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Sthe independentTUDENT newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis LIFE since eighteen seventy-eight Vol. 130 No. 34 www.studlife.com Friday, November 7, 2008 SU working to mend budget implementation Kelly Fahy Contributing Reporter

Hoping to remedy the controver- sy that surrounded the approval of Student Union’s general budget last spring, Student Union executives and senators want to implement a number of changes to the budget ap- proval process. According to Student Union (SU) Vice President of Administra- tion Jeff Nelson, many leaders with- in SU are questioning what qualifi es certain groups to be executive com- mittees, and why executive commit-

tees are held to different standards LUCY MOORE | STUDENT LIFE than other, or category, student Student Union Treasury members vote in this fi le photo. Currently, Student groups. Union is examining the effectiveness of the budget approval process. “There was no documentation about how executive committees were exempt from.” ceive funding per semester from the came to exist or what their purpose The current executive commit- SU budget, executive committes re- was,” Nelson, a junior, said. “Cate- tees are WUTV, KWUR, Hatchet, ceive allocations for the year. gory student groups had a fundrais- Team 31, Campus Programming But despite these issues, Nelson ing expectation whereas executive Council, Gargoyle Committee, said that category student groups committees did not. The spending of Filmboard, Mr. WashU, Student “have not been directly affected by category student groups was limited Health Advisory Committee and any of the controversies surround- by a number of SU policies and pro- Connect 4. cedures that executive committees While other student groups re- See SU BUDGET, page 8 Linus to hold benefi t party

by Washington University students in alumni. 2005, hopes to draw more people than “Our last event had well over 500 University-founded ever before to a benefi t tonight called attendees and we are hoping to far ex- philanthropic or- “All Aboard the Linus Express” at ceed that number this time around,” se- Union Station. nior Dan Horan, head of public relations ganization to host The event aims to raise money for for the organization’s St. Louis chapter, children’s charities. said. benefi t “We’re looking to get record atten- Ticket prices for the event have dance,” senior Emma Fleischer, presi- ranged from $40 to $50, and 80 percent Dan Woznica dent of the St. Louis chapter of the Linus of proceeds from the benefi t will be do- Staff Reporter Foundation, said. “Everyone always has nated to Our Little Haven, a shelter that a good time.” provides residential care for abused, ne-

MATT MITGANG | STUDENT LIFE As of Wednesday evening, more glected, drug exposed and special needs The St. Louis chapter of the Li- than 520 tickets to the 21-and-over children. Graduate student Andrew Lopez celebrates Barack Obama’s victory on Tuesday night in the Danforth Center. nus Foundation, a national non-profi t benefi t had been sold in advance of the YOUTH VOTER TURNOUT REACHES RECORD NUMBERS SEE PAGE 2 philanthropic organization founded event, mostly to University students and See LINUS, page 3 Students voice safety concerns Language clubs Jeremy Rogoff raise enthusiasm Staff Reporter

Sophie Adelman and other activities, but as a club you Last week’s fatal shooting of a po- Lauren Olens have to meet regularly and come lice offi cer just blocks away from the Contributing Reporters constantly, which is hard some- Washington University campus has times,” Wei Wang, a Chinese lan- forced students to think twice about guage professor, said. their personal safety on and off cam- But Chinese students do par- pus. Following approval by Student ticipate in language tables, in which Following the Oct. 31 death of Uni- Union last month, a new club will students can listen to Chinese mu- versity City police offi cer Sergeant Mi- be saying “guten tag” to campus sic, eat Chinese food and have time chael King at the corner of Leland Av- soon. to practice their Chinese. Given the enue and Delmar Boulevard, students That group, the German club, already-rigorous Chinese program, have expressed a desire for a number of will not only be involved in depart- it is little surprise that a Chinese improvements by the Washington Uni- mental activities, but will also plan club has struggled to fi nd a meeting versity Police Department (WUPD) its own extracurricular events, in- time. that range from heightened security off cluding fi lms and games. Because “I think the reason we don’t have campus to improved emergency com- enrollment in German classes is not a club is that we have one-on-one munication systems. required on campus, the club looks [individual Chinese language prac- Some students think the recent to encourage involvement by as tice] so it’s already 7 hours a week shooting sheds light on long-held con- many students as possible. and it’s already individual contact cerns that have never been addressed. Eva Russo, specialist in foreign with students,” Wang said. “I think that if our tuition money language pedagogy at Washington Despite the time commitment should be going to one spot, it should University, praised the multifaceted and the lack of an extracurricular be going toward the safety of the stu- goals of the club. club, the Chinese language depart- dents,” senior Adam Luber, who lives “The mission of the German ment is still increasing in size. At in off-campus apartments on Kings- club is to provide students with a the start of this semester, there were bury Avenue, just south of the Loop, social environment in which they more than 300 students enrolled in said. “I know many girls and guys who can explore their interests in regard Chinese language classes and more will come home early from the library SAM GUZIK | STUDENT LIFE to German language and culture, than seven teachers in the depart- just to avoid the dark walk home.” Students walk past an impromptu memorial from Sgt. Michael King, the University City police offi cer murdered last [and] discuss study abroad opportu- ment. Eli Temkin, a sophomore living weekend. In recent weeks, students have been vocal about safety concerns around St. Louis. nities and possible career benefi ts,” The Chinese language students on campus, feels no more secure even Although many students are ques- on and off campus. last week’s crime, students reported a Russo said. include both ethnic Chinese students though he lives within the confi nes of tioning the campus’s security, Luber “I think to increase security and lack of information coming from law Many other languages at the and non-native speakers. Though campus. said he has seen a decent response from safety just north of campus, WUPD enforcement. University have clubs focusing on a both groups are growing, Wang be- “An event like this hits very close WUPD after the recent crime. should institute a satellite police depart- “I think there should defi nitely more language and its culture. lieves there is a cultural reason that to home,” Temkin said. “It shakes me “Since the recent mugging and ment,” junior Jordan Roberts proposed. awareness on campus about what hap- “All of the SU ‘language’ clubs there are more native speakers. as a Wash. U. student, especially since shooting, I have noticed a more frequent Roberts said that he believes the pened,” South 40 resident Alice Gold- also have a focus on sharing the “I think the Chinese people com- it took place in a place where we go patrol car in the area,” Luber said of the University should take advantage of enberg, a sophomore, said. culture of countries that speak the ing from mainland China mostly in often.” neighborhood just north of campus. the property it owns around the Loop to Goldenberg added that she had only languages as well,” junior Ciara the 1980s now are having children Given the perceived senselessness On Tuesday, police arrested Todd ramp up its patrol efforts. seen one poster on campus alerting stu- Caprara, Student Group Activities [who are] in college, so it’s time of last week’s crime, underclassmen Shepard, the lone suspect in the case. Luber offered a similar idea to start dents of the crime. Committee co-chair, said. for them to [learn] their native lan- living on the South 40 are also calling Shepard was driving the same car in diminishing the feeling of insecurity off “I think it’s ridiculous that WUPD But many language groups have guage,” Wang said. for a more visible WUPD presence. which he had fl ed the scene of the campus. didn’t send out text message alerts or e- not taken steps to establish a club As for the Romance Languages “I’ve always felt safe walking shooting; he has since been charged in “I think WUPD needs to have a mail alerts because it wasn’t Wash. U. on campus. For example, there is no department, no clubs are available across campus, but I probably shouldn’t Federal Court for being a felon in pos- permanent offi cer stationed on the walk related,” Luber said, citing the numer- Student Union-sanctioned Chinese to students, although there are lan- feel so safe,” sophomore Mary Lindsay sesion of a weapon. back to the off-campus apartments,” he ous students who live near the Loop. “It language club due to skepticism guage tables available for French Krebs said. “I feel like in general there Even so, students expressed con- said. directly affects all of us.” about its potential for success. should be more security.” cern for their safety in the future, both Citing WUPD’s communication of “There are many ways to make See LANGUAGE, page 8 ® One Brookings Drive #1039 Newsroom: (314) 935-5995 Editor: [email protected] Please #330 Danforth University Center Advertising: (314) 935-6713 News: [email protected] www.studlife.com St. Louis, MO 63130-4899 Fax: (314) 935-5938 Calendar: [email protected] Recycle 2 STUDENT LIFE | NEWS News Editor / Ben Sales / [email protected] FRIDAY | NOVEMBER 7, 2008

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Showers Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy High 54 High 48 High 48 THE FLIPSIDE Low 36 Low 34 Low 31 eventcalendar International Saint Louis Rape victim drives attacker to police station Shepard identified as suspect by U. City Police FRIDAY 7 After being raped, a New Zealand woman drove the man who raped her to The police have identifi ed the a police station when he fell asleep in his car after assaulting her. suspect taken into custody by Kansas JAM for Justice The Auckland District Court in New Zealand found the alleged sex of- City-area police on Tuesday in con- 8-11:55 p.m, The Wash. U. Co-op fender, Vipul Sharma, 22, guilty of abduction and two charges of rape. nection with the murder of Sergeant. Come to the co-op to hear a variety of bands According to The New Zealand Herald, Sharma met the woman at a bar in Michael King as Todd Shepard, the rock out to benefi t the children’s program at 2006. Sharma drove the victim to a park, where he raped her in the back seat sole suspect in the murder of Sgt. the St. Louis Center for survivors of torture and war trauma. of his car. King, a member of the University City After the attack, Sharma allowed the woman to drive and soon after fell Police Department. asleep in the passenger seat. The woman then drove to Auckland Central po- Although Shepard, 41, has not yet All Aboard the Linus Express lice station where she reported the crime and Sharma was arrested, the news- been charged with the murder of King, Linus Foundation Charity paper reported. he was seen driving a car—a gold 9 p.m. - 1 a.m., Union Station Get out to downtown St. Louis for the annual “I almost couldn’t believe it when the call fi rst came in,” Detective Simon Oldsmobile Cutlass—that police say Linus party, hosted by the Linus Foundation Welsh, of Auckland City police, said. “It’s a unique case.” is connected with the crime, and was charity. Proceeds from this event will benefi t Welsh added, “She showed a lot of bravery and common sense. I have charged in federal court in St. Louis Night Night Linus and Our Little Haven, nothing but respect for what she has endured.” for being a felon in possession of a children’s funds. Entry fee is $50 and is Sharma claimed to police that a second man, Sukhvinder Singh, had threat- fi rearm. In the past, Shepard pleaded restricted to those 21 and over. ened to kill him if he did not have sex with the woman. guilty to charges of drug dealing and Singh has already pleaded guilty to unrelated abduction and rape charges assault. and is in jail. (Jeremy Rogoff) Police have sought Shepard since minutes after the crime, when a bystander pointed to the Cutlass and connected it to the crime. Shepard’s girlfriend was quot-

