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I had the pleasure of interviewing Geoff Calkins, who is
the sports columnist for the Commercial Appeal. Here’s what he
had to say.
True, it wasn’t the Macy’s Day Parade, but in the spirit of Thanksgiving,
giant balloons prevailed at the Second
Annual Gobble Gala on Tuesday, November 21. Hosted by MUS and cosponsored by St. Mary’s and
Hutchison, the semi-formal dance was
held to raise money for the Memphis
Food Bank.
This year’s event was widely anticipated to exceed the success of last
year’s Gala, which raised over $6,000.
At evening’s end, MUS Director of
Student Life Manning Weir said “It was
absolutely fantastic. I can’t yet give you
a number, but we fully expect to match
and more than likely exceed our goals.”
Featuring the local band The Memphis Ice Breakers, which served up the
hometown flavor of soul with a side of
Motown, the floor was packed as students danced until midnight. With perfect rhythm or two left feet, students
from all over Memphis joined in the fun
for a good cause, and next year’s dance
is looked forward to by all.
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BY TEDDY KLUG
BY CHRIS MCDONALD
U M B E R
You were originally an attorney.
Why did you switch to sports?
I always loved sports. When I was
a kid, my parents, if I misbehaved,
would punish me by saying “no sports
section for a week.” Somewhere along
the way sports didn’t seem serious
enough to pursue as a career. I came
from a big family and it was all about
academic achievement. I got into
Harvard, and the thought of being a
sportswriter was not a very respectable thing to do. After that I got into
Harvard law school and got a law degree, because I was told that you could
do anything with a law degree. I wound
up in a big law firm in Washington D.C.,
and I did not like it. It was like every
hour you’re having to write a paper, and
you’re having to get yourself to write
that paper. My dad was a doctor, and
I grew up thinking you were supposed
to love your work. I didn’t like being a
lawyer. I was willing myself through it
hour by hour. I could not see willing
myself through 50 years of work. I was
ready to go take a shot at this silly sports
writer thing and see if it worked out. If
it didn’t, I could always deal with it.
What was your first sports writ-
ing job?
First, I took a leave of absence from
the law firm. A lot of papers require that
you go to journalism school to be a
writer. I don’t believe that you have to
go to journalism school to be a sportswriter, and Harvard doesn’t have a
journalism program. When I took my
leave from the law firm I went to journalism school at Columbia and then
applied to jobs all over the country. My
first job was in Auburn working for a
little dinky newspaper with a 30,000
circulation. I was making $225 a week.
I did that for 2 years, and I loved it.
The problem was that I had to decide
whether to pursue a career in law or in
sports writing, because I couldn’t do
both.
How do you think high school
sports here compare to those in Alabama?
I think high school sports are high
school sports. High school basketball is better here than there. You
know, the thing about high school
sports that is special is the connection to the team, whether its parents,
siblings, or fellow classmates. You’re
pretty much going to find that anywhere. People talk about the purity
of college sports and amateurism, and
playing “for the love of the game”, but
I don’t think that college athletics are
pure at all anymore. I think high
school sports still has that “love of
the game” attitude and playing for
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Editors-in-Chief
Chris McDonald
Jonathan Yeung
Associate Editor
Ferrell Varner
Technical/Layout
Editor
Roger Chu
Cartoonists
Parker Joyner
William Lang
Clement Oigbokie
News Editors
Byron Tyler
Asst. Michael Stein
Viewpoints Editors
Peter Travis
Asst. Asad Dilawari
Sports Editors
Teddy Klug
Asst. Owen Mercer
Amusements Editors
Wilson Castleman
Asst. Alexander Fones
Columnists
Morgan Arant
Blake Cowan
Andrew Jehl
Nathaniel Kastan
Will Mays
Dev Varma
Dracula, Baby!
BY ROBERT DUFFLEY
On October 29, the curtain closed
on Dracula, Baby!, MUSt C’s rather
unique fall production. The play is a
musical spoof of the Dracula story, and
the main character is not the famous
Vlad Dracula, but his younger brother,
Ziggy, played by Hunter Edens. In the
beginning of the play, Ziggy decides to
leave Transylvania in order to find a
bride and go to Hollywood. Hot on his
tail are Professor Van Helsing (Preston
Battle), a loony German vampire expert; Dr. Seward (Ed Porter), the manager of a sanitarium; and the too-proper
English gentleman Arthur (William
McGeehee), whose fiancée (played by
Lilla Pivnik) Dracula fancies.
On their journey through England,
Dracula and his band of fan girls (Erin
Fischer, Amanda Castroverde, and
Caris Rowlett) enlist the aid of supernatural friends such as “Babs” the Witch
(Natalie Jacewicz), two werewolves
(John Carr and Robert Duffley), the
lunatic Renfield (Alexander Fones) and
a slew of zombies (Mary Catherine
Chase, Caitlin Gray, Thomas
Castleman, Brandon Parrish, Peter
Travis, Lane Feler, Kelsey Currie, Will
Mays, Robert Vestal, Jessica Ferris,
Saba Dilawari) In the end of the show,
Dracula saves himself from the pierc-
Photo Courtesy of Flip Eikner
The cast of Dracula, Baby! during Dracula’s wedding
ing rays of the sun by performing a good
deed, and runs off to California with
Nurse Plenty (Cassie Thompson).
“The acting was good, but the plot
sucked,” intoned one sarcastic student,
although most other audience members
thought different. Although the plot was,
admittedly, a bit campy, the show was
not written to be an artistic masterpiece.
It was an extremely fun show for both
actors and audience, and the ridiculousness of the plot allowed the comic talents of the leading actors to shine, and
their efforts made the play a success.
The costumes and set for “Dracula,
Baby!” stood out, as well. The gothic
set pieces and brooding lighting contributed a distinctly menacing feel to the
environment. The leads’ costumes were
well done as always, but the costumes
of the chorus particularly stood out,
especially in the zombie scenes. Chorus members wore spiked and torn
clothing and extensive makeup; their
faces were painted white, and their hair
was styled into bizarre shapes. The
werewolves’ costumes, which included
false ears, noses, sideburns, and teeth,
were also outstanding. Farrell Varner
led a strong backstage crew of Austin
Beckford, Michael Green, Andrew
Jehl, Matthew Jehl, and Bill McCann.
