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Privately
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housing to
continue
indefinitely
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D U house status uncertain
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' T O THE STUDENTS WHO APPLIED
[FOR PRIVATE OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING]
LAST YEAR, WE TOLD THEM THIS
WAS THE LAST TIME. NoW THAT [ T H E
SULLIVAN LANE] RESIDENCE COMPLEX
HAS BEEN COMPLETED, WE HAVE THE
CAPACITY TO HOUSE ALL STUDENTS."
- ANNETTE DIORIO,
ACTING ASSOCIATE DEAN OF STUDENTS AND
DIRECTOR OF RESIDENCE LIFE
THE LAFAYETTE, SEPTEMBER 2 3 , 2005
L
ast fall, privately OYv'ned offcampus (POG) housing was
scheduled to be eliminated, but
following an open forum held
by President Dan Weiss, it was
later decided to allow a limited
number of students to live in
P O C housing only for the 20062007 year. Last Tuesday, however,
Annette Diorio, acting associate
dean of students and director
of residence life, said privately
owned off-campus housing will
continue indefinitely.
"We would never completely
eliminate privately owned offcampus housing," said Diorio.
PHOTO K\ AMANDA LINCI'.R
The college does not know precisely how many students will be
allowed to live in P O C housing,
but Diorio said she expects that
approximately the same number
of students will be allowed as
were approved this year. Students
will still have to complete an application process in order to be
considered for P O C housing.
Diorio said one reason-for the
change to allow P O C housing
is that there will be few remaining beds when the incoming
freshman move onto campus.
Although the Sullivan L a n e
complex opened up more than
300 spaces, the P O C housing
reduction eliminated spaces for
160 students. In addition, rooms
have been lost from the closing of
718 Sullivan, the former Chi Phi
fraternity house, and as a result of
renovations to various dorms.
~ continued on page 3 with RESLIFE
I'HO'i'os BY D|':BRA SHLOSSM \ \
Athough ResLife officials declined to comment, DU president Phil Vanier '07 said his fraternity was
told they would be forced to move into Chi Phi's old fraternity house next year.
to comment, stating that formal
plans have yet to be finalized for the
house, ^'anier said their fraternity
ext fall, members of the Delta
has been informed that they will
Upsion and Phi K a p p a Psi
move into the old Chi Phi house.
fraternities will leave their houses.
The Chi Phi fraternity's alumni
In accordance with the school's fire
repossessed the chapter in
code, many Greek houses
February 2005 following an
will be renovated to upgrade
"Because of [the DU house's] location, incident that violated the
fire and sprinkler systems by
order of the board of trustees,
the college might be turning it into a college's alcohol policy, said
Diorio. Since the event, the
said Terry Weber, advisor to
building for academic purposes."
Chi Phi house has remained
fraternities and sororities.
- Phil Vanier '07, DU President
unoccupied and has been
"The House Corporation
undergoing a series of renohas been working almost a
yearon the design plan on these ex- tion, the college might be turning vations and general repairs.
But members of D U said the
it into a building for academic
tensive renovations," Weber said.
While their house will be under purposes," Vanier said. "Since the proposed relocation does not come
construction, Phi Kappa Psi mem- [current DU] house is owned by without consequences. Kyle Doran
bers will move into a designated the college, there's nothing we can '08, a member of D U and vice
president of public relations said,
floor in Rubin Hall for the fall se- do about it."
Although Annette Diorio, act- "The house owned by Chi Phi has
mester. Delta Upsilon's situation,
ing associate dean of students and amenities fully capable of supersedhowever, is not as simple.
~ continued on page 2 with DU
According to Phil Vanier '07, director of residence life, declined
BY JONTE DALTON
N
tvU Campus
Invasion Tour"
^orporately
InA^A...page 8
president of Delta Upsilon, the
members of D U may be moving out
of their house permanently since
there has been an ongoing debate
over future uses of the building.
"Because of [the house's] loca-
Beach book
list — what will
you be reading
on the sand?
...page 7
oes JLatayette
need an ESL
tutor? ...page 4
Weiss forum
addresses
student issues
...page 3
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News
April 28, 2006
NCUR not up to publicized standards
BY MEGAN GAGLIARDI
O TS
this week's question:
COMl'ILLI) BY .A.NLWDA Ll.NCLR AM) D A M L L L L W A R I )
What was your favorite classic Nickelodeon
T V show?
Robert Gates '06
Salute Tour Shorts
Jenna Kelly '07
Jamie McFarlane '07
Aaah! Real Monsters
Nick Moore '07
Rocco 's Modern Life
T
he National Conference for
Undergraduate Research has
been at the top of recent Lafayette
Public I n f o r m a t i o n h e a d l i n e s ;
thirty-two Lafayette students
attended the conference, which
was held from April 6 to April 8
at the University of North Carolina-Asheville. S o m e students
who attended, however, said the
experience does not meet the
standards it is often hailed for.
Tiffany Dyer '06, a student who
attended the conference, said she
was disappointed with N C U R
because it was not well organized
and did not have the quality she
was expecting.
"I was shocked to show up lor
presentation panels where some
of the p r e s e n t e r s t h e m s e l v e s
did not show up," Dyer said. "I
was under the impression that
this conference would consist of
motivated, driven students who
worked hard on something they
eared about and wanted to share
their findings with other similarly
motivated indi\iduals."
She added that Lafayette was
often better prepared than other
schools at the conference, a view
shared by several other attending
students.
"I lelt like Lafayette students
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o b t a i n i n g the results you a n ticipated and putting everything
together is a challenge for most
undergraduates," Simova said.
Veshosky said he believes that
N C U R is good for students to
attend because there is valuable
discussion that takes place. "Any
place that students can present
their research is great," he said.
JoAnna Vetreno '06 acknowledged that Lafayette uses N C U R
as a positive marketing tool, but
said she believes that it is not the
only reason that Lafayette participates.
"I think that the students at
Lafayette who are doing research
deserve the hype that N C U R gets,
[but] I'm just not sure if the conference itself does," Dyer said.
"It is good in terms of the fact
that all the hype shows prospective students that we take research
seriously and provide ample opportunities to engage in it."
Lafayette
honorary
degrees
2006
D U to leave house
7776 followiqg will receive honorary degrees at the May 20
commencment ceremonies:
cerned over tile future of their
fraternity. "[II] Chi Phi is allowed
to re-charter again in 5 years, their
members can take the house back
[since] they own it," said Vanier.
"I realize dial this is a difficult
situation fcjr ex'eiy party imoK'cd,
but I don't think that we should
haw to settle for a building that
isn't comjiarable to what we ha\'e
now," said Doran.
"We're all sad about the house,"
said Vanier. " \ \ e ' \ e pledged in that
house and ha\-e always associated
DU with the house. It hurts lo
leave, but it's something we'll ha\e
to get used to."
1. Gregory Farrington, presi-S
dent of Lehigh University ~
Honorary Doctor of Letters
2. John Hope Franklin, Professor Emeritus of History at
Duke University ~ Honorary
Doctor of Humane Letters
3. Mulgrew Miller, jazz pianist
and resident of Easton
~ Honorary Doctor of Performing Arts
4. Deborah Bial, founder and
president of the Posse Foundation and commencement
speaker ~ Honorary Doctor of
Public Service
~ continued from page 1
Caitlin Ward '08
Kelly Hess '08
Kristin Irace '08
were, in general, better prepared
for the conference [than students
from other schools]," said Dani
Simova '06.
Jinjin Qian '08 agreed with the
criticism, adding that "some presentations at the conference were
not [on] very serious research."
T h e 32 students that attended
N C U R made Lafayette one of
the most represented schools at
the conference, out of a total of
approximately 2000.
"Lafayette h a d a very large
presence at the conference this
year," said David Veshosky, professor of engineering and one of
the organizers of the trip. "Considering the distance to N o r t h
Carolina, we were one of the
largest contingents besides the
local schools."
Some studetits said that N C U R
offered a valuable experience and
that the opportunity to present
their work in front of others and
answer questions-based on it was
beneficial.
Simova, who p r e s e n t e d her
honors thesis, said that the conference prepared her for her defense
at Lafayette, allowing her to recognize needed revisions based on
the comments she received.
"The conference was, in a way,
a reality check as it showed me
that finding an interesting topic,
ing anytliing that we liave right
now. But because of a...sprinkler
pipe running through an emergency exit route, we have absolutely
n(i access to the basement. The
basement contains a full kitchen,
se\eral bedrooms, and common
rooms. In our minds, it seems
hard to justify closing of! o\'er 25
|)ereent of the house because of a
sprinkler line."
In addition to the inaeces.sible
basement, the foimer chapter
loom will be locked, prohibiting
use by the DU conmninity.
DL! members are also con-
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News
Forum addresses social ResLife says private offlife, academic issues
campus h o u s i n g to stay
April 28, 2006
B^' B E N H E W E S
Page 3
city of Easton.
"It's always a mistake to make
the city mad at us," Weiss said,
Fred Qiiivey, vice president of
business affairs and college treasurer, was also on hand to answer
student questions and concerns,
Quivey stated that the college is
considering adding a component
to student ID cards that would
allow students to make purchases
at neighborhood business with
the ecjuivalent of Flex dollars. He
noted, however, that development
of this idea has
been limited.
"We would like as much input as you
"We're pretty
want to give." u n h a p p y with
- President Dan Weiss on the development t h e r e s p o n s e s
of the neiv Third St. student space we've received
_
from the c o m pany [we're
lege's conversion of the former
working with]," Q^uixey said.
