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Nader energized by injustice
Sexual
assault
A
charges
not sought
BY A L E X
NAITO
fter .spending over four decades as a writer, organizer,
consumer adxociite, a n d presidentiid candidate, all the
xvliile lighting for changes in gox'crnment ])olicy, 71 year old
R a l p h N a d e r stood before a crowded Colton Chiipel M o n d a y
night. In a n impa.ssioned speech, N a d e r spent over two hours
addressing significant political issues, mainly ones concerning
the enxironment.
BY M E G A N
D u r i n g a smidi reception iit the McKelxy Hcjuse just prior
to his speech, N a d e r said xvhere he gets the energy to continue
his ]3olitical iictixism: "I get my energ)- from injustice." It is the
injustice thiit he feels is being committed iigitinst the enxironm e n t that brought him to c a m p u s to conclude the exents of
i:arth Week.
ZARODA
E
arlier this week, llic c a m p u s
ccimmunity was iioiilicd by a
mass nKiiling fi-om Public Safetx
dial on April 2 1 , iin a n o n y m o u s
f e m a l e s t u d e n t iuul r e p o r t e d
being a victim of a rape. The
Ibllowing diiy, a n o t h e r s t u d e n t
reported that she was tlie x ictim
of a n a t t e m p t e d liipe.
Both females declined further
inx'estigation into the iiKudents.
The alleged xictim of the attempted rape hiid l)ccii contiicted
and interxiexved for liiis article.
U p o n further consideration, the
s t u d e n t xvishcd to r e v o k e h e r
conmu'ius.
A c c o r d i n g to J i m .Meyer, assistant director of pidjlic siifety;
three ia])es have b e e n r e p o r t e d
this scliool year. "In the 22 years
I'xe been here, I'xe nexei h a d a
r e p o r t e d 'stranger' riipe; it's alwiiys been iin iuf|uaintanc('," he
siiid. "Genci'ally, a largi'r nimdicr
iire iilcohol-related."
M e y e r said that rnaiiy ol the
s e x u a l iissaiill r e p o r t s P u b l i c
Safety receixes a r e from t h i r d
parties, such iis ii victun's friend.
" O n c e we're awiire (JI |llic situiitioii| a n d reiich out to the victim,
ihey niiiy not w a n t to p u r s u e
anything," he s;iid.
A c c o r d i n g to M e y e r , s o m e
choose to p u r s u e internal inx'estigations but d e c l i n e e x t e r n a l ,
crimiiiiil inxestigations t h a t go
to trial Iiy jury. H e siiid that students d o not wiuii to go t h r o u g h
testifying in cfjurt or the crossexiimination process.
I'llOK) \\\ KlAIN HARRY
To end Earth Week, Ralph Nader spoke
Monday night about how college students
can embrace environmentalism.
T h e keynote speaker Ibr Laiayettc's Earth Week. N a d e r
l()cused on the e n x i r o n m e n t iind the g o x e r n m e n t ]iolicies
c o n c e r n i n g it. The niiun (Mixironmentid issues he beliexes
sluclents should be concerneci xvith include giobiil xvarniing,
genetic engineering, depletion of the oceans, iind deforestation.
Througliout the speech, he enijihiisized the types of programs
he feels the goxernment should be sujiporting to iiddress tiiese
issues. " T h e r e are a lol of things the dollars you send to Washington Ciin be spent on to make the enxironment better," sitid
Nader.
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Peace studies major proposition
H^ rSRIAN JVIASON
A'
tion, a n d n a r c o - t e r r o r i s m ~ were
intended to p r o m o t e iiwareness a n d
spark interest in the possibility of
creating a pciice studies niiijor.
Diuiielle Polhici '0(i, in conjiinction with SS], is spearhciiding the
effort. C u r r e n t l y , a p p r o x i m a t e l y
o n e liundred students hiixe signed
niililary recruitment tactics a n d the
possibility of a nationiil diiilt, the
exent xvas piirt of tlu^ Peace iind
C^onfiict R e s o l u t i o n Series spoilsored l)y S t u d e n t s for Sociiil Justice
(SSJ). The lectures — which also
includtxl presentiitions o n the d e a t h
peniilty, the Peace C o r p s , immigiii-
the ])etitions. "SSJ is tiying to proxe
to the lacully that there is e n o u g h
student interest in this type of p r o g r a m , " siiid Pollaci.
The idea b e g a n last y e a r with
ii similar series of b r o w n - b a g discussions led by R a i s a S h e y n b e r g
' 0 4 . Slie)'nberg's goiil xvas to gain
A
ZARODA
lmost three weeks after the .\])ril
12 theft of the I n t e r n a t i o n a l
Students Association (ISA) fiiigs tluring their Extiiixagiinza week, t h e
Ciimpus communitx is still left w ilh ii
(|uestion wliiit is being done to the
perpetrators.'
Dciiii of Siudents Jim Krixoski
sent txvo ciunjius-wide eiiKiils li)llowiug the intideul, but studi'iils from
.\ssistiinl Professor of Lnglish Piiul
(!efidu's English I lOihtss wi-re "Ihibbeigiisled" thiil the ciimpus w;is nol
niiide iiware of fiirther iiciion. "it is
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e n o u g h interest to offer o n e class
this year. Beciiuse of the series' success, ProfessorJ o s h u a S a n b o r n now
pproxin^ately txxenty students
teaches a course in h u m a n rights,
-sal C|uietly in H o g g Hall on
T h e r e is n o set c u r r i c u l u m for
. \ p r i l 2 0 axvaiting lociil aciixisi
such ii niiijor, but Polhici hopes lo
l'<ter C r o w n l i e k r s discussion o n
see il include topics such as pciice
xoutli iiiilitaiism while ii petition
nioxenients. nonxiolence, sustainc irculated l l u o u g h the g i o u p .
ability, soft diploniiu y. m e O n it, siudents were iisked ii
"Everyone thinks peace is a hippie diation, a n d dialogue.
they xvould be interested in a
. V c c o r d i n g to Polhu i. a
thing, but it's not. Our world just isn't
])i"ace iuid conllii t resolution
|)e.u(' a m i rMiilliel resoluused to peace."
niiijor.
tion niiijor would follow the
- Danielle Pollaci 06 interdiscipliiKiry format of
.Mthough the talk's coiixcithe existing international alsiition focused specifically on
fairs p r o g n i m . The jirogram xxould
i n c l u d e iin i n t r o d u c t o r y seniiiuir
a n d iin u p p e r lexel discussion class.
Students xvoidd c o m p l e t e the o t h e r
recjuirenients with courses in goxe r n m e n t iind liixv, e c o n o m i c s , a n d
history. "Hopefully, m o r e classes
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Consequences unknown for ISA flag thieves
H^ M E G A N
April 29, 2005
this incident iind, most iniportiintly,
to promptiy iict upon it, so that our
communitx' coidd prexent .similiir aetioiis from occurring in the fiiture."
wrotejitson Richniiui '08, Marshidl
Miissey '08, a n d \ i k t o i i j a Ciecyte '08
in a letter to The Ijifayette.
" T h e sniiill g r o u p of s t u d e n t s
res])onsible f(>r tiiking the lliigs luis
t'onie l()iA\iird, identiiied llienisiixcs,
and reluined iill of the Ihigs," said
Krixoski this week.
. A c i o r d i n g to Krixoski, Public
Safety is inxesligaling the issue iind
cidlecting suitemeiits from thi- indixiduals. r i i e s i u d e n t s ;ire ;ilso
being referred lo the Comniillee on
Student ( ioiuliu i liirxiokitioiisol the
C !ollegi'"s C o d e of Conduct.
Olixer Boxxen '05, ISA president,
said thiit he coukl not speiik on behalf of ISA members beciiuse thex
hold diirerent opinions about xxluii
con.sequenees the peipetralors should
ivciixe. ' i n iiddition to wliatexi-r
(onsefiueiice the conduct comniittie
deems iippiopriate, 1 think most, if
not idl, of the ISA members would
like iin a|)()logy," siiid Bowen.
Howi'ii Siiid thill the siudents lesponsibli'liir the thefts hiixi'not UKide
l()iniid contiict wilh IS.V Howewr, Ikdoes not e.xpect any communication
until after Uie conduct committee's
(k'l ision.
"While 1 do iiol extiise these . u -
tion.s, nor do 1 think thiit theic should
nol be conseciuences, I ck) think thiit
the fiict thill these students c;iiiie
l()n\;ircl on their oxxn does iiKike a
diilerence." siiid Bowen. " | l t | should
be tiiken into iiccount bx' the eoiuluc l
eomniiltee iis well ;is llu- 1S.\ iiienibers."
•"We feel tluit in o r d e r to truly
iiudersiiind the motixes and sincerity
of those responsible, wc need to hciir
from them, not liom the iidniinistriiliou," Siiid the three stuck'iits in iheir
letter.
Kiixoski siiid tluit college oiliciiils
xvill work in conjuiu tion xxilh ISA to
discuss how to prexent similiir iiuidents ill the rulmi'.
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Letter to the Editor/Opininn
fliHT ^Pf^l^ ^IS^iill^
this week's question:
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Calling out sexual assaults
BY D A N I E L L E P O L L A C I
O 7-5
. \ M A N D A I,iN(:i;R
Do you read your horoscope? Why or why not?
Deirdre Seifried '07
Yes, when I need
direction in my life.
Lianiie Hansen '08,
Caroline Gibson '08,
and Alex Meis '08
Yes. Baby, what's
your sign?
David Shellhamer '07
Yes! H o w else
would I know how
to live my life?
April29,2005
Dear Members of the Lafayette
Clommunity:
Last xveek, I xvas extremely saddened by Uie Public Safely report Uiat
stated Uiere had been txxo incidents of
rape repoited by two femede students
on Lafayette's campus. The incidents
diflered in that one xxas determined
to be a rape, and the oUier xvas an
alleged rape. Personidly, I found Uiis
report to be completely uiiiicceptable.
Without reiterating the detiuls of the
Public Safety statement, I would like
to discuss Uie issue of xiolence agitinst
women on campus. M)' iiiiii in xxriting
this opinion is to x'alidale thiit Uiese
incidents hiixe happened; I xx'ould
like to still id behind these courageous
women who haxe chosen to report
these crimes, because to dismiss these
reports woidd be ignoring Uie courage
that they have shown.
You may or may not be aware that
Ixvo weeks ago, exacUy one week prior
to these incidents, Uie Association of
Lafayette Feminists (ALF) held our
annual Take Back Uie Night event.
While there were various speakers
planned throughout the week to riuse
awareness about violence against
women, the main exent xvas the
march and speak-out Uiat took place
on Thursday, April 14. Approximately Ibrly men and xvomen of Lafayette
and the Eiislon community met at
the circle in Eiislon to light candles
and discuss the need for action lo
combat xiolence agiiinst xxomen. As
xve marched up lo Lafayetle's campus
xx'c .screamed, "Lafayette Unite! Take empoxvering the sunivors of these
Back die Night!" and olher chants acts.
that voiced the urgency and imporFor those of you who believe thai
tance of Uiis issue. We chiilked the this is nol your fight, you're wrong.
giound xvith statements like, "Nex'cr There will be no end to violence
Again!" and "End Rape!" and "I will agitinst women (rape, sexual assault,
not be a xictim an)- longer!" Take .sexual harassment, and all its marufesBack the Night is an exent to em- tations) without Uie xvork of women
power sunix'ors and their allies to cre- and men as idlies in prex'cntion. W^e
ate dialogue about what can be done cannot let these incidents go without
to prexent violence agitinst women. notice, and simply throw away the
In Uie gioup, we had a number of
Public Safety report and move on.
people xvho xvere personally afiected Suivivors of rape, those who have
by violence, who
were pleased to
find out that Uicre
"I am here to state that I will not sit
were people that
back and disregard this issue by simply
cared about endthrowing away a Public Safety report
ing sexual assault
explaining that women are being vioand rape, people
Uiai would acl iis
lated on my campus."
idlies xvitii them.
•--«-----------------•
As a member of ALF, as a member of the Lafayette comniunity,
and as a woman who has been
personally impacted by xiolence
against women, I am here to state
that I will not sit back and disregard
this issue by simply throwing away
a Public Safety report explaining
that women are being violated on
my campus. As an institution that
is regarded for "academic excellence" and known for its personable
students, I find this kind of behavior
upsetting. I am also disturbed by the
fact thai the Liifayelle administration has not publicly condemned
these crimes. By not speaking out
when these incidents occur, they are
sdenUy allowing this sort of behavior
lo continue, and .simultaneously not
reported it and those who have nol,
need to know that Uiere are people
on this campus that will stand beside
them, and encourage others who
have suffered Uiese crimes to not be
sUenced. We need to talk about these
issues in a safe space, and discuss how
we can end this sort of behavior and
make our campus a place that xvill
foster healUiy relationships that empower women iind men to be catidysLs
for change.
