has come tobelievethat thepromotionofdiver-sityin theDavidsoncommunityis an integralpartof thecollege experience. "Probeout thatsphereyouhaven'ttouched yet,"Blicharzrecommended."Diversitywillbecomeapersonalthing. Yougetinterestedin otherthingsaroundyoubesidesyourowncultureandlearna lotmoreabout yourself."

Thenext person on thepanel was AinsleyNatta'99, president ofthe Black Student Coali-tion.RaisedinNew York,Nattahasbeen exposedtoadegreeofdiversity thathe said"youjust don'tlearn here."

Although Natta feels that diversity is animportantaspect ofeducation,healsosaid, "WhatI'velearnedaboutdiversity is thatyou can't forceit on people." Natta expressedregret about nothaving enough optionsat Davidson so that stu-dentscaneducatethemselvesabout diversity.Forexample.Nattapointedout thatthere arecurrentlynoopportunities to learnabout Hispanicculture.Basically,Nattahopes thatDavidson will fosteranenvironment wherestudentscan "be inquisi-tive" aboutother type of people and othercul-tures.

Presenting women's issues in education,Sally McMillan, a professor of history, spokeabout the importanceof including the contribu-tionof womenin theCollege curriculum. Whenshe firstcametoDavidson,McMillan wasoneofaminority ofwomenon the faculty,andshe saidthat she "wasn't very welcome"back then. Al-thoughshe feels that theatmosphereatDavidsonhas changed,McMillan still feels that women'sissues in educationneed to be promoted. "It's

Tapia approached the issue of diversity from areligious standpoint. She said that there is "ahighercommand fordiversity" that comes fromGod. After describing God as having createdwomen of all races and then, "oh yeah, men,"TapiaemphasizedtheideathatGodhadintention-ally createdpeoplewho weredifferent fromoneanother. Echoing Denham's sentiments, Tapiaalsosaid that she believedclassismtobe abarrierofdiversity oncampus. According to Tapia,wehave "a God ordainedcommend to be diversi-fied."

The lastspeakeroftheevening wasEnglishprofessorTim Waples '87. Beginning his speechby saying that diversity is "a concept that is amoving target," Waples compared the varioushistoricalapproachesof English literaturetodif-ferent cultures andraces. Waples feels that thecourses offered at Davidsonarebecomingmorediverse.

Usingessays as examples,Waples showedthat the study of the classics has changed as aresultofawarenessofdiversity,andthatthecanonhas been transforming to include more diversetopics. Finally, Waples encouraged students totakediscussions of diversity beyond the class-roomandinto their everyday lifeatDavidson.

After the formal sessionof the forum, stu-dents and panelists had an informal discussionsession,exploring varioustopicssuchasclassism,racism, homophobia,andsexism. Students alsodiscussed possible ways to combat labels andpossible ways to improvediversity atDavidsonbothinside andoutsidetheclassroom.

OnTuesday,Nov.10, theDiversity inEduca-tion forum washeld in the MorrisonRoom oftheUnion todiscuss diversityin thecurrent curricu-lum. A panel of seven students and professorsspoke for the first part ofthe forum, eachpanelistexamining a different arena that couldbroadenDavidson'scurriculumbeyondthetraditionalclassofferings. After the formal speech period, aninformaldiscussionperiodfollowed,withstudentsopenlydiscussing the possibility of making thecurriculum morediverse.

Thefirstpanelisttospeak wasNancyJ.Fairlcy.aprofessorofanthropology and theEthnic StudiesCoordinator.Raising thequestionofwhatdefinesan American, Fairley objected to the view thatAmerica is simply a culture of whites, while therest of society has been lumped into various sub-cultures.AccordingtoFairley,Davidson'sclassesneed to encompass the contribution of AfricanAmericans toU.S. history.

With classes that include the influences ofAfrican Americans,studentscanbegin toexplorethepreviously ignored aspects of history,such astheeffortsofAfricanAmericansintheRevolution-aryandCivilWars.

Sharing his experience,MarekBlicharz '99began by saying,"Irepresentthepart of campusthat is the international one." Living in severaldifferent cultures around the world and havingparents of differentethnic backgrounds,Blicharz

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all homosexualswhoreturned to the school forhomecoming.Someotherfacts thatFLAGsharedinclude that inNorth Carolina, the act ofsodomyis a "crimeagainst nature"andcan bepunishedwith ten yearsof imprisonmentandat MatthewShepard's funeral, protesters chanted "no tearsfor queers." FLAG works to ensure that senti-ments likethesearenotexpressedintheDavidsoncommunity.

Last year, the fashion show raised $1,200.which went to the Zac Lacey BookFund,TimeOut Youth, and the Arosa House. Time OutYouth is an organizationin Charlotte whereho-mosexualteens cancome for supportandsocialactivities. Arosa house is a home for childrenunder tenyearsoldwhohaveHIV.Thisyear,theFLAGFashion Show raised $1,500. Middletonsaid, "We are really excited. This is the mostmoneywe'veraisedyet.andthebiggest turnout."FLAGwelcomesanyoneinterestedtoattend theirnext meeting Nov. 19 in Johnston Gym. Callx6308 for moreinformation.

Outpost for theirThrillerperformance. The band"TheBand," whose members areChad Diamond,GregFilak, Ross Hagen. and Austin Rios, wona$10 gift certificate for the Outpost. The Styles ofBrotherhood— Yu-JayHarris,NowellZimmerman,JamesHampton,BenEbong, AinsleyNatta,SibesoYeta, Ikena Myers, Andre Carelock, KarimLawrence,RolandWilliams, RobertThorton,RyanandCorey Crawford,BrianTurner, James Hamp-ton,EmekaErege,andBoHenderson allwon$15for their fashionableperformance. Cintra Pollack,WillBradshaw,and JohnWatson wonprizesfor themost sponsors. After theshow therewas thedanceparty.

Despite the jest of the fashion show, FLAGalso remindedstudents that actions of hatred arecommitted against the homosexual community.FLAG informedstudents that the AmericanPsy-chologicalAssociationdoesnotqualify homosexu-alityasamentalillnessand thathumans arenot theonly type of animals thatpractice homosexuality.Thisfall.BobJonesUniversity threatenedtoarrest

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for the 25th Anniversary of Coeducation, the" fashionshow is the first event of the year forFLAG. The fashion show requiredmuch time,energy andplanningof the members. Fifteen to20 hours of work went intopreparing for theshow this weekalone.

FLAGtries"tohelpDavidsonraiseaware-ness about homosexual issues and sexuality,while increasing tolerance and acceptance ofhomosexuals," said Shipman. Currently,Davidsondoesnothave anyopenlyhomosexualstudents. Because an openly gay junior leftDavidsonabout three weeksago,Shipman feelsit is especially important that the communityworks to"lessen intoleranceandprovideamoreconduciveatmospherefor homosexualstudentsto feelcomfortable withcoming out." FLAGwillhold a sexuality forum inMarch to givestudents the opportunitytocomeout.

Studentsshowed enthusiastic support forthe fashion show. This year there werefeweracts thanpreviousyears,but they lastedlonger.Dan Wingate and BillStoopsweretheMastersofCeremony. Some of thenight's highlightsincludedTarikKhan's discovery ofthemoon,Wingate indragsporting first adress thenchaps, NowellZimmerman, whoshowedoff his sopranovoice,andMelodyCadoganandKellyByrd as frustrated schoolgirls.JohnWatson,BridgetGreen, Marie Sharp, andAgatha Degasperi won a$5 gift certificate to the

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On Saturday, Nov.7, Davidson showed itshiddensideat the FLAGFashionShow.Studentslinedup outside the doors to Chambers to seedancing, students in drag,and,ofcourse,nudity.

This year's fashionshow raisedmoney forthe Zac Lacy BookFundand the ArtsandScienceCouncil. The ZacLacey BookFund, foundin theLittleLibrary,honorsdeceasedalumnusZacLacey.The profits from the FLAG Fashion Show willhelppurchasebooksrelatedtoEnglishandgenderstudies. The Arts andScienceCouncilis aChar-lotte-basedorganizationthat funds performancesthroughoutNorthCarolina.TheCouncillostmostofits state funding aftercontributingto"Angels inAmerica,"aplay involvinghomosexuality.FLAGchose this organizationso that toleraancecan bepromotedthroughout thecommunityat large.

FLAG,orFriendsofLesbiansandGays,is acampusorganizationthatpromotes toleraance oncampus. FLAG'S mission is "to educate theDavidsonCollege communityabouthomosexual-ity andbisexuality,andattempt to increase toler-ance forhomosexualityonourcampus. We wantto preserve the rights of the gay, lesbian, andbisexualcommunity on campus, andinsure thatour campus is a safe and comfortable place forevery individual,regardlessoftheir sexual orien-tation."

Theco-chairsofFLAG,AliceOwens'00andBradShipman'01,workedwithKaraChisholm'OO,thesecretary/treasurer;IreneMiddleton'OO,apastchair;EmilyHapppldt'OO, apast chair;andMikeGoode, theadvisor forFLAG, toput the fashionshow together. Oftheapproximately40 studentsontheFLAGvoicemaillist,onlyabout tenmem-bersareactiveparticipants.Besides thereception

Panel discusses diversity incurriculumBy Ashley E.King

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really important to teach history from women'sperspective,"McMillansaid.Enrichingastudent'seducation, women'sstudies helpa student toseehistory from"thebottomup." McMillanfeels it isimportanttolearnaboutthedaytodayoccurrencesin people's lives rather than just focusing on theinteractionsofnations.

Inhis portionof the forum, ScottDenham,aGerman professor,spokeabout the issue ofdiver-sity of wealthand class ineducation. "I find itinteresting,"Denham commented,"that this topicisn'tdiscussed. Why can'twetalk aboutmoney?"Denham also expressedconcern that the school"recruits by zip code," meaning that Davidsonstrategically sends its pamphlets and letters toaffluent areas. Pointing out that two-thirdsofDavidson studentspay full tuition, Denham saidthat including this topic in thecurriculum wouldincrease student awarenessandenhance the edu-cation thatDavidson offers.

The nextperson to speak on the panel wasCintra Pollack'99, a student at Davidson whoofferedher individualexperienceas aJewishper-sonona largely Christian campus. Although shewas frustrated aboutoftenbeing the"token" Jew-ish studentatDavidson,Pollackalsosaid thatshefelt that she should attempt to educate otherinquisitivestudentsaboutherreligion andculture.After sharing her religion with others. Pollackfeels that shelearnedmoreaboutherselfandwhoshe was.

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McCarthy promotespeace movementthrough 'Into theStreets' address

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malsmaynot thinkas wedo(or)reasonas we do,but they feel painas wedo."To preventcruelty toanimals, he toldhis audience to question their diets:"DoIhave a cruelty-baseddiet or acruelty-freediet?" McCarthy'sanswertothisquestionwas,"Ifit hadamother,don't eat it."

In response to the problemsMcCarthy presented,hechallengedhisaudience toquestionthe abuseofpower.He claimed that those in powerdirectAmericans to "keep believing in vio-lence" and that the media is "braindead."Encouragingpeopletoquestionauthority,McCarthysaid, "Onerule inmostof myclassesisnooneisallowedto come into my class and ask ques-tions."Instead,they must"questiontheanswers." The sourcesofMcCarthy'sanswers included the government,churches, and the media.

McCarthythenspokeaboutteach-ingpeacemaking."It takesabitof timeto learnnonviolence,"he said. Want-ing to "radicalizepeople,"McCarthyurgedhisaudience toreadtheworksofthe "great peacemakers," such asGandhi, "the greatest person of ourcentury."

ReferringspecificallytoDavidson,McCarthyencouragedthecreationof apeace studies degree program atDavidson to "makeitapeace school."

After his speech,McCarthy pre-sented a 25-minute slide show. To-gether withslides of flowers, smilingchildren,and couples werejuxtaposedimages of ayoungboy carrying ama-chine gun, a Vietnam. War cemetery,dyingAmerican soldiers, the VietnamVeteransMemorialWall,mangledpartsof dolphins spread along a beach, asmilingboy holdingupadeaddolphinfetus, andadrawingof anextinctbird.Quotations and pictures of famouspeacemakerscompleted the show.

To conclude his presentation,McCarthy urged his audience to readthe worksofpeacemakersandtoattendgraduateschools that teachpeace. Tostudents,McCarthysaid,"Doitonyourown. Don't wait for the teachers.They'reprobably behind." McCarthyurgedthestudentstoquestion theexist-ingorder:"Ifyoucareaboutbeginningorexpandingthecommitment(topeace-making), there's only one word thatmatters: start." He continued, "Ifyoucare aboutprayer, service, anddevo-tion,youneednot worryaboutchang-ing the world. Just don'tletthe worldchange you."

ColmanMcCarthyisacollegepro-fessor,high schoolteacher,andWash-ington, D.C. journalist. He teaches atGeorgetownUniversityLawCenterandthe Universityof Marylandas wellasBethesda-Chevy Chase HighSchool.Teaching at AmericanUniversity fortwoyears,McCarthy won theAdjunctProfessor of the Year award twice.Writing for the WashingtonPost since1968, McCarthy has nationallysyndi-catedcolumns. Inaddition,McCarthyfoundedandserves asdirectorfor theCenterforTeachingPeaceinWashing-ton,D.C.

On Wednesday,Nov.11,ColmanMcCarthy spokeaboutthepeacemove-ment as part of Into the Streets.McCarthy gave his speech, entitled"How tobeaPeacemaker,"toamiddle-sized audience inChambers Gallery.

After his introductionbyTommyRoss'99,McCarthy, whomRoss named"the only pacifist columnist inAmerica," beganby defining peace as"the result oflove." He thennamed thethreeessentialsoftruepeacemaking:"asenseofprayer,a senseof service, anda senseof exorcism."

To McCarthy, prayer transcendsallreligiousboundaries. Insteadof thetraditional prayer asking for aid,McCarthy defined prayer as "askingthe Creator 'what do you want fromme?'" This question constitutesMcCarthy's "great joy in life." Hedescribedrisk asnecessary because"ifyour religionhas norisk, it'sreligios-ity. It stayson thesurface."

McCarthy thencontinued to de-fine service. He described it as "howyou wanttoservesociety whenyou'reready." For McCarthy,service is "thesoul of the campus" and "where thespiritualitygoeson." Deridingschoolsthat teachstudentsonlyacademicsandnotservicebecausegrades arethemostimportant aim, McCarthy praisedDavidson's commitment to service:"Davidson teachesfolks not only howtothinkbutalsohowtocare." McCarthyexplainedhis view: "YoucanmakeallA's andgo and flunkin life." He seesmany teachersasmaking students"idearichandexperiencepoor."

