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Friday, February 11, 2011 THE LAWRENTIAN Vol. CXXVIII, No. 15 Lawrence University's student newspaper since 1884 www.Lawrentian.com Orr to become Provost and Dean of Faculty at Lake Forest Maureen Darras Life. Currently, in addition to teach- Orr decided to spend the year Editor-in-Chief ing, Orr serves as Special Assistant at Macalester College. While at to President Jill Beck. Macalester, his responsibilities An email from President Jill Beck At Lake Forest College, Orr included assisting the President informed the student body Friday, hopes to be able to continue to with long-term strategic and finan- Feb. 4 that Professor of Art History teach. He explained, “As part of cial planning. Michael Orr had been appointed as the appointment, I will become a Throughout this year as Fellow, Provost and Dean of the Faculty at tenured member of the art history Orr was able to observe a variety of Lake Forest College. department. Certainly the practice practices in financial management, For Orr, this appointment fol- in the past has been that the provost as the program included visits to lows over 20 years of teaching, periodically teaches.” 36 additional institutions of higher administrative involvement and However, Orr is eagerly looking education, ranging from liberal arts scholarship at Lawrence University. forward to working in an adminis- and community colleges to major Orr will remain at Lawrence for the trative capacity as well. Though he research universities and for-profit rest of the academic year and will hasn’t laid out explicit plans for the universities. begin his new post this summer. first four years at Lake Forest, he Orr observed, “What that was After completing a doctoral stated, “That doesn’t mean I’m not very useful for was [...] developing a degree, Orr joined the Lawrence aware that there are institutional much better understanding of how faculty in 1989. He recalled, “I issues that the college is facing. But the particular unique attributes of knew very little about what a liberal my view of academic leadership small, residential liberal arts col- arts college was about when I first is that it’s about finding a shared lege, like Lawrence, [...] fit within an started here. There is no equivalent vision, and that shared vision is increasingly competitive landscape to liberal arts colleges in England, based on development of relation- in higher education more broadly.” which is where I did my undergradu- ships, [...] articulating common val- Orr emphasized that the com- ate and graduate work at a major ues [...] and encouraging and sup- parative experience granted him research institution.” porting others.” “[an] understanding not only [of] Orr continued, “My whole com- He continued, “With that as a what other liberal arts colleges are kind of backdrop, I think it’d be doing, but also [an] understanding mitment to and understanding of Photo by Oren Jakobson ridiculous for me as someone who [of] how what we do is either similar the small, residential liberal arts institution.” we’re a tiny, tiny fraction of the college experience has been primar- hasn’t yet lived in that community to, different from or being appropri- to announce, ‘Well, these are the ated by institutions that are very dif- When asked to reflect on his whole.” ily shaped through my experience at relationship with Lawrence, Orr con- As far as the transition to Lake Lawrence.” things I want to accomplish.’ I have ferent from us in size, shape, scope to embed myself in the institutional and mission.” cluded, “I’m incredibly grateful to Forest is concerned, Orr reflected, “I Upon receiving tenure in 1995, the Lawrence institution for the sup- feel like it’s the natural next step at as Orr recollected, “I gradually culture.” Bolstered by this experience, Though he believes Lawrence Orr returned to Appleton and began port it’s given me. [...] I think I have this point in my career. It’s going to began to find I was being asked to a much deeper and broader under- be very hard to leave Lawrence, I’ve do more things, and I enjoyed it.” has prepared him well for the tran- his involvement with strategic and sition, he additionally credits his financial planning at Lawrence. He standing both of the particular been here a long time and I’ve really His responsibilities expanded strengths and opportunities offered enjoyed it. I have a deep loyalty to to include chairing the Department year as an American Council on described his current work, stat- Education Fellow in 2009-2010 as ing, “I’ve been engaging with the by the residential small liberal arts the institution and in that sense no of Art and Art History, as well college, and a much more holistic time is a good time to leave. But I as the Committee on University transformative in his understanding Financial Services Offices with how of the liberal arts experience and to craft those portions of the stra- understanding of where liberal arts think professionally, in terms of my Governance and a special Trustee colleges fit into the higher education interests and what I want to accom- Task Force on Student Residential financial planning. tegic plan that speak to financial As one of 39 selected Fellows, goals and fiscal sustainability of the whole more generally — because plish, it’s a good time.” Mary Jane Jacob addresses collaboration between art and community Laura Streyle daily lives. Jacob explained. Assistant Professor of Art Staff Writer Explained Jacob, “I had a grow- Referring to the Lawrence History Elizabeth Carlson saw the ing discomfort with museums as a Saxophone Quartet’s performance applicability of Jacob’s message In keeping with this year’s space for experiencing art. As time of a piece by Jun Nagao for the for the Lawrence campus in the theme for the 2010-2011 went on, I came to see how the interlude before the address, Jacob possibility of asking these ques- Convocation Series, Innovation museum experience could come to said, “[It was] not the gentlemen tions to the Lawrence campus, and through Collaboration, Mary Jane take over the art experience.” who played so well, but what [their then collaborating through art to Jacob, the third speaker in the Before long, Jacob found an performance] did to you.” further establish our community. series spoke in the Memorial outlet for her desire to explore art Jacob described other projects Jordan Severson ‘11, the cur- Chapel Tuesday, Feb. 7, deliver- outside of the museum by direct- she had initiated and directed, rent student curator of the Campus ing a talk titled “The Collective ing a two-year project in Chicago especially in Charleston, S.C. and Center Gallery, commented, “It is Creative Process.” called “Culture in Action” from Chicago. She explained that she fortunate that we were able to hear Jacob, a professor, indepen- 1992 to 1993. commonly brings together many her perspective as she continues dent curator and executive direc- Among other things, this proj- types of artists to create art. She to contribute to the dialogue that tor of exhibitions at the School ect included the installation of works with researchers, historians, exists in today’s art world.” of the Art Institute of Chicago, temporary monuments to women, traffic engineers, librarians and “As for me,” Severson contin- shared her vision of developing created by a number of artists, many others within a community ued, “I will continue to consider the relationship between art and in the loop area of downtown to create a sense of distinguished her words. But she has definitely social issues through community Chicago. Though these works space in that community, to see impacted the way I am thinking collaboration. were impermanent, lasting only the street as canvas. about the upcoming projects I Though Jacob’s career as a one summer, Jacob commented As she approaches a commu- have been planning in the Campus curator began as a solo practice that the important and lasting art nity she is going to collaborate Center Gallery and in other ven- within the discreet inventive set- occurred in the coming together of with, Jacob explained, she first ues.” ting of a museum, her path quickly communities during that process. poses these questions: What is at led her outside into communi- “Art is both the process and issue, what is the problem, what ties, where people were living their the product, and collaborative is the potential and what is the projects are all about process,” possibility? Photo by Justin Jones

