STAFF EDITORIAL | BRING MORE NEWSPAPERS TO CAMPUS | SEE FORUM, PAGE 6 TUDENT IFE THE SINDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY L IN ST. LOUIS SINCE 1878 VOLUME 129, NO. 64 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2008 WWW.STUDLIFE.COM Wash. U. reveals plans for future Bears return to the Final Four of South 40 BY PUNEET KOLLIPARA ition forum that the new Wohl NEWS EDITOR Center would be located just south of Shepley Drive and in Shedding light on plans for the grass area to the north of a new Wohl Center and the the current one. construction of new dorms, The fi rst fl oor of the build- Washington University has re- ing will contain new eateries, leased more information about while the upper fl oors, like the its construction plans for the Village House, will function as future of the South 40. a dorm. The housing will pri- Plans for the South 40 will marily house upperclassmen occur in two phases. This in suite-style rooms. summer, before Phase I, Um- The construction of a dorm rath House and the Washing- in the new Wohl Center will ton University Police Station cause the South 40 to exceed will be demolished to make 3,000 beds. According to Car- way for a new modern dorm. roll, because the Clayton Fire The police department will Department limits the South move into space currently oc- 40 to 3,000 beds, the Univer- cupied by the Offi ce of Resi- sity will need to demolish one dential Life. or more of the older dorms Phase I will begin this fall without replacing them. with the construction of a new Candidates for permanent dorm to replace Umrath House destruction, according to Car- and the beginning of the con- roll, include the sophomore struction of a new Wohl Cen- suite dorms of JKL Residential ter. College—Dauten, Shanedling Phase II, which begins in the and Rutledge halls—and those summer of 2009, will feature of HIGE—Hitzeman, Hurd and DAVID HARTSTEIN | STUDENT LIFE the destruction of traditional Myers halls. Senior Troy Ruths shoots free throws at the end of the Elite Eight game Saturday night in the Athletic Complex. The Bears defeated Millsaps University freshman dorm Rubelmann, The old Wohl Center will 57-46 and advanced to the Final Four for the second-straight year. Ruths was awarded Sectional MVP after a 23-point performance Saturday night. the destruction of the old remain until the summer of Wohl Center and the comple- 2009, when it is slated to be tion of the new Wohl Center. demolished to allow for the BY JOHANN QUA HIANSEN team made their fateful deci- back with 23 and 16 points, Thompson had a career high In Dec. 2007, Justin Carroll, completion of the new build- SPORTS EDITOR sion. respectively. Knepper had of 25 points in a game that was dean of students and associate ing. “[Coach Edwards] said eight, senior Danny O’ Boyle so physical that Knepper’s con- vice chancellor for students, Washington University’s ‘We’ve got all week to rest up had fi ve and sophomore Cam- tact lens was knocked out onto announced at the annual tu- See SOUTH 40, page 2 men’s basketball team earned so we might as well put it all eron Smith had fi ve points. the fl oor at one point. Turn- their second consecutive berth on the line now,’” added Ruths. The Bears ended the night with overs also proved key as the to the Final Four, ending the “And that’s what everyone de- Coach Edwards making the last Bears had 15 compared to the seasons for four very talented cided to do.” snip of the net. Edwards tossed Beavers’ 31. teams. It was an energized squad it to the team and it ended up Nading took over in the last Architecture students help The Red and Green clinched that came out of the locker around Ruths who wore it to few moments of the second half their spot with a 56-47 victory room and put together a 17-0 the press conference. and in overtime as he made the create construction plans over No. 14 Millsaps College on run in the fi rst seven minutes Saturday. of the second period. The Bears The Tough Road to the See NCAA, page 5 BY PUNEET KOLLIPARA After the meeting, two The victory was hard-won came out fi ghting and estab- Final Four NEWS EDITOR senators from the School as it did not seem that the No. lished an eight-point lead that of Architecture, sophomore 11 Bears would be able to re- they never relinquished. The Bears had to defeat sev- As Washington Univer- Kate E. Gallagher and fresh- cover from scoring a season “It didn’t surprise me,” said eral strong teams to get this Track and Field sity prepares for future man Brett Simon asked