McCarthy reiteratedhis beliefinserviceand its applicationfor collegestudentsby saying, "Thejoys in life,thethings thattheywillrememberabouttheir college years, is taking careof apersoninpain." For McCarthy,every-onecanmakeasmalldifference:"Veryfewof us are asked todogreat things,but many of us are asked to dosmallthings." McCarthysaid thatthehighestpraiseofone's lifework is "ifIwasn'tdoing this now, then it wouldn't behappening."

Evaluating his home,McCarthyurgedhisaudienceon theirnextvisit toWashington, D.C, to "skip the fakecityand lookat therealcity." Accord-ing toMcCarthy,sevenhomelessshel-ters existbetweenthe WhiteHouse andCapitolHill. He said thatthereis Cae-sar on one end and Pharaohs on theother, andin between is the forgottenpoor. In reference to the capital,McCarthy stated,"Alllawsrepresentisthe failure of love." Although dona-tions ofclothing, food,andother sup-plies are important, McCarthy com-mentedthat "hardlyanyoneever talksto thepoor."

Togetherwithprayerandservice,exorcismcompletesMcCarthy

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of true peacemaking. By exorcism,McCarthy meant to "drive out evil."He declared,"Everyhumanheartlongsfor (peace)." McCarthy usedhis high

school radicalnonviolence,class inaninnercity schoolasanexampleofhowpeacemaking can be taught. From ademonstration where he showed thatonlytwoor threepeopleinthe audiencehad takenpeacemakingcourses beforecollege,McCarthystated,"Weallgradu-ate fromhigh schoolpeace-illiterate."

McCarthy then continued withsomestatistics. According toMcCarthy,the averageAmericanfamilyhasacon-flictevery eight minutes when theyaretogether. For dysfunctional Americanfamilies, a conflictoccurs every threeminutes.

He further stated that CongressgivesthePentagon$1.7millionperday,whichbreaksdown to $9,000 per sec-ond. From this statistic, McCarthyclaimed, "ThePentagonspendsmoreinoneday than whatthePeaceCorps andAmericorpsspendtogetherinoneyear."McCarthy believes that the "war ma-chine"hasbeenbusy targeting"thepoorand peopleof color." Selling arms to142 nations, the U.S.is whatMcCarthycalled"the world'slargest arms seller,"with wars being "the poorkilling thepoor."

For McCarthy, war is "legalizedviolence." He claimedthat more than78 million peoplehave died in warssince1900. TheVietnamWar servedasoneofMcCarthy's examples. Becausethe VietnamVeterans'MemorialWallincludes only Americans, McCarthyfeelsthatitexcludesmanyVietnamese.He said that if the Wall included theVietnamesecasualties, it wouldstretchfrom theLincolnMemorialtothe Capi-tol building. Two and a half millionVietnamesepeople werekilledduringthe war. McCarthy also added that,sincethewar, the samenumberofViet-nam veterans have committedsuicideas thenumberkilledinbattle.

McCarthy alsoderided thedeathpenalty. He saidthat38statescurrentlyhave inmates on death row, inmateswhomhe calledpoorandignorantof thelaw.

Alongwiththe "legal violence"ofcapital punishment, McCarthy com-mentedupondomestic violence in theU.S. "The leading causeof misery ofAmerican women is being beaten athome,"McCarthy said. Directlyrelat-ingdomesticviolencetoDavidsonstu-dents, McCarthy claimed, "If statisticskeep going the way they're goingna-tionally, a certainnumber of womenhere willbebeatenbyat leastone manby the timethey're35. A certainnum-ber of men here will have done thebeating."

Heexplainedthatabusivemenbeattheir wives,girlfriends,andsignificantothers "not because they're evil, butbecause they're ignorant."

The otherwar thatMcCarthy sawgoingonintheUnitedStatesisthe "waronanimals."HesaidthattheU.S."killstwelve million animals" each year.According toMcCarthy, 500,000 toamillionanimalsarekilledeach yearforcosmetic testing. He addedthat sinceI860,, 300vertebrateanimalshavebe-comeextinct.McCarthydeclared,"Ani-

Thefollowingarticle on teachingpeacewas writtenbycolumnist ColmanMcCarty,wholecturedtoDavidson studentslastweek.Reprintedfrom theCenter for Teaching Peace Newsletter with permission fromMcCarthy.

Can peacebetaught? And then learned?When Iasked myself those questions 12 years ago, 1 re-

spondedlikea journalist.Phonea fewacademicexperts,get theirreadings and then I'dhave my answers. But after phoning theexpertsandlisteningto themtalkmuchand saylittle,Idecided todo the kindof legworkandpersonalinvolvementthat truly gets at

the truth. Iwent to the school nearest my office in downtownWashington,D.C. and offeredmy services as a volunteer teacherof peace.

The principaland faculty welcomedme, as did the students.That semester, 25 juniors and seniors enrolled-in my course"AlternativestoViolence."They wereabletograspintellectuallywhatthey alreadyhadabsorbedemotionally:thehauntingaware-ness that their future is threatened, their present enswamped byexcessivemilitary,environmentaland family violence, andtheirnation'spast record of nine declared wars and 135 undeclaredwars like Grenada, Libya,Panama and the Gulf. The studentsloved the course, and 1cherishedtheir company.

Since thathappybeginning,Itook "AlternativestoViolence"to four universities

— American, Georgetown, Maryland,andGeorgetownLaw School

—and two more high schools. In 12

years,I've taught morethan5,000 students. With allof them,I'veemphasized one theme: alternatives to violence exist and, ifindividuals and nations can organize themselves properly, non-violent force is always stronger than violent force.

Some students open their minds to this immediately. TheyunderstandGandhi: "Nonviolenceis the weaponof the strong."They believe King: "The. choice is not between violence andnonviolencebut betweennonviolenceandnonexistence."

Other students have doubts whichIencourage them to ex-press. Theydo,repeatedly. Nonviolence and pacifism are beau-tiful theoriesand ideals, they tellme,butin the real world thereare the muggersand internationaldespots.

AHIasked of the "realists" was to think about life's tworisks. Doyoudependonviolenceor nonviolence tocreatepeace?Not justpeacein somevague"outthere" amonggovernments,butpeace inourhomes, where spouse and child abuse are at recordhighs,and peaceinourschools, whereteenagesbicideisrampant,and peace in our neighborhoods,where 25 million U.S. house-holds have guns, and peace on ourplanet,where 142 nations arespending900billionthisyearonarms andarmies and where1987saw more wars and conflicts than any previous yearinhistory.

Peace through violence has failed. Nearly 80millionhavebeen killed in wars since 1900, a 500 percent increase over the19th century. About 40,000 people are killed a month in morethan40 warsand conflicts from theMiddle East,Iran andIraq, toNorthern Ireland. More than 10,000 Americans were killed inhandgunhomicides annually.Those whodefend violentsolutionshave some largenumbers of deathsto defend.

Students arehungry to learnnonviolence. Theyunderstanditis much more than a noble ideal, it also a basic survival skill.Learning nonviolencemeans that we dedicateour hearts, minds,timeand money toacommitmentthat the forceof love, the forceof truth, the force of justiceandthe force oforganizedresistanceto corrupt power is always more effective,moral and enduringthan the force of fists, guns, armies, and nukes.

Yet we still resist. Theodore Roszak explains: The usualpattern seems to be that people givenonviolence two weeks tosolve their problemandthendecideithas "failed". Then they goonwithviolence for the nexthundred years,andit seems neverto"fail"or berejected.

As a student, youhave a moral right tocourses inpeace. Ifyourschool doesn'toffer them, orhas too few, contact me at theCenter for TeachingPeaceand wecan worktoreformyourschool.

Let's not give peace a chance, let's give it a place in thecurriculum.

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inCarlisle,Pa. His resume includesa totalof 26 yearsincampus lawenforcement, including jobs atLycomingCollege andPrincetonUniversity. A New Jerseynative,he majoredinsafety education atCentral Missouri StateUniversity andtookhis first job at Princeton followinggraduation there.

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"Dreamworlds"provokes discussion onmusic videos

Musicvideos tendtocreateasexualdreamlandwhereanything is possible aswomen's behavior ismodified to fulfill thesemen's fantasies.

posed violent rape scenes from themovie 'The Accused" with scenesfrom a typical music video,reveal-ing theblurredlinesbetweenan atro-cious crime andacceptablevideobe-havior.

The film argues that theplentitudeof sex, desire, and powerin music videos has implications inthe"real world."Such musicvideosteachthat "theinvasionof the femalebody is welcome."

Rape statistics and studies ofschool-age children's views of sexand violence reveal an unhealthytrend in the way men and womenthink about sex and each other, andprovide evidence of correlation, ifnot causation, between the dreamworldand thereal world'.

After the viewing, many stu-dents stayed for a discussion of thepoints presentedby the film. Theevening was sponsoredby Into theStreetsandthe Women's IssuesCom-mittee.

iris, band members, or simply asdecoration, the women of musicvideo often share some disturbingtraits.

The film's evidence supportsthe conclusion that the womentendto be interestedin sex all of thetime and willingto engagein sexwith nearly any-one.

Thewomen's uncon-trollable desiresleadthemto "at-tack men be-cause of theirsheer lust." Fur-ther, females' sexual desires oftenleadthem to fight oneanotherfor theattentionof the video'smales. Whenmen arc absent from their lives,women are depicted as morose andlonely,as wellas physically broken.

Women who are unwilling to

submittothe video's menare treatedharshly and often ostracized fromtheparty that is the video's setting.Several videos also tend to employwomenas prison guards, policeof-ficers, exotic dancers, and prosti-

tutes, alludingagain to whathave beendeemedas com-mon male fanta-sies.

Whilethe videos ofmale artists areoften the easiestto blame for themisrepresenta-tion and distor-

tion of sexuality, female artists arenot guiltless. Female artists, likemales, find themselvessubordinateto an industry that sells music-through attractive videos. Femaleswho avoid the common video moldrisk alienating the interests of their

By Joe BlackStaff Writer

"Dreamworlds,"a documentaryexamining "desire,sex, andpowerinmusicvideo," was shown in the 900Room on Tuesday, Nov. 10. Bol-stered by the film's strong responsewhen it was first shownat Davidson,studentsgatheredto discuss what theyseeas the implicationsof sexualcon-tent inmusic videos.

Editor/Director Sut Jhally pre-sents variousexamplesof music vid-eos that depict sexuality and behav-ior asmanifestedin the"dreamworld"of music video. Pointing to the factthat over 90 percentof music videosare directedby men, the filmtries torevealthe implicitcommentsonsexu-ality. Music videos tend to create asexual dreamlandwhereanything ispossible as women's behavior ismodified to fulfill these men's fanta-sies.

Presentedas fans, story charac-

industry andtheiraudience. Choos-ing Janet Jackson as an example ofsuch a female artist, the film con-tends that she had to return to thetraditional video role for females in 'order to transcend simply being"Michael's talentedyounger sister."The film argues that Madonna hasbecome a spokeswoman for femaleautonomy but thenallows herself tofallbackintoderogatoryconventionalroles inher videos.

The techniques of filmingwomeninmusic videos was anothersubject examined in the film. Byfocusingononepart of thebody, thedirector succeeds in dehumanizingthe woman.

Such techniques,the filmargues,objectify women and detract fromwomen's intellectandemotions.Theabundanceofnearly identicalwomenin music videos further adds to theillusion that women are essentiallyall the same andinterchangeable.

Finally, "Dreamworlds" juxta-

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Press Releasereport toTomShandley, Dean of Students andVice President for Student Affairs. Shandley praisedMcKelveyformeetingseveralstringentrequirementsoftheposition.He said,"We wantedsomeonewithexperienceincampus law andhow it's different frommunicipal enforcement,andsomeonewhoknowsthehealth andsafety side as well.His responsibilitieswill includeattentionto detailsofregulations inacademiclabs, OSHA matters inourphysicalplantandEPA standardsacross theentirecampus. That'sa large job,but McKelvey has the experiencetohandle it."

McKelvey was attractedtoDavidson forseveral reasons. "The reputationof thecollege andareawerecertainly draws," he said. "Iheardgood things for years aboutDavidson andits students. WhenIfirst visited,Iwasoverwhelmedby theaestheticsof thecampus. ButIwasalsohighly impressedbythepersonnel,bothin thepolice departmentandotheroffices."

McKelvey also says that the warmer climate of North Carolina was a lure for him andhis wife,Kathleen, whowillbemovingherearoundThanksgiving. Thecouplehas twogrownsonsandadaughter.

Brownlectures onU.S. foreignpolicy

OnThursday,Nov.12,intheHomeroomoftheUnion,Dr. KennethBrown, headof theDeanRuskProgram,lecturedonthestrengths andshortcomingsofacareer withtheUnitedStatesForeignService.Ashe stated,"It ismyintentiontoact as aguide toplaces whereyouwillfind whatyou want." Indeed,Brownhas hadan extensiveexperience,including 34 years in the Foreign Serviceand positionsasambassador to theCongo, Coted'lvoire,andGhana.

Payment in theforeign service varies frompositiontoposition. While senior officersmayearnsalariesup to $115,000 per year, starting officers may earn as much as $50,000 per year. Otherincentives to joinare that theStateDepartment pays for housing,schoolingfor an officer'schildren,electricity, water,and telephonebills,and,dependingon theregionthey arein,officersmayreceive aspecialallowance.Brown said, "Lifeoverseas variesgreatly frompost topost." While someofficersexperiencewhatiscommonly referredto ascultureshockandhave adifficult timeadaptingtolifeawayfromfamily,friends,andhome, others embraceeachassignment,regardingitasanew adventureoranopportunity tolearnaboutothercultures. Becauseitimpliesacommitmenttoadjusteachtimeanofficeris transferred,aneventwhich occurs usually afterthreeyearsinacountry,livingabroadcanbehardonfamilies.

Brown said that those whogenerally succeedinthe foreignservicearepeople whoareinterestedinpromotingandprotectingU.S. interestsabroad, whoareateaseinaforeignculture, whoareadaptableand flexible,and whopossessgoodpresentationskills andgoodoral andwrittencommunicationskills.A significantpart oftheForeignServiceisonthe job traininginvariousareassuch as languages,peopleskills, anddiplomaticprotocol.

Even thoughDavidsonCollege does not have anofficial major inInternational Relations, whichmainly consists of courses inhistory,economics, andpolitical science,it does offer an InternationalStudies concentration, anoptionthatBrown considersbetter than the major. TheInternationalStudiesConcentrationisaprogramwhichoffers students theopportunity topursueacoherent,multi-disciplinedprogramininternationalstudiesand whichwouldprepare studentsfor theForeignServiceExamination.This examination iscomprisedof three tests:ageneralknowledgecomponent, awrittenessay,and anoralgroupexercisein whichcandidates for apost arepresentedwithhypotheticalsituations and askedtosuggest a course ofaction.

