IT WAS A GOOD DAI See page 6 for a recap of Dai-Jon Parker’s breakout performance in Saturday’s win over Texas A&M

MONDAY FEBRUARY 18, 2013 VOL. 125, ISS. 13 WWW.INSIDEVANDY.COM MOTHERS KNOW BEST From defending his mothers before the Iowa Legislature to traveling as an advocate for same- sex marriage rights, Zach Wahls’ journey brings him to Vanderbilt on Wednesday.

By KELLY HALOM my parents has had zero effect on on the phone with Wahls, spark- Life editor the content of my character.” ing a frenzy of talk-show appear------The speech shook both the ances and speaking engagements LGBT community and all that all throughout the country, from Zach Wahls skyrocketed to fame opposed it, begging the question: “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” after addressing the Iowa House Where did this guy come from? to a gay rights speech at the 2012 Judiciary Committee in a public Lambda Legal, the law fi rm that Democratic National Convention. hearing on Jan. 31, 2011. The hear- had litigated the Supreme Court “Being on television is a very ing debated House Joint Resolu- case, found Wahls through an interesting phenomenon,” Wahls tion 6, a constitutional amend- op-ed he had said. “It is one ment to reverse the Supreme written for his “I think the most powerful part theater, Court decision that had legalized school news- one part legal same-sex marriage in Iowa. message that I have to share paper, which courtroom and Wahls’ speech went viral on You- is simply that love really is was picked one part just con- Tube within hours of the event, as what makes a family.” up by the Des versation with he garnered praise for his concise Moines Regis------friends.” articulation of what it meant to ZACH WAHLS, ter. The article After a little grow up with two lesbian mothers. advocate for same-sex spoke out in marriage rights over two years, Zach closed with the remark “In opposition and countless ap- my 19 years, not once have I been to impend- pearances later, confronted by an individual who ing amendments to ban same-sex Zach continues to share the same realized independently that I was marriage in Iowa, as well as Zach’s concise argument on gay marriage. raised by a gay couple. Do you personal experience growing up “I think the most powerful mes- know why? Because the with two mothers. sage that I have to share is simply sexual orienta- What Lambda Legal didn’t that love really is what makes tion of realize was that Zach was a state- a family,” Wahls said. “I think champion debater and had been a sometimes we get caught up in the repeat fi nalist in competitive other stuff. People want to say, ‘no, acting at a national level. it’s this’ or ‘it’s that.’ But at the end “I think they got a of the day, families come in every little bit more than they shape and size.” bargained for,” Wahls Wahls’ message on family has said. come from a lifetime of battling While the amend- misconceptions of what it means ment eventually to grow up with two mothers. “One did go on to pass, of the common misconceptions Wahls’ message that people have about someone was not ignored. in my situation is that I didn’t have Only a little over any male role models, which of 36 hours later, course is not true,” Wahls said. “I the producer had fantastic men: my uncles, my of “The Ellen granddad, but also my teachers DeGeneres in my public schools, the men in Show” was my church, the Boy Scout leaders. There are all kinds of really great role models that I had growing up. And frankly, they weren’t all male. I had plenty of great female role models too outside of the home. But you know, this idea that some- how I lacked a male role model is simply not the case at all.” Wahls will be speaking in Sarratt Cinema on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m. Wahls will open with a speech that addresses the many questions he has been asked by people when they fi nd out he has lesbian parents. He will then host an open-ended question-and-answer session, where he promises to stay until every question has been answered. “I will literally stand on stage for

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Death to free printing STRUCK BY A METEOR Harlem-shaken ELYABINSK, Russia (AP) — As a small army of people — Tyler Bishop, news editor worked to replace acres of windows shattered by the enor- Continuing the viral “Harlem Shake” Internet fad, the Eskind Library shifts toward mous explosion from a meteor, many joked on Saturday Vanderbilt baseball team released a YouTube rendi- about what had happened in this troubled pocket of Russia. tion of the video last week. In the three days pay-to-print initiative One of the most popular jests: Residents of the meteor after its release, the video has already been were terrifi ed to see Chelyabinsk approaching. viewed over 43,000 times. — Kristen Webb, art director The fi reball that streaked into the sky over this tough The video features members of the Last week, Eskind Library, more commonly known as industrial city at about sunrise Friday was undeniably baseball team and Mr. Commodore, the “Biomed” library, dealt a blow to Commodore Card ac- traumatic. Nearly 1,200 people were reported injured by Vanderbilt mascot, dancing in the locker counts everywhere: No more honor system for printing. the shock wave from the explosion, estimated to be as room to Baauer’s “Harlem Shake.” According to the library’s website, “This change will strong as 20 Hiroshima atomic bombs. According to a YouTube blog, help us be more environmentally friendly by reducing But the meteor also brought a sense of cooperation nearly 50,000 versions of the “Har- paper waste — last year EBL users printed more than in a troubled region. Large numbers of volunteers lem Shake” video meme have been 2.1 million pages, almost as much as all other Vanderbilt came forward to help fi x the damage caused by the uploaded since Feb. 2 when the libraries combined.” explosion and many residents came together on original video — called “DO THE In order to persuade students to print less at the the Internet — fi rst to fi nd out what happened HARLEM SHAKE” — created by library, Eskind plans to instate the same pay-for-print and soon to make jokes. fi ve teenagers from Queensland, system that other libraries and computer labs on cam- “The city is a place where people Australia went viral. pus use, in which users pay fi ve cents per page using a always seem bitter with each other,” The baseball team’s version Commodore Card account or credit card. The previous said music teacher Ilya Shibanov. is called “Harlem Shake Vandy plan allowed for up to 30 pages printed free, with an But the meteor “was one of the Baseball Edition” and can be honor system in place requesting $1 for the 31st page rare times when people started found on YouTube. and fi ve cents for each additional page after that. to live together through one Check out The Hustler’s In addition to this new payment plan, the library “will event.” version of the “Harlem make it easier to convert material to PDF mode, and “For most people, it’s a good Shake” on InsideVandy.com. download to a fl ash drive to save or send.” excuse for a joke,” he said.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “I wish I could go back to myself senior year and tell myself not to stress over random test grades and homework. It’s important, but fi nding your passion is priceless.” campus COURTNEY DIAL WHITMORE, VANDERBILT ALUMNA College Halls will not be Commons 2.0 QUICK Each hall will be College Halls will have its To promote a sense of community, equipped with singles, own dining center, including students living in College Halls will COLLEGE doubles and four- and a “Munchie Mart” as well as have the opportunity to stay there HALLS six-person suites. some made-to-order meals. through their senior year. FACTS PLAN YOUR WEEK Moore, Warren MONDAY Names of residential colleges O -campus Housing Fair 4-6 p.m. 660 Student Life Center Ballrooms A and B Total capacity The O ce of Housing and Residential Educa- tion is providing students with the opportunity to conduct their research for o -campus ac- 220 commodations in an easy, stress-free environ- Approximate number Unlike The of residents from each ment. Representatives from local properties Commons, grade level will be present. College Halls will not be a Living Learning Lottery Mellissa Harris-Perry: ‘Race, Health Community, as Residence selection and Justice’ residents will process 7–9 p.m. not be required Langford Auditorium to participate in Fall 2014 The lecture, which begins at 7 p.m., will be fol- programming. Expected completion lowed by a reception and book signing. It is free date and open to the public. The event is the sixth RENDERINGS COURTESY OF THE OFFICE OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND ASSESSMENT annual Walter Murray Jr. Memorial Lecture at Vanderbilt. To clarify whisperings about the future of the College Halls experience at Vanderbilt, The Hustler got the scoop on what’s in, what’s out and what’s still up in the air

