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HERALDBY AND FOR THE STUDENTS OF HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES

ISSUE 15 February 15, 2002 VOLUME CXXV

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Lottery number 442. That’sright, I’m officially a memberof the “high rollers club.” It’s

an elite group of rising sophomoreswith the worst possible lottery num-bers. However, in a recent meetingwith Sabrina McGinty, Associate Di-rector for Residential Education, sheeased some of my frustrations andshined a littlelight on thechaos we knowas room selec-tion.

While theroom selectionprocess thisyear remainssimilar to that ofthe previousyears, there isone major dis-tinction. That isthe co-signing procedure for stu-dents who are going abroad. Thisyear to eliminate chaos, all studentswho are co-signing will meet on onenight to verify plans.

There has been a wide spectrumof reactions to these hectic coupleof weeks. One is the first year reac-tion, in which I am not going to lie, Ihad. As a “high roller,” I panickedthen flipped out and calmed downafter realizing it wasn’t such a baddeal. Even though these people of-ten get closed out of housing it isalso a known fact that these sopho-mores end up getting much betterhousing after upperclassman leaveschool for various reasons.

Seniors in general, McGintyclaims, have been less prepared thanusual. Because so many seniors de-pend on off-campus housing andonly seventy-three are awarded it,

most people do not make alternateaccommodations. This ends up withmany seniors scrambling at the lastminute for any available housing.

One thing that sets HWS apartfrom many other colleges is the widevariety of living options. McGintysays that many students take advan-tage of all of these opportunities.Between theme houses, co-ops,friendship housing, and O’Dell’sthere are many options to pursue.

Out of the twohundred andeighty applicantsto theme housesand co-ops, ap-proximately onehundred and fiftywere accepted.Many, howeverremain on thewaitlist.

“Co-ops arethe number onechoice right now

because there are so few of them thisyear” said McGinty of the three co-ops on campus, two of which aredesignated strictly for William Smithstudents.

The new theme houses have ap-parently gotten students excitedabout living there because two of themost popular houses this year arethe Gender Dialogs House and theHWS Student Programming House.Along with these two houses, theCommunity Service House is in highdemand. Many housing applicantsapplied on average to three or fourhouses apiece.

While Res Ed has come across afew small glitches concerning indi-vidual students, there have been nomajor problems found in the currentprocess.

“The process is pretty well struc-

Room Selection Rolls

Out For 2002-2003Liz KenneyNews Contributor

As a “high roller,” Ipanicked then flipped outand calmed down afterrealizing it wasn’t such abad deal.

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HWS Winter Break Shortenedto Three Weeks in 2003Courtney BuckmireNews Contributor

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Ellen Goodman enjoys some coffee at the Cafe during Sodexho’sannual Mardi Gras celebration.Festive beads, balloons, andnoisemakers filled the Cafe and decorated Saga as well.

Mardi Gras, HWS Style

For the first time, the faculty wasconsulted in the creation ofthe 2002-2003 academic year

calendar. In previous years, deci-sions concerning the construction ofthe academic year were left to topranking members of the administra-tion. Provost Patty Stranahan, a re-cent addition to HWS, felt it was timeto include faculty opinion in on thedecision.

“Faculty have strong ideas aboutthe way students learn and their

opinions must be taken into consid-eration,” Stranahan said. This year,faculty committees and members ofthe administration sat down to dis-cuss the pros and cons of the exist-ing calendar.

According to Stranahan, facultymembers had been expressing con-cerns about the calendar for sometime. The calendar, the subject of thecooperative effort between facultyand administration, was deliberatedfor nearly four weeks. Professor IvaDeutchman, of the Political ScienceDepartment, sat on the faculty com-

The Herald NEWS February 15, 20022

The Office of Admissions is in need of hosts forMulticultural Weekend, scheduled for Thursday,

February 21 to Saturday, Febrary 23. Please contact JoeLatimer, coordinator of Multicultural Weekend, to share

with him your interest. Questions about hosting, orMulticultural Weekend, can be directed to him at

latimer@hws.edu

Admiss ions Seeks Hos t sfo r Mu l t i cu l t u ra l Weekend

tured. Most of the big glitches havebeen ironed out long before now,”claimed McGinty.

Posters will be hung up this weekconcerning times and dates for roomselection. As the rest of the selec-tion process continues, people willbecome more confident in their op-tions for next year. The rest of the“high rollers club” and I will just haveto be patient.

A relatively young club atHWS, the mock trial teamcompeted in the American

Mock Trial Association RegionalTournament at theUniversity of Roch-ester earlier thismonth. Along thelikes of schoolssuch as Columbiaand Yale, the teamplaced second, ty-ing Dartmouth andfinishing sixth outof 18 teams.

