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AUGUST 26, 2005 VOL.95, NO.2 THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY SINCE 1911 http://flathat.wm.edu BOV evaluates HITTING THE TURF restructuring plan BY CHRIS ADAMS recognition in Newsweek and FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR U.S.News & World Report. He also commended the students in- The Board of Visitors met yes- volved in freshman move-in day. terday morning to welcome Presi- “[I was] taken aback by the dent Gene R. Nichol and discuss spirit of volunteerism by the soph- the restructuring of the Collegeʼs omores and juniors and seniors,” fi nancial relationship with the Nichol said. commonwealth of Virginia. The Speaking next, Vice Rector restructuring initiative, the com- Michael K. Powell returned to the plex and political nature of which restructuring. He cautioned the led Vice President for Public Af- Board to stick to the core prin- fairs Stewart Gamage to refer to ciples they set forth: to retain the it as “bloodsport,” began two unique character of the College, to years ago as the “Charter Initia- keep tuition at a reasonable level, tive.” The term was dropped due to be open to faculty and student to connotations of privatizing the views and, above all, to remember College. that the Boardʼs struggle is a po- Rector Susan A. Magill wel- litical exercise. He said the Board comed the Board by reminding must act as “rigorous political them of the seriousness of the thinkers” if they are to survive the questions at hand. process ahead. “[The restructuring issue is Following opening remarks, the] most critical thing facing the Vice President for Finance Samuel Board this year,” she said. E. Jones updated the Board on the After Magillʼs remarks, Nichol restructuring initiative. In 2003, briefl y addressed the Board. He the Board commissioned the de- tried to lighten the mood with a velopment of a fi ve-year strategic ALLIE VEINOTE ✦ THE FLAT HAT review of the numerous construc- development plan. Since then, Senior Josh Lustig evades a fellow teammate at their weekly scrimmage Wednesday. The Tribe athletes will complete pre-season camp tion projects on campus and com- Saturday and begin preparations for this Thursdayʼs season opener against the Marshall University Herd, being held in West Virginia. See BOV ✦ page 4 mented on the Collegeʼs recent U.S.News Dining services offers new facilities, Campaign breaks keeps meal plans for upcoming school year $400 College million at 31st BY ANDY ZAHN FLAT HAT ASST. NEWS EDITOR

BY JONATHAN SEIDEN The Campaign for William THE FLAT HAT & Mary passed a milestone this summer when it broke the $400 The College was ranked as the million-dollar mark of its effort 31st Best University in the nation to raise money for the College. by U.S.News & World Reportʼs Meanwhile, although recent data annual review of “Americaʼs Best from U.S.News & World Report Colleges” for the third year in a show that only 25 percent of row. After recently being named the Collegeʼs alumni made gifts “Americaʼs Hottest Small Public JONATHAN SEIDEN ✦ THE FLAT HAT last year, a separate report by School” by Newsweek, a judg- The Commons Dining Hall underwent an extensive, $11.5 million-dollar renovation this summer. The new “fresh food company” layout does the Council on Aid for Educa- ment the editors of Newsweek say away with the centralized kitchen in favor of numerous stands throughout the complex at which food is prepared in front of the diners. tion shows that the College had is subjective, the College scored a 30.3 percent solicitation effec- highly by the numerical ratings tiveness rate in 2004. The report, used in U.S.News. The College New meal plans provide more fl ex Th e redesigned ‘Caf’ fi nally opens to published in the CAEʼs Voluntary was ranked as the sixth best public Support of Education Survey, is university. points but fewer meal options an enthusiastic student response the ratio of alumni making contri- As with last year, the only sig- butions to the College versus the nifi cant area in which the College BY BRIAN MAHONEY yearʼs Block 75 meal plan, pro- BY BRIAN MAHONEY its last legs.” total number of alumni the Col- scored poorly was fi nancial re- THE FLAT HAT viding 75 meals and $275 in THE FLAT HAT Unlike the previous dining hall, lege contacted. sources. Coming in at 115th, the fl ex points, has been changed to the new Commons does not con- The College ranks fi rst among College was rated higher than last New student meal plans of- Block 60, providing 60 meals The new Commons Dining tain a centralized kitchen, and its research doctoral institutions that year, when it was ranked at 124th. fering more Flex Points but few- with $375 in fl ex points. How- Hall opened for meals Monday, food is not prepared in large quan- contact more than 50 percent of This gain in fi nancial resources al- er meal options for those with ever, the meals may no longer be garnering praise from many new tities. total available alumni. According lowed the College to recover six block plans are being instituted used in the Marketplace, which and returning students. The Com- “All the meals are cooked in to the survey, the College con- points in the ratings, but did not this year. Beginning this semes- now only accepts fl ex dollars mons renovation, which cost $11.5 front of everybody; there is no pri- tacted approximately 74 percent alter its standings overall, which ter, block meal plans will not be from those without the more ex- million, was the latest in a two-year or preparation,” Resident District of graduates. were the same as last year. accepted at the Marketplace or pensive gold plans. project to update dining facilities Manager Phil DiBenedetto said. According to Ann E. Kaplan, Vice President for Student Af- the Dodge Room, although Flex According to Dining Ser- across campus. The Commons is composed director of the survey at CAE, the fairs Sam Sadler said that while Points and gold plans will con- vices Resident District Manager According to Commons Di- of several stations and provides average solicitation effectiveness the gain in fi nancial resources was tinue to be accepted. Phil DiBenedetto, the change rector Larry Smith, the renovated many choices for students, includ- percentage for public research not as great as he had hoped, they The most signifi cant changes was announced last March, yet dining hall improves a 40 year-old ing a produce buffet with fresh sal- doctoral institutions is 14.2 per- were attributable to the Campaign of the new plans are the elimi- many students report that they building that was outdated and ads, a station with prepared meats cent, less than half the Collegeʼs for William & Mary. nation of meal options for block are startled by the new options. slowly deteriorating. and a grille area utilized for break- rate. Kaplan said that CAE also “No other top-50 university plan users, and the subsequent Uppperclassmen, who typically “The previous building was old fast, lunch and dinner. The bakery contributes to U.S.Newsʼ data has fi nancial resources not in the increase of Flex points in each and tired,” Smith said. “The integ- regarding alumni giving percent- See MEAL ✦ page 3 See CAF ✦ page 3 top 50,” Sadler said, emphasizing meal option. For example, last rity of the Commons was really on ages. the unique fi nancial position of According to Director of Uni- the College. Recalling a quote by versity Relations Bill Walker, in former president Timothy J. Sulli- Meal Plan Comparisons 2004 the College raised $115.5 van, Sadler also said that he wants million last year, an unprecedent- for once, to do “more with more Last year: 2004 to 2005 This year: 2005 to 2006 ed amount. In addition, alumni rather than more than less.” The donors increased from 16,290 last Campaign has raised over $400 Plan Meals Flex Plan Meals Flex year to 17,266 this year. million for the College. For more The number one ranking was information, see Campaign, this given at a time when the Col- page. Gold Plus Unlimited $125 Gold Plus Unlimited $125 legeʼs ability to rely on funding To retain such a high rating, Gold Plan 19 per week $100 Gold 19 19 per week $100 from Richmond was becoming despite its limited fi nancial re- Green Plan 14 per week $100 Gold 14 14 per week $165 increasingly diffi cult and College sources, the College was rated administrators were lobbying for highly in such areas as selectiv- the restructuring initiative, an ef- ity rate as well as the graduation Block Meals Block Meals fort by the College, the University and retention rate, which was of Virginia and the Virginia Poly- 17th among all universities. With Block 150 10 per week* $150 Block 150 10 per week* $250 technic Institute to gain more fi - over 10,500 applications last year Block 125 8.3 per week* $175 Block 120 8 per week* $300 nancial and institutional indepen- for 1,300 spaces, and as fi nancial dence from the commonwealth. woes ease, Sadler said he expects Block 100 6.7 per week* $200 Block 90 6 per week* $350 For more information, see BOV, that the Collegeʼs ranking will be Block 75 5 per week* $275 Block 60 4 per week* $375 this page. better next year. Since 2000, the College has * average based on a 15-week semester (not including 2-week fi nals period) See U.S.NEWS ✦ page 3 See CAMPAIGN ✦ page 4 QUOTATION of the week

News INSIGHT In charity there is no excess. ✦ SIR FRANCIS BACON 2 NEWS AUGUST 26, 2005 “ WWW.QUOTATIONSPAGE.COM Inside this week’s issue Beyond the ’Burg ” ✦ NEWS IN BRIEF ✦ PVC technology created at College receives license ✦ NONE INJURED IN BOMBING According to the Offi ce of University Relations, technology ON ARIZONA CAMPUS created at the College might reach the market after a leading

ARIETY U.S. corporation signed a license allowing for the commercial- ization of a new class of environmentally-friendly additives for V (U-WIRE) TUCSON, Ariz. — An explosive detonated near PVC. Poly-vinyl-chloride is found in vinyl siding, fl ooring, pip- the University of Arizona Honors College Tuesday disrupted foot ing, wall coverings and wire coatings. The second most widely- traffi c on campus but caused no injuries, police said. used plastic in the world, PVC requires heat stabilizers to avoid Discover some tips on how to turn your beer-can-ridden Two 18 year-old men, Francisco Joel Torres and Yoel S. degradation. Because many additives contain toxic heavy met- dumpster of a dorm room into a comfortable living space. Caballero … were later arrested in connection with the explosion. als, the use of the most effective ones is restricted. See BUDGET, page 7. Police said the men were in a car … when an explosive A team at the College lead by William Starnes, the Floyd device was thrown from the moving vehicle, Sgt. Eugene Mejia, Dewey Gottwald, Sr. Professor of Chemistry, developed the new University of Arizona Police Department spokesman said. organic stabilizers, which could one day replace the additives It appears the explosion was a random act with no specifi c currently used. Now that a license has been signed, the new ad- target, Mejia said. … ditives will be put through a series of pre-production tests to “I was walking over to Harvill, and I heard a loud noise,” determine which products will be most effective. freshman Alexa Zerwas said … . “It sounded like a rifl e shot right “These stabilizers are superior because they donʼt contain behind me.” toxic metals and work just as well as, or better than, the stabiliz- EVIEWS No students were hurt in the blast, and no property was damaged. ers that do,” Starnes said. “These materials could be of enor-

R Junior Joey Topmiller … was an eyewitness at the scene. mous benefi t to people throughout the world.” Topmiller told offi cers an explosive was ejected from a silver Nissan Altima, which drove away casually after the explosive was Legal scholar, author to hold lecture at law school Learn about all the movies you should have seen. Our thrown. … columnist reviews this summer’s selection and reveals Offi cers taped off the area behind the Music building, which Robert C. Post, a professor at Yale Law School and the au- which fl icks are worth $3.50 at Blockbuster. is adjacent to the Manzanita-Mojave Residence Hall, preventing thor of several books including the upcoming 10th volume in the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise History of the Supreme Court of See SUMMER, page 11. some students from having access to their cars and bicycles until the United States, is set to give the 2005 to 2006 Cutler Lecture the area could be cleared. Access to adjacent buildings was not in room 124 of the Marshall-Wythe School of Law. The lecture, affected by the investigation. entitled “Law and Culture: Prohibition during the Taft Court Bomb technicians from the Tucson Police Department helped Era,” will be held Sept. 8 and is free and open to the public. gather evidence that led them to a residence on the South Side. The Cutler Lecture series, established in 1927 by James Police set up surveillance there and followed an occupant of Gould Cutler, annually provides a lecture by a top legal thinker. the residence to another location.

PINIONS Torres and Caballero were detained when they were seen in MTV to fi lm new television show on campus the suspect vehicle. The two are not UA students, Mejia said.