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2 NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2011 Senior Ruiz conducts Mexican Orchestra in Mexico City Maija Anstine ago, interested in a private con- his debut through the Talentos Staff Writer ducting tutorial. Artisticos: Valores de Baja “I do think that Rodrigo has California, a program offered Senior Rodrigo Ruiz conduct- great potential to grow in the art of through the Cultural Institute ed his orchestral debut with the conducting,” commented Becker, of Baja California. “It is a huge Mexican Orchestra of the Arts calling Ruiz’s time spent studying thrill to work with an orchestra Feb. 6 at a concert in the Sala in Mexico this fall “a most unusual like this, especially in the Sala Nezahualcóyotl in Mexico City. and incredible opportunity to get Nezhualcóyotl, which is the most Ruiz, who will return to his feet wet as a student conductor important hall in Mexico,” he said. Lawrence spring term of this year in the country he’s from.” Ruiz’s future plans include to give his senior piano recital and Ruiz explained that he has more orchestral concerts featur- to graduate, has been on leave been practicing piano and con- ing music of every era with the from Lawrence for fall and winter ducting independently during his Mexican Orchestra of the Arts as terms. time away from Lawrence. “I am well as student and youth orches- The concert included three enjoying my time over here in tras. He explained, “I will keep works by Beethoven: the Leonore Mexico, and I have learned a great doing what I’m doing, in short, but Overture No. 3, the Fifth Symphony deal in these past months.” more, and better.” and the Emperor Concerto, which Becker cited Ruiz’s love both Added Ruiz, “I hope to soon featured Mauricio Nader as the for music and humanity as traits go back to Lawrence and conduct A SUMMARY OF BUSINESS piano soloist. that serve him well as a conduc- some more over there, too, though. “It was a blast… the hall was tor. “He loves sharing [music] with I enjoy working with the LSO so almost fully filled; we had 1,850 people.” much. Becker and I are seeing FALL TERM 2010 people there!” commented Ruiz. “This experience in Mexico he’s some possibilities for this.” A piano performance major going through is teaching him how Becker agreed that he looks originally from Baja California, much commitment it takes in this forward to meeting with Ruiz to In an effort to continue increasing site. The document shows how your profession that we’re in,” Becker discuss “his present experience the transparency and accountability representatives voted for resolutions Ruiz approached Professor of Music and Director of Orchestral continued. and what his future will hold.” of LUCC, the administration of LUCC and legislation amendments. Ruiz was invited to have will be publishing an LUCC Newsletter Studies David E. Becker two years once per term. This letter will con- Remaining General Council tain information enlightening the Meetings and important dates: Lawrence community of LUCC’s busi- Feb. 7 — General Business, Hurvis ness during the previous term. Room London Week hosted to elevate Newly recognized student orga- Feb. 21 — General Business, nizations: Hurvis Room • Lawrence University Racquetball Feb. 23 — Staff Appreciation Day: enthusiasm for London Centre Club wear blue to show your support for • LU Street Dance LU’s staff! Grace Berchem and Bonnie Glidden Buchanan was an amazing experience.” • Lawrence University Tang Soo Do Feb. 28 — Executive and Cabinet Staff Writer Professor of English Tim Spurgin, On Feb. 17 at 9 p.m. there will Club Transition, General Business, Mead who spent the 2009-2010 school be a showing of “Sherlock Holmes” • Lawrence University Student Witter Room year in London, commented, “The in the cinema, which will be hosted ASTA (American String Teachers Lawrence’s fourth annual book I was teaching took place a by both the Off Campus Programs Association) Committees: London Week kicks off Feb. 14 block and a half from the [London] Office and the LU Film Club. • VITAL (Volunteers in Tutoring at Steering Committee meets every and will run through Feb. 18. Lawrence) Tuesday at 8 p.m. for recognition The week’s events will be orga- Centre. That just doesn’t happen Finally, there will be a London • LU Symphony Orchestra Social requests, to review legislation and nized and coordinated by the Off- in Appleton.” Centre informational meeting in Activities Committee policies and to appoint students. Campus Programs Office in order The London Week events the cinema on Feb. 23 at 6:30 p.m., • LUIGI (Lawrence University Finance Committee meets every to showcase both London and the include two talks, a movie show- open to any student considering Investment Group Initiative) Thursday at 8 p.m. to hear allocation London Centre. ing, a tea party for London Centre the London Centre. • CSA — CD (Chinese Student requests and to convene as grant This year marks the 40th alumni and an informational meet- “With the winter weather, now Association — Chinese Dragon) committees. anniversary of Lawrence’s ing. is a great time to think about other • Hip Hop Congress Residence Life Committee meets London Centre program. Over London Centre alum Sam Flood options out there in the world,” • LUMA (Lawrence University every Thursday at 11:15 a.m. in 2,000 Lawrentians have studied ‘11 will be giving a presentation suggested Zuege. Musicology Association) Arthur Vining Davis Room. at the London Centre, making it titled “The Pretend Londoner — The London Centre is open to If you are interested in starting a stu- Student Welfare Committee meets Lawrence’s most popular study Memories of a Spring in London” students from all disciplines. Every dent organization, information can every other Thursday at 11:10 a.m. in abroad program. Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hurvis year, Lawrence professors from be found on the LUCC webpage. 401 Mudd Library. Room. He will be sharing his cre- different departments are selected Committee on Diversity Affairs Off-Campus Programs Coordinator Laura Zuege said, ative works, including stories, to teach at the Centre. In addition, LUCC is responsible for main- meets every Monday at 7:30 p.m. in poetry and images all inspired by the London Centre has its own fac- taining, changing and updating the Office of Multicultural Affairs. “[Lawrence] is unique from a lot of schools in that we have a lot of his term in London. ulty and staff teaching a variety of the Student Handbook. Below are Environmental Responsibility February 16 at 4:30 p.m. in different classes. The focus is on the changes made during the pre- Committee meets every Wednesday students with a close connection Main Hall 201, Spurgin will be giv- firsthand experience and learning vious term: at 7 p.m. in the Kraemer Room. to London. London has a definite ing a talk titled “Literary London,” from the city itself. Incense Extant Legislation — the presence in the Lawrence experi- burning of incense is no longer Interested in serving in any ence.” which will highlight the literary Said Zuege, “The London allowed in any residence building. capacity of LUCC? Lawrence’s London Centre pro- significance and history of London, Centre is a Lawrence tradition, LUCC By-Law IV.A — explicitly The newly reconstructed LUCC gram is a focal point of the week, while he also shares some of his not just a departmental tradition. states that appointed members of website offers students informa- but London Week is also about experiences living in the city. There is something for everyone.” the cabinet do not receive the fran- tion about LUCC and ways they can celebrating London as a cultural, Spurgin noted, “Being there To learn more and be a part of chise on any LUCC matters. get involved or contact LUCC. The literary and historical center of was one of the great experiences this Lawrence tradition, attend the LUCC By-Law IV.B.2.b.iv — pro- website is located at http://www. the world. The week’s events are of my life. I studied English litera- London Week events. For further posed student organizations must lawrence.edu/sorg/lucc. intended to highlight this from ture for 25 years and I had never information regarding the London offer a clearly iterated purpose with- If you have any concerns that you both the student and faculty per- been there. It seemed like an imagi- Centre or other study abroad pro- in the Lawrence community in order think LUCC should hear, tell your spective. nary place… so to see the places grams, contact the Off-Campus to be considered for recognition by district representative or any mem- Associate Professor of English where famous people had lived Programs Office. Steering Committee. ber of the cabinet, or email LUCC at and famous poems were written [email protected]. Resolutions are the will of the council directing actions to be 2010-2011 taken on their behalf, if it pertains Executives and Officers of to matters of LUCC, notably the LUCC: Greenies, Verizon Nate, standing committees of LUCC. The Andrew King — President following are resolutions made: Ellie Crean — Vice President It’s beginning giveth, and Is this one Resolution to the Environmental Stephen Nordin — Responsibility Committee — autho- Parliamentarian to look a lot Verizon question, or rizing the use of the Voyager system Oren Jakobson — Treasurer like Christmas... two? to conduct a survey to gauge the Zara Mathew — General taketh away. Lawrence community’s environmen- Secretary tal mindset as well as its habits. Breanna Skeets — Finance Resolution to Student Welfare — Secretary instructing the committee to con- Will Doreza — Public-Relations duct research into the possibility of Secretary a campus-wide smoking ban, includ- J.R. Vanko — President Elect ing gathering student feedback. Carl Byers — Vice President HELP THE ENVIRONMENT. The voting record of all representa- Elect tives can be found on the LUCC web- RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER! THE LAWRENTIAN

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2011 VARIETY 3 I hereby reaffirm: the art of waking up early Annie Raccuglia seeping in through my windows usually change with the weather. to share my time with others. It feels like getting up instead of for The Lawrentian instead of rolling over and pulling Some of my top choices: taking It helps me to take a step in the rolling over and feeling grateful for the covers over my head. a walk, moving my body another direction of not complaining about the ability to take that action. I spent my first year at As I became comfortable and way, brushing my teeth while sit- all that I have to do — and thus I don’t mean to suggest that Lawrence not feeling great — stay- even enthusiastic about waking up ting outside if it’s nice out, drink- what I cannot do — and instead everyone should be an early riser, ing up too late, going out too much early in the morning, I began to use ing something warm, sitting, read- using that energy to just do the but rather that I think it’s impor- and doing many other impractical my time more skillfully. I would ing, making something. task at hand with no drama. tant to create that space for one- things. usually run down to the garden While it can be hard to jus- It also seems to me that after self — without laptop, planner, It wasn’t until the summer before anyone got there to work or tify relishing a time liberated from a while, the rest of the day starts text messaging — for some time after my freshman year — when I sit or look at things. your schedule — when we are con- to resemble the part you “take every day. I like the morning — worked as a SLUG intern — that I The morning became a space I stantly studying, working and not out” — it’s more enjoyable, it’s maybe you’re a night person — but began to discover the art of waking could inhabit quietly and solitarily seeing enough of the important drama-free, you notice that you really at any time of day, it’s pos- up early. with the choice of how to start people in our lives — I find that have choices even when you feel sible to turn off your phone and do I began to welcome the sun my day. taking this time helps me to be like you’re just going through the something that feels genuine. I like to have rituals. These more productive and more willing motions or attending to details. Ask a fifth-year: Culinary Cash in the Viking Room? these days, and alcohol doesn’t took over management of the VR. Wisconsin; beer isn’t just a drink, tially none of those customers exactly encourage fiscal respon- When that happened, many of us it’s a way of life. I suspect — are paying, thus creating more sibility. This led to a discussion thought we’d get to spend this new although I of course have not financial loss — just look how of why we should be able to use and nifty “Culinary Cash” at the bothered to do any research or well “Paddy’s Bucks” worked for Culinary Cash at the VR. Do you VR. Last year, rumors circulated inquiries — that the decision not Mac and Dennis. Bon Appétit is a agree that our meal plans should that this was in fact the case — I to accept Culinary Cash at the VR for-profit business, not a charity help support our drinking habits? wasn’t much of a VR patron those is a financial one on the part of — imagine a charity dedicated to Sincerely, days, so I never knew for sure. Bon Appétit, rather than a moral or providing alcohol to those with- It’s okay as long as I’m in college It’s clear now that that is not health concern on the part of the out, how sweet would that be? So, the case. In talking to a friend who administration. naturally, it should be expected For those of us of age, the is a bartender at the VR, I learned Apparently, the attendance at that they seek monetary gain from Viking Room is a wonderful place that LU was concerned that stu- the VR is declining. Come on, folks, fun times. to fraternize with friends in a dents would spend all of their stop drinking in your room and go Personally, after living through safe setting where only creepy Culinary Cash on booze instead to the VR! I personally always see three years of Downer — and get- college kids hit on you, instead of food. While it is true that one a lot of people there, but I only go ting to marvel at the best tacky of creepy middle-aged people. should not live by beer alone, it’s on weekends. I feel that drinking architecture that 1960s Northeast It’s truly a part of the “Lawrence interesting that LU would care in the middle of the week is kind Wisconsin had to offer — along Evan Williams Difference” — man, I miss that about our moral well-being so of a sad lifestyle, but different with losing the coffee house and Columnist slogan. My friends from other col- much. strokes for different folks. Due to Lucinda’s, paying cash at the VR leges are always amazed to hear After all, one of the first acts this decline, Bon Appétit might be is a small concession for the great that Lawrence actually operates its of LUCC was establishing the VR. breaking even at the VR or operat- quality of Bon Appétit food. So Dear Evan, own bar. Then they laugh at me for Lawrence alums proudly proclaim ing at a loss. save up your money, readers over This past weekend I was invited going to school in Wisconsin. that when the drinking age was Now, allowing people to use the legal drinking age, and I’ll see to go to VR with some friends. When Bon Appétit took over 18, beer was on tap at Downer. Culinary Cash would certainly you at the VR over drinking — I Unfortunately I had to turn them dining operations at LU, they also On tap! Most importantly, this is attract more customers, but essen- mean reading — period. down because I’m strapped for cash Happy Valentine’s Day, Lawrence Erik Wyse keep pretending you don’t drive super bowl. Faults? Yeah, I’ve got Staff Writer me crazy. I’m not a man of sci- faults, but those are for you to ence; I sleep in Main Hall seven find out and for me to hide. Did Valentine’s Day is nearly here, nights a week! It’s a little cold and Grizzly Adams have a beard? Did and with that in mind I’d like lonely. I’m an English and religious Jefferson Davis make his own ter- to direct my energy towards love studies major; I just can’t quell the rible mayonnaise that he force-fed and the appreciation of those who romantic in me. to Union troops? Okay, Jefferson inspire love within me. Love is the Did I mention that I am a man Davis may not have done this but most powerful drug. It can drive of high class? I enjoy a good meal hey, that’s just one of my faults, men mad; it can make women at the Olive Garden — I’ve never elaborate lying. swoon. I know personally it’s been been to Italy but I sure have eaten I love you, women of Lawrence. both wonderful and very painful at the tour of Italy! Peruse my record I’m going to miss you. Some of you times. I’d like to focus on the won- collection and you’ll find at least I hope to continue to be entranced derful part just now. If you want one Tijuana Brass album. Such by for the coming years. Now I’d the painful part you can consult classics as “Panama,” “Thanks for like to close, as I’ve done before, any number of pop songs. With the Memory” and “Talk to the with a poem — a love poem, that that said, let’s talk about love, my Animals” are among the sounds is. forest friends. that purify the air space of my Women of Lawrence, I love you. room. I wouldn’t bore you with talk Greet me in the morning light There, I said it. I’d ask you all out of everyday menial tasks because Greet me in the after dark on a date but then I don’t think I know nothing of the sort — I’m Share a simple wish with me we could find a table to fit us all unprepared for the real world. Where do we start? — maybe a booth, but I’m not pay- I can think of so many great The Lawrentian will be ing for all of you. You distract me things we could do together. We I’ve traveled through desert from my studies, my yoga practice can start by holding hands. After I’ve fought through jungle distributing and nearly anything else I try to that I figured we could eat some if only to find focus on. ice cream, which means we are I don’t want to wear applications for the I find it hard to talk in your done holding hands — but don’t these dirty clothes anymore presence sometimes — I don’t fret, I eat my ice cream fast! We 2011-2012 Editorial Board know what to do. My mind feels can look at pictures of sunsets numb but maybe that’s just the and wish we were there. Just don’t due February 18. cold weather. Words don’t come expect me to get a real job; I need out. When I pass you by, I have time to write my romance novels to turn my face away and pick up — of course you’ll be the inspira- the pace of my walking. Maybe I tion. Join the Lawrentian pretend that that tree over there I may be imperfect, but dam- has caught my attention, but who nit, I’m just a man! A man who Facebook page am I kidding? enjoys long walks through the gro- So what happens now? I can’t cery store and thinks the puppy for more information! bowl is a better spectacle than the