Also, Roger Chu worked lights, and
Mr. John Hiltonsmith ran sound.
All in all, the play was a great success, and it has set a high bar for the
spring play, “The Fantasticks.”
A Look Inside The Gobble Gala
Business Manager
Neely Mallory
Faculty Advisor
Mr. N. Thompson
Photos Courtesy of Chris
McDonald
Left: The Memphis Icebreakers
Center: Student danced, sat, and
enjoyed the inflatable turkeys
Right: Dev Varma and John
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Pirates, Debate, & Mr. Amsler: Model U.N. 2006
BY ROGER CHU
Approximately 70 MUS students:
three officers, six 2007 Model UN officers, three Security Council delegates,
60 General Assembly delegates, three
outstanding delegates, one outstanding
resolution, one outstanding International
Court of Justice written memorial, and
one Guy Amsler.
As most of you know, Model
United Nations consists of a bunch of
high school students heading to Nashville for a weekend of debate in a mock
United Nations setting. This year Model
UN took place in Franklin at the Cool
Springs Embassy Suites. Everything
else was relatively the same, so here’s
the rundown.
Friday marked the beginning of
Model UN. All of the participating
schools arrived and congregated in the
main ballroom. The Model UN officers started off the conference, making
announcements and speeches. Following this, the candidates for next year’s
conference offices gave their campaign
speeches, ranging from the standard
“hey, vote for me” to deep philosophical treaties into existentialism. After-
wards, the majority of students there
attended what are known as committees. In committees, delegates debated
the resolutions (an idea proposed by a
delegation). The resolutions that passed
went on to the General Assembly the
next day.
When dinnertime arrived, the plan
was for two busses to shuttle six to
seven hundred people from the hotel
to a large collection of restaurants
across the interstate. All did not go as
planned. This system of eating (changed
because this conference was moved out
of Nashville) ran into some huge problems in its ability to shuttle all of the
delegates in a timely manner. Dinner
break started at five, yet there were still
people at the hotel waiting for a ride at
six twenty. Needless to say, people were
hungry. With dinner completed, however, the conference moved on as
planned, and the delegates went back
to their committees to finish debating
resolutions. At around eleven at night,
committees were let out, and sleep was
finally in order.
Saturday, simply put, is a day of
debate. Starting at around nine in the
morning, all the delegations went to ei-
ther their committees once more or to
the Security Council or International
Court of Justice. Debate went on all
day, with committees merging together
after lunch to form the full-bodied General Assembly. Before lunch, Model
UN officers were auctioned off to bidders (for a lunch date) in order to support the Plan Padrino project, a project
supporting underprivileged Columbian
youths on their quest to attend school.
Three MUS officers were auctioned off:
Ashton Fisher, John Reinhardt, and
Roger Chu. After lunch, the General
Assembly convened, debating the resolutions that had passed committee. Security Council and International Court
recommenced their proceedings as
well. The day ended with a pirate-theme
dance, boasting a loud chant from the
MUS students at the beginning. After
the dance, the students were given leave
to go to their rooms, and sleep was to
be had.
Sunday, the shortest day of them all,
finished all of the debates. In the General Assembly, a resolution arose concerning the need for the banning of betel nuts, an apparently harmfully addictive substance. After debate had finished, the entire conference attended
the closing ceremony. The 2007 Model
UN officers were named, awards were
given, and the 2006 conference ended.
Photo Courtesy of Chris McDonald
Erim Sarinoglu, China, and Will Mays, Argentina, are hard at work in
the Security Council
The SCALES of Justice
BY MICHAEL STEIN
On November 14, fifteen MUS student participated in the SCALES (The
Supreme Court Advancing Legal Education for Students) Project. This program allowed students from all over the
city to witness the oral arguments of
real cases presented to the Tennessee
Supreme Court. MUS was lucky
enough to have been chosen to witness
a particularly interesting murder case
discussed: Shaun Hoover v. State of
Tennessee.
Prior to our day downtown at the
courthouse, we attended two in-depth,
information meetings. In the first meeting we discussed with two local lawPhoto Courtesy of Chris McDonald
Chris McDonald, Hobbie Turley, and Ashton Fisher as pirates yers our legal rights under the constitu-
tion, the structure of the state and federal court systems, and what the requirements were for a case to continue
to progress through the courts. In our
other meeting, we discussed the case
itself with the Honorable Judge Frank
Crawford of the State Court of Appeals.
Witnessing this case allowed us to
experience the criminal justice system
from a different point-of-view, in a far
more personal way. The program left
us all with new knowledge about an
aspect of our government that is so important but hardly known in depth.
Following SCALES, we most importantly now possess a newfound respect
for litigation and the Tennessee court
systems.
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Could It Be a Baby Bin-Laden?
BY ANDREW JEHL
We live in an ever-changing, sometimes dangerous world. Though steps
are being taken to help secure the freedoms of law-abiding citizens around the
world, sometimes things don’t always
work out for the best.
On the first Friday of November,
United Arab Emirates’ airport security
was performing its routine checks when
the alarms suddenly went off. The name
of a man on the nation’s list of most
wanted criminals was suddenly flashing across their screens. Those brave
men and women devoted to protecting
our world’s portals into the wild blue
yonder had a prime opportunity to bring
in a very, very bad man.
Security proceeded to detain the
two-year-old child named Suhail Saleh
in a back room of the airport’s facilities. An officer handed the child’s father, Abdullah Mohamed Saleh, a printout of a document claiming that Suhail
was wanted and there was a warrant
out for his arrest. However, upon further consideration, Suhail was released,
and the family was allowed to board
their flight. Officials said that they would
investigate the incident further.
Isn’t that ridiculous? Something
must be done! How could they possibly release this known criminal so
quickly? Investigate the incident further,
huh? A likely story, I say. We all know
that nothing further will be done. The
authorities are simply going to forget this
incident, as if it were no big deal.
The child’s passport clearly showed
that he had the same name and birth
date of the wanted man—that is, himself. Two people with the same name?
Not likely. And he was born on the
same day! Computer malfunction? I
don’t think so. This failure to bring a
known criminal to justice is only one
blatant example of the kind of lax security that must be addressed.
Up to three ounces of liquid allowed
on a plane? The American people are
just asking to get bombed. And get this:
up to FOUR ounces of eye drops!
