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STUDENT GOVERNMENT SGA candidates begin campaigning Status Quo challenged by outsider sophomore Joseph Hills.

BY SEAN SEELINGER CEO’s all the time,” Hills said. “In this HUSTLER EDITORINCHIEF INSIDE: Read the candi- case, the incumbent SGA has made Th e Student Government Asso- dates’ bios and platforms on some pretty blaring mistakes.” ciation campaign season started at page 3. Weimar and Lancaster both said 12:01 a.m. yesterday as candidates that SGA experience is necessary on and their supporters braved the cold caster, each with three years of SGA each ticket. Lancaster’s running-mate to hang signs around campus. experience will be challenged in the sophomore Cara Bilotta has served Members of three tickets will com- race for president by sophomore Jo- on SGA for two years as a Special pete for the position of SGA President seph Hills who intends to challenge Events Committee member and then and Executive Vice President. the status quo within the organiza- as co-chair of the Student Services KELLY HOCUTT / The Vanderbilt Hustler Two junior Arts and Science sena- tion during his campaign. and Technology co-chair. SGA candidates’ signs compete for attention outside of CX2. Candidates and their supporters were allowed to start campaigning at tors, Bill Weimar and Boone Lan- “Companies bring in outside Please see SGA, page 3 12:01 a.m. yesterday morning. By sunrise, signs supporting the presidential tickets were all over campus. ACADEMICS ASB members refl ect on CRIME Accelerator a spring break of service Morgan off ers real shooting case business will go to trial experience Lawyers say suspects shot in self- Competition for spots increases defense after being harassed. substantially for second summer. BY ROBERT PROUDFOOT BY MEREDITH CASEY HUSTLER SENIOR FEATURES REPORTER HUSTLER NEWS EDITOR Th e Morgan House shooting sus- Imagine working from 7 a.m. until 1 a.m. for pects’ attorneys cited self-defense thirty days straight while dressed in business at- when they declined a plea bargain of- tire. Students involved in Vanderbilt’s Summer fer last Wednesday in favor of a jury Business Institute, called the Accelerator, will trial starting June 26. do just that — participate PHOTO PROVIDED Carlos Branch, 26, and Edward in a uniquely fast-paced ABOVE: Vanderbilt students Michelle Schultz (left) and Will Hubbard (right) play with children at a daycare Allen Jr., 22, still remain in jail as non-traditional MBA-like center in Montreal. The mission of the trip was to work with underprivileged children and the homeless. suspects for the Sept. 25 shooting program. Accelerator is an BELOW: The ASB group in Leland, Mississippi joined forces with the “Care-a-vanners”, a retired group of indi- that injured freshman wide receiver Branch Allen intensive four-week immer- viduals that travel around the country with Habitat for Humanity, in building this house. George Smith in the arm. sion in business for under- Branch and Allen have both been Football players listed graduates and recent college charged with aggravated assault with graduates. a deadly weapon, reckless endanger- as possible witnesses Sicard Competition has in- ment with a deadly weapon and car- Former redshirt freshman running creased substantially for the rying a weapon on school property back Zach Logan 65 slots available for the Accelerator, compared with intent to go armed. to last summer, the fi rst session of the pro- Harold Donnelly, Branch’s attor- Sophomore corner back Khalil gram. Th e underlying concept of Accelerator ney, said that if found guilty, the sus- Sutton is the “learn by doing” method in which con- pects could face roughly six years in Sophomore off ensive lineman cepts introduced in the classroom setting are prison. Susan Niland, spokeswoman Cameron Bradford immediately implemented via projects and real for the district attorney general’s of- Redshirt freshman wide receiver experiences, said to Mike Sicard, director of Ac- fi ce said that each charge has a range George Smith celerator. of years and sentencing depends on Redshirt freshman defensive end Th e largest group project assigned entails prior off enses. Derrius Dowell coming up with a product or service, designing Th e Assistant District Attorney a strategic plan for producing and marketing it, James Sledge off ered the suspects a Sophomore right back Jeff Jennings and implementing a complete business plan in- plea bargain. Sophomore running back Cassen cluding a budget, according to Sicard. Th e fi nal Aft er discussing the case with the Jackson-Garrison product is presented at an actual business expo suspects, both Richard Dumas and Freshman safety Reshard Langford at the Fairgrounds. Donnelly informed Division II Crim- “Th e product can be anything but food,” Si- inal Court Judge J. Randall Wyatt Jr. Junior wide receiver Marion White card said. “Also, nothing illegal or porn related.” of the defense’s desire to take the case Senior strong safety Kelechi Ohanaja Please see ACCELERATOR, page 7 PHOTO PROVIDED to a jury trial. Freshman defensive back Darlon “Th is is an issue of self-defense,” Spead said Dumas, Allen’s attorney. “I be- Redshirt freshman corner back Josh CRIME lieve that when the facts come out, Allen and I mean not just the facts that can be seen on the video, that it will Redshirt freshman wide receiver Students break into Branscomb Varsity Market become clear that my client was pro- Sean Walker tecting himself.” Source: Court documents, Metro Police reports BY MEREDITH CASEY 11:53 p.m. ishment depends on circum- Marts, especially if they are in- Sledge and Niland were not will- HUSTLER NEWS EDITOR All three individuals were ar- stances. toxicated and not thinking clear- ing to discuss the details of the case. the videotape footage is only one side Several Vanderbilt students rested by Vanderbilt Police and “We investigate the items in- ly... perhaps the students who “We are not going to comment of the story,” Donnelly said. “It is not had a severe case of the munchies booked downtown. volved, how it happened and the stole those items were not in their about the case,” Niland said. “Th e the whole story.” before spring break. “Any sort of policy violation intention of the student...the law right mind,” said sophomore Jes- evidence will be released at trial.” Metro Police records said that the Th ree Vanderbilt students or action like that on campus will may consider breaking and entry sica Schwartz. Police records made public by football players were celebrating the broke into the closed Branscomb be investigated by our offi ce,” said as something we may not,” Na- Th e names of the students court proceedings give more infor- birthday of off ensive lineman Cam- Munchie Mart and stole soft Ruth Nagareda, director of Stu- gareda said. involved could not be released, mation about the night of the shoot- eron Bradford and the football team’s drinks, cigarettes and snack food dent Conduct and Integrity. “More students than you’d according to Andrew Atwood, di- ing. fourth win of the season against the on the evening of March 5th at According to Nagareda, pun- think steal from the Munchie rector of Crime Prevention. ■ “Th e things the public has seen in Please see SHOOTERS, page 5

OUR VIEW LIFE BASKETBALL NOTABLE POLL WEATHER INSIDE Read why the Life writer Brandon Be sure to check out The College Board, In the Bubble 2 THE editorial board feels Duncan previews Vanderbilt men’s which owns the SAT that federal pri- the Vanderbilt basketball as they college entrance 3388% In History 2 vacy laws such as the Juggling and take on Notre exam, disclosed last Crime Report 2 WALL Federal Educational Physical Arts Dame in their first week that scoring Percentage of Rights and Privacy Club’s upcom- contest of the NIT errors had been Americans who said Opinion 8 Act had unforseen ing Juggleville tonight at 6 p.m. discovered on 4,000 they believe the 64 44 Our View 8 negative effects show, a first for the on ESPN2. Look out of 495,000 tests nearly 3-year-old HI LO Life 10 on the handling of young group. for more information taken during the war in Iraq is going » Extended forecast on page 2 the Morgan House See Page 10 on both basketball October sitting. well for the United Fun & Games 14 shooting. teams’ post-season States, down from 46 See Page 8 play in Friday’s issue. percent in January. » CNN.com 2 NEWS The Vanderbilt Hustler | Wednesday, March 15, 2006

WORD OF THE DAY THIS DAY IN HISTORY FORECAST 44 B.C. Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of THURSDAY nobles that included Brutus and Cassius. Mostly Cloudy COMELY High: 64 PAGE 2 1493 Christopher Columbus returned to Spain, concluding his fi rst voyage to the Western Hemisphere. Low: 43 Today is Wednesday, March 15, 2006 adj. pleasing/agreeable to the sight; good-looking; suit- FRIDAY 1820 Maine became the 23rd state. able; agreeable Partly Cloudy IT IS THE THERE ARE 1913 President Woodrow Wilson held the fi rst open presidential news High: 54 th conference. Low: 32 40 36 34 58 1964 Actress Elizabeth Taylor married actor Richard Burton in Mon- SATURDAY treal; it was her fi fth marriage, his second. day of classes class days class days calendar Partly Cloudy until exams until Rites of days to com- 1975 Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis died near Paris at age 69. High: 52 Spring mencement Source: Webster’s Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language Compiled by the Associated Press Low: 33