Jac & C o restaurant on T h i r d
T h e f o r u m also d i s c u s s e d
Street into a venue for student a c a d e m i c policies. Weiss said
dining and social life.
the college plans to examine its
"Ideally, it will o p e n [this] curriculum and consider changes
September," said Weiss. H e said and restructuring as part of a new
the first floor of the building strategic plan to begin next fall,
will house a restaurant open to H e denied, however, that small
students and the general public, departments attracting fewer mawhile the upper floors will cater jors will need to be eliminated,
more exclusively to student social
" I n o u r case, t h e r e a r e n o
activity. Weiss said that a bar on departments that don't serve the
P
resident Weiss held his second open forum Wednesday
(•\ening in Hugel 103, meeting
with a group of approximately 20
students. Weiss used the meeting
to address a n u m b e r of issues
raised by students ranging from
course registration problems to
difficulties with the school's LCATS shuttle bus service.
The initial focus of the forum,
however, was placed on the col-
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the first floor will ser\e students
over 21, but that the college was
not yet decided on whether alcohol should be allowed on the
upper levels of the building.
Weiss said the college will look
to hire a successful restaurateur
from the area to operate the restaurant, and that it will not be a
"Sodexho enterprise."
He also said he is working with
a group of about 40 students to
develop a design for the space on
the upper floors, but invited all
students in attendance to join in
on the process if they wished.
"We would like as much input
as you want to give," Weiss said.
In addition to the J a c & C o .
renovation, the forum addressed
questions on the subject of offc a m p u s a n d c o m m u n i t y relations, including the possibility
of acquiring more college-owned
housing in Easton and land for
the benefit of the college's crew
team. O n e student asked if the
college could convert the outdoor
tennis courts in proximity to Kirby Sports Center into basketball
courts.
Weiss said he would look into
the propositions, but also stressed
the i m p o r t a n c e of working in
concord with the wishes of the
I,I\{;I:I<
needs of students," Weiss said.
"Small departments are, for the
most part, just fine." Weiss also
m e n t i o n e d t h e h i r i n g of t h e
college's new provost, music historian Anthony Cummings from
Tulane University.
O n the topic of residence life,
Quivey said that the college will
look into renovations of Soles
a n d G a t e s halls in 2008 as a
follow-up to the current work
on McKeen Hall this summer.
He also said that the college is
considering eliminating some of
the paved paths on the quad as
well as other similar paths across
campus.
"We're trying to pull back as
much green space as we c a n , "
said Weiss.
The student response to the forum was positive. Vijay Krishnan
'07 even inquired if the college
could hold similar meetings on a
monthly basis.
Michael Tinsley '09 said he was
pleased with the forum. He also
expressed confidence in Weiss's
commitment to follow through
in addressing issues raised by
students.
"If he says he's going to do
something, he's going to do it,"
I'insley said.
I'llMh I I , M \|<K W i M I \R1
~ continuedfrom page I
when they live off campus. By the may isolate them from the Lafayette
According to Diorio, it is not re- time you're a .senior it is okay to student community... But there are
alistic for the college to completely make those choices. But we had still plenty of houses that are closer
house all its students. "A college people who were sophomores, w ho to places like Farinon and other
cannot maintain the comjjlete num- weren't even oriented with the col- prominent buildings on campus
than the new dorms [are]."
ber of beds to house all students at lege, choosing to live off campus."
Residence Life acknowledged
Some students said they did not
100 percent occupancy. You need
to have some x'acant spaces for flex- believe that living off campus is nec- that o n e of the students' main
concerns with limitations on on
ibility"
essarily isolating for the students.
off-campus housing is the effects on
"Living
off
c
a
m
p
u
s
doesn't
Diorio stated that the original
social life.
isolate
you
unless
you
want
it
to,"
goal of reducing P O C housing
"Some of the group houses had
said
Sara
Davis
'07.
"Only
upwas to affirm Lafayette's status as
a residential college. Over the past perclassmen are living ofT campus. been houses that liiid reputations
Diorio.
several years, residency in P O C If freshmen were, then ves, I can for having parties," said
"I know students want to
housing had increased rapidsocialize, but the main difTerly. In 2000, 65 students were
"...there are still plenty of houses that ence between private-owned
living off-campus, compared
to 220 students in 2005.
are closer to places like Farinon...than and college-owned housing
is you can have a keg in priDuring that time, collegethe new dorms [are]."
vately owned. 1 never really
owned olY-campus housing
- Thomas Harju
'07
saw that as a good excuse for
was also increasing. Diorio
living of! campus."
said that in 1996, there were
see
how
that
would
be
isolating;
Students,
however, say ofT-cam80 college owned residential spaces
and the college currently has 186. you're new to college and don't pus contributes to the college social
As of 2005, over 400 students were know many people, and you"re not scene.
"\ feel like lieojjle arc more comli\ing off-campus in privately or living in a large group setting. But
up])erclassmen have established fortable having parties in prixately
college-owned housing.
"When a college that is sup- friendships and actixities and are owned housing," said a student
posed to be a residential school has involved in the campus before they who wished to remain anonymous.
"You don't have to follow the keg
one-fifth of its student body li\ing choose to li\'e elsewhere."
Diorio staled that with the in- rule and public safety cant really
off campus, something is wrong,"
crease of students lixing off cam- bother you. To be honest, I don't
Diorio said.
Diorio said that the goal in re- pus, "students were moving into know if the difl'erence in perception
ducing off-campus housing was to places that they had nexer li\ed is even warranted, but it just seems
"keep a connection between stu- before and were mo\ing further as though kids are much nn)re
comfortable in private off-campus
dents and their academic lives." She from the college."
Thomas Harju '07 .said, "Some than .school-ow ned."
said that "pecjple find it harder to
come to campus to go to a speaker of those houses are getting a litde
or to meet up with people for meals bit excessixe, and in that respect, it
Public Safety Crime Log
4/17/06 through 4/24/06
04/19/06
Criminal Mischief
At 4:38 PM, stu<lent niportcd the South College sign in front of the building
had the letters peeled oil. Incident under investigation. (B. Zaun)
04/20/06
Theft
At 1:12 PM, student reported the tlicft of (ash from a Ijookhag left in the hallway oulsidc ,1 l;il) at Hugel Science (Icnu r. hicident iiuclcr iinestii^ation. (R
Snycier)
04/22/06
Disorderly Conduct
At 1:07 AM, ofKccr obsen'cd a male student kick a sii;n posi ou .\lai( h Field
parking lot and ffed the area. Incident under invesiigatioti. (K. Heili
04/23/06
Disorderly Conduct
At 2:.'>5 / \ M , Bear Security Officer noticed a group of suidcnts on Paitlec Driw
throw a traffic cone on the hotxl of a \'eliicle. incident un<ler iii\tstigation.
04/23/06
Canying False ID
Card
At 1:30 PM, a wallet thai was Ibund at Farinon College Center was turned in
to Public Safety. Two false drivers licenses were found when the wallet w;is
inventoried. Refer to Dean of Students. (M. Free)
(K. Heil)
This security log is compiled by the Office of Public Safety and submitted to The 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.
Page 4
April 28, 2006
News
Profs say college in need of ESL service
Students speak
about imtnigration E
UY LISA VAN BATAVIA
current process."
Vargas also acknowledged the
hile thousands of Americans negative perceptions many Amerigathered recendy across the cans have of immigrants.
country' to either protest or support
"The viewpoints of many Ameriproposed immigration legislation, a cans on immigrants is tiiat they are
much smaller group dealt with die is- all criminals who are here to take
sue at Lafayette. On I'hursday, April away jobs," said Vargas. "Other
20, students and faculty gathered for myths about immigrants include the
the panel discussion "Mangos are ideas diat some of them are a drain
Sweeter in the U.S.: Latin America to the U. S. economy, [that] they are
and Immigration," which focused not interested in becoming part of
on presence of illegal immigrants in society, [tiiat] they are lazy and [that]
America. The di.scussion was spon- they do nothing for the .society."
sored by the Hispanic Society and
Daniela Ochoa Diaz '08, another
presented during the International member of the panel, said, "In the
Student Association's "Extravaganza end, all the people I know who have
Week."
come here have been very hardworkJocelyn Vargas '06 began the ing people who are trying to be sucdiscussion by stating, "The number cessful in this country."
Diaz, in addition to Araujo-Lopof illegal immigrants coming to
America is increasing year after year era '08 and Stephanie Morillo '08,
with the majority being from Latin each shared stories of illegal border
crossings on trains, planes and
America."
Vargas said that in 2002 alone, boats.
"My father was the one who
1,063,732 people immigrated to the
U.S., adding that a total of 8,000,000 suggested coming here because he
Latin American immigrants entered thought that I should be born as a
United States citizen to give me more
throughout the 1980s.
opportuT h e
n i t i e s,"
p a n e l
"There is a misconception that we are M o r i l l o
defined
said. "It
here to take over the country."
an immi-
W
- Stephanie Morillo '08 on Latin was easy
g r a n t as
a person
American immigration
to the U.S. for us to
get visas
who mibecause
grates to
a n o t h e r country for p e r m a n e n t we already had family in the U.S.
residence and obtains citizenship who helped us."
Morillo said her family traveled to
through legal means. An illegal
America
by plane from the Dominiimmigrant or alien, however, is a
foreigner who does not have al- can Republic. "My father is not an
legiance to a country, who violates American citizen [yet] because he
immigration laws to establish resi- has no intention of staying here,"
dence. In the United States, illegal she said. "He plans to go back to the
immigration is considered a criminal Dominican Republic."
She added, "There is a misconcepoffense.
Although illegal immigration has tion that we are here to take over
become a hot button issue, with a the country. But it is wrong because
loudly-voiced opposition, Vargas there are a lot of immigrants who
.said Americans need to address the want to go back to their homelands.
problem from immigrants' perspec- They miss their culture and want to
tives. "We are not saying that a go back to the lives they were used
solution should not be found. Illegal to."
Diaz agreed and said, "I was one
immigration is a huge problem," she
said. "But we want to emjihasize the of those people whose heart and
fact that people should listen to the mind was in another place while
physically, I was here in America."
other side of the story."
