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As a Gentleman of HobartCollege I must express my ex-treme displeasure with theconduct of certain members ofour community. Several situ-ations have arisen in the firstfew weeks of school thatshould shame us as “States-men.” Most of you are prob-ably unaware of this behav-ior, and it may just be that theconduct is nothing new, butrecently apparent. However,I intend to make every stu-dent at HWS aware that suchuncivil behavior reflectspoorly on all of us as men.

Many of these problemsstem from intolerance of oth-ers, and to you individuals Iwould respond—we as a stu-

dent body should be intolerantof you. I will agree that we allhave the right to disagree withone another; however, we do nothave the right to make othersfeel shame for personal choicesor circumstances out of theircontrol. I would urge the gentle-men of this college to protectour stately heritage from theserepugnant comments.

Let’s leave “guy talk” for thecompany of guys. Just as weshould be able to make the dis-tinction between private andpublic conversation, so shouldwe also be able to discern ap-propriate conversation in thepresence of women. I no longerwant to hear a statesman tell aWilliam Smith student, or any

Uncouth StatesmenBrandon Carmack, Vice President of HSG ‘07Contributor

woman in general, that she istoo ugly to attend yourorganization’s functions. I nolonger want to hear a so calledstatesman tell another states-man to not allow someone intoa party because he had (par-don the direct quotation) “al-ready had her and she was abad fuck.” And I will not tol-erate the appalling physicaldisrespect of women by any in-dividual, especially the stu-dents of this college.

Gentlemen of this college, Idemand that you act in a civilmanner and treat each other, aswell as the students of ourcounterpart, with respect be-coming of a true Hobart States-man.

FFFFFacultyacultyacultyacultyaculty ArtsArtsArtsArtsArts ShowShowShowShowShowOn Friday, September 8, a

public reception was held forthe Faculty Art show that isscheduled to take place in theHoughton House Gallerythrough September 25. Theshow features ten Art Depart-ment faculty members. Theprofessors in the departmentwho will be exhibiting work in-clude A.E. Ted Aub, LaraBlanchard, Mike Bogin, ElenaCiletti, Rick Hauser, MarkJones, Colette Quagllia,Nicholas H. Ruth, KathrynVaughn and Phillia Yi.

The Friday reception be-gan slowly, with pockets ofindividuals making their wayto the Houghton Housegradually as the evening pro-gressed. The event was anintimate gathering character-ized by curious students aswell as members of the HWSfaculty. Lisa Kaenzig, first-

year Dean of William Smith, wasseen talking to colleagues whileviewing Professor Mike Bogin‘sseries entitled Galapagos, whileProfessor James Crenner fromthe English Department enteredHoughton House after a briefsurvey of the new surroundingsthat have emerged around thebuilding.

Ted Aub’s three bronzesculptures entitled Ajuma,Ajashi and Mues euM were theonly sculptures on display. Eachsculpture was done in 2004while Professor Aub was inSouth Korea on sabbatical,which helps explain each of thetitles. “Ajuma” and “Ajashi” areKorean words that equate to theEnglish “Miss” and “Mister”“There’s a sense of gender aswell as an east/west inspirationto the names,” said ProfessorAub. “Mues euM” is a referenceto the idea of a yin and yang,and also is a title of worldplaysince the words reads the same

backwards.Directly on the wall behind

Aub’s three sculptures, hangsa ten piece sampling of a seriesmade up of thirty by ProfessorColette Quaglia. Working withthe personal belief that eachwork is better understood in thecontext of the whole, Quaglia’svision involved creating withimagery and shapes that shewas subconsciously storing.“My process involved arrang-ing various scraps andswatches of paper and fabriconto a board,” Quaglia stated,“while simultaneously envi-sioning how to incorporatepaint and drawing to this some-what geometric grid environ-ment.”

In addition to the pieces byQuaglia and Aub, DepartmentChair Nicholas Ruth had sev-eral of his gouache and col-ored pencil paper works on dis-play including “The ButterflyContinued on page 4

Roger Arnold ‘10Contributor

Artistic FacultyUn-Statesmen Like

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MonogamyDominationConsciences

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Is MonogamyNatural?

Everyday millions ofpeople are celebrating their de-cision to make a lifetime com-mitment to one another.Whether the ceremony in-volves breaking a glass or serv-ing tea to the groom’s elders,the basic idea remains thesame: human beings commit tobeing monogamous for life.

And yet, is this a major partof our culture ? Is it natrual forhumans? Or is it a social con-struct created historically for aprocreative and economic pur-pose?

Everyday millions of peopleget married; however, there arealso millions of people gettingdivorced. The reasons for mar-riage have changed. Womenhave jobs and the ability tofreeze their eggs and give birthwhen they want. We’ve ac-knowledged that people some-times prefer partners of thesame sex. Marriage hasmorphed from something soci-ety demands of us, to some-thing we simply choose.

Thinking scientifically, thereare few monogomous speciesin nature. We’ve all seen orheard about the couples from“March of the Penguins,” orhave heard about lobsters mat-ing for life , but overall less than3% of mammal and bird speciesactually practice monogamy. Sowhy do we believe that it isnatural for humans?

