RUSH SAPS STUFF Once again rush is upon us, and to help The Tigers look ahead you sense Hot tips, make of what's going on, we've to Saturday's opener upcoming events, where to be provided in Sewanee: a map and a few fraternity self- with highly-ranked find it in Elizabeth Estes' descriptions. The rest is up to you. It's column on page 3. But Millsaps. Phil Camp- don't tell anyone In between. where you found out. bell's got the rundown WWPWTY OF THEl w^iueoewanetJ!.The Sewanee OF THE PurpleUNIVERSITYUN(VE( OF, The University of the South Sewanee, Tennessee 37375 September 14, 1984 Drinking law hits Sewanee BY MARY LANE PRESTON dents concur. They have already presented a va- and CAROLINE MORTON riety of social activities such as the dance at Cravens (without alcohol), the freshmen week- FORGET HYPOTHETICAL situations. end, and the senior scholarship fundraiser at Lake Cheston. The new Tennessee drinking law , which pro- hibits anyone born after Aug. 1, 1965 to buy or The long term effects of the new law on Se- consume alcholic beverages, has already had a wanee social life are yet to be seen. Riddell be- profound effect on the social life here on the lieves that the Pub will have to fold because it is Mountain. primarily the sale of beer that keeps it going. The Pub and the fraternity houses, two major Will Tonks, President of the Sigma Nu frater- sources of alcohol outside of local stores, have nity, believes it is during college that men and had to adhere to this law in the strictest sense. women should learn to drink socially. Everyone Richard Riddell, the Pub operator, states that who has experienced a Party Weekend at Se- this business is down 25% r30% from last year. He wanee knows takes practice. There are going attributes this loss to the lack of beer sales to to be many seniors going wild in three years," over one quarter of the; Sewanee student popu- he adds. lation. "Sewanee's uniqueness in the past has been that people can come and drink openly and learn from that," Riddell says. "There are others that DEAN SEITERS BELIEVES that the fraternities hard not drink fit in I do and they fine too. would hate have done a commendable job in adhering to the to see Sewanee change its whole breed of new law and cooperating with the administra- Dean Seiters contended that he thought it was people." tion. He believes that the fraternities may even "too early to tell" if the new law had significantly enjoy some weight off their shoulders in the changed the social atmosphere around campus. As far as The University's enforcement of the students found sense of providing entertainment for the cam- He did say, "I think Sewanee have new law and its implications, Seiters stated: "If at parties pus. out that they can have a good time we have been over-permissive in our community served. " Head proctor Dan " How will the drinking law affect the fraterni- where alcohol is not in the past, it is now time to reevaluate. when that thought the law had ties and the sororities themselves? If a social Gould agreed in he The University is directly responsible for a social function eliminates alcohol altogether some, induced a "healthy change" in the atmosphere event, the choice is clear: either I.D. 's will be people get used to the such as Evelyne Wynne president of Theta Kappa of the campus. "Once checked if alcohol is served or when it is not stated, "it will eventually be an Phi sorority, fear that attendance by the older change," Gould practical to check I. D. 's, alcohol will not be Mathis said members will decline. The freshmen, she states, improvement." Head proctor Cam served. Hence the nucleus of the "Common Room "awareness" will be accustomed to nonalcoholic functions. that there is definitely more of an Rule", with which we should all be familiar by shoul- on campus now: "Responsibilty is on our now, was formed. It was not practical to ask ders because of the state law." proctors to to check the I.D.'s of those who drink in the common room or in other public places of RUSH HAS also been greatly affected by the the dormitories; thus, the University has had to law. Gone, for the most part, are the informal WHAT CAN BE DONE to implement other so- ban the use of alcohol in the common room and gatherings at the Pub for an afternoon of drink- cial activities here on the Mountain when drink- halls. There will be no exceptions to the "public ing games. ing beer has come to be the primary source of display" of alcohol law; that includes at athletic "It will be harder to meet people," says Andy enjoyment? events. Magenheimer, rush chairman for the Sigma Nu's. "This has always been a problem and some- DEAN SEITERS WARNED that Sewanee is not "We will have to create new ways of going about thing that we've been studying long before the quite so comfortably cushioned by the grand- is in getting to know freshmen." That Shake