Currently,there isagreatdemandfor informationmanagement specialistsand for economicandadministrativeofficers. However, theState Departmentisnot the onlyoption forobtaining a jobwiththeForeign Service. The CIA,USAID, NSA, Department ofDefense, Department ofCommerce,Department of Agriculture, and Department of the Treasury also offerpositions with the ForeignService.ThenextForeignServiceExaminationisscheduledforNov.6, 1999, and thistimeBrownsaidtheState Department expects torecruit 300 officers, nearly twice the numberofofficers recruited inprevious sessions.

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♥Letters to theEditor ♥Embarrassedby the quality of The Davidsonian

To theEditor: „ n.

Nobody cares toreadcolumnists whouse their forums, which would ideally be considered aprivilege andis considered so inmany othercollegespublications,tomake funof theirfriends whoIdon't evenknow (Dave andErich). Nobody cares toreadpoorly writtenNews articlesrife withgrammaticalerrors that asimpleproofreadingcould prevent. Nobody cares toreadongoing debatesbetween twoor threevoices,each saying the same things overandover again from week to week. Nobody cares about what fills many of thepages ofThe Davidsonian each week.

While Iregard Ms.Ogden and hercolleagues withtheutmost respect for their time commitment anddedication,Iwonderif theeditors ofThe Davidsonianaresostrappedfor articles that they fail toreadandjudge the worthiness ofpublicationof the workssubmittedby their writers? At times I've,been embarrassed at thequality ofThe Davidsonian this fall; this is thepaper we sendas a representativeofour

level of intelligence andscholastic worth toprospectivestudents, to our parents, and toalumni?PerhapsMs.Ogden andthe editors workingunderher do, in fact, read the submissions, butI'mguessing that notenough time is spentconsidering their value to theDavidsoncommunity as a whole, and

moreattentionis spent tohowmuch ofapageeach articlewould fill. Ifonly afew submissionsare worthyeach week, whynotshorten the newspaper? Perhaps the"World'sForemostCollege Weekly" wouldtruly betheworld's foremostcollegepaperifit wereabiweekly.That way.twice thetime andtwice the effortcouldbeput intoeachandeverysentencein thepaper,andtheeditors wouldhave twice theopportunitiesto squeeze quality submissions out of their columnists.

DavidRosenberg's "Sophomore Perspective"column(Nov.3 issue) is a recent exampleof anunnecessary article. His topic is one that's beenaddressed in the same venueinyearspast: the segregatedstateofVail Commons. Rosenbergmentions anumberofexclusivesocial groupswhoeat togetherand forbid others fromoutside their circle toeat with them. One of the groupsmentioned wasthe swim team.Iwould be remiss ifI failed tomention thatIama captainof this team, but this really has little to do withmydisappointment withthe article.

In fact,Ilong agounderstood thatmany Davidson students have troubleunderstanding the intensity andcloseness ofrelationships formed in a group that spendsover 20 hours each week all-but-nakedand torturingthemselves. We don't sacrifice animals, as Rosenbergclaims; instead we sacrificeourselves. Iaccept our "cult"status,yetIinsist uponhaving a lifeaway from the pool, and my teammates doas well. Idon'teveneat with the team at theCommons. Istray from my mainpoint. Rosenberg advocates the integrationof Vail Commons inan articlethat perpetuates the stereotypes thrust upon the very

groups he wishes to integrate—an interestingapproach,butperhapsnot themost effective.

Iwish to address onepassage of Mr. Rosenberg'sarticle inparticular: Toexplain whythe female membersof theswim team, the jock table, and the tableofAfrican Americansall make twoor three tripsto the ice cream machine at each andeverymeal.Rosenberg writes, "The femalesof each clan must add on several layersof fatbefore thewintermonths tokeep warm." Ibelieve that there are enougheatingdisorders andunhealthy attitudestowardsfoodon thiscampus withoutourofficialschoolpublicationprintingdrivel suchasthis. I'mappalledthatMs.Ogden didn't findthepassageunacceptable.Itaddsnothingto Mr. Rosenberg'sargument andin my view iscompletely unnecessary.

Iamproud tobe a Davidsonstudent. Ionly wish Icould have the samepridein thecollege publication.J. Rosenquest "99

Davidson Outdoors camping againTo theEditor:

DavidsonOutdoors isback from sabbaticalandready toplay. Thecries heard echoing from JohnstonGymaremerely workstudy studentscarrying their tumpline loads ofropes andcarabiners,helmetsand kayaks. Theeffortful splashesand yells of triumph outof thepoolin Bakerare not just the swimteam but.also thediligent students andinstructors of the covetedEskimokayak roll.

During the weekthe climbing wall is open(enterunder thered fire stairson the back ofJohnston Gym) Monday through Thursday 7-9:00p.m. Learn toroll akayak or just comeget wetin thepoolinBaker Thursday nights 8-9:30p.m. The officeofDavidsonOutdoorsis locatedin thebasementofJohnstonGym— enterby theDuke sideserviceentrance

— open weekdays8:30-12:30 and 1:30-5:30p.m.;equipmentrentaland trip resourcecenter areavailablenow. Callextensionx2623 withanyquestions.

The weekendofNov.7 we sentout aclimbing trip,atwo-nightbackpackingtrip,anda caving experiencefor a freshmanwritingcourseon the heroicquest. Needless tosaythey wereall.. .well,needlessto say.

As far as 1999 isconcerned, we'veset up theChristmasBreak Evergladescanoe trip (Jan. 2-10), aWilderness AdvancedFirst Aidcourse (Jan. 6-9), and the Wilderness LeadershipSkills Course — theWAFA andWLSC arerequirements for aspiringTripLeaders. Dates for WLSC forthcoming. SpringBreak trips arein the works;on thebooks already is sailing in theFlorida KeyswithHurricane Island

OutwardBound.Sohere'sthenews: keepaneye on theDavidsonOutdoorsbulletinboardoutside theRegistrar's office for informationontrips andservicesas theybecomeavailable. We're ready to go to the big woods,

so comealong.

BillyRobertsDavidsonOutdoors

Disturbing implicationsTo the Editor:

IapplaudErnest Jeffriesandothers who, intheNov. 3 issue ofTheDavidsonian,expressedrevulsionagainst the recent racial incidentoncampusandadvocatedan ongoing commitmenttoequalityand

justice. However,Ifound theapparentimplicationbehindoneofDeanJeffries'pointsdisturbing. After sayingthat weshould"keepthediscussionofracein theforefront," Jeffriesadded thatweshould"keepaskingquestionslike whyDavidsonCollegehas suchapoorrepresentationofminorities, specificallyAfrican-Americanmen,onthe faculty." Apparently,he issuggesting thatnegative racial attitudesaccount

for a relatively lownumberof African American faculty members.Igrant that theremaybe something to thispoint,but the situation, inmy view, is muchmorecomplicatedthan that.

One might alsonote that thedemandforAfrican AmericanPh.D.s inparticularfieldsoftenexceedsthesupply. Oneshouldalso realize that small,relativelyisolatedcollegesareatacompetitivedisadvantage

whenit comes toattractingandkeepingsuch faculty. Iagreethat ideally we shouldhave amorediverse faculty. Nevertheless,itismisleadingtosuggest that racialprejudice is theprimary obstaclein thewayof achieving this goal.

.-.-■--— ■ ■/■/; J. RussellSnappAssociateProfessor ofHistory

THEDAVIDSONIAN TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17,1998

This ishow we do it

Op-Ed

maybe the case withself-promos(hey, wehavetomake itlookpretty), it iscertainlynot thecase witharticles. Thinkabout it: ifsomeonetook thetime to writeaboutanevent,orto voiceanopinion,ortotalkaboutamovie,they must have caredaboutit. AndIhave toimagine thatothers willcare,as well.This goes for theNewssection, theOp-Ed section, theArts &Living section,and theSports section.

Wedoourbesttoaddressissuesandreportoneventsthat webelievewillbeofinterestandservicetoyou. And,as inmost newspapers,therearebound tobearticles thatreadersskip overorskim. (Asifyoudon'tdo that whenreadinglargerscalenewspapers.. .) We realizethatnoteveryonewillfindallofourarticlesinteresting,but wedoourbest toensurethateveryonefinds at leastafewarticlesthat theywant toread — andifyoudon't,letusknow whatweshouldbe writingabout. This is yourpaper,too,

youknow.Which bringsme tomy nextpoint: qualityofwritinginsectionsother thanOp-Ed. While we try

toalteropinionspiecesaslittleaspossible, we takemoreliberties witharticlesinothersections. It isourjob toensurethatthenewsyarticlespresentedarecorrect,bothingrammarandcontent. Atthesametime, though,it isnot our job tocompletely overhaularticles becauseofwritingstyle (althoughNewsarticles writtenin the firstperson aregenerally either extensivelyeditedor rewrittenby the originalauthor). Our goal is toprint articlesthatarecorrect,but not devoidof personality.

Articlesthatarenotwell writtenaresometimesapainfulread,butthemostefficientwayforwritersto improve is through practice, experience. And in order to build the experienced staff that willeventually take over editorial positions, we must work to train writers, not discourage them fromcontinuing to write. (For copy editingerrors,there isn'treally a viableexcuse. Our copyeditors arehuman, and no matter how many editors read over a section, we are bound to miss somethingoccasionally — sometimesmore"occasionally" thanothers. But themorecopyeditors we have,thefewer mistakes we make — hint,hint.)

One ofthethings that attractedme toThe Davidsonianin the first place was theopenatmospherethatthe editorsencourages. Sure,they weredesperatefor staffmembers,buttheiropennessalsoallowedme to write and to advance through various editorial positions in a way that isn'tpossible at largerschools — or at larger-scalenewspapers. And though such opennessdoes have itsdrawbacks,Ithinkthaj thepositives outweighthe drawbacks. AndsoIcontinue.

Recently, theOp-Ed sectionhas been bombardedbycriticisms of The Davidsonian'swork—specifically, the quality of its writing. Ithink that much of this criticism stems from a- lack ofunderstanding; sothis week,I'm goingtoexplainhow wedo things around here.

Thepartof TheDavidsonianthat is most oftenattacked is theOp-Edsection itself. We receive(andprint)letters tellingus thattheopinionsweprintarepointless,opinionless,anduninteresting. Printmoreworthwhilepieces to improvethequalityofthepaper,peoplewrite.Weedout theuselesspieces.Bemoreselective.

But inour defense,I'dlike topointout that weprint almost all opinionssubmittedby students,alumni, andcommunity members, withvery few exceptions. When our space is limited,pieces thatwon'tfitinto the layout gointo thenext issue. This ishow we work,and whilethismay leadtoa fewissues with one toomany "personal"orreflectivepieces,Ithink it workswell.

Why do we not editpieces for content? First ofall,Idon'tbelieve it is ourplace toeditothers'opinions.Iftheideasexpressedareoffensive,Iexpectthattheauthors willbeheldaccountablefor thoseideasby theirreaders in thenextOp-Edsection. AllowingtheOpinionssection toregulateitselfallowsa widerarray of ideas to be expressed than if we were to summarily squash something deemed"offensive" beforeothers have theopportunity toread,ponder,and(inevitably)judge it.

Andsincetheseop-edsweresubmitted'forpublication,Ihavetothinkthat theauthors havecreatedtheirmasterpieceswithcare. Afterall,whowants toput theirname tosomethingbad,especially whenit willbe seen by countlesscolleagues,professors,and family members?

One might argue that largernewspapers, suchasThe New York Timesor theCharlotteObserver,edit opinionspieces for content— or cut themaltogether — everyday. But whilethismaygive theman Op-Ed section of (arguably) "better" quality, theediting and cutting is also an effect of spaceconstraints. »

In this case.The Davidsonianhas theupperhand. Because we are such asmallpaper witharelatively small audience, wehave morelatitude whenit comes tospace. We're willingto fill asmanypages aspossible/necessary with readers'opinions— something a larger paper can'tdo. Becauseofthis,Iwouldargue thatour Op-Edsectionismore representativeof our readershipthana largerpapercanreasonablyhope tobe. We give a voicetoalmosteveryonewho wantsone,whereasa largerpaperis morelimited in the opinions it canrepresent.

We have beenaccusedof printing articles simply to"fill space." While Iagree that filling spaceis ahappy thing. Ihave to take issue with the idea that weprint things only to fillspace. Though this

Op-Ed TUESDAY,NOVEMBER17, 1998

The last dark days ofDavidson

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owngreatsatisfaction;continuedthelongstandingtrendofmaintainingahighminorityemploymentby giving blacks more and more janitorialposi-tions. Davidson,though,as abodyofstudentsandfaculty,was99.5percent white,andincreasinglymale.

drummers,ethnicdancetroupes,minority speak-ers,writers,andpoets.Black HistoryMonthac-tivities,andthelike wereall replacedwithcoun-try singers. Radical Republicans, and weeklyLongneck/Redneck parties. The former BSCbuilding wasannexedby anewly revitalizedKA,

Nooneseemed tooconcerned.Ohsure, there werealotofchanges at theold

College. Womenfoundthemselvessilencedmoreand more, now that they had no other activistminoritieswithwhomtosharea voice.Those whocame now truly came to get that MRS degree.ClassesaboutAfrica, Asia,andLatinAmerica,orits descendants in theUnited States, wereelimi-nateddue tolackof interest. For the sametype ofwhite students who packed classrooms before,thoughts of Civil Rights, Eastern philosophies,andLatinAmericanpoliticsneverreally crossedtheirminds.

There wereother changes, too. The African

Wildcatfootballteam wastrouncedagain. Every-onelaughedwhen amale memberof theHome-comingCourt introducedhis four datesas "well-inspected specimens." The Black student atDavidson wasalong-forgottennightmareinanewSouthern dreamland.

Inan age whenthe country eliminated affir-mativeactionbecauseitgaveblacksanupperhandin the jobmarket, evenwheninreality the largestbeneficiary was the white woman; whenmanyschoolsabolishedtheirminorityadmissionsguide-lines to allow in more legacies and rich whitestudents; when across theSouthonecould hear,distinctly audibleunderneath the empty rhetoricaboutdiversity,theshoutsof"Heritagenothate."Davidson's transformation was the rule ratherthan the exception. It seemed that the UnitedStates wasbeginningto saymoreandmorewhatit had feltall along— "Blacksnot welcomehere."