O Both men were booked into Pima County Jail, and each was MTV will be on campus Monday to fi lm an episode of their charged with one count of misconduct involving weapons and one new show, “Call to Greatness.” The show follows fi ve people who I’ll never forget orientation; the pain I feel each time I count of depositing explosives, which are Class 4 felonies. travel around the country and challenge people they meet to at- take a step won’t let me. The good memories won’t let Torres was also charged with four counts of misconduct tempt to break world records. me forget, either. involving weapons after a search of his home turned up more According to Digital Spy, the fi rst episode of the show debuts See GHOST, page 6. explosives. … Oct. 23. — By Seth Mauzy, Arizona Daily Wildcat (U. Arizona) — compiled by austin wright and andy zahn —compiled by austin wright

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Friday, August 19 — A vehicle accident reportedly occurred at the University Center. The damages were es- timated at around $400. 1 — A wallet was reportedly stolen from Dupont Hall. An estimated $100 was lost. 2

LINE — A wallet from was allegedly stolen from Dupont Hall. An estimated $85 was reported missing. 2 N — A wallet was reported stolen from Giles Hall. The 11 O contents were estimated at $50. 3 Saturday, August 20 — A bicycle was allegedly stolen 2 8 from Chandler Hall. 4 5 Visit The Flat Hat’s website for valuable information about 3 Sunday, August 21 — A student was charged with un- derage possession of alcohol in Yates Hall. how to start advertising or how to join our staff. New adver- 5 — An underage female was referred to the administra- tisers and staff members are always welcome. 10 tion for alleged underage possession of alcohol and being See http://fl athat.wm.edu/ allegedly drunk in public on Alumni Drive. 6 6 7 Monday, August 22 — An underage female student was referred to the administration for alleged underage pos- OPINIONS, PAGE 6 ✦ VARIETY, PAGE 7 ✦ BRIEFS, PAGE 10 1 session of alcohol and for allegedly being drunk in public by EVIEWS PAGE ✦ PORTS PAGE R , 11 S , 13 the Alumni House. 7 — A student was charged with vandalism at the frater- nity complex and was referred to the administration. 8 — A wallet was reportedly stolen from a student at the 9 4 Ludwell Apartments. The credit cards were reportedly used as well, and the total loss is estimated at $650. 9 Tuesday, August 23 — A wallet and a camera were al- OLICE legedly stolen from Dupont Hall. The estimated loss was P $275. 2 ʻStabilitas et Fidesʼ — There was reportedly a verbal dispute between two 25 Campus Center, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. 23185 BEAT students on Harrison Avenue. Both students were referred ✦ ✦ Editorial Dept. (757) 221-3281 Advertising Dept. (757) 221-3283 Fax (757) 221-3242 to the administration. 10 The Flat Hat — fl [email protected] ✦ Managing — [email protected] ✦ Executive — [email protected] News — [email protected] ✦ Variety — [email protected] ✦ Sports — [email protected] — A cell phone worth an estimated $100 was allegedly Reviews — [email protected] ✦ Opinions — [email protected] ✦ Briefs — [email protected] stolen from a student in Fauqier Hall. 11 Calendar — [email protected] ✦ Advertising — [email protected] — compiled by jeff dooley Stephen Carley, Editor-in-Chief Whitney Winn, Managing Editor ✦ Virginia Paulus, Executive Editor Demetria Penix, Business Manager ✦ Daniel Grady, Accountant

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Letters to the Editor and Opinions columns are due at 5 p.m. Tuesday for publication the following Friday. All submissions must be typed and double-spaced, and must include the authorʼs name, telephone number and any relevant titles or affi liations with campus or national groups. Letters should be no more than 300 words, columns should be no more than 700 words. Letters must be e-mailed to [email protected]. The Flat Hat reserves the right to edit all material. Because of space limitations, The Flat Hat may not publish all submissions. The Flat Hat Editorial Board meets weekly to discuss the position taken by editorials. Unsigned editori- als are written by the Editor or a designated member of the Editorial Board. All Board editorials refl ect the consensus of the Editorial Board. Letters, columns, graphics and cartoons refl ect the view of the author I think it looks a lot better than The new Caf is like a magnificent It is easy to smuggle fruit. It is very hectic and quite large. only. the old one, but the food isn’t any phoenix rising out of the ashes of The Flat Hat wishes to correct any facts printed incorrectly. Corrections may be submitted by e-mail to tastier. the old. the section editor in which the incorrect information was printed. Requests for corrections will be accepted at any time. ✦ Dale Heidekat, senior ✦ Kurt Thomson, sophomore ✦ Lauren Bateman, freshman ✦ Ryan Jackson, freshman In last weekʼs issue of The Flat Hat, the name of the assistant photography editor was mistakenly omit- ted from the staff list. Allie Veinote should have been credited as the assistant photography editor. — photos and interviews by lizzy spencer NEWS ✦ AUGUST 26, 2005 3

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Sadler also said that the ratings system completes the studentsʼ meal are becoming increasingly impor- with a variety of desserts. tant and relevant. Since the unveiling, many stu- “I used think they werenʼt dents have responded positively to very important, just for bragging the new dining hallʼs restaurant-style rights,” he said. booths. But he added that it is becoming “I wet my pants,” senior Mark evident that prospective students Partridge said. “I wasnʼt hungry, but find the ratings important. Citing a everything looked so good, I ate any- Cooperative Institutional Research way.” Program survey, Sadler said that The wide variety of selection was current prospective students say another key ingredient in the strong that the ratings matter and, as a re- student response. sult, the College will have to pay “Itʼs so much better than at the more attention to them. University Center,” freshman Kris- The Collegeʼs graduate pro- ten Kirkpatrick said. “Thereʼs much grams also ranked well in the mag- more diversity.” azineʼs assessment, two of which According to Smith, written re- ranked in the top 50 within their sponses to the new Commons have field. The Marshall-Wythe School been as positive as the verbal ap- of Law increased its standing, proval. moving from the 29th-ranked law “The focus is the customers, school last year to the 27th-ranked the employees and the food,” Dick this year. The School of Education Cody, branch consultant from the also made a similar stride, from its Fresh Food Company, the supplier ranking last year of 47th to this and designer for the new Commons, year as 45th. said. “The food is the hero.” Sadler said that the institution In addition to the newly renovat- as a whole has made remarkable ed Commons, a Quiznoʼs Sub Shop progress. has also been added to Lodge 1 in “Itʼs a real tribute and a source the University Center. In prepara- of pride that William and Mary is ALLIE VEINOTE ✦ THE FLAT HAT tion for the opening, College din- now acknowledged to be one of At the annual Student Activities Fair, scores of campus clubs, sports teams and publications set up booths and handed out pamphlets in ing faculty spent two weeks at the the best colleges in America,” he William and Mary Hall to show off the merits of their activities to interested students Tuesday evening before the first day of classes. Quiznoʼs headquarters in Denver, said. Colorado.

Flex Points can be utilized at all dining areas motive for the new itinerary was to encourage MEAL on campus, which encompass ten locations, in- students to use the Commons, which just un- Just heard a crazy rumor but not sure FROM PAGE 1 cluding Dominoes Pizza. While the points are derwent a two-year, $11.5 million renovation. largely intended for food items, the Student Ex- “We want students to eat in these dining if itʼs true? purchase block memberships, said they were change in the University Center accepts points rooms,” he said, speaking of the Commons and especially troubled. for all items, excluding cigarettes. the University Center. “They offer so much “Thatʼs bad” junior Colin OʼBrien said. Though flex points were increased to ac- more.” The Flat Hat might be interested in “The meals were good there; it was a good commodate for the elimination of meal op- For block plan users who still prefer the change from the other cafeterias.” tions, the new arrangement would not enable Marketplace, the only apparent way to utilize investigating. While many students remain skeptical, din- block plan holders to utilize the Marketplace the area daily would be to submit more money ing officials insist that the new plans allow as fully as they could have last year. Located into their flex dollar account, or to purchase a more flexibility and cater more to the specific in the Campus Center, the Marketplace is a gold plan. Both alternatives may prove costly, If youʼve got a great scoop, call or needs of each individual student. favorite among many students, and the din- as unused meals accumulate. e-mail The Flat Hat tipline. “Where we used to have more meals on a ing administration expects to hear a great deal The Dillard Complex, located on Ironbound meal plan we now have more flex dollars,” As- criticism over the new restriction. Road off the main campus, is the only excep- sociate Vice President for Auxiliary Services “I believe there will be a lot of pushback tion to the new itinerary. Because of its iso- Charles A. Maimone said. “And the reason from the students about the Marketplace,” lated location, meals options are available for that weʼve done that is over the last few years DiBenedetto said. “Itʼs up to them to budget block plan users. 757-784-5132 weʼve been moving towards more and more their flex points, and you have two great dining “Itʼs so far out and the selection is so lim- options across the campus for students to use rooms to use your meal plans.” ited there that we allow it out there,” DiBene- [email protected] their flex dollars.” DiBenedetto added that an underlying detto said. 4 NEWS ✦ AUGUST 26, 2005 CAMPAIGN FROM PAGE 1

