arts & entertainment perspectives sports Sounds of Venice to Study shows hookups Field hockey mark the start of becoming more and team rips James Secrest Artists Series more common among Madison in home college women opener Page B5 Page A8 Page B1 Press Box: Grobe, Deacons offer optimistic future Old Gold and Black Page B1 thursday, september 6, 2001 “covers the campus like the magnolias” volume 85, no. 2 University jumps to #26 in rankings By Elizabeth Bland “This year we adjusted a school’s and Elizabeth Turnbull research spending according to the News Editors ratio of its undergraduate to gradu- ate students,” Morse and Flanigan U.S. News and World Report is write. expected to announce today that To rank colleges and universities, the university is ranked 26th among U.S. News uses a method consisting of 249 national universities in its three basic steps. The institutions are annual guide, “America’s Best Col- first categorized by mission and region leges.” with data gathered reflecting up to 16 For the last two consecutive years indicators of academic excellence. the university was ranked 28th. “Each factor is assigned a weight that The University of California at reflects our judgment about how much Los Angeles, which was previously each measure matters,” Morse and ranked 25th in the 2001 guide, also Flanigan write. “Finally, the colleges shares the 26th spot. in each category are ranked against According to a university press their peers, based on their composite release, the improved standing can weighted score.” be attributed to the university’s low The indicators used to determine student-faculty ratio, small classes academic excellence fall into seven and positive freshman retention categories: academic reputation, rate. Alumni giving and financial retention, faculty resources, student resources were also cited as contrib- selectivity, financial resources, gradu- uting factors. ation rate performance and alumni Robert Morse and Samuel Flani- giving rate. gan of the magazine justify the U.S. In addition to the particular focus for Jay Cridlin/Old Gold and Black News and World Report ranking deci- each year’s ranking, Morse and Flani- sions on the magazine’s Web site, gan base their decisions on “quantita- Kick start www.usnews.com. tive measures that education experts This year’s comparison of schools have proposed as reliable indicators Junior Anne Argenta (center) practices punching drills with fellow enthusiasts during the Karate Club’s first meeting, Sept. 4, in Reynolds focused on the amount of money of academic quality.” Gymnasium. Over 20 interested students attended the first meeting and participated in drills and body-toning excercises such as push-ups. schools spend on undergraduate as The complete U.S. News rankings well as graduate students. are posted on www.usnews.com. Some freshman Students fill chapel for Alcohol SpeakOut By Lisa Mann According to Giuliani, the purpose of the Alcohol required to park Contributing Reporter SpeakOut is twofold, first to commemorate the two students who died, and second to get students think- Exactly five years after two Chi Omega sorority ing about alcohol and the consequences of being sisters, Maia Witzl and Julie Hansen, were killed irresponsible. in off-campus lot in a drunken driving accident, candles were lit “We are all in college and over 18.” Giuliani in their memory at the second annual Alcohol said.“We want people to make their own choices By Nick Phillips SpeakOut Sept. 4. about drinking as long as they do it safely.” Contributing Reporter Students crowded into Wait Chapel to hear According to Giuliani, the Alcohol SpeakOut is eight student leaders speak about responsibility completely student-run and the administration gave Due to a lack of parking spaces this year, some and their own personal experiences with alco- the councils freedom to organize. freshmen are parking off campus at a newly paved hol. “It is important that the Alcohol Speakout is held satellite lot on Polo Road across from North Resi- “The Alcohol SpeakOut is a student initia- in the beginning of the year for the freshmen who dence Hall. tive, not a lecture,” said senior Ady Giuliani, the are just arriving on campus,” Giuliani said. “Last According to University Police Chief Regina SpeakOut organizer and a co-chair of the Greek year there was a reduction in the number of alcohol Lawson, the satellite lot is a one-year pilot project Alcohol Advisory Council. “We’re not trying write-ups afterwards.” whose goal is to reduce traffic on campus during to scare anyone, just encourage open dialogue Before the SpeakOut a memorial service for Maia business hours. about alcohol.” Witzl and Julie Hansen was held in a small garden Those who were selected or volunteered for the The InterFraternity Council started the Alcohol to the