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Fraternities to house Keefe food court delayed
College considers dining program changes
advisors
BY K E L L Y R o i m K E
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here
will be some new faces
tbesides pledges in the fraternities next semester. Live-in advisors will be required of all fraternities for the fall of '99.
According to a program proposed by the Alcohol Task Force
and backed by the board of trustees, the new advisors will serve
as liaisons between the house, the
house's association, and the col*
lege. T h e policy is being met with
concern by some campus fraternities, who have cited loss of independence and pledge numbers
as possible consequences.
Contradictory statements in
the original press release reported
that advisors both would and
would not report to Lafayette
officials. However, according to
several deans a n d the j o b description currently circulating,
the advisor will stay in regular
contact with the administration.
Chi Phi President Steve Mathe
'00 expressed concern about that
role, citing confusion about the
exact nature of the liason's relations with Lafayette.
While primary duties include
house management, advisors will
also be responsible for upholding
standards of member conduct.
Tracy Garnick, assistant dean of
students and advisor to fraternities and sororities, said that the
new advisors will "facilitate communication between house officers, the chapter association, and
the college."
Live-in advisors are not unknown on campus; Delta Kappa
Epsilon and Delta Upsilon already have them. However, reactions from the other fraterni-
ties have been m i x e d , said
Garnick.
Chi Phi a n d Phi G a m m a
Delta are among
those
unconvinced of the advisor necessity. Both said they already
have a close relationship with
their house associations.
Mathe questioned the rationale. "It makes us seem like we
can't handle ourselves." Fiji
President Steven Miller ' 0 0
added, "I don't see it as necessary,"
Both Chi Phi a n d Fiji expressed concern at having someone other than a brother hving
in the house. "We're all Fiji's
here," said Miller.
Previously, there was hope
that the fraternities could have
a brother trained as a resident
advisor, similar to the campus
sorority system.
However,
D e a n of S t u d e n t s F l e r m a n
Kissiah said that was "not the
way the b o a r d [of trustees]
wanted to proceed."
Kissiah added that because sorority houses are school owned, the
college is better able to supervise the
sororities. However, he said that
having a house alumnus as an advisor is aoxptabk.
All the firatern ities must make
provisions for the new advisors.
President Arthur Rothkopf said
that tlie college will help finance
any necessary physical renovations
with low interest loans. Still, there
is concern that numbers will drop
among the houses.
In addition to having less space
for hoiise brothers, both Miller and
Mathe expressed the fear that some
just won't want to live in the house
at all. 'Tt's unfeirto upperclassmen"
said
continued on page 4
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lans to install a food
court in Keefe Residence
Hall have been postponed
so that the college can reexamine its dining services
program. Although a Keefe
food court was discussed in
the original building plans,
the idea was dropped during later planning stages.
Dean
of
Students
Herman Kissiah said that
the college is "involved now
in developing a strategic
plan for the food service
program."
According to Kissiah, a
food service consultant will
be coming to Lafayette to
talk with and advise the college on food services for the next
3-5 years. Because of Lafayette's
small student and staff popula-
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The original plans for Keefe Halt discussed a food court to be
located in the facility.
tion, there is concern over developing more or eliminating some
food services, he said.
Although no facility is pres-
ently in place, space has been allocated in Keefe to allow for an
additional eating establishment
continued on page 3
Students miss late-night Farinon
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Upon reflection, many students wish the Farinon snack bar
served it up past 10 p.m.
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BMes and Responsibilities
BY M A T T M A R K O S I A N &
Idasan:
-meet regularly with Lafayette staff and other advisors-in-residence
-meet with fraternity c h a p t e r consultants
-provide s u p p o r t a n d counseling for u n d e r g r a d u a t e m e m b e r s
CHRISTOPHER PIAN
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ow that Gilbert's has become the only late night dining venue on campus, some are
Chapter/Hotise
Management:
questioning its equality with
Farinon, its precursor.
-assist vvith the p r e p a r a t i o n for chapter house inspections
Many students seem unhappy
-assist with financial m a n a g e m e n t of chapter, if necessary
with Farinon's new, earlier clos-be present for c h a p t e r house openings a n d closings
ing time. "I think both should
-assist c h a p t e r with r o o m selection a n d occupancy m a t t e r s
-assist c h a p t e r with exterior house a p p e a r a n c e
stay open until 2:00," said Erick
-;issist membership with the preparation of Continued Recognition materials Ackerman '02. "I'm used to go-provide iissistance with the chapter's new member education program
ing to Farinon late at night to get
a quick bite and check my mail;
Standard of Member Conduct:
its just annoying, that's all,"
-enforce fraternal a n d college policies
added Kevin Rice '01.
-resolve conflicts associated with student behavior in the chapter
Farinon is open until 10 p.m.,
-participate in annual training provided liy the Office of the Dean of Students a four hour decrease from previ-meet regulariy with Lafayette staff and other advisors-in-residence
ous weekend hours. "Gilbert's
was opening and we needed to
make sure it was going to be successful" said Dining Service Director of Cash Operations David
Laughery. Farinon may offer limited service during events in the
snack ban "If the event draws a
huge crowd the food court may
be opened" said Laughery.
Administrative approval is
r e q u i r e d for any c h a n g e s
within dining services according to D e a n of S t u d e n t s
H e r m a n Kissiah. "We only
have 2,000 students a n d we
have a lot of food service available, plus we are c o m p e t i n g
with college hill," he said, adding that food service is unden
constant
evaluation
and
changes are "driven by student
use."
