Student Life | Monday, February 23, 2009

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Monday, Februar y 23, 2009
McCaskill discusses
benefits of stimulus
for universities
SHOW ME YOUR MOVES!
Puneet Kollipara and
Becca Krock
News Staff
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A member of WU Cypher break dances Friday night at Ursa’s. The night’s performances for Hip Hop Night drew large crowds. The evening also included
student musical performances by The Odd Couple and PARA.dox. More than 50 students were in attendance.
Painting program under
criticism from past interns
Dan Woznica
Staff Reporter
Several Washington University
students who interned last summer with College Works Painting,
an organization that helps college
students create independent painting businesses, are speaking out
against the company, which they
feel treated them unfairly.
The students claim that College
Works Painting (CWP) led them
to set up small painting businesses under the impression that they
would be given ample assistance
from CWP. Those students said
that as the summer progressed,
they received less support than expected.
“Basically the program thrives
because it’s built on a pyramid
scheme where you focus on quick
money and view people as a means
for getting what you want, so only
a few people succeed,” junior
Dustin Griesemer said.
Griesemer claims that the company originally conducted a series
of interviews that led him to believe he would be well supported
in managing his small business,
but he claims he was left feeling
ill-equipped to succeed.
Griesemer said that he was initially told he would not have to do
any painting himself. The company told him all of his paint jobs
could be done by painters whom he
would hire and whom the company
would then train. Both of those, he
said, turned out to be false claims.
“It says in all the documentation that’s been given that the
painters are going to be trained
by the company,” Griesemer said.
“The company had no handle in
my painters.”
Sean Phelps, vice president of
CWP for Missouri and Kansas,
said that the company provides
several opportunities for interns to
train their newly hired painters.
In addition to being instructed
by the interns, said Phelps, painters
can be educated on-site by district
managers or at training sessions
held at local Sherwin-Williams retail stores.
Furthermore, said Phelps, interns rarely have to participate in
the painting itself.
“For 90 percent of our interns,
they paint for a day or two to train
their painters and when they’re at
the paint trainings that we have,
and that’s it,” Phelps said.
Junior Rani Bhatia, a biology
Student Union introduces
equipment, tech committees
Alan Liu
Staff Reporter
Under its recently passed Executive Committee Restructing
proposal, Student Union recently
added the Equipment and Student
Technology Advisory Committees
to help manage Student Union
spending.
Applications are currently being accepted to fill out each of the
new committees.
Since the restructuring propsal
was passed, the new bodies have
each begun to set up operations
and prepare to work.
Equipment Committee
The Equipment Committee
(EC) will track equipment purchases made by Student Union
(SU). A subcommittee of Treasury,
EC is co-chaired by freshman
Daniel Bernard and sophomore
Peter Glaser.
The EC will work with student
groups to make strategic equip®
ment purchases and keep an inventory of equipment bought by
SU. It will also help maintain,
store and organize equipment for
use by student groups. The EC is
also looking to establish a lending
system for SU-recognized student
groups.
One of the most important tasks
of the EC, according to Glaser, is
keeping tabs on what equipment is
located on campus, and then centralizing that information.
“A lot of times, groups will
come to Treasury and ask for
equipment that we either already
own or other groups are asking
for,” Glaser said. “We need to
know where the equipment is and
then off of that, [decide] what
equipment we want to purchase in
the future.”
While the committee has received some applications already,
Bernard encourages many students
to apply in order to foster a diversity of opinions.
“We’re looking for people who
have a vision for how the committee should function on this
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The newly formed Equipment
Committee, co-chaired by
sophomore Peter Glaser, will focus
on keeping track of the equipment
used by student groups.
campus. Technical knowledge is
important, but at the same time,
there are other things we’re looking for,” Bernard said.
At least four seats on the committee are open for applications.
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major who spent most of her internship painting, said she agrees
with Griesemer that the company
leaves interns feeling unprepared
and treats them unfairly.
“What I gained from this company is a complete loss of innocence in this world and in people,”
Bhatia said.
Specifically, Bhatia expressed
concern over the company’s management of its interns’ incomes.
Bhatia said that even though
the company took 40 percent of
the profits she earned, it took no
fiscal responsibility if her jobs did
not generate profit.
“They set it up so that if you
fail, it’s not on the company, it’s
100 percent on you,” Bhatia said.
Griesemer said that few in-
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Sen. Claire McCaskill and local university and business leaders expressed confidence in the
stimulus package’s ability to boost
higher education and the St. Louis
economy at a press conference
Saturday at Washington University.
McCaskill, D-Mo., joined
Chancellor Mark Wrighton and
Larry Shapiro, dean of the School
of Medicine, in the Whitaker Hall
lobby.
The group, which also included other local business and school
leaders, pledged that the stimulus
would increase research funding
for universities, help students pay
for college and bring jobs to St.
Louis.
“This bill will not cure the illness, but it will stop the bleeding,”
McCaskill told reporters.
Signed into law by President
Obama on Tuesday, the nearly
$790 billion package includes
$275 billion in tax cuts, investment into alternative energy and
infrastructure and other spending
projects.
The stimulus package includes
a $3 billion boost for the National
Science Foundation and $10 billion over two years for the National Institutes of Health. Both agencies award competitive research
grants to universities.
McCaskill called the package
a “good compromise” between
spending and tax cuts. The senator
added that the package will save
or create between 3 million and
4 million jobs, with “hundreds of
thousands” in Missouri.
Because the University is the
third-largest employer in the region, Wrighton said that any additional funding to the University
enables it to play a “critical role”
both in short-term job creation and
the long-term goal of furthering
scientific progress.
“We feel that an investment
in science is one that can provide
an immediate—an immediate—
economic benefit,” Wrighton said.
“But an investment in science
will also hold long-term rewards
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.,
speaks at a press conference in Whitaker Hall on Saturday afternoon
about the expected impact of the
economic recovery bill.
for all of us, so we’re interested
in expanding our commitment to
new knowledge in science and engineering.”
The University, Wrighton said,
would make good use of any stimulus money it receives by hiring
new employees, attracting industry to the region, helping create
new companies and preparing students to enter the workforce.
The School of Medicine already receives $400 million in
competitive research and contract
grants each year. Shapiro said the
University could stand to get “140
million incremental dollars over
the next two years” if universities
get the new funding in the same
proportions as they do now.
The additional funding, Shapiro said, would not only boost
research and enable greater capital investments for research at the
University, but “would translate
into perhaps 350 to 500 new jobs
at an average salary of $52,000
per year.”
Rob Wild, assistant to the
chancellor, told Student Life that
University students involved in
research would benefit from the
stimulus’s funding, provided that
faculty continue to compete for
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WU scholarships, initiatives aim
to increase minority enrollment
Brittany Farb
Staff Reporter
Studies have shown that black
male students often feel isolated,
marginalized and invisible on predominantly white campuses.
In order to counteract such experiences, Washington University
has made strides to make minority
students and faculty members feel
welcome when they get to campus.
“Recruitment of students and
faculty members must be our priority,” said James McLeod, vice
chancellor for students and dean
of the College of Arts & Sciences.
“However, we can’t stop at recruitment. It is important [that students
and faculty members] make a place
for themselves on campus, too.”
McLeod serves as the director of the John B. Ervin Scholars
program, which provides full and
partial-tuition scholarships with a
$2,500 stipend to students.
The scholarship was named for
John B. Ervin, a distinguished citizen of the University and St. Louis
communities.
The scholarship began in the
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fall of 1987 and was originally just
awarded to black students. Four
years ago, however, the program
changed to include students of all
groups as a result of pressure from
the U.S. Department of Education.
“Now, we primarily look for
students that highlight those things
that were important to [Ervin’s]
life,” McLeod said.
Aaron Hutcherson, a member
of the Association of Black Students (ABS), feels that minority
students are welcome here as individuals and as a group. But he
said that there is still room for improvement, specifically in terms of
funding programs the black community feels are important and in
recruiting minorities to the school.
“One thing I know [the University is] working on is to recruit and
retain more minority students,”
said Hutcherson, who served on
ABS’ executive board two years
ago. “They could do better at
bringing [minority] students before applications are due, get more
minority students to apply in the
first place.”
But Hutcherson added that programs that target minorities come
with downsides, such as isolating
those minorities and inhibiting
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communication between students
from differing cultural backgrounds.
“It keeps those students separated from other students,” he said.
“It doesn’t really help in creating
bonds among all students. It sort of
helps to foster a community within
a group.”
