SPORts FEATURES OP/ED A&E LUST outdoes itself in The secret life of government Style, more style! plants the Senior Paul Feyertag presents conference championships professor Steven Wulf seeds of spring fashion his original compositions >> page 11 >> page 3 >> page 6 >> page 8 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2008 VOL. CXXTHEV, NO. 15 LAWRENLAWRENCE UNIVERSITY'S STUDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1884 TIANWWW.LAWRENTIAN.COM Lawrence honored for volunteer service Brianna Stapleton lifestyle keeps students very, very Spanish, English literature, calculus, distinction. LARY Buddies are at- the benefits extend further than to Staff Writer busy — but there are still volun- geometry, biology, viola, and more. risk youth from Edison Elementary just the one young buddy. teer opportunities with minimal “I am amazed sometimes that we can who meet weekly with a Lawrence “All the kids, even the ones Lawrence University was recently time commitment available to those find Lawrence students to fill these student. without LARY Buddies, love it when honored with a spot on the President’s with a packed schedule. Hill sug- requests,” said Dabney. Through Lawrence buddies also go above Lawrence students are in the class- Higher Education Community Service gested that busy students who wish VITAL, Dabney has observed the and beyond to take their young bud- room,” said Mastel. As Mastel reflect- Honor Roll. The distinction is award- to volunteer should look into the tutees feeling more confident in dies to activities outside of school, ed on the benefits of the volunteer- ed by the Corporation for National Saturdays of Service, a once-a-month their work and the Lawrence tutors like a day at the park or an event ing experience, she stated that “it and Community Service and is the opportunity. “We do all of the plan- building communication skills. on the Lawrence campus. Junior gives you perspective on your life” highest federal recognition that a ning — students just have to sign up The LARY Buddy program was Marissa Mastel, coordinator of the and overall can be a very rewarding university can achieve for its com- and be present,” said Hill. also recognized in the honor roll LARY Buddy program, believes that and fun experience. munity service efforts. The Volunteer What does the Community 528 schools throughout the Center also offers a Service Honor Roll distinction mean nation made the Community Service database of opportu- for the future of service learning at Honor Roll. Several other schools nities within one mile Lawrence? in Wisconsin also achieved the of the campus, so Obama Wins WI “I hope that our position on the honor, including Alverno College, even students without Community Service Honor Roll will Ripon College, and UW-Parkside. a vehicle can interact both inspire faculty to promote and Lawrence’s commitment to service with the Appleton instigate even more service-learn- learning was evaluated based on the community. ing projects, and encourage more scope of service projects, percentage Senior Nicki students to join their peers in serv- of student participation, and incen- Dabney, coordinator ing the community in which they tives for service. of the VITAL tutoring live,” said senior Samantha Gibb, Lawrence has been very com- program, was excited the Chair of Promotions for the mitted to service learning in the about the Community Volunteer Center. past few years. The Volunteer and Service Honor Roll dis- She believes that the current Community Service Center is a stu- tinction. spirit of volunteerism at Lawrence dent-run office and a new Office of “Many schools assures the Appleton community Community Engagement was estab- larger than Lawrence that college students in 2008 are lished this year. do not have volunteer ready and willing to serve their com- Unique programs such as centers, and here we munities and will continue to do so ArtsBridge, LARY Buddies, and VITAL are a school of 1400 after they graduate. tutoring, along with a 46 percent rate students with an amaz- Gibb believes that the honor roll of student service involvement, help ing program,” said award is not a signal to sit back and Lawrence stand out among other Dabney. Lawrentians enjoy what Lawrence has accom- higher educational institutions. involved in VITAL plished, but instead should serve as Kristi Hill, the Coordinator of tutoring meet weekly motivation for the future. Internships and Volunteer Programs, with K-12 students at Said Gibb, “Now that we have believes that community service can the Mudd Library to been recognized as a college that enhance the Lawrence educational work on a variety of engages students in service activi- experience. “Students are doing a subjects. ties and promotes long-term involve- disservice to themselves by thinking Currently, there ment in our community, we should that everything they can learn is on Photo courtesy of Sveinn Sigurdsson are