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4 FEATURES FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2011 The secret lives of our profs: Assistant Professor of Music Michael Mizrahi

Andrew Kim I’m doing right now, and the music all the time, basically for The Lawrentian piano in general, is that I can 100 percent of the time, like do so many different things, a soundtrack. I would say I do Assistant Professor of Music especially in terms of variety of most of my practicing away from Michael Mizrahi came to repertoire. I do a lot of recently the piano, actually, because I’m Lawrence in 2009, fresh from composed music; I also do a lot thinking about music and I’m several years within the New of music that was composed 300 walking around to the beat of York City classical music scene. years ago. I particularly enjoy whatever’s in my head some- A graduate of the University of chamber music. I really enjoy times. I know this sounds cliché, Virginia with a bachelor’s degree working with other musicians but I’ll notice a bird chirping in in religion and music and the in a small group. To me it can a certain way and I’ll go, “Oh, Yale School of Music with a be the most artistically fulfilling that reminds me of a certain master’s degree in piano perfor- genre, because you get to really piece I’m playing.” It just creates mance, Mizrahi nurtures a holis- talk about ideas and explore a whole web of imagery that I tic musical life that includes both phrasing together in an intimate then bring to what I’m actually teaching and performing. way. practicing. Some people say you shouldn’t play certain repertoire Kim: You were originally a phys- Kim: So who are your favorite until you’re 40 or 50 years old, ics major during your under- composers? and I think what’s behind that is graduate years. What got you that you have to have lived that into a music career? Mizrahi: If I have to pick one, I many years. But I can’t just pick have to say Mozart. It’s astonish- one thing or two things that I go Mizrahi: I started out as a phys- ing what he can do with just one to for artistic rejuvenation. ics major and ended up with a accidental here or a slight varia- physics minor and a music and tion in a phrase there. The emo- Kim: There’s that image in the religion double major. But I was tional range he is able to capture music world of the studio pro- always playing music; I’ve played with the simplest means! I love fessor who’s a father/mother fig- piano since the age of four, but it music especially from the classi- ure to their students. What kind wasn’t something that I thought cal era, and I also do a lot of con- of relationships do you envision I was going to do as a career temporary music. I love working forging with your students? when I went to college. I went to with music being written today. the University of Virginia, which Mizrahi: I think that just like a Kim: They say that all artists parental figure, the idea would was a liberal arts school — they Photo courtesy of Michael Mizrahi had a music major there, but it need a muse. What activities be to show by example. We have wasn’t in performance. So I was do you do that feed your artis- a real advantage in the conserva- professor can have a sense for ily. Probably the latter, because not performing very much… or tic side and impact your piano tory with studio teachers work- what kind of values they want I feel like because I incorporate I was not pursuing that profes- playing? ing with students very closely to inculcate to students without all these things around me into sionally until after I graduated. over four or five years to model always articulating them. what I do... I think everything Mizrahi: Tough question! Well, I an approach to music. But also, comes in play, except maybe Kim: You maintain an active per- think that everything I do seems for everything that’s stated, Kim: So do you envision mentor- your personal life, when you forming life. What genre of clas- to feed my artistic side. Just there are a lot of things that are ing students more on a musical come into your lesson. I would sical music do you enjoy playing living life, walking around cam- unstated. Just like how a parent level or on a personal level? hope that it’s not only a good the most? pus… I really enjoy going on might have a sense for what performance through which I walks; I enjoy being in nature… kind of values they want their Mizrahi: Well, I’m not here to be model myself to my students, Mizrahi: What I love about what But really, I’m thinking about children to have, I think a studio someone’s counselor, necessar- but just… generally.

A brief history of the Main Hall clock tower: More than meets the eye? Chelsea Johnson you will make it to a class on time, this mention they are suggested to for The Lawrentian but the trees on campus block your have been political discourse. view of the TCF bank clock? Future Like all traditions, clock talks At a school as small and tight- generations of wristwatchless, seem to have come and gone. In knit as Lawrence, everything on Main-Hall-sundial-time-telling- January 2008, another Lawrentian campus seems to have a story. ignorant — like me — Lawrentians article mentions a student “spear- From the bridges to the buildings, will be spared this uncertainty by heading a comeback of small dis- people willing to slow down for a simply glancing at the Class of cussions about any topic,” deliv- moment and take a look around 1995 free-standing clock, placed at ered while standing on the clock can find Lawrence’s landscape rich an eye-catching point on campus,” tower base. Here, students were in history, and not just the archaic wrote the anonymous author. encouraged to talk about anything kind — no offense, Amos! Of course, the class of 1995 from movie reviews to advice for For example, the clock tower had no idea that cell phones were freshman students. outside the east entrance to Main about to hit the market and that Recently, several groups on Hall has more to it than being a future students would have no campus have considered bringing place for people to hang posters. problem keeping time, but the sen- clock talks back into fashion as a In 1995 the seniors decided, as timent is still appreciated. way to advertise events and causes is customary for many classes, to But the clock tower didn’t lapse — Greenfire, for instance, in order give back to Lawrence through a into disuse once people no longer to promote their Waste Reduction senior gift. Old posters about gift needed it to tell time. As is the Month. voting indicate that the seniors Lawrence way, students weren’t However, students don’t need considered several options, includ- satisfied using the clock tower just to be in a club to make a speech. ing a stained glass window in for its intended purpose. Anyone willing to brave the cold Memorial Union, benches around In a 2005 Lawrentian edito- can always jump up on the clock campus or an art grant. In the end, rial about political involvement, tower and start reaching out to however, it was the lighted free- there is mention of the “new and their classmates. At the height of standing clock outside Main Hall interesting” soapbox speeches stu- their popularity, clock talks had a that won the votes and was estab- dents made at 12:20 to the crowds schedule and sign-ups — but for lished for future students. leaving Main Hall. Though there now, anyone can participate when Current students may won- is no official mention of these they desire. So whether you want der why the seniors even thought speeches earlier than this date, to talk about the merits of your Lawrence needed a clock. the editorial mentions that this favorite television show or share Advertising material from January idea was “taking a page from the your senior project research with 1995 explains that the seniors past,” implying a history beyond the community, get talking at the wanted future students not to have that recorded. These speeches, clock tower! the same troubles they did. also called clock talks, were five- “Have you ever wondered if minute speeches about anything the speaker desired, though in Photo by Oren Jakobson THE LAWRENTIAN

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2011 FEATURES 5 Fair weather fan becomes Packer patriot at Super Bowl XLV

