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September3, 1999 - Anonymous, Wooster Voice Dec. 4, 1970 IHE Voice 55 Volume CXVI, Issue 1 America's Oldest Weekly College Newspaper www. wooster. eduvoice Rashad Burnley Officials knew of threats Former KXpledge hired personal bodyguard 1979-199-9 F Dan Shortridge Inside: James Allardice News Editor, Hazing trial Editok-I.- - Chief ends For Matthew Walter, the weeks ,early, in plea see page 4 The people who knew Rashad following the end of Kappa Chi Burnley '01 the best are convinced pledging in January were more that he is where he is supposed to frightening than what had come be- be. After Rashad's disappearance fore. , He and the later discovery of his body had come to Wooster to play in Lake Ontario, the Men baseball, and joined the Krappers of was a Harambee have been forced to come because the frat such part of the team, he told the Voice in May. to grips with the heartbreaking re- ality of bis passing. But Walter got much more than he had ever bargained for. "All the great leaders, and all the When he quit pledging after be- great men have gone through the Pettorini: role in pledging ing physically and mentally abused, same thing," Ron Roberts '00, who ' process still unclear he says, he began receiving was a brother of Rashad in the Men threats. Phone calls. Statements from other Harambee, OPI Photo Hales: says that threats are of said. "He made students around campus. Threaten- was taken seriously peoples lives better. That ing to hurt him. Even kill him. God's mission for him, and now he Ross transferred Wooster, in large That was when the 18-ye- ar old has moved on to better things." to because Rashad.; was go- began walking around campus es- Walter and fellow former pledge life once Babis' allegations became "He lived everyday like it was his part of "I Missouri and I kept corted by a personal bodyguard. Chris Babis contend that they were public. "Chris got lucky because he last," Roberts added. "He always ing to school in whnje I was Walter spoke with the Voice in the ' beaten, cut, urinated on and men- is alive, but you won't be so lucky," felt like he had to' get everything in touch with him out there,,. He was relentless in getting spring on the condition of anonym- - tally abused by "hellmasters" An-dre- w Kinney allegedly told Walter. right with God. He did his thing, : Cha- Yanchunas, and me here." : , . ty. It was only now that the Jeffrey Gostlin Kinney, the only accused student touched, sd many people and got . "People's success made him grin Falls resident has left Wooster, Brian Claypool '99s and Bryan still studying at Wooster, categori- promoted. Now he's, where he's ' happy," Roberts said, "There wasn't attending Bowling Green State Uni- Kinney '00. cally denied that he had threatened supposed to be. Some peoples' call- a fake his body. He prac- versity, that his story was able to be . It was Kinney who, police say, cut ing is early." bone in he told in full. Walter with a. wooden knife during According the Men ticed what preached, and that was Please see HAZING CASE to of getting everything you could out of During the pledging process, the pledging and later threatened his ENDS, page 4 Harambee, Rashad was the type of life." person that "lived life to his fullest" and had a passion for everything he encountered. "He did everything Please see CAMPUS REMEM Former officer's lawsuit dismissed 110 percent," Eric Ross '02 said. BERS BURNLEY, page 2 Bod found in Lake Ontario mPact fraPe allegations from fall of1997 still linger Luke Lisdberg It information campaign to help locate fiillv firpH him from his ioh. was was a lone jogger who found Editor-Ih-Chi- ef ' what hundreds of organized search- her missing son. dismissed last month by Common Inside: ers could not and in doing so, Funeral services were held on After two years of allegations, Pleas Judge Mark K. Weist. Timeline the anatomy confirmed the worst fears of Rashad Aug. 23 in Cleveland. investigations and lawsuits, the Guili had filed suit in the spring of a two-ye- ar ordeal Burnley's family and friends. A campus service is scheduled for College can finally wash its hands of 1998, alleging wrongful dis- see page 2 Canadian authorities pulled next Tuesday, Sept. 14, at 7 p.m. in clean of the controversy charge, breach of con- Burnley's body out of Lake Ontario McGaw Chapel. The service will surrounding the events tract, negligence and on Aug. 16, two weeks after the begin with praise singing and con- of October 30, 1997 invasion of privacy by policy." case, the plaintiff ... had Wooster junior was reported miss- clude with a reception. All are wel- the day when a College the College and defa- "In this sexual relations with a student in his ing. Police had launched a massive come to attend. student claimed that she mation, intentional in college had a policy search operation, using sonar and The Men of Harambee are asking was raped by a Campus terference with em- home. The against security officers and other radar to examine the waterfront area that any member of the campus Security officer. ployment and malicious criminal having amorous relation near where he had been last seen, community with pictures of Rashad A lawsuit Filed against the Col- prosecution by Lindsay Walsh '99. employees according to Toronto media reports. contact them for use in a display lege by former Security officer But Wiest found that the school His mother, Angela Seldon, trav- honoring his life, tb be set up at the Michael Guili, in, which -- he con- "had a right to terminate Guili, Please see OFFICER FIRED eled to Toronto and rallied a public memorial service. tended that the school had wrong- - provided it did not violate public LEGALLY, page 2

V V Scot Spirit Day is today! V Harvard religion profes- Sidekicks "short ft registration will )ivv Vf Don't miss it. sor Diana Eck will begin course" this year'sWooster Forum Series take place next Wednesday and next Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in V "Ghostbusters" will play, on Thursday in Lowry Lobby, from McGaw Chapel. Eck will speak the big screen Saturday night as 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. For more in- on religious pluralism and diver- SAB's Drive-in-Movi- e. Head formation, call ext. 2770. sity in America. over to the football practice field, or indoors to Mateer Auditorium in case of rain. It begins at 9 p.m. News Page 2 ber3

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msm 1 Rashad played football M continued from page "He was the type of person who could his first uplift everyone and he was about giv- two years at the College and despite PoliceSecurity Another brother of Rashad's, ing joy and happiness to others. That not seeing any varsity playing time, Isaac Kidd '00, went to Shaker is who Rashad was." he left his mark on the program. was a key "Rashad was one of the WOMAN KILLS SELF AT VIETNAM MEMORIAL: AWooster Heights High School with him, and Rashad's spirituality greatest life. things he's done individuals I've ever known," Head woman apparently committed suicide last Friday night on the College saw their relationship grow after part of his "The said. "His spiri- Football Coach Jim Barnes said. campus. According to reports, a College student observed the woman Rashad decided to come to Wooster. are amazing," Kidd it up to another "No player practiced harder. No lying down on the ground near the school's Vietnam War Memorial "When he came here, I really didn't tuality made me step "He got me one brought more spirit. All of us and contacted police. The woman's body was found by the Wooster know just how special he was," level," Roberts added. I start were touched by his loving spirit. Police and Campus Security. The woman has no known connection to Kidd said. "But our relationship and to consider that maybe should "I've never met anyone more ready the school. City authorities are still investigating the death. friendship grew once he came here." living my life better." According to Kidd, Rashad was the Mitchell grew up with Rashad and to meet their creator," Barnes said. James Allardice type of individual whose energy was said he was "very shaken up" when "His premature death is a tremendous infectious. "He allowed other people he heard that his friend was missing. awakening for us all. We can all strive Campus to feel comfortable," Kidd said. "With "But I read a certain scripture. Psalm to be more like Rashad." Rashad, there was always an open 27, and it gave me comfort. It's hard Kidd said, "With him gone, I'm CANDIDATES WANTED: Petitions for students interested in run- door and that allowed people to know to accept that he's gone, but I think missing more than a friendship. He ning for the SGA Senate will be available starting this Friday at Scot who we Men of Harambee are." about all the good times. I can't even made me a better person, and for Spirit Day and then at the Lowry Center Information Desk. The Cabi- R'lay Wilkerson '00, another think about anything about him that that I'm forever grateful to what he net will hold a mandatory informational meeting for all interested member of Men of Harambee, said, brings sorrow to me. If that's God's brought to my life." candidates on Sept 8 in Lowry 1 19 at 7 p.m.; the completed petitions "He was contagious. He helped me will, I have to accept it and the mo- "Rashad exemplified the true are due on the 10th by 5 p.m. in the SGA mailbox slot. Campus-wid- e become more vocal. He introduced ments I had with him." meaning of the Men of Harambee," balloting will be held on Thursday, Sept 16. me to so many people around cam- Ramon Stewart 01 was Rashad's Brother Keathun Gale '00 said. pus. The way people reacted to him roommate last year, and was going "He displayed an enormous amount Dan Shortridge was amazing. You could see just to be his roommate this year. "He of courage, had an excellent attitude how he touched people." was always there for you," Stewart toward everything and promoted Region "Everybody' has those moods said. "If I didn't talk to anyone else black awareness to the College of where you are down and upset about about something, I would talk to Wooster campus and community. PREZ PAY RAISE DRAWS FIRE AT.OU: It was Christmas in one thing or another, but even when him." He managed to convince three "Rashad was a man of the people. June for Ohio University President Robert Glidden, who was given a Rashad was upset he could still make of his Harambee brothers to join the I believe he was a messenger from 13.6 percent raise by the school's board of trustees. But members of you laugh," Brian Mitchell '02 said. College's Gospel Choir. God." OlTs faculty are saying that the university is acting more like Ebenezer Scrooge. OU profs received only a 3 percent raise this year, causing the faculty senate to send formal letters of complaint to the board. I Judge says officer was legally fired think it was a very stupid thing to do," said Louis Wright chairman of the physics and astronomy department Wright said that Glidden continued from page 1 vasfon of privacy was at hand. the case, including Guili, Walsh, is doing a good job, but that his raise was "just way out of line." - According to Wiest, "The College Director of Security Joe Kirk, Dean Dan Shortridge ships with students," Wiest wrote was presented with an allegation of of Students Kenneth Plusquellec, with information from in his judgement, handed down on rape. They investigated the matter. Vice President for Academic Af- the Associated Press July 14. "In terminating the plain- The plaintiff may have some argu- fairs Barbara Hetrick and Director tiff, the college was merely carry- ment that the investigation was badly of Human Resources Gary Thomp- Corrections ing out this policy. There was no handled. Nevertheless, the college son. public policy violated when the had a duty to investigate and the Wiest's order means that the Col- As journalism is a human process, there is a constant potentialfor mistakes. plaintiff was fired." court can find no invasion of lege is no longer a defendant in Errors can be made at any step the way: in, news-gatherin- g, editing, or of Wiest also indicated that he had against printing. The Voice staffstrives to avoid such mistakes, but when an error does plaintiff's privacy committed by the Guili's suit. But his claims occur, it is our policy-t- o admit it and promptly correct it. This space exists for no reason to believe that the Col- college." Walsh are still going forward. that purpose, lege violated Guili's privacy. The Wiest also threw out Guili's Plusquellec, Kirk and Student i court did note that Guili could com- charge of negligence against the Health Center counselor Mike To report errors or register a complaint, please call the Voice office at ext. plain about the handling of the mat- College, saying that any duties the Malmon-Ber- g have all been sub- 2698 on-camp- us or (330)-263-259- 8 off-campu- s, or email us at ter, but could not argue that an in- - plaintiff alleged to this degree were poenaed to testify. The jury trial is voicewooster.edu. not existent. scheduled' to begin in Wayne The judgement came after depo- County Common Pleas Court on sitions were taken of key figures in Sept. 21 at 8:30 a.m.

