Sewanee Purple, 1995-1996

"
MR. LYTLE DIES AT 92
anybody
risks than
A mentor
doing or have done.
remembered
life,
McGee had
crystallize
Incoherent paragraphs would
of
sentences
without warning into
introduced
absolute pith
the
neatly
velvet
whiskey bag over his face
to block
can only hope will be preserved
in scope, and
intact, was Borgesian
editions of
First
deceptively random.
1
photographed
in
1989 by Dennis
molding next to inscribed
Warren.
novels by Robert Penn
colleccomplete
Squeezed in between
and Jung
Faulkner,
Joyce, James,
Andrew
Musil,
were dog-eared paperbacks by
shared a
Calhoun
and Mishima; John C.
Augustine.
with
shelf with Kafka, Val6ry
an excellent metaphor
I realize now what
machinations
about the future, about "the
might be
he
thought
I
of the enemy."
up.
spoke
so
1
sleep,
his
talking in
tion.
for his life, in its
experience.
contradictions and breadth of
a
southerner,
These were the books of a
and a man who once
revised to
said that the canon should be
writers. 1
include more Latin-American
a
was
in
but
heaven among those shelves,
man
I
read everything? Not
Rather than reading
to
it),
books
Contes as
if
he had
devotion
but ninety years of
left
quite a collection.
ready to pick out a
title
some
when
1
I
was
"Who's the enemy?" I asked him.
the
With that he flung the bag onto
my
clocklike regularity.
that
realized with delight
floor
them.
sure), his
the
voice slightly muffled by
often
finished
art
"The
he apolo-
t
p. 10
exhibition, p.
Bowie's gallery
Morning Fever, p.
Geof
CD: "Saturday
2
u
when
I
got
into the
attempts to
he said, by way of
feel better.
"I'm sorry
I
Lytle.
Andrew
gift itself
.
•
•
effort.
bomb on one
"I'm getting a
I'm not sure
little
if it is all
that
had no idea
I'd
be
page 3
me
That
If
1
do say
it.
Bachelor's Degree From
Vanderbilt University
1942-44, he taught at
South
the University of the
From
•
Was managing
is
Lytle
Born on Dec. 26, 1902
Graduate of Sewanee
Military Academy
•
old age
editor of the
Sewanee Review
you take greater
it
SPORTS
NEWS
Sewanee,
my clumsy
Directing
See
Utilities District, p. 5
in
can
wait."
His house was built for summers,
beginning to
the nights were already
wood's so poor. son.
the
a life to
one of the dangers of devoting
risks ol
and
the seizure, understanding
language.
lies in
Tennessee and moved
making me
them was
to
Possibly words have seized
spontaneous
or evade what
get a log started,
gently,
garrulous
to
chill.
be unfamiliar with verse,
have winced at my
but I'm sure he must
control. Watch
earnestness and lack of
he
in a letter of June 19.
misguided
am
dated June 9.
they are. In one
I don
salutation:
elaborate
an
gizes for
such
in
writing
is that I am
know why
about
prepares to drop the
this
and
he wrote,
you have nothing to do with."
demands."
abyss and
"it rises from the
how
mad works
I
fire.
He urged me
and sil down more
at the typewriter.
He claimed
my most
ARTS
Kronos Quartet plays
1
eerily precise.
to think less
among
of which are now
His letters were
possessions.
treasured
and
of art, non-sequitur
n a year.
for the first time.
1
Mr. Lytle's criticism of
sometimes
Andrew
Rereading them
Joyce's
in Cork.
but
more metaphysical than literary,
and
useful
was
me
gave
advice he
fruits
brilliant in turns.
you
and sending him poems as
this I
little
to find
on a sentimental
father took him
well remember
don't
I
journey, which
once a week
writing
was
I
On my end
in
'
wasn't
me
il
first
apartment under his house. On my
a
him
build
me
to
asked
night there, he
there
Cork with
After a few weeks of
door
back
would
dream
was good
son.
amazed at how open and
began
to talk to
I
in
the
No man
attention to such.
death was no less in evidence
recline in a perpetual
and adds "It
self-indulgence,"
of
those bright
and bolted upright. Fixing
he rasped.
blue eyes on me like nails,
he lay
the bourgeoisie." Then
moming
heard a
voice in the front hall. Mr. Lytle
(or to himself,
at
toward
Lytle's unflinching attitude
formality
their greasy senses, without
the arts
kind,
correspondence, the
Lytle had begun a
and
voraciously, he read regularly
Lytle read
sensitively (Tate once said that
written
a warning of
sliding under
to learn.
Us Trois
was
and
envelopes started
white, typewritten
quite, as
Flaubert's
my moving
he hinted
1,
forestall
Wiles.
romantics
formality, but in spite of the
backdown.
....
words I had
Those were about the last
in June when
from him until one moming
didn't help.
Leafing through the pages
Had
Thev were all heavily annotated.
was
It
"Why
critic,
thoroughly intimidated.
the
Lytle,
beside him.
velvet bag. Pulling up a chair
conversaof
thread
the
I tried to follow
of
classicist,
in the fall,
much
Sartre sat
made
were fixed on
with him
reproached himself "There are always
letter of July
threats," he reminds me in a
adding "It's wise never to pay too
I
the library
When we
urgency of the situation, wondering
might come home early. Later he
went
for the
looking through his bookshelves
library,
Lytle's
first of countless times.
tions
"
absolutely fulilely
protest
I
a man
also read, in those pages, about
mortality
and
age
his
of
acutely aware
the light.
which
way
I
couch with his arms folded
across his chest and draped a
his
there asleep and
one rambling anecdote
summarize
and asked if I wouldn't mind
He lay
reading while he took a nap.
him
In
vainly to
about an invitation he has tried
might
that
phrase
a
decline, he ends in
is
"This
career
agrarian
his
lired
left
those letters
everyday speech bordered on the poetic.
fall
May. a few weeks before I flew to
visa. 1
Ireland on an open-ended
more
remember one of these early visits
was
Lytle
perfectly than the rest. Mr.
I
I
desk looking over the Lee river,
often aloud. I heard a man whose
us that
down on
think
I
at a
appro-
enough, through a series of
written during the summer and
of 1994. Sanford
here
It is
may be of help
And so they ran. Reading
priately
letters
not
"
hyj ohn Sullivan
my
knew I'm
ever
you know exactly what you are
yet sure
Andrew Lytle entered
I
Sewanee
Wheat house
burglaries, p. 4
14
Sewanee's Shakin' Days, p.
The
Tiger Talk, p. 9
8
High scoring water felines, p.
Days, p. 10
sport of surviving Shake
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16, 1995
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by Rev. Popped-Art
ANTIPOP
February^ 1996
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Treaty of Fontainebleau to
shown
in
duPont Library
From Monday, February 12
Friday, February
will host
17. the
to
as
duPont Library
an exhibition ol the Treaty of
Fontainebleau. Thi
ias
been
memorabilia currently living in
Sewanee This gentleman, who asked not
the document
to be named, will soon sell
historical
11
w
Christie's in
ill
London. The exhibition
be sponsored by the history depart-
ment.
In the Treaty of Fontainebleau,
French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
removes the French throne from himself
and his family The treaty also estaband
lishes Elba as his sovereign state
The document secures
payment to Napoleon and to his family.
should the Emperor agree to the terms of
ihe treaty. (Ironically, Napoleon
residence.
breached his accordance with the
Alexander
I.
secure domination of Europe
some
1.
is
April II. 1814, consists of 14 pages.
bound neatly by a cord in the
of the South
in
1
the Univer-
Sewanee, TN, and
writing program
Florida.
He
at
the University of
has also served on the
Southwestern
Memphis
in
faculties at
oieign Affairs; the Duke of Bassano.
Minister of the French State; and, of
course. Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
Iowa, Kenyon College,
Each nation represented sealed
ratification with wax.
"Sewanee Review," America's
(now Rhodes College), the University
of
the University of
1
Kentucky, and Vanderbilt University. He
served a second term as editor of the
his
from 1961
Sewanee students are encouraged to come and view the exhibit.
"I think it would be a great
opportunity for Sewanee students to see
until 1973,
1973.
Among
his students
(1930). His
first
My
Take
"I'll
novel. "The
Stand"
Long
Night." appeared in 1936. He published
"At The Moon's Inn" in 1941 and "A
WILL PAY $25
an additional five
until
were many
and Merrill Joan Gerber.
Mr. Lytle contributed an essay to the
Agrarian work,
left
profes-
prominent writers, including Flannery
O'Connor, Madison Jones, Harry Crews,
firsthand," the loaner said.
CALL LEE RAMSEY
COLLECT AT:
(615)577-7237
and was a
sor of English on Sewanee's faculty
such an amazing piece of history
PHONE BOOK
oldest
continuously published literary quarterly
All
agin. After the nine pages of terms,
the treaty contains
(
was managing editor of the "Sewanee
Review " In 1948 Mr. Lylle founded the
FOR YOUR
years
extremely valuable.
The Treaty of Fontainebleau, dated
it
sity
Emperor of Ru
Also, since the treaty ended the
Napoleonic Era.
Company" 193
From 1942-44 he taught at
His Critter
Prince Metlernich, the Austrian Foreign
Minister; Caulaincourt. Minister of
treaty,
to
as he attempted, unsuccessfully,
)
author, Agrarian
Nesselrode. the Russian Foreign MinisIII. King of
ter, Frederick William
I
later
tor,
many lives:
Tsar of Russia; Count
Prussia. Francis
loaned by a generous collector Ol famous
"
Mr. Lytle's
pages of ratifications, signatures, and
contain the
lis. These five pages
men famous world leaders
Chad" ick Wall
h\
be
In Monteagle.
Andrew Nelson
Lytle, the last of the
Vanderbilt Agrarians, a diverse and
talented group diat included Robert
Penn Warren. John Crowe Ransom,
Allen Tate, and Stark Young, died on
December
13 at his
home
in the
Monteagle Assembly on the
Cumberland Plateau in Monteagle
The son of a farmer and lumberman,
Mr. Lytle was bom on Dec. 26. 1902. on
land that was given by a Revolutionary
War-era ancestor to found the town of
A graduate of the Sewanee Military
Academy, Mr. Lytle earned a bachelor's
degree from Vanderbilt University in
of Oxford
also studied at Exeter College
University and attended the
Yale University School of Drama, where
he studied with George Pierce Baker.
Early in his career, Mr. Lytle supported
himself as an actor in
New
York-
appearing n several plays- and working
on his
He
first
was
released.
also published three collections of
essays and one collection of stories.
Mr. Lytle is known not only as a
distinguished teacher and writer but as
a
great raconteur whose anecdotes became
nearly as famous as his best stories and
A man
of letters
in the true
of the term, he was famous
si
as a host,
at
his Monteagle cabin, accomodating
anyone who appreciated good conversa-
tion
and good writing.
honors are two Guggenheim
Among his
Murfreesboro.