SATURDAY 8 news briefs ed in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch mentioning that Shepard “frequently spoke of killing a police offi cer and ending the unfair treatment of blacks and lower-class Meet Newsweek EIC John Meacham Missouri - National people by the government.” 3:30-4:30, Wilson 214 University City Police have not responded to repeated calls for comment. Three days after the watershed presidential (Perry Stein and Ben Sales) election, come join us for a talk and Q&A with media mogul John Meacham. Chancellor Voters flock to polls in record numbers Wrighton will be there. To RSVP, e-mail Micah Bateman at [email protected] with your A record 2.9 million voters went to the polls in Missouri on Tuesday, ac- name, school and year. cording to Secretary of State Robin Carnahan. The total amounted to 69 per- cent of Missouri’s eligible voters. Missouri also set a state voter record in 2004 with 2.7 million ballots cast, but has not had 69 percent turnout since 1992, the last time a Democrat was quoteoftheday elected to the Oval Offi ce. policebeat “On Tuesday, voters across Missouri made sure their voices were heard,” Carnahan said in a press release. “We are proud of the excellent poll workers, local election offi cials and the patience that voters showed on a day that will AUTO ACCIDENT Nov. 05, 2008-Wednesday at 8:21 a.m. go down in the history of our nation.” “We try to do different Location : PARKING LOT No. 20 Summary: A student backed from a parking space into a pass- Carnahan had set aside $2 million for this election, in which she expected ing vehicle driven by a staff member. No injuries. Disposition: a high turnout. Those funds went to paying poll workers, many of whom came charities each semester to Cleared from college campuses across the state. The money also helped pay for train- ing the election workers. PROPERTY DAMAGE Nov. 05, 2008-Wednesday at 9:59 a.m. One resource that made voter registration and information easier was the try to spread the love.” Location : KOENIG DORM state government’s Web site, www.GoVoteMissouri.com. More than 170,000 Summary: While on patrol, offi cer observed a hole located in Missourians used the site in anticipation of the election. a hall wall. RA contacted and advised that the RCD was aware Pollsters cited Missouri as a swing state from the beginning of the election and handling the incident. Disposition: Cleared by JA referral. cycle, and experts have yet to call it for either presidential candidate, though Senior Emma Fleischer, president of the St. Louis LARCENY Nov. 05, 2008-Wednesday at 1:38 p.m. the latest estimates have Senator John McCain of Arizona, the losing Republi- Location: POLICE DEPARTMENT can presidential candidate, leading President-elect Barack Obama by slightly chapter of the Linus Foundation, on the group’s Summary: Sachs Electric reported a light fi xture missing from a utility closet where it was being stored. TOC Oct. 30 to Nov less than 6,000 votes. Election offi cials will count provisional ballots and cer- 5. Value $150. Disposition: Pending. tify the state’s electoral votes to a candidate by Nov. 18. (Ben Sales) benefit party

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Chloe Rosenberg historic election. The political process Editor in Chief: Sam Guzik has been trying to engage people like Associate Editor: Indu Chandrasekhar Contributing Reporter us. The stakes are high in this elec- Managing Editors: David Song, tion. It is a good time to be voting for Trisha Wolf, Brian Stitt the young.” Senior News Editor: Ben Sales As early as 6 a.m. Tuesday morn- Partially accounting for the in- Senior Forum Editor: Jill Strominger Senior Sports Editor: Joshua Goldman ing, University students started form- creased youth voter turnout, accord- Senior Scene Editor: Michelle Stein ing lines in the Wohl Center to vote ing to Steinberg, are the new cam- Senior Cadenza Editor: Cecilia Razak for their fi rst time in a presidential paigning strategies which enabled Senior Photo Editor: Lucy Moore election. students to be engaged early on Senior Graphics Editor: Michael Experts correctly predicted that during this election. Use of e-mail, Hirshon voter turnout for college-age students for instance, was widespread in this News Editors: Perry Stein, Kat Zhao, would reach record-breaking num- campaign season. Puneet Kollipara Forum Editors: Tricia Wittig, Tess bers in the 2008 election. “If student voter turnout increases COURTESY OF EMMA FLEISCHER “There appears to be little ques- signifi cantly in 2008, it will be not Croner, Dennis Sweeney, Students dance at party thrown by the Linus Foundation’s St. Louis chapter last year. The foundation, which was Bill Hoffman, Aditya Sarvesh tion that voter turnout among stu- only due to the moral urgency of the founded by University students, is holding a new benefi t party tonight. Cadenza Editors: Stephanie Spera, dents will increase this year com- issues this political season, but be- David Kaminsky pared to previous recent presidential cause the campaigns have succeeded Scene Editors: Shayna Makaron, Lana elections,” Iver Bernstein, a professor in creating a communal culture of Goldsmith, Brooke Schachner in the history department, wrote in an participation (in part through new Sports Editor: Johann Qua Hiansen e-mail to Student Life. technologies) that viscerally engages Photo Editors: Jenny Shao, Evan According to a New York Times 18-25-year-olds,” Bernstein wrote. Wiskup, Matt Lanter, Lily Schorr survey, between 21.6 and 23.9 mil- Students mentioned several other from page 1 Online Editor: Scott Bressler lion voters between the ages of 18 reasons why they felt especially en- Linus benefi t Design Chief: Dennis Sweeney Design Editors: Zoë Scharf, to 29 cast their ballot on Tuesday, up gaged this election. One such reason According to senior Michael Haft, charitable organization that delivers number of student and alumni in atten- Brittany Meyer, Nicole Dankner from about 19.4 million youth voters is that neither Obama nor McCain vice president of fi nance for the Linus care packages that include stuffed ani- dance at the benefi ts. Copy Chief: Brian Krigsher in 2004. was an incumbent candidate. Foundation’s St. Louis chapter, the ben- mals, books and blankets to homeless Although events in St. Louis Copy Editors: Julia Jay, Nora Long Bernstein explained that in the Students also mentioned the efi t is expected to raise around $8,000 children in shelters nationwide. draw more students than the others, Designers: Mia Feitel, Evan Freedman, 19th century, voter turnout rates were pressing issues facing the United for Our Little Haven, a reported in- Tonight’s event is the fi rst of two St. Fleischer said they do not raise as Susan Hall, Katrina Jongman-Sereno, consistently higher than they are States and Barack Obama’s charis- crease in funds from previous years. Louis benefi ts to be hosted this year by much money as those in other cities. Liz Klein, Courtney LeGates, Chris now, with 80 percent turnout in 1860, matic nature as having played a role “I’m glad to be donating more mon- the Linus Foundation, which was found- In the past, their chapter has donated Maury, Ashley Nault, Lauren Perlmut- when Abraham Lincoln was elected in engaging them in the election. ey than last year,” Haft said. “We cut ed in 2005 by fi ve University seniors. money to fi nance school supplies and ter, Joe Rigodanzo, Eric Rosenbaum, president. “The fi eld is wide open, so there is costs this year and so are able to donate Although the foundation has since after-school programming in under- Katie Sadow, Michael Yang, Kim Yeh Staff Manager: Willie Mendelson Sophomore Andrew Weitz, a a lot of opportunity” junior Fernando a more signifi cant amount of money.” expanded into several other cities— funded St. Louis school districts. fi rst-time voter, said he was ready to Cutz said. “I have never seen people Fleischer said that Our Little Haven including New York, Boston, Chicago, “We try to do different charities General Manager: Andrew O’Dell vote at Wohl Center by 6 a.m. when this excited about anything before. I was selected by students via a process Philadelphia and London—the St. each semester to try to spread the love,” Advertising Manager: Sara Judd Missouri polls opened in order to have never seen anything like it.” of investigation involving the organiza- Louis chapter continues to be the only Fleischer said. avoid lines. Students could be heard chant- tion’s mission of empowering children. chapter of the foundation run by Uni- This year, the chapter has decided Copyright 2008 Washington University Student “I wanted to make sure waiting ing “Obama” on the Swamp in the “Each member researches charities. versity students. to expand the scope of its service to Media, Inc. (WUSMI). Student Life is the fi nan- in line wouldn’t deter me from voting hours after the Obama victory was We come together and look at them, Today, nine University students non-profi t organizations like Our Little cially and editorially independent, student-run newspaper serving the Washington University today,” Weitz said. announced. see which one fi ts our philosophies help manage the St. Louis chap- Haven by seeking to keep up the part- community. First copy of each publication is free; Despite early wakeup calls and “They were pretty happy. All the and then contact them,” Fleischer said. ter of the organization, and all of nerships it forms with them. all additional copies are 50 cents. Subscriptions may be purchased for $99.00 by calling long waits at the various polling loca- people screaming and yelling, and The remaining 20 percent will be given them have been working since the “We are going to start a volunteer (314) 935-6713. tions, students remained enthusiastic celebrating yesterday and today,” to Night Night Linus, a project of the beginning of this year to coordi- program with the charities that we do- Student Life is a publication of WUSMI and does about their opportunity to vote. freshman Christina West said. “I did national division of the Linus Founda- nate tonight’s highly-attended event. nate the money to so it’s not just donat- not necessarily represent, in whole or in part, the views of the Washington University administra- “I feel really good to have been not anticipate a specifi c reaction. I tion in conjunction with Project Night “Of all the branches, we bring in the ing money like it has been in the past,” tion, faculty or students. All Student Life articles, able to vote in this one,” sophomore guess I could have expected that a lot Night. most people for our benefi ts,” Fleischer Fleischer said. “It’s donating time and photos and graphics are the property of WUSMI and may not be reproduced or published without Eliana Wilk said. “I think it is a really of people would be happy.” Project Night Night is a separate said. She attributed this fact to the high money.” the express written consent of the General Manager. Pictures and graphics printed in Student Life are available for purchase; e-mail editor@ studlife.com for more information. Student Life reserves the right to edit all submissions for style, grammar, length and accuracy. The intent of sub- arts & sciences: Amy Heard, Sam Baier, Michael Post, Greg Schweizer, missions will not be altered. Student Life reserves the right not to publish all submissions. 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PuttingFORUM words STAFF EDITORIAL Student participation in in the mouths election is commendable n Tuesday, November show up early and wait for hours sensational or exciting as the foster awareness through their of the dead 4, Wash. U. students in long lines in order to cast their recent election rhetoric. Our role student groups and host political became a part of his- votes, which will go a long way goes beyond casting a vote once speakers. tory by participating toward demolishing the stereotype every four years, and students In the wake of an election, friend, peer, and colleague of so Oin a presidential election. Many of an apathetic youth voting bloc. should work hard to stay informed partisan divisions are often at Ryan McCombe Op-Ed Submission many of the names written out of us were first-time voters, and Many students also volunteered and engaged with the political their strongest, and we must take and “honored” on the tombstones the enthusiasm we conveyed as poll workers, election judges, process. The enthusiasm shown care not to let them interfere with strewn across the field, Wood was is promising for the nation’s campaign workers and voters’ on Nov. 4 should be channeled constructive political deliberation. n Monday, Nov. 3, deeply offended and saddened democratic future. Students rolled rights protection workers. These into a continuous attempt to stay The problems facing the nation 1,500 poster-board- by the exhibit, which he called a out of bed to line up as early as 6 students should be commended informed about the nation’s issues are far too important to do other- and-wire headstones mockery of a war memorial with a.m., and not just so they’d have for their civic participation and and to hold our newly-elected wise. Students have every right to were placed on the a political message. an excuse for the free Starbucks contribution to the community. leaders accountable. Students pat themselves on the back, but lawnO just outside of Graham Cha- His demand was simple—that coffee afterward! Taking part in Now that the election has should continue to engage in only if they continue the admi- pel, alongside an American-flag- the lives of friends he had lost a record nationwide turnout, stu- passed, however, the issues public political advocacy and rable conduct they showed during draped coffin. Each tombstone not be used for a political state- dents displayed a willingness to facing our nation will not be as discussion on and off campus, and leading up to Election Day. was marked with the name of a ment. deceased American soldier and “To be a soldier is not to be a deceased Iraqi. The exhibition a Republican or Democrat,” he was run by the Wash. U. Peace told Adam, the man behind the RACHEL YOON and JEREMY LAI EDITORIAL CARTOON Coalition, and was dedicated to desk. “To be a soldier is to be reminding viewers of the human nonpartisan, and to do your duty toll of the war in Iraq. as instructed.” If you walked up to the table, How dare those who ran the exhibit use the nonpartisan duty