Other universities are taking
similar strides to promote success
among minority students. In 2005,
Ohio State University opened
the Todd Anthony Bell National
Resource Center on the African
American Male to inspire growth,
academic achievement and professional leadership through specialized programs.
These programs include early-arrival freshmen orientation
program, a leadership roundtable
series and various mentorship programs involving students, faulty,
staff and community members.
Lee College in Texas began
“Achieving the Dream” in 2007,
a black and Hispanic initiative
geared toward improving the grade
point averages of black and Hispanic men in courses where large
disparities existed. The program
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MONDAY 23
Controversy n’ Coffee: How does ART
play a part in...?
DUC 276, 7 p.m.
This Controversy n’ Coffee will discuss the
role that art plays in a variety of settings
including politics, education and religion.
Panelists from various fields will discuss
whether art plays a role in their area, and if
so in what ways. They will also discuss the
value that we as a society place on art.
‘Dying to be Thin’
Ursa’s Fireside, 7 p.m.
The film examines a disturbing increase
in the prevalence of debilitating and
sometimes life-threatening eating disorders,
particularly anorexia and bulimia.
newsbriefs
eventcalendar
Mardi Gras at the DUC
DUC, all day
Live music, make your own masks, beads, king
cake and a New Orleans-Style All-You-Care-ToEat Buffet will be featured throughout the day on
Fat Tuesday. Come live it up and take home some
goodies!
Speaker: Anita Diamant
Graham Chapel, 7:30 p.m.
Hear the author of “The Red Tent” answer
questions from the audience about Judaism,
feminism and her books. Sponsored by Jewish
Student Union.
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One month later, another mugging on Melville
FAFSA complexity challenges applicants
According to a crime advisory e-mailed to student members of the offcampus community by Washington University Chief of Police Don Strom, a
student was mugged at gunpoint on Melville Avenue on Friday. At 9:55 p.m
two subjects confronted the student, stole the student’s wallet and cell phone
and then fled the scene. The victim was not injured. The victim described
the suspects as slender, black, in their early 20s and wearing dark clothing.
The University City police are investigating the incident. In the e-mail Strom
advised students to always give robbers what they ask for if mugged. (Perry
Stein)
Critics claim that the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
has become so complicated that many students don’t bother filling it out
while others hire professional help to complete it. Since its inception in 1992,
the form has grown to more than 100 questions about a family’s finances.
Some companies offer to complete the form, charging as much as $100. The
Department of Education offers free help for filing.
Although Congress called for an easier process last year, the same bill
extended the FAFSA with seven additional questions. Former Secretary of
Education Margaret Spellings in a letter to Congress proposed a form that had
fewer than 30 questions. Other proposals ask the Internal Revenue Service to
share their information with the Department of Education.
Critics say the form is still inadequate because it does not consider assets
such as houses, boats and cars and does not account for areas that have high
costs of living.
The Department of Education has already received more than two million
forms, an increase of 20 percent from last year. Companies that file the form for
a fee have seen even larger increases. In addition to determining eligibility for
grants, subsidized loans and work-study, thousands of colleges and universities
use the form for their own financial aid decisions.
Financial aid officials worry that families that are most in need of aid are not
able to complete the form and are therefore unable to send children to college.
(John Scott)
Stereotypes advance to ICCA Semifinals
The Stereotypes, one of Washington University’s all-male a cappella
groups, stole the show at the International Championship of Collegiate A
Cappella (ICCA) Quarterfinal at the 560 Building on Saturday night. The
group advances to the ICCA Midwest Semifinals at Northwestern University
on March 14.
Sophomore Dithu Rajaraman of the Stereotypes won Best Solo and junior
Dayne Seiden captured the Best Vocal Percussionist award. The Stereotypes
were also awarded Best Choreography for their performances of “Crazy,”
“Going to a Town” and “It’s Raining Men.” They did not, however, sweep
all of the honors. The University of Illinois’ Girls Next Door won an award
for their arrangement of “Candy.” The Amateurs and Mosaic Whispers also
competed. (Johann Qua Hiansen)
Violinist plays for Barnes-Jewish Hospital
doctors who reattached his arm
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At Barnes-Jewish Hospital, doctors and patients alike were treated to a
musical performance last month by a patient who had almost lost his arm.
Ken Wollberg, 58, injured his arm on Dec. 27, 2007. At the time, he and
his wife, both truck drivers, were hauling three flatbeds when their truck slid
on ice before toppling over. Although his wife was unharmed, Wollberg’s
left triceps was detached and bone had scraped away from his elbow. Many
doctors were unsure if Wollberg would be able to continue playing the violin.
Orthopedic surgeon Jay Keener was able to reattach Wollberg’s triceps
muscle and plastic surgeon Ida Fox was able to perform a skin graft to cover
the injury.
Through therapy and practice, Wollberg was able to regain some of his
skill with the violin, although he has yet to make a full recovery. He has
performed with the Paducah Symphony Orchestra in Paducah, Kentucky.
Wollberg returned back to Barnes-Jewish Hospital after recovering and
performed in the lobby with a guitarist friend and his vocalist wife. (Alan
Liu)
quoteoftheday
“There is nothing more opposed
to the life of the
mind than the life
of politics.”
Associate Professor of Political Science
Andrew Rehfeld
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ANITA DIAMANT
I wanted to imagine the conversation between Rachel and Leah, for
example, as something more than
arguing about who was going to
sleep with Jacob. This was a very
complicated family, and there had to
be something more going on there.
And also, for me, particularly women’s friendships, not just in families,
but also outside of the family, are
personally really important and get
really short shrift in popular media.
Women’s friendships, which are
so important and so sustaining are
largely invisible. At least, until “Sex
and the City” commodified it.
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Anita Diamant, a Washington University alum and the author of
bestseller “The Red Tent,” will be
speaking at Graham Chapel this
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Assignment
Editor Sophie Adelman spoke to her
about her upcoming novel, forays
into jazz music and experiences as
an undergrad.
Student Life: How did you come up
with your idea for “The Red Tent”?
Anita Diamant: I really wanted to
try something different. I thought I
would take an idea from the Bible. I
actually started out with Rachel and
Leah as my inspiration, but the more
I read, the more I was intrigued by
the character of Dinah for a couple
of reasons. One was that she didn’t
say anything so I could just invent
her perspective from scratch and
that gave her a voice. Also, there
was a great plot there for a first-time
novelist and it gave me a kind of
mystery.
SL: Why do you feel that you focus
on the relationships between women
in several of your novels?
AD: I feel that they tend to be unwritten, in part historically, which
has changed over generations as
more women have been written and
published and more widely read.
Certainly in the ancient past the
stories and characters that are most
vivid for us are male characters, because those stories are handed down
in a patriarchal tradition, so women
were not part of that conversation.
Filling in those blanks and imagining what those conversations would
have been like is a part of my challenge.
SL: What are some of the authors
who have influenced your writing
and inspired it recently?
AD: One of my all time non-fiction
heroes is M.F.K. Fisher, who wrote
a lot about food and travel in the
New Yorker. She wrote beautiful
clear prose about the importance of
the table and eating but not in terms
of recipes, but the ways we feed our
hunger as human beings and the
ways we nourish eat other, at the
table and around the table. Food
is a metaphor for a larger thing,
but it’s also just food. There’s a lot
about food in my books, always. I
don’t read fiction when I’m writing
fiction, so I’ve been light in that department for the last three years.
Billy Collins, who is one of my
favorite poets, wrote a piece not
long ago about how he was inspired
by “Looney Tunes” and how that
inspiration comes not only from
your own media. I’m enormously
inspired by modern dance and nonverbal art forms that just fill me with
admiration and awe.
SL: You just came out with a jazz
album, “Requited.” How were you
inspired to write the lyrics for your
jazz album?
AD: My friend Burt Segar, who is a
jazz composer and pianist, cut many
of his own CDs. I was listening to
his music one dark and stormy night
in my car and I thought, what a pretty melody, I would love to write lyrics for this...It’s just a great joy. It’s
really freeing.
Rhyming is fun. You can be kind
of schmaltzy in lyrics in a way that
you can’t be anywhere else. Not too
schmaltzy, but you can be unabashedly emotional. It’s also collaboration, which I really enjoyed after
working by myself for so long.
SL: Who are some of your jazz influences?
AD: I’m the lyricist here, so I aspire to the influence of people like
Cole Porter and Ira Gershwin, and
Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon, and
the Great American Songbook and
the poets of popular music. These
are people who write lyrics that I’m
particularly moved by.
