Issue 9: March 2 - Randolph

THIS WEEK: Jonathan Gill p. 3 - Ron Paul Spotlight p. 9 - Farewell Winter Athletes p.12
Vol. XCVII; Issue 9 - March 2, 2012
Students, Campus Safety Officers Foil Would-be Burglar
Break-in at Irby Deterred
by Lara O’Brien ‘12
Editor-in-Chief
A non-student burglar broke into
the Resident Assistant’s room in Irby
Hall February 29, 2012, after attempting
to break into other students’ windows in
freshman village.
Fortunately, students, Campus
Safety and APD responded quickly to
ensure there were no injuries or damages.
The non-student male entered a
room in Irby where Resident Assistant
Sidney Richardson, ’14, quickly called
Campus Safety.
“I would never have noticed anything was wrong were it not for my suitemate who called me after hearing the
window lock pop,” said Richardson.
Richardson’s initial reaction was
complete shock.
“I was startled. Nobody expects that
to happen to them, especially here.”
Two minutes after Campus Safety
caught the thief halfway in the window,
APD arrived on the scene to make the arrest. The man is currently in jail.
Assistant Director of Campus Safety,
Maurice Kiely, says that students should be
aware of the status of their rooms.
“Open and unlocked windows and
doors are dangerous,” Kiely said. “We have
to take basic precautions.”
Though the campus is generally
safe, open doors and windows can tempt
thieves. It is important not to leave anything open in plain view.
“Thieves are looking for an easy way
in, easy way out,” Kiely said. “It is much
more likely that a thief will choose an
unlocked window to a locked one.”
For this reason, open doors and
windows are a target. Students need to
ensure they do not give thieves an easy
opportunity to get into their rooms.
Though this was an unfortunate
incident, the school proved itself adept
at maintaining safety in a dangerous situation.
Richardson admittedly is making
some safety changes on his hall.
“I immediately held a hall meeting
the following day to discuss emergency
procedures and quiz my residents on how
to handle an emergency.”
Because the school maintains such
close ties to APD, apprehending and arresting the criminal was not a difficult
task. Also, the response time was minimal.
Most students were not even aware of the
incident because it was cleared so quickly.
Richardson was full of praise for the
school’s ability to function as a cohesive
team.
“Campus Safety was amazing,” said
Richardson. “They were lightning fast
and here in under a minute with Ashland
Police Department right behind. Everyone
worked together as a team, making the
arrest quick and successful.”
Kiely wished to praise students, RA’s,
APD and Campus Safety for effectively
containing the situation. He also wished
to impress the importance of keeping windows and doors locked in order to prevent
further problems.
Richardson wished to inform students that though his windows and door
were locked, he still had to be aware of his
resources in the face of this emergency.
“Check your windows and communicate with your suitemates,” said
Richardson. “Everyone in this situation
played valuable roles, depending on each
other to make a quick, successful arrest.”
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Hopefully this award will gain us recognition at competitions
to come and show other schools that we have a lot to offer despite
our small campus size.
For more on RA success, see page 2.
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The Classics department has had the biggest impact on my
time at R-MC.
For more on spotlight Krystin Husz, see page 5.
I personally enjoyed how he interacted with his audience on a
personal level.
For more on comedian Ty Barnett, see page 6.
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I have had friends beaten up and attacked because they were gay.
For more on cruelty towards homosexuals, see page 9.
The meme phenomenon has taken off here at R-MC. With a facebook page dedicated to
the subject, there is definitely something to these goofy pictures filling up cyberspace.
See page 4 for more about R-MC memes.
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Our coaches have really outdone themselves and gotten us ready
to play this year.
For more on women’s lacrosse see page 11.
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Page Two
March 2, 2012
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R-MC RA’s Win Big Award: VA Program of the Year
by Laura Rafner ‘13
Staff Writer
and I was in complete shock when Randolph
Macon won, though I knew we defiantly
had a shot.”
This program was planned by a group
of Randolph Macon Resident Assistants,
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At the conference, Hollemon, a communications major at Randolph Macon, gave
the award winning presentation to the state
board. This presentation was based on an
education program designed to teach young
adults about sexually transmitted diseases
(STDs) and different types of birth control
methods.
The strategy that this group used to
educate was a memorable Hawaiian-themed
concept, which had different STD statistics
represented as varying colored leis.
The VACURH is an organization
which is closely affiliated with the National
Association of College and University Residence Halls (NACURH) and the South Atlantic Association of College and University
Residence Halls (SAACURH) which emphasizes the value of a community creating
a positive learning and living environment
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RA’s won the Virginia Program of the Year
award for their Up Campus Resident Assistant Educational Program.
The Virginia Association of College
and University Residence Halls (VACURH) conference took place this year at the
University of Virginia where our students
competed against many other much bigger
colleges. Despite this it was evident that
the attitude, creativity and compassion this
group brought to the conference prevailed
over all other groups’ contributions.
“Winning at this conference really
taught me not to be intimidated by larger
colleges and was a confidence boost for our
group,” John Hollemon, ’13, said. “We went
in knowing there was a lot of competition,
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The NACURH was originally founded
in 1954 when several universities decided to
join their organizations together and share
community building strategies.
One of the reasons this was an important group to earn recognition in is that
the NACURH is the largest student run
organization in the world and has organizations in seven other regions other than the
United States such as Canada, Australia,
Mexico and Qatar.
Being a part of this group, even indirectly, opens up a vast number of resources
and allows our college campus to gain
knowledge from numerous other college
communities. An achievement like this definitely puts Randolph Macon College on the
map while giving our small community the
well deserved recognition they have worked
hard to earn.
“Hopefully this award will gain us recognition at competitions to come and show
other schools that we have a lot to offer despite our small campus size,” Hollemon said.
By winning, our group of students
made it very clear to other colleges that not
only large communities but small ones can
stand out and make a big difference.
“Surviving Spain’s Exodus of Men”
Second Part of three part series
by Kristian Spencer ‘14
Staff Writer
On February 23, 2012 at 7:00 pm,
Randolph-Macon College hosted an
event entitled “Surviving Spain’s Exodus
of Men.” This event was sponsored by the
departments of Women’s Studies, History,
Modern Languages and Art History. It
was also sponsored by The Committee on
Assemblies and Special Events (CASE).
The speaker for this event was Dr.
Allyson M. Poska, Professor of History and
chair of the Women’s and Gender Studies department at the University of Mary
Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Her publications include Women
and Authority in Early Modern Spain: The
Peasants of Galicia, for which she won the
Roland H. Bainton Book Prize in early
modern history and theology, Regulating
the People: The Catholic Reformation in
Seventeenth-Century Spain and Women
and Gender in the Western Past.
Dr. Poska is also a longtime editor
of “Women and Gender in the Early Modern World.” She spent six years studying
women and sexuality of the single peasant
woman’s life in Spain.
This talk centered on women who
were left behind when their husband’s left
for the New World.
“Nothing scares society more, well
besides murder, than single women,” Dr.
Poska said.
Women being single brought about
most anxiety in people. The fear was that
women would be unsupervised.
According to the Census Bureau,
in 2005, 51% of women lived without a
spouse. In 2010, 14% of women over 40
never married. Women nowadays choose
not to marry and marriage and family is
declining.
Most women during that time were
either simply not interested with being
with the same man for the rest of their life,
or there were not enough men to marry.
There were usually two stereotypical
choices that we know of today that women
were supposed to follow during that timeeither marry or join a convent. Women
would usually marry young and their
husbands would leave right away and left
the women to take care of the farm, the
children, her parents and even the husband’s parents. Husbands would be gone
for decades at a time.
Single women were considered
dangerous and authorities tried to prevent
single women from being out in the world.
For example, one law forced single women
to go back to their families and if they did
not they would be imprisoned. There was
also a law that prohibited single women to
live in or be in the city.
A woman could also get charged
with simple fornication. Dr. Poska says
many women used the idea that it’s better
to be a concubine than badly married as
their defense. It was better to be a concubine with a man that treated you right than
to be unhappily married and abused because at least people prayed for the former.
Dr. Poska also spoke about the Spanish inquisition and the trials of peasant
women.
Some of the trials were about when
the husband returned after decades and his
wife had remarried because she assumed
he was dead. Women were never charged
because of this.
Other types of trials included men
who had promised to marry a woman
and did not follow through and if he had
deflowered her. The woman actually won
these trials most of the time.
This event was part two of a three
part interdisciplinary women’s studies
series. The theme for these three parts is
“surviving.” The first part “Surviving the
Marriage Mart in Jane Austen’s England”
took place on February 15th.
