THIS ISSUEl Pg. 2: SBP candidate overview. Pg. 3: Hot movie rentals. Pg. 4: It's time for softball, lax & tracks. THKECHQTA YLOR UNIVERSITY STUDENT NEWS Volume LXXXVni, No. 17 Friday, March 9, 2001 Upland, Indiana Making our parents' music relevant again TIM WALTER Jones-even flying panties-but ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR lacked a cameo appearance from Thursday produced another history professor Tom Jones. "nostalgic" night to remember. Rusty Bray's "Piano Man" is a Last night the annual SAC- classic sing-along favorite. The hosted Nostalgia Night featured a night wouldn't have been com­ variety of musical artists ranging plete without Sweden's favorite from Tom Jones and John Denver band, ABBA, who performed a to ABBA and The Rolling classic rendition of "Dancing Stones. Many SAC members Queen." But the performance commented on the night as being that stole the night, aside from one of the best in recent memory. freshman Erik Heavey getting "This year our Nostalgia Night funky with the cowbell, was is quite possibly the best show freshman Tim Movido and soph­ we've had since I've been here at omore Dave Weber's rendition of Taylor. It sounds "Mrs. ridiculous but I Robinson." The have heard other song was not people say that as only dangerously well," said SAC close to sound­ special events ing authentic, but coordinator had killer guitar Rachel Martin. solos that left "This is proba­ Movido playing niutu uy uiyeni onuui bly one of the with broken DAVE WEBER AND TIM MOVIDO JAM during their cover of Simon and Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson." biggest crowds strings. Junior recent years, as filler between the great; [the show was] over all the we had for one of Mark Guinn not tured the unique sounds of a acts for '90s Night, Air Band and same old, same old." these nights... only fronted for sitar. Associate philosophy pro­ fessor Jim Spiegel got involved Nostalgia Night have now A more positive aspect of the Hardly anybody The Rolling with this special event by shar­ become a main attraction. Senior evening was the sound engineer­ didn't get a really Stones in "Paint Photo by Bryan Smith ing his musical talents in "Spirit Manganello, sophomore Dan ing done by Braden Painter, who good round of It Black," but he JACOB OEHRIG BREAKS IT Anger and junior Kirk Robinson according to both the performers applause," said played John of the Sky." DOWN during ABBA's "The musicians and singers prepared a good mix of movie and SAC staff, gave the audience senior concert Denver's guitar "Dancing Queen." spoofs. These spoofs received and performers the best sound coordinator Jay as Senior Angie were better than past years. The varied amounts of laughter and a production this type of event has Aquila, who also sang in three Swartzendruber sang "Leaving censorship has definitely light­ wide range of reviews, from ever had. numbers with the core band. on a Jet Plane." Senior Martha ened up. Those video clips were Steve Austin, director of student Almost all of the acts came Wood was having "One Fine very clever. Vinnie Shulze's praise to some students' programs, was extremely pleased away as crowd favorites, like Day," while Senior JeffBoutwell [Manganello] knows what he's disapproval. Junior Ben Reed found the with the event. "It was my Senior Dinty Musk's rendition of and Steve Stahr put "Carolina on doing," said music professor favorite Nostalgia Night in the Tom Jones' "It's not Unusual." my Mind." The Beatles' Fred Shulze. entire nighi to be sub-par: "The past 10 years," he said. This song had everything Tom "Norwegian Wood" even fea- The video clips featured in videos were terrible. It wasn't Nobel Peace Prize nominee speaks out against sanctions on Iraq BY KAREN PENNER the campaign began. War in a variety of non­ Kelly believes that current sanc­ NEWS EDITOR During the first two violent ways. Some tions placed on Iraq are wrong. lived on the border Kelly is also against any "devel­ 2000 Nobel Peace prize nom­ weeks of the Gulf War between the opposing opment, storage and use - in any inee Kathy Kelly spoke to Taylor she was part of a peace armies before and dur­ country - of any weapons of mass students about current Middle encampment, called ing part of the war; oth­ destruction, be they nuclear, East issues. The lecture, held the Gulf Peace Team, ers traveled to Iraq chemical, biological or econom­ Wednesday night in the Butz- along the Iraq-Saudi immediately before and ic," she said. Carruth Recital Hall, focused on Arabian border. after the war. Still others The lecture closed with ques­ concerns surrounding the United Following the evacua­ filled the streets of the tions from the