SL: The Jewish religion has a very
melodic aspect to it. Do you think
that this has factored into the music
you’ve enjoyed or helped to collaborate upon?
AD: Everything influences everything, so it’s not a conscious decision, but I wouldn’t rule it out.
When you listen to the album, you’ll
hear it’s very much American jazz. I
think the Jewish love affair with the
word is very much part of my tradition.
SL: While you were at Washington
University, you mentioned that you
took a dance class and that initiated
your love for dance. Is that reflected
in any of your novels?
AD: I haven’t written about dance,
but that’s a great idea! I really love
how it has such a different vocabulary.
SL: You mentioned that you had one
professor who really inspired you.
How is he reflected in your writing?
AD: That was Professor Harry Marten. He pushed me to be a much better writer.
He directed me to a writing tutor, not because I was failing, but to
a graduate student at the time, who
remains a good friend. I wrote an
essay about him in “Pitching My
Tent.” He’s just a really important
human being and I felt taken seriously as a thinker, and a writer
and a student and he pushed me to
think out loud, to expose the way I
thought to a problem instead of just
blathering.
SL: What was one of your favorite
college memories?
AD: I would have to say sitting in
Prof. Marten’s office and just shooting the breeze.
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Prof. reflects on
debate culture
Michelle Merlin
Staff Reporter
Associate Professor of Political Science Andrew Rehfeld discussed the relationship between
universities and presidential
debates in a talk Saturday in the
Goldfarb Auditorium.
Called “Why Universities
Sponsor Presidential Debates,”
the talk was part of a new lecture
series in University College, entitled “Democracy and the University,” as part of its Master of
Liberal Arts program.
The lecture examined the tension of having universities, as
institutions of knowledge, host
presidential debates—which are
widely spectacular. The relationship between universities and
debates seemed to Rehfeld to be
one of convenience: universities
can provide the debate hall and
atmosphere, and the debate commission provides an exciting political atmosphere for students.
Steve Givens, vice chair of
the 2008 Vice Presidential Debate Steering Committee and
chair of past debates’ steering
committees, agreed with Rehfeld’s assertions.
“The reason we have continued to do this is that it brings
historic events of immense importance to our campus for our
students to be in the middle of,
and we think that’s worth it. We
hear from students and alumni
who were here, who tell us being
here in the middle of it was one
of the most memorable things
about their college careers,”
Givens said.
In the past, debates have
been held in television studios
and civic centers. With television, however, the Commission
on Presidential Debates ran into
many legal problems, and civic
centers could not provide for
the many demands made by the
commission.
Rehfeld proposed four changes to make the debates more intelligent and more appropriate to
college campuses. Universities,
he said, should feel some obligation to make sure that knowledge is a focus of the debate.
One change was to get rid of any
interaction with what citizens
think. Rehfeld argued that people probably don’t know the real
issues that confront the president
and their questions rarely lead to
a deliberated answer.
“There is nothing more opposed to the life of the mind
than the life of politics” Rehfeld
said.
Rehfeld also encouraged direct engagement between candidates so that the public would
be able to see them interact and
think through a problem.
In addition, he argued that
multiple policymakers should
accompany the candidates to
the debate. This would mirror the presidential experience,
since the president listens to and
chooses advisers and cannot be
an expert on every issue.
The last change Rehfeld recommended is a simulated crisis
situation for each candidate to
assess and handle.
Some students proposed
something similar in which candidates must go into specifics
about their plans.
“An interesting idea that I
read about was that one of the
university debates should be
something specifically scienceoriented so it focuses specifically on science education and
energy and science policies,”
freshman Michal Hyrc said.
“That way we could see whether
they have meaningful concrete
things to say instead of having just one question of the debate saying, ‘Yeah, I’ll increase
spending.’”
But some drew parallels between debates and the academic
experience.
“In rhetoric you’re not dealing with certainty but appealing to logic,” English Professor
Wayne Fields said. “There’s not
a great deal of difference between [how] the educated and
uneducated people evaluate arguments.”
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STAFF EDITORIAL
Creative job searching
W
ith graduation coming up in only a few
months, many Wash.
U. seniors are trying to decide what their next step
will be. Making this decision is
stressful enough even in prosperous
times, and in the current economic
climate, it is particularly daunting.
Some students may be tempted to
give up on their job search because
they are unable to find the job they
hoped for, and instead make a hasty
decision to enter graduate school
because they are unsure of what
else to do. Though we don’t want
to discourage anyone from attending graduate school if that is their
true goal, we think that students
who see it as a way to escape the
difficult job market should think
twice.
Last month, the national unemployment rate reached 7.6 percent,
the highest it has been in more than
a decade, and it will likely continue to rise in the coming months.
Finding a job will undoubtedly be
more difficult for the Class of ’09
than for any other class in recent
memory.
But this does not mean that students should let themselves be discouraged. It is true that it may now
be tough to land the high-paying
consulting and investment banking
jobs that many feel they must find
in order to become successful. But
there are many other types of jobs
out there whose appeal might be
less obvious, if students are willing to look harder and think more
creatively than they might have had
to in better times.
One resource that is underutilized by seniors is the Career
Center, which offers a variety of
services aimed at helping students find jobs. The Career Center
staff understands the economic
downturn and has recently put on
workshops such as “Leveraging
the WU Advantage During a Bad
Economy” for seniors to figure out
how to approach finding a job in
this particularly bad economic cli-
mate. Before giving up hope, make
sure you have fully utilized all of
the resources at Wash. U.
Furthermore, many new and
unusual job opportunities are
likely to arise as a result of the
new stimulus bill President Obama
signed last Tuesday. The bill will
provide billions in funding to different segments of our society. One
way students can look for jobs is
by looking at which groups will receive the funds within the area they
want to work and then applying for
jobs with those groups. If people
do not seek out and fill these new
positions, then the stimulus will
be less effective at promoting
economic recovery. Therefore it
is in everyone’s best interest for
students to be more persistent in
finding new jobs.
Although students may not end
up in the field they had originally
planned when entering Wash. U.,
there are jobs to be found if they
are willing to look just a little
harder and think outside of the box.
SIERRA DANGERFIELD THE ETERNAL FRESHMAN
Writing 1
Writing an “A” paper
Anna Sobotka
Staff Columnist
I
still remember in 10th grade
how a classmate of mine,
Jennifer, did not turn in her
huge final project worth 25
percent of her grade. After class,
I eavesdropped as she told our
student teacher Dan that she had not
finished it, and she was not proud
of what she had done so she would
not submit the partial project either.
I was horrified. Why would anyone
not turn in what they did have
because they were not proud of it?
Go for partial credit for gosh sakes.
It didn’t make sense to me.
All of you skeptics out there
will say that Jennifer probably had
not done anything at all, and made
up the pride bit as an excuse. But it
fit her perfectly; as the president of
our high school’s avant-garde club
and active participant in both the
poetry slam and mock trial team,
she was always someone who took
pride in what she did and worked
hard to make sure it was something
that lived up to her own self-made
standards.
Six years later, about to graduate
from college, I wish I was more
like her. Maybe it’s some kind of
weird nostalgia, but I can’t think
of a single project or paper I’ve
written that I turned in with pride.
When I call my parents excited for
academic reasons, it’s about the
single capital letter written on the
last page, not the hundreds of words
that came before it. For me, it’s all
about completing the project in a
way that my professors will like,
in their format, with their rules.
It’s gotten to the point that when I
am assigned an open-ended topic,
I cringe and whine, because I don’t
know what the expectations are.
In high school, I thought that
was the way to get to the top, but
now I am not so sure. Would I be
more satisfied with my college career if I got more B’s but knew that
what I learned, I learned because I
worked hard, not for the grade, but
for myself—if I kept all of my old
papers because they meant something to me, rather than because
they showed how good I am at
making people think I care about
something a lot more than I do?
The reality is that I probably did
find the best way to get to the top.
Learning how to write an A paper
got me into Wash. U., and it will
help get me into graduate schools
and jobs in the future. I don’t
want this to be a social critique
or analysis of “what’s wrong with
the system,” but rather a reminder
that not everyone lives the way
most of us do, living from grade to
grade, and also that writing an A
paper shouldn’t make us so proud.
Writing something that we judge to
be good, before it is ever turned in,
makes the whole process a lot more
valuable.
Anna is a senior in Arts & Sciences. She
can be reached via e-mail at assobotk@
artsci.wustl.edu.
