FirstClass U.S. PostagePaid Permit#1 + "THE SOUTHS FOREMOST COLLEGE WEEKLY" + Davidson College Wednesday, September 29,2004 Volume 96, Number 5 War inIraqhitsDavidson community close to home Alumnijacultyshare personal realities * A, * 1b lie ib ■ of war inIraq ByLiz Barry Staff Writer Whilehischarter planeboundfor IraqrefueledinMainelastThursday, second Lieutenant Keith Carmack used his free time to make last one - 1 phonecallonAmerican soil.Keith's Homecoming King and two-minute conversation with his Queen Collin Setterberg wifewasbrieflyinterruptedwhenhe and Emily Upchurch. heardafriendlyvoicebehindhimcall out, "Hey,Big Guy!" Alums return "We always call him 'BigGuy' becauseheisbig,tall,and athletic," toDavidson for saidEconomicsDepartmentalAssis- tant Barbara Carmack, recounting Homecoming herson's surpriseencounter."When Keithturnedaround,itwasPresident By Lydik White Bush sendingoffsoldiers.That was Staff Writer areal surprise." David Rozelle '95 lost part of his leg on hisfirst tour but plans to return to Iraqsoon. For Carmack andother members Davidson celebrated a well-re- of theDavidsoncommunity, theon- gets very hard. off to war. infant son. ceivedHomecoming thispastweek- going efforts to restore order and Last week Keith joined B Com- "I'vegottenalotof support,espe- "Wehavea veryclose family,and end,successfully bringing together democracy in a war-tornIraq are pany, 252 Armor Division,a U.S. cially here at work,"Carmack said. that's the only way you can get allmanner of students present and much more thandistant strugglesin ArmyunitthathasbeeninIraqsince "Many of mycolleaguesknow my throughthesethings,"Carmacksaid. former. afar-offland.Formany,therealities February. family verywell,soI'vegottenalot "Wetrytostaystrongfor him.That's Last Thursday's SGA-sponsored of war havehad profoundpersonal AlthoughKeithwas nottoldwhere ofsupport throughthe faculty." all we cando." PattersonCourtbonfirekickedoffthe importance. inIraqhe wouldbe stationed,hetold TheOfficeofSupportStaffiscom- weekend'sfestivitiesbyhonoringall family members prior to departure pilingaboxofusefulitems,ranging Tommy Dugan'98 fall sports. Keith Carmack that he would be joining ground fromnutri-grainbars to magazines, U.S. Army Reserve Captain SGApresidentKatharineHubbard 252 Armor Division troops. tosendto Keith'splatoonduring the Tommy Dugan '98 was a Biology '05 hoped that this would become a Barbara Carmack has worked in "It is disconcerting not knowing Christmasholidays. majorandcaptainofthefootball team new Davidsontradition. the Economics department for 16 where he is," Carmack said. "But I Carmack has also set upacollec- during his time at Davidson. He "Ithoughtthepeprally wasahuge years and has been associated with guess thegoodpartis thatifIknew tionfor Keith's platoon in thestaff joinedROTC during his freshman success,"she said. thecollegefor over 30 years. where he really was, Iwould be a lounge. year to help pay his way through "Ithinkthebonfirehelpedtomake "Iusually do very well,"she said wreck. Maybe not knowingis bet- Carmackusuallyreceivesupdates college. people aware of and excited about duringaninterviewlastThursday,the ter." from Keith's wife, Shannon, who Duringthesixyearsafter gradua- Homecoming,and about fall sports same morningher son left for Iraq. Davidson's tight-knit community Keith contactsdirectly byphone or tion,Dugan served inNorthKorea, in general," said Freshmen class "It's just times like this whenI'm has helped Carmack deal with the e-mail wheneverpossible. Afghanistan andIraq. seeHomecoming,page 4 really focusedonhimleaving,thatit emotional stress ofsendingher son ShannonlivesinRaleighwiththeir seeIraq,page5 MECCA campaigns for Arabic professor By AdamMartin David Jemison, MECCA'S President Bobby Vagt showed NewsEditor founderandpresident,said"thereis generalsupport for the idea. - overwhelming ■jpr *. flj pkyy an demand for Ara- "It iscertainly^worthyof consid- Eight hundred eighteen students bic at Davidson and in a post Sep- eration,"he said. recentlysignedapetitionin support tember 11 worldand theonus ison However, when asked about the of hiring a full-time Arabic profes- theacademicinstitutionsoftheworld realityofbringinganArabicprofes- sor. to meet this demand." sor to Davidson in the near future, The new student organization Thirty-one studentsalsosigneda Vagt said "scarceresources require Middle-Eastern Cross Cultural As- differentpetitionthatsaidtheywould you tomake choices" and that "you sociation (MECCA) began the be "willingto takeclassroomArabic don'tpick coursesbecause ofimme- "Bring Classroom Arabic to here at Davidson if offered by an diate popularity." Davidson"campaign soon after its Arabic professor." Davidsoncurrently offers Arabic inceptionthis fall. A handful of leadingliberal arts