TUESDAY By MADDIE HUGHES also be differentiated from the Living Learning contain seating and will have items typical in Film and Discussion: ‘The Man’ Senior news reporter Communities by the fact that residents will not other campus stores located in residential areas. ------be required to participate in a service project or While there have been rumors that there will 6-8 p.m. other community goal. be an application to live in The Halls, selection Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center College Halls at Vanderbilt is quickly com- According to Barge, student input also deter- will instead be lottery-based. Auditorium ing to life on the former site of the Kissam mined the structure of the living spaces: “Stu- “There is no requirement other than being a “The Man” is a 1972 fi lm about the fi rst black Quadrangle. While many students, especially dents said they wanted community and access Vanderbilt student, but students will have to ac- sophomores, are relieved that they avoided president of the United States, based on Irving to their friends but still some privacy.” knowledge a statement of understanding about being “Kisslammed,” many questions remain These requests will be refl ected in the avail- belonging to this community,” said Barge. Wallace’s bestselling novel by the same title. about what exactly will be taking the infamous able rooming options. Each fl oor will contain The lottery process will occur before the regu- Discussion of race, politics and the presidency residence hall’s place. singles that, Barge assured, are larger than those lar housing process, so that those who do not will follow the screening. College Halls at Vanderbilt will be another of the former Kissam residences — doubles and get selected for College Halls have other housing housing option for upperclassmen. The build- both four-person and six-person suites. The options open. The goal is to have a distribution ings will house two colleges — Moore College suites will be made up of all single rooms, a liv- of approximately one-third sophomores, one- and Warren College — which will further be ing room, kitchenette (no oven) and bathroom. third juniors and one-third seniors. Students WEDNESDAY divided into four halls. Each college will have Some of these suites will even be duplexes, with who live in The Halls for one year will have the its own faculty-in-residence, and each hall will three bedrooms on each level. Each hall will also opportunity to stay through their senior year have its own graduate fellow. The Halls will have a living room with study spaces, a kitchen without re-entering the lottery process. Black, White and Rainbow at Vandy house 660 beds, which is an approximate 80- and a TV. “It is very important that we give members 6-8 p.m. bed increase from the former Kissam Quad- According to Director of Dining Services the opportunity to stay,” Barge said. “Here at rangle. Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center Camp Howard, the dining options for Col- Vanderbilt there is very nomadic housing, Many students have speculated that College lege Halls at Vanderbilt will build upon dining which makes it hard to have a sense of com- Auditorium Halls may be just an extension of The Com- models across campus, readjusted for the new munity. Those who stay (in The Halls) will help This town hall panel discussion will take an mons; however, according to Associate Provost community. The facility will contain a campus perpetuate a sense of community, that wouldn’t imperative and in-depth look at what it means for Strategic Initiatives Susan Barge, this will not store, commonly referred to as a “Munchie exist if nobody stayed there the next year.” to be black, white and rainbow at Vandy. What be the case. Mart,” with food service. While the food service As of now, the project is on schedule and on are the experiences of black students, white “(The Halls) were designed with the older menu items are still undetermined, Howard did budget and will be open in August 2014. When student in mind,” Barge said. “We had a lot of students and LGBT students — and how do they state that the option would feature made-to- asked what the next step would be after College student input when we were fi rst imagining order food for breakfast and dinner. Halls at Vanderbilt is completed, Barge said that see themselves at Vanderbilt as individuals and the future College Halls, and students said they “Think of it as a combination between Com- there are no formal plans, but if an area needs as a community? wanted programming that would fi t into their mon Grounds and Chef James Bistro,” Howard renovation it will be performed in the “spirit of very busy lives .” said. The Halls.” According to Barge, the hope is to The goal of College Halls is to foster a sense of The new dining facility will be housed in the eventually have a whole system of residential community among the residents rather than to Kissam Center entry located between Moore colleges on the Vanderbilt campus. force programming participation. The Halls will College and Warren College. The facility will not Kion Sawney contributed to this report. CORRECTION An article in the Life section of the Aug. 22 issue of The Vanderbilt Hustler reported on senior Omar Salman’s intern- ship with the World Health Organization ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: in the Democratic Republic of the Congo this summer. We have since learned that Salman’s account was a fabrication, as BLOGGER, AUTHOR confi rmed by Salman himself, and we apologize for this oversight in fact-check- ing. AND ‘PARTY STYLIST’ The Hustler takes a look at the life after Vandy vanderbilthustler through 2007 alumna Courtney Dial Whit- STAFF more, who now writes cookbooks, ‘styles’ par- ERIC SINGLE — EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ties and blogs for Pizzazzerie.com ANDRÉ ROUILLARD — OPINION EDITOR KELLY HALOM — LIFE EDITOR PHOTO COURTESY OF COURTNEY WHITMORE TYLER BISHOP — NEWS EDITOR By HANNAH SILLS are any crises to take care of. After Stewart’s website shortly thereafter I fi gured it would end up as some Senior news reporter that, I’ll be sure the day’s blog post and then approached to do a book typical 8-t o-5 at some large com- BRITTANY MATTHEWS — ASSISTANT LIFE EDITOR ------is live, spend some time on social deal. My third book will release this pany somewhere. Now, I can take GEORGE BARCLAY — ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR media. All the social media tools summer! trips when I want, have lunch with JESSE GOLOMB — ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR drive traffi c to my site and thus friends (without worrying about ANTHONY TRIPODORO — ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR The Vanderbilt Hustler: What was bring revenue in via advertising. VH: What is your favorite part of having only an hour) and drive your major at Vanderbilt, and KRISTEN WEBB — ART DIRECTOR After that, I’ll typically work on a your job? my own destiny. I wish I could go what year did you graduate? shoot or two. I work with brands back to myself senior year and tell DIANA ZHU — ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR CDW: Styling! Any excuse to buy Courtney Dial Whitmore: I was like Michael’s, Hershey, Pepsi, myself not to stress over random ZACH BERKOWITZ — DESIGNER cute ribbon, baking cups, etc. a communication studies major Tostitos and others to style their test grades and homework. It’s im- KAREN CHAN — DESIGNER is the job for me! I have a large in A&S, and I graduated in 2007. products. I do it right in my own portant, but fi nding your passion is EUNICE JUN — DESIGNER offi ce with cake stands galore to I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do home where I have a prop room priceless. HOLLY GLASS — DESIGNER style away for my books or brand after graduation, so I enrolled in for dishes, backgrounds, craft AUGIE PHILLIPS — DESIGNER shoots. I can work when I want JENNA WENGLER — DESIGNER Peabody’s Leadership and Orga- supplies, etc. I’ll then edit photos, or when I don’t (midday pedi- VH: Do you have any advice for nizational Performance Master’s get them sent off to the companies cures!) and truly feel in charge of current Vanderbilt undergradu- ANGELICA LASALA — CHIEF COPY EDITOR program and graduated from that and call it a day! my own career. What I also love ates? ALEX DAI — SUPERVISING COPY EDITOR program in 2009. PRIYANKA ARIBINDI — COPY EDITOR is managing my own income. If CDW: Ask yourself, “What would SAARA ASIKAINEN — COPY EDITOR VH: How did you get to your cur- I work harder, I get paid more. you do if you could do anything MADDIE HUGHES — COPY EDITOR VH: What is your current job? rent career position? This was something that’s harder you wanted all day long?” I asked ANNE STEWART LYNDE — COPY EDITOR What’s a typical day like for you? CDW: After graduating from my to fi nd working for someone else. my husband this as he fi nished his SOPHIE TO — COPY EDITOR CDW: My current job is a bit of a masters, I worked at the Vanderbilt degree in fi nance. He thought the long title. I’m a cookbook author, EMILY TORRES — COPY EDITOR Career Center for about a year. I VH: Would you have seen yourself answer should be “banking” but blogger and stylist for food and was helping engineering students where you are now as a senior in when he decided to be truthful to party companies. My typical day MURPHY BYRNE — PHOTO EDITOR with their job searches, but I found college? himself, he said “golf.” Now he’s a CHRIS HONIBALL — FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHER involves waking up late! I don’t get the job to be boring for my creative golf pro at a course in Tennessee. CDW: Absolutely not! I remember KEVIN BARNETT — LEAD PHOTOGRAPHER up before 8:30 a.m. I never liked mind. I wasn’t fulfi lled and not Do what you love and nothing else, NELSON HUA — LEAD PHOTOGRAPHER those 8 a.m. classes, and I still am enjoying myself. So I quit to put sitting in classes in Stevenson my and it will never feel like work. TINA TIAN — LEAD PHOTOGRAPHER not a morning person. Then I’ll my work full time into Pizzazzerie. senior year thinking how I had ease into email and see if there com. I was featured on Martha no idea what I wanted to do, but THE VANDERBILT HUSTLER ◆ WWW.INSIDEVANDY.COM MONDAY. FEBRUARY 18. 2013 3

QUOTE OF THE DAY “Sometimes I wonder if the use of the term ‘hookup’ stems from that fact that people’s memories of what happened might be a little hazy due to the intertwinement of binge drinking and hookup culture.” opinion MOLLY CORN Blow by blow When it comes to hooking up, Something got you peeved? Irked? Honked off? The Rant is your place to anonymously vent your spleen on any Vanderbilt students are doing it issue you want. To get your rant on: tweet @Vandy- Rant, email us at [email protected], or visit the all wrong InsideVandy.com opinion page.