of a soldier for a political mes- sage. At every turn, Wood was attacked. He tried to get simple As a veteran of the war answers from the people who ran in Iraq... Joel was deeply“ the exhibit—did they have per- mission to use these names? What offended and saddened gives them the authority to speak for the names represented? Yet at by the exhibit, which turn after turn, he was insulted, his motives questioned, and the he called a mockery of very core of what he stood for a“ war memorial with a as an American soldier insulted and mocked. Wood went to great political message. lengths to keep the debate a speaking-volume, verbal-only plea for the lives of his friends to be respected and their deaths to be held sacred. And at every turn, the Wash. U. Peace Coalition however, you came upon a refused to cooperate or offer him Washington University student any respect. and Iraq War veteran by the I spoke to Adam briefly, and name of Joel Wood. After just a reminded him that it was only few minutes of listening to Joel a matter of good luck that Joel, speak with the moderators of the who stood before him, was not a exhibit, I have never been more name on a gravestone. What right disgusted with a protest on the did he have to speak for those Washington University campus or soldiers? Was permission granted otherwise. to use their names? He claimed to As a veteran of the war in Iraq, and more importantly, as the See McCOMBE, page 5 Clarifi cation of the tombstone display

Adam Shriver thinking about these issues when Op-Ed Submission we were planning such a sensitive event. The past three years we put up the display, we had never his past Monday, as we encountered this type of reaction, Fright fest have for the previous and I think we might have gotten three years, the Wash. complacent and taken for granted U. Peace Coalition put the fact that our display would be flashbacks that are offering me see “The Ring” in order to be a nearly as daunting if you compare upT a tombstone display honoring received the way we intended it. about as much peace as that poor fully functional adult. them to the terrors you face in service members and civilians To that extent, I am very grateful kid in the well. So now that I’m So what’s the deal? Maybe fiction. And then, on a whole who died in Iraq. However, unlike for the suggestions people made here—tired and haunted—I have some people simply crave adrena- other level, there is the pride other years, this year our table about how a message of respect to ask, what’s the point? Why line, no matter what package it you feel when you face fear and was surrounded the entire day could be better communicated. do people go out of their way to comes in. Or to dig a bit deeper, overcome it. My roommates told by a group of people who were Unfortunately, however, the scare themselves? I’d say that feeling so scared of me that if I watched “The Ring” I extremely critical of the display vast majority of the criticisms of I’m an anxious person, I’ll ad- could forever after say that I saw and were interpreting it in a way our event were not suggestions for mit. There are a lot of things that it. Well, I came, I saw, and I guess not intended by our group. In light improvement but rather seemed to make me nervous. For example, I didn’t quite conquer (judging by of these criticisms, I would like be attacks directed at the charac- elevators, large spiders with “ the fact that now we’re approach- to offer my take on the display, as ter and motivations of our group articulated legs and oppressive The MCAT or graduate ing 6 a.m.). one member of the group that put members. Throughout the day, silences all make my palms sweat. I will never be one to seek it up. we were continually told that we And the older I get, the more my school or (eek!) commit- out fear. I have no thirst for It is important to differentiate “had no honor” and that we were list of phobias seems to grow. adrenaline, and my imagination two different lines of attack about intentionally disrespecting the Tess Croner So as someone who lives with a ment don’t seem nearly is way too hyperactive as it is. I the event that were often tangled fallen soldiers and their families. Forum Editor constant undercurrent of fear, I as daunting if you com- don’t need Hollywood to fuel an together. One of these lines I made the mistake of giving my have to say that I simply don’t get already out-of-control flame. But focused on the logistics and the contact information to one of t’s obscenely late. I should people who actually enjoy feeling pare them to the terrors I guess I can appreciate that need methodology of the display, and the people critical of the display, be asleep but instead I’m scared. The other day my room- to feel bigger and stronger than “you face in fi ction. whether everything was done in a ostensibly for the purpose of put- writing this article. Why? mates went to The Darkness, St. your fears. Or maybe it is a need way that optimally communicated ting a veterans group in touch with Is it my tireless dedication Louis’ haunted house, and came to simply (or extremely) feel in our message of respect. For ex- me, and since that time have been Ito Student Life that has me up back with stories of blood, gore the first place. ample, it was pointed out that the bombarded with calls and e-mails at 5 a.m. typing away? I wish. If and men with chainsaws. Being If horror flicks and haunted display would be more meaningful from complete strangers calling that were true, I’d be a lot less trapped in a dark, enclosed space houses help people to heighten if it had included every service me (literally) disgusting, vile, embarrassed and a lot more likely while being accosted by deranged the human experience, then I’m member’s name. It was also hateful, despicable, a pompous to be snoozing instead of banging amputees sounds like my worst something unreal—a haunted all for it. Just don’t bother buying mentioned that the display would ass, “the domestic enemy” and a my head against the wall. My nightmare (and not in a good house or a videotape that delivers me a ticket. be more humanizing if it included foul piece of scum. real reason for being up with the way). But my roommates spent 45 unsightly death—might make us biographies of some of the people It is very diffi cult to respond vampires lies in watching “The minutes screaming and clutching feel a little less afraid of the more who had died. These are impor- to people who claim to know your Ring” almost 12 hours ago. I was each other only to come back and mundane monsters in our lives. Tess is a senior in Arts & Sciences and tant criticisms, and in my opinion freaked out at the time, but now tell me it was AWESOME. Just The MCAT or graduate school or a forum editor. She can be reached via we could have done a better job See SHRIVER, page 5 my brain is rooted in persistent like they told me that I HAD to (eek!) commitment don’t seem email at [email protected].