For all those un-familiar with mocktrial, each team gets assigned thesame case and must prepare bothdefense and prosecution for thatcase. This year, the team had to pre-pare a murder case, and next yearthey will have a civil case. On arriv-ing at the tournament, they are toldwhich side they must present. Prepa-ration is crucial to a team’s success,as every member needs to be readyfor anything the opposition mightthrow.

One team member notes, “It’svery unpredictable, just like real

HWS Mock TrialTeam ReturnsVictorious

cases are for real lawyers.”Vicky Henderson, a sophomore

on the team, played a prosecutionlawyer as well as a witness on de-fense, in fact the woman accused ofthe murder. She noted how demand-ing it is to be a prosecutor, as you

have to be aware of allthat is said and be ableto adjust to any diffi-culty. As a witness,she had to learn thecharacter and prepareproper responses toanything the opposingteam’s prosecutormight say.

As Vicky describesit, “It’s a whole lot ofimprovisation, but it’s

fun though.”Senior Cory Missel received hon-

ors at the regional as one of the topfive attorneys competing. He playedthe roles of prosecuting and defenseattorney, and gave the closing re-marks for both sides.

During March 15th to the 17th, theHWS mock trial team will go on toparticipate in the nationals at St. Paul,Minnesota. Anyone who is inter-ested in joining the team should con-tact Professor Scott Brophy.

Katie McGuireNews Contributor

One team membernotes, “It’s ver yunpredictable, just likereal cases are for reallawyers.”

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mittee that helped to make this deci-sion and shared Stranahan’s senti-ment. The modified calendar was cre-ated in hope of addressing these is-sues.

Under themodified calen-dar, the fall se-mester wouldbe lengthenedby one week.This wouldgive the facultyadditional timeto cover neces-sary course ma-terials as well as an additional weekto prepare students for finals. Christ-mas break is shortened by one weekto compensate for the loss of time.

Stranahan and faculty alike hopethis modification will alleviate the

One Side to the Shorter Winter BreakCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “loss of momentum” that students

experience during the holidays. Withless time away from the Colleges,students would ideally require lesstime to ‘get back to the swing ofthings’ and could spend more timefocusing on academics.

Professor Deutchman alsopointed out that the academic yearextension places our calendar “inline” with the academic calendars ofother nationally recognized liberalarts colleges.

Stranahan and Deutchman seethis change as positive. They see thebeauty of the semester extension inthe additional week for summer vaca-tion. The longer summer allows stu-dents to spend more time working andfaculty to spend more time conduct-

ing research.What will

be the stu-dent reactionto thischange? Willthe facultyand adminis-tration see thechange thatthey envi-

sioned or will things remain as theyare? These are questions that willhave to be debated and answered indo time.

Under the modified calendar, the fall semester would belengthened by one week. This would give the faculty additionaltime to cover necessary course materials as well as an additionalweek to prepare students for finals.

Personal Goals of Students Entering HWS in 2001 (Class of 2005):

1. 10% say that becoming accomplished in a performing art is “very important” or “essential” to them.2. 11% say that making a theoretical contribution to science is “very important” or “essential” goal for them.3. 20% consider influencing the political structure to be a “very important”or “essential” personal goal.4. 29% say that writing original poems, novels, or stories or creating artistic work such as paintings or sculptureis a “very important” or “essential” personal goal.5. 30% say it is “very important” or “essential” for them to integrate spirituality in their lives.6. 40% say that it is “very important” or “essential” for them to become very successful in a business of their own.7. For 41% becoming a community leader or participating in a community action program is a “very important” or“essential” personal objective.8. 45% say that it is “very important” or “essential” for them to keep up to date with political affairs.9. 69% say that being very well off financially is “very important” or “essential” to them.10. For three-quarters ( 76%) of the class, raising a family is a “very important” or “essential” direction in theirlives.Sources: All data were drawn from an August 2001 survey of the entire entering class with 521 first year studentsresponding.

C a m p u s F a c t o i d s

Student LifeHERALD PICK OF THE WEEK

Snowball 2002Belhurst Castle, Saturday, 6 p.m.

On February 6, 2002, the HSA ex-ecutive board sent a letter to theHobart deans and President Gearanin the hopes of resolving the recentissues that have come up in theHobart Student Court.

On behalf of the Board, HSATreasurer Jeremy Cooney said,“We’re looking for issues that affectthe student body, to fight the notionthat the student governments don’tdo anything.”

By taking up this issue, HSAhopes to resolve this issue as quicklyand justly as possible.

Cooney continued, “This showsthat the government thinks that thisisn’t a closed door issue -- and thatthe court is worth more than theseven justices that comprise it.”

secured superficial friendshipswith their entire floor. ‘Posses’ and‘crews’ also pack the sec-ond tier- helping to maketier 2 the loudest by far.