When will the nightmare end? No time
soon it seems, since the liquid ban excepts baby milk simply after a taste test
by airport security. Honestly, how many
adults really remember what baby milk
tastes like? It would be only too easy
for a terrorist to fake that infantile liquid. And the list goes on.
Luckily, some progress has been
made. I glow with patriotic fervor every time I pass through hotel security
and spot a wicked old grandmother
being extensively searched for nail clip-
pers or other weapons of minor destruction. Indeed, that is the kind of
security our nation needs. The rules
must be followed. Everyone knows
that an airport is the only place a terrorist attack could occur, and thus, it is
all too clear that these extensive security measures are the key to protecting
the people of this great nation.
Rampant Inflation Reaches Our Lunchroom
B Y S AMIR S HETH
Here at MUS, our teachers drill
endless facts into our vacuous
skulls, but what I’ve really learned
so far is that the price of Styrofoam
has skyrocketed. You have thought
that learning at this fine institution
is bound by the four walls of your
classroom, but it in fact extends to
our cafeteria. Finding a real life
application for AP Stat, I computed
that the rate hike for Styrofoam
cups was a full 50%. Sure, you’re
thinking “it’s only five cents, what’s
the big deal?” but you’d be mistaken to think this inflation only
applies to Styrofoam cups. Those
biscuits which only last year were
50 cents are now 60 cents each.
And that’s not all. Two mediocre
strips of bacon will put a hole in
y o u r p o c k e t t h e s i z e o f Te d
Kennedy’s head. When I confronted the cafeteria staff about this
gross overcharging, I was told that
the prices are the same as everywhere else. But it’s not. I took a
field trip over to my friendly neighborhood McDonalds where I found
some startling facts. Not only do
you get more bacon for your
money, but you can also get a cup
of water for no charge.
One would assume that an increase in charge would accompany
an increase in food quality, but students assure me that this is not the
case. The cafeteria continues to
serve the same repetitive fare at a
new rate of inconvenience. Jack
Montgomery regaled me with this
harrowing tale: “I used to pick out
three quarters from my pocket
change, go to school, and pay for
a scrumptious chocolate cookie.
But then suddenly everything
changed. They upped the price to
eighty-five cents and it’s not like
I’m going to go home and pick out
that extra dime. So I either pay with
a dollar bill and take the risks associated with loose change, or I go
hungry—usually I just go hungry.”
Loose change is not the only risk
MUS students face in the lunchroom. A small bottle of orange juice
costs 25 cents more than a large
cup of soda, encouraging more students to choose a sugary concoction. And that is not the last of the
health hazards. Unlike the “everywhere else” to which we are alleg-
edly similar, our fine cafeteria posts
no nutritional information.
McDonalds, the king of killing its
customers, not only posts this information at the restaurant so that
customers may make an informed
choice but also makes nutritional
facts available online. A query as
to our cafeteria’s nutritional information led to a bewildered “huh?”
and an online search was fruitless.
No doubt the cafeteria of a private
school is not required by law to
post the amount of saturated fat it
is pumping into unsuspecting students, but as public schools across
the nation strive to reduce the fat
and caloric intake of their students,
the question arises: what is our
school doing for our students? The
answer: raising prices.
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GOP Thumpin’ at Midterm From the Editors’ Desk
BY JONATHAN YEUNG
BY THE EDITORS
Like many others on Election Day,
I was up rather late not only to watch
the Daily Show / Colbert Report special, but also to see the outcome of the
election. Although the Allen-Webb Senate race delayed the final verdict for a
few days, when the Democrats officially
took control of the House and Senate,
I was delighted, though that feeling was
somewhat restrained because of the
outcome of the Tennessee Senate race.
So now that the scathing political ads
are down and the dust has settled, what
will become of America? Many are concerned about the near future because
of terrorism, North Korea, and Iraq.
In fact, this mid-term election drew international attention; on the day after
the election, many residents of Iraq
questioned the U.S. ambassador there
whether a Democrat controlled Congress would lead to the immediate pullout of U.S. forces. Though this is not a
probable course of action, it is clear that
we can no longer “stay the course,” and
a new direction is necessary.
The reason why, in the words of
George Bush, the GOP got a
“thumpin’” on election day was certainly
not because of the differences in social
issues between the two parties; on
Amendment one, Tennessee voted
overwhelmingly against gay-marriage.
While scandals certainly did not help
the Republicans, the overwhelming issue on people’s minds was the war in
Iraq. There is no denying that the war
in Iraq is a mess. Staunch supporters
may point to the recent conviction of
Saddam Hussein as evidence of the
war’s success, but his conviction was
a symbolic event and his whole trial a
trite affair; surely he would have been
found guilty regardless of how democratic or autonomous the Iraqi government claims itself to be. Every day on
evening news, there are reports of more
U.S. soldiers killed; on the way to
school, I hear on NPR of more tortured bodies that litter the streets in the
Call it the mummy’s curse or attribute it to the ancient Indian burial
ground beneath the publication office,
but Murphy’s law prevailed and the universe got a good laugh, when whatever
could go wrong with The Owl’s Hoot
this last issue did.
For nearly four weeks, your The
Owl’s Hoot staff has been working to
put together this latest issue: these past
two weeks, problems completely beyond our control have plagued us and
tried our patience and yours. First came
miscommunication and misunderstanding with the printers, who despite an
earlier understanding that The Hoot
would go to press in time for distribution before the holiday break unexpectedly informed us that circumstances at
their end now meant it would not, effectively rendering articles and ideas
outdated.
This threw a wrench into our plans,
but we accordingly updated and substituted content in an effort to provide
Photo Courtesy of Getty Images
morning. Our army cannot continue
fighting this invisible enemy forever; already our troop’s morale and equipment are falling into disrepair.
After criticizing the war, you make
be wondering about my own proposed
solution to Iraq. To be honest, I have
none, but I believe that the new members of Congress on both sides of the
political spectrum are moving in the right
direction. Yes, not only are the Democrats going to make changes, but I also
believe that George Bush and the Republicans will follow the Democrats’
lead. A deep division between the two
parties is not going to help the situation
in any way; bipartisan action must be
taken immediately less the Iraq situation worsens. Furthermore, with approval ratings at rock bottom, President Bush must work with Democrats
for the next two years if he is to have
any praise in the history books. Already,
changes are apparent. When Donald
Rumsfeld, blamed by his generals for
the problems in Iraq, resigned, the first
step toward progress was taken. Bush’s
meetings with the new Speaker of the
House Nancy Pelosi seemed positive,
and while he expressed disappointment
with the election’s results, Bush said that
he “looked forward to working with the
Democrats.” We will see soon enough
whether Bush keeps his word, but one
thing is already apparent now that this
historic mid-term election is over: the
people of America wanted and voted
for a new direction.
