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See Page 3 See Page 7 See Page 12 Bates Police retools prescence academic not integrity unprece- policy dented GRACE PEZZELLA SAM LEARNER MANAGING NEWS EDITOR STAFF WRITER Bates is known for its “work hard Next fall, Bates students will return play hard” mentality and has also gar- to campus to a familiar world—same nered an unofficial reputation within old friends, professors, and activities. the NESCAC as a “drinking school” But one thing will be brand new— rather than a party school. For the most Bates’ academic misconduct policy. part, however, weekend parties remain The new policy, adopted on March 4 checked and controlled and while visits but set to take effect over the summer, Ben Kornfeld ’13 of Yale debates as Ben Smith ’13, Matt Summers ’15, and Taylor Blackburn ’15 look on. from Campus Security aren’t rare, they fixes a host of technical, pedagogical, PETER KRIEG ’15/THE BATES STUDENT only infrequently end in substantial and philosophical problems with the punishment. For the past few weeks, current policy. On the technical side, a though, the Security crime logs have major flaw in the current policy is that God wins: Yale triumphs in public debate read like an unfavorable laundry list, in- the citation guide included in the pla- cluding two separate nights when Small House alone had five infractions and giarism section is technically part of the in the country with Kornfeld. “We fill it [the earth] and we fill it KATIE SGARRO the rest of Frye Street did not fare much actual plagiarism legislation, which was Smith opened the debate. He set with hope,” finished Woldemariam. ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR better. originally drafted—and has gone un- the tone for the debate. If words could Summers took the podium and News spreads quickly throughout changed—since 1987. In fact, Accord- th kill, both teams would have been dead rejected that notion that meaning can On Thursday, March 14 , mem- the student body, and many Batesies ing to Assistant Dean of Students Carl by the third speech. only come from a higher purpose. bers of the Bates community gathered were overheard wondering about an Steidel, the current student conduct and “Sloth being one of the three deadly Yale interrupted, stating it was bet- in the Gomes Chapel to witness Bates’ increased security presence and why, safety booklet students receive contain- sins, I really hope the opposition doesn’t ter to have meaning and an afterlife. Brooks Quimby Debate Council take suddenly, it seems as if Lewiston police ing information about plagiarism and a believe in God tonight,” began Smith, Summers countered that a world in on the Yale Debate Association (YDA). officers are showing up at parties with guide for citations is the verbatim piece president of the Bates debate team, in a which you must ask forgiveness because The motion added another level of con- more frequency than this year has seen. of legislation drafted and passed over reference to YDA’s late arrival. you are starving is an unjust world. He troversy and intellectual challenge to In the past, there was the Maine twenty-five years ago. But as coordina- Smith’s speech laid out the frame- argued that this cannot be the plan of the competition. The motion was: This Liquor Enforcement Unit that dealt tor of the Peer Writing Project Joanne work of Bates’ argument. Smith stated God. house would prefer a world in which with liquor law infringements all over Cole noted, “you can’t have [citation that God has let millions suffer – in the Kornfeld opened his speech with God does not exist. Bates defended the the state, with a special emphasis on guides] locked down in a document,” Holocaust, world wars, etc. Worse still, the assertion that the world is better motion and Yale opposed. Yale had God underage drinking. About ten years because citation criteria change so of- millions have cried out for God’s for- when those who show good character on its side. ago, former Governor John Boldacci ten. She added that it is much wiser to giveness. are rewarded in an afterlife. Without The debate consisted of four speech- decided to dissolve this unit and put its “put the policy in one place and leave “How could an all good God turn a God, Kornfeld stated, we can’t know es, a break for audience participation, funding instead towards county health the details of appropriate citation in an- deaf ear?” asked Smith. what is wrong. Colonel argued that and rebuttal speeches. Each speech ran consortiums, projects like Healthy An- other” so that the Bates citation guide Woldemariam took the podium. those who are punished are punished for six minutes. Ben Smith ’13, Matt droscoggin. Most police chiefs were can change with the major style guides Immediately his voice started climb- for a reason. Summers ’15, and Taylor Blackburn ’15 not in favor of the dissolution, which without having to amend the plagiarism ing and his words rushed out as if a “This is where we win this debate. represented Bates. requires city police departments to now policy itself each time. floodgate had just been broken – yet Given that people are starving: Wouldn’t They were faced with a superstar apply for grants that cover the overtime Faculty and staff also wanted to throughout his entire speech, Wolde- you rather those people starving, starve opponent in the world of college de- required of officers to patrol weekends change the current plagiarism policy’s mariam never faltered. Woldemariam for some reason and be rewarded in the bate. According to its website, the YDA and nights. However, alcoholism is one “guilty until proven innocent” presump- argued that some sense of purpose is vi- afterlife than for no purpose?” chal- is currently the top ranked collegiate of Maine’s leading issues, and therefore tion. Whereas the current policy views tal to the psyche and without God, we lenged Kornfeld. debate team in the world. The first of necessary to address. the “absence of any obvious attempt on have no such purpose. An invitation was extended to Yale’s three speakers, Sesenu Woldemar- The primary focus of these grants the student’s part to acknowledge the Blackburn stood up and challenged the audience to lend their thoughts to iam ’14, was the top-ranked freshman is underage drinking in high school, original source…as prima facie evidence Woldemariam’s claim. Woldemariam the debate. The chapel was silent. It is debater in the country two years ago. not necessarily college. But in order to of such an intent to deceive,” the new then condescendingly undercut Bates’ hardly surprising that no one was bold Yale’s second speaker, Ben Kornfeld ’13, keep receiving the money, officers are policy will not immediately presume argument. enough to follow any of these world- is first team in year standings and the required to perform well, meaning that guilt, according to professor of Anthro- “All [Bates] gives you, as Taylor elo- class debaters. Finally a questioned was 2012 Harvard Tournament champion summons, write-ups, and arrests play pology and a member of the Academic quently puts it, is a random universe,” offered, and it was decided it would be along with being a semifinalist at the into the cycle of funding. As a conse- Integrity Working Group, Elizabeth quipped Woldemariam. incorporated into the rebuttals. 2011 World Universities Debate Cham- quence, officers who have broken up Eames. Instead, it will more carefully Yale’s argument was contingent on Blackburn took the podium. She pionships. Yale’s third speaker, Robert high school parties are likely to buzz the consider the context of the incident, th this sense of purpose. They asserted that opened calling Yale “marvelous friends” Colonel ’13, was the 4 varsity speaker fringes of campus looking for violations. examining the actual alleged piece of at the 2012 Harvard Tournament and Bates’ argument leaves us with an empty and “wonderful opponents”. However, the second half of the best debate duo world. See POLICY, PAGE 6 See DEBATE, PAGE 6 See POLICE, PAGE 5 The search for tomorrow on every shore: Robert S. Neuman’s Ship to Paradise they see is all but a dream. The ship, like any passengers or additional persons ERIN MONTANEZ the RMS Titanic, is unprepared and ill- are nowhere to be seen. The space it- STAFF WRITER equipped for the journey ahead in the self is shaped much like the hull of a same manner that man is never ready ship, curving at one end and extending The RMS Titanic, rumored to be for the fate that unfolds before him. straight back, with little occupying the the ship of dreams, a passage that would Neuman’s use of mixed media yields center of the space except for Neuman’s alter the course of two thousand souls, works that are two-dimensional, flat, preliminary drawings, which exemplify indeed did, as it was fated to be the and lacking substance or true existence. the artist’s sense of draftsmanship, plan- ship of nightmares on April 15, 1912. His form equals his function; by illus- ning for life’s journey as all men do. Robert S. Neuman, in an exhibit titled trating the road to salvation as paved The panels, displayed along the walls, “Ship to Paradise”, on display at the with excessive color, detail, and commo- provide the view akin to that of off the Bates College Museum of Art through tion, the artist expresses the futility of side of a ship; other ships, other jour- March 22, pictorially investigates man’s a voyage that is, in a sense, completely neys, other adventures. However, “Ship attempt to sail through life without surreal. to Paradise (Encumbered by a Great conflict, without bad dreams that stir us The ships are tied down, rendered Rock)” (1987) includes passengers, in the night, how we drift off the route immobile and stagnant; the idea that the only print that does so. The scene destiny places us on, and how, often, we the ship never truly sets sail, heart to is crammed full of people falling over- struggle to stay afloat. Through intense, starboard, furthers this level of surreal- board, a foreshadowing of the fools who vibrant color, manipulation of line, and ism and, artistically and metaphorically, decide to embark on life’s journey. Em- crowded frames, the artist’s series con- abstraction. The skeleton and the alarm ily Bandoni, a first-year, claims that art fronts the musings of the human expe- clock in “Ship to Paradise” (1978) fur- expresses that of Neuman himself. rience, the journey all men must em- thers Neuman’s metaphor for the hu- “As we live life we gain more mem- ERIN MONTANEZ/THE BATES STUDENT bark on, and the folly and foibles one man experience by symbolizing the ories; each memory portrayed through faces along the way. Neuman’s expansive mortality of this venture. The rocket art is one step in life’s journey.” In accor- knowledge of seafaring and shipbuild- of the Roman Catholic Church; in the the galaxy, without fully committing to strapped to the stem of the ship in this dance with Bandoni’s words, the people ing, garnered from a life lived in Maine, same fashion, Neuman criticizes the the fated journey the skeletons, unfor- panel foresees catastrophe are said to reflect the artist’s family and enable the artist to successfully flesh out corrupted economic and political sys- tunately, have. Neuman’s content warns It is apparent that the artist fails to friends. a metaphor for the human condition tems of the century in which we live. the viewer, but his manipulation of include a captain of man’s fate, a mas- Each scene is cluttered with both and to respond to Sebastian Brandt’s Those who make the journey, accord- color, its vibrancy, and the action and ter of man’s soul; perhaps the viewer, astronomical and man-made objects, “The Ship of Fools” through his etch- ing to the artist, are fools. They wander motion characteristic of each scene en- in boarding this exhibit, is the captain Neuman’s cautioning to avoid the in- ings and lithographs. without direction, on a vessel in its own courages celebration. His works ques- of their own journey and the trials and creasing materialism and consumerism The sense of whimsicality, color, individual element, fueled by a celestial tion if paradise is found or if paradise, triumphs they face in the modern day associated with modern day society and and fantasy evident within each panel power that is surreal in form. This series indeed, is lost. world. There is no captain guiding the to recall Thoreau and simplify. Brandt’s of the series inform the viewer that what allows the viewer to roam the universe, ship through the misfortunes it faces; allegory served to condemn the abuses Forum The Bates Student March 20, 2013 2 Science or Fiction? China’s obsession Progress at a glacial pace source of renewed strength for the in- with the genetics of intelligence SCOTT OLEHNIK stitution.” His admission is one of the MANAGING FORUM EDITOR fundamental shifts that detractors need to understand. Wanting to marry is not zheimer’s Disease. Further, genes are dystopic society in which a person’s life This week, Senator Rob Portman an issue of trying to destroy the “institu- CURTIS RHEINGOLD not the only factor that contributes to opportunities and social class are deter- (R-OH) “came out” in support of gay MANAGING FORUM EDITOR tion.” It is a testament to its importance. one’s phenotype. Both genes and the mined by their genes. Babies are cho- marriage and gay rights, revealing that Even though I don’t approve of the environment contribute to a person’s sen to have the best possible combina- his own son came out as gay to him The word “eugenics” has a deserv- way that the Senator arrived at his deci- physical and behavioral traits, as evi- tion of genes from their parents. Those and his wife only a few years ago. The edly controversial history. The Oxford sion, I do applaud the fact that he ar- denced by the seemingly never-ending who are genetically more susceptible to response from Portman’s own party has American Dictionary defines it as “the rived there. In a party that overwhelm- nature versus nurture debate. Thus, disease or other impairments such as been overwhelmingly mixed, but in science of improving a human popula- ingly shuns the idea of progress, this, I selectively promoting reproduction of nearsightedness are delegated to menial general, this is indicative of a great trend tion by controlled breeding to increase hope, will become a positive trend. certain groups based off of observable jobs, while those with superior genes are in this country. the occurrence of desirable heritable We can’t always force people to see characteristics or behavior is untenable. considered to be the elite. In the film, a Portman writes of his shift in his characteristics”. This is simply a wordy the light, and indeed, as much as I am In addition, Nazi eugenics would result geneticist explains the genetic selection op-ed, “[M]y position on marriage for way of describing an attempt to improve loathe to admit, we shouldn’t. If you in an increased susceptibility for disease process to a to-be-mother as follows: same-sex couples was rooted in my faith future generations by encouraging those read my column on a regular basis I of- or physical defects such as is seen in “We want to give your child the tradition that marriage is a sacred bond with more desirable traits to reproduce ten advocate for broad and sweeping re- cases of human inbreeding or selective best possible start. Believe me, we have between a man and a woman. Knowing more and discouraging those with worse forms, often in the face of popular sen- dog breeding. enough imperfection built in already. that my son is gay prompted me to con- traits to reproduce less. Sound familiar? timent. Often enough, these ideas are So if selective reproduction based Your child doesn’t need any more addi- sider the issue from another perspective: It should. The idea of eugenics was the undoubtedly beneficial, but if no one off of phenotype does not work, how tional burdens. Keep in mind, this child that of a dad who wants all three of his foundation of the Nazis’ attempt at pro- is ready for them, then why should we about selection based off of genotype? is still you. Simply the best of you. You kids to lead happy, meaningful lives moting the Aryan race by killing anyone force them on the people? The answer is In fact, babies have already been able to could conceive naturally a thousand with the people they love, a blessing who was dissimilar or deemed unwor- that we shouldn’t. be genetically “customized” for many times and never get such a result.” Jane and I have shared for 26 years.” thy of contributing to the “master race”. Gun control is an important issue, years. Embryos conceived through in Is the future of humanity destined It was only a few months ago that Besides killing millions of Jews, Roma, and it needs to be urgently addressed, vitro fertilization (IVF) are regularly se- to follow a similar path? The answer to this very state, Maine, became one of Jehovah’s Witnesses and other religious but if over half of the population thinks lected as to avoid genetic diseases that many is yes, and some already suspect the first states to ratify gay marriage and ethnic groups, the Nazi program the government is trying to take their would result in a miscarriage or an oth- that China may be attempting to do so. by popular vote, and still, on a federal known as Action T4 selectively tar- guns, then we’re not going to get sweep- erwise severely impacted lifespan. Ad- The government-funded Chinese level, there still isn’t legal recognition for geted and “euthanized” those who were ing change. ditionally, several clinics in the United company BGI-Shenzhen is arguably the same-sex couples. Change is coming, deemed as “life unworthy of living”. Ac- A shift to green and clean energies States (it is banned many countries) world’s most prolific genomic sequenc- but it is moving at a glacial pace. cording to the Nazis, this descriptor ap- is necessary for a healthy and secure fu- allow parents to choose their child’s ing company. Genomic sequencing is But, what of the Senator’s published plied to those classified as homosexual, ture, but if we can’t yet convince people gender using similar IVF techniques. the process of determining the exact sentiments? His revelation is based criminal, insane, dissident, weak, or of their necessity, then there’s no reason Such babies are disparagingly known as composition of DNA that comprises an wholly upon the fact that this issue now feeble-minded. In total, T4 resulted in to try and get people to use them. “designer babies” and some fear that the organism’s genome. Estimates suggest affects his family directly. He was more the deaths of over two hundred thou- As much as we’d like to reform over- future will include options for children that BGI accounts for between 10 to 20 than happy to be a gay marriage detrac- sand people. night, the unfortunate truth is that, like to be selected based off of intelligence, percent of all DNA data produced glob- tor as long as it had no bearing on his The idea of eugenics as interpreted evolution, change is gradual. muscularity, or other desirable traits. Al- ally, and the company claims to have own life, happy to deny a certain per- by the Nazis has been heavily criticized The best outcome for this whole or- though the term “genetic engineering” sequenced over fifty thousand human centage of the population the rights that as a fundamentally flawed misunder- deal is that we might start to see some of typically refers to actively manipulating genomes – a total that far surpasses any he himself enjoys, but only as long as it standing of biology and genetics. For the other Republicans understand that an organism’s DNA, the process of se- other group. doesn’t affect his family. Now, though, example, it does not discriminate be- this isn’t about rights for a small portion lectively choosing an embryo based off Genomic sequencing itself is noth- the tables have turned, so to speak, as tween one’s phenotype (i.e. observable of the population, but rather it’s really of genetic makeup is certainly not too ing to be worried about; the technique it does affect his family, and that is why characteristics of a person such as ap- about rights for all. If we start to deny far removed from such engineering. has led to numerous advances such as he now supports rights for gay couples. pearance or behavior) and one’s geno- rights to some, then it becomes easier to Several science fiction films and the genetic identification of certain dis- That’s not the point, though. Sure, type (i.e. the actual genes in a person’s usurp the rights of others. books have already predicted such a eases and the ability to produce healthier his motives may be questionable at best, genome). For example, a person can In his op-ed, Senator Portman future in which designer babies are the but often enough in history the mo- appear healthy and fit superficially but writes, “The process of citizens persuad- norm. The 1997 film Gattaca depicts a See GENES, PAGE 3 tives of the radicals have been morally still carry the genes for early-onset Al- ing fellow citizens is how consensus is dubious. Abolitionists acting for God, built and enduring change is forged.” or white guilt, and not necessarily the This is the foundation of his argument, people they were trying to free. How- and this is what I’ve been missing in ever, the result is the same. If the meth- these recent years. As the old adage The Meat Market: The glamorous ods are questionable, but the outcomes goes, you can bring a horse to water, the same, is it really any matter how we but you can’t make him drink. I believe get there? Yes and no, but the impor- this is what we, as liberal members of world of fashion modeling tant part as that the result, in this case, society, have to realize. There’s no point is favorable. in trying to force ideas on people who NERISSA BROBBEY Portman even takes a different view aren’t ready for it. The best we can do is ASSISTANT FORUM EDITOR on the marriage issue, “One way to look to make a solid and wide-reaching argu- at it is that gay couples’ desire to marry ment and hope that it lights a spark in I was inspired to write this article doesn’t amount to a threat but rather the minds of the people. after attending the on-campus premiere a tribute to marriage, and a potential of the documentary Girl Model. The film follows the life of a small town Russian girl called Nadya, then aged 13, who wins a chance to go to Tokyo by contract to model. The film narrates How should we combat the dangers, the lies, and the difficulties faced by such young girls dumped in a big city looking to start a modeling ca- reer as well as the line that blurs with obesity in America? prostitution. When we think of modeling we immediate outrage. It is all too easy to JO WALLACE look at such a law and detect unwar- think of Gisele Bündchen making mil- STAFF WRITER lions for a few seconds on the runway, ranted government intervention. Told that Uncle Sam is prohibiting the sale the glitz and glamor, the adulation, the Last week, New York Mayor Mi- of large sodas, Americans immediately high class connections and the physi- chael Bloomberg’s much-discussed soda decide that large sodas are something cal perfection; an almost god-like state ban was struck down by a state court. they cannot live without. It is an auto- of being. Then here come shows like Though I personally don’t oppose the Painting of Tom Ford. NERISSA BROBBEY/THE BATES STUDENT matic response, especially in a political America’s Next Top Model and its in- law, I am not exactly surprised that a are obvious: the body image issues, the climate in which ‘socialist’ is the go-to ternational incarnations, The Face and weeded out with the change. “Beauty is court ruled against it. shallowness, the eating disorders, the insult. Such heavy-handed legislation even the Miss Universe pageant that al- also submitted to the taste of time, so a The law, which was to take effect on overvaluation of youth that leads to a was bound to produce fertile ground lure girls all over the world. beautiful woman from the Belle Epoch Tuesday, March 12, would have made it fear of aging (gerascophobia), the early for opposition and, considering that In the world of modeling, as in act- is not exactly the perfect beauty of to- illegal for any state-regulated establish- sexualization of young girls and unat- the targets are multi-million-dollar soda ing, it is only the very few who make it day, so beauty is something that changes ment (such as restaurants and movie tainable standards of beauty. companies, that opposition was bound that are overhyped to give the impres- with time,” says Karl Lagerfeld. theaters) to sell sugary drinks over 16 The reality of the industry is that to be funded and exploited as far as pos- sion that anyone can be a model so long The hypocrisy of the industry is ounces. To be defined as ‘sugary’, the girls get rejected so often that most ca- sible. as you are thin enough. But for every rather astounding. I remember watch- drink had to contain a sweetener such reers never take off. If they are lucky to The directness of the law, therefore, Heidi Klum, Naomi and Adriana Lima ing an episode of Scouted where two as- that the caloric ratio exceeded 25 calo- find work after rigorous casting calls surprised me. There is nothing subtle there are thousands of exploited girls piring models were taken to New York ries per 8 ounces. and painful, shallow criticism, they are about a governmental prohibition and, who never go far and end up wasting to be tested and judged. The very wom- The goal of the law was to combat sardine-canned together in small model- as such, it seems a poor way to fight their time chasing fantasies; assuming an criticizing an otherwise beautiful rising obesity levels. This is a goal, I ing apartments starving themselves. The obesity. Even though simply banning they were lucky enough to walk away girl’s eyebrows was overweight and un- think, of vital national importance, as pay is usually very low for most. Fashion all foods containing a certain percent- from the business with only wasted attractive herself. I even recall looking at obesity, and all of the accompanying is so unpredictable and it changes so sea- age of empty calories would be the most time. health complications, continues to rise sonally that some models eventually are See FASHION, PAGE 3 efficient policy, it would be politically Some of the hazards of modeling in the United States. Obesity and type impossible. At some point the question II diabetes are public health epidemics becomes not what is the best policy, but in the U.S. At its core, the problem is what is the most workable policy. Prac- The Bates Student About Us that we are eating increasing quantities ticality overrules efficiency. 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But these two would ALEX DAUGHERTY and more sustainable agricultural ing controversial reproductive regula- probably not be considered geniuses crops. Rather, it is BGI’s Cognitive Ge- tions. The Financial Times recently re- based on IQ scores. If China manages Editor-In-Chief netics Project that is causing some worry vealed new data concerning the impact to create a generation of people who among scientists. The long-term goal of of China’s one-child policy. Since 1971, perform well on IQ tests, will that re- the project is to discover the genes that Chinese doctors have performed 336 ally translate into a better economy or determine human intelligence. So far, million abortions and 196 million ster- advanced technological innovations? Short Term needs to be revamped BGI has collected DNA samples from ilizations. The Chinese government also Even if China manages to discover over two thousand people with IQs over estimates that the country’s population some set of genes common to geniuses, On the Bates website, Short Term require seniors to work directly with a 160 and plans to sequence each genome. of 1.3 billion people would be thirty there is still the problem of “nurture”. is defined as, “An unusual opportunity local nonprofit. By comparing the 160+ IQ DNA to the percent larger without the one-child The copious amount of environmental for a variety of educational programs, Pursuing academic knowledge for DNA of normal people, BGI hopes to policy. factors that shape a person’s personality frequently off campus, that cannot be the sake of learning is important and a determine which genes are critical for a Should America be concerned with and intelligence are diverse and virtu- offered in the regular semesters.” There crucial part of a Bates education. How- high IQ. For reference, admission to the the Cognitive Genetics Project? Yes ally impossible to completely control. is copious mention of all the programs ever, not every student at Bates is going high IQ society Mensa requires an IQ of and no. In the Vice interview, Miller Cognitive scientist Steven Pinker ad- that do not take place at Bates, and no to pursue a doctorate or professional de- 130, which is two standard deviations suggests that the West does not have dresses this in his book The Blank Slate. mention of the majority of Short Term gree in their field and become a profes- above the mean of 100. nearly the same capability to conduct He writes, “When the biochemist (and courses that function as regular classes sor. The most engaged group of alumni Vice Magazine recently published research similar to China. Additionally, radical scientist) George Wald was on campus during the entire five week are those in their twenties who have an interview with Geoffrey Miller, an he comments on China’s massive invest- solicited for a semen sample by Wil- period. recently graduated, and having more evolutionary psychologist at NYU who ments into education as compared to liam Shockley’s sperm bank for Nobel While Bates does offer a variety of graduates working in fields that relate to was one of the two thousand who con- the United States. But even if China has Prize-winning scientists, he replied, ‘If off campus programs throughout Short their major reflects positively on Bates. tributed their DNA to BGI. Miller be- the technological and financial means you want sperm that produces Nobel Term, the on campus Short Term pro- It also helps to have graduates working lieves that China is will attempt to use to implement a policy of selecting em- Prize winners you should be contacting grams include offerings like Decoding and making money because highly en- the information from the Cognitive bryos based on intelligence, it is by no people like my father, a poor immigrant Disney, analyzing “The Wire”, and Me- gaged recent graduates are more likely Genetics Project to genetically select means certain that the Cognitive Ge- tailor. What have my sperm given the dieval Re-enactment. to contribute to The Bates Fund and children with as high IQs as possible. netics Project really be as successful as world? Two guitarists!’” Courses like these perpetuate the other fundraising efforts. If the genes that code for intelligence Miller predicts - especially not in the Assuming that, in the future, it be- stereotype of Short Term as a time I do not think that classes like “The are indeed discovered, then IVF tech- time frame that he provides. comes possible to create complete de- where students can slack off and drink Wire” or Decoding Disney are not im- niques could be used to select embryos There are several hindrances for signer babies with all traits pre-selected heavily. I am not arguing that Bates portant. There is academic value to the with more “intelligent” DNA - in es- discovering the genetics of intelligence. before birth, the ethics behind such needs to get rid of Short Term. There are classes like “The Wire”, as analyzing sence creating genetically “engineered” While only a few genes are required technology is still highly controversial. a lot of unique academic offerings off urban sociopolitical themes is a topic geniuses. Miller explained, “[e]ven if it to code for many physical traits such Should it be legal? If China develops campus that cannot be replicated dur- that is valuable in understanding the only boosts the average kid by five IQ as hair color, the genes that determine the technology to do so, should the ing the semester, such as the class that is world we live in. However, a class like points, that’s a huge difference in terms intelligence will be much more numer- United States attempt to do so as well taking a two week trip to Turkey. What that does not need the specific five-week of economic productivity, the competi- ous and most likely spread across several in order to stay competitive? These and Bates needs to do is keep the off-campus intensive period to achieve its goals. A tiveness of the country, how many pat- chromosomes, two factors that would many more questions will undoubt- learning component of short term while trip to Turkey or an intensive intern- ents they get, how their businesses are make the search very difficult. Another edly become more relevant as biomedi- emphasizing career development and ship cannot happen in Bates’ current run, and how innovative their economy major drawback concerns the very defi- cal technology continues to advance community engagement. academic calendar during a regular se- is.” Miller also estimates that such tech- nition of intelligence. Psychologists still in the future. Yet in a recent interview Implementing a required sopho- mester. nology could be widely implemented in argue over what exactly is intelligence with the Wall Street Journal, the presi- more/junior year class focusing on ca- Bates could market Short Term to as little as five to ten years. and how to measure it. Is intelligence dent of BGI revealed that the results of reer preparation within every major is a prospective students as a time where ca- After unsuccessfully searching the simply a score on an IQ test - a test that the Cognitive Genetics Project may be novel step that can improve Short Term. reer skills are built, community service is Internet for others with similar con- has been criticized as a poor predictor of ready in as soon as a few months. Per- Bringing in recent graduates who were emphasized, and there are opportunities cerns, it seems to me that Miller’s argu- future success and biased toward white, haps the future is closer than I thought. majors and employers that relate to the to study off campus. More importantly, major can be a crucial first step for stu- parents of students looking to justify dents who have no idea how to answer their decision to drop $55,000+ on a the question, “What do you plan on do- school like Bates now have something ing with that degree?” unique to judge Bates against compara- Combing the career preparation ble schools like Bowdoin, Middlebury, with some academic work relating to and Colby. future employment is a much better During summer job interviews, way to spend a Short Term than taking a Short Term often comes up as a reason class that students regard as a joke. Of- why students will not be able to start fering more internship programs during summer jobs or internships until Me- Short Term in the Lewiston-Auburn morial Day. There needs to be a better area is a great way to prepare students justification for Bates to potentially hurt for life after Bates while offering high summer employment for students other quality talent to local businesses. than pursuing academic enlightenment. In addition to the career prepara- Giving students the option to engage tion aspect of Short Term, there needs in unique off campus learning, career to be a greater emphasis on community preparation, or community service is a involvement. Instead of requiring se- better way to spend the last five weeks of niors to be employed on campus if they the year instead of sitting in a classroom have reached their maximum amount of reading about Foucault. short term credits, Bates should instead