If you are interested in discussing
Uiis issue, plciise come to Uie meeting
for Uie Association of Ijifayette Feminists on Tuesday, May 3rd at 8 p.m. in
the ALF office of the Farinon Center.
Thank you for your concern.
In solidarit)',
Danielle PoUaci '06
Horoscopes distract decisions
Ryan Higgs '06
Yes ~ almost every day
because I'm into
horoscopes and I'm that
crazy, mystical guy.
Greg Herchenroether
Editor-in-Chief
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Editor,
I write to ask you to stop publishing a horoscope in The Lafayette.
T h e implication of the horoscope is that the relative alignment of the Sun and the Earth
at the moment of your birth has
some influence on your personality and on the events that will
unfold in your life. This is preposterous for many reasons, bul
let me focus on one of the most
ridiculous. Your astrological sign
is based upon the constellation
in which the Sun would have
been observed from Earth at the
time of your birth. T h e zodiacal
constellations, however, divide
the ecliptic (the path of the Sun
across the sky) inlo 12 unequal
parts so, in fact, the Sun spends
more time in some constellations
the Lafayette
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than others. Horoscopes divide
the year into 12 nearly equal
parts so your sign may not be the
actual constellation in which the
Sun was observed at your birth.
Further, the dates which are used
as the boundaries between signs
have not c h a n g e d since long
ago and don't account for the
fact that the precession of the
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Nader: how to practice environmentalism at college
— conlinuedfrom page 1
Howc:'ver, Werner felt the work wiis
Nader's speech simply because he is
In an attempt lo have these issues a well-known politicid figure. Knaus, w orthwhile and thiit Niider's .speech
I esonate with college students, Nader like many other students, knew litUe Wiis successful in changing people's
stressed the need for practicing en- idiout cither Nader or the issues he perceptions. "A lot of people Iciirned
\ironnienlalisiii al college. "If you had tackled, prior to the speech. iibout xvhiit his ciinijiaign wits iiboul,"
^^^^^^ he said. "Although it's too late
monitor where you live and _ _ «
where you work and insist
"IThe speech! made me change the now, hopefully they will be
more .sympathetic lo his rtinon efficient use of resources,
way I thought about certain issues and ning and to his efforts," .siiid
then you will absorb more
opened my eyes to the way policies are Werner.
than if you were to read
run."
A change of view did ociibout environmentalism in
cur
for Russ Schwaber '05,
a book," he said.
- Russ Schwaber '05
"'™°" who found the speech very
Nader referred to other """"^
inspirational. "It made me change
schools like Tufts University and She admitted that her knowledge of
Brown University that have imple- Nader did not extend beyond what the xviiy I thought aliout ceriain ismented programs in xvhich they she had heard in the piist txvo presi- sues and opened my eyes to the way
rexiew their use of resources and see dential elections from Democrats policies are rtui," said Schwaber.
His image of Nader had been one
how they can cut costs by tninsform- and Republicans. "I knew he was
ing tasks to be more efficient. He a xeiy libend eiivironnientidist, who many jDcople had after the 2000 electhinks that these types of programs I thought was kind of crazy," said tion. "All I knew was what everyone
help environmentalism progress. Knaus. Fhis .sentimenl xvas echoed said, thill he was the reason Bush xvas
"Fhere is so much ingenuity that is by many others xvho idso admitted in office," siud Schwaber. But he siud
not stimulated on campuses," Nader they knew litUe about Nader beyond that after listening to Nader's speech,
his opinion has changed. " T h e
Sitid. "Lafiiyette and other .schools the common public perception.
"Nader has been tireless in his speech made me respect him more
can learn from what schools like
pursuit of safer lives for Americans," and what he stands for," he said.
Brown and Tufts are doing."
Vicente Arguello '08 also changed
This was the idea that Lafayette said Diane Elliot, associate director
Environmental Awareness and for public service for the Meyner his opinion of Nader. "I fell that
Protection (LEAP) wanted to show Center, during her opening remarks. the message he was trying to send
through a number of events dur- After graduating from Princeton was that we should be actix'c, that it
ing Earth Week. Each event was and Harvard Liiw, Nader started his is time to take in our surroundings
designed to show students the small pursuit in 1965 with the book Unsafe and make use of it," said .M-guello.
changes they can make to reduce at Any Speed, whicli led to a series of "He wasn't trying to push his politicid
the college's negative environmentid automobde safety laws. Since then, views on us."
Throughout much of his .speech,
impact. In addition, LEAP hoped he hiis been a veiy prominent and
sometimes
controversial
public
acNader
called on students to take
thiit this heightened awareness would
incite students to demand the admin- tivist who has fought most notably advantage of the position they are
istration miike adjustments in its use for the environment, the presence in and become more aware and
of resources. Some of the changes of a third party, and corporate re- involved with the activities of the
advocated by LEAP include the sponsibility Nader ran for president government. "Right now you're
'
as a member of almost in a dream world, in terms of
the
Green party resources, to extend what you Uiink
"You're our future, take yourselves
in the 2000 elec- is right," said Nadei; referring to the
seriously, and don't let the world tion and again in potential for change that exists on
trivialize you." 2004 as an inde- college campuses.
- Ralph Nader pendent.
He cited the success of the first
LEAP Presi- Earth Week some 35 years ago,
d e n t M i c h a e l which he believes was instrumental
Werner
'07
is
an
avid
supporter of
in bringing about legislative changes
purchasing of wind power, convertNader
and
was
essential
in
bringing
concerning the environment. "The
ing college-owned vehicles to hybrid
technology, and using only recycled him to campus. Werner recognized initiiil thrust of Earth Day idlowed
the lack of environmentid awareness laws to be passed in a Republican
piiper in the .school's printers.
administration because Nixon heard
Nader's speech was essential to around campus, and it was one of
L E A P ' S goals because it attracted the reasons he put in the effort to the rumble in the streets," he said.
many students who had not par- have Niider come speak. "It was "Now the impossible thing of yesticipated in any Earth Week events. definitely not easy and probably took terday is the common thing todiiy
Sarah Knaus '08 had not attended about a hundred hours of organizing because a small number of informed
people broke through."
any of the events but came to and fundraising," he said.
their decision-making on what
they have learned in physics and
in history. Your publication of
horoscopes is at best a distraction, but it is also an enticement
to irrational decision-making for
which there should be no place at
Lafayette.
Michael Stark
Department of Physics
Correction:
In the April 22 issue of The Lafayette, the picture of the Haggiidah
Wiis incorrectiy credited. Nii
Adjei Wiis Uie photogriipher.
The IMfayette regrets this error
Corrections may be sent to
thelaf(^Iafiiyette.edu or box
number 9470.
Ben WilmoUi '05 agreed that Nader's come involved xvitii LEAP However,
overall message was x'aluable. "I fell some students hesitate because they
that the theme of politicid actixism question the eflccliveness of Llv\P
and the idea that we should become and other organizations trxing to
inx'olved was a good one," said adxocateenxironmentalism. "LIL\P
Wilmoth. However, he did not agree is beneficial, bul I feel like it's not
with Nader's views on many of Uie alxvays heard on campus," said Arissues presented during the speech. guello.
Ex'cn xvhen it is heard, some do not
Wilmoth, xvho considers himself
very active and informed politicidly, believe it hiis much of an impiicl. "I
felt that Nader's ideas for helping think a lot of the issues presented by
the environment were "unrealis- LEAP are not taken seriously," said
tic in economic «_««.,.«.«,.,.«,«,,«««.
terms."
"Students don't fully grasp the reality
T h i s is o n e
of the issues because they aren't faced
reason Wilmoth
with
jobs, rent, and payrolls."
believes many
college students
- Ben Wilmoth 05
are attracted to "'~'''"~~"'"~'~~'~~"
Nader's ideas. "We don't live in Knaus.
Fhese are what Nader xvould call
a rciil world. Students don't fully
grasp the reiility of the issues because "forces of trixializalion" that are at
they aren't faced with jobs, rent, and work iigainst studenis. He beliexes
piiyrolls," he said. Still, Wilmoth what it comes down to is a level of
appreciated that Nader was here to self-respect as to whether or not one
decides to become active. "You're
speak on campus.
Werner suggests that anyone our future, take yourselves seriously,
interested in anything related to and don't let the world triviiUize
environmental activism should be- you."
Public Safety Crime Log
Preposterous signs
~ conlinuedfrom page 2
Earth's rotation has moved the
constellations in the sky. W^liile
it is preposterous to believe that
your life is influenced by which
stars were behind the Sun when
you were born, your astrological
sign isn't even based upon that
any more. Your astrological sign
is based upon a conventional division of the calendar that at one
time may have been loosely based
on the constellations. T h e r e isn't
even any irrational reason to put
any faith in horoscopes.
T h e idea that Ronald Reagan
set his schedule with the advice
of an astrologer was frightening
to many people. My hope is that
p e o p l e e d u c a t e d at Lafayette
College will find themselves in
positions of power and influence
in the world. W h e n they find
themselves there, 1 hope they base
I'HOIO COl KU.S'I Ol r.Kic I M I I O I
Eric Imhof '05 presented his portrait painting to Ralph Nader
on Monday. "Painting his portrait was a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity, which was unbelievable, and I'm going to write
a letter to him soon explaining it," said Imhof.
4 / 1 8 / 0 5 through 4/24/05
Criminal Mischief
4/18/05
At 10:.')6 a.m., employee reported damage lo the fence at the rear of 119 Mc
Cartney Street. Incident under inx'estigation. (R. Snyder)
Rape
4/21/05
On Tliursdiiy, April 21, 2()();i iit 6:20 p.m., an anonymous female siucicnt reported
by telephone that shc vxas the xictim of a rape that occurred at iin on-e;inipiis
location. T h e xictim reciuested thai no further inx'estigation take place iind declined to disclose the identity of the su.spect and the specihc time and location
of tiie incident. (J. Meyer)
Rape (Attempted)
4/22/05
O n Fridiiy, .'Vpril 22, 2005 al 1:34 a.m., a female student reporled that she wiis a
victim of an attempted rape that had occurred at approximately 1:1.') a.m. in ;i
student room in Kirby House. A suspect has heen identified. T h e xictim declined
fill ther investigation .ii ihis time. (K. Hinl)
Tampering with Fire
Apparatus
4/24/05
At 9:52 a.m., student reported ii lire extinguisher outside of the Watson Courts
area. Ofhcer found tlie extinguisher intiu t M\(\ placed it back in the pmper
W^atson Courts location. Incident under inxestigalion. (C. Snyder)
Burgiaiy (Attempted)
4/24/05
At 1:22 a.m., student reported someone damaged their door frame in the 200
Bloi:k of McCiirtney Street. It iippeiirs no items were removed from the residence. Incident under inxestigation. (M. Nesheiwat)
This security log is compiled by the Office of Public Safety and submitted to T/ie Lafayette. It is an account of all crimes handled by Public
Safety officers and does not cover non-criminal reports. All reports printed here have been listed and also submitted to the Easton Police
Department.
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the Laiayette
Ne-ws
Aprii29,2b65
A 'hole' i n o n e
At 9 a.m. Monday morning, a backhoe and three
constrtiction x'ans backed into Uic drive separating
Badey Health Center and Gates Hall to investigate a hole Uiat had opened in the ground. After
an hour of digging, Uie hole had been enlarged
and steam rose from the ground. "As far iis we
know, Uiere is a hole in the steamline," said Fred
Quivey vice president of business affiurs.
Though Uiere will be no major diagnostics or repairs before commencement, Qiiivey siud that the
pipe will be temporarily patched. "We try to have
a renewal and repliicement program [for pipes],"
he said. He explained that pipes have a certain
lifespan, so Uie college routinely replaces or fixes
about 250 feel of pipeline a year.
The cjuestion now is whether Uie steamline break
caused the hole or if it is Uie larger problem of a
sinkliole. According to Quivey, a smaller sinkhole
had been filled in on the souUiwest side of Kirby
House Uiis year. A sizeable sinkliole near Soles
Hidl hiid been stabilized 14 years ago. "They're
pretty stiible [now]," said Quivey, "[but] there are
a couple places we watch pretty closely."
I'uoro i!X' .\Ii;<i.\N ZARODA
Will 'peace' meet approval?
~ conlinuedfrom page 1
like Professor Sanborn's human
rights course will be offered," said
Pollaci.
She explained that there are
already several colleges that have
a variation of a peace and conflict
resolution program. The Princeton
Review lists sixty-one institutions
that olfer a degree in peace studies, including fellow Patriot League
schools American University and
Colgate~"University.
"A career after achicxing a degree in peace studies would not be
limited to the Peace Corps," said
Polliici. She explained thiit graduates could possibly xvork in the
corporate xvorld, pursue a degree in
law or education, or seek a po.sition
xvitii a huniiin rights organization.