Diaz explained that she only
\argas said the large nuinber of
illegal immigrants is due to the red received her U.S. citizenship last
tape of the immigration process, December. "I came to the U. S.
"if (the process] wasn't so diflicult when I was younger because my
or expensive to get visas, people mom wanted to learn l*,nglish," she
would apply for them," she said. said. "We came on student visas
"Th( whole process is long and some and my mom went from working an
people do not ha\<' the needed time executive job in Wiuzuela to selling
or money. We realize that laws are pizzas and becoming a nanny in
neeck'd right now in this countiy to America."
Diaz said that the United States
regulate immigration, but we hope
that an approjiriate law will be con- was not the only country facing
immigration challenges, using Mosidered.''
Vanessa Araujo-Iv(jpera '08 said, roccan immigration to Spain as an
"People also go through the whole example.
According to Vargas, illegal improcess of applying for a visa just to
rnigration has a histoiy behind it that
find out they have been rejected."
The panel, however, did not be- can be traced back to colonialism.
lieve in an open borders policy for "There needs to be an awareness of
the United States. 'Just because we the conditions in underdeveloped
countries that are causing people
do not agree with how the process of
()1 )taining visas is carried out does not to flee by any means they can and
mean we agree with open borders," come to places like the United States
said Vargas. "We believe that there in hopes escaping those conditions,"
needs to be revisions made to the she said.
\^\ MARK MUMMERT
^ ach incoming class at Lafayette
J usually contains between thirtyfive and forty international students.
Before school begins, the students
are taken to Wal-Mart, shown
around campus, and introduced to
Easton. Lafayette does not, however, have any program in place to
help international students prepare
to write in American-style English.
Some professors say they believe
that there is, in fact, a need for the
program at Lafayette.
Margarete Lamb-Faffelberger,
associate professor and head of the
foreign languages and literature department, said students from other
cultures "could very well benefit
from [an English as a second language (ESL)] service."
Professor Beth Seetch, coordinator of the college writing program,
.said, "International students are
strong writers." She said the kinds
of mistakes they typically make
arc specific to adapting to a new
language and writing style. "It's not
the same as remedial help," she said.
"Helping people write in a second
or third language is not the same
as helping them write in their first
language."
According to Lamb-Faffelberger,
the program is necessary because
"in every culture, you approach the
discussion of a topic slightiy differently." She said that students whose
primary language of instruction is
not English have trouble adapting
to the American style.
The American system, saidLambFafTelberger, is different from other
foreign styles, especially the Asian
method. "There is a very definite
American structure."
She said that while the American
method encourages independent
thinking by all, in a culture where
authority is revered, "you will not
find...this open mind and open
questioning" in a paper, which
"poses a huge problem."
For example, Seetch said that in
some cultures, it is considered rude
to begin a paper with a thesis.
"Papers reflect the culture that
you come from," said Lamb-Faffelberger. She said she believes that international students often do poorly
in writing classes bc-cause the faculty
do not have an understanding of
why their papers are different from
others.
Yi Peng '09 said that writing can
be a challenge for international
students at Lafayette, since in college-level work, "you have to produce really long pieces of writing.
And you're competing with native
English speakers."
Lafayette requires all students
whose first language is not English to
take the Test of English as a Foreign
Language, but some professors said
that the training required for the test
does not cover everything a student
needs to know for college.
Seetch said that approximately
nine years ago, the writing associate program saw a need for ESL
support. Patricia Donahue, profes-
mystery" as to the reasons why
programs are eliminated, but that
may not be due to any intentional
deception.
In the past, Donahue said she had
several students who had trouble
adjusting to writing in an American
style but said, "I haven't had such
students in the past few years."
She acknowledged that this may be
because she has been teaching fewer
introductory courses recently.
Lamb-Faffelberger said that at
least one other professor in her department feels the program needs
to be reinstated. "We both feel very
strongly we should have [an ESL
program] again."
PHOit) BY A M A N D A LiNt:i:R
sor of English and director of the
college writing program, said the
college created a group of writing
associates who received special
instruction in helping international
students adjust to Lafayette expectations. T h e specialized WAs
received WA training from the
college writing program but also
received special ESL training from
the department of foreign language
and literature, with funding from the
dean of studies.
"It was very helpful when it was
here," D o n a h u e said of the old
program.
According to one professor who
wished to remain anonymous, the
program ended when "there was
a [new] dean of studies who was
looking to make his budget more
efficient, and he decided the ESL
program was too costly." The professor confirmed that the dean of
studies who eliminated the program
was Gladstone Hutchinson.
Budget concerns may not have
been the entire reason, though,
according to Donahue. She said
that "there is often considerable
Although there are currendy no
plans to reinstate the program, Donahue said that "the international
students should be asked" whether
they need the program.
K a v i n d a U d u g a m a ' 0 9 said
that an ESL program would be
unnecessary "for the majority" of
international students.
Peng said she believes an ESL
program would not be as helpful as
hands-on education. "The best way
[to learn] is through interaction,"
she said, stating that it is best for
international students to "take some
time to write a paper and slowly get
used to that."
Peng also said she thinks that
installing an ESL program would
lower the reputation of both the
college and the international students.
Taha Jiwaji '08 agreed and said,
"The college has strict requirements
for the TOEFL score" so an ESL
program would be unnecessary,
adding that most international
students come from schools that
are taught in English, where they already learn the necessaiy English.
Last Wednesday, the former Jac & Co.
building was opened to the Lafayette
community for tours of the floors that will
soon undergo construction to become a
moix)s m MARIANNA MACKI
new student social space. The loft-like top two floors, surrounded by windows, could be developed
for many different uses. The planning will require the creative input of both students and
administrators, as called for by President Dan Weiss in an open forum later that night.
Arts &L Entertainment
April 28, 2006
H i . C S IRAI K ).N BV l . i : \ U l . l . l M i A C l l
BY CATIE T H O M P S O N
Dixie Chicks:
"Not Ready to Make Nice"
Three years after lead singer
Natalie M a i n e s declared at a
L o n d o n concert that she was
"ashamed" of President Bush (a
statement that caused mayhem in
the countiy music community), the
Dixie Chicks' latest .single confirms
that they stand by the sialciucnl
made by their lead singer. "Not
Ready to Make Nice" is a clear rebuttal to comments that Bush and
his supporters made to {hv l)and.
with biting lyrics such as "It's a sad,
.sad story w lnii a mother will teach
her / Dauglilci' that she ought to
hate a perfect stranger."
Accompanying the anthem, the
Dixie Chicks recently released
a slightly abstract music video
that illustrates their feelings. I'he
beautiful and stimulating visuals
contrasted the .song's strong emotions make for an overall powtn-ful
experience.
T h e video shows how Maines
was treated as if she was ciazy for
being a countiy music singer voicing clisaj:)proval fi:)r the Ti^xas-bred
])rcsident. The video also shows the
lovally and solidarity between the
P R O F PLAYLIST:
David Shulman
T h e Lafayette takes a peek
at anthropology
& sociology
professor
David
Shidman's
iPod...
"Watching the W h e e l s "
by J o h n L e n n o n
-A melodic song that just demonstrates one more time what
a consistently great songwriter
John Lennon was.
1)!,
I "Always in Love"
^Q by Rick Berlin T h e M o v i e
-Rick Berlin The Mov ie was the
., best unsigned band that I ever
heard or saw play live.
"Crosseyed and P a i n l e s s "
by Talking H e a d s
- G r e a t p u l s a t i n g s o u n d that
rcjjresents the signature style of
this band.
"Behind Blue E y e s "
by T h e W h o
-I'irst Who song that I learned
to play on guitar, complete with
bad attem)ils at Pete Townshend
wind-milling.
"Many Rivers to C r o s s "
by Jimmy Cliff
-I'm a bigjimmy Cliff fan. This
song is atypical for reggae and is
slcjw, almost with a gospel feel.
"Forever and Ever, A m e n "
by R a n d y Travis
-I'm not normally a fan of country music, but every once and a
w hile, hearing a nice love song is
good for you.
Space of cover songs. For some
elemented reascjn, I always get a
kick out of hearing it.
SnakesonaBlog.
com
If you have not yet seen a trailer
for the movie Snakes on a Plane.
featuring exactly that -- snakes
relca.sed onto a plane and the \)\\x\dcmonium caused by this horribly
cheesy antic ~ find the closest computer to experience it first hand.
T h e trailer may seem like a
parody, but it is actually a credible
uiKoming mcnic> starring Samuel
L. Jackson and Julianne Moore.
The web.sile Snakcsouablog.com
started as one fan's ques'l to go the
premiere of Snakes on a Plane, but
now, along with diis noble cause, il
is dedicated to th(^ legions of fans
of the not-yet-releascd lilm and ev-
The name, The Weepies, helps
ejcplain the emotional lyrics that
are scattered throughcjut their
work, but their music is actually
mostly focused on love and joyfiil (>X|:)eiienccs ihcii' first album,
seeminglv ironic, is called IJappincss). Say I. Un lint is the band's
second album that was just released
last month and features 13 original
songs.
I h e song "World Spins Madly
O n " will be featured in the new
The Weepies: Say I Am You
I h e Weej^ies is made up of Deb lilm Friends M'////.\/(y«^>'starriiigJenTalan and Steve Tannen, Uvo art- nifer .Aiiiston, which is appropriate
ists who each first garnered praise because many of the tracks sound
for their solo albums. Something as though they were made for a
Burning and Big Senorita, respec-tively. soundtrack. The lush melcxlic:s and
Because they were both big lans ol
calming acoustics of the ijlbum,
each other's music, however, they mixed with Talen and Tannen's
decided to team up and create The contrasting voices, make for an
Wc-cpics. Since then, they hii,ve cwerall soothing listening experihccn gaining even more admira- ence.
tion lor tin ir woik in the hand.
eiything that they have produced.
