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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2014 VOLUME CLIV, ISSUE 9 WESLEYANARGUS.COM “A La Ronda” “Raise the Cap Fund” Increases Aid Limit By Tess Morgan “[Before the fund], if you were News Editor to donate to financial aid [or] the en- dowment for financial aid it wouldn’t At the senior class reception actually do anything to increase the on Thursday, Feb. 27, University amount of financial aid given out Relations announced the creation next year or any year, because we have of the “Raise the Cap Fund” for fi- a capped financial aid budget and a nancial aid donations. The fund will capped discount rate,” Trexler said. allow donors to contribute directly Trexler worked with other stu- to raising the cap on the amount of dents to bring the issue to the atten- funding that the University allocates tion of the administration and nego- to financial aid each year. After the tiate the creation of the fund. University has reached its goal in do- “The administration’s argument nations for the Annual Fund, donors was that we don’t have the money we will be able to begin contributing to need to give out what we’ve already the fund. committed, and therefore donations Vice President of the Wesleyan to financial aid need to be budget- Student Assembly (WSA) Andrew relieving rather than budget-incre- Trexler ’14 explained the restrictions mental,” Trexler said. “But it was my ANDREW RIBNER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER that existed prior to the fund’s cre- Helen Handelman ’16 experiences the loss of the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo in “A La Ronda.” ation. FINANCIAL AID, page 3 To learn about the full production at the ’92 Theater, see page 8. Israeli Apartheid Swim and Dive Week Sparks Debate Women Eighth, Men Tenth in ’CAC as Slevin Qualifies for Nationals By Millie Dent [the week also serves] to capture the at- News Editor tention of students who have maybe never By Brett Keating eight championship race. Gaston had the Wesleyan men’s heard of this issue, who don’t really know Sports Editor Billy Hepner ’16 also had some only “B” cut of the meet, when Around the world, the week of Feb. much about the politics of the region or solid races for his team. He took he swam the 200 fly in 1:53.85. 24-28 is recognized as Israeli Apartheid the history, [and] to basically introduce the The swim and dive teams 16th in the 200-yard individual The “B” cut qualifies swimmers Week, a pro-Palestine awareness event. struggle to them as one of many struggles competed in the NESCAC medley before snagging 14th in the for Academic All-American and Wesleyan Students for Justice in Palestine against colonialism and imperialism and Championships over the past two 100 breast, six-tenths of a second gives them a chance to be cho- (WeSJP), a group that promotes jus- generally against oppression and for free- weekends, with the men going to ahead of his teammate Bazile, who sen for Nationals. Additionally, tice, human rights, and liberation for the dom and self-determination and human Brunswick, Maine and the women came in 16th. He then grabbed a 12- Gaston put his name in the Palestinian people, has sponsored a version rights.” traveling to Williamstown, Mass. to spot in the 200-yard breaststroke. Wesleyan record books for the of this awareness week at the University. Russell stated that WeSJP has tried compete in their final meets of the Erik Yan ’15 saw some nice im- first time in his career, establish- “Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is to recreate some of the primary symbols season. provement from the morning swim ing a new standard for the 200 an international series of events that seeks of the Israel-Palestine conflict to promote The men traveled up to to the evening swim in the 50-yard butterfly. Gaston also took 13th to raise awareness about Israel’s apartheid Israeli Apartheid Week. Bowdoin to compete in the LeRoy butterfly, moving from 15th in the in the 200-yard free race earlier policies towards the Palestinians and to “We built a mock separation wall, Greason Pool, where they took 10th preliminary seeding round to 12th in the meet. build support for the growing Boycott, loosely based off of the separation wall be- of 11 teams. in the championship swim. Though the Wesleyan men Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) cam- tween the West Bank and Israel and just Jacques Bazile ’16 earned points Perhaps the most impressive might have hoped for a higher paign,” the official website reads. tried to put some similar graffiti as to what for Wes in his first swim of the meet performances came from James finish, this season’s results cer- Harry Russell ’17, a member of is on the wall around Bethlehem especial- in the breaststroke sprint, but saw a Gaston ’15, who was swimming in tainly bode well for the team WeSJP, stated that the week is a time to en- ly,” Russell said. “We placed infographics tough break when he came up just his first NESCAC Championships in the future. Individual meet courage campus dialogue about the Israel- and facts, and every day we’re replenishing one spot short of a podium, finish- since transferring to Wes after a se- wins over Trinity and Brandeis Palestine conflict. the folder with articles.” ing ninth in the preliminary round ries of surgeries prevented him from “[It is] for…students who are already Becca Caspar-Johnson ’15, director and keeping himself out of the top- swimming the past few seasons. SWIMMING, page 11 familiar, who come from Jewish back- of J Street U at the University, stressed that grounds or Palestinian backgrounds, or she does not find the event to be a positive who are just interested in history and post- Research Takes on New colonial movements,” Russell said. “But APARTHEID, page 2 Dimensions with 3D Printers By Jenny Davis Institute of Technology, that allowed new printers extensively as an un- Assistant Opinion Editor him and his colleagues to experiment. dergraduate at Wesleyan; the name Since the University’s purchase of its of his prizewinning talk was “Using Associate Professor of Physics own 3D printers, Voth has been work- 3D Printing and Stereoscopic Greg Voth reached onto his desk and ing with students to conduct research Imaging to Measure the Alignment grabbed a small plastic cylinder. Inside, using this technology. and Rotation of Anisotropic tiny purple snowflakes made of plastic “The things we’ve been print- Particles in Turbulence.” were settled in liquid. Voth shook the ing recently are all differently shaped Assistant Professor of tube, and the snowflakes began to spi- particles,” Voth said. “Four-armed Mathematics Ilesanmi Adeboye ral. objects. Helices. Most experimental agreed that the introduction of “A lot of people use the 3D print- research projects have students focused the 3D printer has transformed er to visualize their molecules because on doing them. I organize my group as the ways his students think about having it in their hand is different than students spearheading individual proj- shapes. seeing the abstract model on the com- ects.” “We look at 3D printing as puter,” Voth said. “That’s not the case Three-dimensional printing has a continuation of visualization,” with physicists. We need precise mod- certainly influenced Voth’s students’ Adeboye said. “The first level of vi- els.” work. Just last fall, Guy Geyer Marcus sualization is the blackboard, which Three years ago, before the ’13 won the 2013 American Physical is limited to artistic skill. The sec- University acquired its modest collec- Society LeRoy Apker award for his work ond level is computer graphics. But tion of 3D printers, Voth became in- studying particles in turbulence, which with the printer we’ve been able to terested in the prospect of printing in is also Voth’s area of expertise. Now a look at interesting models of spaces TRISHA ARORA/PHOTO EDITOR three dimensions. He found a group at graduate student at Johns Hopkins A wall erected in recognition of Israeli Apartheid Week stands in the Yale, and later one at the Massachusetts University, Marcus worked with the 3D PRINTER, page 5 Exley Science Center.

“Kiln” it Beck and Call Fraternity Reform The legacy of ceramics at Wes 4 Morning Phase delivers 7 Response to The Atlantic 9 2 THE WESLEYAN ARGUS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2014 The news Wesleyan Argus New Report Summarizes Campus Discourse established in 1868 By Matt Shelley-Reade Farias applauded Updegrove for Editors-in-Chief Staff Writer pioneering a movement for substan- Miranda Katz Adam Keller tive change in the University setting. During the fall semester of 2013, “For students, it might feel like Production Manager Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) Groundhog Day, and it is, because Michelle Woodcock President Nicole Updegrove ’14 cre- every four years the team changes and ated and organized a five-part series of you lose corporate memory,” Farias Executive Editors forums titled Privilege and Policy at said. “Corporate memory stays in Abbey Francis Wesleyan, which covered a wide range the institution through the faculty, Olivia Horton of topics on campus, including class, Christina Norris through the staff, through the admin- race, ability and wellness, gender and istration, but in the student body it religion. News Editors Millie Dent regenerates every four years. The wave Tess Morgan On Thursday, Feb. 2, Updegrove sort of moves on and we start from Asst. News Editor Sofi Goode released a report synthesizing over anew. That, I think, is what Nicole Features Editors Gabe Rosenberg two hundred student and student is doing…. She’s leaving breadcrumb Rebecca Seidel groups’ contributions from the se- trails for the next generation. That’s Asst. Features Editor Rebecca Brill ries. The report has since been refer- what’s really critical.” Food Editor Jess Zalph enced in University President Michael The report effectively captured Asst. Food Editors Emma Davis Roth’s written report to the trustees salient points from all five discussion Erica DeMichiel and will be included in a presentation sections, including student quotes, Opinion Editors Josh Cohen to the Board of Trustees this coming key issues, and recommendations for Jenn Cummings weekend. changes. Recurring throughout the Jess Zalph “I’ve received entirely positive series was the noted general lack of TESS MORGAN/NEWS EDITOR Asst. Opinion Editor Jenny Davis feedback on the final recommenda- an open, coherent dialogue among The Privilege and Policy series, pictured above, took place last se- Arts Editors Dan Fuchs tions so far and I can’t thank the fa- students on campus. For many par- Gwendolyn Rosen mester; WSA Nicole Updegrove recently released a report summariz- cilitators, participants, and editors ticipants, the series was their first op- ing the discussion. Sports Editors Josh Cohen enough,” Updegrove wrote in an portunity, formal or informal, to dis- Brett Keating email to The Argus. “While nothing cuss issues surrounding privilege and the topic discussed. Olivia Chavez speak up, just because I think that this Asst. Sports Editors Felipe DaCosta in the report should surprise anyone policy at the University. ’15 and Catherine MacLean ’14, is an issue that we don’t talk about at Gili Lipman who has been paying attention to Updegrove discussed the poten- members of Wesleyan Students for Wesleyan at all, but it’s one that many Photo Editors Trisha Arora these issues, it is the first time that I tial reasoning behind the scarcity of Disability Rights (WSDR), orga- students are dealing with,” MacLean Kathy Lee Corey Sobotka know of that so many of the problems campus discussion. nized the section on Privilege, Ability, said. “Ten percent of the student Asst. Photo Editor Noah Mertz have been put together in one acces- “Identities around things like Wellness and Policy. body is registered with the Office of Head Layout Irma Mazariego sible document as a way to launch class, ability, and religion for many Chavez commented on the lack Disability Services, and that’s just Layout Noor Tell change.” students can be invisible (though they of campus discussion on issues related the students who would need accom- Akila Raoul Vice President for Equity and aren’t for everyone) which means that to disability rights. modations in housing or in the class- Angela Hsu Inclusion and Title IX Officer Antonio many students aren’t known to be “Ability and wellness, in particu- room. That doesn’t include plenty of Naomi Kosman-Wiener Farias commented on the importance in the minority unless they deliber- lar, is something that gets overlooked students who are living with disabili- Business Manager Andrew Hove of publishing students’ thoughts in ately choose to share that identity,” because not everybody can identify ties.” Advertising Manager Katya Sapozhnina order to effectively change policy. Updegrove wrote in an email to The as a person with a disability or with Given the success of the five-part Web Editor Cumhur Korkut “You’re having this conversa- Argus. “That enables the campus to a mental issue,” Chavez said. “In the series and the distribution of the re- Social Media Editor Kirby Sokolow tion now on paper, and I love paper,” assume that the campus is even more typical population at Wesleyan, most port, attention will now be focused Distribution Managers Aaron Veerasuntharam Farias said. “Wesleyan students are homogenous than it really is, and can people don’t really think about it, and on encouraging policy changes with Alexander Papadogiannis phenomenal at their oral capacities, leave students pretty isolated from if they do, it’s a small portion of the the Board of Trustees. Farias com- Ampersand Editor Elana Rosenthal but it’s like the wind. You can tell peer support. I also think we all tend student body.” mented on the report’s potential for Head Copy Editor Kate Bodner me a great idea, and it’s gone. Policy to opt out of issues that don’t affect MacLean furthered Chavez’s future changes. Copy Editors William Donnelly changes when you have paper because us personally, which leaves a lot of us point, emphasizing the importance of “If you can create strategies that Michelle Farias that’s what changes bureaucracy. opting out.” allowing for open avenues of discus- outlast your leadership, then you Bureaucracies change when you can For each part of the series, fa- sion on campus. have the ability to make incremental create a lasting document that we can cilitators were chosen who had ex- “I really felt that it was a great change possible,” Farias said. “And I Thank you to our generous donors: go back to.” perience and specific knowledge in opportunity to allow students to think [it’s] off to a great start.” Alice and Colby Andrus Brooke Byers Lawrence Ling Alex Wilkinson Apartheid: WeSJP Causes Controversy