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Andrew Gottlieb company, and thus they, like any Staff Columnist company, deserve a profit for the Elena Losey has been harnessed. We cannot service they provide (running Bear Op-Ed Submission rest now that a candidate has Mart). But the profit margins of been elected; we cannot allow ince I arrived at Wash- 100 percent and higher that they ourselves to become complacent.

ington University, I have rake in are far higher than any he evening of Tuesday, Barack Obama will lead, but the been consistently awed by competitive grocery store could Nov. 4 was a celebratory driving force behind change must the quality and variety of get away with. But again, like with one for many of us. Stu- continue to come from us. theS food offered to students. The the meal plans, Bear Mart gets dents, not only on Wash- We each have an issue: energy

University has done a wonderful away with it because there simply Tington University’s campus but and the environment, human job of providing what I consider to is no competition. around the country, have worked rights, education, the war in Iraq, be delicious food. That being said, The presence of these problems tirelessly on Barack Obama’s the economy. I urge you to iden- there are some serious problems with the food service brings up campaign from the beginning. We in the food service system at the an important question: Who is to have made phone calls, knocked University that have little to do blame? While I view it as slightly on doors, registered hundreds of “ with the food itself. The root of unethical to deceive students new voters, packed sports arenas the problems lies in the fact that a about the meal plans and to charge and public plazas for rallies and The power of our gen- quiet monopoly exists on campus. outrageous prices for a necessity persuaded friends and family to

Almost any economist will agree (groceries), Bon Appétit is a for- join our efforts. Most importantly, eration has been har- that monopolies are harmful to profit business, as I acknowledged we, the youngest voters, turned consumers, and harm is exactly earlier. Bon Appétit’s primary goal out on Election Day in record nessed. We cannot rest what is befalling Wash. U. stu- is, and should be, to make money. numbers to choose the United dents every time they swipe their One successful way of making States’ next president. now that a candidate card to buy a meal. money is to have a monopoly, as The energy and enthusiasm has been elected. Through what I am sure is an BECKY ZHAO | STUDENT LIFE Bon Appétit does. Unlike Bon that Barack Obama’s campaign absurdly complex and lengthy Appétit, however, Washington has provoked in our generation “ contract, Wash. U. has farmed out $4,276 for the Meals Plus meal hundreds of dollars. Conveniently University is a not-for-profit reached a peak Tuesday night all of its food service responsibili- plan, one that entitles me to 3,140 for Bon Appétit, few if any incom- institution, one which I would when he was elected. Students ties, with the notable exception meal points for the year. This ing freshmen understand this. This “ reveled in dorm rooms and apart- of Subway, to one company, the means that I paid just more than fact is nowhere to be found in the ment buildings across campus. tify those changes you wish most Bon Appétit Management Com- $1.36 per meal point. orientation materials sent to fresh- Through tears and embraces, we to see in the next four years, seize pany. The grave and far-reaching Anyone walking in off the men over the summer. let go of two years of stress, anxi- them as your individual mission, consequences of this contract can street pays only $5.25 cash, plus a My “Bear Facts” guide instead ety, and guarded hope to welcome and push on until that change is few cents tax, for a delicious half- urged me to buy the medium-sized Seven dollars for a box a long-awaited moment of relief, an established reality. Do not sit and-half at Bear’s Den, whereas, plan if I wanted to be able to eat of cereal? Six dollars for joy and triumph. Now, the world down again in front of your lap-

at the $1.36:1 meal point ratio, breakfast most mornings (which feels brand new to many of us, tops and televisions and Blackber- I pay well over $7 for that very I did). I meet freshmen every day a jar of Nutella? The a freshly-stretched canvas that ries, sinking into personal spheres Almost any economist same meal, the extra 36 cents on who purchased the largest possible anticipates the first clean, precise of amusement and academics. the dollar going toward paying meal plan (at a whopping $4,512). prices at Bear Mart are strokes of pigment that will color It has taken Barack Obama to will agree that mo- for facilities and staff. I know that Those students pay an additional the next four years. bring our generation screaming to “ if Chipotle tried to charge me $2 $400 more than what it would cost simply outrageous. We must be the ones to draw its feet, and a man or woman with nopolies are harmful to above the cost of my burrito for if they bought the smallest meal “ those strokes. We who have that power will not come along facilities and staff, I would laugh plan and simply added points to it. poured our passions into this again while we are young. Do consumers, and harm is and leave. Unfortunately, by virtue The fact is that many freshmen are hope would have its students’ best election, we who canvassed even not lose the momentum we have of Bon Appétit’s on-campus mo- being fleeced, and it is not due to interests in mind. Unfortunately, into the evening Tuesday night, gained in this campaign. Take it, exactly what is befall- nopoly, I do not have that choice. their stupidity. It is through pure this does not seem to be the case. we who are right now inheriting and paint upon that waiting tab- ing“ Wash. U. students Instead, I, and every other Wash. and simple deception that the Uni- For reasons that are unclear to me, the leadership of our country, leau the picture of a new world. U. student with a meal plan, am versity and Bon Appétit squeezes the University has sanctioned a must make this new government every time they swipe simply forced to pay nearly 40 hundreds of extra dollars of profit monopoly. As I hope the preceding our legacy by not laying down Elena is a junior in Arts & Sciences. She percent more than I should every out of many freshmen. examples show, this monopoly is those causes that brought us to the can be reached via e-mail at emlosey@ their card to buy a meal. single time I eat on campus. Sadly, the price gouging does detrimental to almost every Wash. fight. The power of our generation artsci.wustl.edu. There is, however, a way for not end with meal plans. All one U. student. Thus, I believe, the students, even freshmen, to at least has to do to see evidence of this is administration needs to reevaluate partially escape this unfairness. to visit Bear Mart. Seven dollars their approach to providing on- Anyone who understands Wash. for a box of cereal? Six dollars campus dining. be seen all over campus. In fact, U.’s meal plan knows that it makes for a jar of Nutella? The prices at McCOMBE from page 4 before I even set foot on campus, I the most economic sense to buy Bear Mart are simply outrageous. Andrew is a freshman in the School of was already being taken advantage the smallest meal plan, and, if And guess who runs Bear Mart? Engineering and a staff columnist. He need no permission, because “this to go on. And more importantly, of by one of Bon Appétit’s decep- necessary, simply add points later Bon Appétit of course! I realize can be reached via email at ayg1@cec. is not a political statement, it is a how the coordinator of this event tive practices. I paid the university at a $1:1 meal point ratio and save that Bon Appétit is a for-profit wustl.edu. memorial.” could think that he had the right I went back later after Joel had to look a veteran in the eye and left, and asked for clarification tell him that the lives of his on things I had heard, in a less friends that were lost in the line hostile atmosphere. I pointed at of duty are nothing more than a a gravestone and asked them to political tool. Regardless of your tell me something about the man. opinion on the war in Iraq, every They could offer me no answers. single life is sacred and should be Not where he was from, when or respected as such, and how dare Initial thoughts on an how he died and most importantly anyone try to claim otherwise? whether he supported the war Wash. U. Peace Coalition, you that he died in. They did reiter- have every right to remind Wash- ate, however, that the exhibit ington University students of was meant to be a “nonpolitical the war in Iraq on the day before memorial.” Election Day, and you have every I want to remind everyone of right to place a memorial out on Obama presidency what a memorial is, or perhaps the grass to remind us never to more importantly what it isn’t. A forget the lives lost in the war memorial is a representation in in Iraq. But you do not have the Brian Price guy knew how to run a cam- little patience. The issue that once had to deal with being a respect and honor for the people right to make a mockery of the Staff Columnist paign), nor am I going to express decided the election was the national scapegoat—that distinc- who have died. A memorial burial of our American soldiers. my fear that we’re all going to economy, which just goes to show tion belongs to George Bush stands alone, a testament to the More importantly, you owe Joel live in a Socialist police state. No, the obvious—namely, that we (who, I must admit, has seemed people it memorializes. It doesn’t and the family members of each

I’m actually going to do some- value money and our personal to take it with few reservations) come accompanied by a quarter and every name on those grave- o, Obama won. Good thing that I thought I’d never do: well-being above all else. Maybe and the other dunces who have sheet of statistics and it doesn’t stones an apology for exploiting beat evil, change trumped defend Obama. the college students whose par- brought this country to the brink put words in the mouth of those their lives and their sacrifices for the status quo, and unity From day one, Obama will ents are still supporting them will of complete ruin. But when they it honors. There was no respect in your own cause. triumphed over division. be tested. No, not like what Joe stay loyal to Obama if the market leave, they’re putting the ball in this “memorial.”