"Exeryone thinks peace is a
hipjiie thing, but il's not,"' said Pollaci. "Our xvorld just isn't used to
peace."
Although Pollaci and SSJ hax'c
received numerous signatures in
support of their effort, nolhing
has yet been finalized xvithin the
administration.
Sanborn, xvho has .sjioken with
Polliici about the idea and supports
a peace sludies niiijor, is nol optimistic idiout iichiexing the jirogiiini
ill the nciir future. He explained
lliiU in order lo crciite a new ni;ijor.
students would need the support of
bolh llic j)i()X()si iind the president,
iis well iis iidditioiiiil funding from
the college.
••Prolissors here iire cii|i;il)le of
teacliing tliis subject," said Siiiiborn, "1)111 then their time has to
cither be dixc'il<-(! from tluir existing cliisses or new ])i()lessois need
to be hired."
Sanborn iilso siiid that incoming
presidenl Diiniel Weiss ex])ressed
interest in exiilualing the existing
])rogriuiis and was recc|)tix(' to the
idea of such ii niiijor.
Polliic i siiid lilill S.SJ is ;ilso pliinning a conference next year lo
promote [leace sludies. The cx-ciii
will iiKludesjieiikersdenioiislrating
wliat can be done with this degree.
|)oets. iind ii b;ind.
SSJ has idso h(i])ed begin ii
c hiiplcr of .\inncsty liiurnatioiKil
at Lafayette. "Groups like SSJ,
Engineers W^ithout Borders, and
now Amnesty show that there is
interest in peace at this school," said
Pollaci.
Pollaci is scheduled to meet
with Dean of Studies Gladstone
Hutchinson about a peace studies
program later this week, but does
not foresee its debut next year.
Sanborn added, "W^e'll be hearing
more discussion about this, but it's
not something you'll see tomorrow," he said.
I'lioro BX' Ai.i'RKi) BRONAKOWSKI
L e o p a r d a v i a t o r s p l a c e at e n g i n e e r i n g c o m p e t i t i o n
The Leopard Aviation team dropped into Deland, Florida, April 8-9, for the
Society of Automotive Engineers AeroDesign East competition. Under the
guidance of advisor Lou Hayden, the nine-member team entered their plane
into the competition that, according to tiie team's website, "inx^olved submitting
[tiieir] fmal design report, presenting a ten-minute oral presentation on [Uieir]
aircraft, and flying the airplane."
Leopard Aviation placed first in Oral Presentation and second in Overall
Design, a category that accounts for boUi Uie Oral Presentation and Uie Design
Report. The team placed eighUi overall after Uieflyingportion of Uie competition was added to Uieir score. "The flight requirements were that the plane
had to take off the runway wiUiin 200 ft., make a complete circle and land
within the 400 ft. runway without losing any part of the aircraft," according
to the website. "The object was to lift the maximum load possible."
The team chose to construct a triangular-shaped "delta" plane so that it
had enough surface area to accomplish the team's needs. Seven task forces
necessary for the construction of the plane included aerodynamics, weight and
center of gravity, propulsion, stress, controls, flight dynamics, and the inventor
modeling. "I don't know if I can [describe the experience] in one sentence,"
said Brian Hauser '05. However, he said that the competition was a great way
to bmld a team.
~ Tripp Williams
Cy Fleck: retirement is still not goodbye
BY B R I A N
MASON
fixim students.
The longtime administxaioY said he still sees room
s a child, Cyrus Fleck spent liis
for change. "In Uie future, I
fi^ee time playing .siindlot basewould like to see the college
ball and touch football on Lafayette's
encourage more interdi.sgrounds. More Uiiin hidf a century
ciplinary coursework Uiat
imd 50-plus I^ayette-Leliigh fcxitbaU
inccrporates engineering,
games later. Fleck willretirefrom a 44Uie sciences, and Uie arts,"
year tenure of service to die college.
Fleck ;aid. "I would also
like to inx olve students more
Fleck graduated from Lafayette in
with the life of Easton in iui
1952 wiUi a degree in government
effort to make the commuand law. After graduate school and
nity more attractive."
two years of service in the army. Fleck
As Meckprepiires to re'tire%
iriurned in 1961 as an iissistant cUrcche staled Uiat his greatest
lor of dexelopment. four yciirs kilcr,
contribution to the college
he became the college's regisiiiu; ii
w;i,s xxxirking with students
po.sl he occupied luitil liLs lirst retireto help dieiii reach their
ment in 1997. /\fter resigning his
goals. "BoUi when I xvas
duties iis registrai; he continued liis diiit ii sl IK lei lis sil idv ill )n Kid.
Uie rcgistiar iind die study
employment ;it Liia\-ette, serving its wiien they go into a job
iibnuid dine tor, I tried to
a speciid iussistai ii l<) the pmsident, a inteniew their expeiiencc
liush students to pursue Uie
member of Uie cumculum commit- in iinoUier country will give
iircits that xxoidd be most
tee, iuid most recendy; iis stiidv' abixiiid them agix^at advantage," he
Sidd. "It's a grciil maturation
chidlenging," he siud.
director.
After a life-long caA lifelong citizen of Easton, Fleck [inxess."
reer of .senice to Lafiiyette,
explidned Uiat his decision to attend
Since he took Uie {xisition
I'IKJIO liv KlAIN BARRY
Fk:ck pliuis lo spend some
laiiiyetle xvas bitsed on Ids fiuiiily's as study abroad direcior.
Cy
Fleck,
who
has
been
employed
at Lafayette of his .second retirement
loyalty to and liis own comfort xxiUi Fleck has also witnessed ii
for 44 years, will retire his duties as the study triixxiing iuid to continue
Uie .school. As i» sludenl. Fleck both rise in interest ibr .shorter
abroad director at the end of the semester. to xxilunteer al the college.
comniuled to l.,iif;iyelle and en- iibroiid programs during
He would like to become
joyed his fratc-riuty exjxnience, xvits interim and summer sesinoiv inxoKed xxiUi C^iireer Senices
il memlx'r of Uie Kirby Scxiety of
si( ins. He foresees a continued iucreiise stiuidiuxls of students.
Cioxemment iind I^xv, iind xxante Ibr ill these programs becaase they are
Fleck hits idso seen a growing interest and matching siudenls wiUi idumni
Tlw hfnyt'Ue, Flee k n*cidls his faxoiite conducix'e toIxith adiletes iind .stuckiits in internships, moiv engiiged ix>seaixii cxintiicts.
ciits-scrs were Fjiglish, economics and xxilh ligorouscoiiiM; schedules.
I'lecks decision to retire wiis nol
througii Uie ILXCJELprogi-am iuid selalxii; and Aneiic^n diploniiic y
In addition lo the iiurcitsed piii- nior Uiesc% iuid more students choc ising iidluenced \y)' the simultaneous ix^tireThe Fleck Iamily h;is liecn iiixolxied ticipiilion numbers in the stiicly aliniiid todoulile niiijoi; esjieciidly in ;i Ilin igii nieiit of Preskknl /Vithur Rothkopf
'55. He idso Siiid tluit he will nol
with l*da)cnie l()r the niiijoiityof the program, fleck hits ;dso seen diiinges laiiguiigc.
pitsi ceniuiy. Fleck's father gradii- to the oxenill college iilincjsphere.
"' 1 here ;iix- new ex|X'nences Uiai aiv pursue a ])osition on the bo;ird of
iited in 1920 and sertcd its a college "The biggesi cluuige in Uic- time Uuil much ini|Dixjxxcl since mx lour yciiiN,"' liuslees.
tmstei- liil" 17 xc'iiiN Ixiciix' becoming I've vxoiked here xvits the decision to siud Meek. " rhere iux- more courses,
"It's time lo luni Uie study idiioiid
iill idumni tnistee. .\hliough Fleck's iidmit women in 1970," sidd Fleck. morc inde|x"iideiit xxxiik, iuid excellent ollice oxer to a new person," .siiid
liiUier oxMied ii ])niilingcom]);iny in He exphuncd thiit Uie iicklition of fe- ciiix-ei sci\ices." .'Vlthough Meek did Fleck, "'liut die cxillege is definitely
IvLslon, I'k'l k iiex'er considered xx'oik- niide stuck'iits niiide I.idiiyelle a more nol piirticipiite in iui iibroiid program hciiding [in] Uie right diixxtion, ;ind
inteiesring learning environment Uuii its il student, he has visited prognuus ii i it's the students that are nuiking it
ing ibr die fiimily busiiu-s.s.
prompted
iin incrciLse in Uie iiciicknidc- I i indon iind iVustrcdiii t() seek feedl liick hiipix'ii."
During his tenure ill Uie college,
A
Fleck said Uie greatest aspect
of his jobs has been liis intc^raction with studenis. "I've
met so miuiy dilfeicnt and
very interesting jx^ople," he
said. "I love working widi
students l)ecau.se each one
has very diflc^rent ideas imd
irtspirations."
Fleck boasted alxiut the
college's prominent study
abroad record, citing that
Lafayette ranks in Uic top 20
liberal arts colleges in terms
of Uie numlx;r of studenis
who study abroad. For Uie
jjast seven years, he has iuded die school in promoting
iibroiidyirogTiuiis. "I Ix^liexc
April 29, 2005
Arts and Entertainment
Page 5
New horizons: Lafayette^s emerging film culture
Smith. Smith and O'Kcclc directed up to dial point. "I ligxircd il xxould be come a concentration xxiUiin English
the film's nine chapters, and some of
a nice challenge," Moss said. Vhe iis- and exentuidly its oxvn major. "'Fhe
Smith's former siudents are helping sistiince of John O'Keefe, idong with
libnuy- isfilledwilh xideo editing softt is no secret that Uiere is a groxving
xxitli camera work iind the editing the encouragement of Professor Lex\- warc and ,\pple Ci5 computers, iind
interest in film studies on campus.
process. The visibility of this project Minter in die iirt department and Pat Uiere are many cameras on resene.
One needs only to look iit the popuis yet another sign of hoxv much film
Faceiponli in Skillman Libnirx; liiis 4"lie tools iire all tliere~x\c"re just ii
larity of Uie documentarx- film and
studies are adxancing al Lalav ette.
been veiy helpful in Moss's crciilixe few more steps from hiixing a film
screenwriting courses, the abundance
The English department's brand- and challenging endeaxor.
major on campus," Marchettii. He
of powerful computer technology
new screenwriting class, taught by
Richie Adoniiiko '06 has tiiken his thinks it xvdl help dnixv in prospectixe
at die nexv Skillman library, and the
Assistant Profes.sor /Mix Ohlin, has interest in fdm exen further by starting students xvho xvoidd xvanl the arts
emergence of ii film club ofTeiing a
contribuled nexv insight for students Lafayette's first film club, the Lafayette department of a school like NYU,
network for those who wish to share
into story creation and filmniiiking. Film Society. About 50 students haxe bul also xvant a sniall college experiideas and show their moxies for
Ohlin, who was hired as a .sjiecialist expressed interest, and Adomako ence. According to O'Keefe, the
feedback from their moxie-making
in fiction and creative writing last hopes to get the club running.as an art department has also contacted
peers. The ease and avadabdity of
fall, came to Lafayette xvitii a strong official organization by the beginning Instructioiiid Technology iibout the
new technology, whether software-,
interest in screenwriting. Upon see- of next semester. "I have a back- possible creation of film facilities in
hardware-, or camera-based, have
ing the growing popularity of film ground infilm- I've been doing video downtown Easton. Professors Smith
allowed the first-time filmmiiker a reid
on campus, the English department production for over six years, and I'd and Ohlin agree that interest in film
chance to execute artistic possibilideveloped Uie screenwriting class wiUi like to share some of my experience is continuing to grow, but seriously
ties that were previously unavadable
her last semester. "It xvas designed as well as learn from others," he said. doubted the possibditx- of establishing
to someone with litUe training at a
during the first week I was at Liifay- "In die recent
liberal arts college. It is evident that
ettc, and I'm very happy to be doing two years, I've
"In recent years I've seen more film coursa cidture of film has tndy begun to
it," Ohlin Siiid. The class is designed seen more film
es...the Film Society would be a good idea
form at Iafayette.
to be very hands-on, simdar to the courses being
for
students taking those classes."