The Wesleyan Argus (USPS Continued from front page “The main emotion that I’ve pose. I don’t really see how that can neither the students nor faculty have 674-680) is published by the un- heard is people sad that this is what arise.” been provincial, nor has there been dergraduates of Wesleyan Universi- way of generating conversation. J we’ve come to, that we’re so unable to Golub also feels that the word a history of knee-jerk reaction to ty. The University does not publish The Argus or influence its content, Street U supports a two-state solu- create a dialogue that someone has to “apartheid” is an incorrect term to de- any criticisms of Israel or any coun- nor is it responsible for any of the tion, and is unaffiliated with Israeli put up a wall,” Markell said. scribe the events in Israel. try for that matter. You are a school opinions expressed in The Argus. Apartheid Week. Emma Golub ’16 stressed that “What’s happening in Israel is designed to [train] humanists in an The Argus is published twice “We don’t think the occupation people who were uninformed about not apartheid,” Golub said. “I posted Enlightened tradition, not hemmed weekly during the school year ex- [in Palestine] is right and we’re trying the Israel-Palestine conflict may be a video in our [group’s] Facebook in by narrow nationalisms or patrio- cept in exam periods or recesses. to end it,” Caspar-Johnson said. “But influenced by the wall to support group that’s a member of the South tisms, or kowtowed by fear.” First class postage paid in Middle- our model for change is you need one side without learning about both African Congress saying how he grew Caspar-Johnson stated that she town, CT 06459. to change the conversation, which sides’ positions. up during apartheid in the 1930’s and felt Israeli Apartheid Week and the The Argus welcomes Wespeaks means there needs to be a conversa- “It’s difficult because if someone how he’s been to Israel and he’s been ASA’s recent boycotting of Israeli that pertain to campus issues, news who doesn’t know that much about in a hospital in a bed in-between an Academic Institutions both shut stories, and editorial policy. We- tion. We see a problem with Israel speaks should be no longer than Apartheid Week in that it uses tactics the conflict walks by this banner, it’s Arab and a Jew being treated equally. down conversation before it could 750 words. The deadline for sub- that just shut people down and make very eye-grabbing, and it’s right there, They use the same bathrooms. It’s not begin. mission is 4 p.m. (Monday, for people feel defensive and attacked.” and I can see myself if I didn’t know apartheid. There’s certainly discrimi- “I think the only way to achieve Tuesday publication, and Thurs- Rebecca Markell ’14 stated that anything about it being like, ‘Yeah! nation against Arabs in Israel, abso- change on this issue is through chang- day, for Friday publication). All the wall was not effective in creating This is awesome!’ but it’s very one- lutely, but it’s not apartheid. This guy ing the conversation that needs to Wespeaks should be submitted dialogue and was a sensitive symbol sided,” Golub said. “I totally think we said that calling what is happening in happen,” Caspar-Johnson said. “And through the Argus website and that emotionally disturbed University should criticize and challenge what Israel ‘apartheid’ is like lessening the I think that these actions were both should include the author’s name students. Israel is doing, but [while the wall] apartheid that really did happen in very clear examples of conversation and telephone number. “For me, it unnecessarily con- might produce dialogue, I don’t think South Africa because it’s the wrong being shut down.” The Argus reserves the right to edit all submissions for length as denses this really complex conflict it would produce friendly dialogue.” term.” Markell described a poten- well as withhold Wespeaks that are into one melodramatic piece of fur- Russell expressed curiosity to- Parent ’12 Robin Kelley, a tial project that Wesleyan Students excessively vulgar or nonsensical. niture,” Markell said. “It’s really ward negative reaction to the wall, Professor of U.S. History at UCLA, United with Israel is considering in The Argus will not edit Wespeaks painfully emotional to see this piece saying he hoped to speak further with expressed a more neutral view, stating response to Israeli Apartheid Week. for spelling or grammar. Due to the of hate. That’s something that rep- those who felt emotionally disturbed that he was not surprised by students The project would aim to gauge stu- volume of mail received, neither resents hate of me, all of my family by its presence. participating in Israeli Apartheid dent reaction to the wall and coordi- publication nor return of submis- who happens to be Israeli, and people “First thing I would ask them Week at the University, especially due nate a productive response. sions are guaranteed. I know that love and support Israel, is why they feel that way, seeing as to the frequent involvement of stu- “[We are considering] having Editorial offices are located and that’s not saying that they don’t the wall represents a real thing, and dents in social justice issues. Kelley individuals write why they support at 45 Broad Street, Middletown. it’s not an exaggeration in any way,” previously denounced President Israel, why they don’t support this Email: [email protected] criticize it, but that they have an iden- tity with the country. So I guess the Russell said. “If anything, it’s much Michael Roth’s position on American action, and holding it up and mak- main problem for me is that I don’t smaller than the actual scale of the Studies Association’s boycott of Israeli ing some sort of collage or poster and see it as creating dialogue; I just see it wall, which is a good 40 feet high Academic Institutions. putting it somewhere on campus, as expressing hate.” and covers a much larger distance. I “Your school has a long and or even a video of it,” Markell said. Markell continued, expressing think many people who would be of- noble history of student activism, “Having it be Wesleyan voices is the Find an Error? concern about the negative impact fended might be offended simply due but more importantly, of student way to go because...we want to hear Contact us at the wall may have on students’ at- to a lack of knowledge.… I would be questioning, interrogating, struggling why and where they’re coming from titudes regarding the Israel-Palestine mostly interested in why they’re of- with hard issues,” Kelley wrote in an and have their views shared around [email protected] conflict. fended, because that’s not our pur- email to The Argus. “Historically, campus.” FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2014 THE WESLEYAN ARGUS NEWS • 3 Documentary Series to Depict Destruction of Sacred Sites

By Jenny Davis observe. McLeod ’17, the filmmaker’s son, has ac- Assistant Opinion Editor “I went out and made a film,” companied his father to filming in places McLeod said. “I watched machines dig such as Peru and Russia—and, most In the early 1980s, Christopher up coal and learned how uranium mines prominently, Northern California, where McLeod was a 25-year-old man with had caused birth defects and lung cancer. the younger McLeod has been enveloped a history degree from Yale and an in- Amidst the physical pollution, I kept in Wintu culture since a young age. He kling that he wanted to make films. hearing from everyone—young, old, the has also witnessed the harrowing devasta- On March 1 and 2, he will arrive on elders—that [the communities] had this tion inflicted upon indigenous lands near campus to present “Standing on Sacred different kind of relationship with the and far. Ground,” a series of four documentaries land that they’d lived on for thousands “With the Wintu, it’s the land that’s that follows eight indigenous communi- of years.” very barren,” Miles said. “In Russia it’s ties from Russia to California (“Pilgrims McLeod was struck by that world- devastation of a different type. It’s more and Tourists”), Papua New Guinea to view and compelled by the native peo- spiritual degradation. You see a prayer Canada (“Profit and Loss”), Ethiopia to ple’s experience of place, which is tied ribbon tied to a tree, and then you see Peru (“Fire and Ice”), and Australia to up in spirituality and which they feel is that people have tied their socks or candy Hawaii (“Islands of Sanctuary”). threatened by corporate capitalism. wrappers to it. You see massive hanging C/O SACREDLAND.ORG A discussion panel and question and “The American Indian leaders trees with trash of people thinking they The University will screen a series of films by Christopher McLeod, answer session will follow each screen- were realizing that public education was were making offerings. We went with a including “Standing on Sacred Ground.” ing. Experts such as Donna Augustine, crucial to their survival,” McLeod said. shaman and a chief from North America, a Traditional Knowledge Keeper of “They had a sense of wanting to warn and they had to leave because it was too and political. On the heels of conversation is the Mi’kmaq tribe; Angelo Baca, a this violent, destructive, insane material- heavy for them to see their culture disre- “The Wesleyan community has a political activism, which McLeod antici- Hopi/Navajo filmmaker; and Nikolai istic culture that we’re going of a cliff.” spected like that.” deep interest in both human rights and pates will manifest in different ways for Tsyrempilov, a visiting scholar from the McLeod believes film to be an effec- Firsthand experience, especially of environmental ethics, so it made perfect audience members—and even for him- Institute of Mongolian, Buddhist, and tive way of issuing that warning, as well the Wintu ceremonies, has strongly reso- sense to screen these films here,” Quijada self. Tibetan Studies of the Russian Academy as exposing audiences to the communi- nated with Miles. said. “The struggles of indigenous com- “Every story has ongoing current, of Sciences will join Christopher McLeod ties he interacts with firsthand, because “Going to a place and meeting these munities to protect their sacred sites are political policy angles,” he said. “It’s a for an in-depth discussion. it evokes a range of textured experience. people makes them become part of my compelling stories in and of themselves, big planet, and these stories are out there, Assistant Professor of Religion, “There’s lots of films where a fight,” he said. “I’m connected to them.” but they are also extremely thought-pro- but they’re not really in our backyards. Russian, East European, and Eurasian white male anthropologist will lead Miles McLeod is undecided about voking. From a theoretical perspective, I’ve been struggling with what I can do Studies Justine Quijada organized the se- you through and explain everything—a what shape his advocacy, or his academic sacred sites offer an excellent example to help turn around the destruction and ries and believes these panels will enrich Western formula that’s dying now, hap- studies, will take, but he’s certain that from which to examine the problems and create a sustainable world.” McLeod’s films by providing additional pily,” McLeod said. “The other option is it will involve the indigenous people to gaps in current ideas about human rights, McLeod finds the indigenous com- perspectives. to let the people speak for themselves.” whom his father has devoted his career. as well as providing a way to rethink how munities he has filmed to be the best “Between these visitors, faculty and Letting people speak for themselves “Words detract from the experi- we relate to the environment.” guides to sustainability, as these commu- students, I am expecting a lively conver- is precisely what McLeod has done, and ence [of traveling],” he said. “Siberia Christopher McLeod agrees that nities have lived for thousands of years on sation, and I hope that everyone will join he has found that doing so is powerful was a cosmic conglomeration of culture. conversation is key to experiencing the the land whose destruction now seems us,” Quijada said. enough to bridge cultural gaps. For me, I’ve always seen traveling as a films. imminent. McLeod’s work has taken him all “We go into a community, and we way to learn about the world, not gain “The concept of sacred places can “Part of the vision for the future over the world, but his interest in indig- become part of the scene,” McLeod said. something for myself—even though I be very foreign and very unfamiliar,” he needs to include the concept of the sa- enous communities started with those “We get to know people, have fun with do gain knowledge. Being [Christopher said. “It’s not something that we have a credness and the aliveness of the natural of the American Southwest, when he them, ask them to do what they do; we McLeod’s] son, I’ve had the chance to real language to discuss. Audiences are world,” McLeod said. “Many people was a journalism graduate student at try to become invisible. It’s magic, but it meet all these different kinds of activists. really moved by the films, by both the don’t have that experience because we’ve UC Berkeley. Upon learning about the works.” It gives me something to aspire to.” beauty and sense of spiritual connection denied it, and gone down a different path Hopi and the Navajo’s concerns about Because partnering with indigenous Quijada agrees that McLeod’s films to nature that everybody craves, and also where the earth is a dead machine. The coal strip mining and uranium mining, communities to tell stories is McLeod’s provide boundless opportunities for ex- real feelings of disgust and shame over indigenous people are trying to tell us McLeod was compelled to do more than lifework, traveling is a family affair. Miles ploration and education, both academic how violent our culture can be.” that it’s alive.” Financial Aid: Student Initiative Allows for Aid Growth Continued from front page year when the amount for the basic an- fund helps to put it front and center[…]. and support anything that will allow us to will continue to see students as serious nual fund has been met.” We will always work with donors to be raise more money for financial aid,” Roth partners in crafting University policy, and feeling and the feeling of many others Vice President for University creative around funding University pri- wrote in an email to The Argus. [that it] understands this case as an exam- that restricting that wasn’t entirely fair; Relations Barbara-Jan Wilson noted that orities, especially financial aid.” Blinderman depicted the creation of ple of the positive outcome that can result you need to be able to do both things si- the administration was highly motivated University President Michael Roth the fund as a positive step toward the uni- when students are empowered and have multaneously.” by students, including Trexler, Krugman, echoed Wilson’s view of the fund. fication of University and student goals. real input into the creation of University The creation of the fund was mo- Blinderman, and Docter. “I’m delighted with the initiative “It is my hope that the University policy,” Blinderman said. tivated in part by the actions of Joshua “Andrew Trexler met with me and Krugman, Danny Blinderman, and President Roth to discuss ways to increase Benny Docter, all seniors, in early the dollars we were putting to financial December 2013. The three authored a aid and motivate seniors and others to Standing on Sacred Ground Screening and Symposium petition to the University administration give generously to financial aid,” Wilson calling for improved donor ability to allo- wrote in an email to The Argus. “Chuck cate funds directly to increasing financial [Fedolfi], our Director of Annual Giving, Powell Family Cinema in the Film Studies Center aid. then met with the WSA to discuss the “[The petition] brought