TODAY IN THE BUBBLE Compiled by Katherine Foutch Lotus Eaters Sophomore Honorary Applications Founder’s Week celebrates Cornelius Members of the class of 2009 with a 3.5 GPA are eligible to join Lotus Eaters. Applica- tions are evaluated based on overall leadership ability, attributes you can bring to the Michael McGerr, Professor society, and the quality and eff ort shown on the application. Th is year’s main projects of American History at Indi- include Athenian Sing and the Virtual School. Applications are available now at ana University, will deliver https://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/form/i3uXSw the inaugural Vanderbilt Founder’s Day Lecture on Louis Cameron: Projected Works Thursday, March 16. The lecture is in conjunction with Vanderbilt University is pleased to present a solo exhibition of New York-based artist the 133rd anniversary of the Louis Cameron’s Projected Works at the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center Gal- lery from March 13-26, 2006. Organized by Assistant Professor of Physics, James H. fi rst gift of the University’s Dickerson II, Projected Works is a two-part installation: the world premiere of a new namesake patron, Cornelius slide projection and Cameron’s acclaimed video Universal. Both explore the intra- Vanderbilt. connections of light and physics in visuality. Th e new slide projection consists of red, McGerr’s talk, “The green, and blue clusters, projected onto a white canvas. Commodore’s Strange Gift: The Founding of Vanderbilt,” will take place at 5 p.m. in Vanderbilt Baseball vs. Butler Wilson Hall, Room 103. Th e men’s baseball team will play Butler University at Hawkins Field at 4 p.m. today, McGerr is writing a history of the Vanderbilt Compiled by staff from various sources. Check out http://calendar.vanderbilt.edu for more events. family titled ‘The Public Be Damned’: The Vanderbilts and the Unmaking of the Rul- WORLD ing Class. “Commodore” Cornelius Revenge killings push Vanderbilt, the great steam- boat and railroad magnate, was known for his obsession Iraq closer to civil war with making money and was almost as notorious for his foreign embassies, as well as the BY STEVEN R. HURST lack of interest in charity and ASSOCIATED PRESS Iraqi government. philanthropy. The lecture will A senior Defense Ministry of- BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi unveil the surprising reasons fi cial said the 421 al-Qaida fi ght- authorities discovered at least 87 behind Vanderbilt’s unchar- ers were recruited to storm the corpses _ men shot to death exe- acteristic decision to give the U.S. and British embassies and cution-style _ as Iraq edged clos- money to found Vanderbilt take hostages. Several ranking er to open civil warfare. Twenty- University in 1873. Defense Ministry offi cials have nine of the bodies, dressed only “The book narrates the been jailed in the plot, said the in underwear, were dug out of a lives of seven generations offi cial, speaking on condition of single grave Tuesday in a Shiite of the Vanderbilts in order anonymity because of the sensi- neighborhood of Baghdad. to explore the rule of the tivity of the information. Some of the bloodshed ap- family, long the richest in Defense Secretary Donald H. peared to be retaliation for a the nation and probably the Rumsfeld said Tuesday that he bomb and mortar attack in the world, in shaping the culture had not received anything defi ni- Sadr City slum that killed at least and ambitions of the rich in tive on the report, but cautioned 58 people and wounded more industrial America,” McGerr that earlier accounts are oft en ad- than 200 two days earlier. said. “The Commodore’s en- justed later on. Iraq’s Interior Minister Bayan dowment of the University is “We’ve always known that Jabr, meanwhile, told Th e As- one of the key episodes that there are people who have tried sociated Press security offi cials dramatizes the Vanderbilts’ to infi ltrate the various security had foiled a plot that would have growing determination to forces and tried to get close access put hundreds of al-Qaida men create a family dynasty that to places that they ought not to at critical guard posts around would dominate American be,” he said. “Th ere’s nothing new Baghdad’s heavily fortifi ed Green public life.” Zone, home to the U.S. and other about that that I know of.” ■ PETER TUFO / The Vanderbilt Hustler