“fresher” news. Then, in Titanic-fashion, disaster struck—this time in the
form of a large-scale power-outage that
crashed MUS’ servers. The Owl’s
Hoot was once again sunk. However,
thanks to heroic efforts by Mr. Billy
Smith to bring the server to life again,
we were finally able to complete the
paper over break and send it in for
printing.
The editors of The Owl’s Hoot
would like to apologize to the readers
and particularly to the staff and contributors for the frustration these events
have caused. We can not thank you
enough for working so hard to meet
deadlines and taking on extra assignments as we problem-solved.
If you happen to see any of The
Hoot’s writers and editors, we encourage you to give them a brief word of
thanks in appreciation for all of their
hard work on behalf of the school. This
paper only can thrive with the commitment of every staff member, and we
appreciate them each.
This Month in Review
Gobble Gala was a huge success, raising thousands for the
Memphis Food Bank.
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It’s about time someone said something about Thompson’s
announcements. Thanks Dr. Harkins.
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The Basketball Season is off to a strong start, championship hopes ablaze.
+2
The Hoot was plagued with problems galore, delaying its
release, over and over.
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Thanksgiving Lunch! Need we say more?
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No PlayStation 3 or Wii for me... stupid campers.
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Borat, Bond: Good movies for a change.
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Football Season comes to a close. No more nights of HullDobbs field.
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Grand Total for November:
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There was a certain comedy element
to the whole thing, plus the fact that he
took my pencil made it more comic.
one’s community with moms and dads
out there watching. That’s going to
be important in any community or
state you cover.
What sports did you play when
you were younger and who were
your sports heroes?
I grew up in Buffalo, and the deal
was different than it is here. It wasn’t
college football or college basketball.
There was basically no college football in the state of New York. But, I
was a Buffalo Bills fan. Growing up,
I played football, basketball, and
hockey. I also played a lot of street
hockey because that’s what you
played up there. The only thing I
played in high school was tennis. I
wasn’t very good, but I was on the
tennis team. My heroes were probably players from the Bills. You know
O.J. Simpson played for them back
then. I also liked Bob McAdoo. He
was with the Buffalo Braves. I was a
devoted fan, and I still am a little bit.
I will go to a Titan’s game occasionally, but I don’t cover the NFL.
What has been your favorite interview?
When I first started I had all these
“pinch me” moments, like I’m in the
room with Tiger Woods, pinch me, or
when I was at the Super Bowl, you
know, you have those moments. Now,
quite honestly, I am not wowed by the
celebrity anymore because I have been
around it a lot. I am still fond of my
interview with Pete Sampras because I
did him one on one. I don’t get kicks
out of talking to famous people per se.
I get a kick out of great stories. If you
are going to be a journalist in any sports
business, you have to love great stories. I had a great time at the Olympics
and heard about the Turin soccer team
that had won the Italian championship
2 years in a row after World War II.
Their plane crashed into a mountain and
the entire team was killed except for
one guy who missed getting onboard.
We went and found this 80-year-old
guy in his little apartment, and he graciously welcomed us. His whole apartment was like a shrine to these guys.
He felt like it was his responsibility in
life to keep the memory of his teammates alive. You know, he could still
bounce the ball and keep it in the air
for 10 minutes. I enjoyed talking to him
more than I have had talking to any
celebrity. In terms of bad interviews,
the Jason Williams interview was my
worst experience. “You ain’t got nothing home boy” was on national TV.
What do you think of the Grizzlies offseason and upcoming season?
I think the way they lost in the playoffs was almost good because it forced
them to take a step back and look at
their long-term goals. Should our goal
be to win a playoff game, or should our
goal be to win a championship? It
should be to win a championship. So
they go out and get Rudy Gay. Two
things can happen, Rudy Gay can be
great and outstanding, or he can be terrible. He is a guy who can score, and I
think he has more raw talent than Shane.
If the team without Pau doesn’t do well,
then we are back in the lottery, and we
can only get better. We just couldn’t
stay in the middle, like we were, and
we weren’t getting better, so we had to
open up. Now do I wish they could
have rolled the dice without getting rid
of Shane, sure I do. Not that he was
the greatest player in the world, but I
think that Shane Battier has a place on
a championship team. He’s not the first
player or the second player, or even
the third player, but he has a place on a
championship team, and if Jerry West
had used his draft picks better the last
3 years before this year, then maybe
they wouldn’t have had to cut Shane.
They are not going to win the championship this year. If they miss the playoffs and get back in the lottery, then
they have a shot at Greg Oden. The
Spurs had a year when David Robinson
broke his 5th metatarsal like Pau did.
They went from winning 56 games to
winning 20. Then they get Tim Duncan
in the draft and all of a sudden things
changed. I’m not advocating that they
(the Grizzlies) tank the season, but this
years draft is going to be unbelievably
deep. I think the fans are going to have
to realize that this is going to be a different kind of season. It may even be
demoralizing.
Wrestling
BY NATHANIEL KASTAN
Many athletic groups lost many
finely tuned athletes last year, and
the wrestling team is no exception.
With the losses of power house
Mason George, Duke-attendee
Frank Jemison, future military
leader Cameron Ridgeway and the
gigantic Andrew Gordon, the team
will undoubtedly be in need of
wrestlers to step up and fill the
enormous shoes left by these seniors. With talented captains Miles
DeBardeleben, Zach Gordon, and
Ben Stallworth, Coach Gehres believes that this year will indeed field
a very competitive team.
With a monumental number of
45 wrestlers, the team is developing a newfound depth. Gordon believes that due to this great number
there will be a lot of competition
that will help build the team. Coach
Gehres comments that even though
we will be young in some spots, it
will just give them more experience.
Returning starters include Barret
Folk (125), Zach Gordon (189),
Miles DeBardeleben (170), Andrew Maroda (130), Willliam
McGehee (140), and Sam
Goldstein (145). New changes this
year include more intense practices
and also new types of practices.