together fund and to brainstorm a name. The stu- Around the world, eight threatened cultures protect their sacred lands for future student signatories from all corners of stu- dents themselves suggested the Raise the generations. dent ‘civil society’ (student government, Cap Fund—which says it all!” SWAG and Red and Black [Callers], Blinderman lauded the administra- student activist organizations, Greek life, tion’s receptiveness to the petition and to Join us for a chance to see and discuss four remarkable new documentaries that tell and others) in a unified voice,” Krugman students’ call for a change in policy. wrote in an email to The Argus. “This “The fact that student activism the story of a growing movement to defend human rights and restore the environment. unity and sense of mutual empowerment resulted in a positive policy outcome among students behind this proposal was is proof that student engagement with Each film will be followed by a discussion with the filmmater, Christopher McLeod, very impressive to see.” the University yields real results, and Docter described his and his co- is worthwhile to pursue,” Blinderman with distinguished visitors, Donna Augustine, Angelo Baca, and Nikolai Tsyrempilov, authors’ motivation behind the letter to wrote in an email to The Argus. “The and faculty members Gillian Goslinga, Sarah Croucher, Ruth Johnson, Honor Keeler, the administration. seriousness with which the University en- “For a lot of people, the structure as gaged with student concerns is empow- and Justine Quijada. it stands is not satisfactory,” Docter said. ering, and can serve as a reminder that “If you look at the statistics for the [types when students mobilize, they can effect of people] Wesleyan serves most directly, positive change on this campus, and can that is overwhelmingly people with privi- serve as equal partners with the adminis- Saturday, March 1 Sunday, March 2 lege. So saying that you’re supporting tration in constructing a more just com- Wesleyan as it exists right now is a po- munity.” litically problematic way of going about Wilson described the strides the 1:00 p.m.: Pilgrims and Tourists 11:00 a.m.: Fire and Ice things and it is ultimately not what the University has made in increasing dona- (United States, Russia) (Ethiopia, Peru) people who authored the letter are com- tions since the creation of the “This is fortable with.” Why” campaign. 3:00 p.m.: Coffee Break 1:00 p.m.: Lunch In the future, the University will re- “The [This is Why] Campaign is quire that the needs for the Annual Fund at $331 million toward our goal of $400 3:45 p.m.: Profit and Loss 2:00 p.m.: Islands of Sanctuary are met before it allows donors to con- million,” Wilson wrote. “$168 of the (Canada, Papau New Guinea) (Hawai’i, Australia) tribute specifically to raising the financial $331 million is pledged to current and aid cap. endowed financial aid.” “[The creators of the fund are] ba- Wilson described her hopes for the sically saying, ‘We need to get our full, fund and for the University’s continued basic amount that we need to fundraise, efforts to increase donations. Free and open to the public. and after that, we can start thinking “I think this will motivate people to about moving in a socially just fashion,’” make gifts to Wesleyan—and that is al- Attend one film or stay for them all. Docter said. “[The fund will be open to ways a good thing,” Wilson wrote. “Our donations] only at the point in the fiscal campaign is about Financial Aid, so this 4 THE WESLEYAN ARGUS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2014 features WesWIS Confronts Gender Barriers in Science By Jessica Perelman in the past few years. the faculty about the important con- who greatly outnumber women in the students have several opportunities to Staff Writer “I think there was much more of tributions women can make to the sci- sciences. In order to establish these con- meet the other members of WesWIS at an imbalance between men and women ences,” Roth said. nections, WesWIS organizes a variety of events such as a tea party in the astron- One female student in a class of 20 in the sciences probably a decade ago,” Hingorani remarked that hiring formal and informal events. omy library for professors and students; men is not an uncommon class config- Roth said. “The provost at the time, Joe more female faculty in the sciences “It’s very democratic,” Hingorani WesCourses, a biannual peer-mentor uration in upper-level science courses. Bruno, who was a chemistry professor, encourages the participation of more said. lunch during which upperclassmen give The gender imbalance rarely gets better actually worked very effectively with female students, which contributes The Steering Committee works to advice about academic scheduling; and later in academic life: the classroom is the science faculty to show the fact that overall to a progressive, collaborative plan events that cater to the diverse sci- Froyo Fest. Such events help promote usually just a prelude to what women at the time, there may be some implicit atmosphere. entific interests of the group’s more than supportive and friendly relationships encounter as they seek PhDs, jobs, bias at work, there may be some other “Diversity is better for innovation, 50 members. These events, which are among peers. grants, and other milestones as scientists things they were doing, that filtered and science is all about innovation, so open to all genders and both WesWIS Sarah Lazarus ’17 said she joined and professors. women out in ways they didn’t con- it’s part of the academic environment members and non-members, include the group not only because of the op- The student group Wesleyan sciously intend but was happening.” and mission to encourage more women lab tours led by Wesleyan professors, portunities it offers her but also because Women in Science (WesWIS) strives to At Wesleyan, as well as nationally, to go into science,” she said. career workshops, study breaks during she hopes to give back to this commu- address these issues of gender inequal- the life sciences fare better than areas Although it was established more midterms and finals, and mixers. nity when she is older. ity, to foster a community of students like physics or computer science in than a decade ago, WesWIS has be- Last semester, WesWIS mem- “[WesWIS] makes it not only eas- and faculty supporters, and to provide terms of gender distribution. come even more active in recent years. bers organized an event called “Starry ier but more fun to go through the sci- networking and workshop opportuni- Wesleyan has made strides in im- Hingorani attributes this change to the Night: An Evening of Stargazing and ences, which is going to encourage you ties for people of all scientific interests proving its numbers. enthusiasm of the Steering Committee. Hot Chocolate with Astronomer to stick with it,” she said. and backgrounds. “We have lots of strong women The Steering Committee acts as Meredith Hughes,” where about 30 Upperclassmen WesWIS members “It’s an academic mission to get a faculty as role models and women peers WesWIS’s leaders, coordinators, ad- students and a few professors enjoyed provide guidance for those who are still good gender balance in the sciences,” as role models,” Hingorani said. vertisers, and innovators. Its current hot chocolate under a star-filled sky. solidifying their majors, and they rec- said Professor of Molecular Biology and Wesleyan boasts a female Dean of members include Sophie Breitbart This spring, WesWIS is planning a ommend different programs of interest. Biochemistry Manju Hingorani, the Natural Sciences and Mathematics— ’16, Katherine Ly ’15, Alex Irace variety of events, including a trip to According to Lazarus, many freshmen group’s faculty advisor. Professor of Molecular Biology and ’15, Shannon Liu (a PhD student in the annual NEURON (Northeast become overwhelmed by Wesleyan’s According to President Michael Biochemistry Ishita Mukerji—as well Biology), and Michelle Woodcock ’14. Under/graduate Research Organization large variety of academic offerings, as Roth, Wesleyan does suffer an imbal- as a female Provost, Ruth Striegel Although these members engage in var- for Neuroscience) Conference at well as by the science department’s large ance between the number of men and Weissman. ied scientific endeavors, they all share Quinnipiac University and an open fo- introductory courses. women participating in its sciences, but “I think that actually sends a good the desire to encourage their female rum with a panel of Wesleyan faculty. “I don’t really know what’s out that imbalance has evened out somewha signal to the student population and to peers to pursue their own scientific as- A professor from Skidmore will there,” Lazarus said. pirations. also speak at the forum, focusing on her Roth said that, in order to attract “We definitely work to empower research about impostor syndrome, the and retain not only more women but women in the sciences,” Irace said. “We belief that one’s achievements are not also more minority students, the school don’t do it very explicitly; we don’t do due to personal efforts but are rather is in the process of changing how intro- protests. We are providing the oppor- credited to luck or external factors. ductory classes are taught. Taking a note tunities to succeed in the science fields, “[Imposter syndrome] is a huge from fields like biology, other science to become acclimated to this environ- problem right now, especially [for departments are altering class structures ment, and to get to know professors women] in executive positions,” Irace to focus more on group work than on and other female students at Wesleyan said. large lectures. who are interested in the same thing.” Irace added that she hopes that WesWIS members also hope the Irace also emphasized the role of this forum will make women more group can harness more men’s support. WesWIS in creating a supportive net- aware of the prevalence of imposter syn- “I’d love to see more males get work of women who can act as role drome, especially in upper-level classes involved,” Irace said. “Just because models and mentors to each other. She at Wesleyan where the gender imbal- it’s called Women in Science does not EMMA DAVIS/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Wesleyan still sees gender imbalance in the sciences, with men of- says that having a network like this ance is so visible. mean that only women are involved or ten outnumbering women. WesWIS seeks to combat this. helps decrease dependency on men, Both members and interested should be involved.” Ceramics Program, Chipped Away, Retains Legacy

By Emma Davis for a graduate studies program, and I The University’s shortage of funds of an art program some dismissed as The group is currently in the process of Assistant Food Editor was in Connecticut and heard about was due in part to a nationwide trend “craft,” Risley had been treated as low- obtaining funding and has reached out Mary and Wesleyan, [I] went over and in education at the time. In the fall of priority by the administration through- to other students through its Facebook Once upon a time, there was a ce- had an interview with her,” Maberry 1995, the Republican-controlled House out her career at Wesleyan. Unlike her page, which has already received 66 ramics program at Wesleyan. said. “And immediately, I was like, ‘I and Senate had begun voting on ag- husband John Risley, a member of the likes. The heart and soul of the program have to go here; I have to work with this gressive cuts to student aid in order to Art Department who was awarded full “Coming here, we were all very was a professor named Mary Risley, who lady.’ She was so awesome, and the facili- balance the federal budget and reduce professorship 14 years after his arrival, disappointed that there wasn’t ceram- joined the University in 1966 and stayed ties were awesome, and it was everything debt. One bill, for example, proposed Mary received tenure but held a “three- ics here, and there didn’t seem to be for 30 years. As the sole professor of ce- I wanted…. It was an excellent, excellent that all colleges involved in federal loan fifths” position up until her retirement anyone actually trying to get ceramics ramics from 1973 on (according to an experience.” programs pay a two percent tax outright, (according to an Argus article from Nov. here,” Waterman said. “So we just kind Argus article from Nov. 29, 1995), she By 1995, the ceramics program which for Wesleyan, according to the 29, 1995). As current Professor of Art of found each other and started to make led the beginning, intermediate, and ad- had become tremendously popular. Argus archives, meant around $68,000, David Schorr wrote in his eulogy to it happen.” vanced level classes, channeling her great That spring, according to an Argus ar- or five scholarships’ worth. Mary Risley in 2000, it was only through In the meantime, the Art love of the medium and teaching into ticle from Nov. 29, 1995, Risley had Because the federal cuts to student persistence and skill that she ultimately Department has embraced newer the program’s success. to turn away more than 100 students aid threatened Wesleyan’s need-blind ad- managed to exceed the University’s low- art forms; for example, according to During Risley’s tenure, the ceram- registered for Ceramics I, a class with missions policy, Bennett vowed above all ered expectations. Professor of Sculpture Jeffrey Schiff, the ics program was housed in the space now an enrollment limit of 20. According to to uphold the University’s dedication to “If when [Mary Risley] began there department has applied for the creation divided between the woodshop and the Maberry, the program was beloved for diversity. was discrimination against women on of a digital media position in the past studio of Artist in Residence in the Art making ceramics accessible to and en- “Now we are stretched to the limits this man’s campus and discrimination but has yet to see it approved. Though and East Asian Studies Departments joyable for all. of our resources. We will manage these against craft—thought by some to be a Schiff mourns the loss of the ceramics Keiji Shinohara. Phillip Maberry, a re- “Mary was incredible about tech- resources efficiently, we will safeguard stepchild to fine art—you wouldn’t have program, he believes its elimination led nowned ceramicist who pursued a year nique,” Maberry said. “She knew every them for the future, and we will use our known it to watch Mary Risley in ac- to positive change in the department, of graduate studies at Wesleyan from technique you could imagine, basically. strength as a free institution to increase tion, to see and how she built and main- namely through the allocation of the 1975 to 1976, recalled the ceramics stu- Anything you wanted to try, she knew them—a cause to which I am enthusi- tained a program,” Schorr wrote. “If studio space to the woodshop and to dio with fondness. how to do it and how to get you there. It astically committed,” Bennett noted in early on an occasional fool thought her Shinohara. “It was just one big open space with was just a world of ceramics right there, his inaugural speech. “As to Wesleyan as a faculty wife teaching pottery she had “We lost one good thing and wheels around the room… Everyone available to everybody.” a university community, we will move the last laugh: year