On Thursday, the Union SpeakersCommit-teeandtheBlackStudentCoalitionwillpresent anevening withDerrickBell,beginningat 7:30 p.m.inLoveAuditorium. Bell (seenthebellsaroundcampus?)is oneof the leading voices in the na-tional debatesaroundrace. He has triedover100civil rights cases as a lawyer, taught at severaluniversities including Harvard, and writtensev-eral books. His speech will be entitled"RacialLiberationDay." As he has beenoneof themostinfluentialvoicesinmyeducation,Iwouldlike topersonally invite each personwhoreads this ar-ticle — student, faculty,staff, alumnus/a, orcon-cerned reader— tojoinmeThursday night.

whosemembershiphadtripled. And inamovetoinvokea sense of Southern prideand honor theAdministrationdecided to fly the goodol' StarsandBars above(not below) theStars andStripesin frontofChambers.

But all in all, no one minded. The newpresident,whenasked,said,"Ithinkit'sgreatthatDavidson is returning to its rootsas a SouthernPresbyterianschool. All those years we tried sohard to become diverse, we lost our sense oftraditionand the idealof teachingour studentsvalues togo along with theirknowledge"

When alumni returned for Homecoming,they applaudedthenewSouthernLifeCenterandwith heartfelt passion sang "Dixie" before the

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After theracial slur appearedonacampusadvertisement, things were never quitethe same. As one AfricanAmericansaid

soon after, "The black students are tired of thisstuff. We've been antagonized by our police,ostracizedby our classmates, patronizedby ourfaculty, andutilizedby our administration. Whyshould we keep trying to fit in here when it isobvious noone wantsus around?" This student'sfrustrationwassharedby allblackstudents, andasnew prospectiveblacks came to visit thecurrentgroupconvinced themwith sincerityandpassion,"Don'tcomehere!"

Five years later,the last blackstudent gradu-atedfromDavidsonCollege.

Where was the administration during thiscrisis? Oh,theywerearound,cryingout that "therereally is diversity at Davidson, you just have tolook around," and. "We welcome minority stu-dents withopen arms." They evenchanged themission statement andput diversity inboldprint,italicized.

But they never even thought about addingmore courses about Minority History, Culture,Leadership,orTheory,nordidthey try tohirevocalyoung minority professors. Indeed, as AfricanAmerican enrollmentdecreased, the administra-tion forced out the current black faculty saying,"Younolonger have anaudience here." Asinter-national students and other minorities followedblack students to more welcoming educationalsettings,theotherminorityprofessors wereshownthe samedoor. However,theAdministration,toits

Get out your tiki doll

Hello againfolks, I'mback andthistimeI'mmad. ActuallyI'mnot,I'vejust alwayswantedtoenterintoaroom,haveadirectorzoom inforabigheadshotandhave somegruff sounding announcer say, "Cort's backand he's pissedoff!" Ah well,Ican

dreamcan't I?AH right,IrealizeIamonlya littlefreshman peon(asif thathasn'tbeendebated inthe

Op-Ed section at great length), so therefore Ishould naturally be confused by this wholecourse selection bonanza. However,does it seemright thatyou must haveapost-graduatedegreeinorder tounderstandhow tosignupforundergraduatecourses? WhenIfirstgotthattree(thedaybefore it wasdue),Istaredat it like— wellIdon'tknowWhatIstaredat it like.Iwouldpresume though thatIlookedlike somebig,confused, staring-type thingie.Ican'talwayscome up with witty analogies andsimiles off the topofmy head,okay?

Regardless,Idid eventually figure out what the hell was goingon andIfeel fairlyconfident in the fact thatImanagedto signup for:underwaterbasket weaving 101 (countsforbothmy watercredit and fine arts),biology ofthe Yeti,Advanced timewasting326, andMath for Poets 110 (sinceIprobably failedit the first timethrough). So whatIamgoing todonow isgiveyouasimple stepbystepguidetofillingoutyourcourseselectionsheets,whichyoucanusenextsemester to take themyriadofhelpfulcourses thatIam. By the way,withthese courses,I'm on the fast track tograduatingin theyear 2047.1.Get out yourTiki dollandpray to yourTikiGod like neverbefore.2.Takeyourfirstchoice foraclassand completelyforgetaboutevergettingit. Itismybeliefthat the peoplein theRegistrar's Officeare clairvoyant, and theyknow what you want andknowhow nottogiveittoyou.(Ihave a friendwhomanagedtoget 13in thedraw forcourses;he washappyuntilIpointedout the fact that, as a freshman, he'sactuallynumber 1213.)3.Nowthatyouhave forgottenabout what you wouldlike totake,choose acourse anddividethe three numbers at the end (eg,Rocks for Jocks 103) byTina Yother'sage and finallymultiply byOprah's totalweightchangeoverthelast fiveyears.4.Thenumberyoureceiveshouldcorrespondinno waytoanynumberonthe treesheet. Youshould then write this coursein the spacedesignated for yourI.D.number. Trustme, this isthedoublesecret course selection spot. The registrars love to try and decipherwhat you'redoing;itmakes their job less stressful.5.Now,takeyoursecondchoiceclassandwrite itinboxesIathrough32q.Don'tworryaboutiftheclass is full;ifyou writeit in enough,I'msurethey'll feel compelledtosqueezeyouin.6. Now, you shouldhave exactly376.42 spacesleft to fill in onyour tree. Your nextstepshould be tochoose four courses at random,cut themoutof thecoursecatalogue,andpastethem onto the treein any wayyou see fit. Use crayons,too; the registrars lovecrayons!7. Finally,crumpleit allup intoasmallballand throw itdirectly at the headof the womanin the office. She usedtobe acatcheronher collegeSoftballteam andalways appreciatesaquick gameofcatch.

Well, that's allfromme for this week. Take it easyandI'llseeya'll 'round.

Correction: In theNov.3 Op-Edsection("Historicalracial timeline"),we incorrectly stated that thereare currentlyfiveblacktenuredprofessors atDavidson. There are actuallyfive black tenured/tenure trackprofessors ofDavidson 's 140faculty members.We regretany inconvenience thismay have caused.

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Davidson vs. Duke

Why don't you cry about it?

So thebiggamearrives:Davidsonvs.Duke.Thisgame presentsour studentbodywithsome great difficulties. Notonly are we

favored togetdemolishedbya coupleoftouch-downs, butour fallbacksmugnessof intellectualsuperiority does not apply, either ("That's allright,that'sOK, we'regonnabebusinesspartnerssomeday!"justdoesn'thavethatsamebite). Muchhas beenwrittenabouttheDookies'allegedsupe-riority on thebasketballcourt. However,noonehas bothered to dissect the keydifferences be-tween the two schools. Therefore, after muchresearch and preparation,Ipresent an itemizedscorecard analyzing thekey match-ups betweenthe twoschools.CRAZINESS:Duke has theCameronCrazies, whostrike fear in theheartofopposingplayers.Davidson hasCrazy Joe, whostrikesfearinthehearts of every-one. CRAZINESS EDGE: Davidson.PUBLICPERCEPTION:The rest ofNorthCarolinaviewsusas abunchofspoiled richkids who spend themajority of ourtime justifying our attending a non-Ivy leagueschool. The restofNorthCarolina thinksDuke isaspoiledbunchofYankees(saidwithappropriatescorn) whospendthe majorityof theirtimejusti-fying their attending a non-Ivy league school.IMAGEEDGE: Davidson.PRESIDENTS:Davidson claims Woodrow Wilson as our owneven though everyone else thinks he went toPrinceton (which, coincidentally, is thename onhisdiploma). RichardNixonisDukeLawSchool'smostnotablealum.OVALOFFICEEDGE: Duke.CELLULITE:Duke has the WorldFamous Duke Weight-LossCenter whereprominentporkersfromallovertheworld go to watch the pounds disappear. Con-versely,Davidsonhasthe freshman15,where duetoVailCommons'exclusivedeep-fryingprocess,young men and women watch their dreams ofsocialacceptancedisappear.CELLULITEEDGE:Duke.

MASCOT:Davidson has the ubiquitous Wildcat: a nameshared withover20differentcolleges anduniver-sities. Conversely, Duke has the more originalBlue Devil. However,what the heck is a BlueDevil? My grandfather always talkedabout thecarpetbaggers,scally-wags,andotherbluedevilsthat came in and took away the family farm.SeeingasDukeisknownastheUniversityofNewJersey at Durham,onemust wonder. I'mputtingmy Virginiaheritage over originality this time.MASCOT EDGE: Davidson.NAMESAKE:Duke'smost famousnamesakeisDavid,Klansmanturnedpoliticalhopeful. During the '94 electionwhenDavidwasrunning for governorofLouisi-ana,IwouldoftenseeDuke bumper stickersand

wonderiftheper-son was ignorant(as ina supporterof David) or justignorant (as in aGraduate of theUniversity ofNew Jersey atDurham).Davidson has

Jaye, transsexual star of"TheCrying Game"and"Stargate." Both individualsrather frighten me,butat leastJayeisn'tseekingpublicoffice.NAME-SAKEEDGE: Davidson.ATHLETICHISTORY:Iknow wehadsomesolidbasketballseasonsintheearly '70s, but this one isn'teven close. ATH-LETICHISTORYEDGE: DukeSAY WHAT??? Duke has Coach MikeKrzyzewski,heof themostunpronounceablenamein all of college basketball. Davidsonhas Mark"TheMadHungarian"Czikszentmihalyi.Gonnahave to go withmyPolish heritageandCoach Kthis time. UNPRONOUNCEABILITY EDGE:Duke.GOODTASTE:Duke flatly denied my attempts for admission.Davidson,however,gaveme a firmmaybe whichmetamorphosedinto a yesby mid-August. NotthatI'mbitter,butDavidsonclearlywasontheballthis time.FINALTALLY: Davidson 5-4PREDICTION: Thepiecesallfallintoplaceas theyoungandhungry Wildcats stunthe #1rankedDirtDevils89-85. GOCATS!!!!!!!!!

Rape is not funny IDespite the fact thatIcompletelyagree withChrisMurrayabout the ridiculouscostof parking

ticketsaroundhere,Ivehementlyobject tohis use of the word"rape"inhis articlelast week.Murrayusedthe wordtwice

—onceinreferencetothecostoftuitionatDavidson,andasecond

H Mail BSBtimeinreference to theexorbitantparking ticketsissuedbycampuspolice.Iknowitwasmeant tobehumorous,ina sense,but

—forgiveme forstaring theobvious

—rape

isnot funny. Rapeis aheinous actofviolenceanddegradation,theextremepainof whichisnotevenremotelycapturedby Murray's experiences. Perhaps"extortion"wouldbemore appropriate. ButMurrayis not theonlyonewhousesthewordthis way.Davidsonstudentsoftenuserapeasametaphorforaparticularlyexcruciatingacademicburden.I'veevenbeardthe occasionalpersonsay things like"bendover"and"grabbedmy ankles"and"tookituptheass"todescribeanexamormeetingwithaprofessor. Aside fromthe factthatsuchphrasesareextremelycrude,theymisusethe word"rape"andeffectively trivializeandglossoverthe verypotentandrealexperienceofrapeas amechanismofthesubjectionofwomen.Payingthroughdienose foraparkingticket,oracollegeeducation,orcompletelybombinganexam,whily^djstressingenough,arenot theviolating,demeaning,humiliating, painful,dehumanizingexperiericethatrapeinvariablyis.Irealize,ofcourse, that "rape"canalsodenote"plunder"as of atownor theenvironment,but

logicallyspeaking,thisdefinitionderivespurelyfromrapeasthesexual"plunder"ofawoman.Besidesthatfact,mostreferences to "rape"such asI'mtalkingaboutareclearlysuggestiveofsexualviolationratherthananymoreexpansivedefinition.Notsurprisingly,Ihaveneverhearda womanusethe word"rape"inso inappropriateafashion.

Rape,ofcourse,isonlya jokeamongmen. AndI'lltellyouwhy. First otall,becauseyoucannotpossiblyimaginewhatthe wordreallymeans.Ninety-ninepercentofyouareincapableofgrasping thephysicalandpsychologicaldamagethatrapedoes,andyoucannottrulyknowwhatitmeanstolivehand-in-handwiththe fear,oratleasttheawarenessoftheconstantpossibility,ofbeingraped.Second,sinceyouaren'treallytalkingabouttheexperienceofrape(asI'veexplainedmatyoucannotbe),youare,inthe use of "rape" as comic material, reinforcing (for yourselvesat least) an insidious misogyniststereotype. When you talk aboutbeing"raped,"you mean beingemasculated,made passive,madehelpless,madefeminine. Rapeis funny toyoubecauseitdoesn'thappentoyou(statisticallyspeaking,it mightas wellneverhappen).

A rape victimis a womanand it is funny for a man to play"woman." It always has been.Helplessnessandsubjectionare funnybecause theyarenotrealitiesofmaleexistenceto thedegreethattheyareforwomen. Thesameargumentapplieswhenyouclaimthese jokesare"gay"jokes,notsexistjokes(which isbadenoughas it is). Homosexualitynecessitatesamaleactingin thefemale,sexually"passive"orreceptiverole. Why wouldanyman want todothat? To actinsuchafeminineroleistorejectordemeanmasculinedominance. The ideacaneitherbe disgusting orhilarious,dependingonwhetherhomosexualityis the factor fiction. Either way,thesuggestionoffemaleinferiority is clear.

Rapeisatragicrealityofmillions ofwomen's lives. When youmake rapeajokeormisuse the word.youtake fromanactualrapesurvivorsomeof thelittledignityshe has left.

it bothers you somuch. . .transfer toVirginia Techandfinish yourfinalse-mester there, or move off campus soyoucanparkillegally allyouwantandonlygetcharged$10percurbhop.Youcouldhavehadfiveillegalparksonthetown green for the priceof one grassparking job here on campus. Nowthat's whatIcallabang for yourbuck.

Bottomline: Youare complain-ing about a fine that came about be-cause of your ownlaziness.

Resolution: Transfer to VirginiaTech or moveoff campus,but don'tcomplainabout consequences thatyoucouldhave preventedwitha little ef-fort.

fellowschoolmatesoutbecauseofyourfrustrationwhichexistsbecause ofyour

outconsequence. That s poor. Don tjump on the band wagon. If your

buddy jumps off abridge andsurvives,areyougoingtogive ita try, too? Comeon,don'tbe afollower.Accept thetruthofthematter and take responsibilityfor your action. You parkedillegally and got caught. Ouractions always have conse-quencesandweshouldevaluatethoseconsequencesbeforemak-

ing decisions wemay regret.Virginia Tech charges $15 for a

parkingticketandthetownofDavidsoncharges $10. Sohere's whatyoudoif

noon. If youdon't wanta $50 ticket,don'tbe lazy. Drivea fewminutes out

of your way and find a legalspot; that way you won't becrying aboutit thenextday.