The next level is inter-esting. Most tier 1’ersand tier 2’ers wouldn’t becaught dead in tier 3, butthey have failed to realizehow large tier 3 really is.Tier three is the majorityof the school. I see tier 3sitters as not being inter-ested in permeating thesocial walls constructedby the overconfident behavior of tier2 sitters, not to mention the socialagendas of tier 1.

So what’s the point of all this?Easy, in communicating with stu-dents, it helps to know what tier theysit in. During my freshman year, I

was constantly getting turned downfor dates. I was destroyed, my egocrushed, and I was in the process of

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The United States has executed 759 people since thedeath penalty was reinstated

in 1972. Over 90 have been foundinnocent and released, and over3,700 prisoners are held captive inU.S. death rows. According to recentpolls, over half of the country stillaccepts the use of the death penaltyespecially in cases involving multipleor white victims. However, being infavor of the current death penaltysystem is becoming less popularfrom decades past, particularly withindividuals who inform themselvesabout the nature and injusticeswithin. Even some Americans whomare in favor of a criminal justice sys-tem that includes capital punishment,are calling for a moratorium or eventhe abolition of the death penaltysystem in the United States.

This rising movement to questionthe death penalty has unfolded onhundreds of college and universitycolleges across the states includingour own. Visiting speakers, our pro-fessors, and student organizations

have continued a dialogue aroundthe death penalty, and some haveeven felt compelled to take action invarious ways which have includedprotesting, writing and calling differ-ent officials of the government, rais-ing awareness, and countless otheracts of political engagement.

Starting on President’s Day, Feb-

ruary 18, 2002 Refuse & Resist! atHWS invites everyone to participatein the “For Whom the Bells Toll”campaign, which will continuethroughout the term and beyond. Onthe evenings that a prisoner is

scheduled to be executed, the chapelbells will toll to remind us that theday’s execution is a state-sponsoredact that should be seriously ques-tioned and challenged. The Mondaykick-off will include an informationtable in Scandling with bell-shapedcookies as an edible symbol of thecampaign. A follow up teach-in and

Refuse and Resist!Herald Contributors

Refuse and Resist! Urges Studentsto Question Death Penalty

discussion will be held in Coxe 8 from5pm-6pm.

For information on this nationalcampaign, the website address ishttp://www.curenational.org/~bells/index.html This campaign, For Whomthe Bells Toll is being organized byCitizens United for the Rehabilita-tion of Errants (CURE) a criminal jus-tice reform organization which “firstheard of the practice when JaimeCardinal Sin of the Philippines askedthat the Catholic Churches in thatcountry toll the bells to mourn theexecution of a citizen of that coun-try. Bishop Walter Sullivan of Rich-mond, Virginia learned of the prac-

tice in the Philippines, and wrote toall churches in his diocese, ‘I ask alldiocesan churches and chapels withbell towers to toll their bells at 9:00p.m. on November 9, 1999, and onthe evening of every execution untilwe bring an end to this inhumanepractice.’”

filling out transfer applications whenit hit me- My problem was that I wasspitting tier 1 game to tier 3 girls.Rough- Tell me about it!!

So all I can say toyou all is to noticewhere people are sit-ting before youstrike-up a conver-sation. Don’t makethe same mistakes Idid. If a bunch of tier2 people stop byyour room, dig intoyour archives and ei-ther play that DaveMatthews CD forthem or else breakoff a little Europe

‘72. If the tier 1 kids come then NoDoubt, Pink, or Shakira will suffice,and for the tier 3 kids, some Dean

Tier three is the majority of the school. I seetier 3 sitters as not being interested in permeatingthe social walls constructed by the overconfidentbehavior of tier 2 sitters, not to mention thesocial agendas of tier 1.

Martin, Tony Bennett, or SammyDavis Jr.

As for where I sit- Tier one- peaceout.

HSA AddressesStudent CourtProblems

The letter read:It has come to the attention to

the Executive Board of the HobartStudent Association (HSA) that theHobart Student Court has been non-functional since the close of the Fall2001 term. The board has also beeninformed that two justices have re-signed as a result of impedimentsthat have ultimately rendered thecourt inoperable.

The Hobart Student Court is com-posed of seven (7) student justices,elected under the trust and under-standing that they will accuratelyand fairly rule one cases that fallwithin their jurisdiction. They areelected by the students of HobartCollege to adjudicate on relevantinfractions of the Community Stan-dards.

As representatives of the entireHobart student body, the ExecutiveBoard is dedicated to clearing upthis issue as promptly as possibleand is in the best interest of theHobart student body.

We look forward to working withyou in resolving this in a timely mat-ter.

Sincerely, Justin H. Nave, HSAPresident; Aditya S. Parikh, HSAVice President; Karl A. Brautigam,III, HSA Secretary; and Jeremy A.Cooney, HSA Treasurer

Starting on President’s Day, February 18, 2002 Refuse& Resist! at HWS invites everyone to participate in the“For Whom the Bells Toll” campaign.