These set ups include the JV practicing while the Varsity lifts weights,
and then the Varsity wrestles for
two hours. This year will also consist of more duel tournaments than
individual tournaments that will, in
Gordon’s opinion, give a lot of experience, which is always valued.
So the question remains: will the
new wrestlers be able to step up,
and will the experienced wrestlers
deliver? Only the season will reveal
the answers to these questions, and
I would like to encourage you all
to get out and support your wrestling team.
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Looking Back: The 2006 Season in Review
BY OWEN MERCER
After winning the Division 2-AAA
Football State Championship two
straight years, things were looking good
for the Owls coming into this 2006 football season. Many starters were returning from last year’s team, including quarterback Michael Park, wide receivers
Stephen Bowie and Drew Alston, linebackers John Stokes, Ben Stallworth,
and DeAndre Jones, and with virtually
the same schedule as last year, many
Owl fans were looking for a three-peat
state championship. Although many
players were returning form last year’s
team, the Owls also lost many key components that had helped them win the
past two state championships. Two of
those components were Coaches Phil
Massey and Bubba Burr, the Owls’
former offensive and defensive coordinator, respectively.
During the last off-season, The
Baylor School in Chattanooga hired
Michael Park looks to throw long
Coach Massey to be its Head Coach
and Coach Burr as Assistant Head
Coach. The departure of Coaches
Massey and Burr also meant the loss
of running back/quarterback Tyler
Massey, who was the Owl’s leading
rusher last season. However, the 2006
team quickly forgot about those losses
and focused on the season at hand. The
Owls began the season ranked atop the
Commercial Appeal’s Dandy Dozen
high school football standings and after
their first game against Melrose in the
Bridges Kickoff Classic, which the
Owls won 17-14.
However, the next week, the Owls
lost 34-3 to Florida powerhouse Nease
at the University of North Florida. In
the first game at the refurbished HullDobbs Athletic Field, the Owls beat
MBA 10-7 in a hard fought contest.
Next, the Owls traveled to ECS to play
the Eagles, who handed the Owls their
second loss of the season in a 21-12
defeat. The Owls went 1-3 in a rough
four game stretch, losing to Baylor,
Brentwood, and archrival CBHS, and
then beating a hapless Northside team
48-0.
Heading into the last two games of
the season against Kingsbury and
Briarcrest, the Owls had to win both
games just to secure a berth in the state
playoffs. On Homecoming night the
Owls handled Kingsbury easily, winning 34-6. The next week the Owls
thumped Division II foe Briarcrest 350, and the win guaranteed MUS its third
straight playoff bid. The MUS student
body was hyped about the first round
playoff game at Christian Brothers, but
that ended up being a mistake, since
the TSSAA accidentally seeded MUS
ahead of Father Ryan. As it turned out,
MUS actually traveled to Chattanooga
to play Baylor in the first round, and
lost 40-21 despite a MUS record-setting passing performance by Michael
Park, who threw for an astounding 440
yards.
Although the Owls season is over, the
MUS fans should by no means be disappointed in this year’s 5-6 team. The Owls
were led by the phenomenal leadership
of captains John Stokes, Buck Towner,
Ben Stallworth, and Will Aldridge, and
showed many promising signs for next
year’s team and for years to come.
Grizzlies Struggle as Season Begins
BY BRAD RINGEL
Gay steals the ball, drives to the basket, and scores! Rudy Gay has put the
Grizzlies ahead of the New York
Knicks, 89-88, with 1:08 left in the 4th
quarter. Crawford shoots the last shot,
and misses! The Grizzlies are going to
overtime! There’s one second left in
triple overtime, Grizzlies down by one
with the ball, Miller tries the lay-up, but
misses. And the Grizzlies lose to the
Knicks to extend their losing streak of
season openers to six straight.
The Grizzlies had overcome a nineteen point deficit in the second half to
force an overtime. But, unfortunately,
the Grizzlies lost to cap their usual losing streak of season openers. . “It’s real
tough, being we played so hard and
came back from being down ... It’s
tough to lose by one after playing so
hard,” said rookie Rudy Gay to
cbssportsline.com. During the next
game starter Mike Miller, winner of the
2005-2006 sixth man of the year
award, led the Grizzlies with 27 points
(21 in the fourth quarter) to defeat the
Charlotte Bobcats 96-83. This put the
Grizzlies at a .500 record, but then it all
went wrong.
The Grizzlies have had a rough last
three weeks. From having a fresh, new,
and hopeful season, the Grizzlies have
climbed into a disappointing start to a
long NBA season. The Grizzlies have
fallen to being one of the leagues worst
teams in the NBA. For example, the
Grizzlies average in the low 90’s for
PPG (points per game), one the worst
offensive statistics in the league. Also,
a statistic that contributes to this atrocity is the Grizzlies’ field goal percentage, which rests around 40% a game,
landing the Grizzlies in last place. So,
already, the Grizzlies have dug themselves into a deep hole with lack of offense. And along with the problems of
having all-star Pau Gasol out with a
broken foot suffered in the world championships during the summer, the Grizzlies lost veterans Shane Battier and
Lorenzon Wright during the off-season.
Inexperienced young players suck as
Hakim Warrick and Rudy have been
are currently in last place in the Southwest division of the Western Conference and reputation as one of the worst
teams in the league.
It may seem terrible now, but will it
really be terrible in the future? When
all-star Pau Gasol returns, will the Grizzlies start to advance? Also, with all the
young players receiving early playing
time, they can develop a good sense of
the league and become well-experienced players. And if the Grizzlies do
poorly this season, maybe they can have
a good draft for the following season.
In addition, maybe the owners who
bought the Grizzlies from Michael
Heisley just need to adjust to the their
new surroundings and the team. The
Grizzlies could have a bright future, and
the fate lies in the hands of the young
players.
Photo Courtesy of EpochTimes.com
Grizzlies coach Mike Fratello
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A Promising Season
BY MATTHEW JEHL
MUS basketball is looking very
promising this year, in particular with
extensive senior leadership from a very
experienced team. John Stokes, Elliot
Cole, McCauley Williams, Louis
Amagliani, Phillip May, Naveed Mirza,
Steven Counce, and Adam Bomar all
return this year to lead the team through
the fresh season. Despite having a relatively difficult schedule, the varsity team
should be very successful this year with
such experience under its belt. Says
Elliot Cole: “Having so many experienced players should help out in pressure situations in big games, and a lot
of younger talent will hopefully step
up.” Adding to the already strong lineup
of seniors are Kevin Gray, a junior, and
sophomore Ferrakohn Hall.
