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Workers clean the smoke-blackened hallway ofRees 1 the day after the fire. Hopefully, Rees 1will be liveable in several weeks.

At 3:19 am in the morning ofWednesday, October 10th,Rees Hall residents were

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alarms blaring an alert.Many rolled out of bedwishing many evildeeds upon whateverdrunk person hadpulled the alarm andwandered outside tofind that indeed, ReesHall was burning.

First noticed by LexiStern of 746 South MainSt, the Art and Archi-tecture House, andcalled in by Dane Miller,the RA for that house,the fire in the cornerroom spread to the treeoutside and the roomabove it as the residentsof JPR shivered in theparking lot.

According to Resi-dential Education, thefire was caused by anunattended candle inRoom 160, and quicklyspread to the William

Smith student’s blankets and bed-ding. Thankfully, no one was hurt,and the residents of Potter and Jack-son were allowed back into theirrooms at 5:30 am. At 7:00 am, the resi-dents of Rees 2 and 3 were allowedfifteen minutes in the building to

gather whatever belongings theyneeded for the day, but Rees 1 resi-dents were not as lucky.

Since the smoke and water dam-age to Rees 1 was extensive, resi-dents weren’t allowed to clean outtheir rooms until 7:30 that night. Resi-dents were informed at the floor meet-ing held on October 11th that crewswere working around the clock toreplace mattresses, furniture, electri-cal systems, ceiling tiles, carpeting,and furniture; they were also in-formed that it would be 2-3 weeksuntil they could move back into theirrooms. In the meantime, those stu-dents were relocated to opendoubles on campus, men inMiniquad and women on the Hill andJPR.

The Deans and Res Ed workedquickly to ensure the comfort ofthose displaced. All those housedin Rees Hall were allotted $75 creditat T&C Laundromat for laundry anddry cleaning, and were offered theoption of having the cleaning com-pany take care of all soft items forthem. Additionally, Rees 1 studentswere allowed $50 credit at K-Mart,as well as having the school pay forthem to repurchase textbooks at the

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Dina PaulsonNews Contributor

As the 2001-2002 HWS yearmoves into its secondmonth, The President’s Fo-

rum Series resurfaces for anothervery exciting year.

First to visit HWS this year isFrank Sesno, newly retired CNN Se-nior Vice President and WashingtonBureau Chief. From 1996 until re-cently, Sesno managed editorial,budget, contractual, and technicalelements within CNN’s biggest de-partment. Sesno was responsible forover three hundred employees, thehiring of senior editorial and on-airpersonnel, as well as a budget in ex-cess of thirty million dollars. Aspeaker, discussion leader, reporterand analyst, Sesno always stood atthe forefront of major global issues.Previously, Sesno existed as Co-Anchor of Newsday and ExecutiveEditor of CNN Washington. He washost to Late Edition with FrankSesno, in which “political, civic andbusiness” leaders were interviewed,a n ddiscus-s i o n sr e -volvedaroundissuessuch ashighereduca-t i o n ,h o u s -ing, andinterna-t i o n a lterror

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Following the disastrous fire inRees One on October 10, 2001,a directed and intense re-

sponse has involved the combinedefforts of the Residential Educationstaff, Safety and Security, and Build-ing and Grounds.

To look preliminarily at whereHWS stands in terms of fire safety,the 2001-2002 Handbook of Commu-

Administration Investigates Fire PolicyDina PaulsonNews Contributor

nity Standards clearly states itsterms, “The use of open-flame de-vices or other burning materials,such as candles and incense, and themelting of wax to fabricate candles,is prohibited.” The Handbook con-tinues, designating rules for emer-gency usage of fire extinguishers/firesafety devices and detailing proce-dures of fire drills and doors. Thehandbook further notes the use ofcooking appliances is, “strictlyprohibit[ed]” in student rooms, cau-

tion is given for electrical outlet us-age, the prohibition of fireworks andlofts is stated, and specifics for tap-estries and wall hangings are given.According to the Handbook, “Asstudents decorate their rooms, it isvital that they keep fire safety inmind…wall hangings must not covermore than 30 percent of the wall orceiling space in a room…wall hang-ings [should] not cover lights, smoke

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Alan Keyes, former U.S.presidential candidate,will be a President’s ForumSpeaker this fall.

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ism. He served as Anchor to TheWorld Today and International Hour,and acted as White House Corre-spondent during the Reagan andBush administrations from 1984-1991. Previously, he worked in theradio field acting as Correspondentto Associated Press Radio Networkfrom 1978-1984,and News Director toWCFR Radio from 1977-1978. AMiddlebury and Monterrey

Institute of International StudiesAlum, Sesno has made numerouscollege appearances, and receivedtwo Emmy Awards in 1996 and 1993.Sesno was respectively awarded forcoverage of the 1996 Olympic ParkBombing and for the 1993 coverageof Midwest flooding. Sesno appearsat HWS on Monday, October 29, 7:30PM in theGeneva Room.

Our second President ForumSpeaker of the year, Kerry KennedyCuomo, serves as Chair of the Am-nesty International Leadership Coun-cil and has been active in humanrights since 1981. Sparked by out-rage on US Emigration System cor-ruption against El Salvadorian ref-uges, Cuomo has since led over fortyhuman rights delegations in morethan thirty countries. Daughter of thelate Robert F. Kennedy, she serveson the Board of

Directors for the Robert F.Kennedy Memorial, a “non profit or-ganization… address[ing] problemsof social injustice in the spirit of herlate father.” Of the three programsCuomo oversees, she founded theRFK Center for Human Rights her-self, in 1988. The organization wasconstructed to ensure protection ofindividual rights under the U.N Dec-laration of Human Rights. The Cen-ter urges Congress and governmentto “highlight human rights in foreignp o l i c y , ”and pub-licly dis-s e n t sa g a i n s t“ t o r t u r e ,disappear-ances, andrepressionof frees p e e c h . ”Having ap-peared on

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1numerous television programs, pub-lished writings in nationally re-nowned journals, and serving onseveral boards including LawyersCommittee for Human Rights and theBloody Sunday Trust, Cuomo hasbecome an icon for human rightsadvocacy and equality. Cuomo ar-rives at HWS on Monday, Novem-ber 26, 7:30 PM in Geneva Room.