I'malso glad you've no-ticedanumberofcars oncam-pus thatarenotregistered. Youasked, "Are thecampuspoliceever going to ticket them?"Probably now that you'vebrought the campus's attentionto this matter. Do you want otherstudents to get $50 tickets, too, justbecauseyoudidn'tgetawaywithyoursmoothparking job? Don't sell your

own laziness. We're allon the sameteam, chief. Remember that.

Youalso saytheonly reasonyouparked illegally on the grass wasbe-cause you'd seen itdonebefore with-

I,too, am a disgruntledindividualmuch likeJakeFischer. My frustration stems from people who com-

plainabout trivialissues thattheyhavecomplete control over. Jake is frus-tratedbecauseofhis $50parkingticket.Inmyopinion,anyone whois toolazy tofinda legalparkingspotanddecidestohop a curb and park on thegrass de-servesa$50parking ticket. Jake com-mented that he did what every otherfour-wheeldrive vehicleownerwoulddo. Yeah,Jake,I'vereallynoticeda lotofpeoplehoppingcurbs andparkingongrassyareasoverthepast four years.Infact,Isaw abunchof 4x4'sparkedonthe football field just yesterday after-

JERRY! JERRY! JERRY!dothat,I'dhatetoseewhatthey woulddotome!"

But that'snot all; the CIAshouldmakesureForTV" tapes as AmericanNAVY SEALtrain-ing videosandsend thosepuppiesover,"losing"

onlya littlemoreconcealed.But themost important aspectof the "Jerry

SpringerShow"isverysimple.I'msureeveryoneishavingsomeSERIOUSwoesaboutgoinghometosee their families for Thanksgiving. If this istrueofanybody,Ihighlysuggest watchingJerry'sshow. After watching "Hot LesbianLove Tri-angles"or"Bitch,YouTookMyMan:IT'SPAY-BACK TIME," you'll think, "Hey, my familyisn't so bad." "Hell, we could be going ontoJerry's show, we aredamnnearperfect!" Well,Iwant to leavey'all withonemorehappy thought:the next time you see a fight break out startchanting, "JERRY!JERRY!JERRY!" It'llmaketheexperiencemuchmoreenjoyable.Well,Ineedtogo,I'vegottagokilltheplayboy thatstole myex-girlfriendfromme...OHMY GOSH— He'saSHE!!!

"T"^ ~T hat's the best showon television? I'm\/V/ sure y'allhave asked yourselves this

11u*tiiTioverandoveragain. Wellafter yearsofresearch, Ihave ananswer: The best showonTVis not "ER," or "NYPD Blue," or even "TheSimpsons." The best show on TV is noneotherthan "TERRYSPRINGER"!

NoticeIsaid "best" and not most awardwinning,oreducational. I'm talking about PrimeTimetelevisionentertainment, and thatmyfellowWildcats, isJerry. HowcouldIsaythis,youmightask? Easy, whenone watchesthe"Jerry SpringerShow"onesees whatmakes foreigners scaredofAmericans. Inmyhumbleopinion,Ithink thatifwe sent copiesof the "Jerry SpringerShow" to,

say, Iraq and China, both of these evil nationswouldsurrendertous. Nowlemmetell you whythis wouldhappen.

Firstoff, we'dlabelallof "Jerry's Too Hot

theminbetweenUNICEFfoodsupplies.Then,asSaddampopped"TooHotForTV XVF andsawa 347 LB redneck womenpick up some drag-queenandthrowherout intothecrowd,Saddamwouldthink,"Aw,crap!IfAmericanwomencan

tosendatapeofJerry'sshow inwhich thewomenuse their shoes asweaponsofdeadly force.Itellyou what,onceyouseeahigh-heelflyingtowardssomedude'shead,you'llunderstandwhywomenownsomany shoes

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Davidson College Chamber Singers singbackup to special guests 'RoundMidnight

MagnumMysterium." This interpretationinvolved forcingthechoir tosing thesacredwork at ludicrousspeed,culmi-nating in a disturbing accelerando (adding no uncertaindamage to thechoir's ensembleproblems),hastily makingway forthegrand entranceof 'RoundMidnight from stageleft.

Comprisingthecore of theevening'smusical festivi-ties, 'Round Midnight performed six works totaling 20minutesinlength, in additionto joining the DCCS for theprogram's grand finale, "Ride the Chariot." 'RoundMidnight's repertoireincludedchoral favorites "Under theBoardwalk"and"Midnight TraintoGeorgia,"amongothers.Howeverimpressive their collectiveset of pipesmay havebeen,'RoundMidnight'scommandingifnotovershadowingpresenceat this, whatwasbilledtobe, theDavidsonCollegeChamberSingersfallconcert,was intriguing tosaytheleast."Iwouldnot haveminded missingout on twenty minutesofseeing my friends sing," spokeone audiencemember,"haditnot alsomeant missingout ontwenty minutes ofaprogramwith anemphasison music written before 1750."

Theremainderof theprogramsufferedfromaprofound

Last Thursdayevening,a landmark event washeld inthesanctuaryofDavidsonCollegePresbyterianChurch.TheDavidsonCollegeChamberSingers,a12- to 18-voiceselectensemblewhose repertoireemphasizesmusic writtenbothbefore1750 and the more difficult choral literature of the19th and20th centuries,wereblessedtohavebeenaffordedtheopportunity toperformwith

'RoundMidnight,atalented,

dapper,12-membermalea cappellachoralensemble fromCharlotte.BothgroupsweredirectedbyDavidTang,interimchoraldirector.

The Chamber Singers, poised and eager to begin anunusuallyeclecticprogram,tookthe stage at approximately8:10p.m.EST. TheyopenedwithperformancesofanItalianmadrigal (Vecchi's "Faunacanzone"), a Mexican lullaby(Susa's "A la nanita"), and an alto aria from Handel's"Messiah," performedby junior Jen Wilbur. The openingportion of the program was brought to a close with anunorthodox reading of Victoria's most famous motet, "O

By Wesley H. GoldsberryArts & LivingEditor

dearthof authenticmodalcounterpoint. The audience was,however,treatedto astiflinglyslowrenditionof"He's Gotthe Whole World in HisHands" featuringasolobysopho-moresopranoKristenHillyer."Ev'ryTimeIFeel theSpirit"(featuring tenorSeanO'Reilly)andCopland's arrangementof the traditional"At the River" roundedout theChamberSingers' portionoftheevening.

"RidetheChariot"nearlybroughtthe churchcrumblingdownto its veryPresbyterian foundations. The twogroupstook abowat the endof theevening,with'Round Midnightstanding frontandcenter on the stage,positionedsuch thatthe othergroupcouldhardly be seen.

'Round Midnight brought their own unique, quasi-Boyz-II-Menshowchoirperformancestyle to thesanctuaryThursday night,complementing theChamberSingers'por-tion of the concert in a most bizarre and unprecedentedmanner. For allthosewhoareinterestedin seeingDavidsonstudents sing music writtenboth before 1750 and the moredifficultchoral literatureof the 19th and 20thcenturies, thenext chance of this happening willbe at the ChristmasVespersservice nextmonth at DCPC.

Davidson College Symphony Orchestra toperform Copland, Shostakovich, Williams

Announcing Auditions!

on: Friday, November 20

3:30- 6soo p.m.

Oak Row South

for: Musical Theater/Opera Scenesto be performedApril 30

- May 2

bring: an opera aria,musical theater selection,

or any song which you can sing withconfidence

Sign-up sheet for auditions will be posted onMusic Office door (Room 158) inCunningham Fine Arts Building

Accompanist is provided.

yearexistence at the college. Wednesday night's concert promises to be a specatular eventandshould notbe missed. Admissionis free.

By WesleyH.GoldsberryArts& LivingEditor

This Wednesday night at 8:00 p.m. inLove Auditorium, the DavidsonCollege SymphonyOrchestra willpresentits 1998 fall concert. Theprogramwillinclude John Williams's "Olympic Fanfare and Theme," "PianoConcertoNo. 1" by Dmitri Shostakovich,and the suite from Aaron Copland's ballet"Appalachian Spring."

The pianoconcerto will be performed by Davidson's Cynthia Lawing,instructor of piano,and will feature Music Departmentchair Dr.William D.Lawingon trumpet.

The Shostakovich and Coplandpieces are twoof themost challengingworksthattheSymphony Orchestrahasundertaken inhisbrief four-and-a-half

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likeBrandy,whocomesoffasanobnoxioussnobwhothinks she canact as wellas she sings.7. Genericcharacters like the 'mysterious bar-tender', 'thecreepy hotel guy', andthe 'islandstoner' try toaddsomethingtothemovie,butfailmiserably.8. Thereare enoughplot holes todig to Chinawith.9. The best part of the filmis the maturecom-mentsofthosehighschoolstudentssittingaroundyou. Ifoundmindwandering,askingquestionslike,"Iwonderwhatthesekids woulddoiftheirparents were late pickingthemup."

Yes,itreallyis thatbad. Letmeexplaintheplot for you. Girland threefriendswina triptoBermuda. It'soff-season there,so there is abigstorm. Scary fisherman guy is thekiller again.Lightning strikes, the windblows, peopledie.Audiencescreams? Notachance.

Thismovie tries tomakeeverythingscary.Hereismy favoriteexample:JenniferLoveHewitt

Therearesigns that you areattendinga badhorror movie. Here are just a few that "IStillKnow What YouDidLastSummer"exemplifies:1.Youlookaround,andeveryoneinthetheaterisin high school.2. The creditsroll and you find out that KevinWilliamson(whopenned"IKnowWhat YouDidLast Summer", the pseudo-watchable prequel)didn't writeit.3. Shameless shots of killer protection devices(mace, tripleboltlocks) grace thescreen.4. Scary lights andshadowsreplace any resem-blanceofaplotandresult inmediocre,half-bakedscares.5. More shameless shots, this time of selectscantilyclothedbodyparts, maleand female, thatdo nothing for the story.6. Annoying (no, VERY annoying) characters,

is in the tanning bed. It'sraining. She's seenadeadbody,butnobodybelievesher. Scary fisher-manguy comesin andlocks the tanningbedupwithaplastictwisty-tieand turnsthe timerallthewayup.Uh-oh! She screamsand the wholegangcomesrunning.

The musicswells, thecameraangletilts,andthesoundsseemtobe gettinglouder. Ok,sheis ina tanningbed. She isn't going todie. Theyneedonlycut the twisty-tie thingandshe willbe fine.THEN theycan startworryingaboutscary fisher-man guy. But of course they blow it out ofproportionand try tomakeit scaryby banging onthe tanning bed,breaking lights, and thensavingher.

Thewholemovieseemsto followthistheme.Ifthe characters wouldjust think for oneminutetheycouldfigureoutwhat theyweredoingwrong.The 'scary' scenes in this movieare all like thetanningbedscene: overblown andoverdramatic.Inmy opinion,it'shardtobe dramaticwhenaplot

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isnonexistent. It'ssodevoidof feeling that whencharactersdie,you sigh withrelief because theyaresoannoying.

Moviesliketheserequireagimmick tobe theslightestbitinteresting.Earlier.thisyear,Irecom-mended'UrbanLegend', a funhorrormovie thatwas funny andentertainingwithanoriginalplot.'IStillKnow What YouDidLastSummer'lacksallof theseessentials.

Insum,don'twasteyourmoney. Notevengoing with a big group of your closest, wittiestfriends or attendinga large movie theater withgreatsound(Iwentto thenewRegal22)cansavethismovie. Theonly scarysceneis the verylastone. It'squite frightening, but the payoff is solame, that whenthecredits startedrolling, so dideveryone'seyesin the theater.Inotherwords,theonescene thatmighthave given themovie somemeritfailed. Thefilm(ifyoucanevencallitthat)fails oneverypossible level. How does garbagelike this getmade? Grade:F

ByBrianCampbell

Staff Writerman fromthis areavisits campustocollectthe fallenleavesof theginko tomakehisownherbalmedicine. Soldcommercially inpillsorpowders,ginko extract inhibits blood plateletaggregation, andincreasesbloodvesselelasticity, whichhelpsimprovecirculationtoextremeties and most importantly, the brain. Numerousstudieshaveclaimedginko's range of effectiveness,slowing the develop-ment of Alzheimer'sdisease, restoringmental function in strokevictims, preventing hearing loss, and even treating asthma. Inaddition,thisincreasedbloodflowisanherbaltreatment forerectiledysfunction, anatural alternativeto Viagra!

Our campus has several large ginko trees— onebehind the

visiting bleachersat Richardson Stadium, andseveralm6re inthePresident'sbackyard. Watch thesebeautiful and fascinating treesoverthenextweeks. The leavesoftenchangesuddenlyandcan fallshortly after. The ginko's spectacularcolors alone mark themassacred, andareahealing forceevenif theyareonly consumedwiththe eyes.

The GinkoorMaidenhairTree (Ginkobiloba) isat oncealiving fossil, a sacred temple tree, and an herbal pharmacy.Soon, its leaves willtransform fromtheir soft green to brightyellow,making itoneofour campusfsmost beautiful fall trees.Theginkohasdistinctive, fan-shaped leaves thatcover the tree.Like theDawnRedwoodandCypresses featured earlier in theyear,the ginkois adeciduousconifer, losing itsbrilliantfoliagein the fall. Unlikemany trees,however, this specieshassinglesex plants, with either male pollen-bearingcones or femaleseeds. The females areparticularly unpopular,as their seedssmell like rancidbutter that lingers on the skin after contact.Thesenuts areharvested(carefully)in the Orientandthe whiteseedkernel is eatenas adelicacy. Not a true fruit, the female

gametophytesare fertilizedby malesperm cells thatarecalledmotile, orswimming,because theydependonwatertoreachtheseeds.

One of theoldestlivingspecieson theplanet, this treehasbeen aroundfor over 150 million years. TheOrderGinkoalesflourished during theJurassicperiod,nodoubtapopularmealfor the dinosaurs. Fossil evidenceshows that Ginko-like treesgrewvirtually worldwide.Of thisOrder,ginkobilobaalonehassurvived,perhaps because for centuries ithas been cultivatedandpreservedfromextinctionbyBuddhistpriests. Consideredsacred, ginkos arecommonaroundtemples inChina,Japan,andKorea. Individualtreescangrowquitelargeandsometimesliveover 1000 years. For the last 200 years, ginkos have beenplantedinNorthAmerica.

The extractof ginko leavesis a versatileherbalmedicinethat increases blood flow to the brain in addition to being astrongantioxidant. Eachyear,it isrumoredthatanelderlyAsian

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fl^Hfi The Great American.. .Smokeout?! a S^^s^Z*--"^* ifi By EdwardL.Diggins

StudentHealthAdvisor

Puff. Puff. Give.C'mon, allofyousmokersout thereknow therotationalready. You'vegotten yourhits;now it's timetopass the butt. ThisThursday inChambers'Gallery and theUnionLobby, StudentHealth,

in conjunction withthe AmericanCancer Society,willbe accepting all smokingparaphaneliain exchange for bagels andothercool merchandise.Why arewe beingso givingandhelpfulyouask? Well, therearea numberof reasons:

1) Cause welike youand we care(well,your friendsdo,Ithink)2) Smoking is nasty3) It's theGREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT,baby!