Faculty Committee 4 a.m., October 30, 1997: Kirk's statements, as well as an July 14, 1999: Judge Mark incident occurs at Guili's interview with the alleged vic- K. Wiest throws out the por- Positions Are Open! home. tim, Lindsay Walsh '99. tion of the suit against the school. 11:39 a.m., October 30: ini- December 16: Walsh requests Student Government Association is now accepting ap- The tial report of rape filed with that the police halt their investi- 21: trial sched- plications from students interested in serving on the follow- Sept. jury the Wooster Police Depart- gation, telling the Voice: uled Guili v. Walsh, ing committees: "He to begin in facultystudent ment. would have to constantly explain in Wayne County Common things and never have a chance Pleas Court. 1 Academic Standards Upperclass Programs November 12: with rumors to get out from under the incident. swirling around campus, Di- He dehumanized me, and why Publications Cultural Events rector of Security Joe Kirk would I want to do that to him?" Note: Though the name ofthe addresses a student forum in student involved in this case Douglass Hall; says that an 17, 1998: Honorary Degrees Galpin Prize April Guili files suit is a matter of public record, unnamed officer has been against both Walsh and the Col- Computing Information and Technologies the Voice has previously suspended without pay. lege. withheld her name. This is the Inquiries and letters intent should be directed to Caitlin Pine, first time thatshe has been iden- of 13: the Voice 1998 SGA vice president for academic affairs, at ext. 3365, Box 2451, or November through 1999: motions tified in thesepages. She gradu- an account of filed and email at pineca. Letters should be received by Sept. 13. publishes depositions taken. ated from the College in June. News (ember 3 Page 3 Minority enrollment up with Glass of2003 Classifieds with likely students, and a careful ar- ciation president Jacob Johnson '01. Student diversity goals are on track ticulation of what we are." In the fu- "However, the school has lost two ture, Admissions will be relying on key people in Craig Grooms former Heather Milvm "The only way to be more selective heavy e-m- ail and phone contact with multicultural admissions coordina- BUNKDORM BED Assistant News Editom will be to increase the applicant pool prospective students, and will plan to tor and Kim Rodger-Ferguso- n WITH FUTON MATRESS, ... Our first number of years should visit high schools "where there is a former assistant dean of students HARDWOOD FRAME. Another fall semester has arrived remain constant, so the only way to culture for students to go beyond their for black student affairs. GREAT CONDITION, here at the College, and with it an- become more selective will be to im- state." "My concern from a student per- other bright-eye- d class of first-ye- ar prove the applicant pooL" This first The College has also aimed to spective is that the College seemed COMFORTABLE. EASY students. This year's freshman class, year class is representative of those bring in more minority students over to move at a snail's pace to replace TO SET UP. PERFECT however, is more than just a batch of changes which are being sought: the the next several years, by increas- both positions," Johnson said. "This FOR SMALLER ROOMS. under-represent- future Wooster graduates; it is the first class of 2003 has a 78.6 percent ac-- ing the number of ed is not a good foundation to start $100, PH. (330)-567-346- 0. step in the College's recently groups in the campus population 'from. However, the best is being adopted Strategic Plan to en- - from eight to 12 percent by the done that can be done." nance diversity and academic "year 2003. This year's first-ye- ar The Strategic Plan also seeks to rigorover the next several years. The College plans to increase class is a step in the right direc bring national recognition to the Col- The Strategic Plan, adopted selectivity to a 70 percent tion: while their minority percent- lege by increasing the student reten- WRITERS, EDITORS, last year, sets goals for the Col- acceptance rate by 2001. age stands at 8.8 percent, the class tion rate and the endowment per stu- PHOTOS ANYONE lege to meet in the areas of en-- of '02 stands at a meager 5.3. dent, and making the I.S. program WITH ENOUGH DEDI- rollment, national recognition, Wheatley explains that the stronger across departments. The CATION & DETERMINA- curriculum and minority expansion. ceptance rate, compared to 82.6 for quest to bring in more minorities completion of such changes will un- TO The enrollment goals aim to increase '02, 863 for '01 and 89.1 for '00. depends on early education of stu- doubtedly make the College more TION PUT OUT AN the College's selectivity from it's cur- Still, the College has a long way to dents and parents, targeted travel, appealing, and not just to potential AWARD-WINNIN- G rent 86 percent acceptance rate to a go before meeting its goals. Wheatley and the help of minority alumni in students. As Wheatley concluded, WEEKLY CAMPUS 70 percent rate by the year 2001, with describes the process ofenlarging the reaching potential students of color. "There is a College-wid-e effort to NEWSPAPER. CALL half of the those admissions coming applicant pool as multi-facete-d, say- "I would hope that the adminis-tratio- n meet these goals ... this is all really x2598 AND ASK FOR from outside Ohio. Director of Ad- ing that it relies on "target marketing reaches their ultimate goal," to the benefit of the current students, JAMIE OR LUKE. missions Carol Wheatley explains that efforts, very strong communication said former Black Students Asso but also helps us to attract new ones."

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Some restrictions apply See wwwvarslrybooks.com for details. Books delivered in no more than three business days or your shipping is refunded. New? FrihyMiiber Page 4 3 Hazing case ends in convictions, butquestions remain continued from page 1 aware of that we would take addi- vealing whether they took action incoming baseball and basketball ting new players in .. . and so recruit tional judicial action:" against students who threatened players have traditionally been ing wouldn't be as good." Walter. "I don't know why Among those who knew of the Walter. The only reports released given automatic bids for the group. According to Walter's mnthar anybody'd believe that," he said on threats, according to police' inter- on the Judicial System are anony- And according to investigation Pettorini said that he had sent Wednesday. He added that the view records, were College Presi- mous summaries; those from this records, several students told police Craddock to her son's room as a "wooden knife" had actually been a dent Stan Hales, . spring have not that Pettorini promoted the section show of support broom handle. Baseball Head yet been ap- as a way of building team unity. Craddock himself could not be Walter also told police that he had Coach Tim "Coach Pettorini and proved by Cam- The coach was not available for reached for comment received numerous other death Pettorini and President Hales care pus Council for comment on Wednesday. But he threats and felt exceedingly uncom- Director of Se- more about winning .distribution. told the Voice in January, after the College's Actions Blasted fortable when around members of curity Joe Kirk. That should hap incidents became public, that he the section and their friends. "Due to pri- than the safety of the pen within the knew nothing of the hazing: "Be- Both Walter and Babis have ex "When they're drunk and in a vacy concerns, I student body. " next several lieve me, if I knew anything I would pressed anger towards the College's group, they go nuts," Walter's am not in a po weeks, as reports .have done something," Pettorini silence and judicial actions or mother Patricia said. "He had so sition to discuss are required to said. lack thereof. many different people threaten his information regarding any indi- be submitted in time for publication Raising eyebrows among observ- Babis spoke in court after the stu life." Concerned about Walter's vidual College of Wooster stu- at the beginning of each semester, ers was Pettorini's refusal to coop- dents were sentenced, blasting the safety, his family hired Night Hawk dents," Hales said. according to The Scot's Key. erate with local authorities during College's response to the incident Security of Wooster to protect him "I want to emphasize, however, their investigation. "The coach "Coach Pettorini and President Hales while on campus. A guard was that the College takes very seriously Pettorini 's Role Uncertain wouldn't talk with us," Municipal ... care more about winning than the present in his dorm room when the the concerns of its students, includ- Prosecutor Christine Williams told safety of the student body," he said. Voice spoke with him in May. ing threats of any kind, real or per- The interviews also highlight the the Voice. "We called and he didn't "They haven't done anything, re- The school has previously said ceived," Hales told the Voice. "In complicated relationship between return the phone calls." ally, to help," Walter said in May. that it would not tolerate intimida- such situations, the College takes the section and the College's athletic Pettorini reportedly met with "As little as possible, just so it looks tion by any members of the section. all reasonable and necessary means program. Hales prior to the College's judicial like they're trying." In an interview with the Voice in within its power to address the spe- An issue still unresolved is the hearing to express his concerns for The College also caught flak from January, Dean of Students Ken cific concerns and ensure the role played by Pettorini. Although Walter's safety if the four students the other side. In an interview with Plusquellec said that he had told student's safety." the coach had no official position in were removed from the team. Ac- the Voice, Kinney sharply criticized Kappa Chi that "any acts of harass- The confidentiality of the the section's activities or programs, cording to police records, he told the College's judicial process, say- ment or intimidation are totally College's judicial process effec- many members of the baseball team Walter's mother that her son would ing that neither he nor his section unacceptable and should we become , tively, prohibits officials from re- - were Krappers, and vice-vers- a. All only be safe on campus with an brothers received a fair hearing. armed bodyguard. Both of the victims have trans- Also closely tied to the section and ferred from the College. Walter is the events of the past year is pitching starting. his, sophomore year at coach Barry Craddock '94, a KX Bowling "Green1 StaWUniversity, ''Hellmasters" strike deal, enter plea 'alum. "Coach Craddock told me to and Babis is now attending Miami think about the baseball team," Walter University of Ohio. Das Shortridge for money reasons." open court. "You four individuals told police. "It would ruin the team There's no word yet on whether ei News Editor While the conviction was charac- took away my opportunities to fol- this year and it would also ruin get ther of them plans to play baseball. terized by Ohio media as a "plea low my dream ... You'll never un- The four Wooster students ac- bargain," Williams said, from her derstand what it's like to not be able cused of being "hellmasters" and point of view nothing could be far- to hold a baseball bat because your hazing former Kappa Chi pledges ther from the truth. Hazing and dis- hands are too badly sliced up." were convicted on charges of disor- orderly conduct are both fourth-degre- e "I think it's only a matter of time derly conduct this June. misdemeanors, and both carry before your lies catch up to you," One week before their hazing trial the same potential sentences: up to he said. was scheduled to start, Andrew 30 days in jail and a $250 fine. Both Babis and Matthew Walter -- to Yanchunas, Jeff Gostlin and Bryan "I know the news said that last were named as victims in the original Claypool '99s and Bryan Kinney night, and I was throwing pillows at charges filed in Wooster Municipal ' - J '00 struck a bargain with prosecu- the TV," she said with a laugh. "We're Court Walter's mother, present at the tors and entered pleas of no contest not going down, we just went paral- sentencing, was angry about the sud- to the charges essentially admit- lel." den turn of events. "To plead no con- ting that the facts are true but not The students' appearance in court test to this? It lets everyone know that admitting any guilt. They were or- came as a surprise to both observers they can continue with this," she said. dered to pay a and the news But Williams said that while she $ 100 fine and per- media, though thought the sentence given should form 40 hours of From the prosecutor's have been higher, her primary con- community ser- view, of the cern was winning a conviction, and vice by Judge point of the Voice, The not merely pursuing the wishes of John Judge. conviction is key. Daily Record, the victims. Ajury trial would have "From the CBS 19 merely stretched the ordeal out " prosecutor's point News, . and longer, she said, adding that her of- ( of view," the conviction is key, no Fox 8 News managed to.be present fice was unwilling to subject Babis ; i matter the specific charge. Municipal "The four of you, like so many of and Walter to several days of oppos- Prosecutor Christine Williams later our youth today, are caught up in ing their former pledge brothers in told the Voice. The disorderly con- peer pressure," Judge Judge admon- court. "We would have had the - I duct conviction "was more amenable ished the four former hellmasters. whole fiat testifying, which would . i i to the defendants," she said. "They're "You've got to take responsibility have been a nightmare," she said. ATii looking out for a civil suit." for your own activities." But for the victims, the goal is to .