Hallelujah,S we can all go out and Biden (who by the way is already doesn’t start improving, but all Obama’s hands. On a campus like that of celebrate now, because the coun- my third-favorite vice president those older people who voted He’ll face intense pressure Washington University, where try’s saved. of all time, the other two both for him (yes, there actually were from the get-go, and his decision- such pains are taken to ensure Ryan is a freshman in Engineering & Well, not exactly. At least not being characters on 24) said about some) did so under the impres- making skills had better be good. an accepting and upright com- Applied Sciences. He can be reached via yet. an “international crisis” within sion that they won’t have to deal Or else. munity, I do not understand how e-mail at [email protected]. the first six months of Obama’s “ Finally, let me just close by something like this was allowed presidency. What I mean is that saying that I hope Obama suc- people expect change, and they ceeds, I sincerely do. expect it fast. Obama promised To you, Barack Obama, I say “ to revive the economy, to get us So basically, the best this: please prove me wrong. Obama promised to out of Iraq, basically to fix all our Make me look stupid for worry- revive the economy, get problems…and now everyone’s advice I can give to ing about your lack of experience SHRIVER from page 4 waiting. and your ability to make deci- us out of Iraq, basically Sure, they all love him and Obama is fi x things and sions under pressure. Solve our own motivations better than you way we have presented ourselves worship him now, and why problems and fix everything that’s do, and all I can really do is repeat is how others have received us. In fi x all of our problems... wouldn’t they? George Bush is fi x them fast. wrong with this nation and you’ll what the Wash. U. Peace Coalition my experience, the vast majority still in office, and until January go down in history. You’ve been has been saying every year to any- of students, faculty and staff who and now everyone’s 20, all the country’s problems saying for a while that “the time one who took the time to listen. have come by our display have are his fault. There’ll be some “ is now,” and you’re finally right. As was reported in Student said that they were moved by it. “waiting. leniency for the days, weeks and The time—your time—is now, Life, the display was fi rst put up In 2005, a mother of a veteran maybe even months after Obama with “four more years of failed and the ball is in your court. What in 2005 because it was felt that got off work early from the SLU takes office, but sooner or later economic policies.” Four years? are you going to do? most students were disconnected Medical Center in order to drive results will be demanded, and if Heck, I’d be surprised if the aver- from the war, and that merely over to visit her son’s tombstone. the American people don’t get age person is willing to tolerate talking about casualties in terms In 2006, several Iraq war veterans Contrary to what you may be them then, well, someone has to four months. of numbers did not begin to con- on campus printed out biographies thinking, I’m not here to belittle be blamed. Who do you think that So basically, the best advice Brian is a sophomore in Arts & Sciences vey the magnitude of what was of some of the fallen soldiers and Obama’s win (even if I didn’t will be? I can give to Obama is fix things and a staff columnist. He can be reached going on. From the very begin- left them by their tombstones. much care for some of his tactics You can say what you want, and fix them fast. Throughout his via e-mail at [email protected]. ning, we took pains to make sure And last year, a woman saw her on a moral level, I have to say the but people nowadays have very time in the spotlight, he’s never that the event was nonpartisan and son’s name on the 5 o’clock news, apolitical, and that no message and called the school to thank us about what people should think for honoring her son. about the war was attached to So, while it is fair to question the event. Furthermore, we have what the ultimate effects of the KEVIN WOLF PANGAEA never claimed to be speaking for display are, it is surely unjusti- the service members or their fami- fi ed to question whether we really lies (especially since we aren’t intended to honor the troops. attaching any message to begin We can only evaluate previous with) nor have we ever claimed displays by the reactions we re- that our own personal views are ceived, and up until this year, the representative of those of service reaction has overwhelmingly been members. one of appreciation and thanks for The display has always been taking the time to convey the im- intended to show how many lives portance of thousands of people’s this confl ict has touched, and the lives. only message attached to it that could be considered remotely po- Adam is a graduate student in Arts & litical is the claim that we should Sciences and a member of the Wash. U. all take these lives very seriously. Peace Coalition. He can be reached via But more important than the e-mail at [email protected]. 6 STUDENT LIFE | SPORTS Sports Editor / Josh Goldman / [email protected] FRIDAY | NOVEMBER 7, 2008

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Trisha Wolf to create more power for swinging Managing Editor and throwing. Peters’ take on the slide was par- ticularly intriguing to Kennedy. STL “I’m a traditionalist and have al- For David Peters, McDonell ways slid feetfi rst,” Kennedy said. Douglas Professor of Engineering, “He didn’t go into the risk of injury, Volleyball: baseball is a science. The aerospace which happens a lot with headfi rst and mechanical engineering pro- slides.” Friday at 10 a.m. against New York University fessor thinks about physics as he Though he was enthralled with watches the game. Peters’ work, Kennedy had a few Friday at 12:30 p.m. against Originally from the St. Louis reservations. area, Peters grew up loving base- “It is important to blend science Case Western Reserve University ball, and more specifi cally, the with play,” he said. “On the science Cardinals. In 2006, his beloved side, some things make logical sense Saturday at 9 a.m. against team won the World Series, led by when they make no sense at all on pitcher Adam Wainwright’s huge the playing side. For example, get- Carnegie Mellon University curve ball, which he used to strike ting into a crouch to slide into fi rst out several batters. KSDK called is really awkward and makes more Consolation Matches: Saturday at 2 p.m. Washington University, looking for sense for other bases. He is looking someone to explain why a curve at what is quickest and not what is Tournament Final: Saturday at 4:30 p.m. ball curves. They found Peters. easiest for the body to perform.” Though his explanation as to Ric Lessmann, head coach of why a curve ball curves was not Washington University’s baseball new science, it allowed the aver- team, was also skeptical of these Women’s Soccer: age person to understand the sci- projects. ence behind the pitch. Peters went “It relates to the individual. on to turn this project into a series, He will determine which method Saturday at 11:30 a.m. against explaining how home runs work, is faster or better,” he said. “Also, the University of Chicago* the difference between wooden and while left-handed batters are closer aluminum bats, and, most recently, to fi rst base, left-handed fi elders can why left-handed players have an only play fi rst base or the outfi eld.” advantage in baseball and how a For Peters, the most important headfi rst slide is faster than a feet- aspect of this research is bringing Men’s Soccer: fi rst one. science to the general population. Senior Scott Kennedy, a member He has talked about his fi ndings at Saturday at 2 p.m. against of the baseball team, worked with locations outside of St. Louis. Peters on his last two projects. As “It turns out this is a really good the University of Chicago* a mechanical engineering major, his way to get kids interested in sci- own thinking about baseball com- ence and engineering,” he said. “I plements that of Peters; he tries to wouldn’t mind running across the SCOTT BRESSLER | STUDENT LIFE maximize the difference in angles country helping kids to understand Senior Scott Kennedy batting during a home game against Illinois Wesleyan Women’s Soccer: between his upper and lower body science.” last year. Friday at 7 p.m. against STUDENT LIFE presents a guide to places of worship in the WU community Saint Louis University at the Chaifetz Arena