An outsider looking in:
‘The Vagina Monologues’
Chris Maury
Op-Ed Submission
A
s a man walking into
a chapel, a holy place
of worship, with the
intention of seeing a
group of his friends and peers
present the “Vagina Monologues,”
I can say I was more than a little
nervous. The thought of a semidramatic interpretation of the
female quest for empowerment
and identity, as preformed by
already-busy students, was more
than a little daunting.
Yet, what Ashley Spivak
(director) and Ayla Karamustafa
(producer) were able to do with
11 individual stories of female
empowerment and a cast of 18
empowered females, was to turn
what could have been an awkward
hour and a half for many into an
amazing performance covering
the entire spectrum of performing
arts.
From the opening introduction
where the actresses emerge from
the audience, as if they could have
been any (female) member of the
audience to do the shadow dancing first act, an interpretation of
the dance group Pilobolus (which
you might have seen in those car
commercials over the last few
years); even from the monologues’
musical interludes, a static blend
that crackles, *clit*clit*, composed by Kathryn Austin to the
cast’s final symphony of euphoric
song, the show is a product of not
only Eve Ensler’s writing, but also
of the individual creativity of the
actresses themselves.
The spectacle only helped to
convey the work’s message to the
audience, never taking away from
the power of the stories, nor trying
to reinvent them.
The show’s message was
perhaps the most important part of
the evening, the reason why these
women have dedicated so much of
their time to the production. The
show conveys the importance of a
woman’s sexuality to her identity,
the importance of a woman’s
body to her sexuality and most
importantly the importance of the
vagina to all of the above.
With such a serious message,
the monologues do an outstanding
job of making the stories relatable,
telling funny stories about Bob
the lip reader and masturbating
to Enya. Even in the presentation
of statistics the performers were
able to make the message real for
the audience, relating the horrors
of genital mutilation. All aspects
of womanhood are presented in
the play—the highs and the lows;
from rape to self-exploration,
from societal pressures to pregnancy.
The play does an amazing job
of presenting a celebration of femininity and womanhood while at
the same time making the material
engaging for those who perhaps
need to hear it most. Men.
Chris is a senior in Arts & Sciences. He
can be reached via e-mail at chrmaury@
gmail.com.
Room for
improvement
Kelly Diabagate
Staff Columnist
V
ery few are the freshmen
who claim to like Writing
1. With the exception of
engineering students, it is
a requirement for all freshmen to take
a Writing 1 course either in the fall or
the spring of their freshmen year.
According to the English Department’s Web site, Writing 1 has a
heavy emphasis on culture, and
strives to “explore the relationships
between writers and readers, writers and subject matter, and writers
and their rhetorical and cultural
situations.” There is no denying the
importance of honing one’s writing
skills, and the purpose of Writing 1 is
quite justified.
However, one of the main
problems of Writing 1 is that, apart
from the major assignments that all
students must complete, it appears
that every class differs in the number
of extra writing assignments given,
the manner in which class time is
spent and the cultural emphasis of
activities and assignments other than
the cultural text project.
For instance, when asked about
her opinion of Writing 1, one student
said “It is a waste of time. I feel like
the class is a joke, and I am not learning anything.” On the other hand, I
probably am one of the rare students
who does not absolutely despise my
writing class. However, that probably
has more to do with the fact that I am
in Text and Tradition, one of the two
FOCUS programs that provide special Writing 1 sections. This section
differs from normal Writing 1 sections in that the requirements for this
class include mandatory attendance
at the Assembly Series lectures, and
lectures from other speakers who talk
about writing, audiences or culture.
Even within normal Writing 1
classes, there are still some differences in the material covered. According to freshman Joshua Stein, he
has about two short papers due every
week. Freshman Jeffrey Killian, however, claims that he has had “maybe
four papers due” since the beginning
of the semester.
There seem to be main assignments that all Writing 1 students have
to complete. The rest is essentially up
to whoever teaches the class. For instance, one student remembers having
to write a small paper describing the
sensation of eating. Another student,
freshman Degian Ghebermicael, said
“in one assignment, we had to get ads
and describe them.” Depending on
one’s teacher, students get a different
Writing 1 experience, and come out
of the class with different levels of
benefits.
One way to make Writing 1 a
less painful experience for freshmen
could be to address this very issue of
divergences in teaching method, by
standardizing the Writing 1 curriculum, so that everyone at least gets the
same treatment and the same benefits
out of it.
Another way to improve the
system, as suggested in Friday’s
Student Life Staff Editorial, would be
to associate Writing 1 classes with a
specific subject, just like the Writing
1 sections for the Text and Tradition
and the Law and Society programs.
This would give a bit more structure
to the classes, and would allow the
students to improve their writing
skills while exploring a topic of their
interest.
Developing adequate writing
skills is essential in today’s society.
For that reason, the Writing 1 classes
are elemental. They force students to
step out of their comfort zone when it
comes to writing, and to think in ways
different from what they are used to.
However, as with all things, there is
still much room for improvement.
Nevertheless, we learn best from a
trial-and-error process; hopefully we
shall come to a consensus about the
structure of writing classes that is suitable for both students and the English
Department.
Kelly is a freshman in Arts & Sciences.
She can be reached via e-mail at [email protected].
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STUDENT LIFE | SPORTS
5
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Bears clinch 18th UAA and 21st NCAA berth
Josh Goldman
Senior Sports Editor
The No. 12 Washington University
women’s basketball team clinched its
18th University Athletic Association
championship and 20th consecutive
Division III NCAA tournament berth
with a 65-52 win over No. 5 University
of Rochester.
After losing the UAA title to the
University of Chicago in the final
game of last season, Wash. U., which
returned six seniors, was happy to capture the outright UAA title.
“It’s great. Last year, the UAA title
kind of slipped away from us, so it’s
great to bring it back home,” senior
Shanna-Lei Dacanay said.
“It was a big motivation for us to
try to bring it [the UAA title] back
home. Rochester obviously is an incredibly good team, so I’m glad it
happened in a high-level game,” Head
Coach Nancy Fahey said.
After falling to Rochester by seven
points earlier this season, the Bears
kept the pace slow in Sunday’s contest
and forced the Yellowjackets to contend with their size in the frontcourt.
They also were held to shooting only
33 percent from the floor.
Wash. U. also attempted 23 free
throws, missing only three. The team
also had 15 assists in the game from
five players and finished with a 28-18
points-in-the-paint advantage.
“We wanted to [get the ball inside]. We weren’t doing a very good
job early, but I thought we did a much
better job as the game progressed,” Fahey said.
“I just saw that our bigs were dominating theirs, so we just kept going inside until they stopped us. We also told
our shooters to keep shooting. A couple
people hit some big shots later, but in
the first half, we were 0-6,” senior and
co-captain Jaimie McFarlin said.
The Yellowjackets grabbed an
early six-point lead with 16:21 remaining in the first half, but a transition
jumper by freshman Dani Hoover tied
the game at 10 four minutes later. The
game remained close for the rest of the
first half, but a pair of free-throws by
junior Janice Evans gave the Bears a
21-19 lead with 2:53 remaining. The
team held that lead for the remainder
of the game. Wash. U. took a 10-point
lead into halftime and lead by as much
as 17 in the victory.
Evans led the attack with 19 points
while sophomore Kathryn Berger add-
ed 11 points and eight rebounds off the
bench and starting point guard Alex
Hover scored 10 points and contributed a team-high four assists.
In order for Sunday’s win to clinch
the UAA title, the Red and Green first
needed to defeat Carnegie Mellon University on Friday night.
The lead changed five times in
the first half, but a layup by McFarlin
gave Wash. U. a 27-26 lead with 1:56
remaining in the first half, a lead that
would rise as high as 23 in the second
half in the team’s 78-58 victory.
McFarlin scored a season-high 16
and grabbed nine rebounds while Evans, sophomore Alex Hoover and senior Halsey Ward also scored in double figures with 12, 12 and 10 points
respectively.
The Bears also posted 28 assists to
only 13 turnovers and outscored the
Tartans 28-11 in points off turnovers
and 14-0 in fast break points.
The Bears lost senior and co-captain Jill Brandt for most of Friday’s and
all of Sunday’s games with a sprained
ankle, but she watched Sunday’s game
from the bench and was walking without crutches.
“Our team is pretty well rounded.
We have a lot of players who can play,
so I’m sure we’ll count on our depth
and our defense. That was a big key to
our win today,” Dacanay said.
With a sweep of this weekend’s
games, Wash. U. has won nine straight
games and 16 of its last 17. The team
will close out the regular season on
Saturday at 1 p.m. against the University of Chicago, which will also be Senior Day for the Red and Green.