that non-Caucasian women stand far FASHION less chance of making it. Off the top CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 of my head I can only think of Naomi Campbell, Tyra Banks and Imam as the women that line up the front successful black women who made it. I rows of fashion shows and thinking do not even know any Asian or Indian “They judge?” Of course some people models that made it as big as that. After have an eye for physical beauty even speaking to the directors of the docu- when they do not possess such traits mentary, they made it known that even themselves and their opinion may be the Japanese market does not have a very valid; that is called talent. But in taste for Japanese girls; they prefer the a lot of cases some people take pleasure blue eyed, blondes they bring in from in staying in a position of power where Russia. Naomi’s fashion representative they can jab others for qualities that Carole White said once in an interview they themselves lack. for the Daily Mail “[In Paris and Mi- As discussed in the documentary, lan], they absolutely don’t want black for a lot of girls at the very bottom of girls. A black model has to be a real star the food chain who struggle and do not before you can take her there. They only make it eventually translate the use of take a black girl when the biz is buzzing their bodies as art for money into sex about her.” for money. In the HBO film Gia, a bio- In the end girls of all types flock for graphical drama on the life of the “first” a chance to make some quick money supermodel, Gia Carangi, even the girls on the meat market world of fashion. that make it all the way to the top and It will never stop even though many have it all eventually deal with the fast people know the reality of the busi- crowd they run with by taking drugs. ness. We had just completed our very It was heroin that eventually destroyed own Africana Fashion Show where Ni- Gia when she acquired AIDS in the 80s cole Kay accepted girls of all shapes, through an infected needle. heights and ethnicities who wanted to Considering how few models of be a part of it. If only catwalks around color succeed it is also right to think the world could be more like that.