GIM.-- . But Kinney later said that the The sentencing was nevertheless get rid of their already-existin- g TIXATCIT i four had agreed to the no contest blasted by the victims of the stu- nightmare. "Matt wanted what they In. an area plea as a way of reducing their dents', conduct, who charged that did to him to come out in court," known more .for its staid rrsibytrri. : lytiung else, a loud, s . court costs. "Why take it to trial they had been mentally and physi- said Patricia Walter. "You have to gesticulating sidewalk prcacl.crv.-a- p..h..;s tl.c last thing students expected to encounter heading to class this week. For a de- when we can pay a $100 fine and cally abused. put a stop to this. If they can shine -- - " ' cide J'.y ur.i ue (and exceedingly irreversr.:) perspective ca this latest get it over with?" he said. "Basi- "You are cowards former KX , a light on thesejse dark comers . little -f.jx- -ir- c --- Cx:l' -- Mlty'fbteWk&h w all did that watfll$i.Ch$s,l irfA '6rhere',ivlkl', laus.vC3itsee Heats; cu ft 6.1 i .v n Viewpoints Fr, her 3 Page 5 Burnley's Legacy College's remembrance keeps messagealive Lindberg friend came to the podium, ex- Luke plaining the impact Rashad had on Another year is upon us at The his or her life. The service was emo- College of Wooster. For most stu- tional and being there showed me dents that means back to friends, the unbelievable number of people studying and the occasional all-night- er. that were affected by Rashad's en- ergy and insurmountable spirit. For a freshman class of 5 15, that The last time I saw Rashad was equals a year of new experiences, in late July at a movie theater in being away from home and buying Shaker Heights. Upon seeing me, books that cost a ridiculous amount that huge smile came across his face of money. and he came across the lobby yell- This year, however, returning stu- ing, "Hey, Luke!" with all the en- dents descended onto campus with ergy and enthusiasm of a kid on the news another Wooster student, 'sChristmas morning I could never . - . . . . . o Kashad bumley .A.ui, had oeen tne "understand whyi hei did this, but he victim of a tragic accident in the always hugged everybody, and he summer's closing weeks. greeted me with a giant bear hug I Wooster is no stranger to tragedy, had come to expect from my next as in the past four years we have door neighbor. witnessed the passing of Kate We chatted for a couple of min Risley, Phil utes and then Yontz, Thomas . , . )went on our Taraba and Mark only knew him briefly, separate ways. Kiper. In fact, but in that time it became promising 10 last year was the clear to me that he was a look out for trustees only one since man, someone eacbT other Forgetful folks and hungry 1996 that stu special when we got dents returned to who improved the quality back to campus. ation, leading some observers to campus without everyone ufou'nd Unfortunately, I Address Amnesia Monica's Money been handed an oflife of conclude that she'd hearing news of him." never got to ful unusually largeiseverance paycheck. another Wooster fill my end of That's what both Stan Hales and said . the Wooster, - No one ever that After stepping down at tragedy. the deal,- al- seem. to have' wizards don't pro-gra- m Barbara Hetrick College's financial Woods taught in the English The friends and family of these though I'm sure Rashad is looking suffering from recently. good For the past few & been have taste. t Pennsylvania's Franklin fallen students certainly felt the im- out for all of us from somewhere Hetrick, Wooster's vice president relied on top-not- ch had years, they've Marshall College, where she pact of their passing. However, I else at this very moment. I think if I vice-preside- affairs, apparently for- Neuberger nt. for academic money management firm previously served as don't think everyone on campus knew that would be the last time I she lived while being de- the school's Wooster, got where Berman to assist with Prior to her candidacy at grasps how much tragedy Wooster would talk to him, I would have said the civil suit brought by possessed of that the posed in investments. Also she had been considered for has endured. something more intelligent. Security Officer Michael according to "The New SUNY former good taste, presidency of a school in the To tell the truth, the magnitude of I guess the message I hope to con- article, pages 1 and 2). Guili (see York Post": former Bill Clinton system. those deaths did not occur to me, vey to the campus in this article is of resi- Lewinsky, who's Questions about place fellatrix Monica personally, until Rashad's death a just to keep alive the hopes and routine part of a N-- B. dence are the most also hired Treating the Trustees few weeks ago. Kate Risley, Tho- dreams of great men like Rashad and Hetrick likely civil deposition, mas Taraba and Phil Yontz were all Burnley. Judging by the overwhelm- According left with a red face. The Board of Trustees students I didn't know at all. I sat ing number of Wooster students that transcript, the cam- to the official made a quick pit stop on next to Mark Kiper in French class attended Rashad's funeral, this took place: regu- following exchange pus back in June. Their my freshman year, but did not have should not be a problem among Eyes Have includ- The It lar summer conference, the pleasure of knowing him on a most of our student body. I would address? a Q. What is your ing committee meetings and personal level. From speaking with just hope the College itself, upon Dan Shortridge was A. What is my address? session of the full Board, and peers of all four of these losing another of its great leaders, your radar, friends Q. Do you remember a mere blip on the the students, I got the impression they would realize what a loss it has en- slipped quietly into address? Trustees all were great people. Unfortunately, dured and forever keep in its heart A. It's a new address. It's on town on a Thursday night and were like Rashad, goes I never got the opportunity to get to the memory of students Henrietta Street. Ms. Woods gone by Saturday afternoon. What- know them as well as I would have Kate Risley, Tom Taraba, Phil Yontz number? Q. Don't remember the to Wheaton ever they did was confidential liked. and Mark Kiper. Here Guili interjects. 200 meetings are closed to the public, It was different for both myself We'll all miss these students and block? Susanne Woods, Wooster's and the College refuses to provide and a great deal of campus, how- hope that Rashad's passing brings president-elec- t, took over as even A. Yeah, 200 West Henrietta. former outsiders with copies of the ever, when Rashad passed away. to an end the tragic chain of events Wheaton Q. Wooster, Ohio? provost at Massachusetts' sanitized meeting minutes. Rashad lived next door to me last that have been a part of The Col- the spring A. Yes. College in July. Back in But they did leave one thing of year and we frequently walked to lege of Wooster for the past four unanimously room and of 1995, Woods was consequence: a bill for class or back from Lowry together. years. Meanwhile, Hales has lived at selected as president by the Wooster board to the tune of $7,610 from the Although we didn't hang out regu- Rashad's funeral was held on offi- withdrew that learned. 433 East University Street, his Board ofTrustees, but Wooster Inn, the Voice has larly, I considered him my friend Aug. 23 and drew an unbelievable on-camp- us tak- and night ban cial residence, since June, sparking both national That included a Friday and I am confident he did the same. crowd. A campus memorial service 1996. But published at charges ing over the presidency in local debate. Reports quet for over 60 people, and The pain and anguish I felt when for Rashad Burnley will be held someone forgot to pass that word on the time of her resignation suggested for nearly $500 worth of wine, ac- was missing and then here on campus on Sept. 14 in relation- Rashad to the business office. For the past that Woods was in a lesbian cording to a source with direct found in Lake Ontario was hard to McGaw Chapel. It will begin at 7 p.m. has told the that the Trustees had forced transactions. service itself three years, Wooster ship, and knowledge of the --take. But I cannot even begin to with praise singing. The IRS, via its federal tax forms, that her out because of her sexuality. Most of the Trustees and their imagine the heartache his close will begin at 7:30 p.m. and a recep- Av- denied he lives at 1573 Wllloughby For their part, the Trustees spouses feasted on salmon. friends and family feel. I only knew tion will follow in Freedlander The- legitimate enue. That's where he and wife those rumors, saying that him briefly but in that time it be- atre. Students, faculty, friends and Diane resided back when Hales was conflicts had developed between Dan Shortridge is the Voice's came clear to me he was a special staff are encouraged to attend. VPAA. their view and Woods view of the News and Investigative Editor. man, someone who improved the Luke Lindberg is the Co-Edit- or Wonder if Hales is going to tell the role of the college president Woods "The Eyes Have It" quality of life of everyone around itn- - I .qfTM Wopqter. Voice. feds mat the dog ate tb.Dapewojk? has refiisadiq comment, piUhc will appearjtGpas.ipyally.,, lMftfe.'lAl this; fhtLb&W Jrisfid;$ftef' ; ,; .T, f .J-.t.V-i-ii-. S-.7.?.-..-V- i. Viewpoints Page 6 Fri ber 3 Budget battles over big bands The targets have turned Music fans, are you looking forward to some quality live entertainment, perhaps up to par with Rusted Root? We Then the blame belonged to the guilty," wrote Marilyn Manson in hate to. be the buzzkill but it's clear there's close to none Leila Atassi fast-pace- d, highly intense day-tradi- ng "Rolling Stone Magazine." Truly this year. Did any familiar names (or even semi-famili- ar industry, with its recent 200 we must realize that the culprit lies names) stand out in those perky letters we received in mid-Augu- st? stock market slide. within each one ofus. We glued our Our point exactly; unless, of course, you're a fol- There are few moments in one's point ' re- eyes to the TV in morbid curiosity lower of Deadeye Dick and their one hit song featured in life of more unmitigated heartache And what can be made of the at a Los Angeles day to watch the bloody images of "Dumb and Dumber." and utter despair than losing a loved cent shooting the most young people fleeing for their lives, let-dow- one. The tragedy is only amplified care center, which placed But don't blame SAB for the n. It's not their fault. be- in the way leaping from windows and being They have even less funding than last year, and with this when the deceased became so innocent of individuals a spray bullets? Was it the carried away on stretchers. Through measly sum, they're required to bring in at least four bands fore they were given the opportu- of of industry or the stock our indirect support of the media a semester. We pay $25,000 a year to study here, live here, nity to test their dreams and fulfill entertainment like the mad feeding frenzy, we've perpetuated and get a few kicks here. With some simple math, we've their aspirations. How is it then that market? Maybe more O We continue the massacres, by allowing the gun- concluded that less than four students tuitions are cover- we have allowed so many young rage of a hate criminal. O a way to men, to receive the attention they ing SAB's funds for Homecoming, Gala, Party on the Green, people to perish at the hands of to search frantically for O so terribly sought. Dylan Klebold and Eric Underground comedians and bands. Sidekicks, films and armed peers and lunatics? How explain what is going choosing the Harris have become icons for the weekend trips combined. Yes, Wooster is a small school have we allowed the human instinct wrong with our world; and si-len- dy modem troubled teen, and martyrs without all the entertainment benefits of its larger counter- to kill and to seek vengeance to sur- most vulnerable scapegoats, will come any individual who sees no parts. Still, how can Allegheny and Luther, our liberal arts pass our sanctity for the preserva- wondering if there for be wrong in vengeance and mass ho- afford visits from Dave Matthews Band? We are tion of life and our instincts to nur- a day when man will evolve to cousins, micide, suicide is its end. not saying that all our tuition money should go to big name ture and protect one another? What entirely evil. if is law- Entertainment has absorbed the Entertainment, legislators, media. bands, nor are we bashing independent-nam- e bands. How- wrong with our culture, our makers, our role models, our souls? brunt of the responsibility; an indus- All have collectively failed us, and ever, this is a case of quality rather than quantity. . How These are the questions that have try that makes more than half of its in time they have been castigated for about one sellout show and not eight flops? . plagued us, tearing at our cores, ever profits overseas, where strict gun it. And so we are stripped to our since the Columbine massacre on control laws continue to prevent most fundamental of preventative Residents live in house ofblues April 20, that fateful date when we such massacres, simply by choking measures: compassion. Along with After a disastrous room draw last spring, many students opened our eyes to see that guns and the opportunity at its source. Mean- Columbine High School's new se- return to Wooster was met with the idea that housing prob- troubled minds are a deadly and while, American congressional can- curity system will come an author- lems were a thing of the pasL However, students returning potent reality. So where did we fail didates back into comers, receiving ity on male violence, to lecture early for athletics or band were met with unprepared rooms, ourselves and who's to blame? more than eight times the financial about tolerance and leadership and switched keys, arid in some cases, no access to their rooms Along with every great human support from the National Rifle As- the overly-domina- nt "jock culture," because of lack of preparation. Residents of small houses folly lies a scapegoat, to bend over sociation than from gun control ad- an attempt to understand and counter found themselves without lounge furniture, kitchen appli- and take one for the integrity of hu- vocates. Currently, the state of the probable conflicts that may have ances and phones. Even now, Holden is without carpet in manity. In the case of Columbine, Ohio, like many others, does not stimulated such a rampage. However, some halls. Kendarden has un-bunku- ble beds in double all fingers pointed to Marilyn require firearms to be childproof or beneath it all,, at the germ of every rooms. And there are still no shower curtains in Armington Manson and the gothic culture, for locked, nor does it require registra- sound-minde- d human being is a par-