Katie Kasper While I have a grasp of basic fresh 15 minutes on the clock, Layout Editor football concepts like intercep- I was confident the Packers had tions and incompletes, most plays this game in the bag. When James I should preface the following escape my understanding. But Jones dropped the ball, my heart paragraphs with a brief summary when Nick Collins intercepted the dropped with it. Not long after, the of my athletic history: While my ball and sprinted down the field, Steelers made a touchdown. family watched football on occa- evading one enormous Steeler MacKenzie, a stubborn Bears sion, we followed figure skating after the next to score a touch- fan who wore neither green nor closer than the NFL. My dad grew down, I didn’t have to understand gold to the VR, scolded me, “That’s up outside of Chicago, and my anything about football to know because Katie said we got this and mom moved all over the world something amazing just happened. didn’t knock on wood!” for my grandpa’s work in the Air After that play I was hooked; Wesley addressed MacKenzie’s Force. They were not strongly affil- I couldn’t keep my eyes off the statement: “Is that talk of a Packer iated with any sports team before screen and rued my bladder when- fan I hear?” coming to Wisconsin — the Bears ever I had to make a bathroom run MacKenzie just blushed and don’t count. and heard loud cheers below. mumbled. The Packer spirit had After our move to Neenah, Around 6:30, Billy declared gotten to her too! it wasn’t long until my parents he’d already had five beers and left I spent the rest of the game on donned cheese on their heads and the table, returning minutes later the edge of my seat as the Packers attended games at Lambeau Field with a Sasha Sunrise. It was almost and Steelers played neck and neck. with their friends. My dad always halftime and everyone wondered Chants sporadically broke out in says that the Packer spirit is conta- about the Black Eyed Peas’ perfor- the VR; “Go Pack, Go! Go Pack, Go!” gious. But the outcome of a game mance. Ilsa voiced her hope that With three minutes left on the was never mood altering, and I she would “see will.i.am’s boob” — clock, the score was 28-25 Packers don’t remember the colors green remember the infamous wardrobe and Jordy Nelson dropped a touch- and gold playing a large role in malfunction of ‘04? All I hoped for down pass. No! I couldn’t stand my childhood. In fact, the only was “Where is the Love?” still; my life depended on this memory I have of a Packer game is And so halftime began with game. Super Bowl ‘97 when we had a few will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo and The Packers went for a field neighbors over to celebrate. Fergie being lowered onto a seem- goal and brought the score to So if you’re looking for an ingly circular stage. At first I ques- 31-25 with two minutes remain- article that summarizes an athletic tioned the planted and synchro- ing, the longest two minutes of my nized audience surrounding the existence. I watched the game so Photos courtesy of Katie Kasper game play by play, you should stop (above) Kasper, second from left, celebrating the Packer victory of ‘97 with family and reading now and turn to pages 10 stage, but when they organized intently that I didn’t even realize friends. and 11. What you’ll find here is themselves into glowing dancing when the people around me start- (below) Kasper, left, celebrating the Packer victory of ‘11 with fellow Lawrentians. arrows, I stopped thinking and ed jumping up and screaming that my Sunday night experience and be canceled or something!” Anduzzi’s. There I lost my hair tie learned never to question the we had won. The rest of the night transformation from fair weather Our first stop was Bazil’s. while dancing and blowing kisses Black Eyed Peas again. is kind of a blur, but the dedicated fan to dedicated Packer patriot. There, we watched part of the to Aaron Rodgers and Billy finally After an appearance by for- journalist in me took lots of notes, My night began at the Viking aftershow while indulging our- got to hear the song he’d been mer Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash, which I will now summarize. Room with four friends, seniors selves with a beer tower and bar asking for all night, “Green and Usher was lowered onto the stage My friends and I left the VR Wesley Hough-Cornwell, Ilsa Tone, snacks. A fellow Packers patriot Yellow.” At our last stop, The Bar, to sing “OMG.” He ended with the after being bombarded with hugs MacKenzie Fye and Billy Bunzel. approached us to tell of the sac- Caitie made friends with the DJ splits and Ilsa exclaimed, “Too and happiness. While the major- We arrived an hour early for prime rifices he’s made for the team. and we requested several songs. much fierceness!” ity of our group abandoned ship seating and the promise of food. He had bought an official Driver After The Bar, we headed back Suddenly, the entire stage lit at Hiett Hall, Billy and I followed 5:30 rolled around, the play- jersey, but didn’t wear it all season to campus content with Packer up in red, and I saw that what had the cheering and fireworks to ers took the field and Christina for fear it would bring bad luck. pride. I never understood what appeared to be a circular stage Downtown Appleton, picking up Aguilera reinvented the National Afterward he shook Billy and it meant to be a fan until Sunday was actually an “o” in the word two stragglers — seniors Ruth Anthem. Caitie’s hand, turned to Ruth and night. Being a fan means affiliat- “love.” I bubbled with excitement Jacobs and Caitie Williamson — on By this time, the VR was hop- said, “We don’t shake hands, we ing yourself so strongly with a at the prospect of their next song the way. ping, with only a few empty booths hug.” He then gave both Ruth and team that when Charles Woodson — arguably one of the best songs College Avenue was bursting and several people standing or at I a great big bear — or should I say breaks his collarbone, you feel ever written, or at least one of with green and gold. Cars were the bar. Ten minutes into the game packer — hug. a pain in yours. It means living the best to sing emotionally with honking at us and people kept and — Jordy Nelson has a touch- After Bazil’s came Bad Badger, with the players through ups and a large crowd — “Where is the doling out high fives and hand down catch! I found myself caught where we each purchased a news- downs and standing on top of the Love?” shakes. “I have a quiz tomorrow,” up in the excitement and mesmer- paper and green-beaded neck- world with them when they win With half-time over and a Billy said wishfully, “class has to ized by the shuffling men on TV. laces and then headed toward the Super Bowl.

From our kitchen to yours

Anneliese Abney try going half and half) everything is just moistened and Writers wanted: Chef 2 Tbsp baking powder there is still a dusting of flour 1 1/2 Tbsp ground ginger over everything. 1/4 tsp cinnamon Carefully fold in the chocolate. Ginger Chocolate pinch allspice With a spoon or your hands, form 1/2 cup brown sugar your scones — about 1/4 cup Chunk Scones 1/2 tsp salt size each — and drop onto the So I’m back to one of my greatest 1/3 cup vegetable oil prepared baking sheets. loves: vegan scones. At a loss as 1 1/4 cups almond milk Bake for about 15 minutes. to what delectable recipe to bring 1 tsp pure vanilla extract you all this week, I was perus- about 5 oz. chocolate Makes about 12 scones. ing some of my favorite food Note: Isa also recommends using Guten Appetit! blogs, looking for inspiration, turbinado sugar — a very coarse when I found one of the funniest sugar — for sprinkling the scones recipe posts I’ve yet to find on before you bake them, which is Isa Chandra’s blog “Post Punk always a fun and yummy touch. Kitchen” — check it out at www. theppk.com! The entry is titled What to do: “Bikram Baking,” which should Preheat the oven to 400 degrees warm up those cold Wisconsin Fahrenheit — in Isa’s words, “350 days quite nicely. Personally, degrees is for weaklings.” chocolate and ginger are two of Grease your baking pans and set my favorite baking ingredients, aside. so I was so happy to find and test In a mixing bowl, combine the News, Arts & Entertainment, this recipe. It’s certainly one I’m dry ingredients and stir with a going to be adding to my go-to fork until incorporated. Features and Sports recipes, and I hope you like it, too. Chop up your chocolate with a knife until you have smallish What you need: chunks, set aside. If interested, contact: 3 cups flour (as you know by Add the wet ingredients to your now, I’m a huge fan of mixing dry ones and mix with the fork [email protected] whole wheat and all-purpose, so until just combined — until Photo by Tara Atkinson THE LAWRENTIAN

6 OPINIONS & EDITORIALS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2011 Collegial or curmudgeonly?

STAFF EDITORIAL Steve Nordin being civil. Staff Writer I’d certainly put my money on Machiavelli demolishing Kant in a dust-up, yet it seems so crass and This last Sunday night, I should unworthy of a learning environ- Conversational forum have been writing two papers. ment like Lawrence to engage in They determine my grades, which the tricks of the partisan hack. The Lawrentian offers students, faculty and staff the opportunity to engage in open determine my GPA, which deter- We all came here to learn, dialogue with one another through writing articles, submitting Letters to the Editor and mines my overall success in life. inside the classroom and out. commenting on our website. Inherent to the form of a paper is the necessary formula- Despite this, I chose to get We are refugees from an outside into an argument with a fellow tion of ideas prior to submission for publication. This newspaper only allows for the world whose Glenn Becks, Keith Plantzonian instead of getting Olbermanns, Steven Colberts and dissemination of static opinions in limited space and in limited installments. While we another much-needed dose of caf- Jon Stewarts have left us skepti- are glad to be a part of campus discourse, we think a medium that enables Lawrentians feine into my veins. Our discussion cal of reasonable discussions and to actively create and develop ideas in a dynamic, conversational setting would be ben- was conducted with the utmost basic human decency. eficial to the Lawrence experience. civility, which made it easy to con- The students, society’s guard- Admittedly, social networking websites, such as Facebook, provide a place for a live tinue talking into the early hours ians of idealistic naïveté, have exchange of ideas; however, these discussions take place on a global website rather than of the morning. become prematurely cynical, bit- through a medium meant for the Lawrence community. Of the students, faculty and This kind of talk is why I ter, politically neutral to the point staff currently using Facebook, many are not interested in publicizing their concerns to went to Lawrence and an excellent of apathy — because of the zero- supplement to our formal liberal a community inherently larger than Lawrence. sum game of modern discourse. arts education in the classroom. As usual, I have come to the Though LUCC holds General Council meetings that are open to all members of the Without going into much detail, we conclusion that there is a problem Lawrence community, these meetings are intended to serve discussion relevant to com- touched on gender, politics, race, facing our generation. The handy munity governance and campus policy. We at The Lawrentian are interested in a forum class, privilege, language, athletic intellectual gut-check of “WWSD?” that allows for a wider range of topics — such as political issues or ideas for new courses culture and the Lawrence curricu- comes into play: “What Would — in a less goal-oriented structure. We envision an environment in which those present lum. Socrates Do?” learn how to express their opinions and listen to the opinions of others while discussing Needless to say, I completely For my desire to have the any number of concepts. won the argument. He acknowl- “right opinion,” Socrates would This type of forum would supplement in-class learning — the skills gained in one edged my total victory and con- declare me a plebian ninny bum- ceded to my sophisticated soph- setting would apply to the challenges of the other. We hope that such an initiative will bling about the Cave, declaring my istry. The audience applauded as intellectual superiority to my trog- develop over the coming years and serve as a springboard for involvement as a new I returned to my room in triumph. lodyte brethren. Indeed, Socrates. cornerstone of the Lawrence education. Perhaps that isn’t exactly how The cynic in me scoffs and it happened. It actually ended in asks the question that is a main- the usual collegiate “agreement to stay of our generation: disagree.” I used this convenient “So what?” bile manufacturers, the evidence détente to mentally turn all his In the space of a decade, shows that there are almost always points into relativistic mush that the United States government Common sense and the law more warning labels for products ees to keep the coffee stored in my sophomoric weltanschauung has fought two wars, expanded Alan Duff in the United States than any other pots heated to 185 degrees, the could feast upon. bureaucratic power dramatically, Staff Writer country. Any heated beverage a amount of money won over this Despite this constructed victo- sanctioned torture and accumu- person buys now has some varia- accident was more than enough ry, my competitive drive — which lated trillions of dollars in debt. tion of “warning: contents are hot.” to cover Liebeck’s lawyer fees and many of us have and many of us Politics and civil society have been It’s no secret that a cup of While some may argue that medical bills. owe partial credit to for our atten- reduced to simple reaction and steaming coffee is scalding hot, people cannot change, laws can. This lawsuit illustrates how dance here — was left unsatisfied. counter-reaction — leaving those or that crackling electrical wires The way liability law is processed easy it is for individuals to exag- I bid him goodnight and returned in the middle out in the cold and will shock you if you touch them. and used in the United States gerate their problems; in some hungry to my midterm essays. our society utterly inert. What is mind-boggling is how should be reviewed and assessed cases the lawsuits approach the The sugar-laden emollient I Look where fiery outbursts eager Americans are to sue for for these glaring flaws. Juries and ridiculous. For example, according consumed could not remove this on TV and snappy sound bites the slightest grievance or wrong judges should make an effort to ABC News, in 2004, two teen- intellectual dissatisfaction. We on YouTube have gotten us. If they feel has been inflicted against to ensure that lawyers are clear age girls were going from door to both agreed that our irreconcilable one believes all the messages out them — often expecting extrane- and give all the facts of the case. door giving out cookies. When they perspectives, if extended, could there, then it is quite likely to think ous monetary compensation for Plaintiffs should not be awarded knocked on the door of Wanita devolve into simple labeling, emo- everyone is terrible at running the problems they may have caused millions of dollars for their care- Young and left cookies, Young tive nonsense and moral condem- country. While it seems many of us themselves. lessness. suffered a panic attack and had nation. have taken this as a justification One of the most remarkable If a person sues another over to be hospitalized. When the girls We were very uncomfortable for sitting back and giving up, we cases ever to appear in court the loss of a $4,000 car, the jury learned of the incident they left an with the idea of hitting below the forget that in condemning society, began in 1992. A woman named should not award the person a apology letter and offered to pay rhetorical belt, in ad hominem ter- we condemn ourselves. Stella Liebeck spilled steaming million dollars. A control must be for the bill but Young refused and ritory, for the sake of winning an We ought to walk out of this hot McDonald’s coffee on her lap placed on the amount a person can instead sued them and won $900. argument. Despite the fact that he school not only with a diploma, while in a car. The resulting burns be awarded for damages in these It amazes me how eager was, of course, utterly wrong, he is dismal job prospects and thou- caused her to be hospitalized for types of lawsuits. Americans are to sue anyone who a nice guy and presented passion- sands of dollars in debt, but also eight days while she suffered from A percentage-based cap on seems to even look at them in the ate argument without becoming with a commitment to discuss the third-degree burns. damages may be the best solu- wrong way, but lawyers are more hysterical — for which I respect issues of the day in an open soci- In response, she sued tion. A law should be introduced than eager to meet the demand him immensely. ety. McDonald’s in the now famous case that states that no party will be for sue-happy citizens. According Yet I didn’t win. I get the The habits of compromise Liebeck v. McDonald’s Restaurants. forced to pay more than 1000 to the American Bar Association, uneasy feeling that somehow the with and respect for people who A jury of peers awarded her $2.86 percent of the total cost of all the United States has over a mil- propagation of my genes depends you find ideologically odious need million, and it was only thanks damages inflicted, thereby insur- lion practicing lawyers — more on my verbal success in a debate. to begin today with our training to the judge that the money was ing that these lawsuits do not get All of my forays into the dark wheel discussions at Lawrence so decreased to $640,000. per capita than any other nation — and that number is increasing abyss of the social sciences — While it was discovered that Briggs Hall — have taught me that McDonald’s required their employ- every year. From restaurants to automo- See Common sense on page 9 winning will serve me better than See Collegial on page 7