run the Campaign for William & Mary, a fundraising drive aimed at raising $500 million by 2007. The campaign reached $400 million by the time of former President Timothy J. Sullivanʼs departure. As of yesterday, the campaignʼs want to make $25? website reported that the drive had raised $402.8 million. Campaign chair James B. Mur- ray, Jr. said the campaign has been on or ahead of schedule since its inception but that last year was very strong. deliver the flat hat. “The great year we had in ʼ04 to ʼ05 put us substantially ahead of that schedule,” he said. Murray pointed to Sullivanʼs departure as one of the primary reasons the campaign had a land- mark year. However, Murray said he did not expect the next year to COURTESY PHOTO ✦ UNIVERSITY GAZETTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA be a disappointment. President Gene R. Nichol “We have a great staff, and they have always managed to ex- sion centered on the “State Ask,” ceed our goals,” he said. BOV or the performance markers the The campaign will use money FROM PAGE 1 commonwealth will require the raised largely for financial aid, College to meet if allowed more support for athletic and academic the College has worked toward autonomy. Several members, in- programs, increases in faculty achieving the third and highest cluding Nichol, voiced concerns salaries and expansion and reno- level of autonomy offered by the that the standards, which apply vation of facilities. commonwealth. This level would to all Virginia colleges and uni- Interim Vice President for Uni- allow the College greater admin- versities, would require the Col- versity Development Susan Pet- istrative flexibility in financial lege to give up the unique aspects tyjohn said that the College will operations, human resources and of its mission for a more generic use half of the campaign money information technology. character. In return, meeting com- to pay for expenses and hopes In order to achieve level three monwealthʼs goals would result in to apply the other half to the en- come to the flat hat authority, the College must first greater financial freedoms. These dowment, the principle of which demonstrate financial and mana- include collecting interest on in- is never spent. According to the recruitment meeting gerial strength with a AA or bet- come, receiving rebates on credit Collegeʼs website, the endowment ter unenchanced bond rating. In transactions and permission to was $409.9 million as of June 30, the past the College did not have a carry over-balances from year to 2004. sunday at 4 p.m. in the bond rating, instead relying on the year. The danger of this system, Murray emphasized the need commonwealthʼs bonds. Now the according to Powell, comes in for this and future fundraising campus center basement College is working with Standard the coercive power of the state to drives by the College, aimed at se- & Poors to develop a rating. Stan- deny the College these benefits, curing and improving its position dard & Poors will issue this rating, which would disrupt yearly finan- among U.S. universities. to learn about delivery which Jones said he expects will cial planning. “My sense is that William and be in the acceptable AA range, by “[I] strong[ly] caution that Mary and institutions like it are and other opportunities. the end of the month. Democratic we donʼt replace one bureaucracy going to increasingly rely on pri- Virginia Governor Mark Warner with another,” Jones said. vate support,” Murray said. “If we is scheduled to approve or disap- The Board broke for a quick are going to maintain the William prove the Collegeʼs level three re- lunch at approximately 12:15 be- and Mary tradition of excellence, quest Nov. 15. fore going into a closed session weʼre going to have to continue to Much of the Boardʼs discus- over a “specific contract.” raise private money.” NEWS ✦ AUGUST 26, 2005 5 Under the World Beat: China M C R S C O P Media censorship grows ✦ BY MAXIM LOTT government has cracked down censored a Chinese pop star, “Sis- INSTRUMENT OPENS NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR CHEMISTRY STUDENTS THE FLAT HAT severely on internet forums and ter Furong,” who gained nation- blogs challenging the long-stand- wide recognition on the internet BY JENNA ECKARDT able to do meaningful research. As a result, they get While China has recently made ing government monopoly on in- but now no longer appears on any THE FLAT HAT excited about science and go on. These days, Ph.D. liberal economic gains, which has formation state-run media, Reuters reported. departments in chemistry are hurting for well-quali- led the RAND Corporation, a Pen- The June 28 online edition of The reason for the governmentʼs Chemistry students at the College will have a fi ed, excited, able American students.” tagon think tank, to predict that BBC News estimates that there action is not currently known, and powerful new instrument at their disposal this year. The Collegeʼs chemistry department is one of the Chinaʼs GDP will equal that of the are now 100 million Chinese in- Sister Furong was not politically Thanks to a grant from the National Science Foun- largest nationally, with over 50 students graduating U.S.ʼs by 2015, strict censorship ternet users, more than any other active. The Chinese Cultural Min- dation, the chemistry department obtained a state- each year. The X-ray diffractometer will increase still remains in politics and society. nation, with the exception of the istryʼs censorship of the pop star of-the-art X-ray diffractometer. This tool forms the the research possibilities for a sizable portion of the According to the Aug. 4 edi- United States. drew popular attention to Chinaʼs center of the new X-Ray Crystallography Center, Collegeʼs students. tion of CNN.com, there is a grow- In the Chinese province of censorship policy. housed in Rogers Hall, which professor Robert Pike The new X-Ray Crystallography may also help ing prevalence of censorship in Shenzhen, for example, an inter- In addition to monitoring what directs. professors such as Pike with their own research. Be- the government-controlled media. net userʼs offi cial identifi cation citizens say online, the Chinese An X-ray diffractometer is a useful tool scientists cause of his specialty in metals, particularly regard- The Chinese Culture Ministry, in will now be required to create any government automatically blocks use to study crystals. Undergraduates at the College ing the use of nitric oxide as a therapeutic agent, Pike its attempts to “safeguard national online screen name. The govern- websites that contain certain will now have the opportunity to use this device in anticipates using the X-ray diffractometer to develop cultural safety,” recently em- ment will know the actual identity keywords, RFA reported. “De- their research and studies. The diffractometer is ca- various nitric oxide compounds. pable of determining the atomic structure of pow- “Perhaps you have cancer in a region, and you SITUATION: dered or crystalline compounds, which is important want to both attack the cancer cells, and you want to Over the years, officially communist China has adopted many Western capitalist influences, includ- because, while every substance has only one chemi- increase blood fl ow as well,” Pike said. “Weʼre try- ing an increasingly open economy. While many Chinese citizens enjoy increased economic freedom, the cal formula, its structure can exist in different forms, ing to develop [nitric oxide] compounds that slowly governmentʼs policy of media censorship remains strong in Chinese society. In some sectors, including resulting in dramatically variable physical properties. release or quickly release [nitric oxide].” the television and internet, government control by the Cultural Ministry has increased over the past few The instrument works by emitting X-ray beams Because these nitric-oxide compounds can be years. The government is able to arrest Chinese internet users that it deems are in opposition to national of a specifi c wavelength at the crystals and analyz- identifi ed by their structure, the x-ray diffractometer interests, and the government has continued to monitor the identities of Chinese message board posters. ing the angles of refraction. The instrument can then is an ideal instrument to use for these purposes. Concern for free speech and human rights over Chinaʼs policies continues, and U.S. companies that equate these angle measurements with the space be- comply with Chinese censorship laws are increasingly coming under criticism. tween atoms. Imaging software is then able to pro- duce a 3-D model of the structure that the researcher can manipulate and rotate. barked upon a policy of blocking of the person behind every web- mocracy,” “human rights,” “elec- The X-ray diffractometer can also be used to iden- many foreign television channels site or forum post, a move that tions,” “oppression” and “Tibetan tify unknown materials. The computer can match and programs from broadcasting. activists believe will stifl e online independence” are among the re- each substanceʼs unique structure to its identity, like The government has also blocked debate. jected phrases, and the names of a fi ngerprint. licenses awarded to other media Under the current law, the religious and opposition politi- Before the acquisition of the diffractometer, the venues and products. Chinese government can arrest cal groups are also blocked. Web researchers at the College had to send any samples The Aug. 25 online edition of citizens who publish what it con- pages and search engine queries they wanted analyzed to outside institutions with Forbes reported that Rupert Mur- siders harmful or treasonous writ- with these keywords do not load X-ray diffractometers, sometimes going as far as dochʼs News Corp. was denied a ing online. According to an Aug. when accessed from a computer the University of California at San Diego. Now, the license to broadcast in China. Ear- 3 report on the website “Human in Mainland China. RFA reported College can become a processing center for area col- lier this month, the Culture Minis- Rights in China,” Chinese citizen that China recently spent at least leges. According to the department of chemistryʼs try reported that it would refuse to Zhang Lin was sentenced to fi ve $800 million on censorship tech- website, these determinations will be performed free sell licenses for any new foreign years in prison for posting what nology. of charge for other academic institutions. satellite television channels. the government considered sub- RFA also reported that critics This tool could have an enormous impact on the CNN reports that Chinaʼs new versive essays about unemployed have charged that companies such quality of the education that the Collegeʼs chemistry hard-line policy comes only two workers and punk music lyrics as Microsoft and Yahoo are com- students receive. Although it is not unusual to fi nd a years after the Culture Ministry online. plicit in the censorship, as they device like the diffractomer at institutions for gradu- made advances in media liberal- According to an Aug. 19 on- conform to government regula- ate studies, very few undergraduate-centered col- ization. line edition of Reuters, China es- tions for online services in China.

leges across the nation have them. COURTESY PHOTO ✦ DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY The governmentʼs strict super- tablished a special police force to Any major company that refuses “[When students are exposed to] a front-line tech- The X-ray diffractometer can be used to identify vision of media extends to the in- observe the content of web discus- to comply with censorship rules nique like X-ray diffraction,” Pike said, “they are the structure of otherwise unknown compounds. ternet, the Aug. 17 online edition sions. would not be able to enter China, of Radio Free Asia reported. The Last week, Chinaʼs government however. August 26, 2005 Page 6 [email protected] OPINIONS STAFF EDITORIAL A bad meal gets worse

Recently the lovely powers-that-be in Dining Services decided to alter the meal plans, specifi- cally now excluding students on block meal plans from using meal options at the Marketplace and the Dodge Room. The brilliant strategists involved in this decision should be commended on their mastery of Machiavellian ingenuity. How they came up with such a great plan to swindle the students of this campus, we may never know. The standard response from officials in Dining and Auxiliary Services is that students have requested more flexibility in their meals. We donʼt think the students meant that entire meal options should be eliminated, you morons. Not that numbers matter, but the average increase in Flex Points, supposedly intended to give students more of that great flexibility, among the block plans is just shy of $120. Just for kicks, letʼs also calculate the cash equivalent of the meal options. The cost of the current Block 150 plan is $1,080, not including Flex Points. For students who primarily eat at the Marketplace, however, these meals are very nearly worthless. The change from last year thus results in a $100 Flex Point increase on the Block 150 plan but a $1,080 decrease, resulting in a net loss of $980. All hail flexibility! Associate Vice President for Auxiliary Services Charles Maimone told us that students who ate at the Marketplace thought that meal options were too restrictive because they forced stu- dents to buy a meal, side items, a drink, a fruit and a dessert. Not to question Maimoneʼs ability Recycle this paper to understand the general feelings of the student body, but how exactly does it help simply to Never mind weapons of mass destruction, poverty simply does without. It is conventional wisdom that eliminate the “too restrictive” meal option? Weʼd expect that kind of logic to lead Maimone to or advanced technology; dripping water could sym- our state institution is often starved of essentials, but cut off his hand if ever he got a hang-nail. bolize the end of our healthy world. The deteriora- the irony is that as we avoid conservation, we only When we spoke to Resident District Manager Phil DeBenedetto and asked about the meal tion of our environment is a profound threat in our avoid efficiency. situation at the Dillard Complex, he told us that because Dillard is so far away, meal options modern times. Moreover, many After a long-fought battle, a recycling program are available to students with block plans. What? So everyone else on campus gets screwed just issues gained deserved atten- has returned to campus. The enormous efforts of because they had the misfortune not to get stuck at Dillard? tion during this generation, such advocates, Student Assembly members and alumni Both Maimone and DeBenedetto told us that a partial reason for the change to Block plans as the peril of the greenhouse have finally manifested in a student-managed system is to get students to eat more often at the UC and the Caf. Thatʼs good; itʼs not as if those places effect, deforestation and other beginning this fall. Students will have a service avail- are already crowded or anything. Besides, the Marketplace is a very popular place, particularly important problems that we able to them that many had already taken for granted, might never take seriously. The and the Student Assembly will be able to improve our because it offers alternative fare from the UC and Caf. Being some who frequently, and almost positive news is that some stu- standard of living through preservation. As strong as exclusively, eat at the Marketplace, we just canʼt see why this meager increase in Flex Points dents at the College care about the recent efforts have proven to be, one cannot help justifies the complete annihilation of the meal option. Instead, why not significantly reduce Richael these things. but ask if this achievement is merely a half-victory. the number of meals and add a huge amount of Flex Points? A block meal plan with 20 or so An easy solution with which As the new recycling program is student-run, it is meals and $1,000 worth of Flex Points, for example, would better serve students who prefer the Faithful many students may be famil- also directly student-funded. Although the program Marketplace and Dodge Room. iar is the advent of recycling. will serve on-campus residential spaces, this qualifi- And it is completely irrelevant that this only affects the portion of students who bought block When we re-use an item, or routinely sort plastic and cation does not ensure that all levels of the campus plans. The change should never have been enacted; Dining Services needed to improve, not crip- cardboard so that it can be properly discarded, we community will be engaged. Like other basic campus ple, its options for students. And for the students who werenʼt aware of the change until recently, are “doing our part,” as the cliché goes. We choose services, recycling ought to be a College-funded pro- to leave the broader, more complex environmental gram. Forcing students to generate a campus-wide you have until Sept. 2 to choose a different plan. A better idea might be simply to boycott Dining issues to the experts and continue with our inefficient maintenance initiative is embarrassing and is the Services and their ridiculous meal plans. We leave the decision to you. lives. I would fall into this group. clearest indication that it is not among the Collegeʼs Editorial Board: So when I arrived at the College in fall 2003, I top priorities. was surprised the College did not have a recycling The fundamental question still remains unan- program. What would my environmental effort be? swered: why does campus recycling deserve our seri- Stephen Carley, Editor-in-Chief Would I be responsible for killing baby ducks? I did ous attention with other competing interests? A cam- Whitney Winn, Managing Editor ✦ Virginia Paulus, Executive Editor not want to be a duck-killer. Fortunately, I lived in pus should reflect the values of its community, and Demetria Penix, Business Manager ✦ Michael Schobel, News Editor a dorm where the residents made a commitment to the College is a conscious, responsible and globally- Alejandro Salinas, Variety Editor ✦ Christopher Adams, Sports Editor recycle. As a residential community, we created a minded institution. At the same time that we are able Kyle Meikle, Reviews Editor ✦ Natalie Ronollo, Opinions Editor recycling program that was reliable and well orga- to make large financial and administrative invest- Danielle Espino, Online Editor ✦ Ashley Baird, Copy Chief nized. It was a routine and relatively easy contribu- ments in building new “green” residential buildings, tion for most (though notably more difficult for those we should be equally responsive to funding even who organized the program) as well as being a mean- minimally a recycling program. Critics often compare ingful activity for a part of campus. If we had only the environment to concerns like parking and teach- known what was happening elsewhere. ersʼ salaries, which are always considered the highest Beyond our freshman microcosm, other students of campus priorities and, rightfully, always will be. who are aware of the problems, many of them envi- However, as a non-traditional environmental advocate ronmentalists, have waged the conservation war myself, I urge the campus to re-assess conservation at the College for some time. These students find as one of its lower concerns and realize why the stu- it unacceptable that a state school did not perform dent body favors resourcefulness. The recycling pro- the customary maintenance service of recycling. gram is arguably something we could live without, However, like other bureaucratic battles, the recy- but recycling is not something that we can ignore as cling program is up against consistent budget cut- responsible citizens. Letʼs turn off the faucet. backs. Many individuals have taken the initiative to Junior Richael Faithful is a guest columnist. Her “do their part,” but a school-wide recycling program views do not necessarily represent those of The Flat has become a symbol of important things our school Hat.