Lawrence students Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama addresses the crowd in Green Bay on Friday. Obama won not only live up to this honor, but the Lawrence campus,” said Hill. tutoring in French, by 17 percent over Hillary Clinton in the Wisconsin primaries. strive to do even more.” She noted that the Lawrence Japanese, Chinese, 24-Hour Play Festival More Light! Student Video Contest The plays, though brief, were Alicia Bones Development and Alumni Relations Brooks and Husmann put this Katy Hillbo Staff Writer Staff Writer all complete, self-contained stories. Cal Husmann and assistant profes- competition together as part of a They represented a broad range of sor of music Andrew Mast, will then renewed fundraising initiative. The Lawrence’s upcoming student select three finalists. campaign has currently raised $100 Twenty-four hours. In this span experiences — from the heartbreak- video competition invites students Brooks said the judges will be million and plans on raising an addi- of time, you could pull an all-nighter ing account of a mother’s suicide to shed “More Light!” on unique looking for a film idea that is “really tional $50 million. or watch a marathon. You could go and the impact of her life and death aspects of Lawrence. creative, really authentic, and really They plan to target mostly alum- to a day spa. You could catch and on her family to the exploits of a The “More Light!” theme is based moving.” ni to increase Lawrence’s current get over a 24-hour bug. Or you could possessed teddy bear with a mouth on the seal of Lawrence University, The three finalist teams will alumni giving rate of 50 percent. do as the students involved with the like a sailor. which says “Light! More Light!” and receive a professional video camera, Brooks said the videos will be 24-hour Play Festival did — write, Not to mention senior Aram “Veritas est Lux” (Truth is Light), an iBook laptop with video editing taken to “show to donors and friends direct and perform a play. Six plays Monisoff in a rather memorable as well as the Milwaukee-Downer software and $1000 to create their of the college … [to give] them a look in fact. Halloween costume. College seal, which says “Sit Lux” film by June 20. at the college.” Starting at 7:30 p.m. last Friday, All of the productions were cre- (Let there be light). A different panel, comprised Some alumni haven’t been back the 25 actors, six playwrights, six ated with an air of mystery in order Filmmaking teams must plan mostly of alumni and including film- to the campus in years, so the video directors and six technicians met to to keep the improvisational flavor of their ideas for the four- to five-min- maker and CEO of The Documentary competition is a way to give them a begin their adventure, bearing props the event alive. ute film and submit them to Director Channel Tom Neff, will judge the modern student’s perspective. that would serve both to provide As producers Maria Giere and of Donor Relations Joseph Brooks by final selections. Besides showing a student per- inspiration and somehow be incor- Jem Herron explained, “No writers March 3. The winning team will receive spective to alums, a goal of the porated into the plays. can have preconceived ideas” about A faculty and staff committee, $3000, while the runner-up will competition is to “create some col- Working in shifts, playwrights the plays that they write. “It all has comprised of assistant professors of receive $1500. The winning team laboration on campus.” wrote plays, directors worked with to be out of the moment.” studio art Julie Lindemann and John will also have its work screened at The teams should be comprised the actors, actors memorized lines The actors were also kept in the Shimon, Ormsby RHD and Campus Lawrence’s Fall Festival next year not only of students skilled with cam- and technicians learned lighting Activities Programming Coordinator and featured on The Documentary cues. By 7:30 p.m. Saturday, six LaDonna Hayden, Vice President for Channel. plays were ready for their debut. Play Festival See on page 4 See Video Contest on page 4 WEEKEND Sunny Sunny High 26 High 31 URDAY Low 12 Low 23 T WEATHER UNDAY A Wind: ESE at 6 mph S Source: weather.com S Wind: NNW at 9 mph The LAWRENTIAN 2 FEATURES FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2008 A heterosexual couple with a twist Actual size: The asteroid Nicole Capozziello Corey Zehfus may seem to be a rather large num- Staff Writer rights allowed through marriage and for The Lawrentian ber; however, it is only about 1/2000 the chance to bring their family and of the mass of the earth. friends together in celebration. Lecturer in Gender Studies and All the geeks out there who have In essence, if you were to smash When Crow began to transition, author Helen Boyd delivered a talk played “StarFox” or watched “Star up the moon into millions of little Boyd had questions of her own and reading Monday, Feb.