subsidies awarded to farmers who sell OBESITY to such buyers. Eliminating subsidized CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 corn syrup and corn-fed beef would thus raise the price of these ingredi- ucts. High fructose corn syrup is ents, either causing junk food prices to the obvious one, but there are others as increase, or providing an incentive for well: the beef in McDonald’s hamburg- junk food manufacturers to switch to ers, for example, comes from cows that grass-fed beef and cane sugar. The mon- are fed corn instead of grass. Research ey saved on corn subsidies could, again, has indicated that high fructose corn go to funding healthier options for low- syrup is unhealthier than simple sugar, income Americans. even in the same quantities, and that These are rough sketches of broad corn-fed beef is unhealthier than grass- ideas, but all of them seem to me fed beef. Health issues aside, however, more politically feasible than imposing the liberal use of corn products in junk across-the-board prohibitions on junk food makes them cheaper, because the foods. Granted, many of these policies production of corn is heavily subsidized are out of reach for Mayor Bloomberg; by the U.S. government. they would require a national commit- To be clear, I am not suggesting the ment and federal resources unavailable elimination of corn subsidies. Rather to a mayor, even the mayor of New York I am suggesting that the corn we want City. However, looking forward in the to subsidize is selective: corn for direct fight against obesity, policies such as consumption, for export, for biofuel. those outlined above seem like a bet- Regulation could decrease the amount ter bet than Mayor Bloomberg’s good- of corn grown for animal feed and for hearted but impossible strategy. corn syrup production by limiting the The Bates Student March 20, 2013 Forum 4 Making choices never would have experienced the best Gr aduate School of Business ERIN HARMON four years of my life at Bates. I am a STAFF WRITER firm believer that everything happens for a reason. In life, every now and then, you One thing holds true: wherever I  face huge choices. So far, my list of the end up, I will look back on writing this toughest decisions that I have made designed specifically for recent college graduates, article and these last few days, and I will consists of: choosing which college to not regret my decision, but I may won- Bryant University’s one-year MBA prepares you for leadership attend, where to study abroad during der where the other path might have led positions in corporate, not-for-profit, and government organizations. the fall of my junior year, deciding to me. quit lacrosse in college, and now, I find If you are entering a career in accounting, Bryant offers a full-time In just two months, I will start myself stuck in between a rock and a Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAc) degree for those who packing again and move onto my next hard place with two incredible opportu- journey, in a new and unfamiliar city want to sit for the CPA exam. nities at my fingertips. surrounded by strangers. Today, a good friend of mine, a Where will all of us end up living? Bates alumni, told me to listen very How will we ever choose? Do you re- closely. She said that someone once told ally want to live alone or will you drive her that, “In life, the three most impor- yourself insane without roommates tant decisions you will ever make are: after having seven by your side for an the city you live in, the career path you entire year? Regardless of which option choose, and marriage.” I choose, I know that either way, it will I thought about her comment very work out. carefully. The city we live in, that could To some extent, we have worked in really determine a lot. Who you meet, pre-school, kindergarten, elementary where you move in your career, and school, middle school, high school, col- what person you might end up spend- lege, internships, past jobs, and more ing the rest of your life with. to land a great job. Once you land one, We dedicate a lot of time towards and your relatives start telling you that, considering options. We weigh the good “I am sorry you have to become a real with the bad; each of us uses some kind person,” it really takes the fun out of it of formula that we believe will ultimate- all. ly leaves us with the best option. I am excited to become a real per- In the moment, it feels and seems son, most of us are. There is nothing to like the most painful thing you have be sorry about, unless you have some- ever done. You go back in forth in your thing to be sorry about. Clearly, I am head. One minute you come to one not yet speaking from experience, but I conclusion, and then another, your gut am fairly confident this will not change. tells you something completely differ- The way I see it, since when am I ent. just now becoming a “real” person? I remember applying for colleges. What exactly then have I been for the the bryant one-year mba the bryant mpac After applying during the Early Deci- last 21 years? Full-time day program for all majors Full-time day program for accounting sion round at Hamilton and receiving In the end, we can only trust and majors my “We cannot accept your application • Gain credentials and experience that believe in ourselves that we have made at this time, but will have to defer your the right choice. We decide, and then distinguish you in the job market • Meet the 150-hour requirement for admission” email, I thought my life had we wait. And when we look back, we • Benefit from real-world practicum and CPA licensure ended. smile and realize just how far we have Now the moral of this story of heat- consulting opportunities • Complete your program in two terms: come. break and not getting what I want rings • Fast track your career, with no summer/fall, summer/summer, fall/ The choices will only become hard- clear: had I gotten into Hamilton, I professional work experience required spring or spring/summer er, and will keep making us tougher. • Specializations in: • Pursue a tax concentration with Global Supply Chain summer/fall or summer/summer Global Finance schedule International Business

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Visit www.bryant.edu/gradschool to learn more. Why Bates needs a computer The voice of a generation the City of our generation” but with a KRISTEN DOERER more realistic portrayal of life. The girls science department STAFF WRITER do not have designer fashion sense of style or nice apartments. Instead, the In honor of Women’s History girls sport outfits from Ann Taylor, of applied computer science is as essen- the topics explored become increasing- Month, let’s look at a woman who some COREY HILL Bloomingdales, Saks, vintage shops, tial a tool to a critical thinker as are any ly more intricate, it is not uncommon have deemed the “voice of a generation.” CONTRIBUTING WRITER Salvation Army, and thrift stores. They of the tools acquired via the study of the for researchers and academics to create Lena Dunham is the creator, writer, humanities. In fact, many of the pro- their own programs rather than to wait live in affordable apartments in Brook- Let me first grab your attention by director, and actress of the TV show posed curricula for liberal arts degrees for the mainstream software industry to lyn, not the Upper East Side. saying that, of the eleven schools cur- Girls. Her character Hannah on Girls is in computer science take an integrative catch up to their needs. While Girls can be shocking, crude, rently in the NESCAC, Bates is the a bold, self-centered, quirky, obsessive, approach to the subject, with only 40% Currently, Bates does offer two and initially uncomfortable, the topics sole institution that does not offer its unemployed recent graduate of Oberlin of the program being attributed to com- courses related to computer science, that Girls touches are not so unfamil- students a degree in computer science. and an aspiring writer. puter science or mathematic specific though their scheduling could be con- iar. When Hannah finds out she has Now obviously that does not constitute “The overall theme of the show is all coursework. This leaves a considerable sidered erratic at best. The two options HPV, when Jessa thinks has a pregnancy an argument of why we should adopt a the mistakes we go through when we’re portion of a student’s time available for are a short term programming course, scare, when naive Shoshanna accidently program of our own, but it is certainly a trying to find our footing,” says Jennifer the exploration of other subjects and the offered through the geology depart- smokes crack, or when Hannah has bad striking statistic that speaks to the ubiq- Rogien who works on the set of Girls. development of a contextual framework ment, which aims to teach the fun- sex and says “That was really good. I al- uity of computer science in academia, These mistakes are mostly portrayed in which the student can apply his/her damentals of the C++ programming most came,” we all laugh at the absurd- even at liberal arts colleges. through the character of Hannah. acquired skills. language. The other is a mathematics ness and the truth that lies with it. It may seem counterintuitive to be Hannah fails to hold much back, The utility of a computer science department elective, “Dynamical Sys- How many women have had a preg- talking about a liberal arts school offer- and inevitably crosses the line of what’s department at Bates would reach far tems and Computer Science,” based off nancy scare? An STD? Felt the embar- ing what seems to be a technical degree. appropriate—like when she tells a rape beyond those students who intend of the outdated visual basic language. rassment about speaking about it? Girls Therefore, it is important to first ac- joke to her potential employer (cringe). to be majors. The positive impact on In either case, the curriculum falls short opens up the possibility to talk about knowledge what is meant by “computer As much as we may groan at some of the non-majors would be vast and could at providing any in depth study in the these topics that perhaps we wouldn’t science” and then to examine how that comments she makes, or find ourselves possibly be the greatest benefit of a pro- field. have dared to bring up otherwise. definition can fit into a liberal arts com- annoyed with her character, Hannah is gram. In today’s increasingly computer In terms of feasibility, the intro- “It’s very revolutionary that Lena munity such as our own. so real, so quirky, that we love her for driven world, the ability to not only duction of a computer science depart- has created television that challenges In a paper published by the Liberal being just that—herself. understand, but to also interface with ment does not seem to be an impossible us and creates necessary conversation,” Arts Computer Science Consortium in While body image and fashion ide- and wield the extraordinary power of undertaking. The average NESCAC says Kelly Coyne ‘13. 2007, computer science is defined sim- als are promoted through advertisement modern technology is essential. This college (excluding Tufts), employs ap- The humor on the show is part of ply as the study of algorithms and data and popular culture, Girls refuses to ac- necessity has prompted prominent proximately five faculty in their com- what makes Girls so provocative and in- structures, with specific focus given to cept these ideals. Lena Dunham does technology and industry leaders to pro- puter science departments, much less triguing. Lena Dunham brings serious their syntax, semantics, interaction with not have the typical Hollywood body. mote programming accessibility to not than many of already established de- issues to the forefront through humor— computer hardware and real world ap- Her arms and back are tattooed, she has only college students, but to all high partments here at Bates. Additionally, such as sexual harassment at work. plication. Though seemingly technical, a stomach and hips, and her boobs are school students! If you are reading this the overlap between the mathematics Jenna Burke ’13, says “HBO’s Girls this definition can actually fit neatly not double Ds. And she doesn’t care. and thinking to yourself that your area and physics departments would only provides comfort through humor, cri- within the confines of a traditional Everything shows on screen. of study does not require this level of strengthen all three programs. tique, and giving women agency on liberal arts curriculum. Bates, as with In a recent interview, Lena Dunham computing, I would encourage you to As this year’s class of graduating se- film.” most liberal arts institutions, empha- claimed she would not like to exchange think again. niors enter the workforce, it is becoming Lena Dunham opens up a new di- sizes problem solving, analytical skills her body for that of a Victoria Secret As the functionality and accessi- more common to see computer skills mension of television and brings con- and communication while avoiding the Model. “I don’t want to go through life bility of computer programming is in- beyond the scope of basic word process- troversial topics to the mass public. By transient technical skills that may be wondering if people are talking to me creasing, the areas of academia that are ing and excel listed as desirable or even following the struggles of four twenty- taught in a pre-professional program. because I have a big rack,” she said. able to utilize these powerful tools are necessary. This is increasingly the case something year old girls, Dunham re- If we think about these values in the Lena Dunham is unapologetic also growing. While the more tradi- for jobs across all disciplines. By not lays the true troubles of recent graduates context of a computer science degree, it about not conforming to the Holly- tionally technical departments, such as offering its students at least an option and provides relief to all those people is not hard to see that the study of al- wood body type norm. This refusal to engineering, mathematics and physics, to pursue some level of proficiency in who thought their lives should be put gorithms and their application towards abide to Hollywood norms for the per- continue to utilize computer science, computer science, Bates is limiting the together. effectively processing, analyzing, and fect female body gives the public a real- other areas such as biology, chemistry, potential of its graduates and we are fail- Whether she’s “the voice of a gener- communicating of data is a continua- ity check. Not all women have Victoria neuroscience, psychology, economics ing to keep pace with our fellow NES- ation” or simply a provocative director, tion of many of the entrenched values Secret model bodies nor should that and even the arts are turning towards CAC schools that we so often compare Lena Dunham creates television that of Bates. I would argue that the logical ideal be the only acceptable body. computers to facilitate their work. As ourselves to. has both men and women talking. thinking process born through the study People are calling Girls the “Sex and the research questions being asked and The Bates Student March 20, 2013 News 5 CrushList: a chance to find love ness plans and how to execute them, KATIE SGARRO differentiation, leadership styles, and ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR exit strategies. The biggest foe of any Gr aduate School of Business entrepreneur is his or her complacency Looking for a Gala date? Do you in life. With that in mind, the sky is have someone in mind but you’re not the limit and we will see what the future sure he or she feels the same way? Let  brings for our club because there is still CrushList be your solution. so much more work to be done,” said CrushList is the brainchild of Rob- designed specifically for recent college graduates, Matt Ross ‘13, president of the Young ert Crampton ‘13 and Jordy Winslow Bryant University’s one-year MBA prepares you for leadership Entrepreneurs Club. ‘13. The Young Entrepreneurs Club positions in corporate, not-for-profit, and government organizations. “CrushList is an app that matches currently has approximately 12 active users who have mutual feelings towards If you are entering a career in accounting, Bryant offers a full-time members but new members are always one another. Prior to being matched welcome. The club is proud to support Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAc) degree for those who on CrushList, neither individual was CrushList. sure how the other felt. CrushList is a want to sit for the CPA exam. “The anatomy of our club is sim- medium to connect these individuals ple. We are constantly thinking of ex- without the fear of rejection,” explained ecutable businesses that will help and Crampton. enrich the lives of the awesome commu- Crampton and Winslow decided to nity and home I like to call Bates Col- create the app about a year ago. They lege. Let’s say we launch a viable com- specifically designed CrushList for small pany, the generated profits go back into communities such as Bates College. our club’s budget and then are collected “We came up with the idea for the at the end of the year by the Bates Col- app because apps and websites that have lege Budget Committee and Treasurer. a similar concept do not fulfill the par- The reason we launch companies is for ticular niche that CrushList does. Other experience and not to obtain profits for apps such as Tinder, are created for ourselves, but actually for the school blind dating and rarely lead to anything and other clubs,” commented Ross. substantial. However, CrushList is built Crampton and Ross plan to host for users who already know one another, a promotional event for their new app in a close knit community like Bates, with the help of the Young Entrepre- but haven’t yet taken the leap of faith,” neurs Club this Thursday. Their timing said Crampton. couldn’t be better. Crampton and Winslow have elect- “We found no better time to release ed for the Young Entrepreneurs Club the App than right before Gala. Bates- to assist them in releasing the app into ies can select their crushes prior to Gala the Bates community. This partnership and can have Gala be the night Bates exemplifies the great progress the Young students connect with their crushes,” Entrepreneurs Club has made this year. said Crampton. “We have made great strides this CrushList is sure to benefit the en- year in the expansion and activity of tire Bates community. The app was of- our club. We hosted two highly suc- ficially submitted to the iTunes Store cessful entrepreneurial talks and are on March 11th and is estimated to be in the midst of having another one available for download (free of charge) before the conclusion of the academic c on March 18th. the bryant one-year mba the bryant mpa year. Also, we have done well in educat- Don’t miss out on your chance to Full-time day program for all majors Full-time day program for accounting ing each other about different facets of find out if your Commons crush recip- entrepreneurship during club meetings majors rocates your feelings. • Gain credentials and experience that such as capital raises, marketing, busi- distinguish you in the job market • Meet the 150-hour requirement for • Benefit from real-world practicum and CPA licensure consulting opportunities • Complete your program in two terms: • Fast track your career, with no summer/fall, summer/summer, fall/ professional work experience required spring or spring/summer • Specializations in: • Pursue a tax concentration with Global Supply Chain summer/fall or summer/summer Global Finance schedule International Business