The last President ForumSpeaker is perhaps the most impres-sive of all, Ex Presidential Candidate’96 and ‘00 Alan Keyes. Receivingboth his B.A. and Ph.D. in Govern-ment Affairs from Harvard Univer-sity, Keyes’s impressive politicalbackground began early on. Besidescampaigning for presidency, Keyesserved as Republican Nominee forU.S. Senator (MD) in 1988 and 1992.From 1985 –1988, Keyes acted as

Assistant Secretary of State forInternational Organization Affairs,and previously, from 1983-1985, ex-isted as U.S. Ambassador to UnitedNations Economic and Social Coun-cil. From 1978 through 1983, Keyesworked within the US State Depart-ment. Descending chronologicallyfrom 1983, Keyes was part of thePolicy Planning Staff, the Desk Of-fice of Zimbabwe, served as Consu-lar Officer of Bombay, India, and asForeign Service Officer. A success-ful columnist of World Net Daily, aswell as “Syndicated Radio Talk ShowHost” of The Alan Keyes Show:America’s Wake-Up Call, Keyes’sopinions are publicized, widely ac-claimed and respected nationwide.Keyes exists as President of CitizensAgainst Government Waste (1989-1992) as well as Chairman to Black

American’s Political Action Com-mittee (1988 – present). The writer ofbooks such as Masters of the Dream:The Strength and Betrayal of BlackAmerica (1955), Keyes serves as amajor political spokesperson and ac-

tivist inAmerica.K e y e ss p e a k sThursday,November29, at7:30PM inA lb r i gh tA u d i t o -rium.

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school store. However, studentswere informed that in order to replacepersonal items such as electronicequipment (computers, stereos,PDAs, etc.), their homeowners orrenters insurance agents must becontacted, as only losses due to“gross negligence” are covered un-der the Colleges’ insurance policy.

Until students can replace itemsnecessary for academic life, such ascomputers, the lab in Gulick Hall willremain open 24 hours a day, accord-ing to Brian Young of DOIT. DOIT isalso providing a cleaning/data extrac-tion service for all those whose com-puters were damaged in the fire, andwill provide assessments to insur-ance companies as well.

Student reactions were varied, butat the hall meeting for Rees 2 & 3 onOctober 10th, and at the parent meet-

rector of Residential Education, com-mented, “Administratively, this sortof situation gives you the opportu-nity to refocus your currentprocedure…opportunity to make adifference with that procedure.”Firstly, fliers were distributed to alldormitories earlier this week exhibit-ing a warning to students; “The De-partment of Residential Educationand the Department of Safety andSecurity will be conducting safetyinspections of all student rooms inthe near future.” The sheet listsitems (found in the Handbook),which are prohibited in residencerooms, and asks that students“please put them away and makenecessary arrangements to take theitems home.” Jakubowski also re-ported that, “we are reevaluating ourcurrent fire system,” where talk ofinstalling sprinkler systems in roomsrose as a salient issue. Further a pro-gram directed towards, “heightenedawareness for RA’s,” would belaunched, involving fortified proce-dures and instruction for residentadvisors. Mandatory hall meetingsto focus on how to combat a fire situ-ation will create “personalized evacu-ation plan[s],” to be published forall students. These hall meetings will

ing on October 14th, many expressedreservations about the safety of thebuilding. One frequent comment wasthat the alarms weren’t loud enough;many students slept through thealarm and were woken up by phonecalls or by their roommates or neigh-bors. Paul Bringewatt, of Buildingsand Grounds, responded that whilethe alarm levels were measured at 105decibels in the halls, in the roomsthe levels ranged from 70-74 decibels.Also mentioned was the lack of ad-equate lighting in the halls; many feltthat lighting along the floors wouldhave been helpful, as well as if allthe fluorescent lights in the hallwayshad working light bulbs. Studentsmentioned several that had been outall year. On the whole, however, stu-dents appeared relatively unscathed.Two students were sent to GenevaGeneral Hospital, one for second-de-gree burns and the other for smoke

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detectors heads, windows,bunks, or electricaloutlets…tapestries may not coverentranceways or lofts which ob-struct the view into the room.” Thelast section covering fire safety ismost dense, outlawing certain kindsof lighting fixtures (halogen, touchierlamps), giving specific instructionson outlet usage (“the use of multipleextension cords…is prohibited”)and directions for safely maintain-ing lights in your room.

Procedures for fire alarms are dis-cussed in the 2001-2001 GUIDE toStudent Life, and are explained forstudents. All fire alarms are to betaken “seriously” and a fine of $50will be given to anyone who fails toexit the building during one suchalarm. A computer-based central firesystem, located in the Office of Cam-pus Security, is automatically sig-naled if there is fire danger in any ofthe major buildings on campus. Lo-calized alarm sounds will subse-quently respond in all buildings, andresponse from campus security,Geneva Fire Department and GenevaPolice is immediate.

Immediate campus response tothe event spurned intensified dis-cussion and planning for futurechange. As Jason Jakubowski, Di-

begin focusing on fire safety, andprogress during the year to encom-pass all safety issues. Jakubowskihopes these brochures will create abetter understanding and “increasedawareness” of procedure.

Lastly, the issue of installing fire“alarms” in all residence rooms arose,as fire “sensors” currently exist.Medbury is the only campus resi-dence that has both fire alarms andfire sensors in their rooms (being themost recently renovated dorm) butJakubowski hopes to do the samefor the “rest of campus.”

Jakubowski pointed out that,“Our system functioned properly”when faced with the fire, but asks,“How can we make it better, how canwe make our environment safer?” Hebelieves an increase in educationand awareness concerning firesafety is eminent, and comments,“Safety is one of those things youcan’t do enough of; you can alwayskeep doing more.” He states all rulesput forth in the Handbook serve as“your [the student] contract with thecolleges,” and terms are clearly“spelled out.” Student compliancewith the colleges and its regulationswill play a significant role as this is-sue progresses. Jakubowski con-cludes, “We’ve been working veryhard and we are very concerned forour community; we need continuity.”

inhalation, but many were glad to beunhurt and left with only a lingeringsmoke smell to the hallways. AsAnna Lotze, a Rees 1 (and now Rees3) resident, put it,“I don’t blame [theowner of the candle]. She’s beenthrough a lot, and she’s very trau-matized. I plan to move back, but I’mnot sure everyone will. It’ll be kindof weird. Everyone’s [Res Ed, Secu-rity, the Deans,] been really great,really supportive.”

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Rees160,theroomwheretheblazestarted,wastotallyguttedby thefire.

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“An omission was made in the current Hand-book on Community Standards 2001-2002 re-garding party permits. According to College’spolicy, still in effect, it is necessary to file withthe Office of Student Life and Leadership a re-quest for any party permit 15 working days priorto the event, if alcohol is to be served. The Col-leges will expect all student organizations to ob-serve this rule which will be enforced beginningwith events scheduled after October 26.”

Handbook on CommunityStandards Adds Ommision

Thursday October 11 – TheMake A Wish foundationonce again offered students

an opportunity to vent their frustra-tions while helping those less fortu-nate then themselves in their annualDunk Tank event.

In what is quickly becoming acampus tradition faculty and staffalike, “took the plunge,” for charityas students donated money for ashot at their professor, coach, or fa-vorite staff member. Those who werewilling to take the plunge were: Prof.Ronald Gerrard (psychology),Rachael Lee (Student Life and Lead-ership), Prof.M i c h a e lTinkler (art),Prof. JackHarris (soci-ology), Prof.

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Christine de Denus (chemistry),Mike Hanna (Hobart Athletic direc-tor), Mark Taylor (Hockey coach),and Kevin Dewall ’00 (footballcoach).

