughas this menand womenrangingfrom theamateur tothe Bach'sMagnificat and ChristmasOratorio and film winds you. its way professional, Oneof themore modern pieces,a Handel'sMessiah. tothedenouementcannot TheperformancesbyGrantand help you conceptualization of Peter Gabriel'sRhythm Theperformanceisfreeandscheduledfor8:15 but make chuckle. Hepburn arc marvelous. If you of Theoperativeproblem any theHeat waschoreographedbysenior artmajor p.m.inHodsonHall.Theprogramissponsored with like these actors, but have never film that copied Michael Jarmon. Jarmon combines theatreand by theCollegeUnionChamberMusicSeriesand has been as fre- quently as one has dance to visualize the patterns and movements theDepartmentofMusic. this is that See BABY,p.5 everyone already knows the Friday,March 11, 1988THE DAVIDSONIAN 5

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Announcements of Writing Competitions TheDepartmentofEnglishissponsoring The19S8R. Windley Hall The1988 Vereen BellMemorial The1988 CharlesE.Lloyd threewritingawardsthisspring.Allentries Writing Award Award for Creative Writing Writing Award general guidelines should follow for sub- TheR.WindleyHallAwardcarriesafirst The Vereen Bell Award carries a first TheCharlesE.LloydAwardispresented missionand theoriginal of mustbe work the prizeof$50.00andsecondprizeof$25.00. prize of$75.00, asecondprizeof$50.00, to the sophomore, junior,or senior who applicant. must -spaced Entries be Manuscripts will be screened by the De- and athirdprizeof $25.00. Thejudgethis submits thebestpieceofprosenon-fiction. (single spacing for poetry is acceptable), partmentof English and the final judging year is the distinguished North Carolina Formsmayincludeacademic writing(e.g., andmust appear on one side of the paper donebyan outsidereader. novelist,LeeSmith,authorofBlackMoun- term papers, original textual analysis), only. of must not The name the writer TheR.WindleyHallcompetitionisopen tainBreakdown,OralHistory,andFamily personal essays (e.g., descriptive, narra- appearonthemanuscript. Name,address, to any regularly enrolled freshman at Linen. tive), persuasive essays (e.g., argumenta- phonenumber,andtitleshouldbeincluded Davidson College. All entries must be The Vereen Bellcompetition is open to tive,analytical),and Anout- ona pieceofpaper.Entries be satire/humor. separate must original work and may fall in any recog- any regularly enrolled Davidson College sidereader willjudgetheentriesonbasisof submitted to a member of the English nizedcategoryofcreative writing,suchas student above the freshman class. All en- prose style,originality, clarity, structure, Department by 5:00 p.m. Thursday, on fiction,drama, poetryor theessay. Essays tries mustbeoriginalworkandmay consist and substance. Entries are limited to a 31, presented March 1988. Awards willbe written forEnglish 21 classes may be cri- of fiction,poetry,ordrama. Studentsmay maximum of 15 typewritten, double- at theannualliteraryawards ceremony on tiqued byfacultymembers andrevisedfor submit entriesin asmanydifferent catego- spaced pages, containing one to threees- Thursday, April 21, p.m., 7:30 inthe 900 final submission. Studentsmay submit as riesas they wish.Poemsshouldbe submit- Room of the CollegeUnion. All entrants many entriesinas many different catego- tedasgroups rather thanas individualen- are expected to attend.Specific guideline riesas they wish.Poemsshouldbesubmit- tries. for theindividualawards are outlined be- tedas groups rather than asindividualen- low. tries. paraplegic jokes. ACTION,from p.4 "Whatdoyoucallaman withnoarmsand no legs in apile ofleaves?" istic society for those ruthless enough to "Russell." own it. But along the way to his goal he "Whatdoyoucallaman withnoarmsand enjoys hismistress Ashley (Vanity)andthe no legs on a wall?" other miscellaneous fringe benefits of or- ganizedcrime.Absolutepowerhaslefthim Whatdoyoucallaman with noarmsand emptyofhumanemotion.Hisonlypleasure no legs on the floor?" liesinhisperversions.Dellaplaneisaneasy "Mat." man tohate. Andsoon.Butasafilminitsgenreitcomes Vanity also lives up to the audience's farshortofinspiringanykindofadmiration expectations of her. Having played in for it. Action Jackson,as a stereotypical Prince'sPurpleRain,one wouldnotexpect action movie, does not have enough vio- But, chases, When you fill out yourForm W-4 or W-4A, her to act. having appeared in this lenceor enoughcar althoughVan- "Employee'sWithholdingAllowance Certificate," month'sPlayboy,one mightexpecta peek ity supplies the endeavo withhooters ga- remember: athersultrybody, which,infact,shemakes lore. If Vanity is your fantasy, Action Ifyou can beclaimed onyour parent'soranother nobones about displayingbefore thecam- Jackson isyour movie. person's tax return, yougenerally cannotbeexempt eras. She has the silliest role, the most lines, BABY,from p.4 fromincome tax withholding. Togetitright, absurd andthetalentofnearlypaper- read theinstructions that came withyourForm trainedLabradorretriever.But whocares? - W-4 orW-4A. She's cuteasabuttonand sexyasakitten. seen any ot ineir comedic penormances An actress with such interesting features like Grant's in Arsenic and OldLace- or andalack of shyness needs not talent. Hepburn's in Woman of the Year then In all, the movie has some interesting please seethis film. Howard Hawks was, HiMklnkiiritaM minor characters, which one might antici- untilhisdeath,one ofthepremier figuresin 1 patefindinginsuchaplaceasDetroit.They Americanfilmcomedy. Thisfilmisoneof bring an air of authenticity and aspark of hisbest vivacity in an otherwise trite and hack- neyed film. And, in all honesty, some BringingUpBaby.StarringKatharineHep- moments do salvage this film from total burn and CaryGrant.DirectedbyHoward perdition.'For instance,in one scene the Hawks.ShowsonMarch 12andMarchIS viewer has the chance to brush up on his inLove Auditorium at8p.m. Sports TheDavidsonian ■\ Friday,March 11,1988