To get the answer I askedmy target audience: my friends,from whom I got a resounding“no.” Some of my friends sub-scribed to the “Men have a bio-logical need to spread theirseed” theory. Others just be-lieve that there is nothing in-nate in a humans which call fora monogamous relationship,instead it is our society thatbelieves monogamy to be natu-

ral.I expected that my female

friends would answer this ques-tion differently from my malefriends, but mostly that wasn’tthe case. Except that several ofmy male friends took the ques-tion a step further to say, notonly was monogamy unnatu-ral, but impossible to maintain.“It’s not that I want to cheat, orthat I enter into a relationshipexpecting to, but things hap-pen,” explained my one friend.“Especially as a college student– we’re always moving around,going abroad, getting jobs indifferent places, it makes cheat-ing inevitable.” Another one ofmy male friends put it, “my girl-friend is dope, she’s reallydope, but she’s abroad, and if Imet someone who was reallyi n c r e d i b l e , m o r eincredible….well, then,” andthen he stopped himself andsaid he felt like an asshole.

But was my friend really be-ing an “asshole,” the label wegive all people who can’t staymonogamous in their relation-ships, or was he just honest?And, more importantly, is mo-nogamy different for collegestudents than others? Not onlyare the men of our species attheir sexual prime right now, butalso we, as a student body, areindependent for the first timeever. We’re older now, and be-ginning to understand and en-joy sex more than we did in highschool. Factor in that our livesand relationships are influ-enced by the never-endingamounts of drugs and drinkingwe do and it seems that truemonogamy is impossible at ourage.

My friends Amory and An-drew are celebrating their two-year anniversary this Monday.They met practically our first

weekend my freshman year.They’ve made it through hisgoing abroad to New Zealand,summers apart, and whateverelse strains our relationships.They’ve been completely mo-nogamous. Of course there’sbeen suspicions, but none ofthem true. When I asked Amoryhow they do it, and if she be-lieved if monogamy was natu-ral she answered that maybe itwasn’t natural, but she said, “Ilove Andrew so much, that if

someone else were going tomake him happier – I’d acceptthat. And he feels the sameway. So in that sense, there’sno reason to lie to each other.”When I asked her about hisstint abroad she said, “It washard, but for right now, andprobably forever, nobodymakes me happier than An-drew. So I just kept remindingmyself of that.”

So maybe the truth is thatmonogamy isn’t natural.Continued on page 3

Margaret Egan ‘08Contributor

Maybe instead it’s just some-thing you have to have faithin. And while this isn’t as trust-worthy or concrete as some ofus would like, I personally seethe beauty in it. We’re not sup-posed to pick one person to bewith forever, but still most ofus do. Monogamy doesn’tcome easily, but the beauty ofit is actually the effort it re-quires.

The concept of journalismis something that I have alwaysfound somewhat romantic, notto the point that I becomearoused at the sight of WolfBlitzer, but rather the influenceand power a journalist has inthis day and age. Indeed thefreedom of press we enjoy hereis one of the greatest thingsabout the U.S. of A. In con-cept this should allow for thenews to be reported free fromany interference from outsideparties, ESPECIALLY from thegovernment.

In this modern age of tech-nical dependence, an over-whelming majority of our soci-ety derives its personal opin-ion from mass media. Televi-sion, newspapers, THEINTERNET, all represent formsof ‘infallible’ and ‘credible’ opin-ion. But what if our righteous

idea of freedom of press wasinterfered? Would anyoneknow the difference? Wouldanyone be able to tell the dif-ference between news and pro-paganda?

I personally don’t think so.This is why I was so bewilderedwhen I learned that a govern-ment agency called The Officeof Cuba Broadcasting had beenbusted last week for paying offten Miami journalists to writeanti-Castro articles aimed at un-dermining the Cuban govern-ment. Of the ten journalists ac-cused of accepting thesebribes, three write for the Mi-ami Herald, a newspaper thatis regarded as the most cred-ible source for news concern-ing Cuba in the US. Thesebribes, which have been tracedback to 2001, range from a totalpayment of $1,550 to a stagger-ing $174,753. That’s a prettygood chunk of change in mybook.

The US Office of CubaBroadcasting runs radio/ TVMarti, a government fundedCuban based news syndicateaimed at promoting democracyand ‘freedom’ in Cuba and isnot allowed to broadcast in theUS due to anti-propagandalaws. The discovery of thesepayoffs comes as no surprise

to the Cuban government,which has long accused theMiami Herald reporters of ac-cepting such bribes.

It just makes me think. Ifthis is happening at the MiamiHerald, one of the biggestnewspapers on the country,where else is it happening. Andit’s not even like this is the firstinstance of government payolapropaganda penetrating the USmedia. In 2005, Armstrong Wil-liams, a national radio host, re-ceived bribes from the govern-ment to push for the supportof Bush’s flawed No Child LeftBehind Act. Also, so called‘marriage expert’ MaggieGallagher accept bribes fromour current Christian Conser-vative administration to pushmarriage between couples withchildren.