Poems, fake trailers, t-shirts, and
other merchandise are just some
of the things the movie's followers
post on this blog.
rh(M(- arc also many links to
other sites all dedicated to the film,
showing how c|uick this phenomenon trawled across the internet,
eageilv antici|)aling its August 18th
release.
MacKnight-Black blurs line
betw^een student and poet
"Oh Darling" & "While My
Guitar Gently Weeps" by The
Beatles
Two Beatles sc:)iigs from different
periods ~ great wailing on " O h
Darling" that everyone can't help
but sing along with, and "While
My Guitar Gently Weeps" features another great hook and
chorus.
Lynn Emanuel,
poet and professor
of English at
the University of
Pittsburgh, was
the judge of the
recent MacKnightBlack Poetry Night
recognizing Sandamali
Wijeratne '06 and
Jesslyn Roebuck '06
for their work.Another
reading next week
will recognize three
more students for their
poems.
"London Calling"
by T h e C l a s h
-One of my favorite bands and
songs. This album was a masterpiece with a ton of great songs.
"Mr. Brightside"
by the Killers
-Yes, even c:>ld people like me can
like newer music.
"Free N e l s o n M a n d e l a "
by The S p e c i a l s and
the Special A.K.A.
T h e Specials were a great ska/
funky rc-ggae band. This meaningful song came out during theapartheid era in South Africa.
"Stand By M e "
by Ben E. K i n g
-A song that alvvavs reminds me
of a nice moment at my wedding.
"The Harder They C o m e "
byJoeJackson
-joe Jackson did a scorching remake of this Jimmy Cliff classic""
"One T h i n g L e a d s
reggae song. He sped the song
to Another" by The Fixx
u|) into an upbeat ska style that
'-fiOs hair band that is in t h e ' woiks reallv well.
discount bin now, but the\ wrote
a few killer pop songs along the
way.
"Fame" by David B o w i e
&John L e n n o n
-Killer, killer guitar hook.
"Genie in a Bottle" by R o s a
-Abscjlutely, absolutely the worst
cover song I've ever heard. UiibcIievaWe - the Plan 9 from Outer
Chicks. The video for "Not Ready
to Make Nice" can be seen on
YouTube.com and will be on their
new album lakiiig die Lnig Way, to
l)e n^Ieased on May 23rcl.
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I'llOK) (:()^Kll;s^ o i
1 ) A \ in S i n IAIAN
I ' l l O K ) K\ . A M A N D A
my father dies." In this |K)cm.
her fathci" comes back to life.
speaking to his daughter about
oetry Month accelerated
hvv book. And when he wishes
into the student sphere at the
that he wcMC alive w ith eves in the
MacKnighi-Black Poetry Night
dirt, she resi)onds, "Father, leave
in Kirby Hall of Civil Rights last
me alone. Vou already are and
Thursdav. Students who wcjii the
I am the dirt." Anotlu-r similar
MacKnight-Black poetry contest
poem, entitled " T h e Sleeping,"
read their award-winning work,
explores the possibility of being
as did a current judge
in the room at the time- of
and former winner of the
hci- own c o n c e p t i o n . Able
contest, Lynn Emanuel,
Emanuel's determination to rouse to c hallcngc such taboos of
who is a celebrated poet
emotions with disturbing images our society, Emanuel seemed
and professor of English
concluded with a poem about "moral satisfied with the looks and
at the University of Pittsslipperiness" in a country's politics. whispers among the audience.
burgh. Her most recent
Her determination to rouse
j)ublication is a book of
e m o t i o n s with d i s t u r b i n g
poetry entitled Then Suddenly.
cut for words both spoken and
images concluded with a poem
Although h e a r i n g Lalayc-ttc
written. In her first poem, she about "moral slipperiness" in a
students reading their work was spoke each word as if it were a country's ])olitics. She compaiccl
interesting. L m a n u c r s p o e t r y
^vcight she must carry She used
the issue te) a husband and wile'
conlirmed whv poetry is such a ,1,,. nu-iaphor of a tired waitress in a hotel who awake to rmd a
large part of c reativc writing on carrying heavy plates. H e r " H o m - woman being lapcd bv two oi*''"'M'"^age to Sharon Stone" caiiicd on ficials. and they arc unable' to
T h e first winner, Sandamali
a recurring theme of depression. move e)rdo anything but just stare.
Wijeratne' -(Hi presented a poem
Images of c igaiclte ash. curiers, .Apathy, to I'jiianucl. seems to be
about the misfortune of the mod- stale lipstick, and a fox chewing the next battle for .\nurieaiis.
crn friendship, using numbered
^,^^,.'^ i,.o (U.|i„iioly distorted tinWhen .isked why she p.u takes
s t a n / a s that got progressively
glamour typically associated with
in |)oelrv. Lmanucl rcspeuulcd. "1
shorter until a silent stanza ten. iiie actress.
Icel like a iish out of water mnil
The second winner, Jesslyn Roclananuel spoke of more unsetI get into a poem." She feels that
buck 'Ob, a w a r d e d H o n o r a b l e
iling iniages as the night wore on. prose is dominant in the school
M e n t i o n , dedicated her poem
She began one poem, "Half way system and she can onlv break free
lo Professor U p t o n , professor
through the book I'm writing, of that strnclure in her poetry
ii\ EMILY GIANNOTTA
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of creative writing at Lafavette.
Her poem was a love letter, written from Josephine to Nai)oleon,
concluding with a regretful acceptance of "v'ou on your island
and me cm mine." The poems
were well dc^scrving, but the
focus of the night was really on
Lmanucl.
F.manuel displayed her Ial-
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OlDDS AXNID) lEMlDS
If you could live in any other country in the world,
other than the US., where would you live?
-
Panama.
Finland.
Ireland.
Thailand.
Nigeria.
Israel.
Transylvania.
Germany.
Australia.
Kazakhstan.
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THEME CROSSWORD
LOVE LETTERS
By Robert Zimmennan
ACROSS
1 Group oi voters
5. Nobleman
9. Shakespeare s
seven
13. Greeting in
Jerijsalem
19, Space lead-in
20. Venetian isie
21 Three-piecesuit Item
22 PorUiguese
explorer
23. Fictional lovers
in I9th-cer«ury
Pans
26. Dry, as
in humor
27 Oxeye
28 Beginning
29 Tear Channels
30, Have the
means
33. Chimney
ctiannels
34. 'Vita Nuova"
poet
36 Tropical vines
37 Wintry eting
DOWN
1 Four-year
ctegrees
2 Actor — Ayres
3, ••- pro nobis
4, Tolerates
5, Tartans
6 One in the
Reichstag
7. Whirlpool
8. Marsupial,
for short
9. Chicago's
Michigan
10, Prepare to run
11, • Park. Colo,
12, Editor's order
13, Reagan
defense prog,
14, This doesn't
crack easily
15 Forest rodent
16, Fictional lovers
in Arthunan
England
17, Skip over
18, "Big fast-food
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9
9
groups
85. Gets by
wfith little
67 Doctors
pincers
70 Beans
71. Coinage
72 BrusqiJe
73. Touched off
74. Domed movie
screen
75. Fictional lovers
during Russian
revolution
77 Temple,
archaically
78 Debussy's
La - •
79 O'OnofriOS
"Law & Order"
ed-iaracter
80 Alcoft
ot the links
81 Painful patch
82, Very poor
84 Giissy up
67, The animal
world
88 Sov/ler's haun!
89 Stretch for a
t)etter look
90, San •, Texas
91. Danger
93 Notonous
degree
94 Kings Peak
range
96. Nike rival
98 Ftctiona! lovers
in old Verona
103 Undeveloped
104 Aggressive
deity
105. Voltaites
tlKHjghl
106. City in Ukraine
107 Savvy
108 BudasothfiT
half
109 • ' - Horizon"
110 Appetites
items
24 Nostrils
25. 1996 also-ran
30. Poplars
in Puebia
31 Go ••-<
32. Fictional lovers
in 16th century
Germany
33 Anti-aircraft fire
34 Thickheaded
35. Shade of blue
37 Anirpal shelter
org
38. Rang
39 Huxfey's"—Hay"
40 Hidden supply
42. Finishes first
43. Sawyer, et al
46 Ascends
47 'My country 'Us
of thee..,"
48 Do2e off
49 Sagged
50 Early computer
52 aiHwaire Bil!—
54 On ttie qui vive
56, Ore for
cleanser
57 Collect.
as winnings
68. Actress
- Rot>son
60. USMC
helicopter
63 Use a ladder
64 Anouk 66 Part of an hr
67 Fren^y
68. PineappleShaped
69 Two-channel
sound
71. Irntable
72. Amusingly out
of date
75. The past
76. Hatting
77. With no frills
79 Chivalrous
81 Afncan
language
83. Seating on the
porch, perhaps
84. Prepares
for painting
85 Most scarce
86. China prefix
87 Aircraft engine
89. Mowing the
law, e g .
91 Buddies
92. Holland export
93. Pitfall
94 Computer
command
95 Fateful dates
97. Holy men;
abbr
99 Be under ttte
weather
too " - Got
Sixpence"
101. Geotogisfs
reckoning
102 Flat-screen,
wide-screen,
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38 Ucores in
Chihuahua
41 Fevers
42 Depression-era
agcy.
43. It may be
glazerJ
44. Windsors prov.
45. Rumple
46. Fictional iovers
in World War I!
Morocco
50 ••• James
of "Trust in Me"
51. Morsel
52 Miss —
Lollobrigida
53 Team spirit
54 Author — Nin
55 Popular food
fish
57. Made over
58 Recoil
59 Loan document
eo Scull
61. Big dictionary:
abbr
62 March in front
63 Small military
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TAURUS:
SCORPIO:
(April 21 - M a y 21)
A door left slightly ajar is quite
a diflerent thing from one flung
wide open. In charting new territory, some hesitancy is praiseworthy. When familiar with the
people and the situation, go for
broke!