He
novel, "The Velvet Horn."
novels.
Tennessee.
1925.
Name for Evil" in 1947. Ten years later.
Mr Lytle's most important and enduring
book, "Bedford Forest and
Kenyon Review
fellowships, a
fellow-
and
ship, a National Institute of Arts
Letters fellowship, lifetime achievement
awards from the Ingersoll Foundation and
the Lyndhurst Foundation,
and a
special
achievement award from the Fellowship
of Southern Writers, of which he was a
founding member.
He
also recieved
honorary degrees from Kenyon College,
the University of Florida, and the
University of the South.
Sewanee Shorts
Be
The
careful outside
can be menacing, too.
ice
How
snow and ice ha
allowed room for some winAnyone
ter antics as well.
ever, the
walking past All SaintChapel the Sunday before
convocation might have noticed a rather strange ad<
to the exterior
No.
it
I
wasn't
new banners, but a 31/2
foot plastic snowman resting
the
on the upper balcony. Luckily,
coFFeeHou$eM
OPENING SOON
the festive
objeu
safely returned to
in Benedict
ried sick.
iLs
owners
who were
wor-
9
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NEWS
page
Lytle, continued from
so.
more
fall
And he would live
before his moment
to see
weak. In the hotel elevator
"I don't
one
arrived.
felt
The
between those autumns
just
pay
it
any mind," he
I
is
fine but
it
comes."
"Still,"
said, "a standing
1
ovation's not bad."
keep a diary so
long as
"You
said.
think about the
do your work; you
work. The reputation
is
year that fell in
neither forget or sufficiently
on e I can
I made a choice
remember, partly because
not to
I
congratulated him.
alive that October, very
But he was
much
1
he
October."
alive in
His eyes grew wide
lived with
as quarters.
Only
retrospect, it
him. In
seems a juvenile and
Andrew
even bizarre decision,
overly
but I was
surprise with that
kind of
"A
my own
impressionability. On
charisma and
Of course.
Let
a mistake
_
many
Lytle at Cornsi Ik
The year comes back
made out of equal
profundity and
parts mystery and comedy,
and halfconfusion, snatches of song
poetry. If I clear my mind,
forgotten
human
always the simplest and most
quality of light
The
in.
flood
memories
relief
tired afternoon stands in
obvious drama.
against moments of more
I
Not that drama was in any short supply.
example, of his reaction after
year's Fellowship of Southern
think, for
last
Farm.
awards ceremony, the Tivoli
was given
in applause and Lytle
seconds of
this,
he
good
ten
hadn't stood up,
still
from
he tried vainly to shield his eyes
and, with
the footlights. I jiggled my coat
clacking
horror, heard his hearing-aids
as
together in
my
pocket. Shelby Foote
arm and Lytle quickly rose
bowing and blowing kisses to
tugged on his
to his feet,
the crowd. After the readings,
barely get
him back
I
could
to the car. People
cheek,
wanted to shake his hand, kiss his
get his autograph.
He
did his best to
artificiality"
oblige, with that "brilliant
him
Flannery O'Connor once described
as having,
but he finally whispered
mind arcane, and
the
against
decades of defending his stance
who
thinker
defensive
a
hostile critics,
his philosophy
of
revision
serious
equated
admirers
with sellout. Some of his
and
his greatest strength,
consider this
him with the last laugh now
nightmare (not to
environmental
our
modem letters) has
of
state
the
mention
many of his warnings.
that
credit
start,
at the
a long standing ovation. After a
my
ever had were
only genuine arguments we
obrather
called,
be
could
over what
after
became,
He
politics.
liquely,
about Lytle from
an awesome complexwas
however,
What
When George Garrett announced his
exploded
fail
validated
Writers conference in Chattanooga.
name
students
matters were, to
jwii
that
ity
struck
the
me
so reduced and
of mind, a quality
which
familiar caricature,
distorted in the
portrays
him
as
little
more
than a conser-
pausing over his
vative spokesman,
modem follies.
bourbon to denounce our
aspects of his personality
I know these
the ones I value,
were no less real than
was a man who'd
saw
gotten into a knife fight in Cuba,
it
when
'The Cabinet of Dr Caligari"
Baker
Pierce
opened, studied with George
47 Workshop at Yale, lived a
bohemian life on Sullivan Street in
in the
York, fancied a female
New
with hairy
be Katherine
armpits (who happened
an
Anne Porter), shared the stage with
an
down
turned
player, barely
to
Hollywood, and those
moments. His
duller
are a few of the
to really
fantastic
too
far
opinions were
out bv
spun
line
old
tired
the
conform to
offer to write for
it
gance.
1
just didn't go.
He's the
real
thing, though."
need poetry
Mr. Lytle didn't always
to he and
listened
once
read to him. I
reciting
silently
almost
Madison Jones
My Son" to one another,
Sherwood
few weeks ago. driving up
McGee.
1 suddenly
Sanford
with
Road
remembered
July
at
the details of a night last
the dinner table in Monteagle.
Partisan or The
Intercollegiate
Review. Nevertheless he often
sided with such
people publicly,
and I won't claim
know anything
to
about his battles.
What I've heard
content to forego them
traditions, he was
As a consequence. I
in my presence.
things that would
think I heard a few
Of course, he was
rattle his readers.
said
add. "Now. I never
after
got to
know him
I
always careful to
you
letting slip
understand." after
he'd
withdrawn from
the literary world.
Before
get too
I
quick with
my
opinions.
should
1
remind myself
that Lytle had
California. 1938.
life
was
in
memory and
friendship
joys of talk and
I
met h.m.
the small
His sigh!
-I
during Ihe last ye;..
failed considerably
to
enough
got bad
his life, and after it
often asked me to
prohibit reading, he
recite poetry for him.
correct
my
comment
at the
I
end of each work.
read Robert Penn
We
Warrens "Stargazing
his
OTe night, and he shook
^"J,,
lines, well.
agnosticism of the closing
shake
could
never
he sighed, "old Red
lhai
Introduction, Mr
That n.ght. without any
meal and spoke
from
his
Lytle looked up
When
Cymbeline.
from
one of the songs
heavy tear on
one
was
there
he finished,
laughed and
each of his checks. He
The verses
napkin
a
with
off
them
wiped
speak for themselves:
He would listen
speaking up only to
with his eyes closed,
little
phrasing, and then add 1
of his
doubt" Another favorite
Shall Have No
Dylan Tfcomas's Death
the line that goes
especially
Dominion."
circa 1919.
a son of a
stood us up at Florida and then
Southern
His
London
one by saying.
nothing
a day late to read, thought
arrothe
of
Now come on. think
came
Of
that
the editors of
the time
almost everything by
to
He
bitch.
the sun breaks
Just a
underneath the din of a noisy party.
withdrawn from
En route
till
Welshman was
"Lord Randall.
Abbey
of their ferocity
makes me glad I
that
artist
sun
thought that
"I
all, this
persona? After
in the
down." He amended
could a personality like Lytle's
a mere
to sense the constraint of
inadequate for
but they are painfully
and his century. Perhaps
defining the man
grew up outside of those
because
"Break
suspiciously radical remark
How
His views on certain
Andrew
on some
some
^j** have always won£ dered about Mr. Lytle.
first
as a tableaux,
Sunning.
me touch on
Sewanee
times.
me
I
something that
I
can appreciate now,
looking back on the
to
I
see a thing.
1
of what will be
standing
realized, he couldn't
trusted in
experience for the
1
declare."
have entailed playing
my memory,
V
theatricality.
"Well, John.
he said so
I
*
ovation" he repeated.
many memorable things
them with
that to record
would
integrity
any
secretary.
Lytle could
ever wear a look of
conscious of his
top of that,
3
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February 9, 1996
o the sun,
Fear no more the heat
Nor
rages;
the furious wintei s
worldly task hast done.
rh 0U thj
Home art gone, and ta'en thy
Golden lads and girls
wages;
all must
As chimney-sweepers,
come to dust.
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16, 1995
February
1996
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by Rev. Popped- Art
ANTI-POP
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Wheat House
burglaries
Disciplinary
Committee
Advent semester rulings
2:00
by Sikes Ragan
AM
The
on October 27
student
claimed that he was just "horsing around."
On November
1995 the Discipline
8,
however this student received a $25
Committee met and discussed two cases
The
three hours of
case involved five students that
first
On November
November
1.
at
1
2:00
bation for the use of marijuana last semes
yelling and knocking over
ter.
They were asked their names
member of the dorm staff and one of
the five students lied about his
five students
in Courts dormitory.
that
r*»>K
Residents of Wheal
House
May 8,
Ward
numerous
pieces of jewelry, a charcoal grill, cash, and
a load of quarters are
among
the
many
ob-
which have been stolen from rooms
of three residents of the ground floor singles
jects
in the
past
ity
Wheat House over
fall
the course of the
semester Residents of the soror-
house and Phillips dorm have had a few
theft
problems of
their
own
over the past
few weeks of spring semester. The
began on the
commenced
first
last
weekend
thefts
after classes
August and has continued
sporadically during the school year.
The burglar usually hits when no one is
home- for instance, on weekend nights
when bands draw a large majority of stu-
very same drawer untouched. Accord-
ing to Henderson, the burglar's choice of
student sprayed a fire extinguisher under-
a
pouch
in the
clothes
in a
is
desk drawer, yet
left
interesting as well, for
victims in the
Wheat House wear
a $50 bill
all
the
of his
The burglar
not only puzzles the
seems to toy with the victims. For instance,
one resident of the Wheat House (from
whom $500 was stolen last semester) found
an envelope in her room this semester with
a $50 bill inside. The girls' name had been
misspelled and written with what she beside
is
Whether the same culprit
of the burglaries in
all
is
responsible for
three locations re-
filled
with
many
another."
station will not
Officer Butner
at present.
Meanwhile, the
Henderson describes as
which wasleft untouched. Just over a week
ago. four rings were lifted from a jewelry
box
mains unknown. The police
a
theft,
burglaries of "not obvious things,"
sists,
which
"flow" of subtle
still
per-
girls can do is
The University Police, of
recommend the rest of the campus
and the only thing the
lock their doors.
course,
do the same, as
this string
of stolen objects
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no starvation because the diet is designed that way.
It's a diet that is easy to follow whether you work, travel,
or stay at home.
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valuable necklaces
is,
honestly, a fantasically successful diet.
all
Women's Alpine
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weren't, the U.S.
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IN
a
"I'm not saying anything one way or
many of the victims. A
twenty dollar bill was stolen from
Henderson's room from a stack of money
at
LOSE 20 POUNDS
woman's handwriting on the outof the envelope. The burglar also broke
lieves
says,
of loot puzzles
Tuckaway
admission (University Handbook,
re-
pg. 70).
women
the house. She saya, "It's not like a dorm.
random choices
in
must seek rehabilitation before seeking
with his choice of pilferages, but he also
comment
burglar's seemingly
room
until the fall of
size.
offer
the lights are turned off
neath a door of a
sent before the
same
all
The
lied
Honor
1996 after completion of examinations. He
merous "random, favorite shirts" to the
burglar or burglars. She claims that it is easy
for a prowler to see whether someone is in
all
Sigma Nu house and the drink landed on a
band member.