That'sright. Thursday is theone day out ofthe yearwheresmokersareencouraged to giveup thehabit for at least for one day and provethat youcontrolthehabitandnot vice versa. Plus, youcan get free bagels!

Okay,okay. Besides thebagels andothercoolstuff we have to offer, I'malso gonna offer a few specialprizes tothose who want to try and totally getoff thehorse. Here's the deal.After24hours,I'lldecrease your chance ofheartattack. Soundsgood, right? Holdon, I'vegotmore.

After 48 hours, I'llstart regrowinga fewof thosestunted nerveendings and your ability to taste and smell willincrease. Youhave to like that.Inabout 3 months, I'll increaseyou lung capacity up to30%, and life willget a littlehappier.Here's the funpart. After 9 months,I'llgo inthere,clearupsome ofthatsinus congestion,andcleanout those tarpit lungsof yours,andmaybe evenregrowsomecilia (youknow, that stuff that

cleans out your lungs). The youcansay goodbye to the fatigueandshortnessof breathas your energy level rises. Fresh breath, lots of energy— at this point, peoplearereallystart to dig you.Through thenext fifteenyearsor soIcancut downtherisk of variouscancers andotherdeadly stuff. Pretty coolright? And hey,the AmericanCancerSociety gavemepermission todoall of thatstuff, so youknowI'm telling the truth.So comeon, take your last couplepuffs andgive itup. Joinus this Thursday the 19th for the Great American Smokeout,and haveabagelonus.

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ChessClub. Bloodyallegoriesof feudalism.7:00

-8:30 p.m. in the Union Conference

Room.Jumpin'Java. Wear your coflee-dnnkin'clothes, shoes inwhichyoucangetwet,anda big smile. 7:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. at theOutpost."Electra." Last performance! 8:00

-9:30

p.m. in the BlackBox.Amnesty International. All students wel-come! 8:00-9:00p.m. intheMorrisonRoom.

ArtExhibitsattheVAC. Featuring artbyMicaelaAmatoandPeterGourfain. Pleaseattend. Nothing else is happening today.12:00

-4:00p.m. at the Belk VAC.

Coffeehouse. "Fresher than Jit, and hotterthanPlanters,thesedoughnutsexceedallstan-dards." 8:15 - 11:15a.m. in the900 Room.Free Play Basketball. Just like "Hoosiers."2:00

-6:00 p.m. in JohnstonGym.

FridayAfternoonClub. Beer beerbeerbeerbeerbeerbeer beerbeerbeer beerbeerbeerbeerbeerbeerbeerbeerbeerbeerbeerbeer.Drinkit— becauseyou're21andyoucan.4:30- 6:30p.m.

Great American Smokeout!10:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m. on the CollegeUnionPatio.CROP Lunch. Lunch o' crops. Bethere. 11:45 a.m.-1:30p.m. in the900Room.FreePlayBasketball. "Best3 outof5."2:00 - 6:00 p.m. in Johnston Gym.

Coffeehouse. "EvenPlanters ain'tgot no nuts likethese,"doughnuts,that is. They'vegotthepowderedsugar kind. 8:15- 11:15 a.m.In the900Room.Art Exhibits. FeaturingworksbyMlcaela Amato andPeter Gouriain. 10:00a.m. - 6:00 p.m. daily at theVACFree Play Basketball. Quickly, before they startrenovating!2:00

-6:00p.m.instoriedJohnstonGym.

Davidson/Dukebasketball.For thenation's farthestawayhome basketball game. 6:00p.m. at theCharlotteColiseum.Jumpln'Java. Hang with Owen. 8:00 p.m.- 12:00a.m.Twenty-One Year Old Night. Because state lawsays you can hold yer liquor. No concert this week,though. 10:00p.m. "12:30 a.m. inthe 900Room.

TuESDAY Thursday Friday Saturday f"° AYWednesday Monday

FreePlayBasketball. "Evenwhite boysgottoshout." 2:00

-6:00 p.m inJohnston Gym

Celebration ofThanks. Pre-Thanksgivingwarm-up 5:30

-7:30 p.m. in theChambers

GalleryJumpln'Java, w/opoetry reading. Youmust provideyour ownambiguous manifesta-tionsof angst tonight. 8:00pm.

-12:00am

at theOutpost.AaronLesher. piano. Seniormusic majortakes thestage to tickle the ivories and maybebreak astringor two. 8:00pm.inHodsonHall

"Electra." Live fromtheBlack Box,it'sIncest City. 8:00 - 9:30 p.m.PaulaLarke— storytelling.Feel likeakidagain. 8:00p.m. in the 900Room.

"Electra." Greek drama with a mid-'80stwist. 8:00p.m. in the Black Box.Paula Larke Impromptu. Party? 8:00 -11:00p.m. inthe Morrison Room."L.A.Confidential." Movie. 9:30 p.m. inthe 900 Room.

Derrick Bell. 7:30-

8:30 p.m. in LoveAuditorium."Electra." Featuring music byDavidson's own Dr. Neil Lerner. 8:00p.m.in the BlackBox.Student concert. Concert played bystudents. 9:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m.in the900 Room.

Dr.LucyLong79.Alumna speaks.4 00 -5:30p.m.in the 900 RoomMeditation. Who will bethe serenest? 4:30-5:45p.m.inthe Morrison Room.PepBandrehearsal. Ihopeyou like "Call Me Al.~5:00p.m. in the BandRoom (CunninghamFineArtsBldg.)DavidsonCollegeSymphony OrchestraFall Concert. Works by John Williams.Shostakovich,andCopland. FREE AQMIS-SION! 8:00p.m. in LoveAuditorium."Electra." Openingnight.8:00pm.in theBlack Box"L.A.Confidential." YoucanseeitFridaynight,too9:30p.m. in the900 Room.

♥ Senior EmilyEagan(center)occupiesthe comfy chair as a hostof young Davidsongentslining the stage.

Davidson gets'Singled Out'

♥ Sophomore JohnWatson unleashes somerage.

♥ Last Friday,students gathered in the 900Roomof the Union to play "Singled Out," David-son-style. Theevent was sponsoredby studenthealth leaders.

♥ FireshmanEmily Juckett (left)displays some low-calibre artwork assenior WillBradshaw,mic inhand,peersover.

Peace Vigil

Regarding theDeathPenalty

On the eve of the executionofJohnNoland

Sa///VMcMurray

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SallieMcMurray

On the Scene atDAvrosoNCollege

KailSallieMcMurray

SANTORE: Two years out of lawschool in1987,Iwas sitting at homewithmyDadhaving lunch, and watch-ing TV,andthere wasa talk show onwith a guy who ran the SportscastersCampsof America. Ialways had thisyen to be a sportscaster,to be a radioplay-by-playguy. Icalledtheguy up.They wereholdinga sessioninAtlanta.(So,Iwent.)

DSS: Whohasmostinfluencedyouasabroadcaster?

SANTORE:LarryMunson.When Iwentdown to At-lanta (to theSportscastersCamp),lo andbehold,therehewas, my idol,Larry Munson,thevoiceof theGeorgia Bull-dogs. He'sgotadeep,gravelly voice.What this guy didfor twenty-some-oddyearsis whatIdonow. He'ddoahighschool footballgame inTennesseeonaFriday night,drive whereverhe hadtoget for aSEC gameon Saturday,pull insome place,get 4 hours sleep,have acup ofcoffee, go overhis notes,go tothestadium, do the game,beatthetraf-fic out and try to get backby midnightso thathe couldgo outand shoothunt-ing or fishing films until midnight onSunday. Ipattern myself after LarryMunson.my idol.

DSS: What's most alluring to youabouttheradiobroadcastingprofes-sion?

SANTORE: In radio, you are thepeople'seyesandears.TVis toosimple.Anyonecando that. It's tougher whenyouhave tosit thereandpaint the pic-ture for the radio audience. It's anabsolute craft. People turn down thesound onESPN and turn you up, notnecessarily because you're great, butbecause they identify your voice withthe teamthey follow.

DSS: Would you say you get anemotionalhighfromconsideringhowfar your voice travels?

SANTORE: After doing the game,Ifeel likeI'vehad somereallygoodsex.(Youcanprint that).

DSS: What are some of your most

With Frank Santore

famous calls? basket,andI'vebeentrying to takethatlight out fromunderneaththebasketforfour yearsnow.

DSS: How wouldyoudescribeyourrelationshipwithDavidsonCollege'sathleticdepartment?

SANTORE: Neither Jim Murphy(DavidsonCollege Athletic Director),norBobMcKillop(Wildcatmen'sbas-ketball head coach), nor Tim Landis(Wildcat footballheadcoach), nor anyothercoachor anybody in theathleticdepartment has ever come to me andsaid, "We want to dictatehow youdoyour play-by-play." I'vebeen givenatremendousamount of freedom todomy jobhowIlike.

The athletic department heredoesn't get nearly the respect it de-serves. Igive Terry Holland (formerDavidsonCollegeAthleticDirector)hisdue,butJimMurphyhas donemoreforDavidson in two and ahalf years thanTerryHollandcould'veeverthoughtofdoing in five. The Board of Trusteeshas tobe moreappreciativeof the ath-leticdepartment.Iknow there'sonlysomuch they can do, but it's the littlethings that matter. They have to dowhatever they can, within reason, tomakesurepeoplein theathleticdepart-ment arehappy. Theyshouldn'tsqueezepennies. They shouldn't close theirhearts. It's vitally important that wehave an athletic department that suc-ceeds, because that's the way we getthis schoolknownin50 states, andnotjust theSouth Atlantic region.

DSS: What's yourprognosisfor the1998-99 Wildcat men's basketballteam?

SANTORE: We're gonnahave to geta step-upguy likeMark Donnelly was.It'sgonna beBenEbong,Ben"theBigDog" Ebong. The man has enormousprideinhimself. He's aguy that's not

SANTORE: "Slam,bam, thank you,ma'am,"afterBrandonWilliams ('96)stuffed home the ball in the closingsecondsofovertimetocement acriticalgameagainstFurman in 1996. After-wards,afemalefacultymemberwent totheAthleticDirectorandsaidthephrasedisparagedwomen,butIwasn'tthink-ingaboutany of that. At leastsomeonefrom the faculty was listening to thebroadcast;

"Glory,halleujah! Youcan paint in redandblack," afterAH Ton stole theballtosealahugevictory over OleMiss in 1996.Since then, it'sbecomemysigna-turecall for everyDavidson win;

"Cinderella, put onyour glass slippers.We're going totheball," when wewontheSouthernConference finallastyear.

All this stuff happens spontane-ously.Idon'tsitbackand think,"Well,what types of 'ad-libs'canIcome upwith to impresspeople.

DSS: What can you say about thegrowth of your listening audiencesince you'vebeenon theair?

SANTORE: We've expandedthisra-dionetwork likeyou wouldn't believe.Five yearsago, nobody could pick upDavidson basketball. Now you canpick it up on 20 stations in 6 states.Whenyou'redriving frompointtopointinacar,youalmost neverhavetoworryabout losing the Davidson basketballgame on theradio. We're continuallytryingtoblowour coveragefurtherandfurther out into thenight, andunite ourfanbase. We arealight hiddenunder a

On Saturday, Nov. 7, DavidsonianSports Staffmember. Stephen Cefalusat down and spoke with legendaryDavidson WildcatsradiosportscasterFrank Santore. Santore isenteringhisfourth season as the "Voice of the'Cats.

"Catchhis play-by-playcover-

age of Wildcat basketball on 105.3WAGI-FM (Gaffney, S.C.) each andeverygameday oncampus.

DSS:What originallybroughtyoutoDavidson?

SANTORE: Icame to Davidson in1977 toplayfootball,butfoundoutmyfreshmanyearthattheydidn'tneedany5*9," slowoffensivelinemen.Itreallydevestatedme. It wassortofan identitycrisisfor me afterIquitplaying.It wastheonly thingIeverquit.

DSS: Howdid youdo academicallywhileyou wereatDavidson?

SANTORE: Ireally thoughtIwasgonna comehereand set the world onfire,but it was tough. Ifounda lotoftortureinmy studies.Igraduated witha2.7 average. So, for those who arehaving adifficulttime at Davidson,andbattling it,Isay, "There's life aftercollege. There's life after Davidson."I'm always saying, "Get rid of yourbooks,comeout andwatchabasketballgame." because you will find whenyou're age 39 or 40 that you wishyoucould'vedonehalf thestuffyouhadanopportunity todowhenyouwereage19or 20.

DSS:Ingeneral,how wouldyouchar-acterize the student body atDavidson?

SANTORE: Without intendingtoof-fend anyone, there's something Ijustdon't understand about Davidson.Eveybody is souptight aroundhere. Itwas the case whenIwasinschool, andit's the case right now. Everybodywalks aroundwith their nosein abook.College is somuch more than havingyournosestuck ina damnbook 24 and7. Why can't students take2or 3hoursout ona Monday night (to watch the'Cats in Belk Arena)? It's not gonnakill them. What's wrong withpeoplehere? It's utterly ridiculous. Peoplegotta realize what a great thing theyhave here. We need everybody. Iwould love to see the day when we'reaveraging4000-4.500 fans agame.

DSS:Howdidyoufirstgetintobroad-casting?

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InFocus With: Frank Santore '81, "The Voice of the 'Cats"satisfied with his glass three-quartersfull, Ben Ebong is gonna-havea bigseason,and I'mnot just talkingaboutpoints;I'm talking aboutleadership.Ihavenodoubtthathe'llstep itup. Andthe rest of the guys? Ithink they'llfollow.

DSS: What canyou say about BobMcKillop?

SANTORE: Other than my father,Irespect Bob McKillopmore than anyotherman that I'veever met. He is amorallyuprightman. He ishonestandstraightforward. Iwant to live in aworldfull of Bob McKillops, full ofmorallyuprightpeople.

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expectedtomakea fullrecovery.Without Bentley on Saturday,

DavidsondefeatedWofford, 15-12,15-9, 13-15, 15-6. FreshmanJacquelineOrtegasteppeduptofillBentley's shoesandhad 13kills.Mordinihadanexcel-lentmatch with 21kills and just fourerrorsto gowith 11 digs, giving her19double-doublesontheseason.Lawrencealso had13 kills for the Wildcats.

As the third seed in the tourna-ment, Davidson will face the sixth-seededGeorgiaSouthernEaglesat7:30p.m. onFriday at AppalachianState.

straight pointstotake the victory,15-9,15-5, 12-15, 15-12.