Around theHorn The boys of summer and past glories won and fled

ByHAPBRYANT Others had remarkably different back- survive and function in society. Carl Er- cruelly snatched those powers from their grounds and personalities— Preacher Roe skinehadamongoloidson,but thedetermi- grasp. In the epilogue, Kahn recounts the "/ see theboysofsummer in their ruin from Arkansas, Carl Erskine from Ohio, nationthatsenthim tothe mound with the deathsof two of theBoys ofSummer,Gil Laythe goldtithingsbarren, Billy Cox from Pennsylvania. The great- game on thelineaidedhim in his quest to Hodges at47, JackieRobinson at52. Setting no store by harvest, freeze the nessof theDodgers wasthatmenblackand gainanormal life forhis son. Consequently,TheBoysofSummer ends soils." white, from the South, North, Midwest, So, in that sense,TheBoys ofSummer is with thesad notesofgreatness lost,of past --Dylan Thomas couldcome togetheras a team,bothonand optimistic. Althoughthepastanditsglories glories wonandfled,ofliveslivedanddied. offthe field. aregone,theexperiences teachcharacteris- Butlet'sremember thisspringthat without Springhasleaptuponthenorthernhemi- Pennantscamein 1952and 1953and the tics that benefitlaterlife. the experience of Hodges, Robinson, sphere. Lifehasreturned,asevidencedby coveted victory over the However, the work is also pessimistic. Campanella,andKahn,the worldwouldbe the sights,sounds,and smells. Springmay Yankeesin1955. Surely,famehadarrived. TheoldDodgerscannotreattaintheirfame, a little less innocent,alittle lesspure,and not be here to stay,but the trademarks of But thegloriesof fame, likespring,had to nor their physical powers, after time has a lot less talented. that glorious quarter have already been end. dropped upon those willing to accept. Ten years later,theDodgershad moved many, Angeles. To spring means baseball and to Los Ebbets Field wasdemol- "~^^~ ■ springtraining.But springbrings thereali- ished,giving way toapartment complexes ■ ""I zationthatallglories,muchlikethoseofthe on the corner of Bedford and Flatbush. Basketball season,areonlyfleeting.In theclassic The RogerKahnset outtofindtheoldDodgers, BoysofSummer,Roger Kahnexplores this observe their lives,and rehashold stories. season, themeby examiningthe glory boys ofhis With this effort, Kahn tells the stories of Wildcats end early career, the BrooklynDodgers of the dreams attainedand lost,andofliveslived 1950s. withperseverance. S.C. membership in first In1951,Kahnbegantocover theDodg- Between 1968 and 1971, Kahn found ersfor theNewYorkHeraldTribune.Kahn Preacher Roe tending a grocery store in hadbeen a life-long fan,but only after he Missouri,Clem Labinemanaging asports round of tournament had slaved as a copyboy to the newspaper clothing warehouse in Connecticut,Carl ByPHILLIPPRESCOTT wentona17-4runmakingthe score56- for three years would they allow him to Erskine caring for his mongoloid son in An 83-69 loss to UT-Chattanoogain 54. AlanHunter sparked thecomeback cover themajors. Ohio; Billy Cox tending bar in Flatbush; the first roundof the Southern Confer- with three baskets, including two three However,TheBoys Summer isneither DukeSniderliving onaranchinCalifornia; of encemarked thefinalgameof theseason, pointers.Thecomeback tooka lotoutof Kahn nor thegloriesof winningthe Joe holding vice-presidencyofa about Black the lastgame forseniorsDerekRucker and the Wildcats, and after Chattanooga pennant.Itis about life-the struggles that large company in Chicago;Roy Campan- Jeff Himes,and the end of Davidson's responded with 5 straight to make the comeevery day todifferent people. ella, paralyzed, running a Harlem liquor participation in the Southern Confer- score61-54,Davidsonnever WhileKahn recounts travels the store. mounted a his with ence. threat. Dodgers,heexposesmany of theproblems So thereis lifeafterbaseball. But lifein Rucker and Himes were at less than Chattanoogahad a balanced scoring of society. In the 1950s, the Dodgers in- thereal worldisnotlike thegloriouslife of full strength,Rucker ailing withasinus attack with Lance Fulse scoring 21 cluded men like , Joe sports. Although they faced realproblems infection, and Himes lacking stamina points, Darren Chandler 18, Black,andRoy Campanella. at homeand in the workplace,theboyspf Morris after recovering from a flu virus. Lyons 17,and Benny Green16 points. These men suffered disgrace after dis- summer profited expe- from theirbaseball Davidsondugitselfintoabigholeearly, Chandler's 13 rebounds helped the grace as black men in a society based on riences,gainingqualities touse throughout 19-7 afterthefirsteightminutes, Moccasins' effort. Davidson, white supremacy. Each of them faced ra- their lives. For nizedbypoor shootingDavidson Ruckerhad 22points,including3 three- cism in adifferentway,but the outcomeof Roy Campanellalost theuseof hisarms nthelower endofa38-23scoreat pointers, and Hunter chipped in 12 their struggles was thesame-they helped andlegs,but thedrivethat senthimbehind ne. points. Himes,hurt foul open themajor leagues to blacks. theplate for 152 gamesa yearhelped him by troubles as ashortwhileitappearedtheWild- well as his illness,played only 28min- light godown withouta fight,but utes, and waslimited to 9pointsand 5 Women s Tennis 13:24to9:22inthegameDavidson rebounds. Lady Cats set Pi sights on title Golfers sharpen skills ByBRUCENEWSOME ued improvement is necessary for the over spring break TheDavidson women's tennis team Lady Cats to challenge Furman and opensthe1988 season withhighhopes UTC for the title. Thedoubles line-up Teamplays at AugustaNational of capturing the SouthernConference consistsofMcNelisandHallatnumber title. Last year, in its first year of one,PriceandRuth atnumber two,and By DAVID SCOTT O'Neill, sophomore Gates Grainger, and conference action, the team captured junior AngelaRudertandStubbsinthe Sharpen your spikes and whip out those freshmanMike Maggart,performedadmi- second place at the conference third slot. sticks.Thesunisridinghigher, thegrassis rablyinalosingeffortthatservedmostlyas toummanent. However,thereisagoodchance that greener, and the trees are still dead.It's a practice session for the bigger matches With defending champion Furman this line-up will change when junior springtermin Davidson,and thedrudgery later in theseason. losing their number one player and Marion Stone returns from Kenya in of winter is sweptaway in a tidal wave of Thefirst tournamentactionoftheseason Davidson adding freshman Mary Beth mid-March. Stoneplayednumber two enthusiasm. began onMonday,Feb. 29. The team fin- Ruth,CoachCaroline Brown thinks the singleslast year.'but the emergenceof Yes,thegolfteamisonthemove.Forsak- ishedsolidly in themiddle ofthepack of a LadyCatscan win thechampionshipat Ruth and Stone'slack ofpractice time ing the fleeting satisfaction of the sandy strong field of approximately 20 teams. theend ofApril. If the women'stennis in Kenya could move her down and beaches or powder-covered slopes, these CaptainGatesGraingerwaslow manonthe teamachieved this lofty goal,it would strengthenan already toughorder. monsters of the fairway spent the weekin team shooting, in the three day competi- be Davidson's first women's confer- So far this year theCats have a de- preparation for the challenging season tion,very solid scoresof 76, 75 and 78. ence title in any sport and a fitting ceiving 2-4 record. The four losses ahead. Theteamisperforming wellconsidering farewell to the Southern Conference. have come to perennial tennis powers ThedramabegantheThursdayfollowing limited practice time this winter and is Thekeys for the season will be con- Duke, Penn State, Richmond, and exams. In a fortunate swing of fate, the anticipatingstrongfinishesatElonCollege tinuedstrong singlesplay from the top CollegeofCharleston. These teamsare Davidson golfers were able to pop a few in Burlington,NCon the 21st and 22nd of six playersas wellasimproveddoubles probably the four toughest on the -divots on the same turf as some golf's thismonthandlateratthcIronDukcClassic play. CaptainsAmy McNelis and Jane schedule. The teamhasvictoriesovers greatest legends at the world famous Au- March 25-27. Price will lead the team from the one BallState (Indiana)andUrnasis(Penn- gustaNationalGolfClub,thehome of the and four spots,respectively. sylvania). Masters. This was,as juniorCraig Carlock Theteamis youngand thecompetitionis Joining McNelis and Price will be stated, the highlightof the trip, for few are tough, but barring any cart accidents or Ruth atnumber twosingles and sopho- WithhomematchesThursday versus ever able to play this prestigious course. injuries from low flyingdrives,this should more Virginia Hall at number three. Haverford, Saturday versus Bryn Thefirstcompetitionoftheyear took place be a successful year. Through it all, the SeniorLauraRoss,juniorAliceStubbs, Mawr,and SundayversusJamesMadi- the following Friday against Winthrop sometimes meager fan support included, andsophomore MelissaCarr will fight son, the women's tennis team should College. The entire team, comprised of they forge onward,balls inhand and clubs for the final two starting spots. improve its recordand beginits at juniors Carlock, Scott Prince, and Scan at ready,determined to make it big. Indoubles,Brown feels thatcontin- theconference championship. Friday,March 11, 1988THE DAVIDSONIAN 7 Big weekend for college basketball ahead