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2011 OPINIONS & EDITORIALS 7 Collaborative writing Nepal long before he started. He Letter to the Editor could have initiated more projects that necessitated involvement. But what, then, would have happened I was surprised by the the use of the Alexander Gym sweat — while the others look to the book itself? email Jill Beck sent out toward across the river for exactly for the space that doesn’t exist As a young child, I read a the end of fall term about the that reason. If the facilities anymore to do core work. few oral narratives, mostly about new Wellness Center. I was over there don’t have the right While I was assured that I little kids and their immigration not surprised that they were equipment, by all means, make would love this big Wellness experiences. One of these books moving counseling services sure athletes have what they Center combo, I fail to see the was “New Kids in Town” by Janet into the rec center — after need to train, but allowing benefit of having less room to Bode. I was enthralled by the sepa- all, they needed somewhere to teams to take over the gym workout, other than the fact rate and short narratives as a put all of the extra students that should be shared equally that I have a few friends who fifth grader, but I imagine that if they didn’t think were going to with the rest of the student live in the new part of Colman I returned to this book, I would come to Lawrence. body hardly seems like a good made possible by moving the not be satisfied with calling it What was weird was how fix. health center into Buchanan- literature; I might be wrong, and upbeat Beck was about it. For With the track team on the Kiewitt. it might be silly of me to assume some reason, it was coming track every afternoon for two I don’t mean for this to be Magdalena Waz that this book aspired to such a as a great benefit to me that hours, throwing and fencing a dig at any sports team or the Columnist classification. my school nurse was going to in the gym during the same athletics department. I am all But “New Kids in Town” was be in the same building as my time and the baseball team for sharing space — athletes as collaborative as we can get in indoor track — I guess just taking over in the later eve- and non-athletes, gym patrons Mary Jane Jacob’s convocation literature, combining individuals’ in case running in tiny circles nings, it doesn’t always feel and doctor’s patients; I just earlier this week focused on art as stories under the umbrella of a made me sick. like sharing is caring, or that wonder if there’s quite enough a collaborative process, one which common theme. These children But I would like to call there is enough room to share. space to begin with. often has to take place outside of did not speak with one another, attention to the fact that Intramural basketball, Frisbee, Obviously, Lawrence isn’t museums in order to truly matter and yet, an editor made them col- despite the big WelLU cam- indoor soccer and any other going to build a new gym this to a larger audience. In a museum, laborate. It’s a bit artificial even paign, after months of being aspiring non-varsity athletes year or next, but at the very art, according to Jacob, is “isolated there. completely closed to students, are left to fend for themselves. least, I ask that the wellness from human conditions.” During The literature we want to read the rec center remains over- The other options for exer- campaign now begin in ear- the convocation, I started to won- when we sit down with a book is crowded and the facilities are cise, however, are hardly more nest. There needs to be a real der how this critique of museums not one composed by a collective. lacking now, more than ever, inviting. I definitely appreciate commitment to encourage could apply to literature — not The idea of one poet’s tortured to provide the fitness space the TVs in the cardio room, but all LU students to stay active just in regards to the classics and misunderstood soul still inter- important for maintaining they don’t distract me quite throughout the school year that are often forced upon us in ests us more than the idea of two mental and physical health, enough from the fact that I am by letting them use the space high school, but also to those new tortured souls writing something especially during the drudgery in a windowless cave sans day- provided and working toward works that are marked as serious heartfelt together. This idea kind that is winter term. light. It is a little absurd that much needed expansion — as and important. of leads me to believe that lit- Varsity sports have top pri- with the big move and make- opposed to cramming the rec The collaborative process erature is mostly about isolation. ority at the Wellness Center for over, there is no new equip- center full, reserving it for var- sounds like it is supposed to bring It’s mostly about working in that reserving rooms. Obviously, it ment. The same few treadmills, sity sports and calling it a job artists back down to earth where vacuum that allows for a writer to is important for LU athletes ellipticals and stationary bikes well done. they can contemplate how their filter the way they see the world to have the space they need provide just enough machines —Jennifer Compton ‘11 art can make life better, and I’m in order to maybe show us some- for training, but teams have for a handful of people to not sure if writers have this same thing new. luxury. I wrote two weeks ago Will Smith’s recent movie about Conor Grennan and his mix “Hancock” went through about of memoir and advertisement for seven writers before it was pro- a non-profit organization, but I duced, and it shows. Tone, char- Egyptian protests: social networking in practice didn’t address the concerns many acter development and sometimes people have about overly political Natasha Pugh many businesses, the Internet is an among those in attendance. plot have trouble linking up, and Staff Writer or topical writing. They assume integral part of daily communica- President Obama mentioned in the seams are impossible to hide. that it is somehow tainted by the tion and practices. an address regarding the crisis When I went to see the movie, I current environment and destined Political cohesion preceded that the voice of Egypt’s youth had expected a cohesive story, but to disappear when the moment Thousands of Egyptians took the events of the protest; social has been heard. It appears that, I ended up getting something like passes. to the streets Jan. 25 in an anti- networking sites and mass texts for the first time in a long while, five unfinished ones. That, to me, When Grennan’s organization government protest motivated by were catalysts for the growing dis- the people of Egypt have a sense is the collaborative writing pro- is no longer necessary in Tibet, rallying on social networking sites content of the public. Even with- of hope that they have the power cess at its most uncontrolled — it will be difficult for his book such as Facebook and Twitter. out Internet access, the movement to make their country what they minds warring to express an idea to have a similar impact. In the There have been continuous stayed strong across Egypt — want it to be. Online movements in radically different from the one spirit of collaboration, he could demands for constitutional reform especially in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, Egypt, which were inspired by sim- expressed before it — leaving us have compiled narratives from and an ousting of President Hosni which has remained the main stage ilar social networking initiatives wondering why the stories hadn’t people who had been working in Mubarak, who has been Egypt’s of demonstrations and demands to in Tunisia that motivated a revolt stayed separate in the first place. authoritarian leader for the past 30 remove Mubarak. — and the ousting of the Tunisian years. Demonstrations have been In the first three weeks of pro- president — have been successful ongoing without an official leader, test, Mubarak has remained in the forms of demonstration. Around” and murmurings of and Mubarak has lost legitimacy country and has refused to step These past few weeks in Cairo Collegial “not cool, brah...” for being as citizens become excited for the down from his position to maintain provide something that all of us the loyal intellectual opposi- prospect of forming a democracy. order. In a recent negotiating meet- can learn from. We all have the continued from page 6 tion. We chance being a well- The government has under- ing led by Vice President Omar power to make change, whether it our great-great-grandchildren regarded doormat if we nibble estimated the sophistication and Suleiman, organizers began to lay be big or small. It takes a strong may have a chance of being on the apathy lotus. the will of Egyptian citizens in the framework of their demands will and a relentless spirit to keep slightly less in debt to China Start arguing. There’s only this countrywide movement. In for a new Egypt. Fifty prominent such movements going. Egyptians than we are. a minimal chance of hemlock an act to immobilize demonstra- Egyptian leaders, representatives appear to be going forward with We risk a “Lawrence Look- as the result. tors, nearly all Internet access was from the Muslim Brotherhood and blocked in the country — a risky the young organizers responsible move for the government since, for for activism on Facebook were See Egypt on page 8

“The town’s photographer took “Got pulled over on the highway a picture of me wearing an ‘I’m a The opinions expressed in in Houston in the middle of my love pirate and I’m here for your this section are those of date.” booty’ for his Valentine Day’s front the students, faculty and page. “ community members who —Ollin Garcia wrote them. All facts are —Hannah Sweet as provided by the authors. The Lawrentian does not endorse any opinions piece except for the staff edito- rial, which represents a majority of the editorial board. The Lawrentian wel- “Got rejected by a Jewish guy “Fourth grade — we were about comes everyone to submit while I was in third grade.” to kiss, and she told me she liked their own opinions using somebody else.” the parameters outlined in —Megan Hickey —Nicholas Perez the masthead. THE LAWRENTIAN

8 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2011 Iris Out: Banksy’s “Exit Through The Gift Shop”