When asked about the team’s
chances and expectations for the year,
Cole replied, “I think we have a good
chance this year to have a special season.” With the departures of Brandon
Wright, now a freshman at the University of North Carolina, and Joshua
Bone, a freshman at Southern Illinois,
from traditional power-house teams, the
Elliot Cole goes in for a lay-up
Tradition of XCellence
BY KEN HALTOM
Despite being inexperienced, ignorant to conventional training standards, and generally untalented, the
Cross Country Owls were strong in
will to strive, to endure, and never to
yield. Alan Blount summed up the
team’s attitude best when he said,
“Somebody may beat us, but they’ll
have to bleed to do it.” It was exactly this mentality that defined the
Owls’ season.
The Owls’ outspoken senior leadership set the tone for the season from
the very beginning. Before an interval workout early in the year, freshman Reid Sanders had a complacent
attitude about the run and senior
Stephen Counce really lit into him. “I
got up in his grill,” Counce remarked.
Reid Sanders declined to comment
as he was attending True North.
Barring injury, the 2007 Owls
should be poised to bring the regional
Ferrakohn Hall leaps above the rest
title back to MUS and have a good
state championship has been left wide showing at state. Junior Stuart
open for any team to win. Hopefully, McClure knows all too well what its
since we won’t have to go head to head
with those two superstars for a third
year in a row, we can get past the first
round of the state tournament and possibly make it to the championship game.
A final question to Elliot though:
What do you think of the incredible
managerial staff of William Harris, Bill
McCann, and Mathew Jehl? “William
Harris makes plays.”
like to endure an injury plagued season. Sidelined with a severely
“tweaked” hamstring all season,
McClure is determined bounce back
next year. “I will prevail [over the
tweaked condition of my hamstring],”
McClure said.
Seniors Josh Vieira, Alan Blount
as well as Stuart McClure will lead
the Owls next season. Vieira is the
top returning runner for the Owls and
a favorite to win West Tennessee, but
it is uncertain whether he can keep
his off-course antics under control.
Vieira’s past season was awash in
scandal as he was sighted on Halloween wearing an objectionable costume.
It remains to be seen whether
hometown favorite Evan Baker will
return for the Owls next season. In
his debut season, Baker captured the
imagination of the West region fans
with his reckless pace and relentless
finishing drive.
Senior Andrew Jehl was unavailable to discuss the season as he was
attending Physical Education class.
Ken Haltom leads the MUS Cross Country team
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Whose Triumphant Return?
BY WILL MAYS
As I promised earlier this year,
The Who have finally released their
new album, Endless Wire. While the
album, released on Halloween, harkens to past Who albums,it also exhibits how much the Who’s
songwriters, Pete Townshend and
Robert Daltrey, have evolved and further developed since their last release
24 years ago.
Endless Wire opens with an instrumental melody that the listener can’t
help but associate with the song “Baba
O’Riley,” from the Who’s magnum
opus, Who’s Next, but the similarities
between Who’s Next and Endless Wire
end there. Unsurprisingly, Endless Wire
sounds much like what the Who were
doing before the death of their original
drummer, Keith Moon, but the album
does not pretend to be from that period. Daltrey and Townshend both realize they’re not the young men who
stormed through numbers such as “My
Generation” and “I Can See for Miles”
nearly forty years ago, and the songs
on Endless Wire reflect this fact.
Townshend is credited with writing almost the entire album, but Daltrey channels Townshend’s emotion as if he himself were the writer. Also, Townshend’s
production on the album is flawless.
Every song sounds rich and full, and
every instrument is heard performing its
part in the various pieces. Granted,
there are a few weaker songs, but they
generally do not detract from the overall quality of the album.
Despite their age, the Who can still
churn out rock with the best of them.
The thunderous “Mike Post Theme”
and the brooding “It’s Not Enough”
are ripe with the youthful vigor the
Who once had, even though the performers are now in their sixties.
Aside from these heavier songs,
however, are softer, more acoustic
pieces such as “In the Ether,” which
Townshend himself sings, and “Man
in a Purple Dress,” a song dripping
with Townshend’s emotional playing
beautifully complemented by
Daltrey’s voice. These songs on the
first half lead into “The Glass House,”
the new rock opera of the second
half. The Glass House is quite possi-
bly the most enthralling piece of music Townshend has written since
Moon’s death. Told in nine tracks, the
rock opera is a bit confusing to decipher, but the story tells of three youths
who form a band and manage to conquer the world through music. Cheesy
as it may sound, the story has many
intricate layers that all culminate in the
album’s poignant closer, “Tea & Theater.” After “Tea & Theater,” the album has two bonus tracks containing
longer edits of two of the rock opera
pieces.
Endless Wire will surely delight
steadfast Who fans while hopefully
entice new listeners to check out one
of rock & roll’s most enduring acts.
The album isn’t perfect, but the fact
that it’s as good as it is remarkable,
considering the band hasn’t been in
the studio for nearly twenty-five years.
The reformation is a success, and I
hope this isn’t the only album the new
Who produce.
Will gives this album 4 out of 5
buzzards
tifully crafted his film to meet these guidelines as well, for this is a film that you would
not want to miss a second of, for fear of
being lost in its refreshingly complex and
engaging plot.
Set in turn-of-the-century Victorianera London, The Prestige is an adaptation of Christopher Priest’s 1995 novel
of the same title. Revealing the slightest
detail of this magnificently orchestrated film
could potentially ruin the entire experience, however, so I will try to be as brief
as possible. Alfred Borden, (Christian
Bale) and rival magician Robert Angier
(Hugh Jackman) start out as close friends
and colleagues, but when Angier suffers
a loss, he immediately blames Borden.
Both magicians are soon pulled into a vicious cycle of hate and sabotage that carries them across the globe, in attempts to
ruin the careers of one another. Borden’s
dilemma becomes that of personal redemption, whereas Angier’s story become that of a maddening, obsessive lust
for revenge.