By CHRIS HUGHES Intheeyesof most,thereisnoconference hasbeenknowntochokebeforebutnotthis ter court to decide their title. Kentucky, Thisisoneofthe mostexciting weeks to championship which can compare to the week. It'll beUNC and Dukeon Sunday Florida, Auburn, and Vanderbilt are al- be a college basketball fan. As of this ACC. This year theACC tournament re- withtheHeelstaking the trophy. ready set,butdespite this a good showing writing,ninebidstotheNCAAtournament turns toits traditional (andIfeel rightful) Friday night at the fights comes back to for the Wildcats isveryimportant have already been taken and in the time home at the Greensboro Coliseum. This the Garden this year with the Big East A sweep of this tourney would most between now and Sunday afternoon the weekend,less than100 milesup1-85, four tournament. The big city boys have a likely give themthenumberoneseedinthe other55 willgo. Top 20 teams will work to solidify their chance ofputting six teams in theNCAA Southeast at Cincinnati in the first round. Ithasbeenvery easyinthepastfew weeks place in theNCAA. this year with Pitt, Syracuse, and Geor- An embarrassinglossalongthe way would to find articles thatpresume to tell where Nomatterwhathappensonthehardwood getownas locks and Villanova and Seton send them to a second seed in Siberia, certain teams willbe seeded and in what inGreensboro,NorthCarolina,Duke,N.C. Hall merely need to win their first round where they would doubtless bring 15,000 locations. However, to do this removes a State,andGeorgiaTechwill bein the field games. fans with them anyway.For therestof the very important variable in that it doesn't of 64a week from now. In fact oneof the Theonlyproblemisthat' Villanova'sfirst conference,this is alasthope to makethe include a teams performance in its own only interesting factors in this year's tour- gameisagainstSt.John s,theother teamon NCAA with thebest hope going tohome- conference tournament. namentisMaryland's chances ofsneaking thebubble in the BigEast. Look for this standingLSU. TheBayouBengalsshould In fact, thisis thelastbit of validity that intotheNCAA field withagoodshowing. 9:00gameFridaynight tobeoneof thetwo be able to manage an upset of two before can be given to most of this two-bit post The Terps will have to beat a once-hot- most important of the tournament. The falling,thusopening thedoor forFlorida to season affairs. If notfor theirinfluence in now-just-lukewarmGeorgiaTechteamon other willbe thefinal where we could see take thetitle. the selection process that begins a week Friday in their opener. Then they would another Pitt-Syracusematchup. Look for TheBigEight tournamentisone of the later, the conference get-togethers would likely meetNorthCarolina(sorryWake) in Syracuse towinandtakeasecondseedina oldestin theland. When theythrowitupin be completely meaningless. thesemis. In theeventthey cancomethis regional other thantheEast while theloser Kansas City,Oklahoma will be thehands- So instead of sitting back and saying far, Maryland wouldneed only one more will stayhome toface thelikes of Temple down favorite. With a win, they kill where acertain teammight be seeded, we winormerelyagoodshow onTV togetinto andNorthCarolinaor Duke. Kentucky'schances ofanumberone seed ought tofirstlook athow themore impor- theNCAAs. The SEC will get together in Baton and possibleshift Purdue toCincinnati for tant of these tourneys shape up. Don'tbetonanyofthishappening.UNC Rouge,LouisianaonLSUAssembly Cen- the SoutheastRegion's lop spot. However, the Soonersmay not win this one.Inaleague which willalmostcertainly place five teams this year (OU, Kansas, Missouri,Kansas State, and Iowa State) ' neyer hoPe she finds ouf Oklahomahasatoughtaskahead.Missouri ( He'ssuchaspecialguy...^\ hasbeenhotrecently andmay surprise the he registered with «» whofe cfasshas done *... pack,butOklahomahas thebestchance of I comingback toKemper Arena for theFinal I Selective Service! Four. s^^^^ Finally,theWestern AthleticConference will crownachampon Saturday inProvo, Utah. Chances at NCAA seeds aren't important here,only Wyoming and BYU have achance at the top4 in any region. Whatdoes matteris that there willbe at least four,maybesix NCAA teams on the bill. Wyoming,BYU,Utah,and UTEPare all sure of their post-season plans. New Mexico has enoughof a reputation to get them in, and the other "bubble team," Colorado State,couldmake itby going to the championship game. Thisone should bequitea show. Among other interesting action this weekend:see ifIndiana canupset Iowa to avoidnotbeinginvited totheNCAA,seeif Temple, UNLV, and Arizona can avoid upsets in conferences that shouldn't even them, Ifyou'rea guy about to turn 18, youmust register withSelective Serviceat the postoffice. challenge see if the NCAA gives There'sreally nothing special about it.All youdois fillout a simple card. Itonly takesfive minutes. Marshall a bid and the Southern Confer- Sodon't be the onlyone whohasn't done it.Register withSelective Service. It'squick.It's ence twoNCAA teams for the first timein easy. Andit's thelaw. its history, and last but not least, see if anythingI'vesaidat allcomes true.