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Visit www.bryant.edu/gradschool to learn more. Get ready for Gala The music, the food and the decora- JULIA MONGEAU tions all contribute to the Gala festivi- STAFF WRITER ties. Food and decorations are in expert right that students hold dearly, yet it himself, remembers what it feels like to hands; Dining takes care of these. And Ladies, heat up those curling irons. turns out that we may be our own worst be a student needing to blow off some Tannenbaum has faith in the entrance POLICE Gentlemen, dust off those sports coats. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 enemies. If an officer notices visibly- steam. But treating the sidewalk like a display – Bill Bergevin will be putting it The 24th annual All College Gala is just intoxicated kids entering and leaving a courtroom is not going to win you any together again. around the corner. This is nothing new. party, that is implication enough that friends. “A college student who does The Gray Cage seems completely “Gala seems like a great tradition. Thomas Carey, Director of Secu- there is alcohol inside. Even if the hosts not have any sort of degree and is not transformed the night of Gala, and se- It gives everyone something fun to look rity and Campus Safety, explained the are legal, they could face a fine of up to a lawyer should not be arguing with the nior Jessica Cooper looks forward to forward to in March,” says Emma Pa- parameters under which these officers $1000 for providing for minors and also police,” said Carey, who noted a direct seeing the set up one last time. “I love gano ’16. It is the night when the Bates operate. Most of the time, officers are a mandatory court date. correlation between number of sum- seeing how amazing the people who community comes together, all in their not patrolling through main campus. Carey explained that much of Bates’ mons issued and instances when the set up Gala make the Gray Cage look. finest clothes, to dance and celebrate. They stick to city-owned streets and disciplinary actions come from liability officer thought a student was being dis- From the lights to the food to the swing And this year’s Gala planning commit- sidewalks, including off-campus houses and risk management issues. If the col- respectful. band, the place always looks completely tee put together quite the soiree. which are frequently visited due to noise lege is found incapable of enforcing Having fun, partying, and maybe transformed and beautiful!” said Coo- Earlier in the fall, Keith Tannen- complaints from neighbors. “I under- state laws, then it could be sued by the even causing a small ruckus is part of per. baum sent an announce email to the stand why students get nervous,” said attorney general. In some instances, the the much-lauded “college experience”, The planning committee has made students, looking for anyone interested Carey, “but unless they have probable state has allowed for Bates to make its but there are ways to do this that will changes in order to shake things up a in helping organize and plan this year’s cause, officers are not going to visit the own laws. For example, if a student is not cause trouble. As students, we have bit. Instead of a photo booth, there will Gala. The preparation process is not center of campus.” found in possession of marijuana but certain rights and it would behoove us be two photographers around taking completed by one organization alone. Traditionally, Bates has maintained it amounts to less than two and a half to learn them because sometimes even photos of Gala-goers. Tannenbaum will “Gala is not hosted or planned by any a mostly positive relationship with the ounces, the college can decide how to the best of intentions end with trouble. put all of the photos online, so students specific student group. The event is Lewiston Police Department, especially proceed regardless of the drug’s current Making adjustments to account for a can print them as a souvenir. In addi- organized by the Student Activities Of- in comparison to other colleges. At one illegal standing. There are some laws, springtime law enforcement presence tion to photos, there will also be a give- fice, in conjunction with Dining, the point in time, the relationship between however, that Maine stringently enforc- around campus will most-likely im- away item for everyone. Tannenbaum President’s Office, Bates Communica- Colby and the Waterville department es, such as its open container policies prove our relationship with Security also encourages students to take advan- tion Office, and Facilities Services,” said was so strained that every time a pub- and that, no matter how much Batesies and police officers. tage of the coat room this year. Tannenbaum. The planning committee lic ambulance was called, the police have a tendency to ignore it, consum- “This is grown up time,” said Car- Gala is something everyone looks itself reigns true to the name, All Col- would issue a summons to the patient, ing alcohol under the age of 21 is still ey, noting that the desire to be treated forward to. Tannenbaum mentions, “It lege Gala; every member of the Bates no matter what state they were in, if al- illegal. like an adult couples with the ability may sound corny, but honestly I really Community has the opportunity to cohol was involved. This stemmed from Springtime is synonymous with to face adult consequences. As we all enjoy watching the reactions of students help make the night magical. students acting disrespectfully towards partying, as everyone seems to rejoice at look forward to Short Term and warmer as they enter the Cage for their first time As for theme, this year’s is pretty EMTs, but perceived police aggression having survived the lengthy Maine win- weather, we can figure out how to party at Gala. It is such a great reaction to playful: Batesopoly. “The Batesopoly did nothing to quell the problem. Simi- ter. The police know this. “I can guar- respectfully and respond to authority what is a wonderful event, and the re- theme seemed like a fun way to create larly, police will enter Bowdoin dorms antee you that they will be out every figures in a manner that will not get us actions are priceless.” Not corny at all, an invitation, decorate the room, and with campus security in order to con- weekend until graduation if they have a summons for the secondary offense of Dean Tannenbaum, because Gala is a to center the menu around. Since there duct a full investigation. the money,” said Carey. sounding mouthy or entitled. If we can beloved event and as freshman Abby have been 23 previous Gala’s it is often As any fan of crime dramas knows, No one is expecting that college rise to the occasion, hopefully our au- Leberman says, “Gala, like short-term, challenging to pick a new theme, but police are not supposed to enter a build- students, even minors, are going to thority figures will respond in kind. is one of those extra miles Bates walks the group had many great ideas, and ing without probable cause. This is a stop drinking. Carey, a Bates graduate that makes it the extraordinary place it this one has been a fun one for them to is.” use this year,” comments Tannenbaum. The Bates Student March 20, 2013 News & Feature 6 guys at all…Taylor gives us a very rivet- had put on a compelling show – every DEBATE ing story of how she plays Roller Coast- debater had been animated, passionate, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 er Tycoon. Fortunately, she is not God,” and most importantly, convincing. It joked Colonel. was clear no one envied Columbia de- her tone quickly changed. Colonel argued that the real value bater Reid Bagwell, who was charged “I have spent a lot of time with of God is in the clarity his existence with the difficult task of choosing a these gentlemen and none of them is provides. He stated that the existence of winner. going to the Heaven they think is so suffering provides the necessary contrast “Normally, I feel compelled to give worthwhile,” Blackburn jested. for us to understand what is good. The it to the home team but tonight there Her witticism was met with the question is: Are they getting what they are two home teams –Bates and this guy audience’s approving cheers. Blackburn deserve? Colonel contended that this (he pointed up),” said Bagwell. continued to think of the motion in question can only be answered if God After several minutes of delibera- terms of the Sims videogame. She ar- exists. tion, Bagwell gave the round to Yale. Or gued that Sims is the closest we come As the debate drew to a close, it did he? Really it seems Bagwell gave the to playing God. She observed that often was unclear who had won. Both sides round to God. we force our Sims to suffer for our own sick amusement. Blackburn claimed that it is better if such suffering is ran- dom and human instead of planned and divine. Kornfeld rose for Yale. He contend- ed that there is a difference between the good debaters do and the good Catholic missionaries do in the third world. “Are only Catholic missionaries do- ing good in the third world?” responded Blackburn. Blackburn concluded with the ob- servation that many of us do things deemed immoral. She challenged Yale’s conception of morality on the basis that if such a strict morality existed, the ma- jority of us would “be screwed”. Black- burn argued that it hardly makes sense that a benevolent God would make us play a game we are set to lose. The audi- ence roared as Colonel approached the podium. New pope revealed “Taylor, we actually don’t like you Matt Summers ’15 argues his point. PETER KRIEG ’15/THE BATES STUDENT

KATIE SGARRO Roman Catholic Church. They believe ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR this because Cardinal Bergoglio is a Je- suit priest and Franciscans are the tradi- Wednesday, March 10th 2013 was tional rivals of Jesuits. Can sexual misconduct reform a monumental day for the world’s ap- Also of noteworthy importance are proximately 1.2 billion Roman Catho- the surfacing rumors claiming that Pope lics. At around 8 pm local time in Vati- Francis was the runner-up at the last overcome student apathy? can City, the new pope was officially election for pope. He ultimately lost the revealed. The new pope is Cardinal papacy in that election to Pope Benedict those participating, under the guidance their gender, increases. In the same vein, Jorge Mario Bergoglio. He is the 266th XVI, who officially took the papacy on GRACE PEZZELLA of Hanagan who explained survey data one student pointed out that “people pope of the Roman Catholic Church. April 19, 2005 and resigned on Febru- MANAGING NEWS EDITOR and facilitated discussion. In the inter- consider consent to be what happens Cardinal Bergoglio is 76-years-old ary 28, 2013 due to “lack of strength est of maintaining a safe space, students behind closed doors.” She went on to In theory, Bates students care about and hails from Buenos Aires, Argen- of mind and body” caused by old age. will remain anonymous in this article. explain that personal responsibility is sexual assault. It’s a current and salient tina. He is a pope of many firsts. For Apparently, the other cardinals have had A large theme was the ever-con- as important as communication; if we issue, one that lives on the periphery of instance, Cardinal Bergoglio is the first Cardinal Bergoglio in mind for quite troversial relationship between alcohol consider ourselves old enough to be most weekend escapades and colors con- Jesuit ever to become pope. He is also some time to become leader of the Ro- and consent. How many drinks are too drinking and having sex, then we have versations as diverse as the informal chat the first pope ever from the Southern man Catholic Church. many? Why is the state’s definition of an obligation to know our own limits in Commons to the serious analysis of Hemisphere and more specifically, he Pope Francis made his official in- consent different from Bates’? The re- and set boundaries from the beginning required readings. However, when stu- is the first pope ever to be from Latin troduction to the world from a balcony cently-passed Violence Against Women of the night, not just when things get dents are given the chance to examine America. In the modern age, it was al- overlooking St. Peter’s Square in Vatican Act tried to clarify some of the rheto- heated. our college culture in a safe space, few most inevitable that such a pope would City. There he spoke his first words to ric surrounding what is and what is not The idea of personal responsibility take advantage of this opportunity. In a be chosen – since 483 million Roman the world. considered consensual, yet a hard-and- threaded through many of the night’s continued look at Party With Consent, Catholics reside in this section of the “[The cardinals] have chosen one fast definition has yet to reach the pub- conversations. Hanagan revealed that senior Nora Hanagan hosted a forum world (approximately 40 percent of the from far away, but here I am,” said Pope lic in any large capacity. Even the Bates in the previous five years, only one to last Wednesday night to explain and entire Roman Catholic population). Francis. definition, although certainly clear that three instances of assault were reported scrutinize student responses to her sur- Cardinal Bergoglio was chosen after Will Pope Francis be able to suc- “consent means words or actions that annually. This past year, there have been vey, meant to gauge the general success five votes conducted by the 115 cardi- cessfully reunify the Roman Catholic show an active, knowing and volun- six reports. Reforming policy can only of the event. Though publicized, only nals permitted to vote in this specific Church? Will he be able to remove tary agreement to engage in mutually solve so much. When structural and thirteen students attended. Thirteen, election. The cardinals voted once on some of the stigma tainting the present agreed-upon sexual activity”, references bureaucratic conflicts are stripped away, out of over 1700. This is a problem. Tuesday, twice Wednesday morning, day Roman Catholic faith? These are incapacitation “where alcohol or other we are left with our culture, and maybe While it is probable that a large per- and twice more on Wednesday after- just some of the daunting tasks facing drugs are concerned” as determined not that deserves a second look. centage of those not in attendance had noon. Finally, Cardinal Bergoglio was the new pope. merely by drunkenness or intoxication, “Guys put pressure on girls to sleep th very valid excuses--practice, an exam the able to receive the two-thirds majority On Friday, March 15 the Bates but by something beyond that that can with them,” admitted one male student, next day--some surely felt alienated by vote (77 votes in this particular elec- Catholic Community student group change on a case-by-case basis. In this “but guys also put pressure on other or apathetic to the language surround- tion) required to become the new leader celebrated the selection of the new context, how can partners ever be en- guys to hook up.” Although perhaps less ing the discussion. For example, it is not of the Roman Catholic Church. pope. After 5:30 pm Roman Catholic tirely sure? severe, the same notion of not wanting uncommon for men and women alike One of the most important deci- mass, they hosted a papal celebration Participants wondered about Bate’s to be the only one who doesn’t have to think that sexual misconduct is an sions a pope makes comes directly after in the “fishbowl” in Commons. For total ban on hard alcohol. The going a dance floor make-out or basement inherently feminine issue, and that only he is officially announced the new pope students who could not make that par- logic seemed to be that maybe if liquor hookup exists within groups of girls, those who consider themselves “femi- of the Roman Catholic Church – the ticular celebration, they held a separate wasn’t considered a taboo, then per- as well. So how can we look out for th nists” should get involved. Otherwise, new name selection. Cardinal Bergo- celebration on Saturday, March 16 in haps students would be better educated each other, keep the same spirit of our it could simply be that students feel the glio has chosen “Francis” as tribute to the same location. about their limits instead of “pounding youth and the intrinsic carefreeness that issue does not apply to them; there is St. Francis of Assisi. This name marks As Bates’ Roman Catholics along five shots before heading to a party,” as comes with it, without being reckless? a mentality that if a student does not another first for the Roman Catholic with the world’s Roman Catholics cel- one sophomore put it. While in theory The group, for obvious reasons, did not assault, or does not consider him or Church papacy. Cardinal Bergoglio is ebrate a new pope, Pope Francis is busy this argument makes sense, Bates’ policy come to a conclusion. herself a target for assault, then they are the first pope ever to choose this par- getting acquainted with his new role. is rooted in precedent. When student Participants compared Bates to oth- somehow removed from the equation. ticular name. Some are equating this Only time will tell what will bring for safety is the top priority, it becomes dif- er similar schools like Colby and Wil- But it takes an entire campus to keep choice as an indication that Cardinal this new papacy and the larger Roman ficult to isolate a single greatest threat liams that already boast Men Against each member of our community safe, Bergoglio is determined to unify the Catholic faith. and the issue of hard alcohol was one Violence groups, and one student re- and this means that more of us need to upon which the student body, at least ported that Bates is working on its own start paying attention. initially, agreed. iteration. It is a step in the right direc- and new academic integrity policies. Heather Lindkvist provided a brief Students emphasized a need for bet- tion to have groups that devote them- The old preamble sternly warns students introduction to the forum, noting some POLICY ter communication. “I think male stu- selves to consent issues, but it remains CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 that “academic dishonesty, in whatever structural and administrative changes dents feel like they are usually portrayed to be seen whether or not Bates holds form, diminishes the integrity of edu- in college sexual misconduct policy, as the villain in these situations,” said sexual responsibility as a cause worth plagiarism for evidence of intent. cation at the College. Such conduct is including changing the official name one female student. “We overlook that rallying for. The “this does not happen The new policy will also take into ac- a serious offense, subject to stern dis- to “sexual respect” in order to foster a girls have as much responsibility to get in my friend group” mentality that one count a student’s age and experience. As ciplinary action.” By contrast, the new healthier environment before incidents consent as do guys.” sophomore pointed out becomes dan- Dean Steidel noted, consequences for “a policy’s preamble stresses the impor- occur. She also reminded participants And while it’s true that one in four gerously obvious when forums like these first-year student…may be very differ- tance of academic integrity in a com- that all college employees, including college women reports having survived are under-attended. At the end of the ent from a senior who’s had time to learn munity of scholars. The new preamble students on the Bates payroll, are man- rape or attempted rape in her lifetime day, this is our campus and we are the what the expectations are here. The out- reads: “Bates College is an academic datory reporters of sexual assault. Simi- compared to roughly 3% of men, this ones who set the rules of engagement comes might be different because of the community deeply engaged in inquiry larly, the new Diversity and Inclusion is an instance in which there should for our environment. We have both the context involved.” As Joanne Cole sees and intellectual exchange and commit- page of the college website includes a be no double standard. If communica- privilege and the power to define what it, this approach is an important part of ted to core principles of academic free- section for anonymous stories or sugges- tion between partners is unclear, then we allow to happen, and apathy should making this policy an educative rather dom, academic integrity, and rigorous, tions that could help Bates help victims the chance that one party could push not preclude us from creating a healthi- than strictly punitive policy. Bates “is an creative thought. We recognize that in- in a more efficient and sensitive manner. the envelope a bit too far, regardless of er Bates culture. educational community,” she empha- tellectual and artistic exchange depend The rest of the night was run by sized, that wants “to take into account on a mutual respect for independent that not everything has been learned inquiry, reflection, and expression. Fac- yet.” ulty, staff, and students alike are there- But Cole, Steidel, and Eames all fore dedicated to fostering an environ- stressed that the point of the new pol- ment that upholds the highest standards icy is not to teach students how not to of fairness, integrity, and respect in all plagiarize, but rather to teach students their academic endeavors.” why proper citation and academic hon- Moving forward, Cole says she esty—not cheating, plagiarizing, or and the writing center will “continue doing anything to gain an “unearned” to facilitate outreach to everyone” on academic advantage—is integral to a campus about the importance of aca- vibrant scholarly community. As Cole demic integrity. Already, according to noted, the Educational Policy Commit- Professor Eames, the Writing Center has tee wanted the new policy to “articulate worked through FYSs to educate first our values as a community of scholars years about this subject. Bates students, [and] to positively express why academ- faculty, and staff can expect outreach ic integrity matters…in terms of learn- of this sort in the year to come. “This ing, being responsible, acknowledging [new policy] is a start rather than a fin- [intellectual] debts, and adding to the ish in a much longer conversation about conversation of scholarship.” the importance of academic integrity at That positive change, Dean Steidel large and here in the Bates community,” pointed out, is evident in a comparison according to Cole. between the preambles of the current Arts & Leisure The Bates Student March 20, 2013 7 Century Inside Africa Fashion Show explores the diversity of African dress