That’s sick. It is one thingto sway public opinion againsta country like Cuba who’sworst offence in recent yearswas dropping that incrediblyannoying cute little mediabomb Adriane Gonzales all overmy widescreen for a year and ahalf, but it is another to directlypay a journalist to persuadepeople to make the most per-sonal of decisions.

The government telling us

Trippe Duke ‘08Op-Ed Editor

Instrument ofDomination

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A College With A Conscience?“On the fifth anniversary of

the attacks of September 11,2001, we recall the fire and hor-ror at the twin towers of theWorld Trade Center, the Penta-gon, and a Pennsylvania field.America will always rememberthe thousands of innocentlives taken by the enemies offreedom that morning.” By de-claring September 11th as “Pa-triot Day,” President Bush,along with congress, made itclear that we will never forgetthe tragic losses and valiantheroism of that day (Public Law107-89).

Several days before the fifthanniversary of the attacks,President Bush called upon theappropriate officials of all unitsof government and the Ameri-can people, to direct that theflag be flown at half staff onPatriot Day “…to honor the in-nocent Americans and peoplefrom around the world who losttheir lives as a result of the ter-rorist attacks of September 11,2001.”

Although the Colleges arenot affiliated with the govern-ment they are made up of Ameri-can people, and I expected theflags on campus to be at halfmast all day. We are, as theColleges like to promote, oneof two schools in New YorkState that the Princeton Reviewnames a “College with a Con-science.” I am, of course, proudof this title and our campus ral-

lies around issues such as: so-cial justice and equality, disas-ter relief, service learning, andpolitical activism.

Ironically, it was the politi-cal activism of the studentsthat rallied the administrationof the Colleges on the morningof September 11th, 2006. LastMonday, students here wereshocked to see that flags oncampus, namely outside Trin-ity Hall, were not flying at halfmast in honor of the victims of9/11. These students, in turn,asked questions. Chapel bellsring when someone in the na-tion is given capital punishmentand the flag was at half mastwhen William Scandling, aHWS cornerstone, passedaway. So why were the flags fly-ing high on the morning ofSeptember 11th?

Buildings & Grounds couldlower the flag outside of Trin-ity Hall. They just needed ap-proval from the PresidentGearan’s Office. To their sur-prise, the office initially deniedthis request. I called Buildings& Grounds office to look intothe matter, and a representativetold me that the President’sOffice did not give approvalbecause no one else was low-ering their flags and they couldnot find information on-line re-garding flag etiquette on thisday. They even drafted a letterexplaining to students whythey had chosen not to lowerour flag.

A member of the office told

me in an email that, “The stu-dents who came in to see uswere passionate and very good.I told them I’d dig back into itand called a few of my col-leagues at other campuses andlearned they were not flyingthem at half staff, either.”

Regardless of what may oc-cur on other campuses, as a“College with aConscience,” I’d expect ouradministration to take the leadin remembering the lives thatAmericans lost, as well as theheroism Americans displayedon that day. There should havebeen plans to put the flags athalf mast weeks ago, regardlessof the advice or actions of oth-ers. If we lower the flags for thepassing of William Scandling, Isee no reason why plans werenot in place for last Monday,especially considering the manyties that members of our com-munity have to New York City.

After sending the office a linkto a press release by PresidentBush that outlines Patriot Dayand what it entailed, the flagoutside of Trinity Hall was fi-nally lowered. They let me knowthat the flags were going to belowered at 2:11 P.M. Seeing asthe first tower was hit at 8:46 inthe morning. I am shocked tosee that it took so much effortto put forth such a small ges-ture of honor and respect tothose who lost their lives froma college which, supposedly,has a conscience.

Peter Gregory ‘07Contributor

Human papillomavirus(HPV) is the name of a group ofmore than 100 viruses, approxi-mately thirty of which are sexu-ally transmitted. It should notbe confused with HOV (high-occupancy vehicle), althoughone can find both on the high-way, depending upon the kindof company one keeps andwhether or not one spends agood amount of time in thebackseat with persons of ques-tionable history.

HPV is quite common, infect-ing approximately 50% of sexu-ally active men andwomen. In fact, bythe time womenreach the prime oftheir life (50 years-old), at least 80%of them will haveacquired a genitalHPV infection.Symptoms can in-clude genital warts

and other lesions, but the vi-rus usually does not cause anysymptoms.

Something else affects ap-proximately 50% of sexually ac-tive men and women on thiscampus: the walk of shame.Symptoms include: shame, ahooded sweatshirt, a hurriedgait, and an inability to lookanyone in the eye (one mightpretend to be on the phone inorder to justify the lack of eyecontact). The only way to con-tract the dreaded walk of shameis to spend the night shackedup with the hottie you met atKA the night before, who mayor may not still be good-look-ing the next morning.

I have heard rumors that onecan contract HPV from gettinga piercing or touching a door-knob. Pish-posh I say; you are

much more likelyto get infectedwhile knockingknickers thanwhile knockingon your own doorbecause youlocked yourselfout in a drunkenstupor the nightbefore.

