Burns gets feedback! page 8 The Davidsonian VolumeLXXXI,Number13 DavidsonCollege,Davidson,NorthCarolina28036 Wednesday,January 24,1990 Former mayor Gantt gives praise andadvice NCsenatorial candidate tells 11thHour audience to carry onKing's work ByJAYCHAUDHURI eryandthatis tobecelebrated. Wehad power." however, the real responsibility lies HarveyGantt,formermayorofChar- verylittleinformaleducationyetwe've Thesedilemmas canbe tracedto"the with black Americans, said Gantt. lotteand prospective senatorialcandi- donewell.Andthere'salot tocelebra te, swing of the political pendulum." "Thereisa needforblack America not date forNorthCarolina,spokeforElev- especially thedailystruggleofordinary Currently,saidGantt,thependulumis to forget their roots, especially those enthHourlastThursday. citizens." swinging to right, fueled by the reli- whoaremoving up," hesaid. In recognizingMartin Luther King, In this respect, Gantt wanted tore- giousright. Ganttthen wentontociteanexample, Jr.'sbirthdaythatweek,Ganttelected to memberKingnotasamartyr orforhis The waytocounterthis "swing" will saying thatan educated,affluent law- speak on "Black Americans and their great speeches,butrather "asaman,a require the participation of African- yer should tutor someone in church placeinthiscountry." humanbeing,anordinarymiddleclass Americans. "We need to find a way of rather than playgolf.Itis this kind of Incelebratingthepast,Ganttsaidthat folk,anindividualwhomovedmillions linking themiddleand upper class in- attitude thatisneeded tobridgethegap asa youngster hehad heard stories of ofpeople." telligentsiablacks withthelowerclass," among theraces,said Gantt. ordinary black men and women who However,according toGantt,prob- proposedGantt. "We have to make that effort. We displayed courage and heroism. It is lemsstillexistinblack America."While Racial problems also exist because havetobeleadersinthatprocessandin their accomplishments that Gantt re- we'vecomealong way,there'salotof there isnot enoughhonest discussion devising government andpublic pol- members most vividly. things weneed todo," hesaid."We've between theraces.Thishasresultedin icy," heconcluded. "They had to be mentally tough, come a longway inclimating the ves- "agrowinggapbetweenthewhitesand Although Gantthasn't officially an- physically strong, and believed in tiges of second-class citizenship, but blacks,"hesaid. nounced hiscandidacy for the Senate something beyond themselves," said there isreason tobeconcerned even at Thesolution tothese racial tensions position, he is "deep in deliberations Gantt. "Thefactis,we'vesurvivedslav- the height of economic and political should be a total community effort. and closeto doingit." High tech computer classroom hit campus New computers willease shortage By SUZANNE CRAYMER The computers were in- lows the professor to access denfs screen to everyone or puter center has sponsored Anew computer facilities stalled to meet the needs of data from any student's displaya screen on the over- demonstration classes for room recently opened on instructors. AssistantDirector screen. "Instead of walking headprojector. professors throughout the third floor Chambers. The of Academic Computing Sue around theroomand looking The computer room will be term toencourage theroom's installation of 21 student Varga-Wardsaid,Thefaculty over shoulders,"said Varga- closed tostudents during the use. Networks to individual IBM-55 terminals and one needs tohaveafacility tosharc Ward, "the professorcancall day inorder to allow profes- officesandotherbuildingsisa instructor terminal marks a ideas withstudentsinanelec- upany student'sscreenonhis sors flexibility in using the long-termoption. new development for tronicenvironment." Allof the orher terminal.Theprofessor room. Professors can either Studentsareallowed toin- DavidsonCollege.Nowpro- IBMsarecurrentlyhookedup can thensee where the prob- schedule their classes in the dependently use the room fessorsfromanydepartment tothe network. This network lemisandcauseanansweror roomforanentireterm,usethe from5 to11eachnight.There willbeabletousecomputers enables computers to share suggestion to appear on the room on anirregular basis or willbe a student assistant in as an integral part of their data. student'sscreen."Inaddition, bring their students inon the the room as well as several lessonplan. The instructor terminal al- theprofessorcansendonestu- spurof themoment.Thecom- computer servicemanuals.

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Roadblock permanentnearBaker SportsComplex JoinCharlotteservice project Theroad thatrunsinfront of theBaker SportsComplex hasbeenopen for The Davidson CollegeChapelCommittee willsponsor the annual Aware- several weeks tohelpfacilitate the movefromJohnsonGym. ness Weekend,a weekendlongserviceprojectininnercityCharlotte,February Maintenance Engineer Phillip Cashion says thataccess tothisroad isonly 9-11.Students will be workingin projects such as Habitat for Humanity, temporary. GroverMeetze,directorofFacilitiesPlanning,hascalled for that MetrolinaFoodBank,SalvationArmy Shelter andothers.All thoseinterested road tobeblockedoff atalltimesonce thetransition to thenewsportscomplex involunteeringmaysignupin theChaplain'sOffice (basementof theUnion). iscomplete. Thoseinterestedinlearningmoreabout Awareness Weekend should contact ChaplainChuckHasty.

PhiDelt willstay Admissions to lose despite low numbers Parker to CA school ByGARY WHEELER By CLAY WRIGHT Due to his sincere concern and per- Despite the fact thatonlya few AssistantDeanof AdmissionsSavan- sonal, easy-going manner, Parker is freshmen self-selected Phi Delta dar Parker has decided to leave his extremelypopular with thosestudents Theta thiswinter,PresidentAndy positionatDavidsoninorder topursue who havehad thechance tomeethim. Hunt told The Davidsonian re- furthercareer optionsas theDirectorof Freshman Anthony Foxx described cently that he does not expect Student Affirmative Actionat SanJose Parker as "genuinelyinterested in the Davidson's chapter to fold next StateUniversityinCalifornia.Hisresig- future of every student." Jana Player year.Huntadmits thatPhiDelt's nation takeseffect January31. saidshehasbeenimpressedbyhisabil- juniorclassis"virtuallynonexist- Parker explained that he loves ity to "keepup relations with the stu- ent" (2 members),but also says Davidson's size and students, but his dents that are here"asopposed to just thatthefraternity'stotalmember- current position offers himlittle possi- thoseheisrecruiting. ship willnotchangedrastically. bility for career advancement or the Parker hasbeenamember of thecol- Thirteen people self-selected responsibilityandresources which will lege's admissions teamsince 1988.He PhiDeltaTheta this year,7fresh- be available to him at San Jose State. wasresponsible?orthemid-Atlanticre- menand6sophomores. Huntes- Although visibly excited about the gion in Davidson's admissions pro- timates that between 12 and 15 move,Parker deeply regretshaving to gramand alsosought toaddtothe di- seniors will graduate this year, leave the students he met and be- versity of the campus by actively re- leaving the fraternity withabout SavanderParkerhasbeen a friendto friended,manyof hisearly cruitingminority students.Noreplace- 30members for nextyear. whomwere students since1988.HeisleavingJan.31. recruits. menthas yetbeen named. BeyondDavidson Baku takenby Soviet troops;new Panama head to visit Washington !