The last of the three parts will take
place on March 29th at 7:00 pm in Blackwell Auditorium. The event is free and
open to the public, but for this event you
need a ticket to attend. You may reserve
your tickets on the Randolph-Macon College website.
SGA Report
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President’s Forum will be held March 27
SGA Elections: Petitions will be out until March 12 at 5 pm
Senior Gala interest meeting March 15 in Brock Center Conference Room
Ty Barnett, comedian attracted 150 students
Coming up for CEC:
Alyssa Wood, comedian, March 8
Annual Benefit Concert, March 3
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Flippo Gallery Hosts Artist Michael Lease’s Exhibit:
“Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On”
by Henry Ashton ‘15
Staff Writer
On February 19th, RandolphMacon College held a reception in
honor of Michael Lease’s exhibition,
Send Me The Pillow That You Dream
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Participants were asked to send
in 4 photographs, including a school
picture from between the ages 13-17,
a picture of their bedside pillow, a
picture shot through a window of
their house that they look through
often and a picture of themselves.
“I want the work I do to work
in a way that makes it something
other than just a piece of work,” Lease
said. “That being said, many of my
projects are collaborative and make
plain the relationship between the
components.”
Present at the February 19th
exhibition were Myron Helfgott
(Professor Emeritus at Virginia Com-
Jonathan Gill Presents on Harlem
by Connor Wolf ‘13
Randolph-Macon Professor of Music
said. “I found myself filling in the spaces
between the photographs with stories of
my own.”
Within the Flippo gallery, the
school pictures and the pictures through
windows are on two adjacent walls, while
the pictures of pillows and the current
photos are in display cases.
In each set of pictures, the order
of subjects is maintained, so the subject
in the first school picture corresponds to
the first picture through a window, etc.
Lease’s subtle arrangement of
the photos seems to invite the viewer
to draw conclusions about the subjects
even though the exhibit is wholly absent
of text.
The exhibition is almost an experiment, a determination of whether quickly
drawn conclusions can contribute to the
understanding of a photograph’s subject.
Examining this question caused
Lease to ask himself a question.
“Is it possible to infer from the
portraits the history that occurred between the making of the picture from
high school and the one from 3 months
ago?” Lease said.
Lights, Cameras, Action!
Theater Dept. Hosts Workshop
Staff Writer
Dr. Jonathan Gill, Professor
of American history and literature
at the University of Amsterdam and
author of the book Harlem: the Four
Hundred Year History from Dutch
Village to Capital of Black America,
was the featured speaker for R-MC’s
observance of Black History Month
last week on Wednesday, February
29, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room in Andrews Hall.
Harlem is an iconic neighborhood not just in black culture but in
American culture at large. That is
why hosting Dr. Gill was a successful decision on the part of the R-MC
community as his focus on Harlem
doesn’t just celebrate black culture
but celebrates America as a whole.
“The breath of the topic invites interest from a wide range
of academic perspectives,” Lynda
Wright, Head of Technical Services
for the R-MC library said.
The lecture also focused on
contemporary Harlem and what
that part of the city has turned into today.
Though Harlem is best known as a
piece of New York City that experienced
a cultural boom in the mid 20th century
thanks in large part to black culture, the
city has had an even deeper and rich history
then just that.
Dr. Gill has studied and covered how
Harlem went from early history like Henry
Hudson’s interactions with Native Americans through the Revolutionary War, to the
growth of an industrialized city.
Dr. Gill defiantly brought this city to
life through his in-depth historical observations and interpretation of the city today.
It was Wright that helped bring Dr.
Gill to campus for his lecture. While also
giving credit to the Committee in Assemblies and Special Events, Office of Student
Life and The McGraw-Page Library, she
says that Dr. Gill came to her attention after
she heard him talking on the Diane Rehm
Show on the radio.
“He was talking about all of it and he
monwealth University), Kendall Buster
and Simone Allen (Internationally recognized artists and professors at VCU),
Ashley Kistler (director of the Anderson
Gallery at VCU) and Suzanne Hall (from
the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts).
Also in attendance were members
of the 1708 Gallery in Richmond, VA.
“We had a great turnout for the
opening reception even though it was
snowing,” Katie Shaw, Flippo Gallery
curator and Randolph-Macon adjunct
Professor of Art said.
Lease’s exhibition came to Randolph-Macon through an art department
recommendation from VCU.
“I invited Michael Lease to exhibit
at the Flippo Gallery based on the recommendation of Ashley Kistler,” Shaw said.
“Ms. Kistler is the Director of the
Anderson Gallery at VCU.”
The exhibition has been well received by students and faculty because
of its poignant simplicity.
“As I worked my way through the
photographs, I found myself wondering
about all sorts of things like the purpose
of photography and the many interpretations of a photo,” James Doering,
by Rachel Johnsen ‘13
was so enthusiastic,” Wright said.
She says that from hearing him talking that everyone will be engaged and find
something that interests them.
Dr. Gill’s presentations took place
early on in English Professor Justin Haynes’
American Literature class before moving
later to the main forum.
The lecture as a whole was a huge
success and marked an important dynamic
of how the R-MC community celebrates
Black History Month. Dr. Gill presented
with much passion and insight on Harlem
through the past and present.
When looking at the impact this lecture will have, Wright says she is optimistic.
“I hope all the events celebrating
Black History Month help move the conversation forward on campus,” Wright said.
“I hope that Jonathan Gill’s lecture can use
the cultural appeal of a place like to Harlem
to get us to think about our own towns and
neighborhoods and the impact of race on
and in them.”
Senior News Editor
On Saturday February 25th, the Cobb
Theater, which recently hosted the R-MC production of Madame Butterfly, was occupied by
R-MC students and prospective students alike
united by a common desire: to improve their
auditioning skills.
The occasion was the theatre department’s Audition Workshop which lasted from
2:00-5:00pm that afternoon.
Professor Solomon, who hosted workshops last year, is teaching at Randolph-Macon
under the auspices of the Payne Fund, a fund
established by friends of the College’s thirteenth
President, Ladell Payne, and his wife Jean to
support the teaching and activity of visiting
artists on our campus. The head of the theatre department,
Professor Joe Mattys, explained that these
workshops are useful for all types of students in
giving instruction in areas not taught typically
taught in the classroom.
“We are holding the workshops in order
to enrich the training both majors and non-majors can use in areas we cannot presently offer.”
This workshop in particular was designed
to instruct participants on all fronts of a theatre audition; from remaining collected under
stress to making an impression while acting,
participants gained the confidence needed to
excel during theatre auditions.
The workshop was open to a limited
number of both theaters and non-theater majors as long as they signed up for the workshop
beforehand.
Originally, six participants had signed
up for the workshop, with five of them being
Randolph-Macon students. However, that
number changed; and the workshop ended up
working with five participants in total, three
of whom were prospective students and two
others who are students at Randolph-Macon.
One of the R-MC students, Hope Ward
’14, is a theatre major who signed up for the
workshop knowing well how important auditions are both in and out of college.
“I signed up for the workshop because
auditions are such a big part of my life and will
be an even bigger part once I get out of college.”
“Auditions can make or break a person,
so when I heard about the workshop and what
its focus was, I was immediately interested.”
Another sophomore involved in the theatre department, Kristian Spencer ’14, attended
the very same workshop last year. Spencer also
emphasized the importance of perfecting one’s
auditioning techniques in the acting profession.
“I signed up for the workshop because
auditioning is when of my weaker traits when
dealing with the acting world, and I knew this
workshop could help me overcome my nerves
and anxiety when auditioning and become
more efficient so it would better my chances
when I do pursue acting after college.”
Both Hope Ward and Kristian Spencer
felt that their participation in the audition
workshops helped them develop their acting
abilities.
“I thought the workshop was wonderful.
It really seemed to be a safe environment to
learn and grow as an artist. Anytime where you
can get feedback – whether that be positive or
negative – I feel, you not only learn a lot but you
grow as a person,” Ward explained.
“The workshop was beyond helpful. I
learned a lot from it including how to audition
under pressure and dealing with people that I
would be normally trying to impress after college,” Spencer affirmed.
These workshops seem to benefit more
than just the individuals involved; Kristian
Spencer believes that he has seen an improvement in the theatre department as a whole since
he has first arrived at the college.
“I think having these workshops is helping not only the drama department, but it is
helping tremendously with the students that
care deeply and have a passion for acting.
“I have seen several plays here, and a lot
even before I became a student here, and I have
definitely seen an improvement in the quality
of the acting here at the college,” Kristian said.
The theatre department will be hosting
more workshops throughout the semester; a
few that will be conducted by Foster Solomon
include “Stage Combat” which will be held
2:00-5:00pm on March 10th and “Acting for the
Camera,” which will be held in April.