(Oct. 24 - Nov. 22)
Your long-standing fashion sense
can be described as traditional
and classic. O f late, t h o u g h ,
you've been attracted to more
flare and funkiness in your dress.
Don't resist the urge to do some
harmless experimenting.
GEMINI:
SAGITTARIUS:
(Nov. 2;; - I)ec.2!i
A cordial can refer either lo a
stimulating lic]ueur or the act
of being warm and friendly. In
your dealings this week, keep
both definitions in mind and
indulge in at least one of them,
preferably the latter.
(May 22 - J u n e 21)
If Shrek and Fiona found happiness as a couple, then surely
there is hope for all singles. Said
in another way: T h e r e is a Jack
for every Jill. Any unattached
(leminis, please take note: your
true love awaits, time's a wasting.
CANCER:
J u n e 22 -July 23)
T h e pre-eminent duck-walker in
rock and roll loie would have to
be Chuck Berry. For this legend,
a bit of silliness works well with
his prestige as a musical giant.
When strutting your stuff, mix in
a little folly for balance.
CAPRICORN:
(Dec. 22 - J a n . 20)
When bringing to mind modes
of transportation, it's clear your
personality best fits the qualities
of a barge or IB Wheeler. So
rocklike and tireless are you that
c o m p a r i n g you to a unicycle,
rickshaw or trolley would be
laughable.
LEO:
AQUARIUS:
J a n . 21 - Feb. 19)
Would a biography about you
be considered a " H o r a t i o Alger story?" - one in which you
started near the l)ollom in life
and achieved worldly success
through earnestness and hard
work. If you answered "no," it's
not loo late.
VIRGO:
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LIBRA:
(Sept. 24 - Oct. 23)
Standing guard over some one or
some thing is often worthwhile.
But the stars recommend against
that approach right now. Save
your keen vigilance for another
time. Instead, fasten your seatbelt and jusl be an observer.
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ARIES:
(March 21 - April 20)
Your singing voice isn't likely
to win you a G r a m m y Award,
but your speaking voice can
certainly c o m m a n d attention.
It is especially captivating when
you feel infused with excitement
over an adventure, like now.
July 24 - Aug. 23)
N e w t o n ' s 17th c e n t u r y laws
of gravity are accepted as the
correct explanation for how the
planets behave in relationship to
each other. Too bad they can't
explain why you behave as YOU
do in the presence of a certain
someone.
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Find out what is going on around campus by
ciiclcing on the ^Xalendar of Events" linlc at
http://www.lafayette.edu
(Aug. 24 - Sei)t. 23)
Let this spring be an awakening of sorts; a realization of all
the sacrifices and expressions
of love your parents have given
you. Shakespeare wrote: "How
sharper than a serpent's tooth it
is to have a thankless child."
PISCES:
(Feb. 20 - March 20)
You're feeling ihal making reparations for past misdeeds (even
unintentional ones) is overdue.
And, as you know«that it is never
too late to set things right, your
resolve is that much stronger.
Good for you!
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Human iPod: Pop B e a c h y b o o k s for s u m m e r
covers on repeat
April 28, 2006
BY D A N I E L L E W A R D
iw BRAD H O C K
J
Fohn Rush proved to his auI d i c n c e of 40 s t u d e n t s on
a t u r d a y that he is a skilled
r a c o n t e u r , " B e i n g on a microphone is like being on an
answering machine ~ you want
to ramble but not say anything
s t u p i d . " M a r k e t i n g himself
as " T h e H u m a n iPod," Rush
claims to have memorized over
5000 songs. Rush engaged his
audience with his music and
digressing anecdotes, though his
set filled with impressive covers
of mainstream popular songs
(mingled with his own original
tunes) did not provide proof
Billy J o e l , C o u n t i n g C r o w s ,
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blues
Traveler, Gin Blossoms, J i m i
Hendrix and Paul Simon. He
also played songs from his newest album. Autumn and Everything
After, 'an enjoyable mix that
varied in pace and composition
style. Typically, he followed up
each requested cover .song with
one from his new album.
Rush included the audience
in his set by asking them if
he should play from his new
album and if they wanted to
h e a r s o m e t h i n g happy, sad,
fast, slow or any combination.
Rush explained the irony in
the depressing lyrics of many
culturally-acclaimed songs that
of his stagger- "•'• "««<•••••> ...........i
ing capabilities.
Rush's set did not provide proof that
Many students
he had memorized an staggering
initially thought
t h a t R u s h was
5000 songs.
playing along to
a pre-recorded
track. As he later explained, he sound euphonious.
was playing and recording the
Rush left the stage after playbass lines (the primary guitar ing a song called the "Coconut
lines) of a song, ex tempore, and Song," a flexible piece incorthen adding a layer of guitar p o r a t i n g a s t o r y a b o u t cerlines during the next rilT. Rush tain members of the audience,
was coordinated in tapping all whose names were put into the
the appropriate pedals to create song. T h e detail of this song
this effect. In the beginning was raunchy, though most in
(i of some of his songs, he me- attendance put their inhibitions
lodieally slapped his guitar to aside to laugh.
mock a piomincnt drumbeat in
Is " T h e H u m a n iPod" a fair
a song, in between playing the title for Rush? His claim to
guitar lines. Toward the end of
having ;>000 songs committed
the song, with all instrumenta- to memory was untested, since
tion put together, the sound was the only songs Rush was reimpressive and could be likened quested to play were belonging
to a real concert.
to mainstream American pop
Though such instrumentation
was executed precisely, Rush
seemed lo be focused on the
lyrics of the songs. Rush accurately mimicked siiigeis and
bands such as Tracy C h a p m a n ,
culture. However, the act was
entertaining for qualities other
than this touted encyclopedic
knowledge.
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might start thinking of a few good
books to bring for those long days
on the sand.
Invisible
Monsters
by Chuck
Palahniuk
Reported to be Palahniuk's best,
the Fight Club author's third novel
focuses on a group of drag queens
and models that trax'el cross-country in order lo "find" themselves.
Palahniuk's unique structure creates a selling where social disease
and the c h a r a c t e r s ' hatred for
themselves could do more harm
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Vhc author's style creates a reading
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al points, Palahniuk's dark sense
of humor and twisted social commentaiy encourages the reader to
continue to a surjjrising and satisfying end.
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs:
A Low Culture
Manifesto
by Chuck
Klosterman
This "manifeslo" is
really a commentary
on everything our
g e n e r a t i o n holds
dear. Nothing is safe
from Klosterman's
analysis, including
Saved by the Bell, The
Sims, and The Real
World. However, it
is apparent that the
a u t h o r truly loves
CNcrything he jokes
about in his book.
Klosterman began
his career as a journalist for Spin magazine and blends
hisjournalislic style with his incredible knowledge of seemingly useless
Irixia. His pop cultural essays will
excite any "(ien Xers" as they walk
down menior\ laiu'.
Magical Thinking
by Augusten Burroughs
Often compared to David Sedaris,
Burroughs weaves a refi-eshing sense
of humor into his collection of .short
stories. The tide comes from the psychological belief tliat one can have
more influence over events in his or
her life Uian is actually po.ssible. The
collection is slightly meaner and more
risque than Sedaris ever diux's to be,
but Burroughs has an uncommon
ability to elicit laugher even when a
reader is completely embarrassed.
Burroughs shares a variety of his
life experiences from stepping on a
small child's fingers to owning a dog
in a witty and cyniciil
style.
Prince Caspian
by C.S. Lezvis
riie second installmi-nt of" The Chronicles
of A'arnia catches up
with Peter, Susan,
Edmund, and Lucy
as they r e t u r n to
Narnia. T h e magical land, free from
the control of tinwliite witch, is now
oppressed by the e\'il
King Mirax. T h e children, with
the help of A.'<lan the lion, quest to
bring a young Prince Ca.spian to
the throne in order to restore peace
in the enchanted kingdom. Lewis'
beautiful descriptions and colorful
characters will satisfy even the most
avid Narnia fan until
the sequel opens in
2007.
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Chi Beauty by
Zadie Smith
On Beauty is sold as
a tide of class difference, race, politics,
and gendei; but it
is also an incredible
commentary on campus life. I'hc- ncnel follows the Belsey
family through their dysfunctional relationship dynamics. Howard Belsey
is a pompous art histon- professor at a
mock l\y Ix'agiu- unixersity. His marriage is in trouble after he has an affair
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his archrival comes to teach at the
same imiversity. Howard's daughter,
Zora, blinded by her own ambition,
fails to recognize her crumbling family
as she addresses administration and
desperately tries to cc^njure her owti
creatixity. Smith's insightful and cyniciil voice tackles complicated issues
with warmtii and humor diat leaves
die reader hopeful for Uie future of
die Belsey family.
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True Believer follows
;J scientific journalist
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good guilt) jileasure romantic novel.
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Woman
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Steinbach, Pulitzer Prize-winning
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die uninhibitc>d side of her personality. Her adventures focus on the
characters she meets in each city and
the sniidl obstacles she faces along her
journc). Steinbach does not spend
much time describing the city but
focuses more on how each location
touched her emotionally and c hanged
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April 28, 2006
mtvU advertises an entertaining experience
\)\ ABRA BERKOWITZ
)r one day, and one day only.
M T V s w o o p e d down a n d
brought the party to campus, toting the three bands hellogoodbye,
Straylight Run, and Motion City
Soundtrack. I h e clay of rock and roll
began with an actixities village on the
quad and then a three-act concert at
Kirby Sports Center at night. Hcjwever, it seemed that MlA^'s one day
coup d' tat of Lafayette had a lot less
rock and a lot less fun than might
have been expected. At sex'cn dollars a ticket, the price xvas certainly
right, although some would argue
that it would hax'c been better spent
on a Wawa breakfast sandwich and
a bottle of lemon iced tea.