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CARLY PERUCCIO STAFF WRITER was fun for everyone involved. Swaziland, Uganda, Nigeria, and Gha- ever, that not all Western attempts to types of what ‘Africans’ wear without Sophomore Alex Bolden, the show’s na, each with its own fascinating story. incorporate African fashion have been taking into consideration the fact that Last Friday, the Africana Club host- master of ceremonies, provided an in- Bolden challenged the audience to benign. Popular American designers like Africa is a continent with many coun- ed its second annual Inside Africa Fash- formative commentary of the features discern which aspects of African cloth- Michael Kors have created collections tries. Each country has its own way of ion Show. The event highlighted various that characterize each country’s cloth- ing have been incorporated into West- with undertones that are somewhat ste- expression and dress. By modeling, I art forms from the African continent, ing. ern fashions. During the fashion show, reotypically “tribal” and simplistic. was able to display a different emotion including a Swahili song, a Ghanaian In Senegal, for example, hand- first-year Emma Davies perceived one One of the most important lessons through each of my six outfits.” Azonto dance, and fashions from over woven and hand-died garments are re- such example of cross-cultural similar- of the show, therefore, lies in the impor- The Bates community can only hope ten African countries. served for the most special occasions. ity. tance of eschewing such simplistic gen- that the Inside Africa Fashion Show will Bates students served as the models The colors and designs of Ethiopian “Clothing from Ghana shares simi- eralizations about Africa. To audience continue for many years to come, as it is for the undoubtedly beautiful pieces of clothing represent the geographic re- lar silhouettes to those represented in members, it became obvious that each a testament to the ideals of diversity and clothing. A lively audience cheered for gion in which pieces have been crafted. Western fashions, but the patterns are country has its own distinct, beautiful inclusion on which Bates prides itself. the models’ impressive catwalk skills Garments from southern Kenya are ac- so much more interesting,” she said. fashions. Congratulations to the Africana Club while taking pictures of favorite ensem- companied by decorative jewelry and In fact, the last segment of the show Sophomore Jessica Clergeau empha- for its wonderful show. bles. The relaxed atmosphere allowed beading. People in Somalia wear diracs displayed examples of American cloth- sized this point when describing her ex- the audience to be actively engaged in to evening dinners and weddings. Also ing that have been influenced by Afri- perience as a model in the show. the show, thus ensuring that the event on display were fashions from Togo, can fashions. It should be noted, how- “Some people may conjure stereo-

STYLE SPOTLIGHT LECTURE Rhode Island gal Abby Bates alum Zwetchkenbaum ’15 gives lecture on the history incorporates staple solids of graphic into her classy and design

sophisticated wardrobe LILY CHRISTINE STAFF WRITER

This fashionista loves dressing the Where do you find graphic design? ASHLEY BRYANT way she does for the love of experi- Everywhere! Graphic design is as much STAFF WRITER mentation. She enjoys having fun with a part of our daily experience as a com- clothes yet also being comfortable. Her mons mug is for a Batesie. We can find As she approaches the big red doors grandmother always said she was so “put graphic design in posters, glossy maga- of Alumni Gym, sophomore Abby together” so she tries to incorporate this zines, textbooks, advertising...the list Zwetchkenbaum shows that she has her sense of style into her everyday attire. goes on. Whether in subways, book- own unique style. She contrasts her sol- Aside from her grandmother being stores, or art galleries, graphic design id shirt with a pair of cobalt lace shorts the catalyst for her fashion, Zwetch- adds its patterns, colors, typography, layered over her go-to black leggings. kenbaum finds fashion inspiration in and images to every generation’s sense Draped in her blanket-like hand-knit the media as well. She admirers Zooey of style and appeal. scarf, Zwetchkenbaum opens up about Deschanel’s pretty and classy style, espe- Brandy Gibbs-Riley, associate pro- her fashion, her favorite color (black), cially in 500 Days of Summer. Zwetch- fessor of design and design history at and style inspirations. kenbaum also loves the costumes in the Colby-Sawyer College gave a talk en- Even from a young age, this Batesie outrageous movie Down with Love and titled “Modernist and Contemporary has always had an awareness of fashion. secretly wishes that was how everyone Design” last Thursday on graphic design Zwetchkenbaum gives credit to her dressed in real life. through the ages. “beautiful, glamorous, and fashionable” This Batesie’s favorite fashion acces- An alumna Bates from the Class of grandmother, who would take her shop- sories are knit hats and scarves. Her fa- 1996 and a student of both science and ping when she was young. She would vorite is her enormous scarf she knitted art, Gibbs went on to receive her MFA also love changing her outfit over and her senior year of high school. After see- leading to great success in Boston’s cor- over again as a source of entertainment. ing a picture in a magazine of a woman porate world of design. Soon afterward, Zwetchkenbaum’s style has defi- swaddled in a huge scarf, Zwetchken- she was asked to be an editing curator nitely developed as she progressed baum was inspired to make one herself. for the 2011 edition of what is consid- through high school and her first two This 1.25-by-10-feet, warm, and cozy ered to be the Bible of graphic design years of college. Once she discovered accessory is this Bobcat’s fashion go-to. history, Megg’s History of Graphic De- the fashionable yet comfortable article She also loves her short, worn-leather sign. of clothing known as leggings, it is hard ankle boots (or Chelsea Boots) that she This history of graphic design is an for the Bobcat to regress back to her wears all the time with wool or fun pat- interesting topic and one that people of- jean-wearing days. terned socks. ten overlook. “Since that discovery I have chosen Zwetchkenbaum buys many of her “A lot of people are unaware that it leggings with shorts, a skirt, or a dress staples and basics at H&M, as well as is an academic discipline,” says Gibbs. over pants any day! A lot of my friends at boutiques and specialty stores in her Gibbs’s lecture took its audience joke that they have never seen me in home state of Rhode Island. through a visual journey. The history of non-athletic pants,” says Zwetchken- Zwetchkenbaum is sure that her graphic design was not even an academ- baum. fashion will evolve as she grows older, ic discipline until 1983, explains Gibbs. At this point, Zwetchkenbaum especially in the various silhouettes and The term “graphic design” sounds mod- feels that fashion does come easy to styles that she wears. ern and edgy when in fact its early roots her. She has developed a good sense of However, in terms of color palette, can be traced all the way back to prehis- what she will wear which makes buy- “I think my eye will always be more toric cave paintings and the invention ing clothes a lot easier. Her wardrobe drawn to the same darker colors and of writing. For example, in addition to is filled with a lot of “staples” and “ba- solids I’ve always loved,” states Zwetch- being communicative, hieroglyphs are sics” that allow her to play around and kenbaum. abstract, pictorial, and very basic exam- pair with brighter and colorful dresses, Zwetchkenbaum’s style is ever evi- ples of early elements of design. skirts, and shorts. dent as she strolls through campus lead- The history of design builds off “I am mostly drawn to neutral and ing Admissions tours and in Robinson of each preceding generation as either dark colors and solids,” states Zwetch- Player theater productions throughout an evolution of a genre or a reaction kenbaum. “I also wear a lot of black – the year. against it. For instance, while the Arts it’s my favorite color to wear!” and Crafts movement in England was a reaction against the elaborate orna- BLACK SHIRT SOCKS mentation of the Industrial Revolution WANT Online store (lasttango.us) Smart Wool period, the Vienna Secession School of graphic design borrowed the influence THE BLUE LACE SHORTS TAN BOOTS of curvilinear forms from its predeces- Boutique (Free People) Sundance Catalogue sor, Art Nouveau. LOOK? Graphic design has the power to re- BLACK LEGGINGS SCARF flect political and cultural trends. Futur- Eric AdamsonHue ‘15 ASHLEY BRYANT/THEHand-knit BATES STUDENT ASHLEY BRYANT/THE BATES STUDENT See GRAPHIC DESIGN, PAGE 8 The Bates Student March 20, 2013 8 Arts & Leisure Directing tips from sophomore Damsel swaggers onto pros Nick Auer and Max Pendergast the stage this weekend

ELIZA GABRIEL TBS: How did you choose the one- Max: First you pick the show, and REBECCAH BASSELL cited to see this play staged because it’s STAFF WRITER acts? then you cast it. You need a produc- STAFF WRITER one of only a handful of plays from the Auer: The Robinson Players decid- tion team, which includes the director, period that were written by audience Have you ever wondered what it ed that we were due for modern com- the stage manager, the lighting and The Bates Theater Department’s members rather than professional play- would be like to direct? The Bates Stu- edies. So I was looking particularly at set designer, the master carpenter, all production of The Swaggering Damsel wrights, like Shakespeare. These pecu- dent sat down with sophomores Max authors that people knew, authors that these different roles. You read the show opens in Gannett Theater this week- liar plays are a kind of early modern “fan Pendergast and Nick Auer to get the would attract an audience, and were through with your cast, and then start end. The show’s director is Dr. Matteo fiction” that can tell us how playgoers in scoop on their upcoming one-act plays funny. There’s nothing worse than com- rehearsals. Toward the end, you start Pangallo, Visiting Assistant Professor of the period saw the stage and what they and the directing process. edy that just really isn’t funny. putting in the set. Then there is tech- English, who sat down with The Bates thought about it. Chamberlain, for ex- The Bates Student:Tell us about Pendergast: Nick gave me a couple week, which is this intensive week full Student to give Batesies an exciting pre- ample, borrows much from Shakespeare COURTESY PHOTO/WWW.NBC.COM your show! What is each of your one- suggestions and this was the one that I of last-minute changes, and then you view of what is to come. (particularly the comedies Much Ado acts about? found the funniest and the most excit- put on the show! The Bates Student: What is The About Nothing, Taming of the Shrew, Nick Auer: The show is called ing to direct. TBS: Who has the better cast? Swaggering Damsel about, for those not As You Like It, and The Two Gentle- Nearly Beloved, and it is two 45-minute TBS: What is it like to direct your Auer: I do. familiar with the show? men of Verona), but he also seems to one-acts together. In general, they’re just own show? Pendergast: I do. Dr. Matteo Pangallo: Robert lampoon the ridiculous and implausible two very funny one-acts that make for Auer: It’s very nerve-wracking; es- Auer: I mean, come on. Ten actors Chamberlain’s 1640 comedy is about romantic comedies that were extremely a fantastic evening of student-directed pecially considering this is the longest versus four? Let’s be honest… Bigger is Sabina (played by Sarah Wainshal, popular in the theaters of the 1620s and theater. show either of us has ever directed. I better, as they say in the biz. 2016) and Valentine (played by Gunnar 1630s, after Shakespeare’s death. The one-act I’m directing is called have a cast of ten, and it is a challenge. Pendergast: I find that a smaller Manchester, 2015), who are a young TBS: What challenges have you Honeymoon Motel, written by Woody But it’s exciting to be able to make the unit is more inclusive… couple in love and engaged to get mar- and/or the actors faced in the produc- Allen. It’s about this runaway bride and decisions and figure out what my style Auer: Oh, please. But seriously, we ried. Because he just can’t wait, howev- tion of this show? groom – an older man and a younger of directing is, which is still very much a got really lucky in this show, because er, Valentine convinces Sabina to sleep DMP: Developing a command bride. They have just been swept away work in progress. even though there’s a lot of other the- with him before they’re wed; after their over the language and spirit of an early to a honeymoon suite in a seedy motel, Pendergast: It’s definitely a process ater stuff going on this semester, we got night together, however, he fears that modern play is always a challenge, espe- and they think everything is going to because we have very little experience. some of the best actors at Bates, from she’s sexually promiscuous because she cially when it’s a play by someone other be just fine. But there is a knock on the So I often find myself in rehearsals com- every class year, who have been in tons agreed to sleep with him. He therefore than Shakespeare. Most actors and au- door and a few more knocks after that, pletely changing what I asked the actors of other productions. resorts to an elaborate plot to try to get dience members are comfortably famil- and things get a little out of hand. to do. It definitely makes you a little TBS: What are some tips you out of marrying her, but she comes up iar with most plays by Shakespeare, but Max Pendergast: Well, I’m direct- nervous. would give to aspiring directors? with an equally elaborate plot to make works by other writers from the period ing a one-act called Wanda’s Visit by Auer: Directing comedy is also Auer: Read the play beforehand, sure he sticks to his promise. can often seem daunting at first. What Christopher Durang, and essentially it’s particularly challenging, but you know about five times more than you think TBS: What are you most excited makes Chamberlain’s play relatively about this couple, Martha and Jim, who you’re doing it right if it makes people you should. You can never know a play about in this show as its director? easy to get a handle on in this regard, live a pretty humdrum life in the sub- laugh. well enough before starting rehearsals. DMP: I think the humor is quite though, is how remarkably relevant and urbs. Wanda, a high school girlfriend of TBS: What is the process like to Pendergast: I would say to be re- sharp (Chamberlain was, by profession, contemporary many of his insights are Jim’s, comes to visit and chaos ensues. produce a show? ally clear about your artistic vision. a joke-book writer), the characters won- about sex, youth, and love--especially Auer: And be ready to collaborate. derfully ridiculous, and the issues very young love. Theater is the most collaborative art, much of relevance for modern audi- TBS: Since we can’t give too much and you should embrace that. ences (particularly young people, who away in this interview, when and where TBS: What is the best part about might find a few familiar situations in can we come see The Swaggering Dam- directing a show? the characters’ predicaments over paren- sel? Pendergast: I really like being in tal authority, social pressure, and sexual DMP: The show goes up in Gan- charge. I like being able to shape the desire). nett Theater on Thursday, March 21 way that everything fits together and TBS: As a professor of English, do and Friday, March 22 at 7:30pm, as mold it all into a single vision. you think Swag Dam (as it has been af- well as Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, Auer: I really like watching ac- fectionately nicknamed) has much to March 24 at 2:00pm. Admission is free, tors work and seeing the process of the offer in terms of its historical impor- but reservations are recommended be- show forming. tance in the literary world? cause seating is limited. For reservations Pendergast: He also likes being in DMP: As a scholar and teacher of or more information, people can call charge. early modern drama, I’m especially ex- 207-786-6161 or visit batestickets.com. TBS: When and where can we see Nearly Beloved? Auer: Thursday, March 21 at 9 world. PM; Friday, March 22 at 5 PM; Sat- GRAPHIC When asked about her interest in urday, March 23 at 2 PM (get in there graphic design, sophomore Frances before Gala); and Sunday, March 24 at Leslie poignantly observed, “I believe 7:30 PM in the Black Box Theater in DESIGN graphic design (in every medium) is Pettigrew Hall. Continued from PAGE 7 really an art form about communica- TBS: Is it safe in Pettigrew? tion; and a powerful, imaginative way Pendergast: It’s totally safe! Please ism, Cubism, and Surrealism all arose in of changing the way people look at and come! the early half of the twentieth century think about things. It takes a critical, Auer: We have gas masks. and have strong components of tech- tasteful mind to create something that Max Pendergast and Nick Auer, the directors of the one-acts. Come support your talented peers nological advancement, war machinery, draws one’s attention but is also artistic ELIZA GABRIEL/THE BATES STUDENT in Nearly Beloved! and the anxieties of the modernizing and beautiful to look at.” world. Russian graphic design in the 1920s Whatever message or style you want and 30s projected a desired self-image to communicate through your work, with the “healthy body” movement. By there is a rich history to draw from and Silver Linings Playbook, a stellar must-see portraying Russian citizens as healthy the help of new computer technologies and physically buff, this style of design and designer programs. mounted something close to a political “How do you know what will be romantic comedy that will melt your heart defense of the new communist regime historically important even a day out?” in Russia through the strength of its ide- asks Gibbs. do not exhibit slightly neurotic behav- they meet each other, it’s clear who is MARY ANNE BODNAR alized human forms. The lecture was especially fascinat- STAFF WRITER ioral tendencies. Even those characters falling in love with whom. We root for Like great art, graphic design, ing given that Gibbs is a Bates alumna. that are not technically on any abnor- the two beautiful and dysfunctional whether in advertising or elsewhere, At the end of the lecture, Gibbs recount- Anyone who procrastinates by mality spectrum still manage to seem characters to end up together, but we has the power of big ideas. It is politi- ed her experience as an undergraduate checking Tumblr has probably seen a dysfunctional in their own way. Pat’s expect their unstable family situations cally and socially reflective in a uniquely being torn between a pre-med track and meme in the last few weeks of Jennifer friends Veronica and Ronnie are argu- to keep them apart everyday way through posters, type set- studio art. Her ability to synthesize her Lawrence in her unpredictably abrasive ably unhappier than he is because they Unfortunately, the ending fails to tings, or mass media. With time, much education between the lab and the stu- and often aggressive role in Silver Lin- are constantly preoccupied with shap- appropriately honor the interdepen- of graphic design becomes a hallmark of dio propelled her on a career path fol- ings Playbook. While her performance ing their image to be one of perfection. dence of these two characters on one the era it was born in and continues to lowing graduation that has brought her did win her an Academy Award, the While this may seem to some like a de- another’s abnormal behavior. First-year affect pop culture well beyond its visible to a teaching position at a prestigious psychotic thrusting of plates off a table pressing tone for a movie, the interde- Kelsey Berry commented, “The film is lifespan. It is iconic. college. Her success in following both in the middle of a public diner is not the pendence between certain dysfunctional very straightforward about portraying However, Gibbs pointed out a man- her academic and artistic interests pro- only reason to see this movie. characters is comforting. It reflects a the illness and how it influences the tra in the corporate world is “all good vides an exciting perspective on all the Silver Linings Playbook follows possible truth that we all have certain families, and a happy ending definitely design is timeless.” You never know possibilities that a Bates liberal arts edu- the recovery of Pat Soltano Jr. (Bradley flaws, but by taking risks and pursuing took away from the honesty.” what will be “a la mode” tomorrow. cation can provide. Cooper) after he is released from a men- those with equally bizarre tendencies, It’s irrational to think that Pat and That is something that makes design Like good graphic design, the lib- tal institution in Maryland. While his we can find a “silver lining” in their Tiffany’s future is not conflict ridden so exciting and cutting edge in today’s eral arts are timeless. institutionalization was court ordered character. and flawed. Pat’s being bipolar will not as punishment for beating up his ex- The most popular excerpt from the disappear overnight, and it will prob- wife’s lover, Pat was also diagnosed with film is when Pat and Tiffany go to din- ably prevail despite his healthy rela- bipolar disorder. Soon after returning ner at a local diner for their first date. It tionship with Tiffany. First-year Matt home, Pat meets Tiffany Maxwell; an- is a delicate process to sit two mentally Bullard commented, “The acting was other neurotic individual who is recent- unstable individuals together in a public surely Oscar worthy, capturing all the ly widowed and unemployed. As they restaurant for such an occasion because idiosyncrasies of mental illness but the uncomfortably bond over their mutual the number of potentially irritating fac- heartwarming ending does not solve the neurosis, Pat struggles with attacks of tors that could induce a physical ram- problem of two un-medicated mentally paranoia regarding his ex-wife, and his page is incredibly high. The close-ups ill people.” The film practically suggests father’s (Robert DeNiro) obsessive- of their facial expressions as they react that a relationship can solve life’s prob- compulsive tendencies. to one another’s audacious observations lems; however, this is inconsistent with Some scenes are almost as suspense- of human behavior are anxiety provok- what Pat and Tiffany have both learned DELIVERED. ful as the bomb deactivations in The ing at the very least. It is in scenes like before we meet them. Relationships are Hurt Locker. The emotional instabil- this when the honesty and authenticity never easy solutions; they can in fact in- ity of all the characters injects their of Mr. Cooper’s and Ms. Lawrence’s be- duce life problems themselves. ORDER FREE CAMPUS-WIDE DELIVERY OF THE STUDENT interactions with each other and their comes apparent. With excellent performances and a WWW.THEBATESSTUDENT.COM/DELIVERY thoughts with a pressure and insecurity. Bates freshman Kelsey Berry spoke witty script, Silver Linings Playbook of- Audience members who do not have ex- to their talented performances; “I think fers a comfortable movie-going experi- perience with symptoms of psychologi- the two did a phenomenal job of mak- ence. It’s a relationship story not ruined cal disorders wait nervously for one of ing the illness authentic and of not hold- by typical romantic comedy second-rate the characters to react aggressively and ing back. There is something so organic humor, and it’s characters are unusual irrationally to each other and their sur- about their performances.” It is particu- yet familiarly dysfunctional. Some parts roundings. The rocky handheld camera larly refreshing to watch Mr. Cooper as feel authentically uncomfortable, but movement in Pat’s home establishes a he tackles more emotionally challenging it’s largely due to the emotional invest- sense of claustrophobia and exacerbates roles than Phil in The Hangover. ment of the actors. Despite the unfortu- FIND US ON the dysfunction of the family member’s Despite all the emotional instabil- nately accessible ending, Silver Linings themselves. ity, the development of Pat and Tiffany’s Playbook is a unique movie going expe- While the main characters Pat and relationship is relatively predictable. It rience that should not be missed. Tiffany undoubtedly lie closer to the follows the standard trajectory of a de- Playing at the Filmboard this week- extreme on the spectrum of psychologi- veloping relationship between two indi- end. Check your email for times. Al- cal disorders, it’s important to note that viduals who are unlikely to make each ways $1. there are no characters in the film that other - or anyone else - happy. Once The Bates Student March 20, 2013 Arts & Leisure 9 Foraging for more at Forage Market