By the end of the day Make AWish made $263 from the dunk tankplus donations. The biggest profitscame from the sports staff, whichfound themselves on the hot seatduring the heavy traffic time of lunch.

Student Life and Leadershiphelped out a great deal, even donat-ing a big rubber ball to try to get morepeople to take a shot. Members ofMake A Wish would like to thank allthose involved in the event, andthank them for making this a success-ful and worthwhile event.

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The Federal Bureau of Investigationcould not have predicted the largest ter-rorist attack in the history of the worldhad it been blessed with Cassandra’sprophecy. Moreover, the punctual Cen-tral Intelligence Agency needed only thir-teen years to excel the crippling AldrichAmes failure of 1988. As for the NationalSecurity Council, well, the fact that theagency was literally bombarded by anairliner evinces the council’s deadly ig-norance. Thus, America’s prestigiousintelligence community, to which Ameri-cans devote about thirty billion dollarseach year, was proven to be as accurateas the cheapest city street fortunetellerin predicting the terrorist attacks.

After discerning this perilous intelli-gence failure, one of the first queries thatmay flit across one’s mind is whetherthese agencies should have been able topredict the attacks. In order to acquire atruthful response to this query one neednot scrutinize the intelligence agencies.Rather one must decide whether insensi-tive men reduced to the nature of beasts,or men empowered with a compellingmotive committed these inhuman acts. Ifone believes the truth to be the former,one must acknowledge the difficulty ofanticipating the senseless objectives ofbeasts. However, if one believes in thetruth of the latter, one must conceive ofthe motive for the recent terrorist attacks.

What would impel someone to fly anairliner into the World Trade Center orthe Pentagon? In this particular case,the terrorists were presumably Muslimand are believed to have been cooperat-ing with the infamous Asama bin Ladenand possibly Middle Eastern intelligenceorganizations. So what would impel aMuslim to hijack an American airliner andcrash it into the World Trade Center, asymbol of flourishing capitalism, or thePentagon, a symbol of military compe-tence? What would cause anyone todesire to ruthlessly murder thousands ofpeople in a frightening blaze of incom-prehensible death?

In order to satisfactorily answer theseabhorrent, yet provocative questions, onemust revert to the complex and contro-versial history of America’s presence inthe Middle East. Since 1904 when a mass

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of oppressed Jewish immigrants settledamong the outnumbered and resistantArabs in the Turkish province of Pales-tine, the United States has been directlyinvolved in the historical conflict betweenMuslim and Jewish communities. In 1948the Jewish settlers’ demand for a Jewishstate in Palestine was granted by theUnited Nations, of which the United Stateswas a member and supporter of the mea-sure. The United Nations chose to ignorethe fact that the Muslims, who for genera-tions had lived on the land, formally re-jected this plan and commenced a seriesof violent riots throughout Palestine. Fol-lowing Israel’s controversial and vigor-ously protested birth as a Jewish state,France, Great Britain, and the United Stateseach agreed to defend the nation againstArab hostility and to monitor Israeli peaceagreements. Over the past fifty years sincethis agreement, the United States hassteadily increased its foreign aid, militaryarms sales, and foreign trade with Israel.This friendly and charitable treatment,which is exclusively bestowed to Israel,has been a determining factor not only forthe affluent nation’s prosperity, but moreimportantly for its survival as a Jewishstate surrounded by countries with Is-lamic majorities.

While Israel forged influential relation-ships with the United States and power-ful European nations, its neighboring en-emies, needing equally potent military anddiplomatic support, received their coop-eration from America’s nemesis, Russia.Of course, during McCarthy’s Red Scareof the 1950’s, the United States held incontempt any organizations collaboratingwith communist regimes. Thus, America’srelationship with the majority of MiddleEastern nations deteriorated into mutualhatred and hostility. From the Muslim per-spective, the United States was broaden-ing its political influence in the MiddleEast through the controversial state ofIsrael at the expense of Muslim lives, pros-perity, and jurisdiction of sacred religioussites. During major conflicts between theallied Islamic nations and Israel, such asthe Six Day War of 1969, the military equip-ment with which the United States sup-

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If the air strikes against the Taliban inAfghanistan do not stop, I fear that theremay be such immense protests, within theArab/Muslim world, that its leaders maynot be able to control them. But it is Paki-stan in particular that concerns me. Presi-dent Pervez Musharraf has fired his headof Intelligence along with two of his Gen-erals for harboring pro-Taliban sentiments.Musharraf is himself a dictator who over-threw the previously elected regime in1998 in a bloodless coup. With more andmore anti-American protests going ondaily in Pakistan, Musharraf has a tickingtime bomb on his hands. The police arerepressing each protest/riot with liverounds, teargas, and cudgels, I fear, it isonly a matter of time before events spinout of control. Already pro-Taliban fun-damentalist groups have exchanged gun-fire with police outside airports being usedby the U.S. to fly air strikes. With the tragicbombing of a civilian village by a navy jet,that resulted in four confirmed deathsamongst numerous injured and maimed, itseems as though things may go downhill.

Arab leaders are walking a very thinline by allying themselves with the UnitedStates; they risk being seen as pro-west-ern by their people, whom they are tryingto convince that this is not a fight be-tween Islam and the West, but rather afight against terrorism. It does not helpthat George Bush Jr. called the air strikespart of a crusade against terrorism. Thishas been interpreted by Islamic Funda-mentalists as a revival of the expeditionsby Christians (i.e.-Western powers) in the11th, 12th, and 13th centuries in order to winthe Holy Land from the Muslims.

What all this means is that, with grow-ing pressure against Musharraf Pakistanmay be destroyed. Those Generals andthe Head of Intelligence could create acoup with support from the fundamental-ists? If Pakistan, the only Muslim nationwith nuclear arms, were to fall into thehands of those who sympathize withOsama bin Laden, the consequences arescary. Does this mean that if such a coupdid happen would Pakistan’s new rulerslaunch nukes at us? No. Even if a coupwere to happen, Pakistan would not beable to hit the US with nuclear missiles.

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The Herald OPINION/EDITORIAL October 19, 20016

Recently, NBC devoted an entirehour to issues involving the youthof America, on somewhat sensa-tionalistic topics ranging from coedsleepovers to drug use. A departurefrom the ususal post-Columbine youth cov-erage involving vio-lence, hindsight-drivenpsychoanalysis, andyellow journalism, theprogram was largely in-sightful, and, in a fewrare instances, actuallypositive. Positive cov-erage of our generationis rare, so this effort byNBC to explore the complex andchanging relationships of our gen-eration with the world around uswas laudatory. Or was it?

In one segment, for example, theissue of female body image was ad-dressed in a roundabout waythrough a discussion of the rise inplastic surgery on those under 21.NBC cameras followed two girlsthrough their (brief) counseling ses-sions and surgery (one had a tummytuck and the other had breast aug-mentation, a.k.a. implants). Neithergirl was a perfect physical specimen,but who among us is?

Their testimonials and the requi-site before-and-after shots were fol-lowed by statements from a plasticsurgeon advocating surgery, andone that did not. A fair and balancedapproach to the issue by a respectedorganization, wouldn¹t you say?