Absorbed in ])re-fiiialscrunch time,
many students rexeled in the study
break. x\hile others, like one agitated
sophomore, gruniblc^d that "they
couldn't haxe come at a worse time."
Belxveen cia.s.ses, the xillage .scH'med to
come alixe xvith excitenic-nt and rex'elry oxer the lice "swag" (apparendy a
new hip xvord for "stufi") that students
shoxeled into their backpacks, but for
die rest of the day the xillage shared
an uncanny likeness to Cancun in
the off-season. Those xvho were able
to check out the fair battled it out on
die bungee run, got autograjihs from
Straylight Run, and got to boogie to
the techno that could id,so be heard
xvithin Skillman Librar)'. Despite a
few catchy attractions that lured the
passcrsby, the village was more of an
advertisement backxvash, in which
M1"V' insignias and catchy slogans
surrciunded visitors.
The sparse mtvU village was not
the main attraction, howexer. Fhe
ccjrporate shenanigans xvere only a
precursor lo the big bang, the conceit in Kirby. A concert is enough lo
draxx any croxvd, never mind a cheap
onc\ but surprisingly, the crowd on
Tuesday night xvas not filled with
anxious college students. Instead,
rowdy highschoolers flooded into
the g>Tn, donning their pink hellogoodbye t-shirls, black Chuck Taylors, and tough-stuff attitudes. One
Lafayette student, trapped in the
stampede of teens sprinting to the
front of the stage, asked hopelessly,
"Wasn't this concert for us?" After
escaping that fanatical mob, the
same student found his bearings and
complained, "Kxeiyone closest lo the
stage is under the age of sixteen; we
can liardly even gel close!"
Hellcjgoodbye, the first act of
the nit\'U's concert featured every
elemenl that makes a bad jjop-puiik
band: a vvhiny singer, immature
lyrics, and really tight pants. Their
songs ucMil noxxhere, each one sharing the same uniform structure and
.sound. A i d of course, each featured
that .same, whinc^y. unintelligible lead
singer
One of the more pathetic parts of
helkjgofjdbye's performance had tcj
be the jjcculiar song where other musicians, dres.secl up like food, flooded
the stage and fake-fought with the
band members, riiere was definitely
something odd about a xvalking hot
dog attacking a keyboard player
with what looked like a carrot stick.
Whether that xvas some gimmick
that high-school aged fans reveled in
or a totally impromptu food assault.
I'llOK) n\ .\.M \ \ i ) \ L I N C I . K
The lead singer of hellogoadbye sings during the first set of the mtvU Campus Invasion Tour on
Tuesday night.
one cannot be sure, and this part of
hellogoodbye's set seemed to only
confuse the masses. In fact, all of the
performance, if one can call it tliat,
seemed to perplex the audience. As
hellogoodbye left the stage of" what
seemed like hours of prepubescentsounding singing and cheesy guitar
rifl's, some Lafayette students were
left confused as to how die band even
made it onto the tour.
Rex'eling in the post-hellogoodbye
silence that cjvercame the gym, one
freshman remarked C3n yet another
baffling aspect to their performance:
"I was slightly oflendcd when the
lafayette College
Greeks Agree
lead singer of hellogoodbye told us
that we sucked; however, I didn't
take it to heart because I know that
they sucked more." She could simply
not imagine why someone deep in
Lafayette territory, never mind an
artist being paid by Liifayettc, would
ever make fun of our school. "They
were just axvful," she added, and her
friend nodded in agreement.
Straylight Run broke through the
pitter-patter of the young concertgoers xvith a more promising sound.
Featuring the lead singer from Taking Back Sunday, John Nolan, and
his sister Michelle seemed to have
much more performance experience and a much more confident
sound. The combination of a male
and female singer created a relaxed,
well-bonded sound, and they lacked
the xvhiney, immature sound of hellogoodbye. O n e interesting a.specl
to their jjerformance xvas the use of
diflerent instruments in their music,
such as a cello and a tambourine
Straylight Run was a bit easier to
listen to, exm though ihey lacked
the upbeat concert sound that many
students were looking for.
When Motion C'it)' Soundtrack
began to play, any semblance of
order xvilliin the gym comjDletely
disa|)peai"ed. It x\as an all-out, noholds, rock-and-roll frec-fcu-all, as
die high-energy rockers screamed lo
ihe audience and the guitars wailed.
One Lafayc-tle Junior compared this
concert to the ones of jjiexious years.
98%
remarking, "It is definitely different.
I am enjoying myself, ex'en though il
is a bit of a step back from the Roots
and O.A.R. Overall, I guess I am
indifferent about this whole thing,
even though the whole M T \ ' thing
is a bit ox'erstated."
As Motion City continued its
set, no one stopped dancing or
smiling, and the good karma was a
blessed relief from the air of sorro^v
and disappointment that fbllox\]c;l
hellogoodbye's and some of Stra) light Run's songs. This was, toi 11
least some degree, rock and roll, and
as gigantic security guards pulled
crowd surfers off of the audience, it
was clear that Lafayette had finally
entered the planet of punk. There
were no calls of "Lafayette sucks"
from the lead singer, and no dubious pcjultry attacks, so no one could
really complain.
riie .same freshman x\lio suffered
through hellogoodbye's pcrlbrmance
only had good things to sax' about
Motion City, and she admitted,
"They xvere pretty good, and I
coukl dance Plus, I could also listen
to them xvithout hax ing to cox-er
my ears." /Ml in all, if the Lafayette
student came in after tlu" first ixvcj
acts, somehow waded- through, all
of the raging hormones, axoided the
colo.ssal secuiit) guards, and sunixed
it all, then the intxL' concert xvould
have made for an enjcjyable experience.
of Greeks stated
that they would attempt
to stop a sexual assault
f r o m occurring
Based o n t h e r e s u l t s of a CounseUng C e n t e r , spring 2006
survey of a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a m p l e of L a f a y e t t e College,
G r e e k Affiliated s t u d e n t s (n»440)
n i o K ) in . \ M \ M I \ 1.IN( I K
The band members of Straylight Run met with fans during the
activities village on Tuesday afternoon.
Sports
April 28, 2006
Top five finishers in Patriot League
Lacrosse
In the,,. .. .
spotlight:
Men's Lacrosse
EVA MILLER '08
BY A D A M G R E E N W A L D
'I;
owe it all to my c o a c h
because she's an a m a z ing instructor," says Eva Miller
'08 of Warren, Pa. A member
of Lafayette Equestrian Team,
Miller is going to compete at
the Inter-Collegiate Horse Show
Association Nationals in Harrisburg, Pa. on May 5th.
T h e first w o m a n to go to
N a t i o n a l s from L a f a y e t t e in
the club's three-year existence.
Miller will compete with other
schools in the region.
second, which finally advanced
her to Nationals in Harrisburg.
Miller will c o m p e t e at the
w a l k - t r o t level at N a t i o n a l s ,
which is the first of five different competing levels that also
include walk-trot-canter, novice,
intermediate, and open. T h e
riders are then judged on their
equitation, which refers to their
effectiveness as a rider and ability to look disciplined.
"It took a lot of hard woik to
get where I am because I just
started riding last year when I
rode for fun and basically knew
nothing," Miller said.
Miller and
"It took a lot of hard work to get where the rest of the
I am because I just started riding last 18 girls on
the team ride
year."
once a week
'Eva
^ ^ ^ ^Miller
^ ^ ^ ^ '08
^ ^ for practice.
"I owe a lot
Training and qualifying wa.s to [President] Erin Githens ['06]
not easy for Miller, who h a d because all the horses we use to
to excel on many levels before practice are her horses, which is
r e a c h i n g t h e n a t i o n a l stage. amazing. She constantly balancShe had to qualify lo Regionals es our needs," Miller added.
based on the highest number of
Miller is an assistant recruitpoints within Lafayette's Divi- ment chair for Panhel and is a
sion. Miller placed second at member of Alpha Phi sorority.
Regionals, which propelled her
to Zones, where she again placed
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School
Record
Percentage
Colgate
Navy
Lehigh
Army
Bucknell
5-1
5-1
4-2
4-2
2-4
.833
.833
.667
.667
.333
Women's Lacrosse
School
Record
Percentage
Holy Cross
Colgate
American
Bucknell
Lafayette
6-0
5-1
3-3
3-3
3-3
1.000
.833
.500
.500
.500
Upcoming Baseball Schedule
VHOIO MY A M , \ M ) , \ L I N C J . R
Eva Miller '08 is schedued to
compete at Nationals for the
Lafayette Equestrian team.
She is the first member to
go to Nationals in the team's
three-year existence.
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sixth inning pushed Lafayette's
Leasure's single was the Leop- advantage to 7-0, and the Leopards" only source of offense as ards' offensive attack showed no
signs of slowing down. Lafayette
Lehigh held on for the victory.
Lehigh s t a r t i n g p i t c h e r J o e a d d e d three more runs in the
Matteo (5-3) allowed one run on seventh inning, courtesy of a twosix hits over seven innings to earn run double by Drechsel and an
the win, while Lafayette starter RBI single by outfielder Dustin
Ted Gjeldum '07 (3-4) took the Minore '09, to increase their lead
loss, allowing three runs on eight to 10-0. An RBI single in the
eighth inning by
Leasure capped
"I felt comfortable on the mound and the scoring for
I was able to work ahead of the hit- Lafayette as the
ters."
Leopards rolled
-Kevin Reese '08 to an 11-0 vic-
Each week, Lafayette athletes do great things on
the playing field that earn them extra recognition.
In the past few weeks, these stars made the
news for their outstanding accomplishments.