1. It really annoys me that teleporting hasn’t he phrase “hookup culture” is news about chlamydia though: It’s easy been invented yet, especially since our engi- oft-repeated in reference to party to test for, completely temporary, and can neering students are supposedly so intelligent. schools like Vanderbilt. But ever be knocked out with a onetime dosage of I mean, study abroad is fun, but is it really too intertwinement of binge much to ask to be able to teleport back to cam- since Frannie Boyle’s now infa- azithromycin (a z-pack). So I guess the fall mousT critique regarding the prevalence scandal wasn’t so bad after all. The bad drinking and hookup culture. pus occasionally to hang out with friends, go to MOLLY CORN of sexual promiscuity at Vanderbilt that news? According to the CDC, it’s the most But even if you just “hooked up” with a party, eat a Randwich or even just to speak is a sophomore in someone, if there are fl uids involved, you English in public? ran on CNN two years ago, our campus common sexually transmitted disease, the College of Arts can still get an STD. In fact, in practice, and Science and publications have been oddly silent on and most people show no symptoms. the matter. After the so-called chlamydia Because many STDs are asymptomatic, oral sex is probably riskier than so called 2. I love it when I see fi ve dead birds on my treasurer of the Vanderbilt Feminists. outbreak in the fall, however, it seems that especially in males, the infections and “real” sex, because people are more likely walk to class. Totally complements the artifi - to use condoms during intercourse. Have cial dead bird noises from Plant Ops that I hear She can be reached Vanderbilt students might need a couple viruses can be doing dangerous (and per- at molly.e.corn@ you ever seen anyone mention dental on the way back. reminders that STDs are actually danger- manent) damage to reproductive health if vanderbilt.edu. ous. Unfortunately, broaching the topic of they go untreated. Certain infections, such dams without giggling or scoffi ng? Out of sex is always a little tricky. No one wants as chlamydia, can even lead to infertility if everyone you know who is sexually active, 3. Abby Sutton on taxing the rich: “Is 40 per- to be judged on their personal decisions, left untreated. do you know anyone who uses barrier cent of their income not enough?” Sweetheart, and sometimes trying to talk about it puts According to a clicker survey given in methods for acts other than intercourse? that’s not how taxes work. Rich people (i.e. Herpes is easily transmitted by oral sex, those who make 250k+) only pay that high of a someone in a position open to scrutiny. Leslie Smith’s Human Sexuality lecture For the record, I’ve had the outline of this last fall (a class of over 200 students), and you will carry the virus for life, which rate on every dollar OVER 250k that they make. will undoubtedly complicate your sex life It’s not as if the government is taking 100k in column on my computer for months, but the majority of students had never been in the future, as well as future pregnancy taxes. They get taxed at the same rate as peo- the idea of actually publishing it prevented tested, and approximately 75 percent were ple who only make 30k a year for the fi rst 30k, me from writing it. sexually active. Maybe I’m overestimating for women. the same as those who make 50k a year for the I’m not here to tell you to repent. I’m not Vanderbilt’s promiscuity, but if anecdotes Personally, I think part of the problem next 20k, and so on. If you’re going to write a here to tell you that you will get pregnant passed via word of mouth are any indica- with hookup culture can be attributed to critique on taxes, make sure you understand and die. I’m not here to be your mom and tion of general behavior, this campus the fact people place a lot more gravity how they work. spout cliched phrases about the emotional doesn’t come out looking nearly as smart on sexual intercourse and often discount damage or moral dangers of hookups. as we supposedly are. other acts as if they don’t “count.” Let me 4. Want to know which United States president There are a lot of people who would love Interestingly enough, people don’t put this bluntly: If you can get a disease had the most vacation days during his presi- to put an end to “adult sleepovers” and want to discuss the safety of their vari- from it, it “counts.” But, if you must keep dency? That would be George W. Bush with a all hedonistic promiscuity; I’m not one of ous sexual encounters. Many people’s track of the number of people you hook whopping 1,020. Obama is not even on pace to them. You can make your own decisions. typical response to questions about up with, what does that number mean? break the halfway mark. Have at it. Get some. Good for you. their latest Friday night escapade is “We Who and how many people you hook The caveat? Be smart about it; this didn’t have sex, we just hooked up.” up with is not going to have a lifelong or 5. Apparently The Hustler columnists watched is about more than birth control. An Wow. That’s really specifi c, and I totally detrimental effect on your future as long three di erent State of the Unions. unplanned pregnancy can be taken care understand now, because the term as you take appropriate precautions. Us- of, while a lot of STDs cannot. Herpes, “hookup” isn’t specifi cally designed to ing barrier methods correctly is effective for instance. According to the Centers for be vague, and you’re probably not at at preventing the transmission of STDs 6. There is no valid solution to the Febru- nearly 100 percent of the time, and getting ary 14th Sudoku! Try balancing 1, 2 & 4 in the Disease Control and Prevention, between risk for any STDs if you just “hooked tested is an important part of any sexually middle row of boxes. 15 to 20 percent of people aged 14-49 have up.” Sometimes I wonder if the use of a herpes simplex virus 2 infection. And it’s the term “hookup” stems from that fact active individual’s life. permanent. You should be worried about that people’s memories of what hap- 7. Crater, I dearly hope that your article was — Molly Corn meant as satire. Otherwise, you embody the it. You can’t fi x that mistake. There’s good pened might be a little hazy due to the historically ignorant, American exceptional- ism-spewing bull that has already gotten our country into so much trouble. Part of your sup- port for welcoming nuclear warfare is based on the speculation that “we’d probably get them Looking beyond the letters fi rst herp derp.” A fairer appraisal of Greek Life and its members is in order 8. Dear Slant: Putting in a photo of a guy who ou label me a sorority girl, and same kind of things I do with my friends got paralyzed and making frat star jokes about may have included alcohol, perhaps in vast him is pretty distasteful. that’s because I am one. I’m wear- amounts. But these activities don’t detract when I’m not drinking. ing my ADPi sweatshirt, but you from the integrity of the organizations. I get it though. We’re an easy target. can no longer see the person that’s Their parties are spontaneous, memorable We say things like “big” and “little,” and 9. The IOC dropping wrestling from the Olym- passionateY about education reform, some- and fun. Yet, when Greeks have parties we have shirts that say “rage” on them. pics is like Vanderbilt dropping its School of one who grew up in her Lutheran church with alcohol in vast amounts, it’s imma- We spend hours painting coolers, and Engineering. KELLY HALOM back home, a student that loves literature ture, unoriginal — even reckless. we make shapes with our hands in all of is a sophomore in and a girl who easily spends half her meal Yes, the idea of a frat is a little gross. our pictures. But when you can’t see past the College of Arts money on Ben and Jerry’s. People are loud. There’s beer on the my ADPi coffee mug to the person that’s and Science and the You see the sweatshirt, and that’s it. fl oor. And on your clothes. Not to men- standing before you, I think you might be Life editor of The We’re done. It’s too late. From now on you’ll tion it’s always hotter than hell. But misunderstanding what it means to have vanderbilthustler Vanderbilt Hustler. She can be reached think of me as “Kelly? Oh yeah, the ADPi.” come on, a frat party is basically a club a “limited” Vanderbilt experience. EDITORIAL BOARD at kelly.m.halom@ You think my organization is stupid on campus. It’s not much different than You still try to defi ne me by these nega- vanderbilt.edu. because it apparently is centered on when you go to Club Mai or Play. tive generalizations, these single aspects ERIC SINGLE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF partying and drinking. And you laugh Of course not every organization of what we do as a sorority, but