The Discipline Committee recommended
to the Dean of Students that this person be
suspended from the college
from
lock so that she could not lock her door.
"
for disorderly conduct
and underage drinking after he threw a
mixed drink into a crowd of people at the
The second case involved one student
who was sent before the Discipline Committee for violating dorm regulations. This
stole all the quarters
campus. Stacy Henderson, C. '97. a resident
of the Wheat House, has lost $20 and nu-
when no one's home because
Sewanee Police
about his
Henderson's door lock and manipulated the
see
visit
Council.
resident of the
dents to a single or select few locations on
You can
semes
Wheat
From one
House, the burglar
clothing,
the
1996) along
who
last
Committee for housing fraternity composites, which were stolen, in his
room. The student cited was written up by
and three hours of com-
name was
name
an open container in September, a
Deitz,
C'98.
Over $500 worth of
with a $25 fine
visit for stealing fire-
lying about his
to the Discipline
semester received
munity service. The student
dorm room of Tyler
in the Phillips
by Angela
Fn*
targetted for recent burglaries.
name. All
community service
The three students
earlier this
social probation (until
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ter,
had appeared before the Discipline
Committee
an honor council
wood and
were fined $25 were required
to perform three hours
Com-
involved a student that was on social pro-
AM on
trash cans.
by a
29th. the Discipline
mittee met and discussed one case. This case
mitory. These students were reported for
dorm
fine and
service at the
horse stables
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Page 5
The Sewanee Purple
Februarys 1996
District Election Scuffle
Sewanee Utilities u—.
n«w«
was a change
Am^SMvers^
by
A
Sewanee
some
raised
Commission
election for the
recent election
Utilities District
tensions between
eyebrows and heightened
of Sewanee and the Unithe townspeople
January 23, voters re-elected
versity. On
for the commission, who
Mr Shipp Webb
candidates James Rollins,
won over fellow
The
Aden, and George Ramseur.
Marlene
Utilities District and its reh.story of the
and are more
election are a bit complex
cent
easily
understood
when
coupled with some
Utilities District
was
cre-
was discovered that
ated because it
systems were
Sewanee's sewage and water
in
financial aid from
poor condition. Since
cannot
national organizations
be given
di-
entity, such as the Unirectly to a private
Sewanee Utilities District
versity, the
created.
(SUD) was
The
SUD is
an organi-
the entire Sewanee comzation that serves
Recently,
both town and university.
munity,
however,
some
financial troubles have
District, and the variplagued the Utilities
situation
and the
the
ous feelings toward
to be elected seemed
candidate
appropriate
which
town and the University,
to split the
is
where
the conflict arises.
financial
In July 1993, the
problems
truly
debt, due to some
began. The SUD was in
increased by 83%.
expensive repairs. Rates
Commission
Utilities District
so that the
bond payments
would not have to default on
in dues naturally
due This drastic increase
frustration among the
caused a great deal of
Several
commission and the community.
and
resigned,
members of the commission
the
filled
around this time.Webb
iniand
gap in the leadership
commissions
tiative
during that period.
In 1994. there
Five
new members were elected, and some
former members remained.
the
Dr. Sherwood Ebey, a professor in
mathematics department, was appointed in
1994. not elected, to fill the void caused
In
by the resignations.
October 1995, he
commission. He exhad
plained, during an interview, that there
the
between
been a long-standing contract
was elected
to the
University and
the Utilities District
Com-
good deal
mission. This contract created a
gown, so
and
town
of conflict between the
to speak, because
background information.
The Sewanee
;„
,k» -i-nrt«n
election process.
in the
the University
ward
showed
partiality to-
UDC
from the
The
which consisted of an agreement
gave
the Commission annually
contract,
which
in
it
chunk of money
was evalupayments,
District's
Payments
legitimate.
deemed
the University a generous
from
the
ated and
dues
with the contract and the increased
of
support
the
in
town-gown split
The
the
to the
payments due
Rollins
because of these issues. James
Webb
while
community,
represented the
represented the University. Since
of Webb.
with the commis1 3 months
helpful, felt so
quite
proved
sion has
capabilities that he
Webb's
about
strongly
Ebey. whose
faculty
sent an e-mail to his fellow
them to vote for
bers encouraging
Ebey
Webb.
encouraging
However, more than just an
of the gown
e-mail was sent to members
Ebey did
Although
the community.
ing
side of
that
ally
SUD
those
and highly
that
Webb won
the commission.
.straior in
Tom
resulting at
Community
Webb won
200 votes
the election to
for
Rela-
Webb, compared
that
Webb.
stated
town's candidate. Kepple
was a "good percandidate,
<he University's
SUD to the University.
SUD has moved on to other prob-
son to elect."
Although
ongoing repairs needed
lems, such as the
and water systems. Ebey
in our sewage
the SUD is to "prosaid that the goal of
waste
to take care of
vide good water and
However, the
still
this election
seemed to
do not solve
the results
tor the University,
rates
increased
the problem of
between
precitated this conflict
which
town and
gown.
upset
Late Night At the
Domain
Sunday-Thursday
photographing, web/
computer
Q
Delivery
8:00p.m.-Mdnjght
uidnunc
cafe
598-1595
Minimum $500 delivery
stuff) for
the Purple this semester, come to the
office
floor
on the second
of the B.C. on
Sunday, February 1
at 6:30 p.m. Refresh-
ments
end well
water treatment
community was
(writing, designing,
with the votes
100 votes for Rollins, the
to just half that,
paid annu-
you are interested in working
If
Kepple. the adm.n-
Business and
tions, said that
when a new con-
check us out too!
is.
Nonetheless.
by the
The
who made the calls, it is true
called
who had not yet voted were
Webb
for
vote:
to
encouraged
not say
was re-exam-
is
check
feels that the fac-
well-informed. He illusulty is often not
reasons for supporttrated in the e-mail his
contract
emerged. Now. $9,000
memWebb.
service to
was a public
feels that this
he
his colleagues, since
money. This
University never took that
was a source of conflictbetween
tract
to
bished office and to
contract) then
(as dictated in the
However, the
doubled.
also
should have
ined in February of 1995
you
out our newly refur-
ment
the
invites
knowledgeversity deemed him "efficient,
Ebey said
as
with."
work
to
able, and good
should have
it
Webb had
E
the Unialready served on the commission,
that
nearly doubled, the money
an annual payas
University
gone to the
town and gown, and
dis-
tinct
the
Once
was
candidates in the recent election
continued.
from the SUD to the University
but as
year,
a
$20,000
The payment was
inpayments
rates,
SUD increased
creased proportionally.
The Sewanee
order
vided.
will
be pro-
November
The Sewanee Purple
Page 16
16, 1995
BACK PAGE
by Rev. Popped-Art
ANTIPOP
The Imitation of the
February
1996
9,
The Sewanee Purple
Page 6
OPINION
Suzy Q, falls through
through sorority rush
fell
man year
fresh-
was the
could have happened to
and. in retrospect,
best thing that
my
me. At the time,
I
it
understand
borrowed a
drove
car.
and went shopping
—
to
through this year than
mean
1
hung out with
my
pledges were running
who were
errands for actives,
1
was writing
articles
And
was
that
didn't
I
woman who
hear that one
PKE, TKP) offered
fall
because
didn't
I
women And
fluff
and
although
I
1
of 8 bids. Taking
helps.
upperclass
realized that sororities are
didn't
last
know any
need
year
I
to
be
in
if
would
it
women
nearly twenty
women
can
fall
in the sororities try to
system.
1
To
oversimplify,
Q
The fraternity bid system
seems to work fine and in three years I
have never once heard someone say that
sessions because a few
has devised.
The men's system can be
you
like a guy,
B, Suzy
The
easily ex-
plained, as a friend explained
it
to
you give him a bid
me-
men
less
when
sorority
A
members
sorority bid system could learn
fraternity bid system:
when you
sorority
B
who
computers;" he puts the Purple
photographer
new
the
graphics editor
for photos should lead the photography
staff to
more
Walker
striking images.
also handles other graphics such as
cartoons and logos.
designers by scanning photos.
c.
is
His experience in the darkroom and eye
Web and is just a call away when a
computer crashes. Chris Demaree. also a
freshman, aids Andrew. Chris under-
Teddy Sauer,
c. '96,
Erik Walker,
on the
So who am I? Jennie Sutton, c. '97,
editor. I worked for the Purple in 1994,
managing the calendar of events and
'97. has taken the
manager
Speaking of business, Sara Long, c '97.
is the new business manager. She keeps
writing the
the editors in budget as well as signs
occasional
was
all
first
Purple Picks. Last year
the arts editor, and
article.
I
wrote an
I
am
I
an English maor
from Newport News. VA.
I
rounded out by returning player, sports
editor Robbie Griffith, c. '96. Robbie has
Wilson,
be putting
and biting sarcasm
extroardinaire,
c. '96,
who has been
is
am excited
about the Purple's
potential this semester.
We want to
revitalize the Purple's reputation
on
campus, and make it the source for
information and a venue for expression of
public concern. With more than 30
a steady
contributor to the sports section,
will
the
students
and
on
staff
I
think that
we
a cross-section of the student
assume Robbie's post when he
although none of
graduates.
or not.
takes the post of
editor. He'll
instead of food reviews.
assistant sports editor this semester
you vote for her in bid
sessions, whether she's a shoe-in for
c. '99,
to use writing Purple Picks this semester
a rookie on the team, though. Katrina
like a girl,
are able to
Official
Carrie
This season's new section editors are
are
Sewanee's
a regular contributor to
Andrew Gallian, c. '99, was recommended to the Purple in August as a "guy
talks
in
section.
his hip writing style
Geisberg.
represent
body
know which organ we
officially are!
The Sewanee Purple
The
girl
Ed was
news
Jon Shehee,
the checks!
during bid
Q falls through.
from the
"if
"
Simple.
Few women and
outsmart
convinced that Suzy wants sorority B.
and Suzy doesn't get a bid from sorority
be rethought.
to
fellow freshman and Gorgas
Series beat
as arts editor.
groups such as Theatre
arts
back page/page 2
into her capable business hands.
— outsmarting the
doesn't vote for Suzy
men's system ought
the
aided this semester by
responsibilities of advertising
through because the
have focused on the bid-system Sewanee
the
is
me
heavily involved
is
travels
stands computers as well and helps the
a sorority have to lose
women instead of 26?
who
are an asset to any
women,
problem, ladies
fall
through for the past two years; instead
pledge classes
the system, which can work. That's a
have never before blamed the sorori-
ties for letting
full
they get 30 great
sorority,
be fun.