after year the senior gained another,” Schiff said. [was] working at the same time, and Yet when Risley retired in 1996, the forward, not backward, in our commit- exhibitions in ceramics were consistently Whether Risley would agree is im- Mary’s little office area was over to University announced that it would be ment to excellence, to access, and to di- outstanding, sophisticated and original possible to say, but, as Schorr wrote in one side, by the corner of the room,” cutting the ceramics program. Although versity.” in vision and execution.” her eulogy in 2000, she was certainly Maberry said. “It was amazing; you a new University president, Douglas J. Meanwhile, the University’s en- In the spring of 1995, upon learn- disappointed by the fate of the program could work there anytime. In those days, Bennett, had been inaugurated only that dowment faced internal struggles of its ing of Risley’s impending retirement, she had created. you had access to the studio at any time September, the decision belonged to for- own, as The Argus archives demonstrate. students circulated a petition to pre- “When with remarkable short- of day, 24/7. It was the most amazing mer President Colin Campbell. In 1982, As class size had increased over the de- serve the ceramics program after her sightedness the Wesleyan administra- place to work, really.” as part of a university-wide reduction in cades, from 230 students in 1962 to departure. It received 1,400 signatures tion decided to end the study of ce- While at Wesleyan, Maberry as- positions, Campbell had resolved that over 700 in 1995, the pool of alumni but was disregarded by the administra- ramics at Wesleyan, Mary continued to sisted Risley around the studio with the ceramics program would be elimi- had grown younger, poorer, and more tion, as were similar efforts by the Art teach long after projected retirement, tasks such as firing the kilns, which were nated as soon as Risley retired. difficult to reach. In 1994-1995, only Department to retain Risley’s position. despite a bad back and hopes of more located in a room adjacent to the main By 1996, the University was again 38 percent of Wesleyan alumni do- Today, Risley’s legacy endures in time for her own creative work, in order studio. He remembers the program as under financial strain and welcomed nated to the University, as compared to the form of Wes-Ceramics, a student to buy time for the department to nego- being generally well-equipped, with one the opportunity to downsize. Though 63 percent of Amherst alumni and 67 group that aims to bring ceramics back tiate,” Schorr wrote. “But the adminis- large gas kiln and two or three electric ceramics was the only program in the percent of Williams alumni. To make to Wesleyan. It was founded in the tration was adamant. If today [at her fu- kilns of different sizes. Maberry found Art Department to be cut, Risley’s posi- matters worse, Wesleyan experienced fall of 2013 by Hadley Feingold ’17, neral] I speak to celebrate her enormous Risley to be an exceptional teacher, and tion was one of 22 dispensed with un- a $750,000 budget shortfall that same Anastasia Almyasheva ’17, Thienthanh accomplishment at Wesleyan, it would he remains enthusiastic about his studies der the academic plan addressing the year, after a record number of students Trinh ’17, and Brandon Waterman ’17, be dishonest not to mention her bitter- with her to this day. University’s five-year budget for its cur- chose to study abroad. all of whom took pottery in high school ness at seeing the program she had built “[When] I was shopping around riculum. As a female professor in charge and had hoped to continue in college. crumble to dust.” FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2014 THE WESLEYAN ARGUS features • 5 Printers: New Technology Crossword Key Reshapes Learning Experience from Tuesday, Feb.25

Continued from the front page said. “Those models were things that build the minute and the precise were interesting to people in the 1950s, (like Voth’s snowflakes), as well that have odd and limiting properties. but there are some new things that are as the enormous and the precise, You can talk about it and try to draw it, interesting to people now. We want to such as entire buildings, which, ac- but when you see it, it’s pedagogically make models of those.” cording to Voth, people are experi- an important thing.” At the end of our interview, Voth menting with creating. Adeboye explained that the printer offered a tour of the printer in Exley. “This is a very powerful tech- requires the use of standard computer- He led the way down the basement nology,” Voth said. “It is going to aided drafting (CAD) software, which corridor and into one of the labs, and become ubiquitous, but what form allows for the creation of 3D models. there it was: roughly the size of a micro- it takes is hard to tell. Will it be After the model has been designed with wave and stowed unassumingly under a in our homes, or will there be a the CAD, it’s as simple as sending it to fume hood. It was surprisingly modest 3D printer at CVS? Will there be the printer. for a device that will change the shape online companies who download The Math Models Club, which of research; in fact, the enormous tank your design and send it to you in Adeboye co-advises with Assistant beside it, which Voth and his students two days? It depends on how the Professor of Mathematics Dave fill with water to study particles in tur- technology develops.” Constantine, is a self-selected group of bulence, seemed larger and more com- Price is a substantial piece math and computer science students plex. of this question. The original 3D who have been especially eager to work Voth explained that the end of printers cost 250 thousand dol- out the kinks in the software and the a spool of plastic is inserted into the lars. Today, a standard 3D printer printer. back of the printer, which melts the will set a research organization “I’ve found that there’s a ton of en- thin plastic tube and then begins the (or a technologically savvy house- thusiasm,” Constantine said. “A lot of painstaking task of whooshing back hold) back only three thousand [the Math Models Club students] knew and forth and side to side to construct dollars. Although it’s uncertain as more about 3D printing than I did… whatever object has been commanded. to whether printers will appear in they’re much more savvy than I am. We Because the burgeoning object must the average American home, Voth, have found that there’s a built-in excite- be supported at all times, a collecting Adeboye, and Constantine are cer- ment about the printers. We didn’t have plate is suspended at varying levels as tain that they will be a mainstay in Stethoscope Press Chapbook to work hard to generate interest.” the product takes shape. Voth pointed the University—at least in the fore- 3D printing seems to be an inven- to a small 3D-printed dinosaur, white seeable future. tion from the future, and, quite ap- with many thin bones, perched on the “We’re hoping that this will Release and Reading propriately, it is changing the future of computer. be an ongoing thing in future se- mathematics. Constantine pointed out “This must have been printed in mesters—having students come in that printing in 3D allows for different multiple parts,” Voth said, showing with ideas,” Adeboye said. “I’d be Date: February 28 models, ones that can be produced to me. “The pieces aren’t attached, but in- happy for as many students as pos- Time: 4:30 p.m. suit any mathematician’s whim. serted into each other. This must have sible to be thinking, while they’re “If you went to MIT and wandered taken many, many hours.” taking that complex analysis or Place: Alpha Delt around, you would find plaster models Much of the majesty of the printer multivariable course, about how to of mathematical solids,” Constantine is that it can do what humans cannot: build something.” WES MEETS WORLD: MARK AND MIKE NAKHLA ’13 TALK MEDICAL SCHOOL By Adam Keller window.” “They were like, ‘We haven’t seen a pa- was really integrated around campus, “They keep telling you it’s Editor-in-Chief Their daily routine consists of tient, we haven’t touched a patient, we and I really like that here,” Mark said. hard,” Mark said. “I guess they can’t classes that begin at 8 a.m. and con- haven’t learned any of that stuff.’ That’s “It really facilitates your ability to really get that across to you. You just Mark and Mike Nakhla, both clude at 12 p.m. (relatively little class not to say they won’t do it. They’ll do maintain close friendships.” have to start it and experience it. ’13, have a lot on their plate. After time for medical school; Stony Brook it in a different manner. For us, it’s Mike agreed that the school’s Honestly, I wouldn’t change much graduating from Wesleyan last year University School of Medicine, for scattered throughout our whole time small size has been beneficial, both so- about what I did. The only thing I with degrees in neuroscience, they example, holds class from 9 a.m. to 5 here.” cially and academically. would change is that I would take dove right into the grueling four- p.m. on weekdays), followed by four Mark mentioned that relation- “It’s weird when you’re close with time off. But that’s also not true of year journey that is Penn State hours of studying after lunch and two ships with professors at Penn State are most of your class, you know?” he said. everyone.” College of Medicine, located within to three more after dinner. The sheer completely different from the ones “It’s cool. I made a lot of friends, which Mike voiced similar senti- the Penn State Hershey Medical amount of class material means that that Wesleyan students develop. On is great, and you’re all going through ments. Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. falling behind is simply not an option. one hand, because learning in medical the same thing together. There are very “We focus so much on getting They room together at Penn State “It’s a lot of self discipline,” Mike school is so much more self-directed few people here who don’t do what I in, but we don’t focus on, ‘Is med with Nala, their puppy of 10 said. “I’m like, ‘I know I have to get than it is at Wesleyan, there is a certain do [in terms of study time], and those school right for you?’” Mike said. months, and between their ridicu- my shit together TODAY.’ You can’t amount of distance within the student- guys are, like, geniuses. And generally “Not only, ‘Can you do it,’ but, ‘Do lous curricula and the emotional do it tomorrow, because you have to professor bond. On the other hand, for social outcasts [laughs].” you want to?’ ...Part of me wishes I growth/self-actualization required do something else tomorrow. There’s the hands-on, clinical side of things, When asked what they wished took time off, but there are pros and to become a capable doctor, they never a day where you don’t have some- doctors are much more accessible—in they had been told about medical cons to each. You just have to decide are both already much smarter and thing new to do. That becomes pretty keeping with Penn State’s philosophy. school during the application process, what’s best for you.” more adult than this Argus reporter mentally exhausting pretty quickly.” “Doctors are very open to anyone the Nakhlas both seemed to agree Ultimately, Mike added, he ever hopes to be. Although the data-crunching side going to shadow them whenever they that the difficulty was not properly thinks he made the right decision. The Argus caught up with the of medical school is an immense chal- want,” Mark said. “I think the one communicated to them, but that this “Things get better,” he said. “I Nakhlas in early February to get a lenge in and of itself, that’s only one biggest difference between Penn State might have been more a limitation of was a lot more negative first semes- look at what medical school is actu- part of what prepares a student for life and Wesleyan in terms of interaction the English language than of the inten- ter. I was just like, ‘I hate this place.’ ally like, what differentiates Penn as a doctor. Both Nakhlas mentioned is that at Wesleyan, it’s like, ‘Oh, you tions of their mentors. But you get used to it.” State from other medical schools, that Penn State takes a uniquely pre- do research with a professor.’ It was and what they wished they had emptive approach to clinical train- this sort of competitive thing…with known going in. Interviewed sepa- ing by integrating humanities courses research in the sciences, at least. And rately, both Nakhlas told The Argus that focus on how to develop positive at Penn State, it’s not like that at all. in haunting twin-verbatim that they doctor-patient relationships; these are I can literally email any of the doctors have learned more in five months at areas of studies that medical students that work here that do research and be Penn State than they did over four often don’t experience until their third like, ‘I want to do research with you.’ years at Wesleyan. and fourth years. They’ll be like, ‘Great, let’s meet.’” “It’s definitely a lot less glori- “The whole basis of their medi- With a class size of roughly 150 fied than people make it out to be,” cal school is, every med school’s gonna and a campus contained entirely in one Mark said. “You spend the majority churn out somebody who can read hospital, Penn State offers a vastly dif- of the day just studying. The speed labs, take your tests, and give you a di- ferent lifestyle and social setting from and the pace that they go at is ridic- agnosis and a treatment, but that’s not that at Wesleyan. Despite this, the ulous…it’s nothing like you’ve ever what makes the best doctors,” Mike Nakhlas maintained that, especially experienced before.” said. “That’s a very good scientist, you when compared with city schools, Mike concurred. know what I mean?” Penn State’s small size and relative “The first semester was very Mark similarly noted the differ- confinement are Wes-like in how they much basic sciences, and it felt like ence between their experiences and maintain a unified campus commu- undergrad on cocaine,” he said. those of other first-year medical stu- nity. C/O MIKE NAKHLA “Much faster; much more difficult. dents. “I was really hesitant to go to Everything was so compressed. It “I was at a party for New Year’s Hershey, [but] when I was thinking Mark and Mike Nakhla, pictured above, graduated from Wesleyan felt like another year of college, but in the city, and there were a bunch of about it, I really appreciated Wesleyan’s with the class of 2013 and are currently enrolled in the Penn State compressed into a very, very small Mount Sinai kids there,” Mark said. small community, and how everyone College of Medicine. 6 THE WESLEYAN ARGUS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2014 arts Faceplant Talks Moshing and Patriarchy in Pop-Punk of experience and it was hyped up a lot. A: Aside from Baby Gap, who also gave a SC: We’re baby punk. We’re still figuring Art House is a popular venue. really terrific performance at Earth House, out how we all want to make music and SC: I also think we’ve all started to get to I think you guys may be the only all-girl how we all want to work together. know each other a little as musicians. Like, punk band on campus. Do you think that BBK: We’re trying to evolve from a puppy we know to pay attention to Izzy now this influences your particular sound? to a real dog…. when she counts us in. SC: You know, I think something that’s SC: Ideally we’d become a mastiff. Isadora Spillman-Schapelle: Because it’s important is that we are all girls, but we all about me. still play music that an all-guy band or a A: I know it’s going to sound weird no mixed-gender band could play, so it is matter how I ask, but I’m going to have A: Having seen you guys play two weeks important that we’re an all-girl band. I’m to anyway. How did it feel to strip to your in a row, I need to give a lot of credit to glad there are so many ladies in music, but underwear and play last weekend? the way you really manage to rile up the I don’t think the kind of music that we’re SC: There is something kind of liberating crowd. Even at Panty Punk it seemed like playing is necessarily any different from about playing in your underwear but also, some of the craziest moshing was when what any other band would be playing. at one point, while I was in the mosh pit, you guys played second. What are your BBK: I have an issue with labeling us as I did get groped, and I was like, “This is thoughts on this? the all-girl band. Obviously we are, and very uncomfortable! I’m wearing almost BBK: I think it’s that other bands that are you can look at us and deduce that, but I nothing and now I have to go on stage