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The colors and designs of Ethiopian Western fashions, but the patterns are Sophomore Jessica Clergeau empha- clothing represent the geographic re- so much more interesting,” she said. sized this point when describing her ex- Forage Market is a wonderful hub for gion in which pieces have been crafted. In fact, the last segment of the show perience as a model in the show. delicious food and handmade crafts. Garments from southern Kenya are ac- displayed examples of American cloth- “Some people may conjure stereo- LYDIA O’BRIEN/THE BATES STUDENT companied by decorative jewelry and ing that have been influenced by Afri- types of what ‘Africans’ wear without LYDIA O’BRIEN beading. People in Somalia wear diracs can fashions. It should be noted, how- taking into consideration the fact that ASSISTANT ARTS & LEISURE EDITOR while taking pictures of favorite ensem- to evening dinners and weddings. Also ever, that not all Western attempts to Africa is a continent with many coun- bles. The relaxed atmosphere allowed on display were fashions from Togo, incorporate African fashion have been tries. Each country has its own way of Last Friday, the Africana Club host- the audience to be actively engaged in Swaziland, Uganda, Nigeria, and Gha- benign. Popular American designers like expression and dress. By modeling, I ed its second annual Inside Africa Fash- the show, thus ensuring that the event na, each with its own fascinating story. Michael Kors have created collections was able to display a different emotion ion Show. The event highlighted various was fun for everyone involved. Bolden challenged the audience to with undertones that are somewhat ste- through each of my six outfits.” art forms from the African continent, Sophomore Alex Bolden, the show’s discern which aspects of African cloth- reotypically “tribal” and simplistic. The Bates community can only hope including a Swahili song, a Ghanaian master of ceremonies, provided an in- ing have been incorporated into West- One of the most important lessons that the Inside Africa Fashion Show will Azonto dance, and fashions from over formative commentary of the features ern fashions. During the fashion show, of the show, therefore, lies in the impor- continue for many years to come, as it is ten African countries. that characterize each country’s cloth- first-year Emma Davies perceived one tance of eschewing such simplistic gen- a testament to the ideals of diversity and Bates students served as the models ing. such example of cross-cultural similar- eralizations about Africa. To audience inclusion on which Bates prides itself. for the undoubtedly beautiful pieces of In Senegal, for example, hand- ity. members, it became obvious that each Congratulations to the Africana Club clothing. A lively audience cheered for woven and hand-died garments are re- “Clothing from Ghana shares simi- country has its own distinct, beautiful for its wonderful show. the models’ impressive catwalk skills served for the most special occasions. lar silhouettes to those represented in fashions.

INGREDIENTS-THE CAKE Directions Lemon meringue cupcakes a ALL-PURPOSE 1 1. Preheat oven to 325 -- degrees. Line standard muffin 2 tins with paper liners. Whisk to- CUPS3 FLOUR TSP gether flour, baking powder, and sweet spring delight SALT salt. 2. With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream UNSALTED butter and sugar until pale and BAKING fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, 1 1 BUTTER beating until each is until incor- TSP TSP POWDER ROOM TEMPERATURE porated, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Beat in zest and vanilla. Add flour mixture in LARGE three batches, alternating with two additions of buttermilk and lemon juice, and beating until CUPS2 SUGAR EGGS 4 ROOM TEMPERATURE just combined after each. 3. Divide batter evenly among lined cups, filling each three-quarters full. Bake, rotat- PURE ing tins halfway through, until VANILLA BUTTER- golden brown and a cake tester 1 inserted in centers comes out TSP 1 CUP EXTRACT MILK clean, about 25 minutes. Trans- fer tins to wire racks to cool completely before removing cup- cakes. Cupcakes can be stored GRATED FRESH overnight at room temperature, or frozen up to 2 months, in air- 3 LEMON + 2 LEMON tight containers. lemons are enough to fool your taste TSPS TSPS 4. To finish, spread 1 ta- BAILEY STONECIPHER buds into thinking it’s May, heating up ZEST JUICE blespoon lemon curd onto mid- STAFF WRITER your spring fever with luscious Meyer- dle of each cupcake. Fill a pastry lemony flavor. bag fitted with a large open-star In light of the recently random, in- tip (Ateco #828 or Wilton #8B) The overall process moves from INGREDIENTS-THE LEMON CURD consequential snowfalls, I am leading baking the cakes, to filling the cupcakes with frosting. Pipe frosting a new action group that will blatantly with homemade lemon curd, to top- 1 onto each cupcake, swirling tip refuse to accept the doom and gloom of ping them with seven-minute meringue -- FRESHLY SQUEEZED slightly and releasing as you pull this long and painful winter. Said group frosting, to toasting them with a crème 2 up to form a peak. Hold a small will instead bake some utterly “spring- 2 kitchen torch 3 to 4 inches from brûlée torch (which is so cool that it CUP+ TSPS tastic” cupcakes--who’s with me? might tempt you to bake the cupcakes LEMON JUICE surface of frosting, and wave it The recent end to daylight savings again just for the blow torch). back and forth until frosting is time and the gradual melting of the The cake batter is relatively simple lightly browned all over. Serve snow-banks have propelled many of us to make; dry ingredients are added to LARGE immediately. into full-fledged spring-summer mode. wet ingredients. Be sure to get the real Don your daisy-print sundress, slather EGG zest of the lemon, coming from the yel- 1CUP SUGAR 8 on some sunscreen, enjoy an orange low peel layer, not the under-layer of YOLKS popsicle, and bake some cupcakes. white. The cupcakes are then cored (if Though the orange popsicles are you don’t have an intense cupcake corer great, spring’s greatest treasure is the gadget, a knife will do just as well) and 1 GRATED end of Swiss chard and butternut squash filled with homemade lemon curd. -- and the reemergence of fresh berries, The lemon curd is a bit tricky, 8 2 LEMON Directions heirloom tomatoes, and other delicious but be sure to watch it like a hawk so TSP SALT TSPS 1. Combine yolks, lemon local fruits and veggies. In Maine par- it doesn’t burn and you’ll be good to ZEST zest, lemon juice, and sugar in ticularly, winter produce just stinks. go. Next, top it off with some faux a heavy-bottom saucepan; whisk (Chard? Seriously?) Anyway, Meyer meringue (in this case, seven-minute to combine. Cook over medium- lemons are possibly the greatest things frosting) when it’s fully fluffed. Finally, UNSALTED high heat, stirring constantly ever, sort of lemons 2.0, if you will; a lit- all that’s left is to embrace your inner with a wooden spoon (be sure tle bit sweeter than regular old lemons. metal-welder and grab the crème brûlée 10 BUTTER to scrape the sides of the pan), These lemon meringue cupcakes, torch. Be kind to the cupcakes--you will TSPS COLD, until the mixture is thick enough courtesy of Lady Martha Stewart her- not thank yourself for going overboard CUT INTO PIECES to coat the back of the spoon, 8 self and inspired by the bakery classic on the scorching when you’re trying to to 10 minutes, and registers 160 lemon meringue pie, are full of lemony bite into charred frosting. degrees on an instant-read ther- goodness--the juice and zest of three Vive la spring! INGREDIENTS-THE SEVEN-MINUTE FROSTING mometer. 2. Remove saucepan 1 from heat. Add salt and butter, Directions soft peaks form. With mixer running, -- one piece at a time, stirring un- 1. Combine 1 1/2 cups sugar add remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, 2 til smooth. Strain through a fine with the water and corn syrup in a beating to combine. 1 2 SUGAR CUPS+ TSPS sieve into a medium bowl. Cover small saucepan; clip a candy ther- 3. As soon as sugar syrup with plastic wrap, pressing it mometer to side of pan. Bring to a reaches 230 degrees, remove from directly onto the surface of the boil over medium heat, stirring oc- heat. With mixer on medium-low curd to prevent a skin from form- casionally, until sugar dissolves. speed, pour syrup down side of bowl 2 LIGHT ing. Refrigerate until chilled and Continue boiling, without stirring, in a slow, steady stream. Raise -- set, at least 1 hour or up to 1 until syrup reaches 230 degrees. speed to medium-high; whisk until 3 CORN 2 day. WATER TSPS 2. Meanwhile, in the bowl of mixture is completely cool (test by CUP SYRUP a standing electric mixer fitted with touching the bottom of the bowl) the whisk attachment, whisk egg and stiff (but not dry) peaks form, whites on medium-high speed until about 7 minutes. Use immediately. LARGE EGG 8 YOLKS The Bates Student March 20, 2013 Sports10