Despite some disapproval
over F a r i n o n ' s early closing
time, a number of students feel
Gilbert's would suffice if they
would e x p a n d their menu to
inclutle lhe late-night food.s to
which they have grown accust o m e d . M i c h a e l O k u n '02
s a i d , " T h e y d o n ' t have the
foods that I'm used to eating
late-night."
" T h e design of the menu is
to start small and evolve into a
larger
menu,"
said
the
Laughery. "It is comparable in
the sense that a majority ofthe
popular items at Farinon are
offered at Gilbert's."
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H o t Chocolste a t P a t c h
Pity the poor Lafayette undere visited t h e old high
school recently; and felt a graduate who trudges to class evtouch of nostalgia as we watched ery day except Sunday and sits up
boys and girls going to classes to- until all hours studying every
gether. Once again we wished night except Saturday. And then
for co-education at Lafayette. on Saturday night tliere is no diWhy can't there be girls at the version but to go to the P D . or
Dear Old College on the Hill? some other place of equal infamy.
We miss the little dears in their If there were girls on the campus,
saddle shoes and droopy bobby- think of the happy Saturday
nights- T h e entire student body
sox.
Naturally, there would be dis- (in couples) rushing down the hill
advantages to a wholesale conver- to the YWCA dance and then
sion to co-education. We have a stopping at the Patch for a hot
mental image of a string of ny- chocolate. Lack of girls is obvilons hanging in the shower in the ously the prime factor in collepowder room in South College g i ^ e dissipation.
and we can also see Dr. Marklein
Consider the Lafayette man on
signing the girls in at Soles, but vaca-tion. After a month of seeBY BARRY E HAMPE
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PHOIX) BY A M Y D O R F M A . V
On Wednesday in the Interfaith Chapel, G. Simon Harak,
S.J., spoke on "Killing the Media Arab: Demonization of
Arabs in the American Media." Harak, having recently
resigned his professorship at Fairfield University to commit
his full time to issues of peace and justice, travels across
the United States trying to examine the cultural framework
that describes the Arab people, cultures and religions. As
media is widely available, he illustrates many common
misconceptions found in newspapers, on television, and in
popular culture. One example Harak showed was a quote
from the front page of the journal Foreign Affairs in 1991,
"Saddam Hussein came from a frontier country, with little
claim to culture and books and grand ideas." He claimed
that this was an example of the media's dehumanization of
the Arab persona.
reported on by Amy Dorfman
Corrections
White, Blond/Brunette,
H u m a n / L e h i g h Student
The
Lafayette—an
e c q u a l (O»|p)]p)ortiiiiniiity
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THE
L E G E N D IS
LIVING AND
GReWlNG AND
WAITING
14,
1961
ing nothing with any sex appeal,
excefrt at a distance or on a fiaternity brother's arm, what does he do?
As soon as he sets dovwi his suitcase
in the fi-ont hall at home, he dives
for the telephone and books dates
for every niglit in the week. Picture,
if you wiU, this sex- starved undexgraduate turned loose on the sweet
hometown girls. The consequences
are understandably bmtal.
We Want W o m e n
So let's convert. "Co-eds on the
Q u a d " will become the motto.
No more of this grand old tradition of Lafayette m e n . Aside
from preventing the horrible
things described above, girls
would definitely dress up the campus.
And make our roommate a blond.
A
CALL
TO ALL
ARTISTS
POSITIONS
AVAILABLE
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renovating South College
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$3.6 biliion, it should
have been $3.6 million.
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Kutztown" was courtesy
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Students await ID
card replacements
Lafayette considers
dining options
continued Jrom page 1
t h e r e . T h e necessary wiring
and provisions have been
c o m p l e t e d for a dining p r o g r a m , with t h e exception of
installing actual
dining
equipment.
"I fully e x p e c t t h a t t h e r e
will be [food service in Keefe]
in the future," said Kissiah.
M e a n w h i l e , t h e s p a c e set
aside in Keefe will serve purposes o t h e r t h a n dining, e i -
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ther as a n informal c o m m o n
a r e a o r a space for lectures
and dances.
Despite developing concerns s u r r o u n d i n g how much
is too m u c h for food service
o p t i o n s , G i l b e r t ' s , t h e new
coffeehouse on c a m p u s , has
recently been opened. Plans
also exist t o open a juice bar
in the Kirby I n t r a m u r a l Facility.
Dyson remarks on race relations
Michael
Eric Dyson, the
keynote speaker
for Black History
Month spoke about
race relations and
the American
community this
Wednesday
evening at the
Williams Center A
distinguished
intellectual in his
field, Dyson
discussed
dichotomies within
the modern African
American
perspective. His
I'HOR) BY AMY DORFMAN
lecture also
concentrated oh the problems still prevalent in society today.