Then, of course, there comes thecommercials. Amid the moderatelyannoying barrage of flashing light

Media Tends to Send MixedMessages To Young Women

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and catchy jingles, NBC chose topromote one of its new TNBC (Sat-urday morning Saved-By-the-Bell-esque programming) called AllAbout Us. Apparently NBC thought

that the under 21-demographicwould be avidly watching their spe-cial or simply killing time until FastTimes at Ridgemont High, andsought to make them aware of thistasty Saturday treat. The girls fea-tured in the ad looked to be 16-year-old size twos, shrieking “Oh myGod!” and happily giggling in thecafeteria or at the mall.

Now, let’s stop for a moment anddoublecheck: NBC, while presentinga (fairly) balanced and erudite lookat youth issues, seeks to appeal tosame demographic with shallow pro-gramming so vacuous it makes Temp-tation Island look intellectual bycomparison? Right. Now, this spe-cial edition NEWS programming dis-cusses the scary lengths to whichgirls will go to attain an ‘ideal im-age,’ although without analyzingwhere this ideal image stems from.In light of vapid commercial/show, Ioffer this suggestion: thin air?

It’s shocking that a major media

outlet, after pouring resources intoa quality program that sheds lighton real issues without placing blame,a rarity in television programming,can be so blind to the needs/wants/

desires of thesubjects and is-sues in that pro-gram as to notonly design a one-dimensional pro-gram featuringshallow charac-ters with atypicalbody types, butadvertise suchright after seg-

ments showing the social and psy-chological results of lifetime expo-sure to such demeaning images. Theonly greater sin would be to subse-quently show ads for Dexatrim andDiet Coke. Would a show about al-coholism be interrupted with beerand wine ads? Same principle.

It¹s sad that women of our gen-eration are so insecure with theirminds and bodies that they are will-ing to go under the knife, endanger-ing their health and well-being, toattain a phantom and likelyunfulfilling phantom. I¹m sure we allknow a few. It¹s good that NBC aireda balanced piece on the subject. Toobalanced, perhaps, since the reasonsthese two girls had such issues withtheir bodies went unexplored. But Iguess the commercial break was ex-planation enough.

Kudos, NBC. Work that sensitiv-ity angle.

NBC, while presenting a (fairly) balanced anderudite look at youth issues, seeks to appeal to samedemographic with shallow programming so vacuousit makes Temptation Island look intellectual bycomparison?

-plied the Israelis overwhelmedthe Muslims striving to repossessPalestine.

Quite obviously, this partial in-volvement in the Middle East in-flamed the vast majority of Arabswith hatred and distrust for America,as annihilating life naturally createsmutual hatred and skepticism. How-ever, this communal hatred was cer-tainly not reason alone for the re-cent terrorist attacks. Had the coor-dinated attacks been a public act ofrevenge for America’s involvementin Israel, Palestine’s political causesurely would have been harmed, asYasser Arafat’s ostentatious offer-ing of condolences and blood for thevictims indicated. Since the major-ity of Arabs despise the UnitedStates with fair reason, bin Ladenoften uses this popular opinion togain support for terrorist attacksmotivated by personal feelings ofhumiliation related to the UnitedStates. The most recent and disturb-ing terrorist attacks are a fine exampleof how bin Laden utilizes the plightof the Palestinians and Muslim com-munity to generate broad support forventing his personal hatred againstAmerica.

Yet, one might inquire, if bin Ladenis only using the plight of the Pales-tinians, what is the main source ofhis hatred for America? If one de-sires to reveal possible reasons forbin Laden’s intense hatred, then onemust revert to America’s involvementin the Persian Gulf War. A summaryof America’s “heroic” rescue missionin the Gulf War would lead one toconclude that the majority of Arabsprobably supported America’s rout-ing of the Iraqis. However, if oneresearched the role that Asama binLaden played in the Persian Gulf War,one would reach an entirely differ-ent conclusion than what the sum-mary implies.

As Saddam Hussein ordered histroops to occupy Kuwait, tensionsrose in bordering Saudi Arabia be-cause the Saudis correctly believedthat Hussein desired to seize Saudiland in addition to Kuwait. Of

course, the Saudis knew that theydid not have the military strength todefend themselves from the Iraqis,who had developed a relatively largeand powerful army. Thus, the Saudileaders quickly decided to plead formilitary aid from nations capable ofthwarting the advancing Iraqis.However, before the Saudi govern-ment welcomed the support ofNATO, Asama bin Laden, who wasa Saudi Arabian citizen and one ofthe wealthiest men in the MiddleEast, offered to assemble a militaryforce and to defend his nation. Quiteobviously, the Saudi Arabian gov-ernment rejected his request be-cause they knew that bin Laden’srather absurd proposal would noteffectively halt the Iraqis. Insteadof accepting bin Laden’s offer, theSaudi Arabian government wel-comed the aid of the United States,Great Britain, and other Europeannations.

Of course, this was humiliating tobin Laden. His nation’s military weak-ness required America, the very samenation that had helped suppress hisfellow Muslims in Palestine, to re-press the oncoming Iraqis. Thus, binLaden certainly did not share withthe Kuwaitis the vision of Americaas the liberator. He believed thatAmerica was solely concerned withthe economic and political advan-tages of a second Middle Eastern ally,and not in saving his country froman oncoming dictator. Being a con-spicuously expressive individual, binLaden began admonishing his fellowcountrymen that the proximity ofAmerica’s military bases in SaudiArabia was now contaminating theholy cities of Mecca and Medina. Heprotested the Saudi Arabian govern-ment for permitting American basesto exist near the holy land and sug-gested using violence as a means ofridding the American presence in theMiddle East. Upon hearing binLaden’s message, the Americangovernment urged the Saudi Arabianleaders, who feared for their ownsafety, to exile bin Laden because hethreatened the security of the nationand region. The fact that the Saudi

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America’s HistoryBehind MiddleEastern Lines

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Dear HWS Community,

On behalf of the Art and Archi-tecture house, we would like to thankyou all. Over the past two weeks orso we have received several cards,calls, visits, and flowers from thoseof you who live in JPR, ResidentialEducation staff members, and indi-vidual RAs. We sincerely appreci-

Art and Architecture Says Thanksate the efforts that you all have madeto thank us.

It has come to our attention thatduring the floor and/or individualmeetings that you have had withvarious administrative departmentsmany of you have suggested thatthis school owes us a debt of grati-tude for our involvement in the Reesfire. While we are deeply moved by

these gestures, in the end we are re-ally glad that no one was seriouslyinjured.

Art and ArchitectureHouse 2001-2002

The Herald OPINION/EDITORIAL October 19, 2001 7

It has certainly been an interest-ing weekend, attending toeveryone’s parents being here oncampus! Saga had good food andthe bookstore was open extra hours.In chatting with several parentalgroups, one thing I’ve noticed is thatstudents were NOT the laziest peopleon campus this weekend. Sure, wemight procrastinate, partake is semi-illegal activities, and sleep our week-ends away, but we’re not lazy! Onmore than one occasion, I wasstopped by a parent who asked medirections to here or there. After tell-ing the parental units how to getwhere they wanted to be, the nextquestion was always “is there a park-ing lot over there?”