Ghost tours and blisters and mixers oh my My desk is covered in papers, my feet are cov- It felt like we were part of some strange experi- ered in blisters, and I havenʼt changed my pants in ment being performed by our OAs. Then again, four days. Such is the devastation left in the wake the whole orientation felt like some experiment, of freshman orientation. Although I suppose orien- possibly to test the limits of human endurance. tation wasnʼt responsible for Regardless, I donʼt think I did too well at the mix- the lack of pants-changing. ers. A man who hasnʼt changed his pants in four I just donʼt have that many days has trouble with the opposite sex. pairs of pants. One of the most tiring (and least fruitful) activi- The move-in was rough ties of the week was serenading Nichol. It was late (water fell from the sky), and I was sleepy, but it was tradition. After a nice, and the schedule following long walk on the dark, muddy paths through the it intense; Iʼve done more woods, we reached the presidentʼs house — just things in the past week than I in time to hear “good night.” We had missed the did during my entire summer. whole thing. There was nothing left to do but trek Thomas Iʼve heard speakers rang- back to the dorm from which weʼd just come. Baumgardner ing from newly-appointed While orientation was exhausting (and blistery), President Nichol to suppos- it was still very enjoyable. Of course, that might edly-dead Patrick Henry, gone have had something to do with living on Dupont on a ghost tour, bought sixteen textbooks (with First West. Not only did we have some great OAs more to go), ate a lot, walked a lot, got blisters, (despite not getting us to the serenade on time) and met a whole bunch of people, watched people a great RA (despite forgetting what room he lives play ultimate frisbee, bobbed back and forth while in), but when you live with people called Eggs, other people serenaded a girls hall and took part in Twitchy, the Rabbi and the Professor (as well as countless other activities. The speed at which we with some guys whose real names are more strange moved through the day was mind-boggling, and than any nicknames we could come up with), you the amount of information we received swelled our know things will never get boring. Iʼll never forget minds. Starting classes with a boggled, swollen orientation; the pain I feel each time I take a step mind was not something to which I looked forward, wonʼt let me. The good memories wonʼt let me for- but I couldnʼt think that far ahead. I had to take it get, either. one blister-inducing walk across campus at a time. But itʼs over. I feel oriented. The next step is The “mixers” in which we were forced to par- classes. take were particularly awkward. We met up with Freshman Thomas Baumgardner is a guest col- another hall (usually of girls) and either talked or umnist. His views do not necessarily represent those played some game in order to get to know them. of The Flat Hat. She’s the president of a August 26, 2005 sorority and thinks Page 7 Jennifer Garner will make a good mom. [email protected] VARIETY See THAT GIRL, page 9.

LAUREN BRYANT, ALLIE VEINOTE✦ THE FLAT HAT Things like throw pillows, wall art, carpeting or wooden shelves can give a Martha Stewart feel to your Bluto Blutarsky living space. A comfortable and inviting dorm room will do wonders for your study habits and social life. Live in luxury, comfort on student budget

BY MAX FISHER Williams. FLAT HAT ASST. VARIETY EDITOR Instead, a framed picture of you with friends or your current sig- nificant other is a great personal touch. Wall-mounted shelves ($15, Going away to college means a lot of change in the life of the stu- Loweʼs) are an attractive and space-saving way to mount speakers or dent. Classes are tougher, parties are bigger and home-cooked meals show off those foreign language paperbacks of which youʼre so proud. become something of the past. There is another major development in They look great in the corner or above your bed, but be careful not to becoming a college student, one that is too often overlooked: being in over-burden them or they will fall. charge of decorating oneʼs own living space. Too many students default Now that you have all your crap stored away, youʼre ready to work to the stereotypical Animal House style room and only after three or with the living space. Start with the floors. Almost all campus dorms four years begin to grasp the subtleties of making a dorm room both are furnished with a hard tile that is both dirty and exceptionally ugly. pleasant and sociable. Here are some tips on living in MTVʼs Cribs- While a large rug is perfectly acceptable, those of you who saved up style comfort on a college studentʼs budget. some money working this summer may want to spring for the ultimate The best place to start with your decoration of your new nine-month dorm room upgrade: carpeting. Loweʼs has a variety of indoor carpets home is the desk. You may, after all, actually have to do some studying at that, with padding (which is essential), will run you about one dollar some point. Flat screen monitors ($50, most per square foot. This adds up to around $80 computer stores; $30, ebay.com) will give Try something [more] tasteful and dis- for a single or $75 per roommate for a double. you enough desk space to fit a textbook, a Though you will have to temporarily move all notebook and your keyboard all at the same tinctive. Hit up your art student friends of your furniture into the hallway, installation time. Wireless keyboards are a pricey but for an oil painting or watercolor. Chances is easy enough. Simply lay down the padding, worthwhile way to conserve more space and are they have a few extra sitting in their then the carpet on top, using a box cutter to even allow you to move the keyboard off closet. reshape the carpet around any built-in furni- the desk for more room. A good desk lamp ✦ ture. This will give your room a comfortable, is essential, and the brighter the better. You homey feel in addition to making it easier for can save desk space by connecting a clip-on friends with off-campus rooms or from out of lamp ($8, Walmart) to your monitor or a shelf above your desk, or by town to crash on the floor. A sofa is essential, though a great substitute using a lamp with a large swivel arm ($15, Loweʼs). As for keeping all is a two-person loveseat or a futon. Just make sure sitting space is avail- those pens and pencils in order, an old cigar box will do the job while able for guests, which brings up an important point: never bunk your giving your desk a more sophisticated look. beds. It just makes hooking up awkward and making a first move damn Beyond the usual nook for all the beer cans and munchies, storage is near impossible. If you must, lean three or four extra-large pillows ($10 an often overlooked part of room decor. Start by utilizing all the space each, Target) against the wall on one of the beds and substitute it for you have; use the closet to hang up otherwise shelved items such as a sofa. t-shirts and pants, and use the extra drawer space for food, textbooks, In case you forgot, you need to put something on the walls. What you glass tobacco-only smoking devices, etc. In addition, a finished wood have displayed around your room speaks to who you are as a person, so bookcase ($30 for 6ʼ x 2ʼ bookcase, Big Lots) is a great way to store try to keep in mind what each poster “says.” Pictures of semi-or fully- books, DVDs, CD cases and maybe even a couple of souvenirs from nude models imply that you have the sexual and emotional maturity of trips abroad. Donʼt put empty liquor bottles on it, though; theyʼre LAUREN BRYANT✦ THE FLAT HAT ✦ not trophies, and no one is impressed by the fact that you drink Evan See LUXURY page 8 An old lamp or other antique can add character to otherwise dull rooms. Going Greek; learn the intricacies, joys of process

BY ALLISON ANOLL Sept. 6 and 7. According to Kappa Delta THE FLAT HAT Rho brother sophomore Trevor Albert, the purpose of these open houses is simply Welcome to the complicated world to meet the brothers of a fraternity, a task of rush, an extensive and essential part that can also be achieved at any one of of fraternity and sorority life. For each their cook-outs or Monday Night Football- of the recognized 13 fraternities and 12 watching sessions. sororities located on campus, rush takes “Rush lasts for about the first month on a seemingly different air. Beginning of school and ends with the first day to with the “Meet the Greeks” event taking extend bids,” Green said. “Then begins place this past Monday at Yates field, rush the pledge period.” continues into late September when pledged Continuing on to echo the sentiments members receive their bids and are recognized of his fellow brother Albert, Green said, as a full “brother” or “sister.” “pledge time is a training period. Itʼs for But whereas each individual fraternity meeting the brothers so that by the time the determines how their process of member formal ceremony occurs the new members selection will be run, “sororities are linked are already comfortable.” together in a kind of ʻrush sorority systemʼ Fraternity Bid Day will take place Sept. to make sure that each house gets about the 21 at the Campus Center and involves a same number of new members each year,” Robert small fee that can be waived with academic Green, public relations chair of the council of prominence. With Bid Day begins a six fraternity affairs and member of Kappa Delta Rho, to eight week program that ends with the said. “Fraternities are much more individualized. final commencement ceremony. For many, Numbers rise and fall.” the most appealing aspect of rush is the The first step in attaining fraternity membership formality of these procedures and the final is attending an open house. According to the end to which it leads. 2005 to 2006 Fraternity Guidebook, these will See GREEK ✦ page 8 take place on Aug. 30 and 31 and then again What college won’t teach you about deep, ‘dirrty South’ There are some things you just canʼt learn oh, the things she now knows. Some parts of It was a little mangled, but looked like it As fashion-savvy as the Collegeʼs student at school , not even at Americaʼs hottest small the South may not believe in book-larninʼ, still had some good meat left on it. Another population is, Iʼm sure youʼre all aware of state school. I know itʼs weird, and some of but they can teach you things that you important lesson: looks can be deceiving. camouflageʼs clothing capabilities: t-shirts, you out-of-staters may be asking yourselves would never realize in the hallowed halls of They loaded the deer onto the truck, took shorts, pants, jackets, maybe even a bandana CONFUSION why exactly you agreed to give the bursar Academia. it home and cooked it in whatever special for those who really want to blend into the your first-born child, a quart of blood and The first, and possibly the most important way Alabamans cook things — possibly on shrubbery. CORNER free piggy-back rides in order to go here lesson, depending on your usual eating a spit over an open flame. Unfortunately, Did you know that you can paint a if you canʼt learn absolutely everything. habits, is to never eat roadkill. Maybe in even when cooked with the utmost care and building camouflage? The people of Alabama But the College just canʼt teach you the science class you learned that eating is copious amounts of special sauces, roadkill do. Itʼs almost like magic: you think youʼre kind of things that you get from real world dangerous and unhealthy because bacteria still tastes like dead, rotten, sun-bloated looking at an empty lot, and then someone experience. By “real world experience,” I grows in raw meat left sitting in the Alabama meat. It doesnʼt matter how sick you get of walks out of the door, looking as though mean living in Alabama. sun. Thatʼs very smart of you, but the real Caf food, I donʼt want to see any of you out they have spontaneously appeared from a Before you start judging me, let me reason why one should never eat roadkill is on the roads at night looking for smushed distant land. You look closer, and you realize clarify that I have never personally lived that it tastes terrible. squirrels. that youʼre not staring at a mystical place in that dirtiest region of the “dirrty South” Ha. Science classes donʼt teach you that, Another lesson, along the same theme of apparition, but at a hunting goods store, (no offense to Alabama natives, but you do eh? My dear sister learned this invaluable of deception and trickery, is camouflage, painted in the ravishing browns and tans that have to admit, itʼs kind of a crazy place). I lesson one fateful day when, driving home camouflage and camouflage. You can never you have only seen before on clothing and Lauren lived in Georgia, right across the glorious from the barn in her big red pickup truck, she have enough brown and green splotches on pickup trucks. The fact that they managed to Bell Chattahoochee River, but my sister, when and some friends spotted what, at the time, a tan background. Never. Camouflage is paint a whole building like that is almost like she spread her wings and flew from the nest, seemed like manna from heaven: a big, dead decoration. Itʼs a disguise. Itʼs a beautiful See 'SOUTH' ✦ page 8 crash-landed directly in Auburn, Al. And, deer, just sitting there on the side of the road. neutral that can be paired with anything. Variety FUN 8 VARIETY ✦ AUGUST 26, 2005 Crossword Puzzle Surf Festival Variety ACROSS ✦ Head out to Virginia Beach for a phenomenal 1. B-school entrance exam Calendar festival. The East Coast Surfing Championships 5. Tablelands are all weekend and totally free. Saturday has the 10. Porgyʼs woman best events. The worldʼs top pros and around 300 14. Junction point hundred amateurs will surf the beaches in a vari- Highlights of the week ety of competitions. College surfers, with plenty 15. Just ___ of the tongue of local and national media in attendance this 16. Condo division — compiled by max fisher is your chance to make it big. $35,000 in cash 17. Zoning measure prizes will be awarded. As a non-surfer, you can 18. A Judd compete in or watch the 5K run, the all-day vol- 19. Longish skirt Art Exhibit leyball and skimboard tournements, the swimsuit competition (several big-name models will be 20. Dad says “no” ✦ Visiting art professor Heidi Schneider will be in attendance) or just bum around in the sand. 23. Cousin of the bossa nova displaying her works in the Andrews Gallery from There is also free live music on the beach start- 24. Crossword worker? Aug. 24 to Sept. 16. The exhibition, which includes ing at 1:30 and running until 10 p.m. Live acts, 25. ___ salts works inspired by swimming observations and in order, are Backside Slapp, Jimmies Chicken 29. More lofty interiors, is free and open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Shack, Ingram Hill and Carbon Leaf. Donʼt miss 33. Nick and Noraʼs pooch Monday through Friday. out on a great opportunity. 36. Backseat driver, e.g. To have an event printed in the Variety Calendar, call x3281 before 5 p.m. Tuesday. 38. First daughter Carter 39. Dad says “yes” 42. Pay stub? 5. “Look ___ hands!” Chi, say 43. Render immobile, 6. Jacobʼs twin 48. Yoko ___ rodeo-style 7. Trudge through the mire 50. November lever puller 44. Bauxite and others 8. Actress Anouk 52. Pang 45. Bodegaʼs place 9. Polishes, army-style 53. Scoutʼs job, for short 47. Journalist Joseph 10. Cause of a limp,maybe 54. Face-to-face exams or Stewart 11. Oklahoma city 55. Mardi ___ 49. Silver State sch. 12. Bar or car starter 56. Sty cry 51. Part of TNT 13. To-do 57. Curtain-raising time 55. Dad says “maybe” 21. Big mouth 58. Org. for Borg 61. Rolling in dough 22. In the cooler 59. Enlarge, as a hole 62. Dazed and confused 26. Jungle gymʼs place 60. Cosmo and GQ, e.g. 63. Ocean predator 27. Not a dup. Source: The New York Times 64. Price of a hand 28. Man in the ʻhood 65. Change the price of 30. Salonʼs concern 66. April 1 victim 31. Name in plus-size Last week’s solution 67. Lose traction modeling 68. Vial measurements 32. Whiskey choices 69. Peaty areas 33. “...___ for Superman!” 34. Toni Morrison novel DOWN 35. Pre-1917 ruler Knowing Jack By Mika Shannon 1. Chews like a chipmunk 37. Slave away 2. Starbucks order 40. Use oneʼs bean 3. To the point, to lawyers 41. Request to a gas 4. Publication with pumper features on boy bands 46. Applied to Sigma