According to Dyson, the recent NBA lockout ted to a
realization that we aren't yet solving the problems of racial
tension. He said that the NBA crisis seemed to mostly
highlight player/manager monetary issues from the white
journalistic perspective. In fact, Dyson said, the lack of
black journalists reporting on the lockout stated something
itself
The racial issue within this conflict may in fact be a
more important factor when examining what underpins the
situation. Today, 85 percent of professional basketball
players are black, and the majority of the
managers are white. The players seem to
argue over millions, while the managers
argue over billions, Dyson said. He argued
that the critical truth is that, "We have to
learn as black people to love ourselves in
the midst of a society which deceptively
tries to make ourselves think we are less
than we are."
mOTEO TAKEN FFCW
THELmTETmnKfKiOl£S
BY S A R A V I E H M A N
T
he new flex and meal computer system that was installed this semester has caused difficulties
other than lunch line delays. D u e to system sensitivity, m a n y students have found themselves
without permanent IDs.
Danielle Stickley, who works in the Vali-dine office, said that almost 150 cards have needed
replacement since the beginning of this semester. Although some students needed new cards t o
replace cards lost over winter break, the majority of d e m a n d is caused by the installation of new
checkout machines.
T h e demand was not anticipated. Stickley stated that Vali-dine had a stock of about 100 cards
that was intended to last for the entire semester. However, the stock quickly ran out and left
about 60 students waiting for new cards.
Until the backordered cards arrive, students must use temporary identification cards. Stickley^.
plans to post signs in Farinon informing students when the new IDs arrive, which should be n o |
later t h a n today, she indicated.
A MESSAGE HHM HE STAIF:
To those who've
To those who haven't
stopped by to a s k
asked-
about m e e t i n g
times-JViondays @
9 : 1 5 . Stop on by.
News, Sports, A & E
Isn't it time you
wrote.^
reported by Susanna Hoffman
To those who've
given it a chance-
Public Safety Cziirie Log
02/08/99-02/15/99
The security log is compiled by the Office of Public Safety a n d submitted to Ttie Lafayette.
It is a r
accounting of all crimes handled by Public Safety officers a n d does not cover noncriminal reports. Al
r e p o r t s printed h e r e h o v e b e e n listed a n d s u b m i t t e d t o t h e Easton Police D e p a r t m e n t
C H A O S by Brian Shuster
Tampering with
fire Apparatus
Theft
Plant Operations Department while checking fire extinguishers discovered that the kitchen fire extinguisher was missing from 513 Hamilton
Street. Incident under investigation. (SMITRESKI)
Theft
.•Xt 03:44 .AM, ofiicer discovered that the vending nuuhine in the basement lounge of Easton Hall had been damaged and most of the food
items stolen. Incident under investigation. (SMITRP^SKIV
.\\ 02:54 hrs., received a fire alarm from McKeen Hall. No fire or smoke
in building. Student who activated the alarm was identified. Incident
under investigation. (SNYDER)
02/1.1/99
Tempering with
fire Apparatus
Tempering with
fire Apparatus
Harassment
02/IJ/99
Alcohol
Regulation
02/OS/i
02/flS/99
02/11/99
fl2/I.V99
02/13/99
"Oh yeah? Well I'll bet you twice that much that I CAN
land this sucker blind-folded, upside-down and on a
rocky mountain top."
Student reported the theft of his wallet from Theta Chi fraternity house.
He discovered it missing on 0 2 / 0 5 / 9 9 . Wallet wa.s lost between 9:00
PM to 2:00 . \ M . O n 0 2 / 0 9 / 9 9 at 4:30 PM, student reported he found
his wallet. (Case unfoinided.) (Z.AUN)
.\t 03:06 hrs., received a fire alarm for South College. N o fire or smoke
in building. Unknown person(s) activated the j)ull station. Incident under investigation. iSlRTOiN.'XK)
.\ male student re|)()rtecl he vvas being harassed by two other male stutlents. Incident under in\estigation. Referred to Dean ol" StuileiUs. J i .
S'lAlTTER
OlVicers responded lo a complaint of a loud party in Sigma Nu, third
fioor common area. Ofilcers discovered various alcoholic beverage which
were confiscated. Incident luid^r investigation. (FOSCO)
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And t h e a w a r d s a r e £or...?
College to install
advisors-in-residence
for fraternities
I
continued from page 1
M a t h e . " P e o p l e move o u t
of t h e d o r m s to get away
from t h e c o n s t a n t R A supervision."
N e v e r t h e l e s s , t h e fraternities s p o k e n to have resigned themselves to the
fact t h a t they really d o n ' t
have m u c h of a c h o i c e in
the matter.
Lafayette has published
t h e q u a l i f i c a t i o n s t h a t it
d e s i r e s in a n a d v i s o r .
Among them are a strong
interest in working with students a n d prior living exper i e n c e in a r e s i d e n t i a l setting.
Delta K a p p a Epsilon
president C a m e r o n Hall '01
s u m m e d u p what the fraternities will be looking for in
their n e w advisors: " S o m e o n e w h o u n d e r s t a n d s what
it's Hke to b e G r e e k . " O t h ers qualities m e n t i o n e d
w^ere r e s p e c t a n d a l u m n i
status.
D e s p i t e all t h e p l a n s ,
many don't know much
a b o u t w^hat is g o i n g o n .
Several fraternities said that
they didn't have an abund a n c e of information yet.
G a r n i c k acknowledged that
the subject hasn't been discussed m u c h , sighting the
c o n t r o v e r s i a l new alcohol
policy for Greek house security at parties as taking precedence.
February 19, 1999
BY JESSICA WEISSUTZ
t's that time again. T h e time
when our favorite movies, music, and television shows are celebrated in a gala event where the
musicians and actors stroll dowoi
the red carpet, displaying their best
Miss America waves, and extraordinarily expensive ensembles. Of
course it's the upcoming awards
shows, the Grammys, the Emmys,
and the Oscars.