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Congratulations to the 2012 Study Abroad
Photo Contest Winners
1st Place
Krystin Husz
“Grazing Among the
Ruins”
2nd Place
Bethany Schaeffer
“Bitter Sweet”
Memes Mania takes over R-MC
3rd Place
Liz Hahnel
“Bulls of Parade”
by Connor Wolf ‘13
Contributing Writer
With the popularity of the online phenomenon known as memes,
the sudden emergence of a Facebook.
com page dedicated to RandolphMacon College themed memes has
quickly become the topic of conversation around campus.
Memes are an interesting dynamic of the online world for their
ability to poke fun in witty, sarcastic
or ironic ways at an array of different subjects and people. Simply put,
most memes, though they vary in
nature, are composed of a picture
that includes a topic of interest and a
punch line written over it.
The name derives itself from
the dictionary definition.
“[A meme is] a unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or
idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another,”
the dictionary states.
Steven Noe’14, describes what he
thinks a meme is.
“[A meme] is an image which pokes
fun at certain people or stereotypical
groups for their actions which may be
perceived as humorous to an outside observer,” Noë said.
Kimberly Turner, ‘13, also weighs in
on the definition of a meme.
“[I think it is] something that
imitates or parodies a particular culture,
with members of that particular culture
understanding or relating to the particular
meme in question,” Turner said. “Outsiders are less likely to understand a meme.”
Simply put, the phenomenon of an
online meme is a joke that relates to humanity as a whole or a large group such as
a country, culture or even a college.
The R-MC themed meme page is
no exception to these definitions. Since
its start, students and alumni of R-MC
have posted countless memes and related
online humor to the page.
Many of these memes poke fun
at particular aspects of the college like
on-campus dining, particularly notable
people that are related to the school or
buildings around campus.
The page’s creator, who wishes to
remain anonymous, says that he got the
idea from memes pages for other colleges
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Staff Writer
Class, despite the fact that there
was a blizzard and it’s President’s
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and universities.
“For a few weeks before I had the
idea to make the R-MC page, I had been
noticing how popular other college meme
pages were becoming,” the page’s creator
said. “The UVA and VT pages were attracting thousands of likes, and I began
to think about the possibility of R-MC
having its own page.”
The page creator was unsure about
how the page would go over at first.
“I initially thought that our enrollment would be too small to support such
a community-driven page, but I eventually
decided to make one and see what would
happen,” the page’s creator said. “I also saw
that H-SC didn’t yet have a meme page, so
I knew I had to make one before they did.”
Being a public page, many students
have posted R-MC related memes to the
page. Based on how many likes they have
gained from facebook.com participants,
most of whom are associated in some
way with R-MC, the popularity of the
individual meme is determined.
Some memes seemed to have missed
the point while other memes have gathered more than forty likes.
The creator of the page says that he
has some favorite memes.
“My favorite meme (although, technically speaking, it’s not a meme) is the
picture that compares an H-SC snowball
fight to an R-MC snowball fight,” the page
creator said. “I also like the ‘Close all the
parking lots’ meme and the ‘Skipped
morning class / see your professor at lunch
in Estes’ socially awkward penguin meme.”
However, with a lot of humor along
the lines of parody, many memes have
gained much controversy.
The R-MC memes page is no exception to that rule. Within days of the
pages creation, many R-MC students
were demanding that certain memes get
taken down as it was offensive to them.
This sparked debates on the page with
the opposition to these complaints saying
that no meme thus far has poked fun at a
particular student or has harassed anyone
in particular in any way.
After these debates reached their
peak, the creator of the page publicly
responded.
“After communicating with the
concerned party, I have decided that the
justification for censoring the memes in
question is insufficient; however, I do reserve the right to remove any memes that
are purposefully, explicitly and profoundly
malicious or offensive,” the post stated.
“That said, I think we can all agree that
the best and funniest memes are unifying
rather than divisive. I think this situation
is a good reminder that people from all
across the R-MC community read this
page, and we should keep that in mind as
we create and share memes.”
With vast and quick popularity and
a bit of controversy, the sudden emergence
of a facebook.com page dedicated to
Randolph-Macon College themed memes
has quickly become a very popular topic
of conversation.
The more parking spaces they take
away, the more people with cars
they bring in.
#rmcproblems
Spending senior year in a dorm.
#rmcproblems
Squirrels.
#rmcproblems
Having a completely different
spring break than all of my friends
from home.
#rmcproblems
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Senior Spotlights
Krystin Husz
Larry Ballance
by Laura Young ‘14
Senior Features Editor
Larry Ballance, ‘12, used
to tell people when he gave tours
of Randolph-Macon that the
best things you can do to enjoy
your time at Randolph-Macon
is to get to know your professors
and get involved on campus. But
after Fall 2011 his answer has
changed.
So what’s the new best
thing you can do to enjoy R-MC?
Study Abroad.
Ballance spent his Fall
2011 semester studying abroad
in Belfast, Ireland. Ballance says
the trip was the best experience
he’s ever had.
“Going for a semester
abroad will completely change
the way you are,” Ballance said.
“You learn so much about how
people view Americans and how
other people view you.”
He says that coming back
to America was definitely an
adjustment.
“I was mad that I had to
drive places when I got back,”
Ballance said with a chuckle.
“I turned European for half of
a year.”
Ballance says that meeting new people was also a really
great part of the experience.
“I met people I never would have had
the chance to,” Ballance said. “I could go to
Finland, Spain or Germany and have a place
to stay.”
Though his semester abroad was a very
meaningful experience to Ballance, his years
spent on campus were also very vital in his
enjoyment of college. Ballance has taken full
advantage of the opportunities that RandolphMacon has to offer, as he has become very
involved in extra-curricular activities.
He currently serves as a Resident Assistant, a Tour Guide and is a brother of Sigma
Phi Epsilon Fraternity. Before his semester
abroad, Ballance served as an SGA Senator,
Vice-President of the Racquetball Club and
Co-Chair of the Board of Student Publications.
He also acted as the Vice-President of
Programming and the Sigma and Phi Coordinator for SigEp, as well as being a member
of several Greek honor societies. Ballance also
enjoys participating in Intramural sports.
Ballance says that he has learned a great
deal from his various activities.
“I have learned many leadership skills,
and I have learned to be a better public speaker,” Ballance said.
He says that the RA position taught him
a great deal.
“Being an RA teaches you so much, but
one of the most important things is how to
stay calm in stressful or difficult situations,”
Ballance said.
Academics are also very important to
Balance, who is a Computer Science major.
The Academic program is one of the biggest
reasons he came to R-MC.
“I was originally set on George Mason,
and after the first rounds of touring all of the
schools, I decided I wanted to go to all of the
schools I applied to again,” Ballance said. “I
came to Macon and met with Dr. Rabung, and
I enjoyed it so much that I decided not to finish
the week of tours and knew I was coming here.”
Dr. Rabung ended up becoming his FYE
professor and adviser.
“My first impression of Larry when he
appeared in my FYC class turned out to be
pretty accurate,” Rabung said. “I saw him as
a rather quiet, unassuming young man with a
ready smile. He went on in that and other of
my classes to show himself as a very bright and
dedicated student.”
Rabung also got to know Larry outside
of class.
“He and Jim Foster and I had a good time
teaming up to win the intramural horseshoepitching championship last year,” Rabung said.
“In keen competition Larry has a knack for
throwing a ringer just at the right time.”
Ballance remembers one specific instance in which having a close relationship
with your professors was extremely important.
“I called Dr. Rabung once at 2 AM because I crashed all of the computers in Copley,”
Ballance said. “He talked me through it at 2 AM
and helped me fix everything.”
Though Larry is a Computer Science
major, he is also a self-professed “history geek.”
“I like to tell people I have a Jeopardy
brain,” Ballance said. “I actually won a Jeopardy
contest on campus. I know random stuff that
nobody really needs to know.”
Ballance says one of his favorite memories at Randolph-Macon is from his Freshman
year.
“My hall [Jones Hall] and Irby were really close,” Ballance said. “We would always
hang out and there was never a time where
you couldn’t find someone to hang out with.”
He says that the people are what he will
miss most about the school.
“I’ll really miss all of my friends that
aren’t graduating,” Ballance said. “As I’ve gotten
older in school, I’ve hung out with more people
that are younger than me, and I will miss them.”
Ballance has been accepted to a few
master’s programs and is waiting to hear about
acceptance to a PhD program but is also considering working as well.
“I’m just kind of seeing what my options
are, and when the deadlines come around, I’ll
have to make my decision,” Ballance said.
Ballance leaves some words of advice to
R-MC students.