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT “Communication, Leadership, Accountability, Perspective” SGA: Candidates Joseph Hills, Presidential candidate Sophomore, Major: History debate resolution Campus Involvement: Vanderbilt Dining Line Worker, Student Supervisor, and Special Events Planner; Midshipman in Vanderbilt Navy ROTC; Benton Chapel lector; Slant staff writer; McGill Dorm Council Publicity Chair; member of Chancellor’s Task Force on Greek Areas Subcommittee Michael Slanovits Vice-presidential candidate on publication of Junior, Major: Secondary Education, Mathematics Campus Involvement: member of Vanderbilt University Fencing Club; member of voting records Vanderbilt Society of Writers; research assistant for Kevin Leander in the Learning and Literacy Department of Peabody College; McGill Project; McGill Dorm Council Secretary; tutor at Sylvan Park Elementary School; co-sponsor of University School of Nashville Quiz Bowl From SGA, page 1 voted while representing them” Weimar’s running-mate junior Hills said. The platform Brennan McMahon has no previ- Lancaster said that he “agrees Our primary goal is to increase transparency • Consider the possibility of a Peabody Express ous SGA experience but has served with (Hills) regarding his concern” and accountability in SGA. line from Peabody to Frat Row and back on Friday and on Interhall for three years, twice as but there was concern among SGA • Continue working with VTV to get every SGA Saturday nights. dorm president and recently as an members that senator’s votes would meeting taped and archived for greater accessibility. • Work closely with Interhall to re-evaluate area coordinator. not be able to be coupled with an • Endorse the publication of voting tables with disaster response plans. “Now that Vanderbilt is moving explanation as to senator’s rationale individual’s votes on the SGA website – a proposition our • Publicize VandySwap and turning it into an towards a residential college sys- behind their decision, citing tech- opponents choose not to second this semester. The tables economically viable system tem...SGA is going to need to have nological obstacles to posting expla- would be updated after every meeting. • Encourage diversity by sponsoring cultural leaders who have experience deal- nations on the current Web site. • Make the SGA budget a continuously updated events and inviting speakers to campus with lead- ing with Housing so that SGA can “It is something we will continue document available for public inspection at any time ership, academic experience and a willingness more adequately handle the prob- to work towards,” Lancaster said. online. to rock the boat. lems that it needs to address,” Wei- Morgan said that “the main • Evaluate how Vandy Vans routes will be aff ected We will truly work to ensure that SGA mar said. “By having Brennan on concern is that someone would see by the completion of the Freshmen Commons. works not for itself, but for you. board, she brings experience that I a voting result and not understand don’t have.” the scenario as to why they voted Hills said that leadership experi- that way and would get an incorrect ence, not SGA experience is neces- impression as to the reason for the “Bill & Brennan: Building a Better Vanderbilt” sary to serve as president. senator’s vote.” “Th e advantages of being on SGA Weimar said that he would be Bill Weimar, Presidential candidate can be had through other leadership willing to look at publishing indi- positions,” said Hills’ running mate, vidual records should such links Junior, Major: Economics, Minor: Political Science junior Michael Slanovits. become feasible but said “the real Government Experience: 2005-2006: Junior Senator for the College of Arts and Science; SGA Executive Board Hills noted his experience fi lling answer is to get more media cover- Vice-President of Student Aff airs. 2004-2005: Sophomore Senator for the College of Arts and Science; SGA in for an injured platoon sergeant age (at the meetings).” Executive Board Vice-President of Student Aff airs. 2003-2004: Freshman Senator for the College of Arts and in Vanderbilt Navy ROTC and as a Candidates also diff ered on their Science. Campus Involvement: Kappa Alpha Order historian; member of Vanderbilt Mock Trial team; supervisor for employees at a Styro- opinion of the performance of the Campus Campaign Manager for Teach for America; participant in the Future Leaders Program foam factory. Morgan-Frazier administration. Brennan McMahon, Vice-presidential Candidate Hills, however, posted fl iers with Both Weimar and Lancaster a “dream line-up” for Rites of Spring praised Morgan’s increased com- Junior, Major: Political Science, Minor: French that included a then unannounced munication with and accountability Government Experience: 2005-2006: Interhall Peabody Area Coordinator. 2004-2005: Interhall performance by Ben Folds. Th e towards the student body. President of Gilette Hall. 2003-2004: Interhall President of Hemingway Hall. Campus Involvement: group also sent freshman Elise Ma- Members of both tickets pledged VUceptor; Vanderbuddies tutor; member of ArtReach; Chi Omega Sorority Sisterhood Chair sur to impersonate the Vanderbilt to do more. The platform Programming Board to release the “Even though they were great false information to Th e Vanderbilt communicators we want to further Promoting Campus numbers from most university documents. exam week by expand- Hustler. that and bring even more transpar- Safety, Strengthening • Increase the transparency of SGA by posting the ing library and computer Citing laptop theft s and a con ency to SGA so that people don’t feel Financial Responsibil- complete budget and expenditure totals online lab hours artist who scammed Greek hous- alienated from the organization,” ity, Expanding Technol- • Display the current balance allocated for sponsor- • Create an online es in recent months, Hills said, McMahon said. ogy Access, Enhancing ship requests to help student leaders make reasonable major and minor declaration “Vanderbilt students would like to Hills and Slanovits were more Academic Opportunity, expectations process trust everyone on campus but we critical of Morgan and Frazier. Th ey Prioritizing Student • Create an online form for student leaders to • Redefi ne the current were trying to make the point that focused much of their criticism on Concerns in Kirkland request fi nancial assistance and advice. The student guidelines for the SGA’s Ath- you can’t always believe everything. the handling of the cancellation of Hall leader will then collaborate with a Senator to assess letic Aff airs committee so that As university students we should be the SGA-SEC conference which cost • Promote and their fi nancial needs and learn about possible avenues it can voice student concerns questioning what people say.” SGA $9,000 due to a binding con- ensure the success of sponsorship prior presenting a formal resolution to regarding administrative Lancaster and Bilotta expressed tract that it had with the Marriott of the DoreWalks the Senate. decisions for athletic programs concern regarding Hills’ character Hotel. program and promote • Collaborate with the Provost and University Librar- by expanding the committee’s charge citing his central role in organizing a “Th ey did not attempt to re-sell the creation of more ian to purchase more computers for the Engineering to include advisory responsibilities. prank in conjunction with his role as the rooms,” Hills said. “Th ough innovative ways to address security Library or to expand the hours of operation of the • Create a communications resource for Student a staff writer for Th e Slant. signed by a previous administra- concerns. Stevenson Computer Lab Government Association leaders to share recent “I know part of the prank was tion, neither Morgan nor Frazier • Collaborate with the Vanderbilt Police to maintain • Work with Information Technology Services to developments in Kirkland Hall with a broad audience to display that there was defi nitely attempted to bring up the fact that the current patrol areas for Greek Row police offi cers encourage the expansion of wireless internet service each week. too much trust in the Vanderbilt their president had signed some- and advocate for a wider expansion of police coverage campus wide. • Ensure the communication of student concerns community in light of other scams thing without full Senate approval in other campus areas. • Replace existing computer kiosks with more related to College Halls by encouraging administrators on campus,” Bilotta said. “I do un- which would have been grounds for • Work with Housing to revise the procedures for advanced and reliable kiosks. to attend campus organization meetings instead of derstand that he was trying to make impeachment.” mandatory residence hall evacuations • Work with academic deans to create a policy relying on forums. a point. It does raise some concerns Morgan previously said that the • Meet with the Vanderbilt Police to increase light- where professors are strongly encouraged to off er • Work to maintain long-standing Vanderbilt about the way he went about trying conference was cancelled at too late ing between Branscomb, Highland, Peabody and Blair. alternate exams traditions, such as the Homecoming Court, that defi ne to prove that point.” of a date for anything to be done • Ensure a more rapid removal of social security • Creation of more main campus study space during Vanderbilt and encourage school spirit. Th ere were several points that with the room. were brought up on more than one 2004-2005 president Andrew ticket’s platform. Maxwell volunteered to host the “Connecting through Community” Lancaster and Hills are calling conference while attending the for a renewed look at the Vandy SGA-SEC exchange at the Univer- Boone Lancaster, Presidential Candidate Vans system, especially regarding sity of Tennessee during the fall of Junior, Major: Public Policy the upcoming move of all freshmen 2004. to the Commons. Weimar, substituting for Mor- Government Experience: 2005- 2006: SGA VP of Community Aff airs; SGA Dining Advisory Committee member; Th e Weimar-McMahon and gan, attended the conference as 2004-2005: SGA Executive Board Chief of Staff ; SGA Card Off -campus Committee member; SGA ITS commit- Hills-Slanovtis platforms both call well. tee member. 2003-2004: SGA Student Finance Committee member; Student Services and Technology for increased transparency. “It sounded like a great idea,” Committee member. Campus Involvement: appointee to Chancellor’s Student Wellness and Health Both tickets’ members want to Weimar said. “I thought of the SGA Committee; member of Presbyterian Student Fellowship; member of Black Student Alliance; tutor at post SGA budget online. conference as a way to show off why the Martha O’Bryan Center; participant in Guatemala PSF Spring Break Mission Trip 2006; participant Hills said that he wants SGA I love Vanderbilt.” in Habitat for Humanity Spring Break 2005; member of Vanderbilt Mock Trial team; former Public meetings broadcast on VTV. Maxwell was unavailable for Relations Co-Chair of Circle K Weimar is proposing the cre- comment. Cara Bilotta, Vice-presidential candidate ation of an online form for student Weimar, who did vote with the Sophomore, Major: Spanish, Medicine, Health and Society groups to request sponsorship fund- majority to appropriate SGA funds Government Experience: 2005-2006: SGA Student Services and Technology Co-Chair. 2004-2005: ing aft er which they will be paired to the conference during 2004-2005, SGA Special Events Committee member. Campus Involvement: Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority with a senator to discuss their needs said that he was not involved in the recording secretary; ASB site leader; VUceptor; former member of Kappa Kappa Gamma’s Public Rela- prior to bringing a resolution before funding decisions. tions committee the Senate. “We could have made all the oth- Th e Lancaster-Bilotta platform er schools pay (the full amount),” The platform suggests numerous structural im- Weimar said. “We couldn’t have Vision, Action committee co-chairs within fi rst two weeks of school across campus provements within SGA that would foreseen the contract problem and Plan for Internal for their specifi c and tentative plans for the year. • Require members of SGA make SGA more “effi cient, proactive couldn’t have foreseen Hurricane SGA Improvements, • Require monthly meetings of Divisional VPs and to attend a student organization and connected.” Katrina but in general I think it’s a Progress their co-chairs event each month wearing an Hills, who is proposing the pub- good idea to showcase Vanderbilt.” • Allowing • Continue development of offi cer notebooks for SGA shirt to increase SGA’s pres- lication of each senator’s voting Hills, however, said that the idea students parking Executive Board members, Senators, and co-chairs in ence, interaction, and accessibility records, challenged Weimar and of an SEC-SGA conference is an lot tailgating to order to allow for a more cohesive turnover keeping on campus. Lancaster’s opposition to publishing “inherently bad idea. With the ad- provide a true SGA’s stance on key issues such as Reading Day, Dead • Hold regular student forums such records. vent of technology (they could have football atmosphere Week, VUprint, and the Drop Add Period strong. to increase the students’ ability to During the February 22 SGA shared information online).” and opportunity for • A more proactive SGA voice concerns and ideas for prob- Senate meeting, a resolution, spon- He went on to criticize the tradi- better community for • Work with administration to create more student lems on campus. sored by SGA president Kate Mor- tional SGA turnover dinner. Vanderbilt students advisory boards within its structure to enhance the Progress gan, was presented that called for “Th at would be a prime exam- • Creation of a VUPD Advisory Committee to make student voice prior to the decisions being made. • Establishment of Vandy Rides, which provides the number of votes in favor and ple of SGA supporting itself,” Hills campus safer by providing empowering the student • Work to create a student survey to equip SGA students with a free online ride board to create ease of against resolutions to be posted on- said. “Th ey could hold that dinner voice even further for safety issues with real student opinions on a scale large enough to traveling planning both locally and nationally. line. A motion to publish individual at Rand. Everyone has a meal plan. • Enhancement of Vandy Vans to ensure that an present the administration with data strengthening • Card readers to be installed on machines in records was not seconded by any I’m not saying the event shouldn’t eff ective transportation system is in place with the our cases on key student issues. Wyatt Center member of the Senate, including happen but SGA shouldn’t be tak- arrival of the Freshmen Commons. • A more connected SGA • Addition of Shuttle to the spring break run so Weimar and Lancaster. ing money that could be supporting • A more effi cient SGA • Connect relevant co-chairs and student leaders there were both half hour and hour runs to and from “It seems to me that they are very other events.” • Require an action plan to be submitted by all to increase SGA’s awareness of issues and programs the airport. apathetic to the issue or genuinely Primary elections will be held feel that it would be better if people next Tuesday. General elections will did not know how representatives be held a week later on March 28. ■ 4 NEWS The Vanderbilt Hustler | Wednesday, March 15, 2006