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By and for the studentsof Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Melissa Roberts ‘02Editor-in-Chief

Carl “Tex” Morgan ‘03and “Dirty” David Diehl ‘05

Opinion/Editorial Editors

Ian Schlanger ‘02News Editor

Benjamin Kenna ‘03Sports Editor

Christina Taranto ‘05Arts & Entertainment Editor

Dave Gordon ‘02Photo Editor

Michael Cabot ‘02Advertising Manager

CONTRIBUTORS

Matt Abramson ‘02 Opinion/EditorialCourtney Buckmire ‘05 News

Anne Dahlin ‘05 A&ECatherine Ghirlando ‘05 A&E

Liz Kenney ‘05 News and LayoutLee Kreiner ‘05 A&E

Katie McGuire ‘05 NewsJonathan Widmark ‘02 A&E

SUBMISSION GUIDELINESIt is the policy of The Herald as a student-run publica-

tion to inform the community of Hobart and William SmithColleges. In keeping with this policy, the Editorial Boardwishes to encourage constructive participation by anymember of the Colleges' community. The Editorial Boardreserves the right to omit, edit or reject any material. Dead-line for all articles is 5 p.m., Monday evening precedingthe issue. No exceptions will be made without prior con-sultation with the Editor-in-Chief. Deadline for all adver-tising is the Tuesday afternoon prior to publication.

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Letters to the Editor are subject to editing for clarityand libel by the Editorial Board. Letters may be submit-ted anonymously ONLY after consultation with the Edi-tor-in-Chief. Letters do not necessarily reflect the opin-ion of the Editorial Board. Suggested length is 400 words

Dina Paulson ‘03Assistant News Editor

Since the fall of Enron, the people ofHouston have wondered what is goingto happen to our beloved baseball park.I am speaking of the home of the Astros,Enron Field. Enron hasn’t failed to payfor it yet, but there is a matter of honor-ing their thirty-year contract with theAstros. Many believe that Enronshould lose their naming rights to thebuilding. In fact, people are so dis-turbed by Enron still owning it thatsome have stopped from buying sea-son tickets. Realizing this problem thead wizards put their head together andcame up with a temporary name. Theballpark at Union Station was their an-swer to the much-tainted Enron name.

As a baseball fan, I questioned ifthe Astros moving out of the Astro-dome was a good idea. I thought to my-self, will there ever be a cowboy on ascoreboard again? Will there be a betterplace to watch my Astros play? Couldthis new stadium live up to what the As-trodome was? I wasn’t sure. My parentsgot tickets in right field the inaugural sea-son. At first I didn’t want to go. But mymom wouldn’t stop talking about hownice it was and how good the seats were.

So I went. I was amazed. In betweeninnings I would talk to Moises Alou,Lance Berkman, or who ever was play-ing right that day. When I got back fromthe game my mom asked me what Ithought. “Nice but it isn’t the Astro-dome,” I replied.

In hindsight my doubt of the new fieldis almost funny. After only a few years,the Astros are once again put in a posi-tion where the arena they play in mightcause them more troubles than any ofthe teams they will play this season. Butwhat makes the situation awkward is thatEnron has things the wrong way around.Enron thinks the Astros might buy themout of their contract. The fact of the

matter is that Enron needs to buy out of itscontract with the Astros. Why do compa-nies need to put their name on stadium?Are advertising rights not enough for them?

The problem is that if anything happensto a company it immediately affects the sportthey have money invested in. For example,

if one company merges with another all ofa sudden you have a new stadium name.Take the Compaq Center. It was originallycalled the Summit. Then Compaq boughtit and changed the name. Now sinceHewlett Packard is merging with Compaq,the new name will be the Hewlett PackardCompaq Center. Is this necessary? I thinknot. Why couldn’t Compaq just buy theSummit and keep the name? Recently moreand more stadiums are getting named af-ter companies but to add injury to insultsome companies are renaming old greatstadiums. This pisses me off. Ask any

baseball fan where 3Com Park is and try notto get punched in the face. It is CandlestickPark. You will never see Yankee Stadiumrenamed to NewYorkTimes.com Stadium.The coliseum won’t be renamed the His-tory Channel Arena. Fenway will alwaysbe Fenway. Soldier Field will always be Sol-dier Field.

I think it is about time that someone laydown the law and say that stadiums can’tbe named by a corporation and that theycan be owned only as separate corpora-tions. This would insure that this whimsi-cal name changing stops and that thepeople that want to see the games couldsee the games. There are only two Stadi-ums I can think of that should be allowed tokeep their corporate names: Wrigley Fieldand Miller Park. There is so much history atWrigley that I think it would be unjust tochange the name. When you think of Mil-waukee, you think beer nothing else. Be-sides those I say we strip Comerica Park ofits name, and all others that fill into the samecategory.