Years ago these award shows
represented the best there was to
offer in entertainment. However,
more recendy, these shows have
come to symbolize what they were
not originally meant to represent.
One now has to factor in the aspects of fashion and publicity.
There is no longer a magazine, a
billboard, or a television commercial that does not announce the
upcoming events. Every designer
wants his or her fashions to be
worn by these musicians and ac-
tors.
It seems that today there is more
discussion over what the recipient
of the award wore, as opposed to
the actual significance of the
award. Magazines such as People
and Entertainment write entire
articles discussing the attire worn
at these events. They discuss everything from the color of the
dress to the hairstyle of the actor
or musician.
There is also the issue as to
whether there are too many of
these award shovk^ in existence. In
addition to the Emmys, Grammys,
and Oscars, there are also the
Golden Globe Awards and the
People's Choice Awards. There
are too many av^^rd shows trying
capitalize on the ideas of publicity, and fashion, and forgetting the
true purposes of these award
shows.
On a personal note, I did not
even watch the Golden Globes or
the People's Choice Awards. I
found that these shows lacked pur-
pose. They had lost any intended
meaning.
It is often the case that what we
think are the best movies, television, and songs are not the ones
that win. The awards shows try to
represent the vote of the general
population. Still, there is that feeling of disappointment when our
vote does not make the cut.
There are still some people who
watch these shows for the purpose
of seeing their favorite actor or
musician receive an award. Yet, I
am sad to say that these people are
a dying breed. What we are more
likely to hear or see in print the
next day is a discussion of the
color of Gweneth Paltrow's dress
and whether or not her shoes
complemented her dress.
Check out the divas, their
dresses and their dates.
G r a m m y s - February 24,
8p.m. CBS
O s c a r s - March 21,
5:30p.m. ABC
That s What You Think,..
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Sheri Fii^teatare'i
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"Ifs just an inconvenience and the selection just isn't as good."
"I think they should
keep Farinon open
later."
WhitHanpagne'i
"It's just a pain because there are less
choices at Gilbert's
than there are at
Farinon."
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"It sucks 'cause you
get confused when you
are drunk."
"I think that with the
existence of Gilbert's
coffee house,
Farinon's hours
should not be aflfected."
"I didn't even know
they closed any
earlier"
PHOTOS BY MEGAN
AND AMY
GALLAGHER
DORFMAN
February 19, 1999
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ou've probably passed by
M a n d a r i n T a n g in t h e
25th Street shopping center before. Admittedly, the restaurant
looks small a n d even a little
sketchy from the outside, but its
appearance is rather deceiving.
In fact, after going to the restaurant once, I was hooked.
Mandarin Tang is a large restaurant with two rooms, decorated with a Chinese t h e m e .
T h e walls a n d ceilings a r e
bright red and gold a n d are
a d o r n e d with many C h i n e s e
paintings. Gold Chinese lamps
hang from the ceiling. T h e two
dining rooms are separated by
a large wood carving, of Chinese dragons.
T h e service is fairly decent.
When the restaurant is empty,
it is quick and efficient, but during busier times like Friday and
Saturday evenings, the service
can be extremely slow. I recall
sitting at my table one time for
half an hour before my order
was taken. For faster service on
the weekends, go before 6 or after 8.
There are a wide variety of
choices on the menu. Soups includ'e H o t and Sour (S1.85),
S h r i m p a n d R i c e for t w o
(S5.75), and Wonton ($1.35). I
recommend the Hot and Sour.
It has a spicy taste and is very
light. S o m e a p p e t i z e r s a r e
Shrimp Toast ($ 1.45) and Fried
Wontons ($1.50). My favorite
appetizer is the Cold Noodles
with Sesame Sauce ($4.75). If
you like peanut flavor in your
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An Orietital
BY S H I V A N I
>|The Lafayette
affair: dining at Mandarin
food, try these noodles which
can easily be a meal on their
own.
T h e m e n u also c o n t a i n s
chicken, beef, pork, seafood, and
vegetable dishes. Some of the
most popular dishes are Chicken
with Brown S a u c e ($7.15),
H u n a n Chicken ($7.15), Beef
vrith Broccoli ($7.50), Sweet and
Sour Pork ($6.25), Szechuan
Shrimp ($7.95), Spicy Crispy
Fish (seasonal price). Lobster
Cantonese (seasonal price), and
S a u t e e d Vegetables ($6.25).
There are also six different kinds
of Lo Mein, Chow Mein, and
Fried Rice on the menu including Vegetable, R o a s t Pork,
Chicken, Beef, Shrimp, and a
mixture. Each dish on the menu,
excluding the Fried Rice, is accompanied by brown or white
rice.
T h e restaurant offers a special lunch m e n u with prices
ranging from $3.95 to $5.50.
E a c h of these dishes comes
with a choice of Wonton, Egg
Drop, or Hot and Sour Soup,
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The Lafayette
Sports
Fencing upsets Johns Hopkins
Stoclcer, Royle
Lafayette-hound
BY E D
February 19, 1999
are
BY K I M
CHUNG
L
afayette defeated arch rival
and number one team in the
nation J o h n s H o p k i n s at
LAUBAGH
Reprinted from Tlie Express- Times former cheerleader.