Ask Dr. Blackwell:

Dear Elizabeth, some-one just told me that everyonehas HPV and that if you don’talready have it, that you canget it from trying on shoes orjust breathing in a mall’s foodcourt. Is this true?

Shopping for HPV?

about all this Terror every-where… showing us why ittruly must act. It just showsyou the power of the media topersuade an entire country ofpeople that the destruction anddeath caused by a war half wayaround the world is a noble andnecessary cause. Reportersand TV pundits fill our minds

with words like constructionand liberation instead of thetruth of what it really is; de-struction and occupation.

There is still freedom ofspeech in America (whichseems to now include freedomto take bribes to push govern-ment propaganda). But if thegovernment’s dirty hands are

Indoctrinating the Media Continued from page 2controlling the indoctrinatingpower of the media, one whichthe American public relies onto construct its personal opin-ion, freedom of speech isworthless because in this massmedia culture we live in, we lackthe freedom not to listen.

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Effect,” “Intervention” and“Short Circuit.” KathrynVaughn’s pieces “Stairway toheaven” and “It makes mewonder” were also on display.“Stairway to heaven” ap-peared to have one primaryimage intermingling with sev-eral backdrop images, and wasdone in acrylics and pencil.

First-Year student, Nga YanSiu, was observed spendingparticular attention to PhilliaYi’s color woodcuts. Createdas what looked liked a series,each woodcut acted as a me-dium for which Yi then paintedon. First-Year, Darcy Lepore,

was fond of a collage done byElena Ciletti. “It just looks socool,” Lepore stated, “I lovehow all the pieces mesh to-gether.”

The Art show provides a cel-ebration to what Aub character-ized as “an exciting time” for artat the Colleges. The exhibit isjust one of the many things hap-pening for the Arts on campus,with the building of theKatherine D. Elliot Studio ArtsBuilding and the renovations tothe Carriage House. The Fall2006 semester marks the firsttime in which students have be-gun to make use of the new stu-dio space.

Faculty Art Continued from page 1

There is a legendary Holly-wood story, that the producersof “Speed,” simply said thattheir movie was “Die Hard” ona bus during their pitch, andthat was enough to sell the film.If that had worked, then themakers of “Crank” wouldsurely only have had to saythat their movie was “Speed,”not on a bus, but in a body.

“Crank” chronicles the dayof contract killer Chev Cellios(Jason Statham) after he hasbeen injected with a fatal poi-son. The poison, “the Beijingcocktail,” or even more collo-quially referred to throughoutthe film as “that Chinese syn-thetic shit,” will kill our fearlessleader as soon as his adrena-line drops below a certain point.

This injection, kills withinthe hour as the victims main-tain a resting heart rate, and astheir adrenaline drops, so dothey. However, Statham’s char-acter carries the plot by find-ing different ways and meansto keep his adrenaline up tokeep himself from perishing.Such efforts include lickingcocaine off of a floor, recklesslyengaging himself in fights andcar crashes, fulfilling the spon-sorship by chugging endlessRed Bulls, and of course, con-sensually raping his girlfriendin Chinatown.

The film carries on as such,in a series of ups and downswhere Statham comes close todeath and then interjects him-self among situations in whichhe’d normally die, all with thehope of staying alive. He pro-longs this throughout the 80minutes of the film so that hecan carry out his revenge uponthose who have sinned againsthim.

Initially, one honestly wantsto dislike this film. The audi-ence wants to get mad aboutthe gratuitous sex and vio-lence, and scoff at the cornyhumor. However, for me at least,I found it increasingly difficultnot to get involved in thismovie. Director TaylorNeveldine (HWS Alum) em-ploys a fast paced, jumpy,quick cut style in which he cre-ates a world that raises eventhe viewer’s heart rate.Through such visual tech-niques as over exposure, shakypoint of view shots, and notholding a single shot for morethan five seconds, Neveldineallows the viewer to becomepart of an intense plot they maybe too low brow to stand on itsown. With a rather basic actionplot full of clichés and cornypunch lines, this movie defi-nitely risked embarrassing it-self. In fact, had this moviebeen made like such actionfilms as “Speed” or “The Ter-minator,” it may have done justthat. But Neveldine maintainsan artistic, significant visualstyle that creates legitimate in-tensity and a world that youcan believe in (even if theevents are highly unrealistic).

“Crank,” is definitely anequal opportunity offender.The film holds no puncheswhen insulting African-Ameri-cans, Asians, Mexicans, homo-sexuals, and women. More thanoffending these people,though, the film tends to ex-ploit them. Additionally, thefilm exploits sex, violence, anddrugs. To complete it all,Neveldine adds a loud, rocksoundtrack of 80s metal bands.Despite these exploitations andcheap shots, the film does notrely on them. The film is wellmade enough to stand on itsown two feet. The fast pacedaction and filming, teamed upwith the overexposed, brightlights, and quick cutting shotsforms a structure that keepsyou involved even if you don’tlike the plot.