We should force the business out of thegames. I honestly believe that this is ruin-ing all sports. Everything has become toocorporate. While worrying about theirmoney these companies forgot what wasreally important, the fans and the game.

Carl “Tex” Morgan

Matt Abramson

Now since Hewlett Packard ismerging with Compaq, the newname will be the HewlettPackard Compaq Center. Isthis necessary? I think not.

It is now my senior year and I havefinally figured out how the strategicplaces the students choose to sit inSAGA actually offer manifestations oftheir own personalities.

For the sake of this article, let thesection of Saga closest to the food sta-tions be tier 1, the long tables in themiddle be tier 2, and the farthest levelaway from the food stations be re-garded as tier 3.

To the untrained eye, these threesections are just randomly filled withstudents who are looking to enjoy ahearty burger from the Firehouse Grill,or the daily special at Three Squares,but to the expert there is some serious

rhyme and reason to where studentsstrategically place themselves.

Let’s start with tier 1. Tier 1 sittersdesperately want to be noticed by all.Students sit at small table and usuallyhave just jumped out of the shower.Males often are wearing trendy outfitswith more hair gel than Uncle JesseKatsopolis used to use, while girls of-ten can be found sitting in small groupswith fresh coats of make-up, carryingoverpriced handbags, and laughing atjokes that aren’t that funny.

Tier 2 sitters lack the ability to delaygratification. They can’t just play itdown. Groups of freshman occupy thelarge tier 2 tables in an attempt to showthe world that they have already

Tierism In Saga

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Corporate Greed Spoils the American Pastime

Arts & EntertainmentHERALD FLICK OF THE WEEK

Love and BasketballFriday Flix, 10 pm, Geneva Room

If you are looking for a blast fromthe past than The Best of VanHalen Volume 1 is the album for

you! These seventeen songs willpropel you back to the days of youryouth. Those of you who can stillremember the eighties with fondnesswill revel in the sounds of the de-

cade that brought us MTV, Nintendo,and some of the best rock and roll todate. Listening you can’t help butfeel a bit nostalgic, as you turn thevolume dial still higher and higher.

The album includes allyour favorites from “Running withthe Devil,” to “Jump,” to “RightNow.” Whether you hear David LeeRoth or Sammy Hagar on vocals, addEddie Van Halen’s guitar and you

A Trip Down MemoryLane with Van Halen

A s Valentine’s Day approaches we often thinkabout love and relation-

ships (not to mention the commer-cialization of the beheading of SaintValentine....lovely).Last Saturdaynight The Dayprepped us forthis celebrationof love andmartyrs.N o r -mally The Dayconsists of sixmembers: threevocalists, abassist, a gui-tarist, and ad r u m m e r .Touring thecollege circuit,Donn Thomp-son sang andWes Mingusplayed guitar.The will be re-leasing an al-bum later thisyear. Theyhave evenopened forNellie Furtado.

The group was advertised as“hip-hop injected ‘folk funk’” and“visionary soul,” but we found themusic to be much more. They cer-tainly were not the traditional guitarand vocalist duo. Despite the limitscreated by just two performers, TheDay pulled from different culturesand influences to create a unique andvaried sound. Thompson’s clear,jazzy alto reverberated throughoutthe room, while Mingus’ rhythmicclassical guitar-inspired soundrounded out the body of the music.

The Day performed mostly love

songs during their set. They variedfrom basic, trite love songs to morecomplex ones dealing with issues ofcultural and racial differences.“Lover’s Day” called to mind thecomplexities of such relationships.Coming after a slow song, it’s quickbeat grabbed the listener’s attention,while the lyrics tantalized the senses.The situation we all know. “She’s

everybody’s best friend / He keepssounding out her name / They seetheir differences and stare them inthe face / But love is blind, it’s sight-less, but love takes time / Never ask-ing for opinions / Lover’s Day.”

“Under Wonder” broke the lovesong theme of the set. Mingusopened this song with a driving beat,essentially playing four parts on theguitar. He utilized classical guitartechnique by playing both bass andtwo treble parts, while simulta-neously drumming the guitar bodywith his palm. Thompson’s lyrics

The Day: SaturdayThe Place: The CellarThe Time: You Probably Weren’t There

eluded to false patriotism andpeople’s desires to be a part of some-thing bigger than themselves. Th-ompson fed off the guitar’s percus-sive rhythm. She transformed into abeat poet, flinging out syllables and

Listening to The Day was inspi-rational. After the show ended,Owen Oertling told Mingus and Th-ompson, “you know that song about

having a crush? I was thinkingabout the guitar the entiretime.” He told us that hewanted to go back to his dormand play his own guitar afterhearing such amazing music.