The most intriguing addition is
E A S T O N — Lafayette College's Stocker, who rushed for 1,704
football recruiting effort — all but yards and 23 touchdowns last fall.
given up as a lost cause a month
Starting tailback Leonard Moore
ago — reaped an abundance of of Riillipsburg is scheduled to gradulinemen, The Express- Times Player ate in the spring. Tom Williams, the
of the Year, and nephew of a flillback fiom Central Catholic who
former Leopards great.
Russo planned to make the featured
Ten of the 23 football recruits back, announced last week he was
transferring to Penn State, where he
will
walk on and hope to play forJoe
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Paterno.
Williams said his move is directly
on a list released Wednesday by related to Lafayette's recent study of
the college are linemen, includ- athletics.
ing center Chris Royle of undeJuniors Ryan Mayo and Andy
feated Hunterdon Central and of- Ficzko will be ahead of Stocker when
fensive tackle Brendan Tyson of the Leopards open preseason camp
Voorhees. Lafayette's recruiting in mid-August.
appeared to have been torpedoed
"It's wide open," Russo said.
before the holidays while the col- "(Stocker) has a chance to come in
lege trustees pondered the pos- and compete for a starting position."
sible elimination of coach Bill
Brian Ashmore of Pen A i ^ l also
Russo's program or moving from comes in with a chance to go at it
Division I to
i^————• — — — —
with the mnning
Division III.
backs.
"We
had
The incoming
about a dozen
linemen average
kids t h a t we
6-4, 272 with the
were never
largest being Rich
able to get
Tasker, a 6-7,325back in on ...
pound ofTensive
tackle
from
get . visits
Shamokin (Pa.)
High School.
said.
"The real em"They were
phasis with this
up on our
group," Russo
board as good
said, "was the
players for us.
but they all had their visits sched- need for linemen. I'm really pleased
uled."
with this group of linemen. It was
Also in the Class of 2003 are critical for us. This is a really, reeilly
Bill Stocker, a running back from strong group."
Wilson Area High School and
Hunterdon Central's Royle
this paper's player of the year, and played for a Red Devils team that
Russ Giglio, a wide receiver from won the CentralJersey Group 4 state
Old Forge, Pa., whose uncle, championship and was the topTony G i g l i o , ranks fifth on
ranked squad in The Express-Times'
Lafayette's career rushing list and big-school jx)ll.
is a member of the school's athRoyle's position also will be hody
letic hall of fame.
contested with the graduation of
Others with ties to Lafayette are starter Damian Wroblewski.
Jared Mast, a 6-foot-4,235-pound
Notre Dame's Mast played for a
tighl end from Notre Dame whose 2-8 squad and comes in as a tight
brother, Derek, was an outstand- end.
ing defensive lineman who gradu"He's a big-body ... an athletic
ated in 1995; Paul Kupfer, a 6-4 kid wilh unlimited potential,"
q u a r t e r b a c k whose brother, Russo said.
Stewart, is already on the squad
Lafayette was 3-8 last fall and
as a tight end; and 0-5 quarterback heads inlo ils 118th season of footJohn Ricketts, whose sister is a ball. TTie trustees made sure of that.
"...I'm really pleased
with this group of
linemen. It was
critical for us. This
from," Russo is a really, really
Strong group."
—Coach Russo
?k^
FENCING
Haverford on Sunday, February
14. T h e Leopards beat Johns
Hopkins 15-12 and narrowly lost
to Army 8-19 and Cornell 13-14.
Nat LeTowt '02 was the biggest heartbreaker of all upsetting
the #2 ranked fencer Kevin Little
of Johns Hopkins. "I came in
ranked number one and faced
the number two guy in the conference and I beat him! I beat
him!" shouted the e x u b e r a n t
LeTowt.
Littie was on top from the start
getting thefirsttwo touches. LeTowt
evened the score, but with spiteflil
vengeance Litde stepped forward
vrith two more touches. Coming
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O F F I C E R
on Littie three times for the win.
Corey Garner '02 scored well
ranking ninth in sabre and Brian
Holt '02 also scored ranking sixth in
ep)ee.
T h e Leopards' performance
stunned the nation but most surprising of all was Andrew Difazio '02
who won 2 of 3 bouts againstJohns
Hopkins. "Considering starting out
with no experience, I learned a lot
about fencing," explained Difazio.
The Leopards are now 5-6, a triumph that LeTowt credits to, "grit,
determination, and Leopard pride."
Sunday's success will inspire the
Leopards in their last meet at Drew
against NJ Institute of Technology
and Steven's Institute of TechnologyEpee swords man Alan
Marchiori '00, who won 4 of 8
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Sports
Sivitntning
on top
continued Jrom page 8
to touch out a Lehigh swimmer
for the win. After his first two
events, Hansen was in the hospital with a high fever. His coach
didn't want him to swim his final
event, the 200 breaststroke, but
Hansen said ' T m not doing it for
me^ I'm doing it for the team. I
have to swim a n d get t h e m
pumped up."
Not to be outdone by the men,
Beth Wynstra '01, and co-captain
Corinne Brophy '99 broke three
school records. Wynstra had a
phenomenal meet, setting new
records in both the 200 freestyle
(1:55.75) a n d 500 freestyle
(5:03.72). Brophy broke her own
record in the 100 breaststroke
with a 1:08.72, and swam her
best time in the 400 IM.