The acting isn’t great, butthe actors, like the film itself,are not trying to convince youof anything that it is not.Neveldine lays his cards on thetable and offers a well-made,hard hitting, action film, andsays that if you can’t deal withthe corny jokes and gratuitoussex and violence then don’twatch it. But for me, after tenminutes of the film, I felt like afourteen year old boy, laugh-ing at the bathroom jokes, andwanting to cheer him on whenhe was cutting a man’s handoff with a sewing machine.

The film evokes the frus-trated child in you that alwayswanted to be an army ranger orstunt man, but had to settle forreal world life. The visual styleallows you to become investedin the film, and by the time youare in this mind set, you can’thelp but love all the low browhumor and over extreme action.

Crank It UpJohn Heavey ‘09Sports Co-Editor

A Review of the Movie “Crank”

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If you’ve walked into thecafé this semester and openedyour eyes you’ve probablynoticed the array of Red JacketOrchard juices. The familyowned and operated business,that was voted #49 in the “Top50 Bangs for your Buck” ZagatSurvey, is located directly inGeneva. If you’re into the juiceand want to test out differentflavors or pick up some “trulytree ripe” fruits that are grownon the family’s 500 acre farmyou can head over to their farmstand (directly across fromWal*Mart on 5&20).

Mark Nicholson, the headof farming for Red Jacket, de-scribes his family’s business as

The Squeeze on theNew JuiceL. Burke ‘08Contributor

“a hidden treasure ofGeneva…” being that fewpeople really understand thewide-spread success of thecompany. In fact students fromthe Manhattan area can pick upRed Jacket at home in majorchains such as Green Marketsand Whole Foods.

So next time you’re inthe café pick up a Red JacketOrchard beverage, take a sip,savor the flavor and ask your-self “is the juice worth thesqueeze?”

When it comes tobreakfast there are severalplaces to go, and Saga placeslow on the ranks. When youare in the mood for an authen-tic American place withstrange, out of season, kitschin the windows, (which I thinkis an indication that they knowfood better than anything else,and should generally be takenas a good sign) go to The Wa-ter Street Café. Make sure toget there before 1:00 p.m. onthe weekends. As the day getslonger there are fewer optionson the menu, but the bestthings remain. I like the Cali-fornia French Toast, the CornMuffins, and the Coffee.

There is alot to be said abouta restauant that both endorsean original atmosphere andprovides a decent meal to itsguests. I like that these con-cepts have come naturally toWater Street and they have notneeded to re-design their wholerestaurant to accommodatecommon sense. It seems likemany places to eat boast abouthaving healthy options on theirmenu, but ignore the fact thathealthy food comes from freshingredients and smaller por-tions.

At Water Street Café, theyare honest about sizes and al-ways ask to be certain of whatyou want. None of the possible

mistakes are ever unforgivableor unforgettable.

I interviewed a former em-ployee of Water Street, MattElkin, and found that the ingre-dients are fresh and the food istrustworthy. Matt was prima-rily in charge of cooking thebacon, and as we had break-fast there, he ordered it, andthen ate it. That was all theevidence I really needed, inmaking my decision of whatrestaurant to write on.

A place to go to Breakfastshouldn’t be really fancy orexpensive, but it should be ed-ible and trustworthy. When Ifirst went there I thought it wasa bit of a dive, in that the bath-rooms are not that clean look-ing, but once I ate there, I foundexactly what I was looking for.These are the types of placesthat are going out of style andgetting criticized for being tooold-school and often deemed“Greasy Spoons.” This placeis hardly greasy at all; it has asimplicity to it that makes ithonorable, and a menu thatmakes it delicious. The operat-ing hours are 6:00 a.m. to 6:00p.m. so visit for early A.M. eggsbefore you go to bed or whenyou wake up at noon.

Restaurant ReviewThe Water Street Café

Louise Sheldon ‘07A&E Editor

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Campus Activities BoardNick Petros ‘09Contributor

Friday nights on campususually consist of a variety ofactivities, including dinner, per-sonal preparations, and a des-perate search for the perfect ac-tivity to occupy the next eightto ten hours of one’s life. Butwhat does HWS have to offer,other than the typical dormgathering, followed by that all-too-familiar, never-endingsearch for a larger festival thatone can get into. HWS hasCAB: a non-exclusive, studentrun organization that strives toprovide entertainment for boththe naive freshman, and thesavvy upperclassmen who iswilling to take a break from thenorm to enjoy something a littledifferent every now and then.

The most entertaining andrapidly growing CAB eventthis year is Open-Mic. Forthose who ventured outside of

their dorms in the nearly-briskeve of the night of September7, the sounds of Victor Pultinasand Dale Watkins could beheard at the opening of theyear’s first. However playfulchatter and exciting storiesaren’t all the event has to offer.For those who don’t know ex-actly what Open-Mic is, readon.