I
What does
Great
one,
decided that
bids for full pledge
The smaller sororities
offered
a combined total
GTU)
(ATZ and
Saturday has already said, but
this
(ADT,
classes of 30 girls.
through
fell
semester and
semester replaces
Studies' Classics program. Before his
perfectly designed Purple every other
Kate Brown, c. '99, design editor,
worked on designing the Purple last
through. Less
Saturday. Three big sororities
through because nobody liked me, which
I
fell
last
Sewanee and Perpt.ual Motion.
Ed Flowers, c. '97. seasoned reporter,
returns from a sojourn with the European
Not
editor.
Friday night.
out prefer-
filled
former news
happy, but she makes sure that you get a
better.
had a disappointing
women
c. '97,
new production
who covered
Sewanee Performing Arts
performing
only does she keep the production staff
year does not
uted compared to the 124 bids issued
fine.
slowly realized that
fell
working
is
editor, is the
c. '98.
the
Chris
board of the Sewanee Purple.
1 1
Purple or hiking on the Perimeter
tor the
Trail
I
not
women fell through in 1996 although 142
women completed preference cards.
Why? Last year, 2 bids were distrib-
when my
People for Little People), so
friends
woman
last
still
ence cards and 19
brother (Big
little
women
In 1995. 131
got involved with the newspaper and
I
students constitute the
The following
editorial
Who in '96
Chris Shoemaker,
Purple staff for the 1996
Easter semester!
Saturday and that's too many.
did.
I
system
that the
Eighteen
could spend a whole year's sorority dues
and, I'm afraid to say,
is
to the
Tania Samman,
Just because one less
Chattanooga
figured that
1
system
that the
is
Welcome
sat
working.
thought that falling
through was the worst possible scenario.
1
Having
get bids.
gotten a bid last year and having just
through bid sessions, I still have a
sketchy understanding. What I do
Editor
I
how women
explain
byjennie Sutton
Purple: Who's
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February 9, 1996
Page 7
The Sewanee Purple
OPINION
Drug Dealers Dream Come True
hy f!had
Cunningham
American
because
Fellow Americans, take note,
now beginning to witness the
we
coming
American justice system.
Last week in the Washingthis.
Listen to
of New York City (one
area
Heights
decline of the
most drug infested areas in the
noticed a car with
nation) two cops
parked on a city
double
plates
Michigan
then
As expected,
and
the
later she
New
they could look
woman was
in a trunk.
would be a
all
Likewise,
little
I
if
were com-
fact that six out of ten
What is necessarily "suspinow? Do offenders have to shoot
is
on the
and seizure.
Apparently, the judge believes that
the men ran away upon spotting
because
were just afraid of cops
because of a history of police brutality in
shouldn't
the area; in his eyes the cops
have been suspicious. Furthermore, he
have
stated that Michigan tags should not
line
each day in the
toughest neighborhoods
in the U.S.,
and
they have judges telling them
worth over $4,000,000 is worthless
the fourth
ultra-strict interpretation
amendment!
Why
of
should the
cops try? There's no reason to try and
consequently, cops are going to stop
their
wasting their time and jeopardizing
if
civilians
lives to protect innocent
such
judges continually make decisions
start
could
these. Furthermore, cops
as
their
falsifying information to bolster
could
this
produce results and
cases and
endanger everyone's
civil liberties. Just
caused suspicion even though over 60%
of the drug related arrests in the area
accosted for
remember, next time you get
of
four million dollars worth
involve people from out of the state.
drugs in
Now
I
support fourth
amendment
transporting
New
York, ask for Judge Baer.
rights
Students have strong opinions
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vote by the February
academic
yearn for
overly ambitious
their
eyes which
must say
that
When
I
over
into
growing
{Glamour. 42). The
it"
enough. Instead, she should shift her
with
focus to developing firm, toned legs,
and
the perfect definition.
lusty look in
make up
will
for
A
pair of fine legs
in the
any deficiencies
Women
breast department.
of the
the
University of the South should look to
Duke
Daisy
long-awaited restoration of
the validity of anthropology as a serious
subject.
immune system
woman is obsessed with her
worrying whether they are big
breasts,
have trouble accepting
I
reported
by injecting
American
appalling.
is
Glamour magazine
breast tissue
gownsmen walk around
during Convocation with a
me
course
my Mom's junior
to enlarge breasts-
tricking her
regalia,
So
far this
"a sponge-like material composed of a
woman's own cells into her chest and
their
incestuous den called
on the Dukes of Hazard for reference.
signed up for "Power
Gay Sledding - A Release
of Sexual Tension
who expend
by Trace Roquemore
Can we
events over the
Dinner conversation: What
not an
weekend were
I
don't even know why
that statement as a question.
excuse
not to
go
to class,
Besides an
to
go
slide
merry, relaxed brains giddily
long, steep incline
is
the
I
down
a
psycho-molo
long run.
anyone who thinks
ramblings
for himself.
are intended to be a
to
My
is
no
There are
language as filthy as Spanish.
other
are
there
and
English
words
in
used only
words and expressions that are
pace
keeps
blasphemy
in countries where
religion." Whoever
with the austerity of
famous quote
this
of
author
knows the
will
compensation for
receive no prize or
means that
her reading It simply
his or
book has been read by someone
somewhere.
the
Anyway,
if
danng
will to
might
as well
your
you're going to extend
"tandem sledding." you
go
go
in
where
it's
get naked. Besides, sledding
warm and
is
a fast
nde
and
which is over before you know
the hill again for
then one must walk up
holds true for those
another go. The same
it.
The
picture
1
gel of the
I
intuition.
It is
sad that most
hear talking about politics don't
even begin
to scratch the surface.
And
as
something
soon as someone who knows
lads speaks up. they cry. "Ohhh.
of the
not talk politics,
it's so...
unbecom-
ing'"
mockery
Even Spanish: "There
my
trust
let's
expecially
of our academic system,
psychology and
subjects such as English,
philosophy.
CSPAN
Democrats while
is that of a bevy of
I
people
truth
one is sledding, he
of the matter is. while
his or her loins.
or she is not attending to
I
know
tag-along-officePrez Clinton and his
workings.
spouse's
holding
I
The
column
don't recommend my
get of the
1
constituency
facts
prefer the act of flesh
in the
we
Hie
Republicans are ambitious adherers to
of
details
the
of
little
very
know
the myriad of
insertion (sex) itself to
our longdistractions which prolong
awaited ecstasy
little
uneducated
babbling idiots elected by an
humans.
Personally,
how
about what's going on
own. No. even
thai it's any fault of our
confused. The
little
•experts" seem a
watching
endowed crearealm of natures most
tures, viz.,
is
find
in the country. .not
picture
not seen while
is
intriguing
I
actually
the
many people
viewed the snow as an excuse
What
phrased
I
in
circles.
along
outpouring of energy accumulated,
we
No.
classroom?
the
in
with sore butts,
can't.
precious thrusting
their
energy jogging around and around
really pretend that the sledding
"sledding."
Love 'em or leave 'em
about
new way
I
that a bust
because of a
rights
manhood, such as the ATO
men's Shake Day. As if somehow
freshmen
country and a decision
one of
like
insightful, interest-
league outlines.
—
could affect law enforcement
negatively in the future. These cops put
their lives
seems
I
presented in a
is
Shakespeare was
realistic.
In January.
In this
to fall within the
and
it
great political writer.
"Sewanee," students place intellectual
achievement and image over character
a fatal mistake. Eager
development
a dangerous precedent for a
to set in this
ing,
pledges did on
is
frustrating part
goes back to
is artistic,
Troiluses yielding to their grotesque
ing their passion for raw violence!
cop
all
it
fashion that
no common source of positive
energy bonding students together.
Instead, our society bonds through the
grotesque performance of drunken
of passage
The
read about African political
I
Shakespeare— where
is
cious"
at a
has proved so far to be a
it
think that
missing.
is
I
interesting.
systems and the theory behind them, but
pull us out of our
rite
that
it
would
that
is
life is that
otherwise.
This
York, threw out the taped
that
confession and the evidence stating
the thing which
There
suspicious
problem with Sewanee
tragic descent, the metanoia,
Unfortunately. Judge Baer thinks
judge
New
the cops, they
me and
"reasonable" category?
Judge Baer. a U.S. District Judge
against unwarranted search
noticed
as fast as they could after
paraphenalia
gave a taped
amendment
men
broad daylight, and throw the
York City over twenty
violated her fourth
crucial
would be
it
study of the obvious.
A
of students traversing Manigault park.
if 1
up, then take hits off the crack pipe in
would
You would think that evidence
'em
throw
be enough to convict anybody,
Guess
the key.
in jail and throw away
in
we
state.
times.
again.
have ever
people arrested for drugs are from out of
explaining
confession to the N.Y.P.D.
from
how she had transported drugs
Detroit to
away
pounded with the
found over $4,000,000
in the trunk, and
the duffel
worth of crack and heroin in
arrested
U.S. and four
However,
Saturday night as
University
one of the worst drug areas
the events that traspired
men
away from the car. Obviously, the
They apcops became suspicious.
bags.
in
think
run
proached the car. asked
were a cop
throwing bags
noticed the policemen and began to
if
1
ran
to place several
four
I
thought that
System"
in the Political
and Violence
by John Barber
I was driving down
Avenue I heard someone yell,"
Ecce Quam Bonum. buttface." to a group
house without any
would be suspicious too
Personally,
in the
watched the car. the lady
street. As they
seat popped the trunk and
in the front
The
my
into
don't really like cops
1
heard of within the federal court system.
of the
trunk.
duffel bags in the
citizen;
the most asinine decisions
ton
men proceeded
Sheer Barberism
as the next God-fearing
reason. This, however, has to be one of
are
four
much
just as
I
have nothing
to hide politically:
think automatic rifles
I
should be distrib-
with epilepticuted to pre-pubescent girls
should be
pit-bulls
conditions; and that
in the
loose
let
in gasoline and
doused
community's alzheimer
from
NASA
all
the
Aside
way baby!
1995...looking back:
admit
the
district.
that, I'm pretty conservative...
it!
new
Maybe
C'mon
O.J.
just
we'll put your face on
dollar coins!
The Croatians and
bored by now?
the Serbians: Aren't they
on that war
book
a
write
to
I'm going
Bonngus."
called "Tractatus de Battlalus
@#$!
commy
the
re-elect
Just don't
after Albert
take
must
Clinton:
Hillary
aware of those
Speer. "Gosh.I wasn't
"
without thinking
atrocities. I just acted
right idea,
Anyway. Nostradamus had the
happen." After 1995,
viz.. "Bad will
feel like a
4.000-year-old Peruvian vase
shipped U.P.S.