“Be open as soon as you get here, that’s
the best way to make new friends,” Ballance
said. “And definitely do study abroad, no matter where it is, get out of the country and go
somewhere for more than just J-Term.”
by Laura Young ‘14
Chelsea Mason ‘14
Senior Features Editor
Junior Features Editor
Krystin Husz is a senior from Mechanicsville, Virginia. Husz will be graduating with a double major, in Classics and
Latin this spring. Through her four years,
she has been an active member of the R-MC
community.
Husz’ sister Caitlynn, ‘07, also attended R-MC.
“My first impressions began with her,”
Husz said. “I always thought R-MC was a
really friendly place, and I have definitely
seen that myself over the past four years.”
Husz currently serves as co-chair of
the R-MC Judicial Board. She is also a member of Delta Zeta sorority and has served
as Vice-President of Programs, Chairman
of Standards Board and Panhellenic Delegate. During Husz’ sophomore and junior
years, she served as the Vice-President of
Recruitment for the Panhellenic Council
and successfully held the first Fall Formal
Panhellenic Recruitment.
Husz wanted to be involved in Greek
life to broaden her horizons on campus.
Being a member of Delta Zeta, Husz has
learned many life skills.
“Being on our exec-board really
taught me how to work with my peers,
which is sometimes difficult when they’re
your close friends,” Husz said.
Husz’ little sister in Delta Zeta, Emily
Vianna, is proud of Husz’ accomplishments.
“Krystin’s dedication to school while
balancing everything else she does on
campus amazes me; she is such a go getter,”
Vianna said. “Outside of being an amazing
student shes is so down to earth and really
funny.”
Vianna also appreciates Husz’ manner, despite all of her successes at R-MC.
“I think what I admire the most about
her is how humble she is about all of her
accomplishments,” Vianna said. “She keeps
most of it too herself and never boasts.”
Most students would say that the professors at R-MC make the time worthwhile.
Husz says she certainly agrees.
“The Classics department has had the
biggest impact on my time at R-MC,” Husz
said. “They have always been incredibly
supportive of me.”
Husz first decided to study abroad
during J-Term in Ethiopia.
“I wasn’t even planning on doing a
J-Term trip; it was a spur of the moment
decision,” Husz said. “I thought ‘When am
I ever going to get to do this again?’”
In the fall of 2011, Husz was in a study
abroad program in Rome, Italy for a full
semester. The trip consisted of thirty-seven
students including Husz.
“I had the opportunity to graduate early, but when I was considering
what I would do if I graduated early,
all of the opportunities would still be
around if I waited a year,” Husz said.
“The study abroad program in Rome
was only for undergraduate students
so I decided to stay the full four years
and experience something new and
challenging.”
Husz says the experiences was
life-changing.
“[We] got to see amazing things
most don’t get to see up close,” Husz
said.
In Rome, the students got to
visit numerous sites around the city.
They visited the Roman Forum and
the Pantheon, which Husz says was
her favorite.
“The rain came in the Oculus at
the top of the dome,” Husz said. “I tuned
out the sounds around me and was in awe
of what I was seeing.”
Husz has been to many different
countries and cities through her four years
at R-MC including Italy and Ethiopia, but
also Cambridge, London, and Athens. Her
favorite place she visited was Naxos, a Greek
island in summer of 2011. She is pictured
below in Naxos on her trip.
Most people would be surprised to
know that Husz enjoys painting and has had
private lessons as well as that she painted
the pictures in Conrad’s second floor study
room.
“Freshman year during HampdenSydney Week there was a trash can painting
contest, so my roommate and I entered,
Rodney Bardwell saw it and asked if I would
be interested in painting a mural in one of
the study rooms,” Husz said. “It took me
about a year and a half to finish between
school and everything else I was doing.”
Husz has also worked in the Admissions Office since her sophomore year and
is currently the Senior Admissions Intern.
She helps out with many information sessions and scholarship days for the Office.
Senior Associate Director of Admissions Annie Keith has worked with Krystin
since her sophomore year.
“Krystin is sharp, poised, confident
and extremely hard working,” Keith said. “I
feel so lucky to have been part of Krystin’s
R-MC experience. Watching her achieve
goals, miss marks and develop into this
incredible young woman has truly been
my pleasure.”
Husz plans to take a year off and then
apply to law school. Her area of interest is
cultural heritage law.
“Cultural heritage law revolves
around the preservation and protection
of cultural resources and heritage, for example, antiquities, monuments, and historic
buildings,” Husz said. “My specific interests
are in antiquities and repatriation, which is
when a country knows that an item has been
stolen from their country and they pursue
getting it back.”
Husz says one great part of R-MC is
getting involved and meeting people.
“I know that I’m going to look back
on my time at R-MC fondly because I got
involved and made the most of my experience,” Husz said. “Getting involved in student organizations made me feel a part of
the campus, and it also gave me a support
system, which has been key to my success
at R-MC.”
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by Maggie Cookson ‘15
Contributing Writer
On February 23rd, there was not a
single seat left in Estes by 7:00 pm. It was
not the food that attracted such a large
crowd but the comedian Ty Barnett.
Ty Barnett is a nationally renowned
comedian who has been on Saturday Night
Live, Star Search, Last Comic Standing and
Comedy Central’s Laff Riot Comedy Competition. You can find some of his comedy
acts on YouTube. He has also appeared on
ABC, NBC and FOX television shows.
It was 7:10 PM when he arrived in
Randolph-Macon College’s Estes Dining
Hall. He quickly apologized for being late
and immediately joked that he needed a
G.P.S. to find his way here. I personally
enjoyed how he interacted with his audience on a personal level.
Naoko Branker, ’15, also liked the fact
that he was personal.
“He was really good,” Branker said.
“I liked that he tried to make his jokes
personal to us and his life at the same time.
I also liked how he related them to what we
do and how it’s different to be a teenager
than it is for an adult. I would recommend
him to anyone who needs a comic because
he was on point the whole time.”
Barnett did not just pick a few people
to joke about like many comedians do but
instead asked the audience questions. How
the audience responded was where he went
with the jokes.
My favorite joke was the one about
his flight here. He was describing how he
was on the phone when the signal beeped
for everyone to turn off all cell phones.
The best part was how the lady next to him
reacted to this. His use of facial expressions
and the way he can manipulate his voice
shows just how talented he is.
Although I enjoyed his performance,
there were times where I felt like he went
a little too far.
Aliya Headley, ’12, also felt like he
crossed the line at times.
“Overall, I quite enjoyed the comic.
He was funny and interacted extremely
well with the crowd,” Headley said. “While
I didn’t like the entire act that he did, it
brought many laughs from the crowd.”
It was these inappropriate jokes that
many students remembered and enjoyed.
His last joke of the evening was one
of which Aurora Monroy, ’15, says she
enjoyed.
“I really liked the ending,” Monroy
said. “It was a nice wrap up of the night.”
In this joke, Barnett made a promise
to the athletes sitting in front of him that
this joke was his best and that it would make
us want to follow him on Twitter and other
social media.
He mentioned that his favorite part
of a sporting event was when the athletes
talk to the news reporters and press after
the game. Ty thought we should all have
something like that after certain events. I
will not go into full details, but the last joke
left the audience in shock, awe and laughter
as they exited Estes for the night.
With a successful start to the semester, CEC is excited about the upcoming
events.
“Thanks to everyone who came out
to see Ty Barnett. He was great. And if you
enjoyed him, I’m sure you’ll get a kick out
of Alysia Wood coming on March 8. This
comedian series is getting off to a great
start,” they said.
Organization Spotlight: Habitat for Humanity
by Chelsea Mason ‘14
Junior Features Editor
Habitat for Humanity is one of the
most popular extracurricular programs at
R-MC. With numerous contributing members, Habitat has been fortunate enough to
travel to different parts of the country to help
build homes.
Habitat is taking thirty-five students to
Albany, Georgia for their Alternative Spring
Break trip (ASB) this year. The participants
will be building with Albany’s Habitat affiliate
to help make the housing more sufficient and
safe for a family.
Students of Habitat have been selling
baked goods all week and February 27, 2012
is Chick-fil-A night at the local Chick-fil-A
to help raise money for the trip.
Sarah Keith,’15, says she can’t wait to
attend her first Alternative Spring Break Trip
with Habitat.
“I wanted to go because I knew that I
would be able to spend my time on someone
else for a little while,” Keith said.
This is also Lara O’Brien’s, ’12, first time
going on the trip.
“I decided to go on the trip because
I think it will be a great opportunity to do
something wonderful for someone else. I am
a little anxious about the road trip, but I know
it will be a blast with this group,” O’Brien said.