' ' ' ' -- . "' a func- .. . per- was , . , allegedly fed teenagers with tion, sale, or a license ent or role model who or Bissman...... having record of There are more doubles with three residents in them than images that glorify death and de- mit or a state waiting period to buy tional component of the individual's last year, most with only two computer hookups and two struction. a gun. malleable years, and was sensitive to closets. Rumors of first-yea- rs living in Armington and However, the tides certainly Even after such tragedy, the NRA the cries for help. Kenardea, both upper-clas- s dorms, do not seem so far from turned in late July, when a 9mm lobbyists hold many Congressmen Why is our culture so tolerant of the truth. For all of the money that comes into our school Glock And a .45 caliber Colt ended by the reins, controlling their ethics intolerance? I know that compassion every year, mainly from tuition, is it unreasonable to ask up in the hands of Mark Barton, an and priorities, with their outrageous is more than being pleasant to the out- for sufficient living accommodations? Or at least for the Atlanta day-trade- r, who open fired endorsements and world renowned cast boy next door, so that he removes school to be prepared for its students? Maybe the adminis- in the office of an investment group, advocates. At a National Press Club my little brother from his hit-li- st I tration should pay more attention to housing and try to make killing four and leaving others seri- meeting in 1997, NRA President and know that the magnitude of our plight life a little more livable. ously wounded. This 44 year old spokesman, Charlton Heston, said of as human beings is unfolding before Wasn't dressed in dark, shadowy the Second Amendment, "The right us, the inertia against which we are clothing, with eyes outlined in inky to keep and bear arms is the one right helpless to defend ourselves. And I TT TT The Wooster black and Manson's latest lyrics on that allows rights to exist at all. It know that we must open our eyes and The Student Newspaper of his lips. In fact, he was a alone stop on the world's ' devoted offers the absolute capacity to hearts, and crying The College of Wooster husband to wife Leigh Ann and fa- live without fear." shoulder, or one day we will know Voice http:www.wooster.eduvoice ther to children Mychelle and Mat- Irony. that we've long been the source of thew, all of whose bludgeoned bod- "When it comes down to who is our own demise. Editors-in-Chie- f: James Allardice ies were mur- Luke Lindberg Production Assistants removed from their home to blame for the high school hand- Associate Editor: Lauren Kulchavvik Paul McGrane shortly after Barton turned the ders in Littleton, Colorado, throw a Leila Atassi is the Viewpoints Managing Editor: Erica Barnhill Karl Haddcland guns on himself. rock and you'll hit someone who's Editor of The Wooster Voice. News Editor: Dan Shortridge Naomi Kresge Asst. News Kditor: Heather Milum Viewpoints Editor: Leila Atassi Asst. Viewpoints Kditor. Karen Aublc Letters: A primitive response Features Editor: David Lohr A&E Editors: Molly McKinney Bridget Mroczkowski flat-earthe- Sports Editors: Ryan Dansak The remarks made by all of the is round. After all, the rs "scientific theory" in the public Chris Powers presidential candidates concerning have the Bible on their side. schools? Photo Editors: Amelia Kays the recent monkey business in Kan- Trying to sound cosmopolitan and The ancient "scientific" creation-is- m Ben Spieldenner sas denigrating the teaching evo- broad-minde- d, presi- Volume Office Manager: Ann Raymond of Republican is described in detail in Advertising Manager: Mary Nienaber lution in the public schools reveal dential hopeful George W. Bush was I of The Interpreter's Bible on page llustrator: Keats Shwab to the American people that they are quoted by Reuters on 246, Press denotes member of Ihe Aug. 26 as published by the Abingdon Web Administrators: Nikita Sharma, Siacey Lim editorial board scientific illiterates and therefore saying, "I believe children ought to of New York and Nashville in 1952. unfit lead the most na- re- The Wonurr Uhct is a newspaper of The College or Wooster community, managed and produced entirely by to powerful be exposed to different theories Should local school districts students. The Hwf is published each Thursday of the academic school year, escept during eaaounations and breaks. tion on planet Earth. about how the world started." ally be free to impose such nonsense are not of body, faculty, college administration, or Opinions expressed herein necessarily those the entire student If one were to follow the logic of One feels obliged to ask the gov- on that Wre staff . Unsigned Editorials are written by members of the Wsice editorial board. Bylined pieces, columns and children? That is a question letters to the editor reflect the opinions of the writers. the present crop of presidential ernor of Texas if the ancient Egyp- all of the presidential candidates The Uice encourages all letters so the editors. Ixflrn must include trlephnne number, and hey mun be received