BothsophomoreMaraMordiniandjunior Gina Lawrence had double-doubles,but also committed21errorsbetween them.

AtpracticeonThursday,Davidsonsuffered a seriousblow to the team assophomore Brooke Bentley collidedwith another player and came awaywithadislocatedrightelbow.Herheal-ing timeis projected to be four to sixweeks,knowingherout for the rest oftheseason.Thegoodnewsis thatsheis

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Davidsonhadplentyofopportuni-ties to win the Furman match as thePaladinscommitted 21 service errors.But while Furman had its problemsserving, the Wildcats struggled on theattack,committing41errorstogowithjust 44kills for a .016 attack percent-age, their worst this season.

After losing the first two games,Davidson came back to take the thirdandheldacommanding12-6leadinthe

fourth. The 'Cats brokedown, however, as thePaladins reeled off nine

willbe the third seed in the SouthernConfer-e n c eTourna-m e n twhichbe-gins thisFriday atBoone,N.C.

A four-game loss to Furman onWednesday evening and a four-gamevictory overWofford onSaturday putthe Davidson(21-10,13-5) Wildcats ina tie for secondplace with the WesternCarolinaCatamountsinvolleyball.Dueto the tiebreakersystem, the Wildcats

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K"1. That's thenumberofwordsaffordedthe1teamin thelastDavidsonianSportsSec-referencetotheirpotentiallyrecord-break-neagainst Bridgewater College. Iknowlais basketballcountry (especially forthe

men's teams), but c'mon. 20 words inMikeAnderson's impressive article and 12 wordsin"TheBottomLine"section? Andtherewerehowmanymen's basketball articles?Four?Wait,let'smake that fivearticles counting theQ&A withCoachSteve Shurina. NeedImentionthattherewasonly onearticle on the women'sbasketballteam?Don'tgetme wrong,I'mnotcriticizingordemeaningthe importanceofour men's basket-

Infact, as a cheerleader,IwouldconsidermyselfanavidDavidsonbasketballfan — ofboththemen'sand women'steams.I'mnotcritiquingthe Davidsonian Sports Section either becauseeveryarticlein the section was well writtenandcomprehensive;Itrulyfeeltheabundanceofmen'sbasketballarticles wasdirectly reflective of theoverwhelming interestof the student body.Butbasketball season just officially began, and al-

Bywe'vecompletelyforgottenourbelovedfallts. Doanyofusrealize themagnitudeofthetoll team's win last Saturday? By beating

CentreCollege twoweeksago,they tiedtherecordformostnumberofwinsinDavidsonhistory.Butby defeatingBridgewaterCollegelastSaturdaythey truly took it to thenext level.Imean, thisseason was legendary. 1998 WAS THEBEST

SEASON EVER IN THE 101 YEARS OFDAVIDSONFOOTBALL! And yet,all anyonecould talkofalllast weekwasthe Davidson/Dukegamein theCharlotteColiseum.Funny, isn't it?What exactly does thefootballteam have todotoget a littlerecognition around here? Break therecord,perhaps?Ohyeah,they alreadydidthat.

By the timethis issue of theDavidsonianisdistributed,everyonewillbetuningintoESPN2anddiscussingoutsideshots, interiorgamesandconversions.This is allwellandgood,butIaskeveryonetoacknowledgedie72membersoftheDavidson Football Team. Let themknow howwelltheydidthis season.Everydayisagreatdaytobeawildcat-butSaturdaywasanevenbetterdaytobeawildcat Whatanaccomplishmentthisisformisdedicatedgroupofguys,someofwhomturneddownscholarshipsatotherschoolsinorderto be a partof roe Davidsoncommunity. Let'sremindthe teamwhy theymadethechoicetoplayfootballat Davidsonbyrecognizingtheiraccom-

. plishmcni. as thecrowd thatgathered Saturdaynight at RichardsonField to welcomethe teamhomedid.ToparaphrasetheDavidsonFightSong,this seasontheredandblackmachine wasout tofight andlookingmean, and with thehelp withtheir dedicatedcoaches and managers,the 1998FootballTeamreally didwinforthehonorofOldDavidson

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Women look to bounce back from WNIT lossByMike Anderson

SportsEditor

Winston Churchill'

once pro-claimed,"Nevergive in.Never,never,never,never,never

— innothing greatorsmall, largeor petty.Never give inexcepttoconvictionsofhonorandgoodsense." If there wasa lone beacon oflight in the women'sbasketballteam'scrushingdefeat at the handsof South-west Missouri State, it was this: theBritishstatesman wouldstill havebeenproudofthis Wildcat squad.

Davidson 65SW.MissouriState 120

Magette cameoff thebench andaccu-mulated24minutesofcourt timeonherway to a team-high 16 points.South-west Missouri's radiobroadcasterex-pressed great regard for the Wildcatguard, "What a greatcollegeentry forthe 5'8" freshman.She's got sixteenpointssofar. Magetteleadsthisteaminscoring,andthat

'safreshmanoutthere!

She's very impressive,she does greatthings." Filarcommented,"Iwasveryimpressed with Janna's poise.In herfirst real game in front of that manypeoplewith thatmuchpressureonyouin front of your familyand your highschool coaches,Iwas reallypleased."

Jessica Heath,a 6'3" sophomorefromMonument,Colorado,alsoplayedwell."Jess wasn'thesitant tobang withtheminside,"saidFilar."Shebodieduppeopleandgrabbedsomebigrebounds."

The Wildcat team came homeready toreboundfrom the decisivede-feat.

Filar predicts his team will re-spond well, "Practiceon Sunday wasone of the best we've had all season.The important lesson theylearnedFri-day night: Just whenyou think you'rebeing intense, somebodywillcomeoutandplay against you witha degree ofintensity thatyou'veneverseeninyourlife, and that inspiresyou tokickyourownintensity up anotherlevel.It'sonegame.If it helps us somewheredownthe line, then it's okay, it was worthgoing thereandgettingkicked."

The Wildcatstravel toWake For-est tonight but returntoBelkArenaonSaturday to faceGeorgiaTechat 7:30.

Davidson matched up against anationally-renownedteamin SMS,andhadto dosoinoneofthemostdifficultawayarenasinthenation.And it wasn'tpretty. In fact,SMS's Lady Bears ranaway with the game. But headcoachJohnFilar foundconsolationinthe factthat, "The greatest thing about it wasthat weneverstoppedworking.Oneofthe sportswriters there toldus, 'John,your girls never stoppedplaying.Youneverstoppedworking.I'veseenteamscome inhere and have ten times themeltdownyouhadFriday night.'"

But it was nonetheless a tryingevening.SouthwestMissouriStateen-teredthisgame just outsidetheNCAATop #25 rankings. To make mattersworse,theWildcatshadtoplay infrontofover 6300screaming fans at SMS'sHammons Student Center in Spring-field, Missouri. Coach Filar said, "It

wasat timesdeafening.Kerry Brownsaidthattherewasashrillinherears thewholetimeshe wason thecourt." Bycontrast, the Wildcats hadplayed twogamesearlier this season,bothat BelkArena, averagingbarely 300 specta-tors.

SMS combined a high-pressuredefense with a 41-point performancefromsophomoreJackieStiles todefeatDavidson by a final score of 120-65.Stiles racked up 30 points in the firsthalf (atotalequivalentto thataccumu-lated by the entire Davidson team),knocking down 5 of her 7 shots frombehindthearc. A 5'8"sophomorefromClaflin,Kansas,Stilesledall freshmeninscoringlast seasonandisconsidereda top candidatefor Ail-Americanrec-ognition. SaidFilar, "She was on fire.Even when we went with achaser onher, shejustpumpsyouup,goesbyyou,pullsup,andhits shots.Every timeshetouched it, you wanted to close youreyes."

TheLady Bears cameout with ahigh-pressuredefenseearly, andneverturneddowntheheat.SMS brokeouttoa 14-0 leadin the first four and ahalfminutes ofplay,andforced the 'Cats tocommit27turnovers overthecourseofthe evening.Inaddition,SMScontrolledthe boards, out-rebounding Davidson47-24.

Led by the outstanding play ofStiles andRoshonda Reed,SouthwestMissourishotover60% fromthe floor,and 63% from behind the 3-point lineon theirwaytoateam-record120 points.

Thepicture wasn't entirely bleakfor JohnFilar's 'Cats. Freshman Janna'

Cats volleyball team splits final pair of regular season

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men:Georgia Southern114Wildcats 113

East Carolina 129Wildcats 110

women:GeorgiaSouthern81Wildcats 160

East Carolina131Wildcats 101

Many athletes relish the preciousfew weeks of off-season they haveamidst theirbusy schedules asstudent-athletes. But something tells me thatsenior tennisstandoutDana Casnerjustdoesn'twant tostopplayingquiteyet.

Casner closedher fall season inconvincing fashion,reaching the thirdroundoftheITASoutheasternRegionalIndoorTennisChampionships at WakeForest Universityon Saturday.

Ninety women from colleges anduniversitiesacrossthe southeastenteredcompetitionlast weekend.Casnerdrewtheeleventh seed.

The Wildcatseniorhadalsocom-peted in the tournament during hersophomoreand junior campaigns, butwithonly mild success. But this yearwasdifferent.

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seasonsarelargelydependentontheirpsychologicalreactionstotheseearly-season showdowns.

Our games against SouthwestMissouri State and Duke were sea-son-openers against non-conferenceopponents— not SC championshipgamesinlateFebruary.It'squitelikelythat we'llreturn from the Coliseumtonight and have a tally in the losscolumnfor each ofour school'sbas-ketball teams. But evenif this is thecase, it is entirely possible that in afew months we will look back onthese contests and their aftermaths,andbe proudto claim decisive victo-ries.

♥Anarticlelast weekonDanaCasnerincluded an incorrect spelling of herlast name.The Davidsonian regretstheerror. A re-print of thecorrectedstory isbelow.

the finalscoresof thecontests,butbythe hours, days, and weeksafter theclockhits00:00.

Iheardsomewhere, "It doesnotmatter ifyou falldownas longas youpickup something fromthe floorwhileyou get up." Pretty simple stuff. Al-mostsosimpleit'strite.But truerwordscouldnotapplytoateamcomingout ofaseason-openeragainstanationalpow-erhouse.

Paycloseattentiontothe nextfewdays and weeks.Watch these teams intheir early conference match-ups.Watch thesenior leaders, andthe waythese athletescarry themselveson thecourt andaroundcampusintheupcom-ing days.Will they take thegames instride and grow intoa stronger,moremature team? Davidson is proud toclaimthese twotalentedsquadsof ex-citing athletes— likely the best of theSouthernConference.But their future

EditorialLastweekend,thewomen'sbas-

ketballteamheadedout toSouthwestMissouri State fortheirmuch-antici-patedcontest against anationalpow-erhouseinthe firstroundoftheWNITtournament.Tonight,ourmen's teamduked it out against the top-rankedbasketballteamin thenation.

Analysts,reporters,andcoacheswillprobably scour the forty-minutegame tapes ofthese contests lookingto predict our teams' future perfor-mances. But they won't find whatthey're looking for.

The women were handed whatcouldhavebeenapotentially-devas-tating defeat from Southwest Mis-souri State. As we write this, it re-mains to be seen whether our menwereabletoslay thegiant.But winorlosetheseearly-seasonraatch-ups,ourteams'abilitiestosucceed throughoutthis seasonwillbe determinednotby

Swim team comes up just shortBy AlisonKalett

SportsEditorwho swamher fastest 200 yardback-stroke of the season with a time of2:12.78. Also, sophomore ElissaWeddlehadastrongperformanceinthe100 freestyletaking thirdplaceoverallwhileswimming wellin the400 med-leyand freestylerelays.Senior captainKathleenPaffenrothhad whatDeSelmtermeda "very, very strong perfor-mance" winning the 200 butterfly in2:11.58.

Finally,sophomorediver ChristaConnerhadpossibly thestrongest indi-vidual performance of the meet, win-ning the 3 meter diving event whiletaking secondon1 meterby onepoint."ChristaConner isgettingbackto formon the diving events," DeSelm said."She is coming off an injury andper-formingmuch better."

Concerning the team as a wholeDeSelm said he felt mixed emotions."Many people's times are gettingfaster.

"he said."We continue toswim

better throughout the seasonbut we'reunable toswim multiple events at thelevel that we arecapable of.We havetrouble in close races."

The 'Catshave elected totake thisweekendoff,by-passing the NikeEastCup at the University of NorthCaro-lina. Theirnext meet isDec.5th at theHargrave Military Academy againstDelaware,Lehigh,andWilliam&Mary.

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Casner closes fall season on high noteCasner easily defeated Nena

Bonacic from N.C. State in the firstround,7-5, 6-1.

After falling behind early in thesecond round to University ofLouis-villesophomoreKelly Whitler,Casnerbouncedback totakethesecond-roundmatch4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Only sixteenplayers remainedasCasnerenteredthird-round action fac-ing DukeBlue DevilKarenGoldstein.Goldstein proved too hot to handle,defeatingCasner6-2,6-1 onher way tofinals competitiononMonday.

A master of understatement, themodestseniormerelyremarked,"Itwasa great tournament forme."

A great tournament that Casnerandher teammateshope will carry herthrough the winter until competitionresumes inJanuary. "I'mready for thespring,"saidCasner,"andthechancetokeen ongoing."

Last weekendthe womens swim-

ming anddiving team fell by apoint;this weekit wasthe men's turn. Headcoach RickDeSelm saidhe wasdisap-pointedwiththe114-113 loss. "We hadtheabilitytowin themeetbutwedidn'tget itdone."

Heading into the finalevent, the400 yard freestylerelay, the Wildcatshad to finish in at leastsecondplace tosecure a win over Georgia Southern,but the "Cats finished thirdby63 one-hundredthsofa secondgiving GeorgiaSouthernaonepointvictory. Althoughthemeet came down to the final race,DeSelm wasquick topointout that inameet thiscloseitisimpossibletoblameasingleevent orindividualfor the loss.DeSelmsaida lotofotherfactors, suchas a weak men'sdiving team,contrib-uted to thedefeat.

On a positive note, junior ScottHarper won the 200 yard individualmedley, junior Terry Dolch capturedthe200backstroke,andsophomoreKurtHirsekorn took the 200 breaststroke.Besides winning the 200 back Dolchalso earned his best inseason times inthe 100 back and the 200 individualmedley. Also, freshman sprinterMichael Warner had an outstandingmeet.His splittimeof47.28 in the 400yard medley relay was the best inDavidsonhistory and,moreimportantly,helpedthe 'Catswinthe400 IMoverallwithatimeof3:30.99. Warneralsohadthe fifth fastest 50 free and seventhfastest 100 free in collegehistory.

