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The College of Wooster Open Works The oV ice: 2001-2011 "The oV ice" Student Newspaper Collection 1-25-2008 The oW oster Voice (Wooster, OH), 2008-01-25 Wooster Voice Editors Follow this and additional works at: https://openworks.wooster.edu/voice2001-2011 Recommended Citation Editors, Wooster Voice, "The oosW ter Voice (Wooster, OH), 2008-01-25" (2008). The Voice: 2001-2011. 454. https://openworks.wooster.edu/voice2001-2011/454 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the "The oV ice" Student Newspaper Collection at Open Works, a service of The oC llege of Wooster Libraries. It has been accepted for inclusion in The oV ice: 2001-2011 by an authorized administrator of Open Works. For more information, please contact [email protected]. HP1fie Wooster Voice VOL. CXXVIII, ISSUE XIV A STUDENT PUBLICATION SINCE 1883 Friday, January 25, 2008 "It always seemed to me a bit pointless to disapprove of homosexuality. It's like disapproving of rain. ' Francis Maude Moot Gourt team sweeps hationa s Alexandra DeGrandChamp thinking we were going to win," Voice Staff added McCarthy. "Because Patrick Henry College is often put on a Drew Glassroth '08 and Katharine pedestal, we didn't expect anything, McCarthy '09 placed first over 64 so we could relax." teams at last weekend's American Judges in the final round included Collegiate Moot Court Association three Iowa Supreme Court justices, (AMCA) national tournament at the former Chief Justice of the Iowa Drake University (IA), trumping Supreme Court and the Chief Justice -- Patrick Henry College's (VA) of the U.S. District Court for the William Glaser and Rebekah Sies in Southern District of Iowa. .a 3-- 2 decision. "At the beginning of every season, Though Wooster's Moot Court we set out the goal of winning a " team has historically always fared national championship, and to be. well at the national level, this is the able to be a part of the team that first time a team has captured the ' finally reached that goal is especially national title. Last year, duo James exciting ... I'm so proud to have Owens '01 and Michael McMaster been a member of this team," said '07 finished second to Georgia's Glassroth. Armstrong Atlantic. The remaining seven teams also "Our competition at the tourna- had an outstanding performance at ment this year was extremely talent-- . the national level. Notably, Andrew ed," commented Glassroth, "The Gross '08 and Thomas Loughead '10 AMCA is growing in size every year, advanced to the quarter-fin- al rounds and the level at which we have to "I'm most proiid of Loughead," perform in" order to qualify for the McCarthy said, "because he rose to national tournament and fnen to the occasjort in his first year with succeed at the national level is con- the program. stantly increasing." .' In addition, three additional teams Ail-Ameri- The duo faced considerable compe- earned can honors. Jeffrey tition in the tournament. To advance Kaatz '08 and Lauren Mogavero '08, Wooster's Moot Court teams did extroardinarily well at AMCA's national tournament last to the final round, Glassroth and co-capta- ins of the 2007-200- 8. Moot weekend, including the team of Drew Glassroth '08 and Katharine McCarthy '09 who McCarthy faced three teams from Court team along with Glassroth, first. is first Patrick Henry College, one of which finished in the top 16 teams, while placed This the year that Wooster's Moot Court team has earned a national had previously won the national title. duos Shane Legg '10 and Claire title (Photo courtesy Sarah Palagyi '10). The team also argued three consecu- Burgess '10 and Elysia Tonti '09 and tive rounds as the United States gov- Justin Chapman '08 finished in the Respondent and Alexandra Schmitt Honorable mentions include ten Brief for Respondent and Gross ernment, which, as Glassroth noted, top 32 teams. Abigail Kline '08 and '09 and Sarah Palagyi '10 received Maureen Hanlon '08 and Michael and Longhead's written Brief for is "the noticeably harder" argument. Kyle Brainard '08 received third third place for the written Brief for Doerr '08, Legg and Burgess and See "Moot Court" "We didn't go in to the tournament place for the written Brief -- for Petitioner. Glassroth and McCarthy in the writ page 2 Wooster humbled in close game Scholarship endowed , Chris JSweeney . - Editor in Chief for LGBT advocates The College of Wooster (12-- 3, 5-- l) Emily Tarr make a memorial and incentive for men's basketball trailed . team only Voice Staff efforts to forge a more inclusive cam- two times last Saturday, but the sec- pus community," said Johnson. ond came with four seconds left in Through donations made in the "LGBT 'people,' including John overtime as Wittenberg