“It’s really important to get ourselves geared up for the NCAA tournament since now we know we’re
going. It’s also Senior Day. We want
to send our six seniors out right, and
besides, we always have a big rivalry
with Chicago anyway, so it will be a
pretty good game no matter what,”
McFarlin said.
Fahey stressed that the team is only
guaranteed one NCAA tournament
game, so the team must appreciate
making the tournament and continue
to improve during practices.
The Road to the Final Four will not
be easy for Wash. U. since the central
region of D-III women’s basketball
features some of the best teams in the
nation. No. 1 Illinois Wesleyan, No.
4 Oglethorpe University, No. 7 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, No.
8 University of Wisconsin-Stevens
Point, No. 11 University of Wisconsin-
Box Scores
Wash. U. women v.
Carnegie Mellon
78-58
Points: McFarlin (16)
Rebounds: McFarlin (9)
Assists: A. Hoover (6)
Steals: A. Hoover (4)
Wash. U. women v.
Rochester 65-52
Points: Evans (19)
Rebounds: McFarlin, Berger (8)
Assists: A. Hoover, Ward (4)
Steals: Evans (4)
Wash. U. men v.
Carnegie Mellon
77-63
Points: Nading (29)
Rebounds: Nading (8)
Assists: Wallis (6)
Steals: Nading (3)
Wash. U. men v.
Rochester 69-70
Points: Thompson (20)
Rebounds: Z. Kelly (7)
Assists: Wallis (7)
Steals: Wallis (3)
Junior forward Janice Evans attempts a runner against Rochester. Evans led the Bears with 19 points in the UAAclinching win.
Eau Claire and No. 18 DePauw University all have chances to win their
conference tournaments or receive atlarge bids to the NCAA tournament.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
In final seconds, Bears fall
Alex Dropkin
Sports Editor
Down by one, with 0.4 seconds
left in the game, Washington University forward Cameron Smith had
the chance to win the game for his
team with two shots at the free-throw
line. The full crowd in attendance at
the Field House was silent as Smith
missed both shots, and the Bears
lost to the University of Rochester
69-70 on Sunday afternoon.
“The Washington U.-Rochester
game is a tough rivalry, and it’s the
best rivalry in the UAA. Both teams
respect each other, and it doesn’t
make any difference what the records are…every time you go to
play, it’s down to the wire,” Head
Coach Mark Edwards said.
Rochester’s Mike Chmielowiec,
the University Athletic Association’s leading scorer, recorded 22
of his 32 points in the second half
to hand the No. 2 Bears (22-2, 12-1
UAA) their second loss of the season.
“They played their butts off.
It was just a tough loss, but we’ll
regroup and get back together…
everybody still loves Cam Smith,”
said junior guard and co-captain
Aaron Thompson.
Thompson led the Bears with 20
points while senior Sean Wallis had
18. Senior Tyler Nading and sophomore Caleb Knepper also scored in
double-figures.
The game was a tight contest
from early on, but an 18-foot jumper by Wallis with 14:26 left in the
first half gave Wash. U. a 13-11
lead. With a two-point advantage,
Thompson struck from beyond the
arc on consecutive possessions, followed by a three-pointer by Knepper to cap an 11-0 run.
This 22-11 lead did not last,
however, as Rochester slowly got
back into the game. Chmielowiec’s
free throws with 7:05 left in the half
cut Wash. U.’s lead to only four
Senior point guard Sean Wallis scored 18 points in a loss to Rochester after
scoring 15 in Friday’s victory over Carnegie Mellon.
points.
As the Bears pushed the lead
back up to 10 with 5:32 left in the
half, Rochester again battled back.
The Yellowjackets ended the half
with a 10-3 run, including a threepointer from Chmielowiec with
only three seconds left. The Bears
only managed a 33-30 lead going
into halftime.
While Wash. U. started the second half on a 14-4 run and had a
51-43 lead with 12:54 left in the
game, the second half belonged
to Chmielowiec. The senior guard
scored his team’s next 16 points,
giving Rochester a two-point advantage with only seven minutes left.
As the Bears fought to get back
into the lead, Wallis took a charge
on a Rochester inbound with 18 seconds left. After two missed shots,
Smith was fouled on an offensive
put back, where he missed both his
free throws.
“It’s a pressure situation, when
it comes down to the wire, and I
mean we did everything we could,
but it just didn’t go our way this
time,” freshman Dylan Richter said.
“We’ll be fine. I mean, we’ll definitely bounce back. You’re going to
lose some; everyone knows that, but
this will just make us stronger, and
we’ll come back hungry.”
Despite Sunday’s loss, Wash. U.
had an impressive 77-63 victory on
Friday night over No. 25 Carnegie
Mellon University.
Nading recorded a season-high
29 points in the very physical game,
while Wallis had 15 points and
Thompson had 13. The Bears, as a
team, shot a scorching 60 percent
(30-50) from the field.
“When I scored, it all came within the flow of the game, and it was
more telling that our offense was
doing really well, rather than just
me individually. I think that I had 12
field goals, and maybe 10 of them
were assisted on, so it’s pretty telling that it’s not just me, and that our
offense is doing a good job of moving and creating ways for me to get
open,” said Nading, a co-captain.
The Tartans kept the score close
in the first half, staying in the game
on 14-16 from the charity stripe.
A three from Thompson, however,
with 6:45 left in the half gave the
Bears their first double-digit lead at
28-18.
The Bears took a nine-point lead
into halftime, but five minutes into
the second half, Carnegie Mellon
had cut the deficit to only six points.
Wash. U. responded with a 7-0 run,
sparked by another three-pointer
from Thompson.
Carnegie’s leading scorer, Jack
Anderson, left the game with an injury with 10:04 remaining and never
re-entered. Without Anderson, the
closest the Tartans came was seven
points.
Wallis took over late in the game
with nine points in the last 3:55
to put CMU away, extending the
Bears’ lead to 16 points with minimal time left.
Wash. U. plays its final game of
the regular season on Saturday, Feb.
28, at home against the University
of Chicago (6-18, 6-7 UAA) on Senior Day.
The UAA has no postseason tournament.
recent top
performers
Liz Phillips, track and field
The freshman shattered the school record in the women’s 1-mile
run with a time of 4:57.86 at the Wartburg Invite, breaking the record
by 2.92 seconds. Phillips also provisionally qualified for the NCAA
Indoor Championships with her run.
Janice Evans, women’s basketball
The junior led the No. 12 Bears with 19 points in a 65-52 win
over No. 5 University of Rochester. The win gave the Bears the
outright 2009 UAA title and their 20th consecutive NCAA tournament berth.
Tyler Nading, men’s basketball
The senior scored a season-high 29 points in a win over Carnegie
Mellon on Friday and followed with an 11-point performance in
Sunday’s loss to Rochester.
John Watts, men’s tennis
The No. 3 singles player in Division-III tennis finished 3-0 in
both singles and doubles at the 2009 ITA National Team Indoor
Championships. Two of Watts’ singles wins came against other
ranked players. The No. 1 men’s team lost to No. 2 Emory University 6-3 in the championship match.
6 STUDENT LIFE | SPORTS
Sports Editor / Josh Goldman / [email protected]
MEN’S TENNIS
SWIMMING
Men’s tennis falls to rival Emory
Trisha Wolf
Managing Editor
The No. 1 Washington University’s
men’s tennis team fell to No. 2 Emory
University 6-3 in the finals of the ITA
National Indoor Tennis Championships on Sunday. The Bears had defeated Trinity University 9-0 and Kenyon College 8-1 earlier in the week to
reach the championship match.
“It was a good weekend. We got a
lot more experience. The match against
Emory was pretty close. It’s always
been a heated rivalry. With the excep-
tion of the NESCAC who haven’t started their seasons, we’ve established that
Emory and us are the two top teams,”
senior Nirmal Choradia said.
Yesterday’s match marks the second straight national championship in
which the Bears have played the Eagles. Wash. U. defeated Emory 5-3 in
the NCAA National Outdoor Championships last spring. The teams met two
other times last season, with Emory
prevailing 6-2 in April to win the UAA
title and Wash. U. overcoming their
longtime foe 7-2 for the first time in
school history to take third place at the
2008 ITA National Indoor Championships.
Emory opened the match with the
14th-ranked doubles team of Mark Boren and David Caplan grabbing an 8-4
win over sophomores Isaac Stein and
Max Woods, currently ranked No. 8,
at second doubles. Wash. U. answered
with junior John Watts and Choradia
defeating Oliver Lopp and Philipp
Overdieck 8-6 at third doubles. Emory went on to take the 2-1 advantage
following doubles play as the thirdranked team of seniors Charlie Cutler
and Chris Hoeland fell to top-ranked
Michael Goodwin and Chris Goodwin
9-7.