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ByKEN BOGERT Daleisgettingup therein age. 3to1ballgames.Thepitchingwillbeokay, play as wellas theyplayedlast year,andif Okay, now that winter has gone and IfAmerica's teamdoesn'tdo something whilethe offense will sputter. someone canfillDaveParker'sshoesasan springhas finally arrived,Ican stop com- they are goingto findthemselvesunable to KirkGibsonisagoodplayer,butheisnot RBIman, Cincinnati willbe tough. plaining about all that silly fraternity gar- beatanyone.Thepitchingstinks.Thefield- going tosave theDodgersin '88.Thebest TheRedshave afewprovenplayers,but bage andget down to what'sreally impor- ing stinks, despite thenew combo up the theDodgers can hope for is fourthplace, the majority of the roster is composed of tant. It's time to play ball-baseball-and middle of Andres Thomas and Damaso maybethird.Basically,theyhavethesame youngsters. This is the year they prove it'sabout timesomereporterstartedcover- Garcia. BesidesMurph, thehitting stinks. problems that havebeen plaguing the As- themselvesfuturestars,oritwillbetheyear ingtheaction!That'swhatthe"CheapSeat Almostallof them are slowbase-runners. tros, good pitching but no hitting. They they prove themselves to be flashes in the Comments"areallabout.It'saboutgetting Chuck Tanner,is a nice guy for a man- were the worst hittingclub in theNL last pan. Look for them to crumble under you,thefan,allthosetidbitsofinformation ager, but when is the last time he won, year. Cincinnati's demandingfansandthepress. that willhelp youto root(bet) wisely. 1979?Theonebrightspot for theBravesis Thebattingorderimproves significantly But theGiants areagoodclub-thc most All theplayershavecomeback from the Gerald Perry, their hot-hitting first base- with Kirk Gibson. Opposing teams will legitimatecontenderintheNLWest. This off-season.Some were trainingandgetting man.Butoverall,thisclubisnobetter than give Pedro Guerrero and Mike Marshall isaclub where Mike Aldrete,aline drive in shape. Others were duck hunting and they werelastyear.Lastyear theywerebad. betterpitches tohit withGibsonin theline- hitter who .325Mak season, could not drinking beer. Still others were writing Theotherclubsin thedivisionaremuch up.Thismaybeenough toputLAoverthe find a wayintothe startingline-updespite autobiographies.A few even playedbase- betterand do notdeserve suchharshtreat- Astros,but certainly not nearly enough to asizzlingbat.Whynot?Becausetherestof ballinthewinterleagues.Butitisnow time ment, so Iwill look at them with a little winthepennant. theclubissolidandtheyplaywelltogether; tocomeback and challengeeachother for morerespect,but theBravesdon'tdeserve Another problem with the Dodgers is they allknow theirroles too. thepennant. Andbeforethe season starts, any. their fans. In Los Angeles, they "watch" ,JeffLeonard,Kevin everyonehashighhopes(that's thegreatest The Astros areconvincedthat theirdis- baseball,but theydon't"root."Theyarenot Mitchell,and Will Clark will power the thing aboutbaseball). appointingperformancein'87 wasafluke, really avid"fans,"butrather"spectators," Giants to victory. Dave Dravecky, Mike It is now my job to separate fact from but Iam convinced that it was not. The notreally interestedin who wins and who Krukow,Rick Reuschel,and Atlee Ham- fictionandtellyou whichteamshaveareal Astros have had it. Their strong-point in loses.It's not"sport," butonly"entertain- maker are not great, but manager Roger chance,and which teamshave no chance. past years has come from their supreme ment." It creates a bad atmosphere for Craig taught them the split-fingered fast- Today Iwill analyze the NationalLeague pitching staff,butitis anaging staff.Bob winning.Even withagoodatmosphere,the ball and turned them all into consistent West.ThisDivisionprovesdifficult topick Knepper, Nolan Ryan, Mike Scott, and Dodgerswouldstillhavetrouble winning. .ScottGarreltswasthesurpriselast since the two best teams are somewhat DaveSmithare notkidsanymore,yetthese Thesurprise waitingtohappenin theNL yearbybecoming themain closer for San evenly matched.But hereitgoes. men willbetheheartof thestaff.Thirty-six WestistheSanDiegoPadres.Thismay not Fran.They couldusemore bullpen help. Withoutadoubt,theAtlantaBraves will yearoldJoaquin Andujar, themajor addi- be theyear theyputit together,butalot of Players like Robby Thompson, Jose be in the thickofit come September. The tion to the staff in the off-season,will not baseballpeople willbe shockedby these Uribe, and Chris Speier will push their roster is packed with super-stars, regular helpmuch. young,farm-bred, gutsy players. teammates toscrapforeverything theycan house-hold name types— Jeff Dedmon, At thebats,Houston isalmost adequate, Last year,thePadresstartedby losing42 get and the aggressive coaching style of Charlie Puleo, Dion James, Ed Olwine, but not quite. Last year, they batted only oftheirfirst54 games-the1962Mets were RogerCraig willfit theirpersonalities per- Zanc Smith,Bruce Benedict,etc. .252asateam(2ndtolastintheNL).Glenn practically that bad. After that, however, fectly. Moreover,playoff experience has Of course, Ihave neglected to mention Davis,KevinBass,BillyHatcher,andBilly they playedalmost. 500ball. taughttheGiantsalot-they wantto winthe the real stars that Atlanta does possess-- Doran are all good hitters,but they are Thecoreof the teamisabunch ofhard- NLChampionshipthis year,notjustget to Dale Murphy; uh,and didImention Dale vulnerable toprolongedslumps. nosed players, Tony Gwynn,Benito San- theChampionshipSeries.Withagoodmix Murphy? Did anyone say Dale Murphy? In the past and this year too, the slump tiago, John Kruk as well as pitchers Eric ofyoungplayersand veterans,unlikeCin- Seriously, no matter how you add it up, factorwillhaveadverseeffectsontheteam, Show and AndyHawkins. They are man- cinnati,the Giantsare thebest clubinthe Braves fans, the Atlanta club is Dale especially considering thelackofproduc- agedbyahard-nosedguy too,Larry Bowa. NLWest.Theyaregoingtodominatejustas Murphy and then a bunch of other guys. tionoutof therestoftheline-up.Thefinal Remember thatlast yearwasonlyBowa's theMetsdidin the 1986campaign. KenGriffeyandOzzieVirgilareold.Even analysis is thattheAstroswilllose alot of firstyearofmanaginginthemajors.By the There youhave it.Theperfectpicks. 1) secondhalfof the season,he had the team Giants, 2)Reds, 3) Padres, 4) Astros, 5) playing well. Dodgers, 6) Braves. Perhaps the Astros Ina yearor two, they willhave alegiti- could finish ahead of the Padres. Sorry mate shotat theNL West title. Bravesfans,butitshouldnotbenewstoyou TheRedsandGiantsaretheteamstobeat that they are terrible. intheNationalLeagueWest, butIlike the It's about time the winter ended and GiantsandIwilltellyouwhy.TheRedsare springbegan. Andit'sabouttimebaseball Ownthesky. a bunch of "ifs." // Tom Browning can started.Andrememberallyoufootballfans Toflyisone thing.ToflywiththeMarineCorpsis something reboundandpitch likehedidin1985,and thatthereareatleastahundredreasonswhy else.They'llshowyouthemeaningofwings.From thewingsof if Jose Rijo and Danny Jackson can ever baseballisbetter,oneofthembeingthatthe potential, theF-18Hornetto thewingsyouwearas aMarineaviator, realizetheiralleged and//"Barry ballisround.NextweekI'lllook attheAL Larkin,Nick Esasky, and Eric can West, thisisflyingatitsbest.Andyour ticket toflyis Davis the worst divisioninbaseball. your college diploma.Ifyou'dliketo beup there,contact yourlocalMarineOfficerSelec- Wf^j* tionOfficer.1-800-423-2600. VJT " sat/is fac'tion (sat'is-fak'shan) «, contentment; a source or enjoyment.