At 8:30 every other Thurs-day night of the year, a PA (Per-sonal Amplification System) isset up, either in the WaseyRoom (2nd floor Scandling) orin front of the dining hall. Be-ginning at 9:00 that night, stu-dents are encouraged to shareoriginal compositions, poemsand songs alike, and even aparticular cover-song that suitsthe mood. Students can signup for a ten minute time periodthat night, during which they

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can share what ever theyplease with the audience. Thissort of scheduling helps keepthings organized and allowsstudents to fit their perfor-mance into their schedule, ortheir friends’; as the audienceis almost more important thanthe act. Favorites of last yearwere known to sign up for morethan one time slot, assumingtheir presentation would main-tain the attention of the ever-growing crowd; however, any-one can show up and play re-gardless of their skill level.

As for music, the collegeshaven’t been known to bookany ‘killer’ shows for the pastyear and a half. However thisNovember, CAB has Gustercoming to campus, hopefullyto initiate a new era of music-scene at HWS. While Billy Joel

and Bruce Springstein are starsof our past, the songs that re-mind us of this unbridled youthhave yet to enter our worlds.Until then keep an ear out forOpen-Mics, and other CABevents. A list of campus eventscan be found here: http://www.hws.edu/studentlife/campuslife/sll/, for those with alarger extra-curricular appetite.

As with all the events heldon campus, the most crucial fac-tor is attendance, and the sup-port of the students. JoiningCAB isn’t the only way to helpout, although weekly meetingsare held in Gulick Hall at 7pmand are open to all. As forOpen-Mic, there’s no better ex-cuse to take a break from one’sstudies, and no more rewardingactivity than finding the time tolisten.

There are two typical re-sponses that I’d get when Iwould tell someone I was go-ing to be living in Durfee thisyear. The first is the “polite”response. This response usu-ally came from someone whoworks at HWS and doesn’twant to give the school a badimage. It would go somethinglike this, “Oh... Durfee?... thatshould be (huge pause wherethey search for the right word)...well...interesting.” The otherresponse I would get, typicallyfrom upperclassmen andfrighteningly enough from fel-low freshman outside ofDurfee, was laughter followedby a “Wow I feel so bad foryou,” or perhaps a “Goodluck,” if I was lucky.

As you can see I was a bitworried about living in Durfee.I didn’t mind if it was loud, butcould I please be in a normal,clean place? Then I found thewonderful facebook group“Dirty Durfee” whose descrip-tion is “The Few, the Proud,together in a really, really dirtydorm” and whose news is“Stop peeing in the showers”which only fueled my anxiety.Upon later reflection I suppose

no dorm is truly clean but thiswas going to be an expierence.

Truthfully it’s not so badhere in Durfee. Don’t get mewrong it is really, really dirty.The bathroom does lack somebasic girlish things, such ascleanliness (not the cleaningstaff’s fault, just too manyyears of freshman boy scum),and there is a wonderful wallstuck over the urinals thatpeople usually get smashedinto when the door opens, andthe lounge is even worse thanneighboring dormsBarlett andHale, nonetheless, everyone ismore than happy to be here.Everyone is so comfortablehere in fact, many afternoons Ican hear Backstreet Boys andBrittany Spears blasting fromthe lower floors accompaniedby off key voices.

Dirty Durfee:“The Few, the

Proud, together ina really, really dirty

dorm”

True Life: I’m aFemale Living in Durfee

The best part about Durfeeis its central location. I barelyhave to move to get to all ofmy classes and SAGA, and itis definitely better than climb-ing up and down the Hill allday. The girls’ floor now smellsbetter than the rest of thebuilding (especially a certainsecond floor room that I wasunfortunate enough to smellwhen doing research for thisarticle) and is usually the qui-etest which can be nice attimes, like when sleeping forexample.

Overall I like Durfee and thepeople in it. As one Durfeefreshman put it “I liked every-one here until I met him (mo-tion to guy down the hall)”.There seems to be a prettyclose “Dirty Durfee” bond, andall the guys seem to like hav-ing the girls here, althoughsome of them don’t even no-tice that we exist(I guess thethird floor is pretty far away…). So girls, if you can sleepthrough singing drunks,putup with less than wonderfulbathrooms, desire the conve-nience of a central location,and want to have the craziesttime of your life… then comelive in Durfee.

Carly Cummings ‘10 and Rebecca Dennee ‘10Staff Writers

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WSC UpdateWilliam Smith Congress is

off to a great start for the com-ing year. A few things that theWilliam Smith communityshould be looking for in thecoming weeks is class presi-dent, judicial board, and inhouse committee elections.

On Tuesday our in housecommittee elections will take

Kelly Stephens ‘09Contributor place in the forum which is open

to all William Smith students.So if you want to get involved,which we highly suggest, cometo the meeting and find outmore. Petitions for students in-teresting in running for ClassPresident are due on Wednes-day the 20th, followed by a twominute speech on the 26th inContinued on page 8

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Here at HWS we have threewonderful programs that enlistcollege students in the fightagainst illiteracy: Jumpstart,America Reads, and First Book.Both Jumpstart and AmericaReads are paid positions forstudents who are federal work-study eligible, and they are themost rewarding employmentopportunities on campus, ifyou ask me. Many of us takethe ability to read for granted,but a staggering 25-40% ofAmerican children cannot readwell enough to comprehend thematerial they are supposed tolearn through reading assign-ments.