In singles play, No. 3 Watts quickly
tied the score at 2-2, defeating Michael
Goodwin 6-1, 6-0 at first singles. This
was particularly impressive, as Watts
had fallen to Goodwin 6-4, 6-3 in the
national championships last year and
3-6, 7-6, 6-4 in last year’s UAA title
match. His last victory over Goodwin
came in February 2008, when he prevailed 6-3, 6-4 at the indoor championships.
Emory then went on to win three
straight matches to seal the title. No.
18 Colin Eagan defeated Stein 6-3, 6-3
at fourth singles. No. 20 Boren topped
Woods 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) at third singles,
and No. 2 Chris Goodwin clinched the
match, defeating No. 12 Cutler 6-1,
6-3 at second singles.
Junior Danny Levy triumphed at
fifth singles 3-6, 6-4, 10-3 over Lopp.
Hoeland fell to Chris Redmond at sixth
singles 6-1, 7-5.
In the quarterfinals, the Bears defeated Trinity University 9-0 to advance. Cutler and Hoeland topped
seventh-ranked Bobby Conanaugher
and Cory Kowal 8-5 while Watts easily dispatched No. 12 Max Frey 6-1,
6-0. Watts teamed with freshman Dushyanth Srinivasan for the first time
this year for a 9-8 win at third doubles.
Levy also pulled out a tight 7-5, 7-6
win at fifth singles.
In the semifinals, the Bears topped
Kenyon College 8-1. Watts nailed the
biggest win of the day, topping No. 6
Michael Greenberg, the 2008 NCAA
outdoor champion, 6-2, 7-5 at first singles. Junior Slavi Fildish saw his first
action of the season, winning 3-6, 6-4,
10-6 at sixth singles. Woods took third
singles 6-1, 4-6, 10-6 while Cutler fell
6-2, 3-6, 10-7 in the second spot.
“We showed promise. We beat a
couple of good teams. It was the best
Wash. U. result. John Watts had a real
good weekend, 6-0 in singles and doubles,” Cutler said.
The Bears next play No. 11 Bowdoin College on March 11 during their
spring break trip to California. They
return home Thursday March 19 to
face Emporia State University. Doubles play begins at 4:30 p.m. at the Tao
Tennis Center.
“I have high hopes for the rest of
the season. Hopefully we’ll be able to
avenge the loss in conference,” Cutler
said.
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The Washington University swim
team sent four swimmers to the Midwest Invitational this past weekend
with the hopes of qualifying for the
NCAA Championships.
On the men’s side, junior Brian
Kushner and Dima Galkin each swam
two races. Kushner came in second in
the 1,650-yard freestyle and first in the
500-yard freestyle, swimming respective times of 16:36.32 and 4:34.67. His
time for the 500-yard freestyle was a
provisional cut for NCAA Championships, and Kushner later swam a time
of 4:34.60 in the 500-yard freestyle
time trial.
Galkin swam the 100- and 200yard breaststroke, placing first in
both events with times of 58.82 and
2:12.88. His time of 2:12.88 also made
provisional cuts for NCAA Championships.
The women’s team sent sophomores Claire Henderson and Karin
Underwood to the meet to qualify in
the 100- and 200-yard backstroke.
Henderson took second in the 100yard backstroke with a time of 1:00.83
and later swam a time of 59.57 in the
100-yard backstroke time trial. Underwood won the 200-backstroke with a
time of 2:07.26, earning a provisional
cut. However, neither swam personal
records.
The next race for the Wash. U.
swim team will be the NCAA Championships, held March 18-21 at the
University of Minnesota. On March 6,
official heat sheets will be released to
notify swimmers with provisional cuts
whether they have qualified.
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Peer compensated for Dubai
The Women’s Tennis Association fined organizers of
the Dubai Tennis Championships a record $300,000 for
denying Israeli tennis player Shahar Peer, then ranked 48th
in the word, a visa to compete in the tournament. While
tournament organizers claimed that the visa was denied
out of safety concerns for Peer, the tour is considering
canceling next year’s tournament. Peer was given $44,250
and 130 rankings points while her doubles partner received
$7,950.
Israeli doubles specialist Andy Ram has been granted
a visa to play in this week’s Dubai Tennis Championships
after the Association of Tennis Players, with backing from
the United States government, threatened to cancel the
tournament if Ram could not play. Tournament organizers
have also assured that Ram will receive appropriate
security. (Josh Goldman)
Suns beaten at own game
Griffin day-to-day
After scoring 140+ points in three straight wins
against the Los Angeles Clippers and Oklahoma City
Thunder, the Suns fell 128-108 to the Boston Celtics
despite an injury to Kevin Garnett that will sideline him
for 2-3 weeks. Rajon Rondo led the attack with 32
points, while Ray Allen, Paul Pierce and Brian Scalabrine
scored 31, 16 and 14 points respectively. Phoenix was
led by 21 from Jason Richardson. (Josh Goldman)
Oklahoma Sooner fans received
good news yesterday about likely men’s
basketball player of the year Blake
Griffin. Griffin suffered a concussion in
Friday’s loss to Texas, but Head Coach
Jeff Caple indicated that Griffin’s MRI
was promising. Caple added that it
will be up to team doctors to decide
when Griffin can return to action.
No. 2 Oklahoma plays No. 28 Kansas
tonight. (Josh Goldman)
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grants.
“Anybody who is engaged in research at Washington University is
going to benefit from more federal
spending on research,” Wild said.
The package also includes a
$2,500 tuition tax credit for individuals making below $80,000 per
year and families making below
$160,000, a $200 million boost to
the federal work-study program and
a $500 increase in the maximum
Pell Grant award over the next two
years.
Betty Van Uum, assistant to
the vice provost for public affairs
and economic development at the
University of Missouri-St. Louis,
lauded the bill’s measures for helping college students pay for their
educations.
Stressing the role of education in
a strong community and economy,
Van Uum said, “If St. Louisans do
not have access to higher education,
our community will be less rich and
less well off, and our quality of life
will be greatly diminished.”
Many Republicans continue to
criticize the stimulus package, saying that its spending projects will
not effectively stimulate the economy.
McCaskill said many people opposed to the stimulus are “betting on
failure with politics dancing around
in their brains.”
Although the stimulus package will help students save money
on college, McCaskill said the bill
“does absolutely nothing” to address
the root cause of rising tuition.
Many of her colleagues in Congress, she said, tried to make the bill
do too much.
“One of the problems was people
The Student Technology Advisory Committee (STAC) replaced the
Technology Resources Committee.
The committee will be composed of
representatives from SU, Congress
of the South 40, North Side Association, Women’s Panhellenic Association and Interfraternity Council,
as well as representatives from the
rest of the student body.
The committee’s membership
will also include Associate Vice
Chancellor for Students Justin Carroll and technology administrators.
SU Vice President of Administration Jeff Nelson, who helped
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were trying to cure every ailment in
America in this bill, and that’s not
what this bill is designed to do,”
McCaskill said. “It’s not going to
fix our health care system; it’s not
going to fix our education system;
it’s not going to fix a whole lot of
the social problems we have in our
country.”
McCaskill also addressed the financially-struggling St. Louis Metro, which took a hit when St. Louis
County voters rejected a 0.5 percent
countywide sales-tax increase for
Metro operations and expansion in
the November 2008 election.
Metro, which thousands in the
University community rely on for
transportation to and from campus,
will cut routes starting in March to
reduce losses. Some stimulus money will go toward capital investment
funding for Metro but none for operations, McCaskill said.
“If we start using one-time
money to fund operations, then
two years from now, you’ve got the
same problem,” McCaskill said.
The nonpartisan Congressional
Budget Office (CBO) has forecasted
short-term growth due to the stimulus package, but it also projects that
the federal debt and public spending
caused by the stimulus package may
“crowd out” private investment and
stunt long-term growth. The CBO
forecasts a slight decrease in gross
domestic product starting in 2014.
But McCaskill, emphasizing
that the money will go toward private sector job creation, said, “This
isn’t about just growing the public
sector. We’re not going to build new
buildings, government buildings
and create new government bureaucracies with this money.”
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establish the committee, hopes the
committee will be able to improve
on its predecessor in terms of offering concrete solutions for students.
“We’re stagnant in a lot of areas
of technology, and we’re playing
catch-up,” Nelson said.