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Rebecca Katz dreamlike, while still providing other Randall said, “then my role as an distortion, a cappella refrains and even choruses from earlier tracks aren’t Cadenza Reporter tracks with more of a jam feel. The entertainer is [moot].” some pleasant foot stomping. Their Percy Olsen mellow anymore, but somber and, track “Language City” exemplifi es this No Age is undoubtedly weird, but sound is kind of Arcade Fire-esque as Cadenza Reporter interestingly enough, haunting. This concoction of furious guitar riffs fol- they know it and appreciate the well, but perhaps with Kurt Cobain marks a transition for the music in It’s killer that we have such a lowed by the ghastly buzz of synths. weird people (like us) on guitar. They’ve been this album; several tracks from this continually vibrant musical perfor- A bit more accessible to a begin- who tune in to their known to play in small Little Joy is made up of The point forward seem to be grasping at mance schedule on campus through ning listener is “Apologies to the ditties. They’ve venues as a “bar Strokes’ drummer Fabrizio Moretti, the straws of love. It’s about playing the Gargoyle, as it brings some Queen Mary,” their fi rst album from taken the time to band.” Los Hermanos’ singer/guitarist the game while fruitlessly trying to extraordinary names to our school. 2005. It seems to provide the same play random Their new- Rodrigo Amarante and Moretti’s retain that fi rst spark. It also encourages students to fi gura- mix of styles of its successor but with shows at loca- est album, girlfriend Binki Shapiro; all three From this point on, relationship tively go outside the Wash. U. bubble much more distinctively-grabbing tions such “Airing of mesh together like an oiled machine, “whens” become “ifs,” and mostly (while staying within it literally) and tracks such as “You Are a Runner and as vegan Grievances,” dipping in and out of the songs in a everything slows down under the branch out to new music fl avors and I Am My Father’s Son.” The singing grocery is fi lled with sweet tag-team manner. Little Joy’s weight of expectations. The dimen- lesser-known names. is a bit strange (nothing in comparison stores, the tracks that self-titled debut manages to reach the sions fold out of themselves, self- This Saturday evening, a bigger to the wails of Clap Your Hands Say L.A. Public will be stuck brink of emotional catastrophe without powered and natural. With the clos- name in the indie-rock scene, Wolf Yeah), but begins to rub you the right Library and in your head coming off as heavy-handed. ing track, “Evaporar,” Little Joy bids Parade, will be honoring us way as you delve further into the the usual dive the instant you “The Next Time Around” is airy farewell to the listener with a medita- with their presence at music. It’s colorful and bars where many listen in. They’re a goodness, with a drum that just won’t tion on the nuances of a life lost. As the Gargoyle. Most exciting. groups get their rather rowdy bunch, quit on my heart. Let the vocal har- a wave crash is intimately fused with recognizably, The show start. They can relate but absolutely delight- monies and easy guitar lines envelop hushed vocals, this question is asked: this Cana- should be a real to our tendencies to like ful. Sure, it’s fi lled with the you, and feel free to imagine an ocean Why do you have to evaporate every- dian group treat: not only off-the-beaten-path music and culture classic, devastatingly honest but fi st- mist, too. Like a velvet-voiced DJ, the thing to make something pure? It’s refl ects a does one in a bubble of standard Suzies: “being pumping anthems, but they are stocked poppy-yet- of the fi ve weird…is a hard thing, especially with literary references to the actual experi- band mem- being into weirdo music and weirdo Shakespeare work and Albert Camus, mental bers bear things.” Their second album, “Nouns,” and even got the album title from a indepen- a striking released in May, was Pitchfork’s high- Seinfeld episode titled “Festivus.” On dent rock resem- est reviewed original release of the paper, they may seem to advocate the aesthetic, blance to year, and is certainly not as simplistic deplorable stereotypically emo drama, with infl u- Leonardo as its title would lend it to be. It is defi - but as Pitchfork so eloquently stated, ences such DiCaprio, nitely noisy, but it allows the listener to “They’ve studied their philosophy and as David but Wolf rock out and release the punk energy found that life actually is pointless, so Bowie, Arcade Parade owns that we all have bottled up inside. why not go down swinging?” Shake- Fire and perhaps a sound that is Unleash your weirdo side and give speare would have totally approved. Modest Mouse. Its unambiguously theirs. them a listen. So take a break from the Maroon 5, members actually have The band consists of guitar, Playing with No Age is Titus John Mayer, T.I. or whatever popular ties to Arcade Fire, Hot Hot Heat keyboards, drums, bass and intense Andronicus. No, not the Shakespeare music may be blasting through your and two other independent and more sound manipulation/experimentation tragedy, but a group of nutjobs from speakers. The Gargoyle is opening under-the-radar Canadian projects. from new age music’s version of an New Jersey who boast faster, blasting Wash. U.’s eyes (slowly but surely) to Their second and newest album, “At instrument known as the Apple laptop. pop songs in the midst of classic indie countless musical geniuses that totally Mount Zoomer,” dropped in June of It’s sure to be much more than a rock riffs, horns, harmonicas, vocal deserve our attention. this year and was fondly mentioned simple shoegazer’s treat. as possibly an indie rock “Chinese Later this month playing here at ★★★★✩ Democracy.” It’s a bit gritty and elec- Wash. U. on Nov. 16 is No Age, a tronic, as one of the band members, two-person group (guitarist and drum- for fans of Hadii Bakara, is devoted entirely to mer) hailing from the Los Angeles Regina Spektor, The Strokes, sound manipulation. underground music scene to bring to Sufjan Stevens The John and Paul of the group us another experimental yet poppy are Dan Boeckner and Spencer sound. The group is unique in that tracks to download Krug, both composing songs on community is absolutely key to them: “The Next Time Around,” “No their albums but individually of each You can expect the two to play in the other. The uniqueness of each of crowd and interact with the audience One’s Better Sake,” “Play The Part” the musician’s approaches creates a while performing, and they have also shifting mood throughout “At Mount been known to use blog posts as digital Zoomer,” and provides mesmeriz- postcards. “If it’s not fun, if I’m not opening number surrounds you with a sad, yet noble, because the pressing ingly-epic tracks that are ethereal and engaging people,” guitarist Randy silky warmness that doesn’t let up. issue is faced head-on, without any The second track, “Brand New peripheral distractions. Start,” has a bit more backbone to it, There’s a quiet, nice time in this but the chorus, which bellows forth brisk 30-minute album. The length “There ain’t no lover like the one I’ve plays into the frivolous nature of many got/ She and I have a brand new start/ of these songs; there isn’t enough time I gotta give all my love,” reaches a to contemplate anything comprehen- point of idealism that is too innocent sively, and it comes off as fresh com- to be reproached. But it doesn’t feel pared to other albums that force-feed Reflections on Election 2008 like Little Joy wholly ignores the messages. seedy underbelly in life. It’s likely that “Little Joy” has an odd tendency they have seen it, but they’d just rather to become a little folksy, from time with Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham sing about the more joyous things, and to time, but most of these lapses are what’s the problem with that? salvaged by the distorted vocals and “Play The Part” is the fi rst time the smooth instrumentation. The transition album explores the sadder, perhaps between English and Portuguese is more moving side of love. The mate- just as smooth, and the two languages rial is familiar, but its treatment is complement each other because of novel in the context of “Little Joy.” their specifi c romantic capacities. With After this year’s world-historical presidential election, your There’s a somber cadence to this its fl owy goodness, “Little Joy” will number: the guitar seems to have help distract from the little troubles Washington University Alumni Association would like to invite something sticky globbed onto its that feel so big at the time. The album you to a talk with Jon Meacham, editor-in-chief of Newsweek strings, and the notes are picked with is like a cover-up, and everything feels extreme effort and stark clarity. The easy, breezy, beautiful. magazine, who will give Reflections on Election 2008 and a student Q&A. Meet us for this event at 3:30 p.m. this Saturday, November 8, in Wilson 214 (across from Eads Hall and the front of Olin Library) for some political discussion of H.S.B. Tobacconist the election, other current events, and what it’s like to run a high-profile news magazine. Imported & Domestic Tobacco Chancellor Wrighton will introduce the speaker! We provide speciality orders just for you...from anywhere! What: Reflections on Election 2008 and Q&A with Newsweek 6362 Delmar in The Loop University City, MO 63130 editor Jon Meacham 314.721.1483 www.HSBTobacconist.com Mon-Sat 10-9 Sun 12-6 When: 3:30 p.m. this Saturday, Nov. 8 Where: Wilson 214 (across from Eads Hall and the front of Olin Library) Why: In celebration of Founders Day 2008 (http://foundersday.wustl.edu/) Who & How: Sponsored by your Alumni Association and the Student Alumni Ambassador Program

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LAN- STUDENT Graduate student wins GUAGE UNION CLUBS BUDGET P.E.O. Scholar Award from page 1 from page 1 Becca Krock candidate who has already received a Wheels and has helped abused women nature of her research gives her the Contributing Reporter master’s degree in physics at the Uni- and children. opportunity to interact with different versity in 2005, studies heart tissue As part of her physics research, types of people, she said. and Italian. These, however, only ing the general budget in the last in the developing heart, quantitative Gibson participated in projects in the “I want to be at the interface of the meet every two weeks. couple of years. Category student Allyson Gibson, a doctoral can- cardiovascular tissue characterization School of Medicine and spent four medical world and the engineering/ Although there is no require- groups are funded through the Bud- didate in physics in the Graduate on fetal hearts and type II diabetes pa- months working for the U.S. Food technical side,” she said. ment for the 250 enrolled French get Committee, and that works well School of Arts & Sciences, was one of tients, using ultrasound imaging. and Drug Administration. She is also P.E.O., founded in 1869, was one students to attend the table, it is for all parties involved.” 85 women nationwide to receive the She completed her work under a teaching assistant at the University’s of the fi rst organizations dedicated to mostly dominated by non-native, This past April, the 2008-2009 prestigious Philanthropic Educational Professors James Miller and Mark physics department. the advancement of women in educa- intermediate and advanced speak- General Budget passed the Treasury Organization Scholar Award for the Holland. Holland, who believes that the tion. It supports women’s education ers. after a heated debate but was re- 2008-2009 school year. “Hopefully, [my research] will award represents how far women have through grants, loans and scholarships, The group varies between four jected by the Senate due to concerns The $15,000 merit-based award is improve someone’s life someday, if come in scientifi c disciplines in recent and has 250,000 local chapters in the and fi ve students who come and go about reduced allocations for certain given to women who are either pursu- we can improve diabetes [treatments] years, said that for Gibson, the award country. throughout the lunchtime meeting. executive committees and other allo- ing a doctoral-level degree or engaged or understand the developing heart,” was well deserved. Jan Foster, University staff and While language tables can be cations in the budget that many felt in postgraduate study or research. Gibson said. “She does fi ne work that refl ects longtime member of P.E.O., said that intimidating, Andia Augustin, a were excessive. More than 640 women applied for the Gibson has received several other very well on her and on our group in Gibson’s leadership qualifi es her for teaching assistant for French 101, The budget eventually passed award. awards, including the Department of general,” Holland said. “Allyson is the award. believes that they are benefi cial. both bodies after a special joint ses- In addition, Gibson was one of sev- Physics’ 2008 Shull Prize for Outstand- very easy to work with, very easy to “She really is going to be a leader “It’s absolutely something I sion of the two bodies, but an initia- en named, endowed scholars receiv- ing Teaching Assistant, the 2003 Virgil get along. It’s quite pleasing working in her fi eld, not just in science, but in would recommend,” she said. “It’s tive has been started to avoid such ing the title of Martha Anne Reynolds I. Grissom Astronaut Fellowship and with her.” anything she gets involved in,” Foster pretty consistent French speaking situations in the future. Endowed Philanthropic Educational selection to the 2001 USA Today All- After receiving her doctoral degree, said. and you receive a lot of help with “I started working on improving Organization (P.E.O.) Scholar. Academic Team. She also volunteered Gibson intends to continue with ultra- With additional reporting by Ben French grammar and vocabulary. the budget process as soon as we Gibson, a fourth-year doctoral with Habitat for Humanity, Meals on sound research. The interdisciplinary Sales Plus, you get great French food.” passed last year’s budget,” sopho- more Sam Baier, an SU senator, said. “It’s kind of a top-to-bottom overhaul, and the discussion over my initial proposals brought up a lot more good ideas and good issues than I anticipated.” The General Budget process be- gins when the SU vice president of fi nance submits the proposed general budget to the SU Treasury. This pro- posal considers the amount of money SU must spend on various projects and budgets requested by execu- tive committees. The SU Senate and Treasury must then vote to approve the budget with a two-thirds major- ity from each body. First, Baier plans to deal with the fact that executive committee groups have insuffi cient time to give feed- back to SU execs. The proposal allo- cates a minimum of fi ve days for the groups to conference with the vice president of fi nance after receiving the proposed general budget. “Although they technically had the opportunity to have this second meeting last year, the student group leaders I talked to told me that their budgets were given to them too late to schedule this meeting,” Baier said. “Having this second meeting passed into the statutes would let student groups know exactly what kind of feedback they are entitled to.” Second, many executive commit- tees chose to appeal their proposed budgets directly to the SU Treasury or Senate, causing complications in the process. Baier proposes to fi x this pro- gram by requiring these appeals to NEVER be made to the Executive Council, a group including the SU president and vice presidents, the speakers of the Treasury and Senate and the chairpersons of the Treasury and Senate committees. The Council can LET THEM FORGET then analyze the appeals and suggest solutions to the vice president of fi - nance. Third, Baier hopes to solve the problem of the student groups receiv- that ing incomplete information about the budget by implementing a system of informational meetings before the budget is debated and voted on. TIME. His proposal also includes plans to alter the format of the General Budget meeting itself. Baier pro- Whether it’s a camera phone to capture those posed that the minimum requirement for the budget to pass a body be re- unforgettable moments or a smartphone to duced from a two-thirds majority of all members to a two-thirds majority e-mail them to the world, with all the newest of present members, because the cur- rent rule does not increase member- phones, the one you want is here. ship, but rather makes it more diffi - cult for the budget to be passed. “People will always have legiti- mate means to miss meetings. Seven getusc.com absent senators last year had fi nals the day after the Sunday joint ses- sion, and I think they were entirely correct in missing that meeting,” Baier said. “Our classes should be our top priority.” The next budget implementation process will be held in the spring to outline the budget for the 2009-2010 academic year. The proposal is in de- bate in the SU bodies now and may be implemented in the spring. “I think problems would be much more likely if we keep things the same as they were last year,” Baier said. “Of course, there will be the inevitable speed bumps if we have to get used to a new process, but on the whole I think the benefi ts of the changes I’m proposing far outweigh any transitory issues we may have.” Since the proposals have not been adopted, the problems have yet to be offi cially resolved. The effectiveness of the solution will be known only at the General Budget meeting in the spring. “I am confi dent that we are do- ing a better job anticipating potential issues and brainstorming solutions,” Nelson said.