ByCAROLGATEWOOD ROMANIA:The government revolutionmustremainpeace- increased from 1,000 to10,000 security forces from black and CAROLINE WILSON cancelled the referendumpre- ful. members.TheFuerzaismostly South African townships. It SOVIET UNION: Violence viously scheduled for January In West Germany leaders composed of former Noriega also outlines stipulations for continued intheSovietrepub- 28 that would have outlawed said that a freely-elected East soldiers. constitutionalreform inSouth licof Azerbaijan,asiteofethnic theCommunistparty.Officials Germangovernmentmust join Africa. unrest between Christian alsoannounced cuts might be them in declaring German SOUTH AFRICA: At the President Mugabe of Zim- Armenians and the Moslem madein the flow of electricity unity as their goal and indi- three-daymeetingof the Afri- babweclaims tohavereceived Azerbaijani majority. On Sat- tosomelargeindustries. cated that treaties now being canNationalCongress,Walter U.S.backingforthe document. urday Soviet troops broke negotiated between the two Sisulu urged the congress to The interference ofan outside throughblockades and shot at POLAND: Last week 35,000 countries were intended to "sound out" the government force could stall negotiations Azerbaijani protesters. This coal miners went on strike to prepare fornational unity. on its eagerness to negotiate and thereleaseofMandela. was the first time the Kremlin protest new government im- EgonKrenz,theCommunist with the them. The ANC's has used deadly force against posed wagecontrols. Thecon- responsible for theopeningof "HarareDeclaration" requests CHINA: Five hundred sev- Soviet citizens since last April, trols are partof Poland's new the Berlin Wall, was expelled thereleaseofNelsonMandela, enty-three people who were when troops opened fire on experiment in a "crash" eco- fromthecountryon Monday. former leader of the congress; jailed during last year's free- protestersinTbilisi,Georgia. nomicplanandareexpectedto thelifting ofabanonthe ANC domdemonstrations were re- The Kremlin is now up check current inflation at 500 PANAMA:GuillermoEndara, and other political opposition leased last week. Thousands againstnotonly theAzerbaijan percent. Polish families can Panama's new president, an- groupsand the withdrawal of remaininprison. Popular Front, but also an expect to have their total in- nounced thathe will travel to Armenianparamilitary group. come reduced by 20 percent Washington "as soon as pos- The violent crackdown has beforeimprovements are seen sible" to ask for at least $240 Campus crime report resultedincriticismof theSo- in theeconomy. millionineconomicaid.Partof viet government by its own this money will help rebuild $475 peopleandthegovernmentsof CZECHOSLOVAKIA: The homesin the poverty-stricken worthreported TurkeyandIran. UnitedStateshasgiven "most neighborhood of El Chorillo On Monday ABC news re- favored nation status" to thatweredestroyedintheU.S. stolen this month Tuesday,January 16-Milton ported that Soviet troops had Czechoslovakia. This means invasion of Panama. Endara Ray Watson reported a motorcyclehelmet worth$160 linedupalong theIranianbor- now that Czechoslovakian hasnotspoken withPresident stolen fromSmithHouse. Friday,January 19-A wallet der to control the supposed goods can be sold in the U.S. BushsinceDecember 20th,the containing$15 andcredit cards wastakenfromKumar transferof armstoAzerbaijani and marks the first stepinits first evening of the invasion Vikram'sofficeinChambers which General 234. nationalists. movetoparticipateinamarket overthrew Saturday, economy. ManuelNoriega. January 20-Several items, including books anda taperecorder $165, BULGARIA: Communists Endarafaces severe valuedat were takenfrom the24- employ- hourroomfrom announced that they willhold EAST GERMANY: Criminal mentproblemsandfearsthata YoshiiAsako.DeepakVijayathilakanalso had booksworth$135 amajor partycongresson investigations into guerrilla insurgency will de- takenfromthe24-hour room. Janu- protesters y ary 30th as a result of recent whoraided thecapital's secret velop if solutions are not of- . protestsanddemandsbylabor police headquarterslast week fered soon. With this fear, I apologize movements for a more open were opened. East German Endara has proposed that the OOPS! We for leaving Sigma Alpha Epsi- | economy. leaders said that the nation's FuerzaPublica(policeforce)be |^Ion's21pledgesoff the article last week. Wednesday,January24,1990THEDAVIDSONIAN 3

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Atasteforeveryone. ■ __„_ anyotheroltef Limit 6percoupon Not validwith J Delivery Coming Soon Checks Accepted The Davidsonian £JL Features Wednesday,January 24,1990 The English think all Americans are rich, and other JYA stories from England, Australia and India I ByPHILLIPPRESCOTT that Europe is very expensive and as it seems, most British can Themost impressivething saw was Funny Reef. people there areoften not used to the easily spot an American,and you can the Great Barrier Ifs amazing: manycolors withsharks LarryDagenhartinEngland services weexpectintheStates.Often, become somewhat self-conscious. 2,500milesof Iwent to Britain knowing what I you don't save money by purchasing Oneof my favorite things inLondon and turtles swimminginit. wouldbedoingbutnotknowingwhat thingsinquantity. was the Cabinet War Rooms where Oneplace tostay,especiallyifyou're a toexpect.SinceIwent withtheUniver- Travelingis great for a student with Winston Churchill and his staff budget-minded, is backpacker's Forabout$6a sity of Maryland program, Ifigured an International ID, which gives dis- planned war strategy during World place. night,yougetabed they hadprobably screened my house counts on the railways,museums and War II.TheTower of London wasalso inacommunalroom.However,youget mother andtakencareofother worries. other tourist attractions. In London, amongmy favoritesights.Scotlandand noprivacy. As Ilater found out, she had been candyisveryinexpensiveif youwanta Ireland possess incredible scenic It worked out well that my host boardingstudents for tenyears. bargainpresent tobringback home. beauty.TheEiffel Towerbeckons toall mother was a biology teacher at the Ihadbeenabroad beforein1986.1had All our traveling was done on our who visitParis! University of Melbourne. Itold her I spent five weeks in France and Ger- own; that was one of the great things was wonderingif therewasanisland to many, stayinginGermany witha Ger- about the Maryland program. The DanBrutonin Australia scubadiveoffoffora week.Sheknewof man family that were friends of my youthhostels and bed and breakfasts Ithoughtthere wouldbe kangaroos HarrinIslandoff thebarrier reef where family. IwashopingtomakesomeBrit- were thebestplacestostay. Actually,I in the parkslike squirrels, but it's not many biology students do research. I ishfriends,butit didn'treally happen. took aplane to Paris. Youcangetsome likethat.Youhavetogooutofyour way went to the island and brought two The British people are hard to get to really good deals through a student tofind them.It'slikeAmerica wasa100 friends withme. Theydidn'thave any know;youhad to know a person for a touristoffice. years ago. Capitalism hasn't sunk in research,so weworkedonlyninehours long time before you became good ManystereotypesconcerningAmeri- therelike ithas inAmerica. over sixdays. friends. However, Idid learn more cansexistamongEnglishpeople. They Iwas in Melbourne. Ithought it Ialso visited Airs Rock, which the about British culture,andIdeveloped think that weareallrich.SomeEnglish wouldbemuch warmerthanitactually aboriginesused tothink was the center friendships with the Maryland stu- peoplewish theycouldliveinAmerica was,but it rained a lot. Iwent with of the universe before the white man dents. withallitsamenities. Theylike Ameri- MarymountUniversity, of New York, came.Ifs thebiggestrockintheworld, Any aspiring tourist has to realize can television,films and cheaper food. but nobody in our group was from asbigasamountain,andyoucanclimb Marymount.Iwas theonlypersonfrom it. the South. The others were from Cali- Ialso went to China for 8 daysand7 fornia,New Yorkandelsewhere. nights.Itwasa$750 studenttraveldeal L J In Australia there isa bigdifference whichincluded round-tripairfare from betweenthecity and thecountry.Acity Australia anda four-star hotel,as well personisjustlike here,but in thecoun- assomeof thebestrestaurantsandmost ' try there are cowboyslike "Crocodile of the tourist attractions. fan ■ Dundee." WhenIwenttoChina,it wasthe100th AustraliansloveAmericans.Theyare day anniversary of the student mas- really excited that others want to see sacre. The country was under martial their countryand find out what it'sall law,butit wasn'thow wewould envi- about. Classes were not required and sionit. Nocurfew was enforced.Only there were noexams,but wedid have thearmy and tourists were allowed in papers. Tiananmen Square. When we went to When Iwasn't traveling, Iusually thesquare,we weremadetosignacon- wenttothepubsand nightclubsin the sentform that we wouldn't tell anyone city. One thing about Australia is about whatwesaw.However,our tour 4 14IPH^Ei, ' " * jl IE I peoplearealways onstrike. Thebuses guide was at the massacre and asked ' andtrains werealmostalwaysonstrike what we thought about theincident. 