While it is some students’ first time
attending the ASB trip, others have been on
trips multiple times.
Habitat President, Elizabeth Luminoso,
’13, has been on two ASB trips.
“I will be bringing the ability to step out
of my comfort zone,” Luminoso said. “Over
the past two trips, I’ve been pretty open to
new experiences on the worksite and all have
lead to great memories.”
R-MC is already a close community, so
it’s no surprise that Habitat and its members
are close as well.
Vice President, Kaitlyn Dmytryszyn,
’13, says she believes this.
“We have all formed a deep bond that
can only come from serving those in need
together,” Dmytryszyn said. “We have all
made great friendships.”
Habitat members get the chance to
broaden their outlook by traveling and helping build for others.
“It such a satisfying feeling knowing
that we are helping to build someone’s home,
a home they appreciate more than anything,”
Dmytryszyn said. “In the process of helping
other people, you don’t realize how much
more you are helping your own self as well.”
Luminoso and Dmytryszyn say they
have gotten to use different power tools. Not
only are the Habitat members helping others,
but they are learning life skills along the way.
Habitat participants look forward to
ASB every year, and this year is no exception.
“Every year I learn something completely new about myself and the others on
the trip,” Luminoso said. “Whether it’s a new
value, a fun fact or something that changes
my outlook on life, I always return with new
experiences and wonderful memories that I
wouldn’t trade for anything.”
Habitat is not only a chance for students
to make an impact on others lives but on their
own as well.
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Macon Predictions: Horoscopes to Help you Lead
Aries (March 21-April 20): You had
a rough J-Term, Aries. Get a good start this
semester by going to class regularly, talking
to your professors, and getting involved on
campus. Chances are this will help you avoid
the spring semester slump.
Taurus (April 21-May 21): Your pure
enthusiasm for life is infectious! Spread it to
others around you, chances are they need the
cheer and appreciate your spunk. Look out
for good news sometime in the next 3 weeks.
Gemini (May 22-June 22): You seem
to be down on yourself this month, Gemini.
Find a Taurus to bring your mood in better spirits and keep a positive attitude! This
positivity will help you during your tough
spring semester.
Cancer (June 23-July 23): Your sometimes arrogant nature is rearing its ugly head
and has turned people off from spending time
with you. Try and get back in your friends’
good graces by getting together for a movie
or studying together.
Leo (July 24-August 23): You’re a
summer baby, and you just want to party like
it’s your birthday, but make sure that you are
staying focused on school. These next two
weeks are going to be challenging academically so make sure you stay on top of it, Leo.
Virgo (August 24-September 2):
You’ve had a tough first few weeks of spring
semester, Virgo. Make sure you go to your
professors when you need help with an assignment, which you probably will with a big
test coming up soon. Ace that test, and the
rest of the semester will be a piece of cake!
Libra (September 24-October 23):
Make sure you are living a healthy lifestyle.
Whether it’s one too many bowls of ice cream
in Estes or too many late nights spent study-
ing and eating junk food, you need to make
sure you take your health seriously and spend
some time at the Brock working out. Find
a gym buddy and make it a weekly outing.
Scorpio (October 24-November 22):
People love spending time with you, and this
month one person in particular will want to
spend more time with you than usual. Open
yourself up to trying new things and meeting new people. Who knows, you may find a
post-Valentine’s Day love connection?
Sagittarius (November 23-December
22): Your abrasive attitude can sometimes be
a problem in your personal life. You think
you’re being friendly, but others think you’re
being pushy. Work on this before next week,
or you may end up acting in a way that you
regret later.
Capricorn (December 23-January
19): You’ve been spending a lot of time on
your schoolwork lately, Capricorn. Though
school is very important, make sure you’re
having some fun in college too! Go to a
CEC event or a game to cheer on the Yellow
Jackets. Everyone needs a break from studying every now and then, make sure you take
yours!
Aquarius (January 20-February 19):
You have gotten very busy this semester and
if you aren’t careful this could lead to your
downfall. Be careful not to overcommit yourself Aquarius! Focus on one or two activities
that you really enjoy before you get in over
your head.
Pisces (February 20-March 20): You
seem to have forgotten who your friends are.
Take a look around, because someone you
think you know might surprise you. Remember who you are and surround yourself with
people who love you for you.
Jae Grant: Microwave Chef
Healthily Speaking...Writing?
by Jamie Grant ‘12
Staff Writer
A good friend of mine asked me a
question on my Facebook page that inspired
this post. I assume she is dieting (although
I think she looks beautiful just the way she
is, but it’s her prerogative) or just wanting to
eat more healthily.
She wanted to know if there were any
fat free foods that a.) aren’t pudding or yogurt, b.) last over 2 weeks, and c.) are cheap.
My first thought, like another friend
who posted in response, was oatmeal. It
does have some fat, like she said, but it’s a
very small amount and unsaturated. The
second suggestion was Jell-O, which really
inspired this post. Yes, Jell-O is fat free, but
as I advised, the sugar content (unless eating
sugar-free), makes the product just as bad.
This is true for so many fat- free products.
So here’s the problem. When a company decides they want something to be
fat-free that isn’t already naturally fat free,
they replace it with something else. This is
usually sugar, salt, or both.
Pre-prepared foods already have high
salt content in them, so that they can stay on
the grocery store shelf for months and then
your home shelf; oh yeah and for flavor.
While our bodies need both sugar and
salt to function properly, too much, especially when dieting, can cause fluid retention
Snacking
Foods naturally low in fat, sodium, and sugar are
best for you.
• Fresh Fruits and Veggies
• Freeze dried or “jerkied” (traditional dried)
fruits and veggies. These are great for snacking,
last close to forever, and taste pretty great. The
drying process really brings out the natural sugars. Be sure to read your label though, you don’t
want anything that has high amounts of added
salt (some salt for the veggies is fine and is almost
crucial), sugar, or has been fried. Snack time is the
best time to focus on eating just a fruit or vegetable
as opposed to having a whole meal of it.
• Applesauce
• Cottage cheese (the regular is low calorie, so don’t
worry about getting fat free)
• Fiber One cereal (especially the one that kind of
looks like rabbit food; Eat this without milk and
it tastes way better).
• Milk
• Sherbert or Sorbet
• Nuts (high in unsaturated fats; this doesn’t not
include peanuts).
(aka that weight you aren’t losing, is stuck
somewhere in your body). The solution, well
I don’t want you to read for days, but I do
want to answer her question.
The best things you can do for your
body are not dieting, getting ample sleep,
and exercising regularly. Now I’m not talking
sleep 12 hours a day, eat what you want, and
spend 5 hours in the gym every day. No, I’m
saying eat consistently. Opt for the whole
wheat bread, pasta, or cereal. Eat brown rice
instead (pretend it’s fried). Limit your desserts to a once a week treat. Eat (and I can’t
believe I’m saying this) cheese in moderation.
Top your salad with vinegar and oil and your
sandwich (unless you’re me) with mustard or
again, vinegar and oil.
SNACK THROUGHOUT THE DAY!
And, most importantly, drink plenty of
water. Eating this way ensures that you aren’t
just retaining or losing water weight, but you
are actually losing fat.
Sleeping 6-8 hours a night also does
this for you. Exercise can simply be making
sure you walk to class and take the stairs instead of driving or using the elevator. Take it
from me, I lost 75 lbs Freshman year!
Below you can find some snack and
food suggestions.
Meals
• Foods with whole grain, naturally low in saturated and
trans fats and not drowned in salt or sugar are good
meal items.
• Avoid frying as much as possible.
• Make sure to eat balanced meals; have a veggie, a starch,
a protein, and a fruit or at least another veggie (note:
just because it’s green doesn’t mean it’s a vegetable. Things
like peas, corn, and yes even carrots are starches. Don’t
worry too much about the carrots though, they won’t hurt
you unless you eat pounds a day; and that’s a whole different problem).
• Soup
• Tuna (if canned, in water not oil) or any kind of fish
• Sandwiches
• Eggs (egg whites are best)
• Lean meats (especially buffalo, venison, chicken, and
lamb)
• Stir fry
• Smoothies
• Spaghetti
*Final bone I have to pick. Fat Free and diet labeled foods (ie sodas, milk, cheese, mayo, etc.), do not satisfy you. When’s the last time you saw someone drink one Diet Coke?
Okay, maybe you have, but it doesn’t happen unless that person is disciplined. My point is, generally when you eat diet or fat free foods you get hungry more often and tend to eat
more. Sure it’s less calories, but if you’re eating 4 servings, then you should have just had the regular, full fat version.