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Some very personal training Uncle Bill’s Pancake House Willie Mendelson crush on that personal trainer, is 3427 S. Kingshighway Blvd Romance Columnist to ask around about him or her. If you don’t actually train with that 314-832-1973 trainer, ask about him to friends A few weeks ago, I wrote who do. If you train with a differ- $5-10 about what happens when you ent trainer, work up the courage find yourself infatuated with that to ask about the trainer, since she certain dreamy bartender. This might know a thing or two about week, I started thinking about trainer co-workers. And finally, personal fitness, and just how if you can, try to find out about of the cheddar contrasted against a wide array of items sure to “personal” personal training can the gym’s policies. Some gyms Peter Davis Eric Bierman and Brooke the mild taste of the crunchy pep- please everyone. For breakfast, actually be. I admit, I have had a forbid trainers to become per- Scene Reporter Schachner pers. Once again, the eggs were Scene Reporters great eggs can be prepared any crush on a personal trainer at one sonal with their clients, meaning really well cooked. The problems way and served with sausage, point in my life, so I decided to they ban romantic involvement. I had with the Western were two- ham, bacon, biscuits, toast do some research to find out how While your club’s policies may fold: first, it frankly didn’t look and most other things you can common this is. be difficult to find out, you can very good. The body of the dish think of. As a “pancake house,” Upon browsing the web, I start by flashing that cute trainer ★★★★✩ looked old and frail, explaining ★★★★✬ Uncle Bill’s would not live up found many personal anecdotes a smile while you walk from the why the food fell apart as soon as I to its name without a delicious on different help boards from elliptical to the free weights. With all the debates and media attacked it with a fork. Second, the Wash. U. students from cities assortment of pancakes. Their people writing for advice about What I sometimes do after coverage of the presidential salty taste of the ham was just too more nocturnal than St. Louis are homemade batter can be paired this dilemma. The funniest one I have been running is go into election, I’ve begun to feel my aggressive, often overpowering the often displeased with the late- with chocolate chips, blueberries I found involved a guy writing the restroom and take a minute patriotic self emerge from within other ingredients. Nonetheless, I night food offerings off-campus. or apples to create the freshest, about how he had a “weird gay or two to fix my hair, wipe the like the chocolate exploding from had a lot of respect for this dish, as Options are generally limited to most delicious pancakes in St. crush” on his male trainer, even sweat off my face, etc. While a lava cake. Mmm...rich, gooey shown by the little remnants of it the Hampton Avenue Fast Food Louis. The French toast, Belgian though he had a steady girlfriend. towels are designed for this, I patriotism. It’s spread to all parts left by the end of the meal. Mecca or Friday and Saturday waffles and crepes are also worth It seems like a decent number like to take it a step further in the of my life: I’ve started watch- The Alaskan pancakes is prob- nights at Kopperman’s Deli in mentioning, but if you are in the of people have been interested privacy of a bathroom so I can ing MSNBC and CNN for hours ably Bill’s most famous dish, the Central West End. But those mood for a sweet breakfast, the in their trainers, so how do we try to look somewhat presentable at a time. Fox News is great too. and good God is it something to in search of a late night diner pancakes are certainly the right ask these trainers out for a date? when I see that cute trainer again. Naturally, with all this excitement, behold. The Alaskan consists of are in luck. Uncle Bill’s Pancake dish. How do we even know if they are While this may sound weird, and I needed to find the most patriotic pancakes on the bottom topped House serves up breakfast, lunch Those looking for a dish to allowed to date clients? And how it may actually be weird, I think restaurant in St. Louis to review: with loads of ice cream, chocolate and dinner 24 hours a day, 7 days satisfy the day’s other meals will do we know whether they are just it definitely helps to boost your Uncle Sam’s. For completely sauce and syrup. As the plate is put a week in a comfortable setting. not be upset. Uncle Bill’s serves being nice and flirtatious because self-confidence by knowing that inexplicable reasons, no such place in front of you it looks absolutely The great service and variety an excellent variety of sandwich- we’re their clients, or if they your hair and face resemble their appears to exist, so I went with gorgeous—literally eye candy. The of very tasty menu items make es, salads and other dishes. The actually dig us? After all, per- most beauteous potential. the next best thing, Uncle Bill’s first few bites are so sweet and Uncle Bill’s a restaurant to be burgers, while nothing amazing, sonal training often involves the If you’re lucky enough to Pancake House, open 24/7. comforting, it makes you won- on the top of Wash. U. student’s will still fill that late-night red trainer being very touchy-feely train with that cute trainer, or if Uncle Bill’s doesn’t exactly der how you’ve lived for twenty late-night lists. meat fix. The country-fried steak with the client, so how does one you develop a crush on your own ooze American flavor from the years without this in your life. The Uncle Bill’s is located on sandwich is also very good and know whether this body contact trainer (as this is common due to moment you step in. At the door is whole table was united in its fond- Kingshighway about a half mile worth trying if you are looking is suggestive or just part of the the often personal involvement a very prominent sign informing ness for this old-fashioned comfort past the Courtesy Diner and five for something different. trainer’s job? and touchy-feeliness involved patrons that they will have to leave food. Then something strange hap- miles away from campus. Like If your sweet tooth is still I spoke recently with a while working out), try to detect their guns and machetes behind. pened: about a fourth of the way its sister restaurants, Uncle Bill’s not satisfied by the time you are classmate of mine who works flirtatious signals. With practice, Apparently Bill’s has been the through the Alaskan, I started to is a St. Louis mainstay and has through with your meal, be sure out at the same gym as me about you’ll be able to distinguish victim of crimes committed by the notice that I really didn’t want to been in business for almost 45 to order Uncle Bill’s very large a very cute new trainer. I asked between your trainer just being close relative of the Hamburgler: be eating it anymore. The sweet- years. Visitors pulling into the scoop of ice cream with a variety her about this new trainer and if friendly and making conversation Paddywagon Pancake. Still, what ness I once found endearing start- parking lot are struck by the gi- of toppings. Those trying to she worked with him. She replied and definite signals of flirta- kind of American establishment ed to become bitter. I needed some ant sign exclaiming, “breakfast really outdo themselves need to no, but she then told me that her tion and physical attraction. If forces a man to leave his ’chete in breakfast flavor in the dish, some is served all night long.” Brinner look no further than the choco- other friend who works out at the you have the courage, ask your the car? Things get more patriotic variety, some substance. I kept try- fans, this is the place for you. late Alaska, a large scoop of ice gym had been asked out on a date trainer about his or her love life, as you get further inside. While ing to taste the pancakes, but the Sitting down in the restau- cream mixed with hot fudge, by the attractive new trainer. or bring up your own—or lack the place may smell sort of bad, to chocolate-covered ice cream had rant is reminiscent of an old served atop a layer of pancakes. This got me wondering: how thereof like mine—in hopes that me its odor was that of a man after lassoed my taste buds and wasn’t movie. The dining room has It might be the most delicious does one get noticed by a cute your trainer will respond with a hard day’s work: truly Ameri- surrendering them anytime soon. not been remodeled in twenty meal in the world. trainer at the gym when most something about his or her own can. Sure, the place was old and This wasn’t breakfast food, it was or thirty years but offers a very With a vast menu, great people come off the treadmill love life. dingy with poor lighting, but like desert masquerading as breakfast homey, comfortable feeling. The service and a warm atmosphere, drenched in sweat, looking less At the end of the day, all you a shoddy dorm room or apartment, food. Needless to say what first waitresses add to this warm aura, Uncle Bill’s is sure to keep late- than perfect? Personally, I’m can do is, literally, sweat it out the restaurant truly does make the appeared to be a great idea ending always being very helpful and night eaters satisfied. When we afraid to even run into friends and hope for the best. And if customer feel as if he is right at up being a mild disaster. At least it making sure to keep your cup of are not getting our Deli fix at while working out, my soaking something romantic doesn’t work home. looked good though, right? coffee full. Kopperman’s, we will cer- T-shirt sticking to my body and out between you and your trainer, Once the waitress sat us down, The last plate was the Hawai- An eclectic, loyal clientele tainly be at Uncle Bill’s eating my hair a curly disaster—wow, you can always just go for that she immediately got our drinks. ian pancakes, which consists of comes from all over the city to pancakes at 3 a.m. on Saturday that probably just really helped cute bartender. The service throughout the night pancakes filled with banana slices, eat at Uncle Bill’s. A recently nights. We hope to see you there! my attractiveness factor. typified excellence: friendly, and Uncle Bill’s self-proclaimed created Myspace group, “Uncle A helpful tip, if you have a respectful and efficient. Our order “exotic” syrup. Don’t worry if you Bill’s Fan Club,” has almost 40 was taken quickly, and within ten fear flirting with foreign things, as members and all online reviews minutes plates were coming out of the waitress eagerly admitted that show great praise from local the kitchen. what they really mean by “exotic” residents. The customers are The 2x2x2x2 platter, fondly is “strawberry.” I really liked the friendly and you can often find referred to by some as the Blue Hawaiian because it kept the deli- one with whom to strike up a Collar Special, was a hearty cious flavors of Bill’s basic pan- conversation. The friendly atmo- breakfast that consisted of two of cakes, while splashing in some va- sphere makes it very easy to sit each: pancakes, eggs, sausage and riety and change of flavor with the at your table long after you have bacon. Sure the idea behind this banana and strawberry. The banana finished your meal. platter is old and unoriginal, but slices were fresh, not soggy, and Uncle Bill’s menu features this plate was built on a founda- were really well integrated into tion of solid principles. The fresh, the plate by the chef. The piles of flakey eggs were well seasoned, light brown banana pancakes all and the sausage was really beefy, drizzled with syrup made the dish with that nice smoky flavor that easy on the eyes. However, not sends you back for more. The ba- everyone agreed with me on the con was crispy—my favorite—and Hawaiian, mostly because of the salted so that the salt hit your taste bananas. The Hawaiian may taste buds right before the true flavor of and look great, but for people who the bacon crept in. The pancakes, cannot get past their hatred of ba- Bill’s staple, were plain but firm nanas, this plate will never match and delicious. All this food for a up to other Uncle Bill options. low price was a wise, safe choice. Uncle Bill’s Pancake House It brought a smile that stretched provides good food in large por- from ear to ear. tions and with appealing price The Western omelet was pretty tags. Order reasonably and you can enjoyable as well. If you thought easily leave having spent less than the idea of the 2x2x2x2 was old, ten dollars. The place is open all the Western is absolutely ancient. night long, so it’s a great option Filled with ham, green peppers, for hungry people up late doing onions and cheddar cheese, this work, or having fun. I’ll definitely bad boy had all the makings of a be going back in a few weeks. great dish. I loved the sharp taste