1 m I % atleast one day a week. Thetrains are The Chinese generally like Ameri- definitely the way totravel. Itraveled cans, especially those thatare tall. The $200 LarryDagenhart,whowentto EnglandthroughtheUniversityof Marylandprogram, 5000 miles for on a ticket with person Itraveled with was tall and standsin frontofthe Bridge ofSighs. unlimited stops.Australia is sospread weighed 250 pounds. They got a big Photoby Anthony Jackson, out that you really need 24 hours to DavidsonRuskScholar 1988 reach thenextbigcity. SeeINDIA,page6 Davidson starts its own version of "networking" be, By GIRISHGVALANI ogreaswemayimagineitto A word about Bitnet. It al- counts.More than enough for plansas tohow he or she will Those of us who were accordingtoinformedsources. lowsyoutoconnecttoovertwo one semester. usetheNCRtoenrichthequal- around last year re- Forone itishookedupto thousand locations world- probably thing, All this is available in the ityof thecoursethey teach,but wide, all, member some workmen dig- Decnet. and best of at NCR.BestofallitisallinEng- theyallagree thatexposingthe overa of afew au- What's so about Davidson ifs free! To those lish ging period special inMenus,whichaskyouto college student tothe applica- tumn afternoons in front of Decnet? ( or cursed, which- privileged select optionsbefore you start tions andimportance of com- Chambers. For starters,it eliminates the ever way we see it ) few who workingonyourpaper.Soyou putersintoday's worldis their Thatwas theinnocuous start need to develop ulcers when actuallyenjoycomputingthere don't need to be able to read mainobjective. of an that culmi- screams "Put issoftwareandloadsofitavail- operation your Computer Sanskritorknow whataSIMM, According to nated this winter just WordPerfect 2Disketteback in ableontheNetwork,anytime, DRAM Sue Varga- quietly or CHIP is to get the Ward, the Director of Aca- before we allreturned: thein- Drive A,"speedsupyourwork anywhere. Word Perfect, most outof Decnet. demic Computing at the CSC, stallation and debugging of hugely, allows you to print in TurboPascal,TurboC,Assem- The NCRhas much to offer another often-overlooked yet Decnet, the Davidson Com- anyoneof twonetworkedloca- bler,Debugger,Norton'sUtili- for professorsas well. extremely important advan- Network. The latest tionson campus froma single ties, MathCad, MPP, Ma- puter Members of the faculty who tageof theNCRis that offers achievement of the Computer terminal,or asamatterof fact, trixPad,ODE,IAPL and have it Quat- already started using the the faculty and the student Servicesinthisregardhasbeen print onanyone of seven net- tro are just a few to your NCR get include RichardNeidin- bodyatDavidsonan to successfullyputintoopera- worked printers across cam- hands on. Those of us who opportu- gerandBruce Jackson,profes- nity toenjoy theadvantages tiona classroom inChambers pus,includingtwoLaserPrint- know what it is to suffer ago- of sors of mathematics; and a Mainframe Computer, specifically designed for those ers from any one of 40 net- nies whenourdisketterunsout David an Martin, professor of opportunity classes which stress (no pun workedterminalsaroundcam- of room for the file we must economics. presently Some who antici- availalbe to intended) the application of pus. save willsurelyappreciate very few even in the pateusingitlater thissemester theU.S.A. intheircurriculum. Interested? There's more. It fact that Decnet makesit pos- computers are Mary Thornberry,profes- For how Four-letter words are bad allows students access to the sible for the student to now detailson toget the sor of political science; Glenn mosttout of network, enough;eight-letter wordslike campuselectronicmailsystem store 1.4 Megabytes of Word C. the par- Lindsey, professor of eco- ticipate inone of "Intro, computer are worse still. But as well as to electronic mail about nomics; the to PerfectorQuattrofilesor andZoranKuzma- the Network" workshops strangelyenoughtheNCRasit systems at other colleges via 140 six-page papers through novich, professor of English. sponsored by the is called, will not be such an Bitnet. the Network in their VAX ac- Each of them has Computer innovative Services. To signup,call2402. Wednesday,January24,1990 THEDAVIDSONIAN ======^======^:=== 5 Children of the malt,part II: Sampling some more unusual American brews ByJOHNHUTCHINSON good partybeer thatis a little tive,no aftertaste whatsoever, "Youcan tastethesharpnessof ents should give to their chil- This week's guest drinkers on the weak side.Sweet after- no aesthetic qualities. Smells alcohol" -Snapp. "Smells like dren whentheyarein9thgrade were Russell Snapp, assistant taste "like honey" -Snapp. "I vaguelylikeaskunk or "aPat- thereally musty room inyour so they willthinkthatallbeeris professorofhistory,JulieGib- could see sittinginatavernand tersoncourtparty"-Gibert."It house that you don't want to bad"-Gibert. ert,visitingassistantprofessor knocking this back and not is drinkable. You could sit open. Icouldn't drink any August Schell Weiss (New ofhistoryandHumanities,and noticingit."-Devereux. around andget totallyblasted more than two tablespoons Ulm, MN): Tastes like wine David Devereux,English his- Dixie Beer (New Orleans, onthis.Itwasmeanttobecon- full." -Gibert. "I'mupgrading and smells like glue. "Grows torianandGibert'sspouse. LA):Standard,main-linebeer sumedinalargeplasticcup."- this froman"F toa*D-'on the on you" -Devereux. "I Iextend many thanks to with alittlemorebody. Weak, Devereux. off chance that there may be wouldn't choose it,but it is them for their input. Ialso tinny aftertaste. "Ilike it less Sun Valley (Helena, MT): somethingworse"-Devereux. dlinkable.Iwouldgowellwith thank Charles Houck, the themore Idrink it" -Devereux [This was SunValley'sspecial Anchor Liberty Ale (San cheese" -Snapp. "It would go Domino's Pizza Guy, who and Snapp. "Tasteslikeit was winter beer]. Smells like Eng- Francisco,CA):Tastebeginsas better with fruit loops" - wandered inoff thestreetsand cut with soda water" -Gibert. lish ale. A good food beer not grapefruit and resolves itself Houck. "If Iwant wine, I'm joinedushalf-way throughthe Anchor Steam (San Fran- made for drinkinginquantity. into lead. Unpleasant, sweet goingtopayfor wine,notbeer" evening, and Michele Miller, cisco,CA):Heavy,acridflavor Made to sip, not gulp. Rich, smell. "I think this really is -Hutchinson. campaign communications smoothed out theaftertaste. smooth taste. "Wonderful gross.It the"F August Pilsner (New by is Iwasthinking* Schell specialist in the CollegeRela- Would go well with heavier beer" -Snapp. "Good for a ofwhenIgave Mickeya D-'"- Ulm, MN): Yeasty smell, tions office, who provided food thatisnot toohot. "Good drinkandachat withafriend." Devereux."Ifyoulikebeer that cloudy appearance. Descrip- moralsupport. beertonursealong— definitely -Gibert. tastes like grapefruit,buy this tions of taste range from Afteralongdiscussionabout not a toss-it-down kind of Mickey's Big Mouth Malt beer" -Houck. 'Tastes like a "smooth" to "sweet" to whether or not to useminuses beer" -Gibert. Liquor (LaCrosse, WI): The beer that sat in a can for five "sharp." Asfarasagoodbeeris when grading the beers, my Genesee 12 Horse Ale smell makes you not want to years" -Hutchinson. "Oh my concerned, it is ordinary" - guestdrinkers andIgot down (Rochester, NY):Not distinc- drink it.Noaesthetic qualities. God.This is thebeer that par- Houck. "It tastes like bread, tobusiness. and Ithink it needs butter" - We judged the quality 12 Gibert. American brews over theeve- Augsburger Dark (Monroe, ning. Another five, including WI): Nice smell. No body, Lone Starand Samuel Adams, which is very disappointing, remain refrigerated until the Gibert Devereux Snapp Houck Hutch giventhedarkcolor.Veryordi- groupcanreconvene. nary. Smoky, metallic taste. To keep my guest drinkers Maui Lager B B- B B- C "Tastes like someone tried to on their toes during theblind Dixie C- D C+ C convert afoundry intoabrew- tasting session, Ithrew in AnchorSteam B B- A- C+ ery"-Houck. Mickey's BigMouthMaltLiq- Anchor Porter C- C+ B- C C St. Stan's Alt Amber uor, the worst malt liquor I LibertyAle F F F D F (Modesto, CA): Smells like could find. They were not Genesee 12Horses D D D-D strawberry jello. Distinctive fooled. SunValley A- A- A- A tasteis there,butit goesaway Mickey's MaltLiq. F D- F- F quickly. "Better than average byalittle