CHARLIE MARTIN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER more hardcore than us are less melodic so think labeling us as that makes us more of and play!” So there was something very After headlining at Art House this weekend, Faceplant shows no that, although people are moshing, I feel a novelty and I would really like to not be a freeing about being in my underwear, but signs of stopping its moshing. like they’re moshing for the sake of mosh- novelty and just be a credited band. at the same time, you’re aware that you’re ing. With us it’s like they also enjoy the SC: Because that’s what we are, when you constantly surrounded by men who are in By Charles Martin The Argus: So, I think I first heard you melodic things going on with the song. come down to it. their underwear and aren’t putting aside Staff Writer guys pretty early last semester when you SC: And we dance on stage. BBK: Even though, right now, people do the fact that they know they kind of have were practicing in Westco 1, blasting out ISS: It’s also not a super aggressive mosh come because “it’s the all-girl punk band!” the power in this situation. Out of all the fresh music on into the courtyard. When did you guys ac- pit, like, we encourage the girls to come to I think that the more shows we play, peo- BBK: The way I felt was that, I feel re- campus, one of the newer groups that tually come together? the front so it’s not super violent. It’s about ple will just come because it’s really good. ally good performing that way and I feel demands Wesleyan’s attention is the all- Sophie Chabon: I think it was, like, having fun and enjoying the music. ISS: But it’s also important to us that we... like if I was groped, which I wasn’t, then girl pop-punk band Faceplant. Formed September. Molly said she wanted to cre- MH: Ann writes most of the songs, so it are creating a space, for people of all gen- I would just grope them back. I feel like last semester, the band consists of Amy ate an all-girl band and it just sort of hap- starts out being like a melody basically, be- ders, to have it be a really open and safe no one should be groping people in mosh Mattox ’17 and Blaise Bayno-Krebs pened. cause it’s on acoustic guitar at first. environment for everyone. pits but…O.K., this is a thing that hap- ’16 on vocals, Sophie Chabon ’17 on Molly Hastings: We all just kind of found SC: I also think we’re all excited to be on MH: And it makes practicing and doing pened; I said that anyone who hits into our bass, Molly Hastings ’17 on keyboard, each other and were like, “Hey, we’re stage, and we’re really excited when we songwriting together a lot easier, because equipment I’m going to slap in the face. Ann Surber ’16 on guitar, Isadora friends and, conveniently, all play instru- play, and a little bit of our excitement in- there’s no external, like, patriarchy. And someone did that. And then I slapped Spillman-Schappell ’17 on drums, and ments.” fects the crowd, because we all want to be them in the face and they kind of were Ella Weisser ’17 on tambourine (and up there. A: Going back to just how riled up you angry, but I was like, “I told you!” So basi- doubling as the band’s hype-woman). A: This show at Earth House was the first BBK: I’m a performer, and just, through- guys get the crowd, would you consider cally it’s going to be a situation where there I had a chance to meet up with the time you guys ever headlined a show. How out my entire life that’s all I do, and when yourselves a “hardcore” group? are risks involved, so you need to be like, band’s members, huddled together on did that feel? I’m up there it’s the perfect venue for me All: No. “Fuck the people who violate those risks!” the fire escape outside of Art House, to SC: It was a little scary. to be who I am that I can’t be in normal Ann Surber: I guess we’re more pop-punk. ISS: But those risks shouldn’t exist. talk about their history, their music, and MH: It was very scary. life, obviously. So it’s very, very important BBK: But keeping the pop, I would like BBK: Of course they shouldn’t exist but whether or not gender plays a part in Blaise Bayno-Krebs: I think tonight was to me…our shows. It’s necessary for my to start adding angrier and more grungy they do, so if they’re going to happen, fuck their music. our best show just because we’ve had a lot existence. things. them! “The Lego Movie” Brings Out Teen Suicide Reunites the Inner Child In All of Us for Eclectic Show By Matthew Weinstein By Gabrielle Bruney it certainly has a pejorative sense to some Contributing Writer Staff Writer crowds.” With Julia Brown’s success, it seemed Do you simply want to feel Teen Suicide wants to meet you at that Teen Suicide was destined for the his- happy? Do you want to feel five Eclectic this Friday, Feb. 28. tory books, but then the band announced years old again, but understand the “When you’re playing shows, you a mini-tour of five shows, including adult jokes? I hope that the majority want to just be meeting people face-to-face Friday’s performance at Eclectic. However, of people out there will say yes. If and talking to them,” said Teen Suicide a Teen Suicide reunion didn’t always seem so, then definitely go see “The Lego frontman Sam Ray. “I think that if you’re possible. Movie.” I can confidently say that playing in a band, even if you’re a more “I was pretty over the band for a long “Lego” blew my expectations out popular band doing big shows, it’s not time,” Ray said. of the water, and nothing can tone the same if you don’t have any connection It was a messy breakup, the old clas- down my love for it. with the audience, if you just play your sic: band on the rise torn asunder by dra- With a budget of 60 million songs and leave.” ma and addiction. dollars, “The Lego Movie” was not The band really is committed to “I think the easiest way to put it is a cheap venture, but the sheer mag- C/O FORBES.COM connecting with its audience—so much so that there were lot of personal problems nitude of what “Lego” pulled off is “The Lego Movie” has made a splash at the box office since its that Ray and crew are playing a show for within the band,” Ray said. “Just clashing, palpable from the opening sequence. release early this month. fans on the same day as their student-only clashing, clashing…and there were defi- The quantity of Lego pieces used Wesleyan gig. nitely drug issues.” throughout the movie is stagger- The best moments of the Nick Offerman. The cast of “The “I don’t know if my voice can handle The group is making a tentative new ing. Warner Bros. Pictures reported movie are defined by the cultural Lego Movie” is stacked because two shows in a day, but it’s worth it,” Ray start, and though Ray is noncommittal that 3,863,484 unique Legos were and political awareness that Lord everyone, or at least everyone’s said. about the possibility of further releases and used during filming, and a total of and Miller infuse into the script. kids and grandkids, played with Teen Suicide is simultaneously any tours, he can’t say it’s off the table. 15,080,330 were used overall. The The blatant monopolization of so- and loved Legos growing up. fan’s wet dream and worst nightmare. In “We don’t know if we’re ever going to effort put into “The Lego Move” ciety by President Business’s Octan “The Lego Movie” is a bril- less than two years, the Baltimore noise get to do stuff together again, so maybe it paid off. As of Feb. 23, “The Lego Corporation is analogous to the large liant piece of work that combines outfit released a staggering total of six al- is just a one-off,” Ray said. “But we started Movie” had grossed 275,515,455 umbrella corporations of our world. the youthful exuberance of build- bums and EPs, cultivating a loyal fan base. practicing together and we were like, this dollars worldwide. As a former Lego Emmet experiences an epiphany near ers just discovering the world of The group’s style ranged from grungy, is way too fun. And people are way too ex- enthusiast, I am simply amazed by the start of the film that Octan pro- Legos, and the nostalgia of past Wavves-esque surf noise to gauzy ballads, cited. I don’t want it to just be like we’re a the numbers. duces all of Bricksburg’s societal and Lego fanatics (myself included). intercut with audio clips from films. It was band that milks songs we did two or three The plot of “The Lego Movie” cultural needs. From TV shows such What makes the “The Lego poised for the indie rock big time…and years ago. If we’re doing shows, we might revolves around Emmet (Chris as “Where Are My Pants?” to security Movie” truly exceptional is the then it suddenly called it quits. as well be doing all of it.” Pratt), who becomes the “Special” systems and voting machines, no as- moral of the movie. Everyone is Following the split, Ray and fellow Drummer and founding member in a prophecy foretold by Vitruvius pect of Lego life is left untouched by “Special.” It is a simple but won- Teen Suicide member Caroline White Eric Livingston has moved since the split (Morgan Freeman). His mission? To Octan. However, our culture’s short derful message to the five-year- formed a new pop band called Julia and won’t be joining the reunion tour. use the “Piece of Resistance” to stop attention span is emphasized when olds that just discovered their Brown. That band’s first releases have Filling out the new rhythms section are the evil President Business (Will Emmet is constantly distracted. He sense of individuality, and for the earned rave reviews and feature a new, Julia Brown’s John Toohey on drums and Ferrell) from destroying the world immediately forgets the evils of his college students and parents that softer sound, something along the lines of bassist Alec Simke. So far, the reunion with the “Kragle.” The story never world in favor of blissful ignorance. are still learning what it means Little Joy-meets-Los Campesinos. Unlike feels like a good fit, a kind of musical pretends to be anything but straight- It takes a traumatic experience to to be responsible for themselves many artists, Ray embraces the pop label. group therapy. forward, but its campy nature plays turn the protagonist from an average and others. No matter if you “I feel like I have to qualify it to ev- “The circumstances of how we toward the script’s strengths. Written yellow-faced construction worker follow the instructions or go off eryone,” Ray said. “‘It’s indie-pop, it’s this, broke up were pretty weird, and this has by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, “The into the “Special.” the beaten path, everybody has it’s that.’ But it’s pop music. It’s melodic, been really great for reconciling that,” said Lego Movie” constantly pokes fun at Pratt is joined by myriad other something unique to contribute it’s catchy. Shit like that can be a lot deeper Ray. “There’s not such a bad taste in my itself, failed Lego products, and the stars, from Morgan Freeman and that is no less important or im- than just what some people might think mouth, it’s all super positive experiences absurdity of modern culture. Will Ferrell to Elizabeth Banks and pressive than anybody else. of as pop music. And I love radio pop, but right now.” FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2014 THE WESLEYAN ARGUS arts • 7 Oscar Contenders Highlight Bold Year for Film Upset: “American Hustle” too brutal to rewatch enjoyably, it makes a Slave.” “Dallas Buyers Club” likely If I Chose: “Nebraska” sense that McConaughey won’t leave emp- won’t take home any gold aside from ty-handed. But don’t be surprised if he has acting so it makes sense that both of to wait another year or two for his due rec- the main actors in the film are cur- Best Director ognition. Watch out for Bruce Dern’s nu- rently poised to win. Jared Leto’s If “12 Years a Slave” takes anced brilliance in “Nebraska,” too. He’s a transformative role, controversial or home the Best Picture win, it force to be reckoned with. not, is a wonder. For his first film in will likely be the only award four years, Leto certainly brought ev- that director Steve McQueen Will Win: Matthew McConaughey erything he had and knocked it out will leave with. Though there’s Close Second: Chiwetel Ejiofor of the park as a result. On the other no denying that McQueen has Upset: Bruce Dern (McConaughey and end of the spectrum, while there’s been deserving of every ounce Ejiofor splitting the vote. It could hap- certainly momentum surrounding of praise for all three of his pen…) Jennifer Lawrence for her admirable , films (“Hunger” and “Shame” If I Chose: Chiwetel Ejiofor but more hype-driven than anything, being the other two), the supporting role in “American Hustle,” Academy will more than likely Lupita Nyong’o’s first feature role is award this one to Alfonso Best Actress heartbreaking, career-defining, and as Cuarón. “Gravity” certainly When Cate Blanchett says she powerful as anything you can find in has its own flaws (writing), “wasn’t expecting this” as she starts off her every other acting category this year. but the power it holds over acceptance speech, it’ll be a humble but To rob her of the award might be seen the audience is all because of blatant lie. Woody Allen’s inconsistent as the biggest upset of the year. C/O DAILYPRINCETONIAN Cuarón’s visionary direction. “Blue Jasmine” has no redeeming qualities “12 Years a Slave,” which will be playing at the Film Series this Friday, is His first feature since 2006’s outside of Blanchett. This is a great exam- Will Win: Jared Leto/Lupita Nyong’o one of the major contenders to win the coveted Academy Award for Best excellent “Children of Men” ple of a film whose sole purpose is to show Close Second: Michael Fassbender/ Picture. will surely take home at least off the talent of the lead actor or actress; it’s Jennifer Lawrence one award outside of visual ef- unfortunate that nothing else can be said Upset: Barkhad Abdi/June Squibb By Richie Starzec decade (“Gravity”) or the “will stand the fects, editing, and sound. This will be it. of a movie with such an incredible per- If I Chose: Jared Leto/Lupita Nyong’o Staff Writer test of time” historical period drama (“12 formance. What frustrates me the most is Years a Slave”). The criminally overrated Will Win: Alfonso Cuarón that I know Blanchett will win despite this It’s that time of year again, when “American Hustle” was being thrown Close Second: Steve McQueen being the only year in the history of the Best Original/Adapted Screenplay everyone across the country watches around in the mix for a bit, but I have a Upset: David O. Russell universe that I would have ever said “give To be quite honest, I really Hollywood’s most popular celebrities feeling it has since lost steam. That said, If I Chose: Cuarón and McQueen are Sandra Bullock an Oscar.” I doubt I will thought I was going to name “Her” schmooze in an evening sure to be it’s hard to accurately predict this kind of equally deserving. ever say it again. Bullock was the real deal Best Picture of the year as I was going filled with just as many triumphs as thing when there are nine Best Picture in “Gravity.” Miles better than in “The into it. Maybe my expectations were shocks. Sunday, Mar. 2 marks the 86th nominees. The fact that David O. Russell’s Blind Side” (remember that one?). Bullock too high. But despite my few qualms Academy Awards, and whether or not subpar film somehow made the cut while Best Actor brought me to tears in a film that placed with it (mostly length and minor plot you agree that the Oscars hold any ac- “Inside Llewyn Davis” was edged out If you had told me a few months emphasis on visual storytelling rather than holes), I can’t deny how incredible of a tual merit in the film community, you proves that anything can happen during ago that Chiwetel Ejiofor was going to actual character plot. Who would have story it is. Flawed or not, it is undoubt- can’t deny that it’s fun to watch and the voting process. win Best Actor this year I would have thought it? edly the best original story of the year speculate who will take home the gold- In terms of my personal opinions on simply nodded in agreement. No one else, next to “Nebraska” or “Inside Llewyn en statue every year. With 2013 being Best Picture, I believe the award should go not even everyone’s favorite (Leo), made Will Win: Cate Blanchett Davis” (once again, not nominated). such a strong year for film in compari- to the film that exhibits the best blend of sense. Now I’m not so sure. Matthew Close Second: N/A Meanwhile, “12 Years a Slave” com- son to those prior, this year’s telecast every category. This is why I would have McConaughey, comeback actor of the Upset: Amy Adams mands a strong lead above anyone should prove worthwhile (for once). selected “The Social Network” in 2011 millennium, seems to continually gain If I Chose: Cate Blanchett sharing with else. You’ll be hard pressed to find an Here are this writer’s predictions for and why I think Zimmer’s score and Pitt’s momentum and it’s hard to say if anything Sandra Bullock adapted work with more praise. the 2014 Academy Awards ceremony. cameo in “12 Years” puts it just a smidge will stop him. A win for him would really below Alexander Payne’s masterpiece be for his entire career in 2013 rather than Will Win: “Her”/“12 Years a Slave” Best Picture “Nebraska.” for this film alone, although he really is the Best Supporting Actor/Actress Close Second: “Before Midnight”/ What this category really comes go-to choice next to Ejiofor. With “True Both of these categories come down “American Hustle” down to is the voters deciding be- Will Win: “12 Years a Slave” Detective” keeping him fresh in everyone’s to the two best ensemble films of the Upset: “Blue Jasmine”/“Philomena” tween the viewing experience of the Close Second: “Gravity” mind and “12 Years a Slave” being almost year: “Dallas Buyers Club” and “12 Years If I Chose: “Her”/ “12 Years a Slave” Heart Is A Drum: Beck Shines On Morning Phase By Dan Fuchs at the center of the mix, Arts Editor cutting through twangy guitars only to pull them Beck’s Sea Change is a pretty back as the song becomes perfect album. It’s accessible with- an up-tempo march. out being simple, deep without being “Unforgiven” is more cryptic, and depressing without being sparse but nonetheless melodramatic. It’s a work that rewards spacious, with effect- with each new listen, in every emo- heavy guitars and echo- tional context. So last year’s announce- ing vocals only serving ment that Morning Phase, the first al- to push the song forward bum by the songwriter in seven years, in all directions. “Wave,” would not only return to the stylistic the album’s gorgeous roots of Sea Change but also feature centerpiece, takes a simi- the same session musicians as the 2002 lar tactic, accompanying album, was simultaneously delightful Beck’s voice with a sea and terrifying. of strings that at times Sea Change highlighted Beck as a threatens to drown out master of his craft, but after 12 years, is the singer. All 13 tracks of there anything new to say? Given that Morning Phase are deeply Beck is a true musical chameleon (in detailed, immersive songs his 20-year career, he’s dabbled in folk, that feel new with each punk, R&B, hip-hop, and classical exploration. Their grand music), is there a point to retreading nature never feels gaudy, old ground? and their success is just Like Sea Change, Morning Phase as much indebted to the is a carefully constructed, emotion- unfilled spaces of the- ar ally dense folk album. Yet it would be rangements as it is to the entirely unfair to call Morning Phase, filled ones. C/O WWW.CHARTATTACK.COM a stunning piece of work by an artist Yet the strength of Beck’s “Morning Phase,” a return to the stylistic tendencies of 2002’s “Sea Change,” is a return to form for the who simply has no right to be this tal- these arrangements would once-prolific songwriter. ented this late into his career, a retread. be moot if Beck’s deeply It’s wholly individual, an album that personal lyricism weren’t the bedrock which Beck sings, “Found a love light and forcing listeners to engage with it Morning Phase will likely never quite rapidly shoots from eardrum to of Morning Phase and what truly gives in the storm,” or “Waking Light,” on to unlock its secrets. Beck has crafted a step out of Sea Change’s shadow, heartstrings. it emotional drive. Where Sea Change which he croons, “Night is gone on a set of living, breathing songs that shift but to call it Sea Change Lite or Sea From its start, Morning Phase is was defined by crushing depression, landslide of ribbon,” ultimately imbue with time, their emotional context just Change II is to ignore Beck’s monu- a deeply expansive, magnificent -ex Morning Phase flirts with cautious Morning Phase with a kind of emo- as tied to the listener as the artist. The mental achievement. Morning Phase perience, its lush arrangements giv- optimism. The crushing pain in Beck’s tional serenity. album contains enough clarity to be is an album that will stand the test of ing each song miles to breathe. The poetry isn’t gone (tracks like “Wave” The songwriting’s true strength initially engaging, yet enough ambigu- time: here, Beck doesn’t necessarily try aptly named “Morning” beautifully and “Unforgiven” make that perfectly comes from its emotional accessibil- ity to remain constantly interesting. to innovate or experiment. Instead, he weaves Beck’s sluggish acoustic guitar clear), but it is subdued, with moments ity. Morning Phase is an album that It’s the type of work that we can carry succeeds in creating a masterfully ex- through shimmering synths. The first of anguish bookended by moments of is simultaneously straightforward and with us, allowing each song to gain ecuted work of beauty, one that latches single “Blue Moon” places the vocals quiet hope. Tracks like “Morning,” on abstract, wearing its heart on its sleeve new meaning as we grow. itself to the heart and never lets go. 8 • arts THE WESLEYAN ARGUS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2014 “A La Ronda” Tells Tragic Who Wore It Wes: Story of Isolation And Loss Grace Carroll ’17 By Alyssa Domino edged. The remaining isolation that the be the gateway to catapult the actors into By Gavriella Wolf tried a lot to use my clothes to express Contributing Writer Madres, and everyone left in the wake of the story, illustrating that the performance Staff Writer my personality, and here I feel like the unconcluded tragedy, experienced is displayed is the story gleaned from reading you don’t need to do that so much be- This weekend, an original play titled visually apparent in the play. the testimonies. Grace Carroll ’17 has cause it’s so easy-going. “A La Ronda” will show in the ’92 Theater The stage is split into five sections, The actors worked for the half credit brought her love of fashion from and provide textbook-weary Wesleyan stu- each one designated for an isolated cast they received for their participation in the her hometown of Washington, A: What do you like and dislike about dents a brief escape from university life. member. The Madres do not even make thesis show. They not only contributed D.C. to our campus. Carroll ap- fashion at Wesleyan? The play, directed by Claire Whitehouse eye contact with one another until over countless hours gradually familiarizing preciates how fashion-conscious GC: I like it a lot. I like that it’s very ’14 as her senior thesis, is adapted from halfway through the show. themselves with their characters, but they Wesleyan students tend to be, and diverse, people’s fashion sense. It’s the book “Circle of Love Over Death” by “The first time we were allowed to also learned how to sing in Spanish, speed- how students from myriad back- cool, you can find pretty much any Matilde Mellibovsky. Written in 1997, the make eye contact with each other and the draw life-size portraits, and master a hand- grounds portray similarly varied style here. I also love your overalls book includes chapters of testimonies of first time we started to move into each ful of other unique talents that can be seen styles. Drawing much of her fash- [gestures to interviewer’s overalls]. the Madres de Plaza de Mayo, an associa- others’ spaces, it felt like we had been in in the show. ion inspiration from her family, I really love how much people wear tion of women whose children were “dis- a totally different world even though we But the five actresses (Des Marais, she borrows clothes from her dad overalls here; it’s my favorite thing. appeared” by the Argentinian government had only been a few feet away,” said actress Helen Handelman ’16, Grace Herman- and looks to her grandmother for during insurrection. Connie Des Marais ’17. Holland ’15, Aileen Lambert ’17, and ideas. Carroll was happy to talk A: So where do you draw style inspi- The testimonies come from the The space became real for the actors, Dominique Moore ’14) were not the only to The Argus about transitioning ration from on campus? group of Madres who strove to keep the re- creating climactic relief at the moment ones who learned throughout this process. her high school style into a fashion GC: I think just seeing people walk to mains of their children intact. The Madres of their congregation. In juxtaposition, Whitehouse spoke reflectively about the sense better fit for Wesleyan. class, my friends. Just seeing fashion were not viewed as a threat to the govern- the audience can sense the unifying pain experience of putting the show together. everywhere. It’s a very fashion-con- ment, even as they congregated, because among the women even in their isolation. “It really felt like such a gift to me The Argus: Do you consider scious campus. the power they had as housewives was so This blocking style beautifully conveys the to be able to do it,” Whitehouse said. yourself interested in fashion? small. Madres’ emotional turmoil without claim- “Because it was such a gift, the question Grace Carroll: Yeah, I have been A: Do you have any style icons? “They started out as apolitical, and ing authority of understanding the emo- becomes, how can I do something that is for a while, too. I don’t know, it’s GC: My grandma, for sure. She was that was a selling point,” Whitehouse said. tions themselves. a huge challenge to myself and that I am just always been something I was a model when she was younger. She In this way, their lack of political During the spring of her junior year, going to learn a lot from? What do I need interested in. has a very, very cool sense of style, and voice lent them liberties denied to other Whitehouse studied abroad in Argentina. to learn before I leave here?” she’ll, like, wear things that I want to members of society during this time of She submitted her thesis proposal before The subject matter is heavy, and the A: How would you describe your wear. unrest. going, but entirely rediscovered her inspi- way that it is displayed on stage conveys personal style? “I was attracted to the testimonies ration during her time there. She experi- the emotions of the story just as much as GC: I think it’s...kind of a mix of A: Do you have a favorite style blog or because they really preserve the voices enced a time when she no longer felt own- it conveys the literal testimonies them- trying to be Audrey Hepburn and source of online inspiration? of the mothers, which was important ership over the story. selves. “A La Ronda” is an intellectually then also trying to keep it a little GC: Jezebel is cool, because I’ve al- in terms of turning it into theatrical dia- “Not only is it not my story, it is interactive experience that challenges the bit more edgy. ways thought that fashion and femi- logue,” Whitehouse said. “It was very per- the story of people who I actually know,” audience to be pulled out of campus for nism were connected…. People tend sonal and not academic. There is a lot of Whitehouse said. “It was important to get a moment into the troubled hearts of a A: If at all, how do you think your to think of them as kind of opposed variety between the testimonies.” some distance from the story.” community of incredibly strong women. style has changed since you got to to one another, and I think they can The show strongly conveys a theme She cites this feeling as her inspira- Wesleyan? do a lot to help one another. of mutual isolation. Whitehouse explained tion for the abstract nature of the play. The “A La Ronda” will perform this Friday and GC: It’s become a little bit more that once someone was disappeared, that book that the students hold in their hands Saturday in the ’92 Theater at 8 p.m. Tickets grungy and a little bit more com- A: Do you have an article of winter person’s existence was no longer acknowl- (“Circle of Love Over Death”) is meant to are available in the Usdan Box Office. fortable, too, since I’ve been walk- clothing that you can’t live without ing everywhere…. I’ve been wear- right now? ing a lot more men’s clothing. GC: I’m not the most practical dress- er, so I really hate winter because I A: Is that a reflection of the style don’t like being practical…but I guess at Wesleyan? my Bean Boots. GC: I think a little bit, and I think it’s also a function of being laid- A: Then do you have something that back but also not having to put as you can’t wait to wear once it gets much effort into how you portray warmer outside? yourself, or like being individu- GC: Yeah, skirts without tights. I al…. I feel like in high school I think they’re so uncomfortable.