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Who will As far as the Boston lineup Thesecondpartisthefact that Hendersoncannotbaby hisminor ent. Toobad none of it ison the put itall togetherand walk away goes, they have one problem. theJaysmustbequestioningtheir injuries. He was limited to 95 mound.TheIndiansgaveupmore with thedivisionalcrown? What They need to findaplace for Jim ability towin. In1985,theyblew games because of an injured runs than anybody in '87 and it players will have those "career Rice to play. He posted some a3-1game lead to theRoyals in hamstring. Perhaps fiery Billy won'tget anybetterin '88. years" that willpush their club to disappointing statsin 1987,butat theALCS, in 1987, they dropped Martin can get what is needed Theirstaff is horribleandit is the top of the heap? As Mars 35he is far from washed up. A theirlastsevengames tohandthe from him. Maltingly must pro- stillindoubt whetherthey canget Blackmon would ask, "Do you solid,youngoutfieldconsistingof divisiontitleovertoDetroit. Can duceagainaswellfortheYanksto any outsthis year.ThebatsofJoe know, do you know, do you EllisBurks,MikeGrccnwcll,and this team withthemosttalentwin? beaforce. Heistheheartof their Carter,MelHall,andCorySnyder know?" ToddBenzinger willprovide out- This is aquestion they seem un- lineup and willmake (heoffense willhave tohit home runsby the Well, Ido. As springtraining standingpunchat theplateas well able to answer. go. millionsinorderfor theIndiansto gets into full swing,anticipation as soliddefense. Greenwellis a MilwaukeeBrewers Toomany questions from the winatall. Theoffense is in good mounts. Pinstripers willpoint to player to watch. Thecorners are Those fans who were shocked mound, the question of whether shape, with Julio Franco, Brook new-arrival Jack Clark as their set with the incomparable Wade when the Brew-crew ran off 13 Clark'sinjuredankleishealed(he Jacoby,Pat Tabler,helping Car- key tothepearly-gatesofpennant Boggs(.363) at third and Dwight straight wins to start 1987, felt missed the last month, playoffs, ter, Hall, and Snyder, but the heaven. The Jays will laud the Evansat first. UnheraldedMarty justifiedwhen theyalmostimme- and series of '87), and the New pitching is so terrible that the talent ofGeorge Belland a fine Barrett and Spike Owen are at diately collapsed into a 12 game York spotlight leave the Yanks Indianscanonly dreamof aplace pitching staff.Detroitwillrideon secondandshortstop. Catcherisa losingskid. However,thisteamis behind the frontrunners. higher thansixth. Alan Trammcll's coat-tails. position to noteon theRed Sox. for real. They have top-notch, DetroitTigers However,these giants willcome RichGedman willgetthenod,and youngtalent.Thepitchingstaffis Last year's division champs This is a team with close to up disappointed. The team that is backed up by solid youngster anchored by Ted Higuera, Juan havea finepitching staff, which absolutely nothing going for it. willrepresent the AL East inthe John Marzano. Gedman had a Nieves, and Bill Wegman. Dan will keep them competitive. It CalRipkenandEddieMurrayare playoffs is none other than the horrible year in 1987, but was Plesacisthestopper,andtheopen will not, however,keep them in the main attractions of the of- plaguedby injuries BostonRed Sox. and contract spotsonthestaffcouldbefilledby the race for long. They too are fense,andthey willgetsomehelp you me, problems. Don't curse Yankee Look forhim to make thefarm.ShortstopDaleSveumis plagued with questions. Morris, fromLarrySheetsandFredLynn. fans,nor you, a impact on the whole loyal followers of significant acontributor,bothinthefieldand Walt Terrell, and youngreliever After that, management should I bat, in the Jays and Tigers, intend to league with his though, at theplate, and Paul"The Igni- Mike Henneman are quality start praying. Thosefansexcited 1988. convinceyouofBoston'ssuperi- tor"Molitorisanoffensivethreat. pitchers, but and about theprospect of thebrothers ority. They willrepeattheir1986 Itistrue thattheSoxhavesome seems to get better Doyle Alexander offer uncer- Ripken as thedouble-playcombo AL East, question marks, on the .312, conquest of the while mainly withage,ashis 103RBI'sin tainty. Alexander will not ap- ought tosave theirenergy. Billy mound, others are left with questions. buttheyhaveanoutstand- 1987 indicate. With him, Rob proach the 9-0, 1.53 ERA per- willhelpafield,but goodfielding What follows is*a preview of all ingblend of veteransand young- Deer,andclutchB.J.Surhoff,the formanceheturnedinfor Detroit second basemen are a dimc-a- andexuberance sevenEastern teams, in order of sters. The youth Brewers, though no longer at theendoflast year,andTanana dozenatthis level. In theminors nicely finish. ofBurksandGreenwellfits Harvey's Wallbangers, can still can'tget byon guts and wits for Big Bill was touted as a good- BostonRed Sox with the experienceandsavvy of hurtopponents with theirbats. toomuch longer. field,no-hit playerand so he will A surprise, you say? Perhaps. vets such as Rice and Evans. Theproblemhereisinexperi- Thepitchingis decent,yet the remain inthemajors. Inall fair- Donotforget,however,thatthisis Gedman willbe back strong and ence. If the youngsters don't lineup doesnot offer much other nesshe didbat a cool .308 in 58 a team that was only one strike theBoSox willwintherace tothe come through, theBrewers have thanAlanTrammellandthebatof gameslast yearbut don'tlook for f :; from winhiir^lith^'i986' Wbrld fWg. little to fallback on. MattNokes.KirkGibsonisgone, his name amongtheleague lead- Series. ThepresentSoxarebetter Toronto Blue.lavs andtheTigersreallyhavenosuit- ers this year. than that team that lost a heart- Itis widelybelieved thatthis is Yanksfanswillbedisappointed ablereplacement. Darrell Evans Thepitching is,in a word, breaker. As pitching has often the team with the most talent in tofindtheirbelovedBronxBomb- willturn41inMayandtheTigers awful. The"ace" is Mike Bod- been called90%of thegame,itis baseball. This assessmentisvery ersaslow as fourth. Tough. The have got to be wondering how dicker, who sparkled last year necessary tostartwiththearmsof closetothetruth.Theyhaveafine Yankshave the lineup (Hender- longhe can goonproducing. with a 10-12, 4.18performance. the 1988 AL Eastkings. lineupandaqualitypitchingstaff. son, Randolph, Mattingly, Jack Newly-acquiredGary Pettisis After him, there is little worth RogerClemens. Thatisallthat Barfield,Bell,and Moseby form Clark,Winfield,andMikePaglia- anoffensive zero in center-field, mention. The Orioles are in needstobesaid. Withoutaspring animpressive outfield,and Tony ruloas thetopsix),butlittleelse. and it is doubtful that Tom trouble. training lastyear,Clemenswas4- FernandezandNelsonLirianoare Thepitchingis bad. Ron Guidry Brookcns,ChetLemon, and oth- This year youcan look for the 6 on June 12, he proceeded to solidatthekeystone.Infact,very will not return to his previous erscan supply enoughO to com- Sox,Jays,and Brewers toprovide finish 20-9 on the year and cap- little question remains about the form, nor will Richard Dotson. plement Trammell and Nokes. us with a thrilling pennant race tured his second successive Cy Jays. Key, Flanagan, Clancy, is44 years old and Nokesisa hitter playing catcher, that will keep our interest long Young Award as the premier Cerutti,andDave Steib make up will not reproduce his 13-6 '87 whichhurts theTigersoft-lauded intoSeptember. The Yanks will inhisleague. Andthathe anablestartingstaff,andthebull- campaign, and various castoffs strength up the middle. Morris providesomecompetitionaswell. is. HeandmateBruceHurstform pen is set with intimidator Tom willnothelp.Brightspotsinclude willenable theTigers tocompete The Sox,however, willputit all a deadly one-twopunch. Henke and set-up man Mark Rick Rhoden, who injury-free favorablyevery fifthdayandthey together to winit.Rice,Gedman, Inaddition tothis pair,theSox Eichorn. TheJays have aprob- could win a bundle,and stopper will get some help from clutch Grccnwcll, Lee Smith will re- Trammell, made what wasperhaps themost lem at third base, where Kelly Dave Righetti, whois one of the Alan but gone are the spond withbig years tocarry the significant acquisition of theoff- Gruber wasa disappointment last leaguesbest outof thepen. The days when Willie Hernandez Sox into the playoffs. Look for season in Lee Smith. Theburly year, and a problem with their Yankshavebaseball'sbestplayer couldcomein from thebullpen to Mattingly and to reliever solvestheirbullpen woes mentalsituation. Onepartofthis inDonMattingly, and one ofits' savetheday. TheTigerspullin at have big seasons to help their and willhelpastaff thatneeds to is George Bell. Thereis spring fleetestof footinRickeyHender- numberfive. clubs,as well. fill some holes after the top two. training talk of him being rele- "TheCan" willbe backand will gatedtotheroleof full-time DH. CLNCAL PSYCHOLOGIST- SENIOR CLNCAL PRE-MED SOCIAL WORKER PHARMACIST STUDENTS. PHYSICAL THERAPIST Couldyouusea scholarshipformed- icalschool?Why not The AirForce investigatethe can makeyouan ArmedForces Health attractiveoffer — ProfessionsScholar- [OXFORD outstandingcom- shipProgram,with pensationplus sponsorshipbythe opportunities for U.S. AirForce.Cur- BRITISH STUDIES professional devel- rent seniorpremedi- ODERN *- - _ *MHHnKm!ln 1 ®^^ opment Youcan cdlstudentsof ThroughBostonUniversity,studyforonesemesteratSiCatherine'sCollege,oneof35 havea challenging medicineor osteopa- colleges thatmakeuptheUniversityofOxford. Courses areinmodemBritishhistory, practice andtime to thymaynow com- Downtown literature,andpolitics,taughton-sitebyOxford faculty. Studentshave fullprivilegesatSt spend withyour fam- petefor Air Force College. Applicantsneedatleasta"B"average.S«nd forInformationand ily whileyou serve scholarships. We Catherine's your country Find wonttohelpyou Davidson outwhatthe Air continueyoureduca- NAME r- Forceoffers Call tion.Contactyourlo- calAirForcehealth MON.-THURS. ADDRESS __^ TSgt Win Wilburn professionsrepre- CITY STATE ZIP 704-637-5610 sentativefor details. Station to Station Call TSgt Wll WHburn BOSTON UNIVERSITY 0X12 Collect J04-637-5610 MBS,725Commonw»MhAve.B2,Boston,MA02215(617)153-98M Station to Station Collect I" AIR -W ■ , -AIR ■> „ u FORCrr^ 10 Friday, March11,1988 THE DAVIDSONIAN