ATHLETICS Injuries lead to new national restrictions for cheerleaders

BY ALLY SMITH aft er falling 15 feet from the top of that we can and cannot do.” Th e all girls team performed much as other schools, such as the are coming from,” Lisotta said. HUSTLER REPORTER a pyramid. Th e new restrictions apply only the now prohibited stunts during University of Kentucky, that are “A 15-foot drop without anyone Timeouts and halft ime shows “Th ere was a meeting during to basketball games, where hard- each halft ime; however, freshman national competitors. catching you is huge potential for at college basketball games will the SEC tournament for all SEC wood fl oors and crowded sidelines cheerleaders Th oma and Rachel “I don’t know that it’s so much someone getting hurt.” look a little diff erent this March cheer coaches. At this meeting make stunts more dangerous. Lisotta said it will not be hard to harsh,” White said. “Th ey might Th e all girls squad will cheer Madness season, thanks to new we reviewed the recommenda- “Th is isn’t a cheerleading com- replace those stunts with other have it this way for a while for on the Lady Commodores at Me- safety restrictions for cheerlead- tion, and all were in agreement petition. Th is isn’t where they get cheers. people to step back and realize morial Gym this Saturday night at ers. Th e American Association of that we will continue to follow the to do everything they want to do,” Junior Coed Squad cheer- that they need to be more care- 9:30 p.m. as they play Louisville in Cheerleading Coaches and Ad- AACCA safety guidelines,” said said Jim Lord, the cheerleading leader Alex White said taking out ful.” the fi rst round of the NCAA wom- ministrators made a recommen- Pam Pearson, National Cheerlead- association’s executive director, the stunts will not aff ect them as “I can understand where they en’s tournament. ■ dation intended to prohibit basket ers Association State Director and in an AP article. “Th e cheerlead- tosses and two-and-a-half high Vanderbilt head cheer coach. ers aren’t there for themselves. pyramids for the remainder of the “Th e one comment that I will Th ey’re there for the game.” 2006 basketball season. make about this ruling is that “(Th e ruling) is a let down,” Th e AACCA made the recom- Vanderbilt cheerleaders are super- said freshman All Girl Squad ENGAGE. ENRICH. ENROLL. mendation to all colleges March vised by the coaches that follow Cheerleader Emily Anne Th oma. Which of over 300 courses will engage 7 aft er a Southern Illinois Univer- the AACCA guidelines,” Pearson “We’ve never dropped anybody your interest this summer? sity cheerleader lost her balance said. “Our main focus is to sup- from our pyramids, and we never on a pyramid at the Missouri Val- port our teams and lead the crowd put up any stunts we don’t feel ley Conference championship last to do the same, and I feel we do a comfortable with. I feel like we are week. Th e cheerleader suff ered a very good job doing this. It really getting punished for something concussion and cracked vertebrae has nothing to do with the stunts that isn’t our fault.”

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The ASB group in San Francisco, California included Sarah Mills, Dusty Patil, Brad Perry, Michael Pelster, Brett Donegan, Cristina Kellenyi, Cassie Cohen (Top Left to Right), Tian Song, Alex Masciuch, Taylor Barr, Palmer Harston and Emily Kveselis (Bottom Left to Right). Dressed in aprons, the group served dinner at Glide, a church with a homeless center attached to it. They were dedicated to working with the elderly population of San Francisco and feeding the homeless in various homeless shelters throughout the city.

While spring break is traditionally a time of social and environmental issues. Th is year set aside for rest and relaxation, more than participants will turned an old cabin into a 370 Vanderbilt students dedicated their recreational center for children in Xela, Gua- Spring Break to community service through temala; prepared and dispersed meals to those the Alternative Spring Break Program from suff ering from HIV/AIDS in the Washington, March 6-10. Students traveled to 32 volun- D.C., area; mentored young girls in Atlanta; teer sites across the United States, Canada, revitalized a national park in Saguaro, Arizo- Mexico, Ecuador and Guatemala to engage in na; and rescued and rehabilitated area wild- service and learn about the problems faced life in the Florida Everglades. SUBMITTED BY ERICA HEADLEE by members of communities with whom they Alternative Spring Break was started at otherwise may have had little or no direct Vanderbilt University in 1987 by four un- contact. dergraduates who wanted to participate in Steven Zittrower, Emma Cofer, Erica Headlee, Lauren Eckhardt, Amanda Highlander, Clarke Nelson, Abi Wilensky, Miles Mills, Sara Brooks , Luke Patton and Alternative Spring Break is organized a community service opportunity but also Dalis Colins pose in front of the mountains of Tuscon, Arizona. This group went camping in Saguaro National Park and helped clean up the Yuma Mine, completely by students and covers a variety wanted to travel over Spring Break. hauling 2.5 tons of cinder blocks, wood and debris to be reused or thrown away.

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From ACCELERATOR, page 1 “While running our fi rst session we were ap- Th e students have morning breakfasts, lunches, proached by employers seeking the highly motivated and dinners that are frequented by various speakers in students selected for our program and so henceforth the business fi eld or other guest lecturers. Ten Owen we are able to off er connections to future job place- faculty members teach portions of the course. Th e ments,” said Jennifer Sicard, Program Coordinator of students are given several other projects to work on in Accelerator. addition to basic course work. “(Accelerator) was a good starting off point and of- “Th e goal is to have a mix of practitioners and re- fered you the chance to jump the hierarchy in a way search faculty teaching the course,” Sicard said. “Th e that exposes you to upper level business personal institute is fl exible enough to take feedback and imple- that you wouldn’t normally interact with,” said Casey ment changes quickly so that students have input. We Morgan, participant in Accelerator ‘05 and 2003 have a schedule in mind, but the students do not what Vanderbilt graduate who is now the manager of the is coming next.” 21st Ave. Starbucks. “Professionally, I gained a lot of Students expressed that as a result of the unexpect- confi dence in my business ability as well as knowledge ed nature of programming, boredom was not an issue. and ideas leading to my becoming a store manger of “I enjoyed Accelerator because you had no idea one of the largest, highest volume Starbucks in all of what was coming next and so in that way it was like a Middle America.” real business... you had to be prepared for anything,” Vanderbilt’s Institute of Business is trying to distin- said Martin Schmedlipz, participant in Accelerator ‘05 guish itself from other similar summer business pro- and Owen business student pursuing a masters in fi - grams at Stanford, Dartmouth, New York University, nance. Univesity of Virginia, University of California at Berk- Accelerator serves as an incubator for ideas and ley, George Washington University, Southern Method- projects that can be incorporated into MBA schools, ist University and Babson, particularly Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Th e Accelerator program is taking place from Sat- Management Sicard said. urday May 27 through Sunday June 25. Th e program Th is summer business program is diff erent from is open to all undergraduates and recent college grad- undergraduate and business school classes that have uates. An Accelerator Information Session will take little professor-class interaction and oft en center place on March 27th, from 6 - 7:30 p.m. at the Owen around an answer key. Grad School in Averbuch Auditorium. More informa- “In Accelerator, the faculty are not tied down by tion about the institute can be found at http://accelera- a strict curriculum - they can take risks and stu- tor.vanderbilt.edu. dents are more involved in determining what topics Mike Sicard is a graduate of Duke University and &OKPZ
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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition OPINION the Government for a redress of grievances.” OPINIONOPINION The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

SEAN SEELINGER, EDITORINCHIEF EDITORIAL CARTOON

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OUR VIEW Privacy laws can cause confusion