Not only does the film carry breathtaking showmanship and visual finesse, it
also triumphs in its choice of casting. Both
magicians’ parts are played superbly, as
viewers find themselves caring dearly
about whichever magician they may
choose to side with. In addition, Scarlet
Johanson’s portrayal of Olivia, a
magician’s assistant who is caught in the
middle of the feud and torn between the
two men, is quite commendable, but the
role of Piper Perabo as Julia, the wife of
Angier, overshadows it. And of course,
David Bowie is able to hold his own as
the father of the alternating current,
Nikolas Tesla, steering far from the stereotypical, bland efforts that one would
expect from a rock star. As a whole, the
cast is absolutely amazing and very well
directe.
What The Prestige accomplishes is
a very entertaining recreation of a showbiz history via mystery and thriller with a
hint of sci-fi. The end result is an original
and epic production that is clearly one of
the best films of the year. A very prestigious film indeed! I strongly recommend
The Prestige to anyone, for it is not just a
film about magic, rather a magical film in
its own right.
Mustafa gives this film 5 out of 5
buzzards.
Photo Courtesy of
NYTimes.com
Now in their sixties, The Who’s Roger Daltrey (with microphone) and
Pete Townshend (guitar, far right) still manage to rock
The Prestige: A Magical Production
BY MUSTAFA MOTIWALA
Part One, the Pledge: You are shown
something seemingly ordinary.
Part Two, the Turn: The seemingly
ordinary object becomes extraordinary,
and if you are looking for the secret, you
probably won’t find it.
Part Three, the Prestige; Now, before
your own eyes, the extraordinary object
is returned to its normal state. This is the
main performance act, the part with the
“twists and turns, where lives hang in the
balance, and you see something shocking you’ve never seen before.” Cutter,
Michael Caine’s character in the film, The
Prestige, explains that these three parts
are essential to the success of great magic
tricks. While this may only be intended to
apply to magic, Christopher Nolan beau-
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Indecision Indeed: 2006 Election Truly Trans-Siberian
BY ASHTON FISHER
Photos Courtesy of CNN
BY PETER TRAVIS
Every two years something special happens at news stations across
America. Every two years CNN, Fox
News, NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, and
BYOBNBC gather all the political
pundits possible and have a slumber
party centered on colorful maps and
pretty bar graphs that will supposedly
decide the future of our government
and thus our lives as we know them.
There is nothing more satisfying to me
than viewing 12 straight hours of Wolf
Blitzer or Lou Dobbs staying up past
their bed times for their guilty pleasure of seeing how many races they
can call with under 5% of votes
counted. I mean, when else does
Montana actually have any significance in, well, anything at all. And not
only do the media stay up into the
wee hours of the night, but so too the
candidates, who keep their victory
speeches short and sweet as to not
slip and accidentally end a sentence
with a preposition, a mistake that will
surely come back to haunt them in the
2008 campaign. Yes, it was mid-term
election time, and what a time we had.
I personally fought back the temptations to sleep this year and watched
intently as the votes slowly trickled in
from Montana, Virginia, and Missouri.
I watched as the play-by-play commentators did their best John Madden impressions of using the digital
pen to circle random letters that I finally figured out represented states.
And finally, I perked up when someone mentioned something about a recount possibly taking a full month.
After doing some quick calculations
in my head, I was alarmed to find that
this possibility would mean staying up
for the next 744 hours. I thought better of it and curled up with my Bob
Corker doll to go to bed.
When I woke up in the morning, I
found that nothing had changed in the
election; Virginia and Montana were
still undecided, Democrats were still
celebrating their house victory, and
the entire CNN cast was still wearing the same outfit. Now, despite my
excitement for elections and my enthusiasm about these biennial political pajama parties, I do have to say
that I wasn’t too happy with the
showing of my grand ole party, as all
republicans were. However, the outcome has inspired me to do something revolutionary: I will be running
as a write-in candidate for not one,
not two, but every position on the
2008 ballot. My campaign slogan—
Travis 08…I’ll Show You Scandal.
What comes to mind when someone says the words “Trans-Siberian Orchestra” to you? Perhaps the image of
some sort of symphonic railroad that
spanned the Russian wastelands would
pop into your head. But alas, it’s something much greater. Not actually dealing with Siberia at all, this group was
the brainchild of Paul O’Neil, Robert
Kinkel, and Jon Oliva, and was
founded in 1996. Perhaps best known
for their rendition of “Carol of the Bells”
that is commonly played before commercial breaks in football games, the
group takes old classical and traditional
Christmas songs, and remakes them
with a modern, usually rock-oriented
twist. However, this review is neither
dedicated to the band’s biography, nor
to its discography. Instead, I’m going
to talk about the tremendous performance put on by the group on Saturday, November 11th.
As I’m sure many of you heard it
advertised over the radio, the TSO was
coming to play at the Coliseum Saturday night. After a less advertised, but
still successful performance last year
around the same time, the band returned
to find a packed Coliseum. Although
bad parking caused a slight delay, I was
just in time to catch one of my personal
favorites of their compositions, “Wizard in Winter.” What I was confronted
with as I found my seat was what I can
only describe as a holocaust of pyrotechnics and laser lights. These guys
really know how to light things up. The
first half of the concert was actually a
play through of their most recent album
“The Lost Christmas Eve”, which is a
concept album telling the story of an
angel who comes to earth to find out
what makes man so jolly around Christmas time. After playing through this album, including other favorites of mine,
such as “A Mad Russian’s Christmas”,
a conglomeration and remix of most of
the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky,
the group took a short break.
As they ended upon a combination of
several of Beethoven’s symphonies, they
slowly left the stage to an uproar of applause. But the best was yet to come, as
the members slowly disappeared behind
stage, Alice Cooper’s doppelgänger once
again approached the microphone and
began to go into heavy detail about the
backgrounds of the group’s two
keyboardists. One graduated from a
prestigious university, achieving his music
degree and a mastery of the works of
Chopin, Mozart, and other greats. The
other had two years of community college and grew up learning raggy tunes like
“The Entertainer”. He then said that he
would like to show what the same 88 keys
could do, and the pianists went at it. The
first would play some eminent classical
piano piece, and the second would follow with a usually improvised jazzy beat.