Documentary Fdm course. Ohlin offered, and I
- Richie Adomako 06
teaches the craft of screenwriting: thought [the
^^^^^^^^^^^
how to budd a story, dex'clop char- Film Society]
acters, and think visually. "You can't would be a good idea for students either a fdm studies niiijor or minor
learn xvriting in isolation, so I hiive tiiking Uiose cliisses to giiin experience in the near fiilure "Liifiiyette is not
siudents watch movies and read and iipply the skills they're leiirning." and xxill not likely be a film .school,"
scripts," she siiys. The class discusses The club will lie informal and proj- Smith Sitid.
xxhat they see and read, noting the ect-based, xxitli students working in
lb xxiiiji up the siMiieslci; the projxvciiknesses and strengths. Fhis gix es groups of cameriimen, screenwriters, cxts of the Documentiuy Fdm eiitss
the students the abUity to create their and directors to creale oiigiiiiil fdnis. and the Towers of Shadow and Light
oxxn stories, as xvell as lo iinalyze their .Adoniiiko said thiit so fiir, the school DYD will be screened in the Oechsle
oxvn x\x)rk. "We hiixe the sexds leir ii has been xeiy supportive, and the aiidilorium al 8 p.m. on Mondiix;
tremendous amount of film activities Instrtictioiiid 'Fechnology department May 9 and 'Fuesdii)', May 10, respecon ciimjius, belween Uie courses and hits given them iiccess to professiouid tixely. Opportunities for film studies
ec[uipiiieiit. You can learn hoxx' to eciuipment. Iri the future, he hojies xxill be ex en more iibundant next year.
casl and direct a xvhole movie and that die sociely xxill eiiidile students to Ohlin xxill be teiiching Screenxvriting
individuids can do the tech work on enter Idm fcstixids, sulimit .scripts for iigain in the fall, iis xvell as a course on
I ' l i o i o s \>\ . \ \ I A \ 1 ) A 1 . I \ ( 1 k
their oxxn. I he technologv' these days jiroduction, and get recognition for film and literature.
The library has recently acquired new technology and software is so iixculablc."
Smith thiinked /Vssociiite Proxost
their xxxirk. Adoniiiko ;ilso outiined
for students to use on class and independent film projects.
One student wlio is looking to tiikc other plans, 'ddopefull)' next year, Diixid Johnson, O'Keefe iind the
Professor Andrexv Smith's DocuLiist spiing, the c lass xvas much advantage of the iix'iuhibility of fdm xve'll he iible to do ii documentaiy Instruclioiiiil Technology staff,
mentary Film cliiss, which had its more dilhcult to conduc-t, its students studies cjii ciimpus is English nuijor
I iiboul] the campus itself iUid future the director of the library, and the
trial run last spring, xvas the firsl luid Old)' a sniiill lal) in Piirdee and .Ardin Maixhetta '06. He will lie students will continue to do this to entire English depiirtment for their
course to catiipult stuclenl interest just a few cameras to work xvith. XX orking on an independent study next shoxv how the school hits progressed support; Ohlin wiis ciiiick lo thiink
in film into the ciimpus spotlight. Howexer, since the reopening of
senic\sterxxiUi Ohlin upon eonijiletion iind changed oxer time," he said. Smith for his iremendousK helpful
Smith, iissistant profe.s.sor of English Skillniiin Libniiy iind its iiccjuisition of her screenwriting course. Oxer Students inleresled in joining the attitude iind note the "enthusiasm
and chair of American studies, hiid of Apple G5 computers and Fiiuil the course of llie yciir, Miiix hettii x\ill
lilm societx' should send iui eniiiil lo in the English depiirtment" ;is ;i
a jiersoiiid intc-rest in the iircii exen Cut Pro soflxviire, filming, editing, iuid w rite a 120 piigc sciccnjihiy biised on liifiiyetlefdms(>ciety@,gniiiil.coni.
positixx' drixing force in the dexelbelbre he presented the jiilot ckiss to scoring are no longer logisticid jirob- an original idea;iiidpossibly jirodiice
Moss and Miirchetta are excited opment of the nexv classes. The
the English department, its he believes lems. "Fhe director of the libniiy it into a film. "I've considered two about the groxxth of fdm studies on hiird xxork of niiiny indixiduals
thill documentaiy filmniaking is one helped supply the technolog-y and xxiis niiiin topics lor the fdm: either draniii campus and beliexe that the incred- and a healthy, crealixe, iind iipof Uie mo.st exciting iind dix erse fields interested enough to imjilement the in the real xvorld, regarding iidjusling ible iicx\- eciuipment iind resources preciatixe iiltitude from students,
today. According to Smith, docu- computer labs...we went from two to life iifter college or the process Uiat a found at the library will continue faculty, and administration keeps
mentary offers a depth of interest cameras to txventy cameras, complete student undergoes xvhen undertaking to driixv attention to il. Marchetta this nexv field on campus groxving
anci seriousness Uiiit is often hard to xxitli xxireless microphones," Smith il large pioject in college. I'm curious beliexes thiit film studies will likelx be- and expiinding
find in Hollywood feature films, the said. John O'Keefe '96, maniiger of
lo .see how a professor would help and
complexity and freedom of the art InstiTictioiiid Technology; has helped hoxx- the student xxould do it," he says.
form eniibling directors such as Mi- siudents with video production and
Fhe flexible and dyiiiimic nature of
chiiel Moore to shape it in |ioxverliil, taught them hoxv to use Final Cut the English miijor idloxvs Miirchetiii
unexpected ways. "Moore sluitlered Pro and other film software. SmiUi a new way of shoxving his crciitixx'
the expectations of documentary was "ecstatic" at what students xvere story to the world. "41ie images and
film in pop culture iind jxiliticized the able to accomplish last year and is sxinbols hold the stoiy together, iind il
nature of doc fUnis since the relcitse exen more enthusiastic about this xxill be e:xcitiiig to do it Uirough fdm."
of Falirenheil 9/11. I can't think of .semester's films.
Marchetta, Idee other students tiiking
anx' other time xxlieii students xxould
Smith and (^'Keefe hiiv e idso been fdm courses, phiiis to shoot his prciject
flock to see ii documcntiiiA Idmniiiker spciirheiiding the creation of ii D\'l) on Ciimpus: "'(jilbert's could sei-xe ;is
speak like xxhen they [x\x'nl| to see film, Tiwers of Shadow and hght as a a diner, or ;i dorm room could be iin
Moore on his cam]ius tour hist lidl," coni]iiinioii piece to.Vrt Spiegelman's iijiiirtme-nt." Miiixhetta is exliemcly
he .Sidd.
gnilihic iioxxi, /// The Shadow of .\'o piissioiuite iibout his x\x)rk iind looks
to the pos.sibility of seeing
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ToWClS,
w l l i cll)iA\;irel
ll
"Michael Moore shattered the expec- will be Liifiiy- one of his lilnis exxMituidly ixiciised.
Aiother student, Siepluiiiie Moss
tations of documentary films in pop e t t e ' s 2 0 0 5
Olien tiition '05, is utUizing her interest in iuiiniiiculture and politicized their nature."
book.
I h e lion in an honeirs thesis tluit eoni- Professor Andreiv Smith film includes bines hand-driiwn iind stoji-moiion
interxiexx'sxviUi iininiiition, green screen xxxirk, and
In Smith's chtss, studc-nts Ciin expect laeitlly. students, iind Sjiiegelman lix-c-iiclion Iboliige inlo a short fdm.
to wxnk with docunientiiry filmniiik- himself, shoxxing the* xiiiying intel- Her internship in the summer of
ing in numerous wiiys, such as reading lectuid and per.se)nid reactions people 200 I at Po.ssible Workls .Vidmation
criticid articles about film histoiy iind liiixx" hiid toxxiirds the lext. This xxiiy, Studio in Nexv \bik City, idong xxilh
form, xiexxing numerous ck)cunien- "wx- x\ill shoxv a community idrciidy her childhood loxe of Walt Disney
liiiies, iind pulling xvhiit they luive engiiged in the study of the book " to Idms, sparked her interest in ii lield in
learned into their oxvn films. The the chtss of incximing freshmen, siiiel xxliich .she luid luid no IJirnud tr;iiiiiiiu
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cliiss learns about fdnis dating from
the beginning of the medium's inception in Uie 1890s to the present diiy,
touching upon World Wiir II propaganda, postmodern, mockumentary
and rock documentan' sub-genres.
Fhrough viewing films wiUi a wide
range of content and style, students
both gain a sense of how vast the
areas of documentary fdm iire and
are able to combine both traditionid
and original elements in their ovx'n
projects. The .students creiite 5-10
minute short films, complete with
scores, to be screened at a film festixid
during finals xveek. The first showing
last spring created such a buzz on
campus Uiat Oechsle Hall was fiUcd
to its capacity as people crowded into
the auditorium to catch a glimpse of
their peers'work. The added pressure
of "worrying about what 250 people
xvdl think" proxides extra motix'ation
for the students, according to Smith.
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46. Lazily
47 Plagiarize
48 Tribute in
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49. Initiation
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50. Work unit
51. Matodic passage
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31 Suit
32. Third power
33, Cyber
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lo try an-d do belter next time.
Plan a family exent xvhere eve r y o n e p a r t i c i p a t e s . All xvill
appreciate your efforts. Taking
lime for yourself this week will
be important.
TAURUS:
SCORPIO:
(April 21 - M a y 21)
O t h e r s m a y not notice your
h a r d work d u r i n g t h e week.
M a k e sure to satisfy yourself
first, for you will never be able
to c o u n t o n o t h e r s for y o u r
happiness. Be cautious a b o u t
spending too much money. Try
not to make hasty choices until
you'xe thought further.
(Oct. 24 - Nov. 22)
Love is o v e r f l o w i n g . E i t h e r
a c u r r e n t m a t e will rekindle
your flame, or you may be introduced lo a new and exciting
love. W h i c h e v e r o c c u r s , you
are noxv essentially in a new
relationship—for the rules have
c h a n g e d . A positive a t t i t u d e
will lift your spirits.
GEMINI:
(Miiy 22 - J u n e 21)
Get help xvilh money matters
- possibly bank statements a n d
t r a n s a c t i o n s . Vour financial
footing may be much more
stable than ex'cn you expected.
I n v e s t i g a t e all financial tips
before t a k i n g a n y a c t i o n . If
it seems to good to be true, il
probiibly is.
SAGITTARIUS:
(Nov. 2 3 - D e c . 2 1 )
Opportunities abound for you.
If the altitudes of those around
you are holding you back, it's
lime to b e a little bit m o r e
self-centered in order lo move
yourself closer lo your goals.
A nexv financial circumstance
is xery likely lo present itself
(|uile soon.
CANCER:
(June 22 -July 23)
Learn from a friend this week
— sometimes spontaneity is the
best course of action. Don't be
so quick to judge others; you truly do not know xvhat nifitixates
and inllucnces others to do xvhat
they do. Fiike on the leadership
role xvhere money is concerned
iind use ;i Iirm liiind.
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(Dec. 22 - J a n . 20)
Don't try so hard to keep everyone in your sniall circle happy.
Any iittempis to jiiitch uji iin old
relationship that is on the rocks
xvill b(" met xvitii frustration.
Work niiix' be ii welcome relief
from ihe xvorries you can't seem
lo leaxe behind. Use your l a d
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July 24 - Aug. 23)
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piirticuliirly xvhere loxe and roniiince is concerned. Vou may
feel x'oursell being diiixvn into
a xery unusual relationship, but
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for niiiny years to come. Focus
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you hiixe been formuliiting for
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in the home. Money might be
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some other areas will make the
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same tiiick.
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present a n d it niiiy niiike you
feel il bit uncomfortiible.
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be. Fhere are some silualions,
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of the situation and some good
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Revealing reflections: wrapping up poetry montli
gathered in the Marquis Faculty
dining room to hear Doty talk
about his work. Doty spoke of
n t h e L a f a y e t t e c a m p u s how he got started wriling in high
and other academic institu- school as a way to cope with some
tions around the country, April of the difficult things going on in
is poetry month, and the events his life, relating how he came to
calendar has been peppered xvith know a local poet who became a
poetry readings and guest poets. mentor to him.
The M a c K n i g h t Black Poetry
D o t y also answered s t u d e n t
reading, which took place this questions about where he looks
past Wednesday is, along xvith the for i n s p i r a t i o n , e x p l a i n i n g to
Jean Corrie Poetry Competition an a u d i e n c e filled with aspirheld earlier this month, one of
ing writers lhal he often starts
the central events of Lafayelte's from words, phrases, and images
celebration.
that stick out in his mind a n d
"Both the J e a n Corrie Poetry builds around them. Hoxvex'cr,
Competition and the MacKnight he xvarned the group that xvhat
Black Poetry Competition show- works for him xvouldn't xvork for
case the vitality and iiwentixeness cx'cryone, encouraging students
of our sludenl poets and bring to to dex'clop their oxvn processes.
campus award-winning poets who
To say that the students enjoyed
inspire the campus community," his visit to campus would be an
said Professor of English Lee underslalement. Perhaps one of
Upton, xvho directed the organi- the most remarkable things about
Mr. D o t y is
his d e m e a n "It's excitingfor all ofUS to see new student or. D e s p i t e
poets share the podium with poets who h a v i n g xvon
have achieved considerable reputations." n u m e r o u s
- Professor Lee Upton axvards for
his w r i t i n g ,
including the
/iition of jioetry month. "It's ex- N a t i o n a l Book Critics C i r c l e
citing for all of us lo see nexv stu- Award and Notable Book Award
dent poets share the podium xvitii by The Mew York Times Book Review,
poets xvho hiixe already achiexed Doty remains xery doxvn-lo-earth
c o n s i d e r a b l e r e p u t a t i o n s . " and approachable. "I really liked
T h e day of the M a c K n i g h t him il lol; he [xvas] really inlerBlack reading, the festix'ities be- esled in xvhal you had to say,"
giin with a question and ansxver contest xvinner Alexis Siemons
session xvilh c e l e b r a t e d p o e t '05 said of him. "He came across
iind contest j u d g e M a r k Doty. like he didn't realize hoxv famous
Students and faculty m e m b e r s he xvas."