why not [email protected] when I say that we also do service in parties together, of course not everyone inspect how they apply to you? Just like the community, too. You laugh when I on campus drinks and of course these me, you might study a little less than you ANDRÉ ROUILLARD KELLY HALOM tell you of all the amazing and talented things aren’t prerequisites to being a should. Just like me, you might get drunk OPINION EDITOR LIFE EDITOR people I have met in my sorority, how Vanderbilt student or organization. But with your best friends on the weekend. [email protected] [email protected] many of these girls I love and how many a lot of groups and students do hang out Just like me, you might make a few bad of them I consider my best friends. in this way. And yet, I often seem to bear decisions. Just because I’m doing it in a fra- “You don’t fi nd best friends when the stereotype of partier more often than ternity house or at Lonnie’s and you’re do- TYLER BISHOP you’re drunk,” you say. While partying my non-Greek Vanderbilt counterparts. ing it in your Towers suite or a bar doesn’t NEWS MANAGER and drinking are certainly a part of my Discrediting my organization, and more mean that we’re all that different. [email protected] organization and something that we all specifi cally me as a person by asso- Maybe we could both do better. Maybe do together, wouldn’t you say that many ciation, for a common activity on this next time you see me carrying that bag that OPINION POLICY organizations on campus also socialize campus that takes place every weekend every girl on campus seems to have, you in this way? seems unfair and unnecessary. could see it, know that it’s a part of me and The Vanderbilt Hustler opinion page aims to stimulate You’re still laughing when I talk about But you counter with the fact that my move on to the other parts of me that aren’t discussion in the Vanderbilt community. In that spirit, col- my philanthropy experiences in my soror- relationships are purely built on party- as obvious. You could ask me other things umnists, guest columnists and authors of letters to the edi- ity because I’m about partying, not service. ing, completely superfi cial. You say it’s all about myself. I could answer and fi nd out tor are expected to provide logical argument to back their ADPi does monthly trips to the Ronald you’ve seen me do with my friends. more things about you. I won’t be waiting views. Unreasonable arguments, arguments in bad faith or McDonald House, fundraises year-round, It’s as if you think you’ve got me on for your judgment, and you won’t be deliv- arguments in vain between columnists have no place in The helps prepare girls in impoverished areas constant surveillance or something, that ering it. We could respect each other and Hustler and will not be published. The Hustler welcomes for their proms, tutors with Youth Encour- you know for a fact that this is all I do meet each other halfway. You might learn reader viewpoints and o ers three methods of expres- agement Services … not to mention the with my sorority. Actually, I’ve gone to that I love Ben and Jerry’s and can’t wait to sion: letters to the editor, guest columns and feedback on service our sisters do individually outside the symphony with my big, concerts all start a career in education reform. I might InsideVandy.com. of our sorority. Yes, we do party together around Nashville with my sisters, fre- learn that you write for The Slant and have The views expressed in lead editorials refl ect the major- afterward. ASB does one week of service. quent coffee shop runs with others. I’ve always wanted to be a fourth grade teacher. ity of opinion among The Hustler’s editorial board and are They also party together afterward. made baked goods with some of these I’m not refuting your claims that I drink not necessarily representative of any individual member. Over my two years at Vanderbilt, I have girls, been to the Belcourt with others or party, but I am also hoping that you Letters must be submitted either in person by the author been invited to Hustler parties, VU Theatre and even made a fool of myself alongside might realize that we’re not as different as to the Hustler o ce or via email to opinion@insidevandy. parties, Blair parties, WilSkills parties, them in intramurals. you think. Contrary to popular belief, frat com. Letters via email must come from a Vanderbilt email Mayfi eld parties, Model UN parties, AASA These are probably the same kind of stars have hearts, too. address where the identity of the sender is clear. With rare parties, VSG parties and a cappella parties, things you do with your friends when exception, all letters must be received by 1 p.m. on Sunday just to rattle off a few. All of these parties you’re not drinking. Those are basically the — Kelly Halom or Wednesday. 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By MATT LEIBERSON group is Natalie Snyder, a freshman Life reporter who joined the ROTC program second ------semester. “I ran a 5k race on campus, and At 6 a.m., most Vanderbilt students Lieutenant Colonel (Chris) Black came are sound asleep. The thought of being up to me after the race and started awake at this hour — let alone working talking to me about joining ROTC,” Life in uniform out — seems hellish. But the dedicated Snyder said. “It turns out I beat him in Vanderbilt ROTC students are at at- the race and he was impressed with my tention at Centennial Park. Mondays, abilities.” Wednesdays and Fridays, Vanderbilt She then shadowed some members ROTC students have physical training of the program before deciding to join. from 6-7 a.m., and they often return to Snyder is also a biomedical engi- their dorms before most students even neering major looking to become an wake up. army doctor. As a girl in the program, reasons “On our PT (physical training) days, Snyder doesn’t feel like she’s incred- we’re in the van to Centennial Park by ibly different than any of the guys. “It’s Harambee 5:35,” said Zach Johnson, a freshman interesting being in the minority of the in the Vanderbilt Army ROTC program. program, with only about a third of the Johnson learned of ROTC through a ROTC members being girls, but I don’t should be your neighbor, who was a lieutenant colonel really think about it much,” she said. in the army. Johnson’s ultimate goal “You’re treated as an equal, like you hump day with ROTC, which he couples with a would on the battlefi eld.” biomedical engineering major. The other major part of the ROTC “Army doctors are the most highly program comes with Thursday ROTC study break regarded doctors in the world, and be- labs. The group, which consists of coming an army doctor is an ultimate ROTC members from six local schools Vanderbilt’s African Student Union is putting dream of mine,” he said. but is hosted at Vanderbilt, goes Johnson rehashed his physical train- through Squad Tactical Exercises 6on dinner and a show for Harambee in honor ing regiment from Feb. 6, which in- (STEX). In these exercises, which take of Black History Month. Meaning ‘coming volved calisthenics, pushup and sit-up place at Tennessee Tech, the cadre together,’ Harambee is a Kenyan tradition, often drills and running. “We start out every splits the members into squads, and day by stretching as a battalion, and we then each squad is given a mission. held to facilitate fundraising or community began with pushup and sit-up drills,” They have to decode and then rehearse development. The Hustler breaks down all Johnson said. the mission, which could range from the reasons you should ditch your books on The pushup and sit-up drills are an ambush to an assault to reconnais- based on working to break personal sance. “We learn the basic tactics of Wednesday night in favor of a unique and goals in a certain amount of time. “We carrying out a certain mission, the rules exciting cultural experience. had to take our personal maximum of engagement, how to react if a mis- number of pushups, and do half of that sion goes wrong — all very important By MOLLY CORN number in 40 seconds,” he said. The things to know in battle,” Johnson said. Life reporter same drill was repeated with sit-ups, Both Johnson and Snyder are greatly ------followed by running. The battalion, honored to be in the highly esteemed paced by a commander (a senior within program. “While I’m doing what I’m 1. Exotic food the program) and a cadre (an actual doing, I don’t think about it,” Snyder On-campus dinner options are always limited, and eating army offi cer), did eight quarter-mile said, “but you realize sometimes how in Rand when there are better options available is sure to sprints through Centennial Park. “Run- important and honorable this program be disappointing. Harambee will feature tasty West African ning is the hardest to improve at, and is.” Johnson elaborated: “You’re not