BY ADAM GREENWALD
TIic Liifayrllr Golf T r a m took
part in tlic St. Prter's Peacock
Invitational on 'l\icsday. T h e
outcome \\ as a solid, sixth-place
linish whic h matched the Leopards' second-best linish of the
season. T h e team was paced by
won the event for the fourth
s t r a i g h t t i m e . Slu' c u r r e n t l y
stands at second all-time for
Lafayette in the lOOm hurdles.
At the meet, Fink turned in the
second fastest time in the Patriot
League this .season.
hits in 5 1 / 3 innings.
In the series finale, the Leopards' offense finally produced to
its potential. O n c e again, the
Leopards jumped out to an early
lead after Law led off the game
with a double and then scored after an error by the right fielder.
In the top of the fifth inning,
Lafayette's offense e x p l o d e d ,
scoring four runs. With one out
and runners at first and third, a
botched pickoff attempt at first
base by Lehigh starting pitcher
Billy Alec allowed catcher Dave
Drechsel '07 to score a n d p u t
Lafayette up 2-0. T h e Leopards
added three more runs in the inning, courtesy of an RBI single
by Law, a sacrifice fly by Leasure,
and an RBI double by Ezekiel, to
take a 5-0 lead.
sophomore Chris J o h n s t o n
who finished at six-ovt>r-]:)ai- and
finished tied for seventh place
overall in the tournament. Johnston was among 12 other golfers
to finish within just five stroke.s
of the l e a d e r w h o was Brian
McClurc of Fordham.
Following an incredible weekend
at the Lafayette-East Stroud.sburg Invitational last weekend,
senior D e b o r a h Fink and
sophomore Ashley H a r b i n
were rewarded for their combined three victories and for
producing a school record. Fink,
who was a two-time defending
champion in the 4()0m hurdles,
Harl:^! opened the LafayetteESU meet with a victory in the
hammer, which broke the previous Lafayette school record.
Harbin's ISG'S" throw gave her
a 15-foot edge from the secondplace competitor while improving her NCAA Rcgioniil-qualifying distance. H e r throw topped
the record that was set in 2000
by R h o n d a Snyder by nearly a
foot. T h e men's a n d women's
track and field teams will take
part in the Lehigh Invitational
tomorrow afternoon.
A two-run single by Law in the
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Michelle
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Jason
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Kenn
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Yi
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Kathleen
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Luke
Lauren
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Craig
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Law in with a groundout lo the
right side.
T h e lead held until the second
inning when Rutgers scored four
runs and took the lead for good in
the game. Jason Downey doubled
in a run and Jeff Grose and Mike
Bionde both singled in runs off
starter Steve Roberts '08. Rutgers
increased their lead 4-1 when
Todd Frazier plated Grose on a
sacrifice fly.'
Rutgers (19-18-1) scored a lone
run in the third off a sacrifice fly
and in the fourth inning off freshman Mike LeClerc-Spier. Also in
the fourth inning, Bionde stole
home to give the Scarlet Knights
a 6-1 lead.
T h e Leopards got a run back
in the fifth i n n i n g . It s t a r t e d
when Jeff Butler '09 reached on
an error by Rutgers while freshman Chris Luick moved him into
scoring position. A walk surrendurcd to Minore put Butler on
third base when Ryan Roberts '08
drove him in on a sacrifice fly.
T h e Scarlet K n i g h t s scored
single runs in the sixth and seventh innings to run the final score
tory.
In t h e w i n ,
Lafayette starting pitcher Kevin Reese ' 0 8 was o n c e a g a i n
dominant on the mound. Reese
p i t c h e d his second c o m p l e t e game shutout of the year, striking
out four batters, walking one and
allowing only four hits. He also
did not allow a runner to advance
past first base after giving up a
second-inning double.
R e g a r d i n g t h e t e a m ' s perf o r m a n c e in the series finale,
Reese said, "I felt comfortable
on the m o u n d
iind I was able
"I think that our win in the last game
to work ahead
will
give us momentum heading into
of the hitters.
The
team
the Patriot League tournament."
played great
- Kevin Reese '08
defense behind
m
me, and our offense put up plenty of runs for me to 8-2.
Stexe Roberts (2-4) was credited
to work with."
He added, "It is unfortunate with the loss after giving up four
we couldn't come away with a runs on five hits in two innintrs.
lew more wins against Leliigh, Jason Morytko '08 threw the final
but 1 think that our win in the
1 2 / 3 innings for the Leopards
last game will gi\e us momentum and struck out three batters \\ hik
heading into the Patriot League siu'rendering just one hit. Rutgers
tournament."
starter J i m J a n s e n (1-0) threw
After losing three of four to seven innings and allowed two
L e h i g h , the L e o p a r d s (18-21 runs on two hits.
overall) are currently in third
Lafayette travels to Holy Cross
place in the Patriot League with this weekend to determine if the
an 8-8 record, while the first- Leopards make the three-team
place M o u n t a i n Hawks (22-23 field in the Patriot League Touroverall) hold an 11-5 record in n a m e n t . Lafayette is currently
league play.
tied with Army for third place
O n Wednesday night, the of- in t h e c o n f e r e n c e s t a n d i n g s ,
fense could not get going, man- two games behind second-place
aging three hits in an 8-2 loss at Bucknell and three games behind
Rutgers in non-league baseball Lehigh.
action.
Navy plays at Bucknell a n d
Lafayette held a brief lead at Lehigh plays at Army in the other
the start of the game when Law Patriot League weekend action.
led ofi" the game with a double. T h e first pitch for Lafayette at
Daniel Bierce '09 bunted him to Holy Cross is scheduled at noon
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Softball takes last
game from Army
BY R O B HYDE
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With one week of classes to go in the semester and the weather getting warmer, pick-up volleyball
games have been increasingly popular on the quad.
Track has superior individual perfomances vs. ESU
B\ NATALIE HAGE
E
ven t h o u g h the Lafayette
Invitational was forced to
a later date due to i n c l e m e n t
weather in the Lehigh Valley,
the Leopards were able to hold
their own at East Stroudsburg.
Both the men's a n d women's
track teams h a d a solid weekend at both the Lafayette-East
Stroudsburg Invitational and
Princeton's Larry Ellis distance
meet. T h e Leopards presented
13 a t h l e t e s w h o e n d e d t h e
weekend as winners across the
board.
With their only h o m e event
at Fisher H e l d on Friday, the
Leopards started off on a high
note. Sophomore Ashley Harbin
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broke the school record for the
The track and field team was successful in a variety of events
h a m m e r throw by nearly a foot
including breaking a school record in the hammer throw.
and won the event with a 186"
3" heave, b e t t e r i n g her N C A A
Regional-qualifying distance.
the 5000m r u n .
Pam Glennon's 4 0 ' 7 3 / 4 " hurl
The mark topped Lafayette's
Harbin's record-breaking
won the shot put event. Senior
previous record, which was set start was mirrored on Sunday, as Shannon Dorsey won the disc us
in 2000 by R h o n d a Snyder by seven of her t e a m m a t e s t u r n e d
event with her personal best of
nearly a foot.
in first-place p e r f o r m a n c e s .
1298", while Harbin finished in
The same afternoon, a handS o p h o m o r e s K a t i e S e h u l - second place.
lid of distance r u n n e r s h e a d e d
tes a n d Brittany Waldron llnIn addition, sophomore Emily
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i s h e d first in C h o l a k a n d freshman J e s s i c a
the 1500m and Buzzell had strong showings in
Sophomore Ashley Harbin broke the 8 00m events both the long j u m p a n d triple
school record for the h a m m e r throw
r e s p e c t i v e l y , j u m p events.
by nearly a foot.
while senior
Cholak won the triple jumj)
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D e b o r a h Fink
and finished third in the long
won the 400m jutnp, while Buz/ell took second
hurdles.
in both events,
to Princeton for the Larry ElFink, a two-time d e f e n d i n g
T h e men recorded three wins
lis distance meet. S o p h o m o r e
leauge c h a m p i o n in the 400m
of their own in the field. J u n i o r
Frances M o r r o broke the school hurdles, won the event for the Tyler J o n e s won both the shot
record in the 3 0 0 0 m steeple- fourth straight meet.
put (50' 1 3 / 4 " ) and discus
ehase, and j u n i o r Lindsay BryShe is currently second all- (156' 4"). Senior Steve Malloy
ant ran a personal best time in time at Lafayette in the 400m
rounde d out the afternoon by
the same event.
hurdles. At the E S U meet, Fink winning the javelin e \ e n i with
For t h e m e n , s e n i o r N i c k t u r n e d in t h e s e c o n d fastest
a 18711" throw,
B a l d w i n r a n a w a y w i t h t h e time in the Patriot League this
T h e t e a m will next hit the
3()00m steeplechase title, a n d season a n d the run placed her track on S a t u r d a y to p a r t i c i b e s h m a n Travis Wolfe notched
third on Lafayette's all-time
pate in the Lehigh Invitational
a personal best time in the same
list.
beginning at 10 a.in.
t'vent to e a r n a seventh place
In t h e field, s e n i o r D a r i a
finish. J u n i o r Ed D u t c h also set Szkwarko cleared 10' 6 " to win
'lis own personal best record in the pole vault, while sophomore
afayette was unsuccessful in
a series against Army, losing
three games to one, moving into
third place in the division. T h e
team originally went into the
scries at West Point with a division record of 6-6 that left them
in a three-way tie with Army
and Colgate for second in the
standings.