tom wooden frames ($10 to $100, Home Depot) both LUXURY look great. FROM PAGE 7 The rest of the room is up to you. Small touches make the big differences — a few candles can turn a 14 year-old. These and any alcohol-related posters a gropefest with some random stranger you met at go too far to advertise your interests and, as everyone Phi Tau basement into a romantic encounter worth knows, trying too hard to act cool is a big ugly red remembering (votive or tealight candles are less warning flag. than a dollar each at Target, colored glass candle Your actions and reputation should speak plenty holders are $10 to $50). An artifact from study or about your abilities at a party or in bed; no one who travel abroad is an inexpensive way to add character is good at either needs a poster to tell people that. to the room. A small houseplant gives life and color Heroman By Thomas Baumgardner Instead, try something more tasteful and distinctive. to the room — bamboo, cactus or aloe vera plants Hit up your art student friends for an oil painting or require minimal care ($7 with pot, Target or Wal- watercolor. Chances are they have a few extra sit- Mart). ting in their closet that they would be happy to part Just remember that your dorm room, in addition with for a few dollars or a nice bottle of wine. Any to being a place you have to live in for the next nine Horoscopes posters you insist on putting up can go from dorm months, speaks volumes about who you are as a per- room tacky to penthouse stylish with a mounted son. Try to have it say more than “Iʼm just another frame. Black plastic frames ($8, Wal-Mart) or cus- kid who likes sex and beer.” Virgo: Aug. 23 - Sept. 22 Pisces: Feb. 19 - March 20 Weʼre sorry youʼre so ugly, but pho- The name you used during the hall orienta- campus. time, invitations slowly dwindle, toshopping your Faceboook picture to tion name game will stick throughout col- GREEK The fraternity initiation process narrowing down initial cluster and look less hideous hardly solves the lege, so better get used to being referred to FROM PAGE 7 can be summed up in a few simple assigning individuals to various problem, now does it? by people as “Shithouse Sue.” steps: open house, bid and pledge houses. “A fraternity seems like a great period and then initiation. Although sorority recruitment Libra: Sept. 23 - Oct. 22 Aries: March 21 - April 19 way to get involved in the social Sorority recruitment processes, involves many more organized This week youʼll be offered a spot in Donʼt want to pledge a frat but love events that take place on campus,” however, are far more extensive, activities and a number of thinning that full class, but youʼll blow it on the free beer and pot? Consider telling all Freshman Brooks Wildasin said. involving online registration, a rounds, its steps match up to those first day when a glass piece falls out of thirteen youʼre rushing and reap the While the conception of computer system to divvy out of the fraternities. your bag and shatters on the floor. benefits for months. “brotherhood” and the stress of potential members to each house Potential sorority members social events defines much of the and open house rounds. receive bids, pledge, and go Scorpio: Oct. 23 - Nov. 21 Taurus: April 20 - May 20 fraternity existence, also included “Girls are assigned something through a final membership The first week of classes is optional, so This week you will swept off your feet is the connection to community like a recruitment OA,” Vice ceremony. They are also required spend it constructing a beer pyramid to by a beautiful stranger who will woo works and services. President of Recruitment Lauren to meet the people of the houses show off at rush instead. Get ready for you with her ability to bong four beers at Past events have included Blaine said. they are interested in. That is, another year of raging, Scorpio. once. Now thatʼs what I call a woman. wiffle ball tournaments, tug-o-war “Recruitment counselors are in fact, the key to receiving an contests and other events to benefit part of a sorority but disaffiliated invitation or a bid in the first Sagittarius: Nov. 22 - Dec. 21 Gemini: May 21 - June 21 programs such as Big Brothers for the time so as not to ʻdirty a place. After two years in a monogamous We love freshmen too, but stay away and Big Sisters of Williamsburg. rush.ʼ They must promote Greek But even with all the steps relationship, sex has become routine, from Botetourt, Gemini. The hottest “Last year Kappa Delta Rho Life.” that are required to join either mechanical and dull. Lucky thing is, froshie hook up is no match for a set hosted Up ʻTill Dawn. The event As a whole, the campus a fraternity or a sorority, one thatʼs exactly how you like it. of prison bars. brought in 10% of the raised sororities go through a series of thing seems never to be lost $30,000 to benefit children with rounds that include Skit Day and among those already part of such Capricorn: Dec. 22 - Jan. 19 Cancer: June 22 - July 22 cancer.” Albert said. Philanthropy Day to acquaint an organization: In the words We know youʼre excited about living in Everyone has a few skeletons in their Such events take place all potential members with the of sophomore Rachael Daas, a the units near all the parties, but restrain closet, and your new roommate is no year long, hosted by different various organizations and their member of Alpha Chi Omega, yourself: With a little hard work this exception. Just forgive and forget lest fraternities and sororities on causes. Through this period of “Itʼs always nice having a sister.” may be the year your GPA tops 2.0. you become one of those skeletons. the seams with cultural diversity and liberal open- Aquarius: Jan. 20 - Feb. 18 Leo: July 23 - Aug. 22 ‘SOUTH’ mindedness, canʼt show you the whole picture. You Worried about getting into grad school? Thereʼs a reason why that class still has FROM PAGE 7 can learn a lot outside of school. Travel to weird Go to the career fair. Harvard will total- spots open. Check ratemyprofessors.com places (like Alabama) and talk to new people (if ly be impressed that youʼre assistant before registering or risk having a sweaty magic in itself. Itʼs really quite spectacular. you can find them in all that camouflage). Just treasurer to the truck-owners club. mouth-breather talk at you all semester. So children, in review; college is lovely. You donʼt eat the roadkill. compiled by max fisher learn wondrous and beautiful things here that Lauren Bell is a Confusion Corner columnist for people at cocktail parties will find very impressive. The Flat Hat. She claims it was “her sister” who Keep in mind that even Williamsburg, bursting at tried out the nasty roadkill. We all know better. VARIETY ✦ AUGUST 26, 2005 9 Talk makes for good sex

So hereʼs the question: why are some people better in bed than others? Some people might argue that That Girl: certain people are just born with a gift for good sex that others lack. Some say that people acquire their sexual prowess the same way we acquire Tiffany Bagwell BEHIND other skills: through lifeʼs trial CLOSED and error and lots of practice. Itʼs another classic nurture vs. nature BY TEGAN NEUSTATTER What made you decide to join Chi Omega? DOORS argument. FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER I didnʼt want to rush when I first came here. I Count me in on the nurture definitely never saw myself as a sorority girl, and a side of the argument. Supporting It seems like things are rip-roaring and ready lot of guys from home laughed at me when I called point number one: how many to go here at the College as another school year them up and told them I was going to rush. My OA people out there lost their starts. Tiffany Bagwell, the president of Chi Omega was a Chi Omega, and she told me to give it a try virginity to another virgin? sorority, has definitely caught the up-and-at-ʼem and if I didnʼt like it the first night then there would Okay, now that the hands are fever. After only two hours of being on campus, she be nothing lost. I went through recruitment and I awkwardly raised, how many of had her presidential suite set up and was doing an absolutely loved it. I fell in love with the girls in you consider that occasion to interview for The Flat Hat. In this issue, she shares my house and the girls in every other house. I had be pretty good sex? I donʼt see her thoughts on her summer, sisterhood and what some amazing conversations and definitely knew I Kate any hands still in the air. Sex is who chose the easy way out, pretended that they liked it takes to be a celebrity mom. This is one girl who wanted to go back there the next day. Prengaman something you get good at by it and sent the gentleman back out to the mating pool. looks like she has her senior year in the bag. Do you have any advice for people who are practicing and communicating So, since I have the luxury of speaking bluntly, far away How was your summer? thinking about joining greek life this year? with a partner about what works and what doesnʼt. The from any awkward naked moments, Iʼm going to speak It was great. I lived in Richmond; so I hung out I would say go in without any assumptions. best sex is often with someone with whom you have up for the ladies and inform all you guys out there (if with my friends and worked at an Italian restau- Any ideas about greek life that anyone would have an ongoing relationship; because you feel comfortable I havenʼt made myself clear already), that the finger rant. donʼt apply at William and Mary because it is such communicating and learning how to please each other thrust should be used sparingly. Instead, spend some Are you excited about being a Senior? a unique school and such a unique community of best. quality time with the clitoris. Then, the orgasms wonʼt Itʼs a lot of mixed emotions. This is the first year people. The girls arenʼt catty to each other; we can In contrast, when youʼre just casually hooking up be faked. that Iʼm not going to be involved in Chi Omega walk up to any other girl and have a completely ami- with someone, you donʼt have that established channel Which brings me to another point. Some good advice all year long, since my presidential term ends in cable conversation. I feel like itʼs a very close-knit for communication that is so necessary for improving for the ladies this time: do not fake orgasms. Itʼs just January, so everything will kind of slow down all panel that I am very fortunate to be a part of. your skills. In fact, several informal surveys have led dumb and encourages bad behavior. Iʼve heard people at once. I donʼt know what Iʼm going to do with all I know you are really tight with your sorority me to conclude that most people hardly ever offer argue that in a less-than-great situation, faking an orgasm that free time. sisters. Do you have any real sisters? Or siblings suggestions or advice on techniques to the person with brings an end sooner. Maybe so, but wouldnʼt it be better As President of Chi Omega, what were some of for that matter? whom they are hooking up. Itʼs often easier to deal with to make a suggestion to improve things so that you could the things that you are in charge of? I have a younger brother and a younger sister. slightly sub-par oral sex, for example, than to awkwardly maybe have a real orgasm? Well, I oversee our entire executive board, and I My brother is a senior in high school, and my sister suggest that you like a little more precision and a little Obviously, there are right ways and wrong ways to do a lot with rules and policies. Recruitment is also is a junior in high school. My brother is just start- less uncoordinated licking. Ew. go about giving some well-intentioned advice to your a large part of my job; Iʼm heavily involved with ing to apply to college, and I cannot believe I did The point is that if weʼre all doing this, none of us partner. No one wants to hear criticism, especially when the recruitment chair and team and Inter-Sorority that just four years ago. It seems like just yesterday is ever really improving. Have you ever found yourself one is naked and probably feeling slightly vulnerable. Council. Iʼm on the personnel board, too, which I was trying to fill out those applications and rush wishing, mid-hookup, that someone had done a better Stay from negative statements like, “It doesnʼt really deals with personnel problems (which are few and them off. job of training the person youʼre with before you got with work for me when you do that.” Instead try something far between). Iʼm just trying to have a good time and Well, it sounds like you are going to be busy once them? Sure, but how often do you consider attempting more encouraging, along the lines of, “I think itʼd be make sure the girls are having a good time. I hope school starts. What do you want to do with that the task yourself? It involves putting yourself out there, really hot if you tried to touch me more slowly.” You can that they get as much out of [their experience] that once you graduate? talking about the details of a topic that still makes a say a lot in those few words if you say it the right way. they possibly can. I took the LSATs in June and I plan on applying lot of people uncomfortable and possibly creating an So, what happens if youʼre on the receiving side Itʼs just about recruitment time for the sorori- to law school in the Fall. I want to hopefully end up awkward moment. However, those are all excuses. You of this advice? Take it as a compliment. Seriously, itʼs ties. Is everyone jumping into action at the Chi in the Richmond or D.C. area because I want to be a are not only doing yourself a disservice by putting up better to get a little advice than to force a fake orgasm to Omega house? lobbyist and maybe work on Capitol Hill. with mediocre play, but you certainly arenʼt helping end the evening more quickly. Right? Plus, we all want As soon as we get back to school everything is Now a tough one. Who do you think will make your partner, and you are setting up your partnerʼs future to be the best we can be. At the worst, itʼs like having in full swing. Even before we leave school at the the best celebrity mom: Britney Spears, Angelina partners with less-than-amazing action. something stuck in your teeth. You have an awkward end of the year, we plan our Bid Day t-shirts, how Jolie or Jennifer Garner? Allow me to offer an example: for some reason moment while someone tells you about it and you fix it, weʼre going to change our skit, things like that. I would absolutely have to say Jennifer Garner. unbeknownst to me, there are far too many guys out but itʼs so much better in the long run than to go around Itʼs great because after a whole summer [the girls] Sheʼs the most down-to-earth by far, and she has there who think that finger thrusting is a good way to get all night with crap in your teeth. come together and get to know each other, whether never portrayed herself in any sort of trashy manner. girls off. Sorry to disappoint, but itʼs not really youʼre So, letʼs make a deal. Letʼs all help each other out theyʼve been here for three years or are just begin- She seems to have a genuine relationship with Ben best bet. However, I donʼt really blame the perpetrators, occasionally so we can all have a little more fun. ning. Affleck. And sheʼs not self-centered and selfish. especially if no oneʼs ever told them that their actions Kate Prengaman is the Flat Hat sex columnist. Sheʼs might be wrong. 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Itʼs ironic that just when movie-goers are fleeing their overpriced seats for greener pastures, thereʼs a pleasant, healthy trend that should make them stay put. The ratio of good to bad offerings at the multiplex hasnʼt changed too much, but both the good and the bad have been rolling in with far less pretension than those of years past. Average, pedestrian, workaday damn movies are showing inclinations to please, not pose, and I am ever so grateful. Take, for example, one of the summerʼs more forgettable blockbusters, “The Fantastic Four.” Great cinema? Hell no. But it was pretty, it was shiny, it had a sense of humor and it didnʼt take itself too seriously. It danced its little monkey dance and got off the stage, and I was happy to drop twopence in its hat. It was not “The Hulk,” if you know what I mean. In 10 or even five years, no one will remember Wes Cravenʼs “Red Eye.” The DVD will be on back shelves; the stars will have done more relevant work. But for a quick Friday-night outing, one could do a lot worse. Itʼs got solid acting, several good, tense moments, the requisite ʼsplosion; the full-house audience with whom I saw it was very pleased. As Kyle is concurrently telling you, thereʼs lots of stuff you missed. But hey, summerʼs over and you know youʼre not going to see “The Dukes of Hazard.” “Eye” even gives a couple skilled actors who flirted vaguely with pretentiousness this season a chance to pop that nasty air pressure out of their ears. “Batman Begins” was a great adaptation that hinted it thought it was the best movie ever, and “The Wedding Crashers” was a hilarious romp that in its last third fell too hard into “twu wuv.” Cillian Murphy and Rachel McAdams, respectively, earn their paychecks (and their rising statuses) better with some low-attitude, high-altitude cat- and-mouse shenanigans. In what feels like an episode of “24” set on top of an episode of “Lost,” a professional killer buys a woman a drink, flashes her a charming smile and, once sheʼs trapped next to him onboard a plane, calmly tells her that his associate will murder her father (Brian Cox) if she doesnʼt do what he asks. Lisa (McAdams) is a hotel manager with the COURTESY PHOTO ✦ DREAMWORKS SKG See ‘EYE’ ✦ page 12 Cillian Murphy tells Rachel McAdams just how much he liked ʻThe Notebookʼ in Wes Cravenʼs frightening new airborne thriller ʻRed Eye.ʼ Summer adaptations impress ✦ Superheroes, sci-fi fl icks provide welcome respite from sun, thought