November
16, 1995
The Sewanee Purple
Page 16
BACKPAGE
The Imitation of the
by Rev. Popped-Art
ANTIPOP
February
The
SPORTS
midteam started off 6-2 before hitting a
Misty
Coach
6-10.
low. Currently
season
Thompson's Tigers are struggling through
some very tough Conference
coming up 0-7
SCAC
after facing
opponents.
one
play,
each of
Thompson
two point overtime
loss to Oglethorpe as
is
season
in their third
also a junior,
for the team. Janie Taylor,
joins the pair in her third season.
of the team
is fairly
of them are
still
to their
new
The
rest
inexperienced and
all
how to respond
Thompson adds.
learning
coach.
working very hard, and I've
They're
really seen a lot of improvement.
should be yet."
just not where 1 think they
Thompson feels that her team has a
"Everyone
is
tendency to
start
slowly and mount a
come-back too late in the game or
allowing
to play well and then let down,
themselves to be knocked out of the
game. She noted that in games with both
strong
just
is
now
for
12-7 with six
One
just
most of the
able to play hard
the season.
five
She
think that will change this week.
this
practice
in
looked really strong
games
four years now.
Pete
consistent play of senior co-captains
there have
Dillon and Hunter Connelly,
quite a few surprises on the team
University.
starter
who
team
Jaret
I
honestly feel that this
the strongest I've seen at the
The men are consistent in
of the game and. due to Coach
Thoni's team attitude, they are unselfish
and a pleasure to watch. When all of this
has emerged
game, however, the
is
every facet
is
is
put together.
Sewanee were
I
wouldn't be surprised
if
to crack the Division III
national rankings in
averaging
leading scorer on the team,
16.1 points a
is
this season.
Division
Hendrix College, ranked fifth in
with the
Along
Arkansas.
Conway.
III. in
One
year
As a senior, and
having watched Sewanee basketball for
came
offense
as a key player in Sewanee's
second
the
is
Ryan
Harrigan.
Ryan
I
is
left in
two weekends ago when they beat
this year.
tentative with her shoulder injury,
week." Thompson commented.
Thompson added. "Kim Fauls
games
year
of their high points this
this
has
Pfluger who, after a two-year absence
from competitive basketball, has started
been
and with confidence. "Sara is probably
a
our most athletic player. She has been
little
Another surprise
for yet
men's basketball team. Looking
are
another winning season, the Tigers
practice and available for competition
once. Sara Dicks. C'99. has experi-
but
at starting positions
lost their
girls
season, the squad has had only eight
season and
lead by co-captains Kim
Brandi Poole. Both are juniors
Fauls and
has been
result
69.5% from the charity stripe, Ryan
become the team's key post force.
the only
because of the weather, about
Sewanee is our
thing still going strong in
most of the
that, for
606%
down
With nearly everything closed
The Sewanee team has been plagued
The
with injuries and illness this year
enced shoulder problems
have won.
The squad
second half and
percentage.
ir his field goal
storv lies in
story
field, and
the
from
Shooting
.
.
by Aidan Arn ey
chance for a win.
at
cited the
in the
slowly
at
their
that Sewanee should
SCAC game
threat of blizzard
despite
..»
the
competitively, trailing by only nine at
out
came
Tigers
the
games,
half. In both
The Sewanee Lady Tigers Basketball
The
team started their season with a bang.
1996
heat
Men's basketball turns up the
Tough time in conference play for
the Lady Tigers
by Maria Marcum
9,
Sewanee Purple
its
next couple of
seasons.
n-.il
really
"
carrying the team right now Kim
for Sewanee
game
averages 19 points per
and currently Jeads the conference in
rebounding, with 1 1.9 per game. Before
the February 4th
match-up with
Oglethorpe,
Kim was
1,000-point
mark
Thompson
18 points shy of the
Sewanee
in her
career.
looks for a strong finish for
She and the team thank the
students, faculty, staff, and community
the season.
members
and Hendrix, tough SCAC
opponents, the Sewanee team played very
Trinity
SEWANEE
for their continued support.
GO TIGERS!
High scoring Water Felines
by Scott Evans
Going
into their last meet, the
Sewanee
Swimming and Diving teams boast an
impressive record. The Women's team
had gone undefeated until their slim loss
for
against Emory, leaving them 7 and 1
The
Centre.
against
meet
upcoming
the
Men's team also claims a 6-4 winning
season, also heading into Centre.
'The team has been forced to deal with
a lot this season." claims
Coach Max
Obermiller, "but despite the hardships,
"
fall
the personal and school records still
The oldest school record for the women,
against
the 400 I.M.. fell in last meet
Emory to Scottie Pate. C'99. 'This
year's team is incredibly tough. The
toughest I've seen in a long time. And
kept
that perseverance which has
it's
them going and kept them winning
Defeating teams like Emory (men ranked
Washing5th and women 3rd nationally).
ton
& Lee. and Georgia Tech used to be
only dreams to this team.
Now.
these
goals are within our grasp." continued
Coach Obermiller. Georgia Tech is a
Division
I
school.
proof of the success of the team
needed, one need only look at the
If
is
National Rankings by college swim
coaches for Division III Schools to find
and
three men (Swimmers Brian Spurlock
Brett
Moldenhauer and Diver Jon Morris)
and nine
women (Swimmers
East
Apthorp, Jen Berg. Melissa Lykins.
Nicole Noffsinger, Scottie Pate. Caroline
Powell. Robbie Spruill,
Anya Sammler,
talented
and Kalah Thompkins)! These
events
in
25
nationally
athletes ranked
1and made national qualifications for
and 3-meter diving. Kris Kimball, C'99,
describes his season, "It's been tough
with all the sickness, but the team is
and you know
really supportive,
that they
be there for you." It's that mentality
which has enabled the Tigers to have such
will
a fantastic season.
Along with the success found in a
winning season, the Sewanee Swimming
and Diving team has also enjoyed
increased support from the school.
'Having all those people up there in the
me
that little bit of
extra. whatever.. .to
make me win."
stands just gives
explains Kalah Thompkins, C'99.
"It's
really cool to have your friends
around
when you do
all
Freshman Jon Morris looks
to nail the dive in last week's
meet against Emory.
well." adds Scottie
PateC.99.
Now.
die Tigers look forward to their
biggest rival. Centre College, and the
SCAC Championships. The Tigers swim
against Centre
in Danville.
your
family youVe an
organ i\n& tissue donor,
If you haven't told
on Saturday. February 10
KY
Co-Captain Paul
has
Randall discusses Centre: "The meet
been our biggest, and no matter
always
how many Division or nationally ranked
will
teams we swim against. Centre
I
Then,
continue to be our biggest rival."
first ever SCAC
the
22-24,
February
on
Swimming Championships will be held
you're not.
at
Washington
Sewanee. Teams including
Lee (men only). Rollins, Asbury.
With such
Centre, and Trinity will attend.
&
To be
^ cf$an oad wsue Jo™.
to be
quality competitors, this promises
perfect end to
to remember and a
an event
*> i\xy c#*
a great season.
frcv br»*fiiii<c oi» Jiow 10
t*s-ty
1
,
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For a
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Q^^ &%ISSU&
—
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S^wcy*" &<*&*•
Page 9
The Sewanee Purple
February 9, 1996
SPORTS
Sewanee Outing
Program Spring Break
Xsday March 14 and return Monday. March
"e'nt, food. gu,de service, and transport* „,
18.
10 participants
is
All
camping and boating
.Coded
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North Carolina: Travel to North
Trio #2- Rock Climbing in
Uud«.
Appalachian
unction with Bnrton Moomaw of
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s
Five participants maximum.
M» F0r Questions about price or particulars regarding
any of the above
trips,
stop by
office at #1214.
or call the Outing Program
Rachel Reimer All- American
^^^
R^^
Sophomore Ryan
soars over
Harmon
M
Junior C.alie Rachel
semester. This honor was
h.i,mii«w»
a gome
wee*
las,
in
aefenaers
o
against Oglethorpe.
F.Y.I.
Varsity Schedule
Attention All
Sports Information
(2/9-2/22)
2/18
Southwestern (A) 3:00
Trinity (A) 12:00 PM
2/21
Emory (A) 7:00
2/17
Anyone
for Volleyball?
practice
PM
is
anyone who is
the
playing for the team in
open
considering
to
gamma B asketball
2/11
2/17
2/18
2/19
Hendrix(H) 6:00
Rhodes (H) 3:00
PM
PM
Sjrinmdng
/
2/10
2/22-24
PM
PM
Diving
SCAC
PM
Championships (H)
AM
Prelim
10:00
Finals
6:00 PM
to
is
get
the ideal time to
players
the coaches and
will
attached!! Practices
to join
^™>££^
^^
J^"*
please call
Coach Nancy Ladd
at
^rested
in
pining the team.
extension 1320.
two matches scheduled
can
College, and the team
are currently
with Centre
matches.
schedule up to two more
Monday and
Practices will be on
7:30-9:00 PM and Friday
Wednesday
400-5-30 PM. Time
*
F.YT
that
at
is
a
new
you would
addition to The
you have anything
Section
d „/„ Spo£
Snntis ^on^
^neePu^
^ Purple offlcc
like run
sports, pi
concerning varsity or club
1204.
with no
fundamentals. There
primarily focus on
Scott (A) 7:00
Centre (A) 2:00
know
strings
Southwestern (A) 1 :00
Trinity (A) 2:00 PM
Agnes
Golfers
If
Sewanee Volleyball off-season
PM
Fall Off-season
2/9
, not too late
Friday 12.30
Monday. Wednesday, and
PM
PM
Women
6J
(_
| §
XheSewaneeWomen-sVa^y^
it
M-"'« fipsketball
Hendrix(H) 8:00
2/9
Rhodes (H) 1:00
2/11
J save percentage
was flRt
test semester Ke
on her performance in goa
games
on the Division III level. In 17
(0 938) in the nation
160 saves.
per game) and had over
tion based
conflicts can be
interested. Please
worked out. If you are
Ladd at extension
call Coach Nancy
-
Sfwnnrr Standout
Hunter Connely has
made his mark in
Sewanee basketball
history hy
surpassing the 1000
point
pis
5) back in
December He is
1320.
,
1995 SCAC
All-Conference
Hallelujah Pottery
Volleyballers
Highway 64
captain
Congratulations to senior
to
named
being
for
Celeste Unsworth
Team
Second
SCAC All-Conference
the
Sewanee
second time in her
Conference Honorable
career. All
to senior Gretel
Mention honors went
Blythe^ The
Jamie
Leslie and freshman
for the
three led the
Udy Tigers to their best
of
years, with a record
finish in three
Open9am-5pm
Tuwday-Sawiday
59^0141
15-15.
mark {1257
asoj February
urrently
amongst
the league leaders
in
points per
gam*
(14.0). assists
game
(4.0).
per
and
rebounds per game
(6 V) as
night
of Monday
November
The Sewanee Purple
Pag e 16
16,
1995
BACK PAGE
The Imitation of the
by Rev. Popped-Art
ANTIPOP
February
9,
1996
The Sewanee Purple
Page 10
SPORTS
review of intramural sports
Tiffer Talk: a
*—J
w%* 500
enn _ University
i n ;«i»ixiiv knM
isn't
IM
-
Intramurals.
by Robbie
Griffith
Sports Editor
Welcome
Tiger Talk
to historic
Let
it to the hardwood or to
Below
are a couple sports
Quintard field.
make
it past the
won't
probably
that
home
-
Griffith, sports
IM Midget Tossing
the views of the Purple because no one
else on staff expresses their opinions on
sports. Just kidding-
everyone has their
get a
chance to express
opinions, only
I
them every once
in
(I
career
at that point in
when you just
die...
left at
your Sewanee
Bungee Jump Off Natural Bridge
Never got approval from the Dean's
IM
be answered
years.