TheDavidsonian TomMoore,Editor Ray Thornton,OpinionsEditor SuzanneCraymer,Features Editor TrippHelms,MuadiMukenge,NewsEditors Jim Dillon,InsideArtEditor Robert Nesbit,PhotographyEditor Hap Bryant, Whit Wilks,SportsEditors JeffLoser,AdvertisingManager Lucia Kendall,CirculationManager Mark Chen,KeithFinch,BrookeKnight, EditorsEmeriti John Wightman,BusinessManager LyndaKorfman,ProductionEditor Margaret Carroll,Maria Douglas,JackieGlynn, Jennifer Hoffman, SectionProductionEditors

BadNews

TheDavidsoniancurrently findsitselfreceivingcriticismcommon to all news media: You're too negative. Youprint all the bad news that fits. There has been a streak of bad news in recent issues: alcohol scandals, costly vandalism episodes, thefts and most recently, sexually transmitted disease. Anengagingbutcoincidentaloccurrencehas beenthe AdmissionsOffice ordering subscriptions for next year's Early Decision accepts ("Look/ Ma!").Fortunately, thesepeople are lockedintocominghere,or wemight be catching much more flak. Questions have beenraised as to whetherthisis the type ofthingparents, alumni, orprospective students wantor need toread. An interesting question, yet one easily answered. This is not the parent newspaperofDavidson Collegeor the alumnirag;they canreadUpdate if they wantrosyestimatesontheathleticcentercompletiondatesand whatnot. TheDavidsonianis thestudentnewspaper,and theissuesraisedinthelast several weekshavebeenpertinent and newsworthy to thestudent body. We didnotsendreportersout toknockdown$6,000inlampposts; wesent them Flash from the past out to report on it.Itisimportant for students to be aware ofthe workings ofthePatterson Court Council andits various committees.Thechlamydia articlelastissue,whilenotgoodnews,servedthefunctionofeducatingmany

■ i ■ > I , ■ ■ I £fl0i]j9l32 people about the bacterium.Chlamydia was on everyone's tongue, ifnot t ( bifiod fi ■ other bodily parts, all weeklong. L©T T©lS "'■' ■ »niJn9riibnB,5lo!T(MBdJTaM It'snot that wedon't want tocover thegoodthings inlifeatDavidson,but we are dependent on what our little eyes and ears pick and by up, human Shocked the Gay Support Group. After all, as the nature much of whatgoes aroundisin fact bad news. articlestates,thesefellows,toprotect their Parents, alumni, and others are more than welcome to subscribe to our anonymity and confidentiality, would be Irecently received a copy newspaper,butwebelieve of The dependenton theHonorSystem... What thattheyaren'tsubscribing forasanitizedversion Davidsonian,theFebruary tenthissue, here; and Honor System? of life they want the facts. It would be unfaithful to students and franklywasshockedbysomeofthearticles. basically unethical to direct news coverage towardthose whoare not the Sonowwehavestudentdrunksvandaliz- DonD.Reid '54 primary focusof the newspaper.IfIsubscribe toTheLosAngeles times,I ing college property, apparently actions that have happening years. can'treally complainshoulditscoverage forsome reason focus theWest been for It's on hardtobelievethat students, , "Prbgressf$i"? Coast. Davidson sup- posedly the "cream of the crop" among Due to time restraints this week, we were restricted to more or less collegesanduniversities, wouldeven con- "pleasant"stories aboutlectures and"whatIdidduringSpringBreak"tales. sider this behavior, and much harder to r/«e following letter was received hy the Next weekbesure to look for suchthings as informationonthenearly 10% understand whythecollege would tolerate Editors. . it.And Dean Terry's decision to turn feehiketheTrustees approvedoverbreak.Tobe sureit'snotgoodnews,but this matter over to theHonor Council, DearPresident Kuykendall: it's pertinent,it's newsworthy,it'ssomething if the every student here needs to guilty arefound,soundslike acop-out to know about,andit's our job. me. HadIbeen aware of the degree of de- First of all,if it's important enough to structionnecessary for aparking lot to be Davidson,theguilty canbe identifiedand built in the area that Ihold so personally secondly, without hesitation,Dean Terry valuable,my objections wouldhave been should kick their butts out of Davidson lodged earlier. My intention now is not College.Inaddition,these vandals should simply to enter a frustrated remonstrance, The Davidsonianis publishedduring the school year by the students of DavidsonCollege. be forced topay for thedamages.Itwould butitis todraw your attention to the value Address correspondence to: The Davidsonian,Box 219,Davidson,NC 28036. Phone (704) be interesting to know how the Dean has that ofDavidsonalumniplaceon 892-2000,cxt.149.Ourtrfficesarelocatedonthe topflooroftheGreyStudentUnionbuilding. hundreds handledprevious vandalism by thenaturalproperty by And,hey!Stan!Thelightbulbs at the topof the stairs arestillout.Thisplaceis ahealthhazard! students. owned thecollege. Otherarticles Wedon'thaveany Opinionsexpressedinletters totheeditor orCommentaries donotnecessarilyreflect the views dealing with student drug statisticstosupportOur abuse, thievery, etc., stance, of theEditorialBoardofTheDavidsonian. Subscriptionscost $15peryear,or$25peryearfor paint a very dismal emotional but formanyofusallthe first classpostalrates.Advertisingratesavailable onrequest.Copyrightisheldby the Trustees picture ofDavidson student life,itscaliber basketballchampionshipsinthe world will of DavidsonCollege inthe samekung-fugrip they grab tuition with. ofstudentsandespeciallyofan administra- not condone the loss of the old football News Staff: John Barrow,Frank Folger,George Kurani,LisaLeNard, AaronLevine,Peter tionand faculty that toleratesallof this. practice field, the rugby pitch, the bird Mangone, RachelNation,Ed Patte,Susan Pearsall,Katherine Price,Walt Reynolds,Robert In time, I'm surePresident Kuykendall aviary, etc.Thereareofcoursemorewoods Smalley,Toby Truog. will straighten this mess out.After all,it's on theoutskirts ofDavidsonandIcanonly Features Staff: Dave Alyea,RussellBooker, John Harris(Good luck,Harris!),Tim Jacks, impossible to fire anyone (unlessthat per- hope that they are spared from any Frank Lord, Carey Pickard, Bruce Plourde, Bill more "Too Lazy to Write a Column" Scouten, son works somewhere athletic "progression." I you Shannon O'Shields,Florrie Snively. within the wish well in your department) Kuykendall is efforts towarda edifying Sports Staff: StephenBell, Larry Dagenhart,Chris Hughes, Anthony McCarron, and President more andenlight- Holme stillburdened the of eningDavidson Olrogge,Philip Prescott, Stewart Rawson,Bill Smith.Matt Terrell. by residue aprevious College. administration stripped PhotographyStaff:GlennFogle,KenJones,LisaLeNard,IngridLove,RachelNation,Holme whicjt the guts Oltrogge,Andre Roberts. from the college, leaving little except Respectfully yours, StaffArtist:Kevin Dunn. money andhigh academics tobuild on. Circulation Staff: Callie Hammond, Beth Parker,Fred Pullen.- And who can blame the gays, lesbians, James C. Gaither,Jr. '87 bisexuals,etc., for theirreluctance to join I