Now that Metro police have completed their investigation of the shooting in Morgan House, the Vanderbilt student body will fi nally be able to learn more about the truth surrounding the events of that night of September 24. Unfortunately, because of federal privacy laws and misinformation provided by the administration, Vanderbilt students have remained misled on several important issues surrounding the case for the past six months. “Th ere was a party on the tenth fl oor of Morgan House,” said Michael Schoenfeld, vice chancellor of public aff airs in a Sept. 26 Hustler article. “At some point during the party, a female Vanderbilt student carded into the building three individuals who are not Vanderbilt students. Th ey came up to the party. Th ey apparently were making a disturbance and were asked to leave. Th ey left with the student who carded them in.” Apparently, according to recently released police records, this information is not true. However, since that comment, rumors have DON WRIGHT — KRT circulated around campus about the culpability of Halima Labi, the “female Vanderbilt student” Schoenfeld was presumed to have been COLUMN referring to. In reality, Labi was nothing more than a witness to the shooting. In fact, police records do not suggest that Labi knew the suspects at all or that she was directly involved in the incident. Her police report Vanderbilt students ‘tangled in blue’ states that she had never even seen either suspect until that night. Labi was merely in the wrong place at the wrong time. She was already in the While my devotion to Motown has been duly noted, few songs manage with “What are you doing this summer?” Everyone al- elevator when the suspects entered it and subsequently became caught in to penetrate the soul like Bob Dylan’s “Tangled Up in Blue.” Th e opening ways seems to be reminiscing of past actions or planning the shooting. She did not let them into the building or leave with them. line exemplifi es the passive awakening of an early sunrise, and induces an their next move without enjoying the moment. Perhaps It is unfortunate that students have had to wait so long for this atmosphere where lingering thoughts morph into passionate obsessions. eagerness to leave that dull History class mixed with anx- I was not the information to emerge, but it is not entirely the administration’s fault. STRANGE BUT NOT A STRANGER iety over a mid-term is the reason why pathway geniality If Schoenfeld had waited until he had more information regarding the is a rare occurrence. A wise man once told me “It’s the only one to event, a lot of the rumors and misinformation that have permeated the DAVID Journey, not the destination” and tunnel vision obscures suff er from campus could have been avoided. ELLISON how fantastic it is to live the moment as an epicurean stu- However, because of strict federal privacy laws, such as the Federal dent. Th is same wise man also instructed me to “Don’t having” to cut Educational Rights and Privacy Act, once the investigation into the Each verse conquers a Romantic theme, yet the song as a whole proves to Stop Believin’” and I’ve taken his words to suggest never off a wave in matter offi cially began, Schoenfeld and the rest of the administration be an excellent critique of the joys and frustrations of humanity. When be complacent in the pursuit of happiness. were legally bound to refrain from discussing any details of the case. walking around campus between classes, I oft en fi nd myself humming “All It is with some melancholy that I write this article. Will midstream or Th ese laws undoubtedly exist for good reasons. However, we the people we used to know are an illusion to me now.” Th at line seems to friends acknowledge me tomorrow with a handshake or have to bear believe it is important to note that their strict nature can have negative be a fi tting description for Vanderbilt campus, as the students I befriend the blankness of a thousand-mile stare? Is there a statute consequences as well. In this case, many months of speculation, rumors Th ursday night at the bar all too oft en seem to ignore me Friday morning. of limitations on camaraderie, on friendly gestures, on the shame and misinformation could have been prevented. Even more troubling is that people I considered to be friends only a year the very qualities that make us human? Acquaintances or two ago now routinely snub my glances of salutation and friendly waves from freshman year are a lost cause; partners in crime of a tactless of greeting. At fi rst, I blamed a short haircut. But since my beard tends to from sophomore year are quickly becoming a distant snub. OPINION POLICY distinguish me from a crowd, I began to ponder more sinister motives. memory, and even intimate associates from the fi rst se- Did I smell bad? Did I get blackout and burn a few too many bridges? mester have begun to fade into obscurity. Aft er a couple of missed calls and a few The Vanderbilt Hustler opinion ters via. e-mail must either come What Albatross hung from my neck? Befuddled, I confi ded into a few of weeks without contact, the lurch to insignifi cance seems to be a self-fulfi lling section aims to stimulate discus- from a Vanderbilt e-mail address my friends about the chilly reception I frequently receive from former prophecy. Apathy slays the closest of bonds and nips unborn memories in the sion in the Vanderbilt community. where the identity of the sender In that spirit, columnists, guest is clear or be accompanied with a companions. Surprisingly, I was not the only one to suff er from having to bud, yet this campus seems at best indiff erent to its cliquish nature. We take columnists and authors of let- phone call to the Editor-in-Chief. cut off a wave in midstream or have to bear the shame of a tactless snub. it for granted that college produces endless social opportunities. It blows my ters to the editor are expected With rare exception, all letters When did Vanderbilt become so unfriendly? mind that in two years from now; most of my friends will be nothing more than to provide logical argument to must be received by 1 p.m. on To be fair, my occasional affl iction of aloofness rivals even the surli- memories destined to wilt into post-grad irrelevance. back their views. Unreasonable Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday. The est of receptions. My enthusiasm for cordiality intermingles with a desire Th e lyrics of Bob Dylan’s tale tackle every human emotion and emulate the arguments or arguments in vain editor reserves the right to edit to avoid tiresome conversations. Th e easiest way to manifest anti-social themes of literary greats. Indeed, posterity will guarantee the immortality of between columnists have no and condense submissions for behavior is to simply plug in your iPod and rock out to Howlin’ Wolf and “Tangled Up in Blue” and Dylan will assume his role among the Pantheon with place in The Hustler and will not be length as well as clarity. Muddy Waters. Aft er spotting an acquaintance from a previous life, it’s the likes of Homer, Dante, Tennyson and Byron. Th e fi nal verse ends with an ex- published. The Vanderbilt Hustler Lengthy letters that focus on an oft en easier to bury your head within the pages of Th e Hustler rather than pression of dogged determination and jaded optimism. Th e quixotic harmonica welcomes reader viewpoints and issue aff ecting students might be off ers three methods of expres- considered for a guest column at confront the awkwardness of a superfi cial chat. If the sighting occurs with solo that brings the song to a close leaves unanswered questions and an oppor- sion: letters to the editor, guest the editor’s discretion. enough distance, perhaps a change in sidewalk would provide a quick— tunity to draw personal conclusions. Maybe we’re victims of our own arrogance columns and feedback on our All submissions become the albeit, neurotic-- remedy. Such a course of action may provide instant and snobbery. Perhaps we are all actors on a grand stage and eff orts to shake website. property of The Vanderbilt Hustler gratifi cation, but the aggregate eff ects compound the mere fact that the the preeminence of destiny reek of vanity, if not stupidity. Whimsical greetings Letters must be submitted either and must conform to the legal Vanderbubble has become an increasingly unapproachable. and random acts of friendliness may not endow the substance necessary to drag in person by the author to The standards of Vanderbilt Student Should walk-by greetings be restricted to Facebook friends? What is down an anti-social institution nor will such eff orts placate the winds of fortune. Hustler offi ce or via. e-mail to Communications, of which The acceptable etiquette for the walk-by conversation? Of course, I use the But as for me, I’ve got about a year left in college, and I’m not sure if that’s long [email protected] Let- Hustler is a division. term “conversation” loosely, as the bullshit chit-chat that usually marks enough to fi gure out what the hell Mr. Dylan is singing about. CORRECTION POLICY such an encounter could hardly be described as social interaction. Th e enthusiastic “What did you do for Spring Break,” betrays rampant disin- —David Ellison is a senior in the College of Arts and Science. Accuracy is our profession. As the Bring corrections to The Hustler terest in the life of a peer, and will inevitably be replaced in the cycle of clichés “Voice of Vanderbilt,” we are com- offi ce in Sarratt 130 or e-mail us at mitted to ensuring our work is fair [email protected]. You and accurate. Errors of substance may also report them by telephone COLUMN will be corrected. With very rare to the news line at 615-322-2424 exception, these corrections will or the Editor-in-Chief at 615-322- be listed on Page 2. 3757. Brimelow appearance should not be missed

STAFF On Monday, March 20, students, faculty and members of the Nashville com- Yet Brimelow does not simply overwhelm the reader munity will have the opportunity to hear one of the foremost critics of current with a jumble of numbers, but asks the fundamental ques- News Editors Ben Sweet Marketing Director George Fischer Meredith Casey Advertising Manager Dan Ross U.S. immigration policy speak at Vanderbilt. tion of whether or not America even needs immigration. Opinion Editors Reeve Hamilton Production Manager Rosa An For years, fi nancial journalist and conservative commentator Peter Brimelow With an MBA from Stanford, Brimelow is no stranger to Aden Johnson Ad Design Manager Sharon Yecies All concerned Allison Malone Ad Designers Lisa Guo complex economic questions, and he explains how the Sports Editors Craig Tapper John Thompson THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE real consensus among labor economists (hardly a right about the Will Gibbons Asst. Ad Manager Nate Cartmell wing group) is that the total net benefi t of immigration to Life Editor Daniel Darland Ad Staff Emily Lineberger future of Asst. News Editors Lisa Guo Gosha Khuchua CHAD native-born Americans is very, very small; probably only Katherine Foutch Hilary Rogers $15-20 billion, insignifi cant in a $10 trillion economy Nicole Floyd Courtney Dial the” country BURCHARD Asst Sports Editors Jarred Amato Madeleine Pulman and completely wiped out by the costs of higher crime, Andy Lutsky Art Director John Maynard has argued that massive immigration poses a critical threat to America’s future. stress on social services, etc. should attend, Photo Editors Elise Alford Creative Director Matt Radford Kelly Hocutt Designers Cassie Edwards Himself an immigrant from Great Britain, Brimelow brings a much needed Th e real eff ect of immigration is not so much to create and I, for my Henry Manice Laura Kim international perspective to the issue, and as a graduate of Stanford Business wealth, but to redistribute it. Immigration provides cor- Peter Tufo Becca Carson part, am not Copy Editors Emily Agostino Webmaster Osman Jalloh School and a former editor at Forbes, the Financial Post, and National Review, porations with an abundant source of cheap labor, allow- Nikura Arinze his credentials are impressive. ing them to increase profi ts. eTh public, however, has to going to miss Logan Burgess Micah Carroll In his 1995 bestseller, Alien Nation: Common Sense about America’s Immi- pay the costs. Hence, current immigration policy might Kate Coverse gration Disaster, he carefully dissected ever aspect of the immigration debate, well be described as a form of corporate welfare, and the it. Stephanie de Jesus Caroline Fabacher brandishing a startling array of evidence and statistics that demonstrate how end result is that it robs from the poor and gives to the rich. Ben Karp America’s open borders policies increase crime, welfare, unemployment, dis- Th is is only one of the many insights that come from reading Brimelow’s Emily Mai VSC Director Chris Carroll Aarika Patel Asst. VSC Director Jeff Breaux ease, racial tensions, and a host of other social pathologies. Please see BURCHARD, page 9 Amy Roebuck Asst. VSC Director Paige Orr-Clancy