For example, I was walking out ofthe library on Saturday morning anda parent stopped me to ask whereAlbright was. I pointed to the build-ing and the parent asked me if therewas parking lot over there! I under-stand the need for accessibility withhandicapped persons and the like;but, in my opinion, if you are a healthyable-bodied person, standing next toCoxe Hall headed towards Albright,you can walk. There shouldn’t evenbe a question about parking lots.

As a student here, I’ve found thebattle of the Freshman-fifteen was

solved bythe sheerfact that Ihad to walkeverywhere!Now that Ilive inOdell’s andhave re-s t r i c t e dparking, I’ve

been re-discovering this. I’ve heardmany parents, including my own,claim that their student is lazy be-cause they never leave their rooms.Well, my parents came up one week-end that was not a designated‘Parent’s Weekend’ and found outwhy! I was swamped with home-work! I sit in my room and do work!

While I’m on the topic of parents,let’s talk about the scheduling ofParents’ Weekend. Whose wise ideawas it to plan Fall Break, Parents’Weekend, and midterms all within aten-day period?! Oh hey, let’s makeit more interesting: we can move FolkFest! Don’t get me wrong, none ofthese activities should be eliminatedfrom the schedule, but maybe theywould work better if stretched outover a longer period of time. It mightbe nice to change the schedule tonot include the swarms of rabid la-dybugs that seem to have infestedthe campus in this past week. I don’tknow if anyone else has had a simi-lar experience, but this morning I waspicked up and carried back in by theladybugs! I haven’t been able tobreak out yet. Maybe all the male-ladybugs are retaliating against theirfeminine association.

Students Are NotThe Only Lazy

Letter to the Editor—

I would like to respond to an edi-torial entitled, “Hidden Mending”that appeared in the October 5th is-sue of The Herald. As a StudentTrustee and co-sponsor of theMending Wall (with William SmithCongress and Hobart Student As-sociation), I would like to answeryour concerns about the location ofthe Mending Wall.

First, thank you for contributingto the Mending Wall. As you men-tioned in your editorial, it was in-tended to create a “physical mani-festation” of the “sorrow and sup-port” of the HWS community. Whenthe Student Trustees and the execu-tive boards of HSA and WSC satdown to discuss an appropriate stu-dent response to the tragedies, weall felt an immense need to “do some-thing.” The Mending Wall and theconcurrent Coin Drive that was held

in Scandling Center were the resultsof our conversation.

Our original plan was to place theMending Wall on the first floor ofScandling, near the entrance to Saga.After some discussion with WilliamSmith Dean Debra DeMeis, we de-cided that this might not be the bestspot for something that would surelyinvoke strong emotions—both posi-tive and negative—from everyonethat passed by the wall. DeanDeMeis (in consultation with sev-eral of her colleagues) spoke to JeffDulko, a counselor at Hubbs. Dulkoexpressed concern that the wallmight create an adverse reaction tothose who were deeply affected bythe tragedy, thus forcing them backinto a state of shock or grief. Plac-ing the wall next to Saga—an ex-tremely high area of student traffic—may have upset as many studentsas it would have helped.

The last thing that wewanted to do was to hurt some stu-dents while simply trying to do some-thing to help. Therefore, in consul-tation with the other Student Trust-ees and Amy Dundas, the Vice-

President of WSC, we decided toplace the Mending Wall on the sec-ond floor of Scandling. As younoted, “who goes to the secondfloor of Scandling?” Unfortunately,not as many students as we wouldhave liked. But, signs were placedon the first floor that directed stu-dents upstairs if they wished tocontribute to the Mending Wall. Itwas important that students weregiven the option to see the wall.

Hopefully, I have answered yourquestion, “Why keep this hiddenon Scandling’s second floor?” Wecertainly weren’t trying to hide any-thing. We just wanted to insure thatstudents weren’t forced to re-expe-rience any pain or sorrow when thereal intent was to foster healing.

Although the Mending Wall hasbeen taken down, the commentsthat students contributed have beenplaced on the threaded discussionboard that can be found on the DailyUpdate. I encourage all students tobrowse this page and add their owncomments.

WS Senior TrusteeExplains Reasons ForHidden Mending

Reneé Conklin

Arabian government acted onAmerica’s suggestion simply dis-gusted bin Laden, who promptly fledto Afghanistan and involved him-self in the Taliban’s efforts to estab-lish a ruling regime in the warringregion.

There exists another ambiguousconcept requiring clarity. From theevidence presented thus far, onecould rightfully question why aSaudi Arabian citizen would be soupset with the plight of the Pales-tinians. After all, one could relate, aCatholic American would definitelynot be so upset if the Mexicans weresuppressed for fifty years as the Pal-estinians have been. There is a per-fectly reasonable response to thiscommon inquiry. Since the Islamicexpansion across the Middle East,Eastern Europe, and Western Asiain the eleventh century, the Muslimcommunity has remained united de-

spite copious political divisions.When interacting with each other,Muslims respect their common spiri-tual beliefs and not the political dif-ferences to which Americans oftenadhere. Also, the Koran states thatAllah views each Muslim, regardlessof monetary wealth, nationality orethnicity, as equal to another. Thusthere are no superior social castes inMuslim nations, which often coop-erate in order to defeat an enemy ofthe “Nation of Islam.”

After delving into logical motivesthat would incite a human being tocommit an inhuman act, one realizesthat America’s partial presence in theMiddle East has provided fuel for theMuslim terrorist campaign. Asamabin Laden has been able to use thePalestinian cause to compel his fol-lowers to commit inhuman acts thatexpress his intense hatred for theUnited States. Since the fuel for thiswidespread terror can be traced to

the history of America’s involvementin the Middle East, one would ex-pect that American intelligence agen-cies would be able to secure the na-tion from the wrath of its own influ-ence. One would expect that Ameri-cans would know of their influencein the Middle East and anticipate theoverflow of the terror that their gov-ernment has stirred for so long. Onewould expect that human beings, theonly rational creatures known to ex-ist, would realize that political powerand economic advantages are com-pletely meaningless when comparedwith the value of a single life. Forwhat do money and power mean toAmericans when war has raped usof our security, seized our happi-ness, and left us with bottled hatredthat screams to spin us on this sickcarousel of death once again?

Chris Vredenburgh

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The majority of their missiles (30)have a max range of 350 kilometersand the other eight missiles, withlonger ranges, can only travel 1,500kilometers. I

If Musharraf were to be over-thrown and pro-Taliban elements didseize power, the thought of Osamabin Laden having access to nuclearweapons scares me more than any

chemical or biological threat. Whois to say that he couldn’t find a wayfor a warhead to be smuggled intothe country? So we better hope thatthe air strikes don’t go on too muchlonger, as with each bomb droppedOsama gains more support. This ison top of the millions that alreadyview him, as a hero for causing suchimmense pain and suffering to theworld’s only remaining superpower.