Commentaries The Davidsonian *"*~ "*" Friday.March 11,1988 Southern Conference departure sacrifices other sports

Ihavebeen patiently waitingfor thelast four years for cappedourcoachesinallothersportsotherthanfootballat DavidsonCollege toannounce aconferenceaffiliationfor Davidsonis to make asevere understatement all other sports. In talking withfriends and alumni of the Thelackofdirectionintheathleticdepartmentisdevas- JohnF. Cutchin college, the first concern is always about the status of tating to the sports program at Davidson College. Iam conferenceaffiliation.Anypersoncanrealisticallyseethat writingthis lettertoaskstudents,alumni andfriendsofthe DavidsonCollege cannotmakeitasanindependent inall college to write theBoardofTrustees,the AthleticBoard Davidson College has experienced a great degree of ofthesesports whilefootballenjoys theconferenceaffili- of Trustees,theDirectorof Athletics,andthePresidentof successinitsvarioussportsprograms,exceptfor football, ationwith theColonialLeague.Itis ashame that weare Davidson College to expressyour concernover the situ- during thelast few years. Such has been a greatjoy for building an arena for basketball to seat6,500, when the ation,and your feelings on thematter.Iamaskingyou to students,alumniandfriendsofthecollege.However,that practicalrealityisthatitveryrarely willbeeven half-filled, write these letters,regardlessof whether ornot you agree timeofsuccesscouldvery welltakeadownwardswingin due to thefact that weare going tobean independent. Do with me. future years,duetolackofa conferenceaffiliation for all you think Davidson College can really make it as an Now is the time to come forward and express your sports. independent?JustaskSouthCarolinahow toughit wasfor opinion.Davidson Collegehas tooproud a sportsheritage Allothersportsatthecollegehavebeensacrificedforthe theirbasketballprogram tomakeitasanindependent,and to allow the athletic department at Davidson College to sakeof football. Anextremely unwisedecision wasmade see where they are now. If they could not makeit as an succumb to theinactionorlackofdirectionon thepartof to get out of the Southern Conference for the sake for independent withtheir resources andtheir facilities,then a few. football inanotherconference. Iam not necessarily dis- how canDavidson? Inclosing, Imake aplea to those who are inpower at agreeing with the decisionto leave the SouthernConfer- Basketballisgoingtobefurtherhurtbythe fact that we Davidson College to contact me if Ican personally do ence,duetotherequirementstheSouthemConference was have noconferenceaffiliation.Can youimagine how hard anything to help attainconference affiliation. Iurge all putting onour athleticprograms forparticipation; what I itistorecruitaplayer,tellinghimthathewilljusthavethe students,alumni and friendsof thecollege to dolikewise amdisagreeing withis theunwisedecisiontoaffiliate the joyofgettinganexcellenteducation,andplayingforateam when expressingtheiropinion. footballprogram withanotherconference whentheproper thatisanindependentandmaynevergetanNCAAbid,or authoritiesatDavidsondidnothaveconferenceaffiliation doesnothaveanautomaticbid totheNCAAifitwouldwin ' for allothersports at the same time. a conference tournament? To say that we have handi- JohnF.Cutchin 72 isanattorneyinCharlotte. Union officers fail to answer criticisms

straight tothis personand gave him dieposition,without Finally, a little ethics lesson.Good intentions do not evenaskingtheothercompetitorsiftheycouldincludehim necessarily justify actions. Iam sure that Oliver North Matt Mathews inthefirstplace, then this is wrong. thought hehad thebest intentions when he helped relay Theofficers refer to this system as a "fair method of money to the contras. Also, a person's integrity is not selection."IfwhatMs.LymanandMs.Myrick sayistrue, judgedby hisor herintentions,butby theirjudgement Ihave followed with interest the problems involving thentheprocedureisfar fromfair.Theofficershaveevery IapologizeifIhavecomeacross abit strong,butIfeel UnionBoard selections,first voiced byErin Lyman and righttocreateadynamicstudentUnion,but theycannotgo theUnionofficers didnot answerMs.Lyman's and Ms. MarthaMyrick,andthenansweredbytheUnion'sofficers, outsidetherules toappointaperson(friend?) whohasnot Myrick'scomplaint. They simply hidbehind their inten- SarahWhitesides,Frank WhitakerandTrinaJanice. What gonethroughtheprocedure.Attheveryleast theyneedthe tions. Come on officers, what is the story of this concerns me is the officers' justification of theiractions approvalof theothercompetingstudents.If theofficersdo chairperson'sappointment?If someone hasbeen treated andtheir failure to answertheprimaryquestion. havethe autocratic power toignoreallinterviewees fora unfairly then perhaps the Union's rules do need to be The officers' intention was to explain "not only our position,ifthey know someoneelsewhothey think could changed.Butfirstthetruthhas tobeheardfrombothsides. actionsbutalsooftheapplicationprocessingeneral."They doabetterjob,then theyshouldtell allthestudentsofthis thenjustify their decision from the bylaws of the Union, beforehand. SeniorMattMathews isfromRichmond, Va. whichgive themtheresponsibilityof selectingcommittee chairpersons.Iagreethattheofficersshouldbeexpectedto appointthebestchairpersonpossible. TheUnionisagreat Opinions Policy fixture of Davidson College. To what length do these officers' powersextend though? TheDavidsonian welcomes lettersandcommentaries fromits editorswithcompellingreasonsiftheydonotwishtheirnames Theofficersalsofailedtorespondtothecomplaintwhich readers. The editors will attempt to print all opinions that printed with their work. " prompted Ms. Lyman and Ms. Myrick to call for a re- adhere todie following guidelines: Thestaff willnoteditcommentaries for contentor forstyle, " submissions should deal with subjectsofinterest to the butfor the rulesof Englishgrammar only. examinationoftheUnionelectionprocedures.Thepointof All " Ms. Lyman's and Ms. Myrick's complaint was that a campus community. Letters should beunder 300 words inlength.The editors "Submissions mustbe neatly typedorlegibly hand-written. reserve theright to editand/orcondense anyletter. mutual friend, who followed thecommon procedureand " interviewedfor acommitteechairopening, wasrejectedin The editors will also accept work submitted on 5.25" or 3.5" Theeditors reservetheright nottoprint submissions which IBM-formatted diskettes (and, truth be told,we're partial to containfactualerrors,advertisements,orobjectionablemate- favor ofapersonwhodidnotevensignupforan interview. them). rial,or which representa viewpoint very similar to other person really want to committee, and Did this lead this "Alllettersmustbe submittedby7p.m.onthe Sundaybefore lettersprinteddealing with the same topic. simply losttrackof theinterview sign-updeadline?Ifthis theexpectedpublication date. " All submissions should include the author's address and was the case, the officers should have asked the other " All commentaries must be submitted by 7 p.m. on the phonenumber. Submissions to the "Commentaries" section intervieweesifitwouldbealright tointerviewalatesignee. Saturdaybeforetheexpectedpublicationdate,exceptfor those shouldinclude the following information: the author'shome Usually,theothercompetitorsreply"sure,goahead."But on diskette, whichare due at7:07p.m.Sunday. city and state, graduatingclass,andmajor field ofstudy (or " if,as Ms. Lyman and Ms.Myrick say, the officers went All submissions mustbe signed.Writers must present the profession).