The first of our threeprograms is Jumpstart, whichis a national initiative thatworks towards a day when ev-ery preschooler can enter kin-dergarten prepared to learn.Approximately 20 HWS stu-dents are Jumpstart corpsmembers each year, workingwith local at-risk preschoolerson social skills, basic literacyconcepts and other things thekids will need to know in orderto succeed in school. Pastcorps members have joked thatworking for Jumpstart is get-ting paid to play, and whilethat’s true to some extent, theimpact that the J’Starters haveis often life-altering. Jumpstartalso works with families to en-sure that the children are living

in an environment that is con-ducive to learning.

The next program, AmericaReads, pairs college students(about 70 here at HWS) withchildren in 1st through 3rd gradewho are reading below grade-level. We work with this agerange because 75% of the chil-dren who are struggling in 3rd

grade are still struggling in 9th

grade. If your life needs moreDr. Seuss and less Dr. Phil, thenI suggest investigatingAmerica Reads either as awork-study job for next semes-ter or as a volunteer opportu-nity.

The final program we havehere, the First Book advisoryboard, is part of an internationalnonprofit that gives childrenfrom low-income families theopportunity to read and owntheir first new books. Westarted the campus advisoryboard here a little over a yearago, and since then, we’vegiven 1400 books to kids inGeneva. I know that many ofus were surrounded by booksas children, but 66% of low-in-come families have no age-ap-propriate books in their home;this is really depressing, con-sidering that the number ofbooks in the home is stronglycorrelated to levels of literacyand academic achievement.For more information aboutFirst Book at HWS, please emailme: rachel.sumner@hws.edu

If you’d like to know moreabout these programs or anyof the other great service op-portunities on campus and inGeneva, stop by the Public Ser-vice Office on the second floorof Trinity Hall!

We’re well into the monthof September now. It’s hard tobelieve when you look outsidethat in a couple months, we willprobably start to see the signsof winter looming in. Theleaves will fall to the ground,the air will get frosty, and ev-eryone will call their parents,telling them to FedEx someheavy sweaters as soon aspossible. Then again, judgingfrom the weather we’ve hadthus far, you may have alreadydone that.

It’s easy to get caught upand overwhelmed with schoolwork the first few weeks ofclasses, thinking only of thatnap you’re going to havewhen you finally have an hourbreak in your schedule. I knowit’s tempting, because I do ittoo, (frequently), but make aneffort for the next few weeksto get outside and appreciatethe last glimpse of summer andthe approaching fall season. Iknow it seems cold some days,but look ahead a few months,to when 65 degrees is consid-ered balmy. Many people thinkupstate New York is not much(depending on who you are),but one of its most endearingfeatures is the beautifulchanges in the seasons. Fall isarguably one of the most beau-tiful times to be walking around

Annalise VanHouten ‘09News Editor

Get Outside Before it’s Too Late!Helpful Suggestions for the coming Autumn

campus and Geneva. Taking awalk at the State Park offersgreat exercise, as well as achance to appreciate some-thing other than brick build-ings. Grab a friend, go for arun, take pictures of the lake,or have a makeshift picnic.Corny, perhaps, but it’s some-thing different than your nor-mal daily routine.

If you are looking for somefun things to do outside thistime of year, consider a few ofthese options:

—Watkins Glen State Park:about thirty minutes south ofGeneva, Watkins Glen is a smalltown known for its internationalNASCAR circuit. However, thestate park there is one of themost beautiful places aroundthis area. There are long wind-ing paths of stone and rockwith waterfalls that you canwalk behind scattered through-out. Definitely a must see.

—Take a hot air balloonride! Thunderhawk Aviation inCanandaigua offers ridesaround the Finger Lakes andcountryside. You can alsochoose a ‘sunset’ or ‘sunrise’package.

—Go horseback riding: TopRock Stables in Watkins Glenoffers riding lessons for begin-ning, intermediate and ad-vanced riders.

—Take a trip to the Zoo:Okay, so maybe you haven’t

gone to the zoo since you werelike ten. Here’s your chance!The Rosamond Gifford Zoo atBurnet Park in Syracuse is openall year round and offers all thestandard and exotic animalsyou love.

—If you’re twenty-one, youmight want to check outGlenora Wine Cellars inDundee, NY. It’s not too farfrom Geneva, and stands outamong the others because ofthe absolutely breathtakingview you see when you arrive.It is seated on the west side ofSeneca Lake, overlooking thevalleys and rolling hills be-yond. They also have lodgingand a small restaurant, so youcould make it a day trip or evencamp out for the weekend.

Well, hopefully these sug-gestions will get you startedthinking about some of theamazing opportunities youhave being around this area.Instead of huddling in your bedto get away from the cold, em-brace the outdoors, and enjoythe sun and mild weather whileit lasts.