Now take a look at that title.Does anything stand out? Justmaybe you noticed the last part:practically no one showed.Only twenty people out of 1,800on this campus came out to seethese artists perform. So at teno’clock where was everyone?Hahaha...we can give a prettygood guess. The Day only per-formed for forty-five minutes, asmall amount of time for stu-dents to show interest in artis-tic pursuits. It was definitelytime well spent.

Students consistently com-plain that there is little to do oncampus, yet every weekend theschool books performers or co-medians for the enjoyment ofthe student body. On average

there are less than twenty attendees;that’s just a little over one percent ofthe student population. Why is ev-eryone so damn apathetic?

For the students who attended,the music and performers were en-gaging and exciting. Maybe you willexperience the same. Just take achance, leave your dorms, experiencesomething new. You might be sur-prised.

Anne DahlinCatherine GhirlandoA&E Contributors

Jonathan WidmarkA&E Contributor

have the sound that kept the beatfor a decade of innovation and pro-gression. Everything from the earlyclassics of “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘BoutLove” to later hits like “Can’t StopLovin’ You” reminds the listener ofjust how good these songs reallywere and continue to be to this day.

Most of you probably havea Van Halen CD from days of oldburied in your collection somewhere.

Dig it out, relax, and let it take youback to the days before we had lec-tures, term papers, labs, and exams.If only for the briefest moment goback to the days of the freedom ofour youth, and remember it fondly.

The Herald A&E February 15, 20026

Now Open Sundays 12-4!

Visions of Tom Cruise flipping bottles in “Cocktail”come to mind among the

students at the Midwest BartendersSchool. The school offers a two-week, 40-hour course to anyone in-terested in the art of mixology. Stu-dents attend class Monday throughFriday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. or from 6to 10 p.m., and Saturday and Sun-day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Classescost $495. Richard Devlin, directorof admissions,started theschool 10 yearsago but hasbeen in thebusiness for 23years. Hes t a r t e db a r t e n d i n gwhen he was18, the legaldrinking age inNew York at thetime. He puth i m s e l fthrough col-lege with the money he made. Hethen worked at several bartendingschools and eventually owned onein San Antonio, Texas, before com-ing to Indianapolis. “Each day orevening the students get a drink les-son for 45 minutes to an hour,” hesaid. “After the lesson they get be-hind the bar, so it’s on-the-job train-ing. The next day they take a quizover what they’ve learned. “They’vegot to learn their sweet and sours,and then they progress to their high-ball juice. That’s where the flashcardscome in.” Many students gain a re-spect for bartending because of thememorization involved. As they pourthe drinks they keep count in theirheads in order to have the rightamount for a recipe. The quizzes con-tain such questions as “The recipefor Amaretto Sour is?” and “What ison your speed rack?” An averageof about 15 students attend each ofthe classes. Instructors like to haveonly a few at a time so that they candevote as much one-on-one atten-tion as possible to them. Most stu-dents are in their 20s and 30s, but

some older individuals have alsotaken an interest. “For some crazyreason, I thought this was somethingI wanted to learn how to do,” TerryGreen, 50, said. “I’m in telecommuni-cations and have hardly had oneminute to study since I’ve signed upfor this class. I’ve been so busy atwork.” There are also college stu-dents taking the course. IndianaUniversity- Purdue University India-napolis visual communications ma-jor Heather Spangler found outabout the school from the Internetand sent an e-mail. She is currently

taking nightclasses. KyleWillis, an ac-counting ma-jor at MarianCollege in In-d ianapo l i s ,said he haslearned about15 drinks dur-ing a three-day period.Behind thebar, studentspour coloredwater from the

speed rack, which represents thecheaper liquors that are most com-monly ordered. A bartender alwaysasks what liquor they want in theirdrinks, such as gin or vodka and thentry to upsell them to a more expen-sive brand. Students take turns or-dering off their students and pick-ing drinks from a recipe book. Theschool has three instructors — BenGoodman, Margaret Langendorf andKyle Houk. Houk also offers an eight-hour flair class on how to flip bottles.Langendorf also put herself throughcollege by bartending. The most shemade in one night was $1,700, whenshe worked at a wedding. She cur-rently works at SangioveseRistorante, 4110 E. 82nd. St., India-napolis. She said she makes a lotmore money than she did in the cor-porate world and has had much morefun without the stress headaches.“One of the great things about be-ing a professional bartender is thatonce you can do it, you can do itanywhere,” she said. “The varietyof drinks, the way you deal with cus-tomers, the confidence you get from

Educational Mixology: StudentsAttend Bartending School

Lana HensleyDaily News (Ball State U.)