It's
in the
new
time for a
flAffoon Smofctf Tfcui
VfcpfrrtM Spicfc* Mmore!
Chevy
It's
.
CttidMt,
Ball
enough
for the heavy hitters; players
would
traditional
hit
Quintard
field isn't
more HR's than
Griffey,
team by singing off key. I can
coming my way.
wwhNdlV'Hfitty
it»y« b««« fa-w fcmnam
Jr.
IM Street Luge Down the Mountain
the 'Race
upcoming
Sewanee
Snwkid Sflfcnw Com
C*w.adPljtt
deep
IM Tee
-
Fmh
Afl0 91 Ihtty*
6nlM
Sedood Jarrcacai Jtft
an
never know, you might be scoring points
for your
elements of intramural competition? Is
ping-pong even a sport? These questions
to
fields so just
out 1996
just see that T-shirt
place in the realm of
athletics
-
office
handball against the faculty? Has trash
Sewanee
CAFE
awesome vision, isn't it? Well, it is for
some of us. Leave those midgets alone
and keep singing in the shower. You
compete
to
Center and can't quite get inspired to play
as one of the
IM
on the
maxed
car on the inside of turn four.
Sewanee; professionals aren't
allowed
can't get inspired to
people into the dividers in the Fowler
its
keep on
to just
Monte Carlo with your sorority/fraternity
on the hood passing the Tiger Bay Pub
1
talking lost
need
all
-
shoes? Are you tired of checking smaller
need
picture that
IM Drinking Olympics No amateurs
up those 985 Air Jordans or those
baseball cleats that double as your soccer
lace
would
IM Dodge Ball - Somebody
discussed and they will be, but for now...
Are you
yet, at least not
a
serious issues arise that need to be
we
next field over for a while longer. The
University isn't ready for a big change
independent
teams would dominate.
week it's
some
days
but
hope)
looks like
isn't
lacing up those Chucks, bricking threepointers, and hitting home runs into the
unethical here.
a while for your
Karioke - Despite the fact that it
sport, Sewanee just isn't ready yet.
IM
It
There's something
IM TYactor Pull - Local
reading pleasure. Enjoy! This
humorous
-
up the land to build a half mile oval on
the Domain, but it would be cool
a
Athletic Department in 1996:
be known that the opinions
it
expressed here don't necessarily represent
little
sports
won't quite make
of the opinions of Robbie
editor.
many
In the quest for change,
willing to give
i
-
Decherd' was deemed unsafe
to
era in
THE SPORT OF SURVIVING SHAKE DAY...
A Fine Line Between Sanity and Shake Day
by David G.
Sewanee music scene. Instead of another Dave Matthew's formula
Thompson
change
The same scenario occurred
year as
this
every other year for second semester men's
People showed up
Shake Day.
other
at
them a T-shirt and the
people's doors, gave
opportunity to spend a good deal of the
day drunk and happy.
Of course,
there
also the ceremonial throwing of the
was
new
converts into a lake and the singing of
those boisterous songs that
we
all
love to
was the feeling of relief and camaraderie. Even though
more than
hate, but
that there
second semester Shake
more low-key than
is
normally much
semester.
first
I
couldn't help but think that everyone en-
joyed themselves and their beer.
After the initial period of shouting and
drinking was over, a
headed back to
lot
their
of the merrymakers
dorms
for a cooling-
off period before readying themselves for
awakened my suite-mate
(The Purple's own Ed Rowers) at the lenthat evening.
der hour of
I
6 pm only
to find that
he had
missed most of the afternoon due to a
three-hour "nap".
Around
7
pm
most
people started reloading for the night by
down
heading
to
Shenanigan's or to the
more liquid confidence.
news
for that evening was the
The big
unmistakable sound of the Squirrel Nut
Market
for
Thanks goes to Taylor Bickerstaff
suggesting a new and much needed
in the
got real musicians with a real
band,
we
sound
that
to rock our socks.
was meant
Everyone seemed
to
enjoy the music and
asking that all-important question, "Is she
a
man
or
is
she a she?"
Of
course,
I
am
referring to the "lady" in red, but don't ask
me
for the
answer because I've seen
the
nude photographs and they're not pretty.
Womens' Shake Day contained some of
same themes as the mens' but definitely
on a more intense level. The beer and estrogen flowed as girls danced the day away,
the
,
new
muddy
belting tunes and respecting their
actives'
slid across
wishes as they
floors with
once clean
ing on their faces.
shirts
and fresh writ-
Territorial
it
was. but
more than that it looked like a whole lot of
fun. One young lady, seen dancing wildly,
was rudely awakened when she lost her balance and
fell to
the floor, hitting her head
by doing nothing and
had been made people got the bad neuv
Complete Desire turned into Complete
then courteously asking us to be careful.
NoShow and Sewanee was stuck with a DJ
sity
handled
this situation like
delicate intricacies,
Whatever happened
Yet. there
Chalk
it
it
does most
to in loco parentis?
appeared to be few mishaps.
up once again
Sewanee Angels.
The theme for
that
for the
gooa
ole'
evening was best
loudspeaker.
wonder if at that point it really mattered.
Most people were either into having such
a good time that they could care less about
the cold or they
day nights
in
knew
that like
most Satur-
Sewanee, anything short of
police were able to keep the peace
The
how-
one
who
all
out craziness just wouldn't do.
ever, except for
sly "hot-rodder"
Complete Desire? Most people were hitting their second wind and deciding what
hit
by
ments
for the
band
that night at Fiji.
would be more appropriate:
Needless to say
this
day was hampered
snow
that affected driv-
Zippers.
somewhat by
for
ing and walking conditions.
the
The Univer-
at start.
Who
beer, liquor
and
a pack of cigarettes- or liquor, a pack of
cigarettes
and
beer. After the
tough choices
the
1
same snow banks which
had cursed as the work of the devil for causof
ing me to kiss terra firma. The duplicity
Sewanee was apparent once again M
so
found myself loving what I had earlier
life at
Only on the Domain can you
people laugh
seen the illustrious advertise-
down
earlier that day
hated.
all
retired to their quar-
thoroughly enthralled by sliding
I
had
most people
alone or by two's.
place to stash his car while refueling on
We
Fiji
a
The day had been
only endure so
could
fun. but our bodies
seemed
myself,
much on any one day. I,
ters
decided that front-door parking was the best
quite profoundly.
people get
After
.
I
the
scream of some half-toasted singer over
statement are alcohol and cheap lovin' but
wouldn't get excited about a band named
cry. I've seen
our innocence around a can
lost
warmth." The obvious implications for this
a flying sandwich that hit her in the eye.
logs'
we
of Bud. However, most people didn't mind
when they realized that it's the people and
atmosphere that make the scene and not
some Gailor goulash.
The night appeared promising
"Don't
thought
summed up by the electric chalkboard in
Gailor, "Beware of a false sense of
on a log. She was no whiner though, for
she rebounded quickly and started back into
her party grove. Another girl was not so
fortunate as she was viciously attacked by
Someone remarked
reeked of nostalgia and of
those silly high school parties where we
style party that
much
fun,
I
when
had
they say.
"We
hear
had
so
to take her to the emergency
when
too smiled with delight
Da>
Shake
that
heard those words for I knew
room!"
'96 had
I
I
come
full circle.
Men's and Women's Shake Day
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Photos and Pledge Lists on pages
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girl-groups filtered through
Lord as a pre-teen dancing and
memories have been
mass
commodified and repackaged for
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in
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Ramones
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Lord's version of the Archies' "Sugar,
Sugar" drips the patented sounds of '60s
w
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lip-
of her TV like Jan
proteges comprised of Japanese girls and
consumption
Even stranger
is
that
we have
Italian
appropri-
memories that are not even oursfeatured on this album
many of the shows
most of us were
before
off the air
about early Sonic Youth wrapped up in a
hip international package
More
Pearl Jam—Mrrkmball
rock
from
and post-grunge hard
angst
were
fondly remember them.
bom. yet we still
else scared by the possibility
Is anyone
years today's middle
lhat in five
will be wearing "Ollie North
album
this
is
Add
Various Artists— Twisted Willie
proWillie Nelson to the never ending
pairings
albums
)dd
cession of tribute
believes
(
abound with Johnny Cash. L7. Kelley
Deal & Kris Kristotfeison. the Rev.
an innocent return to
goofy artists can
childhood by a bunch of
over half of
good-bye—
thought
and
Horton Heat, the Supersuckers, X,
up.
others popping
Ministry— Filth Pig Although it was
k,ss that
on this album are
the shows featured
Cartoon
Turner's
broadcast on Ted
yourself, you
congratulate
So
album
that Ministry's new
industrial outfit into
the
transform
would
Network.
rumored
purchased a $17 ad for the Turner
spent
Corporation (unless you also
a country band. Filth Pig
Nails.
ment. So
the
if
"lots of fun for every-
this
made
Hour theme), and it is custom
and the
bong
that
a
thinks
for anyone who
entertainonly
the
Cartoon Network are
evening.
ment that you need for an
songs are
the
of
many
Unfortunately,
(i.e.
w/ Material Issue, Sponge.
Hatfield & Tanya Donelly.
latch
Butthole Surfers'
hero for the '90s. The
"Underdog" and
of
renditions
and Wax's
key kid.
and
As far as cultural hodgepodges
Morning
weirdness go. Saturday
"Happy. Happy.
has as
much
as
The songs that work attain the
the
mix of intellectual disdain for
any typical cartoon.
rip through amphet-
and
as strange
than "Cool, dude." Almost
OrientalSublime's
is
cool
as
definitely
canine
ska-jazz run through of the
by the way of
amine
Quest" and
Venus covers of "Johnny
with
"Stop that Pigeon," complete
from Dastardly
Muttley's sampled laugh,
Machines.
and Muttley in their Flying
superhero
gem on
earnest that
Doo. Where Are You?" is so
to have wet
used
Sweet
you would swear
Maryj Lou
dreams about Daphne, while
interpretation
(Means
I
i
is
album.
you're
the Violent
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Love
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definitely the hidden
.
Femmes
Ah- Ah
"EepOppOrk
of
strangest of all
this
is
about
Not much more can be said
get it or
either
Saturday Morning You
Never
of
forever locked out
rewritten as
"Gigantor" appropriately
Perhaps
industrial-hardcore metal.
longing for simpler times.