just and Caribbean food, including jollof rice, pu pu and fried it’s probably the most diffi cult thing representing yourself in the uniform, plantains. Surprise your taste buds and give them an unusual and PROVIDED BY ZACH JOHNSON we do on any given morning,” Johnson you’re representing anyone who ever unanticipated treat. Vanderbilt ROTC students Zach Johnson (left) and Natalie Synder (right) said. wore it, and that’s extremely hum- participated in a weekend of training at Tullahoma National Guard Base. One of the better runners in the bling.” gh lau od 2. A go This year’s Harambee is themed around “Modern Family,” which ASU president Chinanu Ukpai believes to be “the best show on TV.” Following in the footsteps How to live in an LLC next year of the ABC comedy, the show is centered on the chaos and shenanigans If you want to live in an LLC community next year, there is still time to apply to join one. Read on to learn about the that ensue when boisterous extended family members come to town. It’s di erent options available to you and what steps to take to get the housing you want. By Kara Sherrer, life reporter sure to be a reminder of the universal absurdity of families everywhere. CREATIVE CAMPUS RESIDENTIAL FELLOWS Maryann Rainey, the graduate assistant for Arts and Creative 3. Check out the performance Engagement, said CCRF seeks to “redefi ne what it means to be scene at Vandy creative and be an artist.” To this end, CCRF participants learn Several of Vanderbilt’s multitalented performance groups will be about and refl ect on a creative theme through the year. This year’s featured within the show including Capoeira club, BhangraDores theme was “Art is Never Silent.” Students meet every other week and Vanderbilt Spoken Word. The diversity of performance groups for an hour and engage in regular creative endeavors. Additional- is “really trying to make the connection, to see how Africa has infl uenced other countries, and how other countries have also ly, residents host guest speakers and artists and participate in one infl uenced Africa, all around the world,” according to Chinanu. special event a month, such as seeing a show at TPAC or visiting It’s sure to be a good show if you enjoy people spitting game and an exhibit at The Frist. In the 2012-13 academic year, CCRF also shaking that thang. teamed up with local nonprofi t Our Thrift Store for the service project ART=JOBS. The year fi nally culminates in a showcase, where students display creative works expressing what they have 4. African fashion learned and how they have grown through participating in CCRF. Harambee will feature a fashion show of modern African designers. Presented in conjunction with the McGill Project, this year’s Chinanu mentions the fashion show as a great way to break showcase will be held in Rand on March 28. Elizabeth Coleman, stereotypes about “traditional” African clothes. “Most people think a theatre and fi lm studies student on the executive council, said of Kente cloth, and that’s actually not what the fashion is about that “creativity is work, but it’s the most rewarding work you’ll anymore,” Chinanu said. “We have really modern fashions, things fi nd,” and that’s why CCRF is such a fulfi lling experience. you might see on the runway in Milan or Paris, but they’re African- infl uenced also.” LEADERSHIP HALL Leadership Hall is committed to helping its members improve 5. A good cause their leadership skills, regardless of past experience. In fact, “our The majority of the proceeds of Harambee will go to Vanderbilt work is more based on individual development whereas the Blood: Water Mission, which is “a national grassroots organization other LLCs are more project-based,” said Wil De Los Santos, the that empowers communities to work together against the HIV/AIDS program coordinator for Leadership Hall. Because of this ap- and water crises in Africa.” On campus, “Vanderbilt Blood: Water proach, Leadership Hall designs a curriculum for each individual Mission works closely with the national organization to raise funds and bring awareness of these issues to the Vanderbilt community” participant. Traci Ray, the associate director for LLCs, explained according to Vanderbilt Blood: Water Mission’s president Alexandra how customized the process is: “The curriculum is based off of Mikels. pre-assessment data collected from the incoming participants, (which is) analyzed over the summer by the professional and graduate staff coordinators” and then implemented during the 6. Ms. Anne said so coming school year. Every other week, students work through In case you needed another reason to attend: this curriculum in group meetings. Through workshops, service Ms. Anne, everyone’s favorite dining worker — projects, retreats and other social events, Leadership Hall builds the real reason that Last Drop is always busy — fully endorses Harambee because the African both friendships between students and relationships with the Student Union was one of the fi rst groups to Vanderbilt and Nashville communities. Participants seeking ad- support the minimum wage campaign for ditional involvement can also join the student board. Whether Vanderbilt’s dining workers. a student is the president of multiple clubs or has almost no leadership experience whatsoever, Leadership Hall certainly has something to offer them.

MURPHY BYRNE / THE VANDERBILT HUSTLER VANDERBILT INTEREST PROJECTS Students involved in the Living Learning Community VIP program showcase their year’s work in The Commons While similar in concept to the Mayfi eld Lodges, Vanderbilt Center. The event was held to generate interest for the VIP program among freshmen. Interest Projects (VIP) operate in a very different way. Project When: Wednesday, Feb. 20 groups range up to 10 students, so there is no striving to hit that “magic” number. Additionally, there is no maximum number of TIP CORNER Student Life Center VIP groups, while only 20 Mayfi eld Lodges are available. Once Where: projects are selected, the VIP staff helps each group take their All Vanderbilt Living Learning Communities (LLC) applications can be downloaded from the idea, fl esh it out and personalize an action plan for the year. “The Vanderbilt LLC website or picked up from the Main Housing O ce at 4113 Branscomb Quad. Who: Vanderbilt’s African Student structure is there, but I want (the students) to do what they need The Creative Campus Residential Fellows (CCRF) program interviews each applicant indi- Union with it,” said Diana Morris, one of the graduate program coordi- vidually, Leadership Hall decides solely on each written application and the Vanderbilt Interest nators for VIP. According to her, students have the opportunity to Projects (VIP) program interviews two to three representatives from each project as a group. “shape their own student organization” through participating in If you want to apply for a VIP, put down the newspaper and contact a faculty advisor now. Why: For a night of food, fun, fashion VIP. All groups participate in a fall review and a semester show- You must have a relevant faculty or sta member sign o on your project before you can turn and philanthropy case as well as submit monthly reports. However, each VIP pri- in the application. marily engages in self-designed programming, such as cultivating If you decide to apply to multiple LLCs, fi ll out all the application cover pages at once a Twitter feed of the most important current events or hosting a (they’re identical no matter the LLC). Turn in all LLC applications to the Main Housing O ce by 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 22 Thanksgiving dinner for international students. For motivated How: Tickets for students can be Students will be notifi ed on March 14 if they are accepted into CCRF, Leadership Hall or bought for $10 at the Sarratt Box students who want to learn outside the classroom and personal- VIP. Accepted students must make their decisions by March 18. Room selections are made on ize that learning experience, VIP is a great choice. March 21, before the singles and doubles ballot begins. In other words, these LLCs take you out O ce on the card and can be bought of the normal housing ballot process and guarantee you a single or double in either Vanderbilt for $12 for non-Vandy students. Hall or Barnard Hall. THE VANDERBILT HUSTLER ◆ WWW.INSIDEVANDY.COM MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2013 5 6 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2013 THE VANDERBILT HUSTLER ◆ WWW.INSIDEVANDY.COM

QUOTE OF THE DAY “You know how parents want to make things better for their children?” KEVIN STALLINGS, HEAD COACH OF MEN’S BASKETBALL, ON THE PRESENCE OF TEXAS GOVERNOR RICK PERRY AT SATURDAY’S 63-56 WIN OVER TEXAS A&M. PERRY GRADUATED FROM TEXAS A&M, WHILE HIS sports SON GRIFFIN GRADUATED FROM VANDERBILT IN 2006.