in its Self-Instructional Language Thegroup willpresentitspetition schools,suchasAmherst, Williams, Program. — -"""*' and proposal to Dean of Faculty Wellesley, Vassar, and Middlebury, SILP allows only five students to PhotowyEmilyKota Vl^V'I.r ii^ Clark President hired full time tenure-track enroll in each of its two Arabic petition to professor Rossand Bobby Vagt have MECCA'S hire a full-time Arabic professors. collected 818signatures. and thenSGA nextThursday. Arabic seeMECCA,page3 NEWS: Folk artist Newcomer performs see page 4 Davidson's Debate heats Player/fan DECISION , ,. little-known d^tfbtfgJ3j| up as election altercations: art- collection draws near who's fault? i K HA&L, 7 PERSPECTIVES,PAGES10-11 SPORTS, 12 PAGEPAGE PAGE 2 The Davidsonian News Wednesday, September29,2004 "A' «r WearaLecture EconomistPaul Krugman,aregularcolumnist fortheNew YorkTune jecialist ininternational tradeissues, will give this year's Wearn Lecture tonight ; m. in the DukeFamily Performance Hall. For information,call (704)894-2140. History andHomosexuality Professor Clayton Whisnant of Wofford College willmake three presentations about homosexuality in 20*century Germany on September30. Thefirstpresentation,"The PersecutionofHomosexualsDuringtheThirdReich." willbein an8:30a.m.class,a^idthe Davidson contributedto hurricane relief efforts after four hurricanes second presentation,""TheGermanBody intheTwentieth Century," willbe in a1p.m. struck the Atlantic coast. class. Whisnant willalso give a public lecture on "Controlof Gay Culture inPostwar Germany" at 4p.m.intheSprinkleRoomoftheAlvarezCollegeUnion. Forpermission toattendeitherclassroompresentationorforinformationabout thelectures.call(704)894- Students, faculty take part 2855. inhurricane reliefefforts BiologySeminar By KateGillespie "Thehurricane passed through west of us, Dr.ChuckPetersonofIdahoState will giveapresentationon"SpatialDistributionand Staff Writer hit the northern area of westernFlorida,and theConservationofAmphibiansandReptilesin theIntermountainWest**onSeptember30 headedforLouisiana,"Webb said."Mycousin at 4:30p.m.inRoom146of theDana Science Building. Four hurricanes have struck the Atlantic goesto schoolinTulane,and theentire school coast within the past five weeks,causing bil- wasevacuated.Itdidn'thitashardasexpected, lions ofdollarsofdamageand theevacuation but it really disrupted my family since three GSAFilm ofmillionsofresidentsofFlorida andsurround- members of it were evacuated." ing areas. Webb'sparentsdrovetoMarylandafterleav- TheLaramieProject,thefirst filmof theGSAFilmFestival,willbe shownonSeptember ForDavidson studentsand staff who come ingDavidson to make sure that thehurricane 30 at 9p.m. onBelkLawn. Thefilmhonors those who were affected bytheMatthew from the southeastern United States, thehur- wouldn't veerback in their direction. Sheppardtragedy. Intheeventofrain,themoviewillbe shownintheTomlinsonConfer- ricanes havehitclosetohome andcausedprob- "Theydrove throughall of thedestruction enceRoom. lems for family andfriends. fromtheprevioushurricanes,"Webbsaid."The No statehas beenhitby four hurricanes so trees were flattened, and everything was a quickly since Texas in1886. mess." PresdentialDebateand PandDiscussion Hurricane Charley reached southwest College Communications Assistant John Florida on August 3 and was followed by Symedrove 1500 miles infive days to reach TheDavidsonStudentsfor Kerry-Edwards,Students forBush,YoungDemocrats, and Frances,Ivan,andJeanne,whichhitlastSun- his mother's beach house in Orange Beach, CollegeRepublicans willhostapresidential debate-watchingonSeptember30 at9p.m. day. Alabama. inthe900RoomoftheAlvarezCollegeUnion.Followingthe debate,apanelofprofessors The storms wereblamedforatleast70 deaths HismotherlivesinDekalb,Mississippi,and moderatedbyDeanShandley willdiscuss thedebateandfieldquestions from studentsin inFlorida. Hurricane Ivan struckboth towns. the DukeFamilyPerformanceHall from10:30-11:30. Thepanelincludes Dr.Levering, AlexWales '08 was stilllivinginhishome- "Her house is on stilts,and no space was Dr.Stell,andDr.Kumar. townofLakeAlfred,Florida whenHurricane finishedunderthehousesoall thatwastrashed," Charley struck. Symesaid."Everyshingleonthehouseandall "My friend, who lives in a mobile home, the siding came off. There were boats in - Faculty ResearchGroupPresentation evacuated the night of Charley," Wales people's yards that didn't own boats." said."When she returned home, she had to AlthoughSyme traveledtoAlabamatohelp ProfessorSharonGreenoftheTheatreDepartmentwillgiveapresentationabout"Sistren climb through agarage thathad been depos- with the recovery, there was notmuch to do TheatreCollective:Struggling toRemainRadicalinanEraofGlobalization"onOctober itedinher lawn to get to her home.After the