Your voice doesn’t stop here. President Kate Morgan President Kyle Southern U.S. Sen. Bill Frist U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander Rep. Jim Cooper Rep. Edith Langster Sen. Douglas Henry, Jr. Councilor Ginger Hausser The Vanderbilt Hustler encourages its readers Student Government Assoc. Interhall United State Senate United States Senate U.S. House of Rep. Tenn. District 54 Tenn. District 21 Metro District 18 to voice their opinions on legislative issues. 1542 Station B 7010 Station B Washington, DC 20510 Washington, DC 20510 Washington, DC 20515 35 Legislative Plaza 11 Legislative Plaza 521 Chesterfi eld Avenue The following students and legislators [email protected] [email protected] (202) 224-3344 (202) 224-4944 (202) 225-4311 Nashville, TN 37243-0154 Nashville, TN 37243-0021 Nashville, TN 37212 represent the Vanderbilt community. Sarratt 359 Sarratt 357 (615) 352-9411 (615) 736-5129 (615) 736-5295 (615) 741-1997 (615) 741-3291 (615) 783-0106 (615) 322-8742 (615) 421-7515 Wednesday, March 15, 2006 | The Vanderbilt Hustler OPINION 9 Burchard: Immigration issues AROUND Have “No, I haven’t.” “Maybe a little THE yogurt covered should be debated on campus you ever pretzel out LOOP stolen any- of the candy book, or any of his other columns or papers on immi- Since Alien Nation, Brimelow has continued his bin...” gration. He also places U.S. policy in a global context eff orts by editing the Internet “webzine” www.vdare. thing from a by explaining how many countries in Europe, Africa com featuring a wide variety of writers and activists, and Asia eff ectively bar immigration, and that a simple from hard core conservatives to liberal progressives Munchie Mart? CHRIS BANNON DANIELLE REED Freshman Sophomore solution to the problem might simply be to establish and feminists. Yet whatever their views might be, all reciprocal agreements with other countries. are united by a common desire to see the passage of If they let our people in, we’ll let in theirs. Sounds serious and eff ective immigration reform. fair to me. Brimelow will be speaking in conjunction with the “No, I have “Ha ha, no “No, I actually not.” comment.” haven’t.” Yet what probably sets Brimelow apart from other Impact Symposium at Langford Auditorium, Monday, writers on the subject is that he was among the fi rst March 20 at 8 p.m. Tickets are free to students and in recent times to explore immigration’s cultural and available at Sarratt. All concerned about the future of political implications. It is his belief that large-scale the country should attend, and I, for my part, am not immigration without assimilation threatens to trans- going to miss it. ANGIE FONTAINE “D” JAMBU PALANIAPPAN form America into a nation with absolutely no sense Freshman Munchie Mart Employee Freshman of itself, and now others, from Pat Buchanan to Samuel —Chad Burchard is a senior in the College of Arts and

Huntington, have come to voice similar concerns. Science. Sean by Hymowitz Compiled

COLUMN Failed Dubai ports deal has a positive impact on America Over the past several weeks we have all witnessed intense public outcry terrorism. It has been fi ve years since September 11, and still only fi ve one government to another. Just like the United over the proposed deal to transfer control of American ports to a Dubai- percent of the containers coming into this country are being checked for Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates is a major based company. Seventy percent of Americans in a recent poll disagreed weapons that could be potentially devastating. U.S. ally and would not have control over port with the proposed deal, and the President’s approval rating has fallen to an It is a rarity when Hillary Clinton and Bill Frist can cross the aisle and security. Th is is basically like giving the United agree on something, but it is a much welcomed rarity among the last few States control over the security line at the air- It is a rarity OPINION EDITOR years of nasty division over the war in Iraq, social security privatization, port and putting another government in con- when Hillary wire tapping and Supreme Court nominations, among other issues. Not trol of all ticketing, baggage transfers, airplane ADEN since September 11 have I seen so many people agree on something in this maintenance and air traffi c control. Somewhere Clinton and JOHNSON country and I almost forgot that members of Congress could be so cordial in all of those operations are potential security Bill” Frist can to one another. Now let’s hope that they take action to secure our ports, loopholes, and this is what many people are all time low of 36 percent as a result. However, amidst all the talk of failure just like they did for our airports aft er planes were hijacked. Too oft en the worried about. It just seems like things would cross the aisle and xenophobia toward the Middle East, we have failed to recognize how government waits to see how others can strike us before we take action to work more effi ciently if the United States had this proposed deal has had a positive impact on America. and agree on prevent it in the future. Now is a golden opportunity to take pre-emptive complete control of port operations and port Not many people realized prior to the past few weeks that only ap- action to prevent weapons from being transported through lax security in security, but this is just my opinion. Whether something, proximately fi ve percent of all cargo coming into the United States from our port system. you agree with me or not on that, we can all overseas was being checked, and that funding for the Coast Guard has but it is a much We also must realize that it is the Coast Guard that controls port secu- agree that through all of the controversy over actually decreased over the last few years. Not many people realized that rity and there is a separate entity that controls port operations. Right now the last few weeks, many positive things have welcomed rarity there was no standard for how containers are sealed and no way of certi- 71 percent of Americans say they are against the deal not because it is a come as a result of the Dubai Ports World deal. fying the identities of those entering and leaving the ports during cargo among the last Dubai-based ports company controlling port operations, but rather be- transfers. Not many people knew that a foreign government had control cause it is any foreign government controlling the operations. Most people —Aden Johnson is a junior in the College of Arts few years of all these years of our non-security port operations. Whether you agreed simply did not realize that the United States did not control its own port and Science. with the proposed deal or not, the issue has brought about much needed nasty division. operations until the deal was proposed to transfer these operations from debate on an issue that has been ignored for too long during this war on

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FEATURE What to Watch for week aft er Spring Break is presumably among the least enjoy- The able periods of the academic year. Aft er conditioning them- 3/15–3/21 selves into lethargy on the beach or at home, students have the supreme dis- W2W4 pleasure of returning to regular study and possibly some late mid-term tests and papers. It’s really almost painful. Fortunately for Vanderbilt students, the Vanderbilt Juggling and Physical Arts Club anticipated this bleak fact of university life, planning a big acrobatic spectacle called, “Juggleville” for this coming weekend. Th e show promises to lighten the burden of returning to class, and to be a touch of plain fun in this otherwise dreaded week. Wednesday 3/15 A press release states that the show will include “a mix of acrobatic BEWARE the Ides of March. stunts, choreographed movement, live music, and interactive video tech- nology.” Th is vague statement doesn’t do justice to what the program looks Shakespeare’s titular Julius Caesar to entail. At a rehearsal on Sunday evening the JPAC showcased impres- met his end on this day, so watch sively choreographed numbers that integrate basic juggling with club passing, diabolo (Chinese yo-yo) and even a bit of break dancing. Jacob your back for any and all “honorable Weiss rehearsed an astonishing solo act of fl ipping and exchanging a set men” hanging around. of three wooden cigar boxes in a series of rigorous combinations. Th ere will be several other solos featured in the program, including a baton twirling act by Lauren McCullough, a recent Vanderbilt graduate who has won over 10 state baton twirling titles, and has appeared in major events such as the Peach Bowl Parade. JPAC president Daniel Schuler was quick to insist that the program in- Thursday 3/16 volves much more than basic juggling, and commented that “Juggleville” contains “strong elements of dance, and strong elements of acrobatics.” FIND some art on campus today. Th e show will obviously attract students tired of staring at textbooks all The Fine Arts Gallery’s “Three Paths week and desperately in need of something to please the eyes. Club member Jacob Weiss said that, “the appeal is that it’s a to Abstraction” closes today, and very visual show,” and also admitted with a smile, “It’s a lot of new exhibits opened recently in the goofi ng around.” Please see JUGGLEVILLE, page 13 Sarratt Gallery and in the Ingram Studio Arts Center.

Friday 3/17 DANCE a jig, or perform any other Irish stereotype; it’s St. Patrick’s Day. Largely now used as an excuse for debauchery, there should be plenty to do, it being Friday and all.

Saturday 3/18 DESTROY your conception of animated babies and sitcom dads at Sarratt Cinema with screenings of “Stewie Griffi n: The Untold Story” and “The Aristocrats.” You will never see Bob Saget the same way again.