bit.The tastedoesn't SignificantComments: August Schell" Weiss C+ C+ C+ C B- . Pilsner B- B- B+ B B grabme.Ifs toobubbly,almost MauiLager (WailukuMaui, AugsburgerDark C C C C D+ likechampagne"-Snapp. HI): Not heavily carbonated St.Stan's Alt B-/C+ C+ C+ B-/B C Anchor Steam Porter (San Francisco, CA): (notethatitisnotpasteurized), ; Chocolatety would goeasily with food. A 4 , I smell,tastessimilar. Miss Daisy is really worth the drive into Charlotte ByHEATHHARDAGE borsall turn out(complete withmaids maid. When Adela diesunexpectedly, film display credible Southern ac- AsIcame outof the7p.m.showof servinglemonade)togossipandspecu- both Hoke and Miss Daisy are con- cents,andthe Atlantasettingisren- DrivingMissDaisy,Inoticed a jam- lateaboutMissDaisy'sdrivingability. fronted withtheir ownmortality. dered toperfection. packedlobby withcrowdsofpeople Miss Daisy's son,Boolie,played by The agingprocess then starts todi- The changing times which Hoke streamingoutthe door.These9p.m. Dan Ackroyd, decides to hirea chauf- minishMiss Daisy'smental capacities. and MissDaisy livethrougharere- theater-goersallhad the same look feur to do her driving. Thus beginsa Hokehelps tobringMissDaisyback to flected throughsmallbutimportant ontheir faces: "Is this movie worth battle royal between Hoke (Morgan reality,andhegivesher the strength to details such as oldadvertisements, waiting inline for an hour?" The Freeman), a black chauffeur, and the continueherlife. "Hoke," shedeclares, vintage cars, newsreels and radio answer tothatquestionisaresound- petulantandever-stubbornMissDaisy. "youaremy best friend." programs. ing"YES." Thegentle ways and common sense Excellent supporting performances All theselittle toucheslend anau- Driving Miss Daisy is set in a of Hoke gradually win over the tart- are given by both Dan Ackroyd as thentic flavor to the decades in wealthy suburb of Atlanta in the tonguedDaisy.The trust and sense of Boolie and Esther Rollins as Adela. which thestoryisplayed out. 1940s. "Miss Daisy" Werthan, companionship thateventuallysprings However,center stagebelongs toMor- DrivingMiss Daisy originally be- playedbyJessica Tandy,isaJewish upbetweenthe twocharacterssustains gan Freeman as Hoke and to Jessica gan as an off-Broadway play. The widow in her late sixties. She them throughbothgoodandbadtimes. TandyasMissDaisy.Thechemistrybe- playisstillattractinglargegroupsof emerges from her huge red-brick They both experience discrimination tweenthe cantankerous Daisyand the theaterbuffs inNew York. home one summer morning and due to their minority status, and this laid-back, optimistic Hoke is perfect. However,if you want to see the accidentally drivesher car overher provides an unspoken but common Both Freeman and Tandy manage to stageversionof theplayalittlecloser gardenwall. bondbetween the two. shirieintheirownroleswithoutupstag- to home, Ovens Auditorium in The accident turns the neighbor- Hoke andMissDaisy arealsobound ingeachotherin theleast. Charlotte still has tickets available hoodintoagardenparty.Herneigh-——— together by the lossof Adela,Daisy's Allof the actorsand actressesinthis foritsownproduction. HELP Couple whoaided "The Black Student Coalition presents ..." red-headed Studentsin theBSC willput on a productionThursday,February1,tokick offthe womanwhofell celebrationofBlack History Month.Come to the900Roomat 7p.m. toenjoy by fountainat music, orationanddrama,includingthe dynamicvoicesof MelissaGivens and Southparkon Timisha Barnes.Alsofeatured will betheBarber-ScotialCollege Choir and their 12/25/89...please VicePresident forStudent Affairs,Kwame McDonald, callmeat whowill giveaninspirationaltalk. 525-8154. — v. ■ — — 6 ===== Wednesday,January 24,1990THEDAVIDSONIAN toKa- drenconstantly grabbingatmy INDIA,from page4 see. program director, while the WylieandSabrina Khan When in India, you some- women lived at the guest shmir,a cityin thenorthwest. pockets for valuables. The cit- times cannot get American house. The whole group ate Kashmirisbeautifulandmuch ies were constantly noisy. It kick outof him. products. India does not have their meals at theguesthouse, greenerthanmostof,India.The washardfor me torelax.Even Coca Cola; instead they have which was also our meeting Indians thereare Muslimand inthepark,peoplewouldcome Kirk Williams inIndia Campa Cola,whichissweeter. place. are seekingindependence. up to me and ask me about Iwanted to goabroad,butI Fruit drinks are morepopular The group spent a month Ihadone particularly fright- myself andmy country. had already seen most of Eu- inIndia.American televisionis traveling in northern India. ening experience during my Ienjoyed the temple in Sri rope.Indiawasaplacehard to almost never seen because of TheSouth wasmoreconserva- stay in India. One day after Brahadeshuara, which gave get to unless you planned thelanguagebarrier. Theyget tive, with few touristsandless walkingthroughRajasthan,an me a special religious feeling. ahead. some low quality American westernized. In places, the abandoned fort, Idiscovered Negarkat, Nepal was a very Ihad envisioned India as and foreignfilms.Iwas really North wasoverrunbytourists. that there was no transporta- relaxing place. The temple is havingextensivepoverty,soI shocked tosee "Batman" come Our group enjoyed the days tion totakemetothebottomof about8,000 feet tall. wasn't shockedupon witness- outinvideoinOctober whenit spent at the town of Ooty, a the mountain. Iwas really OnenightIsaw themostin- ingit.Indians seeAmericansas wasamovie just thatsummer. British Hill Station. The alti- scared because Ihad to walk credible sunsetIhadever seen very wealthy and friendly. Our Davidsongroup stayed tude there was 7,300feet, and througha bad neighborhood; overlooking the Himalayas. They have a low opinion of at Madras Christian College, the50-degreecloudy tempera- furthermore, it was getting ThenextmorningIroseat5:30 American women. Theyoften which is in southwest India. tures very carryingalotof to see the most beautiful sun- were refreshing. / darkandIwas picture themasharlotsbecause Themenstayedatthehousesof Wehadoneweek totravelby money. rise Iwill probably ever wit- of the American movies they the college president and the ourselves. Iwent with Jay Ihadtodeal withyoungchil- ness.

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ByJOHNBURNS overeightpoints. AppalachianState 88-Davidson60 UNC-W74-Davidson58 TheCatshikedup toBoonetofacethe TheWildcats traveled toWilmington Mountaineers on Monday night in Thursdaytobattle theSeahawksof the Alumni Gym. Davidson outplayed Colonial Athletic Conference. They ASUin the firsthalf,largelybehind the made the trip without second leading effort of JaySchmitt, whoscored 16in scorer MagicGaines, wholeftthe team thegame. However,a murderous run for unknownreasons.Gainescouldnot by theMountaineersin thesecondhalf bereached for comment. did inthe Wildcats as thelosingstreak TheWildcats,even withthereturnof continued at12. MoGray,whoscoredninepoints,could The Cats out-rebounded App State not hold off the Seahawks. UNC-W 51-36 and once wenton a 15-2 run to walkedaway witha16-point win. pullawaynear theendof thehalf. With 17:21remaining inthe game,the score Winthrop51-Davidson49 was 37-34 Davidson. A little over 11 TheWildcats playedbetterSaturday minutes later,it was64-39, ASU. nightandtook the13-3 Eaglesdown to This game showed Magic Gaines thewireinBelk Arena.Bothteams shot absence, as Coach Bob McKillop around38 percent,but theEagles won pointedtoa "lackof leadership" inthe thegame with excellent 21for 30 foul second half. Denmond was held to shooting. In comparison, Davidson sevenpointson2 of11shooting. j^ >i wenttothelineonly 11times. The Wildcats did benefit from the Li\ ■-/■ft- 1 an-^J The Eagles were without leading return of 6'7" Paul Drobnitch, who scorer Shawn Wise, but recovered to scored two points on an open court pull out the victory after the Wildcats dunk. wasted 27 seconds before fouling a Winthrop player. After a missed one- Nextshots and-one,DarryStricklandintentionally The Cats travel toSouth Carolina to fouled GeorgeHenson,whohithissec- play the Gamecocks onThursday and ond shot. Mo Gray's desperation shot host Wofford on Saturday at7:30p.m. missed at thebuzzer. inatelevised game. PaulDenmond scored 17pointsand TheSGA is trying toorganizea bus extended his streak of double-figure trip to Furman on February 8.Get in games to 17. No other Wildcat made touch withthemfor more information. DarryStrickland,(#30)sinksinanice layup forDavidsoninlastweekend'sgame againstWinthrop. photobyTimDancy Baseball fans get ready...the seasonishere Baseball looksfor 30 winsin1990 ByGIGGYMAXWELL tion at second base isMikio this stage with Ralph Isernia thumb asopposingbatters tat- pitched led the Wildcats last The1990versionof theWild- Aoki (.296, 3 HRs, 25 RBIs). (.207, 0, 