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V^ ALENDA LUX UBI ORTA LIBERTAS "The South's Foremost INSIDE THIS WEEK f :— — — College Weekly"y Ah, T". theHumanities! Revered Naked justice. Avery defends her Howle-ingat theOutpost Band Nationally rank this. Men's ♥ programunderseriousscrutiny. right to takeoff her shirt. waselectricSaturday night. soccer knocks offNo. 21UNCG. Now on Tuesdays NEWS 5 OPINIONS 8 A&L 11 SPORTS 16 1997 graduate dies tragically i calexaminerruledthecase asa suicide. PeytonZachary Lacy Lacy graduatedlast spring with a B.A. inEnglish andaConcentration in Gender Studies. More recently, he workedas 900 Room Manager and a CollegeUnion Operations Intern. OnThursdayat 4p.m.,amemorial service washeld for Lacy at Davidson CollegePresbyterian Church. ChaplainRobSpach andAssistant ChaplainBrenda Tapia workedincon- junction with friends to organize the service which included songs andpo- ems composedby Lacy's friends,read- m 4*. ings fromthe work ofJamesJoyce,and LA a selection fromone of Lacy's public fiCril W^^^ journals. The service closed with ev- eryone present singing the Age of Aquarius from the musical Hair. A reception after the ceremony allowedfriends to write afew words to rememberLacy in ledgers which were thengiven tohis family. During his career as a studentat Davidson, Lacy served as Outpost Chairpersonofthe UnionBoard, junior By Jessica Ooqdson andsenioreditorofHobartPark,volun- News Editor teer DJ and Assistant ProgramDirector ofWALT, and wasfounder andExecu- Sometime between 2 a.m. and 4 tive Managing Editor of Libertas. a.m.Tuesday, formerstudent Zac Lacy Healsoservedonthe MediaBoard died of carbon monoxidepoisoning at FacultyCommittee,thePublic Lectures his home in IrwinLodge. Faculty Committee, participated in Lacy had reportedly backed his Friends of Lesbians and Gays, and carup to the apartment, channeled the workedfor WCNC-TV. exhaust from his car through an open Lacy is survived by one sister, window,and gone tosleepon thesofa. Mamie Alexis Lacy, parentsNoni and A studentin apainting class held at the Peyton Lacy, Jr., and two grandmoth- Lodge foundLacy at3:52p.m. Tuesday ers, Virginia Richey Lacy and Greta police. medi- 8 afternoonandcalled The LauriceSpruill. IN] r^ fc££y k ?^3c L^fe* Lacy remembered atmemorial I BUS BT.^^rl By MichaelJ.Kruse fitting for— a man whose life was— so Editorin Chief shaped perhapsevendefined by the written wordandthe corresponding OnZac Lacy's forearm was a tat- endlessthought processes. —toi■depictingacaricatureofJamesJoyce Music included"TravelLight" by Bill Giduz "a filter betweenmy brain and my TenderSticks,"Rhapsody inBlue,"and ♥Splashed by early morning sun,a catererreadies Chambers front lawn for " hand" when1 write,Lacy wouldsay. selections fromthe musical"Hair,"in- Friday's inaugural luncheon. The event marked thegrand finale of Bobby Vagt's Joyce and his writing,as English cluding "Age of Aquarius." Diane inauguration as the 16th presidentof the College. professor Zoran Kuzmanovich ex- Krause, a senior, performed onthepi- plainedatamemorialserviceThursday ano a song she composed in Lacy's afternoon, was "one of the pillars of honor. Zac's world." DanMojonnier readfromWalker Inaugurationruns smoothly Kuzmanovich, who advisedLacy Percy's The Second Coming and ByJenny Hapoood Balloon archways markedthe en- isterat DavidsonCollegePresbyterian untilhis graduation inMay, other fac- KuzmanovichreadfromworksofJames ulty, administrators, students, and Joyce. Staff Writer trance to the inaugural banquet at the Church, opened with an inspirational Commons. Light jazz,steak dinners, invocation. friends gatheredin the sanctuaryofthe GermanprofessorScott Denham The inauguration of Robert assemblage ofpatriotic decora- Chairman of Board of Trust- DavidsonCollege PresbyterianChurch readfrom apublic journalLacy com- andan the Vagt tions table to the ees, III, tomourn Lacy's death by celebrating piledinthatcourseinhisKafka classin Fredrick as the 16th president of oneach contributed WalterOlinNisbett welcomed — Collegebegan withaflourishThurs- relaxed,yet festiveatmosphere. the audience, and a series of speakers hislife oneofambition, passion,and the fallof 1995. the day evening throughFri- welcomed its representing alumni, students, faculty, intellect. "Everyone waits,"Lacy wrote. "I andcontinued Davidson officially day afternoon. new leader Friday morning under a "Zac createda worldin which he amalso waiting,butIdon't know what SeeInaugurationonpage 4 — From the casual dinner at Vail Carolinablue sky. The eventbegan as wasable tohelp himselfandothers for. I'mnot waitingfor death,although — Commonstothesophisticatedproceed- participantsintheacademicprocession gay or not rise and meet and be that'sapossibility.Thebestyoucando ings onChambers Lawn for students, filed down theaisles to