BV A L I C I A V E R G N E S
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Toni Alirens '05, who received
honorable mention, agreed.
"Mark Doty is a brilliant poet
and to hear him read his work
was truly inspirational," she said.
"He writes about things that I can
relate to, xvhich makes his poetry
even more meaningful to me."
After the question and ansxver
r e c e p t i o n , a select g r o u p of
students and faculty had dinner
with Doty before reconvening
al 7:30 p.m. for the poetry reading. Alirens, a double miijor in
English and Psychology, started
the evening by reading her poem
"Sea Shell," full of questioning
voices and echoes that gave the
work a tone of haunting uncertainly. "This was the lirsl poem
I exer wrote in college," she said
of her work. "Basically, whal inspired me xxas the leeling that my
life is being pushed and pulled in
differenl directions after graduation and that I am not always in
control."
T h e second reader, Michelle
Marinucci '05, read a poem about
her frustration wilh the ignorance
of scientists a n d politicians in
protecting a treasured x'acation
.spot. Long Beach Island, from the
effects of erosion. In explaining
xvhy she xvas drixen to xvrite the
poem entitled "Inlet Axersion,"
M a r i n u c c i also expressed h e r
annoyance with seasonal xisitors'
apathy. "In the siiniiner lime I
xvatch many xacalioners abuse
the island and then up-iind-leaxe
without ever gixing thought to
real issues the island faces," she
explained.
Erin Mirocha '05 read the third
is about talking on instant mespoem of the night, a unique work senger and how void it is of any
entitled "Re(a)d Dy(e)ing." T h e personal contact," she said of her
title made one think about difwork. "I think I wrote it oul of
ferenl aspects of the poem, highfrustration." T h e poem vividly
lighting both the deatii theme and captured the sad irony of isolattlic brilliant tie-dye colors that
ing one's self and tapping axvay at
a p p e a r t h r o u g h o u t the p o e m ' s
a keyboard as a means of reachimagery. Despite the fact that she ing out to another h u m a n being,
earned an honorable mention in
Afler the four s t u d e n t s h a d
the contest and received w a r m
read. Doty read some of his own
applause at the reading, M i r o - works. In addition to his other
cha admitted
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that she was
"I really liked Mark Doty; he was a
s,o m e w ll a t
really good speaker and really knowls u r p r i s e d at
edgeable across artistic genres."
the reaction
- Erin Mirocha
that the poem
receixed.
" G e l l i n g recognized for this
talents, he is a true performer,
caught me off guard because this a n d xvhen he r e a d , the xvords
particular poem is nol a strong came alive. His xvriting already
p i e c e , " she said of her work.
had a very personal feel, as if he
"It's not even my style." She xvere confiding in the reader, and
was, however, quite enthusiastic
in oral form the feeling of conabout the opportunity to .spend necledness b e c a m e exen more
lime with Doty. "I really liked
profound.
Mark Doty; he was a really good
Through his poetry, Doty not
speaker and reidly knowledgeable
only invites his audience to view
across artistic genres. It was vain- the world through his incredible,
able to have him," she said.
c o m p a s s i o n a t e , a n d insightful
Siemons, xvho xvas the contest
perspective, but fearlessly gix'cs
winner with her poem " G h o s t
his readers and listeners what feels
Writer," was the last student to like jirixilcged access to him iis an
read. H e r poem was a thoughtindixidual, s t a n d i n g before his
provoking c o m m e n t a r y on In- audience stripped of any of the
lernel communication a n d the edifices xve use lo keep our inner
ncxx', less personal xvays xve noxv lixes safe from the outside xvorld.
communicate xvith one another. It is as if he trusts his listeners and
"I'm very interested in the xviiy readers xvith his deepest secrets,
in xvhich o u r generation com- sharing exerx'lhing lhal is impormunicates xvitii one another, xia tant lo him. 'Fhis candidness and
cell phone, lext messaging, and generosity made him a xvelcome
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Levy's Blue Lakex a manifestation of absence
B^ JENNY BOYAR
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tacy lA^xy's Blue Lake proxes
thill iirtistic representations of
enxironmcntal entities need not be
entirely realistic in order to exoke
an audience response.
L^pon eniering the Williams
Center for the Arts gallery, the
obserxer is met xxitli multiple blue
vinyl discs, all of xxhicli rest ujion a
total of 3,000 waist-high steel rods
skillfully held in place by means
of a particleboard Hoor. Whereas
most works of art require only
visual speculation, Levy's piece
d e m a n d s hands-on interaction,
and xisitors are encouriiged to xvalk
through the exhibit in order to attain the full extent of its aesthetic
experience.
However, the title of the piece
is somexvhat misleading. Though
the composite materials slightly
resemble a lake, Lexy's sporadic
placement of blue xinyl atop thin
steel rods suggests the ab.sence of
licpiid rather than the presence
of it. Fhis ominous xoid signifies
the lack of clear blue xvater in the
modern landscape. Indeed, Lex"yde.scribes her piece as being "like a
mirage representing a longing for
xvater, and the absence of a perfect
blue lake." Through a poignant
display of raw materials, Lexy
hopes to arouse an environmental
axvareness within her audience.
Lexy's unique piece has had an
undeniably profound effect. "I
think it's really bciiutiful," ob.serx'ed
Preeza Shrestha '08. "There is so
much contained energy, yet the
exhibit still appears undisturbed."
Michael Favara '08 found the piece
similarly captivating. "You would
a s s u m e that the e n v i r o n m e n t
would be portrayed using a canvas
and piunt," he said. "The fact that
this is so unique makes it a really
memorable xvork of art."
/\ renoxvned artist and sculptor,
Lexy is a graduate of the Tyler
School of Art al Femple Unixersit)':
A niiijor in sculpture and a minor
in forestry enable her to combine
art xvith science, producing compelling environmental statements
through crealixe works of art. "I
haxe a profound love of water—its
surfaces, the way it meanders," said
Lexy of her artistic focus. "It has
tremendous power and is truly an
extraordinary miiterial."
Water is in fact a recurring theme
throughout Levy's other works,
which include Hidden River, Waterlines, Cornerstones, and Watercourse.
Her work has been showcased in
galleries at John Michael Koliler
Arts Center, the Unixersity of
Texas at San Antonio, the Santa
Fe Art Institute, the Heinz Architectural Center, and the Institute
of Contemporary Art. But Lexy's
passion for the environment extends beyond her artwork—in 2002,
You ^11 Rebel to Anything
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Stacy Levy's Blue Lake makes a Strong environmental statement
about the absence of clear water in the modern landscape.
she participated in a renowned acid
mine drainage project in Vintondale, PA.
Lexy discussed her artistic experiences with the enxironment,
including those that directly led
to the creation of Blue iMke, at a
xvidely attended broxvn bag luncheon on Friday, April 22.
The debut of the exhibit coincided with Earth Week, and the
exhibit will be showcased in the
Williams Center for the Arts galleiy
through May 8.
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In 2000, XXC
' were given Frankenstein Tou 11 Rebel lo Anything. "Shut Me Up"just thrown in all of the things they
hiit do you get xvhen you (iirls I \ Id Seem Strangely Sexy, an idbunistarts il iill ofl' wilh a bang, opening found extreme or amusing, xvithout
combine ofiTcnsixe humor, im- that found the balance between be- xvith down-tuned guitars and one any regard to the conseciuences.
mature punk antics, fast-paced raps, ing funny and being good, as well as of x'ociilisi Jimmy Urine's profound However, the new album seems like
Miuilyn Manson-esque shock-rock. hiixing a 30-soiigtriicklisl xvith iiiimes statements: "The ba.ss, the rock, the so much effort had been put into
like "Dicks Are for My mic, the treble/I like my coffee black bringing the band to a higher lexel,
Friends" and "I Hate just like my metal." Fhe .second that part of the immature energy
jimmy Page" arranged tnick, "1989," gels things moxing xxas lost. Il's hard to criticize a biiiid
in alphabetical order. even more xvith its diinceable beats for tiying to achiex'C loftier goals,
\ o doubt shocking to and clever lyrics. Less chiiotic and but nonetheless MSI is a band that
piirents, the elderl); iind more streiimlined, the other song's rexcls in its oxvn brilliant iiwfulness.
just iibout iinyone xxilh sound fairly similar siixe for a fexv
Flic music is catchy tlii^ lyrics are slill
good taste, it also man- ihroxxbiicks such as "2 Hookers iind funny but .something is just nol quite
aged to achiexe a cult iin Fighlball."
the same.
liilloxving iimong goodUnfortunately, il's hiird not to no'ITie s(H'ond jiroblcm xvith You'll
humored misfits.
tice thiit }ou'll Rebel lo Anylhingha^ txxo Rebel to Anything is thiil it clocks in al
.\])parcii(ly haxing niiijor problems. 'Fhe firsl is thiit the only 28 minutes. 'Fhis is the band's
iici'dcd lixe years to iilbum is just too "good."" inciining lirst niiijor release since 2000 iind
(omc up with 28 min- loo jiroduced iind stiidio-tx\caked. ihey could only come up with 28
utes of material, the Piirt of xx'hiit niiide Frankenstein (iirls minutes? Nol only is it short, but
IM \( .1. (()\\n \.s\ Ol CI )M m.(( IM band liiis liiiiillv rclciiscd Will Seem Strangely Sexy so aniiizing it iilso hiis some soiies thiil could be
H^ J T C O L E
W
considered fillers. Either the band
members exhausted their creativity on die last album, spent far too
much time touring, or are just phiin
liizy Whiilex'er the reason, any band
charging full price for under a halfhour hiid better deUver a tracklist
thill is iiirlight. It seems that MSI
truly beliexes thiit xx'c'll ivbcl to iui\thing...
Uldmately, though, if x'oii liked tlic
first iilbum, xou'll like this one, jii t
not as much, (iixe it a listen even il
you hiix'en't heard the first one (or
heard it and didn't liki' it) lieciiuse tl \c
styk> has chiinged enough to make ii
more iuxessible to the niiiinstreaii.
ll xvill be a slight disiippointmenl w
die-hiird fans of Franken.slein Cirh,
but it xvill also undoubtedly increase
MSl's audience. The humor is dieii",
the industrial dance is there, so buy
a copy and start rocking.
Mander Sails a pleasant but forgettable album
ii^ JARED KOZEMKO
I
ts hiird lo rexiexx- iin iilbum like this.
Ihe Siiiiki^ the Cross, the Croxxn is
obxiously a xeiy laJeiited band. Fhe
songs on their debut iilbum, Mander
Salis. slioxx' il xxide xiiiiely of musiciil
influences. Fhe production is to])
notch, x'cry textui-cd iind di-ep. I/-iid
singer Kexin Jones" xoice is x'ciy plcitsiint imd fits the swirling giiitiirs iind
kcyboiirds xeiy xxell. The instruments
iill lit together nicely to create lush
soundsciipes ihioughoiit the entire iilbum. Ihc biind sei'ins to luixe all the
j)ie(es ncces.siiiy to niiike iin e.xiellent
rock iillnim in ])liu'e. /\rid yel, thex
liiil. TIK' album leiixes you emotionless, exoking no feeling and leiixing
you with nothing lo Uike iiwiiy x\heii
yoifre linished listening, presenting
you with iui experience thiil is plciisiint, yel ultiniiitely unfulfilliiig.
Fhe opening track, "An Honest
Misiippro]iriiitio!i of Funds," starts
oil interestingly enough, with ii spiicey keyboard line thiit is ciuickly joined
by il franticiilly strummed guitar iind
Jones's soli x'oi ills. It soon enipls
into il chorus of ringing guitars and
duiil x'ociils, sounding iilmost like a
Midwestern Coldpkiy. 'Fhe song continues in a quiet-loud-quiel piittern
for the rest of its duration, cliiiiiixing
at the end xxidi almost cacophonous
guitars before abmpdy stopping. As it
ends, something mystiMious hiippens.