6),LinWilliams (.226, tooed theWildcatstaff.Oppos- year. Wilcox is looking for catbaseball teamopensitssea- Aoki filled the catching spot 0,3)andDanCotton(.256,0,4) ing-teams had a .301 average double figures in the win col- son ina little over two weeks last year.Hemade the transi- vying for theposition. All will and scored just over six runs umnthis season. with a home double-header tion well and led the teamin likely see playing time in left pergame. Derek Twombley (4.68, 0, against UNC-Asheville. Ifs a RBIs. fieldandshould share theDH Greg Wilcox anchors the good bet that it will improve Theplayerto watch this sea- spot. starting staff. His 3.77 ERA, SeeBASEBALL,page12 overlast years12-27record. son is shortstop Robert Een- Pitching waslast year'ssore five wins and 88 1/3 innings Last year's season began hoorn.Eenhoornisafreshman with15of theWildcat'sfirst16 fromRotterdam,Netherlands, dates being rained out. The and w«jsamemberoftheDutch teamneverreallygotoutof the National team.He hasalready In goodhealth starting gateafter that. beennamed a pre-season All- WiththisgroupofCatsayear American and is a legitimate A brief history older, an equally challenging proprospect.Themiddleaged schedule should see them re- men that you see droolingin ByMARKD.PUCKETT writer/director/playwright. "And don't come back, turnto the 20+ winlevel,with the stands will be Major A fewcenturiesago,Wil- Heeven jogged thricea week ne'er-do-wells, lest your anoutside shot at30. League scouts. Catch him Ham Shakespearecouldn't and if he didn't feel,like jog- facebepillaged." Here'showthestartersbreak while youcan. bench-press a copy of Ro- ging,he used the rowingma- William became one of down: At thirdbase willbesopho- meo and Juliet.Other play- chine. the most prolific play- Calling the signals behind moreMikeLiebdzinski(.261,0, wrightsbeathimupevery- Upon walkingout of the Ye wrightsofour timeandalso the plate will be 5'97 175 18). Lebo led the wildcats in dayandtookhisalemoney, Olde Nautilus Center one wrotea lotof plays,evenif poundMac Chapman,afresh- 1989 with 111 assists and 17 after whichWilliam would Wednesdaymorn, threeugly, he wasprolific, manoutofGaithersburg,M.D. doubleplays. crycopioustears andsay: mean, strong reprobates con- Therefore, we can learn Mac's strong showing in the [ Peter Hughes(.383, 0,5) will "Idon'tcare,Idon'tcare; frontedWilliam. from history: Get off your fall season has Coach Jim roamrightfieldandhopefully Theyhavegreasyunder- "We're gonna kick your McDuff and start an exer- Stoeckel convinced he can stayhealthy for theentire sea- wear." artsy-fartsybutt," they saidin cise plan. I'll evenmake a handle thepitchingstaff,even son. Last year a hand injury One day, the abuse unison. William dropped his deal with you pea-pod thoughheisa freshman. forcedHughestomiss24ofthe stopped. William started gymbag,tookoffhisjacketand brains out there in Reader Joe Azzolino returns toplay 39 games. Despite the power- goingtotheYeOldeNauti- charged at the trio of miscre- Land. If you don't know firstbaseandputhis.325aver- limitinginjury,heledthe team lus Center wherV he ants. They fled at William's doodlysquator jacksmack age,4 HRs and 17 RBIs back witha.383battingaverage. pumpedmuchiron.Heput fierceness, for William was aboutfitness,Iwill person- into thelineup.His four home Resident speedster Ron inanapplication for a hair now fierce.Hisradiantcounte- ally write you out a pro- runsled theclublastyear.With Krnacik (.295,2, 19)returns to transplant and stopped nance shone with a look of gram— gratis. The final only one error last season he play center field and steal wearingan earring in his physical well-being. As the word of the last sentence looksreadytoanchor the right bases.Hehad16 thefts and 33 rightear.Thingswerelook- meanguys ran away,William sideof theinfield. runsscored. ing up for the famous shouted,shakinghis fist high, HEALTH,seepage12 Returningtohisnaturalposi- Leftfieldisrathercrowdedat \ " J 8 Wednesday,January 24,1990THE DAVIDSONIAN IMACtion Quinn returns withbasketball scores and street hockey IMACbasketballandstreethockeyarewellunderway.Severalexcitinganddramatic games havealreadybeenplayedbuthavenotbeen reporteduntilnow:

Week 1(Basketball): I Brant'sBeauties defeated 3rdRichP.O.S 22 to11 SeaHags wonbyforfeit over B.Y.O.C. Mike'sBack a.k.a.the LittleKingsbeat B.O.B. 60 to32 DavidsonMinus edged Skagg'sAlphaBeta 33 to30 ThirdBeast rolled over Whearpie 40 to29 Prime Times . outscored Woodie'sTeam 28 to21 KingCobras blitzed IVCF 32 to22 Iming nosedout WhiteMan'sDisease30to 28 ABasketballTeam forfeited to theMoon Dogs 2nd EastBelk' overcame theSaltyDogs 28 to23 Iming ,%. . blewaway Beeg'sPlebes 38 to37 2nd2ndWiWestHam grilled theBuschmen 58 to34 WeHope WeWin outgunned 3rdWest 28 to25 TheCousins fried 2ndWestEggs 41 to21 TheRimmers triumphedover Smegma 33 to23

Week2: TheCousins spanked TheDish 69 to25 TheRimmers ' cooked 2ndWestEggs 49 to38 WeHope WeWin < wonagainst theBuschmen 32 to29 2ndWestHam glazed MorningDru 44 to30 FreshmenIanStewartandDaveKernsheadintooneof the 30 LosNeros . vanquished 3rdWest 71to41 banked turnsencounteredduringtheindoor3000meters. B.O.B. poundedon Thrice Yea 69 to29 Photo byJay Clugston skunked the PrimeTimes 57 to39 The AllStars . . ( Whearpie skimmedby Skagg'sAlphaBeta 33 to 28 Beach sets new JerryCurland the Activators tamed 3rdBeast (score unreported) TheSea Hags conquered BranfsBeauties 40 to20 Davidsontrack record 3rdRichP.Os stamped B.Y.O.C. 49 to20 ByJAYCLUGSTON The LittleKings stomped theNiceGuys 48 to40 Both the women'sand men's track and field teamsbegan The DocsaDunk stuffed theOld Men 44 to37 their 1990 season this past weekend at the Virginia WhiteMan'sDisease thwarted Beeg'sPlebes 36 to32 TechNSanteeMarriot Indoor Track Meet in Blacksburg,Va. 2nd EastBelk subdued. Iming 31to29 Davidson's topfemalefinisherswereKathyBeachinthe3000 TheMoonDogs eclipsed IVCF 39 to28 and1600meter(11:13.9and 5:30.6)andHeather Tarpleyinthe TheKingCobras strangled CaptainPike 39 to23 400meters (65 seconds). TheKnockshots routed ABasketball Team 73 to19 Beach's 3000 meter time of11:13.9 was a new Davidson indoorrecordandbetteredherpreviousschoolrecord timeof Week 3: 11:30. Themenhadstrongperformancesby TedRichardson MorningDru doubled theBuschmen 40 to20 and IanStewartin the3000m(9:21.2and9:23.1respectively), LosNeros prevailedagainst We HopeWe Win 36 to27 JayClugstonin the5000m (16:16.7)andPeter Hartadoin the 2ndWestHam tooledon 3rdWest 72 to33 800m(2:04.4). TheCousins surpassed theRimmers 47 to34 The women'snextmeetwillbeheldFebruary3atVirginia TheDish flushed Smegma 27to24 Tech.The men competeFebruary10,alsoat Virginia. 2nd WestEggs girdled theDribblinTitties 38 to28 ThePrime Times squeakedby Thrice Yea 50 to46 B.O.B. dominated Woodie'sTeam 60 to36 On the sports front 3rdBeast raged on DavidsonMinus 55 to33 Whearpie straightened JerryCurl 41 to33 TheMoondogs stunned the King Cobras 40 to29 " Feedback is great! IVCF knocked theKnockshots 37 to36 ByJOHNBURNS team. That was not my inten- Beeg' Plebes herniated theSalty Dogs 31 to13 A lotofpeopledidn'tappre- tion. Granted, a couple of 2nd EastBelk outpointed WhiteMan'sDisease36 to28 ciate mylastcolumn,but that phrases were sarcastic and I TheLittleKings _ ruled D.F.W.B. 64 to35 really doesn't bother me. I'm probably went a little far,but TheNiceGuys bodaciouslybeat the DocsO*Dunk 42 to38 not here to please readers. I thosephrases didnotcarry the write inorder to instigate dis- mainidea behind thecolumn. Despite an exhaustive search of the IMAC office, no street hockey scores could be found. cussions among those who By now, if you haven't However,the scores of weeksone throughfour instreethockey willbereported nextweek. happen to read my material. stopped readingalready, you Just soyouknow, there werea aretiredof me tryingtodefend Severalpeoplementioned to seemed like a personalattack let meknowby writingme,or lotofcommentsonboth sides. myself. So,I'll justgive youa me thatathletesheresacrificea onone teaminthe samearticle juststopme inthehallandtell Thenegativeonesrangedfrom littleof whatwassaidtomethis lotinorder topursue whatthey as a defense of another. They me. strong arguments to simple weekend.Make up your own love todo. They said that this see a situation where basket- Different topic:DannyFord threats.IguessIaccomplished mind. school,incomparison toother ball, nomatter what the win- shouldhavebeenfired withno what Imeant to do: to get Evidently, the information schools with which we com- lossrecordof the team,ismore "golden parachute." He was people talking about some onthe signwhichreserved the pete,doesrelatively littlefor its important than a successful responsibleforClemson'sfoot- problems thatIsawintheath- gymfor thebaseball team was athletes.The situations Icriti- Division Ibaseball team. My ball troubles,but does he get letic department. wrong;the teamdoes nothave cized were pointed to as the article,theysaid,didnot help punished? No, he gets his If you didn't read this col- the gymevery afternoon,and only examples of this school thatattitude. mortgage paid off and over umn last week, Iwrote last in fact, they have only used it doinganything for its varsity Igot a lot more feedback, $100,000 a year until he signs about the diminishing oppor- once this term. The teamonly athletes. Therefore, by this morethanIhavespace towrite with another school or his tunities for students touse the practicesinside whenitisrain- logic, they shouldnot becriti- here. These comments were originalcontract runsout.All facilities here because of varr ing. cized. not all from players. There crooks should be so lucky. sityuse,disrepairjfor Bakernot Lots ofpeoplementioned to Many people appreciated were lots of people on both Know whatIPTAY(Clemson's beingopen. me that there'dbenoproblem whatIsaidabout schoolspirit. sidesofthe arguments.Ihope1 alumni organization) stands The few sentences which I ifBaker opened.