Tom Pilcher ed a man wearing loose-fitting, A clothing store owner by day, group under the condition that ity of Guetta’s character — though Staff Writer paint-splattered athletic pants Guetta explains that for a long Guetta would use his normally the footage of graffiti artists is and a hoodie with the hood up, time, he’s been compelled to film unused footage to create a docu- certainly genuine. face completely blacked out. The everything possible in his life — to mentary about the street art move- Banksy’s penchant for large- words “Death Eater” quickly came the annoyance of his family and ment. Unhappy with the result, scale pranks — distributing forged to mind, but then I realized that many others. Banksy created “Exit Through The £10 notes at festivals with Princess his face was purposely blacked out As the story goes, while vis- Gift Shop” using much of Guetta’s Diana’s face instead of the Queen’s, to obscure his identity. iting his family in France, the footage. for example — only adds to the That man turned out to be mustachioed eccentric Guetta dis- As one of the main figures confusion, and I still don’t know Banksy, the notorious guerilla covered that his cousin was the throughout the film, Guetta is what to believe. graffiti artist from the U.K. who well-known graffiti artist Space enormously entertaining, especial- “Exit Through The Gift Shop” never shows himself on film. Invader. Invader is known for his ly in the last half hour of the film. is invaluable as a document of Throughout the film, viewers only small mosaic pieces depicting The near-crazy impulse to film the street art movement and the see his hands working or pixelated scenes from the Space Invaders everything, the 18th-century facial eventual commercialization by versions of his face. video game. hair and the charming lack of art collectors, but the film raises Banksy’s résumé includes tag- Guetta had discovered his modesty combine to make Guetta the question of how any artist ging Israel’s controversial wall in muse, per se, and soon enough, a character worth studying. becomes popular or famous. the West Bank, but more recently, Invader introduced him to a host As Banksy quips at the begin- Unfortunately, Banksy’s his clever and sometimes contro- of other new-generation working ning, “I decided that he was more answer to that question seems to versial pieces have fetched huge graffiti artists, who all gradually interesting than I was, so the film’s be that any artist, regardless of sums at auction houses from accepted Guetta into their ranks. about him.” actual talent, can become famous Photo courtesy of Revolver Entertainment trend-hungry art collectors. After all, most work created by Following Noel Murray’s lead and popular with the right market- A film by this secretive yet these artists lasted only a few in his A.V. Club review, I’m not ing and media savvy. While perusing The A.V. Club’s incredibly prolific graffiti artist days, if that, so having Guetta film going to go much further in depth Put simply, queue up your top 15 films of the year, the screen- should be enough to draw view- the installations seemed a way to because it’s much more entertain- Netflix account and check out this shot from Banksy’s documenta- ers in, but “Exit Through The preserve the art. ing if viewers remain uninformed strange little “documentary,” and ry-styled “Exit Through The Gift Gift Shop” contains more layers: Guetta even managed to hook of the still-puzzling twist near the then think about how artists actu- Shop” really grabbed my attention As Banksy explains at the begin- up with the ultra-secretive Banksy end. In the last half hour, “Exit ally become famous, and if that — say what you will about judging ning, the film began with the Los at some point, and after a series of Through The Gift Shop” suddenly even means they’re good artists a piece of art by its cover. Angeles-via-France eccentric “film- shoots with him, Banksy accepted takes a turn for the implausible, or not. The screen grab simply depict- maker” Thierry Guetta. him as part of his small, trusted calling into question the authentic-

Artist Spotlight: George Ziegler

Andrew LaCombe “Most of my drawings are show opens at the end of May. Staff Writer playing or experimenting with When he is working, Ziegler lines,” he said when asked to tries not to think about who is describe his work. “I use color going to view his art and what Many students at Lawrence sometimes. I recently started they’ll think of it. have an interesting story of how painting more, so I like using “You do end up considering they got here and became inter- color with that. I use colored it sometimes because you have ested in their field of study. pens to draw sometimes.” so many critiques in art class- But it seems that most people, Ziegler, who thought he es,” Ziegler stated. “It’s kind of especially in the fine arts, arrive would be an art history major impossible to escape peoples’ here with a good idea of what before getting into studio art, opinions on things.” they want to pursue. However, likes artists from several dif- He spends varying amounts when George Ziegler came to ferent periods, including of time on each work. Lawrence four years ago, he did Hieronymus Bosch, Joan Miró “The stuff for the senior not want to study studio art. and Richard Dadd. show was started a couple of “I didn’t like the idea of “I’d say that generally my years ago,” said Ziegler. “It can being taught to draw,” Ziegler studies of art history don’t have be pretty meticulous, so I can’t recalled. “It’s my self-expres- a lot of influence on my art, but do it for a long time period at sion, so I don’t really care if it’s sometimes I do make some spe- once. Some paintings go by pret- formally correct; I just want to cific references,” he comment- ty fast, but most of my works do it for myself. But the classes ed. “I kind of look at [art and art take at least a couple weeks.” here are not focused on funda- history] as separate things.” Ziegler enjoyed mak- mentals, so I like the openness Right now, Ziegler’s piece ing films in high school and Photo by Oren Jakobson of them.” “Big Greasy” is on display in the has continued to do that here Ziegler always liked to draw, gallery at the Warch Campus through digital processes class- This work, named “Presus,” is abstract artist. but never took any art classes Center. He worked on it dur- es. He also collects and creates probably his personal favorite. “I tend toward doing in high school. After finding ing fall term using watercolor art with Legos. In addition to He clearly has a wide range of abstract art, but I’m not dis- a pen that he really liked to and pen. It features many circu- these interests, this Middleton, artistic talents and hopes to couraged away from doing rep- use while taking several drawing lar shapes filled in with color. Wis. native likes all sports and include art in his future. resentational things,” he said. classes during his sophomore Ziegler will have some more plays intramural basketball. Ziegler also said that while “I don’t believe in one right way year, Ziegler became a studio pieces on display later this year Last year, Ziegler used pret- he draws a lot of abstract art, to do art.” art major. in the senior art show. That zels to create a portrait of Jesus. he doesn’t consider himself an

Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole perform Cajun grooves for lively crowd Peter Boyle that they were in for a show that ic,” and I soon found myself tap- He freely joked with the audience string on his fiddle. Staff Writer they would not soon forget, while ping my feet ardently in my chair, throughout the performance and Cajun and Creole music can I simply sat in rather disinterested smacking my knee with my fist threw in a number of entertaining sound unhinged to ears trained in Though I do not know if you anticipation. and tuning myself into the group’s stories of the song’s origins. rock and roll, and this is almost attended Monday night’s World Watson was a charismatic unfamiliar groove. The rhythm section of Watson’s certainly the point. Watson’s group Music Series Performance by individual, playing his fiddle and A native of San Felipe, Texas, band, D’Jalma Garnier III on bass, switched easily between up-tempo Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole, I accordion with ease as he trot- Watson sang in a fluid blend of Mike Chaisson on rubboard and two-beat tunes that were impos- feel as though I must confess a few ted proudly and wildly across the French and English, indicative of auxiliary percussion and Ryan sible to sit down for, dirge-like things. Chief among them is that, stage. With his joyous blend of his Cajun and Creole upbringing. Poullard on drums, stayed locked waltzes and more syncopated had my editor not recommended Cajun, Creole and zydeco music Though still very young, Watson together in a nearly hypnotizing 12/8 songs that belied the genre’s I review the performance, I may traditions, many audience mem- has made a name for himself in the way. African influences. never have attended this astound- bers found it hard to sit still; after Cajun and Creole music scene: His The beat would take U-turns Watson’s music was of the sort ing show. intermission, most of the front music has already been nominated without warning and cymbal crash- that you feel and do not really Scores of people knew bet- half of the Esch Studio was on for two Grammy awards. es emerged in odd places, but the hear, and the fact that most of the ter and had arrived of their own their feet, and the chairs as more Though this is an extremely band stuck firmly together through audience was dancing by midway volition, ranging from elderly of an impediment than anything noteworthy accomplishment, you it all. Lance Boston precisely fol- was a true indicator of the band’s Appleton residents to the most else. wouldn’t guess this by Watson and lowed Watson’s melody lines with prowess. discriminating of Lawrence stu- I found it difficult to keep his band’s casual, free-wheeling his clarinet and even took the lead dents. These concertgoers knew up the guise of a “detached crit- and ultimately friendly demeanor. on one song after Watson broke a See Bijou Creole on page 9 THE LAWRENTIAN