BY BETH SUTHERLAND Christian Bale. The script was eloquent and full of THE FLAT HAT meaningful sound bytes. Likewise, it closely followed Shakespeareʼs most intriguing and acclaimed play. Ever since the cinematic dynamite that was “Jaws,” The motifs of poison, rot, deception, fatherlessness, summer has been blessed with the tradition of The fear and revenge were cleverly modernized in a very Blockbuster. The most anticipated movies of the relevant way. Though a few bars of the traditional year are generally released during this sticky, sweaty Batman themes would have comforted fans, Hans time. Some of these features thrill viewers with the Zimmer outdid himself with an intense and dark score. satisfaction of seeing something truly enriching. If the glamour of superheroes and cerebral literary Many others are mindless entertainment at best. Most allusion wasnʼt alluring enough, one could simply are just pure fun — an air-conditioned option for appreciate the completely all-star cast. Liam Neeson, filling those lazy, hazy days. Ken Watanabe, Katie Holmes, Morgan Freeman, This summer proved no exception and boasted Rutger Haur, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Gary some long overdue titles. It was one of epic heroes Oldman and Michael Caine all starred alongside and miraculous tales. The first of these, and the only Bale. one to attract masses of cult-like costumed fanatics, Another comic-based movie, “Fantastic Four,” was “Star Wars: Episode III.” While it satisfied these was both highly commercialized and highly forgiving fans, it lacked the magic and craft of the predictable. While entertaining, it lacked any real original three. This climactic portion of the saga came character development or cleverness. The character across as contrived and dull. Unnecessarily long, it was the Human Torch, however, was blessed with a set of filled with cheesy lines and bad acting. Actors Samuel fairly humorous lines. This, coupled with his casual, L. Jackson, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen and offhand delivery was charming and kept the movie even Ewan McGregor embarrassed themselves. There from dragging. to redeem the credibility of the storyʼs intense conflict One movie that did drag, however, was Michael was Chancellor Palpatine, played by Ian McDiarmid. Bayʼs “The Island.” The modern political issues of Only his face achieved the expressiveness demanded embryonic stem cell research and cloning made the by the plot. Yoda alone rivaled Palpatine, but even his concept a striking one. Ewan McGregor and Scarlet confused, usually charming verb misplacement was Johansson played two clones that were “grown” in less graceful than in the past movies. case their counterparts, or purchasers, should need an The diamond in the rough and long-awaited D.C. organ transplant or blood. The first part of the movie Comics comeback was “Batman Begins.” The movie explored their lives before they realized who they took a refreshing approach to the Batman legacy. were, but the second consisted mostly of absurdly Stylistic realism and thematic seriousness gave it a long chase scenes. COURTESY PHOTOS ✦ DREAMWORKS SKG, 20TH CENTURY FOX, LUCASFILM LTD depth uncommon in many comic-based movies. One UMMER ✦ CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: ʻWar of the Worlds,ʼ ʻFantastic Four,ʼ ʻStar Wars,ʼ ʻCharlieʼ and ʻBatman Begins.ʼ could not help but see Hamlet in the fiery gaze of See S page 12 Dirty jokes, hardcore porn, grizzlies make for unique summer fare

Summer films have a terrible reputation “Grizzly Man”: former alcoholic, charming, Paul Provenza and Penn Jilletteʼs scenes of hardcore — and I mean hardcore for being anything but original, and the sometime school kid and all-around head 90 minute joke-umentary is the funniest — screwing with nine grainy concert films of summer 2005 were no exception. case Timothy Treadwell spent 13 summers movie of the summer, hands down. The performances from the likes of Franz Spielbergʼs “War of the Worlds” borrowed living alongside grizzlies in the Alaskan set-up: a family walks into a talent agency, Ferdinand, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club CRITICAL from “Independence Day,” borrowed from wilderness before one attacked and ate him performs any number of disgusting acts, and the Von Bondies, the film never quite CONDITION Wellsʼ “War of the Worlds” and every major and girlfriend Amie Huguenard in Oct. then, when asked what the name of their act rises above its arty premise to become sci-fi flick that came before it. Burtonʼs 2003. Luckily for visionary German director is, respond, “The Aristocrats.” The payoff: something greater than it is. Still, thereʼs “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” Werner Herzog (“Little Dieter Needs To comics ranging from George Carlin to Robin no denying the fact that the dimly lit scenes borrowed from Wilderʼs “Willy Wonka” Fly”), Treadwell was a man who liked Williams to the “South Park” kids riffing of sex, drugs and rock ʻnʼ roll (as well as which borrowed from Dahlʼs “Charlie.” to film every roar, wrestle and revelation on said acts. Itʼs a thing of beauty when unconventionally attractive leads Kieran “Batman Begins” began with “Batman.” in the wilds of his sparse camp. Herzog bestiality, pedophilia, rape, incest, Sept. 11, OʼBrien and Margo Stilley) have a romantic Thatʼs not to say the movies werenʼt good, takes on the immense job of creating this masturbation, Hitler, mental retardation, pull all their own. itʼs just that we knew how the stories would spellbinding documentary from the bits and vomit, blood, urine, semen and (from a “Me And You And Everyone We Know”: end before they even began. pieces of those tapes; some of the visuals dirty, dirty Bob Saget) “Full House” all get Miranda Julyʼs offbeat fi lm about lonely shoe The same can be said for many of the — a fox Timothy names “Spirit” trying to evoked in the name of laughs. Never have salesmen Richard (John Hawkes), his kids summerʼs smaller flicks. We knew they paw its way into his tent, two male bears words hurt so much. (Seriously. Someone in (Miles Thompson and the incomprehensibly Kyle Meikle ended in death (“Grizzly Man,” “Last wrestling over a female — are among the the row in front of me puked). cute Brandon Ratcliff) and the performance Days”), breakups (“9 Songs”) and a punch most amazing Iʼve ever seen on film. Itʼs a “9 Songs”: not a particularly good movie artist he likes (July herself) constantly line (“The Aristocrats”) before the first reel, strange and visceral flick (thanks in no small (but not a particularly bad one, either), threatens to topple under the weight of its but, unlike the lackluster big-budget stuff, part to Treadwellʼs bizarre charisma) that Michael Winterbottomʼs pornographic preciousness but never does. Calling it they made getting there so much more fun. will leave you anything but silent. foray into the sweaty sway of sex and original would be an understatement: July Herewith, a look at some of this summerʼs “The Aristocrats”: unfailingly profane, music is like a 69-minute postcard from See DIRTY ✦ page 12 more obscure fare. consistently hilarious and (surprisingly) its lead charactersʼ memories. Alternating Reviews UZZ B EVIEWS ✦ 12 R August 26, 2005