audience about the Nations' and United States' sanc­ tion to Amman, U.S. to decry the war. sanctions on Iraq and the view's of tions on Iraq. Jordan, Kelly stayed in Many of us have wit­ the Voices in the Wilderness Kelly grew up on the southwest the region for the next nessed the consequences oiganization. side of Chicago and has taught in six months to help of sanctions first hand Kelly has also helped organize Chicago area community col­ coordinate medical Photo by Bryan Smith and maintained contact and participated in nonviolent leges and high schools since relief convoys and 2000 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE NOMINEE Kathy Kelly with NGOs that continu­ direct action teams in Haiti and 1974. study teams. expressed her opinion about the United Nations' and ally attempt to deliver Bosnia. Kelly helped initiate and con­ Since 1996, the group United States' involvment in Iraq. Kelly took a strong relief supplies to the The Taylor student chapter of tinues to help coordinated the has lead 30 delegations stance agianst sanctions placed on Iraq. neediest groups and International Justice Mission and organization Voices in the that have traveled to individuals in Iraq... we will con­ the Amnesty International Wilderness, a campaign to end hospitals and clinics in Baghdad, www.nonviolence.org/vitw, this campaign until the sanc­ Chapter sponsored the event. the U.N. and U.S. sanctions Basra and Mosul, breaking the their mission is to break sanc­ tinue tions against them [the people of More information can be found on against Iraq. Kelly has been to siege imposed by the sanctions. tions placed in Iraq. Iraq] are lifted." the IJM chapter at www.ijm.org. Iraq 13 times since 1996, when According the group's website, "In 1991, we opposed the Gulf f NEWS' MARCH 9,2001 • THE ECHO • 2 Presidential hopefuls full of passion for TU Kate Oates says no to something you have other candidates. Brian Moriarty ABBY MCLAUGHLIN "I have a passion for?" Each candidate Tim Hardin Moriarty EDITOR such a took a turn answering all of the "I've got sees the desire for Taylor students will have the questions. Oates, who was a passion student this campus chance to vote for the candidate attending a funeral out of town and love body as an to be more of their choice today in the stu­ and was unable to be present at for Taylor, orchestra than what it dent body president primaries. the debate, submitted written and to and the role is. I want us The seven candidates—Andrew responses to the questions. serve the of the pres­ to change Fennig, Tim Hardin, Tamara Secttor said, "I'm sad Kate communi- ident as what we Leatherby, Brian Moriarty, Joel couldn't be here, but her priori­ 7 ty. I want similar to lack." Oates believes that "in Newton, Kate Oates and Greg ties are straight. She did what people to that of a many ways we are a community, Yatooma—are "over-qualified" she needed to do." see me as someone who is conductor. "I want to set the according to current Student The following are highlights available and approachable," tempo and encourage each per­ and in many ways we aren't..." Body President, Steve Klipp. from each candidates' positions Hardin said. His leadership son ... set the vision and then and that there are barriers on "Each of [the candidates] brings a as discussed during the debate style is one characterized by hopefully step out and watch campus that need to be broken new experience and motivation to Wednesday night: approachability, listening and things run smoothly." He down. She sees her leadership TSO; I'm very excited about Andrew Fennig equality with the entire student desires to look at things with a style as based on motivation, what they have to offer." Fennig body. Hardin feels that it is mindset of "how can we fulfill teamwork and encouragement. The candidates had the opportu­ said that important to serve as a leader, these purposes with this cabi­ Oates feels that the candidates nity to share their visions and his vision and in doing so, to give back to net?" Moriarty said that by are in many ways the same, but qualifications with the student is a "pur­ the community. He feels he is being purpose-oriented instead that her passion "goes beyond body during a debate on pose-driv­ different from the rest of the of task-oriented, he believes that TSO, and onto the campus." Wednesday night in the Union. en TSO candidates because "Christ it will be easier to fulfill specif­ Greg Yatooma Steve Austin, director of student that does [made] me different." He also ic purposes. He believes that his Yatooma programs, was impressed with each and said that his experience as vice- two-year involvement with ICC said his the event.