- U.S. PostagePaid Permit #1 Davidson,NC ALEMOA + 4 LUXX^SiifeKTA LIBERTAS Davidson College Wednesday,February 13,2002 Volume 93,Number 16 GPAs increase innewly corrected gradereport to create a computer program capable of Computerprogram glitch calculating theaverageGPAineachhouse.It produces figures; alsoorganized othertiata about GPAs, like incorrect theaverages for bothmale andfemale Court houses are re-evaluated members and independents. It reported the averagecampus GPA for fall 2001 as 2.83. By Jessica Mering AccordingtoEpes,theactualnumber is3.13. Editorin Chief The registrar's office provided students' individual fall GPAs; these numbers were RegistrarHansfordEpesdeclaredonThurs- entered correctly into the system. The pro- day a Patterson Court-published report on gram, however, also included space for the grade point averages incorrect. The data, GPAs of Davidson students studying off- En V i I II which was calculated and published by the campus last semester. PattersonCourt Office,has beencorrected. "The error appears to be a data organiza- Information Technology Services worked withthePattersonCourtOffice last semester see GPAs,page2 Mock Trial 2002 Domino's Pizza will Jrn^ dP\ National Qualified soon accept CatCards President, explained that two major ques- Despite legalproblems, tions influenced the SGA's ability to press contract withDominos forward in the matter: Would the school allow it?If so, with whom will we conduct nears completion business? Thefirst question turned out to be a diffi- By Amanda Pennock cultone.BecauseDavidsonCollegeisanon- SeniorStaff Writer profit institution,it is exempt from the pay- mentof income taxes.According todirector Thoughithas takenmuchlongerthanSGA of Auxiliary Services Richard Terry, any anticipated, Davidson students will hope- commercial service that is provided to stu- fully beable topurchase Domino'sdelivery dents mustbe purely for the convenience of pizza with their CatCards in less than two Davidson'sresidential studentsinorder for it weeks. tobenon-taxable.Creatingpartnershipswith The project,organized by former Chair- off-campus commercial businessesis thus a man of Auxiliary Services Gray Patterson subjecttobeapproachedwithcaution."If we '03, was begun in September 2001 as the ventureoutinto thecommunity ...weare no thirdstepinaplantoexpandthescopeofuses longerprovidingsomething that is uniquely for can convenient,"Terryexplained. Victory: OneofDavidson's threemock trial teams won a bid to the which Davidson students use their CatCards. The first step in the plan was the "Other schoolsin thiscountryhavechosen Southeastern Regional Mock Trial Tournament in Greenville,SC, the additionof CatCard readers onthe library's to take their cardoff-campus," Terrycontin- weekend of Feb. 1 See story on page 5. copy machines,followed by adding readers ued. "Someof theseschools may alreadybe on vendingmachines around campus. paying income tax on some part of their sparks So whyhas it taken five months to begin revenueand they may simply add thisintoit Radio show negotiationsontheCatCard'spizza-purchas- campus controversy ingability?Patterson,whoisnow SGAVice see Pizza,page 4 INSIDE THISWEEK Media board will review broadcast from WALT's studio on the top floor of the Alvarez Student Union,the duo WALTprogramming;hosts takes calls focusing on topicslike fraternity call show "a mistake" stereotypes,dance floor gossip and school News 1-7 first sports. Election2002.Meetthecandidates for TheMedia Board,comprised ofnine fac- SGA President andVP. Page 3. By MattGarfield ulty members and students, will soon meet ManagingEditor for thefirst time thisacademic yeartodecide Arts& Living 8-10 whether the show's content violates stan- Kobe Asian Grillreviewed. Page 9. Thehostsof a controversial new campus dards of community decency— a decision radioshow promisetoavoidpersonalattacks thatcouldpotentially lead tothe show'scan- Perspectives 11-12 against studentsinresponsetocriticism from cellation. j^^L JM IBM Ourwritersoffer Valentine'sDayob- listeners and administrators, who were of- TheJudicialBoard will alsosoondeliber- servations.Page 12. fendedbyits aggressive,sometimesprofane ate on a Code of Conduct charge brought format. againstacaller on the show's finkepisode. photobyTimothy Cook Sports 13-16 SophomoresRyanCarvalhoandMbyeNjie On Sunday night's third episode, callers Former PCCPresident Matt BaseballdropsopenertoWakeForest. havehosted "TheBlackMan and theMexi- were asked to submit "Dumb Ass of the Arbuckle,pictured here with his Page 16. can" on WALT 1610 AMfor the past three Week" nominations andasophomorecalled valentine,Maggy. As partof a Sunday nightsfrom 9 to 11p.m. continuingseries on leadershipat Oneofabout 20weeklystudent talk shows see WALT,page 7 Davidson. Seestory