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2011 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 9 Jazz Band delivers concert featuring Lawrence faculty Sam Lewin drummer Patrick Marschke and Staff Writer pianist Carl Kennedy led the band in transitioning between the tune’s Editor’s note: The Symphonic Afro-Cuban and swing sections. Band also performed as a part The brass players sounded of this concert, but we weren’t especially tight on “Opus 4” and able to find anyone to write about used dynamics effectively, while their portion. We apologize for the the bass, trumpet and trombone uneven coverage. soloists also played admirably. After “Opus 4,” Associate The Lawrence University Jazz Professor of English Tim Spurgin Band played its first concert of walked on stage. While I brief- the term last Friday evening for ly thought I’d been tricked into a small but enthusiastic audience attending yet another Freshman in the Lawrence Memorial Chapel. Studies lecture, Spurgin actually The band delivered an energet- was on stage to narrate the next ic performance, which featured piece, Dan Cavanagh’s composi- impressively tight ensemble play- tion “Mississippi Ecstasy.” ing and exciting arrangements. “Mississippi Ecstasy” com- The band performed under the bines Timothy Young’s Mississippi direction of Lecturer of Music Patty River-themed poem with a slowly Darling, who kept her talking to a developing jazz arrangement that minimum and allowed the band began with a quiet piano intro. to play its four-tune set without The rhythm section gradually built Photo by Emma Moss from a quarter note-based groove much interruption. tion, Spurgin did well — especially that sometimes verged on sound- Music and Director of Jazz Studies The band opened the concert into a more forceful, straight- eighth note rock feel, while the compared to speakers in some of ing like reggae. Fred Sturm’s arrangement of Astor with “Opus 4,” a tune composed by the cornier jazz and spoken-word The band played through a Piazzolla’s “Milonga Loca.” the famed bassist and composer muted trumpet section nicely com- plemented the rhythm section’s performances I’ve seen. However, variety of distinct texture changes Jazz Band has been playing one Charles Mingus. “Opus 4” was orig- the narration was overwhelming and went into double time for of Sturm’s Piazzolla arrangements inally released on Mingus’s album development. Spurgin read Young’s poem at times; when the band started Daniel’s solo. Daniel impressed the every year for the last three years. “Mingus Moves” in 1973 and has grooving, I wanted to listen to the audience with a high and some- The arrangements are complex, since been arranged for big-band intermittently and periodically yielded the spotlight to saxophone ensemble, not poetry. times fast solo. His solo was defi- fairly funky sounding and always by Boris Koslov, the current bassist Jazz Band followed “Mississippi nitely the climax of “Chant.” prove to be one of the highlights in the Mingus Big Band — a tribute and piano solos. I enjoyed “Mississippi Ecstasy” Ecstasy” with “Chant,” which Darling acknowledged the of the Jazz Band concert. “Milonga band honoring the now-deceased featured Associate Professor of band’s soloists and hard-working Loca,” with its R&B-like horn parts composer. because the arrangement was interesting and because the band Music and Teacher of Trumpet saxophone section after the band and Peter Ehlinger’s exciting drum The Lawrence University Jazz John Daniel on trumpet. “Chant” ended “Chant,” and then counted breaks, was no exception. It was Band performed Koslov’s arrange- played it well. And while I was initially apprehensive about the began with a trombone solo over off Jazz Band’s last tune of the eve- an exciting and effective closer for ment and deftly navigated through a medium tempo swing groove ning: Kimberly-Clark Professor of the concert. the different rhythmic feels, as narration and jazz band combina- Prof & Chicago MCs bring the heat for Hip-Hop Congress Common sense Ben Levine & Maureen Darras town audience with open arms. Staff Writer & Editor-in-Chief The tribute sums up the atmo- continued from page 6 sphere of the evening. All the per- out of hand. While this number may need Hip-Hop Congress welcomed a formers were having fun with each tweaking, a cap would decrease motley crew of artists to campus other and loving the familiar vibe. the number of American law- this Saturday, Feb. 5. The show Even those performers who were suits wherein a plaintiff pursues was held in Greenfire basement, a not alumni seemed comfortable a verdict for reasons of greed house known for hosting popular and in their element. The partygo- rather than for justice. parties featuring Lawrence bands. ers clearly loved show, too, and the This concert marked HHC’s result was one excellent party. second event on campus; in the This communal feeling perme- fall, HHC held a benefit concert in ated Rich Jones’ set. He invited two Egypt Esch Studio, which included per- current Lawrence seniors, Isake formances by two Chicago-based Smith and Jake Hartmann, to per- continued from page 7 visiting hip-hop artists. form alongside himself and his their protest — moving a few of Comparing the two events, Second City crew. The enthusiasm the thousands in Tahrir Square HHC president Alex George said, “I was so great that the audience was to parliament buildings to show definitely find house parties to be continuously told to step back and their strength. the ideal venue. Greenfire had such give the performers some room to I continue to be inspired a great atmosphere, much more breathe. by and have admiration for the fun and festive than Esch. [...] It’s Not only did the performers young, the old, the profession- a very electric atmosphere. More regularly invite the audience to als, the men and the women people tend to come to the house sing back verses, but Rich Jones who represent this movement. parties [...] Hip-Hop Congress will actually handed off the mic to It is a real revolution in action [...] very likely [...] be teaming up audience members to sing the and it does not appear to be with Greenfire again.” hook to his song “Back Then.” losing steam anytime soon. It The performances at Greenfire During this set, the power went will be interesting to see what brought together a group of artists out, causing Second City Citizens will happen to Mubarak and the to have to rhyme a capella and get from Chicago somewhat familiar Photo by Cindy Yetman next steps citizens will take to to the Lawrence campus. Montana the crowd going with an impres- move their revolution forward. sive freestyle. Partygoers eagerly Greenfire basement. Christmas vibrant personality for the rapper Macks, a charismatic rapper and lights strung and speakers blaring, to bounce off of. His scratching Protesters are running out of producer, was well suited in his worked together to find the out- patience and expect nothing lets in the dark and reconnect the crowd was excited by the per- and run-backs added elements to role as an opening act, hyping the former and dancing together. the show that fleshed out the full less than to see Mubarak gone. crowd with candid descriptions the power. The group handled the problems well and left the audi- Sweat in their eyes and hands hip-hop experience. of drinking and light-hearted but in the air, Lawrence showed love The show closed out with a technically impressive verses. ence with a great show. As the Minnesota MC Prof was to an up-and-coming Midwest rap- dubstep set by Sound Remedy that Bijou Creole Macks has generally focused per with no real connection to LU. left people looking for nothing on beat-making, producing many about to take the stage, the techni- continued from page 8 cal problems continued. The power The lights strung across the ceiling but more partying. For Lawrence’s tracks with Lawrence alumnus The concert ended amid went out again and Prof — clearly would occasionally cut in and out, first hip-hop basement show in Rich Jones, but might want to give pleas for “peace, love and frustrated — told the hosts that if and you could tell that all the bod- quite some time, this was a great rhyming more of his time. zydeco” and the prophecy that they couldn’t get things working ies moving were having a wonder- achievement for HHC. His memorable set was fol- “Creole music will rule the properly soon, he would have to ful time. Concluded George, “I’ve heard lowed by Live Harder, a duo of world someday.” Cedric Watson stop the show. Luckily, Alex George Prof proved a skilled per- from a lot of people that LU is Lawrence alumni who got right in and Bijou Creole had an unde- sprinted to the Campus Center and former with his onstage conduct. unfriendly to hip-hop, but from the face of the crowd. The high- niable power, a Louisiana heat demanded a new amp. The show He brought lots of energy to the my experiences and from the light of their performance was that was incongruent with our was up and running in about seven show and demanded attention. His response to the show last night I “The Executive House,” a loud and own tundra home. minutes. The Lawrence crowd was songs have an aggressive style to have found that to be very untrue. proud anthem chronicling their I am reluctant to use the understanding and had no issue them, similar to late Minnesota [...] The Greenfire show proved to shenanigans in those two build- cliché “you had to have been getting back into the show once MC Eyedea, that make his voice me that hip-hop is alive and well ings before they became Lawrence there,” and yet, this Cajun ruck- things started rolling. crawl out over the beat and right at Lawrence.” housing. Live Harder fed off of us can only be felt in one’s Prof seemed right at home into your ears. His DJ also worked their memories of Greenfire and the beats with skill and was a bones. Lawrence, and greeted the home- in the dank atmosphere of the THE LAWRENTIAN

10 SPORTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2011 Hockey dominates Northland in weekend sweep

Jon Mays a spot in the MCHA playoffs for Defensive Player of the Week, while Staff Writer coach Mike Szkodzinski’s squad. Thoren was named Freshman of In the second game of the the Week. Sheridan had two assists The Lawrence University weekend series, another huge in the Vikings 5-0 win of the series hockey team swept Northland third period gave the Vikings (11- opener, and scored the game-win- College last weekend in a pair of 9-1, 9-7-0 MCHA) the sweep. With ning goal to seal the sweep. games dominated by the Vikings. the score tied at two goals apiece Sheridan, the Vikings’ senior Lawrence displayed their talent on heading into the third period, captain who now has three goals both offense and defense, and a the Vikings got goals from Jon and six assists on the year, said couple of Vikings earned weekly Sheridan and Jon Bellotti to give about the honor, “It’s great to conference awards for their stel- them the edge. be recognized for my individual lar play. Sam Johnson and Matt Hughes efforts, but as a team we played In the first game, Lawrence also had goals for Lawrence, both really well this weekend. Most blew open a 1-0 game with four in the first period. Northland had importantly, we secured a spot in goals in the final period. Senior a goal in both the first and second the tournament.” goaltender Evan Johnson stopped period, but could not cut into the Thoren, a freshman defender, 21 shots to earn his ninth career Vikings’ lead in the third period. picked up three assists over the shutout — adding to his own Evan Johnson made 35 saves to weekend to add to his team-lead- school record. While the shut- earn the 4-2 victory. ing 13 assists on the season. out was Johnson’s ninth career As a result of their exception- The Vikings will be back in clean sheet, it was the first for the al performances this past week- action next weekend when they Vikings since February 2009. end, Sheridan and William Thoren will take on Marian University in a The 5-0 victory also clinched earned MCHA weekly awards. home-and-home series. Sheridan was named the MCHA Photo by Kofi Fosu

throw of Nick Kerkman — whose women to pass up UW-Whitewater mark of 13.72 meters landed him and finish in 10th. Tepper leaps into record books in eighth place out of the 24 com- After the meet was over, petitors in the event — and the Tepper was named Midwest Greg Peterson NCAA-tournament-qualifying per- barely missed clearing the 1.71- sixth-place finish by Sam Stevens Conference Field Performer of the Sports Editor formance in the high jump. meter height necessary to auto- in the mile run with a time of Week for her jump, which beat Tepper, a sophomore, cleared matically qualify for the tourna- 4:24.55. Madeline Steininger’s mark to set a a height of 1.67 meters to pro- ment, a jump of 1.67 meters will However, those performances new Lawrence record. For the Lawrence indoor track visionally qualify for the NCAA likely be enough to secure a spot were the exception rather than the The track team’s next meet will team, last weekend’s Pointer Championships, held March 11 in the championship. rule. The men’s team finished in be the Eastbay Invitational, held Invitational at UW-Stevens Point and 12 at Capital University in Other highlights for Lawrence 11th place out of 12 teams, while Feb. 19 and also at UW-Stevens was highlighted by Rose Tepper’s Columbus, Ohio. Even though she in the meet included the weight Tepper’s performance allowed the Point.