College football spring preview Hot, hot Heat and the large part because of quarterback Brax- Notre Dame: Notre Dame looked KYLE OLEHNIK ton Miller’s play (and a weak schedule). helpless against Alabama in the title STAFF WRITER Miller is back under center heading game, but it doesn’t make much sense winning streak’s place into next season. Running backs Carlos to dismiss a stellar 2012 season over Well, it’s that time of the year again: Hyde and Jordan Hill return as well as one bad performance. The team went spring practice for college football four offensive linemen. The biggest con- undefeated in the regular season against teams across the country. It seems just cern will be their defense, as linemen tough foes and returns a very solid de- like yesterday Alabama drubbed Notre in history John Simon and Johnathan Hankins fensive unit led by nose tackle Louis Nix Dame in the championship and planted are gone. and defensive end Stephon Tuitt. Manti themselves as a dynasty, with their third Te’o and a plethora of running backs are DOUG STEINBERG a great team is if they can sustain this championship in four years. There have Georgia: Aaron Murray’s decision gone, but there is talent coming in to ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR run they are on. been plenty of stories this offseason, to return to Athens has Bulldog fans surround the talented quarterback Ev- Winning 23 straight games is be- with Manti Te’o’s fake girlfriend leading screaming with happiness. A strong erett Golson. Despite Sportcenter’s perpetual at- yond impressive. The Heat have also de- the way, but also Oregon’s Chip Kelly’s 2012 campaign that saw a narrow defeat tempts to jinx them (along with the rest feated just about every good team in the bolting to the NFL, Brent Musberger’s to Alabama in the SEC championship Players to Watch: of the world), LeBron James and the league on their way to 23 games. They creepy fascination with Alabama quar- has many believing Georgia can make it defending champion Miami Heat con- haven’t taken a single play off during terback AJ McCarron’s girlfriend, con- all the way to the national title game in Jadeveon Clowney (South Carolina): tinue to amaze everyone by extending this run, always searching for the easy ference realignment, and many others. 2013. Todd Gurley returns to the Geor- This beast of a defensive end could have their absurd winning streak. The streak buckets in transition (which usually end But, as we move closer and closer to gia backfield, which will need to carry been in this year’s NFL draft, as well as is currently at 23 games after their win up on top plays), and always, always, next season, the real question is who this offense in 2013. the first overall pick. But he’s back for over the Celtics on Monday night. This hounding and hustling on defense. will be the top players and teams for the Gamecocks and I’m sure no one streak marks the second longest in NBA Miami probably won’t win the rest next year? Louisville: Many didn’t give the has forgotten what he did to Michigan’s history, subordinate only to the 33 of their games this season, but I wouldn’t Cardinals a chance in the Sugar Bowl Vincent Smith (can you say decapita- games of the 1970-1971 Los Angeles bet against them. It is incredibly refresh- Alabama Crimson Tide: How could against the Florida Gators solely be- tion?). Lakers. ing to see a team like this, a team loaded you not have them as the best team in cause of the Gators “SEC lore.” But, In an era where parity is coming with talent that doesn’t take anything the country going into the 2013 season? quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, who Johnny Manziel (Texas A&M): After to pervade in each of the major Ameri- for granted and pours its heart out on Sure, they lost some key players on the is returning this season, proved critics torching Alabama and going on to win can sports, the Miami Heat have a real the court every game. offensive line, bruising running back wrong with a sensational game, eventu- the Heisman, is there any way Johnny chance to separate themselves from the Moreover, the Heat aren’t just win- Eddie Lacy, and All-American corner ally earning MVP honors for the bowl. Football can improve on his freshman pack and achieve greatness. ning games, they are winning public Dee Milliner, but they continue to re- Virtually both sides of the ball remain season from a year ago? He has more First of all, the Heat have a legiti- opinion over. Easily the most hated team build at the hands of head coach Nick intact and many of Bridgewater’s targets weapons this year and a year in the SEC mate chance at winning the rest of their in America after James joined, the Heat Saban. AJ McCarron is back, and thank- are returning. Plus, playing in the Big under his belt. The biggest questions are games and setting a new NBA record. have since ceased to be talked about as fully, so is Katherine Webb. TJ Yeldon, East doesn’t hurt either. whether or not SEC defensives will fig- In their remaining 16 games, only the villains, but as winners. While the logic often in the shadow of Lacy a year ago, ure him out and if he can stay healthy. Bulls, Spurs, and Knicks (just because behind this shift escapes me (maybe we returns to the backfield for the Tide. Other Teams to Watch: I love them) seem to stand a realistic just got tired of hating them), it will go Speedster and 2012 freshman standout TJ Yeldon (Alabama): With Eddie chance at knocking Miami off. While a long way towards shaping this Heat Amari Cooper figures to be McCarron’s Oregon: Coach Chip Kelly spurned Lacy gone, running back TJ Yeldon fig- no game is a given win in today’s league, team’s place in history. top target this year; he torched Notre the Ducks for the NFL, something ures to be a three down back in Nick we might be able to make an exception The public perception of the Heat Dame in the title game, and figures to many didn’t believe would happen. Saban’s system. A lot quicker and more for this Miami team. has also been helped by the failure of have a big season this year. And, the Mark Elfrich makes the move from of- elusive than Lacy, Yeldon had a solid And here’s why: comparable “super-teams”, such as the leader of the ‘Bama defense is also re- fensive coordinator to head coach and championship game that was overshad- LeBron James has the system Philadelphia Eagles, Boston Red Sox, turning in CJ Moseley. There may not still has a lot to work with. Kenjon owed by Lacy’s performance. With an- gamed. He is playing some of the best Los Angeles Dodgers, and Los Angeles be as many names you recognize, but Barner is gone, but Marcus Mariota and other year under Saban, expect great basketball that humanity has ever seen. Lakers. Having a collection of talent there shouldn’t be any worries for Ala- De’Anthony Thomas are back. The big- things from Yeldon. Every facet of his game is exceptional, does not equate to winning; it takes bama fans as Nick Saban never seems to gest question will be replacing defensive and he knows how to put it all togeth- much more than that. run out of talent in Tuscaloosa. standout Dion Jordan. Marqise Lee (USC): A freak of an er in order to win. Jump shooting has Even without setting the winning athlete, this wide reciever outplayed ev- become a strength for James this year, streak mark, although that would help, Texas A&M: When they moved to South Carolina: Steve Spurrier al- ery corner he faced, going on to have shooting 55% from the field and 39% the Heat have a legitimate opportunity the SEC a year ago, many questioned ways produces solid squads in Colum- an incredible year. It was a down year from three-point range. He can create to become seen as one of the greatest whether or not that they could hang bia. However, running back Marcus for USC and quarterback Matt Bark- space for his own shot, drive past any teams in NBA history. Yes, the Heat are with the big boys in the nation’s premier Lattimore decided to declare for the ley didn’t produce like anyone expected defender using his size and speed, or playing that well. If they keep going like conference. But the Aggies silenced crit- draft after his gruesome knee injury him to. But even with Barkley gradu- find the open man for the open three or this, dominating night in, and night ics and shocked many, beating Alabama midway through the 2012 campaign ating, expect Lee to put up sensational easy layup if he is double-teamed. He al- out, and carry this through to another in Tuscaloosa and eventually going on and Spurrier must groom two talented, numbers once again. ways makes the right basketball decision championship like everyone expects to embarrass Oklahoma in the Cotton but unproven, running backs to fill his when the ball is in his hands, and he can them to, then they will enter the realm Bowl. The Aggies did lose defensive end void. Connor Shaw and Dylan Thomp- Louis Nix III (Notre Dame): Came be an outstanding defender at all five of greatness. Again, sustaining this level Demontre Moore and All-American son, two experienced quarterbacks, to Notre Dame weighing 365lbs his positions. And he leads his team in as- of play is the key, but the Heat have Tackle Luke Joeckel, but Heisman win- hope to win the battle under center. freshman year, but dropped those sists and rebounds. A more perfect bas- somehow gotten better every week since ner Johnny Manziel, is back and will And finally, you can’t mention South pounds and proved doubters wrong, ketball player could hardly be conceived James and Bosh came. be the leader of the squad. Also, 1,000- Carolina without mentioning the best playing a substantial amount of snaps of, and he is surrounded by the best role Few of us are old enough to remem- yard receiver Mike Evans returns along all-around player in college football: and dominated in the middle of the de- players in the league in Dwayne Wade, ber, but this Heat team is playing the with 6’5” freshman goliath Ricky Seals- Jadeveon Clowney. fensive line. Very quick for his size and Chris Bosh, and Ray Allen. way that Jordan and the Bulls did in Jones. Overall, Kevin Sumlin signed should be a high pick come the 2014 The dynamic of scoring and superb the mid-1990’s. It is too premature to an astonishing 32 recruits for the 2013 Clemson: Quarterback Tajh Boyd NFL draft. defense created by James and his entou- equate Miami with the greatness of Jor- season and all fans are waiting for is the decided to come back and that made rage is why Miami is a good team. But dan’s Bulls, but that is the level of play September 14th matchup against Ala- Clemson the early favorites to win the Lamarcus Joyner (Florida State): we all know that simply being good isn’t they are on right now. bama. ACC. Andre Ellington is gone from the Standing only 5’8”, Joyner is undersized enough; that much was made abun- It will soon be time for all observers backfield, but Jimbo Fisher has plenty for defensive back. But, he was essen- dantly clear by the infamous “Decision” to recognize that that is how good this Ohio State: A lot of college football to work with. Sammy Watkins is back tial in FSU’s defense that ranked first and the pre-season party the Heat put Heat team is, and we are all lucky to be fans forgot about this team last year on the edge and figures to be Boyd’s top in passing yards allowed per game. He’s on after acquiring James, Wade, and able to watch them on this ascent. because of the postseason ban imposed target this season. very quick and will produce again this Bosh. They already have one ring as a on them. But, the Buckeyes went un- year. group; what will truly mark the Heat as defeated during the 2012 campaign in BOBCATS OF THE WEEK

CHARLIE KAZARIAN ‘14 EMMA GETSINGER ‘15

The junior lacrosse goalie led the Bobcats in their 7-5 upset victory over nationally Scoring a game-winning goal is no small ranked Wesleyan. Kazarian made 12 task, and the sophomore midfielder was saves in the winning effort, several of up to the challenge over the weekend which were of highlight reel variety. With against Wesleyan. Getsinger poured in her 1:04 left in the game, Kazarian tracked team-leading 10th goal of the season with a Wesleyan shot out of bounds, giving just 9.7 seconds on the clock, essentially Bates a crucial possession. Kazarian then ending the game in victorious fashion for found himself alone in the goal with a Bates. The sophomore had another clutch Wesleyan attacker advancing on him, but shot with one second left in the first half, he faked the attacker out before making giving Bates a 5-4 halftime advantage. the decisive clearance in the game. The Getsinger had four goals against the Cardi- junior also earned the win in relief against nals, powering Bates to their first NESCAC the University of New England earlier in victory of the season. the week, making eight saves against COURTESY PHOTO/OFFICE COURTESY PHOTO/OFFICE four goals allowed. Kazarian was named OF COMMUNICATIONS AND OF COMMUNICATIONS AND NESCAC Lacrosse Player of the Week for MEDIA RELATIONS MEDIA RELATIONS his efforts. MEN’S LACROSSE WOMEN’S LACROSSE The Bates Student March 20, 2013 Sports11