The Davidsonian is insearch of an advertising manager. Healthy commissionpaid. Call JeffLoser at -6250. 12 Friday,March 11,1988 THE DAVIDSONIAN Goings on about Davidson

COLLEGE BOWL PRACTICE: GreenRoom,4 p.m. (rain location:Chambers lobby),9:45-10:30a.m. M/ CH RESIDENTADVISORMEETING: Big ScreenRoom, INDEPENDENTEDUCATIONAL SERVICE: Union, THURSDAY | T0 4 p.m. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. JUGGLING: Morrison Room, 7 p.m. W. CAROLINA LEGISLATOR SCHOOL: Union PHOTOGRAPHYSHOW: ChambersGallery,8am. to INSTRUMENTALENSEMBLE CONCERT: Spring Lobby,10 a.m. to 3p.m. 11p.m. ThroughFriday,March18. tour concert of the Davidson College Wind and Jazz AIR FORCE OFFICER SELECT TEAM: Union CROP LUNCH: Peanut buttter, beans and cornbread Ensembles,Hodson Hall, 8:15p.m. Lobby, 11a.m. to4 p.m. lunch.Money goesto CROP. Discuss world hunger and CROPLUNCH: 900Room,12:30p.m. work onprojects. 900Room, 12:30p.m. CH LOVE OFLEARNINGMEETING: Wilson Room, 1 MEN'STENNIS: OldDominion,home,2 p.m. TUESDAY | 5 p.m. BASEBALL: Wofford, away,3p.m. T BASEBALL: Pfeiffer,home, 2p.m. COLLEGEBOWL PRACTICE: Green Room,4 p.m. STUARTSCHOLARSHIPFINALS:Oncampus,regis- COLLEGEBOWL PRACTICE: GreenRoom, 4 p.m. FORUMONFACULTYREVIEWPOLICY: Adiscus- trationinMorrison Room at 12 noon to6p.m. IVCFLARGEGROUPMEETING: Big ScreenRoom, sionof the Professional Affairs Committee to change the ROYALINSURANCEINTERVIEWS: Union,9a.m.to 7 p.m. faculty review process,Morrison Room, 4p.m. 4 p.m. DRAMA PRODUCTION, GODSPELL: Student-run MEDIABOARDMEETING: UnionConferenceRoom, TENN. ASSOC-INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS: Morri- production of Godspell, TIME IS TENTATIVE, 900 4:30p.m. sonRoom, 10 a.m. to11 a.m. Room, 8 p.m. YSSCMEETING: UnionConference Room, 7 p.m. CAMPEAGLE'SNEST:UnionLobby,10a.m.to3p.m. IVCFLARGEGROUPMEETING: Weekly meetings COLLEGEBOWL PRACTICE: GreenRoom,4 p.m. CH topray,sing,and listen toaspeaker,Big ScreenRoom, 7 UNIONBOARDMEETING: UnionConferenceRoom, FRIDAY | Te p.m. 5 p.m. POPFILM: Silverado,900Room,9:45p.m. CHAPEL SERVICE: A 30-minute service of prayer, INDEPENDENTEDUCATIONALSERVICE: Union, scripture,music and quietreflection for thecollege com- 9a.m. to4 p.m. CH munity,900Room, 5:15p.m. PIRG SUMMER EMPLOYMENT PROG: Union FRIDAY CINEMACLASSICS: BringingUpBaby,Love Audito- Lobby,10 a.m. to4:30p.m. 1 Ti rium,8p.m. MEN'STENNIS: Wooster, home, 2p.m. SGAMEETING: UnionConferenceRoom, 9p.m. COLLEGEBOWLPRACTICE: GreenRoom,4 p.m. MEN'S TENNIS: Pitt,home, 2p.m. TWENTY-ONEYEAR OLDS'NIGHT: 900Room,10 DRAMA PRODUCTION,GODSPELL: Student-run COLLEGEBOWL PRACTICE: GreenRoom, 4p.m. p.m. to12:30a.m. production of Godspell, TIME IS TENTATIVE, 900 CONCERT CHOIR TOUR CONCERT: Spring tour Room, 8 p.m. program, including music by Igor Stravinsky, Claude Debussy,IrvingFine andCharles Ives,HodsonHall,8:15 WEDNESDAY | CH p.m. T SATURDAY | T9 [ PRATIEHEADS CONCERT: Irishmusic,900Room, INDEPENDENTEDUCATIONAL SERVICE: Union, 9:30p.m. 9 a.m. to4 p.m. BASEBALL: Citadel(2),away,12noon. OPEN LUNCH: Panel on Central America, Davidson MEN'S TENNIS: Duke,away,1p.m. College trip,900Room, 12:30p.m. CINEMA CLASSICS: Devi,Love Auditorium,8p.m. MEN'S TENNIS: Virginia, home, 2p.m. DRAMA PRODUCTION, GODSPELL: Student-run BASEBALL: Wake Forest,away,2p.m. production of Godspell, TIME IS TENTATIVE, 900 BASEBALL: Wagner(2), home,12 noon. COLLEGEBOWL PRACTICE: GreenRoom,4 p.m. Room,8 p.m. MEN'STENNIS: Washington College,home,1p.m. PROF.NICHOLASMAXWELL: "How CanWe Build DC DANCE TROUPE PERFORMANCE: Ballet, A Better World? From Knowledge to Wisdom." Prof. modern,jazz,Hodson Hall,7:30p.m. Maxwellis from University College,London,900Room, CINEMACLASSICS: BringingUpBaby, LoveAudito- 4 p.m. rium,8p.m. YSSC ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING: Big Screen Room,7p.m. MEN'STENNIS: Washington & Lee,home, 1p.m. CH INDEPENDENT EDUCATIONAL SERVICE MTG: BASEBALL: Citadel,away,1p.m. SUNDAY T3 Morrison Room,7 p.m. STANLEYKAPLANLSATCOURSE: LSATprepara- CAROLE FITZPATRICK, SOPRANO: Chamber tory course with 8 four hour classes,Union Conference BASEBALL: Wagner, home,11a.m. Music Series, Carole Fitzpatrick, soprano and James Room,1p.m. to5 p.m. MEN'S TENNIS: Oklahoma,home, 1p.m. Swisher,piano,HodsonHall,8:15p.m. JAMES G.SWISHER,PIANO: Vesper Concert,Per- LENTEN SPIRITUAL PREPARATION: Group of POPFILM: Brian'sSong.900Room, 9:45p.m. formspiecesby Scarlatti,Debussy,Davidovsky andLiszt, eightstudents seekingtospirituallyprepareforEaster,Red HodsonHall,8p.m. Room,9 p.m. CH CINEMA CLASSICS: Devi,Love Auditorium,8 p.m. THURSDAY | T7 DRAMA PRODUCTION, GODSPELL: Student-run production,TIMEISTENTATIVE,900Room, 8 p.m. MONDAY COFFEE ANDCOKES:Celebrate Day by 1 T" St.Patrick's LENTEN SPIRITUAL PREPARATION: Group of attending thisstudent/faculty/staffsocialco-sponsoredby eightstudentsseekingtospirituallyprepareforEaster,Red MEN'S TENNIS: George Mason,home, 2 p.m. the SGAand thePresident'sOffice.Chambers frontlawn Room,9p.m.

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