Day change the law," says Dean of Women Mary father clause as it may seem at the present. There on a Saturday night this year has prompted some Sue Cushman. is talk in the Tennessee legislature right now to to wonder how carefully the University will feel Talmadge Horton, 22 and a senior, talks of take away the grandfather clause this year: by compelled to oversee the various celebrations "finding new centers for social activity other than the time school opens in 1985, there is a possi- associated with it. alcohol based functions," and the Deans of Stu- bility of a straight 21 drinking age. 1 September 14, 1984 on I ho inoiiiiuiiii New profs in profile BY KARLA JACOBSON AND WENDY MORSE Among all the new faces at Sewanee this se- mester are fourteen professors and one admin- istrator. The new faculty brings a variety of backgrounds ">nd outlooks to the campus. Here's Fulbright grant a glimpse at them in profile deadline NAME- Fredrick M. Wilson announced LOCATION- StL 113 THE 1985-86 competition for grants for grad- CLASSES TAUGHT-lntroduction to Religion, uate study abroad offered under the Fulbright Comparative Religions Program and by forign governments, universi- COLLEGES ATTENDED/DEGREES EARNED- ties, and private donors will close October 31, B.A., Davidson College; M. Div., Fuller Theologi- in which 1984. Only a few more weeks remain cal Seminary Macfie Walker qualified graduating seniors may apply for one FORMER JOB- Taught at Duke for the last three Photos by Morgan Bomar of the approximately 700 awards to over 70 years Gilbert Gilchrist an- countries, program advisor PETS- dog named Alex who fits well into the NAME- Thomas E. Macfie Jr. nounced this week. Sewanee society LOCATION- Admissions Office Most of the grants offered provide round-trip- FAVORITE HOBBY- jogging TITLE- Assistant Director of Admissions transportation, tuition and maintenance for one FAVORITE FOOD- seafood COLLEGE ATTENDED- I980 graduate of a provide international travel academic year; few FAVORITE THING ABOUT SEWANEE- that it is Sewanee partial grant-in- only, or a stipend intended as a quiet and isolated FORMER JOB- taught at boarding school in aid. New England A proficiency in German may prove especially NAME- T.Conly Powell FAVORITE HOBBIES- canoeing, biking valuable this year, Gilchrist said. LOCATION- WL 223 FAVORITE FOOD- lobster CLASS Astronomy wonder- Application forms and further information for TAUGHT- FAVORITE THING ABOUT SEWANEE- COLLEGES ATTENDED/DEGREES ful people students currently enrolled may be obtained from EARNED- B.A., Berea College; Univer sity of Tennessee Dr. Gilchrist, who is located in Room 207, Walsh- Space Institute; Ph.D., University if Kentucky Homer C. Walker, Jr. Ellen. The deadline for filing an application on NAME- FORMER JOBS- Has taught for seven years at LOCATION- WL 223 this campus is October 15, 1984. the University of Tennessee and still teaches POSITION- Physics instructor there; has done much post-doctoral work rang- COLLEGES ATTENDED/DEGREES EARNED- release ing from nuclear fusion to seaching for the tenth B.S., Tennessee Technological University; M.S., Yearbook planet University of Georgia FAMILY- Dad was a small farmer, then a coal FORMER JOB- previous part-time at the college set for November miner FAMILY- wife, Rita PETS- a dog and two cats wilibe late this fall THE 1983-84Cdp and Gown HOBBIES- weight lifting, pseudo-science, sci- NAME- Timothy 0. Shearon because the sports section was lost in the mail ence fiction LOCATION- WL 115 on the way to the publisher, yearbook editor FAVORITE FOOD- tomato freak POSITION- assistant professor of psychology David Norton said this week. FAVORITE THING ABOUT SEWANEE- the COLLEGES ATTENDED/DEGREES EARNED- "The books will be out in mid to late Novem- administration and faculty really seem to care if A.B., Mercer University; Ph.D., University of " ber, I'd say, Norton said. the students learn anything or not, and the stu- Georgia Norton and Leslie Grossman were the editors dents themselves seem to care FORMER JOB- taught at the University of of the 1983-84 annual. Seniors Ann Chapleau and Georgia Lavada Barnes will edit this year's book. NAME- Suzi Gablick FAMILY- wife, Janice; twelve-year-old son, LOCATION- Ca 24 Patrick CLASSES TAUGHT- Art Gallery opening COLLEGE ATTENDED/DEGREES EARNED- B.A., NAME- Thomas Van Brunt Hunter College LOCATION- StL 21 features seven FORMER JOB- taught at Sewanee in I982 POSITION- lecturer in public speaking SELF-CHARACTERIZATION- "I have a great ap- COLLEGES ATTENDED/DEGREES EARNED- THE OPENING exhibit of the newly remodeled petite for life and enjoy many things at once." B.A., M.A., Ohio State University; Ph.D., Indiana Gallery of Fine Arts, entitled the SOUTHEAST FAVORITE FOOD- Haggen Daas Chocolate University SEVEN VII, features the seven NEA/SECCA Chocolate Chip Ice Cream FORMER JOB- Chairman of Dept.