Matthew Sweet's take on "Scooby
Hong Kong Phooey's theme
song. This track
of
Helmet contributes a version
of youth and a melancholy
Joy. Joy," respectively,
that there isn't
are really just so bizarre
them other
about
said
be
can
much that
The
laced, rockabilly
spirit.
frivolities
Brady as a
Rev Horton Heat
Daisy, face to
Collective Soul, Tripping
with little
Toadies)
the
face, the Murmurs,
right
want
old
collection from one of LA's
The Halo Benders— Don
general
Liz Phair
Juliana
Germs
and
Threat
school, hardcore outfits
Adven-
generic altema-rock/power-pop
punk move-
you have already picked up
Minor
ture
fairly
the original
retrospectives, then you'll probably
aside
one' (to quote the
in
an interest
on the Cartoon Network.
are willing to set
If, however, you
moments,
your cynicism for a few
Splits
—
The Angry Samoans Unboxed Set
ignited
The new wave of punk bands has
they're playing
Banana
them
Nine inch
tinged metal in the vein of
thing
you can sing along. The only
when
know
you
missing is a guide so
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route of industrial
to the well traveled
videocasanother $20 on the matching
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brief
a
liner notes even have
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the
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Vedder and company.
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The Sewanee Purple
12
9,
1996
ARTS
Hot
h\ Geoffrey
Sewanee
"Jas" in
Koh
about the eternal damnation of everyone's
l
soul.
Coining on stage
in
Cravens Hall on
Hailing from Chapel Hill, North
Saturday, January 27 in five tuxedos and
evening dress, the Squirrel Nut
.in
and vocals). Kathenne Whalen
Mathus (banjo, vocals). James "Jimbo"
Mathus (trombone, guitar, vocals and
guitar,
swaying, blossoming beats of jazz.
wept
of the
for the vibrant colors
Mudents' clothes, Cravens Hall seemed to
h.i\
in
e
been transported a half century back
lime into
some New York
jazz hall
saxophones and
e\
Nut Zippers
started late in the
ening and kept the crowd enthralled
until
I
stood mesmerized by the trombone,
this
of
"Alleluia's"
shouted to some elusive god of jazz. The
religious tone of the
music was humor-
ously confirmed upon hearing "Hell
set. in
was
column.
Just E-mail [email protected](cr simply "grrr" if you're
hooked up to the University computer network) and you might see
your Tiger growl
in
the Purple.
lyrically to the
Not even Boss Hog can stop you.
Nut Zippers have circualbum "The Inevitable"
much of their sound
to the jazz
Orleans, where they recorded
forthcoming album. The Squirrel
Head-Quarters
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Chicago, St. Louis, and even embarked
on a Florida mini-tour
last year.
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Together
with the North Carolina Symphony, the
Squirrel
the
Nut Zippers
will be involved in
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music for the Olympics and are
studio with the possibility of recording
which guitar player
Jimbo" preached
to
Grrr!
looking forward to getting back in the
Calypso" near the beginning of the
second
Squirrel
New
their
one
prayer they were, for the explosions of
became
The
attribute
could almost imagine her in prayer. In
the brass instruments
According
(guitar, vocals).
new
the Purple's
in
lated their 1995
musical
entourage, clutched her banjo or the
lips,
Tom
formed almost three years ago as a
humorous sideshow from North Carolina
As
banjo, saxophone, guitars, and drums.
microphone and pursed her
and
(see "Sheer Barberism" on page 7)?
Bo and Luke Duke wouldn't have waited to growl their complaint
and have a new album coming out soon.
They call their music "hot jas" ("jas" is
the original spelling of "jazz") and
one the next morning.
Kathenne. the sole female of
Raleigh
Are you mad that you've had to wait too many years for the return
of the "Dukes of Hazard"?
Has the Sewanee Vice acted like Roscoe P. Coltrain?
Do you wish more Sewanee women had legs like Daisy Duke
rock bands.
Sewanee's enjoyment by the B.C. Board,
ihe Squirrel
Don
(bass), Chris Phillips (drums),
the bassist. Squirrel Nut Zippers
Provided for
into listeners' ears.
married to Kathenne),
Maxwell
w here Louis Armstrong with special
guests the Squirrel Nut Zippers blew
bright notes of jazz into
is
comprised of Ken Mosher (saxophones,
Zippers swooned Sewanee's ears into
t
Carolina, the Squirrel Nut Zippers
GRRR!
asoundtrack for an upcoming movie.
crowd
Bowie blurs boundaries
ally
by Chris Shoemaker, Arts editor
framed picture. Bowie poured
the
gelatin over his enlarged photos just
Sewanee
artistic
is
home
expression,
to many forms
many of which
of
before the opening of the gallery, allow-
often
the daily
demands of college
life.
come through
ing for the images to
go unnoticed. Unfortunately, students
here must put their creativity second to
clearly. After several
weeks, the
gelatin
begins to yellow and harden, blurring
Yet
and adding new quality
fine points
the
to the
Geoff Bowie, a 1993 graduate of
Sewanee. has made
art his career.
Fortunately for us, he has decided to
pursue his career while residing on the
Mountain.
Bowie's unique approach to sculpture
can
now be
seen on display
in the
University Gallery. Usually taking a
site-specific
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Bowie defines
sculpture as "anything
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figures to performance art, to music, to
camp
for
boys
ages 8-16, located in the heart of the
painting, to photography."
He has
sculpture.
refused to limit himself by conventional
many
different
cohesive work of
art.
The works now on display
now
accepting applications for
in
Arkansas,
summer
positions.
staff
center
final
touch to the sculpture
of "common
is
con-
of
struction materials" for the frames. All
together
combined
these unique elements
represent a
around the world. Digitally enhanced on
summer
of Bowie's travels
over the globe.
Bowie's accomplishments
in the field
a computer, the colors on the photos
of sculpture reflect a desire to provide
become more
people with an
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new sunglasses"
vivid.
"christine and her
on a
takes
violet hue, while in "street scene"
reflects
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is
it
takes to express an idea: from marble
standards and uses
and
showing represent
and Cambodia.
Common, Large Lounge
Christian sports and adventure
Bowie. The particu-
in this
of the world, including Greece, Egypt,
7:30 p.m.
A
this
making process with
travel," says
photographs
work,
to his
attempts to
Bowie's travels to several different parts
Wednesday, February 15
Bishop's
approach
collection "reflect
it
an electric blue.
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of
this particular collection is
Bowie's use
of gelatin as a second layer instead of
glass.
Poured over the photograph, the
gelatin gives the photo a three-dimen-
sional quality not found in a convention-
"I
artistic representation
personal and universal statement.
show photography
comments on today's visual
desire to
presents
my
a
"My
as sculpture
arts
and
opinion concerning the
boundaries between disciplines,"
States
Bowie. He has effectively blurred the
boundaries to create sculpture incorporating
many
different aspects of
art.
Bowie's works will be on display
University Gallery until February
in the
25.
"«.
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ebruary9, 1996
ARTS
Kronos Quartet performs
January 30. the Kronos
On Wednesday.
to Sewanee to hold a
Quartet traveled
concert in Guerry Auditorium.
lw0 hour
of Sewanee students, profes-
Hundreds
sors,
the theater to
and residents packed
world-renowned quartet's
their
performance. Kronos launched
see the
se
,
of John
an uncanny presentation
jarring
"Dead Man Walking", a
rendition that
promised an exciting
..... work
evening.
their initial
The quartet followed
with the
Studies
haunting melody of "Two
On Ancient Greek Scales" by
Harry Partch. This
'Tragedy
at
Games".
In the
work consisted of two
"Olympos* Pentatonic" and
quartet
"Archytas Enharmonic." The
Mario Lavista's
closed their first set with
parts.
Alfred
"Musica Para Mi Vecino" and
2" before
Schn.ttke's "Quartet No.
intermission.
former piece, the quartet
many listeners in the audience.
The Kronos Quartet managed to
Phan by bursting
into "Mugam Sayagi." Originally done
by Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, this composer
its
portrayal of
was deeply influenced by
the exotic
musical scale and traditions of Mugami,
a secret Islamic language.
In this song,
the cello takes on the role of the
woman
who cries out her love for a man, while
the violins
and viola reply
in
room backperformers. The
asts gathered in a dressing
stage and
met
the
quartet signed autographs and talked
members
with fans. The Kronos Quartet
their
about
spoke enthusiastically
history.
Violinist and Kronos spokesman
David Harrington described his joy at
how "music allows us to know more
about the world and its people. And,
life
especially, if one grows up around
and thought-provoking
Hank Dutt
piece of the concert, violinist
unearthly
of
atmosphere
an
evoked
that is different
from
Januan M)
Kronos Quartet plays as Guerry Auditorium on
1
cadenzas.
Five minutes after the concert ended, a
small group of Kronos Quartet enthusi-
the
spine-tingling
came P.Q Phan's
Opera" and "Children
of
Kronos Quartet
Soon
and resumed their
stage
the
to
returned
"Song of
concert with Ken Benshoof 's
" Perhaps the most
Shadows
Twenty
after,
the
squealed fragments of Shakespeare and
Elvis Presley to the dismay and irritation
redeem
first
w ith
2^,'s
Sewanee
melancholy. Next
Chadwick Wall
,y
at
that life that others
experience, music can demonstrate this
rendition ol
individuality to people."
1990.
Harrington also spoke of the twenty
albums his group has created to date.
recent
concentrating on the group's most
what
album. "Released." When asked
was
the chief desire he felt
start the
in order to
group. Harrington exclaimed that
Crumb's tamous work
their musical career,
future to perform
The day
performed
in
Seventeen years after the formaFrancisco, the
tion of their group in San
reception in
their
that will surpass
works
after the
New
Kronos Quartet released
and look toward the
the quality of "Black Angels".
George Crumb's 1970 work. "Black
Angels," inspired him most to form a
musical group based on music of that
caliber.
in
The group seems lo look on this
particular album as a consummation ol
York
world
Sewanee. they traveled on
City.
China, and
tour.
Kronos Quartet
Iowa
Hong Kong
Thankful
to
City. Australia,
to continue their
for his
warm
Sewanee. Harrington eagerly
awaits to return to the Mountain.
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Page 14
9,
1996
Easter 1996 Sorority Pledges
Kate Vasey Sievert
aDT
Colleen Gabrielle Beecken
DAP
Carolyn Gray Bender
Leslie Elaine
None
Bradbury
Brown
Katherine Mattox
GTU
Caulyne Nichole Burton
Lauren Joyce Caldwell
Ashley Elizabeth
Amy Soto
Tina Lee Coniglio
Denham
Malinda Kathleen Clowe
Haley Kimberly Holmes
Paige Elizabeth Eagen
Janna Carrie Futch
Carrie
Anna Geisberg
PKE
Rebecca Ann Gilliam
Kristine
Gillian
Emily Susan Allenburger
Sara Elizabeth Anderson
Susan Laudadio
Mary Martlew
McAdams
Dorothy Jane Becker
Sarah Elizabeth McCarthy
Jamie Barton Blythe
Heather
I'm
PKE, yeah, you know me.