Looking ahead, DeSelmsays theteam's goals should includebettercon-ditioninginordertowincloseracesandaheightenedsenseofurgency whenthemeet ison the line.

■ On the women's side, the 'CatsdominatedGeorgia Southern 160-81but fell toasolid East Carolina squad131-101.

Individualstandouts for the Wild-catsincludediuniorMarvShellBrosche

Sports

Younggun.Landis was hired at

Davidsonin1991byCoachDave Fagg. Fagg, whocoachedat Davidson from1970-1973, returned for ashortstintin theearly1990sto help revive a footballprogramthat had gone 4-47overthepast fiveyears.FaggguidedDavidsontoa14-13 recordbeforehand-ing over the reins to theyoung Landis. "He wasonly28yearsold,"explainsthe coach's proud father."He was certainly one oftheyoungest headcoachesinthe country.Nowhe's inhis sixth season,and he'shad three winningseasonsoutof six.Youhave tolookat his staff, too. He's got agreat staff of guys. Al Lo-gan came in this year asoffensive coordinator.Morris Starr came in andhasdone agreatjobas de-fensive secondary coachunderTrippMerritt.

A coach thatcares.It is often said that a

goodleaderpossesses twoqualities:heisgoingsome-where, and (more impor-tantly) he is able to con-vince-others to go alongwithhim.Unquestionably,

By MikbAndersonSportsEditor

Head football coach Tim Landishas never been one to shy away fromtough decisions. But then again, whocould blamehim?His alwaysseem topay off.

In1989,whilehead footballcoachat Morrisville High School inMorrisville,Pennsylvania,Landischosetocross apicket-tineof striking teach-ers inordertofieldtheschool

's football

team. Ostracizedby his strikingpeers,Landis enduredthesilenttreatmentfromthe teachersattheschool.Buthe deliv-ered a remarkable8-2 record with adiminishedrosterof only26men.

In 1991, he left his position asdirectorofathletics, headfootballcoachand headbaseballcoachat MorrisvilleHigh. For what?A job as a restricted-earning coachearning "chicken feed"at aDivisionIIIfootballschool thathadwonbut 21% of its games over thepreviousdecade.Only two yearslater,at the tenderageof28,LandisassumedthehelmofthatDavidsonCollege foot-ballprogram.

Five yearsinto his tenure, Landiswasfaced withanother toughdecision.He had built a solid foundation for awinningfootballprogramat Davidson,but greatnessseemedtobe just beyondreach. So the summer before 1998,Landis and his staff injectednew lifeinto the squadby installinga new of-fense and mixing up somepersonnel,especially on thedefensivesideof theball.

A record-setting season is testa-ment: Landis's tough call paid off.Again.

On the field.Landis has shown an affinity for

athleticcompetitionsincehis youngestdays. His father explains,"He startedplayingyouth footballwhenhewassix.It was interesting because the onlyleagueinourtownwasrunbytheCatho-licChurch,andyouhadtobe amemberof the Catholic Church to participateand we wereProtestants.ButTimusedto go to theirpractices every day,andthe coaches got special dispensationfrom the Catholic Church for him toplay.Hewasonlysixyearsold,buttheylikedwhattheysaw."

Young Timcontinued to partici-pate in competitive athletics throughthecollegelevel,wherehe starredas a

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basketball. The sophomore had 10rebounds in23minutes against Charlotte Thursday.

oneofthebestmotivatorswhenspeak- finally trickleddownthis year,and goting before agame or athalf-time.His our teambelieving that we can win."leadershipabilityisprettyunique,he's AsignonTimLandis'sdoorreads:so goodat it. He's goodat making us "Accept thechallenges,sothatyoumaybelieveinwhatwe're doing.If there's feel the exhilarationof victory."It wasone thing for sure,.we know that he no doubt a challenge to rebuild whatbelievesin whathe'sdoing.Evenwhen wasonceapitifulfootballprogram.Butwe had bad years, we knew that he in1998,Landisexperiencedtheexhila-believed that we could win. That has rationof victory. Eight times.

Landis is taking this footballprogramtonew heights. But he is not doing italone.SeniorcaptainTomTing speaksfor the team when he says, "We haveunlimited faith in ourcoaches."

Wildcat quarterbackTom Duganalso praisesLandis's sensitivity to theneedsofhisathletes,"He'snot allaboutgetting whateverhe canoutofhis play-ers at any cost — he remembers thatwe're supposedtobe enjoying thisex-perience.Idon't think all coachesarelike that. In terms of just caring abouthisplayers, that's whathe's really goodat."

Fans ofWildcat footballquicklylearn not toconfuseLandis's sensitiv-ity with timidity. The fiery coachhas areputationfor inspiringandmotivatinghis men."Onething that'salwaysbeenremarkabletomeishis leadershipabil-ity," conveys Dugan. "He's probably

quarterbackand pitcher at Randolph-MaconCollege in Ashland, Virginia.His passion for athletics wouldcarryhim far beyond his college days. "Ialwaysknewhe wouldendupincoach-ing," reflectsthe elderLandis."He wasborn tobe a coach. He was a tremen-dous competitor and he loved athlet-ics."

Tim's fatherattributesmuch ofhisson'ssuccess asafootballcoachhereatDavidson tohisexperienceasascholar-athlete at Randolph-Macon, "There'sno doubt about the fact that his pastgives him the abilityto relate to theseplayers."

Sophomore quarterback ShaunTyrance says,"CoachLandisis awell-respected guy, especially because heplayedquarterbackhimselfsosuccess-fully. Allofus look to him for leader-ship andguidance."

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With dominant rebounding andpotent shooting, the men's basketballteamfinishedtheirexhibitionseasoninconvincingfashiondefeatingtheChar-lotteRoyals91-58.

MultiplerunsbyDavidsondefinedgameplay from theopening tip-off tothe end of regulation. The Wildcatstook advantage of the Royals' slowstartjumpingouttoaearly16-31eadonbasketsbyallfive starters.

CoachBobMcKillop's teamneverlookedback, consistently maintainingadoubledigit lead. Shuttingdown theRoyal offense in the second half,Davidson lookedunstoppable as theywentonademoralizing32-6 run.

The 'Catsshotover51 percent forthe game, highlighted by the interiorplay of Stephen Marshall and ChaddHolmes.Marshallshot anearperfect 7-8 from the floor including two frombehind the three-point arc to end with16 points.

Holmespitchedin13 points withstrong ball-fakes leading to easy lay-upsunderneath. Holmes wasnotafraidto take itoutside either, hitting onhisloneshot from twenty feet.

Senior guard Ali Ton noticedHolmesintensity."He shottheballwellandshoweda lotof poise."

This year's team again provedcompetent at sinking the long rangebombs. Six 'Cats players connectedfrombeyondthearc. TheoutsidegamepreventedtheRoyalsfromdouble-team-ing the ballin thepost.

"It'sdifficult to cheaton theballwhen six guys aremaking threepoint-ers,"McKillopsaid.

But the Wildcats did more thanshoottheballeffectively.

Led by Emeka Erege's 10 re-bounds, Davidson pulled down 57boards totheRoyals' paltry 23. In factthe Wildcats grabbed more offensiveboards than the Royalscouldaccumu-lateonbothendsof the floorcombined.

"We are realpleasedwith the re-bounding effort," McKillop. said."Emekahad10reboundsin23 minutes.That's impressive."

The 6-4 Erege, although smallerthan the typical forward, showed his

abilitytoget theloose ballinthepaint.He appeared more confident crashingthe glass underneath, effectively tip-ping theballout to theguards for sec-ondchance points.

Erege, who suffered a traumaticlegfracturelastyear,hisimpressinghisteam-mates withastrong post-surgeryrecovery.

"He'saggressiveandhe'sgettingthere,"said captain Ton. "With moretime,hewilldefinitelybebacktowherehe shouldbe."

Unlikethe gameagainstVASDA,Davidsoncouldnot findahandlefor theball and committeda shaky 21 turn-overs.

Heading into the Duke game,McKillop knows how important ballcontrolis toan effectiveoffense. "Wehave tocutdownon theturnovers. Wecan't have somany."

Yetthe turnovers seem tobe theonly blemish from Thursday night'sgame asDavidson'sdefensesuffocatedthe Royals offensive efforts, forcingquick, impatient shots. The Wildcatsheld Charlotte to 35 percent shootingfor the game.

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the Wildcatsput togetherwhat wouldprove tobe their finalscoringdriveoftheseason. SophomoreCorey "Slash"Crawfordstarteditoffwithan impres-sive kick-off return up to the 38 yardline. Just plays later,Bryan Kem ex-plodedout of theDavidsonbackfield.

theconversionattempt,resultingina2-point conversionpass toFerguson andan 11-0score.

Late in the quarter, seniordefen-sive back ClifHenry cameup withahuge playtoquashaBridgewaterdrive.On 4thand 3, the Eagles ran the ballwide to the left. It appeared the firstdownwouldbe agimmeuntiltheWild-

One word could describe thecelebratory atmosphere followingthegame:Class.The '98Wildcatsshowedmodesty and humility on theiropponent'sfootballfield,calmlyshak-inghandsandthenkneelinginprayeratmid-field.Fans andparentsjoined theelatedteamon the fieldasthe Wildcatssang O, Davidson! CoachLandis wasliftedupon his players' shoulders andthemodestheadcoach held thegameball up high.Tears flowed and con-gratulations aboundedbeforethe teamboarded the busses to head back toDavidson.

When theyarrivedhome.,agather-ing of students, alumni, and parentswere on hand atRichardson Field tocelebratethe team'smilestone accom-plishment. Senior Tom Ting was inawe, "I've never seen anything likethis.I

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TV,butnever expectedit tohappenlome."Theseniorcaptainreflected,"Like(associate head coach and defensivecoordinator) Coach Merritrsaid earlyon, thereisjust somethingspecialaboutthis team.Wedidn'tknow exactly whatit was, but the chemistry just cametogether."

Wes Thorntonadded,"This istheend-all.This is the best feeling we'veever had. We've been workingsohardin the off-season and throughout theregular season. Words can'texplainit.To start off 1-2, and havea coupleofclose games late, it was pretty tough.But we held tight and stuck together.It'sbeenareally emotionalday for meandalot oftheseniors. These guys aremybest friends.It'sbeenagreatexpe-rience,one that I'll cherish and neverforget."

Thevictoryhadtobeallthesweeterfor theClass of '98", a groupof youngmen who have watched this footballprogram develop from a 1-8-1 teamduring theirfreshmancampaign intoanationalpowerhouseinDivisionI-AAfootball.QuarterbackandcaptainTomDugan said,"This istheexactoppositeof thatrock bottom. Allof us seniorshavebeenhere whenwe'vehad toughtimes.Forus topullitoffandenditlikethisisadreamcometrue.Goes toshowyou what faith andendurance willdofor youwhen you're struggling."

ByMikeAndersonSportsEditor

A five-year-oldboy namedTrentThornton (nephewof the Wildcatstarlinebacker,Wes) satinthebleachersatBridgewater College Saturday watch-ing the Wildcat football team. TheloyalTrent lookedat hisuncle's teamandcommented, "They're good."He didn'tknow how right he was.

The 1998 Wildcats made schoolhistory with a record 8th victory,de-feating BridgewateronSaturday 14-8_. . for theDavidson 14 firstBridgewater 8 eight-

win sea-son in Davidson's 101-year footballhistory. The winmarkedtheir seventhconsecutive, tyinga mark set back inWorld War One. President Vagt of-fered words of congratulations to the'98 squad following the game,"Ithinkwhensomethinghappensonly oncein101years, weallought to feel this greatsenseofpride.Andthegreatest thingofthe gamewashowhappy they were attheendof it,and that doesn'tbegin tomatch how happy weare for them."

TheWildcats wonthe tossbeforethe game, and senior captain ChrisFrederick madethecall to receive thekick. The 'Catsreceivedthat openingkickoff, and drovedeep intoEagleter-ritory before a touchdown was calledbackonan illegalprocedureinfraction.Davidson was forced tosettle for aFGfromBrianLangleyanda3-0leadwith7:57 remaining in the first quarter.

Bridgewatercameup withan im-pressivedriveoff theensuing kickoff,before freshman linebacker SamFraundorf delivereda bone-crushinghit to the Eagle receiver of a 3 yardshovelpass.Thehitcontributedtoakeystop early inthe game,as Bridgewaterwas forced to attempt a 57-yard fieldgoal that cameup short.

Less than five minutes into thesecond quarter, the Wildcats struckagain, this time ona touchdown carrybyEricFergusonwhototaled95 rush-ing yards on theday.The 'Catscaughtthe Bridgewater defenseoff guardon

appliedthe pressure to force an over-thrownpass out of the back of the endzone.

The 'Cats took over the ballontheir ownsixyardline, 2:03 away fromhistory.On the last crucial play of thegame,Dugancarriedtheballfor afirstdownona3rdand2,sealingthevictory.Dugan' s run marked the final install-mentofyardagetohisschoolrecordfortotalcareeroffense. With 54 secondsleftandBridgewateroutof time-outs,itwas onlya matter of time.Fraundorfand Chad Wright doused head coachTim Landis withhis second Gatoradebathin as many weeks.

cat defender tore out of thebackfieldwithadrive-ending tackle.

The 'Cats took over theball,butwent four-and-out,giving Bridgewateronemoreshot at ascore. This time,theEagles drove down to Davidson's22,and with 8 seconds leftbooteda 39-yard fieldgoal tocut the lead at half-time to 11-3.

Bridgewater receivedpossessionofthe footballtoopenthesecondhalf,and were driving down the field untilsophomoreBo Hendersonrecoveredafumble to give the 'Cats possession.Yet again, the 'Cats were unable tocapitalize,ending thedrivewithamissed

and thanks in part to a nice bit ofdownfieldblocking by Roland Will-iams, Kern's spectacularrungave the'Catsa 1st-and-goalat theEagle9 yardline.Threeplays andaholdingpenaltylater, Langley booted a 27-yard fieldgoal from the left hash mark, givingDavidson a 14-6 lead.

The 'Catsdefenseliveduptoformwithsome impressive 3rd-downstopsto maintain the lead throughout thefourthquarter.Earlyin the fourth,BenSpivey(whotiedtheteam's sackrecordon the day)delivereda crushing hit tothe Bridgewater quarterback, forcinganerrantpass anda fourthdownpunt.

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was Wes Jones that came up with thebigplay,flushing theEagle passeroutofthepocketthatled toapoorpass andanotherfourthdownpunt.Jones woulddeliveryetagainlaterinthequarter:Onacrucial4th-downconversionwithjustover two minute left in the game, theWildcattight-endturneddefensiveend

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