\'ou, the listener, forgel exeiy thing
iibout the song. Not one clexer lyric,
not one guitiir melody, not one drum
bciit slicks xvitii you once it's oxer
llic next song, "F.mpires," oilers a
little more. .\n iilmost biinjo-sounding guitar line kicks things olf xxith
Joiiessooiuri Mining oxer il. Fhe song
progresses in a iNiiiciil x'crse-choru.sxerse niiinnei; propelled bv ii wonderful bridge iis pounding drums diixe
il simple guitar line xxitli bciiuliful
keylioiird swells beliire crashing biick
down into the chorus. 'Fhisportion is
too short, hoxxcxer, iuid )et iigiiin one
Iciixes the song fi'eling i-nipty.
1 could continue xxitli the iilbum
liiick by tiiuk, but the xxhole thing
sadly falls into the piittern set by
these txvo songs. All the following
tiiicks offer pleasiinl xet liirgettiibli'
guilar lines, soolhing yel bkind x'o-
cals, and far-too-sparse keyboards.
Fhis xvould iill be forgix'able if the
band oflered .some .sort of change
along the way, but most of the
songs just sound the same—same
tempo, same structures, same genenil sound.
'Fhe only niiijor change on the
album is found in the epic track
"Echolalia." Fhis nine-minute
n u m b e r shoxvs the biind really
reaching their full potential. A .sloxv
build of keyboiirds ;ind soli guitars
start tilings out, soon triiiisl()rming
inlo il droningxxall of sound. Filings
stop suddenly before a genuinely
ciilchy iind liouncy xerse portion
kicks in. Fhe song hiis an energ)'
lo it thill the band cannot seem to
find on any other tnick, and xxilh it
comes an earnestness that niiikes il
feel like they iire actuiilly alixe. Fhis
song sliinds in stark contrast to the
slci-p-inducing inicks preceding il
iuid shows a Ion of potential thiil
lluy unlorluniilely could nol iiitiiin
elsexx'here on the iilbum.
.Mander Salis conies lo a close xvilh
the c|uiil iind calm number "Fhe
Fields of lus," ii mostly atoustic
number. While the vocals are quite
pretty, shoxvingjones as xeiy xulnerable and iilmost Elliott Smith-like,
the rest of the band can't match up.
Fhe result is a siippy and predictable
ballad, and die forced string arrangements manage to rip off Radiohead
without being interesting in the
Iciist liit. It seems
lilting thill such a
1 loiiiig song xxould
close an eqiiiilly
boring iilbum.
Fhe Siiiike, the
Cross, the CroxxTi
shoxv p r o m i s e ,
they really do.
Kexin Jones' xocids iir(> doxvnright
beiiuliful ill times,
iUul the biincFs
M i d XV e s t e r n
sound could reidly set them iipiiil
in the future. Hut
with lluir debut,
the b a n d gels
Ciiughl in the imp
of n'petition iind HHIP*"
cliche. 'Fhis xvouldn't be too bad if
Uie idbiini hiid something memorable
about it, bul die band simply fails iit
projecting any sort of energy. The finid product is a nidier inoffensixe and
boring record that I cannot iniiigine
ever listening to again.
Sports
April29,2005
Page 9
Women's lacrosse ends 2005 vs. Lehigh, Columbia
National Championship in 1980.
T h e mark of 14 losses is the most
in school history.
T h e Patriot League T o u r n a ment will commence this weekend
and will include the league's top
four teams. Colgate xvill host the
tournament and xvill play fourth
p l a c e L e h i g h in t h e o p e n i n g
round. Holy Cross and American
will face-ofi' in the second matchup. The Championship game will
be played on Sunday at 1 p.m.
Colgate won the 2004 Patriot
League Championship, only to
fall lo Princeton in the first round
of the NC-AAs. American won the
league championship in 2003.
Lafayette has won ten of the
Iciigue's 14 championships. T h e
Leopards last won the league title
in 2002.
BY J A C K I E F I T Z G E R A L D
AND J O H N R A Y M O N D
T
he Lafayette Women's Lacrosse Team closed out Patriot L e a g u e a c t i o n this p a s t
Saturday against archrival Lehigh
xvith a 17-7 defeat on a dreary
Saturday afternoon at Metzgar
Fields. T h e Leopards (1-14, 06) started oul strong by keeping
the game close. Lafayette cut the
M o u n t a i n Hawks' lead in half,
2-1, with a goal by S a m a n t h a
Ziegler '06 five minutes into the
game. Soon afterwards, though,
Lehigh took control of the game
by scoring the next eight goals
to end the first half with a 10-1
lead.
T h e first t h r e e goals of the
contest were scored in the first
four m i n u t e s of the first half.
About 2:30 into the game, Barrie
Cominsky tallied her first goal in
xvhat proved to be a four-goal performance. Cominsky would strike
the back of the cage on two other
occasions for a first half hat trick
for 33 goals in 2005. Amy C h a m berlain, Lehigh's most prolific
scorer, boosted Lehigh's margin
lo a 2-0 lead just a minute later.
Chamberlain would top Cominsky's performance by scoring six
goals in the game. She presently
leads Lehigh with 47 goals.
Ziegler struck 40 seconds following C h a m b e r l a i n ' s goal to
bring the Leopards to within one
goal. However, the scoreboard
became lopsided in favor of the
Mountain Hawks as the first half
progressed. Cominsky scored
three goals in an 8-0 Lehigh run
to close out the first half with a
10-1 advantage.
T h e Leopards valiantly struck
back in the second half Valerie
PHOTO BY K F . V I N BARRX
Farrell Sharkey '06 looks to intercept an attacking Columbia player during Wednesday's 18-10
loss at Rappolt Field. The game was the Leopards' last contest of 2005.
Simone '07, who had had a career day by recording her first
multi-point game, scored a quick
goal ten seconds after the start of
play to bring the score to 10-2.
However, just eight seconds later.
Chamberlain reasserted Lehigh's
dominance by netting her 44th
goal of the season.
Patriot League Rookie of the
Week Madalyn Booth '08, who
led the Leopards with a careerhigh five points, scored a minute
later for the second Leopards'
goal in 1:10. She collected three
assists and recorded two goals
during the contest.
Lehigh went on a 4-0 run in
the middle of the second half to
further increase its lead. C h a m berlain and Elaine K i n g each
scored two goals to give Lehigh a
commanding 15-3 lead. However, the Leopards would outscore
Lehigh the rest of the g a m e .
Kaleigh M o u n t a i n '06, Ashley
Dvorak '05, Booth, and Simone
each tallied scores to conclude the
Leopards' scoring. Lafayette was
out-shot by the Mountain Hawks
34-17.
T h e Leopards closed their season on Wednesday in a home loss
against Columbia (7-8), 18-10.
With the Lions leading 1-0 in
the first minute of play, Dvorak
knotted the score 1-1 in what
proved to be the closest the Leopards would come to taking a lead.
Columbia scored six unanswered
goals, with Elysee Pultz garnering
two tallies en route to a six-goal
performance. It was the second
consecutive game in which an
opposing player scored six goals
against the Leopards.
Towards the end of the half,
Lafayette began chipping away
at Columbia's 7-1 lead. Simone,
M o u n t a i n , and Lindsay Buiera
'07 each scored to bring Lafayette
to xvithin three strikes of lying the
game.
F a c i n g an 8-4 deficit after
halftime. Mountain brought the
L e o p a r d s to within t h r e e j u s t
under a minute after play commenced, as she scored her 12tli
goal of the season. O n c e more,
though, Columbia went on a devastating 4-0 goal-scoring streak to
increase its lead to 12-5.
With the score 15-9 in favor of
Columbia, BrittanyJes.ser '07 netted her first collegiate career goal
to narrow the Lions' advantage
to five. However, it would be the
closest margin lhal the Leopards
would sustain as Columbia reeled
off three unanswered goals wilh
u n d e r two minutes to play in
regulation. Butera, Mountain, and
Diana Crai '07 each led the Leopards in scoring xvilh txvo goals.
T h e loss to Columbia concluded the worst season in Lafayette
Wonien's Lacrosse history. T h e
Leopards tied the school-record
loxv of just one victory matched
by the 1981 squad, xvhich went
1-9-1 following a Division II
the 51st (dream) state
J" --— -
a.k*a. The America Project
Electrifying urban performance poet Sekou Sundiata's work-in-progress "dramatorio" is a
contemplation of America's national identity, of its power in the world, and of its guiding
mythologies. Sundiata and a group of Lafayette students have created an original cycle of songs,
poems, and monoh)gues with visual sequences and a live musical ensemble.
Friday-Saturday, April 29-30, 8:00 p.m.
Williams Center for the Arts (610) 330-5009
student tickets $2 • staff/faculty $4
Dystonia
charity
a success
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overall success. Pepsi provided
a plentiful selection of beverages throughout the day, and Papa
John's delivered a large number of
pizzas to feed everyone participating in the event.
The Lafayette Basketball family would like to thank these two
sponsors for their support in this
event.
Music was also p r o v i d e d
throughout the day by DJ Elliott
Broadnax, an assistant for the
men's basketball team.
As far as continuing this event
in the future, Dawson was very
optimistic.
"Both coaching staffs werc xery
happy xvitii the level of participation that we saw from the students
here at Lafayette," he said. "It xvas
a fun exent for iill, ;ind xve would
like to make this iin iiiiiuial exent
to helj) fund research lo Iind a i urc
for this disciise."
Fo help Brogiin in his light, xisit
the Dystonia Medical Resciirch
F o u n d a t i o n w e b s i t e at xvxvxx.
d y s t o n i a - fo 1111 d a t i o 11. o rg. To
make a donation through
L a f a y e t t e b a s k e l h a l l , phrase
send a check made payable to the Dystonia .Mediciil
R e s e a r c h F o u n d a t i o n , to
Cindy Walleisa,
Lafiiyelle B a s k e t b a l l Office. Kirby
S | ) o r t s C e n i e r , E i i s t o n P.\
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Center.
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Sports
April 29, 2005
SojBtball^s two stellar Baseball team strings together five
wins close '05 season straight losses to Bucknell, Rutgers
JOHN RAYMOND
BY J O H N
Ithough il may
lax'e been a difficult sciison in terms
of aniiissing games
in the xvin column,
the Lafayette Softball
Team finished its 2005
campiUgn in the best
possible niiinner: txx'o
coiis(X'iitive xictories.
Pitching wa.s an iiivaluiiblc ally for the
L e o p a r d s as b o t h
starting pitchers went
the distance in their
respectix'c games on
'Fuesday. Megan Ax'crbuch '07 and Lauren
Bcloxvich '06 had outstanding peribrniimces
Fii.K i>Ho'io BX- KEVIN BARRY
that limited Fairleigh
Pitching
was
an
intangible
asset for the
Dickinson Universtity
Leopards'
last
two wins,
(10-22) to five runs on
while
fanning
ten
batters
and issuing
the afternoon. Averno
walks.
buch surrendered five runs in an
eight-inning xictory, while Belowich
Tactical base running and clutch
pitched a shutout in a 1-0 win.
hitting scored the only run needed
However, both players werc un- for the win. In the second inning,
able to secure wins solely through Ellis singled to start the Leopards'
their effotls. Eicing a 5-4 deficit in rally before Kristen Ruckno '08
the top of the eighth, Michelle Ellis dropped a sacrifice bunt that moved
'07 bounced a hit over the third base- Ellis to second. In the next at bat,Jill
man that drove in winning runs Amy Masterton '07 doubled into center
Levinson '05 and Samantha Lucas field to drive in Ellis for the RBI.
'05. Both runners were able to make
FT)U threatened in the sixth by
it into scoring position following an advancing a ba.se runner to third,
error by the FDU second baseman. but Belowich forced a ground out
Averbuch garnered nine strikeouts to Masterton to end the inning.
and surrendered nine hits lo earn the
Lafayette (11 -34,3-15) will return
victory.
the core of its lineup next spring.
Game txvo proved to be a pitcher's Only three pliiyers, Levinson, Lucius,
duel as bodi teams combined for nine and Jackie Fitzgerald, will be lost to
hits. Belowich surrendered three hits graduation in May.
A!
T
he Lafayette Baseball l e a m
seems as if it cannot find a
consistent rhythm. Afler winning
six of sexen games the past txvo
weeks, the Leopards (15-24, 3-9)
haxe dropped five straight contests, including four-straight to
league foe Bucknell (14-23, 8-8)
this past xveekend. T h e L e o p ards continued their inconsistent
streak by dropping a home contest Wednesday to Rutgers 17-1.
T h e Leopards scored the first
run of the game on Wednesday
before the Scarlet Knights (22-16)
exploded for 1 7 unanswered runs.
Frank C o r t a z a r '07 p r o d u c e d
the only Lafayette run of the
afternoon by driving in classmate
Mike Raible in the bottom of the
second inning.
Rutgers opened the flood gates in
the top of the third inning and went
on a seven-run scoring assault. Although the Leopards had two outs
in the top of the inning, the team
was unable to secure the last out,
xvhich alloxved the Scarlet Knights
to bat around the entire order.