Tyler Crisman was the only half, but after an 8-0 Blueboys run Viking in double digits in Friday resulting in a 12-point deficit with Cold shooting leads to men’s hoops’ split night’s low-scoring contest, scor- 14:09 remaining, the Vikings never extend their lead to 17 points at Mays hit a mid-range jump shot ing 23 of the Vikings’ 49 points on able to recover. Jared Padway the end of the first half, thanks to and Tyler Crisman made a huge Staff Writer the way to the victory. Illinois College’s Nathan Kohler some continued hot shooting as three-pointer. The Vikings’ poor shooting kept the game at a distance for the well as smothering defense. Both teams continued to battle from Friday night’s game car- Vikings, finishing with 31 points The Vikings drove down to Unfortunately for the Vikings, throughout the second half, and ried over into Saturday’s con- and shooting 7-9 from three-point Illinois for a two-game road trip the Foresters seemed poised to the Vikings found themselves up test against the Illinois College range. last weekend, where they held on to change the momentum after the 48-44 with 2:55 left to play after Blueboys (13-6, 9-5 MWC), but this Senior center Erik Borresen win 49-45 against the Lake Forest break. In the final 20 minutes of Crisman sunk a couple of clutch time, the defense didn’t keep them was upset about the loss, saying, Foresters Friday night but couldn’t play, the Vikings shot just 27.3 free throws. in the game and the Vikings never “We just weren’t hitting our shots keep the momentum going against percent from the field, allowing The stout defense continued led. in the beginning of the game, and the Illinois College Blue Boys as the Foresters to fight their way until the end of regulation, as the A slow Vikings start saw them Nathan Kohler just wouldn’t miss.” they lost 79-60 Saturday. back into the game. Foresters had one last chance to down 23-11 with 7:59 remaining The Vikings will be back Lawrence began the road trip The Forester comeback began tie the game with a three-pointer. in the first half, but eventually the at it Saturday as they travel to with a hot hand, jumping out to a with a 15-1 run to start the second However, it did not fall for the shots began to fall and the Vikings play against the Beloit College 14-2 lead in the first 6:10 of Friday half, which resulted in a 30-27 home team and Vikings freshman brought the game to 37-29 at half. Buccaneers (8-11, 7-7 MWC). night’s contest against Lake Forest Viking lead with 15:25 remaining. Chris Siebert put the game out of The Vikings were able to draw (8-10, 6-7 MWC). However the lead was then pushed reach with a free throw with 17 as close as four points on two The Vikings were able to back up to eight points after Jon seconds remaining. separate occasions in the second Women’s hoops blown out Erik Borresen College Lady Blues Saturday after- Staff Writer noon. Turnover problems hurt the Vikings out of the gate. With the Sports Trivia Continuing their recent strug- scored tied at 6-6, the Vikings gles, the Lawrence women’s bas- turned the ball over 10 times while only managing to get up two shots ketball lost at Lake Forest and Q: Aaron Rodgers may have just become the most famous product of Cal football since over the course of the next 7 Illinois Colleges last weekend, the phrase “the Stanford band is on the field!” entered the lexicon. But he’s not the minutes. During that stretch, the stretching their conference losing only quarterback in the NFL to have graduated from the University of California — Lady Blues extended their lead to streak to 57 games. what current Oakland Raider and former Baltimore Raven was a Golden Bear in college 16-6, and the Vikings would not The Foresters of Lake Forest before being drafted in 2003? College (9-8, 7-5 MWC) took a first- seriously challenge them the rest of the way. half lead and never looked back A: Kyle Boller. While in college, the future husband of Miss U.S.A. runner-up Carrie Prejean Illinois College led the Vikings last Friday night, eventually going started from his sophomore season on before being taken with the 19th pick of the first 29-17 at the break and would go on to win 76-48. round of the draft. However, his NFL career has been less than spectacular — his most on to lead by as many as 24 points Lake Forest went on a 13-0 run notable achievement with the Ravens was being just bad enough to convince them to in the second half en route to their midway through the first half to draft Joe Flacco. extend their lead to 21-6, then held 58-36 Midwest Conference victory. In the losing effort, the the Vikings under 10 points until Q: Meanwhile — after all, the sports world didn’t stop during Super Bowl week — Vikings were led by freshman Cory 7:11 was left in the period. The Manchester United lost 2-1 to the relegation-headed Wolverhampton Wanderers in a Paquette, who had 10 points and Foresters would extend their first- huge upset last Saturday. The loss, the first of the year’s Premier League campaign, seven rebounds. half lead to as much as 22 points, ended United’s quest to join what two clubs as holders of the only unbeaten seasons With just three games left in a leading 38-20 at halftime. in top-flight English soccer history? The Vikings would trail by highly disappointing season, the Vikings next hope to secure a as many as 28 points in their A: Arsenal’s “Invincibles” achieved an unbeaten season by finishing 26-12-0 in 2003- road victory against Beloit College 19th consecutive loss. Cathy 2004 behind the play of Thierry Henry and Patrick Vieira. However, barely anyone would Saturday. Kaye scored 15 points to lead the remember the undefeated season of Preston North End, who won the Double and went Vikings, while Katie Van Es scored undefeated... in 1888-1889. 10 and Nakita Chadwick grabbed a game-high eight boards. The Vikings then traveled to Jacksonville, Ill. to face the Illinois THE LAWRENTIAN

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2011 SPORTS 11 Lawrence University Athletes of the week by Alyssa Onan

Rose Tepper: Indoor Track

How do you get ready for a meet the day before at practice? What do you do to prepare? My pre-meet practice usually consists of our usual warm-up, a few short sprints and then only a small amount of jumping. The majority of Standings my jumping practice is done earlier in the week so I have time to rest up my legs before competition. I mark out my full approach and make Men’s basketball sure my steps are on and that I feel comfortable with my approach. It’s MWC O’All important to make sure that my speed is consistent and that my take off placement is correct. At most I will do a few three-step or five-step St. Norbert 12-3 16-4 scissor jumps and one or two full jumps. For me, practices and meets Illinois College 10-5 14-6 are two completely separate things and so all of my mental preparing Ripon 10-5 12-8 gets done on the day of the meet. Grinnell 9-6 14-6 Lawrence 9-6 10-10 How did it feel to break the LU high jump record? What did you do Carroll 8-6 10-9 to celebrate? Lake Forest 7-7 9-10 My only thought when clearing 1.67 meters was that I had provi- Photo courtesy of Rose Tepper Beloit 7-7 8-11 sionally qualified for Nationals. It wasn’t until after that Coach Fast told Monmouth 1-13 3-16 me I had also beat the school record. It was a very exhilarating feeling Knox 0-15 1-1 to know that I had just cleared a height that had not yet been cleared by anyone at Lawrence University during indoor track. I am thrilled to have contributed to Lawrence’s record history and I hope to continue doing so. Women’s basketball MWC O’All How are you preparing for the NCAA Championships? What are your goals for the meet? Participating in the NCAA Championships shifts my workouts to a different schedule. Instead of practicing to peak at conference, I am St. Norbert 14-1 18-2 now practicing to peak at Nationals. This means that I will train harder in the weeks leading up to conference than I have in the past so that Monmouth 11-3 13-6 I can taper off right before Nationals. I will practice jumping at higher heights and get used to coming in at a higher height since opening Illinois College 10-5 12-8 height will be higher at Nationals than it is at other competitions. I would love to leave as an All-American high jumper when I compete at Carroll 9-5 13-6 Nationals but my goal is to perform at the best of my ability. Lake Forest 8-5 10-8 Grinnell 6-9 7-12 Do you prefer indoor or outdoor track? Beloit 5-8 7-11 Obviously my favorite part of track and field is the high jump; personally, I find it easier to jump outdoors and I have always performed Ripon 5-10 6-14 better outdoors. Being able to practice jumping with my spikes is something that I can’t do indoors and I believe that it is definitely one of Knox 4-10 5-14 the advantages for the outdoor season. So because of this I would have to say that I do prefer the outdoor season over the indoor season. Lawrence 0-15 0-20 Is there a professional/famous jumper that you look up to? Hockey To be honest, I probably couldn’t even name one professional jumper. All I know is that I have always loved jumping and that it is what MWC O’All drives me to become better. It is impossible to stop working hard at something that you love. And for whom I look up to, I would have to say it is my number-one fan: my dad. Also, I am lucky to have an entire team behind me to back me up and cheer me on. The seniors on the MSOE 14-1-1 17-3-1 team who graduated last year and the upperclassmen on the team now are the ones who helped me along the way and who have inspired Adrian 14-1-1 17-3-1 me to become better. Marian 12-4-0 15-6-0 Lawrence 9-7-0 11-9-1 Northland 5-9-2 6-13-2 Lake Forest 4-11-1 4-16-1 Finlandia 2-14-0 2-18-0 Frederick Breslow: Fencing Concordia 1-14-1 1-19-1

What is the hardest part about fencing? The hardest part about competing in Division I NCAA fencing is that bouts can be as short as 20 seconds, so it is incumbent upon fencers to size up their opponent, gauge their strengths and weaknesses and adapt all without getting hit. This means each touch is as taxing as a 100-meter sprint and a chess game. Furthermore, when fencing Olympic caliber fencers, those 20 seconds really fly. Such bouts can be moral busters when going over one’s win-loss record, but competing against someone who is amongst the top .5 percent in the world is always a stimulating learning experience.

If you could fence against anyone in the world, who would it be and why? I’d like to go 15 touches with Nicolas Lopez — a gold and silver medalist at the Beijing Olympics from France. I’ve collected about 20 hours of his competition footage and attempt to emulate his style in my own sabre fencing. He composes a lot of risky but devastating traps, which exploit any opponent’s lack of attention to detail.

How did you get started fencing? What’s kept you in it? I started fencing at Culver Military Academy as part of modern pentathlon train- ing. After fencing épée for a few weeks I realized that I loved fencing in its own right and decided to pursue the sport further. What’s kept me in the sport it is a genuine appreciation for fencing, and since athletes can compete competitively whether they’re in their teens or sixties on the Olympic level I see no reason to stop. No matter where Statistics are courtesy of in the world one goes with this sport, there is always an opponent with a novel way of www.lawrence.edu and www. approaching what you had believed were sound strategies; the fact that one is always a midwestconference.org student of the sport has kept me fascinated with fencing. and are current as of February 9, 2011. If you could play another sport in college, what would it be and why? Polo. It’s fast and has a great team dynamic. Photo courtesy of Frederick Breslow

What are the different types of weapons that are used in fencing? How do they differ? While the three blades in fencing appear similar, they are all radically different in their scoring ability and tactics. In sabre, one scores by making contact between their blade and their opponent anywhere above the waist, excluding wrist to fingers. Simultaneously, a concept called “right-of-way” is employed in sabre, which forces the attacker to attain the priority of attack before they can initiate a scoring hit. Because it is so easy to score in sabre, very precise planning on the part of the attacking fencer is essential because hesitating, missing or removing the threatening blade transfers the “right-of-way” to the opponent. Foil also employs “right-of-way,” but touches are scored by depressing the button-tip of the blade on an opponent’s valid target area, no credit for swipes or sliding, with over 500 grams-force. The valid target area for the Foil is anywhere on the torso of the opponent. Because the head and arms are not valid, as they are in sabre, foil fencers must accurately thrust to the opponent’s torso without becoming exposed in the process, or losing their “right-of-way”. In épée, one achieves points by depressing the tip of their blade onto their opponent with more than 750 grams-force. Points can only be scored by depressing the tip, as in foil, but the valid target area is the entire body from the head and pinky finger to the toes. Epée does not employ “right-of-way” so each fencer may score at [almost] any time, which results in calculated and conservative tactics on the part of both fencers. THE LAWRENTIAN 12 VARIETY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2011 The Lawrentian Editor-in-Chief: What’s on your iPod? Maureen Darras Business Manager Jinglei Xiao Ian Wallace ‘11 Managing Editor: Mya Win

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