theirfront-and- themselves," Kuzmanovichsaid. is to get at knowledge, get an inspira- INDEX faculty, trustees, andhonored guests, center seats. "He spenthis timerubbing away tion,thengetlost inyour ownmind." theinauguralfestivitieswereasuccess. CharlesEdwardRaynalIII,amin- EDITORIAL at theline that separates lifeandart." "Words can't express all of the 6 mentality that, feelings wearefeelingright now," LETTERS 6 A Kuzmanovich said' reasoned, "led Zac toa state of flam- KatieHall,speakingonbehalfofLacy s OP-ED , 7 fragility boyant fragility. And then friends. "Butwedo want totellyouthat Theman. President Vagtreflectsontheproceedings. Page3. ARTS & LIVING 11 prevailed." we love you. We love you so much. The speech. Atranscriptionof Vagt'sremarks at theceremony.Page3. SPORTS 16 Theserviceconsistedprimarilyof Thanks for giving us theinspirationto Thehistory. TheDavidsoniantakesalook atpast inaugurations. Page 4. musicalselectionsandliteraryexcerpts, get through this lifetime withoutyou." First Class Mail U.S. PostagePaid "Zac spent his time rubbingaway at the line that separates life and art. Permit #1 Davidson,NC Englishprofessor Zoran Kuzmanovich on Zac Lacy 28036 2 THEDAVIDSONIAN News TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 7997 I Lerner bringsmusical An open letter to the College interests to Davidson InthisissueoftheDavidsonian, health issues,andtoencourage timely templatingsuicide,particularlyifyou Counseling professional emotionally you willfind the Student use of clinical services feel isolated fromothers ■ ByDavidKang Lernersaid. "I got myPh.D., andI'm Center's"DepressionSelf-Screening whenthoseamongus have need. and were impressedby the love ex- Writer teachingmusicnow,but Istillhavean many Staff Test"andthe announcement of a re- Additionally,Iwouldnote thatthe pressedbyso forZac and inthe eye towardsmedicalschool andthink lated Thursday evening program, wake of his death, we urge you to Hailing fromLexington,Ky.,Neil thatwouldbe auseful waytospendmy "LendaHand:Helping aFriendWho reachouttosomeoneanddiscuss your Lerneris a musicologist who studies time.But just keepingpeoplealive— isDown." circumstances. everythingfromthemusicofBachand just sustaining life — thatis awfully These arepart ofaNationalDe- Your Collegefacultyand friends. Handel to the openingtitle music of important work, andIdon'ttake any- pression AwarenessDay, an annual staff, our chaplains Rob Spach and MenInBlack.Hisareaofspecialty and thing away from that. event in planning by Dr. DeWitt BrendaTapia,and,ofcourse,theCoun- researchis filmmusic,arelatively new "But therehas tobestuffout there CrosbyandourStudentHealthAdvi- selingCenterstaffareallpersonswho field that is gaining widespreadinter- for people to live for, to enrich their sors groupfor quitesome time. willsincerely careaboutyouand re- est. livesfor,and tohelpthemexpresstheniT Inlight oftherecent deathofZac newsofasuicidedoesplacesomewithin spondtoyour feelings— now,while Lernerspenthis un- selves when they are Lacybysuicide,Ifeltaneed tosend our community at higher risk for the youare stillsafe andcan address the dergraduate years at alive. And you have to thismessage. It is our hopethatour next few weeks. circumstanceswhichcanseemsoover- TransylvaniaUniversity, havemusic for allofthat. DepressionAwareness activities will We encourage everyoneto bein- whelming. wherehedoublemajored It'sjustaconstantpart of beunderstoodas oneimportantcom- formedaboutdepression,andtobe at- The oft-heardphrase"Davidson in music and English our lives now. The ponent inour ongoing efforts toedu- tentive tothosearound you. family"must have a specialmeaning while earning aminor in thought of not studying cate the community about mental If you are someone who is con- for usat this time. history.Hecontinuedhis music and not dealing studiesasa graduatestu- with music in a serious, Depression Self-ScreeningTest dentsat DukeUniversity, criticalway is tragic." where he received an While accompany- □Feelingsof sadness and/orirritability Inaddition, lookfor thefollowing symptons ofthe A.M. andPh.D.inmusi- ing the Chamber Sing- □Loss ofinterestor pleasurein activitiesprevi- manicphaseofmanic depression: cology. While at Duke, ers, Lemer is teaching ously enjoyed Lerner taught several ♥Neil Lerner two courses this term: □Changes in weightorappetite □Increased energy and decreased needfor sleep courses of his own de- IntroductiontoMusicand □Changes in sleepingpattern JInappropriateexcitementor irritability sign on film music. Western Civilization andIntroduction JFeeling guilty,hopeless,or worthless □Increasedtalkingor movingabout "As an English major, Istudied a to American Music. He plansto teach lot of theory, criticism, and his- next semester. Fatigueor lossof energy Promiscuous sexualbehavior film a film musicclass □ □ tory,"Lerner said.