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Contraception Coverage Mandate
by Crystal Thomas ‘13
Senior Politics/Opinions Editor
Healthcare has once again become
a spotlight for debate with regards to the
Obama administration’s new mandate that
would require plans to provide contraception coverage.
This has struck a chord with many
religious institutions that would be required to provide this coverage when
they are against contraceptives in the
first place.
This has also left the House divided
with the Republicans strongly against this
new mandate and Democrats strongly in
favor of it.
“Whether you are a teacher, or a
small businesswoman, or a nurse, or a
janitor, no woman’s health should depend
on who she is or where she works or
how much money she makes,” President
Obama said. “Every woman should be in
control of the decisions that affect her own
health. Period.”
People in support of this plan believe
that they are pro-women’s health and that
the issue has nothing to do with religion. As
Obama pointed out, women should be able
to determine when they are ready to have a
child and that should not be dependent on
the woman’s finances.
Many women also take contraceptives
for non-contraceptive purposes.
The National Survey of Family
Growth found that over 700,000 women
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do not have sex yet they take contraceptives. Contraceptives can help treat acne,
endometriosis, along with many women’s
health related problems. Going against
this mandate would be going against these
women who use contraceptives for other
medical purposes.
However, the fact remains that the
country is divided almost down the middle
when it comes to this mandate.
Michigan Attorney General Bill
Schuette says he is against the mandate.
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“Any rule, regulation, or law that
forces faith-based institutions to provide
for services that violate their free exercise
of religion, or that penalizes them for failing to kneel at the alter of government, is a
flat out violation of the First Amendment,”
Schuette said.
The First Amendment provides for
the freedom of religion. For this reason,
many religious institutions do not believe
that they should be required to provide
something that they think is morally wrong.
Catholics emerged as one of
the strongest groups against the idea
of contraception coverage. Many
conservative Catholics do not agree
with birth control, and therefore
do not agree with the government
forcing any religious institution to
provide a service that they morally
disagree with.
Seeing many objections, President Obama formed a compromise
that would respect these religious
institutions.
“If a woman’s employer is a
charity or a hospital that has religious objections to providing contraceptive services as part of their
health plan, the insurance company
– not the hospital, or charity- will
be required to reach out and offer
the woman contraceptive care free
of charge, without co-pays and without
hassles,” Obama said.
Despite this compromise, Texas,
Florida, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, two private citizens,
two religious non-profit organization and a
Catholic school have all joined to together
to sue the federal government for the law
being unconstitutional.
Whether it’s a matter of women’s
health or religion, the topic of contraception
coverage is another area dividing the nation.
Controversy Strikes:
Maine Caucus
by Connor Wolf ‘13
Staff Writer
With so many candidates being neck and
neck in the 2012 Republican Primary, each
chance to garner votes cannot be missed. The
Maine Caucus which took place on Saturday,
February 11 is no different.
The Maine Caucus has caused much
controversy because there is a chance that
something went wrong, and the votes could
go a different direction. This could potentially
change the outcome of the entire primary.
With Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum
fighting fiercely for supremacy and Newt
Gingrich and Ron Paul grabbing onto any vote
they can, everyone running has a stake in the
election and therefore any rumor of a mistake
will rally them and their supporters.
Though Maine Republican Party chairman, Charlie Webster, declared Mitt Romney
the winner, rumors of mistakes in the voting
process quickly emerged. According to Politico.com, Webster admitted these mistakes.
“The state party made numerous clerical errors in counting the state’s caucus results
— even omitting some votes because emails
reporting tallies ‘went to spam’ in an email
account,” Webster said.
However, Webster says that these mistakes would not have changed the outcome.
“There were clerical errors that did not
significantly change the numbers. There were
several smaller towns that were left out, the
reporting was wrong. … We’ve corrected those
clerical errors and will send those numbers
out,” Webster said.
Many people have not found this satisfying.
Webster himself said on the day that Mitt
Romney was declared the winner, he only won
the Caucuses by a few percentage points over
Ron Paul, 39 percent to 36 percent respectfully.
Between the two candidates, there was only a
margin of 194 votes.
Many people have deemed these numbers too close to disregard any votes in the way
that Maine did. Perhaps the most vocal of the
critics are the Ron Paul supporters who see the
results and the attitude by Webster as wrong.
When addressing Ron Paul supporters on their criticism, Webster says they are
mistaken.
“[They] are just being conspiracy theorists. … If they talked to any other legislators
in Maine who are Ron Paul supporters, they
would be told that I have been fair,” Webster
said.
After the Maine Republican Party
released the newly tallied results, it showed
Romney increasing his lead over Paul.
With Mitt Romney already taking New
Hampshire, Florida, Nevada and Maine while
Rick Santorum has won Iowa, Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri, it seems so far that every
vote in the end is going to count.
Virginia will hold its primary on March
6, 2012.
With the primary so close and yet so far,
the question remains whether there will be a
clear front runner as we approach the end.
R andolph-Macon C ollege student John Endean, ‘12, says he thinks so.
“I think Romney’s got it. He’s the
establishment’s choice, and while people within
the GOP may be skeptical of him, I think they
will come around to embrace him in the end as
being the best chance to beat Obama,” Endean
said.
The 2012 Republican Primary has has
many candidates neck in neck in trying to
gather votes.
With the election process nowhere
near the end, nothing is for sure yet.
GOP Primary So Far
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Opinion: Something That Needs to Stop
by Cody Weinberg ‘14
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Networking Editor
On July 2, 1990 Julio Rivera
was beaten and stabbed to death
in New York.
On the night of October 6,
1998 Mathew Shepard was tied
to a fence outside Laramie, Wyoming, beaten and killed.
On August 15, 2001 Edgar
Garzon was attacked in Queens,
New York. He remained in a coma
until he died on September 4th.
On February 17, 2004, in
Durham North Carolina, Sean
Owen was beaten by three men
and drowned.
In early October of 2009
Jack Price was beaten walking
home from a convenience store
in Queens, New York. He was in a
coma for several days.
2010 and 2011 saw an increase in young suicides due to
bullying.
On September 6, 2011 Cameron Nelson was beaten by three
men while taking out the trash.
On February 4, 2012 Brandon White was beaten by three
men who video taped the act and
put it online.
Julio Rivera, Mathew Shepard, Edgar Garzon, Sean Owen,
Jack Price, the more than 20 teens
who committed suicide between
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Brandon White and his family at a press conference discussing the event.
2010 and 2011, Cameron Nelson,
and Brandon White all had two
things in common--They were all
homosexual, but they too were all
human beings.
There are seven states in
America that have marriage equality; my home state of Maryland
will hopefully soon be the eighth.
There is progress, but there still is
struggle.
I fought many times in
middle school when peers would
attack me because they thought I
was gay. I have had friends beaten
up and attacked because they
were gay.
This needs to stop.
The FBI is investigating the
beating of Brandon White in order
to see if there is enough evidence
for this brutal attack to be considered a hate crime.
If running towards a gay
man screaming Fa---t and throwing a tire at him, then proceeding
to beat and kick him is not a hate
crime, then I do not know what is.
Brandon White was attacked because he is gay, a fact that
he shares openly. Brandon White
was gay at birth. Brandon White
did not choose to be gay. Brandon
White was not taught to be gay, but
his attackers were taught to hate.
Hate is not something you
are born with; it is something
handed down from generation
to generation and from friend
to friend. It is something drilled
into the mind of a child once old
enough to be ignorant.
This needs to stop.
We must stop teaching our
children to hate and oppress. We
must stop encouraging our friends
to hate and oppress. We must stop
labeling color and race; we must
stop labeling people and love.
This must stop.
One is gay or straight, black
or white, American or Mexican,
Spanish or European. One is
happy or sad, has brown hair or
blonde, is male or female.
One is many things, but we
all are human, we all are brothers
and sisters and both will perish
if one forgoes their duty as their
“brother’s keeper.”
This world is a lonely one,
why must we make it worse for
others?
Republican Spotlight: Ron Paul
by Henry Ashton ‘15
Staff Writer
Former Congressional Representative
Dr. Ronald Earnest Paul has earned fervent
support in the 2012 Republican primary
election through his focus on “liberty” in the
form of limited constitutional government,
low taxes, free markets, and a return to sound
monetary policies based on commoditybacked currency.
Paul earned his Medical degree from
Duke University’s School of Medicine in 1961
and served as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air
Force from 1963 to 1965.
He served in the U.S. Air National Guard
from 1965 to 1968.
Paul served in Congress from 1976 to
1984 and has served as a representative for
Texas since 1996, winning
a seat in Congress as a nonincumbent 3 times.
Although Paul has represented the Republican Party while in Congress, he has
frequently taken positions
on issues that are in direct
opposition to the Republican
Party’s platform.