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Air Strikes Threaten

Chris Roffe

Arts & EntertainmentHERALD FLICK OF THE WEEK

Kiss of the DragonFriday Flix, 10 pm, Geneva Room

On October 13th, Paul TaylorDance Company, known asAmerica’s premier modern

dance group, danced in front of whatfelt like all of Geneva at the SmithOpera House. The program was splitinto three pieces, each with their ownpersonality. This allowed the entireaudience to enjoy the performance.

Oh, You Kid was their first piece.I laughed, I cried, I was horrified andI left feelingsatisfied. It waslike having sex.The laughingwas due to thefabulous per-formance in thesixth part. Thispart consistedof a baby smok-ing a cigar, abad guy drag-ging the damselin distress tothe railroadtracks, a pre-tentious man who seemed to be aDudley Do-Right imposter, and adrunken man wobbling around thestage. This entire section was awonderful tribute to every silentmovie ever made. It was set to AnOperatic Nightmare- how ironic.My crying was caused by the ro-mance in the second part. The titleMeet Me in Dreamland I believesays it all. It was very sentimental. Iwas very surprised to see what wastaking place in the fifth part. It wasset to Drumology, whatever thatmeans. The dancers came out wear-ing white hoods. My only hope isthat it was a mockery of the Ku KluxKlan, for the way that they weredancing it was rather buffoonish.

Counterswarm was the secondpiece. I saw a lot of the Martha Gra-

Paul TaylorDancers Mixture

of Emotions

Watch out! America’ssleepover bank robbersare on the loose in direc-

tor Barry Levinson’s “Bandits.”Long-haired Joe Blake (Bruce

Willis) is the brains of the operation,and neurotic Terry Lee Collins (BillyBob Thornton) is his pathetic side-kick. The two bad guys break out ofan Oregon state penitentiary in agreat scene that pairs the men’s ac-tions with the Led Zeppelin song“Gallow’s Pole.” They proceed torob tiny banks by showing up atbank managers’ homes and spend-ing the night before quietly escort-ing them to work and robbing theirbanks the next morning. This is howthe duo earns the Sleepover Banditsnickname. They want to stealenough cash to move to Mexico andstart a resort where they can weartuxedos and serve cocktails to tour-ists.

The movie’s best part is the cos-tume design. Hiding out from the lawcan be difficult when you’re two es-caped convicts, but Blake andCollins do it in style. In one scene,they raid a man’s closet and walk outdressed to a T in plaid sweater vests,pastel knickers and argyle socks.Collins loves to add wigs to his at-tire — he sports white and blackones with variations on sideburnsand mustaches.

After each bank robbery, the duobreaks apart for two weeks so eachcan get some down time. During onechance encounter, Collins is hit bylonely housewife Kate Wheeler’s(Cate Blanchett) Mercedes Benz.Wheeler is desperate to get awayfrom her deadbeat husband and islooking to make some excitement ofher own. Despite Collins’ objections,she becomes an accomplice to therobberies.

It seems as if each bandit insertspart of his real psyche into his role.In real life, Billy Bob Thornton hasoften talked about his paranoia. Heis afraid of flying, crowds, antiques,clowns and mimes, among other neu-roses. In turn, Collins also gripesabout his fear of antique furniture.Bruce Willis is a suave ladies’ manwho has more charm than brains. Heeven compliments a woman on herdress as he steals her car.

Here’s where the plot takes awrong turn. Blake falls for Wheelerjust as Collins falls for her. Both menbecome more focused on their lovelives rather than robbery strategies,and it’s about to get them caught bythe authorities.

Even as Wheeler’s husband goes

‘Bandits’ steal fewscenes, forget rest

ham, or Robin Williams impersonat-ing Martha Graham, (for those ofyou have seen “The Birdcage” thatwas for you). There were two setsof dancers, the purple and the reds.The purples were the less aggres-sive of the two groups, and the redswere extremely aggressive. I wasgiven a definite impression of whatthe dance was about ten seconds into the movement between the titleand the music. There was a sort“buggy” feeling to it. In the begin-ning, I got the impression that I was

seeing a prey-ing mantisand a Venusfly trap. PaulTaylor did aw o n d e r f u ljob creatingthis piece.

The finalmost famouspiece pre-sented wasEsplanade.Esplanade isbasically ev-eryday move-ment set to

unusual rhythms. It is an unusualpiece in general, for it is set to Bach.I noticed that there was one womandressed as a man, and as I look backon the performance I still don’t un-derstand the significance of it. Thefloppy movements of the dancersreminded me of the scarecrow fromthe Wizard of Oz.

Paul Taylor Dance Company dida wonderful job in this performance.It created many different reactions.I know one person who actuallywalked out after the first piece. Thewoman sitting next to me really en-joyed the performance, while thegentleman on my right actually fellasleep. One can only say, “Each tohis own.” There are dance buffs, anddance idiots. Which are you?

A&E Contributor and EditorKori RumoreThe Maneater (U. Missouri)

I saw a lot of the MarthaGraham, or RobinWilliams impersonatingMartha Graham, (for thoseof you have seen “TheBirdcage” that was for you).

Maureen McCollumChristina Taranto

on television to plea for her safe re-turn, she decides she’s enoughwoman to be with both Collins andBlake. This movie is fun to followuntil all the relationship junk startsto take away from the robberyscenes.

Willis and Thornton are believ-able bandits, but what bandit wouldreally sacrifice money for love?Blanchett shines as a convincinglyinsane housewife, but her obnoxiousantics in some scenes will make youwish someone would just slap her.

“Bandits” premiered second inbox office returns this week but isstill worth catching in a matineeshowing — especially if you thinkWillis is a hottie.

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The Ironman Antichrist is back after asix-year hiatus from writing and producing new music and he has evolved into

something that is alittle gentler. Gone arethe days of biting theheads off small crit-ters. I know that it isshocking to hear, butOzzy Osbourne hasproduced a new albumentitled Down toEarth.

Now before all youOzzy metal heads startthrowing large break-able projectilesaround your room in amad rage, let meclarify this situation. By Ozzy’s own admis-sion, “I’m not the kind of person you think Iam…I’m not the Antichrist or the Ironman.”This, however, does not mean he has turnedinto a Backstreet Boy. With the exception of afew tracks, this album could not be confusedfor anything other than his classically hardrock or metal sound. Ozzy may be close to fiftybut he can still frighten little kids with his dis-turbing lyrics and thumping guitar solos.

The once drunken animal abuser hascleaned up his act just a bit and it shows onthis album. Aside from the lyrics, “but I stilllove the feeling I get from you [the fans]…Ihope you never stop, because it gets me

through,” this albumis solid rock with amuch cleaner sound.Ozzy has created asound that is lightyears ahead of thepreviously dirty throbof vintage Sabbath.