SEC POWER RANKINGS The fallout from Kentucky center Nerlens Noel’s injury domi- nated the past week of Southeastern Conference basketball, SEC power rankings: Noel’s ACL shakes up the list but there were still plenty of other revealing results around By Eric Single the league. One thing no one needed any help fi guring out: Florida can ball. By Eric Single 1. NO. 7 FLORIDA (21-3 OVERALL, 11-1 SEC) It’s old news that no one in the SEC can run with Florida, but when the Gators hit 15 3-pointers, cowering is the only acceptable reaction. Michael Frazier II hit six coming o the bench as Florida ran Auburn out of its own gym this weekend with an 83-52 shaming. 2. MISSOURI (18-7, 7-5) The good news is that Missouri’s fi rst meeting with Arkansas as SEC opponents on Saturday was as entertaining as advertised. The bad news is that the Tigers continued to struggle away from Mizzou Arena — they have won just one of their seven true road games this year after Saturday’s 73-71 loss to the Razorbacks — despite big games from Keion Bell and Earnest Ross. 3. ALABAMA (17-8, 9-3) The Crimson Tide quietly put together a solid week, snapping Georgia’s fi ve-game winning Parker shines at both BOSLEYends JARRETT / THE VANDERBILT HUSTLER streak and cruising past South Carolina. Alabama Sophomore Dai-Jon Parker put up a career-high 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting to lead the Commodores to victory over Texas A&M on Saturday at home. had gone a month without passing 60 points until it did so in Saturday’s 68-58 win over the Gamecocks. By ERIC SINGLE “Everybody knows he can shoot, so it’s just a took turns marking the Aggies’ leading scorers, 4. ARKANSAS (16-9, 7-5) Editor-in-chief matter of time before they start falling, especial- Turner and Fabyon Harris. The Razorbacks held o Missouri at home and ------ly because he’s putting extra time in,” said junior “You just gotta know how to juggle two things picked up their fi rst road win of the season Rod Odom, who led all scorers with 19 points. at once,” Parker said. “I’m used to playing de- Dai-Jon Parker’s previous career high of 16 courtesy of Auburn, putting themselves in a “They didn’t really have a choice but to fall.” fense the whole game and being on one of the points fell through the cracks of Vanderbilt’s better position before a nasty little six-game stretch to end the sea- “He jumped up tonight like he meant it, and best players. They’re playing defense just like overtime loss to Ole Miss over a month ago, lost son that starts this week with a home game against Georgia and that was really pleasing to see,” Stallings said. I’m playing defense, and they’re playing offense amid the last-second heroics on both sides. His a road trip to Florida. Fortunately, forward Marshawn Powell is “Even the ones he missed were shot with com- just like I’m playing offense, so we had a pretty new career scoring high — 17 points on 6-of-9 playing some of his best basketball of the year right now. plete conviction, and that’s all you can really fair game.” shooting to go along with fi ve rebounds, two as- hope for as a coach.” On a night when three of last year’s stars re- sists, two blocks and no turnovers — command- 5. NO. 25 KENTUCKY (17-8, 8-4) The Aggies jumped out to a 7-0 lead with ceived a standing ovation from the crowd upon ed everyone’s attention in the Commodores’ points on their fi rst three trips of the game, their return to Memorial Gymnasium, Parker Nerlens Noel’s season-ending torn ACL in Ken- 63-56 win over Texas A&M on Saturday evening. tucky’s loss to Florida on Tuesday rocked college but Parker soon got Vanderbilt on track with a was just one of a handful of veteran players who Parker set an additional career best with fi ve pair of 3-pointers to help tie the score at 9. Kyle took advantage of the spotlight with the compo- basketball, and once the Wildcats had gotten ev- 3-pointers and, together with Kevin Bright, eryone’s attention, they were outclassed by Trae Fuller’s jumper with less than fi ve seconds left in sure of their NBA-bound predecessors to help helped limit the production of Aggies leading the fi rst half capped off a 6-0 run over the fi nal put away the Aggies. Golden and Tennessee this weekend en route to scorer Elston Turner, who fi nished with just 14 the worst loss of John Calipari’s tenure, an 88-58 three minutes of the half and sent Vanderbilt Odom hit four second-half threes and was points three days after dropping 37 in a win over into the break with a 25-21 lead. Vanderbilt’s leading rebounder with seven drubbing too ugly to look away from. The NCAA tournament selection Ole Miss. The Commodores hit 10 3-pointers committee takes injuries into account when determining the quality of “We made plays for other people, which I boards, while fellow junior Kyle Fuller fi nished in all and shot 45.8 percent from the fi eld as a thought was really key,” Stallings said. “I thought with nine points and six assists. Josh Henderson prospective tournament teams, and with that in mind, the team that team. showed up on Saturday has no shot of making the dance. Kyle got us started that way, and everybody else came off the bench to score 11 points and reach “Dai-Jon has spent a lot of time in the gym kind of followed suit.” double-digits for just the fi fth time this season, 6. OLE MISS (19-6, 8-4) recently doing extra shooting, and we think that Long considered one of the most athletic and leading scorer Kedren Johnson made his Ole Miss edged Georgia in a game both teams that’s a sure way to make more shots,” said head players on the team, Parker appeared to have limited shots count, hitting a critical 3-pointer desperately needed for their fl eeting tournament coach Kevin Stallings. “He’s been in the gym, an extra gear on Saturday — after playing him with 5:49 left in the game to push his team’s lead prospects on Saturday, as Marshall Henderson and tonight it was obvious that he had been. for 38 out of 40 minutes, Stallings said Parker back to 10. scored 25 points in 25 minutes en route to an 84-74 And he was terrifi c on defense, too.” looked like he could’ve played another 35. On The victory was fi lled with the type of perfor- overtime win. They may have lost 4 of 6, but the Rebels are still Maybe it was his wide-open three from the multiple occasions in the fi rst half, the sopho- mances that last season rarely emerged from somehow treading water in the turbulent top half of the conference corner that connected for Vanderbilt’s fi rst more guard ran down the court ahead of the the tall shadow cast by John Jenkins, Festus thanks to their white-hot start. points of the game at the 16:28 mark of the fi rst offense to lean into a wide turn from the 3-point Ezeli and Jeff Taylor, mature contributions from half, or the fi ve fi rst-half rebounds he pulled 7. GEORGIA (12-13, 6-6) line like a high jumper, prepping for a circus a supporting-cast-turned-core that has endured down on the defensive end, but Parker was alley-oop that never came. Meanwhile, he fl uctuations in its playing time and confi dence Having come out on the wrong end of the over- locked in on both ends early. time thriller in Oxford, the Bulldogs need to right throughout the 2012-13 season. the ship this week before Thursday’s road trip to “These kids aren’t going to give in — they’re not cut that way, and our staff’s not cut that Arkansas if they want to avoid following up their fi ve-game winning A hero’s welcome back streak with a three-game losing streak. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope way,” Stallings said. “Maybe they were inspired While the NBA held All-Star Weekend, by those three guys that came back and shared notched his fourth double-double of the year in a losing e ort: 19 players not in attendance received a points and 12 rebounds. some of their time with us. We may not be win- weekend o . So, former Vanderbilt bas- ning as many games right now as we want to 8. TENNESSEE (14-10, 6-6) ketball stars Festus Ezeli of the Golden win, but you know things are good and things Kentucky center Willie Cauley-Stein may never be State Warriors (pictured), John Jenkins of are right in your program when the guys want to the same player again after the way the Volun- the Atlanta Hawks and Je Taylor of the come back to it.” teers traumatized him and anyone else who tried Parker’s performance was nothing if not to fi ll the hole Nerlens Noel left in the Wildcats’ Charlotte Bobcats returned to their old inspired on Saturday, putting his inconsistent frontcourt — and Jarnell Stokes didn’t even play that well. Tennes- stomping grounds at Memorial Gym. The contributions off the bench from a year ago and see can’t get too much of a bounce for beating a broken team, but a trio received a standing ovation when the eight-game suspension that delayed the 2-0 week to get back to .500 in SEC play counts for something. they were introduced during the fi rst TV start of his sophomore campaign this fall even 9. LSU (15-8, 6-6) timeout of the second half. farther into the past. If he can settle into a new The Tigers have won 5 of 6 after taking care of role as a high-profi le contributor on both ends, BOSLEY JARRETT / THE VANDERBILT HUSTLER business against bottom-feeders South Carolina he’ll be even harder to miss. and Mississippi State. LSU had fi ve players fi nish in double-digits and got season-highs from guard Charles Carmouche and center Andrew Del Piero in Saturday’s 80-68 win over the Bulldogs. 