a school like this travels with you,so you can work Bar Mitzvahs, fu-nerals, any kind of private party or aprofessional bar, because your ba-sic liquors don’t change, or how youserve your beer or wine.” The schoolhas a 97 percent placement rate forgraduates, who have worked at suchplaces as the Indy 500 Motor Speed-way suites (One graduate made a$1,500 tip off a single drink). Even intimes of economic trouble the busi-ness thrives. “Bartending is a jobthat’s recession-proof, because theworse times get, the more peopledrink,” Devlin said. “Bartending isso much about the personality youbring to it,” Langendorf said. “Weget a lot of shy people in here, andthey say they do stuff at the bar theywould never dream of doing becauseit’s your job to interact with custom-ers. “We’ve had Eli Lilly chemicalengineers, teachers and a radiologistfrom Wishard Hospital taking thisclass, along with every race and na-tionality, because it is individual. Thebartender goes with the bar, andthere’s a bar for everybody.” In thelast five years the school was votedthe No. 1 bartending school in theMidwest, and one of their graduateswas voted bartender of the year byNuvo magazine. The school is fullyaccredited by the Indiana Commis-sion on Proprietary Education andis also a member of the Better Busi-ness Bureau.

Singer-songwriter ConorOberst is a bit of a prodigy.He started his first band at

14, recording two albums before his16th birthday. Under the name BrightEyes, hegarneredw i d e -s p r e a dfame beforehe was oldenough tovote. At 21,he showsno signs ofletting up:T h eDesaparecidos,O b e r s t ’sfourth and latest band, is winningcritical acclaim for its crunchy post-punk.

Of course, opinions are divided.Oberst has long been an artist whopolarizes his listeners. To some, theraw vocal style and self-revelatorylyrics can invite comparisons to NickDrake, Mark Eitzel or even BobDylan. To others, Oberst is a mopey,self-obsessed kid with a knack forwordplay, riding an undeservedwave of hype.

Read Music/Speak Spanish, theDesaparecidos’ debut album, willlend ammunition to both camps.Oberst’s wrenching vocals are asunpolished as ever, and some unfor-tunate lyrics about how the criticswon’t appreciate his return to rockmusic suggest that all that attentionis starting to go to his head.

Delusions of persecution aside,however, this isa very solid re-lease. Oberstturns away fromhis own emo-tions, casting aperceptive andscornful eye to-ward the nega-tive side effectsof America’s ob-session withmoney, fromstrip malls and

sprawl to ruined marriages and un-satisfying lives. The change of fo-cus is fortuitous, revealing Oberst asa songwriter with much more on hismind than adolescent self-pity. Thebest tracks here, like “Mañana” and“Man and Wife, The Latter,” are art-ful indictments of a society so fix-ated on growth and financial gain thatit doesn’t recognize the growingseeds of its own destruction. Theseare heady rebel anthems, resonatingwith rage and emotion.

Oberst’s DesaparecidosBoasts Heady RebelAnthems

Phil LeckmanArizona Daily Wildcat (U. Arizona)

“One of the great thingsabout being a professionalbartender is that once youcan do it, you can do itanywhere,”

Of course, opinions aredivided. Oberst has longbeen an artist who polarizeshis listeners.

The Herald SPORTS February 15, 2002 7

“MVP FACTOIDS”

(Brief facts about HWS intercollegiate athletes reported by Professors Wesley Perkins and David Craig.)

1. 16% all intercollegiate athletes say that their athletic participation at HWS is only “somewhat” or “not very

important,” 69% think it is “very important,” and 15% say it is “the most important part” of their undergraduate

experience.

2. Academic interests: 37% are primarily interested in the social sciences or business, 21% are interested in the arts

and humanities, 16% in the natural sciences, allied health fields or engineering, and 11% are interested in the

field of education.

3. 13% say only one of their five best friends at most is also an intercollegiate athlete, while 52% say that at least 4 of

their five best friends are also athletes.

4. Two thirds (66.9%) believe one should never use tobacco.

Source: Data for all items were drawn from a November 2001 survey of 414 HWS student athletes (86% of all

athletes on campus).

SportsHERALD GAME OF THE WEEK

Hobart Basketball2/15 @Clarkson 8 PM2/16 @St. Lawrence 4 PM

Hobart Squash2/16 @Rochester NOON

WS Basketball2/15 @Clarkson 6 PM2/16 @St. Lawrence 2 PM

WS Squash2/15-17 Howe Cup @Yale

WS Swimming and Diving2/20 NYSWCAA Diving Championships10:30 a.m. - Trials6:30 p.m. - Finals

Sports Schedule

Five Goal Period Leaves Knights Scratching Heads

The Hobart hockey teamlooked to unleash a littlepunishment of their own this

past Saturday after losing their pre-vious two contests by scores of 4-0and 7-1. The team welcomedNeumann College to the GenevaRecreation Complex on the 9th ofFebruary, and let loose with 19 firstperiod shots on their way to a 7-1thrashing of the Knights. Six play-ers tallied multiple points for ‘Barton the afternoon.