E-m- by 3 p m. on Monday for Thursday's pubticanon. Electronic submissions via ail is encouraged. The Mitre "wannabes" people who hold to the tian cartoonist doctrine that we owe should be obliged to answer. reserves the nght to hold and grammatically proof any letter wtnch it receives. idea that the Earth is flat ought to the existence of the cosmos and ev- SutMrnponra m the Ifaay are $37 per year and S25 par sensrslef. Overseas sucmporr are sod S4 revectjvery EL All correspondence should be addressed ro TV Hfaojsrr Knee, Bon C-- 3 1 87. The College of Wooster. Wooster. OH be able to present their arguments erything in it to the masturbation of Robert Nordlander (3JQ) ibj-iyas- z i--aa (JJU) oj-z- a; twisty, voicesvacs. weary sr mi , i , . . t,f. .against the "theory" that the Earth Atum is to be taught as a competing ,. . .,-- , v-- Menasha, WI , a "a artf . j, pVW Features Page 7 "Where Trust and Your Dollars Count" Wooster Furniture Sales & Auction provides entertainment and value at weekly auctions David Lohr only be classified as "stuff." Features Editor Wooster Furniture Sales & Auc- tion, located at 1535 Madison Ave., "Sold to the woman down front is Wayne County's oldest general there, got that nasty Steelers t-s- hirt merchandise auction house. Dealers on," bellows Mike Warden, the auc- and private citizens have brought tioneer at Wooster Furniture Sales items to be auctioned off every i! & Auction. The business has been Wednesday since 1940; Warden has in Warden's family since 1950. ran the business since 1976. In Walking through one of the three 1980, the state passed a law requir- large garage doors into the auction ing auction house owners to be li- house, one can't help but notice the censed auctioneers. To become a sea of gray, blue and bald heads licensed auctioneer one must first stretching across the steel and pass a test to receive an apprentice 3 cinderblock room. license. --3 Cigarette smoke wafts through After working 12 auctions as ah the musty air past apprentice, one the bright red "No YoU WOIit must pass oral Smoking signs to tell what and written tests, while the dirty you're Selling, how consisting fluorescent lights much money you have mainly of ques- buzz and the old J tions about auc- metal ceiling fans and how much you're tion laws. For hanging from the asking. You really want example, bee- rafters rattle m the . - . . . hives and bee- background, to give the illusion that keeping equip- Nearly 200 ment may not be yOU re selling Another exciting bidding at Wooster Furniture Sales & Auction. Photo By James Allardice faster sold without in- afternoon of them over the age then yau are and create spection because lusion that you're selling faster then twisters are especially good practice combo to get inside." Wooster Fur-nitur- e of 55, sit on rows a pleasant rhythm. yy bees are poten- you are and create a pleasant for enunciation. Warden added, rat- Sales & Auction sells a wide or wooaen tial disease carri rhythm." tling off "Tommy Attamus took two variety of items as one could see benches, audito- ers; Auctioneers use filler words such tees and tied' em on top of two tall from the collection on the stage.-Th-e rium seats and church pews. The crowd listens intently as War- as "push the bid along" and a num- trees" at an impressive speed. oddest? Before the regulations "bi-diddly-b- alli- late-come- o" late 1970s, two live A handful of rs set up den rattles off the prices of the items ber of nonsense words like As the auction continues, one is set in the their own lawn chairs on the uneven being sold. He is exactly as one in between the relevant struck by the familial atmosphere of gators were auctioned off. - fast-talkin- g, Sales & Auc- gravel floor. To the- - right is a would picture an auctioneer - pieces of information to create a the event. According to Warden, Wooster Furniture brightly lit snack bar which offers funny and, most impor- pleasant sound. "Some auctioneers about half the people there are tion recognizes the potential market hamburgers, hot dogs, french fries tantly, smooth. He has the ability are too loud and high pitched and "regulars" who come to the auction of college students. Starting in the assis- to stock and pop, giving the auction house a to convince. no one wants to listen to them," said as a social event. Warden's middle of July they begin normally up on inexpensive chairs, love seats carnival-Jik- e atmosphere. All eyes To most people. Warden sounds Warden. tants crack jokes which normally are fixed on the stage in the front of as if he is speaking some .sort of Warden's fast talking abilities did may be considered inappropriate. and other items they don't a college student would the room, which is covered with old frontier gibberish. What is he re- not come naturally, but rather devel- "We're not prejudiced," one have that furniture, electronic equipment, ally saying? "It's actually nothing," oped from years of practice. "I'd shouted, "We got black and white want. The auction house is open . . . Saturday from 9 masking tape, mattresses, a pink toi- said Warden. "You want to tell what drive down the highway auctioning chalk boards This here is for your Tuesday through 9 p.m. and Monday and Sat- let, a battery operated tooth brush, you're selling, how much money off telephone poles, calling an auc- drug money," he continued, describ- a.m. to 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. For antique china dolls, a dusty you have and how much you're ask- tion out of the clear blue just for ing a black leather locking briefcase, urday from call 264-935- 0. aquarium and other items which can ing. You really want to give the il- - practice," added Warden. Tongue "But you'll have to figure out the more information UPCOMING EVENTS AT 1 969-- 1 970: Vietnam Moratorium there has been and continues to be Help Moratorium opposition to the war in Vietnam on Club Week The Underground Over a dozen faculty members the campuses ... As far as this kind During the summer, the presi- and several hundred students have of activity is concerned, we expect dents of the women's social clubs signed the campus-wid- e petition it. However, under no circum- Kez, Peanuts, Eko. Sphinx and Friday: HAPPY HOUR 9pm - 2am supporting the nationwide Viet- stances will I be affected whatever Tek met with the ICC. in order nam Moratorium Day scheduled by it." to decide general policy for this LIVE BAND: MR. TIBBS for Oct. 15 ... A vote of faculty year's Hell Week ... Hell Week approval does not appear to be Summer Flood should be made less of a hell and needed at this point in order to Wooster finally made national more of a help week. stop classes for the day ... The headlines this summer, and it wasn't Rather than a period of initia- 8-- 11 Ail-Americ- be- Monday: SPORTS NIGHT pm call by the Vietnam Moratorium because of an an half- tion stunts. Hell Week would Committee is not designed to back, or a towny who made it big come a period of service and rel- Monday Night Football, cripple the universities, but to use in the Miss America Pageant. evance to the College ... Hell them as a base to end the war. On Eleven inches of rain fell in 72 Week can no longer be the slave & WCW Friday, at the President's first hours over Wayne County, creating labor practices and humiliating WWF news conference in three months, one of the worst disasters in stunts of the past that were de- he was asked, "What is your view, Wooster history. signed to unite members of the sir, concerning the student Mora- Though the College itself was club . . . Enthusiasm for this tradi- Wednesday: torium and other campus demon- not flooded, Galpin ceased opera- tion, except for the occasional strations being planned for this fall tions because of lack of safe panty raid, is fading, being re- - fa- AFTER HOURS CAFE 10pm 1am against the Vietnam war?" Nixon drinking water and sanitation placed by a new set of values and - ' replied; "Nowv L understand --that cilities.- s u.". u '" other ways to attain unity. ! rv j , Features Page 8 her 3

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-- 1 Everything from Astronomy to Zen . . . Professor Ishwar Harris of the Physics Department had a paper ana- ! v Religious Studies Department stud- lyzing the results of a NASA-funde- d ied Zen Buddhism in Japan this sum- experiment to use the turbidity to mer at the TofuKuji Monastery in measure the critical exponent eta pub- Kyoto. A recipient of the Great Lakes lished in the International Journal of Colleges Association Travel Grant, Thermophysics this summer. Harris lived with the monks, partici- French professor Carolyn A. pating in their daily routine for five Durham had an essay published in weeks. According to Harris, the most the May 1999 issue of French Forum important lesson he learned was. also entitled "Formalism and Ideology in the most fundamental. "Zen Bud- the Novel of Aids: Cyril Collard's Les dhism teaches one to be mindful of Nuits fauves. " everything one does and to capture the Matthew Krain of the Political moment," said Harris. "Instead of Science Department participated in a reflecting on the past or looking to- meeting analyzing the results of the ward the future, one should focus on federal Office of Transnational Issues the present. It leads to better con- report on an early warning system for centration, awareness and tran- genocide. quility." compiled with information from Professor Donald Jacobs of the the Office of Public Information