side of Wait Chapel. satellite lot cannot park on campus from 7:30 a.m SpeakOut program last year. Each year students who were in the accident to 5 p.m Monday through Friday. GAAC began as an offshoot of the IFC and come back to Wake Forest to remember Witzl and “We’ve already seen a difference,” Lawson said. Panhellenic Council to deal with alcohol issues. Hansen. Amanda Jones/Old Gold and Black Beginning Sept. 10, University Police will begin Giuliani shares the co-chair position with senior Students used the SpeakOut to warn against the officially monitoring the satellite lot’s effects on traf- Sean McGuire. See SpeakOut, Page A5 dangers of irresponsible drinking. fic. “Calloway Hall is expanding this October, which will reduce parking spots further … making the satel- lite lot absolutely necessary,” Student Government President Jordan Brehove said. Visually impaired freshman settles in on campus There are currently 246 first-year students parked at the satellite lot. Around 200 students were chosen at random by Freshman Jamie Dean is adjusting to life on confidence and success,” Dean said. “We gener- a lottery over the summer. campus just like any other first year. The ally segregate the handicapped and see them as Volunteers occupy the remaining spots. Those stu- a group that must be set apart.” dents parked in the satellite lot had their parking university, though, has had to adjust to him. What he most dislikes are the belittling com- fees waived for the year. ments he receives for everyday actions. Parking management advertised the lot as a “seven By Elizabeth Turnbull “I hate to be given extraordinary praise for doing minute walk from the center of campus” in the Traf- News Editor the ordinary,” Dean says. “And I hate being belit- fic Rules and Regulations guide. tled. I don’t see walking from Scales to Babcock However, some students find the walk significantly Freshman Jamie Dean has been drawing a lot as extraordinary.” farther. of attention the past couple of weeks, but not for Freshman Martha Woodrum, a longtime friend “I timed the walk to be about 15 minutes from (Col- the reasons most people think. of Dean, also sees him as more than independent. lins Residence Hall),” freshman Jon Oparowski said. The world sees him as visually impaired. but “I would definitely describe him as a leader,” Woo- “From Reynolda Hall it’s about 12 minutes.” friends see him as a leader. Dean sees himself as drum said. “I think he’s a really friendly person. I University Police provides a shuttle service from an ordinary guy “no braver than any other fresh- think it’s really easy to overlook the fact that he’s the lot, from 8 p.m. until 3 a.m, although later in man.” blind.” the fall the shuttle will begin running from 6 p.m. However, unlike most other freshmen, orien- Nevertheless, because of Dean’s disability, Jay to 3 a.m. tation has been a team effort for Dean and his Dominick, an assistant vice president and the chief Freshman Marc Griffin said, “Walking all the way seeing-eye dog, Paul, as both learn to navigate the information officer, wanted him to have time to to the satellite lot during the day is a pretty big campus’ sidewalks, steps and winding hallways. acclimate himself to campus before the rush of trek. It adds 30 minutes to every trip I make off Dean has a progressive strain of Retinitis Pig- arriving freshmen. Dean stayed with Dominick campus.” mentosa, a classification of a variety of medical as he learned his way around campus. Dominick disorders that manifest themselves through the has two sons, Boyce, 9, and Thomas, 5, both of loss of sight. His disability began with the loss of whom also have RP. See Parking, Page A3 peripheral and night vision and has now left him “(Boyce) had never met anyone with RP. I think with a range of sight about the size of a pinhole in he was concerned and worried about what some- a piece of paper. Since he can see light and certain one more advanced with this disease would be i n d e x shapes, Dean refers to himself as visually impaired like,” Dominick said. “To find someone this well and not blind. adjusted … gave him a lot of optimism.” A&E ..................... B5-7 In Other News..........A2 Dean says that he has “always been a very Despite the fact that the university application Briefly ......................A2 Perspectives ............B8 independent person” and is dedicated to living asks students to list disabilities, Dean chose not to Calendar..................A2 Police Beat ..............A3 a normal life. He finds it frustrating that he has list his visual impairment. Classifieds ...............B8 Schedule..................B2 Billie Zito/Old Gold and Black to once again break through the stigma of being “I don’t live in a visually impaired world, I live in Comics.....................B6 Sports.............