Sunday 3/19 VISIT the Mercy Lounge tonight at 9 p.m. to hear the Minus 5’s light-

hearted, country-tinged brand of RELATIONSHIPS alternative rock. Their new album, the so-called “Gun Album”was released just last month. True life: I am a procrastinator

Spring Break is offi cially over. Back to the armpit of tination was like everything else: Everybody’s doing it. season of “Newlyweds,” it was obvious that the marriage Tennessee where I feel as though it is raining more oft en It seemed like everyone did their homework 15 minutes was on the rocks. Th ey could hardly stand each other. But Monday 3/20 than not and the closest you can get to building a sandcastle before class or at lunch, if they did it at all. It became the what kept them holding on? What keeps any of us holding SKIP the steak today, it’s the Great sweeping trend of our generation, which I’m convinced is on when we know it is over? RANDY AT VANDY the reason why Blockbuster tactfully changed to a “no late Th ere are a lot of things. Th ere are the obvious reasons: American Meat Out Day. Give a fee” policy — I’ve already had to buy three freaking DVDs. We’re still in love, we don’t want to hurt the other person or KRISTEN Now we’re in college, and it has become frighteningly we’re afraid of being alone. Or maybe it’s about failure. No meat-free diet a chance and see WILLOUGHBY clear to me that procrastination is a disease that plagues one wants to fail, and most people don’t like giving up, so how much you like it. The help- much of our campus, and I’m sure much of the nation, if it’s possible that we somehow view breaking up as failing or is a bucket of beers from SATCO and a dirt mound from not the world. Not everyone has it, but it is contagious and quitting. For some of us, we hold onto this false hope that if ful staff at Grins should be able to Peabody construction. And although this is a sad reality symptoms worsen under certain conditions such as return- we push through all the things about a relationship that re- assist. that somewhere deep down I know to be true, I will still ing from vacation, Tuesdays, Th ursdays, the weekends, ally bother us, and if we ignore all the little details we know continue to put off actually doing work until well into next Sundays being the absolute worst and oft en coinciding with just aren’t going to work, then somehow we’ll reach a place week. But such is life with me — I put off everything, and returning from vacation for a double whammy and the as- where we don’t feel like ripping off all our toenails every I’ll be the fi rst to admit I have a problem. So this is my story. surance that you will hate your life. time someone asks, “What’s going on with you two?” True life: I’m a procrastinator. However, as long as the work actually gets done before Well, I’m not sure that place exists. Instead we procras- Tuesday 3/21 I used to think that no one procrastinated. I pulled my deadline then what does it matter, right? Increased stress? tinators just end up exhausted from dancing around the READ a poem or write one, if you fi rst all-nighter in seventh grade cramming my “year-long” Maybe. Momentary heart failure? Perhaps. But ultimately inevitable. And most of the time we dance the relationship, science project into one night; luckily all my hypotheses the old adage holds true: no harm, no foul. Recently though as well as our counterparts, right to the edge of the breakup like. Today’s World Poetry Day. For a were right on — they always are. But being the fi rst of my it has come to my attention that procrastination is seeping cliff . And we let them teeter there for far too long before we daily dose of poetry try The Writer’s friends to meet this fate, I felt all alone. I thought I could into areas of life I hadn’t previously expected: the social life, either push them or they jump for themselves. And unless we mask my fatigue with eight cups of coff ee and a piece of specifi cally relationships, what else? I call this infectious can fl y, someone will always end up hurt. Almanac, heard daily at 12:04 p.m. nicotine gum I stole from the bus driver, but at 5 feet and strain of dilly dallying Breakup Procrastination. So how do we put a stop to breakup procrastination and on Nashville’s NPR station , or on 80 pounds I might as well have joined the ranks of Hunter I’m still in the early stages of observation, but I’ve wit- procrastination in general? I have no idea; that’s a whole S. Th ompson and Jessie Spano. I was so excited ... so excited nessed many a case. For one, there’s Nick Lachey and Jessica other reality television show. the web at http://writersalmanac. ... so ... so ... scared. Simpson. It’s hard for me to talk about it, but I do believe publicradio.org/. Th en high school came around, and I thought procras- they let the whole thing drag out too long. Even in the last —Kristen Willoughby is a junior in the College of Arts and Science.

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Nashville band stays unplugged Stereolab Fab Four Sulture BY BEN DOAK sound that may seem unex- name. Th eir jazz-trained drum- Away.” While another highlight LIFE MUSIC WRITER Belle and Sebastian pected for the genre they reach. mer William Ellis, a Led Zeppe- you might look to hear is their The Life Pursuit With the end of Spring Th is alternative band comes lin enthusiast, took it from his country-tinged rendition of the Break, Rites of Spring is just equipped with acoustics, not classic rock fave’s “Bron-Y-Aur Talking Head’s “Psycho Killer,” Editors around the corner. Th e lineup is loud electric guitars or amps Stomp,” which says, “Tell your an oft -played favorite cover, The Back Room full of great acts, and it is about like you might expect. Th e band friends all around the world / usually ended with a blistering time to start checking out the builds their sound from guitar, Th ere ain’t no companion like a fi ddle solo. Strange as it may Arctic Monkeys invited guests. fi ddle, mandolin, upright bass blue-eyed Merle,” a merle being seem, this infusion of country/ Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not Much unlike the last fea- and drums that claims infl uence the equivalent of a blackbird. bluegrass and alternative rock tured band, traditionalist blue- from artists as diff erent as Neil Th is obvious mélange of infl u- works perfectly for Blue Merle, The M’s grass group Hot Buttered Rum, Young and Sonic Youth, with a ence may take credit for mak- making a fantastic new sound. Future Women the next band to check on the lead vocalist oft en compared to ing the band so exciting. Blue Merle defi nes a sound Neko Case Rites of Spring lineup should Chris Martin of Coldplay. Perhaps the best place to of their own that yet appeals to be novel alternative-rock band To better understand the look for Blue Merle at their a broad range of musical tastes, Fox Confessor Brings The Flood Blue Merle. Based here in Nash- band, you might be wonder- best is their harrowing, bluesy a riveting act you defi nitely will Cat Power ville, Blue Merle plays a unique ing where the band got its odd single “Every Ship Must Sail not want to miss. The Greatest Eagle*Seagull Eagle*Seagull Ian Love Ian Love Mews Too: An Asthmatic Kitty Compilation Various Artists Prefuse 73 Security Screenings Goldfrapp Supernature The Budos Band The Budos Band Half-Handed Cloud Halos and Lassos Lilys Everything Wrong Is Imaginary