Rachel Sumner ‘08Contributor

The Literacy Trifecta

Faculty Art sHow HighlightsLeft: Photoprovided byAmandaLassell

Right: Photoprovided byRoger Arnold

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Brandon Card is a first yearstudent, playing defensive endthis fall for the Hobart States-men Football Team. He is a 6-foot-2 inch bruiser, who bringshis full 225 pound frame to thegridiron every down. Hailingfrom Baldwinsville, New York,Card played for C.W. BakerHigh School, where he was alinebacker and was named byone publication as one of the“Fab 50 Linebackers.”

“We liked Brandon becauseof his strength, speed andathleticism,” remarked MikeCragg, head coach of HobartVarsity Football. “Those at-tributes, combined with hissolid character ,have made hima great addition to our footballteam, ” added Cragg.

Brandon Card has been astalwart football fan for as longas he can remember. Growingup in a house where his fatherwas a D-I football star and,Card feels he was more or lessbred to be a football player. Thephysical game always seemeda natural part of his life and fam-ily.

“I’ve been watching theNFL since I was three yearsold,” recalled Card, thinkingback to his football roots. “I

loved it, and I thought I’d triedto play. I did real well, and stuckwith it, and now I am where I amtoday.”

It has been a road of hardwork and determination forCard to get where he is today.When he was in ninth grade andonly fourteen years old, Cardbecame the first freshman inmany years to play on his highschool’s varsity football team.From there, Card was able to re-alize that football might be a se-rious option to consider in thefuture.

“When I made varsity fresh-man year,” noted Card, “ I knewI had the potential, and that if Istuck with it that serious, big-time programs could be an op-tion.” Such became true, butBrandon passed up the big timeprograms to play his cards hereat Hobart. Passing up offersfrom such D-I programs as Syra-cuse, University of North Caro-lina, and the University of Pitts-burgh, Brandon came to HWSas part of a solid freshman classfull of great students, and phe-nomenal football players. “AtHobart, I felt like I was part of afamily,” says Card of the Hobartacademic and athletic atmo-sphere. “Everyone feels that itis important that I succeed onand off the field, and there is a

New Face on the FieldCard Joins Statesmen Squad

John Heavey ‘09Sports Co-Editor

WELCOME ALL!Cultural Clubs here at

Hobart and William Smith workto build community and spreadknowledge through out thecampus and the wider Genevacommunity. Meetings are opento all students and are yourchance to voice your opinionsconcerning vital issues that af-fect our everyday lives. Comeout, and meet some new friends,go to a dinner, party, and at-tend a lecture. Your participa-tion is the key. Listed are themeeting times and names ofsome of the board members ofthese vibrant organizations onour campus.

Sankofa Executive Board:Whitney Burton- PresidentJordan Perez-Vice-PresidentShannon Times- TreasurerShayna Times- Program Co-

ordinatorOgechi Echebiri-PRAisha Rivers-SecretaryCarribean Student Associa-

tion:Rafael Rodriguez - Group

leader/CounselorChequira Christie-Group

leader/CounselorTonnica Thomas-TreasurerCecilia Teye- Secretary

Latiqua Washington- Secre-tary

Ruben Kennedey-PublicRelations Officer

Latrace Dabney- Public re-lations Officer

Georgiana Morgan- PublicRelations Officer

L a t i n A m e r i c a nOrginzation:

Rafael Rodruguez- PresidentVeronica Mora- Vice-Presi-

dentRichelle Franzoni-TreasurerCarina De Leon- SecretaryDarline Polanco- Public Re-

lations OfficerDavid Hernandez- Public

Relations OfficerCynthia Okerfelt- Commu-

nity Service CoordinatorJawad Cipriani- Media Co-

ordinatorMeeting Times:Tuesday:Sankofa: BSU- 7 p.m.International Student Asso-

ciation- 8p.m.Wednesday:Latin American Organiza-

tion (LAO)- 7 p.m.Caribbean Student Associa-

tion (CSA)- 8p.m.Thursdays:Asian Student Union

(ASU)- 7p.m.

El HeraldoJawad Cipriani ‘08

lot of stress on my education,which you won’t find at manyD-I programs.

Card decided to come toHobart because of the profes-sional coach staff and the win-ning history the Statesmenhave had in their division andconference. Now here, Bran-don hopes to take advantageof more than just a solid coreof athletics by taking part inthe schools’ pre-law program.Card aspires to attend lawschool and, one day, become acorporate lawyer or a sportsagent. But of course, Cardwouldn’t mind bringing homea D-III national championshipwhile he’s here as well.

In Hobart’s season openeragainst Dickenson on Septem-ber 9, Card concluded theStatesmen’s exhilarating vic-tory with an exclamation point:a sack on the final play. Withperformences like that fromnumber 49, Brandon Card willhave no problem achieving allhis goals at Hobart College.

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cial board are due on the 20th.Once you hand in your peti-tions we will clear your nameswith the deans office and whenyou get an e-mail from us say-ing everything is in order, thecampaigning begins.

Check the Herald weekly tofind out what has been goingon in our forums and what willbe taking place. Remember wemeet every Tuesday at 8pm inEmerson 001. We hope to seeyou all in the next meeting. Stayclassy William Smith.

front of the forum. The elec-tions will be held on Septem-ber 27th. The petitions for Judi-