Paul has sponsored
620 bills during his intermittent terms in the House, with
four making it to the floor
and only 1 being passed. His
success rate stands at 0.2%.
He has sponsored controversial legislation during his career that would
have abolished the Education
Department, repealed the
income tax and limited the
census to just three questions.
Paul’s plan for the presidency would eliminate $1
trillion in federal spending
during his first year as chief
executive.
“Deficits mean future tax increases,
pure and simple,” Paul said. “Deficit spending
should be viewed as a tax on future generations, and politicians who create deficits should
be exposed as tax hikers.”
Paul would also repeal the Affordable
Care Act, the Dodd-Frank Reform and the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
In particular, Paul has labeled the Affordable Care Act as unconstitutional.
“I don’t think it will improve medical
care in this country,” Paul said. “I think it’s
very, very costly, and we don’t have any money.
And they don’t have any way of paying for it.”
Additionally, Congressman Paul has
been a longtime critic of Medicare and Medicaid.
“[People weren’t] “laying in the street
with no medical care,” Paul, referring to the
time before the policies’ implantation in 1965,
said.
Paul was noted to lower fees or offer free
services to avoid accepting Medicare or Medicaid reimbursements during his medical career.
The Paul campaign has long criticized
the Federal Reserve as well.
“[The Federal Reserve is] dishonest, immoral, and unconstitutional [and has] helped
devalue our dollar by over 95%,” Paul said.
Legalizing sound money has been the
Paul campaign’s solution to inflation, providing an alternative to the Fed’s inflated paper
money.
Paul hasn’t won a single primary to date
in the 2012 nomination contest and currently
holds 12.2% of the public’s vote in a national
poll for the nomination.
“I don’t deceive myself. You know what
the odds are. The odds have been slim,” Paul
said.
Statistically, Paul has attracted a much
younger audience than he did during his 2008
run for the presidency, receiving 50% of the
youth vote in the Iowa Caucus.
He has also been tracked as appealing to
first time primary voters, including those who
identify those as “moderate” or “liberal,” and
those who identify as “very conservative” on
political matters.
Paul’s goal has largely been perceived
as trying to change the Republican platform
through his grassroots influence.
As a candidate, he wants to create substantial differences between the two parties as
much as to win the White House.
“I don’t know why you have to separate
the two,” Paul said.
Rachel Johnsen ‘13
Senior News Editor
Laura Young ‘14
Senior Features Editor
Chelsea Mason ‘14
Junior Features Editor
Crystal Thomas ‘13
Senior Politics/Opinions Editor
Jordan Davis ‘12
Junior Politics/Opinions Editor
Cecilia Quinonez ‘14
Senior Sports Editor
Kelly Armstrong ‘12
Business/Advertising Manager
[email protected]
Carlie Pendleton ‘13
Copy Editor
Cody Weinberg ‘14
Internet Media and Networking
Editor
Daniel Lutz ‘13
Junior Layout Editor
Prof. Gayla Mills
Faculty Advisor
Staff Writers
Henry Ashton ‘15
Maggie Cookson ‘15
Fenton Crowther ‘13
Catherine Dean ‘15
Jamie Grant ‘12
Jacquelyn Keeney ‘15
Laura Rafner ‘13
Kristian Spencer ‘14
Kurt Sporer ‘12
Connor Wolf ‘13
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through the R-MC Office of Student
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by Jordan Davis ‘12
Junior Politics/Opinions Editor
The Greek governmental crisis that
has surfaced in the news in the past week
has been a surprising revelation to many as
Greece has now sought help from the European Union (EU) on its financial situation.
However, Greece has struggled for a
number of years in trying to maintain their
economy.
According to one of Greece’s wellknown, right-wing newspapers, the Kathmerini, Greece has utilized large public
deficits to offset and reintegrate their political counterparts into their economic system.
These large deficits were the principal
ways in which Greece was able to successfully finance their public sector jobs, occupations and pensions.
Low interest rates on government
bonds and strong GDP numbers allowed
for Greece to continue their large deficit
borrowing. However, this all came to a head
during the global financial crisis that occurred in late 2008.
This development had a particularly
negative impact on the Greece’s GDP as two
of its major industries, tourism and shipping,
were badly affected with their revenues drop-
ping as much as 15%.
However, the more staggering development occurred when the monetary union
guidelines that were required to keep watch
of Greece’s economic activity began to misreport their economic statistics.
According to a report by New York
Times journalists Louise Story, Landon
Soccer Around the World
Thomas Jr. and Nelson Schwartz, it was found
that Goldman Sachs president, Gary D.
Cohn, had attempted to pitch Greece a plan.
“[His plan would have] pushed debt
from Greece’s health care system far into the
future, much like when strapped homeowners take out second mortgages to pay off their
credit cards,” the article stated.
In fact, in 2001 borrowing that enabled Greece’s economy to maintain its large
deficit was also funded by Goldman Sachs.
Although Wall Street did not create Greece’s
economic mess, they still enabled Greece and
others to borrow beyond their means in deals
that were perfectly legal.
Similar to the argument pushed forward by the American government and the
big banks that claimed they were too big to
fail, European nations have contended that
the financial crisis in Greece is too big to fail.
Therefore, it was not surprising to find
that many EU lenders and neighboring European countries have had to take on the debt.
Part of this push coincided directly
with the recent riots in Athens that left
numerous stores looted and more than 120
people injured. A vote in the Greek parliament has allowed for the EU, the European
Central Bank (ECB) and the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) to release funds to
cover Greece’s financial needs in 2012 and
2013. The Eurogroup has also proposed a
second bailout package to help Greece in
the future.
Opening Pitch: R-MC Baseball
by Jacquelyn Keeney ‘15
Staff Writer
In between innings you can see the Yellow Jacket baseball players emerging from the
dugout. Together they repaint the batter box
and catcher/umpire box lines, sweep off the
home base and repaint it bright white. You
can see they all get along as they joke around
and work. They together are a team.
The Yellow Jacket baseball team is composed of forty-four of your fellow classmates,
eighteen of which are new freshmen joining
the team.
Even though a few of their key players
from last season graduated, the team does
not seem fazed. The players have been working hard.
Since the fall, the baseball team has been
seen meticulously training to get ready for its
upcoming season. Even though the season is
here, the team continues with their grueling
workouts. Whether out on the field or in the
weight room, the players give relentless effort
to improve.
The Jackets started off their season with
a great game. The team defeated St. Mary’s
College with a 4-3 victory in the season
opener. The players worked together well,
with everyone knowing what they had to do
and when to do it.
During the first game, Matt Musser, ’12,
seemed to step up to the plate in quite a literal
and metaphorical fashion. Musser is the Yel-
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low Jacket’s main catcher, working with Jamie
Hendrick, ’13, on the mound.
Catching-wise, Musser did very well,
but he performed even better at bat. As a
matter of fact, he was doing so well that the
St. Mary’s pitcher purposely walked him in the
last inning of the game.
After a few postponements due to
inclement weather, the Yellow Jackets were
behind with a 2-1 loss against Christopher
Newport, who is ranked fourth in the Collegiate Baseball News Preseason National
Rankings.
The Yellow Jackets currently stand
fourth in the ODAC division with a 2-2-1
record. However, in the Pre-Season Rankings R-MC was ranked second, right behind
Bridgewater. There are high hopes for the Yellow Jackets with returning star batter Jordan
Walton, ’12, and outfielders Jeb Weymouth,
’13, and Brian Jordan, ’12.
Walton broke two records last year with
his incredible batting skills. He had eightyseven hits and thirty-one doubles breaking two
of the ODAC single season records.
This season should be exciting. Come
to the Estes Baseball Park and support your
fellow Yellow Jackets. There should be some
good games, especially the match-up with the
Bridgewater Eagles.
Page Eleven
NBA: Finally
Getting The
Ball Rolling
by Catherine Dean ‘15
Staff Writer
With March Madness, perhaps the
highlight of the basketball season, about to
take place, it is only natural for basketball,
both college, and professional, to gain a
little more hype and a little more attention
than usual.
In professional basketball especially
there have been several surprises this past
season allowing for disappointed fans to
happy fans and everything in between.
The professional season started out
somewhat questionable with the controversial NBA lockout that started back in
July 2011, the fourth in the league’s history.
The lockout had fans on the edge of
their seats as basketball players were threatening to play for foreign countries if the issue
was not resolved.
Debates took so long that even training camps were cancelled. It looked as
though for a while there would be no 20112012 season.
Finally on December 8, 2011, a plan
of action was established and the lockout
that lasted 161 days ended. Contracts for
players went from a six-year agreement to
a five-year agreement and limits on salary
increases were placed.