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Pitt, Jolie dig dinosaurs Spears shops for baby gear Brad Pitt and could-be home- White trash queen Britney Spears wrecker Angelina Jolie set the world continued her race against bankruptcy record for hottest museum visit ever last week when she spent $11,000 when the controversial couple toured during a Los Angeles shopping spree. a Canadian dinosaur museum last The stale pop tart was picking up weekend. Jolie is currently filming gear for her unborn baby (the babyʼs HIGH NOTES “The Assassination of Jesse James” daddy is, of course, the irresistible Twin Cinema in Calgary, Alberta; Pitt, whose four- Kevin Federline) when fellow shop- — The New Pornographers year marriage to Jennifer Aniston was pers noticed an inordinate amount of terminated last Friday, took the “Tomb boysʼ clothing in the singerʼs stash. So The Canadian power-pop maestros rebound from their mediocre Raider” star and her son Maddox to the it looks like the Federline, um, line will “Electric Version” with the catchier, hook-laden “Twin Cinema.” Kathryn Royal Tyrrell Museum on Saturday. continue (unless Kevin Jr. turns out to Calder and Nora OʼConnor join original Pornographers Neko Case and They stayed for about an hour. be a closet case by age 16). singer/songwriter Carl Newman to share vocal responsibilities on the disc. — compiled by kyle meikle Law and Miller reunited? Young, hot and pregnant? On-the-rocks couple Jude Law “Spiderman” hottie Kirsten Dunst BILLBOARD TOP 10 SINGLES and Sienna Miller may be headed for might be pregnant. 23 year-old Dunst smoother sailing: the couple was spot- and on-again-off-again boyfriend Jake 1. We Belong Together — Mariah Carey ted walking through Hamstead Heath Gyllenhaal (of “Donnie Darko” fame) 2. Donʼt Cha — The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes together in London last week. The were spotted looking at prenatal vita- 3. Pon De Replay — Rihanna pairʼs relationship troubles started last mins in a Hollywood Whole Foods last 4. Let Me Hold You — Bow Wow featuring Omarion month when Law — whoʼs engaged weekend. The actress was apparently 5. You And Me — Lifehouse to Miller (his co-star in “Alfie”) — reading over a box of New Chapter 6. Shake It Off — Mariah Carey confessed to having an affair with Organics Perfect Prenatal supplements 7. Behind These Hazel Eyes — Kelly Clarkson his childrenʼs nanny. Miller promptly while Gyllenhaal asked an employee 8. Listen To Your Heart — D.H.T. removed her engagement ring, but the about the product, which promotes 9. Lose Control — Missy Elliot featuring Ciara and Fat Man Scoop couple have since been spotted meet- mental and physical well-being. 10. Pimpinʼ All Over The World — Ludacris and Bobby Valentino ing in private to reconcile. — compiled by kyle meikle

“Cinderella Man” is the tale of actual Depression-era boxing champ SUMMER James J. Braddock. An honorable hero symbolic of our nationʼs impossible FROM PAGE 11 yet triumphant struggle, his tale is indisputably compelling. The music, performances, script and direction left no eye dry. No movie this summer It has to be said, though, that this was a good summer for science fiction. is more deserving of the prospective Best Picture, yet it has received little “War of the Worlds” was certainly worthy of Spielberg. If sci-fi werenʼt attention. the most consistently cheated genre, this movie would be granted an Oscar Several remakes of old favorites also graced the silver screen this nod for sound, special effects, score, direction, editing and acting. But summer. “Bewitched” had fun with its Easter egg colors and old time music, because it is what it is, it will likely only receive the first two. The story is a but the plot was somewhat nonsensical and random. Nicole Kidman was compelling one chiefly because it is surprisingly faithful to H. G. Wellsʼ own charming and Will Ferrell was fairly funny. “The Dukes of Hazzard,” on the novella. The protagonist, though lacking a daughter in the book, confronts other hand, was astonishingly entertaining. Full of slapstick humor and good similar characters and situations. Tim Robbinsʼ character is a combination old hillbilly fun, it was a sexy new rendition of the old show. of the curator and the soldier in the actual story. Also, the narration at the Finally, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” saw great success. The beginning and end, done by Morgan Freeman, comes directly from Wellsʼ Depp/Burton combo is always quirky and greatly lends itself to surrealistic own pen. tales. Though the tantalizing chocolate footage alone makes the movie worth Two absolutely amazing and totally snubbed films that opened this seeing, it has other assets as well. Deppʼs expressions are extremely comical, summer were “Crash” and “Cinderella Man.” Movies like these are a and the children are very convincing caricatures. In addition, Christopher rare joy in the life of a movie-goer. The first was an intricate, profound Lee is a foreboding but eerie delight. What really grates is Deppʼs voice; tale of manʼs everyday inhumanity to his fellow man and the unexpected his syntax and pronunciation come off as snooty and childish. Not childlike. consequences that arise as a result. Though it bravely confronts issues of The movie as a whole, though, is magical. hate and racism, it is a quiet film, beautiful in its simplistic eloquence. Overall, it was a great season for cinema.

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Itʼs the type and “The Life Aquatic.” In Jim Jarmuschʼs hilarious and understated 1:20, 3:20, 5:20, 7:30, 9:40 of fi lm that begs for wine and Christmas lights. follow-up to the middling “Coffee and Cigarettes,” Murray plays Don Fantastic Four (PG-13) “Last Days”: if you didnʼt like “Elephant” — Gus Van Santʼs other Johnston, an aging Don Jaun who sets off on a cross-country quest 5:00, 10:00 semi-meandering, semi-factual art house entry — then stay away to find a son he may or may not have. The journey, which includes Four Brothers (R) 1:30, 2:40, 4:20, 5:20, 7:20, 8:00, 10:00, 10:40 from “Last Days,” his fictional take on Kurt Cobainʼs, well, last days. great set pieces from Jessica Lange and Sharon Stone, among others, Hustle & Flow (R) Scenes of Blake (Michael Pitt) pissing into a river, wandering through is more important than the destination. Just watch Murrayʼs face when 1:30, 4:40, 7:40, 10:30 his dank mansion and muttering to himself incomprehensibly lend a one of his former lovers introduces her naughtily-named daughter March of the Penguins (G) dark silence to the filmʼs stark inevitability. Van Sant stirs every once Lolita. 1:10, 3:20, 5:40, 7:50, 10:00 Red Eye (PG-13) in a while — for a hilarious scene involving a Yellow Pages rep, as Kyle Meikle is the Reviews Editor. He was drunk while watching 1:00, 2:00, 3:10, 4:50, 5:30, 7:10, 8:00, 9:30, 10:20 well as a mind-blowing musical sequence in which we watch Blake two of these movies. Guess which ones. The 40 Year-Old Virgin (R) 1:10, 2:10, 4:10, 5:00, 7:10, 7:50, 10:10, 10:40 The Brothers Grimm (PG-13) 1:00, 1:50, 4:00, 4:40, 7:00, 7:40, 9:50, 10:30 The Cave (PG-13) ‘The 40 Year-Old Virgin’: ★★★ 12:50, 4:00, 7:00, 10:10 The Dukes of Hazzard (PG-13) 2:20, 5:10, 8:00, 10:40 ★★★ The Great Raid (R) ‘Red Eye’: 1:10, 4:10, 7:20, 10:20 The Island (PG-13) ★★ 3:30, 6:30, 9:40 ‘Madagascar’: The Skeleton Key (PG-13) 1:50, 4:20, 7:20, 10:00 Undiscovered (PG-13) 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 9:30 Now it’s your turn to be the critic. E-mail [email protected] or come to one War of the Worlds (PG-13) 2:30, 7:30 of our weekly meetings, Sundays at 5:30 Wedding Crashers (R) 1:40, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30 in the Campus Center basement. August 26, 2005 Page 13 Who fi lls these empty Zable stands? See Pep [email protected] SPORTS Band, page 14. Are you watching these Tribe players? Tribe football stands Mike Potts ready to thrive in ’05 DOB: March 6, 1985 BY MADELINE WOLFERT safety senior James Miller (who recorded 114 tackles last season) Year: Sophomore THE FLAT HAT to form an intimidating pair. Senior Stephen Cason and junior Alan Home: Middletown, DE Wheeling will start at corner positions. Position: Quarterback The 2005 W&M football media guide features the declaration Last season cemented W&Mʼs reputation as an offensive pow- Why watch him? “Ready to Thrive in ʼ05,” and the Tribe labored accordingly in the erhouse, and the Tribe seeks to uphold this status. After Campbellʼs Only returning quarterback offseason to prepare. After all, the 2004 season raised the bar for graduation, redshirt sophomore Mike Potts and redshirt freshman success, setting precedents like a school record of 11 wins and a Jake Phillips continue to battle for quarterback. with game experience. In first-ever national semifinals appearance. “We are concentrating on teaching both of them our offense and 2004, served as No. 1 quar- Look ahead W&Mʼs 2005 campaign supplies a dif- trying to get them both better,” Laycock said. terback backup for Lang ficult schedule, squaring offoff against oppo- Four of five offensive linemen starters return from 2004. The Campbell, completed 7 What: nents such as state-rival Liberty University combinationcombination o off c centerenter a andnd s seniorenior Quad-CaptainQ u a d - C a p t a i n Marshall in the T Tribeʼsribeʼs first home game, as well PattPatt MMulloyulloy ((thethe TTribeʼsribeʼs sstrongesttrongest pplayer,layer, boast-boast- of 17 passes for 84 yards. University asas againstagainst defendingdefending nationalnational champi-champi- inging a 440-plus440-plus poundpound bench),bench), juniorjunior all-all- ✦ Date: ALLIE VEINOTE THE FLAT HAT on James Madison University conferenceconference g guarduard C Codyody M Morris,orris, seniorsenior guardguard Sept. 1 Where: and the 2003 national cham- RyanRyan LummLumm a andnd Joe Nicholas Huntington W.Va. pion University of Delaware. Time: Lastly,Lastly, the T Triberibe must fill the DOB: October 23, 1984 7 p.m. absences left by star graduates such as quarterback Lang Campbell, ʼ05, Year: Sophomore and wide receiver Dominique Thompson, Home: Sugarloaf, PA ʼ05. seniorsenior l lefteft Position: Wide Receiver Head Coach Jimmye Laycock, in his tackletackle MMikeike GGrenzrenz Why watch him? 26th year at W&M, met these challenges head-on and shares what hehe playedplayed tthehe mmajorityajority ooff tthehe In 2004, started the fi- called a “very positive attitude” with the team. OffensiveOffensive CoordinatorCoordinator lastlast twotwo seasonsseasons together,together, Zbig Kepa, Assistant Head Coach Bob Solderitch, Defensive Line formingforming thethe mostmost veteranveteran nal 13 games of the sea- Coach TTrevorrevor Andrews and Matt McLeod in his first season as the portionportion ooff ooffense.ffense. son as wide receiver, Tribeʼs defensive coordinator are accompanying him on the sidelines Junior Elijah Brooks, who earned Rookie of the this year. was recognized as the teamʼs second-leading rusher in 2004, will Year honors, set fresh- The Tribe will take full advantage of its 17 returning starters start as tailback in 2005. Juniors Trevor McLaurin and Delmus man record for recep- and other talents formerly kept on the sidelines. Coley return after bouncing back from knee surgeries. Nine of last yearʼs 11 defensive starters will return. Senior Senior Adam Bratton and junior Matt Trinkle pose a receiving tions (66), finished with defensive lineman Quad-Captain Adam OʼConnor, with 2004 All- threat in tight end, totaling 32 catches for 386 yards collectively. ALLIE VEINOTE ✦ THE FLAT HAT 799 receiving yards. American honors, will start alongside junior Josh Wright (who Combating the loss of Thompson are fifth-year senior and team recorded 56 tackles last season, a top total among Tribe defen- Quad-Captain Josh Lustig and record-setting sophomore Joe Elijah Brooks sive linemen). To compensate for the loss of both tackle starters, Nicholas (who counted 66 receptions in 2004, the seventh most in McLeod focused on preparing senior Larry Pendleton, junior Brian W&M history). DOB: February 7, 1984 Williamson and sophomores Brandon Pugh and Brian Neely for Senior All-American place-kicker Greg Kuehn returns as one Year: Junior play during the offseason. of the most experienced kickers in the nation for special teams. Home: Largo, MD Senior linebacker Quad-Captain Travis McLaurinʼs play time Competing during camp, juniors Blair Pritchard and Corey Davis may be checked as he rehabs an operated knee. Rounding out the are vying for punter. Grenz returns as short snapper, while junior Position: Running back linebackers are senior Thad Wheeler, who recovered in the offsea- Josh Wright or Wheeler will assume the role of long snapper. Why watch him? son from shoulder surgery, senior Chris Ndubeze, W&Mʼs defen- Junior Christian Taylor will be the new holder. Cason, Lustig, and In 2004, played in all sive MVP for 2004 and junior outside starter Ryan Nickel. Brooks will compete for kick return duties. 14 games, second-lead- The Tribe also brings back several defensive backs with con- The Tribe starts their 2005 season in Huntington, W.Va., facing ing rusher with 661 siderable experience. Strong safety senior Jon Shaw joins free off against Marshall University Sept. 1. yards, averaged team- high 4.2 yards per car- ry, averaged 47.2 yards Men’s soccer falls to Navy in preseason per game on the ground, rushed for 237 yards BY JEFF DOOLEY 17 Ghana National team in an exhibition game of the defense, junior Jeff Marklin. Other ALLIE VEINOTE ✦ THE FLAT HAT in three playoff games. THE FLAT HAT Wednesday night, but the game was cancelled returning defensive starters include sopho- due to issues pertaining to the Ghana teamʼs mores Ryan Sells and Michael Yakovac. The Menʼs Soccer team lost a closely con- passports. The keeper position looks to remain solid tested match 0-1 to the U.S. Naval Academy in The team is optimistic heading into the new this year as well with the return of Rake, TRIBE FOOTBALL last Saturday nightʼs exhibition game. Danny season, and with good reason. Head Coach who started every game in the Tribeʼs 2004 Cook of Navy scored the winning goal with five Chris Norris is coming into his second season campaign. He earned six shutouts last season. Marshall University Huntington, W.Va. Sept. 1 7 p.m. seconds remaining in as coach of the Tribe and says he is hoping to Backing him up are junior Scott Kelsey and Look ahead the first half. improve upon last yearʼs successful campaign, sophomore Brennan Wergley. Virginia Military Institute Lexington, Va. Sept. 10 1 p.m. Kenan Knieriem which included the impressive upset victory However, the Tribeʼs difficult schedule University of Rhode Island Kingston, R.I. Sept. 17 noon Who: assisted on the goal over the University of Maryland, the No. 1 team may work against them this season. They are Saint for the Midshipmen, in the nation at the time. scheduled to play six teams that participated Liberty University* Zable Stadium Sept. 24 1 p.m. Joseph’s giving the team the The team is attempting to extend their in the NCAA tournament last year. They also University lead they needed. consecutive winning season streak to 30 face one particularly testing road trip in late University of New Zable Stadium Oct. 8 1 p.m. Date: Hampshire Sept. 3 Navy out-shot the with another winning season this year. Also, September during which they play, in a one- Tribe 10-6 for the one of their top scorers from last year is week time frame, the University of North Northeastern University Brookline, Ma. Oct. 15 2 p.m. Where: Albert-Daly Field game, testing all returning; Ryan Scherder, who was a second Carolina-Greensboro and the University of Towson University** Zable Stadium Oct. 22 1 p.m. Time: three of the goal- team All-Regional selection and a first team Maryland, two teams who finished in the top 7 p.m. keepers who played. All-Colonial Athletic Association selection. 10 in the nation last year. Villanova University Villanova, Pa. Oct. 29 6 p.m. Junior starting goalie Scherder will move back to the forward posi- When the team sat down before the season James Madison University Zable Stadium Nov. 5 TBA Kris Rake stopped tion this year after playing midfield last year. and set goals for themselves, they included all four shots that came his way. He will be joined at forward by either senior winning the CAA championship and making University of Delaware Zable Stadium Nov. 12 1 p.m. Rake was pleased with the Tribeʼs perfor- Andreas Nydal, junior Brendan McCurdy or the NCAA tournament. mance against the well-prepared Navy club, junior Jarrett Thomas, depending on their per- “If we commit to … stay mentally tough University of Richmond Richmond, Va. Nov. 19 1 p.m. saying that the Tribe did not have much time formance in the preseason position battle. and work for each other, I feel that all of these * Family weekend together in the preseason before the game. The defense was the strength of the team goals can be obtained,” Rake said. “It really showed us the areas we still need to last year and looks to be in good shape again The Tribe opens their regular season at ** Homecoming improve on,” he said. this year. Most of the teamʼs starting defense home Sept. 3 against St. Josephʼs University The Tribe was supposed to play the Under- returns, including Co-Captain and backbone at 7 p.m. NCAA’s excessive bureaucracy dampens gesture of goodwill First off, let me say welcome back to the I believe this is a step in the right direction, convinced 25 to 50 people to pledge money. it states it in full and boring detail, but the College. If you are a freshman, I hope you because many schools with Indian mascots All around it was a good-hearted gesture and point is that you shouldnʼt have to use a rule in are eager to show that Tribe pride, because fail to celebrate Native American culture and an example of one teamʼs fans reaching out to this situation. Let goodwill take its course and as imperative as it is for you to hang out at instead make a mockery of many traditions anotherʼs, which we donʼt see that often in col- make an exception. The money was not going FROM THE Swem on a Saturday morning this fall, it would without even realizing it. Unfortunately, the lege and professional sports. through the school and neither school was SIDELINES be cooler if you came out and supported our NCAA also decided to get in the way of a nice When contributors checked with both Boise immediately involved. It just happened that a sports teams. If you kept up with the sports gesture and invoke a rule which makes itself State and Georgia officials, they discovered couple of fans wanted to help another fan on world outside Tribe athletics this summer, look like a big bureaucratic organization that that their generosity was in fact a violation the opposing side. then you would know that Lance Armstrong is out of touch with reality. of NCAA rules that control extra benefits and Maybe if the fans had said they were rais- won his seventh straight Tour de France, the The issue is fairly straightforward: Dan expenses for athletes and their families. The ing the money for him to come home, and did Spurs won an NBA championship and Rafael Miller, who is the father of Boise State Georgia fans technically became Boise State not mention that the intent was primarily to see Palmeiro tested positive for steroids. University football player Tad Miller, is cur- boosters, or representatives of a schoolʼs ath- the football game, the NCAA would not have In addition to all of these exciting events, rently in Iraq training police officers. Boise letic interest, by providing money for Miller, cared. But enough with the speculation. I do in the last month the NCAA decided that uni- State plays the University of Georgia in which is illegal, according to the bigwigs at know, firstly, that the NCAA needs to be less versities and colleges with Native American Sanford Stadium Sept. 3, and Miller wants to NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis. of a bureaucratic organization. It needs to stop Carl mascots will not be allowed to participate in go, but it will cost $2,700 for airfare and other As it turns it out, Millerʼs travel will be micromanaging and interfering when people Siegmund championship play. There are exceptions, and expenses. covered by his employer because he gets a have good intentions, and it needs to employ one has already been granted to the Florida When a member of the Georgia Bulldog little R&R every six months. At least itʼs nice more common sense, as it did on the Native State University Seminoles because they have message board “Dawgynet” heard the story, he to know somebody cares. American mascot issue. a good relationship with the Seminole Indian started to muster support to raise the money It makes no sense for the NCAA to inter- Carl Siegmund is the sports columnist for tribe. for Miller so he could see his son play. He fere. I havenʼt read the rule book, and Iʼm sure The Flat Hat. DID YOU KNOW ... ? The trombone, a common band instrument, is de- scended from the sackbut, which was developed in