(BINGO!) A few said that it would be can writeanother column that for?IfsProbationTimeAgain, wroteabout thebaseball team Here's a good one: "Some- much easier to get excited getspeople talking asmuchas Y'all. were theones whichraised the body— oughtapinchyour f about games if we were play- thatone did. most comment. The players head off.You don't f ing true conference rivals. If youhaveanygripesabout Baker Complex Rumor of took my words as a personal belong in a f weight Point welltaken. anything to do with this the Week: Partially open by insult upon them and their room!" Others resented what school's athletic department, nextTuesday. ■dnesday,January 24,1990THE DAVIDSONIAN 9 in '89led the team for the second con- Spaw and AndyPaul as wellas junior SEBALL,frompage10 secutive year. In '88 he placed third DavidWilliams (8.84,1,36.7). . HEALTH,frompage10 amongNCAADivisionIrelieverswith Predictions: .0)alsoreturnsand shouldimprove 11saves.Withmoresaveopportunities, Wins: 28 "grits" inLatin(notevery- ithmore timeasa starter. Wanzenberg should return to double MVP:Mikio Aoki means bodyknowsbecause anidiotic Stanfill (9.85, 3, 28.3) posted digits.Middlereliefis where the Wild- Hitting: Aoki .335 itis Jim word idiomatic something). avidson's second highest win total catshavehadtheirbiggestproblemsas Homeruns:Azzolino8 or or Finally,intheimmoral wordsof it season and was used mostly in opponents enjoyed scoring two of the RBIs:Hughes41 iddlerelief.The added startsshould three totals the seventh Stolenbases:Krnacik 26 Shakespeare: highest run in bumblebee, ehimimprove over thecourseof the and innings theCats. Runs scored:Krnacik 45 "I think thereisa eighth against left knee. ason. Therestofthepitchingsquad willbe Pitching wins: Wilcox 10 Sittingonmy I itdoesn't stingme." 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minute toshiverinrememberance of COUNTYOUR BLESSINGS!Whenyouputonyourshorts today,takea lastwinter. Photoby AlexHoyden,Winter1988-89 Commentaries Wednesday,January24,1990 -*■\^ "Reflections" fromJYAers onbeing members of the Davidson community

tears of our own,we knew,deepdown,thatwe had will! Bob Dixon, Slagle done theright thing.ContinuingonourwayAbraham But more than anythingelse we love the relation- Jamie andIgraduallyslippedintoadeepdiscussionover the ships at Davidson.Iremember how Billy andBetty andDaveMcKnight intricaciesof autorepairanditsrelevance toour daily used to walk hand in hand under the silently wise lives. Davidsontreesasour proud American flag tossedin Weloved the firstnightdownonthe courtas fresh- thebreezeandthesun,ahugepink andorangebeach After havingmiserableyearslastyearatDavidson, men whenTimmy, a Baptistpreacher's son,did not ball,slowlydeflatedin the west.As they walkedone wehadhopedthatgoingabroad wouldhelpustofind heed his father's warningand drank more than the could seethatbecausetheymetataco-edearinghouse ourselves. However,now that we're here we realize goodLordeverintendedafineyoungmanattending their love would last forever. Once Iwalked along thatwetook our findinstitutionforgranted.Nostalgia a church-affiliated,nationallyranked,private college with them,and, being so captured by the moment, canbe astrangebut wonderful thing. with less than 1,500 students todrink. Timmy wor- asked them to give me their hands. Together we WeloveDavidson's strongsenseof community.As shippedtheporcelaingoddessunder thewarmguid- meditatedonthebeauty,thepeace,thelove wefeltin we droveintoCharlotte oneblazinghotSaturday to anceof hishallcounselor.Wealloffered himTylenol and around us.Ithanked them just for beingthem, pick up the weekly supply of grits for our all-male or aspirin buthe chose my Advil.So begananother and then,asIspoke,littleanimalscame outfrom their eating house,wesaw onthe sideof theroad a station lifelongfriendship. little homes.Birds sangfromabove and the special- wagon witha flat tire.Weimmediatelypulledoverto We love toeat in the Commons on the weekends. nessofthemomentoverwhelmed thesenses.Butthen asktheladyifsheneededhelp.Shetoldusdesperately TheSundaybrunch,especiallyedifying followingan Billy startedsinging"ZippityDooDa,"likehealways that sheandher sonBristolweregoingtobelate tohis inspirationalDCPCsermon, wasalwaysmyfavorite. does,and wefell togetherinto the tall,cool, welcom- 11 o'clock LittleLeague game and the flavor-ice for Ilove the wayGertaused to sneak upfrom behindas inggrass,laughing witheachotheruntil it hurt. after thegame was in dangerof melting. We toldher Isavored my meal,putherarms tenderlyaround my Suchare the warm fuzzymemories wekeepburn- not toworry,changedhertire,checkedheroil,cleaned coat and tie, rest her hands softly upon my solar inginthehearths ofour minds.Scatteredandmany, her windows,showed her a shortcut totheball park plexus,and whispersensuouslyinto myear asif she we treasurethemall. and taught Bristol to throw the split-finger fastball. meantit "Oh,macaroni andcheese!" She wasthepictureofgratitudeandafew tearsbegan WeloveDavidson'scraziness.OnceIwasstudying "OhDavidsonyouare thebest to well up in her eyes. Only then did she see the quietly inmyroomandsomeoneputahoney-covered Old collegein the eastorwest" Davidsonsticker onourcarand fully realizehow she watermelondownmyshirt.Onetimesomeonehitmy couldmeetsuchniceboysonherunendingerrandtrip friend Archie witha waterballoon. One time Iwas of life.Sheofferedus $100each but wecouldn't take down at the court and saw Mark Puckett dancing Dixon,SingleandMcKnightareDavidsonstudents the money,and as we drove away wipingoff a few without his shirtas ifhe never would again.But he abroadin Wurzburg, WestGermany.

Lucia lets loose Confessions of a semi-stressed student students start campaigning for a lighter workload, Oneof thereasonsDavidsondoes offer abetter Lucia Kendall tryingtoshortenthesemester,orclaimingon"quality education thanmanyother schoolsis thatithasa oflife" surveysthattheacademicsherearesquashing heavier workload.For example, if my chemistry them into a pulp and therefore Davidson should classherecoverstwiceasmuchmaterialasachem- Many times Ihave considered dropping outof expectlessof them. istrycourseatacommunity college,thenitseems Davidson and pursuing a rewardingcareer as a Being a manicurist is honest, decent work, and fair to say thatIhaveprobablylearned approxi- manicurist. Iwouldn't have to write any more there's nothing wrong with that. But Icame to mately twiceasmuch chemistryas a community papers about whether Troilus and Cressida is a Davidson toget achallengingeducation that would collegestudent.Ifshard togetawayfromadirect masterpieceoraflop;IcouldcancelmyGREscores; expand mymind, that wouldpresent me both with correlationbetweenamountofmaterial taughtand Icouldsleep seven or eveneighthours anight ifI ideas and withmethodsofanalyzingandevaluating amountof materiallearned. felt likeit.Itwouldbeagreat waytoavoidall this ideas, that would expose me to someof the world's Irecognize that therecomes a point at which a oppressive Davidson stress the entire campus is greatest thinkers,leadersandartists. AndalthoughI studentis bombarded with so much information grumbling about (and during exams, screaming wouldbethefirsttoadmitthatDavidsonhasitsfaults, that very littleof canbe absorbed. Inaddition,I about). amainreasonformylovingitisthat,overall,Ibelieve thinkthere'ssome truthintheargument thatideas The reasons that Ihave decided to stay here ithasprovided me withtheopportunity,encourage- need timeto"percolate"instudents'brains.Never- instead ofearningmylivingbygiving customers ment and sometimes even necessity to expand my theless,Iamvery suspicious of how muchof this three coats of passionate pink nail polish are the mind.I'mawarethatIsoundlikeahorriblesnob,but same reasons that Iget annoyed when the Igenuinely believeinthe valueof asolidliberal-arts SeeSTRESS,page16 grumblesand the screamsreachthepointatwhich background. Prejudice, of allkinds,is silly little chance of any relief of the species strife that did* youask them to joinyou? pervades thecampus.EvenI,theself-selectedspokes- Doyou catch yourselfavoiding eye-contact with Matt Davis man for abolishing species strife, have made little squirrels?