Sara Caroline Regitko
Katherine Hall
Wassum
Jean Page Scully
Jennifer Campbell Thornton
Karen Marie
Tumey
Shannon Noel Weiler
Eveylon Corrie Westbrook
TKP
Elizabeth Boiling Allison
Charlotte Jane Bell
Mary
Farrar Betts
Margaret Gray Bresnahan
TP
Kimberly Steffens Burke
Courtney Lee Ball
Caroline Henley Cheves
Maggie O'Sullivan Brown
Nancy French Bunch
Jennifer Elizabeth
Caroline Lee Ann Coward
Virginia Estes DeBardeleben
Casey Elizabeth Crosthwait
Kelly Michelle Drawbaugh
Dexter Dunn England
Sara Blair Dicks
Elissa Ashley Jones
Elizabeth Tipton Dooley
Amy
Brown
Kathleen
Tough and tumble TKP's
Kelly Christine
\iave
photo fun
in the
snow.
Sarah Peyton
Mooney
S.
Carroll
Martha Hancock Entwistle
Broaddus
Mary McConnell Clarke
Coleman
Marie Knupp
Mary Montague Logan
Catharine Frampton Mebane
Jane Bacot Mebane
Lydia Wickliffe Fenet
Mary Kathryn Shannon
Corey Tronnier Brown
Sara Molloy Cameron
Nicolette Campbell
Sally Ann Cassady
Christina Michelle Castrichini
Tara Jane Howell
Fairfax Virginia Nabers
Culver Stapleton
Alison McCauley Clyde
Jennifer Elizabeth Jackson
Laura Leigh Ouzts
Yancey Ann Norris
Laura Ashleigh Parson
Laura Jean Ross
Krislina
Anne Steenson
Knsten Elizabeth Touhey
Stephanie
Mae Tourk
Laura Brooke Gibson
Stephanie
Ann Harkess
Sarah Josephine L. Harper
Condon
Matthews Day
Catherine Hails
Kristin
Elizabeth
Mary
Lee Jones
Scott
McKeogh
Nicole Mavis
Mes
Lauren Manning Millichap
Jacquelyn Elizabeth Presley
Margaret Mclsaac Rankin
Catherine Read Ravenel
Frances Elizabeth Van Hoose
Jamie Noel Evans
Ingrid Elisabeth Merritt
Anne Vibul
Bnana Maria von Weimer
Gwendolyn Jewel Weien
Elisa Clare Young
Kelly Haggerty Falconi
Olivia Jane Merritt
Gwynne
Kristen Leigh Morrissey
Amy Elizabeth Shivers
Jennifer
Brittany Leigh
Theresa Marie Zucchero
ATZ
Mary
Sterna
Emma
Nu
's
Robin Renee Klein
Katherine Grace Lindyberg
Anne Sturges
Dee Dee Johnson Wade
Delores
Ann Rigdon
Emily Elizabeth Rue
Kristin
Samantha Anne Sutphin
Mary Harding Talbot
Anne
Anne
Jefferson Tate
Taliaferro
Thompson
Kalah Marie Tompkins
Ann Northern
Karin Leigh Palmintier
Enayat
Rita
Anne Robertson Parker
Elizabeth
Christy Lee Drake
Glenn
Anna Catherine Gray
Abby West Howell
Anna Ashley Ivey
Stuart Richards
Rebecca Amelia
Koppel
circle
up for a head count on men
's
Shake Day.
Pitts
U.U,l.»v
Rolling in the snow, insane actives dive into the fun of shake day.
M'«"
Shining
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The Sewanee Purple
February 9, 1996
ATO's gather on
and signing faces on Shake Day
the front
lawn
to
welcome
Fraternity Pledges
Easter 1996
KA
ATO
Granger Christian Osborne,
Latham Chase Speiden
John Phillip Donnelly
John Barksdale Holmes,
Stanley
III
Owen Mcnulty
Theodore Gilbert Morrissey
Selh Alexander Pajcic
James Wesley Rogers
Jeremy Jackson Whitman
LCA
Daniel Isaac Archibald
Benjamin Trefz Roosevelt
PDT
Jonathan RhettWieland
Joe Dick Mobley.
Ill
Forrest Kelley Porterfield
CP
Kenneth Carter Eddings
Craig Michael May
Jonathan Christopher Tucker
Jesse Winchester Wilson
SAE
DKE
Jeffrey
PGD
William Covington
James William Spriggs.
Ill
SN
Philip Brantly
DTD
William Joseph
James Joyner Gannaway, V
McGaughey
Travis
Adam
Buck
Giles
Andrew James Smith
Louis Cody Smith
ThePKE pledges pile
Taking a dip,
ofCh, Ps, falls
Tom Dees resident
,
into fun
on Shake Day.
it
all
on
to
play incoming
their pledges.
February
9,
1996
The Sewanee Purple
Pace 16
BACK PAGE
POINT OF VIEW
Purple |faks
What
b\
to
do when
there's
nothing to do on the
Trying
Dixie Carter
Jon Shehee
by
DANIEL ARCHIBALD
Domain
To del To Heaven.
O pinions Of A Tennessee Talker (Simon
& Schuster, $22) Who is Dixie Carter?
.
February 9
&
10.
The Weekend Bands
.
With hopes of better luck than last
weekend*s failed, snow-infested gatherings, a crowd of bands will attempi to
wash away the pain that last weekend's
snow brought upon Sewanee. On Friday,
KA and Theta Pi will present a band
Double Wide, and Saturday night
will be the time of redemption for the
Fills, who will showcase Bobby Messano.
called
one might ask Do you remember that
show about those Southern interior
designer belles and the gay guy? "Design-
TV
ing
Women." remember? Dixie was one
of the
now
and
stars,
she
is
simply
following the traditional path of the late
twentieth-century actress: be a nobody,
get a sitcom, get a following, lose a
following, lose a sitcom, write a pseudo-
However. Saturday's most interesting
philosophical book. According to the
band may prove to be the TKP-Phi Delt
Black Sabbath cover band. Don't forget
Chattanooga Free Press from February 5
when asked about her beliefs on heaven.
your heavy boots of lead, for Ozzy has
Dixie said.
most certainly not
left
the building.
when
I
"I
die.
again and
I
very
much want
want
to see
the people
all
The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss (Random
House. $30). Theodore Seuss Giesel's
gone."
otherworldly, previously unpublished
majors are wasting on
Wow. and just
I
my
to
.
go there
mother
who
miss
think of
all
are
the
time our Sewanee English and philosophy
silly
degrees.
paintings and sculptures are out in print
These works are a
and more
more adult-oriented
abstract, but they all
still
retain
Feb. 12-14.
The Sewanee Conference on
Women On
Feb. 12. Cathy Rigby. an
.
the artist's
absurd
bit
wacky
talent for presenting the
in a strikingly
sensible manner.
Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast,
speak
will
at 5 p.m.,
evening author
Remember Barney,
dinosaur who annoys and
Bloo pv's Buddies
the purple
.
sometimes gets beaten up in bothersome
romantic comedies? Well Barney's
number-one annoyance crown is in the
process of being lifted by a hideous blob
called
Bloopy San Diego's public
television station
this
green
ball
KPBS
with huge eyes and a
will
Add
a
Feb.
1
3.
,
at 8
p.m. that
will lecture.
civil rights activist
and
columnist Linda Chavez will speak at 8
p.m., and aviator Dora Strother will give
the final lecture at
noon the following
day. All lectures are at Convocation hall
except for Dora Strother's speech which
will
be held
in the
BC
large lounge.
has been airing
gargantuan purple baseball cap, and the
kids love him.
On
and
McCorkle
Jill
new
color,
and they
come.
Feb. 17-20.
M^d\
right, folks, the
Gras Weekend That's
time has
.
come
to pile into
subcompact automobile and head down
to New Orleans where the parties are wild
a
New OG Easter
Molly Elizabeth Bagwell
Alston Bennett Barrow
David Christian Michaels
Cristy Coors Beasley
Carrie Melissa Miller
Andrew
and the drinks are legal for just about
anyone. So everybody jump in a car and
leave your worries and but not your fake
Lydia Edings Blessing
Darby Brooks
Andrew Gist Moody
John Ramsey Moss, Jr.
Andrew Ryan Nix
Nicole Aimee Noffsinger
IDs behind (Louisiana's legal at 21 now).
It should be one ragin' cajun weekend.
Jonathan Mark Brooks
Julie-ann
William Lee Belford,
Elizabeth Lee
Bailey Warren
Jr.
Bowie
Brown
III
James Dale Carter
Walter Brian Costilow
Harris Frederick Powers
Emily Catherine Crosby
Christopher Scott Rainey
Ian Rutherford Cross
William Carl Ray
Thomas Arden Daniel IV
Lamar Whitworth Davis III
Katherine Cole Downie
Danny Moulder Dukes. Jr.
Joshua Hendry Reams
Martha Hart Rhodes
Wayne Eugene
Ripley
III
Matthew Scott Robinson
Richard Alexander Robinson
Elizabeth
Rowe
Steven Patrick Schale
Lauren Penn Shannon
Herbert Terry Gibson
Avery Barton Strachan
Ryan Hart Harrigan
Robert Tudor Strang
Stacy Susan Faber Henderson
John Jeremiah Sullivan
Moody Holland
Alexandra Boggs Huffman
III
III
Yvonne Frazier
Jennifer Calhoun Fuqua
Hugh Edward Garrett
Virginia
Gregg Christian Shepard
Anna Ayres Steme
III
Jon Seaward Trussler
Rachael Elizabeth Jensen
James Lesueur Uden, Jr.
Leonidas Clyde Vaughan IV
Margaret Conner Kizer
Richard Michael Waller
Collin Harrison Lane
Peter Bernard Walls
Elizabeth
cigars look... funky?
Jeanne Kennedy Porter
Anne
III
Julia
smoke
Lizzie Anderson and Cathy RafFerty suck stogey
prove
at a boisterous outdoor cafe. These babes
Corey Matthew Passman
Neal Langley Pickens
Betsy Hanna Pollett
John Douglas Elrod
James Hunter Flack
Sassy, swingin' seniors...
Nydegger
Diane Marlene O' Bryan
Mary Bradford Clark
John Means Cooper
Katharine Salter Edwards
women with
Rachel Margaret Miers
Kiley Allen Miller
Beck
Carlie
Nicholas Paul Bruner
that
1996
Ann Lay
Brooke Ashby Westfall
Drew Michael Lineberger
Walker Barton Willse
Belle Hearon Little
Kristen Ellen Wilson
Melissa Leigh Lykins
Carry
Lynn
John Allan Montgomery Maguire
Bo Zheng
Julia Miles
Dawn Yadon