After several rounds of the piano duel,
they both simultaneously began to play
the piano bass line of the theme of “Peanuts”. At this time, the entire orchestra
joined in and began to swirl in a maelstrom of all different genres of music: from
“Peanuts”, to the lead guitarist’s playing
Eric Clapton’s “Layla”, and finally back
to their roots, “Carol of the Bells”. As the
song reached its climax, the lead guitarist
and lead strings player ran out into the
crowd, still wailing away on their respective instruments. They then climbed up
onto a platform in the center of the audience, which began to slowly ascend. As
it did so, columns of colored fire began
to stream from it as fires sprouted up everywhere else on the stage. The display
was so spectacular that I can find no word
to describe it, so I am forced to create
one. Scrumptralescent. The encore, and
entire show, was scrumptralescent. After
leaving the stadium, half-deaf and slightly
blinded, I acknowledged that it was the
best concert I have ever been to. Anyone interested in classical, rock, gospel,
jazz, heavy metal, or almost any other
genre of music besides rap and country
would do themselves well to pick up any
of the group’s albums, and just in time to
get into the Christmas mood.
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007: Best of Old and New
BY WILSON CASTLEMAN
The anticipation leading up to the
21st film in the James Bond series,
Casino Royale, entailed two opposing
presumptions: first, that it would be an
amazing throwback to the golden age
of 007, or second, that it would be just
as bad as, if not worse than, the extremely cheesy and disappointing Die
Another Day, the last Bond movie that
employed enough computer animations
and special effects to give Pixar a run
for their money, all in order to advance
the series in a more futuristic direction.
Luckily for Bond fans everywhere, the
optimists were right about this one. It’s
true that Casino Royale restores the
integrity the series once had, but rather
than backtrack to the style’s of the classic 60’s and 70’s Bond films, it paves
new ground, one that is not only completely different stylistically from all
other 007 movies, but one that also
develops Bond’s character more fully
and believably.
The first and most obvious difference in Casino Royale is Bond himself. One of the biggest pre-emptive
criticisms of this film was the new Bond,
the relatively unknown Daniel Craig. All
doubters of the blond Bond can rest
assured that Craig might just be the best
007 since Sean Connery. Rather than
cutely pulling out the incessant one-liners of the more recent Bond films, he
takes on a much more serious role,
where the humor is present, but subdued and not cheaply overused. This
persona meshes perfectly with the film’s
dark tone, and ultimately presents a
much more realistic, believable Bond.
The villain, Le Chiffre, played by Danish Actor Mads Mikkelsen, is an immediate classic Bond foe, who is clearly
evil and almost stereotypically seeks
immense wealth and perhaps world
domination, but at the same time has
just enough character and employs just
enough theatrics to stand out among the
recent forgettable Bond villains. This
movie’s Bond girl, Vesper Lynd, played
by French actress Eva Green, is also a
standout. Rather than simply act as useless eye candy the whole time, she actually plays a major role in the development of 007, and is developed
greatly herself.
Casino Royale very noticeably offers something that more recent Bond
films have lacked: style. Bond’s latest
is dripping with it, from the brilliant
opening black and white scene, to the
fantastically done poker game that
serves as the plot’s centerpiece. The
action scenes are also considerably
better than those of recent Bond movies. Instead of almost comically punching helpless minions down staircases,
Bond is engaged in very realistic fights,
and even more realistically, he gets hurt
many times throughout the course of the
film.
Perhaps the most profoundly daring aspect of Casino Royale is the character of Bond himself. This is the film
where we really get to see Bond inside, where we see his real emotions.
Most important, Bond falls in love and
opens himself completely, showing emotions that aren’t seen in other 007 films.
And unlike any other Bond movie, he
doesn’t treat the girl disposably, as for
the first time we see Bond’s emotional
involvement in a female character.
That isn’t to say that Casino Royale
is sappy or cheesy though. There is
plenty of trademark Bond. Fast cars,
explosions, and scantily clad women are
aplenty, details which might seem cheap
to anyone who isn’t familiar with the
Bond films, but if you’re a 007 fan, you
know you can’t have a Bond movie
without it. The brilliance of Casino
Royale is that it’s entirely different from
the rest of the series, but at the same
time, 007 hasn’t been this slick in over
20 years. It’s stylish, it’s action-packed,
it’s classic. It’s James Bond, shaken,
not stirred.
Wilson gives this film 4.5 out of 5
buzzards.
Toilet Travesty
BY NAVEED MIRZA
So I was walking down the senior
hall on a recent, leisurely day when I
detected a rather potent aroma emanating from the bathroom. As I drew
near, I identified the easily recognizable odor of fresh sewage. Now, this
was not the first occasion that I noticed this deplorable injustice upon my
rather large scent-catcher, so I wondered, “Why does the bathroom in
the senior hall continually smell like a
cesspool?” I came up with a few hypotheses.
First, the bathroom is one of two
for students in the Upper School. The
other resides in the middle of the
freshman hall. I know that seniors
abroad take pleasure in the facilities
of the senior bathroom, so that explains to some extent why it simply
smells horrific. But why doesn’t the
freshman bathroom reek of human
outpour? Could the freshman be secretly using the senior bathroom in an
effort to sabotage the seniors’ last
year at MUS, leaving the freshman
bathroom unattended and pristine? I
quickly dismissed this outlandish idea
because we Owls are a close-knit
bunch, and treason is not in our vocabulary.
Maybe the problem rests with our
senses. Is the bathroom just more accommodating and aesthetically pleasing? I think the fact that a fellow student called it more “homey” than the
other reflects the general attitude of
the student body. The senior bathroom is just more comfortable than
any other on campus, so that might
explain it.
Or perhaps the bathroom is more
visible. It has a grandiose entrance
with three strategically placed water
fountains on the façade. A blind man
could see this indention into the wall.
But the freshman bathroom? It’s at
the end of a hallway leading to the
Guidance Counselors’ offices with a
rather clandestine opening. Even if
someone pokes his head in, he still
has to venture farther in order to find
out that it is, in fact, a bathroom.
Whatever the case may be, I am
appalled. Whoever is in charge of the
cleanliness of our lavatories, you
should be ashamed. Subjecting us to
a life of misery under the whims of
natural smelling toxic is outrageous.
You’ve already taken away our air
fresheners that release a counteracting mist that quells any hint of human
funk. So, students of MUS, let us
band together as an entire body and
defeat this Goliath stink because, after all, nothing is being done.
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