1999-200- 0 System Survivor Support Naomi Kresge '01 blows air through a hose trying to determine how much air she inhales during one day. Photo By Amelia Kays A group of faculty and staff who are available to confidentially as- sist survivors of, or those who know survivors of sexual assault. For assistance contact: Severance Hall renovated Alex Pries sions that are in some cases almost that Bromund and the renovators of Nancy Anderson Hygeia Ext. 2319 Staff Whiter 'elegant," Bromund said. Severance wanted to promote within Susan Clayton Kauke 31 Ext 2565 Anyone who was on campus last Bromund estimated that the the rooms of the building. Bromund Richard Figge Kauke 238 Ext. 2307 year can, without much effort, no- renovation project and addition to said, "The architects listened to us Pam Frese Kauke 8 Ext. 2256 tice that construction crews have Severance cost about eight million when we said we would like as much natural light as possible." As Shila Garg Taylor 106 Ext. 2586 been reduced to a few members. The . dollars. The cost for the entire fences have been taken down, and project, including the creation of the a result of this, only one teaching Students may also contact the college counselors at Ext. 2319 or the most important of all, University' "South Campus Loop"iMpeline that lab has no windows and the Inde- Campus Minister at Ext. 2558. To report an assault, contact the Wooster Ave is now accessible. The reno- pendent Study labs on the third floor 9-9- 264-333- City Police at 11 (emergencies) or 3, or Security at Ext. vation of Severance Hall, the feature large skylights. 2590. College's home for the department "It's a fantastic building As for the exterior of the build- of chemistry, is nearing completion, ing, Bromund commented on the with most of the primary work hav- andit willbe agreatplace wonderful work of the renovators. ing been finished over the summer. to teach. I think it has "The architects did a very good job Minor improvements in lighting and of preserving the old as much as 1999 Intramurals possibilities thatare right could, incorporating a Fall internal work are being wrapped up they while new exterior," Bromund said. The Co-E- as students return to their classes. up there with the best.' Soccer, d ' Dr. Richard Bromund has addition of access to the campus worked in cooperation with Bogner network makes the new Severance begins Sept. 12; sign up by Sept. 7 Construction on the details of the connects the entire campus with building ready to address the com- renovation and is incredibly happy steam and chilled water, ran about ing millennium. "It's a fantastic Softball, Co-E- d with the finished project Above all an estimated 11 million dollars. building and it will be a great place else, he is happy that the tradition One of the hallmarks of the new to teach. I think it has possibilities begins Sept. 13; sign up by Sept. 7 of Severance as the home for chem- building is its air handling system that are right up there with the best," istry department has continued, and that provides air and heat to fume Bromund said. Volleyball, Co-E- d that this improved building sets a hoods in laboratory rooms. Finally, Bromund thanked all new standard for the teaching of Bromund stated that this new sys- those who made the project pos- Sept. 19; sign up by Sept. 13 chemistry at The College of tem has not been tried before by the sible. He mentioned Sara Patton, begins Vice-Preside- Wooster. "It Severance has al- architects and that it may become a nt for Development, Flag Football, Men ways housed chemistry and it still model for future renovations. William Snoddy, Vice-Preside- nt does. It's a building that's 100 "They've tried things that they've Emeritus for Business and Fi- Oct. 11; Sign up by Oct. 6 years old but Y2K compliant." never done before," Bromund nance, President Stan Hales, trust- begins According to Bromund, equip- added. ees, alumni, students, colleagues ment began to be placed in Sever- Inside Severance, one immedi- in other departments as well as the Tennis ance around July 26, with most of ately notices the presence of win- Department of Chemistry, the and large natural Bogner Construction Company and 1 the Chemistry stockroom equipment dows amounts of begins Oct. 10; sign up by Oct. and laboratory equipment being light Natural light was something many members of the support staff. Co-E- d moved in about three weeks ago. Floor Hockey, Men's & The move Was a relatively smooth one with minor bumps along the Want to write for The Voice? Nov. 7; sign up by Nov. 2 el- begins way. In the first few weeks, the - . evator was not working but this was We're looking for highly The Wooster Voice Aerobics a minor inconvenience. "It hasn't skilled, energetic students BoxC-318- 7 been smooth sailing, but no con- Sign-u- p schedule to be announced struction job of this magnitude is. who want to write for the x2598 going to be smooth sailing. When To sign up, see Steve Moore, Dir. of Intramurals problems have been identified, they college's number one Voiceacs.wooster.edu have been addressed and solved ex- publication: The Voice. ,v .Shptnp and write. pediently and to satisfactory conclu-- - Lively Arts ber3 r Page 9 Abe returns to Woo Stimulating summers... maybe LAVRES Kl'LCHAWIK see the statue at Severence Sta- Associate Editor -- dium, he asked two questions: Can Kate Gessler Daniel O'Conner '02 spent his States, she could stay as long as she Who better to welcome it be fixed? Can you fix it?" Staff Writer summer as a counselor at the Cen- wanted without being forced to buy WoosterV scholars to the Simonds said. "I am glad that I an- Considering that I spent all sum- ter for Creative Youth at Wesleyan something. Andrews Library but Honest swered yes to both of those ques- mer living here on campus, I thought University. He worked as a teach- According to Turko, the people in Abe? After a 13-ye- ar hiatus, the tions." the best thing I could do to make ing assistant in the painting and London seemed more friendly than bronze Lincoln statue was fededi- - The Lincoln statue is one of six myself feel better about having done drawing class and also co-taug- ht the those back home: apologies were ' cated during Alumni Weekend statues made following the model nothing for the past few months was camp's music improv class. He ran offered when someone bumped into activities this past June. - of chief sculptor John Segesman. to ask other people what they did the drawing warm-up- s, helped with you, buying a woman a drink did not Lincoln, a gift to the campus in The other five Lincoln models during their summer break. The critiques and offered advice to the automatically mean the man was at- 1915, has overlooked several sce- were placed along the Lincoln idea was to share in the usual "my kids. tempting to pick her up, and strang- 14-1- 8 be- nic locations, which included -- Highway (Route 30) in Detroit, summer was so boring" conversa- On constant call to a group of ers never gave you odd looks Kauke Hall and the Memorial Mich.; Boise, Id.; Wilkinsburg, Pa. tions. Unfortunately, I picked the year old campers, Dan not only cause of your clothing or hair. How- Chapel. When the Chapel was and Fremont, Neb. ' wrong people to interview. Appar- got to assist in creating "Stomp"-lik- e ever, there were some major cultural razed in 199, the statue moved to When formally returning the ently there were quite a few Wooster percussion, but also took the differences Austin Powers lost the grassy area where the Flo K. statue on behalf of the College's students who had a much more kids out on the town, broke up shav- some of its humor for the British. Gault Library now stands. alumni, Simonds explained that eventful summer than I did. ing cream and food fights, and They did not understand why played the roles of doctor and sur- Austin had such bad teeth, nor did -- 'Student pranks over the years he offered it "for the enjoyment As I spent my summer in classes severly damaged the historic icon, and inspiration of current and and the dungeons of Lowry, Than rogate parents. they understand why Americans forcing it to be stored virtually in futifre generations of Wooster Dean '02, a member of the Scot pipe Michele Turko '00 spent her sum- found the Scottish accents so pieces under Severence Stadium, Students." - 1 band, spent some of his summer par- mer in London flat-sitti- ng for a pro- amusing. Michele had to explain fessor. After going abroad for a se- that the accent was supposed to be which was a previous cairus 1? i-ma- rk. Wooster president R. Stanton ticipating in piping competitions. J. Stewart Simonds, a 1970 Hales affirmed that the' Lincoln He traveled to Massachusetts, Con- mester, Michele decided to stay on bad. Wooster graduate and experienced statue offers "a sense of comple- necticut and Canada, where he com- a while longer and enjoy London After talking to Dean, O'Connor without I sum- blacksmith, agreed to restore the tion and wholeness." peted both as a solo piper and as a college classes. and Turko, realized that my was mer is now looking even more un- statue. member of a band. Her summer spent with friends, traveling around England eventful than I thought it was. So "When - Lee Culp. former-Wooste- r Compiled with information Than was ranked as a number one ex- self-pit- y. I - amateur, the highest status an ama- and visiting pubs. Michele much for mutual think regitrar first took me to . from News Services J teur piper can attain. As a soloist, plained that most of the social life that next summer I'll be inviting he won first place for Piobaireach was frequenting the pubs, where, myself on someone's trip abroad! (the classical music for Highland unlike restaurants in the United TVJIorSale Piping), plus a second place and two third places in other categories. The 19" Color TV with remote band he played with, "Oran Mor," went on to be named the 1999 sea- son champions, continuing their Welcome e best success1 of last year."-Despite-th- t $75 or offer early mornings and lots of driving. Back call ext. 3861 Than felt his summer was a great Special