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With a to attention. dining room (the second story black label bearing the embossed Th is spring, as the weather being not much more than an ex- image of a galloping black stallion warms up and the work piles up, let tended balcony) is splattered with and a promotional slogan call- Ray’s Station Cabernet Sauvignon bright murals. ing it “Th e Hearty Red Wine for help relieve the stress from papers When the weather is right, the Men,” there seems little doubt as to and projects. I think its bold and outdoor patio builds a perfect set- whom this wine is advertised. And full fl avor will surely satisfy — re- ting for both drinking and tapas. Th e heated upstairs patio allows for good reason. Th e bold, spicy gardless of your testosterone level. KELLY HOCUTT / The Vanderbilt Hustler taste of Ray’s Station Cabernet additional bar seating at no loss to The bar at Bound’ry serves a wide selection of specialty cocktails, wines by the glass and imported beers. Sauvignon is perfectly suited for —Goodloe Harman is a senior in comfort. cigar-smoking professionals. beers, like Blache de Chambly and Baked Ravioli and the delectable the man who drinks wine less than the Blair School of Music Especially in the recently warm Th e drinks are the most notable, Trois Pistoles, and high alcohol Chocolate for the Gods III. frequently and would, on many oc- weather, the open air bar negates of course. Favorites include the content beers such as the delicious Th e menu also carries cheese- casions, rather have a beer. But by Ray’s Station Vineyards Cabernet boredom from single-setting as- colorful and imaginative martinis, Delirium Nocturnum and De- burgers, scampini, tempura fi sh no means should it be so exclusive; phyxiation with the option to ei- Sauvignon 2002, Sonoma County, specifi cally the Saketini and the lirium Tremens. And yes, they do boats, Black Angus tenderloin, I think that for anyone, regardless ther sit in a half-booth alcove, chill California Chocolate Martini, which come carry the high-class frat beers: the and chicken sandwiches, perfect of gender, from a discerning wine at the bar, score a tall table or re- with little extra vials on the side, to classic Bud and Miller Lights. for your late night cravings afi cionado to someone willing to cline among the numerous cushy $14.99 – The Wine ensure continued good times. One minor recommendation: Th ere’s no better way to end a try something new, this wine will couches upstairs. Shoppe at Green Hills, Th e extensive wine selection order your drinks from the bar for Sunday night and reward yourself pleasantly satisfy. Th e setting overall is rather re- boasts numerous new world wines, faster service. Th e array of skilled, for such a productive--or unpro- Grown predominantly in France 2109 Abbott Martin laxed, yet it retains a certain energy with scattered Spanish and French and over-pouring, bartenders as- ductive--day than to head over to and the United States, the caber- Road forwarded from the bass-pumpin’ wines. sures a fast beverage delivery, in Bound’ry with friends, feast on net sauvignon grape is one of the party music over the speakers. Th e wine list boasts of having contrast to the slower and diffi cult some interesting breads, enjoy a most widely planted wine grapes $14.99 – Frugal Indeed, the atmosphere of “Eff ervescent Starts,” Casual Con- to track down waitresses. cocktail or glass of wine or two or in the world and has for centuries MacDoogal’s dimmed lights and earthen adorn- versation Wines,” “Clean Crisp Yet, if you are able to fi nd a wait- three ... and relax before the start produced some of its most prized ments is comforting, yet strangely Wine and Whites,” Balanced Enjoyable ress, order some food. Th e restau- of another hectic Vandy week. wines. Compared to other reds, out of place amidst TVs playing Liquor Ware- Whites,” “Complex Whites,” “Light rant cuts down its original menu Be careful though. Once you the cabernet sauvignon is a fuller- Adult Swim cartoons, and a musi- house, 710 Fruity Reds” and “Soft Silky Reds.” for late night, and serves up some start to branch out and taste much bodied and richer wine than most. cal selection ranging from Madon- Division Street I recommend the Rioja Tempra- of the fi nest food in Nashville. of what the world has to off er in Ray’s Station is a wonderful and na to Franz Ferdinand, Ludacris to nillo. Whether interested in an appe- the form of wines and brews,you inexpensive example of a caber- M.I.A./Diplo. However, the dichot- Luckily, for those who prefer the tizer, some cheese to accompany will, assuredly, be hurting the next net sauvignon. It has a bold, dark, $16.99 omy adds to the entertainment less complicated brew to the confu- your wine, a full meal or only des- day. fruity fl avor with a hint of choco- – Midtown rather than detracts. sion of choosing among unknown sert, Bound’ry has you covered. late; aft er one glass, one can under- Wines and Th is bar is atypical of Nashville French provinces, the beer menu is Check out the Mushroom Love —Kristen Chmielewski is a junior stand why cabernet sauvignon is Spirits, 1610 in the sense that it embraces the as eclectic as the wine list. Pizza, which is cooked in an au- in the College of Arts and Science. sometimes referred to as the “king Church “trendy coast” vibes of New York Among them are beers from thentic wood-burning oven, the of red wines.” and Los Angeles, but at the same Street Belgium, Quebec and France. Tres Bastardos Cheeses, Huevos When paired with food, this time, attracts college and grad stu- dents; the hipster fan base and the Bound’ry has brightly fl avored Rancheros, Bound’ry Caesar, Iron

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Th is cal arts for many years, the group tain” does not “promote” any sort back” enough to even nominate Goofi ng around aside, the club weekend the jugglers are fi nally the readily welcomes new people, even MOVIE COLUMN of agenda or lifestyle; it’s simply it, which pushed “Crash” over members have put a great deal of main act, allowing the group to at- if they happen to be complete be- a love story (a point thoughtfully the edge. (Apparently, the editing work into “Juggleville,” having been tempt acts that wouldn’t be feasible ginners. Th e group also welcomes Alex made by Hustler opinion writer award has long been a bellwether gearing up for the show virtually all in shorter routines. Th ese acts will members outside of the Vanderbilt Chrisope Reeve Hamilton). So, to assume for the big winner, with a few ex- year. Th e event was conceived last rely on acrobatic stunts and even community. a “Crash” victory is a sign of ho- ceptions.) spring, and the group began fund- physical comedy. Weiss said the Respected member Ted Job- “Brokeback Mountain” for Best raising and organizing the show program allows the group a lot of lin entered the group not as a Picture at the Academy Awards, mophobia actually plays into the Th e “Crash-lash” also reveals hands of conservative critics who something about “Brokeback” schedule in the summer. Th ey’ve room to be creative as well as hu- Vanderbilt student. In fact, Joblin the blogosphere and traditional been choreographing and rehears- morous. Th e event may prove to is one of the top diabolo perform- media became rife with conspir- cannot diff erentiate between the partisans. Many of the fi lm’s most portrayal of subject matter and ardent supporters read the fi lm’s ing the acts since fall. What’s more, resemble a sort of variety show— ers in the country and joined the acy theories, rationalization and some performers joined the club Vanderbilt singing group the Do- JPAC in hope of laying down a whining over the worthiness of the promotion of a point-of-view popular success as a sign of social related to that subject matter. progress, a symbol of mainstream only last semester and are none- decaphonics will also be featured foundation for building a perfor- the winning fi lm. Kenneth Turan theless participating in the show. as guest performers. mance career for himself. of the Los Angeles Times wrote, As for the matter of wanting to acceptance for same-sex relation- be seen as progressive: Th is was ships based on love; the expected “Anyone who is enthusiastic ... we’ll Th e JPAC has seen impressive JPAC members consciously at- “For people who were discom- fi nd a way to work them into the growth in the few years that it has tempt to involve the community fi ted by ‘Brokeback Mountain’ but indeed a very left y, topical year for Best Picture win was supposed to Oscar. Th e pre-show storyline was be the ultimate validation. When show,” said Weiss. existed. Th e club was started with outside of Vanderbilt in their per- wanted to be able to look them- “Juggleville” is really a fi rst for only a few members, but this year formances. Th ey have been zeal- selves in thae mirror and feel like how the fi ve fi lms related to prev- you put that kind of social pressure alent social and political themes, on one fi lm winning one award the JPAC. Th e club is now in its 18 club members are performing ously publicizing the “Juggleville” they were good, productive liber- third year, but this is the fi rst time in the show, as well as some guest show around the community and als, ‘Crash’ provided the perfect some quite boldly; and now, sud- (which it has a one-in-fi ve chance denly, “Crash” is the “safe” choice. of winning), you are setting your- they have organized such a major performers. Th e group is notable hope to draw an audience that safe harbor.” One blog, a bit hy- event. Past performances have all for its inclusive and welcoming brings the Nashville and Vanderbilt perbolically, declared that the cin- Have these people even seen self up for disappointment. “Crash?” Th ere was little comfort- been guest routines at other events, members. Although some mem- communities together for an eve- ema was now dead to him. Annie such as Vanderbilt basketball games bers have been practicing physi- ning of lighthearted fun. Proulx, the author of the original ing or safe in the narrative, and —Alex Chrisope is a sophomore in “Brokeback Mountain” short sto- though not as haunting or coura- the College of Arts and Science ry, dubbed its competitor “Trash” geous as Steven Spielberg’s “Mu- in a vitriolic rant in Th e Guardian. nich” (Spielberg, director of the Roger Ebert, ever reasonable and well-regarded “Schindler’s List” level-headed, dubbed this uproar and founder of the Shoah Foun- the “Crash-lash” in a thought- dation knowingly risked and may ful piece that appeared Monday have lost his credibility with many morning. (Full disclosure: Ebert Israel supporters), it was certainly has for months been arguing the more immediately compelling defensible position that “Crash” is than the other fi lms. Other critics the best fi lm of 2005.) say it’s manipulative (what movie One of the most baffl ing ex- isn’t), that it’s preachy or that it’s planations, and perhaps the most not realistic, criteria that I do not prevalent, is a weird hybrid of remember being necessary for a homophobia and fear of not be- great fi lm. Th e silent majority I ing seen as progressive. Again, have heard from found “Crash” Mr, Turan: “In the privacy of the very good, and it’s success at the voting booth, people are free to box offi ce and home video sug- act out the unspoken fears and gests good word of mouth. unconscious prejudices that they Why did “Crash” win? Well, it would never breathe to another had a strong ensemble cast, and soul or, likely, acknowledge to actors are the largest voting block themselves. And, at least this of the Academy. It was fi lmed year, that acting-out doomed in Los Angeles for $6.5 million, ‘Brokeback Mountain.’” Calling in an era when studios fret over Photo by: ELISE ALFORD/The Vanderbilt Hustler the Academy homophobic for not runaway production (movies that Juggling and Physical Arts Club members Shandia Deloach (left), Gian Rossi (center) and Ted Joblin (right) work on their juggling at a giving Best Picture to “Brokeback” shoot in other states or countries) practice session on March 13 in preparation for this weekend’s Juggleville performance. is akin to thinking they have a fear and runaway budgets. Th ese sim- 14 The Vanderbilt Hustler | Wednesday, March 15, 2006

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