GAVRIELLA WOLF/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Grace Carroll ’17 is ready for warm weather so she can ditch the tights with her fabulous skirt ensembles. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2014 THE WESLEYAN ARGUS 9 opinion More Work To Do Don’t Give Up On on Need Blind Mammograms By Danny Blinderman (left), Staff Writer, and Benny Docter (right), Contributing Writer By Olivia Alperstein, Staff Writer

Last December, we got together Despite this positive change, given projects, departments, or athletic teams. Recently, The New York Times by multiple organizations to persuade with a coalition of other student leaders the ongoing, serious problems that we Our policy proposal would place published an article on the results of church and community leaders to even from a wide array of different communi- face with ensuring equal access, we ask the other donors under the same restrictions an extensive study of 90,000 women address the issue. Surely eliminating ties and campus organizations to call on University community to remain vigilant now applied to donors seeking to augment conducted over 25 years; accord- mammography, one of the few non- the University to change its financial aid with respect to issues of inclusion and di- the school’s commitment to financial aid. ing to that study, death rates from Church-related resources offered, will donation policy. Among other concerns, versity. Following is another proposal we It is our hope that this will provoke a breast cancer and other causes were inevitably increase mortality rates and we argued that it was unfair and coun- believe would help to solidify our com- meaningful conversation between donors the same for women who had mam- undiagnosed cancers among minority terproductive for the University not to munity’s commitment to these impor- and the University about institutional pri- mograms and those who did not. In women. provide prospective donors with a way to tant goals: we propose that the University orities. President Roth, and others who addition, the study found that one Health, especially in one’s sensitive directly increase the amount of money al- should simply apply the new restriction negotiate donations with potential donors, in five cancers identified through areas, is incredibly personal, and differ- lotted for financial aid above the currently that they have placed on budget-increasing will be able to use this new mechanism to mammography and treated turned ent people approach illness and disease budgeted levels. These calls came in the financial aid donations to all gifts that seek negotiate more money for financial aid out to be non-threatening. This in different ways; this means that some context of the University’s adoption of a to alter the institution’s budget priorities. and hopefully reach the cap sooner. By study gives new ammunition to of the most vulnerable groups of people “need-aware” financial aid policy that for We are suggesting that the University’s ac- redirecting money from budget expanding the rising anti-mammogram move- at higher risk of certain cancers do not the first time allowed the University to ceptance of restricted gifts in all areas of projects to annual funds, our policy will ment, which claims that screenings even know they are at risk and in turn include first-year, domestic applicants’ -fi the budget be contingent upon reaching increase the power of donors who wish to do not help and in some cases do are often not targeted by organizations. nancial status as a criterion in admissions the yearly donation cap. increase financial aid spending. We think more harm than good. Cancer re- It’s a complex issue, of course, but decisions. We maintain it is inequitable and that this change would be a meaningful search in women remains a growing mainstream cancer research organiza- We applaud President Roth and his unproductive that donors interested in amendment to current donation policy, field, and grey areas such as the de- tions have yet to provide sufficient ac- administration for responding positively improving accessibility for disadvantaged and we invite the President and the Board bate over chemotherapy still domi- cess to minorities communities, and in to our petition by implementing changes students must wait until the financial aid to continue their creative efforts in this re- nate the conversation. This issue in particular minority women. to create a stronger, more egalitarian, and cap is reached in order to do so, while gard by considering the implementation of particular highlights an important African-Americans are not the ultimately more progressive donation other donors are allowed to fund alterna- some mechanism along these lines. factor in cancer research, particu- only disadvantaged group when it policy. Under the newly announced pol- tive projects. We believe that donors who In a September blog post last year, larly cancer research in women, that comes to cancer and other illnesses. icy, the University will accept donations explicitly express interest in supporting President Roth wrote: “At Wesleyan, we is overlooked: white women are still Trans* people, for example, still face to increase financial aid spending after financial aid spending should at the very are committed to affordability, sustainabil- much better off when it comes to significant hurdles when it comes to University Relations has met its annual least not be on equal footing with donors ity and diversity.” We applaud the recent cancer than non-white women. treatment and diagnosis of cancer and fundraising goal each year, currently set who have other priorities. changes the University has made toward Critiquing mammograms is all other serious diseases; many doctors are at 10.25 million dollars. When the goal is Given our community’s expressed this goal, but we think there are several ad- well and good, but let’s face it: free still slipping into unknown territory reached, gifts given to a new “Raise The commitment to closing the gap between ditional steps we can take to more fully ac- clinics offering screenings remain when it comes to approaching non- Cap” fund will go into the endowment aptitude and access, we remain concerned tualize this commitment. Accordingly, we some of the few, often only, resourc- binary and trans* bodies and may over- to automatically trigger incremental, but that currently the University’s policies ask the administration to begin treating fi- es that minority and low-income look certain possibilities. Non-smokers permanent, increases in the University’s privilege the values and agendas of some nancial aid with at least as much deference women have to information about who get lung cancer still remain one of financial aid budget. We welcome the donors over others. Even under the new as is accorded to some other donor priori- cancer and potential diagnoses. It the hardest groups in which to iden- fact that the administration has heeded policy, the University will refuse restricted ties. Our institution’s policies should reflect is true that with all of our progress, tify cancer before it’s progressed to an the concerns of the student body around donations from donors committed to ex- our stated values, and we believe this pro- we are still not beating breast can- advanced stage. Skin cancer remains a donation policy, and we think this policy panding the financial aid budget for most posal aids in more fully realizing this goal. cer, not to mention other cancers hard area in which to spread informa- change is an important step toward mak- of the year, while accepting restricted with even higher rates of mortality, tion, because the perception is that only ing the University a more diverse, inclu- gifts that expand selected sections of the Blinderman and Docter are members of such as ovarian cancer. Still, treat- sun-sensitive skin types are at serious sive, and socially responsible institution. University’s budget, such as for capital the class of 2014. ment options usually focus on white risk. In general, giving more people ac- women who have health insurance cess to education and resources remains and can afford treatments, which one of the most significant challenges in are often not covered by insurance battling cancer. companies. I am not claiming that mammo- Modern Colleges, In “Tackling a Racial Gap grams do not carry their own risks. in Breast Cancer Survival,” Tara Everything carries risk. One of the sig- Parker-Pope writes, “Despite 20 nificant hurdles to widespread use of Modern Fraternities years of pink ribbon awareness cam- mammography is the discomfort from paigns and numerous advances in the process itself: it’s less painful and in- By Matthew Leibowitz, Contributing Writer medical treatment that have sharply vasive than a trans vaginal ultrasound, improved survival rates for women but not by much. Yet mammograms This past week, The Atlantic re- in combatting sexual assault on campus worthy causes, contribute millions of with breast cancer in the United are a tool that some women truly need; leased an article written by Caitlin as well as making sure students make safe hours in community service, and seek to States, the vast majority of those women for whom self-exams are more Flanagan titled “The Dark Side of and smart decisions in respect to drink- steer young men toward lives of service gains have largely bypassed black difficult to administer rely on mam- Fraternities.” The article, which includes ing, yet they still have a long way to go. and honorable action.” It is important to women.” mograms as an essential part of their a large section on events dubbed “Beta- Fraternities must, and are beginning to, maintain these positive attributes while According to research by the health management. Yes, it is possible Gate” at Wesleyan, goes into detail about evolve alongside their colleges. Wesleyan’s fighting to change the harmful aspects of Sinai Institute, black women are that mammograms may cause a doc- several of the troubling occurrences at fraternity system has taken huge steps the culture that Flanagan investigated. 40 percent more likely than white tor to misdiagnose a lump or growth fraternities in America. The author uses toward being a safer and more inclusive At the same time, it is important to women to die of their disease. They as cancer, but the alternative is that these examples to propose that fraterni- community on campus. Several organiza- separate non-harmful aspects of frater- are not only more likely to die; they many more instances of cancer go un- ties are a dangerous force on college cam- tions, both with houses and without, have nity culture, which may be distasteful to are also more likely to die sooner. diagnosed. In this case, it is truly better puses, gaining power “mightier than the events required for their incoming mem- some, from the real changes that need to According to womenshealth.gov, to be safe than sorry, especially when it colleges and universities that host them.” bers regarding member and guest safety, be made. We can disagree about whether “African-American women are more comes to aggressive cancers that require It is important to respect the tragedy of consent, and smart decision-making. backwards baseball caps and tank tops likely than all other women to die early detection in order for treatment to these experiences happening in fraternity, More encouragingly, fraternities at look good, but we can agree that fight- from breast cancer. Their tumors be effective. sorority, and student houses in most uni- Wesleyan have organized and attended ing sexual assault and preventing risky often are found at a later, more In short, let’s keep using mammo- versity settings. While I respect investiga- conversations about sexual assault, drink- situations are important goals to have in advanced stage. So, there are fewer grams. There’s room for improvement. tive journalism’s need to create a gripping ing, and safe campus environments, a college community, both in and out of treatment options. Also, research We should work to improve the service, story that evokes emotion in the reader, working together with a variety of groups the Greek community. Fraternities, as has shown that African-American but we cannot afford to eliminate access the tone, as well as the ultimate argument on campus. This movement is not only Flanagan notes, have successfully pro- women are more likely to get a form to resources completely. Let’s not let of the piece, is not productive for contin- occurring at Wesleyan. Schools such as duced leaders in several areas; they can of breast cancer that spreads more mammograms go the way of vaccines; ued efforts toward combating the very Indiana University, the University of also produce leaders who work toward quickly.” These are stark facts that let’s not discourage people from using sort of incidents that Flanagan discusses. Michigan, and Dartmouth College have creating a safer campus. Brothers of fra- need to be addressed. Churches them out of fear. Let’s screen and edu- The problem with this piece is that all taken steps to combat sexual assault in ternities can organize events to combat and community centers offer some cate as many people as possible, because it mimics the problematic nature of past the Greek community, requiring mem- sexual assault on campus. They can work of the best opportunities to spread when it comes to cancer, we all need all and often present activism around sexual bers to go through various training events to make sure that, even with a raucous information and advertise services, the help we can get, especially those of assault. It chooses to focus on punishment and to raise awareness about these issues party going on, all guests are safe and but that is a heavy burden in com- us who lack access when we may need and unhealthy prevention as opposed to as organizations on campus. In addition, having a good time. There is no reason munities where churches do every- it the most. productive prevention and the improve- many schools require party hosting train- why fraternities, along with the entire thing from offering medical clinics ment of culture. Flanagan makes a con- ing for all incoming members, which Greek system, cannot fit into a modern, to helping shelter the homeless. Alperstein is a member of the class of vincing case that fraternities are villains includes education on drinking and risk sex-positive, safe, and healthy college There is still an ongoing campaign 2014. from which that individuals should keep management. It is important to point out community. away. Undoubtedly, organizations should the realities of modern fraternities along- Just as colleges must work to im- receive punishments for the crimes they side the fraternity system that Flanagan prove in these areas, so must fraternities. commit, as should individual members. describes, because together they form a The Atlantic piece presents an anachro- However, the article, rather than trying to fuller picture of an old, significant insti- nistic institution that is dangerously pow- Follow us on find a way to fix this problem, seems to tution with the potential for change. erful. Fraternities have shown that the ex- suggest the best solution would be for no As the piece notes, fraternities perience they provide is not only relevant one to enter a fraternity house. have a rich history of providing a space for today’s college kids, but is increasingly Flanagan and I agree there is a prob- for young college men to become lead- producing members that are part of posi- Twitter lem within fraternity culture, but, at least ers. Flanagan discusses the vast number tive social change on campuses. within this extensive article, she does not of successful individuals that fraternities seem to present a way of moving forward. have produced, acknowledging that “the Leibowitz is a member of the class of @wesleyanargus College campuses have made huge strides organizations raise millions of dollars for 2014. 10 • opinion THE WESLEYAN ARGUS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2014 Sniff, Sniff: On Crying in School, Getting Over It, Being Pathetic, and Loving It By Jenny Davis, Assistant Opinion Editor

I used to be the biggest cry- Geometer’s Sketchpad, a software tion, except unlike Judy Blume’s Tony I fought the urge to punch her in the humiliation that comes with it, being baby. I never cried about anything that should have been left to geom- Miglione, I wasn’t a teenage boy fear- throat when she confessed to not un- pathetic has its myriad benefits. that mattered, of course; I saved my eters. ing being caught misusing his bird- derstanding what confused me about True to its name, being pathetic breakdowns for math and science I cried my way through astron- watching binoculars, but a preteen the graph she had so painstakingly got me an incredible amount of sym- class. Often it would begin before my omy because for some reason the girl frantically reading her notes over drawn. (Sarah, if you’re reading this, pathy, albeit unwanted at the time. teacher even started talking, leaving way the light from the sun strikes the and over again obsessively in the cafe- I didn’t actually entertain the possi- Some teachers were so freaked out me in panic-induced tears minutes earth is related to the earth’s shape... teria. I distinctly remember my vision bility of punching you in the throat.) by my tears that they made special into a lesson. but not really. growing blurry as I stared down at a “It’s not worth it!” I roared. “Just allowances for me. One teacher even The first few times I cried in Each time I cried, it wasn’t long pile of rice on my plate because there let me fail.” gave me a cupcake. That was nice. each class, my teachers were genu- before I was found out. Most often, were multiple grains of rice and that I cared so much, in fact, that I Nobody gives cupcakes to apathetic inely concerned. Some grew mater- it was by someone occupied a neigh- meant, much to my chagrin, that that sometimes grew violent, ripping pa- people. nal. All looked stricken themselves, boring desk and who would lean into number could be divided, riddled pers to shreds and breaking pens— Another thing was that crying as though they had offended me in my sniffling face before asking help- with X’s, and stuck in equations that not pencils, pens—in my rage. It was made simple things very dramatic. some way or I had appendicitis. After fully, “Are you crying?” made no sense whatsoever. maddening. And depressing, because Crying turns everything into a jour- it had gone on for a few solid weeks, Because the answer was invari- I envied my classmates who math is an exceedingly stupid thing ney, and I believe we need more jour- though, concern became annoyance, ably yes, I usually just looked this could skip problems they didn’t un- to get pen-breakingly angry about. neys in our lives. I miss the times that and more often than not annoyance way and that trying to pretend that derstand and come back to them Shouldn’t I have been breaking pens math homework felt as profound as turned into frustration. I wasn’t actually crying, just sniff- later; I wished I could emulate those over world hunger, not the side-an- climbing a mountain. It wasn’t that I meant to cry. I ing with tears falling out of my eyes. who were comfortable with under- gle-side theorem? Tears are the threshold of pas- honestly couldn’t help it. When I After a few people had loudly asked, standing the main concept of a text- It’s almost more depressing, sion. Once there are tears, you’re didn’t understand something—and “What’s wrong?” the teacher would book reading even though the details though, that I don’t seem to get pen- licensed to have a full-fledged break- when you’re focused on not crying become appraised of the situation of footnote 54 were a little bit murky. breakingly mad over very much now. down, and you’ll look totally legiti- it can be hard to understand some- and come to stare down at me. This It was excruciating for me to sit with At least I used to care about things, mate doing so. You can be breaking thing—my throat constricted, and was the worst part of the whole expe- uncertainty. I would have loved to be even things that didn’t matter at all. pens dry-eyed, and you’ll look insane. my eyes began to water. I was, in rience because the class would grow carefree; I would have given anything It’s possible that now I’ve grown Do the same thing with tears, and short, a mess. silent and fix its gaze on my pitiful to care just a little bit less. more comfortable with the secrets of you’ll be transformed into a tragic I cried my way through seventh- tears. A few hands would have found But I did care. Asking for help, the universe, but it’s more likely that hero. grade algebra because who in their their ways onto my shoulders, where though, often made the ordeal more I can’t muster up the energy to care Being pathetic has its benefits, right mind could grasp the concept of they patted reassuringly. One of my panic-inducing because I was often as much as I once did. I wouldn’t say not the least of which is reveling in a negative number? So did the num- friends would sigh and reach for a tis- unable to verbalize my questions in that I’m apathetic, but I’m definitely petty emotion. It’s a luxury to be able ber not exist? And why did multiply- sue that the room always had for situ- ways that other people could under- less pathetic than I was at 12 (and, to cry over things that don’t matter. ing two negative numbers result in ations like these. stand (this is, I’ve learned, a common who are we kidding, 16? I blame Being pathetic is a privilege. And it’s a positive number? The whole thing Before math and math-based sci- side effect of over-thinking things). I 11th-grade physics for making me swell. was mind-boggling. ence, my dread was so intense that I grew frustrated when my smart friend regress four years). I cried my way through geom- could hardly eat. It was a full-fledged Sarah tried to explain trigonom- Honestly, I would rather be pa- Davis is a member of the class of etry, especially because we had to use “Then Again, Maybe I Won’t” situa- etry. She was patient as a saint, but thetic than apathetic. For all of the 2017.