If you are a Sab-bath fan this album isa must. While it is aninteresting evolutionin the life and soundof Ozzy, it is also a re-freshing change fromthe over produced

sludge that dominates Rolling Stone covers.The mainstream music media may ignore rockand roll but this album clearly shows that it isnot dead.

But then again, you probably shouldn’t lis-ten to me. I’m just doing this for the free CD’s.compliments of Area Records. They alwayshook me up with great cutting edge music.Everyone should stop by and chat with themsome time.

Ozzy Strikes BackDave Gordon

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Contact WSC President Darya Welker (welker@hws.edu)or WC President Kelly Anthony (anthony@hws.edu) for

registration forms or to sponsor a walker.

By Ozzy’s own admission, “I’mnot the kind of person you thinkI am…I’m not the Antichrist orthe Ironman.” This, however,does not mean he has turned intoa Backstreet Boy.

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The Herald SPORTS October 19, 2001 11

Unbelievable. Kill me now. Ican’t go on any longer. Theshow must go on, as we all

know, all the way through October,and the game of baseball is nowdown to four teams. Four teams allstriving for a World Series ring. Andof course, much to my utter, total dis-may; those guys from the Bronx arestill around. Like a rash on my area,the New York Yankees irritate me.They hurt me. Every year they un-leash unthinkable and excruciatingpain on my poor soul. Those Bomb-ers once again proved their Octoberexperience in making one of the mostimprobable comebacks in the historyof baseball, doing something that noteam has ever done. Down, out, oldand looking very vulnerable, theYanks took three in a row from ayoung Oakland A’s team after los-ing the first two games in vauntedYankee Stadium. This is somethingthat has never been done before inthe history of baseball. Think aboutthat, the HISTORY of baseball.When Ty Cobb was roaming theoutfield it was never done. WhenChristy Matthewson was pitchingshutout after shutout, it was neverdone. When guys like Williams,DiMaggio, Aaron, Mays, andRobinson were playing, it was neverdone. And now it has been done. A2-0 lead in a best of 5 series is nolonger safe, and we have the 2001New York Yankees to thank. Andbelieve me, I will not thank them.

This series against Oakland couldnot have been going any better.Mark Mulder and Tim Hudson domi-nated the Spanks in the first twogames, winning 5-3 and 2-0 respec-tively in the House that Ruth Built.Heading back to Oakland youcouldn’t help but feel good. Andthen…..I really do not know whereto begin. Words do not exist in thehuman vocabulary to express whathappened in the next 3 games.Things in life aren’t supposed tohappen they way they did, and base-ball players do not make the playsthat Derek Jeter made.

GAME THREE: Two out for Oak-land, Jeremy Giambi on first base.Terrance Long, the hottest hitter forOakland, laces a shot down the firstbase line. Giambi, not known for hisspeed, is racing balls to the wallaround the bases, as right fielder

Shane Spencer is chugging towardsthe ball. Spencer retrieves the ball,and uncorks a wild throw, over-throwing both cutoff men. Giambirounds 3rd, and heads for home. Ifyou blinked in the next 2 seconds,you missed, quite possibly, one ofthe greatest plays ever (based onscenario, score, and momentumshifting). Period. And I’m a RedSox fan, saying that a Yankee is re-sponsible for one of the greatestplays ever. THAT’S HOW GOODIT WAS . Jeter, seeing that the ball isslowly rolling to home, recognizesthat Giambi will score. Full speed,Jeter picks the ball up, flips it like aquarterback flips an option to JorgePosada, who tags Giambi out a milli-second before he touches the plate.Inning over, rally thwarted, lead pre-served. Pressure, poise, Octoberexperience. Yanks win an epicmatchup 1-0. Shoot me.

GAME FIVE: Once again, the A’s(after booting away this game witherror after errof), are staging a come-back. And once again it’s Jeter toruin everything. This time it’s Jetermaking a play in foul territory. Hohum, you say, it’s only a foul popup.Nope. Jeter sacrificing his body doveinto the stands and lands hard onhis back, risking injury to make theplay. And of course he made it. Anyother team, the wind would havedrifted the ball 6 inches, and beencaught by a fan. Any other team, afan would have taken away the ball.Not the Yanks. Yanks win 5-3. Se-ries over, hope Oakland enjoys theirgolf season.

Now it’s up to the Seattle Mari-ners to dethrone the Yankees. TheMariners won 116 games in the regu-lar season. They lead the league inevery offensive, defensive, andpitching category. They have twoMVP Candidates, and the runawayRookie of the Year. They were takento 5 by the Cleveland Indians, butscrapped two out two wins, and lookprepared for their next obstacle.When they take the field against theYanks, it’s a new series, and anythingcan happen. As is the case everyOctober, anything always does.

BASEBALL GODS WORKIN MYSTERIOUS WAYSBen KennaBrewer, Patriot

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Enough said...

In perhaps the most bittersweetvictory in the history of sports,Team Project received a “W” in

the left hand column due to a forfeitthis past Monday night. The Projectwere flat out bedazzled by the op-posing team Kenny’s and wereoutscored 35-16. Notice I did not say“lost”, due to the game not register-ing because of forfeit. Nonetheless,everyone’s favorite intramuralwunderkinds forged their way out toa 3-1 record, two of their three winscoming in the form of a forfeit. Onemore win and TeamProject may besmelling Super Bowl.

However, late word out of train-ing camp early Tuesday morning,shook the Intramural sports worldand the Hobart and William Smithcampusmore than a tomahawk mis-sile rocks Kabul, Afghanistan. TeamProject owner,offensive coordinator,defensive coordinator, special teamscoach, advanced scout, VP of playerpersonnel and general manager,Chris Connors decided to make a

HWS Cross Country10/20 Rensselaer Invitational TBA

Hobart Football10/20 @Alfred 1:30 PM

WEOS

HWS Sailing 10/20-21ISCA Singlehanded Championships @QueensHoyt Trophy @BrownStu Nelson @USCGAKing’s Point Fall Dinghy Regatta @KP

Hobart Soccer10/20 vs. Alfred 12 PM10/24 @Hamilton 3 PM

William Smith Field Hockey10/19 vs. Vassar 4 PM10/20 vs. Rensselar 2 PM

William Smith Soccer10/20 vs. Cortland 2 PM10/24 vs. Rochester 3:30 PM(last Regular Season games)

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change. Statesmen football standoutNate Milne was named head coach,much to the dismay of Connors, whoheld a bigger monopoly over theProject than Microsoft over middle-class Americans. But even ol’ manConnors knew it was time for achange.

Rob Stewart in shock, threatenedto quit the team, only to find out thatif he indeed follow through with hisplans, he might be missing some fur-niture in the days to come. Stewarthad no comment. Mike Gerard, starreceiver applauded the decision,fighting back against management.Gerard who has knowingly bickeredwith the front office all season long,due to a miserable contract discus-sion in the offseason, decided to venthis anger in the postgame. “If youthink I’m not worth the extra $3 mil-lion per year than trade me.” HeyMike, blame your agent, not man-agement. But good game this pastweek and I loved the touchdowngrab. Starting quarterback Ben

Weiss increased his touchdown to-tal but not his fan support. Late inthe game Weiss quarreled with anopposing fan and was promptlyfined by owner Connors. The Projecthave their problems but are sittingpretty at 3-1. A long hard week ofpractice and extra-cirriculars shouldhave them ready come Monday.Now without further ado...