The Statesmen netted their firstof 7 goals just 1:41 into the 1st pe-riod, as first-year Andy Kasprczakscored on a power-play, off of somenice passing from Craig Levey andJesse Desper. The team kept the fastpace going with another tally in thefirst, as Levey would score his firstgoal of the afternoon on anotherpower play. After 20 minutes of play,the team led 2-0.

Levey would score his secondgoal of the afternoon in the 2nd,

Ben KennaSavior pushing the lead to three. Two goals

apiece from first-year AndyBoschetto and senior Dan Bushpushed the lead to seven, and thegame out of reach. The Knights (2-22-0) scored their lone goal in the3rd after a Hobart penalty, but theHobart lead was too high to sur-mount. The 7-1 victory by the States-men pushed their record to 8-14-0 (3-4-0 in conference play). Levey’s 2goals gave him a team-leading 10 forthe season, and he also dished outan assist. Desper assisted on 3 goalsfor the team, and first-year forwardMax Levine recorded two assists.Goalies Adam Lavelle, JohnCzaplinski, and Eric Ampuja alllogged quality minutes for the States-men in net. Lavelle and Czaplinskistopped 7 shots, and Ampujaknocked away 4 on the day. The teamplays their final home game of theseason on Saturday, February 16,when they entertain ManhattanvilleCollege. The puck drops at 4 PM.The Herald Sports Departmentwishes coach Taylor and his team

the best of luck.

1st Period

*Andy Kasprczak

(Craig Levey, Jesse

Desper)

*Levey (Desper, Max

Levine)

2nd Period

Levey (Desper, R.C.

Schmidt)

Andy Boschetto (Ryan

Whittaker, John Gluek)

Dan Bush (Chris

Doolan, Chris

Thornton)

Bush (unassisted)

Boschetto (Levine,

Kasprcazk)

3rd Period

No Scoring

At the beginning of every season, players set goals theyhope to achieve as their ar-

duous season progresses. Somestrive to get stronger or faster. Someaim to shoot better, or serve harder.Rob Stewart, Hobart or William Smithclass of 2003 (we can’t really tell),hopes to get a phone number some-time. For every athlete who is par-ticipating in the strenuous 9 gameregular season of Hobart and Will-iam Smith’s ruthless Division III In-tramural Basketball campaign, anearly loss could spell early doom fora team. “There is no time to not be inmid-season form” is the motto of thisyear’s All-Stars, and Ron’s boys tookthis mind mentality to the courts onSunday February 10th, for an open-ing game showdown with the Ex-Athletes.

The art of a Ron Jeremy motionpicture is often met with disdain andcriticism, much like the team thatbears his name. The contributionsby players on the team to the criti-cally acclaimed HWS Herald SportsSection are met with scrutiny anddisparagement. Let me just say thefollowing (Ron Jeremy’s=Greatestteam ever): In no way is the HeraldSports section a forum to over-praise(All-Stars are the best), brag about(no one can beat us), or only applaudthe All-Stars. It is an opportunity toremember the games and play of afew good men, who just happen tobe a part of the greatest team ever tobe assembled, and will neverlose!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now where was I?Oh yeah, the Herald Sports is anequal treatment section.

Anyway, the game proved onething; Rob Stewart, despite weigh-ing in at 34 pounds, can rebound,pass, shoot, run, trip, fall, cry, andstill look good while playing an all-around game. Juniors Chris Connorsand Adam Huke, who played admi-rably despite hounding defense bytheir opponents, led the team on of-fense, while Rich Sinclair was an im-posing defensive presence, as well

All-Stars Begin Quest forChampionship Tee-ShirtBen KennaSports Editor as low-post scorer in the lane. The

other first year All-Stars were impres-sive in their debuts. Ladies manSteve Chabot, the pride and joy of

Keene, NH, simply did not stoprunning on his way to an inspiringdouble-double (12 pts, 742 re-bounds), and Jeremy “Gone Hunt-ing” Archer dropped in 14, whilepulling down 9 boards. Long timeAll-Star and fellow adult film person-ality Adam Guttenplan also chippedin, nailing an unorthodox J from thetop of the key, with rivals draped allover him. With the victory, the All-Stars are where they want to be, andare looking forward to the challengeof the West Division this season.There is one game in particular whereall the stops will be pulled out, andthat occurs on the 18th of Februaryat 8:30 PM, when they take on theKappa Sigma team, coached by thenotorious Nathan Milne. Milne, theself-proclaimed best player in theleague and long lost son of Ron Jer-emy himself (although he boasts 9less inches than his 10 inch father)is the reason for the intensity of therivalry between these two jugger-nauts. Abandoned at birth, Milnehas always possessed a hatred forhis father, as Ron’s good looks andlength were not handed down to hisson. Look for him to hoist around 60bricks. Have a great weekend.

Check outthe walls ofScandling fordates andtimes of allIntramuralgames.

Hobart Hockey2/16 vs. Manhattanville 4PM

(Last Home Game of Season)