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Pep band Sports — compiled by austin wright Life Sports: Get Involved Calendar Youʼll never hear silence at a W&M football, basketball or soc- cer game. Anytime the excitement Aug. 27 to Sept. 2 begins to dwindle, the pep band makes its presence known by play- — compiled by christopher adams ing fun, energetic music to energize Tribe fans. Eight years ago, the band evolved Saturday from a marching band for academic credit to its current state, a student- ✦ Womenʼs field hockey plays Ball State University at noon on run volunteer organization. Director Busch Field. Volleyball travels to Greenville, N.C. for a match Andy Kramer estimates that there against East Carolina University at 7 p.m. are now 40 to 50 regular members. “Joining the pep band is pretty easy,” Kramer said. “We usually Sunday have a sign-up at the beginning of the year, or people can contact me. ✦ Busy, busy, busy. Field hockey takes on Pennsylvania State As members of the pep band, we get University at noon on Busch Field. Womenʼs soccer plays their together to play fun music to support first home non-exhibition game against Duke University at 7 the Tribe at all the home football p.m. on Albert-Daly Field. and basketball games. We also work closely with the cheerleaders and tribal dancers to get the fans excited COURTESY PHOTO ✦ WWW.WM.EDU/SO/PEPBAND Monday to cheer on the teams.” In their bright yellow shirts, the pep band serenades the Tribe crowd during a break. The pep band rehearses The band represents a diverse Tuesdays from 2 to 3:20 p.m. in Ewell band room. You can hear the pep band play Sept. 24. ✦ The badminton club would hold its second practice of the year range of musical experience. tonight in Adair Gymnasium. Unfortunately, the club cannot start According to Kramer, some members of the band qualified for their state “I like the pep band because it is both a way to be involved with music practicing until Sept. 3. So, in the future, if you have nothing to do, band competition in high school, while others only recently began playing at W&M and a way to show my Tribe pride but with a relatively small time or if you have lots to do but want to do something meaningful with an instrument. commitment,” Major said. your life, come check out the club from 9:15 to 10:45 p.m. The band plays relatively easy music and rehearses Tuesday afternoons Former President Timothy J. Sullivan, who was the faculty advisor for the from 2 to 3:15 p.m. in the Ewell band room. Attendance is expected from pep band, began a tradition of leading the band during the fight song. Current all members. President Gene Nichol has already expressed interest in meeting with the pep Tuesday “We have a lot of fun, but, like every other organization on campus, we band and keeping this tradition alive. have to have a seriousness about our organization simply to ensure its con- Pep Band Secretary Erin Alpert believes that the friends he made through ✦ In a major scoop, the Sports Calendar is shocked to report that tinued existence,” Kramer said. pep band helped him better adjust to life here at the College. the badminton club will, in fact, no longer be practicing Tuesday Liaison Officer Kate Major joined the band in the first semester of her “I think the pep band helps get (and keep) the crowd excited, cheering evenings. The Sports Calendar will now be in mourning for the next freshman year. Three years later, she gives credit to the band for helping her and sometimes even singing. The team knows that everyone, the crowd and several issues, maybe even the rest of the semester. meet friends and getting more involved at the College. the pep band, is behind them no matter what happens,” Alpert said. Wolfpack devours Tribe in opening exhibition Wednesday

✦ BY MARK JOHNSON yet beautiful goal in response to the Wolfpackʼs opener. The Ballroom Dance Club holds a brief demonstration by THE FLAT HAT “We have a lot of players [who] have very dangerous ball-serving members of the competitive team in UC Chesapeake A from 5:30 capabilities and several great headers — it just happened that a great to 6 p.m. The demonstration will be followed by lessons from a The womenʼs soccer team walked quietly off the field Saturday after crosser connected with a great header, and we got a goal,” senior goal- certified instructor in East Coast swing, beginnersʼ basics, salsa and tango. a disappointing loss to North Carolina State Universityʼs Wolfpack in an keeper Kathleen Belk said. Rarely do opportunities create themselves on exhibition game. Though the game had been very close, the team couldnʼt the soccer field, so the ladies have to work well together to make plays. bring enough offensive power to bear to claim the victory. After remaining tied 1-1 from the beginning of the second period to “We just had problems finding the last pass and finishing in the … halfway through the third, the Wolfpack man- Thursday third,” junior midfielder Anna Young said. Young scored the Tribeʼs single aged to score two additional goals, despite the Look ahead Tribeʼs efforts to respond in kind. ✦ The big day has arrived. Tribe football kicks off at 7 p.m. in an The format of the exhibition game was What: away game against Marshall University. Will the team be able to atypical compared to most soccer games. University replicate the success of last season? If you are unable to make the Normally, two 45-minute halves are played of trip to Huntington, W.Va., you can listen to a live audio stream at Cincinnati with a short half-time for rest. www.tribeathletics.com/liveaudio.html. Date: Due to extreme heat (107 degrees) and no Today need for a regulation time structure, three peri- Where: ods replaced the standard two, allowing two Cincinnati, Ohio Friday rest points as opposed to only one. Time: The chance to play exhibition games also 7 p.m. ✦ Womenʼs soccer plays Clemson University on Albert-Daly Field allows the team to consider alternative play- at 7 p.m. er formations and strategies with much greater effect than in prac- tice. Belk noted that such a strat- egy can be tricky, however. “We still want to win, so trial and error makes it tough,” Belk said. Playing in thirds also allows three distinct chances to entirely re- arrange the field without requiring individual substitutions. Though playing in thirds is frustrating for some players, the benefits out- weigh the playersʼ complaints. Exhibition games are their only chance to try out new formations in real competition, and it can be very dangerous to experiment against strong competitors during the season. As for the game, it served as a predictor for the team. They had an opportunity to see how they play together with new members, and they also acquired a feel for the quality of soccer that they will be playing. “Our team is young and strong this year, and we have a good freshman class that [has] come in,” ALLIE VEINOTE ✦ THE FLAT HAT Young said. In moves worthy of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” senior midfi elder The Tribe will play Duke Anna Pawlow takes out her frightened Wolfpack opponent. University Sunday at 7 p.m.

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For more information, come to The Flat Hat recruitment meeting Sunday at 4 p.m. in the Campus Center basement.