Three swimmers appearing in
their first Patriot League Championships, Matt Haggerty '02,
Andy F i s h e r '02 a n d R o b
Bateman '01 had fantastic swims,
beating their best times by seconds. Haggerty set three new
best times and placed fourth in
the 500 free, seventh in the 400
IM, and fifth in the mile free. His
classmate Fisher placed 12th in
the 400 I M , third in the 200
breaststroke and seventh in the
100 breaststroke. Bateman also
sw'am best times, placing 12th in
the 100 fly and seventh in both
the 100 and 200 bacbtroke.
Othei:,highli|fht5 included personal best times swum by Kevin
Brelsford '00, Michael Gary '02,
Jason Thayer '00 and Nathan
Went '99. John Corrigan '02 had
a huge meet with two personal
best times in the 500 and 200
freestyle events.
T h e w o m e n also shattered
their personal best times. Rachel
Carr '99, Danielle Cortese '02,
K a t i e D e V o l d r e ' 0 0 , Larissa
Dodson '99, Kathleen Dufiy '02,
A m a n d a J e r v i s ' 9 9 , Becky
Laudenberger '01, Karyn Sluzar
'00 and Erin Teeple '00 all set
ne^w best times for themselves.
Co-captain Teeple commented
that the "women's team as a
whole swam really well. We put
our whole hearts into it and that's
what really counts. We acted as
a team and really supported each
other."
A large group of swimmers
have qualified for the Eastern
Collegiate Athletic Conference,
which will take place this weekend at Gloucester County Institute of Technology in Newjersey.
Brophy, Wynstra, Teeple and
Dodson qualified for the women.
F i s h m a n , Haggerty, H a n s e n ,
Bateman, Corrigan, Gary, and
Fisher wili swim and Michael
S a n d a will dive for the men.
According to Fishman, this is the
largest delegation the men's team
has sent to the Eastern Collegiate
Athletic Conference since he's
been here. T h e team really "fed
off" each others' energies" at the
Patriot League Championships
and hopefiilly will continue their
success at Eastern Collegiate
Athledc Conference.
LAF Presents...
The Lafayette
Page 7
Track
Women's basicetball
prepares silenced by Lehigii
continuedfrom page 8
The team has a number of key
competitors and a couple of defending Palriol League Champions as
well. The defending champion in
the highjump, Carrie Strong'99, will
defend her tide and compete in three
additional events. Jill Corey '00, defending champ in the 55m, will try
to reclaim her tide too.
Other members of the women's
leam who have the potential for a
big weekend include captain Kelly
Barrel '99 in the triple jump; Jody
Walsh '99 in the long and triple
jumps; Jody Bmder '00 in the pentadilon, hurdles, and longjump; and
Amy Lion '01 in the 1,000m run and
relays.
On the men's side, captain Bill
Yinger '99 hopes to defend his tide
in the longjump while also participating in the pentathlon and
highjump. Coach Piazza is also
hoping for quality performances
from Nilesh Kadakia '99 in the
1,000m, Brian Meyers '01 in the
500m, Sean Callahan '99 in the
400m, Jason Lewis '02 in the
5,000m, andjohn Smolenski '01
and Jeff Rios '99 in the 3,000m
run.
BY A L U S O N
GOLDSMITH
T
he lady Leopards went into
last Sunday's basketball
game against Lehigh wilh the
confidence that they could beal
their league rival for the second
lime this season.
However, Lehigh was seeking
l'M() i t ) HY K.V1 HKKINI. K ( ).SKI.Y
The women's basketball team was unable to defeat Lehigh in
Sunday's 79-61 loss.
revenge for Lafayette's 82-73 victory injanuary.
Lehigh held the emotional
LEOPARD
SCOREBOARD
Men's Basketball
2/14 Lehigh
2/17 at Colgate
W 85-49
L 46-47
Women's
2/14 Lehigh
2/17 at Colgate
Basketball
L 61-79
W 46-41
Men's and Women's Swimming
2/11-2/13 Patriot League Championships at NAVY
Men- 424 points (4th place)
Women- 270 points (6th place)
Friday 7PM
Saturday 7& IOPM
Sunday-Tuesday 10 PM
Admission only $2.00
edge early in the game with eight
points off of fast breaks and
costly Lafayelte turnovers. Despile compiling len turnovers,
the L e o p a r d s kept lhe game
close in the firsl half by shooting 50 perceni from the field as
well as 6-7 from the free throw
line. Lehigh recovered nine of-
fensive rebounds, and kept pace
with Lafayelte by shooling 4 5 %
from the field and 9-10 from the
But, Lafayelte's slow start al
the beginning ofthe second half
shaped the end of the game.
Lehigh showed ils strength and
depth as they slowly took the
game away from Lafayelte with
five players scoring'in double-digits. The Leopards were unable
to show any strength on the defensive end of the c o u r l .
Lehigh's Maureen Trigo led the
attack with 18 points as the
Mountain Hawks went on lo defeat the Leopards 79-61.
In response to her team's \qclory Lehigh coach Sue Troyan
said, "It was an important win
for us. I feel good about it." According to Troyan the defensive
intensity ofher team set the tone
for the game.
Lafayette H e a d Coach Pat
Fischer attributed the Leopard's
loss to the lack of solid defense.
According to Fischer this was
,
""not ly|)ical defense" for her team.
LwiHi >.;^^jj Fischer, "Defense is usually a
strong staple of this team, until
today."