* progress indraining the gulfbetween us and them. Haveyou yelled, "Boo!" ata squirrel to watchit Thesubjectof race relations atDavidsonhas once Thus, the time has come for us to stop treating jumpupatree? resurfaced * again both with thecall for ablack frater- Davidson's squirrels like second-class citizens and Haveyouever gone squirrelhunting?!?! nity and the recent Martin Luther more King, Jr. learn toappreciatetheir needsand fears. Chancesare yourealized thatyouarenotasinnocent celebration. Althoughweas Americans,and specifi- We cannotafford tofurtheralienateour littlefurry- asyouthought youwere.Thetime tomakeamendsis callyasDavidsonCollegestudentsandfaculty,repre- tailedfriends.Wordhasitthatasquirrelrevoltmight now. i sent amoreopenandracially equal than However, group ever be in the works. the squirrels have been Obviously, the typicalDavidson squirrel leadsan before,we have notcompleted our journey tocom- pretty tight-lipped,refusingtoconfirm ordeny these extremely stressfullife. But what do? pleteracialequality.Luckily, faculty can we ourstudentsand allegations. If we cansuccessfully help the Davidson squirrel are some of the most intelligent men and women Before jumping up to point the finger at known realize his self-worth and potential, we will in turn around. Since the root of prejudice is ignorance, we " squirrel-haters," lookinthemirror for aminute. have realized our own. For, at Davidson, Ihave shouldhave littleproblemcoming togetherand ap- When was thelast timeyouaskedasquirrelhow learned thatitisbetter to lookatsomeoneelse'spoint preciating each other's cultural backgrounds and his"or her day wasgoing? needs. Haveyouevermadeplansfor anightonthecourt See SQUIRRELS,page16 Asintelligentandsensitiveasweare,however,Isee with some friendsinthepresenceofsquirrels?If so, Wednesday,January 24,1990 THEDAVIDSONIAN 11 Letters The Davidsonian Belligerent boybites back Jennifer LynnHoffman,MuadiMukenge,Editors JayChaudhuri, AssociateEditor Editors, Dear though, is not my purpose. Ido not SuzanneCraymer,GaryWheeler,NewsEditors reallybelieve thatmorethaneightor12 HeathHardage,Features Editor Burns,SportsEditor LuciaKendallhasonceagainwritten people in this world could John really get ChrisKelly,BusinessManager ah article condemning sexist social intoarguingaboutsomethingsodumb. Jacks, practices at Davidson. If you missed Miss Kendall's article is so irritating Timothy OpinionsEditor DougGibson,Inside ArtEditor thisparticular article,justpick up any because itaddresses somethingso ut- MorelandSmith,CirculationManagers old edition of The Davidsonian and terly insignificant.Ifsa silly littlecon- Ed Matthews,PhotographyEditor Bill Scouten,AdvertisingManager you'relikelytofindonealongthesame test which comes along every year, LauraSizemore,CopyEditor lines. Now,at the risk of a business, appearing mindingitsown entertaining ThomasHampsonMoore,EditorEmeritus simpletonbesidetheintimidatingintel- many, and hurting none. The article lectandpenetrating-yet-sensitivewitof aspirestomakenon-pointsabout anon- Miss Kendall, Ifeel that Irepresent issue.Itisn't evenfunny.Itmakesme every sensible personon this campus want toswallow mytongue. whenIconclude that this stuff is gar- There are other, equally offensive, bage. Kendall-penned gender-drivel articles Power of elections There is self-evident truth to Miss which "have appeared in this paper. thebarrageofelections heldlastyear,theabsenceof Kendall's underlying editors point that men Most notable was that whole man/ onthe ballots have arenotbetter than womenand should woman/boy/girl/guy/gal/dog/cat/ may gonebyunnoticedbymanystudents. not behave as if they are. Fine. But hermaphroditething.Letusnotignore, But for the firsttime inyears,andperhaps ever,editors were jumpingfrom this perfectly sound yet however,"ADayintheLifeofaHappy appointed by a committee rather thanelectedby the student Person," In utterly un-newsworthytruism to rail- PAX whichhints thatanyone body. i ingonthe frivolousandharmlessinsti- inafraternity orsingle-sexeatinghouse TheMediaBoard,agroupmade upofthreestudents,thedeanof tutionof homecomingqueenelections ispsychologicallydeficient. students,andseveralfacultyandstaffmembers, to is unwarranted, tedious, awful and Irealize thatI'msettingmyselfupfor decidedlastyear expandits to stupid. accusations ranging from, "What an powers include the selection— of editors andmanagers Most strikingly wrong,isMiss Ken- ignorant uncultured Neanderthal," to ofallstudent mediafor the new year a decisionbased on a ques- dall's prejudicednotion that the elec- "God,whata jerk,"butsomeonehad to tionableinterpretation of the College's constitution. tionisabeautycontest.Itisnot.Sheisso saysomethingaboutthis foolishness.If Students maybe tempted to ask, "Sowhat?" eager condemn the institution Loose, to on Lucia mustLet asitappears she Well,here's what: gender-based grounds, that she is must,Icanonlysuggest thatsheattack somehowable to missthereal waythe somethingworthyofattack,suchas,for Although mosteditorships lastyear wereuncontested,consider queen is chosen largely by Patterson example, the AtlantaFalcons' decision whatwillhappen whentwo or more candidates apply for the same Court house allegiance. The actual tohireJerryGlanvilleastheirnew head position?Underthe procedureusedlastyear,candidatessignupfor process is much sillier than the con- coach,or the fact thatSaturday Night interviewswiththeMediaBoardand are then selected thatcom- cocted notion attackedinthearticle.It Livehas not been funny years,or, by for mittee. method is,however, not nearly the degrading better still,the quality of her ownar- This has theadvantage ofallowing asmallgroup to sexistspectacleMissKendallpaintsitto ticles. studythecandidates' qualifications ingreaterdetailthanis possible be.Itismerely juvenile,likemuchof the withgeneral elections.Butinterviews for TheDavidsonian lastyear restof what westudents do. alsoincludedseveralquestions abouthowthepaper wouldsupport Defending homecoming elections, — BryanKirtley,"90 theCollege's administration in the upcoming year an unaccept- ableinterjectionofpolitics into the selectionprocess. Asmeansofstudentcommunication, thenewspaper,yearbook, literary magazine, radio station and Wildcat Handbook should servethestudentsfirst.Whilewe welcomeandencourageparticipa- tion fromstaff, faculty,parents and alumni,our primary goal is to represent the student body as best we can. Student elections arethe devise that lendvalidity to these insti- tutions:Withoutbeingchosenbythestudents,howcanleaderspos- siblyattempt torepresent them? Evenwhenelections are nothotly contended,thesymbolicsignificanceoftheselectionprocess cannot beunderestimated. Studentsarenotinfallible.Andoccasionally thosechosenbythe studentbody cross theboundaries of good (andlegal) conduct. In h©w Dnnuclh you tows us! such cases, a body such as the Media Board must intervene and should dismiss and appoint editors— but only in such cases. The yearlyselectionof editors shouldstillfall to the studentbody. We believe this was the original intent of the writers of the TheDavidsonianispublished weeklyonWednesday(orThursday)duringtheschoolyearbythe College's constitution and would like to see this interpretation studentsofDavidsonCollege.Thankstoeveryonewhohastriedtobeunderstandingaboutour reapplied. erraticpublishingschedule.Pleaseaddressfanmailandcorrespondencesto:TheDavidsonian, Box219,Davidson,NC28036.Phone(704)892-2148and-2149.Officesarelocatedonthetopfkwr The trustees are being asked to return the power of selecting oftheGreyStudentUnionbuilding.OpinionsexpressedinletterstotheeditororCommentar- editors tothestudentbodyat their next We muststake iesdonot necessarilyreflecttheviewsoftheEditorialBoardofTheDavidsonian.Subscriptions meeting. our cost$25peryear.Advertisingratesavailableonrequest.Copyrightis heldbytheTrusteesof claim tothispowerbeforeitslips permanently fromourgrasp,-jlh DavidsonCollege.