The lockout disappointed several
basketball spectators including R-MC’s own
Dr. Jack Trammell, an Atlanta Hawk’s fan.
“The strike really disappointed me –
aren’t those guys making enough already?”
Trammell said. “Come on.”
One positive surprise of the 2011-2012
season came from the New York Knicks with
the presence of their point guard, Jeremy
Lin, who was originally hired as a back up.
His recent success has created a new
term for Knicks fans to shout out at games,
“Linsanity.”
All this hype around Lin, who can
only be called the man who came from
nowhere, encouraged ESPN to create a
video montage of his top ten plays. The best
occurred during the last game against the
Toronto Raptors on February 14th.
With out a doubt, Lin has brought a
new source of energy and given fans a reason
to cheer. Because let’s face it, everybody loves
a Cinderella story and Lin does nothing
short to provide his fans with one.
Fans are also curious to see how long it
will take before Lin joins the top tier of high
paying basketball players. With the current
contract that was established from the lockout and only one endorsement, it probably
will not happen for him any time soon.
However, Lin does sit at the top of his
own tower, as he is the only NBA player from
Chinese-Taiwanese decent. Because of this,
the Harvard graduate has a lot of stereotypes
and walls to break down but that does not
seem to be affecting his game in a negative
way. If anything it seems to be making him
play better and keep his drive going.
How long will Linsanity last? Only
time will tell, but at least NBA fans can sleep
knowing that they will have something to
watch for the next few seasons until another
lockout occurs.
Until then they can anticipate the
playoffs and make bets with their friends as
to who will have the honor of being the best
team of the 2011-2012 basketball season.
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No Time to ReLAX: Women’s Lacrosse
by Lara O’Brien ‘12
Editor-in-Chief
Women’s lacrosse is starting off strong
this season with several new players and
a coach that is ready to build off her first
season here at R-MC.
Coach Erickson explains her excitement about the season beginning with the
new players this season.
“We have six freshmen this year and
a total of eight new faces in the program,”
Erickson said. “The newcomers have a tremendous amount of potential and will add
depth to our lineup.”
Erickson says the team as a whole is
prepared for the season.
“Our returning players gained a lot of
playing experience last year and are looking
sharp in practices,” Erickson said.
She continued with an explanation of
the team’s ultimate goal this season.
“Our primary goal is to improve as
a team each day and to be playing our best
lacrosse when the ODAC tournament comes
around,” Erickson said.
This season, Erickson has had to make
some minor adjustments to her game plan.
“We have a young squad this season,
and so we’ve spent a lot of time drilling the
fundamentals,” she said.
Erickson notes that the team faces a
large pool of competitive teams, and no rival
should be overlooked. The coach is excited
to start the season and really put everything
out there on the field.
Erickson is not the only person ready
for the season. Juniors Rachel Johnsen and
Nicole Woodworth explain their feelings
about the season.
Woodworth is playing her first season
with the team but expresses little anxiety.
“Our coaches have really outdone
themselves and gotten us ready to play this
year,” Woodworth said. “Everyone is practic-
Johnsen expressed anxiety going into
ing hard, and it will definitely show when we the first game but is excited for the rest of the
work our way through our schedule.”
season to play out.
Johnsen says she feels similarly.
Woodworth commented on her vision
“I personally feel ready to go, and I of the team’s biggest competitor this season.
think that the rest of the team is as well,”
“If I had to pick out a single team that’s
Johnsen said. “Our team has gone through so on our schedule, I’d have to say CNU,” Woodmany changes and have a lot of fresh people worth said. “Last year, we beat them with
that I think we are ready to see just how far one second on the clock, so I know they’ll
we can go this season.”
be putting up a good fight to win this year.”
Concerning the new freshman, WoodJohnsen agreed with Woodworth’s
worth is extremely positive and upbeat.
views toward CNU but adds in her own
“A lot of the freshman are dual athletes, competitors.
so they knew some of the older players from
“Roanoke is going down,” Johnsen
fall sports,” Woodworth said.
said. “Same with Va Wes. and CNU.”
Johnsen also says the freshman are
Overall, the team is ready for a great
prepared for the season.
season with many new faces and an exciting
“Most [of the freshmen] were fall schedule throughout the season.
athletes, having played field hockey or soccer, so they brought with them the kind of
athleticism and work ethic that is expected
at the college level,” Johnsen said.
Woodworth is very excited about the
upcoming season on a more personal level.
“I haven’t played lacrosse since high
school, so it feels really good to get back in
the swing of things after a two year hiatus,”
Woodworth said.
Johnsen is looking forward to a positive atmosphere this season.
“I think that things are going in a positive direction and that the changes we have
gone through as a team has made us stronger,” Johnsen said. “Last season, we had a lot
of close games which often resulted in a narrow loss. I’m hoping that our new dynamic
will tip the balance in our favor this season.”
Woodworth says she has a small level
of anxiety going into the season.
“My biggest anxiety is that when I go to
clear the ball to a teammate, it’s intercepted,”
Woodworth said. “It’s trivial but that feeling
you get when it’s your fault that the other
team has the ball and is coming to your goal
Alex Truesdale runs the ball down the field
is pretty nasty.”
Men’s Lacrosse
by Lara O’Brien ‘12
Editor-in-Chief
The men’s lacrosse team is set up for
success this year after rough practices in the
fall. The new freshmen will be a huge help
against the loss of last year’s seniors.
Brian Rowe and Sherif Dorghoud, seniors, both look forward to their final season.
As the season began, the seniors commented on how prepared they felt for the
beginning games.
“I felt really prepared,” Rowe said. “I
was preparing during the off-season, and the
coaches workouts really helped.”
Dorghoud’s preparation was slightly
different.
“During the fall after workouts with
the team and on my time off, I played indoor
soccer 5 days a week,” Dorghoud said. “I believe it helps me a lot with my footwork for
lacrosse and keeps my endurance and speed
up for the season.”
Dorghoud says the team is also prepared for the season due to great weather
and effective workouts.
“We have been getting up early, working out before classes as a team and then
working out again in the afternoon,” Dorghoud said. “As much as we workout and
practice to be prepared for the season, we
are all hungry to be on top of our game individually and as a team.”
Dorghoud also expressed how his
workouts have changed since last year.
“Since I changed positions this year, I
have been working out a lot on facing off as
well,” Dorghoud said.
Rowe says he’s excited about the role
of the freshmen this season.
“The freshmen have meshed really well
with the team because they were with us for
fall ball, so we already knew them pretty
well,” Rowe said.
Dorghoud explains the importance of
the freshmen.
“We have as many freshmen as we
do veterans,” Dorghoud said. “Having our
season in the spring, we get the entire fall
to know the freshmen which helps out later
when we are in season.”
Dorghoud says that the freshmen
and upperclassmen are very aware of the
competitiveness of the ODAC, so they have
similar goals to be one of the conference’s
top teams.
Rowe is ready for the games this
season.
“I’m excited to play all of our conference games especially Roanoke, Lynchburg
and Hampden-Sydney,” Rowe said.
Since every team that has played H-SC
so far has won, it will be particularly exciting
to watch lacrosse this season.
Dorghoud says he’s excited on a more
personal level for his recent position change.
“I recently changed positions from
Long Stick Midfield to Short Stick Defensive
Midfield,” Dorghoud said. “I have not played
that position since junior year in high school
so I am really excited to get back to that style
of play again.”
Dorghoud says he’s also excited to be
back in front of the crowd and play for his
fans and classmates.
“I like giving the people a show or
something for them to come out and look
for during games,” Dorghoud said.
Dorghoud says the team as a whole
is very prepared for the season. Though the
men lost three seniors, all of the point guards
returned.
“We are also really excited to play Sydney here at Macon this year,” Dorghoud said.
Dorghoud also says that he is not at all
anxious for the season.
“Lacrosse has always been one of the
sports where I zoned everything out and
focused that time on lacrosse,” Dorghoud
said. “Playing sports was always my time to
escape and enjoy the time with my friends
doing something I love.”
Rowe also talked about the team’s biggest competition this season.
“I am most anxious about Roanoke
because they are number two in the country this year,” Rowe said. “Lynchburg is also
competitive as number eleven.”
Dorghoud says R-MC’s rivals are naturally more competitive.
“Every team we play is our biggest
competition but since the ODAC is considered to be one of the most competitive
conferences in the country, every team
we play in the conference is competitive,”
Dorghoud said.
Overall, the men are prepared for the
season. The team feels it is time to take on
the rival teams and start moving up in the
standings.
The Yellow Jacket
Page Twelve
March 2, 2012
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