Captain, Ali Berlin '99, who
chipped in a team high 18 points
for the Leopards, said of the
Mountain Hawks oflense, "they
have a lol of good outside shooters, which forced us to stretch out
our defense." This stretch made il
difficult for the Leopards to defend
shots from Ixilh inside the paint as
well as those fiom long iTuige.
Coach Fischer acknowledged the
career high [x^ribrmiuices of Kate
Miller '00 wilh eight points and
Samaiyali Council '01 wilh six.
ldayetle fell to a 6-18 overall
record with a 3-7 record in the Pitriot league placing Uieni in the fifth
sjxit. Bedin feels that uith this loss
to l-rhigh, die 1 ^eopiud task lo se;il a
seed in the tournament becomes
more imjx^iljuit. Said Berlin, "our
i^oal is to win the last two g;unes.
We iux' ItKiLsed to win."
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Febmary n. noa
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' Women's Basketball vs. Bucknell
4:30 p.m.
• Men's Basketball vs. Bucknell
2:30 p.m.
• Fencing at Drew
Game Dates
Szjuimrrters
SBt
records
ut Nwvy
by senior Chester Fells wilh 1:01 left and then finally to
the killer blow, a bomb from senior Mike Tilley wilh
ate
turnovers
plagued
t h e 17 seconds left.
BY M O L L Y P H E L A N
The Leopards had two opp>ortunities to counter, but
men's basketball team Wednesday nighl as Tim Bieg '01 couldn't gel a shot through traffic and
Colgate (13-12, 7-4 PL) continued to vex the Leop- Whitfield's last second three-point attempt bounced off
erhaps you've seen them
ards with a 47-46 decision in Hamilton, NY. T h e the rim.
around campus - that band
Lafayette loss, coupled with Bucknell's 70-43 win
"They played very physical, very hard, and they
over Army, sets up a showdown Sunday afternoon mixed it up well," said a disappointed O'Hanlon. 'They of men with orange-dyed hair?
Or those women whose favorite
do what's necessary to win the game."
perfume reminds you of bleach?
V1&^ B A S K E T B A L L
Ehlei-s led the Leopards wilh 13 points and came
The Lafayetle swim team makes
within a rebound of another double-double. Frank
a lot of sacrifices for their sport,
at Kirby Field House for the Patrioi League's top Barr '01 added nine jxiints and eight rebounds.
but they all paid off during last
The loss ended Lafayelte's six-game win streak, which
tournament seed.
weekend's Patriot League ChamT h e Red Raiders remain the only league oppo- peaked Sunday with the Leopards' own special verpionships.
nent lo beat the Leopards (19-7,9-2 PL), having already sion of the Valentine's Day Massacre. Lehigh came lo
The three day meet, held al
won the teams'firstmeeting, 65-57, in EastonJanuary 23. Easlon and was promptly dismissed 85-49, ils 16'^
Navy this year, was an incredibly
"They've played us twice now and they've beaten us sti-aight loss.
fast meet with Lafayette swimLafayette jumped all over their intwice," said coach Fran O'Hanlon afmers earning personal best times
Patriot
League
jury-riddled rivals, taking a commandler Wednesday's game. 'They played
Men's
Basketball
Standings
ing 33-10 lead behind a 15-0 mn by
veiy good defense and they kind of
Ehlers and Whitfield. Ehlers went on
took us out of a lol of the things we as of 02/17/99
Tem imm 68 lotiehis career high with 31 points on
wanled to run."
— 11-for-14 shooting.
The Leopards' olfense sputtered for
9-2
Lafayette
Meanwhile, the Leopard defense
much of the game, as Colgate jumped
—
9-2
Bucknell
hounded the Mountain Hawdcs to the
out with an I l-l mn and eventually
Navy
8-3
/ tune of 17 steals. L e h i ^ gol no closer
pushed their lead as h i ^ as 12.
than 17 as a lale 1 l-O Lafayette mn
Said O'Hanlon, "We could have
7-4
Colgate
4,
turned a rout into a laugher.
done a much better job mnning our
Army
4-8 5.5
All that remains now of the reguolfense. We got off to a poor start and
BY J . P . C O S G R O V E
you've gol lo credit them."
2-9 • 7 lar season is Sunday's game in Easton
Holy Gross
featuring a pair of 9-2 teams. The BiTTiree-jxiinters by Tyson Whitfield
O-II
Lehigh
9 son gave the Leopards a run for their
his past weekend the men's
'01 and Brian Ehlers '00 cut the lead
and women's indoor track
money
in
their
first
meeting,
but
an
Ehlers
basket
as
to 23-18 at halftime, bul shooling woes continued to phigue
teams
traveled to Boston to corntime
expired
salvaged
a
66-65
Lafayette
victory
Lafayette after the break. The ofFense had its worst shootSunday's winner will eam a first-round bye in nexl pete in the St. Valentine Invitaing jjerformance 32 percent since the season ojjener and
tied ils season low - sel during thefirslColgate match - weekend's lournamenl and the righl lo host the cham- tional at Boston University. They
pionship game on March 5. The loser will draw stiU- competed against top level athwilh just four three-pointers.
letes firom a variety of schools
The Leopards did pick up the scoring pace eventually winless Lehigh nexl Saturday at West Point.