Among some of the issues that
Nelson hoped the committee would
address are looking into outsourcing student e-mail and establishing
wireless access for the entire campus.
Applications for the EC are being reviewed on a rolling basis,
while applications for STAC are
due by e-mail by March 2. Applications can be found on the SU and
Student Technology Services Web
sites, respectively.
MCT CAMPUS
College Works Painting, a program that allows students to run a painting company for a summer, has come under fire from former interns for what they
say are business practices that treat employees unfairly.
terns from the University actually earned the $10,000 income
that the company advertised as its
interns’ average earnings for the
summer.
“Only one of the four of us
[interns from the University] actually made the average,” Griesemer said.
Phelps, though, said that cases
in which interns make less than
$10,000 are exceptions. The company guarantees its interns to
make at least $2,500 for the summer, even in cases in which their
small businesses do not generate
that amount of revenue.
According to Phelps, “$10,000
is the true average and it’s really the mean, median and mode.”
There’s really not a whole lot of
variance.”
Phelps said that failure to succeed in the program would result
from a lack of time or commitment on the part of the intern.
The company’s most dedicated interns sometimes make more than
$10,000, he said.
For example, junior Nick Niehaus, an entrepreneurship and
marketing double major at the
University, made $13,000 while
interning with College Works during the summer after his freshman
year.
“I had literally no experience
in painting or business, and I was
able to successfully run a $65,000
business,” Niehaus said.
Niehaus, now a senior district
manager with College Works, said
that he feels interns have shared
his experience of having a chal-
lenging but worthwhile time with
the company.
“It was definitely the most
challenging job I’ve ever had,
maybe even the most challenging
experience I’ve ever had,” Niehaus said. “But it was the most
rewarding at the same time.”
Sophomore Ryan Matos, a
chemical and environmental engineering major who interned with
the organization last summer, said
that while he had a rewarding experience running his own painting
business, he attributes this accomplishment to himself more than to
the company.
“I’d say in the long run, doing
the internship was a good experience for me, but mainly out of
my own effort and my own hard
work,” Matos said.
Mark Smith, assistant vice
chancellor and director of the Career Center, said that students in
situations likes these should do
a thorough investigation before
they apply for internships. College Works Painting does not recruit through the Career Center,
although several of last summer’s
interns report that they were recruited on campus by district
managers from the company.
“Any kind of internship you
have to go into with open eyes and
ask lots of questions in advance,”
Smith said. “Make sure you know
what you’re getting into. Many
times internships aren’t what you
thought they were going to be.”
College Works is currently recruiting on campus for Summer
2009 interns.
two to one, they developed a program to alleviate the discrepancy.
Black male enrollment has since
increased 24.5 percent.
While McLeod said he is
aware of such programs at other
institutions, he remains primarily
focused on the Washington University community.
“Although we have had success, we cannot be pleased or satisfied about where we are,” McCleod said. “Our objective is to
keep diversity as a high priority.”
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enjoyed early success. After one
semester, grade point averages
among black men went from 2.2
to 2.6 and 1.9 to 2.2 in history and
math, respectively.
Efforts targeting black enrollment have also become popular.
In the fall of 2008, black male
enrollment at the University of
Georgia (UGA) increased 18 percent from the previous fall.
UGA is a participant in a large
black male initiative formed by
the University System of Georgia in 2002. After system officials discovered that male black
students were outnumbered by
female black students by nearly
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Hamlet takes campus by storm
Cadenza Staff
When a band plays the opening to
“Stairway to Heaven,” a curious current of energy runs through the crowd.
Granted, there is some exasperation
in the energy, as if to say, “This song?
Really?” But most of it is anticipatory
in nature: “Will they play it straightforwardly? Are they going to do ‘their
twist’ on it? Will the guitarist nail that
notorious solo?” Expectations are high.
When the drama department announces it is going to perform what is
what is arguably the most canonical
work of the most canonical playwright
in English literature, “Hamlet,” it
elicits the same response. And the
energy in the public’s response was
no disappointment; the show was sold
out weeks in advance. Every English,
drama and psych major (and their
mom) is drooling at the chance to see
that epic tragedy staged. Bottom of
the ninth, bases loaded, how did our
players fare?
In a word: tremendously. It was
worrisome at first, hearing that the play
would be a fashionable modernization,
and the set evoked almost a futuristic
environment in which the story would
unfold. But it all worked. The set
contributed fantastically to the action on
stage in a subtle, almost imperceptible
way. The lighting heightened the emotion when necessary and the cues were
called flawlessly.
The combination of lights, set and
costumes came together in a beautiful
synergy. The only issue was the seemingly arbitrary placement of fashionably
modern music that inconsistently bookended scenes or introduced characters.
It seemed to leave the audience unsure
of when to applaud, which is a shame.
There was a lot to applaud.
Notable performances came from,
not surprisingly, a handful of seniors in The cast of Hamlet poses on stage.
the cast. David Weiss’ Horatio created
of actors playing the role, it’s easy to
an impressive depth of compassion.
research the role and find how the OlJustin Joseph’s calm, strong presence
iviers and Gielguds solved the problem
and uncanny command of the language
of Hamlet. But it was clear that Sridhad my eyes riveted to Claudius every
haran was not channeling a textbook,
time he opened his mouth. His cool,
or a footnote or a film. His source was
rational demeanor was a stark contrast
from a deeper, more personal space.
to the young protagonist of the play,
Sridharan took the role and found a
portrayed by Sathya Sridharan.
Hamlet inside of himself. His energy
With such an illustrious history
on the stage was unmatched, and he
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March of the
Zapotec/Holland
Beirut
Sha Sha Lu
Cadenza Reporter
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brought to the role a performance that
could never be duplicated by another.
Truly inspiring.
And as for the direction, Henry
Schvey, along with assistant directors
Kellen Hoxworth and Anita Hagerman,
staged a breathtaking performance that
more than once elicited stunned audible
responses from audience members.
Cecil Slaughter’s contribution of the
choreographed dumb show was one of
the highlights of the play. The creative
team on this project is to be commended.
The run has come to an end, but it is
reassuring to know that theater and art
are alive and well at the University. As
with all good productions, it produced
more questions than answers.
Beirut is indie on hookah and a
generous swig of vodka. Its 23-year-old
creator, Zachary Francis Condon, hails
from Santa Fe, but you would never
guess it. During his travels in Europe
and particularly Paris, he acquired an
interest in Balkan folk music and from
then on began to explore a variety of
Eastern European, Middle Eastern and
even French styles. Fortunately, the
amalgamation of ethnic motifs blends
seamlessly with Condon’s deep vocal
molasses.
“March of the Zapotec/Holland”
marks Beirut’s third wide release although one could easily count it as two
separate albums. Within the juxtaposition of his third and fourth EP, Condon
again shows his mastery of ethnic
stylizations even as he returns to his
electronic roots.
If “Gulag Orkestar,” Beirut’s first
album, was a trek through old town
Prague and “Flying Club Cup” was a
ramble down Parisian boulevards, then
“March of the Zapotec” represents
a lazy parade through the barrios of
Seville. The EP takes direct inspiration
from Condon’s trip to Oaxaca, Mexico.
The album opens with a mere 30-second brass instrumental, during which
a full-fledged marching band fades in
for a brief time and quickly dissipates,
like opening a window into a neighborhood fiesta. The second song takes a
more melancholy turn and begins the
true meat of the album. The swaying
saunter of brass and the unrehearsed
¾ staccatos back the croons of our
pensive troubadour. Inspired by the
old Spanish tragedy of “La Llorona”
(The Cryer), he sings, “Ever away from
seeing more than life/ The morning lies
miles away from the night.” In “My
Wife,” the album lapses into another
instrumental. Trumpets and horns take
listeners through emotional highs and
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tracks to download
“La Llorona,” “The Shrew,” “My Night
with the Prostitute from Marseilles”
lows, beginning with a slow Spanish
lament that is promptly interrupted by
a sprightly bull-fighting motif, which
leads into the two-fourths hop-skip of
brass. The combination is absolutely
delicious. The rest of the EP continues
much the same way; Condon’s languid
vocals weave through brassy interjections and half-note runs that give a flair
of playfulness and mystery.
“Zapotec” is, however, only half of
the CD. Six tracks later, we experience
a rather stark transition from a theatrical, mariachi-esque bent to lo-fi electronic music. Although Holland seems
to spring into the future stylistically,
it actually harkens back to Condon’s
pre-Beirut interests in electronic. Do
not let the term fool you—this is no
club techno. The unmistakable woozy
legatos of Beirut are never failing. Yet
here he layers them over a soundscape
of quiet synth and pop melody. “My
Night With a Prostitute from Marseille”
is a particular standout, with its lush
landscape of busy, beeping intonations. Condon’s voice relaxes a notch
and simply glides over the pinpricks of
sound.