Men’s Tennis All-American Crampton returns as A descent into (March) madness

Bates beats Brandeis pictures in my room (don’t we all? Sigh- ALEX HENRIE so dreamy). But wait: I actually think MANAGING SPORTS EDITOR this pick makes sense. Their second round matchup with UCLA is far less What has two thumbs and doesn’t threatening because of the broken foot have a clue in the world of who’s going Jordan Adams suffered in the PAC-12 to win the NCAA tournament this year? tournament, and the hypothetical game This guy. in the Sweet Sixteen against George- I’d love to say that I’m joking, but town is a decent matchup. Both teams unfortunately, I’m about as clueless play defense at an elite level, but while as Rick Ross at a vegan bar. This isn’t Florida is a very good offensive team, 2012, where any idiot could pick Ken- Georgetown avoids the hoop like it’s the tucky and gloat as the Wildcats zoomed plague. Assuming Otto Porter doesn’t through the tournament behind “The go for 40, I have Florida moving on and Brow” and a bunch of other young fellas beating Kansas. It’s mostly because I’m (yes, I can say that. They’re younger than a shameless homer, but also because the me, damn it). The exact opposite is true few times I’ve watched the Jayhawks this year. There isn’t a dominant team play this year they’ve been spotty at that stands out above the rest screaming best. Ben Mclemore is a stud and Jeff at you to pick them like 2012 Kentucky Withey is a good center, but anyone or 2007 Florida. Instead, there’s a host who watched them struggle with Iowa of valid candidates who all have flaws State and get plain embarrassed by TCU just waiting to be exposed. knows that this Kansas squad is prone Despite the fact that picking this to long moments of weakness. Granted, year’s national champion is going to be Florida hates close games more than an more of a blind game of darts than a sci- Florida State student hates words with entific process, your trusty sports editor multiple syllables, but I think their de- (that’s me) thought it would be a smart fense is built to last. If their shooters get idea to post his Final Four picks for the hot, it’s going to be very hard to stop world to see. Try not to be jealous when Billy Donovan’s bunch. Rob Crampton ’13. PHYLLIS GRABER JENSEN/BATES COLLEGE I’m taking home the million dollar prize from ESPN. match last five hours and 50 minutes. For singles, the Bobcats took four East: INDIANA. Victor Oladipo KYLE OLEHNIK To start off the day, Berg and out of six matches. With Crampton and (Vic-tor Oh-la-dee-po), noun. – an STAFF WRITER Midwest: LOUISVILLE. This was athletic freak of nature who can score Planche secured the victory at second Milo testing their talents against each a toss-up between the Cardinals and doubles, defeating Krems and Siegel other in singles, Milo eventually bested at will, defend any guard in the country, Senior All-American Rob Cramp- Duke, because I think the rest of this and is drawing favorable comparisons to from Brandeis 8-4. Although this match Crampton in a two-set affair. The other region is pretty weak as far as legiti- ton returned from illness and helped was quick, the other two took consider- notable match was the only three-setter some guy by the name of Dwyane Wade. Bates secure the victory this past Friday mate contenders go. It’s entirely pos- Cody Zeller might get the lion’s share ably longer. First, with seniors Cramp- of the day, when Bettles defeated Josh sible that Doug McDermott could go in Waltham, Mass against Brandeis. ton and Bettles back at No.1, they Jordan 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 6-1. of the attention in Bloomington and The 21st ranked ‘Cats swept doubles thermonuclear and shoot Creighton around the country, but Oladipo is the took on Brandeis’s Jordan and Milo, Bates, 3-4 (0-1 NESCAC), Bates past Duke and into the Sweet Sixteen, play, eventually securing the 7-2 vic- eventually winning 9-8 (7-5) marathon plays its second conference match engine that makes the Hoosiers go. He tory. With Crampton back, senior Matt th or that Phil Pressey and Mizzou could can get his shot from anywhere, and is match, followed by junior Ben Bogard March 19 against Colby at Merrill figure out how to play decent basket- Bettles returned to first doubles with and sophomore Henry Lee winning at Gym followed by a trip to Johns Hop- a difference-maker on defense. This isn’t Crampton, and junior Timmy Berg rd ball long enough to put a scare into the to say that Zeller isn’t a star; he is, after number three doubles in a 9-8 (7-4) kins on the 23 . Cardinals, the tournament’s top overall with sophomore Pierre Planche settled nail-biter. all, an All-American, and has the nick- back into second doubles. In all, the seed. But I honestly don’t believe any- name “The Big Handsome”. So yeah, one besides the top two seeds is a threat there’s that. Throw in shooter Christian to get out of this region. Michigan State Watford and you’ve got yourself the w is a decent three seed, but they’re just makings of a juggernaut. The knock on 3-6 in games against the Top 25. I spent Indiana is that they’re a different (read: all week watching Peyton Siva and Russ worse) team away from Assembly Hall, Smith set the Big East tournament on which is going to be a problem unless fire, which is probably what Duke play- the NCAA decides to hold the entire ers were doing after they lost in the first tournament on Indiana’s campus. That’s round of the ACC tournament. But I not going to happen, which means that digress; Louisville is the best team in the Hoosiers are going to have to win this region, and might be the best in the on the road. Spoiler alert: they’re going country. It’s theirs to lose. to. I don’t care about the other top seeds READ.THINK.SHARE in their region; they aren’t as talented as West: KANSAS STATE. My first The Bates Student Indiana, and they aren’t as hungry. It’s “WHAT!?” pick has me earning the rid- going to be Indiana in the Final Four, icule. My response? Look at their side of and everyone else sitting at home wish- the region! All they have to do to make ing their warm-up pants were as fly as it to Sweet Sixteen is take out some the Hoosiers’ red-striped duds. Whack-a-Mole opponent in the first round and then the winner of Wiscon- So there you have it. Two conven- sin and Ole Miss in the second. Wiscon- tional picks, and two that defy con- sin scares me a bit, but then I remember ventional wisdom (for what it’s worth, that their mascot is a freaking Badger, I have Louisville and Indiana in the and more relevantly, their offense isn’t championship game, with Louisville Women’s Softball particularly good at putting basketballs winning it all). But you know what? in hoops. Then it’s on to Gonzaga in the It’s okay to go out on a limb with your Sweet Sixteen. Disclaimer: I believe in bracket. In fact, it’s encouraged. Go Gonzaga as a contender about as much ahead: pick Harvard to win it all (no se- Softball ends spring training as I believe in Santa Claus or the Eas- riously, if you’re in my bracket competi- ter Bunny (just kidding, guys. How else tion, please pick Harvard). There is no would all those eggs get out there on such thing as a right or wrong answer, trip 3-3, ready for NESCAC play Easter? But really, I think Gonzaga is a because the entire thing is subjective. fraud). Assuming Los Wildcats (Noche The sheer randomness of it all is what victory after trailing 3-1. Callahan and very excited for the rest of the season Latina, anyone?) make it that far, who keeps people coming back year after DOUG STEINBERG Freedman combined to completely shut because I know that we are going to just scares you from the other side of the ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR year. Some people win bracket competi- down Westfield after the three early keep getting better the more we play. region? New Mexico? Ohio State? No tions by spending hours poring over re- runs, and Bates managed a rally in the Everyone contributed in the field and thanks. I actually have Arizona, the six Bates’ softball team concluded its sults, statistics, and inside reports from seventh and final inning. at the plate in every game. From the six seed, taking down the Buckeyes in the six-game trip to Florida this weekend, ESPN’s army of experts. Others do little With the bases loaded, Westfield games down there we learned what to Sweet Sixteen and facing K-State in an winning three of the first four games, research, picking off what they saw dur- ran into the heart of the Bobcats’ lineup, focus on at practices this week in order All-Wildcats Elite Eight, with Coach defeating Lesley College, Westfield ing the year, what their gut says, and as Garbarino hit an RBI single to close to go out and get two wins at Maine Frank “WHAT DO YOU MEAN State, and Becker College before drop- occasionally listening to their biases in the gap to 3-2. With two outs and the Maritime this weekend.” I’M SHOUTING” Martin getting his ping the last two to UMass- Boston and order to make a pick. Still others win game on the line, Gattuso hit a 2-RBI After graduating nine of fourteen bunch o’ Wildcats all the way to the Fi- Bethany College. because they pick the teams with mas- double, scoring Lewis and Freedman for players from last year’s team, Bates will nal Four (if that doesn’t make sense to Bates began the trip with a thrilling cots they like (these people are evil). the win. sport a much different-looking soft- you, search him on Google images. I ten-inning victory over Lesley College, In the end, that’s what makes March Bates would need no more late- ball team this year. However, despite swear the man’s volume button is stuck with sophomore pitcher Brenna Cal- Madness great. It doesn’t matter who game heroics in their victory over the youth-movement on the team, the at 10,000. Out of 10). lahan earning the win by pitching six you pick, as long as you have a good Becker, as Freedman and Gattuso com- Bobcats will employ a deep and tal- scoreless innings in relief of sophomore time with it. So download the March bined for a shutout, including eight ented pitching staff headlined by Gat- South: FLORIDA. Bias? I ain’t got Kelsey Freeman. Bates’ offensive fire- Madness app, charge your laptops and total strikeouts, and the Bobcats won tuso, who returns after a year away from no stinkin’ bias. Except for, you know, power was provided by senior catcher iPads, and get ready to sneakily watch 2-0. Bates’ two runs came from a Molly Bates. Bates also returns sophomore the fact that blue and orange are my AnnaMarie Martino, who went 2-for-4 tournament games while your teacher Brown single and first-year outfielder pitchers Callahan and Freedman, who favorite colors, I own more Gators ap- with two RBI’s, and senior infielder and drones on about something you prob- Karen Lockhart’s sacrifice fly. had earned run averages of 3.09 and parel than is at all normal for a kid from co-captain Mary Lewis, who batted an ably should be listening to. It’s time to Although the team lost its final 4.58, respectively last season. Massachusetts who goes to school in impressive 3-for-5 including two stolen embrace the madness. two games, 9-3 to Bethany and 6-2 to Lewis emphasized the importance Maine, and I have a wall of Tim Tebow bases. Senior Caroline Gattuso added UMass-Boston, the team is extremely of a cohesive, focused effort in her post- two RBI’s and a triple on two hits, and encouraged by its overall performance. trip comments, “One of the team›s first-year utility player Molly Brown “The team, overall, is pretty proud greatest strengths is the contribution scored two runs for Bates, including the of what we accomplished in Florida,” of each player throughout the entire game-winner. explained Lewis. “However, we will game every single game, we had con- After seven innings of play, the always strive to be the best as we look tributions from each position both in score was tied at 5 runs apiece, and in forward to the remaining games of the the field and at bat. This will definitely the tenth inning junior co-captain Alay- season. As these were not only our first help us as we approach the beginning of na Garbarino hammered a ball into the games of the season but the first days the NESCAC schedule. As we continue outfield for a double, driving in Brown on an actual softball field for the year, to work hard and push ourselves to the for the game-winning run. we will expand upon the foundation we next level, we will continue to compete After dropping a close game to a have built from this experience to better with who we were yesterday to better tough Salve Regina team 4-3 despite ourselves each and every day.” ourselves today.” Gattuso pitching a gem, Bates went on Garbarino would echo this senti- Bates will next travel to play Maine to take the next two games from West- ment, adding, “I was very impressed Maritime on Saturday before opening field and Becker. with everyone›s performances in Flori- NESCAC play at Tufts next weekend. Against Westfield, the Bobcats Visit us at www.thebatesstudent.com da. We are a young team and gave very pulled off a dramatic come from behind strong competition in every game. I am Sports The Bates Student March 20, 2013 12

Men’s Lacrosse Women’s Tennis Men’s lacrosse up- Women’s tennis drops close sets #17 Wesleyan, match to #23 Brandeis extends winning ALEX HENRIE and Kristen Doerer moved into the No. No. 3, 6-2, 6-0. MANAGING SPORTS EDITOR 2 doubles spot vacated by Holmes and The Lady Cats were actually up 4-2 remained undefeated as a doubles team in the match following Russell’s singles After fighting for over seven hours, on the season, taking care of their match win, but losses at second, fifth, and sixth streak to 3 games the Bates women’s tennis team final- 8-5. singles sealed the comeback win for the ly came up on the short end of a 5-4 Russell also easily won her match Judges. match against Brandeis University on at No. 4 singles, making short work of “Everyone stepped up with Jacqui Saturday. Brandeis’ Dylan Schlesinger, 6-1, 6-2. out and we just tried to do what we The Bobcats were playing without Brennan moved down to No. 3 do in practice every day, which is com- senior captain Jacqui Holmes, their No. doubles for the match to play with pete,” noted Russell, “It is definitely a 2 singles and doubles player. Senior sophomore Audrey Grauer, who was match we wanted to win, but we can Ashley Brunk moved into her spot in in the doubles lineup for the first time learn from close matches like that.” singles, losing a nail biter at the No. 2 all season. The pair gelled immediately, The loss drops the women’s team to spot, 7-5, 7-6 (7-3). Brunk also teamed outlasting Brandeis’ team of Schlesinger 3-4 on the season; they will be back in up with sophomore Elena Mandzhu- and Sarita Biswas in a 9-7 marathon. action on Tuesday at 4 PM when they kova at No. 1 doubles, but the pair Brennan also had the only other host Colby. dropped their match 8-4. Bates singles win on the day. The junior The doubles team of Nicole Russell dismantled the Judges’ Maya Vasser at

Women’s Lacrosse Women’s lacrosse beats Endi- cott, Wesleyan, cruises in home opener vs. St. Joe’s

In a game that was tight from start to three in their season-opener on Mon- ALEX HENRIE to finish, stellar individual efforts from day, eviscerating St. Joseph’s College in MANAGING SPORTS EDITOR Emma Getsinger and Hannah Jeffrey a lopsided 21-3 game. led the visiting Bobcats to a thrilling The game was actually close for The Bates women’s lacrosse team 8-7 victory. much of the first half; the score was just roared to life last week after an 0-3 start Getsinger scored four goals, none 5-2 after St. Joseph’s Cassie Diplock to the season, beating Endicott and bigger than the game-winner with only scored back-to-back goals with 7:22 left Wesleyan on the road before blasting St. 9.7 seconds remaining in regulation off in the half. Joseph’s in their home opener on Mon- of a feed from sophomore Kathy Yan- Charlie Kazarian ’14. HANK SCHLESS ’14/THE BATES STUDENT day afternoon. nopoulos. Twelve different players scored for The Bobcats started fast against En- Jeffrey played the best game of her Bates, including six freshmen. Kelan fenders Andrew Berry and Dave Cap- dicott, jumping all over the host Gulls college career, finishing with thirteen McCann exploded for four goals and DOUG STEINBERG on their way to 12-7 win, their first of ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR pellini, Bates was able to severely limit saves against only seven goals allowed. three assists, more than doubling her the Cardinal’s scoring chances. the season. The game was close throughout, season output for points in this game After the teams traded goals to start Bates men’s lacrosse team extended When asked about the success of with neither team holding more than a alone. the defense, Noto observed, “I think the game, Bates ripped off a four goal two-goal advantage at any point in the Alex Briody added two goals and its winning streak to three games by run, led by two goals from freshman knocking off the #17 ranked Wesleyan Wesleyan quickly realized that they game. three assists of her own, while Moriah were not going to beat us one on one, Emma Brinkman and one apiece from After Wesleyan rode an early run Greenstein (three goals and one assist) Cardinals on Garcelon field by a score sophomore Emma Getsinger and junior of 7-5 on Saturday. so they started looking for openings on to a 4-2 lead, freshman Kelan McCann and Emma Noto (two goals) also scored the back side. The key to shutting down Wally Pierce to push the score to 5-1. scored back-to-back goals to tie the multiple goals. The win came after a come from be- Endicott gradually closed the gap to hind victory over a small but talented their offense was playing as a team, stay- game, before Getsinger powered a free- Sophomore Emma Getsinger con- ing vigilant, and watching for off-ball 8-5 by halftime, despite Bates goals by position shot past the Wesleyan goalie tinued her early season scoring streak, University of New England squad last junior Soo Hee Yoon, freshman Kelan Wednesday. Beating Wesleyan marks cutters.” with one second to go in the half to give tallying two more goals to move to “Our 6v6 defense really shut the McCann, and another from Pierce. the Bobcats the lead heading into half- twelve on the season, while sophomore the Bobcat’s third in three years, as The Bates defense stiffened in the Bates coach Peter Lasagna has seemingly Cardinals down, and our short stick time. Kathy Yannopoulos added a goal and an defense was outstanding. Additionally, second half, allowing only two goals. Wesleyan scored the first two goals assist to take over the team lead in total figured out the Cardinals. Freshman Hannah Jeffrey had eight Despite missing their top midfield Mac Roy Jackson dominated face-offs, of the second half to temporarily regain points. which never allowed them to make a saves on fifteen shots, and senior captain the lead, but Getsinger again answered It was a relatively uneventful day in scorers senior Rob Highland and junior Linnea Fulton had four draw controls Will Gilkeson to ankle/knee injuries, run,” remarked Lasagna. back with her third goal of the day to tie net for Jeffrey and sophomore Jill Con- When Wesleyan did get good shots and one ground ball on the day. the score at six. way; Jeffrey made five saves while allow- the Bobcats displayed their tremendous Brinkman scored two more goals in depth in mustering enough offense to on net, junior goaltender Charlie Ka- Bates shut the door following Wes- ing two goals, and Conway made two zarian usually stopped them cold. In the second half to finish with four for leyan’s final goal with 15:58 remaining, saves while allowing one goal. outscore the nationally-ranked Wes- the game, while Pierce added one more leyan team. his first start of the year, Kazarian made shutting out the hosts the rest of the The Bobcats move to 3-3 on the twelve saves against just five goals, and to finish with a hat trick. Junior Blair way. year with the win, and will be back in As it has in each NESCAC game Shrewsbury had the other Bobcat goal. this season, Bates raced out to a quick played what Lasagna described as, “his Blair Shrewsbury evened the score action on Saturday as they host defend- best game as a Bobcat. When we made The Lady Cats then traveled to at eight with just under seven minutes ing national champion Trinity at 12 PM lead in the first quarter. Senior midfield- Middletown, Connecticut, to take on er Kyle Starr provided an inspiring per- some mistakes clearing the ball, Charlie remaining, setting the stage for Gets- on Garcelon Field. bailed us out.” the Wesleyan Cardinals in search of inger’s heroics. formance for the Bobcats in attempting their first NESCAC win. to replace the offense lost in Highland The second half was marked by out- The Lady Cats ran their win streak and Gilkeson, and scored on the Bob- standing defense on both ends, and the cats’ first possession, deftly ducking only goal in the third quarter came from under a Wesleyan defender’s stick check sophomore midfielder Reid Lewallen and planting the ball in the net right on a dexterous feed from Ford. Ford past the goaltender. then added his own goal to start the Sophomore attackman Jack Strain fourth quarter, showcasing his blazing quickly followed with two goals of his speed by dodging around two Wesleyan own. The first came on an absolute laser defenders from behind the goal, curling of a shot from about 15 yards out off around the crease and sneaking the ball of an assist from sophomore attackman past the goaltender to give the Bobcats Nick Ford. Strain’s second goal was the a 6-2 edge. equivalent of a slam-dunk off a beauti- However, the Cardinals then ful assist from senior attackman Dan mounted a furious comeback attempt, Hines. Hines then added his own goal, tallying an astounding 17 shots, and side-arming a shot on a dodge from be- notched two hard-earned goals to cut hind the goal to make the score 4-0 in the lead to 6-4. Memories of recent late Bates’ favor. collapses were undoubtedly evoked for Coach Lasagna emphasized the im- the Bobcats, who nervously watched portance of racing out to a quick lead their lead dwindle. in his postgame comments, “I thought Freshman attackman Jack Allard, scoring on our first two possessions vs. fresh off of a five-goal performance Wesleyan was vital. They count on their against UNE, put all of those worries zone to stop you and we took that away to rest, deftly slipping the ball past the by going up 4-0.” Cardinal goalie from the goal line on a “The attack of Nick Ford, Jack feed from Hines with incredible quick- Strain, Jack Allard, and Dan Hines re- ness. The goal put the Bobcats up 7-4 ally stepped up as they scored 5 of the with five minutes remaining; not nearly team’s 7 goals,” noted Starr in explain- enough time for any hope of a Cardi- ing how Bates was able to cope with nal comeback, and one late goal did not missing its top two scorers, “We also make a difference for Wesleyan as Bates had some midfielders in Reid Lewallen prevailed for the 7-5 victory. and Paul Donovan fill the void that was With wins over NESCAC op- left by Highland and Gilkeson.” ponents Amherst and Wesleyan and Wesleyan refused to allow the game a 2-1 conference record, this appears to become a blowout, and responded to to be one of the most complete teams Bates’ run by scoring two goals, one a that Lasagna has assembled in his time fast break and one on a play call out of at Bates. The Bobcats are well on their a timeout, at the end of the first quarter way in pursuit of their first playoff berth and beginning of the second to make since the 2006 season. the score 4-2 at the half. Behind solid Bates will travel to Bowdoin this defense from senior co-captains Torben week in an attempt to extend its win- Noto and Charlie Clark, as well as de- ning streak to four games. Wally Pierce ’14. HANK SCHLESS ’14/THE BATES STUDENT