Army and Holy Cross are locked into the four- and five-seeds,around the country and some priand look their first lead with 8:07 left. The lead grew as
respectively Colgate will need lobeatNavy SatuidayandaLafay- vate track clubs too.
high as seven and stood atfivewith jusl 1:17 lo play
One of the major reasons for
Turnovers would prove cosUy, ihough, leading to a trey etle win lo wrest the number 3 seed from the Midshipmen.
the team's pardcipation in the
event was to prepare both strategically and physically for this upcoming weekend's Patriot League
Championships at Colgate.
h o p e s of w i n n i n g
BY A L L I S O N G O L D S M I T H
the M i d d l e A t l a n at LeTowt '00, has estab- tic Collegiate Fenclished himself as Lafayette's i n g
Association
premier fencer for the past three c h a m p i o n s h i p for
years.
his second straight
LeTowt's first exposure to year.
BY K I M C H U N G
fencing came when he observed
Fencing requires
a niatch in the 1988 Olympics. a lot of h a r d work
fter a nasty string of losses,
H e was intrigued by the sport a n d p r e p a r a t i o n ,
Lafayelte Ice Hockey was back
and in 1990 LeTowt joined the e s p e c i a l l y
when
on top in a Valentine's Day wdn over
Boslon Fencing Club, of which c a r r y i n g t h e r e Navy 6-3.
he has been an active member sponsibility of b e Firsl time scorer Jeff Hintlian '01
for nine years.
ing a t e a m leader,
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emulated
the aggressive mindset of
LeTowt, w h o did n o l com- as well as a c o m Nat
LeTowt
'00
is
ranked
third
in
his
the
team
with
the second goal ofthe
pete in his freshman year at p e t i t o r . N a t e x conference with a 19-1 record. game. "Going down diere and playLafayette, overpowered the plained, "Being a
M i d d l e A t l a n t i c C o l l e g i a t e c o - c a p t a i n is a big c o m m i t - characteristic that is found in ing against [Navy] was a great opFencing Association in a stel- m e n t . "
many of t h e most successful portunity to show them how good
we are."
lar s o p h o m o r e s e a s o n last
athletes.
LeTowt attributes his sucLasl season the Leopaids had few
year. H e c o m p i l e d 42 wins cess in fencing mostly to his
In his free lime away from
and zero losses on his way to t e a m m a t e s a n d to his coach. fencing, LeTowt is an active invitations to play non-league teams.
victory at the M i d d l e Atlan- Without t h e m , it would be al- m e m b e r of t h e L a f a y e t t e Hinllian says an increase of talented
tic Collegiate Fencing Asso- most impossible to have come Christian Fellowship. H e val- players and the enthusiastic fans
ciation c h a m p i o n s h i p s .
so far. C o m m e n t e d LeTowt, ues this g r o u p as his most im- show that Lafayette is a serious conIn his third year of fencing "I think we have come a long portant extracurricular activ- tender "It's exdting to see two hunat L a f a y e t t e , L e T o w t h a s way. I a m very h a p p y with ity. "It is a great b u n c h of dred people fiom your school cheerachieved
an
i m p r e s s i v e the team this year a n d I am p e o p l e u n i t e d for t h e s a m e ing you on. Other teams hate comr e c o r d of 19 a n d 1. H e is very o p t i m i s t i c . "
L e T o w t cause," he said. It also allows ing to play us because it's intimidatcurrently r a n k e d third in the also believes t h a t he is very a change of pace from his ev- ing," he said.
Inviting I^ayette to play at Anc o n f e r e n c e a n d h a s h i g h s e l f - m o t i v a t e d , a n essential eryday life.
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in 95 percent of their races.
C o a c h J i m D a i l e y was very
proud of the team a n d said,
"they did extremely well."
Lafayette h a d t w o P a t r i o i
League Champions: co-captain
llya F i s h m a n ' 9 9 a n d Sean
Hansen '00. Fishman won the
100 backstroke in 51.68 and also
swam in the finals for the 50 and
100 freestyle. Hansen won the
100 breaststroke with a lime of
58.56 and also placed fourth in
the 200 backstroke. H e was behind for the firsl three laps ofthe
100 breaststroke, but came back
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Track gets ready
for P a t r i o t L e a s u e
dia^nipionsliips
T
Head coach Julio Piazza described league championships as
"the most important meet on our
schedule." Accotxiing to coach
Razza, the Leopards use the Boston meet as a "springboard for
League Championships because
the fast track at Boston leads to
good seed times."
C o m b i n i n g t h e good seed
times, the high quaUty ofthe facilities at Colgate and the intense
level of competition should result in record performances firom
the squad.
L e o p a r d SpotUght: Nat LeTOWl
N
Hockey
beats
A
contimied on page 7
team
Midsiiipmen
napwlis proved disastrous to the Midshipmen. Nate Bayzk '02 picked up
two goals and Steve Calawa '02
scored a hat trick.
Letting only three shots pass him.
Wolf insisted the second and third
goals were his own fault. The second goal was played off the deflection. "That Midshipman beat me,"
said Wolf The third goal, he explained, "went under my armpit."
With time running out in the
gcime, the Midshipmen pulled their
goalie in the third period. To
everyone's surprise Andy Hanall '02
shot tvrice on an empty goal and
failed to score.
Lafayette's chances at the Delaware Valley Collegiate Hockey Conference playoffs will be decided this
week as The Leopards fig^l Franklin
& Marshall for the number three
spot. Bolh teams have two remaining games to play.