Car- low of 18 points in the fi rst Edwards. “I couldn’t be more far. In the fi rst round, it was construction projects on roll to meet with a group of period. The Bears were frigid, proud of them.” Ruths’ 28 points that led the excel at NCAA the South 40, a group of students. making only seven of 26 fi eld The Majors threatened with team to a 79-74 victory against architecture students has “A fter Dean Carroll pre- goals while Millsaps had a nine a tie. With the score at 35-33, No. 17 Wooster College with championships become a significant and sented the preliminary point lead going into the locker Millsaps’ Chris Sanders got sophomore Aaron Thompson important voice in the plan- plans for the South 40 to rooms. a steal and passed the ball to shooting 15 and Nading with ning process. the Senate, we were inter- Freshman Caleb Knepper teammate Cameron Varnado. 16. According to Justin Car- ested in trying to see how was the bright spot in the fi rst Varnado went up for the wide In the second round, it was roll, dean of students and those were progressing and quarter sinking two three- open dunk and missed. Fired all on Smith who carried the assistant vice chancellor to make sure there was stu- pointers. Each basket was ac- up by that close scare, the team forward with a three- for students, in making de- dent input,” said Gallagher. companied by fan chants of Bears did not let the Majors pointer. With fewer than two cisions on how to design One of the architects “He’s a freshman.” come close. Knepper hit an- minutes to go and the Bears the new layout for the South working on the project, sev- “I thought it was awesome,” other jumper as the shot clock down 67-66, Smith hit his big 40, student input has been en architecture students said Knepper. “I loved how expired to push the score to three. No. 6 Augustana at- LIONEL SOBEHART | STUDENT LIFE important and useful. (including Gallagher and everyone came back for this 37-33 and Wash. U. went on to tempted a comeback but their “We will, to the best of Simon) and Carroll met a game.” win. shot missed and O’Boyle pad- The Lady Bears track our ability, incorporate few weeks ago. According Fans attended in greater The Red and Green boxed ded the 70-67 victory, hitting and field team took third some of their ideas into fu- to students who attended numbers and the Bomb Squad out well, limiting the Majors to one of his two free throws. in last weekend’s NCAA ture plans,” said Carroll the meeting, the architect helped create a loud atmo- about one shot per possession It was all on Thompson in indoor championships In January, Carroll made presented plans for the fu- sphere. in the fi nal minutes of the sec- the Sweet 16 as the Bears out- meet. Senior Morgen Leon- a presentation at a Student ture of the South 40 and “[The win] was pretty much ond period. lasted Buena Vista University ard-Fleckman received the Union Senate meeting about took questions and input because of them,” said senior Five Bears contributed 85-77 in overtime. honor of NCAA Division III future plans for the South from the students. Troy Ruths who was named points but the entire team was “They were collapsing so Indoor Pole Vaulting Cham- 40 and allowed senators to According to Simon, NCAA Sectional MVP. needed to pull off rebounds hard on Troy,” said Thompson. pion. provide their input on the See STUDENTS, page 2 The Bears had been down in and force turnovers. Ruths “When you have that inside- plans. other games before and it was and junior Tyler Nading were outside game, it takes your See full story on page 4 in the locker room that the key components in the come- team to a different level.” Faux anthrax attack strikes Mallinckrodt BY DAN WOZNICA “We have protocols in place was held in the Gargoyle. county health criteria. nity centers and government make sure that people receive CONTRIBUTING REPORTER for a public health event, but During the drill, faculty “We’ll be able to track the sites. medication if they are exposed we’ve never tried them and we and staff —including profes- forms to see if they made the Two observers from the St. to a biological agent.” University administrators, haven’t trained a lot of people,” sors and administrators—were right choices,” said Bagby. Louis Department of Health In the drill scenario, an an- St. Louis Department of Health said Mark Bagby, the Universi- given an algorithm that helped The drill was held at the were also present at the drill thrax attack was said to be de- offi cials and more than 200 ty emergency coordinator.