on page 10. News College to host conference onRussian- American relations this weekend ProminentRussian lectured at Davidson in the past.Pechatnov What makes this conference especially hasco-authored aforthcomingbook withDr. interesting— is thefact thatsome—of thepartici- scholars will visitfor Earl Edmondson and Dr. Ralph Levering, pants RussianandAmerican areinvolved weekend both members of the History department at in a kind of regular exchange program.For conference Davidson. Dr. Ivan Tyulin, the first vice- about four years, a blossoming friendship By Roland F. Foss president ofMGIMO anda professorofpo- between the College and the MGIMO has StaffWriter litical science, willaccompany them. resulted in a few visits by key Russians. The conference is an effort to bring to- Edmondsonmade a trip toMoscow in Sep- This weekend DavidsonCollege willhost gether professors from multiple disciplines, tember 2000; Davidson hopes to send an- toagroupofscholars,students,townspeople, renownedscholars,andloyalCollegeperson- otherprofessortoMGIMOinthenearfuture. parents and alumni during what has been ages for a thematic exploration of a certain Topics during the conference include is- termed a "Presidential Weekend." topic scheme,saysDr.LouOrtmayer,profes- suesofglobalization,security,nationaliden- Entitled "Russia and America: Security, sor of Political Science. Such a large-scale tity, and foreign policy. At the heart of the Globalization,andNationalism," theconfer- event occurs onlyonceevery academic year, event, the conferees will attempt to define tion c try 14. I ence will includeRussian scholars from the underscoring the importance of thisparticu- theplace thatRussiaholdsinthisnew global tion, please contact Dr. Martii Moscow StateInstitute ofInternationalRela- age,especially [email protected] visit lar conference. in relation to America. http:// tions(MGIMO),aleadingdiplomat from the www.udall.gov/p_scholarship.htm. The participation of accomplished Rus- The goalof the conference is toexchange RussianEmbassyinWashingtonandaccom- sians in this programis remarkable because, different perspectives. As Levering notes, plishedresearcher Lilia Shevtsova,a senior event"usually scholars "will be presenting Military ethics professor tospeak inOrtmayer'sopinion,suchan these perspec- associate at the Carnegie Endowment for happens at university."Certainly, tivesthatmay challengesomeofour pet MartinCook,professorof ethics at the a research own International Peace. willingness part likely U.S. Army two the of theRussians to take in ideas. This conference is to offer in- War College, will give Twoof theexpectedvisitors,Dr.Vladimir free,public College the conference signals the esteem in which sights that will stay withus fora longtime." lectures atDavidson Pechatnov and Dr. Vladimir Sogrin, have on Monday and Tuesday, February 18 Davidsonis held in their eyes. and19.OnMonday,February18, at7:30 p.m..hewillspeakabout"Military Inter- vention,Ethics,andtheResponsetoSep- Students welcome new college bar tember 11" in the C. Shaw Smith 900 openingcomplete with big-name bands. need to be driving to exit 28," said Ben Room.OnTuesday,February 19,at4:30 New bar andgrill will Students across campus have expressed Edwards '02. p.m.,he willdiscuss "TheMoralBasisof excitementover thereopeningof thepopular Many Davidson studentslook forward to Gallery. reopen inMarchunder Military Service"in Chambers business and the reestablishment of the going to the popularbar when they turn 21, Davison landmark. and were disappointed when it temporarily givepublic new management Orchestra to concert "It was the only real off-campus hangout closeddown. The DavidsonCollegeSymphony Or- By Nick Asma SeniorStaff Writer anywhere near Davidson. It played a large "I look forward to going as a rite of pas- chestra willpresentafree,public concert rolein sociallife forupper-classmen," noted sage," claimed Khoury Ashooh '03. Tuesday, February on 19. Six student Richard Vinson '02. The food from the restaurant also drew musicians After several weeks out of operation, the will be featured soloists ina "It's agoodhangoutplace togetawayfrom many Davidson students. program including pieces Villa-Lo- Davidson Depotfacility willreopenitsdoors by campus with friends,plusithelps tobreak up "Thefoodwasreallygoodforabar/restau- bos, Mozart,Vivaldi, as a new restaurantunder new management Griffesi andMahler. the week withThirsty Thursdays,"saidSteve rant,"saidCharlotte McCormick '04. The concert begins at 8 in sometimein March. p.m. Love Reece '02. Other students recognized the historical AuditoriumofChambers Building. According to SGA Senator Kevin Epps '03,anew bar andgrillunder different man- For many,particularly older students,the importance of the establishment and