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R.E.M. literally lit up the stage at Recording with three original The final song, fittingly entitled Blossom Music Center last Wednes- members and their newest drummer, "It's the End of the World as We Know day night, with the help of a slew of who appeared at the Cleveland con- It," was accompanied by flashing neon signs hanging from the rafters. cert with his new bandmates, lights and fast tempos, proving the . With this being their only stop in R.E.M. 's latest album was met with song can be performed faster thanjust '. Ohio, and one of only three shows good reviews. The current world about anyone imagined. As the song f in the Midwest, the show was tour is, in part, a promotion of this began to pick up pace, the rain be- r packed from lawn to pavilion. album. gan to fall out on the lawn. Opening for R.E.M. was Wilco, a Being together for almost three Between the energy of the final tune country-roc- k band from Georgia. decades has given R.E.M. a wide- and the torrential downpour, the end Though the crowd was sparse for the spread fan base. Concertgoers of the concert was truly a moment to opener, especially in the pavilion, ranged from middle-age- d couples to remember. there were a few avid Wilco fans college students to young kids. Ev- The show was met with nothing giving much praise and standing eryone has a favorite song and with but positive reviews. Aaron Fuleki ovations to the little-know- n group. twelve albums under their belt, there '01 proclaimed it to be "By far one Jeff Mansell '01 was one of those are a lot to choose from. No matter of the best commercial shows of the I fans. "I thought Wilco was the best what your favorite album is, from summer." Jeff Mansell was, "Sur- : opening band that R.E.M. could "Cronic Town" to "Up," R.E.M. sat- prised to hear 'Find the River.' I didn't have picked," he said. isfied all their fans with this varied know they played that live." Avid Wilco's set lasted about an hour, set. R.E.M. fan Dan Ayer '02 found it and after a short stage change, the The old favorites were all there. "hard to describe in one sentence the lights went out and R.E.M. took the "Losing my Religion," "The One I energy and excitement of the conceit." stage, opening with "Lotus. They Love" and "Man on the Moon" were Mansell summed it up well: "It was R-E.M- immediately launched into '"What's all met by dancing fans. When wonderful. An amazing concert" .'S LATEST CD "UP" the Frequency, Kenneth?" demon- Michael Stipe professed that the next strating to the audience that this was song was "one we've only played to be a night of both new songs and about three times in the last three de- Summer comedy beats the heat old favorites. cades," and launched into "Stand," the ers, was meant to mirror the type of end, he turns out to be a success Formed in 1980 in Athens, Geor- crowd roared with delight After an Joe Anderson gross-o- ut humor used in There's while his ex works as a waitress. gia, R.E.M. has produced 12 albums acoustic version of "Hope," which Staff Writer Something About Mary. However, Despite the predictability, the inter- over the last 30 years. The latest. featured a solo Stipe on guitar, and The summer has come and gone, unlike the famous "hair gel" scene, action between Sonny and Julian but not without a slew of movies. I was left cringing when I should his roommate's love child makes , Beginning Friday at Here are some of the biggest re- have been laughing. for some hilarious moments. Sonny leases of the summer. Most are Despite its shortcomings, Austin teaches Julian cruel practical jokes now in the cheaper theaters, so if Powers : The Spy who Shagged Me and anti-soci- al behavior, but be- you missed them the first time, was definitely one of the funniest comes more of a role model when catch them while you can. movies of the summer. Or, to de- he finds out Julian has become the scribe it in more appropriate terms, smelly kid in his class. 10 Austin Powers : The Spy who it was absolutely shagnificient. Although this is not his funniest Movies Shagged Me film, I did find myself laughing Austin Powers and his arch nem- South Park : Bigger, Longer, and throughout the movie. Just like the esis. Dr. Evil, returned to the big Uncut fight scene between Bob Barker and Teaching Mrs. Tingle (PG-13- ) (2:20) 7:45 screen this summer in Mike Absolutely hilarious. Oh wait, Adam Sandler in Happy Gilmore, Al- memorable Universal Soldier: Myers' newest spoof of classic spy I'm talking about South Park. this film does have its films. Unlike most sequels, how- though parts of the film were defi- moments. For example, the scene The Return (R) (12:10)4:55, 10:10 ever, this film was even funnier nitely funny. South Park was a big where a roller blader hits a branch than the first. disappointment It seems the cre- and falls into the pond was both de- Mickey Blue Eyes (PG-13- ) (11:50, 2:25) 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 The film starts off in much the ators were most interested in cram- viant and hilarious. The Sixth Sense (PG-13- ) (11:45, 2:15)4:50, 7:30, 10:15 same way as the original Austin ming as many four letter words as The 13th Warrior (R) (11:55, 2:30) 5:20, 7:50, 10:2f Powers : International Man of they could into the 80 minute movie. American Pie Mystery ended, with Austin's pri- Is this supposed to be funny? I did If you saw American Pie this sum- The Blair Witch Project (R) (12:00, 2:00) 4:30, 7:00, 9:35 vate parts being covered up by a find myself laughing at some parts, mer, you may never look at apple Runaway Bride (PG) (1:00)4:00,7:20, 10:05 series of perfectly placed fore- like when Cartman sang his song pie in the same way again. ground images. The movie only about Kyle's mom, but for the most This film kept me laughing The Astronaut's Wife (R) (1:20) 4:20, 7:10, 9:45 got better as it went along as well. part I found myself falling asleep. throughout but what sets it apart from Early in the film. Dr. Evil and his And the whole situation between most teenage comedies is the believ-abili- ty Bowfinger (PG-13- ) (12:15, 2:45) 5:10, 7:55, 10:301 son, Scott, appear on Jerry Saddam and Satan was totally un- of the characters, especially Do-Rig- - Dudley ht (PG) (12:05, 2:10)4:25,7:15,9:25 Springer, where Scott professes his necessary. In all, I would have to the females.- For once they are not scene il- this movie was not worth the portrayed as tramps or as being, Chill Factor (R) (11:40, 2:05)4:35,7:05, 9:55 hatred for his dad. This say lustrates one of the main differ- $4.25 my brother paid for my ticket morally virtuous, but as human ences between this film and the beings living through the same Coming Sept. 10: Stigmata, Love Stinks & Stir of Echoes original. Dr. Evil takes center Big Daddy period of adventure and confusion stage in this movie, not Austin. In his newest film, Adam Sandler as teenage males. This, as well as the introduction of plays Sonny Koufax, a legal genius What makes this film the funniest ( ) shows are Sat., Sun. & Mon. only Shagwell a way it supersavers Mini Me and Felicity who turns into slacker when he movie of the summer is the Sorry, no passes or helped make this film better than wins a $200,000 lawsuit when a cab succeeded in using gross out comedy the first. runs over his foot. Like other in much the same way as There 's Although this film is utterly hi- Sandler flicks, much of the movie's Something AboutMary. The comedy larious, it does have its shortcom- plot is predictable. When his girl- was raunchy, but not so raunchy it ings. In the most disgusting scene friend tells him to get a real job (he's left you cringing. Well, except for the of the movie, Austin mistakes a fe- a tollbooth attendant who always Pale Ale. You bet I'll be looking be- For complete listings any time, call 345-875- 5. I I s cal brew for coffee and drinks iL seems to have the day off), he re- fore I take a drink of anything in the This scene, as well as a few oth fuses. So she leaves him, and in the-- --future.

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Ford tough: team to truck opponents s4 Lindberg Like scoring three goals and adding two '01 and Chris Templeman '01, who Editor-In-Chi- ef assists. round out a solid junior class. 2 It seems like every year the Col- More importantly, however, However, Ford has question V is lege's men's soccer team shrouded Pacini and Albeit gave the Scots an marks, and he knows it. He lost three all-import- catcalls mediocrity. ant in the of The past backbone for the fu- key starters to graduation, all of five years have produced four sea- ture. They both finished in the top whom were the heart of some solid sons in which the Scots have been five in the tearrrin points, an impres- Wooster teams of the past. Brad at or near the .500 mark. sive feat considering the talented Pierce '99, who led the squad in But Wooster plays in one of the upperclassmen that led the Scot 1998 with 16 points on five goals most competitive conferences in all lineup last year. and six assists, has graduated. Leav- of Division III soccer. But, although youth will be seroed ing with him were Mike Sestili '99 And this year, the Scots return a this year, "5 the Scots also boast an and Jon Freeman '99, two of the HI solid number of younger players impressive lineup of returning jun- Scots' staples over the past four years. something they have not been able iors and seniors. . This season's schedule starts off - - i i

1 i n- ii i .,m t ' ' n imi I ffc i to do in a number of years. Loic Pritchett '00 finished third with some challenging non-conferen- ce According to Head Coach Gra- on the team last year in points, scor- opponents before it gets into the Photo by Amelia Kays ham Ford,"We are confident that we ing four goals and adding two as- real meat of the yean a tangle with On June 5 will be a stronger team this season." sists. the Scots' perennial NCAC foes. of this past summer, the Phil Shipe Memorial Walkway was dedicated in honor of 1949 1965. Looking at the Scots" returnees, Also returning are Galen Miller A Saturday afternoon affair at Wooster's football coach from to . 15-t- on it is hard to argue with Ford. Return- '00 and Yasir Al-Ni- mr '00, both of Mount Vernon opens the year on The memorial, composed of a granite rock with a bronze plaque honoring the former coach, ing are sophomores Richard Albeit whom have been solid contributors Sept. 4. That will be followed by a is located between Lowry Center andthe Physical Education Center. More than fifty former Fighting Scot foot- and Jeff Pacini, two of the players over the past three years. trip to Baldwin-WaJJac- e four days ball players and in who helped spearhead a solid nin But the good news does not end later and a date with Hiram for the their families took part the celebration, which was an integral part this past summer's Alumni late in the season last year. there. Adam Evans '01, who threw Scots' first home game on Sept. 11. of Weekend festivities. Numerous Albeit finished with 11 total opposing offenders for a loop last In a year where the Scots hope to Alumni Weekend returnees paid homage to their former coach. "Coach Shipe points, netting four goals and add- year, returns to continue his torrid leave mediocrity in the dirt, look for helped us to realize that there was more inside of us than we ever thought, commented Donald Register '59. , ing three assists. play from last season. a break-o- ut season from Ford and Pacini was equally impressive. He will be joined by Kyle Abraham his solid group athletes. of . Compiled from the Office of Public Information VB setfor season Runners to build on past success Chris Powers Schneider '01, and Marty Coppola niors Christy Judd, Sarah Antel and Chris Powers as captain. Wiles led the team in Sports Editor '02. Even with these returning vet- Katie Pease. Sandy Tecklenburg Sports Editor assists a. year ago and may get a erans, an influx of fresh faces will '01, Rachel Dawson '01 and sev- chance to hit this year. Youth is the constant on the men's be relied on heavily for strong show- eral other underclassmen should The Wooster volleyball team is - Connie Piontkowski 00 has also and women's cross country teams ings this year. Among the newcom- give Wooster a strong core. How- looking tocontinue therprogress it ' improved her overall game and is this fall. Both squads will need to ers are transfers Bill Huffman '02, ever, the team's success will in ' has made the last two years. expected to provide major contri-- fill gaps left by graduation in order Evan McDaniel '02 and five first large part be decided by an impres- The Scots improved to fifth . butions. ' to be competitive in the conference years. sive crop Of first-year- s, including place in the conference a year New coach Michelle Phillips, a again this year. Coach Dennis Rice said, "This is Devon Herl and Barbara Patrick. ago. With a solid nucleus of re- former Division I coach, has joined For the men, the hole was left by a very young team. But if we stick Rice seems optimistic despite the