RECYCLE THIS ARGUS! FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2014 THE WESLEYAN ARGUS 11 sports Swimming: Slevin Qualifies Belichick Takes for Nationals in Indianapolis Women’s Lax Helm By Daniel Caballero Continued from front page and 400 medley relay teams that set “Hopefully I’ll be able to drop Contributing Writer the Wesleyan best times last year. my times for Nationals,” Slevin said. highlight some strong races for the Rounding out the top-eight in- “We’ve started more high-volume If the coming season for women’s Cards, who took a big step forward dividual finishers for the Birds was training and added in the dryland lacrosse could be described in one in NESCACs after finishing in last Rachel Hirsch ’15. She finished in strength training, so in the next cou- word, that word would be change. place two years in a row before im- eighth place in the 50 breast, cap- ple weeks I’ll be able to taper back Students can expect to see many new proving to 10th last year. The Birds ping off a solid season shortened due down from that before the meet.” faces this year, both on the sidelines were just 11.5 points behind Colby to a semester abroad last fall. The team is losing some high- and on the field. The first, and most for ninth place. They will surely set Wesleyan saw some beauti- character, highly competitive seniors notable, difference between this year their sights higher next season, with ful relay times emerge, first in the to graduation this spring. and the past 14 will be Interim Head a strong recruiting class lighting the eight-place 200-yard free relay with “All three graduating seniors Coach Amanda Belichick ’07, replac- way for a bright future for the team. Slevin, Capron, Liz Baumgartner are good friends, we’re going to miss ing Holly Wheeler, whose contract was The Cards will graduate just one se- ’15, and Serena Zalkowitz ’17. They them,” Slevin said. “All of them add not renewed last summer. nior this year, Russell Madison. then took fifth in the 400-yard med- a lot to the team. Kate Uthe has Despite being only 29 years old, The women were on the deck ley relay, with Savarino replacing the best work ethic of anyone I’ve Belichick brings with her a wealth of C/O WESLEYAN a week earlier, battling both a bliz- Baumgartner in that foursome. had the chance to swim with; she’s experience, not to mention being the Abby D’Angelo ’14. zard and the other 10 teams in the Slevin, with her times in the so dedicated and it’s really inspir- daughter of one of the most successful NESCAC en route to their second 1,650- and 500-meter freestyle ing. I’ve loved being able to train coaches in National Football League Nevertheless, Belichick has confidence in eighth-place finish in as many years. swims, will become the first Wesleyan distance with her, I’m really going history, Bill Belichick ’75. Having the leadership of the returning Cardinals, Angela Slevin ’15 led the way All-American since 2008. She’ll head to miss her. Alyssa is an incredible been a talented lacrosse player for the specifically Captains Madeline Coulter for the Cards, boasting a plethora to Nationals in Indianapolis, Ind. competitor, which is so good for the Cardinals from 2004-2007, Belichick ’14, Emma Frangules ’14, and Abby of accolades by the time the meet during the second week of spring relays, and when we get to the meets understands the competitive spirit that D’Angelo ’14. was over. Coming into the race, she break and compete in those two she just has so much energy and adds Wesleyan student-athletes bring to the “They have done a fantastic job with held three individual and four relay events plus the 200 freestyle. so much.” field and has firsthand knowledge of the organization and motivation of their school records, and she added her “A lot of girls over the past few Slevin said Capron, in addition the high level of opposition present in teammates, and really leading by example name to the record books two more years have been close to Nationals; to her clear athletic talent, brought the NESCAC. in practice,” Belichick said. “They also did times with a 4:32.15 in the indi- Cara [Colker-Eybel ’13] came ex- great spirit to the pool. “As a whole, [the NESCAC] a great job in the off-season preparing the vidual medley and a 17:12.09 in the tremely close,” Slevin said. “I’ve “Roxy, as well, is such a good is the most competitive conference team for the beginning [of the season].” mile swim. Those times were good been lucky enough to be working competitor, but what Roxy has in Division III, and we’re very fortu- Daphne Kroessler ’15, Frangules, enough for third and second place, with Coach Peter Solomon for two taught me the most is to just have nate to play top-20 teams regularly,” and D’Angelo return to form Wesleyan’s respectively. She also had a second- years now, and it’s just very exciting fun with it,” Slevin said. “She’s al- Belichick said. “So it’s exciting to play defensive core. Also reappearing between place finish in the 500 freestyle, at for the program. Looking forward, ways making me laugh on deck, even in a competitive conference.” the pipes is Wesleyan’s keeper from last 4:59.87, giving her a trio of All- we hope to get more girls there, es- when we’re nervous or anxious, and In terms of experience, Belichick year, Nina Labovich ’16, back after a solid NESCAC honors, the first of her pecially with relay teams, so it’s just her being able to make everyone did not wait long to start her coach- debut in 2013. Despite being a freshman career. a big step forward for the program.” happy and put a smile on their face ing career after graduating. She has last year, Labovich was able to place herself Slevin added a fourth “B” cut in The Indiana University pool is is really awesome.” been coaching women’s lacrosse since in the middle of the NESCAC standings the 200-yard backstroke, although known for being a particularly fast This team has high hopes for 2007, first working at the high school for goalies with an average of 7.13 saves she didn’t swim in the final of that pool, thanks to consistently high wa- the upcoming season. After finishing level before moving up to the collegiate per game and a 42.3 save percentage. The race because she had maxed out at ter temperatures, properly designed 6-6 in dual meets, the women hope ranks in 2010. Finding herself back team should look for her to further im- three individual events. Slevin cred- gutters, and how deep the water is. that an infusion of young talent next on the Wesleyan sideline, Belichick prove her skills around the net in 2014, ited team spirit as a major source of “I’m very excited for Nationals, year will help them in their goal to hopes to turn around what has been a as she has gotten some experience under the team’s success. to see what I can do after a few improve upon their eighth-place fin- difficult string of seasons for women’s her belt. “I think we went into the meet more weeks of training,” Slevin said. ish. lacrosse, which hasn’t had a winning All in all, women’s lacrosse this year with a lot of Cardinal pride and rode “Mostly, though, I’m just really ex- “Obviously we’re graduating a record since 2007. looks to be one full of unknowns, yet that energy all weekend long,” she cited to compete at the Indianapolis few girls who’ve made some signifi- However, Belichick is not the rife with great opportunities for both the said. facility, where they hold Division I cant contributions, but we have a big only new face representing women’s players and the new coach. Belichick very In the last meet of her college Nationals and Olympic trials. It’ll be group of girls coming in already next lacrosse: this year’s squad will also be accurately described the potential to be career, Roxy Capron ’14 went out a really fast meet so it’ll be really fun year from Early Decision and ED2,” introducing 13 freshmen who will be found in the upcoming season. with a bang; she took top-eight fin- to compete against all these incred- Slevin said. “Hopefully, with the looking to help replace a graduated “There’s a lot of room for players to ishes in all three of her individual ible athletes.” success we have had this year, we can group of high-volume scorers. Last step up,” Belichick said. races, the three breaststroke events. The All-American enters the go into preseason next year building year’s scoring trio of Kaylin Berger ’13, The team opens its season with a Capron took fifth in the 50, seventh meet ranked 16th in the mile and off what we’ve done. Beating teams Kayla Ellman ’13, and Lydia Kring ’13 home game on Saturday, March 1 against in the 100, and eighth in the 200. 20th in the 500, but anticipates be- like Tufts this year was really inspir- will be missed by the team, as the three NESCAC opponent Hamilton College. Capron and Alyssa Savarino ’14 ing able to improve on her qualify- ing because we’re such a small team, accounted for 63 percent of the points The Cardinals will look to avenge a close graduate this year holding two relay ing times with consistent training and we have a lot of potential to do notched by last year’s squad, as well 9-6 loss from last year when they visited school records as parts of the 200 over the next few weeks. a lot of damage next year.” as more than half of the team’s shots. the Continentals. High Expectations for 12th-Ranked Men’s Lacrosse the 2014 season with high expecta- scheme we run, and it is safe to say our if the motivation and hard work pay tions. defense is what has kept us in most off in its season opener this Saturday. “Our expectations for the sea- games throughout my career here.” March 1 at Hamilton. The Cardinals son are to win the Little Three, the In addition to the strong defense were undefeated at home in 2013, NESCAC title, and the National that only gave up 246 shots on goal and they look to extend their winning Championship,” said Co-Captain last season, the Cardinals have a strong streak when Bates comes to Jackson Sam Stanton ’14. “Although these offense with the return of leading goal Field on Saturday, March 8. Although may seem like lofty expectations, we scorer Graham Macnab ’14 and points all games against NESCAC opponents believe we are very capable of mak- leader David Murphy ’15. are big, the 2013 NESCAC title re- ing a run come late April into May “This year, we are returning a lot match is at Tufts on April 19th. with the players we have in our locker of top offensive players with a lot of “The NESCAC has immense room.” experience, particularly guys like Co- depth from the top of the league to Under the reign of Head Coach Captain Aidan Daniell ’14, Macnab, bottom, and any team has the ca- John Raba, who enters his 18th sea- Mike Giambanco ’14, Quentin pability to win,” Daniell explained. son at the helm, the Cardinals look to DellaFera ’15, and Murphy,” Stanton “However, Tufts will be our toughest win their first NESCAC tournament explained. “Our offense has gotten competition this year; they have a very since 2009 and make it to the DIII even better than where it was last sea- deep team and, like us, will return Championship weekend at M&T son, and they are definitely ready to many of their starters for the 2014 Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md. The become an elite offense.” season.” C/O WESLEYAN C/O WESLEYAN Cardinals start their 2014 campaign as Despite losing in the NESCAC In addition to beating Tufts, win- Graham Macnab ’14. Elliott Albert ’14. the 12th-ranked Division III program championship a year ago, the team ning the NESCAC tournament, and By Grant Lounsbury in the country, according to Inside has used that setback as incentive in going on to the National tournament, record ever and wins a national title. Staff Writer Lacrosse, and with a majority of their its offseason workouts and in prepara- the Cardinals look to three-peat in “I think for this team it really 2013 roster returning for the 2014 tion for the upcoming season. winning the Little Three. comes down to continuing to put in With the melting of snow campaign, the Cards expect to steadily “We let that loss in the NESCAC “Every year we look to win three the hard work and dedication, and af- and the growing of flow, only one climb up the rankings with each win. Championship motivate us this off- championships, starting with the ter that, it is a matter of believing in thing is for sure: it’s lacrosse season. “Our team looks very promising season to work harder than ever before Little Three,” Daniell said. “Winning each other and the system our coaches Coming off a heartbreaking 11-6 loss this year because of the abundance of to make sure we do not have to feel the Little Three for the third time in a have put in place,” Albert said. “If we to Tufts University in the NESCAC returning offensive players, as well as the disappointment of falling short row would be amazing.” make it back to the NCAA tourna- Championship game a season ago, the the quality of our defense,” Stanton again this season,” said Co-Captain With the talent that returns, the ment, that means we have taken care Cardinals, who finished 13-5 overall said. “Year after year, the strength of Elliot Albert ’14. 2014 season looks like it could be the of business in the NESCACs, so that with a 6-4 NESCAC record, look to our team is our defense because of the The team will get a chance to see year in which the team posts its best would be extremely special.” RHYME AND PUNISHMENT Poems for the Modern Criminal

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