T h e Leopards lost both games
on M o n d a y . I n g a m e o n e ,
Lafayette's offense was unproductive, and except for a solo
h o m e r u n hit by senior D H
Lauren Belowich in the sixth inning, Lafayette was unable to put
any runs on the board. Junior
M e g a n Averbuch ^Ditched the e n tire g a m e for t h e
RBIs from Belowich and sopho
more Kristen Ruckno, Lafayette
was u n a b l e to score any runs
afterward. Meanwhile, Army
struck in "the third and fourth
innings, posting three runs in
each, causing Belowich to enter
into the game and repl,ace starting pitcUcr Averbuch (7-14), who
took the loss after being credited
with all six runs.
In game two, Lafayette earned
a much needed victory to move
them into third place in the conference. Lafayette scored first in
the first inning when junior Jill
Masterton had a double, freshman Robyn Matchctt advanced
Masterton to third, and Ruckno
drove M a s t e r t o n h o m e off a
single. Army was able to tie the
game at one in the third inning.
inr.im«i.n.rinm«mimm
Leopards, and alBelowich kept Army scoreless for the
though she only
first three innings before giving up two
gave up three
runs in the fourth inning and three
r u n s , s h e was
runs in the sixth inning.
credited with the
loss.
G a m e two on
which remained the score until
Monday didn't prove to be much the ninth inning. T h a t was when
better. In a 5-2 less, Lafayette Lafayette was able to load the
once again posted all its runs in bases ofi' singles from Averlouch
one inning. This time it came in and ireshman Sara Bussiere and
the fourth inning oft" a series of
a throwing error from pitcher
singles, including an RBI single Chris Stauffer, which put freshfrom s o p h o m o r e S a r a h Price m a n E m m a Kline on base.
and a wild pitch. This resulted
Army head coach J i m Flowin Army taking out its starting ers decided to make a pitching
picher, Chris StaufTer, and put- change as soon as the bases were
ting in Kelly Trout to finish the loaded by taking out Stauffer
game. Trout was able to prevent and putting in Trout, .\lthough
Lafayette from putting runs on T r o u t did not g i \ c up <i hit,
the l)oard. Lafayette's starting she t h r e w a wild p i t c h t h a t
p i t c h e r Belowich kept A r m y drove Axerbuch home and ga\e
scoreless for the first three in- Lafayette a 2-1 lead whi( ii ciuled
nings l)i'fore giving up two runs up loeing the final scoi'e. Tor the
in die Iburth inning and three game, Belowich (9- 1 1} gave up
runs in the sixth inning, while just one run and three hits to be
being credited with the loss.
credited with the win.
Tuesday had a new game ])lan
T h e Leoj^ards are now in third
for Lafayette as they split the place in the Pairioi T(\igue and
series one to one. In game (jne, now look impi()\-e their record
although the Leopards got off
home against di\ision ri\ al Buikto a strong start by posting two nell in a four game series that
runs in the first inniii"; ofT of
starts Saturday at 1 i).m.
t II i I'lK MO K\ K l A l N B\KK^
The Softball team surrendured three of its four games to
Army before winning the final game 2-1.
Home Gaine Dates
the Lafayette
Sports
SiMniW vs. Bucknell 4/29 1 p v^
Softball vs. Bucknell 4/29 3 j
Softball vs. Bucktidl 4/30 12 p.m.
poCtball vs. Bucknell 4/30 2 p.m.
iB^ebtUi vs. Temple 5/2 3:30 p.m.
Leooard
Spotting
Volume 132 Number 25
Softball
Track
Lacrosse
Baseball
Lafayette College
Baseball drops three-out-of four to Leliigh
BY D A V I D S T A M M
T
he baseball team traveled to
Bethlehem for a four-game
series against Lehigh at the beginning of this week. After dropping
both games of the doubleheader
on Sunday, the Leopards and the
Mountain Hawks split the two on
Monday.
In the series opener, Lehigh
struck first in the third inning
after a two-out R B I single by
Joe Ercolano put the Mountain
Hawks up 1-0.
Lafayette attempted to respond
in the fourth inning with a leadofF double by right fielder Tom
H a y e s ' 0 8 , left fielder Kevin
Leasure '07 followed with a single
that gave the Leopards runners
at first and third, with no outs.
However, the Mountain Hawks
were able to escape the inning
without allowing a run, after Leasure was thrown out attempting
to swipe second base and starting
pitcher Kyle Collina struck out
two Leopards to end the threat.
Lehigh plated five more runs
in the sixth inning, courtesy RBI
singles from Andrew Smith, Mark
Bernhard, and Liam O'Connor,
to secure a 6-0 victory in' game
one of the doubleheader.
Starting pitcher Matt Revelle
'06 (5-4) took the loss for the
Leopards after allowing four runs
and eight hits over five innings. Hawks on top 3-2.
Collina (4-3) earned the win for
T h e Leopards had a chance to
Lehigh after allowing no runs and tie the game in the ninth inning
scattering seven hits over seven after Law a n d Bierce hit backinnings.
to-back singles with o n e o u t .
Game two of the doubleheader However, Hayes popped up to the
was closer, b u t t h e M o u n t a i n shortstop and designated hitter
Hawks still claimed victory. In Tom Ambrosole '08 filed out to
a controversial second inning. center field to end the game.
Smith reached first base after a
Relief pitcher Greg M o r t k a
throwing error by third baseman (2-0) earned the win for Lehigh,
Ian Law '06, and after a collision scattering five hits over four inwith first baseman J o e Ezekiel nings, while starting pitcher Matt
'09 in the base path. Smith was K a m i n e '07 (3-3) was credited
a w a r d e d second base when
The Leopards tied the game in the third
the
umpire
inning after Leasure blasted a solo
ruled interferhome run, his third of the season.
e n c e by E z e kiel. Nick Bet
followed with
an RBI single that gave Lehigh with the loss, allowing three runs
an early 1-0 lead.
on five hits in 6 2 / 3 innings.
T h e Leopards tied the game
In the first game of Monday's
in the third inning after Leasure doubleheader, Lehigh's pitching
blasted a solo home run, his third continued to keep the Leopard
of the season. In the fifth inning, bats quiet. In the first inning,
after Law doubled and shortstop Leasure hit an RBI single that
Dan Bierce '09 singled, Hayes hit plated Law a n d gave Lafayette
an RBI single to give the Leop- a quick 1-0 lead. However, the
ards a 2-1 lead.
Mountain Hawks answered in the
However, Lehigh r e s p o n d e d third inning after an RBI single
in t h e s e v e n t h i n n i n g . M a t t by Ercolano tied the game at 11. Lehigh took the lead in the
McBride, the Patriot League's
leading hitter, led off the inning sixth inning after an RBI double
with a home run to left field to tic by Smith and a sacrifice fly by
the game at 2-2. Smith.followed Bet gave the Mountain Hawks a
with a double, and an RBI single 3-1 lead. In the seventh inning,
~ continued on page 10 with BASEBALL
by Bernhard put the Mountain
IILI', PHOTO BY K E \ ' I N
The baseball team dropped three out-of-four games to Lehigh
over the past weekend, with the only win coming in the last
game with an 11-0 sweep.
Women^s lacrosse beats Lehigh in 14-13 thriller
goal lead. Emily Archibald '09 and two and Diana Crai '06 netting her
Mountain netted go-ahead goals own with about 14 minutes left in
for the Leopards, who never trailed the first half to give the team a 5-4
ith 42 seconds left to play in as a team over the next 45 minutes. advantage.
Crai was superior on the offensive
the women's lacrosse game With 5:59 left to play Sara Mclntyre
senior Kaleigh Mountain scored to of Lehigh tied the score at 13, with attack and assisted on two more
lift the Leopards to a 14-13 victory her fifth goal of the game, before goals by Lafayette in the last four
over Lehigh last Saturday night at Mountain eventually_put in the minutes of the half The first goal
the Ulrich Sports Complex. With game-winner. Farrell Sharkey '06 was by Kristin Ruminski '09 and
the win, in which Mountain and won the ensuing draw and ran the the second was by Mountain, giving
final 42 seconds the Leopards an 8-6 lead at halftime.
off the clock to Ziegler gave Lafayette a 9-6 lead
Diana Crai '06 was superior on the of- secure the win.
early in the second half, but j\^y
fensive attack and assisted on two goals
In t h e first Chamberlain and Meagan Tene|\
by Lafayette in the last four minutes half, L e h i g h scored within ten seconds of e ^ i
scored the first other to bring the Mountain Hawi.^
of the half.
to within one goal, 9-8. Ziegler won
three goals of
the game before the next draw and scored again just
Samantha Ziegler '06 scored five Mountain put the Leopards on the 14 seconds later to give the Leopards
goals each, Lafayette's season came scoreboard on an assist from Ma- a two-goal lead, 10-8. Mclntyre of
to an end with a 7-9 overall record, dalyn Booth '08. Casey Sharkey '09 Lehigh netted a pair of goals soon
u six-win improvement since last followed up a pass from Archibald to after totiethe game at 10-10, which
cut the Mountain Hawk lead to 3-2, set up the remarkable final minute^
year.
Both teams traded goals over the but Lehigh answered with another of the contest.
Jaclyn Kushner '07 made 10 saves
final 12 minutes of the game, with goal to make the score 4-2.
the Leopards responding to each
The Leopards took their first lead for Lafayette including several big
successive Mountain Hawk goal, of the game with three position blocks to earn the win.
enabling them to maintain a one- goals with Ziegler scoring the first
BY A D A M G R E E N W A L D
W
With the game tied at 13-13, Lafayette's Kaleigh Mountain '06
scored with 42 seconds left in the game to give the Leopards the
victory over Lehigh, 14-13.
Lafayette L e o p a r d s :: SCORE CARD :: Week o f April 2 3 , 2006
Baseball at Lehigh L 6-0
Baseball at Lehigh L 3-2
Baseball at Lehigh W 11-0
Softball at Arnny L 3-1
Softball at Arnny L 5-2
Softball at Army W 2-1
Women's Lacross at Lehigh W 14-13
Men's Golf 7th place at Patriot League Championship