; all-confere- turning players and newcomers, Skeffington's staff this year. three-tim- e nce runner together, we should be successful relative inexperience of the team. they are hoping for even a better The coaching staff has good Andrew Dawson. for many years to come." "We will have a good mixture of finish this year. cause for its high expectations. A Looking to step in at the top spot, On the women's side, the Scots new and experienced runners. I Coach Brenda Skeffington said main reason for optimism is the after his ninth-plac- e finish at the will need to replace the perfor- am confident we will put things to- her expectations are "extremely quality of the setting for the NCAC championships a year ago, mances of Beth Huffman '99 and gether by the end of the season." positive and optimistic. Scots. will be Nick Chiorian '01 . Back- Emily Gorka '99, two leaders lost The Scots have a strong group "All our setters are better than ing up Chiorian will be the talented to graduation. Leading the charge Compiled with data from Office of seniors expected to lead the way any other in the conference,' trio of Robert Buckley '00, Matt at the front of the pack will be se of Public Information. this fall. ' Skeffington said. All-confere- nce hitter Mandy . In addition, Skeffington is turn- first-yea- rs Rearick-'O- O was third in the con- ing to a large contingent of ference in kills last season, and to make an immediate im- ' High for field hockey . hopes Skeffington is hoping for an even pact. better showing this year. A recruiting class of 10 players Jamie Mapes Scots fourth-plac- e finish in the con- also back after a successful season The and one coach is expected to help ference last season. where she had two shutouts and a team will also rely heavily Staff Writer on team captain Trisha Wiles '00. make the Scots a force in the "I am very excited about this sea- save percentage of .859. This will be her third year serving NCAC this season. son," Meese said. "We are still a Meese will also look to first-yea- rs The women's field hockey team young team, but we return all of our Emily Martin, Grace Gibson, Julie will begin their season tomorrow top players from last year." Lloyd, Heather Home and Lindsay against Bellarmine (the final team Leading the way on offense is Boardman to strengthen the back they played and defeated last Bernardon and on defense, Dunne. and midfield areas. year). Other key players will include for- The new players will make up for While the team's 1998 6-- 12 ward Maura Finn '00, who racked the loss of Callie Blanch '99 and record may have been lackluster, up seven goals last year, and forward Jeanie Edmonds '99, both of whom this year is already looking up for Emily White '02 who accumulated graduated last spring. the Scots. five goals and three assists in the "We are very deep on defense and Coach Brenda Meese has all but 1998 season. at midfield, and those areas will be two players returning. With two goals and four assists our strength this fall," Meese said. Friday, September 3 Among those are Amanda last fall, Esber should also be a ma- "With a talented and more experi- Bernardon '01 and Kate Dunne '02 jor contributor. enced group of returning players, as who both received first team all con- Jeannie Kosinski '00 and Kate well as a strong freshman class, we - 6:30 p.m. ference honors in 1998, and Miriam Temple '02 return as forwards, are looking forward to what should 4:30 Esber '02 who was named to the while Jen Hayman '00 will once be a very successful season." second team. again be in the midfield and Sarah With this more experienced team, Adams '01 will be on defense. Compiled with data from Office Lowry Center Patio Meese hopes to improve upon the Goalie Melissa Goodwin '01 is of Public Information.

'- - V ' --t'VS l i S i ' v t vv i v 1 1 . vv 1 1 ' Sports TT TThe Wooster Page 12 Voice ber3 Scots ready to roll through '99 Women's soccer Jamie Allardice Editor-in-Chi- ef team set to score Despite losing Wooster's most prolific tandem to graduation, the Dan Shortridge the squad, they'll need talented de- Scot football team is still looking to News Editor fenders. , contend for the conference title. Brown has set the goal of mov- - . Quarterback Rich Judd '99 and If a flurry of competition will be ing the team up a few spots in the Brandon Good '99 brought Wooster the women's soccer squad's first big NCAC. They tied for fourth overall first-yea- rs 10-1- 1- last with 0 record, with from a -9 team in 1994 to the pe- challenge this year, a flurry of year a and rennial title contenders they are to- could be what wins it for them. the squad's leading scorers gone, he day, rewriting the record books in After being shutout by John admits that's going to be a challenge. the process. Carroll two to nothing last night, the "We need to find two or more consis- But the 1999 Scot football team Scots get a few days to rest and then tent scorers," Brown said. has several major questions to an- are off again on Standouts another round, Chaya Cashin a is in - swer before conference title . j grasp. away at Oberlin "This is certainly and Kirsten and First and foremost. Head Coach on Sunday and Megan Muller Jim Barnes must replace Judd at File Photo battling a team capable of graduated in quarterback. Justin Abraham '01 The Scots are looking to start the season strong against Grove City on Sat. Susquehanna May; team leader will take the reins this season. and Penn State- - winning" Lealynd Pazderak, "Justin Abraham vuill do very been a question, as he is one of the be expected to carry the load. Behrend at who topped the list well," Barnes said. "He has done fastest men in Division III. All-Americ- an Seth Duerr '00 fig- home next week. with eight goals and three assists last everything asked of him." Last season he caught 27 passes ures to be at the center of the defen- But the team has more than just season, transferred over the summer. Abraham filled in for an injured for 578 yards despite being ham- sive pursuit. another season on its mind. 17 first-ye- ar But the squad has been training Judd two years ago against pered by an ankle injury. The undersized linebacker led the women have swelled the hard for two weeks now, running Wittenberg, leading the Scots to the In the backfield, Brock Wanless Scots last year with 110 tackles. squad's ranks, making this year's laps and doing field drills. biggest win in the history of the pro- '00 returns to bolster a running at- Joining Duerr in the linebacking team the largest that head coach They're as ready as they can be gram with a 21-1- 9 victory. tack. Last season Wanless returned crew are seniors Keathun Gale and David Brown has ever led. This is when they come up against Abraham does not have the mo- from an injury that sidelined him all Shawn Marks. Up front. Brad Horst certainly a team capable of win- Oberlin on the Yeowomen's home bility Judd did, but he does have a of the 1997 season to run for a team-hig- h '00 and Frank Galati '00 will serve ning," Brown said. turf this Saturday. Wooster has much stronger arm. - 833 yards and 10 touchdowns. as bookends. Horst registered 53 He said every one of the players trumped Oberlin for the past sev- Good left Wooster with nearly "Brock warranted the starting job tackles and seven sacks. will be called upon this year. Key eral years, winning 10-- 9 last season. every receiving record in school his- with his performance last year. He In the secondary, Kevin Brown in those next games will be the 17 The game starts at 11a.m. tory and one NCAA record. will be on the field the vast major- 99 returns for his third year at first-ye- ar women who are setting Reggie Ray '00 will attempt to ity of the time," Barnes said. safety. Brown totaled 73 tackles in out to make their names known to replace Good at the wide out posi- With unproven talent at several 1997. Sjeth Mastrine '01 returns at Scot sports fans. With goalie Jes- Compiled with information from tion. Ray's blazing speed has never offensive positions, the defense will the cornerback position. . sica Critchlow '01 not returning to Office ofPublic Information. Women's softball upgraded to varsity status Ryan Dansak with other teams in the conference Jefferes said she expects a good push to make softball a varsity sport, ments. Sports Editor at the varsity level. season provided "the girls have a Jefferes said. The field will eventually have The College of Wooster will start Since the team has been boosted good experience and are as competi- "Our biggest weakness is pitch- dugouts and a new backstop, ac- its 1999 athletic season sporting a to the varsity level, it will no longer tive as possible." ing," Joynt said. "We have a really cording to Malekoff. Other equip- new varsity women's softball team. have to go to the Student Govern- Jill Miller '00, who plays first good field and hitters, but we do ment, such as a scoreboard, will The team, consisting primarily of ment Association and Campus base for the team, said she feels the have a lack of experience," she said. be added as funds become avail- last year's club softball team, has Council for funding. In Even when she felt able. been promoted from its club status stead, the team receives like giving up trying to The team will not have formal after an outpouring of interest from funding from the athletic convince the College to practices until spring semester. Un- the club team's athletes, according director's office like "Bob Malekoffand Brenda make softball a varsity til then, the team will lift and run in to College of Wooster Athletic Di- other varsity sports. Meese have always been on sport, members of the order to prepare for the season, ac- rector Bob Malekoff. Lori Jefferes has been faculty and administra cording to Jefferes. 22-ga- "Nothing like this gets started hired by the College to our side 100 percent" tion continued to en- - The team will play a me unless there is interest," Malekoff coach the softball team. courage her. schedule. Last year the team only six-ga- said. This, coupled with the fact Jefferes volunteered at "Bob Malekoff and played a me schedule. The Wooster is a charter member of the the College last year, helping to team has the potential to compete Brenda Meese have always been on large increase in games, Joynt said, North Coast Athletic Conference coach the club softball and varsity at the varsity level despite this be- our side 100 percent," Joynt said. is one of the benefits of upgrading (NCAC), he said, made the decision basketball teams. ing the team's first year. "We have The two, she said, were instrumen- to varsity. "Even if we lose all 22 to promote softball to a varsity sport Jefferes is entering the season the ability. We just need to work to- tal in the planning needed to make games," Joynt said, "it's going to be an easy one. without the benefit of recruiting gether as a team," she said. softball a varsity sport. great." The NCAC began sponsoring athletes for the upcoming season According to Jefferes, Kathryn As part of the transition to field- With the addition of the varsity softball in 1998. Malekoff said he because the decision to make soft-ba- ll Joynt "01 and Abigail Perry '01 will ing a varsity team, Galpin Field, softball team, Wooster now has 22 felt Wooster athletes should be af- a varsity sport came too late serve as captains for the team. The where the team will practice and varsity sports 1 1 for men and 1 1 forded the opportunity to compete in the year. two were instrumental in leading the play games, is undergoing improve for women.

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