10. VANDERBILT (10-14, 4-8) Commodores meet cornered ‘Cats Dai-Jon Parker was not the only part of the Vanderbilt attack clicking in Saturday’s 63-56 win over Texas Vanderbilt heads to Rupp Arena Wednesday to face weakened Kentucky team A&M, a victory with a ton of SEC Tournament seeding implications. The Commodores are now just a game By GEORGE BARCLAY guard Dai-Jon Parker also had a career-high 17 back of the Aggies for 10th place and a fi rst-round bye, and if you count Asst. sports editor points to go along with fi ve rebounds and two Wednesday’s road trip to take on a wounded Kentucky team (which we ------blocks. do), 5 of Vanderbilt’s last 6 games are extremely winnable. In Rupp Arena on Wednesday night, the Com- 11. TEXAS A&M (15-10, 5-7) When Vanderbilt heads to Rupp Arena to face modores will have to contend with Kentucky’s Elston Turner scored 37 points to help the Aggies Kentucky on Wednesday night, the SEC rivals will remaining trio of stars: freshman guard Archie hold serve at home against Ole Miss but fi nished be just as evenly matched as they were during Goodwin, sophomore forward Kyle Wiltjer and with just 14 in this weekend’s loss to Vanderbilt the 2012 SEC tournament. After being picked as freshman forward Alex Poythress. with Texas Governor Rick Perry looking on from the a shoe-in for the NCAA tournament at the start of A combo guard with a skill set comparable to front row in Memorial Gymnasium. Texas A&M’s three most reliable the season, the Wildcats’ tournament aspirations Vanderbilt sophomore Kedren Johnson, Goodwin o ensive options are Turner, junior guard Fabyon Harris and, um … took a blow last Tuesday when freshman center has the ability to weave through defenses and get well … we forget the third one. Nerlens Noel tore his ACL in a 69-52 loss against to the basket. Goodwin is currently averaging 13.6 Florida. points per game. Johnson and Parker will need to 12. SOUTH CAROLINA (12-13, 2-10) Since the loss of Noel, Kentucky has looked play Goodwin for his jump shot in Lexington. This The best of the SEC’s worst teams has now lost six lost. Without their defensive anchor and primary season, Goodwin is barely shooting 24 percent straight after missing its fi rst eight 3-pointers in a post presence, Kentucky received an 88-58 from 3-point range. 68-58 loss to Alabama. Unlike the Devan Downey- beatdown in Knoxville at the hands of a Tennes- With Noel out, Wiltjer is the Wildcats’ most led teams of years gone by, this year’s Gamecocks see team they beat by 10 on Jan. 15. Although reliable big man, averaging 11.8 points and 4.6 need more than one guard to go o in the same game to score the Wildcats have plenty of skill at the guard and rebounds per game. Wiltjer’s ability to shoot from with the rest of the SEC. small forward positions, head coach John Cali- the outside can stretch any defense and create pari has scrambled to fi nd a lineup that works space for Kentucky’s guards, but he has been 13. AUBURN (9-16, 3-9) without Noel, especially since the team now only victimized whenever he’s forced to the interior. Auburn has lost 9 of 10, and the wheels came o has two healthy players listed at 6-foot-10 or Vanderbilt will have to crowd Wiltjer on Wednes- ADAM CHAFFINS / THE KENTUCKY KERNEL the defense in the past week, as the Tigers twice above. day and force him to put the ball on the fl oor. Nerlens Noel tore his ACL last Tuesday and will not gave up 83 points in home losses to Arkansas and While Kentucky has fl oundered since Noel’s Before signing with the Wildcats last year, play again this season for the Wildcats. Florida. Bold prediction time: Auburn’s next win will injury, brighter days may be ahead for the Poythress, a Nashville native, was one of the Com- come on March 6, when Tennessee comes to town. Four words: Rob Commodores. On Saturday evening, Vanderbilt modores’ top targets. Blessed with the ability to Chubb Senior Day. the SEC standings, Vanderbilt has the opportunity topped Texas A&M 63-56 at home in what was a rebound the basketball, shoot from the outside, to make a statement in one of college basket- defensive war of attrition. Vanderbilt overcame and drive to the hole, Poythress’ do-it-all offensive 14. MISSISSIPPI STATE (7-17, 2-10) ball’s toughest road environments. Even though shooting just under 46 percent from the fi eld and game is a danger to any defense. If the Commo- Kentucky has lost its star player to injury, a win on A 78-36 loss to Missouri in Starkville? Go home, held the Aggies to 44 percent from the fl oor. The dores can contain Poythress, who is averaging 11.7 Mississippi State, you’re drunk. national television for Kevin Stallings could be a Commodores were led by junior forward Rod points per game, the Wildcats will have trouble key step for a program trying to rebuild. And if this Odom, who scored 19 points, grabbed seven re- scoring the basketball. season has proven anything, the possibilities are bounds and dished out four assists. Sophomore Despite its extended stay near the bottom of endless. THE VANDERBILT HUSTLER ◆ WWW.INSIDEVANDY.COM MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2013 7 ONE, TWO, THREE GAMES: WE’RE IN Vanderbilt’s opening series was just a taste of things to come for the team in 2013, but it had a little bit of everything: an opening day atmosphere fi lled with optimism, good pitching, mistakes, new faces, late-inning drama and lots and lots of runs Game one: ready to play ball

By ANTHONY TRIPODORO managed to only give up one run. put the Commodores on top 5-1. Asst. sports editor The Vanderbilt offense began the day Kemp would drive in two more runs ------quietly, with the Commodores failing to as part of a three-run fourth inning for get a hit through the fi rst two innings. Vanderbilt. Centerfi elder Connor Harrell The highly touted Vanderbilt baseball Then, the bats came to life. Shortstop followed that up in the fi fth with Vander- team showed why it received such high Joel McKeithan reached base on an error bilt’s fi rst home run of the year, a two-run preseason praise in its fi rst game of the in the third inning, and pinch-hitter shot over the high left fi eld wall, giving season on Friday at home against Long Xavier Turner moved him to third base Vanderbilt a 10-1 lead that would carry Beach State. The Commodores came with a single to right, the team’s fi rst hit the team the rest of the way. away with an impressive 10-4 victory at of the year. Second baseman Tony Kemp As the batters teed off in the middle Hawkins Field over the visiting Dirtbags then hit a bases-clearing double to give innings, Ziomek settled in on the mound behind a strong start by southpaw Kevin Vanderbilt a 2-1 lead. First baseman Con- for Vanderbilt. He exited the game after Ziomek. rad Gregor followed with a walk. Then, six innings having given up one run off The Commodores came out a little catcher Spencer Navin drove Kemp in of four hits. He struck out seven batters fl at initially, with Ziomek getting into BOSLEY JARRETT / THE VANDERBILT HUSTLER with a single, and rightfi elder Mike Yastr- and only walked one in his fi rst start of trouble in each of his fi rst three innings. The Commodores dominated on Friday to win their fi rst game of the 2013 season. They zemski cleared the bases with a triple to the year. With some clutch strikeouts, however, he were all smiles following their spirited 10-4 victory over the Dirtbags. Game two: pulling a win out of a mess By STEVE SCHINDLER last of which walked in a run for LBSU. had three walks and three strikeouts. He Sports reporter Beede settled down over the next two gave up three runs, none of which were ------innings and was removed after fi ve in- earned. nings in favor of Philip Pfeifer. Beede fi n- The Commodores stretched the lead Two-thousand-three-hundred Vander- ished fi ve innings of work with fi ve walks, to 5-1 in the sixth