With the score 7-1 in the bottom
of the fifth inning, the Leopards
missed an opportunity to dent
Rutgers' comfortable lead. Lafayette was unable to produce runs
with one out and the bases loaded
as pitcher Jim Jansen was able to
get the next two outs of the inning.
Jansen forced Ian Law '07 to pop
out to second base, while Kyle
Leasure '07 grounded to shortstop
Todd Fraizer to force Rob Fioretti
'05 out at second base.
Rutgers dominated the remaining four innings as the Leopards
were unable to call upon their
b u l l p e n to stop the bleeding.
Jason Morytko '08 surrendered
five runs on five hits in Vwe at
bats while garnering no outs, and
Kevin Reese '08 surrendered one
run in txvo innings of work. Doug
Lunau '08 finished the game for
the Leopards on the mound by
gixing up two runs on three hits.
T h e Leopards d r o p p e d four
games this past weekend at Bucknell, which d r o p p e d Lafayette
into a last place tie in the league
with Holy Cross. Despite nailing
ten hits compared to Bucknell's
1 1 hits, the Bison won the first
game of the series 8-1.
Although the second game only
lasted fix'c and a half innings due
to rain, Bucknell xvas given the
victory by holding a close 4-3
lead. Lafiiyette held a 3-2 advantage in the bottom of the fourth
inning before Matt Capece drove
in two Bison runners for a 4-3
lead.
Designated hitter J a m e s Conrad '07 had a solid weekend by
going five for seven at the plate
NBA aUrStar Yaoffven
Model Worker award
S H A N G H A I , China (AP) It's official: Houston Rockets center Yao
Ming is a "model worker."
C o m m u n i s t China's cabinet,
the State Council, axvarded the
honor to both Yiio and Olympic
gold medal hurdler Liu Xiang,
Z h a o J i a x i o n g , spokesman for
Shanghai's Office for Choosing
Model Workers said Wednesday.
'Fhe model worker nominations
of Yao and Liu, a gold medalist
in the men's 110-meter hurdles
at Athens, had sparked criticism
among some Chinese who argued
the avxard was meant to honor ordinary workers, not sports stars.
Yao described the honor, usually given lo workers in m o r e
proletarian fields like industry,
m i n i n g and public services, as
"one more honor and encouragement from .society," Xinhua News
Agency r e p o r t e d , citing Yao's
agent Z h a n g Chi.
"But compared to the contributions other xvinners had made to
the motherland, there is still large
room for me to improve," Xinhua
quoted Yao as saying.
For decades, the model worker
iiward has been turning unknown
miners, teachers, or factory workers into celebrities in the state
media.
Yao b e c a m e one of C h i n a ' s
biggest sports heroes after joining the National Basketball Association in 2002 as the N u m b e r
1 draft pick.
He won prai.se back home by returning during the NBA offseason
to pliiy with the national team.
Yao alrciidy has twice receixed
a local version of the axvard from
Shanghai.
He also is an ofTicial spokesman
for promoting the city.
RAYMOND
r i l O K I I'.'I l \ l \ l \ BXRRX
John Fugett '07 hurls the ball toward home plate in Wednesday's
17-1 loss to Big East team Rutgers. Fugett worked 3.1 innings.
on Saturday.
Another outstanding batting effort by a Leopard went for naught
as Bucknell xvon the first game
of Sunday's doubleheader 3-0.
Raible went three-for-three at the
plate, but Lafayette xvas unable to
rally around his singles and drive
in a run. Neither the Leopards nor
the Bison xx'ere able to muster an
extra-base hit, but the Bison were
able to take advantage of wild
pitches, walks, and singles at key
moments to seal the 3-0 victory.
In game two, the Leopards were
unable to surpass the Bison after
tying the game 2-2 in the fifth inning. With Bucknell leading 2-0,
Conrad and Fioretti each singled
to drove in Cortazar and Dave
Drechsel '07, respectively, to knot
the game at two. However, Lafayette was could not grab the lead
as Bucknell rallied for five runs
in the sex'cnth inning. Four Bison
singles each drox^e in runners that
increiised the lead to 7-2.
Lafayette will return to action
this w e e k e n d by h o s t i n g two
doubleheaders against archrival
L e h i g h ( 2 3 - 1 6 - 1 , 1 1-5). T h e
M o u n t a i n Hawks are second
in the Patriot L e a g u e behinci
Army.
Following the Lehigh series, the
Leopards will face Holy Cross
the weekend of May 6. T h e fmal
eight games on the schedule will
be critical in d e t e r m i n i n g the
final playoff spots of the league
playoffs. Only the top four teams
qualify for the postseason.
T h e Patriot League Tournament will commence the weekend
of May 14 at the home of the
highest seed. Army won the tournament last season by defeating
Lafayette in the title game.
Patriot League Lacrosse Standings 2005
Navy
Men
PL Overall
5-1
9-3
Women
PL (Dverall
Colgate
6-0
11-5
9-8
Army
5-1
10-3
Holy Cross 4-2
Bucknell
5-1
8-4
American
4-2
6-10
Lehigh
3-3
9-4
Lehigh
3-3
7-9
Colgate
1-5
7-7
Bucknell
2-4
4-12
Holy Cross 1-5
3-10
Villanova
2-4
2-12
Lafayette
2-11
Lafayette
0-6
1-14
1-5
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Sports
April 29, 2005
Page 11
* Pards equestrian riders gain Leopards^ surge unr^onal bids, will vie for *06 title able to hold Hawks
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Aside from q u a l i f y i n g five ing that we could do all that
points, while first place Bucknell riders for regionals, Lafayelte xvork and still be able to perform
garnered 296 points. Adding to achieved a few 'firsts' during the at the highest level possible."
the excitement of a stellar season 2004-2005 campaign.
Lafayette's riders knew that
was Lafayette placing five points
O n F e b r u a r y 2 7, the t e a m this was going to be a special
ahead of Princeton in the final hosted its first and only meet of
season folloxving the September
standings. The Tigers had proved the season at Briarwood in Read- 25 H u n t e r Seat season o p e n e r
IO be one of the fiercest com- ington, Ncwjersey.
at East Stroudsburg University.
petitors throughout the season.
Additionally, the Leopards won Aside from being the firsl compeLafayette also finished 14 points firsl place at the meet, the first tition of the season, Lafayetle had
ahead of Lehigh.
lime that any Lafayette team has to overcome poor event organiza" T h e only team xve did not xvon a meet. Four riders captured tion, Lehigh exent protests, and
beat, Bucknell, h a p p e n s to be lirst place in lixe events, xvhich ac- rider disqualifications to finish
(hanging regions," said Githens. counted for the greatest number second overall xvith 27 points.
"We haxe a really good
Bucknell xvon the exent
chance to be first next ye'ar.
with 39 points, bul LafayThe only team we did not beat, Buck- elte bested Lehigh b)- one
f h e r e is n o b o d y in t h e
nell, happens to be changing regions. point and defending sealeague coming back that xve
did not beal this season."
We have a really good chance to be first son c h a m p i o n Kutztoxvn
Five L e o p a r d r i d e r s
Unix'ersity by five points.
next year.
qualified for the regional
- Erin Githens '06 First place performances by
( ompetition in early April. „_„^
Githens, Mierxaldis, Macri,
Team captain Nicole PresDeidre Maher '08, and Emliano '05, Githens, Katie Mier- of first place riders in the spring ily Cholak '08 helped propel the
xaldis '07, Allison Ligorano '06, semester.
leam to its best showing in its
iind Marianna Macri '06 qualiLigorano was first in Interme- short two-year history.
fied in their respective events.
"We w a n t e d to do well this
diate Flats and Novice fences,
Githens was third in the open while Githens captured first in year," said C h o l a k , " a n d the
fence e v e n t , a n d M i e r v a l d i s Open Fences.
rough start at the ESU eompeliplaced eighth in novice fences.
Sarah Filone '08 was first in tion got us even more determined
Presriano competed in the ad- the Advanced W T C , and Lindsay to succeed this season."
xanced walk trot cantor, but did Dennis '07 was first in the Walk
T h e 2 0 0 5 - 2 0 0 6 season will
not place. Both L i g o r a n o a n d - I'rot event.
begin Saturday, September 24,
Macri did not compete at region"I don'l knoxv that hosting the xvitii a competition sponsored by
als, although they had qualified competition really impacted us East Stroudsburg University.
in Reserved High Point R i d e r lhal much except that we had
Two weekends later, the Leopa n d a d v a n c e d w a l k - t r o t - c a n - more to do than a normal day ards will once again host a comtor, respeclively. Ligorano was at the show," said Emily Cholak petition. T h e schedule will mirror
injured and unable to compete, '08. "It made things more hectic last season's schedule, except for
and Macri is studying abroad in for the team because we had a an added competition hosted by
lot of jobs to do. It was surpris- Susquehanna on October 22.
England this semester.
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the l a s t - s e c o n d
scoring dagger
to h e a r t , as the
squad outseored
Lehigh .''i-l oxer
t h e n e x t txvo
cpiarters. T h r e e
minutes ft)ll<>\ving Moran's goal.
Leo Stinson 'Oti
punched the ball
into the cage for
his fifth goal of
the season and a
two-goal deficit.
Although Lehigh
HI 1. HH<yro BX" G R H ; D.xxis
scored less than
Mitdfleider Ancjrew Horton '08 sprints upfielcj
a minute later to
with the ball vs. Marist.
build a 5-2 lead,
the Leopards reto boost Lehigh's lead to 8-6. Alee
sponded in an aggressive fashion HooiT concluded the Lehigh .scorby scoring four unanswered goals. ing blitz, xvith 2:25 lo play lo all bul
Over a span of a quarter and a end the Leopards" playoil hopes.
half, Mike Scolaro '06, Sean Burek
B u r e k gave Lafayette a lasl
'08, and two goals by Paulson gaxe breath of hope by scoring his sevLafayette a 6-5 lead heading into enth goal xvith 1:09 remaining in
the fourth stanza.
the game. But time expired shortly
"We xvere all pumped up coming thereafter and ended any Leopard
into the Lehigh game, especially thoughts of a scoring surge.
after the Colgate win," said PaulP a u l s o n finished the season
son, who finished the season xvitii a leading the team in scoring xvith
four-game hat trick scoring streak. 19 goals and 21 points, xvliile Bart
"We were ready to go at game Seifcrt '07 xvas second with 1 1
time. Even though Lehigh xvas up, goals and 18 points. The Leopards
we knew what we had lo do to get (2-11, 1-5) finished the season in a
back into the game."
threc-xvay Ue for fifth and lasl place
7'he Leoparcls controlled olher wilh Holy Cross and Colgate.
portions of play aside from scoring
Despite only two xvins in 2005,
in the middle quarters. T h e Leop- Paulson is very optimistic in reards out-shot the Mountain Hawks gards to the future of the team.
27-21 and won 12 of 20 face-ofts. The core of the team xvill be reHowever, Lehigh would win the turning next season since only two
statistical battle in the category players Matt Lukof and Michael
that counted most - goals scored. Koch will be lost to graduation
T h e Lehigh tempest erupted in May.
in the fourth quarter. Just over a
"Wc are playing againsl some
minute into the quarter, Morin of the best competition in the
buried a shot in the back of the country," said Paulson. "My hope
cage for his second of the game to is that we xvill be a more mature
tie the score 6-6. Five minutes later, team nexl season. It's hard xvork,
Lehigh continued its attack. David no matter whom you are playing
Walsh scored his 16tli goal of the against. You have to want il more
season for the third lead change than the other team. T h e Lehigh
of the game and second Lehigh game could have went either xvay,
lead. At 6:07, the Mountain Hawks but we learned this year you haxe
started to build a small scoreboard to work for everything, and you
cushion. Morin netted a hat trick hax'e to keep wanting to win."
Leopard Standings
Overall
15-24
Conference
3-9
Men^s Lacrosse
2-11
1-5
Women's Lacrosse
1-14
0-6
SoftbaU
11-34
3-15
Men's Tennis
14-10
0-6
9-9
1-4
BasebaU
Wonien's Tennis
Golf
3rd of 4 at M o n m o u t h Quad
April 29, i0(>5
Home Game Dates
Baseball vs. Lelii^^ 4/30 12 p.m., .3:15 jxm.
TVack & ¥w\d
the Lafavette
Softball
spotting
Baseball xs. leliigh 5 / 1 1 2 p.m., 3:15 p.m.