Rob Stewart Statline: 7 passbreakups, completely shreddedpants, bummed ankle (due to lack oftape), 3 tackles, 1 catch, 1 fumble, 8pancake blocks, “one helluva carpetburn”, and two playa-hates from theraucous turf stadium crowd. HeyRob, you’re not a playa, you just ripyour pants a lot...

CONNORS CORNER Project Win, FrontOffice Shakeups FollowChris Connors

Male Nurse

Mariners in 6..Please God*Sports Editor

Congratulations to the HWSSailing teams for placing 1st atthe Navy Fall Invitational and 2ndat Yale Women’s Intersectional.

SportsHERALD GAME OF THE WEEK

Hobart Soccer vs. AlfredSat, 10/20 NOON

Statesmen Politically Correct DiplomatsChris ConnorsNY’s Finest

If the last three Hobart Statesmenfootball games are a foreshadowing of what is to come, opposing

upstate New York gridiron warriorsshould have their heads on a swivel.The Statesmen have compiled athree game win streak and during theride, they have steamrolled the likesof St. Lawrence,U. of Rochesterand this pastS a t u r d a y ,Franklin &Marshall. TheS t a t e s m e nproved in 2000that they werethe real deal, andthey are out toprove this year,that last year’sNCAA berth andvictory were nofluke.

On October13th, Hobartagain poweredtheir way pastyet another op-ponent, the Dip-lomats, with adominating run-ning game led byfirst-year TyGodinho andjunior JeromeBrown and aquick strike passo f f e n s ecaptained bysophomore quar-terback Craig Swanson. In total theStatesmen (4-1) hung up a gaudy 525yards of offense enroute to the 44-0victory. The defense put togethertheir second shutout in the pastthree games and allowed a stingy185 total yards. Tim Booth receivedUCAA Defensive player of the weekhonors for his 7 tackles (5 of whichwere for loss), 2 sacks and his gamewinning safety in the first quarter.

Booth’s safety helped cure theStatesmen’s scoring slump in the firstquarter as the offense had struggledon its first couple possesions. Earlyin the second quarter a 66 yard drivewas capped off by a Godinho touch-

down run through the gut of the de-fense and into the endzone. Godinhofinished with 103 yards rushing onthe day and earned his third straightUCAA Rookie of the week honor.Just over three minutes later, CraigSwanson connected with fellowsophomore Jermaine Patterson for apretty long ball, and a 55 yard recep-tion to paydirt. ‘Bart led by 16 at the

half and busted the game wide openin the third quarter. Junior JeremyArcher caught his first touchdownon the season, John Holleran ran 42yards to the house and CraigSwanson called his own number fora 5 yard scamper.

The Statesmen would lead 37-0after three. Sophomore quarterbackJustin Morrison closed out the scor-ing in the fourth quarter with a tan-talizing 25 yard run which featuredmore strategical moves than a chessmatch. Morrison weaved his way inand out of the Diplomats defense fora marvelous run that energized thestanding-room only crowd atBoswell Field.

The junior signal-caller for theDiplomats Dave Makson was oftenleft out to dry as the Statesmen wereable to create teriffic inside pursuitand blitzed through the Franklin &Marshall offensive line all daylong.Makson however was admirable indefeat throwing for 139 yards andhitting receivers many a time righton, only to have the pass catchers

not playt h e i rproper role.B r i a nC o g g i n sm u s c l e dout 53yards onthe groundfor theDiplomats.

Help-ing to pre-serve thes h u t o u tf u r t h e rwere juniordefensiveend MattDaley whototaled 1.5s a c k s ,s o p h o -m o r eT r i v e l lMaxwe l lw h oc o r r a l e done sacka n ds o p h o -more David

Szentesy who continued his spec-tacular defensive play with five tack-les. Hobart travels to take on theAlfred University Saxons this Satur-day at 1:30pm. The Statesmen hopeto improve to 5-1 and march closertowards yet another NCAA Tourna-ment berth. Catch the game live on89.7 and 90.3 WEOS FM, your voicefor Hobart Football.

ABOVE:Junior running back JeromeBrown (#6) holds onto thepigskin as he’s brought downby a F&M defender.

photo by Dave Gordon

Home field advantage, as inthe case of the Yankee/A’sseries when the visitors won

4 of the 5 games, is not taken advan-tage by some sports teams. Thisdoes not apply to the 2001 WilliamSmith soccer team. The Herons, whohave played 8 of their last 9 games atthe friendly confines of John H.Cozzens, Jr. ’41 Memorial Field, havesteamrolled past all competition whohave walked onto their home turf.After a close 1-0 win over Hamilton,and an easy 5-2 victory over St.Lawrence, the Herons welcomed theGolden Knights of Clarkson for aSaturday afternoon matchup. TheGolden Knights came in with arecord of 4 wins, 8 losses, and 2 ties,and were looking for their first con-ference victory. The Herons, win-ners of their last 8 contests, werepoised to unleash a scoring gaunt-let unprecedented in 2001 UCAAWomen’s soccer.

Trying to be David, the Clarksonteam was no counterpart to theGoliath Herons. From the openingdrop, it was clear that this day be-longed to the Herons. Just two min-utes and thirty-three seconds intothe game, junior Kristen Perrigonotched the first of four assists onthe first of two goals on the day by

junior Maria Paoff. A measly 32 sec-onds later, senior Felica Crump as-sisted on Perrigo’s lone goal of theafternoon, as the floodgates beganto open. Two to nothing, Herons,with only 3 minutes having beenplayed. The Herons netted threemore goals in the first half, leading5-0 with 45 minutes to play.

The second half posed manymore problems for Clarkson. Seniormidfielder Lauren Wendell picked upher second goal of the day in the52nd minute on Perrigo’s 4th assist.Also scoring for the Herons in thesecond half were junior AlysonStachura, junior Amy Pendergast,and first-year Caroline Wenzel. Allin all, the Herons tallied a might 9goals on the afternoon to Clarkson’szero. Goalies Leah Cornwell andMelissa Buovecchio split the shut-out on the day for the 12-1 Herons,winners of nine in a row. The Her-ons pelted Clarkson for 18 shots ongoal to Clarkson’s two. This was anice day for the Herons to rest somestarters and have a little fun, as theylook to make noise in the NCAA Tour-nament. The team takes on Cortlandthis Friday at 2 PM, and is back onthe field for their final regular sea-son game, on Wednesday the 24th

when they take on Rochester at 3:30.Good luck to the team, and the coach-ing staff.

Heron Soccer BlastGolden Knights, 9-0Ben KennaMotivational Speaker

First-year Christina Stevens (#16) gives a free lesson on skillphoto by Dave Gordon