thanks to a pair of bilt fans showed up to Hawkins Field three strikeouts, and one earned run. walks, a wild pitch and Xavier Turner’s bundled up on a 40-degree Nashville day Long Beach State’s Shane Carle, on the RBI single. Long Beach State answered to watch the second game of Vanderbilt’s other hand, eased through the fi rst three in the seventh, getting two leadoff hits opening series against Long Beach State, innings before escaping a bases-loaded before a hard liner was too much for a 12-2 Vanderbilt win that earned the situation in the bottom of the fourth. Conde to handle at third, allowing the home-standing Commodores a series His troubles extended into the fi fth as ball to bounce by him and a run to score. victory. his pitch count started to rise. Vanderbilt Vanderbilt put the game away for good Both starting pitchers cruised through batters began to warm up as Jack Lupo with a seven-run bottom half, despite the fi rst inning without incident, but rocketed a single into center fi eld, plating just one hit, thanks to six walks and two Vanderbilt starter Tyler Beede had to two runners. A bobbling of the ball by errors. overcome struggles with his control the center fi eld allowed Tony Kemp to Overall, Vanderbilt scored 12 runs on throughout the day. advance to third, while Lupo moved to just fi ve total hits, taking advantage of Beede ran into his fi rst sign of trouble second. Conrad Gregor did his job, hitting 10 walks from wild pitching and poor in the second inning. After giving up a the ball to the left side as his grounder defensive play in the form of four Dirtbag double and walking a batter, he threw a to the second baseman brought Kemp errors. wild pitch. Beede later bailed himself out, home and moved Lupo to third. LBSU’s Top performers at the plate for Vander- however, throwing out Richard Prigatano defense did itself no favors, committing bilt included Jack Lupo (1-2, 2 RBIs, 2 BB) trying to score from third on a bunt. two crucial errors in the inning that led to and freshman DH Xavier Turner (1-3, 2 Despite getting out of the jam, control two Vanderbilt runs, putting the Commo- RBIs). Tyler Beede moved to 1-0 in his dores up 3-1. fi rst start of the season, while Shane Carle KRISTIN DAVIS / THE VANDERBILT HUSTLER problems continued to hamper Beede as Leftfi elder Jack Lupo drove in two runs in the fi fth inning on Saturday, hitting a double he walked three batters in the third, the Carle was removed after 89 pitches was tagged with the loss even though he and fi ve innings of work, in which he didn’t give up a single earned run. to deep center fi eld.

Game three: late rally not enough for sweep By ALLISON MAST Freshman Carson Fulmer didn’t last “We didn’t give ourselves the op- Sports reporter long either, although he impressed the portunity to win early, and we paid for ------fans with a 97-mph fastball. Sopho- it late,” Harrell said. more Jared Miller put together a cou- “There was not a phase we really After two easy wins over Long Beach ple of solid innings before loading the did well today,” Corbin said. “We didn’t State, the Vanderbilt baseball team fell bases in the sixth. He walked in a run run the bases smartly, we took some 13-9 in the fi nal game of the opening with no outs and tossed a pitch that a chances that were high risk in situa- series. Dirtbag converted into a sacrifi ce fl y. tions that we didn’t need to do so, we The Commodores had a rough start He got out of the inning with a much- had some offensive breakdowns with in the fi nal game of the series. Coach needed strikeout. Brian Miller came in guys in scoring position several times Corbin changed up his lineup, with as a closer for the second consecutive today” Chris Harvey behind the plate, Spen- game. In the eighth, which served as After a marathon of a baseball game, cer Navin as designated hitter, Dansby the fi nal inning due to Long Beach the players left the fi eld dejected and Swanson at shortstop and Turner at travel constraints, he gave up a run. disappointed. Despite spending 3 third base. Despite these changes in This put the Commodores down 13-7 hours and 39 minutes in the cold, they the fi eld, the real issues came from the with just three outs to close the gap. couldn’t help but wonder what they mound. Starter T.J. Pecoraro made it Corbin described the situation could have done in the ninth inning. through only 1.2 innings, recording perfectly. “When you give up a couple As for Corbin, eight innings of suffer- two walks, two strikeouts, four earned of touchdowns in baseball, it’s tough to ing and botched plays were more than runs and two unearned runs. overcome that,” he said. enough. Corbin spoke of the starter: “T.J. At several moments, a miraculous “If I was a fan, I would have vomited didn’t get off to a good start, and that’s rally seemed possible. Harrell slammed or left,” Corbin said. not like him. He’s better than that, another homerun over the left fi eld The Commodores make the short and he knows that. What I appreciate fence. Walks and singles got runners trip to Belmont on Tuesday, where the BOSLEY JARRETT / THE VANDERBILT HUSTLER about him is he got right back into in scoring position, but the Vanderbilt fi rst pitch will be thrown at 4 p.m. CST. Vanderbilt catcher Chris Harvey attempts to block the plate as junior Dirtbag Jeff Yamagu- the game and tried to help his team- team failed to capitalize, leaving run- This mid-week meeting will be the fi rst chi slides into home plate during Sunday’s 13-9 loss to Long Beach State. mates.” ners stranded. game for the Bruins. THREE UP THREE DOWN O ensive explosion: Pitchers sharing the damage: Against Long Beach State this weekend, the Commodores scored 31 On Sunday, starter T.J. Pecoraro failed to make it out of the second total runs, an incredible number even considering the errors commit- inning, giving up four earned runs before being relieved by freshman ted in the fi eld by the Dirtbags. Vanderbilt players have 31 hits, and Carson Fulmer. Fulmer wasn’t much better in his fi rst collegiate appear- nine hitters sport batting averages over .300 after the fi rst series of the ance, yielding three earned runs in an inning and a third of work. Jared season. They scored multiple runs in all but one inning in which they Miller pitched three innings and gave up two earned runs, and Brian scored (the fourth inning on Sunday). Nine di erent players drove in a Miller gave up one earned run in the fi nal two innings of the game. run at some point this weekend. Travel restrictions: Harrell’s moonshot: If there’s one thing that was clear over the fi rst eight innings of Sunday’s The Commodores did not wait long to hit their fi rst home run of the game, it was that both o enses had plenty of runs in them. After falling season, and senior centerfi elder Connor Harrell hit it hard, high and far. behind 9-2, Vanderbilt worked its way back within range and trailed 13-9 By the fi fth inning on Friday, Vanderbilt had already wrapped the game before the game was called after the eighth inning due to Long Beach up. Harrell did not take his foot o the pedal, however, and hit a two- Each Monday, The Hustler will State’s travel restrictions, nullifying any potential ninth-inning rally. Each run shot over the high left fi eld wall, the fi rst ball out of Hawkins Field team had put up a 4-run inning earlier in the game. in 2013. It truly was a blast. help you catch up with the highs Swanson’s shaky start: Pitchers working damage control: and lows you might’ve missed Freshman Dansby Swanson appeared in all three games on opening Ziomek and Tyler Beede each battled through some early adversity weekend, notching his fi rst hit and fi rst RBI in his fi rst career start on to earn the win in their fi rst starts of the season on Friday and Satur- from the baseball team’s week- Sunday afternoon. However, the young shortstop’s debut was not with- day. Ziomek fl irted with disaster in each of the fi rst three innings but out its growing pains: Swanson was charged with an error in the second ultimately only gave up one run after striking out batters in a few key end series with a new feature: inning that later scored Long Beach State’s fi fth run and then struck out spots. On Saturday, Beede struggled with his control for all fi ve innings swinging with the bases loaded to end the Commodores’ threat in the he pitched. He escaped a few jams and only gave up one run. Still, of his Three Up, Three Down. sixth inning. 91 pitches, only 45 were strikes. 8 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2013 THE VANDERBILT HUSTLER u WWW.INSIDEVANDY.COM backpage

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