Volume 131 Number 25
Baseball I Lacrosse
Lafayette College
Leliigh bounces men^s lacrosse Basketball teams*
from Patriot League playofFhunt charity tournament
a huge success
H^ JOHN RAYMOND
H\ KERRY KENNY
D
espite s t r u g g l i n g in t h e win
c o l u m n this s e a s o n , t h e L a fayette M e n ' s Lacrosse 'Feam xvas
only o n e xictory axvay from c a p t u r i n g its first-exer P a t r i o t L e a g u e
T o u r n a m e n t bid. However, one
t e a m stood in the L e o p a r d s ' p a t h
to achicxing a b r e a k t h r o u g h season
xvitii a p r e d o m i n a n t l y s o p h o m o r e
a n d f r e s h m a n scpiad: L e h i g h . In
a n o t h e r e p i c b a t t l e betxveen t h e
L e o p a r d s a n d M o u n t a i n Haxvks,
both teams held a fanatic cont i n g e n c y o f 5 0 0 s p e c t a t o r s in
suspense t h r o u g h o u t t h e g a m e last
Saturday. In t h e final m i n u t e s of
t h e third ciuarter, i h o u g h , Lehigh
t o o k c o n t r o l of t h e c o n t e s t for
a h a r d - f o u g h t 9-7 xvin. ' F h e xictory gaxe Lehigh a l e a g u e playoff
b e r t h , while a L e o p a r d s ' loss closed
Lafayette's 2 0 0 5 c a m p a i g n .
F h e L e o p a r d s f o u g h t from a
4-1 deficit in the first q u a r t e r to
g r a b a 6-5 lead at t h e start of t h e
fourth cpiarter. Hovvex'cr, a persistent t h e m e soon e m e r g e d t h a t has
p l a g u e d t h e L e o p a r d s this season.
.As in sexeral earlier g a m e s , Lafaxelle was unalile to h o l d t h e lead
a n d secure a xvin. Lehigh reeled
olf lour straight goals in the fourth
q u a r t e r to liuild a 9-6 lead lo e n d
T
i ML riK M( I V,\ \.\ I W 1'|SIII!I,I\
Sean Burek '07 searches for an open attacker vs. Marist
the L e o p a r d s ' playolf hojies.
" L e h i g h h a s a xery g o o d t e a m ,
a n d c o m i n g off the C o l g a t e xvin.
we knexv xxe c o u l d xvin," said J o n
P a u l s o n ' 0 8 . " W e hax'c a g o o d
d e i e n s e , a n d we h a v e h e l d a lot
of g o o d t e a m s to fewer goals t h a n
they w e r e c a p a b l e of s c o r i n g d u r i n g t h e s e a s o n . O u r offense has
b e e n a b l e t o p u t t h e ball in the
cage. I t h i n k that w e held L(4iigli
as best as xve c o u l d . "
L e h i g h did n o l possess a slioriage of explosive scorers. .Andrew
L u c a s p u t Lehigli o n t h e Iioard
firsl after s c o r i n g his 32iid g o a l
of the season jusl oxer a m i n u t e
into the contest. 'Fhe M o u n t a i n
Haxvks a d d e d a n o t h e r before Paulson n o t c h e d t h e lirst Li-ojiards'
goal xvith 4:15 to play in the firsl
c|iiarier. Hoxx'cxcr, I x h i g h " s p o t e n t
olfense struck o n c e a g a i n a b o u t a
niinule later when G r e g M o r i n
n e t t e d his 24tli goal of the season
for a .S-1 e d g e . F h e M o u n t a i n
Haxvks xvere n o t d o n e , t h o u g h , as
M i k e M o r a n a d d e d a goal xvitii
four s e c o n d s to play in; t h e lirst
c|iiartcr.
A p p a r e n t l y , the L e o p a r d s took
~ continued on page 11
Equestrian team leaps to second
in second season; coacli honored
i5\ JOHN RAYMOND
I
t is n o t u n u s u a l for a n e w ly f o r m e d t e a m l o s t r u g g l e
i h r o u g h its first sexeral s e a s o n s .
W i l h a' iic\\ u-ain c o m e s a s u b s t a n t i a l l e a r n i n g c u r v e for its
m e m b e r s . Hoxvexcr, t h e Lafayette
College Ecjuestrian C l u b has
s u r p a s s e d all e x p e c t a t i o n s in its
s e c o n d s e a s o n of c o m p e t i t i o n by
c a p t u r i n g s e c o n d p l a c e in R e g i o n
4 al t h e r e g i o n a l c o m p e t i t i o n in
R e a d i n g t o n , .\exv J e r s e y in earix'
.Ajiril. F h e s q u a d ' s u n s u s j i e e l e d
rise lo r e g i o n a l p r o m i n e n c e h a s
not g o n e i i n n o t i t e d , t h o u g h ,
as H c i i d ( i u a c l i H e a t h e r C l a i k
w a s axvarded Z o n e 3, R e g i o n 4
C o a c h of t h e Year h o n o r s . F h e
c o a c h ' s d e d i c a t i o n of time to help
i m p r o x e Lafayelte's r i d e r s h e l p e d
p r o p e l t h e t e a m to t h e t o p of t h e
region.
".\ lot of o u r i n i p r o x c n i c i i t has
to d o xvitii p r a c t i c e s , " said l e a m
vice p r e s i d e n t E r i n G i t h e n s ' 0 6 .
"We spend about an h o u r a week
in o n e - o n - o n e lessons xvitii c o a c h .
1 t h i n k t h a t h e r e x p e r i e n c e as a
t r a i n e r h a s h e l p e d us b e c o m e a
beller team."
In its first s e m e s t e r of c o m p e tition a f l e r a t e n - y e a r h i a t u s as
a c l u b , L a f a y e t t e d i d not h a x e a
c o a c h a n d xvas r a n k e d sexi-nlh
out of 13 t e a m s h e a d i n g i n t o t h e
s p r i n g o f 2 0 0 4 . O n c e C l a r k joincfl
ihe Lafayette staff, the Icaiifs p e i -
f o r n i a n c e rose dramatically. C l a r k
h a d b e e n Ciithens' p e r s o n a l c o a c h
lieforc shc e n t e r e d Lafayette. .M'tcr o n e s e m e s t e r xvithout a c o a c h ,
Clark x'olunteered her time a n d
nientorcd the team. Fhe team
h a d six r i d e r s lasl year, but xvith
t h e a d d i l i o n of a c o a c h , t h e t e a m
xvas a b l e to e x p a n d to 14 r i d e r s .
In t h e fall of 2 0 0 4 , t h e s q u a d
fiualified five r i d e r s for r e g i o n a l s
by f i n i s h i n g first in i n d i v i d u a l
e x e n l s at d i l f e r e n t m e e t s . .As a
t e a m , Lafaxetie p l a c e d s e c o n d in
t h r e e of lixe m e e t s . F h e s p r i n g
s e a s o n s p e l l e d ex'cn m o r e s u c cess, as t h e L e o j i a r d s finished t h e
2 0 0 4 - 2 0 0 5 s e a s o n s e c o n d overall
in t h e Z o n e 3 , R e g i o n 4 s t a n d ings. L a f a y e l t e a n u m u l a t e d 2 4 3
- cinilinned on page 11
Lafayette Leopards
Men's Golf 3 of 4-Monmouth Quad Match
Softball at Bucknell L 8-0, L 12-8
Softball vs. FDU W 6-5 (8), W 1-0
Baseball at Bucknell L 8-1, L 5-3 (5)
Baseball at Bucknell L 3-0, L 7-2
Baseball vs. Rutgers L 17-1
he g a m e of basketball is o n e
markixl bx [lersexeraiicc a n d
releiillcssness. In o r d e r to light
through the symptoms broughi
on bx' a disease, ihc^se sain(> r|u.ililies must hold sieadlasl a n d true.
W h e n tiiese iwo facets of life c a m e
togi^thcr this past S a t u r d a y afiern o o n in K a m i n e G y m n a s i u m , il
was no surprise to anyone that these
characteristics were on dis]ilay in
the lirst annual Lalaxcite Basketball
Charity Fhrce-on-'Fliree tournam e n t . F h e t o u r n a m e n t was h e l d
in o r d e r to benefit t h e D)st()iiia
M e d i c a l Research F o u n d a i i o n .
Vhe Lafayette^ Basketball p r o g r a m aiifl its supporters ( a m e into
c o n t a c t xvith dystonia xvhen f o r m e r
M e n ' s
A s s i s t a n t "~^|^*-»~-''*~*^~»'"—^^
C o a c ll
Pat Bro-
m o n e y for r e s e a r c h is greatly a p preciated.
F h e cxciit xxas o r g a n i z e d by
the Lafayetle M e n ' s a n d Wonien's
Basketball Feams w h o dccick'd to
gix'e the proceeds lo cUi organization
that hil c!os(^ to h o m e . O ' H a n l o n is
a firm adxocate of leaxing things
b e l t e r t h a n you found i h e m a n d
gixing back to the (•ommunily \vith
exents such as this a r e a x\av in
which that can b e a c c o m p l i s h e d ,
C u r r e n t .MIMI'S . \ s s i s l a n i C o a c h
Drew Dawson, a kex ( u g a i i i z e r o f
the e \ « n i . said ih.ii the decision to
donate the proceeds to the Dystonia
Medical Research Foundation was
not a dillicult ilioice.
" F h e r e is nol a b e t t e r recipient
of the m o n e y that we raised t h a n
Pat Brogaii," said Daxvson. " H e
cjiiioniizes the xxork ethic a n d characler thai the Lalaxclie Baskelliall
p r o g i a n i looks for in its players."
V h e
e
There is not a better recipient or the
money that we raised than Pat Brogan. He opitimizes the work ethic and
character that the Lafayette Basketball
program looks for in its players.
- Dreiv Dawson '03
gan was
d i a g 11 o s c cl
xvilh t h e
cl i s e a s i:
following
a h i t - a n d - r u n a u t o m o b i l e aci idem
in 2 0 0 1 . B r o g a n . xxho spent liglii
seasons as an assistant u n d e r H e a d
C o a c h Fran O ' H a n l o n before IcaxingfoUoxxingthe 2001-2002 season,
has since moxed on to lie an assisl a n t coach at lioth Penn State a n d
Cicorgia l e c h , a n d most recently
was the h e a d coach at Famaciua
H i g h School. Brogaii xxas in att e n d a n c e o n S a t u r d a y a n d gax-c his
t h a n k s a n d be.st wishes to all xvho
c o n t r i b u t e d to a n d partic ijiated in
t h e ex'ciit.
Dystonia is a neurological m o x e m e n t d i s o r d e r t h a t affects o x e r
3 0 0 , 0 0 0 p e o p l e in N o r t h A m e r i c a
a l o n e . As B r o g a n s t a t e d before
llie ex'cnt b e g a n on S a l u r d a x , his
d y s t o n i a xvas b r o u g h t o n t h r o u g h
t r a u m a t h a t he suffered d u r i n g
his a c c i d e n l in 2 0 0 1 . Fhe disease
causes uncontrolled muscle cont r a c d o n s , w h i c h c a n aflect any p a r t
of t h e body. T h e s e c o n t r a i t i o n s
interfere xvith e x e r y d a y functions.
D y s t o n i a is n o t a fatal d i s e a s e ,
b u t as B r o g a n said, t h e r e is slill
n o c u r e , so a n y event that raises
X' {• 11 t
itself
raised
0
X' e
r
•S 1 , 0 0 0 ,
xx h i c h
x\ a s i 11
1a r g e
p a r t clue
to the m o r e t h a n 30 t e a m s that
participaicd. E a c h t e a m of tliriHor four players d o n a t e d J?2() to the
c a u s e a n d xvas g u a r a n t e e d t h r e e
g a m e s in the t o i i r n a i n e n i . Fhe rest
of the m o n e y c a m e from d o n o r s in
the M a r o o n Chili a n d the Friends
of Lafayette B a s k e t b a l l .
Fhere
were three dixdsions of competitkm,
a n d each o n e produci-d an oxerall
winner.
In the xxonKii's division, Sigma
N u < a n i c u p xxith the title, xxliile
ilu' Pain Fraiii was the w i n n e r in
the IIKMI'S recreational dixision. In
the iiKMi'scompentixc dixision, Firsl
F l o o r M c K e e n sc|ucaked by t h e
Fhree W i s c m e n in the c h a m p i o n ship g a m e . M e n i l i e r s o l First Floor
M c K e e n i n c l u d e d M a t t Betley ' 0 8 ,
Kyle R o e d e r ' 0 8 , M i k e D i P a o l a ' 0 8 ,
and Chuck O ' M a r a '08.
C u r r e n l a n d jiast m e m b e r s of
the Lafayette m e n ' s a n d xvomen's
p r o g r a m s , i n c l u d i n g f o r m e r AllL e a g u e s t a n d o u t led C o l e ' 9 9 ,
c o m b i n e d with o t h e r athletes a n d
non-athletes to m a k e this exent a n
- continued on page 9
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Men's Lacrosse at Lehigh L 9-7
Women's Lacrosse vs. Lehigh L 17-7
Women's Lacrosse vs. Columbia L 18-10