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© 2008 The Mepham Group. Distributed by Tribune Media Services. All rights reserved. 11/7/08 10 STUDENT LIFE | SCENESCENEScene Editor / Michelle Stein / [email protected] FRIDAY | NOVEMBER 7, 2008 Word on the Street Michelle Stein more than just a grocery store. strawberries cost $3.50. On the at Whole Foods and $3.18 at Senior Scene Editor The store’s Web site, www. other hand, Whole Foods had Schnucks, a gallon of skim milk wholefoodsmarket.com, describes foods you weren’t going to find cost $2.68 at Aldi. Eggs were compiled by Scott Fabricant its mission as to “seek out the other places, like delicious bis- $1.29 instead of Schnucks’ $1.78. As college students, most finest natural and organic foods cuits and amazing broccoli ched- Basically, everything was about of us living on a budget, it can available, maintain the strictest dar soup—basically, the things one to two dollars cheaper than be annoying—and sometimes quality standards in the industry, you would expect to buy from usual prices. downright painful—to shell out and have an unshakeable commit- a cafeteria instead of a grocery But there was a catch. None of Why do you believe the dough necessary to eat off the ment to sustainable agriculture.” store. These ready-made foods are the food was a brand I had ever meal plan. It’s why we attack the When you walk into the store, it worth the trip. But again, buying heard of before. Aldi apparently free food. Hey, the phrase “starv- shows. ready-made food kind of takes understood this apprehension, as ing college student” had to come Brands I’d never heard of away the point of going to the their Web site,www.aldifoods. Obama won the election? from somewhere. stocked all the shelves, blaring grocery store. com/index_ENU_HTML.htm, But what are the options? The their organic nature, and—unfor- A short ways away from Whole states that, “first-time shoppers most obvious and convenient tunately—their organic prices. At Foods is Aldi, the discount gro- tend to gingerly pick out three or option is Schnucks on Clayton times, this was a bit overwhelm- cery store on Manchester, about four items to try,” and then in- Road. It’s within walking distance ing. I was utterly lost as to why two blocks west of Big Bend at structs shoppers to “throw caution of campus, and lucky students the apples from Minnesota were 7725 Manchester Rd. In the words to the wind.” After trying the non- “Adding Palin to the [Re- might even catch the bus to the two dollars more expensive than of the Web site, “Welcome to a brand-name food, I can personally publican] ticket hurt McCain. supermarket. But there are other the apples from Michigan. The place where quality reigns and attest that it tastes just as good People didn’t think he was options, like the organic Whole sign on the apples claimed that low prices rule.” as anything I would have bought taking it seriously and was Foods and the discount grocery “Flavor is the main element that The first thing that strikes with a label I recognized. being too political.” store, Aldi. The biggest differ- drives our produce buying.” Are shoppers about Aldi is the security The other big catch for Aldi is - Liz Kirby, sophomore ences between the three options Minnesotans that much better at deposit required to use a cart—25 its inconvenience. Utter inconve- boil down to two things: price and producing yummy apples? cents to unlock the cart from its nience. In fact, unless you have selection. Overall, Whole Foods tended fellows in the corral. Clearly, a car or can borrow a car, the Whole Foods has, admittedly, to be about 50 cents more expen- Aldi isn’t taking any chances. cheap food is basically out of your a reputation. With its “I am not a sive than Schnucks, sometimes Looking at the prices inside reach. But hey, if you do have a plastic bag” campaign during the for the exact same product. For the store, it’s easy to see why. car it’s worth it. And on the bright “I think he did a better job at appealing to younger summer of 2006, and the fact that example, one pound of Driscoll’s The store literally can’t afford to side, you can take advantage of people and people who don’t usually vote.” it calls itself a “Market,” Whole Strawberries was $3.99 at Whole lose things like carts at the prices the $1.99 gas at the Shell next - Eric Buse, graduate student in engineering Foods appears to view itself as Foods. At Schnucks, the same they charge. As opposed to $3.99 door while you’re at it.

“Because of George Bush and the Republicans and the past 8 years.” - Harvey Hong, junior

“Because of the eco- nomic crisis and the fact that the country is looking for change.” - Steve Borson, junior

“I think he inspired people, and he’s going to make change instead of the same old poli- tics.” - Maddie Silber, freshman

MCT CAMPUS Kicking off KIPP

Eric Rosenbaum this project is time and attention.” and engaged student body,” he to accusations of “creaming,” or Wild flatly denies any wrong- “This is a school that will be Scene Reporter Wild is the self-described said. “We’re going to find ways, skimming the cream off the top doing in KIPP leadership, but he around long after you’re gone and “worker bee” between Dean Eddie whether through tutoring or other of their selection pools and thus does admit that much more needs I’m gone, and it will be a project Lawler, the project’s academic means, to get students involved.” skewing the final evaluation. to be done to create real change. that will evolve over time.” The primary mission of Wash- leader, and Dean Hank Webber, its According to Wild, the Univer- ington University is education— administrative leader. sity has very compelling reasons education of undergraduates, Also preparing to take a to assist in the KIPP project. graduates and adults. For years, new job is Rosalind Davis, the “It is a fundamental part of this mission has extended past principal of the new school. She our mission that we serve the the University’s walls in an array will begin her intensive manda- community in which we live,” of tutoring and other community tory training in the spring, and she he said. “Washington University service programs. Soon, a new, will determine more precisely the has a stake in what happens in St. ambitious project will be added to details of the school’s relationship Louis.” the list: the Knowledge-Is-Power with the University. Wild cited a Washington Program, or KIPP. Some may wonder why this University tradition of civic KIPP is a nationwide network gestating project is so important consciousness, especially when of public charter schools which to Washington University. Already it comes to education. Teach for focuses on at-risk students. The a number of groups and projects America, an organization which program emphasizes academic on campus assist public schools in recruits recent graduates to teach immersion: classes last from 7:30 St. Louis. Each One Teach One, high school in under-served popu- a.m. to 5 p.m. every weekday, Science Outreach and Service lations, remains the University’s every other Sunday, and three to First are only a few of the popular highest volume employer year four weeks out of the summer. programs. after year. Wild, who attended the Parents are required to sign a Wild insists, however, that KIPP national meeting in July, “commitment to learning” pledge because programs like Each One also reported that an alum, Glenn which extends the classroom into Teach One are so well-entrenched, Davis, recently received the desig- the home. Teachers give their cell and because KIPP is such a unique nation “teacher of the year.” phone numbers out to students. format, this addition will not be As much as students and Details are sketchy. The school competing for time or resources faculty may want to think so, no will not be official for another with anything else. program will be a solution to the three months, and its relationship The tiny size of the school, complex problems with public with the University is still largely with only 300 children, selected education in this country. KIPP theoretical. However, according to by lottery, will also lighten the schools have problems of their MCT CAMPUS Rob Wild, assistant to the chancel- commitment. own: teacher and student retention Students in the Knowledge-Is-Power-Program, or KIPP, study at Gaston College Preparatory Academy middle lor, “What we are going to give to “We have a pretty active rates are very low, which leads school in Gaston, NC. KIPP is set to launch soon in St. Louis and will have a relationship with Washington University.