Perhaps the only complaint against
“March of the Zapotec/Holland” is its
brevity. Take out the instrumentals and
one is left with seven vocals that span
two completely distinct genres. Yet
from the 11 total tracks, Condon’s talent
is clearly palpable. Call him what you
will: a Bohemian minstrel, a French
chanteur. Indie ethnic fusion only begins to describe Beirut’s eclectic style. It
is the kind of music that grows on you
with each listen.
Common Existence
Thursday
Cici Coquillette
Cadenza Reporter
“Common Existence” is Thursday’s first album with Epitaph, after
leaving Victory Records. While record
labels usually don’t have a profound
impact on post-hardcore bands, the
split here is obvious. Band frontman
Geoff Rickly told Alternative Press,
“It’s a great feeling to have a label
encourage you to be more socially
conscious and politically active.”
This new consciousness shows
in songs like “Friends in the Armed
Forces” and “Last Call,” but doesn’t
quite fit the band. Victory Records
kept them in a specific post-hardcore
track that allowed them to polish the
sound that they helped create. With
the freedom granted by Epitaph came
experimentation and the overproduction that plagues “Common Existence.” (Ephitaph also has a reputation
for being exactly that—where bands
go to die.)
Overall, the album is an excellent
effort. Thursday brings the intricacies
of “A City By the Light Divided”
and the grandeur of “Kill the House
Lights” to the new work, but in doing
so kills off the album’s focus. The biggest problem throughout is the sheer
number of layers in each song. At any
given moment there’s guitar, bass,
drums, two vocal tracks and synth.
This approach can work for emphatic
moments, but when it doesn’t stop, the
listener gets confused. The band also
makes liberal use of reverb and digital
delay effects (the worst offender is
“Time’s Arrow”).
Thursday hits their stride when
they drop the extra frills and utilize
the raw energy that drew listeners to
them in the first place. “Friends in
the Armed Forces” has a much better
balance of parts and lets the bass
shine. The final track, “You Were the
Cancer” perfectly utilizes changes
in volume and intensity and Rickly’s
cathartic screams. The basis of Thursday’s talent is still alive and well, and
if the songs get stripped down on tour,
“Common Existence” could be one of
their best yet.
★★★✩✩
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tracks to download
“You Were the Cancer,”“Unintended Long Term Effects,”
“Friends in the Armed Forces”
Scene Editor / Shayna Makaron / [email protected]
SCENE
Unlocking the mystery
behind class honoraries
Scott Fabricant
Scene Reporter
For every class year (other than
freshmen, for obvious reasons), a
select group of students are chosen
to join their respective classes’
honoraries. Part community service
groups, part campus activity organizers with a touch of secret society,
the class honoraries help enrich the
school as a whole.
Each honorary has its own goals
and emphasis, and membership in
an honorary one year has little to no
effect on selection for the following
year. Oh, and a note for you freshmen, the sophomore class actually
has two honoraries. In fact, so does
the junior class, although you may
not have realized it. Confused yet?
To shed a little light, here’s an overview of the honoraries, courtesy of
their respective representatives.
Lock and Chain
Perhaps the most mysterious of
the class honoraries is the sophomore
group Lock and Chain. They’re
easily recognized around campus
wearing orange shirts and heavylooking metal chains. Each member
is also given a descriptive noun, such
as ‘”energy’” or “insight.” Both the
meaning of the chains and the significance of the nouns are unknown
to outsiders, and the members are not
keen on talking about it.
Lock and Chain is well known
for its start-of-semester book sale as
well as the Major-Minor Fair. You
may have also noticed the horse and
carriage roaming around campus
last week in celebration of George
Washington. That’s Lock and Chain,
too, among others. And be sure to
keep an eye out for the book and
food fundraisers.
Freshmen, why would you want
to join Lock and Chain?
“Lock and Chain has taught us
all a lot about leadership and what
interactions will be like in the world
of business or politics,” said Nil Gural, treasurer of Lock and Chain. “It’s
also a way to take us each out of our
academic and social bubbles, remind
us who we are as people, and give us
a higher purpose to work toward.”
Lambda Sigma
Lambda Sigma is newer to
campus—the University’s chapter
was founded in 2002 with the backing of a national organization. It has
a less visible presence on campus
because, according to chapter president Megan de Villiers, they focus
more on community service (though
L&C may have a bone to pick with
the “more” statement).
Members volunteer at Hope
Lodge, which is the American Cancer Society’s hotel in St. Louis for
patients who live more than 50 miles
away and are receiving treatment at
Barnes-Jewish. In addition, the group
organizes a basketball tournament for
the Ronald McDonald House. But
Lambda Sigma focuses on service on
campus as well. Each year, the honorary has a “Random Acts of Kindness Week,” where members perform
random acts of kindness for people
in the University community, urging
them to then pay it forward. Keep
your eyes out for free hot chocolate
when it gets cold.
Freshmen, why would you want
Sudoku
The group helps the charity through
gaining publicity, volunteers and
monetary donations from the student
groups and Carnival attendees.
The honorary also hosts a Hoops
Day basketball game and Spirit Week
(where groups earn spirit points for
a trophy) before the carnival as a
means of drumming up advertising
and support for the charity.
Sophomores, why would you want
to join Thurtene?
“We look for a diverse group of
leaders that can work together and
fully commit themselves to a task
as big as planning and executing
the Thurtene Carnival,” said Tessa
Braun, in charge of public relations
for Thurtene. “The purpose of Thurtene is best demonstrated on a beautiful Saturday in April when students
and St. Louis community members
walk around together to enjoy the
incredible façades, plays, games and
food that Wash. U. students were
able to create.”
to join Lambda Sigma?
“You get to serve for a year with
14 other passionate sophomores,” de
Villiers said. “We have each taken a
serious interest in our studies, as well
as the betterment of our community.
This is a group that each of us can
always rely on; whether it’s to study
for an upcoming test or grab dinner.”
Chimes
Chimes is an organization with
an interesting history. Founded 90
years ago as a women’s organization
at Ohio State University, it is now a
co-ed junior honorary with a handful of chapters at colleges all over
the country, including Washington
University.
Chimes prides itself on community service and chooses a different charity to focus on each year.
This year, Chimes is working with
Doorways Interfaith AIDS Housing
and Services, which provides housing and related supportive services
to people living with HIV/AIDS.
Chimes Week, which occurred back
in October, was aimed at both raising
money for Doorways and raising
HIV awareness on campus.
Chimes also holds a Kaplan fundraiser and a Murder Mystery Dinner
in the spring. A popular event, the
dinner allows students to act out dark
desires over a catered Bon Appétit
dinner.
Sophomores, why would you want
to join Chimes?
“An exciting aspect of Chimes is
that the members are able to pick the
focus and mission of the upcoming
year; [it’s] really a great chance to
make an impact on both the campus
community and throughout St.
Louis,” said Jen Sisto, recruitment
co-chair.
Mortar Board is the one and only
senior class honorary, one of more
than 200 chapters in the national
honorary. It’s only natural that their
symbol would be the mortarboard,
also known as the square top to a
graduation cap. Like Chimes, Mortar
Board started as a women’s organization, and the national organization
was also founded 90 years ago.
Mortar Board’s charitable focus
is on literacy in St. Louis. The
Virtual Book drive raises money to
donate to First Book, an organization
that donates new books. Also, they
have a Valentine’s Day Library Day,
in which University City elementary
school students are invited to the U.
City Library for literacy-related fun
and games.
Juniors, why should you join
Mortar Board?
“You get an opportunity to reach
out to the St. Louis community in
unique ways and develop bonds
with other seniors,” said Shweta Pai,
chapter president. “Other benefits
include the life-long ties that you
develop to a strong national organization. There are over 200 Mortar
Board chapters across the country, so
whether [for] networking or applying for a job, Mortar Board is well
recognized.”
Virtually all students know the
Thurtene Carnival, but did you know
the organizing body is also a junior
class honorary? Nor is Thurtene
an exclusively Greek phenomena;
the carnival includes more than 40
student groups, and the honorary is
open for any rising junior to apply.
While the carnival is not primarily a fundraiser, the group does
select a different children’s charity
in St. Louis to support each year.
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“That for the [South 40 housing]
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