University past two weeks, the endowment IMunimer, have been crucial in the life (10--6, 6-- 1) added another thrilling threshold has been reached for a new of the College for many decades.. chapter to one of Div. Ill's greatest scholarship' to be awarded in the This scholarship is overdue and still rivalries with a heart-wrenchi- ng 87-8- 6 2008-200- 9 school year. very limited recognition of those win. The John (Mummer Memorial many contributions." With IS seconds left, the Scots led Scholarship for Promoting a Pending official endowment, the 74-7- 3. However, Wittenberg's Welcoming Campus for LGBT people $l.r)()() scholarship will be awarded Brandan Barabino went to the line has been established in memory of yearly on or near Oct. 11, National with a chance to give the Tigers a John (Mummer, a longtime comptrol- Coining Out Day, to one sophomore, one-poi- nt lead. Barabino missed both ler in the Wooster Business Office junior or senior student who pro- shots, which turned out to be the and mentor to the Wooster lesbian, motes a more open and respectful only two misses of the game 'for gay, ' bisexual and transgender campus environment. The scholar- -- .1 Wittenberg, and the Scots' Devin (LGBT) student community. ship is open to all students, regardless Fulk '08 secured the rebound and (Mummer, one of the few openly of sexual orientation. was fouled. Fulk hit both shots, giv- gay persons on campus, served as a In fact, Johnson stresses that non-ga- y ing the Scots a three-poi- nt advantage lifeline to many in Wooster's gay stu- allies play a critical role in con- with just 14 seconds left (76-73- ). dent community and was an ardent fronting bigotry and promoting The Tigers had a shot, and advocate for a more inclusive and respect on campus. The scholarship Barabino took a three-point- er with respectful Wooster campus. makes Wooster progressive in its just a second left. The shot missed After IMummer's death this past field, as Ohio Wesfeyan is the only but he was fouled by Brandon summer, Hans Johnson, a 1992 grad- other college in Wooster's conference, Johnson '09, sending Barabino to the uate and friend of (Mummer, decided the Great Lakes College Association, ' line for redemption needing to make it was the right moment to make to award this type of honor. J? all three in order to send the game IMummer's dream a reality. A small advisory committee com- into overtime. Barabino did not dis- In Oct. 2006, Johnson approached posed of representatives from the appoint' the home crowd, sinking all the College with the idea for a schol- student body, alumnii faculty, admin- three to tie the game up at 76. arship in IMummer's name. It was not istration and the business office will In overtime, the Scots mounted an a hard case to make, since IMunimer recommend students for the scholar- 86-8-2 lead with 26 seconds left after was such a known and respected fig- ship, although specific procedures Johnson split two free throws. But ure at the College for a number of have yet to be established.. However, Wittenberg's Greg Hill had an years. Johnson encourages current students J--L answer, draining a three witli 1 1 sec- After approximately seven months to begin looking around campus for onds left. The Tigers were forced to of collecting funds and the donations people , who have demonstrated Bryan Wickliffe '11 and the Scots led for most of the game, foul Marty Bidwell '09, sending him from over one hundred alumni, staff, respect for the LGBT community, as but stumbled in the final minutes in a loss to conference to the line to shoot two. Bidwell fatuity and friends of the College, the recommendations will be extremely rival Wittenberg University. The Scots rebounded against a missed botli and Hill made the Scots $.'10,000 threshold needed to endow helpful to those making the scholar- weak Denison team, scoring nearly twice as many points pay, going down court and hit a driv- the scholarship has finally been ship decision. ' as the Big Red. Wickliffe is averaging 11.2 points per game ing lay-u- p to seal Wooster's fate. reached. While the scholarship is both a "I am so proud that so many recog- in his first season (Photo by Sateesh Venkatesh). See "Wittenberg," page 8 nized the need and the opportunity to See "Scholarship," page 2 flEEfiaanre 1 1 mwm I News 2 Viewports editor Sara 3 Viewpoints , Brown '09 discusses hous-- ( ) ; Features 4 m ' J ing accommodations after r Arts 6 studying abroad. Read Sports 7 i . : ; J ' . more on page 3. mmmi iii maav,?.'.!,,-:;.-,:- mm maua - . ., aa.o.mJ MEMBER J Editor in Chief Katie Foulds Molly Lehman W relates her Five Colleges of Ohio juried Women's Basketball team 3J ' four-gam- '08 analyzes he College's experiences as an American Student Biennial.