AssistantFeaturesEditor.ElizabethHowe AssistantOpinionsEditorIngridPage OpinionsPolicy TheDavidsonian commentaries its editors NewsStaff:Beth Brown,Peter Bynum,MargaretCarroll,Rami El-Amine,CarolGatewood, welcomeslettersand from readers. The GirishGvalani,LisaJackson,DeliaJohnson,TomKoonce,GeorgeLafaye,JoanneMaheras,Pete will" attempt toprintallopinions thatadhere to thefollowingguidelines: Mangone,JoeMavis,WalterPrice,Mary Russ,RafaelSanchez-Aballi,SharonLeeSchwartz, " Allsubmissionsshoulddeal withsubjectsofinterestto the campuscommunity. Jennifer Sieck,TaylorSmith,WilliamUrban,Susannah Wellford,Jennifer Whittington,Clay Submissions mustbeneatly typedorlegiblyhand-written. Theeditorswillalsoac- Wright,Molly Young ceptworksubmittedon5.25"or3.5"IBM-formatteddiskettes(and,truthbetold,we're FeaturesStaff:CurtBickers,LeeBushkell,DavidCoarsey,HilaryComan,MargaretCarroll,Liz partial tothem). Davidson, Earles, Goad,ElizabethHowe,NusratKhan, PremManjooran, John Mart Charles " Allsubmissionsmust besigned.Writers must Marshall,VirginiaMischen,BethMitchell,MaryFaithMount,KimMunsterman,PhilPrescott, present theeditors withcompelling ShannonCShields,SharonLeeSchwartz,JenniferSieck, AnjaliSharma,AdamSmith,David "reasonsiftheydonot wish theirnamesprintedwiththeir work. Thompson,Jessica Thurbee,Luise Weinrich,Jennifer Wittington The staff willnot edit commentariesfor contentor for style,but for the rules of Sports Staff:BruceBalestier,LeeCanipe,DanCotton,LarryDagenhart,RobertGrubb,John English" grammaronly. Maheras,CharlesMarshall,CiggyMaxwell,MaryFaithMount,Tracy-LynnPerez,PhilPrescott, Lettersshouldbeunder 300 wordsinlength.Theeditors reservetheright toedit MarkPuckett,ChanSheppard,BillSmith,ToddStephenson,SpiderWormuth and/orcondenseanyletter. SUff: Brentgens,TimDancy,MegDavis,FrankGibbes,NancyGreen,Paige Photography Matt " Theeditorsreservetheright nottoprint contain errors, Hull, Koonce,RobbieMcKay,RobertMarshall, Mount, BonitaPaysour,BethPharr, submissions which factual Tom Jane advertisements, or objectionable material, or which TedRichardson,CarlVanOsdall,MikevonBodungeon,LouiseWeinrich,Vashist Worah represenFa viewpoint very ProductionAssistant:PeterFisher ,- -»* similar" toother lettersprinteddealing with thesametopic. StaffArtists:ReeseBoyd, JohnMorris, J.W.Mullis All submissionsshould include theauthor'saddressand phone number.Submis- AdvertisingStaff: CherryRyan,Moreland Smith sions to the "Commentaries" section shouldincludethefollowing information: the Circulation Staff:NancyGreen,MorelandSmith, GinnyWhite author'shomecityandstate,graduatingclass,andmajor fieldofstudy (orprofession). 12 Wednesday,January 24,1990 THEDAVIDSONIAN Goings on about Davidson

ference Room, 7p.m. EUMENEANLITERARY SOCIETY: EUHall Up- FEMINISTPANEL: Mendiscussingfeminism. 900 stairs,9p.m. to10p.m. Room,7:30p.m. to9:15p.m. AMNESTYINTERNATIONAL:UnionConference J Room, CONSTRUCTIONSBY KURT WARNKE: Cham- 9 p.m.to10p.m. MONDAY | ff bersGallery,10a.m. to5p.m. CINEMA CLASSICS: "MY LIFE ASA DOG," 900 Room, to RANCH: Summer FIRST WACHOVIA: BigScreen Room,9 a.m. to4 9:45p.m. 11:45 p.m. ELK CANYON employees are p.m. * needed for thisguestranchinMontana. A represen- FOUR O'CLOCK FORUM: Tony Browder—Presi- J w tative will interview students all dayMonday and up theOffice for Experiential dentof theKarmicGuidance Center,1990MalcolmX FRIDAY Tuesday.Sign in Pro- — 1 grams,locatedinbasementUnion. DistinguishedSpeaker.Sponsors BSCandCampus OF CAROLINA: Forum,900Room,4 p.m. to5:30p.m. MIDWINTERSWEEKEND!!! C&S NATIONAL BANK SOUTH 01, to COLLEGEBOWLPRACTICE: Green Room,4 p.m. CONSTRUCTIONS BYKURT WARNKE: Cham- Room Union.9a.m. 4p.m. to6 p.m. bersGallery,10a.m.to5 p.m. AETNA PERSONAL FINANCIAL SECURITY SOCIETY CREATIVE ANACHRONISM: Union ARTHUR ANDERSEN: Sponsoredby the Careers DIVISION-INFORMATION MEETING: Big Office, ScreenRoom, Room, Conference Room,7p.m to9p.m. Big 8:30a.mto4:30p.m. Screen Union.7p.m. COLLEGEBOWLPRACTICE: GreenRoom, IVCF: BigScreenRoom, 7p.m. to8:30p.m. 4 p.m. TONYBROWDER: President of Karmic Guidance to6p.m. J Center,1990Malcolm XDistinguishedSpeaker.Spon- TECHNICALANALYSESSEMINAR: UnionCon- TUESDAY | — ference Room, 7:30 9:30 ff sors BSC and CampusForum,900Room, 7:30p.m. p.m. to p.m. CONCERT:THEINDIGOGIRLS,Love Auditorium, COFFEEHOUSE: 900Room,8:30a.m. to11:30a.m. J*w 8p.m. to10p.m. INTERNATIONALPAPER:Room01,Union.Spon- THURSDAY | | " soredby theCareersOffice. 9a.m. to4p.m. J AIDS-AMULTI-FACETEDDISCUSSION: Panel SATURDAY and discussiononAIDS,MorrisonRoom.7-30p.m. CONSTRUCTIONSBY KURT WARNKE: Cham- J bersGallery,10a.m. to5p.m. BASKETBALL: vs.South Carolina,away. TRACK:Men'sandWomen'sIndoor Track,away. TECHNICAL NCNB: BigScreenRoom, 9a.m.to4 p.m. ANALYSES SEMINAR: Two meet- Room, RICKRICHARDSON:SponsoredbythePsychology ings,UnionConference 9:30 to11:30a.m.and Dept. 900Room, 11a.m. again2p.m. to4 p.m. WELCOMERECEPTION: Rusk Scholars and those THEELEVENTHHOUR:LouisOrtmayer,professor BASKETBALL: vs. Wofford,home,7:30p.m. whohavejustreturnedfromstudyabroadareinvited — CINEMA CLASSICS: AS DOG," of political science "TheImplications of a United "MY* LIFE A 900 toattend. CarolinaInn.4 p.m. Room, EuropeanCommunity in1992." Morrison Room,11 8 p.m.to10p.m. a.m CROPLUNCH: 900Room,1p.m. to2 p.m. THURSDAY | T COLLEGE BOWLPRACTICE: GreenRoom,4 p.m. I IF I CHESS LESSONS: WilsonRoom, 4:30 p.m. to 7:15 THEUNIONSPRINGTOURNAMENTOFCHAM- p.m. TECHNICAL ANALYSESSEMINAR: UnionCon- PIONS:FromFeb.1-5,backgammon,chess,billiards, ference Room, DAVIDSONSOFTWAREEXCHANGE: CSCCon- 2p.m. to4p.m. table tennis andtable soccer aces areinvited tocom- N.C.FELLOWSMEETING:MorrisonRoom,7p.mto pete for the topspot.SignupintheUnion Pit. MIDWINTERS...INSHADES OFBLUE ] (THEONETHATBLUE YOUAWAY) FRIDAY: 8-10:30P.M. INDIGOGIRLS SATURDAY: 2-5P.M. THE COMMONS-FREETACOBAR,BRINGID LOVE AUDITORIUM. (1)Frank Whitaker & AndyBall;(2)lifeinGeneral: ShelleySutton &JerryChapman 7:30P.M. BASKETBALL GAME,Davidson vs.Wofford 10:00P.M. WALK-INMOVTE,"TheBluesBrothers/ 1"Lorax"-16mm, $1,free food;JohnstonSymplex(Oldgym)

muchas therest of us.If anyonequotesanyof these There's wrong STRESS,from page14 nothing withventingafewgripes to smiley, glib sentences I've just written back at me your roommateabouthowmuch youhavetodoand while I'm freakingoutabout a12-pagepaper thatI howlittletimeyouhavetodoit.Butif weseriouslyask unpercolating bombardment results from the ex- don'thavetime tofinish,Iwillalmostcertainlythrow professorsto requirelessof us then wearecheating common forstudents to tremely tendency doalltheir somethingatthatperson.Nevertheless,deepdownin ourselvesof thequalityofeducationwecameherefor workatthelastminute.If studentschoose toprocras- my English-major heart, Ibelieve reading inthe firstplace.Idon'toftenask faculty or adminis- tinate, that's fine. But if you don't do seven weeks Shakespeareis valuable. trators to ignorestudent opinions,butin this case I worthof readinguntil thenightbefore mid-term, the Idon't think stressisnecessarilyanasty,horrible, think theclaimsthatputtingeightbooksonthesylla- then it isn't fair for you to blame the professor for terrible thing,either.I'vebeen toldthatmany of the bus will permanentlydestroy students'lives should throwing toomuchinformation atyouallatonceor problemsatDavidsonarearesultofstressandIdon't be taken withalargegrainofsalt. for not you to giving enough time mull over the buyit.Manyof theproblemsatDavidsonarecaused Sometimes whenthe stressofDavidson concepts. by academics studentshandlingstressinunhealthy ways.Ifyour is just too much for me, I'll take a break and do Togetback tothemainpoint,however,Idon'tthink methodof stressisto handling getcompletely trashed somethingmindlesslikepolishing nails.Butwhen thathavingaheavyworkloadis nasty,horrible,ter- four week, my a nightsa then of course you're going to my nails arepainted,I'mglad thatI pick my rible about ideas,and perhaps can up thing.Learning more haveproblems. If your nerves turn tobananapud- book and getback to work. importantly,acquiringtheskills thatwillhelpuskeep dingevery time youhave an assignmentdue, then learningevenaftergraduation,willbeadvantages to you'regoingtohaveproblems, too.Yes,Davidsonas us for therestofour lives.Andourfouryearshereare aninstitution shoulddoas muchaspossible tohelp SQUIRRELS,frompage14 certainlythebest,ifnot theonly,opportunity we will studentslearn tomanage stress. Butindividual stu- view have for thatkind ofeducation. dentsshouldbeconfident thatwecanlearn tohandle of and help thoseinneed than tonot do so. Idon'tevenlikeusingthe term "heavy workload" it.Sure,ifsadragsometimes,but wehave tolearn to Maybe,before wintercreepsaway,youcaninvite becauseitmakes thereadingand thestudysoundlike deal withit.Stressisn'tjustgoingtogoaway.Seventy asquirrelfamilyhometoroastsomechestnutsover aburden,notanopportunity.Ifs soeasytogetcaught percentofDavidson'sseniorswillgoontosomeform thefireandspread the warmth weallhave within upinthefeelingthatwearebeingcrushedbyit thatwe ofgraduateschoolnextfall.Doyouthink law school us. oftenlosesightof howreally fascinatinga lotof this ormedschoolordivinity schoolwill meanlesspres- stuff is. sure? Do you think parenting two kids will beless Matt is a Now, complain Davis freshmanfromDunwoody,Go. Iwhineand about theworkload as stressful thantakingfiveclassesasemester? V ______J